($RCSfile: adj.all,v $ $Revision: 9.0 $ $Date: 2011/02/06 21:17:49 $ $Name: $ $State: Rel $) (Copyright (c) 1988-2011 by Princeton University) [{ [ ABLE, noun.cognition:ability,+ noun.attribute:ability,+ UNABLE,!] noun.attribute:ability,= noun.cognition:ability,= ((usually followed by `to') having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something; "able to swim"; "she was able to program her computer"; "we were at last able to buy a car"; "able to get a grant for the project") } ---- { [ UNABLE, ABLE,!] noun.attribute:ability,= ((usually followed by `to') not having the necessary means or skill or know-how; "unable to get to town without a car"; "unable to obtain funds") }] [{ [ ABAXIAL, ADAXIAL,!] dorsal4, noun.cognition:biology,;c (facing away from the axis of an organ or organism; "the abaxial surface of a leaf is the underside or side facing away from the stem") } ---- { [ ADAXIAL, ABAXIAL,!] ventral4, noun.cognition:biology,;c (nearest to or facing toward the axis of an organ or organism; "the upper side of a leaf is known as the adaxial surface") }] [{ [ ACROSCOPIC, BASISCOPIC,! ] noun.cognition:botany,;c (facing or on the side toward the apex) } ---- { [ BASISCOPIC, ACROSCOPIC,! ] noun.cognition:botany,;c (facing or on the side toward the base) }] [{ [ ABDUCENT, ADDUCENT,!] abducting, noun.cognition:physiology,;c (especially of muscles; drawing away from the midline of the body or from an adjacent part) } ---- { [ ADDUCENT, ABDUCENT,!] [ adductive, verb.contact:adduct,+ ] adducting, noun.cognition:physiology,;c (especially of muscles; bringing together or drawing toward the midline of the body or toward an adjacent part) }] [{ [ NASCENT, noun.event:nascency,+ DYING,!] (being born or beginning; "the nascent chicks"; "a nascent insurgency" ) } { [ emergent, verb.stative:emerge,+ noun.act:emergence1,+ ] emerging, (coming into existence; "an emergent republic") } { [ dissilient, noun.event:dissilience,+ ] (bursting open with force, as do some ripe seed vessels) } { [ parturient, noun.state:parturiency,+ ] (giving birth; "a parturient heifer") } ---- { [ DYING, NASCENT,!] (in or associated with the process of passing from life or ceasing to be; "a dying man"; "his dying wish"; "a dying fire"; "a dying civilization") } { moribund, (being on the point of death; breathing your last; "a moribund patient") } { last, (occurring at the time of death; "his last words"; "the last rites") }] [{ [ ABRIDGED, UNABRIDGED,!] SHORT2,^ ((used of texts) shortened by condensing or rewriting; "an abridged version") } { cut, shortened, (with parts removed; "the drastically cut film") } { half-length, (abridged to half its original length) } { potted, noun.location:Britain,;r noun.communication:colloquialism,;u ((British informal) summarized or abridged; "a potted version of a novel") } ---- { [ UNABRIDGED, ABRIDGED,!] ((used of texts) not shortened; "an unabridged novel") } { full-length, uncut, (complete; "the full-length play") }] [{ [ ABSOLUTE, noun.cognition:absolute,+ noun.attribute:absoluteness,+ RELATIVE,!] (perfect or complete or pure; "absolute loyalty"; "absolute silence"; "absolute truth"; "absolute alcohol") } { direct, (lacking compromising or mitigating elements; exact; "the direct opposite") } { implicit, unquestioning, (being without doubt or reserve; "implicit trust") } { [ infinite, noun.attribute:infiniteness,+ ] (total and all-embracing; "God's infinite wisdom") } { living, noun.communication:intensive,;u noun.communication:colloquialism,;u ((informal) absolute; "she is a living doll"; "scared the living daylights out of them"; "beat the living hell out of him") } ---- { [ RELATIVE, noun.attribute:relativity,+ ABSOLUTE,!] [ comparative, verb.cognition:compare1,+ verb.cognition:compare,+ ] (estimated by comparison; not absolute or complete; "a relative stranger") } { relational, (having a relation or being related) }] [{ [ ABSORBENT, noun.attribute:absorbency,+ verb.weather:absorb,+ verb.contact:absorb1,+ NONABSORBENT,!] [ absorptive, verb.weather:absorb,+ verb.contact:absorb1,+ noun.attribute:absorptivity,+ ] noun.attribute:absorbency,= (having power or capacity or tendency to absorb or soak up something (liquids or energy etc.); "as absorbent as a sponge") } { absorbefacient, sorbefacient, (inducing or promoting absorption) } { assimilating, [ assimilative, verb.contact:assimilate,+ ] [ assimilatory, verb.contact:assimilate,+ ] (capable of taking (gas, light, or liquids) into a solution; "an assimilative substance") } { [ hygroscopic, noun.artifact:hygroscope,+ ] (absorbing moisture (as from the air)) } { receptive, (able to absorb liquid (not repellent); "the paper is ink-receptive") } { shock-absorbent, (having the capacity to absorb the energy of an impact; "the material absorbs shock and is used for shock-absorbent insoles") } { [ spongy, noun.substance:sponge,+ noun.attribute:sponginess,+ ] spongelike, (like a sponge in being able to absorb liquids and yield it back when compressed) } { thirsty, (able to take in large quantities of moisture; "thirsty towels") } ---- { [ NONABSORBENT, noun.attribute:nonabsorbency,+ ABSORBENT,!] nonabsorptive, noun.attribute:absorbency,= (not capable of absorbing or soaking up (liquids)) } { [ repellent, noun.attribute:repellent,+ ] [ resistant, verb.competition:resist1,+ ] (incapable of absorbing or mixing with; "a water-repellent fabric"; "plastic highly resistant to steam and water") }] [{ [ ADSORBENT, noun.substance:adsorbent,+ verb.contact:adsorb,+ NONADSORBENT,!] [ adsorptive, verb.contact:adsorb,+ ] surface-assimilative, (having capacity or tendency to adsorb or cause to accumulate on a surface) } { chemisorptive, chemosorptive, (having the capacity to adsorb by chemical as contrasted with physical forces) } ---- { [ NONADSORBENT, ADSORBENT,!] nonadsorptive, (lacking a capacity to adsorb or cause to accumulate on a surface) }] [{ [ ABSORBABLE, verb.weather:absorb,+ ADSORBABLE,!] (capable of being absorbed or taken in through the pores of a surface) } ---- { [ ADSORBABLE, verb.contact:adsorb,+ ABSORBABLE,!] [ adsorbate, noun.substance:adsorbate,+ ] (capable of being adsorbed or accumulated on a surface of a solid) }] [{ [ ABSTEMIOUS, noun.attribute:abstemiousness,+ GLUTTONOUS,!] NONINDULGENT,^ noun.attribute:abstemiousness,= (sparing in consumption of especially food and drink; "the pleasures of the table, never of much consequence to one naturally abstemious"- John Galsworthy) } { [ abstinent, noun.person:abstinent,+ noun.attribute:abstinence,+ noun.act:abstinence,+ verb.consumption:abstain,+ ] [ abstentious, noun.attribute:abstention,+ ] (self-restraining; not indulging an appetite especially for food or drink; "not totally abstinent but abstemious") } { [ ascetic, noun.person:ascetic,+ ] [ ascetical, noun.person:ascetic,+ ] [ austere, noun.attribute:austerity1,+ ] spartan, (practicing great self-denial; "Be systematically ascetic...do...something for no other reason than that you would rather not do it"- William James; "a desert nomad's austere life"; "a spartan diet"; "a spartan existence") } ---- { [ GLUTTONOUS, noun.person:glutton,+ ABSTEMIOUS,!] INDULGENT,^ noun.attribute:gluttony,= (given to excess in consumption of especially food or drink; "over-fed women and their gluttonous husbands"; "a gluttonous debauch"; "a gluttonous appetite for food and praise and pleasure") } { [ crapulous1, noun.act:crapulence,+ ] (given to gross intemperance in eating or drinking; "a crapulous old reprobate") } { [ crapulent, noun.act:crapulence,+ ] [ crapulous2, noun.act:crapulence,+ ] (suffering from excessive eating or drinking; "crapulent sleep"; "a crapulous stomach") } { [ edacious, noun.state:edacity,+ noun.attribute:edacity,+ ] [ esurient, noun.attribute:esurience,+ ] [ rapacious, noun.attribute:rapaciousness,+ noun.attribute:rapacity,+ ] ravening, [ ravenous, noun.state:ravenousness,+ ] [ voracious, noun.state:voraciousness,+ noun.attribute:voraciousness,+ noun.state:voracity,+ noun.attribute:voracity,+ ] wolfish, (devouring or craving food in great quantities; "edacious vultures"; "a rapacious appetite"; "ravenous as wolves"; "voracious sharks") } { [ greedy, noun.attribute:greediness2,+ ] (wanting to eat or drink more than one can reasonably consume; "don't be greedy with the cookies") } { [ hoggish, noun.attribute:hoggishness,+ ] [ piggish, noun.attribute:piggishness,+ ] [ piggy, noun.animal:piggy,+ noun.person:pig,+ ] porcine, swinish, (resembling swine; coarsely gluttonous or greedy; "piggish table manners"; "the piggy fat-cheeked little boy and his porcine pot-bellied father"; "swinish slavering over food") } { overgreedy, too-greedy, (excessively gluttonous) }] [{ [ ABSTRACT, noun.cognition:abstract,+ noun.attribute:abstractness,+ CONCRETE,!] INTANGIBLE,^ NONREPRESENTATIONAL,^ noun.attribute:abstractness,= (existing only in the mind; separated from embodiment; "abstract words like `truth' and `justice'") } { [ conceptional, noun.cognition:conception,+ ] [ ideational, noun.cognition:ideation,+ ] [ notional, noun.cognition:notion,+ ] (being of the nature of a notion or concept; "a plan abstract and conceptional"; "to improve notional comprehension"; "a notional response to the question") } { [ conceptual, verb.creation:conceptualize,+ noun.cognition:concept,+ noun.cognition:conceptuality,+ ] (being or characterized by concepts or their formation; "conceptual discussions"; "the schizophrenic loses ability to abstract or do conceptual thinking"; "sex is a notional category, gender is a grammatical category") } { [ ideal, noun.cognition:idea,+ noun.attribute:ideality,+ ] (constituting or existing only in the form of an idea or mental image or conception; "a poem or essay may be typical of its period in idea or ideal content") } { [ ideological, noun.cognition:ideology3,+ ] [ ideologic, noun.cognition:ideology3,+ ] (concerned with or suggestive of ideas; "ideological application of a theory"; "the drama's symbolism was very ideological") } ---- { [ CONCRETE, noun.attribute:concreteness,+ ABSTRACT,!] TANGIBLE,^ PRACTICAL,^ REAL,^ noun.attribute:concreteness,= (capable of being perceived by the senses; not abstract or imaginary; "concrete objects such as trees") } { objective, (belonging to immediate experience of actual things or events; "objective benefits"; "an objective example"; "there is no objective evidence of anything of the kind") } { [ real, noun.state:reality2,+ ] [ tangible, noun.attribute:tangibleness,+ ] (capable of being treated as fact; "tangible evidence"; "his brief time as Prime Minister brought few real benefits to the poor") }] [{ [ ABUNDANT, verb.stative:abound,+ noun.attribute:abundance,+ SCARCE,!] AMPLE,^ RICH,^ noun.attribute:quantity,= (present in great quantity; "an abundant supply of water") } { abounding, galore(ip), (existing in abundance; "abounding confidence"; "whiskey galore") } { [ ample, noun.attribute:ampleness1,+ ] [ copious1, noun.attribute:copiousness,+ ] [ plenteous, noun.quantity:plenty,+ noun.attribute:plenty,+ noun.attribute:plenteousness,+ ] [ plentiful1, noun.attribute:plentifulness,+ ] [ rich, noun.attribute:richness3,+ ] (affording an abundant supply; "had ample food for the party"; "copious provisions"; "food is plentiful"; "a plenteous grape harvest"; "a rich supply") } { [ copious2, noun.attribute:copiousness,+ ] [ voluminous, noun.attribute:voluminousness,+ noun.attribute:voluminosity,+ ] (large in number or quantity (especially of discourse); "she took copious notes"; "a subject of voluminous legislation") } { easy, noun.cognition:economics,;c (obtained with little effort or sacrifice, often obtained illegally; "easy money") } { exuberant, [ lush, noun.attribute:lushness,+ ] [ luxuriant, verb.change:luxuriate,+ noun.attribute:luxuriance,+ ] [ profuse, noun.attribute:profuseness,+ ] riotous, (produced or growing in extreme abundance; "their riotous blooming") } { thick, (abounding; having a lot of; "the top was thick with dust") } { long, (having or being more than normal or necessary; "long on brains"; "in long supply") } { [ overabundant, noun.attribute:overabundance,+ ] [ plethoric, noun.attribute:plethora,+ ] rife, (excessively abundant) } { [ plentiful2, noun.attribute:plentifulness,+ ] (existing in great number or quantity; "rhinoceroses were once plentiful here") } { rampant, ((of a plant) having a lush and unchecked growth; "a rampant growth of weeds") } { [ rank, noun.attribute:rankness1,+ ] (growing profusely; "rank jungle vegetation") } { [ superabundant, noun.attribute:superabundance,+ ] (most excessively abundant) } { [ teeming, noun.attribute:teemingness,+ ] (abundantly filled with especially living things; "the Third World's teeming millions"; "the teeming boulevard") } { [ torrential, noun.phenomenon:torrent1,+ ] (pouring in abundance; "torrential rains") } { [ verdant, noun.attribute:verdancy,+ ] (characterized by abundance of verdure)} ---- { [ SCARCE, noun.attribute:scarceness,+ noun.attribute:scarcity,+ ABUNDANT,!] MEAGER,^ noun.attribute:quantity,= (deficient in quantity or number compared with the demand; "fresh vegetables were scarce during the drought") } { [ rare, noun.attribute:rareness,+ noun.attribute:rarity2,+ ] (not widely distributed; "rare herbs"; "rare patches of green in the desert") } { [ tight, noun.state:tightness,+ ] noun.cognition:economics,;c (affected by scarcity and expensive to borrow; "tight money"; "a tight market") }] [{ [ ABUSED1, UNABUSED1,!] ill-treated, maltreated, mistreated, (subjected to cruel treatment; "an abused wife") } { battered, (exhibiting symptoms resulting from repeated physical and emotional injury; "a battered child"; "the battered woman syndrome") } ---- { [ UNABUSED1, ABUSED1,!] (not physically abused; treated properly) }] [{ [ ACCEPTABLE, noun.attribute:acceptability,+ noun.attribute:acceptableness,+ UNACCEPTABLE,!] SATISFACTORY,^ (worthy of acceptance or satisfactory; "acceptable levels of radiation"; "performances varied from acceptable to excellent") } { [ bankable, verb.possession:bank2,+ verb.possession:bank1,+ verb.possession:bank,+ ] (acceptable to or at a bank; "bankable funds") } { unexceptionable, unimpeachable, (completely acceptable; not open to exception or reproach; "two unexceptionable witnesses"; "a judge's ethics should be unexceptionable") } { unobjectionable, (not objectionable; "the ends are unobjectionable; it's the means that one can't accept") } ---- { [ UNACCEPTABLE, noun.attribute:unacceptableness,+ noun.attribute:unacceptability,+ ACCEPTABLE,!] UNSATISFACTORY,^ UNWELCOME,^ (not acceptable; not welcome; "a word unacceptable in polite society"; "an unacceptable violation of personal freedom") } { exceptionable, [ objectionable, noun.attribute:objectionableness,+ ] (liable to objection or debate; used of something one might take exception to; "a thoroughly unpleasant highly exceptionable piece of writing"; "found the politician's views objectionable") }] [{ [ ACCESSIBLE, verb.motion:access,+ INACCESSIBLE,!] CONVENIENT,^ noun.attribute:accessibility,= (capable of being reached; "a town accessible by rail") } { [ approachable, verb.motion:approach,+ ] reachable, (easily approached; "a site approachable from a branch of the Niger") } { come-at-able, get-at-able, getatable, noun.communication:colloquialism,;u (capable of being reached or attained; "a very getatable man"; "both oil and coal are there but not in getatable locations") } { [ handy, noun.attribute:handiness,+ ] ready_to_hand(p), (easy to reach; "found a handy spot for the can opener") } ---- { [ INACCESSIBLE, ACCESSIBLE,!] unaccessible, noun.attribute:accessibility,= (capable of being reached only with great difficulty or not at all) } { [ outback(a), noun.location:outback,+ ] [ remote, noun.attribute:remoteness,+ ] (inaccessible and sparsely populated) } { pathless, roadless, trackless, untracked, untrod, untrodden, (lacking pathways; "trackless wilderness"; "roadless areas") } { unapproachable, unreachable, unreached, out_of_reach(p), (inaccessibly located or situated; "an unapproachable chalet high in the mountains"; "an unreachable canyon"; "the unreachable stars") } { un-come-at-able, un-get-at-able, ungetatable, noun.communication:colloquialism,;u (difficult to reach or attain) }] [{ [ ACCOMMODATING, UNACCOMMODATING,!] [ accommodative, verb.communication:accommodate,+ ] GOOD-NATURED,^ HELPFUL,^ KIND,^ (helpful in bringing about a harmonious adaptation; "the warden was always accommodating in allowing visitors in"; "made a special effort to be accommodating") } { [ complaisant, noun.attribute:complaisance,+ ] [ obliging, noun.attribute:obligingness,+ ] (showing a cheerful willingness to do favors for others; "to close one's eyes like a complaisant husband whose wife has taken a lover"; "the obliging waiter was in no hurry for us to leave") } ---- { [ UNACCOMMODATING, ACCOMMODATING,!] unobliging, (not accommodating; "the unaccommodating bus driver pulled out while she was banging on the door") } { disobliging, uncooperative, (intentionally unaccommodating; "the action was not offensive to him but proved somewhat disobliging") }] [{ [ ACCURATE, INACCURATE,!] CORRECT,^ EXACT,^ PRECISE,^ noun.attribute:accuracy2,= (conforming exactly or almost exactly to fact or to a standard or performing with total accuracy; "an accurate reproduction"; "the accounting was accurate"; "accurate measurements"; "an accurate scale") } { close, [ faithful, noun.attribute:faithfulness,+ ] (marked by fidelity to an original; "a close translation"; "a faithful copy of the portrait"; "a faithful rendering of the observed facts") } { dead-on(a), noun.communication:colloquialism,;u (accurate and to the point; "a dead-on feel for characterization"; "She avoids big scenes...preferring to rely on small gestures and dead-on dialogue"- Peter S.Prescott) } { high-fidelity, hi-fi, (characterized by minimal distortion in sound reproduction; "a high-fidelity recording"; "a hi-fi system") } { surgical, (performed with great precision; "a surgical air strike") } { straight, (in keeping with the facts; "set the record straight"; "made sure the facts were straight in the report") } { [ true, noun.attribute:trueness,+ ] dead_on_target, (accurately placed or thrown; "his aim was true"; "he was dead on target") } { veracious, right, (precisely accurate; "a veracious account") } ---- { [ INACCURATE, ACCURATE,!] IMPRECISE,^ INCORRECT,^ INEXACT,^ noun.attribute:accuracy2,= (not accurate; "an inaccurate translation"; "the thermometer is inaccurate") } { away, outside, noun.act:baseball,;c ((of a baseball pitch) on the far side of home plate from the batter; "the pitch was away (or wide)"; "an outside pitch") } { [ faulty, noun.act:fault,+ noun.state:faultiness,+ ] incorrect, wrong, (characterized by errors; not agreeing with a model or not following established rules; "he submitted a faulty report"; "an incorrect transcription"; "the wrong side of the road") } { unfaithful, (not trustworthy; "an unfaithful reproduction") } { wide, wide_of_the_mark, (not on target; "the kick was wide"; "the arrow was wide of the mark"; "a claim that was wide of the truth") }] [{ [ ACCUSTOMED_TO, UNACCUSTOMED_TO,!] used_to3, (in the habit of or adapted to; "accustomed to doing her own work"; "I've grown accustomed to her face"; "we are used to better service in this restaurant" ) } { used_to(p), [ wont_to(p), noun.communication:literature,;c noun.communication:poetry2,;c ] (in the habit of doing something; "...was wont to complain that this is a cold world"- Henry David Thoreau) } ---- { [ UNACCUSTOMED_TO, ACCUSTOMED_TO,!] (not habituated to; unfamiliar with; "unaccustomed to wearing suits") } { new, ((often followed by `to') unfamiliar; "new experiences"; "experiences new to him"; "errors of someone new to the job") } { unused_to(p), (infrequently exposed to; "feet unused to shoes") }] [{ [ ACIDIC, ALKALINE,! AMPHOTERIC,!] noun.cognition:chemistry,;c (being or containing an acid; of a solution having an excess of hydrogen atoms (having a pH of less than 7)) } { [ acid, noun.substance:acid,+ noun.attribute:acidity2,+ ] noun.cognition:chemistry,;c (having the characteristics of an acid; "an acid reaction") } { acid-forming, (yielding an acid in aqueous solution) } ---- { [ ALKALINE, noun.attribute:alkalinity,+ AMPHOTERIC,! ACIDIC,!] [ alkalic, noun.substance:alkali1,+ ] noun.cognition:chemistry,;c (relating to or containing an alkali; having a pH greater than 7; "alkaline soils derived from chalk or limestone") } { alkalescent, alcalescent, (tending to become alkaline; slightly alkaline) } { basic, noun.cognition:chemistry,;c (of or denoting or of the nature of or containing a base) } { base-forming, (yielding a base in aqueous solution) } { saltlike, (resembling a compound formed by replacing hydrogen in an acid by a metal) } ---- { [ AMPHOTERIC, ACIDIC,! ALKALINE,!] amphiprotic, noun.cognition:chemistry,;c (having characteristics of both an acid and a base and capable of reacting as either) }] [{ [ ACID-LOVING, ALKALINE-LOVING,!] noun.Tops:plant,;c (thriving in a relatively acidic environment (especially of plants requiring a pH well below 7)) } { [ acidophilic, noun.animal:acidophile,+ noun.animal:acidophil,+ ] acidophilous, aciduric, (especially of some bacteria; growing well in an acid medium) } ---- { [ ALKALINE-LOVING, ACID-LOVING,!] noun.Tops:plant,;c (thriving in a relatively alkaline environment; (especially of plants requiring a pH above 7)) }] [{ [ ACKNOWLEDGED, UNACKNOWLEDGED,!] KNOWN,^ noun.state:acknowledgment,= (recognized or made known or admitted; "the acknowledged leader of the community"; "a woman of acknowledged accomplishments"; "his acknowledged error") } { accepted, recognized, recognised, (generally approved or compelling recognition; "several accepted techniques for treating the condition"; "his recognized superiority in this kind of work") } { self-confessed(a), (owned up to; "his admitted doubts"; "the conceded error"; "a confessed murderer"; "a self-confessed plagiarist") } { [ assumptive, verb.cognition:assume,+ ] (accepted as real or true without proof; "the assumed reason for his absence"; "assumptive beliefs") } { declarable, (that must be declared; "declarable income") } { [ given, noun.cognition:given,+ noun.attribute:givenness,+ ] granted, (acknowledged as a supposition; "given the engine's condition, it is a wonder that it started") } { putative(a), (purported; commonly put forth or accepted as true on inconclusive grounds; "the foundling's putative father"; "the putative author of the book") } ---- { [ UNACKNOWLEDGED, ACKNOWLEDGED,!] UNKNOWN,^ noun.state:acknowledgment,= (not recognized or admitted) } { unappreciated, unsung, unvalued, (having value that is not acknowledged) } { unavowed, secret, (not openly made known; "a secret marriage"; "a secret bride") } { [ unconfessed, noun.group:unconfessed,+ ] (not admitted; "unconfessed sins") } { unrecognized, unrecognised, (not recognized; "he was unrecognized in his disguise") }] [{ [ ACQUISITIVE, verb.possession:acquire,+ noun.attribute:acquisitiveness,+ UNACQUISITIVE,!] noun.attribute:acquisitiveness,= (eager to acquire and possess things especially material possessions or ideas; "an acquisitive mind"; "an acquisitive society in which the craving for material things seems never satisfied") } { [ accumulative, verb.possession:accumulate,+ verb.change:accumulate,+ ] (marked by acquiring or amassing; "we live in an accumulative society") } { [ avaricious, noun.attribute:avarice,+ noun.act:avarice,+ noun.attribute:avariciousness,+ ] [ covetous, noun.act:covetousness,+ ] grabby, [ grasping, noun.act:grasping,+ ] [ greedy, noun.attribute:greed,+ noun.act:greed,+ noun.attribute:greediness,+ ] prehensile, (immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth; "they are avaricious and will do anything for money"; "casting covetous eyes on his neighbor's fields"; "a grasping old miser"; "grasping commercialism"; "greedy for money and power"; "grew richer and greedier"; "prehensile employers stingy with raises for their employees") } { [ possessive, noun.attribute:possessiveness,+ verb.possession:possess,+ ] (desirous of owning; "small children are so possessive they will not let others play with their toys") } { plundering, (given to taking by force what is desired) } { predaceous, predacious, predatory, (living by or given to victimizing others for personal gain; "predatory capitalists"; "a predatory, insensate society in which innocence and decency can prove fatal"- Peter S. Prescott; "a predacious kind of animal--the early geological gangster"- W.E.Swinton) } { [ rapacious, noun.act:rapacity,+ ] ravening, [ voracious, noun.attribute:voraciousness1,+ ] (excessively greedy and grasping; "a rapacious divorcee on the prowl"; "ravening creditors"; "paying taxes to voracious governments") } { [ sordid, noun.attribute:sordidness,+ ] (meanly avaricious and mercenary; "sordid avarice"; "sordid material interests") } ---- { [ UNACQUISITIVE, ACQUISITIVE,!] noun.attribute:acquisitiveness,= (not acquisitive; not interested in acquiring or owning anything) }] [{ [ ACROPETAL, BASIPETAL,!] noun.cognition:botany,;c (of leaves or flowers; developing or opening in succession from base to apex) } ---- { [ BASIPETAL, ACROPETAL,!] noun.cognition:botany,;c (of leaves or flowers; developing or opening in succession from apex to base) }] [{ [ ACTIVE1, noun.attribute:activeness,+ noun.attribute:activity,+ INACTIVE1,!] ENERGETIC,^ LIVELY,^ noun.attribute:activeness,= (characterized by energetic activity; "an active toddler"; "active as a gazelle"; "an active man is a man of action") } { about(p), astir(p), (on the move; "up and about"; "the whole town was astir over the incident") } { [ acrobatic, noun.act:acrobatics,+ ] [ athletic, noun.act:athletics,+ ] [ gymnastic, noun.act:gymnastics,+ ] (vigorously active; "an acrobatic dance"; "an athletic child"; "athletic playing"; "gymnastic exercises") } { [ agile, noun.attribute:agility,+ ] [ nimble, noun.attribute:nimbleness,+ ] [ quick, noun.cognition:quickness1,+ noun.attribute:quickness,+ ] spry, (moving quickly and lightly; "sleek and agile as a gymnast"; "as nimble as a deer"; "nimble fingers"; "quick of foot"; "the old dog was so spry it was halfway up the stairs before we could stop it") } { hot, noun.communication:colloquialism,;u (marked by excited activity; "a hot week on the stock market") } { [ hyperactive, noun.state:hyperactivity,+ ] [ overactive, noun.process:overactivity,+ ] (more active than normal; "a hyperactive child") } { on_the_go(p), ((of a person) very busy and active; "is always on the go") } { sporty, (appropriate for sport or engagement in a sport) } ---- { [ INACTIVE1, noun.attribute:inactiveness,+ ACTIVE1,!] LETHARGIC,^ noun.attribute:activeness,= (not active physically or mentally; "illness forced him to live an inactive life"; "dreamy and inactive by nature") } { desk-bound, deskbound, (restricted to working in an office rather than in an active physical capacity) } { [abeyant, noun.state:abeyance,+][ dormant, noun.state:dormancy,+ ] (inactive but capable of becoming active; "her feelings of affection are dormant but easily awakened") } { hypoactive, underactive, (abnormally inactive) } { [ inert, noun.attribute:inertness,+ ] [ sluggish, noun.attribute:sluggishness,+ ] soggy, [ torpid, noun.attribute:torpidness,+ noun.state:torpidity,+ ] (slow and apathetic; "she was fat and inert"; "a sluggish worker"; "a mind grown torpid in old age") } { sedentary, (requiring sitting or little activity; "forced by illness to lead a sedentary life") }] [{ [ ACTIVE8, noun.state:activeness,+ noun.state:activity,+ INACTIVE8,!] (engaged in full-time work; "active duty"; "though past retirement age he is still active in his profession") } { activated, noun.group:military,;c ((military) set up and placed on active assignment; "a newly activated unit") } ---- { [ INACTIVE8, noun.act:inactivity,+ ACTIVE8,!] (not engaged in full-time work; "inactive reserve"; "an inactive member") } { off, (not performing or scheduled for duties; "He's off every Tuesday") } { retired, (no longer active in your work or profession) }] [{ [ ACTIVE6, noun.attribute:activeness,+ noun.attribute:activity,+ INACTIVE3,!] (full of activity or engaged in continuous activity; "an active seaport"; "an active bond market"; "an active account") } { brisk, (very active; "doing a brisk business") } { bustling, (full of energetic and noisy activity; "a bustling city") } { [ busy1, noun.state:busyness,+ ] (crowded with or characterized by much activity; "a very busy week"; "a busy life"; "a busy street"; "a busy seaport") } { going(a), (in full operation; "a going concern") } { open, (ready for business; "the stores are open") } { springy, ((of movements) light and confidently active; "he walked away with a springy step") } ---- { [ INACTIVE3, noun.state:inactiveness,+ noun.act:inactivity,+ ACTIVE6,!] (lacking activity; lying idle or unused; "an inactive mine"; "inactive accounts"; "inactive machinery") } { dark, (not giving performances; closed; "the theater is dark on Mondays") } { dead, (devoid of activity; "this is a dead town; nothing ever happens here") } { dull, slow, [ sluggish, noun.attribute:sluggishness1,+ ] noun.act:business1,;c ((of business) not active or brisk; "business is dull (or slow)"; "a sluggish market") } { [ idle, noun.act:idleness,+ ] unused, (not in active use; "the machinery sat idle during the strike"; "idle hands") } { strikebound, (closed or immobilized by a strike; "a strikebound airline") }] [{ [ ACTIVE2, noun.state:activeness,+ noun.process:activity,+ INACTIVE2,!] noun.cognition:pathology,;c (tending to become more severe or wider in scope; "active tuberculosis") } { progressive, (advancing in severity; "progressive paralysis") } ---- { [ INACTIVE2, ACTIVE2,!] noun.cognition:pathology,;c ((pathology) not progressing or increasing; or progressing slowly) } { dead-end, (lacking opportunities for development or advancement; "stuck in a dead-end job") } { flat, (commercially inactive; "flat sales for the month"; "prices remained flat"; "a flat market") } { indolent, noun.cognition:pathology,;c ((of tumors, e.g.) slow to heal or develop and usually painless; "an indolent ulcer"; "leprosy is an indolent infectious disease") } { [ latent, noun.state:latency,+ ] noun.cognition:pathology,;c ((pathology) not presently active; "latent infection"; "latent diabetes") } { quiescent, noun.cognition:pathology,;c ((pathology) causing no symptoms; "a quiescent tumor") }] [{ [ ACTIVE3, noun.person:active,+ noun.state:activeness,+ noun.attribute:activity,+ PASSIVE1,!] noun.attribute:activeness,= (disposed to take action or effectuate change; "a director who takes an active interest in corporate operations"; "an active antagonism"; "he was active in drawing attention to their grievances") } { [ activist, noun.person:activist,+ ] [ activistic, noun.cognition:activism,+ ] (advocating or engaged in activism) } { hands-on, (involving active participation; "he's a hands-on manager"; "hands-on operations") } { proactive, ((of a policy or person or action) controlling a situation by causing something to happen rather than waiting to respond to it after it happens) } ---- { [ PASSIVE1, noun.attribute:passivity,+ noun.attribute:passiveness,+ ACTIVE3,!] [ inactive4, noun.attribute:inactiveness,+ noun.attribute:inactivity,+ ] noun.attribute:passivity,= (lacking in energy or will; "Much benevolence of the passive order may be traced to a disinclination to inflict pain upon oneself"- George Meredith) } { hands-off, (not involving participation or intervention; "a hands-off foreign policy") } { resistless, unresisting, (offering no resistance; "resistless hostages") } { supine, (passive as a result of indolence or indifference; "No other colony showed such supine, selfish helplessness in allowing her own border citizens to be mercilessly harried"- Theodore Roosevelt) }] [{ [ ACTIVE4, noun.state:activeness,+ noun.process:activity1,+ DORMANT,!] noun.state:action,= noun.object:volcano1,;c ((of e.g. volcanos) erupting or liable to erupt; "active volcanos") } { [ eruptive, verb.change:erupt3,+ ] (actively spewing out lava; "a geyser is an intermittently eruptive hot spring") } ---- { [DORMANT, noun.state:dormancy,+ ACTIVE4,!] [ inactive5, noun.state:inactiveness,+ noun.state:inactivity,+ ] noun.state:dormancy,= ((of e.g. volcanos) not erupting and not extinct; "a dormant volcano") } { [ quiescent, noun.state:quiescency,+ noun.state:quiescence,+ verb.perception:quiesce,+ ] (being quiet or still or inactive) }] [{ [ EXTINCT2, ACTIVE5,!] noun.state:extinction2,= ((of e.g. volcanos) permanently inactive; "an extinct volcano") } { [ dead, noun.attribute:deadness,+ ] (physically inactive; "Crater Lake is in the crater of a dead volcano of the Cascade Range") } ---- { [ ACTIVE5, EXTINCT2,!] LIVE1,^ ((of e.g. volcanos) capable of erupting)} { alive, live7, (capable of erupting; "a live volcano"; "the volcano is very much alive") }] [{ [ ACTIVE, STATIVE,!] dynamic4, noun.cognition:grammar,;c ((used of verbs (e.g. `to run') and participial adjectives (e.g. `running' in `running water')) expressing action rather than a state of being) } ---- { [ STATIVE, ACTIVE,!] noun.cognition:grammar,;c ((used of verbs (e.g. `be' or `own') and most participial adjectives) expressing existence or a state rather than an action) }] [{ [ ACTIVE9, PASSIVE2,!] noun.cognition:grammar,;c (expressing that the subject of the sentence has the semantic function of actor: "Hemingway favors active constructions") } ---- { [ PASSIVE2, noun.relation:passive,+ ACTIVE9,!] noun.cognition:grammar,;c (expressing that the subject of the sentence is the patient of the action denoted by the verb; "academics seem to favor passive sentences") }] [{ [ ACTIVE7, noun.substance:active,+ noun.state:activeness,+ noun.state:activity1,+ INACTIVE7,!] (exerting influence or producing a change or effect; "an active ingredient") } { activated, (rendered active; e.g. rendered radioactive or luminescent or photosensitive or conductive) } { [ counteractive, verb.social:counteract3,+ ] (opposing or neutralizing or mitigating an effect by contrary action) } { surface-active, (capable of lowering the surface tension of a liquid; used especially of detergents) } ---- { [ INACTIVE7, ACTIVE7,!] (not exerting influence or change) } { [ quiescent, noun.state:quiescency,+ noun.state:quiescence,+ ] (not active or activated; "the quiescent level of centimeter wave-length solar radiation") }] [{ [ ACTIVE10, noun.state:activeness,+ noun.process:activity1,+ QUIET3,!] noun.cognition:astronomy,;c ((of the sun) characterized by an increased occurrence of sunspots and flares and radio emissions) } ---- { [ QUIET3, ACTIVE10,!] noun.cognition:astronomy,;c ((of the sun) characterized by a low level of surface phenomena, such as sunspots) }] [{ [ ACTUAL, verb.creation:actualize,+ verb.communication:actualize,+ noun.state:actuality,+ POTENTIAL,!] [ existent4, noun.state:existence,+ verb.stative:exist,+ ] noun.state:actuality,= (presently existing in fact and not merely potential or possible; "the predicted temperature and the actual temperature were markedly different"; "actual and imagined conditions") } { effective, (existing in fact; not theoretical; real; "a decline in the effective demand"; "confused increased equipment and expenditure with the quantity of effective work done") } ---- { [ POTENTIAL, noun.state:potency2,+ ACTUAL,!] [ possible4, noun.cognition:possibility3,+ noun.cognition:possibility1,+ noun.state:possibleness,+ ] noun.state:potentiality,= (existing in possibility; "a potential problem"; "possible uses of nuclear power") } { latent, (potentially existing but not presently evident or realized; "a latent fingerprint"; "latent talent") }] [{ [ ACUTE, CHRONIC,!] noun.cognition:medicine,;c (having or experiencing a rapid onset and short but severe course; "acute appendicitis"; "the acute phase of the illness"; "acute patients") } { subacute, (less than acute; relating to a disease present in a person with no symptoms of it) } ---- { [ CHRONIC, ACUTE,!] noun.cognition:medicine,;c (being long-lasting and recurrent or characterized by long suffering; "chronic indigestion"; "a chronic shortage of funds"; "a chronic invalid") } { [ degenerative, verb.body:degenerate,+ ] ((of illness) marked by gradual deterioration of organs and cells along with loss of function; "degenerative diseases of old age") }] [{ [ VIRULENT, noun.attribute:virulency,+ noun.attribute:virulence,+ AVIRULENT,!] (infectious; having the ability to cause disease) } { highly_infective, noun.animal:microorganism,;c ((of a microorganism) extremely infective; "a highly infective organism") } { [ deadly, noun.attribute:deadliness,+ ] ((of a disease) having a rapid course and violent effect) } ---- { [ AVIRULENT, VIRULENT,!] (not virulent; unable to produce disease) }] [{ [ ADAPTIVE, verb.change:adapt2,+ MALADAPTIVE,!] [ adaptative, verb.change:adapt1,+ ] (having a capacity for adaptation; "the adaptive coloring of a chameleon") } { accommodative, reconciling, (tending to reconcile or accommodate; bringing into harmony) } { adaptational, (of or relating to adaptation) } { [ adjustive, verb.change:adjust1,+ verb.change:adjust,+ ] (conducive to adjustment) } ---- { [ MALADAPTIVE, ADAPTIVE,!] (showing faulty adaptation) } { dysfunctional, nonadaptive, ((of a trait or condition) failing to serve an adjustive purpose; "dysfunctional behavior") } { maladjustive, (poorly adjusted) }] [{ [ ADDICTED, UNADDICTED,!] (compulsively or physiologically dependent on something habit-forming; "she is addicted to chocolate"; "addicted to cocaine") } { [ alcoholic, noun.person:alcoholic,+ ] alcohol-dependent, (addicted to alcohol; "alcoholic expatriates in Paris"- Carl Van Doren)} { [ dependent, noun.state:dependency1,+ noun.state:dependence1,+ ] dependant, drug-addicted, hooked, strung-out, (addicted to a drug) } ---- { [ UNADDICTED, ADDICTED,!] (not addicted) } { clean, (free of drugs; "after a long dependency on heroin she has been clean for 4 years") }] [{ [ ADDICTIVE, verb.consumption:addict,+ NONADDICTIVE,!] habit-forming, (causing or characterized by addiction; "addictive drugs"; "addictive behavior") } ---- { [ NONADDICTIVE, ADDICTIVE,!] (not causing or characterized by addiction; "for years tobacco companies have contended that tobacco is nonaddictive") }] [{ [ ADDITIVE, noun.artifact:additive,+ verb.stative:add,+ verb.communication:add,+ verb.cognition:add,+ SUBTRACTIVE,!] (characterized or produced by addition; "an additive process") } { [ accumulative, verb.possession:accumulate,+ verb.change:accumulate,+ ] [ cumulative, verb.change:cumulate,+ ] (increasing by successive addition; "the benefits are cumulative"; "the eventual accumulative effect of these substances") } { [ addable, verb.communication:add,+ verb.cognition:add,+ ] [ addible, verb.communication:add,+ ] (capable of being added or added to) } { extra, additional3, (further or added; "called for additional troops"; "need extra help"; "an extra pair of shoes") } { [ complemental, noun.group:complement,+ noun.cognition:complement,+ noun.attribute:complement,+ ] [ complementary, noun.attribute:complement,+ noun.relation:complementarity1,+ ] completing, (acting as or providing a complement (something that completes the whole)) } { [ incremental, noun.process:increment,+ noun.attribute:increment,+ ] (increasing gradually by regular degrees or additions; "lecturers enjoy...steady incremental growth in salary") } { intercalary, (having a day or month inserted to make the calendar year correspond to the solar year: "Feb. 29 is an intercalary day"; "a leap year is an intercalary year") } { [ summational, noun.process:summation,+ noun.group:summation,+ noun.communication:summation,+ noun.act:summation1,+ ] summative, (of or relating to a summation or produced by summation) } { [ supplementary, noun.attribute:supplement,+ noun.communication:supplement,+ ] [ supplemental, noun.attribute:supplement,+ ] (added to complete or make up a deficiency; "produced supplementary volumes") } ---- { [ SUBTRACTIVE, verb.cognition:subtract,+ ADDITIVE,!] (constituting or involving subtraction; "a subtractive correction") } { [ ablative, verb.change:ablate,+ ] (tending to ablate; i.e. to be removed or vaporized at very high temperature; "ablative material on a rocket cone") } { [ reductive, verb.change:reduce,+ ] (characterized by or causing diminution or curtailment; "their views of life were reductive and depreciatory" - R.H.Rovere) }] [{ [ ADDRESSED, UNADDRESSED,!] ((of mail) marked with a destination; "I throw away all mail addressed to `resident'") } { self-addressed, (addressed to yourself; "enclose a stamped self-addressed envelope with all submissions") } ---- { [ UNADDRESSED, ADDRESSED,!] (not addressed; "an unaddressed envelope") }] [{ [ ADEQUATE, noun.attribute:adequateness,+ INADEQUATE,!] equal3, SATISFACTORY,^ noun.attribute:adequacy,= (having the requisite qualities or resources to meet a task; "she had adequate training"; "her training was adequate"; "she was adequate to the job"; "he was equal to the task") } { adequate_to(p), capable, equal_to(p), up_to(p), (having the requisite qualities for; "equal to the task"; "the work isn't up to the standard I require") } { [ competent, noun.attribute:competency,+ ] (adequate, but not outstanding or exceptional; "a competent performance") } ---- { [ INADEQUATE, noun.attribute:inadequateness,+ ADEQUATE,!] unequal3, UNSATISFACTORY,^ noun.attribute:adequacy,= (lacking the requisite qualities or resources to meet a task; "inadequate training"; "the staff was inadequate"; "she was unequal to the task") } { [ deficient, noun.attribute:deficiency,+ ] lacking(p), wanting(p), (inadequate in amount or degree; "a deficient education"; "deficient in common sense"; "lacking in stamina"; "tested and found wanting") } { [ incapable, noun.attribute:incapability,+ ] [ incompetent, noun.attribute:incompetence,+ ] unequal_to(p), (not meeting requirements; "unequal to the demands put upon him") } { short-handed, short-staffed, undermanned, understaffed, (inadequate in number of workers or assistants etc.; "they're rather short-handed at the moment"; "overcrowded and understaffed hospitals") }] [{ [ ADHESIVE, noun.substance:adhesive,+ verb.contact:adhere,+ noun.attribute:adhesiveness,+ NONADHESIVE,!] (tending to adhere) } { [ adherent, noun.attribute:adherence,+ verb.contact:adhere1,+ verb.contact:adhere,+ ] (sticking fast) } { agglutinate, agglutinative, (united as if by glue) } { [ bondable, verb.contact:bond,+ ] (capable of holding together or cohering; as particles in a mass) } { [ coherent, noun.state:coherency,+ noun.state:coherence,+ verb.contact:cohere,+ ] tenacious, (sticking together; "two coherent sheets"; "tenacious burrs") } { [ cohesive, verb.contact:cohere,+ noun.state:cohesiveness,+ ] (causing cohesion; "a cohesive agent") } { [ gluey, noun.substance:glue,+ noun.attribute:gluiness,+ noun.attribute:glueyness,+ ] [ glutinous, noun.food:gluten,+ noun.attribute:glutinousness,+ noun.attribute:glutinosity,+ ] [ gummy, noun.substance:gum1,+ noun.attribute:gumminess,+ ] [ mucilaginous, noun.substance:mucilage1,+ noun.substance:mucilage,+ ] [ pasty, noun.substance:paste,+ ] [ sticky, noun.attribute:stickiness,+ ] [ viscid, noun.attribute:viscidness,+ noun.attribute:viscidity,+ ] viscous, (having the sticky properties of an adhesive) } { [ gooey, noun.substance:goo,+ ] icky, (soft and sticky) } { gum-like, (resembling chewing gum) } { gummed, gummy1, (covered with adhesive gum) } { [ pitchy, noun.substance:pitch,+ ] [ resinous, noun.substance:resin,+ ] [ resiny, noun.substance:resin,+ ] tarry, (having the characteristics of pitch or tar) } { self-sealing, (seals without the application of moisture; "self-sealing envelopes") } { stick-on, (of something (a paper label or postage stamp) gummed in advance; "stick-on labels") } { [ sticky1, noun.attribute:stickiness,+ ] (covered with an adhesive material) } ---- { [ NONADHESIVE, ADHESIVE,!] (not tending to adhere) } { nonglutinous, nonviscid, (not resembling glue in texture) } { nonresinous, non-resinous, nonresiny, non-resiny, (not having resin) } { ungummed, (not treated with adhesive gum) }] [{ [ ADJECTIVE, SUBSTANTIVE,!] [ procedural, noun.act:procedure1,+ ] noun.group:law,;c (relating to court practice and procedure as opposed to the principles of law; "adjective law") } ---- { [ SUBSTANTIVE, ADJECTIVE,!] [ essential4, noun.attribute:essentialness,+ ] noun.group:law,;c (defining rights and duties as opposed to giving the rules by which rights and duties are established; "substantive law") }] [{ [ ADOPTABLE, verb.change:adopt,+ UNADOPTABLE,!] (suitable or eligible for adoption; "a shortage of adoptable babies") } ---- { [ UNADOPTABLE, ADOPTABLE,!] (difficult to place in an adoptive home) }] [{ [ ADORNED, UNADORNED,!] decorated4, CLOTHED,^ FANCY,^ (provided with something intended to increase its beauty or distinction) } { [ beady, noun.artifact:bead,+ ] gemmed, jeweled, jewelled, sequined, spangled, [ spangly, noun.artifact:spangle,+ ] (covered with beads or jewels or sequins) } { bedaubed, (ornamented in a vulgar or showy fashion) } { bespectacled, monocled, spectacled, (wearing, or having the face adorned with, eyeglasses or an eyeglass; "a bespectacled grandmother"; "the monocled gentleman") } { brocaded, embossed1, raised1, (embellished with a raised pattern created by pressure or embroidery; "brocaded silk"; "an embossed satin"; "embossed leather"; "raised needlework"; "raised metalwork") } { [ buttony, noun.artifact:button,+ ] (ornamented with many buttons) } { carbuncled, (set with carbuncles) } { champleve, [ cloisonne, noun.artifact:cloisonne,+ ] ((for metals) having areas separated by metal and filled with colored enamel and fired) } { clinquant, tinseled, [ tinselly, noun.artifact:tinsel1,+ noun.artifact:tinsel,+ ] (glittering with gold or silver) } { crested1, plumed1, ((of a knight's helmet) having a decorative plume) } { crested2, topknotted, tufted1, noun.Tops:animal,;c ((of a bird or animal) having a usually ornamental tuft or process on the head; often used in combination; "golden crested"; "crested iris"; "crested oriole"; "tufted duck"; "tufted loosestrife") } { crested3, noun.cognition:heraldry,;c (bearing an heraldic device) } { crocketed, ((of a gable or spire) furnished with a crocket (an ornament in the form of curved or bent foliage); "a crocketed spire") } { [ feathery, noun.animal:feather,+ noun.attribute:featheriness,+ ] feathered, plumy, (adorned with feathers or plumes; "a feathered hat") } { frilled, [ frilly, noun.artifact:frill,+ ] ruffled, (having decorative ruffles or frills) } { fringed, (having a decorative edging of hanging cords or strips) } { gilt-edged, (having gilded edges as the pages of a book) } { inflamed, noun.cognition:heraldry,;c (adorned with tongues of flame) } { inlaid, (adorned by inlays) } { inwrought, (having a decorative pattern worked or woven in; "an inwrought design") } { tessellated, (decorated with small pieces of colored glass or stone fitted together in a mosaic; "a tessellated pavement") } { mounted, (decorated with applied ornamentation; often used in combination; "the trim brass-mounted carbine of the ranger"- F.V.W.Mason) } { paneled, wainscoted, (fitted or decorated with panels or wainscoting) } { studded, (dotted or adorned with or as with studs or nailheads; usually used in combination; "star-studded heavens"; "diamond-studded belt") } { tapestried, (hung or decorated with tapestry) } { tasseled, tasselled, (fringed or adorned with tassels) } { tricked-out, (decorated in a particular way; "tricked-out cupboards looking like Georgian cabinets") } { tufted, (having or adorned with tufts; "a tufted bedspread") } ---- { [ UNADORNED, ADORNED,!] undecorated4, PLAIN1,^ UNCLOTHED,^ (not decorated with something to increase its beauty or distinction) } { [ plain, noun.attribute:plainness,+ ] bare, spare, unembellished, unornamented, (lacking embellishment or ornamentation; "a plain hair style"; "unembellished white walls"; "functional architecture featuring stark unornamented concrete") } { untufted, (not adorned with tufts; "untufted ears") }] [{ [ CHOLINERGIC, ANTICHOLINERGIC,!] (releasing or activated by acetylcholine or a related compound) } ---- { [ ANTICHOLINERGIC, noun.artifact:anticholinergic,+ CHOLINERGIC,!] (inhibiting or blocking the action of acetylcholine at a receptor site; "anticholinergic drugs") }] [{ [ ADROIT, noun.cognition:adroitness,+ MALADROIT,!] ARTFUL,^ (quick or skillful or adept in action or thought; "an exceptionally adroit pianist"; "an adroit technician"; "his adroit replies to hecklers won him many followers"; "an adroit negotiator") } { clean, neat, (free from clumsiness; precisely or deftly executed; "he landed a clean left on his opponent's cheek"; "a clean throw"; "the neat exactness of the surgeon's knife") } { [ clever, noun.attribute:cleverness,+ ] cunning, [ ingenious, noun.attribute:ingeniousness,+ noun.cognition:ingenuity1,+ ] (showing inventiveness and skill; "a clever gadget"; "the cunning maneuvers leading to his success"; "an ingenious solution to the problem") } { coordinated, co-ordinated, (being dexterous in the use of more than one set of muscle movements; "she was usually good with her hands and well coordinated"- Mary McCarthy) } { [ deft2, noun.cognition:deftness,+ ] dexterous, [ dextrous, noun.cognition:dexterity,+ ] (skillful in physical movements; especially of the hands; "a deft waiter"; "deft fingers massaged her face"; "dexterous of hand and inventive of mind") } { [ handy, noun.cognition:handiness,+ ] (skillful with the hands; "handy with an axe") } { light-fingered, nimble-fingered, (having nimble fingers literally or figuratively; especially for stealing or picking pockets; "a light-fingered burglar who can crack the combination of a bank vault"- Harry Hansen; "the light-fingered thoughtfulness...of the most civilized playwright of the era"- Time) } { [ quick-witted, noun.cognition:quick-wittedness,+ ] (mentally nimble and resourceful; "quick-witted debater"; "saved an embarrassing situation with quick-witted tact") } ---- { [ MALADROIT, noun.cognition:maladroitness,+ ADROIT,!] AWKWARD,^ (not adroit; "a maladroit movement of his hand caused the car to swerve"; "a maladroit translation"; "maladroit propaganda") } { bumbling, bungling, butterfingered, ham-fisted, ham-handed, handless, heavy-handed, left-handed, (lacking physical movement skills, especially with the hands; "a bumbling mechanic"; "a bungling performance"; "ham-handed governmental interference"; "could scarcely empty a scuttle of ashes, so handless was the poor creature"- Mary H. Vorse) } { [ inept, noun.attribute:ineptness1,+ ] [ tactless, noun.attribute:tactlessness,+ ] (revealing lack of perceptiveness or judgment or finesse; "an inept remark"; "it was tactless to bring up those disagreeable") } { uncoordinated, (lacking the skillful and effective interaction of muscle movements; "his movements are uncoordinated"; "an uncoordinated toddler") } { unmechanical, nonmechanical, ((of a person) lacking mechanical skills) }] [{ [ ADVANTAGEOUS, noun.attribute:advantage,+ noun.attribute:advantageousness,+ DISADVANTAGEOUS,!] [ favorable3, noun.attribute:favorableness,+ ] [ favourable3, noun.attribute:favourableness,+ ] EXPEDIENT,^ OPPORTUNE,^ PROFITABLE,^ (giving an advantage; "a contract advantageous to our country"; "socially advantageous to entertain often") } { [ beneficial, noun.attribute:benefit,+ ] [ good, noun.attribute:goodness2,+ ] (promoting or enhancing well-being; "an arms limitation agreement beneficial to all countries"; "the beneficial effects of a temperate climate"; "the experience was good for her") } { plus, positive, (involving advantage or good; "a plus (or positive) factor") } { [ discriminatory, verb.social:discriminate12,+ ] [ preferential, noun.cognition:preference1,+ ] (manifesting partiality; "a discriminatory tax"; "preferential tariff rates"; "preferential treatment"; "a preferential shop gives priority or advantage to union members in hiring or promoting") } ---- { [ DISADVANTAGEOUS, noun.attribute:disadvantage,+ ADVANTAGEOUS,!] [ unfavorable3, noun.attribute:unfavorableness,+ ] [ unfavourable3, noun.attribute:unfavourableness,+ ] INEXPEDIENT,^ HARMFUL,^ INOPPORTUNE,^ (involving or creating circumstances detrimental to success or effectiveness; "a disadvantageous outcome"; "a well-known study from the 1970's showed that gender stereotyping placed women in a disadvantageous position"; "made an unfavorable impression") } { minus, negative, (involving disadvantage or harm; "minus (or negative) factors") }] [{ [ ADVENTUROUS, noun.act:adventure,+ noun.attribute:adventurousness,+ UNADVENTUROUS,!] adventuresome, BOLD,^ BRAVE,^ INCAUTIOUS,^ (willing to undertake or seeking out new and daring enterprises; "adventurous pioneers"; "the risks and gains of an adventuresome economy") } { [ audacious, noun.attribute:audacity,+ noun.attribute:audaciousness,+ ] daring, [ venturesome, noun.attribute:venturesomeness,+ ] [ venturous, noun.possession:venture,+ noun.act:venture1,+ ] (disposed to venture or take risks; "audacious visions of the total conquest of space"; "an audacious interpretation of two Jacobean dramas"; "the most daring of contemporary fiction writers"; "a venturesome investor"; "a venturous spirit") } { sporting, (involving risk or willingness to take a risk; "a sporting chance"; "sporting blood") } { swaggering, swashbuckling, (flamboyantly adventurous) } ---- { [ UNADVENTUROUS, ADVENTUROUS,!] CAUTIOUS,^ TIMID,^ (lacking in boldness) } { [ safe, noun.attribute:safeness,+ ] ((of an undertaking) secure from risk) }] [{ [ ADVISABLE, verb.communication:advise,+ noun.attribute:advisability,+ INADVISABLE,!] PRUDENT,^ WISE,^ (worthy of being recommended or suggested; prudent or wise; "such action is neither necessary nor advisable"; "extreme caution is advisable"; "it is advisable to telephone first") } { better(p), best(p), noun.communication:comparative,;u ((comparative and superlative of `well') wiser or more advantageous and hence advisable; "it would be better to speak to him"; "the White House thought it best not to respond") } { well(p), (wise or advantageous and hence advisable; "it would be well to start early") } ---- { [ INADVISABLE, noun.attribute:inadvisability,+ ADVISABLE,!] unadvisable, FOOLISH,^ IMPRUDENT,^ (not prudent or wise; not recommended; "running on the ice is inadvisable") }] [{ [ WELL-ADVISED, ILL-ADVISED,!] advised2, WISE,^ (having the benefit of careful prior consideration or counsel; "a well-advised delay in carrying out the plan") } { considered, (carefully weighed; "a considered opinion") } ---- { [ ILL-ADVISED, WELL-ADVISED,!] unadvised2, FOOLISH,^ IMPRUDENT,^ (without careful prior deliberation or counsel; "ill-advised efforts"; "it would be ill-advised to accept the offer"; "took the unadvised measure of going public with the accusations") }] [{ [ AEROBIC, ANAEROBIC,!] aerophilic, aerophilous, (depending on free oxygen or air; "aerobic fermentation") } { [ aerobiotic, noun.phenomenon:aerobiosis,+ ] (living or active only in the presence of oxygen; "aerobiotic bacteria") } { [ oxidative, verb.change:oxidate1,+ verb.change:oxidate,+ ] (taking place in the presence of oxygen; "oxidative glycolysis"; "oxidative rancidity") } ---- { [ ANAEROBIC, AEROBIC,!] [ anaerobiotic, noun.animal:anaerobe,+ ] (living or active in the absence of free oxygen; "anaerobic bacteria") }] [{ [ AEROBIC2, noun.act:aerobics,+ ANAEROBIC2,!] (based on or using the principles of aerobics; enhancing respiratory and circulatory efficiency; "aerobic dance"; "running is very aerobic") } ---- { [ ANAEROBIC2, AEROBIC2,!] (not aerobic; "isometric exercises are anaerobic") }] [{ [ AESTHETIC, noun.cognition:aesthetic,+ INAESTHETIC,!] esthetic, [ aesthetical, noun.cognition:aesthetics,+ ] [ esthetical, noun.cognition:esthetics,+ ] (concerning or characterized by an appreciation of beauty or good taste; "the aesthetic faculties"; "an aesthetic person"; "aesthetic feeling"; "the illustrations made the book an aesthetic success") } { [ artistic, noun.person:artist,+ noun.artifact:art,+ ] (satisfying aesthetic standards and sensibilities; "artistic workmanship") } { cosmetic, [ enhancive, verb.change:enhance1,+ ] (serving an aesthetic purpose in beautifying the body; "cosmetic surgery"; "enhansive makeup") } { [ painterly, noun.person:painter,+ ] noun.cognition:fine_arts,;c (having qualities unique to the art of painting) } { [ sensuous, noun.cognition:sense2,+ noun.feeling:sensuousness,+ ] (taking delight in beauty; "the sensuous joy from all things fair") } ---- { [ INAESTHETIC, AESTHETIC,!] unaesthetic, (violating aesthetic canons or requirements; deficient in tastefulness or beauty; "inaesthetic and quite unintellectual"; "peered through those inaesthetic spectacles") } { inartistic, unartistic, (lacking aesthetic sensibility) }] [{ [ AFFECTED, UNAFFECTED,!] MOVED,^ (acted upon; influenced) } { impressed(p), (deeply or markedly affected or influenced) } { smitten, stricken, struck, noun.communication:combining_form,;u ((used in combination) affected by something overwhelming; "conscience-smitten"; "awe-struck") } { stage-struck, (infatuated with or enthralled by the theater especially the desire to act) } { [ subject, noun.person:subject1,+ ] (likely to be affected by something; "the bond is subject to taxation"; "he is subject to fits of depression") } { taken, (be affected with an indisposition; "the child was taken ill"; "couldn't tell when he would be taken drunk") } { wonder-struck, (affected by or overcome with wonder) } ---- { [ UNAFFECTED, AFFECTED,!] UNMOVED,^ (undergoing no change when acted upon; "entirely unaffected by each other's writings"; "fibers remained apparently unaffected by the treatment") } { [ immune, noun.attribute:immunity,+ ] ((usually followed by `to') not affected by a given influence; "immune to persuasion") } { superior(p), ((often followed by `to') above being affected or influenced by; "he is superior to fear"; "an ignited firework proceeds superior to circumstances until its blazing vitality fades") } { unimpressed, (not moved to serious regard; "trying to appear unimpressed") } { uninfluenced, unswayed, untouched, (not influenced or affected; "stewed in its petty provincialism untouched by the brisk debates that stirred the old world"- V.L.Parrington; "unswayed by personal considerations") }] [{ [ AFFECTED1, noun.attribute:affectedness,+ UNAFFECTED1,!] [ unnatural4, noun.attribute:unnaturalness,+ ] STUDIED,^ noun.attribute:affectedness,= (speaking or behaving in an artificial way to make an impression) } { agonistic, strained, (struggling for effect; "agonistic poses") } { artificial, contrived, hokey, stilted, (artificially formal; "that artificial humility that her husband hated"; "contrived coyness"; "a stilted letter of acknowledgment"; "when people try to correct their speech they develop a stilted pronunciation") } { constrained, forced, strained2, (lacking spontaneity; not natural; "a constrained smile"; "forced heartiness"; "a strained smile") } { [ elocutionary, noun.communication:elocution,+ ] ((used of style of speaking) overly embellished; "an elocutionary Oxonian delivery") } { mannered, (having unnatural mannerisms; "brief, mannered and unlifelike idiom") } { plummy, ((of a voice) affectedly mellow and rich; "the radio announcer's plummy voice") } ---- { [ UNAFFECTED1, noun.attribute:unaffectedness,+ AFFECTED1,!] UNSTUDIED,^ noun.attribute:affectedness,= (free of artificiality; sincere and genuine; "an unaffected grace") } { lifelike, [ natural, noun.attribute:naturalness,+ ] (free from artificiality; "a lifelike pose"; "a natural reaction") } { unmannered, (without artificiality; natural; "the doctor's quiet unmannered entry") } { [ unselfconscious, noun.cognition:unselfconsciousness,+ ] (not self-conscious; "she grew up with him in unselfconscious friendship") } { unstilted, (flowing naturally and continuously; "unstilted conversation") }] [{ [ AFFIRMATIVE, noun.communication:affirmative,+ verb.communication:affirm1,+ NEGATIVE1,!] [ affirmatory, verb.communication:affirm1,+ ] FAVORABLE2,^ POSITIVE1,^ (affirming or giving assent; "an affirmative decision"; "affirmative votes") } { [ assentient, verb.communication:assent,+ ] (expressing agreement or consent; "an assenting nod") } ---- { [ NEGATIVE1, noun.attribute:negativeness,+ verb.communication:negate,+ verb.cognition:negate,+ AFFIRMATIVE,!] DISINCLINED,^ UNFAVORABLE2,^ (expressing or consisting of a negation or refusal or denial) } { [ dissentient, verb.social:dissent,+ verb.communication:dissent1,+ verb.communication:dissent,+ ] dissenting(a), [ dissident, noun.person:dissident,+ noun.communication:dissidence,+ ] (disagreeing, especially with a majority) }] [{ [ ACCEPTIVE, verb.cognition:accept1,+ REJECTIVE,!] (inclined to accept rather than reject; "she was seldom acceptive of my suggestions") } { accepting, (tolerating without protest; "always more accepting of coaching suggestion than her teammates"; "the atmosphere was judged to be more supporting and accepting") } ---- { [ REJECTIVE, verb.communication:reject2,+ verb.communication:reject,+ verb.cognition:reject,+ ACCEPTIVE,!] (rejecting or tending to reject; "rejective or overcritical attitudes of disappointed parents") } { [ dismissive, verb.communication:dismiss1,+] (stopping to associate with; "they took dismissive action after the third violation" ) } { [ repudiative, verb.communication:repudiate4,+ verb.cognition:repudiate,+ ] (rejecting emphatically; e.g. refusing to pay or disowning; "a veto is a repudiative act") }] [{ [ AFLOAT(p), AGROUND,!] (borne on the water; floating) } { adrift(p), (afloat on the surface of a body of water; "after the storm the boats were adrift") } { floating, (borne up by or suspended in a liquid; "the ship is still floating"; "floating logs"; "floating seaweed") } { waterborne, (supported by water; "waterborne craft") } ---- { [ AGROUND(p), AFLOAT,!] (stuck in a place where a ship can no longer float; "a ship aground offshore"; "a boat aground on the beach waiting for the tide to lift it") }] [{ [ AFRAID(p), UNAFRAID,!] COWARDLY,^ TIMID,^ noun.feeling:fright,= (filled with fear or apprehension; "afraid even to turn his head"; "suddenly looked afraid"; "afraid for his life"; "afraid of snakes"; "afraid to ask questions") } { [ acrophobic, noun.state:acrophobia,+ ] (suffering from acrophobia; abnormally afraid of high places) } { afeard(p), afeared(p), noun.communication:regionalism,;u (a pronunciation of afraid) } { aghast(p), appalled, dismayed, shocked, (struck with fear, dread, or consternation) } { [ agoraphobic, noun.state:agoraphobia,+ ] (suffering from agoraphobia; abnormally afraid of open or public places) } { alarmed, (experiencing a sudden sense of danger) } { [ algophobic, noun.state:algophobia,+ ] (suffering from algophobia; abnormally afraid of pain) } { [ apprehensive, verb.emotion:apprehend,+ noun.feeling:apprehensiveness,+ ] (in fear or dread of possible evil or harm; "apprehensive for one's life"; "apprehensive of danger") } { hangdog, (frightened into submission or compliance) } { claustrophobic, (suffering from claustrophobia; abnormally afraid of closed-in places) } { [ fearful, noun.feeling:fearfulness,+ ] (experiencing or showing fear; "a fearful glance"; "fearful of criticism") } { frightened, scared, (made afraid; "the frightened child cowered in the corner"; "too shocked and scared to move") } { horrified, horror-stricken, horror-struck, (stricken with horror) } { hunted, (reflecting the fear or terror of one who is hunted; "the hopeless hunted look on the prisoner's face"; "a glitter of apprehension in her hunted eyes") } { hydrophobic, [ aquaphobic, noun.state:aquaphobia,+ ] (abnormally afraid of water) } { [ mysophobic, noun.state:mysophobia,+ ] (suffering from mysophobia; abnormally afraid of dirt or contamination) } { [ panicky, noun.feeling:panic,+ ] panicked, panic-stricken, panic-struck, terrified, frightened2, (thrown into a state of intense fear or desperation; "became panicky as the snow deepened"; "felt panicked before each exam"; "trying to keep back the panic-stricken crowd"; "the terrified horse bolted") } { numb, (so frightened as to be unable to move; stunned or paralyzed with terror; petrified; "too numb with fear to move") } { terror-stricken, terror-struck, (struck or filled with terror) } { [ triskaidekaphobic, noun.state:triskaidekaphobia,+ ] (suffering from triskaidekaphobia (abnormal fear of the number 13)) } { unnerved, (deprived of courage and strength; "the steeplejack, exhausted and unnerved, couldn't hold on to his dangerous perch much longer") } { white-lipped, (having white lips from fear or terror) } { [ xenophobic, noun.state:xenophobia,+ ] (suffering from xenophobia; having abnormal fear or hatred of the strange or foreign) } ---- { [ UNAFRAID(p), AFRAID,!] [ fearless, noun.feeling:fearlessness,+ ] BOLD,^ BRAVE,^ noun.feeling:fright,= (oblivious of dangers or perils or calmly resolute in facing them) } { unapprehensive, (not recognizing or slow to recognize danger) } { unblinking, unflinching, unintimidated, unshrinking, (not shrinking from danger) } { unfrightened, (not affected by fright) }] [{ [ AGGRESSIVE, noun.attribute:aggressiveness,+ UNAGGRESSIVE,!] ASSERTIVE,^ HOSTILE1,^ OFFENSIVE3,^ (having or showing determination and energetic pursuit of your ends; "an aggressive businessman"; "an aggressive basketball player"; "he was aggressive and imperious; positive in his convictions"; "aggressive drivers") } { battleful, bellicose, [ combative, verb.competition:combat,+ noun.attribute:combativeness,+ ] (having or showing a ready disposition to fight; "bellicose young officers"; "a combative impulse"; "a contentious nature") } { [ competitive, noun.attribute:competitiveness,+ ] [ militant, noun.attribute:militancy,+ noun.attribute:militance,+ ] (showing a fighting disposition; "highly competitive sales representative"; "militant in fighting for better wages for workers"; "his self-assertive and ubiquitous energy") } { hard-hitting, high-pressure, (aggressively and persistently persuasive; "a hard-hitting advertising campaign"; "a high-pressure salesman") } { [ hostile, noun.act:hostility,+ ] noun.act:business1,;c (unsolicited and resisted by the management of the target company (used of attempts to buy or take control of a business); "hostile takeover"; "hostile tender offer"; "hostile bid") } { in-your-face, (blatantly aggressive; "on-line hard-boiled in-your-face pornography") } { [ obstreperous, noun.attribute:obstreperousness,+ ] (boisterously and noisily aggressive; "kept up an obstreperous clamor") } { predatory, rapacious, [ raptorial, noun.animal:raptor,+ ] ravening, vulturine, [ vulturous, noun.animal:vulture,+ ] (living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey; "a predatory bird"; "the rapacious wolf"; "raptorial birds"; "ravening wolves"; "a vulturine taste for offal") } { [ pugnacious, noun.attribute:pugnacity,+ ] [ rough, noun.state:roughness2,+ ] (ready and able to resort to force or violence; "pugnacious spirits...lamented that there was so little prospect of an exhilarating disturbance"- Herman Melville; "they were rough and determined fighting men") } { [ scrappy, noun.act:scrap,+ noun.attribute:scrappiness,+ ] (full of fighting spirit; "a scrappy admiral") } { [ truculent, noun.attribute:truculency,+ noun.attribute:truculence,+ ] (defiantly aggressive; "a truculent speech against the new government") } ---- { [ UNAGGRESSIVE, AGGRESSIVE,!] nonaggressive, PEACEFUL,^ UNASSERTIVE,^ (not aggressive; not given to fighting or assertiveness) } { low-pressure, (not forceful; "a low-pressure salesman"; "a low-pressure campaign") }] [{ [ AGITATED, UNAGITATED,!] DISCOMPOSED,^ EXCITED,^ IMPATIENT,^ TENSE3,^ UNQUIET,^ UNSTEADY,^ (troubled emotionally and usually deeply; "agitated parents") } { amuck, amok, berserk, (wildly frenzied and out of control; "the soldier was completely amuck"; "berserk with grief"; "a berserk worker smashing windows") } { aroused, [ emotional, noun.attribute:emotionality,+ ] excited, worked_up, ((of persons) excessively affected by emotion; "he would become emotional over nothing at all"; "she was worked up about all the noise") } { distraught, overwrought, (deeply agitated especially from emotion; "distraught with grief") } { jolted, shaken, (disturbed psychologically as if by a physical jolt or shock; "retrieved his named from her jolted memory"; "the accident left her badly shaken") } { feverish, hectic, (marked by intense agitation or emotion; "worked at a feverish pace") } { frantic, frenetic, phrenetic, frenzied, (excessively agitated; distraught with fear or other violent emotion; "frantic with anger and frustration"; "frenetic screams followed the accident"; "a frenzied look in his eye") } { [ hysterical, noun.state:hysteria1,+ noun.feeling:hysteria1,+ ] (marked by excessive or uncontrollable emotion; "hysterical laughter"; "a mob of hysterical vigilantes") } { psychedelic, ((of a mental state) characterized by intense and distorted perceptions and hallucinations and feelings of euphoria or sometimes despair; "a psychedelic experience") } { wild-eyed, (appearing extremely agitated; "crowded the wild-eyed animals into a truck") } ---- { [ UNAGITATED, AGITATED,!] COMPOSED,^ COOL2,^ QUIET2,^ RELAXED,^ STEADY,^ UNEXCITED,^ (not agitated or disturbed emotionally) }] [{ [ AGITATED2, UNAGITATED2,!] (physically disturbed or set in motion; "the agitated mixture foamed and bubbled") } { churning, roiling, roiled, roily, [ turbulent, noun.phenomenon:turbulency,+ noun.phenomenon:turbulence,+ ] ((of a liquid) agitated vigorously; in a state of turbulence; "the river's roiling current"; "turbulent rapids") } { churning2, churned-up2, (moving with or producing or produced by vigorous agitation; "winds whipped the piled leaves into churning masses"; "a car stuck in the churned-up mud") } { jolted, (bumped or shaken jerkily; "the jolted passengers") } { rippled, ruffled, (shaken into waves or undulations as by wind; "the rippled surface of the pond"; "with ruffled flags flying") } { seething, (in constant agitation; "a seething flag-waving crowd filled the streets"; "a seething mass of maggots"; "lovers and madmen have such seething brains"- Shakespeare) } { stirred, (set into a usually circular motion in order to mix or blend) } ---- { [ UNAGITATED2, AGITATED2,!] (not physically disturbed or set in motion) } { nonturbulent, ((of a liquid) not turbulent; "nonturbulent flow") } { unstirred, (not agitated by stirring; "the ingredients sat in the bowl unstirred while she buttered the pan") }] [{ [ AGREEABLE, noun.attribute:agreeableness1,+ noun.attribute:agreeability,+ DISAGREEABLE,!] (conforming to your own liking or feelings or nature; "Is the plan agreeable to you?"; "he's an agreeable fellow"; "My idea of an agreeable person...is a person who agrees with me"- Disraeli; "an agreeable manner") } ---- { [ DISAGREEABLE, noun.attribute:disagreeableness1,+ AGREEABLE,!] (not to your liking; "a disagreeable situation") } { annoying, bothersome, galling, irritating, nettlesome, pesky, pestering, pestiferous, [ plaguy, noun.cognition:plague,+ ] [ plaguey, noun.cognition:plague,+ ] teasing, vexatious, vexing, (causing irritation or annoyance; "tapping an annoying rhythm on his glass with his fork"; "aircraft noise is particularly bothersome near the airport"; "found it galling to have to ask permission"; "an irritating delay"; "nettlesome paperwork"; "a pesky mosquito"; "swarms of pestering gnats"; "a plaguey newfangled safety catch"; "a teasing and persistent thought annoyed him"; "a vexatious child"; "it is vexing to have to admit you are wrong") } { [ dreadful, noun.attribute:dreadfulness,+ ] (extremely disagreeable and unpleasant; "don't go out, the weather is dreadful") } { [ harsh, noun.attribute:harshness2,+ ] [ abrasive, noun.attribute:abrasiveness1,+ ] (sharply disagreeable; rigorous; "the harsh facts of court delays"; "an abrasive character") } { nerve-racking, nerve-wracking, stressful, trying, (extremely irritating to the nerves; "nerve-racking noise"; "the stressful days before a war"; "a trying day at the office") } { unsweet, (distasteful; "he found life unsweet") }] [{ [ AIR-TO-SURFACE, AIR-TO-AIR,! SURFACE-TO-AIR,!] air-to-ground, (operating from or designed to be fired from aircraft at targets on the ground; "air-to-surface missiles") } ---- { [ AIR-TO-AIR, SURFACE-TO-AIR,! AIR-TO-SURFACE,!] (operating between or launched from or involving rockets or aircraft in flight; "air-to-air missiles"; "air-to-air communications") } ---- { [ SURFACE-TO-AIR, AIR-TO-SURFACE,! AIR-TO-AIR,!] (operating from or designed to be launched from the ground against an airborne target; "surface-to-air missiles") }] [{ [ ALERT, noun.state:alert,+ noun.attribute:alertness,+ UNALERT,!] [ watchful, noun.cognition:watchfulness,+ noun.attribute:watchfulness,+ ] AWAKE,^ LIVELY,^ WARY,^ (engaged in or accustomed to close observation; "caught by a couple of alert cops"; "alert enough to spot the opportunity when it came"; "constantly alert and vigilant, like a sentinel on duty") } { argus-eyed, open-eyed, [ vigilant, noun.cognition:vigilance,+ noun.attribute:vigilance,+ ] [ wakeful, noun.cognition:wakefulness1,+ ] (carefully observant or attentive; on the lookout for possible danger; "a policy of open-eyed awareness"; "the vigilant eye of the town watch"; "there was a watchful dignity in the room"; "a watchful parent with a toddler in tow") } { fly, noun.location:Britain,;r noun.communication:colloquialism,;u ((British informal) not to be deceived or hoodwinked) } { heads-up, wide-awake, (fully alert and watchful; "played heads-up ball") } { lidless, sleepless, (always watchful; "to an eye like mine, a lidless watcher of the public weal"- Alfred Tennyson) } ---- { [ UNALERT, ALERT,!] unwatchful, unvigilant, UNWARY,^ (not alert to what is potentially dangerous)}] [{ [ ALGORITHMIC, noun.cognition:algorithm,+ HEURISTIC,!] (of or relating to or having the characteristics of an algorithm) } { recursive, (of or relating to a recursion) } ---- { [ HEURISTIC, noun.cognition:heuristic,+ ALGORITHMIC,!] (of or relating to or using a general formulation that serves to guide investigation) } { trial-and-error, (relating to solving problems by experience rather than theory; "they adopted a trial-and-error procedure") }] [{ [ ALIENABLE, verb.possession:alienate,+ INALIENABLE,!] noun.group:law,;c (transferable to another owner) } { [ appropriable, verb.cognition:appropriate,+ ] (that can be appropriated; "appropriable funds") } { [ assignable, verb.possession:assign,+ ] [ conveyable, verb.possession:convey,+ ] [ negotiable, verb.communication:negotiate,+ ] [ transferable, noun.attribute:transferability,+ ] transferrable, (legally transferable to the ownership of another; "negotiable bonds") } ---- { [ INALIENABLE, ALIENABLE,!] unalienable, INTRINSIC,^ (incapable of being repudiated or transferred to another; "endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights") } { [ absolute, noun.attribute:absoluteness,+ ] infrangible, inviolable, (not capable of being violated or infringed; "infrangible human rights") } { non-negotiable, (cannot be bought or sold) } { nontransferable, unassignable, untransferable, (incapable of being transferred) }] [{ [ ALIVE1(p), noun.attribute:aliveness,+ DEAD1,!] [ live, noun.attribute:liveness,+ ] ANIMATE1,^ noun.state:life,= noun.attribute:vitality,= (possessing life; "the happiest person alive"; "the nerve is alive"; "doctors are working hard to keep him alive"; "burned alive"; "a live canary") } { liveborn, ((of newborn infant) showing signs of life after birth; not stillborn; "a liveborn baby") } { [ viable, noun.attribute:viability,+ ] (capable of life or normal growth and development; "viable seeds"; "a viable fetus") } { [ vital, verb.change:vitalize1,+ noun.attribute:vitalness,+ noun.attribute:vitality,+ ] (manifesting or characteristic of life; "a vital, living organism"; "vital signs") } ---- { [ DEAD1, noun.attribute:deadness,+ ALIVE1,!] noun.state:life,= noun.attribute:vitality,= (no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life; "the nerve is dead"; "a dead pallor"; "he was marked as a dead man by the assassin") } { asleep(p), at_peace2(p), at_rest(p), deceased, [ departed, noun.person:departed,+ ] gone, noun.communication:euphemism,;u (dead; "he is deceased"; "our dear departed friend") } { assassinated, (murdered by surprise attack for political reasons; "the 20th century has seen too many assassinated leaders") } { bloodless, exsanguine, exsanguinous, (destitute of blood or apparently so; "the bloodless carcass of my Hector sold"- John Dryden) } { brain_dead, (having irreversible loss of brain function as indicated by a persistent flat electroencephalogram; "was declared brain dead") } { [ breathless, noun.state:breathlessness,+ ] [ inanimate, noun.attribute:inanimateness,+ ] pulseless, (appearing dead; not breathing or having no perceptible pulse; "an inanimate body"; "pulseless and dead") } { cold, (lacking the warmth of life; "cold in his grave") } { d.o.a., (abbreviation for `dead on arrival' at the emergency room) } { deathlike, deathly, (having the physical appearance of death; "a deathly pallor") } { [ defunct, noun.state:defunctness,+ ] (having ceased to exist or live; "the will of a defunct aunt"; "a defunct Indian tribe") } { [ doomed, noun.group:doomed,+ ] (marked for certain death; "the black spot told the old sailor he was doomed") } { executed, (put to death as punishment; "claimed the body of the executed traitor") } { fallen, (killed in battle; "to honor fallen soldiers") } { late(a), (having died recently; "her late husband") } { [ lifeless1, noun.attribute:lifelessness,+ ] exanimate, (deprived of life; no longer living; "a lifeless body") } { murdered, (killed unlawfully; "the murdered woman"; "lay a wreath on murdered Lincoln's bier") } { nonviable, (not capable of living or developing successfully) } { slain1, (killed; `slain' is formal or literary as in "slain warriors"; "a picture of St. George and the slain dragon") } { stillborn, ((of newborn infant) showing no signs of life at birth; not liveborn; "a stillborn baby") } { stone-dead, (as lifeless as a stone) }] [{ [ APOCRINE, ECCRINE,!] ((of exocrine glands) producing a secretion in which part of the secreting cell is released with the secretion; "mother's milk is one apocrine secretion") } ---- { [ ECCRINE, APOCRINE,!] ((of exocrine glands) producing a clear aqueous secretion without releasing part of the secreting cell; important in regulating body temperature) }] [{ [ ARTESIAN, SUBARTESIAN,!] ((of water) rising to the surface under internal hydrostatic pressure; "an artesian well"; "artesian pressure") } ---- { [ SUBARTESIAN, ARTESIAN,!] ((of water) rising naturally in a well to a height appreciably above that of the surrounding water table but not flowing out of the well) }] [{ [ LIVE1, DEAD2,!] ACTIVE4,^ (exerting force or containing energy; "live coals"; "tossed a live cigarette out the window"; "got a shock from a live wire"; "live ore is unmined ore"; "a live bomb"; "a live ball is one in play") } { living(a), ((used of minerals or stone) in its natural state and place; not mined or quarried; "carved into the living stone") } ---- { [ DEAD2, noun.attribute:deadness,+ LIVE1,!] EXTINCT2,^ (not showing characteristics of life especially the capacity to sustain life; no longer exerting force or having energy or heat; "Mars is a dead planet"; "dead soil"; "dead coals"; "the fire is dead") } { extinct, out(p), (being out or having grown cold; "threw his extinct cigarette into the stream"; "the fire is out") } { [ lifeless, noun.attribute:lifelessness,+ ] (not having the capacity to support life; "a lifeless planet") } { out_of_play(p), noun.act:sport,;c ((of a ball) not available to be played during a game; "a ball that is out of play is dead") }] [{ [ ALPHABETIC, ANALPHABETIC,!] [ alphabetical, noun.communication:alphabet,+ ] (arranged in order according to the alphabet; "an alphabetic arrangement"; "dictionaries list words in alphabetical order") } { abecedarian, (alphabetically arranged (as for beginning readers)) } { alphabetized, alphabetised, (having been put in alphabetical order; "the cards are all alphabetized, as you requested") } ---- { [ ANALPHABETIC, ALPHABETIC,!] (not alphabetic; "an analphabetic arrangement of letters"; "Jesperson's system of phonetic transcription is analphabetic") }] [{ [ ALTRICIAL, PRECOCIAL,!] ((of hatchlings) naked and blind and dependent on parents for food) } ---- { [ PRECOCIAL, ALTRICIAL,!] ((of hatchlings) covered with down and having eyes open; capable of leaving the nest within a few days) }] [{ [ ALTRUISTIC, noun.person:altruist,+ EGOISTIC,!] [ selfless, noun.attribute:selflessness,+ noun.act:selflessness,+ ] UNSELFISH,^ (showing unselfish concern for the welfare of others) } ---- { [ EGOISTIC, noun.person:egoist1,+ noun.person:egoist,+ ALTRUISTIC,!] egoistical, [ egocentric, noun.person:egocentric,+ ] [ self-centered, noun.attribute:self-centeredness,+ ] [ self-centred, noun.location:Canada,;r noun.location:Britain,;r ] SELFISH,^ (limited to or caring only about yourself and your own needs) } { self-absorbed, self-involved, (absorbed in your own interests or thoughts etc) }] [{ [ AMBIGUOUS, noun.attribute:ambiguity,+ UNAMBIGUOUS,!] EQUIVOCAL,^ UNCLEAR,^ (having more than one possible meaning; "ambiguous words"; "frustrated by ambiguous instructions, the parents were unable to assemble the toy") } { double-barreled, double-barrelled, (having two purposes; twofold; "our double-barreled desire to make things profitable as well as attractive"- Louis Kronenbergers) } { double-edged, (capable of being interpreted in two usually contradictory ways; "double-edged praise") } { [ enigmatic, noun.cognition:enigma,+ ] [ oracular, noun.person:oracle,+ ] (resembling an oracle in obscurity of thought; "the oracular sayings of Victorian poets"; "so enigmatic that priests might have to clarify it"; "an enigmatic smile") } { left-handed, (ironically ambiguous; "a left-handed compliment") } { multivalent, multi-valued, (having many values, meanings, or appeals; "subtle, multivalent allegory") } { [ polysemous, noun.attribute:polysemy,+ ] polysemantic, (of words; having many meanings) } { uncertain, (ambiguous (especially in the negative); "she spoke in no uncertain terms") } ---- { [ UNAMBIGUOUS, noun.attribute:unambiguity,+ AMBIGUOUS,!] CLEAR,^ UNEQUIVOCAL,^ (having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; "As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous"- Mario Vargas Llosa) } { [ monosemous, noun.attribute:monosemy,+ ] (having only one meaning) }] [{ [ AMBITIOUS, noun.attribute:ambition,+ noun.attribute:ambitiousness,+ UNAMBITIOUS,!] ENTERPRISING,^ noun.attribute:ambition,= (having a strong desire for success or achievement) } { pushful, [ pushy, noun.attribute:push,+ noun.attribute:pushiness,+ ] (marked by aggressive ambition and energy and initiative; "an aggressive young executive"; "a pushful insurance agent") } { [ aspirant, noun.person:aspirant,+ verb.cognition:aspire,+ ] aspiring(a), wishful, (desiring or striving for recognition or advancement) } { [ compulsive, noun.person:compulsive,+ ] determined, driven, (strongly motivated to succeed) } { manque, would-be(a), (unfulfilled or frustrated in realizing an ambition) } { overambitious, (excessively ambitious) } ---- { [ UNAMBITIOUS, AMBITIOUS,!] ambitionless, UNENTERPRISING,^ noun.attribute:ambition,= (having little desire for success or achievement) } { [ shiftless, noun.attribute:shiftlessness,+ ] (lacking or characterized by lack of ambition or initiative; lazy; "a shiftless student"; "studied in a shiftless way") }] [{ [ AMETROPIC, noun.state:ametropia,+ EMMETROPIC,! ] (of or relating to an abnormal condition of the eye in which visual images are not in focus on the retina) } ---- { [ EMMETROPIC, noun.state:emmetropia,+ AMETROPIC,! ] (of or relating to the normal condition of the eye in which visual images are in clear focus on the retina) }] [{ [ AMPLE, noun.attribute:ampleness1,+ MEAGER,!] ABUNDANT,^ SUFFICIENT,^ noun.attribute:sufficiency,= (more than enough in size or scope or capacity; "had ample food for the party"; "an ample supply") } { full, good, (having the normally expected amount; "gives full measure"; "gives good measure"; "a good mile from here") } { generous, (more than is usual or necessary; "a generous portion") } { [ wide, noun.attribute:wideness1,+ ] wide-cut, [ full2, noun.attribute:fullness1,+ ] (having ample fabric; "the current taste for wide trousers"; "a full skirt") } ---- { [ MEAGER, noun.attribute:meagerness,+ AMPLE,!] [ meagre, noun.attribute:meagreness,+ ] meagerly, stingy2, scrimpy, INSUFFICIENT,^ MINIMAL,^ SCARCE,^ noun.attribute:sufficiency,= (deficient in amount or quality or extent; "meager resources"; "meager fare") } { bare(a), [ scanty, noun.attribute:scantiness,+ ] [ spare, noun.attribute:spareness,+ ] (lacking in magnitude or quantity; "a bare livelihood"; "a scanty harvest"; "a spare diet") } { [ exiguous, noun.attribute:exiguity,+ ] (extremely scanty; "an exiguous budget") } { hand-to-mouth(a), (providing only bare essentials; "a hand-to-mouth existence") } { hardscrabble, (barely satisfying a lower standard; "the sharecropper's hardscrabble life") } { measly, miserable, [ paltry, noun.attribute:paltriness,+ ] (contemptibly small in amount; "a measly tip"; "the company donated a miserable $100 for flood relief"; "a paltry wage"; "almost depleted his miserable store of dried beans") }] [{ [ ANABOLIC, noun.process:anabolism,+ CATABOLIC,!] (characterized by or promoting constructive metabolism; "some athletes take anabolic steroids to increase muscle size temporarily") } { constructive-metabolic, energy-storing(a), (of or relating to anabolism) } ---- { [ CATABOLIC, noun.process:catabolism,+ ANABOLIC,!] [ katabolic, noun.process:catabolism,+ ] (characterized by destructive metabolism) } { destructive-metabolic, energy-releasing(a), (of or relating to catabolism) }] [{ [ ANACLINAL, CATACLINAL,!] noun.cognition:geology,;c (of valleys and rivers; progressing in a direction opposite to the dip in surrounding rock strata) } ---- { [ CATACLINAL, ANACLINAL,!] noun.cognition:geology,;c (of valleys and rivers; running in the direction of the dip in surrounding rock strata) }] [{ [ ANASTIGMATIC, ASTIGMATIC,! ] [ stigmatic, noun.cognition:stigmatism,+ ] (not astigmatic) } ---- { [ ASTIGMATIC, noun.state:astigmia2,+ noun.state:astigmia1,+ noun.state:astigmatism2,+ noun.state:astigmatism1,+ ANASTIGMATIC,! ] (of or relating to a defect in the eye or in a lens caused by a deviation from spherical curvature which prevents light rays from meeting at a common focus and so results in distorted images) }] [{ [ ANTICLINAL, SYNCLINAL,!] noun.cognition:geology,;c (sloping downward away from a common crest) } ---- { [ SYNCLINAL, ANTICLINAL,!] noun.cognition:geology,;c (sloping downward toward each other to create a trough) }] [{ [ ANADROMOUS, CATADROMOUS,! DIADROMOUS,!] (migrating from the sea to fresh water to spawn) } ---- { [ CATADROMOUS, DIADROMOUS,! ANADROMOUS,!] (migrating from fresh water to the sea to spawn) } ---- { [ DIADROMOUS, ANADROMOUS,! CATADROMOUS,!] ((used of fish) migratory between fresh and salt waters) }] [{ [ ANABATIC, KATABATIC,!] noun.cognition:meteorology,;c (of an air current or wind; rising especially up a slope; "an anabatic wind") } ---- { [ KATABATIC, ANABATIC,!] catabatic, noun.cognition:meteorology,;c (of an air current or wind; moving downward or down a slope because of cooling especially at night) }] [{ [ ANAL, ORAL2,!] anal_retentive, noun.act:psychoanalysis,;c (a stage in psychosexual development when the child's interest is concentrated on the anal region; fixation at this stage is said to result in orderliness, meanness, stubbornness, compulsiveness, etc.) } ---- { [ ORAL2, ANAL,!] noun.act:psychoanalysis,;c (a stage in psychosexual development when the child's interest is concentrated in the mouth; fixation at this stage is said to result in dependence, selfishness, and aggression) }] [{ [ ANALOGUE, DIGITAL,! ] analog, linear3, noun.cognition:electronics,;c (of a circuit or device having an output that is proportional to the input; "analogue device"; "linear amplifier") } ---- { [ DIGITAL, ANALOGUE,! ] noun.cognition:electronics,;c (of a circuit or device that represents magnitudes in digits; "digital computer") }] [{ [ ANALYTIC1, SYNTHETIC1,!] analytical4, A_PRIORI,^ DEDUCTIVE,^ LOGICAL,^ noun.cognition:logic,;c (of a proposition that is necessarily true independent of fact or experience; "`all spinsters are unmarried' is an analytic proposition") } ---- { [ SYNTHETIC1, noun.cognition:synthesis1,+ ANALYTIC1,!] synthetical4, A_POSTERIORI,^ INDUCTIVE,^ LOGICAL,^ noun.cognition:logic,;c (of a proposition whose truth value is determined by observation or facts; "`all men are arrogant' is a synthetic proposition") }] [{ [ ANALYTIC2, SYNTHETIC2,!] uninflected4, noun.cognition:linguistics,;c (expressing a grammatical category by using two or more words rather than inflection) } { isolating(a), (relating to or being a language in which each word typically expresses a distinct idea and part of speech and syntactical relations are determined almost exclusively by word order and particles) } ---- { [ SYNTHETIC2, ANALYTIC2,!] noun.cognition:linguistics,;c (systematic combining of root and modifying elements into single words) } { [ agglutinative, verb.contact:agglutinate1,+ ] polysynthetic, (forming derivative or compound words by putting together constituents each of which expresses a single definite meaning) }] [{ [ ANALYTIC3, noun.cognition:analysis,+ noun.attribute:analyticity,+ SYNTHETIC3,!] [ analytical3, noun.cognition:analysis,+ noun.act:analysis,+ ] (using or skilled in using analysis (i.e., separating a whole--intellectual or substantial--into its elemental parts or basic principles); "an analytic experiment"; "an analytic approach"; "a keenly analytic man"; "analytical reasoning"; "an analytical mind") } ---- { [ SYNTHETIC3, noun.cognition:synthesis,+ ANALYTIC3,!] [ synthetical3, noun.process:synthesis,+ noun.cognition:synthesis1,+ noun.cognition:synthesis,+ ] (involving or of the nature of synthesis (combining separate elements to form a coherent whole) as opposed to analysis; "limnology is essentially a synthetic science composed of elements...that extend well beyond the limits of biology"- P.S.Welch) }] [{ [ INFLECTIONAL, noun.relation:inflection,+ DERIVATIONAL,!] (characterized by inflections indicating grammatical distinctions; "inflectional morphology is used to indicate number and case and tense and person etc.") } ---- { [ DERIVATIONAL, INFLECTIONAL,!] (characterized by inflections indicating a semantic relation between a word and its base; "the morphological relation between `sing' and `singer' and `song' is derivational") } ] [{ [ APOCARPOUS, SYNCARPOUS,!] noun.Tops:plant,;c ((of ovaries of flowering plants) consisting of carpels that are free from one another as in buttercups or roses) } ---- { [ SYNCARPOUS, noun.plant:syncarp,+ APOCARPOUS,!] noun.Tops:plant,;c ((of ovaries of flowering plants) consisting of united carpels) }] [{ [ ANGRY, noun.state:anger,+ noun.feeling:anger,+ noun.act:anger,+ noun.state:angriness,+ UNANGRY,!] (feeling or showing anger; "angry at the weather"; "angry customers"; "an angry silence"; "sending angry letters to the papers") } { aggravated, provoked, (incited, especially deliberately, to anger; "aggravated by passive resistance"; "the provoked animal attacked the child") } { angered, enraged, [ furious, noun.feeling:fury,+ noun.attribute:furiousness,+ ] infuriated, maddened, (marked by extreme anger; "the enraged bull attached"; "furious about the accident"; "a furious scowl"; "infuriated onlookers charged the police who were beating the boy"; "could not control the maddened crowd") } { black, (marked by anger or resentment or hostility; "black looks"; "black words") } { [ choleric, noun.feeling:choler1,+ ] [ irascible, noun.feeling:irascibility,+ ] (characterized by anger; "a choleric outburst"; "an irascible response") } { hot_under_the_collar(p), noun.communication:colloquialism,;u (very angry) } { [ huffy, noun.state:huff,+ noun.feeling:huffiness,+ ] [ mad, noun.feeling:madness,+ ] [ sore, noun.feeling:soreness,+ ] noun.communication:colloquialism,;u (roused to anger; "stayed huffy a good while"- Mark Twain; "she gets mad when you wake her up so early"; "mad at his friend"; "sore over a remark") } { indignant, incensed, outraged, [ umbrageous, noun.feeling:umbrage,+ ] (angered at something unjust or wrong; "an indignant denial"; "incensed at the judges' unfairness"; "a look of outraged disbelief"; "umbrageous at the loss of their territory") } { irate, ireful, (feeling or showing extreme anger; "irate protesters"; "ireful words") } { [ livid, noun.feeling:lividity,+ ] noun.communication:colloquialism,;u (furiously angry; "willful stupidity makes him absolutely livid") } { smoldering, smouldering, (showing scarcely suppressed anger; "her tone was...conversational although...her eyes were smoldering"- James Hensel) } { wrathful, wroth, wrothful, (vehemently incensed and condemnatory; "they trembled before the wrathful queen"; "but wroth as he was, a short struggle ended in reconciliation") } ---- { [ UNANGRY(p), ANGRY,!] (not angry) }] [{ [ RESENTFUL, UNRESENTFUL,!] (full of or marked by resentment or indignant ill will; "resentful at the way he was treated"; "a sullen resentful attitude") } { [ acrimonious, noun.attribute:acrimony,+ ] [ bitter, noun.attribute:bitterness1,+ ] (marked by strong resentment or cynicism; "an acrimonious dispute"; "bitter about the divorce") } { [ rancorous, noun.feeling:rancor,+ ] (showing deep-seated resentment; "preserve...from rancourous envy of the rich"- Aldous Huxley) } ---- { [ UNRESENTFUL, RESENTFUL,!] (not resentful; "completely unresentful and forgiving") } { unbitter, (having or showing no resentment or desire for revenge; "remarkably unbitter toward her captors") }] [{ [ SENTIENT, noun.cognition:sentience1,+ INSENTIENT,!] [ animate4, noun.attribute:animateness,+ ] noun.attribute:sentience,= (endowed with feeling and unstructured consciousness; "the living knew themselves just sentient puppets on God's stage"- T.E.Lawrence) } { sensate, (having physical sensation; "sensate creatures") } ---- { [ INSENTIENT, noun.attribute:insentience,+ SENTIENT,!] insensate2, noun.attribute:sentience,= (devoid of feeling and consciousness and animation; "insentient (or insensate) stone") } { unfeeling, (devoid of feeling or sensation; "unfeeling trees") }] [{ [ ANIMATE1, noun.attribute:animateness,+ INANIMATE1,!] noun.attribute:animateness,= (endowed with animal life as distinguished from plant life; "we are animate beings") } ---- { [ INANIMATE1, noun.attribute:inanimateness,+ ANIMATE1,!] nonliving, non-living, noun.attribute:animateness,= (not endowed with life; "the inorganic world is inanimate"; "inanimate objects") } { nonconscious, (relating to the lack of consciousness of inanimate things) }] [{ [ ANIMATED, UNANIMATED,!] [ alive4, noun.attribute:aliveness,+ ] (having life or vigor or spirit; "an animated and expressive face"; "animated conversation"; "became very animated when he heard the good news") } { enlivened, [ spirited, noun.attribute:spiritedness,+ ] (made lively or spirited; "a meal enlivened by the music"; "a spirited debate") } { [ lively, noun.attribute:liveliness,+ ] [ vital, verb.change:vitalize,+ noun.state:vitality,+ noun.attribute:vitality1,+ noun.attribute:vitality,+ ] (full of spirit; full of life; "a dynamic full of life woman"; "a vital and charismatic leader"; "this whole lively world") } { reanimated, revived, (given fresh life or vigor or spirit; "stirred by revived hopes") } ---- { [ UNANIMATED, ANIMATED,!] (not animated or enlivened; dull) } { [ lifeless, noun.state:lifelessness,+ noun.attribute:lifelessness,+ ] (lacking animation or excitement or activity; "the party being dead we left early"; "it was a lifeless party until she arrived") } { wan2, (lacking vitality as from weariness or illness or unhappiness; "a wan smile") }] [{ [ ENLIVENED, UNENLIVENED,!] LIVELY,^ (made sprightly or cheerful) } { perked_up, (made or become more cheerful or lively; "his attention made her feel all perked up") } ---- { [ UNENLIVENED, ENLIVENED,!] (not made lively or brightened; "a life unenlivened by romance") }] [{ [ ANIMATE2, INANIMATE2,!] noun.cognition:linguistics,;c (belonging to the class of nouns that denote living beings; "the word `dog' is animate") } ---- { [ INANIMATE2, ANIMATE2,!] noun.cognition:linguistics,;c (belonging to the class of nouns denoting nonliving things; "the word `car' is inanimate") }] [{ [ ANONYMOUS, noun.state:anonymity,+ ONYMOUS,!] anon., (having no known name or identity or known source; "anonymous authors"; "anonymous donors"; "an anonymous gift") } { [ nameless, noun.state:namelessness,+ ] unidentified, unknown, unnamed, (being or having an unknown or unnamed source; "a poem by an unknown author"; "corporations responsible to nameless owners"; "an unnamed donor") } ---- { [ ONYMOUS, ANONYMOUS,!] (bearing a name; "articles in magazines are usually onymous") } { binomial, binominal, (having or characterized by two names, especially those of genus and species in taxonomies; "binomial nomenclature of bacteria")} { [ pseudonymous, noun.communication:pseudonym,+ ] (bearing or identified by an assumed (often pen) name; "the writings of Mark Twain are pseudonymous") }] [{ [ ANTEMORTEM, POSTMORTEM,!] (preceding death; "antemortem confession") } ---- { [ POSTMORTEM, ANTEMORTEM,!] [ postmortal, noun.communication:postmortem,+ ] (occurring or done after death; "postmortem changes"; "a postmortem examination to determine cause of death"; "postmortal wounds") }] [{ [ ANTECEDENT, noun.relation:antecedent,+ noun.person:antecedent,+ noun.event:antecedent,+ noun.communication:antecedent,+ noun.attribute:antecedency,+ noun.attribute:antecedence,+ SUBSEQUENT,!] PRECEDING,^ (preceding in time or order) } { [ anterior, noun.attribute:anteriority1,+ ] [ prior(a), noun.attribute:priority,+ ] (earlier in time) } { [ anticipatory, verb.social:anticipate,+ verb.communication:anticipate,+ verb.change:anticipate,+ ] prevenient, (in anticipation) } { [ preexistent, noun.state:preexistence,+ verb.stative:preexist,+ ] [ pre-existent, verb.stative:preexist,+ ] preexisting, pre-existing, (existing previously or before something; "variations on pre-existent musical themes") } ---- { [ SUBSEQUENT, noun.attribute:subsequentness,+ noun.event:subsequence,+ noun.attribute:subsequence,+ ANTECEDENT,!] SUCCEEDING,^ (following in time or order; "subsequent developments") } { [ attendant, noun.event:attendant,+ verb.stative:attend1,+ ] [ consequent, noun.phenomenon:consequence,+ ] accompanying, [ concomitant, noun.attribute:concomitance,+ ] incidental, ensuant, [ resultant, noun.state:resultant,+ noun.event:resultant,+ noun.cognition:resultant,+ verb.stative:result2,+ verb.stative:result,+ ] sequent1, collateral, (occurring with or following as a consequence; "an excessive growth of bureaucracy, with attendant problems"; "snags incidental to the changeover in management"; "attendant circumstances"; "the period of tension and consequent need for military preparedness"; "the ensuant response to his appeal"; "the resultant savings were considerable"; "collateral target damage from a bombing run") } { later(a), ulterior, posterior, (coming at a subsequent time or stage; "without ulterior argument"; "the mood posterior to") }] [{ [ ANTRORSE, RETRORSE,!] noun.cognition:biology,;c (bent or curved forward or upward; "a plant having antrorse hairs on the stem") } ---- { [ RETRORSE, ANTRORSE,!] noun.cognition:biology,;c (bent or curved backward or downward; "leaves with retrorse barbs") } { decurved, (bent down or curved downward; "the decurved bill of a curlew") }] [{ [ AQUATIC, noun.plant:aquatic,+ TERRESTRIAL,! AMPHIBIOUS,!] (operating or living or growing in water; "boats are aquatic vehicles"; "water lilies are aquatic plants"; "fish are aquatic animals") } { marine, (native to or inhabiting the sea; "marine plants and animals such as seaweed and whales") } { semiaquatic1, subaquatic1, noun.cognition:biology,;c (partially aquatic; living or growing partly on land and partly in water; "a marginal subaquatic flora") } { subaqueous, subaquatic2, submerged2, submersed2, underwater, noun.cognition:biology,;c (growing or remaining under water; "viewing subaqueous fauna from a glass-bottomed boat"; "submerged leaves") } ---- { [ TERRESTRIAL, AMPHIBIOUS,! AQUATIC,!] (operating or living or growing on land)} { onshore, (on the edge of the land; "an onshore lighthouse") } { overland, (traveling or passing over land; "an overland journey"; "the overland route used by Marco Polo") } ---- { [ AMPHIBIOUS, AQUATIC,! TERRESTRIAL,!] (operating or living on land and in water; "amphibious vehicles"; "amphibious operations"; "amphibious troops"; "frogs are amphibious animals") } { amphibiotic, semiaquatic2, noun.cognition:biology,;c (having an aquatic early or larval form and a terrestrial adult form) }] [{ [ PRECEDING(a), SUCCEEDING,!] ANTECEDENT,^ noun.attribute:timing,= noun.relation:temporal_relation,= (existing or coming before) } { above, (appearing earlier in the same text; "flaws in the above interpretation") } { above-mentioned, above-named, (mentioned or named earlier in the same text) } { foregoing(a), (especially of writing or speech; going before) } { [ introductory, verb.communication:introduce1,+ ] [ prefatorial, noun.communication:preface,+ ] prefatory, (serving as an introduction or preface) } { [ precedent, noun.communication:precedent2,+ noun.act:precedency,+ noun.attribute:precedence,+ noun.act:precedence,+ verb.stative:precede1,+ verb.stative:precede,+ ] (preceding in time, order, or significance) } { premedical, (preceding and preparing for the study of medicine; "premedical courses") } { [ preparatory, verb.social:prepare,+ verb.cognition:prepare1,+ verb.cognition:prepare,+ verb.change:prepare,+ ] [ preparative, verb.social:prepare,+ verb.creation:prepare,+ verb.change:prepare,+ ] [ propaedeutic, noun.act:propaedeutic,+ noun.act:propaedeutics,+ ] (preceding and preparing for something; "preparatory steps") } { previous(a), old, (just preceding something else in time or order; "the previous owner"; "my old house was larger") } ---- { [ SUCCEEDING(a), PRECEDING,!] SUBSEQUENT,^ noun.attribute:timing,= noun.relation:temporal_relation,= (coming after or following) } { back-to-back, consecutive, (one after the other; "back-to-back home runs") } { ensuing, (following immediately and as a result of what went before; "ensuing events confirmed the prediction") } { following1(a), undermentioned, (about to be mentioned or specified; "the following items") } { following2, next, (immediately following in time or order; "the following day"; "next in line"; "the next president"; "the next item on the list") } { next1, ((of a day of the week) nearest (or nearest but one) after the present moment; "not this Saturday, next Saturday"; "on Tuesday next") } { in_line, (being next in a line of succession; "he was in line for the presidency") } { postmortem, (after death or after an event; "a postmortem examination to determine the cause of death"; "the postmortem discussion of the President's TV address") }] [{ [ PRECEDENTED, UNPRECEDENTED,!] (having or supported or justified by a precedent) } ---- { [ UNPRECEDENTED, PRECEDENTED,!] (having no precedent; novel; "an unprecedented expansion in population and industry") } { new, unexampled, (having no previous example or precedent or parallel; "a time of unexampled prosperity") }] [{ [ PREHENSILE, NONPREHENSILE,!] (adapted for grasping especially by wrapping around an object; "a monkey's prehensile tail") } ---- { [ NONPREHENSILE, PREHENSILE,!] (not prehensile) }] [{ [ PRENATAL, PERINATAL,! POSTNATAL,!] antenatal, antepartum, (occurring or existing before birth; "the prenatal period"; "antenatal care") } ---- { [ PERINATAL, POSTNATAL,! PRENATAL,!] (occurring during the period around birth (5 months before and 1 month after); "perinatal mortality"; "perinatal care") } ---- { [ POSTNATAL, PRENATAL,! PERINATAL,!] postpartum, (occurring immediately after birth; "postnatal development") }] [{ [ PREPRANDIAL, POSTPRANDIAL,!] (preceding a meal (especially dinner); "a preprandial drink") } ---- { [ POSTPRANDIAL, PREPRANDIAL,!] (following a meal (especially dinner); "his postprandial cigar"; "took a postprandial walk") }] [{ [ PREWAR, POSTWAR,!] (existing or belonging to a time before a war; "prewar levels of industrial production") } ---- { [ POSTWAR, PREWAR,!] (belonging to the period after a war; "postwar resettlement"; "postwar inflation") }] [{ [ RETROGRADE, ANTEROGRADE,!] noun.relation:temporal_relation,= (of amnesia; affecting time immediately preceding trauma) } ---- { [ ANTEROGRADE, RETROGRADE,!] noun.relation:temporal_relation,= (of amnesia; affecting time immediately following trauma) }] [{ [ ANTEMERIDIAN, POSTMERIDIAN,!] noun.time:clock_time,= (before noon) } { ante_meridiem, A.M., (before noon) } ---- { [ POSTMERIDIAN, ANTEMERIDIAN,!] noun.time:clock_time,= (after noon) } { post_meridiem, P.M., (after noon) }] [{ [ ANTERIOR, noun.body:anterior,+ noun.attribute:anteriority,+ POSTERIOR,!] FRONT,^ noun.attribute:spatial_relation,= (of or near the head end or toward the front plane of a body) } { [ frontal1, noun.location:front2,+ noun.location:front,+ noun.artifact:front,+ ] (belonging to the front part; "a frontal appendage") } { frontal2, (of or adjacent to the forehead or frontal bone; "the frontal lobes") } { prefrontal, (anterior to a frontal structure; "a prefrontal bone"; "prefrontal lobes") } ---- { [ POSTERIOR, noun.body:posterior1,+ noun.body:posterior,+ noun.attribute:posteriority,+ ANTERIOR,!] BACK,^ noun.attribute:spatial_relation,= (located at or near or behind a part or near the end of a structure) } { back(a), hind(a), hinder(a), (located at or near the back of an animal; "back (or hind) legs"; "the hinder part of a carcass") } { caudal, (situated in or directed toward the part of the body from which the tail arises; "caudal fins"; "the caudal end of the body") } { retral, (at or near or toward the posterior) }] [{ [ DORSAL, noun.body:dorsum1,+ noun.body:dorsum,+ VENTRAL,!] (belonging to or on or near the back or upper surface of an animal or organ or part; "the dorsal fin is the vertical fin on the back of a fish and certain marine mammals") } ---- { [ VENTRAL, noun.body:venter2,+ noun.body:venter1,+ noun.body:venter,+ DORSAL,!] (toward or on or near the belly (front of a primate or lower surface of a lower animal); "the ventral aspect of the human body"; "the liver is somewhat ventral in position"; "ventral (or pelvic) fins correspond to the hind limbs of a quadruped") } { dorsoventral, (extending from the back to the belly) }] [{ [ APPEALABLE, verb.social:appeal4,+ verb.social:appeal,+ UNAPPEALABLE,!] (capable of being appealed especially to a higher tribunal; "decisions...appealable to the head of the agency"- New Republic) } ---- { [ UNAPPEALABLE, APPEALABLE,!] (not subject to appeal; "the judge's ruling was handed down in a preliminary hearing rather than a trial and was therefore unappealable") }] [{ [ APPENDAGED, UNAPPENDAGED,!] (having an appendage) } ---- { [ UNAPPENDAGED, APPENDAGED,!] (not having an appendage) }] [{ [ APPETIZING, noun.attribute:appetizingness,+ UNAPPETIZING,!] [ appetising, noun.attribute:appetisingness,+ ] PALATABLE,^ TASTY,^ noun.attribute:appetizingness,= (appealing to or stimulating the appetite especially in appearance or aroma) } { mouth-watering, [ savory, noun.food:savory1,+ noun.attribute:savoriness,+ ] [ savoury, noun.food:savoury1,+ noun.cognition:savour,+ ] (pleasing to the sense of taste) } ---- { [ UNAPPETIZING, noun.attribute:unappetizingness,+ APPETIZING,!] [ unappetising, noun.attribute:unappetisingness,+ ] TASTY,^ UNPALATABLE,^ noun.attribute:appetizingness,= (not appetizing in appearance, aroma, or taste) }] [{ [ APPROACHABLE, verb.communication:approach,+ noun.attribute:approachability,+ UNAPPROACHABLE,!] (easy to meet or converse or do business with; "a friendly approachable person") } { [ accessible, noun.attribute:accessibility2,+ ] (easy to get along with or talk to; friendly; "an accessible and genial man") } ---- { [ UNAPPROACHABLE, noun.attribute:unapproachability,+ APPROACHABLE,!] (discouraging intimacies; reserved; "an unapproachable executive") } { offish, [ standoffish, noun.attribute:standoffishness,+ ] (lacking cordiality; unfriendly; "a standoffish manner") }] [{ [ APPROPRIATE, noun.attribute:appropriateness,+ INAPPROPRIATE,!] APROPOS,^ PROPER,^ noun.attribute:appropriateness,= (suitable for a particular person or place or condition etc; "a book not appropriate for children"; "a funeral conducted the appropriate solemnity"; "it seems that an apology is appropriate") } { befitting, (appropriate to; "behavior befitting a father") } { grade-appropriate, (the quality of ability and work that is appropriate for students in a specified grade) } { [ pat, noun.attribute:patness,+ ] (exactly suited to the occasion; "a pat reply") } { [ proper, noun.attribute:properness,+ ] right, (appropriate for a condition or purpose or occasion or a person's character, needs; "everything in its proper place"; "the right man for the job"; "she is not suitable for the position") } ---- { [ INAPPROPRIATE, noun.attribute:inappropriateness,+ APPROPRIATE,!] IMPROPER,^ MALAPROPOS,^ noun.attribute:appropriateness,= (not suitable for a particular occasion etc; "noise seems inappropriate at a time of sadness"; "inappropriate shoes for a walk on the beach"; "put inappropriate pressure on them") } { unbefitting, (not befitting; "behavior unbefitting a father") } { [ improper, noun.attribute:improperness,+ ] [ wrong, noun.attribute:wrongness2,+ ] (not appropriate for a purpose or occasion; "said all the wrong things") }] [{ [ DUE, UNDUE,!] (owed and payable immediately or on demand; "payment is due") } { [ callable, verb.possession:call9,+ ] (subject to a demand for payment before due date; "callable bonds") } { collect, COD, (payable by the recipient on delivery; "a collect call"; "the letter came collect"; "a COD parcel") } { [ collectible, verb.possession:collect1,+ ] collectable, payable, (subject to or requiring payment especially as specified; "a collectible bill"; "a note payable on demand"; "a check payable to John Doe") } { delinquent, overdue, (past due; not paid at the scheduled time; "an overdue installment"; "a delinquent account") } { receivable, (awaiting payment; "accounts receivable") } { on_time, (payable in installments within a designated period of time; "we were short of cash, so we purchased our refrigerator on time") } { out-of-pocket, (calling for the spending of cash; "his out-of-pocket costs were $10") } { repayable, (subject to repayment; "business loans are usually repayable in regular installments") } ---- { [ UNDUE, DUE,!] (not yet payable; "an undue loan") }] [{ [ DUE2, UNDUE2,!] (suitable to or expected in the circumstances; "all due respect"; "due cause to honor them"; "a long due promotion"; "in due course"; "due esteem"; "exercising due care") } ---- { [ UNDUE2, DUE2,!] noun.group:law,;c (not appropriate or proper (or even legal) in the circumstances; "undue influence"; "I didn't want to show undue excitement"; "accused of using undue force") }] [{ [ APROPOS, MALAPROPOS,!] APPROPRIATE,^ noun.attribute:appropriateness,= (of an appropriate or pertinent nature) } { [ apposite, noun.attribute:appositeness,+ ] [ apt, noun.attribute:aptness,+ ] [ pertinent, noun.relation:pertinency,+ noun.relation:pertinence,+ verb.stative:pertain1,+ ] (being of striking appropriateness and pertinence; "the successful copywriter is a master of apposite and evocative verbal images"; "an apt reply") } ---- { [ MALAPROPOS, APROPOS,!] INAPPROPRIATE,^ noun.attribute:appropriateness,= (of an inappropriate or incorrectly applied nature) } { [ inapposite, noun.attribute:inappositeness,+ ] out_of_place, (of an inappropriate or misapplied nature) }] [{ [ A_PRIORI, A_POSTERIORI,!] ANALYTIC1,^ DEDUCTIVE,^ (involving deductive reasoning from a general principle to a necessary effect; not supported by fact; "an a priori judgment") } ---- { [ A_POSTERIORI, A_PRIORI,!] INDUCTIVE,^ SYNTHETIC1,^ (involving reasoning from facts or particulars to general principles or from effects to causes; "a posteriori demonstration") }] [{ [ APTERAL, PERIPTERAL,!] (having columns at one or both ends but not along the sides) } { amphiprostylar, amphiprostyle, amphistylar, porticoed, (marked by columniation having free columns in porticoes either at both ends or at both sides of a structure) } { prostyle, pseudoprostyle, (marked by columniation having free columns in a portico only across the opening to the structure) } ---- { [ PERIPTERAL, APTERAL,!] (having columns on all sides) } { monopteral, (having circular columniation) } { [ peristylar, noun.artifact:peristyle,+ ] pseudoperipteral, (having columniation completely circling an area of the structure) }] [{ [ ARBITRABLE, verb.communication:arbitrate,+ NONARBITRABLE,!] (appropriate for or subject to settlement by arbitration; "an arbitrable wage and health benefits policy"; "an arbitrable dispute") } ---- { [ NONARBITRABLE, ARBITRABLE,!] (not appropriate for or subject to arbitration) }] [{ [ COLUMNED, NONCOLUMNED,!] noun.communication:combining_form,;u (having or resembling columns; having columns of a specified kind (often used as a combining form); "a columned portico"; "trees with columned trunks"; "white-columned houses") } { amphistylar, (having columns either at both ends or at both sides) } { [ columnar1, noun.artifact:column,+ ] (characterized by columns; "columnar construction") } { columniform, [ columnar2, noun.shape:column2,+ ] columnlike, (having the form of a column; "trees with columniform trunks"; "columnar forms"; "a columnlike tree trunk") } { colonnaded, (having a series of columns arranged at regular intervals) } { pillared, (having pillars; "the pillared portico") } ---- { [ NONCOLUMNED, COLUMNED,!] uncolumned, (not having columns) } { astylar, noun.cognition:architecture,;c (lacking columns or pillars) } { unpillared, (lacking pillars) }] [{ [ ARBOREAL, NONARBOREAL,!] arboreous4, tree-living, (inhabiting or frequenting trees; "arboreal apes") } ---- { [ NONARBOREAL, ARBOREAL,!] (not inhabiting or frequenting trees) }] [{ [ ARENACEOUS, ARGILLACEOUS,!] [ sandy2, noun.substance:sand,+ noun.attribute:sandiness,+ ] sandlike, (resembling or containing or abounding in sand; or growing in sandy areas; "arenaceous limestone"; "arenaceous grasses") } ---- { [ ARGILLACEOUS, noun.substance:argil,+ ARENACEOUS,!] clayey, (resembling or containing clay; "argillaceous rocks") }] [{ [ ARMED1, UNARMED1,!] noun.group:military,;c ((used of persons or the military) characterized by having or bearing arms; "armed robbery") } { equipped, weaponed, (carrying weapons) } { light-armed, (armed with light equipment and weapons; "a light-armed brigade") } { militarized, militarised, (issued military arms) } ---- { [ UNARMED1, ARMED1,!] noun.group:military,;c ((used of persons or the military) not having or using arms; "went alone and unarmed"; "unarmed peasants were shot down"; "unarmed vehicles") } { barehanded, (with bare hands; "fought barehanded") } { clean, (not carrying concealed weapons) } { [ defenseless, noun.attribute:defenselessness,+ ] [ defenceless, noun.attribute:defencelessness,+ ] (lacking weapons for self-defense) } { weaponless, (without a weapon) }] [{ [ ARMORED1, UNARMORED1,!] armoured1, noun.group:military,;c (protected by armor (used of persons or things military)) } { armor-clad, armour-clad, armor-plated, armour-plated, steel-plated, (covered with heavy steel; "armor-plated vehicles") } { bony-plated, (covered with bony plates) } { [ bulletproof, verb.change:bulletproof,+ ] (not penetrable by bullets; "bulletproof glass"; "bulletproof vest") } { lightly_armored, lightly_armoured, (equipped with armor heavy enough to provide protection against fire from light arms) } { mail-cheeked, (having bony plates on the sides of the head) } { mail-clad, mailed, (wearing protective mail) } { scaled1, ((used of armor) having overlapping metal plates attached to a leather backing) } ---- { [ UNARMORED1, ARMORED1,!] unarmoured1, noun.group:military,;c ((used of persons or things military) without protective armor) }] [{ [ ARMED2, UNARMED2,!] ((used of plants and animals) furnished with bristles and thorns ) } { barbed,[ barbellate, noun.animal:barbel,+] [ briary, noun.plant:briar2,+ ] briery, bristled, [ bristly, noun.attribute:bristliness,+ noun.artifact:bristle,+ ] burred, [ burry, noun.plant:burr,+ ] [ prickly, noun.plant:prickle,+ noun.attribute:prickliness,+ ] setose, [ setaceous, noun.animal:seta,+ ] [ spiny, noun.attribute:spininess,+ ] [ thorny, noun.attribute:thorniness,+ noun.plant:thorn,+ ] (having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.; "a horse with a short bristly mane"; "bristly shrubs"; "burred fruits"; "setaceous whiskers") } { bristlelike, (resembling a bristle) } { brushlike, (resembling a brush; "brushlike blue blooms") } { thistlelike, (resembling a thistle) } { clawed, taloned, ((of predatory animals) armed with claws or talons) } ---- { [ UNARMED2, ARMED2,!] ((used of plants or animals) lacking barbs or stings or thorns) } { thornless, spineless, (lacking thorns) }] [{ [ ARMED3, ARMLESS,!] (having arms or arms as specified; used especially in combination; "the many-armed goddess Shiva") } { armlike, (resembling an arm) } { brachiate, noun.cognition:zoology,;c (having arms or armlike appendages) } { long-armed, (having relatively long arms) } { one-armed, (having one arm; "a one-armed veteran") } ---- { [ ARMLESS, ARMED3,!] (having no arms; "the armless Venus de Milo") }] [{ [ ARMORED2, UNARMORED2,!] armoured2, (used of animals; provided with protective covering) } { bone-covered, noun.Tops:animal,;c ((of animals) armored with bone) } { [ scaly, noun.attribute:scaliness,+ noun.animal:scale,+ ] [ scaley, noun.animal:scale,+ ] scaled2, noun.cognition:zoology,;c (having the body covered or partially covered with thin horny plates, as some fish and reptiles) } { silver-scaled, (having the body covered or partially covered with silver-colored scales) } ---- { [ UNARMORED2, ARMORED2,!] unarmoured2, (used of animals; without protective covering) } { scaleless, (destitute of scales) }] [{ [ ARTFUL, noun.attribute:artfulness,+ ARTLESS,!] ADROIT,^ (marked by skill in achieving a desired end especially with cunning or craft; "the artful dodger"; "an artful choice of metaphors") } { [ crafty, noun.cognition:craft,+ noun.cognition:craftiness,+ ] cunning, [ dodgy, noun.cognition:dodge,+ ] [ foxy, noun.person:fox,+ noun.cognition:foxiness,+ ] guileful, knavish, [ slick, noun.communication:slickness,+ noun.attribute:slickness2,+ ] [ sly, noun.cognition:slyness,+ ] [ tricksy, noun.act:trick5,+ ] [ tricky, noun.attribute:trickiness,+ noun.act:trick5,+ ] [ wily, noun.act:wile,+ noun.cognition:wiliness,+ ] (marked by skill in deception; "cunning men often pass for wise"; "deep political machinations"; "a foxy scheme"; "a slick evasive answer"; "sly as a fox"; "tricky Dick"; "a wily old attorney") } { cute, [ precious, noun.attribute:preciousness1,+ noun.attribute:preciosity,+ ] (obviously contrived to charm; "an insufferably precious performance"; "a child with intolerably cute mannerisms") } { designing, scheming, (concealing crafty designs for advancing your own interest; "a selfish and designing nation obsessed with the dark schemes of European intrigue"- W.Churchill; "a scheming wife"; "a scheming gold digger") } { deep, (exhibiting great cunning usually with secrecy; "deep political machinations"; "a deep plot") } { [ elusive, verb.motion:elude,+ noun.attribute:elusiveness,+ ] (skillful at eluding capture; "a cabal of conspirators, each more elusive than the archterrorist"- David Kline) } { [ manipulative, verb.social:manipulate,+ verb.emotion:manipulate,+ ] (skillful in influencing or controlling others to your own advantage; "the early manipulative techniques of a three-year-old child") } { pawky, noun.location:Britain,;r (cunning and sly; "the pawky rich old lady who incessantly scores off her parasitical descendants"- Punch) } ---- { [ ARTLESS, noun.attribute:artlessness,+ ARTFUL,!] NATURAL1,^ (simple and natural; without cunning or deceit; "an artless manner"; "artless elegance") } { careless, (effortless and unstudied; "an impression of careless elegance"; "danced with careless grace") }] [{ [ ARTICULATE, noun.attribute:articulateness,+ INARTICULATE,!] COMMUNICATIVE,^ SPOKEN,^ (expressing yourself easily or characterized by clear expressive language; "articulate speech"; "an articulate orator"; "articulate beings") } { [ eloquent, noun.communication:eloquence,+ verb.communication:elocute,+ ] [ facile, noun.attribute:facility,+ ] [ fluent, noun.communication:fluency,+ noun.cognition:fluency2,+ noun.attribute:fluency1,+ ] silver, silver-tongued, smooth-spoken, (expressing yourself readily, clearly, effectively; "able to dazzle with his facile tongue"; "silver speech") } { speech-endowed, (capable of speech; "the speaking animal") } { well-spoken, (speaking or spoken fittingly or pleasingly; "a well-spoken gentleman"; "a few well-spoken words on civic pride") } ---- { [ INARTICULATE, ARTICULATE,!] unarticulate, UNCOMMUNICATIVE,^ (without or deprived of the use of speech or words; "inarticulate beasts"; "remained stupidly inarticulate and saying something noncommittal"; "inarticulate with rage"; "an inarticulate cry") } { [ aphasic, noun.person:aphasic,+ noun.state:aphasia,+ ] (unable to speak because of a brain lesion) } { [ aphonic, noun.state:aphonia,+ ] [ voiceless, noun.state:voicelessness,+ ] (being without sound through injury or illness and thus incapable of all but whispered speech) } { dumb1, [ mute1, noun.person:mute,+ noun.state:muteness,+ ] silent, (unable to speak because of hereditary deafness) } { dumb3, (lacking the power of human speech; "dumb animals") } { incoherent, tongue-tied, (unable to express yourself clearly or fluently; "felt tongue-tied with embarrassment"; "incoherent with grief") } { [ mute, noun.state:muteness,+ noun.attribute:muteness,+ ] tongueless, unspoken, wordless, (expressed without speech; "a mute appeal"; "a silent curse"; "best grief is tongueless"- Emily Dickinson; "the words stopped at her lips unsounded"; "unspoken grief"; "choking exasperation and wordless shame"- Thomas Wolfe) } { [ speechless, noun.attribute:speechlessness,+ ] dumb2, (temporarily incapable of speaking; "struck dumb"; "speechless with shock") } { unarticulated, (uttered without the use of normal words or syllables) }] [{ [ SPEAKING(a), NONSPEAKING,!] (capable of or involving speech or speaking; "human beings--the speaking animals"; "a speaking part in the play") } { tongued, (having a manner of speaking as specified; often used in combination; "golden-tongued"; "sharp-tongued") } ---- { [ NONSPEAKING, SPEAKING,!] walk-on, (not capable of or especially not involving speech or spoken lines; "had a nonspeaking role in the play") }] [{ [ ARTICULATED, UNARTICULATED,!] articulate4, (consisting of segments held together by joints) } { jointed, noun.cognition:zoology,;c (having joints or jointed segments) } ---- { [ UNARTICULATED, ARTICULATED,!] (not consisting of segments that are held together by joints) } { unjointed, noun.cognition:zoology,;c (without joints or jointed segments) }] [{ [ ASHAMED(p), UNASHAMED,!] REPENTANT,^ (feeling shame or guilt or embarrassment or remorse; "are you ashamed for having lied?"; "felt ashamed of my torn coat") } { discredited, disgraced, dishonored, shamed1, (suffering shame) } { embarrassed, humiliated, mortified, (made to feel uncomfortable because of shame or wounded pride; "too embarrassed to say hello to his drunken father on the street"; "humiliated that his wife had to go out to work"; "felt mortified by the comparison with her sister") } { [ guilty, noun.feeling:guilt,+ noun.state:guiltiness,+ ] hangdog, [ shamefaced2, noun.feeling:shamefacedness,+ ] shamed2, (showing a sense of guilt; "a guilty look"; "the hangdog and shamefaced air of the retreating enemy"- Eric Linklater) } { [ shamefaced1, noun.feeling:shamefacedness,+ ] [ sheepish, noun.feeling:sheepishness,+ ] (showing a sense of shame) } ---- { [ UNASHAMED, ASHAMED,!] UNREPENTANT,^ (used of persons or their behavior; feeling no shame) } { [ audacious, noun.attribute:audacity2,+ noun.attribute:audaciousness2,+ ] barefaced, bodacious, bald-faced, [ brassy, noun.attribute:brass,+ ] [ brazen, noun.attribute:brazenness,+ ] brazen-faced, [ insolent, noun.attribute:insolence,+ ] (unrestrained by convention or propriety; "an audacious trick to pull"; "a barefaced hypocrite"; "the most bodacious display of tourism this side of Anaheim"- Los Angeles Times; "bald-faced lies"; "brazen arrogance"; "the modern world with its quick material successes and insolent belief in the boundless possibilities of progress"- Bertrand Russell) } { [ shameless, noun.attribute:shamelessness,+ ] unblushing, (feeling no shame; "a shameless imposter"; "an unblushing apologist for fascism") } { unabashed, unembarrassed, (not embarrassed; "a tinseled charm and unabashed sentimentality"- Jerome Stone; "an unembarrassed greeting as if nothing untoward had happened") }] [{ [ ASSERTIVE, verb.social:assert,+ noun.attribute:assertiveness,+ UNASSERTIVE,!] self-asserting, self-assertive, AGGRESSIVE,^ IMPERATIVE,^ (aggressively self-assured; "an energetic assertive boy who was always ready to argue"; "pointing directly at a listener is an assertive act") } { [ cocky, noun.attribute:cockiness,+ ] (overly self-confident or self-assertive; "a very cocky young man") } { [ emphatic, noun.state:emphasis,+ noun.communication:emphasis1,+ noun.attribute:emphasis,+ ] [ forceful, noun.attribute:forcefulness,+ ] (forceful and definite in expression or action; "the document contained a particularly emphatic guarantee of religious liberty") } ---- { [ UNASSERTIVE, noun.feeling:unassertiveness,+ ASSERTIVE,!] SUBMISSIVE,^ TIMID,^ UNAGGRESSIVE,^ (inclined to timidity or lack of self-confidence; "a shy unassertive person") } { nonassertive, (not aggressively self-assured, though not necessarily lacking in confidence; "she was quiet and nonassertive as she took control") } { reticent, self-effacing, retiring, (reluctant to draw attention to yourself) }] [{ [ ASSOCIATIVE, verb.cognition:associate,+ NONASSOCIATIVE,!] [associatory, verb.cognition:associate,+ ] (characterized by or causing or resulting from the process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination; "associative learning") } { [ associable, verb.social:associate,+ verb.cognition:associate,+ noun.attribute:associability,+ noun.attribute:associableness,+ ] (capable of being associated; "words associable with politics") } ---- { [ NONASSOCIATIVE, ASSOCIATIVE,!] (not associative) }] [{ [ ATTACHED1, UNATTACHED,!] committed4, LOVING,^ (associated in an exclusive sexual relationship) } { bespoken, [ betrothed, noun.person:betrothed,+ ] (pledged to be married; "the engaged couple") } { intended, (future; betrothed; "his intended bride") } { involved, (emotionally involved) } ---- { [ UNATTACHED, ATTACHED1,!] uncommitted4, (not associated in an exclusive sexual relationship) } { unengaged, unpledged, unpromised, (not promised in marriage; "continued seeing him but on an unengaged basis") }] [{ [ AFFIXED, UNAFFIXED,!] (firmly attached; "the affixed labels") } { [ appendant, verb.contact:append1,+ ] (affixed as an appendage) } { basifixed, noun.cognition:botany,;c (attached by its base (as certain anthers to their filaments or stalks)) } { glued, pasted, (affixed or as if affixed with glue or paste; "he stayed glued to one spot"; "pieces of pasted paper") } { mounted, (assembled for use; especially by being attached to a support) } ---- { [ UNAFFIXED, AFFIXED,!] [ loose4, noun.attribute:looseness3,+ ] (not affixed; "the stamp came loose") }] [{ [ SESSILE, PEDUNCULATE,!] stalkless, noun.cognition:biology,;c (attached directly by the base; not having an intervening stalk; "sessile flowers"; "the shell of a sessile barnacle is attached directly to a substrate") } ---- { [ PEDUNCULATE, SESSILE,!] stalked, noun.cognition:biology,;c (having or growing on or from a peduncle or stalk; "a pedunculate flower"; "a pedunculate barnacle is attached to the substrate by a fleshy foot or stalk") }] [{ [ SESSILE2, VAGILE,!] noun.cognition:biology,;c (permanently attached to a substrate; not free to move about; "sessile marine animals and plants") } ---- { [ VAGILE, SESSILE2,!] noun.cognition:zoology,;c (having freedom to move about; "vagile aquatic animals") } { free-swimming, unattached, noun.Tops:animal,;c ((of animals) able to swim about; not attached) }] [{ [ ATTACHED2, DETACHED,!] noun.cognition:architecture,;c (used of buildings joined by common sidewalls; "a block of attached houses") } ---- { [ DETACHED, ATTACHED2,!] noun.cognition:architecture,;c (used of buildings; standing apart from others; "detached houses"; "a detached garage") } { freestanding, separate, (standing apart; not attached to or supported by anything; "a freestanding bell tower"; "a house with a separate garage") } { semidetached, (attached on one side only; "a semidetached house") }] [{ [ STUCK, UNSTUCK,!] (caught or fixed; "stuck in the mud") } { cragfast, (stranded on or as if on a crag; "cragfast climbers")} ---- { [ UNSTUCK, STUCK,!] (free; "a man with a mule got my car unstuck"; "the gears locked in second and would not come unstuck") }] [{ [ ATTACHABLE, verb.contact:attach2,+ verb.contact:attach1,+ verb.contact:attach,+ DETACHABLE,!] (capable of being fastened or added to something else; "a handle attachable by two bolts") } { [ bindable, verb.contact:bind8,+ verb.contact:bind7,+ verb.contact:bind1,+ verb.contact:bind,+ ] bondable, (capable of being fastened or secured with a rope or bond) } { clip-on, (attachable by a clip; "clip-on earrings"; "a clip-on bow tie") } { tie-on, (fastened by tying on; "tie-on labels") } ---- { [ DETACHABLE, ATTACHABLE,!] (designed to be unfastened or disconnected without damage; "shirts with detachable collars") } { clastic, (capable of being taken apart; "the professor had a clastic model of the human brain") }] [{ [ WARY, noun.attribute:wariness,+ UNWARY,!] noun.attribute:wariness,= (marked by keen caution and watchful prudence; "they were wary in their movements"; "a wary glance at the black clouds"; "taught to be wary of strangers") } { on_guard, on_one's_guard(p), upon_one's_guard(p), on_your_guard, (vigilant; "on guard against con artists"; "must remain on your guard in such a situation") } { shy, (wary and distrustful; disposed to avoid persons or things; "shy of strangers") } ---- { [ UNWARY, noun.attribute:unwariness,+ WARY,!] noun.attribute:wariness,= (not alert to danger or deception; "the shrieks of unwary animals taken by surprise"; "some thieves prey especially on unwary travelers"; "seduce the unwary reader into easy acquiescence"- O.J.Campbell) } { [ gullible, noun.attribute:gullibility,+ ] (easily tricked because of being too trusting; "gullible tourists taken in by the shell game") } { unguarded, (displaying or feeling no wariness; "an unguarded remark") }] [{ [ ATTENTIVE, verb.perception:attend,+ noun.cognition:attentiveness,+ INATTENTIVE,!] CONCERNED,^ noun.attribute:attention,= ((often followed by `to') giving care or attention; "attentive to details"; "the nurse was attentive to her patient"; "an attentive suitor") } { captive, absorbed, engrossed, enwrapped, [ intent, noun.attribute:intentness,+ ] wrapped, (giving or marked by complete attention to; "that engrossed look or rapt delight"; "enwrapped in dreams"; "so intent on this fantastic...narrative that she hardly stirred"- Walter de la Mare; "rapt with wonder"; "wrapped in thought") } { [ advertent, noun.cognition:advertency,+ noun.cognition:advertence,+ verb.perception:advert,+ ] [ heedful, noun.attribute:heedfulness,+ ] (giving attention) } { [ observant, noun.cognition:observance,+ verb.perception:observe1,+ ] (paying close attention especially to details) } { oversolicitous, (excessively solicitous) } { [ solicitous, noun.feeling:solicitousness,+ ] (showing hovering attentiveness; "solicitous about her health"; "made solicitous inquiries about our family") } ---- { [ INATTENTIVE, ATTENTIVE,!] CARELESS,^ UNMINDFUL,^ NEGLIGENT,^ noun.attribute:attention,= (showing a lack of attention or care; "inattentive students"; "an inattentive babysitter") } { absent, [ absentminded, noun.cognition:absentmindedness,+ ] [ abstracted, noun.cognition:abstractedness,+ ] scatty, (lost in thought; showing preoccupation; "an absent stare"; "an absentminded professor"; "the scatty glancing quality of a hyperactive but unfocused intelligence") } { distracted, distrait, (having the attention diverted especially because of anxiety) } { [ dreamy, noun.cognition:dream4,+ noun.cognition:dream2,+ noun.feeling:dreaminess,+ ] moony, woolgathering, (dreamy in mood or nature; "a woolgathering moment") } { drowsy, [ oscitant, noun.state:oscitancy,+ noun.act:oscitancy,+ ] yawning(a), (showing lack of attention or boredom; "the yawning congregation") } { [ forgetful, noun.cognition:forgetfulness1,+ ] [ oblivious, noun.cognition:oblivion,+ noun.cognition:obliviousness,+ ] (failing to keep in mind; "forgetful of her responsibilities"; "oblivious old age") }] [{ [ ATTRACTIVE1, verb.emotion:attract,+ noun.attribute:attractiveness,+ UNATTRACTIVE,!] BEAUTIFUL,^ INVITING,^ PLEASING,^ SEDUCTIVE,^ noun.attribute:attractiveness,= (pleasing to the eye or mind especially through beauty or charm; "a remarkably attractive young man"; "an attractive personality"; "attractive clothes"; "a book with attractive illustrations") } { bewitching, captivating, enchanting, enthralling, entrancing, fascinating, (capturing interest as if by a spell; "bewitching smile"; "Roosevelt was a captivating speaker"; "enchanting music"; "an enthralling book"; "antique papers of entrancing design"; "a fascinating woman") } { [ charismatic, noun.attribute:charisma,+ ] [ magnetic, noun.cognition:magnet,+ ] (possessing an extraordinary ability to attract; "a charismatic leader"; "a magnetic personality") } { cunning, [ cute, noun.attribute:cuteness,+ ] (attractive especially by means of smallness or prettiness or quaintness; "a cute kid with pigtails"; "a cute little apartment"; "cunning kittens"; "a cunning baby") } { dinky, noun.location:Britain,;r noun.communication:colloquialism,;u ((British informal) pretty and neat; "what a dinky little hat") } { engaging, piquant, (attracting or delighting; "an engaging frankness"; "a piquant face with large appealing eyes") } { fetching, taking, winning, (very attractive; capturing interest; "a fetching new hairstyle"; "something inexpressibly taking in his manner"; "a winning personality") } { glossy, showy, (superficially attractive and stylish; suggesting wealth or expense; "a glossy TV series")} { [ hypnotic, noun.state:hypnosis,+ ] [ mesmeric, noun.act:mesmerism,+ ] mesmerizing, spellbinding, (attracting and holding interest as if by a spell; "read the bedtime story in a hypnotic voice"; "she had a warm mesmeric charm"; "the sheer force of his presence was mesmerizing"; "a spellbinding description of life in ancient Rome") } { [ irresistible, noun.attribute:irresistibleness,+ noun.attribute:irresistibility,+ ] (overpoweringly attractive; "irresistible beauty") } { [ personable, noun.attribute:personableness,+ ] ((of persons) pleasant in appearance and personality) } { photogenic, (looking attractive in photographs) } { prepossessing, (creating a favorable impression; "strong and vigorous and of prepossessing appearance") } { [ winsome, noun.attribute:winsomeness,+ ] (charming in a childlike or naive way) } ---- { [ UNATTRACTIVE, noun.attribute:unattractiveness,+ ATTRACTIVE1,!] UGLY,^ UNINVITING,^ UNSEDUCTIVE,^ noun.attribute:attractiveness,= (lacking beauty or charm; "as unattractive as most mining regions") } { [ homely, noun.attribute:homeliness1,+ noun.attribute:homeliness,+ ] [ plain, noun.attribute:plainness2,+ ] (lacking in physical beauty or proportion; "a homely child"; "several of the buildings were downright homely"; "a plain girl with a freckled face") } { subfusc, (devoid of brightness or appeal; "a subfusc mining town"; "dark subfusc clothing") } { unprepossessing, unpresentable, (creating an unfavorable or neutral first impression) }] [{ [ ATTRACTIVE2(a), verb.contact:attract1,+ REPULSIVE,!] noun.phenomenon:magnetic_force,= noun.cognition:physics,;c (having the properties of a magnet; the ability to draw or pull; "an attractive force") } ---- { [ REPULSIVE(a), noun.attribute:repulsiveness,+ verb.contact:repel,+ verb.competition:repel,+ ATTRACTIVE2,!] noun.phenomenon:repulsive_force,= noun.cognition:physics,;c (possessing the ability to repel; "a repulsive force") }] [{ [ APPEALING, noun.attribute:appealingness,+ UNAPPEALING,!] (able to attract interest or draw favorable attention; "He added an appealing and memorable figure to popular American mythology"- Vincent Starrett; "an appealing sense of humor"; "the idea of having enough money to retire at fifty is very appealing") } { attention-getting, catchy, (likely to attract attention; "a catchy title for a movie") } { [ attractive, verb.contact:attract,+ noun.attribute:attractiveness1,+ ] (having power to arouse interest; "an attractive opportunity"; "the job is attractive because of the pay") } ---- { [ UNAPPEALING, APPEALING,!] (not able to attract favorable attention; "they have made the place as unappealing as possible"; "was forced to talk to his singularly unappealing hostess") } { off-putting, (tending to repel; "The trappings of upper-class life are off-putting and sterile"- Elizabeth Hess) } { unattractive, (lacking power to arouse interest; "being unemployed is a most unattractive prospect") }] [{ [ ATTRIBUTABLE, verb.cognition:attribute,+ UNATTRIBUTABLE,!] noun.cognition:attribution,= (capable of being attributed; "the collapse of the movement was attributable to a lack of morale"; "an idea attributable to a Russian") } { [ ascribable, verb.cognition:ascribe,+ ] due, imputable, referable, (capable of being assigned or credited to; "punctuation errors ascribable to careless proofreading"; "the cancellation of the concert was due to the rain"; "the oversight was not imputable to him") } { credited(p), ((usually followed by `to') given credit for; "an invention credited to Edison") } { traceable, ((usually followed by `to') able to be traced to; "a failure traceable to lack of energy") } ---- { [ UNATTRIBUTABLE, ATTRIBUTABLE,!] unascribable, noun.cognition:attribution,= (not attributable) }] [{ [ ATTRIBUTIVE, PREDICATIVE,!] prenominal, noun.cognition:grammar,;c (of adjectives; placed before the nouns they modify; "`red' is an attributive adjective in `a red apple'") } { attributive_genitive, noun.cognition:grammar,;c (a word in the genitive case used as an attributive adjective; "an example of the attributive genitive is `John's' in `John's mother'") } ---- { [ PREDICATIVE, verb.communication:predicate2,+ ATTRIBUTIVE,!] noun.cognition:grammar,;c (of adjectives; relating to or occurring within the predicate of a sentence; "`red' is a predicative adjective in `the apple is red'") }] [{ [ PREGNANT, noun.state:pregnancy,+ NONPREGNANT,!] (carrying developing offspring within the body or being about to produce new life) } { big(p), enceinte, [ expectant, verb.body:expect2,+ verb.body:expect,+ ] [ gravid, noun.state:gravidness,+ noun.state:gravidity,+ ] great(p), [ large(p), noun.attribute:largeness,+ ] heavy(p), with_child(p), (in an advanced stage of pregnancy; "was big with child"; "was great with child") } ---- { [ NONPREGNANT, PREGNANT,!] (not pregnant) }] [{ [ AUDIBLE, noun.attribute:audibility,+ noun.attribute:audibleness,+ INAUDIBLE,!] [ hearable, verb.perception:hear,+ ] LOUD,^ PERCEPTIBLE,^ noun.attribute:audibility,= (heard or perceptible by the ear; "he spoke in an audible whisper") } { [ clunky, noun.event:clunk,+ ] (making a clunking sound) } { sonic, (relating to audible sound; "a sonic wave") } { sounding, (making or having a sound as specified; used as a combining form; "harsh-sounding") } ---- { [ INAUDIBLE, noun.attribute:inaudibleness,+ noun.attribute:inaudibility,+ AUDIBLE,!] unhearable, IMPERCEPTIBLE,^ QUIET1,^ noun.attribute:audibility,= (impossible to hear; imperceptible by the ear; "an inaudible conversation") } { breathed, voiceless, (uttered without voice; "could hardly hear her breathed plea, `Help me'"; "voiceless whispers") } { infrasonic, (having frequencies below those of audible sound) } { silent, (having a frequency below or above the range of human audibility; "a silent dog whistle") } { silent2, unsounded, (not made to sound; "the silent `h' at the beginning of `honor'"; "in French certain letters are often unsounded") } { supersonic, [ ultrasonic, noun.phenomenon:ultrasound,+ ] (having frequencies above those of audible sound) } { unheard, (not necessarily inaudible but not heard) }] [{ [ SONIC, SUBSONIC,! SUPERSONIC,!] transonic, ((of speed) having or caused by speed approximately equal to that of sound in air at sea level; "a sonic boom") } ---- { [ SUBSONIC, SUPERSONIC,! SONIC,!] ((of speed) less than that of sound in a designated medium; "aircraft flying at subsonic speeds") } ---- { [ SUPERSONIC, SONIC,! SUBSONIC,!] ((of speed) greater than the speed of sound in a given medium (especially air); "a supersonic bomber flies so fast that it must release its bombs while the target is still over the horizon") }] [{ [ AUSPICIOUS, noun.attribute:auspiciousness,+ INAUSPICIOUS,!] PROPITIOUS,^ noun.attribute:auspiciousness,= (auguring favorable circumstances and good luck; "an auspicious beginning for the campaign") } { [ bright, noun.cognition:brightness,+ ] [ hopeful, noun.person:hopeful,+ noun.state:hopefulness,+ ] promising, (likely to turn out well in the future; "had a bright future in publishing"; "the scandal threatened an abrupt end to a promising political career"; "a hopeful new singer on Broadway") } { fortunate, rosy, (presaging good fortune; "she made a fortunate decision to go to medical school"; "rosy predictions") } ---- { [ INAUSPICIOUS, noun.attribute:inauspiciousness,+ AUSPICIOUS,!] unfortunate4, noun.attribute:auspiciousness,= (not auspicious; boding ill) } { unpromising, (unlikely to bring about favorable results or enjoyment; "faced an unpromising task"; "music for unpromising combinations of instruments") }] [{ [ PROPITIOUS, noun.attribute:propitiousness,+ UNPROPITIOUS,!] AUSPICIOUS,^ FAVORABLE1,^ noun.attribute:propitiousness,= (presenting favorable circumstances; likely to result in or show signs of success; "propitious omens"; "propitious gales speeded us along"; "a propitious alignment of planets for space exploration") } { golden2, [ favorable, noun.attribute:favorableness,+ ] [ favourable, noun.attribute:favourableness,+ ] [ lucky, noun.state:luckiness,+ ] prosperous, (presaging or likely to bring good luck or a good outcome; "a favorable time to ask for a raise"; "lucky stars"; "a prosperous moment to make a decision") } { [ gracious, noun.attribute:graciousness1,+ ] (disposed to bestow favors; "thanks to the gracious gods") } ---- { [ UNPROPITIOUS, noun.attribute:unpropitiousness,+ PROPITIOUS,!] UNFAVORABLE1,^ noun.attribute:propitiousness,= (not propitious) } { ill, [ inauspicious, noun.attribute:inauspiciousness,+ ] [ ominous, noun.event:omen,+ ] (presaging ill fortune; "ill omens"; "ill predictions"; "my words with inauspicious thunderings shook heaven"- P.B.Shelley; "a dead and ominous silence prevailed"; "a by-election at a time highly unpropitious for the Government") } { thunderous, (extremely ominous; "world events of thunderous import") }] [{ [ AUTHORIZED, UNAUTHORIZED,!] authorised, LAWFUL,^ LEGITIMATE,^ OFFICIAL,^ noun.communication:authorization,= (endowed with authority) } { accredited, commissioned, licensed, licenced, (given official approval to act; "an accredited college"; "commissioned broker"; "licensed pharmacist"; "authorized representative") } { approved, sanctioned, (established by authority; given authoritative approval; "a list of approved candidates") } { canonized, canonised, glorified, (accorded sacrosanct or authoritative standing) } { empowered, sceptered, sceptred, (invested with legal power or official authority especially as symbolized by having a scepter) } ---- { [ UNAUTHORIZED, AUTHORIZED,!] unauthorised, ILLEGITIMATE,^ UNOFFICIAL,^ noun.communication:authorization,= (not endowed with authority) } { self-appointed, (designated or chosen by yourself; "a self-appointed guardian of public morals") } { unaccredited, unlicensed, unlicenced, (lacking official approval) }] [{ [ CONSTITUTIONAL, UNCONSTITUTIONAL,!] (sanctioned by or consistent with or operating under the law determining the fundamental political principles of a government; "the constitutional right of free speech"; "constitutional government"; "constitutional guarantees") } ---- { [ UNCONSTITUTIONAL, CONSTITUTIONAL,!] (not consistent with or according to a constitution; contrary to the U.S. Constitution) }] [{ [ AUTOCHTHONOUS, ALLOCHTHONOUS,!] (of rocks, deposits, etc.; found where they and their constituents were formed) } ---- { [ ALLOCHTHONOUS, AUTOCHTHONOUS,!] (of rocks, deposits, etc.; found in a place other than where they and their constituents were formed) }] [{ [ AUTOECIOUS, HETEROECIOUS,!] homoecious, (of parasites especially rust fungi; completing the entire life cycle on a single host; "autoecious rust fungi") } ---- { [ HETEROECIOUS, AUTOECIOUS,!] (of parasites; passing through different stages of the life cycle on different host species; "heteroecious fungi"; "heteroecious insects") }] [{ [ AUTOGENOUS, HETEROGENOUS,!] autogenic, (originating within the body) } { self-generated, self-produced, (originating from the self) } { self-induced, (brought about by yourself; "self-induced vomiting") } ---- { [ HETEROGENOUS, AUTOGENOUS,!] heterogeneous2, (originating outside the body) }] [{ [ AUTOMATIC, verb.change:automatize,+ noun.artifact:automatic2,+ noun.artifact:automatic1,+ noun.artifact:automaton,+ MANUAL,!] MECHANICAL,^ (operating with minimal human intervention; independent of external control; "automatic transmission"; "a budget deficit that caused automatic spending cuts") } { autoloading(a), self-loading, semiautomatic, ((of firearms) capable of automatic loading and firing continuously; "an autoloading rifle") } { automated, machine-controlled, machine-driven, (operated by automation; "an automated stoker") } { self-acting, self-activating, self-moving, self-regulating, (designed to activate or move or regulate itself; "a self-activating sprinkler system") } { self-locking, (locking automatically when closed) } { self-winding, (designed so that manual winding is unnecessary; "a self-winding watch") } { semiautomatic1, (partially automatic) } { smart, (capable of independent and apparently intelligent action; "smart weapons") } ---- { [ MANUAL, AUTOMATIC,!] (requiring human effort; "a manual transmission") } { hand-operated, non-automatic, (operated by hand) }] [{ [ AVAILABLE, verb.consumption:avail4,+ noun.attribute:availability,+ noun.attribute:availableness,+ UNAVAILABLE,!] noun.attribute:availability,= (obtainable or accessible and ready for use or service; "kept a fire extinguisher available"; "much information is available through computers"; "available in many colors"; "the list of available candidates is unusually long") } { [ accessible, noun.attribute:accessibility,+ ] (easily obtained; "most students now have computers accessible"; "accessible money") } { [ acquirable, verb.possession:acquire,+ ] (capable of being acquired) } { [ addressable, verb.consumption:address,+ ] noun.cognition:computer_science,;c (capable of being addressed; "addressable memory") } { easy, noun.cognition:economics,;c (less in demand and therefore readily obtainable; "commodities are easy this quarter") } { forthcoming, (available when required or as promised; "federal funds were not forthcoming") } { gettable, getable, [ obtainable, verb.possession:obtain,+ ] procurable, (capable of being obtained; "savings of up to 50 percent are obtainable") } { in_stock(p), (available for use or sale; "they have plenty of stonewashed jeans in stock") } { [ lendable, verb.possession:lend,+ ] (available for lending; "lendable resources") } { visible(a), (present and easily available; "the cash on hand is adequate for current needs"; "emergency police were on hand in case of trouble"; "a visible supply"; "visible resources") } { on_hand(p), (readily available; "there will be a wealth of information on hand from the lawyers") } { on_tap(p), (available for immediate use; "extra personnel on tap"; "other sports and entertainment facilities are on tap"; "there are numerous projects on tap") } { on_tap2(p), ((of liquids) available by turning a tap; "ale on tap"; "hot and cold running water on tap") } { open, (not having been filled; "the job is still open") } { purchasable, for_sale, (available for purchase; "purchasable goods"; "many houses in the area are for sale") } { ready1(a), ((of especially money) immediately available; "he seems to have ample ready money"; "a ready source of cash") } ---- { [ UNAVAILABLE, noun.attribute:unavailability,+ AVAILABLE,!] noun.attribute:availability,= (not available or accessible or at hand; "fresh milk was unavailable during the emergency"; "his secretary said he was unavailable for comment") } { gone(p), (used up or no longer available; "gone with the wind"; "if we don't get there early, all the best seats will be gone") } { [ inaccessible, noun.attribute:inaccessibility,+ ] unobtainable, unprocurable, untouchable, (not capable of being obtained; "a rare work, today almost inaccessible"; "timber is virtually unobtainable in the islands"; "untouchable resources buried deep within the earth") } { out_of_stock(p), (not available for sale or use; "too many items are out of stock") }] [{ [ AWAKE(p), ASLEEP,!] ALERT,^ AWARE,^ CONSCIOUS,^ (not in a state of sleep; completely conscious; "lay awake thinking about his new job"; "still not fully awake") } { astir(p), up(p), (out of bed; "are they astir yet?"; "up by seven each morning") } { awakened, ((somewhat formal) having been waked up; "the awakened baby began to cry") } { insomniac, [ sleepless, noun.state:sleeplessness,+ ] watchful, (experiencing or accompanied by sleeplessness; "insomniac old people"; "insomniac nights"; "lay sleepless all night"; "twenty watchful, weary, tedious nights"- Shakespeare) } { unsleeping, wide-awake, (fully awake; "the unsleeping city"; "so excited she was wide-awake all night") } { waking, wakeful, (marked by full consciousness or alertness; "worked every moment of my waking hours") } ---- { [ ASLEEP(p), AWAKE,!] UNAWARE,^ UNCONSCIOUS,^ (in a state of sleep; "were all asleep when the phone rang"; "fell asleep at the wheel") } { at_rest(a), (in a state of repose or especially sleep) } { [ dormant, noun.state:dormancy,+ noun.act:dormancy,+ ] hibernating(a), [ torpid, noun.attribute:torpidness,+ noun.attribute:torpidity,+ ] noun.cognition:biology,;c (in a condition of biological rest or suspended animation; "dormant buds"; "a hibernating bear"; "torpid frogs") } { [ drowsy, noun.act:drowse,+ noun.state:drowsiness,+ ] drowsing(a), dozy, (half asleep; "made drowsy by the long ride"; "it seemed a pity to disturb the drowsing (or dozing) professor"; "a tired dozy child"; "the nodding (or napping) grandmother in her rocking chair") } { fast_asleep(p), sound_asleep(p), (sleeping deeply; "lying fast asleep on the sofa"; "it would be cruel to wake him; he's sound asleep") } { hypnoid, (of or relating to a state of sleep or hypnosis) } { [ sleepy, noun.state:sleep,+ noun.state:sleepiness,+ ] sleepy-eyed, sleepyheaded, (ready to fall asleep; "beginning to feel sleepy"; "a sleepy-eyed child with drooping eyelids"; "sleepyheaded students") } { slumberous, [ slumbery, noun.state:slumber1,+ ] slumbrous, [ somnolent, noun.state:somnolence,+ ] (inclined to or marked by drowsiness; "slumberous (or slumbrous) eyes"; "`slumbery' is archaic"; "the sound had a somnolent effect") } { unawakened, (still asleep) }] [{ [ ASTRINGENT, noun.artifact:astringent,+ noun.attribute:astringency,+ verb.contact:astringe,+ verb.change:astringe,+ NONASTRINGENT,!] noun.attribute:astringency,= (tending to draw together or constrict soft organic tissue; "astringent cosmetic lotions") } { [ styptic, noun.artifact:styptic,+ noun.attribute:stypsis,+ ] [ hemostatic, noun.act:hemostasis,+ ] (tending to check bleeding by contracting the tissues or blood vessels) } ---- { [ NONASTRINGENT, ASTRINGENT,!] noun.attribute:astringency,= (not astringent) }] [{ [ AWARE(p), noun.cognition:awareness,+ UNAWARE,!] [ cognizant, noun.cognition:cognizance,+ verb.cognition:cognize,+ ] [ cognisant, verb.cognition:cognise,+ noun.cognition:cognisance,+ ] AWAKE,^ CONSCIOUS,^ SENSIBLE,^ WITTING,^ noun.cognition:awareness,= ((sometimes followed by `of') having or showing knowledge or understanding or realization or perception; "was aware of his opponent's hostility"; "became aware of her surroundings"; "aware that he had exceeded the speed limit") } { [ alert, noun.cognition:alertness,+ ] [ alive(p), noun.state:aliveness,+ ] awake(p), (mentally perceptive and responsive; "an alert mind"; "alert to the problems"; "alive to what is going on"; "awake to the dangers of her situation"; "was now awake to the reality of his predicament") } { [ conscious(p), noun.cognition:consciousness1,+ ] ((followed by `of') showing realization or recognition of something; "few voters seem conscious of the issue's importance"; "conscious of having succeeded"; "the careful tread of one conscious of his alcoholic load"- Thomas Hardy) } { [ sensible, noun.attribute:sensibleness1,+ verb.cognition:sense3,+ ] (aware intuitively or intellectually of something sensed; "made sensible of his mistakes"; "I am sensible that the mention of such a circumstance may appear trifling"- Henry Hallam; "sensible that a good deal more is still to be done"- Edmund Burke) } ---- { [ UNAWARE, noun.cognition:unawareness,+ AWARE,!] [ incognizant, noun.cognition:incognizance,+ ] ASLEEP,^ INSENSIBLE,^ UNCONSCIOUS,^ UNWITTING,^noun.cognition:awareness,= ((often followed by `of') not aware; "seemed unaware of the scrutiny"; "unaware of the danger they were in"; "unaware of the newborn hope"; "the most unaware person I've known") } { [ oblivious(p), noun.cognition:obliviousness,+ ] [ unmindful1(p), noun.attribute:unmindfulness,+ ] ((followed by `to' or `of') lacking conscious awareness of; "oblivious of the mounting pressures for political reform"; "oblivious to the risks she ran"; "not unmindful of the heavy responsibility") } { out_of_it, (unaware as a result of being uninformed) } { [ unconscious1(p), noun.cognition:unconsciousness,+ ] ((followed by `of') not knowing or perceiving; "happily unconscious of the new calamity at home"- Charles Dickens) } { unsuspecting, ((often followed by `of') not knowing or expecting; not thinking likely; "an unsuspecting victim"; "unsuspecting (or unaware) of the fact that I would one day be their leader") }] [{ [ WITTING, UNWITTING,!] AWARE,^ (aware or knowing; "a witting tool of the Communists") } ---- { [ UNWITTING, WITTING,!] UNAWARE,^ (not aware or knowing; "an unwitting subject in an experiment") }] [{ [ ALARMING, UNALARMING,!] noun.feeling:alarm,= (frightening because of an awareness of danger) } { appalling, dismaying, (causing consternation; "appalling conditions") } { atrocious, [ frightful, noun.attribute:frightfulness,+ ] horrifying, horrible, ugly2, (provoking horror; "an atrocious automobile accident"; "a frightful crime of decapitation"; "an alarming, even horrifying, picture"; "war is beyond all words horrible"- Winston Churchill; "an ugly wound") } { [ awful, noun.attribute:awfulness,+ ] dire1, direful1, [ dread(a), noun.feeling:dread,+ ] dreaded, dreadful, fearful, fearsome, frightening, horrendous, horrific, [ terrible, noun.attribute:terribleness,+ ] (causing fear or dread or terror; "the awful war"; "an awful risk"; "dire news"; "a career or vengeance so direful that London was shocked"; "the dread presence of the headmaster"; "polio is no longer the dreaded disease it once was"; "a dreadful storm"; "a fearful howling"; "horrendous explosions shook the city"; "a terrible curse") } { [ baleful, noun.attribute:balefulness,+ ] forbidding, menacing, minacious, minatory, [ ominous, noun.event:omen,+ ] sinister, threatening, (threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments; "a baleful look"; "forbidding thunderclouds"; "his tone became menacing"; "ominous rumblings of discontent"; "sinister storm clouds"; "a sinister smile"; "his threatening behavior"; "ugly black clouds"; "the situation became ugly") } { bloodcurdling, hair-raising, nightmarish, (extremely alarming) } { chilling, scary, [ shivery, noun.feeling:shiver,+ ] [ shuddery, noun.feeling:shudder,+ ] (provoking fear terror; "a scary movie"; "the most terrible and shuddery...tales of murder and revenge") } { [ creepy, noun.cognition:creepiness,+ ] creepy-crawly, (causing a sensation as of things crawling on your skin; "a creepy story"; "I had a creepy-crawly feeling") } { formidable, redoubtable, unnerving, (inspiring fear; "the formidable prospect of major surgery"; "a tougher and more redoubtable adversary than the heel-clicking, jackbooted fanatic"- G.H.Johnston; "something unnerving and prisonlike about high grey wall") } { [ ghastly, noun.attribute:ghastliness,+ ] [ grim, noun.attribute:grimness2,+ ] grisly, [ gruesome, noun.attribute:gruesomeness,+ ] macabre, sick, (shockingly repellent; inspiring horror; "ghastly wounds"; "the grim aftermath of the bombing"; "the grim task of burying the victims"; "a grisly murder"; "gruesome evidence of human sacrifice"; "macabre tales of war and plague in the Middle ages"; "macabre tortures conceived by madmen") } { hairy, (hazardous and