- Spry, a. [Colloquial.] Active, lively, brisk, nimble, supple, agile, sprightly, quick, smart, prompt, alert, stirring, ready, dapper.
- Spume, n. Foam, froth, spray.
- Spumous, a. Spumy.
- Spumy, a. Foamy, frothy, spumous.
- Spunk, n. 1. Touchwood.
- 2. Punk, amadou, agaric, German tinder.
- 3. [Colloquial.] Spirit, pluck, mettle, energy, force, courage.
- Spur, n. 1. Goad, prick, point, rowel.
- 2. Incitement, stimulus, incentive, impulse, inducement, instigation, provocation, motive.
- 3. Snag, point, knot, gnarl, knob, projection.
- 4. Ergot, horn-seed, spurred rye.
- Spur, v. a. 1. Prick (with the spur).
- 2. Stimulate, incite, rouse, arouse, goad, induce, instigate, impel, urge forward, drive.
- Spur, v. n. Prick, gallop, hasten, press forward, press on.
- Spurious, a. 1.
- 2. Counterfeit, supposititious, meretricious, deceitful, sham, false, mock, pretended, feigned, clap-trap, fictitious, unauthentic, make-believe, not genuine.
- Spurn, v. a. 1. Kick.
- 2. Contemn, scorn, scout, despise, disdain, make light of, look down upon, hold in contempt.
- Spurred-rye, Ergot, spur.
- Sputter, v. n. 1. Spit, spawl.
- 2. Splutter, stammer.
- Sputterer, a. Stammerer, splutterer.
- Spy, n. Scout, emissary (in disguise), secret agent.
- Spy, v. a. See, behold, discern, espy.
- Squab, a. 1. Fat, plump, stout, portly, dumpy, squabbish, squabby.
- 2. Unfledged, unfeathered.
- Squab, n. Young pigeon.
- Squabbish, a. Squabby, SQUAB.
- Squabble, v. n. Quarrel, wrangle, dispute, contend, fight, jangle, TIFF.
- Squabble, n. Brawl, wrangle, dispute, petty quarrel.
- Squabby, a. Squabbish, SQUAB.
- Squad, n. Gang, band, crew, set, knot, bevy, lot, small company.
- Squalid, a. Filthy, nasty, dirty, foul, unclean.
- Squalidity, n. Foulness, SQUALIDNESS.
- Squalidness, n. Foulness, filthiness, squalidity, squalor.
- Squall, v. n. Cry (as an infant), bawl, yell, scream, cry out.
- Squall, n. 1. Cry, bawl, yell, scream, outcry.
- 2. Storm (sudden and brief), blast, gust, sudden breeze.
- Squally, a. Gusty, blustering, stormy, tempestuous.
- Squalor, n. [L.] Foulness, SQUALIDNESS.
- Squamate, a. Scaly, SQUAMOSE.
- Squamated, a. Scaly, SQUAMOSE.
- Squamose, a. (Bot.) Scaly, squamate, squamated, squamous.
- Squamous, a. Scaly, SQUAMOSE.
- Squander, v. a. Spend (profusely), lavish, expend, waste, lose, dissipate, run out, throw away, muddle away.
- Squanderer, n. Spendthrift, prodigal, waster.
- Square, a. 1. Quadrilateral and equi-angular.
- 2. Perpendicular, making a right angle.
- 3. Just, honest, fair, equitable, upright, exact, equal.
- 4. Adjusted, balanced, settled, even.
- Square, n. 1. Four-sided figure (with equal sides and angles), quadrate.
- 2. Square number.
- 3. Open area (in a city or town).
- 4. (Arch.) One hundred superficial feet.
- Square, v. a. 1. Make square.
- 2. Regulate, adapt, fit, suit, accommodate.
- 3. Adjust, settle, close, balance.
- 4. (Arith.) Multiply into itself.
- Square, v. n. Suit, fit, accord, harmonize, quadrate, comport, cohere, chime in, fall in.
- Squash, v. a. Crush.
- Squat, v. n. 1. Crouch, cower, sit close to the ground.
- 2. [Modern.] Settle (without title to the land), plant one's self, take up one's quarters, pitch one's tent.
- Squat, a. 1. Crouching, cowering.
- 2. Dumpy, STUMPY, stubby, short and thick.
- Squaw-vine, n. Checkerberry, partridge-berry, winter-clover (Mitchella repens).
- Squeal, v. n. Cry (as a pig), yell.
- Squeamish, a. Fastidious, dainty, difficult, scrupulous, over-nice, hard to please.
- Squeeze, v. a. 1. Compress, gripe, pinch, nip, press closely.
- 2. Force (between close bodies), drive.
- Squeeze, v. n. Press, crowd, force a way, urge one's way.
- Squeeze out, Press out, force out.
- Squeteague, n. Weak-fish (Labrus squeteague or Onolithus regalis).
- Squib, n. 1. Cracker.
- 2. Lampoon, pasquinade, satire.
- Squib, v. n. [Colloquial.] Make lampoons, throw squibs, make sarcastic remarks.
- Squid, n. Cuttle-fish.
- Squint, v. n. Look askant, look askance, look obliquely.
- Squint-eyed, a. Cock-eyed.
- Squire, n. Esquire.
- Squireen, n. [Modern, Eng.] Country-squire, petty squire.
- Squirm, v. n. Writhe, wriggle.
- Squirt, v. a. Eject (through a syringe).
- Squirt, n. Syringe.
- Stab, n. Thrust, stick.
- Stab, v. a. Pierce, transfix, gore, spear.
- Stability, n. 1. Fixedness, durability, permanence, stableness.
- 2. Constancy, steadiness, firmness.
- Stable, a. 1. Fixed, established, durable, enduring, permanent, immovable, immutable, unalterable, indestructible, unchangeable, invariable.
- 2. Constant, steady, firm, steadfast, stanch, not fickle, not wavering.
- Stableness, n. Stability.
- Stables, n. pl. Mews.
- Stable-servant, n. Groom, hostler.
- Staff, n. 1. Cane, stick, pole, rod, partisan, truncheon.
- 2. Support, prop, stay.
- 3. État major, staff, staff-officers, commissioned officers.
- 4. Stanza, verse, stave.
- Stag, n. Hart, male red deer (Cervus elaphus).
- Stage, n. 1. Platform, scaffold, STAGING.
- 2. Theatre, play-house.
- 3. Step, degree.
- Stage-like, a. Ranting, declamatory, STAGEY.
- Stagey, a. [Colloquial.] Ranting, declamatory, bombastic, theatrical, stage-like.
- Stage-player, n. Actor, performer, player, comedian, tragedian.
- Stagger, v. n. Reel, totter, vacillate.
- Stagger, v. a. Shock, astonish, astound, amaze, confound, dumfounder, pose, surprise, nonplus, strike with wonder, take by surprise.
- Staging, n. [U. S.] Platform, scaffold.
- Stagnant, a. 1. Motionless, standing, close.
- 2. Sluggish, inactive, inert, torpid, dull, heavy.
- Stagnate, v. n. 1. Be stagnant, stand still.
- 2. Be dull, be inactive.
- Staid, a. Sober, grave, steady, serious, sedate.
- Stain, v. a. 1. Soil, sully, contaminate, tarnish, spot, blot, blemish, discolor.
- 2. Dye, tinge, color.
- 3. Disgrace, pollute, corrupt, defile, dishonor, debase, deprave, contaminate, taint.
- Stain, n. 1. Blemish, tarnish, spot, blot, imperfection.
- 2. Disgrace, dishonor, contamination, taint.
- Stainless, a. 1. Spotless, untarnished, unspotted.
- 2. Unsullied, faultless, innocent, uncorrupted, guiltless, pure.
- Stair, n. 1. Stairs, flight of steps.
- 2. Step (of a flight of stairs).
- Stairs, n. pl. Stair-case, flight of steps, flight of stairs, pair of stairs, set of steps.
- Stair-case, n. Stairs (with casing, &c.), flight of stairs.
- Stake, n. 1. Stick (pointed for driving into the ground), picket, pale.
- 2. Wager, bet, pledge.
- 3. Risk, hazard, venture, adventure.
- Stake, v. a. Risk, venture, hazard, peril, imperil, jeopardize, wager, pledge, put at stake, put at hazard.
- Stale, a. 1. Vapid, tasteless, insipid, mawkish, flat, flashy, musty, fusty, sour, not fresh.
- 2. Old, decayed, faded, effete, time-worn, worn out, not new.
- 3. Trite, common, hackneyed, commonplace, threadbare, not novel.
- Stalk, v. n. 1. Walk (stealthily).
- 2. Stride, strut.
- Stalk, n. Stem, petiole, pedicel, CULM, peduncle.
- Stalking-horse, n. Mask, cover, pretence.
- Stall, n. 1. Stable.
- 2. Compartment (as in a stable), cell, recess.
- 3. Stand (where things are sold), shop, booth.
- 4. Seat (for a dignitary in the choir of a church).
- Stall, v. a. 1. Put in a stable, keep in a stable.
- 2. Set fast (as in mire), fix in a slough.
- Stallion, n. Stud-horse, breeding-horse.
- Stalwart, a. 1. Strong, stout, sinewy, brawny, muscular, athletic, lusty, robust, sturdy, strapping, vigorous, powerful, puissant, able-bodied, Herculean, gigantic, stalworth.
- 2. Brave, bold, manly, valiant, valorous, gallant, intrepid, daring, resolute, firm, indomitable, redoubtable.
- Stalworth, a. Stalwart.
- Stamina, n. pl. 1. Firm parts (that give strength), principal elements.
- 2. Strength, vigor, force, stoutness, sturdiness, lustiness.
- Stammel, a. Reddish (paler than scarlet).
- Stammer, v. n. Stutter, hesitate (in speaking), falter, haw, hum and haw.
- Stammer, n. Stutter, hesitate, falter.
- Stammerer, n. Stutterer.
- Stammering, n. Stuttering, faltering, difficulty of utterance.
- Stamp, v. a. 1. Beat (with the foot or a pestle).
- 2. Impress, imprint, print, mark, brand, put a stamp on.
- Stamp, n. 1. Mark, impress, print, impression, brand.
- 2. Make, cast, mould, form, fashion, cut, character, complexion.
- Stampede, n. Sudden flight (as of horses from fright).
- Stanch, v. a. Stop the flow of, stop from running.
- Stanch, a. 1. Strong, sound, stout.
- 2. Steady, firm, constant, steadfast, resolute, stable, unwavering.
- Stanchion, n. Prop, support.
- Stand, v. n. 1. Be upon the feet, rest on the feet.
- 2. Be erect, continue erect, remain upright.
- 3. Be placed, be situated.
- 4. Remain, continue, abide, be fixed.
- 5. Stop, halt, pause.
- 6. Stay, be firm, be resolute, keep one's position, maintain one's ground, stand one's ground.
- 7. Rank, have rank, hold a place.
- 8. Be (emphatically).
- 9. Be valid, have force, have validity.
- 10. Be a candidate.
- 11. (Naut.) Steer, hold a course.
- Stand, v. a. 1. Endure, sustain, bear, weather, bear up against.
- 2. Resist (without flinching), oppose, withstand, stand against.
- 3. Abide, await, submit to.
- 4. Put, place, set upright.
- Stand, n. 1. Stop, halt, stay.
- 2. Post, position, place.
- 3. Interruption, cessation, standstill.
- 4. Small table.
- 5. Stall, booth, shop.
- Standard, n. 1. Ensign, flag, banner, streamer, pennons, colors.
- 2. Criterion, rule, test, touchstone.
- 3. Model, gauge.
- 4. Upright, support.
- 5. (Bot.) Vexillum.
- Stand of arms, Complete set of arms.
- Stand against, Oppose, resist, withstand.
- Standard-bearer, n. Ensign (of infantry), cornet (of cavalry), color-sergeant.
- Stand by, 1. Stand near, be near.
- 2. Support, assist, aid, help, defend, side with, stand for, not desert.
- 3. Defend, maintain, vindicate, make good, justify.
- Stand for, 1. Signify, mean, represent.
- 2. Defend, support, aid, help, side with, stand by, not desert.
- Stand in hand, Behoove, interest, concern, be important for, be advantageous for, be for one's interest.
- Stand in one's own light, Act against one's own interest, not know on which side one's bread is buttered, quarrel with one's bread and butter, kill the goose which lays golden eggs, throw a stone in one's own garden.
- Stand in stead, Benefit, profit, be of use, be of service, be advantageous.
- Stand off, Keep off, keep at a distance.
- Stand one in, Cost.
- Stand one's ground, Stand, stay, be firm, be resolute, keep one's position, maintain one's ground.
- Stand out, 1. Project, jut, protrude, be prominent, jut out.
- 2. Persist (in resistance), not yield, not comply.
- Stand-still, n. Interruption, cessation, stop, stand.
- Stand to, 1. Abide by, adhere to.
- 2. Be consistent with.
- 3. (Naut.) Ply, urge, use vigorously.
- Stand to it, Persist in the opinion, stick to it.
- Stand to reason, Seem reasonable, appear consistent.
- Stand up for, Defend, justify, uphold, support, sustain.
- Stand upon, 1. Insist upon.
- 2. Value, pride one's self on, think much of.
- Stannel, n. Kestrel, castrel, windhover (Falco tinnunculus).
- Stanza, n. Verse, stave, staff.
- Staple, n. 1. Chief commodity (of a country or a district), principal production.
- 2. Fibre (of cotton, wool, &c.), pile, filament.
- 3. Raw material.
- 4. Bulk, mass, body, substance, principal part, greater part.
- Staple, a. Chief, principal.
- Star, n. 1. Heavenly body.
- 2. Asterisk, figure of a star.
- 3. Fate, fortune, destiny, lot, doom.
- 4. Eminent person (particularly an eminent actor).
- Starboard, n. (Naut.) Right hand side (of a vessel, to a person looking forward).
- Starboard, a. (Naut.) Right.
- Starch, a. Stiff, STARCHED.
- Starched, a. Stiff, precise, formal, prim, rigid, punctilious, ceremonious, starchy, affectedly exact.
- Starch-sugar, n. Glucose, grape sugar.
- Stare, v. n. Gaze, gloat, look intently, gaze earnestly.
- Star-finch, n. Redstart (Phœnicura ruticilla).
- Star-fish, n. Sea-star, five-finger.
- Star-flower, n. 1. Star-of-Bethlehem (Ornithogalum umbellatum).
- 2. Chickweed, star-wort.
- Stark, a. Mere, simple, sheer, bare, downright, gross, unmistakable.
- Stark, ad. Wholly, entirely, completely, fully.
- Star-like, a. 1. Bright, lustrous, twinkling.
- 2. Radiated, stellate, stellated, stellular.
- Start, v. n. 1. Shrink, flinch, wince, startle.
- 2. Depart, set out, set off.
- Start, v. a. 1. Rouse, alarm, startle.
- 2. Evoke, raise, call forth.
- 3. Begin, initiate, institute, set on foot.
- 4. Move (suddenly).
- Start, n. 1. Startle, sudden motion.
- 2. Fit, spasmodic effort.
- 3. Beginning, outset.
- Starting-point, n. Point of departure.
- Startle, v. n. Shrink, wince, flinch, start.
- Startle, v. a. 1. Frighten, flight, affright, alarm, shock.
- 2. Strike with wonder, surprise, astonish, astound, amaze.
- Startle, n. Shock, START.
- Starvation, n. Famishment.
- Starve, v. n. Perish (especially with hunger).
- Starve, v. a. Kill with hunger, starve to death.
- Starveling, a. Lean, meagre, lank, emaciated, gaunt, skinny, scraggy, raw-boned.
- Starveling, n. Pauper, mendicant, beggar.
- Starwort, n. Star-flower, chickweed.
- State, n. 1. Condition, situation, position, plight, predicament, pass, case, category.
- 2. Commonwealth, civil community, body politic.
- 3. Pomp, parade, dignity, grandeur, magnificence, glory.
- State, v. a. Express (with particularity), explain, specify, set forth.
- State, a. National, public.
- State-chamber, n. Divan, audience-chamber, council-chamber.
- Stately, a. 1. Lofty, dignified, majestic, imperial, magnificent, grand, noble, princely, royal, palatial, elevated, august.
- 2. Pompous, ceremonious, solemn, formal.
- Stately mansion, Palace.
- Statement, n. Specification, mention, announcement, report, account, recital, relation, narration, description.
- Statesman, n. Statist, politician.
- Station, n. 1. Place, position, post, location, situation.
- 2. Office, function, business, employment, sphere of duty.
- 3. Rank, standing, character, state, condition, STATUS.
- 4. Depot (of a railroad), station-house.
- Station, v. a. Place, locate, post, fix, establish, set.
- Stationary, a. Fixed, stable, standing, still, quiescent, motionless, permanent, at rest, at a stand, standing still.
- Station-house, n. Station (of a railroad), depot.
- Statist, n. Statesman, politician.
- Statuary, n. 1. Sculpture, carving.
- 2. Statues (collectively).
- Statue, n. Image (made of some solid substance).
- Statuette, n. Small statue, little image.
- Stature, n. Height, tallness.
- Status, n. [L.] Standing, rank, station, condition.
- Statute, n. Law, act, enactment, ordinance.
- Staurolite, n. 1. Staurotide.
- 2. Harmotome.
- Staurotide, n. Cross-stone, grenatite, staurolite.
- Stave, n. Stanza, verse, staff.
- Stave, v. a. Burst, break a hole in, stave in.
- Stave in, Burst, STAVE.

- Stay, v. n. 1. Sojourn, tarry, abide, dwell, lodge, rest, take up one's quarters, pitch one's tent.
- 2. Remain, continue, stop, be fixed, stand still.
- 3. Wait, attend, delay, linger.
- Stay, v. a. 1. Stop, restrain, check, hold, withhold, curb, keep in, rein in.
- 2. Delay, obstruct, hinder.
- 3. Support, sustain, uphold, prop, hold up, shore up.
- Stay, n. 1. Sojourn, delay, halt, rest, repose, stop.
- 2. Hinderance, obstruction, interruption, obstacle, impediment, check, bar, restraint, curb, stumbling block.
- 3. Support, prop, staff, dependence, supporter, buttress.
- Stays, n. pl. Corsets.
- Steadfast, a. 1. Fixed, fast, established.
- 2. Resolute, firm, steady, stanch, constant, stable, pertinacious, unwavering, unhesitating, unshaken, unreserved, implicit.
- Steady, a. 1. Fixed, firm, not tottering.
- 2. Regular, undeviating, unremitted, uniform.
- 3. Constant, resolute, stanch, steadfast, stable, unwavering, persevering.
- Steal, v. a. 1. Purloin, pilfer, filch, CABBAGE, poach, peculate, embezzle, ROB, make off with, come unlawfully by.
- 2. Allure, win, gain, draw over.
- Steal, v. n. 1. Pilfer, purloin, thieve, practise theft.
- 2. Pass stealthily, go unperceived.
- Stealer, n. Thief, robber.
- Stealing, n. Theft, robbery, larceny.
- Stealthy, a. Sly, secret, private, clandestine, furtive, underhand, sneaking, skulking.
- Steam, n. 1. Vapor (especially of water).
- 2. Mist, fume, reek, smoke, exhalation, effluvium.
- Steam, v. n. 1. Emit vapor.
- 2. Evaporate, pass off in vapor.
- 3. Navigate (by means of steam), plough the deep, plough the waves.
- Steamboat, n. Steamer.
- Steamer, n. Steamboat, steamship.
- Steamer-duck, n. Race-horse (Micropterus brachypterus).
- Steamship, n. Steamer.
- Steatite, n. Soapstone.
- Steed, n. [Poetical.] Horse (especially a war horse), charger.
- Steel, v. a. 1. Case-harden, edge or point with steel.
- 2. Harden, strengthen, fortify, nerve, brace, make firm.
- Steep, a. Precipitous, abrupt.
- Steep, n. Precipice, abrupt declivity.
- Steep, v. a. Soak, macerate, imbrue, drench, digest, seethe.
- Steeple, n. Spire, tower, turret.
- Steeple-bush, n. Hardhack (Spiræa tomentosa).
- Steer, n. Young ox.
- Steer, v. a. Direct (as a vessel by the helm), guide, pilot, conduct, govern, have or take the direction of.
- Steer, v. n. 1. Direct one's course.
- 2. Be directed, be governed.
- Steersman, n. Helmsman, pilot, guide, conductor.
- Stellar, a. Astral, starry.
- Stellate, a. Star-like, radiated, stellular, stellated.
- Stellated, a. Stellate.
- Stellular, a. Stellate.
- Stem, n. 1. Trunk (of a tree), main stock.
- 2. Peduncle, pedicel, petiole, stalk.
- 3. Branch, shoot, scion.
- 4. (Naut.) Forepart (of a ship), prow, beak, bow.
- 5. (Mus.) Tail (of a note).
- Stem, v. a. 1. Oppose (as a current), resist, breast, withstand, bear up against, make head against.
- 2. Stop, check.
- Stench, n. Stink, fetor, bad smell, offensive odor.
- Stench-trap, n. Cesspool, stink-trap.
- Stenographer, n. Stenographist.
- Stenographist, n. Stenographer.
- Stenography, n. Shorthand, tachygraphy, brachygraphy.
- Stentorian, a. Stunning, deafening, very loud.
- Step, n. 1. Pace, tread.
- 2. Stair.
- 3. Degree, grade, gradation.
- 4. Advancement, progression.
- 5. Action, act, deed, proceeding.
- 6. Measure, means, method, expedient.
- 7. Round (of a ladder), rundle.
- 8. Short distance, stone's throw, small space, few steps.
- Step, v. n. Walk.
- Steppe, n. Prairie, pampa, savanna.
- Stercoraceous, a. Fecal.
- Sterile, a. Barren, unfruitful, fruitless, unproductive, unprolific, infecund, addle, ACARPOUS, jejune, poor.
- Sterility, n. Barrenness, unfruitfulness, fruitlessness, unproductiveness, infecundity.
- Sterling, a. Genuine, pure, true, real, substantial, positive.
- Stern, a. 1. Forbidding, austere, severe, rigid.
- 2. Harsh, cruel, bitter, rigorous, strict, hard, unrelenting, inflexible, uncompromising.
- Stern, n. Hinder part (of a vessel).
- Sternness, n. 1. Severity, austerity, rigidity.
- 2. Harshness, asperity, rigor, inflexibility, cruelty.
- Sternum, n. (Anat.) Breastbone.
- Sternutation, n. Sneezing.
- Sternutative, a. Sternutatory.
- Sternutatory, a. Sternutative, errhine, that produces sneezing.
- Stertorous, a. Snoring.
- Stew, v. a. Boil (slowly), seethe, simmer.
- Stew, v. n. Be boiled (slowly).
- Stew, n. 1. Brothel, bagnio, bawdy house, whore-house, house of prostitution, house of ill fame.
- 2. [Colloquial.] Confusion, difficulty, scrape, mess.
- 3. Bouilli, stewed meat.
- Steward, n. 1. Major-domo.
- 2. Manciple.
- Stibial, a. Antimonial.
- Stibium, n. 1. Antimony.
- 2. Stibnite.
- Stibnite, n. Stibium, antimony glance.
- Stich, n. Line, verse.
- Stick, n. 1. Rod, switch, birch.
- 2. Club, bludgeon.
- 3. Cane, staff.
- 4. Piece of timber.
- 5. Stab, thrust.
- Stick, v. a. 1. Pierce, penetrate, transfix, stab, spear, gore.
- 2. Insert, thrust, infix.
- 3. Attach, paste, glue, cement.
- 4. Fix (on something pointed).
- Stick, v. n. 1. Adhere, cleave, cling, hold, stay fixed.
- 2. Abide, remain, stop, stay, hold fast, be infixed.
- 3. Hesitate, waver, doubt, scruple, stickle, be embarrassed, be puzzled.
- Stick at, Hesitate about, doubt about, be puzzled by.
- Stick by, Adhere to, be faithful to, be true to, stick to.
- Stickle, v. n. 1. Struggle (pertinaciously and on trifling grounds), contend, altercate.
- 2. Hesitate, waver, doubt, scruple, stick, be puzzled.
- Stickle-back, n. Prickle-back.
- Stickler, n. Pertinacious person.
- Stick out, Project, protrude, be prominent.
- Stick Sulphur, Cane brimstone, roll sulphur.
- Stick to, 1. Adhere to, STICK BY.
- 2. Persevere in.
- Sticky, a. Adhesive, glutinous, viscous, viscid, tenacious, gluey.
- Stiff, a. 1. Rigid, unbending, unyielding, inflexible.
- 2. Firm, tenacious, thick, inspissated.
- 3. Stubborn, obstinate, pertinacious, rigorous, severe, strict, straight-laced, stringent, peremptory, absolute, positive, austere, dogmatic, uncompromising.
- 4. Formal, constrained, ceremonious, punctilious, prim, starch, stately, chilling, frigid, in buckram.
- 5. Inelegant, cramped, harsh, crude, graceless, abrupt.
- 6. Strong, fresh.
- Stiff-necked, a. Stubborn, obdurate, dogged, mulish, headstrong, contumacious, cross-grained, unruly, intractable.
- Stifle, v. a. 1. Smother, choke, suffocate.
- 2. Suppress, repress, check, deaden, stop, destroy, extinguish, quench.
- 3. Still, hush, silence, muffle, muzzle, gag.
- Stigma, n. 1. Mark (made with a hot iron), brand.
- 2. Stain, blot, disgrace, reproach, dishonor.
- Stigmatize, v. a. 1. Brand, mark with a hot iron.
- 2. Disgrace, reproach, dishonor, vilify, defame, discredit, brand, post.
- Stiletto, n. 1. Dagger, dirk, poniard.
- 2. Bodkin.
- Still, v. a. 1. Silence, stifle, muffle, hush.
- 2. Calm, compose, quiet, allay, appease, pacify, tranquillize, smooth.
- Still, a. 1. Silent, noiseless, hushed, mute, mum.
- 2. Quiet, calm, tranquil, placid, serene, stilly.
- 3. Motionless, quiescent, at rest.
- Still, ad. or conj. 1. Yet, till now, to this time.
- 2. However, nevertheless, notwithstanding.
- 3. Always, ever, continually, habitually.
- Stilly, a. Quiet, calm, tranquil, serene, still.
- Stilt, n. Stilt-bird, long-legged plover (Himantopus melanopterus).
- Stilt-bird, n. Stilt.
- Stilted, a. Pompous, swelling, inflated, bombastic, turgid, pretentious, grandiloquent, high-flowing, high-sounding, HIGH-FALUTIN, on stilts.
- Stimulant, a. Stimulating, exciting, stimulative.
- Stimulant, n. 1. Stimulating medicine.
- 2. Incentive, STIMULUS.
- Stimulate, v. a. Incite, excite, instigate, animate, awaken, provoke, pique, encourage, inspirit, urge, prompt, goad, rouse, arouse, whet, foment, spur, impel, inflame, fire, kindle, stir up, set on, work up.
- Stimulative, a. Stimulating, STIMULANT.
- Stimulative, n. Stimulus.
- Stimulus, n. Incentive, spur, goad, incitement, stimulant, provocative, provocation, motive, encouragement.
- Sting, v. a. 1. Prick, wound, hurt.
- 2. Afflict, pain, cut to the quick, go to one's heart.
- Stingy, a. Niggardly, penurious, parsimonious, miserly, close, mean, covetous, avaricious, sordid, close-fisted.
- Stink, v. n. Smell bad, smell ill, emit a stench.
- Stink, n. Stench, fetor, FUNK, offensive odor, bad smell.
- Stinkard, n. Teledu (Mydaus meliceps).
- Stink-stone, n. Swinestone.
- Stink-trap, n. Cesspool, stench-trap.
- Stint, v. a. 1. Limit, bound, restrain, confine.
- 2. Straiten, pinch, distress, put on short allowance.
- 3. [U. S.] Assign a task to.
- Stint, v. n. Stop, cease, desist.
- Stint, n. 1. Limit, bound, restraint.
- 2. Quantity assigned.
- 3. Allotted task.
- Stipe, n. Stalk (of a pistil), stem (of a mushroom or a fern).
- Stipend, n. Salary, wages, allowance, pay, hire, compensation, remuneration.
- Stipple, v. a. Engrave (by dots, instead of lines).
- Stipulate, v. n. Bargain, agree, contract, engage, covenant, provide.
- Stipulation, n. Bargain, agreement, contract, engagement, obligation, covenant, indenture, concordat, pact, convention.
- Stir, v. a. 1. Move.
- 2. Agitate, disturb.
- 3. Discuss, argue, moot.
- 4. Instigate, incite, excite, rouse, arouse, awaken, prompt, stimulate, provoke, animate, goad, spur, stir up, set on.
- Stir, v. n. 1. Move, budge, go, change place, change one's position, move one's self.
- 2. Be active, be in motion.
- 3. Appear, happen, turn up, come into notice.
- 4. [Colloquial.] Rise (from bed in the morning), get up.
- Stir, n. 1. Movement, activity, bustle, FUSS, hurry, flurry, fidget, ado.
- 2. Agitation, excitement, confusion, tumult, commotion.
- Stir one's stumps, [Colloquial.] Hasten, be quick, make the most of one's time, not suffer the grass to grow under one's feet.
- Stirrer up, Inciter, instigator.
- Stirring, a. Active, lively, brisk, smart, industrious, diligent.
- Stir up, Instigate, excite, STIR.
- Stitch, v. a. 1. Sew, sew together.
- 2. Make stitches in.
- Stithy, n. Smithy, smithery, FORGE, smith's shop.
- Stive, v. a. 1. Stow, stuff close.
- 2. Make hot, close, or sultry.
- Stoat, n. Ermine (Mustela erminea), meniver.
- Stock, n. 1. Trunk (of a tree), stalk, stem.
- 2. Post, pillar, block, log.
- 3. Handle (of an instrument), haft.
- 4. Cravat, neckcloth.
- 5. Race, lineage, pedigree, parentage, ancestry, family.
- 6. Capital, fund, invested property.
- 7. Store, supply, accumulation, provision, hoard, reserve.
- 8. Live-stock, domestic animals (on a farm).
- Stock, v. a. 1. Store, supply, furnish, fill.
- 2. Reserve, save, garner, hoard, reposit, accumulate, lay in, treasure up, lay by.
- Stock-dove, n. Wild pigeon (of Europe), wood-pigeon (Columba ænas).
- Stockholder, n. Shareholder.
- Stockish, a. Stupid, blockish, STOLID.
- Stock-jobber, n. Speculator in stocks, trader in stocks.
- Stocks, n. pl. 1. Funds (invested in joint-stock enterprises or in the obligations of a Government), public funds, public securities.
- 2. Shares (in joint-stock companies, or in the obligations of a Government).
- Stock-still, a. Stone-still, perfectly still.
- Stocky, a. [Colloquial.] Stout, plump, chubbed, stubby, STUMPY, short and thick.
- Stoic, n. Follower of Zeno, stoical philosopher.
- Stoic, a. Passionless, apathetic, unimpassioned, imperturbable, philosophic, Platonic, cool, indifferent, cold, cold-blooded.
- Stoical, a. Passionless, apathetic, unimpassioned, imperturbable, philosophic, Platonic, cool, indifferent, cold, cold-blooded.
- Stoicism, n. 1. Stoical philosophy, philosophy of Zeno.
- 2. Apathy, insensibility, coolness, indifference, coldness, phlegm, cold blood.
- Stolen, a. 1. Purloined, pilfered, taken wrongfully.
- 2. Furtive, stealthy, surreptitious, clandestine, secret, sly.
- Stolid, a. Stupid, dull, heavy, doltish, slow, foolish, blockish, obtuse, stockish.
- Stolidity, n. Stupidity, dullness, foolishness, doltishness, obtuseness, stolidness.
- Stolidness, n. Stolidity.
- Stoma, n. [Gr. pl. Stomata.] 1. Pore (in plants).
- 2. Breathing-hole (in articulate animals).
- Stomach, n. 1. Appetite.
- 2. Inclination, desire, taste, liking.
- Stomach, v. a. Brook, endure, bear, suffer, put up with.
- Stomachal, a. Stomachic.
- Stomachic, n. Cordial, medicine for the stomach, stomachal.
- Stomachic, a. Stomachal, cordial, good for the stomach.
- Stomachical, a. Stomachal, cordial, good for the stomach.
- Stone, n. 1. Rock, pebble.
- 2. Gem, jewel, precious stone.
- 3. Nut (of a drupe).
- 4. Vesical calculus.
- 5. Testicle.
- 6. Monumental tablet.
- Stone, v. a. 1. Pelt with stones.
- 2. Face with stone, line with stone.
- 3. Free from stones.
- Stone-bed, n. Quarry, stone-pit.
- Stone-blind, a. Totally blind.
- Stone-coal, n. Anthracite, blind-coal, glance-coal, hard-coal.
- Stone-cold, a. Cold as stone.
- Stone-curlew, n. Stone-plover (Œdicnemus crepitans).
- Stone-fruit, n. Drupe.
- Stone-pit, n. Quarry, stone-bed.
- Stone-plover, n. Stone-curlew.
- Stone's cast, n. Stone's throw.
- Stone's throw, n. Stone's cast, short distance, few steps.
- Stone-still, a. Stock-still.
- Stone-weed, n. Red-root (Lithospermum arvense).
- Stony-hearted, a. Cruel, unfeeling, pitiless, remorseless, hard-hearted.
- Stook, n. Shock (of corn), hattock.
- Stool, n. 1. Seat (without a back).
- 2. Discharge (from the bowels), evacuation.
- 3. [Local, U. S.] Decoy-bird.
- Stool-pigeon, n. 1. Decoy-pigeon.
- 2. [U. S.] Decoy-rogue (employed by the police).
- Stoop, v. n. 1. Couch, bend forward, bend down, lean forward.
- 2. Cower, yield, submit, succumb, surrender, knuckle, give in.
- 3. Condescend, deign, vouchsafe.
- 4. Swoop, descend, come down, bear down.
- 5. Sink, fall.
- Stoop, v. a. Lower, abase, bow, bend down, bend forward.
- Stoop, n. 1. Condescension.
- 2. Swoop, descent.
- 3. Flagon, bowl.
- 4. [U. S.] Door-steps, porch.
- Stop, v. a. 1. Close, close up.
- 2.
- 3. Leave, cease from, desist from, refrain from, leave off, make an end of.
- 4. Suspend, arrest, intermit, discontinue, quiet, put an end to.
- Stop, v. n. 1. Be at a stand-still, come to a stand, come to a stand-still, come to a dead lock, cease progress, halt, stand still, lie by, LIE TO.
- 2.
- 3. [Colloquial, U. S.] Tarry, stay, lodge, take lodgings, have lodgings.
- Stop, n. 1. Pause, rest, intermission.
- 2. Interruption, repression, obstruction, hinderance, obstacle, check, impediment.
- 3. Point, mark of punctuation.
- Stop-cock, n. Cock, tap.
- Stoppage, n. Obstruction, hinderance, interruption, prevention.
- Stopper, n. Stopple, plug.
- Stopple, n. Stopper, plug.
- Store, n. 1. Stock, supply.
- 2. Abundance, plenty, great quantity, great number.
- 3. Warehouse, magazine, store-house, repository, depot.
- 4. Shop.
- Store, v. a. 1. Garner, hoard, husband, deposit, save, reserve, treasure up, lay in, lay up, lay by, set by, store up, lay in store.
- 2. Supply, furnish, stock, replenish, provide.
- Store-house, n. Magazine, warehouse, repository, depot, store.
- Storge, n. [Gr.] Parental love, instinctive affection (for offspring).
- Storm, n. 1. Tempest, gale, SQUALL, hurricane, TORNADO, violent wind (usually accompanied with rain, hail, or snow).
- 2. Disturbance, agitation, commotion, tumult, turmoil, clamor, sedition, insurrection, outbreak.
- 3. Calamity, adversity, distress.
- 4. Attack, assault, onslaught, onset, first brunt.
- Storm, v. a. Attack (with violence, as a fortification), assault.
- Storm, v. n. 1. Blow violently (with or without rain, hail, or snow).
- 2. Rage, fume.
- Storminess, n. Tempestuousness, inclemency, roughness.
- Stormy, a. 1. Tempestuous, windy, gusty, squally, boisterous, blustering.
- 2. Violent, passionate, rough.
- Stormy petrel, Mother Carey's chicken (Procellaria pelagica).
- Story, n. 1. History.
- 2. Narration, narrative, recital, relation, rehearsal, account, statement, tale.
- 3. Fiction, fable, romance, novel.
- 4. [Colloquial.] Falsehood, untruth, lie.
- 5. Floor, loft.
- Stout, a. 1. Strong, sinewy, brawny, athletic, lusty, robust, sturdy, stalwart, vigorous, able-bodied.
- 2. Brave, valiant, valorous, intrepid, bold, manful, manly, resolute, gallant, firm, indomitable.
- 3. Large, corpulent, obese, strapping, bouncing, portly, chubby, jolly, burly, plump, fat, in good case.
- Stout-hearted, a. Brave, valiant, valorous, courageous, resolute, gallant, intrepid, fearless, heroic, manly.
- Stove-pipe, n. Funnel.
- Stow, v. a. Pack, stuff, stive, wedge in, put in compactly.
- Strabism, n. Squinting, STRABISMUS.
- Strabismus, n. Squinting, strabism, cast of the eye, obliquity of vision.
- Straddle, v. a. Bestride.