frightening; "hairy moments in the mountains") } { petrifying, (paralyzing with terror) } { stupefying, (shocking with surprise and consternation; "the stupefying impact of the tragedy") } { terrific, terrifying, (causing extreme terror; "a terrifying wail") } ---- { [ UNALARMING, ALARMING,!] noun.feeling:alarm,= (not alarming; assuaging alarm) }] [{ [ ANEMOPHILOUS, ENTOMOPHILOUS,!] (of flowering plants (especially grasses etc) that are pollinated by the wind) } ---- { [ ENTOMOPHILOUS, ANEMOPHILOUS,!] (of flowering plants (especially orchids etc) that are pollinated by insects) }] [{ [ REASSURING, UNREASSURING,!] ENCOURAGING,^ noun.act:reassurance,= (restoring confidence and relieving anxiety; "a very reassuring remark") } { assuasive, soothing, (freeing from fear and anxiety) } { assuring, (giving confidence) } { comforting, [ consolatory, verb.emotion:console,+ ] consoling, (affording comfort or solace) } ---- { [ UNREASSURING, REASSURING,!] worrisome4, noun.act:reassurance,= (not reassuring; tending to cause anxiety) }] [{ [ BACK(a), FRONT,!] AFT,^ POSTERIOR,^ (related to or located at the back; "the back yard"; "the back entrance") } { backmost, hindermost, hindmost, rearmost, (located farthest to the rear) } { [ rear(a), noun.location:rear1,+ noun.location:rear,+ noun.artifact:rear,+ ] [ rearward(a), noun.location:rearward,+ ] (located in or toward the back or rear; "the chair's rear legs"; "the rear door of the plane"; "on the rearward side") } ---- { [ FRONT(a), BACK,!] ANTERIOR,^ FIRST,^ FORE,^ (relating to or located in the front; "the front lines"; "the front porch") } { [ advance(a), noun.event:advance,+ ] advanced(a), in_advance(p), (situated ahead or going before; "an advance party"; "at that time the most advanced outpost was still east of the Rockies") } { foremost, frontmost, (preceding all others in spatial position; "the foremost compartment of the ship") } { [ frontal, noun.location:front1,+ ] head-on, (meeting front to front; "a frontal attack"; "a head-on collision") }] [{ [ LEADING, FOLLOWING,!] (going or proceeding or going in advance; showing the way; "we rode in the leading car"; "the leading edge of technology") } { directing, directional, [ directive, noun.communication:directive,+ noun.attribute:directiveness,+ noun.attribute:directivity1,+ verb.social:direct,+ verb.cognition:direct,+ ] guiding2, (showing the way by conducting or leading; imposing direction on; "felt his mother's directing arm around him"; "the directional role of science on industrial progress") } { guiding, (exerting control or influence; "a guiding principle") } ---- { [ FOLLOWING, LEADING,!] (going or proceeding or coming after in the same direction; "the crowd of following cars made the occasion seem like a parade"; "tried to outrun the following footsteps") } { pursuing, (following in order to overtake or capture or as accompaniment to such pursuit; "the fox fled from the pursuing hounds"; "listened for the hounds' pursuing bark") }] [{ [ BACKED, BACKLESS,!] (having a back or backing, usually of a specified type) } { hardbacked, [ hardback, noun.artifact:hardback,+ ] hardbound, [ hardcover, noun.artifact:hardcover,+ ] (having a hard back or cover; "hardback books") } { high-backed, (having a high back; "a high-backed sofa") } { low-backed, (having a low back) } { [ razorback, noun.animal:razorback1,+ ] razor-backed, (having a sharp narrow back; "a razor-backed horse"; "razorback hogs") } { spiny-backed, (having the back covered with spines) } { stiff-backed, (having a stiff back; "the guards stood stiff-backed and unsmiling") } { straight-backed, (having a straight back; "a straight-backed wooden chair"; "a slim straight-backed dancer") } ---- { [ BACKLESS, BACKED,!] (lacking a back; "a stool is a backless and armless seat") } { low-cut, (having a low-cut back; "a backless dress") }] [{ [ BACKWARD1, FORWARD1,!] REGRESSIVE1,^ RETROSPECTIVE,^ (directed or facing toward the back or rear; "a backward view") } { backswept, sweptback, (used of hair) } { cacuminal, retroflex2, noun.cognition:linguistics,;c (pronounced with the tip of the tongue turned back toward the hard palate) } { converse, reversed, transposed, (turned about in order or relation; "transposed letters") } { inverse, [ reverse2, noun.relation:reverse,+ noun.act:reverse1,+ ] (reversed (turned backward) in order or nature or effect) } { [ rearward, noun.location:rearward,+ ] reverse, (directed or moving toward the rear; "a rearward glance"; "a rearward movement") } { receding(a), ((of a hairline e.g.) moving slowly back) } { [ reflexive, noun.communication:reflexive,+ noun.relation:reflexiveness1,+ noun.relation:reflexivity1,+ ] self-referent, noun.cognition:grammar,;c (referring back to itself) } { regardant(ip), noun.cognition:heraldry,;c (looking backward) } { retracted, (drawn back and in; "a cat with retracted claws") } { retral, retrograde2, (moving or directed or tending in a backward direction or contrary to a previous direction) } { retroflex, retroflexed, (bent or curved backward) } { returning(a), [ reversive, verb.change:revert,+ ] (tending to be turned back) } ---- { [ FORWARD1, BACKWARD1,!] FORE,^ PROGRESSIVE1,^ (at or near or directed toward the front; "the forward section of the aircraft"; "a forward plunge down the stairs"; "forward motion") } { guardant(ip), gardant(ip), full-face, noun.cognition:heraldry,;c (looking forward) } { headfirst, headlong, (with the head foremost; "a headfirst plunge down the stairs"; "a headlong dive into the pool") }] [{ [ FORWARD3, REVERSE,!] (of the transmission gear causing forward movement in a motor vehicle; "in a forward gear") } ---- { [ REVERSE, noun.artifact:reverse,+ FORWARD3,!] (of the transmission gear causing backward movement in a motor vehicle; "in reverse gear") }] [{ [ BACKWARD2, FORWARD2,!] TIMID,^ ((used of temperament or behavior) marked by a retiring nature; "a backward lover") } { bashful, blate, noun.location:Scotland,;r (disposed to avoid notice; "they considered themselves a tough outfit and weren't bashful about letting anybody know it"; (`blate' is a Scottish term for bashful)) } ---- { [ FORWARD2, noun.attribute:forwardness2,+ BACKWARD2,!] BOLD,^ (used of temperament or behavior; lacking restraint or modesty; "a forward child badly in need of discipline") } { [ brash, noun.attribute:brashness,+ ] [ cheeky, noun.attribute:cheek,+ noun.attribute:cheekiness,+ ] [ nervy, noun.attribute:nerve1,+ ] (offensively bold; "a brash newcomer disputed the age-old rules for admission to the club"; "a nervy thing to say") } { [ bumptious, noun.attribute:bumptiousness,+ ] self-assertive, (offensively self-assertive) } { overfamiliar, (taking undue liberties; "young women disliked the overfamiliar tone he took with them") } { [ fresh, noun.attribute:freshness2,+ ] [ impertinent, noun.attribute:impertinence1,+ ] [ impudent, noun.communication:impudence,+ noun.attribute:impudence,+ ] overbold, smart, [ saucy, noun.attribute:sauciness,+ ] [ sassy, noun.communication:sass,+ ] wise, (improperly forward or bold; "don't be fresh with me"; "impertinent of a child to lecture a grownup"; "an impudent boy given to insulting strangers"; "Don't get wise with me!") } { assumptive, assuming, [ presumptuous, noun.attribute:presumption,+ noun.act:presumption,+ noun.attribute:presumptuousness,+ ] (excessively forward; "an assumptive person"; "on a subject like this it would be too assuming for me to decide"; "the duchess would not put up with presumptuous servants") }] [{ [ BALCONIED, UNBALCONIED,!] (having balconies or a balcony; "the balconied houses of New Orleans") } ---- { [ UNBALCONIED, BALCONIED,!] (not having balconies) }] [{ [ BARRELED, UNBARRELED,!] barrelled2, (put in or stored in a barrel; "barreled beer") } ---- { [ UNBARRELED, BARRELED,!] unbarrelled, (not in a barrel) }] [{ [ BEAKED, BEAKLESS,!] (having or resembling a beak) } { beaklike, (resembling the beak of a bird; "a grizzled man with a beaklike nose") } { billed, noun.communication:combining_form,;u (having a beak or bill as specified; "a thick-billed bird"; "a long-billed cap") } { duckbill, duck-billed, (having a beak resembling that of a duck; "a duck-billed dinosaur") } { rostrate, (having a beak or beaklike snout or proboscis) } { short-beaked, short-billed, (having a short beak) } { stout-billed, (having a strong beak) } { straight-billed, (having a straight beak) } { thick-billed, (having a thick beak) } ---- { [ BEAKLESS, BEAKED,!] (not having a beak or bill) }] [{ [ BEDDED, BEDLESS,!] noun.communication:combining_form,;u (having a bed or beds as specified) } { double-bedded, (having a double bed; "a double-bedded room") } { single-bedded, (having single beds) } { twin-bedded, (having twin beds) } ---- { [ BEDLESS, BEDDED,!] (without a bed; "the cell was bedless") }] [{ [ BENEFICED, UNBENEFICED,!] (having a benefice; "a beneficed clergyman") } ---- { [ UNBENEFICED, BENEFICED,!] (not having a benefice) }] [{ [ STRATIFIED, UNSTRATIFIED,!] bedded4, noun.cognition:geology,;c (deposited or arranged in horizontal layers; "stratified rock") } { foliate, foliated, [ foliaceous, noun.object:folium,+ ] ((especially of metamorphic rock) having thin leaflike layers or strata) } { [ laminar, noun.body:lamina,+ ] [ laminal, noun.body:lamina,+ ] (arranged in or consisting of laminae) } { layered, superimposed, (with one layer on top of another; "superimposed rocks") } { sheetlike, (resembling a sheet) } ---- { [ UNSTRATIFIED, STRATIFIED,!] noun.cognition:geology,;c (not deposited in layers; "glacial till is unstratified") }] [{ [ FERNED, FERNLESS,!] [ ferny1, noun.plant:fern,+ ] (abounding in or covered with ferns; "the ferny undergrowth") } { [ braky, noun.plant:brake1,+ ] (abounding with bracken; "the woods and braky glens"- William Browne) } { fernlike, [ ferny2, noun.plant:fern,+ ] (resembling ferns especially in leaf shape; "the ferny shadows of locust leaves") } ---- { [ FERNLESS, FERNED,!] (devoid of ferns) }] [{ [ GRASSY, noun.plant:grass,+ GRASSLESS,!] (abounding in grass) } { grass-covered, (covered with grass; "wide grass-covered plains as far as the eye could see") } { grasslike, (resembling grass) } { rushlike, sedgelike, (resembling rush or sedge) } { [ sedgy, noun.plant:sedge,+ ] noun.Tops:plant,;c (covered with sedges (grasslike marsh plants)) } ---- { [ GRASSLESS, GRASSY,!] (lacking grass) }] [{ [ GUSSETED, UNGUSSETED,!] (provided or reinforced with gussets) } ---- { [ UNGUSSETED, GUSSETED,!] (not having gussets) }] [{ [ HAIRLESS, noun.state:hairlessness,+ HAIRY,!] (having no hair or fur; "a Mexican Hairless is about the size of a fox terrier and hairless except for a tufts on the head and tail") } { [ bald, noun.state:baldness,+ ] bald-headed, bald-pated, (lacking hair on all or most of the scalp; "a bald pate"; "a bald-headed gentleman") } { balding, (getting bald) } { beardless, smooth-faced, (lacking hair on the face; "a smooth-faced boy of 14 years") } { [ depilatory, noun.substance:depilatory,+ noun.artifact:depilatory,+ verb.body:depilate,+ ] (able to remove hair or render hairless) } { depilous, (completely hairless) } { glabrescent, (lacking hair or a similar growth or tending to become hairless) } { glabrous, noun.cognition:biology,;c (having no hair or similar growth; smooth; "glabrous stems"; "glabrous leaves"; "a glabrous scalp") } { naked-muzzled, (having a muzzle that is hairless) } { naked-tailed, (having a tail that is hairless) } { nonhairy, (without hair; "tinea corporis is a fungal infection of the nonhairy parts of the skin") } { tonsured, (having a bald spot either shaved or natural; "tonsured monks") } ---- { [ HAIRY, noun.body:hair,+ noun.animal:hair2,+ noun.attribute:hairiness,+ HAIRLESS,!] haired, [ hirsute, noun.attribute:hirsuteness,+ ] (having or covered with hair; "Jacob was a hairy man"; "a hairy caterpillar") } { canescent, hoary, noun.cognition:biology,;c (covered with fine whitish hairs or down) } { coarse-haired, coarse-furred, (having coarse hair or fur) } { comate, comose, [ comal, noun.plant:coma,+ ] noun.cognition:botany,;c (of certain seeds (such as cotton) having a tuft or tufts of hair; "comate (or comose) seeds"; "a comal tuft") } { curly-haired, curly-coated, (covered with curly hair; "a curly-coated water spaniel") } { dark-haired, dark-coated, (covered with dark hair) } { [ downy, noun.body:down,+ noun.attribute:downiness,+ ] pubescent, puberulent, sericeous, noun.cognition:biology,;c (covered with fine soft hairs or down; "downy milkweed seeds") } { floccose, noun.Tops:plant,;c ((of plants) having tufts of soft woolly hairs) } { furlike, (resembling fur) } { furred, [ furry, noun.animal:fur,+ ] (covered with a dense coat of fine silky hairs; "furred animals"; "a furry teddy bear") } { fuzzed, [ fuzzy, noun.body:fuzz,+ ] (covering with fine light hairs; "his head fuzzed like a dandelion gone to seed") } { glossy-haired, glossy-coated, glossy-furred, (having glossy hair; "a glossy-coated foxhound") } { hispid, noun.Tops:animal,;c noun.Tops:plant,;c ((of animals or plants) having stiff coarse hairs or bristles; "plants with hispid stems") } { lanate, woolly2, (covered with dense cottony hairs or hairlike filaments; "the woolly aphid has a lanate coat resembling cotton") } { long-haired, (with long hair; "long-haired hippies") } { pappose, noun.Tops:plant,;c ((of plants such as dandelions and thistles) having pappi or tufts of featherlike hairs or delicate bristles) } { [ pilous, noun.body:pile,+ ] pilose, [ pilary, noun.body:pile,+ ] noun.cognition:biology,;c (covered with hairs especially fine soft ones) } { rough-haired, (having hair that feels rough) } { shock-headed, (having a shock (or untidy mass) of hair; "shock-headed teenagers") } { short-haired, (with short hair; "a short-haired dog") } { silky-haired, (having hair that resembles silk) } { silver-haired, (having hair the color of silver) } { smooth-haired, (having hair that feels smooth) } { snake-haired, ((of monsters) having snakes for hair) } { soft-haired, (having soft hair) } { stiff-haired, (having stiff hair) } { thick-haired, (having thick hair) } { tomentose, tomentous, noun.cognition:biology,;c (densely covered with short matted woolly hairs; "a tomentose leaf") } { velvety-furred, velvety-haired, (having hair that feels like velvet) } { wire-haired, wiry-coated, ((especially of dogs) having stiff wiry hair; "a wire-haired terrier") } { wiry, (of hair that resembles wire in stiffness; "wiry red hair") } { [ wooly, noun.animal:wool,+ ] [ woolly, noun.animal:wool,+ ] wooly-haired, woolly-haired, (covered with dense often matted or curly hairs; "woolly lambs") }] [{ [ AWNED, AWNLESS,!] [ awny, noun.plant:awn,+ ] (having awns i.e. bristlelike or hairlike appendages on the flowering parts of some cereals and grasses; "awned wheatgrass") } { bearded, (having a growth of hairlike awns; "bearded wheatgrass") } ---- { [ AWNLESS, AWNED,!] (lacking or having only very short awns; "awnless bromegrass") }] [{ [ BEARING(a), NONBEARING,!] ((of a structural member) withstanding a weight or strain) } { load-bearing(a), supporting(a), (capable of bearing a structural load; "a supporting wall") } ---- { [ NONBEARING, BEARING,!] ((of a structural member) supporting no vertical weight other than its own; "they took out a nonbearing wall") }] [{ [ BEAUTIFUL, UGLY,!] ATTRACTIVE1,^ GRACEFUL,^ PLEASING,^ noun.attribute:beauty,= (delighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional admiration; "a beautiful child"; "beautiful country"; "a beautiful painting"; "a beautiful theory"; "a beautiful party") } { [ beauteous, noun.attribute:beauty,+ noun.attribute:beauteousness,+ ] ((poetic) beautiful, especially to the sight) } { bonny, bonnie, [ comely, noun.attribute:comeliness,+ ] [ fair, noun.attribute:fairness2,+ ] sightly, (very pleasing to the eye; "my bonny lass"; "there's a bonny bay beyond"; "a comely face"; "young fair maidens") } { [ dishy, noun.person:dish,+ ] noun.communication:colloquialism,;u noun.location:Britain,;r ((informal British) sexually attractive; "a dishy blonde") } { [ exquisite, noun.attribute:exquisiteness,+ ] (of extreme beauty; "her exquisite face") } { fine-looking, good-looking, better-looking, [ handsome, noun.attribute:handsomeness,+ ] well-favored, well-favoured, (pleasing in appearance especially by reason of conformity to ideals of form and proportion; "a fine-looking woman"; "a good-looking man"; "better-looking than her sister"; "very pretty but not so extraordinarily handsome"- Thackeray; "our southern women are well-favored"- Lillian Hellman) } { [ glorious, noun.attribute:glory,+ ] [ resplendent, noun.attribute:resplendency,+ noun.attribute:resplendence,+ verb.stative:resplend,+ ] splendid, splendiferous, (having great beauty and splendor; "a glorious spring morning"; "a glorious sunset"; "splendid costumes"; "a kind of splendiferous native simplicity") } { gorgeous, (dazzlingly beautiful; "a gorgeous Victorian gown") } { [ lovely, noun.attribute:loveliness,+ ] (appealing to the emotions as well as the eye) } { [ picturesque, noun.attribute:picturesqueness,+ ] (suggesting or suitable for a picture; pretty as a picture; "a picturesque village") } { [ pretty, noun.attribute:prettiness,+ ] (pleasing by delicacy or grace; not imposing; "pretty girl"; "pretty song"; "pretty room") } { pretty-pretty, (ostentatiously or inappropriately pretty) } { [ pulchritudinous, noun.attribute:pulchritude,+ ] (used of persons only; having great physical beauty; "pulchritudinous movie stars") } { ravishing, (stunningly beautiful; "a ravishing blonde") } { [ scenic, noun.cognition:scene,+ ] (used of locations; having beautiful natural scenery; "scenic drives") } { stunning, (strikingly beautiful or attractive; "quite stunning with large dark eyes and a beautiful high-bosomed figure"; "stunning photographs of Canada's wilderness areas") } ---- { [ UGLY, noun.attribute:ugliness,+ BEAUTIFUL,!] DISPLEASING,^ UNATTRACTIVE,^ AWKWARD,^ noun.attribute:beauty,= (displeasing to the senses; "an ugly face"; "ugly furniture") } { disfigured, (having the appearance spoiled; "a disfigured face"; "strip mining left a disfigured landscape") } { evil-looking, (having an evil appearance) } { fugly, ((slang) extremely ugly) } { [ grotesque, noun.attribute:grotesqueness,+ ] [ monstrous, noun.person:monster1,+ noun.animal:monster,+ noun.person:monstrosity,+ ] (distorted and unnatural in shape or size; abnormal and hideous; "tales of grotesque serpents eight fathoms long that churned the seas"; "twisted into monstrous shapes") } { [ hideous, noun.attribute:hideousness,+ ] [ repulsive, noun.attribute:repulsiveness,+ verb.perception:repel,+ verb.emotion:repel,+ ] (so extremely ugly as to be terrifying; "a hideous scar"; "a repulsive mask") } { ill-favored, ill-favoured, (usually used of a face; "an ill-favored countenance") } { scrofulous, (having a diseased appearance resembling scrofula; "our canoe...lay with her scrofulous sides on the shore"- Farley Mowat) } { unlovely, unpicturesque, (without beauty or charm) } { [ unsightly, noun.attribute:unsightliness,+ ] (unpleasant to look at; "unsightly billboards") }] [{ [ BELLIED, BELLYLESS,!] (having a belly; often used in combination) } { big-bellied, great_bellied, (having a prominent belly) } ---- { [ BELLYLESS, BELLIED,!] flat-bellied, (lacking a prominent belly) }] [{ [ BANDED, UNBANDED,!] (identified with a band especially around a leg; "kept watch for the return of their banded birds") } ---- { [ UNBANDED, BANDED,!] (not identified with a band; "an unbanded bird") }] [{ [ BELTED, UNBELTED,!] (having or provided with a belt; "a belted dress") } { banded, (characterized by a band of especially white around the body; "banded cattle") } { belt-fed, (using belted ammunition) } { beltlike, belt-like, (resembling a belt around something) } ---- { [ UNBELTED, BELTED,!] beltless, (lacking a belt; "unbelted jackets are in this season") }] [{ [ BENEFICENT, noun.feeling:beneficence,+ noun.attribute:beneficence,+ verb.possession:benefit1,+ MALEFICENT,!] KIND,^ noun.attribute:beneficence,= (doing or producing good; "the most beneficent regime in history") } { benefic, (exerting a favorable or beneficent influence; "a benefic star"; "a benefic force") } ---- { [ MALEFICENT, noun.feeling:maleficence,+ noun.attribute:maleficence,+ BENEFICENT,!] MALIGN,^ noun.attribute:maleficence,= (harmful or evil in intent or effect) } { [ baleful, noun.attribute:balefulness,+ ] baneful, (deadly or sinister; "the Florida eagles have a fierce baleful look") } { malefic, [ malevolent, noun.attribute:malevolency,+ noun.attribute:malevolence,+ ] [ malign, noun.attribute:malignity,+ ] evil, (having or exerting a malignant influence; "malevolent stars"; "a malefic force") }] [{ [ MALICIOUS, noun.feeling:malice,+ noun.feeling:maliciousness,+ UNMALICIOUS,!] (having the nature of or resulting from malice; "malicious gossip"; "took malicious pleasure in...watching me wince"- Rudyard Kipling) } { despiteful, [ spiteful, noun.feeling:spitefulness,+ noun.attribute:spitefulness,+ ] [ vindictive, noun.feeling:vindictiveness,+ ] (showing malicious ill will and a desire to hurt; motivated by spite; "a despiteful fiend"; "a truly spiteful child"; "a vindictive man will look for occasions for resentment") } { leering, (showing sly or knowing malice in a glance; "she had run in fear of...his evil leering eye"- Amy Lowell) } { [ malevolent, noun.feeling:malevolence,+ ] (wishing or appearing to wish evil to others; arising from intense ill will or hatred; "a gossipy malevolent old woman"; "failure made him malevolent toward those who were successful") } { beady-eyed, (having eyes that gleam with malice) } { [ bitchy, noun.communication:bitch,+ noun.attribute:bitchiness,+ ] [ catty, noun.person:cat,+ noun.attribute:cattiness,+ ] cattish, (marked by or arising from malice; "a catty remark") } { [ poisonous, noun.attribute:poison,+ ] [ venomous, noun.feeling:venom,+ ] [ vicious, noun.attribute:viciousness,+ ] (marked by deep ill will; deliberately harmful; "poisonous hate"; "venomous criticism"; "vicious gossip") } { venomed, (full of malice or hate; "venomed remarks") } { vixenish, (shrewish and malicious; "a vixenish old woman") } ---- { [ UNMALICIOUS, MALICIOUS,!] (not malicious or spiteful) }] [{ [ BENIGN, noun.attribute:benignancy,+ MALIGN,!] benignant4, HARMLESS,^ KIND,^ noun.attribute:benignity,= (pleasant and beneficial in nature or influence; "a benign smile"; "the benign sky"; "the benign influence of pure air") } { kindly, (pleasant and agreeable; "a kindly climate"; "kindly breeze") } ---- { [ MALIGN, BENIGN,!] HARMFUL,^ MALEFICENT,^ UNKIND,^ noun.attribute:malignity,= (evil or harmful in nature or influence; "prompted by malign motives"; "believed in witches and malign spirits"; "gave him a malign look"; "a malign lesion") } { cancerous, (like a cancer; an evil that grows and spreads; "remorse was cancerous within him"; "pornography is cancerous to the moral development of our children") }] [{ [ BEST, noun.act:best,+ WORST,!] GOOD1,^ INCOMPARABLE,^ SUPERIOR2,^ TOP,^ noun.communication:superlative,;u ((superlative of `good') having the most positive qualities; "the best film of the year"; "the best solution"; "the best time for planting"; "wore his best suit") } { champion, prizewinning, (holding first place in a contest; "a champion show dog"; "a prizewinning wine") } { high-grade, top-quality, top-grade, (surpassing in quality; "top-grade ore") } { first, foremost, world-class, (ranking above all others; "was first in her class"; "the foremost figure among marine artists"; "the top graduate") } { go-to-meeting(a), Sunday-go-to-meeting(a), (used of clothing; "my good clothes"; "her Sunday-go-to-meeting clothes") } { [ optimum, noun.attribute:optimum,+ ] [ optimal, noun.attribute:optimum,+ ] (most desirable possible under a restriction expressed or implied; "an optimum return on capital"; "optimal concentration of a drug") } { primo, noun.communication:colloquialism,;u (the best of its kind) } { record-breaking, (surpassing any previously established record; "a record-breaking high jump"; "record-breaking crowds") } { second-best, (next to the best; "his second-best bed") } { superfine, ((used especially of merchandise) very fine in quality; "made of superfine Flemish cloth") } { unexcelled, unexceeded, unsurpassed, (not capable of being improved on) } { unsurpassable, (not to be exceeded; "unsurpassable skill"; "unsurpassable standards of workmanship") } ---- { [ WORST, noun.event:worst,+ noun.attribute:worst,+ noun.act:worst,+ BEST,!] BAD,^ INFERIOR2,^ noun.communication:superlative,;u ((superlative of `bad') most wanting in quality or value or condition; "the worst player on the team"; "the worst weather of the year") } { bottom, (the lowest rank; "bottom member of the class") } { last, last-place, lowest, (lowest in rank or importance; "last prize"; "in last place") } { pessimal, pessimum(a), (of an organism's environment; least favorable for survival) }] [{ [ BETTER, WORSE,!] noun.communication:comparative,;u ((comparative of `good') superior to another (of the same class or set or kind) in excellence or quality or desirability or suitability; more highly skilled than another; "You're a better man than I am, Gunga Din"; "a better coat"; "a better type of car"; "a suit with a better fit"; "a better chance of success"; "produced a better mousetrap"; "she's better in math than in history") } { amended, (modified for the better; "his amended ways") } { finer, noun.communication:comparative,;u ((comparative of `fine') greater in quality or excellence; "a finer wine"; "a finer musician") } { improved, (become or made better in quality; "was proud of his improved grades"; "an improved viewfinder") } ---- { [ WORSE, noun.attribute:worse,+ BETTER,!] noun.communication:comparative,;u ((comparative of `bad') inferior to another in quality or condition or desirability; "this road is worse than the first one we took"; "the road is in worse shape than it was"; "she was accused of worse things than cheating and lying") } { worsened, (made or become worse; impaired; "troubled by the worsened economic conditions"; "the worsened diplomatic relations") }] [{ [ BETTER2, WORSE2,!] noun.communication:comparative,;u ((comparative of `good') changed for the better in health or fitness; "her health is better now"; "I feel better") } { fitter, healthier, (improved in health or physical condition) } ---- { [ WORSE2, noun.attribute:worse,+ BETTER2,!] worsened, (changed for the worse in health or fitness; "I feel worse today"; "her cold is worse") }] [{ [ BETTERING, WORSENING,!] (changing for the better) } { ameliorating(a), [ ameliorative, verb.change:ameliorate1,+ verb.change:ameliorate,+ ] [ amelioratory, verb.change:ameliorate1,+ verb.change:ameliorate,+ ] [ meliorative, verb.change:meliorate1,+ verb.change:meliorate,+ ] (tending to ameliorate) } { [ amendatory, verb.communication:amend,+ ] (effecting amendment; "added amendatory phrases to the text") } { [ corrective, verb.stative:correct3,+ verb.change:correct9,+ verb.body:correct4,+ ] (tending or intended to correct or counteract or restore to a normal condition; "corrective measures"; "corrective lenses") } { [ remedial, noun.act:remedy,+ ] (tending or intended to rectify or improve; "a remedial reading course"; "remedial education") } ---- { [ WORSENING, BETTERING,!] (changing for the worse; "worried by the worsening storm") }] [{ [ BICAMERAL, UNICAMERAL,!] (composed of two legislative bodies) } ---- { [ UNICAMERAL, BICAMERAL,!] (composed of one legislative body) }] [{ [ BIDIRECTIONAL, UNIDIRECTIONAL,!] (reactive or functioning or allowing movement in two usually opposite directions) } { biface, bifacial, (having two faces or fronts; "the Roman Janus is bifacial") } { duplex, noun.communication:telecommunication,;c (allowing communication in opposite directions simultaneously; "duplex system"; "duplex telephony") } { two-way, (operating or permitting operation in either of two opposite directions; "a two-way valve"; "two-way traffic"; "two-way streets") } ---- { [ UNIDIRECTIONAL, BIDIRECTIONAL,!] (operating or moving or allowing movement in one direction only; "a unidirectional flow"; "a unidirectional antenna"; "a unidirectional approach to a problem") } { one-way, (moving or permitting movement in one direction only; "one-way streets"; "a one-way ticket") } { simplex, noun.communication:telecommunication,;c (allowing communication in only one direction at a time, or in telegraphy allowing only one message over a line at a time; "simplex system") } { unifacial, (having but one principal or specialized surface; "a primitive unifacial flint tool") }] [{ [ FACED, FACELESS,!] (having a face or facing especially of a specified kind or number; often used in combination; "a neatly faced terrace") } { baby-faced, (having a youthful-looking face) } { bald-faced, ((of animals) having white markings on the face) } { featured, (having facial features as specified; usually used in combination; "a grim-featured man") } { Janus-faced, two-faced, (having two faces--one looking to the future and one to the past; "Janus the two-faced god") } { long-faced, (having a face longer than the usual) } { moon-faced, round-faced, (having a round face) } { pale-faced, (having a pale face) } { pug-faced, (having the flat wrinkled face of a pug dog) } { sad-faced, (having a face with a sad expression; "the sad-faced clown") } { sweet-faced, (having a pleasing face or one showing a sweet disposition; "a sweet-faced child") } { visaged, noun.communication:combining_form,;u (having a face or visage as specified; "gloomy-visaged funeral directors") } ---- { [ FACELESS, FACED,!] (without a face or identity; "a faceless apparition"; "the faceless accusers of the police state") } { [ anonymous, noun.state:anonymity,+ ] (not known or lacking marked individuality; "brown anonymous houses"; "anonymous bureaucrats in the Civil Service") }] [{ [ BIBBED, BIBLESS,!] (having a bib; "a bibbed apron") } ---- { [ BIBLESS, BIBBED,!] (lacking a bib) }] [{ [ UNILATERAL, MULTILATERAL,!] one-sided4, (involving only one part or side; "unilateral paralysis"; "a unilateral decision") } { one-party, (determined by a single party) } ---- { [ MULTILATERAL, UNILATERAL,!] many-sided4, (having many parts or sides) } { bilateral, two-sided4, (having two sides or parts) } { deep-lobed, (having deep bilateral lobes) } { two-lobed, (having two lobes) } { bipartite, two-part, two-way, (involving two parts or elements; "a bipartite document"; "a two-way treaty") } { joint, (involving both houses of a legislature; "a joint session of Congress") } { multipartite, (involving more than two parties) } { quadrilateral, four-sided, (having four sides) } { five-sided, (having five sides) } { six-sided, (having six sides) } { seven-sided, (having seven sides) } { eight-sided, (having eight sides) } { nine-sided, (having nine sides) } { ten-sided, (having ten sides) } { eleven-sided, (having eleven sides) } { twelve-sided, (having twelve sides) } { quadripartite, four-party, (involving four parties) } { tetramerous, noun.cognition:biology,;c (having or consisting of four similar parts; tetramerous flowers) } { three-cornered, (involving a group or set of three; "a three-cornered race") } { three-lobed, (having three lobes) } { four-lobed, (having four lobes) } { five-lobed, (having five lobes) } { many-lobed, (having many lobes) } { palmately-lobed, (having lobes radiating from a central point) } { trilateral, [ triangular, noun.shape:triangle,+ noun.attribute:triangularity,+ ] three-sided, (having three sides; "a trilateral figure") } { tripartite, three-party, three-way, (involving three parties or elements; "a tripartite treaty"; "a tripartite division"; "a three-way playoff") }] [{ [ BIMODAL, UNIMODAL,!] noun.cognition:statistics,;c (of a distribution; having or occurring with two modes) } ---- { [ UNIMODAL, BIMODAL,!] noun.cognition:statistics,;c (having a single mode) }] [{ [ BINAURAL, MONAURAL,!] biaural, (relating to or having or hearing with two ears; "binaural hearing") } { two-eared, (having two ears) } { [ stereophonic, noun.artifact:stereophony,+ ] stereo, two-channel, noun.cognition:electronics,;c (designating the reproduction of sound using two or more independent audio channels) } ---- { [ MONAURAL, BINAURAL,!] (relating to or having or hearing with only one ear; "monaural deafness") } { one-eared, (having a single ear) } { mono, monophonic, single-channel, noun.cognition:electronics,;c (designating sound transmission or recording or reproduction over a single channel) }] [{ [ BINUCLEATE, TRINUCLEATE,! MONONUCLEAR,! ] binuclear, binucleated, noun.cognition:biology,;c (having two nuclei) } ---- { [ MONONUCLEAR, BINUCLEATE,! TRINUCLEATE,! ] mononucleate, noun.cognition:biology,;c (having only one nucleus) } ---- { [ TRINUCLEATE, MONONUCLEAR,! BINUCLEATE,! ] trinuclear, trinucleated, noun.cognition:biology,;c (having three nuclei) }] [{ [ BIPEDAL, noun.animal:biped,+ QUADRUPEDAL,!] [ BIPED, noun.animal:biped,+ QUADRUPED,!] two-footed, (having two feet) } ---- { [ QUADRUPEDAL, noun.animal:quadruped,+ BIPEDAL,!] [ QUADRUPED, BIPED,!] four-footed, (having four feet) }] [{ [ BLACK2, WHITE2,!] (of or belonging to a racial group especially of sub-Saharan African origin; "a great people--a black people--...injected new meaning and dignity into the veins of civilization"- Martin Luther King Jr.) } { [ African-American, noun.person:african-american,+ ] Afro-American, (pertaining to or characteristic of Americans of African ancestry; "African-American culture") } { colored, coloured, negro, (having skin rich in melanin pigments; ) } ---- { [ WHITE2, noun.person:white,+ BLACK2,!] (of or belonging to a racial group having light skin coloration; "voting patterns within the white population") } { [ Caucasian, noun.person:caucasian,+ ] Caucasoid, (of or relating to Caucasian people) } ] [{ [ BLOND, noun.attribute:blondness,+ BRUNET,!] blonde, light-haired, noun.attribute:complexion,= (being or having light colored skin and hair and usually blue or grey eyes; "blond Scandinavians"; "a house full of light-haired children") } { ash-blonde, platinum-blonde, towheaded, (of hair color; whitish) } { [ fair, noun.attribute:fairness1,+ ] fairish, ((used of hair or skin) pale or light-colored; "a fair complexion") } { flaxen, sandy, (of hair color; pale yellowish to yellowish brown; "flaxen locks") } { nordic, (resembling peoples of Scandinavia) } { redheaded, (having red hair and usually fair skin) } ---- { [ BRUNET, BLOND,!] brunette, noun.attribute:complexion,= (marked by dark or relatively dark pigmentation of hair or skin or eyes; "a brunette beauty") } { adust, noun.communication:archaism,;u (burned brown by the sun; "of an adust complexion"- Sir Walter Scott) } { bronzed, suntanned, tanned, ((of skin) having a tan color from exposure to the sun; "a young bronzed Apollo") } { brown, browned, ((of skin) deeply suntanned) } { [ dark, noun.attribute:darkness3,+ ] (brunet (used of hair or skin or eyes); "dark eyes") } { dark-haired, black-haired, brown-haired, (having hair of a dark color; "a dark-haired beauty") } { dark-skinned, [ dusky, noun.attribute:duskiness,+ ] swart, [ swarthy, noun.attribute:swarthiness,+ ] noun.communication:archaism,;u (naturally having skin of a dark color; "a dark-skinned beauty"; "gold earrings gleamed against her dusky cheeks"; "a smile on his swarthy face"; "`swart' is archaic") } { grizzled, (having dark hairs mixed with grey or white) } { nutbrown, (of the color of nuts; "nutbrown hair") }] [{ [ BLEMISHED, UNBLEMISHED,!] DAMAGED,^ IMPERFECT,^ (marred by imperfections) } { acned, pimpled, [ pimply, noun.state:pimple,+ ] [pustulate, noun.state:pustule,+] ((of complexion) blemished by imperfections of the skin) } { blebbed, blebby, ((of glass or quartzite) marred by small bubbles or small particles of foreign material) } { [ blotchy, noun.attribute:blotch,+ ] (marred by discolored spots or blotches; "blotchy skin") } { flyblown, (blemished, especially of reputation; "a flyblown reputation") } { marred, scarred, (blemished by injury or rough wear; "the scarred piano bench"; "walls marred by graffiti") } { pocked, pockmarked, (marked by or as if by smallpox or acne or other eruptive skin disease) } ---- { [ UNBLEMISHED, BLEMISHED,!] unmarred, unmutilated, PERFECT,^ UNDAMAGED,^ (free from physical or moral spots or stains; "an unblemished record"; "an unblemished complexion") } { stainless, unstained, unsullied, untainted, untarnished, ((of reputation) free from blemishes; "his unsullied name"; "an untarnished reputation") }] [{ [ BLOODY, noun.body:blood,+ noun.state:bloodiness,+ noun.attribute:bloodiness,+ BLOODLESS,!] MERCILESS,^ (having or covered with or accompanied by blood; "a bloody nose"; "your scarf is all bloody"; "the effects will be violent and probably bloody"; "a bloody fight") } { blood-filled, (containing blood; "the blood-filled centers of arteries and veins") } { bloodstained, gory1, (covered with blood; "a bloodstained shirt"; "a gory dagger") } { bloodsucking, (drawing blood from the body of another; "a plague of bloodsucking insects") } { [ bloodthirsty, noun.attribute:bloodthirstiness,+ ] bloody-minded, sanguinary, (marked by eagerness to resort to violence and bloodshed; "bloody-minded tyrants"; "bloodthirsty yells"; "went after the collaborators with a sanguinary fury that drenched the land with blood"-G.W.Johnson) } { crimson, red2, [ violent, noun.state:violence,+ ] (characterized by violence or bloodshed; "writes of crimson deeds and barbaric days"- Andrea Parke; "fann'd by Conquest's crimson wing"- Thomas Gray; "convulsed with red rage"- Hudson Strode) } { [ homicidal, noun.act:homicide,+ ] [ murderous, noun.act:murder,+ noun.feeling:murderousness,+ noun.attribute:murderousness,+ ] (characteristic of or capable of or having a tendency toward killing another human being; "a homicidal rage"; "murderous thugs") } { gory2, sanguinary3, [ sanguineous, noun.attribute:sanguine,+ ] [ slaughterous, noun.act:slaughter1,+ ] butcherly, (accompanied by bloodshed; "this bitter and sanguinary war") } { internecine, (characterized by bloodshed and carnage for both sides; "internecine war") } ---- { [ BLOODLESS, BLOODY,!] (free from blood or bloodshed; "bloodless surgery"; "a bloodless coup") } { [ nonviolent, noun.act:nonviolence,+ ] unbloody, (achieved without bloodshed; "an unbloody transfer of power") }] [{ [ BOLD, noun.attribute:boldness,+ TIMID,!] ADVENTUROUS,^ BRAVE,^ FORWARD2,^ UNAFRAID,^ noun.attribute:boldness,= (fearless and daring; "bold settlers on some foreign shore"; "a bold speech"; "a bold adventure") } { [ audacious, noun.attribute:audacity,+ noun.attribute:audaciousness,+ ] [ brave, noun.attribute:braveness,+ ] [ dauntless, noun.attribute:dauntlessness,+ ] [ fearless, noun.feeling:fearlessness,+ ] hardy, [ intrepid, noun.attribute:intrepidity,+ ] unfearing, (invulnerable to fear or intimidation; "audacious explorers"; "fearless reporters and photographers"; "intrepid pioneers") } { [ daredevil, noun.person:daredevil,+ ] [ temerarious, noun.attribute:temerity,+ ] (presumptuously daring; "a daredevil test pilot having the right stuff") } { emboldened, (made bold or courageous) } { [ foolhardy, noun.attribute:foolhardiness,+ ] [ heady, noun.group:head,+ ] [ rash, noun.attribute:rashness,+ ] [ reckless, noun.attribute:recklessness,+ ] (marked by defiant disregard for danger or consequences; "foolhardy enough to try to seize the gun from the hijacker"; "became the fiercest and most reckless of partisans"-Macaulay; "a reckless driver"; "a rash attempt to climb Mount Everest") } { heroic, [ heroical, noun.person:hero4,+ noun.person:hero1,+ noun.person:hero,+ ] (having or displaying qualities appropriate for heroes; "the heroic attack on the beaches of Normandy"; "heroic explorers") } { [ nervy, noun.attribute:nerve,+ ] (showing or requiring courage and contempt of danger; "the nervy feats of mountaineers") } { overreaching, vaulting, (revealing excessive self-confidence; reaching for the heights; "vaulting ambition") } { overvaliant, (having or showing undue valor or boldness; "a foolish overvaliant act") } ---- { [ TIMID, noun.feeling:timidness,+ noun.feeling:timidity,+ BOLD,!] AFRAID,^ BACKWARD2,^ COWARDLY,^ UNADVENTUROUS,^ UNASSERTIVE,^ noun.attribute:timidity,= (showing fear and lack of confidence) } { [ bashful, noun.feeling:bashfulness,+ ] (self-consciously timid; "I never laughed, being bashful; lowering my head, I looked at the wall"- Ezra Pound) } { coy, (modestly or warily rejecting approaches or overtures; "like a wild young colt, very inquisitive but very coy and not to be easily cajoled") } { fearful, [ timorous, noun.feeling:timorousness,+ noun.attribute:timorousness,+ ] trepid, (timid by nature or revealing timidity; "timorous little mouse"; "in a timorous tone"; "cast fearful glances at the large dog") } { intimidated, (made timid or fearful as by threats) } { [ mousy, noun.person:mouse,+ ] [ mousey, noun.person:mouse,+ ] (quiet and timid and ineffectual) }] [{ [ BOUND1, UNBOUND1,!] UNFREE,^ (confined by bonds; "bound and gagged hostages") } { chained, enchained, (bound with chains; "enchained demons strained in anger to gnaw on his bones"; "prisoners in chains") } { fettered, shackled, (bound by chains fastened around the ankles) } { furled, rolled, (rolled up and secured; "furled sails bound securely to the spar"; "a furled flag"; "his rolled umbrella hanging on his arm") } { pinioned, (bound fast especially having the arms restrained) } { tethered, (confined or restricted with or as if with a rope or chain) } { trussed, tied, (bound or secured closely; "the guard was found trussed up with his arms and legs securely tied"; "a trussed chicken") } { wired, (tied or bound with wire; "wired bundles of newspapers") } ---- { [ UNBOUND1, BOUND1,!] FREE,^ (not restrained or tied down by bonds) } { unchained, unfettered, unshackled, untied, (not bound by shackles and chains) } { untethered, (not confined or restricted with a tether) }] [{ [ LACED, UNLACED,!] tied2, (closed with a lace; "snugly laced shoes") } ---- { [ UNLACED, LACED,!] untied2, (with laces not tied; "teenagers slopping around in unlaced sneakers") }] [{ [ TIED, UNTIED,!] fastened3, (fastened with strings or cords; "a neatly tied bundle") } { knotted, (tied with a knot; "his carefully knotted necktie") } ---- { [ UNTIED, TIED,!] unfastened3, (not tied) }] [{ [ TANGLED, UNTANGLED,!] (in a confused mass; "pushed back her tangled hair"; "the tangled ropes") } { afoul(ip), foul, fouled, (especially of a ship's lines etc; "with its sails afoul"; "a foul anchor") } { enmeshed, intermeshed, (caught as if in a mesh; "enmeshed in financial difficulties") } { entangled1, (twisted together in a tangled mass; "toiled through entangled growths of mesquite") } { [ knotty, noun.shape:knot,+ noun.artifact:knot,+ ] snarled, [ snarly, noun.cognition:snarl,+ ] (tangled in knots or snarls; "a mass of knotted string"; "snarled thread") } { matted, (tangled in a dense mass; "tried to push through the matted undergrowth") } { rootbound, (having the roots matted or densely tangled; "shaggy untended lawns of old trees and rootbound scented flowers and shrubs"- William Faulkner) } { thrown, thrown_and_twisted, noun.communication:archaism,;u (twisted together; as of filaments spun into a thread; "thrown silk is raw silk that has been twisted and doubled into yarn") } ---- { [ UNTANGLED, TANGLED,!] (not tangled) } { disentangled, loosened, unsnarled, (straightened out) }] [{ [ BOUND2, UNBOUND2,!] (secured with a cover or binding; often used as a combining form; "bound volumes"; "leather-bound volumes") } { brassbound, (having trim or fittings of brass; "a brassbound campaign chest"; "the heavy brassbound door") } { cased, (enclosed in a case) } { half-bound, ((of books) having the back bound in one material and the sides in another) } { [ paperback, noun.artifact:paperback,+ ] paperbacked, ((of books) having a flexible binding) } { well-bound, ((of books) having a sturdy and attractive binding) } ---- { [ UNBOUND2, BOUND2,!] (not secured within a cover; "an unbound book") } { looseleaf, (being or having leaves that can be easily removed or rearranged; "loose-leaf paper"; "a looseleaf notebook") }] [{ [ BORDERED, UNBORDERED,!] FINITE,^ (having a border especially of a specified kind; sometimes used as a combining term; "black-bordered handkerchief") } { boxed, (enclosed in or set off by a border or box; "boxed sections of the report"; "boxed announcements in the newspaper") } { deckled, deckle-edged, featheredged, (having a rough edge; used of handmade paper or paper resembling handmade) } { edged, (having a specified kind of border or edge; "a black-edged card"; "rough-edged leaves"; "dried sweat left salt-edged patches") } { fringed, (surrounded as with a border or fringe; sometimes used in combination; "a large suburban community...fringed by an industrial area"; "a grass-fringed stream") } { lined, (bordered by a line of things; "tree lined streets") } { sawtoothed-edged, ((of leaves) having an edged resembling a sawtooth) } { seagirt, (surrounded or enclosed by the sea) } { spiny-edged, (having a spiny border) } { white-edged, (having a white border) } ---- { [ UNBORDERED, BORDERED,!] (having no border) }] [{ [ LOTIC, LENTIC,! ] (of or relating to or living in actively moving water) } ---- { [ LENTIC, LOTIC,! ] noun.object:lake,;c (of or relating to or living in still waters (as lakes or ponds)) }] [{ [ LOWER-CLASS, MIDDLE-CLASS,! UPPER-CLASS,!] low-class4, LOWBORN,^ noun.state:status,= (occupying the lowest socioeconomic position in a society) } { non-U, noun.location:Britain,;r (not characteristic of the upper classes especially in language use) } { [ proletarian, noun.person:proletarian,+ noun.group:proletariat,+ ] (belonging to or characteristic of the proletariat) } { propertyless, wage-earning, working-class, blue-collar, (of those who work for wages especially manual or industrial laborers; "party of the propertyless proletariat"- G.B.Shaw) } { upper-lower-class, (occupying the upper part of the lower class) } ---- { [ MIDDLE-CLASS, UPPER-CLASS,! LOWER-CLASS,!] noun.state:status,= (occupying a socioeconomic position intermediate between those of the lower classes and the wealthy) } { bourgeois1, (belonging to the middle class) } { bourgeois2, conservative, [ materialistic, noun.state:materialism,+ ] (conforming to the standards and conventions of the middle class; "a bourgeois mentality") } { lower-middle-class, (occupying the lower part of the middle socioeconomic range in a society) } { upper-middle-class, (occupying the upper part of the middle socioeconomic range in a society) } ---- { [ UPPER-CLASS, LOWER-CLASS,! MIDDLE-CLASS,!] noun.state:status,= (occupying the highest socioeconomic position in a society) } { quality, (of high social status; "people of quality"; "a quality family") } { propertied, property-owning, (owning land or securities as a principal source of revenue) } { U, noun.location:Britain,;r ((chiefly British) of or appropriate to the upper classes especially in language use) } { [ tweedy, noun.attribute:tweediness1,+ ] ((of country gentry) informal, clannish and outdoorsy)} { wellborn, (of good or upper-class lineage; "a rich and wellborn husband") }] [{ [ BRACHYCEPHALIC, noun.attribute:brachycephaly,+ DOLICHOCEPHALIC,!] brachycranial, brachycranic, (having a short broad head with a cephalic index of over 80) } { broad-headed, roundheaded, short-headed, (having a brachycephalic head) } { bullet-headed, (having a small round head) } ---- { [ DOLICHOCEPHALIC, BRACHYCEPHALIC,!] dolichocranial, dolichocranic, (having a relatively long head with a cephalic index of under 75) } { long-headed, (having a dolichocephalic head) }] [{ [ BRAVE, noun.attribute:braveness,+ COWARDLY,!] [ courageous4, noun.attribute:courage,+ noun.attribute:courageousness,+ ] ADVENTUROUS,^ BOLD,^ RESOLUTE,^ UNAFRAID,^ noun.attribute:courage,= (possessing or displaying courage; able to face and deal with danger or fear without flinching; "Familiarity with danger makes a brave man braver but less daring"- Herman Melville; "a frank courageous heart...triumphed over pain"- William Wordsworth; "set a courageous example by leading them safely into and out of enemy-held territory") } { desperate, heroic, (showing extreme courage; especially of actions courageously undertaken in desperation as a last resort; "made a last desperate attempt to reach the climber"; "the desperate gallantry of our naval task forces marked the turning point in the Pacific war"- G.C.Marshall; "they took heroic measures to save his life") } { gallant, (unflinching in battle or action; "a gallant warrior"; "put up a gallant resistance to the attackers") } { game, gamy, gamey, [ gritty, noun.attribute:grit,+ ] [ mettlesome, noun.attribute:mettlesomeness,+ ] spirited, [ spunky, noun.attribute:spunk,+ ] (willing to face danger) } { lionhearted, (extraordinarily courageous) } { stalwart, [ stouthearted, noun.attribute:stoutheartedness,+ ] (used especially of persons; "a stalwart knight"; "a stouthearted fellow who had an active career in the army") } { undaunted, (resolutely courageous; "undaunted in the face of death") } { [ valiant, noun.attribute:valiancy,+ ] [ valorous, noun.attribute:valor,+ noun.attribute:valorousness,+ ] (having or showing valor; "a valiant attempt to prevent the hijack"; "a valiant soldier") } ---- { [ COWARDLY, noun.person:coward,+ noun.attribute:cowardliness,+ BRAVE,!] [ fearful4, noun.attribute:fearfulness,+ ] AFRAID,^ IGNOBLE1,^ TIMID,^ noun.attribute:cowardice,= (lacking courage; ignobly timid and faint-hearted; "cowardly dogs, ye will not aid me then"- P.B.Shelley) } { [ caitiff, noun.person:caitiff,+ ] (despicably mean and cowardly) } { [ chicken, noun.person:chicken,+ ] chickenhearted, lily-livered, white-livered, yellow, yellow-bellied, noun.communication:colloquialism,;u (easily frightened) } { [ craven, noun.attribute:cravenness,+ ] [ recreant, noun.person:recreant,+ ] (lacking even the rudiments of courage; abjectly fearful; "the craven fellow turned and ran"; "a craven proposal to raise the white flag"; "this recreant knight"- Spenser) } { [ dastard(a), noun.person:dastard,+ ] [ dastardly, noun.person:dastard,+ noun.attribute:dastardliness,+ ] (despicably cowardly; "the unprovoked and dastardly attack by Japan on...December 7th"- F.D. Roosevelt) } { [ faint, noun.attribute:faintness3,+ ] [ fainthearted, noun.attribute:faintheartedness,+ ] [ timid, noun.feeling:timidness,+ noun.attribute:timidity,+] faint-hearted, (lacking conviction or boldness or courage; "faint heart ne'er won fair lady") } { funky, (in a state of cowardly fright) } { [ poltroon, noun.person:poltroon,+ ] (characterized by complete cowardliness) } { [ pusillanimous, noun.attribute:pusillanimousness,+ noun.attribute:pusillanimity,+ ] poor-spirited, [ unmanly, noun.attribute:unmanliness,+ ] (lacking in courage and manly strength and resolution; contemptibly fearful) }] [{ [ GUTSY, noun.attribute:guts,+ noun.attribute:gutsiness,+ GUTLESS,!] [ plucky, noun.attribute:pluck,+ ] (marked by courage and determination in the face of difficulties or danger; robust and uninhibited; "you have to admire her; it was a gutsy thing to do"; "the gutsy...intensity of her musical involvement"-Judith Crist; "a gutsy red wine") } ---- { [ GUTLESS, noun.attribute:gutlessness,+ GUTSY,!] (lacking courage or vitality; "he was a yellow gutless worm"; "a spineless craven fellow") }] [{ [ BREAST-FED, BOTTLE-FED,!] ((of an infant) fed milk from the mother's breast) } { nursed, suckled, ((of an infant) breast-fed) } ---- { [ BOTTLE-FED, BREAST-FED,!] ((of an infant) given milk from a bottle) }] [{ [ BREATHING, BREATHLESS,!] eupneic, eupnoeic, (passing or able to pass air in and out of the lungs normally; sometimes used in combination; "the boy was disappointed to find only skeletons instead of living breathing dinosaurs"; "the heavy-breathing person on the telephone") } { sweet-breathed, (having breath or breath as specified) } ---- { [ BREATHLESS, noun.state:breathlessness,+ BREATHING,!] dyspneic, dyspnoeic, [ dyspneal, noun.state:dyspnea,+ ] [ dyspnoeal, noun.state:dyspnoea,+ ] UNVENTILATED,^ (not breathing or able to breathe except with difficulty; "breathless at thought of what I had done"; "breathless from running"; "followed the match with breathless interest") } { asphyxiating, (tending to deprive of oxygen; "asphyxiating gasses") } { smothering, suffocating, [ suffocative, verb.contact:suffocate1,+ verb.change:suffocate2,+ verb.body:suffocate3,+ verb.body:suffocate1,+ ] (causing difficulty in breathing especially through lack of fresh air and presence of heat; "the choking June dust"; "the smothering soft voices"; "smothering heat"; "the room was suffocating--hot and airless") } { blown, pursy, short-winded, winded, (breathing laboriously or convulsively) }] [{ [ CRYSTALLINE, NONCRYSTALLINE,!] (consisting of or containing or of the nature of crystals; "granite is crystalline") } { crystallized, crystalised, (having both internal structure and external form of a crystal; "quartz crystal is perfectly crystallized") } { microcrystalline, (containing crystals that are visible only under a microscope) } { polycrystalline, (composed of aggregates of crystals; "polycrystalline metals") } ---- { [ NONCRYSTALLINE, CRYSTALLINE,!] (not crystalline) } { amorphous, uncrystallized, uncrystallised, (without real or apparent crystalline form; "an amorphous mineral"; "amorphous structure") }] [{ [ LANDED, LANDLESS,!] (owning or consisting of land or real estate; "the landed gentry"; "landed property") } ---- { [ LANDLESS, LANDED,!] (owning no land; "the landless peasantry") }] [{ [ LIGHT6, noun.attribute:lightness1,+ DARK1,!] noun.attribute:lightness1,= (characterized by or emitting light; "a room that is light when the shutters are open"; "the inside of the house was airy and light") } { ablaze(p), inflamed, reddened, (lighted with red light as if with flames; "streets ablaze with lighted Christmas trees"; "the inflamed clouds at sunset"; "reddened faces around the campfire") } { [ autofluorescent, noun.phenomenon:autofluorescence,+ ] (emitting light via self-induced fluorescence) } { [bioluminescent, noun.phenomenon:bioluminescence,+ ] noun.Tops:organism,;c ((of living organisms) emitting light; "fireflies are bioluminescent") } { [ bright, noun.attribute:brightness2,+ ] (having lots of light either natural or artificial; "the room was bright and airy"; "a stage bright with spotlights") } { candescent, (glowing from great heat) } { floodlit, floodlighted, (illuminated by means of floodlights; "the floodlit courtyard") } { [ fluorescent, noun.phenomenon:fluorescence,+ verb.perception:fluoresce,+ ] (emitting light during exposure to radiation from an external source) } { illuminated, lighted, lit, well-lighted, (provided with artificial light; "illuminated advertising"; "looked up at the lighted windows"; "a brightly lit room"; "a well-lighted stairwell") } { [ incandescent, noun.phenomenon:incandescence,+ ] candent, (emitting light as a result of being heated; "an incandescent bulb") } { lamplit, (lighted by a lamp; "our lamplit mountain retreat") } { lighting-up(a), (turning lights on; "it's lighting-up time") } { livid, ((of a light) imparting a deathlike luminosity; "livid lightning streaked the sky"; "a thousand flambeaux...turned all at once that deep gloom into a livid and preternatural day"- E.A.Poe) } { [ luminescent, noun.phenomenon:luminescence,+ noun.attribute:luminescence,+ verb.weather:luminesce,+ ] (emitting light not caused by heat) } { [ phosphorescent, noun.phenomenon:phosphorescence,+ verb.stative:phosphoresce,+ ] (emitting light without appreciable heat as by slow oxidation of phosphorous; "the phosphorescent glow of decaying wood") } { sunlit, sunstruck, (lighted by sunlight; "the sunlit slopes of the canyon"; "violet valleys and the sunstruck ridges"- Wallace Stegner) } { white, (of summer nights in northern latitudes where the sun barely sets; "white nights") } ---- { [ DARK1, noun.state:dark,+ noun.location:dark,+ noun.location:darkness,+ LIGHT6,!] noun.attribute:lightness1,= (devoid of or deficient in light or brightness; shadowed or black; "sitting in a dark corner"; "a dark day"; "dark shadows"; "dark as the inside of a black cat") } { [ Acheronian, noun.object:acheron,+ ] Acherontic, Stygian, (dark and dismal as of the rivers Acheron and Styx in Hades; "in the depths of an Acheronian forest"; "upon those roseate lips a Stygian hue"-Wordsworth) } { aphotic, (lacking light; especially not reached by sunlight; "the aphotic depths of the sea where no photosynthesis occurs") } { [ black, noun.state:blackness,+ ] [ pitch-black, noun.state:pitch_blackness,+ ] pitch-dark, (extremely dark; "a black moonless night"; "through the pitch-black woods"; "it was pitch-dark in the cellar") } { caliginous, (dark and misty and gloomy) } { Cimmerian, (intensely dark and gloomy as with perpetual darkness; "the Cimmerian gloom...a darkness that could be felt"-Norman Douglas) } { [ crepuscular, noun.time:crepuscle,+ noun.time:crepuscule,+ ] (like twilight; dim; "the evening's crepuscular charm") } { darkened, (become or made dark by lack of light; "a darkened house"; "the darkened theater") } { darkening, (becoming dark or darker as from waning light or clouding over; "the darkening sky") } { darkling1, noun.communication:poetry2,;c ((poetic) occurring in the dark or night; "a darkling journey") } { darkling2, (uncannily or threateningly dark or obscure; "a darkling glance"; "secret operatives and darkling conspiracies"-Archibald MacLeish) } { [ dim, noun.attribute:dimness1,+ ] [ subdued, noun.attribute:subduedness,+ ] (lacking in light; not bright or harsh; "a dim light beside the bed"; "subdued lights and soft music") } { [ dusky, noun.time:dusk,+ noun.state:duskiness,+ ] twilight(a), twilit, (lighted by or as if by twilight; "The dusky night rides down the sky/And ushers in the morn"-Henry Fielding; "the twilight glow of the sky"; "a boat on a twilit river") } { glooming, [ gloomy, noun.state:gloom1,+ noun.attribute:gloominess,+ ] gloomful, sulky, (depressingly dark; "the gloomy forest"; "the glooming interior of an old inn"; "`gloomful' is archaic") } { [ lightless, noun.state:lightlessness,+ ] unilluminated, unlighted, unlit, (without illumination; "came up the lightless stairs"; "the unilluminated side of Mars"; "through dark unlighted (or unlit) streets") } { [ semidark, noun.state:semidarkness,+ ] (partially devoid of light or brightness; "semidark room")} { tenebrous, tenebrific, tenebrious, (dark and gloomy; "a tenebrous cave") }] [{ [ SHADED1, UNSHADED1,!] (protected from heat and light with shade or shadow; "shaded avenues"; "o'er the shaded billows rushed the night"- Alexander Pope) } { [ murky, noun.state:murk,+ noun.state:murkiness,+ ] mirky, (dark or gloomy; "a murky dungeon"; "murky rooms lit by smoke-blackened lamps") } { [ shady, noun.state:shadiness,+ noun.state:shade,+ ] shadowed, [ shadowy2, noun.state:shadow1,+ noun.state:shadowiness,+ ] umbrageous, (filled with shade; "the shady side of the street"; "the surface of the pond is dark and shadowed"; "we sat on rocks in a shadowy cove"; "cool umbrageous woodlands") } ---- { [ UNSHADED1, SHADED1,!] (not darkened or dimmed by shade; "an unshaded meadow"; "a bright and unshaded lane") } { unshadowed, (not darkened or obscured by shadow; "on the rough sea ice you may on an unshadowed day...fall over a chunk of ice that is kneehigh"- Vilhjalmur Stefansson) }] [{ [ SHADED2, UNSHADED2,!] ((of pictures or drawings) drawn or painted with degrees or gradations of shadow; "the shaded areas of the face seemed to recede") } { hatched, crosshatched, (shaded by means of fine parallel or crossed lines) } ---- { [ UNSHADED2, SHADED2,!] ((of pictures) not having shadow represented; "unshaded drawings resembling cartoons") }] [{ [ MOONLIT, MOONLESS,!] [ moony2, noun.phenomenon:moon,+ ] (lighted by moonlight; "the moonlit landscape") } ---- { [ MOONLESS, MOONLIT,!] (without a moon or a visible moon; "the dark moonless night"; "a moonless planet") }] [{ [ BRIDGEABLE, verb.motion:bridge,+ verb.contact:bridge,+ UNBRIDGEABLE,!] (capable of being connected by a bridge or as if by a bridge) } ---- { [UNBRIDGEABLE, BRIDGEABLE,!] (not bridgeable; "a wide unbridgeable river"; "unbridgeable generation gap") }] [{ [ BRIGHT, noun.attribute:brightness,+ DULL2,!] noun.attribute:brightness2,= (emitting or reflecting light readily or in large amounts; "the sun was bright and hot"; "a bright sunlit room") } { agleam, gleaming, nitid, (bright with a steady but subdued shining; "from the plane we saw the city below agleam with lights"; "the gleaming brass on the altar"; "Nereids beneath the nitid moon") } { aglow(p), [ lambent, noun.attribute:lambency,+ ] lucent, [ luminous, noun.attribute:luminousness,+ noun.attribute:luminosity,+ ] (softly bright or radiant; "a house aglow with lights"; "glowing embers"; "lambent tongues of flame"; "the lucent moon"; "a sky luminous with stars") } { aglitter(p), [ coruscant, verb.weather:coruscate,+ ] fulgid, glinting, glistering, glittering, [ glittery, noun.event:glitter,+ noun.attribute:glitter,+ ] [ scintillant, verb.weather:scintillate3,+ verb.weather:scintillate,+ ] scintillating, [ sparkly, noun.event:sparkle,+ ] (having brief brilliant points or flashes of light; "bugle beads all aglitter"; "glinting eyes"; "glinting water"; "his glittering eyes were cold and malevolent"; "shop window full of glittering Christmas trees"; "glittery costume jewelry"; "scintillant mica"; "the scintillating stars"; "a dress with sparkly sequins"; "`glistering' is an archaic term") } { [ beady, noun.shape:bead,+ ] beadlike, [ buttony, noun.artifact:button,+ ] buttonlike, (small and round and shiny like a shiny bead or button; "bright beady eyes"; "black buttony eyes") } { beaming, [ beamy, noun.phenomenon:beam,+ ] [ effulgent, noun.attribute:effulgence,+ ] [ radiant, noun.attribute:radiancy,+ noun.attribute:radiance,+ verb.weather:radiate,+ verb.perception:radiate,+ verb.change:radiate2,+ ] [ refulgent, noun.attribute:refulgency,+ noun.attribute:refulgence,+ ] (radiating or as if radiating light; "the beaming sun"; "the effulgent daffodils"; "a radiant sunrise"; "a refulgent sunset") } { blazing, blinding, dazzling, fulgent, glaring, glary, (shining intensely; "the blazing sun"; "blinding headlights"; "dazzling snow"; "fulgent patterns of sunlight"; "the glaring sun") } { bright_as_a_new_penny(p), ((metaphor) shining brightly) } { [ brilliant, noun.attribute:brilliancy,+ noun.attribute:brilliance,+ ] (full of light; shining intensely; "a brilliant star"; "brilliant chandeliers") } { ardent, (glowing or shining like fire; "from rank to rank she darts her ardent eyes"- Alexander Pope; "frightened by his ardent burning eyes") } { [ glimmery, noun.event:glimmer,+ ] (shining softly and intermittently; "glimmery candlelight") } { glistening, [ glossy, noun.attribute:glossiness,+ ] [ lustrous1, noun.attribute:lustre2,+ ] [ sheeny, noun.attribute:sheen,+ ] [ shiny, noun.attribute:shininess,+ ] shining1, (reflecting light; "glistening bodies of swimmers"; "the horse's glossy coat"; "lustrous auburn hair"; "saw the moon like a shiny dime on a deep blue velvet carpet"; "shining white enamel") } { [ iridescent, noun.attribute:iridescence,+ verb.stative:iridesce,+ ] nacreous, [ opalescent, noun.attribute:opalescence,+ verb.weather:opalesce,+ verb.stative:opalesce,+ ] opaline, pearlescent, (having a play of lustrous rainbow colors; "an iridescent oil slick"; "nacreous (or pearlescent) clouds looking like mother-of-pearl"; "a milky opalescent (or opaline) luster") } { [ lurid, noun.attribute:luridness2,+ ] (shining with an unnatural red glow as of fire seen through smoke; "a lurid sunset"; "lurid flames") } { noctilucent, (shining or glowing by night; "the noctilucent eyes of a cat") } { [ satiny, noun.artifact:satin,+ ] [ sleek,noun.attribute:sleekness,+] silken, [ silky, noun.artifact:silk,+ noun.attribute:silkiness,+ ] silklike, [ slick,noun.attribute:slickness1,+ ] (having a smooth, gleaming surface reflecting light; "glossy auburn hair"; "satiny gardenia petals"; "sleek black fur"; "silken eyelashes"; "silky skin"; "a silklike fabric"; "slick seals and otters") } { self-luminous, (having in itself the property of emitting light) } { [ shimmery, noun.event:shimmer,+ ] (glistening tremulously; "the shimmery surface of the lake"; "a dress of shimmery satin") } { silver, silvern, [ silvery, noun.substance:silver,+ ] (having the white lustrous sheen of silver; "a land of silver (or silvern) rivers where the salmon leap"; "repeated scrubbings have given the wood a silvery sheen") } { twinkling(a), (shining intermittently with a sparkling light; "twinkling stars") } ---- { [ DULL2, noun.attribute:dullness3,+ BRIGHT,!] UNPOLISHED,^ noun.attribute:brightness2,= (emitting or reflecting very little light; "a dull glow"; "dull silver badly in need of a polish"; "a dull sky") } { [ flat, noun.attribute:flatness2,+ ] mat, [ matt, noun.attribute:matt,+ ] [ matte, noun.attribute:matte,+ ] matted, (not reflecting light; not glossy; "flat wall paint"; "a photograph with a matte finish") } { lackluster, lacklustre, [ lusterless, noun.attribute:lusterlessness,+ ] [ lustreless, noun.attribute:lustrelessness,+ ] (lacking luster or shine; "staring with lackluster eyes"; "lusterless hair") } { [ soft, noun.attribute:softness6,+ ] subdued, (not brilliant or glaring; "the moon cast soft shadows"; "soft pastel colors"; "subdued lighting") }] [{ [ DIMMED, UNDIMMED,!] [ dim2, noun.state:dimness,+ ] (made dim or less bright; "the dimmed houselights brought a hush of anticipation"; "dimmed headlights"; "we like dimmed lights when we have dinner") } { low-beam(a), (used of headlights; "following with low-beam headlights") } ---- { [ UNDIMMED, DIMMED,!] [ bright2, noun.attribute:brightness2,+ ] (not made dim or less bright; "undimmed headlights"; "surprisingly the curtain started to rise while the houselights were still undimmed") }] [{ [ PREJUDICED, UNPREJUDICED,!] [ discriminatory4, verb.social:discriminate12,+ ] (being biased or having a belief or attitude formed beforehand; "a prejudiced judge") } { homophobic, (prejudiced against homosexual people) } { jaundiced, (showing or affected by prejudice or envy or distaste; "looked with a jaundiced eye on the growth of regimentation"; "takes a jaundiced view of societies and clubs") } { loaded, ((of statements or questions) charged with associative significance and often meant to mislead or influence; "a loaded question") } { racist, antiblack, [ anti-Semite(a), noun.person:anti-semite,+ ] (discriminatory especially on the basis of race or religion) } { [ sexist, noun.person:sexist,+ ] (discriminatory on the basis of sex (usually said of men's attitude toward women)) } ---- { [ UNPREJUDICED, PREJUDICED,!] [ impartial4, noun.cognition:impartiality,+ ] RECEPTIVE,^ (free from undue bias or preconceived opinions; "an unprejudiced appraisal of the pros and cons"; "the impartial eye of a scientist") } { color-blind, colour-blind, nonracist, (unprejudiced about race) }] [{ [ BROAD-MINDED, noun.cognition:broad-mindedness,+ NARROW-MINDED,!] (inclined to respect views and beliefs that differ from your own; "a judge who is broad-minded but even-handed") } { broad, large-minded, [ liberal, noun.cognition:liberalness1,+ ] [ tolerant, verb.social:tolerate1,+ ] (showing or characterized by broad-mindedness; "a broad political stance"; "generous and broad sympathies"; "a liberal newspaper"; "tolerant of his opponent's opinions") } { [ catholic, noun.attribute:catholicity,+ ] (free from provincial prejudices or attachments; "catholic in one's tastes") } { free-thinking, [ latitudinarian, noun.state:latitude,+ noun.attribute:latitude2,+ ] undogmatic, undogmatical, noun.cognition:religion,;c (unwilling to accept authority or dogma (especially in religion)) } { open-minded, (ready to entertain new ideas; "an open-minded curiosity"; "open-minded impartiality") } ---- { [ NARROW-MINDED, noun.cognition:narrow-mindedness,+ BROAD-MINDED,!] [ narrow6, noun.cognition:narrowness,+ ] NARROW,^ (lacking tolerance or flexibility or breadth of view; "a brilliant but narrow-minded judge"; "narrow opinions") } { close-minded, closed-minded, (not ready to receive to new ideas) } { [ dogmatic, noun.communication:dogma,+ ] [ dogmatical, noun.cognition:dogma,+ ] (characterized by assertion of unproved or unprovable principles) } { [ illiberal, noun.attribute:illiberality,+ ] intolerant, (narrow-minded about cherished opinions) } { opinionated, [ opinionative, verb.communication:opine,+ ] self-opinionated, (obstinate in your opinions) } { [ petty, noun.cognition:pettiness,+ ] small-minded, (contemptibly narrow in outlook; "petty little comments"; "disgusted with their small-minded pettiness") }] [{ [ RECONSTRUCTED, UNRECONSTRUCTED,!] (adapted to social or economic change; "a reconstructed feminist") } ---- { [ UNRECONSTRUCTED, RECONSTRUCTED,!] (adhering to an attitude or position widely held to be outmoded; "peasants are still unreconstructed small capitalists at heart"; "there are probably more unreconstructed Southerners than one would like to admit") }] [{ [ BROKEN1, UNBROKEN1,!] DAMAGED,^ IMPERFECT,^ INJURED,^ UNSOUND,^ noun.state:integrity,= (physically and forcibly separated into pieces or cracked or split; "a broken mirror"; "a broken tooth"; "a broken leg"; "his neck is broken") } ---- { [ UNBROKEN1, BROKEN1,!] PERFECT,^ SOUND,^ UNDAMAGED,^ UNINJURED,^ noun.state:integrity,= (not broken; whole and intact; in one piece; "fortunately the other lens is unbroken") }] [{ [ BROKEN3, UNBROKEN3,!] unkept, noun.communication:contract,;c ((especially of promises or contracts) having been violated or disregarded; "broken (or unkept) promises"; "broken contracts") } ---- { [ UNBROKEN3, BROKEN3,!] kept, noun.communication:contract,;c ((especially of promises or contracts) not violated or disregarded; "unbroken promises"; "promises kept") }] [{ [ BROKEN2, UNBROKEN2,!] DISCONTINUOUS1,^ (not continuous in space, time, or sequence or varying abruptly; "broken lines of defense"; "a broken cable transmission"; "broken sleep"; "tear off the stub above the broken line"; "a broken note"; "broken sobs") } { broken-field, noun.act:football,;c (varying in direction suddenly and frequently; "broken-field running") } { dashed, dotted, (having gaps or spaces; "sign on the dotted line") } { [ fitful, noun.attribute:fitfulness,+ ] interrupted, off-and-on(a), (intermittently stopping and starting; "fitful (or interrupted) sleep"; "off-and-on static") } { halting, (fragmentary or halting from emotional strain; "uttered a few halting words of sorrow") } ---- { [ UNBROKEN2, BROKEN2,!] CONTINUOUS1,^ (marked by continuous or uninterrupted extension in space or time or sequence; "cars in an unbroken procession"; "the unbroken quiet of the afternoon") } { solid, (uninterrupted in space; having no gaps or breaks; "a solid line across the page"; "solid sheets of water") } { uninterrupted, (having undisturbed continuity; "a convalescent needs uninterrupted sleep") }] [{ [ BROTHERLY, noun.person:brother,+ SISTERLY,!] brotherlike, fraternal2, (like or characteristic of or befitting a brother; "brotherly feelings"; "close fraternal ties") } ---- { [ SISTERLY, noun.person:sister,+ BROTHERLY,!] sisterlike, sororal2, (like or characteristic of or befitting a sister; "sisterly kindness"; "sororal concern") }] [{ [ EXERGONIC, ENDERGONIC,! ] noun.cognition:biochemistry,;c ((biochemistry) of a process accompanied by the release of energy; "diffusion is an exergonic process") } ---- { [ ENDERGONIC, EXERGONIC,! ] noun.cognition:biochemistry,;c ((biochemistry) of a process accompanied by or requiring the absorption of energy; the products of the process are of greater free energy than the reactants; "photosynthesis is an endergonic process") }] [{ [ FRATERNAL, IDENTICAL,!] biovular, ((of twins) derived from two separate fertilized ova; "fraternal twins are biovular") } ---- { [ IDENTICAL, noun.attribute:identicalness,+ FRATERNAL,!] monovular, ((of twins) derived from a single egg or ovum; "identical twins are monovular") }] [{ [ BURIED, UNBURIED,!] inhumed, interred, (placed in a grave; "the hastily buried corpses") } { belowground, (underneath the ground; "most of his friends are now belowground") } ---- { [ UNBURIED, BURIED,!] (not buried) }] [{ [ BUSY, noun.state:busyness,+ IDLE,!] DILIGENT,^ EMPLOYED,^ (actively or fully engaged or occupied; "busy with her work"; "a busy man"; "too busy to eat lunch") } { at_work(p), (on the job; "had been at work for over an hour before her boss arrived") } { drudging, laboring, labouring, toiling, (doing arduous or unpleasant work; "drudging peasants"; "the bent backs of laboring slaves picking cotton"; "toiling coal miners in the black deeps") } { engaged2, occupied, (having ones attention or mind or energy engaged; "she keeps herself fully occupied with volunteer activities"; "deeply engaged in conversation") } { overbusy, (too busy) } { tied_up(p), (kept occupied or engaged; "she's tied up at the moment and can't see you"; "the phone was tied up for almost an hour") } { up_to, (busy or occupied with; "what have you been up to?"; "up to no good") } ---- { [ IDLE, noun.attribute:idleness,+ BUSY,!] INEFFECTIVE,^ UNEMPLOYED,^ (not in action or at work; "an idle laborer"; "idle drifters"; "the idle rich"; "an idle mind") } { bone-idle, bone-lazy, noun.communication:colloquialism,;u (constitutionally lazy or idle) } { [ faineant, noun.attribute:faineance,+ ] [ indolent, noun.attribute:indolence,+ ] [ lazy, noun.attribute:laziness,+ noun.act:laziness,+ ] otiose, [ slothful, noun.attribute:slothfulness1,+ ] work-shy, (disinclined to work or exertion; "faineant kings under whose rule the country languished"; "an indolent hanger-on"; "too lazy to wash the dishes"; "shiftless idle youth"; "slothful employees"; "the unemployed are not necessarily work-shy") } { lackadaisical, (idle or indolent especially in a dreamy way; "she was annoyingly lackadaisical and impractical"; "a...lackadaisical, spiritless young man-about-town"- P.G.Wodehouse) } { leisured, (free from duties or responsibilities; "he writes in his leisure hours"; "life as it ought to be for the leisure classes"- J.J.Chapman; "even the artist and the sculptor were not regarded...as leisured men"- Ida Craven) } { unengaged, (not busy or occupied; free; "the cancellation left her unengaged a good part of the afternoon") }] [{ [ BONY, noun.body:bone,+ BONELESS,!] [ boney, noun.body:bone,+ ] (having bones especially many or prominent bones; "a bony shad fillet"; "her bony wrist"; "bony fish") } { bone1, (consisting of or made up of bone; "a bony substance"; "the bony framework of the body") } { boned1, noun.communication:combining_form,;u (having bones as specified; "his lanky long-boned body") } { bonelike, (resembling bone; "a bonelike tumor") } { strong-boned, (having strong bones) } ---- { [ BONELESS, BONY,!] (being without a bone or bones; "jellyfish are boneless") } { boned2, deboned, (having had the bones removed; "a boneless rib roast"; "a boned (or deboned) fish") }] [{ [ BUTTONED, UNBUTTONED,!] fastened2, (furnished or closed with buttons or something buttonlike) } { botonee, botonnee, ((of a heraldic cross) having a cluster of three buttons or knobs at the end of each arm) } { button-down, (of a shirt; having the ends of the collar fastened down by buttons; "Brooks Brothers button-down shirts") } ---- { [ UNBUTTONED, BUTTONED,!] unfastened2, (not buttoned; "the wind picked up the hem of her unbuttoned coat") } { open-collared, (of a shirt; not buttoned at the neck; "dressed casually in shorts and an open-collared shirt") }] [{ [ CAPITALISTIC, noun.group:capitalism,+ SOCIALISTIC,!] [ capitalist4, noun.person:capitalist1,+ ] (favoring or practicing capitalism) } { bourgeois, ((according to Marxist thought) being of the property-owning class and exploitive of the working class) } { competitive, free-enterprise(a), private-enterprise(a), (subscribing to capitalistic competition) } { [ individualistic, noun.cognition:individualism,+ ] laissez-faire(a), (with minimally restricted freedom in commerce) } ---- { [ SOCIALISTIC, noun.group:socialism,+ noun.cognition:socialism,+ CAPITALISTIC,!] [ socialist4, noun.person:socialist,+ ] LEFT2,^ (advocating or following the socialist principles; "socialistic government") } { collective, (set up on the principle of collectivism or ownership and production by the workers involved usually under the supervision of a government; "collective farms") } { [ collectivist, noun.person:collectivist,+ ] [ collectivistic, noun.group:collectivism,+ noun.cognition:collectivism,+ ] collectivized, collectivised, state-controlled, (subscribing to the socialistic doctrine of ownership by the people collectively) }] [{ [ CACOPHONOUS, noun.event:cacophony,+ noun.attribute:cacophony,+ EUPHONIOUS,!] [ cacophonic, noun.event:cacophony,+ noun.attribute:cacophony,+ ] NOISY,^ (having an unpleasant sound; "as cacophonous as a henyard"- John McCarten) } { [ cackly, noun.event:cackle,+ ] [ squawky, noun.event:squawk,+ ] (like the cackles or squawks a hen makes especially after laying an egg) } { [ croaky, noun.communication:croak,+ ] guttural, (like the sounds of frogs and crows; "a guttural voice"; "acres of guttural frogs") } { grating, gravelly, rasping, [ raspy, noun.communication:rasp,+ ] [ rough, noun.attribute:roughness1,+ ] [ scratchy, noun.event:scratch,+ ] (unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound; "a gravelly voice") } { [ gruff, noun.attribute:gruffness1,+ ] [ hoarse, noun.attribute:hoarseness,+ ] [ husky, noun.attribute:huskiness2,+ ] (deep and harsh sounding as if from shouting or illness or emotion; "gruff voices"; "the dog's gruff barking"; "hoarse cries"; "makes all the instruments sound powerful but husky"- Virgil Thomson) } { jangling, [ jangly, noun.event:jangle,+ ] (like the discordant ringing of nonmusical metallic objects striking together; "cowboys with jangling spurs") } { jarring, (making or causing a harsh and irritating sound; "the jarring noise of the iron gate scraping on the sidewalk") } { raucous, [ strident, noun.attribute:stridence,+ ] (unpleasantly loud and harsh) } { rending, ripping, splitting, (resembling a sound of violent tearing as of something ripped apart or lightning splitting a tree; "the tree split with a great ripping sound"; "heard a rending roar as the crowd surged forward") } ---- { [ EUPHONIOUS, noun.cognition:euphony,+ CACOPHONOUS,!] [ euphonous, noun.cognition:euphony,+ ] (having a pleasant sound; "a euphonious trill of silver laughter") } { golden1, (suggestive of gold; "a golden voice") } { silvern, silvery, (resembling or reminiscent of silver; "a soft silvern voice"; "singing in her silvery tones") }] [{ [ CALCULABLE, verb.communication:calculate1,+ verb.cognition:calculate3,+ verb.cognition:calculate,+ INCALCULABLE,!] DETERMINABLE,^ (able to be calculated or estimated; "a calculable risk"; "calculable odds") } { computable, estimable, (may be computed or estimated; "a calculable risk"; "computable odds"; "estimable assets") } { [ countable, verb.communication:count,+ ] denumerable, enumerable, [ numerable, verb.communication:numerate,+ ] (that can be counted; "countable sins"; "numerable assets") } ---- { [ INCALCULABLE, CALCULABLE,!] INDETERMINABLE,^ (not able to be computed or enumerated) } { [ countless, noun.attribute:countlessness,+ ] [ infinite, noun.attribute:infiniteness,+ ] [ innumerable, noun.attribute:innumerableness,+ ] innumerous, [ multitudinous, noun.quantity:multitude,+ noun.attribute:multitudinousness,+ ] [ myriad, noun.quantity:myriad1,+ ] numberless, uncounted, unnumberable, unnumbered, unnumerable, (too numerous to be counted; "countless hours"; "an infinite number of reasons"; "innumerable difficulties"; "the multitudinous seas"; "myriad stars") } { incomputable, inestimable, immeasurable, (beyond calculation or measure; "an incomputable amount"; "jewels of inestimable value"; "immeasurable wealth") } { indeterminable, (incapable of being definitely ascertained or calculated) }] [{ [ CALM, noun.state:calmness,+ STORMY,!] PEACEFUL,^ ((of weather) free from storm or wind; "calm seas") } { [ placid, noun.feeling:placidness,+ ] [ quiet, noun.feeling:quietness,+ ] [ still, noun.state:stillness,+ ] [ tranquil, noun.feeling:tranquility,+ noun.state:tranquillity,+ noun.feeling:tranquillity,+ ] [ smooth, noun.attribute:smoothness1,+ ] unruffled, ((of a body of water) free from disturbance by heavy waves; "a ribbon of sand between the angry sea and the placid bay"; "the quiet waters of a lagoon"; "a lake of tranquil blue water reflecting a tranquil blue sky"; "a smooth channel crossing"; "scarcely a ripple on the still water"; "unruffled water") } { settled, (not changeable; "a period of settled weather") } { [ windless, noun.state:windlessness,+ ] (without or almost without wind; "he prefers windless days for playing golf") } ---- { [ STORMY, noun.state:storminess,+ noun.phenomenon:storm,+ CALM,!] INCLEMENT2,^ UNPEACEFUL,^ ((especially of weather) affected or characterized by storms or commotion; "a stormy day"; "wide and stormy seas") } { [ angry, noun.state:angriness,+ ] [ furious, noun.attribute:fury,+ noun.attribute:furiousness,+ ] raging, [ tempestuous, noun.state:tempestuousness,+ noun.phenomenon:tempest,+ ] [ wild, noun.attribute:wildness2,+ ] ((of the elements) as if showing violent anger; "angry clouds on the horizon"; "furious winds"; "the raging sea") } { [ billowy, noun.event:billow,+ ] billowing(a), surging, (characterized by great swelling waves or surges; "billowy storm clouds"; "the restless billowing sea"; "surging waves") } { blustering(a), [ blusterous, noun.phenomenon:bluster,+ ] [ blustery, noun.phenomenon:bluster,+ ] (blowing in violent and abrupt bursts; "blustering (or blusterous) winds of Patagonia"; "a cold blustery day"; "a gusty storm with strong sudden rushes of wind") } { [ boisterous, noun.state:boisterousness,+ ] [ fierce, noun.attribute:fierceness,+ ] [ rough, noun.state:roughness1,+ ] (violently agitated and turbulent; "boisterous winds and waves"; "the fierce thunders roar me their music"- Ezra Pound; "rough weather"; "rough seas") } { [ blowy, noun.phenomenon:blow,+ ] [ breezy, noun.phenomenon:breeze,+ noun.state:breeziness,+ ] [ windy, noun.state:windiness,+ noun.phenomenon:wind,+ ] (abounding in or exposed to the wind or breezes; "blowy weather"; "a windy bluff") } { [ choppy, noun.phenomenon:chop,+ noun.state:choppiness1,+ ] (rough with small waves; "choppy seas") } { dirty, (unpleasantly stormy; "there's dirty weather in the offing") } { [ gusty, noun.phenomenon:gust,+ ] [ puffy, noun.phenomenon:puff,+ ] (blowing in puffs or short intermittent blasts; "puffy off-shore winds"; "gusty winds")} { [ squally, noun.phenomenon:squall,+ ] (characterized by brief periods of violent wind or rain; "a grey squally morning") } { [ thundery, noun.event:thunder1,+ ] (accompanied with thunder) }] [{ [ CAMPHORATED, UNCAMPHORATED,!] (impregnated with camphor; "camphorated oil") } ---- { [ UNCAMPHORATED, CAMPHORATED,!] (not containing camphor) }] [{ [ CAPABLE, noun.cognition:capableness,+ noun.attribute:capableness,+ noun.attribute:capability,+ INCAPABLE,!] COMPETENT,^ noun.attribute:capability,= noun.cognition:capability,= ((usually followed by `of') having capacity or ability; "capable of winning"; "capable of hard work"; "capable of walking on two feet") } { [ able, noun.cognition:ability,+ noun.attribute:ability,+ ] (having inherent physical or mental ability or capacity; "able to learn"; "human beings are able to walk on two feet"; "Superman is able to leap tall buildings") } { confident, surefooted, sure-footed, (not liable to error in judgment or action; "most surefooted of the statesmen who dealt with the depression"- Walter Lippman; "demonstrates a surefooted storytelling talent"- Michiko Kakutani) } { [ resourceful, noun.cognition:resourcefulness,+ noun.attribute:resourcefulness,+ ] (having inner resources; adroit or imaginative; "someone who is resourceful is capable of dealing with difficult situations"; "an able and resourceful politician"; "the most resourceful cook in town") } ---- { [ INCAPABLE, noun.cognition:incapableness,+ noun.attribute:incapability,+ CAPABLE,!] INCOMPETENT,^ noun.attribute:capability,= noun.cognition:capability,= ((followed by `of') lacking capacity or ability; "incapable of carrying a tune"; "he is incapable of understanding the matter"; "incapable of doing the work") } { unable(p), ((usually followed by `to') lacking necessary physical or mental ability; "dyslexics are unable to learn to read adequately"; "the sun was unable to melt enough snow") }] [{ [ CAPABLE2, noun.attribute:capableness,+ INCAPABLE2,!] ((followed by `of') having the temperament or inclination for; "no one believed her capable of murder") } ---- { [ INCAPABLE2, noun.attribute:incapability,+ CAPABLE2,!] ((followed by `of') not having the temperament or inclination for; "simply incapable of lying") }] [{ [ CARED-FOR, UNCARED-FOR,!] (having needed care and attention; "well-cared-for children") } { attended, tended_to(p), (having a caretaker or other watcher) } ---- { [ UNCARED-FOR, CARED-FOR,!] (lacking needed care and attention) } { neglected, unattended, (lacking a caretaker; "a neglected child"; "many casualties were lying unattended") } { untended, (lacking care and attention; "untended garden was soon overgrown with weeds"; "untended children") }] [{ [ CAREFUL, noun.attribute:carefulness,+ CARELESS,!] CAUTIOUS,^ DILIGENT,^ PRUDENT,^ noun.attribute:carefulness,= (exercising caution or showing care or attention; "they were careful when crossing the busy street"; "be careful to keep her shoes clean"; "did very careful research"; "careful art restorers"; "careful of the rights of others"; "careful about one's behavior") } { blow-by-blow, (providing great detail; "a blow-by-blow account of the movie") } { certain, sure, (exercising or taking care great enough to bring assurance; "be certain to disconnect the iron when you are through"; "be sure to lock the doors") } { close, (rigorously attentive; strict and thorough; "close supervision"; "paid close attention"; "a close study"; "kept a close watch on expenditures") } { [ conscientious, noun.attribute:conscientiousness1,+ ] [ painstaking, noun.attribute:painstakingness,+ ] [ scrupulous, noun.attribute:scrupulousness2,+ ] (characterized by extreme care and great effort; "conscientious application to the work at hand"; "painstaking research"; "scrupulous attention to details") } { detailed, [ elaborate, noun.attribute:elaborateness,+ ] elaborated, (developed or executed with care and in minute detail; "a detailed plan"; "the elaborate register of the inhabitants prevented tax evasion"- John Buchan; "the carefully elaborated theme") } { [ minute, noun.attribute:minuteness1,+ ] narrow, (characterized by painstaking care and detailed examination; "a minute inspection of the grounds"; "a narrow scrutiny"; "an exact and minute report") } { overcareful, too-careful, (excessively or unduly careful) } { particular(a), (providing specific details or circumstances; "a particular description of the room") } { [ protective1(p), noun.attribute:protectiveness,+ ] ((usually followed by `of') solicitously caring or mindful; "protective of his reputation") } { [ studious, noun.attribute:studiousness,+ ] (marked by care and effort; "made a studious attempt to fix the television set") } { [ thorough, noun.attribute:thoroughness,+ ] (painstakingly careful and accurate; "our accountant is thorough"; "thorough research") } ---- { [ CARELESS, noun.attribute:carelessness,+ noun.act:carelessness,+ CAREFUL,!] IMPRUDENT,^ INATTENTIVE,^ INCAUTIOUS,^ NEGLIGENT,^ SUPERFICIAL,^ UNCONCERNED,^ noun.attribute:carefulness,= (marked by lack of attention or consideration or forethought or thoroughness; not careful; "careless about her clothes"; "forgotten by some careless person"; "a careless housekeeper"; "careless proofreading"; "it was a careless mistake"; "hurt by a careless remark") } { [ casual, noun.attribute:casualness,+ ] cursory, passing(a), perfunctory, superficial, (hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough; "a casual (or cursory) inspection failed to reveal the house's structural flaws"; "a passing glance"; "perfunctory courtesy"; "In his paper, he showed a very superficial understanding of psychoanalytic theory") } { haphazard, slapdash, slipshod, [ sloppy, noun.attribute:sloppiness,+ ] (marked by great carelessness; "a most haphazard system of record keeping"; "slapdash work"; "slipshod spelling"; "sloppy workmanship") } { [ heedless, noun.attribute:heedlessness2,+ ] [ reckless, noun.attribute:recklessness,+ ] (characterized by careless unconcern; "the heedless generosity and the spasmodic extravagance of persons used to large fortunes"- Edith Wharton; "reckless squandering of public funds") } { [ incautious, noun.attribute:incautiousness,+ ] (carelessly failing to exercise proper caution; "an incautious step sent her headlong down the stairs") } { offhand, offhanded, (casually thoughtless or inconsiderate; "an offhand manner"; "she treated most men with offhand contempt") }] [{ [ CARNIVOROUS, HERBIVOROUS,! OMNIVOROUS,! INSECTIVOROUS,!] noun.Tops:plant,;c ((used of plants as well as animals) feeding on animals; "carnivorous plants are capable of trapping and digesting small animals especially insects") } { flesh-eating(a), meat-eating(a), zoophagous, noun.Tops:animal,;c ((of animals) carnivorous) } { piscivorous, (feeding on fishes) } { predacious, predaceous, (hunting and killing other animals for food) } ---- { [ HERBIVOROUS, OMNIVOROUS,! INSECTIVOROUS,! CARNIVOROUS,! ] (feeding only on plants) } { anthophagous, anthophilous, (feeding on flowers; "some insects are anthophagous") } { baccivorous, (feeding on berries) } { carpophagous, fruit-eating(a), (feeding on fruit) } { grass-eating(a), (feeding on grasses) } { plant-eating(a), phytophagic, phytophagous, phytophilous, noun.Tops:animal,;c ((of animals) feeding on plants) } { saprophagous, saprozoic, ((of certain animals) feeding on dead or decaying animal matter) } { [ saprophytic, noun.plant:saprophyte,+ ] noun.Tops:plant,;c noun.plant:Fungi,;c ((of some plants or fungi) feeding on dead or decaying organic matter) } ---- { [ OMNIVOROUS, INSECTIVOROUS,! CARNIVOROUS,! HERBIVOROUS,! ] (feeding on both plants and animals) } { all-devouring(a), noun.Tops:animal,;c ((of animals) both plant-eating and flesh-eating) } ---- { [ INSECTIVOROUS, noun.animal:insectivore2,+ noun.animal:insectivore,+ CARNIVOROUS,! HERBIVOROUS,! OMNIVOROUS,! ] noun.Tops:animal,;c noun.Tops:plant,;c ((of animals and plants) feeding on insects) } { apivorous, (feeding on bees) } { myrmecophagous, (feeding on ants; "myrmecophagous squirrel") }] [{ [ HOLOZOIC, HOLOPHYTIC,!] (obtaining nourishment as animals do by ingesting complex organic matter) } ---- { [ HOLOPHYTIC, noun.plant:holophyte,+ HOLOZOIC,!] (obtaining nourishment as green plants do) }] [{ [ CARPELLATE, ACARPELOUS,!] pistillate2, noun.cognition:botany,;c (bearing or consisting of carpels) } ---- { [ ACARPELOUS, CARPELLATE,!] acarpellous, noun.cognition:botany,;c (having no carpels) }] [{ [ CARPETED, UNCARPETED,!] (covered with or as if with carpeting or with carpeting as specified; often used in combination; "the carpeted hallway"; "a flower-carpeted hillside") } ---- { [ UNCARPETED, CARPETED,!] (not carpeted; "bare uncarpeted floors") }] [{ [ CARVEL-BUILT, CLINKER-BUILT,!] noun.artifact:ship,;c ((of ships) built with flush (rather than overlapping) hull planks) } { flush-seamed, (laid edge to edge (not overlapping)) } ---- { [ CLINKER-BUILT, CARVEL-BUILT,!] clincher-built, lap-strake, lap-straked, lap-streak, lap-streaked, noun.artifact:ship,;c (having overlapping hull planks) }] [{ [ CARVED, UNCARVED,!] carven, noun.communication:literature,;c (made for or formed by carving (`carven' is archaic or literary); "the carved fretwork"; "an intricately carved door"; "stood as if carven from stone") } { engraved, etched, graven1, incised, inscribed, (cut or impressed into a surface; "an incised design"; "engraved invitations") } { graven2, sculpted, sculptured, (cut into a desired shape; "graven images"; "sculptured representations") } { lapidarian, (inscribed on stone; "a lapidarian record") } { sliced, ((used of meat) cut into pieces for serving) } ---- { [ UNCARVED, CARVED,!] (not carved) }] [{ [ ACATALECTIC, noun.communication:acatalectic,+ CATALECTIC,! HYPERCATALECTIC,!] ((verse) metrically complete; especially having the full number of syllables in the final metrical foot) } ---- { [ CATALECTIC, noun.communication:catalectic,+ noun.communication:catalexis,+ HYPERCATALECTIC,! ACATALECTIC,!] ((verse) metrically incomplete; especially lacking one or more syllables in the final metrical foot) } ---- { [ HYPERCATALECTIC, noun.communication:hypercatalectic,+ ACATALECTIC,! CATALECTIC,!] ((verse) having an extra syllable or syllables at the end of a metrically complete verse or in a metrical foot) }] [{ [ CAULINE, RADICAL,!] noun.cognition:botany,;c (especially of leaves; growing on a stem especially on the upper part of a stem; "cauline leaves") } ---- { [ RADICAL, CAULINE,!] [ basal2, noun.location:base,+ ] noun.cognition:botany,;c (especially of leaves; located at the base of a plant or stem; especially arising directly from the root or rootstock or a root-like stem; "basal placentation"; "radical leaves") }] [{ [ CENSORED, UNCENSORED,!] (suppressed or subject to censorship; "the censored press in some countries") } { expurgated, (having material deleted; "at that time even Shakespeare was considered dangerous except in the expurgated versions") } ---- { [ UNCENSORED, CENSORED,!] (not subject to censorship; "uncensored news reports") } { unexpurgated, (not having material deleted; "volumes of the best plays, unexpurgated"- Havelock Ellis) }] [{ [ CAUDATE, noun.body:caudate,+ ACAUDATE,!] caudated, noun.cognition:zoology,;c (having a tail or taillike appendage) } { bobtail, bobtailed, (having a short or shortened tail; "bobtail mare") } { [ caudal, noun.body:cauda,+ ] taillike, (resembling a tail) } { tailed, (having a tail of a specified kind; often used in combination) } { scaly-tailed, (having a scaly tail) } { scissor-tailed, ((of birds) having a deeply forked tail; "scissor-tailed birds") } { short-tailed, (having a short tail) } { square-tailed, (having a square tail) } { stiff-tailed, (having a stiff tail) } { swallow-tailed, ((especially of butterflies and birds) having a forked tail like that of a swallow) } { tail-shaped, (shaped like the tail of an animal) } ---- { [ ACAUDATE, CAUDATE,!] acaudal, noun.cognition:zoology,;c (lacking a tail or taillike appendage) } { anurous, tailless, (not having a tail; "anurous toads and frogs") }] [{ [ CAULESCENT, ACAULESCENT,!] cauline4, stemmed4, noun.cognition:botany,;c ((of plants) producing a well-developed stem above ground) } { cylindrical-stemmed, (having a cylindrical stem) } { leafy-stemmed, (having a leafy stem) } { multi-stemmed, (having many stems) } { short-stemmed, (having a short stem) } { spiny-stemmed, (having a spiny stem) } { stout-stemmed, (having a stout stem) } { thick-stemmed, (having a thick stem) } { weak-stemmed, (having a weak stem) } { wiry-stemmed, (having a wiry stem) } { woolly-stemmed, (having a woolly stem) } { woody-stemmed, (having a woody stem) } ---- { [ ACAULESCENT, CAULESCENT,!] stemless4, noun.cognition:botany,;c ((of plants) having no apparent stem above ground) }] [{ [ CAUSATIVE, verb.creation:cause,+ verb.communication:cause,+ NONCAUSATIVE,!] (producing an effect; "poverty as a causative factor in crime") } { [ abortifacient, noun.artifact:abortifacient,+ ] (causing abortion) } { activating(a), actuating(a), (causing motion or action or change) } { [ anorectic, noun.state:anorexia,+ ] anorexigenic, (causing loss of appetite; "an anorectic (or anorexigenic) drug") } { [ causal, noun.event:cause,+ noun.communication:cause,+ noun.Tops:cause,+ noun.relation:causality,+ ] (involving or constituting a cause; causing; "a causal relationship between scarcity and higher prices") } { [ conducive, verb.social:conduce12,+ ] contributing(a), [ contributive, verb.social:contribute12,+ ] [ contributory, verb.social:contribute12,+ ] tributary, (tending to bring about; being partly responsible for; "working conditions are not conducive to productivity"; "the seaport was a contributing factor in the growth of the city"; "a contributory factor") } { errhine, (causing nasal discharge) } { fast, ((of a photographic lens or emulsion) causing a shortening of exposure time; "a fast lens") } { inductive, [ inducive, verb.creation:induce,+ verb.communication:induce,+ ] (inducing or influencing; leading on; "inductive to the sin of Eve"- John Milton) } { [ motivative(a), verb.creation:motivate,+ ] [ motive2(a), noun.Tops:motive,+ ] [ motivating, noun.act:motivating,+ ] (impelling to action; "it may well be that ethical language has primarily a motivative function"- Arthur Pap; "motive pleas"; "motivating arguments") } { [ motive(a), noun.attribute:motivity,+ ] [ motor, noun.object:motor,+ noun.artifact:motor,+ ] (causing or able to cause motion; "a motive force"; "motive power"; "motor energy") } { precipitating(a), (bringing on suddenly or abruptly; "the completion of the railroad was the precipitating cause in the extinction of waterborne commerce") } { responsible, responsible_for(p), (being the agent or cause; "determined who was the responsible party"; "termites were responsible for the damage") } { sternutatory, sternutative, (causing sneezing; "pepper is a sternutatory substance") } ---- { [ NONCAUSATIVE, CAUSATIVE,!] noncausal, (not causative) }] [{ [ CAUTIOUS, noun.group:cautious,+ noun.cognition:caution,+ noun.attribute:cautiousness,+ INCAUTIOUS,!] CAREFUL,^ UNADVENTUROUS,^ (showing careful forethought; "reserved and cautious; never making swift decisions"; "a cautious driver") } { cagey, cagy, [ chary, noun.attribute:chariness,+ ] (characterized by great caution and wariness; "a cagey avoidance of a definite answer"; "chary of the risks involved"; "a chary investor") } { fabian, (using cautious slow strategy to wear down opposition; avoiding direct confrontation; "a fabian policy") } { gingerly, (with extreme care or delicacy; "they proceeded with gingerly footwork over the jagged stones"; "the issue was handled only in a gingerly way"- W.S.White) } { guarded, restrained, (prudent; "guarded optimism") } { overcautious, (unnecessarily cautious; "sometimes it doesn't pay to be overcautious in business") } ---- { [ INCAUTIOUS, CAUTIOUS,!] ADVENTUROUS,^ CARELESS,^ (lacking in caution; "an incautious remark"; "incautious talk") } { hotheaded, [ impulsive, noun.attribute:impulsiveness,+ ] [ impetuous, noun.attribute:impetuousness,+ noun.attribute:impetuosity,+ ] madcap, tearaway(a), brainish, noun.communication:archaism,;u (characterized by undue haste and lack of thought or deliberation; "a hotheaded decision"; "liable to such impulsive acts as hugging strangers"; "an impetuous display of spending and gambling"; "madcap escapades"; (`brainish' is archaic)) }] [{ [ CELLULAR, noun.group:cell,+ noun.artifact:cell3,+ noun.Tops:cell,+ noun.state:cellularity,+ NONCELLULAR,!] noun.Tops:organism,;c (characterized by or divided into or containing cells or compartments (the smallest organizational or structural unit of an organism or organization); "the cellular construction of a beehive"; "any effective opposition to a totalitarian regime must be secretive and cellular") } { cancellate, cancellated, cancellous, noun.cognition:anatomy,;c (having an open or latticed or porous structure) } { [alveolate, noun.body:alveolus,+] faveolate, cavitied, honeycombed, pitted, (pitted with cell-like cavities (as a honeycomb)) } { cell-like, (resembling a cell) } { lymphoblast-like, (resembling a lymphoblast) } { multicellular, (consisting of many cells; "multicellular organisms") } ---- { [ NONCELLULAR, CELLULAR,!] acellular, (not made up of or divided into cells) } { cell-free, (lacking cells; "cell-free systems"; "a cell-free homogenate of the thyroid") } { single-celled, one-celled, (having a single cell (and thus not divided into cells)) } ] [{ [ COHERENT1, noun.cognition:physics,;c INCOHERENT1,! ] ((physics) of waves having a constant phase relation) } ---- { [ INCOHERENT1, noun.cognition:physics,;c COHERENT1,! ] ((physics) of waves having no stable definite or stable phase relation) }] [{ [ COMPARTMENTED, UNCOMPARTMENTED,!] (divided up or separated into compartments or isolated units; "a compartmented box"; "the protected and compartmented society of Beacon Hill"- John Mason Brown) } { [ compartmental, verb.change:compartmentalize,+ noun.artifact:compartment,+ ] compartmentalized, compartmentalised, (divided up into compartments or categories; "most sciences have become woefully compartmentalized") } ---- { [ UNCOMPARTMENTED, COMPARTMENTED,!] (not compartmented; not divided into compartments or isolated units) }] [{ [ POROUS, noun.body:pore,+ noun.attribute:porosity,+ NONPOROUS,!] [ poriferous, noun.shape:pore,+ noun.body:pore,+ ] (full of pores or vessels or holes) } { porose, (forming a continuous series of pores; "a porose hymenium") } ---- { [ NONPOROUS, POROUS,!] (not porous; especially not having vessels that appear as pores; "nonporous wood") }] [{ [ CENTRAL1, noun.artifact:central,+ noun.location:center1,+ noun.location:center,+ noun.attribute:centrality,+ PERIPHERAL,!] (in or near a center or constituting a center; the inner area; "a central position") } { amidship, (located in the middle part of a ship or aircraft) } { bicentric, (having two centers) } { bifocal, noun.cognition:optics,;c (having two foci; "bifocal eyeglasses") } { [ center(a), noun.location:center,+ ] halfway, middle1(a), midway, (equally distant from the extremes) } { centered, (being or placed in the center) } { [ centric, noun.location:center1,+ noun.location:center,+ ] [ centrical, noun.location:center1,+ noun.location:center,+ ] (having or situated at or near a center) } { focal, (having or localized centrally at a focus; "focal point"; "focal infection") } { median, [ medial, noun.state:medium,+ ] (relating to or situated in or extending toward the middle) } { middlemost, midmost, (being in the exact middle) } { nuclear, (constituting or like a nucleus; "annexation of the suburban fringe by the nuclear metropolis"; "the nuclear core of the congregation") } ---- { [ PERIPHERAL, noun.shape:periphery,+ CENTRAL1,!] (on or near an edge or constituting an outer boundary; the outer area; "Russia's peripheral provinces"; "peripheral suburbs") } { [ circumferential, noun.location:circumference,+ ] (lying around or just outside the edges or outskirts; "circumferential highways around cities") } { [ fringy, noun.shape:fringe,+ noun.artifact:fringe,+ ] [ marginal, noun.shape:margin,+ noun.attribute:marginality,+ ] (at or constituting a border or edge; "the marginal strip of beach") } { encircling(a), skirting(a), (being all around the edges; enclosing; "his encircling arms"; "the room's skirting board needs painting") } { off-base, (located outside a military base; "off-base housing") }] [{ [ CENTRIFUGAL, CENTRIPETAL,!] (tending to move away from a center; "centrifugal force") } { outward-developing, noun.cognition:botany,;c (away from an axis, as in a flower cluster in which the oldest flowers are in the center, the youngest near the edge) } { outward-moving, (moving or directed away from center, especially when spinning or traveling in a curve) } ---- { [ CENTRIPETAL, CENTRIFUGAL,!] (tending to move toward a center; "centripetal force") } { inward-developing, noun.cognition:botany,;c (toward an axis, as in a sunflower; the oldest flowers are near the edge, the youngest in the center) } { inward-moving, (moving or directed toward the center or axis, especially when spinning or traveling in a curve) }] [{ [ AFFERENT, noun.body:afferent,+ EFFERENT,!] noun.cognition:physiology,;c (of nerves and nerve impulses; conveying sensory information from the sense organs to the CNS; "afferent nerves"; "afferent impulses") } { centripetal, [ receptive, verb.perception:receive,+ ] sensory(a), (of a nerve fiber or impulse originating outside and passing toward the central nervous system; "sensory neurons") } { corticoafferent, corticipetal, (of a nerve fiber or impulse originating outside and passing toward the cerebral cortex) } ---- { [ EFFERENT, noun.body:efferent,+ AFFERENT,!] motorial, noun.cognition:physiology,;c (of nerves and nerve impulses; conveying information away from the CNS; "efferent nerves and impulses") } { centrifugal, motor(a), (conveying information to the muscles from the CNS; "motor nerves") } { corticoefferent, corticofugal, corticifugal, (of a nerve fiber passing outward from the cerebral cortex; "corticofugal discharges") } { neuromotor, (relating to a nerve fiber or impulse passing toward motor effectors; "neuromotor impulses") }] [{ [ CENTRALIZING(a), DECENTRALIZING,!] centralising(a), (tending to draw to a central point) } { centripetal, unifying(a), (tending to unify) } { [ consolidative, verb.change:consolidate1,+ verb.change:consolidate,+ ] [ integrative, verb.change:integrate,+ ] (tending to consolidate) } ---- { [ DECENTRALIZING(a), CENTRALIZING,!] decentralising(a), (tending away from a central point) } { centrifugal, (tending away from centralization, as of authority; "the division of Europe into warring blocs produces ever-increasing centrifugal stress") }] [{ [ CERTAIN1(p), UNCERTAIN1,!] noun.attribute:certainty,= (established beyond doubt or question; definitely known; "what is certain is that every effect must have a cause"; "it is certain that they were on the bus"; "his fate is certain"; "the date for the invasion is certain") } { [ definite, noun.attribute:definiteness,+ ] (known for certain; "it is definite that they have won") } { [ indisputable, noun.attribute:indisputability,+ ] sure2, (impossible to doubt or dispute; "indisputable (or sure) proof") } { sure_as_shooting, (absolutely certain; "it is sure as shooting that they will come") } ---- { [ UNCERTAIN1, noun.attribute:uncertainness,+ CERTAIN1,!] INDETERMINATE1,^ noun.attribute:certainty,= (not established beyond doubt; still undecided or unknown; "an uncertain future"; "a manuscript of uncertain origin"; "plans are still uncertain"; "changes of great if uncertain consequences"; "without further evidence his story must remain uncertain") } { [ indefinite, noun.attribute:indefiniteness,+ ] (not decided or not known; "were indefinite about their plans"; "plans are indefinite") } { up_in_the_air, (very uncertain; "left everything up in the air") }] [{ [ CERTAIN2(p), UNCERTAIN2,!] [ SURE, noun.cognition:sureness,+ UNSURE,!] noun.cognition:certainty,= noun.cognition:sureness,= (having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured; "felt certain of success"; "was sure (or certain) she had seen it"; "was very sure in his beliefs"; "sure of her friends") } { convinced(p), positive(p), confident(p), (persuaded of; very sure; "were convinced that it would be to their advantage to join"; "I am positive he is lying"; "was confident he would win") } ---- { [ UNCERTAIN2, noun.attribute:uncertainness,+ CERTAIN2,!] [ UNSURE, SURE,!] incertain, noun.cognition:certainty,= noun.cognition:sureness,= (lacking or indicating lack of confidence or assurance; "uncertain of his convictions"; "unsure of himself and his future"; "moving with uncertain (or unsure) steps"; "an uncertain smile"; "touched the ornaments with uncertain fingers") } { [ ambivalent, noun.feeling:ambivalence,+ ] (uncertain or unable to decide about what course to follow; "was ambivalent about having children") } { [ doubtful, noun.cognition:doubtfulness,+ ] [ dubious, noun.cognition:dubiousness,+ ] (fraught with uncertainty or doubt; "they were doubtful that the cord would hold"; "it was doubtful whether she would be admitted"; "dubious about agreeing to go") } { groping, (acting with uncertainty or hesitance or lack of confidence; "a groping effort to understand") }] [{ [ CONVINCED, UNCONVINCED,!] (having a strong belief or conviction; "a convinced and fanatical pacifist") } ---- { [ UNCONVINCED, CONVINCED,!] (lacking conviction; "I remain unconvinced") } { [ dubious, noun.cognition:dubiousness,+ ] (not convinced; "they admitted the force of my argument but remained dubious") }] [{ [ CONFIDENT, noun.state:confidence2,+ noun.cognition:confidence,+ DIFFIDENT,! ] noun.feeling:confidence,= (having or marked by confidence or assurance; "a confident speaker"; "a confident reply"; "his manner is more confident these days"; "confident of fulfillment") } { assured, (marked by assurance; exhibiting confidence; "she paints with an assured hand") } { [ cocksure, noun.cognition:cocksureness,+ ] [ overconfident, noun.cognition:overconfidence,+ ] [ positive, noun.attribute:positiveness,+ ] (marked by excessive confidence; "an arrogant and cocksure materialist"; "so overconfident and impudent as to speak to the queen"; "the less he knows the more positive he gets") } { reassured, (having confidence restored; freed from anxiety; "reassured by her praise he pressed on") } { self-assured, [ self-confident, noun.cognition:self-confidence,+ ] (showing poise and confidence in your own worth; "hardly more than a boy but firm-knit and self-confident") } ---- { [ DIFFIDENT, noun.feeling:diffidence,+ CONFIDENT,!] [ shy, noun.feeling:shyness,+ ] [ timid9, noun.feeling:timidness,+ ] unsure7, noun.feeling:confidence,= (lacking self-confidence; "stood in the doorway diffident and abashed"; "problems that call for bold not timid responses"; "a very unsure young man") }] [{ [ CERTAIN3, UNCERTAIN3,!] sure4, PREDICTABLE,^ (certain to occur; destined or inevitable; "he was certain to fail"; "his fate is certain"; "In this life nothing is certain but death and taxes"- Benjamin Franklin; "he faced certain death"; "sudden but sure regret"; "he is sure to win") } { bound1(p), destined, ((usually followed by `to') governed by fate; "bound to happen"; "an old house destined to be demolished"; "he is destined to be famous") } { doomed, fated, ((usually followed by `to') determined by tragic fate; "doomed to unhappiness"; "fated to be the scene of Kennedy's assassination") } { foreordained, predestinate, predestined, (established or prearranged unalterably; "his place in history was foreordained"; "a sense of predestinate inevitability about it"; "it seemed predestined since the beginning of the world") } { in_for(p), (certain to get or have; "he knew he was in for a licking") } ---- { [ UNCERTAIN3, noun.attribute:uncertainness,+ CERTAIN3,!] UNPREDICTABLE,^ (not certain to occur; not inevitable; "everything is uncertain about the army"; "the issue is uncertain") } { chancy, [ fluky, noun.phenomenon:fluke,+ ] [ flukey, noun.phenomenon:fluke,+ ] iffy, noun.communication:colloquialism,;u (subject to accident or chance or change; "a chancy appeal at best"; "getting that job was definitely fluky"; "a fluky wind"; "an iffy proposition") } { [ contingent, noun.state:contingency,+ ] (uncertain because of uncontrollable circumstances; "the results of confession were not contingent, they were certain"- George Eliot) } { up_in_the_air, (not yet determined; "plans are still up in the air") }] [{ [ CERTIFIED, UNCERTIFIED,!] DOCUMENTED,^ AUTHORIZED,^ (endorsed authoritatively as having met certain requirements; "a certified public accountant") } { [ certifiable, verb.social:certify,+ ] (capable of being guaranteed or certified; "a certifiable fact") } { certificated, (furnished with or authorized by a certificate: "certificated teachers") } { credentialled, (certified as professional by evidence or testimonials; "credentialled day care workers") } ---- { [ UNCERTIFIED, CERTIFIED,!] (lacking requisite official documentation or endorsement) }] [{ [ INEVITABLE, noun.attribute:inevitableness,+ noun.attribute:inevitability,+ EVITABLE,!] (incapable of being avoided or prevented; "the inevitable result") } { fatal, fateful, (controlled or decreed by fate; predetermined; "a fatal series of events") } { ineluctable, inescapable, unavoidable, (impossible to avoid or evade; "inescapable conclusion"; "an ineluctable destiny"; "an unavoidable accident") } { necessary, (unavoidably determined by prior circumstances; "the necessary consequences of one's actions") } ---- { [ EVITABLE, INEVITABLE,!] [ avoidable, verb.social:avoid1,+ ] [ avertible, verb.social:avert,+ ] [ avertable, verb.social:avert,+ ] (capable of being avoided or warded off) }] [{ [ PREVENTABLE, UNPREVENTABLE,!] (capable of being prevented; "conscious of preventable human suffering"- A.L.Guerard) } ---- { [ UNPREVENTABLE, PREVENTABLE,!] (not preventable; "unpreventable hysteria") }] [{ [ CHANGEABLE, noun.attribute:changeableness,+ UNCHANGEABLE,!] [ changeful, noun.attribute:changefulness,+ ] EXCHANGEABLE,^ INCONSTANT,^ noun.attribute:changeableness,= (such that alteration is possible; having a marked tendency to change; "changeable behavior"; "changeable moods"; "changeable prices") } { [ adjustable, verb.change:adjust,+ ] (capable of being regulated; "adjustable interest rates") } { astatic, (not static or stable) } { checkered, (marked by changeable fortune; "a checkered business career") } { distortable, (capable of having the meaning altered or twisted; "our words are distortable things--as in a crooked mirror held up to nature") } { erratic, [ fickle, noun.attribute:fickleness,+ ] mercurial, quicksilver(a), (liable to sudden unpredictable change; "erratic behavior"; "fickle weather"; "mercurial twists of temperament"; "a quicksilver character, cool and willful at one moment, utterly fragile the next") } { [ fluid, noun.attribute:fluidness1,+ ] unstable, (subject to change; variable; "a fluid situation fraught with uncertainty"; "everything was unstable following the coup") } { fluid2, mobile1, (affording change (especially in social status); "Britain is not a truly fluid society"; "upwardly mobile") } { jittering, (undergoing small rapid variations) } { [ kaleidoscopic, noun.cognition:kaleidoscope,+ ] [ kaleidoscopical, noun.cognition:kaleidoscope,+ ] (continually shifting or rapidly changing) } { mobile2, (capable of changing quickly from one state or condition to another; "a highly mobile face") } { mutable, (tending to undergo genetic mutuation; "It is likely, too, that the chromosomes of all eubacteria are as mutable as that of E. coli") } { open-ended, (allowing for future changes or revisions; "open-ended agreements") } { quick-change(a), (adept at changing from one thing to another especially changing costumes; "a quick-change artist") } { quick-drying, (of a liquid substance that dries quickly) } { [ reversible, noun.attribute:reversibility,+ ] noun.cognition:chemistry,;c noun.cognition:physics,;c (capable of assuming or producing either of two states; "a reversible chemical reaction"; "a reversible cell") } { [ volatile, noun.attribute:volatility1,+ ] (tending to vary often or widely; "volatile stocks"; "volatile emotions") } ---- { [ UNCHANGEABLE, noun.attribute:unchangeableness,+ noun.attribute:unchangeability,+ CHANGEABLE,!] CONSTANT,^ PERMANENT,^ noun.attribute:changeableness,= (not changeable or subject to change; "a fixed and unchangeable part of the germ plasm"-Ashley Montagu; "the unchangeable seasons"; "one of the unchangeable facts of life") } { [ changeless, noun.attribute:changelessness,+ ] [ unalterable, noun.attribute:unalterability1,+ noun.attribute:unalterability,+ ] (remaining the same for indefinitely long times) } { confirmed, (of persons; not subject to change; "a confirmed bachelor"; "a confirmed invalid") } { [ fixed, noun.attribute:fixity,+ ] frozen, (incapable of being changed or moved or undone; e.g. "frozen prices"; "living on fixed incomes") } { set_in_stone, carved_in_stone, (no longer changeable; "the agreement is not yet set in stone") } { static, [ stable, noun.attribute:stableness,+ noun.attribute:stability1,+ ] [ unchanging, noun.attribute:unchangingness,+ ] (showing little if any change; "a static population") }] [{ [ COMMUTABLE, INCOMMUTABLE,!] (subject to alteration or change; "the death sentence was commutable to life imprisonment") } { alterable, noun.group:law,;c ((of the punishment ordered by a court) capable of being changed to one less severe) } { [ convertible, verb.change:convert4,+ ] transformable, translatable, [ transmutable, noun.attribute:transmutability,+ ] (capable of being changed in substance as if by alchemy; "is lead really transmutable into gold?"; "ideas translatable into reality") } ---- { [ INCOMMUTABLE, COMMUTABLE,!] (not subject to alteration or change) } { inconvertible, untransmutable, (not capable of being changed into something else; "the alchemists were unable to accept the inconvertible nature of elemental metals") } { unalterable, noun.group:law,;c (of a sentence; that cannot be changed; "an unalterable death sentence") }] [{ [ ALTERABLE, verb.creation:alter,+ verb.change:alter1,+ noun.attribute:alterability,+ UNALTERABLE,!] (capable of being changed or altered in some characteristic; "alterable clothing"; "alterable conditions of employment") } ---- { [ UNALTERABLE, noun.attribute:unalterability1,+ noun.attribute:unalterability,+ ALTERABLE,!] inalterable, (not capable of being changed or altered; "unalterable resolve"; "an unalterable ground rule") } { [ incurable, noun.attribute:incurability2,+ ] (unalterable in disposition or habits; "an incurable optimist") } { [ final, noun.attribute:finality,+ ] last, (not to be altered or undone; "the judge's decision is final"; "the arbiter will have the last say") }] [{ [ MODIFIABLE, verb.change:modify10,+ verb.change:modify,+ UNMODIFIABLE,!] (capable of being modified in form or character or strength (especially by making less extreme); "the rhythm of physiological time is not modifiable except by interference with certain fundamental processes" - Alexis Carrel) } ---- { [ UNMODIFIABLE, MODIFIABLE,!] (incapable of being modified in form or character or strength (especially by making less extreme); "these variations from custom are illogical, incomprehensible, and unmodifiable") }] [{ [ ADJUSTED, UNADJUSTED,!] (altered to accommodate to certain requirements or bring into a proper relation; "an adjusted insurance claim"; "the car runs more smoothly with the timing adjusted") } { focused, (of an optical system (e.g. eye or opera glasses) adjusted to produce a clear image) } { weighted, (adjusted to reflect value or proportion; "votes weighted according to the size of constituencies"; "a law weighted in favor of landlords"; "a weighted average") } ---- { [ UNADJUSTED, ADJUSTED,!] (not altered to fit certain requirements; "an unadjusted figure of 8.5 percent"; "the unadjusted clock is running fast") } { maladjusted, (not well adjusted; "a maladjusted carburetor") }] [{ [ ADJUSTED2, MALADJUSTED,!] noun.cognition:psychology,;c (adjusted to demands of daily living; showing emotional stability) } { well-adjusted, well-balanced, (free from psychological disorder; "a well-adjusted personality") } ---- { [ MALADJUSTED, ADJUSTED2,!] noun.cognition:psychology,;c (poorly adjusted to demands and stresses of daily living; "a maladjusted child") } { unadapted, unadjusted, (not having adapted to new conditions; "several unadjusted refugees") }] [{ [ ALTERED, UNALTERED,!] (changed in form or character without becoming something else; "the altered policy promised success"; "following an altered course we soon found ourselves back in civilization"; "he looked...with clouded eyes and with an altered manner of breathing"- Charles Dickens) } { adjusted, ((especially of garments) having the fit or style adjusted; "for my wedding I had my mother's wedding dress altered to fit me") } { changed, (made or become different in some respect; "he's an altered (or changed) man since his election to Congress") } { emended, edited, (improved or corrected by critical editing; "the emended text") } { [ paraphrastic, noun.communication:paraphrase,+ ] (altered by paraphrasing) } { revised, (improved or brought up to date; "a revised edition") } ---- { [ UNALTERED, ALTERED,!] unchanged4, (remaining in an original state; "persisting unaltered through time") } { dateless, [ timeless, noun.state:timelessness,+ ] (unaffected by time; "few characters are so dateless as Hamlet"; "Helen's timeless beauty") } { in-situ, in_situ, unmoved, (being in the original position; not having been moved; "the archeologists could date the vase because it was in situ"; "an in-situ investigator") } { unedited, (not changed by editing) } { unreduced, (not altered by reduction) } { unrevised, (not improved or brought up to date; "the book is still unrevised") }] [{ [ AMENDED, UNAMENDED,!] (of legislation) } { revised, (altered or revised by rephrasing or by adding or deleting material; "the amended bill passed easily") } ---- { [ UNAMENDED, AMENDED,!] noun.communication:legislation,;c ((of legislation) not amended) }] [{ [ CHANGED, UNCHANGED,!] (made or become different in nature or form; "changed attitudes"; "changed styles of dress"; "a greatly changed country after the war") } { denatured, denaturized, denaturised, (changed in nature or natural quality; "denatured alcohol") } { exchanged, (changed for (replaced by) something different) } { transformed, (given a completely different form or appearance; "shocked to see the transformed landscape") } { [ varied, noun.attribute:variedness,+ ] (broken away from sameness or identity or duplication; "her quickly varied answers indicated uncertainty") } ---- { [ UNCHANGED, CHANGED,!] UNVARIED,^ (not made or become different; "the causes that produced them have remained unchanged") } { idempotent, noun.cognition:math,;c (unchanged in value following multiplication by itself; "this matrix is idempotent") } { [ same(p), noun.attribute:sameness2,+ ] (unchanged in character or nature; "the village stayed the same"; "his attitude is the same as ever") }] [{ [ ISOMETRIC, ISOTONIC1,! ] noun.cognition:physiology,;c (of or involving muscular contraction in which tension increases while length remains constant) } ---- { [ ISOTONIC1, ISOMETRIC,! ] noun.cognition:physiology,;c (of or involving muscular contraction in which tension is constant while length changes) }] [{ [ IONIZED, NONIONIZED,!] ionised, (converted totally or partly into ions) } ---- { [ NONIONIZED, IONIZED,!] nonionised, unionized, unionised, nonionic, (not converted into ions) }] [{ [ MUTABLE, noun.attribute:mutability,+ noun.attribute:mutableness,+ IMMUTABLE,!] [ changeable4, noun.attribute:changeability,+ noun.attribute:changeableness,+ ] (capable of or tending to change in form or quality or nature; "a mutable substance"; "mutable weather patterns"; "a mutable foreign policy") } ---- { [ IMMUTABLE, noun.attribute:immutableness,+ noun.attribute:immutability,+ MUTABLE,!] [ changeless4, noun.attribute:changelessness,+ ] (not subject or susceptible to change or variation in form or quality or nature; "the view of that time was that all species were immutable, created by God") }] [{ [ CHARACTERISTIC, noun.attribute:characteristic,+ noun.cognition:character,+ UNCHARACTERISTIC,!] TYPICAL,^ (typical or distinctive; "heard my friend's characteristic laugh"; "red and gold are the characteristic colors of autumn"; "stripes characteristic of the zebra") } { diagnostic, [ symptomatic, noun.state:symptom,+ noun.communication:symptom,+ ] (characteristic or indicative of a disease; "a diagnostic sign of yellow fever"; "a rash symptomatic of scarlet fever"; "symptomatic of insanity"; "a rise in crime symptomatic of social breakdown") } { [ distinctive, noun.attribute:distinctiveness2,+ ] typical, (of a feature that helps to distinguish a person or thing; "Jerusalem has a distinctive Middle East flavor"- Curtis Wilkie; "that is typical of you!") } { [ peculiar(a), noun.attribute:peculiarity2,+ ] (characteristic of one only; distinctive or special; "the peculiar character of the Government of the U.S."- R.B.Taney) } ---- { [ UNCHARACTERISTIC, CHARACTERISTIC,!] ATYPICAL,^ (distinctive and not typical; "a book uncharacteristic of its author") }] [{ [ CHARGED, UNCHARGED,!] (of a particle or body or system; having a net amount of positive or negative electric charge; "charged particles"; "a charged battery") } { hot, live, noun.phenomenon:electricity,;c (charged or energized with electricity; "a hot wire"; "a live wire") } { negative, electronegative, negatively_charged, (having a negative charge; "electrons are negative") } { positive, electropositive, positively_charged, (having a positive charge; "protons are positive") } { [ polar, noun.artifact:pole3,+ noun.relation:polarity,+ ] (having a pair of equal and opposite charges) } ---- { [ UNCHARGED, CHARGED,!] noun.cognition:physics,;c (of a particle or body or system; having no charge; "an uncharged particle"; "an uncharged battery") } { neutral, electroneutral, (having no net electric charge)} { [ dead, noun.attribute:deadness,+ ] drained, (drained of electric charge; discharged; "a dead battery"; "left the lights on and came back to find the battery drained") }] [{ [ CHARITABLE, noun.attribute:charitableness,+ UNCHARITABLE,!] GENEROUS1,^ (full of love and generosity; "charitable to the poor"; "a charitable trust") } { beneficent, benevolent, eleemosynary, philanthropic, (generous in assistance to the poor; "a benevolent contributor"; "eleemosynary relief"; "philanthropic contributions") } ---- { [ UNCHARITABLE, CHARITABLE,!] UNGENEROUS,^ STINGY,^ (lacking love and generosity; "all pious words and uncharitable deeds"- Charles Reade) }] [{ [ CHARTERED, UNCHARTERED,!] hired2, leased2, (hired for the exclusive temporary use of a group of travelers; "a chartered plane"; "the chartered buses arrived on time") } ---- { [ UNCHARTERED, CHARTERED,!] (not chartered) }] [{ [ OWNED, UNOWNED,!] (having an owner; often used in combination; "state-owned railways") } { closely-held, (owned by a relatively few shareholders; "a closely-held corporation") } ---- { [ UNOWNED, OWNED,!] ownerless, (having no owner) }] [{ [ CHASTE, noun.attribute:chastity,+ UNCHASTE,!] MORAL,^ PURE1,^ VIRTUOUS,^ noun.attribute:chastity,= noun.state:virginity,= (morally pure (especially not having experienced sexual intercourse); "a holy woman innocent and chaste") } { [ celibate, noun.person:celibate,+ ] [ continent, noun.attribute:continency,+ noun.attribute:continence,+ ] (abstaining from sexual intercourse; "celibate priests") } { [ pure, noun.state:pureness1,+ noun.attribute:pureness,+ noun.attribute:purity,+ ] [ vestal, noun.person:vestal,+ ] [ virgin, noun.person:virgin,+ noun.state:virginity,+ ] [ virginal, noun.person:virgin,+ ] [ virtuous, noun.attribute:virtue2,+ ] (in a state of sexual virginity; "pure and vestal modesty"; "a spinster or virgin lady"; "men have decreed that their women must be pure and virginal") } ---- { [ UNCHASTE, CHASTE,!] IMMORAL,^ IMPURE1,^ noun.attribute:chastity,= (not chaste; "unchaste conduct") } { cyprian, (resembling the ancient orgiastic worship of Aphrodite on Cyprus) } { easy, light, [ loose, noun.act:looseness,+ ] [ promiscuous, noun.act:promiscuousness,+ noun.act:promiscuity,+ ] [ sluttish, noun.attribute:sluttishness,+ ] [ wanton, noun.person:wanton,+ noun.attribute:wantonness1,+ ] (casual and unrestrained in sexual behavior; "her easy virtue"; "he was told to avoid loose (or light) women"; "wanton behavior") } { fallen, (having lost your chastity; "a fallen woman") } { [ licentious, noun.state:licence2,+ noun.attribute:licentiousness,+ noun.act:licentiousness,+ ] (lacking moral discipline; especially sexually unrestrained; "coarse and licentious men") }] [{ [ CHEERFUL, noun.attribute:cheerfulness,+ DEPRESSING,!] GLAD,^ HAPPY,^ noun.attribute:cheerfulness,= (being full of or promoting cheer; having or showing good spirits; "her cheerful nature"; "a cheerful greeting"; "a cheerful room"; "as cheerful as anyone confined to a hospital bed could be") } { beaming, [ glad, noun.feeling:gladness,+ ] (cheerful and bright; "a beaming smile"; "a glad May morning") } { beamish, [ smiling(a), noun.communication:smiling,+ ] [ twinkly, noun.attribute:twinkle,+ ] (smiling with happiness or optimism; "Come to my arms, my beamish boy!"- Lewis Carroll; "a room of smiling faces"; "a round red twinkly Santa Claus") } { [ blithe, noun.feeling:blitheness,+ ] blithesome, [ lighthearted, noun.feeling:lightheartedness,+ ] [ lightsome, noun.feeling:lightsomeness,+ ] light-hearted, (carefree and happy and lighthearted; "was loved for her blithe spirit"; "a merry blithesome nature"; "her lighthearted nature"; "trilling songs with a lightsome heart") } { [ buoyant, noun.feeling:buoyancy,+ noun.attribute:buoyancy1,+ ] [ chirpy, noun.attribute:chirpiness,+ ] [ perky, noun.feeling:perkiness,+ ] (characterized by liveliness and lightheartedness; "buoyant spirits"; "his quick wit and chirpy humor"; "looking bright and well and chirpy"; "a perky little widow in her 70s") } { [ cheery, noun.attribute:cheer,+ ] gay, [ sunny, noun.attribute:sunniness1,+ ] (bright and pleasant; promoting a feeling of cheer; "a cheery hello"; "a gay sunny room"; "a sunny smile") } { chipper, debonair, debonaire, [ jaunty, noun.attribute:jauntiness2,+ ] (having a cheerful, lively, and self-confident air; "looking chipper, like a man...diverted by his own wit"- Frances G. Patton; "life that is gay, brisk, and debonair"- H.M.Reynolds; "walked with a jaunty step"; "a jaunty optimist") } ---- { [ DEPRESSING, CHEERFUL,!] [cheerless, noun.feeling:cheerlessness,+] [ uncheerful4, noun.feeling:uncheerfulness,+ noun.attribute:uncheerfulness,+ ] JOYLESS,^ UNHAPPY,^ noun.attribute:cheerfulness,= (causing sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy; "the economic outlook is depressing"; "something cheerless about the room"; "a moody and uncheerful person"; "an uncheerful place") } { blue, dark, dingy, disconsolate, dismal, gloomy, grim, sorry, drab, drear, [ dreary, noun.attribute:dreariness,+ ] (causing dejection; "a blue day"; "the dark days of the war"; "a week of rainy depressing weather"; "a disconsolate winter landscape"; "the first dismal dispiriting days of November"; "a dark gloomy day"; "grim rainy weather") } { [ somber, noun.feeling:somberness,+ noun.attribute:somberness,+ ] [ sombre, noun.feeling:sombreness,+ noun.attribute:sombreness,+ ] melancholy, (grave or even gloomy in character; "solemn and mournful music"; "a suit of somber black"; "a somber mood") }] [{ [ CHLAMYDEOUS, noun.plant:chlamys,+ ACHLAMYDEOUS,!] noun.cognition:botany,;c (having a floral envelope or perianth consisting of a calyx and/or corolla) } ---- { [ ACHLAMYDEOUS, CHLAMYDEOUS,!] noun.cognition:botany,;c (not having a floral envelope or perianth) }] [{ [ CHONDRITIC, noun.object:chondrite,+ ACHONDRITIC,!] granular4, (having a granular structure like that of chondrites) } ---- { [ ACHONDRITIC, CHONDRITIC,!] (not having a granular structure) }] [{ [ MONOCLINIC, TRICLINIC,!] noun.cognition:crystallography,;c (having three unequal crystal axes with one oblique intersection; "monoclinic system") } ---- { [ TRICLINIC, MONOCLINIC,!] anorthic, noun.cognition:crystallography,;c (having three unequal crystal axes intersecting at oblique angles; "triclinic system") }] [{ [ MONOCHROMATIC, POLYCHROMATIC,!] homochromatic, ((of light or other electromagnetic radiation) having only one wavelength; "monochromatic light") } ---- { [ POLYCHROMATIC, MONOCHROMATIC,!] ((of light or other electromagnetic radiation) composed of more than one wavelength; "polychromatic light") }] [{ [ CHROMATIC, noun.attribute:chroma,+ noun.attribute:chromaticity,+ ACHROMATIC,!] COLORED,^ noun.attribute:hue,= (being or having or characterized by hue) } { [ amber, noun.attribute:amber,+ ] brownish-yellow, yellow-brown, (of a medium to dark brownish yellow color) } { amber-green, (of green tinged with amber) } { [ amethyst, noun.substance:amethyst,+ ] (of a moderate purple color) } { auburn, ((of hair) colored a moderate reddish-brown; "auburn hair") } { aureate, gilded, [ gilt, noun.artifact:gilt,+ ] [ gold, noun.attribute:gold,+ ] golden, (having the deep slightly brownish color of gold; "long aureate (or golden) hair"; "a gold carpet") } { avocado, (of the dull yellowish green of the meat of an avocado) } { [ azure, noun.attribute:azure,+ ] [ cerulean, noun.attribute:cerulean,+ ] sky-blue, bright_blue, (of a deep somewhat purplish blue color similar to that of a clear October sky; "October's bright blue weather") } { [ beige, noun.attribute:beige,+ ] (of a light greyish-brown color) } { blackish-brown, (of brown tinged with black) } { blackish-red, (of red tinged with black) } { blae, noun.location:Scotland,;r (of bluish-black or grey-blue) } { [ blue, noun.attribute:blueness,+ ] bluish, blueish, (of the color intermediate between green and violet; having a color similar to that of a clear unclouded sky; "October's bright blue weather"- Helen Hunt Jackson; "a blue flame"; "blue haze of tobacco smoke") } { bluish_green, blue-green, [ cyan, noun.attribute:cyan,+ ] [ teal, noun.attribute:teal,+ ] (of a bluish shade of green) } { blue-lilac, bluish-lilac, (of lavender tinged with blue) } { blue-purple, bluish-purple, (of purple tinged with blue) } { blue-violet, bluish-violet, (of violet tinted with blue) } { blushful, [ rosy, noun.attribute:rosiness1,+ noun.attribute:rose,+ ] (of blush color; "blushful mists") } { bottle-green, (of a dark to moderate greyish green color) } { bright-red, raspberry-red, (of the red of fresh raspberries) } { bronze, bronzy, (of the color of bronze) } { bronze-red, (of red tinged with bronze) } { [ brown, noun.attribute:brownness,+ ] brownish, chocolate-brown, dark-brown, (of a color similar to that of wood or earth) } { brown-green, brownish-green, (of green tinged with brown) } { brown-purple, brownish-purple, (of dark purple tinted with brown) } { buff, (of the yellowish-beige color of buff leather) } { buff-brown, (of brown tinged with buff) } { [ canary, noun.attribute:canary,+ ] canary-yellow, (having the color of a canary; of a light to moderate yellow) } { [ caramel, noun.attribute:caramel,+ ] [ caramel_brown, noun.attribute:caramel_brown,+ ] (having the color of caramel; of a moderate yellow-brown) } { [ carnation, noun.plant:carnation,+ noun.attribute:carnation,+ ] (pink or pinkish) } { [ chartreuse, noun.attribute:chartreuse,+ ] (of something having the yellowish green color of Chartreuse liqueur) } { [ chestnut, noun.attribute:chestnut,+ ] ((of hair or feathers) of a golden brown to reddish brown color; "a chestnut horse"; "chestnut hair") } { chestnut-brown, ((of hair or feathers) of brown tinged with chestnut) } { [ coppery, noun.attribute:copper,+ ] copper_colored, (of something having the color of copper) } { [ coral, noun.attribute:coral,+ ] (of a strong pink to yellowish-pink color) } { coral-red, (of red tinged with coral) } { creamy, (of the color of cream; "creamy translucent pebbles") } { creamy-yellow, (yellow with a creamy tinge) } { cress_green, cresson, [ watercress, noun.plant:watercress,+ ] (of a moderate yellow-green color that is greener and deeper than moss green and yellower and darker than pea green) } { crimson-magenta, (magenta tinged with crimson) } { crimson-purple, (purple tinged with crimson) } { crimson-yellow, (yellow tinged with crimson) } { dark-blue, (of a dark shade of blue) } { deep-pink, (of a deep shade of pink) } { deep-yellow, (of something having the color of a pumpkin) } { dull-purple, (of a dull shade of purple) } { dun, (of a dull greyish brown to brownish grey color; "the dun and dreary prairie") } { earthlike, (earth colored; of something having a color of soil or earth; "a range of earthlike colors") } { fuscous, [ taupe, noun.attribute:taupe,+ ] (of something having a dusky brownish grey color) } { golden-yellow, (of yellow tinged with gold) } { golden-brown, (of brown tinged with gold) } { golden-green, (of green tinged with gold) } { grey-blue, gray-blue, greyish-blue, grayish-blue, (of blue tinged with grey) } { grey-brown, gray-brown, greyish-brown, grayish-brown, (of brown tinged with grey) } { grey-green, gray-green, greyish-green, grayish-green, (of green tinged with grey) } { grey-pink, gray-pink, greyish-pink, grayish-pink, (of pink tinged with grey) } { [ green, noun.attribute:green,+ noun.attribute:greenness,+ ] [ greenish, noun.attribute:greenishness,+ ] light-green, dark-green, (of the color between blue and yellow in the color spectrum; similar to the color of fresh grass; "a green tree"; "green fields"; "green paint") } { greenish-brown, (of brown tinged with green) } { [ hazel, noun.attribute:hazel,+ ] (of a light brown or yellowish brown color) } { hazel-brown, (of brown tinged with hazel) } { [ honey, noun.food:honey,+ ] (of something having the color of honey) } { [ jade, noun.attribute:jade,+ ] jade-green, (of something having the color of jade; especially varying from bluish green to yellowish green) } { [ khaki, noun.artifact:khaki,+ ] (of a yellowish brown color) } { lavender, [ lilac, noun.plant:lilac,+ ] lilac-colored, (of a pale purple color) } { lavender-tinged, (of something tinged with lavender) } { light-blue, pale_blue, (of a light shade of blue) } { lilac-blue, violet-blue, (of blue tinged with lavender) } { lilac-pink, lavender-pink, violet-pink, (of pink tinged with lavender) } { lilac-purple, (of purple tinged with lilac) } { [ magenta, noun.attribute:magenta,+ ] (of deep purplish red) } { magenta_pink, (of pink tinged with magenta) } { maroon, brownish-red, (of dark brownish to purplish red) } { maroon-purple, (of purple tinged with maroon) } { [ mauve, noun.attribute:mauve,+ ] (of a pale to moderate greyish violet color) } { mauve-blue, (of blue tinged with mauve) } { mauve-pink, (of pink tinged with mauve) } { moss_green, mosstone, (of a moderate somewhat dull yellow-green color) } { mousy, mousey, mouse-colored, mouselike, (of something having a drab pale brown color resembling a mouse; "a mousy brownish-grey color"; "mousy hair"; "mouse-colored hair") } { ocher, ochre, (of a moderate orange-yellow color) } { olive-brown, (of a brown color with a greenish tinge) } { olive-drab, drab, (of a light brownish green color) } { olive, (of a yellow-green color similar to that of an unripe olive) } { [ orange, noun.substance:orange,+ noun.attribute:orange,+ noun.attribute:orangeness,+ ] orangish, (of the color between red and yellow; similar to the color of a ripe orange) } { orange-red, orangish-red, (of red tinged with orange) } { orange-brown, (of brown tinged with orange) } { [ peachy, noun.attribute:peach,+ ] peachy-colored, peachy-coloured, (of something resembling a peach in color) } { peacock-blue, (of bright greenish blue) } { pea-green, (of a moderate slightly yellowish-green color) } { [ pink, noun.attribute:pink,+ ] pinkish, (of a light shade of red) } { pink-lavender, pinkish-lavender, (of lavender tinged with pink) } { pink-orange, pinkish-orange, salmon, (of orange tinged with pink) } { pink-red, (of red tinged with pink) } { pink-tinged, (of a color tinged with pink) } { pink-purple, pinkish-purple, (of purple tinged with pink) } { [ powder_blue, noun.attribute:powder_blue,+ ] powdery-blue, (of a moderate to pale blue or purplish blue) } { [ purple, noun.attribute:purple,+ noun.attribute:purpleness,+ ] [ violet, noun.attribute:violet,+ ] purplish, (of a color intermediate between red and blue) } { purple-blue, purplish-blue, (of blue tinged with purple) } { purple-brown, purplish-brown, (of brown tinged with purple) } { purple-green, purplish-green, (of green tinged with purple) } { purple-lilac, purplish-lilac, (of lavender tinged with purple) } { purple-red, purplish-red, (of red tinged with purple) } { purple-tinged, purple-tinted, (of a color tinged with purple) } { [ red1, noun.attribute:red,+ noun.attribute:redness,+ ] reddish, [ ruddy, noun.attribute:ruddiness,+ ] blood-red, [ carmine, noun.attribute:carmine,+ ] [ cerise, noun.attribute:cerise,+ ] [ cherry, noun.attribute:cherry,+ ] cherry-red, [ crimson, noun.attribute:crimson,+ ] ruby, ruby-red, [ scarlet, noun.attribute:scarlet,+ ] (of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies) } { red-brown, reddish-brown, mahogany-red, (of brown tinged with red) } { red-lavender, reddish-lavender, (of something having a lavender color tinged with red) } { reddish-pink, (of a pink color that is close to red) } { red-orange, reddish-orange, flame-orange, (of orange tinged with red) } { red-purple, reddisn-purple, (of purple tinged with red) } { red-violet, reddish-violet, (of violet tinged with red) } { rose, roseate, rosaceous, (of something having a dusty purplish pink color; "the roseate glow of dawn") } { rose-red, (of a deep slightly bluish red color) } { rose-lilac, rose-lavender, (of lavender tinged with rose) } { rose-mauve, (of mauve tinged with rose) } { rose-purple, rosy-purple, (of purple with a rose tinge) } { rose-tinted, rose-tinged, (of a color tinged with rose) } { russet, (of brown with a reddish tinge) } { rust, [ rusty, noun.substance:rust,+ ] rust-brown, (of the brown color of rust) } { rust-red, rusty-red, (of a red color tinged with rust) } { rusty-brown, (of something having the brown color of rust) } { sage, sage-green, (of the grey-green color of sage leaves) } { [ sapphire, noun.attribute:sapphire,+ ] (of something having the color of a blue sapphire; "sapphire eyes") } { scarlet-crimson, (of crimson tinged with scarlet) } { scarlet-pink, (of pink tinged with scarlet) } { sea-green, (of the color of the sea; bluish green) } { silver-blue, silvery-blue, (of something having a color that is a light shiny blue) } { silver-green, silvery-green, (of something having a color that is a light shiny green) } { snuff, snuff-brown, mummy-brown, chukker-brown, (snuff colored; of a greyish to yellowish brown) } { sorrel, brownish-orange, (of a light brownish color) } { stone, (of any of various dull tannish or grey colors) } { [ straw, noun.attribute:straw,+ ] (of a pale yellow color like straw; straw-colored) } { sulfur-yellow, sulphur-yellow, (of something having the yellow color of sulfur) } { tan, (of a light yellowish-brown color) } { tannish, (of a color resembling tan) } { tangerine, (of a strong reddish orange color) } { [ tawny, noun.attribute:tawniness,+ ] tawny-brown, (of a light brown to brownish orange color; the color of tanned leather) } { [ ultramarine, noun.attribute:ultramarine,+ ] (of a brilliant pure blue to purplish blue color) } { [ umber, noun.attribute:umber,+ ] (of the color of any of various natural brown earth pigments) } { [ vermilion, noun.attribute:vermilion,+ ] vermillion, cinnabar, Chinese-red, (of a vivid red to reddish-orange color) } { [ vinaceous, noun.attribute:wine,+ ] (of the color of wine) } { violet-tinged, violet-tinted, (of something that is tinged with violet) } { white-pink, (of pink tinged with white; a light tint of pink) } { wine-red, (of something having the dark red color of red wine) } { [ yellow, noun.attribute:yellow,+ noun.attribute:yellowness,+ ] yellowish, xanthous, (of the color intermediate between green and orange in the color spectrum; of something resembling the color of an egg yolk) } { yellow-beige, yellowish-beige, (of beige tinged with yellow) } { yellow-green, (of a color midway between yellow and green) } { yellow-orange, yellowish-orange, (of orange tinged with yellow) } { yellow-tinged, (of a color tinged with yellow) } ---- { [ ACHROMATIC, verb.change:achromatize,+ CHROMATIC,!] neutral, COLORLESS2,^ noun.attribute:hue,= (having no hue; "neutral colors like black or white") } { [ argent, noun.substance:argent,+ ] silver, [ silvery, noun.attribute:silver,+ ] silverish, (of lustrous grey; covered with or tinged with the color of silver; "silvery hair") } { ash-grey, ash-gray, [ ashy, noun.substance:ash1,+ ] (of a light grey) } { blackish, (of something that is somewhat black; "blackish clouds") } { black-grey, black-gray, blackish-grey, blackish-gray, (of dark grey) } { blue-white, bluish-white, cool-white, (of white tinged with blue) } { blue-grey, blue-gray, bluish-grey, bluish-gray, (of grey tinged with blue) } { blue-black, bluish_black, (of black tinged with blue) } { brown-black, brownish-black, (of black tinged with brown) } { brown-grey, brown-gray, brownish-grey, brownish-gray, (of grey tinged with brown) } { canescent, (of greyish white; "the canescent moon") } { [ chalky, noun.substance:chalk,+ noun.attribute:chalk,+ ] (of something having the color of chalk; "she turned chalky white") } { [ charcoal, noun.attribute:charcoal,+ ] charcoal-grey, charcoal-gray, (of a very dark grey) } { coal-black, jet, jet-black, [ pitchy, noun.substance:pitch,+ ] [ sooty, noun.substance:soot,+ ] (of the blackest black; similar to the color of jet or coal) } { cottony-white, (of something as white as cotton; "cottony-white clouds") } { dull-white, (of a dull shade of white) } { ebon, ebony, (of a very dark black) } { [ grey, noun.attribute:greyness,+ ] [ gray, noun.attribute:gray,+ noun.attribute:grayness,+ ] greyish, grayish, (of an achromatic color of any lightness intermediate between the extremes of white and black; "the little grey cells"; "gray flannel suit"; "a man with greyish hair") } { grey-black, gray-black, greyish-black, grayish-black, (of black tinged with grey) } { grey-white, gray-white, greyish-white, grayish-white, (of white tinged with grey) } { greenish-grey, greenish-gray, (of grey tinged with green) } { green-white, greenish-white, (of white flowers tinged with green) } { hueless, (of something totally lacking in saturation and therefore having no hue) } { ink-black, [ inky, noun.substance:ink1,+ noun.attribute:inkiness,+ ] inky-black, (of the color of black ink) } { [ iron-grey, noun.attribute:iron-grey,+ ] [ iron-gray, noun.attribute:iron-gray,+ ] (of the grey color of iron) } { lily-white, (of a pure white color) } { milk-white, (of a white the color of fresh milk) } { olive-grey, olive-gray, (of grey tinged with olive) } { oxford-grey, oxford-gray, dark-grey, dark-gray, (of a dark shade of grey) } { pearl_grey, pearl_gray, (of a grey with a pearly tinge) } { [ pearly, noun.body:pearly,+ noun.attribute:pearl,+ ] pearly-white, (of a white the color of pearls) } { pinkish-white, (of white tinged with pink) } { purple-black, purplish-black, (of black tinged with purple) } { purple-white, purplish-white, (of white tinged with purple) } { red-grey, red-gray, reddish-grey, reddish-gray, (of grey tinged with red) } { sable, (of a dark somewhat brownish black) } { silver-grey, silver-gray, silvery-grey, silvery-gray, (of grey resembling silver) } { silver-white, silvery-white, (of a white that resembles silver) } { slate-black, (of a black tinged with slate-grey) } { slate-grey, slate-gray, slaty-grey, slaty-gray, slaty, slatey, stone-grey, stone-gray, (of the color of slate or granite; "the slaty sky of dawn") } { snow-white, snowy, (of the white color of snow) } { soot-black, sooty-black, (of the black color of soot) } { violet-black, (of black tinged with violet) } { white-flowered, ((of plants) having white flowers) } { whitish, off-white, (of something having a color tending toward white) } { yellow-grey, yellow-gray, yellowish-grey, yellowish-gray, (of grey tinged with yellow) } { yellow-white, yellowish-white, (of a white tinged with yellow) }] [{ [ BLACK1, noun.attribute:blackness,+ WHITE1,!] DARK2,^ noun.attribute:value1,= (being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness; having little or no hue owing to absorption of almost all incident light; "black leather jackets"; "as black as coal"; "rich black soil") } ---- { [ WHITE1, noun.attribute:white,+ noun.attribute:whiteness,+ BLACK1,!] LIGHT5,^ noun.attribute:value1,= (being of the achromatic color of maximum lightness; having little or no hue owing to reflection of almost all incident light; "as white as fresh snow"; "a bride's white dress") } { albescent, (becoming or shading into white) }] [{ [ SATURATED3, UNSATURATED3,!] [ pure4, noun.state:pureness,+ ] ((of color) being chromatically pure; not diluted with white or grey or black) } { [ intense, noun.attribute:intensity1,+ ] [ vivid, noun.attribute:vividness,+ ] ((of color) having the highest saturation; "vivid green"; "intense blue") } ---- { [ UNSATURATED3, SATURATED3,!] ((of color) not chromatically pure; diluted; "an unsaturated red") } { [ dull, noun.attribute:dullness3,+ ] ((of color) very low in saturation; highly diluted; "dull greens and blues") }] [{ [ COLOR, BLACK-AND-WHITE,!] colour2, noun.act:photography,;c (having or capable of producing colors; "color film"; "he rented a color television"; "marvelous color illustrations") } ---- { [ BLACK-AND-WHITE, COLOR,!] black_and_white2(p), noun.act:photography,;c (not having or not capable of producing colors; "black-and-white film"; "a black-and-white TV"; "the movie was in black and white") }] [{ [ COLORED, UNCOLORED,!] coloured, colorful2, noun.attribute:color,= (having color or a certain color; sometimes used in combination; "colored crepe paper"; "the film was in color"; "amber-colored heads of grain") } { crimson, [ red, noun.state:redness,+ ] reddened, red-faced, flushed, ((especially of the face) reddened or suffused with or as if with blood from emotion or exertion; "crimson with fury"; "turned red from exertion"; "with puffy reddened eyes"; "red-faced and violent"; "flushed (or crimson) with embarrassment") } { [ bay, noun.animal:bay,+ ] ((used of animals especially a horse) of a moderate reddish-brown color) } { bicolor, bicolour, bicolored, bicoloured, bichrome, dichromatic, (having two colors; "a bicolor flower"; "a bicolored postage stamp") } { black, blackened, ((of the face) made black especially as with suffused blood; "a face black with fury") } { blue-flowered, (having blue flowers) } { brightly-colored, brightly-coloured, (having a bright color) } { buff-colored, buff-coloured, (having a buff color) } { chestnut-colored, chestnut-coloured, (having the brown color of chestnuts) } { chocolate-colored, chocolate-coloured, (having the color of dark chocolate) } { cinnamon_colored, cinnamon_coloured, cinnamon-colored, cinnamon-coloured, (having the color of cinnamon) } { cinnamon-red, (red tinged with cinnamon) } { cream-colored, creamy-colored, creamy-white, (having the color of fresh cream) } { dark-colored, dark-coloured, dusky-colored, dusky-coloured, (having a dark color) } { dun-colored, dun-coloured, (having a dun color) } { fawn-colored, fawn-coloured, (having the color of a fawn) } { flame-colored, flame-coloured, (having the brilliant orange-red color of flames) } { flesh-colored, flesh-coloured, (having a bright red or pinkish color) } { garnet-colored, garnet-coloured, (having the color of garnet) } { ginger, gingery, ((used especially of hair or fur) having a bright orange-brown color; "a man with gingery hair and bright blue eyes"; "a ginger kitten") } { gold-colored, gold-coloured, (having the color of gold) } { honey-colored, honey-coloured, (having the color of honey) } { indigo, (having a color between blue and violet; "indigo flowers") } { lead-colored, lead-coloured, (having the color of lead) } { liver-colored, liver, (having a reddish-brown color) } { metal-colored, metal-coloured, metallic-colored, metallic-coloured, (having a metallic color) } { monochromatic, [ monochrome, noun.artifact:monochrome1,+ ] monochromic, monochromous, (having or appearing to have only one color) } { [ motley, noun.artifact:motley1,+ noun.artifact:motley,+ ] [ calico, noun.artifact:calico,+ ] multicolor, multi-color, multicolour, multi-colour, multicolored, multi-colored, multicoloured, multi-coloured, painted, particolored, particoloured, piebald, pied, varicolored, varicoloured, (having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly; "a jester dressed in motley"; "the painted desert"; "a particolored dress"; "a piebald horse"; "pied daisies") } { neutral-colored, neutral-coloured, (having a color that does not attract attention) } { olive-colored, olive-coloured, (having the color of green olives) } { orange-colored, orange-coloured, orange-hued, (having the color of ripe oranges) } { orange-flowered, (having orange flowers) } { pale-colored, pale-hued, (having a pale color) } { pastel-colored, (having pale delicate colors) } { peach-colored, (having the color of a ripe peach) } { polychromatic, polychrome, polychromic, (having or exhibiting many colors) } { purple-flowered, (having purple flowers) } { red-flowered, (having red flowers) } { [ roan, noun.animal:roan,+ ] ((used of especially horses) having a brownish coat thickly sprinkled with white or grey; "a roan horse") } { rose-colored, rosy-colored, (having a rose color) } { rust-colored, (having the brown color of rust) } { silver-colored, (having the color of polished silver) } { straw-colored, straw-coloured, (having the color of dry straw) } { tawny-colored, tawny-coloured, (having a tawny color) } { trichromatic, trichrome, tricolor, (having or involving three colors; "trichromatic vision"; "a trichromatic printing process"; "trichromatic staining is the staining of tissue samples differentially in three colors"; "tricolor plumage"; "a tricolor process in photography") } { violet-colored, violet-coloured, violet-flowered, (having a violet color) } { violet-purple, (light violet and dark purple) } ---- { [ UNCOLORED, COLORED,!] uncoloured, ACHROMATIC,^ noun.attribute:color,= (without color; "pure water is uncolored") } { achromatous, (having little or inadequate color) } { achromic, achromous, (having no color) }] [{ [ STAINED, UNSTAINED,!] (marked or dyed or discolored with foreign matter; "a badly stained tablecloth"; "tear-stained cheeks") } ---- { [ UNSTAINED, STAINED,!] (not stained; "An apron keeps his clothing unstained") } { untreated, ((of a specimen for study under a microscope) not treated with a reagent or dye) }] [{ [ COLORFUL, COLORLESS2,!] colourful, CHROMATIC,^ noun.attribute:color3,= (having much or varied color; "colorful autumn leaves") } { ablaze, (resembling flame in brilliance or color; "maple trees ablaze in autumn") } { [ bright, noun.attribute:brightness,+ ] [ brilliant, noun.attribute:brilliancy,+ ] [ vivid, noun.attribute:vividness,+ ] (having strong or striking color; "bright dress"; "brilliant tapestries"; "a bird with vivid plumage") } { [ changeable, noun.attribute:changeableness,+ ] chatoyant, [ iridescent, noun.attribute:iridescence,+ verb.stative:iridesce,+ ] shot, (varying in color when seen in different lights or from different angles; "changeable taffeta"; "chatoyant (or shot) silk"; "a dragonfly hovered, vibrating and iridescent") } { deep, [ rich, noun.attribute:richness,+ ] (strong; intense; "deep purple"; "a rich red") } { [ fluorescent, verb.perception:fluoresce,+ ] (brilliantly colored and apparently giving off light; "fluorescent colors") } { [ prismatic, noun.artifact:prism,+ ] (exhibiting spectral colors formed by refraction of light through a prism; "prismatic light") } { psychedelic, (having the vivid colors and bizarre patterns associated with psychedelic states; "a psychedelic painting") } { [ shrill, noun.attribute:shrillness1,+ ] (of colors that are bright and gaudy; "a shrill turquoise") } { vibrant, (of colors that are bright and striking) } ---- { [ COLORLESS2, noun.attribute:colorlessness,+ COLORFUL,!] [ colourless2, noun.attribute:colourlessness,+ ] ACHROMATIC,^ noun.attribute:color3,= (weak in color; not colorful) } { ashen, blanched, bloodless, [ livid, noun.attribute:lividness,+ noun.attribute:lividity,+ ] white, (anemic looking from illness or emotion; "a face turned ashen"; "the invalid's blanched cheeks"; "tried to speak with bloodless lips"; "a face livid with shock"; "lips...livid with the hue of death"- Mary W. Shelley; "lips white with terror"; "a face white with rage") } { bleached, faded, washed-out, washy, (having lost freshness or brilliance of color; "sun-bleached deck chairs"; "faded jeans"; "a very pale washed-out blue"; "washy colors") } { drab, sober, [ somber, noun.state:somberness,+ ] [ sombre, noun.state:sombreness,+ ] (lacking brightness or color; dull; "drab faded curtains"; "sober Puritan grey"; "children in somber brown clothes") } { dulled, greyed, (deprived of color; "colors dulled by too much sun"; "greyed with the dust of the road") } { etiolate, etiolated, blanched2, noun.Tops:plant,;c ((especially of plants) developed without chlorophyll by being deprived of light; "etiolated celery") } { [ lurid, noun.attribute:luridness2,+ ] (ghastly pale; "moonlight gave the statue a lurid luminence") } { [ pale, noun.attribute:paleness2,+ ] [ pallid, noun.attribute:pallidness,+ ] [ wan, noun.attribute:wanness,+ ] (abnormally deficient in color as suggesting physical or emotional distress; "the pallid face of the invalid"; "her wan face suddenly flushed") } { [ pasty, noun.substance:paste,+ ] pastelike, (resembling paste in color; pallid; "he looked pasty and red-eyed"; "a complexion that had been pastelike was now chalky white") } { prefaded, ((of fabric or clothing) having been given a faded (weathered) appearance by artificial means) } { waxen, waxlike, waxy, (having the paleness of wax; "the poor face with the same awful waxen pallor"- Bram Stoker; "the soldier turned his waxlike features toward him"; "a thin face with a waxy paleness") } { white2, whitened2, ((of hair) having lost its color; "the white hairs of old age") }] [{ [ COLORFUL3, COLORLESS3,!] [ COLOURFUL3, COLOURLESS3,! ] (striking in variety and interest; "a colorful period of history"; "a colorful character"; "colorful language") } { brave, [ braw, noun.location:Scotland,;r ] gay, (brightly colored and showy; "girls decked out in brave new dresses"; "brave banners flying"; "`braw' is a Scottish word"; "a dress a bit too gay for her years"; "birds with gay plumage") } { [ flashy, noun.communication:flash2,+ noun.attribute:flashiness,+ ] [ gaudy, noun.attribute:gaudiness1,+ noun.attribute:gaudiness,+ ] jazzy, [ showy, noun.attribute:showiness,+ ] sporty, ((used especially of clothes) marked by conspicuous display) } { many-sided, (full of variety or interest; "a many-sided personality") } { noisy, (attracting attention by showiness or bright colors; "a noisy sweater") } { [ picturesque, noun.attribute:picturesqueness1,+ ] (strikingly expressive; "a picturesque description of the rainforest") } ---- { [ COLORLESS3, COLORFUL3,!] [ COLOURLESS3, COLOURFUL3,! ] DULL3,^ (lacking in variety and interest; "a colorless and unimaginative person"; "a colorless description of the parade") } { neutral, (lacking distinguishing quality or characteristics; "a neutral personality that made no impression whatever") } { pale, pallid, (lacking in vitality or interest or effectiveness; "a pale rendition of the aria"; "pale prose with the faint sweetness of lavender"; "a pallid performance") }] [{ [ LIGHT5, noun.attribute:lightness3,+ DARK2,!] light-colored, WHITE1,^ noun.attribute:value1,= ((used of color) having a relatively small amount of coloring agent; "light blue"; "light colors such as pastels"; "a light-colored powder") } { [ pale, noun.attribute:paleness,+ ] (very light colored; highly diluted with white; "pale seagreen"; "pale blue eyes") } { palish, (slightly pale) } { [ pastel, noun.attribute:pastel,+ ] (delicate and pale in color; "pastel pink") } { powdery, (as if dulled in color with a sprinkling of powder; "a powdery blue") } ---- { [ DARK2, noun.attribute:darkness3,+ LIGHT5,!] BLACK1,^ noun.attribute:value1,= ((used of color) having a dark hue; "dark green"; "dark glasses"; "dark colors like wine red or navy blue") } { darkish, (slightly dark; "darkish red") }] [{ [ CHROMATIC1, DIATONIC,!] noun.communication:music,;c (based on a scale consisting of 12 semitones; "a chromatic scale") } ---- { [ DIATONIC, CHROMATIC1,!] noun.communication:music,;c (based on the standard major or minor scales consisting of 5 tones and 2 semitones without modulation by accidentals) }] [{ [ CISMONTANE, TRAMONTANE,!] (on this (the speaker's) side of the mountains; "a contest in Virginia between a cismontane and a tramontane people") } { cisalpine, ultramontane1, (on the Italian or Roman side of the Alps; "ancient cisalpine Gaul included an area south and east of the Alps") } ---- { [ TRAMONTANE, CISMONTANE,!] transmontane, (on or coming from the other side of the mountains (from the speaker); "the transmontane section of the state"; "tramontane winds") } { [ transalpine, noun.person:transalpine,+ ] ultramontane2, (on or relating to or characteristic of the region or peoples beyond the Alps from Italy (or north of the Alps); "ancient transalpine Gaul was an area northwest of the Alps and included modern France and Belgium"; "Cracow was a transalpine university") }] [{ [ CHRISTIAN, noun.person:christ,+ noun.cognition:christianity,+ UNCHRISTIAN,!] (following the teachings or manifesting the qualities or spirit of Jesus Christ) } { [ christianly, noun.person:christian,+ ] (becoming to or like a Christian; "gentle christianly behavior") } { christlike, [ christly, noun.person:christ,+ ] (resembling or showing the spirit of Christ) } ---- { [ UNCHRISTIAN, CHRISTIAN,!] (not of a Christian faith) } { christless, nonchristian, (not believing in Christ) } { unchristianly, unchristlike, (not becoming to or like a Christian; "ashamed to have to recognize how unchristianly his assumptions and motives are") }] [{ [ CIVILIZED, NONCIVILIZED,!] civilised, EDUCATED,^ REFINED1,^ (having a high state of culture and development both social and technological; "terrorist acts that shocked the civilized world") } { advanced, ((of societies) highly developed especially in technology or industry; "advanced societies"; "an advanced country technologically") } { civil, (of or in a condition of social order; "civil peoples") } { humane, (showing evidence of moral and intellectual advancement) } ---- { [ NONCIVILIZED, CIVILIZED,!] noncivilised, UNEDUCATED,^ (not having a high state of culture and social development) } { [ barbarian, noun.person:barbarian1,+ noun.person:barbarian,+ ] [ barbaric, noun.act:barbarity,+ ] [ savage, noun.person:savage,+ noun.attribute:savageness,+ ] uncivilized, uncivilised, [ wild, noun.state:wild,+ noun.attribute:wildness,+ ] (without civilizing influences; "barbarian invaders"; "barbaric practices"; "a savage people"; "fighting is crude and uncivilized especially if the weapons are efficient"-Margaret Meade; "wild tribes") } { barbarous, (primitive in customs and culture) } { preliterate, nonliterate, (used of a society that has not developed writing) } { [ primitive, noun.person:primitive,+ noun.state:primitiveness,+ ] noun.cognition:anthropology,;c (used of preliterate or tribal or nonindustrial societies; "primitive societies") }] [{ [ CLASSICAL, NONCLASSICAL,!] classic, (of or relating to the first significant period of a civilization, culture, area of study, etc.; "classic Chinese pottery"; "classical Marxism") } { classical1, Greco-Roman, Graeco-Roman, noun.cognition:fine_arts,;c (of or pertaining to or characteristic of the ancient Greeks and Romans, especially their art, literature, or culture; "classical mythology"; "the classical world") } { classical2, noun.communication:music,;c (of or relating to music in the European tradition, such as symphonies and operas; "classical music") } { classical3, noun.cognition:physics,;c ((physics) relating to or based on concepts that preceded the theories of relativity and quantum mechanics) } { neoclassic, [ neoclassical, noun.cognition:neoclassicism,+ ] (characteristic of a revival of an earlier classical style) } ---- { [ NONCLASSICAL, CLASSICAL,!] noun.cognition:fine_arts,;c (not classical) } { [ modern, noun.attribute:modernity,+ noun.attribute:modernness,+ ] (characteristic of present-day art and music and literature and architecture) } { [ popular, noun.attribute:popularity,+ ] pop, noun.communication:music,;c noun.act:art,;c ((of music or art) new and of general appeal (especially among young people)) }] [{ [ CLASSIFIED1, UNCLASSIFIED1,!] (arranged into classes) } { categorized, categorised, (arranged into categories) } { grouped, sorted, (arranged into groups) } ---- { [ UNCLASSIFIED1, CLASSIFIED1,!] (not arranged in any specific grouping) } { uncategorized, uncategorised, unsorted, (not categorized or sorted) }] [{ [ CLASSIFIED2, UNCLASSIFIED2,!] (official classification of information or documents; withheld from general circulation; "thousands of classified documents have now been declassified") } { eyes-only, (official classification for documents; meant to be seen by only the person to whom it is directed) } { [ confidential, noun.state:confidentiality,+ ] (the level of official classification for documents next above restricted and below secret; available only to persons authorized to see documents so classified) } { restricted, (the lowest level of official classification for documents) } { secret, (the next to highest level of official classification for documents) } { sensitive, (of or pertaining to classified information or matters affecting national security) } { top-secret, (the highest official level of classification of documents) } ---- { [ UNCLASSIFIED2, CLASSIFIED2,!] (not subject to a security classification) } { declassified, (having had security classification removed) } { nonsensitive, unrestricted, (never having had security classification) }] [{ [ ANALYZED, UNANALYZED,!] (examined carefully and methodically; broken down for consideration of constituent parts; "the analyzed data indicated surprising trends"; "a carefully analyzed poem can be like a dead butterfly pinned to a board") } ---- { [ UNANALYZED, ANALYZED,!] (not analyzed or broken down for detailed examination; "an unanalyzed compound"; "unanalyzed data") } { [ crude, noun.state:crudity,+ ] [ raw, noun.state:rawness,+ ] (not processed or subjected to analysis; "raw data"; "the raw cost of production"; "only the crude vital statistics") }] [{ [ CLEAN1, noun.state:cleanness,+ DIRTY1,!] ANTISEPTIC,^ TIDY,^ noun.state:cleanness,= (free from dirt or impurities; or having clean habits; "children with clean shining faces"; "clean white shirts"; "clean dishes"; "a spotlessly clean house"; "cats are clean animals") } { cleanable, (capable of being cleaned) } { [ cleanly, noun.attribute:cleanliness,+ ] (habitually clean; "cleanly in their persons and habitations") } { dry-cleaned, (cleaned with chemical solvents) } { [ fresh, noun.attribute:freshness1,+ ] unused, (not yet used or soiled; "a fresh shirt"; "a fresh sheet of paper"; "an unused envelope") } { [ immaculate, noun.state:immaculateness,+ ] speckless, spick-and-span, spic-and-span, spic, spick, [ spotless, noun.state:spotlessness,+ ] (completely neat and clean; "the apartment was immaculate"; "in her immaculate white uniform"; "a spick-and-span kitchen"; "their spic red-visored caps") } { pristine, (immaculately clean and unused; "handed her his pristine white handkerchief") } { scrubbed, (made clean by scrubbing; "fresh-scrubbed floors"; "boys with scrubbed necks and faces") } { unsoiled, unspotted, unstained, (without soil or spot or stain) } { unsullied, (spotlessly clean and fresh; "the unsullied snow of mountains") } { washed, water-washed, (clean by virtue of having been washed in water) } ---- { [ DIRTY1, noun.state:dirt,+ noun.state:dirtiness,+ CLEAN1,!] soiled4, [ unclean4, noun.state:uncleanness,+ ] UNTIDY,^ noun.state:cleanness,= (soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime; "dirty unswept sidewalks"; "a child in dirty overalls"; "dirty slums"; "piles of dirty dishes"; "put his dirty feet on the clean sheet"; "wore an unclean shirt"; "mining is a dirty job"; "Cinderella did the dirty work while her sisters preened themselves") } { Augean, (extremely filthy from long neglect) } { bedraggled, draggled, (limp and soiled as if dragged in the mud; "the beggar's bedraggled clothes"; "scarecrows in battered hats or draggled skirts") } { befouled, fouled, (made dirty or foul; "a building befouled with soot"; "breathing air fouled and darkened with factory soot") } { begrimed, [ dingy, noun.state:dinge,+ noun.state:dinginess,+ ] [ grimy, noun.state:grime,+ noun.state:griminess,+ ] [ grubby, noun.state:grubbiness,+ ] [ grungy, noun.state:grunge,+ ] raunchy, (thickly covered with ingrained dirt or soot; "a miner's begrimed face"; "dingy linen"; "grimy hands"; "grubby little fingers"; "a grungy kitchen") } { [ black, noun.attribute:blackness,+ ] [ smutty, noun.state:smuttiness,+ ] (soiled with dirt or soot; "with feet black from playing outdoors"; "his shirt was black within an hour") } { [ buggy, noun.animal:bug2,+ noun.state:bugginess,+ ] (infested with bugs) } { cobwebby, (covered with cobwebs) } { dirty-faced, (having a dirty face; "a crowd of dirty-faced ragamuffins surrounded him") } { feculent, (foul with waste matter) } { [ filthy, noun.state:filth1,+ noun.state:filth,+ noun.state:filthiness,+ ] [ foul, noun.state:foulness,+ ] [ nasty, noun.state:nastiness,+ ] (disgustingly dirty; filled or smeared with offensive matter; "as filthy as a pigsty"; "a foul pond"; "a nasty pigsty of a room") } { flyblown, [ squalid, noun.state:squalidness,+ ] [ sordid, noun.state:sordidness,+ ] (foul and run-down and repulsive; "a flyblown bar on the edge of town"; "a squalid overcrowded apartment in the poorest part of town"; "squalid living conditions"; "sordid shantytowns") } { [ greasy, noun.substance:grease,+ noun.attribute:greasiness,+ ] [ oily, noun.attribute:oiliness1,+ ] (smeared or soiled with grease or oil; "greasy coveralls"; "get rid of rubbish and oily rags") } { [ lousy, noun.animal:louse3,+ noun.animal:louse2,+ noun.animal:louse1,+ noun.state:lousiness,+ ] (infested with lice; "burned their lousy clothes") } { maculate, (spotted or blotched) } { [ mucky, noun.substance:muck,+ ] muddy, (dirty and messy; covered with mud or muck; "muddy boots"; "a mucky stable") } { [ ratty, noun.animal:rat,+ ] (dirty and infested with rats) } { [ scummy, noun.artifact:scum,+ ] (covered with scum; "the scummy surface of the polluted pond") } { [ smudgy, noun.attribute:smudge,+ ] (smeared with something that soils or stains; these words are often used in combination; "oil-smeared work clothes"; "hostile faces smirched by the grime and rust"- Henry Roth; "ink-smudged fingers") } { [ snotty, noun.body:snot,+ ] snot-nosed, (dirty with nasal discharge; "a snotty nose"; "a house full of snot-nosed kids") } { [ sooty, noun.state:sootiness,+ noun.substance:soot,+ ] (covered with or as if with soot; "a sooty chimney")} { travel-soiled, travel-stained, (soiled from travel; "travel-soiled clothes") } { [ uncleanly, noun.attribute:uncleanliness,+ ] (habitually unclean) } { unswept, (not having been swept; "unswept floors") } { unwashed, (not cleaned with or as if with soap and water; "a sink full of unwashed dishes") }] [{ [ CLEAN2, DIRTY2,!] unobjectionable2, DECENT,^ ((of behavior or especially language) free from objectionable elements; fit for all observers; "good clean fun"; "a clean joke") } { antiseptic, (devoid of objectionable language; "lyrics as antiseptic as Sunday School") } ---- { [ DIRTY2, noun.attribute:dirtiness,+ CLEAN2,!] INDECENT,^ ((of behavior or especially language) characterized by obscenity or indecency; "dirty words"; "a dirty old man"; "dirty books and movies"; "boys telling dirty jokes"; "has a dirty mouth") } { [ bawdy, noun.communication:bawdy,+ noun.person:bawd,+ noun.attribute:bawdiness,+ ] off-color, [ ribald, noun.person:ribald,+ ] (humorously vulgar; "bawdy songs"; "off-color jokes"; "ribald language") } { [ blasphemous, noun.communication:blasphemy,+ ] blue2, [ profane, noun.attribute:profaneness,+ noun.communication:profanity,+ ] (characterized by profanity or cursing; "foul-mouthed and blasphemous"; "blue language"; "profane words") } { dirty-minded, (having lewd thoughts) } { cruddy, [ filthy, noun.communication:filth,+ noun.attribute:filthiness,+ ] foul, [ nasty, noun.attribute:nastiness2,+ ] [ smutty, noun.attribute:smuttiness,+ noun.communication:smut,+ noun.act:smut,+ ] (characterized by obscenity; "had a filthy mouth"; "foul language"; "smutty jokes") } { foul-mouthed, foul-spoken, (using foul or obscene language; "noisy foul-mouthed women all shouting at once") } { [ lewd, noun.attribute:lewdness,+ ] [ obscene, noun.attribute:obscenity,+ ] [ raunchy, noun.attribute:raunch,+ ] [ salacious, noun.attribute:salaciousness,+ noun.attribute:salacity,+ ] (suggestive of or tending to moral looseness; "lewd pictures"; "an indecent gesture"; "obscene telephone calls"; "salacious limericks") } { scabrous, (dealing with salacious or indecent material; "a scabrous novel") } { [ scatological, noun.communication:scatology,+ ] (dealing pruriently with excrement and excretory functions; "scatological literature") }] [{ [ CLEAN3, noun.state:cleanness,+ DIRTY3,!] uncontaminating2, (not spreading pollution or contamination; especially radioactive contamination; "a clean fuel"; "cleaner and more efficient engines"; "the tactical bomb is reasonably clean") } ---- { [ DIRTY3, noun.state:dirt,+ noun.state:dirtiness1,+ CLEAN3,!] contaminating2, (spreading pollution or contamination; especially radioactive contamination; "the air near the foundry was always dirty"; "a dirty bomb releases enormous amounts of long-lived radioactive fallout") }] [{ [ RADIOACTIVE, noun.process:radioactivity,+ NONRADIOACTIVE,!] (exhibiting or caused by radioactivity; "radioactive isotope"; "radioactive decay"; "radioactive fallout") } { hot, (having or dealing with dangerously high levels of radioactivity; "hot fuel rods"; "a hot laboratory") } ---- { [ NONRADIOACTIVE, RADIOACTIVE,!] (not radioactive) }] [{ [ CLEAN4, UNCLEAN,!] CLEAN1,^ PURE2,^ noun.cognition:religion,;c (ritually clean or pure) } { [ halal, noun.food:halal,+ ] noun.cognition:Islam,;c (conforming to dietary laws; "halal meat"; "a halal kitchen") } { kosher, cosher, noun.cognition:Judaism,;c (conforming to dietary laws; "kosher meat"; "a kosher kitchen") } ---- { [ UNCLEAN, noun.state:uncleanness,+ CLEAN4,!] [ impure3, noun.state:impureness,+ ] IMPURE2,^ noun.cognition:reliGion,;c (having a physical or moral blemish so as to make impure according to dietary or ceremonial laws; "unclean meat"; "and the swine...is unclean to you"-Leviticus 11:3) } { nonkosher, tref, terefah, noun.cognition:Judaism,;c (not conforming to dietary laws) } { [ untouchable, noun.person:untouchable,+ ] ((especially used in traditional Hindu belief of the lowest caste or castes) defiling) }] [{ [ CLEAR, noun.attribute:clarity1,+ noun.attribute:clearness1,+ UNCLEAR,!] COMPREHENSIBLE,^ DEFINITE,^ DISTINCT,^ UNAMBIGUOUS,^ noun.attribute:clearness1,= (readily apparent to the mind; "a clear and present danger"; "a clear explanation"; "a clear case of murder"; "a clear indication that she was angry"; "gave us a clear idea of human nature") } { broad, unsubtle, (lacking subtlety; obvious; "gave us a broad hint that it was time to leave") } { [ clear-cut, noun.attribute:clearcutness,+ ] [ distinct, noun.attribute:distinctness,+ ] [ trenchant, noun.attribute:trenchancy,+ ] (clearly or sharply defined to the mind; "clear-cut evidence of tampering"; "Claudius was the first to invade Britain with distinct...intentions of conquest"; "trenchant distinctions between right and wrong") } { [ limpid, noun.attribute:limpidity1,+ ] [ lucid, noun.attribute:lucidity,+ ] luculent, [ pellucid, noun.attribute:pellucidity1,+ ] crystal_clear, [ perspicuous, noun.attribute:perspicuousness,+ noun.attribute:perspicuity,+ ] noun.communication:language,;c ((of language) transparently clear; easily understandable; "writes in a limpid style"; "lucid directions"; "a luculent oration"- Robert Burton; "pellucid prose"; "a crystal clear explanation"; "a perspicuous argument") } { prima_facie, (as it seems at first sight; "a prima facie case of murder") } { unmistakable, (clearly evident to the mind; "his opposition to slavery was unmistakable") } { [ vivid, noun.attribute:vividness1,+ ] (having the clarity and freshness of immediate experience; "a vivid recollection") } ---- { [ UNCLEAR, noun.attribute:unclearness,+ CLEAR,!] AMBIGUOUS,^ INDEFINITE,^ INCOMPREHENSIBLE,^ INDISTINCT,^ OPAQUE,^ noun.attribute:clearness1,= (not clear to the mind; "the law itself was unclear on that point"; "the reason for their actions is unclear to this day") } { amorphous, (unclear because vague or badly organized; "Her vague, amorphous statement of her predicament was part of what made it so hard for her to solve it") } { blurred, clouded, (unclear in form or expression; "the blurred aims of the group"; "sometimes one understood clearly and sometimes the meaning was clouded"- H.G.Wells) } { confusing, perplexing, puzzling, (lacking clarity of meaning; causing confusion or perplexity; "sent confusing signals to Iraq"; "perplexing to someone who knew nothing about it"; "a puzzling statement") } { [ obscure, noun.attribute:obscurity2,+ noun.attribute:obscureness2,+ ] [ vague, noun.attribute:vagueness,+ ] (not clearly expressed or understood; "an obscure turn of phrase"; "an impulse to go off and fight certain obscure battles of his own spirit"-Anatole Broyard; "their descriptions of human behavior become vague, dull, and unclear"- P.A.Sorokin; "vague...forms of speech...have so long passed for mysteries of science"- John Locke) }] [{ [ CLEAR2, noun.attribute:clarity,+ noun.attribute:clearness2,+ OPAQUE,!] noun.attribute:clearness2,= (allowing light to pass through; "clear water"; "clear plastic bags"; "clear glass"; "the air is clear and clean") } { crystalline, crystal_clear, [ limpid, noun.attribute:limpidity,+ ] lucid, [ pellucid, noun.attribute:pellucidity,+ noun.attribute:pellucidness,+ ] [ transparent, noun.phenomenon:transparency,+ noun.attribute:transparentness,+ noun.phenomenon:transparence,+ noun.attribute:transparence,+ ] (transmitting light; able to be seen through with clarity; "the cold crystalline water of melted snow"; "crystal clear skies"; "could see the sand on the bottom of the limpid pool"; "lucid air"; "a pellucid brook"; "transparent crystal") } { [ hyaline, noun.substance:hyaline,+ ] hyaloid, (resembling glass in transparency or translucency; "the morning is as clear as diamond or as hyaline"-Sacheverell Sitwell) } { liquid, limpid2, (clear and bright; "the liquid air of a spring morning"; "eyes shining with a liquid luster"; "limpid blue eyes") } { [ translucent, noun.attribute:translucency,+ noun.attribute:translucence,+ ] [ semitransparent, noun.attribute:semitransparency,+ ] (allowing light to pass through diffusely; "translucent amber"; "semitransparent curtains at the windows") } { [ unclouded, noun.attribute:uncloudedness,+ ] (not made opaque or cloudy by sediment; "the wine was unclouded") } { unfrosted, ((of glass) lacking a frosted coating; "unfrosted light bulbs") } ---- { [ OPAQUE, noun.phenomenon:opacity,+ noun.attribute:opacity,+ noun.attribute:opaqueness,+ CLEAR2,!] UNCLEAR,^ noun.attribute:opacity,= (not transmitting or reflecting light or radiant energy; impenetrable to sight; "opaque windows of the jail"; "opaque to X-rays") } { [ cloudy, noun.attribute:cloudiness,+ ] [ muddy, noun.attribute:muddiness,+ ] mirky, [ murky, noun.state:murk,+ noun.attribute:murkiness,+ ] [ turbid, noun.attribute:turbidness,+ noun.attribute:turbidity,+ ] ((of liquids) clouded as with sediment; "a cloudy liquid"; "muddy coffee"; "murky waters") } { fogged, [ foggy, noun.state:fog1,+ noun.attribute:fogginess,+ ] (obscured by fog; "he could barely see through the fogged window") } { frosted, ((of glass) having a roughened coating resembling frost; "frosted glass") } { glaucous, (having a frosted look from a powdery coating, as on plants; "glaucous stems"; "glaucous plums"; "glaucous grapes") } { lightproof, light-tight, (not penetrable by light; "lightproof containers") } { [ milky, noun.food:milk1,+ ] milklike, whitish, (resembling milk in color; not clear; "milky glass") } { semiopaque, (partially opaque) } { solid, (impenetrable for the eye; "solid blackness") }] [{ [ RADIOLUCENT, RADIOPAQUE,!] (almost complete transparent to X-rays or other forms of radiation; "radiolucent tissues") } ---- { [ RADIOPAQUE, noun.phenomenon:radiopacity,+ RADIOLUCENT,!] radio-opaque, (not transparent to X-rays or other forms of radiation; "barium sulfate is radiopaque") }] [{ [ CLEARHEADED, CONFUSED,!] clear-thinking, (not mentally confused; able to think clearly and act intelligently) } { [ clear, noun.attribute:clearness1,+ ] (free from confusion or doubt; "a complex problem requiring a clear head"; "not clear about what is expected of us") } { [ unclouded, noun.attribute:uncloudedness,+ ] (not mentally disordered; "an unclouded mind") } ---- { [ CONFUSED, noun.cognition:confusedness,+ CLEARHEADED,!] PERPLEXED,^ (mentally confused; unable to think with clarity or act intelligently; "the flood of questions left her bewildered and confused") } { addlebrained, addlepated, puddingheaded, muddleheaded, (stupid and confused; "blathering like the addlepated nincompoop that you are"; "a confused puddingheaded, muddleheaded fellow"- Isaac Sterne) } { addled, befuddled1, muddled, muzzy, woolly, wooly, woolly-headed, wooly-minded, (confused and vague; used especially of thinking; "muddleheaded ideas"; "your addled little brain"; "woolly thinking"; "woolly-headed ideas") } { befogged, befuddled2, (stupefied by alcoholic drink; "the wino's poor befuddled mind"; "a mind befogged with drink") } { clouded, (mentally disordered; "a mind clouded by sorrow") } { dazed, stunned, stupefied, stupid(p), (in a state of mental numbness especially as resulting from shock; "he had a dazed expression on his face"; "lay semiconscious, stunned (or stupefied) by the blow"; "was stupid from fatigue") } { dazzled, (stupefied or dizzied by something overpowering; "I fall back dazzled at beholding myself all rosy red, / At having, I myself, caused the sun to rise."- `Chanticler' by Rostand) } { trancelike, (as if in a trance) } { punch-drunk, silly, slaphappy, noun.communication:colloquialism,;u (dazed from or as if from repeated blows; "knocked silly by the impact"; "slaphappy with exhaustion"; "punch-drunk with love") } { spaced-out, (confused or disoriented as if intoxicated through taking a drug) }] [{ [ CLEMENT1, noun.act:clemency1,+ INCLEMENT1,!] MERCIFUL,^ ((used of persons or behavior) inclined to show mercy; "a more clement judge reduced the sentence") } { [ lenient, noun.attribute:leniency,+ ] (characterized by tolerance and mercy) } ---- { [ INCLEMENT1, noun.attribute:inclemency,+ CLEMENT1,!] MERCILESS,^ (used of persons or behavior; showing no clemency or mercy; "the harsh sentence of an inclement judge") } { unsparing, (not forbearing; ruthless; "an unsparing critic") }] [{ [ CLEMENT2, noun.state:clemency,+ INCLEMENT2,!] TEMPERATE1,^ ((of weather or climate) physically mild; "clement weather") } { [ balmy, noun.substance:balm1,+ ] [ mild, noun.state:mildness,+ ] [ soft, noun.state:softness2,+ ] (mild and pleasant; "balmy days and nights"; "the climate was mild and conducive to life or growth"; "a soft breeze") } ---- { [INCLEMENT2, CLEMENT2,!] INTEMPERATE1,^ ((of weather or climate) severe)}] [{ [ SMART, noun.cognition:smartness1,+ STUPID,!] INTELLIGENT,^ (showing mental alertness and calculation and resourcefulness) } { [ astute, noun.cognition:astuteness,+ ] [ sharp, noun.cognition:sharpness1,+ ] [ shrewd, noun.cognition:shrewdness,+ ] (marked by practical hardheaded intelligence; "a smart businessman"; "an astute tenant always reads the small print in a lease"; "he was too shrewd to go along with them on a road that could lead only to their overthrow") } { cagey, cagy, canny, clever, (showing self-interest and shrewdness in dealing with others; "a cagey lawyer"; "too clever to be sound") } { streetwise, street_smart, with-it, (having the shrewd resourcefulness needed to survive in an urban environment) } ---- { [ STUPID, noun.person:stupid,+ noun.cognition:stupidity,+ SMART,!] UNINTELLIGENT,^ (lacking or marked by lack of intellectual acuity) } { anserine, [ dopy1, noun.person:dope,+ ] [ dopey1, noun.person:dope,+ ] [ foolish, noun.attribute:foolishness,+ ] [ goosey, noun.person:goose,+ ] [ goosy, noun.person:goose,+ ] gooselike, [ jerky, noun.person:jerk,+ ] noun.communication:colloquialism,;u (having or revealing stupidity; "ridiculous anserine behavior"; "a dopey answer"; "a dopey kid"; "some fool idea about rewriting authors' books") } { [ asinine, noun.attribute:asininity,+ ] [ fatuous, noun.attribute:fatuousness,+ noun.attribute:fatuity,+ ] [ inane, noun.attribute:inanity,+ ] (extremely silly or stupid) } { [ blockheaded, noun.person:blockhead,+ ] [ boneheaded, noun.person:bonehead,+ ] [ duncical, noun.person:dunce,+ ] [ duncish, noun.person:dunce,+ ] [ fatheaded, noun.person:fathead,+ ] loggerheaded, thick, thickheaded, thick-skulled, wooden-headed, ((used informally) stupid) } { cloddish, doltish, (heavy and dull and stupid) } { [ dense, noun.cognition:denseness1,+ ] dim, [ dull, noun.cognition:dullness3,+ ] [ dumb, noun.cognition:dumbness,+ ] [ obtuse, noun.cognition:obtuseness1,+ ] [ slow, noun.cognition:slowness2,+ noun.cognition:slowness1,+ ] (slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity; "so dense he never understands anything I say to him"; "never met anyone quite so dim"; "although dull at classical learning, at mathematics he was uncommonly quick"- Thackeray; "dumb officials make some really dumb decisions"; "he was either normally stupid or being deliberately obtuse"; "worked with the slow students") } { gaumless, gormless, ((British informal) lacking intelligence and vitality) } { lumpish, lumpen, unthinking, (mentally sluggish) } { nitwitted, senseless, soft-witted, witless, ((of especially persons) lacking sense or understanding or judgment) } { weak, (deficient in intelligence or mental power; "a weak mind") } { yokel-like, (stupid and ignorant like proverbial rural inhabitants; "the boy's empty yokel-like expression") }] [{ [ CLOCKWISE, COUNTERCLOCKWISE,!] DEXTRAL,^ (in the same direction as the rotating hands of a clock) } { dextrorotary, dextrorotatory, [ right-handed, noun.attribute:right-handedness,+ ] (rotating to the right) } ---- { [ COUNTERCLOCKWISE, CLOCKWISE,!] anticlockwise, contraclockwise, SINISTRAL,^ (in the direction opposite to the rotation of the hands of a clock) } { levorotary, levorotatory, left-handed, (rotating to the left) }] [{ [ FAR, noun.attribute:farness,+ NEAR,!] noun.attribute:distance,= (located at a great distance in time or space or degree; "we come from a far country"; "far corners of the earth"; "the far future"; "a far journey"; "the far side of the road"; "far from the truth"; "far in the future") } { cold, (of a seeker; far from the object sought) } { [ distant1, noun.attribute:distance,+ ] [ remote1, noun.attribute:remoteness,+ ] (located far away spatially; "distant lands"; "remote stars") } { [ distant2, noun.time:distance,+ noun.time:distance1,+ ] remote2, removed2, (separate or apart in time; "distant events"; "the remote past or future") } { [ faraway, noun.attribute:farawayness,+ ] far-off1, (very far away in space or time; "faraway mountains"; "the faraway future"; "troops landing on far-off shores"; "far-off happier times") } { farther1, (more distant in especially space or time; "they live in the farther house") } { farthermost, farthest, furthermost, furthest, utmost, uttermost, noun.communication:comparative,;u ((comparatives of `far') most remote in space or time or order; "had traveled to the farthest frontier"; "don't go beyond the farthermost (or furthermost) tree"; "explored the furthest reaches of space"; "the utmost tip of the peninsula") } { further, farther2, (more distant in especially degree; "nothing could be further from the truth"; "further from our expectations"; "farther from the truth"; "farther from our expectations") } { off_the_beaten_track(p), out-of-the-way(a), out_of_the_way, (remote from populous or much-traveled regions; "they found a quiet out-of-the-way resort") } { outlying(a), (relatively far from a center or middle; "outlying settlements") } ---- { [ NEAR, noun.attribute:nearness,+ FAR,!] [ close5, noun.attribute:closeness,+ ] nigh, noun.attribute:distance,= (not far distant in time or space or degree or circumstances; "near neighbors"; "in the near future"; "they are near equals"; "his nearest approach to success"; "a very near thing"; "a near hit by the bomb"; "she was near tears"; "she was close to tears"; "had a close call") } { [ adjacent, noun.attribute:adjacency,+ ] (near or close to but not necessarily touching; "lands adjacent to the mountains"; "New York and adjacent cities") } { nearby, (close at hand; "the nearby towns"; "concentrated his study on the nearby planet Venus") } { warm, (of a seeker; near to the object sought; "you're getting warm"; "hot on the trail") } { hot, (of a seeker; very near to the object sought; "you are hot")}] [{ [ DISTANT1, noun.time:distance1,+ CLOSE1,!] FAR,^ noun.attribute:distance,= (separated in space or coming from or going to a distance; "distant villages"; "the sound of distant traffic"; "a distant sound"; "a distant telephone call") } { deep, (very distant in time or space; "deep in the past"; "deep in enemy territory"; "deep in the woods"; "a deep space probe") } { [ extreme, noun.location:extremity,+ ] (most distant in any direction; "the extreme edge of town") } { far-flung, (remote; "far-flung corners of the Empire") } { long-distance, (covering a long distance; "a long-distance runner"; "a long-distance freight train"; "she ran off with a long-distance truck driver") } { nonadjacent, (not adjacent; not next) } { out-of-town, (happening in or being of another town or city; "an out-of-town tryout"; "an out-of-town school") } { yonder, yon, (distant but within sight (`yon' is dialectal); "yonder valley"; "the hills yonder"; "what is yon place?") } ---- { [ CLOSE1, noun.attribute:closeness,+ DISTANT1,!] noun.attribute:distance,= (at or within a short distance in space or time or having elements near each other; "close to noon"; "how close are we to town?"; "a close formation of ships") } { [ adjacent, noun.attribute:adjacency,+ ] next, side_by_side(p), (nearest in space or position; immediately adjoining without intervening space; "had adjacent rooms"; "in the next room"; "the person sitting next to me"; "our rooms were side by side") } { [ ambient1, noun.state:ambience,+ ] (completely enveloping; "the ambient air"; "ambient sound"; "the ambient temperature") } { appressed, adpressed, (pressed close to or lying flat against something; "adpressed hairs along the plant's stem"; "igneous rocks...closely appressed by this force"-L.V.Pirsson) } { approximate, close_together(p), (located close together; "with heads close together"; "approximate leaves grow together but are not united") } { at_hand1(p), close_at_hand1(p), [ imminent, noun.state:imminency,+ noun.state:imminence,+ ] [ impendent, noun.state:impendency,+ ] impending, (close in time; about to occur; "retribution is at hand"; "some people believe the day of judgment is close at hand"; "in imminent danger"; "his impending retirement") } { at_hand2(p), close_at_hand(p), (close in space; within reach; "the town is close at hand") } { close-hauled, noun.act:navigation1,;c (having the sails trimmed for sailing as close to the wind as possible) } { close-set(a), close_set(p), (set close together; "close-set eyes"; "close-set teeth"; "her eyes are close set") } { [ contiguous, noun.attribute:contiguousness,+ noun.attribute:contiguity,+ ] [ immediate, noun.attribute:immediateness2,+ ] (very close or connected in space or time; "contiguous events"; "immediate contact"; "the immediate vicinity"; "the immediate past") } { encompassing(a), surrounding(a), [ circumferent, noun.location:circumference,+ ] (closely encircling; "encompassing mountain ranges"; "the surrounding countryside") } { enveloping(a), (surrounding and closing in on or hemming in; "the army's enveloping maneuver") } { hand-to-hand, (being at close quarters; "hand-to-hand fighting") } { juxtaposed, (placed side by side often for comparison; "juxtaposed pictures") } { nestled, snuggled, (drawn or pressed close to someone or something for or as if for affection or protection; "saw a number of small houses nestled against the hillside"; "like a baby snuggled in its mother's arms") } { proximate, (very close in space or time; "proximate words"; "proximate houses") } { scalelike, (reduced to a small appressed thing that resembles a scale; "scalelike leaves") } { walk-to(a), walking(a), (close enough to be walked to; "walking distance"; "the factory with the big parking lot...is more convenient than the walk-to factory") }] [{ [ DISTANT2, CLOSE2,!] remote, (far apart in relevance or relationship or kinship; "a distant cousin"; "a remote relative"; "a distant likeness"; "considerations entirely removed (or remote) from politics") } { faraway, (far removed mentally; "a faraway (or distant) look in her eyes") } { loosely_knit, (having only distant social or legal ties; "a loosely knit group") } { removed2(p), (separated in relationship by a given degree of descent; "a cousin once removed") } { ulterior, (beyond or outside an area of immediate interest; remote; "a suggestion ulterior to the present discussion"; "without...any purpose, immediate or ulterior"- G.B.Shaw) } ---- { [ CLOSE2, noun.feeling:closeness,+ DISTANT2,!] (close in relevance or relationship; "a close family"; "we are all...in close sympathy with..."; "close kin"; "a close resemblance") } { approximate, near2, (very close in resemblance; "sketched in an approximate likeness"; "a near likeness") } { boon, (very close and convivial; "boon companions") } { [ chummy, noun.person:chum,+ noun.attribute:chumminess,+ ] buddy-buddy, thick(p), noun.communication:colloquialism,;u ((used informally) associated on close terms; "a close friend"; "the bartender was chummy with the regular customers"; "the two were thick as thieves for months") } { close-knit, closely_knit, (held together as by social or cultural ties; "a close-knit family"; "close-knit little villages"; "the group was closely knit") } { [ confidential, noun.feeling:confidence,+ ] (denoting confidence or intimacy; "a confidential approach"; "in confidential tone of voice") } { cozy, (suggesting connivance; "a cozy arrangement with the police") } { dear, good, near, (with or in a close or intimate relationship; "a good friend"; "my sisters and brothers are near and dear") } { [ familiar, noun.cognition:familiarity,+ noun.attribute:familiarity2,+ ] intimate2, (having mutual interests or affections; of established friendship; "on familiar terms"; "pretending she is on an intimate footing with those she slanders") } { intimate, (marked by close acquaintance, association, or familiarity; "intimate friend"; "intimate relations between economics, politics, and legal principles" - V.L. Parrington) }] [{ [ COUSINLY, noun.person:cousin,+ UNCOUSINLY,!] (like or befitting a cousin; "a cousinly kiss") } ---- { [ UNCOUSINLY, COUSINLY,!] (not befitting a cousin) }] [{ [ CLOTHED, UNCLOTHED,!] clad, ADORNED,^ (wearing or provided with clothing; sometimes used in combination; "clothed and in his right mind"- Bible; "proud of her well-clothed family"; "nurses clad in white"; "white-clad nurses") } { appareled, attired, dressed, garbed, garmented, habilimented, robed, (dressed or clothed especially in fine attire; often used in combination; "the elegantly attired gentleman"; "neatly dressed workers"; "monks garbed in hooded robes"; "went about oddly garmented"; "professors robed in crimson"; "tuxedo-attired gentlemen"; "crimson-robed Harvard professors") } { arrayed, panoplied, (in ceremonial attire and paraphernalia; "professors arrayed in robes") } { breeched, pantalooned, trousered, (dressed in trousers) } { bundled-up, (dressed warmly; "bundled-up sailors and soldiers") } { caparisoned, (clothed in finery (especially a horse in ornamental trappings)) } { cassocked, (dressed in a cassock; "cassocked monks") } { coated, (having or dressed in a coat) } { costumed, (dressed in clothing characteristic of a period, country, or class) } { cowled, (having the head enclosed in a cowl or hood; "a cowled monk") } { dighted, noun.communication:archaism,;u (dressed or adorned (as for battle)) } { dressed2(p), dressed-up, dressed_to_the_nines(p), dressed_to_kill(p), dolled_up, spruced_up, spiffed_up, togged_up, (dressed in fancy or formal clothing) } { gowned, (wearing a gown; "beautifully gowned women") } { habited, (dressed in a habit; "the habited men of the monastery") } { heavy-coated, (wearing a heavy coat; "heavy-coated policemen astride noble horses") } { overdressed, (dressed too elaborately) } { petticoated, (wearing or furnished with a petticoat; "petticoated ladies"; "a petticoated table") } { red-coated, lobster-backed, (used of British soldiers during the American Revolutionary War because of their red coats) } { suited, (outfitted or supplied with clothing; "recruits suited in green") } { surpliced, (wearing a surplice) } { togged, noun.communication:colloquialism,;u (dressed especially in smart clothes) } { turned_out, (dressed well or smartly; "the girls were well turned out and smart") } { tuxedoed, (dressed in a tuxedo; "a tuxedoed gentleman") } { underdressed, (inadequately or too informally clothed) } { uniformed, (dressed in a uniform; "uniformed policemen lined the President's route") } { vestmented, (dressed in ceremonial garments especially clerical vestment) } ---- { [ UNCLOTHED, CLOTHED,!] UNADORNED,^ (not wearing clothing) } { [ bare, noun.state:bareness,+ ] au_naturel(p), [ naked, noun.state:nakedness,+ ] [ nude, noun.state:nude,+ noun.person:nude,+ noun.state:nudity,+ noun.state:nudeness,+ ] (completely unclothed; "bare bodies"; "naked from the waist up"; "a nude model") } { bare-assed, bare-ass, in_the_altogether, in_the_buff, in_the_raw, raw, peeled, naked_as_a_jaybird, stark_naked, noun.communication:colloquialism,;u ((used informally) completely unclothed) } { bare-breasted, braless, topless, (having the breasts uncovered or featuring such nudity; "topless waitresses"; "a topless cabaret") } { bareheaded, bared, (having the head uncovered; "caught bareheaded by the downpour"; "with bared head") } { barelegged, (having the legs uncovered by clothing; "barelegged children on the beach") } { bottomless, (unclothed especially below the waist or featuring such nudeness; "bottomless dancers"; "a bottomless bar") } { clothesless, garmentless, raimentless, (possessing no clothing) } { en_deshabille, in_dishabille, (partly dressed in a loose or careless manner) } { exposed, uncovered, (not covered with clothing; "her exposed breast") } { half-clothed, scantily_clad, underclothed, (inadequately clothed) } { mother-naked, naked_as_the_day_one_was_born, naked_as_the_day_you_were_born, in_one's_birthday_suit, in_your_birthday_suit, (as naked as at birth) } { off-the-shoulder, (not covering the shoulders (especially in the case of a blouse or dress)) } { seminude, (partially clothed) } { starkers, noun.location:Britain,;r noun.communication:colloquialism,;u ((British informal) stark naked) } { stripped, (with clothing stripped off) } { unappareled, unattired, unclad, undressed, ungarbed, ungarmented, (having removed clothing) } { without_a_stitch, (without any clothing at all) }] [{ [ SADDLED, UNSADDLED,!] (having a saddle on or being mounted on a saddled animal; "saddled and spurred and ready to ride") } ---- { [ UNSADDLED, SADDLED,!] (with no saddle) } { bareback, barebacked, (riding without a saddle; "a bareback rider") }] [{ [ CLEAR3, noun.attribute:clarity,+ noun.attribute:clearness2,+ CLOUDY,!] noun.cognition:meteorology,;c (free from clouds or mist or haze; "on a clear day") } { [ cloudless, noun.attribute:cloudlessness,+ ] [ unclouded1, noun.attribute:uncloudedness,+ ] (free from clouds; "under a cloudless sky") } { fair, (free of clouds or rain; "today will be fair and warm") } { serene, (completely clear and fine; "serene skies and a bright blue sea") } ---- { [ CLOUDY, noun.object:cloud,+ noun.state:cloudiness,+ CLEAR3,!] noun.cognition:meteorology,;c (full of or covered with clouds; "cloudy skies") } { brumous, [ foggy, noun.phenomenon:fog,+ noun.state:fogginess,+ ] [ hazy, noun.phenomenon:haze,+ noun.attribute:haziness1,+ ] [ misty, noun.phenomenon:mist,+ noun.attribute:mistiness,+ ] (filled or abounding with fog or mist; "a brumous October morning") } { fogbound, (enveloped in fog; "a fogbound fleet"; "the fogbound city") } { cloud-covered, clouded, [ overcast, noun.state:overcast1,+ noun.state:overcast,+ ] sunless, (filled or abounding with clouds) } { cloudlike, [ nebular, noun.state:nebula,+ noun.attribute:nebula,+ ] (resembling a cloud) } { [ dull, noun.attribute:dullness3,+ ] leaden, (darkened with overcast; "a dark day"; "a dull sky"; "the sky was leaden and thick") } { heavy, lowering, [ sullen, noun.feeling:sullenness,+ ] threatening, (darkened by clouds; "a heavy sky") } { [ miasmal, noun.state:miasma,+ ] [ miasmic, noun.state:miasma,+ ] [ vaporous, noun.substance:vapor1,+ ] vapourous, (filled with vapor; "miasmic jungles"; "a vaporous bog") } { [ smoggy, noun.state:smog,+ noun.state:smogginess,+ ] (clouded with a mixture of smoke and fog; "the smoggy atmosphere of Los Angeles") }] [{ [ COASTAL, noun.object:coast,+ INLAND,!] (located on or near or bordering on a coast; "coastal marshes"; "coastal waters"; "the Atlantic coastal plain") } { coastwise, (along or following a coast; "coastal shipping"; "coastwise winds contributed to the storm") } { inshore, (close to a shore; "inshore fisheries") } { maritime, (bordering on or living or characteristic of those near the sea; "a maritime province"; "maritime farmers"; "maritime cultures") } { seaward, (directed or situated away from inland regions and toward the sea or coast; "from the hill he took a seaward course"; "on the seaward side of the road") } ---- { [ INLAND, COASTAL,!] (situated away from an area's coast or border) } { interior, midland, upcountry, (of or coming from the middle of a region or country; "upcountry districts") } { landlocked, (surrounded entirely or almost entirely by land; "a landlocked country") }] [{ [ INSHORE, OFFSHORE,!] onshore4, shoreward, ((of winds) coming from the sea toward the land; "an inshore breeze"; "an onshore gale") } ---- { [ OFFSHORE, INSHORE,!] seaward, ((of winds) coming from the land; "offshore winds") }] [{ [ COHERENT, noun.attribute:coherency,+ noun.attribute:coherence,+ verb.stative:cohere1,+ verb.stative:cohere,+ INCOHERENT,!] [ consistent1, noun.attribute:consistence2,+ ] logical5, ordered6, LOGICAL,^ RATIONAL,^ (marked by an orderly, logical, and aesthetically consistent relation of parts; "a coherent argument") } { seamless, (perfectly consistent and coherent; "the novel's seamless plot") } ---- { [ INCOHERENT, noun.state:incoherency,+ noun.state:incoherence,+ noun.communication:incoherence,+ COHERENT,!] ILLOGICAL,^ IRRATIONAL,^ (without logical or meaningful connection; "a turgid incoherent presentation") } { confused, [ disconnected, noun.state:disconnectedness,+ ] [ disjointed, noun.state:disjointedness,+ ] disordered, garbled, [ illogical, noun.attribute:illogicalness,+ ] scattered, unconnected, (lacking orderly continuity; "a confused set of instructions"; "a confused dream about the end of the world"; "disconnected fragments of a story"; "scattered thoughts") } { fuzzy, (confused and not coherent; not clearly thought out; "a vague and fuzzy idea of the world of finance") }] [{ [ COLLAPSIBLE, verb.motion:collapse1,+ NONCOLLAPSIBLE,!] collapsable, (capable of collapsing or being collapsed; "a collapsible boat") } { foldable, foldaway, folding(a), (capable of being folded up and stored; "a foldaway bed") } { telescopic, (having parts that slide one within another; "a telescopic antenna"; "a telescopic drinking cup") } { tip-up, (constructed so as to tip up or out of the way; "the little tip-up seat of the taxi") } ---- { [ NONCOLLAPSIBLE, COLLAPSIBLE,!] noncollapsable, (not capable of collapsing) } { nontelescopic, nontelescoping, (not telescopic) }] [{ [ CRANNIED, UNCRANNIED,!] (having small chinks or crannies (especially in or between rocks or stones); "a crannied wall") } ---- { [ UNCRANNIED, CRANNIED,!] (without chinks or crannies) }] [{ [ COLLECTIVE, DISTRIBUTIVE,!] INTEGRATIVE,^ JOINT,^ UNITED,^ (forming a whole or aggregate) } { [ agglomerate, noun.substance:agglomerate,+ noun.group:agglomerate,+ ] agglomerated, [ agglomerative, verb.contact:agglomerate,+ ] clustered, (clustered together but not coherent; "an agglomerated flower head") } { [ aggregate1, noun.group:aggregate,+ noun.artifact:aggregate,+ ] aggregated, [ aggregative, verb.contact:aggregate,+ ] mass, (formed of separate units gathered into a mass or whole; "aggregate expenses include expenses of all divisions combined for the entire year"; "the aggregated amount of indebtedness") } { collectivized, collectivised, (characterized by the principle of ownership by the state or the people of the means of production) } { knockdown, noun.artifact:furniture,;c ((furniture) easily assembled and dismantled; "I bought a knockdown chest at the do-it-yourself store") } ---- { [ DISTRIBUTIVE, verb.possession:distribute1,+ COLLECTIVE,!] DIVIDED,^ DISTRIBUTED,^ (serving to distribute or allot or disperse) } { [ allocable, verb.possession:allocate,+ ] [ allocatable, verb.possession:allocate,+ ] [ apportionable, verb.possession:apportion1,+ verb.possession:apportion,+ ] (capable of being distributed) } { diffusing(a), [ diffusive, verb.contact:diffuse,+ verb.communication:diffuse,+ ] [ dispersive, verb.contact:disperse,+ verb.communication:disperse,+ ] [ disseminative, verb.communication:disseminate,+ ] (spreading by diffusion) } { [ immanent, noun.state:immanency,+ noun.state:immanence,+ ] (of qualities that are spread throughout something; "ambition is immanent in human nature"; "we think of God as immanent in nature") } { [ permeant, verb.contact:permeate1,+ verb.contact:permeate,+ ] permeating, [ permeative, verb.contact:permeate1,+ ] [ pervasive, noun.attribute:pervasiveness,+ verb.contact:pervade,+ ] (spreading or spread throughout; "armed with permeative irony...he punctures affectations"; "the pervasive odor of garlic"; "an error is pervasive if it is material to more than one conclusion") } { separative, ((of a word) referring singly and without exception to the members of a group; "whereas `each,' `every,' `either,' `neither,' and `none' are distributive or referring to a single member of a group, `which' in `which of the men' is separative") } { [ suffusive, verb.change:suffuse1,+ verb.change:suffuse,+ ] (spreading through; "suffusive purple light") }] [{ [ PUBLICIZED, SUPPRESSED,!] publicised, (made known; especially made widely known) } { advertised, (called to public attention; "these advertised products") } { heralded, (publicly announced; "the royal couple's much heralded world tour") } { promulgated, published, (formally made public; "published accounts") } ---- { [ SUPPRESSED, PUBLICIZED,!] (kept from public knowledge by various means) } { burked(p), (suppressed quietly or indirectly) } { hushed-up, ((used of information or news) kept secret by using influence; "hushed-up stories sometimes leak out") } { quelled, quenched, squelched, (subdued or overcome; "the quelled rebellion"; "an uprising quenched almost before it started"; "a squelched rumor") } { unreleased, (not (or not yet) made available for distribution or publication; "someone leaked the unreleased announcement"; "a film that remained unreleased for years") }] [{ [ PUBLISHED, UNPUBLISHED,!] (prepared and printed for distribution and sale; "the complete published works Dickens") } ---- { [ UNPUBLISHED, PUBLISHED,!] (not published; "unpublished letters and diaries") }] [{ [ PUBLISHABLE, UNPUBLISHABLE,!] (suitable for publication) } ---- { [ UNPUBLISHABLE, PUBLISHABLE,!] (not suitable for publication) }] [{ [ REPORTED, UNREPORTED,!] (made known or told about; especially presented in a formal account; "his reported opinion"; "the reported findings") } { according, ((followed by `to') as reported or stated by; "according to historians") } { [ notifiable, verb.communication:notify,+ ] (requiring that official notification be given; "a notifiable disease") } { reportable, (meriting report; "years of research produced no reportable results") } ---- { [ UNREPORTED, REPORTED,!] (not reported; "unreported results") }] [{ [ REPORTABLE, UNREPORTABLE,!] ((of income) required by law to be reported; "reportable income") } ---- { [ UNREPORTABLE, REPORTABLE,!] ((of income) not reportable; not required by law to be reported; "very little income is unreportable") }] [{ [ COMBINATIVE, verb.contact:combine1,+ NONCOMBINATIVE,!] combinatory1, INTEGRATIVE,^ (marked by or relating to or resulting from combination) } { [ combinatorial, noun.act:combination1,+ ] noun.cognition:math,;c (relating to the combination and arrangement of elements in sets) } { combinable, combinational, combinatory2, (able to or tending to combine) } ---- { [ NONCOMBINATIVE, COMBINATIVE,!] (not involving combination) } { noncombining, (not able to combine) }] [{ [ COMBUSTIBLE, noun.substance:combustible,+ verb.weather:combust2,+ verb.weather:combust,+ verb.change:combust,+ NONCOMBUSTIBLE,!] (capable of igniting and burning) } { [ burnable, verb.weather:burn2,+ verb.change:burn3,+ verb.change:burn2,+ verb.change:burn1,+ verb.change:burn,+ ] [ ignitable, verb.weather:ignite1,+ verb.weather:ignite,+ ] [ ignitible, verb.weather:ignite1,+ verb.weather:ignite,+ ] (capable of burning) } { comburent, comburant, [ combustive, verb.weather:combust2,+ verb.weather:combust,+ verb.change:combust,+ ] (supporting combustion) } { [ flammable, noun.attribute:flammability,+ ] [ inflammable, noun.attribute:inflammability,+ ] (easily ignited) } { ignescent, (can emit sparks or burst into flame) } { incendiary, (capable of catching fire spontaneously or causing fires or burning readily; "an incendiary agent"; "incendiary bombs") } ---- { [ NONCOMBUSTIBLE, COMBUSTIBLE,!] incombustible, (not capable of igniting and burning) } { fireproof, (impervious to damage by fire) } { fire-retardant, fire-resistant, fire-resisting, fire-resistive, (difficult to burn) } { flameproof, flame-retardant, (resistant to catching fire) } { nonflammable, (impossible to ignite) }] [{ [ EXPLOSIVE, noun.artifact:explosive,+ NONEXPLOSIVE,!] (serving to explode or characterized by explosion or sudden outburst; "an explosive device"; "explosive gas"; "explosive force"; "explosive violence"; "an explosive temper") } { [ detonative, verb.change:detonate1,+ verb.change:detonate,+ ] (exploding almost instantaneously) } ---- { [ NONEXPLOSIVE, EXPLOSIVE,!] (not explosive; "nonexplosive gases"; "a nonexplosive fuel") }] [{ [ LIGHTED, UNLIGHTED,!] lit2, (set afire or burning; "the lighted candles"; "a lighted cigarette"; "a lit firecracker") } { ablaze(p), afire(p), aflame(p), aflare(p), alight(p), on_fire(p), (lighted up by or as by fire or flame; "forests set ablaze (or afire) by lightning"; "even the car's tires were aflame"; "a night aflare with fireworks"; "candles alight on the tables"; "houses on fire") } { ignited, enkindled, kindled, (set afire; "the ignited paper"; "a kindled fire") } ---- { [ UNLIGHTED, LIGHTED,!] unlit2, (not set afire or burning; "the table was bare, the candles unlighted"; "held an unlit cigarette") } { unkindled, (not set afire) }] [{ [ COMMODIOUS, noun.attribute:commodiousness,+ INCOMMODIOUS,!] convenient2, noun.communication:archaism,;u (large and roomy (`convenient' is archaic in this sense); "a commodious harbor"; "a commodious building suitable for conventions") } { [ roomy, noun.attribute:roominess,+ noun.quantity:room,+ ] [ spacious, noun.attribute:spaciousness,+ noun.location:space,+ ] ((of buildings and rooms) having ample space; "a roomy but sparsely furnished apartment"; "a spacious ballroom") } ---- { [ INCOMMODIOUS, noun.state:incommodiousness,+ COMMODIOUS,!] (uncomfortably or inconveniently small; "incommodious hotel accommodations") } { cramped, (constricted in size; "cramped quarters"; "trying to bring children up in cramped high-rise apartments") }] [{ [ COMFORTABLE, noun.state:comfortableness,+ UNCOMFORTABLE,!] comfy, noun.state:comfort,= noun.communication:colloquialism,;u (providing or experiencing physical well-being or relief (`comfy' is informal); "comfortable clothes"; "comfortable suburban houses"; "made himself comfortable in an armchair"; "the antihistamine made her feel more comfortable"; "are you comfortable?"; "feeling comfy now?") } { [ cozy, noun.state:coziness,+ ] [ cosy, noun.state:cosiness,+ ] [ snug, noun.state:snugness,+ ] (enjoying or affording comforting warmth and shelter especially in a small space; "a cozy nook near the fire"; "snug in bed"; "a snug little apartment") } { easy, (affording comfort; "soft light that was easy on the eyes") } { homelike, [ homely, noun.location:home4,+ ] [ homey, noun.state:home,+ ] [ homy, noun.state:home,+ ] (having a feeling of home; cozy and comfortable; "the homely everyday atmosphere"; "a homey little inn") } { soothing, (affording physical relief; "a soothing ointment for her sunburn") } ---- { [ UNCOMFORTABLE, COMFORTABLE,!] noun.state:comfort,= (providing or experiencing physical discomfort; "an uncomfortable chair"; "an uncomfortable day in the hot sun") } { [ bad, noun.attribute:badness1,+ ] tough, noun.communication:colloquialism,;u (feeling physical discomfort or pain (`tough' is occasionally used colloquially for `bad'); "my throat feels bad"; "she felt bad all over"; "he was feeling tough after a restless night") } { comfortless, (without comfort; "a comfortless room") } { irritating, [ painful, noun.attribute:painfulness,+ ] (causing physical discomfort; "bites of black flies are more than irritating; they can be very painful") } { [ miserable, noun.state:miserableness,+ ] [ wretched, noun.state:wretchedness1,+ ] (characterized by physical misery; "a wet miserable weekend"; "spent a wretched night on the floor") } { [ uneasy, noun.state:uneasiness,+ ] (relating to bodily unease that causes discomfort) } { warm, (uncomfortable because of possible danger or trouble; "made things warm for the bookies") }] [{ [ COMFORTABLE1, noun.feeling:comfortableness,+ UNCOMFORTABLE1,!] EASY2,^ (free from stress or conducive to mental ease; having or affording peace of mind; "was settled in a comfortable job, one for which he was well prepared"; "the comfortable thought that nothing could go wrong"; "was comfortable in his religious beliefs"; "she's a comfortable person to be with"; "she felt comfortable with her fiance's parents") } { comforted, (made comfortable or more comfortable in a time of distress; "the news make her feel comforted") } ---- { [ UNCOMFORTABLE1, noun.state:uncomfortableness,+ noun.feeling:uncomfortableness,+ COMFORTABLE1,!] UNEASY,^ (conducive to or feeling mental discomfort; "this kind of life can prove disruptive and uncomfortable"; "the uncomfortable truth"; "grew uncomfortable beneath his appraising eye"; "an uncomfortable way of surprising me just when I felt surest"; "the teacher's presence at the conference made the child very uncomfortable") } { [ awkward, noun.attribute:awkwardness3,+ ] ill_at_ease(p), [ uneasy, noun.feeling:uneasiness1,+ noun.attribute:uneasiness2,+ ] (socially uncomfortable; unsure and constrained in manner; "awkward and reserved at parties"; "ill at ease among eddies of people he didn't know"; "was always uneasy with strangers") } { disquieting, (causing mental discomfort; "the disquieting sounds of nearby gunfire") } { ill-fitting, (not the right size or shape) } { [ self-conscious, noun.feeling:self-consciousness,+ ] (excessively and uncomfortably conscious of your appearance or behavior; "self-conscious teenagers"; "wondered if she could ever be untidy without feeling self-conscious about it") }] [{ [ COMMENSURATE, noun.relation:commensurateness,+ INCOMMENSURATE,!] EQUAL,^ (corresponding in size or degree or extent; "pay should be commensurate with the time worked") } { coextensive, coterminous, conterminous, (being of equal extent or scope or duration) } { commensurable, (capable of being measured by a common standard; "hours and minutes are commensurable") } { [ proportionate, noun.relation:proportionateness,+ ] (agreeing in amount, magnitude, or degree) } ---- { [ INCOMMENSURATE, COMMENSURATE,!] UNEQUAL,^ (not corresponding in size or degree or extent; "a reward incommensurate with his effort") } { disproportionate, (not proportionate) } { incommensurable, (not having a common factor) }] [{ [ PROPORTIONATE, noun.relation:proportionateness,+ DISPROPORTIONATE,!] (being in due proportion; "proportionate representation of a minority group") } { per_capita, (per person; "among the states Connecticut has a high per capita income") } { proportionable, noun.communication:archaism,;u (proportionate) } { proportional, [ relative, noun.attribute:relativity,+ ] (properly related in size or degree or other measurable characteristics; usually followed by `to'; "the punishment ought to be proportional to the crime"; "earnings relative to production") } { [ proportional1, noun.relation:proportionality,+ ] (having a constant ratio) } ---- { [ DISPROPORTIONATE, PROPORTIONATE,!] disproportional, (out of proportion) }] [{ [ COMMERCIAL, noun.communication:commercial,+ noun.act:commerce,+ NONCOMMERCIAL,!] noun.act:commerce,= (connected with or engaged in or sponsored by or used in commerce or commercial enterprises; "commercial trucker"; "commercial TV"; "commercial diamonds") } { commercialized, commercialised, (organized principally for financial gain; "Christmas has become a commercialized spectacle") } { mercantile, (relating to or characteristic of trade or traders; "the mercantile North was forging ahead"- Van Wyck Brooks) } { mercantile2, mercenary, [ moneymaking(a), noun.act:moneymaking,+ ] (profit oriented; "a commercial book"; "preached a mercantile and militant patriotism"- John Buchan; "a mercenary enterprise"; "a moneymaking business") } { technical2, (resulting from or dependent on market factors rather than fundamental economic considerations; "analysts content that the stock market is due for a technical rally"; "the fall is only a technical correction") } ---- { [ NONCOMMERCIAL, COMMERCIAL,!] noun.act:commerce,= (not connected with or engaged in commercial enterprises) } { blue-sky, (without immediate commercial value; "the company cannot afford to do blue-sky research") } { nonprofit, non-profit-making, (not commercially motivated) } { uncommercial, (not conducive to commercial success; "might prove arty and hence uncommercial"- H.E.Clurman) } { uncommercialized, uncommercialised, (not having been commercialized) }] [{ [ RESIDENTIAL, NONRESIDENTIAL,!] (used or designed for residence or limited to residences; "a residential hotel"; "a residential quarter"; "a residential college"; "residential zoning") } ---- { [ NONRESIDENTIAL, RESIDENTIAL,!] (not residential; "the commercial or nonresidential areas of a town"; "community colleges are typically nonresidential") }] [{ [ COMMISSIONED, NONCOMMISSIONED,!] ((of military officers) holding by virtue of a commission a rank of second lieutenant or ensign or above) } ---- { [ NONCOMMISSIONED, COMMISSIONED,!] ((of military officers) appointed from enlisted personnel) }] [{ [ COMMON1, noun.attribute:commonness,+ noun.attribute:commonality,+ UNCOMMON,!] USUAL,^ ORDINARY,^ noun.attribute:commonness,= (having no special distinction or quality; widely known or commonly encountered; average or ordinary or usual; "the common man"; "a common sailor"; "the common cold"; "a common nuisance"; "followed common procedure"; "it is common knowledge that she lives alone"; "the common housefly"; "a common brand of soap") } { [ average, noun.state:averageness,+ noun.attribute:averageness,+ ] [ ordinary2, noun.attribute:ordinariness,+ ] (lacking special distinction, rank, or status; commonly encountered; "average people"; "the ordinary (or common) man in the street") } { [ democratic, noun.cognition:democracy1,+ ] popular1, (representing or appealing to or adapted for the benefit of the people at large; "democratic art forms"; "a democratic or popular movement"; "popular thought"; "popular science"; "popular fiction") } { demotic, (of or for the common people; "demotic entertainments"; "demotic speech"; "a poet with a keen ear for demotic rhythms") } { [ frequent, noun.quantity:frequency,+ noun.time:frequence,+ ] (frequently encountered; "a frequent (or common) error is using the transitive verb `lay' for the intransitive `lie'") } { general, (prevailing among and common to the general public; "the general discontent") } { grassroots, (of or involving the common people as constituting a fundamental political and economic group; "a grassroots movement for nuclear disarmament") } { standard, (commonly used or supplied; "standard procedure"; "standard car equipment") } ---- { [ UNCOMMON, noun.attribute:uncommonness,+ COMMON1,!] EXTRAORDINARY,^ UNUSUAL,^ noun.attribute:commonness,= (not common or ordinarily encountered; unusually great in amount or remarkable in character or kind; "uncommon birds"; "frost and floods are uncommon during these months"; "doing an uncommon amount of business"; "an uncommon liking for money"; "he owed his greatest debt to his mother's uncommon character and ability") } { especial(a), exceptional, particular(a), [ special, noun.attribute:specialness,+ ] (surpassing what is common or usual or expected; "he paid especial attention to her"; "exceptional kindness"; "a matter of particular and unusual importance"; "a special occasion"; "a special reason to confide in her"; "what's so special about the year 2000?") } { rare, (not widely known; especially valued for its uncommonness; "a rare word"; "rare books") } { red_carpet(a), red-carpet(a), (special treatment or hospitality; "the maitre d' gave them the red-carpet treatment") } { [ unusual, noun.attribute:unusualness,+ ] (not commonly encountered; "two-career families are no longer unusual") } { unwonted, (unaccustomed or unusual; "an unwonted softness in her face") }] [{ [ USUAL, noun.attribute:usualness,+ UNUSUAL,!] COMMON1,^ noun.attribute:usualness,= (occurring or encountered or experienced or observed frequently or in accordance with regular practice or procedure; "grew the usual vegetables"; "the usual summer heat"; "came at the usual time"; "the child's usual bedtime") } { accustomed, [ customary, noun.act:custom,+ ] [ habitual, noun.act:habit2,+ ] wonted(a), (commonly used or practiced; usual; "his accustomed thoroughness"; "took his customary morning walk"; "his habitual comment"; "with her wonted candor") } { chronic, inveterate, (habitual; "a chronic smoker")} { [ regular, noun.attribute:regularity,+ ] (in accord with regular practice or procedure; "took his regular morning walk"; "her regular bedtime") } ---- { [ UNUSUAL, noun.attribute:unusualness,+ USUAL,!] UNCOMMON,^ noun.attribute:usualness,= (not usual or common or ordinary; "a scene of unusual beauty"; "a man of unusual ability"; "cruel and unusual punishment"; "an unusual meteorite") } { [ different, verb.stative:differ,+ ] (differing from all others; not ordinary; "advertising that strives continually to be different"; "this new music is certainly different but I don't really like it") } { extraordinary(p), ((of an official) serving an unusual or special function in addition to those of the regular officials; "an ambassador extraordinary") } { [ odd, noun.attribute:oddness,+ ] (not easily explained; "it is odd that his name is never mentioned") } { out-of-the-way, out_of_the_way, out_of_the_ordinary, (exceptional, unusual, or remarkable; "out-of-the-way information") } { peculiar, (markedly different from the usual; "a peculiar hobby of stuffing and mounting bats"; "a man...feels it a peculiar insult to be taunted with cowardice by a woman"-Virginia Woolf) } { unaccustomed, (unusual or unfamiliar; "an unaccustomed pleasure"; "many varieties of unaccustomed foods"; "a new budget of unaccustomed austerity") } { unique, (highly unusual or rare but not the single instance; "spoke with a unique accent"; "had unique ability in raising funds"; "a frankness unique in literature"; "a unique dining experience") }] [{ [ HYDROPHOBIC, noun.attribute:hydrophobicity,+ HYDROPHILIC,!] noun.cognition:chemistry,;c (lacking affinity for water; tending to repel and not absorb water; tending not to dissolve in or mix with or be wetted by water) } ---- { [ HYDROPHILIC, HYDROPHOBIC,!] noun.cognition:chemistry,;c (having a strong affinity for water; tending to dissolve in, mix with, or be wetted by water) } { [ deliquescent, verb.change:deliquesce1,+ verb.change:deliquesce,+ ] ((especially of certain salts) becoming liquid by absorbing moisture from the air) }] [{ [ OLEOPHILIC, OLEOPHOBIC,!] noun.cognition:chemistry,;c (having a strong affinity for oils rather than water) } { lipophilic, lipotropic, noun.cognition:chemistry,;c (having an affinity for lipids) } ---- { [ OLEOPHOBIC, OLEOPHILIC,!] (lacking affinity for oils) }] [{ [ COMMON2, noun.location:common,+ noun.attribute:commonness1,+ noun.attribute:commonality,+ INDIVIDUAL,!] JOINT,^ noun.attribute:commonality,= (belonging to or participated in by a community as a whole; public; "for the common good"; "common lands are set aside for use by all members of a community") } { [ communal, verb.possession:communalize,+ noun.possession:community,+ ] (for or by a group rather than individuals; "dipping each his bread into a communal dish of stew"- Paul Roche; "a communal settlement in which all earnings and food were shared"; "a group effort") } { public, (affecting the people or community as a whole; "community leaders"; "community interests"; "the public welfare") } ---- { [ INDIVIDUAL, noun.attribute:individuality,+ COMMON2,!] single, SEPARATE,^ noun.attribute:individuality,= (being or characteristic of a single thing or person; "individual drops of rain"; "please mark the individual pages"; "they went their individual ways") } { [ idiosyncratic, noun.attribute:idiosyncrasy,+ ] (peculiar to the individual; "we all have our own idiosyncratic gestures"; "Michelangelo's highly idiosyncratic style of painting") } { individualist, [ individualistic, noun.attribute:individualism,+ ] (marked by or expressing individuality; "an individualistic way of dressing") } { one-on-one, man-to-man, noun.act:sport,;c (being a system of play in which an individual defensive player guards an individual offensive player; "one-on-one defense") } { respective(a), several(a), various(a), (considered individually; "the respective club members"; "specialists in their several fields"; "the various reports all agreed") } { [ singular, noun.attribute:singularity1,+ ] (being a single and separate person or thing; "can the singular person be understood apart from his culture?"; "every fact in the world might be singular...unlike any other fact and sole of its kind"-William James) }] [{ [ COMMUNICATIVE, verb.communication:communicate2,+ verb.communication:communicate1,+ verb.communication:communicate,+ noun.attribute:communicativeness,+ UNCOMMUNICATIVE,!] [ communicatory, verb.communication:communicate2,+ verb.communication:communicate1,+ verb.communication:communicate,+ ] ARTICULATE,^ VOLUBLE,^ (able or tending to communicate; "was a communicative person and quickly told all she knew"- W.M.Thackeray) } { [ anecdotic, noun.communication:anecdote,+ ] anecdotal, [ anecdotical, noun.communication:anecdote,+ ] (characterized by or given to telling anecdotes; "anecdotal conversation"; "an anecdotal history of jazz"; "he was at his anecdotic best") } { Bantu-speaking, (able to communicate in Bantu) } { blabbermouthed, [ leaky, noun.communication:leak,+ ] talebearing(a), tattling(a), (prone to communicate confidential information) } { [ chatty, noun.communication:chat,+ ] [ gossipy, noun.communication:gossip,+ ] newsy, (prone to friendly informal communication) } { communicable, (readily communicated; "communicable ideas") } { [ communicational, noun.communication:communication1,+ noun.Tops:communication,+ ] (used in communication; "he had few communicational grooves available for use") } { English-speaking, (able to communicate in English) } { [ expansive, noun.attribute:expansivity1,+ noun.attribute:expansiveness1,+ ] [ talkative, noun.attribute:talkativeness,+ verb.communication:talk1,+ ] (friendly and open and willing to talk; "wine made the guest expansive") } { [ expressive, verb.communication:express2,+ verb.communication:express1,+ verb.communication:express,+ noun.attribute:expressiveness,+ ] (characterized by expression; "a very expressive face") } { Finno-Ugric-speaking, (able to communicate in a Finno-Ugric language) } { Flemish-speaking, (able to communicate in Flemish) } { French-speaking, (able to communicate in French) } { Gaelic-speaking, (able to communicate in Gaelic) } { German-speaking, (able to communicate in German) } { gesticulating, (making gestures while speaking; "her gesticulating hands and arms made words almost unnecessary") } { gestural1, nonverbal1, (being other than verbal communication; "the study of gestural communication"; "art like gesture is a form of nonverbal expression") } { gestural2, sign(a), signed, sign-language(a), (used of the language of the deaf) } { heraldic, (indicative of or announcing something to come; "the Beatles were heraldic of a new style of music") } { Icelandic-speaking, (able to communicate in Icelandic) } { Italian-speaking, (able to communicate in Italian) } { Japanese-speaking, (able to communicate in Japanese) } { Kannada-speaking, (able to communicate in Kannada) } { Livonian-speaking, (able to communicate in Livonian) } { [ narrative, verb.communication:narrate,+ ] (consisting of or characterized by the telling of a story; "narrative poetry") } { nonverbal, (involving little use of language; "a nonverbal intelligence test") } { nonverbal2, (lacking verbal skill; "rural students often come from nonverbal backgrounds") } { openhearted, (freely communicative; candidly straightforward; "openhearted advice") } { Oscan-speaking, (able to communicate in Oscan) } { [ outspoken, noun.attribute:outspokenness,+ ] vocal, (given to expressing yourself freely or insistently; "outspoken in their opposition to segregation"; "a vocal assembly") } { Russian-speaking, (able to communicate in Russian) } { Samoyedic-speaking, (able to communicate in Samoyedic) } { Semitic-speaking, (able to communicate in a Semitic language) } { Siouan-speaking, (able to communicate in a Siouan language) } { Spanish-speaking, (able to communicate in Spanish) } { Turkic-speaking, (able to communicate in Turkic) } { verbal, (communicated in the form of words; "verbal imagery"; "a verbal protest") } { yarn-spinning, (inclined to tell long and involved stories (often of incredible happenings)) } ---- { [ UNCOMMUNICATIVE, noun.attribute:uncommunicativeness,+ COMMUNICATIVE,!] incommunicative4, INARTICULATE,^ TACITURN,^ (not inclined to talk or give information or express opinions) } { [ close, noun.attribute:closeness1,+ ] closelipped, closemouthed, [ secretive, noun.attribute:secretiveness2,+ noun.attribute:secretiveness1,+ verb.perception:secrete2,+ ] tightlipped, (inclined to secrecy or reticence about divulging information; "although they knew her whereabouts her friends kept close about it") } { deadpan, expressionless, [ impassive, noun.feeling:impassiveness,+ ] poker-faced, unexpressive, (deliberately impassive in manner; "deadpan humor"; "his face remained expressionless as the verdict was read") } { incommunicado, (without the means or right to communicate; "a prisoner held incommunicado"; "incommunicado political detainees") } { inexpressive, (not expressive; "an inexpressive face") } { [ mum, noun.attribute:mum,+ ] [ silent, noun.attribute:silence1,+ ] (failing to speak or communicate etc when expected to; "the witness remained silent") } { unpronounceable, unutterable, (very difficult to pronounce correctly; "an unpronounceable foreign word"; "unutterable consonant clusters") }] [{ [ COMPACT, noun.attribute:compactness2,+ LOOSE2,!] CONCENTRATED,^ (closely and firmly united or packed together; "compact soil"; "compact clusters of flowers") } { clayey, cloggy, heavy, ((used of soil) compact and fine-grained; "the clayey soil was heavy and easily saturated") } { close-packed, (packed especially tightly) } { consolidated, (forming a solid mass) } { impacted, wedged, (wedged or packed in together; "an impacted tooth") } { packed, (pressed together or compressed; "packed snow") } { serried, ((especially of rows as of troops or mountains) pressed together; "in serried ranks") } { tight, (packed closely together; "they stood in a tight little group"; "hair in tight curls"; "the pub was packed tight") } ---- { [ LOOSE2, noun.attribute:looseness3,+ COMPACT,!] (not compact or dense in structure or arrangement; "loose gravel") } { [ light, noun.attribute:lightness2,+ ] ((used of soil) loose and large-grained in consistency; "light soil") } { shifting, unfirm, ((of soil) unstable; "shifting sands"; "unfirm earth") } { [ silty, noun.substance:silt,+ ] (full of silt; "silty soil") } { unconsolidated, (loose and unstratified; "unconsolidated soil") }] [{ [ COMPARABLE, noun.attribute:comparability,+ INCOMPARABLE,!] EQUAL,^ PARALLEL,^ (able to be compared or worthy of comparison) } { comparable_with(p), (similar in some respect and so able to be compared in order to show differences and similarities; "pianists of comparable ability"; "cars comparable with each other in terms of fuel consumption") } { comparable_to(p), (worthy of comparison; as good as; "at that moment nothing in the world seemed comparable to sleep") } ---- { [ INCOMPARABLE, COMPARABLE,!] uncomparable, BEST,^ EXTRAORDINARY,^ (such that comparison is impossible; unsuitable for comparison or lacking features that can be compared; "an incomparable week of rest and pleasure"; "the computer proceeds with its incomparable logic and efficiency"; "this report is incomparable with the earlier ones because of different breakdowns of the data") } { all-time, (unsurpassed in some respect up to the present; "prices at an all-time high"; "morale at an all-time low"; "among the all-time great lefthanders") } { incommensurable, (impossible to measure or compare in value or size or excellence) } { matchless, nonpareil, one(a), one_and_only(a), peerless, unmatched, unmatchable, unrivaled, unrivalled, (eminent beyond or above comparison; "matchless beauty"; "the team's nonpareil center fielder"; "she's one girl in a million"; "the one and only Muhammad Ali"; "a peerless scholar"; "infamy unmatched in the Western world"; "wrote with unmatchable clarity"; "unrivaled mastery of her art") } { alone(p), [ unique, noun.attribute:uniqueness,+ ] unequaled, unequalled, unparalleled, (radically distinctive and without equal; "he is alone in the field of microbiology"; "this theory is altogether alone in its penetration of the problem"; "Bach was unique in his handling of counterpoint"; "craftsmen whose skill is unequaled"; "unparalleled athletic ability"; "a breakdown of law unparalleled in our history") }] [{ [ COMPASSIONATE, noun.feeling:compassion,+ noun.attribute:compassion,+ noun.feeling:compassionateness,+ UNCOMPASSIONATE,!] HUMANE,^ MERCIFUL,^ SYMPATHETIC,^ (showing or having compassion; "heard the soft and compassionate voices of women") } { [ caring, noun.feeling:caring1,+ ] (feeling and exhibiting concern and empathy for others; "caring friends") } { nurturant, (providing physical and emotional care and nourishment) } { [ tenderhearted, noun.feeling:tenderheartedness,+ ] (easily moved by another's distress; "a noble tenderhearted creature who sympathizes with all the human race"- W.M.Thackeray) } ---- { [ UNCOMPASSIONATE, COMPASSIONATE,!] MERCILESS,^ UNSYMPATHETIC,^ (lacking compassion or feeling for others; "nor silver-shedding tears could penetrate her uncompassionate sire"- Shakespeare) } { [ hardhearted, noun.feeling:hardheartedness,+ ] stonyhearted, [ unfeeling, noun.attribute:unfeelingness,+ ] (devoid of feeling for others; "an unfeeling wretch") }] [{ [ COMPATIBLE1, noun.attribute:compatibility,+ INCOMPATIBLE1,!] CONGENIAL,^ HARMONIOUS,^ MATCHED,^ (able to exist and perform in harmonious or agreeable combination; "a compatible married couple"; "her deeds were compatible with her ideology") } { congenial, ((used of plants) capable of cross-fertilization or of being grafted) } { [ congruous, noun.attribute:congruousness,+ noun.attribute:congruity,+ ] (suitable or appropriate together) } { [ harmonious, noun.state:harmony,+ noun.attribute:harmoniousness,+ ] (existing together in harmony; "harmonious family relationships") } ---- { [ INCOMPATIBLE1, noun.attribute:incompatibility,+ COMPATIBLE1,!] DIFFERENT,^ INHARMONIOUS,^ MISMATCHED,^ UNCONGENIAL,^ (not compatible; "incompatible personalities"; "incompatible colors") } { [ antagonistic, noun.state:antagonism,+ ] (incapable of harmonious association) } { clashing, (sharply and harshly discordant; "clashing interests of loggers and conservationists"; "clashing colors") } { [ contradictory, noun.relation:contradictoriness,+ verb.stative:contradict,+ verb.communication:contradict,+ ] mutually_exclusive, (unable for both to exist or be true at the same time) } { uncongenial, (used of plant stock or scions; incapable of being grafted) }] [{ [ COMPATIBLE2, INCOMPATIBLE2,!] noun.artifact:computer,;c (capable of being used with or connected to other devices or components without modification) } ---- { [ INCOMPATIBLE2, COMPATIBLE2,!] noun.artifact:computer,;c (incapable of being used with or connected to other devices or components without modification) }] [{ [MISCIBLE, IMMISCIBLE,!] [ mixable, verb.change:mix2,+ verb.change:mix1,+ verb.change:mix,+ ] noun.cognition:physics,;c ((chemistry, physics) capable of being mixed) } { compatible, (capable of forming a homogeneous mixture that neither separates nor is altered by chemical interaction) } ---- { [IMMISCIBLE, MISCIBLE,!] non-miscible, unmixable, noun.cognition:physics,;c ((chemistry, physics) incapable of mixing) } { incompatible, (used especially of solids or solutions; incapable of blending into a stable homogeneous mixture) }] [{ [ COMPETENT, noun.attribute:competency,+ noun.attribute:competence,+ INCOMPETENT,!] CAPABLE,^ EFFICIENT,^ QUALIFIED1,^ SKILLED,^ (properly or sufficiently qualified or capable or efficient; "a competent typist") } { [ able, noun.cognition:ability,+ noun.attribute:ability,+ ] [ capable, noun.attribute:capableness,+ noun.cognition:capability,+ ] (have the skills and qualifications to do things well; "able teachers"; "a capable administrator"; "children as young as 14 can be extremely capable and dependable") } { [ effective, verb.creation:effect,+ noun.attribute:effectiveness,+ noun.attribute:effectivity,+ ] efficient, (able to accomplish a purpose; functioning effectively; "people who will do nothing unless they get something out of it for themselves are often highly effective persons..."-G.B.Shaw; "effective personnel"; "an efficient secretary"; "the efficient cause of the revolution") } { workmanlike, (worthy of a good workman; "a competent job"; "the book is a workmanlike job with chronology and bibliography and index") } ---- { [ INCOMPETENT, noun.attribute:incompetency,+ noun.attribute:incompetence,+ COMPETENT,!] INEFFICIENT,^ UNQUALIFIED1,^ UNSKILLED,^ (not qualified or suited for a purpose; "an incompetent secret service"; "the filming was hopeless incompetent") } { [ feckless, noun.attribute:fecklessness,+ ] [ inept, noun.attribute:ineptness1,+ ] (generally incompetent and ineffectual; "feckless attempts to repair the plumbing"; "inept handling of the account") } { [ ineffective, noun.attribute:ineffectiveness,+ ] [ inefficient, noun.cognition:inefficiency,+ ] (lacking the ability or skill to perform effectively; inadequate; "an ineffective administration"; "inefficient workers") } { unworkmanlike, (not characteristic of or suitable for a good workman; "an unworkmanlike result"; "an unworkmanlike tool") }] [{[ COMPETENT2, INCOMPETENT2,!] (legally qualified or sufficient; "a competent court"; "competent testimony")} ---- { [INCOMPETENT2, COMPETENT2,!] unqualified3, noun.group:law,;c (legally not qualified or sufficient; "a wife is usually considered unqualified to testify against her husband"; "incompetent witnesses")}] [{ [ COMPETITIVE, verb.competition:compete,+ noun.attribute:competitiveness,+ NONCOMPETITIVE,!] [ competitory, verb.competition:compete,+ ] (involving competition or competitiveness; "competitive games"; "to improve one's competitive position") } { agonistic, agonistical, [ combative, noun.attribute:combativeness,+ ] (striving to overcome in argument; "a dialectical and agonistic approach") } { emulous, [ rivalrous, noun.person:rival,+ ] (eager to surpass others) } { matched, (provided with a worthy adversary or competitor; "matched teams") } ---- { [ NONCOMPETITIVE, COMPETITIVE,!] (not involving competition or competitiveness; "noncompetitive positions"; "noncompetitive interest in games") } { [ accommodative, verb.stative:accommodate,+ ] [ cooperative, noun.attribute:cooperativeness,+ ] (willing to adjust to differences in order to obtain agreement) } { [ monopolistic, noun.state:monopoly1,+ ] (having exclusive control over a commercial activity by possession or legal grant) } { uncompetitive, (not inclined to compete) }] [{ [ COMPLAINING(a), UNCOMPLAINING,!] complaintive, (expressing pain or dissatisfaction of resentment; "a complaining boss") } { [ fretful, noun.feeling:fretfulness,+ ] [ querulous, noun.attribute:querulousness,+ ] [ whiney, noun.communication:whine,+ ] [ whiny, noun.communication:whine,+ ] (habitually complaining; "a whiny child") } { [ protestant, verb.social:protest,+ verb.communication:protest,+ ] (protesting) } ---- { [ UNCOMPLAINING, COMPLAINING,!] PATIENT,^ (not complaining; "uncomplaining courage") }] [{ [ COMPRESSIBLE, verb.contact:compress,+ noun.attribute:compressibility,+ INCOMPRESSIBLE,!] (capable of being compressed or made more compact; "compressible packing materials"; "a compressible box") } { compressed, (reduced in volume by pressure; "compressed air") } ---- { [ INCOMPRESSIBLE, COMPRESSIBLE,!] (incapable of being compressed; resisting compression; "mounds of incompressible garbage") }] [{ [ WHOLE, noun.cognition:whole,+ FRACTIONAL,!] COMPLETE,^ noun.state:wholeness,= (including all components without exception; being one unit or constituting the full amount or extent or duration; complete; "gave his whole attention"; "a whole wardrobe for the tropics"; "the whole hog"; "a whole week"; "the baby cried the whole trip home"; "a whole loaf of bread") } { [ entire1, noun.state:entireness,+ ] full1, [ total, noun.attribute:totality,+ ] (constituting the full quantity or extent; complete; "an entire town devastated by an earthquake"; "gave full attention"; "a total failure") } { full-length, (representing or accommodating the entire length; "a full-length portrait") } { full-page, (occupying an entire page in a book or paper; "a full-page ad") } { [ integral, noun.state:integrality,+ ] [ entire2, noun.state:entireness,+ ] [ intact, noun.state:intactness,+ ] (constituting the undiminished entirety; lacking nothing essential especially not damaged; "a local motion keepeth bodies integral"- Bacon; "was able to keep the collection entire during his lifetime"; "fought to keep the union intact") } { livelong, ((of time) constituting the full extent or duration; "all the livelong day") } { undivided, (not separated into parts or shares; constituting an undivided unit; "an undivided interest in the property"; "a full share") } ---- { [ FRACTIONAL, noun.artifact:fraction,+ WHOLE,!] INCOMPLETE,^ noun.state:wholeness,= (constituting or comprising a part or fraction of a possible whole or entirety; "a fractional share of the vote"; "a partial dose") } { [ aliquot, noun.quantity:aliquot,+ ] (signifying an exact divisor or factor of a quantity) } { [ divisional, noun.cognition:division,+ ] (constituting a division or an aliquot part of the basic monetary unit; "American divisional (fractional) coins include the dime and the nickel"; "fractional currency is currency in denominations less than the basic monetary unit") } { [ fragmental, noun.object:fragment1,+ noun.communication:fragment,+ noun.artifact:fragment,+ ] [ fragmentary, noun.object:fragment1,+ noun.communication:fragment,+ noun.artifact:fragment,+ ] (consisting of small disconnected parts; "fragmentary remains") } { half(a), (consisting of one of two equivalent parts in value or quantity; "a half chicken"; "lasted a half hour") } { halfway, (including only half or a portion; "halfway measures") } { waist-length, ((of clothing) extending only to the waist) }] [{ [ WHOLE2, HALF2,!] ((of siblings) having the same parents; "whole brothers and sisters") } ---- { [ HALF2, WHOLE2,!] ((of siblings) related through one parent only; "a half brother"; "half sister") }] [{ [ COMMITTED, noun.attribute:committedness,+ UNCOMMITTED,!] (bound or obligated, as under a pledge to a particular cause, action, or attitude; "committed church members"; "a committed Marxist") } { bound_up, wrapped_up, (deeply devoted to; "bound up in her teaching"; "is wrapped up in his family") } { pledged, sworn, (bound by or as if by an oath; "according to an early tradition became his sworn brother"; "sworn enemies") } ---- { [ UNCOMMITTED, COMMITTED,!] (not bound or pledged) } { fancy-free, (having no commitments or responsibilities; carefree; "a fancy-free bachelor") } { floating(a), (not definitely committed to a party or policy; "floating voters") } { undecided, (not yet having made a commitment; "undecided voters") }] [{ [ DEDICATED, UNDEDICATED,!] (devoted to a cause or ideal or purpose; "a dedicated dancer"; "dedicated teachers"; "dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal"- A.Lincoln) } { devoted(p), ((followed by `to') dedicated exclusively to a purpose or use; "large sums devoted to the care of the poor"; "a life devoted to poetry") } { [ devoted2, noun.feeling:devotedness,+ ] (zealous in devotion or affection; "a devoted husband and father"; "devoted friends") } { [ sacred, noun.attribute:sacredness,+ ] ((often followed by `to') devoted exclusively to a single use or purpose or person; "a fund sacred to charity"; "a morning hour sacred to study"; "a private office sacred to the President") } ---- { [ UNDEDICATED, DEDICATED,!] (not dedicated; "the playground has been completed but is still undedicated") }] [{ [ COMPLETE, noun.state:completeness,+ INCOMPLETE,!] COMPREHENSIVE,^ WHOLE,^ noun.state:completeness,= (having every necessary or normal part or component or step; "a complete meal"; "a complete wardrobe"; "a complete set of the Britannica"; "a complete set of china"; "a complete defeat"; "a complete accounting") } { [ absolute1, noun.attribute:absoluteness,+ ] downright, out-and-out(a), rank(a), right-down, sheer(a), (complete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes used informally as intensifiers; "absolute freedom"; "an absolute dimwit"; "a downright lie"; "out-and-out mayhem"; "an out-and-out lie"; "a rank outsider"; "many right-down vices"; "got the job through sheer persistence"; "sheer stupidity") } { accomplished, completed, realized, realised, (successfully completed or brought to an end; "his mission accomplished he took a vacation"; "the completed project"; "the joy of a realized ambition overcame him") } { all, (completely given to or absorbed by; "became all attention") } { all-or-none, all-or-nothing, (occurring completely or not occurring at all) } { all-out, full-scale, (using all available resources; "all-out war"; "a full-scale campaign against nuclear power plants") } { allover, (covering the entire surface; "an allover pattern"; "got an allover tan") } { blank4, utter, (complete and absolute; "utter seriousness"; "blank stupidity") } { clean, (thorough and without qualification; "a clean getaway"; "a clean sweep"; "a clean break") } { completed2, noun.act:football,;c (caught; "a completed forward pass") } { dead(a), (the complete stoppage of an action; "came to a dead stop") } { exhaustive, [ thorough, noun.attribute:thoroughness,+ ] thoroughgoing, (performed comprehensively and completely; not superficial or partial; "an exhaustive study"; "made a thorough search"; "thoroughgoing research") } { fleshed_out, full-clad, (given substance or detail; completed; "did not spring full-clad from his imagination"; "a plan fleshed out with statistics and details") } { [ full, noun.state:fullness1,+ ] total2, (complete in extent or degree and in every particular; "a full game"; "a total eclipse"; "a total disaster") } { full-blown, (having or displaying all the characteristics necessary for completeness; "a full-blown financial crisis") } { full-dress, (complete in every respect; "a full-dress debate"; "a full-dress investigation") } { good, (thorough; "had a good workout"; "gave the house a good cleaning") } { [ hearty, noun.attribute:heartiness,+ ] (without reservation; "hearty support") } { self-contained, (constituting a complete and independent unit in and of itself; "the university is like a self-contained city with shops and all amenities") } { stand-alone, noun.cognition:electronics,;c (capable of operating independently) } { sound, (complete; thorough; "politicians have no sound grasp of technology issues"; "he has a sound understanding of the law") } ---- { [ INCOMPLETE, noun.state:incompleteness,+ COMPLETE,!] uncomplete, FRACTIONAL,^ noun.state:completeness,= (not complete or total; not completed; "an incomplete account of his life"; "political consequences of incomplete military success"; "an incomplete forward pass") } { broken, (lacking a part or parts; "a broken set of encyclopedia") } { half(a), (partial; "gave me a half smile"; "he did only a half job") } { neither, (not either; not one or the other) } { [ partial, noun.relation:part,+ noun.artifact:part,+ noun.state:partialness,+ ] (being or affecting only a part; not total; "a partial description of the suspect"; "partial collapse"; "a partial eclipse"; "a partial monopoly"; "partial immunity") } { [ rudimentary, noun.body:rudiment,+ ] (being in the earliest stages of development; "rudimentary plans") } { [ sketchy, noun.communication:sketch,+ noun.state:sketchiness,+ ] unelaborated, (giving only major points; lacking completeness; "a sketchy account"; "details of the plan remain sketchy") } { uncompleted, noun.act:football,;c (not caught or not caught within bounds; "an uncompleted pass") }] [{ [ COMPREHENSIVE, verb.stative:comprehend,+ noun.state:comprehensiveness,+ NONCOMPREHENSIVE,!] COMPLETE,^ GENERAL,^ WIDE,^ noun.state:comprehensiveness,= (including all or everything; "comprehensive coverage"; "a comprehensive history of the revolution"; "a comprehensive survey"; "a comprehensive education") } { across-the-board, all-embracing, all-encompassing, all-inclusive, blanket(a), broad, encompassing, [ extensive, noun.attribute:extensiveness,+ ] panoptic, [ wide, noun.attribute:wideness1,+ ] (broad in scope or content; "across-the-board pay increases"; "an all-embracing definition"; "blanket sanctions against human-rights violators"; "an invention with broad applications"; "a panoptic study of Soviet nationality"- T.G.Winner; "granted him wide powers") } { all-around(a), all-round(a), well-rounded, (many-sided; "an all-around athlete"; "a well-rounded curriculum") } { citywide, (occurring or extending throughout a city; "citywide bussing"; "a citywide strike") } { countywide, (occurring or extending throughout a county; "a countywide war on drugs"; "countywide elections") } { countrywide, nationwide, (occurring or extending throughout a country or nation; "the event aroused nationwide interest"; "a countrywide fund-raising campaign") } { cosmopolitan, ecumenical, oecumenical, general, [ universal, verb.communication:universalize,+ noun.object:universe,+ noun.attribute:universality,+ ] worldwide, world-wide, (of worldwide scope or applicability; "an issue of cosmopolitan import"; "the shrewdest political and ecumenical comment of our time"- Christopher Morley; "universal experience") } { door-to-door, house-to-house, (omitting no one; from the door of one house to that of the next; "a door-to-door campaign"; "house-to-house coverage") } { encyclopedic, encyclopaedic, (comprehensive in scope or content (as an encyclopedia); "encyclopedic knowledge") } { [ large, noun.cognition:largeness,+ ] (having broad power and range and scope; "taking the large view"; "a large effect"; "a large sympathy") } { [ omnibus(a), noun.artifact:omnibus,+ ] (providing for many things at once; "an omnibus law") } { [ plenary, noun.group:plenum,+ ] (full in all respects; "a plenary session of the legislature"; "a diplomat with plenary powers") } { spatiotemporal, spaciotemporal, (existing in both space and time; having both spatial extension and temporal duration) } { schoolwide, (occurring or extending throughout a school; "schoolwide support for the team") } { statewide, (occurring or extending throughout a state; "the statewide recycling program") } { super, (including more than a specified category; "a super experiment") } { umbrella, (covering or applying simultaneously to a number of similar items or elements or groups; "an umbrella organization"; "umbrella insurance coverage") } ---- { [ NONCOMPREHENSIVE, COMPREHENSIVE,!] incomprehensive, (not comprehensive) } { limited, (including only a part) }] [{ [ COMPOSED, DISCOMPOSED,!] DIGNIFIED,^ UNAGITATED,^ (serenely self-possessed and free from agitation especially in times of stress; "the performer seemed completely composed as she stepped onto the stage"; "I felt calm and more composed than I had in a long time") } { [ calm, noun.attribute:calm,+ noun.feeling:calmness,+ noun.attribute:calmness,+ ] unagitated, serene, tranquil, (not agitated; without losing self-possession; "spoke in a calm voice"; "remained calm throughout the uproar"; "he remained serene in the midst of turbulence"; "a serene expression on her face"; "she became more tranquil"; "tranquil life in the country") } { [ imperturbable, noun.feeling:imperturbableness,+ noun.feeling:imperturbability,+ ] unflappable, (not easily perturbed or excited or upset; marked by extreme calm and composure; "hitherto imperturbable, he now showed signs of alarm"; "an imperturbable self-possession"; "unflappable in a crisis") } { collected, [ equanimous, noun.attribute:equanimity,+ ] poised, self-collected, self-contained, self-possessed, (in full control of your faculties; "the witness remained collected throughout the cross-examination"; "perfectly poised and sure of himself"; "more self-contained and more dependable than many of the early frontiersmen"; "strong and self-possessed in the face of trouble") } { [ cool, noun.attribute:coolness2,+ ] coolheaded, [ nerveless, noun.attribute:nervelessness,+ ] (marked by calm self-control (especially in trying circumstances); unemotional; "play it cool"; "keep cool"; "stayed coolheaded in the crisis"; "the most nerveless winner in the history of the tournament") } { unflurried, unflustered, unperturbed, unruffled, (free from emotional agitation or nervous tension; "the waiters were unflurried and good natured"; "with contented mind and unruffled spirit"- Anthony Trollope) } ---- { [ DISCOMPOSED, COMPOSED,!] AGITATED,^ UNDIGNIFIED,^ (having your composure disturbed; "looked about with a wandering and discomposed air") } { abashed, chagrined, embarrassed, (feeling or caused to feel ill at ease or self-conscious or ashamed; "felt abashed at the extravagant praise"; "chagrined at the poor sales of his book"; "was embarrassed by her child's tantrums") } { blushful, blushing(a), red-faced, (having a red face from embarrassment or shame or agitation or emotional upset; "the blushing boy was brought before the Principal"; "her blushful beau"; "was red-faced with anger") } { bothered, daunted, fazed, (caused to show discomposure; "refused to be fazed by the objections") } { discombobulated, disconcerted, (having self-possession upset; thrown into confusion; "the hecklers pelted the discombobulated speaker with anything that came to hand"; "looked at each other dumbly, quite disconcerted"- G.B.Shaw) } { flustered, hot_and_bothered(p), perturbed, rattled, noun.communication:colloquialism,;u (thrown into a state of agitated confusion; (`rattled' is an informal term)) } { unstrung, (emotionally upset; "the incident left him unstrung and incapable of rational effort") }] [{ [ COMPREHENSIBLE, verb.cognition:comprehend,+ noun.attribute:comprehensibility,+ INCOMPREHENSIBLE,!] [ comprehendible, verb.cognition:comprehend,+ ] CLEAR,^ EXPLICABLE,^ INTELLIGIBLE,^ (capable of being comprehended or understood; "an idea comprehensible to the average mind") } { accessible, approachable, (capable of being read with comprehension; "readily accessible to the nonprofessional reader"; "the tales seem more approachable than his more difficult novels") } { [ apprehensible, verb.cognition:apprehend,+ ] [ intelligible, noun.attribute:intelligibility,+ ] graspable, perceivable, [ understandable, verb.cognition:understand4,+ verb.cognition:understand3,+ verb.cognition:understand1,+ verb.cognition:understand,+ noun.attribute:understandability,+ ] (capable of being apprehended or understood) } { fathomable, ((of meaning) capable of being penetrated or comprehended) } ---- { [ INCOMPREHENSIBLE, noun.attribute:incomprehensibility,+ COMPREHENSIBLE,!] uncomprehensible, INEXPLICABLE,^ UNCLEAR,^ UNINTELLIGIBLE,^ (difficult to understand; "the most incomprehensible thing about the universe is that it is comprehensible"- A. Einstein) } { [ dark, noun.cognition:darkness,+ ] [ obscure, noun.attribute:obscurity2,+ noun.attribute:obscureness2,+ ] (marked by difficulty of style or expression; "much that was dark is now quite clear to me"; "those who do not appreciate Kafka's work say his style is obscure") } { [ enigmatic, noun.cognition:enigma,+ ] [ enigmatical, noun.cognition:enigma,+ ] puzzling, (not clear to the understanding; "I didn't grasp the meaning of that enigmatic comment until much later"; "prophetic texts so enigmatic that their meaning has been disputed for centuries") } { unfathomable, (incapable of being fully understood)} { [ impenetrable, noun.attribute:impenetrableness,+ ] (impossible to understand; "impenetrable jargon") } { indecipherable, (impossible to determine the meaning of; "an indecipherable message") } { lost, missed, (not caught with the senses or the mind; "words lost in the din") } { [ opaque, noun.attribute:opacity1,+ noun.attribute:opaqueness1,+ ] [ unintelligible, noun.communication:unintelligibility,+ ] (hard or impossible to understand) }] [{ [ CONCAVE, noun.attribute:concaveness,+ noun.shape:concavity,+ noun.attribute:concavity,+ CONVEX,!] INTRUSIVE2,^ (curving inward) } { [ acetabular, noun.body:acetabulum,+ ] cotyloid, cotyloidal, (of the cup-shaped socket that receives the head of the thigh bone) } { biconcave, concavo-concave, (concave on both sides) } { boat-shaped, (having a concave shape like a boat) } { bowl-shaped, (having a concave shape with an open top like a bowl) } { bursiform, pouch-shaped, pouchlike, saclike, (shaped like a pouch) } { concavo-convex, (concave on one side and convex on the other with the concavity being greater than the convexity) } { cuplike, (resembling the shape of a cup) } { [ cupular, noun.plant:cupule,+ noun.animal:cupule,+ ] cupulate, (shaped like (or supporting) a cupule) } { dished, dish-shaped, patelliform, (shaped like a dish or pan) } { planoconcave, (flat on one side and concave on the other) } { recessed, (resembling an alcove) } { saucer-shaped, (having a concave shape like a saucer) } { umbilicate, (depressed like a navel) } { urn-shaped, (having a concave shape like an urn) } ---- { [ CONVEX, noun.attribute:convexness,+ noun.shape:convexity,+ noun.attribute:convexity,+ CONCAVE,!] bulging6, PROTRUSIVE,^ (curving or bulging outward) } { bell-shaped, (having a convex shape that resembles a bell) } { biconvex, convexo-convex, lenticular, lentiform, (convex on both sides; shaped like a lentil) } { broken-backed, hogged, noun.artifact:ship,;c ((of a ship) so weakened as to sag at each end) } { convexo-concave, (convex on one side and concave on the other with the convexity being greater than the concavity) } { gibbous, gibbose, ((used of the moon) more than half full) } { helmet-shaped, (having the convex shape of a helmet) } { planoconvex, (flat on one side and convex on the other) } { umbellate, umbel-like, (resembling an umbel in form) }] [{ [ CONCENTRATED, DISTRIBUTED,!] COMPACT,^ (gathered together or made less diffuse; "their concentrated efforts"; "his concentrated attention"; "concentrated study"; "a narrow thread of concentrated ore") } { [ bunchy, noun.group:bunch,+ ] (occurring close together in bunches or clusters) } { thick, (having component parts closely crowded together; "a compact shopping center"; "a dense population"; "thick crowds"; "a thick forest"; "thick hair") } { [ cumulous, noun.group:cumulus,+ ] (thrown together in a pile; "a desk heaped with books"; "heaped-up ears of corn"; "ungraded papers piled high") } { [ single(a), noun.attribute:singleness1,+ ] undivided, exclusive, (not divided among or brought to bear on more than one object or objective; "judging a contest with a single eye"; "a single devotion to duty"; "undivided affection"; "gained their exclusive attention") } { thickset, (planted or growing close together; "thickset trees") } ---- { [ DISTRIBUTED, CONCENTRATED,!] DISTRIBUTIVE,^ (spread out or scattered about or divided up) } { apportioned, dealt_out, doled_out, meted_out, parceled_out, (given out in portions) } { broken, noun.cognition:meteorology,;c (discontinuous; "broken clouds"; "broken sunshine") } { [ diffuse, noun.attribute:diffuseness,+ ] (spread out; not concentrated in one place; "a large diffuse organization") } { diffused, ((of light rays) subjected to scattering by reflection from a rough surface or transmission through a translucent material; "diffused light") } { dispensed, (distributed or weighted out in carefully determined portions; "medicines dispensed to the sick") } { dispersed, spread, (distributed or spread over a considerable extent; "has ties with many widely dispersed friends"; "eleven million Jews are spread throughout Europe") } { divided, divided_up, shared, shared_out, (distributed in portions (often equal) on the basis of a plan or purpose) } { encyclical, (intended for wide distribution; "an encyclical letter") } { fanned, spread-out(a), (especially spread in a fan shape; "the peacock's fanned tail"; "the spread-out cards") } { far-flung, widespread, (distributed over a considerable extent; "far-flung trading operations"; "the West's far-flung mountain ranges"; "widespread nuclear fallout") } { low-density(a), (having low concentration; "low-density urban areas") } { rationed, (distributed equitably in limited individual portions; "got along as best we could on rationed meat and sugar") } { scattered, (occurring or distributed over widely spaced and irregular intervals in time or space; "scattered showers"; "scattered villages") } { separated, spaced, (spaced apart) } { [ sparse, noun.attribute:sparseness,+ noun.attribute:sparsity,+ ] thin, (not dense; "a thin beard"; "trees were sparse") } { splashed, ((of a fluid) having been propelled about in flying drops or masses; "with clothes wet by splashed water") } { straggly, (growing or spreading sparsely or irregularly; "straggly ivy") } { unfocused, unfocussed, (not concentrated at one point or upon one objective; "diversity...in our huge unfocused country"- Owen Wister) }] [{ [ CONCENTRIC, noun.attribute:concentricity,+ ECCENTRIC,!] concentrical, homocentric, (having a common center; "concentric rings") } { coaxial, coaxal, (having a common axis) } ---- { [ ECCENTRIC, noun.shape:eccentricity,+ noun.attribute:eccentricity1,+ CONCENTRIC,!] nonconcentric, (not having a common center; not concentric; "eccentric circles") } { acentric, (not centered or having no center) } { off-center, off-centered, (situated away from the center or axis) }] [{ [ CONCERNED, UNCONCERNED,!] ATTENTIVE,^ TROUBLED,^ (feeling or showing worry or solicitude; "concerned parents of youthful offenders"; "was concerned about the future"; "we feel concerned about accomplishing the task at hand"; "greatly concerned not to disappoint a small child") } { afraid, (filled with regret or concern; used often to soften an unpleasant statement; "I'm afraid I won't be able to come"; "he was afraid he would have to let her go"; "I'm afraid you're wrong") } { afraid2, (feeling worry or concern or insecurity; "She was afraid that I might be embarrassed"; "terribly afraid of offending someone"; "I am afraid we have witnessed only the first phase of the conflict") } { haunted, obsessed, [ preoccupied, noun.cognition:preoccupancy,+ ] taken_up(p), (having or showing excessive or compulsive concern with something; "became more and more haunted by the stupid riddle"; "was absolutely obsessed with the girl"; "got no help from his wife who was preoccupied with the children"; "he was taken up in worry for the old woman") } { [ solicitous, noun.feeling:solicitousness,+ ] (full of anxiety and concern; "solicitous parents"; "solicitous about the future") } ---- { [ UNCONCERNED, CONCERNED,!] CARELESS,^ UNTROUBLED,^ (lacking in interest or care or feeling; "the average American...is unconcerned that his or her plight is the result of a complex of personal and economic and governmental actions...beyond the normal citizen's comprehension and control"; "blithely unconcerned about his friend's plight") } { blase, (nonchalantly unconcerned; "a blase attitude about housecleaning") } { blithe, (lacking or showing a lack of due concern; "spoke with blithe ignorance of the true situation") } { [ casual, noun.attribute:casualness,+ ] [ insouciant, noun.feeling:insouciance,+ ] [ nonchalant, noun.attribute:nonchalance,+ ] (marked by blithe unconcern; "an ability to interest casual students"; "showed a casual disregard for cold weather"; "an utterly insouciant financial policy"; "an elegantly insouciant manner"; "drove his car with nonchalant abandon"; "was polite in a teasing nonchalant manner") } { degage, detached, uninvolved, (showing lack of emotional involvement; "adopted a degage pose on the arm of the easy chair"- J.S.Perelman; "she may be detached or even unfeeling but at least she's not hypocritically effusive"; "an uninvolved bystander") } { [ indifferent, noun.feeling:indifference,+ ] (showing no care or concern in attitude or action; "indifferent to the sufferings of others"; "indifferent to her plea") }] [{ [ CONCISE, noun.communication:conciseness,+ PROLIX,!] TACITURN,^ noun.communication:wordiness,= (expressing much in few words; "a concise explanation") } { [ aphoristic, noun.communication:aphorism,+ ] [ apothegmatic, noun.communication:apothegm,+ ] [ epigrammatic, noun.communication:epigram,+ ] (terse and witty and like a maxim; "much given to apothegmatic instruction") } { [ brief, noun.communication:brevity,+ noun.attribute:briefness,+ ] (concise and succinct; "covered the matter in a brief statement") } { [ compendious, noun.communication:compendium,+ ] compact, [ succinct, noun.communication:succinctness,+ ] [ summary, noun.communication:summary,+ ] (briefly giving the gist of something; "a short and compendious book"; "a compact style is brief and pithy"; "succinct comparisons"; "a summary formulation of a wide-ranging subject") } { [ crisp, noun.communication:crispness,+ ] curt, laconic, [ terse, noun.communication:terseness,+ ] (brief and to the point; effectively cut short; "a crisp retort"; "a response so curt as to be almost rude"; "the laconic reply; `yes'"; "short and terse and easy to understand") } { cryptic, (having a puzzling terseness; "a cryptic note") } { elliptic, elliptical, (characterized by extreme economy of expression or omission of superfluous elements; "the dialogue is elliptic and full of dark hints"; "the explanation was concise, even elliptical to the verge of obscurity"- H.O.Taylor) } { [ pithy, noun.cognition:pith,+ noun.communication:pithiness,+ ] sententious, (concise and full of meaning; "welcomed her pithy comments"; "the peculiarly sardonic and sententious style in which Don Luis composed his epigrams"- Hervey Allen) } { telegraphic, (having the style of a telegram with many short words left out; "telegraphic economy of words"; "the strange telegraphic speech of some aphasics") } ---- { [ PROLIX, noun.communication:prolixness,+ noun.communication:prolixity,+ CONCISE,!] VOLUBLE,^ noun.communication:wordiness,= (tediously prolonged or tending to speak or write at great length; "editing a prolix manuscript"; "a prolix lecturer telling you more than you want to know") } { diffuse, (lacking conciseness; "a diffuse historical novel") } { [ long-winded, noun.communication:long-windedness,+ ] [ tedious, noun.attribute:tediousness,+ ] [ verbose, noun.communication:verboseness,+ noun.communication:verbosity,+ ] [ windy, noun.communication:windiness,+ noun.communication:wind1,+ ] [ wordy1, noun.communication:wordiness,+ ] (using or containing too many words; "long-winded (or windy) speakers"; "verbose and ineffective instructional methods"; "newspapers of the day printed long wordy editorials"; "proceedings were delayed by wordy disputes") } { verbal, noun.communication:archaism,;u (prolix; "you put me to forget a lady's manners by being so verbal"- Shakespeare) } { [ pleonastic, noun.communication:pleonasm,+ ] [ redundant2, noun.attribute:redundancy,+ noun.act:redundancy,+ ] [ tautologic, noun.communication:tautology,+ ] [ tautological, noun.communication:tautology1,+ noun.communication:tautology,+ ] (repetition of same sense in different words; "`a true fact' and `a free gift' are pleonastic expressions"; "the phrase `a beginner who has just started' is tautological"; "at the risk of being redundant I return to my original proposition"- J.B.Conant) }] [{ [ CONCLUSIVE, verb.communication:conclude1,+ verb.cognition:conclude,+ noun.attribute:conclusiveness,+ INCONCLUSIVE,!] DECISIVE,^ noun.attribute:conclusiveness,= (forming an end or termination; especially putting an end to doubt or question; "conclusive proof"; "the evidence is conclusive") } { definitive, [ determinate, noun.attribute:determinateness,+ ] (supplying or being a final or conclusive settlement; "a definitive verdict"; "a determinate answer to the problem") } ---- { [ INCONCLUSIVE, noun.attribute:inconclusiveness,+ CONCLUSIVE,!] INDECISIVE,^ INDETERMINATE1,^ noun.attribute:conclusiveness,= (not conclusive; not putting an end to doubt or question; "an inconclusive reply"; "inconclusive evidence"; "the inconclusive committee vote") } { equivocal, (uncertain as a sign or indication; "the evidence from bacteriologic analysis was equivocal") } { [ indeterminate, noun.attribute:indeterminateness,+ ] (not leading to a definite ending or result; "an indeterminate campaign") } { neck_and_neck, head-to-head, nip_and_tuck, (inconclusive as to outcome; close or just even in a race or comparison or competition; "as they approached the finish line they were neck and neck"; "the election was a nip and tuck affair") } { nisi, (not final or absolute; "the decree is nisi and not absolute") }] [{ [ CONSUMMATED, UNCONSUMMATED,!] (brought to completion; "a consummated transaction") } { completed, ((of a marriage) completed by the first act of sexual intercourse after the ceremony) } { fulfilled, (completed to perfection) } ---- { [ UNCONSUMMATED, CONSUMMATED,!] (not consummated (especially of a marriage); "an unconsummated marriage can be annulled") }] [{ [ COORDINATING(a), SUBORDINATING,!] coordinative, noun.cognition:grammar,;c (serving to connect two grammatical constituents of identical construction; "`and' in `John and Mary' or in `John walked and Mary rode' is a coordinating conjunction; and so is `or' in `will you go or stay?'") } ---- { [ SUBORDINATING(a), COORDINATING,!] subordinative, noun.cognition:grammar,;c (serving to connect a subordinate clause to a main clause; "`when' in `I will come when I can' is a subordinating conjunction") }] [{ [ ACCORDANT, verb.stative:accord,+ noun.communication:accordance,+ DISCORDANT,!] (being in agreement or harmony; often followed by `with'; "a place perfectly accordant with man's nature"-Thomas Hardy) } { according, ((followed by `to') in agreement with or accordant with; "according to instructions") } { [ agreeable, noun.attribute:agreeableness,+ noun.attribute:agreeability,+ verb.communication:agree4,+ verb.communication:agree1,+ verb.communication:agree,+ ] (prepared to agree or consent; "agreeable to the plan") } { [ concordant, noun.communication:concordance2,+ ] concurring(a), (being of the same opinion) } { [ consensual, noun.state:consensus,+ ] noun.group:law,;c (existing by consent; "a consensual contract") } { [ consentaneous, noun.communication:consent,+ ] consentient, [ unanimous, noun.state:unanimity,+ ] (in complete agreement; "a unanimous decision") } ---- { [ DISCORDANT, verb.stative:discord,+ noun.act:discordance,+ ACCORDANT,!] (not in agreement or harmony; "views discordant with present-day ideas") } { at_variance(p), [ discrepant, noun.event:discrepancy,+ noun.attribute:discrepancy,+ ] dissonant, (not in accord; "desires at variance with his duty"; "widely discrepant statements") } { [ dissentious, noun.communication:dissent2,+ ] divisive, [ factious, noun.group:faction,+ ] (dissenting (especially dissenting with the majority opinion)) }] [{ [ CONTRACTED, EXPANDED1,!] (reduced in size or pulled together; "the contracted pupils of her eyes") } { [ contractile, noun.attribute:contractility,+ ] (capable of contracting or being contracted; "the contractile wings of an insect") } ---- { [ EXPANDED1, CONTRACTED,!] (increased in extent or size or bulk or scope) }] [{ [ ATROPHIED, HYPERTROPHIED,!] wasted4, diminished4, ((of an organ or body part) diminished in size or strength as a result of disease or injury or lack of use; "partial paralysis resulted in an atrophied left arm") } ---- { [ HYPERTROPHIED, ATROPHIED,!] enlarged4, ((of an organ or body part) excessively enlarged as a result of increased size in the constituent cells; "hypertrophied myocardial fibers") }] [{ [ CONDITIONAL, noun.state:conditionality,+ UNCONDITIONAL,!] QUALIFIED2,^ (imposing or depending on or containing a condition; "conditional acceptance of the terms"; "lent conditional support"; "the conditional sale will not be complete until the full purchase price is paid") } { [ counterfactual, noun.attribute:counterfactuality,+ ] contrary_to_fact, (going counter to the facts (usually as a hypothesis)) } { [ contingent, noun.state:contingency,+ ] contingent_on(p), contingent_upon(p), dependent_on(p), dependant_on(p), dependent_upon(p), dependant_upon(p), depending_on(p), (being determined by conditions or circumstances that follow; "arms sales contingent on the approval of congress") } { [ dependent, verb.stative:depend,+ ] [ dependant, verb.stative:depend,+ ] qualified, (contingent on something else) } { [ probationary, noun.time:probation1,+ noun.time:probation,+ ] provisional, [ provisionary, noun.communication:provision,+ ] tentative, (under terms not final or fully worked out or agreed upon; "probationary employees"; "a provisional government"; "just a tentative schedule") } { provisory, (subject to a proviso; "a provisory clause") } ---- { [ UNCONDITIONAL, CONDITIONAL,!] unconditioned1, UNQUALIFIED2,^ (not conditional; "unconditional surrender") } { blunt, crude(a), [ stark(a), noun.attribute:starkness1,+ ] (devoid of any qualifications or disguise or adornment; "the blunt truth"; "the crude facts"; "facing the stark reality of the deadline") } { vested, (fixed and absolute and without contingency; "a vested right") }] [{ [ ENFORCEABLE, UNENFORCEABLE,!] (capable of being enforced) } ---- { [ UNENFORCEABLE, ENFORCEABLE,!] (not enforceable; not capable of being brought about by compulsion; "an unenforceable law"; "unenforceable reforms") }] [{ [ ENFORCED, UNENFORCED,!] implemented2, (forced or compelled or put in force; "a life of enforced inactivity"; "enforced obedience") } ---- { [ UNENFORCED, ENFORCED,!] (not enforced; not compelled especially by legal or police action; "too many unenforced laws can breed contempt for law") }] [{ [ CONDUCTIVE, verb.motion:conduct,+ noun.phenomenon:conductivity,+ NONCONDUCTIVE,!] (having the quality or power of conducting heat or electricity or sound; exhibiting conductivity) } { semiconducting, semiconductive, (having characteristics of a semiconductor; that is having electrical conductivity greater than insulators but less than good conductors) } ---- { [ NONCONDUCTIVE, CONDUCTIVE,!] nonconducting, non-conducting, (not able to conduct heat or electricity or sound) }] [{ [ CONFINED, UNCONFINED,!] RESTRICTED,^ UNFREE,^ (not free to move about) } { claustrophobic, (uncomfortably closed or hemmed in; "a claustrophobic little room") } { close, confining, (crowded; "close quarters") } { [ homebound, noun.group:homebound,+ ] housebound, shut-in, (confined usually by illness) } { pent, shut_up(p), (closely confined) } { snowbound, (confined or shut in by heavy snow) } { stormbound, (delayed or confined or cut off by a storm; "the airport was filled with stormbound passengers") } { weather-bound, (delayed or shut in by bad weather; "weather-bound traffic"; "irritable weather-bound children") } ---- { [ UNCONFINED, CONFINED,!] FREE,^ (not confined) } { free-range, (of livestock and domestic poultry; permitted to graze or forage rather than being confined to a feedlot) }] [{ [ CROWDED, UNCROWDED,!] (overfilled or compacted or concentrated; "a crowded theater"; "a crowded program"; "crowded trains"; "a young mother's crowded days") } { huddled, (crowded or massed together; "give me...your huddled masses"; "the huddled sheep turned their backs against the wind") } { jammed, jam-packed, packed, noun.communication:colloquialism,;u (extremely crowed or filled to capacity; "a suitcase jammed with dirty clothes"; "stands jam-packed with fans"; "a packed theater") } { thronged, (filled with great numbers crowded together; "I try to avoid the thronged streets and stores just before Christmas") } ---- { [ UNCROWDED, CROWDED,!] (having or allowing sufficient room; "an uncrowded train"; "an uncrowded view") }] [{ [ CONGENIAL, noun.attribute:congenialness2,+ noun.attribute:congeniality2,+ UNCONGENIAL,!] COMPATIBLE1,^ FRIENDLY1,^ SYMPATHETIC,^ (suitable to your needs; "a congenial atmosphere to work in"; "two congenial spirits united...by mutual confidence and reciprocal virtues"- T.L.Peacock) } { [ sociable, noun.attribute:sociableness,+ noun.attribute:sociability,+ ] (friendly and pleasant; "a sociable gathering") } ---- { [ UNCONGENIAL, noun.attribute:uncongeniality,+ CONGENIAL,!] [ incompatible4, noun.attribute:incompatibility,+ ] INCOMPATIBLE1,^ UNFRIENDLY1,^ UNSYMPATHETIC,^ (not suitable to your tastes or needs; "the uncongenial roommates were always fighting"; "the task was uncongenial to one sensitive to rebuffs") } { [ disagreeable, noun.attribute:disagreeableness1,+ ] unsympathetic, (not agreeing with your tastes or expectations; "found the task disagreeable and decided to abandon it"; "a job temperamentally unsympathetic to him") }] [{ [ CONGRUENT, noun.attribute:congruence,+ INCONGRUENT,!] noun.cognition:geometry,;c (coinciding when superimposed) } { [ coincident, noun.attribute:coincidence2,+ verb.stative:coincide1,+ ] (matching point for point; "coincident circles") } { identical, superposable, (coinciding exactly when superimposed; "identical triangles") } ---- { [ INCONGRUENT, CONGRUENT,!] noun.cognition:geometry,;c (not congruent) }] [{ [ CONGRUOUS, noun.attribute:congruousness,+ noun.attribute:congruity,+ INCONGRUOUS,!] [ congruent4, noun.attribute:congruence,+ ] APPROPRIATE,^ (corresponding in character or kind) } { [ harmonious, noun.attribute:harmoniousness,+ ] (suitable and fitting; "the tailored clothes were harmonious with her military bearing") } ---- { [ INCONGRUOUS, noun.attribute:incongruousness,+ noun.attribute:incongruity,+ CONGRUOUS,!] (lacking in harmony or compatibility or appropriateness; "a plan incongruous with reason"; "incongruous behavior"; "a joke that was incongruous with polite conversation") } { [ discrepant, noun.attribute:discrepancy,+ ] inconsistent, (not in agreement) } { [ inappropriate, noun.attribute:inappropriateness1,+ ] incompatible, out_or_keeping(p), unfitting, (not in keeping with what is correct or proper; "completely inappropriate behavior") } { [ inharmonious, noun.attribute:inharmoniousness,+ ] (lacking in harmony of parts; "an inharmonious (or incongruous) mixture of architectural styles") } { [ ironic, noun.communication:irony,+ noun.attribute:irony,+ ] [ ironical, noun.communication:irony,+ noun.attribute:irony,+ ] (characterized by often poignant difference or incongruity between what is expected and what actually is; "madness, an ironic fate for such a clear thinker"; "it was ironical that the well-planned scheme failed so completely") }] [{ [ CONJUNCTIVE, verb.contact:conjoin,+ DISJUNCTIVE,!] (serving or tending to connect) } { [ copulative, noun.communication:copulative,+ ] noun.cognition:grammar,;c (syntactically connecting sentences or elements of a sentence; "`and' is a copulative conjunction") } { [ connective, verb.stative:connect2,+ verb.social:connect1,+ verb.contact:connect,+ verb.cognition:connect,+ noun.attribute:connectivity,+ ] (connecting or tending to connect; "connective remarks between chapters"; "connective tissue in animals"; "conjunctive tissue in plants") } ---- { [ DISJUNCTIVE, verb.contact:disjoin1,+ verb.contact:disjoin,+ CONJUNCTIVE,!] (serving or tending to divide or separate) } { adversative, oppositive, (expressing antithesis or opposition; "the adversative conjunction `but' in `poor but happy'") } { [ alternative, noun.cognition:alternative,+ ] (necessitating a choice between mutually exclusive possibilities; "alternative possibilities were neutrality or war") } { contrastive, noun.cognition:grammar,;c (syntactically establishing a relation of contrast between sentences or elements of a sentence; "disjunctive conjunctions like `but', `or', or `though' serve a contrastive function") } { [ divisional, noun.act:division2,+ noun.act:division,+ ] (serving to divide or marking a division; "the divisional line between two states") } { [ partitive, verb.contact:part1,+ verb.contact:part,+ ] [ separative1, verb.social:separate,+ verb.motion:separate1,+ ] (serving to separate or divide into parts; "partitive tendencies in education"; "the uniting influence was stronger than the separative") } { separative2, ((used of an accent in Hebrew orthography) indicating that the word marked is separated to a greater or lesser degree rhythmically and grammatically from the word that follows it) }] [{ [ CONJUNCT, DISJUNCT,!] noun.communication:music,;c (progressing melodically by intervals of a second; "conjunct motion of an ascending scale") } ---- { [ DISJUNCT, CONJUNCT,!] noun.communication:music,;c (progressing melodically by intervals larger than a major second) }] [{ [ CONNECTED, noun.state:connectedness,+ UNCONNECTED,!] noun.relation:connectedness,= (joined or linked together) } { [ adjacent, noun.attribute:adjacency,+ ] conterminous1, [ contiguous1, noun.attribute:contiguousness,+ noun.attribute:contiguity,+ ] neighboring(a), (having a common boundary or edge; abutting; touching; "Rhode Island has two bordering states; Massachusetts and Connecticut"; "the side of Germany conterminous with France"; "Utah and the contiguous state of Idaho"; "neighboring cities") } { [ adjunctive, verb.contact:adjoin3,+ ] (joining; forming an adjunct) } { affined, (closely related; "syllable to blessed syllable affined"- Wallace Stevens) } { conterminous, [ contiguous, noun.attribute:contiguity,+ ] (connecting without a break; within a common boundary; "the 48 conterminous states"; "the contiguous 48 states") } { coupled, joined, linked, (connected by a link, as railway cars or trailer trucks) } { engaged, noun.cognition:architecture,;c (built against or attached to a wall; "engaged columns") } { well-connected, (connected by blood or close acquaintance with people of wealth or social position; "a well-connected Edinburgh family") } ---- { [ UNCONNECTED, noun.relation:unconnectedness,+ CONNECTED,!] UNRELATED2,^ noun.relation:connectedness,= (not joined or linked together) } { apart(p), isolated, obscure, (remote and separate physically or socially; "existed over the centuries as a world apart"; "preserved because they inhabited a place apart"- W.H.Hudson; "tiny isolated villages remote from centers of civilization"; "an obscure village") } { asternal, noun.cognition:anatomy,;c (not connected to the sternum or breastbone; "asternal ribs") } { detached, separated, (no longer connected or joined; "a detached part"; "on one side of the island was a hugh rock, almost detached"; "the separated spacecraft will return to their home bases") } { disjoined, separate2, (have the connection undone; having become separate) } { exploded, (showing the parts of something separated but in positions that show their correct relation to one another; "the manufacturer provided an exploded view of the apparatus") } { unattached, (not fastened together) } { uncoupled, (having the coupling undone; "the uncoupled caboose rolled down the incline") }] [{ [ CONQUERABLE, UNCONQUERABLE,!] SURMOUNTABLE,^ VULNERABLE,^ (subject to being conquered or overcome; "knew her fears were ultimately conquerable") } { [ beatable, verb.competition:beat14,+ verb.competition:beat,+ ] [ vanquishable, verb.competition:vanquish,+ ] vincible, (susceptible to being defeated) } { subduable, subjugable, (susceptible to being subjugated) } ---- { [ UNCONQUERABLE, CONQUERABLE,!] INSURMOUNTABLE,^ INVULNERABLE,^ (not capable of being conquered or vanquished or overcome; "a tribute to his courage...and his unconquerable will"- R.E.Danielson; "faced unconquerable difficulties") } { impregnable, inexpugnable, (incapable of being overcome, challenged or refuted; "an impregnable argument"; "impregnable self-confidence") } { [ indomitable, noun.attribute:indomitability,+ ] never-say-die, unsubduable, (impossible to subdue) } { insuperable, insurmountable2, (impossible to surmount) } { [ invincible, noun.attribute:invincibility,+ ] unbeatable, unvanquishable, (incapable of being overcome or subdued; "an invincible army"; "her invincible spirit") } { all-victorious, (never having lost) }] [{ [ CONSCIOUS, noun.cognition:consciousness,+ UNCONSCIOUS,!] AWAKE,^ AWARE,^ SENSIBLE,^ VOLUNTARY1,^ (knowing and perceiving; having awareness of surroundings and sensations and thoughts; "remained conscious during the operation"; "conscious of his faults"; "became conscious that he was being followed") } { [ self-conscious, noun.cognition:self-consciousness,+ ] [ self-aware, noun.cognition:self-awareness,+ ] (aware of yourself as an individual or of your own being and actions and thoughts; "self-conscious awareness"; "self-conscious about their roles as guardians of the social values"- D.M.Potter) } { [ semiconscious, noun.cognition:semiconsciousness,+ ] (partially conscious; not completely aware of sensations) } { [ sentient, noun.cognition:sentiency,+ noun.cognition:sentience,+ noun.attribute:sentience,+ ] (consciously perceiving; "sentient of the intolerable load"; "a boy so sentient of his surroundings"- W.A.White) } ---- { [ UNCONSCIOUS, noun.cognition:unconsciousness,+ CONSCIOUS,!] ASLEEP,^ INSENSIBLE,^ INVOLUNTARY1,^ UNAWARE,^ (not conscious; lacking awareness and the capacity for sensory perception as if asleep or dead; "lay unconscious on the floor") } { cold, (unconscious from a blow or shock or intoxication; "the boxer was out cold"; "pass out cold") } { [ comatose, noun.cognition:comatoseness,+ ] (in a state of deep and usually prolonged unconsciousness; unable to respond to external stimuli; "a comatose patient") } { innocent, noun.communication:archaism,;u ((used of things) lacking sense or awareness; "fine innocent weather") } { [ insensible, noun.cognition:insensibility,+ ] senseless, out_of_it, (unresponsive to stimulation; "he lay insensible where he had fallen"; "drugged and senseless") } { knocked_out(p), kayoed, KO'd, out(p), stunned, (knocked unconscious by a heavy blow) } { nonconscious, (concerning mental functioning that is not represented in consciousness; "nonconscious psychic processes") } { semicomatose, (in a state of partial coma) } { [ subconscious, noun.cognition:subconscious,+ noun.cognition:subconsciousness,+ ] (just below the level of consciousness) }] [{ [ CONSECRATED, DESECRATED,!] consecrate, dedicated2, HOLY,^ SACRED,^ (solemnly dedicated to or set apart for a high or sacred purpose; "a life consecrated to science"; "the consecrated chapel"; "a chapel dedicated to the dead of World War II") } { ordained, (invested with ministerial or priestly functions; "an ordained priest") } { votive, (dedicated in fulfillment of a vow; "votive prayers") } ---- { [ DESECRATED, CONSECRATED,!] (treated with disrespect and contempt; "many desecrated shrines and cemeteries") } { deconsecrated, (divested of consecration) } { profaned, violated, (treated irreverently or sacrilegiously) }] [{ [ PRIESTLY, noun.person:priest,+ UNPRIESTLY,!] priestlike, (befitting or characteristic of a priest or the priesthood; "priestly dedication to the people of his parish") } ---- { [ UNPRIESTLY, PRIESTLY,!] (not priestly; unbefitting a priest; "unpriestly behavior") }] [{ [ CONSERVATIVE, LIBERAL,!] ORTHODOX,^ RIGHT3,^ noun.cognition:ideology1,= (resistant to change, particularly in relation to politics or religion) } { blimpish, (pompously ultraconservative and nationalistic) } { buttoned-up, (conservative in professional manner; "employers are looking for buttoned-up types") } { fusty, standpat(a), unprogressive, nonprogressive, (old-fashioned and out of date) } { hidebound, traditionalist, (stubbornly conservative and narrow-minded) } { [ ultraconservative, noun.person:ultraconservative,+ ] (extremely conservative) } ---- { [ LIBERAL, noun.cognition:liberalness1,+ CONSERVATIVE,!] LEFT2,^ noun.cognition:ideology1,= (tolerant of change; not bound by authoritarianism, orthodoxy, or tradition) } { [ civil-libertarian, noun.attribute:civil_liberty,+ ] (having or showing active concern for protection of civil liberties protected by law) } { [ liberalistic, noun.cognition:liberalism1,+ noun.cognition:liberalism,+ ] (having or demonstrating belief in the essential goodness of man and the autonomy of the individual; favoring civil and political liberties, government by law with the consent of the governed, and protection from arbitrary authority) } { [ neoliberal, noun.person:neoliberal,+ ] (having or showing belief in the need for economic growth in addition to traditional liberalistic values) } { [ progressive, noun.person:progressive,+ noun.attribute:progressiveness,+ noun.attribute:progressivity,+ ] [ reformist, noun.person:reformist,+ ] reform-minded, noun.act:government,;c (favoring or promoting reform (often by government action)) } { socialized, socialised, (under group or government control; "socialized ownership"; "socialized medicine") } { welfarist, welfare-statist, (of or relating to a welfare state) }] [{ [ CONSISTENT, noun.state:consistency,+ INCONSISTENT,!] INVARIABLE,^ ((sometimes followed by `with') in agreement or consistent or reliable; "testimony consistent with the known facts"; "I have decided that the course of conduct which I am following is consistent with my sense of responsibility as president in time of war"- FDR) } { accordant, [ agreeable, verb.stative:agree1,+ verb.stative:agree,+ ] conformable, consonant, concordant, (in keeping; "salaries agreeable with current trends"; "plans conformable with your wishes"; "expressed views concordant with his background") } { [ pursuant(p), verb.social:pursue1,+ ] ((followed by `to') in conformance to or agreement with; "pursuant to our agreement"; "pursuant to the dictates of one's conscience") } { reconciled, (made compatible or consistent) } { self-consistent, (not self-contradictory) } { [ unchanging, noun.attribute:unchangingness,+ ] (conforming to the same principles or course of action over time) } ---- { [ INCONSISTENT, noun.attribute:inconsistency,+ CONSISTENT,!] VARIABLE,^ (displaying a lack of consistency; "inconsistent statements cannot both be true at the same time"; "inconsistent with the roadmap") } { at_odds(p), conflicting, [ contradictory, noun.relation:contradictoriness,+ verb.stative:contradict,+ ] self-contradictory, (in disagreement; "the figures are at odds with our findings"; "contradictory attributes of unjust justice and loving vindictiveness"- John Morley) } { [ discrepant, noun.attribute:discrepancy,+ ] [ incompatible, noun.relation:incompatibility2,+ ] (not compatible with other facts) } { spotty, [ uneven, noun.attribute:unevenness,+ ] scratchy, (lacking consistency; "the golfer hit the ball well but his putting was spotty") } { unconformable, (not correspondent; "a description unconformable to previous accounts") } { unreconciled, (not made consistent or compatible; "two unreconciled accountings") }] [{ [ CONSPICUOUS, noun.attribute:conspicuousness,+ INCONSPICUOUS,!] INDISCREET,^ noun.attribute:conspicuousness,= (obvious to the eye or mind; "a tower conspicuous at a great distance"; "wore conspicuous neckties"; "made herself conspicuous by her exhibitionistic preening") } { attention-getting, eye-catching, (seizing the attention; "eye-catching posters") } { big, large, [ prominent2, noun.state:prominence,+ noun.attribute:prominence,+ ] (conspicuous in position or importance; "a big figure in the movement"; "big man on campus"; "he's very large in financial circles"; "a prominent citizen") } { [ bold, noun.attribute:boldness1,+ ] (clear and distinct; "bold handwriting"; "a figure carved in bold relief"; "a bold design") } { crying(a), egregious, flagrant, glaring, gross, rank, (conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible; "a crying shame"; "an egregious lie"; "flagrant violation of human rights"; "a glaring error"; "gross ineptitude"; "gross injustice"; "rank treachery") } { featured, (made a feature or highlight; given prominence; "a featured actor"; "a featured item at the sale") } { in_evidence, (clearly to be seen; "they were much in evidence during the fighting"; "she made certain that her engagement ring was in evidence") } { marked, (singled out for notice or especially for a dire fate; "a marked man") } { outstanding, prominent, [ salient, noun.state:saliency,+ noun.state:salience,+ ] [ spectacular, noun.communication:spectacle,+ ] [ striking, noun.state:strikingness,+ ] (having a quality that thrusts itself into attention; "an outstanding fact of our time is that nations poisoned by anti semitism proved less fortunate in regard to their own freedom"; "a new theory is the most prominent feature of the book"; "salient traits"; "a spectacular rise in prices"; "a striking thing about Picadilly Circus is the statue of Eros in the center"; "a striking resemblance between parent and child") } ---- { [ INCONSPICUOUS, noun.attribute:inconspicuousness,+ CONSPICUOUS,!] invisible4, noun.attribute:conspicuousness,= (not prominent or readily noticeable; "he pushed the string through an inconspicuous hole"; "the invisible man") } { obscure, [ unnoticeable, noun.attribute:unnoticeableness,+ ] (not drawing attention; "an unnoticeable cigarette burn on the carpet"; "an obscure flaw") }] [{ [ DISCERNIBLE, verb.perception:discern,+ INDISCERNIBLE,!] [ discernable, noun.attribute:discernability,+ ] (perceptible by the senses or intellect; "things happen in the earth and sky with no discernible cause"; "the newspaper reports no discernible progress in the negotiations"; "the skyline is easily discernible even at a distance of several miles") } ---- { [ INDISCERNIBLE, DISCERNIBLE,!] (difficult or impossible to perceive or discern; "an indiscernible increase in temperature") }] [{ [ DISTINGUISHABLE, INDISTINGUISHABLE,!] (capable of being perceived as different or distinct; "only the shine of their metal was distinguishable in the gloom"; "a project distinguishable into four stages of progress"; "distinguishable differences between the twins") } { differentiable, (capable of being perceived as different; "differentiable species") } { discriminable, (capable of being discriminated; "discriminable faults") } ---- { [ INDISTINGUISHABLE, DISTINGUISHABLE,!] undistinguishable, (not capable of being distinguished or differentiated; "the two specimens are actually different from each other but the differences are almost indistinguishable"; "the twins were indistinguishable"; "a colorless person quite indistinguishable from the colorless mass of humanity") }] [{ [ CONSTANT, noun.attribute:constancy2,+ INCONSTANT,!] FAITHFUL,^ INVARIABLE,^ STABLE,^ UNCHANGEABLE,^ noun.attribute:constancy,= (steadfast in purpose or devotion or affection; "a man constant in adherence to his ideals"; "a constant lover"; "constant as the northern star") } { immutable, (constant and unchanging; "the immutable laws of nature") } { [ steadfast, noun.attribute:steadfastness1,+ ] [ staunch, noun.attribute:staunchness,+ ] unswerving, (firm and dependable especially in loyalty; "a steadfast ally"; "a staunch defender of free speech"; "unswerving devotion"; "unswerving allegiance") } { unfailing, unflagging, (unceasing; "unfailing loyalty"; "unfailing good spirits"; "unflagging courtesy") } ---- { [ INCONSTANT, noun.attribute:inconstancy1,+ noun.attribute:inconstancy,+ CONSTANT,!] CHANGEABLE,^ UNFAITHFUL,^ UNSTABLE,^ VARIABLE,^ VOLATILE,^ noun.attribute:constancy,= (likely to change frequently often without apparent or cogent reason; variable; "inconstant affections"; "an inconstant lover"; "swear not by...the inconstant moon"- Shakespeare) } { [ false, noun.attribute:falseness,+ noun.state:falsity,+ ] untrue, ((used especially of persons) not dependable in devotion or affection; unfaithful; "a false friend"; "when lovers prove untrue") } { [ fickle, noun.attribute:fickleness,+ ] volatile, (marked by erratic changeableness in affections or attachments; "fickle friends"; "a flirt's volatile affections") } { mutable, (prone to frequent change; inconstant; "the fickle and mutable nature of truth"; "the mutable ways of fortune") } ] [{ [ CONSTRUCTIVE, noun.attribute:constructiveness,+ DESTRUCTIVE,!] POSITIVE1,^ (constructing or tending to construct or improve or promote development; "constructive criticism"; "a constructive attitude"; "a constructive philosophy"; "constructive permission") } { [ creative, verb.creation:create13,+ verb.creation:create2,+ verb.creation:create1,+ noun.cognition:creativeness,+ noun.cognition:creativity,+ ] (promoting construction or creation; "creative work") } { [ formative1, verb.social:form2,+ ] shaping, plastic, (forming or capable of forming or molding or fashioning; "a formative influence"; "a formative experience"; "the plastic forces of nature") } { formative2, noun.cognition:biology,;c (capable of forming new cells and tissues; "a formative zone in developing bone") } { inferential, (based on interpretation; not directly expressed) } { [ reconstructive, verb.social:reconstruct4,+ ] [ rehabilitative, verb.social:rehabilitate3,+ ] (helping to restore to good condition; "reconstructive surgery"; "rehabilitative exercises") } { structural, (concerned with systematic structure in a particular field of study) } ---- { [ DESTRUCTIVE, verb.creation:destroy,+ noun.attribute:destructiveness,+ CONSTRUCTIVE,!] HARMFUL,^ NEGATIVE2,^ (causing destruction or much damage; "a policy that is destructive to the economy"; "destructive criticism") } { [ annihilative, verb.change:annihilate,+ ] annihilating, devastating1, withering, (wreaking or capable of wreaking complete destruction; "possessing annihilative power"; "a devastating hurricane"; "the guns opened a withering fire") } { blasting, ruinous, (causing injury or blight; especially affecting with sudden violence or plague or ruin; "the blasting effects of the intense cold on the budding fruit"; "the blasting force of the wind blowing sharp needles of sleet in our faces"; "a ruinous war") } { [ cataclysmal, noun.event:cataclysm,+ ] [ cataclysmic, noun.event:cataclysm,+ ] (severely destructive; "cataclysmic nuclear war"; "a cataclysmic earthquake") } { [ caustic, noun.substance:caustic,+ ] [ corrosive, noun.substance:corrosive,+ verb.change:corrode1,+ verb.change:corrode,+ ] [ erosive1, verb.change:erode1,+ ] [ vitriolic,noun.substance:vitriol,+ ] [ mordant, noun.substance:mordant,+ ] (of a substance, especially a strong acid; capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action) } { crushing, devastating, (physically or spiritually devastating; often used in combination; "a crushing blow"; "a crushing rejection"; "bone-crushing") } { damaging, negative, (designed or tending to discredit, especially without positive or helpful suggestions; "negative criticism") } { [ erosive2, verb.change:erode,+ ] (wearing away by friction; "the erosive effects of waves on the shoreline") } { [ iconoclastic, noun.cognition:iconoclasm,+ ] (destructive of images used in religious worship; said of religions, such as Islam, in which the representation of living things is prohibited) } { ravaging, (ruinously destructive and wasting; "a ravaging illness") } { soul-destroying, (destructive to the spirit or soul; "soul-destroying labor") } { [ wasteful, noun.act:wastefulness3,+ ] (laying waste; "when wasteful war shall statues overturn"- Shakespeare) }] [{ [ CONTENTED, noun.state:contentedness,+ DISCONTENTED,!] [ content, noun.state:content,+ ] HAPPY,^ PLEASED,^ (satisfied or showing satisfaction with things as they are; "a contented smile") } { [ complacent, noun.feeling:complacency,+ noun.feeling:complacence,+ ] self-satisfied, [ self-complacent, noun.feeling:self-complacency,+ ] (contented to a fault with oneself or one's actions; "he had become complacent after years of success"; "his self-satisfied dignity") } { satisfied, (filled with satisfaction; "a satisfied customer") } { [ smug, noun.feeling:smugness,+ ] self-satisfied2, (marked by excessive complacency or self-satisfaction; "a smug glow of self-congratulation") } ---- { [ DISCONTENTED, noun.feeling:discontentedness,+ CONTENTED,!] [ discontent, noun.feeling:discontent,+ ] DISPLEASED,^ UNHAPPY,^ (showing or experiencing dissatisfaction or restless longing; "saw many discontent faces in the room"; "was discontented with his position") } { disaffected, ill-affected, [ malcontent, noun.person:malcontent,+ ] [ rebellious, noun.act:rebellion1,+ noun.act:rebellion,+ noun.attribute:rebelliousness,+ ] (discontented as toward authority) } { disgruntled, dissatisfied, (in a state of sulky dissatisfaction) } { [ restless, noun.attribute:restlessness,+ ] ungratified, unsatisfied, (worried and uneasy) }] [{ [ CONTESTABLE, verb.communication:contest,+ INCONTESTABLE,!] QUESTIONABLE,^ (capable of being contested) } { [ challengeable, verb.communication:challenge1,+ ] (capable of being challenged) } { [ debatable, verb.communication:debate,+ ] disputable, (capable of being disproved) } { shakable, shakeable, (capable of being weakened; "the crisis proved his confidence was shakable") } ---- { [ INCONTESTABLE, CONTESTABLE,!] incontestible, UNQUESTIONABLE,^ (incapable of being contested or disputed) } { demonstrable, [ incontrovertible, noun.attribute:incontrovertibleness,+ ] (necessarily or demonstrably true; "demonstrable truths") } { demonstrated, (having been demonstrated or verified beyond doubt) } { inarguable, unarguable, (against which no argument can be made) } { unassailable, unshakable, watertight, bulletproof, (without flaws or loopholes; "an ironclad contract"; "a watertight alibi"; "a bulletproof argument") } { unanswerable, (impossible to answer; "an unanswerable argument") }] [{ [ CONTINENT, noun.attribute:continence2,+ verb.stative:contain13,+ INCONTINENT,!] (having control over urination and defecation) } ---- { [ INCONTINENT, noun.process:incontinency,+ noun.process:incontinence,+ CONTINENT,!] (not having control over urination and defecation) } { [ leaky, noun.process:leak,+ ] (used informally; unable to retain urine) }] [{ [ CONTINUAL, SPORADIC,!] (recurring regularly or frequently in a prolonged and closely spaced series; "the continual banging of the shutters") } { [ insistent, noun.state:insistence,+ noun.communication:insistence,+] [ repetitive, noun.communication:repetitiveness,+verb.creation:repeat,+ verb.change:repeat,+ ] (repetitive and persistent; "the bluejay's insistent cry") } { running(a), (continually repeated over a period of time; "a running joke among us") } { perennial, [ recurrent, noun.event:recurrence,+ verb.change:recur,+ ] repeated, (recurring again and again; "perennial efforts to stipulate the requirements") } { [ persistent, noun.attribute:persistency,+ noun.attribute:persistence2,+ verb.change:persist1,+ ] [ relentless, noun.attribute:relentlessness,+ ] unrelenting, (never-ceasing; "the relentless beat of the drums") } { recurring, revenant, (coming back; "a revenant ghost") } ---- { [ SPORADIC, CONTINUAL,!] DISCONTINUOUS1,^ INFREQUENT,^ (recurring in scattered and irregular or unpredictable instances; "a city subjected to sporadic bombing raids") } { [ fitful, noun.attribute:fitfulness,+ ] spasmodic, (occurring in spells and often abruptly; "fitful bursts of energy"; "spasmodic rifle fire") } { [ intermittent, noun.attribute:intermittency,+ noun.attribute:intermittence,+ ] (stopping and starting at irregular intervals; "intermittent rain showers") } { periodic, occasional, (recurring or reappearing from time to time; "periodic feelings of anxiety") } { [ irregular, noun.state:irregularity,+ ] unpredictable, (not occurring at a regular rate or fixed intervals; "an irregular heartbeat") } { isolated, stray, (not close together in time; "isolated instances of rebellion"; "a few stray crumbs") }] [{ [ CONTINUOUS1, noun.time:continuum,+ noun.attribute:continuousness,+ noun.state:continuity,+ noun.attribute:continuity,+ DISCONTINUOUS1,!] uninterrupted, UNBROKEN2,^ noun.attribute:continuity,= (continuing in time or space without interruption; "a continuous rearrangement of electrons in the solar atoms results in the emission of light"- James Jeans; "a continuous bout of illness lasting six months"; "lived in continuous fear"; "a continuous row of warehouses"; "a continuous line has no gaps or breaks in it"; "moving midweek holidays to the nearest Monday or Friday allows uninterrupted work weeks") } { around-the-clock, day-and-night, nonstop, round-the-clock, (at all times; "around-the-clock nursing care") } { [ ceaseless, noun.attribute:ceaselessness,+ ] constant, [ incessant, noun.attribute:incessantness,+ noun.attribute:incessancy,+ ] never-ending, [ perpetual, noun.attribute:perpetuity,+ ] unceasing, unremitting, (uninterrupted in time and indefinitely long continuing; "the ceaseless thunder of surf"; "in constant pain"; "night and day we live with the incessant noise of the city"; "the never-ending search for happiness"; "the perpetual struggle to maintain standards in a democracy"; "man's unceasing warfare with drought and isolation"; "unremitting demands of hunger") } { continual, (having no interruptions; "`continual' is often used interchangeably with `continuous'") } { dogging, persisting, (relentless and indefatigable in pursuit or as if in pursuit; "impossible to escape the dogging fears") } { [ endless, noun.attribute:endlessness,+ ] (having the ends united so as to form a continuous whole; "an endless chain") } { free_burning, sustained2, ((of an electric arc) continuous; "heat transfer to the anode in free burning arcs") } { straight, consecutive, (successive (without a break); "sick for five straight days") } { sustained, (maintained at length without interruption or weakening; "sustained flight") } ---- { [ DISCONTINUOUS1, noun.state:discontinuity,+ CONTINUOUS1,!] noncontinuous, SPORADIC,^ BROKEN2,^ (not continuing without interruption in time or space; "discontinuous applause"; "the landscape was a discontinuous mosaic of fields and forest areas"; "he received a somewhat haphazard and discontinuous schooling") } { disrupted, (marked by breaks or gaps; "many routes are unsafe or disrupted") } { disjunct, (used of distributions, as of statistical or natural populations; "disjunct distribution of king crabs") }] [{ [ CONTINUOUS2, noun.time:continuum,+ noun.state:continuity,+ DISCONTINUOUS2,!] noun.cognition:math,;c (of a function or curve; extending without break or irregularity) } ---- { [ DISCONTINUOUS2, noun.state:discontinuity,+ CONTINUOUS2,!] noun.cognition:math,;c (of a function or curve; possessing one or more discontinuities) }] [{ [ CONTINUED, DISCONTINUED,!] (without stop or interruption; "to insure the continued success of the war"; "the continued existence of nationalism"; "the continued popularity of Westerns") } { continuing, (remaining in force or being carried on without letup; "the act provided a continuing annual appropriation"; "the continuing struggle to put food on the table") } ---- { [ DISCONTINUED, CONTINUED,!] (stopped permanently or temporarily; "discontinued models"; "a discontinued magazine"; "a discontinued conversation") } { interrupted, (discontinued temporarily; "we resumed the interrupted discussion") } { out_of_print, ((of books) no longer offered for sale by a publisher; "that edition is out of print") }] [{ [ CONTROLLED, UNCONTROLLED,!] RESTRAINED,^ (restrained or managed or kept within certain bounds; "controlled emotions"; "the controlled release of water from reservoirs") } { contained, (gotten under control; "the oil spill is contained") } { disciplined, (obeying the rules) } { dominated, (controlled or ruled by superior authority or power) } { harnessed, (brought under control and put to use; "electricity from the harnessed Colorado River"; "the harnessed power of the atom") } { obsessed, possessed(p), (influenced or controlled by a powerful force such as a strong emotion; "by love possessed") } { price-controlled, (having the price regulated or controlled by government) } { regimented, (strictly controlled) } ---- { [ UNCONTROLLED, CONTROLLED,!] UNRESTRAINED,^ (not being under control; out of control; "the greatest uncontrolled health problem is AIDS"; "uncontrolled growth") } { anarchic, [ anarchical, noun.state:anarchy,+ ] [ lawless, noun.state:lawlessness,+ ] (without law or control; "the system is economically inefficient and politically anarchic") } { [ errant, verb.motion:err,+ ] (uncontrolled motion that is irregular or unpredictable; "an errant breeze") } { [ irrepressible, noun.attribute:irrepressibility,+ ] uncontrollable, (impossible to repress or control; "an irrepressible chatterbox"; "uncontrollable laughter") } { loose, noun.act:sport,;c ((of a ball in sport) not in the possession or control of any player; "a loose ball") } { lordless, masterless, (having no lord or master; "harsh punishments for sturdy vagabonds and masterless men") } { [ rampant, verb.stative:ramp,+ ] (unrestrained and violent; "rampant aggression") } { runaway, (completely out of control; "runaway inflation") } { [ torrential, noun.quantity:torrent,+ ] (resembling a torrent in force and abundance; "torrential applause"; "torrential abuse"; "the torrential facility and fecundity characteristic of his style"- Winthrop Sargeant) } { undisciplined, ungoverned, (lacking in discipline or control; "undisciplined behavior"; "ungoverned youth") } { wild1, (deviating widely from an intended course; "a wild bullet"; "he threw a wild pitch") }] [{ [ CONTROVERSIAL, noun.communication:controversy,+ UNCONTROVERSIAL,!] (marked by or capable of arousing controversy; "the issue of the death penalty is highly controversial"; "Rushdie's controversial book"; "a controversial decision on affirmative action") } { arguable, [ debatable, verb.communication:debate1,+ verb.communication:debate,+ ] disputable, moot, (open to argument or debate; "that is a moot question") } { [ contentious, noun.communication:contention,+ ] (involving or likely to cause controversy; "a central and contentious element of the book"- Tim W.Ferfuson) } { disputed, (subject to disagreement and debate) } { [ polemic, noun.person:polemic,+ noun.communication:polemic,+ ] [ polemical, noun.communication:polemic,+ ] (of or involving dispute or controversy) } ---- { [ UNCONTROVERSIAL, CONTROVERSIAL,!] noncontroversial, (not likely to arouse controversy) } { unchallengeable, (not open to challenge; "unchallengeable facts"; "a position of unchallengeable supremacy") } { undisputed,unchallenged, unquestioned, (generally agreed upon; not subject to dispute; "the undisputed fact") } { agreed_upon(p), [ stipulatory, verb.communication:stipulate,+ ] (constituted or contracted by stipulation or agreement; "stipulatory obligations") }] [{ [ ARGUMENTATIVE, verb.communication:argue,+ UNARGUMENTATIVE,!] (given to or characterized by argument; "an argumentative discourse"; "argumentative to the point of being cantankerous"; "an intelligent but argumentative child") } { [ quarrelsome, noun.attribute:quarrelsomeness,+ ] (given to quarreling; "arguing children"; "quarrelsome when drinking") } { [ contentious, noun.communication:contention,+ noun.attribute:contentiousness,+ ] combative, [ disputatious, noun.communication:dispute,+ noun.act:dispute,+ ] [ disputative, verb.communication:dispute1,+ ] [ litigious, noun.attribute:litigiousness,+ ] (inclined or showing an inclination to dispute or disagree, even to engage in law suits; "a style described as abrasive and contentious"; "a disputatious lawyer"; "a litigious and acrimonious spirit") } { [ eristic, noun.person:eristic,+ noun.cognition:eristic,+ ] eristical, (given to disputation for its own sake and often employing specious arguments) } ---- { [ UNARGUMENTATIVE, ARGUMENTATIVE,!] (not given to or characterized by argument) } { noncontentious, (of persons; not given to controversy) }] [{ [ CONVENIENT, noun.state:convenience,+ noun.attribute:convenience,+ noun.artifact:convenience,+ INCONVENIENT,!] EXPEDIENT,^ ACCESSIBLE,^ noun.attribute:convenience,= (suited to your comfort or purpose or needs; "a convenient excuse for not going") } ---- { [ INCONVENIENT, noun.attribute:inconvenience,+ CONVENIENT,!] noun.attribute:convenience,= (not suited to your comfort, purpose or needs; "it is inconvenient not to have a telephone in the kitchen"; "the back hall is an inconvenient place for the telephone") } { awkward, (causing inconvenience; "they arrived at an awkward time") }] [{ [ CONVENTIONAL, noun.cognition:conventionality1,+ UNCONVENTIONAL,!] FORMAL1,^ UNORIGINAL,^ noun.attribute:conventionality,= (following accepted customs and proprieties; "conventional wisdom"; "she had strayed from the path of conventional behavior"; "conventional forms of address") } { received, (widely accepted as true or worthy; "a received moral idea"; "Received political wisdom says not; surveys show otherwise"- Economist) } { [ customary, noun.cognition:custom,+ ] (in accordance with convention or custom; "sealed the deal with the customary handshake") } { formulaic, (characterized by or in accordance with some formula) } { [ stodgy, noun.attribute:stodginess,+ ] [ stuffy, noun.attribute:stuffiness,+ ] (excessively conventional and unimaginative and hence dull; "why is the middle class so stodgy, so utterly without a sense of humor?"; "a stodgy dinner party") } ---- { [ UNCONVENTIONAL, noun.cognition:unconventionality,+ CONVENTIONAL,!] ORIGINAL,^ noun.attribute:conventionality,= (not conforming to accepted rules or standards; "her unconventional dress and hair style") } { [ bohemian, noun.group:bohemia,+ ] (unconventional in especially appearance and behavior; "a bohemian life style") } { go-as-you-please, (not bound by rule or law or convention; "bewildered by the old go-as-you-please liberty of alliterative rhythm"- George Saintsbury) } { [ irregular, noun.attribute:irregularity,+ ] [ maverick, noun.person:maverick,+ ] unorthodox, (independent in behavior or thought; "she led a somewhat irregular private life"; "maverick politicians") }] [{ [ CONVENTIONAL1, noun.cognition:conventionality,+ UNCONVENTIONAL1,!] (unimaginative and conformist; "conventional bourgeois lives"; "conventional attitudes") } { button-down, buttoned-down, conservative, (unimaginatively conventional; "a colorful character in the buttoned-down, dull-grey world of business"- Newsweek) } { square, straight, noun.communication:slang,;u (rigidly conventional or old-fashioned) } { stereotyped, [ stereotypic, noun.cognition:stereotype,+ ] [ stereotypical, noun.cognition:stereotype,+ ] unimaginative, (lacking spontaneity or originality or individuality; "stereotyped phrases of condolence"; "even his profanity was unimaginative") } { white-bread, (of or belonging to or representative of the white middle class; "white-bread America"; "a white-bread college student") } ---- { [ UNCONVENTIONAL1, CONVENTIONAL,!] (not conventional or conformist; "unconventional life styles") } { alternative, (pertaining to unconventional choices; "an alternative life style") } { [ bizarre, noun.attribute:bizarreness,+ ] [ eccentric, noun.attribute:eccentricity,+ ] [ freakish, noun.attribute:freakishness,+ ] freaky, [ flaky, noun.state:flakiness,+ ] [ flakey, noun.state:flakiness,+ ] gonzo, off-the-wall, [ outlandish, noun.attribute:outlandishness,+ ] outre, (conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual; "restaurants of bizarre design--one like a hat, another like a rabbit"; "famed for his eccentric spelling"; "a freakish combination of styles"; "his off-the-wall antics"; "the outlandish clothes of teenagers"; "outre and affected stage antics") } { devil-may-care, raffish, [ rakish, noun.attribute:rakishness2,+ ] (marked by a carefree unconventionality or disreputableness; "a cocktail party given by some...raffish bachelors"- Crary Moore) } { far-out, [ kinky, noun.cognition:kink1,+ ] offbeat, [ quirky, noun.attribute:quirk,+ noun.attribute:quirkiness,+ ] way-out, noun.communication:colloquialism,;u ((informal) strikingly unconventional) } { funky, (stylish and modern in an unconventional way; "she likes funky clothes"; "we did it all in black and white in a very funky sixties style") } { spaced-out, spacy, spacey, (stupefied by (or as if by) some narcotic drug) }] [{ [ CONFORMIST, NONCONFORMIST,!] (marked by convention and conformity to customs or rules or styles; "underneath the radical image teenagers are surprisingly conformist") } ---- { [ NONCONFORMIST, CONFORMIST,!] unconformist, (not conforming to some norm or socially approved pattern of behavior or thought; "their rabidly nonconformist deportment has made them legendary"; "the old stubborn nonconformist spirit of the early settlers") }] [{ [ NUCLEAR, CONVENTIONAL2,!] atomic, ((weapons) deriving destructive energy from the release of atomic energy; "nuclear war"; "nuclear weapons"; "atomic bombs") } { thermonuclear, (using nuclear weapons based on fusion as distinguished from fission) } ---- { [ CONVENTIONAL2, NUCLEAR,!] ((weapons) using energy for propulsion or destruction that is not nuclear energy; "conventional warfare"; "conventional weapons") }] [{ [ TRADITIONAL, noun.cognition:tradition2,+ noun.cognition:tradition1,+ NONTRADITIONAL,!] (consisting of or derived from tradition; "traditional history"; "traditional morality") } { classical, classic, (well-known and long-established in form or style; "a classical ballet"; "classic double-breasted suit"; "the classic struggle between good and evil") } { [ conventional, noun.cognition:conventionality1,+ ] (in accord with or being a tradition or practice accepted from the past; "a conventional church wedding with the bride in traditional white"; "the conventional handshake") } { handed-down, tralatitious, (having been passed along from generation to generation; "among Biblical critics a tralatitious interpretation is one received by expositor from expositor") } { [ traditionalistic, noun.person:traditionalist,+ noun.attribute:traditionalism,+ noun.act:traditionalism,+ ] (adhering to tradition especially in cultural or religious practices) } ---- { [ NONTRADITIONAL, TRADITIONAL,!] untraditional, (not conforming to or in accord with tradition; "nontraditional designs"; "nontraditional practices") }] [{ [ CONVERGENT, noun.act:convergency,+ noun.event:convergence,+ noun.act:convergence1,+ verb.stative:converge,+ verb.motion:converge,+ verb.change:converge,+ DIVERGENT,!] OBLIQUE,^ (tending to come together from different directions) } { [ confluent, noun.location:confluence,+ noun.act:confluence1,+ ] merging(a), (flowing together) } { focused, focussed, ((of light rays) converging on a point; "focused light rays can set something afire") } ---- { [ DIVERGENT, noun.act:divergency,+ noun.act:divergence,+ verb.stative:diverge,+ verb.motion:diverge,+ CONVERGENT,!] diverging, OBLIQUE,^ (tending to move apart in different directions) } { branching, (resembling the branches of a tree) } { radiating(a), (diverging from a common point) }] [{ [ BRANCHY, noun.shape:branch,+ noun.plant:branch,+ BRANCHLESS,!] (having many branches; "a branchy tree trunk") } { [ arboreal, noun.plant:arbor,+ noun.artifact:arbor,+ ] [ arboreous, noun.plant:arbor,+ ] arborescent, arboresque, arboriform, dendriform, dendroid1, dendroidal1, treelike, tree-shaped, (resembling a tree in form and branching structure; "arborescent coral found off the coast of Bermuda"; "dendriform sponges") } { brachiate, noun.cognition:botany,;c (having widely spreading paired branches; "maples are brachiate") } { branched, branching, ramose, ramous, ramate, (having branches) } { [ bushy, noun.plant:bush,+ noun.group:bush,+ ] (resembling a bush in being thickly branched and spreading) } { long-branched, (having long branches) } { maplelike, maple-like, (resembling maple; "maplelike leaves") } { mop-headed, ((of trees) having a bushy top without a leader; "mop-headed cabbage palms") } { stiff-branched, (having stiff branches) } { thick-branched, (having thick branches) } { well-branched, (having good branches) } ---- { [ BRANCHLESS, BRANCHY,!] (having no branches) } { palmlike, (resembling a palm tree) } { unbranched, unbranching, (without branches; "a tree with an unbranched trunk") }] [{ [ CONVINCING, UNCONVINCING,!] PERSUASIVE,^ (causing one to believe the truth of something; "a convincing story"; "a convincing manner") } { [ credible, noun.attribute:credibleness,+ noun.attribute:credibility,+ ] (appearing to merit belief or acceptance; "a credible witness") } { disenchanting, disillusioning, (freeing from illusion or false belief) } ---- { [ UNCONVINCING, CONVINCING,!][ flimsy2, noun.attribute:flimsiness,+] INCREDIBLE,^ (not convincing; "a flimsy argument"; "as unconvincing as a forced smile") } { [ unpersuasive, noun.attribute:unpersuasiveness,+ ] (not capable of persuading) }] [{ [ COOKED, RAW,!] (having been prepared for eating by the application of heat) } { au_gratin, (cooked while covered with browned breadcrumbs (and sometimes cheese)) } { baked, ((bread and pastries) cooked by dry heat (as in an oven); "baked goods") } { barbecued, grilled1, (cooked over an outdoor grill) } { batter-fried, (fried in batter) } { boiled, poached, stewed, (cooked in hot water) } { braised, (cooked by browning in fat and then simmering in a closed container) } { broiled, grilled2, (cooked by radiant heat (as over a grill)) } { burned, burnt, (ruined by overcooking; "she served us underdone bacon and burnt biscuits") } { candy-like, (resembling candy) } { done, (cooked until ready to serve) } { fried, deep-fried, (cooked by frying in fat) } { hard-baked, (baked until hard) } { hard-boiled, ((eggs) cooked until the yolk is solid) } { lyonnaise, (cooked with onions) } { medium, ((meat) cooked until there is just a little pink meat inside) } { overdone, (cooked too long but still edible) } { pancake-style, (cooked as pancakes are cooked) } { parched, (toasted or roasted slightly; "parched corn was a staple of the Indian diet") } { rare-roasted, ((meat) roasted with the meat inside still rare) } { ready-cooked, (cooked in such a way as to be ready for sale) } { [ roast, noun.food:roast,+ ] roasted, ((meat) cooked by dry heat in an oven) } { saute, sauteed, (fried quickly in a little fat) } { seared, (having the surface burned quickly with intense heat; "the seared meat is then covered with hot liquid for braising") } { soft-boiled, ((eggs) having the yolk still liquid; "soft-boiled eggs") } { souffle-like, (resembling a souffle) } { steamed, (cooked in steam; "steamed clams") } { sunny-side_up, ((eggs) fried on only one side) } { toasted, (browned over by exposure to heat; "he liked toasted marshmallows") } { wafer-like, (resembling a thin crisp wafer) } { well-done, ((meat) cooked until there is no pink meat left inside) } ---- { [ RAW, COOKED,!] (not treated with heat to prepare it for eating) } { half-baked, underdone1, (insufficiently cooked) } { rare, ((of meat) cooked a short time; still red inside; "rare roast beef") } { uncooked, (not cooked) } { untoasted, (not having been browned by exposure to heat) }] [{ [ COOPERATIVE, verb.social:cooperate,+ noun.attribute:cooperativeness,+ UNCOOPERATIVE,!] HELPFUL,^ (done with or working with others for a common purpose or benefit; "a cooperative effort") } { [ collaborative, verb.social:collaborate,+ ] (accomplished by collaboration; "collaborative research") } { [ synergetic, noun.process:synergy,+ ] [ synergistic, noun.process:synergism,+ ] (working together; used especially of groups, as subsidiaries of a corporation, cooperating for an enhanced effect; "a synergistic effect") } ---- { [ UNCOOPERATIVE, COOPERATIVE,!] DISOBEDIENT,^ UNHELPFUL,^ (unwilling to cooperate; "an uncooperative witness") }] [{ [ CORRUPT, noun.state:corruptness,+ INCORRUPT,!] IMMORAL,^ noun.attribute:corruptness,= (lacking in integrity; "humanity they knew to be corrupt...from the day of Adam's creation"; "a corrupt and incompetent city government") } { corrupted, debased, vitiated, (ruined in character or quality) } { [ corruptible, verb.social:corrupt,+ verb.possession:corrupt,+ noun.attribute:corruptibility,+ ] [ bribable, verb.possession:bribe,+ ] dishonest, purchasable, [ venal, noun.attribute:venality,+ ] (capable of being corrupted; "corruptible judges"; "dishonest politicians"; "a purchasable senator"; "a venal police officer") } { [ depraved, noun.attribute:depravity,+ ] [ perverse, noun.attribute:perverseness1,+ noun.attribute:perversity,+ ] perverted, [ reprobate, noun.person:reprobate,+ ] (deviating from what is considered moral or right or proper or good; "depraved criminals"; "a perverted sense of loyalty"; "the reprobate conduct of a gambling aristocrat") } { dirty, [ sordid, noun.attribute:sordidness,+ ] shoddy, (unethical or dishonest; "dirty police officers"; "a sordid political campaign"; "shoddy business practices") } { Praetorian, Pretorian, (characteristic of or similar to the corruptible soldiers in the Praetorian Guard with respect to corruption or political venality; "a large Praetorian bureaucracy filled with ambitious...and often sycophantic people makes work and makes trouble"- Arthur M.Schlesinger Jr.) } { putrid, (morally corrupt or evil; "the putrid atmosphere of the court") } { sold-out(a), (having taken a bribe or bribes; "a sold-out politician") } ---- { [ INCORRUPT, noun.attribute:incorruptness,+ CORRUPT,!] MORAL,^ noun.attribute:corruptness,= (free of corruption or immorality; "a policeman who was incorrupt and incorruptible") } { antiseptic, (clean and honest; "antiseptic financial practices") } { [ incorruptible, noun.attribute:incorruptibility,+ ] (incapable of being morally corrupted; "incorruptible judges are the backbone of the society") } { uncorrupted1, (not debased; "though his associates were dishonest, he remained uncorrupted"; "uncorrupted values") } { uncorrupted2, unspoiled, (not decayed or decomposed) }] [{ [ SYNERGISTIC, noun.process:synergism,+ ANTAGONISTIC2,!] interactive, (used especially of drugs or muscles that work together so the total effect is greater than the sum of the two (or more)) } ---- { [ ANTAGONISTIC2, noun.body:antagonist,+ noun.artifact:antagonist,+ noun.act:antagonism,+ SYNERGISTIC,!] incompatible, (used especially of drugs or muscles that counteract or neutralize each other's effect) } { [ antacid, noun.substance:antacid,+ ] (acting to neutralize acid (especially in the stomach)) } { antiphlogistic, (counteracting inflammation) }] [{ [ CONSIDERABLE, INCONSIDERABLE,!] LARGE,^ (large or relatively large in number or amount or extent or degree; "a considerable quantity"; "the economy was a considerable issue in the campaign"; "went to considerable trouble for us"; "spent a considerable amount of time on the problem") } { appreciable, (enough to be estimated or measured; "appreciable amounts of noxious wastes are dumped into the harbor") } { goodly, goodish, healthy, [ hefty, noun.attribute:heftiness1,+ ] respectable, sizable, [ sizeable, noun.attribute:sizeableness,+ ] tidy, (large in amount or extent or degree; "it cost a considerable amount"; "a goodly amount"; "received a hefty bonus"; "a respectable sum"; "a tidy sum of money"; "a sizable fortune") } { right_smart, noun.communication:regionalism,;u ((Southern or Midland) considerable; "it's a right smart distance") } { significant, substantial, (of considerable importance, size, or worth; "won by a substantial margin") } ---- { [ INCONSIDERABLE, CONSIDERABLE,!] (too small or unimportant to merit attention; "passed his life in an inconsiderable village"; "their duties were inconsiderable"; "had no inconsiderable influence") }] [{ [ SUBSTANTIAL, noun.Tops:substance,+ noun.attribute:substantialness,+ noun.attribute:substantiality,+ INSUBSTANTIAL,!] [ real3, noun.attribute:reality,+ ] material3, noun.attribute:substantiality,= MATERIAL1,^ (having substance or capable of being treated as fact; not imaginary; "the substantial world"; "a mere dream, neither substantial nor practical"; "The wind was violent and felt substantial enough to lean against") } ---- { [ INSUBSTANTIAL, noun.attribute:insubstantiality2,+ noun.attribute:insubstantiality,+ SUBSTANTIAL,!] [ unsubstantial, verb.change:unsubstantialize,+ ] [ unreal3, noun.state:unreality,+ ] IMMATERIAL1,^ noun.attribute:substantiality,= (lacking material form or substance; unreal; "as insubstantial as a dream"; "an insubstantial mirage on the horizon") } { aeriform, aerial, [ airy, noun.attribute:airiness,+ ] aery, ethereal, (characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; as impalpable or intangible as air; "figures light and aeriform come unlooked for and melt away"- Thomas Carlyle; "aerial fancies"; "an airy apparition"; "physical rather than ethereal forms") } { [ shadowy, noun.cognition:shadow,+ ] wraithlike, (lacking in substance; "strange fancies of unreal and shadowy worlds"- W.A.Butler; "dim shadowy forms"; "a wraithlike column of smoke") } { hollow, (lacking in substance or character; "a hollow person") } { stringy, (consisting of or containing string or strings) }] [{ [ MATERIAL1, noun.attribute:materiality,+ IMMATERIAL1,!] SUBSTANTIAL,^ noun.attribute:materiality,= (derived from or composed of matter; "the material universe") } { [ physical, noun.attribute:physicalness,+ ] (having substance or material existence; perceptible to the senses; "a physical manifestation"; "surrounded by tangible objects") } { [ physical2, noun.attribute:physicalness,+ ] (concerned with material things; "physical properties"; "the physical characteristics of the earth"; "the physical size of a computer") } ---- { [ IMMATERIAL1, noun.attribute:immateriality,+ MATERIAL1,!] nonmaterial, INSUBSTANTIAL,^ noun.attribute:materiality,= (not consisting of matter; "immaterial apparitions"; "ghosts and other immaterial entities") } { [ intangible, noun.attribute:intangibility,+ noun.attribute:intangibleness,+ ] nonphysical, (lacking substance or reality; incapable of being touched or seen; "that intangible thing--the soul") }] [{ [ BODIED, UNBODIED,!] CORPOREAL,^ (having a body or a body of a specified kind; often used in combination; "strong-bodied"; "big-bodied") } { incarnate, (invested with a bodily form especially of a human body; "a monarch...regarded as a god incarnate") } { lithe-bodied, (having a lithe body) } { long-bodied, (having a relatively long body) } { narrow-bodied, (having a relatively narrow body) } { oval-bodied, (having an oval body) } { short-bodied, (having a relatively short body) } { silver-bodied, silvery-bodied, (having a silver-colored body) } { slim-bodied, thin-bodied, slender-bodied, (having a slim body) } { smooth-bodied, (having a smooth body) } { thick-bodied, (having a thick body) } ---- { [ UNBODIED, BODIED,!] INCORPOREAL,^ (having no body) } { bodiless, bodyless, (having no trunk or main part; "a bodiless head") } { formless, (having no physical form; "belief in a world filled with...formless but often malevolent beings") }] [{ [ BRAINWASHED, UNBRAINWASHED,!] (subjected to intensive forced indoctrination resulting in the rejection of old beliefs and acceptance of new ones; "brainwashed prisoners of war"; "captive audiences for TV commercials can become brainwashed consumers") } ---- { [ UNBRAINWASHED, BRAINWASHED,!] (not successfully subjected to brainwashing; "despite the torture and the psychological pressure some POWs remained unbrainwashed") }] [{ [ CORPOREAL, noun.attribute:corporeality,+ INCORPOREAL,!] [ material4, noun.attribute:materiality,+ ] BODIED,^ noun.attribute:corporeality,= (having material or physical form or substance; "that which is created is of necessity corporeal and visible and tangible" - Benjamin Jowett) } { [ bodily, noun.body:body,+ ] (having or relating to a physical material body; "bodily existence") } { bodied, corporal, corporate, embodied, incarnate, (possessing or existing in bodily form; "what seemed corporal melted as breath into the wind"- Shakespeare; "an incarnate spirit"; "`corporate' is an archaic term") } { reincarnate, (having a new body) } ---- { [ INCORPOREAL, noun.attribute:incorporeality,+ CORPOREAL,!] [ immaterial4, noun.attribute:immateriality,+ ] UNBODIED,^ noun.attribute:corporeality,= (without material form or substance; "an incorporeal spirit") } { discorporate, unembodied, bodiless, unbodied, disembodied, (not having a material body; "bodiless ghosts") } { spiritual, (lacking material body or form or substance; "spiritual beings"; "the vital transcendental soul belonging to the spiritual realm"-Lewis Mumford) }] [{ [ CORRECT, noun.attribute:correctness1,+ INCORRECT,!] [ RIGHT2, noun.attribute:rightness1,+ WRONG2,!] ACCURATE,^ PROPER,^ TRUE,^ noun.attribute:correctness1,= (free from error; especially conforming to fact or truth; "the correct answer"; "the correct version"; "the right answer"; "took the right road"; "the right decision") } { accurate, [ exact, noun.attribute:exactness,+ ] [ precise, noun.attribute:preciseness,+ ] ((of ideas, images, representations, expressions) characterized by perfect conformity to fact or truth; strictly correct; "a precise image"; "a precise measurement") } { letter-perfect, word-perfect, (correct to the last detail; especially being in or following the exact words; "a letter-perfect rendition of the soliloquy"; "she was word-perfect in her part") } { [ straight, noun.attribute:straightness3,+ ] (following a correct or logical method; "straight reasoning") } ---- { [ INCORRECT, noun.attribute:incorrectness1,+ CORRECT,!] [ WRONG2, noun.attribute:wrongness1,+ RIGHT2,!] FALSE,^ IMPROPER,^ INACCURATE,^ noun.attribute:correctness1,= (not correct; not in conformity with fact or truth; "an incorrect calculation"; "the report in the paper is wrong"; "your information is wrong"; "the clock showed the wrong time"; "found themselves on the wrong road"; "based on the wrong assumptions") } { [ erroneous, noun.attribute:erroneousness,+ ] (containing or characterized by error; "erroneous conclusions") } { [ fallacious, noun.attribute:fallaciousness,+ ] (based on an incorrect or misleading notion or information; "fallacious hope") } { [ false, noun.state:falseness,+ noun.state:falsity,+ ] mistaken, (arising from error; "a false assumption"; "a mistaken view of the situation") }] [{ [ RIGHT4, noun.attribute:rightness2,+ WRONG4,!] [ correct4, noun.attribute:correctness2,+ ] (correct in opinion or judgment; "time proved him right") } { right-minded, (disposed toward or having views based on what is right; "respect for law which every right-minded citizen ought to have"- Bertrand Russell) } ---- { [ WRONG4, noun.attribute:wrongness1,+ RIGHT4,!] (based on or acting or judging in error; "it is wrong to think that way") } { wrongheaded, (obstinately perverse in judgment or opinion; "a wrongheaded policy") }] [{ [ CORRECTED, UNCORRECTED,!] (having something undesirable neutralized; "with glasses her corrected vision was 20:20") } { aplanatic, noun.cognition:optics,;c (free from or corrected for spherical aberration; "an aplanatic mirror") } { apochromatic, noun.cognition:optics,;c (corrected for both chromatic and spherical aberration; "an apochromatic lens") } { rectified, (having been put right) } ---- { [ UNCORRECTED, CORRECTED,!] (left faulty or wrong; "uncorrected astigmatism") } { unremedied, (not having been put right; "unremedied errors") }] [{ [ CORRIGIBLE, verb.social:correct,+ INCORRIGIBLE,!] (capable of being corrected or set right; "a corrigible defect"; "a corrigible prisoner") } { [ amendable, verb.change:amend1,+ verb.change:amend,+ ] correctable, (capable of being corrected by additions; "an amendable flaw") } { improvable, (susceptible of improvement) } { redeemable, reformable, (susceptible to improvement or reform; "a redeemable sinner") } ---- { [ INCORRIGIBLE, CORRIGIBLE,!] DISOBEDIENT,^ (impervious to correction by punishment) } { unreformable, unregenerate, (unrepentant and incapable of being reformed; "an unregenerate criminal") } { uncontrollable, uncorrectable, [ unmanageable, noun.attribute:unmanageableness,+ ] (incapable of being controlled or managed; "uncontrollable children"; "an uncorrectable habit") }] [{ [ COSMOPOLITAN2, PROVINCIAL,!] (composed of people from or at home in many parts of the world; especially not provincial in attitudes or interests; "his cosmopolitan benevolence impartially extended to all races and to all creeds"- T.B. Macaulay; "the ancient and cosmopolitan societies of Syria and Egypt"; "that queer, cosmopolitan, rather sinister crowd found around the Marseilles docks") } { traveled, travelled, (familiar with many parts of the world; "a traveled, educated man"; "well-traveled people") } ---- { [ PROVINCIAL, noun.location:province,+ COSMOPOLITAN2,!] (characteristic of the provinces or their people; "deeply provincial and conformist"; "in that well-educated company I felt uncomfortably provincial"; "narrow provincial attitudes") } { [ bumpkinly, noun.person:bumpkin,+ ] hick, [ rustic, noun.attribute:rusticity,+ ] unsophisticated, (awkwardly simple and provincial; "bumpkinly country boys"; "rustic farmers"; "a hick town"; "the nightlife of Montmartre awed the unsophisticated tourists") } { corn-fed, (strong and healthy but not sophisticated) } { insular, parochial, (narrowly restricted in outlook or scope; "little sympathy with parochial mentality"; "insular attitudes toward foreigners") } { jerkwater, one-horse, pokey, poky, (small and remote and insignificant; "a jerkwater college"; "passed a series of poky little one-horse towns") } { stay-at-home(a), (not given to travel; "a stay-at-home friend") } { untraveled, untravelled, (not having traveled much, especially to foreign lands; not having gained experience by travel) }] [{ [ COSTIVE, LAXATIVE,!] (retarding evacuation of feces; binding; constipating) } ---- { [ LAXATIVE, COSTIVE,!] (stimulating evacuation of feces) } { [ aperient, noun.artifact:aperient,+ ] (mildly laxative) } { [ cathartic, noun.artifact:cathartic,+ noun.act:catharsis1,+ ] [ evacuant, verb.body:evacuate,+ ] [ purgative, noun.artifact:purgative,+ verb.body:purge,+ ] (strongly laxative) }] [{ [ CONSTIPATED, UNCONSTIPATED,!] (have difficult or incomplete or infrequent evacuation of the bowels) } { bound(p), (confined in the bowels; "he is bound in the belly") } ---- { [ UNCONSTIPATED, CONSTIPATED,!] regular6, (not constipated) } { [ diarrheal, noun.state:diarrhea,+ ] [ diarrhoeal, noun.state:diarrhoea,+ ] [ diarrhetic, noun.state:diarrhea,+ ] [ diarrhoetic, noun.state:diarrhoea,+ ] diarrheic, diarrhoeic, (of or relating to diarrhea) } { [ lax, noun.state:laxness,+ ] [ loose, noun.state:looseness,+ ] (emptying easily or excessively; "loose bowels") }] [{ [ CONSIDERATE, noun.attribute:considerateness,+ INCONSIDERATE,!] KIND,^ TACTFUL,^ UNSELFISH,^ (showing concern for the rights and feelings of others; "friends considerate enough to leave us alone") } { [ thoughtful, noun.attribute:thoughtfulness1,+ ] (considerate of the feelings or well-being of others) } ---- { [ INCONSIDERATE, noun.attribute:inconsiderateness,+ CONSIDERATE,!] SELFISH,^ TACTLESS,^ THOUGHTLESS,^ (lacking regard for the rights or feelings of others; "shockingly inconsiderate behavior") } { [ thoughtless, noun.attribute:thoughtlessness1,+ ] uncaring, unthinking, (without care or thought for others; "the thoughtless saying of a great princess on being informed that the people had no bread; `Let them eat cake'") }] [{ [ COURTEOUS, DISCOURTEOUS,!] RESPECTFUL,^ noun.attribute:courtesy,= (characterized by courtesy and gracious good manners; "if a man be gracious and courteous to strangers it shows he is a citizen of the world"-Francis Bacon) } { [ chivalrous, noun.cognition:chivalry,+ ] [ gallant, noun.person:gallant,+ ] [ knightly, noun.person:knight,+ ] (being attentive to women like an ideal knight) } ---- { [ DISCOURTEOUS, COURTEOUS,!] DISRESPECTFUL,^ noun.attribute:courtesy,= (showing no courtesy; rude; "a distant and at times discourteous young") } { [ abrupt, noun.attribute:abruptness2,+ ] (surprisingly and unceremoniously brusque in manner; "an abrupt reply") } { [ brusque, noun.attribute:brusqueness,+ ] brusk, [ curt, noun.attribute:curtness,+ ] [ short(p), noun.attribute:shortness,+ ] (marked by rude or peremptory shortness; "try to cultivate a less brusque manner"; "a curt reply"; "the salesgirl was very short with him") } { caddish, unchivalrous, ungallant, (offensively discourteous) } { unceremonious, (without due formalities; "unceremonious dismissal from office") }] [{ [ POLITE, noun.act:politeness,+ IMPOLITE,!] noun.attribute:politeness,= (showing regard for others in manners, speech, behavior, etc.) } { [ mannerly, noun.attribute:manner2,+ ] well-mannered, (socially correct in behavior) } { courteous, [ gracious, noun.attribute:grace,+ noun.attribute:graciousness,+ ] [ nice, noun.attribute:niceness2,+ ] (exhibiting courtesy and politeness; "a nice gesture") } ---- { [ IMPOLITE, noun.attribute:impoliteness,+ POLITE,!] noun.attribute:politeness,= (not polite) } { [ bratty, noun.person:brat,+ ] brattish, ((used of an ill-mannered child) impolitely unruly) } { ill-mannered, bad-mannered, [ rude, noun.attribute:rudeness,+ ] unmannered, unmannerly, (socially incorrect in behavior; "resentment flared at such an unmannered intrusion") } { discourteous, [ ungracious, noun.attribute:ungraciousness,+ ] (lacking social graces) } { unparliamentary, (so rude and abusive as to be unsuitable for parliament) }] [{ [ CIVIL, noun.attribute:civility,+ noun.act:civility,+ UNCIVIL,!] [ polite4, noun.attribute:politeness,+ ] noun.attribute:civility,= (not rude; marked by satisfactory (or especially minimal) adherence to social usages and sufficient but not noteworthy consideration for others; "even if he didn't like them he should have been civil"- W.S. Maugham) } ---- { [ UNCIVIL, CIVIL,!] [ rude4, noun.attribute:rudeness,+ ] noun.attribute:civility,= (lacking civility or good manners; "want nothing from you but to get away from your uncivil tongue"- Willa Cather) }] [{ [ CIVIL1, SIDEREAL,!] ((of divisions of time) legally recognized in ordinary affairs of life; "the civil calendar"; "a civil day begins at mean midnight") } ---- { [ SIDEREAL, CIVIL1,!] ((of divisions of time) determined by daily motion of the stars; "sidereal time") }] [{ [ CREATIVE, verb.creation:create13,+ verb.creation:create1,+ noun.cognition:creativeness,+ noun.cognition:creativity,+ UNCREATIVE,!] [ originative, verb.creation:originate,+ ] ORIGINAL,^ PRODUCTIVE,^ noun.cognition:creativity,= (having the ability or power to create; "a creative imagination") } { fanciful, notional, (indulging in or influenced by fancy; "a fanciful mind"; "all the notional vagaries of childhood") } { fictive, (capable of imaginative creation; "fictive talent") } { [ imaginative, verb.creation:imagine,+ noun.cognition:imaginativeness,+ ] [ inventive, verb.creation:invent,+ noun.cognition:inventiveness,+ ] ((used of persons or artifacts) marked by independence and creativity in thought or action; "an imaginative use of material"; "the invention of the knitting frame by another ingenious English clergyman"- Lewis Mumford; "an ingenious device"; "had an inventive turn of mind"; "inventive ceramics") } { yeasty, (exuberantly creative) } ---- { [ UNCREATIVE, noun.cognition:uncreativeness,+ CREATIVE,!] UNORIGINAL,^ UNPRODUCTIVE,^ noun.cognition:creativity,= (not creative; "an uncreative imagination") } { sterile2, unimaginative, uninspired, uninventive, (deficient in originality or creativity; lacking powers of invention; "a sterile ideology lacking in originality"; "unimaginative development of a musical theme"; "uninspired writing") }] [{ [ CREDIBLE, noun.attribute:credibleness,+ noun.attribute:credibility,+ INCREDIBLE,!] [ believable4, verb.cognition:believe2,+ verb.cognition:believe,+ noun.attribute:believability,+ ] PLAUSIBLE,^ THINKABLE,^ noun.attribute:credibility,= (capable of being believed; "completely credible testimony"; "credible information") } { likely, (within the realm of credibility; "not a very likely excuse") } { [ presumptive, verb.communication:presume,+ verb.cognition:presume,+ ] (affording reasonable grounds for belief or acceptance; "presumptive evidence"; "a strong presumptive case is made out") } ---- { [ INCREDIBLE, noun.attribute:incredibleness,+ noun.attribute:incredibility,+ CREDIBLE,!] unbelievable4, IMPLAUSIBLE,^ INCREDULOUS,^ UNCONVINCING,^ UNTHINKABLE,^ noun.attribute:credibility,= (beyond belief or understanding; "at incredible speed"; "the book's plot is simply incredible") } { astounding, dumbfounding, dumfounding, (bewildering or striking dumb with wonder) } { [ fabulous, noun.communication:fable2,+ ] (barely credible; "the fabulous endurance of a marathon runner") } { [ improbable, noun.attribute:improbableness,+ ] marvelous, marvellous, tall(a), (too improbable to admit of belief; "a tall story") } { undreamed, undreamed_of, undreamt, undreamt_of, unimagined, (not imagined even in a dream) }] [{ [ CREDULOUS, noun.attribute:credulousness,+ noun.attribute:credulity,+ INCREDULOUS,!] NAIVE,^ TRUSTFUL,^ (disposed to believe on little evidence; "the gimmick would convince none but the most credulous") } { [ credible, noun.attribute:credibleness,+ ] ((a common but incorrect usage where `credulous' would be appropriate) credulous; "she was not the...credible fool he expected") } { overcredulous, (too credulous for your own good) } { unquestioning, (not inclined to ask questions) } ---- { [ INCREDULOUS, noun.cognition:incredulity,+ CREDULOUS,!] DISTRUSTFUL,^ INCREDIBLE,^ (not disposed or willing to believe; unbelieving) } { disbelieving, [ skeptical, noun.person:skeptic,+ noun.cognition:skepticism1,+ noun.cognition:skepticism,+ ] [ sceptical, noun.cognition:scepticism,+ noun.person:sceptic,+ ] unbelieving, (denying or questioning the tenets of especially a religion; "a skeptical approach to the nature of miracles") }] [{ [ CRITICAL1, noun.person:critic2,+ noun.communication:criticism,+ UNCRITICAL1,!] SARCASTIC,^ UNFAVORABLE2,^ (marked by a tendency to find and call attention to errors and flaws; "a critical attitude") } { [ captious, noun.communication:caption2,+ ] [ faultfinding, noun.communication:faultfinding,+ ] (tending to find and call attention to faults; "a captious pedant"; "an excessively demanding and faultfinding tutor") } { [ censorious, noun.person:censor1,+ ] (harshly critical or expressing censure; "was censorious of petty failings") } { [ deprecative, verb.communication:deprecate1,+ ] (given to expressing disapproval) } { hypercritical, overcritical, (inclined to judge too severely; "hypercritical of colloquial speech"; "the overcritical teacher can discourage originality") } { searing, (severely critical) } { scathing, [ vituperative, verb.communication:vituperate,+ ] (marked by harshly abusive criticism; "his scathing remarks about silly lady novelists"; "her vituperative railing") } ---- { [ UNCRITICAL1, CRITICAL1,!] (not critical; not tending to find or call attention to errors; "a devoted and almost uncritical admirer") }] [{ [ JUDGMENTAL, noun.cognition:judgment4,+ noun.cognition:judgment,+ noun.attribute:judgment,+ noun.act:judgment2,+ NONJUDGMENTAL,!] (depending on judgment; "a judgmental error"; "I think that she is too judgmental to be a good therapist") } { faultfinding(a), (tending to make moral judgments or judgments based on personal opinions; "a counselor tries not to be faultfinding") } ---- { [ NONJUDGMENTAL, JUDGMENTAL,!] (refraining from making judgments especially ones based on personal opinions or standards; "sympathetic and nonjudgmental") }] [{ [ CRITICAL2, noun.person:critic1,+ noun.cognition:criticism,+ UNCRITICAL2,!] DISCERNING,^ SCHOLARLY,^ (characterized by careful evaluation and judgment; "a critical reading"; "a critical dissertation"; "a critical analysis of Melville's writings") } { appraising(a), [ evaluative, verb.cognition:evaluate1,+ verb.cognition:evaluate,+ ] (exercising or involving careful evaluations; "looked him over with an appraising eye"; "the literary judge uses many evaluative terms") } { discriminative, [ judicial, noun.person:judge1,+ ] (expressing careful judgment; "discriminative censure"; "a biography ...appreciative and yet judicial in purpose"-Tyler Dennett) } ---- { [ UNCRITICAL2, CRITICAL2,!] noncritical4, UNSCHOLARLY,^ (marked by disregard for critical standards or procedures; "news sources reflected uncritical estimates of the number of juvenile addicts") }] [{ [ CRITICAL3, noun.state:criticalness,+ noun.state:criticality,+ NONCRITICAL1,!] CRUCIAL,^ noun.state:crisis,= (being in or verging on a state of crisis or emergency; "a critical shortage of food"; "a critical illness"; "an illness at the critical stage") } { acute, (of critical importance and consequence; "an acute (or critical) lack of research funds") } { [ dangerous, noun.attribute:dangerousness,+ ] grave, grievous, [ serious, noun.attribute:seriousness1,+ ] [ severe, noun.attribute:severeness3,+ ] life-threatening, (causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm; "a dangerous operation"; "a grave situation"; "a grave illness"; "grievous bodily harm"; "a serious wound"; "a serious turn of events"; "a severe case of pneumonia"; "a life-threatening disease") } { desperate, dire, (fraught with extreme danger; nearly hopeless; "a desperate illness"; "on all fronts the Allies were in a desperate situation due to lack of materiel"- G.C.Marshall; "a dire emergency") } ---- { [ NONCRITICAL1, CRITICAL3,!] noncrucial4, noun.state:crisis,= (not in a state of crisis or emergency) } { acritical, (without a crisis (as of some diseases)) }] [{ [ CRITICAL4, noun.state:criticality1,+ NONCRITICAL2,!] noun.state:criticality1,= noun.cognition:chemistry,;c noun.cognition:physics,;c (at or of a point at which a property or phenomenon suffers an abrupt change especially having enough mass to sustain a chain reaction; "a critical temperature of water is 100 degrees C--its boiling point at standard atmospheric pressure"; "critical mass"; "go critical") } { supercritical, ((especially of fissionable material) able to sustain a chain reaction in such a manner that the rate of reaction increases) } ---- { [ NONCRITICAL2, CRITICAL4,!] noun.state:criticality1,= noun.cognition:chemistry,;c noun.cognition:physics,;c (not critical; not at a point of abrupt change) }] [{ [ CROSSED1, UNCROSSED1,!] (placed crosswise; "spoken with a straight face but crossed fingers"; "crossed forks"; "seated with arms crossed") } { crosstown, cross-town, (going or extending across a town or city; "the crosstown bus"; "crosstown traffic") } { decussate, [ intersectant, verb.motion:intersect,+ ] intersecting, (crossed or intersected in the form of an X) } ---- { [ UNCROSSED1, CROSSED1,!] (not crossed; "sitting primly with uncrossed legs") }] [{ [ CROSSED2, UNCROSSED2,!] ((of a check) marked for deposit only as indicated by having two lines drawn across it) } ---- { [ UNCROSSED2, CROSSED2,!] ((of a check) not crossed) }] [{ [ CROSS-EYED, WALLEYED,!] (having convergent strabismus) } { boss-eyed, noun.location:Britain,;r noun.communication:colloquialism,;u ((British informal) cross-eyed) } ---- { [ WALLEYED, CROSS-EYED,!] (having divergent strabismus) }] [{ [ CROWNED, UNCROWNED,!] (provided with or as if with a crown or a crown as specified; often used in combination; "a high-crowned hat"; "an orange-crowned bird"; "a crowned signet ring") } { capped, (covered as if with a cap or crown especially of a specified kind; "cloud-capped mountains"; "brown-capped mushrooms"; "snow-capped peaks") } { chapleted, (provided with a chaplet) } { comate, comose, noun.cognition:botany,;c (bearing a coma; crowned with an assemblage of branches or leaves or bracts; "comate royal palms"; "pineapples are comate") } { high-crowned, ((of a hat) having a high crown) } { royal, (invested with royal power as symbolized by a crown; "the royal (or crowned) heads of Europe") } ---- { [ UNCROWNED, CROWNED,!] crownless, (not (especially not yet) provided with a crown; "the uncrowned king") } { quasi-royal, (having the power but not the rank or title of a king; "one of the quasi-royal rulers of Africa") }] [{ [ CROWNED2, UNCROWNED2,!] noun.cognition:dentistry,;c (having an (artificial) crown on a tooth; "had many crowned teeth") } { capped, (used especially of front teeth having (artificial) crowns; "capped teeth gave her a beautiful smile") } ---- { [ UNCROWNED2, CROWNED2,!] noun.cognition:dentistry,;c (not having an (artificial) crown on a tooth; used especially of molars and bicuspids; "uncrowned teeth badly in need of attention") } { uncapped, (used especially of front teeth; "natural uncapped teeth") }] [{ [ CRUCIAL, noun.state:cruciality,+ NONCRUCIAL,!] [ important2, noun.attribute:importance,+ ] CRITICAL3,^ DECISIVE,^ ESSENTIAL,^ (of extreme importance; vital to the resolution of a crisis; "a crucial moment in his career"; "a crucial election"; "a crucial issue for women") } { [ critical, noun.state:crisis,+ noun.event:crisis,+ noun.state:criticalness,+ ] [ decisive, noun.attribute:decisiveness1,+ ] (forming or having the nature of a turning point or crisis; "a critical point in the campaign"; "the critical test") } { life-and-death, life-or-death, (vitally important; "a life-and-death struggle") } { [ pivotal, noun.person:pivot,+ ] polar, (being of crucial importance; "a pivotal event"; "Its pivotal location has also exposed it to periodic invasions"- Henry Kissinger; "the polar events of this study"; "a polar principal") } ---- { [ NONCRUCIAL, CRUCIAL,!] (of little importance; not decisive) }] [{ [ CRYSTALLIZED, UNCRYSTALLIZED,!] crystallised, (having become fixed and definite in form; "distinguish between crystallized and uncrystallized opinion"- Psychological Abstracts) } ---- { [ UNCRYSTALLIZED, CRYSTALLIZED,!] uncrystallised, (not finally or definitely formed; "uncrystallized ideas") }] [{ [ CUBIC, noun.attribute:cubicity,+ noun.shape:cube1,+ noun.shape:cube,+ noun.artifact:cube,+ LINEAR1,! PLANAR,!] [ three-dimensional2, noun.attribute:three-dimensionality,+ ] noun.attribute:cubicity,= (having the shape of a cube; having three dimensions) } { blockish, [ blocky, noun.shape:block1,+ noun.artifact:block,+ ] (resembling a block in shape) } { boxlike, [ boxy, noun.artifact:box,+ ] box-shaped, (resembling a box in rectangularity) } { brick-shaped, (shaped like a brick) } { cubelike, cube-shaped, [ cubical, noun.shape:cube1,+ noun.shape:cube,+ noun.artifact:cube,+ ] cubiform, cuboid, [ cuboidal, noun.shape:cube1,+ noun.shape:cube,+ ] (shaped like a cube) } { isometric, noun.cognition:crystallography,;c (of a crystal system characterized by three equal axes at right angles) } { [ solid, noun.shape:solid,+ ] noun.cognition:math,;c (having three dimensions; "a cube is a solid figure with six sides") } ---- { [ LINEAR1, PLANAR,! CUBIC,!] one-dimensional, (of or in or along or relating to a line; involving or having a single dimension; "a linear measurement") } { collinear, (lying on the same line) } { [ lineal, noun.location:line,+ ] (arranged in a line) } { linelike, (resembling a line) } { rectilinear, rectilineal, (characterized by a straight line or lines; "rectilinear patterns in wallpaper"; "the rectilinear propagation of light") } ---- { [ PLANAR, noun.shape:plane,+ CUBIC,! LINEAR1,!] [ two-dimensional2, noun.attribute:two-dimensionality,+ ] (involving or having two dimensions) } { coplanar, (lying in the same plane) } { [ flat, noun.attribute:flatness,+ ] (having a relatively broad surface in relation to depth or thickness; "flat computer monitors") } { placoid, platelike, (as the hard flattened scales of e.g. sharks) } { planate, flattened, (having been flattened) } { [ tabular, noun.object:table,+ ] (flat; like a table in form) }] [{ [ UNIDIMENSIONAL, MULTIDIMENSIONAL,!] one-dimensional2, (relating to a single dimension or aspect; having no depth or scope; "a prose statement of fact is unidimensional, its value being measured wholly in terms of its truth"- Mary Sheehan; "a novel with one-dimensional characters") } ---- { [ MULTIDIMENSIONAL, UNIDIMENSIONAL,!] (having or involving or marked by several dimensions or aspects; "multidimensional problems"; "a multidimensional proposition"; "a multidimensional personality") } { [ dimensional, noun.attribute:dimensionality,+ ] (having dimension--the quality or character or stature proper to a person; "never matures as a dimensional character; he is pasty, bland, faceless"- Norman Cousins) } { two-dimensional, 2-dimensional, [ flat, noun.communication:flatness,+ ] (lacking the expected range or depth; not designed to give an illusion or depth; "a film with two-dimensional characters"; "a flat two-dimensional painting") } { three-dimensional, 3-dimensional, third-dimensional, three-d, (involving or relating to three dimensions or aspects; giving the illusion of depth; "lifelike three-dimensional characters"; "a three-dimensional account of conditions under the new government"; "they shot the movie in three-D") } { four-dimensional, 4-dimensional, (involving or relating to the fourth dimension or time) }] [{ [ CUT1, UNCUT1,!] (separated into parts or laid open or penetrated with a sharp edge or instrument; "the cut surface was mottled"; "cut tobacco"; "blood from his cut forehead"; "bandages on her cut wrists") } { chopped, shredded, sliced, (prepared by cutting; "sliced tomatoes"; "sliced ham"; "chopped clams"; "chopped meat"; "shredded cabbage") } { cut_up, (cut into pieces) } { incised, (cut into with a sharp instrument) } { perforated, (having a number or series of holes; "a perforated steel plate"; "perforated cancellation"; "perforated stamp") } { pierced, perforated2, perforate, punctured, (having a hole cut through; "pierced ears"; "a perforated eardrum"; "a punctured balloon") } { severed, cut_off, (detached by cutting; "cut flowers"; "a severed head"; "an old tale of Anne Bolyn walking the castle walls with her poor cut-off head under her arm") } { split, ((especially of wood) cut or ripped longitudinally with the grain; "we bought split logs for the fireplace") } ---- { [ UNCUT1, CUT1,!] (not cut) } { imperforate, (not perforated; having no opening) } { unpierced, (not pierced; "unpierced ears") }] [{ [ CUT2, UNCUT2,!] ((of pages of a book) having the folds of the leaves trimmed or slit; "the cut pages of the book") } ---- { [ UNCUT2, CUT2,!] ((of pages of a book) having adjacent leaves still joined at the fore edge; "a book with its leaves still uncut") }] [{ [ CUT3, UNCUT3,!] (fashioned or shaped by cutting; "a well-cut suit"; "cut diamonds"; "cut velvet") } { cut_out, (having been cut out; "the cut-out pieces of the dress") } { hewn, hand-hewn, (cut or shaped with hard blows of a heavy cutting instrument like an ax or chisel; "a house built of hewn logs"; "rough-hewn stone"; "a path hewn through the underbrush") } { sheared, ((used especially of fur or wool) shaped or finished by cutting or trimming to a uniform length; "a coat of sheared lamb") } { slashed, (having long and narrow ornamental cuts showing an underlying fabric; "a slashed doublet"; "slashed cuffs showing the scarlet lining") } ---- { [ UNCUT3, CUT3,!] rough5, (not shaped by cutting or trimming; "an uncut diamond"; "rough gemstones") } { unsheared, ((used especially of fur or wool) not having been sheared; "unsheared beaver") }] [{ [ CURIOUS, noun.cognition:curiousness,+ noun.cognition:curiosity,+ INCURIOUS,!] INQUIRING,^ INTERESTED,^ (eager to investigate and learn or learn more (sometimes about others' concerns); "a curious child is a teacher's delight"; "a trap door that made me curious"; "curious investigators"; "traffic was slowed by curious rubberneckers"; "curious about the neighbor's doings") } { [ inquisitive, noun.cognition:inquisitiveness,+ verb.cognition:inquire,+ ] [ speculative, verb.cognition:speculate,+ ] questioning, wondering(a), (showing curiosity; "if someone saw a man climbing a light post they might get inquisitive"; "raised a speculative eyebrow") } { [ nosy, noun.communication:nose,+ noun.cognition:nosiness,+ ] [ nosey, noun.communication:nose,+ ] prying, [ snoopy, noun.person:snoop,+ noun.cognition:snoopiness,+ ] (offensively curious or inquisitive; "curious about the neighbor's doings"; "he flipped through my letters in his nosy way"; "prying eyes"; "the snoopy neighbor watched us all day") } { overcurious, (showing excessive curiosity) } ---- { [ INCURIOUS, CURIOUS,!] UNINTERESTED,^ (showing absence of intellectual inquisitiveness or natural curiosity; "strangely incurious about the cause of the political upheaval surrounding them") } { uninterested, (having no care or interest in knowing; "she appeared totally uninterested") } { uninquiring, uninquisitive, (deficient in curiosity) }] [{ [ CURRENT, noun.attribute:currency1,+ noun.attribute:currentness,+ NONCURRENT,!] MODERN,^ NEW,^ noun.attribute:currentness,= (occurring in or belonging to the present time; "current events"; "the current topic"; "current negotiations"; "current psychoanalytic theories"; "the ship's current position") } { [ actual, noun.state:actuality,+ ] (being or existing at the present moment; "the ship's actual position is 22 miles due south of Key West") } { afoot(p), underway, (currently in progress; "there is mischief afoot"; "plans are afoot"; "preparations for the trial are underway") } { circulating(a), (passing from one to another; "circulating bills and coins") } { contemporary, present-day(a), (belonging to the present time; "contemporary leaders") } { [ incumbent, noun.time:incumbency,+ noun.act:incumbency,+ ] (currently holding an office; "the incumbent governor") } { live, (of current relevance; "a live issue"; "still a live option") } { live2, noun.communication:printing,;c (in current use or ready for use; "live copy is ready to be set in type or already set but not yet proofread") } { [ occurrent, noun.event:occurrence,+ ] (presently occurring (either causally or incidentally); "technical terms are rarely occurrent in literature") } { ongoing, on-going, (currently happening; "an ongoing economic crisis") } { on-line(a), online, (being in progress now; "on-line editorial projects") } { topical, (of interest at the present time; "a topical reference"; "a topical and timely study of civil liberty") } { [ up-to-date, noun.attribute:up-to-dateness,+ ] up_to_date, (reflecting the latest information or changes; "an up-to-date issue of the magazine") } { up-to-the-minute, latest, (up to the immediate present; most recent or most up-to-date; "the news is up-to-the-minute"; "the very latest scientific discoveries") } ---- { [ NONCURRENT, CURRENT,!] OLD1,^ PAST,^ noun.attribute:currentness,= (not current or belonging to the present time) } { back(a), (of an earlier date; "back issues of the magazine") } { dead, (no longer having force or relevance; "a dead issue") } { disused, [ obsolete1, noun.attribute:obsoleteness,+ ] (no longer in use; "obsolete words") } { outdated, out-of-date, superannuated, (old; no longer valid or fashionable; "obsolete words"; "an obsolete locomotive"; "outdated equipment"; "superannuated laws"; "out-of-date ideas") } { [ obsolescent, noun.process:obsolescence,+ verb.change:obsolesce,+ ] (becoming obsolete) }] [{ [ CURSED, BLESSED,!] curst, (deserving a curse; sometimes used as an intensifier; "villagers shun the area believing it to be cursed"; "cursed with four daughter"; "not a cursed drop"; "his cursed stupidity"; "I'll be cursed if I can see your reasoning") } { accursed, accurst, maledict, (under a curse) } { blasted, blame, blamed, blessed1, damn2, [ damned, noun.group:damned,+ ] darned2, deuced, goddam, goddamn2, goddamned2, infernal, (expletives used informally as intensifiers; "he's a blasted idiot"; "it's a blamed shame"; "a blame cold winter"; "not a blessed dime"; "I'll be damned (or blessed or darned or goddamned) if I'll do any such thing"; "he's a damn (or goddam or goddamned) fool"; "a deuced idiot"; "an infernal nuisance") } { cursed_with(p), stuck_with(p), (burdened with; "stuck with the tab") } { damn, goddamn, (used as expletives; "oh, damn (or goddamn)!") } { damnable, execrable, (deserving a curse; "her damnable pride") } ---- { [ BLESSED, CURSED,!] blest, (highly favored or fortunate (as e.g. by divine grace); "our blessed land"; "the blessed assurance of a steady income") } { fortunate, golden, (supremely favored; "golden lads and girls all must / like chimney sweepers come to dust"-Shakespeare; "fortunate son") }] [{ [ ENDOWED, UNENDOWED,!] (provided or supplied or equipped with (especially as by inheritance or nature); "a well-endowed college"; "endowed with good eyesight"; "endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights") } { dowered, (supplied with a dower or dowry)} ---- { [ UNENDOWED, ENDOWED,!] (not equipped or provided; "unendowed with genius"- J.L.Lowes) } { dowerless, noun.communication:archaism,;u (lacking a dowry) } { unblessed, (not provided with something desirable; "a hovel unblessed with electricity or running water") }] [{ [ CURTAINED, CURTAINLESS,!] (furnished or concealed with curtains or draperies; "a curtained alcove") } { draped, (covered in folds of cloth; "velvet-draped windows") } ---- { [ CURTAINLESS, CURTAINED,!] uncurtained, (not provided with curtains; "blank, curtainless windows stared back at her") }] [{ [ CUSTOM-MADE, READY-MADE,!] custom, (made according to the specifications of an individual) } { bespoke, bespoken, made-to-order1, tailored, tailor-made, ((of clothing) custom-made) } { custom-built, made-to-order2, (built for a particular individual) } ---- { [ READY-MADE, CUSTOM-MADE,!] (made for purchase and immediate use) } { made, (produced by a manufacturing process; "bought some made goods at the local store; rope and nails") } { off-the-rack, off-the-shelf, off-the-peg, ready-to-wear, ((especially of clothing) made in standard sizes and available from merchandise in stock; "a ready-made jacket"; "ready-to-wear clothes") } { [ prefab, noun.artifact:prefab,+ ] (manufactured in standard sizes to be shipped and assembled elsewhere; "a prefab structure") } { ready-to-eat, (food products that are prepared in advance and can be eaten as sold) }] [{ [ HANDMADE, MACHINE-MADE,!] hand-crafted, (made by hand or a hand process; "delicate handmade baby dresses") } { camp-made, (made as part of the arts-and-crafts program at summer camp; "my camp-made leather wallet") } { hand-loomed, handwoven, (made on a handloom; "handwoven tablecloth") } { handsewn, handstitched, (sewn by hand rather than machine) } { overhand, oversewn, (sewn together with overhand stitches (close vertical stitches that pass over and draw the two edges together)) } ---- { [ MACHINE-MADE, HANDMADE,!] (made by machine) }] [{ [ HOMEMADE, FACTORY-MADE,!] (made or produced in the home or by yourself; "homemade bread") } { do-it-yourself, (done by yourself; "their house was a do-it-yourself project"; "he opened a do-it-yourself store") } { home-baked, (baked at home; "home-baked cakes and pies") } { home-brewed, (brewed at home; "home-brewed beer") } { home-cured, (cured at home; "home-cured hams") } { [ homespun, noun.artifact:homespun,+ ] (made of cloth spun or woven in the home; "homespun linen"; "homespun garments") } ---- { [ FACTORY-MADE, HOMEMADE,!] (produced in quantity at a factory) } { boughten, store-bought, (purchased; not homemade; "my boughten clothes"; "a store-bought dress") } { manufactured, (produced in a large-scale industrial operation) } { mass-produced, (produced in quantity often by assembly-line techniques) } { ready-made, (commercially produced; not homemade; "ready-made clothes") }] [{ [ CYCLIC1, noun.time:cycle,+ noun.event:cycle2,+ noun.attribute:cyclicity,+ NONCYCLIC,!] [ cyclical, noun.event:cycle2,+ ] noun.attribute:cyclicity,= (recurring in cycles) } { alternate1(a), alternating1(a), (occurring by turns; first one and then the other; "alternating feelings of love and hate") } { alternate2(a), (every second one of a series; "the cleaning lady comes on alternate Wednesdays"; "jam every other day"- the White Queen) } { [ circular, noun.artifact:circle,+ noun.act:circle,+ ] rotary, orbitual, (describing a circle; moving in a circle; "the circular motion of the wheel") } ---- { [ NONCYCLIC, CYCLIC1,!] noncyclical, noun.attribute:cyclicity,= (not cyclic) }] [{ [ CYCLIC2, ACYCLIC2,!] noun.cognition:chemistry,;c (of a compound having atoms arranged in a ring structure) } { bicyclic, (having molecules consisting of two fused rings) } { closed-chain, closed-ring, (having atoms linked by bonds represented in circular or triangular form) } { [ heterocyclic, noun.substance:heterocycle,+ noun.object:heterocycle,+ ] (containing a closed ring of atoms of which at least one is not a carbon atom) } { homocyclic, isocyclic, (containing a closed ring of atoms of the same kind especially carbon atoms) } ---- { [ ACYCLIC2, CYCLIC2,!] open-chain, noun.cognition:chemistry,;c (having an open chain structure) } { aliphatic, (having carbon atoms linked in open chains) }] [{ [ CYCLIC3, ACYCLIC1,!] noun.cognition:botany,;c (forming a whorl or having parts arranged in a whorl; "cyclic petals"; "cyclic flowers") } { verticillate, verticillated, whorled, (forming one or more whorls (especially a whorl of leaves around a stem)) } ---- { [ ACYCLIC1, CYCLIC3,!] noun.cognition:botany,;c (not cyclic; especially having parts arranged in spirals rather than whorls) }] [{ [ ANNUAL, noun.plant:annual,+ BIENNIAL,! PERENNIAL,!] one-year4, noun.cognition:botany,;c (completing its life cycle within a year; "a border of annual flowering plants") } ---- { [ BIENNIAL, noun.plant:biennial,+ PERENNIAL,! ANNUAL,!] two-year4, noun.cognition:botany,;c (having a life cycle lasting two seasons; "a biennial life cycle"; "parsnips and carrots are biennial plants often grown as annuals") } ---- { [ PERENNIAL, noun.plant:perennial,+ ANNUAL,! BIENNIAL,!] noun.cognition:botany,;c (lasting three seasons or more; "the common buttercup is a popular perennial plant") }] [{ [ DIURNAL, NOCTURNAL,!] noun.cognition:biology,;c (of or belonging to or active during the day; "diurnal animals are active during the day"; "diurnal flowers are open during the day and closed at night"; "diurnal and nocturnal offices") } ---- { [ NOCTURNAL, DIURNAL,!] noun.cognition:biology,;c (belonging to or active during the night; "nocturnal animals are active at night"; "nocturnal plants have flowers that open at night and close by day") }] [{ [ DAMAGED, UNDAMAGED,!] BLEMISHED,^ BROKEN1,^ DESTROYED,^ IMPAIRED,^ INJURED,^ (harmed or injured or spoiled; "I won't buy damaged goods"; "the storm left a wake of badly damaged buildings") } { battered, beat-up, beaten-up, (damaged by blows or hard usage; "a battered old car"; "the beaten-up old Ford") } { bedraggled, broken-down, derelict, dilapidated, ramshackle, [ tatterdemalion1, noun.person:tatterdemalion,+ ] tumble-down, (in deplorable condition; "a street of bedraggled tenements"; "a broken-down fence"; "a ramshackle old pier"; "a tumble-down shack") } { bent, crumpled, dented, (of metal e.g.; "bent nails"; "a car with a crumpled front end"; "dented fenders") } { broken, busted, noun.communication:colloquialism,;u (out of working order (`busted' is an informal substitute for `broken'); "a broken washing machine"; "the coke machine is broken"; "the coke machine is busted") } { broken-backed, (having the spine damaged; "a broken-backed book"; "a broken-backed old horse") } { hurt, weakened, (damaged; used of inanimate objects or their value) } { knocked-out(a), noun.communication:colloquialism,;u (damaged; "the gym has some of the most knocked-out equipment since Vic Tanny") } { riddled, ((often followed by `with') damaged throughout by numerous perforations or holes; "a sweater riddled with moth holes"; "cliffs riddled with caves"; "the bullet-riddled target") } { storm-beaten, (damaged by storm) } ---- { [ UNDAMAGED, DAMAGED,!] UNBLEMISHED,^ UNBROKEN1,^ UNIMPAIRED,^ UNINJURED,^ (not harmed or spoiled; sound) } { intact, (undamaged in any way; "the vase remained intact despite rough handling") }] [{ [ DATABLE, UNDATABLE,!] dateable, (that can be given a date; "a concrete and datable happening"- C.W.Shumaker) } ---- { [ UNDATABLE, DATABLE,!] (not capable of being given a date) } { dateless1, undated, (not bearing a date; "a dateless letter") } { dateless2, (of such great duration as to preclude the possibility of being assigned a date; "dateless customs") }] [{ [ DEAF, noun.group:deaf,+ noun.state:deafness,+ HEARING,!] (lacking or deprived of the sense of hearing wholly or in part) } { deaf-and-dumb, [ deaf-mute, noun.person:deaf-mute,+ noun.state:deaf-muteness,+ ] (lacking the sense of hearing and the ability to speak) } { deafened, (caused to hear poorly or not at all) } { hard-of-hearing, hearing-impaired, (having a hearing loss) } { profoundly_deaf, stone-deaf, deaf_as_a_post, unhearing, (totally deaf; unable to hear anything) } { tone-deaf, (unable to appreciate music) } ---- { [ HEARING(a), DEAF,!] (able to perceive sound) } { sharp-eared, quick-eared, (having keen hearing) }] [{ [ DECENT, noun.attribute:decency,+ INDECENT,!] CLEAN2,^ DECOROUS,^ PROPER,^ (conforming to conventions of sexual behavior; "speech in this circle, if not always decent, never became lewd"- George Santayana) } ---- { [ INDECENT, noun.attribute:indecency,+ noun.act:indecency1,+ DECENT,!] DIRTY2,^ IMPROPER,^ INDECOROUS,^ (offensive to good taste especially in sexual matters; "an earthy but not indecent story"; "an indecent gesture") } { [ crude, noun.attribute:crudeness,+ noun.attribute:crudity,+ ] earthy, [ gross, noun.attribute:grossness,+ ] [ vulgar, noun.attribute:vulgarity1,+ ] (conspicuously and tastelessly indecent; "coarse language"; "a crude joke"; "crude behavior"; "an earthy sense of humor"; "a revoltingly gross expletive"; "a vulgar gesture"; "full of language so vulgar it should have been edited") } { Hollywood, (flashy and vulgar; "young white women dressed Hollywood style"; "Hollywood philandering") } { indelicate, (verging on the indecent; "an indelicate proposition") } { [ obscene, noun.attribute:obscenity,+ ] (designed to incite to indecency or lust; "the dance often becomes flagrantly obscene"-Margaret Mead)} { suggestive, (tending to suggest something improper or indecent; "a suggestive nod"; "suggestive poses")}] [{ [ DECISIVE, verb.cognition:decide6,+ noun.attribute:decisiveness1,+ INDECISIVE,!] CONCLUSIVE,^ CRUCIAL,^ (determining or having the power to determine an outcome; "cast the decisive vote"; "two factors had a decisive influence") } { [ deciding(a), noun.cognition:deciding,+ ] [ determinant, noun.cognition:determinant,+ verb.communication:determine3,+ verb.cognition:determine,+ ] [ determinative, noun.cognition:determinative,+ ] determining(a), (having the power or quality of deciding; "the crucial experiment"; "cast the deciding vote"; "the determinative (or determinant) battle") } { fateful, fatal, (having momentous consequences; of decisive importance; "that fateful meeting of the U.N. when...it declared war on North Korea"- Saturday Rev; "the fatal day of the election finally arrived") } { peremptory, (putting an end to all debate or action; "a peremptory decree") } ---- { [ INDECISIVE, DECISIVE,!] INCONCLUSIVE,^ IRRESOLUTE,^ (not definitely settling something; "a long and indecisive war") }] [{ [ DECISIVE1, verb.cognition:decide1,+ verb.cognition:decide,+ noun.attribute:decisiveness,+ INDECISIVE1,!] RESOLUTE,^ (characterized by decision and firmness; "an able and decisive young woman"; "we needed decisive leadership"; "she gave him a decisive answer") } { unhesitating, [ resolute, noun.attribute:resoluteness,+ ] (characterized by quickness and firmness; "his reply was unhesitating") } ---- { [ INDECISIVE1, noun.cognition:indecisiveness,+ noun.attribute:indecisiveness,+ DECISIVE1,!] IRRESOLUTE,^ (characterized by lack of decision and firmness; "an indecisive manager brought the enterprise to a standstill") } { on_the_fence(p), undecided, (characterized by indecision; "some who had been on the fence came out in favor of the plan"; "too many voters still declare they are undecided") } { [ hesitant, verb.stative:hesitate,+ noun.feeling:hesitancy,+ noun.attribute:hesitancy,+ noun.feeling:hesitance,+ ] hesitating, (lacking decisiveness of character; unable to act or decide quickly or firmly) } { suspensive, (undecided or characterized by indecisiveness) }] [{ [ DECLARATIVE, verb.communication:declare5,+ verb.communication:declare4,+ verb.communication:declare1,+ verb.communication:declare,+ INTERROGATIVE,! ] [ DECLARATORY, verb.communication:declare1,+ verb.communication:declare,+ INTERROGATORY,! ] asserting(a), (relating to the use of or having the nature of a declaration) } ---- { [ INTERROGATIVE, verb.communication:interrogate,+ DECLARATIVE,! ] [ INTERROGATORY, verb.communication:interrogate,+ DECLARATORY,! ] (relating to the use of or having the nature of an interrogation) }] [{ [ DECLARED, UNDECLARED,!] (made known or openly avowed; "their declared and their covert objectives"; "a declared liberal") } { alleged, (declared but not proved; "alleged abuses of housing benefits"- Wall Street Journal) } { announced, proclaimed1, (declared publicly; made widely known; "their announced intentions"; "the newspaper's proclaimed adherence to the government's policy") } { asserted1, (confidently declared to be so; "the asserted value of the painting") } { avowed(a), professed(a), (openly declared as such; "an avowed enemy"; "her professed love of everything about that country"; "McKinley was assassinated by a professed anarchist") } { professed1(a), (claimed with intent to deceive; "his professed intentions") } { self-proclaimed, (proclaimed to be or described as such by oneself, without endorsement by others; "self-proclaimed experts") } ---- { [ UNDECLARED, DECLARED,!] (not announced or openly acknowledged; "fighting an undeclared war") } { unacknowledged, (not openly acknowledged; "an unacknowledged emergency") } { unavowed, (not affirmed or mentioned or declared) }] [{ [ DECOROUS, noun.attribute:decorum,+ noun.attribute:decorousness,+ INDECOROUS,!] PROPER,^ (characterized by propriety and dignity and good taste in manners and conduct; "the tete-a-tete was decorous in the extreme") } { in_good_taste(p), (satisfying generally accepted social or esthetic standards) } { [ sedate, noun.attribute:sedateness,+ ] [ staid, noun.attribute:staidness,+ ] (characterized by dignity and propriety) } ---- { [ INDECOROUS, noun.attribute:indecorousness,+ DECOROUS,!] indelicate2, IMPROPER,^ INDECENT,^ (lacking propriety and good taste in manners and conduct; "indecorous behavior") }] [{ [ DEDUCTIBLE, noun.possession:deductible,+ noun.communication:deductible,+ verb.possession:deduct,+ NONDEDUCTIBLE,!] noun.possession:tax,;c (acceptable as a deduction (especially as a tax deduction)) } { allowable, (deductible according to the tax laws) } ---- { [ NONDEDUCTIBLE, DEDUCTIBLE,!] (not allowable as a deduction) }] [{ [ DEEP1, noun.attribute:deepness,+ SHALLOW1,!] UNFATHOMABLE,^ noun.attribute:depth,= (having great spatial extension or penetration downward or inward from an outer surface or backward or laterally or outward from a center; sometimes used in combination; "a deep well"; "a deep dive"; "deep water"; "a deep casserole"; "a deep gash"; "deep massage"; "deep pressure receptors in muscles"; "deep shelves"; "a deep closet"; "surrounded by a deep yard"; "hit the ball to deep center field"; "in deep space"; "waist-deep") } { [ abysmal, noun.object:abysm,+ ] [ abyssal, noun.object:abyss,+ ] unfathomable, (resembling an abyss in depth; so deep as to be unmeasurable; "the abyssal depths of the ocean") } { [ bottomless, noun.attribute:bottomlessness,+ ] (extremely deep; "a bottomless pit"; "a bottomless lake") } { deep-water, (of or carried on in waters of great depth; "a deep-water port") } { [ profound, noun.attribute:profoundness,+ noun.attribute:profundity,+ ] unfathomed, unplumbed, unsounded, (situated at or extending to great depth; too deep to have been sounded or plumbed; "the profound depths of the sea"; "the dark unfathomed caves of ocean"-Thomas Gray; "unplumbed depths of the sea"; "remote and unsounded caverns") } { walk-in(a), ((of e.g. closets or refrigerators) extending very far enough back to allow a person to enter; "a deep walk-in refrigerator"; "walk-in closets") } ---- { [ SHALLOW1, noun.object:shallow,+ noun.attribute:shallowness,+ DEEP1,!] noun.attribute:depth,= (lacking physical depth; having little spatial extension downward or inward from an outer surface or backward or outward from a center; "shallow water"; "a shallow dish"; "a shallow cut"; "a shallow closet"; "established a shallow beachhead"; "hit the ball to shallow left field") } { ankle-deep, knee-deep, (coming only to the ankle or knee) } { fordable, (shallow enough to be crossed by walking or riding on an animal or in a vehicle; "the stream was fordable") } { neritic, (relating to the region of shallow water adjoining the seacoast; "neritic fauna") } { superficial, (occurring on or near the surface of the skin; "superficial burns"; "superficial facial injuries") } { [ reefy, noun.object:reef,+ ] [ shelfy, noun.object:shelf,+ ] shelvy, [ shoaly, noun.object:shoal2,+ ] (full of submerged reefs or sandbanks or shoals; "reefy shallows"; "shoaly waters") }] [{ [ DEEP2, SHALLOW2,!] noun.attribute:depth,= (relatively deep or strong; affecting one deeply; "a deep breath"; "a deep sigh"; "deep concentration"; "deep emotion"; "a deep trance"; "in a deep sleep") } { heavy, [ profound, noun.state:profoundness,+ ] sound, wakeless, ((of sleep) deep and complete; "a heavy sleep"; "fell into a profound sleep"; "a sound sleeper"; "deep wakeless sleep") } { [ profound2, noun.state:profoundness,+ ] (coming from deep within one; "a profound sigh") } ---- { [ SHALLOW2, DEEP2,!] noun.attribute:depth,= (not deep or strong; not affecting one deeply; "shallow breathing"; "a night of shallow fretful sleep"; "in a shallow trance") } { light, [ wakeful, noun.state:wakefulness,+ ] ((of sleep) easily disturbed; "in a light doze"; "a light sleeper"; "a restless wakeful night") }] [{ [ DE_FACTO, DE_JURE,!] REAL,^ (existing in fact whether with lawful authority or not; "de facto segregation is as real as segregation imposed by law"; "a de facto state of war") } ---- { [ DE_JURE, DE_FACTO,!] (by right; according to law; "de jure recognition of the new government") }] [{ [ DEFEASIBLE, INDEFEASIBLE,!] (capable of being annulled or voided or terminated; "a claim to an estate may be defeasible so long as the claimant is under 21 and unmarried") } ---- { [ INDEFEASIBLE, DEFEASIBLE,!] (not liable to being annulled or voided or undone; "an indefeasible right to freedom"; "an indefeasible claim to the title") } { unforfeitable, inalienable, (not subject to forfeiture; "an unforfeitable right") }] [{ [ DEFEATED, UNDEFEATED,!] UNSUCCESSFUL,^ (beaten or overcome; not victorious; "the defeated enemy") } { licked, noun.communication:colloquialism,;u (having been got the better of; "I'm pretty beat up but I don't feel licked yet") } { subjugated, (reduced to submission; "subjugated peoples") } ---- { [ UNDEFEATED, DEFEATED,!] SUCCESSFUL,^ (victorious; "undefeated in battle"; "an undefeated team") } { [ triumphant, verb.competition:triumph,+ ] [ victorious, noun.event:victory,+ ] (experiencing triumph) } { unbeaten, unconquered, unvanquished, (not conquered) } { unbowed, (not forced to bow down to a conqueror) }] [{ [ DEFIANT, verb.stative:defy,+ noun.communication:defiance,+ noun.attribute:defiance,+ noun.act:defiance1,+ COMPLIANT,!] [ noncompliant, noun.act:noncompliance,+ ] DISOBEDIENT,^ INSUBORDINATE,^ INTRACTABLE,^ UNMANAGEABLE,^ UNWILLING,^ (boldly resisting authority or an opposing force; "brought up to be aggressive and defiant"; "a defiant attitude") } { insubordinate, [ resistant, noun.act:resistance,+ verb.social:resist2,+ verb.social:resist,+ verb.competition:resist,+ ] [ resistive, verb.social:resist2,+ verb.social:resist,+ verb.competition:resist,+ ] (disposed to or engaged in defiance of established authority) } { [ obstreperous, noun.attribute:obstreperousness,+ ] (noisily and stubbornly defiant; "obstreperous boys") } { [ recalcitrant, noun.attribute:recalcitrancy,+ ] (marked by stubborn resistance to authority; "the University suspended the most recalcitrant demonstrators") } ---- { [ COMPLIANT, noun.attribute:compliance,+ noun.attribute:compliancy,+ verb.social:comply,+ DEFIANT,!] MANAGEABLE,^ OBEDIENT,^ TRACTABLE,^ WILLING,^ (inclined to comply; "children compliant with the parental will") } { [ amenable, noun.attribute:amenability,+ noun.attribute:amenableness,+ ] conformable, (disposed or willing to conform; "someone amenable to the instruction of others") } { lamblike, (like a lamb in meekness and gentleness) } { [ nonresistant, noun.act:nonresistance,+ ] (not resistant) }] [{ [ DEFINED, UNDEFINED,!] DEFINITE,^ (clearly characterized or delimited; "lost in a maze of words both defined and undefined"; "each child has clearly defined duties") } ---- { [ UNDEFINED, DEFINED,!] [ vague4, noun.attribute:vagueness,+ ] INDEFINITE,^ (not precisely limited, determined, or distinguished; "an undefined term"; "undefined authority"; "some undefined sense of excitement"; "vague feelings of sadness"; "a vague uneasiness") } { indefinable, undefinable, (not capable of being precisely or readily described; not easily put into words; "an indefinable feeling of terror"; "an abstract concept that seems indefinable") }] [{ [ WELL-DEFINED, ILL-DEFINED,!] [ clear4, noun.attribute:clarity1,+ noun.attribute:clearness1,+ ] (accurately stated or described; "a set of well-defined values") } ---- { [ ILL-DEFINED, WELL-DEFINED,!] [ unclear4, noun.attribute:unclearness,+ ] (poorly stated or described; "he confuses the reader with ill-defined terms and concepts") }] [{ [ DERIVED, UNDERIVED,!] (formed or developed from something else; not original; "the belief that classes and organizations are secondary and derived"- John Dewey) } { derivable, (capable of being derived) } { [ derivative, noun.communication:derivative1,+ noun.communication:derivative,+ noun.cognition:derivative,+ verb.stative:derive,+ verb.change:derive1,+ verb.change:derive,+ ] (resulting from or employing derivation; "a derivative process"; "a highly derivative prose style") } { [ plagiaristic, noun.communication:plagiarism,+ noun.act:plagiarism,+ ] plagiarized, plagiarised, (copied and passed off as your own; "used plagiarized data in his thesis"; "a work dotted with plagiarized phrases") } ---- { [ UNDERIVED, DERIVED,!] (not derived; primary or simple) } { [ original, noun.cognition:original,+ noun.artifact:original,+ ] (not derived or copied or translated from something else; "the play is original; not an adaptation"; "he kept the original copy and gave her only a xerox"; "the translation misses much of the subtlety of the original French") } { primary, (not derived from or reducible to something else; basic; "a primary instinct") }] [ { [ INFLECTED1, UNINFLECTED1,! ] noun.cognition:linguistics,;c (showing alteration in form (especially by the addition of affixes); "`boys' and `swam' are inflected English words"; "German is an inflected language") } ---- { [ UNINFLECTED1, INFLECTED1,! ] noun.cognition:linguistics,;c (not inflected; "`boy' and `swim' are uninflected English words") }] [{ [ INFLECTED, UNINFLECTED,!] ((of the voice) altered in tone or pitch; "his southern Yorkshire voice was less inflected and singing than her northern one") } { modulated, (altered in volume as well as tone or pitch) } ---- { [ UNINFLECTED, INFLECTED,!] ((of the voice) not inflected; "uninflected words"; "monotonic uninflected speech") }] [{ [ DEFINITE, INDEFINITE,!] CLEAR,^ DEFINED,^ DISTINCT,^ EXPLICIT,^ (precise; explicit and clearly defined; "I want a definite answer"; "a definite statement of the terms of the will"; "a definite amount"; "definite restrictions on the sale of alcohol"; "the wedding date is now definite"; "a definite drop in attendance") } { certain(a), (definite but not specified or identified; "set aside a certain sum each week"; "to a certain degree"; "certain breeds do not make good pets"; "certain members have not paid their dues"; "a certain popular teacher"; "a certain Mrs. Jones") } { [ decisive, noun.attribute:decisiveness1,+ ] (unmistakable; "had a decisive lead in the polls") } { [ distinct, noun.attribute:distinctness,+ ] decided, (recognizable; marked; "noticed a distinct improvement"; "at a distinct (or decided) disadvantage") } ---- { [ INDEFINITE, noun.attribute:indefiniteness,+ noun.attribute:indefinity,+ DEFINITE,!] INDISTINCT,^ UNCLEAR,^ UNDEFINED,^ (vague or not clearly defined or stated; "must you be so indefinite?"; "amorphous blots of color having vague and indefinite edges"; "he would not answer so indefinite a proposal") } { [ coy, noun.attribute:coyness,+ ] (showing marked and often playful or irritating evasiveness or reluctance to make a definite or committing statement; "a politician coy about his intentions") } { indecisive, (not clearly defined; "indecisive boundaries running through mountains") } { nebulous, unfixed, (lacking definition or definite content; "nebulous reasons"; "unfixed as were her general notions of what men ought to be"- Jane Austen) } { noncommittal, (refusing to bind oneself to a particular course of action or view or the like; "her boyfriend was noncommittal about their future together")} { one(a), (indefinite in time or position; "he will come one day"; "one place or another") }] [{ [ DEHISCENT, noun.phenomenon:dehiscence,+ verb.change:dehisce,+ INDEHISCENT,!] noun.phenomenon:dehiscence,= ((of e.g. fruits and anthers) opening spontaneously at maturity to release seeds) } ---- { [ INDEHISCENT, DEHISCENT,!] noun.phenomenon:dehiscence,= ((of e.g. fruits) not opening spontaneously at maturity to release seeds) }] [{ [ DEJECTED, ELATED,!] DYSPHORIC,^ UNHAPPY,^ (affected or marked by low spirits; "is dejected but trying to look cheerful") } { amort, noun.communication:archaism,;u (utterly cast down) } { chapfallen, chopfallen, crestfallen, deflated, (brought low in spirit; "left us fatigued and deflated spiritually") } { [ gloomy, noun.feeling:gloominess,+ ] grim, blue, depressed, [ dispirited, noun.feeling:dispiritedness,+ ] down(p), downcast, [ downhearted, noun.feeling:downheartedness,+ ] down_in_the_mouth, [ low, noun.feeling:lowness,+ ] low-spirited, (filled with melancholy and despondency; "gloomy at the thought of what he had to face"; "gloomy predictions"; "a gloomy silence"; "took a grim view of the economy"; "the darkening mood"; "lonely and blue in a strange city"; "depressed by the loss of his job"; "a dispirited and resigned expression on her face"; "downcast after his defeat"; "feeling discouraged and downhearted") } { [ glum, noun.feeling:glumness,+ ] (moody and melancholic)} { [ lonely, noun.feeling:loneliness,+ ] lonesome, (marked by dejection from being alone; "felt sad and lonely"; "the loneliest night of the week"; "lonesome when her husband is away"; "spent a lonesome hour in the bar") } ---- { [ ELATED, DEJECTED,!] EUPHORIC,^ HAPPY,^ JOYOUS,^ (exultantly proud and joyful; in high spirits; "the elated winner"; "felt elated and excited") } { [ exultant, verb.emotion:exult,+ verb.communication:exult,+ ] exulting, [ jubilant, noun.feeling:jubilancy,+ verb.communication:jubilate,+ noun.feeling:jubilance,+ ] [ prideful, noun.feeling:pridefulness,+ ] rejoicing, [ triumphal, noun.feeling:triumph,+ ] [ triumphant, verb.emotion:triumph,+ verb.communication:triumph1,+ ] (joyful and proud especially because of triumph or success; "rejoicing crowds filled the streets on VJ Day"; "a triumphal success"; "a triumphant shout") } { gladdened, exhilarated, (made joyful; "the sun and the wind on his back made him feel exhilarated--happy to be alive") } { [ high, noun.state:high2,+ ] in_high_spirits, (happy and excited and energetic) } { [ sublime, noun.attribute:sublimity,+ ] noun.communication:archaism,;u (lifted up or set high; "their hearts were jocund and sublime"- Milton) } { uplifted, noun.communication:archaism,;u (exalted emotionally especially with pride) }] [{ [ DELICATE, RUGGED,!] BREAKABLE,^ FRAIL,^ WEAK,^ noun.attribute:strength,= (exquisitely fine and subtle and pleasing; susceptible to injury; "a delicate violin passage"; "delicate china"; "a delicate flavor"; "the delicate wing of a butterfly") } { [ dainty, noun.attribute:daintiness,+ ] exquisite, (delicately beautiful; "a dainty teacup"; "an exquisite cameo") } { ethereal, [ gossamer, noun.artifact:gossamer1,+ noun.artifact:gossamer,+ ] (characterized by unusual lightness and delicacy; "this smallest and most ethereal of birds"; "gossamer shading through his playing") } { fragile, (vulnerably delicate; "she has the fragile beauty of youth") } { light-handed, (having a metaphorically delicate touch; "the translation is...light-handed...and generally unobtrusive"- New Yorker) } { overdelicate, (extremely delicate; "an overdelicate digestive system") } { pastel, (lacking in body or vigor; "faded pastel charms of the naive music") } { tender, noun.Tops:plant,;c ((of plants) not hardy; easily killed by adverse growing condition; "tender green shoots") } ---- { [ RUGGED, noun.attribute:ruggedness,+ DELICATE,!] ROBUST,^STRONG,^TOUGH2,^ noun.attribute:strength,= (sturdy and strong in constitution or construction; enduring; "with a house full of boys you have to have rugged furniture") } { knockabout, (suitable for rough use; "a knockabout overcoat"; "a knockabout old car") } { [ sturdy, noun.attribute:sturdiness,+ ] tough, (substantially made or constructed; "sturdy steel shelves"; "sturdy canvas"; "a tough all-weather fabric"; "some plastics are as tough as metal") }] [{ [ BREAKABLE, verb.contact:break10,+ verb.contact:break5,+ verb.contact:break1,+ verb.contact:break,+ verb.change:break15,+ verb.change:break10,+ verb.change:break5,+ verb.change:break,+ noun.attribute:breakability,+ noun.attribute:breakableness,+ UNBREAKABLE,!] noun.attribute:breakableness,= (capable of being broken or damaged; "earthenware pottery is breakable"; "breakable articles should be packed carefully") } { [ brittle, noun.attribute:brittleness,+ ] brickle, brickly, (having little elasticity; hence easily cracked or fractured or snapped; "brittle bones"; "glass is brittle"; "`brickle' and `brickly' are dialectal") } { [ crumbly, noun.food:crumb,+ noun.attribute:crumbliness,+ ] [friable, noun.attribute:friability,+ ] (easily broken into small fragments or reduced to powder; "friable sandstone"; "friable carcinomatous tissue"; "friable curds formed in the stomach"; "crumbly cookies") } { short, (tending to crumble or break into flakes due to a large amount of shortening; "shortbread is a short crumbly cookie"; "a short flaky pie crust") } { delicate, [ fragile, noun.attribute:fragility1,+ ] frail, (easily broken or damaged or destroyed; "a kite too delicate to fly safely"; "fragile porcelain plates"; "fragile old bones"; "a frail craft") } { [ frangible, noun.attribute:frangibleness,+ noun.attribute:frangibility,+ ] (capable of being broken; "the museum stored all frangible articles in locked showcases") } { [ splintery, noun.object:splinter,+ ] (subject to breaking into sharp slender pieces) } ---- { [ UNBREAKABLE, noun.attribute:unbreakableness,+ BREAKABLE,!] noun.attribute:breakableness,= (impossible to break especially under ordinary usage; "unbreakable plastic dinnerwear") } { infrangible, (difficult or impossible to break or separate into parts; "an infrangible series") } { shatterproof, splinterless, splinterproof, (resistant to shattering or splintering; "shatterproof automobile windows") }] [{ [ DEMANDING1, UNDEMANDING1,!] DIFFICULT,^ (requiring more than usually expected or thought due; especially great patience and effort and skill; "found the job very demanding"; "a baby can be so demanding") } { exigent, exacting1, (requiring precise accuracy; "an exacting job"; "became more exigent over his pronunciation") } { hard-to-please(a), hard_to_please(p), ((of persons) fussy and demanding; "his father was a hard-to-please taskmaster"; "was very hard to please") } { [ needy, noun.attribute:neediness,+ ] (demanding or needing attention, affection, or reassurance to an excessive degree) } { [ rigorous, noun.attribute:rigorousness1,+ noun.attribute:rigor2,+ ] [ stringent, noun.attribute:stringency,+ ] tight, (demanding strict attention to rules and procedures; "rigorous discipline"; "tight security"; "stringent safety measures") } { [ stern, noun.attribute:sternness,+ ] [ strict, noun.attribute:strictness1,+ ] exacting2, (severe and unremitting in making demands; "an exacting instructor"; "a stern disciplinarian"; "strict standards") } ---- { [ UNDEMANDING1, DEMANDING1,!] EASY1,^ (requiring little if any patience or effort or skill; "the pay was adequate and the job undemanding"; "simple undemanding affection"; "an undemanding boss") } { [ lenient, noun.act:leniency,+ noun.attribute:lenience2,+ ] (not strict; "an easy teacher"; "easy standards"; "lenient rules"; "an easy penalty") } { [ easygoing, noun.attribute:easygoingness,+ ] (relaxed and informal in attitude or standards; "an easygoing teacher who allowed extra time for assignments") } { light, (demanding little effort; not burdensome; "light housework"; "light exercise") } { unexacting, (not rigorous; "relaxed and unexacting standards") }] [{ [ IMPERATIVE, noun.state:imperativeness,+ BESEECHING,!] ASSERTIVE,^ (requiring attention or action; "as nuclear weapons proliferate, preventing war becomes imperative"; "requests that grew more and more imperative") } { [ adjuratory1, verb.communication:adjure,+ ] (containing a solemn charge or command) } { clamant, crying, [ exigent, noun.state:exigency,+ noun.event:exigency,+ ] [ insistent, noun.state:insistency,+ ] [ instant, noun.attribute:instancy,+ ] (demanding attention; "clamant needs"; "a crying need"; "regarded literary questions as exigent and momentous"- H.L.Mencken; "insistent hunger"; "an instant need") } { peremptory2, (not allowing contradiction or refusal; "spoke in peremptory tones"; "peremptory commands") } { desperate, (showing extreme urgency or intensity especially because of great need or desire; "felt a desperate urge to confess"; "a desperate need for recognition") } { pressing, [ urgent, noun.state:urgency1,+ noun.attribute:urgency,+ verb.communication:urge,+ ] (compelling immediate action; "too pressing to permit of longer delay"; "the urgent words `Hurry! Hurry!'"; "bridges in urgent need of repair") } { strident, shrill, (being sharply insistent on being heard; "strident demands"; "shrill criticism")} ---- { [ BESEECHING, IMPERATIVE,!] pleading, imploring, (begging) } { [ adjuratory, verb.communication:adjure1,+ ] (earnestly or solemnly entreating; "in adjuratory terms") } { importunate, (expressing persistant and earnest entreaty; "an importunate job applicant") } { [ mendicant, noun.person:mendicant1,+ noun.person:mendicant,+ noun.communication:mendicancy,+ ] (practicing beggary; "mendicant friars") } { [ petitionary, noun.communication:petition,+ ] (of the nature of or expressing a petition; "the petitionary procedure had a quality of indecisiveness") } { precatory, precative, (expressing entreaty or supplication; "precatory overtures") } { suppliant, [ supplicant, verb.communication:supplicate2,+ verb.communication:supplicate1,+ verb.communication:supplicate,+ ] [ supplicatory, verb.communication:supplicate2,+ verb.communication:supplicate1,+ verb.communication:supplicate,+ ] (humbly entreating; "a suppliant sinner seeking forgiveness") }] [{ [ DEMOCRATIC, noun.cognition:democracy,+ UNDEMOCRATIC,!] ELECTIVE,^ (characterized by or advocating or based upon the principles of democracy or social equality; "democratic government"; "a democratic country"; "a democratic scorn for bloated dukes and lords"- George du Maurier) } { antiauthoritarian, (opposed to authoritarianism) } { classless, [ egalitarian, noun.person:egalitarian,+ noun.state:egality,+ ] (favoring social equality; "a classless society") } { parliamentary, (having the supreme legislative power resting with a body of cabinet ministers chosen from and responsible to the legislature or parliament; "parliamentary government") } { parliamentary2, (in accord with rules and customs of a legislative or deliberative assembly; "parliamentary law") } { [ participatory, verb.competition:participate,+ ] (affording the opportunity for individual participation; "participatory democracy") } { popular, (carried on by or for the people (or citizens) at large; "the popular vote"; "popular representation"; "institutions of popular government") } { [ representative, verb.social:represent,+ ] (being or characteristic of government by representation in which citizens exercise power through elected officers and representatives; "representative government as defined by Abraham Lincoln is government of the people, by the people, for the people") } { [ republican, noun.person:republican,+ ] (having the supreme power lying in the body of citizens entitled to vote for officers and representatives responsible to them or characteristic of such government; "the United States shall guarantee to every state in this union a republican form of government"- United States Constitution; "a very republican notion"; "so little republican and so much aristocratic sentiment"- Philip Marsh; "our republican and artistic simplicity"-Nathaniel Hawthorne) } ---- { [ UNDEMOCRATIC, DEMOCRATIC,!] (not in agreement with or according to democratic doctrine or practice or ideals; "the union broke with its past undemocratic procedures") } { authoritarian, [ autocratic, noun.person:autocrat,+ ] [ dictatorial, noun.person:dictator,+ ] [ despotic, noun.person:despot,+ ] [tyrannic, noun.state:tyranny,+] [tyrannical, noun.state:tyranny,+] (characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule; having absolute sovereignty; "an authoritarian regime"; "autocratic government"; "despotic rulers"; "a dictatorial rule that lasted for the duration of the war"; "a tyrannical government") } { [ despotic2, noun.person:despot,+ ] (ruled by or characteristic of a despot; "moved from a feudal to a despotic order"; "his administration was arrogant and despotic") } { [ monarchal, noun.group:monarchy,+ noun.person:monarch,+ ] [ monarchical, noun.person:monarch,+ noun.group:monarchy,+ ] [ monarchic, noun.group:monarchy,+ noun.person:monarch,+ ] (ruled by or having the supreme power resting with a monarch; "monarchal government"; "monarchical systems") } { totalitarian, (characterized by a government in which the political authority exercises absolute and centralized control; "a totalitarian regime crushes all autonomous institutions in its drive to seize the human soul"- Arthur M.Schlesinger, Jr.) }] [{ [ ARBITRARY, noun.attribute:arbitrariness,+ NONARBITRARY,!] (based on or subject to individual discretion or preference or sometimes impulse or caprice; "an arbitrary decision"; "the arbitrary rule of a dictator"; "an arbitrary penalty"; "of arbitrary size and shape"; "an arbitrary choice"; "arbitrary division of the group into halves") } { [ absolute, noun.attribute:absoluteness,+ ] (not limited by law; "an absolute monarch") } { [ capricious, noun.feeling:caprice,+ noun.attribute:capriciousness,+ ] [ impulsive, noun.attribute:impulsiveness,+ ] [ whimsical, noun.cognition:whimsy,+ noun.attribute:whimsy,+ noun.attribute:whimsicality1,+ ] (determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason; "a capricious refusal"; "authoritarian rulers are frequently capricious"; "the victim of whimsical persecutions") } { [ discretionary, noun.state:discretion,+ noun.attribute:discretion2,+ ] discretional, (having or using the ability to act or decide according to your own discretion or judgment; "The commission has discretionary power to award extra funds") } ---- { [ NONARBITRARY, ARBITRARY,!] unarbitrary, (not subject to individual determination) } { prescribed, (set down as a rule or guide) }] [{ [ DEMONSTRATIVE, noun.attribute:demonstrativeness,+ UNDEMONSTRATIVE,!] UNRESERVED1,^ (given to or marked by the open expression of emotion; "an affectionate and demonstrative family") } { effusive, gushing(a), [ gushy, noun.communication:gush,+ ] (extravagantly demonstrative; "insincere and effusive demonstrations of sentimental friendship"; "a large gushing female"; "write unrestrained and gushy poetry") } { epideictic, epideictical, (designed primarily for rhetorical display; "epideictic orations") } ---- { [ UNDEMONSTRATIVE, DEMONSTRATIVE,!] RESERVED1,^ (not given to open expression of emotion) } { restrained, reticent, unemotional, (cool and formal in manner) }] [{ [ DENIABLE, UNDENIABLE,!] (capable of being denied or contradicted) } { disavowable, (capable of being disavowed) } { questionable, refutable, confutable, [ confutative, verb.cognition:confute,+ ] (able to be refuted) } ---- { [ UNDENIABLE, DENIABLE,!] UNQUESTIONABLE,^ (not possible to deny) } { incontestable, [ indisputable, noun.attribute:indisputability,+ ] undisputable, (not open to question; obviously true; "undeniable guilt"; "indisputable evidence of a witness") } { [ incontrovertible, noun.attribute:incontrovertibleness,+ noun.attribute:incontrovertibility,+ ] irrefutable, [ positive, noun.attribute:positivity2,+ ] (impossible to deny or disprove; "incontrovertible proof of the defendant's innocence"; "proof positive"; "an irrefutable argument") }] [{ [ DENOTATIVE, verb.communication:denote,+ CONNOTATIVE,!] [ denotive, verb.communication:denote,+ ] EXPLICIT,^ (having the power of explicitly denoting or designating or naming) } { [ appellative, noun.communication:appellative,+ ] naming(a), (inclined to or serving for the giving of names; "the appellative faculty of children"; "the appellative function of some primitive rites") } { [ designative, verb.communication:designate,+ ] (serving to designate) } { [ extensional, noun.cognition:extension,+ ] noun.cognition:logic,;c (defining a word by listing the class of entities to which the word correctly applies) } { [ referent, noun.cognition:reference,+ ] (having reference; "judgments referent to the indictment") } { [ referential, noun.cognition:reference1,+ ] (referring or pointing to something; "symbols are inherently referential") } ---- { [ CONNOTATIVE, DENOTATIVE,!] IMPLICIT,^ (having the power of implying or suggesting something in addition to what is explicit) } { [ connotational, noun.communication:connotation,+ noun.cognition:connotation,+ ] connotative_of(p), (of or relating to a connotation) } { [ implicative, verb.stative:imply,+ verb.communication:imply1,+ verb.communication:imply,+ ] [ suggestive, verb.communication:suggest2,+ ] (tending to suggest or imply; "artifacts suggestive of an ancient society"; "an implicative statement") } { [ inferential, noun.cognition:inference,+ ] (derived or capable of being derived by inference) } { [ intensional, noun.communication:intension,+ ] noun.cognition:logic,;c (used of the set of attributes that distinguish the referents of a given word) }] [{ [ RELIABLE, noun.attribute:reliableness,+ noun.attribute:reliability,+ UNRELIABLE,!] [ DEPENDABLE, noun.attribute:dependableness,+ noun.attribute:dependability,+ UNDEPENDABLE,!] TRUSTWORTHY,^ (worthy of reliance or trust; "a reliable source of information"; "a dependable worker") } { certain, sure, (reliable in operation or effect; "a quick and certain remedy"; "a sure way to distinguish the two"; "wood dust is a sure sign of termites") } { tested, time-tested, tried, tried_and_true, (tested and proved to be reliable) } { undeviating, (used of values and principles; not subject to change; steady; "undeviating loyalty") } ---- { [ UNRELIABLE, noun.attribute:unreliableness,+ noun.attribute:unreliability,+ RELIABLE,!] [ UNDEPENDABLE, noun.attribute:undependableness,+ noun.attribute:undependability,+ DEPENDABLE,!] UNTRUSTWORTHY,^ (not worthy of reliance or trust; "in the early 1950s computers were large and expensive and unreliable"; "an undependable assistant") } { erratic, temperamental, (likely to perform unpredictably; "erratic winds are the bane of a sailor"; "a temperamental motor; sometimes it would start and sometimes it wouldn't"; "that beautiful but temperamental instrument the flute"- Osbert Lancaster) } { [ uncertain, noun.attribute:uncertainness,+ ] (not consistent or dependable; "an uncertain recollection of events"; "a gun with a rather uncertain trigger") } { unsound, (of e.g. advice) }] [{ [ DEPENDENT, noun.person:dependent,+ noun.state:dependency,+ noun.state:dependence,+ INDEPENDENT,!] UNFREE,^ noun.state:independence,= (relying on or requiring a person or thing for support, supply, or what is needed; "dependent children"; "dependent on moisture") } { babelike, (like a baby especially in dependence; "babelike innocence and dependence") } { [ helpless, noun.feeling:helplessness,+ ] (unable to manage independently; "as helpless as a baby") } { [ interdependent, noun.relation:interdependency,+ noun.relation:interdependence,+ verb.stative:interdepend,+ ] mutualist, mutually_beneficial, (mutually dependent) } { myrmecophilous, noun.cognition:biology,;c (living symbiotically with ants ) } { [ parasitic, noun.person:parasite,+ ] [ parasitical, noun.person:parasite,+ ] leechlike, bloodsucking, (of plants or persons; having the nature or habits of a parasite or leech; living off another; "a wealthy class parasitic upon the labor of the masses"; "parasitic vines that strangle the trees"; "bloodsucking blackmailer"; "his indolent leechlike existence") } { [ reliant, noun.state:reliance,+ verb.cognition:rely11,+ ] (relying on another for support; "dependent on Middle Eastern oil") } { [ symbiotic, noun.relation:symbiosis,+ ] noun.cognition:biology,;c (used of organisms (especially of different species) living together but not necessarily in a relation beneficial to each) } { underage, (dependent by virtue of youth) } ---- { [ INDEPENDENT, noun.state:independency,+ noun.state:independence,+ DEPENDENT,!] FREE,^ SEPARATE,^ noun.state:independence,= (free from external control and constraint; "an independent mind"; "a series of independent judgments"; "fiercely independent individualism") } { autarkic, [ autarkical, noun.state:autarky,+ ] (of countries; not relying on imports) } { [ autonomous1, noun.state:autonomy2,+ ] self-directed, [ self-reliant, noun.state:self-reliance,+ ] ((of persons) free from external control and constraint in e.g. action and judgment) } { [ autonomous2, noun.state:autonomy1,+ ] (existing as an independent entity; "the partitioning of India created two separate and autonomous jute economies") } { breakaway, fissiparous, [ separatist, noun.person:separatist,+ ] (having separated or advocating separation from another entity or policy or attitude; "a breakaway faction") } { [ commutative, verb.change:commutate,+ ] noun.cognition:math,;c ((of a binary operation) independent of order; as in e.g. "a x b = b x a") } { free-living, nonparasitic, nonsymbiotic, noun.cognition:biology,;c (not parasitic on another organism) } { indie, ((of pop groups) not affiliated with a major recording company) } { individual, case-by-case, item-by-item, (separate and distinct from others of the same kind; "mark the individual pages"; "on a case-by-case basis") } { [ self-sufficient, noun.state:self-sufficiency,+ ] self-sufficing, self-sustaining, (able to provide for your own needs without help from others; "a self-sufficing economic unit") } { self-supporting, (financially independent; "now that my children are self-supporting") } { single-handed, (without help from others; "a single-handed accomplishment") } { strong-minded, (marked by vigorous independence of thought and judgment) } { unaffiliated, (not affiliated) } { unconditional, (not contingent; not determined or influenced by someone or something else) }] [{ [ INDEPENDENT2, DEPENDENT2,!] main2(a), noun.cognition:grammar,;c ((of a clause) capable of standing syntactically alone as a complete sentence; "the main (or independent) clause in a complex sentence has at least a subject and a verb") } ---- { [ DEPENDENT2, INDEPENDENT2,!] subordinate3, noun.cognition:grammar,;c ((of a clause) unable to stand alone syntactically as a complete sentence; "a subordinate (or dependent) clause functions as a noun or adjective or adverb within a sentence") }] [{ [ PARTISAN, noun.person:partisan1,+ NONPARTISAN,!] [ partizan, noun.person:partizan,+ ] (devoted to a cause or party) } { party-spirited, (devoted to a political party) } { [ tendentious, noun.cognition:tendency,+ noun.cognition:tendentiousness,+ ] [ tendencious, noun.cognition:tendency,+ ] (having or marked by a strong tendency especially a controversial one; "a tendentious account of recent elections"; "distinguishing between verifiable fact and tendentious assertion") } ---- { [ NONPARTISAN, PARTISAN,!] nonpartizan, (free from party affiliation or bias) } { bipartisan, bipartizan, two-party, two-way, (supported by both sides; "a two-way treaty") } { [ independent, noun.state:independence,+ ] (not controlled by a party or interest group) } { unbiased, unbiassed, (without bias) }] [{ [ ALIGNED1, NONALIGNED,!] (brought into agreement or cooperation on the side of a faction, party, or cause) } { allied, (joined by treaty or agreement) } ---- { [ NONALIGNED, ALIGNED1,!] (not affiliated with any faction, party, or cause) } { [ neutral, noun.person:neutral,+ noun.act:neutrality,+ ] (not supporting or favoring either side in a war, dispute, or contest) }] [{ [ DESCRIPTIVE, PRESCRIPTIVE,!] noun.cognition:linguistics,;c (of or relating to an approach to linguistic analysis that aims at the description of a language's forms, structures and usage; "descriptive grammar") } ---- { [ PRESCRIPTIVE, verb.communication:prescribe,+ DESCRIPTIVE,!] normative, noun.cognition:grammar,;c (pertaining to giving directives or rules; "prescriptive grammar is concerned with norms of or rules for correct usage") }] [{ [ DESCRIPTIVE2, verb.communication:describe1,+ UNDESCRIPTIVE,!] (serving to describe or inform or characterized by description; "the descriptive variable"; "a descriptive passage") } ---- { [ UNDESCRIPTIVE, DESCRIPTIVE2,!] (not successful in describing) }] [{ [ DESIRABLE, noun.attribute:desirableness,+ noun.attribute:desirability,+ UNDESIRABLE,!] LOVABLE,^ WANTED,^ (worth having or seeking or achieving; "a desirable job"; "computer with many desirable features"; "a desirable outcome") } { coveted, in_demand(p), sought_after, sought-after, (greatly desired) } { delectable, sexually_attractive, (capable of arousing sexual desire; "the delectable Miss Haynes") } { enviable, (causing envy; "an enviable position") } { plummy, noun.communication:colloquialism,;u (very desirable; "a plummy leading role") } { preferable, preferred, (more desirable than another; "coffee is preferable to tea"; "Danny's preferred name is `Dan'") } ---- { [ UNDESIRABLE, noun.person:undesirable,+ noun.attribute:undesirability,+ DESIRABLE,!] unwanted1, HATEFUL,^ UNWANTED,^ (not wanted; "undesirable impurities in steel"; "legislation excluding undesirable aliens"; "removed the unwanted vegetation") } { unenviable, (so undesirable as to be incapable of arousing envy; "unenviable notoriety") }] [{ [ DESTROYED, PRESERVED1,!] DAMAGED,^ (spoiled or ruined or demolished; "war left many cities destroyed"; "Alzheimer's is responsible for her destroyed mind") } { annihilated, exterminated, wiped_out(p), (destroyed completely) } { blighted, spoilt, (affected by blight; anything that mars or prevents growth or prosperity; "a blighted rose"; "blighted urban districts") } { blotted_out, obliterate, obliterated, (reduced to nothingness) } { broken, wiped_out2(p), impoverished, (destroyed financially; "the broken fortunes of the family") } { burned, burnt, burned-over, burned-out, burnt-out, (destroyed or badly damaged by fire; "a row of burned houses"; "a charred bit of burnt wood"; "a burned-over site in the forest"; "barricaded the street with burnt-out cars") } { demolished, dismantled, razed, (torn down and broken up) } { despoiled, pillaged, raped, ravaged2, sacked, (having been robbed and destroyed by force and violence; "the raped countryside") } { done_for(p), kaput(p), gone(a), noun.communication:colloquialism,;u (destroyed or killed; "we are gone geese") } { extinguished, noun.cognition:psychology,;c (of a conditioned response; caused to die out because of the absence or withdrawal of reinforcement) } { fallen, (having fallen in or collapsed; "a fallen building") } { finished, ruined2, (brought to ruin; "after the revolution the aristocracy was finished"; "the unsuccessful run for office left him ruined politically and economically") } { scorched, (having everything destroyed so nothing is left salvageable by an enemy; "Sherman's scorched earth policy") } { shattered, tattered, (ruined or disrupted; "our shattered dreams of peace and prosperity"; "a tattered remnant of its former strength"; "my torn and tattered past") } { totaled, (used of automobiles; completely demolished; "the insurance adjuster declared the automobile totaled") } { war-torn, war-worn, (laid waste by war) } { wrecked1, (destroyed in an accident; "a wrecked ship"; "a highway full of wrecked cars") } ---- { [ PRESERVED1, DESTROYED,!] (kept intact or in a particular condition) } { conserved, (protected from harm or loss) } { kept_up(p), maintained1, well-kept, (kept in good condition) } { preservable, (capable of being preserved) } { protected, saved, (guarded from injury or destruction) } { retained, maintained2, (continued in your keeping or use or memory; "in...the retained pattern of dancers and guests remembered") }] [{ [ DESTRUCTIBLE, verb.creation:destroy,+ verb.contact:destroy,+ noun.attribute:destructibility,+ INDESTRUCTIBLE,!] noun.attribute:destructibility,= (easily destroyed; "destructible glassware") } { [ abolishable, verb.social:abolish,+ ] (capable of being abolished) } { destroyable, (capable of being destroyed) } ---- { [ INDESTRUCTIBLE, noun.attribute:indestructibility,+ DESTRUCTIBLE,!] noun.attribute:destructibility,= (not easily destroyed) } { undestroyable, (not capable of being destroyed) }] [{ [ DETERMINABLE, INDETERMINABLE,!] CALCULABLE,^ (capable of being determined or limited or fixed; "determinable velocities"; "matters determinable by law") } { [ ascertainable, verb.communication:ascertain1,+ verb.communication:ascertain,+ verb.cognition:ascertain1,+ ] discoverable, (capable of being ascertained or found out; "ascertainable facts") } { definable, (capable of being defined, limited, or explained; "definable terms"; "definable rules") } { judicable, (capable of being judged or decided; "judicable issues") } ---- { [ INDETERMINABLE, DETERMINABLE,!] undeterminable, INCALCULABLE,^ INDETERMINATE1,^ (not capable of being definitely decided or ascertained) } { [ indeterminate, noun.attribute:indeterminateness,+ ] noun.cognition:mathematics,;c ((of a quantity) having no definite value, as an equation that cannot be solved; "0/0 is an indeterminate form") } { unascertainable, undiscoverable, (not able to be ascertained; resisting discovery) } { [ unpredictable, noun.attribute:unpredictability,+ ] (unknown in advance; "an unpredictable (or indeterminable) future") }] [{ [ DETERMINATE1, noun.attribute:determinateness,+ INDETERMINATE1,!] (precisely determined or limited or defined; especially fixed by rule or by a specific and constant cause; "a determinate distance"; "a determinate number"; "determinate variations in animals") } { [ fixed, noun.attribute:fixedness2,+ ] ((of a number) having a fixed and unchanging value) } ---- { [ INDETERMINATE1, noun.attribute:indeterminateness,+ DETERMINATE1,!] undetermined4, INCONCLUSIVE,^ INDETERMINABLE,^ UNCERTAIN1,^ (not precisely determined or established; not fixed or known in advance; "of indeterminate age"; "a zillion is a large indeterminate number"; "an indeterminate point of law"; "the influence of environment is indeterminate"; "an indeterminate future") } { cost-plus, (determining payment based on the actual cost of production plus an agreed-upon fee or rate of profit; "a cost-plus government contract") } { open-ended, (allowing for a spontaneous response; "an open-ended question") }] [{ [ DETERMINATE2, INDETERMINATE2,!] noun.cognition:botany,;c (not continuing to grow indefinitely at the apex; "determinate growth") } { cymose, noun.cognition:botany,;c (having a usually flat-topped flower cluster in which the main and branch stems each end in a flower that opens before those below it or to its side) } ---- { [ INDETERMINATE2, DETERMINATE2,!] noun.cognition:botany,;c (having a capacity for continuing to grow at the apex; "an indeterminate stem") } { racemose, noun.cognition:botany,;c (having stalked flowers along an elongated stem that continue to open in succession from below as the stem continues to grow; "lilies of the valley are racemose") }] [{ [ DEVELOPED, UNDEVELOPED,!] (being changed over time so as to be e.g. stronger or more complete or more useful; "the developed qualities of the Hellenic outlook"; "they have very small limbs with only two fully developed toes on each") } { formulated, (devised; developed according to an orderly plan; "he had well formulated opinions on schooling") } { mature, matured, (fully considered and perfected; "mature plans") } ---- { [ UNDEVELOPED, DEVELOPED,!] (not developed, mature, or fully formulated; "courses in interior design were rare and undeveloped"; "undeveloped social awareness") } { budding, (beginning to develop; "a budding genius") } { vestigial, [ rudimentary, noun.body:rudiment,+ ] noun.cognition:biology,;c (not fully developed in mature animals; "rudimentary wings") }] [{ [ DEXTRAL, SINISTRAL,!] CLOCKWISE,^ RIGHT-HANDED,^ (of or on the right; "a dextral gastropod shell with the apex upward has its opening on the right when facing the observer"; "a dextral flatfish lies with the right eye uppermost") } { dexter, noun.cognition:heraldry,;c (on or starting from the wearer's right) } { dextrorse, dextrorsal, noun.cognition:botany,;c (spiraling upward from left to right; "dextrorse vines") } ---- { [ SINISTRAL, DEXTRAL,!] COUNTERCLOCKWISE,^ LEFT-HANDED,^ (of or on the left; "a sinistral gastropod shell with the apex upward has its opening on the left when facing the observer"; "a sinistral flatfish lies with the left eye uppermost") } { sinister, noun.cognition:heraldry,;c (on or starting from the wearer's left; "bar sinister") } { sinistrorse, sinistrorsal, noun.cognition:botany,;c (spiraling upward from right to left; "sinistrorse vines") }] [{ [ DIABATIC, ADIABATIC,!] noun.cognition:physics,;c (involving a transfer of heat; "a diabatic process") } ---- { [ ADIABATIC, DIABATIC,!] noun.cognition:physics,;c (occurring without loss or gain of heat; "adiabatic expansion") }] [{ [ DIFFERENTIATED, UNDIFFERENTIATED,!] (made different (especially in the course of development) or shown to be different; "the differentiated markings of butterflies"; "the regionally differentiated results") } ---- { [ UNDIFFERENTIATED, DIFFERENTIATED,!] [ uniform4, verb.change:uniformize,+ noun.attribute:uniformity1,+ noun.attribute:uniformity,+ ] (not differentiated) } { dedifferentiated, (having experienced or undergone dedifferentiation or the loss of specialization in form or function; "the hebephrenic--the most severely dedifferentiated of all schizophrenic patients") }] [{ [ DIFFICULT, noun.attribute:difficultness,+ EASY1,!] [ hard6, noun.attribute:hardness2,+ ] DEMANDING1,^ EFFORTFUL,^ HARD2,^ noun.attribute:difficulty,= (not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure; "a difficult task"; "nesting places on the cliffs are difficult of access"; "difficult times"; "why is it so hard for you to keep a secret?") } { [ ambitious, noun.feeling:ambition,+ ] challenging, (requiring full use of your abilities or resources; "ambitious schedule"; "performed the most challenging task without a mistake") } { [ arduous, noun.attribute:arduousness,+ ] (difficult to accomplish; demanding considerable mental effort and skill; "the arduous work of preparing a dictionary") } { [ awkward, noun.attribute:awkwardness1,+ ] embarrassing, sticky, unenviable, (hard to deal with; especially causing pain or embarrassment; "awkward (or embarrassing or difficult) moments in the discussion"; "an awkward pause followed his remark"; "a sticky question"; "in the unenviable position of resorting to an act he had planned to save for the climax of the campaign") } { baffling, elusive, [ knotty, noun.attribute:knottiness,+ ] [ problematic, noun.state:problem,+ ] [ problematical, noun.state:problem,+ ] [ tough2, noun.attribute:toughness2,+ ] (making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe; "a baffling problem"; "I faced the knotty problem of what to have for breakfast"; "a problematic situation at home") } { [ catchy, noun.attribute:catch,+ ] [ tricky, noun.attribute:trickiness1,+ ] (having concealed difficulty; "a catchy question"; "a tricky recipe to follow") } { delicate, ticklish, touchy, (difficult to handle; requiring great tact; "delicate negotiations with the big powers"; "hesitates to be explicit on so ticklish a matter"; "a touchy subject") } { fractious, (unpredictably difficult in operation; likely to be troublesome; "rockets were much too fractious to be tested near thickly populated areas"; "fractious components of a communication system") } { hard-fought, (requiring great effort; "a hard-fought primary") } { [ herculean, noun.person:hercules,+ ] (extremely difficult; requiring the strength of a Hercules; "a herculean task") } { nasty, tight, (exasperatingly difficult to handle or circumvent; "a nasty problem"; "a good man to have on your side in a tight situation") } { rocky, rough, (full of hardship or trials; "the rocky road to success"; "they were having a rough time") } { [ rugged, noun.attribute:ruggedness2,+ ] [ tough1, noun.attribute:toughness2,+ ] (very difficult; severely testing stamina or resolution; "a rugged competitive examination"; "the rugged conditions of frontier life"; "the competition was tough"; "it's a tough life"; "it was a tough job") } { serious, (requiring effort or concentration; complex and not easy to answer or solve; "raised serious objections to the proposal"; "the plan has a serious flaw") } { tall(a), noun.communication:colloquialism,;u (impressively difficult; "a tall order") } { thorny, (bristling with perplexities; "the thorny question of states' rights") } { [ troublesome, noun.attribute:troublesomeness,+ ] (causing difficulty or annoyance; "a troublesome infection"; "a troublesome situation") } { trying, (hard to endure; "fell upon trying times") } { vexed, (causing difficulty in finding an answer or solution; much disputed; "the vexed issue of priorities"; "we live in vexed and troubled times") } ---- { [ EASY1, noun.attribute:easiness,+ DIFFICULT,!] EFFORTLESS,^ SIMPLE2,^ SOFT2,^ UNDEMANDING1,^ noun.attribute:ease,= (posing no difficulty; requiring little effort; "an easy job"; "an easy problem"; "an easy victory"; "the house is easy to heat"; "satisfied with easy answers"; "took the easy way out of his dilemma") } { [ casual, noun.attribute:casualness,+ ] [ effortless, noun.attribute:effortlessness,+ ] (not showing effort or strain; "a difficult feat performed with casual mastery"; "careless grace") } { clean, (without difficulties or problems; "a clean test flight") } { cushy, soft, easygoing, noun.communication:colloquialism,;u (not burdensome or demanding; borne or done easily and without hardship; "what a cushy job!"; "the easygoing life of a parttime consultant"; "a soft job") } { elementary, [ simple, noun.attribute:simpleness2,+ noun.attribute:simplicity,+ ] uncomplicated, unproblematic, (easy and not involved or complicated; "an elementary problem in statistics"; "elementary, my dear Watson"; "a simple game"; "found an uncomplicated solution to the problem") } { hands-down, (achieved without great effort; "a hands-down victory") } { painless, (requiring little hard work or exertion; "a painless solution to the problem") } { [ smooth, noun.attribute:smoothness2,+ ] (lacking obstructions or difficulties; "the bill's path through the legislature was smooth and orderly") } { user-friendly, (easy to use) }] [{ [ DIGITIGRADE, PLANTIGRADE,!] noun.animal:mammal,;c ((of mammals) walking on the toes with the posterior part of the foot raised (as cats, dogs, and horses do)) } ---- { [ PLANTIGRADE, DIGITIGRADE,!] noun.animal:mammal,;c ((of mammals) walking on the whole sole of the foot (as rabbits, raccoons, bears, and humans do)) }] [{ [ DIGNIFIED, UNDIGNIFIED,!] COMPOSED,^ ELEGANT,^ (having or expressing dignity; especially formality or stateliness in bearing or appearance; "her dignified demeanor"; "the director of the school was a dignified white-haired gentleman") } { [ courtly, noun.group:court2,+ noun.group:court1,+ noun.artifact:court4,+ noun.attribute:courtliness1,+ ] [ formal, noun.attribute:formalness,+ ] [ stately, noun.attribute:stateliness1,+ ] (refined or imposing in manner or appearance; befitting a royal court; "a courtly gentleman") } { distinguished, [ grand, noun.attribute:grandness,+ ] imposing, magisterial, (used of a person's appearance or behavior; befitting an eminent person; "his distinguished bearing"; "the monarch's imposing presence"; "she reigned in magisterial beauty") } ---- { [ UNDIGNIFIED, DIGNIFIED,!] DISCOMPOSED,^ INELEGANT,^ (lacking dignity) } { demeaning, humbling, humiliating, mortifying, (causing awareness of your shortcomings; "golf is a humbling game") } { infra_dig(p), (beneath your dignity; "considered helping with the dishes to be infra dig") } { pathetic, [ ridiculous, noun.act:ridicule,+ ] [ silly, noun.attribute:silliness,+ ] (inspiring scornful pity; "how silly an ardent and unsuccessful wooer can be especially if he is getting on in years"- Dashiell Hammett) }] [{ [ STATESMANLIKE, UNSTATESMANLIKE,!] [ statesmanly, noun.person:statesman,+ ] DIPLOMATIC,^ PRESIDENTIAL,^ (marked by the qualities of or befitting a statesman; "a man of statesmanlike judgment"; "a statesmanlike solution of the present perplexities"-V.L.Parrington) } ---- { [ UNSTATESMANLIKE, STATESMANLIKE,!] UNPRESIDENTIAL,^ (not statesmanlike; "unstatesmanlike procedure") }] [{ [ PRESIDENTIAL, UNPRESIDENTIAL,!] STATESMANLIKE,^ (befitting a president; "criticized the candidate for not looking presidential") } ---- { [ UNPRESIDENTIAL, PRESIDENTIAL,!] UNSTATESMANLIKE,^ (not presidential; "very unpresidential behavior") }] [{ [ DICOTYLEDONOUS, MONOCOTYLEDONOUS,!] noun.Tops:plant,;c ((of a flowering plant) having two cotyledons in the seed) } ---- { [ MONOCOTYLEDONOUS, noun.plant:monocotyledon,+ DICOTYLEDONOUS,!] noun.Tops:plant,;c ((of a flowering plant) having a single cotyledon in the seed as in grasses and lilies) }] [{ [ DILIGENT, noun.attribute:diligence,+ NEGLIGENT,!] BUSY,^ CAREFUL,^ (characterized by care and perseverance in carrying out tasks; "a diligent detective investigates all clues"; "a diligent search of the files") } { [ assiduous, noun.attribute:assiduity,+ noun.attribute:assiduousness,+ ] [ sedulous, noun.attribute:sedulousness,+ noun.attribute:sedulity,+ ] (marked by care and persistent effort; "her assiduous attempts to learn French"; "assiduous research"; "sedulous pursuit of legal and moral principles") } { hardworking, [ industrious, noun.attribute:industry,+ noun.attribute:industriousness,+ ] [ tireless, noun.attribute:tirelessness,+ ] untiring, (characterized by hard work and perseverance) } ---- { [ NEGLIGENT, noun.attribute:negligence,+ verb.cognition:neglect5,+ verb.cognition:neglect1,+ DILIGENT,!] CARELESS,^ INATTENTIVE,^ (characterized by neglect and undue lack of concern; "negligent parents"; "negligent of detail"; "negligent in his correspondence") } { derelict, delinquent, [ neglectful, noun.attribute:neglectfulness,+ ] [ remiss, noun.attribute:remissness,+ ] (failing in what duty requires; "derelict (or delinquent) in his duty"; "neglectful of his duties"; "remiss of you not to pay your bills") } { [ lax, noun.attribute:laxness,+ noun.attribute:laxity,+ ] [ slack, noun.attribute:slackness1,+ ] (lacking in rigor or strictness; "such lax and slipshod ways are no longer acceptable"; "lax in attending classes"; "slack in maintaining discipline") } { hit-and-run(a), (involving a driver of a motor vehicle who leaves the scene of an accident) } { [ inattentive, noun.attribute:inattentiveness1,+ ] [ neglectful2, noun.attribute:neglectfulness,+ ] (not showing due care or attention; "inattentive students"; "an inattentive babysitter"; "neglectful parents") }] [{ [ DILUTED, UNDILUTED,!] dilute, (reduced in strength or concentration or quality or purity; "diluted alcohol"; "a dilute solution"; "dilute acetic acid") } { cut, thinned, weakened, (mixed with water; "sold cut whiskey"; "a cup of thinned soup") } { [ watery, noun.attribute:wateriness1,+ noun.attribute:wateriness,+ ] washy, weak, (overly diluted; thin and insipid; "washy coffee"; "watery milk"; "weak tea") } { white, ((of coffee) having cream or milk added) } ---- { [ UNDILUTED, DILUTED,!] (not diluted; "undiluted milk"; "an undiluted racial strain") } { [ black, noun.attribute:blackness,+ ] ((of coffee) without cream or sugar) } { concentrated, (of or relating to a solution whose dilution has been reduced) } { neat, straight, full-strength, ((of an alcoholic drink) without water; "took his whiskey neat") }] [{ [ SATURATED, UNSATURATED,!] noun.cognition:chemistry,;c (used especially of organic compounds; having all available valence bonds filled; "saturated fats") } ---- { [ UNSATURATED, SATURATED,!] noun.cognition:chemistry,;c (used of a compound (especially of carbon) containing atoms sharing more than one valence bond; "unsaturated fats") } { monounsaturated, ((of long-chain carbon compounds especially fats) saturated except for one multiple bond) } { polyunsaturated, ((of long-chain carbon compounds especially fats) having many unsaturated bonds) }] [{ [ SATURATED1, UNSATURATED1,!] concentrated2, (being the most concentrated solution possible at a given temperature; unable to dissolve still more of a substance; "a saturated solution") } { supersaturated, (being more concentrated than normally possible and therefore not in equilibrium) } ---- { [ UNSATURATED1, SATURATED1,!] (not saturated; capable of dissolving more of a substance at a given temperature; "an unsaturated salt solution") }] [{ [ DIPLOMATIC, noun.attribute:diplomacy,+ UNDIPLOMATIC,!] [ diplomatical, noun.person:diplomat1,+ noun.person:diplomat,+ noun.attribute:diplomacy,+ ] POLITIC,^ (using or marked by tact in dealing with sensitive matters or people; "the hostess averted a confrontation with a diplomatic chenage of subject") } { politic, [ smooth, noun.attribute:smoothness3,+ ] [ suave, noun.attribute:suaveness,+ noun.attribute:suavity,+ ] [ bland, noun.attribute:blandness2,+ noun.attribute:blandness1,+ ] (smoothly agreeable and courteous with a degree of sophistication; "he was too politic to quarrel with so important a personage"; "the manager pacified the customer with a smooth apology for the error") } { [ tactful, noun.attribute:tactfulness,+ ] kid-glove, (showing skill and sensitivity in dealing with people; "by diplomatic conduct he avoided antagonizing anyone"; "a tactful way of correcting someone"; "the agency got the kid-glove treatment on Capitol Hill") } ---- { [ UNDIPLOMATIC, DIPLOMATIC,!] (not skilled in dealing with others) }] [{ [ CONCILIATORY, verb.communication:conciliate,+ ANTAGONISTIC1,!] [ conciliative, verb.emotion:conciliate,+ verb.communication:conciliate,+ ] (intended to placate; "spoke in a conciliating tone"; "a conciliatory visit") } { appeasing(a), placating, [ placative, verb.emotion:placate,+ ] [ placatory, verb.emotion:placate,+ ] (intended to pacify by acceding to demands or granting concessions; "the appeasing concessions to the Nazis at Munich"; "placating (or placative) gestures"; "an astonishingly placatory speech") } { pacific1, (promoting peace; "the result of this pacific policy was that no troops were called up") } { [ propitiative, verb.communication:propitiate,+ ] [ propitiatory, verb.communication:propitiate,+ ] (intended to reconcile or appease; "sent flowers as a propitiatory gesture") } { [ soft, noun.attribute:softness3,+ ] (willing to negotiate and compromise) } ---- { [ ANTAGONISTIC1, noun.feeling:antagonism2,+ CONCILIATORY,!] (arousing animosity or hostility; "his antagonistic brusqueness"; "Europe was antagonistic to the Unites States") } { alienating, (causing hostility or loss of friendliness; "her sudden alienating aloofness") }] [{ [ DIRECT, INDIRECT,!] STRAIGHT1,^ noun.attribute:directness,= (direct in spatial dimensions; proceeding without deviation or interruption; straight and short; "a direct route"; "a direct flight"; "a direct hit") } { door-to-door, ((of e.g. journeys or deliveries) direct from point of origin to point of destination; "the limousine offers door-to-door service") } { nonstop, ((of a journey especially a flight) occurring without stops; "a nonstop flight to Atlanta") } { point-blank, (close enough to go straight to the target; "point-blank range"; "a point-blank shot") } { straightforward, (pointed directly ahead; "a straightforward gaze") } { undeviating, unswerving, (going directly ahead from one point to another without veering or turning aside; "some people see evolution as an undeviating upward march from simple organisms to the very complex"; "a straight and narrow tree-lined road unswerving across the lowlands") } { through(a), ((of a route or journey etc.) continuing without requiring stops or changes; "a through street"; "a through bus"; "through traffic") } ---- { [ INDIRECT, noun.attribute:indirectness,+ DIRECT,!] CROOKED1,^ noun.attribute:directness,= (not direct in spatial dimension; not leading by a straight line or course to a destination; "sometimes taking an indirect path saves time"; "you must take an indirect course in sailing") } { askance, askant, asquint, squint, squint-eyed, squinty, sidelong, ((used especially of glances) directed to one side with or as if with doubt or suspicion or envy; "her eyes with their misted askance look"- Elizabeth Bowen; "sidelong glances") } { [ devious, noun.attribute:deviousness2,+ ] circuitous, roundabout, (deviating from a straight course; "a scenic but devious route"; "a long and circuitous journey by train and boat"; "a roundabout route avoided rush-hour traffic") } { [ diversionary, noun.act:diversion1,+ ] ((of tactics e.g.) likely or designed to confuse or deceive) } { meandering(a), rambling, wandering(a), winding, (of a path e.g.; "meandering streams"; "rambling forest paths"; "the river followed its wandering course"; "a winding country road") }] [{ [ DIRECT1, ALTERNATING,!] noun.phenomenon:electricity,;c ((of a current) flowing in one direction only; "direct current") } ---- { [ ALTERNATING, DIRECT1,!] noun.phenomenon:electricity,;c ((of a current) reversing direction; "alternating current") }] [{ [ DIRECT2, noun.attribute:directness1,+ INDIRECT2,!] HONEST,^ (straightforward in means or manner or behavior or language or action; "a direct question"; "a direct response"; "a direct approach") } { [ bluff1, noun.attribute:bluffness,+ ] (bluntly direct and outspoken but good-natured; "a bluff but pleasant manner"; "a bluff and rugged natural leader") } { [ blunt, noun.attribute:bluntness2,+ ] [ candid, noun.attribute:candidness,+ ] [ forthright1, noun.attribute:forthrightness,+ ] [ frank, noun.attribute:frankness1,+ noun.attribute:frankness,+ ] free-spoken, [ outspoken, noun.attribute:outspokenness,+ ] plainspoken, point-blank, straight-from-the-shoulder, (characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion; "blunt talking and straight shooting"; "a blunt New England farmer"; "I gave them my candid opinion"; "forthright criticism"; "a forthright approach to the problem"; "tell me what you think--and you may just as well be frank"; "it is possible to be outspoken without being rude"; "plainspoken and to the point"; "a point-blank accusation") } { brutal, (disagreeably direct and precise; "he spoke with brutal honesty")} { flat-footed, flatfooted, noun.communication:colloquialism,;u (forthright and explicit; "a flat-footed refusal") } { man-to-man, (forthright and honest; "had a man-to-man talk about the facts of life") } { no-nonsense, (not tolerating irrelevancies; "the no-nonsense tones of a stern parent") } { plain, unvarnished, (free from any effort to soften to disguise; "the plain and unvarnished truth"; "the unvarnished candor of old people and children") } { [ pointed, noun.attribute:pointedness1,+ ] (direct and obvious in meaning or reference; often unpleasant; "a pointed critique"; "a pointed allusion to what was going on"; "another pointed look in their direction") } { square(a), [ straightforward, noun.attribute:straightforwardness2,+ noun.attribute:straightforwardness1,+ ] [ straight, noun.attribute:straightness2,+ ] (without evasion or compromise; "a square contradiction"; "he is not being as straightforward as it appears") } { upfront, (frank and honest; "he was upfront about his intentions") } ---- { [ INDIRECT2, DIRECT2,!] (extended senses; not direct in manner or language or behavior or action; "making indirect but legitimate inquiries"; "an indirect insult"; "doubtless they had some indirect purpose in mind"; "though his methods are indirect they are not dishonest"; "known as a shady indirect fellow") } { [ allusive, verb.communication:allude,+ noun.attribute:allusiveness,+ ] (characterized by indirect references; "allusive speech is characterized by allusions") } { backhanded, (roundabout or ambiguous; "attacks from that source amounted to a backhanded compliment to his integrity"; "a backhanded and dishonest way of reaching his goal") } { circuitous, roundabout, (marked by obliqueness or indirection in speech or conduct; "the explanation was circuitous and puzzling"; "a roundabout paragraph"; "hear in a roundabout way that her ex-husband was marrying her best friend") } { [ circumlocutious, noun.communication:circumlocution1,+ noun.communication:circumlocution,+ ] circumlocutory, [ periphrastic, noun.communication:periphrasis,+ ] [ ambagious, noun.communication:ambage,+ ] (roundabout and unnecessarily wordy; "had a preference for circumlocutious (or circumlocutory) rather than forthright expression"; "A periphrastic study in a worn-out poetical fashion,/ Leaving one still with the intolerable wrestle/ With words and meanings."-T.S.Eliot; (`ambagious' is archaic)) } { [ devious, noun.attribute:deviousness1,+ ] [ oblique, noun.attribute:obliquity,+ noun.attribute:obliqueness1,+ ] (indirect in departing from the accepted or proper way; misleading; "used devious means to achieve success"; "gave oblique answers to direct questions"; "oblique political maneuvers") } { [ digressive, verb.communication:digress,+ ] [ discursive, noun.attribute:discursiveness,+ ] excursive, rambling, ((of e.g. speech and writing) tending to depart from the main point or cover a wide range of subjects; "amusingly digressive with satirical thrusts at women's fashions among other things"; "a rambling discursive book"; "his excursive remarks"; "a rambling speech about this and that") } { hearsay, (heard through another rather than directly; "hearsay information") } { mealymouthed, mealy-mouthed, (hesitant to state facts or opinions simply and directly as from e.g. timidity or hypocrisy; "a mealymouthed politician") } { [ tortuous, noun.attribute:tortuousness,+ ] (not straightforward; "his tortuous reasoning") }] [{ [ DIRECT3, INVERSE,!] noun.cognition:math,;c (similar in nature or effect or relation to another quantity; "a term is in direct proportion to another term if it increases (or decreases) as the other increases (or decreases)") } ---- { [ INVERSE, DIRECT3,!] noun.cognition:math,;c (opposite in nature or effect or relation to another quantity; "a term is in inverse proportion to another term if it increases (or decreases) as the other decreases (or increases)") } { reciprocal, (of or relating to the multiplicative inverse of a quantity or function; "the reciprocal ratio of a:b is b:a")} ] [{ [ DIRECT5, RETROGRADE5,!] noun.cognition:astronomy,;c (moving from west to east on the celestial sphere; or--for planets--around the sun in the same direction as the Earth) } ---- { [ RETROGRADE5, DIRECT5,!] noun.cognition:astronomy,;c (moving from east to west on the celestial sphere; or--for planets--around the sun in a direction opposite to that of the Earth) }] [{ [ IMMEDIATE, noun.attribute:immediateness2,+ MEDIATE,!] noun.attribute:immediacy2,= (having no intervening medium; "an immediate influence") } { direct, unmediated, (having no intervening persons, agents, conditions; "in direct sunlight"; "in direct contact with the voters"; "direct exposure to the disease"; "a direct link"; "the direct cause of the accident"; "direct vote") } ---- { [ MEDIATE, noun.attribute:mediateness,+ IMMEDIATE,!] noun.attribute:immediacy2,= (acting through or dependent on an intervening agency; "the disease spread by mediate as well as direct contact") } { indirect, (having intervening factors or persons or influences; "reflection from the ceiling provided a soft indirect light"; "indirect evidence"; "an indirect cause") } { mediated, (acting or brought about through an intervening agency; "the mediated settlement brought satisfaction to both sides") }] [{ [ DISCERNING, UNDISCERNING,!] CRITICAL2,^ DISCRIMINATING,^ (having or revealing keen insight and good judgment; "a discerning critic"; "a discerning reader") } { [ clear, noun.attribute:clearness1,+ ] [ percipient, verb.cognition:perceive,+ ] (characterized by ease and quickness in perceiving; "clear mind"; "a percipient author") } { clear-eyed, clear-sighted, [ perspicacious, noun.cognition:perspicaciousness,+ ] (mentally acute or penetratingly discerning; "too clear-eyed not to see what problems would follow"; "chaos could be prevented only by clear-sighted leadership"; "much too perspicacious to be taken in by so spurious an argument") } { [ prescient, noun.cognition:prescience,+ ] (perceiving the significance of events before they occur; "extraordinarily prescient memoranda on the probable course of postwar relations"-R.H.Rovere) } ---- { [ UNDISCERNING, DISCERNING,!] INDISCRIMINATE,^ (lacking discernment) } { [ obtuse, noun.cognition:obtuseness1,+ ] purblind, (lacking in insight or discernment; "too obtuse to grasp the implications of his behavior"; "a purblind oligarchy that flatly refused to see that history was condemning it to the dustbin"- Jasper Griffin) } { uncomprehending, (lacking understanding; "tried to explain to her uncomprehending husband") }] [{ [ DISCREET, noun.attribute:discreetness,+ INDISCREET,!] (marked by prudence or modesty and wise self-restraint; "his trusted discreet aide"; "a discreet, finely wrought gold necklace") } ---- { [ INDISCREET, noun.cognition:indiscreetness,+ DISCREET,!] (lacking discretion; injudicious; "her behavior was indiscreet at the very best") } { bigmouthed, blabbermouthed, blabby, [ talkative, noun.attribute:talkativeness,+ verb.communication:talk6,+ ] (unwisely talking too much) } { [ imprudent, noun.attribute:imprudence,+ ] (lacking wise self-restraint; "an imprudent remark") }] [{ [ DISCRIMINATE, INDISCRIMINATE,!] DISCRIMINATING,^ (marked by the ability to see or make fine distinctions; "discriminate judgments"; "discriminate people") } ---- { [ INDISCRIMINATE, DISCRIMINATE,!] GENERAL,^ UNDISCRIMINATING,^ (not marked by fine distinctions; "indiscriminate reading habits"; "an indiscriminate mixture of colors and styles") } { promiscuous, (not selective of a single class or person; "Clinton was criticized for his promiscuous solicitation of campaign money") } { sweeping, wholesale, (ignoring distinctions; "sweeping generalizations"; "wholesale destruction") }] [{ [ DISCRIMINATING, UNDISCRIMINATING,!] DISCERNING,^ DISCRIMINATE,^ (showing or indicating careful judgment and discernment especially in matters of taste; "the discriminating eye of the connoisseur") } { [ appreciative, verb.possession:appreciate,+ ] (having or showing appreciation or a favorable critical judgment or opinion; "appreciative of a beautiful landscape"; "an appreciative laugh from the audience") } { [ diacritic, noun.communication:diacritic,+ ] [ diacritical, noun.communication:diacritic,+ ] (capable of distinguishing; "students having superior diacritic powers"; "the diacritic elements in culture"- S.F.Nadel) } { discerning, (able to make or detect effects of great subtlety; sensitive; "discerning taste"; "a discerning eye for color") } { [ discriminative, verb.perception:discriminate,+ verb.cognition:discriminate,+ ] [ discriminatory, verb.perception:discriminate,+ verb.cognition:discriminate,+ ] (capable of making fine distinctions) } { [ eclectic, noun.cognition:eclecticism,+ ] (selecting what seems best of various styles or ideas) } { good, (generally admired; "good taste") } { [ selective, verb.cognition:select,+ noun.attribute:selectivity,+ ] (tending to select; characterized by careful choice; "an exceptionally quick and selective reader"- John Mason Brown) } ---- { [ UNDISCRIMINATING, DISCRIMINATING,!] indiscriminating, INDISCRIMINATE,^ (not discriminating) } { indiscriminate, (failing to make or recognize distinctions) } { scattershot, (covering a wide range in a haphazard way) } { [ unperceptive, noun.attribute:unperceptiveness,+ ] (lacking sensitivity, taste, or judgment) } { unselective, (not selective or discriminating; "unselective in her reading habits; her choices seemed completely random") }] [{ [ DISPOSABLE1, NONDISPOSABLE1,!] (designed to be disposed of after use; "disposable paper cups") } { throwaway(p), (intended to be thrown away after use; "throwaway diapers") } ---- { [ NONDISPOSABLE1, DISPOSABLE1,!] (not designed to be thrown away after use) }] [{ [ RETURNABLE, NONRETURNABLE,!] (that may be returned; "returnable bottles and cans"; "this merchandise is returnable if you save the receipt") } { revertible, noun.group:law,;c (to be returned to the former owner or that owner's heirs) } ---- { [ NONRETURNABLE, RETURNABLE,!] (that may not be returned; "nonreturnable bottles cannot be exchanged for a deposit"; "sale merchandise is nonreturnable") }] [{ [ DISPOSABLE2, NONDISPOSABLE2,!] (free or available for use or disposition; "every disposable piece of equipment was sent to the fire"; "disposable assets") } { [ available, noun.attribute:availableness,+ ] [ usable, verb.consumption:use1,+ ] [ useable, verb.consumption:use1,+ ] (convenient for use or disposal; "the house is available after July 1"; "2000 square feet of usable office space") } { expendable, spendable, ((used of funds) remaining after taxes; "spendable income") } { fluid, [ liquid, noun.attribute:liquidity1,+ ] (in cash or easily convertible to cash; "liquid (or fluid) assets") } ---- { [ NONDISPOSABLE2, DISPOSABLE2,!] ((of assets) unavailable for use) } { frozen, (not convertible to cash; "frozen assets") }] [{ [ DISTAL1, PROXIMAL,!] noun.cognition:anatomy,;c (situated farthest from point of attachment or origin, as of a limb or bone) } ---- { [ PROXIMAL, noun.attribute:proximity,+ DISTAL1,!] noun.cognition:anatomy,;c (situated nearest to point of attachment or origin; "the proximal end of a bone") }] [{ [ DISTAL2, MESIAL,!] noun.cognition:anatomy,;c (directed away from the midline or mesial plane of the body) } { lateral, (lying away from the median and sagittal plane of a body; "lateral lemniscus") } ---- { [ MESIAL, DISTAL2,!] noun.cognition:anatomy,;c (being in or directed toward the midline or mesial plane of the body) } { medial, median, (dividing an animal into right and left halves) } { sagittal, (located in a plane that is parallel to the central plane of the sagittal suture) }] [{ [ DISTINCT, noun.attribute:distinctness,+ INDISTINCT,!] CLEAR,^ DEFINITE,^ PRECISE,^ (easy to perceive; especially clearly outlined; "a distinct flavor"; "a distinct odor of turpentine"; "a distinct outline"; "the ship appeared as a distinct silhouette"; "distinct fingerprints") } { chiseled, well-defined, (having a clean and distinct outline as if precisely cut along the edges; "a finely chiseled nose"; "well-defined features") } { [ clear, noun.attribute:clearness1,+ ] clean-cut, [ clear-cut, noun.attribute:clearcutness,+ ] (clear and distinct to the senses; easily perceptible; "as clear as a whistle"; "clear footprints in the snow"; "the letter brought back a clear image of his grandfather"; "a spire clean-cut against the sky"; "a clear-cut pattern") } { crisp, [ sharp, noun.attribute:sharpness3,+ ] ((of something seen or heard) clearly defined; "a sharp photographic image"; "the sharp crack of a twig"; "the crisp snap of dry leaves underfoot") } { crystalline, (distinctly or sharply outlined; "crystalline sharpness of outline"- John Buchan) } { defined, outlined, (showing clearly the outline or profile or boundary; "hills defined against the evening sky"; "the setting sun showed the outlined figure of a man standing on the hill") } { knifelike, (having a sharp or distinct edge; "a narrow knifelike profile") } { razor-sharp, (very clearly delineated; "razor-sharp definition") } ---- { [ INDISTINCT, noun.attribute:indistinctness,+ DISTINCT,!] INDEFINITE,^ UNCLEAR,^ (not clearly defined or easy to perceive or understand; "indistinct shapes in the gloom"; "an indistinct memory"; "only indistinct notions of what to do") } { bedimmed, (made dim or indistinct; "a sun bedimmed by clouds") } { bleary, blurred, [ blurry, noun.cognition:blur,+ noun.attribute:blurriness,+ ] [ foggy, noun.cognition:fog,+ noun.attribute:fogginess,+ ] [ fuzzy, noun.attribute:fuzziness,+ ] [ hazy, noun.cognition:haze,+ noun.attribute:haziness2,+ ] muzzy, (indistinct or hazy in outline; "a landscape of blurred outlines"; "the trees were just blurry shapes") } { [ cloudy, noun.attribute:cloudiness,+ ] nebulose, nebulous, (lacking definite form or limits; "gropes among cloudy issues toward a feeble conclusion"- H.T.Moore; "nebulous distinction between pride and conceit") } { [ dim, noun.attribute:dimness2,+ ] [ faint, noun.attribute:faintness,+ ] shadowy, [ vague, noun.attribute:vagueness1,+ ] wispy, (lacking clarity or distinctness; "a dim figure in the distance"; "only a faint recollection"; "shadowy figures in the gloom"; "saw a vague outline of a building through the fog"; "a few wispy memories of childhood") } { faint2, (indistinctly understood or felt or perceived; "a faint clue to the origin of the mystery"; "haven't the faintest idea") } { veiled, (muted or unclear; "veiled sounds"; "the image is veiled or foggy") }] [{ [ FOCUSED, UNFOCUSED,!] focussed4, (being in focus or brought into focus) } ---- { [ UNFOCUSED, FOCUSED,!] unfocussed4, ((of an image) not being in or brought into focus; "at their edges things were pretty much unfocused") }] [{ [ DIVERSIFIED, UNDIVERSIFIED,!] HETEROGENEOUS,^ (having variety of character or form or components; or having increased variety; "a diversified musical program ranging from classical to modern"; "diversified farming"; "diversified manufacturing"; "diversified scenery"; "diversified investments") } { [ varied, noun.attribute:variedness,+ ] wide-ranging, (widely different; "varied motives prompt people to join a political party"; "varied ethnic traditions of the immigrants") } ---- { [ UNDIVERSIFIED, DIVERSIFIED,!] HOMOGENEOUS,^ (not diversified) } { [ general, noun.cognition:general,+ noun.cognition:generality,+ noun.attribute:generality,+ ] (not specialized or limited to one class of things; "general studies"; "general knowledge") } { monolithic, (characterized by massiveness and rigidity and total uniformity; "a monolithic society"; "a monolithic worldwide movement") } { solid, [ unanimous, noun.state:unanimity,+ ] [ whole, noun.Tops:whole,+ noun.state:wholeness,+ ] (acting together as a single undiversified whole; "a solid voting bloc") } { undistributed, ((of investments) not distributed among a variety of securities) }] [{ [ DIVISIBLE, verb.social:divide,+ verb.motion:divide,+ verb.contact:divide,+ verb.cognition:divide,+ INDIVISIBLE,!] (capable of being or liable to be divided or separated; "even numbers are divisible by two"; "the Americans fought a bloody war to prove that their nation is not divisible") } { cleavable, (capable of being cleaved) } { dissociable, [ separable1, noun.state:separability,+ ] severable, (capable of being divided or dissociated; "often drugs and crime are not dissociable"; "the siamese twins were not considered separable"; "a song...never conceived of as severable from the melody") } { [ dissociative, verb.cognition:dissociate,+ ] (tending to produce dissociation) } { dividable, noun.cognition:math,;c (can be divided usually without leaving a remainder; "15 is dividable by 3") } { partible, ((of e.g. property) capable of being parted or divided; "a partible estate") } ---- { [ INDIVISIBLE, DIVISIBLE,!] (impossible of undergoing division; "an indivisible union of states"; "one nation indivisible") } { indiscrete, (not divided or divisible into parts; "layers that were fused into an indiscrete mass") } { undividable, indivisible_by(p), noun.cognition:math,;c (cannot be divided without leaving a remainder) } { inseparable, (not capable of being separated; "inseparable pieces of rock") }] [{ [ DOCUMENTED, UNDOCUMENTED,!] (furnished with or supported by documents; "the first documented case of shark attack in those waters") } { referenced, (supported with written references or citations; "a carefully referenced biography") } { registered, noun.artifact:boat,;c ((of a boat or vessel) furnished with necessary official documents specifying ownership etc) } ---- { [ UNDOCUMENTED, DOCUMENTED,!] (lacking necessary documents (as for e.g. permission to live or work in a country); "undocumented aliens"; "undocumented tax deductions") } { unregistered, noun.artifact:boat,;c ((a boat or vessel) not furnished with official documents) }] [{ [ DOMINEERING, noun.attribute:domineeringness,+ SUBMISSIVE,!] IMMODEST2,^ (tending to domineer) } { authoritarian, dictatorial, [ overbearing, noun.attribute:overbearingness,+ ] (expecting unquestioning obedience; "the timid child of authoritarian parents"; "insufferably overbearing behavior toward the waiter") } { autocratic, [ bossy, noun.person:boss1,+ ] dominating, high-and-mighty, magisterial, peremptory, (offensively self-assured or given to exercising usually unwarranted power; "an autocratic person"; "autocratic behavior"; "a bossy way of ordering others around"; "a rather aggressive and dominating character"; "managed the employees in an aloof magisterial way"; "a swaggering peremptory manner") } { blustery, bullying, (noisily domineering; tending to browbeat others) } { cavalier, [ high-handed, noun.attribute:high-handedness,+ ] (given to haughty disregard of others) } { heavy-handed, roughshod, (unjustly domineering; "incensed at the government's heavy-handed economic policies"; "a manager who rode roughshod over all opposition") } { [ oppressive, noun.feeling:oppressiveness,+ verb.social:oppress1,+ verb.social:oppress,+ ] [ tyrannical, noun.state:tyranny,+ ] [ tyrannous, noun.person:tyrant1,+ noun.person:tyrant,+ ] (marked by unjust severity or arbitrary behavior; "the oppressive government"; "oppressive laws"; "a tyrannical parent"; "tyrannous disregard of human rights") } ---- { [ SUBMISSIVE, noun.attribute:submissiveness,+ verb.competition:submit,+ verb.communication:submit2,+ DOMINEERING,!] HUMBLE,^ OBEDIENT,^ SUBORDINATE2,^ UNASSERTIVE,^ (inclined or willing to submit to orders or wishes of others or showing such inclination; "submissive servants"; "a submissive reply"; "replacing troublemakers with more submissive people") } { abject, (showing humiliation or submissiveness; "an abject apology") } { bowed, bowing, (showing an excessively deferential manner) } { [ meek, noun.attribute:meekness,+ ] [ spiritless, noun.attribute:spiritlessness,+ ] (evidencing little spirit or courage; overly submissive or compliant; "compliant and anxious to suit his opinions of those of others"; "a fine fiery blast against meek conformity"- Orville Prescott; "she looked meek but had the heart of a lion"; "was submissive and subservient") } { cringing, groveling, grovelling, wormlike, wormy, (totally submissive) } { dominated, henpecked, (harassed by persistent nagging) }] [{ [ SERVILE, noun.attribute:servility,+ UNSERVILE,!] (submissive or fawning in attitude or behavior; "spoke in a servile tone"; "the incurably servile housekeeper"; "servile tasks such as floor scrubbing and barn work") } { bootlicking, fawning, sycophantic, toadyish, (attempting to win favor by flattery)} { [ obsequious, noun.attribute:obsequiousness,+ ] (attentive in an ingratiating or servile manner; "obsequious shop assistants") } { slavish, [ subservient, noun.state:subservientness,+ noun.attribute:subservience,+ ] [ submissive, noun.attribute:submissiveness,+ verb.competition:submit,+ ] (abjectly submissive; characteristic of a slave or servant; "slavish devotion to her job ruled her life"; "a slavish yes-man to the party bosses"- S.H.Adams; "she has become submissive and subservient") } { slavelike, (suitable for a slave or servant) } ---- { [ UNSERVILE, SERVILE,!] unsubmissive4, (not servile or submissive) }] [{ [ DOMINANT1, noun.state:dominance,+ verb.stative:dominate1,+ verb.social:dominate,+ SUBORDINATE1,!] SUPERIOR1,^ noun.state:status,= (exercising influence or control; "television plays a dominant role in molding public opinion"; "the dominant partner in the marriage") } { [ ascendant, noun.state:ascendant,+ noun.state:ascendancy,+ noun.state:ascendance,+ ] [ ascendent, noun.state:ascendency,+ noun.state:ascendence,+ ] dominating, (most powerful or important or influential; "the economically ascendant class"; "D-day is considered the dominating event of the war in Europe") } { controlling, (able to control or determine policy; "a controlling interest in the firm") } { governing, (responsible for making and enforcing rules and laws; "governing bodies") } { overriding, paramount, [ predominant, noun.state:predominance,+ ] predominate, [ preponderant, noun.attribute:preponderance2,+ verb.stative:preponderate,+ ] preponderating, (having superior power and influence; "the predominant mood among policy-makers is optimism") } { [ possessive, noun.attribute:possessiveness,+ verb.possession:possess,+ ] (having or showing a desire to control or dominate; "a possessive parent") } { sovereign, supreme, (greatest in status or authority or power; "a supreme tribunal") } { [ superior, noun.state:superiority,+ ] ((sometimes followed by `to') not subject to or influenced by; "overcome by a superior opponent"; "trust magnates who felt themselves superior to law") } ---- { [ SUBORDINATE1, noun.person:subordinate,+ noun.state:subordinateness,+ DOMINANT1,!] low-level4, INFERIOR1,^ SUBORDINATE2,^ noun.state:status,= (lower in rank or importance) } { [ adjunct, noun.person:adjunct,+ ] [ assistant, noun.person:assistant,+ verb.social:assist,+ ] (of or relating to a person who is subordinate to another) } { associate(a), (having partial rights and privileges or subordinate status; "an associate member"; "an associate professor") } { secondary, (belonging to a lower class or rank) } { under(a), (lower in rank, power, or authority; "an under secretary") }] [{ [ DOMINANT2, noun.body:dominant,+ noun.phenomenon:dominance,+ RECESSIVE,!] noun.cognition:genetics,;c ((of genes) producing the same phenotype whether its allele is identical or dissimilar) } ---- { [ RECESSIVE, DOMINANT2,!] noun.cognition:genetics,;c ((of genes) producing its characteristic phenotype only when its allele is identical) }] [{ [ SINGLE-BARRELED, DOUBLE-BARRELED,!] single-barrelled, (having one barrel; "most guns are single-barreled") } ---- { [ DOUBLE-BARRELED, SINGLE-BARRELED,!] double-barrelled, (having two barrels mounted side by side; "a double-barreled shotgun") }] [{ [ DOUBLE-BREASTED, SINGLE-BREASTED,!] ((of clothing) fastened by lapping one edge of the front well over the other usually with a double row of buttons; "double-breasted jacket"; "double-breasted suit") } ---- { [ SINGLE-BREASTED, DOUBLE-BREASTED,!] ((of clothing) closing with a narrow overlap and fastened with a single row of buttons; "a single-breasted jacket") }] [{ [ DRAMATIC, noun.event:drama,+ UNDRAMATIC,!] noun.attribute:drama,= (suitable to or characteristic of drama; "a dramatic entrance in a swirling cape"; "a dramatic rescue at sea") } { melodramatic2, (having the excitement and emotional appeal of melodrama; "a melodramatic account of two perilous days at sea") } { [ spectacular, noun.artifact:spectacle,+ ] (characteristic of spectacles or drama; "spectacular dives from the cliff") } { [ hammy, noun.person:ham,+ ] (affectedly dramatic; overacted) } ---- { [ UNDRAMATIC, DRAMATIC,!] noun.attribute:drama,= (lacking dramatic force and quality; "moved with quiet force and undramatic bearing") } { unspectacular, (not spectacular; "an unspectacular but necessary task") }] [{ [ ACTABLE, verb.stative:act,+ verb.creation:act3,+ verb.creation:act,+ UNACTABLE,!] (capable of being acted; suitable for the stage; "an actable scene") } ---- { [ UNACTABLE, ACTABLE,!] (not actable; "an unactable play") }] [{ [ THEATRICAL, noun.communication:theatrical,+ noun.communication:theater,+ noun.attribute:theatricality,+ UNTHEATRICAL,!] (suited to or characteristic of the stage or theater; "a theatrical pose"; "one of the most theatrical figures in public life") } { [ histrionic, noun.communication:histrionics,+ ] [ melodramatic1, noun.communication:melodrama,+ ] (characteristic of acting or a stage performance; often affected; "histrionic gestures"; "an attitude of melodramatic despair"; "a theatrical pose") } { [ showy, noun.act:show,+ noun.attribute:showiness,+ ] (displaying brilliance and virtuosity) } { [ stagy, noun.communication:stage,+ noun.attribute:staginess,+ ] [ stagey, noun.communication:stage,+ ] (having characteristics of the stage especially an artificial and mannered quality; "stagy heroics") } ---- { [ UNTHEATRICAL, THEATRICAL,!] (not suited to or characteristic of the stage or theater; "a well-written but untheatrical play"; "an untheatrical personality") }] [{ [ DRINKABLE, UNDRINKABLE,!] [ potable, noun.food:potable,+ ] (suitable for drinking) } ---- { [ UNDRINKABLE, DRINKABLE,!] (unsuitable for drinking) }] [{ [ INTOXICATED, SOBER1,!] [ drunk, noun.person:drunk1,+ noun.person:drunk,+ ] inebriated, ripped, gone, (stupefied or excited by a chemical substance (especially alcohol); "a noisy crowd of intoxicated sailors"; "helplessly inebriated") } { [ bacchanalian, noun.act:bacchanal,+ ] [ bacchanal, noun.act:bacchanal,+ ] bacchic, carousing, [ orgiastic, noun.act:orgy2,+ noun.act:orgy,+ ] (used of riotously drunken merrymaking; "a night of bacchanalian revelry"; "carousing bands of drunken soldiers"; "orgiastic festivity") } { [ beery, noun.food:beer,+ ] (smelling of beer) } { besotted, blind_drunk1, blotto, crocked, cockeyed, fuddled, loaded, pie-eyed, pissed, pixilated, plastered, slopped, sloshed, smashed, soaked, soused, sozzled, squiffy, stiff, tight, wet, noun.communication:slang,;u (very drunk) } { potty, tiddly, [ tipsy, noun.state:tipsiness,+ ] (slightly intoxicated)} { bibulous2, [ boozy, noun.food:booze,+ ] [ drunken2, noun.state:drunkenness,+ ] [ sottish, noun.state:sottishness,+ noun.attribute:sottishness,+ ] (given to or marked by the consumption of alcohol; "a bibulous fellow"; "a bibulous evening"; "his boozy drinking companions"; "thick boozy singing"; "a drunken binge"; "two drunken gentlemen holding each other up"; "sottish behavior") } { doped, drugged, narcotized, narcotised, (under the influence of narcotics; "knocked out by doped wine"; "a drugged sleep"; "were under the effect of the drugged sweets"; "in a stuperous narcotized state") } { half-seas-over, (British informal for `intoxicated') } { [ high, noun.state:high1,+ ] [ mellow, noun.attribute:mellowness2,+ ] (slightly and pleasantly intoxicated from alcohol or a drug (especially marijuana)) } { hopped-up, stoned, noun.communication:colloquialism,;u (under the influence of narcotics) } ---- { [ SOBER1, noun.state:soberness,+ INTOXICATED,!] (not affected by a chemical substance (especially alcohol)) } { cold_sober, stone-sober, (totally sober) } { drug-free, (characteristic of a person not taking illegal drugs or of a place where no illegal drugs are used) } { [ dry, noun.attribute:dryness2,+ ] teetotal, (practicing complete abstinence from alcoholic beverages; "he's been dry for ten years"; "no thank you; I happen to be teetotal") } { uninebriated, unintoxicated, (not inebriated) }] [{ [ DULL1, noun.attribute:dullness1,+ SHARP,!] (not having a sharp edge or point; "the knife was too dull to be of any use") } { [ blunt, noun.attribute:bluntness1,+ ] (used of a knife or other blade; not sharp; "a blunt instrument") } { blunted, dulled, (made dull or blunt) } { edgeless, (lacking a cutting edge) } { unsharpened, (not sharpened) } ---- { [ SHARP, noun.attribute:sharpness1,+ DULL1,!] POINTED,^ noun.attribute:sharpness1,= (having or made by a thin edge or sharp point; suitable for cutting or piercing; "a sharp knife"; "a pencil with a sharp point") } { carnassial, ((of a tooth) adapted for shearing flesh; "the carnassial teeth of carnivores") } { chisel-like, (resembling a chisel) } { dagger-like, (resembling a dagger) } { drill-like, (resembling a drill) } { edged, (having a cutting edge or especially an edge or edges as specified; often used in combination; "an edged knife"; "a two-edged sword") } { fang-like, (resembling a fang) } { file-like, (resembling a file) } { [ incisive, noun.shape:incision,+ noun.act:incision,+ verb.contact:incise,+ ] (suitable for cutting or piercing; "incisive teeth") } { [ keen, noun.attribute:keenness,+ ] (having a sharp cutting edge or point; "a keen blade") } { knifelike, (cutting or able to cut as if with a knife) } { metal-cutting, (hard and sharp enough to cut metal; "metal-cutting tools") } { [ penetrative, verb.contact:penetrate5,+ ] penetrating, (tending to penetrate; having the power of entering or piercing; "a toxic penetrative spray applied to the surface"; "a cold penetrating wind"; "a penetrating odor") } { razor-sharp, (as sharp as a razor) } { sharpened, (made sharp or sharper; "a sharpened knife cuts more cleanly") } { sharp-toothed, (having sharp teeth) }] [{ [ SHARP4, noun.attribute:sharpness5,+ DULL4,!] (keenly and painfully felt; as if caused by a sharp edge or point; "a sharp pain"; "sharp winds") } { acute, intense, (extremely sharp or severe; "acute pain"; "felt acute annoyance"; "intense itching and burning") } { cutting, keen, knifelike, piercing, stabbing, lancinate, lancinating, (painful as if caused by a sharp instrument; "a cutting wind"; "keen winds"; "knifelike cold"; "piercing knifelike pains"; "piercing cold"; "piercing criticism"; "a stabbing pain"; "lancinating pain") } { fulgurating, noun.cognition:medicine,;c (sharp and piercing) } { salt, ((of speech) painful or bitter; "salt scorn"- Shakespeare; "a salt apology") } ---- { [ DULL4, noun.attribute:dullness,+ SHARP4,!] (not keenly felt; "a dull throbbing"; "dull pain") } { deadened, (made or become less intense; "the deadened pangs of hunger") }] [{ [ EVENTFUL, UNEVENTFUL,!] (full of events or incidents; "the most exhausting and eventful day of my life") } { [ lively, noun.act:liveliness,+ ] (filled with events or activity; "a lively period in history") } ---- { [ UNEVENTFUL, EVENTFUL,!] (marked by no noteworthy or significant events; "an uneventful life"; "the voyage was pleasant and uneventful"; "recovery was uneventful") }] [{ [ LIVELY, noun.act:liveliness,+ DULL3,!] ALERT,^ ANIMATED,^ ENERGETIC,^ RESTED,^ SPIRITED,^ noun.attribute:liveliness,= (full of life and energy; "a lively discussion"; "lively and attractive parents"; "a lively party") } { [ alive(p), noun.attribute:aliveness,+ ] ((often followed by `with') full of life and spirit; "she was wonderfully alive for her age"; "a face alive with mischief") } { bouncing, bouncy, [ peppy, noun.attribute:pep,+ noun.attribute:peppiness,+ ] [ spirited, noun.attribute:spiritedness,+ ] zippy, (marked by lively action; "a bouncing gait"; "bouncy tunes"; "the peppy and interesting talk"; "a spirited dance") } { [ breezy, noun.attribute:breeziness,+ ] (fresh and animated; "her breezy nature") } { bubbly, (full of or showing high spirits; "bright bubbly children"; "a bubbly