- Straggle, v. n. Rove, ramble, stray, stroll, range, roam, wander, deviate, digress, gad about, go out of the way, go astray.
- Straggler, n. Wanderer, rambler, rover, strayer, stroller, vagrant, vagabond, nomad, bird of passage.
- Straggling, a. 1. Roving, rambling, straying, strolling, wandering.
- 2. Scattered, occurring here and there.
- 3. Isolated, solitary.
- Strahlstein, n. Actinolite, ray-stone.
- Straight, a. 1. Rectilinear, direct, short, near, right, undeviating, not crooked, not curved.
- 2. Vertical, upright, erect, perpendicular.
- 3. Just, fair, honorable, straightforward.
- Straight, ad. Immediately, directly, forthwith, straightway, at once, without delay.
- Straight-edge, n. Strike, strickle.
- Straighten, v. a. Make straight.
- Straightforward, a. 1. Direct, undeviating, STRAIGHT.
- 2. Honest, honorable, equitable, fair, just, square, even-handed.
- Straightforward, ad. Directly, in a straight line, without turning to the right or to the left.
- Straightway, ad. Straight, immediately.
- Strain, v. a. 1. Stretch, draw tightly.
- 2. Wrench, sprain.
- 3. Exert (to the utmost), put to the utmost strength.
- 4. Pervert (from the true intent), push too far.
- 5. Force, constrain, compel.
- 6. Filter, purify (by filtration).
- Strain, v. n. 1. Try hard, make great efforts.
- 2. Percolate, filter, be filtered, be strained.
- Strain, n. 1. Extreme tension.
- 2. Over-exertion, violent effort, great exertion.
- 3. Sprain, wrench.
- 4. Tune, melody, movement.
- 5. Poem, lay, song, sonnet.
- 6. Style, manner.
- Strait, a. 1. Narrow, close, contracted, constricted, not broad, not wide.
- 2. Strict, rigorous, rigid, severe.
- Strait, n. 1. Narrow pass (especially between two seas), gut, narrows.
- 2. Distress, difficulty, perplexity, dilemma, embarrassment, pinch, exigency, emergency, critical situation.
- Straiten, v. a. 1. Confine, limit, constrict, contract.
- 2. Stretch, straighten, make tight or tense.
- 3. Distress, perplex, pinch, embarrass, oppress.
- Straitened, a. Distressed, perplexed, embarrassed.
- Strait-jacket, n. Strait-waistcoat.
- Straight-laced, a. Strict, rigid, formal, stiff, stern, rigorous, austere, uncompromising.
- Strait-waistcoat, n. Strait-jacket.
- Strake, n. (Ship building.) Streak, range of planks (on the side of a vessel).
- Stramonium, n. Thorn-apple, stramony, Jamestown weed, apple Peru (Datura stramonium).
- Stramony, n. Stramonium.
- Strand, n. Beach, shore, coast, seaboard, seacoast.
- Stranded, a. Aground, ashore, wrecked, cast away.
- Strand, v. n. Run aground, get ashore, be wrecked, be cast away.
- Strange, a. 1. Foreign, outlandish, exotic, alien, not native, not domestic, from abroad.
- 2. New, novel, unusual, uncommon, unnatural, abnormal, anomalous, singular, rare, irregular, extraordinary, wonderful, inexplicable, exceptional, unique, PRETERNATURAL, unheard of, out of the way.
- 3. Odd, eccentric, queer, peculiar, BIZARRE.
- Stranger, n. 1. Foreigner, alien.
- 2. Guest, visitor.
- Stranger, a. 1. Foreign, alien.
- 2. Unacquainted, unknown.
- Strangle, v. a. Choke, throttle, suffocate.
- Strap, n. 1. Thong.
- 2. Strop, razor-strap, razor-strop.
- 3. Ligature, tie, band.
- Strap, v. a. 1. Whip (with a strap).
- 2. Bind (with a strap), fasten.
- 3. Strop, sharpen (on a strap).
- Strapper, n. [Colloquial.] Large person, giant, BOUNCER.
- Strapping, a. [Colloquial.] Large, huge, vast, BOUNCING, portly, burly, stout, lusty, stalwart, gigantic, Herculean.
- Strata, n. pl. [L. sing. Stratum.] Layers (as of rocks), beds.
- Stratagem, n. Artifice, device, manœuvre, intrigue, wile, trick, fetch, finesse, ruse, dodge, crafty device, artful contrivance, stroke of policy.
- Strategetic, a. Strategic, strategical.
- Strategetical, a. Strategic, strategical.
- Strategetics, n. pl. Strategy, generalship.
- Strategic, a. Strategetic, strategetical.
- Strategical, a. Strategetic, strategetical.
- Strategy, n. Generalship, strategetics, tactics, military science.
- Stratified, a. In strata, in layers.
- Stratum, n. [L. pl. Strata.] Layer, bed.
- Straw, n. Stalk (of grain after being thrashed).
- Stray, v. n. 1. Wander, rove, ramble, range, roam, straggle, stroll, deviate, digress, go out of the way, go astray.
- 2. Swerve (from rectitude), err.
- Stray, n. Estray.
- Stray, a. [Colloquial.] Straying, wandering, gone astray.
- Strayer, n. Wanderer, rambler, rover, stroller, vagrant, straggler, vagabond, nomad, bird of passage.
- Streak, n. 1. Stripe.
- 2. Strake.
- Streak, v. a. Stripe.
- Streaked, a. Striped, streaky.
- Streaky, a. Striped, streaked.
- Stream, n. 1. Current, course, flow, rush, tide.
- 2. River, rivulet, brook, run.
- Stream, v. n. 1. Flow, run, glide, pour.
- 2. Issue, radiate, go forth.
- 3. Extend, stretch out.
- Streamer, n. Pennon, banner, flag, ensign, standard, colors.
- Streamlet, n. Rill, brook, rivulet, runlet, runnel, run, BURN, small stream.
- Street, n. Road, highway, public way.
- Street-walker, n. Strumpet, whore.
- Strength, n. 1. Power, FORCE, might, potency, puissance, nerve.
- 2. Tenacity, toughness, solidity.
- 3. Lustiness, brawniness, robustness, stoutness.
- 4. Fortitude, courage, spirit, animation, firmness, resolution.
- 5. Validity, cogency, efficacy, prevalence, soundness.
- 6. Vigor (of style), energy, nervous diction.
- 7. Support, security, stay.
- Strengthen, v. a. 1. Fortify, brace, harden, steel, nerve, make strong, make stronger, give strength to, add strength to.
- 2. Intensify, make more intense.
- 3. Invigorate, animate, impart health to.
- 4. Confirm, corroborate, establish, justify, sustain, support.
- Strengthen, v. n. Grow strong.
- Strengthening, a. 1. Fortifying, bracing.
- 2. Invigorating, roborant, tonic.
- Strenuous, a. Zealous, ardent, earnest, active, vigorous, resolute, energetic.
- Strenuously, ad. Earnestly, ardently, vigorously, zealously, resolutely, energetically, actively, with all one's might, with might and main, tooth and nail, PUGNIS ET CALCIBUS, HAMMER AND TONGS, through thick and thin, through fire and water.
- Stress, n. 1. Force, strain.
- 2. Pressure, urgency.
- 3. Importance, significance, weight.
- 4. Emphasis, accent.
- Stretch, v. a. 1. Strain, tighten, make tense.
- 2. Extend, lengthen, elongate, draw out.
- 3. Reach, stretch forth, hold out.
- 4. Spread, expand, unfold, display.
- 5. Exaggerate, extend too far.
- Stretch, v. n. Extend, reach, be drawn out.
- Stretch, n. 1. Extent, extension, reach, compass, range.
- 2. Effort, struggle, strain, exertion.
- Stretch forth, Reach, hold out.
- Strew, v. a. 1. Scatter, spread.
- 2. Cover, overspread.
- Stria, n. [L. pl. Striæ.] Furrow, groove, channel.
- Striate, a. Channelled, furrowed, grooved.
- Striated, a. Channelled, furrowed, grooved.
- Stricken, a. 1. Struck, smitten, wounded, afflicted.
- 2. Advanced (in years), far gone.
- Stricken hour, Whole hour, entire hour.
- Strickle, n. Strike, straight-edge.
- Strict, a. 1. Tight, strained.
- 2. Exact, accurate, precise, very nice.
- 3. Severe, rigorous, stringent, stern, austere, harsh, uncompromising, strait-laced.
- Stricture, n. 1. Animadversion, censure, criticism, critique, critical remark.
- 2. (Med.) Contraction (of some duct, as the œsophagus).
- Stride, n. Long step.
- Stride, v. n. Take long steps.
- Stride, v. a. Bestride.
- Stridor, n. [L.] Grating, creaking, jarring, harsh sound.
- Stridulous, a. Grating, harsh, creaking.
- Strife, n. Contention, contest, conflict, struggle, quarrel.
- Strike, v. a. 1.
- 2. Cast, dash, hurl.
- 3. Impress, imprint, stamp, coin, mint.
- 4. Thrust, force, drive, impel.
- 5. Deal, inflict, give.
- 6. Cause (by a sudden impulse), produce.
- 7. Impress (suddenly), affect.
- 8. Lower (as a sail), take down, haul down.
- Strike, v. n. 1. Deal a blow.
- 2. Hit, clash, dash, collide, touch, come in contact.
- 3. Sound (by percussion).
- 4. Dart, penetrate, pass quickly, shoot.
- 5. Yield, surrender, strike the flag.
- 6. [Modern.] Rebel, mutiny, rise, quit work (in order to extort higher wages).
- Strike at, Attempt to strike, aim a blow at, try to hit.
- Strike, n. 1. Stroke.
- 2. Strickle, straight-edge.
- 3. Suspension of work (in order to extort higher wages), turn-out.
- Strike for, Start suddenly for, make for, move toward, go toward.
- Strike hands with, Agree with, make a bargain with.
- Strike home, Deal an effective blow.
- Strike in, 1. Enter suddenly.
- 2. Interpose, interrupt.
- 3. Disappear (from the surface).
- Strike in with, Side with, take part with, conform to.
- Strike off, 1. Cut off (by a blow).
- 2. Erase (from an account), strike out.
- 3. Print (as copies of a book).
- Strike out, [Active.] 1. Produce (by a blow), force out.
- 2. Erase, efface, strike off.
- 3. Devise, contrive, invent, plan.
- Strike out, [Neuter.] Rove, wander, make a sudden excursion.
- Strike the iron while it is hot, Seize the occasion, let not the opportunity slip, make hay while the sun shines.
- Strike up, 1. Begin to beat (as drums).
- 2. Begin to play or sing.
- Striking, a. Affecting, impressive, surprising, astonishing, wonderful, extraordinary, STUNNING.
- String, n. 1. Line, cord, thread, twine, CHORD.
- 2. Row, file, series, concatenation.
- String, v. a. 1. File, put on a string.
- 2. Set in a row, put in line.
- 3. Strengthen, fortify, make firm.
- Stringent, a. 1. Binding, contracting.
- 2. Strict, rigid, severe, rigorous.
- String-halt, n. Spring-halt.
- Stringy, a. 1. Fibrous, filamentous.
- 2. Ropy, viscid, viscous, glutinous, adhesive, smeary, dauby.
- Strip, v. a. 1.
- 2. Uncover, denude, peel, lay bare.
- 3. Divest, deprive, bereave, despoil, fleece, shave, make destitute.
- 4. Rob, plunder, pillage, spoil, sack, ransack, devastate, desolate, lay waste.
- 5. Milk dry.
- Strip, v. n. Undress, uncover, take off the clothes.
- Strip, n. Piece (long and narrow, torn off), slip, shred.
- Stripe, v. a. Streak.
- Stripe, n. 1. Streak.
- 2. Stroke (with a lash), blow.
- 3. Wale, mark of the lash.
- Striped, a. Streaked.
- Striped alder, Witch-hazel.
- Striped squirrel, Hackee, chipmunk.
- Stripling, n. Lad, boy, youth, youngster, school-boy, YOUNKER.
- Strippings, n. pl. Strokings.

- Strive, v. n. 1. Labor, endeavor, toil, struggle, try, aim, exert one's self, make an effort, do one's best, lay one's self out.
- 2. Contend, contest, fight, compete, cope, have a contest.
- 3. [Poetical.] Vie, compare, be comparable.
- Stroke, n. 1. Blow, knock, rap, pat, hit, thump.
- 2. Attack, shock.
- 3. Affliction, reverse, calamity, hardship, misfortune, visitation.
- 4. Touch, dash, sudden effort, sudden effect.
- Stroke, v. a. Rub gently (with the hands, in one direction).
- Strokings, n. pl. Strippings.
- Stroll, v. n. Wander, ramble, rove, roam, straggle, stray, range, wander about, stray about.
- Stroll, n. Ramble, walk, promenade, excursion, trip, tour, wandering, rambling, roving.
- Stroller, n. Wanderer, rambler, rover, strayer, straggler, vagrant, vagabond, nomad, bird of passage.
- Strolling, a. Wandering, roving, vagrant, nomadic.
- Strong, a. 1. Vigorous, robust, sturdy, athletic, brawny, sinewy, muscular, stalwart, Herculean, able-bodied, hale, healthy, hardy, stout.
- 2. Able, capable, efficient, mighty, potent, powerful, puissant.
- 3. Firm, solid, compact, impregnable, well fortified.
- 4. Energetic, active, vivid, intense.
- 5. Violent, impetuous, vehement.
- 6. Pungent, piquant, biting, sharp, racy, spicy, hot, peppery, high-seasoned, high-flavored.
- 7. Tenacious, tough, cohesive, resisting, stubborn.
- 8. Cogent, forcible, impressive, conclusive, persuasive.
- 9. Ardent, eager, zealous, hearty, earnest.
- 10. Alcoholic (in a high degree), intoxicating.
- Strong-box, n. Coffer (for money), safe, money-chest.
- Stronghold, n. Fort, fortress, castle, citadel, fortification, fastness, keep, bulwark, donjon, muniment, fortified place.
- Strong-scented, a. Strong-smelling.
- Strong-smelling, a. Rank, FROWZY, fetid, strong-scented.
- Strop, n. Strap, razor-strap, razor-strop.
- Strop, v. a. Strap, sharpen (on a strap).
- Strow, v. a. 1. Strew, scatter, spread.
- 2. Cover, overspread.
- Structure, n. 1. Construction, make, form, arrangement, conformation, configuration, contexture, texture, mode of building, manner of making.
- 2. Edifice, fabric, building, erection, pile.
- Struggle, v. n. 1. Strive, labor, toil, endeavor, try, aim, exert one's self, make an effort, do one's best.
- 2. Contend, contest, fight, have a contest.
- Struggle, n. 1. Labor, endeavor, effort, exertion, pains.
- 2. Contest, contention, conflict, strife, fight.
- Strum, v. a. Thrum, play, play upon.
- Struma, n. 1. (Med.) Scrofula, king's evil.
- 2. (Bot.) Swelling, protuberance.
- Strumose, a. Scrofulous.
- Strumous, a. Scrofulous.
- Strumpet, n. Harlot, prostitute, whore, courtesan, punk, wench, drab, Cyprian, street-walker, night-walker, woman of the town, woman of ill fame.
- Strut, v. n. Walk (pompously), swell.
- Strut, n. 1. Pompous walk.
- 2. (Arch.) Brace.
- Strychnia, n. Strychnine.
- Strychnine, n. Strychnia.
- Stub, n. Stump.
- Stub, v. a. 1. Eradicate, grub up, extirpate.
- 2. [Colloquial, U. S.] Strike (as the toes, against a stump, stone, &c.).
- Stubbed, a. Blunt, obtuse, truncated, stubby, short and thick.
- Stubborn, a. Obstinate, unyielding, inflexible, positive, contumacious, refractory, perverse, headstrong, cantankerous, wilful, dogged, mulish, unruly, unmanageable, ungovernable, intractable, indocile, heady, cross-grained, obdurate, stiff, pig-headed.
- Stubby, a. Blunt, obtuse, truncated, stubbed, STUMPY, short and thick.
- Stucco, v. a. Cover with stucco.
- Stucco, n. Plaster (for covering walls and ceilings), mortar, cement.
- Stud, n. 1. Post, prop.
- 2. Knob (for ornament), boss.
- 3. Button (for a shirt-bosom).
- Student, n. Scholar, pupil, learner.
- Stud-horse, n. Stallion, breeding horse.
- Studio, n. Workshop (of an artist).
- Studious, a. 1. Meditative, reflective, contemplative, given to study, thoughtful.
- 2. Diligent, assiduous, eager, zealous.
- Studious of, Careful of, attentive to, interested in.
- Study, n. 1. Research, inquiry, investigation, close attention.
- 2. Meditation, thought, reflection, cogitation, studious mood, contemplation.
- 3. Subject of attention.
- Study, v. n. 1. Meditate, muse, reflect, cogitate, think, ponder, apply the mind.
- 2. Be eager, be zealous, try hard, do one's best.
- Study, v. a. 1. Learn, apply the mind to.
- 2. Investigate, examine, scrutinize, contemplate, ponder, weigh, sift, search into, meditate on, think about, reflect upon, inquire into, consider attentively, revolve in the mind.
- Stuff, n. 1. Material, matter, substance, raw material.
- 2. Cloth, textile fabric.
- 3. Mixture, medicine, potion.
- 4. Trash, nonsense, absurdity, folly, moonshine, twaddle, balderdash, fudge, inanity, platitude, flummery.
- Stuff, v. a. 1. Cram, stow, pack, fill full.
- 2. Press, crowd, squeeze.
- 3. [Colloquial, U. S.] Flatter, cajole, wheedle, coax, coddle.
- Stuff, v. n. Cram, eat greedily.
- Stuffing, n. 1. Filling full.
- 2. Dressing, force-meat.
- Stuffy, a. [Scottish.] Stout, resolute.
- 2. [Colloquial, U. S.] Angry (and obstinate), sulky, moody, irate, ireful, wrathful.
- Stultify, v. a. Make foolish, prove foolish, make a fool of.
- Stumble, v. n. 1. Trip, miss one's footing, make a false step.
- 2. Err, do wrong.
- Stumble, n. 1. Trip, false step.
- 2. Error, blunder, failure.
- Stumble on, Fall upon (by chance), light upon, come upon, strike upon.
- Stumbling-block, n. Hinderance, obstruction, obstacle, check, bar, barrier, difficulty, impediment, lion in the way.
- Stump, n. Stub.
- Stump, v. a. [Colloquial, U. S.] Challenge, dare.
- Stump it, [Colloquial, U. S.] Take the stump, make electioneering speeches.
- Stumpy, a. 1. Full of stumps.
- 2. [Colloquial.] Stubby, dumpy, squat, short and thick.
- Stun, v. a. 1. Make senseless (by a blow).
- 2. Stupefy, confound, bewilder.
- 3. Deafen, make deaf.
- Stunning, a. 1. Deafening, stentorian, very loud.
- 2. [Colloquial.] Striking, astonishing, wonderful.
- Stunt, v. a. Dwarf, stop the growth of, hinder from growth.
- Stunted, a. Dwarfish, dwarfed, diminutive, small, little, tiny, Liliputian, pygmean.
- Stupe, n. Fomentation, sweating bath.
- Stupe, v. a. Foment, bathe with warm lotions.
- Stupefaction, n. 1. Lethargy, stupor, numbness.
- 2. Insensibility, dulness, obtuseness, torpor, stupidity.
- Stupefactive, a. Stupefying, narcotic.
- Stupefy, v. a. Dull, blunt, benumb, muddle, hebetate, make stupid, make dull, make torpid.
- Stupefying, a. Stupefactive, narcotic.
- Stupendous, a. Astonishing, surprising, amazing, wonderful, wondrous, marvellous.
- Stupid, a. 1. Senseless, witless, dull, obtuse, foolish, DAFT, sluggish, insensible, brutish, insensate, muddy, muddy-brained, muddy-headed, slow of apprehension, void of understanding.
- 2. Unentertaining, prosaic, pointless, prosy, flat, heavy, insipid, tame, vapid, bald, uninteresting, humdrum.
- 3. Stupefied, drowsy, torpid, heavy, comatose, lethargic, morbidly sleepy.
- Stupidity, n. 1. Dulness, obtuseness, sluggishness of understanding, slowness of apprehension.
- 2. Lifelessness, heaviness, insipidity, tameness, vapidness, want of interest.
- 3. Stupor, lethargy, torpor, COMA, stupefaction, morbid drowsiness.
- Stupor, n. Lethargy, torpor, numbness, stupefaction, COMA.
- Stupration, n. [Rare.] Ravishment, ravishing, rape, defloration, violation, constupration.
- Sturdy, a. 1. Bold (from coarseness or rudeness), obstinate, dogged, stubborn, pertinacious, firm, stiff.
- 2. Strong, lusty, robust, stout, stalwart, athletic, brawny, muscular.
- Stutter, v. n. Stammer, hesitate, falter.
- Sty, n. 1. Hog-sty, pig-sty.
- 2. Tumor (on the edge of the eyelid).
- 3. Place of debauchery.
- Stygian, a. Hellish, infernal, diabolical.
- Style, n. 1. Diction, phraseology, mode of expression, mode of speech, turn of expression, manner of writing.
- 2. Manner, method, mode, way, form, fashion, cast, pattern.
- 3. Title, appellation, name, designation, denomination, mode of address.
- 4. Gnomon (of a dial).
- Style, v. a. Denominate, name, designate, call, term, dub, christen.
- Stylet, n. (Surgery.) Specillum.
- Stylish, a. [Colloquial.] Fashionable, modish, genteel, courtly, polished, in fashion, in vogue, À LA MODE, having a run, the rage.
- Styptic, n. Astringent (to stop bleeding).
- Styptic, a. Astringent, binding, contracting.
- Styptical, a. Astringent, binding, contracting.
- Suant, a. [Local Eng. and U. S. Written also Suent.] 1. Even, smooth, uniform, regular, equable.
- 2. Easy, quiet.
- Suasion, n. Persuasion.
- Suasory, a. Persuasive.
- Suavity, n. Sweetness (of temper or of manner), urbanity, amenity, civility, politeness, courtesy, decorum, gentleness, mildness, pleasantness, agreeableness, complaisance, affability, amiability, obliging manner, good manners, good breeding.
- Subacid, a. Slightly acid, somewhat acid, somewhat sour, sourish.
- Subaltern, a. Inferior, subordinate.
- Subdivision, n. 1. Division, dividing, ramification.
- 2. Part, portion, piece, fraction, section.
- Subdue, v. a. 1.
- 2. Tame, HAVE ON THE HIP, subject, control, make submissive, bring under rule.
- Subduer, n. 1. Conqueror, vanquisher, victor.
- 2. Tamer.
- Subject, v. a. 1. Subdue, control, bring under rule, make submissive, make subordinate.
- 2. Enslave, inthrall.
- 3. Expose, make liable.
- 4. Submit, refer.
- Subject, a. 1. Subservient, subjected, in bondage, under the lash, under one's thumb, under one's command, at one's command, at one's beck or call, at one's mercy.
- 2. Submissive, obedient.
- 3. Exposed, liable.
- Subject, n. 1. Dependent, subordinate.
- 2. Topic, theme, thesis, point, matter, subject-matter, matter in hand.
- 3. Hero, person treated of.
- 4. Nominative, nominative case.
- 5. Corpse, dead body, carcass.
- Subjection, n. Dependence, subordination, subserviency.
- Subjective, a. Mental, spiritual, ideal, psychological, metaphysical.
- Subject-matter, n. Subject, topic.
- Subjoin, v. a. Add (at the end), annex, affix, suffix, postfix.
- Sub judice, [L.] Under consideration, not yet decided.
- Subjugate, v. a. Conquer, vanquish, subdue, overcome, beat, overpower, overbear, overthrow, master, subject.
- Subjugation, n. Conquest, mastery, subjection.
- Subjugator, n. Conqueror, victor, enslaver.
- Sublet, v. a. Underlet.
- Sublimate, v. a. 1. (Chem.) Sublime.
- 2. Refine, exalt, elevate, heighten.
- Sublimation, n. 1. Vaporization (of a solid, to be again condensed).
- 2. Refinement, exaltation, elevation.
- Sublime, a. 1. High, elevated.
- 2. Exalted (in excellence or dignity), great, noble, grand, lofty, dignified, stately, majestic.
- Sublime, v. a. 1. Vaporize (as a solid, to be again condensed), sublimate.
- 2. Refine, exalt, elevate, heighten.
- Sublime Porte, Turkish court, Porte.
- Sublimity, n. Grandeur, greatness, nobleness, loftiness, exaltation.
- Sublunary, a. Earthly, mundane, terrestrial, of this world.
- Submerge, v. a. Immerse, inundate, deluge, flood, overflow, overwhelm, drown, plunge, sink, submerse, put under water (or other liquid).
- Submerse, v. a. Submerge.
- Submission, n. 1. Surrender, cession, yielding.
- 2. Obedience, resignation, compliance, acquiescence, meekness, submissiveness, lowliness, humility, humiliation, self-abasement.
- 3. Endurance, sufferance, long-sufferance, forbearance, fortitude.
- Submissive, a. 1. Yielding, tractable, pliant, docile.
- 2. Obedient, resigned, uncomplaining, unrepining, patient, long-suffering.
- 3. Humble, meek, lowly, profound.
- Submissiveness, n. 1. Pliancy, docility.
- 2. Obedience, submission, resignation, compliance, passiveness, non-resistance.
- 3. Humility, humbleness, meekness, lowliness, self-abasement.
- Submit, v. a. 1. Yield, surrender, resign, subject, give up.
- 2. Refer, commit.

- Submit to, Endure, tolerate, put up with, bear with, reconcile one's self to, be reconciled to, make the best of.
- Subordinate, a. Inferior, subservient, subject, ancillary, minor, secondary.
- Subordinate, n. Inferior, dependant.
- Subordinate, v. a. Subject, make subordinate, make subservient.
- Subordination, n. Subjection, subserviency.
- Suborn, v. a. 1. Procure indirectly.
- 2. (Law.) Bribe (to commit perjury), bribe to take a false oath.
- Sub rosa, [L.] Privately, secretly, confidentially, in confidence, under the rose, between ourselves, between you and me, ENTRE NOUS.
- Subscribe, v. a. 1. Sign, set one's name to, affix one's signature to.
- 2. Promise to contribute.
- Subscribe, v. n. 1. Sign one's name (in token of consent).
- 2. Agree, consent, assent, give consent, yield assent.
- 3. Enter one's name (for a newspaper, &c.).
- 4. Promise to contribute.
- Subsequent, a. Following, succeeding, posterior.
- Subserve, v. a. Promote, forward, further, serve, help forward, be subservient to, pander to, minister to.
- Subservience, n. 1. Subordination, inferiority.
- 2. Usefulness, helpfulness.
- Subserviency, n. 1. Subordination, inferiority.
- 2. Usefulness, helpfulness.
- Subservient, a. 1. Subordinate, inferior, subject.
- 2. Useful, helpful, serviceable, conducive, subsidiary, ancillary, instrumental.
- Subside, v. n. 1. Sink, settle.
- 2. Decrease, diminish, lessen, lull, wane, ebb, abate, intermit, grow less.
- Subsidence, n. 1. Sinking, settling.
- 2. Decrease, diminution, lessening, abatement, ebb.
- Subsidiary, a. Assistant, auxiliary, co-operating, subservient.
- Subsidize, v. a. Supply with a subsidy.
- Subsidy, n. Pecuniary aid (granted by one government to another).
- Subsist, v. n. 1. Exist, be, live.
- 2. [Rare.] Remain, abide, continue.
- 3. Be supported, obtain a livelihood, get a living.
- Subsist, v. a. Feed, victual, ration, support, maintain.
- Subsistence, n. 1. Real being.
- 2. Support, livelihood, maintenance, aliment, nutriment, sustenance, living, food, viands, provision, victuals, meat, rations, grub, PROG, FEED, FORAGE.
- 3. Inherence.
- Subsistent, a. 1. Substantial, really existing.
- 2. Inherent.
- Substance, n. 1. Substratum, groundwork, reality, hypostasis, substantiality, essential nature, real being, real existence.
- 2. Meaning, import, significance, essence, pith, gist, soul, chief part, essential part, vital part.
- 3. Body, matter, material, texture, stuff.
- 4. Property, wealth, means, estate.
- Substantial, a. 1. Real, actual, existent, subsistent, actually existing, having substance.
- 2. True, positive, not imaginary.
- 3. Strong, stout, solid, firm, stable, sound, massive.
- 4. Responsible (pecuniarily), moderately wealthy.
- Substantials, n. pl. Essential or material parts.
- Substantiate, v. a. Establish, verify, prove, confirm, corroborate, ratify, make good.
- Substantiation, n. Confirmation, corroboration, establishment, evidence, proof, ratification.
- Substantive, n. (Gram.) Noun, name.
- Substitute, v. a. Exchange, commute, put in the place of.
- Substitute, n. 1. Proxy, lieutenant, agent, deputy, LOCUM TENENS.
- 2. Makeshift, temporary expedient.
- Substitution, n. Exchange, COMMUTATION.
- Substratum, n. Principle, element, groundwork, underlying substance, fundamental or primordial substance.
- Substructure, n. Foundation.
- Subterfuge, n. Evasion, excuse, shift, artifice, trick, quirk, shuffle, pretence, pretext, mask.
- Subterranean, a. Underground, subterrene.
- Subterraneous, a. Underground, subterrene.
- Subterrene, a. Subterranean.
- Subtile, a. 1. Rare, thin, light, airy, ethereal, sublimated, not dense, not gross.
- 2. Delicate, fine, slender, nice, not coarse.
- Subtileness, n. Subtilty.
- Subtilize, v. a. 1. Etherealize, make thin, light, or airy.
- 2. Refine excessively, make over-nice.
- Subtilize, v. n. Refine, be over-nice.
- Subtilty, n. 1. Rarity, thinness, etherealness, subtileness.
- 2. Fineness, slenderness, exility.
- 3. Refinement, extreme nicety.
- Subtle, a. 1. Crafty, cunning, artful, sly, wily, arch, astute, designing, intriguing, insinuating, crooked, tricky, diplomatic, Machiavelian.
- 2. Acute, keen, shrewd, sagacious, deep, profound.
- Subtleness, n. Subtlety.
- Subtlety, n. 1. Craft, craftiness, cunning, artifice, astuteness, artfulness, subtleness, guile.
- 2. Acuteness, acumen, keenness, shrewdness, discernment, intelligence, cleverness, sagacity.
- Subtract, v. a. Deduct, withdraw, take, take away.
- Subtraction, n. Deduction.
- Subulate, a. Awl-shaped.
- Subulated, a. Awl-shaped.
- Suburbs, n. pl. Environs, outskirts, purlieus, neighborhood, vicinage, border, limit, confines, FAUBOURGS.
- Subvention, n. Government bounty, government aid.
- Subversion, n. 1. Overturn, inversion.
- 2. Overthrow, destruction, demolition, ruin.
- Subversive, a. Destructive, tending to the overthrow.
- Subvert, v. a. 1. Overturn, overset, invert, turn upside down.
- 2. Destroy, ruin, overthrow, demolish, raze.
- Succedaneum, n. Substitute.
- Succeed, v. a. 1. Follow, come after, be subsequent to.
- 2. Take the place of, assume the office of.
- Succeed, v. n. 1. Follow, ensue, come afterwards, come subsequently.
- 2. Prosper, flourish, prevail, thrive, hit, make a hit, come on, be successful, meet with success, go on well, go on swimmingly, have a run of luck, hit the right nail on the head, turn up trumps, have the game in one's hands.
- Succeed to, 1. Follow, succeed, come after.
- 2. Take the place of, assume the authority of.
- Success, n. 1. Issue, result.
- 2. Prosperity, luck, good fortune, good luck, lucky hit, fortunate hit, prosperous issue.
- Successful, a. Prosperous, fortunate, lucky, auspicious, felicitous.
- Succession, n. 1. Sequence, consecution.
- 2. Series, suite, progression, chain, concatenation.
- 3. Lineage, race, line of descendants.
- 4. (Mus.) Notes of melody (as distinguished from chords of harmony).
- Successive, a. Consecutive.
- Successor, n. Follower.
- Succinct, n. Short, brief, concise, laconic, terse, compact, compendious, condensed, pithy, summary, curt.
- Succor, v. a. 1. Aid, assist, help, relieve.
- 2. Cherish, foster, encourage, nurse.
- Succor, n. Relief, aid, assistance, help, support, helping hand.
- Succory, n. Chiccory.
- Succulence, n. Juiciness.
- Succulency, n. Juiciness.
- Succulent, a.
- Succumb, v. n. Yield, submit, surrender, capitulate, give in, give way.
- Such, a. 1. Like, similar, of that kind, of the like kind.
- 2. So, in the same state or condition, as it is, as it was.
- Such a, Of this kind, of that kind, of the same kind.
- Such an, Of this kind, of that kind, of the same kind.
- Such as, 1. Of the same kind as, of the like kind as, of the kind that.
- 2. The same as.
- Suck, v. a. 1. Draw into the mouth.
- 2. Draw milk from (with the mouth).

- Suckling, n.

- Sucrose, n. Cane sugar.
- Sudatory, n. Hot-house, sweating-bath, vapor-bath, sweating-room.
- Sudatory, a. Sweating, perspiring.
- Sudden, a. Unexpected, abrupt, unforeseen, unanticipated, unlooked for.
- Suddenly, a. Unexpectedly, abruptly, pop, on a sudden.
- Sue, v. a. Prosecute, bring an action against, commence a suit against.
- Sue, v. n. 1. Beg, petition, entreat, plead, supplicate, implore, pray.
- 2. Bring an action, make legal claim.
- Sue out, (Law.) Obtain by judicial process.
- Suent, a. [Local Eng. and U. S. Written also Suant.] 1. Even, smooth, uniform, regular, equable.
- 2. Easy, quiet.
- Suet, n. Tallow (with adhering membranes).
- Suffer, v. a. 1. Undergo, feel, meet with, experience, go through.
- 2. Endure, sustain, support, tolerate, bear, POCKET, bear up under, put up with.
- 3. Permit, allow, indulge, admit, let, give permission to, give leave to.
- Suffer, v. n. 1. Feel pain.
- 2. Be put to inconvenience.
- 3. Be punished, undergo punishment.
- 4. Be injured, be impaired, sustain loss or damage.
- Sufferance, n. 1. Suffering.
- 2. Patience, moderation, long-suffering.
- 3. Permission, allowance, toleration.
- Suffering, n. 1. Endurance, pain, distress, misery, sufferance, passion.
- 2. Poverty, want.
- Suffice, v. n. Be enough, be sufficient.
- Suffice, v. a. Satisfy, content, be enough for.
- Sufficiency, n. 1. Adequacy, enough, competence, plenty, ample supply.
- 2. Ability, qualification, capacity.
- Sufficient, a. 1. Adequate (to supply a want), ENOUGH, competent, ample, satisfactory.
- 2. Qualified, fit, able.
- Suffix, n. Affix, postfix.

- Suffragan, n. Bishop (as subject to an archbishop), assistant bishop, suffragan bishop.
- Suffragan bishop, Suffragan, assistant bishop.
- Suffrage, n. 1. Vote, voice, ballot.
- 2. Prayer (as uttered by a congregation in response to a minister).
- Suffuse, v. a. Overspread, spread over.
- Sugar, v. a. Sweeten.
- Sugar-beet, n. Silesian beet, white beet (Beta alba).
- Sugar-berry, n. Hackberry (Celtis occidentalis).
- Sugar-maple, n. Rock-maple (Acer saccharinum).
- Sugar of lead, Acetate of lead.
- Sugary, a. Sweet.
- Suggest, v. a. Hint, intimate, insinuate, move, propose, indicate, prompt, give an inkling of, refer to, glance at, allude to, put in mind of, remind of.
- Suggestion, n. Hint, intimation, insinuation, allusion.
- Suicide, n. 1. Self-murder, self-slaughter, self-homicide.
- 2. Self-murderer, FELO DE SE.
- Sui generis, [L.] Peculiar, individual, of its own kind.
- Suit, n. 1. Set, SUITE.
- 2. Request, solicitation, petition, entreaty, prayer, supplication, appeal, invocation.
- 3. Courtship, wooing, addresses.
- 4. (Law.) Prosecution, process, trial, action, cause, case.
- Suit, v. a. 1. Fit, adapt, fashion, accommodate, level, match, make suitable or proper.
- 2. Become, befit; be suited, fitted, or adapted to; be suitable for, be appropriate for.
- 3. Please, gratify, make content.
- Suitable, a. Fit, proper, meet, apt, appropriate, seemly, becoming, due, just, apposite, applicable, fitting, befitting, relevant, eligible, adapted, accordant, consonant, conformable, pertinent, convenient, PAT, APROPOS, to the point, to the purpose.
- Suite, n. 1. Train (of attendants), staff, retinue, followers, CORTÉGE.
- 2. Set (particularly of apartments).
- Suitor, n. 1. Solicitor, petitioner, applicant, suppliant, supplicant.
- 2. Wooer, lover, gallant.
- Sulcate, a. Furrowed, grooved.
- Sulcated, a. Furrowed, grooved.
- Sulkiness, n. Moroseness, SULLENNESS.
- Sulky, a. Cross, morose, sour, sullen, spleeny, spleenish, perverse, wayward, surly, moody, dogged, churlish, mumpish, cross-grained, ill-tempered, in the sulks, out of humor, out of temper, out of tune.