personality") } { bubbling, effervescent, frothy, scintillating, [ sparkly, noun.attribute:sparkle1,+ ] (marked by high spirits or excitement; "his fertile effervescent mind"; "scintillating personality"; "a row of sparkly cheerleaders") } { burbling, burbly, [ effusive, noun.attribute:effusiveness,+ ] gushing, (uttered with unrestrained enthusiasm; "a novel told in burbly panting tones") } { live, noun.communication:colloquialism,;u (abounding with life and energy; "the club members are a really live bunch") } { warm, (characterized by liveliness or excitement or disagreement; "a warm debate") } ---- { [ DULL3, noun.attribute:dullness2,+ LIVELY,!] COLORLESS3,^ SPIRITLESS,^ UNANIMATED,^ noun.attribute:dullness2,= (lacking in liveliness or animation; "he was so dull at parties"; "a dull political campaign"; "a large dull impassive man"; "dull days with nothing to do"; "how dull and dreary the world is"; "fell back into one of her dull moods") } { arid, desiccate, desiccated, (lacking vitality or spirit; lifeless; "a technically perfect but arid performance of the sonata"; "a desiccate romance"; "a prissy and emotionless creature...settles into a mold of desiccated snobbery"-C.J.Rolo) } { bovine, (dull and slow-moving and stolid; like an ox; "showed a bovine apathy") } { [ drab, noun.attribute:drabness,+ ] [ dreary, noun.attribute:dreariness,+ ] (lacking in liveliness or charm or surprise; "her drab personality"; "life was drab compared with the more exciting life style overseas"; "a series of dreary dinner parties") } { [ heavy, noun.attribute:heaviness3,+ ] leaden, (lacking lightness or liveliness; "heavy humor"; "a leaden conversation") } { humdrum, monotonous, (tediously repetitious or lacking in variety; "a humdrum existence; all work and no play"; "nothing is so monotonous as the sea") } { lackluster, lacklustre, lusterless, lustreless, (lacking brilliance or vitality; "a dull lackluster life"; "a lusterless performance") }] [{ [ DYNAMIC, UNDYNAMIC,!] [ dynamical, noun.attribute:dynamism1,+ noun.attribute:dynamism,+ ] ENERGETIC,^ (characterized by action or forcefulness or force of personality; "a dynamic market"; "a dynamic speaker"; "the dynamic president of the firm") } { can-do, noun.communication:slang,;u (marked by a willingness to tackle a job and get it done; "a can-do kind of person"; "the city's indomitable optimism and can-do spirit") } { changing, ever-changing, (marked by continuous change or effective action) } { driving, [ impulsive, verb.creation:impel,+ ] (having the power of driving or impelling; "a driving personal ambition"; "the driving force was his innate enthusiasm"; "an impulsive force") } { energizing, energising, kinetic, (supplying motive force; "the complex civilization of which Rome was the kinetic center"- H.O.Taylor) } { high-octane, high-powered, high-power, high-voltage, high-energy, (vigorously energetic or forceful; "a high-octane sales manager"; "a high-octane marketing plan"; "high-powered executives"; "a high-voltage theatrical entrepreneur") } { [ projectile, noun.artifact:projectile1,+ noun.artifact:projectile,+ ] (impelling or impelled forward; "a projectile force"; "a projectile missile") } { [ propellant, noun.substance:propellant,+ verb.contact:propel,+ ] [ propellent, noun.substance:propellent,+ verb.contact:propel,+ ] propelling, [ propulsive, verb.contact:propel,+ ] (tending to or capable of propelling; "propellant fuel for submarines"; "the faster a jet plane goes the greater its propulsive efficiency"; "universities...the seats of propulsive thought") } { self-propelled, self-propelling, (moved forward by its own force or momentum; "a self-propelled egotist"; "the arms program is now self-propelled") } { slashing, (as if striking with slashing blows; "his slashing demon-ridden cadenza") } ---- { [ UNDYNAMIC, DYNAMIC,!] adynamic4, (characterized by an absence of force or forcefulness) } { backward, (having made less than normal progress; "an economically backward country")} { [ stagnant, noun.state:stagnancy,+ verb.stative:stagnate1,+ ] moribund, (not growing or changing; without force or vitality) }] [{ [ EAGER, noun.feeling:eagerness,+ UNEAGER,!] ENTHUSIASTIC,^ (having or showing keen interest or intense desire or impatient expectancy; "eager to learn"; "eager to travel abroad"; "eager for success"; "eager helpers"; "an eager look") } { anxious(p), dying(p), noun.communication:colloquialism,;u (eagerly desirous; "anxious to see the new show at the museum"; "dying to hear who won") } { hot, (having or showing great eagerness or enthusiasm; "hot for travel") } { [ impatient(p), noun.feeling:impatience,+ ] raring(p), ((usually followed by `to') full of eagerness; "impatient to begin"; "raring to go") } { overeager, (excessively eager; "overeager in his pursuit of the girl") } ---- { [ UNEAGER, EAGER,!] (lacking interest or spirit or animation; "decrepit, colorless uneager things") } { [ reluctant, noun.attribute:reluctance,+ ] (not eager; "foreigners stubbornly reluctant to accept our ways"; "fresh from college and reluctant for the moment to marry him") }] [{ [ EARED, EARLESS,!] (having ears (or appendages resembling ears) or having ears of a specified kind; often used in combination) } { [auriculate, noun.body:auricle2,+ ] auriculated, (having auricles) } { lop-eared, (having bent or drooping ears; "a lop-eared hound") } { mouse-eared, (having ears like a mouse's) } { short-eared, (having short ears) } { small-eared, (having small ears) } ---- { [ EARLESS, EARED,!] (lacking external ears; "earless seals") }] [{ [ EARLY, noun.attribute:earliness,+ MIDDLE,! LATE,!] FIRST,^ noun.attribute:timing,= (at or near the beginning of a period of time or course of events or before the usual or expected time; "early morning"; "an early warning"; "early diagnosis"; "an early death"; "took early retirement"; "an early spring"; "early varieties of peas and tomatoes mature before most standard varieties") } { aboriginal, primal, primeval, primaeval, primordial, (having existed from the beginning; in an earliest or original stage or state; "aboriginal forests"; "primal eras before the appearance of life on earth"; "the forest primeval"; "primordial matter"; "primordial forms of life") } { advance(a), beforehand(p), (being ahead of time or need; "gave advance warning"; "was beforehand with her report") } { [ archean, noun.time:archean,+ ] archaean, noun.cognition:geology,;c (of or relating to the earliest known rocks formed during the Precambrian Eon) } { [ archeozoic, noun.time:archeozoic,+ ] [ archaeozoic, noun.time:archaeozoic,+ ] noun.cognition:geology,;c (of or belonging to earlier of two divisions of the Precambrian era; "archeozoic life forms") } { azoic, noun.cognition:geology,;c (before the appearance of life; "azoic rocks contain not organic remains") } { earlier, earliest, noun.communication:comparative,;u ((comparative and superlative of `early') more early than; most early; "a fashion popular in earlier times"; "his earlier work reflects the influence of his teacher"; "Verdi's earliest and most raucous opera") } { earlyish, (being somewhat early; "at an earlyish hour") } { [ premature, noun.state:prematureness,+ ] [ untimely, noun.attribute:untimeliness1,+ ] (uncommonly early or before the expected time; "illness led to his premature death"; "alcohol brought him to an untimely end") } { previous(p), [ premature2, noun.state:prematureness,+ ] (too soon or too hasty; "our condemnation of him was a bit previous"; "a premature judgment") } { [ proterozoic, noun.time:proterozoic,+ ] noun.cognition:geology,;c (formed in the later of two divisions of the Precambrian era; "proterozoic life forms") } { proto(a), noun.communication:combining_form,;u (indicating the first or earliest or original; "`proto' is a combining form in a word like `protolanguage' that refers to the hypothetical ancestor of another language or group of languages") } { wee, (very early; "the wee hours of the morning") } ---- { [ MIDDLE, LATE,! EARLY,!] noun.attribute:timing,= (between an earlier and a later period of time; "in the middle years"; "in his middle thirties") } { intervening, (occurring or falling between events or points in time; "so much had happened during the intervening years") } { mid(a), (used in combination to denote the middle; "midmorning"; "midsummer"; "in mid-1958"; "a mid-June wedding") } ---- { [ LATE, noun.attribute:lateness,+ EARLY,! MIDDLE,!] noun.attribute:timing,= (being or occurring at an advanced period of time or after a usual or expected time; "late evening"; "late 18th century"; "a late movie"; "took a late flight"; "had a late breakfast") } { advanced, ripe, (far along in time; "a man of advanced age"; "advanced in years"; "a ripe old age"; "the ripe age of 90") } { after-hours, (after closing time especially a legally established closing time; "after-hours socializing"; "an after-hours club") } { latish, (somewhat late) } { posthumous, (occurring or coming into existence after a person's death; "a posthumous award"; "a posthumous book"; "a posthumous daughter") }] [{ [ EARLY2, noun.attribute:earliness,+ LATE2,!] (being or occurring at an early stage of development; "in an early stage"; "early forms of life"; "early man"; "an early computer") } { archaic, [ primitive1, noun.person:primitive,+ noun.state:primitiveness,+ ] (little evolved from or characteristic of an earlier ancestral type; "archaic forms of life"; "primitive mammals"; "the okapi is a short-necked primitive cousin of the giraffe") } { new, young, ((of crops) harvested at an early stage of development; before complete maturity; "new potatoes"; "young corn") } { [ crude, noun.state:crudeness,+ noun.state:crudity,+ ] [ primitive2, noun.state:primitiveness,+ ] [ rude, noun.state:rudeness,+ ] (belonging to an early stage of technical development; characterized by simplicity and (often) crudeness; "the crude weapons and rude agricultural implements of early man"; "primitive movies of the 1890s"; "primitive living conditions in the Appalachian mountains") } { [ embryonic, noun.animal:embryo,+ ] [ embryotic, noun.animal:embryo,+ ] (in an early stage of development; "the embryonic government staffed by survivors of the massacre"; "an embryonic nation, not yet self-governing") } { [ incipient, noun.time:incipiency,+ noun.time:incipience,+ ] inchoate, (only partly in existence; imperfectly formed; "incipient civil disorder"; "an incipient tumor"; "a vague inchoate idea") } { precocious, noun.cognition:botany,;c (appearing or developing early; "precocious flowers appear before the leaves as in some species of magnolias") } ---- { [ LATE2, noun.attribute:lateness,+ EARLY2,!] later2(a), (at or toward an end or late period or stage of development; "the late phase of feudalism"; "a later symptom of the disease"; "later medical science could have saved the child") } { advanced(a), (comparatively late in a course of development; "the illness had reached an advanced stage"; "an advanced state of exhaustion") } { tardive, (late-occurring (especially with reference to symptoms of a disease); "tardive dyskinesia") }] [{ [ EARLY1, noun.attribute:earliness,+ MIDDLE1,! LATE1,!] noun.cognition:linguistics,;c (of an early stage in the development of a language or literature; "the Early Hebrew alphabetical script is that used mainly from the 11th to the 6th centuries B.C."; "Early Modern English is represented in documents printed from 1476 to 1700") } { Old, noun.cognition:linguistics,;c (of a very early stage in development; "Old English is also called Anglo Saxon"; "Old High German is High German from the middle of the 9th to the end of the 11th century") } ---- { [ MIDDLE1, LATE1,! EARLY1,!] noun.cognition:linguistics,;c (of a stage in the development of a language or literature between earlier and later stages; "Middle English is the English language from about 1100 to 1500"; "Middle Gaelic") } ---- { [ LATE1, noun.attribute:lateness,+ EARLY1,! MIDDLE1,!] noun.cognition:linguistics,;c (of a later stage in the development of a language or literature; used especially of dead languages; "Late Greek") } { [ Modern, noun.person:modern,+ noun.attribute:modernness,+ ] New1, noun.cognition:linguistics,;c (used of a living language; being the current stage in its development; "Modern English"; "New Hebrew is Israeli Hebrew") } { New2, noun.cognition:linguistics,;c (in use after medieval times; "New Eqyptian was the language of the 18th to 21st dynasties") }] [{ [ EARNED, UNEARNED,!] (gained or acquired; especially through merit or as a result of effort or action; "a well-earned reputation for honesty"; "earned income"; "an earned run in baseball") } { attained, (achieved or reached; "the actual attained achievement test score") } ---- { [ UNEARNED, EARNED,!] (not gained by merit or labor or service; "accepted the unearned rewards that came his ways as well as the unearned criticism"; "unearned income"; "an unearned run") } { [ honorary, noun.state:honor,+ noun.communication:honor,+ ] (given as an honor without the normal duties; "an honorary degree") }] [{ [ EASY2, noun.feeling:easiness,+ UNEASY,!] COMFORTABLE1,^ RELAXED,^ (free from worry or anxiety; "knowing that I had done my best, my mind was easy"; "an easy good-natured manner"; "by the time the child faced the actual problem of reading she was familiar and at ease with all the elements words") } ---- { [ UNEASY, noun.feeling:uneasiness2,+ EASY2,!] TENSE3,^ UNCOMFORTABLE1,^ UNQUIET,^ (lacking a sense of security or affording no ease or reassurance; "farmers were uneasy until rain finally came"; "uneasy about his health"; "gave an uneasy laugh"; "uneasy lies the head that wears the crown"; "an uneasy coalition government"; "an uneasy calm"; "an uneasy silence fell on the group") } { [ apprehensive, verb.emotion:apprehend,+ noun.feeling:apprehensiveness,+ ] worried, (mentally upset over possible misfortune or danger etc; "apprehensive about her job"; "not used to a city and worried about small things"; "felt apprehensive about the consequences") } { [ precarious, noun.attribute:precariousness1,+ ] [ unstable, noun.attribute:unstableness,+ ] (affording no ease or reassurance; "a precarious truce") }] [{ [ EAST, WEST,!] (situated in or facing or moving toward the east) } { eastbound, eastward, (moving toward the east; "eastbound trains") } { [ easterly1, noun.phenomenon:easter,+ ] eastern1, (from the east; used especially of winds; "an eastern wind"; "the winds are easterly") } { easterly2, eastern2, (lying in or toward the east; "the east side of New York"; "eastern cities") } { eastern, (lying toward or situated in the east; "the eastern end of the island") } { easternmost, eastmost, (farthest to the east) } { eastside, (of the eastern part of a city e.g. Manhattan; "the eastside silk-stocking district") } ---- { [ WEST, EAST,!] (situated in or facing or moving toward the west) } { westbound, westerly3, westward, (moving toward the west; "westbound pioneers") } { western, (lying toward or situated in the west; "our company's western office") } { [ westerly1, noun.phenomenon:westerly,+ noun.phenomenon:wester,+ ] western1, (of wind; from the west) } { westernmost, westmost, (farthest to the west) } { westside, (of the western part of a city; "he lives in upper westside Manhattan") }] [{ [ WESTERN1, verb.change:westernize,+ EASTERN1,!] noun.location:west,= (relating to or characteristic of the western parts of the world or the West as opposed to the eastern or oriental parts; "the western world"; "western thought") } { [ occidental, noun.person:occidental,+ noun.location:occident,+ ] Hesperian, (denoting or characteristic of countries of Europe and the western hemisphere; "occidental civilization"; "Hesperian culture") } ---- { [ EASTERN1, WESTERN1,!] noun.location:east,= (relating to or characteristic of regions of eastern parts of the world; "Eastern Europe"; "the Eastern religions") } { [ oriental, noun.location:orient,+ ] (denoting or characteristic of countries of the Far East; "oriental civilization")}] [{ [ WESTERN2, EASTERN2,!] noun.location:west1,= (of or characteristic of regions of the United States west of the Mississippi River; "a Western ranch") } { southwestern, (of a region of the United States generally including New Mexico; Arizona; Texas; California; and sometimes Nevada; Utah; Colorado) } { midwestern, (of a region of the United States generally including Ohio; Indiana; Illinois; Iowa; Missouri; Kansas; Nebraska; and sometimes Michigan; Wisconsin; Minnesota; "a midwestern city"; "midwestern accent") } { northwestern, (of a region of the United States generally including Washington; Oregon; Idaho; and sometimes Montana; Wyoming) } { west-central, (of a region of the United States usually including Colorado; Nevada; Utah) } ---- { [ EASTERN2, WESTERN2,!] noun.location:east1,= (of or characteristic of eastern regions of the United States; "the Eastern establishment") } { east-central, (of a region of the United States generally including Kentucky, West Virginia) } { middle_Atlantic, mid-Atlantic, (of a region of the United States generally including Delaware; Maryland; Virginia; and usually New York; Pennsylvania; New Jersey; "mid-Atlantic states") } { northeastern, (of a region of the United States generally including the New England states; New York; and sometimes New Jersey and Pennsylvania) } { southeastern, (of a region of the United States generally including Alabama; Georgia; Florida; Tennessee; South Carolina; North Carolina) }] [{ [ ECTOMORPHIC, ENDOMORPHIC,! MESOMORPHIC,!] THIN3,^ (having a build with little fat or muscle but with long limbs) } { asthenic, (having a slender physique) } ---- { [ ENDOMORPHIC, MESOMORPHIC,! ECTOMORPHIC,!] pyknic, FAT1,^ (having a squat and fleshy build; "a pyknic practical joke") } ---- { [ MESOMORPHIC, noun.person:mesomorph,+ ECTOMORPHIC,! ENDOMORPHIC,!] [ muscular4, noun.attribute:muscle,+ ] noun.cognition:anatomy,;c (having a robust muscular body-build characterized by predominance of structures (bone and muscle and connective tissue) developed from the embryonic mesodermal layer) } { athletic, (having a sturdy and well proportioned body; "an athletic build") }] [{ [ EDIBLE, noun.attribute:edibleness,+ noun.attribute:edibility,+ INEDIBLE,!] [ comestible, noun.food:comestible,+ ] eatable, DIGESTIBLE,^ PALATABLE,^ TENDER1,^ (suitable for use as food) } { [ killable, verb.contact:kill,+ ] (fit to kill, especially for food) } { nonpoisonous, non-poisonous, nontoxic, (safe to eat) } { pareve, parve, noun.communication:Yiddish,;c (containing no meat or milk (or their derivatives) and thus eatable with both meat and dairy dishes according to the dietary laws of Judaism; "pareve margarine"; "parvebread") } ---- { [ INEDIBLE, EDIBLE,!] uneatable, INDIGESTIBLE,^ TOUGH1,^ UNPALATABLE,^ (not suitable for food) } { [ poisonous, noun.substance:poison,+ ] (not safe to eat) }] [{ [ EDUCATED, UNEDUCATED,!] CIVILIZED,^ ENLIGHTENED,^ INFORMED,^ INTELLECTUAL,^ LITERATE,^ NUMERATE,^ (possessing an education (especially having more than average knowledge)) } { [ knowing, noun.cognition:knowingness,+ ] [ knowledgeable, noun.attribute:knowledgeableness,+ noun.attribute:knowledgeability,+ ] [ learned, noun.cognition:learnedness,+ ] lettered, well-educated, well-read, (highly educated; having extensive information or understanding; "knowing instructors"; "a knowledgeable critic"; "a knowledgeable audience")} { literate, (knowledgeable and educated in one or several fields; "computer literate") } { self-educated, (educated by your own efforts rather than by formal instruction) } { semiliterate, (literate but poorly informed) } ---- { [ UNEDUCATED, EDUCATED,!] ILLITERATE,^ INNUMERATE,^ NONCIVILIZED,^ UNENLIGHTENED,^ UNINFORMED,^ (not having a good education) } { ignorant1, illiterate, (uneducated in the fundamentals of a given art or branch of learning; lacking knowledge of a specific field; "she is ignorant of quantum mechanics"; "he is musically illiterate") } { [ ignorant2, noun.cognition:ignorantness,+ noun.cognition:ignorance,+ ] [ nescient, noun.cognition:nescience,+ ] unlearned, unlettered, (uneducated in general; lacking knowledge or sophistication; "an ignorant man"; "nescient of contemporary literature"; "an unlearned group incapable of understanding complex issues"; "exhibiting contempt for his unlettered companions") } { undereducated, (poorly or insufficiently educated) } { unschooled, untaught, untutored, (lacking in schooling; "untaught people whose verbal skills are grossly deficient"; "an untutored genius"; "uneducated children") } { unstudied, (lacking knowledge gained by study often in a particular field; "is unstudied in Latin as he is in may other matters") }] [{ [ NUMERATE, INNUMERATE,!] EDUCATED,^ noun.cognition:numeracy,= (able to understand and use numbers) } ---- { [ INNUMERATE, NUMERATE,!] noun.cognition:numeracy,= (lacking knowledge and understanding of mathematical concepts and methods) }] [{ [ OPERATIVE, INOPERATIVE,!] (being in force or having or exerting force; "operative regulations"; "the major tendencies operative in the American political system") } { [ operant, verb.contact:operate3,+ ] (having influence or producing an effect; "many emotional determinants at work"; "an operant conscience") } { effective, good, in_effect(p), in_force(p), (exerting force or influence; "the law is effective immediately"; "a warranty good for two years"; "the law is already in effect (or in force)") } { operational, in_operation1(p), operating1(a), (being in effect or operation; "de facto apartheid is still operational even in the `new' African nations"- Leslie Marmon Silko; "bus service is in operation during the emergency"; "the company had several operating divisions") } { working2, (serving to permit or facilitate further work or activity; "discussed the working draft of a peace treaty"; "they need working agreements with their neighbor states on interstate projects") } ---- { [ INOPERATIVE, OPERATIVE,!] (not working or taking effect; "an inoperative law") } { down, (not functioning (temporarily or permanently); "we can't work because the computer is down") } { [ dead, noun.attribute:deadness,+ ] (out of use or operation because of a fault or breakdown; "a dead telephone line"; "the motor is dead") } { [ defunct, noun.state:defunctness,+ ] (no longer in force or use; inactive; "a defunct law"; "a defunct organization") }] [{ [ EFFECTIVE, verb.creation:effect,+ noun.attribute:effectiveness,+ noun.attribute:effectivity,+ INEFFECTIVE,!] [ effectual2, noun.attribute:effectualness,+ noun.attribute:effectuality,+ ] [ efficacious2, noun.attribute:efficacy,+ noun.attribute:efficaciousness,+ ] EFFICACIOUS,^ EFFICIENT,^ POTENT,^ POWERFUL,^ USEFUL,^ noun.attribute:effectiveness,= (producing or capable of producing an intended result or having a striking effect; "an air-cooled motor was more effective than a witch's broomstick for rapid long-distance transportation"-LewisMumford; "effective teaching methods"; "effective steps toward peace"; "made an effective entrance"; "his complaint proved to be effectual in bringing action"; "an efficacious law") } { hard-hitting, trenchant, (characterized by or full of force and vigor; "a hard-hitting expose"; "a trenchant argument") } { impelling, (markedly effective as if by emotional pressure; "impelling skill as a teller of tales"; "an impelling personality") } { [ impressive, noun.attribute:impressiveness1,+ verb.emotion:impress1,+ verb.cognition:impress,+ ] telling, (producing a strong effect; "gave an impressive performance as Othello"; "a telling gesture") } { rough-and-ready, (crude but effective for the purpose at hand) } ---- { [ INEFFECTIVE, noun.attribute:ineffectiveness,+ EFFECTIVE,!] uneffective, [ ineffectual2, noun.attribute:ineffectualness,+ noun.attribute:ineffectuality,+ ] IDLE,^ INEFFICACIOUS,^ INEFFICIENT,^ POWERLESS,^ USELESS,^ noun.attribute:effectiveness,= (not producing an intended effect; "an ineffective teacher"; "ineffective legislation") } { toothless, (lacking necessary force for effectiveness; "a toothless piece of legislation") } { [ unproductive, noun.attribute:unproductiveness,+ ] (not producing desired results; "the talks between labor and management were unproductive") }] [{ [ EFFORTFUL, noun.attribute:effortfulness,+ EFFORTLESS,!] DIFFICULT,^ (requiring great physical effort) } { [ arduous, noun.attribute:arduousness,+ ] backbreaking, grueling, gruelling, [ hard1, noun.attribute:hardness2,+ ] [ heavy, noun.attribute:heaviness2,+ ] [ laborious, noun.act:labor,+ noun.attribute:laboriousness,+ ] [ operose, noun.attribute:operoseness,+ ] punishing, [ toilsome, noun.attribute:toilsomeness,+ ] (characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort; "worked their arduous way up the mining valley"; "a grueling campaign"; "hard labor"; "heavy work"; "heavy going"; "spent many laborious hours on the project"; "set a punishing pace") } { dragging, (marked by a painfully slow and effortful manner; "it was a strange dragging approach"; "years of dragging war") } { exhausting, tiring, wearing, wearying, (producing exhaustion; "an exhausting march"; "the visit was especially wearing") } { heavy1, labored, laboured, (requiring or showing effort; "heavy breathing"; "the subject made for labored reading") } { labor-intensive, labour-intensive, (requiring a large expenditure of labor but not much capital; "cottage industries are labor intensive") } { leaden, plodding, ((of movement) slow and laborious; "leaden steps") } { [ Sisyphean, noun.person:sisyphus,+ ] (both extremely effortful and futile) } { [ arduous2, noun.attribute:arduousness,+ ] straining, [ strenuous, noun.act:strain,+ noun.attribute:strenuousness,+ ] (taxing to the utmost; testing powers of endurance; "his final, straining burst of speed"; "a strenuous task"; "your willingness after these six arduous days to remain here"- F.D.Roosevelt) } ---- { [ EFFORTLESS, noun.attribute:effortlessness,+ EFFORTFUL,!] EASY1,^ (requiring or apparently requiring no effort; "the swallows glided in an effortless way through the busy air") } { [ facile, noun.cognition:facility,+ ] (performing adroitly and without effort; "a facile hand") } { unforced, unstrained, (not resulting from undue effort; not forced; "a voice with a pleasingly unforced quality"; "his playing is facile and unstrained") }] [{ [ EFFICACIOUS, noun.attribute:efficacy,+ noun.attribute:efficaciousness,+ INEFFICACIOUS,!] EFFECTIVE,^ noun.attribute:efficacy,= (marked by qualities giving the power to produce an intended effect; "written propaganda is less efficacious than the habits and prejudices...of the readers"-Aldous Huxley; "the medicine is efficacious in stopping a cough") } { [ effective, noun.attribute:effectiveness,+ ] (works well as a means or remedy; "an effective reprimand"; "a lotion that is effective in cases of prickly heat") } ---- { [ INEFFICACIOUS, noun.attribute:inefficaciousness,+ EFFICACIOUS,!] INEFFECTIVE,^ noun.attribute:efficacy,= (lacking the power to produce a desired effect; "laws that are inefficacious in stopping crime") }] [{ [ EFFICIENT, noun.cognition:efficiency,+ INEFFICIENT,!] COMPETENT,^ EFFECTIVE,^ (being effective without wasting time or effort or expense; "an efficient production manager"; "efficient engines save gas") } { businesslike, (exhibiting methodical and systematic characteristics that would be useful in business) } { cost-efficient, cost-effective, (productive relative to the cost) } { [ economic, noun.cognition:economy1,+ ] [ economical, noun.cognition:economy1,+ noun.act:economy,+ ] (using the minimum of time or resources necessary for effectiveness; "an economic use of home heating oil"; "a modern economical heating system"; "an economical use of her time") } { [ expeditious, noun.attribute:expedition,+ noun.attribute:expeditiousness,+ ] (marked by speed and efficiency) } { high-octane, (used of gasoline; having a high octane number) } { streamlined, (made efficient by stripping off nonessentials; "short streamlined meetings"; "a streamlined hiring process") } ---- { [ INEFFICIENT, noun.cognition:inefficiency,+ EFFICIENT,!] INCOMPETENT,^ INEFFECTIVE,^ (not producing desired results; wasteful; "an inefficient campaign against drugs"; "outdated and inefficient design and methods") } { uneconomical, [ wasteful, noun.act:wastefulness3,+ ] (inefficient in use of time and effort and materials; "a clumsy and wasteful process"; "wasteful duplication of effort"; "uneconomical ebb and flow of power") }] [{ [ FORCEFUL, noun.attribute:forcefulness,+ FORCELESS,!] (characterized by or full of force or strength (often but not necessarily physical); "a forceful speaker"; "a forceful personality"; "forceful measures"; "a forceful plan for peace") } { bruising, (brutally forceful and compelling; "protected from the bruising facts of battle") } { drastic, (forceful and extreme and rigorous; "drastic measures") } { [ emphatic, noun.communication:emphasis,+ ] [ exclamatory, verb.communication:exclaim1,+ verb.communication:exclaim,+ ] (sudden and strong; "an emphatic no") } { firm, strong, (strong and sure; "a firm grasp"; "gave a strong pull on the rope") } { [ forcible, verb.motion:force,+ ] physical, strong-arm, (impelled by physical force especially against resistance; "forcible entry"; "a real cop would get physical"; "strong-arm tactics") } { [ impellent, verb.contact:impel,+ ] (forcing forward or onward; impelling; "an impellent power"; "an impellent cause") } { impetuous, (marked by violent force; "impetuous heaving waves") } { [ sharp, noun.attribute:sharpness5,+ ] (quick and forceful; "a sharp blow") } ---- { [ FORCELESS, FORCEFUL,!] unforceful, (lacking force; feeble; "a forceless argument") } { wimpish, [ wimpy, noun.person:wimp,+ ] (weak and ineffectual) }] [{ [ ELASTIC, noun.artifact:elastic1,+ noun.artifact:elastic,+ noun.attribute:elasticity,+ INELASTIC,!] FLEXIBLE1,^ (capable of resuming original shape after stretching or compression; springy; "an elastic band"; "a youthful and elastic walk") } { [ bouncy, noun.event:bounce,+ noun.attribute:bounciness,+ ] live, [ lively, noun.attribute:liveliness,+ ] [ resilient, noun.event:resiliency,+ noun.attribute:resiliency,+ noun.event:resilience,+ noun.attribute:resilience,+ verb.motion:resile,+ verb.change:resile2,+ ] [ springy, noun.attribute:springiness,+ ] (elastic; rebounds readily; "clean bouncy hair"; "a lively tennis ball"; "as resilient as seasoned hickory"; "springy turf") } { [ chewy, noun.act:chew,+ ] ((of a consistency) requiring chewing; "chewy caramels") } { elasticized, elasticised, (made with strands or inserts of elastic; "slacks with an elasticized waistband") } { expandable, [ expandible, verb.motion:expand,+ verb.change:expand7,+ ] [ expansible, verb.motion:expand,+ verb.change:expand7,+ ] expansile, ((of gases) capable of expansion) } { fictile, [ moldable, verb.creation:mold2,+ verb.creation:mold,+ ] [ plastic, noun.attribute:plasticity,+ ] (capable of being molded or modeled (especially of earth or clay or other soft material); "plastic substances such as wax or clay") } { [ flexible, noun.attribute:flexibleness,+ noun.attribute:flexibility2,+ ] whippy, (bending and snapping back readily without breaking) } { [ rubbery, noun.substance:rubber,+ ] rubberlike, (having an elastic texture resembling rubber in flexibility or toughness) } { springlike, (resembling a spring or the action of a spring) } { stretch, (easily stretched; "stretch hosiery") } { [ stretchable, noun.attribute:stretchability,+ ] [ stretchy, noun.attribute:stretch,+ noun.attribute:stretchiness,+ ] (capable of being easily stretched and resuming former size or shape) } { viscoelastic, noun.cognition:physics,;c (having viscous as well as elastic properties) } ---- { [ INELASTIC, noun.attribute:inelasticity,+ ELASTIC,!] INFLEXIBLE1,^ (not elastic; "economists speak of an inelastic price structure") } { [ dead, noun.attribute:deadness1,+ ] (lacking resilience or bounce; "a dead tennis ball") } { nonresilient, (not resilient) } { springless, (lacking in elasticity or vitality; "went off with springless steps") }] [{ [ ELECTIVE, verb.social:elect,+ APPOINTIVE,!] elected2, (subject to popular election; "elective official") } { [ electoral, noun.person:elector,+ ] (relating to or composed of electors; "electoral college") } { nonappointive, (filled by popular election rather than by appointment) } ---- { [ APPOINTIVE, verb.social:appoint1,+ verb.social:appoint,+ ELECTIVE,!] appointed2, (subject to appointment) } { nominated, [ nominative, verb.social:nominate2,+ verb.social:nominate1,+ verb.social:nominate,+ verb.communication:nominate,+ ] (appointed by nomination) } { nonelective, non-elective, nonelected, (filled by appointment rather than by election; "a nonelective office") }] [{ [ ASSIGNED, UNASSIGNED,!] (appointed to a post or duty; "assigned personnel"; "assigned duties") } { allotted, (given as a task; "her allotted chores") } { appointed, (selected for a job; "the one appointed for guard duty") } ---- { [ UNASSIGNED, ASSIGNED,!] (not assigned; "unassigned personnel") }] [{ [ OPTIONAL, OBLIGATORY,!] (possible but not necessary; left to personal choice) } { [ elective, verb.cognition:elect,+ ] facultative, (not compulsory; "elective surgery"; "an elective course of study") } { ex_gratia, (as a favor; not compelled by legal right; "ex gratia payments made to nonstriking workers") } { nonmandatory, nonobligatory, (not required by rule or law) } ---- { [ OBLIGATORY, OPTIONAL,!] NECESSARY,^ (morally or legally constraining or binding; "attendance is obligatory"; "an obligatory contribution") } { bounden, (morally obligatory; "my bounden duty") } { compulsory, [ mandatory, verb.communication:mandate2,+ ] required, (required by rule; "in most schools physical education is compulsory"; "attendance is mandatory"; "required reading") } { de_rigueur, (required by etiquette or usage or fashion; "instruction as to when and where a silk hat is de rigueur") } { imposed, (set forth authoritatively as obligatory; "the imposed taxation"; "rules imposed by society") } { incumbent_on(p), (morally binding or necessary; "it is incumbent on me to attend") } { indispensable, (unavoidable; "the routine but indispensable ceremonies of state") } { [ prerequisite, noun.cognition:prerequisite,+ ] (required as a prior condition or course of study) }] [{ [ ELEGANT, noun.attribute:elegance,+ INELEGANT,!] DIGNIFIED,^ GRACEFUL,^ REFINED1,^ SOPHISTICATED,^ TASTEFUL2,^ (refined and tasteful in appearance or behavior or style; "elegant handwriting"; "an elegant dark suit"; "she was elegant to her fingertips"; "small churches with elegant white spires"; "an elegant mathematical solution--simple and precise and lucid") } { dandified, dandyish, [ foppish, noun.attribute:foppishness,+ ] (affecting extreme elegance in dress and manner) } { deluxe, de_luxe, luxe, (elegant and sumptuous; "a deluxe car"; "luxe accommodations") } { fine, (characterized by elegance or refinement or accomplishment; "fine wine"; "looking fine in her Easter suit"; "a fine gentleman"; "fine china and crystal"; "a fine violinist"; "the fine hand of a master") } { high-class, high-toned, (pretentiously elegant; "a high-toned restaurant") } { exquisite, recherche, (lavishly elegant and refined) } { [ ritzy, noun.communication:ritz,+ ] noun.communication:colloquialism,;u (luxuriously elegant) } { soigne, soignee, (polished and well-groomed; showing sophisticated elegance) } ---- { [ INELEGANT, noun.attribute:inelegance,+ ELEGANT,!] TACTLESS,^ TASTELESS2,^ UNDIGNIFIED,^ UNREFINED1,^ (lacking in refinement or grace or good taste) } { [ gauche, noun.attribute:gaucheness,+ ] [ graceless, noun.attribute:gracelessness1,+ ] unpolished, (lacking social polish; "too gauche to leave the room when the conversation became intimate"; "their excellent manners always made me feel gauche") } { [ homely, noun.attribute:homeliness1,+ ] (without artificial refinement or elegance; "plain homely furniture"; "homely manners") }] [{ [ ELIGIBLE, verb.social:elect,+ noun.attribute:eligibility,+ INELIGIBLE,!] QUALIFIED1,^ (qualified for or allowed or worthy of being chosen; "eligible to run for office"; "eligible for retirement benefits"; "an eligible bachelor") } { bailable, (eligible for bail; "a bailable defendant") } { [ desirable, noun.attribute:desirableness1,+ noun.attribute:desirability1,+ ] [ suitable, noun.attribute:suitableness,+ ] worthy, (worthy of being chosen especially as a spouse; "the parents found the girl suitable for their son") } { entitled, (qualified for by right according to law; "we are all entitled to equal protection under the law") } { in_line, (awaiting something; especially something due; "people were in line at the checkout counter"; "she was in line for promotion") } { legal, noun.act:sport,;c (allowed by official rules; "a legal pass receiver") } { pensionable, (entitled to receive a pension; "a pensionable employee") } ---- { [ INELIGIBLE, noun.attribute:ineligibility,+ ELIGIBLE,!] UNQUALIFIED1,^ (not eligible; "ineligible to vote"; "ineligible for retirement benefits") } { disqualified1, (disqualified by law or rule or provision) } { disqualified2, noun.act:sport,;c (barred from competition for violation of rules; "a disqualified player") } { [ undesirable, noun.attribute:undesirability,+ ] [ unsuitable, noun.attribute:unsuitableness,+ ] (not worthy of being chosen (especially as a spouse)) } { unentitled, unqualified, (having no right or entitlement; "a distinction to which he was unentitled") }] [{ [ EMOTIONAL, noun.attribute:emotionality,+ UNEMOTIONAL,!] MOVED,^ MOVING1,^ PASSIONATE,^ WARM2,^ noun.attribute:emotionality,= (of more than usual emotion; "his behavior was highly emotional") } { [ affectional, noun.feeling:affect,+ ] [affective,verb.emotion:affect,+ ] [ emotive, verb.emotion:emote,+ ] (characterized by emotion) } { bathetic, [ drippy, noun.attribute:drippiness1,+ ] hokey, maudlin, [mawkish, noun.feeling:mawkishness,+ noun.attribute:mawkishness,+ ] kitschy, [mushy, noun.attribute:mushiness1,+ ] schmaltzy, schmalzy, [sentimental, noun.feeling:sentiment,+ noun.attribute:sentimentality,+] sappy, soppy, soupy, slushy, (effusively or insincerely emotional; "a bathetic novel"; "maudlin expressions of sympathy"; "mushy effusiveness"; "a schmaltzy song"; "sentimental soap operas"; "slushy poetry") } { cathartic, releasing, noun.act:art,;c (emotionally purging (of e.g. art)) } { charged, supercharged, (fraught with great emotion; "an atmosphere charged with excitement"; "an emotionally charged speech") } { [ funky, noun.communication:funk,+ ] low-down, noun.communication:jazz,;c ((of jazz) having the soulful feeling of early blues) } { het_up(p), noun.communication:colloquialism,;u (worked up emotionally by anger or excitement; "was terribly het up over the killing of the eagle"; "got really het up over the new taxes"; "he was suddenly het up about racing cars") } { hot-blooded, (prone to emotion; "hot-blooded Latin-Americans") } { little, (small in a way that arouses feelings (of tenderness or its opposite depending on the context); "a nice little job"; "bless your little heart"; "my dear little mother"; "a sweet little deal"; "I'm tired of your petty little schemes"; "filthy little tricks"; "what a nasty little situation") } { lyric, lyrical, (expressing deep emotion; "the dancer's lyrical performance") } { mind-blowing, (intensely affecting the mind or emotions; "spending a week in the jungle was a mind-blowing experience"; "a mind-blowing horror story") } { [ moody, noun.feeling:mood,+ noun.attribute:moodiness,+ ] [ temperamental, noun.attribute:temperament2,+ ] (subject to sharply varying moods; "a temperamental opera singer") } { overemotional, [ sloppy, noun.attribute:sloppiness1,+ noun.communication:slop,+ ] (excessively or abnormally emotional) } { [ soulful, noun.feeling:soulfulness,+ ] (full of or expressing deep emotion; "soulful eyes"; "soulful music") } { warm-toned, (used of music) } ---- { [ UNEMOTIONAL, noun.attribute:unemotionality,+ EMOTIONAL,!] COOL2,^ PASSIONLESS,^ UNMOVED,^ UNMOVING,^ noun.attribute:emotionality,= (unsusceptible to or destitute of or showing no emotion) } { chilly, (not characterized by emotion; "a female form in marble--a chilly but ideal medium for depicting abstract virtues"-C.W.Cunningham) } { [ dry, noun.attribute:dryness,+ ] (lacking warmth or emotional involvement; "a dry greeting"; "a dry reading of the lines"; "a dry critique") } { [ impassive, noun.feeling:impassiveness,+ noun.feeling:impassivity,+ ] [ stolid, noun.attribute:stolidness,+ noun.attribute:stolidity,+ noun.feeling:stolidity,+ ] (having or revealing little emotion or sensibility; not easily aroused or excited; "her impassive remoteness"; "he remained impassive, showing neither interest in nor concern for our plight"- Nordhoff & Hall; "a silent stolid creature who took it all as a matter of course"-Virginia Woolf; "her face showed nothing but stolid indifference") } { [ philosophical, noun.person:philosopher1,+ ] [ philosophic, noun.person:philosopher1,+ ] (characterized by the attitude of a philosopher; meeting trouble with level-headed detachment; "philosophical resignation"; "a philosophic attitude toward life") } { [ phlegmatic, noun.feeling:phlegm,+ noun.attribute:phlegm,+ ] [ phlegmatical, noun.feeling:phlegm,+ noun.attribute:phlegm,+ ] (showing little emotion; "a phlegmatic...and certainly undemonstrative man") } { [ stoic, noun.person:stoic,+ ] [ stoical, noun.person:stoic,+ noun.attribute:stoicism,+ ] (seeming unaffected by pleasure or pain; impassive; "stoic courage"; "stoic patience"; "a stoical sufferer") } { unblinking, (showing no visible emotion; "stood unblinking and accepted a sentence of a year") }] [{ [ EMPIRICAL, noun.act:empiricism,+ THEORETICAL,!] [ empiric, noun.act:empiricism,+ ] (derived from experiment and observation rather than theory; "an empirical basis for an ethical theory"; "empirical laws"; "empirical data"; "an empirical treatment of a disease about which little is known") } { a_posteriori, (requiring evidence for validation or support) } { confirmable, [ verifiable, verb.cognition:verify1,+ ] falsifiable, (capable of being tested (verified or falsified) by experiment or observation) } { [ experiential, noun.cognition:experience1,+ ] existential, (derived from experience or the experience of existence; "the rich experiential content of the teachings of the older philosophers"- Benjamin Farrington; "formal logicians are not concerned with existential matters"- John Dewey) } { experimental1, data-based, observational, (relying on observation or experiment; "experimental results that supported the hypothesis") } { experimental2, (of the nature of or undergoing an experiment; "an experimental drug") } { semiempirical, (relying to some extent on observation or experiment) } { trial-and-error, (trying out various means or theories until error is satisfactorily reduced or eliminated; "he argued that all learning is a trial-and-error process that resembles biological evolution") } ---- { [ THEORETICAL, EMPIRICAL,!] [ theoretic, noun.cognition:theory1,+ noun.cognition:theory,+ ] (concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations; "theoretical science") } { [ abstractive, verb.cognition:abstract1,+ verb.cognition:abstract,+ ] (of an abstracting nature or having the power of abstracting; "abstractive analysis") } { a_priori, (based on hypothesis or theory rather than experiment) } { [ conjectural, noun.communication:conjecture,+ noun.cognition:conjecture1,+ noun.cognition:conjecture,+ ] divinatory, [ hypothetical, noun.communication:hypothesis1,+ ] hypothetic, supposed, [ suppositional, noun.communication:supposition,+ noun.cognition:supposition1,+ noun.cognition:supposition,+ ] [ suppositious, noun.communication:supposition,+ noun.cognition:supposition,+ ] [ supposititious, noun.communication:supposition,+ noun.cognition:supposition,+ ] (based primarily on surmise rather than adequate evidence; "theories about the extinction of dinosaurs are still highly conjectural"; "the supposed reason for his absence"; "suppositious reconstructions of dead languages"; "hypothetical situation") } { notional, [ speculative, noun.attribute:speculativeness,+ verb.communication:speculate,+ verb.cognition:speculate1,+ ] (not based on fact or investigation; "a notional figure of cost helps in determining production costs"; "speculative knowledge") } { metaphysical, (highly abstract and overly theoretical; "metaphysical reasoning") } { theory-based, (based in theory rather than experiment; "theory-based arguments and positions") }] [{ [ THEORETICAL1, APPLIED,!] (concerned with theories rather than their practical applications; "theoretical physics") } { [ abstract, noun.attribute:abstractness,+ ] (dealing with a subject in the abstract without practical purpose or intention; "abstract reasoning"; "abstract science") } { academic, (hypothetical or theoretical and not expected to produce an immediate or practical result; "an academic discussion"; "an academic question") } { pure, (concerned with theory and data rather than practice; opposed to applied; "pure science") } ---- { [ APPLIED, THEORETICAL1,!] (concerned with concrete problems or data rather than with fundamental principles; "applied physics"; "applied psychology"; "technical problems in medicine, engineering, economics and other applied disciplines"- Sidney Hook) } { forensic, (used or applied in the investigation and establishment of facts or evidence in a court of law; "forensic photograph"; "forensic ballistics")} { practical, (having or put to a practical purpose or use; "practical mathematics"; "practical applications of calculus") }] [{ [ SALARIED, FREELANCE,!] (receiving a salary; "salaried members of the staff") } ---- { [ FREELANCE, verb.social:freelance,+ SALARIED,!] free-lance, self-employed, (working for yourself) }] [{ [ EMPLOYED, UNEMPLOYED,!] BUSY,^ (having your services engaged for; or having a job especially one that pays wages or a salary; "most of our graduates are employed") } { engaged, (having services contracted for; "the carpenter engaged (or employed) for the job is sick") } { hired, (having services engaged for a fee; "hired hands"; "a hired gun") } { working(a), on_the_job(p), (actively engaged in paid work; "the working population"; "the ratio of working men to unemployed"; "a working mother"; "robots can be on the job day and night") } ---- { [ UNEMPLOYED, EMPLOYED,!] IDLE,^ (not engaged in a gainful occupation; "unemployed workers marched on the capital") } { discharged, dismissed, fired, laid-off, pink-slipped, (having lost your job) } { [ idle, noun.act:idleness,+ ] jobless, out_of_work, (not having a job; "idle carpenters"; "jobless transients"; "many people in the area were out of work") }] [{ [ EMPLOYABLE, UNEMPLOYABLE,!] (physically and mentally capable of working at a regular job and available) } ---- { [ UNEMPLOYABLE, EMPLOYABLE,!] (not acceptable for employment as a worker; "his illiteracy made him unemployable") }] [{ [ ENCHANTED, DISENCHANTED,!] (influenced as by charms or incantations) } { beguiled, captivated, charmed, delighted, enthralled, entranced, (filled with wonder and delight) } { bewitched, ensorcelled, (captured, as if under a spell) } { star-struck, (fascinated by a famous person)} { fascinated2, hypnotized, hypnotised, mesmerized, mesmerised, spellbound, spell-bound, transfixed, (having your attention fixated as though by a spell) } ---- { [ DISENCHANTED, ENCHANTED,!] SOPHISTICATED,^ (freed from enchantment) } { disabused1(p), undeceived, (freed of a mistaken or misguided notion; "some people are still not disabused of the old idea that the universe revolves around the Earth") } { disillusioned, (freed from illusion) }] [{ [ ENCOURAGING, DISCOURAGING,!] HELPFUL,^ HOPEFUL,^ REASSURING,^ (giving courage or confidence or hope; "encouraging advances in medical research") } { exhortative, [ exhortatory, verb.communication:exhort1,+ verb.communication:exhort,+ ] hortative, hortatory, (giving strong encouragement) } { heartening, inspiriting, (cheerfully encouraging) } { [ promotive, verb.social:promote1,+ ] (tending to further or encourage) } { rallying, (rousing or recalling to unity and renewed effort; "a rallying cry") } ---- { [ DISCOURAGING, ENCOURAGING,!] DISSUASIVE,^ HOPELESS,^ UNHELPFUL,^ (depriving of confidence or hope or enthusiasm and hence often deterring action; "where never is heard a discouraging word") } { daunting, intimidating, (discouraging through fear) } { demoralizing, demoralising, disheartening, dispiriting, (destructive of morale and self-reliance) } { frustrating, (discouraging by hindering) } { unencouraging, (not encouraging) }] [{ [ ENCUMBERED, UNENCUMBERED,!] (loaded to excess or impeded by a heavy load; "a summer resort...encumbered with great clapboard-and-stucco hotels"- A.J.Liebling; "a hiker encumbered with a heavy backpack"; "an encumbered estate") } { burdened, heavy-laden, loaded_down, (bearing a physically heavy weight or load; "tree limbs burdened with ice"; "a heavy-laden cart"; "loaded down with packages") } { clogged, (loaded with something that hinders motion; "The wings of birds were clogged with ice and snow"-Dryden) } { involved, mired, (entangled or hindered as if e.g. in mire; "the difficulties in which the question is involved"; "brilliant leadership mired in details and confusion") } { mortgaged, (burdened with legal or financial obligations; "his house, his business, indeed, his whole life was heavily mortgaged") } ---- { [ UNENCUMBERED, ENCUMBERED,!] (free of encumbrance; "inherited an unencumbered estate") } { burdenless, unburdened, (not encumbered with a physical burden or load) } { clear, unmortgaged, ((especially of a title) free from any encumbrance or limitation that presents a question of fact or law; "I have clear title to this property") }] [{ [ BURDENED, UNBURDENED,!] (bearing a heavy burden of work or difficulties or responsibilities; "she always felt burdened by the load of paper work") } { bowed_down(p), loaded_down(p), overburdened, weighed_down(p), (heavily burdened with work or cares; "bowed down with troubles"; "found himself loaded down with responsibilities"; "overburdened social workers"; "weighed down with cares") } { laden, oppressed, (burdened psychologically or mentally; "laden with grief"; "oppressed by a sense of failure") } { saddled, (subject to an imposed burden; "left me saddled with the bill"; "found himself saddled with more responsibility than power") } ---- { [ UNBURDENED, BURDENED,!] (not burdened with difficulties or responsibilities; "unburdened by an overarching theory"- Alex Inkeles) } { unencumbered, (not burdened with cares or responsibilities; "living an unencumbered life") }] [{ [ ENDOCENTRIC, EXOCENTRIC,!] noun.cognition:grammar,;c (fulfilling the grammatical role of one of its constituents; "when `three blind mice' serves as a noun it is an endocentric construction") } ---- { [ EXOCENTRIC, ENDOCENTRIC,!] noun.cognition:grammar,;c (not fulfilling the same grammatical role of any of its constituents; "when `until last Easter' serves as an adverb it is an exocentric construction") }] [{ [ ENDOGAMOUS1, noun.state:endogamy,+ EXOGAMOUS1,!] endogamic1, noun.cognition:anthropology,;c (pertaining to or characterized by the custom of marrying only within the limits of a clan or tribe) } ---- { [ EXOGAMOUS1, noun.state:exogamy,+ ENDOGAMOUS1,!] [ exogamic1, noun.state:exogamy,+ ] OUTBRED,^ noun.cognition:anthropology,;c (pertaining to or characterized by the custom of marrying only outside the limits of a clan or tribe) } ] [{ [ AUTOGAMOUS, noun.event:autogamy,+ ENDOGAMOUS2,! EXOGAMOUS2,! ] [ autogamic, noun.event:autogamy,+ ] noun.cognition:botany,;c (characterized by or fit for autogamy) } { self-fertilized, self-fertilised, self-pollinated, (fertilized by its own pollen) } ---- { [ ENDOGAMOUS2, EXOGAMOUS2,! AUTOGAMOUS,!] endogamic2, noun.cognition:botany,;c (characterized by or fit for fertilization by pollen from another flower of the same kind) } ---- { [ EXOGAMOUS2, AUTOGAMOUS,! ENDOGAMOUS2,!] exogamic2, noun.cognition:botany,;c (characterized by or fit for fertilization by a flower that is not closely related) } ] [{ [ ENDOERGIC, EXOERGIC,!] energy-absorbing, ENDOTHERMIC,^ ((of a nuclear reaction) occurring with absorption of energy) } ---- { [ EXOERGIC, ENDOERGIC,!] energy-releasing, EXOTHERMIC,^ ((of a nuclear reaction) occurring with evolution or releasing of energy) }] [{ [ ENDOTHERMIC, EXOTHERMIC,!] endothermal, heat-absorbing, ENDOERGIC,^ ((of a chemical reaction or compound) occurring or formed with absorption of heat) } { [ decalescent, noun.phenomenon:decalescence,+ ] (absorbing heat without increase in temperature when heated beyond a certain point; "the decalescent point of steel") } ---- { [ EXOTHERMIC, noun.substance:exotherm,+ ENDOTHERMIC,!] exothermal, heat-releasing, EXOERGIC,^ ((of a chemical reaction or compound) occurring or formed with the liberation of heat) }] [{ [ ENDOGENOUS, EXOGENOUS,!] [ ENDOGENIC, noun.plant:endogen,+ EXOGENIC,! ] (derived or originating internally) } ---- { [ EXOGENOUS, ENDOGENOUS,!] [ EXOGENIC, noun.plant:exogen,+ ENDOGENIC,! ] (derived or originating externally) }] [{ [ END-STOPPED, RUN-ON,!] ((verse) having a rhetorical pause at the end of each line) } ---- { [ RUN-ON, END-STOPPED,!] ((verse) without a rhetorical pause between lines) }] [{ [ ENERGETIC, noun.state:energy,+ noun.attribute:energy,+ LETHARGIC,!] ACTIVE1,^ DYNAMIC,^ ENTERPRISING,^ LIVELY,^ SPIRITED,^ (possessing or exerting or displaying energy; "an energetic fund raiser for the college"; "an energetic group of hikers"; "it caused an energetic chemical reaction") } { physical, (characterized by energetic bodily activity; "a very physical dance performance") } { alert, [ brisk, noun.attribute:briskness,+ ] [ lively, noun.attribute:liveliness,+ ] merry, rattling, snappy, spanking, [ zippy, noun.attribute:zip,+ ] (quick and energetic; "a brisk walk in the park"; "a lively gait"; "a merry chase"; "traveling at a rattling rate"; "a snappy pace"; "a spanking breeze") } { canty, noun.location:Britain,;r (lively and brisk) } { driving, (acting with vigor; "responsibility turned the spoiled playboy into a driving young executive") } { high-energy, (providing a relatively large amount of energy upon undergoing a chemical reaction) } { [ indefatigable, noun.attribute:indefatigableness,+ noun.attribute:indefatigability,+ ] [ tireless, noun.attribute:tirelessness,+ ] unflagging, unwearying, (showing sustained enthusiastic action with unflagging vitality; "an indefatigable advocate of equal rights"; "a tireless worker"; "unflagging pursuit of excellence") } { [ strenuous, noun.act:strain2,+ noun.attribute:strenuousness,+ noun.attribute:strenuosity,+ ] (characterized by or performed with much energy or force; "strenuous exercise") } { [ vigorous, noun.attribute:vigor2,+ noun.attribute:vigor,+ ] (characterized by forceful and energetic action or activity; "a vigorous hiker"; "gave her skirt a vigorous shake"; "a vigorous campaign"; "a vigorous foreign policy"; "vigorous opposition to the war") } ---- { [ LETHARGIC, noun.attribute:lethargy1,+ ENERGETIC,!] unenergetic4, INACTIVE1,^ (deficient in alertness or activity; "bullfrogs became lethargic with the first cold nights") } { dazed, foggy, [ groggy, noun.state:grogginess1,+ noun.state:grogginess,+ ] [ logy, noun.state:loginess,+ ] [ stuporous, noun.cognition:stupor,+ ] (stunned or confused and slow to react (as from blows or drunkenness or exhaustion)) } { [ dreamy, noun.feeling:dreaminess,+ ] lackadaisical, languid, [ languorous, noun.attribute:languor,+ ] (lacking spirit or liveliness; "a lackadaisical attempt"; "a languid mood"; "a languid wave of the hand"; "a hot languorous afternoon") } { [ listless, noun.feeling:listlessness,+ noun.attribute:listlessness,+ ] (lacking zest or vivacity; "he was listless and bored") }] [{ [ ENFRANCHISED, DISENFRANCHISED,!] (endowed with the rights of citizenship especially the right to vote) } ---- { [ DISENFRANCHISED, ENFRANCHISED,!] disfranchised, [ voiceless, noun.attribute:voicelessness,+ ] voteless, (deprived of the rights of citizenship especially the right to vote; "labor was voiceless"; "disenfrenchised masses took to the streets") }] [{ [ EXPORTABLE, UNEXPORTABLE,!] (suitable for export; "exportable cultural achievements") } { [ marketable, verb.possession:market,+ verb.change:market,+ ] (capable of being marketed; "the marketable surplus") } ---- { [ UNEXPORTABLE, EXPORTABLE,!] (not suitable for export) }] [{ [ EXPLORATORY, verb.cognition:explore3,+ verb.cognition:explore2,+ verb.cognition:explore1,+ verb.cognition:explore,+ NONEXPLORATORY,!] [ explorative, verb.cognition:explore1,+ verb.cognition:explore,+ ] (serving in or intended for exploration or discovery; "an exploratory operation"; "exploratory reconnaissance"; "digging an exploratory well in the Gulf of Mexico"; "exploratory talks between diplomats") } { alpha, (early testing stage of a software or hardware product; "alpha version") } { beta, (preliminary or testing stage of a software or hardware product; "a beta version"; "beta software") } { [ preliminary, noun.event:preliminary2,+ noun.event:preliminary,+ ] (denoting an action or event preceding or in preparation for something more important; "a preliminary investigation") } { searching, (exploring thoroughly) } { [ wildcat, noun.artifact:wildcat,+ ] ((of a mine or oil well) drilled speculatively in an area not known to be productive; "drilling there would be strictly a wildcat operation"; "a wildcat mine"; "wildcat drilling"; "wildcat wells") } ---- { [ NONEXPLORATORY, EXPLORATORY,!] nonexplorative, unexploratory, unexplorative, (not exploratory) } ] [{ [ INQUIRING, UNINQUIRING,!] CURIOUS,^ (given to inquiry; "an inquiring mind") } { fact-finding, [ investigative, verb.communication:investigate1,+ ] [ investigatory, verb.communication:investigate1,+ ] (designed to find information or ascertain facts; "a fact-finding committee"; "investigative reporting") } { [ inquisitive, noun.cognition:inquisitiveness,+ verb.communication:inquire2,+ verb.cognition:inquire,+ ] (inquiring or appearing to inquire; "an inquiring look"; "the police are proverbially inquisitive") } { inquisitorial, (having the authority to conduct official investigations; "the inquisitorial power of the Senate") } { [ inquisitorial2, noun.person:inquisitor1,+ ] (marked by inquisitive interest; especially suggestive of an ecclesiastical inquisitor; "the press was inquisitorial to the point of antagonism"; "a practical police force with true inquisitorial talents"- Waldo Frank) } { inquisitory, probing, searching, (diligent and thorough in inquiry or investigation; "a probing inquiry"; "a searching investigation of their past dealings") } ---- { [ UNINQUIRING, INQUIRING,!] uninquisitive, (not inquiring) }] [{ [ INCREASED, DECREASED,!] (made greater in size or amount or degree) } { accrued, accumulated, (periodically accumulated over time; "accrued interest"; "accrued leave") } { augmented, (added to or made greater in amount or number or strength; "his augmented renown"; "a greatly augmented collection of books") } { enhanced, (increased or intensified in value or beauty or quality; "her enhanced beauty was the result of a good night's sleep rather than makeup"; "careful cleaning was responsible for the enhanced value of the painting") } { [ hyperbolic, noun.communication:hyperbole,+ ] inflated1, (enlarged beyond truth or reasonableness; "a hyperbolic style") } { exaggerated2, magnified, enlarged2, (enlarged to an abnormal degree; "thick lenses exaggerated the size of her eyes") } { multiplied, (greatly increased as by multiplication) } { raised(a), elevated, (increased in amount or degree; "raised temperature" ) } { redoubled, (become much greater in intensity or size or amount; "we faced redoubled attacks from the enemy"; "despite our redoubled efforts") } ---- { [ DECREASED, INCREASED,!] reduced4, (made less in size or amount or degree) } { ablated, (made smaller or less by melting or erosion or vaporization; "the rocket's ablated head shield") } { attenuate, attenuated, faded, weakened, (reduced in strength; "the faded tones of an old recording") } { attenuated2, noun.cognition:electronics,;c (of an electrical signal; reduced in amplitude with little or no distortion) } { bated, (diminished or moderated; "our bated enthusiasm"; "his bated hopes") } { belittled, diminished1, small, (made to seem smaller or less (especially in worth); "her comments made me feel small") } { cut, slashed, ((used of rates or prices) reduced usually sharply; "the slashed prices attracted buyers") } { diminished2, noun.communication:music,;c ((of musical intervals) reduction by a semitone of any perfect or minor musical interval; "a diminished fifth") } { minimized2, (reduced to the smallest possible size or amount or degree) } { [ remittent, verb.change:remit2,+ ] ((of a disease) characterized by periods of diminished severity; "a remittent fever") } { shriveled, shrivelled, shrunken, (reduced in efficacy or vitality or intensity; "our shriveled receipts during the storm"; "as the project wore on she found her enthusiasm shriveled"; "the dollar's shrunken buying power") }] [{ [ REDUCIBLE, verb.possession:reduce4,+ verb.change:reduce11,+ verb.change:reduce6,+ verb.change:reduce4,+ IRREDUCIBLE,!] (capable of being reduced; "reducible to a set of principles of human nature"- Edmund Wilson) } ---- { [ IRREDUCIBLE, REDUCIBLE,!] (incapable of being made smaller or simpler; "an irreducible minimum"; "an irreducible formula"; "an irreducible hernia") }] [{ [ ENLIGHTENED, UNENLIGHTENED,!] EDUCATED,^ INFORMED,^ (having knowledge and spiritual insight) } { edified, (instructed and encouraged in moral, intellectual, and spiritual improvement) } ---- { [ UNENLIGHTENED, ENLIGHTENED,!] UNEDUCATED,^ UNINFORMED,^ (not enlightened; ignorant; "the devices by which unenlightened men preserved the unjust social order") } { benighted, [ dark, noun.cognition:dark,+ noun.cognition:darkness,+ ] (lacking enlightenment or knowledge or culture; "this benighted country"; "benighted ages of barbarism and superstition"; "the dark ages"; "a dark age in the history of education") }] [{ [ ENTERPRISING, noun.attribute:enterprisingness,+ UNENTERPRISING,!] ADVENTUROUS,^ AMBITIOUS,^ ENERGETIC,^ (marked by imagination, initiative, and readiness to undertake new projects; "an enterprising foreign policy"; "an enterprising young man likely to go far") } { [ energetic, noun.attribute:energy2,+ ] gumptious, [ industrious, noun.attribute:industry,+ noun.attribute:industriousness,+ ] up-and-coming, (working hard to promote an enterprise) } { [ entrepreneurial, noun.person:entrepreneur,+ ] (willing to take risks in order to make a profit) } ---- { [ UNENTERPRISING, ENTERPRISING,!] nonenterprising, UNADVENTUROUS,^ UNAMBITIOUS,^ (lacking in enterprise; not bold or venturesome) } { slowgoing, unenergetic, (not inclined to be enterprising) }] [{ [ ENTHUSIASTIC, noun.feeling:enthusiasm,+ noun.cognition:enthusiasm,+ UNENTHUSIASTIC,!] PASSIONATE,^ SPIRITED,^ (having or showing great excitement and interest; "enthusiastic crowds filled the streets"; "an enthusiastic response"; "was enthusiastic about taking ballet lessons") } { ardent, warm, (characterized by strong enthusiasm; "ardent revolutionaries"; "warm support") } { [ avid, noun.feeling:avidity1,+ noun.feeling:avidness,+ ] [ zealous, noun.feeling:zeal2,+ noun.feeling:zeal1,+ ] (marked by active interest and enthusiasm; "an avid sports fan") } { [ crazy, noun.cognition:craze,+ noun.cognition:craziness,+ ] wild, dotty, gaga, noun.communication:colloquialism,;u (intensely enthusiastic about or preoccupied with; "crazy about cars and racing"; "they are dotty about each other"; "gaga over the rock group's new album") } { evangelical, evangelistic, (marked by ardent or zealous enthusiasm for a cause) } { glowing, (highly enthusiastic; "glowing praise") } { gung_ho, (very enthusiastic and dedicated) } { overenthusiastic, (unduly enthusiastic) } ---- { [ UNENTHUSIASTIC, ENTHUSIASTIC,!] PASSIONLESS,^ SPIRITLESS,^ (not enthusiastic; lacking excitement or ardor; "an unenthusiastic performance by the orchestra"; "unenthusiastic applause") } { [ cold, noun.attribute:coldness1,+ ] (feeling or showing no enthusiasm; "a cold audience"; "a cold response to the new play") } { halfhearted, half-hearted, [ tepid, noun.attribute:tepidness1,+ ] [ lukewarm, noun.attribute:lukewarmness1,+ ] (feeling or showing little interest or enthusiasm; "a halfhearted effort"; "gave only lukewarm support to the candidate")} ] [{ [ DESIROUS, noun.state:desire,+ UNDESIROUS,!] [ wishful, noun.feeling:wishfulness,+ ] (having or expressing desire for something; "desirous of high office"; "desirous of finding a quick solution to the problem") } { [ appetent, noun.feeling:appetency,+ noun.feeling:appetence,+ ] (marked by eager desire; "a big rich appetent Western city") } { athirst(p), [ hungry(p), noun.attribute:hunger,+ noun.feeling:hungriness,+ ] [ thirsty(p), noun.attribute:thirstiness,+ noun.attribute:thirst,+ ] ((usually followed by `for') extremely desirous; "athirst for knowledge"; "hungry for recognition"; "thirsty for information") } { avid, devouring(a), esurient, greedy, ((often followed by `for') ardently or excessively desirous; "avid for adventure"; "an avid ambition to succeed"; "fierce devouring affection"; "the esurient eyes of an avid curiosity"; "greedy for fame") } { [ covetous, noun.attribute:covetousness,+ ] [ envious, noun.act:envy,+ noun.feeling:enviousness,+ ] jealous, (showing extreme cupidity; painfully desirous of another's advantages; "he was never covetous before he met her"; "jealous of his success and covetous of his possessions"; "envious of their art collection") } { [ nostalgic, noun.feeling:nostalgia,+ ] (unhappy about being away and longing for familiar things or persons) } { [ homesick, noun.feeling:homesickness,+ ] (longing to return home)} ---- { [ UNDESIROUS, DESIROUS,!] undesiring, (having or feeling no desire; "a very private man, totally undesirous of public office") }] [{ [ ENTOZOIC, EPIZOIC,!] [ entozoan, noun.animal:entozoan,+ noun.animal:entozoon,+ ] endozoic, (living within a living animal usually as a parasite; "entozoic worms") } ---- { [ EPIZOIC, ENTOZOIC,!] (living or growing on the exterior surface of an animal usually as a parasite; "an epizoic plant parasite") }] [{ [ EQUAL, noun.person:equal,+ noun.attribute:equality,+ UNEQUAL,!] COMMENSURATE,^ COMPARABLE,^ SAME,^ noun.attribute:equality,= (having the same quantity, value, or measure as another; "on equal terms"; "all men are equal before the law") } { [ equivalent, noun.cognition:equivalent,+ noun.attribute:equivalence2,+ ] tantamount(p), (being essentially equal to something; "it was as good as gold"; "a wish that was equivalent to a command"; "his statement was tantamount to an admission of guilt") } { close, tight, ((of a contest or contestants) evenly matched; "a close contest"; "a close election"; "a tight game") } { coequal, (having the same standing before the law) } { coordinate, (of equal importance, rank, or degree) } { equidistant, (the same distance apart at every point) } { equilateral, (having all sides or faces equal) } { [ even1, noun.attribute:evenness2,+ ] fifty-fifty, (equal in degree or extent or amount; or equally matched or balanced; "even amounts of butter and sugar"; "on even terms"; "it was a fifty-fifty (or even) split"; "had a fifty-fifty (or even) chance"; "an even fight") } { half-and-half, (in equal parts; "a half-and-half mixture") } { isochronal, isochronous, (equal in duration or interval; "the oscillations were isochronal") } { isoclinal, isoclinic, (having equal magnetic inclinations) } { [ isometric, noun.attribute:isometry2,+ noun.attribute:isometry,+ ] [ isometrical, noun.attribute:isometry,+ ] (having equal dimensions or measurements) } { [ isothermal, noun.location:isotherm,+ ] (of a process or change taking place at constant temperature) } { quits, (on equal terms by payment or requital; "we're now quits"; "finally quits with the loan") } { tied(p), [ even2, noun.attribute:evenness2,+ ] level(p), (of the score in a contest; "the score is tied") } ---- { [ UNEQUAL, EQUAL,!] INCOMMENSURATE,^ noun.attribute:equality,= (poorly balanced or matched in quantity or value or measure) } { anisometric, unsymmetrical, (having unsymmetrical parts or unequal dimensions or measurements) } { mismatched, [ uneven, noun.attribute:unevenness2,+ ] ((of a contest or contestants) not fairly matched as opponents; "vaudeville...waged an uneven battle against the church") } { [ nonequivalent, noun.attribute:nonequivalence,+ ] (not equal or interchangeable in value, quantity, or significance) } { odds-on, (having a better than even chance of success; "the odds-on favorite") } { unbalanced, noun.cognition:accounting,;c (debits and credits are not equal) } { unequalized, unequalised, (not caused to be equal) }] [{ [ BALANCED, UNBALANCED,!] (being in a state of proper equilibrium; "the carefully balanced seesaw"; "a properly balanced symphony orchestra"; "a balanced assessment of intellectual and cultural history"; "a balanced blend of whiskeys"; "the educated man shows a balanced development of all his powers") } { counterbalanced, counterpoised, (brought into equipoise by means of a weight or force that offsets another) } { [ harmonious, noun.state:harmony,+ noun.attribute:harmoniousness,+ ] [ proportionate, noun.relation:proportionateness,+ ] symmetrical, (exhibiting equivalence or correspondence among constituents of an entity or between different entities) } { poised, (marked by balance or equilibrium and readiness for action; "a gull in poised flight"; "George's poised hammer") } { self-balancing, (of someone or something that balances himself or itself) } { stable, (maintaining equilibrium) } { well-balanced, (in an optimal state of balance or equilibrium; "a well-balanced wheel") } ---- { [ UNBALANCED, BALANCED,!] imbalanced, (being or thrown out of equilibrium) } { labile, (liable to change; "an emotionally labile person") } ] [{ [ ISOTONIC, HYPERTONIC,! HYPOTONIC,!] isosmotic, ((used of solutions) having the same or equal osmotic pressure) } ---- { [ HYPERTONIC, HYPOTONIC,! ISOTONIC,!] ((of a solution) having a higher osmotic pressure than a comparison solution) } ---- { [ HYPOTONIC, noun.state:hypotonicity1,+ ISOTONIC,! HYPERTONIC,!] ((of a solution) having a lower osmotic pressure than a comparison solution) }] [{ [ EQUIVOCAL, noun.attribute:equivocalness,+ UNEQUIVOCAL,!] [ ambiguous4, noun.attribute:ambiguity,+ noun.communication:ambiguity,+ ] AMBIGUOUS,^ (open to two or more interpretations; or of uncertain nature or significance; or (often) intended to mislead; "an equivocal statement"; "the polling had a complex and equivocal (or ambiguous) message for potential female candidates"; "the officer's equivocal behavior increased the victim's uneasiness"; "popularity is an equivocal crown"; "an equivocal response to an embarrassing question") } { double, forked, (having two meanings with intent to deceive; "a sly double meaning"; "spoke with forked tongue") } { [ evasive, verb.social:evade,+ noun.attribute:evasiveness,+ ] (deliberately vague or ambiguous; "his answers were brief, constrained and evasive"; "an evasive statement") } { [ indeterminate, noun.attribute:indeterminateness,+ ] (of uncertain or ambiguous nature; "the equivocal (or indeterminate) objects painted by surrealists") } ---- { [ UNEQUIVOCAL, noun.attribute:unequivocalness,+ EQUIVOCAL,!] univocal, [ unambiguous4, noun.attribute:unambiguity,+ ] UNAMBIGUOUS,^ (admitting of no doubt or misunderstanding; having only one meaning or interpretation and leading to only one conclusion; "unequivocal evidence"; "took an unequivocal position"; "an unequivocal success"; "an unequivocal promise"; "an unequivocal (or univocal) statement") } { [ absolute, noun.cognition:absolute,+ noun.attribute:absoluteness,+ ] (expressing finality with no implication of possible change; "an absolute guarantee to respect the nation's authority") } { [ straightforward, noun.attribute:straightforwardness1,+ ] (free from ambiguity; "a straightforward set of instructions") } { [ unquestionable, noun.attribute:unquestionableness,+ ] (not open to question; "an unquestionable (or unequivocal) loss of prestige") }] [{ [ ERADICABLE, INERADICABLE,!] (able to be eradicated or rooted out) } { delible, (capable of being deleted) } { effaceable, erasable, (capable of being effaced; "the fire's worst scars were effaceable by a comprehensive program of reforestation"; "a signal too loud to be erasable in a single pass through the erase head") } { exterminable, extirpable, (capable of being totally destroyed or wiped out) } { [ obliterable, verb.change:obliterate3,+ verb.change:obliterate2,+ verb.change:obliterate1,+ ] removable, (able to be obliterated completely) } ---- { [ INERADICABLE, ERADICABLE,!] PERMANENT,^ (not able to be destroyed or rooted out; "ineradicable superstitions") } { indelible, unerasable, (cannot be removed or erased; "an indelible stain"; "indelible memories") } { inexpungible, inexpungeable, (not capable of being expunged; "the inexpungible scent of a bottle of perfume he had broken"- Louis Auchincloss) } { inexterminable, inextirpable, (incapable of extermination or extirpation; "some weeds seem inextirpable") }] [{ [ ESOTERIC, EXOTERIC,!] PRIVATE,^ (confined to and understandable by only an enlightened inner circle; "a compilation of esoteric philosophical theories") } { [ abstruse, noun.cognition:abstrusity,+ noun.cognition:abstruseness,+ noun.attribute:abstruseness,+ ] deep, [ recondite, noun.attribute:reconditeness,+ ] (difficult to penetrate; incomprehensible to one of ordinary understanding or knowledge; "the professor's lectures were so abstruse that students tended to avoid them"; "a deep metaphysical theory"; "some recondite problem in historiography") } { arcane, (requiring secret or mysterious knowledge; "the arcane science of dowsing") } { [ cabalistic, noun.communication:cabala,+ ] [ kabbalistic, noun.communication:kabbala,+ ] [ qabalistic, noun.communication:qabala,+ ] cryptic, cryptical, sibylline, (having a secret or hidden meaning; "cabalistic symbols engraved in stone"; "cryptic writings"; "thoroughly sibylline in most of his pronouncements"- John Gunther) } { [ mysterious, noun.cognition:mystery,+ ] [ mystic, noun.person:mystic,+ ] [ mystical, noun.person:mystic,+ ] [ occult, noun.person:occult,+ noun.act:occult,+ ] secret, orphic, (having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence; beyond ordinary understanding; "mysterious symbols"; "the mystical style of Blake"; "occult lore"; "the secret learning of the ancients") } ---- { [ EXOTERIC, ESOTERIC,!] PUBLIC,^ (suitable for the general public; "writings of an exoteric nature") }] [{ [ ESSENTIAL, noun.attribute:essentialness,+ noun.attribute:essentiality,+ INESSENTIAL,!] CRUCIAL,^ IMPORTANT,^ INDISPENSABLE,^ INTRINSIC,^ NECESSARY,^ PRIMARY,^ UNEXPENDABLE,^ noun.attribute:essentiality,= (basic and fundamental; "the essential feature") } { biogenic, (essential for maintaining the fundamental life processes; "sleep and food and water are among the biogenic needs of the organism") } { [ constituent(a), verb.stative:constitute,+ ] constitutional, constitutive(a), organic, (constitutional in the structure of something (especially your physical makeup)) } { must(a), (highly recommended; "a book that is must reading") } { no-frills(a), noun.communication:colloquialism,;u (characterized by the absence of inessential features; "he got a no-frills introduction to the job") } { staple, (necessary or important, especially regarding food or commodities; "wheat is a staple crop") } { substantial, substantive, (of or relating to the real nature or essential elements of something; "a substantial argument") } { virtual(a), (existing in essence or effect though not in actual fact; "a virtual dependence on charity"; "a virtual revolution"; "virtual reality") } { [ vital, noun.attribute:vitalness1,+ noun.attribute:vitalness,+ noun.phenomenon:vitality,+ ] life-sustaining, (performing an essential function in the living body; "vital organs"; "blood and other vital fluids"; "the loss of vital heat in shock"; "a vital spot"; "life-giving love and praise") } ---- { [ INESSENTIAL, noun.attribute:inessentiality,+ ESSENTIAL,!] unessential, DISPENSABLE,^ EXPENDABLE,^ EXTRINSIC,^ SECONDARY1,^ UNIMPORTANT,^ UNNECESSARY,^ noun.attribute:essentiality,= (not basic or fundamental) } { [ accessorial, noun.artifact:accessory1,+ noun.artifact:accessory,+ ] (nonessential but helpful; "accessorial services included sorting and packing") } { adscititious, (supplemental; not part of the real or essential nature of a thing; "adscititious vowels")} { incidental, [ nonessential, noun.object:nonessential,+ ] accidental, (not of prime or central importance; "nonessential to the integral meanings of poetry"- Pubs.MLA; "the character's motives remain accidental to the plot") }] [{ [ DISPENSABLE, noun.attribute:dispensableness,+ noun.attribute:dispensability,+ INDISPENSABLE,!] UNNECESSARY,^ noun.attribute:dispensability,= (capable of being dispensed with or done without; "dispensable items of personal property") } ---- { [ INDISPENSABLE, noun.attribute:indispensableness,+ noun.attribute:indispensability,+ DISPENSABLE,!] NECESSARY,^ noun.attribute:dispensability,= (not to be dispensed with; essential; "foods indispensable to good nutrition") } { [ critical, noun.state:criticalness,+ noun.state:criticality,+ ] [ vital, noun.attribute:vitalness1,+ ] (urgently needed; absolutely necessary; "a critical element of the plan"; "critical medical supplies"; "vital for a healthy society"; "of vital interest") }] [{ [ ESTIMABLE, CONTEMPTIBLE,!] WORTHY,^ (deserving of respect or high regard) } { [ admirable, noun.attribute:admirability,+ noun.attribute:admirableness,+ ] (deserving of the highest esteem or admiration; "an estimable young professor"; "trains ran with admirable precision"; "his taste was impeccable, his health admirable") } ---- { [ CONTEMPTIBLE, noun.attribute:contemptibility,+ ESTIMABLE,!] IGNOBLE1,^ UNWORTHY,^ (deserving of contempt or scorn) } { abject, low, low-down, miserable, scummy, scurvy, (of the most contemptible kind; "abject cowardice"; "a low stunt to pull"; "a low-down sneak"; "his miserable treatment of his family"; "You miserable skunk!"; "a scummy rabble"; "a scurvy trick") } { [ bastardly, noun.artifact:bastard,+ ] mean, (of no value or worth; "I was caught in the bastardly traffic") } { pathetic, pitiable, pitiful, (inspiring mixed contempt and pity; "their efforts were pathetic"; "pitiable lack of character"; "pitiful exhibition of cowardice") }] [{ [ ETHICAL, noun.motive:ethics,+ UNETHICAL,!] RIGHT1,^ (conforming to accepted standards of social or professional behavior; "an ethical lawyer"; "ethical medical practice"; "an ethical problem"; "had no ethical objection to drinking"; "Ours is a world of nuclear giants and ethical infants"- Omar N. Bradley) } ---- { [ UNETHICAL, ETHICAL,!] WRONG1,^ (not conforming to approved standards of social or professional behavior; "unethical business practices") }] [{ [ COMPLIMENTARY, noun.communication:compliment,+ UNCOMPLIMENTARY,!] FAVORABLE2,^ (conveying or resembling a compliment; "a complimentary remark") } { [ encomiastic, noun.communication:encomium,+ ] [ eulogistic, noun.communication:eulogy1,+ noun.communication:eulogy,+ ] [ panegyric, noun.communication:panegyric,+ ] [ panegyrical, noun.communication:panegyric,+ ] (formally expressing praise) } { [ laudatory, verb.communication:laud,+ ] praiseful, praising, (full of or giving praise; "a laudatory remark") } ---- { [ UNCOMPLIMENTARY, COMPLIMENTARY,!] UNFAVORABLE2,^ (tending to (or intended to) detract or disparage) } { belittling, deprecating, [ deprecative, verb.communication:deprecate,+ ] [ deprecatory, verb.communication:deprecate,+ ] [ depreciative, verb.communication:depreciate,+ ] [ depreciatory, verb.communication:depreciate,+ ] slighting, (tending to diminish or disparage; "belittling comments"; "managed a deprecating smile at the compliment"; "deprecatory remarks about the book"; "a slighting remark") } { [ derogative, verb.communication:derogate,+ ] [ derogatory, verb.communication:derogate,+ ] disparaging, (expressive of low opinion; "derogatory comments"; "disparaging remarks about the new house") } { dyslogistic, dislogistic, pejorative, (expressing disapproval; "dyslogistic terms like `nitwit' and `scalawag'") } { [ supercilious, noun.attribute:superciliousness,+ ] sneering, snide, (expressive of contempt; "curled his lip in a supercilious smile"; "spoke in a sneering jeering manner"; "makes many a sharp comparison but never a mean or snide one") }] [{ [ FLATTERING, UNFLATTERING,!] (showing or representing to advantage; "a flattering color") } { [ adulatory, verb.communication:adulate,+ ] (obsequiously complimentary; "they listened with flattering interest") } { [ becoming, noun.attribute:becomingness,+ ] (displaying or setting off to best advantage; "a becoming new shade of rose"; "a becoming portrait") } { ingratiating, insinuating, [ ingratiatory, verb.emotion:ingratiate,+ ] (calculated to please or gain favor; "a smooth ingratiating manner") } ---- { [ UNFLATTERING, FLATTERING,!] uncomplimentary1, (showing or representing unfavorably; "an unflattering portrait"; "an uncomplimentary dress") }] [{ [ EUPHEMISTIC, noun.communication:euphemism,+ DYSPHEMISTIC,!] (of or the nature of euphemism; "`peepee' is a common euphemistic term") } ---- { [ DYSPHEMISTIC, noun.communication:dysphemism,+ EUPHEMISTIC,!] (of or the nature of dysphemism; "`kick the bucket' is a dysphemistic term for `die'") }] [{ [ EUPHORIC, noun.feeling:euphory,+ DYSPHORIC,!] ELATED,^ HAPPY,^ (exaggerated feeling of well-being or elation) } { [ euphoriant, noun.artifact:euphoriant,+ ] (tending to produce euphoria) } { expansive, noun.cognition:psychiatry,;c (marked by exaggerated feelings of euphoria and delusions of grandeur) } ---- { [ DYSPHORIC, noun.feeling:dysphoria,+ EUPHORIC,!] distressed4, [ unhappy4, noun.feeling:unhappiness,+ ] DEJECTED,^ UNHAPPY,^ (generalized feeling of distress) }] [{ [ EVEN1, noun.attribute:evenness2,+ UNEVEN,!] SMOOTH,^ STEADY,^ noun.attribute:evenness,= (being level or straight or regular and without variation as e.g. in shape or texture; or being in the same plane or at the same height as something else (i.e. even with); "an even application of varnish"; "an even floor"; "the road was not very even"; "the picture is even with the window") } { [ flat, noun.attribute:flatness,+ ] level1, [ plane, noun.shape:plane,+ noun.attribute:planeness,+ ] (having a surface without slope, tilt in which no part is higher or lower than another; "a flat desk"; "acres of level farmland"; "a plane surface"; "skirts sewn with fine flat seams") } { flatbottom, flatbottomed, flat-bottomed, flat-bottom, (having a flat bottom; "a flatbottom kettle"; "a flat-bottomed boat") } { flush(p), (of a surface exactly even with an adjoining one, forming the same plane; "a door flush with the wall"; "the bottom of the window is flush with the floor") } { justified, noun.communication:printing,;c (having words so spaced that lines have straight even margins) } { lap-jointed, (jointed so as to produce a flush surface)} { straight-grained, (of timber; having fibers that run in parallel) } { level2, (oriented at right angles to the plumb; "the picture is level") } { true, straight2, (accurately fitted; level; "the window frame isn't quite true") } ---- { [ UNEVEN, noun.attribute:unevenness,+ EVEN1,!] ROUGH,^ UNSTEADY,^ noun.attribute:evenness,= (not even or uniform as e.g. in shape or texture; "an uneven color"; "uneven ground"; "uneven margins"; "wood with an uneven grain") } { crinkled, [ crinkly, noun.shape:crinkle,+ ] rippled, [ wavy, noun.attribute:waviness1,+ ] wavelike, (uneven by virtue of having wrinkles or waves) } { curly-grained, cross-grained, wavy-grained, (of timber; having fibers running irregularly rather than in parallel) } { [ irregular, noun.attribute:irregularity4,+ ] ((of a surface or shape); not level or flat or symmetrical; "walking was difficult on the irregular cobblestoned surface") } { [ jagged, noun.attribute:jaggedness,+ ] [ jaggy, noun.object:jag,+ ] scraggy, (having a sharply uneven surface or outline; "the jagged outline of the crags"; "scraggy cliffs") } { [ lumpy, noun.object:lump,+ noun.group:lump,+ ] (having lumps; not smooth and even in texture; "lumpy gravy") } { out_of_true, untrue, (not accurately fitted; not level; "the frame was out of true"; "off-level floors and untrue doors and windows") } { [ patchy, noun.attribute:patch,+ noun.attribute:patchiness,+ ] (irregular or uneven in quality, texture, etc.; "a patchy essay"; "patchy fog") } { pebble-grained, ((of leather) having a rough surface as the result of being treated with a patterned roller) } { [ ragged, noun.attribute:raggedness1,+ ] (having an irregular outline; "text set with ragged right margins"; "herded the class into a ragged line") } { unparallel, (not straight or parallel) }] [{ [ EVEN2, ODD,!] (divisible by two) } ---- { [ ODD, noun.relation:oddness,+ EVEN2,!] uneven4, (not divisible by two) }] [{ [ EVERGREEN, DECIDUOUS,!] noun.Tops:plant,;c ((of plants and shrubs) bearing foliage throughout the year) } { [ coniferous, noun.plant:conifer,+ ] cone-bearing, (of or relating to or part of trees or shrubs bearing cones and evergreen leaves) } { semi-evergreen, half-evergreen, (of a plant that is incompletely evergreen; "it was evergreen where the weather was mild but deciduous in the rigorous parts of the range") } ---- { [ DECIDUOUS, EVERGREEN,!] noun.Tops:plant,;c ((of plants and shrubs) shedding foliage at the end of the growing season) } { broadleaf, broad-leafed, broad-leaved, (having relatively broad rather than needlelike or scalelike leaves) }] [{ [ EXACT, noun.attribute:exactness,+ INEXACT,!] ACCURATE,^ LITERAL,^ PERFECT,^ PRECISE,^ (marked by strict and particular and complete accordance with fact; "an exact mind"; "an exact copy"; "hit the exact center of the target") } { direct, verbatim, (in precisely the same words used by a writer or speaker; "a direct quotation"; "repeated their dialog verbatim") } { [ literal, noun.attribute:literalness,+ ] (without interpretation or embellishment; "a literal depiction of the scene before him") } { [ mathematical, noun.cognition:mathematics,+ ] noun.cognition:math,;c (characterized by the exactness or precision of mathematics; "mathematical precision") } { perfect, (precisely accurate or exact; "perfect timing") } { photographic, (representing people or nature with the exactness and fidelity of a photograph) } { [ rigorous, noun.attribute:rigorousness1,+ noun.attribute:rigor1,+ ] [ strict, noun.attribute:strictness2,+ ] (rigidly accurate; allowing no deviation from a standard; "rigorous application of the law"; "a strict vegetarian") } ---- { [ INEXACT, noun.attribute:inexactness,+ EXACT,!] IMPRECISE,^ INACCURATE,^ (not exact) } { approximate, [ approximative, verb.stative:approximate,+ verb.cognition:approximate,+ ] rough, (not quite exact or correct; "the approximate time was 10 o'clock"; "a rough guess"; "a ballpark estimate") } { free, [ loose, noun.attribute:looseness1,+ ] liberal, (not literal; "a loose interpretation of what she had been told"; "a free translation of the poem") } { odd, noun.communication:combining_form,;u (an indefinite quantity more than that specified; "invited 30-odd guests") } { [ round, noun.attribute:roundness2,+ ] noun.cognition:mathematics,;c ((mathematics) expressed to the nearest integer, ten, hundred, or thousand; "in round numbers") }] [{ [ CONVERTIBLE, verb.change:convert2,+ noun.attribute:convertibility,+ INCONVERTIBLE,!] [ exchangeable4, noun.attribute:exchangeability,+ ] noun.attribute:convertibility,= (capable of being exchanged for or replaced by something of equal value; "convertible securities") } { [ cashable, verb.possession:cash,+ ] redeemable, (able to be converted into ready money or the equivalent; "a cashable check"; "cashable gambling chips"; "redeemable stocks and bonds"; "a redeemable coupon") } ---- { [ INCONVERTIBLE, noun.attribute:inconvertibility,+ CONVERTIBLE,!] unconvertible, [ unexchangeable4, noun.attribute:unexchangeability,+ ] noun.attribute:convertibility,= (used especially of currencies; incapable of being exchanged for or replaced by another currency of equal value) } { irredeemable, ((of paper money) not convertible into coin at the pleasure of the holder) }] [{ [ EXCHANGEABLE, UNEXCHANGEABLE,!] (suitable to be exchanged) } { [ commutable, noun.attribute:commutability1,+ ] [ substitutable, noun.attribute:substitutability,+ ] (capable of being exchanged for another or for something else that is equivalent) } { [ fungible, noun.artifact:fungible,+ noun.attribute:fungibility,+ ] noun.group:law,;c (of goods or commodities; freely exchangeable for or replaceable by another of like nature or kind in the satisfaction of an obligation) } { [ transposable, noun.attribute:transposability,+ ] [ permutable, noun.attribute:permutableness,+ noun.attribute:permutability,+ ] (capable of changing sequence)} { vicarious, (suffered or done by one person as a substitute for another; "vicarious atonement") } ---- { [ UNEXCHANGEABLE, noun.attribute:unexchangeability,+ EXCHANGEABLE,!] (not suitable to be exchanged) } { [ incommutable, noun.attribute:incommutability,+ ] (not interchangeable or able to substitute one for another; "a rare incommutable skill") }] [{ [ EXCITABLE, noun.attribute:excitableness,+ noun.attribute:excitability,+ UNEXCITABLE,!] (easily excited) } { high-keyed, ((of persons) excitable) } { [ quick, noun.attribute:quickness,+ ] warm, (easily aroused or excited; "a quick temper"; "a warm temper") } { [ skittish, noun.attribute:skittishness,+ ] flighty, spooky, [ nervous, noun.attribute:nervousness,+ ] (unpredictably excitable (especially of horses)) } ---- { [ UNEXCITABLE, EXCITABLE,!] (not easily excited; "an unexcitable temperament") } { steady, (not easily excited or upset; "steady nerves") }] [{ [ EXCITED, UNEXCITED,!] AGITATED,^ (in an aroused state) } { aflutter, [ nervous, noun.feeling:nervousness,+ ] (excited in anticipation) } { agog, (highly excited by eagerness, curiosity, etc.; "I've been agog all afternoon, waiting for the next episode in your mystery story") } { [ crazy, noun.act:craziness,+ ] noun.communication:colloquialism,;u (possessed by inordinate excitement; "the crowd went crazy"; "was crazy to try his new bicycle") } { fevered, (highly or nervously excited; "a fevered imagination") } { intoxicated, drunk, (as if under the influence of alcohol; "felt intoxicated by her success"; "drunk with excitement") } { overexcited, (unduly excited) } { stimulated, stirred, stirred_up, aroused, (emotionally aroused) } { teased, titillated, (feeling mild pleasurable excitement) } { thrilled, (feeling intense pleasurable excitement) } { thrillful, (full of excitement; thrilled) } ---- { [ UNEXCITED, EXCITED,!] UNAGITATED,^ (not excited; "made an unexcited appraisal of the situation") }] [{ [ EXCITING, UNEXCITING,!] INTERESTING,^ PROVOCATIVE,^ SEXY,^ STIMULATING,^ noun.state:excitement1,= (creating or arousing excitement; "an exciting account of her trip") } { breathless, breathtaking, (tending to cause suspension of regular breathing; "a breathless flight"; "breathtaking adventure") } { elating, exhilarating, (making lively and joyful) } { electric, galvanic, galvanizing, galvanising, (affected by emotion as if by electricity; thrilling; "gave an electric reading of the play"; "the new leader had a galvanic effect on morale") } { electrifying, thrilling, (causing a surge of emotion or excitement; "she gave an electrifying performance"; "a thrilling performer to watch") } { [ glamorous, noun.attribute:glamor,+ ] [ glamourous, noun.attribute:glamour,+ ] (having an air of allure, romance and excitement; "glamorous movie stars") } { heady, intoxicating, (extremely exciting as if by alcohol or a narcotic) } { titillating1, (pleasantly and superficially exciting) } { tickling, tingling, titillating2, (exciting by touching lightly so as to cause laughter or twitching movements) } ---- { [ UNEXCITING, EXCITING,!] UNINTERESTING,^ UNPROVOCATIVE,^ UNSTIMULATING,^ noun.state:excitement1,= (not exciting; "an unexciting novel"; "lived an unexciting life") } { commonplace, humdrum, [ prosaic, noun.communication:prose1,+ noun.attribute:prosaicness,+ ] unglamorous, unglamourous, (not challenging; dull and lacking excitement; "an unglamorous job greasing engines") } { uninspired, (having no intellectual or emotional or spiritual excitement; "the production was professional but uninspired") } { [ tame, noun.attribute:tameness2,+ ] (flat and uninspiring) }] [{ [ EXCULPATORY, verb.communication:exculpate,+ INCULPATORY,!] INNOCENT,^ (clearing of guilt or blame) } { [ absolvitory, verb.communication:absolve2,+ verb.communication:absolve,+ ] [ exonerative, verb.communication:exonerate,+ ] [ forgiving, noun.attribute:forgivingness,+ ] (providing absolution) } { extenuating, (partially excusing or justifying; "extenuating circumstances") } { [ justificative, verb.communication:justify4,+ verb.communication:justify,+ ] [ justificatory, verb.communication:justify4,+ verb.communication:justify,+ ] [ vindicatory, verb.communication:vindicate,+ ] (providing justification) } ---- { [ INCULPATORY, verb.stative:inculpate,+ EXCULPATORY,!] [ inculpative, verb.stative:inculpate,+ ] GUILTY,^ (causing blame to be imputed to) } { [ accusative, noun.communication:accusative,+ verb.communication:accuse1,+ verb.communication:accuse,+ ] [ accusatory, verb.communication:accuse1,+ verb.communication:accuse,+ ] accusing, [ accusive, verb.communication:accuse1,+ verb.communication:accuse,+ ] (containing or expressing accusation; "an accusative forefinger"; "black accusatory looks"; "accusive shoes and telltale trousers"- O.Henry; "his accusing glare") } { [ comminatory, verb.communication:comminate,+ ] [ denunciative, verb.social:denounce,+ ] denunciatory, (containing warning of punishment) } { [ condemnatory, verb.communication:condemn,+ ] condemning, (containing or imposing condemnation or censure; "a condemnatory decree") } { [ criminative, verb.communication:criminate,+ ] [ criminatory, verb.communication:criminate,+ ] incriminating, [ incriminatory, verb.stative:incriminate,+ ] (charging or suggestive of guilt or blame; "incriminatory testimony") } { [ damnatory, verb.communication:damn,+ ] damning, (threatening with damnation) } { [ recriminative, verb.communication:recriminate,+ ] [ recriminatory, verb.communication:recriminate,+ ] (countering one charge with another; "recriminatory arguments") }] [{ [EXHAUSTIBLE, INEXHAUSTIBLE,!] (capable of being used up) } { depletable, (capable of being depleted) } ---- { [ INEXHAUSTIBLE, EXHAUSTIBLE,!] (incapable of being entirely consumed or used up; "an inexhaustible supply of coal") } { renewable, (capable of being renewed; replaceable; "renewable energy such as solar energy is theoretically inexhaustible") } { unfailing, (always able to supply more; "an unfailing source of good stories"; "a subject of unfailing interest") }] [{ [ EXHAUSTED, UNEXHAUSTED,!] spent, (depleted of energy, force, or strength; "impossible to grow tobacco on the exhausted soil"; "the exhausted food sources"; "exhausted oil wells") } ---- { [ UNEXHAUSTED, EXHAUSTED,!] (not used up completely; "an unexhausted well") } { leftover, left_over(p), left(p), odd, remaining, unexpended, (not used up; "leftover meatloaf"; "she had a little money left over so she went to a movie"; "some odd dollars left"; "saved the remaining sandwiches for supper"; "unexpended provisions") } { unconsumed, (not consumed) } { unspent, unexpended2, ((of financial resources) not spent; "unexpended funds"; "his unspent allowance") }] [{ [ EXISTENT, noun.state:existence,+ verb.stative:exist,+ NONEXISTENT,!] existing, EXTANT,^ noun.state:existence,= (having existence or being or actuality; "an attempt to refine the existent machinery to make it more efficient"; "much of the beluga caviar existing in the world is found in the Soviet Union and Iran") } { [ active, noun.state:activeness,+ noun.act:activity,+ ] [ alive(p), noun.state:aliveness,+ ] (in operation; "keep hope alive"; "the tradition was still alive"; "an active tradition") } ---- { [ NONEXISTENT, noun.state:nonexistence,+ EXISTENT,!] EXTINCT2,^ noun.state:existence,= (not having existence or being or actuality; "chimeras are nonexistent") } { lacking, absent, missing, wanting, (nonexistent; "the thumb is absent"; "her appetite was lacking" )} { barren, destitute, devoid, free, innocent, (completely wanting or lacking; "writing barren of insight"; "young recruits destitute of experience"; "innocent of literary merit"; "the sentence was devoid of meaning")} { nonextant, (no longer existing or inaccessible through loss or destruction; "its nonextant original was written on vellum"- G.B.Saul) } { vanished, (having passed out of existence; "vanished civilizations") }] [{ [ EXTANT, EXTINCT1,!] EXISTENT,^ (still in existence; not extinct or destroyed or lost; "extant manuscripts"; "specimens of graphic art found among extant barbaric folk"- Edward Clodd) } { living1, (still in active use; "a living language") } { surviving, living, (still in existence; "the Wollemi pine found in Australia is a surviving specimen of a conifer thought to have been long extinct and therefore known as a living fossil"; "the only surviving frontier blockhouse in Pennsylvania") } ---- { [ EXTINCT1, EXTANT,!] nonextant2, NONEXISTENT,^ (no longer in existence; lost or especially having died out leaving no living representatives; "an extinct species of fish"; "an extinct royal family"; "extinct laws and customs") } { [ dead, noun.attribute:deadness,+ ] (not surviving in active use; "Latin is a dead language") }] [{ [ EXPECTED, noun.state:expectedness,+ UNEXPECTED,!] UNSURPRISING,^ (considered likely or probable to happen or arrive; "prepared for the expected attack") } { anticipated, awaited(p), hoped-for, (expected hopefully) } { due(p), (scheduled to arrive; "the train is due in 15 minutes") } { expectable, (to be expected; "differences of opinion are quite expectable given the present information") } { matter-of-course, (expected or depended upon as a natural or logical outcome)} ---- { [ UNEXPECTED, noun.attribute:unexpectedness,+ EXPECTED,!] SURPRISING,^ (not expected or anticipated; "unexpected guests"; "unexpected news") } { unannounced, unheralded, unpredicted, (without warning or announcement; "they arrived unannounced"; "a totally unheralded telegram that his daughter...died last night"- M.A.D.Howe) } { unanticipated, unforeseen, unseen, unlooked-for, out_of_the_blue(p), (not anticipated; "unanticipated and disconcerting lines of development"- H.W.Glidden; "unforeseen circumstances"; "a virtue unlooked-for in people so full of energy"; "like a bolt out of the blue"; "unseen problems") } { unhoped, unhoped-for, unthought, unthought-of, (so unexpected as to have not been imagined; "an unhoped-for piece of luck"; "an unthought advantage"; "an unthought-of place to find the key") } { unprovided_for(p), (not prepared or ready for) } { upset(a), (used of an unexpected defeat of a team favored to win; "the Bills' upset victory over the Houston Oilers") }] [{ [ EXPEDIENT, noun.attribute:expedience1,+ INEXPEDIENT,!] ADVANTAGEOUS,^ CONVENIENT,^ POLITIC,^ USEFUL,^ (serving to promote your interest; "was merciful only when mercy was expedient") } { advantageous, (appropriate for achieving a particular end; implies a lack of concern for fairness) } { [ opportunist, noun.person:opportunist,+ ] [ opportunistic, noun.attribute:opportunism,+ ] timeserving, (taking immediate advantage, often unethically, of any circumstance of possible benefit) } { carpetbag, carpetbagging, (presumptuously seeking success or a position in a new locality; "a carpetbag stranger"; "a capetbag politician")} ---- { [ INEXPEDIENT, noun.attribute:inexpediency,+ noun.attribute:inexpedience,+ EXPEDIENT,!] DISADVANTAGEOUS,^ IMPOLITIC,^ (not suitable or advisable; "an inexpedient tactic") } { [ inadvisable, noun.attribute:inadvisability,+ ] (not advisable; "an unnecessary and inadvisable action") }] [{ [ EXPENDABLE, UNEXPENDABLE,!] REPLACEABLE,^ (suitable to be expended) } { [ consumable, verb.consumption:consume1,+ ] (may be used up) } { sacrificeable, (may be deliberately sacrificed to achieve an objective) } ---- { [ UNEXPENDABLE, EXPENDABLE,!] ESSENTIAL,^ IRREPLACEABLE,^ (not suitable to be expended) }] [{ [ EXPENSIVE, noun.attribute:expensiveness,+ verb.possession:expend,+ CHEAP,!] VALUABLE,^ (high in price or charging high prices; "expensive clothes"; "an expensive shop") } { big-ticket(a), high-ticket(a), noun.communication:colloquialism,;u (very expensive; "big-ticket items like cars and furs"; "a big-ticket government program") } { [ costly1, noun.attribute:cost,+ noun.attribute:costliness,+ ] [ dear(p), noun.attribute:dearness,+ ] high-priced, [ pricey, noun.possession:price,+ noun.attribute:price1,+ ] [ pricy, noun.possession:price,+ noun.attribute:price1,+ ] (having a high price; "costly jewelry"; "high-priced merchandise"; "much too dear for my pocketbook"; "a pricey restaurant") } { dearly-won, [ costly2, noun.attribute:cost1,+ ] (entailing great loss or sacrifice; "a dearly-won victory") } { overpriced, (too costly for the value; "overpriced items at resort shops") } ---- { [ CHEAP, noun.attribute:cheapness,+ EXPENSIVE,!] [ inexpensive, noun.attribute:inexpensiveness,+ ] (relatively low in price or charging low prices; "it would have been cheap at twice the price"; "inexpensive family restaurants") } { bargain-priced, cut-rate1, cut-price1, (costing less than standard price; "buying bargain-priced clothes for the children"; "cut-rate goods") } { catchpenny(a), (designed to sell quickly without concern for quality; "catchpenny ornaments") } { dirt_cheap, (very cheap; "a dirt cheap property") } { low-budget, (made on or suited to a limited budget; "a low-budget movie"; "a low-budget menu") } { low-cost, low-priced, [ affordable, verb.stative:afford,+ ] (that you have the financial means for; "low-cost housing") } { nickel-and-dime(a), (low-paying; "a nickel-and-dime job") } { sixpenny, threepenny, twopenny, tuppeny, two-a-penny, twopenny-halfpenny, (of trifling worth) }] [{ [ EXPERIENCED, INEXPERIENCED,!] [ experient, noun.cognition:experience1,+ ] SKILLED,^ TOUGH2,^ (having experience; having knowledge or skill from observation or participation) } { full-fledged, fully_fledged, ((of persons, e.g.) having gained full status; "a full-fledged lawyer"; "by the age of seventeen I was a full-fledged atheist"; "sees itself as a fully fledged rival party") } { intimate, [ knowledgeable, noun.attribute:knowledgeability,+ ] versed, (thoroughly acquainted through study or experience; "this girl, so intimate with nature"-W.H.Hudson; "knowledgeable about the technique of painting"- Herbert Read) } { old, older, (skilled through long experience; "an old offender"; "the older soldiers") } { practiced, practised, (skillful after much practice) } { seasoned, [ veteran(a), noun.person:veteran2,+ noun.person:veteran,+ ] (rendered competent through trial and experience; "a seasoned traveler"; "veteran steadiness"; "a veteran officer") } ---- { [ INEXPERIENCED, EXPERIENCED,!] [ inexperient, noun.cognition:inexperience,+ ] UNSKILLED,^ NAIVE,^ (lacking practical experience or training) } { [ fledgling, noun.person:fledgling,+ ] unfledged, callow, (young and inexperienced; "a fledgling enterprise"; "a fledgling skier"; "an unfledged lawyer") } { [ raw, noun.cognition:rawness,+ ] new, (lacking training or experience; "the new men were eager to fight"; "raw recruits") } { [ uninitiate, noun.group:uninitiate,+ ] uninitiated, [ naive, noun.attribute:naiveness,+ ] (not initiated; deficient in relevant experience; "it seemed a bizarre ceremony to uninitiated western eyes"; "he took part in the experiment as a naive subject") } { unpracticed, unpractised, unversed, (not having had extensive practice) } { unseasoned, untested, untried, young, (not tried or tested by experience; "unseasoned artillery volunteers"; "still untested in battle"; "an illustrator untried in mural painting"; "a young hand at plowing") }] [{ [ EXPIRED, UNEXPIRED,!] (having come to an end or become void after passage of a period of time; "an expired passport"; "caught driving with an expired license") } { invalid, (no longer valid; "the license is invalid") } { terminated, noun.communication:contract,;c ((of e.g. a contract or term of office) having come to an end) } ---- { [ UNEXPIRED, EXPIRED,!] (not having come to an end or been terminated by passage of time; "elected to fill the senator's unexpired term"; "an unexpired driver's license") } { [ valid, noun.attribute:validness,+ noun.attribute:validity,+ ] (still legally acceptable; "the license is still valid") }] [{ [ EXPLICABLE, INEXPLICABLE,!] COMPREHENSIBLE,^ SOLUBLE2,^ (capable of being explicated or accounted for; "explicable behavior") } { explainable, interpretable, (capable of being understood; "explainable phenomena") } ---- { [ INEXPLICABLE, EXPLICABLE,!] [ incomprehensible4, noun.attribute:incomprehensibility,+ ] INCOMPREHENSIBLE,^ INSOLUBLE2,^ (incapable of being explained or accounted for; "inexplicable errors"; "left the house at three in the morning for inexplicable reasons") } { cryptic, cryptical, deep, [ inscrutable, noun.attribute:inscrutability,+ ] [ mysterious, noun.cognition:mystery,+ ] mystifying, (of an obscure nature; "the new insurance policy is written without cryptic or mysterious terms"; "a deep dark secret"; "the inscrutable workings of Providence"; "in its mysterious past it encompasses all the dim origins of life"- Rachel Carson; "rituals totally mystifying to visitors from other lands") } { [ paradoxical, noun.communication:paradox,+ ] self-contradictory, (seemingly contradictory but nonetheless possibly true; "it is paradoxical that standing is more tiring than walking") } { unaccountable, unexplainable, (not to be accounted for or explained; "perceptible only as unaccountable influences that hinder progress"; "an unexplainable fear") } { unexplained, (having the reason or cause not made clear; "an unexplained error") }] [{ [ EXPLICIT, noun.attribute:explicitness,+ IMPLICIT,!] expressed, DEFINITE,^ DENOTATIVE,^ OVERT,^ UNEQUIVOCAL,^ noun.attribute:explicitness,= (precisely and clearly expressed or readily observable; leaving nothing to implication; "explicit instructions"; "she made her wishes explicit"; "explicit sexual scenes") } { declared, stated, (declared as fact; explicitly stated) } { definitive, [ unequivocal, noun.attribute:unequivocalness,+ ] (clearly defined or formulated; "the plain and unequivocal language of the laws"- R.B.Taney) } { express, (not tacit or implied; "her express wish") } { graphic, (describing nudity or sexual activity in graphic detail; "graphic sexual scenes") } { hard-core, hardcore, (extremely explicit; "hard-core pornography") } ---- { [ IMPLICIT, noun.attribute:implicitness,+ EXPLICIT,!] [ inexplicit, noun.attribute:inexplicitness,+ ] CONNOTATIVE,^ COVERT,^ noun.attribute:explicitness,= (implied though not directly expressed; inherent in the nature of something; "an implicit agreement not to raise the subject"; "there was implicit criticism in his voice"; "anger was implicit in the argument"; "the oak is implicit in the acorn") } { implicit_in(p), [ inherent, verb.stative:inhere,+ ] underlying, (in the nature of something though not readily apparent; "shortcomings inherent in our approach"; "an underlying meaning") } { silent, tacit, understood, (implied by or inferred from actions or statements; "gave silent consent"; "a tacit agreement"; "the understood provisos of a custody agreement") } { unexpressed, unsaid, unstated, unuttered, unverbalized, unverbalised, unvoiced, unspoken, (not made explicit; "the unexpressed terms of the agreement"; "things left unsaid"; "some kind of unspoken agreement"; "his action is clear but his reason remains unstated") }] [{ [ EXPLOITED, UNEXPLOITED,!] (developed or used to greatest advantage) } ---- { [ UNEXPLOITED, EXPLOITED,!] undeveloped4, (not developed, improved, exploited or used; "vast unexploited (or undeveloped) natural resources"; "taxes on undeveloped lots are low") } { fallow, (undeveloped but potentially useful; "a fallow gold market") } { untapped, (not drawn upon or used; "untapped reserves of coal"; "the untapped stockrooms of our minds"- G.R.Harrison) }] [{ [ EXPRESSIBLE, verb.communication:express3,+ verb.communication:express2,+ verb.communication:express1,+ verb.communication:express,+ INEXPRESSIBLE,!] (capable of being expressed; "an expressible emotion") } { describable, (capable of being described) } { representable, noun.cognition:math,;c (expressible in symbolic form; "uniquely representable in the form...") } { speakable, [ utterable, verb.communication:utter2,+ verb.communication:utter1,+ verb.communication:utter,+ ] (capable of being uttered in words or sentences) } ---- { [ INEXPRESSIBLE, EXPRESSIBLE,!] unexpressible, (defying expression) } { indefinable, indescribable, ineffable, unspeakable, untellable, unutterable, (defying expression or description; "indefinable yearnings"; "indescribable beauty"; "ineffable ecstasy"; "inexpressible anguish"; "unspeakable happiness"; "unutterable contempt"; "a thing of untellable splendor") }] [{ [ EXTENSILE, NONEXTENSILE,!] [ extensible, verb.stative:extend2,+ verb.motion:extend10,+ verb.contact:extend10,+ verb.body:extend1,+ ] (capable of being protruded or stretched or opened out; "an extensile tongue"; "an extensible measuring rule") } { protractile, protractible, (able to be extended; "protractile muscle") } { protrusile, [ protrusible, verb.stative:protrude,+ verb.motion:protrude,+ verb.change:protrude,+ ] (capable of being thrust forward, as the tongue) } ---- { [ NONEXTENSILE, EXTENSILE,!] inextensible, nonprotractile, (not extensile) }] [{ [ EXTRICABLE, INEXTRICABLE,!] (capable of being extricated) } ---- { [ INEXTRICABLE, EXTRICABLE,!] (not permitting extrication; incapable of being disentangled or untied; "an inextricable knot"; "inextricable unity") } { unresolvable, (not capable of being resolved; "unresolvable confusion") }] [{ [ BOWED, PLUCKED,!] noun.communication:music,;c (of a stringed instrument; sounded by stroking with a bow) } { arco, ((of instruments in the violin family) to be played with the bow) } ---- { [ PLUCKED, BOWED,!] noun.communication:music,;c (of a stringed instrument; sounded with the fingers or a plectrum) } { pizzicato, ((of instruments in the violin family) to be plucked with the finger) }] [{ [ FINGERED, FINGERLESS,!] (having or resembling a finger or fingers; often used in combination; "the fingered roots of giant trees"; "rosy-fingered"; "three-fingered cartoon characters") } { digitate, fingerlike, (resembling a finger; "digitate leaves of the horse chestnut") } ---- { [ FINGERLESS, FINGERED,!] (not having or having lost fingers) }] [{ [ EXPANSIVE, verb.motion:expand,+ verb.change:expand12,+ verb.change:expand9,+ verb.change:expand7,+ verb.change:expand2,+ noun.attribute:expansiveness2,+ UNEXPANSIVE,!] (able or tending to expand or characterized by expansion; "Expansive materials"; "the expansive force of fire") } { [ distensible, verb.change:distend,+ ] (capable of being distended; able to stretch and expand; "the stomach is a distensible organ") } { erectile, cavernous, noun.cognition:physiology,;c (filled with vascular sinuses and capable of becoming distended and rigid as the result of being filled with blood; "erectile tissue"; "the penis is an erectile organ") } { expandable, [ expandible, verb.motion:expand,+ verb.change:expand12,+ verb.change:expand9,+ verb.change:expand7,+ ] [ expansible, verb.motion:expand,+ verb.change:expand12,+ verb.change:expand7,+ verb.change:expand1,+ ] (able to expand or be expanded) } { [ inflatable, verb.change:inflate,+ ] (designed to be filled with air or gas; "an inflatable mattress"; "an inflatable boat") } ---- { [ UNEXPANSIVE, EXPANSIVE,!] (showing no tendency to expand; "unexpansive bodies") }] [{ [ EXTINGUISHABLE, INEXTINGUISHABLE,!] (capable of being extinguished or killed; "an extinguishable fire"; "hope too is extinguishable") } ---- { [ INEXTINGUISHABLE, EXTINGUISHABLE,!] (difficult or impossible to extinguish; "an inextinguishable flame"; "an inextinguishable faith") }] [{ [ EXTERNAL, noun.attribute:externality,+ INTERNAL,!] OUTSIDE,^ noun.attribute:position,= (happening or arising or located outside or beyond some limits or especially surface; "the external auditory canal"; "external pressures") } { outer, noun.cognition:anatomy,;c (being on or toward the outside of the body; "the outer ear") } { outside, (originating or belonging beyond some bounds; "the outside world"; "outside interests"; "an outside job") } ---- { [ INTERNAL, EXTERNAL,!] INSIDE,^ noun.attribute:position,= (happening or arising or located within some limits or especially surface; "internal organs"; "internal mechanism of a toy"; "internal party maneuvering") } { inner, noun.cognition:anatomy,;c (inside or closer to the inside of the body; "the inner ear") } { interior, (inside and toward a center; "interior regions of the earth") } { internecine, ((of conflict) within a group or organization; "an internecine feud among proxy holders") } { intrinsic, noun.cognition:anatomy,;c (situated within or belonging solely to the organ or body part on which it acts; "intrinsic muscles") }] [{ [ OUTER(a), INNER,!] noun.attribute:position,= (being on the outside or further from a center; "spent hours adorning the outer man"; "the outer suburbs") } { out, (outer or outlying; "the out islands") } { outermost, outmost, (situated at the farthest possible point from a center) } { outside, (on or toward an outer edge; "an outer lane"; "the outside lane") } { satellite, (surrounding and dominated by a central authority or power; "a city and its satellite communities") } ---- { [ INNER(a), OUTER,!] noun.attribute:position,= CENTRAL1,^ (located or occurring within or closer to a center; "an inner room") } { inmost, innermost, (situated or occurring farthest within; "the innermost chamber") } { inside, (away from the outer edge; "the inside lane") }] [{ [ OUTWARD, noun.cognition:outwardness,+ noun.attribute:outwardness2,+ INWARD,!] SUPERFICIAL,^ noun.attribute:outwardness2,= (relating to physical reality rather than with thoughts or the mind; "a concern with outward beauty rather than with inward reflections") } { external, (purely outward or superficial; "external composure"; "an external concern for reputation"- A.R.Gurney,Jr.) } { outer, (located outside; "outer reality") } ---- { [ INWARD, noun.cognition:inwardness,+ noun.attribute:inwardness2,+ OUTWARD,!] noun.attribute:inwardness2,= (relating to or existing in the mind or thoughts; "a concern with inward reflections") } { indwelling, (existing or residing as an inner activating spirit or force or principle; "an indwelling divinity"; "an indwelling goodness") } { inmost, innermost, (being deepest within the self; "one's innermost feelings") } { inner, interior, internal, (located inward; "Beethoven's manuscript looks like a bloody record of a tremendous inner battle"- Leonard Bernstein; "she thinks she has no soul, no interior life, but the truth is that she has no access to it"- David Denby; "an internal sense of rightousness"- A.R.Gurney,Jr.) } { secret, [ private, noun.state:privateness,+ ] (not expressed; "secret (or private) thoughts") } { self-whispered, (as if whispered to yourself) }] [{ [ EXTERIOR, INTERIOR,!] OUTDOOR,^ noun.attribute:position,= (situated in or suitable for the outdoors or outside of a building; "an exterior scene"; "exterior grade plywood"; "exterior paints") } { out(a), (outside or external; "the out surface of a ship's hull") } { outside(a), (leading to or from the outside; "an outside door") } ---- { [ INTERIOR, EXTERIOR,!] INDOOR,^ noun.attribute:position,= (situated within or suitable for inside a building; "an interior scene"; "interior decoration"; "an interior bathroom without windows") } { indoor, (within doors; "an indoor setting") } { inside(a), (being or applying to the inside of a building; "an inside wall") }] [{ [ EYED, EYELESS,!] (having an eye or eyes or eyelike feature especially as specified; often used in combination; "a peacock's eyed feathers"; "red-eyed") } { almond-eyed, (having almond-shaped eyes) } { blue-eyed, (having blue eyes) } { eyelike, (suggesting an eye or eyes; "eyelike markings on a butterfly's wings"; "the eyelike gleam of two distant windows in the dark") } { keen-eyed, sharp-eyed, (having keen eyesight) } { left-eyed, (having only the left eye) } { one-eyed, (having or showing only one eye; "one-eyed Jacks are wild"; "the three one-eyed Cyclopes of Greek myth") } { ox-eyed, (having large round eyes like those of an ox; "ox-eyed Juno") } { popeyed, (having bulging eyes) } { purple-eyed, ((of flowers) having a purple eyelike marking) } { right-eyed, (having only the right eye) } { saucer-eyed, round-eyed, (having large round wide-open eyes) } { skew-eyed, (having eyes that look in different directions) } ---- { [ EYELESS, EYED,!] (lacking eyes or eyelike features; "eyeless fish that evolved in dark caves"; "an eyeless needle") }] [{ [ PLAYABLE, UNPLAYABLE,!] (capable of or suitable for being played or played on; "a playable lie in golf"; "the baseball fan reached out and caught a foul that was judged playable"; "the ball field was playable"; "harpsichord music is readily playable"- P.H.Lang) } ---- { [ UNPLAYABLE, PLAYABLE,!] (not capable of or suitable for being played or played on; "the golf ball was in an unplayable lie"; "the field was unplayable"; "some music seems almost unplayable") }] [{ [ FAIR1, FOUL,!] noun.act:baseball,;c ((of a baseball) hit between the foul lines; "he hit a fair ball over the third base bag") } { in-bounds, noun.act:baseball,;c (between the first and third base lines) } ---- { [ FOUL, FAIR1,!] noun.act:baseball,;c ((of a baseball) not hit between the foul lines) } { out-of-bounds, (outside the foul lines) }] [{ [ FAIR3, noun.attribute:fairness,+ UNFAIR,!] [ just4, noun.attribute:justness,+ ] IMPARTIAL,^ JUST,^ REASONABLE,^ noun.attribute:fairness,= (free from favoritism or self-interest or bias or deception; conforming with established standards or rules; "a fair referee"; "fair deal"; "on a fair footing"; "a fair fight"; "by fair means or foul") } { antimonopoly, antitrust, (of laws and regulations; designed to protect trade and commerce from unfair business practices) } { [ clean, noun.state:cleanness2,+ ] sporting, sporty, sportsmanlike, (exhibiting or calling for sportsmanship or fair play; "a clean fight"; "a sporting solution of the disagreement"; "sportsmanlike conduct") } { [ fair-minded, noun.cognition:fair-mindedness,+ ] (of a person; just and impartial; not prejudiced) } { fair-and-square, (just and honest) } ---- { [ UNFAIR, noun.cognition:unfairness,+ noun.attribute:unfairness,+ noun.act:unfairness,+ FAIR3,!] [ unjust4, noun.attribute:unjustness,+ ] PARTIAL1,^ UNJUST,^ noun.attribute:fairness,= (not fair; marked by injustice or partiality or deception; "used unfair methods"; "it was an unfair trial"; "took an unfair advantage") } { below_the_belt, noun.act:boxing,;c (disregarding the rules (from the notion of an illegal low blow in boxing); "her accusations were below the belt") } { cheating(a), dirty, [ foul, noun.state:foulness1,+ ] unsporting, unsportsmanlike, (violating accepted standards or rules; "a dirty fighter"; "used foul means to gain power"; "a nasty unsporting serve"; "fined for unsportsmanlike behavior") } { raw, (brutally unfair or harsh; "received raw treatment from his friends"; "a raw deal") }] [{ [ EQUITABLE, INEQUITABLE,!] [ just2, noun.attribute:justness,+ ] FAIR3,^ JUST,^ IMPARTIAL,^ (fair to all parties as dictated by reason and conscience; "equitable treatment of all citizens"; "an equitable distribution of gifts among the children") } { honest, fair, (gained or earned without cheating or stealing; "an honest wage"; "an fair penny")} { evenhanded, (without partiality; "evenhanded justice") } ---- { [ INEQUITABLE, EQUITABLE,!] [ unjust2, noun.attribute:unjustness,+ ] (not equitable or fair; "the inequitable division of wealth"; "inequitable taxation") }] [{ [ FAITHFUL, noun.group:faithful1,+ noun.attribute:faithfulness,+ UNFAITHFUL,!] CONSTANT,^ TRUE,^ TRUSTWORTHY,^ noun.attribute:faithfulness,= (steadfast in affection or allegiance; "years of faithful service"; "faithful employees"; "we do not doubt that England has a faithful patriot in the Lord Chancellor") } { [ firm, noun.attribute:firmness1,+ ] loyal, truehearted, fast(a), (unwavering in devotion to friend or vow or cause; "a firm ally"; "loyal supporters"; "the true-hearted soldier...of Tippecanoe"- Campaign song for William Henry Harrison; "fast friends") } { [ true2, noun.attribute:trueness1,+ ] (devoted (sometimes fanatically) to a cause or concept or truth; "true believers bonded together against all who disagreed with them") } ---- { [ UNFAITHFUL, noun.attribute:unfaithfulness,+ FAITHFUL,!] INCONSTANT,^ UNTRUSTWORTHY,^ noun.attribute:faithfulness,= (not true to duty or obligation or promises; "an unfaithful lover") } { [ apostate, noun.person:apostate,+ ] (not faithful to religion or party or cause) } { punic, [ perfidious, noun.attribute:perfidy,+ noun.act:perfidy,+ noun.attribute:perfidiousness,+ ] [ treacherous, noun.attribute:treachery,+ noun.act:treachery,+ ] (tending to betray; especially having a treacherous character as attributed to the Carthaginians by the Romans; "Punic faith"; "the perfidious Judas"; "the fiercest and most treacherous of foes"; "treacherous intrigues") } { untrue, (not true to an obligation or trust; "is untrue to his highest opportunity and duty"-Bruno Laske) }] [{ [ FAITHFUL1, noun.attribute:faithfulness,+ UNFAITHFUL1,! ] (not having sexual relations with anyone except your husband or wife, or your boyfriend or girlfriend; "he remained faithful to his wife") } { true_to(p), (sexually faithful; "she was true to her significant other") } ---- { [ UNFAITHFUL1, noun.attribute:unfaithfulness,+ FAITHFUL1,! ] (having sexual relations with someone other than your husband or wife, or your boyfriend or girlfriend; "her husband was unfaithful") } { [ adulterous, noun.act:adultery,+ ] cheating(a), two-timing(a), (not faithful to a spouse or lover; "adulterous husbands and wives"; "a two-timing boyfriend") }] [{ [ LOYAL, DISLOYAL,!] PATRIOTIC,^ noun.attribute:loyalty,= (steadfast in allegiance or duty; "loyal subjects"; "loyal friends stood by him") } { [ allegiant, noun.attribute:allegiance,+ noun.act:allegiance,+ ] noun.act:government,;c (steadfast in devotion (especially to your lawful monarch or government); "it is impossible to be allegiant to two opposing forces") } { doglike, (resembling a dog; especially in devotion; "a doglike affection") } { hard-core, hardcore, (intensely loyal; "his hard-core supporters") } { leal, noun.communication:archaism,;u noun.location:Scotland,;r (faithful and true; "leal to the core of her intrepid Scottish heart"- Harry Lauder) } { [ liege, noun.person:liege1,+ noun.person:liege,+ ] (owing or owed feudal allegiance and service; "one's liege lord"; "a liege subject") } { true-blue, (marked by unswerving loyalty; "a true-blue American"; "a reliable true-blue country club conservative") } ---- { [ DISLOYAL, LOYAL,!] UNPATRIOTIC,^ noun.attribute:loyalty,= (deserting your allegiance or duty to leader or cause or principle; "disloyal aides revealed his indiscretions to the papers") } { [ faithless, noun.attribute:faithlessness,+ ] [ traitorous, noun.person:traitor,+ noun.attribute:traitorousness,+ ] [ unfaithful, noun.attribute:unfaithfulness,+ ] treasonable, [ treasonous, noun.attribute:treason,+ noun.act:treason,+ ] (having the character of, or characteristic of, a traitor; "the faithless Benedict Arnold"; "a lying traitorous insurrectionist") } { [ insurgent, noun.act:insurgency,+ ] [ seditious, noun.act:sedition,+ ] [ subversive, noun.person:subversive,+ noun.attribute:subversiveness,+ verb.social:subvert,+ ] (in opposition to a civil authority or government) } { mutinous, (consisting of or characterized by or inciting to mutiny; "mutinous acts"; "mutinous thoughts"; "a mutinous speech") } { [ rebellious, noun.act:rebellion,+ noun.act:rebelliousness,+ ] (participating in organized resistance to a constituted government; "the rebelling confederacy") } { [ recreant, noun.person:recreant2,+ ] [ renegade, noun.person:renegade1,+ noun.person:renegade,+ ] (having deserted a cause or principle; "some provinces had proved recreant"; "renegade supporters of the usurper") }] [{ [ FALLIBLE, noun.attribute:fallibility,+ INFALLIBLE,!] (likely to fail or make errors; "everyone is fallible to some degree") } { [ errant, noun.attribute:errancy1,+ noun.attribute:errancy,+ ] (straying from the right course or from accepted standards; "errant youngsters") } { erring, error-prone, (capable of making an error; "all men are error-prone") } { [ undependable, noun.attribute:undependableness,+ ] [ unreliable, noun.attribute:unreliableness,+ ] (liable to be erroneous or misleading; "an undependable generalization") } { [ weak, noun.state:weakness,+ ] (likely to fail under stress or pressure; "the weak link in the chain") } ---- { [ INFALLIBLE, noun.attribute:infallibility,+ FALLIBLE,!] (incapable of failure or error; "an infallible antidote"; "an infallible memory"; "the Catholic Church considers the Pope infallible"; "no doctor is infallible") } { foolproof, unfailing, (not liable to failure; "a foolproof identification system"; "the unfailing sign of an amateur"; "an unfailing test") } { inerrable, [ inerrant, noun.attribute:inerrancy,+ ] unerring, (not liable to error; "the Church was...theoretically inerrant and omnicompetent"-G.G.Coulton; "lack an inerrant literary sense"; "an unerring marksman") }] [{ [ FAMILIAR, noun.person:familiar2,+ noun.attribute:familiarity1,+ UNFAMILIAR,!] KNOWN,^ noun.attribute:familiarity1,= (well known or easily recognized; "a familiar figure"; "familiar songs"; "familiar guests") } { acquainted(p), (having fair knowledge of; "they were acquainted"; "fully acquainted with the facts") } { beaten(a), (much trodden and worn smooth or bare; "did not stray from the beaten path") } { long-familiar, well-known(a), (frequently experienced; known closely or intimately; "a long-familiar face"; "a well-known voice reached her ears") } { old(a), ((used for emphasis) very familiar; "good old boy"; "same old story") } ---- { [ UNFAMILIAR, noun.attribute:unfamiliarity,+ FAMILIAR,!] FOREIGN1,^ UNKNOWN,^ noun.attribute:familiarity1,= (not known or well known; "a name unfamiliar to most"; "be alert at night especially in unfamiliar surroundings") } { [ strange1, noun.attribute:strangeness,+ ] unknown, (not known before; "used many strange words"; "saw many strange faces in the crowd"; "don't let anyone unknown into the house") } { unacquainted(p), unacquainted_with(p), unfamiliar_with(p), (having little or no knowledge of; "unacquainted with city ways") }] [{ [ STRANGE, noun.attribute:strangeness,+ FAMILIAR2,!] [ unusual2, noun.attribute:unusualness,+ ] (being definitely out of the ordinary and unexpected; slightly odd or even a bit weird; "a strange exaltation that was indefinable"; "a strange fantastical mind"; "what a strange sense of humor she has") } { [ antic, noun.act:antic,+ ] fantastic, fantastical, [ grotesque, noun.attribute:grotesqueness,+ ] (ludicrously odd; "Hamlet's assumed antic disposition"; "fantastic Halloween costumes"; "a grotesque reflection in the mirror") } { crazy, (bizarre or fantastic; "had a crazy dream"; "wore a crazy hat") } { [ curious, noun.attribute:curiousness,+ noun.artifact:curiosity,+ ] funny, [ odd, noun.artifact:oddity,+ ] [ peculiar, noun.artifact:peculiarity,+ ] [ queer, noun.attribute:queerness,+ ] rum, rummy, [ singular, noun.attribute:singularity2,+ ] (beyond or deviating from the usual or expected; "a curious hybrid accent"; "her speech has a funny twang"; "they have some funny ideas about war"; "had an odd name"; "the peculiar aromatic odor of cloves"; "something definitely queer about this town"; "what a rum fellow"; "singular behavior") } { eerie, [ eery, noun.attribute:eeriness,+ ] (inspiring a feeling of fear; strange and frightening; "an uncomfortable and eerie stillness in the woods"; "an eerie midnight howl") } { [ exotic, noun.attribute:exoticness,+ ] (strikingly strange or unusual; "an exotic hair style"; "protons, neutrons, electrons and all their exotic variants"; "the exotic landscape of a dead planet") } { freaky, noun.communication:slang,;u (strange and somewhat frightening; "the whole experience was really freaky") } { gothic, noun.communication:literature,;c (characterized by gloom and mystery and the grotesque; "gothic novels like `Frankenstein'") } { oddish, (somewhat strange) } { [ other, noun.attribute:otherness,+ ] (very unusual; different in character or quality from the normal or expected; "a strange, other dimension...where his powers seemed to fail"- Lance Morrow) } { [ quaint, noun.attribute:quaintness1,+ ] (strange in an interesting or pleasing way; "quaint dialect words"; "quaint streets of New Orleans, that most foreign of American cities") } { quaint1, (very strange or unusual; odd or even incongruous in character or appearance; "the head terminating in the quaint duck bill which gives the animal its vernacular name"- Bill Beatty; "came forth a quaint and fearful sight"- Sir Walter Scott; "a quaint sense of humor") } { [ weird, noun.attribute:weirdness,+ ] (strikingly odd or unusual; "some trick of the moonlight; some weird effect of shadow"- Bram Stoker) } ---- { [ FAMILIAR2, noun.attribute:familiarity1,+ STRANGE,!] (within normal everyday experience; common and ordinary; not strange; "familiar ordinary objects found in every home"; "a familiar everyday scene"; "a familiar excuse"; "a day like any other filled with familiar duties and experiences") } { [ common, noun.state:commonness,+ noun.attribute:commonality,+ ] [ usual, noun.attribute:usualness,+ ] (commonly encountered; "a common (or familiar) complaint"; "the usual greeting") } { garden, noun.location:Britain,;r (the usual or familiar type; "it is a common or garden sparrow") } { [ everyday, noun.attribute:everydayness,+ ] (commonplace and ordinary; "the familiar everyday world") }] [{ [ FASHIONABLE, UNFASHIONABLE,!] [ stylish2, noun.attribute:stylishness,+ ] (being or in accordance with current social fashions; "fashionable clothing"; "the fashionable side of town"; "a fashionable cafe") } { latest, a_la_mode(p), in_style(p), in_vogue(p), [ modish, noun.attribute:modishness,+ ] (in the current fashion or style) } { [ cool, noun.feeling:coolness,+ ] noun.communication:colloquialism,;u (fashionable and attractive at the time; often skilled or socially adept; "he's a cool dude"; "that's cool"; "Mary's dress is really cool"; "it's not cool to arrive at a party too early") } { [ dapper, noun.attribute:dapperness,+ ] dashing, [ jaunty, noun.attribute:jauntiness1,+ ] [ natty, noun.attribute:nattiness,+ ] raffish, [ rakish, noun.attribute:rakishness1,+ ] spiffy, snappy, [ spruce, noun.state:spruceness,+ ] (marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners; "a dapper young man"; "a jaunty red hat") } { faddish, [ faddy, noun.cognition:fad,+ ] (intensely fashionable for a short time) } { groovy, swagger, noun.location:Britain,;r noun.communication:colloquialism,;u ((British informal) very chic; "groovy clothes") } { in, noun.communication:colloquialism,;u (currently fashionable; "the in thing to do"; "large shoulder pads are in") } { [ up-to-date, noun.attribute:up-to-dateness,+ ] up_to_date, cutting-edge, with-it, (in accord with the most fashionable ideas or style; "wears only the latest style"; "the last thing in swimwear"; "cutting-edge technology"; "a with-it boutique") } { mod, [ modern, noun.attribute:modernity,+ noun.attribute:modernness,+ ] [ modernistic, noun.attribute:modernism,+ noun.artifact:modernism,+ noun.act:modernism,+ ] (relating to a recently developed fashion or style; "their offices are in a modern skyscraper"; "tables in modernistic designs") } { old-time, [ quaint, noun.attribute:quaintness2,+ ] olde_worlde, (attractively old-fashioned (but not necessarily authentic); "houses with quaint thatched roofs"; "a vaulted roof supporting old-time chimney pots") } { swank, [ swanky, noun.attribute:swank,+ ] (imposingly fashionable and elegant; "a swank apartment") } { trendsetting, trend-setting, (initiating or popularizing a trend) } { [ trendy, noun.cognition:trend2,+ ] voguish, (in accord with the latest fad; "trendy ideas"; "trendy clothes"; "voguish terminology") } ---- { [ UNFASHIONABLE, FASHIONABLE,!] unstylish2, OLD1,^ (not in accord with or not following current fashion; "unfashionable clothes"; "melodrama of a now unfashionable kind") } { antique, demode, ex, [ old-fashioned, noun.attribute:old-fashionedness,+ ] old-hat(p), outmoded, passe, passee, (out of fashion; "a suit of rather antique appearance"; "demode (or outmoded) attire"; "outmoded ideas") } { dated, (marked by features of the immediate and usually discounted past) } { [ dowdy, noun.attribute:dowdiness,+ ] [ frumpy, noun.person:frump,+ ] frumpish, (primly out of date; "nothing so frumpish as last year's gambling game") } { fogyish, moss-grown, mossy, stick-in-the-mud(p), [ stodgy, noun.attribute:stodginess,+ ] ((used pejoratively) out of fashion; old fashioned; "moss-grown ideas about family life") } { out, (no longer fashionable; "that style is out these days") } { prehistoric, noun.communication:colloquialism,;u (no longer fashionable; "my mother has these prehistoric ideas about proper clothes") }] [{ [ STYLISH, noun.attribute:stylishness,+ STYLELESS,!] fashionable2, (having elegance or taste or refinement in manners or dress; "a little less posh but every bit as stylish as Lord Peter Wimsey"; "the stylish resort of Gstadd") } { [ chic, noun.attribute:chic,+ noun.attribute:chicness,+ ] [ smart, noun.attribute:smartness,+ ] voguish, (elegant and stylish; "chic elegance"; "a smart new dress"; "a suit of voguish cut") } { chichi, (affectedly trendy and fashionable) } { [ classy, noun.attribute:class,+ ] posh, swish, noun.communication:colloquialism,;u (elegant and fashionable; "classy clothes"; "a classy dame"; "a posh restaurant"; "a swish pastry shop on the Rue du Bac"- Julia Child) } { snazzy, noun.communication:colloquialism,;u (flashily stylish; "a snazzy outfit") } ---- { [ STYLELESS, STYLISH,!] unstylish, (lacking in style or elegance; "a styleless way of dressing"; "expensive but styleless country tweeds"; "wearing unstylish clothes") } { [ dowdy, noun.attribute:dowdiness,+ ] (lacking in smartness or taste; "a dowdy grey outfit"; "a clean and sunny but completely dowdy room") }] [{ [ FAST1, noun.attribute:fastness,+ SLOW1,!] HURRIED,^ SUDDEN,^ noun.attribute:speed,= (acting or moving or capable of acting or moving quickly; "fast film"; "on the fast track in school"; "set a fast pace"; "a fast car") } { accelerated, (speeded up, as of an academic course; "in an accelerated program in school") } { [ alacritous, noun.attribute:alacrity1,+ ] (quick and eager; "an alacritous response to the invitation") } { blistering, hot, red-hot, (very fast; capable of quick response and great speed; "a hot sports car"; "a blistering pace"; "got off to a hot start"; "in hot pursuit"; "a red-hot line drive") } { double-quick, ((of a marching cadence) very quick) } { [ express, noun.artifact:express,+ ] (without unnecessary stops; "an express train"; "an express shipment") } { fast-breaking, noun.communication:news_article,;c (occurring rapidly as a series of events in rapid succession; "the broadcast was interrupted by a fast-breaking news story about the invasion") } { fast-paced, (of communication that proceeds rapidly; "a fast-paced talker"; "fast-paced fiction") } { [ fleet, noun.attribute:fleetness,+ ] [ swift, noun.attribute:swiftness,+ ] (moving very fast; "fleet of foot"; "the fleet scurrying of squirrels"; "a swift current"; "swift flight of an arrow"; "a swift runner") } { high-speed1, high-velocity, (operating at high speed; "a high-speed food processor"; "a high-velocity shell") } { hurrying, scurrying, (moving with great haste; "affection for this hurrying driving...little man"; "lashed the scurrying horses") } { [ immediate, noun.attribute:immediateness1,+ ] [ prompt, noun.attribute:promptness,+ ] [ quick2, noun.attribute:quickness,+ ] straightaway, (performed with little or no delay; "an immediate reply to my letter"; "a prompt reply"; "was quick to respond"; "a straightaway denial") } { [ instantaneous, noun.time:instant,+ noun.attribute:instantaneousness,+ ] [ instant(a), noun.attribute:instancy1,+ ] (occurring with no delay; "relief was instantaneous"; "instant gratification") } { meteoric, (like a meteor in speed or brilliance or transience; "a meteoric rise to fame") } { [ quick, noun.attribute:quickness,+ ] [ speedy3, noun.attribute:speediness,+ noun.attribute:speed,+ ] (accomplished rapidly and without delay; "was quick to make friends"; "his quick reaction prevented an accident"; "hoped for a speedy resolution of the problem"; "a speedy recovery"; "he has a right to a speedy trial") } { [ rapid, noun.attribute:rapidness,+ noun.attribute:rapidity,+ ] (done or occurring in a brief period of time; "a rapid rise through the ranks") } { [ rapid2, noun.attribute:rapidness,+ noun.attribute:rapidity,+ ] [ speedy, noun.attribute:speediness,+ noun.time:speed,+ noun.act:speed,+ ] (characterized by speed; moving with or capable of moving with high speed; "a rapid movement"; "a speedy car"; "a speedy errand boy") } { [ smart, noun.attribute:smartness1,+ ] (quick and brisk; "I gave him a smart salute"; "we walked at a smart pace") } { winged, (very fast; as if with wings; "on winged feet") } { [ windy, noun.phenomenon:wind,+ ] (resembling the wind in speed, force, or variability; "a windy dash home")} ---- { [ SLOW1, noun.attribute:slowness,+ FAST1,!] GRADUAL1,^ UNHURRIED,^ noun.attribute:speed,= (not moving quickly; taking a comparatively long time; "a slow walker"; "the slow lane of traffic"; "her steps were slow"; "he was slow in reacting to the news"; "slow but steady growth") } { bumper-to-bumper, (used of traffic; "bumper-to-bumper traffic") } { dilatory, laggard, [ poky, noun.person:poke,+ ] [ pokey, noun.person:poke,+ ] (wasting time) } { drawn-out, ((used of speech) uttered slowly with prolonged vowels) } { [ lazy, noun.act:laziness1,+ ] (moving slowly and gently; "up a lazy river"; "lazy white clouds"; "at a lazy pace") } { long-play, long-playing, ((used of records) playing at a slower speed and for a longer time than earlier records) } { slow-moving, (moving slowly; "slow-moving cars") } { [ sluggish1, noun.attribute:sluggishness1,+ ] sulky, (moving slowly; "a sluggish stream") }] [{ [ FAST2, noun.attribute:fastness,+ SLOW2,!] noun.communication:music,;c (at a rapid tempo; "the band played a fast fox trot") } { [ allegro, noun.communication:allegro,+ noun.time:allegro,+ ] ((of tempo) fast) } { [ allegretto, noun.time:allegretto,+ ] ((of tempo) faster than allegro) } { andantino, ((of tempo) moderately fast) } { presto, ((of tempo) very fast) } { prestissimo, ((of tempo) as fast as possible) } { vivace, ((of tempo) very fast and lively) } ---- { [ SLOW2, noun.attribute:slowness,+ FAST2,!] noun.communication:music,;c (at a slow tempo; "the band played a slow waltz") } { adagio, ((of tempo) leisurely) } { [ andante, noun.time:andante,+ ] ((of tempo) moderately slow) } { lento, ((of tempo) slow) } { lentissimo, ((of tempo) very slow) } { [ largo, noun.communication:largo,+ ] (very slow in tempo and broad in manner) } { larghetto, ((of tempo) less slow and broad than largo) } { larghissimo, ((of tempo) as slow and broad as possible) } { moderato, ((of tempo) moderate) }] [{ [ FAST3, SLOW3,!] ((used of timepieces) indicating a time ahead of or later than the correct time; "my watch is fast") } ---- { [ SLOW3, FAST3,!] ((used of timepieces) indicating a time earlier than the correct time; "the clock is slow") }] [{ [ FASTIDIOUS, noun.attribute:fastidiousness,+ UNFASTIDIOUS,!] REFINED1,^ TIDY,^ (giving careful attention to detail; hard to please; excessively concerned with cleanliness; "a fastidious and incisive intellect"; "fastidious about personal cleanliness") } { choosy, choosey, (difficult to please) } { dainty, nice, overnice, prissy, [ squeamish, noun.state:squeamishness,+ noun.attribute:squeamishness,+ ] (excessively fastidious and easily disgusted; "too nice about his food to take to camp cooking"; "so squeamish he would only touch the toilet handle with his elbow") } { finical, finicky, [ fussy1, noun.communication:fuss,+ noun.attribute:fussiness,+ ] particular, picky, (exacting especially about details; "a finicky eater"; "fussy about clothes"; "very particular about how her food was prepared") } { [ meticulous, noun.attribute:meticulosity,+ noun.attribute:meticulousness,+ ] (marked by extreme care in treatment of details; "a meticulous craftsman"; "almost worryingly meticulous in his business formalities") } { pernickety, persnickety, (characterized by excessive precision and attention to trivial details; "a persnickety job"; "a persnickety school teacher") } { old-maidish, old-womanish, (primly fastidious) } ---- { [ UNFASTIDIOUS, FASTIDIOUS,!] UNREFINED1,^ UNTIDY,^ (marked by an absence of due or proper care or attention to detail; not concerned with cleanliness; "unfastidious in her dress") }] [{ [ FASTIDIOUS2, UNFASTIDIOUS2,!] exacting, noun.cognition:microbiology,;c (having complicated nutritional requirements; especially growing only in special artificial cultures; "fastidious microorganisms"; "certain highly specialized xerophytes are extremely exacting in their requirements") } ---- { [ UNFASTIDIOUS2, FASTIDIOUS2,!] noun.cognition:microbiology,;c (not exacting in nutritional requirements) }] [{ [ FAT1, noun.attribute:fat,+ noun.attribute:fatness,+ THIN3,!] ENDOMORPHIC,^ ROUNDED,^ THICK1,^ noun.attribute:body_weight,= (having an (over)abundance of flesh; "he hadn't remembered how fat she was") } { [ abdominous, noun.attribute:abdominousness,+ ] [ paunchy, noun.body:paunch,+ noun.attribute:paunchiness,+ ] potbellied, (having a large belly) } { [ blubbery, noun.attribute:blubber,+ ] (swollen with fat; "blubber cheeks"; "blubber lips"; "a coarse blubbery individual") } { [ chubby, noun.attribute:chubbiness,+ ] embonpoint, [ plump, noun.attribute:plumpness,+ ] (sufficiently fat so as to have a pleasing fullness of figure; "a chubby child"; "pleasingly plump")} { [ buxom, noun.attribute:buxomness,+ ] zaftig, zoftig, ((of a female body) healthily plump and vigorous; "a generation ago...buxom actresses were popular"- Robt.A.Hamilton) } { [ corpulent, noun.attribute:corpulence,+ ] [ obese, noun.attribute:obesity,+ ] [ weighty, noun.attribute:weightiness,+ ] rotund, (excessively fat; "a weighty man") } { double-chinned, [ jowly, noun.body:jowl1,+ ] loose-jowled, (having sagging folds of flesh beneath the chin or lower jaw) } { [ dumpy, noun.attribute:dumpiness,+ ] podgy, [ pudgy, noun.person:pudge,+ noun.attribute:pudginess,+ ] [ tubby, noun.attribute:tubbiness,+ ] [ roly-poly, noun.attribute:rolypoliness,+ ] (short and plump) } { fattish, (somewhat fat) } { [ fleshy, noun.attribute:fleshiness,+ ] [ heavy, noun.attribute:heaviness,+ ] [ overweight, noun.attribute:overweight,+ ] (usually describes a large person who is fat but has a large frame to carry it) } { gross, porcine, (repellently fat; "a bald porcine old man") } { portly, [ stout, noun.attribute:stout,+ noun.attribute:stoutness1,+ ] (euphemisms for `fat'; "men are portly and women are stout") } ---- { [ THIN3, noun.attribute:thinness,+ FAT1,!] [ lean4, noun.attribute:leanness,+ ] ECTOMORPHIC,^ THIN1,^ noun.attribute:body_weight,= (lacking excess flesh; "you can't be too rich or too thin"; "Yon Cassius has a lean and hungry look"-Shakespeare) } { [ anorexic, noun.person:anorexic,+ noun.state:anorexia,+ ] [ anorectic, noun.person:anorectic,+ noun.state:anorexia,+ ] (suffering from anorexia nervosa; pathologically thin) } { cadaverous, emaciated, [ gaunt, noun.attribute:gauntness,+ ] haggard, pinched, skeletal, wasted, (very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold; "a nightmare population of gaunt men and skeletal boys"; "eyes were haggard and cavernous"; "small pinched faces"; "kept life in his wasted frame only by grim concentration") } { deep-eyed, hollow-eyed, sunken-eyed, (characteristic of the bony face of a cadaver) } { gangling, gangly, [ lanky, noun.attribute:lankiness,+ ] (tall and thin) } { lank, spindly, (long and lean) } { rawboned, (having a lean and bony physique; "a rawboned cow hand") } { [ reedy, noun.plant:reed,+ ] reedlike, (resembling a reed in being upright and slender) } { [ twiggy, noun.plant:twig,+ ] twiglike, (thin as a twig) } { scarecrowish, (resembling a scarecrow in being thin and ragged; "a forlorn scarecrowish figure") } { [ scraggy, noun.person:scrag,+ ] scraggly, [ boney, noun.attribute:boniness,+ noun.attribute:bonyness,+ ] [ bony, noun.attribute:boniness,+ noun.attribute:bonyness,+ ] [ scrawny, noun.attribute:scrawniness,+ ] [ skinny, noun.attribute:skinniness,+ ] underweight, weedy, (being very thin; "a child with skinny freckled legs"; "a long scrawny neck"; "pale bony hands") } { shriveled, shrivelled, shrunken, withered, wizen, wizened, (lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness; "the old woman's shriveled skin"; "he looked shriveled and ill"; "a shrunken old man"; "a lanky scarecrow of a man with withered face and lantern jaws"-W.F.Starkie; "he did well despite his withered arm"; "a wizened little man with frizzy grey hair") } { [ slender, noun.attribute:slenderness1,+ ] [ slight, noun.attribute:slightness1,+ noun.attribute:slightness,+ ] [ slim, noun.attribute:slimness,+ ] svelte, (being of delicate or slender build; "she was slender as a willow shoot is slender"- Frank Norris; "a slim girl with straight blonde hair"; "watched her slight figure cross the street") } { slender-waisted, slim-waisted, wasp-waisted, (having a small waist) } { [ spare, noun.attribute:spareness,+ ] [ trim, noun.state:trimness,+ ] (thin and fit; "the spare figure of a marathon runner"; "a body kept trim by exercise") } { spindle-legged, spindle-shanked, (having long slender legs) } { stringy, [ wiry, noun.attribute:wiriness,+ ] (lean and sinewy) } { sylphlike, sylphic, ((of a woman or girl) slender and graceful like a sylph) } { wisplike, [ wispy, noun.person:wisp,+ ] (thin and weak; "a wispy little fellow with small hands and feet"- Edmund Wilson) }] [{ [ FATTY, noun.person:fatty,+ noun.body:fat,+ noun.attribute:fattiness,+ NONFAT,!] [ fat2, noun.substance:fat,+ noun.body:fat,+ ] (containing or composed of fat; "fatty food"; "fat tissue") } { [ adipose, noun.attribute:adiposity,+ noun.attribute:adiposeness,+ ] (composed of animal fat; "adipose tissue constitutes the fat of meat") } { [ buttery, noun.food:butter,+ ] (resembling or containing or spread with butter; "a rich buttery cake") } { [ greasy, noun.attribute:greasiness,+ ] [ oily, noun.food:oil,+ noun.attribute:oiliness1,+ ] [ sebaceous, noun.body:sebum,+ ] [ oleaginous, noun.attribute:oleaginousness1,+ ] (containing an unusual amount of grease or oil; "greasy hamburgers"; "oily fried potatoes"; "oleaginous seeds") } { [ suety, noun.food:suet,+ ] (like or full of suet; "suety lamb chops") } { superfatted, ((of soap) containing extra unsaponified fat; "superfatted toilet soaps") } ---- { [ NONFAT, FATTY,!] fat-free, fatless, (without fat or fat solids; "nonfat or fat-free milk") } { light, lite, low-cal, calorie-free, (having relatively few calories; "diet cola"; "light (or lite) beer"; "lite (or light) mayonnaise"; "a low-cal diet") } { skim, skimmed, (used of milk and milk products from which the cream has been removed; "yogurt made with skim milk"; "she can drink skimmed milk but should avoid butter") }] [{ [ FATAL, noun.attribute:fatality,+ NONFATAL,!] (bringing death) } { [ deadly1, noun.attribute:deadliness,+ ] [ deathly, noun.act:death,+ ] mortal1, (causing or capable of causing death; "a fatal accident"; "a deadly enemy"; "mortal combat"; "a mortal illness") } { [ deadly2, noun.attribute:deadliness,+ ] [ lethal, noun.attribute:lethality,+ ] (of an instrument of certain death; "deadly poisons"; "lethal weapon"; "a lethal injection") } { terminal, (causing or ending in or approaching death; "a terminal patient"; "terminal cancer") } ---- { [ NONFATAL, FATAL,!] (not bringing death; "nonfatal heart attack") } { nonlethal, (not capable of causing death) }] [{ [ CURABLE, verb.body:cure,+ noun.attribute:curableness,+ noun.attribute:curability,+ INCURABLE,!] (able to be cured or healed; "curable diseases") } ---- { [ INCURABLE, noun.attribute:incurableness,+ noun.attribute:incurability1,+ CURABLE,!] (incapable of being cured; "an incurable disease"; "an incurable addiction to smoking") }] [{ [ FATHOMABLE, UNFATHOMABLE,!] plumbable, soundable, ((of depth) capable of being sounded or measured for depth) } ---- { [ UNFATHOMABLE, FATHOMABLE,!] DEEP1,^ (of depth; not capable of being sounded or measured) } { unsoundable, (too deep to determine the depth of) }] [{ [ FAVORABLE1, noun.attribute:favorableness,+ UNFAVORABLE1,!] [ favourable1, noun.attribute:favourableness,+ ] PROPITIOUS,^ ((of winds or weather) tending to promote or facilitate; "the days were fair and the winds were favorable") } { following(a), (in the desired direction; "a following wind") } ---- { [ UNFAVORABLE1, FAVORABLE1,!] unfavourable1, UNPROPITIOUS,^ ((of winds or weather) tending to hinder or oppose; "unfavorable winds") } { adverse, contrary, (in an opposing direction; "adverse currents"; "a contrary wind") }] [{ [ FAVORABLE2, UNFAVORABLE2,!] favourable2, AFFIRMATIVE,^ COMPLIMENTARY,^ GOOD1,^ (encouraging or approving or pleasing; "a favorable reply"; "he received a favorable rating"; "listened with a favorable ear"; "made a favorable impression") } { approving, affirmative, [ approbative, verb.communication:approve,+ verb.cognition:approve,+ ] [ approbatory, verb.cognition:approve,+ ] plausive, (expressing or manifesting praise or approval; "approbative criticism"; "an affirmative nod") } { indulgent, (being favorably inclined; "an indulgent attitude") } ---- { [ UNFAVORABLE2, noun.attribute:unfavorableness,+ FAVORABLE2,!] [unfavourable2, noun.attribute:unfavourableness,+ ] BAD,^ CRITICAL1,^ HOSTILE1,^ NEGATIVE1,^ UNCOMPLIMENTARY,^ (not encouraging or approving or pleasing; "unfavorable conditions"; "an unfavorable comparison"; "unfavorable comments"; "unfavorable impression") } { [ admonitory, verb.communication:admonish,+ ] admonishing, reproachful, reproving, (expressing reproof or reproach especially as a corrective) } { [ adverse, noun.state:adversity,+ noun.event:adversity,+ ] [ inauspicious, noun.attribute:inauspiciousness,+ ] untoward, (contrary to your interests or welfare; "adverse circumstances"; "made a place for themselves under the most untoward conditions") } { disapproving, (expressing or manifesting disapproval) } { [ discriminatory, verb.social:discriminate12,+ ] invidious, (containing or implying a slight or showing prejudice; "discriminatory attitudes and practices"; "invidious comparisons") }] [{ [ FEATHERED, UNFEATHERED,!] (having or covered with feathers; "our feathered friends") } { aftershafted, (having an aftershaft (a small feather at the base of some feathers)) } { [ feathery1, noun.animal:feather,+ noun.attribute:featheriness,+ ] (characterized by a covering of feathers; "the feathery congregation of jays") } { featherlike, [ feathery2, noun.animal:feather,+ noun.attribute:featheriness,+ ] (resembling or suggesting a feather or feathers; "feathery palm trees") } { fledged, vaned, ((of an arrow) equipped with feathers) } { flighted(ip), noun.cognition:heraldry,;c (having feathers; "arrows flighted argent") } { pennate, (having feathered wings) } { plumaged, (having or covered in plumage; often used as a combining form; "fully plumaged young bird"; "brilliantly plumaged parrots") } { plumate, plumed1, plumose, noun.cognition:biology,;c (having an ornamental plume or feathery tuft) } { plumed2, plumy1, (having or covered with or abounding in plumes; "the plumed serpent"; "white-plumed egrets") } { plumelike, plumy2, (resembling a plume; "the dog's plumy tail") } { velvety-plumaged, (plumage resembling velvet) } ---- { [ UNFEATHERED, FEATHERED,!] featherless, (having no feathers; "a featherless biped"; "the unfeathered legs of an Orpington") } { plucked, (having the feathers removed, as from a pelt or a fowl; "a plucked chicken"; "an unfeathered goose") } { unfledged, fledgeless, unvaned, ((of an arrow) not equipped with feathers; "shot an unfledged arrow") }] [{ [ FELICITOUS, noun.attribute:felicitousness,+ noun.attribute:felicity,+ INFELICITOUS,!] HAPPY,^ noun.attribute:felicity,= (exhibiting an agreeably appropriate manner or style; "a felicitous speaker") } { [ congratulatory, verb.emotion:congratulate,+ verb.communication:congratulate11,+ verb.communication:congratulate1,+ verb.communication:congratulate,+ ] gratulatory, (expressive of sympathetic pleasure or joy on account of someone's success or good fortune; "a congratulatory telegram"; "the usual congratulatory crowd was conspicuously absent"; "a gratulatory address") } { happy, well-chosen, (well expressed and to the point; "a happy turn of phrase"; "a few well-chosen words") } { well-turned, noun.communication:language,;c ((of language) aptly and pleasingly expressed; "a well-turned phrase") } { [ well-wishing(a), noun.communication:well-wishing,+ ] (extending good wishes for success; "his well-wishing supporters") } ---- { [ INFELICITOUS, noun.attribute:infelicity,+ FELICITOUS,!] UNHAPPY,^ noun.attribute:felicity,= (not appropriate in application; defective; "an infelicitous remark"; "infelicitous phrasing"; "the infelicitous typesetting was due to illegible copy") } { [ awkward, noun.cognition:awkwardness1,+ ] [ clumsy, noun.attribute:clumsiness2,+ ] cumbersome, [ inapt, noun.attribute:inaptness,+ ] [ inept, noun.cognition:ineptness,+ ] ill-chosen, (not elegant or graceful in expression; "an awkward prose style"; "a clumsy apology"; "his cumbersome writing style"; "if the rumor is true, can anything be more inept than to repeat it now?") } { unfortunate, (unsuitable or regrettable; "an unfortunate choice of words"; "an unfortunate speech") }] [{ [ FERTILE, noun.state:fertility,+ STERILE,!] FRUITFUL,^ POTENT,^ PRODUCTIVE,^ noun.state:fertility,= (capable of reproducing) } { [ conceptive, verb.body:conceive,+ ] impregnable, (capable of conceiving) } { [ fecund, noun.state:fecundity,+ ] (capable of producing offspring or vegetation) } { fertilizable, (capable of being fertilized) } { [ rank, noun.attribute:rankness1,+ ] (very fertile; producing profuse growth; "rank earth") } ---- { [ STERILE, noun.state:sterility,+ FERTILE,!] unfertile, [ infertile, noun.state:infertility,+ ] UNFRUITFUL,^ IMPOTENT,^ UNPRODUCTIVE,^ noun.state:fertility,= (incapable of reproducing; "an infertile couple") } { [ barren, noun.state:barrenness,+ ] (not bearing offspring; "a barren woman"; "learned early in his marriage that he was sterile") } { sterilized, sterilised, (made infertile) } { unfertilized, unfertilised, unimpregnated, (not having been fertilized; "an unfertilized egg") }] [{ [ FINISHED1, UNFINISHED1,!] (ended or brought to an end; "are you finished?"; "gave me the finished manuscript") } { complete, concluded, ended, over1(p), all_over, terminated, (having come or been brought to a conclusion; "the harvesting was complete"; "the affair is over, ended, finished"; "the abruptly terminated interview") } { out-of-the-way, out_of_the_way, (dealt with; disposed of; "I'm so relieved that my midterm is out of the way") } { done, through, through_with2(p), (having finished or arrived at completion; "certain to make history before he's done"; "it's a done deed"; "after the treatment, the patient is through except for follow-up"; "almost through with his studies") } { done_with(p), through_with1(p), (having no further concern with; "he was through with school and he was through with family"- John Dos Passos; "done with gambling"; "done with drinking") } { fin_de_siecle, fin-de-siecle, noun.communication:French,;u (relating to or characteristic of the end of a century (especially the end of the 19th century); "fin de siecle art") } { up(p), (used up; "time is up") } ---- { [ UNFINISHED1, FINISHED1,!] (not brought to an end or conclusion; "unfinished business"; "the building is still unfinished") } { [ incomplete, noun.state:incompleteness,+ ] uncompleted, (not yet finished; "his thesis is still incomplete"; "an uncompleted play") } { pending, (awaiting conclusion or confirmation; "business still pending") } { undone, (not done; "the work could be done or undone and nobody cared") } { unended, (not ended; lacking an end or conclusion; "he did with the book still unended") }] [{ [ FINISHED2, UNFINISHED2,!] PAINTED,^ PROCESSED,^ SMOOTH,^ ((of materials or goods) brought to the desired final state; "a finished product") } { dressed, polished1, ((of lumber or stone) to trim and smooth) } { fattened, ((of market animals) made ready for market) } { fattening, (subject to or used in the process of finishing or fattening up for slaughter; "a fattening hog"; "fattening pens") } ---- { [ UNFINISHED2, FINISHED2,!] ROUGH,^ UNPAINTED,^ UNPROCESSED,^ (not brought to the desired final state) } { raw(a), unsanded, (used of wood and furniture; "raw wood") } { roughhewn, rough-cut, (of stone or timber; shaped roughly without finishing) } { undressed, (of lumber or stone or hides; not finished or dressed; "undressed granite"; "undressed hides") } { unfattened, ((of market animals) not optimal for marketing) } { unhewn, ((of stone especially) not given a finished form by or as if by hewing; "a house of unhewn grey stone roughly cemented together") }] [{ [ FINITE, noun.attribute:finiteness,+ INFINITE,!] MORTAL,^ (bounded or limited in magnitude or spatial or temporal extent) } { [ bounded, noun.attribute:boundedness,+ ] delimited, (having the limits or boundaries established; "a delimited frontier through the disputed region") } { exhaustible, (capable of being used up; capable of being exhausted; "our exhaustible reserves of fossil fuel") } { [ impermanent, noun.attribute:impermanency,+ noun.attribute:impermanence,+ ] (existing or enduring for a limited time only) } { limited, (not unlimited; "a limited list of choices") } ---- { [ INFINITE, noun.attribute:infiniteness,+ noun.time:infinity,+ FINITE,!] IMMORTAL,^ (having no limits or boundaries in time or space or extent or magnitude; "the infinite ingenuity of man"; "infinite wealth") } { [ boundless, noun.attribute:boundlessness,+ ] [ unbounded, noun.attribute:unboundedness,+ ] [ limitless, noun.attribute:limitlessness,+ ] (seemingly boundless in amount, number, degree, or especially extent; "unbounded enthusiasm"; "children with boundless energy"; "a limitless supply of money") } { dateless, [ endless, noun.attribute:endlessness,+ ] sempiternal, (having no known beginning and presumably no end; "the dateless rise and fall of the tides"; "time is endless"; "sempiternal truth") } { [ endless2, noun.attribute:endlessness,+ ] (infinitely great in number; "endless waves") } { inexhaustible, unlimited, (that cannot be entirely consumed or used up; "an inexhaustible supply of coal") }] [{ [ FINITE2, INFINITE2,!] noun.cognition:grammar,;c ((of verbs) relating to forms of the verb that are limited in time by a tense and (usually) show agreement with number and person) } { tensed, (having inflections to indicate tense) } ---- { [ INFINITE2, FINITE2,!] non-finite, nonfinite, noun.cognition:grammar,;c ((of verbs) not having tense, person, or number (as a participle or gerund or infinitive); "infinite verb form") }] [{ [ OPENING, noun.event:opening,+ noun.act:opening3,+ CLOSING,!] (first or beginning; "the memorable opening bars of Beethoven's Fifth"; "the play's opening scene") } { beginning(a), first1, (serving to begin; "the beginning canto of the poem"; "the first verse") } { inaugural, [ initiative, verb.creation:initiate1,+ verb.change:initiate,+ ] [ initiatory, verb.creation:initiate1,+ ] first2, maiden, (serving to set in motion; "the magazine's inaugural issue"; "the initiative phase in the negotiations"; "an initiatory step toward a treaty"; "his first (or maiden) speech in Congress"; "the liner's maiden voyage") } { [ introductory, verb.communication:introduce1,+ ] (serving to open or begin; "began the slide show with some introductory remarks") } { starting, (appropriate to the beginning or start of an event; "the starting point"; "hands in the starting position") } ---- { [ CLOSING, OPENING,!] (final or ending; "the closing stages of the election"; "the closing weeks of the year"; "the closing scene of the film"; "closing remarks") } { concluding, [ final, noun.event:final,+ noun.communication:final,+ noun.attribute:finality,+ ] last, terminal, (occurring at or forming an end or termination; "his concluding words came as a surprise"; "the final chapter"; "the last days of the dinosaurs"; "terminal leave") } { [ terminative, verb.stative:terminate5,+ verb.stative:terminate,+ verb.change:terminate1,+ ] (coming to an end; "a contract terminative with the end of the war") } { year-end, (taking place at the close of a fiscal year; "year-end audit") }] [ { [ FIRST, LAST,!] EARLY,^ FRONT,^ ORIGINAL,^ PRIMARY,^ (preceding all others in time or space or degree; "the first house on the right"; "the first day of spring"; "his first political race"; "her first baby"; "the first time"; "the first meetings of the new party"; "the first phase of his training") } { [ archetypal, noun.cognition:archetype,+ ] [ archetypical, noun.cognition:archetype,+ ] [ prototypal, noun.cognition:prototype,+ ] [ prototypic, noun.cognition:prototype,+ ] [ prototypical, noun.cognition:prototype,+ ] (representing or constituting an original type after which other similar things are patterned; "archetypal patterns"; "she was the prototypal student activist") } { basic2, introductory, (serving as a base or starting point; "a basic course in Russian"; "basic training for raw recruits"; "a set of basic tools"; "an introductory art course") } { initial, (occurring at the beginning; "took the initial step toward reconciliation") } { [ firstborn, noun.person:firstborn,+ ] [ eldest, noun.person:eldest,+ ] (first in order of birth; "the firstborn child") } { freshman, first-year, noun.location:United_States,;r (used of a person in the first year of an experience (especially in United States high school or college); "a freshman senator"; "freshman year in high school or college") } { original1, (preceding all others in time or being as first made or performed; "the original inhabitants of the Americas"; "the book still has its original binding"; "restored the house to its original condition"; "the original performance of the opera"; "the original cast"; "retracted his original statement") } { premier1, [ premiere, noun.communication:premiere,+ ] (preceding all others in time; "the premiere showing") } { [ premier2(a), noun.person:premier1,+ noun.person:premier,+ ] prime2(a), (first in rank or degree; "an architect of premier rank"; "the prime minister") } { prime1(a), (used of the first or originating agent; "prime mover") } ---- { [ LAST, FIRST,!] (coming after all others in time or space or degree or being the only one remaining; "the last time I saw Paris"; "the last day of the month"; "had the last word"; "waited until the last minute"; "he raised his voice in a last supreme call"; "the last game of the season"; "down to his last nickel") } { senior(a), fourth-year, (used of the fourth and final year in United States high school or college; "the senior prom") } { sunset(a), (providing for termination; "a program with a sunset provision") } { [ ultimate, noun.state:ultimateness,+ ] (being the last or concluding element of a series; "the ultimate sonata of that opus"; "a distinction between the verb and noun senses of `conflict' is that in the verb the stress is on the ultimate (or last) syllable") }] [{ [ INTERMEDIATE, TERMINAL,!] (lying between two extremes in time or space or state; "going from sitting to standing without intermediate pushes with the hands"; "intermediate stages in a process"; "intermediate stops on the route"; "an intermediate range plane") } { grey, gray, (intermediate in character or position; "a grey area between clearly legal and strictly illegal") } { halfway, (at a point midway between two extremes; "at the halfway mark") } { in-between, mediate, middle, (being neither at the beginning nor at the end in a series; "adolescence is an awkward in-between age"; "in a mediate position"; "the middle point on a line") } { junior(a), third-year, next-to-last, (used of the third or next to final year in United States high school or college; "the junior class"; "a third-year student") } { penultimate, next-to-last1, (second last; "the author inadvertently reveals the murderer in the penultimate chapter"; "the figures in the next-to-last column") } { [ sophomore(a), noun.person:sophomore,+ ] second-year, (used of the second year in United States high school or college; "the sophomore class"; "his sophomore year") } { subterminal, (near but not precisely at an end; "a subterminal band of color on the tail feathers") } { [antepenultimate, noun.communication:antepenultima,+ ] (third from last) } ---- { [TERMINAL, INTERMEDIATE,!] (being or situated at an end; "the endmost pillar"; "terminal buds on a branch"; "a terminal station"; "the terminal syllable") }] [{ [ FIRST3, SECOND,!] noun.communication:music,;c (highest in pitch or chief among parts or voices or instruments or orchestra sections; "first soprano"; "the first violin section"; "played first horn") } ---- { [ SECOND, FIRST3,!] noun.communication:music,;c (a part or voice or instrument or orchestra section lower in pitch than or subordinate to the first; "second flute"; "the second violins") }] [{ [ FISSILE, NONFISSILE,!] (capable of being split or cleft or divided in the direction of the grain; "fissile crystals"; "fissile wood") } ---- { [ NONFISSILE, FISSILE,!] (not fissile) }] [{ [ FISSIONABLE, NONFISSIONABLE,!] fissile2, noun.cognition:physics,;c (capable of undergoing nuclear fission; "a fissionable nucleous"; "fissionable material") } ---- { [ NONFISSIONABLE, FISSIONABLE,!] noun.cognition:physics,;c (not capable of undergoing fission) }] [{ [ FIT1, noun.attribute:fitness1,+ UNFIT1,!] HEALTHY,^ SOUND,^ WELL1,^ (physically and mentally sound or healthy; "felt relaxed and fit after their holiday"; "keeps fit with diet and exercise") } { able, able-bodied, (having a strong healthy body; "an able seaman"; "every able-bodied young man served in the army") } { conditioned, in_condition(p), (physically fit; "exercised daily to keep herself in condition") } ---- { [ UNFIT1, noun.state:unfitness,+ noun.attribute:unfitness1,+ FIT1,!] ILL1,^ UNHEALTHY,^ UNSOUND,^ (not in good physical or mental condition; out of condition; "fat and very unfit"; "certified as unfit for army service"; "drunk and unfit for service") } { afflicted, impaired, (mentally or physically unfit) } { [ apractic, noun.state:apraxia,+ ] [ apraxic, noun.state:apraxia,+ ] (having uncoordinated muscular movements, symptomatic of a CNS disorder) } { bandy, bandy-legged, bowed, bowleg, bowlegged, (have legs that curve outward at the knees) } { broken-backed, ((of a horse) having bones of the back united by a bony growth) } { crippled, halt, halting, [ lame1, noun.state:lameness,+ ] [ gimpy, noun.state:gimpiness,+ ] [ game, noun.state:gameness,+ ] (disabled in the feet or legs; "a crippled soldier"; "a game leg") } { [ crookback, noun.person:crookback,+ ] crookbacked, humped, humpbacked, hunchbacked, [ gibbous, noun.shape:gibbousness,+ noun.shape:gibbosity,+ ] [ kyphotic, noun.state:kyphosis,+ ] (characteristic of or suffering from kyphosis, an abnormality of the vertebral column) } { [ disabled, noun.group:disabled,+ noun.state:disability,+ ] handicapped, (having restricted mental or physical functioning as a consequence of injury or illness) } { gammy, noun.location:Britain,;r noun.communication:colloquialism,;u ((British informal) sore or lame; "a gammy foot") } { knock-kneed, (having the knees abnormally close together and the ankles wide apart) } { [ soft, noun.state:softness1,+ ] [ flabby, noun.body:flab,+ noun.attribute:flabbiness1,+ ] [ flaccid, noun.attribute:flaccidity,+ ] (out of condition; not strong or robust; incapable of exertion or endurance; "he was too soft for the army"; "flabby around the middle"; "flaccid cheeks") } { spavined, ((of horses) afflicted with a swelling of the hock-joint) } { dipped, [ lordotic, noun.state:lordosis,+ ] swayback, swaybacked, (having abnormal sagging of the spine (especially in horses)) } { maimed, mutilated, (having a part of the body crippled or disabled) }] [{ [ FIT2, noun.attribute:fitness,+ UNFIT2,!] APPROPRIATE,^ (meeting adequate standards for a purpose; "a fit subject for discussion"; "it is fit and proper that you be there"; "water fit to drink"; "fit for duty"; "do as you see fit to") } { [ acceptable, noun.attribute:acceptability,+ verb.possession:accept12,+ noun.attribute:acceptableness,+ ] (adequate for the purpose; "the water was acceptable for drinking") } { [ suitable, noun.attribute:suitableness,+ noun.attribute:suitability,+ ] suited, (meant or adapted for an occasion or use; "a tractor suitable (or fit) for heavy duty"; "not an appropriate (or fit) time for flippancy") } { worthy, (having qualities or abilities that merit recognition in some way; "behavior worthy of reprobation"; "a fact worthy of attention")} ---- { [ UNFIT2, noun.attribute:unfitness,+ FIT2,!] (below the required standards for a purpose; "an unfit parent"; "unfit for human consumption") } { subhuman, (unfit for human beings; "subhuman conditions of life") } { [ unsuitable, noun.attribute:unsuitableness,+ noun.attribute:unsuitability,+ ] (not meant or adapted for a particular purpose; "a solvent unsuitable for use on wood surfaces") }] [{ [ FLAT3, noun.attribute:flatness2,+ CONTRASTY,!] noun.act:photography,;c (lacking contrast or shading between tones) } ---- { [ CONTRASTY, noun.attribute:contrast,+ FLAT3,!] noun.act:photography,;c (having sharp differences between black and white) }] [{ [ FLEXIBLE1, verb.contact:flex2,+ noun.attribute:flexibleness,+ noun.attribute:flexibility2,+ INFLEXIBLE1,!] flexile, ELASTIC,^ (able to flex; able to bend easily; "slim flexible birches") } { [ bendable, verb.motion:bend,+ verb.contact:bend,+ noun.attribute:bendability,+ ] [ pliable, noun.attribute:pliability2,+ ] [ pliant, noun.attribute:pliantness1,+ noun.attribute:pliancy1,+ ] waxy, (capable of being bent or flexed or twisted without breaking; "a flexible wire"; "a pliant young tree") } { double-jointed, (having unusually flexible joints especially of the limbs or fingers) } { limber, [ supple1, noun.attribute:suppleness1,+ ] ((used of persons' bodies) capable of moving or bending freely) } { limber1, ((used of artifacts) easily bent) } { [ spinnable, noun.attribute:spinnability,+ ] spinnbar, (capable of being spun into fibres)} { stretched, ((of muscles) relieved of stiffness by stretching; "well-stretched muscles are less susceptible to injury") } ---- { [ INFLEXIBLE1, noun.attribute:inflexibleness,+ noun.attribute:inflexibility2,+ FLEXIBLE1,!] INELASTIC,^ (resistant to being bent; "an inflexible iron bar"; "an inflexible knife blade") } { muscle-bound, (having stiff muscles as the result of excessive exercise; "he arrived accompanied by two muscle-bound body guards") } { [ rigid, noun.attribute:rigidness,+ noun.attribute:rigidity,+ ] [ stiff1, noun.attribute:stiffness1,+ noun.attribute:stiffness,+ ] (incapable of or resistant to bending; "a rigid strip of metal"; "a table made of rigid plastic"; "a palace guardsman stiff as a poker"; "stiff hair"; "a stiff neck") } { semirigid, (not fully rigid) }] [{ [ FLEXIBLE2, noun.attribute:flexibleness1,+ INFLEXIBLE2,!] (capable of being changed; "flexible schedules") } { limber, [ supple, noun.attribute:suppleness2,+ ] ((used of e.g. personality traits) readily adaptable; "a supple mind"; "a limber imagination") } { [ negotiable, verb.communication:negotiate,+ ] on_the_table, (able to be negotiated or arranged by compromise; "negotiable demands"; "the proposal is still on the table") } ---- { [ INFLEXIBLE2, noun.attribute:inflexibility1,+ FLEXIBLE2,!] (incapable of change; "a man of inflexible purpose") } { [ adamant, noun.attribute:adamance,+ ] adamantine, [ inexorable, noun.attribute:inexorableness,+ ] [ intransigent, noun.attribute:intransigency,+ noun.attribute:intransigence,+ ] (impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, reason; "he is adamant in his refusal to change his mind"; "Cynthia was inexorable; she would have none of him"- W.Churchill; "an intransigent conservative opposed to every liberal tendency") } { die-hard(a), rock-ribbed, (tradition-bound and obstinately opinionated; "an inflexible (or die-hard) conservative"; "rock-ribbed republican") } { fossilized, fossilised, ossified, (set in a rigidly conventional pattern of behavior, habits, or beliefs; "obsolete fossilized ways"; "an ossified bureaucratic system") } { hard-core, (stubbornly resistant to change or improvement; "hard-core addicts") } { ironclad, brassbound, (inflexibly entrenched and unchangeable; "brassbound traditions"; "brassbound party loyalists"; "an ironclad rule") }] [{ [ UNCOMPROMISING, COMPROMISING,!] [ sturdy, noun.attribute:sturdiness1,+ ] [ inflexible4, noun.attribute:inflexibility1,+ ] (not making concessions; "took an uncompromising stance in the peace talks"; "uncompromising honesty") } { hard-line, hardline, (firm and uncompromising; "a hard-line policy") } ---- { [ COMPROMISING, UNCOMPROMISING,!] [ conciliatory4, verb.communication:conciliate,+ ] [ flexible4, noun.attribute:flexibleness1,+ noun.attribute:flexibility3,+ ] (making or willing to make concessions; "loneliness tore through him...whenever he thought of...even the compromising Louis du Tillet") } { yielding, (tending to give in or surrender or agree; "too yielding to make a stand against any encroachments"- V.I.Parrington) }] [{ [ RIGID, NONRIGID,!] noun.cognition:aeronautics,;c (designating an airship or dirigible having a form maintained by a stiff unyielding frame or structure) } { semirigid, noun.cognition:aeronautics,;c (having a form maintained by a rigid internal structure as well as by internal gas pressure) } ---- { [ NONRIGID, RIGID,!] noun.cognition:aeronautics,;c (designating an airship having a shape maintained only by internal gas pressure and without a supporting structure) }] [{ [ ADAPTABLE, verb.change:adapt2,+ verb.change:adapt1,+noun.attribute:adaptability,+ UNADAPTABLE,!] (capable of adapting (of becoming or being made suitable) to a particular situation or use; "to succeed one must be adaptable"; "the frame was adaptable to cloth bolts of different widths") } { [ adjustable, verb.change:adjust3,+ ] (capable of being changed so as to match or fit; "adjustable seat belts") } { all-mains(a), noun.location:Britain,;r (used of a radio receiver that is adaptable to all voltages; "an all-mains set") } { [ convertible, verb.change:convert3,+ ] (designed to be changed from one use or form to another; "a convertible sofa"; "a convertible coupe") } { elastic, [ flexible, noun.attribute:flexibleness1,+ noun.attribute:flexibility1,+ ] [ pliable, noun.attribute:pliability1,+ ] [ pliant, noun.attribute:pliantness,+ noun.attribute:pliancy,+ ] (able to adjust readily to different conditions; "an adaptable person"; "a flexible personality"; "an elastic clause in a contract") } { filmable, noun.communication:literature,;c ((used of a story or literary work) capable of being adapted to motion picture form) } { universal, (adapted to various purposes, sizes, forms, operations; "universal wrench"; "universal chuck"; "universal screwdriver") } { [ variable, noun.attribute:variableness,+ noun.attribute:variability,+ ] ((used of a device) designed so that a property (as e.g. light) can be varied; "a variable capacitor"; "variable filters in front of the mercury xenon lights") } ---- { [ UNADAPTABLE, noun.attribute:unadaptability,+ ADAPTABLE,!] (not adaptable) } { [ inflexible, noun.attribute:inflexibility1,+ ] [ rigid, noun.attribute:rigidness1,+ ] unbending, (incapable of adapting or changing to meet circumstances; "a rigid disciplinarian"; "an inflexible law"; "an unbending will to dominate") }] [{ [ CAMPYLOTROPOUS, ORTHOTROPOUS,!] noun.Tops:plant,;c ((of a plant ovule) curved with the micropyle near the base almost touching its stalk) } ---- { [ ORTHOTROPOUS, CAMPYLOTROPOUS,!] noun.Tops:plant,;c ((of a plant ovule) completely straight with the micropyle at the apex) }] [{ [ ANATROPOUS, AMPHITROPOUS,!] inverted4, noun.Tops:plant,;c ((of a plant ovule) completely inverted; turned back 180 degrees on its stalk) } ---- { [ AMPHITROPOUS, ANATROPOUS,!] noun.Tops:plant,;c ((of a plant ovule) partly inverted; turned back 90 degrees on its stalk) }] [{ [ CURLY, noun.body:curl,+ noun.attribute:curliness,+ STRAIGHT3,!] noun.attribute:curliness,= ((of hair) having curls or waves; "they envied her naturally curly hair") } { curled, curling, ((of hair) making curls or having been made to curl) } { crisp, frizzly, [ frizzy, noun.state:frizz,+ ] kinky, [ nappy, noun.attribute:nap,+ ] ((of hair) in small tight curls) } { permed, ((of hair) styled with permanent waves)} { ringleted, ((of hair) shaped into ringlets) } { [ wavy, noun.attribute:waviness,+ noun.body:wave,+ ] ((of hair) having waves; "she had long wavy hair") } ---- { [ STRAIGHT3, noun.attribute:straightness1,+ CURLY,!] noun.attribute:curliness,= ((of hair) having no waves or curls; "her naturally straight hair hung long and silky") } { uncurled, (not having been curled) } { unpermed, (not having had a permanent wave; "smooth glossy unpermed hair") }] [{ [ FOOTED, FOOTLESS,!] (having feet; "footed creatures"; "a footed sofa") } { flat-footed, flatfooted, (with feet flat on the ground; not tiptoe) } { pedate, noun.cognition:zoology,;c (having or resembling a foot) } { swift-footed, fast-footed, (having rapidly moving feet) } { web-footed, web-toed, (having feet with webbed toes) } ---- { [ FOOTLESS, FOOTED,!] (having no feet or analogous appendages) } { apodal, apodous, ((of snakes and eels) naturally footless; "eels are apodal") }] [{ [ TOED, TOELESS,!] (having a toe or toes of a specified kind; often used in combination; "long-toed"; "five-toed") } { pointy-toed, pointed-toe, (having a pointed toe; "pointy-toed shoes") } { square-toed, squared-toe, (having a square toe; "square-toed shoes") } { two-toed, two-toe, (having two toes) } ---- { [TOELESS, TOED,!] (lacking a toe or toes; "a toeless shoe") }] [{ [ PIGEON-TOED, SPLAYFOOTED,!] (having feet that turn inward) } ---- { [ SPLAYFOOTED, PIGEON-TOED,!] splayfoot, (having feet that turn outward) } { flat-footed, flatfooted, (having broad flat feet that usually turn outward; "a slow flat-footed walk") } { splay, (turned outward in an ungainly manner; "splay knees") }] [{ [ FORE(a), AFT,!] FORWARD1,^ FRONT,^ noun.act:navigation1,;c (situated at or toward the bow of a vessel) } { foremost, (situated closest to the bow; "the foremost compartment of the ship") } ---- { [ AFT(a), FORE,!] BACK,^ ((nautical, aeronautical) situated at or toward the stern or tail) } { after(a), (located farther aft) } { aftermost, (located closest to the stern or tail) }] [{ [ FOREHAND(a), BACKHAND,!] forehanded, ((of racket strokes) made with palm facing direction of stroke) } ---- { [ BACKHAND(a), FOREHAND,!] backhanded, ((of racket strokes) made across the body with back of hand facing direction of stroke) }] [{ [ NATIVE3, noun.attribute:nativeness,+ ADOPTED,!] (belonging to one by birth; "my native land"; "one's native language") } { connatural, inborn, inbred, (normally existing at birth; "mankind's connatural sense of the good") } ---- { [ ADOPTED, NATIVE3,!] [ adoptive4, verb.possession:adopt,+ ] (acquired as your own by free choice; "my adopted state"; "an adoptive country") }] [{ [ FOREIGN1, NATIVE1,!] strange1, noun.attribute:foreignness,= noun.attribute:strangeness,= (relating to or originating in or characteristic of another place or part of the world; "foreign nations"; "a foreign accent"; "on business in a foreign city") } { adventive, (not native and not fully established; locally or temporarily naturalized; "an adventive weed") } { [ alien, noun.person:alien2,+ noun.person:alien,+ noun.person:alien1,+ ] [ exotic, noun.attribute:exoticness,+ ] (being or from or characteristic of another place or part of the world; "alien customs"; "exotic plants in a greenhouse"; "exotic cuisine") } { nonnative2, (of plants or animals originating in a part of the world other than where they are growing) } { established, naturalized2, (introduced from another region and persisting without cultivation) } { foreign-born, nonnative1, (of persons born in another area or country than that lived in; "our large nonnative population") } { imported, (used of especially merchandise brought from a foreign source; "imported wines") } { tramontane, (being or coming from another country; "tramontane influences") } { unnaturalized, unnaturalised, (not having acquired citizenship) } ---- { [ NATIVE1, noun.person:native,+ noun.attribute:nativeness,+ FOREIGN1,!] (characteristic of or existing by virtue of geographic origin; "the native North American sugar maple"; "many native artists studied abroad") } { autochthonal, [ autochthonic, noun.attribute:autochthony,+ ] autochthonous, endemic, [ indigenous, noun.attribute:indigenousness,+ ] (originating where it is found; "the autochthonal fauna of Australia includes the kangaroo"; "autochthonous rocks and people and folktales"; "endemic folkways"; "the Ainu are indigenous to the northernmost islands of Japan") } { domestic, (produced in a particular country; "domestic wine"; "domestic oil") } { homegrown, (grown or originating in a particular place; "stands selling homegrown fruits and vegetables") } { native-born, (belonging to a place by birth; "a native-born Scot"; "a native Scot") }] [{ [ NATIVE2, noun.attribute:nativeness,+ NONNATIVE,!] [ aboriginal, noun.person:aboriginal1,+ noun.person:aborigine,+ ] (characteristic of or relating to people inhabiting a region from the beginning; "native Americans"; "the aboriginal peoples of Australia") } ---- { [ NONNATIVE, NATIVE2,!] (not being or composed of aborigines; "the nonnative population of South Africa") }] [{ [ FOREIGN2, DOMESTIC,!] INTERNATIONAL,^ (of concern to or concerning the affairs of other nations (other than your own); "foreign trade"; "a foreign office") } { abroad, overseas, (in a foreign country; "markets abroad"; "overseas markets") } { external, [ international, noun.attribute:internationality,+ ] outside(a), (from or between other countries; "external commerce"; "international trade"; "developing nations need outside help") } ---- { [ DOMESTIC, FOREIGN2,!] NATIONAL,^ (of concern to or concerning the internal affairs of a nation; "domestic issues such as tax rate and highway construction") } { home(a), interior(a), internal, national, (inside the country; "the British Home Office has broader responsibilities than the United States Department of the Interior"; "the nation's internal politics") } { [ municipal, noun.location:municipality,+ ] (of or relating to the government of a municipality; "international law...only authorizes a belligerent to punish a spy under its municipal law"- J.L.kuntz) }] [{ [ DOMESTIC1, UNDOMESTIC,!] noun.attribute:domesticity,= (of or involving the home or family; "domestic worries"; "domestic happiness"; "they share the domestic chores"; "everything sounded very peaceful and domestic"; "an author of blood-and-thunder novels yet quite domestic in his taste") } { domesticated, (accustomed to home life; "some men think it unmanly to be domesticated; others find gratification in it") } { home-loving, (devoted to home duties and pleasures) } { home-style, (as if in the home; "home-style cooking") } { [ housewifely, noun.person:housewife,+ ] (related or suited to a housewife; "housewifely virtues") } { [ husbandly, noun.person:husband,+ ] (related to or suited to a husband; "assumed husbandly duties like mowing the lawn") } ---- { [ UNDOMESTIC, DOMESTIC1,!] noun.attribute:domesticity,= (not domestic or related to home; "had established herself in her career at the price of being so undomestic she didn't even know how to light the oven") } { undomesticated, (unaccustomed to home life; "after years of marriage he remained essentially undomesticated") }] [{ [ FORGETTABLE, UNFORGETTABLE,!] (easily forgotten) } { unmemorable, (not worth remembering) } ---- { [ UNFORGETTABLE, FORGETTABLE,!] (impossible to forget) } { haunting, persistent, (continually recurring to the mind; "haunting memories"; "the cathedral organ and the distant voices have a haunting beauty"- Claudia Cassidy) } { memorable2, (worth remembering) } { red-letter, (memorable for being a special occasion; "on red-letter nights a large gathering greeted the celebrity") }] [{ [ FORGIVING, noun.attribute:forgivingness,+ UNFORGIVING,!] (inclined or able to forgive and show mercy; "a kindly forgiving nature"; "a forgiving embrace to the naughty child") } { [ kind, noun.attribute:kindness1,+ ] [ tolerant, verb.cognition:tolerate,+ ] (tolerant and forgiving under provocation; "our neighbor was very kind about the window our son broke") } { unvindictive, (not vindictive) } ---- { [ UNFORGIVING, FORGIVING,!] (unwilling or unable to forgive or show mercy; "a surly unforgiving old woman") } { revengeful, [ vindictive, noun.feeling:vindictiveness,+ ] [ vengeful, noun.feeling:vengefulness,+ ] (disposed to seek revenge or intended for revenge; "more vindictive than jealous love"- Shakespeare; "punishments...essentially vindictive in their nature"- M.R.Cohen) }] [{ [ FORMAL1, noun.attribute:formalness,+ noun.act:formality,+ INFORMAL1,!] CONVENTIONAL,^ FORMAL2,^ noun.attribute:formality,= (being in accord with established forms and conventions and requirements (as e.g. of formal dress); "pay one's formal respects"; "formal dress"; "a formal ball"; "the requirement was only formal and often ignored"; "a formal education") } { [ ceremonial, noun.event:ceremonial,+ noun.event:ceremony,+ noun.act:ceremony1,+ noun.act:ceremony,+ ] (marked by pomp or ceremony or formality; "a ceremonial occasion"; "ceremonial garb") } { [ ceremonious, noun.act:ceremony1,+ noun.act:ceremony,+ noun.attribute:ceremoniousness,+ ] conventional, (rigidly formal or bound by convention; "their ceremonious greetings did not seem heartfelt") } { dress1, full-dress1, ((of an occasion) requiring formal clothes; "a dress dinner"; "a full-dress ceremony") } { form-only(a), (being a matter of form only; lacking substance; "a form-only requirement that is usually ignored") } { full-dress2, dress2, (suitable for formal occasions; "formal wear"; "a full-dress uniform"; "dress shoes") } { nominal, titular, (existing in name only; "the nominal (or titular) head of his party") } { positive, prescribed, (formally laid down or imposed; "positive laws") } { pro_forma, perfunctory, (done or produced as a formality only; "a one-candidate pro forma election") } { semiformal, semi-formal, black-tie, (moderately formal; requiring a dinner jacket; "he wore semiformal attire"; "a black-tie dinner") } { starchy, [ stiff, noun.attribute:stiffness2,+ ] buckram, (rigidly formal; "a starchy manner"; "the letter was stiff and formal"; "his prose has a buckram quality") } { white-tie, (requiring white ties and tailcoats for men; "a white-tie occasion") } ---- { [ INFORMAL1, noun.attribute:informality1,+ FORMAL1,!] INFORMAL2,^ noun.attribute:formality,= (not formal; "conservative people unaccustomed to informal dress"; "an informal free-and-easy manner"; "an informal gathering of friends") } { [ casual1, noun.attribute:casualness,+ ] everyday, daily, (appropriate for ordinary or routine occasions; "casual clothes"; "everyday clothes") } { free-and-easy, [ casual2, noun.attribute:casualness,+ ] (natural and unstudied; "using their Christian names in a casual way"; "lectured in a free-and-easy style") } { [ folksy, noun.group:folks1,+ ] (very informal and familiar; "a folksy radio commentator"; "a folksy style") } { [ unceremonious, noun.attribute:unceremoniousness,+ ] unceremonial, (without ceremony or formality; "an unceremonious speech") }] [{ [ FORMAL2, INFORMAL2,!] FORMAL1,^ RHETORICAL,^ noun.attribute:formality,= ((of spoken and written language) adhering to traditional standards of correctness and without casual, contracted, and colloquial forms; "the paper was written in formal English") } { literary, (appropriate to literature rather than everyday speech or writing; "when trying to impress someone she spoke in an affected literary style") } ---- { [ INFORMAL2, FORMAL2,!] INFORMAL1,^ UNRHETORICAL,^ noun.attribute:formality,= (used of spoken and written language) } { colloquial1, [ conversational, noun.communication:conversation,+ ] (characteristic of informal spoken language or conversation; "wrote her letters in a colloquial style"; "the broken syntax and casual enunciation of conversational English") } { [ common, noun.attribute:commonness,+ ] [ vernacular, noun.communication:vernacular,+ ] vulgar1, (being or characteristic of or appropriate to everyday language; "common parlance"; "a vernacular term"; "vernacular speakers"; "the vulgar tongue of the masses"; "the technical and vulgar names for an animal species") } { [ epistolary, noun.communication:epistle1,+ ] epistolatory, (written in the form of or carried on by letters or correspondence; "an endless sequence of epistolary love affairs"; "the epistolatory novel") } { [ slangy, noun.communication:slang1,+ noun.communication:slang,+ noun.attribute:slanginess,+ ] (constituting or expressed in slang or given to the use of slang; "a slangy expression"; "slangy speech") } { subliterary, (not written as or intended to be literature; "subliterary works such as letters and diaries") } { unliterary, nonliterary, (marked by lack of affectation or pedantry; "her talk was very unliterary"- W.D.Howells) }] [{ [ FORMER(a), LATTER,!] (referring to the first of two things or persons mentioned (or the earlier one or ones of several); "the novel was made into a film in 1943 and again in 1967; I prefer the former version to the latter one") } ---- { [ LATTER(a), FORMER,!] (referring to the second of two things or persons mentioned (or the last one or ones of several); "in the latter case") } { last_mentioned, (the one most recently mentioned; "the last mentioned pianist") }] [{ [ FORTUNATE, UNFORTUNATE,!] LUCKY,^ PRIVILEGED,^ SUCCESSFUL,^ (having unexpected good fortune; "other, less fortunate, children died"; "a fortunate choice") } { better_off(p), (in a more fortunate or prosperous condition; "she would have been better off if she had stuck with teaching"; "is better off than his classmate") } { [ felicitous, noun.attribute:felicitousness,+ noun.state:felicity,+ ] [ happy, noun.state:happiness,+ ] (marked by good fortune; "a felicitous life"; "a happy outcome") } { [ fortuitous, noun.attribute:fortuitousness,+ ] (occurring by happy chance; "profits were enhanced by a fortuitous drop in the cost of raw materials") } { good, well(p), (resulting favorably; "it's a good thing that I wasn't there"; "it is good that you stayed"; "it is well that no one saw you"; "all's well that ends well") } { heaven-sent, providential, [ miraculous, noun.event:miracle1,+ ] (peculiarly fortunate or appropriate; as if by divine intervention; "a heaven-sent rain saved the crops"; "a providential recovery") } { [ lucky, noun.phenomenon:luck1,+ noun.state:luckiness,+ ] (occurring by chance; "a lucky escape"; "a lucky guess") } { well-off, (fortunately situated; "doesn't know when he's well-off") } ---- { [ UNFORTUNATE, noun.person:unfortunate,+ FORTUNATE,!] UNDERPRIVILEGED,^ UNLUCKY,^ UNSUCCESSFUL,^ (not favored by fortune; marked or accompanied by or resulting in ill fortune; "an unfortunate turn of events"; "an unfortunate decision"; "unfortunate investments"; "an unfortunate night for all concerned") } { abject, (most unfortunate or miserable; "the most abject slaves joined in the revolt"; "abject poverty") } { black, [ calamitous, noun.event:calamity,+ ] [ disastrous, noun.event:disaster,+ ] fatal, fateful, ((of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin; "the stock market crashed on Black Friday"; "a calamitous defeat"; "the battle was a disastrous end to a disastrous campaign"; "such doctrines, if true, would be absolutely fatal to my theory"- Charles Darwin; "it is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it"- Douglas MacArthur; "a fateful error") } { dispossessed, [ homeless, noun.person:homeless,+ noun.group:homeless,+ noun.state:homelessness,+ ] roofless, (physically or spiritually homeless or deprived of security; "made a living out of shepherding dispossed people from one country to another"- James Stern) } { hapless, [ miserable, noun.state:miserableness,+ ] misfortunate, [ pathetic, noun.feeling:pathos,+ ] [ piteous, noun.feeling:pity,+ noun.event:pity,+ ] pitiable, pitiful, poor, [ wretched, noun.state:wretchedness,+ ] (deserving or inciting pity; "a hapless victim"; "miserable victims of war"; "the shabby room struck her as extraordinarily pathetic"- Galsworthy; "piteous appeals for help"; "pitiable homeless children"; "a pitiful fate"; "Oh, you poor thing"; "his poor distorted limbs"; "a wretched life") } { doomed, ill-fated, ill-omened, ill-starred, unlucky, (marked by or promising bad fortune; "their business venture was doomed from the start"; "an ill-fated business venture"; "an ill-starred romance"; "the unlucky prisoner was again put in irons"- W.H.Prescott) } { downtrodden, (abused or oppressed by people in power) } { infelicitous, unhappy, (marked by or producing unhappiness; "infelicitous circumstances"; "unhappy caravans, straggling afoot through swamps and canebrakes"- American Guide Series) } { regrettable, too_bad, (deserving regret; "regrettable remarks"; "it's regrettable that she didn't go to college"; "it's too bad he had no feeling himself for church") }] [{ [ FRAGRANT, noun.cognition:fragrance,+ noun.attribute:fragrance,+ MALODOROUS,!] (pleasant-smelling) } { [ aromatic, noun.cognition:aroma1,+ ] [ redolent, noun.attribute:redolence,+ ] (having a strong pleasant odor; "the pine woods were more redolent"- Jean Stafford) } { odoriferous1, odorous1, perfumed1, scented1, [ sweet, noun.attribute:sweetness1,+ ] sweet-scented, sweet-smelling, (having a natural fragrance; "odoriferous spices"; "the odorous air of the orchard"; "the perfumed air of June"; "scented flowers") } { perfumed2, scented2, (filled or impregnated with perfume; "perfumed boudoir"; "perfumed stationery"; "scented soap") } { [ musky, noun.cognition:musk,+ ] (resembling the smell of musk) } ---- { [ MALODOROUS, noun.attribute:malodorousness,+ FRAGRANT,!] malodourous, unpleasant-smelling, ill-smelling, [ stinky, noun.attribute:stinkiness,+ noun.cognition:stink,+ ] (having an unpleasant smell) } { [ bilgy, noun.substance:bilge,+ ] (smelling like bilge water) } { [ fetid, noun.attribute:fetidness,+ ] foetid, [ foul, noun.attribute:foulness,+ ] foul-smelling, funky, [ noisome, noun.attribute:noisomeness,+ ] [ smelly, noun.attribute:smell,+ ] stinking, ill-scented, (offensively malodorous; "a foul odor"; "the kitchen smelled really funky") } { fusty, [ musty, noun.attribute:must,+ noun.attribute:mustiness,+ ] frowsty, (stale and unclean smelling) } { [ gamey, noun.food:game,+ ] [ gamy, noun.food:game,+ ] high, ((used of the smell of meat) smelling spoiled or tainted) } { [ miasmic, noun.state:miasma1,+ ] [ mephitic, noun.substance:mephitis,+ noun.cognition:mephitis,+ ] (of noxious stench from atmospheric pollution) } { [ niffy, noun.cognition:niff,+ ] noun.location:Britain,;r noun.communication:colloquialism,;u ((British informal) malodorous) } { odoriferous2, odorous2, (emitting an odor; "odorous salt pork and weevily hardtack") } { putrid-smelling, (having the putrid odor of decaying organic matter) } { rank-smelling, (having an offensive rancid odor) } { reeking, (giving off a strong unpleasant smell) } { [ sour, noun.attribute:sourness,+ ] [ rancid, noun.attribute:rancidness,+ noun.state:rancidity,+ ] (smelling of fermentation or staleness) }] [{ [ ODOROUS, noun.attribute:odor,+ ODORLESS,!] noun.attribute:odor,= (having odor or a characteristic odor; "odorous jasmine flowers"; "odorous garbage"; "fresh odorous bread") } { alliaceous, (smelling of onions or garlic) } { almond-scented, (smelling of almond) } { anise-scented, (smelling of anise) } { apple-scented, (smelling of apples) } { balsam-scented, (smelling of balsam resin) } { candy-scented, (smelling of candy) } { cedar-scented, (smelling like cedar) } { cinnamon-scented, (smelling of cinnamon) } { clove-scented, (smelling of clove) } { ginger-scented, (smelling of ginger) } { honey-scented, (smelling of honey) } { lemon-scented, (smelling of lemons) } { mint-scented, (smelling of mint) } { musk-scented, musky-scented, (smelling of musk) } { pleasant-smelling, (having an odor that is pleasing) } { redolent(p), smelling(p), ((used with `of' or `with') noticeably odorous; "the hall was redolent of floor wax"; "air redolent with the fumes of beer and whiskey") } { scented, noun.communication:combining_form,;u ((used in combination) having the odor of; "clean-scented laundry"; "a manure-scented barnyard") } { spice-scented, (smelling of spices) } { strong-smelling, strong-scented, (having a strong odor) } { tansy-scented, tansy-smelling, (smelling of tansy) } { tea-scented, (smelling of tea) } { vanilla-scented, (smelling of vanilla) } { violet-scented, (smelling of violets) } ---- { [ ODORLESS, ODOROUS,!] odourless, inodorous, noun.attribute:odor,= (having no odor; "odorless gas"; "odorless flowers") } { non-aromatic, (not aromatic) } { scentless, (emitting or holding no odor; "scentless wisps of straw"; "a scentless stretch of rocky ground") }] [{ [ SCENTED, SCENTLESS,!] (having the sense of smell; "keen-scented hounds") } ---- { [ SCENTLESS, SCENTED,!] (lacking the sense of smell) }] [{ [ FREE2, BOUND3,!] noun.cognition:chemistry,;c noun.cognition:physics,;c (unconstrained or not chemically bound in a molecule or not fixed and capable of relatively unrestricted motion; "free expansion"; "free oxygen"; "a free electron") } { liberated, ((of a gas e.g.) released from chemical combination) } { unbound, (not held in chemical or physical combination) } ---- { [ BOUND3, FREE2,!] noun.cognition:chemistry,;c noun.cognition:physics,;c (held with another element, substance or material in chemical or physical union) } { conjugate1, conjugated1, noun.cognition:chemistry,;c (of an organic compound; containing two or more double bonds each separated from the other by a single bond) } { conjugate2, conjugated2, noun.cognition:chemistry,;c (formed by the union of two compounds; "a conjugated protein") }] [{ [ FIXED, noun.attribute:fixedness,+ noun.attribute:fixity,+ UNFIXED,!] SECURE3,^ (securely placed or fastened or set; "a fixed piece of wood"; "a fixed resistor") } { [ fast, noun.attribute:fastness1,+ ] [ firm, noun.attribute:firmness,+ ] [ immobile, noun.state:immobility,+ ] (securely fixed in place; "the post was still firm after being hit by the car") } { geostationary, (of or having a geosynchronous orbit such that the position in such an orbit is fixed with respect to the earth; "a geostationary satellite") } { geosynchronous, (of or having an orbit with a fixed period of 24 hours (although the position in the orbit may not be fixed with respect to the earth)) } { leaded, ((of panes of glass) fixed in place by means of thin strips of lead; "leaded windowpanes") } { [ stationary, noun.state:stationariness,+ ] (not capable of being moved; "stationary machinery") } { taped, (secured or held in place by tape; "carefully taped pieces of glass served as a windowpane") } { unadjustable, (not adjustable) } ---- { [ UNFIXED, FIXED,!] INSECURE3,^ (not firmly placed or set or fastened) } { detached, free, (not fixed in position; "the detached shutter fell on him"; "he pulled his arm free and ran") } { floating(a), ((of a part of the body) not firmly connected; movable or out of normal position; "floating ribs are not connected with the sternum"; "a floating kidney") } { unfirm, [ unsteady, noun.attribute:unsteadiness,+ ] (not firmly or solidly positioned; "climbing carefully up the unsteady ladder"; "an unfirm stance") }] [{ [ FREE, UNFREE,!] FREE1,^ INDEPENDENT,^ UNBOUND1,^ UNCONFINED,^ UNRESTRAINED,^ UNRESTRICTED,^ noun.state:freedom,= (not limited or hampered; not under compulsion or restraint; "free enterprise"; "a free port"; "a free country"; "I have an hour free"; "free will"; "free of racism"; "feel free to stay as long as you wish"; "a free choice") } { at_large(p), escaped, loose1, on_the_loose(p), (having escaped, especially from confinement; "a convict still at large"; "searching for two escaped prisoners"; "dogs loose on the streets"; "criminals on the loose in the neighborhood") } { [ autonomous, noun.state:autonomy1,+ ] [ independent, noun.state:independence,+ ] self-governing, sovereign, ((of political bodies) not controlled by outside forces; "an autonomous judiciary"; "a sovereign state") } { available, uncommitted, (not busy; not otherwise committed; "he was not available for comment"; "he was available and willing to accompany her") } { aweigh, atrip, noun.act:navigation1,;c ((of an anchor) just clear of the bottom) } { clear2(p), (free from contact or proximity or connection; "we were clear of the danger"; "the ship was clear of the reef") } { emancipated, liberated, (free from traditional social restraints; "an emancipated young woman pursuing her career"; "a liberated lifestyle") } { footloose, (free to go or do as one pleases; "Americans have always been a footloose people always moving on"; "a footloose young man eager to see the big city") } { out-of-school, (not attending school and therefore free to work; "opportunities for out-of-school youth") } { unconfined, unimprisoned, (free from confinement or physical restraint) } { unconstrained, (free from constraint; "he was unconstrained by any of the sanctions of polite society"; "the dog was unconstrained"; "idle, unconstrained gossip") } { unhampered, (not held in check or subject to control; "unhampered dissemination of news"; "this would give black people the opportunity to live unhampered by racism") } { unrestricted, (free of restrictions on conduct; "I had unrestricted access") } ---- { [ UNFREE, FREE,!] BOUND1,^ CONFINED,^ DEPENDENT,^ RESTRICTED,^ noun.state:freedom,= (hampered and not free; not able to act at will) } { adscript, adscripted, ((used of persons) bound to a tract of land; hence their service is transferable from owner to owner; "an adscript serf") } { apprenticed, articled, bound, indentured, (bound by contract) } { at_bay(p), cornered, trapped, treed, (forced to turn and face attackers; "a stag at bay"; "she had me cornered between the porch and her car"; "like a trapped animal") } { [ captive, noun.person:captive2,+ noun.person:captive1,+ noun.person:captive,+ noun.state:captivity2,+ noun.state:captivity1,+ ] confined, imprisoned, jailed, (being in captivity) } { entangled, (involved in difficulties) } { nonautonomous, nonsovereign, ((of peoples and political bodies) controlled by outside forces) } { prisonlike, (resembling a prison) } { serflike, (like someone in servitude) }] [{ [ FREE1, UNFREE1,!] FREE,^ (not held in servitude; "after the Civil War he was a free man") } { freeborn, (born free of free parents) } { free-soil, slaveless, non-slave, (where slavery was prohibited; "a free-soil state") } ---- { [ UNFREE1, FREE1,!] UNFREE,^ (held in servitude; "he was born of slave parents") } { servile(a), (relating to or involving slaves or appropriate for slaves or servants; "Brown's attempt at servile insurrection"; "the servile wars of Sicily"; "servile work") } { slaveholding, (allowing slavery; "the slaveholding South") }] [{ [ FREQUENT, noun.quantity:frequency,+ noun.time:frequence,+ verb.social:frequent,+ verb.motion:frequent,+ INFREQUENT,!] (coming at short intervals or habitually; "a frequent guest"; "frequent complaints") } { prevailing, [ prevalent, noun.attribute:prevalence,+ verb.stative:prevail,+ ] [ predominant, noun.attribute:predominance,+ verb.stative:predominate,+ ] dominant, rife, (most frequent or common; "prevailing winds") } { [ regular, noun.person:regular,+ noun.attribute:regularity,+ ] steady, (relating to a person who does something regularly; "a regular customer"; "a steady drinker") } ---- { [ INFREQUENT, noun.attribute:infrequency,+ FREQUENT,!] SPORADIC,^ (not frequent; not occurring regularly or at short intervals; "infrequent outbursts of temper") } { occasional(a), (occurring from time to time; "took an occasional glass of wine") } { [ rare, noun.attribute:rareness,+ ] (recurring only at long intervals; "a rare appearance"; "total eclipses are rare events") }] [{ [ FRESH1, noun.attribute:freshness1,+ STALE,!] NEW,^ noun.attribute:freshness1,= (recently made, produced, or harvested; "fresh bread"; "a fresh scent"; "fresh lettuce") } { caller, noun.location:Scotland,;r (fresh; "caller fish") } { [ crisp, noun.attribute:crispness2,+ ] (pleasingly firm and fresh; "crisp lettuce" ) } { fresh-cut, (cut recently; "fresh-cut flowers") } { good, unspoiled, unspoilt, (not left to spoil; "the meat is still good") } { undecomposed, incorrupt, (not decayed) } { hot, (newly made; "a hot scent") } { new-made, (newly made; "the aroma of new-made bread") } { strong, warm, (freshly made or left; "a warm trail"; "the scent is warm") } ---- { [ STALE, noun.attribute:staleness1,+ FRESH1,!] OLD1,^ UNORIGINAL,^ noun.attribute:staleness1,= (lacking freshness, palatability, or showing deterioration from age; "stale bread"; "the beer was stale") } { addled, ((of eggs) no longer edible; "an addled egg") } { bad, spoiled, spoilt, ((of foodstuffs) not in an edible or usable condition; "bad meat"; "a refrigerator full of spoilt food") } { cold, (having lost freshness through passage of time; "a cold trail"; "dogs attempting to catch a cold scent") } { day-old, (not fresh today; "day-old bread is cheaper than fresh") } { hard, (dried out; "hard dry rolls left over from the day before") } { flyblown, [ maggoty, noun.animal:maggot,+ ] (spoiled and covered with eggs and larvae of flies; "flyblown meat"; "a sack of maggoty apricots") } { [ moldy, noun.plant:mold,+ noun.attribute:moldiness,+ ] [ mouldy, noun.plant:mould,+ ] [ musty, noun.attribute:must,+ noun.attribute:mustiness,+ ] (covered with or smelling of mold; "moldy bread"; "a moldy (or musty) odor") } { [ rancid, noun.attribute:rancidness,+ ] ((used of decomposing oils or fats) having a rank smell or taste usually due to a chemical change or decomposition; "rancid butter"; "rancid bacon") } { [ rotten, noun.state:rottenness,+ noun.attribute:rottenness,+ ] (having decayed or disintegrated; usually implies foulness; "dead and rotten in his grave") } { corrupt, tainted, (touched by rot or decay; "tainted bacon"; "`corrupt' is archaic") } { [ putrid, noun.state:putridness,+ noun.state:putridity,+ noun.attribute:putrescence,+ ] (in an advanced state of decomposition and having a foul odor; "horrible like raw and putrid flesh"- Somerset Maugham) } { [ putrescent, noun.state:putrescence,+ noun.attribute:putrescence,+ ] (becoming putrid; "a trail lined by putrescent carcasses") }] [{ [ FRESH2, PRESERVED2,!] (not canned or otherwise preserved; "fresh vegetables") } { unprocessed, (not treated or prepared by a special process) } ---- { [ PRESERVED2, FRESH2,!] (prevented from decaying or spoiling and prepared for future use) } { aged, cured1, ((used of tobacco) aging as a preservative process (`aged' is pronounced as one syllable)) } { candied, crystalized, crystalised, glace, ((used especially of fruits) preserved by coating with or allowing to absorb sugar) } { canned, tinned, (sealed in a can or jar) } { corned, cured2, ((used especially of meat) cured in brine) } { cured3, ((used of hay e.g.) allowed to dry) } { dried, dehydrated, desiccated, (preserved by removing natural moisture; "dried beef"; "dried fruit"; "dehydrated eggs"; "shredded and desiccated coconut meat") } { flash-frozen, quick-frozen, frozen, ((used of foods) preserved by freezing sufficiently rapidly to retain flavor and nutritional value; "frozen foods") } { freeze-dried1, (preserved by freezing and drying in a vacuum; "freeze-dried coffee") } { lyophilized, lyophilised, freeze-dried2, (used of tissue or blood or serum or other biological substances; dried by freezing in a high vacuum) } { pickled, ((used of foods) preserved in a pickling liquid) } { potted, (preserved in a pot or can or jar; "potted meat"; "potted shrimp") } { salted, salt-cured, brine-cured, ((used especially of meats) preserved in salt) } { smoked, smoke-cured, smoke-dried, ((used especially of meats and fish) dried and cured by hanging in wood smoke) } { sun-dried, sundried, (dried naturally by the sun; "sun-dried apricots") }] [{ [ FRESH3, SALTY,!] sweet, (not containing or composed of salt water; "fresh water") } ---- { [ SALTY, noun.attribute:saltiness,+ noun.substance:salt,+ noun.food:salt,+ FRESH3,!] TASTY,^ (containing or filled with salt; "salt water") } { [ brackish, noun.attribute:brackishness,+ ] [ briny, noun.object:briny,+ noun.substance:brine,+ noun.food:brine,+ noun.attribute:brininess,+ ] (slightly salty (especially from containing a mixture of seawater and fresh water); "a brackish lagoon"; "the briny deep") } { saliferous, (containing or yielding salt; "saliferous formations"; "salt domes") } { [ saline, noun.attribute:salinity,+ ] (containing salt; "a saline substance "; "salty tears") } { saltish, (somewhat salty) } ] [{ [ FRIENDLY1, noun.person:friend,+ noun.attribute:friendliness,+ UNFRIENDLY1,!] AMICABLE,^ CONGENIAL,^ GRACIOUS,^ HOSPITABLE2,^ SOCIABLE,^ SOCIAL,^ WARM2,^ noun.attribute:friendliness,= (characteristic of or befitting a friend; "friendly advice"; "a friendly neighborhood"; "the only friendly person here"; "a friendly host and hostess") } { [ affable, noun.attribute:affability,+ noun.attribute:affableness,+ ] [ amiable, noun.feeling:amiability,+ noun.attribute:amiability,+ noun.state:amity,+ ] [ cordial, noun.attribute:cordiality,+ ] [ genial, noun.attribute:geniality,+ ] (diffusing warmth and friendliness; "an affable smile"; "an amiable gathering"; "cordial relations"; "a cordial greeting"; "a genial host") } { [ chummy, noun.person:chum,+ noun.attribute:chumminess,+ ] [ matey, noun.person:mate3,+ ] pally, palsy-walsy, noun.communication:colloquialism,;u ((used colloquially) having the relationship of friends or pals) } { companionate, (like a companion; "companionate marriage"; "a companionate dog") } { [ comradely, noun.person:comrade,+ noun.attribute:comradeliness,+ ] hail-fellow, hail-fellow-well-met, (heartily friendly and congenial) } { couthie, couthy, noun.location:Scotland,;r ((chiefly Scottish) agreeable and genial) } { [ cozy, noun.state:coziness,+ ] intimate, [ informal, noun.attribute:informality,+ ] (having or fostering a warm or friendly and informal atmosphere; "had a cozy chat"; "a relaxed informal manner"; "an intimate cocktail lounge"; "the small room was cozy and intimate") } { [ neighborly, noun.person:neighbor,+ noun.attribute:neighborliness,+ ] [ neighbourly, noun.person:neighbour,+ noun.attribute:neighbourliness,+ ] (exhibiting the qualities expected in a friendly neighbor) } { [ social, noun.group:social,+ noun.attribute:sociality,+ ] (marked by friendly companionship with others; "a social cup of coffee") } ---- { [ UNFRIENDLY1, noun.attribute:unfriendliness,+ FRIENDLY1,!] COOL2,^ HOSTILE1,^ INHOSPITABLE2,^ UNCONGENIAL,^ UNSOCIABLE,^ noun.attribute:friendliness,= (not disposed to friendship or friendliness; "an unfriendly coldness of manner"; "an unfriendly action to take") } { beetle-browed, scowling, (sullen or unfriendly in appearance) } { chilly, (lacking warmth of feeling; "a chilly greeting") } { uncordial, (lacking warmth or friendliness; "looked uncordial as we approached") } { [ unneighborly, noun.attribute:unneighborliness,+ ] unneighbourly, (not exhibiting the qualities expected in a friendly neighbor) }] [{ [ FRIENDLY2, HOSTILE2,!] (of or belonging to your own country's forces or those of an ally; "in friendly territory"; "he was accidentally killed by friendly fire") } ---- { [ HOSTILE2, FRIENDLY2,!] (not belonging to your own country's forces or those of an ally; "hostile naval and air forces") }] [{ [ FRIENDLY3, UNFRIENDLY2,!] noun.communication:combining_form,;u (easy to understand or use; "user-friendly computers"; "a consumer-friendly policy"; "a reader-friendly novel") } ---- { [ UNFRIENDLY2, FRIENDLY3,!] noun.communication:combining_form,;u (not easy to understand or use; "user-unfriendly") }] [{ [ FROZEN, UNFROZEN,!] COLD1,^ UNMELTED,^ (turned into ice; affected by freezing or by long and severe cold; "the frozen North"; "frozen pipes"; "children skating on a frozen brook") } { frostbitten, (injured by freezing or partial freezing; "frostbitten fingers"; "frostbitten grapes unsalable as fresh fruit") } { frost-bound, ((of the ground) made hard by frost) } { glaciated, (covered with ice (as by a glacier) or affected by glacial action) } { icebound, (locked in by ice; "icebound harbors") } { ice-clogged, (obstructed by ice; "ice-clogged rivers") } { [ icy, noun.artifact:ice,+ noun.attribute:iciness,+ ] (covered with or containing or consisting of ice; "icy northern waters") } { [ sleety, noun.phenomenon:sleet,+ ] (consisting of or of the nature of frozen or partially frozen rain) } { unthawed, (still frozen; "there wasn't time to cook the unthawed turkey, so they had to settle for hotdogs") } ---- { [ UNFROZEN, FROZEN,!] MELTED,^ (not frozen; "unfrozen ground") } { ice-free, (free of ice and open to travel; "an ice-free channel in the river") } { liquescent, melting, (becoming liquid) } { [ slushy, noun.substance:slush,+ ] (being or resembling melting snow; "slushy snow"; "deep slushy mud") } { thawed, (no longer frozen; "the thawed ground was muddy") }] [{ [ FRUITFUL, noun.attribute:fruitfulness,+ UNFRUITFUL,!] FERTILE,^ PRODUCTIVE,^ (productive or conducive to producing in abundance; "be fruitful and multiply") } { berried, baccate, bacciferous, (producing or bearing berries) } { blue-fruited, (bearing blue fruit) } { [ bountiful, noun.attribute:bountifulness,+ ] plentiful, (producing in abundance; "the bountiful earth"; "a plentiful year"; "fruitful soil") } { breeding, (producing offspring or set aside especially for producing offspring; "the breeding population"; "retained a few bulls for breeding purposes") } { dark-fruited, (bearing dark fruit) } { fat, [ fertile1, noun.attribute:fertility,+ ] [ productive, noun.attribute:productiveness1,+ ] [ rich, noun.attribute:richness5,+ noun.attribute:richness2,+ ] (marked by great fruitfulness; "fertile farmland"; "a fat land"; "a productive vineyard"; "rich soil") } { [ generative, verb.body:generate,+ ] [ procreative, verb.body:procreate,+ ] [ reproductive, verb.body:reproduce,+ ] (producing new life or offspring; "the reproductive potential of a species is its relative capacity to reproduce itself under optimal conditions"; "the reproductive or generative organs") } { high-yield, (yielding a large amount of agricultural or industrial production) } { oval-fruited, (bearing oval fruit) } { prolific, [ fertile2, noun.state:fertility,+ ] (bearing in abundance especially offspring; "flying foxes are extremely prolific"; "a prolific pear tree") } { red-fruited, (bearing red fruit) } { round-fruited, (bearing round fruit) } { small-fruited, (bearing small fruit) } ---- { [ UNFRUITFUL, FRUITFUL,!] STERILE,^ (not fruitful; not conducive to abundant production) } { [ abortive, verb.change:abort,+ ] stillborn, unsuccessful, (failing to accomplish an intended result; "an abortive revolt"; "a stillborn plot to assassinate the President") } { acarpous, (producing no fruit) } { [ childless, noun.state:childlessness,+ ] (without offspring; "in some societies a childless woman is rejected by her tribesmen") }] [{ [ FULL, noun.state:fullness,+ EMPTY,!] noun.state:fullness,= (containing as much or as many as is possible or normal; "a full glass"; "a sky full of stars"; "a full life"; "the auditorium was full to overflowing") } { afloat(p), awash(p), flooded1, inundated, overflowing, (covered with water; "the main deck was afloat (or awash)"; "the monsoon left the whole place awash"; "a flooded bathroom"; "inundated farmlands"; "an overflowing tub") } { air-filled, (full of air) } { brimful, brimfull, brimming, (filled to capacity; "a brimful cup"; "I am brimful of chowder"; "a child brimming over with curiosity"; "eyes brimming with tears") } { chockablock(p), chock-full, chockful, choke-full, chuck-full, cram_full, (packed full to capacity; "chowder chockablock with pieces of fish") } { congested, engorged, (overfull as with blood) } { egg-filled, (full of eggs) } { filled1, noun.communication:combining_form,;u ((usually followed by `with' or used as a combining form) generously supplied with; "theirs was a house filled with laughter"; "a large hall filled with rows of desks"; "fog-filled air") } { fraught(p), pregnant, (filled with or attended with; "words fraught with meaning"; "an incident fraught with danger"; "a silence pregnant with suspense") } { gas-filled, (full of a gas) } { glutted, overfull, (exceeding demand; "a glutted market") } { [ heavy, noun.attribute:heaviness,+ ] weighed_down, (full of; bearing great weight; "trees heavy with fruit"; "vines weighed down with grapes") } { instinct(p), replete(p), ((followed by `with') deeply filled or permeated; "imbued with the spirit of the Reformation"; "words instinct with love"; "it is replete with misery") } { laden, loaded, ladened, (filled with a great quantity; "a tray loaded with dishes"; "table laden with food"; "`ladened' is not current usage") } { overladen, overloaded, (loaded past capacity) } { riddled, (spread throughout; "cities riddled with corruption") } { sperm-filled, (filled with sperm) } { stuffed1, (filled with something; "a stuffed turkey") } { stuffed2, noun.communication:colloquialism,;u (crammed with food; "a full stomach"; "I feel stuffed") } { untouched, untasted, (still full; "an untouched cocktail in her hand") } { well-lined, (full of money; "a well-lined purse") } ---- { [ EMPTY, noun.state:emptiness,+ FULL,!] noun.state:fullness,= (holding or containing nothing; "an empty glass"; "an empty room"; "full of empty seats"; "empty hours") } { [ bare, noun.attribute:bareness,+ ] stripped, (having everything extraneous removed including contents; "the bare walls"; "the cupboard was bare") } { [ blank, noun.state:blankness,+ ] clean, white, ((of a surface) not written or printed on; "blank pages"; "fill in the blank spaces"; "a clean page"; "wide white margins") } { empty-handed, (carrying nothing in the hands) } { glassy, glazed, ((used of eyes) lacking liveliness; "empty eyes"; "a glassy stare"; "his eyes were glazed over with boredom") } { [ lifeless, noun.state:lifelessness,+ ] (destitute or having been emptied of life or living beings; "after the dance the littered and lifeless ballroom echoed hollowly") } { looted, pillaged, plundered, ransacked, (wrongfully emptied or stripped of anything of value; "the robbers left the looted train"; "people returned to the plundered village") } { [ vacant1, noun.state:vacancy,+ noun.shape:vacancy,+ verb.social:vacate,+ verb.motion:vacate,+ ] (without an occupant or incumbent; "the throne is never vacant") } { vacant2, (void of intelligence or thought; "a vacant mind") } { vacuous, (devoid of matter; "a vacuous space") } { [ void, noun.shape:void,+ ] (containing nothing; "the earth was without form, and void") }] [{ [ DRAINED, UNDRAINED,!] (emptied or exhausted of (as by drawing off e.g. water or other liquid); "a drained marsh"; "a drained tank"; "a drained and apathetic old man...not caring any longer about anything") } { [ empty, noun.state:emptiness,+ ] (emptied of emotion; "after the violent argument he felt empty") } { exhausted, (drained physically; "the day's events left her completely exhausted--her strength drained") } ---- { [ UNDRAINED, DRAINED,!] (not drained; "preserve wetlands; keep them undrained") }] [{ [ FULL-TIME, PART-TIME,!] (for the entire time appropriate to an activity; "a full-time job") } { regular, (officially full-time; "regular students") } ---- { [ PART-TIME, FULL-TIME,!] part_time, (involving less than the standard or customary time for an activity; "part-time employees"; "a part-time job") } { half-time, (involving half the standard or customary time for an activity; "he had two years of half-time training") } { irregular, [ temporary, noun.attribute:temporariness,+ ] (lacking continuity or regularity; "an irregular worker"; "employed on a temporary basis") } { odd-job(a), (not regular or skilled; "found only odd-job employment") } { underemployed, (employed only part-time when one needs full-time employment or not making full use of your skills; "migrants are likely to be poor and underemployed"; "able people are kept underemployed") }] [{ [ FUNCTIONAL, noun.attribute:functionality,+ NONFUNCTIONAL,!] SERVICEABLE,^ noun.attribute:function,= (designed for or capable of a particular function or use; "a style of writing in which every word is functional"; "functional architecture") } { structural, (affecting or involved in structure or construction; "the structural details of a house such as beams and joists and rafters; not ornamental elements"; "structural damage") } { [ utilitarian, noun.person:utilitarian,+ noun.attribute:utility,+ ] [ useful, noun.attribute:usefulness,+ ] (having a useful function; "utilitarian steel tables") } ---- { [ NONFUNCTIONAL, FUNCTIONAL,!] UNSERVICEABLE,^ noun.attribute:function,= (not having or performing a function) } { nonstructural, (not structural) } { cosmetic, [ decorative, verb.stative:decorate,+ verb.creation:decorate,+ verb.contact:decorate,+ noun.attribute:decorativeness,+ ] [ ornamental, noun.plant:ornamental,+ noun.artifact:ornament,+ ] (serving an esthetic rather than a useful purpose; "cosmetic fenders on cars"; "the buildings were utilitarian rather than decorative") }] [{ [ FUNCTIONING, MALFUNCTIONING,!] (performing or able to perform its regular function; "a functioning flashlight") } { running(a), [ operative, verb.contact:operate3,+ verb.contact:operate,+ ] [ functional, noun.attribute:functionality,+ ] working(a), ((of e.g. a machine) performing or capable of performing; "in running (or working) order"; "a functional set of brakes") } { up(p), noun.artifact:computer,;c ((used of computers) operating properly; "how soon will the computers be up?") } ---- { [ MALFUNCTIONING, FUNCTIONING,!] nonfunctional3, (not performing or able to perform its regular function; "a malfunctioning valve") } { amiss(p), awry(p), haywire, wrong(p), (not functioning properly; "something is amiss"; "has gone completely haywire"; "something is wrong with the engine") } { bad, [ defective, noun.state:defectiveness,+ ] (not working properly; "a bad telephone connection"; "a defective appliance") } { out_of_whack, noun.communication:idiom1,;u (out of balance or out of adjustment; "the front wheel of my bicycle is out of whack") } { run-down, (having the spring unwound; "a run-down watch") } ] [{ [ FUNCTIONAL2, ORGANIC,!] noun.cognition:pathology,;c (involving or affecting function rather than physiology; "functional deafness") } ---- { [ ORGANIC, noun.Tops:organism,+ noun.body:organ,+ FUNCTIONAL2,!] noun.cognition:pathology,;c (involving or affecting physiology or bodily organs; "an organic disease") }] [{ [ RIGGED, UNRIGGED,!] noun.act:navigation1,;c (fitted or equipped with necessary rigging (sails and shrouds and stays etc)) } { lateen, lateen-rigged, (rigged with a triangular (lateen) sail) } { outrigged, (rigged with a structure projecting from or over the side of a boat for various purposes; to prevent capsizing or to support an oarlock or to help secure a mast etc) } { square-rigged, (rigged with square sails as the principal ones) } ---- { [ UNRIGGED, RIGGED,!] noun.act:navigation1,;c (stripped of rigging) }] [{ [ EQUIPPED, UNEQUIPPED,!] equipt, (provided or fitted out with what is necessary or useful or appropriate; "a well equipped playground"; "a ship equipped with every mechanical aid to navigation") } { accoutered, accoutred, noun.group:military,;c (provided with necessary articles of equipment for a specialized purpose (especially military); "troops accoutered for battle"; "properly accoutered for the trip") } { armored, panoplied, (equipped with the complete arms and armor of a warrior) } { helmeted, (equipped with or wearing a helmet) } { outfitted, (equipped with appropriate wearing apparel and accessories; "children properly outfitted for school"; "equipt in the...national dress of the Scottish people"- Sir Walter Scott) } { prepared, (equipped or prepared with necessary intellectual resources; "graduates well equipped to handle such problems"; "equipped to be a scholar") } { transistorized, transistorised, ((of an electronic device) equipped with transistors) } { visored, (having or provided with a visor or a visor of a particular kind; "their spic, red-visored caps") } ---- { [ UNEQUIPPED, EQUIPPED,!] (without necessary physical or intellectual equipment; "guerrillas unequipped for a pitched battle"; "unequipped for jobs in a modern technological society") } { ill-equipped, (poorly supplied with physical equipment; "the school was ill-equipped") }] [{ [ FLEDGED, UNFLEDGED,!] [ mature4, noun.state:maturity,+ noun.state:matureness,+ ] ((of birds) having developed feathers or plumage; often used in combination) } { [ fledgling(a), noun.animal:fledgling,+ ] [ fledgeling(a), noun.animal:fledgeling,+ ] ((of a young bird) having acquired its flight feathers; "a fledgling robin") } { full-fledged, fully_fledged, ((of a bird) having reached full development with fully grown adult plumage; ready to fly) } ---- { [ UNFLEDGED, FLEDGED,!] immature4, ((of birds) not yet having developed feathers; "a small unfledged sparrow on the window sill") } { unfeathered, (not having feathers; "the unfeathered brood") }] [{ [ FRAMED, UNFRAMED,!] (provided with a frame; "there were framed snapshots of family and friends on her desk") } ---- { [ UNFRAMED, FRAMED,!] (not provided with a frame; "unframed pictures") }] [{ [ FURNISHED, UNFURNISHED,!] equipped2, noun.artifact:furniture,;c (provided with whatever is necessary for a purpose (as furniture or equipment or authority); "a furnished apartment"; "a completely furnished toolbox") } { appointed, (provided with furnishing and accessories (especially of a tasteful kind); "a house that is beautifully appointed") } { fitted_out, outfitted, (furnished with essential equipment for a particular occupation or undertaking occupation; "a well outfitted expedition to the South Pole") } { stocked, stocked_with, (furnished with more than enough; "rivers well stocked with fish"; "a well-stocked store") } { volumed, (furnished with volumes; "a large room volumed with ancient books") } { well-appointed, well-found, (having a full array of suitable equipment or furnishings; "a well-appointed kitchen"; "a well-appointed apartment") } ---- { [ UNFURNISHED, FURNISHED,!] (not equipped with what is needed especially furniture; "an unfurnished apartment") }] [{ [ FUNDED, UNFUNDED,!] (furnished with funds; "well-funded research") } ---- { [ UNFUNDED, FUNDED,!] (not furnished with funds; "an unfunded project") }] [{ [ FUELED, UNFUELED,!] (heated, driven, or produced by burning fuel) } { clean-burning, (leaving little contamination while consuming fuel; "natural gas is a clean-burning fuel") } { coal-fired, coal-burning, (fueled by burning coal; "a coal-fired ship") } {wood-fired, wood-burning, (fueled by wood; "a wood-burning stove")} { liquid-fueled, (fueled by a liquid fuel) } { oil-fired, (fueled by burning oil; "an oil-fired furnace") } ---- { [ UNFUELED, FUELED,!] (not provided with fuel) } { self-sustained, (needing no outside support) } { unfed, (not given support; "a grudge that remained unfed") }] [{ [ SPECIFIED, UNSPECIFIED,!] (clearly and explicitly stated; "meals are at specified times") } { mere(a), (being nothing more than specified; "a mere child") } { nominative, nominal2, (named; bearing the name of a specific person; "nominative shares of stock") } { [ specific, noun.attribute:specificity1,+ ] (stated explicitly or in detail; "needed a specific amount") } ---- { [ UNSPECIFIED, SPECIFIED,!] (not stated explicitly or in detail; "threatened unspecified reprisals") }] [{ [ GEARED, UNGEARED,!] (equipped with or connected by gears or having gears engaged) } { back-geared, double-geared2, ((of a lathe) equipped with gearing for reducing the speed of the spindle from that of the driving pulley; "a back-geared lathe") } { double-geared, (equipped with compound gearing consisting of 2 pinions and 2 wheels in mesh to increase the mechanical advantage; "the double-geared lifting mechanism of a crane") } { engaged, meshed, intermeshed, ((used of toothed parts or gears) interlocked and interacting; "the gears are engaged"; "meshed gears"; "intermeshed twin rotors") } { in_gear, (having gears engaged; "the car is in gear") } ---- { [ UNGEARED, GEARED,!] (having gears not engaged or disconnected; "the machine's ungeared pinion") } { out_of_gear(p), (not having gears engaged; "threw the machine's pinion out of gear") }] [{ [ GENERAL, noun.cognition:general,+ noun.attribute:generality,+ SPECIFIC,!] COMPREHENSIVE,^ IMPRECISE,^ INDISCRIMINATE,^ UNSPECIALIZED,^ noun.attribute:generality,= (applying to all or most members of a category or group; "the general public"; "general assistance"; "a general rule"; "in general terms"; "comprehensible to the general reader") } { broad, unspecific, (not detailed or specific; "a broad rule"; "the broad outlines of the plan"; "felt an unspecific dread") } { general-purpose, all-purpose, (not limited in use or function) } { [ generic, noun.cognition:genus,+ ] (applicable to an entire class or group; "is there a generic Asian mind?") } { gross, (lacking fine distinctions or detail; "the gross details of the structure appear reasonable") } { overall, (involving only main features; "the overall pattern of his life") } { pandemic, (existing everywhere; "pandemic fear of nuclear war") } { universal, (applicable to or common to all members of a group or set; "the play opened to universal acclaim"; "rap enjoys universal appeal among teenage boys")} { widespread, (widely circulated or diffused; "a widespread doctrine"; "widespread fear of nuclear war") } ---- { [ SPECIFIC, GENERAL,!] PRECISE,^ SPECIALIZED,^ noun.attribute:generality,= ((sometimes followed by `to') applying to or characterized by or distinguishing something particular or special or unique; "rules with specific application"; "demands specific to the job"; "a specific and detailed account of the accident") } { ad_hoc, (for or concerned with one specific purpose; "a coordinated policy instead of ad hoc decisions") } { [ circumstantial, noun.state:circumstance2,+ ] (fully detailed and specific about particulars; "a circumstantial report about the debate") } { limited, [ special, noun.attribute:specialness,+ noun.attribute:speciality2,+ ] (having a specific function or scope; "a special (or specific) role in the mission") } { [ particular(a), noun.attribute:particularity,+ ] peculiar(a), [ special1(a), noun.attribute:specialness,+ ] (unique or specific to a person or thing or category; "the particular demands of the job"; "has a particular preference for Chinese art"; "a peculiar bond of sympathy between them"; "an expression peculiar to Canadians"; "rights peculiar to the rich"; "the special features of a computer"; "my own special chair") } { [ particular2(a), noun.attribute:particularity,+ ] (separate and distinct from others of the same group or category; "interested in one particular artist"; "a man who wishes to make a particular woman fall in love with him") } { particularized, particularised, (directed toward a specific object; "particularized thinking as distinct from stereotyped sloganeering") } { proper(ip), (limited to the thing specified; "the city proper"; "his claim is connected with the deed proper") } { [ unique(p), noun.attribute:uniqueness,+ ] ((followed by `to') applying exclusively to a given category or condition or locality; "a species unique to Australia") }] [{ [ SPECIFIC2, NONSPECIFIC,!] noun.cognition:medicine,;c noun.cognition:pathology,;c (being or affecting a disease produced by a particular microorganism or condition; used also of stains or dyes used in making microscope slides; "quinine is highly specific for malaria"; "a specific remedy"; "a specific stain is one having a specific affinity for particular structural elements") } ---- { [ NONSPECIFIC, SPECIFIC,!] noun.cognition:medicine,;c noun.cognition:pathology,;c (not caused by a specific agent; used also of staining in making microscope slides; "nonspecific enteritis") }] [{ [ NATIONAL1, noun.group:nationality,+ LOCAL1,!] (concerned with or applicable to or belonging to an entire nation or country; "the national government"; "national elections"; "of national concern"; "the national highway system"; "national forests") } { federal, (national; especially in reference to the government of the United States as distinct from that of its member units; "the Federal Bureau of Investigation"; "federal courts"; "the federal highway program"; "federal property") } ---- { [ LOCAL1, NATIONAL1,!] (relating to or applicable to or concerned with the administration of a city or town or district rather than a larger area; "local taxes"; "local authorities") }] [{ [ COSMOPOLITAN, ENDEMIC2,!] widely_distributed2, noun.cognition:ecology,;c (growing or occurring in many parts of the world; "a cosmopolitan herb"; "cosmopolitan in distribution") } ---- { [ ENDEMIC2, COSMOPOLITAN,!] noun.cognition:ecology,;c (native to or confined to a certain region; "the islands have a number of interesting endemic species") }] [{ [ BRANCHIATE, ABRANCHIATE,!] gilled, (provided with gills; "a gilled tadpole") } ---- { [ ABRANCHIATE, BRANCHIATE,!] abranchial, abranchious, gill-less, (having no gills) }] [{ [ FEDERAL, UNITARY,!] noun.act:government,;c (characterized by or constituting a form of government in which power is divided between one central and several regional authorities; "a federal system like that of the United States"; "federal governments often evolved out of confederations") } ---- { [ UNITARY, FEDERAL,!] noun.act:government,;c (characterized by or constituting a form of government in which power is held by one central authority; "a unitary as opposed to a federal form of government") }] [{ [ CENTRALIZED, DECENTRALIZED,!] centralised, (drawn toward a center or brought under the control of a central authority; "centralized control of emergency relief efforts"; "centralized government") } ---- { [ DECENTRALIZED, CENTRALIZED,!] decentralised, (withdrawn from a center or place of concentration; especially having power or function dispersed from a central to local authorities; "a decentralized school administration") } { localized, localised, (made local or oriented locally; "a decentralized and localized political authority") } { redistributed, (having population and industries relocated from urban to outlying areas; "redistributed industries") } { suburbanized, suburbanised, (surrounded by many suburbs; "a highly suburbanized city") }] [{ [ TECHNICAL, noun.state:technicality,+ NONTECHNICAL,!] (characterizing or showing skill in or specialized knowledge of applied arts and sciences; "a technical problem"; "highly technical matters hardly suitable for the general public"; "a technical report"; "producing the A-bomb was a challenge to the technical people of this country"; "technical training"; "technical language") } ---- { [ NONTECHNICAL, TECHNICAL,!] untechnical, (not characteristic of or skilled in applied arts and sciences; "nontechnical aspects of the job"; "nontechnical training"; "an untechnical reader"; "in clear effective nontechnical language") }] [{ [ NONPROPRIETARY, PROPRIETARY,!] (not protected by trademark or patent or copyright; "nonproprietary products are in the public domain and anyone can produce or distribute them") } { generic, noun.artifact:drug,;c ((of drugs) not protected by trademark; "`Acetaminophen' is the generic form of the proprietary drug `Tylenol'") } { unpatented, ((of devices and processes) not protected by patent; "unpatented inventions") } ---- { [ PROPRIETARY, noun.person:proprietor,+ NONPROPRIETARY,!] (protected by trademark or patent or copyright; made or produced or distributed by one having exclusive rights; "`Tylenol' is a proprietary drug of which `acetaminophen' is the generic form") } { branded, ((of goods and merchandise) marked or labeled by a distinctive word or symbol indicating exclusive rights; "branded merchandise is that bearing a standard brand name") } { copyrighted, noun.communication:literature,;c noun.communication:music,;c ((of literary or musical or dramatic or artistic work) protected by copyright; "permission to publish copyright material") } { patented, ((of devices and processes) protected by patent; "they are patented inventions") } { trademarked, ((of goods and merchandise) labeled with proprietary (and legally registered) identification guaranteeing exclusive use; "trademarked goods") }] [{ [ GENEROUS1, noun.attribute:generousness,+ noun.act:generosity,+ STINGY,!] CHARITABLE,^ GENEROUS2,^ UNSELFISH,^ noun.attribute:generosity,= (willing to give and share unstintingly; "a generous donation") } { benevolent, freehearted, (generous in providing aid to others) } { big, [ bighearted, noun.attribute:bigheartedness,+ ] [ bounteous, noun.attribute:bounty1,+ noun.attribute:bounteousness,+ ] [ bountiful, noun.attribute:bountifulness,+ ] freehanded, handsome, giving, [ liberal, noun.attribute:liberalness,+ noun.attribute:liberality,+ ] [ openhanded, noun.attribute:openhandedness,+ ] (given or giving freely; "was a big tipper"; "the bounteous goodness of God"; "bountiful compliments"; "a freehanded host"; "a handsome allowance"; "Saturday's child is loving and giving"; "a liberal backer of the arts"; "a munificent gift"; "her fond and openhanded grandfather") } { [ lavish, noun.attribute:lavishness,+ noun.act:lavishness,+ ] [ munificent, noun.attribute:munificence,+ ] overgenerous, too-generous, unsparing, unstinted, unstinting, (very generous; "distributed gifts with a lavish hand"; "the critics were lavish in their praise"; "a munificent gift"; "his father gave him a half-dollar and his mother a quarter and he thought them munificent"; "prodigal praise"; "unsparing generosity"; "his unstinted devotion"; "called for unstinting aid to Britain") } { [ unselfish, noun.attribute:unselfishness,+ noun.act:unselfishness,+ ] (not greedy) } ---- { [ STINGY, noun.attribute:stinginess,+ GENEROUS1,!] ungenerous4, SELFISH,^ UNCHARITABLE,^ UNGENEROUS,^ noun.attribute:generosity,= (unwilling to spend (money, time, resources, etc.); "she practices economy without being stingy"; "an ungenerous response to the appeal for funds") } { beggarly, [ mean1, noun.attribute:meanness1,+ ] ((used of sums of money) so small in amount as to deserve contempt) } { [ cheap, noun.attribute:cheapness2,+ ] chinchy, chintzy, (embarrassingly stingy) } { cheeseparing, [ close, noun.attribute:closeness4,+ ] near, [ penny-pinching, noun.attribute:penny-pinching,+ ] skinny, (giving or spending with reluctance; "our cheeseparing administration"; "very close (or near) with his money"; "a penny-pinching miserly old man") } { closefisted, hardfisted, [ tightfisted, noun.attribute:tightfistedness,+ ] (unwilling to part with money) } { grudging, [ niggardly, noun.person:niggard,+ noun.attribute:niggardliness,+ ] scrimy, (petty or reluctant in giving or spending; "a niggardly tip") } { [ mean2, noun.attribute:meanness1,+ noun.attribute:meanness,+ ] [ mingy, noun.attribute:minginess,+ ] [ miserly, noun.person:miser,+ noun.attribute:miserliness,+ ] [ tight, noun.attribute:tightness1,+ ] ((used of persons or behavior) characterized by or indicative of lack of generosity; "a mean person"; "he left a miserly tip") } { [ parsimonious, noun.attribute:parsimony1,+ noun.attribute:parsimony,+ noun.attribute:parsimoniousness1,+ noun.attribute:parsimoniousness,+ ] [ penurious, noun.attribute:penuriousness,+ ] (excessively unwilling to spend; "parsimonious thrift relieved by few generous impulses"; "lived in a most penurious manner--denying himself every indulgence") }] [{ [ GENEROUS2, noun.attribute:generousness,+ noun.attribute:generosity,+ UNGENEROUS,!] GENEROUS1,^ (not petty in character and mind; "unusually generous in his judgment of people") } { big, large, [ magnanimous, noun.attribute:magnanimousness,+ noun.attribute:magnanimity,+ ] (generous and understanding and tolerant; "a heart big enough to hold no grudges"; "that's very big of you to be so forgiving"; "a large and generous spirit"; "a large heart"; "magnanimous toward his enemies") } { ungrudging, (without envy or reluctance; "ungrudging admiration") } ---- { [ UNGENEROUS, GENEROUS2,!] meanspirited2, STINGY,^ (lacking in magnanimity; "it seems ungenerous to end this review of a splendid work of scholarship on a critical note"- Times Litt. Sup.; "a meanspirited man unwilling to forgive") }] [{ [ GENUINE, noun.attribute:genuineness1,+ COUNTERFEIT,!] echt, HONEST,^ REAL,^ SINCERE,^ TRUE,^ (not fake or counterfeit; "a genuine Picasso"; "genuine leather") } { [ authentic, noun.attribute:authenticity,+ ] bona_fide, [ unquestionable, noun.attribute:unquestionableness,+ ] veritable, (not counterfeit or copied; "an authentic signature"; "a bona fide manuscript"; "an unquestionable antique"; "photographs taken in a veritable bull ring") } { attested, authenticated, documented, (established as genuine) } { good, honest, (not forged; "a good dollar bill") } { honest-to-god, honest-to-goodness, sure-enough(a), noun.communication:colloquialism,;u ((used informally especially for emphasis) real or genuine; "a real honest-to-god live cowboy"; "went upriver to look at a sure-enough fish wheel") } ---- { [ COUNTERFEIT, GENUINE,!] [ imitative4, verb.creation:imitate3,+ ] ARTIFICIAL,^ FALSE,^ INSINCERE,^ UNREAL,^ (not genuine; imitating something superior; "counterfeit emotion"; "counterfeit money"; "counterfeit works of art"; "a counterfeit prince") } { assumed, [ false, noun.attribute:falseness,+ ] [ fictitious, noun.communication:fiction1,+ ] fictive, pretended, put_on, [ sham, noun.person:sham,+ noun.artifact:sham,+ ] (adopted in order to deceive; "an assumed name"; "an assumed cheerfulness"; "a fictitious address"; "fictive sympathy"; "a pretended interest"; "a put-on childish voice"; "sham modesty") } { bad, forged, (reproduced fraudulently; "like a bad penny..."; "a forged twenty dollar bill") } { base, (debased; not genuine; "an attempt to eliminate the base coinage") } { bogus, [ fake, noun.person:fake,+ ] [ phony, noun.person:phony,+ ] [ phoney, noun.person:phoney,+ ] [ bastard, noun.artifact:bastard,+ ] (fraudulent; having a misleading appearance) } { inauthentic, unauthentic, [ spurious, noun.state:spuriousness,+ ] (false or fake; not what it appears to be; "a spurious work of art") } { mock, (constituting a copy or imitation of something; "boys in mock battle") } { ostensible, ostensive, (represented or appearing as such; pretended; "His ostensible purpose was charity, his real goal popularity") } { pinchbeck, (serving as an imitation or substitute; "pinchbeck heroism") } { pseudo, noun.communication:combining_form,;u ((often used in combination) not genuine but having the appearance of; "a pseudo esthete"; "pseudoclassic") } { synthetic, (not genuine or natural; "counterfeit rhetoric that flourishes when passions are synthetic"- George Will) }] [{ [ GEOCENTRIC, HELIOCENTRIC,!] (having the earth as the center) } { Ptolemaic, (of or relating to the geocentric Ptolemaic system; "in the Ptolemaic system of planetary motion the earth is fixed as the center of the universe with the sun and moon and planets revolving around it") } ---- { [ HELIOCENTRIC, GEOCENTRIC,!] (having the sun as the center) } { Copernican, (according to Copernicus; "in the Copernican system the earth and other planets revolve around the sun") }] [{ [TALENTED, UNTALENTED,!] gifted, (endowed with talent or talents; "a gifted writer")} ---- { [UNTALENTED, TALENTED,!] [ talentless, noun.cognition:talentlessness,+ ] (devoid of talent; not gifted)}] [{ [ GLAZED, UNGLAZED,!] [ shiny4, noun.attribute:shine,+ noun.attribute:shininess,+ ] (having a shiny surface or coating; "glazed fabrics"; "glazed doughnuts") } { glassy, vitreous, vitrified, noun.act:ceramics,;c ((of ceramics) having the surface made shiny and nonporous by fusing a vitreous solution to it; "glazed pottery"; "glassy porcelain"; "hard vitreous china used for plumbing fixtures") } { glass-like, (resembling glass) } { [ glossy, noun.attribute:glossiness,+ ] calendered, ((of paper and fabric and leather) having a surface made smooth and shiny especially by pressing between rollers; "calendered paper"; "glossy paper") } { [ icy, noun.attribute:iciness,+ ] (shiny and slick as with a thin coating of ice; "roads and trees glazed with an icy film") } ---- { [ UNGLAZED, GLAZED,!] (not having a shiny coating; "unglazed paper") } { unvitrified, noun.act:ceramics,;c ((of ceramics) lacking a vitreous finish; "unvitrified pottery") }] [{ [ GLAZED1, UNGLAZED1,!] glassed, (fitted or covered with glass; "four glazed walls") } ---- { [ UNGLAZED1, GLAZED1,!] glassless, (not furnished with glass; "windows were unglazed to admit as much light and air as possible") }] [{ [ GLORIOUS, noun.state:glory,+ INGLORIOUS,!] KNOWN,^ (having or deserving or conferring glory; "a long and glorious career"; "our glorious literature") } { bright, (splendid; "the bright stars of stage and screen"; "a bright moment in history"; "the bright pageantry of court") } { celebrated, historied, storied, (having an illustrious past) } { divine, elysian, inspired, (being of such surpassing excellence as to suggest inspiration by the gods; "her pies were simply divine"; "the divine Shakespeare"; "an elysian meal"; "an inspired performance") } { empyreal, empyrean, sublime, (inspiring awe; "well-meaning ineptitude that rises to empyreal absurdity"- M.S.Dworkin; "empyrean aplomb"- Hamilton Basso; "the sublime beauty of the night") } { [ illustrious, noun.attribute:illustriousness,+ ] (having or conferring glory; "an illustrious achievement") } { incandescent, (characterized by ardent emotion or intensity or brilliance; "an incandescent performance") } { lustrous, (brilliant; "set a lustrous example for others to follow"; "lustrous actors of the time") } ---- { [ INGLORIOUS, GLORIOUS,!] DISHONORABLE,^ UNKNOWN,^ (not bringing honor and glory; "some mute inglorious Milton here may rest") } { [ obscure, noun.state:obscurity,+ noun.state:obscureness,+ ] unknown, unsung, (not famous or acclaimed; "an obscure family"; "unsung heroes of the war") }] [{ [ GO, NO-GO,!] (functioning correctly and ready for action; "all systems are go") } { a-ok(p), a-okay(p), (in perfect condition or order) } ---- { [ NO-GO, GO,!] (not functioning properly or in suitable condition for proceeding; "the space launch was no-go") }] [{ [ GOOD1, noun.attribute:goodness2,+ BAD,!] BEST,^ BETTER,^ FAVORABLE2,^ GOOD2,^ OBEDIENT,^ RESPECTABLE,^ noun.attribute:quality,= (having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified; "good news from the hospital"; "a good report card"; "when she was good she was very very good"; "a good knife is one good for cutting"; "this stump will make a good picnic table"; "a good check"; "a good joke"; "a good exterior paint"; "a good secretary"; "a good dress for the office") } { bang-up, bully, corking, cracking, dandy, great, groovy, keen, neat, nifty, not_bad(p), peachy, slap-up, swell, smashing, old(a), noun.communication:colloquialism,;u (very good; "he did a bully job"; "a neat sports car"; "had a great time at the party"; "you look simply smashing"; "we had a grand old time") } { good_enough, (adequately good for the circumstances; "if it's good enough for you it's good enough for me") } { goodish, (moderately good of its kind; "a goodish wine") } { hot, (very good; often used in the negative; "he's hot at math but not so hot at history") } { redeeming(a), (compensating for some fault or defect; "the redeeming feature of the plan is its simplicity"; "his saving grace was his sense of humor") } { [ satisfactory, noun.attribute:satisfactoriness,+ verb.stative:satisfy,+ verb.consumption:satisfy1,+ ] [ acceptable, verb.possession:accept12,+ noun.attribute:acceptability,+ noun.attribute:acceptableness,+ ] decent, (meeting requirements; "the step makes a satisfactory seat"; "I would kill for a decent cup of coffee"; "a decent wage") } { [ solid, noun.attribute:solidness1,+ ] (characterized by good substantial quality; "solid comfort"; "a solid base hit") } { superb, (surpassingly good; "a superb meal") } { well-behaved, well_behaved, ((usually of children) someone who behaves in a manner that the speaker believes is correct; "a well-behaved child") } ---- { [ BAD, noun.attribute:badness,+ GOOD1,!] DISOBEDIENT,^ EVIL,^ UNFAVORABLE2,^ WORSE,^ WORST,^ noun.attribute:quality,= (having undesirable or negative qualities; "a bad report card"; "his sloppy appearance made a bad impression"; "a bad little boy"; "clothes in bad shape"; "a bad cut"; "bad luck"; "the news was very bad"; "the reviews were bad"; "the pay is bad"; "it was a bad light for reading"; "the movie was a bad choice") } { atrocious, abominable, [ awful, noun.attribute:awfulness,+ ] [ dreadful, noun.attribute:dreadfulness,+ ] painful, [ terrible1, noun.attribute:terribleness,+ ] unspeakable, (exceptionally bad or displeasing; "atrocious taste"; "abominable workmanship"; "an awful voice"; "dreadful manners"; "a painful performance"; "terrible handwriting"; "an unspeakable odor came sweeping into the room") } { corked, [ corky, noun.artifact:cork,+ ] ((of wine) tainted in flavor by a cork containing excess tannin; "a corked port") } { deplorable, distressing, [ lamentable, verb.communication:lament,+ ] pitiful, [ sad, noun.attribute:sadness,+ ] [ sorry, noun.attribute:sorriness,+ ] (bad; unfortunate; "my finances were in a deplorable state"; "a lamentable decision"; "her clothes were in sad shape"; "a sorry state of affairs") } { fearful, [ frightful, noun.attribute:frightfulness,+ ] (extremely distressing; "fearful slum conditions"; "a frightful mistake") } { [ hard, noun.attribute:hardness4,+ ] tough, (unfortunate or hard to bear; "had hard luck"; "a tough break") } { hopeless1, noun.communication:colloquialism,;u ((informal to emphasize how bad it is) beyond hope of management or reform; "she handed me a hopeless jumble of papers"; "he is a hopeless romantic") } { [ horrid, noun.attribute:horridness,+ ] (exceedingly bad; "when she was bad she was horrid") } { icky, [ crappy, noun.communication:crap,+ ] [ lousy, noun.attribute:lousiness,+ ] rotten3, [ shitty, noun.attribute:shit,+ ] stinking, stinky, noun.communication:colloquialism,;u (very bad; "a lousy play"; "it's a stinking world") } { ill, (distressing; "ill manners"; "of ill repute") } { [ incompetent, noun.attribute:incompetency,+ noun.attribute:incompetence,+ ] unskilled, (not doing a good job; "incompetent at chess") } { [ mediocre, noun.person:mediocrity,+ ] (poor to middling in quality; "there have been good and mediocre and bad artists") } { [ naughty, noun.attribute:naughtiness,+ ] (badly behaved; "a naughty boy") } { [ negative, noun.attribute:negativeness,+ ] (having the quality of something harmful or unpleasant; "ran a negative campaign"; "delinquents retarded by their negative outlook on life") } { pretty, noun.communication:irony,;u ((used ironically) unexpectedly bad; "a pretty mess"; "a pretty kettle of fish") } { rubber, no-good, noun.communication:colloquialism,;u noun.act:banking,;c (returned for lack of funds; "a rubber check"; "a no-good check") } { [ severe1, noun.attribute:severeness3,+ noun.attribute:severity1,+ ] (very bad in degree or extent; "a severe worldwide depression"; "the house suffered severe damage") } { swingeing, noun.location:Britain,;r (severe; punishingly bad; "swingeing taxation"; "swingeing damages awarded by the judge") } { uncool, noun.communication:slang,;u ((spoken slang) unfashionable and boring) } { [ unsuitable, noun.attribute:unsuitableness,+ ] (not conducive to good moral development; "the movie is unsuitable for children") }] [{ [ GOOD2, noun.attribute:goodness1,+ EVIL,!] GOOD1,^ MORAL,^ RIGHT1,^ RIGHTEOUS,^ VIRTUOUS,^ WORTHY,^ noun.attribute:goodness1,= (morally admirable) } { angelic, [ angelical, noun.person:angel3,+ ] beatific, saintlike, [ saintly, noun.person:saint3,+ noun.person:saint,+ noun.attribute:saintliness,+ ] sainted, (marked by utter benignity; resembling or befitting an angel or saint; "angelic beneficence"; "a beatific smile"; "a saintly concern for his fellow men"; "my sainted mother") } { [ goody-goody, noun.person:goody-goody,+ ] (affectedly or smugly good or self-righteous) } { [ redemptive, verb.social:redeem4,+ ] redeeming1(a), saving(a), (bringing about salvation or redemption from sin; "saving faith"; "redemptive (or redeeming) love") } { white, (benevolent; without malicious intent; "that's white of you") } ---- { [ EVIL, noun.attribute:evilness,+ GOOD2,!] BAD,^ IMMORAL,^ OFFENSIVE1,^ UNRIGHTEOUS,^ WICKED,^ WRONG1,^ noun.attribute:evil,= (morally bad or wrong; "evil purposes"; "an evil influence"; "evil deeds") } { [ atrocious, noun.attribute:atrocity,+ noun.act:atrocity,+ noun.attribute:atrociousness,+ ] flagitious, grievous, [ monstrous, noun.person:monster,+ noun.event:monstrosity,+ ] (shockingly brutal or cruel; "murder is an atrocious crime"; "a grievous offense against morality"; "a grievous crime"; "no excess was too monstrous for them to commit") } { [ bad, noun.attribute:badness,+ ] (characterized by wickedness or immorality; "led a very bad life") } { black, [ dark, noun.state:dark1,+ noun.state:darkness1,+ ] sinister, (stemming from evil characteristics or forces; wicked or dishonorable; "black deeds"; "a black lie"; "his black heart has concocted yet another black deed"; "Darth Vader of the dark side"; "a dark purpose"; "dark undercurrents of ethnic hostility"; "the scheme of some sinister intelligence bent on punishing him"-Thomas Hardy) } { [ corruptive, verb.social:corrupt,+ ] [ perversive, verb.social:pervert,+ ] pestiferous, (tending to corrupt or pervert) } { [ demonic, noun.person:demon1,+ ] [ diabolic, noun.person:devil1,+ ] diabolical, fiendish, hellish, infernal, satanic, [ unholy, noun.attribute:unholiness,+ ] (extremely evil or cruel; expressive of cruelty or befitting hell; "something demonic in him--something that could be cruel"; "fires lit up a diabolic scene"; "diabolical sorcerers under the influence of devils"; "a fiendish despot"; "hellish torture"; "infernal instruments of war"; "satanic cruelty"; "unholy grimaces") } { [ despicable, noun.attribute:despicableness,+ noun.attribute:despicability,+ ] [ ugly, noun.attribute:ugliness1,+ ] vile, [ slimy, noun.attribute:sliminess2,+ ] [ unworthy, noun.attribute:unworthiness,+ ] worthless, wretched, (morally reprehensible; "would do something as despicable as murder"; "ugly crimes"; "the vile development of slavery appalled them"; "a slimy little liar") } { devilish, [ diabolic2, noun.person:devil3,+ noun.person:devil1,+ ] diabolical2, [ mephistophelian, noun.person:mephistopheles,+ ] [ mephistophelean, noun.person:mephistopheles,+ ] (showing the cunning or ingenuity or wickedness typical of a devil; "devilish schemes"; "the cold calculation and diabolic art of some statesmen"; "the diabolical expression on his face"; "a mephistophelian glint in his eye") } { evil-minded, (having evil thoughts or intentions) }] [{ [ GOOD-NATURED, noun.attribute:good-naturedness,+ ILL-NATURED,!] KIND,^ PLEASANT,^ AGREEABLE,^ noun.attribute:nature1,= (having an easygoing and cheerful disposition; "too good-natured to resent a little criticism"; "the good-natured policeman on our block"; "the sounds of good-natured play") } { [ amiable, noun.feeling:amiability,+ noun.attribute:amiability,+ noun.attribute:amiableness,+ ] [ good-humored, noun.attribute:good-humoredness,+ ] [ good-humoured, noun.attribute:good-humouredness,+ ] (disposed to please; "an amiable villain with a cocky sidelong grin"- Hal Hinson) } { equable, even-tempered, [ good-tempered, noun.attribute:good-temperedness,+ ] [ placid, noun.attribute:placidity,+ noun.feeling:placidness,+ ] (not easily irritated; "an equable temper"; "not everyone shared his placid temperament"; "remained placid despite the repeated delays") } ---- { [ ILL-NATURED, GOOD-NATURED,!] UNPLEASANT,^ noun.attribute:nature1,= (having an irritable and unpleasant disposition) } { atrabilious, [ bilious, noun.state:biliousness,+ ] dyspeptic, liverish, (irritable as if suffering from indigestion) } { bristly, prickly, [ splenetic, noun.feeling:spleen,+ ] waspish, (very irritable; "bristly exchanges between the White House and the press"; "he became prickly and spiteful"; "witty and waspish about his colleagues") } { cantankerous, [ crotchety, noun.attribute:crotchet,+ noun.attribute:crotchetiness,+ ] [ ornery, noun.attribute:orneriness,+ ] (having a difficult and contrary disposition; "a cantankerous and venomous-tongued old lady"- Dorothy Sayers) } { [ choleric, noun.feeling:choler1,+ ] [ irascible, noun.feeling:irascibility,+ ] hotheaded, hot-tempered, quick-tempered, short-tempered, (quickly aroused to anger; "a hotheaded commander") } { churlish, (having a bad disposition; surly; "churlish as a bear"- Shakespeare) } { [ crabbed, noun.attribute:crabbedness,+ ] [ crabby, noun.person:crab,+ noun.attribute:crabbiness,+ ] [ cross, noun.attribute:crossness,+ ] [ fussy, noun.feeling:fussiness,+ ] [ grouchy, noun.person:grouch,+ ] [ grumpy, noun.person:grump,+ noun.attribute:grumpiness,+ ] bad-tempered, ill-tempered, (annoyed and irritable) } { [ cranky, noun.person:crank,+ noun.attribute:crankiness,+ ] [ fractious, noun.attribute:fractiousness,+ ] [ irritable, noun.feeling:irritability,+ noun.attribute:irritability,+ ] nettlesome, [ peevish, noun.feeling:peevishness,+ ] peckish, [ pettish, noun.attribute:pettishness,+ ] [ petulant, noun.feeling:petulance,+ ] scratchy, [ testy, noun.feeling:testiness,+ ] [ tetchy, noun.feeling:tetchiness,+ ] techy, (easily irritated or annoyed; "an incorrigibly fractious young man"; "not the least nettlesome of his countrymen") } { [ crusty, noun.attribute:crust,+ ] [ curmudgeonly, noun.person:curmudgeon,+ ] [ gruff, noun.attribute:gruffness2,+ ] ill-humored, ill-humoured, (brusque and surly and forbidding; "crusty remarks"; "a crusty old man"; "his curmudgeonly temper"; "gruff manner"; "a gruff reply") } { currish, (resembling a cur; snarling and rude) } { dark, dour, glowering, [ glum, noun.feeling:glumness,+ ] [ moody, noun.feeling:moodiness,+ ] [ morose, noun.feeling:moroseness,+ noun.attribute:moroseness,+ ] saturnine, [ sour, noun.attribute:sourness1,+ ] [ sullen, noun.attribute:sullenness,+ ] (showing a brooding ill humor; "a dark scowl"; "the proverbially dour New England Puritan"; "a glum, hopeless shrug"; "he sat in moody silence"; "a morose and unsociable manner"; "a saturnine, almost misanthropic young genius"- Bruce Bliven; "a sour temper"; "a sullen crowd") } { disagreeable, (unpleasant to interact with; "a disagreeable old man")} { [ huffish, noun.feeling:huffishness,+ ] [ sulky, noun.feeling:sulk,+ noun.feeling:sulkiness1,+ noun.feeling:sulkiness,+ noun.attribute:sulkiness,+ ] (sullen or moody) } { [ misanthropic, noun.feeling:misanthropy,+ ] [ misanthropical, noun.person:misanthrope,+ noun.feeling:misanthropy,+ ] (hating mankind in general) } { [ misogynous, noun.feeling:misogyny,+ ] [ misogynistic, noun.person:misogynist,+ ] (hating women in particular) } { shirty, [ snorty, noun.communication:snort1,+ ] noun.location:Britain,;r noun.communication:colloquialism,;u ((British informal) ill-tempered or annoyed) } { [ shrewish, noun.attribute:shrewishness,+ ] nagging, (continually complaining or faultfinding; "a shrewish wife"; "nagging parents") } { [ snappish, noun.attribute:snappishness,+ ] snappy, (apt to speak irritably; "a snappish tone of voice") } { spoiled, spoilt, (having the character or disposition harmed by pampering or oversolicitous attention; "a spoiled child") } { [ surly, noun.attribute:surliness,+ ] ugly, (inclined to anger or bad feelings with overtones of menace; "a surly waiter"; "an ugly frame of mind") } { vinegary, vinegarish, (having a sour disposition; ill-tempered) }] [{ [ GRACEFUL, noun.attribute:gracefulness,+ AWKWARD,!] BEAUTIFUL,^ ELEGANT,^ (characterized by beauty of movement, style, form, or execution) } { [ elegant, noun.attribute:elegance1,+ ] (displaying effortless beauty and simplicity in movement or execution; "an elegant dancer"; "an elegant mathematical solution -- simple and precise")} { fluent1, fluid, liquid, [ smooth, noun.attribute:smoothness2,+ ] (smooth and unconstrained in movement; "a long, smooth stride"; "the fluid motion of a cat"; "the liquid grace of a ballerina") } { gainly, (graceful and pleasing; "gainly conduct"; "a gainly youth with dark hair and eyes") } { [ gracile, noun.attribute:gracility,+ ] willowy, (slender and graceful) } { [ lissome, noun.attribute:lissomeness,+ ] lissom, [ lithe, noun.attribute:litheness,+ ] lithesome, [ supple, noun.attribute:suppleness,+ ] [ sinuous, noun.shape:sinuousness,+ noun.shape:sinuosity,+ ] (gracefully thin and bending and moving with ease) } ---- { [ AWKWARD, noun.cognition:awkwardness1,+ GRACEFUL,!] MALADROIT,^ UGLY,^ (lacking grace or skill in manner or movement or performance; "an awkward dancer"; "an awkward gesture"; "too awkward with a needle to make her own clothes"; "his clumsy fingers produced an awkward knot") } { [ gawky, noun.person:gawk,+ noun.attribute:gawkiness,+ ] [ clumsy, noun.attribute:clumsiness1,+ ] clunky, [ ungainly, noun.attribute:ungainliness,+ ] unwieldy, (lacking grace in movement or posture; "a gawky lad with long ungainly legs"; "clumsy fingers"; "what an ungainly creature a giraffe is"; "heaved his unwieldy figure out of his chair") } { [ graceless, noun.attribute:gracelessness1,+ ] [ ungraceful, noun.attribute:ungracefulness,+ ] (lacking grace; clumsy; "a graceless production of the play"; "his stature low...his bearing ungraceful"- Sir Walter Scott) } { labored, laboured, strained, (lacking natural ease; "a labored style of debating") } { [ wooden, noun.attribute:woodenness,+ ] (lacking ease or grace; "the actor's performance was wooden"; "a wooden smile") }] [{ [ GRACIOUS, noun.attribute:grace1,+ noun.attribute:graciousness,+ UNGRACIOUS,!] FRIENDLY1,^ REFINED1,^ (characterized by charm, good taste, and generosity of spirit; "gracious even to unexpected visitors"; "gracious living"; "he bears insult with gracious good humor") } { [ elegant, noun.attribute:elegance,+ ] graceful, refined, (suggesting taste, ease, and wealth) } { [ merciful, noun.attribute:mercifulness,+ ] ((used conventionally of royalty and high nobility) gracious; "our merciful king") } ---- { [ UNGRACIOUS, GRACIOUS,!] UNREFINED1,^ (lacking charm and good taste; "an ungracious industrial city"; "this curt summary is not meant to be ungracious"; "ungracious behavior") } { churlish, (rude and boorish) } { graceless, (lacking graciousness; "a totally graceless hostess") }] [{ [ GRADUAL1, noun.attribute:gradualness,+ noun.attribute:graduality,+ SUDDEN,!] SLOW1,^ (proceeding in small stages; "a gradual increase in prices") } { bit-by-bit, in_small_stages, piecemeal, step-by-step, stepwise, (one thing at a time) } { [ gradational, noun.state:gradation,+ noun.act:gradation,+ ] gradatory, graduated, (taking place by degrees) } ---- { [ SUDDEN, noun.attribute:suddenness,+ GRADUAL1,!] FAST1,^ (happening without warning or in a short space of time; "a sudden storm"; "a sudden decision"; "a sudden cure") } { [ abrupt, noun.attribute:abruptness,+ ] (exceedingly sudden and unexpected; "came to an abrupt stop"; "an abrupt change in the weather") } { choppy, jerky, (marked by abrupt transitions; "choppy prose") } { [ emergent, noun.event:emergency,+ ] (occurring unexpectedly and requiring urgent action; "emergent repair of an aorta")} { explosive, (sudden and loud; "an explosive laugh") } { [ fulminant, verb.change:fulminate1,+ ] (sudden and severe; "fulminant pain"; "fulminant fever") } { sharp, (very sudden and in great amount or degree; "a sharp drop in the stock market") }] [{ [ GRADUAL2, noun.attribute:grade1,+ noun.attribute:gradualness1,+ STEEP,!] INCLINED1,^ ((of a topographical gradient) not steep or abrupt; "a gradual slope") } { [ easy, noun.attribute:easiness,+ ] [ gentle, noun.attribute:gentleness1,+ ] (marked by moderate steepness; "an easy climb"; "a gentle slope") } { sloping, (having a slanting form or direction; "an area of gently sloping hills"; "a room with a sloping ceiling") } ---- { [ STEEP, noun.attribute:steepness,+ GRADUAL2,!] VERTICAL,^ (having a sharp inclination; "the steep attic stairs"; "steep cliffs") } { [ abrupt, noun.attribute:abruptness1,+ ] [ precipitous, noun.attribute:precipitousness,+ noun.object:precipice,+ ] sharp, (extremely steep; "an abrupt canyon"; "the precipitous rapids of the upper river"; "the precipitous hills of Chinese paintings"; "a sharp drop") } { bluff, bold, sheer, (very steep; having a prominent and almost vertical front; "a bluff headland"; "where the bold chalk cliffs of England rise"; "a sheer descent of rock") } { heavy, (sharply inclined; "a heavy grade") } { [ perpendicular, noun.artifact:perpendicular,+ ] (so steep as to be nearly veritcal; "the great perpendicular face of the cliff") } { steepish, (somewhat steep) } { steep-sided, (having very steep sides) }] [{ [ GRAMMATICAL, noun.cognition:grammar,+ UNGRAMMATICAL,!] well-formed4, (conforming to the rules of grammar or usage accepted by native speakers; "spoke in grammatical sentences") } ---- { [ UNGRAMMATICAL, GRAMMATICAL,!] ill-formed4, (not grammatical; not conforming to the rules of grammar or accepted usage) } { incorrect, ((of a word or expression) not agreeing with grammatical principles) }] [{ [ GRATEFUL, noun.feeling:gratefulness,+ UNGRATEFUL,!] [ thankful, noun.feeling:thankfulness,+ ] (feeling or showing gratitude; "a grateful heart"; "grateful for the tree's shade"; "a thankful smile") } { [ appreciative, verb.emotion:appreciate,+ noun.feeling:appreciativeness,+ ] (feeling or expressive of gratitude; "was appreciative of his efforts"; "an appreciative word") } { [ glad, noun.feeling:gladness,+ ] (feeling happy appreciation; "glad of the fire's warmth") } ---- { [ UNGRATEFUL, noun.feeling:ungratefulness,+ GRATEFUL,!] thankless, unthankful, (not feeling or showing gratitude; "ungrateful heirs"; "How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is / To have a thankless child!"- Shakespeare) } { unappreciative, (not feeling or expressing gratitude; "unappreciative of nature's bounty") }] [{ [ HAPLOID, noun.animal:haploid,+ DIPLOID,! POLYPLOID,!] haploidic, monoploid, noun.cognition:genetics,;c (of a cell or organism having a single set of chromosomes) } ---- { [ DIPLOID, noun.animal:diploid,+ POLYPLOID,! HAPLOID,!] noun.cognition:genetics,;c (of a cell or organism having two sets of chromosomes or twice the haploid number; "diploid somatic cells") } ---- { [ POLYPLOID, noun.animal:polyploid,+ HAPLOID,! DIPLOID,!] noun.cognition:genetics,;c (of a cell or organism having more than twice the haploid number of chromosomes; "a polyploid cell"; "a polyploid species") } { triploid, noun.cognition:genetics,;c (of a cell or organism having three complete sets of chromosomes; "human triploid fetuses are usually spontaneously aborted") }] [{ [ HAPPY, noun.state:happiness,+ UNHAPPY,!] CHEERFUL,^ CONTENTED,^ GLAD,^ ELATED,^ EUPHORIC,^ FELICITOUS,^ JOYFUL,^ JOYOUS,^ noun.state:happiness,= noun.feeling:happiness,= (enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure; "a happy smile"; "spent many happy days on the beach"; "a happy marriage") } { [ blessed, noun.state:blessedness,+ ] (characterized by happiness and good fortune; "a blessed time") } { [ blissful, noun.state:blissfulness,+ ] (completely happy and contented; "blissful young lovers"; "in blissful ignorance") } { bright, (characterized by happiness or gladness; "bright faces"; "all the world seems bright and gay") } { golden, halcyon, prosperous, (marked by peace and prosperity; "a golden era"; "the halcyon days of the clipper trade") } { laughing(a), riant, (showing or feeling mirth or pleasure or happiness; "laughing children") } ---- { [ UNHAPPY, noun.state:unhappiness,+ noun.feeling:unhappiness,+ HAPPY,!] DEJECTED,^ DISCONTENTED,^ DYSPHORIC,^ INFELICITOUS,^ JOYLESS,^ SAD,^ SORROWFUL,^ DEPRESSING,^ noun.state:happiness,= noun.feeling:happiness,= (experiencing or marked by or causing sadness or sorrow or discontent; "unhappy over her departure"; "unhappy with her raise"; "after the argument they lapsed into an unhappy silence"; "had an unhappy time at school"; "the unhappy (or sad) news"; "he looks so sad") } { [ lovesick, noun.feeling:lovesickness,+ ] (languishing because of love; "strong men behaving like lovesick boys") } { [ miserable, noun.state:miserableness,+ ] suffering, [ wretched, noun.state:wretchedness,+ ] (very unhappy; full of misery; "he felt depressed and miserable"; "a message of hope for suffering humanity"; "wretched prisoners huddled in stinking cages") }] [{ [ REGRETFUL, UNREGRETFUL,!] sorry2, bad9, PENITENT,^ (feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone; "felt regretful over his vanished youth"; "regretful over mistakes she had made"; "he felt bad about breaking the vase") } ---- { [ UNREGRETFUL, REGRETFUL,!] unregretting, (feeling no regret; "was completely unregretful about what had happened") }] [{ [HARD1, SOFT1,!] noun.attribute:hardness1,= (resisting weight or pressure)} { adamantine, (having the hardness of a diamond) } { al_dente, noun.location:Italy,;r (of pasta cooked so as to be firm when eaten) } { corneous, hornlike, [ horny, noun.substance:horn,+ ] (made of horn (or of a substance resembling horn)) } { [ tumid, noun.state:tumidness,+ noun.state:tumidity,+ ] erect, noun.cognition:physiology,;c (of sexual organs; stiff and rigid) } { [ firm, noun.attribute:firmness2,+ ] [ solid, noun.attribute:solidness2,+ noun.attribute:solidity2,+ ] (not soft or yielding to pressure; "a firm mattress"; "the snow was firm underfoot"; "solid ground") } { [ granitic, noun.substance:granite,+ ] granitelike, rocklike, stony, (hard as granite; "a granitic fist") } { hardened2, set, (converted to solid form (as concrete)) } { woody, (made hard like wood as the result of the deposition of lignin in the cell walls) } { petrous, stonelike, ((of bone especially the temporal bone) resembling stone in hardness) } { semihard, (somewhat hard) } { [ steely, noun.substance:steel,+ ] (resembling steel in hardness) } { unyielding, (resistant to physical force or pressure; "an unyielding head support")} ---- { [ SOFT1, noun.attribute:softness,+ HARD1,!] noun.attribute:hardness1,= (yielding readily to pressure or weight) } { brushed, [ fleecy, noun.artifact:fleece,+ ] napped, ((of fabrics) having soft nap produced by brushing; "a dress of brushed cotton"; "a fleecy lining"; "napped fabrics") } { cheeselike, (having the consistency of cheese) } { [ compressible, verb.contact:compress,+ noun.attribute:compressibility,+ ] [ squeezable, noun.attribute:squeezability,+ ] (capable of being easily compressed) } { [ cottony, noun.substance:cotton1,+ ] (resembling cotton; as soft as cotton) } { cushioned, [ cushiony, noun.artifact:cushion,+ ] padded, (softened by the addition of cushions or padding) } { [ demulcent, noun.artifact:demulcent,+ ] [ emollient, noun.artifact:emollient,+ ] salving, softening, (having a softening or soothing effect especially to the skin) } { [ downy, noun.animal:down,+ noun.attribute:downiness,+ ] downlike, [ flossy, noun.artifact:floss,+ ] [ fluffy, noun.substance:fluff,+ noun.attribute:fluffiness,+ ] (like down or as soft as down) } { flaccid, (drooping without elasticity; wanting in stiffness; "a flaccid penis")} { [ flocculent, verb.stative:flocculate1,+ verb.stative:flocculate,+ ] woolly, wooly, (having a fluffy character or appearance) } { yielding, (lacking stiffness and giving way to pressure; "a deep yielding layer of foam rubber") } { [ mushy, noun.object:mush,+ noun.food:mush,+ noun.attribute:mushiness,+ ] (having the consistency of mush) } { overstuffed, (upholstered thickly and deeply; "an overstuffed sofa") } { softish, semisoft, (somewhat soft) } { [ spongy, noun.animal:sponge,+ noun.attribute:sponginess1,+ noun.attribute:sponginess,+ ] squashy, squishy, spongelike, (easily squashed; resembling a sponge in having soft porous texture and compressibility; "spongy bread") } { [ velvet, noun.artifact:velvet,+ ] [ velvety, noun.artifact:velvet,+ ] (resembling velvet in having a smooth soft surface) }] [{ [ HARD2, noun.attribute:hardness3,+ SOFT2,!] DIFFICULT,^ INSENSITIVE2,^ MERCILESS,^ TOUGH3,^ (dispassionate; "took a hard look"; "a hard bargainer") } { calculating, [ calculative, verb.communication:calculate1,+ ] conniving, scheming, [ shrewd, noun.cognition:shrewdness,+ ] (acting with a specific goal; "the most calculating and selfish men in the community") } { case-hardened, hardened5, hard-boiled, (used of persons; emotionally hardened; "faced a case-hardened judge") } { steely, (resembling steel as in hardness; "steely eyes"; "steely nerves like those of a steeplejack") } ---- { [ SOFT2, noun.attribute:softness3,+ HARD2,!] TENDER3,^ WARMHEARTED,^ (compassionate and kind; conciliatory; "he was soft on his children") } { [ mellow, noun.feeling:mellowness,+ ] mellowed, (softened through age or experience; "mellow wisdom"; "the peace of mellow age") }] [{ [ HARD3, SOFT3,!] ((of speech sounds); produced with the back of the tongue raised toward or touching the velum; "Russian distinguished between hard consonants and palatalized or soft consonants") } { velar, (produced with the back of the tongue touching or near the soft palate (as `k' in `cat' and `g' in `gun' and `ng' in `sing')) } ---- { [ SOFT3, noun.attribute:softness1,+ HARD3,!] ((of speech sounds); produced with the back of the tongue raised toward the hard palate; characterized by a hissing or hushing sound (as `s' and `sh')) } { fricative, [ continuant, noun.time:continuance,+ ] [ sibilant, noun.communication:sibilant,+ verb.communication:sibilate3,+ verb.communication:sibilate2,+ verb.communication:sibilate,+ ] spirant, strident, (of speech sounds produced by forcing air through a constricted passage (as `f', `s', `z', or `th' in both `thin' and `then')) } { [ palatal, noun.communication:palatal,+ ] palatalized, palatalised, (produced with the front of the tongue near or touching the hard palate (as `y') or with the blade of the tongue near the hard palate (as `ch' in `chin' or `j' in `gin')) }] [{[ HARD5, SOFT5,!] concentrated1, ((of light) transmitted directly from a pointed light source)} ---- { [SOFT5, HARD5,!] diffuse, diffused, ((of light) transmitted from a broad light source or reflected)}] [{ [ HARDHEARTED, noun.feeling:hardheartedness,+ SOFTHEARTED,!] [ heartless2, noun.feeling:heartlessness,+ ] (lacking in feeling or pity or warmth) } { flinty, flint, [ granitic, noun.attribute:granite,+ ] obdurate, [ stony, noun.plant:stone,+ noun.attribute:stone,+ ] (showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings; "his flinty gaze"; "the child's misery would move even the most obdurate heart") } ---- { [ SOFTHEARTED, noun.feeling:softheartedness,+ HARDHEARTED,!] soft-boiled, (easily moved to pity or sorrow; "a softhearted judge") }] [{ [ ALCOHOLIC, noun.substance:alcohol,+ noun.food:alcohol,+ NONALCOHOLIC,!] (characteristic of or containing alcohol; "alcoholic drinks") } { dry, (having a large proportion of strong liquor; "a very dry martini is almost straight gin") } { hard, strong, (being distilled rather than fermented; having a high alcoholic content; "hard liquor") } { [ intoxicant, verb.body:intoxicate,+ ] intoxicating, (causing intoxication; "an intoxicating drink") } { [ spirituous, noun.food:spirits,+ ] [ spiritous, noun.food:spirits,+ ] (containing or of the nature of alcohol; "spiritous beverages"; "spirituous liquors") } { wet, (consisting of or trading in alcoholic liquor; "a wet cargo"; "a wet canteen") } ---- { [ NONALCOHOLIC, ALCOHOLIC,!] (characterized by the absence of alcohol; "nonalcoholic beverages") }] [{ [ HARMLESS, HARMFUL,!] BENIGN,^ INNOCUOUS,^ NONTOXIC,^ PAINLESS,^ SAFE1,^ (not causing or capable of causing harm; "harmless bacteria"; "rendered the bomb harmless") } { innocent, innocuous, (lacking intent or capacity to injure; "an innocent prank") } ---- { [ HARMFUL, noun.attribute:harmfulness,+ HARMLESS,!] DESTRUCTIVE,^ DISADVANTAGEOUS,^ MALIGN,^ NOXIOUS,^ OFFENSIVE2,^ PAINFUL,^ TOXIC,^ UNWHOLESOME,^ (causing or capable of causing harm; "too much sun is harmful to the skin"; "harmful effects of smoking") } { [ abusive, verb.social:abuse,+ ] (characterized by physical or psychological maltreatment; "abusive punishment"; "argued...that foster homes are abusive") } { bad, (capable of harming; "bad air"; "smoking is bad for you") } { bruising, (causing mental or emotional injury; "a bruising experience"; "protected from the bruising facts of battle"- John Mason Brown) } { deleterious, hurtful, [ injurious, noun.state:injury,+ noun.attribute:injuriousness,+ ] (harmful to living things; "deleterious chemical additives") } { calumniatory, [ calumnious, noun.communication:calumny,+ noun.act:calumny1,+ ] [ defamatory, verb.communication:defame,+ ] [ denigrative, verb.communication:denigrate,+ ] denigrating, [ denigratory, verb.communication:denigrate1,+ ] [ libellous, noun.communication:libel,+ ] [ libelous, noun.communication:libel,+ ] [ slanderous, noun.communication:slander,+ noun.act:slander1,+ ] ((used of statements) harmful and often untrue; tending to discredit or malign) } { catastrophic2, [ ruinous, noun.state:ruin,+ noun.event:ruin,+ ] (extremely harmful; bringing physical or financial ruin; "a catastrophic depression"; "catastrophic illness"; "a ruinous course of action") } { counterproductive, (tending to hinder the achievement of a goal) } { damaging, [ detrimental, noun.event:detriment,+ ] prejudicial, prejudicious, ((sometimes followed by `to') causing harm or injury; "damaging to career and reputation"; "the reporter's coverage resulted in prejudicial publicity for the defendant") } { ill, (resulting in suffering or adversity; "ill effects"; "it's an ill wind that blows no good") } { [ insidious, noun.attribute:insidiousness1,+ ] [ pernicious, noun.attribute:perniciousness,+ ] subtle, (working or spreading in a hidden and usually injurious way; "glaucoma is an insidious disease"; "a subtle poison") } { [ mischievous, noun.attribute:mischief,+ noun.act:mischievousness,+ ] (deliberately causing harm or damage; "mischievous rumors and falsehoods") } { nocent, (having a tendency to cause harm) } { stabbing, wounding, (causing physical or especially psychological injury; "a stabbing remark"; "wounding and false charges of disloyalty") }] [{ [ HARMONIOUS, noun.communication:harmony1,+ noun.attribute:harmony,+ noun.attribute:harmoniousness1,+ INHARMONIOUS,!] COMPATIBLE1,^ (musically pleasing) } { [ consonant, noun.attribute:consonance,+ ] [ harmonic1, noun.state:harmony,+ ] [ harmonical, noun.state:harmony,+ noun.communication:harmony1,+ noun.communication:harmony,+ noun.attribute:harmony1,+ noun.attribute:harmony,+ ] harmonized, harmonised, (involving or characterized by harmony) } { harmonic2, sympathetic, (relating to vibrations that occur as a result of vibrations in a nearby body; "sympathetic vibration") } { on-key, true, (in tune; accurate in pitch; "a true note") } { pure, (free from discordant qualities) } { symphonic, symphonious, (harmonious in sound; "the symphonic hum of a million insects") } ---- { [ INHARMONIOUS, noun.attribute:inharmoniousness,+ HARMONIOUS,!] unharmonious2, INCOMPATIBLE1,^ (not in harmony) } { [ discordant, verb.stative:discord,+ noun.attribute:discordance,+ ] disharmonious, [ dissonant1, noun.attribute:dissonance,+ ] inharmonic, (lacking in harmony) } { false, off-key, sour, (inaccurate in pitch; "a false (or sour) note"; "her singing was off key") } { unresolved, [ dissonant2, verb.perception:dissonate,+ verb.change:dissonate,+ noun.cognition:dissonance,+ ] noun.communication:music,;c (characterized by musical dissonance; harmonically unresolved) }] [{ [ HEALTHFUL, noun.attribute:healthfulness,+ UNHEALTHFUL,!] ANTISEPTIC,^ WHOLESOME,^ (conducive to good health of body or mind; "a healthful climate"; "a healthful environment"; "healthful nutrition"; "healthful sleep"; "Dickens's relatively healthful exuberance") } { [ anthelmintic, noun.artifact:anthelmintic,+ ] [ anthelminthic, noun.artifact:anthelminthic,+ ] [ helminthic, noun.artifact:helminthic,+ ] parasiticidal, (capable of expelling or destroying parasitic worms) } { [ antimicrobial, noun.artifact:antimicrobial,+ ] [ antimicrobic, noun.artifact:antimicrobic,+ ] (capable of destroying or inhibiting the growth of disease-causing microorganisms) } { [ carminative, noun.artifact:carminative,+ ] flatus-relieving, (relieving gas in the alimentary tract (colic or flatulence or griping)) } { [ cathartic2, noun.act:catharsis,+ ] psychotherapeutic, (emotionally purging) } { [ curative, verb.body:cure,+ ] healing(p), alterative, [ remedial, noun.artifact:remedy,+ ] sanative, therapeutic, (tending to cure or restore to health; "curative powers of herbal remedies"; "her gentle healing hand"; "remedial surgery"; "a sanative environment of mountains and fresh air"; "a therapeutic agent"; "therapeutic diets") } { drugless, (without the use of drugs; "drugless therapy") } { [ good, noun.attribute:goodness2,+ ] salutary, (tending to promote physical well-being; beneficial to health; "beneficial effects of a balanced diet"; "a good night's sleep"; "the salutary influence of pure air") } { [ medicative, verb.body:medicate1,+ verb.body:medicate,+ ] [ medicinal, noun.artifact:medicine,+ ] (having the properties of medicine; "medicative drugs"; "medicinal herbs"; "medicinal properties") } { organic, (simple and healthful and close to nature; "an organic lifestyle") } { orthomolecular, (designating or relating to a form of treatment of mental disorders that seeks to restore biochemical balance in the body with large doses of vitamins and minerals; "orthomolecular medicine"; "orthomolecular therapy")} { [ preventive, noun.artifact:preventive1,+ ] preventative, [ prophylactic, noun.artifact:prophylactic1,+ noun.act:prophylaxis,+ ] (preventing or contributing to the prevention of disease; "preventive medicine"; "vaccines are prophylactic"; "a prophylactic drug") } { [ recuperative, verb.body:recuperate1,+ verb.body:recuperate,+ ] [ restorative, noun.artifact:restorative1,+ noun.artifact:restorative,+ verb.change:restore,+ ] (promoting recuperation; "recuperative powers"; "strongly recuperative remedies"; "restorative effects of exercise") } ---- { [ UNHEALTHFUL, noun.attribute:unhealthfulness,+ HEALTHFUL,!] SEPTIC,^ TOXIC,^ UNWHOLESOME,^ (detrimental to good health; "unhealthful air pollution"; "unhealthful conditions in old apartments with peeling lead-based paint") } { crippling, disabling, incapacitating, (that cripples or disables or incapacitates; "a crippling injury") } { cytopathogenic, (of or relating to or causing pathological changes in cells) } { [ infective, verb.body:infect1,+ verb.body:infect,+ ] morbific, [ pathogenic, noun.animal:pathogen,+ ] (able to cause disease; "infective agents"; "pathogenic bacteria") } { unmedicinal, unmedicative, unmedical, nonmedicinal, (not having a medicinal effect or not medically prescribed; "he took mind-altering drugs for nonmedicinal reasons") } { unhealthy, (not conducive to good health; "an unhealthy diet of fast foods"; "an unhealthy climate") }] [{ [ MEDICAL, noun.cognition:medicine,+ SURGICAL,!] (requiring or amenable to treatment by medicine especially as opposed to surgery; "medical treatment"; "pneumonia is a medical disease") } ---- { [ SURGICAL, noun.cognition:surgery,+ noun.act:surgery1,+ MEDICAL,!] [ operative4, verb.body:operate,+ noun.act:operation,+ ] (relating to or requiring or amenable to treatment by surgery especially as opposed to medicine; "a surgical appendix"; "a surgical procedure"; "operative dentistry") } { preoperative, (happening or done before and in preparation for a surgical operation) } { postoperative, (happening or done after a surgical operation; "postoperative complications"; "postoperative care") }] [{ [ OPERABLE, INOPERABLE,!] (capable of being treated by surgical operation; "an operable cancer") } ---- { [ INOPERABLE, OPERABLE,!] (not suitable for surgery; "metastasis has rendered the tumor inoperable") }] [{ [ PYRETIC, ANTIPYRETIC,!] (causing fever) } ---- { [ ANTIPYRETIC, noun.artifact:antipyretic,+ PYRETIC,!] (preventing or alleviating fever) }] [{ [ HEALTHY, noun.state:health1,+ noun.state:health,+ noun.state:healthiness,+ UNHEALTHY,!] FIT1,^ ROBUST,^ WELL1,^ WHOLESOME,^ noun.state:health,= (having or indicating good health in body or mind; free from infirmity or disease; "a rosy healthy baby"; "staying fit and healthy") } { flushed, rose-cheeked, [ rosy, noun.state:rosiness,+ noun.attribute:rosiness,+ ] rosy-cheeked, (having the pinkish flush of health) } { bouncing, (vigorously healthy; "a bouncing baby") } { [ firm, noun.attribute:firmness3,+ ] (possessing the tone and resiliency of healthy tissue; "firm muscles") } { good, [ sound, noun.attribute:soundness,+ ] (in excellent physical condition; "good teeth"; "I still have one good leg"; "a sound mind in a sound body") } { [ hale, noun.state:haleness,+ ] [ whole, noun.state:wholeness1,+ ] (exhibiting or restored to vigorous good health; "hale and hearty"; "whole in mind and body"; "a whole person again") } { [ hearty1, noun.attribute:heartiness1,+ ] (consuming abundantly and with gusto; "a hearty (or healthy) appetite") } { [ hearty2, noun.attribute:heartiness1,+ ] full-blooded, [ lusty, noun.attribute:lustiness,+ ] red-blooded, (endowed with or exhibiting great bodily or mental health; "a hearty glow of health") } { anicteric, (not affected by jaundice) } { rock-loving, (of plants that flourish in a rocky environment) } { rubicund, [ ruddy, noun.attribute:ruddiness,+ ] florid, sanguine, (inclined to a healthy reddish color often associated with outdoor life; "a ruddy complexion"; "Santa's rubicund cheeks"; "a fresh and sanguine complexion") } { sun-loving, ((of plants) flourishing in strong sunlight) } { water-loving, ((of plants) flourishing with lots of water) } { well-preserved, (used of older persons who are healthy) } { [ wholesome, noun.attribute:wholesomeness,+ ] (sound or exhibiting soundness in body or mind; "exercise develops wholesome appetites"; "a grin on his ugly wholesome face") } ---- { [ UNHEALTHY, noun.state:unhealthiness,+ HEALTHY,!] FRAIL,^ ILL1,^ UNFIT1,^ UNWHOLESOME,^ noun.state:health,= (not in or exhibiting good health in body or mind; "unhealthy ulcers")} { angry, (severely inflamed and painful; "an angry sore") } { [ arthritic, noun.state:arthritis,+ ] creaky, [ rheumatic, noun.person:rheumatic,+ noun.state:rheumatism1,+ noun.state:rheumatism,+ ] rheumatoid, rheumy, (of or pertaining to arthritis; "my creaky old joints"; "rheumy with age and grief") } { [ asthmatic, noun.state:asthma,+ ] wheezing, [ wheezy, noun.act:wheeze,+ noun.state:wheeziness,+ ] (relating to breathing with a whistling sound) } { bad, [ unfit, noun.state:unfitness,+ ] [ unsound, noun.attribute:unsoundness,+ ] (physically unsound or diseased; "has a bad back"; "a bad heart"; "bad teeth"; "an unsound limb"; "unsound teeth") } { [ blebby, noun.body:bleb,+ ] [ blistery, noun.body:blister,+ ] (covered with small blisters) } { [ puffy, noun.state:puffiness,+ ] [ intumescent, noun.state:intumescency,+ noun.state:intumescence,+ ] [ tumescent, noun.state:tumescence,+ verb.change:tumesce,+ ] [ tumid, noun.state:tumidness,+ noun.state:tumidity,+ ] turgid, (abnormally distended especially by fluids or gas; "hungry children with bloated stomachs"; "he had a grossly distended stomach"; "eyes with puffed (or puffy) lids"; "swollen hands"; "tumescent tissue"; "puffy tumid flesh") } { bloodshot, ((of an eye) reddened as a result of locally congested blood vessels; inflamed; "bloodshot eyes") } { [ cankerous, noun.state:canker,+ ] ulcerated, [ ulcerous, noun.state:ulcer,+ ] (having an ulcer or canker) } { carbuncled, [ carbuncular, noun.state:carbuncle,+ ] (afflicted with or resembling a carbuncle) } { [ carious, noun.process:caries,+ ] ((of teeth) affected with cavities or decay) } { caseous, (of damaged or necrotic tissue; cheeselike) } { chilblained, (having chilblains; "her poor chilblained hands") } { [ colicky, noun.state:colic,+ ] [ flatulent, noun.state:flatulency,+ noun.state:flatulence,+ ] [ gassy, noun.state:gas1,+ ] (suffering from excessive gas in the alimentary canal) } { cytomegalic, (of or relating to or characterized by greatly enlarged cells) } { dehydrated, (suffering from excessive loss of water from the body; "fever resulted from becoming dehydrated"; "was dehydrated after the marathon") } { diseased, [ morbid, noun.attribute:morbidity,+ ] [ pathologic, noun.state:pathology,+ ] [ pathological, noun.state:pathology,+ ] (caused by or altered by or manifesting disease or pathology; "diseased tonsils"; "a morbid growth"; "pathologic tissue"; "pathological bodily processes") } { [ edematous, noun.state:edema,+ ] [ dropsical, noun.state:dropsy,+ ] (swollen with an excessive accumulation of fluid) } { enlarged, (larger than normal; "enlarged joints") } { foaming, foamy, frothing, (producing or covered with lathery sweat or saliva from exhaustion or disease; "the rabid animal's frothing mouth") } { [ gangrenous, noun.state:gangrene,+ noun.phenomenon:gangrene,+ ] mortified, (suffering from tissue death) } { inflamed, (resulting from inflammation; hot and swollen and reddened; "eyes inflamed with crying") } { [ inflammatory, verb.body:inflame1,+ verb.body:inflame,+ ] (characterized or caused by inflammation; "an inflammatory process"; "an inflammatory response") } { ingrowing, ingrown, (growing abnormally into the flesh; "an ingrown toenail") } { jaundiced, [ icteric, noun.state:icterus,+ ] yellow, (affected by jaundice which causes yellowing of skin etc) } { [ membranous, noun.body:membrane,+ ] membrane-forming, (characterized by formation of a membrane (or something resembling a membrane); "membranous gastritis") } { mental, (affected by a disorder of the mind; "a mental patient"; "mental illness") } { proinflammatory, pro-inflammatory, (tending to cause inflammation) } { [ sallow, noun.attribute:sallowness,+ ] sickly, (unhealthy looking) } { sore-eyed, (having sore eyes; suffering from pinkeye or conjunctivitis) } { sunburned, sunburnt, (suffering from overexposure to direct sunlight) } { [ varicose, noun.state:varicosity,+ ] (abnormally swollen or knotty; "varicose veins") } { windburned, windburnt, (suffering from windburn) }] [{ [ DRY6, noun.state:dryness,+ PHLEGMY,!] (without a mucous or watery discharge; "a dry cough"; "that rare thing in the wintertime; a small child with a dry nose") } ---- { [ PHLEGMY, noun.body:phlegm,+ DRY6,!] (characterized by phlegm; "a phlegmy discharge") }] [{ [ HEAVENLY, EARTHLY,!] IMMORTAL,^ SACRED,^ SUPERNAL,^ (of or belonging to heaven or god) } { [ ambrosial, noun.food:ambrosia1,+ ] ambrosian, (worthy of the gods) } { celestial, [ ethereal, noun.substance:ether1,+ ] supernal, (of heaven or the spirit; "celestial peace"; "ethereal melodies"; "the supernal happiness of a quiet death") } { divine, [ godly, noun.person:god,+ noun.attribute:godliness,+ ] (emanating from God; "divine judgment"; "divine guidance"; "everything is black or white...satanic or godly"-Saturday Review) } { [ divine2, noun.person:divinity,+ ] godlike, (being or having the nature of a god; "the custom of killing the divine king upon any serious failure of his...powers"-J.G.Frazier; "the divine will"; "the divine capacity for love"; "'Tis wise to learn; 'tis God-like to create"-J.G.Saxe) } { [ paradisiacal, noun.location:paradise1,+ noun.cognition:paradise,+ ] paradisiac, paradisaical, paradisaic, [ paradisal, noun.cognition:paradise,+ noun.location:paradise1,+ ] (relating to or befitting Paradise; "together in that paradisal place"; "paradisiacal innocence") } { [ providential, noun.state:providence,+ noun.act:providence,+ ] divine3, (resulting from divine providence; "providential care"; "a providential visitation") } { translunar, translunary, superlunar, superlunary, (unworldly or ethereal; "high translunary dreams") } ---- { [ EARTHLY, noun.location:earth,+ HEAVENLY,!] MORTAL,^ PROFANE,^ WORLDLY,^ (of or belonging to or characteristic of this earth as distinguished from heaven; "earthly beings"; "believed that our earthly life is all that matters"; "earthly love"; "our earthly home") } { earthborn, (connected with earthly life; of earthly origin; "earthborn cares and pleasures") } { earthbound, (confined to the earth) } { earthlike, (resembling or characteristic of earth; "earthlike atmosphere") } { mundane, terrene, (belonging to this earth or world; not ideal or heavenly; "not a fairy palace; yet a mundane wonder of unimagined kind"; "so terrene a being as himself") } { sublunar, sublunary, terrestrial, (of this earth; "transcendental motives for sublunary actions"; "fleeting sublunary pleasures"; "the nearest to an angelic being that treads this terrestrial ball") } { temporal, (of this earth or world; "temporal joys"; "our temporal existence") }] [{ [ DIGESTIBLE, verb.consumption:digest,+ verb.change:digest2,+ noun.attribute:digestibleness,+ noun.attribute:digestibility,+ INDIGESTIBLE,!] EDIBLE,^ (capable of being converted into assimilable condition in the alimentary canal) } { assimilable, (able to be absorbed and incorporated into body tissues) } { light, (easily assimilated in the alimentary canal; not rich or heavily seasoned; "a light diet") } { predigested, (artificially partially digested as by enzymatic action; "predigested foods are a boon for those who are ill or have impaired digestion") } ---- { [ INDIGESTIBLE, noun.attribute:indigestibleness,+ noun.attribute:indigestibility,+ DIGESTIBLE,!] INEDIBLE,^ (digested with difficulty) } { [ flatulent, noun.state:flatulency,+ noun.state:flatulence,+ ] (generating excessive gas in the alimentary canal) } { heavy, (dense or inadequately leavened and hence likely to cause distress in the alimentary canal; "a heavy pudding") } { nondigestible, (not digestible) } { undigested, (not digested; "undigested food") } { stodgy, (heavy and starchy and hard to digest; "stodgy food"; "a stodgy pudding served up when everyone was already full") }] [{ [ HEADED1, HEADLESS,!] (having a head of a specified kind or anything that serves as a head; often used in combination; "headed bolts"; "three-headed Cerberus"; "a cool-headed fighter pilot") } { bicephalous, (having two heads) } { burr-headed, (having a head of straight hair cut very short (hence bristly)) } { headlike, (having a protuberance that resembles a head) } { large-headed, (having a large head) } ---- { [ HEADLESS, HEADED1,!] (not having a head or formed without a head; "the headless horseman"; "brads are headless nails") } { acephalous, noun.cognition:biology,;c (lacking a head or a clearly defined head; "acephalous worms") } { beheaded, decapitated, (having had the head cut off; "the beheaded prisoners") }] [{ [ HEADED2, UNHEADED,!] (having a heading or caption; "a headed column"; "headed notepaper") } ---- { [ UNHEADED, HEADED2,!] (not having a heading or caption; "unheaded sections") }] [{ [ HEAVY1, noun.attribute:heaviness,+ LIGHT1,!] noun.attribute:weight,= (of comparatively great physical weight or density; "a heavy load"; "lead is a heavy metal"; "heavy mahogany furniture") } { [ dense, noun.attribute:denseness,+ noun.attribute:density,+ ] (having high relative density or specific gravity; "dense as lead") } { [ doughy, noun.food:dough,+ ] [ soggy, noun.state:sogginess,+ ] (having the consistency of dough because of insufficient leavening or improper cooking; "the cake fell; it's a doughy mess") } { heavier-than-air, noun.artifact:aircraft,;c (relating to an aircraft heavier than the air it displaces) } { [ hefty, noun.attribute:heft,+ noun.attribute:heftiness1,+ ] (of considerable weight and size; "a hefty dictionary") } { [ massive, noun.attribute:massiveness1,+ ] (consisting of great mass; containing a great quantity of matter; "Earth is the most massive of the terrestrial planets") } { non-buoyant, (tending to sink in a liquid or fall in air) } { [ ponderous, noun.attribute:ponderousness,+ noun.attribute:ponderosity,+ ] (having great mass and weight and unwieldiness; "a ponderous stone"; "a ponderous burden"; "ponderous weapons") } ---- { [ LIGHT1, noun.attribute:lightness2,+ HEAVY1,!] noun.attribute:weight,= (of comparatively little physical weight or density; "a light load"; "magnesium is a light metal--having a specific gravity of 1.74 at 20 degrees C") } { lightweight, (weighing relatively little compared with another item or object of similar use; "a lightweight fabric"; "lightweight wood")} { [ airy, noun.attribute:airiness,+ ] (having little or no perceptible weight; so light as to resemble air; "airy gauze curtains") } { [ buoyant, noun.attribute:buoyancy,+ verb.motion:buoy,+ verb.contact:buoy,+ ] [ floaty, noun.artifact:float,+ ] (tending to float on a liquid or rise in air or gas; "buoyant balloons"; "buoyant balsawood boats"; "a floaty scarf") } { lighter-than-air, noun.artifact:aircraft,;c (relating to a balloon or other aircraft that flies because it weighs less than the air it displaces) } { low-density(p), (having low relative density or specific gravity) }] [{ [ WEIGHTY, noun.attribute:weightiness,+ noun.attribute:weight,+ WEIGHTLESS,!] (having relatively great weight; heavy; "a weighty load"; "a weighty package") } ---- { [ WEIGHTLESS, noun.attribute:weightlessness,+ WEIGHTY,!] (having little or no weight or apparent gravitational pull; light; "floating freely in a weightless condition"; "a baby bat...fluffy and weightless as a moth"; "jackets made of a weightless polyester fabric") }] [{ [ LIGHT-DUTY, HEAVY-DUTY,!] (not designed for heavy work; "a light-duty detergent") } { light, (designed for ease of movement or to carry little weight; "light aircraft"; "a light truck") } ---- { [ HEAVY-DUTY, LIGHT-DUTY,!] (designed for heavy work; "a heavy-duty detergent"; "heavy-duty gloves") } { heavy, (large and powerful; especially designed for heavy loads or rough work; "a heavy truck"; "heavy machinery") } { industrial, (suitable to stand up to hard wear; "industrial carpeting") }] [{ [ HEAVY2, noun.feeling:heaviness,+ LIGHT2,!] (marked by great psychological weight; weighted down especially with sadness or troubles or weariness; "a heavy heart"; "a heavy schedule"; "heavy news"; "a heavy silence"; "heavy eyelids") } { [ burdensome, noun.attribute:burdensomeness,+ ] [ onerous, noun.attribute:onerousness,+ ] taxing, (not easily borne; wearing; "the burdensome task of preparing the income tax return"; "my duties weren't onerous; I only had to greet the guests"; "a taxing schedule") } { distressing, [ distressful, noun.attribute:distressfulness,+ ] disturbing, perturbing, troubling, worrisome, worrying, (causing distress or worry or anxiety; "distressing (or disturbing) news"; "lived in heroic if something distressful isolation"; "a disturbing amount of crime"; "a revelation that was most perturbing"; "a new and troubling thought"; "in a particularly worrisome predicament"; "a worrying situation"; "a worrying time") } { leaden, weighted, (made heavy or weighted down with weariness; "his leaden arms"; "weighted eyelids") } { [ oppressive, noun.attribute:oppressiveness,+ ] (weighing heavily on the senses or spirit; "the atmosphere was oppressive"; "oppressive sorrows") } { [ weighty, noun.feeling:weight,+ ] (weighing heavily on the spirit; causing anxiety or worry; "weighty problems") } ---- { [ LIGHT2, noun.feeling:lightness,+ HEAVY2,!] (psychologically light; especially free from sadness or troubles; "a light heart") } { fooling, [ casual2, noun.attribute:casualness,+ ] (characterized by a feeling of irresponsibility; "a broken back is nothing to be casual about; it is no fooling matter") }] [{ [ HEAVY3, noun.attribute:heaviness2,+ LIGHT3,!] (unusually great in degree or quantity or number; "heavy taxes"; "a heavy fine"; "heavy casualties"; "heavy losses"; "heavy rain"; "heavy traffic") } { harsh, (severe; "a harsh penalty") } ---- { [ LIGHT3, HEAVY3,!] (not great in degree or quantity or number; "a light sentence"; "a light accent"; "casualties were light"; "light snow was falling"; "light misty rain"; "light smoke from the chimney") }] [{ [ HEAVY7, noun.attribute:heaviness,+ LIGHT7,!] noun.cognition:chemistry,;c ((physics, chemistry) being or containing an isotope with greater than average atomic mass or weight; "heavy hydrogen"; "heavy water") } ---- { [ LIGHT7, HEAVY7,!] noun.cognition:chemistry,;c ((physics, chemistry) not having atomic weight greater than average; "light water is ordinary water") }] [{ [ HEAVY8, LIGHT8,!] (of great intensity or power or force; "a heavy blow"; "the fighting was heavy"; "heavy seas") } { big, (marked by intense physical force; "a big wind") } ---- { [ LIGHT8, HEAVY8,!] (of little intensity or power or force; "the light touch of her fingers"; "a light breeze") } { easy, [ gentle, noun.attribute:gentleness,+ ] soft, (having little impact; "an easy pat on the shoulder"; "gentle rain"; "a gentle breeze"; "a soft (or light) tapping at the window") }] [{ [ LIGHT-FOOTED, HEAVY-FOOTED,!] ((of movement) having a light and springy step; "a light-footed girl") } { [ light, noun.attribute:lightness4,+ ] [ lightsome, noun.attribute:lightsomeness2,+ ] tripping, (moving easily and quickly; nimble; "the dancer was light and graceful"; "a lightsome buoyant step"; "walked with a light tripping step") } ---- { [ HEAVY-FOOTED, LIGHT-FOOTED,!] ((of movement) lacking ease or lightness; "his tired heavy-footed walk") } { heavy, lumbering, [ ponderous, noun.attribute:ponderousness,+ ] (slow and laborious because of weight; "the heavy tread of tired troops"; "moved with a lumbering sag-bellied trot"; "ponderous prehistoric beasts"; "a ponderous yawn") }] [{ [ LIGHT4, HEAVY4,!] (of the military or industry; using (or being) relatively small or light arms or equipment; "light infantry"; "light cavalry"; "light industry"; "light weapons") } { light-armed, lightly-armed, (armed with light weapons) } ---- { [ HEAVY4, LIGHT4,!] (of the military or industry; using (or being) the heaviest and most powerful armaments or weapons or equipment; "heavy artillery"; "heavy infantry"; "a heavy cruiser"; "heavy guns"; "heavy industry involves large-scale production of basic products (such as steel) used by other industries") }] [{ [ HEEDLESS, noun.cognition:heedlessness,+ noun.attribute:heedlessness2,+ HEEDFUL,!] unheeding, noun.cognition:heed,= (marked by or paying little heed or attention; "We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics"--Franklin D. Roosevelt; "heedless of danger"; "heedless of the child's crying") } { [ careless1(p), noun.attribute:carelessness,+ ] regardless, ((usually followed by `of') without due thought or consideration; "careless of the consequences"; "crushing the blooms with regardless tread") } { deaf1(p), indifferent(p), ((usually followed by `to') unwilling or refusing to pay heed; "deaf to her warnings") } ---- { [ HEEDFUL, noun.attribute:heedfulness,+ HEEDLESS,!] [ attentive4, verb.perception:attend,+ noun.attribute:attentiveness1,+ ] [ thoughtful4, noun.attribute:thoughtfulness,+ ] paying_attention, noun.cognition:heed,= (taking heed; giving close and thoughtful attention; "heedful of the warnings"; "so heedful a writer"; "heedful of what they were doing") }] [{ [ ENABLING, DISABLING,!] (providing legal power or sanction; "an enabling resolution"; "enabling power") } { facultative, (granting a privilege or permission or power to do or not do something; "a facultative enactment") } { [ sanctionative, verb.social:sanction1,+ ] sanctioning, (implying sanction or serving to sanction; "the guardian's duties were primarily sanctionative rather than administrative") } ---- { [ DISABLING, ENABLING,!] disqualifying, (depriving of legal right; rendering legally disqualified; "certain disabling restrictions disqualified him for citizenship") }] [{ [ HELPFUL, noun.attribute:helpfulness,+ UNHELPFUL,!] ACCOMMODATING,^ COOPERATIVE,^ ENCOURAGING,^ USEFUL,^ (providing assistance or serving a useful function) } { accommodating, (obliging; willing to do favors; "made a special effort to be accommodating") } { [ adjuvant, noun.artifact:adjuvant,+ ] noun.cognition:pharmacology,;c (enhancing the action of a medical treatment; "the adjuvant action of certain bacteria") } { [ assistive, verb.social:assist2,+ ] (giving assistance) } { face-saving, (maintaining dignity or prestige; "a face-saving compromise") } { [ facilitative, verb.change:facilitate,+ ] (freeing from difficulty or impediment; "facilitative changes in the economic structure") } { [ facilitatory, verb.creation:facilitate3,+ ] (inducing or aiding in facilitating neural activity) } { [ implemental, noun.artifact:implement,+ ] [ instrumental, noun.act:instrument,+ noun.attribute:instrumentality,+ noun.artifact:instrumentality,+ ] [ subservient, verb.social:subserve,+ ] (serving or acting as a means or aid; "instrumental in solving the crime") } { laborsaving, laboursaving, (designed to replace or conserve human and especially manual labor; "laborsaving devices like washing machines") } { [ ministrant, verb.social:minister12,+ ] (giving practical help to; "a ministering angel"; "the angels ministrant sang"; "the attending physician") } { [ reformative, verb.change:reform4,+ verb.change:reform,+ ] [ reformatory, noun.artifact:reformatory,+ verb.change:reform4,+ verb.change:reform3,+ ] (tending to reform; "reformative and rehabilitative agencies"; "reformatory punishment") } { right-hand, (most helpful and reliable; "my right-hand man") } { stabilizing, stabilising, (causing to become stable; "the family is one of the great stabilizing elements in society") } { steadying, (causing to become steady; "had a steadying effect on her nerves") } ---- { [ UNHELPFUL, noun.attribute:unhelpfulness,+ HELPFUL,!] DISCOURAGING,^ UNCOOPERATIVE,^ (providing no assistance) } { unaccommodating, (offering no assistance; "rudely unaccommodating to the customers"; "icily neutral, disagreeably unhelpful") } { unconstructive, (not constructive) }] [{ [ HETERODACTYL, ZYGODACTYL,!] ((of bird feet) having the first and second toes directed backward the third and fourth forward) } ---- { [ ZYGODACTYL, HETERODACTYL,!] ((of bird feet) having the first and fourth toes directed backward the second and third forward) }] [{ [ HETEROGENEOUS, noun.attribute:heterogeneousness,+ noun.attribute:heterogeneity,+ HOMOGENEOUS,!] heterogenous1, DIFFERENT,^ DIVERSIFIED,^ VARIED,^ (consisting of elements that are not of the same kind or nature; "the population of the United States is vast and heterogeneous") } { assorted, miscellaneous, mixed, [ motley, noun.group:motley,+ ] sundry(a), (consisting of a haphazard assortment of different kinds; "an arrangement of assorted spring flowers"; "assorted sizes"; "miscellaneous accessories"; "a mixed program of baroque and contemporary music"; "a motley crew"; "sundry sciences commonly known as social"- I.A.Richards) } { [ disparate, noun.attribute:disparateness,+ noun.attribute:disparity,+ ] (including markedly dissimilar elements; "a disparate aggregate of creeds and songs and prayers") } { inhomogeneous, nonuniform, (not homogeneous) } ---- { [ HOMOGENEOUS, noun.attribute:homogeny,+ noun.attribute:homogeneousness,+ noun.attribute:homogeneity,+ HETEROGENEOUS,!] [ homogenous, noun.attribute:homogeny,+ ] SAME,^ UNDIVERSIFIED,^ UNIFORM,^ (all of the same or similar kind or nature; "a close-knit homogeneous group") } { consistent, [ uniform, noun.attribute:uniformness,+ noun.attribute:uniformity1,+ noun.attribute:uniformity,+ ] (the same throughout in structure or composition; "bituminous coal is often treated as a consistent and homogeneous product") } { [ solid, noun.attribute:solidness,+ ] (of one substance or character throughout; "solid gold"; "carved out of solid rock") } { solid3, self-colored, self-coloured, (of the same color throughout; "solid color")} { homogenized, homogenised, (made homogeneous) }] [{ [ HOMOZYGOUS, noun.state:homozygosity,+ HETEROZYGOUS,!] noun.cognition:genetics,;c (having identical alleles at corresponding chromosomal loci; "these two fruit flies are homozygous for red eye color") } ---- { [ HETEROZYGOUS, noun.state:heterozygosity,+ HOMOZYGOUS,!] noun.cognition:genetics,;c (having dissimilar alleles at corresponding chromosomal loci; "heterozygous for eye color") }] [{ [ HETEROSEXUAL, noun.person:heterosexual,+ noun.act:heterosexuality,+ HOMOSEXUAL,! BISEXUAL,!] noun.act:sex,= (sexually attracted to members of the opposite sex) } { [ straight, noun.person:straight,+ noun.act:straightness,+ ] noun.communication:colloquialism,;u (not homosexual) } ---- { [ HOMOSEXUAL, noun.person:homosexual,+ noun.act:homosexuality,+ BISEXUAL,! HETEROSEXUAL,!] noun.act:sex,= (sexually attracted to members of your own sex) } { [ butch, noun.person:butch,+ ] noun.communication:slang,;u ((of male or female homosexuals) characterized by stereotypically male traits or appearance)} { [ gay, noun.person:gay,+ noun.act:gayness,+ ] [ queer, noun.act:queerness,+ ] homophile(a), (homosexual or arousing homosexual desires) } { [ homoerotic, noun.act:homoeroticism,+ ] (of or concerning homosexual love) } { [ lesbian, noun.person:lesbian,+ ] sapphic, (of or relating to or characterized by homosexual relations between woman) } ---- { [ BISEXUAL, noun.person:bisexual,+ noun.act:bisexuality,+ HETEROSEXUAL,! HOMOSEXUAL,!] (sexually attracted to both sexes) }] [{ [ HIERARCHICAL, noun.group:hierarchy,+ NONHIERARCHICAL,!] hierarchal, hierarchic, (classified according to various criteria into successive levels or layers; "it has been said that only a hierarchical society with a leisure class at the top can produce works of art"; "in her hierarchical set of values honesty comes first") } { class-conscious, stratified, ((used of society) socially hierarchical; "American society is becoming increasingly stratified") } { gradable, (capable of being graded (for quality or rank or size etc.)) } { graded, ranked, stratified2, (arranged in a sequence of grades or ranks; "stratified areas of the distribution") } { vertical, (of or relating to different levels in a hierarchy (as levels of social class or income group); "vertical social mobility") } ---- { [ NONHIERARCHICAL, HIERARCHICAL,!] nonhierarchic, (not classified hierarchically) } { ungraded, unordered, unranked, (not arranged in order hierarchically) }] [{ [ HIGH1, noun.location:high,+ noun.attribute:high,+ noun.attribute:highness,+ LOW1,!] TALL,^ TOP,^ UP,^ noun.attribute:height,= ((literal meaning) being at or having a relatively great or specific elevation or upward extension (sometimes used in combinations like `knee-high'); "a high mountain"; "high ceilings"; "high buildings"; "a high forehead"; "a high incline"; "a foot high") } { [ altitudinous, noun.attribute:altitude,+ ] (indefinitely high; lofty) } { commanding, dominating, overlooking, (used of a height or viewpoint; "a commanding view of the ocean"; "looked up at the castle dominating the countryside"; "the balcony overlooking the ballroom") } { eminent, [ lofty, noun.attribute:loftiness2,+ noun.attribute:loftiness1,+ ] soaring, towering, (of imposing height; especially standing out above others; "an eminent peak"; "lofty mountains"; "the soaring spires of the cathedral"; "towering icebergs") } { high-level, high-altitude, (occurring at or from a relative high altitude; "high-level bombing") } { high-stepped, high-stepping, (having or moving with a high step; "his high-stepped stride"; "a high-stepping horse") } { high-top, high-topped, ((of shoes or boots) having relatively high uppers) } { [ steep, noun.attribute:steepness,+ ] (of a slope; set at a high angle; "note the steep incline"; "a steep roof sheds snow") } { upper, (higher in place or position; "the upper bunk"; "in the upper center of the picture"; "the upper stories") } ---- { [ LOW1, noun.attribute:lowness,+ HIGH1,!] DOWN,^ INFERIOR1,^ SHORT3,^ noun.attribute:height,= (literal meanings; being at or having a relatively small elevation or upward extension; "low ceilings"; "low clouds"; "low hills"; "the sun is low"; "low furniture"; "a low bow") } { deep, (with head or back bent low; "a deep bow") } { low-growing, flat-growing, ground-hugging, (of plants that grow relatively low to the ground) } { low-level, low-altitude, (occurring at a relatively low altitude; "a low-level strafing run") } { low-lying, (having a small elevation above the ground or horizon or sea level; "low-lying clouds") } { lowset, low-set, (lower than average; "lowset ears"; "a stocky low-set animal") } { nether, under, (located below or beneath something else; "nether garments"; "the under parts of a machine") } { [ squat, noun.attribute:squatness,+ ] underslung, (having a low center of gravity; built low to the ground) }] [{ [ RAISED, LOWERED,!] (located or moved above the surround or above the normal position; "a raised design"; "raised eyebrows") } { elevated, (raised above the ground; "an elevated platform") } { up, (open; "the windows are up") } { upraised, lifted, (held up in the air; "stood with arms upraised"; "her upraised flag") } ---- { [ LOWERED, RAISED,!] (below the surround or below the normal position; "with lowered eyes") } { down, (shut; "the shades were down") }] [{ [ HIGH-TECH, noun.act:high_technology,+ LOW-TECH,!] hi-tech, (resembling or making use of highly advanced technology or devices) } { advanced, sophisticated, (ahead in development; complex or intricate; "advanced technology"; "a sophisticated electronic control system") } ---- { [ LOW-TECH, HIGH-TECH,!] (not involving high technology) }] [{ [ NECKED, NECKLESS,!] (having a neck or having a neck especially as specified (often used in combination)) } { decollete, low-cut, low-necked, ((of a garment) having a low-cut neckline; "a low-cut neckline") } { high-necked, ((of a garment) having a high neckline; "a high-necked blouse") } { necklike, (resembling a neck) } { throated, noun.communication:combining_form,;u (having a throat as specified; "deep-throated"; "white-throated") } ---- { [ NECKLESS, NECKED,!] (lacking or apparently lacking a neck) }] [{ [ CEILINGED, FLOORED,!] (provided with a ceiling especially the overhead interior surface; "the large beam-ceilinged living room") } { high-ceilinged, (having a higher than normal ceiling) } { low-ceilinged, (having a lower than normal ceiling) } { raftered, (having the rafters especially having them visible; "a raftered ceiling") } ---- { [ FLOORED, CEILINGED,!] (provided with a floor) }] [{ [ LOW-SUDSING, HIGH-SUDSING,!] ((used of e.g. detergents) producing few suds) } ---- { [ HIGH-SUDSING, LOW-SUDSING,!] ((used of e.g. detergents) producing many suds) }] [{ [ LOW-INTEREST, HIGH-INTEREST,! ] ((used of loans) charging a relatively small percentage of the amount borrowed) } ---- { [ HIGH-INTEREST, LOW-INTEREST,! ] ((used of loans) charging a relatively large percentage of the amount borrowed) }] [{ [ HIGH2, noun.attribute:highness1,+ LOW2,!] SUPERIOR1,^ noun.attribute:degree,= (greater than normal in degree or intensity or amount; "a high temperature"; "a high price"; "the high point of his career"; "high risks"; "has high hopes"; "the river is high"; "he has a high opinion of himself") } { advanced2, (at a higher level in training or knowledge or skill; "an advanced degree"; "an advanced text in physics"; "special seminars for small groups of advanced students at the University") } { broad(a), full(a), (being at a peak or culminating point; "broad daylight"; "full summer") } { graduate(a), [ postgraduate, noun.person:postgraduate,+ ] (of or relating to studies beyond a bachelor's degree; "graduate courses") } { higher1(a), (of education beyond the secondary level; "higher education"; "higher learning") } { higher2(a), (advanced in complexity or elaboration; "higher finance"; "higher mathematics") } { last, [ utmost, noun.attribute:utmost,+ ] (highest in extent or degree; "to the last measure of human endurance"; "whether they were accomplices in the last degree or a lesser one was...to be determined individually") } { soaring, (ascending to a level markedly higher than the usual; "soaring prices") } ---- { [ LOW2, noun.attribute:lowness1,+ HIGH2,!] INFERIOR1,^ noun.attribute:degree,= (less than normal in degree or intensity or amount; "low prices"; "the reservoir is low") } { debased, devalued, degraded, (lowered in value; "the dollar is low"; "a debased currency") } { depressed, down(p), (lower than previously; "the market is depressed"; "prices are down") } { low-level, (not intense; "low-level radiation") } { reduced, rock-bottom, (well below normal (especially in price)) }] [{ [ HIGH3, LOW3,!] high-pitched, noun.attribute:pitch,= (used of sounds and voices; high in pitch or frequency) } { adenoidal, pinched, [ nasal, noun.communication:nasal,+ noun.attribute:nasality,+ ] (sounding as if the nose were pinched; "a whining nasal voice") } { altissimo, (very high) } { [ alto1, noun.attribute:alto1,+ ] noun.communication:music,;c ((of a musical instrument) second highest member of a group; "alto clarinet or recorder") } { countertenor, [ alto2, noun.communication:alto1,+ ] (of or being the highest male voice; having a range above that of tenor) } { [ falsetto, noun.attribute:falsetto,+ ] (artificially high; above the normal voice range; "a falsetto voice") } { [ peaky, noun.quantity:peak,+ ] spiky, (having or as if having especially high-pitched spots; "absence of peaky highs and beefed-up bass") } { [ shrill, noun.attribute:shrillness,+ ] sharp, (having or emitting a high-pitched and sharp tone or tones; "a shrill whistle"; "a shrill gaiety") } { screaky, [ screechy, noun.event:screech,+ noun.communication:screech,+ ] squeaking, [ squeaky, noun.event:squeak,+ ] squealing, (having or making a high-pitched sound such as that made by a mouse or a rusty hinge) } { soprano, treble, (having or denoting a high range; "soprano voice"; "soprano sax"; "the boy still had a fine treble voice"; "the treble clef") } { sopranino, (higher in range than soprano; "a sopranino recorder") } { tenor, (of or close in range to the highest natural adult male voice; "tenor voice") } { tenor2, noun.communication:music,;c ((of a musical instrument) intermediate between alto and baritone or bass; "a tenor sax") } ---- { [ LOW3, noun.attribute:lowness1,+ HIGH3,!] low-pitched, noun.attribute:pitch,= (used of sounds and voices; low in pitch or frequency) } { [ alto3, noun.attribute:alto,+ noun.communication:alto,+ ] contralto, (of or being the lowest female voice) } { baritone, (lower in range than tenor and higher than bass; "a baritone voice"; "baritone oboe") } { bass, [ deep, noun.attribute:deepness2,+ ] (having or denoting a low vocal or instrumental range; "a deep voice"; "a bass voice is lower than a baritone voice"; "a bass clarinet") } { contrabass, double-bass, (pitched an octave below normal bass instrumental or vocal range; "contrabass or double-bass clarinet") } { [ throaty, noun.body:throat,+ ] (sounding as if pronounced low in the throat; "a rich throaty voice") }] [{ [ IMITATIVE, verb.creation:imitate,+ NONIMITATIVE,!] (marked by or given to imitation; "acting is an imitative art"; "man is an imitative being") } { apish, apelike, (being or given to servile imitation) } { [ mimetic, noun.communication:mimesis,+ ] (exhibiting mimicry; "mimetic coloring of a butterfly"; "the mimetic tendency of infancy"- R.W.Hamilton) } { [ mimic, noun.act:mime,+ ] (constituting an imitation; "the mimic warfare of the opera stage"- Archibald Alison) } { parrotlike, (mechanically imitated or repeated without thought or understanding; "a mere parrotlike word-calling process"; "a voice quality sounding parrotlike") } { simulated, (reproduced or made to resemble; imitative in character; "under simulated combat conditions") } ---- { [NONIMITATIVE, IMITATIVE,!] (not marked by or given to imitation) }] [{ [ ECHOIC, NONECHOIC,!] imitative2, onomatopoeic, [ onomatopoeical, noun.communication:onomatopoeia,+ ] [ onomatopoetic, noun.communication:onomatopoeia,+ ] ((of words) formed in imitation of a natural sound; "onomatopoeic words are imitative of noises"; "it was independently developed in more than one place as an onomatopoetic term"- Harry Hoijer) } ---- { [ NONECHOIC, ECHOIC,!] (not echoic or imitative of sound) }] [{ [ HIGH-RESOLUTION, LOW-RESOLUTION,!] (producing images that are sharp and finely detailed; "high-resolution photography"; "a high-resolution lens"; "high-resolution television") } ---- { [ LOW-RESOLUTION, HIGH-RESOLUTION,!] (of computer output devices; producing images that are not sharply defined) }] [{ [ HIGH-RISE, LOW-RISE,!] (used of buildings of many stories equipped with elevators; tall; "avenues lined with high-rise apartment buildings") } { multistory, multistorey, multistoried, (having more than one story) } { storied, storeyed, noun.communication:combining_form,;u (having stories as indicated; "a six-storied building") } ---- { [ LOW-RISE, HIGH-RISE,!] (used of buildings of one or only a few stories and usually no elevator; low; "looking out over the roofs of low-rise apartment buildings") } { walk-up, (a building with no elevator; "a walk-up apartment") }] [{ [ UPLAND, LOWLAND,!] [ highland4(a), noun.object:highland,+ ] (used of high or hilly country) } { alpestrine, subalpine, (growing at high altitudes) } { alpine, noun.cognition:biology,;c (living or growing above the timber line; "alpine flowers") } { [ mountainous, noun.object:mountain,+ ] (containing many mountains) } ---- { [ LOWLAND, UPLAND,!] (of relatively low or level country) } { low-lying, sea-level, (lying below the normal level; "a low-lying desert")}] [{ [ HOME(a), AWAY,!] noun.act:sport,;c (used of your own ground; "a home game") } ---- { [ AWAY, HOME,!] noun.act:sport,;c (used of an opponent's ground; "an away game") }] [{ [ HOMOLOGOUS1, noun.attribute:homology,+ HETEROLOGOUS1,! AUTOLOGOUS,!] (corresponding or similar in position or structure or function or characteristics; especially derived from an organism of the same species; "a homologous tissue graft") } ---- { [ HETEROLOGOUS1, noun.attribute:heterology,+ AUTOLOGOUS,! HOMOLOGOUS1,!] (derived from organisms of a different but related species; "a heterologous graft") } ---- { [ AUTOLOGOUS, HOMOLOGOUS1,! HETEROLOGOUS1,!] (derived from organisms of the selfsame individual; "autologous blood donation") }] [{ [ HOMOLOGOUS2, ANALOGOUS,! HETEROLOGOUS2,!] noun.cognition:biology,;c (having the same evolutionary origin but not necessarily the same function; "the wing of a bat and the arm of a man are homologous") } { [ homologic, noun.attribute:homology,+ ] [ homological, noun.attribute:homology,+ ] noun.cognition:biology,;c (similar in evolutionary origin but not in function) } ---- { [ HETEROLOGOUS2, noun.attribute:heterology,+ ANALOGOUS,! HOMOLOGOUS2,!] [ heterologic, noun.attribute:heterology,+ ] [ heterological, noun.attribute:heterology,+ ] noun.cognition:biology,;c (not corresponding in structure or evolutionary origin) } ---- { [ ANALOGOUS, HOMOLOGOUS2,! HETEROLOGOUS2,!] noun.cognition:biology,;c (corresponding in function but not in evolutionary origin; "the wings of a bee and those of a hummingbird are analogous") }] [{ [ GABLED, HIPPED2,!] ((of a roof) constructed with a single slope on each side of the ridge supported at the end by a gable or vertical triangular portion of an end wall; "a gabled roof") } ---- { [ HIPPED2, GABLED,!] ((of a roof) sloping on all sides; "a hipped roof has sloping ends rather than gables") } { [ mansard, noun.artifact:mansard,+ ] ((of a roof) having two slopes on all sides with the lower slope steeper than the upper; "the story formed by a mansard roof is usually called the garret") }] [{ [ HIPPED, HIPLESS,!] noun.communication:combining_form,;u (having hips; or having hips as specified (usually in combination); "broad-hipped") } ---- { [ HIPLESS, HIPPED,!] (having or seeming to have no hips; "slim and hipless") }] [{ [ HONEST, noun.attribute:honestness,+ DISHONEST,!] [ honorable4, noun.attribute:honorableness,+] DIRECT2,^ GENUINE,^ HONORABLE,^ INGENUOUS,^ SINCERE,^ STRAIGHT4,^ TRUE,^ TRUSTWORTHY,^ (not disposed to cheat or defraud; not deceptive or fraudulent; "honest lawyers"; "honest reporting") } { [ downright, noun.attribute:downrightness,+ ] (characterized by plain blunt honesty; "a downright answer"; "a downright kind of person") } ---- { [ DISHONEST, HONEST,!] [ dishonorable4, noun.attribute:dishonorableness,+ ] CROOKED2,^ DISHONORABLE,^ FALSE,^ INSINCERE,^ UNTRUSTWORTHY,^ (deceptive or fraudulent; disposed to cheat or defraud or deceive) } { ambidextrous, [ deceitful1, noun.attribute:deceitfulness,+ ] [ double-dealing, noun.act:double-dealing,+ ] [ duplicitous, noun.communication:duplicity,+ noun.act:duplicity,+ ] Janus-faced, two-faced, double-faced, double-tongued, (marked by deliberate deceptiveness especially by pretending one set of feelings and acting under the influence of another; "she was a deceitful scheming little thing"- Israel Zangwill; "a double-dealing double agent"; "a double-faced infernal traitor and schemer"- W.M.Thackeray) } { beguiling, (misleading by means of pleasant or alluring methods; "taken in by beguiling tales of overnight fortunes") } { [ deceitful2, noun.attribute:deceitfulness,+ ] fallacious, [ fraudulent, noun.attribute:fraudulence,+ noun.act:fraudulence,+ ] (intended to deceive; "deceitful advertising"; "fallacious testimony"; "smooth, shining, and deceitful as thin ice" - S.T.Coleridge; "a fraudulent scheme to escape paying taxes") } { [ deceptive, verb.social:deceive,+ verb.communication:deceive,+ noun.attribute:deceptiveness,+ ] misleading, (designed to deceive or mislead either deliberately or inadvertently; "the deceptive calm in the eye of the storm"; "deliberately deceptive packaging"; "a misleading similarity"; "statistics can be presented in ways that are misleading") } { false, (designed to deceive; "a suitcase with a false bottom") } { picaresque, (involving clever rogues or adventurers especially as in a type of fiction; "picaresque novels"; "waifs of the picaresque tradition"; "a picaresque hero") } { [ rascally, noun.person:rascal2,+ ] [ roguish, noun.act:roguishness,+ ] [ scoundrelly, noun.person:scoundrel,+ ] [ blackguardly, noun.person:blackguard,+ ] (lacking principles or scruples; "the rascally rabble"; "the tyranny of a scoundrelly aristocracy" - W.M. Thackaray; "the captain was set adrift by his roguish crew") } { shady, noun.communication:colloquialism,;u (of questionable honesty or legality; "He established a dummy company through which he laundered vast sums of cash from shady middlemen and arms dealers") } { thieving(a), [ thievish, noun.attribute:thievishness,+ ] (given to thievery) }] [{ [ TRUTHFUL, noun.attribute:truthfulness,+ UNTRUTHFUL,!] true4, HONEST,^ (expressing or given to expressing the truth; "a true statement"; "gave truthful testimony"; "a truthful person") } { [ honest, noun.attribute:honestness,+ ] (marked by truth; "gave honest answers"; "honest reporting") } { [ veracious, noun.attribute:veracity,+ ] (habitually speaking the truth; "a veracious witness") } ---- { [ UNTRUTHFUL, noun.attribute:untruthfulness,+ TRUTHFUL,!] DISHONEST,^ (not expressing or given to expressing the truth; "the statement given under oath was untruthful"; "an untruthful person") } { [ mendacious, noun.attribute:mendacity,+ ] (given to lying; "a mendacious child") }] [{ [ HONORABLE, noun.attribute:honorableness,+ DISHONORABLE,!] [ honourable, noun.attribute:honourableness,+ ] HONEST,^ JUST,^ MORAL,^ NOBLE1,^ REPUTABLE,^ WORTHY,^ noun.attribute:honorableness,= (worthy of being honored; entitled to honor and respect; "an honorable man"; "led an honorable life"; "honorable service to his country") } { august, revered, [ venerable, noun.attribute:venerableness,+ noun.attribute:venerability,+ ] (profoundly honored; "revered holy men") } { laureate, (worthy of the greatest honor or distinction; "The nation's pediatrician laureate is preparing to lay down his black bag"- James Traub) } { time-honored, time-honoured, (honored because of age or long usage; "time-honored institutions") } ---- { [ DISHONORABLE, noun.attribute:dishonorableness,+ HONORABLE,!] [ dishonourable, noun.attribute:dishonourableness,+ ] DISHONEST,^ DISREPUTABLE,^ IGNOBLE1,^ INGLORIOUS,^ UNJUST,^ UNWORTHY,^ noun.attribute:honorableness,= (lacking honor or integrity; deserving dishonor; "dishonorable in thought and deed") } { black, [ disgraceful, noun.attribute:disgracefulness,+ ] [ ignominious, noun.state:ignominy,+ noun.attribute:ignominiousness,+ ] inglorious, [ opprobrious, noun.state:opprobrium,+ ] [ shameful, noun.attribute:shamefulness,+ ] ((used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame; "Man...has written one of his blackest records as a destroyer on the oceanic islands"- Rachel Carson; "an ignominious retreat"; "inglorious defeat"; "an opprobrious monument to human greed"; "a shameful display of cowardice") } { debasing, degrading, (used of conduct; characterized by dishonor) } { [ shabby, noun.act:shabbiness,+ ] (mean and unworthy and despicable; "shabby treatment") } { unprincipled, (having little or no integrity) } { yellow, (cowardly or treacherous; "the little yellow stain of treason"-M.W.Straight; "too yellow to stand and fight") }] [{ [ HOPEFUL, noun.person:hopeful,+ noun.feeling:hopefulness,+ HOPELESS,!] ENCOURAGING,^ OPTIMISTIC,^ (having or manifesting hope; "a line of people hopeful of obtaining tickets"; "found a hopeful way of attacking the problem") } { [ anticipant, noun.person:anticipant,+ ] [ anticipative, verb.emotion:anticipate,+ ] [ expectant, noun.feeling:expectancy,+ verb.cognition:expect1,+ verb.cognition:expect,+ ] (marked by eager anticipation; "an expectant hush") } ---- { [ HOPELESS, noun.feeling:hopelessness,+ HOPEFUL,!] DISCOURAGING,^ IMPOSSIBLE,^ PESSIMISTIC,^ (without hope because there seems to be no possibility of comfort or success; "in an agony of hopeless grief"; "with a hopeless sigh he sat down") } { abject, unhopeful, (showing utter resignation or hopelessness; "abject surrender") } { black, [ bleak, noun.state:bleakness1,+ ] dim, (offering little or no hope; "the future looked black"; "prospects were bleak"; "Life in the Aran Islands has always been bleak and difficult"- J.M.Synge; "took a dim view of things") } { despairing, desperate, (arising from or marked by despair or loss of hope; "a despairing view of the world situation"; "the last despairing plea of the condemned criminal"; "a desperate cry for help"; "helpless and desperate--as if at the end of his tether"; "her desperate screams") } { [ despondent, noun.feeling:despondency,+ noun.feeling:despondence,+ verb.emotion:despond,+ ] [ heartsick, noun.feeling:heartsickness,+ ] (without or almost without hope; "despondent about his failure"; "too heartsick to fight back") } { forlorn, (marked by or showing hopelessness; "the last forlorn attempt"; "a forlorn cause") } { futureless, (having no prospect or hope of a future) } { [ helpless, noun.feeling:helplessness,+ ] lost, (unable to function; without help) } { [ insoluble, noun.attribute:insolubility1,+ ] (without hope of solution; "an insoluble problem") }] [{ [ INSTITUTIONALIZED, NONINSTITUTIONALIZED,!] institutionalised, (officially placed in or committed to a specialized institution; "had hopes of rehabilitating the institutionalized juvenile delinquents") } ---- { [ NONINSTITUTIONALIZED, INSTITUTIONALIZED,!] noninstitutionalised, (not committed to an institution) }] [{ [ INSTITUTIONAL, noun.group:institution,+ NONINSTITUTIONAL,!] (organized as or forming an institution; "institutional religion") } { institutionalized, institutionalised, (given the character of an institution or incorporated into a structured and usually well-established system; "institutionalized graft"; "institutionalized suicide as practiced in Japan") } { [ uninteresting, noun.attribute:uninterestingness,+ ] (characteristic or suggestive of an institution especially in being uniform or dull or unimaginative; "institutional food") } ---- { [ NONINSTITUTIONAL, INSTITUTIONAL,!] (not institutional) }] [{ [ IODINATING, DE-IODINATING,!] noun.cognition:chemistry,;c (combining or causing to combine with iodine; "the active iodinating species"; "the in vivo iodinating mechanism") } ---- { [ DE-IODINATING, IODINATING,!] noun.cognition:chemistry,;c (removing iodine from) }] [{ [ CONSOLABLE, verb.emotion:console,+ INCONSOLABLE,!] (able to be consoled) } ---- { [ INCONSOLABLE, CONSOLABLE,!] [ disconsolate4, noun.feeling:disconsolateness,+ ] unconsolable, (sad beyond comforting; incapable of being consoled; "inconsolable when her son died") } { desolate, (crushed by grief; "depressed and desolate of soul"; "a low desolate wail") }] [{ [ HORIZONTAL, noun.relation:horizontal,+ noun.attribute:horizontality,+ VERTICAL,! INCLINED1,!] noun.relation:orientation,= (parallel to or in the plane of the horizon or a base line; "a horizontal surface") } { crosswise, (in the shape of (a horizontal piece on) a cross) } { flat, (horizontally level; "a flat roof") } { level, (being on a precise horizontal plane; "a billiard table must be level") } { naiant, swimming, noun.cognition:heraldry,;c (applied to a fish depicted horizontally) } ---- { [ VERTICAL, noun.relation:vertical,+ noun.artifact:vertical,+ noun.attribute:verticalness,+ noun.attribute:verticality,+ INCLINED1,! HORIZONTAL,!] [ perpendicular4, noun.relation:perpendicularity,+ noun.attribute:perpendicularity,+ ] STEEP,^ STRAIGHT1,^ noun.relation:orientation,= (at right angles to the plane of the horizon or a base line; "a vertical camera angle"; "the monument consists of two vertical pillars supporting a horizontal slab"; "measure the perpendicular height") } { plumb, (exactly vertical; "the tower of Pisa is far out of plumb") } { upended, (turned up on end) } { [ upright, noun.attribute:uprightness2,+ ] unsloped, (in a vertical position; not sloping; "an upright post") } ---- { [ INCLINED1, HORIZONTAL,! VERTICAL,!] GRADUAL2,^ OBLIQUE,^ noun.relation:orientation,= (at an angle to the horizontal or vertical position; "an inclined plane") } { atilt, canted, leaning, tilted, tipped, (departing or being caused to depart from the true vertical or horizontal; "the leaning tower of Pisa"; "the headstones were tilted") } { aslant, aslope, [ diagonal, noun.shape:diagonal,+ noun.group:diagonal1,+ noun.group:diagonal,+ ] slanted, slanting, sloped, sloping, (having an oblique or slanted direction) } { high-pitched, (set at a sharp or high angle or slant; "a high-pitched roof") } { low-pitched, (set at a low angle or slant; "a low-pitched roof") } { monoclinal, noun.cognition:geology,;c (of a geological structure in which all strata are inclined in the same direction) } { pitched, (set at a slant; "a pitched rather than a flat roof") } { salient(ip), noun.cognition:heraldry,;c (represented as leaping (rampant but leaning forward)) } { sidelong, (inclining or directed to one side; "moved downward in a sidelong way" - Bram Stoker) } { [ skew, noun.attribute:skewness,+ ] skewed, (having an oblique or slanting direction or position; "the picture was skew") }] [{ [ ERECT, noun.attribute:erectness2,+ noun.attribute:erectness1,+ UNERECT,!] [ vertical2, noun.artifact:vertical,+ noun.attribute:verticalness,+ ] [ upright2, noun.attribute:uprightness3,+ ] noun.attribute:posture,= (upright in position or posture; "an erect stature"; "erect flower stalks"; "for a dog, an erect tail indicates aggression"; "a column still vertical amid the ruins"; "he sat bolt upright") } { erectile, (capable of being raised to an upright position; "erectile feathers") } { fastigiate, noun.cognition:botany,;c (having clusters of erect branches (often appearing to form a single column)) } { orthostatic, (pertaining to an upright standing posture; "orthostatic hypotension") } { passant(ip), noun.cognition:heraldry,;c (in walking position with right foreleg raised) } { [ rampant(ip), verb.perception:ramp,+ ] rearing, noun.cognition:heraldry,;c (rearing on left hind leg with forelegs elevated and head usually in profile; "a lion rampant") } { semi-climbing, (of plants that are semi-climbers) } { semi-erect, (of plants that are partly erect) } { semi-upright, (of animals that are partly erect) } { standing(a), (having a supporting base; "a standing lamp") } { stand-up, (requiring a standing position; "a stand-up bar"; "a stand-up comic") } { statant(ip), noun.cognition:heraldry,;c (standing on four feet) } { straight, unbent, unbowed, (erect in posture; "sit straight"; "stood defiantly with unbowed back") } ---- { [ UNERECT, ERECT,!] noun.attribute:posture,= (not upright in position or posture) } { accumbent, decumbent, [ recumbent, verb.contact:recumb,+ ] (lying down; in a position of comfort or rest) } { bended, bent2, (used of the back and knees; stooped; "on bended knee"; "with bent (or bended) back") } { cernuous, drooping, nodding, pendulous, weeping, noun.cognition:biology,;c (having branches or flower heads that bend downward; "nodding daffodils"; "the pendulous branches of a weeping willow"; "lilacs with drooping panicles of fragrant flowers") } { couchant(ip), noun.cognition:heraldry,;c (lying on the stomach with head raised with legs pointed forward) } { dormant(ip), sleeping, noun.cognition:heraldry,;c (lying with head on paws as if sleeping) } { flat, prostrate1, (stretched out and lying at full length along the ground; "found himself lying flat on the floor") } { hunched, round-backed, round-shouldered, stooped, stooping, crooked, (having the back and shoulders rounded; not erect; "a little oldish misshapen stooping woman") } { procumbent, (having stems that trail along the ground without putting down roots) } { prone, prostrate2, (lying face downward) } { semi-prostrate, (imperfectly prostrate; prostrate for part of its length; "the semi-prostrate evergreen, purple heather") } { supine, resupine, (lying face upward) }] [{ [ STANDING, SEATED,!] ((of persons) on the feet; having the torso in an erect position supported by straight legs; "standing room only") } ---- { [ SEATED, STANDING,!] sitting2, ((of persons) having the torso erect and legs bent with the body supported on the buttocks; "the seated Madonna"; "the audience remained seated") }] [{ [ STANDING1(a), RUNNING1,!] (executed in or initiated from a standing position; "race from a standing start"; "a standing jump"; "a standing ovation") } ---- { [ RUNNING1(a), STANDING1,!] (executed or initiated by running; "running plays worked better than pass plays"; "took a running jump"; "a running start") }] [{ [ RUNNING2(a), STANDING2,!] ((of fluids) moving or issuing in a stream; "as mountain stream with freely running water"; "hovels without running water") } { gushing, pouring, (flowing profusely; "a gushing hydrant"; "pouring flood waters") } { jetting, spouting, spurting, squirting, (propelled violently in a usually narrow stream) } ---- { [ STANDING2(a), RUNNING2,!] ((of fluids) not moving or flowing; "mosquitoes breed in standing water") } { [ dead(a), noun.attribute:deadness,+ ] [ stagnant, noun.state:stagnancy1,+ verb.stative:stagnate2,+ verb.stative:stagnate,+ ] (not circulating or flowing; "dead air"; "dead water"; "stagnant water") } { [ slack, noun.object:slack,+ ] (flowing with little speed as e.g. at the turning of the tide; "slack water") } { [ still2, noun.state:stillness1,+ noun.state:stillness,+ ] (free from noticeable current; "a still pond"; "still waters run deep") }] [{ [ RUNNING(a), PASSING,!] noun.act:football,;c (of advancing the ball by running; "the team's running plays worked better than its pass plays") } ---- { [ PASSING(a), RUNNING,!] pass(a), noun.act:football,;c (of advancing the ball by throwing it; "a team with a good passing attack"; "a pass play") }] [{ [ HOSPITABLE, INHOSPITABLE,!] (favorable to life and growth; "soil sufficiently hospitable for forest growth"; "a hospitable environment") } { kind, genial, (agreeable, conducive to comfort; "a dry climate kind to asthmatics"; "the genial sunshine"; "hot summer pavements are anything but kind to the feet") } ---- { [ INHOSPITABLE, noun.state:inhospitableness,+ HOSPITABLE,!] (unfavorable to life or growth; "the barren inhospitable desert"; "inhospitable mountain areas") } { [ bare, noun.attribute:bareness,+ ] [ barren, noun.location:barren,+ noun.attribute:barrenness,+ ] [ bleak, noun.state:bleakness1,+ ] desolate, [ stark, noun.attribute:starkness,+ ] (providing no shelter or sustenance; "bare rocky hills"; "barren lands"; "the bleak treeless regions of the high Andes"; "the desolate surface of the moon"; "a stark landscape") } { godforsaken, [ waste, noun.location:waste,+ ] [ wild, noun.location:wild,+ noun.location:wilderness,+ ] (located in a dismal or remote area; desolate; "a desert island"; "a godforsaken wilderness crossroads"; "a wild stretch of land"; "waste places") } { hostile, uncongenial, unfriendly, (very unfavorable to life or growth; "a hostile climate"; "an uncongenial atmosphere"; "an uncongenial soil"; "the unfriendly environment at high altitudes") } { water-washed, (washed or swept with water especially waves of the sea) } { windswept, (open to or swept by wind; "windswept headlands") }] [{ [ HOSPITABLE2, noun.attribute:hospitableness,+ noun.communication:hospitality,+ INHOSPITABLE2,!] FRIENDLY1,^ (disposed to treat guests and strangers with cordiality and generosity; "a good-natured and hospitable man"; "a hospitable act"; "hospitable invitations") } { welcoming1, (very cordial; "a welcoming smile") } ---- { [ INHOSPITABLE2, noun.attribute:inhospitableness,+ noun.communication:inhospitality,+ HOSPITABLE2,!] UNFRIENDLY1,^ (not hospitable; "they are extremely inhospitable these days"; "her greeting was cold and inhospitable") }] [{ [ HOSTILE1, noun.feeling:hostility,+ AMICABLE,!] AGGRESSIVE,^ HATEFUL,^ OFFENSIVE3,^ UNFRIENDLY1,^ UNPEACEFUL,^ VIOLENT,^ (characterized by enmity or ill will; "a hostile nation"; "a hostile remark"; "hostile actions") } { [ aggressive, verb.competition:aggress,+ noun.attribute:aggressiveness1,+ ] [ belligerent, noun.person:belligerent,+ noun.feeling:belligerency,+ noun.feeling:belligerence,+ noun.attribute:belligerence,+ ] (characteristic of an enemy or one eager to fight; "aggressive acts against another country"; "a belligerent tone") } { [ antagonistic, noun.state:antagonism,+ noun.relation:antagonism,+ ] [ antipathetic, noun.feeling:antipathy,+ noun.cognition:antipathy,+ ] [ antipathetical, noun.feeling:antipathy,+ ] (characterized by antagonism or antipathy; "slaves antagonistic to their masters"; "antipathetic factions within the party") } { at_loggerheads, (in a dispute or confrontation; "Sam and his parents were at loggerheads over the question of car privileges") } { [ bitter, noun.feeling:bitterness,+ ] (proceeding from or exhibiting great hostility or animosity; "a bitter struggle"; "bitter enemies") } { dirty, (expressing or revealing hostility or dislike; "dirty looks") } { head-on, (characterized by direct opposition; "a head-on confrontation") } { ill, (indicating hostility or enmity; "you certainly did me an ill turn"; "ill feelings"; "ill will") } { [ opponent, noun.person:opponent,+ verb.social:oppose,+ verb.competition:oppose1,+ verb.competition:oppose,+ verb.communication:oppose1,+ verb.communication:oppose,+ ] opposing, (characterized by active hostility; "opponent (or opposing) armies") } { [ unfriendly1, noun.feeling:unfriendliness,+ ] [ inimical, noun.state:enmity,+ noun.feeling:enmity,+ ] (not friendly; "an unfriendly act of aggression"; "an inimical critic") } ---- { [ AMICABLE, noun.attribute:amicability,+ noun.attribute:amicableness,+ HOSTILE1,!] FRIENDLY1,^ LOVABLE,^ PEACEFUL,^ (characterized by friendship and good will; "an amicable agreement") } { [ friendly, noun.feeling:friendliness,+ ] well-disposed, well_disposed, (inclined to help or support; not antagonistic or hostile; "a government friendly to our interests"; "well disposed to the good order and happiness of the United States"; "a relaxed environment well-disposed to the appreciation of good food and fine wine") } { well-meaning, unthreatening, (not unfriendly or threatening; "her well-meaning words were received in silence"; "the exasperation of a...well-meaning cow worried by dogs") }] [{ [ HOT1, noun.attribute:hotness,+ COLD1,!] WARM1,^ noun.attribute:temperature,= (used of physical heat; having a high or higher than desirable temperature or giving off heat or feeling or causing a sensation of heat or burning; "hot stove"; "hot water"; "a hot August day"; "a hot stuffy room"; "she's hot and tired"; "a hot forehead") } { baking, baking_hot, (as hot as if in an oven) } { blistering, blistery, (hot enough to raise (or as if to raise) blisters; "blistering sun") } { calefacient, warming, (producing the sensation of heat when applied to the body; "a mustard plaster is calefacient") } { calefactory, calefactive, (serving to heat; "a heating pad is calefactory") } { calorifacient, (producing heat; usually used of foods; "calorifacient chili peppers") } { calorific, (heat-generating; "the calorific properties of fuels") } { fervent, fervid, noun.communication:archaism,;u ((archaic) extremely hot, burning, or glowing; "the fervent heat...merely communicated a genial warmth to their half-torpid systems"- Nathaniel Hawthorne; "set out...when the fervid heat subsides"- Frances Trollope) } { [ fiery, noun.process:fire,+ noun.attribute:fieriness,+ ] igneous, (like or suggestive of fire; "a fiery desert wind"; "an igneous desert atmosphere") } { [ heatable, verb.possession:heat,+ verb.change:heat1,+ verb.change:heat,+ ] (capable of becoming hot; "the heatable tip of a soldering iron") } { heated, heated_up, het, het_up, (made warm or hot (`het' is a dialectal variant of `heated'); "a heated swimming pool"; "wiped his heated-up face with a large bandana"; "he was all het up and sweaty") } { hottish, (somewhat hot) } { overheated, (heated beyond a safe or desirable point; "the child became overheated"; "overheated metal") } { red-hot, (glowing red with heat) } { scorching1, (hot and dry enough to burn or parch a surface; "scorching heat") } { sizzling, (hot enough to burn with or as if with a hissing sound; "a sizzling steak"; "a sizzling spell of weather") } { [ sultry, noun.phenomenon:sultriness,+ ] stifling, sulfurous, sulphurous, (characterized by oppressive heat and humidity; "the summer was sultry and oppressive"; "the stifling atmosphere"; "the sulfurous atmosphere preceding a thunderstorm") } { sweltering, sweltry, (excessively hot and humid or marked by sweating and faintness; "a sweltering room"; "sweltering athletes") } { thermal, (caused by or designed to retain heat; "a thermal burn"; "thermal underwear") } { [ torrid, noun.attribute:torridity,+ ] (extremely hot and dry; "the torrid heat of the noonday sun") } { [ tropical, noun.location:tropic,+ ] tropic, (of weather or climate; hot and humid as in the tropics; "tropical weather") } { white, white-hot, (glowing white with heat; "white flames"; "a white-hot center of the fire") } ---- { [ COLD1, noun.cognition:cold,+ noun.attribute:cold,+ noun.cognition:coldness,+ HOT1,!] COOL1,^ FROZEN,^ noun.attribute:temperature,= (having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration; "a cold climate"; "a cold room"; "dinner has gotten cold"; "cold fingers"; "if you are cold, turn up the heat"; "a cold beer") } { acold, noun.communication:archaism,;u (of persons; feeling cold; "Poor Tom's acold"- Shakespeare) } { [ algid, noun.state:algidity,+ ] noun.cognition:medicine,;c (chilly; "a person who is algid is marked by prostration and has cold clammy skin and low blood pressure") } { arctic, frigid, [ gelid, noun.attribute:gelidity,+ ] glacial, icy, polar, (extremely cold; "an arctic climate"; "a frigid day"; "gelid waters of the North Atlantic"; "glacial winds"; "icy hands"; "polar weather") } { [ bleak, noun.state:bleakness1,+ ] cutting, [ raw, noun.state:rawness2,+ ] (unpleasantly cold and damp; "bleak winds of the North Atlantic") } { [chilly, noun.attribute:chill,+ noun.attribute:chilliness,+] [parky, noun.location:Britain,;r ] (appreciably or disagreeably cold)} { crisp, [ frosty1, noun.phenomenon:frost,+ noun.attribute:frostiness1,+ ] nipping, [ nippy, noun.attribute:nip1,+ ] [ snappy, noun.time:snap,+ noun.act:snap3,+ ] (pleasantly cold and invigorating; "crisp clear nights and frosty mornings"; "a nipping wind"; "a nippy fall day"; "snappy weather") } { frigorific, (causing cold; cooling or chilling) } { frore, noun.communication:archaism,;u (very cold; "whatever the evenings be--frosty and frore or warm and wet") } { [ frosty2, noun.substance:frost,+ noun.process:frost1,+ noun.attribute:frostiness1,+ ] rimed, rimy, (covered with frost; "a frosty glass"; "hedgerows were rimed and stiff with frost"-Wm.Faulkner) } { heatless, (without generating heat; "luminescent organisms emit heatless light") } { ice-cold, (as cold as ice) } { [ refrigerant, noun.substance:refrigerant,+ verb.change:refrigerate1,+ verb.change:refrigerate,+ ] refrigerating, (causing cooling or freezing; "a refrigerant substance such as ice or solid carbon dioxide") } { refrigerated, (made or kept cold by refrigeration; "keep the milk refrigerated"; "a refrigerated truck") } { [ shivery, noun.act:shiver,+ ] (cold enough to cause shivers; "felt all shivery"; "shivery weather") } { stone-cold, (completely cold; "by the time he got back to his coffee it was stone-cold") } { unheated, unwarmed, (not having been heated or warmed; "an unheated room"; "unwarmed rolls") }] [{ [ VERNAL, SUMMERY,! AUTUMNAL,! WINTRY,!] (of or characteristic of or occurring in spring; "the vernal equinox") } { spring-flowering, early-flowering, spring-blooming, early-blooming, late-spring-blooming, (of plants that bloom during the spring) } ---- { [ SUMMERY, noun.time:summer,+ AUTUMNAL,! WINTRY,! VERNAL,!] (belonging to or characteristic of or occurring in summer; "summery weather"; "summery dresses") } { aestival, estival, ((rare) of or occurring in summer; "the sky was a burnished aestival blue"; "estival winds") } { summer-flowering, summer-blooming, (of plants that bloom during the summer) } ---- { [ AUTUMNAL, noun.time:autumn,+ WINTRY,! VERNAL,! SUMMERY,!] (of or characteristic of or occurring in autumn; "the autumnal equinox"; "autumnal fruits") } { autumn-flowering, autumn-blooming, fall-flowering, fall-blooming, late-flowering, late-blooming, (of plants that bloom during the autumn) } { late-ripening, (of plants that ripen in the fall) } ---- { [ WINTRY, noun.time:winter,+ VERNAL,! SUMMERY,! AUTUMNAL,!] [ wintery, noun.time:winter,+ ] (characteristic of or occurring in winter; "suffered severe wintry weather"; "brown wintry grasses") } { brumal, hibernal, hiemal, (characteristic of or relating to winter; "bears in brumal sleep") } { winter-blooming, winter-flowering, (of plants that bloom during the winter) }] [{ [ HOT2, COLD2,!] PASSIONATE,^ noun.attribute:emotionality,= (extended meanings; especially of psychological heat; marked by intensity or vehemence especially of passion or enthusiasm; "a hot temper"; "a hot topic"; "a hot new book"; "a hot love affair"; "a hot argument") } { [ fiery, noun.attribute:fieriness1,+ ] flaming, (very intense; "a fiery temper"; "flaming passions") } { heated, (marked by emotional heat; vehement; "a heated argument") } { red-hot2, sizzling2, (characterized by intense emotion or interest or excitement; "a red-hot speech"; "sizzling political issues") } { [ sensual, noun.feeling:sensualness,+ ] [ sultry, noun.attribute:sultriness,+ ] (sexually exciting or gratifying; "sensual excesses"; "a sultry look"; "a sultry dance") } { torrid, (emotionally charged and vigorously energetic; "a torrid dance"; "torrid jazz bands"; "hot trumpets and torrid rhythms") } { white-hot, (intensely zealous or fervid; "fierce white-hot loyalty") } ---- { [ COLD2, noun.attribute:coldness1,+ HOT2,!] COOL2,^ PASSIONLESS,^ noun.attribute:emotionality,= (extended meanings; especially of psychological coldness; without human warmth or emotion; "a cold unfriendly nod"; "a cold and unaffectionate person"; "a cold impersonal manner"; "cold logic"; "the concert left me cold") } { [ emotionless, noun.feeling:emotionlessness,+ noun.attribute:emotionlessness,+ ] passionless, (unmoved by feeling; "he kept his emotionless objectivity and faith in the cause he served"; "this passionless girl was like an icicle in the sunshine"-Margaret Deland) } { [ frigid, noun.attribute:frigidness,+ noun.attribute:frigidity,+ ] frosty, frozen, glacial, [ icy, noun.attribute:iciness1,+ ] wintry, (devoid of warmth and cordiality; expressive of unfriendliness or disdain; "a frigid greeting"; "got a frosty reception"; "a frozen look on their faces"; "a glacial handshake"; "icy stare"; "wintry smile") }] [{ [ HUMAN, noun.animal:human,+ noun.attribute:humanness,+ noun.attribute:humanity2,+ NONHUMAN,!] noun.attribute:humanness,= (having human form or attributes as opposed to those of animals or divine beings; "human beings"; "the human body"; "human kindness"; "human frailty") } { [ anthropoid1, noun.animal:anthropoid,+ ] manlike, (resembling human beings) } { anthropomorphic, anthropomorphous, humanlike, (suggesting human characteristics for animals or inanimate things) } { earthborn, (springing from or born on the earth; "earthborn beings") } { fallible, frail, [ imperfect, noun.state:imperfectness,+ ] weak, (wanting in moral strength, courage, or will; having the attributes of man as opposed to e.g. divine beings; "I'm only a fallible human"; "frail humanity") } { hominal, (of humankind as a species; "the hominal kingdom") } { hominian, [ hominid, noun.animal:hominid,+ ] (characterizing the family Hominidae, which includes Homo sapiens as well as extinct species of manlike creatures) } { hominine, (characteristic of humankind) } ---- { [ NONHUMAN, HUMAN,!] noun.attribute:humanness,= (not human; not belonging to or produced by or appropriate to human beings; "nonhuman primates such as chimpanzees") } { [ anthropoid2, noun.person:anthropoid,+ noun.animal:anthropoid,+ ] [ anthropoidal, noun.person:anthropoid,+ noun.animal:anthropoid,+ ] apelike, (resembling apes) } { bloodless, (devoid of human emotion or feeling; "charts of bloodless economic indicators") } { dehumanized, dehumanised, unhuman, (divested of human qualities or attributes) } { inhuman, (belonging to or resembling something nonhuman; "something dark and inhuman in form"; "a babel of inhuman noises") }] [{ [ SUPERHUMAN, SUBHUMAN,!] (above or beyond the human or demanding more than human power or endurance; "superhuman beings"; "superhuman strength"; "soldiers driven mad by superhuman misery") } { divine, godlike, (appropriate to or befitting a god; "the divine strength of Achilles"; "a man of godlike sagacity"; "man must play God for he has acquired certain godlike powers"-R.H.Roveref) } { [ herculean, noun.person:hercules,+ ] [ powerful, noun.attribute:powerfulness,+ ] (displaying superhuman strength or power; "herculean exertions") } ---- { [ SUBHUMAN, SUPERHUMAN,!] (less than human or not worthy of a human being; "treated natives as subhuman"; "a subhuman spectacle"; "the subhuman primates") } { infrahuman, (belonging to a group below humans in evolutionary development; "infrahuman animals") }] [{ [ HUMANE, noun.attribute:humaneness,+ INHUMANE,!] CIVILIZED,^ COMPASSIONATE,^ HUMAN,^ MERCIFUL,^ noun.attribute:humaneness,= (marked or motivated by concern with the alleviation of suffering) } { child-centered, (designed to promote a child's personal qualities rather than to provide training or information) } { human-centered, [ human-centred, noun.location:Canada,;r noun.location:Britain,;r ] humanist, [ humanistic, noun.cognition:humanism1,+ ] humanitarian, (marked by humanistic values and devotion to human welfare; "a humane physician"; "released the prisoner for humanitarian reasons"; "respect and humanistic regard for all members of our species") } ---- { [ INHUMANE, noun.attribute:inhumaneness,+ HUMANE,!] PAINFUL,^ noun.attribute:humaneness,= (lacking and reflecting lack of pity or compassion; "humans are innately inhumane; this explains much of the misery and suffering in the world"; "biological weapons are considered too inhumane to be used") } { [ barbarous, noun.attribute:barbarousness,+ ] [ brutal1, noun.attribute:brutality,+ ] [ cruel1, noun.attribute:cruelness,+ ] fell, roughshod, [ savage, noun.person:savage1,+ noun.attribute:savageness,+ ] [ vicious, noun.attribute:viciousness,+ ] ((of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering; "a barbarous crime"; "brutal beatings"; "cruel tortures"; "Stalin's roughshod treatment of the kulaks"; "a savage slap"; "vicious kicks") } { [ beastly, noun.Tops:beast,+ noun.attribute:beastliness2,+ ] [ bestial, verb.change:bestialize,+ noun.Tops:beast,+ noun.attribute:bestiality,+ ] brute(a), brutish, [ brutal, verb.change:brutalize1,+ verb.change:brutalize,+ ] (resembling a beast; showing lack of human sensibility; "beastly desires"; "a bestial nature"; "brute force"; "a dull and brutish man"; "bestial treatment of prisoners") } { [ cannibalic, noun.person:cannibal,+ ] (marked by barbarity suggestive of a cannibal; rapaciously savage) } { cold, cold-blooded, [ inhuman, noun.attribute:inhumanity,+ ] insensate, (without compunction or human feeling; "in cold blood"; "cold-blooded killing"; "insensate destruction") } { [ pitiless, noun.feeling:pitilessness,+ noun.attribute:pitilessness,+ ] [ unkind, noun.attribute:unkindness,+ ] (deficient in humane and kindly feelings) }] [{ [ HUMOROUS, noun.communication:humor,+ noun.attribute:humor1,+ noun.attribute:humor,+ noun.attribute:humorousness,+ HUMORLESS,!] [ humourous, noun.communication:humour,+ noun.attribute:humour1,+ noun.attribute:humour,+ ] PLEASING,^ (full of or characterized by humor; "humorous stories"; "humorous cartoons"; "in a humorous vein") } { bantering, [ facetious, noun.attribute:facetiousness,+ ] tongue-in-cheek, (cleverly amusing in tone; "a bantering tone"; "facetious remarks"; "tongue-in-cheek advice") } { buffoonish, clownish, clownlike, [ zany, noun.person:zany1,+ noun.person:zany,+ ] (like a clown; "a buffoonish walk"; "a clownish face"; "a zany sense of humor") } { amusing, [ comic, noun.person:comic,+ noun.communication:comedy1,+ ] [ comical, noun.attribute:comicality,+ noun.communication:comedy1,+ noun.communication:comedy,+ ] [ funny, noun.act:fun,+ noun.communication:funniness,+ ] [ laughable, verb.body:laugh,+ ] [ mirthful, noun.feeling:mirthfulness,+ ] [ risible, noun.attribute:risibility,+ ] (arousing or provoking laughter; "an amusing film with a steady stream of pranks and pratfalls"; "an amusing fellow"; "a comic hat"; "a comical look of surprise"; "funny stories that made everybody laugh"; "a very funny writer"; "it would have been laughable if it hadn't hurt so much"; "a mirthful experience"; "risible courtroom antics") } { droll, (comical in an odd or whimsical manner; "a droll little man with a quiet tongue-in-cheek kind of humor") } { [ dry, noun.attribute:dryness,+ ] [ ironic, noun.communication:irony1,+ ] [ ironical, noun.communication:irony1,+ ] wry, (humorously sarcastic or mocking; "dry humor"; "an ironic remark often conveys an intended meaning obliquely"; "an ironic novel"; "an ironical smile"; "with a wry Scottish wit") } { [ farcical, noun.communication:farce,+ ] ludicrous, [ ridiculous, noun.communication:ridicule,+ noun.communication:ridiculousness,+ ] (broadly or extravagantly humorous; resembling farce; "the wild farcical exuberance of a clown"; "ludicrous green hair") } { Gilbertian, (wildly comic and improbable as in Gilbert and Sullivan operas; "a Gilbertian world people with foundlings and changelings"- T.C.Worsley) } { [ hilarious, noun.feeling:hilarity,+ ] screaming(a), uproarious, (marked by or causing boisterous merriment or convulsive laughter; "hilarious broad comedy"; "a screaming farce"; "uproarious stories") } { jesting, [ jocose, noun.attribute:jocoseness,+ noun.communication:jocosity,+ noun.attribute:jocosity,+ ] [ jocular, noun.communication:joke,+ noun.act:joke1,+ noun.feeling:jocularity,+ noun.communication:jocularity,+ noun.act:jocularity,+ ] joking, (characterized by jokes and good humor) } { killing, sidesplitting, noun.communication:colloquialism,;u (very funny; "a killing joke"; "sidesplitting antics") } { seriocomic, seriocomical, (mixing the serious with the comic with comic predominating; "a seriocomic novel") } { slapstick, (characterized by horseplay and physical action; "slapstick style of humor") } { tragicomic, [ tragicomical, noun.communication:tragicomedy2,+ noun.communication:tragicomedy,+ ] (having pathetic as well as ludicrous characteristics; "her life...presented itself to me as a tragicomical adventure"--Joseph Conrad) } { [ waggish, noun.communication:waggishness,+ ] (witty or joking; "Muskrat Castle as the house has been facetiously named by some waggish officer"- James Fenimore Cooper) } { [ witty, noun.person:wit,+ noun.communication:wit,+ noun.communication:wittiness,+ ] (combining clever conception and facetious expression; "his sermons were unpredictably witty and satirical as well as eloquent") } ---- { [ HUMORLESS, HUMOROUS,!] humourless, unhumorous, (lacking humor; "it was a humorless wink; a wink of warning"- Truman Capote) } { sobersided, (completely lacking in humor or lightness of touch; "choreography that was sobersided and sententious"; "a play with a sobersided social message") } { po-faced, noun.location:Britain,;r (humorless and disapproving) } { unfunny, (not funny; especially failing to achieve the intended humor; "a very unfunny joke") }] [{ [ HUNGRY, noun.state:hunger,+ noun.state:hungriness,+ THIRSTY,!] (feeling hunger; feeling a need or desire to eat food; "a world full of hungry people") } { [ empty, noun.state:emptiness1,+ ] empty-bellied, (needing nourishment; "after skipped lunch the men were empty by suppertime"; "empty-bellied children") } { famished, [ ravenous, noun.state:ravenousness,+ ] sharp-set, starved, [ esurient, noun.state:esurience,+ ] (extremely hungry; "they were tired and famished for food and sleep"; "a ravenous boy"; "the family was starved and ragged"; "fell into the esurient embrance of a predatory enemy") } { peckish, noun.location:Britain,;r (somewhat hungry) } { supperless, (without supper; "went to bed supperless") } ---- { [ THIRSTY, noun.state:thirstiness,+ noun.state:thirst,+ HUNGRY,!] (feeling a need or desire to drink; "after playing hard the children were thirsty") }] [{ [ HURRIED, noun.attribute:hurriedness,+ UNHURRIED,!] FAST1,^ (moving rapidly or performed quickly or in great haste; "a hurried trip to the store"; "the hurried life of a city"; "a hurried job") } { flying, [ quick, noun.attribute:quickness,+ ] [ fast, noun.attribute:fastness,+ ] (hurried and brief; "paid a flying visit"; "took a flying glance at the book"; "a quick inspection"; "a fast visit") } { [ hasty, noun.attribute:haste,+ noun.attribute:hastiness,+ ] headlong1, (excessively quick; "made a hasty exit"; "a headlong rush to sell") } { [ hasty2, noun.attribute:haste,+ noun.attribute:hastiness1,+ ] overhasty, [ precipitate, noun.attribute:precipitateness,+ ] [ precipitant, noun.attribute:precipitance,+ noun.attribute:precipitancy,+ verb.creation:precipitate,+ ] [ precipitous, noun.attribute:precipitousness1,+ ] (done with very great haste and without due deliberation; "hasty marriage seldom proveth well"- Shakespeare; "hasty makeshifts take the place of planning"- Arthur Geddes; "rejected what was regarded as an overhasty plan for reconversion"; "wondered whether they had been rather precipitate in deposing the king") } { helter-skelter, pell-mell, (with undue hurry and confusion; "a helter-skelter kind of existence with never a pause"; "a pell-mell dash for the train") } { rush(a), rushed, (done under pressure; "a rush job") } ---- { [ UNHURRIED, noun.attribute:unhurriedness,+ HURRIED,!] (relaxed and leisurely; without hurry or haste; "people strolling about in an unhurried way"; "an unhurried walk"; "spoke in a calm and unhurried voice") } { [ careful, noun.attribute:carefulness,+ ] [ deliberate, noun.attribute:deliberateness1,+ ] measured, (unhurried and with care and dignity; "walking at the same measured pace"; "with all deliberate speed") } { [ easy, noun.attribute:easiness,+ ] easygoing, [ leisurely, noun.time:leisure,+ noun.attribute:leisureliness,+ ] (not hurried or forced; "an easy walk around the block"; "at a leisurely (or easygoing) pace") }] [{ [ IDENTIFIABLE, verb.cognition:identify1,+ verb.cognition:identify,+ UNIDENTIFIABLE,!] (capable of being identified) } { [ acknowledgeable, verb.communication:acknowledge,+ ] (capable of being acknowledged) } { classifiable, [ distinctive, noun.attribute:distinctiveness2,+ ] (capable of being classified) } { diagnosable, (capable of being diagnosed) } { recognizable, recognisable, placeable, (capable of being recognized) } { specifiable, (capable of being specified; "specifiable complaints") } ---- { [ UNIDENTIFIABLE, IDENTIFIABLE,!] (impossible to identify) } { [ elusive, verb.stative:elude,+ noun.attribute:elusiveness,+ ] (difficult to describe; "a haunting elusive odor") } { [ intangible, noun.attribute:intangibleness,+ ] (hard to pin down or identify; "an intangible feeling of impending disaster") } { unclassifiable, (not possible to classify) } { undiagnosable, (not possible to diagnose) } { unrecognizable, unrecognisable, (defying recognition as e.g. because of damage or alteration) }] [{ [ IMMANENT, TRANSEUNT,!] [ subjective1, noun.attribute:subjectiveness,+ noun.attribute:subjectivity,+ ] noun.cognition:philosophy,;c (of a mental act performed entirely within the mind; "a cognition is an immanent act of mind") } ---- { [ TRANSEUNT, IMMANENT,!] transient, noun.cognition:philosophy,;c (of a mental act; causing effects outside the mind) }] [{ [ IMPAIRED, UNIMPAIRED,!] DAMAGED,^ INJURED,^ (diminished in strength, quality, or utility; "impaired eyesight") } { [ anosmic, noun.state:anosmia,+ ] (having impaired sense of smell) } { broken, (weakened and infirm; "broken health resulting from alcoholism") } { [ dicky, noun.artifact:dicky,+ ] [ dickey, noun.artifact:dickey,+ ] noun.location:Britain,;r noun.communication:colloquialism,;u ((British informal) faulty; "I've got this dicky heart"- John le Carre) } { diminished, lessened, vitiated, weakened, (impaired by diminution) } { [ dysfunctional, noun.state:dysfunction,+ ] (impaired in function; especially of a bodily system or organ) } { [ dyslectic, noun.state:dyslexia,+ ] [ dyslexic, noun.state:dyslexia,+ ] (having impaired ability to comprehend written words usually associated with a neurologic disorder) } ---- { [ UNIMPAIRED, IMPAIRED,!] UNDAMAGED,^ UNINJURED,^ (not damaged or diminished in any respect; "his speech remained unimpaired") }] [{ [ IMPORTANT, noun.attribute:importance,+ UNIMPORTANT,!] of_import, ESSENTIAL,^ SIGNIFICANT,^ VALUABLE,^ noun.attribute:importance,= (of great significance or value; "important people"; "the important questions of the day") } { all-important(a), all_important(p), [ crucial, noun.state:cruciality,+ ] [ essential, noun.cognition:essence,+ noun.attribute:essentialness,+ noun.attribute:essentiality,+ ] of_the_essence(p), (of the greatest importance; "the all-important subject of disarmament"; "crucial information"; "in chess cool nerves are of the essence") } { [ alpha, noun.event:alpha,+ ] (first in order of importance; "the alpha male in the group of chimpanzees"; "the alpha star in a constellation is the brightest or main star") } { beta, (second in order of importance; "the candidate, considered a beta male, was perceived to be unable to lead his party to victory" ) } { big, noun.communication:colloquialism,;u (significant; "graduation was a big day in his life") } { burning(a), (of immediate import; "burning issues of the day") } { cardinal, [ central, noun.cognition:center1,+ noun.cognition:center,+ ] fundamental, key, primal, (serving as an essential component; "a cardinal rule"; "the central cause of the problem"; "an example that was fundamental to the argument"; "computers are fundamental to modern industrial structure") } { chief2(a), main(a), primary(a), principal(a), master(a), (most important element; "the chief aim of living"; "the main doors were of solid glass"; "the principal rivers of America"; "the principal example"; "policemen were primary targets"; "the master bedroom"; "a master switch") } { [ consequential, noun.attribute:consequence,+ ] eventful, (having important issues or results; "the year's only really consequential legislation"; "an eventful decision") } { Copernican, (of radical or major importance; "a Copernican revolution in modern art") } { distinguished, ((used of persons) standing above others in character or attainment or reputation; "our distinguished professor") } { [ grand, noun.state:grandness,+ noun.attribute:grandness2,+ ] (the most important and magnificent in adornment; "grand ballroom"; "grand staircase")} { [ grave, noun.attribute:graveness,+ noun.attribute:gravity,+ ] grievous, heavy, [ weighty, noun.attribute:weightiness1,+ noun.attribute:weight1,+ ] (of great gravity or crucial import; requiring serious thought; "grave responsibilities"; "faced a grave decision in a time of crisis"; "a grievous fault"; "heavy matters of state"; "the weighty matters to be discussed at the peace conference") } { [ great1, noun.attribute:greatness,+ ] outstanding, (of major significance or importance; "a great work of art"; "Einstein was one of the outstanding figures of the 20th centurey")} { [ historic, noun.communication:history,+ noun.cognition:history,+ ] (important in history; "the historic first voyage to outer space") } { in-chief(ip), noun.communication:combining_form,;u (indicating the head of a staff; "editor-in-chief") } { measurable, (of distinguished importance; "a measurable figure in literature") } { most-valuable, noun.act:sport,;c (designating the player judged to be the most important to the sport; "the most-valuable player award") } { [ serious, noun.attribute:seriousness,+ ] (of great consequence; "marriage is a serious matter") } { [ strategic, noun.cognition:strategy1,+ ] (highly important to or an integral part of a strategy or plan of action especially in war; "a strategic chess move"; "strategic withdrawal"; "strategic bombing missions") } ---- { [ UNIMPORTANT, noun.state:unimportance,+ noun.attribute:unimportance,+ IMPORTANT,!] MEANINGLESS,^ INESSENTIAL,^ INSIGNIFICANT,^ noun.attribute:importance,= (not important; "a relatively unimportant feature of the system"; "the question seems unimportant") } { [ inconsequent, noun.attribute:inconsequence,+ ] inconsequential, (lacking worth or importance; "his work seems trivial and inconsequential"; "the quite inconsequent fellow was managed like a puppet") } { [ immaterial, noun.relation:immateriality,+ ] [ indifferent, noun.feeling:indifference,+ ] ((often followed by `to') lacking importance; not mattering one way or the other; "whether you choose to do it or not is a matter that is quite immaterial (or indifferent)"; "what others think is altogether indifferent to him") } { fiddling, footling, lilliputian, [ little, noun.attribute:littleness1,+ ] niggling, piddling, piffling, [ petty, noun.attribute:pettiness1,+ ] picayune, [ trivial, verb.communication:trivialize,+ noun.artifact:trivia,+ noun.attribute:triviality,+ ] noun.communication:colloquialism,;u ((informal) small and of little importance; "a fiddling sum of money"; "a footling gesture"; "our worries are lilliputian compared with those of countries that are at war"; "a little (or small) matter"; "a dispute over niggling details"; "limited to petty enterprises"; "piffling efforts"; "giving a police officer a free meal may be against the law, but it seems to be a picayune infraction") } { [ lightweight, noun.person:lightweight2,+ ] (having no importance or influence; "a lightweight intellect") } { nickel-and-dime, small-time, (of minor importance; "a nickel-and-dime operation run out of a single rented room"; "a small-time actor") } { potty, noun.location:Britain,;r noun.communication:colloquialism,;u ((British informal) trivial; "potty little details") }] [{ [ IMPRESSIVE, noun.attribute:impressiveness1,+ noun.attribute:impressiveness,+ verb.emotion:impress1,+ verb.emotion:impress,+ UNIMPRESSIVE,!] MOVING1,^ (making a strong or vivid impression; "an impressive ceremony") } { amazing, awe-inspiring, awesome, awful, awing, (inspiring awe or admiration or wonder; "New York is an amazing city"; "the Grand Canyon is an awe-inspiring sight"; "the awesome complexity of the universe"; "this sea, whose gently awful stirrings seem to speak of some hidden soul beneath"- Melville; "Westminster Hall's awing majesty, so vast, so high, so silent") } { arresting, sensational, stunning, (commanding attention; "an arresting drawing of people turning into animals"; "a sensational concert--one never to be forgotten"; "a stunning performance") } { astonishing, astounding, staggering, stupefying1, (so surprisingly impressive as to stun or overwhelm; "such an enormous response was astonishing"; "an astounding achievement"; "the amount of money required was staggering"; "suffered a staggering defeat"; "the figure inside the boucle dress was stupefying") } { [ baronial, noun.person:baron2,+ ] imposing, noble, [ stately, noun.attribute:stateliness2,+ ] (impressive in appearance; "a baronial mansion"; "an imposing residence"; "a noble tree"; "severe-looking policemen sat astride noble horses"; "stately columns") } { dazzling1, eye-popping, fulgurant, fulgurous, (amazingly impressive; suggestive of the flashing of lightning; "the skater's dazzling virtuosic leaps"; "these great best canvases still look as astonishing and as invitingly new as they did...when...his fulgurant popularity was in full growth"- Janet Flanner; "adventures related...in a style both vivid and fulgurous"- Idwal Jones) } { [ dramatic, noun.event:drama,+ ] spectacular, [ striking, noun.attribute:strikingness,+ ] (sensational in appearance or thrilling in effect; "a dramatic sunset"; "a dramatic pause"; "a spectacular display of northern lights"; "it was a spectacular play"; "his striking good looks always created a sensation") } { [ expansive, noun.attribute:expansivity2,+ noun.attribute:expansiveness2,+ ] [ grand, noun.attribute:grandness1,+ ] heroic, (of behavior that is impressive and ambitious in scale or scope; "an expansive lifestyle"; "in the grand manner"; "collecting on a grand scale"; "heroic undertakings") } { [ formidable1, noun.attribute:formidability,+ ] (extremely impressive in strength or excellence; "a formidable opponent"; "the challenge was formidable"; "had a formidable array of compositions to his credit"; "the formidable army of brains at the Prime Minister's disposal") } { gallant, [ lofty, noun.attribute:loftiness2,+ ] [ majestic, noun.attribute:majesty,+ ] proud, (having or displaying great dignity or nobility; "a gallant pageant"; "lofty ships"; "majestic cities"; "proud alpine peaks") } { [ brilliant, noun.attribute:brilliancy,+ noun.attribute:brilliance1,+ ] [ glorious, noun.attribute:glory,+ ] [ magnificent, noun.attribute:magnificence2,+ noun.attribute:magnificence1,+ ] splendid, (characterized by grandeur; "the brilliant court life at Versailles"; "a glorious work of art"; "magnificent cathedrals"; "the splendid coronation ceremony") } { grandiose, (impressive because of unnecessary largeness or grandeur; used to show disapproval) } { mind-boggling, (intellectually or emotionally overwhelming; "a mind-boggling display"; "a mind-boggling puzzle") } { [ palatial, noun.artifact:palace1,+ ] (suitable for or like a palace; "palatial furnishings"; "a palatial yacht") } { signal, (notably out of the ordinary; "the year saw one signal triumph for the Labour party") } { thundering, (extraordinarily big or impressive; "a thundering success"; "the thundering silence of what was left unsaid") } ---- { [ UNIMPRESSIVE, IMPRESSIVE,!] HUMBLE,^ (not capable of impressing) } { unimposing, (lacking in impressiveness; "on the whole the results of this system are unimposing") }] [{ [ NOTICEABLE, noun.attribute:noticeableness,+ verb.perception:notice,+ UNNOTICEABLE,!] noun.attribute:noticeableness,= (capable or worthy of being noticed; "noticeable shadows under her eyes"; "noticeable for its vivid historical background"; "a noticeable lack of friendliness") } { broad, ((of speech) heavily and noticeably regional; "a broad southern accent") } { detectable, [ perceptible, verb.perception:perceive,+ noun.attribute:perceptibility,+ ] (easily seen or detected; "a detectable note of sarcasm"; "he continued after a perceptible pause") } { [ discernible, verb.perception:discern,+ ] [ evident, noun.communication:evidence1,+ ] [ observable, verb.perception:observe2,+ verb.perception:observe1,+ verb.perception:observe,+ ] (capable of being seen or noticed; "a discernible change in attitude"; "a clearly evident erasure in the manuscript"; "an observable change in behavior") } { marked, pronounced, (strongly marked; easily noticeable; "walked with a marked limp"; "a pronounced flavor of cinnamon") } { [ obtrusive, noun.attribute:obtrusiveness,+ ] (undesirably noticeable; "the obtrusive behavior of a spoiled child"; "equally obtrusive was the graffiti") } ---- { [ UNNOTICEABLE, noun.attribute:unnoticeableness,+ NOTICEABLE,!] noun.attribute:noticeableness,= (not noticeable; not drawing attention; "her clothes were simple and unnoticeable"- J.G.Cozzens) } { [ unobtrusive, noun.attribute:unobtrusiveness,+ ] (not obtrusive or undesirably noticeable; "a quiet, unobtrusive life of self-denial") }] [{ [ IMPROVED, UNIMPROVED,!] (made more desirable or valuable or profitable; especially made ready for use or marketing; "new houses are springing up on an improved tract of land near the river"; "an improved breed") } { built, reinforced, ((used of soaps or cleaning agents) having a substance (an abrasive or filler) added to increase effectiveness; "the built liquid detergents") } { developed, ((of real estate) made more useful and profitable as by building or laying out roads; "condominiums were built on the developed site") } { landscaped, ((of land) improved by gardening or landscape architecture; "carefully landscaped gardens") } ---- { [ UNIMPROVED, IMPROVED,!] (not made more desirable or valuable or profitable; especially not made ready for use or marketing; "taxes on unimproved land are low"; "unimproved dirt roads") } { dirt, ungraded, ((of roads) not leveled or drained; unsuitable for all year travel) } { scrub, ((of domestic animals) not selectively bred) }] [{ [ CLEARED, UNCLEARED,!] UNWOODED,^ (rid of objects or obstructions such as e.g. trees and brush; "cleared land"; "cleared streets free of fallen trees and debris"; "a cleared passage through the underbrush"; "played poker on the cleared dining room table") } { clear-cut, (having had all the trees removed at one time; "clear-cut hillsides are subject to erosion") } { improved, ((of land) made ready for development or agriculture by clearing of trees and brush; "improved farmlands") } ---- { [ UNCLEARED, CLEARED,!] WOODED,^ (not cleared; not rid of objects or obstructions; "uncleared land"; "many cars were stuck in the snow on uncleared streets") } { unimproved1, ((of land) not cleared of trees and brush; in the wild or natural state; "a farm with 50 acres of unimproved and 68 acres of improved land"; "unimproved woodlands") }] [{ [ INAUGURAL, EXAUGURAL,!] (occurring at or characteristic of a formal investiture or induction; "the President's inaugural address"; "an inaugural ball") } ---- { [ EXAUGURAL, INAUGURAL,!] (occurring at or marking the close of a term of office; "an exaugural message") } { [ valedictory, noun.communication:valedictory,+ ] (of a speech expressing leave-taking; "a valedictory address") }] [{ [ INBOARD, OUTBOARD,!] (located within the hull or nearest the midline of a vessel or aircraft; "the inboard flaps on the wing") } ---- { [ OUTBOARD, noun.artifact:outboard,+ INBOARD,!] (located away from the midline of a vessel or aircraft; "the outboard section of a wing"; "outboard rigging") } { [ portable, noun.artifact:portable,+ ] (of a motor designed to be attached to the outside of a boat's hull; "a portable outboard motor") }] [{ [ INBRED, OUTBRED,!] (produced by inbreeding) } { interbred1, (bred of closely related parents) } ---- { [ OUTBRED, INBRED,!] CROSSBRED,^ EXOGAMOUS1,^ noun.cognition:anthropology,;c (bred of parents not closely related; having parents of different classes or tribes) }] [{ [ INCLINED2(p), DISINCLINED,!] WILLING,^ ((often followed by `to') having a preference, disposition, or tendency; "wasn't inclined to believe the excuse"; "inclined to be moody") } { [ apt(p), noun.attribute:aptness1,+ ] disposed(p), given(p), minded1(p), tending(p), ((usually followed by `to') naturally disposed toward; "he is apt to ignore matters he considers unimportant"; "I am not minded to answer any questions") } { [ fond(p), noun.feeling:fondness1,+ ] partial(p), ((followed by `of' or `to') having a strong preference or liking for; "fond of chocolate"; "partial to horror movies") } { [ prone, noun.attribute:proneness,+ ] (having a tendency (to); often used in combination; "a child prone to mischief"; "failure-prone") } { accident-prone, (having more than the average number of accidents) } ---- { [ DISINCLINED, INCLINED2,!] NEGATIVE1,^ UNWILLING,^ (unwilling because of mild dislike or disapproval; "disinclined to say anything to anybody") } { afraid, (having feelings of aversion or unwillingness; "afraid of hard work"; "afraid to show emotion") } { [ antipathetic, noun.feeling:antipathy,+ noun.cognition:antipathy,+ ] antipathetical, averse(p), indisposed(p), loath(p), loth(p), ((usually followed by `to') strongly opposed; "antipathetic to new ideas"; "averse to taking risks"; "loath to go on such short notice"; "clearly indisposed to grant their request") } { [ reluctant, noun.attribute:reluctance,+ ] (disinclined to become involved; "they were usually reluctant to socialize"; "reluctant to help") }] [{ [INCOMING1, OUTGOING1,!] (entering upon a position of office vacated by another; "the incoming president")} ---- {[ OUTGOING1, INCOMING1,!] (retiring from a position or office; "the outgoing president")}] [{ [ INCOMING, OUTGOING,!] FUTURE,^ noun.relation:direction,= (arriving at a place or position; "incoming class"; "incoming mail") } { inbound, [ inward, noun.attribute:inwardness,+ ] (directed or moving inward or toward a center; "the inbound train"; "inward flood of capital") } { designate(ip), (appointed but not yet installed in office) } { elect(ip), (elected but not yet installed in office; "the president elect") } { [ future(a), noun.attribute:futurity,+ ] next, succeeding(a), ((of elected officers) elected but not yet serving; "our next president") } { in(a), (directed or bound inward; "took the in bus"; "the in basket") } { inflowing, influent, (flowing inward) } { inpouring, (pouring inward; "inpouring throngs of immigrants") } ---- { [ OUTGOING, INCOMING,!] PAST,^ noun.relation:direction,= (leaving a place or a position; "an outgoing steamship") } { outbound, outward, outward-bound, (that is going out or leaving; "the departing train"; "an outward journey"; "outward-bound ships") } { [ effluent, noun.process:effluence,+ ] outflowing, (that is flowing outward) } { out(a), (directed outward or serving to direct something outward; "the out doorway"; "the out basket") } { past(a), preceding(a), retiring(a), (of a person who has held and relinquished a position or office; "a retiring member of the board") }] [{ [ INDUCTIVE, DEDUCTIVE,!] A_POSTERIORI,^ SYNTHETIC1,^ noun.cognition:logic,;c (of reasoning; proceeding from particular facts to a general conclusion; "inductive reasoning") } ---- { [ DEDUCTIVE, verb.communication:deduce,+ verb.cognition:deduce,+ INDUCTIVE,!] A_PRIORI,^ ANALYTIC1,^ (involving inferences from general principles) } { [ deducible, verb.communication:deduce,+ ] (capable of being deduced) } { illative, noun.cognition:grammar,;c (expressing or preceding an inference; "`therefore' is an illative word") } { illative2, [ inferential2, noun.cognition:inference,+ ] (resembling or dependent on or arrived at by inference; "an illative conclusion"; "inferential reasoning") } { inferential1, noun.cognition:logic,;c (of reasoning; proceeding from general premisses to a necessary and specific conclusion)}] [{ [ INDULGENT, noun.attribute:indulgence2,+ NONINDULGENT,!] GLUTTONOUS,^ (characterized by or given to yielding to the wishes of someone; "indulgent grandparents") } { decadent, (luxuriously self-indulgent; "I spent a decadent day at a spa") } { dissipated, betting, card-playing, sporting, (preoccupied with the pursuit of pleasure and especially games of chance; "led a dissipated life"; "a betting man"; "a card-playing son of a bitch"; "a gambling fool"; "sporting gents and their ladies") } { epicurean, [ luxurious, noun.state:luxuriousness,+ ] luxuriant, [ sybaritic, noun.person:sybarite,+ ] [ voluptuary, noun.person:voluptuary,+ ] [ voluptuous, noun.attribute:voluptuousness1,+ ] (displaying luxury and furnishing gratification to the senses; "an epicurean banquet"; "enjoyed a luxurious suite with a crystal chandelier and thick oriental rugs"; "Lucullus spent the remainder of his days in voluptuous magnificence"; "a chinchilla robe of sybaritic lavishness") } { gay, (given to social pleasures often including dissipation; "led a gay Bohemian life"; "a gay old rogue with an eye for the ladies") } { [ hedonic, noun.motive:hedonism,+ noun.cognition:hedonism,+ ] [ hedonistic, noun.motive:hedonism,+ noun.cognition:hedonism,+ ] [ epicurean2, noun.person:epicurean,+ noun.person:epicure,+ ] (devoted to pleasure; "a hedonic thrill"; "lives of unending hedonistic delight"; "epicurean pleasures") } { [ intemperate, noun.act:intemperateness1,+ noun.act:intemperateness,+ ] hard, heavy, (given to excessive indulgence of bodily appetites especially for intoxicating liquors; "a hard drinker") } { [ overindulgent, noun.act:overindulgence,+ ] (excessively indulgent) } { [ pampering(a), noun.act:pampering,+ ] (gratifying tastes, appetites, or desires; "pampering parents often have spoilt children"; "a very pampering cruise experience") } { [ self-indulgent, noun.attribute:self-indulgence,+ noun.act:self-indulgence,+ ] (indulgent of your own appetites and desires; "a self-indulgent...way of looking at life"- Havelock Ellis) } ---- { [ NONINDULGENT, noun.attribute:nonindulgence,+ INDULGENT,!] [ strict, noun.attribute:strictness1,+ ] ABSTEMIOUS,^ (characterized by strictness, severity, or restraint) } { [ austere, noun.attribute:austereness,+ ] stern, (of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor; forbidding in aspect; "an austere expression"; "a stern face") } { blue(a), [ puritanic, noun.person:puritan1,+ noun.person:puritan,+ ] [ puritanical, noun.person:puritan,+ noun.attribute:puritanism,+ ] (morally rigorous and strict; "puritanic distaste for alcohol"; "she was anything but puritanical in her behavior"; "blue laws") } { [ corrective, verb.social:correct,+ verb.communication:correct,+ ] [ disciplinary, noun.act:discipline,+ ] disciplinal, (designed to promote discipline; "the teacher's action was corrective rather than instructional"; "disciplinal measures"; "the mother was stern and disciplinary") } { monkish, (befitting a monk; inclined to self-denial) } { [ renunciant, verb.possession:renounce,+ ] renunciative, self-abnegating, self-denying, (used especially of behavior) } { self-disciplined, self-restraining, (used of nonindulgent persons) } { [ severe2, noun.attribute:severeness1,+ noun.attribute:severity,+ ] spartan, (unsparing and uncompromising in discipline or judgment; "a parent severe to the pitch of hostility"- H.G.Wells; "a hefty six-footer with a rather severe mien"; "a strict disciplinarian"; "a Spartan upbringing") }] [{ [ INDUSTRIAL, NONINDUSTRIAL,!] PROGRESSIVE1,^ (having highly developed industries; "the industrial revolution"; "an industrial nation") } { developed, highly-developed, ((used of societies) having high industrial development; "developed countries") } { industrialized, industrialised, (made industrial; converted to industrialism; "industrialized areas") } { postindustrial, (of or relating to a society or economy marked by a lessened importance of manufacturing and an increase of services, information, and research; "postindustrial countries") } ---- { [ NONINDUSTRIAL, INDUSTRIAL,!] (not having highly developed manufacturing enterprises; "a nonindustrial society") } { developing, underdeveloped, (relating to societies in which capital needed to industrialize is in short supply) } { unindustrialized, unindustrialised, (not converted to industrialism) }] [{ [ INFECTIOUS, noun.communication:infection,+ NONINFECTIOUS,!] (easily spread; "fear is exceedingly infectious; children catch it from their elders"- Bertrand Russell) } { [ catching1, noun.act:catching2,+ ] communicable, [ contagious1, noun.state:contagion,+ noun.event:contagion,+ ] contractable, [ transmissible, verb.possession:transmit10,+ ] transmittable, ((of disease) capable of being transmitted by infection) } { [ contagious2, noun.communication:contagion,+ ] (easily diffused or spread as from one person to another; "a contagious grin") } { corrupting, contaminating, (that infects or taints) } ---- { [ NONINFECTIOUS, INFECTIOUS,!] (not infectious) } { noncommunicable, noncontagious, nontransmissible, ((of disease) not capable of being passed on) }] [{ [ INFERNAL, SUPERNAL,!] EVIL,^ (being of the underworld; "infernal regions") } { chthonian, chthonic, nether, (dwelling beneath the surface of the earth; "nether regions") } { [ Hadean, noun.person:hades,+ ] Plutonian, [ Tartarean, noun.cognition:tartarus,+ ] (of or relating to or characteristic of Hades or Tartarus) } { Stygian, (hellish; "Hence loathed Melancholy.../In Stygian cave forlorn"- Milton) } ---- { [ SUPERNAL, INFERNAL,!] HEAVENLY,^ (being or coming from on high; "interpret the plague as a visitation from heaven, a supernal punishment for the sins of men") }] [{ [ INFORMATIVE, verb.communication:inform,+ UNINFORMATIVE,!] [ informatory, verb.communication:inform,+ ] INSTRUCTIVE,^ (providing or conveying information) } { [ advisory, verb.communication:advise,+ noun.communication:advisory,+ ] [ consultative, verb.communication:consult2,+ verb.communication:consult,+ ] [ consultatory, verb.communication:consult2,+ verb.communication:consult,+ ] [ consultive, verb.communication:consult2,+ verb.communication:consult,+ ] (giving advice; "an advisory memorandum"; "his function was purely consultative") } { exemplifying, [ illustrative, verb.communication:illustrate,+ ] (clarifying by use of examples) } { [ newsy, noun.communication:news3,+ ] (full of news; "a newsy letter") } { revealing, [ telling, noun.communication:telling3,+ ] [ telltale(a), noun.person:telltale,+ ] (disclosing unintentionally something concealed; "a telling smile"; "a telltale panel of lights"; "a telltale patch of oil on the water marked where the boat went down") } ---- { [ UNINFORMATIVE, INFORMATIVE,!] (lacking information) } { newsless, (not providing news or information) }] [{ [ GNOSTIC, noun.cognition:gnosis,+ AGNOSTIC,!] (possessing intellectual or esoteric knowledge of spiritual things) } ---- { [ AGNOSTIC, GNOSTIC,!] [ agnostical, noun.person:agnostic1,+ noun.person:agnostic,+ ] (uncertain of all claims to knowledge) } { nescient, unbelieving, (holding that only material phenomena can be known and knowledge of spiritual matters or ultimate causes is impossible) }] [{ [ INFORMED, UNINFORMED,!] EDUCATED,^ ENLIGHTENED,^ SOPHISTICATED,^ (having much knowledge or education; "an informed public"; "informed opinion"; "the informed customer") } { abreast(p), au_courant, au_fait, up_on(p), (being up to particular standard or level especially in being up to date in knowledge; "kept abreast of the latest developments"; "constant revision keeps the book au courant"; "always au fait on the latest events"; "up on the news") } { advised, (having received information; "be kept advised") } { [ conversant(p), noun.cognition:conversancy,+ noun.cognition:conversance,+ ] [ familiar(p), noun.cognition:familiarity,+ ] ((usually followed by `with') well informed about or knowing thoroughly; "conversant with business trends"; "familiar with the complex machinery"; "he was familiar with those roads") } { educated, [ enlightened, noun.group:enlightened,+ ] (characterized by full comprehension of the problem involved; "an educated guess"; "an enlightened electorate") } { hep, hip, hip_to(p), noun.communication:colloquialism,;u (informed about the latest trends) } { [ knowing, noun.cognition:knowingness1,+ noun.cognition:knowingness,+ ] wise(p), wise_to(p), (evidencing the possession of inside information) } { [ knowledgeable, noun.attribute:knowledgeableness,+ noun.attribute:knowledgeability,+ ] [ knowing2, noun.cognition:knowingness,+ ] (alert and fully informed; "a knowing collector of rare books"; "surprisingly knowledgeable about what was going on") } { privy(p), ((followed by `to') informed about something secret or not generally known; "privy to the details of the conspiracy") } { well-read, (well informed or deeply versed through reading; "respect for a well-read man"; "well-read in medieval history") } ---- { [ UNINFORMED, INFORMED,!] NAIVE,^ UNEDUCATED,^ UNENLIGHTENED,^ (not informed; lacking in knowledge or information; "the uninformed public") } { clueless, (totally uninformed about what is going on; not having even a clue from which to infer what is occurring) } { [ ignorant, noun.cognition:ignorance,+ ] unknowledgeable, [ unknowing, noun.cognition:unknowing,+ noun.cognition:unknowingness1,+ ] unwitting, (unaware because of a lack of relevant information or knowledge; "he was completely ignorant of the circumstances"; "an unknowledgeable assistant"; "his rudeness was unwitting") } { innocent(p), unacquainted(p), (not knowledgeable about something specified; "American tourists wholly innocent of French"; "a person unacquainted with our customs") } { newsless, (not having or receiving news or information) } { unadvised, (having received no information; "a defendant unadvised of her legal rights") } { uninstructed, unenlightened, [ naive, noun.attribute:naiveness,+ ] (lacking information or instruction; "lamentably unenlightened as to the laws") } { unread, (not informed through reading; "he seems to have been wholly unread in political theory"- V.L.Parrington) }] [{ [ INGENUOUS, noun.attribute:ingenuousness,+ DISINGENUOUS,!] [ artless2, noun.attribute:artlessness1,+ ] NAIVE,^ SINCERE,^ (characterized by an inability to mask your feelings; not devious; "an ingenuous admission of responsibility") } { [ candid, noun.attribute:candidness,+ ] [ open, noun.attribute:openness1,+ ] [ heart-to-heart, noun.communication:heart-to-heart,+ ] (openly straightforward and direct without reserve or secretiveness; "his candid eyes"; "an open and trusting nature"; "a heart-to-heart talk") } { undistorted, (without alteration or misrepresentation; "his judgment was undistorted by emotion") } ---- { [ DISINGENUOUS, noun.attribute:disingenuousness,+ INGENUOUS,!] [ artful2, noun.attribute:artfulness,+ ] INSINCERE,^ (not straightforward or candid; giving a false appearance of frankness; "an ambitious, disingenuous, philistine, and hypocritical operator, who...exemplified...the most disagreeable traits of his time"- David Cannadine; "a disingenuous excuse") } { distorted, misrepresented, perverted, twisted, (having an intended meaning altered or misrepresented; "many of the facts seemed twisted out of any semblance to reality"; "a perverted translation of the poem") }] [{ [ INHABITED, UNINHABITED,!] (having inhabitants; lived in; "the inhabited regions of the earth") } { colonized, colonised, settled, (inhabited by colonists) } { haunted, (inhabited by or as if by apparitions; "a haunted house") } { occupied, tenanted, (resided in; having tenants; "not all the occupied (or tenanted) apartments were well kept up") } { owner-occupied, (lived in by the owner; "one owner-occupied and three rental apartments") } { peopled, (furnished with people; "sparsely peopled arctic regions") } { populated, (furnished with inhabitants; "the area is well populated"; "forests populated with all kinds of wild life") } { populous, thickly_settled, (densely populated) } { rock-inhabiting, (of ferns and lichens that grow on rocks) } { underpopulated, (having a lower population density than normal or desirable; "the richly endowed but underpopulated Ivory Coast") } ---- { [ UNINHABITED, INHABITED,!] (not having inhabitants; not lived in; "an uninhabited island"; "gaping doors of uninhabited houses") } { abandoned, [ derelict, noun.artifact:derelict,+ ] deserted, (forsaken by owner or inhabitants; "weed-grown yard of an abandoned farmhouse") } { depopulated, (having lost inhabitants as by war or disease; "the 15th century plagues left vast areas of Europe depopulated") } { unoccupied, untenanted, (not leased to or occupied by a tenant; "an unoccupied apartment"; "very little unclaimed and untenanted land") } { unpeopled, unpopulated, (with no people living there; "vast unpopulated plains") } { lonely, solitary, unfrequented, (devoid of creatures; "a lonely crossroads"; "a solitary retreat"; "a trail leading to an unfrequented lake")} { unsettled, (not yet settled; "unsettled territory") }] [{ [ INHERITABLE, NONINHERITABLE,!] heritable, (capable of being inherited; "inheritable traits such as eye color"; "an inheritable title") } { [ ancestral, noun.person:ancestor,+ ] hereditary2, [ patrimonial, noun.possession:patrimony1,+ ] transmissible2, noun.group:law,;c (inherited or inheritable by established rules (usually legal rules) of descent; "ancestral home"; "ancestral lore"; "hereditary monarchy"; "patrimonial estate"; "transmissible tradition") } { [ familial, noun.person:family,+ ] genetic, [ hereditary1, noun.attribute:heredity,+ noun.process:heredity,+ ] inherited, transmitted1, [ transmissible1, verb.possession:transmit10,+ ] (occurring among members of a family usually by heredity; "an inherited disease"; "familial traits"; "genetically transmitted features") } { monogenic, noun.cognition:genetics,;c (of or relating to an inheritable character that is controlled by a single pair of genes) } { [ polygenic, noun.body:polygene,+ ] noun.cognition:genetics,;c (of or relating to an inheritable character that is controlled by several genes at once; of or related to or determined by polygenes) } { inheriting, (having the legal right to inherit) } { nee, ((meaning literally `born') used to indicate the maiden or family name of a married woman; "Hillary Clinton nee Rodham") } ---- { [ NONINHERITABLE, INHERITABLE,!] nonheritable, (not inheritable) } { acquired, (gotten through environmental forces; "acquired characteristics (such as a suntan or a broken nose) cannot be passed on") } { congenital, inborn, [ innate, noun.attribute:innateness,+ ] (present at birth but not necessarily hereditary; acquired during fetal development) } { nonhereditary, nontransmissible, (not acquirable by inheritance) } { [ nurtural, noun.act:nurture,+ ] (resulting from nurture) }] [{ [ INHIBITED, UNINHIBITED,!] RESERVED1,^ RESTRAINED,^ (held back or restrained or prevented; "in certain conditions previously inhibited conditioned reactions can reappear") } { pent-up, repressed, (characterized by or showing the suppression of impulses or emotions; "her severe upbringing had left her inhibited"; "a very inhibited young man, anxious and ill at ease"; "their reactions were partly the product of pent-up emotions"; "repressed rage turned his face scarlet") } { smothered, stifled, strangled, suppressed1, (held in check with difficulty; "a smothered cough"; "a stifled yawn"; "a strangled scream"; "suppressed laughter") } ---- { [ UNINHIBITED, INHIBITED,!] UNRESERVED1,^ UNRESTRAINED,^ (not inhibited or restrained; "uninhibited exuberance") } { abandoned, (unrestrained and uninhibited; "an abandoned sadness born of grief"- Liam O'Flaherty) } { earthy, (hearty and lusty; "an earthy enjoyment of life") } { unrepressed, (not repressed; "unrepressed hostilities") } { unsuppressed, (given vent to; "unsuppressed rage"; "unsuppressed feelings") }] [{ [ INJECTABLE, verb.contact:inject,+ verb.body:inject,+ UNINJECTABLE,!] noun.artifact:drug,;c ((used of drugs) capable of being injected) } ---- { [ UNINJECTABLE, INJECTABLE,!] noun.artifact:drug,;c ((used of drugs) not capable of being injected) }] [{ [ INJURED, UNINJURED,!] BROKEN1,^ DAMAGED,^ IMPAIRED,^ UNSOUND,^ (harmed; "injured soldiers") } { battle-scarred, (scarred by battle) } { black-and-blue, [ livid, noun.attribute:lividness,+ ] (discolored by coagulation of blood beneath the skin; "beaten black and blue"; "livid bruises") } { disjointed, dislocated, separated, (separated at the joint; "a dislocated knee"; "a separated shoulder") } { eviscerate, (having been disembowelled) } { hurt1, wounded1, (suffering from physical injury especially that suffered in battle; "nursing his wounded arm"; "ambulances...for the hurt men and women") } { lacerate, lacerated, mangled, torn, (having edges that are jagged from injury) } { [ raw, noun.state:rawness1,+ ] (having the surface exposed and painful; "a raw wound") } ---- { [ UNINJURED, INJURED,!] SAFE1,^ SOUND,^ UNBROKEN1,^ UNDAMAGED,^ UNIMPAIRED,^ (not injured physically or mentally) } { [ intact, noun.state:intactness,+ ] inviolate, ((of a woman) having the hymen unbroken; "she was intact, virginal") } { uncut, (not cut; "glad to get out of the house with my throat uncut"- Tobias Smollett) } { unharmed, unhurt, unscathed, whole, (not injured or harmed) } { unwounded, (not wounded) }] [{ [ INNOCENT, noun.state:innocence,+ GUILTY,!] [ guiltless, noun.state:guiltlessness,+ ] clean-handed, EXCULPATORY,^ RIGHTEOUS,^ (free from evil or guilt; "an innocent child"; "the principle that one is innocent until proved guilty") } { absolved, [ clear, noun.state:clear,+ noun.attribute:clearness1,+ ] cleared, exculpated, exonerated, vindicated, (freed from any question of guilt; "is absolved from all blame"; "was now clear of the charge of cowardice"; "his official honor is vindicated") } { acquitted, not_guilty, (declared not guilty of a specific offense or crime; legally blameless; "he stands acquitted on all charges"; "the jury found him not guilty by reason of insanity") } { [ blameless, noun.state:blamelessness,+ ] [ inculpable, noun.state:inculpableness,+ noun.state:inculpability,+ ] irreproachable, unimpeachable, (free of guilt; not subject to blame; "has lived a blameless life"; "of irreproachable character"; "an unimpeachable reputation") } ---- { [ GUILTY, noun.state:guilt,+ noun.state:guiltiness,+ INNOCENT,!] INCULPATORY,^ UNRIGHTEOUS,^ (responsible for or chargeable with a reprehensible act; "guilty of murder"; "the guilty person"; "secret guilty deeds") } { at_fault, (deserving blame; "admitted to being at fault") } { [ blameworthy, noun.communication:blame,+ noun.state:blameworthiness,+ ] [ blamable, verb.communication:blame,+ verb.cognition:blame,+ ] [ blameable, verb.communication:blame,+ verb.cognition:blame,+ ] blameful, censurable, [ culpable, noun.state:culpableness,+ noun.state:culpability,+ ] (deserving blame or censure as being wrong or evil or injurious; "blameworthy if not criminal behavior"; "censurable misconduct"; "culpable negligence") } { [ bloodguilty, noun.state:bloodguilt,+ ] (guilty of murder or bloodshed) } { chargeable, [ indictable, noun.state:indictability,+ ] (liable to be accused, or cause for such liability; "the suspect was chargeable"; "an indictable offense") } { conscience-smitten, (affected by conscience) } { [ criminal, noun.state:criminalness,+ noun.state:criminality,+ ] (guilty of crime or serious offense; "criminal in the sight of God and man") } { [ delinquent, noun.person:delinquent,+ noun.attribute:delinquency,+ ] (guilty of a misdeed; "delinquent minors") } { finable, fineable, (liable to a fine) } { guilt-ridden, (feeling or revealing a sense of guilt; "so guilt-ridden he could not face his father") } { punishable, (liable to or deserving punishment; "punishable offenses") } { red-handed, (in the act of committing a crime or other reprehensible act; "caught red-handed") }] [{ [ INSPIRING, UNINSPIRING,!] (stimulating or exalting to the spirit) } { ennobling, exalting, (tending to exalt; "an exalting eulogy"; "ennobling thoughts") } ---- { [ UNINSPIRING, INSPIRING,!] (depressing to the spirit; "a villa of uninspiring design") }] [{ [ INSTRUCTIVE, verb.communication:instruct,+ UNINSTRUCTIVE,!] [ informative4, verb.communication:inform,+ ] INFORMATIVE,^ (serving to instruct or enlighten or inform) } { clarifying, [ elucidative, verb.communication:elucidate,+ verb.cognition:elucidate,+ ] (that makes clear; "a clarifying example") } { [ demonstrative, noun.communication:demonstrative,+ verb.communication:demonstrate,+ verb.cognition:demonstrate,+ ] [ illustrative, verb.creation:illustrate,+ ] (serving to demonstrate) } { didactic, [ didactical, noun.communication:didacticism,+ noun.act:didactics,+ ] (instructive (especially excessively)) } { [ doctrinaire, noun.person:doctrinaire,+ ] (stubbornly insistent on theory without regard for practicality or suitability) } { [ educative, verb.social:educate,+ verb.cognition:educate,+ ] (resulting in education; "an educative experience") } { [ educational, noun.act:education,+ ] (providing knowledge; "an educational film") } { [ explanatory, verb.communication:explain1,+ verb.communication:explain,+ ] (serving or intended to explain or make clear; "explanatory notes"; "an explanatory paragraph") } { [ expository, verb.communication:expound,+ ] expositive, (serving to expound or set forth; "clean expository writing") } { [ interpretative, verb.creation:interpret,+ verb.communication:interpret,+ ] [ interpretive, verb.creation:interpret,+ verb.communication:interpret,+ ] (that provides interpretation) } { ostensive, (manifestly demonstrative) } { preachy, (inclined to or marked by tedious moralization) } ---- { [ UNINSTRUCTIVE, INSTRUCTIVE,!] (failing to instruct) }] [{ [ EDIFYING, UNEDIFYING,!] enlightening4, (enlightening or uplifting so as to encourage intellectual or moral improvement; "the paintings in the church served an edifying purpose even for those who could not read") } ---- { [ UNEDIFYING, EDIFYING,!] unenlightening4, (not edifying) }] [{ [ ENLIGHTENING, UNENLIGHTENING,!] [ informative2,verb.communication:inform,+ ] illuminating, (tending to increase knowledge or dissipate ignorance; "an enlightening glimpse of government in action"; "an illuminating lecture") } ---- { [ UNENLIGHTENING, ENLIGHTENING,!] unilluminating, (failing to inform or clarify; "an unenlightening comment") }] [{ [ INTEGRATED, SEGREGATED,!] INTEGRATIVE,^ JOINT,^ UNITED,^ (not segregated; designated as available to all races or groups; "integrated schools") } { co-ed, coeducational, (attended by members of both sexes) } { desegrated, nonsegregated, unsegregated, (rid of segregation; having had segregation ended) } { interracial, mixed, (involving or composed of different races; "interracial schools"; "a mixed neighborhood") } { mainstreamed, ((of the handicapped) placed in regular school classes) } ---- { [ SEGREGATED, INTEGRATED,!] unintegrated1, DIVIDED,^ SEPARATE,^ (separated or isolated from others or a main group; "a segregated school system"; "a segregated neighborhood") } { isolated, quarantined, (under forced isolation especially for health reasons; "a quarantined animal"; "isolated patients") } { [ separate2, noun.state:separateness2,+ noun.attribute:separateness,+ ] (separated according to race, sex, class, or religion; "separate but equal"; "girls and boys in separate classes") } { sequestered, (kept separate and secluded; "a sequestered jury") } { white, lily-white, (restricted to whites only; "under segregation there were even white restrooms and white drinking fountains"; "a lily-white movement which would expel Negroes from the organization") }] [{ [ INTEGRATED2, NONINTEGRATED,!] (formed into a whole or introduced into another entity; "a more closely integrated economic and political system"- Dwight D.Eisenhower; "an integrated Europe") } { coordinated, co-ordinated, [ interconnected, noun.state:interconnectedness,+ ] unified, (operating as a unit; "a unified utility system"; "a coordinated program") } { embedded, (inserted as an integral part of a surrounding whole; "confused by the embedded Latin quotations"; "an embedded subordinate clause") } { incorporated, (introduced into as a part of the whole; "the ideas incorporated in his revised manuscript") } { introjected, noun.cognition:psychology,;c (incorporated unconsciously into your own psyche) } { tight-knit, tightly_knit, (closely and firmly integrated; "a tight-knit organization") } ---- { [ NONINTEGRATED, INTEGRATED2,!] unintegrated2, (not integrated; not taken into or made a part of a whole) }] [{ [ BLENDED, UNBLENDED,!] (combined or mixed together so that the constituent parts are indistinguishable) } { alloyed, ((used of metals) blended to obtain a desired property) } { homogenized, homogenised, (formed by blending unlike elements especially by reducing one element to particles and dispersing them throughout another substance) } ---- { [ UNBLENDED, BLENDED,!] (not blended or mixed together) } { unhomogenized, unhomogenised, (not having undergone homogenization) }] [{ [ COMBINED, UNCOMBINED,!] (made or joined or united into one) } { compounded, (combined into or constituting a chemical compound) } { [ conglomerate, noun.substance:conglomerate,+ noun.group:conglomerate,+ ] (composed of heterogeneous elements gathered into a mass; "the conglomerate peoples of New England") } { occluded, sorbed, ((of a substance) taken into and retained in another substance; "the sorbed oil mass"; "large volumes of occluded hydrogen in palladium") } { one, (being a single entity made by combining separate components; "three chemicals combining into one solution") } { rolled_into_one(p), (made up of several components combined into a single entity) } ---- { [ UNCOMBINED, COMBINED,!] (not joined or united into one) } { uncompounded, unmixed, (not constituting a compound) }] [{ [ INTEGRATIVE, verb.change:integrate,+ DISINTEGRATIVE,!] COLLECTIVE,^ COMBINATIVE,^ INTEGRATED,^ (combining and coordinating diverse elements into a whole) } { [ combinative, verb.contact:combine1,+ ] combinatory, [ combinatorial, noun.group:combination3,+ noun.group:combination2,+ noun.group:combination1,+ noun.act:combination,+ ] (relating to or involving combinations) } { compositional, (arranging or grouping) } { [ consolidative, verb.change:consolidate1,+ verb.change:consolidate,+ ] unifying, (combining into a single unit) } { endogenic, [ endogenetic, noun.phenomenon:endogeny,+ ] noun.cognition:geology,;c (of rocks formed or occurring beneath the surface of the earth; "endogenic rocks are not clastic") } ---- { [ DISINTEGRATIVE, verb.change:disintegrate3,+ verb.change:disintegrate,+ INTEGRATIVE,!] (tending to cause breakup into constituent elements or parts) } { [ clastic, noun.object:clastic_rock,+ noun.object:clast,+ ] noun.cognition:geology,;c (of or belonging to or being a rock composed of fragments of older rocks (e.g., conglomerates or sandstone)) } { [ decompositional, noun.phenomenon:decomposition,+ ] (causing organic decay) }] [{ [ INTELLECTUAL, NONINTELLECTUAL,!] EDUCATED,^ MENTAL,^ SCHOLARLY,^ noun.cognition:intellect2,= (appealing to or using the intellect; "satire is an intellectual weapon"; "intellectual workers engaged in creative literary or artistic or scientific labor"; "has tremendous intellectual sympathy for oppressed people"; "coldly intellectual"; "sort of the intellectual type"; "intellectual literature") } { [ highbrow, noun.person:highbrow,+ ] highbrowed, noun.communication:colloquialism,;u (highly cultured or educated; "highbrow events such as the ballet or opera"; "a highbrowed literary critic") } { [ rational, noun.attribute:rationalness,+ noun.attribute:rationality,+ ] (having its source in or being guided by the intellect (as distinguished from experience or emotion); "a rational analysis") } { [ reflective, noun.attribute:reflectivity1,+ verb.cognition:reflect,+ ] (devoted to matters of the mind; "the reflective type") } { [ good, noun.attribute:goodness2,+ ] serious, (appealing to the mind; "good music"; "a serious book") } { sophisticated, (intellectually appealing; "a sophisticated drama") } ---- { [ NONINTELLECTUAL, INTELLECTUAL,!] UNSCHOLARLY,^ noun.cognition:intellect2,= (not intellectual) } { [ anti-intellectual, noun.person:anti-intellectual,+ ] [ philistine, noun.person:philistine1,+ ] (smug and ignorant and indifferent or hostile to artistic and cultural values) } { lowbrow, lowbrowed, uncultivated, (characteristic of a person who is not cultivated or does not have intellectual tastes; "lowbrow tastes") } { [ mindless, noun.attribute:mindlessness2,+ ] (requiring little mental effort; "mindless tasks") }] [{ [ INTELLIGENT, noun.cognition:intelligence,+ UNINTELLIGENT,!] PRECOCIOUS,^ SMART,^ noun.cognition:intelligence,= (having the capacity for thought and reason especially to a high degree; "is there intelligent life in the universe?"; "an intelligent question") } { agile, [ nimble, noun.cognition:nimbleness,+ ] (mentally quick; "an agile mind"; "nimble wits") } { apt, [ clever, noun.cognition:cleverness,+ ] (mentally quick and resourceful; "an apt pupil"; "you are a clever man...you reason well and your wit is bold"-Bram Stoker) } { [ brainy, noun.person:brain,+ noun.cognition:brain,+ ] [ brilliant, noun.attribute:brilliancy,+ noun.cognition:brilliance,+ ] smart_as_a_whip, (having or marked by unusual and impressive intelligence; "our project needs brainy women"; "a brilliant mind"; "a brilliant solution to the problem") } { [ bright, noun.cognition:brightness,+ ] [ smart, noun.cognition:smartness1,+ ] (characterized by quickness and ease in learning; "some children are brighter in one subject than another"; "smart children talk earlier than the average") } { natural, born(p), [ innate(p), noun.attribute:innateness,+ ] (being talented through inherited qualities; "a natural leader"; "a born musician"; "an innate talent") } { [ quick, noun.cognition:quickness,+ ] [ ready, noun.attribute:readiness2,+ ] (apprehending and responding with speed and sensitivity; "a quick mind"; "a ready wit") } { prehensile, (having a keen intellect; "poets--those gifted strangely prehensile men"- A.T.Quiller-Couch) } { scintillating, (brilliantly clever; "scintillating wit"; "a play full of scintillating dialogue") } { searching, [ trenchant, noun.attribute:trenchancy,+ ] (having keenness and forcefulness and penetration in thought, expression, or intellect; "searching insights"; "trenchant criticism") } ---- { [ UNINTELLIGENT, INTELLIGENT,!] [ stupid2, noun.person:stupid,+ noun.cognition:stupidity,+ ] RETARDED,^ STUPID,^ noun.cognition:intelligence,= (lacking intelligence; "a dull job with lazy and unintelligent co-workers") } { brainless, headless, (not using intelligence) }] [{ [ INTELLIGIBLE, noun.attribute:intelligibility,+ UNINTELLIGIBLE,!] COMPREHENSIBLE,^ (well articulated or enunciated, and loud enough to be heard distinctly; "intelligible pronunciation") } ---- { [ UNINTELLIGIBLE, noun.attribute:unintelligibility,+ INTELLIGIBLE,!] INCOMPREHENSIBLE,^ (poorly articulated or enunciated, or drowned by noise; "unintelligible speech") } { slurred, [ thick, noun.communication:thickness,+ ] (spoken as if with a thick tongue; "the thick speech of a drunkard"; "his words were slurred") }] [{ [ INTENDED, UNINTENDED,!] MOTIVATED,^ PLANNED,^ PREMEDITATED,^ noun.attribute:intentionality,= (resulting from one's intentions; "your intended trip abroad"; "an intended insult") } { [ conscious, noun.cognition:consciousness,+ ] witting, (intentionally conceived; "a conscious effort to speak more slowly"; "a conscious policy") } { [deliberate, noun.attribute:deliberateness,+ ] calculated, measured, (carefully thought out in advance; "a calculated insult"; "with measured irony"; "he made a deliberate decision not to respond negatively") } { [ intentional, noun.cognition:intention1,+ noun.attribute:intentionality,+ ] [ knowing, noun.cognition:knowingness1,+ ] deliberate1, (characterized by conscious design or purpose; "intentional damage"; "a knowing act of fraud"; "a deliberate attempt to provoke a response") } { well-intentioned, well-meaning, well-meant, (marked by good intentions though often producing unfortunate results; "a well-intentioned but clumsy waiter"; "a well-meaning but tactless fellow"; "the son's well-meaning efforts threw a singular chill upon the father's admirers"- S.W.Maughm; "blunt but well-meant criticism") } ---- { [ UNINTENDED, INTENDED,!] UNMOTIVATED,^ UNPLANNED,^ noun.attribute:intentionality,= (not deliberate) } { [ accidental, noun.event:accident,+ ] [ inadvertent, noun.attribute:inadvertency,+ noun.attribute:inadvertence,+ ] (happening by chance or unexpectedly or unintentionally; "with an inadvertent gesture she swept the vase off the table"; "accidental poisoning"; "an accidental shooting") } { causeless, [ fortuitous, noun.attribute:fortuitousness,+ ] uncaused, (having no cause or apparent cause; "a causeless miracle"; "fortuitous encounters--strange accidents of fortune"; "we cannot regard artistic invention as...uncaused and unrelated to the times") } { unintentional, unplanned, unwitting, (not done with purpose or intent; "an unintended slight"; "an unintentional pun"; "the offense was unintentional"; "an unwitting mistake may be overlooked") }] [{ [ DESIGNED, UNDESIGNED,!] [ intentional4, noun.attribute:intentionality,+ ] unintentional, (done or made or performed with purpose and intent; "style...is more than the deliberate and designed creation"- Havelock Ellis; "games designed for all ages"; "well-designed houses") } { fashioned, (planned and made or fashioned artistically; "beautifully fashioned dresses") } ---- { [ UNDESIGNED, DESIGNED,!] (not done or made or performed with purpose or intent) }] [{ [ INTENSIFYING, MODERATING,!] (increasing in strength or intensity) } { aggravating, exacerbating, exasperating, (making worse) } { [ augmentative, verb.change:augment1,+ verb.change:augment,+ ] [ enhancive, verb.change:enhance,+ ] (intensifying by augmentation and enhancement) } { deepening(a), thickening(a), (accumulating and becoming more intense; "the deepening gloom"; "felt a deepening love"; "the thickening dusk") } { heightening(a), (reaching a higher intensity; "their heightening fears") } ---- { [ MODERATING, INTENSIFYING,!] (lessening in intensity or strength) } { [ alleviative, verb.body:alleviate,+ ] [ alleviatory, verb.body:alleviate,+ ] [ lenitive, noun.artifact:lenitive,+ ] [ mitigative, verb.communication:mitigate,+ verb.change:mitigate4,+ ] [ mitigatory, verb.communication:mitigate,+ verb.change:mitigate4,+ ] [ palliative, noun.artifact:palliative,+ verb.body:palliate,+ ] (moderating pain or sorrow by making it easier to bear) } { [ analgesic, noun.artifact:analgesic,+ noun.state:analgesia,+ ] [ analgetic, noun.state:analgesia,+ ] [ anodyne, noun.artifact:anodyne,+ ] (capable of relieving pain; "the anodyne properties of certain drugs"; "an analgesic effect") } { tempering, (moderating by making more temperate) } { weakening, (moderating by making pain or sorrow weaker) }] [{ [ INTERSPECIES, INTRASPECIES,!] interspecific, (arising or occurring between species; "an interspecific hybrid") } ---- { [ INTRASPECIES, INTERSPECIES,!] intraspecific, (arising or occurring within a species; involving the members of one species; "intraspecific competition") }] [{ [ INTERESTED, noun.cognition:interestedness,+ UNINTERESTED,!] (having or showing interest; especially curiosity or fascination or concern; "an interested audience"; "interested in sports"; "was interested to hear about her family"; "interested in knowing who was on the telephone"; "interested spectators") } ---- { [ UNINTERESTED, INTERESTED,!] (not having or showing interest; "an uninterested spectator") } { [ apathetic, noun.feeling:apathy,+ noun.attribute:apathy1,+ ] [ indifferent, noun.attribute:indifference,+ ] (marked by a lack of interest; "an apathetic audience"; "the universe is neither hostile nor friendly; it is simply indifferent") } { blase, bored, (uninterested because of frequent exposure or indulgence; "his blase indifference"; "a petulant blase air"; "the bored gaze of the successful film star") } { [ dismissive, verb.communication:dismiss,+ ] (showing indifference or disregard; "a dismissive shrug"; "the firm is dismissive of the competitor's product"; "`chronic fatigue syndrome' was known by the dismissive term `housewife syndrome'") } { dulled, benumbed, (having lost or been caused to lose interest because of overexposure; "the mind of the audience is becoming dulled"; "the benumbed intellectual faculties can no longer respond") }] [{ [ INTERESTING, noun.attribute:interestingness,+ UNINTERESTING,!] EXCITING,^ STIMULATING,^ noun.attribute:interestingness,= (arousing or holding the attention) } { absorbing, engrossing, fascinating, gripping, riveting, (capable of arousing and holding the attention; "a fascinating story") } { entertaining, (agreeably diverting; "an entertaining puppet show"; "films should be entertaining") } { amusing, [ amusive, verb.social:amuse,+ verb.communication:amuse,+ ] diverting, (providing enjoyment; pleasantly entertaining; "an amusing speaker"; "a diverting story") } { intriguing, (capable of arousing interest or curiosity; "our team came up with some most intriguing finds") } { [ newsworthy, noun.attribute:newsworthiness,+ ] (sufficiently interesting to be reported in a newspaper) } ---- { [ UNINTERESTING, noun.attribute:uninterestingness,+ INTERESTING,!] UNEXCITING,^ UNSTIMULATING,^ noun.attribute:interestingness,= (arousing no interest or attention or curiosity or excitement; "a very uninteresting account of her trip") } { [ boring, noun.attribute:boringness,+ ] deadening, [ dull1, noun.attribute:dullness2,+ ] ho-hum, irksome, slow, [ tedious, noun.feeling:tedium,+ noun.attribute:tedium,+ noun.attribute:tediousness,+ ] [ tiresome, noun.attribute:tiresomeness,+ ] wearisome, (so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness; "a boring evening with uninteresting people"; "the deadening effect of some routine tasks"; "a dull play"; "his competent but dull performance"; "a ho-hum speaker who couldn't capture their attention"; "what an irksome task the writing of long letters is"- Edmund Burke; "tedious days on the train"; "the tiresome chirping of a cricket"- Mark Twain; "other people's dreams are dreadfully wearisome") } { [ insipid, noun.attribute:insipidness1,+ ] [ jejune, noun.attribute:jejuneness1,+ noun.attribute:jejunity1,+ ] (lacking interest or significance or impact; "an insipid personality"; "jejune novel") } { narcotic, soporiferous, [ soporific, noun.artifact:soporific,+ ] (inducing mental lethargy; "a narcotic speech") } { pedestrian, [ prosaic, noun.communication:prose1,+ noun.attribute:prosaicness,+ ] [ prosy, noun.attribute:prosiness1,+ ] earthbound, (lacking wit or imagination; "a pedestrian movie plot") } { [ ponderous, noun.attribute:ponderousness1,+ ] (labored and dull; "a ponderous speech") } { putdownable, ((of a book) poorly written and not entertaining) }] [{ [ INTRAMURAL, EXTRAMURAL,!] (carried on within the bounds of an institution or community; "most of the students participated actively in the college's intramural sports program") } { internal, intragroup, (occurring within an institution or community; "intragroup squabbling within the corporation") } ---- { [ EXTRAMURAL, INTRAMURAL,!] (carried on outside the bounds of an institution or community; "extramural sports") } { intercollegiate, (used of competition between colleges or universities; "intercollegiate basketball") } { intermural, (between two or more institutions etc; "an intermural track meet") } { interscholastic, interschool, (used of competition or cooperation between secondary schools) } { outside, (functioning outside the boundaries or precincts of an organized unit; "extramural hospital care and treatment"; "extramural studies") }] [{ [ INTRA_VIRES, ULTRA_VIRES,!] noun.group:law,;c (within the legal power or authority or a person or official or body etc) } ---- { [ ULTRA_VIRES, INTRA_VIRES,!] noun.group:law,;c (beyond the legal power or authority of a person or official or body etc; "an ultra vires contract") }] [{ [ INTRINSIC, EXTRINSIC,!] intrinsical, ESSENTIAL,^ INALIENABLE,^ (belonging to a thing by its very nature; "form was treated as something intrinsic, as the very essence of the thing"- John Dewey) } { built-in, constitutional, inbuilt, [ inherent, noun.state:inherence,+ verb.stative:inhere,+ ] integral, (existing as an essential constituent or characteristic; "the Ptolemaic system with its built-in concept of periodicity"; "a constitutional inability to tell the truth") } { inner, internal, intimate, (innermost or essential; "the inner logic of Cubism"; "the internal contradictions of the theory"; "the intimate structure of matter") } ---- { [ EXTRINSIC, INTRINSIC,!] INESSENTIAL,^ (not forming an essential part of a thing or arising or originating from the outside; "extrinsic evidence"; "an extrinsic feature of the new building"; "that style is something extrinsic to the subject"; "looking for extrinsic aid") } { adventitious, (associated by chance and not an integral part; "poetry is something to which words are the accidental, not by any means the essential form"- Frederick W. Robertson; "they had to decide whether his misconduct was adventitious or the result of a flaw in his character") } { adscititious, (added or derived from something outside; not inherent; "an adscititious habit rather than an inherent taste") } { alien, [ foreign, noun.attribute:foreignness,+ ] (not contained in or deriving from the essential nature of something; "an economic theory alien to the spirit of capitalism"; "the mysticism so foreign to the French mind and temper"; "jealousy is foreign to her nature") } { [ external, noun.attribute:externality,+ ] [ extraneous1, noun.relation:extraneousness,+ ] outside, (coming from the outside; "extraneous light in the camera spoiled the photograph"; "relying upon an extraneous income"; "disdaining outside pressure groups") } { [ extraneous2, noun.relation:extraneousness,+ ] (not essential; "the ballet struck me as extraneous and somewhat out of keeping with the rest of the play") }] [{ [ INTROSPECTIVE, noun.attribute:introspectiveness,+ verb.cognition:introspect,+ EXTROSPECTIVE,!] introverted4, self-examining, noun.attribute:introspectiveness,= (given to examining own sensory and perceptual experiences) } ---- { [ EXTROSPECTIVE, INTROSPECTIVE,!] extroverted4, noun.attribute:introspectiveness,= (not introspective; examining what is outside yourself) }] [{ [ INTROVERSIVE, verb.change:introvert,+ EXTROVERSIVE,! AMBIVERSIVE,!] [ introvertive, verb.change:introvert,+ ] UNSOCIABLE,^ noun.attribute:introversion,= noun.cognition:psychology,;c (directed inward; marked by interest in yourself or concerned with inner feelings) } { introvertish, shut-in, (somewhat introverted) } ---- { [ EXTROVERSIVE, AMBIVERSIVE,! INTROVERSIVE,!] extraversive, SOCIABLE,^ noun.cognition:psychology,;c (directed outward; marked by interest in others or concerned with external reality) } { extrovert, [ extravert, noun.person:extravert,+ ] extroverted, extraverted, extrovertive, extravertive, (being concerned with the social and physical environment) } { extrovertish, (being somewhat extroverted) } ---- { [ AMBIVERSIVE, INTROVERSIVE,! EXTROVERSIVE,!] noun.cognition:psychology,;c (intermediate between introversive and extroversive) }] [{ [ INTRUSIVE1, noun.attribute:intrusiveness,+ verb.motion:intrude1,+ verb.communication:intrude,+ UNINTRUSIVE,!] noun.attribute:intrusiveness,= (tending to intrude (especially upon privacy); "she felt her presence there was intrusive") } { encroaching(a), [ invasive, verb.motion:invade,+ ] trespassing(a), (gradually intrusive without right or permission; "we moved back from the encroaching tide"; "invasive tourists"; "trespassing hunters") } { interfering, [ meddlesome, noun.attribute:meddlesomeness,+ ] meddling, [ officious, noun.attribute:officiousness,+ ] busy, busybodied, (intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner; "an interfering old woman"; "bustling about self-importantly making an officious nuisance of himself"; "busy about other people's business") } ---- { [ UNINTRUSIVE, INTRUSIVE1,!] not_intrusive, noun.attribute:intrusiveness,= (not interfering or meddling) }] [{ [ INTRUSIVE2, PROTRUSIVE,!] CONCAVE,^ (thrusting inward; "an intrusive arm of the sea") } { intruding, (projecting inward) } ---- { [ PROTRUSIVE, verb.stative:protrude,+ verb.motion:protrude,+ verb.change:protrude,+ INTRUSIVE2,!] CONVEX,^ (thrusting outward) } { beetle, beetling, (jutting or overhanging; "beetle brows") } { bellied, bellying, [ bulbous, noun.body:bulb1,+ ] bulging, [ bulgy, noun.shape:bulge,+ noun.attribute:bulginess,+ ] [ protuberant, noun.state:protuberance,+ noun.shape:protuberance,+ verb.stative:protuberate1,+ verb.stative:protuberate,+ ] (curving outward) } { [ obtrusive, noun.attribute:obtrusiveness,+ verb.motion:obtrude,+ ] (sticking out; protruding) } { jutting2, projected, projecting, protruding, relieved, sticking(p), sticking_out(p), (extending out above or beyond a surface or boundary; "the jutting limb of a tree"; "massive projected buttresses"; "his protruding ribs"; "a pile of boards sticking over the end of his truck") } { overshot, (having an upper part projecting beyond the lower; "an overshot jaw") } { starting, ((especially of eyes) bulging or protruding as with fear; "with eyes starting from their sockets") } { underhung, undershot, underslung, (having a lower part projecting beyond the upper; "an underhung jaw"; "undershot bulldog") } { ventricose, ventricous, noun.cognition:biology,;c noun.cognition:anatomy,;c (having a swelling on one side; "the ventricose gullet of an insect") }] [{ [ IGNEOUS, AQUEOUS,!] eruptive, noun.cognition:geology,;c (produced by the action of fire or intense heat; "rocks formed by igneous agents")} ---- { [AQUEOUS, IGNEOUS,!] sedimentary, noun.cognition:geology,;c (produced by the action of water)}] [{ [ INTRUSIVE3, EXTRUSIVE,!] noun.cognition:geology,;c (of rock material; forced while molten into cracks between layers of other rock) } { irruptive, [ plutonic, noun.substance:pluton,+ ] (of igneous rock that has solidified beneath the earth's surface; granite or diorite or gabbro) } ---- { [ EXTRUSIVE, verb.creation:extrude,+ INTRUSIVE3,!] noun.cognition:geology,;c (of rock material; forced out while molten through cracks in the earth's surface) } { volcanic, (igneous rock produced by eruption and solidified on or near the earth's surface; rhyolite or andesite or basalt; "volcanic rock includes the volcanic glass obsidian") }] [{ [ INVASIVE, verb.contact:invade,+ CONFINED1,!] (marked by a tendency to spread especially into healthy tissue; "invasive cancer cells") } { aggressive, fast-growing(a), strong-growing, (tending to spread quickly; "an aggressive tumor") } ---- { [ CONFINED1, INVASIVE,! ] (not invading healthy tissue) }] [{ [ INVASIVE1, NONINVASIVE,! ] noun.cognition:medicine,;c (relating to a technique in which the body is entered by puncture or incision) } ---- { [ NONINVASIVE, INVASIVE1,!] noun.cognition:medicine,;c (relating to a technique that does not involve puncturing the skin or entering a body cavity) }] [{ [ INVIGORATING, DEBILITATING,!] STIMULATING,^ (imparting strength and vitality; "the invigorating mountain air") } { animating, enlivening, (giving spirit and vivacity) } { bracing, brisk, [ fresh, noun.attribute:freshness1,+ ] refreshing, refreshful, tonic, (imparting vitality and energy; "the bracing mountain air") } { corroborant, noun.cognition:medicine,;c noun.communication:archaism,;u (used of a medicine that is strengthening) } { exhilarating, stimulating, (making lively and cheerful; "the exhilarating effect of mountain air") } { life-giving, vitalizing, (giving or having the power to give life and spirit; "returning the life-giving humus to the land"- Louis Bromfield; "life-giving love and praise"; "the vitalizing rays of the warming sun") } { renewing, [ restorative, noun.artifact:restorative1,+ verb.change:restore,+ ] reviving, revitalizing, revitalising, (tending to impart new life and vigor to; "the renewing warmth of the sunshine") } ---- { [ DEBILITATING, INVIGORATING,!] (impairing the strength and vitality) } { [ debilitative, verb.change:debilitate,+ ] enervating, enfeebling, weakening, (causing debilitation) } { draining, exhausting, (having a debilitating effect; "an exhausting job in the hot sun") }] [{ [ INVITING, UNINVITING,!] ATTRACTIVE1,^ (attractive and tempting; "an inviting offer") } { [ invitatory, verb.social:invite1,+ verb.social:invite,+ verb.communication:invite1,+ ] (conveying an invitation; "a brief invitatory note") } { tantalizing1, tantalising1, tempting, (very pleasantly inviting; "a tantalizing aroma"; "a tempting repast") } { tantalizing2, tantalising2, (arousing desire or expectation for something unattainable or mockingly out of reach; "a tantalizing taste of success") } ---- { [ UNINVITING, INVITING,!] UNATTRACTIVE,^ (neither attractive nor tempting) } { unattractive, untempting, (not appealing to the senses; "untempting food") }] [{ [ IN_VITRO, IN_VIVO,!] ex_vivo, (of a biological process occurring in an artificial environment outside the living organism; "in vitro fertilization") } ---- { [ IN_VIVO, IN_VITRO,!] noun.cognition:biology,;c (of a biological process occurring within a living organism; "in vivo techniques") }] [{ [ IRONED, UNIRONED,!] SMOOTH,^ ((of linens or clothes) smoothed with a hot iron) } { pressed, (compacted by ironing) } { smoothed, smoothened, (made smooth by ironing) } ---- { [ UNIRONED, IRONED,!] wrinkled2, ROUGH,^ ((of linens or clothes) not ironed; "a pile of unironed laundry"; "wore unironed jeans") } { drip-dry, permanent-press, (used of fabrics that do not require ironing; "drip-dry shirts for travel") } { roughdried, ((of laundry) dried but not ironed) } { unpressed, ((of clothing) not smoothed with heat) }] [{ [ WRINKLED, UNWRINKLED,!] wrinkly, FURROWED,^ (marked by wrinkles; "tired travelers in wrinkled clothes") } { unsmoothed, (not having been made smooth by having hands run over the surface) } ---- { [ UNWRINKLED, WRINKLED,!] wrinkleless, UNFURROWED,^ (not wrinkled or creased) }] [{ [ ISOTROPIC, noun.attribute:isotropy,+ ANISOTROPIC,!] [ isotropous, noun.attribute:isotropy,+ ] (invariant with respect to direction) } { [ identical, noun.attribute:identicalness,+ ] noun.cognition:physics,;c (having properties with uniform values along all axes) } ---- { [ ANISOTROPIC, noun.attribute:anisotropy,+ ISOTROPIC,!] (not invariant with respect to direction; "anisotropic crystals") } { aeolotropic, eolotropic, noun.cognition:physics,;c (having properties with different values along different axes) }] [{ [ GLAD, noun.feeling:gladness,+ SAD,!] CHEERFUL,^ (showing or causing joy and pleasure; especially made happy; "glad you are here"; "glad that they succeeded"; "gave a glad shout"; "a glad smile"; "heard the glad news"; "a glad occasion") } { [ gladsome, noun.feeling:gladsomeness,+ ] (experiencing or expressing gladness or joy; "a gladsome smile"; "a gladsome occasion") } ---- { [ SAD, noun.state:sadness,+ noun.feeling:sadness,+ GLAD,!] (experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness; "feeling sad because his dog had died"; "Better by far that you should forget and smile / Than that you should remember and be sad"- Christina Rossetti) } { bittersweet, (tinged with sadness; "a movie with a bittersweet ending") } { [ doleful, noun.feeling:dolefulness,+ ] [ mournful, noun.feeling:mournfulness,+ ] (filled with or evoking sadness; "the child's doleful expression"; "stared with mournful eyes"; "mournful news") } { [ heavyhearted, noun.feeling:heavyheartedness,+ ] (depressed) } { melancholy, [ melancholic, noun.person:melancholic,+ noun.state:melancholia,+ ] (characterized by or causing or expressing sadness; "growing more melancholy every hour"; "her melancholic smile"; "we acquainted him with the melancholy truth") } { [ pensive, noun.attribute:pensiveness,+ ] [ wistful1, noun.feeling:wistfulness,+ ] (showing pensive sadness; "the sensitive and wistful response of a poet to the gentler phases of beauty") } { [ tragic, noun.event:tragedy,+ ] [ tragical, noun.event:tragedy,+ ] (very sad; especially involving grief or death or destruction; "a tragic face"; "a tragic plight"; "a tragic accident") } { tragicomic, [ tragicomical, noun.communication:tragicomedy2,+ noun.communication:tragicomedy,+ ] (manifesting both tragic and comic aspects; "the tragicomic disparity...between's man's aspirations and his accomplishments"- B.R.Redman) }] [{ [ JOYFUL, noun.feeling:joyfulness,+ SORROWFUL,!] HAPPY,^ JOYOUS,^ (full of or producing joy; "make a joyful noise"; "a joyful occasion") } { beatific, (experiencing or bestowing celestial joy; "beatific peace") } { overjoyed, (extremely joyful) } ---- { [ SORROWFUL, noun.state:sorrowfulness,+ noun.feeling:sorrowfulness,+ JOYFUL,!] JOYLESS,^ UNHAPPY,^ (experiencing or marked by or expressing sorrow especially that associated with irreparable loss; "sorrowful widows"; "a sorrowful tale of death and despair"; "sorrowful news"; "even in laughter the heart is sorrowful"- Proverbs 14:13) } { anguished, tormented, tortured, (experiencing intense pain especially mental pain; "an anguished conscience"; "a small tormented schoolboy"; "a tortured witness to another's humiliation") } { bereaved, bereft, grief-stricken, grieving, mourning(a), sorrowing(a), (sorrowful through loss or deprivation; "bereft of hope") } { bitter, (expressive of severe grief or regret; "shed bitter tears") } { [ brokenhearted, noun.feeling:brokenheartedness,+ ] heartbroken, [ heartsick, noun.feeling:heartsickness,+ ] (full of sorrow) } { [ dolorous, noun.feeling:dolor,+ ] [ dolourous, noun.feeling:dolor,+ ] lachrymose, [ tearful, noun.feeling:tearfulness,+ ] weeping, (showing sorrow) } { elegiac, (expressing sorrow often for something past; "an elegiac lament for youthful ideals") } { grievous, heartbreaking, heartrending, (causing or marked by grief or anguish; "a grievous loss"; "a grievous cry"; "her sigh was heartbreaking"; "the heartrending words of Rabin's granddaughter") } { lamenting, wailing, wailful, (vocally expressing grief or sorrow or resembling such expression; "lamenting sinners"; "wailing mourners"; "the wailing wind"; "wailful bagpipes"; "tangle her desires with wailful sonnets"- Shakespeare) } { [ lugubrious, noun.attribute:lugubriousness,+ ] (excessively mournful) } { [ mournful1, noun.feeling:mournfulness,+ ] [ plaintive, noun.feeling:plaintiveness,+ ] (expressing sorrow) } { [ sad, noun.attribute:sadness,+ ] (of things that make you feel sad; "sad news"; "she doesn't like sad movies"; "it was a very sad story"; "When I am dead, my dearest, / Sing no sad songs for me"- Christina Rossetti) } { woebegone, [ woeful, noun.feeling:woefulness,+ ] (affected by or full of grief or woe; "his sorrow...made him look...haggard and...woebegone"- George du Maurier) }] [{ [ JOYOUS, noun.feeling:joy,+ noun.feeling:joyousness,+ JOYLESS,!] ELATED,^ HAPPY,^ JOYFUL,^ (full of or characterized by joy; "felt a joyous abandon"; "joyous laughter") } { [ ecstatic, noun.state:ecstasy2,+ noun.state:ecstasy,+ ] enraptured, [ rapturous, noun.state:rapture2,+ noun.state:rapture,+ ] rapt, rhapsodic, (feeling great rapture or delight) } { elated, [ gleeful, noun.feeling:gleefulness,+ ] [ joyful, noun.feeling:joyfulness,+ ] [ jubilant, noun.feeling:jubilancy,+ verb.communication:jubilate,+ noun.feeling:jubilance,+ ] (full of high-spirited delight; "a joyful heart") } { gay, festal, [ festive, noun.act:festivity,+ ] [ merry1, noun.attribute:merriness,+ ] (offering fun and gaiety; "a festive (or festal) occasion"; "gay and exciting night life"; "a merry evening") } { gay2, [ jocund, noun.feeling:jocundity,+ ] [ jolly, noun.event:jolly,+ noun.feeling:jolliness,+ noun.feeling:jollity,+ ] [ jovial, noun.feeling:joviality,+ noun.attribute:joviality,+ ] [ merry2, noun.attribute:merriness,+ ] [ mirthful, noun.feeling:mirthfulness,+ ] (full of or showing high-spirited merriment; "when hearts were young and gay"; "a poet could not but be gay, in such a jocund company"- Wordsworth; "the jolly crowd at the reunion"; "jolly old Saint Nick"; "a jovial old gentleman"; "have a merry Christmas"; "peals of merry laughter"; "a mirthful laugh") } ---- { [ JOYLESS, noun.feeling:joylessness,+ JOYOUS,!] DEPRESSING,^ SORROWFUL,^ UNHAPPY,^ (not experiencing or inspiring joy; "a joyless man"; "a joyless occasion"; "joyless evenings") } { [ funereal, noun.event:funeral,+ ] [ sepulchral, noun.artifact:sepulchre,+ ] (suited to or suggestive of a grave or burial; "funereal gloom"; "hollow sepulchral tones") } { mirthless, (lacking mirth) } { unsmiling, (not smiling) }] [{ [ JUICY, noun.food:juice,+ noun.attribute:juiciness,+ JUICELESS,!] (full of juice) } { au_jus, noun.food:meat1,;c (served in its natural juices or gravy; "roast beef au jus") } { lush, [ succulent, noun.plant:succulent,+ noun.attribute:succulence,+ ] (tender and full of juice; "lush fruits"; "succulent roast beef"; "succulent plants with thick fleshy leaves") } { [ sappy, noun.substance:sap,+ ] (abounding in sap; "sappy maple trees"; "sappy kindling wood") } ---- { [JUICELESS, JUICY,!] (lacking juice) } { sapless, (destitute of sap and other vital juices; dry; "the rats and roaches scurrying along the sapless planks"- Norman Mailer) }] [{ [ JUST, noun.attribute:justness,+ UNJUST,!] FAIR3,^ HONORABLE,^ RIGHT1,^ RIGHTEOUS,^ (used especially of what is legally or ethically right or proper or fitting; "a just and lasting peace"- A.Lincoln; "a kind and just man"; "a just reward"; "his just inheritance") } { conscionable, (acceptable to your conscience) } { [ fitting, noun.attribute:fittingness,+ ] meet, (being precisely fitting and right; "it is only meet that she should be seated first" ) } { retributive, retributory, vindicatory, (given or inflicted in requital according to merits or deserts; "retributive justice") } { [ rightful(a), noun.attribute:rightfulness,+ ] (legally valid; "a rightful inheritance") } ---- { [ UNJUST, noun.attribute:unjustness,+ JUST,!] DISHONORABLE,^ UNFAIR,^ UNRIGHTEOUS,^ WRONG1,^ (violating principles of justice; "unjust punishment"; "an unjust judge"; "an unjust accusation") } { [ actionable, verb.social:action,+ ] (affording grounds for legal action; "slander is an actionable offense") } { [ wrongful, noun.attribute:wrongfulness1,+ ] (not just or fair; "a wrongful act"; "a wrongful charge") }] [{ [ MERITED, UNMERITED,!] deserved, (properly deserved; "a merited success") } { condign, (fitting or appropriate and deserved; used especially of punishment; "condign censure") } ---- { [ UNMERITED, MERITED,!] (not merited or deserved; "received an unmerited honorary degree") } { gratuitous, (without cause; "a gratuitous insult") } { undeserved, (not deserved or earned; "has an undeserved reputation as a coward") }] [{ [ KEYED, KEYLESS,!] (fitted with or secured by a key; "a keyed instrument"; "the locks have not yet been keyed") } ---- { [ KEYLESS, KEYED,!] (lacking or not requiring a key; "a keyless lock operated by a series of pushbuttons") }] [{ [ KIND, noun.attribute:kindness,+ noun.act:kindness,+ UNKIND,!] CONSIDERATE,^ BENIGN,^ GOOD-NATURED,^ MERCIFUL,^ SOFT2,^ noun.attribute:kindness,= (having or showing a tender and considerate and helpful nature; used especially of persons and their behavior; "kind to sick patients"; "a kind master"; "kind words showing understanding and sympathy"; "thanked her for her kind letter") } { benignant, [ gracious, noun.attribute:grace3,+ noun.attribute:graciousness1,+ ] (characterized by kindness and warm courtesy especially of a king to his subjects; "our benignant king") } { [ benign, noun.attribute:benignity,+ noun.attribute:benignancy,+ ] (kindness of disposition or manner; "the benign ruler of millions"; "benign intentions") } { [ charitable, noun.attribute:charitableness,+ ] benevolent, [ kindly, noun.attribute:kindliness,+ ] sympathetic, good-hearted, openhearted, large-hearted, (showing or motivated by sympathy and understanding and generosity; "was charitable in his opinions of others"; "kindly criticism"; "a kindly act"; "sympathetic words"; "a large-hearted mentor") } { [ gentle1, noun.attribute:gentleness,+ ] (having or showing a kindly or tender nature; "the gentle touch of her hand"; "her gentle manner was comforting"; "a gentle sensitive nature"; "gentle blue eyes") } { [ kindhearted, noun.feeling:kindheartedness,+ ] kind-hearted, (having or proceeding from an innately kind disposition; "a generous and kindhearted teacher") } ---- { [ UNKIND, noun.attribute:unkindness,+ KIND,!] MALIGN,^ MERCILESS,^ noun.attribute:kindness,= (lacking kindness; "a thoughtless and unkind remark"; "the unkindest cut of all") } { cutting, edged, stinging, ((of speech) harsh or hurtful in tone or character; "cutting remarks"; "edged satire"; "a stinging comment") } { [ harsh, noun.attribute:harshness4,+ ] rough, (unkind or cruel or uncivil; "had harsh words"; "a harsh and unlovable old tyrant"; "a rough answer") } { hurtful, (causing hurt; "her hurtful unconsidered words") } { unkindly, unsympathetic, (lacking in sympathy and kindness; "unkindly ancts") }] [{ [ KNOWABLE, verb.cognition:know15,+ verb.cognition:know12,+verb.cognition:know4,+ verb.cognition:know2,+ verb.cognition:know1,+UNKNOWABLE,!] cognizable, cognisable, cognoscible, (capable of being known) } ---- { [UNKNOWABLE, KNOWABLE,!] (not knowable; "the unknowable mysteries of life") } { [ transcendent, noun.state:transcendency1,+ noun.state:transcendence1,+ verb.stative:transcend1,+ verb.stative:transcend,+ ] (beyond and outside the ordinary range of human experience or understanding; "the notion of any transcendent reality beyond thought") }] [{ [ KNOWN, UNKNOWN,!] ACKNOWLEDGED,^ FAMILIAR,^ GLORIOUS,^ (apprehended with certainty; "a known quantity"; "the limits of the known world"; "a musician known throughout the world"; "a known criminal") } { best-known, (most familiar or renowned; "Stevenson's best-known work is probably `Treasure Island'") } { better-known, (more familiar or renowned than the other of two; "the better-known book of the two") } { celebrated, famed, far-famed, [ famous, noun.state:fame2,+ noun.state:fame1,+ ] [ illustrious, noun.attribute:illustriousness,+ ] [ notable, noun.person:notable,+ noun.person:notability,+ ] noted, renowned, (widely known and esteemed; "a famous actor"; "a celebrated musician"; "a famed scientist"; "an illustrious judge"; "a notable historian"; "a renowned painter") } { identified, (having the identity known or established; "the identified bodies were released for burial") } { legendary, (so celebrated as to having taken on the nature of a legend; "the legendary exploits of the arctic trailblazers") } { proverbial, (widely known and spoken of; "her proverbial lateness"; "the proverbial absentminded professor"; "your proverbial dizzy blonde") } { well-known, (widely or fully known; "a well-known politician"; "well-known facts"; "a politician who is well known"; "these facts are well known") } ---- { [ UNKNOWN, noun.person:unknown,+ noun.communication:unknown,+ KNOWN,!] INGLORIOUS,^ UNACKNOWLEDGED,^ UNFAMILIAR,^ (not known; "an unknown amount"; "an unknown island"; "an unknown writer"; "an unknown source") } { chartless, uncharted, unmapped, ((of unknown regions) not yet surveyed or investigated; "uncharted seas") } { little-known, (unknown to most people) } { unbeknown(p), unbeknownst(p), ((usually used with `to') occurring or existing without the knowledge of; "a crisis unbeknown to me"; "she had been ill for months, unbeknownst to the family") } { undiagnosed, (eluding diagnosis; "undiagnosed disease") } { undiscovered, unexplored, (not yet discovered; "undiscovered islands") } { unheard-of, (previously unknown; "a first novel by an unheard of writer"; "developments on an unheard-of scale") } { unidentified, (not yet identified; "an unidentified species"; "an unidentified witness") }] [{ [ UNDERSTOOD, UNUNDERSTOOD,!] (fully apprehended as to purport or meaning or explanation; "the understood conditions of troop withdrawal were clear") } { appreciated, apprehended, comprehended, (fully understood or grasped; "dangers not yet appreciated"; "these apprehended truths"; "a thing comprehended is a thing known as fully as it can be known") } { interpreted, taken, (understood in a certain way; made sense of; "a word taken literally"; "a smile taken as consent"; "an open door interpreted as an invitation") } ---- { [ UNUNDERSTOOD, UNDERSTOOD,!] (not understood; "should not tamely submit to the unpredictable and ununderstood cycles of wars"- Psychiatry) } { misunderstood, (wrongly understood; "a misunderstood criticism"; "a misunderstood question") } { uncomprehended, (not fully understood; "an uncomprehended mystery") } { undigested, (not thought over and arranged systematically in the mind; not absorbed or assimilated mentally; "an undigested mass of facts gathered at random") } { ungrasped, (not fully apprehended; "the ungrasped infinite ground of all being"- Philip Wheelwright) }] [{ [ LABELED, UNLABELED,!] labelled, tagged, (bearing or marked with a label or tag; "properly labeled luggage") } ---- { [ UNLABELED, LABELED,!] unlabelled, untagged, (lacking a label or tag; "unlabeled luggage is liable to be lost") }] [{ [ LAMENTED, UNLAMENTED,!] (mourned or grieved for; "the imprint of our wise and lamented friend"- A.E.Stevenson) } ---- { [ UNLAMENTED, LAMENTED,!] unmourned, (not grieved for; causing no mourning; "interred in an unlamented grave") }] [{ [ AERIAL, noun.location:air,+ ] noun.cognition:botany,;c (existing or living or growing or operating in the air; "aerial roots of a philodendron"; "aerial particles"; "small aerial creatures such as butterflies"; "aerial warfare"; "aerial photography"; "aerial cable cars") } { free-flying, (able to fly through the air (as a bird); "three chicks were raised to the free-flying stage") } ---- { MARINE, (relating to or characteristic of or occurring on or in the sea)} { deep-sea, (of or taking place in the deeper parts of the sea; "deep-sea fishing"; "deep-sea exploration") } { oceangoing, seafaring, seagoing, (used on the high seas; "seafaring vessels") } { [ oceanic, noun.object:ocean,+ ] (constituting or living in the open sea; "oceanic waters"; "oceanic life") } { offshore, (at some distance from the shore; "offshore oil reserves"; "an offshore island") } { oversea, overseas, (being or passing over or across the sea; "some overseas trade in grain arose") } { suboceanic, subocean, (formed or situated or occurring beneath the ocean or the ocean bed; "suboceanic oil resources") }] [{ [ LAURELED, UNLAURELED,!] laurelled, crowned4, (crowned with or as if with laurel symbolizing victory) } ---- { [ UNLAURELED, LAURELED,!] unlaurelled, (not crowned with laurel; having no acclaim or reward; "the unlaureled heroism of endurance"- Francis Parkman) }] [{ [ LARGE, noun.attribute:large,+ noun.attribute:largeness,+ SMALL,!] [ BIG1, noun.attribute:bigness,+ LITTLE1,!] noun.attribute:size,= (above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent; "a large city"; "set out for the big city"; "a large sum"; "a big (or large) barn"; "a large family"; "big businesses"; "a big expenditure"; "a large number of newspapers"; "a big group of scientists"; "large areas of the world") } { [ ample, noun.attribute:ampleness,+ ] sizable, [ sizeable, noun.attribute:sizeableness,+ ] (fairly large in size; "a sizable fortune"; "an ample waistline"; "of ample proportions") } { astronomic, astronomical, galactic, (inconceivably large) } { bear-sized, (large as a bear) } { bigger, larger, (large or big relative to something else) } { biggish, largish, (somewhat large) } { blown-up, enlarged, (as of a photograph; made larger; "the enlarged photograph revealed many details") } { bouffant, puffy, (being puffed out; used of hair style or clothing; "a bouffant skirt") } { [ broad, noun.attribute:broadness,+ ] [ spacious, noun.attribute:spaciousness,+ ] [ wide, noun.attribute:wideness1,+ ] (very large in expanse or scope; "a broad lawn"; "the wide plains"; "a spacious view"; "spacious skies") } { [ bulky, noun.attribute:bulk3,+ noun.attribute:bulk,+ noun.attribute:bulkiness,+ ] (of large size for its weight) } { [ capacious, noun.quantity:capacity1,+ noun.quantity:capacity,+ noun.attribute:capaciousness,+ ] (large in capacity; "she carried a capacious bag") } { [ colossal1, noun.person:colossus,+ ] [ prodigious, noun.cognition:prodigy,+ ] stupendous, (so great in size or force or extent as to elicit awe; "colossal crumbling ruins of an ancient temple"; "has a colossal nerve"; "a prodigious storm"; "a stupendous field of grass"; "stupendous demand") } { deep, (large in quantity or size; "deep cuts in the budget") } { double, (large enough for two; "a double bed"; "a double room") } { [ enormous, noun.attribute:enormousness,+ noun.attribute:enormity2,+ ] tremendous, (extraordinarily large in size or extent or amount or power or degree; "an enormous boulder"; "enormous expenses"; "tremendous sweeping plains"; "a tremendous fact in human experience; that a whole civilization should be dependent on technology"- Walter Lippman; "a plane took off with a tremendous noise") } { [ cosmic, noun.object:cosmos,+ ] (inconceivably extended in space or time) } { elephantine, [ gargantuan, noun.person:gargantua,+ ] [ giant, noun.person:giant3,+ noun.person:giant2,+ noun.person:giant,+ noun.animal:giant,+ ] jumbo, (of great mass; huge and bulky; "a jumbo jet"; "jumbo shrimp") } { epic, heroic, larger-than-life, (very imposing or impressive; surpassing the ordinary (especially in size or scale); "an epic voyage"; "of heroic proportions"; "heroic sculpture") } { [ extensive, noun.attribute:extensiveness,+ verb.change:extend1,+ ] extended, (large in spatial extent or range or scope or quantity; "an extensive Roman settlement in northwest England"; "extended farm lands"; "surgeons with extended experience"; "they suffered extensive damage") } { [ gigantic1, noun.person:giant3,+ noun.person:giant2,+ noun.person:giant,+ noun.group:giant,+ noun.animal:giant,+ ] [ mammoth1, noun.animal:mammoth,+ ] (so exceedingly large or extensive as to suggest a giant or mammoth; "a gigantic redwood"; "gigantic disappointment"; "a mammoth ship"; "a mammoth multinational corporation") } { [ great1, noun.attribute:greatness1,+ ] (relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind; "a great juicy steak"; "a great multitude"; "the great auk"; "a great old oak"; "a great ocean liner"; "a great delay") } { [ grand, noun.attribute:grandness2,+ noun.attribute:grandness1,+ ] (large and impressive in physical size or extent; "the bridge is a grand structure")} { huge1, [ immense1, noun.attribute:immenseness,+ noun.attribute:immensity,+ ] [ vast, noun.attribute:vastness,+ ] Brobdingnagian, (unusually great in size or amount or degree or especially extent or scope; "huge government spending"; "huge country estates"; "huge popular demand for higher education"; "a huge wave"; "the Los Angeles aqueduct winds like an immense snake along the base of the mountains"; "immense numbers of birds"; "at vast (or immense) expense"; "the vast reaches of outer space"; "the vast accumulation of knowledge...which we call civilization"- W.R.Inge) } { hulking, [ hulky, noun.person:hulk,+ ] (of great size and bulk; "a hulking figure of a man"; "three hulking battleships") } { humongous, banging, thumping, whopping, walloping, noun.communication:colloquialism,;u ((used informally) very large; "a thumping loss") } { king-size, king-sized, (extra large; "a king-size bed") } { large-mouthed, (having a relatively large mouth) } { large-scale, (unusually large in scope; "a large-scale attack on AIDS is needed") } { large-scale2, (constructed or drawn to a big scale; "large-scale maps") } { life-size, lifesize, life-sized, full-size, (being of the same size as an original; "a life-size sculpture") } { macroscopic, macroscopical, (large enough to be visible with the naked eye)} { macro, (very large in scale or scope or capability) } { man-sized, noun.communication:colloquialism,;u (very large; appropriate to the size of a man; "a man-sized piece of cake") } { [ massive, noun.attribute:massiveness1,+ noun.attribute:massiveness,+ ] monolithic, monumental, (imposing in size or bulk or solidity; "massive oak doors"; "Moore's massive sculptures"; "the monolithic proportions of Stalinist architecture"; "a monumental scale") } { massive2, (imposing in scale or scope or degree or power; "massive retaliatory power"; "a massive increase in oil prices"; "massive changes") } { medium-large, (of anything that is large but not the largest) } { [ monstrous, noun.person:monster3,+ noun.person:monstrosity,+ ] (abnormally large) } { mountainous, (like a mountain in size and impressiveness; "mountainous waves"; "a mountainous dark man") } { [ outsize, noun.attribute:outsize,+ ] outsized, oversize, oversized, (larger than normal for its kind) } { overlarge, too_large, (excessively large) } { plumping, (very large; of exceptional size for its kind; "won by a plumping majority") } { queen-size, queen-sized, ((used especially of beds) not as large as king-size; "a queen-sized bed") } { [ rangy, noun.location:range2,+ ] (allowing ample room for ranging) } { super, (extremely large; "another super skyscraper") } { [ titanic, noun.person:titan1,+ ] (of great force or power) } { volumed, (formed or rising in rounded masses; "gasping with the volumed smoke") } { [ voluminous, noun.attribute:voluminousness,+ noun.quantity:volume,+ noun.attribute:volume3,+ noun.attribute:voluminosity,+ ] (large in volume or bulk; "a voluminous skirt") } { whacking, noun.location:Britain,;r noun.communication:colloquialism,;u ((British informal) enormous; "a whacking phone bill"; "a whacking lie") } { wide-ranging, (including much; "the pianist's wide-ranging repertoire") } ---- { [ SMALL, noun.attribute:smallness2,+ noun.attribute:smallness,+ LARGE,!] [ LITTLE1, noun.attribute:littleness,+ BIG1,!] noun.attribute:size,= (limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent; "a little dining room"; "a little house"; "a small car"; "a little (or small) group") } { [ atomic, noun.substance:atom1,+ ] (immeasurably small) } { subatomic, (of smaller than atomic dimensions) } { bantam, [ diminutive, noun.communication:diminutive,+ noun.attribute:diminutiveness,+ ] [ lilliputian, noun.person:lilliputian1,+ ] midget, [ petite, noun.attribute:petite,+ noun.attribute:petiteness,+ ] [ tiny, noun.attribute:tininess,+ ] flyspeck, (very small; "diminutive in stature"; "a lilliputian chest of drawers"; "her petite figure"; "tiny feet"; "the flyspeck nation of Bahrain moved toward democracy") } { [ bitty, noun.quantity:bit1,+ ] bittie, teensy, teentsy, teeny, [ wee, noun.attribute:weeness,+ ] weeny, weensy, teensy-weensy, teeny-weeny, itty-bitty, itsy-bitsy, noun.communication:colloquialism,;u ((used informally) very small; "a wee tot") } { dinky, insignificant, noun.communication:colloquialism,;u (small and unimpressive; "we stayed in a dinky old hotel"; "an insignificant sum of money") } { [ dwarfish, noun.attribute:dwarfishness,+ ] (atypically small; "dwarf tree"; "dwarf star") } { elfin, elflike, (small and delicate; "she was an elfin creature--graceful and delicate"; "obsessed by things elfin and small") } { gnomish, (used of small deformed creatures) } { half-size, (half the usual or regular size) } { infinitesimal, [ minute, noun.attribute:minuteness,+ ] (infinitely or immeasurably small; "two minute whiplike threads of protoplasm"; "reduced to a microscopic scale") } { lesser, (smaller in size or amount or value; "the lesser powers of Europe"; "the lesser anteater") } { microscopic, microscopical, (so small as to be invisible without a microscope; "differences were microscopic")} { micro, (extremely small in scale or scope or capability) } { miniature, (being on a very small scale; "a miniature camera") } { minuscule, miniscule, (extremely small; "a minuscule kitchen"; "a minuscule amount of rain fell") } { olive-sized, (about the size of an olive) } { pocket-size, pocket-sized, pocketable, (small enough to be carried in a garment pocket; "pocket-size paperbacks") } { [ puny, noun.attribute:puniness,+ ] [ runty, noun.person:runt,+ noun.attribute:runtiness,+ ] [ shrimpy, noun.person:shrimp,+ ] ((used especially of persons) of inferior size) } { [ slender, noun.attribute:slenderness,+ ] [ slim, noun.attribute:slimness1,+ ] (small in quantity; "slender wages"; "a slim chance of winning"; "a small surplus") } { smaller, littler, (small or little relative to something else) } { smallish, (rather small) } { small-scale, (created or drawn on a small scale; "small-scale maps"; "a small-scale model") } { undersize, undersized, (smaller than normal for its kind) }] [{ [ GREATER, LESSER,!] (greater in size or importance or degree; "for the greater good of the community"; "the greater Antilles") } ---- { [ LESSER, GREATER,!] (of less size or importance; "the lesser anteater"; "the lesser of two evils") }] [{ [ LAWFUL, noun.attribute:lawfulness,+ UNLAWFUL,!] LEGAL,^ STRAIGHT4,^ noun.attribute:lawfulness,= (conformable to or allowed by law; "lawful methods of dissent") } { law-abiding, [ observant, noun.act:observance2,+ verb.social:observe2,+ ] ((of individuals) adhering strictly to laws and rules and customs; "law-abiding citizens"; "observant of the speed limit") } ---- { [ UNLAWFUL, noun.attribute:unlawfulness,+ LAWFUL,!] CROOKED2,^ ILLEGAL,^ noun.attribute:lawfulness,= (contrary to or prohibited by or defiant of law; "unlawful measures"; "unlawful money"; "unlawful hunters") } { [ lawless, noun.attribute:lawlessness,+ ] [ outlaw(a), noun.person:outlaw,+ ] (disobedient to or defiant of law; "lawless bands roaming the plains") } { wide-open, [ lawless2, noun.state:lawlessness,+ ] (lax in enforcing laws; "a wide-open town") } { [ wrongful, noun.attribute:wrongfulness1,+ ] (unlawfully violating the rights of others; "wrongful death"; "a wrongful diversion of trust income") }] [{ [ LEADED, UNLEADED,!] (treated or mixed with lead; "leaded gasoline"; "leaded zinc") } { [ antiknock, noun.substance:antiknock,+ ] antiknocking, (suppressing or eliminating engine knock in combustion engines; "antiknock properties"; "antiknock rating") } ---- { [ UNLEADED, LEADED,!] leadless, (not treated with lead; "unleaded gasoline") } { lead-free, nonleaded, ((of gasoline) not containing tetraethyl lead; "lead-free gasoline") }] [{ [ LEAKY, noun.event:leak,+ noun.state:leakiness,+ TIGHT2,!] PERMEABLE,^ UNSEAWORTHY,^ (permitting the unwanted passage of fluids or gases; "a leaky roof"; "a leaky defense system") } { [ drafty, noun.phenomenon:draft,+ ] [ draughty, noun.phenomenon:draught,+ ] (not airtight) } { [ drippy, noun.event:drip,+ ] (leaking in drops; "a drippy faucet") } { oozing, [ oozy, noun.event:ooze,+ ] seeping, (leaking out slowly) } { [ holey, noun.object:hole1,+ ] [ porous, noun.shape:pore,+ ] (allowing passage in and out; "our unfenced and largely unpoliced border inevitably has been very porous") } ---- { [ TIGHT2, LEAKY,!] IMPERMEABLE,^ SEAWORTHY,^ TIGHT1,^ (of such close construction as to be impermeable; "a tight roof"; "warm in our tight little house") } { airtight, air-tight, gas-tight, (not allowing air or gas to pass in or out) } { dripless, (designed to prevent dripping; "a dripless faucet"; "dripless candles") } { hermetic, (completely sealed; completely airtight) } { leakproof, (not subject to leaks)} { rainproof, [ waterproof, noun.artifact:waterproof2,+ noun.artifact:waterproof1,+ ] waterproofed, (not permitting the passage of water) } { [ snug, noun.artifact:snug,+ ] (well and tightly constructed; "a snug house"; "a snug little sailboat") } { watertight, (not allowing water to pass in or out) }] [{ [ CAULKED, UNCAULKED,!] (having cracks and crevices stopped up with a filler) } { chinked, stopped-up, (having narrow opening filled) } { weather-stripped, (having cracks blocked with weather stripping) } ---- { [ UNCAULKED, CAULKED,!] (not caulked or sealed) }] [{ [ LEAVENED, UNLEAVENED,!] (made light by aerating, as with yeast or baking powder; often used as a combining form; "leavened bread"; "well-leavened"; "yeast-leavened breads") } ---- { [ UNLEAVENED, LEAVENED,!] unraised, (made without leavening; "unleavened bread is often simply flour mixed with water") }] [{ [ LEEWARD, WINDWARD,!] (on the side away from the wind; "on the leeward side of the island") } { downwind, lee(a), (towards the side away from the wind) } ---- { [ WINDWARD, LEEWARD,!] (on the side exposed to the wind; "the windward islands") } { upwind, weather(a), (towards the side exposed to wind) }] [{ [ LEGAL, noun.attribute:legality,+ ILLEGAL,!] LAWFUL,^ LEGITIMATE,^ noun.attribute:legality,= (established by or founded upon law or official or accepted rules) } { court-ordered, (ordered by a court of law) } { [ judicial, noun.person:judge,+ ] (decreed by or proceeding from a court of justice; "a judicial decision") } { jural, juristic, (of or relating to law or to legal rights and obligations) } { [ lawful, noun.attribute:lawfulness,+ ] legitimate, [ licit, noun.attribute:licitness,+ ] (authorized, sanctioned by, or in accordance with law; "a legitimate government") } { ratified, sanctioned, (formally approved and invested with legal authority) } { statutory, (prescribed or authorized by or punishable under a statute; "statutory restrictions"; "a statutory age limit"; "statutory crimes"; "statutory rape") } { sub_judice, (before a judge or court of law; awaiting judicial determination) } ---- { [ ILLEGAL, noun.attribute:illegality,+ LEGAL,!] ILLEGITIMATE,^ IRREGULAR,^ UNLAWFUL,^ noun.attribute:legality,= (prohibited by law or by official or accepted rules; "an illegal chess move")} { [ amerciable, verb.social:amerce1,+ verb.social:amerce,+ ] (of a crime or misdemeanor; punishable by a fine set by a judge) } { banned, prohibited, (forbidden by law) } { bootleg, black, black-market, [ contraband, noun.artifact:contraband,+ ] smuggled, (distributed or sold illicitly; "the black economy pays no taxes") } { [ criminal, noun.act:crime1,+ noun.act:crime,+ noun.state:criminalness,+ ] [ felonious, noun.act:felony,+ ] (involving or being or having the nature of a crime; "a criminal offense"; "criminal abuse"; "felonious intent") } { dirty, ill-gotten, (obtained illegally or by improper means; "dirty money"; "ill-gotten gains") } { embezzled, misappropriated, (taken for your own use in violation of a trust; "the banker absconded with embezzled funds") } { extrajudicial, (beyond the usual course of legal proceedings; legally unwarranted; "an extrajudicial penalty") } { extralegal, nonlegal, (not regulated or sanctioned by law; "there were only extralegal recourses for their grievances") } { hot, noun.communication:colloquialism,;u (recently stolen or smuggled; "hot merchandise"; "a hot car") } { illegitimate, [ illicit, noun.attribute:illicitness,+ ] [ outlaw(a), noun.person:outlaw,+ ] outlawed, [ unlawful, noun.attribute:unlawfulness,+ ] (contrary to or forbidden by law; "an illegitimate seizure of power"; "illicit trade"; "an outlaw strike"; "unlawful measures") } { [ ineligible, noun.attribute:ineligibility,+ ] noun.act:sport,;c (prohibited by official rules; "an ineligible pass receiver") } { misbranded, mislabeled, (branded or labeled falsely and in violation of statutory requirements; "confiscated the misbranded drugs") } { penal, punishable, ((of an act or offense) subject to punishment by law; "a penal offense") } { under-the-counter, (done or sold illicitly and secretly) } { unratified, (lacking legal authority; "the unratified Equal Right Amendment") }] [{ [ LEGIBLE, noun.attribute:legibility,+ ILLEGIBLE,!] ((of handwriting, print, etc.) capable of being read or deciphered; "legible handwriting") } { clean, fair, ((of a manuscript) having few alterations or corrections; "fair copy"; "a clean manuscript") } { [ clear, noun.attribute:clarity1,+ noun.attribute:clearness1,+ ] decipherable, [ readable, noun.attribute:readability1,+ noun.attribute:readability,+ ] (easily deciphered) } ---- { [ ILLEGIBLE, noun.attribute:illegibility,+ LEGIBLE,!] ((of handwriting, print, etc.) not legible; "illegible handwriting") } { dirty, foul, marked-up, ((of a manuscript) defaced with changes; "foul (or dirty) copy") } { indecipherable, [ unclear, noun.attribute:unclearness,+ ] undecipherable, unreadable, (not easily deciphered; "indecipherable handwriting") }] [{ [ DECIPHERED, UNDECIPHERED,! ] (converted from cryptic to intelligible language) } ---- { [ UNDECIPHERED, DECIPHERED,! ] (not deciphered; "Linear A is still undeciphered") }] [{ [ BIOLOGICAL, ADOPTIVE,!] natural, ((of a parent or child) related by blood; genetically related; "biological child"; "natural parent") } { begotten, ((of offspring) generated by procreation; "naturally begotten child") } ---- { [ ADOPTIVE, verb.change:adopt,+ BIOLOGICAL,!] (of parents and children; related by adoption; "adoptive parents") } { foster, surrogate, (providing or receiving nurture or parental care though not related by blood or legal ties; "foster parent"; "foster child"; "foster home"; "surrogate father") }] [{ [ LEGITIMATE, ILLEGITIMATE,!] AUTHORIZED,^ LEGAL,^ VALID,^ (of marriages and offspring; recognized as lawful) } { lawfully-begotten, (born in wedlock; enjoying full filial rights) } { morganatic, left-handed1, ((of marriages) of a marriage between one of royal or noble birth and one of lower rank; valid but with the understanding that the rank of the inferior remains unchanged and offspring do not succeed to titles or property of the superior) } { true(a), [ lawful, noun.attribute:lawfulness,+ ] [ rightful(a), noun.attribute:rightfulness,+ ] (having a legally established claim; "the legitimate heir"; "the true and lawful king") } ---- { [ ILLEGITIMATE, LEGITIMATE,!] ILLEGAL,^ INVALID,^ UNAUTHORIZED,^ (of marriages and offspring; not recognized as lawful) } { adulterine, (conceived in adultery) } { base, baseborn, noun.communication:archaism,;u (illegitimate) } { [ bastardly, noun.person:bastard1,+ ] misbegot, misbegotten, spurious, (born out of wedlock; "the dominions of both rulers passed away to their spurious or doubtful offspring"- E.A.Freeman) } { fatherless, (not having a known or legally responsible father) } { left-handed2, ((of marriages) illicit or informal; "in Colonial America left-handed marriages between Frenchmen and Indians were frequent") } { [ unlawful, noun.attribute:unlawfulness,+ ] [ wrongful, noun.attribute:wrongfulness1,+ ] (having no legally established claim; "the wrongful heir to the throne") }] [{ [ LEPTORRHINE, CATARRHINE,! PLATYRRHINE,!] leptorhine, leptorrhinian, leptorrhinic, (having a long narrow nose) } ---- { [ CATARRHINE, LEPTORRHINE,! PLATYRRHINE,! ] [ catarrhinian, noun.animal:catarrhine,+ ] (of or related to Old World monkeys that have nostrils together and opening downward) } ---- { [ PLATYRRHINE, CATARRHINE,! LEPTORRHINE,!] [ platyrrhinian, noun.animal:platyrrhine,+ ] platyrhine, [ platyrhinian, noun.animal:platyrrhine,+ ] [ platyrrhinic, noun.animal:platyrrhine,+ ] broadnosed, (of or related to New World monkeys having nostrils far apart or to people with broad noses) }] [{ [ LEPTOSPORANGIATE, EUSPORANGIATE,!] ((of ferns) having each sporangium formed from a single epidermal cell; "leptosporangiate ferns") } ---- { [ EUSPORANGIATE, LEPTOSPORANGIATE,!] ((of ferns) having sporangia that arise from a group of epidermal cells; "eusporangiate ferns of the families Ophioglossaceae and Marattiaceae") }] [{ [ LIKE, noun.attribute:likeness,+ UNLIKE,!] [ similar2, noun.attribute:similarity,+ ] SAME,^ (resembling or similar; having the same or some of the same characteristics; often used in combination; "suits of like design"; "a limited circle of like minds"; "members of the cat family have like dispositions"; "as like as two peas in a pod"; "doglike devotion"; "a dreamlike quality") } { like-minded, (of the same turn of mind) } { look-alike, (resembling closely; "they have look-alike cars") } { suchlike, (of the same kind; "a locker that usually contained paper, ink, and suchlike equipment") } ---- { [ UNLIKE, noun.attribute:unlikeness,+ LIKE,!] (marked by dissimilarity; "for twins they are very unlike")}] [{ [ ALIKE(p), noun.attribute:alikeness,+ UNALIKE,!] [ similar4, noun.attribute:similarity,+ ] [ like4, noun.attribute:likeness,+ ] noun.attribute:likeness,= (having the same or similar characteristics; "all politicians are alike"; "they looked utterly alike"; "friends are generally alike