- Sullen, a. 1. Cross, morose, SULKY.
- 2. Gloomy, dismal, sombre, dark, funereal, mournful.
- Sullenness, n. 1. Moroseness, moodiness, sourness, churlishness, spleen, sulkiness, ill temper, bad blood.
- 2. Gloominess, sombreness, dismalness.
- Sully, v. a. Soil, stain, tarnish, spot, blemish, dirty, contaminate.
- Sulphate of baryta, 1. (Native.) Barytes, heavy-spar.
- 2. (Artificially made.) Blanc-fix, permanent white.
- Sulphate of copper, Blue vitriol.
- Sulphate of potash, Vitriolated tartar.
- Sulphate of quinia, Quinine.
- Sulphate of soda, Glauber's salt, vitriolated soda.
- Sulphate of zinc, White vitriol.
- Sulphur, n. 1. Brimstone.
- 2. [An abbreviated term of commerce.] Flowers of sulphur, sublimed brimstone.
- Sulphuret of zinc, Blende, black-jack, mock lead, false galena.
- Sulphuretted hydrogen, Hydro-sulphuric acid.
- Sulphuric acid, Oil of vitriol.
- Sultan, n. Padishah, grand-seignior, Turkish emperor.
- Sultana, n. Sultaness, Sultan's wife.
- Sultaness, n. Sultana.
- Sultry, a. Hot and close, warm and damp.
- Sum, n. 1. Aggregate amount, total, totality, the whole, sum total, gross amount.
- 2. Quantity of money.
- 3. Summary, sum and substance.
- 4. Question (in arithmetic), problem.
- Sum, v. a. Add, add together, sum up, cast up.
- Summarily, ad. 1. Briefly, concisely, compendiously, in a few words.
- 2. Without delay, by a short method.
- Summary, a. Short, brief, concise, compendious, synoptical, succinct, laconic, curt, terse, pithy, compact, condensed.
- Summary, n. Abridgment, compend, compendium, abstract, epitome, digest, synopsis, syllabus, conspectus, RESUMÉ, sum and substance, the short and the long.
- Summer-duck, n. Wood-duck (Anas sponsa or Dendronessa sponsa).
- Summersault, n. Summerset.
- Summerset, n. Somerset, somersault, summersault.
- Summit, n. Top, apex, vertex, acme, pinnacle, zenith, utmost height, culminating point.
- Summon, v. a. 1. Bid, cite, call, call for, send for, order to appear, notify to appear.
- 2. (Mil.) Demand the surrender of.
- Summons, n. Citation, official call or notice.
- Summon up, Raise, rouse, arouse, call up, excite, pluck up, call into action.
- Summum bonum, [L.] Greatest or highest good, supreme good.
- Sumptuous, a. 1. Costly, expensive, dear.
- 2. Magnificent, splendid, gorgeous, stately, rich, superb, grand, showy.
- Sum up, 1. Add, compute, cast up, add together.
- 2. Condense, epitomize, comprise in a few words, put in a nutshell.
- Sun, n. Day-Star, orb of day.
- Sun-burnt, a. Tanned, blowzy, ruddy, blowzed, ruddy-faced.
- Sunday, n. The Sabbath, the Lord's day, the Christian Sabbath, the day of rest.
- Sunder, v. a. Disunite, disjoin, dispart, disconnect, part, separate, dissociate, divide, sever, dissever, break, part, tear asunder.
- Sundog, n. Parhelion, mock-sun.
- Sundown, n. Sunset.
- Sundry, a. Several, divers, more than one or two, not a great many.
- Sunless, a. Rayless, beamless, dark, darksome, black, dismal, pitchy, Cimmerian.
- Sunlight, n. Daylight, sunshine, day, light of day, light of heaven.
- Sunny, a. 1. Bright, shining, brilliant, clear, unclouded, fine, sunshiny.
- 2. Warm, mild, genial, pleasant.
- 3. Cheerful, joyful, happy.
- Sun-picture, n. Photograph.
- Sunset, n. Evening, sundown, close of the day.
- Sunshiny, a. Bright, SUNNY.
- Sunstroke, n. Insolation, SIRIASIS, COUP-DE-SOLEIL, stroke of the sun.
- Sup, v. n. Take supper.
- Sup, v. a. Drink (a little at a time), sip.
- Sup, n. Sip, taste.
- Supawn, n. [Indian word, Local U. S.] Mush, hasty-pudding (made of Indian meal).
- Superable, n. Surmountable, conquerable, that may be overcome.
- Superabound, v. n. Be very abundant, be exuberant.
- Superabundance, n. Excess, overflow, exuberance, luxuriance, superfluity, redundance, plethora, surfeit.
- Superabundant, a. Exuberant, superfluous, excessive.
- Superadd, v. a. Add (over and above), superinduce.
- Superannuated, a. Decrepit, anile, aged, imbecile, doting, old-womanish, effete, rusty, time-worn, unfit for service, on the retired list, on the pension list.
- Superb, a. 1. Grand, stately, august, majestic, noble, magnificent, sumptuous, rich, splendid, showy, pompous.
- 2. Elegant, beautiful, exquisite.
- Supercilious, a. Haughty, disdainful, contemptuous, overbearing, domineering, dictatorial, arrogant, proud, high, lofty, overweening, consequential, lordly, intolerant.
- Supereminence, n. Pre-eminence, transcendence, marked superiority.
- Supereminent, a. Pre-eminent, transcendent.
- Superficial, a. 1. External, exterior, outer, on the surface.
- 2. Shallow, slight, smattering, not deep, not thorough, not profound.
- Superficies, n. Surface, exterior, outside.
- Superfine, a. Excellent, choice, prime, first-rate, very good, very fine.
- Superfluity, n. Superabundance, excess, redundance, redundancy, exuberance, surfeit, more than enough, enough and to spare.
- Superfluous, a. Excessive, superabundant, redundant, exuberant, unnecessary, needless, useless, expletive, more than enough.
- Superimpose, v. a. Superpose.
- Superinduce, v. a. Superadd, bring on.
- Superintend, v. a. Supervise, oversee, overlook, direct, conduct, manage, control, administer, boss, have charge of, have the direction of, have the oversight of, preside over.
- Superintendence, n. Supervision, inspection oversight, care, direction, control, charge, management, SURVEILLANCE.
- Superintendency, n. Supervision, inspection oversight, care, direction, control, charge, management, SURVEILLANCE.
- Superintendent, n. Overseer, supervisor, master, conductor, inspector, curator, warden, guardian, custodian, intendant, BOSS.
- Superior, a. 1. High, higher, upper, paramount, more elevated.
- 2. Of higher rank, more exalted, more dignified.
- 3. Surpassing, noble, more eminent, more excellent.
- 4. Predominant, prevalent.
- Superiority, n. 1. Pre-eminence, ascendency, predominance, supremacy, preponderance, advantage.
- 2. Excellence, worthiness, nobility.
- Superior to, Above, beyond the influence of, unaffected by.
- Superlative, a. Supreme, most eminent, greatest, most excellent.
- Supernal, a. Heavenly, celestial.
- Supernatural, a. Miraculous, above nature, beyond the powers of nature, that exceeds the laws of nature.
- Supernumerary, a. Odd, redundant, in excess, above the regular number, left over (from a specified number).
- Superpose, v. a. Superimpose.
- Supersede, v. a. 1. Suspend, annul, overrule, set aside, make void.
- 2. Displace, replace, supplant.
- Superstition, n. 1. False religion, worship of false gods, irrational worship.
- 2. Belief in omens.
- Supervene, v. n. Occur (with reference to something that precedes), happen, take place, be added, come as an accessory.
- Supervisal, n. Superintendence.
- Supervise, v. a. Superintend.
- Supervision, n. Superintendence.
- Supervisor, n. Superintendent.
- Supine, a. 1. On the back.
- 2. Indolent, sluggish, lazy, slothful, inert, torpid, languid, dull, lumpish, listless, careless, thoughtless, inattentive.
- Supper, n. Tea, evening meal.
- Supplant, v. a. 1. Undermine, overthrow.
- 2. Displace (by stratagem), replace, remove, supersede.
- Supple, a. 1. Pliant, flexible, limber, lithe, lithesome, easily bent.
- 2. Yielding, compliant, submissive, humble, not obstinate.
- 3. Servile, obsequious, cringing, slavish, fawning, grovelling, sycophantic.
- Supplement, n. 1. Addition (to supply something wanting), appendix, postscript, continuation, CODICIL.
- 2. Counterpart, correlative, complement.
- Supplement, v. a. Supply, add to.
- Supplemental, a. Supplementary.
- Supplementary, a. Additional, supplemental.
- Suppliant, a. Supplicating, beseeching, entreating, imploring, begging, praying.
- Suppliant, n. Petitioner, supplicant, applicant, solicitor, suitor.
- Supplicant, n. Suppliant.
- Supplicate, v. a. Beg, implore, pray, invoke, entreat, beseech, importune, solicit, conjure, ADJURE, obtest, call upon, pray to, appeal to, prefer a request to.
- Supplicate, v. n. Entreat, beg, pray, petition, sue, implore, put up a prayer, prefer a request or petition.
- Supplication, n. Entreaty, petition, solicitation, prayer, invocation, orison.
- Supplicatory, a. Petitionary.
- Supply, v. a. 1. Provide, furnish, minister, replenish, stock, store, endue, endow, invest.
- 2. Give, grant, afford, accommodate with.
- 3. Serve instead of, take the place of.
- Supply, n. Stock, store, reserve, provision, hoard.
- Support, v. a. 1. Sustain, uphold, prop, brace, bear up, hold up, shore up.
- 2. Endure, bear, undergo, suffer, tolerate, put up with, go through.
- 3. Cherish, nourish, maintain, provide for.
- 4. Have, hold, keep up.
- 5. Perform, play, act, take the part of.
- 6. Substantiate, confirm, make good, verify.
- 7.
- 8. Further, forward, advocate, vindicate.
- 9. Accompany (as an assistant), attend, act as aid to.
- Support, n. 1. Prop, stay, shore, supporter, brace, hold.
- 2. Base, basis, bed, foundation.
- 3. Sustenance, maintenance, FEED, subsistence, livelihood, living, keeping.
- 4. Aid, help, assistance, succor, favor, countenance, encouragement, patronage, comfort.
- Supportable, a. Endurable, tolerable.
- Supporter, n. 1. Prop, stay, support, shore, brace.
- 2. Sustainer, comforter.
- 3. Maintainer, defender, aider, assistant, partisan, adherent, follower.
- Suppose, v. a. 1. Presume, conceive, apprehend, believe, imagine, consider, deem, think, judge, presuppose, conjecture, guess.
- 2. Imply, assume, presuppose, take for granted.
- Suppose, v. n. Think, imagine, fancy, believe, surmise, conjecture, divine, guess, suspect, presume, OPINE, WEEN, RECKON.
- Supposition, n. 1. Surmise, conjecture, guess, presumption.
- 2. Hypothesis, postulate, assumed position.
- Supposititious, a. Spurious, counterfeit, sham, mock, false, not genuine, foisted in.
- Suppress, v. a. 1. Crush, overpower, subdue, quell, overthrow, stifle, choke, smother, put down.
- 2. Restrain, repress, keep back, stop, check.
- 3. Conceal, keep secret, not tell, not reveal.
- Suppression, n. 1. Overthrow, crushing, quelling.
- 2. Restraint, repression, check, stoppage.
- 3. Concealment.
- 4. (Gram. & Rhet.) Omission (as of a letter or a word).
- Suppurate, v. n. Fester, maturate, discharge pus.
- Suppuration, n. Festering, maturation, discharge of pus.
- Supremacy, n. Domination, predominance, predominancy, lordship, mastership, mastery, sovereignty, supreme authority, upper hand.
- Supreme, a. Highest, greatest, paramount, predominant, principal, chief, leading, first.
- Supreme good, Summum bonum.
- Surcharge, v. a. Overload, overburden, overcharge.
- Surcharged, a. Overcharged, overloaded, overburdened, surfeited, plethoric, over-full.
- Surcingle, n. Girth, girt, girdle, belt.
- Surd, a. 1. (Math.) Radical, incommensurable.
- 2. (Orthoëpy.) Aspirate, toneless, unintonated, atonic, not sonant, not vocal, without vocality, pronounced with a simple breathing.
- Sure, a. 1. Certain, confident, positive, assured, fully convinced.
- 2. Safe, secure, stable, firm, steady, trustworthy.
- 3. Infallible, unfailing, never-failing.
- Sure, ad. Certainly, SURELY.
- Surely, ad. 1. Certainly, undoubtedly, assuredly, sure, without doubt.
- 2. Safely, securely, firmly.
- Surety, n. 1. Certainty, indubitableness.
- 2. Safety, security.
- 3. Guaranty, pledge.
- 4. Bondsman.
- Surf, n. Breakers, breaking waves.
- Surface, n. Superficies, exterior, outside, external part.
- Surfeit, v. a. Satiate, glut, gorge, sate, cloy, pall, overfeed.
- Surfeit, v. n. Be surfeited, feed to satiety.
- Surfeit, n. Repletion, glut, fulness, satiety, plethora, excess, superabundance, redundance, superfluity.
- Surge, n. Wave, billow, breaker.
- Surge, v. n. 1. Swell, rise high.
- 2. (Naut.) Slip back.
- Surge, v. a. (Naut.) Slack up suddenly (as a rope round a pin), let go.
- Surly, a. Morose, cross, crabbed, testy, touchy, crusty, fretful, peevish, petulant, perverse, pettish, snappish, waspish, snarling, cynical, froward, uncivil, rude, rough, harsh, ill-tempered, ill-natured.
- Surmise, v. a. Imagine, suspect, conjecture, suppose, guess, divine, fancy, believe, think, presume.
- Surmise, n. Conjecture, suspicion, supposition, guess.
- Surmount, v. a. Overcome, conquer, subdue, overpower, vanquish, master, triumph over, rise above, get the better of.
- Surmountable, a. Conquerable, superable, that may be surmounted.
- Surname, n. Cognomen, family name.
- Surpass, v. a. Excel, exceed, outdo, outstrip, outrun, override, transcend, cap, overtop, beat, go beyond.
- Surplus, n. Overplus, residue, excess, surplusage.
- Surplusage, n. 1. Excess, SURPLUS.
- 2. Irrelevant matter.
- Surprise, n. Wonder, astonishment, amazement, admiration.
- Surprise, v. a. 1. Take unawares, take by surprise, take off one's guard.
- 2. Astonish, amaze, startle, strike with wonder, take aback.
- Surrender, v. a. Relinquish, cede, yield, resign, forego, abdicate, abandon, give up, give over, deliver up, part with.
- Surrender, v. n. Yield, CAPITULATE, give up, give over, give in, give one's self up, strike one's flag or colors, cry quarter, cry quits.
- Surrender, n. Relinquishment, renunciation, cession, resignation, abandonment, CAPITULATION.
- Surreptitious, a. Fraudulently introduced, foisted in, done by stealth.
- Surreptitiously, ad. Fraudulently, by stealth, without authority.
- Surround, v. a. 1. Encircle, environ, encompass, enclose.
- 2. (Mil.) Invest, besiege, lay siege to.
- Surtout, n. Overcoat.
- Surveillance, n. [Fr.] Superintendence, inspection, oversight, supervision, care, charge, control, direction, management.
- Survey, v. a. 1. View, observe, overlook, take a view of.
- 2. Inspect, examine, scrutinize.
- 3. Measure and estimate (as lands or buildings).
- Survey, n. 1. View, sight, prospect.
- 2. Inspection, examination, scrutiny.
- 3. Mensuration (to determine areas, contours, &c.), surveying.
- Surveying, n. Survey.
- Survive, v. n. Remain alive, continue to live, live on.
- Survive, v. a. Outlive, live longer than.
- Susceptibility, n. Sensitiveness, impressibility, susceptibleness, susceptivity, excitability.
- Susceptible, a. Susceptive impressible, sensitive, excitable.
- Susceptibleness, n. Susceptibility.
- Susceptive, a. Susceptible.
- Susceptivity, n. Susceptibility.
- Suspect, v. a. 1. Surmise, imagine, fancy, believe, conjecture, guess, suppose, think.
- 2. Distrust, mistrust, doubt, have no confidence in.
- 3. Believe to be guilty.
- Suspect, v. n. Be suspicious, have suspicion.
- Suspend, v. a. 1. Hang, SLING UP.
- 2. Make to depend.
- 3.
- 4. Defer, delay, postpone, withhold, lay over, stave off.
- 5. Debar (as from an office) temporarily.
- Suspend, v. n. Stop payment, become bankrupt, go into bankruptcy.
- Suspended, a. Hanging, pendent, pendulous, pensile.
- Suspense, n. 1. Uncertainty, indetermination, incertitude.
- 2. Hesitation, hesitancy, irresolution, doubt, indecision, vacillation, wavering, scruple, misgiving.
- 3. Suspension, intermission, remission, interruption, cessation, stoppage, stop, respite, pause, rest, stay, quiescence.
- Suspension, n. 1. Hanging.
- 2. Interruption, intermission, SUSPENSE.
- 3. Delay, postponement.
- 4. Temporary deprivation (as of an office).
- Suspicion, n. 1. Surmise, conjecture, supposition, guess.
- 2. Distrust, mistrust, doubt, misgiving, want of confidence.
- Suspicious, a. Distrustful, jealous, inclined to suspect, given to suspicion.
- Sustain, v. a. 1. Bear, support, uphold, preserve, hold up, keep from falling.
- 2. Nourish, maintain, subsist, keep alive, supply with food.
- 3. Suffer, undergo, endure.
- 4. Sanction, approve, confirm, ratify.
- 5. Justify, prove, establish, confirm.
- Sustenance, n. 1. Subsistence, support, maintenance.
- 2. Food, victuals, provisions, BREAD.
- Suture, n. Line of junction.
- Swab, n. Mop.
- Swaddle, v. a. Swathe.
- Swag, v. n. Bend (by force of gravity), settle, sag, give way.
- Swagger, v. n. Bluster, bully, vapor, brag, be insolent.
- Swaggerer, n. Blusterer, bully, braggart, boaster, braggadocio, BLATHERSKITE.
- Swain, n. Rustic, hind, peasant, countryman.
- Swale, v. n. Melt (as a candle), waste, consume, sweal, waste away.
- Swallow, v. a. 1. Gulp, GOBBLE, BOLT, take into the stomach, take down, get down.
- 2. Absorb, engulf, destroy, devour, swallow up.
- 3. Believe (without scruple), receive implicitly.
- 4. Brook, stomach, pocket, endure, bear, put up with.
- 5. Renounce, retract, recant, take back.
- 6. Consume, exhaust, waste, use up.
- Swallow, n. 1. Throat, gullet, œsophagus.
- 2. Voracity, gluttonous appetite.
- Swallow-tailed, a. 1. With pointed skirts.
- 2. Dovetailed.

- Swamp, n. Bog, fen, quagmire, morass, marsh, slough, spongy land, soft and wet ground.
- Swamp, v. a. Ingulf, sink, whelm, swallow up.
- Swamp-cabbage, n. Skunk-cabbage, skunk-weed (Symplocarpus fœtidus).
- Swamp-sassafras, n. Sweet bay (Magnolia glauca).
- Swampy, a. Boggy, fenny, marshy, undrained, wet and spongy.
- Swap, v. a. [Colloquial.. Written also Swop.] Exchange, barter, trade.
- Swap, n. Exchange, barter, barter-trade.
- Swape, n. Sweep, swipe, well-sweep.
- Sward, n. Turf, sod.
- Swarm, n. Multitude (especially of winged insects), crowd, throng, concourse.
- Swarm, v. n. 1. Crowd, throng, gather in a swarm.
- 2. Be crowded, be thronged, be filled.
- Swarthy, a. Dark, tawny, black, of a dark complexion.
- Swathe, v. a. Swaddle.
- Swathe, n. Bandage.
- Sway, v. a. 1. Move, wield, swing, wave, brandish.
- 2. Bias, prejudice, bend, turn, influence, persuade, prevail upon.
- 3. Rule, govern, direct, guide, control.
- Sway, v. n. Incline, lean.
- Sway, n. Power, dominion, control, domination, command, rule, government, sovereignty, ascendancy, authority, predominance, mastership, mastery, supreme power.
- Sweal, v. n. Melt (as a candle), SWALE.
- Swear, v. n. 1. Utter an oath, take oath, take an oath.
- 2. Declare (solemnly), avow, affirm, depose, testify, state, say.
- 3. Use profane language, take the name of God in vain.
- Swear, v. a. Administer an oath to, put under oath.
- Sweat, n. Perspiration, exudation, excretion, sweating.
- Sweat, v. n. 1. Perspire.
- 2. Toll, labor, drudge.
- Sweat, v. a. 1. Exude.
- 2. Put into a perspiration.
- Sweating, n. Exudation, SWEAT.
- Sweating-bath, n. Sudatory, vapor-bath, hot-house, sweating-room.
- Sweating-room, n. Sweating-bath.
- Sweep, v. a. 1. Clean (with a broom).
- 2.
- 3. Traverse, pass over.
- 4.
- Sweep away, 1. Clear away (by a broom).
- 2.
- 3. Destroy, overwhelm, carry off.
- Sweep, n. 1. Range, compass, scope.
- 2. Swipe, swape, well-sweep.
- 3. Destruction, havoc, ravage, devastation.
- Sweeping, a. 1. Destructive.
- 2. Wholesale, extensive, broad.
- 3. Unqualified, exaggerated.
- Sweepings, n. pl. Refuse, offscourings, dirt, rubbish.
- Sweep off, Sweep away.
- Sweepstakes, n. 1. Winner (in gaming or in horse-racing).
- 2. Total stakes (at a horse-race).
- Sweet, a. 1. Sugary, honeyed, saccharine, luscious, not sour, not bitter.
- 2. Redolent, fragrant, balmy, not fetid, not stinking.
- 3. Soft, melodious, harmonious, mellifluous, dulcet.
- 4. Beautiful, fair, lovely.
- 5. Delightful, agreeable, pleasant, charming, grateful, gratifying.
- 6. Mild, gentle, engaging, winning, attractive, amiable, sweet, lovable.
- Sweet, n. 1. Sweetness, sweetest part.
- 2. Dear, darling.
- Sweets, n. pl. Saccharine substances.
- Sweet-bay, n. 1. Laurel (Laurus nobilis).
- 2. Swamp-sassafras (Magnolia glauca).
- Sweet-bread, n. Pancreas.
- Sweeten, v. a. 1. Make sweet.
- 2. Soften, make mild, make tender.
- 3. Give zest to, give a relish to.
- Sweeten, v. n. Grow sweet, become sweet.
- Sweet-flag, n. Sweet-rush (Acorus calamus).
- Sweet-gum, n. Liquidambar (Liquid-ambar styraciflua).
- Sweetheart, n. 1. Lover, beau, wooer, admirer, CICISBEO.
- 2. Flame, mistress, lady-love.
- Sweetmeat, n. Confection, comfit, junket, sugar-plum.
- Sweetmeats, n. pl. Confectionery.
- Sweetness, n. 1. Sweet.
- 2. Agreeableness, pleasantness.
- 3. Beauty, fairness, loveliness.
- 4. Amiableness, gentleness, mildness, suavity.
- Sweet-oil, n. Olive-oil.
- Sweet-potato, n. Carolina potato (Batatas edulis or Convolvulus batatas).
- Sweet-rush, n. Sweet-flag.
- Sweet-scented, a. Fragrant, redolent, balmy, sweet-smelling.
- Sweet-smelling, a. Fragrant, SWEET-SCENTED.
- Sweet-sounding, a. Melodious, harmonious, symphonious, tuneful, dulcet, musical.
- Sweet-toned, a. Euphonious, euphonic, mellifluous.
- Sweet-william, n. Bunch-pink, bearded pink (Dianthus barbatus).
- Swell, v. n. 1. Dilate, expand, intumesce, grow larger or bigger (by expansion).
- 2. Increase (by outward addition), augment, enlarge.
- 3. Rise (as waves), heave, surge.
- 4. Belly, be inflated.
- 5. Strut, look big, put on airs, be puffed up.
- 6. Be turgid or bombastic.
- 7. Bulge, protuberate, swell out.
- Swell, v. a. 1. Dilate, expand, inflate.
- 2. Enhance, heighten, aggravate.
- 3. Puff up, make arrogant.
- Swell, n. 1. Swelling.
- 2. Waves, billows.
- 3. [Colloquial.] Fop, coxcomb, dandy, beau, exquisite, jackanapes, popinjay, man-milliner, man of dress, vain fellow.
- Swelling, a. Bombastic, pompous, turgid, inflated, tumid, stilted, grandiloquent, pretentious, SPREAD-EAGLE, HIGHFALUTIN, sophomorical, high-flowing, high-sounding.
- Swelling, n. 1. Swell.
- 2. Protuberance, bump.
- Swell out, Bulge, protuberate, swell.
- Swelter, v. n. Be oppressed with heat, be overcome by heat.
- Swerve, v. n. Deviate, depart, diverge, wander, turn aside, go astray.
- Swift, a. 1. Quick, fast, fleet, rapid, speedy, expeditious, flying.
- 2. Ready, prompt, eager, zealous, forward.
- 3. Sudden, instant.
- Swiftly, ad. Quickly, speedily, expeditiously, trippingly, apace, posthaste, with speed, under press of sail or canvas, by forced marches, on eagle's wings, in double quick time, in seven-league boots, as fast as one's legs will carry one.
- Swig, v. a. [Colloquial.] Guzzle, swill.
- Swill, v. a. Drink (greedily), guzzle, SWIG, quaff.
- Swill, n. hogwash, swillings.
- Swillings, n. pl. Swill.
- Swim, v. n. 1. Float, be borne up (on a liquid).
- 2. Be borne along (as on water, by effort or by a current), buffet the waves, float with the tide.
- 3. Glide, skim.
- 4. Be flooded, be inundated.
- 5. Be dizzy (as the head).
- Swindle, v. a. Cheat, cozen, deceive, dupe, gull, trick, defraud, overreach, victimize, bamboozle, chouse, diddle, impose upon, practise upon, take in.
- Swindle, n.
- Swindler, n. Rogue, knave, cheat, impostor, trickster, sharper, blackleg, jockey, SHYSTER.
- Swindling, n. Knavery, cheating.
- Swine, n. sing. and pl. 1. Hog, pig, SOW, porker.
- 2. Hogs (collectively).
- Swine-pipe, n. Redwing, wind-thrush, red-sided thrush (Turdus iliacus).
- Swine-stone, n. Stink-stone.
- Swing, v. n. 1. Oscillate, vibrate, wave, move to and fro, move backward and forward.
- 2. Hang, dangle, hang loose.
- Swing, n. 1. Oscillation, vibration, waving motion.
- 2. Scope, range, play, margin, free play, full play, elbow room.
- Swinge, v. a. Beat, whip, scourge, flog, lash, bastinade, switch, chastise, punish.
- Swingel, n. Swiple.
- Swingle, n. Swingle-staff, swingling-staff, swingling-knife, swingling-wand.
- Swingle, v. a. Dress with a swingle (as flax), beat with a swingle.
- Swingle-tree, n. Whiffle-tree, whipple-tree, single-tree.
- Swingling-knife, n. Swingle.
- Swingling-staff, n. Swingle.
- Swingling-wand, n. Swingle.
- Swinish, a. Hoggish, piggish, gross, sensual, brutish, beastly.
- Swinish multitude, Rabble, populace.
- Swipe, n. Sweep, swape, well-sweep.
- Swiple, n. Swingel.
- Switch, n. Rod, twig, stick, birch.
- Switch, v. a. Beat, whip, SWINGE.
- Switchel, n. Sweetened water, molasses and water.
- Swivel, n. 1. Caster.
- 2. Turning link (in a chain).
- 3. Swivel-gun.
- Swivel-gun, n. Swivel.
- Swoon, v. n. Faint, faint away.
- Swoon, n. Syncope, fainting, fainting fit.
- Swoop, v. a. Seize (as a hawk its prey), clutch, catch up, pounce upon.
- Swoop, v. n. Stoop, descend, come down, bear down.
- Swoop, n. 1. Clutch, seizure.
- 2. Stoop, descent.
- Swop, v. a. [Colloquial. Written also Swap.] Exchange, barter, trade.
- Sword, n. Sabre, broadsword, cutlass, falchion, cimeter, rapier, claymore.
- Sword-arm, n. Right arm.
- Sword-fish, n. Gar-fish, horn-fish, sea-needle, gar-pike, sea-pike, long-nose, gore-bill, snook, mackerel-guide (Esox belone or Belone vulgaris).
- Sword-hand, n. Right hand.
- Sword-player, n. Fencer, gladiator.
- Sword-shaped, a. Ensiform.
- Sworn enemies, Irreconcilable enemies.
- Sworn friends, Intimate friends, dear friends, bosom-friends.
- Sybarite, n. Voluptuary, epicure.
- Sybaritic, a. Voluptuous, luxurious, wanton.
- Sybaritical, a. Voluptuous, luxurious, wanton.
- Sycamore, n. [U. S.] Plane-tree, button-wood, button-ball tree, water-beech (Platanus Occidentalis).
- Sycophancy, n. Servility, obsequiousness, fawning, gross flattery.
- Sycophant, n. Parasite, fawner, toady, wheedler, flunkey, spaniel, lick-spittle, pick-thank, toad-eater, time-server, hanger-on, mean flatterer.
- Sycophantic, a. Fawning, cringing, servile, slavish, parasitic, obsequious, supple, grovelling, meanly submissive.
- Syllabus, n. Abstract, abridgment, outline, epitome, summary, compend, digest, compendium, synopsis, breviary, brief, sum and substance.
- Sylph, n. Fairy, fay.
- Sylva, n. Trees (of a country).
- Sylvan, a. 1. Forest-like.
- 2. Woody, shady.
- Sylvan, n. Satyr, faun.
- Symbol, n. Emblem, type, sign, token, figure, representative.
- Symbolic, a. Emblematical, typical, hieroglyphical, representative, significative.
- Symbolical, a. Emblematical, typical, hieroglyphical, representative, significative.
- Symbolization, n. Representation, indication, prefigurement.
- Symbolize, v. a. Prefigure, typify, emblematize, be symbolical of.
- Symmetrical, a. Proportional (in the several parts), regular, shapely, harmonious, congruent, well-proportioned.
- Symmetry, n. Proportion, harmony, shapeliness, regularity, order, regular arrangement.
- Sympathetic, a. Compassionate, sympathizing, commiserating, pitiful, tender, kind, affectionate, loving, with the heart in the right place.
- Sympathize with, Feel sympathy with, feel for, enter into the feelings of, have pity for, fraternize with, make common cause with.
- Sympathy, n. 1. Compassion, commiseration, condolence, pity, tenderness, kindliness, fellow-feeling, bowels of compassion.
- 2. Agreement, harmony, correspondence, correlation, affinity, union, concert.
- 3. Mutual influence.
- Symphonious, a. Harmonious, consonant, accordant, concordant, musical.
- Symphony, n. Consonance, harmony, music.
- Symptom, n. Indication, sign, mark, note, token.
- Symptomatic, a. Indicative.
- Symptomatical, a. Indicative.
- Synchronal, a. Simultaneous, synchronical, synchronistic, synchronous.
- Synchronism, n. Simultaneousness.
- Synchronistic, a. Synchronal.
- Synchronous, a. Synchronal.
- Syncope, n. 1. (Gram.) Elision (in the middle of a word).
- 2. (Med.) Swoon, fainting, fainting fit.
- Synergetic, a. Co-operating, co-operative, synergistic.
- Synergistic, a. Synergetic.
- Synonymes, n. pl. [Written also Synonyms.] Equivalent words (of the same language), words of the same meaning.
- Synod, n. Council.
- Synonymous, a. Equivalent, of the same meaning, of similar meaning, that express the same idea.
- Synopsis, n. Abridgment, epitome, abstract, outline, compend, compendium, summary, syllabus, digest, sum and substance, general view.
- Synthesis, n. Combination (of elements), composition, putting together.
- Syringe, n. Squirt.
- System, n. 1. A whole (viewed with reference to the interdependence of its parts), combination of parts to form a whole.
- 2. Scheme, body, plan, theory, connected view.
- 3. Order, method, regularity, rule.
- Systematic, a. Methodical, orderly, regular.
- Systematical, a. Methodical, orderly, regular.
- Systematize, v. a. Methodize, arrange, harmonize, regulate, order, reduce to order, put into a systematic form.
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- Tabby, n. 1. Watered silk.
- 2. Brindled cat, tabby cat.
- Tabby, v. a. Water.
- Tabby, a. 1. Of a waved or watered appearance.
- 2. Brindled, brinded.
- Tabefaction, n. Emaciation (by tabes), wasting away.
- Tabernacle, n. 1. Tent, pavilion, habitation.
- 2. Temple, church, chapel, cathedral, minster, meeting-house, place of worship, sacred place.
- 3. Pyx.
- Tabernacle, v. n. Dwell (temporarily), sojourn, be housed.
- Tabes, n. [L.] (Med.) Emaciation (accompanied by fever), wasting, consumption.
- Table, n. 1. Slab, tablet.
- 2. Stand (to take food from), board.
- 3. Food, diet, provision, fare, repast, victuals.
- 4. Index, list, catalogue, syllabus, synopsis, condensed statement.
- Tableau, n. [Fr.] Picture, scene, representation.
- Table-beer, n. Small-beer.
- Table-d'hòte, n. [Fr.] Ordinary, public table.
- Table-land, n. Elevated plain.
- Taboo, n. Interdict, prohibition.
- Taboo, v. a. Interdict, forbid, prohibit, put under taboo, put under an interdict, forbid to be used or touched.
- Tabouret, n. [Fr.] Stool.
- Tabular, a. 1. Of a table.
- 2. Flat, plane.
- 3. Laminated, lamellar, lamelliform, foliated, scaly, flaky.
- Tabula rasa, [L.] Smooth tablet, blank tablet.
- Tabularize, v. a. Tabulate, put into a tabular form.
- Tabulate, v. a. Tabularize.
- Tacamahac, n. Balsam poplar (Populus balsamifera).
- Tachygraphy, n. Stenography, shorthand, brachygraphy.
- Tacit, a. Implied, understood, inferred, silent, unexpressed (by words).
- Taciturn, a. Silent (by habit), reserved, uncommunicative, close, unconversable, reticent, of few words, sparing of words.
- Taciturnity, n. Reserve, closeness, reticence, habitual silence.
- Tack, v. a. 1. Fasten (slightly), attach, append, affix, tag.
- 2. Nail (with tacks).
- 3. (Naut.) Put about, change the course of.
- Tack, v. n. (Naut.)
- Tack, n. Small nail.
- Tackle, n. 1. Pulley.
- 2. Equipment, gear, rigging, tackling, furniture.
- Tackle, v. a. [Local and Colloquial.] 1. Harness.
- 2. Attack, seize, lay hold of, seize upon.
- Tackling, n. 1. Equipment, TACKLE.
- 2. Harness.
- Tact, n. 1. [Rare.] Touch, feeling, sense of feeling.
- 2. Adroitness (in appreciating circumstances and acting accordingly), skill (in saying or doing what is most appropriate to the occasion), quick judgment, nice perception.
- Tactician, n. Manœuvrer, wire-puller, adroit manager.
- Tactics, n. 1. Strategy, military science.
- 2. Management, manœuvring, policy.
- Tactile, a. Tangible, palpable.
- Tadpole, n. Polliwog, porwiggle, purwiggy, polliwig.
- Taffrail, n. Stern rail.
- Tag, n. 1. Metal point (at the end of a string).
- 2. Label, card.
- 3. Cue, catchword.
- 4. Game of tag.
- Tag, v. a. 1. Attach a tag to, fit with a tag.
- 2. Fasten, attach, append, affix, tack.
- Tag after, [Colloquial.] Follow closely, keep at one's heels.
- Tail, n. 1. End, extremity, fag-end, hinder part.
- 2. Skirt, flap.
- 3. (Mus.) Stem (of a note).
- Tailor, n. 1. Maker of men's clothes.
- 2. (Ich.) Blue-fish, ship-jack, snapping mackerel (Temnodon saltator).
- Tail-piece, n. Appendage.
- Taint, v. a. 1. Imbue, impregnate.
- 2. Corrupt, infect, contaminate, defile, poison, make noxious, make putrid.
- 3. Tarnish, stain, sully.
- Taint, n. 1. Tincture, tinge, stain.
- 2. Infection, corruption, depravation, contamination, defilement.
- 3. Fault, blemish, defect, flaw, spot.
- Take, v. a. 1. Receive, accept.
- 2. Seize, grasp, gripe, clasp, lay hold of, get hold of.
- 3. Entrap, insnare, circumvent.
- 4. Capture, catch, make prisoner of.
- 5. Captivate, delight, please, interest, attract, allure, engage, fascinate, bewitch, enchant, charm.
- 6. Understand, interpret, suppose, regard, consider, think, hold, believe.
- 7. Choose, select, elect, espouse, be in favor of.
- 8. Assume, admit, adopt, put on.
- 9. Delineate, portray, figure, draw, paint, sketch, copy.
- 10. Get, procure, gain, obtain.
- 11. Use, employ, occupy, make use of, avail one's self of.
- 12. Swallow, take down.
- 13. Experience, feel, perceive, be sensible of, be conscious of.
- 14. Bear, endure, tolerate.
- 15. Require, need, be necessary.
- Take, v. n. 1. Catch, be fixed.
- 2. Please, be well received, be welcomed.
- 3. Go, proceed, resort, direct one's course.
- Take advantage of, 1. Turn to account, make use of.
- 2. Impose upon (by some advantage of superior knowledge or of opportunity).
- Take after, 1. Copy, imitate.
- 2. Resemble, be like.
- Take a horn, [Colloquial.] Take a drink (of spirituous liquor).
- Take aim, Aim.
- Take air, Be made public, be disclosed, get abroad, become known.
- Take a shine to, [Colloquial.] Take a liking to, take a fancy to, feel a liking for.
- Take away, Remove.
- Take back, 1. Take again.
- 2. Recall, revoke, recant, withdraw, retract, disavow, abjure.
- Take breath, Rest, stop to rest.
- Take care, Be careful.
- Take care of, Oversee, superintend, take charge of.
- Take courage, Be encouraged, take heart.
- Take down, 1. Take from above.
- 2. Reduce, lower, depress.
- 3. Humble, abash, humiliate.
- 4. Pull to pieces, pull down.
- 5. Swallow, take.
- 6. Record, note, make a note of, write down.
- Take effect, 1. Be efficacious.
- 2. Go into operation.
- Take exception, 1. Object, dissent, make objection.
- 2. Take it ill, be displeased, be offended.
- Take fire, Be ignited, be inflamed.
- Take for, Mistake for.
- Take for granted, Admit, allow, concede.
- Take French leave, Depart informally, take leave unceremoniously.
- Take from, 1. Deduct from, subtract from, take away from.
- 2. Derogate from, detract from.
- 3. Deprive, dispossess.
- Take heart, Be encouraged, take courage.
- Take heed, Beware, be cautious, be careful.
- Take heed to, Attend to, pay attention to.
- Take hold of, Seize, fix on.
- Take horse, 1. Set out to ride.
- 2. Be covered (as a mare).
- Take in, 1. Receive, admit.
- 2. Comprise, enclose, encompass.
- 3. Comprehend, understand.
- 4. Lessen, contract, make smaller.
- 5. [Colloquial.] Cheat, circumvent, gull, deceive, impose upon.
- Take in good part, Receive kindly, not be angry about, not be offended at.
- Take in hand, 1. Undertake, engage in, set the hand to.
- 2. Deal with (in the way of correction or discipline).
- Take in tow, Tow, draw, drag, haul, pull.
- Take it, Think, suppose, presume, believe, imagine, conclude.
- Take it ill, Be offended, be displeased, take exception.
- Take leave, Depart, go, go away, bid adieu, bid farewell, be off, take one's departure, take one's self off, make one's exit, MAKE TRACKS.
- Take notice, Observe, remark, pay attention.
- Take oath, Swear solemnly.
- Take off, 1. Remove, take away.
- 2.
- 3. Withdraw, withhold.
- 4. Destroy, kill.
- 5. Swallow, drink.
- 6. Imitate, personate, mimic.
- Take on, (Neuter.) 1. Complain, lament, be much affected.
- 2. (Active.) Assume, be willing to bear, take upon, take up.
- Take out, 1. Remove, withdraw, draw out.
- 2. Obliterate, efface, destroy.
- Take part, 1. Share, partake.
- 2. Unite, join.
- Take place, 1. Happen, occur.
- 2. Prevail, have effect.
- Take root, Be rooted, be firmly established.
- Take sides, Favor one side, take up the cause of one side.
- Take the air, Breathe the open air, go abroad in the open air.
- Take the lead, Lead the way, go before, go ahead, go in the van.
- Take the place of, Supply the place of, be a substitute for, stand in the shoes of.
- Take time by the forelock, Seize the occasion, let not the opportunity slip, make hay while the sun shines, strike the iron while it is hot.
- Take to, 1. Apply to, be fond of.
- 2. Have recourse to, betake one's self to.
- Take to do, [Colloquial.] Reprove, TAKE TO TASK.
- Take to flight, Flee, fly, run away, take to one's heels.
- Take to heart, Feel keenly, be greatly grieved at, be much affected by, take on about, be much troubled by, lay to heart.
- Take to one's heels, Flee, fly, run away, take to flight.
- Take to task, Reprove, reprimand, chide, take to do.
- Take up, 1. Raise, lift.
- 2. Begin (especially where another has left off).
- 3. Fasten (with a ligature).
- 4. Engross, engage, employ.
- 5. Occupy, fill, cover.
- 6. Arrest, seize, catch.
- 7. Assume, adopt, take on, take upon.
- 8. Pay (as a note), discharge, settle.
- Take up arms, Begin war, commence hostilities.
- Take up one's connection, Terminate one's relations.
- Take upon one's self, 1. Assume, undertake.
- 2. Incur.
- Take up the gauntlet, Accept the challenge.
- Take up with, Be contented with.
- Taking, a. 1. Pleasing, alluring, captivating, attractive.
- 2. Infectious, catching.
- Tale, n. 1. Story, fable, legend, narrative, relation, apologue, parable, novel, romance.
- 2. Account, count, reckoning.
- Tale-bearer, n. Tell-tale, tattler.
- Talent, n. Gift, faculty, capacity, endowment, ability, ableness, power, parts, GENIUS, turn, aptitude, aptness, knack, forte.
- Talented, a. Gifted, of talent, of brilliant parts.
- Talipes, n. (Surgery.) Club-foot.
- Talisman, n. Charm, amulet, phylactery.
- Talismanic, a. Magical.
- Talk, v. n. 1. Speak, converse, CONFABULATE.
- 2. Confer, reason, deliberate.
- 3. Prattle, prate.
- Talk, v. a. Speak, utter.
- Talk, n. 1. Conversation, converse, colloquy, PARLEY, discourse, conference, communication, dialogue, confabulation, chat, GOSSIP, oral intercourse.
- 2. Report, rumor, bruit, town talk.
- Talkative, a. Loquacious, garrulous, chatty, conversable, COZY.
- Talk big, [Colloquial.] Boast, brag, vaunt, gasconade, bluster, vapor, exalt one's self, magnify one's self.
- Talk over, 1. Recount, tell, rehearse.
- 2. Talk about, confer or converse about, have a conversation about.
- Tall, a. High (in stature), lofty, elevated, towering.
- Tallness, n. Height (of stature).
- Tallow, n. Suet (freed from adhering membranes).
- Tally, n. Mate, match, counterpart.
- Tally, v. n. Match, agree, accord, conform, correspond, harmonize, square, comport, cohere, quadrate, coincide, chime in, fall in.
- Talon, n. Claw (of a bird), nail.
- Tamarack, n. Hackmatack, American larch, black larch (Larix pendula or Americana).
- Tame, a. 1. Domesticated, domestic, mild, gentle, docile, not wild.
- 2. Subdued, crushed, submissive.
- 3. Spiritless, dull, flat, feeble, lean, vapid, insipid, jejune, barren, languid, prosing, prosy, prosaic, uninteresting, poor.
- Tame, v. a. 1. Domesticate, make tame, make docile.
- 2. Subdue, repress, conquer, overcome, overthrow, subjugate.
- Tamper, v. n. 1. Meddle, intermeddle, dabble, have to do (in a tentative way).
- 2. Intrigue, deal secretly.
- Tan, v. a. 1. Convert into leather, impregnate with tannin.
- 2. Imbrown, make tawny.
- Tang, n. Smack, taste, flavor, savor.
- Tangible, a. 1. Tactile, palpable.
- 2. Real, certain, positive, substantial, substantive, solid.
- Tangle, v. a. Interweave (confusedly), intertwine, complicate, perplex, snarl, entangle.
- Tangle, n. Complication, intricacy, perplexity, snarl.
- Tank, n. Cistern, reservoir.
- Tanned, a. Imbrowned, sun-burnt, ruddy, blowzy, blowzed, ruddy-faced.
- Tantalize, v. a. Torment (by exciting hopes and refusing to gratify them), vex, tease, irritate, provoke.
- Tantamount, a. Equivalent, equal.
- Tantamount to, The same as, equal to, as good as.
- Tap, v. a. 1. Broach.
- 2. Rap, strike (lightly).
- Tap, v. n. Rap.
- Tap, n. 1. Gentle blow, light stroke.
- 2. Spigot, plug, stopper, stopple.
- Taper, n. Light, small candle.
- Taper, a. Conical, pyramidal, tapering.
- Taper, v. a. Make taper, make conical.
- Taper, v. n. Take a conical form, have a conical shape.
- Tapering, a. Conical, TAPER.
- Tapioca, n. Purified cassava, manioc.
- Tapped, a. Abroach, broached, on tap.
- Tar, n. Sailor, seaman, mariner, seafarer, seafaring man.
- Tardiness, n. Slowness, dilatoriness, delay, slackness, procrastination, putting off.
- Tardy, a. 1. Slow, snail-like, sluggish, not swift.
- 2. Dilatory, slack, late, behindhand, procrastinating, not prompt.
- Target, n. Mark (to be shot at).
- Tariff, n. Schedule of duties (on imports or on exports).
- Tarn, n. Pool (among mountains), pond, lake.
- Tarnish, v. a. Soil, stain, sully, deface, discolor, dull, blemish.
- Tarnish, n. Soil, stain, spot, blemish, blot.
- Tarriance, n. Stay, delay, tarrying.
- Tarry, v. n. 1. Stay, STOP, sojourn, abide (temporarily), lodge, rest, take up one's quarters, pitch one's tent, have lodgings, take lodgings.
- 2. Wait, linger, delay, loiter, be slow, remain long.
- Tart, a. 1. Sour, acid, pricked.
- 2. Severe, harsh, caustic, crabbed, sharp, snappish, testy, snarling, petulant, acrimonious, ill-tempered, ill-humored.
- Tartar, n. 1. Argol, bitartrate of potash (crude).
- 2. Ill-tempered person.
- Tartarean, a. Infernal, hellish, tartareous.
- Tartar-emetic, n. Tartarized antimony, tartrated antimony, tartrate of potash and antimony.
- Tartareous, a. Tartarean.
- Tartarized antimony, Tartar-emetic.
- Tartarus, n. Hades, Erebus, Hell, the lower world, the infernal regions, shades below.
- Tartness, n. 1. Sourness, acidity.
- 2. Acrimony, harshness, asperity, severity, piquancy, sharpness, crabbedness, churlishness, moroseness, ill temper, bad blood.
- Task, n. 1. Work, labor, toil, drudgery.
- 2. Employment, business, undertaking, enterprise.
- 3. Lesson, exercise.
- Task, v. a. 1. Impose a task on.
- 2. Burden, oppress, tax.
- Taskmaster, n. Overseer.
- Taste, v. a. 1. Try the flavor of, test by the tongue.
- 2. Experience, perceive, feel.
- Taste, v. n. 1. Try the flavor.
- 2. Smack, savor, have a smack or flavor.
- 3. Have perception, have experience.
- Taste, n. 1. Flavor, relish, savor, zest, gusto, GOÛT.
- 2. Dash, infusion, admixture, sprinkling, tincture.
- 3. Sense of taste.
- 4. Fondness, liking, partiality.
- 5. Discernment (of beauty or excellence), judgment (of propriety), nice perception.
- Tasteful, a. 1. Savory.
- 2. Tasty, in good taste.
- Tasteless, a. Insipid, flat, without relish.
- Tasty, a. Elegant, refined, tasteful, in good taste.
- Tatterdemalion, n. Ragamuffin, ragged fellow, wretch, SANS-CULOTTE.
- Tattered, a. Torn, ragged.
- Tatters, n. pl. Rags.
- Tattle, v. n. 1. Prate, prattle, chatter, chat, jabber, babble, talk idly or thoughtlessly, talk at random, spin a long yarn.
- 2. Blab, gossip, tell tales.
- Tattle, n. Prate, prattle, gossip, twaddle, twattle, gabble, palaver, balderdash, nonsense, idle talk, senseless talk.
- Tattler, n. 1. Prattler, babbler, chatterer, prater, gossip, gadabout, gadder, rattle-head, idle talker.
- 2. Gossip, tale-bearer.
- Tattoo, n. Beat of drum (to summon soldiers to quarters at night).
- Taught, a. (Naut.) Tight, tense, not slack, stretched, strained.
- Taunt, v. a. Mock, flout, chaff, ridicule, revile, reproach, upbraid, censure, deride, jeer, twit, scoff at, sneer at, rail at, make game of, make fun of, treat with scorn, make a butt of, make merry with, POKE FUN AT.
- Taunt, n. Ridicule, derision, scoff, censure, reproach, insult, jeer, gibe, quip, quirk, caustic remark.
- Taurus, n. (Astron.) The Bull.
- Tautog, n. Black-fish (Labrus Americanus).
- Tautological, a. Repetitious, verbose, diffuse, redundant, pleonastic.
- Tautology, n. Repetition (of the same idea in different words), redundancy, iteration, reiteration, pleonasm, verbosity, diffuseness, redundant expression.
- Tavern, n. Inn, hotel, CARAVANSARY, house, public house.
- Tawdry, a. Showy (without elegance), gaudy, flashy, glittering, in bad taste.
- Tawny, a. Fulvous, fulvid, yellowish-brown, dull yellow.
- Tax, n. 1. Impost, duty, custom, toll, excise, tribute, assessment, rate, levy.
- 2. Demand, burden, charge, requisition.
- Tax, v. a. 1. Put a tax upon, assess tribute upon.
- 2. Burden, load, task, make demands upon.
- 3. Accuse, charge, lay upon.
- Tear, v. a. 1. Rend, sever, sunder, pull asunder, pull in pieces, pull apart.
- 2. Lacerate, laniate, lancinate, claw, mangle.
- 3. Snatch away, force away.
- Tearful, a. Weeping.

- Tear up, Pull up, rip up.
- Tease, v. a. Worry, vex, plague, annoy, torment, molest, irritate, harass, tantalize, badger, chafe, hector, harry, pester, bother, trouble.
- Tea-service, n. Tea-set.
- Tea-set, n. Tea-service, tea-things.
- Teat, n. Dug, nipple, pap.
- Tea-things, n. pl. Tea-set.
- Tedder, n. Tether.
- Tea, n. 1. Infusion (especially of the dried leaves of the tea-plant), decoction.
- 2. Supper, evening meal.
- Tea-berry, n. Partridge-berry, deer-berry, boxberry, wintergreen, mountain-tea (Gaultheria procumbens).
- Teach, v. a. 1. Instruct, inform, educate, enlighten, train, discipline, drill, school, tutor, indoctrinate, initiate, give instruction to, give lessons to.
- 2. Communicate, impart, inculcate, instil, preach.
- 3. Admonish, direct, guide, counsel, show, tell, advise, signify to, suggest to, indicate to, point out to.
- Teach, v. n. Act as teacher, practise teaching.
- Teachable, a. Docile, apt, apt to learn.
- Teacher, n. Instructor, tutor, preceptor, master, PEDAGOGUE, school-master, school-mistress, school-dame.
- Tedious, a. Wearisome (in consequence of being prolonged), tiresome, operose, IRKSOME, fatiguing, uninteresting, too long, monotonous, humdrum, prosy, MORTAL, trying, devoid of interest.
- Tediousness, n. Wearisomeness, tiresomeness, irksomeness, tedium, ENNUI.
- Tedium, n. Tediousness.
- Teem, v. n. 1. Conceive, be pregnant.
- 2. Abound, be full, be prolific, be stocked.
- Teeming, a. Fraught, replete, full, prolific.
- Teeter, v. n. Seesaw, titter, titter-totter, tetter-totter.
- Teething, n. Dentition.
- Teetotal, a. [Colloquial.] Entire, complete, total.
- Tegument, n. 1. Covering, cover, integument, capsule, case.
- 2. Skin.
- Tehee, v. n. [Colloquial.] Giggle, titter.
- Teledu, n. Stinkard (Mydaus meliceps).
- Telegram, n. Telegraphic despatch.
- Telegraph, n. Semaphore.
- Telegraph, v. a. 1. Convey by telegraph, announce by telegraph.
- 2. Wire, convey by electric telegraph, report by telegram.
- Telescope, n. Spy-glass.
- Tell, v. a. 1. Express, utter, speak, state, mention, communicate, publish, speak of, make mention of.
- 2. Relate, recount, rehearse, narrate, describe, report, give an account of.
- 3. Inform, teach, instruct, acquaint, apprise, make known to, explain to, disclose to, communicate to, make known to.
- 4. Disclose, reveal, divulge, confess, betray, acknowledge, own, declare, make known.
- 5. Number, count, enumerate, compute, reckon, take an account of, run over, sum up, call over.
- 6. Discern, discover, make out, distinguish.
- Tell, v. n. 1. Give account, make report.
- 2. Take effect, be effective, hit the nail on the head.
- Telling, a. Effective.
- Tell-tale, n. Tattler, talebearer.
- Tell-tale, a. Babbling, tattling.
- Telluric, a. Terrestrial, earthly.
- Temerity, n. Recklessness (of disposition), RASHNESS, heedlessness, venturesomeness, hastiness, precipitancy, inconsiderateness, presumption, fool-hardiness, precipitation.
- Temper, v. a. 1. Modify, qualify, mix in due proportion.
- 2. Soften, mollify, assuage, soothe, calm, moderate, restrain, pacify, attemper.
- 3. Adapt, fit, suit, adjust, accommodate.
- 4. Bring to the right degree of hardness (as iron, by sudden cooling).
- 5. Anneal.
- Temper, n. 1. Due mixture, just combination.
- 2. Constitution, temperament, nature, organization.
- 3. Disposition, humor, frame, mood, grain.
- 4. Calmness, moderation, equanimity, composure.
- 5. Degree of hardness.
- 6. [Colloquial.] Anger, passion, irritation.
- Temperament, n. Constitution, temper, nature, organization, idiosyncrasy, habit.
- Temperance, n. Moderation, sobriety, soberness, self-control.
- Temperate, a. 1. Moderate, ABSTEMIOUS, sober.
- 2. Chaste, continent.
- 3. Cool, calm, dispassionate, not violent.
- 4. Duly tempered (as regards heat and cold), not excessive.
- Temperature, n. Degree of heat.
- Tempest, n. 1. Storm, hurricane, gale, squall, tornado, violent wind (usually accompanied with rain, hail, or snow, and sometimes with thunder and lightning).
- 2. Excitement, tumult, disturbance, perturbation, violent outbreak.
- Tempestuous, a. 1. Stormy, windy, breezy, squally, gusty, blustering, boisterous.
- 2. Violent, turbulent, tumultuous, impetuous.
- Temple, n. 1. Fane.
- 2. Church, house of worship, house of God, meeting-house.
- Temporal, a. 1. Worldly, terrestrial, mundane, secular, of this world, of this life, not spiritual, not ecclesiastical.
- 2. Transient, fleeting, TEMPORARY.
- Temporary, a. Transitory, transient, fleeting, evanescent, ephemeral, short-lived, temporal, brief, not permanent, not eternal, for a time, of short duration.
- Temporize, v. n. Trim, comply with occasions, yield to circumstances, fall in with current opinion, act the time-server, be on the fence, wait to see which way the cat will jump.
- Temporizer, n. Trimmer, time-server.
- Tempt, v. a. 1. Try, test, prove, put to trial.
- 2.
- 3. Incite, instigate, provoke, incline, dispose, prompt.
- Temptation, n. 1. Enticement (especially to evil), allurement.
- 2. Bribe, bait, lure, decoy, golden apple, voice of the tempter, song of the Sirens.
- Tempter, n. Seducer, prompter, instigator, Siren, Circe, Satan.
- Tenable, a. Defensible, capable of being held or defended.
- Tenacious, a. 1. Retentive, apt to retain.
- 2. Adhesive, sticky, glutinous, viscous, cohesive, smeary, dauby, clinging.
- 3. Stubborn, obstinate, pertinacious, opinionated, opinionative, positive, pig-headed.
- Tenaciousness, n. Tenacity.
- Tenacious of, Persistent in holding, pertinacious in maintaining.
- Tenacity, n. 1. Retentiveness, tenaciousness.
- 2. Adhesiveness, cohesiveness, glutinousness, viscidity.
- 3. Stubbornness, pertinacity, obstinacy.
- Tenant, n. Occupier, occupant, resident, dweller, lessee, renter.
- Tenantable, a. Habitable.
- Tend, v. a. Watch, guard, keep, protect, attend, accompany, nurse, take care of, wait on.
- Tend, v. n. 1. Attend, wait, serve, be attendant.
- 2. Incline, lean, verge, trend, make, be directed.
- 3. Conduce, contribute, lead.
- Tendency, n. Inclination, leaning, direction, determination, bearing, bent, bias, drift, course, aim, scope, proclivity, aptitude, proneness, predisposition, propensity, turn, disposition, liability.
- Tender, a. 1. Soft, delicate, not firm.
- 2. Weak, feeble, young, infantile, youthful, not strong.
- 3. Effeminate, feminine, womanly, not hardy, not robust.
- 4. Sensitive, easily pained.
- 5. Compassionate, kind, affectionate, sympathetic, pitiful, merciful, lenient, mild, tender-hearted.
- 6. Pathetic, affecting, touching.
- 7. Painful (to speak of or treat of), unpleasant, disagreeable.
- Tender, v. a. Offer, proffer, present, volunteer.
- Tender, n. 1. Attendant.
- 2. Offer, proffer, proposal.
- Tender-hearted, a. Affectionate, kind, compassionate, sympathetic, merciful, tender, pitiful.
- Tenderness, n. 1. Softness, delicacy, want of firmness.
- 2. Weakness, want of strength, feebleness.
- 3. Effeminacy, womanly quality.
- 4. Soreness, sensitiveness.
- 5. Compassion, kindness, sympathy, affection, pity, love, gentleness, benevolence, leniency, clemency, sensibility, mildness, benignity, humanity, loving-kindness.
- 6. Pathos.
- 7. Caution, carefulness.
- Tender of, Concerned about, careful of.
- Tendon, n. Sinew.
- Tendril, n. (Bot.) Filament, cirrus.
- Tenebrious, a. Tenebrous.
- Tenebrous, a. Dark, dusky, darksome, gloomy, tenebrious.
- Tenement, n. House, dwelling, habitation, domicile.
- Tenet, n. Doctrine, dogma, opinion, notion, principle, position, belief, creed, way of thinking.
- Tenor, n. 1. Course, manner, fashion, mood, form, cast, cut, stamp, tone, tendency, character.
- 2. Meaning, intent, purport, import, sense, spirit, drift, gist, significance.
- 3. (Music.) Highest part (for a man's voice).
- Tense, a. Tight, stretched, strained, TAUGHT, rigid, not loose, not lax.
- Tension, n. 1. Stretching, straining.
- 2. Strain, rigor, severe effort.
- 3. (Physics.) Expansive force, elastic force.
- Tent, n. Pavilion.
- Tentacle, n. Feeler.
- Tentacula, n. pl. [L.] Feelers, tentacles.
- Tentative, a. Trying, essaying, experimental.
- Tenth, n. Tithe.
- Ten thousand, Myriad.
- Tenuity, n. 1. Thinness, fineness, slenderness. exility.
- 2. Rarity, rareness, subtility, etherealness.
- Tenure, n. 1. (Law.) Manner or principle of holding (lands and tenements).
- 2. Holding, use, occupation, occupancy, possession (for the time).
- Tepid, a. Lukewarm, slightly warm.
- Tergiversation, n. 1. Evasion, shift, subterfuge.
- 2. Vacillation, veering, fickleness, instability.
- Term, n. 1. Limit, boundary, bound, confine, bourn, mete, terminus.
- 2. Time, season, spell, space of time, period of time.
- 3. Word (considered as having a definite meaning; particularly a technical word), expression, name, denomination.
- 4. Member (of a syllogism, of an equation, of a fraction, of a proportion, &c.).
- Term, v. a. Designate, denominate, name, style, entitle, call, phrase, dub, christen.
- Termagant, n. Scold, shrew, vixen, virago, hag, beldam, Xantippe, brawling woman, turbulent woman.
- Termes, n. [L. pl. Termites.] White ant, termite.
- Terminal, a. 1. Limiting, bounding.
- 2. Final, ultimate.
- Terminate, v. a. 1. Bound, limit, set bounds to.
- 2. End, conclude, complete, close, finish, bring to an end, put an end to.
- Terminate, v. n. 1. End, cease, close, be limited, stop short, come to an end.
- 2. Eventuate, issue, prove, turn out.
- Termination, n. 1. Ending.
- 2. Limit, bound, period.
- 3. End, conclusion, completion, issue, result, consequence, effect.
- Terminology, n. Glossology, nomenclature.
- Terminus, n. [L. pl. Termini.] Limit, boundary, mete, term.
- Termite, n. Termes, white ant.
- Terms, n. pl. Conditions, stipulations, provisions.
- Tern, n. Sea-swallow.
- Ternary, a. Triplicate, threefold.
- Terrace, n. Plateau, esplanade.
- Terra firma, [L.] Solid earth, firm foundation.
- Terra Japonica, [Low L.] Catechu, gambler, cutch, Japan earth.
- Terrene, a. Terrestrial.
- Terrestrial, a. Earthly, sublunary, mundane, worldly, terrene.
- Terrible, a. Frightful, horrible, dreadful, formidable, REDOUBTABLE, fearful, GREWSOME, terrific, awful, dread, dire, tremendous.
- Terrific, a. Frightful, TERRIBLE.
- Terrify, v. a. Frighten, fright, affright, alarm, scare, horrify, appall, daunt, strike with terror, petrify with terror.
- Territory, n. Country, domain, district, quarter, province, land.
- Terror, n. Consternation, fright, alarm, affright, panic, horror, dismay, intimidation, terrorism, great fear, extreme dread.
- Terrorism, n. State of terror, reign of terror.
- Terse, a. Concise (with elegance), brief, compact, neat, pithy, sententious, not diffuse, not verbose, not prolix, not rambling, not wordy, not loose, not long-winded, not pleonastic, not tautological.
- Tessellated, a. Checkered, inlaid, mosaic.
- Test, n. 1. Experiment, trial, proof, ordeal.
- 2. Criterion, standard, touchstone.
- 3. [Chem.] Reägent.
- Test, v. a. Try, prove, subject to trial, put to the proof, experiment upon, make trial of, make an experiment with, give a trial to.
- Testacea, n. pl. Testaceans.
- Testaceans, n. pl. Shell-fish (with thick entire shells like the clam), mollusks.
- Testament, n. Will, last will and testament.
- Testify, v. n. Depose, state, affirm, declare, DEPONE, protest, bear witness.
- Testify, v. a. Attest, depose, state, declare, affirm, bear witness to, vouch for.
- Testimonial, n. 1. Credential, certificate, recommendation, voucher.
- 2. Monument, remembrancer, record.
- Testimony, n. 1. Affirmation, declaration, deposition, attestation.
- 2. Proof (by a witness), evidence, ground of belief.
- Testy, a. Peevish, petulant, fretful, pettish, touchy, cross, waspish, snappish, choleric, splenetic, irascible, irritable, captious, hasty, quick, peppery.
- Tetanus, n. [L.] (Med.) Spasm, spasmodic contraction of the muscles.
- Tête-à-tête, [Fr.] 1. (Adverbially.) Face to face, cheek by jowl.
- 2. (As a noun.) Close conversation, private conversation, familiar conference.
- Tether, n. Tedder.
- Tetter, n. Herpes, fret, ringworm.
- Tetter-totter, v. n. See-saw, teeter, titter, titter-totter.
- Text, n. 1. Body (of a literary work, as distinguished from comments), true copy.
- 2. Verse (of scripture), passage, sentence, clause, paragraph.
- 3. Topic, subject, theme, thesis.
- Textile, a. Woven.
- Texture, n. 1. Fabric, web.
- 2. Structure, make, organization, constitution, tissue.
- Thank, v. a. Return thanks to, make acknowledgments to.
- Thanks, n. pl. Acknowledgments (for favors), expressions of gratitude.
- Thankful, a. Grateful (with a desire to give thanks), obliged, beholden, indebted, under obligation.
- Thankfulness, n. Gratitude (with a desire to acknowledge it), sense of obligation, feeling of obligation.
- Thankless, a. 1. Ungrateful, unthankful.
- 2. Unpleasant (as a service not likely to be repaid by thanks), disagreeable, undesirable, unacceptable.
- Thaumaturgies, n. Thaumaturgy.
- Thaumaturgist, n. Necromancer, sorcerer, magician, conjurer, juggler, seer, wizard, prestidigitator, wonder-worker.
- Thaumaturgy, n. Necromancy, magic, sorcery, witchcraft, theurgy, wonder-working, the black art, feats of magic.
- Thaw, v. n. Melt (after freezing), dissolve, liquefy, become fluid.
- Thaw, v. a. Melt (something frozen), dissolve.
- Thawing, n. Melting, dissolving, liquefaction.
- The Advocate, Christ.
- The Almighty, God, Jehovah.
- The Anointed, Christ.
- The Arch Enemy, Satan.
- The Arch Fiend, Satan.
- Theatre, n. [Written also Theater.] 1. Play-house.
- 2. Scene, field, arena.
- Theatric, a. 1. Dramatic, scenic, histrionic.
- Theatrical, a. 1. Dramatic, scenic, histrionic.
- 2. Ostentatious, showy, pompous.
- Theatricals, n. pl. Dramatic performances.
- The Bible, The Scriptures, the Old and New Testaments, the sacred volume.
- The blues, Melancholy, dejection, depression, gloominess, sadness, despondency, hypochondria, dumps, megrims, vapors, low spirits, blue devils, depression of spirits, the dismals.
- The boards, The stage (of a theatre).
- The community, Men, persons, society, the people, the public, the world.
- The Deity, God, The Almighty.
- The dismals, Melancholy, THE BLUES.
- The Dove, Paraclete, Comforter, The Holy Ghost, The Holy Spirit, The Spirit, The Spirit of God, The Sanctifier, The Spirit of Truth.
- The Eternal, God, The Almighty.
- The Evil One, Satan.
- The fair, Women, the fair sex, the female sex.
- The Father, God, The Almighty.
- The foul Fiend, Satan.
- Theft, n. Larceny, robbery, stealing, shoplifting, pilfering, thievery.
- The great, Great persons, persons of rank, people of distinction.
- The Great Bear, Charles's Wain, the Wain.
- The Holy Spirit, The Sanctifier, The Holy Ghost, Paraclete, Comforter, The Spirit, The Spirit of God.
- The horrors, Delirium tremens, MANIA A POTU.
- The humanities, Belles-lettres, polite literature, elegant literature.
- Theine, n. Caffeine.
- The Infinite, God, The Almighty.
- The Intercessor, Christ.
- The Lesser Bear, The Little Bear.
- The Little Bear, The Lesser Bear, Ursa Minor.
- The Logos, Christ.
- The Lord's Day, Sunday, the Sabbath, the Christian Sabbath, the day of rest.
- Theme, n. 1. Subject, topic, text, thesis.
- 2. Essay (as a school exercise), dissertation,, Ursa Major composition.
- 3. (Gram.) Radical word.
- The Mediator, Christ.
- The Messiah, Christ.
- The Muses, The tuneful Nine, the tuneful quire, MUSES.
- Then, ad. 1. At that time.
- 2. Afterwards, next, soon afterwards.
- 3. Hereafter, at another time, sooner or later.
- 4. Therefore, for this reason, on that account.
- 5. That time.
- Then, conj. In that case.
- Thence, ad. 1. From that place.
- 2. Thenceforth, from that time.
- 3. Therefore, then, for that reason, on that account.
- Thenceforth, ad. Thence, thenceforward, from that time.
- Thenceforward, ad. Thenceforth.
- The Old Serpent, Satan.
- Theologian, n. Divine.
- Theologic, a. Divine, religious. Theological, a. Divine, religious.
- Theology, n. Divinity, true doctrine concerning God and his relations to man, scientific statement of the facts of religion.
- Theorem, n. Proposition (to be demonstrated), position, dictum, thesis.
- Theoretic, a. Speculative, conjectural, hypothetical, unpractical, not practical.
- Theoretical, a. Speculative, conjectural, hypothetical, unpractical, not practical.
- Theorist, n. Theorizer.
- Theorize, v. n. Speculate, form theories.
- Theorizer, n. Speculator, theorist, man of abstractions, philosopher.
- Theory, n. 1. Speculation, hypothesis, assumption, conjecture, postulate, plan, scheme, system.
- 2. Science, philosophy, doctrine, abstract principles.
- 3. Exposition, rationale, reason.
- The people, The public.
- The Porch, The Stoic philosophy, philosophy of Zeno.
- The poor, Paupers, indigent people.
- The Preserver, God, The Almighty.
- The Prince of Darkness, Satan.
- The public, Persons, men, society, the people, the community, the world.
- The quality, Nobility, gentry, noblesse, aristocracy, persons of rank.
- Therapeutic, a. Curative.
- Therapeutical, a. Curative.
- There, ad. In that place.
- Thereabout, ad. 1. Nearly, about that, somewhere about that.
- Thereabouts, ad. 1. Nearly, about that, somewhere about that.
- 2. Near that place.
- Thereafter, ad. 1. Afterwards, subsequently, after that.
- 2. Accordingly, according to that.
- Thereby, ad. By that means, in consequence of that.
- The Redeemer, Christ.
- Therefore, conj. & ad. 1. Thence, then, for that reason, on that account, for that.
- 2. Consequently, accordingly, by consequence.
- Therein, ad. In that, in this.
- Thereof, ad. Of that, of this.
- Thereon, ad. On that, on this.
- Thereto, ad. To that, to this.
- Thereupon, ad. 1. Upon that, upon this.
- 2. Immediately, at once, without delay.
- Therewith, ad. With that, with this.
- Theriac, n. Theriaca.
- Theriaca, n. (Med.) Treacle, theriac.
- Thermal, a. 1. Warm, hot.
- 2. As respects heat.
- The Sabbath, Sunday, the Lord's day, the Christian Sabbath, the day of rest.
- The Saviour, Christ.
- The Sanctifier, The Holy Spirit, THE SPIRIT.
- Thesaurus, n. [L.] 1. Treasury, storehouse.
- 2. Repository (especially of knowledge).
- Thesis, n. 1. Proposition, position, dictum, doctrine.
- 2. Theme, subject, topic, text.
- 3. Essay, dissertation, composition.
- The Spirit, Holy Spirit, Holy Ghost, The Spirit of God, The Sanctifier, Paraclete, Comforter.
- The Subscriber, The undersigned.
- The Tempter, Satan.
- The Trinity, God, The Almighty, The Godhead (consisting of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost), The Holy Trinity.
- The Twins, (Astron.) Gemini.
- The undersigned, The subscriber or the subscribers.
- The vulgar, The populace, the multitude, the rabble, the crowd, the common people, the dregs of the people, the scum of society.
- Theurgy, n. Necromancy, witchcraft, sorcery, magic, thaumaturgy, wonder-working, the black art, feats of magic.
- The Wain, Charles's Wain, The Great Bear, Ursa Major.
- The Wicked One, Satan.
- The Word, 1. Christ, The Logos.
- 2. The Bible, The Word of God.
- Thews, n. pl. Muscles, sinews, brawn, muscular strength.
- Thick, a. 1. Not thin (in measure).
- 2. Dumpy, squab, squat, plump, bulky.
- 3. Dense, gross, inspissate, inspissated, not thin (in consistence).
- 4. Turbid, muddy, roiled, not clear, not transparent.
- 5. Abundant, frequent, close, compact, crowded, closely set, in quick succession.
- 6. Indistinct, inarticulate.
- 7. Dull, not quick.
- 8. [Colloquial.] Intimate, familiar, friendly, hand and glove, hail fellow well met.
- Thick, n. Thickest part.
- Thick, ad. 1. Frequently, fast, quick.
- 2. Densely, closely, thickly.
- 3. To a great depth.
- Thicken, v. a. Inspissate, make thick.
- Thicken, v. n. Grow thick, become inspissated.
- Thicket, Grove, copse, wood, forest, jungle, brake.
- Thick-head, n. Thick-skull.
- Thick lip, Blobber-lip.
- Thick-lipped, a. Blobber-lipped.
- Thick-skull, n. Blockhead, DUNCE.
- Thick-skulled, a. Foolish, ADDLE-HEADED.
- Thief, n. Pickpocket, shop-lifter, thief, pilferer, cutpurse, petty robber.
- Thievery, n. Larceny, stealing, thieving, shoplifting, pilfering, theft, petty robbery, petty larceny.
- Thieving, n. Thievery.
- Thievish, a. Given to stealing, inclined to theft.
- Thievishness, n. Cleptomania, klopemania, propensity to steal, mania for stealing.
- Thigh, n. Haunch, hip.
- Thills, n. pl. Shafts.
- Thill-horse, n. Shaft-horse.
- Thimble-berry, n. Black raspberry (Rubus Occidentalis).
- Thin, a. 1. Not thick (in measure).
- 2. Slender, slim, meagre, lean, poor, gaunt, SCRAWNY, scraggy, skinny, lank, shrunk, emaciated, fallen away.
- 3. Rare, subtile, attenuated, dilute, not dense, not gross, not thick (in consistence).
- 4. Sparse, scanty, not close, not compact, not crowded, not abundant.
- 5. Slight, flimsy.
- 6. Small, fine, not full.
- Thin, v. a. 1. Make thin.
- 2. Rarefy, attenuate, dilute, make less dense.