in background and taste") } ---- { [ UNALIKE, ALIKE,!] [ dissimilar4, noun.attribute:dissimilarity,+ ] noun.attribute:likeness,= (not alike or similar; "as unalike as two people could be") }] [{ [ LIKE2, UNLIKE2,!] same4, EQUAL,^ (equal in amount or value; "like amounts"; "equivalent amounts"; "the same amount"; "gave one six blows and the other a like number"; "the same number") } ---- { [ UNLIKE2, LIKE2,!] UNEQUAL,^ (not equal in amount; "they distributed unlike (or unequal) sums to the various charities") }] [{ [ LIKELY, noun.attribute:likeliness,+ UNLIKELY,!] POSSIBLE,^ noun.attribute:likelihood,= (has a good chance of being the case or of coming about; "these services are likely to be available to us all before long"; "she is likely to forget"; "a likely place for a restaurant"; "the broken limb is likely to fall"; "rain is likely"; "a likely topic for investigation"; "likely candidates for the job") } { [ apt(p), noun.attribute:aptness1,+ ] [ liable(p), noun.attribute:liability,+ ] (at risk of or subject to experiencing something usually unpleasant; "he is apt to lose"; "she is liable to forget") } { [ probable, noun.attribute:probability,+ ] (apparently destined; "the probable consequences of going ahead with the scheme") } { promising, (showing possibility of achievement or excellence; "a promising young man") } ---- { [ UNLIKELY, noun.attribute:unlikeliness,+ LIKELY,!] noun.attribute:likelihood,= (has little chance of being the case or coming about; "an unlikely story"; "an unlikely candidate for reelection"; "a butcher is unlikely to preach vegetarianism") } { farfetched, far-fetched, ((of a theory or explanation) highly imaginative but unlikely and unconvincing; "a farfetched excuse") } { last, (most unlikely or unsuitable; "the last person we would have suspected"; "the last man they would have chosen for the job") } { outside, [ remote, noun.attribute:remoteness,+ ] (very unlikely; "an outside chance"; "a remote possibility"; "a remote contingency") }] [{ [ PROBABLE, noun.attribute:probability1,+ IMPROBABLE,!] [ likely4, noun.attribute:likeliness,+ ] (likely but not certain to be or become true or real; "a likely result"; "he foresaw a probable loss") } { equiprobable, (equally probable) } { [ presumptive, verb.communication:presume,+ verb.cognition:presume,+ ] (having a reasonable basis for belief or acceptance; "the presumptive heir (or heir apparent)") } { verisimilar, (appearing to be true or real; "a verisimilar tale") } ---- { [ IMPROBABLE, noun.attribute:improbableness,+ noun.attribute:improbability,+ PROBABLE,!] [ unlikely4, noun.attribute:unlikeliness,+ ] (not likely to be true or to occur or to have occurred; "legislation on the question is highly unlikely"; "an improbable event") } { supposed2(a), (mistakenly believed; "the supposed existence of ghosts") }] [{ [ LIMBED, LIMBLESS,!] (having or as if having limbs, especially limbs of a specified kind (usually used in combination); "strong-limbed") } { boughed4, (having boughs (of trees)) } { flipper-like, (having limbs that are used as flippers) } { heavy-limbed, (having heavy limbs) } { sharp-limbed, (having sharp limbs) } ---- { [ LIMBLESS, LIMBED,!] (having no limbs; "a snake is a limbless reptile") } { boughless4, (having no boughs (of trees)) }] [{ [ LIMITED, UNLIMITED,!] NARROW,^ (small in range or scope; "limited war"; "a limited success"; "a limited circle of friends") } { minor, modest, [ small, noun.attribute:smallness,+ ] small-scale, pocket-size, pocket-sized, (relatively moderate, limited, or small; "a small business"; "a newspaper with a modest circulation"; "small-scale plans"; "a pocket-size country") } { [ narrow, noun.cognition:narrowness1,+ ] (limited in size or scope; "the narrow sense of a word") } ---- { [ UNLIMITED, LIMITED,!] [ limitless4, noun.attribute:limitlessness,+ ] (having no limits in range or scope; "to start with a theory of unlimited freedom is to end up with unlimited despotism"- Philip Rahv; "the limitless reaches of outer space") } { [ bottomless, noun.attribute:bottomlessness,+ ] (having no apparent limits or bounds; "a bottomless supply of money"; "bottomless pockets") } { [ oceanic, noun.quantity:ocean,+ ] (resembling the ocean in apparent limitlessness in extent or degree; "the oceanic violence of his rage") } { untrammeled, untrammelled, (not confined or limited; "the gift of a fresh eye and an untrammeled curiosity"- Russell Lord; "the untrammeled rush that the snows had shown in the first spring sun"- Farley Mowat) }] [{ [ LINEAL, noun.group:line,+ COLLATERAL,!] direct4, RELATED1,^ (in a straight unbroken line of descent from parent to child; "lineal ancestors"; "lineal heirs"; "a direct descendant of the king"; "direct heredity") } { matrilineal, matrilinear, (based on or tracing descent through the female line; "matrilineal inheritance") } { patrilineal, patrilinear, (based on or tracing descent through the male line; "a patrilineal society") } { unilateral, (tracing descent from either the paternal or the maternal line only) } ---- { [ COLLATERAL, LINEAL,!] indirect4, RELATED1,^ (descended from a common ancestor but through different lines; "cousins are collateral relatives"; "an indirect descendant of the Stuarts") }] [{ [ LINEAR2, noun.attribute:linearity,+ NONLINEAR,!] [ additive4, verb.communication:add,+ verb.change:add,+ ] noun.cognition:math,;c (designating or involving an equation whose terms are of the first degree) } { bilinear, noun.cognition:math,;c (linear with respect to each of two variables or positions) } ---- { [ NONLINEAR, LINEAR2,!] noun.cognition:math,;c (designating or involving an equation whose terms are not of the first degree) }] [{ [ LINED, UNLINED,!] (having a lining or a liner; often used in combination; "a lined skirt"; "a silk-lined jacket") } { silk-lined, (having a silk lining) } ---- { [ UNLINED, LINED,!] (not having a lining or liner; "a thin unlined jacket") }] [{ [ LISTED, UNLISTED,!] (on a list) } ---- { [ UNLISTED, LISTED,!] (not on a list; "an unlisted telephone number") } { ex-directory, noun.location:Britain,;r ((of telephone numbers) not listed in the telephone directory; "an ex-directory number") } { over-the-counter, OTC, ((of securities) not traded on a stock exchange; "over-the-counter stocks") }] [{ [ LITERAL, noun.attribute:literalness,+ FIGURATIVE,!] EXACT,^ UNRHETORICAL,^ (limited to the explicit meaning of a word or text; "a literal translation") } { [ denotative, verb.communication:denote,+ ] [ explicit, noun.attribute:explicitness,+ ] (in accordance with fact or the primary meaning of a term) } ---- { [ FIGURATIVE, LITERAL,!] nonliteral, RHETORICAL,^ ((used of the meanings of words or text) not literal; using figures of speech; "figurative language") } { [ analogical, noun.cognition:analogy,+ noun.act:analogy,+ ] (expressing, composed of, or based on an analogy; "the analogical use of a metaphor") } { extended, (beyond the literal or primary sense; "`hot off the press' shows an extended sense of `hot'") } { [ metaphorical, noun.communication:metaphor,+ ] [ metaphoric, noun.communication:metaphor,+ ] (expressing one thing in terms normally denoting another; "a metaphorical expression"; "metaphoric language") } { [ metonymic, noun.communication:metonym,+ ] [ metonymical, noun.communication:metonymy,+ noun.communication:metonym,+ ] (using the name of one thing for that of another with which it is closely associated; "to say `he spent the evening reading Shakespeare' is metonymic because it substitutes the author himself for the author's works") } { [ poetic, noun.communication:poetry3,+ ] (characterized by romantic imagery; "Turner's vision of the rainbow...was poetic") } { [ synecdochic, noun.communication:synecdoche,+ ] [ synecdochical, noun.communication:synecdoche,+ ] (using the name of a part for that of the whole or the whole for the part; or the special for the general or the general for the special; or the material for the thing made of it; "to use `hand' for `worker' or `ten sail' for `ten ships' or `steel' for `sword' is to use a synecdochic figure of speech") } { [ tropical, noun.communication:trope,+ ] noun.cognition:rhetoric,;c (characterized by or of the nature of a trope or tropes; changed from its literal sense) }] [{ [ LITERATE1, ILLITERATE1,!] EDUCATED,^ SOPHISTICATED,^ (versed in literature; dealing with literature) } { belletristic, (written and regarded for aesthetic value rather than content) } { [ literary, noun.cognition:literature,+ ] (knowledgeable about literature; "a literary style") } ---- { [ILLITERATE1, LITERATE1,!] (lacking culture, especially in language and literature)}] [{ [LITERATE, ILLITERATE,!] (able to read and write)} ---- { [ ILLITERATE, LITERATE,!] UNEDUCATED,^ noun.cognition:literacy,= (not able to read or write) } { [ analphabetic, noun.person:analphabetic,+ noun.cognition:analphabetism,+ ] unlettered, (having little acquaintance with writing; "special tutorials to assist the unlettered sector of society") } { functionally_illiterate, (having reading and writing skills insufficient for ordinary practical needs) } { preliterate, (not yet having acquired the ability to read and write) } { semiliterate1, (barely able to read and write; "an semiliterate scrawl") } { semiliterate2, (able to read but not to write) }] [{ [ LIVE2, RECORDED,!] unrecorded4, (actually being performed at the time of hearing or viewing; "a live television program"; "brought to you live from Lincoln Center"; "live entertainment involves performers actually in the physical presence of a live audience") } { unfilmed, untaped, (not recorded on film or tape) } ---- { [ RECORDED, LIVE2,!] (set down or registered in a permanent form especially on film or tape for reproduction; "recorded music") } { canned, transcribed, noun.communication:colloquialism,;u (recorded for broadcast; "a transcribed announcement"; "canned laughter") } { filmed, (recorded on film; made into a movie; "a filmed documentary"; "the filmed version of the novel") } { prerecorded, (recorded at one time for transmission later) } { taped, tape-recorded, (recorded on tape) }] [{ [ LIVABLE, verb.stative:live8,+ UNLIVABLE,!] [ liveable, verb.stative:live8,+ ] (fit or suitable to live in or with; "livable conditions") } { [ habitable, noun.attribute:habitableness,+ noun.attribute:habitability,+ ] inhabitable, (fit for habitation; "the habitable world") } ---- { [ UNLIVABLE, LIVABLE,!] unliveable, (unfit or unsuitable to live in or with; "unlivable substandard housing") } { uninhabitable, (not fit for habitation) }] [{ [ LIVERIED, UNLIVERIED,!] (wearing livery; "liveried footmen stood on the palace steps") } ---- { [ UNLIVERIED, LIVERIED,!] (not wearing livery; "an unliveried chauffeur") }] [{ [ LOADED, UNLOADED,!] ((of weapons) charged with ammunition; "a loaded gun") } { live, (charged with an explosive; "live ammunition"; "a live bomb") } { undischarged, unexploded, (still capable of exploding or being fired; "undischarged ammunition"; "an unexploded bomb") } ---- { [ UNLOADED, LOADED,!] ((of weapons) not charged with ammunition; "many people are killed by guns thought to be unloaded") } { blank, (not charged with a bullet; "a blank cartridge") } { dud, (failing to detonate; especially not charged with an active explosive; "he stepped on a dud mine") }] [{ [ LOAMY, noun.substance:loam,+ LOAMLESS,!] (consisting of or having the character of loam; "richy loamy soil") } ---- { [ LOAMLESS, LOAMY,!] (having no loam; "a stony loamless yard") }] [{ [ LOCAL2, GENERAL2,!] noun.cognition:medicine,;c (affecting only a restricted part or area of the body; "local anesthesia") } { localized, localised, noun.cognition:medicine,;c (confined or restricted to a particular location; "the localized infection formed a definite abscess") } { topical, noun.cognition:medicine,;c (pertaining to the surface of a body part; "a drug for topical (or local) application"; "a topical anesthesia") } ---- { [ GENERAL2, noun.cognition:generality,+ noun.attribute:generality,+ LOCAL2,!] noun.cognition:medicine,;c (affecting the entire body; "a general anesthetic"; "general symptoms") } { systemic, (affecting an entire system; "a systemic poison") }] [{ [ EPIDEMIC, noun.event:epidemic,+ ENDEMIC,! ECDEMIC,! ] noun.cognition:medicine,;c ((especially of medicine) of disease or anything resembling a disease; attacking or affecting many individuals in a community or a population simultaneously; "an epidemic outbreak of influenza") } { epiphytotic, noun.Tops:plant,;c ((of plants) epidemic among plants of a single kind especially over a wide area; "an epiphytotic blight of potatoes"; "epiphytotic conditions associated with a single-plant agriculture") } { epizootic, noun.Tops:animal,;c ((of animals) epidemic among animals of a single kind within a particular region; "an epizootic disease") } { [ pandemic, noun.event:pandemic,+ ] (epidemic over a wide geographical area; "a pandemic outbreak of malaria") } { [ pestilent, noun.state:pestilence,+ ] [ pestilential, noun.state:pestilence,+ ] pestiferous, [ plaguey, noun.state:plague1,+ ] (likely to spread and cause an epidemic disease; "a pestilential malignancy in the air"- Jonathan Swift; "plaguey fevers") } ---- { [ ECDEMIC, ENDEMIC,! EPIDEMIC,! ] (of or relating to a disease that originates outside the locality in which it occurs) } ---- {[ ENDEMIC, EPIDEMIC,! ECDEMIC,! ] endemical, (of or relating to a disease (or anything resembling a disease) constantly present to greater or lesser extent in a particular locality; "diseases endemic to the tropics"; "endemic malaria"; "food shortages and starvation are endemic in certain parts of the world") } { enzootic, (of a disease that is constantly present in an animal community but only occurs in a small number of cases) } ] [{ [ GLOVED, GLOVELESS,!] (having the hands covered with gloves) } { gauntleted, (wearing a protective glove; "gestured with his gauntleted hand") } ---- { [ GLOVELESS, GLOVED,!] (devoid of gloves) }] [{ [ HATTED, HATLESS,!] (wearing a hat or a hat of a particular kind; "two old ladies, neatly hatted and gloved"; "a bearskin-hatted sentry") } { turbaned, (wearing a turban) } ---- { [ HATLESS, HATTED,!] (not wearing a hat; "stood hatless in the rain with water dripping down his neck") }] [{ [ GUIDED, UNGUIDED,!] (subject to guidance or control especially after launching; "a guided missile") } { radio-controlled, (operated and guided by radio; "a radio-controlled airplane") } { target-hunting, (guided automatically toward the target) } ---- { [ UNGUIDED, GUIDED,!] (not subject to guidance or control after launching; "unguided missiles") }] [{ [ LEGGED, LEGLESS,!] (having legs of a specified kind or number; "four-legged animals"; "a peg-legged man") } { leglike, (resembling or functioning like a leg; "leglike appendages") } { straight-legged, (having straight legs) } { three-legged, (having or as if having three legs; "a three-legged stool"; "a three-legged race") } ---- { [ LEGLESS, LEGGED,!] (not having legs; "a legless man in a wheelchair") }] [{ [ LOGICAL, noun.attribute:logicalness,+ noun.attribute:logicality,+ ILLOGICAL,!] ANALYTIC1,^ COHERENT,^ SYNTHETIC1,^ RATIONAL,^ REASONABLE,^ noun.attribute:logicality,= (capable of or reflecting the capability for correct and valid reasoning; "a logical mind") } { dianoetic, [ discursive, noun.attribute:discursiveness,+ ] noun.cognition:philosophy,;c (proceeding to a conclusion by reason or argument rather than intuition) } { formal, (logically deductive; "formal proof") } { [ ratiocinative, verb.cognition:ratiocinate,+ ] (based on exact thinking; "one's ratiocinative powers") } ---- { [ ILLOGICAL, noun.attribute:illogicalness,+ noun.attribute:illogicality,+ LOGICAL,!] unlogical4, INCOHERENT,^ IRRATIONAL,^ UNREASONABLE,^ noun.attribute:logicality,= (lacking in correct logical relation) } { [ absurd, noun.communication:absurdity,+ noun.communication:absurdness,+ ] (inconsistent with reason or logic or common sense; "the absurd predicament of seeming to argue that virtue is highly desirable but intensely unpleasant"- Walter Lippman) } { inconsequential, (not following logically as a consequence) } { [ intuitive, verb.cognition:intuit,+ ] nonrational, visceral, (obtained through intuition rather than from reasoning or observation) }] [{ [ EXTENDED, UNEXTENDED,!] (fully extended or stretched forth; "an extended telescope"; "his extended legs reached almost across the small room"; "refused to accept the extended hand") } { outspread, spread, (fully extended in width; "outspread wings"; "with arms spread wide") } { outstretched, (fully extended especially in length; "a kitten with one paw outstretched") } { [ sprawly, noun.attribute:sprawl,+ ] (extended out irregularly; "a big sprawly city") } { spread-eagle, (with arms and legs stretched out and apart; "lay spread-eagle on the floor") } { stretched2, (extended or spread over a wide area or distance; "broad fields lay stretched on both sides of us") } ---- { [ UNEXTENDED, EXTENDED,!] (not extended or stretched out; "an unextended arm") }] [{ [ MINI, MIDI,! MAXI,!] noun.communication:combining_form,;u (used of women's clothing; very short with hemline above the knee; "a mini dress"; "miniskirts") } ---- { [ MIDI, MAXI,! MINI,!] noun.communication:combining_form,;u (used of women's clothing having a hemline at mid-calf; "midiskirts"; "wore her dresses midi length") } ---- { [ MAXI, MINI,! MIDI,!] noun.communication:combining_form,;u (used of women's clothing having a hemline at the ankle; "wanted a maxi-length coat"; "a maxidress") }] [{ [ LOSSY, noun.process:loss,+ LOSSLESS,!] (characterized by or causing dissipation of energy) } ---- { [ LOSSLESS, LOSSY,!] (characterized by or causing no dissipation of energy) }] [{ [ LONG1, noun.attribute:longness,+ SHORT1,!] noun.attribute:length,= (primarily spatial sense; of relatively great or greater than average spatial extension or extension as specified; "a long road"; "a long distance"; "contained many long words"; "ten miles long") } { elongate, elongated, (having notably more length than width; being long and slender; "an elongate tail tapering to a point"; "the old man's gaunt and elongated frame") } { elongated2, extended, lengthened, prolonged, (drawn out or made longer spatially; "Picasso's elongated Don Quixote"; "lengthened skirts are fashionable this year"; "the extended airport runways can accommodate larger planes"; "a prolonged black line across the page") } { [ extendible, verb.stative:extend2,+ verb.contact:extend10,+ verb.change:extend15,+ verb.change:extend2,+ verb.body:extend1,+ ] extendable, (capable of being lengthened) } { [ far, noun.attribute:farness,+ ] (being of a considerable distance or length; "a far trek") } { lank, (long and thin and often limp; "grown lank with fasting"; "lank mousy hair") } { long-handled, pole-handled, (having a long handle) } { long-range, (suitable for or reaching long distances; "long-range nuclear capability") } { long-snouted, (having a snout that is longer than average) } { long-staple, (having relatively long fibers; "long-staple cotton") } { long-wool, long-wooled, ((of sheep) having relatively long wool) } { [ oblong, noun.shape:oblong,+ noun.attribute:oblongness,+ ] (deviating from a square or circle or sphere by being elongated in one direction) } { [ polysyllabic, noun.communication:polysyllable,+ ] [ sesquipedalian, noun.communication:sesquipedalian,+ noun.communication:sesquipedality,+ ] ((of words) long and ponderous; having many syllables; "sesquipedalian technical terms") } { stretch(a), (having an elongated seating area; "a stretch limousine") } ---- { [ SHORT1, noun.attribute:shortness3,+ LONG1,!] noun.attribute:length,= ((primarily spatial sense) having little length or lacking in length; "short skirts"; "short hair"; "the board was a foot short"; "a short toss") } { abbreviated, brief, ((of clothing) very short; "an abbreviated swimsuit"; "a brief bikini") } { close, (used of hair or haircuts; "a close military haircut") } { curtal, noun.communication:archaism,;u ((archaic) cut short; "a dog with a curtal tail") } { sawed-off, sawn-off, shortened1, (cut short; "a sawed-off shotgun"; "a sawed-off broomstick"; "the shortened rope was easier to use") } { shortish, (somewhat short) } { short-range, (limited to short distances; "short-range planes"; "a short-range shot") } { short-snouted, (having a snout that is shorter than average) } { snub, (unusually short; "a snub nose") } { [ stubby, noun.attribute:stubbiness,+ ] (short and blunt; "stubby fingers"; "a stubby pencil") } { telescoped, shortened2, (shortened by or as if by means of parts that slide one within another or are crushed one into another; "a miracle that anyone survived in the telescoped cars"; "years that seemed telescoped like time in a dream") } { truncate1, truncated, (terminating abruptly by having or as if having an end or point cut off; "a truncate leaf"; "truncated volcanic mountains"; "a truncated pyramid") }] [{ [ LONG2, noun.attribute:longness1,+ SHORT2,!] noun.attribute:length1,= (primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified; "a long life"; "a long boring speech"; "a long time"; "a long friendship"; "a long game"; "long ago"; "an hour long") } { agelong, (lasting through all time; "agelong struggle for freedom") } { [ bimestrial, noun.time:bimester,+ ] (two months long; lasting two months) } { chronic, continuing, (of long duration; "chronic money problems")} { daylong, (lasting through an entire day) } { drawn-out, extended, [ lengthy, noun.attribute:length1,+ noun.attribute:lengthiness1,+ ] prolonged, protracted, (relatively long in duration; tediously protracted; "a drawn-out argument"; "an extended discussion"; "a lengthy visit from her mother-in-law"; "a prolonged and bitter struggle"; "protracted negotiations") } { [ durable, noun.attribute:durability,+ ] [ lasting, noun.attribute:lastingness,+ ] long-lasting, long-lived, (existing for a long time; "hopes for a durable peace"; "a long-lasting friendship") } { eight-day, (lasting for eight days) } { [ endless, noun.attribute:endlessness,+ ] [ eternal, noun.time:eternity1,+ ] interminable, (tiresomely long; seemingly without end; "endless debates"; "an endless conversation"; "the wait seemed eternal"; "eternal quarreling"; "an interminable sermon") } { hourlong, (lasting for an hour; "an hourlong examination") } { lifelong, womb-to-tomb, (continuing through life; "a lifelong friend"; "from lifelong habit"; "his lifelong study of Greek art") } { long-acting, (active over a long period of time) } { long-dated, noun.location:Britain,;r (of a gilt-edged security; having more than 15 years to run before redemption) } { longish, (somewhat long) } { long-life, ((of perishable goods) treated to stay fresh longer than usual; "long-life milk") } { longitudinal, (over an extended time; "a longitudinal study of twins") } { long-range, (involving an extended span of time; "long-range goals") } { long-run, long-term, semipermanent, (relating to or extending over a relatively long time; "the long-run significance of the elections"; "the long-term reconstruction of countries damaged by the war"; "a long-term investment") } { longstanding, long-standing, (having existed for a long time; "a long-standing friendship"; "the longstanding conflict") } { monthlong, (last through a month; "a monthlong stay in the hospital") } { nightlong, all-night, overnight, (lasting, open, or operating through the whole night; "a nightlong vigil"; "an all-night drugstore"; "an overnight trip") } { perennial, (lasting an indefinitely long time; suggesting self-renewal; "perennial happiness") } { time-consuming, (of a task that takes time and patience) } { weeklong, seven-day, (lasting through a week; "her weeklong vacation") } { yearlong, (lasting through a year; "attending yearlong courses") } ---- { [ SHORT2, noun.attribute:shortness2,+ LONG2,!] noun.attribute:length1,= (primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration; "a short life"; "a short flight"; "a short holiday"; "a short story"; "only a few short months") } { abbreviated, shortened, truncated, (cut short in duration; "the abbreviated speech"; "her shortened life was clearly the result of smoking"; "an unsatisfactory truncated conversation") } { [ brief, noun.attribute:brevity,+ noun.attribute:briefness1,+ ] (of short duration or distance; "a brief stay in the country") } { clipped, ((of speech) having quick short sounds; "a clipped upper-class accent") } { [ fleeting, noun.attribute:fleetingness,+ ] fugitive, [ momentaneous, noun.time:moment1,+ ] [ momentary, noun.time:moment1,+ ] (lasting for a markedly brief time; "a fleeting glance"; "fugitive hours"; "rapid momentaneous association of things that meet and pass"; "a momentary glimpse") } { short_and_sweet(p), (dealt with very quickly; to the point; "the conference was short and sweet"; "make your statement short and sweet") } { short-dated, noun.location:Britain,;r (of a gilt-edged security; having less than 5 years to run before redemption) } { short-range, (relating to the near future; "a short-range policy") } { short-run, short-term, (relating to or extending over a limited period; "short-run planning"; "a short-term lease"; "short-term credit") }] [{ [ LONG4, SHORT4,!] noun.cognition:phonetics,;c ((of speech sounds or syllables) of relatively long duration; "the English vowel sounds in `bate', `beat', `bite', `boat', `boot' are long") } ---- { [ SHORT4, LONG4,!] noun.cognition:phonetics,;c (of speech sounds or syllables of relatively short duration; "the English vowel sounds in `pat', `pet', `pit', `pot', putt' are short") }] [{ [ LONG5, SHORT5,!] noun.cognition:finance,;c (holding securities or commodities in expectation of a rise in prices; "is long on coffee"; "a long position in gold") } ---- { [ SHORT5, LONG5,!] noun.cognition:finance,;c (not holding securities or commodities that one sells in expectation of a fall in prices; "a short sale"; "short in cotton") }] [{ [ LENGTHWISE, CROSSWISE,!] lengthways, (running or extending in the direction of the length of a thing; "the lengthwise dimension") } { [ axial, noun.cognition:axis,+ ] (situated on or along or in the direction of an axis) } { end-to-end, (with the end of one object in contact lengthwise with the end of another object) } { fore-and-aft, noun.act:navigation1,;c (parallel with the keel of a boat or ship) } { linear, running(a), (measured lengthwise; "cost of lumber per running foot") } { longitudinal, (running lengthwise; "a thin longitudinal strip"; "longitudinal measurements of the hull") } ---- { [ CROSSWISE, LENGTHWISE,!] (lying or extending across the length of a thing or in a cross direction; "a crosswise street"; "the crosswise dimension") } { cross(a), transverse, transversal, thwartwise, (extending or lying across; in a crosswise direction; at right angles to the long axis; "cross members should be all steel"; "from the transverse hall the stairway ascends gracefully"; "transversal vibrations"; "transverse colon") } { cross-section(a), [ cross-sectional, noun.location:cross_section,+ ] (representing a plane made by cutting across something at right angles to its length; "cross-section views of the neck") } ] [{ [ LIDDED, LIDLESS,!] (having or covered with a lid or lids; often used in combination; "milk is left in a large lidded mug"; "heavy-lidded eyes") } ---- { [ LIDLESS, LIDDED,!] (not having or covered with a lid or lids; "a lidless container") }] [{ [ LOOSE1, noun.attribute:looseness3,+ TIGHT1,!] LAX1,^ (not tight; not closely constrained or constricted or constricting; "loose clothing"; "the large shoes were very loose") } { baggy, loose-fitting, sloppy, (not fitting closely; hanging loosely; "baggy trousers"; "a loose-fitting blouse is comfortable in hot weather") } { flyaway, ((of hair or clothing) worn loose; "her flyaway hair"; "a flyaway coat") } ---- { [ TIGHT1, noun.cognition:tightness,+ LOOSE1,!] TENSE1,^ TIGHT2,^ (closely constrained or constricted or constricting; "tight skirts"; "he hated tight starched collars"; "fingers closed in a tight fist"; "a tight feeling in his chest") } { choky, (so tight as to tend to choke; "a choky collar") } { clenched, clinched, (closed or squeezed together tightly; "a clenched fist"; "his clenched (or clinched) teeth") } { close, snug, close-fitting, (fitting closely but comfortably; "a close fit") } { skintight, skin-tight, (so tight as to cling to the skin; "skintight jeans") } { tight-fitting, tightfitting, tight_fitting, tightly_fitting, skinny, (fitting snugly; "a tightly-fitting cover"; "tight-fitting clothes") } { viselike, (clamped as in a vise; "a viselike grip") }] [{ [ CONSTRICTED, UNCONSTRICTED,!] (drawn together or squeezed physically or by extension psychologically; "a constricted blood vessel"; "a constricted view of life") } { narrowed, (made narrow; limited in breadth; "narrowed arteries impair blood circulation"; "a narrowed view of the world") } { pinched, (as if squeezed uncomfortably tight; "her pinched toes in her pointed shoes were killing her") } { stenosed, [ stenotic, noun.state:stenosis,+ ] noun.cognition:pathology,;c (abnormally constricted body canal or passage; "a stenosed coronary artery") } ---- { [ UNCONSTRICTED, CONSTRICTED,!] (not constricted physically or by extension psychologically; "healthy unconstricted arteries") } { [ open, noun.attribute:openness2,+ ] (without undue constriction as from e.g. tenseness or inhibition; "the clarity and resonance of an open tone"; "her natural and open response") }] [{ [ LOST1, FOUND,!] LOST2,^ (no longer in your possession or control; unable to be found or recovered; "a lost child"; "lost friends"; "his lost book"; "lost opportunities") } { mislaid, misplaced, (lost temporarily; as especially put in an unaccustomed or forgotten place; "the mislaid hat turned up eventually"; "misplaced tickets") } { missing, (not able to be found; "missing in action"; "a missing person") } { squandered, wasted, (not used to good advantage; "squandered money cannot be replaced"; "a wasted effort") } { [ stray, noun.animal:stray,+ ] ((of an animal) having no home or having wandered away from home; "a stray calf"; "a stray dog") } { straying, (unable to find your way; "found the straying sheep") } ---- { [ FOUND, LOST1,!] SAVED,^ (come upon unexpectedly or after searching; "found art"; "the lost-and-found department") } { recovered(p), (found after being lost) }] [{ [ LOST2, SAVED,!] CURSED,^ LOST1,^ UNREGENERATE,^ (spiritually or physically doomed or destroyed; "lost souls"; "a lost generation"; "a lost ship"; "the lost platoon") } { cursed, damned, doomed, unredeemed, unsaved, noun.cognition:Christianity,;c (in danger of the eternal punishment of Hell; "poor damned souls") } { destroyed, ruined, (destroyed physically or morally) } ---- { [ SAVED, LOST2,!] BLESSED,^ FOUND,^ REGENERATE,^ (rescued; especially from the power and consequences of sin; "a saved soul") } { blessed, (enjoying the bliss of heaven) } { ransomed1, (reclaimed by payment of a ransom) } { rescued, reclaimed, (delivered from danger) } { ransomed2, redeemed, noun.cognition:Christianity,;c (saved from the bondage of sin) } { salvageable, (capable of being saved from ruin; "their marriage was not salvageable") }] [{ [ LOST3, WON,!] (not gained or won; "a lost battle"; "a lost prize") } { confiscate, forfeit, forfeited, (surrendered as a penalty) } ---- { [ WON, LOST3,!] (not subject to defeat; "with that move it's a won game") }] [{ [ LOUD, noun.attribute:loudness,+ SOFT4,!] AUDIBLE,^ NOISY,^ noun.attribute:volume2,= (characterized by or producing sound of great volume or intensity; "a group of loud children"; "loud thunder"; "her voice was too loud"; "loud trombones") } { big, (loud and firm; "a big voice"; "big bold piano sounds") } { blaring, blasting, (unpleasantly loud and penetrating; "the blaring noise of trumpets"; "shut our ears against the blasting music from his car radio") } { clarion, (loud and clear; "a clarion call") } { deafening, earsplitting, [ thunderous, noun.event:thunder,+ ] thundery, (loud enough to cause (temporary) hearing loss) } { earthshaking, (loud enough to shake the very earth) } { harsh-voiced, (having an unusually harsh sound) } { loud-mouthed, (given to loud offensive talk) } { loud-voiced, (having an unusually loud voice) } { shattering, (seemingly loud enough to break something; violently rattling or clattering; "shattering rain striking the windowpanes"; "the shattering tones of the enormous carillon"; "the shattering peal of artillery") } { shouted, yelled, (in a vehement outcry; "his shouted words of encouragement could be heard over the crowd noises") } { trumpet-like, (resembling the sound of a trumpet) } { vocal, (full of the sound of voices; "a playground vocal with the shouts and laughter of children") } ---- { [ SOFT4, noun.attribute:softness1,+ LOUD,!] QUIET1,^ noun.attribute:volume2,= ((of sound) relatively low in volume; "soft voices"; "soft music") } { dull, muffled, muted, softened, (being or made softer or less loud or clear; "the dull boom of distant breaking waves"; "muffled drums"; "the muffled noises of the street"; "muted trumpets") } { [ euphonious, noun.cognition:euphony,+ ] noun.communication:dialect,;u ((of speech or dialect) pleasing in sound; not harsh or strident; "her euphonious Southern speech") } { [ gentle, noun.attribute:gentleness,+ ] (quiet and soothing; "a gentle voice"; "a gentle nocturne") } { hushed, muted2, [ subdued, noun.attribute:subduedness,+ ] quiet, (in a softened tone; "hushed voices"; "muted trumpets"; "a subdued whisper"; "a quiet reprimand") } { [ little, noun.attribute:littleness3,+ ] [ small, noun.attribute:smallness3,+ ] ((of a voice) faint; "a little voice"; "a still small voice") } { [ low, noun.attribute:lowness1,+ ] low-toned, (very low in volume; "a low murmur"; "the low-toned murmur of the surf") } { murmuring, [ susurrant, verb.communication:susurrate,+ ] whispering, (making a low continuous indistinct sound; "like murmuring waves"; "susurrant voices") } { [ murmurous, noun.event:murmur,+ ] rustling, soughing, susurrous, (characterized by soft sounds; "a murmurous brook"; "a soughing wind in the pines"; "a slow sad susurrous rustle like the wind fingering the pines"- R.P.Warren) } { soft-footed, (sound of quiet gentle steps) } { soft-spoken, (having a speaking manner that is not loud or harsh; "she was always soft-spoken") }] [{ [ FULL1, noun.attribute:fullness2,+ THIN4,!] ((of sound) having marked deepness and body; "full tones"; "a full voice") } { booming, [ stentorian, noun.person:stentor,+ ] ((used of the voice or sound) deep and resonant) } { grumbling, rumbling, (continuous full and low-pitched throbbing sound; "the rumbling rolling sound of thunder") } { [ plangent, noun.attribute:plangency,+ ] (loud and resounding; "plangent bells"; "the plangent minority") } { [ rich, noun.attribute:richness1,+ ] (pleasantly full and mellow; "a rich tenor voice") } { orotund, rotund, [ round, noun.communication:roundness,+ ] pear-shaped, ((of sounds) full and rich; "orotund tones"; "the rotund and reverberating phrase"; "pear-shaped vowels") } { heavy, [ sonorous, noun.attribute:sonorousness,+ noun.attribute:sonority,+ ] (full and loud and deep; "heavy sounds"; "a herald chosen for his sonorous voice") } { sounding, (having volume or deepness; "sounding brass and a tinkling cymbal"; "the sounding cataract haunted me like a passion"- Wordsworth) } ---- { [ THIN4, noun.attribute:thinness4,+ FULL1,!] ((of sound) lacking resonance or volume; "a thin feeble cry") } { pale, (not full or rich; "high, pale, pure and lovely song") }] [{ [ PIANO, FORTE,!] soft7, ((used chiefly as a direction or description in music) soft; in a quiet, subdued tone; "the piano passages in the composition") } { [ pianissimo, noun.attribute:pianissimo,+ ] ((chiefly a direction or description in music) very soft) } { pianissimo_assai, ((chiefly a direction or description in music) very soft) } ---- { [ FORTE, PIANO,!] [ loud2, noun.attribute:loudness,+ ] ((used chiefly as a direction or description in music) loud; with force; "the forte passages in the composition") } { fortemente, ((chiefly a direction or description in music) loud and strong) } { fortissimo, ((chiefly a direction or description in music) very loud and strong) }] [{ [ HARDENED6, SOFT6,! ] (protected against attack (especially by nuclear weapons); "hardened missile silos") } ---- { [ SOFT6, HARDENED6,! ] (not protected against attack (especially by nuclear weapons); "soft targets") }] [{ [ LOVABLE, verb.emotion:love1,+ verb.emotion:love,+ HATEFUL,!] [ loveable, verb.emotion:love1,+ verb.emotion:love,+ ] AMICABLE,^ DESIRABLE,^ LOVING,^ (having characteristics that attract love or affection; "a mischievous but lovable child") } { [ adorable, verb.emotion:adore,+ noun.attribute:adorability,+ noun.attribute:adorableness,+ ] endearing, [ lovely, noun.attribute:loveliness,+ ] (lovable especially in a childlike or naive way) } { angelic, [ angelical, noun.person:angel3,+ noun.person:angel,+ ] cherubic, [ seraphic, noun.person:seraph,+ ] [ sweet, noun.attribute:sweetness3,+ ] (having a sweet nature befitting an angel or cherub; "an angelic smile"; "a cherubic face"; "looking so seraphic when he slept"; "a sweet disposition") } { cuddlesome, [ cuddly, noun.act:cuddle,+ ] (inviting cuddling or hugging; "a cuddlesome baby"; "a cuddly teddybear") } ---- { [ HATEFUL, noun.attribute:hatefulness,+ LOVABLE,!] HOSTILE1,^ OFFENSIVE1,^ UNDESIRABLE,^ (evoking or deserving hatred; "no vice is universally as hateful as ingratitude"- Joseph Priestly) } { [ abominable, verb.emotion:abominate,+ ] detestable, execrable, [ odious, noun.feeling:odium,+ noun.attribute:odiousness,+ ] (unequivocally detestable; "abominable treatment of prisoners"; "detestable vices"; "execrable crimes"; "consequences odious to those you govern"- Edmund Burke) } { unlovable, (incapable of inspiring love or affection; "she was in some mysterious way...unlovable"-Joseph Conrad) }] [{ [ LIKED, DISLIKED,!] (found pleasant or attractive; often used as a combining form; "a well-liked teacher") } { [ likable, verb.emotion:like4,+ ] [ likeable, verb.emotion:like4,+ ] (easy to like; agreeable; "an attractive and likable young man") } ---- { [ DISLIKED, LIKED,!] (regarded with aversion; "he was intensely disliked") } { dislikable, (such as to provoke dislike) } { unlikable, unlikeable, (difficult or impossible to like; "a disagreeable and unlikable old woman") }] [{ [ LOVED, UNLOVED,!] WANTED,^ (held dear; "his loved companion of many years") } { admired, (regarded with admiration) } { adored, idolized, idolised, worshipped(a), (regarded with deep or rapturous love (especially as if for a god); "adored grandchildren"; "an idolized wife") } { [ beloved, noun.person:beloved,+ ] [ darling, noun.person:darling,+ ] [ dear, noun.person:dear,+ ] (dearly loved) } { blue-eyed(a), fair-haired(a), white-haired(a), noun.communication:colloquialism,;u (favorite; "the fair-haired boy of the literary set") } { cherished, [ precious, noun.attribute:preciousness,+ ] treasured, wanted, (characterized by feeling or showing fond affection for; "a cherished friend"; "children are precious"; "a treasured heirloom"; "so good to feel wanted") } { favored, [ favorite(a), noun.cognition:favorite,+ ] [ favourite(a), noun.person:favourite,+ ] best-loved, pet, preferred, [ preferent, noun.cognition:preference1,+ ] (preferred above all others and treated with partiality; "the favored child") } ---- { [ UNLOVED, LOVED,!] UNWANTED,^ (not loved) } { alienated, estranged, (caused to be unloved) } { bereft, lovelorn, unbeloved, (unhappy in love; suffering from unrequited love) } { despised, detested, hated, scorned, (treated with dislike or contempt) } { disinherited, (deprived of your rightful heritage) } { jilted, rejected, spurned, (rebuffed (by a lover) without warning; "jilted at the altar") } { loveless, (receiving no love; "a loveless childhood") }] [{ [ LOVING, noun.feeling:lovingness,+ noun.attribute:lovingness,+ UNLOVING,!] ATTACHED1,^ LOVABLE,^ PASSIONATE,^ WARMHEARTED,^ (feeling or showing love and affection; "loving parents"; "loving glances") } { adoring, doting, [ fond1, noun.attribute:fondness,+ ] (extravagantly or foolishly loving and indulgent; "adoring grandparents"; "deceiving her preoccupied and doting husband with a young captain"; "hopelessly spoiled by a fond mother") } { [ affectionate, noun.feeling:affection,+ noun.feeling:affectionateness,+ noun.attribute:affectionateness,+ ] [ fond2, noun.feeling:fondness,+ ] lovesome, [ tender, noun.feeling:tenderness1,+ noun.attribute:tenderness,+ ] (having or displaying warmth or affection; "affectionate children"; "a fond embrace"; "fond of his nephew"; "a tender glance") } { [ amative, noun.feeling:amativeness,+ ] [ amorous1, noun.feeling:amorousness1,+ ] (inclined toward or displaying love; "feeling amorous") } { amatory, [ amorous2, noun.feeling:amorousness2,+ ] [ romantic1, noun.state:romance,+ ] (expressive of or exciting sexual love or romance; "her amatory affairs"; "amorous glances"; "a romantic adventure"; "a romantic moonlight ride") } { attached, (fond and affectionate; "she was very attached to her father")} { captivated, charmed, (strongly attracted) } { [ enamored, noun.feeling:enamoredness,+ ] infatuated, in_love, potty, smitten, soft_on(p), taken_with(p), (marked by foolish or unreasoning fondness; "he was infatuated with her"; "Narcissus was a beautiful Greek youth who became enamored of his own reflection") } { idolatrous, (blindly or excessively devoted or adoring) } { loverlike, loverly, (like or in the manner of a lover) } { overfond, (excessively fond) } { [ tenderhearted, noun.feeling:tenderheartedness,+ ] (easily moved to love) } { touchy-feely, noun.communication:derogation,;u ((often derogatory) openly expressing love and affection (especially through physical contact)) } { [ uxorious, noun.attribute:uxoriousness,+ ] (foolishly fond of or submissive to your wife) } ---- { [ UNLOVING, LOVING,!] COLDHEARTED,^ (not giving or reciprocating affection) } { [ cold, noun.attribute:coldness1,+ ] [ frigid, noun.attribute:frigidness1,+ noun.attribute:frigidity1,+ ] (sexually unresponsive; "was cold to his advances"; "a frigid woman") } { loveless, (without love; "a loveless marriage") } { detached, unaffectionate, uncaring, (lacking affection or warm feeling; "an uncaring person") } { unromantic, (neither expressive of nor exciting sexual love or romance) }] [{ [ LOWERCASE, UPPERCASE,!] MINUSCULE,^ (relating to small (not capitalized) letters that were kept in the lower half of a compositor's type case; "lowercase letters; a and b and c etc") } { little, minuscule, small, (lowercase; "little a"; "small a"; "e.e.cummings's poetry is written all in minuscule letters") } ---- { [ UPPERCASE, LOWERCASE,!] MAJUSCULE,^ (relating to capital letters which were kept in the top half of a compositor's type case; "uppercase letters; X and Y and Z etc") } { [ capital, noun.communication:capital,+ ] great, majuscule, (uppercase; "capital A"; "great A"; "many medieval manuscripts are in majuscule script") }] [{ [ LUCKY, noun.phenomenon:luck1,+ noun.state:luckiness,+ UNLUCKY,!] FORTUNATE,^ (having or bringing good fortune; "my lucky day"; "a lucky man") } { apotropaic, (having the power to prevent evil or bad luck) } { hot, (having or bringing unusually good luck; "hot at craps"; "the dice are hot tonight") } { [ serendipitous, noun.phenomenon:serendipity,+ ] (lucky in making unexpected and fortunate discoveries) } ---- { [ UNLUCKY, LUCKY,!] luckless, UNFORTUNATE,^ (having or bringing misfortune; "Friday the 13th is an unlucky date") } { hexed, jinxed, noun.communication:colloquialism,;u ((usually used colloquially) causing or accompanied by misfortune) }] [{ [ LYRIC, DRAMATIC2,!] noun.communication:music,;c (used of a singer or singing voice that is light in volume and modest in range; "a lyric soprano") } ---- { [ DRAMATIC2, LYRIC,!] noun.communication:music,;c (used of a singer or singing voice that is marked by power and expressiveness and a histrionic or theatrical style; "a dramatic tenor"; "a dramatic soprano") }] [{ [ MADE, UNMADE,!] ((of a bed) having the sheets and blankets set in order; "a neatly made bed") } ---- { [ UNMADE, MADE,!] ((of a bed) not having the sheets and blankets set in order; "an unmade bed with tangled sheets and blankets") }] [{ [ MAGNETIC, noun.artifact:magnet,+ ANTIMAGNETIC,!] magnetized, magnetised, (having the properties of a magnet; i.e. of attracting iron or steel; "the hard disk is covered with a thin coat of magnetic material") } { [ attractable, verb.contact:attract1,+ ] (capable of being magnetized or attracted by a magnet; "the magnetic chips of steel produced by a cutting tool are attractable by a magnet") } ---- { [ ANTIMAGNETIC, MAGNETIC,!] (impervious to the effects of a magnetic field; resistant to magnetization; "an antimagnetic watch") }] [{ [ MAGNETIC1, noun.artifact:magnet,+ GEOGRAPHIC,!] (determined by earth's magnetic fields; "magnetic north"; "the needle of a magnetic compass points to the magnetic north pole") } ---- { [ GEOGRAPHIC, MAGNETIC1,!] geographical, (determined by geography; "the north and south geographic poles") } { true(a), (determined with reference to the earth's axis rather than the magnetic poles; "true north is geographic north") }] [{ [ MAGNETIC3, noun.artifact:magnet,+ NONMAGNETIC,! ] (capable of being magnetized) } ---- { [ NONMAGNETIC, MAGNETIC3,! ] (not capable of being magnetized) }] [{ [ MAJOR1, noun.quantity:majority,+ noun.attribute:majority,+ MINOR1,!] noun.attribute:majority,= (greater in number or size or amount; "a major portion (a majority) of the population"; "Ursa Major"; "a major portion of the winnings") } { better, (more than half; "argued for the better part of an hour") } ---- { [ MINOR1, noun.attribute:minority,+ MAJOR1,!] noun.attribute:minority,= (inferior in number or size or amount; "a minor share of the profits"; "Ursa Minor") }] [{ [ MAJOR2, MINOR2,!] (greater in scope or effect; "a major contribution"; "a major improvement"; "a major break with tradition"; "a major misunderstanding") } ---- { [ MINOR2, MAJOR2,!] (lesser in scope or effect; "had minor differences"; "a minor disturbance") }] [{ [ MAJOR3, noun.time:majority,+ MINOR3,!] noun.group:law,;c (of full legal age) } ---- { [ MINOR3, noun.time:minority,+ MAJOR3,!] nonaged, underage, noun.group:law,;c (not of legal age; "minor children") }] [{ [ MAJOR4, MINOR4,!] noun.communication:music,;c ((of a scale or mode) having half steps between the third and fourth degrees and the seventh and eighth degrees; "major scales"; "the key of D major") } ---- { [ MINOR4, MAJOR4,!] noun.communication:music,;c ((of a scale or mode) having half steps between the second and third degrees, and (usually) the fifth and sixth degrees, and the seventh and eighth degrees; "the minor keys"; "in B flat minor") }] [{ [ MAJOR5, MINOR5,!] (of the field of academic study in which one concentrates or specializes; "his major field was mathematics") } ---- { [ MINOR5, MAJOR5,!] (of your secondary field of academic concentration or specialization) }] [{ [ MAJOR6, MINOR6,!] (of greater importance or stature or rank; "a major artist"; "a major role"; "major highways") } { leading2(p), prima(p), star(p), starring(p), stellar(a), (indicating the most important performer or role; "the leading man"; "prima ballerina"; "prima donna"; "a star figure skater"; "the starring role"; "a stellar role"; "a stellar performance") } ---- { [ MINOR6, MAJOR6,!] (of lesser importance or stature or rank; "a minor poet"; "had a minor part in the play"; "a minor official"; "many of these hardy adventurers were minor noblemen"; "minor back roads") } { [ insignificant, noun.attribute:insignificance,+ ] peanut, (of little importance or influence or power; of minor status; "a minor, insignificant bureaucrat"; "peanut politicians") } { secondary, (not of major importance; "played a secondary role in world events") }] [{ [ MAJOR7, MINOR7,!] (of greater seriousness or danger; "a major earthquake"; "a major hurricane"; "a major illness") } ---- { [ MINOR7, MAJOR7,!] (of lesser seriousness or danger; "suffered only minor injuries"; "some minor flooding"; "a minor tropical disturbance") }] [{ [ MAJUSCULE, MINUSCULE,!] UPPERCASE,^ (of or relating to a style of writing characterized by somewhat rounded capital letters; 4th to 8th centuries) } { [ majuscular, noun.communication:majuscule,+ ] (of the nature of a majuscule or written in majuscules) } ---- { [ MINUSCULE, MAJUSCULE,!] [ minuscular, noun.communication:minuscule,+ ] LOWERCASE,^ (of or relating to a small cursive script developed from uncial; 7th to 9th centuries) }] [{ [ MANAGEABLE, noun.attribute:manageableness,+ noun.attribute:manageability,+ verb.social:manage1,+ verb.social:manage,+ UNMANAGEABLE,!] COMPLIANT,^ OBEDIENT,^ TRACTABLE,^ (capable of being managed or controlled) } { [ administrable, verb.social:administrate,+ verb.social:administer,+ ] (capable of being administered or managed) } { controllable, governable, (capable of being controlled) } { directed, (manageable by a supervising agent; "a directed program of study") } { steerable, [ dirigible, noun.artifact:dirigible,+ ] (capable of being steered or directed) } ---- { [ UNMANAGEABLE, noun.attribute:unmanageableness,+ MANAGEABLE,!] difficult1, DEFIANT,^ DISOBEDIENT,^ INTRACTABLE,^ (hard to control; "a difficult child"; "an unmanageable situation") } { indocile, uncontrollable, ungovernable, [ unruly, noun.attribute:unruliness,+ ] (incapable of being controlled; "the little boy's parents think he is spirited, but his teacher finds him unruly") } { incorrigible, (difficult or impossible to manage or control; "an incorrigible mess") } { uncheckable, (incapable of being checked or restrained) }] [{ [ MANLY, noun.person:man6,+ noun.person:man,+ noun.attribute:manliness,+ UNMANLY,!] [ manful, noun.attribute:manfulness,+ ] manlike, MASCULINE1,^ (possessing qualities befitting a man) } { man-sized, (calling for the strength of a man; "a man-sized job") } ---- { [ UNMANLY, noun.attribute:unmanliness,+ MANLY,!] unmanful, unmanlike, (not possessing qualities befitting a man) } { [ effeminate, noun.attribute:effeminateness,+ ] emasculate, epicene, cissy, sissified, sissyish, [ sissy, noun.attribute:sissiness,+ ] (having unsuitable feminine qualities) } { [ womanish, noun.attribute:womanishness,+ ] (having characteristics associated with women and considered undesirable in men; "womanish tears") }] [{ [ MALE, noun.attribute:maleness,+ FEMALE,! ANDROGYNOUS,!] MASCULINE1,^ noun.attribute:sex,= noun.cognition:biology,;c (being the sex (of plant or animal) that produces gametes (spermatozoa) that perform the fertilizing function in generation; "a male infant"; "a male holly tree") } { [ male1, noun.person:male,+ noun.attribute:maleness,+ ] (for or pertaining to or composed of men or boys; "the male lead"; "the male population") } { [ antheral, noun.plant:anther,+ ] staminate, noun.cognition:botany,;c (capable of fertilizing female organs) } { [ phallic, noun.body:phallus,+ ] priapic, (resembling or being a phallus; "a phallic symbol"; "phallic eroticism"; "priapic figurines") } { priapic2, (overly concerned with masculinity and male sexuality; "priapic episodes"; "priapic victories") } { young-begetting(a), (capable of fathering offspring) } ---- { [ FEMALE, noun.animal:female,+ noun.attribute:femaleness,+ ANDROGYNOUS,! MALE,!] FEMININE1,^ noun.attribute:sex,= noun.cognition:biology,;c (being the sex (of plant or animal) that produces fertilizable gametes (ova) from which offspring develop; "a female heir"; "female holly trees bear the berries") } { [ female1, noun.attribute:femaleness,+ ] (for or pertaining to or composed of women or girls; "the female lead in the play"; "a female chorus") } { egg-producing(a), young-bearing(a), (capable of producing eggs and bearing offspring) } { pistillate, noun.cognition:botany,;c (having gynoecia, or pistils, the ovule-bearing organ of a seed plant) } ---- { [ ANDROGYNOUS, noun.person:androgyne,+ noun.attribute:androgyny,+ MALE,! FEMALE,!] noun.attribute:sex,= (having both male and female characteristics) } { [ bisexual, noun.attribute:bisexuality,+ ] epicene, (having an ambiguous sexual identity) } { gynandromorphic, [ gynandromorphous, noun.person:gynandromorph,+ ] (having both male and female morphological characteristics) } { [ hermaphroditic, noun.person:hermaphrodite,+ ] [ hermaphrodite, noun.person:hermaphrodite,+ ] noun.cognition:biology,;c (of animal or plant; having both male female reproductive organs) } { intersexual, (having sexual characteristics intermediate between those of male and female) } { [ pseudohermaphroditic, noun.person:pseudohermaphrodite,+ ] pseudohermaphrodite, (having internal reproductive organs of one sex and external sexual characteristics of the other sex) } { unisex, (not distinguished on the basis of sex) }] [{ [ MANNED, UNMANNED,!] (having a crew; "a manned earth satellite was considered a necessary research step") } ---- { [ UNMANNED, MANNED,!] remote-controlled, (lacking a crew; "an unmanned satellite to Mars") } { pilotless, (lacking a pilot; "a drone is a pilotless aircraft") }] [{ [ MARKED, UNMARKED,!] (having or as if having an identifying mark or a mark as specified; often used in combination; "played with marked cards"; "a scar-marked face"; "well-marked roads") } { asterisked, starred, (marked with an asterisk; "the starred items") } { barred, (marked with stripes or bands) } { scarred, (deeply affected or marked by mental or physical pain or injury; "Could her scarred mind ever be free of fear?"; "a face scarred by anxiety"; "the fire left her arm badly scarred") } { well-marked, (clearly indicated; "a well-marked route") } { masked, (having markings suggestive of a mask; "the masked face of a raccoon")} ---- { [ UNMARKED, MARKED,!] (not having an identifying mark; "unmarked cards"; "an unmarked police car") } { unasterisked, unstarred, (not marked with an asterisk; "unasterisked items") }] [{ [ BRANDED, UNBRANDED,!] (marked with a brand; "branded cattle"; "branded criminal") } ---- { [ UNBRANDED, BRANDED,!] (not marked with a brand; "unbranded cattle") }] [{ [ MARRIED, UNMARRIED,!] MATED,^ (joined in matrimony; "a married man"; "a married couple") } { joined, united, (of or relating to two people who are married to each other) } { mated, (of or relating to a marriage partner) } { ringed, (wearing a wedding ring; lawfully married; "a ringed wife"- Tennyson) } { wed, wedded, (having been taken in marriage) } ---- { [ UNMARRIED, MARRIED,!] single2, UNMATED,^ (not married or related to the unmarried state; "unmarried men and women"; "unmarried life"; "sex and the single girl"; "single parenthood"; "are you married or single?") } { divorced, (of someone whose marriage has been legally dissolved) } { mateless, (of someone who has no marriage partner) } { unwed, unwedded, (of someone who has not been married; "unwed mother") } { widowed, (single because of death of the spouse) }] [{ [MATED, UNMATED,!] MARRIED,^ MATCHED,^ (mated sexually) } { paired, (mated sexually) } ---- { [UNMATED, MATED,!] UNMARRIED,^ (not mated sexually) } { mateless, (not mated sexually) }] [{ [ MASCULINE1, noun.attribute:masculinity1,+ noun.attribute:masculinity,+ FEMININE1,!] MALE,^ MANLY,^ MASCULINE2,^ (associated with men and not with women) } { butch, macho, (used of men; markedly masculine in appearance or manner) } { [ male2, noun.person:male,+ noun.attribute:maleness,+ ] [ manful, noun.attribute:manfulness,+ ] manlike, [ manly, noun.person:man6,+ noun.person:man,+ noun.attribute:manliness,+ ] [ virile, noun.attribute:virility,+ ] (characteristic of a man; "a deep male voice"; "manly sports") } { mannish, (characteristic of a man as distinguished from a woman; "true mannish arrogance") } ---- { [ FEMININE1, noun.attribute:feminineness,+ noun.attribute:femininity,+ MASCULINE1,!] FEMALE,^ FEMININE2,^ (associated with women and not with men; "feminine intuition") } { [ fair(a), noun.attribute:fairness2,+ ] (attractively feminine; "the fair sex") } { [ female2, noun.person:female,+ noun.attribute:femaleness,+ ] [ distaff, noun.state:distaff,+ ] (characteristic of or peculiar to a woman; "female sensitiveness"; "female suffrage") } { maidenlike, [ maidenly, noun.person:maiden,+ noun.attribute:maidenliness,+ ] (befitting or characteristic of a maiden; "a maidenly blush") } { powder-puff, (used of competitive activities in which only women take part; "powder-puff baseball"; "a powder-puff football game") }] [{ [ WOMANLY, noun.person:woman,+ noun.attribute:womanliness,+ UNWOMANLY,!] [ feminine4, noun.attribute:feminineness,+ ] (befitting or characteristic of a woman especially a mature woman; "womanly virtues of gentleness and compassion") } { [ matronly, noun.person:matron,+ ] (befitting or characteristic of a fully mature woman; "her matronly figure") } { womanlike, (resembling a woman; "a womanlike stone image") } ---- { [ UNWOMANLY, WOMANLY,!] (not womanly; "the logical clearness of her arguments...condemned her as eccentric and unwomanly") } { hoydenish, [ tomboyish, noun.attribute:tomboyishness,+ ] (used of girls; wild and boisterous) } { mannish, (resembling or imitative of or suggestive of a man rather than a woman; "a mannish stride") } { unfeminine, (not suitable for a woman; "an unfeminine depth of voice") }] [{ [ MASCULINE2, FEMININE2,! NEUTER,!] MASCULINE1,^ (of grammatical gender) } ---- { [ FEMININE2, noun.communication:feminine,+ NEUTER,! MASCULINE2,!] FEMININE1,^ (of grammatical gender) } ---- { [ NEUTER, noun.communication:neuter,+ MASCULINE2,! FEMININE2,!] (of grammatical gender; "`it' is the third-person singular neuter pronoun") }] [{ [ MATCHED, MISMATCHED,!] COMPATIBLE1,^ MATED,^ (going well together; possessing harmonizing qualities) } { coordinated, co-ordinated, matching1, (intentionally matched; "curtains and walls were color coordinated") } { duplicate, matching2, twin(a), twinned, (being two identical) } { mated, paired, (occurring in pairs or as a pair; "paired fangs"; "paired gloves") } { one-to-one, (used of relations such that each member of one set is associated with one member of a second set) } ---- { [ MISMATCHED, MATCHED,!] INCOMPATIBLE1,^ (either not matched or unsuitably matched) } { ill-sorted, [ incompatible, noun.attribute:incompatibility,+ ] mismated, unsuited, (not easy to combine harmoniously) } { odd, unmatched, unmated, unpaired, (of the remaining member of a pair; "unpaired socks"; "an odd glove") }] [{ [ MATERIAL2, noun.relation:materiality,+ IMMATERIAL2,!] (directly relevant to a matter especially a law case; "his support made a material difference"; "evidence material to the issue at hand"; "facts likely to influence the judgment are called material facts"; "a material witness") } { crucial, (having crucial relevance; "crucial to the case"; "relevant testimony") } ---- { [ IMMATERIAL2, noun.relation:immateriality,+ MATERIAL2,!] (of no importance or relevance especially to a law case; "an objection that is immaterial after the fact") }] [{ [ MATURE1, noun.time:maturity,+ noun.state:maturity,+ noun.state:matureness,+ IMMATURE1,!] OLD2,^ noun.state:maturity,= noun.attribute:age,= (having reached full natural growth or development; "a mature cell") } { [ adult, noun.person:adult,+ noun.animal:adult,+ ] big, full-grown, fully_grown, grown, [ grownup, noun.person:grownup1,+ ] noun.Tops:animal,;c ((of animals) fully developed; "an adult animal"; "a grown woman") } { abloom, [ efflorescent, noun.process:efflorescence,+ verb.change:effloresce,+ ] (bursting into flower; "flowering spring trees") } { fruiting, (capable of bearing fruit) } { full-blown, matured, (fully ripe; at the height of bloom; "a full-blown rose") } { headed, (of leafy vegetables; having formed into a head; "headed cabbages") } { [ marriageable, noun.attribute:marriageability,+ ] nubile, (of girls or women who are eligible to marry) } { overblown, (past the stage of full bloom; "overblown roses") } { prime, [ meridian, noun.state:meridian,+ ] (being at the best stage of development; "our manhood's prime vigor"- Robert Browning) } ---- { [ IMMATURE1, noun.state:immatureness,+ noun.state:immaturity,+ MATURE1,!] PREMATURE,^ YOUNG,^ noun.state:maturity,= noun.attribute:age,= (not yet mature) } { [ adolescent, noun.person:adolescent,+ noun.time:adolescence,+ verb.change:adolesce,+ ] (in the state of development between puberty and maturity; "adolescent boys and girls") } { [ embryonic, noun.cognition:embryology,+ noun.animal:embryo,+ ] [ embryologic, noun.cognition:embryology,+ ] [ embryonal, noun.animal:embryo,+ ] (of an organism prior to birth or hatching; "in the embryonic stage"; "embryologic development") } { inchoative, inceptive, (initial; "inchoative stages") } { [ larval, noun.animal:larva,+ ] (immature of its kind; especially being or characteristic of immature insects in the newly hatched wormlike feeding stage; "larval societies"; "larval crayfishes"; "the larval stage") } { prepubescent, [ prepubertal, noun.time:prepuberty,+ ] noun.animal:human,;c ((especially of human beings) at the age immediately before puberty; often marked by accelerated growth) } { prepupal, (of an inactive stage in the development of some insects, between the larval and the pupal stages; "the prepupal stage") } { [ pubescent, noun.time:pubescence,+ ] ((of animals especially human beings) having arrived at the onset of puberty (the age at which sex glands become functional) but not yet fully mature; "the budding breasts of a pubescent girl and the downy chin of pubescent boy") } { [ pupal, noun.animal:pupa,+ ] (of the insects in the chrysalis (cocoon) or post larval stage; "the pupal stage") } { underdeveloped, (not yet fully developed) }] [{ [ MATURE2, IMMATURE2,!] (characteristic of maturity; "mature for her age") } { autumnal, (characteristic of late maturity verging on decline; "a serene autumnal mood") } { ripe, (at the highest point of development especially in judgment or knowledge; "a ripe mind") } ---- { [ IMMATURE2, noun.state:immatureness,+ noun.state:immaturity,+ MATURE2,!] (characteristic of a lack of maturity; "immature behavior") } { adolescent, [ jejune, noun.state:jejuneness,+ noun.attribute:jejunity1,+ ] [ juvenile, noun.state:juvenility,+ ] [ puerile, noun.state:puerility,+ ] (displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity; "adolescent insecurity"; "jejune responses to our problems"; "their behavior was juvenile"; "puerile jokes") } { babyish, (characteristic of a baby; "babyish tears and petulance") } { [ childish, noun.attribute:childishness,+ ] infantile, (indicating a lack of maturity; "childish tantrums"; "infantile behavior") }] [{ [ RIPE, noun.state:ripeness,+ GREEN,!] [ mature6, noun.state:matureness,+ ] (fully developed or matured and ready to be eaten or used; "ripe peaches"; "full-bodied mature wines") } { [ aged, noun.attribute:agedness,+ ] ripened, (of wines, fruit, cheeses; having reached a desired or final condition; (`aged' pronounced as one syllable); "mature well-aged cheeses") } { [ mellow, noun.cognition:mellowness,+ ] mellowed, (having a full and pleasing flavor through proper aging; "a mellow port"; "mellowed fruit") } { overripe, (too ripe and beginning to turn soft) } ---- { [ GREEN, noun.state:greenness,+ RIPE,!] unripe, unripened, [ immature6, noun.state:immatureness,+ noun.state:immaturity,+ ] (not fully developed or mature; not ripe; "unripe fruit"; "fried green tomatoes"; "green wood") } { unaged, (not subjected to an aging process; "vodka is an unaged liquor from Russia") }] [{ [ SEASONAL, YEAR-ROUND,!] (occurring at or dependent on a particular season; "seasonal labor"; "a seasonal rise in unemployment") } ---- { [ YEAR-ROUND, SEASONAL,!] year-around, (operating or continuing throughout the year; "a year-round resort"; "a year-round job") }] [{ [ SEASONABLE, noun.attribute:seasonableness,+ UNSEASONABLE,!] (in keeping with the season; "a hard but seasonable frost"; "seasonable clothes") } ---- { [ UNSEASONABLE, noun.attribute:unseasonableness,+ SEASONABLE,!] (not in keeping with (and usually undesirable for) the season; "a sudden unseasonable blizzard"; "unseasonable bright blue weather in November") }] [{ [ SEASONED, UNSEASONED,!] (aged or processed; "seasoned wood") } { cured, ((used of concrete or mortar) kept moist to assist the hardening) } ---- { [ UNSEASONED, SEASONED,!] (not aged or processed; "unseasoned timber") } { uncured, (not seasoned; "uncured pelts") }] [{ [ FULL-TERM, PREMATURE,!] MATURE1,^ (gestated for the entire duration of normal pregnancy; "a healthy full-term baby") } ---- { [ PREMATURE, noun.state:prematurity,+ noun.state:prematureness,+ FULL-TERM,!] IMMATURE1,^ (born after a gestation period of less than the normal time; "a premature infant") }] [{ [ MAXIMAL, MINIMAL,!] [ MAXIMUM, MINIMUM,!] (the greatest or most complete or best possible; "maximal expansion"; "maximum pressure") } { supreme, sublime, (greatest or maximal in degree; extreme; "supreme folly"; "the supreme confidence of youth"; "the sublime absurdity of the creative process"; "His face assumed an expression of sublime conceit") } ---- { [ MINIMAL, MAXIMAL,!] [ MINIMUM, MAXIMUM,!] (the least possible; "needed to enforce minimal standards"; "her grades were minimal"; "minimum wage"; "a minimal charge for the service") } { borderline, marginal, (of questionable or minimal quality; "borderline grades"; "marginal writing ability") } { negligible, (so small as to be meaningless; insignificant; "the effect was negligible") } { nominal, token(a), tokenish, (insignificantly small; a matter of form only (`tokenish' is informal); "the fee was nominal"; "a token gesture of resistance"; "a tokenish gesture") } { stripped, stripped-down, (having only essential or minimal features; "a stripped new car"; "a stripped-down budget") }] [{ [ MEANINGFUL, noun.attribute:meaningfulness,+ MEANINGLESS,!] PURPOSEFUL,^ SIGNIFICANT,^ (having a meaning or purpose; "a meaningful explanation"; "a meaningful discussion"; "a meaningful pause") } { [ meaty, noun.cognition:meat,+ ] substantive, (being on topic and prompting thought; "a meaty discussion") } { meaning(a), pregnant, [ significant, noun.communication:significance,+ noun.cognition:significance1,+ verb.communication:signify1,+ verb.communication:signify,+ ] (rich in significance or implication; "a meaning look"; "a significant silence") } { [ purposeful, noun.attribute:purposefulness,+ ] (having meaning through having an aim; "led a happy purposeful life") } ---- { [ MEANINGLESS, noun.communication:meaninglessness,+ MEANINGFUL,!] nonmeaningful, INSIGNIFICANT,^ PURPOSELESS,^ UNIMPORTANT,^ (having no meaning or direction or purpose; "a meaningless endeavor"; "a meaningless life"; "a verbose but meaningless explanation") } { [ empty, noun.attribute:emptiness,+ ] [ hollow, noun.attribute:hollowness1,+ ] [ vacuous, noun.attribute:vacuity,+ ] (devoid of significance or force; "empty promises"; "a hollow victory"; "vacuous comments") } { [ insignificant, noun.attribute:insignificance,+ ] (signifying nothing; "insignificant sounds") } { [ mindless, noun.attribute:mindlessness2,+ ] (lacking the thinking capacity characteristic of a conscious being; "the shrieking of the mindless wind") } { nonsense(a), [ nonsensical, noun.communication:nonsensicality,+ ] (having no intelligible meaning; "nonsense syllables"; "a nonsensical jumble of words") } { unmeaning, (without meaning; "Silence is better than unmeaning words"--Pythagoras; "an unmeaning smile") }] [{ [ MEASURABLE, noun.attribute:measurability,+ verb.cognition:measure,+ verb.change:measure,+ IMMEASURABLE,!] mensurable, noun.attribute:magnitude,= (capable of being measured; "measurable depths") } ---- { [ IMMEASURABLE, MEASURABLE,!] unmeasurable, immensurable, (impossible to measure; "unmeasurable reaches of outer space"; "immeasurable suffering") } { abysmal, (very great; limitless; "abysmal misery"; "abysmal stupidity") } { illimitable, [ limitless, noun.attribute:limitlessness,+ ] measureless, unmeasured, (without limits in extent or size or quantity; "limitless vastness of our solar system"; "The long unmeasured pulse of time moves everything. There is nothing hidden that it cannot bring to light, nothing once known that may not become unknown."--Sophocles) }] [{ [ MEATY, noun.food:meat1,+ MEATLESS,!] (like or containing meat; "enough of vegetarianism; let's have a meaty meal") } ---- { [ MEATLESS, MEATY,!] (lacking meat; "meatless days") }] [{ [ MECHANICAL, noun.artifact:mechanism,+ noun.act:mechanics,+ NONMECHANICAL,!] (using (or as if using) mechanisms or tools or devices; "a mechanical process"; "his smile was very mechanical"; "a mechanical toy") } { [ automatic, verb.change:automatize5,+ noun.person:automaton1,+ ] automatonlike, machinelike, robotlike, robotic, (resembling the unthinking functioning of a machine; "an automatic `thank you'"; "machinelike efficiency") } { mechanic, (resembling the action of a machine; "from blank to blank a threadless way I pushed mechanic feet"- Emily Dickenson) } { [ mechanistic, noun.object:mechanism,+ ] (explained in terms of physical forces; "a mechanistic universe") } { mechanized, mechanised, (equipped with machinery; "a mechanized factory") } { windup(a), (operated by a mechanism; "windup toys") } ---- { [ NONMECHANICAL, MECHANICAL,!] (not mechanical) } { nonmechanistic, (not mechanistic) } { unmechanized, unmechanised, (not mechanized; "production of furniture remained largely unmechanized"- Gordon Russell) }] [{ [ MELODIOUS, noun.communication:melody,+ noun.cognition:melody,+ noun.attribute:melodiousness,+ UNMELODIOUS,!] melodic4, [ musical4, noun.communication:musical,+ noun.cognition:music,+ noun.attribute:musicality,+ noun.attribute:musicalness,+ ] (containing or constituting or characterized by pleasing melody; "the melodious song of a meadowlark") } { ariose, songlike, (having a melody (as distinguished from recitative)) } { canorous, [ songful, noun.attribute:songfulness,+ ] (richly melodious) } { cantabile, singing, noun.communication:music,;c (smooth and flowing) } { dulcet, honeyed, mellifluous, mellisonant, [ sweet, noun.attribute:sweetness3,+ ] (pleasing to the ear; "the dulcet tones of the cello") } { [ lyrical, noun.attribute:lyricality,+ ] (suitable for or suggestive of singing) } ---- { [ UNMELODIOUS, MELODIOUS,!] unmelodic4, unmusical4, (lacking melody) }] [{ [ TUNEFUL, noun.attribute:tunefulness,+ TUNELESS,!] [ melodious4, noun.communication:melody,+ noun.cognition:melody,+ noun.attribute:melodiousness,+ ] (having a musical sound; especially a pleasing tune) } ---- { [ TUNELESS, TUNEFUL,!] untuneful, unmelodious4, (not having a musical sound or pleasing tune) }] [{ [ MEMBERED, MEMBERLESS,! ] noun.cognition:chemistry,;c (having members; normally used in chemistry in combination with a number) } { three-membered, 3-membered, (of a chemical compound having a ring with three members) } { four-membered, 4-membered, (of a chemical compound having a ring with four members) } { five-membered, 5-membered, (of a chemical compound having a ring with five members) } { six-membered, 6-membered, (of a chemical compound having a ring with six members; "having three carbon and three nitrogen atoms in a six-membered ring") } { seven-membered, 7-membered, (of a chemical compound having a ring with seven members) } { eight-membered, 8-membered, (of a chemical compound having a ring with eight members) } { nine-membered, 9-membered, (of a chemical compound having a ring with nine members) } { ten-membered, 10-membered, (of a chemical compound having a ring with ten members) } ---- { [ MEMBERLESS, MEMBERED,! ] (of a group or set having no members) }] [{ [ MINED, UNMINED,!] (extracted from a source of supply as of minerals from the earth) } { deep-mined, (of coal, as contrasted with coal obtained from a strip mine; "deep-mined coal") } { well-mined, (well known and commonly used; "Shakespeare exploited many well-mined sources for his plays") } { strip-mined, (mined near the earth's surface by stripping) } ---- { [ UNMINED, MINED,!] (not mined; "deposits of unmined uranium") }] [{ [ MUSICAL1, noun.communication:musical,+ noun.cognition:music1,+ noun.attribute:musicality,+ noun.attribute:musicalness,+ UNMUSICAL1,!] noun.attribute:musicality,= (characteristic of or resembling or accompanied by music; "a musical speaking voice"; "a musical comedy") } { chanted, (sung or uttered rhythmically in a monotone; "a chanted psalm") } { liquid, (smooth and flowing in quality; entirely free of harshness; "the liquid song of a robin") } { singable, (suitable for singing; "singable melody is the essence of music"- Winthrop Sargeant) } ---- { [ UNMUSICAL1, MUSICAL1,!] nonmusical1, noun.attribute:musicality,= (not musical in nature; "the unmusical cry of the bluejay") }] [{ [ MUSICAL2, noun.act:music,+ UNMUSICAL2,!] (talented in or devoted to music; "comes from a very musical family") } { philharmonic, (devoted to or appreciative of music; "the most philharmonic ear is at times deeply affected by a simple air") } ---- { [ UNMUSICAL2, MUSICAL2,!] nonmusical2, (lacking interest in or talent for music; "too unmusical to care for concerts"; "it is unfortunate that her children were all nonmusical") }] [{ [ MELTED, UNMELTED,!] [ liquid4, noun.state:liquidness,+ ] liquified4, UNFROZEN,^ (changed from a solid to a liquid state; "rivers filled to overflowing by melted snow") } { dissolved, ((of solid matter) reduced to a liquid form; "add the dissolved gelatin") } { [ fusible, verb.change:fuse3,+ verb.change:fuse2,+ verb.change:fuse,+ ] (capable of being melted and fused) } { molten, liquefied2, liquified2, (reduced to liquid form by heating; "a mass of molten rock") } { thawed, (no longer frozen solid; "the thawed ice was treacherous") } ---- { [ UNMELTED, MELTED,!] FROZEN,^ (not melted; "streets unpassable because of piles of unmelted snow") } { frozen, (not thawed) } { undissolved, (retaining a solid form; "undissolved sugar in the bottom of the cup") }] [{ [ MERCIFUL, noun.feeling:mercifulness,+ noun.act:mercifulness,+ MERCILESS,!] CLEMENT1,^ COMPASSIONATE,^ HUMANE,^ KIND,^ SOFT2,^ (showing or giving mercy; "sought merciful treatment for the captives"; "a merciful god") } ---- { [ MERCILESS, noun.feeling:mercilessness,+ noun.attribute:mercilessness,+ MERCIFUL,!] [ unmerciful4, noun.attribute:unmercifulness,+ ] BLOODY,^ HARD2,^ INCLEMENT1,^ IMPLACABLE,^ UNCOMPASSIONATE,^ UNKIND,^ (having or showing no mercy; "the merciless enemy"; "a merciless critic"; "gave him a merciless beating") } { cutthroat, [ fierce, noun.attribute:fierceness,+ ] bowelless, (ruthless in competition; "cutthroat competition"; "bowelless readiness to take advantage") } { mortal(a), (unrelenting and deadly; "mortal enemy") } { [ pitiless, noun.attribute:pitilessness,+ ] remorseless, [ ruthless, noun.feeling:ruthlessness,+ noun.attribute:ruthlessness,+ ] unpitying, (without mercy or pity; "an act of ruthless ferocity"; "a monster of remorseless cruelty") } { tigerish, (resembling a tiger in fierceness and lack of mercy; "a tigerish fury") }] [{ [ METABOLIC, noun.process:metabolism2,+ AMETABOLIC,!] [ metabolous, noun.process:metabolism2,+ ] noun.cognition:zoology,;c (undergoing metamorphosis) } ---- { [ AMETABOLIC, METABOLIC,!] ametabolous, noun.cognition:zoology,;c (undergoing slight or no metamorphosis) }] [{ [ MILD, noun.attribute:mildness1,+ INTENSE,!] MODERATE,^ TEMPERATE,^ noun.attribute:degree,= (moderate in type or degree or effect or force; far from extreme; "a mild winter storm"; "a mild fever"; "fortunately the pain was mild"; "a mild rebuke"; "mild criticism") } { [ gentle, noun.attribute:gentleness,+ ] soft, (soft and mild; not harsh or stern or severe; "a gentle reprimand"; "a vein of gentle irony"; "poked gentle fun at him") } { mild-mannered, (behaving in or having a mild or gentle manner) } { [ moderate, noun.attribute:moderateness,+ ] temperate, (not extreme; "a moderate penalty"; "temperate in his response to criticism") } ---- { [ INTENSE, noun.attribute:intensity,+ MILD,!] IMMODERATE,^ INTEMPERATE,^ PROFOUND,^ noun.attribute:degree,= (possessing or displaying a distinctive feature to a heightened degree; "intense heat"; "intense anxiety"; "intense desire"; "intense emotion"; "the skunk's intense acrid odor"; "intense pain"; "enemy fire was intense") } { aggravated, (made more severe or intense especially in law; "aggravated assault") } { [ bad, noun.attribute:badness1,+ ] big, (very intense; "a bad headache"; "in a big rage"; "had a big (or bad) shock"; "a bad earthquake"; "a bad storm") } { blood-and-guts, noun.communication:colloquialism,;u (marked by great zeal or violence; "real blood-and-guts fiction"; "blood-and-guts football") } { brutal, unrelenting, (punishingly harsh; "the brutal summer sun"; "a brutal winter")} { cold, (so intense as to be almost uncontrollable; "cold fury gripped him") } { concentrated, (intensely focused; "her concentrated passion held them at bay") } { consuming, overwhelming, (very strong; urgently felt; "politics is his consuming passion"; "overwhelming joy") } { deep, (intense or extreme; "in deep trouble"; "deep happiness") } { exquisite, keen, (intense or sharp; "suffered exquisite pain"; "felt exquisite pleasure") } { [ extreme, noun.state:extremity2,+ noun.state:extremity,+ ] [ utmost(a), noun.attribute:utmost,+ ] [ uttermost(a), noun.attribute:uttermost,+ ] (of the greatest possible degree or extent or intensity; "extreme cold"; "extreme caution"; "extreme pleasure"; "utmost contempt"; "to the utmost degree"; "in the uttermost distress") } { [ fierce, noun.attribute:fierceness,+ ] tearing, vehement, violent1, trigger-happy, (marked by extreme intensity of emotions or convictions; inclined to react violently; fervid; "fierce loyalty"; "in a tearing rage"; "vehement dislike"; "violent passions") } { intensified, (made more intense; "the intensified scrutiny of the candidate's background") } { [ intensive, noun.attribute:intensiveness,+ ] (characterized by a high degree or intensity; often used as a combining form; "the questioning was intensive"; "intensive care"; "research-intensive"; "a labor-intensive industry") } { main(a), (of force; of the greatest possible intensity; "by main strength") } { palpable, (so intense as to be almost touched or felt; "there was a palpable sense of joy in the air") } { [ profound, noun.state:profoundness,+ ] (of the greatest intensity; complete; "a profound silence"; "a state of profound shock") } { raging, (very severe; "a raging thirst"; "a raging toothache") } { screaming(a), (so extremely intense as to evoke screams; "in screaming agony"; "a screaming rage") } { [ severe, noun.attribute:severeness3,+ noun.attribute:severeness2,+ noun.attribute:severity1,+ ] [ terrible, noun.attribute:terribleness,+ ] wicked, (intensely or extremely bad or unpleasant in degree or quality; "severe pain"; "a severe case of flu"; "a terrible cough"; "under wicked fire from the enemy's guns"; "a wicked cough") } { [ shitless, noun.communication:obscenity,;u ] witless, ((used as complement) to the utmost degree; "he was scared witless"; "the students were bored shitless") } { [ smart, noun.state:smart,+ noun.state:smartness,+ ] (painfully severe; "he gave the dog a smart blow") } { strong, (not faint or feeble; "a strong odor of burning rubber") } { terrific, (very great or intense; "a terrific noise"; "a terrific thunderstorm storm"; "fought a terrific battle") } { thick, [ deep1, noun.time:deep,+ ] ((of darkness) densely dark; "thick night"; "thick darkness"; "a face in deep shadow"; "deep night") } { unabated, (continuing at full strength or intensity; "the winds are unabated"; "the popularity of his books among young people continued unabated") } { violent3, [ wild, noun.attribute:wildness2,+ ] ((of colors or sounds) intensely vivid or loud; "a violent clash of colors"; "her dress was a violent red"; "a violent noise"; "wild colors"; "wild shouts") }] [{ [ INTENSIVE, noun.attribute:intensiveness,+ EXTENSIVE,!] (of agriculture; intended to increase productivity of a fixed area by expending more capital and labor; "intensive agriculture"; "intensive conditions") } ---- { [ EXTENSIVE, INTENSIVE,!] (of agriculture; increasing productivity by using large areas with minimal outlay and labor; "producing wheat under extensive conditions"; "agriculture of the extensive type") } ] [{ [ INVOLVED, UNINVOLVED,!] (connected by participation or association or use; "we accomplished nothing, simply because of the large number of people involved"; "the problems involved"; "the involved muscles"; "I don't want to get involved"; "everyone involved in the bribery case has been identified") } { [ active, noun.person:active,+ noun.state:activeness,+ noun.act:activity,+ ] participating, (taking part in an activity; "an active member of the club"; "he was politically active"; "the participating organizations") } { caught_up(p), (having become involved involuntarily; "caught up in the excitement of the crowd"; "caught up in the scandal") } { concerned, interested, (involved in or affected by or having a claim to or share in; "a memorandum to those concerned"; "an enterprise in which three men are concerned"; "factors concerned in the rise and fall of epidemics"; "the interested parties met to discuss the business") } { embroiled, entangled, (deeply involved especially in something complicated; "embroiled in the conflict"; "felt unwilling entangled in their affairs") } { engaged, (involved in military hostilities; "the desperately engaged ships continued the fight") } { implicated, concerned1, (culpably involved; "all those concerned in the bribery case have been identified"; "named three officials implicated in the plot"; "an innocent person implicated by circumstances in a crime") } { neck-deep, up_to_my_neck, up_to_your_neck, up_to_her_neck, up_to_his_neck, up_to_our_necks, up_to_their_necks, (deeply involved; "neck-deep in work"; "up to their necks in debt") } ---- { [ UNINVOLVED, INVOLVED,!] (not involved; "being uninvolved he remained objective") } { unconcerned, (not occupied or engaged with; "readers unconcerned with style") }] [{ [ MILITARY1, CIVILIAN,!] (associated with or performed by members of the armed services as contrasted with civilians; "military police") } { [ expeditionary, noun.act:expedition1,+ ] noun.group:military,;c ((used of military forces) designed for military operations abroad; "the French expeditionary force in Indochina") } { martial(a), (of or relating to the armed forces; "martial law") } { [ combatant, noun.person:combatant,+ verb.competition:combat,+ ] (engaging in or ready for combat) } { [ noncombatant1, noun.person:noncombatant,+ ] (member of armed forces whose duties do not include fighting as e.g. a chaplain or surgeon) } ---- { [ CIVILIAN, noun.person:civilian,+ MILITARY1,!] (associated with civil life or performed by persons who are not active members of the military; "civilian clothing"; "civilian life") } { civil, (applying to ordinary citizens as contrasted with the military; "civil authorities") } { noncombatant2, (used of civilians in time of war) }] [{ [MILITARY2, UNMILITARY,!] (characteristic of or associated with soldiers or the military; "military uniforms") } { [ militaristic, noun.group:military,+ noun.cognition:militarism,+ ] (imbued with militarism) } { [ soldierly, noun.person:soldier,+ ] soldierlike, warriorlike, martial2, ((of persons) befitting a warrior; "a military bearing") } { warlike, martial, (suggesting war or military life) } ---- { [ UNMILITARY, MILITARY2,!] nonmilitary, (not associated with soldiers or the military; "unmilitary circles of government"; "fatigue duty involves nonmilitary labor") } { unsoldierly, (not conforming to military standards; "unsoldierly posture") }] [{ [ MITIGATED, UNMITIGATED,!] (made less severe or intense; "he gladly accepted the mitigated penalty") } { alleviated, eased, relieved, ((of pain or sorrow) made easier to bear) } { lessened, (decreased in severity; made less harsh) } { quenched, satisfied, slaked, (allayed; "his thirst quenched he was able to continue") } ---- { [ UNMITIGATED, MITIGATED,!] (not diminished or moderated in intensity or severity; sometimes used as an intensifier; "unmitigated suffering"; "an unmitigated horror"; "an unmitigated lie") } { arrant(a), complete(a), consummate(a), double-dyed(a), everlasting(a), gross(a), perfect(a), pure(a), sodding(a), stark(a), staring(a), thorough(a), thoroughgoing(a), utter(a), unadulterated, (without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers; "an arrant fool"; "a complete coward"; "a consummate fool"; "a double-dyed villain"; "gross negligence"; "a perfect idiot"; "pure folly"; "what a sodding mess"; "stark staring mad"; "a thorough nuisance"; "a thoroughgoing villain"; "utter nonsense"; "the unadulterated truth") } { bally(a), blinking(a), bloody(a), blooming(a), crashing(a), flaming(a), fucking(a), (informal intensifiers; "what a bally (or blinking) nuisance"; "a bloody fool"; "a crashing bore"; "you flaming idiot") } { bodacious, noun.communication:colloquialism,;u (incorrigible; "a bodacious gossip") } { undiminished, unrelieved, (not lessened or diminished; "unrelieved suffering") }] [{ [ TEMPERED1, UNTEMPERED1,!] (adjusted or attuned by adding a counterbalancing element; "criticism tempered with kindly sympathy") } ---- { [ UNTEMPERED1, TEMPERED1,!] (not moderated or controlled; "his untempered individualism") } { unmoderated, (not made less extreme; "spoke with unmoderated harshness") }] [{ [ TEMPERED2, UNTEMPERED2,!] treated4, hardened4, toughened4, (made hard or flexible or resilient especially by heat treatment; "a sword of tempered steel"; "tempered glass") } { [ curable, verb.change:cure2,+ ] (capable of being hardened by some additive or other agent) } { sunbaked, (baked or hardened by exposure to sunlight; not burned; "sunbaked adobe bricks") } ---- { [ UNTEMPERED2, TEMPERED2,!] unhardened4, (not brought to a proper consistency or hardness; "untempered mortar"; "untempered steel") } { [ brittle, noun.attribute:brittleness,+ ] unannealed, ((of metal or glass) not annealed and consequently easily cracked or fractured) }] [{ [ MOBILE, noun.attribute:mobility,+ IMMOBILE,!] MOVING2,^ (moving or capable of moving readily (especially from place to place); "a mobile missile system"; "the tongue is...the most mobile articulator") } { airborne, (moved or conveyed by or through air) } { [ ambulant, verb.motion:ambulate,+ ] [ ambulatory, verb.motion:ambulate,+ ] (able to walk about; "the patient is ambulatory") } { floating, (inclined to move or be moved about; "a floating crap game") } { [ maneuverable, noun.attribute:maneuverability,+ verb.motion:maneuver,+ ] [ manoeuvrable, noun.attribute:manoeuvrability,+ ] (capable of maneuvering or changing position; "a highly maneuverable ship") } { mechanized, mechanised, motorized, (using vehicles; "motorized warfare") } { [ motile, noun.person:motile,+ noun.attribute:motility,+ ] noun.animal:microorganism,;c ((of spores or microorganisms) capable of movement) } { [ movable, noun.attribute:movability,+ noun.attribute:movableness,+ verb.motion:move1,+ ] [ moveable, verb.motion:move1,+ ] transferable, transferrable, transportable, (capable of being moved or conveyed from one place to another) } { perambulating, (strolling or walking around; "perambulating nursemaids with their charges") } { [ racy, noun.event:race,+ ] (designed or suitable for competing in a race)} { raisable, raiseable, (capable of being raised; "the roadster had a raisable sunroof") } { [ rangy, noun.location:range2,+ ] (adapted to wandering or roaming) } { rotatable, (capable of being rotated; "the theater had a rotatable stage") } { seaborne, (conveyed by sea) } { transplantable, (capable of being transplanted) } { versatile, noun.cognition:biology,;c (able to move freely in all directions; "an owl's versatile toe can move backward and forward"; "an insect's versatile antennae can move up and down or laterally"; "a versatile anther of a flower moves freely in the wind") } { waterborne, (transported by water; "waterborne freight") } ---- { [ IMMOBILE, verb.contact:immobilize,+ verb.change:immobilize,+ MOBILE,!] NONMOVING,^ (not capable of movement or of being moved) } { [ immovable, noun.attribute:immovableness,+ noun.attribute:immovability,+ ] immoveable, stabile, unmovable, (not able or intended to be moved; "the immovable hills") } { nonmotile, [ immotile, noun.attribute:immotility,+ ] noun.animal:microorganism,;c ((of spores or microorganisms) not capable of movement) } { [ stiff, noun.attribute:stiffness,+ ] (not moving or operating freely; "a stiff hinge") }] [{ [ PORTABLE, noun.artifact:portable,+ noun.attribute:portability,+ UNPORTABLE,!] (easily or conveniently transported; "a portable television set") } { man-portable, (portable by one man) } { [ movable, noun.attribute:movableness,+ verb.motion:move1,+ ] ((of personal property as opposed to real estate) can be moved from place to place (especially carried by hand)) } { takeout, take-away, noun.location:Britain,;r (of or involving food to be taken and eaten off the premises; "takeout pizza"; "the takeout counter"; "`take-away' is chiefly British") } ---- { [ UNPORTABLE, PORTABLE,!] (not portable; not easily moved or transported) }] [{ [ REMOVABLE, IRREMOVABLE,!] (capable of being removed or taken away or dismissed; "a removable cord"; "removable partitions") } { [ dismissible, verb.social:dismiss,+ ] (subject to dismissal; "appointed and removable by the mayor") } { extractable, [ extractible, verb.contact:extract7,+ verb.contact:extract5,+ verb.contact:extract4,+ verb.change:extract,+ ] (capable of being extracted) } ---- { [ IRREMOVABLE, REMOVABLE,!] (incapable of being removed or away or dismiss; "irremovable boulders"; "irremovable obstacles") } { tenured, (appointed for life and not subject to dismissal except for a grave crime; "an irremovable officer"; "a tenured professor") }] [{ [ METALLIC, noun.substance:metal1,+ noun.substance:metal,+ NONMETALLIC,!] metal(a), (containing or made of or resembling or characteristic of a metal; "a metallic compound"; "metallic luster"; "the strange metallic note of the meadow lark, suggesting the clash of vibrant blades"- Ambrose Bierce) } { all-metal, (consisting completely of metal; "all-metal airplanes") } { aluminiferous, (containing alum or aluminum) } { [ antimonial, noun.substance:antimony,+ ] (containing antimony; "antimonial lead") } { argentiferous, (containing or yielding silver; "argentiferous ore") } { auriferous, gold-bearing, (containing gold; "auriferous quartz veins") } { [ bimetal, noun.substance:bimetal,+ ] [ bimetallic, noun.substance:bimetal,+ ] (formed of two different metals or alloys; especially in sheets bonded together) } { bronze, (made from or consisting of bronze) } { [ gold, noun.substance:gold,+ noun.possession:gold,+ ] golden, gilded, (made from or covered with gold; "gold coins"; "the gold dome of the Capitol"; "the golden calf"; "gilded icons") } { metallike, metal-looking, metallic-looking, (resembling metal) } { silver, (made from or largely consisting of silver; "silver bracelets") } { tinny, (thin and metallic in sound; lacking resonance; "an unpleasant tinny voice") } ---- { [ NONMETALLIC, METALLIC,!] [ nonmetal, noun.substance:nonmetal,+ ] (not containing or resembling or characteristic of a metal; "nonmetallic elements") } { metalloid, (of or being a nonmetallic element that has some of the properties of metal; "arsenic is a metalloid element") }] [{ [ METAMORPHIC, noun.process:metamorphosis,+ NONMETAMORPHIC,!] (characterized by metamorphosis or change in physical form or substance) } { epimorphic, noun.cognition:biology,;c (characterized by incomplete metamorphosis; having the same number of body segments in successive stages) } { [ hemimetabolous, noun.process:hemimetabolism,+ ] [ hemimetabolic, noun.process:hemimetabolism,+ noun.process:hemimetaboly,+ ] [ hemimetamorphous, noun.process:hemimetamorphosis,+ ] hemimetamorphic, ((of an insect with aquatic young) undergoing incomplete metamorphosis in which the young does not resemble the adult) } { heterometabolous, [ heterometabolic, noun.process:heterometaboly,+ noun.process:heterometabolism,+ ] ((of an insect) undergoing incomplete metamorphosis in which the nymph is essentially like the adult and there is no pupal stage) } { [ holometabolic, noun.process:holometabolism,+ ] [ holometabolous, noun.process:holometaboly,+ noun.process:holometabolism,+ ] ((of an insect) undergoing complete metamorphosis) } { [ metamorphous, noun.act:metamorphosis1,+ ] noun.cognition:biology,;c (produced by metamorphosis; "most insects are metamorphic as witness the stages as a butterfly develops from a caterpillar") } { changed, noun.cognition:geology,;c (changed in constitution or structure or composition by metamorphism; "metamorphic rocks") } ---- { [ NONMETAMORPHIC, METAMORPHIC,!] (not metamorphic) } { ametabolic, (undergoing no (or only slight) metamorphosis) }] [{ [ MODERATE, noun.attribute:moderateness1,+ noun.attribute:moderateness,+ IMMODERATE,!] MILD,^ TEMPERATE,^ noun.attribute:moderation,= (being within reasonable or average limits; not excessive or extreme; "moderate prices"; "a moderate income"; "a moderate fine"; "moderate demands"; "a moderate estimate"; "a moderate eater"; "moderate success"; "a kitchen of moderate size"; "the X-ray showed moderate enlargement of the heart") } { average, intermediate, medium, (around the middle of a scale of evaluation; "an orange of average size"; "intermediate capacity"; "medium bombers") } { cautious, conservative, (avoiding excess; "a conservative estimate") } { [ fair, noun.attribute:fairness,+ ] fairish, [ reasonable, noun.attribute:reasonableness2,+ noun.attribute:reasonableness1,+ ] (not excessive or extreme; "a fairish income"; "reasonable prices") } { indifferent, (neither too great nor too little; "a couple of indifferent hills to climb") } { limited, (not excessive) } { middle-of-the-road, (not extreme, especially in political views) } { minimalist, noun.act:government,;c noun.cognition:politics,;c (advocating minimal reforms (as in government or politics)) } { [ modest, noun.attribute:modestness,+ ] [ small, noun.attribute:smallness2,+ ] (not large but sufficient in size or amount; "a modest salary"; "modest inflation"; "helped in my own small way") } ---- { [ IMMODERATE, noun.attribute:immoderateness,+ MODERATE,!] INTEMPERATE,^ INTENSE,^ UNREASONABLE,^ noun.attribute:moderation,= (beyond reasonable limits; "immoderate laughter"; "immoderate spending") } { abnormal, (much greater than the normal; "abnormal profits"; "abnormal ambition") } { all-fired, noun.communication:colloquialism,;u (extreme; "why is he in such an all-fired hurry?") } { exaggerated, overdone, overstated, (represented as greater than is true or reasonable; "an exaggerated opinion of oneself") } { [ excessive, verb.stative:exceed,+ verb.competition:exceed,+ noun.attribute:excessiveness,+ ] [ inordinate, noun.attribute:inordinateness,+ ] undue, unreasonable, (beyond normal limits; "excessive charges"; "a book of inordinate length"; "his dress stops just short of undue elegance"; "unreasonable demands") } { [ exorbitant, noun.attribute:exorbitance,+ ] extortionate, [ outrageous, noun.attribute:outrageousness1,+ ] steep, unconscionable, [ usurious, noun.possession:usury1,+ ] (greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation; "exorbitant rent"; "extortionate prices"; "spends an outrageous amount on entertainment"; "usurious interest rate"; "unconscionable spending") } { [ extraordinary, noun.attribute:extraordinariness,+ ] over-the-top, sinful, (far more than usual or expected; "an extraordinary desire for approval"; "it was an over-the-top experience") } { [ extreme, noun.state:extremity2,+ noun.state:extremity,+ ] (far beyond a norm in quantity or amount or degree; to an utmost degree; "an extreme example"; "extreme temperatures"; "extreme danger") } { extreme1, (beyond a norm in views or actions; "an extreme conservative"; "an extreme liberal"; "extreme views on integration"; "extreme opinions") } { extremist, radical, ultra, ((used of opinions and actions) far beyond the norm; "extremist political views"; "radical opinions on education"; "an ultra conservative") } { far, (beyond a norm in opinion or actions; "the far right") } { [ stark, noun.attribute:starkness1,+ ] (complete or extreme; "stark poverty"; "a stark contrast") }] [{ [ MODERN, noun.attribute:modernity,+ NONMODERN,!] CURRENT,^ LATE,^ NEW,^ noun.attribute:modernity,= (belonging to the modern era; since the Middle Ages; "modern art"; "modern furniture"; "modern history"; "totem poles are modern rather than prehistoric") } { contemporary, modern-day, (characteristic of the present; "contemporary trends in design"; "the role of computers in modern-day medicine") } { neo, noun.communication:combining_form,;u ((used as a combining form) recent or new; "`neo' is a combining form in words like `neocolonialism'") } { red-brick, redbrick, noun.location:United_Kingdom,;r noun.artifact:university,;c (of or relating to British universities founded in the late 19th century or the 20th century) } { ultramodern, (extremely modern; "Dadism and ultramodern art") } { moderne, noun.act:art,;c (of or relating to a popularization of art deco that used bright colors and rectangular shapes) } ---- { [ NONMODERN, MODERN,!] OLD1,^ PAST,^ (not modern; of or characteristic of an earlier time) } { antebellum, (belonging to a period before a war especially the American Civil War) } { horse-and-buggy, (relating to the time before automobiles (and other inventions) changed the way people lived in industrialized nations) } { medieval, mediaeval, gothic, (as if belonging to the Middle Ages; old-fashioned and unenlightened; "a medieval attitude toward dating") } { old-world, (characteristic of former times especially in Europe; "an old-world cottage") } { Victorian, (typical of the moral standards or conduct of the age of Queen Victoria) }] [{ [ MODEST1, noun.attribute:modestness1,+ IMMODEST1,!] DECENT,^ noun.attribute:modesty,= (not offensive to sexual mores in conduct or appearance; "a modest neckline in her dress covered her up to her collarbone") } { [ coy, noun.attribute:coyness,+ ] [ demure, noun.attribute:demureness2,+ noun.attribute:demureness,+ ] overmodest, (affectedly modest or shy especially in a playful or provocative way) } { [ decent, noun.attribute:decency,+ ] (observing conventional sexual mores in speech or behavior or dress; "though one of her shoulder straps had slipped down, she was perfectly decent by current standards") } { decent2, noun.communication:colloquialism,;u (sufficiently clothed to see visitors or appear in public; "are you decent?") } { [ shamefaced, noun.feeling:shamefacedness,+ ] (extremely modest or shy; "cheerfully bearing reproaches but shamefaced at praise"- H.O.Taylor) } ---- { [ IMMODEST1, MODEST1,!] INDECENT,^ noun.attribute:modesty,= (offending against sexual mores in conduct or appearance) } { [ indecent, noun.attribute:indecency,+ noun.act:indecency1,+ ] (offending against sexual mores in conduct or appearance; "a bathing suit considered indecent by local standards") }] [{ [ MODEST2, noun.attribute:modestness1,+ IMMODEST2,!] HUMBLE,^ (marked by simplicity; having a humble opinion of yourself; "a modest apartment"; "too modest to wear his medals") } { retiring, [ unassuming, noun.attribute:unassumingness,+ ] (not arrogant or presuming; "unassuming to a fault, skeptical about the value of his work"; "a shy retiring girl") } ---- { [ IMMODEST2, MODEST2,!] DISRESPECTFUL,^ DOMINEERING,^ PROUD,^ (having or showing an exaggerated opinion of your importance, ability, etc; "brash immodest boasting") } { important, (having or suggesting a consciousness of high position; "recited the decree with an important air"; "took long important strides in the direction of his office") } { overweening, [ uppity, noun.attribute:uppityness,+ ] (presumptuously arrogant; "had a witty but overweening manner"; "no idea how overweening he would be"- S.V.Benet; "getting a little uppity and needed to be slapped down"- NY Times) }] [{ [ MODIFIED, UNMODIFIED,!] QUALIFIED2,^ VARIED,^ (changed in form or character; "their modified stand made the issue more acceptable"; "the performance of the modified aircraft was much improved") } { adapted, altered, (changed in order to improve or made more fit for a particular purpose; "seeds precisely adapted to the area"; "instructions altered to suit the children's different ages") } { restricted, qualified, noun.cognition:grammar,;c (restricted in meaning; (as e.g. `man' in `a tall man')) } ---- { [ UNMODIFIED, MODIFIED,!] UNQUALIFIED2,^ (not changed in form or character) } { unadapted, (not changed in form or character for a purpose) } { unrestricted, noun.cognition:grammar,;c (not restricted or modified in meaning; "unrestricted verbs are usually stronger than those qualified by adverbs") }] [{ [ MODULATED, UNMODULATED,!] (changed or adjusted in pitch, tone, or volume) } { softened, (toned down) } ---- { [ UNMODULATED, MODULATED,!] (characterized by lack of variation in pitch, tone, or volume; "he lectured in an unmodulated voice edged with hysteria") } { [ flat, noun.communication:flatness,+ ] [ monotone, noun.communication:monotone,+ ] [ monotonic, noun.communication:monotone1,+ noun.communication:monotone,+ ] monotonous, (sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch; "the owl's faint monotonous hooting") }] [{ [ MOLAR(a), MOLECULAR,!] noun.cognition:psychology,;c (pertaining to large units of behavior; "such molar problems of personality as the ego functions"--R.R. Hunt) } ---- { [ MOLECULAR(a), noun.substance:molecule1,+ MOLAR,!] noun.cognition:psychology,;c (relating to simple or elementary organization; "proceed by more and more detailed analysis to the molecular facts of perception"--G.A. Miller) }] [{ [ MONOCLINOUS, DICLINOUS,!] noun.cognition:botany,;c (having pistils and stamens in the same flower) } { [ hermaphroditic, noun.person:hermaphrodite,+ ] (of or relating to monoclinous plants) } ---- { [ DICLINOUS, MONOCLINOUS,!] noun.cognition:botany,;c (having pistils and stamens in separate flowers) }] [{ [ MONOECIOUS, DIOECIOUS,!] monecious, monoicous, (having male and female reproductive organs in the same plant or animal) } { autoicous, (having male and female reproductive organs in separate clusters on the same plant) } { heteroicous, polyoicous, polygamous, (having several forms of gametoecia on the same plant)} { synoicous, synoecious, (having male and female reproductive organs mixed in the same gametoecium)} { paroicous, (having male and female reproductive organs separate in a single gametoecium) } ---- { [ DIOECIOUS, MONOECIOUS,!] dioecian, (having male and female reproductive organs in separate plants or animals) }] [{ [ MONOPHONIC, noun.communication:monophony,+ POLYPHONIC,!] noun.communication:music,;c (consisting of a single melodic line) } { [ homophonic, noun.communication:homophony,+ ] (having a single melodic line with accompaniment) } { monodic, [ monodical, noun.communication:monody,+ ] (having a single vocal part) } ---- { [ POLYPHONIC, MONOPHONIC,!] contrapuntal, noun.communication:music,;c (having two or more independent but harmonically related melodic parts sounding together) }] [{ [ MONOGAMOUS, noun.state:monogamy,+ noun.state:monogamousness,+ POLYGAMOUS,!] ((used of relationships and of individuals) having one mate; "monogamous marriage"; "monogamous for life") } { [ monandrous, noun.state:monandry,+ ] (having only one husband at a time) } { [ monogynous, noun.state:monogyny,+ ] [ monogynic, noun.state:monogyny,+ ] (having one head or chief wife at a time (along with concubines)) } ---- { [ POLYGAMOUS, noun.state:polygamy,+ MONOGAMOUS,!] (having more than one mate at a time; used of relationships and individuals) } { [ bigamous, noun.act:bigamy,+ ] (of illegal marriage to a second person while legally married to a first) } { [ polyandrous, noun.state:polyandry,+ ] (having more than one husband at a time) } { [ polygynous, noun.state:polygyny,+ ] (having more than one wife at a time) }] [{ [ MONOLINGUAL, MULTILINGUAL,!] (using or knowing only one language; "monolingual speakers"; "a monolingual dictionary") } ---- { [ MULTILINGUAL, MONOLINGUAL,!] (using or knowing more than one language; "a multilingual translator"; "a multilingual nation") } { [ bilingual, noun.person:bilingual,+ ] (using or knowing two languages; "bilingual education") } { [ polyglot, noun.person:polyglot,+ ] (having a command of or composed in many languages; "a polyglot traveler"; "a polyglot Bible contains versions in different languages") } { trilingual, (using or knowing three languages; "trilingual speakers") }] [{ [ MONOVALENT1, POLYVALENT1,!] univalent4, noun.attribute:valence1,= noun.cognition:chemistry,;c (having a valence of 1) } ---- { [ POLYVALENT1, noun.state:polyvalency,+ noun.state:polyvalence,+ MONOVALENT1,!] [ multivalent4, noun.state:multivalency,+ noun.state:multivalence,+ ] noun.attribute:valence1,= noun.cognition:chemistry,;c (having more than one valence, or having a valence of 3 or higher) }] [{ [ UNIVALENT2, BIVALENT2,! MULTIVALENT,!] noun.attribute:valence2,= noun.cognition:genetics,;c (used of a chromosome that is not paired or united with its homologous chromosome during synapsis; "a univalent chromosome") } ---- { [ BIVALENT2, MULTIVALENT,! UNIVALENT2,!] double, noun.attribute:valence2,= noun.cognition:genetics,;c (used of homologous chromosomes associated in pairs in synapsis) } ---- { [ MULTIVALENT, UNIVALENT2,! BIVALENT2,!] noun.attribute:valence2,= noun.cognition:genetics,;c (used of the association of three or more homologous chromosomes during the first division of meiosis) }] [{ [ MONOTONIC, NONMONOTONIC,!] monotone4, noun.cognition:math,;c (of a sequence or function; consistently increasing and never decreasing or consistently decreasing and never increasing in value) } { decreasing_monotonic, (consistently decreasing; "a decreasing monotonic function") } { increasing_monotonic, (consistently increasing; "an increasing monotonic function") } ---- { [ NONMONOTONIC, MONOTONIC,!] noun.cognition:math,;c noun.cognition:logic,;c (not monotonic) }] [{ [ MONOVALENT2, POLYVALENT2,!] noun.attribute:valence2,= noun.cognition:immunology,;c (containing only one kind of antibody) } ---- { [ POLYVALENT2, noun.state:polyvalency1,+ noun.state:polyvalence1,+ MONOVALENT2,!] noun.attribute:valence2,= noun.cognition:immunology,;c (containing several antibodies each capable of counteracting a specific antigen; "a polyvalent vaccine") }] [{ [ MORAL, noun.attribute:morality,+ IMMORAL,!] CHASTE,^ GOOD2,^ HONORABLE,^ RIGHTEOUS,^ VIRTUOUS,^ noun.attribute:morality,= (concerned with principles of right and wrong or conforming to standards of behavior and character based on those principles; "moral sense"; "a moral scrutiny"; "a moral lesson"; "a moral quandary"; "moral convictions"; "a moral life") } { [ chaste, noun.act:chastity,+ ] (abstaining from unlawful sexual intercourse) } { [ clean, noun.state:cleanness2,+ ] clean-living, (morally pure; "led a clean life") } { [ moralistic, noun.motive:morality,+ noun.attribute:morality,+ noun.communication:moralism,+ noun.act:moralism,+ ] (narrowly and conventionally moral) } { righteous, (morally justified; "righteous indignation") } ---- { [ IMMORAL, noun.attribute:immorality,+ MORAL,!] EVIL,^ UNCHASTE,^ UNRIGHTEOUS,^ WICKED,^ noun.attribute:morality,= (deliberately violating accepted principles of right and wrong) } { debauched, [ degenerate, noun.person:degenerate,+ ] degraded, dissipated, [ dissolute, noun.attribute:dissoluteness,+ ] [ libertine, noun.person:libertine,+ ] [ profligate, noun.person:profligate,+ ] [ riotous, noun.act:riot1,+ ] fast, (unrestrained by convention or morality; "Congreve draws a debauched aristocratic society"; "deplorably dissipated and degraded"; "riotous living"; "fast women") } { [ decadent, noun.state:decadency,+ noun.state:decadence,+ ] [ fin-de-siecle, noun.communication:French,;u ] (marked by excessive self-indulgence and moral decay; "a decadent life of excessive money and no sense of responsibility"; "a group of effete self-professed intellectuals") } { disgraceful, [ scandalous, noun.event:scandal,+ noun.attribute:scandalousness,+ ] [ shameful, noun.attribute:shamefulness,+ ] shocking, (giving offense to moral sensibilities and injurious to reputation; "scandalous behavior"; "the wicked rascally shameful conduct of the bankrupt"- Thackeray; "the most shocking book of its time") } { scrofulous, (morally contaminated; "denounce the scrofulous wealth of the times"- J.D.Hart) }] [{ [ LICIT, ILLICIT,!] (sanctioned by custom or morality especially sexual morality; "a wife's licit love") } ---- { [ ILLICIT, LICIT,!] (contrary to accepted morality (especially sexual morality) or convention; "an illicit association with his secretary") } { [ adulterous, noun.act:adultery,+ ] extramarital, extracurricular, (characterized by adultery; "an adulterous relationship"; "extramarital affairs"; "the extracurricular activities of a philandering husband") } { unlawful, (not morally right or permissible; "unlawful love") }] [{ [ PRINCIPLED, UNPRINCIPLED,!] SCRUPULOUS,^ (based on or manifesting objectively defined standards of rightness or morality; "principled pragmatism and unprincipled expediency"; "a principled person") } { high-principled, (having high principles) } ---- { [ UNPRINCIPLED, PRINCIPLED,!] UNSCRUPULOUS,^ (lacking principles or moral scruples; "freedom from coarse unprincipled calumny"- A.E.Stevenson) }] [{ [ MANY, FEW,!] MORE2,^ SOME,^ noun.attribute:numerousness,= (a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by `as' or `too' or `so' or `that'; amounting to a large but indefinite number; "many temptations"; "the temptations are many"; "a good many"; "a great many"; "many directions"; "take as many apples as you like"; "too many clouds to see"; "never saw so many people") } { galore(ip), (in great numbers; "daffodils galore") } { many_a(a), many_an(a), many_another(a), (each of a large indefinite number; "many a man"; "many another day will come") } { [ numerous, noun.attribute:numerosity,+ noun.attribute:numerousness,+ ] legion(p), (amounting to a large indefinite number; "numerous times"; "the family was numerous"; "Palomar's fans are legion") } { some(a), (relatively many but unspecified in number; "they were here for some weeks"; "we did not meet again for some years") } { umpteen, umteen, (innumerable but many) } ---- { [ FEW, noun.group:few,+ noun.attribute:fewness,+ MANY,!] FEWER,^ SOME,^ noun.attribute:numerousness,= (a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by `a'; a small but indefinite number; "a few weeks ago"; "a few more wagons than usual"; "an invalid's pleasures are few and far between"; "few roses were still blooming"; "few women have led troops in battle") } { a_few(a), a_couple_of(a), (more than one but indefinitely small in number; "a few roses"; "a couple of roses") } { hardly_a(a), (very few; "hardly a man is now alive who remembers that famous date and year") }] [{ [ MUCH(a), noun.attribute:muchness,+ LITTLE3,!] MORE1,^ ((quantifier used with mass nouns) great in quantity or degree or extent; "not much rain"; "much affection"; "much grain is in storage") } { [ overmuch, noun.attribute:overmuchness,+ ] (very great in quantity; overabundant; "showed overmuch affection") } { some(a), (relatively much but unspecified in amount or extent; "we talked for some time"; "he was still some distance away") } { such(a), (of so extreme a degree or extent; "such weeping"; "so much weeping"; "such a help"; "such grief"; "never dreamed of such beauty") } { untold, incalculable, (too much to be measured; "untold suffering"; "incalculable riches") } ---- { [ LITTLE3(a), MUCH,!] slight, LESS,^ ((quantifier used with mass nouns) small in quantity or degree; not much or almost none or (with `a') at least some; "little rain fell in May"; "gave it little thought"; "little time is left"; "we still have little money"; "a little hope remained"; "there's slight chance that it will work"; "there's a slight chance it will work") } { small(a), noun.communication:archaism,;u (slight or limited; especially in degree or intensity or scope; "a series of death struggles with small time in between") }] [{ [ MORE1(a), LESS,!] more_than, MUCH,^ noun.communication:comparative,;u ((comparative of `much' used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree; "more land"; "more support"; "more rain fell"; "more than a gallon") } ---- { [ LESS(a), MORE1,!] LITTLE3,^ noun.communication:comparative,;u ((comparative of `little' usually used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning not as great in amount or degree; "of less importance"; "less time to spend with the family"; "a shower uses less water"; "less than three years old") }] [{ [ MOST1(a), LEAST,!] noun.communication:superlative,;u (the superlative of `much' that can be used with mass nouns and is usually preceded by `the'; a quantifier meaning the greatest in amount or extent or degree; "made the most money he could"; "what attracts the most attention?"; "made the most of a bad deal") } ---- { [ LEAST(a), MOST1,!] noun.communication:superlative,;u (the superlative of `little' that can be used with mass nouns and is usually preceded by `the'; a quantifier meaning smallest in amount or extent or degree; "didn't care the least bit"; "he has the least talent of anyone") }] [{ [ MORE2(a), FEWER,!] MANY,^ MORE1,^ noun.communication:comparative,;u ((comparative of `many' used with count nouns) quantifier meaning greater in number; "a hall with more seats"; "we have no more bananas"; "more than one") } ---- { [ FEWER, MORE2,!] FEW,^ LESS,^ noun.communication:comparative,;u ((comparative of `few' used with count nouns) quantifier meaning a smaller number of; "fewer birds came this year"; "the birds are fewer this year"; "fewer trains were late") } { less, ((nonstandard in some uses but often idiomatic with measure phrases) fewer; "less than three weeks"; "no less than 50 people attended"; "in 25 words or less") }] [{ [ MOST2(a), FEWEST,!] noun.communication:superlative,;u ((superlative of `many' used with count nouns and often preceded by `the') quantifier meaning the greatest in number; "who has the most apples?"; "most people like eggs"; "most fishes have fins") } ---- { [ FEWEST(a), MOST2,!] noun.communication:superlative,;u ((superlative of `few' used with count nouns and usually preceded by `the') quantifier meaning the smallest in number; "the fewest birds in recent memory") }] [{ [ MORTAL, noun.Tops:mortal,+ noun.attribute:mortality,+ IMMORTAL,!] EARTHLY,^ FINITE,^ (subject to death; "mortal beings") } { earthborn, (of earthly origin (as mortals are); "earthborn existence") } ---- { [ IMMORTAL, noun.attribute:immortality,+ MORTAL,!] HEAVENLY,^ INFINITE,^ (not subject to death) } { amaranthine, unfading, (of an imaginary flower that never fades) } { deathless, undying, (never dying; "his undying fame") } { deific, (characterized by divine or godlike nature) }] [{ [ MOTIVATED, UNMOTIVATED,!] INTENDED,^ (provided with a motive or given incentive for action; "a highly motivated child can learn almost anything"; "a group of politically motivated men") } { actuated, (moved to action; "a man actuated by unworthy desired") } { driven, impelled, (urged or forced to action through moral pressure; "felt impelled to take a stand against the issue") } ---- { [ UNMOTIVATED, MOTIVATED,!] UNINTENDED,^ (without motivation) } { causeless, reasonless, (having no justifying cause or reason; "a senseless, causeless murder"; "a causeless war that never had an aim"; "an apparently arbitrary and reasonless change") } { motiveless, unprovoked, [ wanton, noun.attribute:wantonness,+ ] (occurring without motivation or provocation; "motiveless malignity"; "unprovoked and dastardly attack"- F.D.Roosevelt) }] [{ [ MOTORIZED, UNMOTORIZED,!] motorised, motored, (equipped with a motor or motors; "a motorized wheelchair") } { bimotored, (having two motors) } { trimotored, (having three motors) } ---- { [ UNMOTORIZED, MOTORIZED,!] unmotorised, motorless, (having no motor) }] [{ [ MOVED(p), UNMOVED,!] affected2, stirred, touched1, AFFECTED,^ EMOTIONAL,^ (being excited or provoked to the expression of an emotion; "too moved to speak"; "very touched by the stranger's kindness") } { sick, (deeply affected by a strong feeling; "sat completely still, sick with envy"; "she was sick with longing") } ---- { [ UNMOVED(p), MOVED,!] unaffected2, untouched1, UNAFFECTED,^ UNEMOTIONAL,^ (emotionally unmoved; "always appeared completely unmoved and imperturbable")}] [{ [ MOVING1, UNMOVING,!] EMOTIONAL,^ IMPRESSIVE,^ STIMULATING,^ (arousing or capable of arousing deep emotion; "she laid her case of destitution before him in a very moving letter"- N. Hawthorne) } { affecting, [ poignant, noun.attribute:poignancy,+ ] touching, (arousing affect; "the homecoming of the released hostages was an affecting scene"; "poignant grief cannot endure forever"; "his gratitude was simple and touching") } { haunting, (having a deeply disquieting or disturbing effect; "from two handsome and talented young men to two haunting horrors of disintegration"-Charles Lee) } { heartwarming, (causing gladness and pleasure; "Is there a sight more heartwarming than a family reunion?") } { stirring, soul-stirring, (exciting strong but not unpleasant emotions; "a stirring speech") } ---- { [ UNMOVING, MOVING1,!] UNEMOTIONAL,^ UNSTIMULATING,^ (not arousing emotions) } { unaffecting, (not arousing affect) }] [{ [ MOVING2, NONMOVING,!] MOBILE,^ noun.state:motion,= (in motion; "a constantly moving crowd"; "the moving parts of the machine") } { afoot(p), (traveling by foot; "she was afoot when I saw her this morning") } { ahorse(p), ahorseback(p), (traveling on horseback; "a file of men ahorseback passed by") } { oncoming, (moving toward one) } { automotive, self-propelled, self-propelling, (containing within itself the means of propulsion or movement; "a self-propelled vehicle") } { awheel, (traveling by wheeled vehicle such as bicycle or automobile e.g.; "the public was awheel") } { blown, (being moved or acted upon by moving air or vapor; "blown clouds of dust choked the riders"; "blown soil mounded on the window sill") } { fast-flying, flying, (moving swiftly; "fast-flying planes"; "played the difficult passage with flying fingers") } { aflare, flaring, (streaming or flapping or spreading wide as if in a current of air; "ran quickly, her flaring coat behind her"; "flags aflare in the breeze") } { [ kinetic, noun.act:kinesis,+ ] (characterized by motion; "modern dance has been called kinetic pantomime") } { mobile, (having transportation available) } { [ restless, noun.attribute:restlessness1,+ ] (ceaselessly in motion; "the restless sea"; "the restless wind") } { [ wiggly, noun.act:wiggle,+ noun.attribute:wiggliness,+ ] wriggling, [ wriggly, noun.act:wriggle,+ ] writhing, (moving in a twisting or snake-like or wormlike fashion; "wiggly worms") } { [ vibratory, verb.perception:vibrate,+ ] (moving very rapidly to and fro or up and down; "the vibrating piano strings") } ---- { [ NONMOVING, MOVING2,!] unmoving2, IMMOBILE,^ noun.state:motion,= (not in motion) } { [ inactive, noun.state:inactivity,+ ] [ motionless, noun.state:motionlessness,+ ] static, [ still1, noun.state:stillness1,+ ] (not in physical motion; "the inertia of an object at rest") } { becalmed, (rendered motionless for lack of wind) } { [ fixed, noun.state:fixedness,+ noun.attribute:fixity,+ ] set, [ rigid, noun.attribute:rigidness,+ ] (fixed and unmoving; "with eyes set in a fixed glassy stare"; "his bearded face already has a set hollow look"- Connor Cruise O'Brien; "a face rigid with pain") } { frozen(p), rooted(p), stock-still, (absolutely still; "frozen with horror"; "they stood rooted in astonishment") } { [ inert, noun.attribute:inertness,+ ] (unable to move or resist motion) } { sitting, (not moving and therefore easy to attack; "a sitting target") } { [ stationary, noun.state:stationariness,+ ] (standing still; "the car remained stationary with the engine running") }] [{ [ MOVING3, STILL3,!] (used of a series of photographs presented so as to create the illusion of motion; "Her ambition was to be in moving pictures or `the movies'") } { animated, (made to appear to move as living creatures do; "an animated cartoon"; "animated puppets") } ---- { [ STILL3, noun.state:stillness1,+ MOVING3,!] (used of pictures; of a single or static photograph not presented so as to create the illusion of motion; or representing objects not capable of motion; "a still photograph"; "Cezanne's still life of apples") }] [{ [ MOWN, UNMOWN,!] cut4, noun.group:vegetation,;c ((used of grass or vegetation) cut down with a hand implement or machine; "the smell of newly mown hay") } { new-mown, (newly mown) } ---- { [ UNMOWN, MOWN,!] uncut4, noun.group:vegetation,;c ((used of grass or vegetation) not cut down with a hand implement or machine; "uncut grass"; "an unmown lawn") }] [{ [ SEAMANLIKE, UNSEAMANLIKE,!] [ seamanly, noun.person:seaman,+ ] (characteristic of or befitting a seaman; indicating competent seamanship) } ---- { [ UNSEAMANLIKE, SEAMANLIKE,!] (not seamanlike) } { [ lubberly, noun.person:lubber1,+ ] [ landlubberly, noun.person:landlubber1,+ noun.person:landlubber,+ ] (inexperienced in seamanship; "of all landlubbers the most lubberly") }] [{ [ CONTINENTAL, noun.object:continent,+ INTERCONTINENTAL,!] (being or concerning or limited to a continent especially the continents of North America or Europe; "the continental United States"; "continental Europe"; "continental waters") } { continent-wide, (involving the entire continent) } { transcontinental, (spanning or crossing or on the farther side of a continent; "transcontinental railway"; "transcontinental travelers"; "a transcontinental city") } ---- { [ INTERCONTINENTAL, CONTINENTAL,!] (extending or taking place between or among continents; "intercontinental exploration"; "intercontinental flights") } { worldwide, world-wide, (spanning or extending throughout the entire world; "worldwide distribution"; "a worldwide epidemic") }] [{ [ NATIONAL, noun.group:nationality,+ INTERNATIONAL,!] DOMESTIC,^ (limited to or in the interests of a particular nation; "national interests"; "isolationism is a strictly national policy") } { [ nationalist, noun.person:nationalist,+ ] nationalistic, (devotion to the interests or culture of a particular nation including promoting the interests of one country over those of others; "nationalist aspirations"; "minor nationalistic differences") } ---- { [ INTERNATIONAL, noun.attribute:internationality,+ NATIONAL,!] FOREIGN2,^ (concerning or belonging to all or at least two or more nations; "international affairs"; "an international agreement"; "international waters") } { [ global, noun.object:globe,+ ] planetary, world(a), worldwide, world-wide, (involving the entire earth; not limited or provincial in scope; "global war"; "global monetary policy"; "neither national nor continental but planetary"; "a world crisis"; "of worldwide significance") } { internationalist, [ internationalistic, noun.cognition:internationalism,+ noun.attribute:internationalism,+ ] (influenced by or advocating internationalism) } { multinational, transnational, (involving or operating in several nations or nationalities; "multinational corporations"; "transnational terrorist networks") } { supranational, (transcending established national boundaries or spheres of interest; "a supranational economy"; "supranational federations") }] [{ [ INTERSTATE, INTRASTATE,!] (involving and relating to the mutual relations of states especially of the United States; "Interstate Highway Commission"; "interstate highways"; "Interstate Commerce Commission"; "interstate commerce") } ---- { [ INTRASTATE, INTERSTATE,!] (relating to or existing within the boundaries of a state; "intrastate as well as interstate commerce") }] [{ [ NATURAL1, UNNATURAL,!] NATURAL2,^ NATURAL3,^ noun.attribute:naturalness,= (in accordance with nature; relating to or concerning nature; "a very natural development"; "our natural environment"; "natural science"; "natural resources"; "natural cliffs"; "natural phenomena") } { earthy, (not far removed from or suggestive of nature; "the earthy taste of warm milk fresh from the cow"; "earthy smells of new-mown grass") } ---- { [ UNNATURAL, NATURAL1,!] AFFECTED,^ PARANORMAL,^ SUPERNATURAL,^ noun.attribute:naturalness,= (not in accordance with or determined by nature; contrary to nature; "an unnatural death"; "the child's unnatural interest in death") } { [ violent, noun.act:violence1,+ ] (effected by force or injury rather than natural causes; "a violent death") }] [{ [ NATURAL2, noun.attribute:naturalness1,+ ARTIFICIAL,!] NATURAL1,^ (existing in or produced by nature; not artificial or imitation; "a natural pearl"; "natural gas"; "natural silk"; "natural blonde hair"; "a natural sweetener"; "natural fertilizers") } { unbleached, uncolored, undyed, (not artificially colored or bleached; "unbleached blonde hair"; "her hair is uncolored"; "undyed cotton") } ---- { [ ARTIFICIAL, noun.attribute:artificiality,+ NATURAL2,!] unreal4, COUNTERFEIT,^ UNREAL,^ (contrived by art rather than nature; "artificial flowers"; "artificial flavoring"; "an artificial diamond"; "artificial fibers"; "artificial sweeteners") } { arranged, staged, (deliberately arranged for effect; "one of those artfully staged photographs") } { bionic, (having particular physiological functions augmented or replaced by electronic or electromechanical components) } { bleached, colored, coloured, dyed, ((used of color) artificially produced; not natural; "a bleached blonde") } { cardboard, unlifelike, (without substance; "cardboard caricatures of historical figures") } { celluloid, synthetic1, (artificial as if portrayed in a film; "a novel with flat celluloid characters") } { conventionalized, conventionalised, stylized, stylised, (using artistic forms and conventions to create effects; not natural or spontaneous; "a stylized mode of theater production") } { dummy, (having the appearance of being real but lacking capacity to function; "a dummy corporation") } { ersatz, substitute, (artificial and inferior; "ersatz coffee"; "substitute coffee") } { factitious, (not produced by natural forces; "brokers created a factitious demand for stocks") } { [ fake, noun.artifact:fake,+ ] false, faux, imitation2, simulated, (not genuine or real; being an imitation of the genuine article; "it isn't fake anything; it's real synthetic fur"; "faux pearls"; "false teeth"; "decorated with imitation palm leaves"; "a purse of simulated alligator hide") } { man-made, semisynthetic, synthetic, noun.cognition:chemistry,;c (not of natural origin; prepared or made artificially; "man-made fibers"; "synthetic leather") } { near, (closely resembling the genuine article; "near beer"; "a dress of near satin") } { painted, (lacking substance or vitality as if produced by painting; "in public he wore a painted smile") }] [{ [ NATURAL3, noun.attribute:naturalness,+ SUPERNATURAL,!] (existing in or in conformity with nature or the observable world; neither supernatural nor magical; "a perfectly natural explanation") } { physical, (according with material things or natural laws (other than those peculiar to living matter); "a reflex response to physical stimuli") } ---- { [ SUPERNATURAL, noun.person:supernatural,+ noun.attribute:supernaturalness,+ NATURAL3,!] UNREAL,^ (not existing in nature or subject to explanation according to natural laws; not physical or material; "supernatural forces and occurrences and beings") } { apparitional, ghostlike, [ ghostly, noun.person:ghost,+ noun.attribute:ghostliness,+ ] [ phantasmal, noun.person:phantasma,+ noun.cognition:phantasma,+ ] spectral, [ spiritual, noun.person:spirit,+ ] (resembling or characteristic of a phantom; "a ghostly face at the window"; "a phantasmal presence in the room"; "spectral emanations"; "spiritual tappings at a seance") } { eerie, (suggestive of the supernatural; mysterious; "an eerie feeling of deja vu")} { eldritch, [ weird, noun.attribute:weirdness,+ ] uncanny, unearthly, (suggesting the operation of supernatural influences; "an eldritch screech"; "the three weird sisters"; "stumps...had uncanny shapes as of monstrous creatures"- John Galsworthy; "an unearthly light"; "he could hear the unearthly scream of some curlew piercing the din"- Henry Kingsley) } { elfin, fey, (suggestive of an elf in strangeness and otherworldliness; "thunderbolts quivered with elfin flares of heat lightning"; "the fey quality was there, the ability to see the moon at midday"- John Mason Brown) } { charming, magic, [ magical, noun.cognition:magic,+ noun.act:magic1,+ ] [ sorcerous, noun.cognition:sorcery,+ ] witching(a), [ wizard(a), noun.person:wizard,+ ] [ wizardly, noun.person:wizard,+ ] (possessing or using or characteristic of or appropriate to supernatural powers; "charming incantations"; "magic signs that protect against adverse influence"; "a magical spell"; "'tis now the very witching time of night"- Shakespeare; "wizard wands"; "wizardly powers") } { [ marvelous, noun.event:marvel,+ ] [ marvellous, noun.event:marvel,+ ] [ miraculous, noun.event:miracle,+ ] (being or having the character of a miracle) } { metaphysical, (transcending physical matter or the laws of nature; "metaphysical forces") } { [ necromantic, noun.cognition:necromancy,+ ] (given to or produced by or used in the art of conjuring up the dead; "a necromantic sorcerer"; "necromantic delusions"; "necromantic powders and other weird objects") } { nonnatural, [ otherworldly, noun.attribute:otherworldliness,+ ] preternatural, transcendental, (existing outside of or not in accordance with nature; "find transcendental motives for sublunary action"-Aldous Huxley) } { [ talismanic, noun.artifact:talisman,+ ] (possessing or believed to possess magic power especially protective power; "a talismanic amulet") } { transmundane, (existing or extending beyond the physical world; "whatever of transmundane...insight...we may carry"- William James) } { witchlike, (being or having the character of witchcraft) }] [{ [ NATURAL4, SHARP3,! FLAT,!] noun.communication:music,;c ((of a musical note) being neither raised nor lowered by one chromatic semitone; "a natural scale"; "B natural") } ---- { [ SHARP3, noun.communication:sharp,+ FLAT,! NATURAL4,!] noun.communication:music,;c ((of a musical note) raised in pitch by one chromatic semitone; "C sharp") } ---- { [ FLAT, NATURAL4,! SHARP3,!] noun.communication:music,;c ((of a musical note) lowered in pitch by one chromatic semitone; "B flat") }] [{ [ ULTIMATE, noun.state:ultimateness,+ PROXIMATE,!] noun.state:ultimacy,= (furthest or highest in degree or order; utmost or extreme; "the ultimate achievement"; "the ultimate question"; "man's ultimate destiny"; "the ultimate insult"; "one's ultimate goal in life") } { crowning(a), (representing a level of the highest possible achievement or attainment; "the crowning accomplishment of his career") } { eventual(a), (expected to follow in the indefinite future from causes already operating; "hope of eventual (or ultimate) rescue"; "if this trend continues it is not reasonable to expect the eventual collapse of the stock market") } { [ final, noun.attribute:finality,+ ] last, net, (conclusive in a process or progression; "the final answer"; "a last resort"; "the net result") } { last-ditch, (of something done as a final recourse (especially to prevent a crisis or disaster); "a last-ditch attempt") } { supreme, (final or last in your life or progress; "the supreme sacrifice"; "the supreme judgment") } ---- { [ PROXIMATE, ULTIMATE,!] (closest in degree or order (space or time) especially in a chain of causes and effects; "news of his proximate arrival"; "interest in proximate rather than ultimate goals") } { [ immediate, noun.attribute:immediateness1,+ ] (immediately before or after as in a chain of cause and effect; "the immediate result"; "the immediate cause of the trouble") }] [{ [ NECESSARY, noun.state:necessity,+ noun.object:necessity,+ UNNECESSARY,!] ESSENTIAL,^ INDISPENSABLE,^ OBLIGATORY,^ noun.state:necessity,= (absolutely essential) } { [ essential, noun.object:essential,+ noun.attribute:essentialness,+ ] [ indispensable, noun.attribute:indispensableness,+ noun.attribute:indispensability,+ ] (absolutely necessary; vitally necessary; "essential tools and materials"; "funds essential to the completion of the project"; "an indispensable worker") } { incumbent, (necessary (for someone) as a duty or responsibility; morally binding; "it is incumbent on them to pay their own debts")} { needed, needful, required, [ requisite, noun.object:requisite,+ noun.state:requisiteness,+ ] (necessary for relief or supply; "provided them with all things needful") } { obligatory, (required by obligation or compulsion or convention; "he made all the obligatory apologies") } ---- { [ UNNECESSARY, NECESSARY,!] unneeded, INESSENTIAL,^ noun.state:necessity,= (not necessary) } { excess, extra, [ redundant, noun.attribute:redundance,+ noun.communication:redundancy,+ noun.cognition:redundancy,+ noun.attribute:redundancy,+ noun.act:redundancy,+ ] spare1, supererogatory, [ superfluous, noun.attribute:superfluity,+ ] [ supernumerary, noun.person:supernumerary1,+ ] surplus, (more than is needed, desired, or required; "trying to lose excess weight"; "found some extra change lying on the dresser"; "yet another book on heraldry might be thought redundant"; "skills made redundant by technological advance"; "sleeping in the spare room"; "supernumerary ornamentation"; "it was supererogatory of her to gloat"; "delete superfluous (or unnecessary) words"; "extra ribs as well as other supernumerary internal parts"; "surplus cheese distributed to the needy") } { gratuitous, needless, uncalled-for, (unnecessary and unwarranted; "a strikers' tent camp...was burned with needless loss of life") } { inessential, (not absolutely necessary) } { spare2, (kept in reserve especially for emergency use; "a reserve supply of food"; "a spare tire"; "spare parts") }] [{ [ NET, GROSS,!] nett, (remaining after all deductions; "net profit") } { clear, (clear of charges or deductions; "a clear profit") } { take-home, ((of salary or wages) remaining after all deductions including taxes) } ---- { [ GROSS, noun.possession:gross,+ NET,!] (before any deductions; "gross income") } { overall, (including everything; "the overall cost") }] [{ [ NEUROTIC, noun.person:neurotic,+ noun.state:neurosis,+ UNNEUROTIC,!] [ psychoneurotic, noun.person:psychoneurotic,+ noun.state:psychoneurosis,+ ] (affected with emotional disorder) } { [ abulic, noun.state:abulia,+ ] [ aboulic, noun.state:aboulia,+ ] (suffering from abulia; showing abnormal inability to act or make decisions) } { [ compulsive, noun.person:compulsive,+ noun.motive:compulsion1,+ noun.motive:compulsion,+ noun.attribute:compulsiveness,+ noun.attribute:compulsivity,+ ] (caused by or suggestive of psychological compulsion; "compulsive drinking") } { [ delusional, noun.state:delusion,+ noun.cognition:delusion,+ ] (suffering from or characterized by delusions) } { disturbed, maladjusted, (emotionally unstable and having difficulty coping with personal relationships) } { hypochondriac, [ hypochondriacal, noun.state:hypochondria,+ ] (suffering from hypochondria) } { [ hysteric, noun.state:hysteria,+ ] [ hysterical, noun.state:hysteria,+ ] (characterized by or arising from psychoneurotic hysteria; "during hysterical conditions various functions of the human body are disordered"- Morris Fishbein; "hysterical amnesia") } { [ megalomaniacal, noun.person:megalomaniac,+ noun.state:megalomania,+ ] [ megalomanic, noun.state:megalomania,+ ] (suffering from megalomania) } { [ monomaniacal, noun.person:monomaniac,+ noun.motive:monomania,+ ] (obsessed with a single subject or idea) } { [ nymphomaniacal, noun.feeling:nymphomania,+ ] [ nymphomaniac, noun.person:nymphomaniac,+ ] ((used of women) affected with excessive sexual desire) } { [ obsessional, noun.motive:obsession,+ noun.cognition:obsession,+ ] [ obsessive, noun.attribute:obsessivity,+ noun.attribute:obsessiveness,+ noun.person:obsessive,+ verb.emotion:obsess3,+ ] (characterized by or constituting an obsession; "the obsessional character of his response"; "obsessive gambling") } { [ obsessive-compulsive, noun.state:obsessive-compulsive_disorder,+ noun.person:obsessive-compulsive,+ ] (characterized by obsessions and compulsions; "obsessive-compulsive neurosis") } { [ pathological, noun.state:pathology,+ ] (caused by or evidencing a mentally disturbed condition; "a pathological liar"; "a pathological urge to succeed") } { [ phobic, noun.state:phobia,+ ] (suffering from irrational fears) } { psychosomatic, (used of illness or symptoms resulting from neurosis) } { schizoid, (marked by withdrawal and inability to form close relationships) } ---- { [ UNNEUROTIC, NEUROTIC,!] (not neurotic; "successful mothers--mothers with unneurotic children"; "he's the most unneurotic person I know") } { [ together, noun.feeling:togetherness,+ ] noun.communication:colloquialism,;u (mentally and emotionally stable; "she's really together") }] [{ [ NICE, noun.attribute:niceness,+ NASTY,!] PLEASANT,^ noun.attribute:niceness,= (pleasant or pleasing or agreeable in nature or appearance; "what a nice fellow you are and we all thought you so nasty"- George Meredith; "nice manners"; "a nice dress"; "a nice face"; "a nice day"; "had a nice time at the party"; "the corn and tomatoes are nice today") } { good, (agreeable or pleasing; "we all had a good time"; "good manners") } { [ pleasant, noun.feeling:pleasantness,+ verb.emotion:please3,+ ] ((of persons) having pleasing manners or behavior; "I didn't enjoy it and probably wasn't a pleasant person to be around") } ---- { [ NASTY, noun.attribute:nastiness2,+ noun.attribute:nastiness,+ NICE,!] [ awful2, noun.attribute:awfulness,+ ] UNPLEASANT,^ noun.attribute:nastiness,= (offensive or even (of persons) malicious; "in a nasty mood"; "a nasty accident"; "a nasty shock"; "a nasty smell"; "a nasty trick to pull"; "Will he say nasty things at my funeral?"- Ezra Pound) } { dirty, [ filthy, noun.attribute:filthiness,+ ] [ lousy, noun.attribute:lousiness,+ ] (vile; despicable; "a dirty (or lousy) trick"; "a filthy traitor") } { grotty, noun.location:Britain,;r noun.communication:slang,;u (very unpleasant or offensive; "a grotty little play") } { [ hateful, noun.attribute:hatefulness,+ ] [ mean, noun.attribute:meanness,+ ] (characterized by malice; "a hateful thing to do"; "in a mean mood") }] [{ [ NIDICOLOUS, NIDIFUGOUS,!] ((of birds) remaining in the nest for a time after hatching) } ---- { [ NIDIFUGOUS, NIDICOLOUS,!] ((of birds) leaving the nest shortly after hatching) }] [{ [ NOBLE1, noun.attribute:nobility,+ IGNOBLE1,!] HONORABLE,^ noun.attribute:nobility,= (having or showing or indicative of high or elevated character; "a noble spirit"; "noble deeds") } { dignifying, ennobling, (investing with dignity or honor; "the dignifying effect of his presence"; "the ennobling influence of cultural surroundings") } { exalted, elevated, sublime, [ grand, noun.attribute:grandness,+ ] high-flown, [ high-minded, noun.attribute:high-mindedness,+ ] lofty, rarefied, rarified, [ idealistic, noun.attribute:idealism2,+ ] [ noble-minded, noun.attribute:noble-mindedness,+ ] (of high moral or intellectual value; elevated in nature or style; "an exalted ideal"; "argue in terms of high-flown ideals"- Oliver Franks; "a noble and lofty concept"; "a grand purpose") } { greathearted, [ magnanimous, noun.attribute:magnanimousness,+ ] (noble and generous in spirit; "a greathearted general"; "a magnanimous conqueror") } ---- { [ IGNOBLE1, noun.attribute:ignobleness,+ NOBLE1,!] CONTEMPTIBLE,^ COWARDLY,^ DISHONORABLE,^ noun.attribute:nobility,= (completely lacking nobility in character or quality or purpose; "something cowardly and ignoble in his attitude"; "I think it a less evil that some criminals should escape than that the government should play an ignoble part"- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.) } { [ base, noun.attribute:baseness,+ ] [ mean, noun.attribute:meanness,+ ] meanspirited, (having or showing an ignoble lack of honor or morality; "that liberal obedience without which your army would be a base rabble"- Edmund Burke; "taking a mean advantage"; "chok'd with ambition of the meaner sort"- Shakespeare; "something essentially vulgar and meanspirited in politics") } { currish, (base and cowardly) }] [{ [ NOBLE2, noun.state:nobility,+ noun.group:nobility,+ LOWBORN,!] (of or belonging to or constituting the hereditary aristocracy especially as derived from feudal times; "of noble birth") } { [ aristocratic1, noun.group:aristocracy2,+ noun.group:aristocracy1,+ ] [ aristocratical, noun.person:aristocrat,+ ] blue, blue-blooded, [ gentle, noun.attribute:gentility1,+ ] [ patrician, noun.person:patrician1,+ noun.person:patrician,+ ] (belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or aristocracy; "an aristocratic family"; "aristocratic Bostonians"; "aristocratic government"; "a blue family"; "blue blood"; "the blue-blooded aristocracy"; "of gentle blood"; "patrician landholders of the American South"; "aristocratic bearing"; "aristocratic features"; "patrician tastes") } { august, grand, [ lordly, noun.person:lord,+ noun.attribute:lordliness1,+ ] (of or befitting a lord; "heir to a lordly fortune"; "of august lineage") } { coroneted, highborn, titled, (belonging to the peerage; "the princess and her coroneted companions"; "the titled classes") } { [ imperial, noun.person:emperor,+ ] majestic, [ purple, noun.state:purple,+ ] regal, royal2, (belonging to or befitting a supreme ruler; "golden age of imperial splendor"; "purple tyrant"; "regal attire"; "treated with royal acclaim"; "the royal carriage of a stag's head") } { [ kingly, noun.person:king,+ ] kinglike1, (having the rank of or resembling or befitting a king; "symbolizing kingly power"; "the murder of his kingly guest") } { [ monarchal, noun.person:monarch,+ ] [ monarchical, noun.person:monarch,+ ] (having the characteristics of or befitting or worthy of a monarch; "monarchical gestures"; "monarchal pomp") } { [ princely, noun.person:prince,+ ] (having the rank of or befitting a prince; "a princely bearing"; "princely manner") } { [ queenly, noun.person:queen1,+ noun.person:queen,+ ] queenlike, (having the rank of or resembling or befitting a queen; "queenly propriety"; "clad in her queenly raiment"; "Rosetti's queenly portraits of women") } { royal, (being of the rank of a monarch; "of royal ancestry"; "princes of the blood royal") } ---- { [ LOWBORN, NOBLE2,!] LOWER-CLASS,^ (of humble birth or origins; "a topsy-turvy society of lowborn rich and blue-blooded poor") } { base, baseborn, [ humble, noun.state:humbleness,+ ] lowly, (of low birth or station (`base' is archaic in this sense); "baseborn wretches with dirty faces"; "of humble (or lowly) birth") } { [ common, noun.attribute:commonness1,+ noun.group:commonality,+ ] [ plebeian, noun.person:plebeian,+ noun.person:pleb,+ ] [ vulgar, verb.communication:vulgarize,+ ] unwashed, (of or associated with the great masses of people; "the common people in those days suffered greatly"; "behavior that branded him as common"; "his square plebeian nose"; "a vulgar and objectionable person"; "the unwashed masses") } { folksy, (belonging to the common people, especially in regard to speech patterns, attitudes, etc.; "folksy humor") } { [ ignoble, noun.attribute:ignobleness,+ ] ungentle, untitled, (not of the nobility; "of ignoble (or ungentle) birth"; "untitled civilians") }] [{ [ NORMAL1, noun.attribute:normality1,+ ABNORMAL,!] SANE,^ STANDARD2,^ noun.state:normality,= (conforming with or constituting a norm or standard or level or type or social norm; not abnormal; "serve wine at normal room temperature"; "normal diplomatic relations"; "normal working hours"; "normal word order"; "normal curiosity"; "the normal course of events") } { [ average2, noun.cognition:average,+ noun.state:averageness,+ ] [ mean(a), noun.cognition:mean,+ ] noun.cognition:statistics,;c (approximating the statistical norm or average or expected value; "the average income in New England is below that of the nation"; "of average height for his age"; "the mean annual rainfall") } { [ median(a), noun.cognition:median,+ ] average1, noun.cognition:statistics,;c (relating to or constituting the middle value of an ordered set of values (or the average of the middle two in a set with an even number of values); "the median value of 17, 20, and 36 is 20"; "the median income for the year was $15,000") } { [ modal(a), noun.cognition:mode,+ ] average3, noun.cognition:statistics,;c (relating to or constituting the most frequent value in a distribution; "the modal age at which American novelists reach their peak is 30") } { natural, noun.cognition:biology,;c (functioning or occurring in a normal way; lacking abnormalities or deficiencies; "it's the natural thing to happen"; "natural immunity"; "a grandparent's natural affection for a grandchild") } { [ regular, noun.attribute:regularity,+ ] (not deviating from what is normal; "her regular bedtime") } { [ typical, noun.state:typicality,+ ] (conforming to a type; "the typical (or normal) American"; "typical teenage behavior") } ---- { [ ABNORMAL, noun.state:abnormality,+ noun.act:abnormality,+ NORMAL1,!] unnatural3, INSANE,^ noun.state:normality,= (not normal; not typical or usual or regular or conforming to a norm; "abnormal powers of concentration"; "abnormal amounts of rain"; "abnormal circumstances"; "an abnormal interest in food") } { [ aberrant, noun.person:aberrant,+ noun.state:aberrancy,+ noun.state:aberrance,+ ] [ deviant, noun.person:deviant,+ verb.stative:deviate,+ noun.state:deviance,+ noun.act:deviance,+ ] [ deviate, verb.stative:deviate,+ noun.state:deviance,+ noun.act:deviance,+ ] (markedly different from an accepted norm; "aberrant behavior"; "deviant ideas") } { [ anomalous, noun.state:anomaly,+ noun.person:anomaly,+ noun.state:anomalousness,+ ] (deviating from the general or common order or type; "advanced forms of life may be anomalous in the universe") } { antidromic, noun.cognition:physiology,;c (conducting nerve impulses in a direction opposite to normal) } { [ atypical, noun.state:atypicality,+ ] [ irregular, noun.act:irregularity,+ ] (deviating from normal expectations; somewhat odd, strange, or abnormal; "these days large families are atypical"; "atypical clinical findings"; "atypical pneumonia"; "highly irregular behavior") } { [ brachydactylic, noun.state:brachydactyly,+ ] brachydactylous, (having abnormally short finger or toes) } { defective, (markedly subnormal in structure or function or intelligence or behavior; "defective speech") } { [ freakish, noun.attribute:freakishness,+ ] (characteristic of a freak; "a freakish extra toe") } { [ kinky, noun.person:kink,+ ] perverted, ((used of sexual behavior) showing or appealing to bizarre or deviant tastes; "kinky sex"; "perverted practices") } { [ subnormal, noun.person:subnormal,+ noun.state:subnormality,+ noun.cognition:subnormality,+ ] noun.cognition:statistics,;c (below normal or average; "after the floods the harvests were subnormal"; "subnormal intelligence") } { supernormal, noun.cognition:statistics,;c (exceeding the normal or average; "years of supernormal employment during the war"; "a phase of supernormal excitability") } { vicarious, noun.cognition:medicine,;c (occurring in an abnormal part of the body instead of the usual site involved in that function; "vicarious menstruation") }] [{ [ NORMAL3, noun.state:normality,+ ABNORMAL3,!] noun.cognition:psychology,;c (being approximately average or within certain limits in e.g. intelligence and development; "a perfectly normal child"; "of normal intelligence"; "the most normal person I've ever met") } ---- { [ ABNORMAL3, noun.cognition:abnormality1,+ NORMAL3,!] noun.cognition:psychology,;c (departing from the normal in e.g. intelligence and development; "they were heartbroken when they learned their child was abnormal"; "an abnormal personality") } { exceptional(a), noun.cognition:psychology,;c (deviating widely from a norm of physical or mental ability; used especially of children below normal in intelligence; "special educational provisions for exceptional children") }] [{ [ HYPERTENSIVE, HYPOTENSIVE,! NORMOTENSIVE,!] (having abnormally high blood pressure) } ---- { [ HYPOTENSIVE, NORMOTENSIVE,! HYPERTENSIVE,!] (having abnormally low blood pressure) } ---- { [ NORMOTENSIVE, HYPERTENSIVE,! HYPOTENSIVE,!] (having normal blood pressure) }] [{ [ NORMAL2, PARANORMAL,!] (in accordance with scientific laws) } ---- { [ PARANORMAL, NORMAL2,!] EXTRASENSORY,^ UNNATURAL,^ (not in accordance with scientific laws; "what seemed to be paranormal manifestations") } { [ parapsychological, noun.communication:parapsychology,+ ] (beyond normal physical explanation) } { [ psychic, noun.person:psychic,+ ] psychical, (outside the sphere of physical science; "psychic phenomena") } { [ psychokinetic, noun.communication:psychokinesis,+ ] (moving an object without apparent use of physical means) } { supernormal, supranormal, (beyond the range of the normal or scientifically explainable; "supernormal intimations") }] [{ [ NORTH, SOUTH,!] noun.location:north,= (situated in or facing or moving toward or coming from the north; "artists like north light"; "the north portico") } { northbound, northward, (moving toward the north; "the northbound lane"; "we took the north train"; "the northward flow of traffic") } { north-central, (situated in the northern part of a centrally located area in some geographical region; "the north-central part of Russia") } { [ northerly1, noun.phenomenon:norther,+ ] [ northern1, noun.attribute:northernness,+ ] (coming from the north; used especially of wind; "the north wind doth blow"; "a northern snowstorm"; "the winds are northerly") } { northerly2, northern2, (situated in or oriented toward the north; "the northern suburbs"; "going in a northerly direction") } { northernmost, northmost, (situated farthest north; "Alaska is our northernmost state") } { northeastern, northeasterly1, northeast1, (situated in or oriented toward the northeast; "the northeasterly part of the island") } { [ northeasterly2, noun.phenomenon:northeaster,+ ] northeast2, (coming from the northeast; "northeasterly winds") } { northeastward, (toward the northeast) } { northwestern, northwesterly1, northwest1, (situated in or oriented toward the northwest) } { [ northwesterly2, noun.phenomenon:northwester,+ ] northwest2, (coming from the northwest; "northwesterly winds") } { northwestward, (toward the northwest) } ---- { [ SOUTH, NORTH,!] noun.location:south,= (situated in or facing or moving toward or coming from the south; "the south entrance") } { southbound, southward, (moving toward the south; "a southbound train") } { south-central, (situated in the southern part of a centrally located area in some geographical region; "south-central London") } { [ southerly1, noun.phenomenon:souther,+ ] [ southern1, noun.attribute:southernness,+ ] (from the south; used especially of wind; "a hot southerly wind"; "southern breezes"; "the winds are southerly") } { southerly2, [ southern2, noun.attribute:southernness,+ ] (situated in or oriented toward the south; "a southern exposure"; "took a southerly course") } { southernmost, southmost, (situated farthest south; "Key West is the southernmost city in the continental United States") } { southeast1, southeastern, southeasterly1, (situated in or oriented toward the southeast) } { [ southeasterly2, noun.phenomenon:southeaster,+ ] southeast2, (coming from the southeast; "southeasterly breezes") } { southeastward, (toward the southeast) } { southwest1, southwestern, southwesterly1, (situated in or oriented toward the southwest) } { [ southwesterly2, noun.phenomenon:southwester,+ ] southwest2, (coming from the southwest; "the winds are southwesterly") } { southwestward, (toward the southwest) }] [{ [ NORTHERN1, SOUTHERN1,!] noun.location:north,= (situated in or coming from regions of the north; "the northern hemisphere"; "northern autumn colors") } { boreal, circumboreal, (comprising or throughout far northern regions) } { north-central, (being in or of a region of the United States generally including states of the upper Mississippi valley and Great Lakes region lying north of the Ohio River and the southern boundaries of Kansas and Missouri and between the western boundary of Pennsylvania and the eastern boundaries of Montana and Wyoming and Colorado) } { septrional, (of northern regions; from the seven stars (or seven plowing oxen) of Ursa Major) } ---- { [ SOUTHERN1, noun.attribute:southernness,+ NORTHERN1,!] noun.location:south2,= (situated in or coming from regions of the south; "the southern hemisphere"; "southern constellations") } { austral, (of the south or coming from the south; "sailed the austral seas") } { meridional, (located in the south or characteristic of southern people or places) } { south-central, (being in or of a region of the United States including the states of the lower Mississippi valley and east of the Rio Grande) }] [{ [ NORTHERN2, SOUTHERN2,!] noun.location:north1,= noun.location:north2,= (in or characteristic of a region of the United States north of (approximately) the Mason-Dixon line; "Northern liberals"; "northern industry"; "northern cities") } { blue, (used to signify the Union forces in the American Civil War (who wore blue uniforms); "a ragged blue line") } { Union, [ Federal, noun.person:federal1,+ ] (being of or having to do with the northern United States and those loyal to the Union during the American Civil War; "Union soldiers"; "Federal forces"; "a Federal infantryman") } { [ Yankee, noun.person:yankee2,+ ] (used by Southerners for an inhabitant of a northern state in the United States (especially a Union soldier)) } ---- { [ SOUTHERN2, NORTHERN2,!] noun.location:south1,= noun.location:south,= (in or characteristic of a region of the United States south of (approximately) the Mason-Dixon line; "southern hospitality"; "southern cooking"; "southern plantations") } { [ Confederate, noun.person:confederate2,+ ] (of or having to do with the southern Confederacy during the American Civil War; "Confederate soldiers") } { grey, gray, (used to signify the Confederate forces in the American Civil War (who wore grey uniforms); "a stalwart grey figure") }] [{ [ NOSED, NOSELESS,!] (having a nose (either literal or metaphoric) especially of a specified kind) } { hook-nosed, (having an aquiline nose) } { pug-nosed, pug-nose, short-nosed, snub-nosed, (having a blunt nose; "a pug-nosed boy with freckles"; "a snub-nosed automatic") } { sharp-nosed, (having a sharply pointed nose) } { tube-nosed, (having a tubular nose) } ---- { [ NOSELESS, NOSED,!] (having no nose) }] [{ [ NOTICED, UNNOTICED,!] (being perceived or observed; "an easily noticed effect on the rate of growth") } { detected, (perceived with the mind; "he winced at the detected flicker of irony in her voice") } ---- { [ UNNOTICED, NOTICED,!] (not noticed; "hoped his departure had passed unnoticed") } { disregarded, forgotten, (not noticed inadvertently; "her aching muscles forgotten she danced all night"; "he was scolded for his forgotten chores") } { ignored, neglected, unheeded, (disregarded; "his cries were unheeded"; "Shaw's neglected one-act comedy, `A Village Wooing'"; "her ignored advice") } { overlooked, unmarked, unnoted, (not taken into account; "his retirement was not allowed to go unmarked") } { unobserved, unseen, (not seen or observed; "managed to slip away unobserved"; "unseen forces at work") } { unperceived, unremarked, (not perceived or commented on) }] [{ [ DETECTED, UNDETECTED,!] (perceived or discerned; "the detected micrometeoritic material") } { perceived1, (detected by means of the senses; "a perceived difference in temperature") } { sensed, perceived2, (detected by instinct or inference rather than by recognized perceptual cues; "the felt presence of an intruder"; "a sensed presence in the room raised goosebumps on her arms"; "a perceived threat") } { heard, (detected or perceived by the sense of hearing; "a conversation heard through the wall") } ---- { [ UNDETECTED, DETECTED,!] (not perceived or discerned; "they feared some undetected trace of poison"; "she looked around to be sure her faux pas was undetected") } { undiscovered, (not discovered; "with earth-based telescopes many stars remain undiscovered") }] [{ [ DETERMINED, UNDETERMINED,!] (having been learned or found or determined especially by investigation) } { ascertained, discovered, observed, (discovered or determined by scientific observation; "variation in the ascertained flux depends on a number of factors"; "the discovered behavior norms"; "discovered differences in achievement"; "no explanation for the observed phenomena") } ---- { [ UNDETERMINED, DETERMINED,!] (not yet having been ascertained or determined; "of undetermined species") } { unexplained, (not explained; "accomplished by some unexplained process") }] [{ [ NOXIOUS, noun.attribute:noxiousness,+ INNOCUOUS,!] HARMFUL,^ TOXIC,^ UNWHOLESOME,^ (injurious to physical or mental health; "noxious chemical wastes"; "noxious ideas") } { baneful, [ deadly, noun.attribute:deadliness,+ ] [ pernicious, noun.attribute:perniciousness,+ ] [ pestilent, noun.cognition:pestilence,+ ] (exceedingly harmful) } { corrupting, degrading, (harmful to the mind or morals; "corrupt judges and their corrupting influence"; "the vicious and degrading cult of violence") } { [ vesicatory, noun.substance:vesicatory,+ verb.change:vesicate,+ ] [ vesicant, noun.substance:vesicant,+ verb.change:vesicate,+ ] (causing blisters) } ---- { [ INNOCUOUS, NOXIOUS,!] HARMLESS,^ (not injurious to physical or mental health) } { innoxious, (having no adverse effect) }] [{ [ OBEDIENT, noun.attribute:obedience,+ noun.act:obedience2,+ noun.act:obedience,+ verb.social:obey,+ DISOBEDIENT,!] COMPLIANT,^ DOCILE,^ GOOD1,^ MANAGEABLE,^ SUBMISSIVE,^ TRACTABLE,^ noun.attribute:obedience,= (dutifully complying with the commands or instructions of those in authority; "an obedient soldier"; "obedient children"; "a little man obedient to his wife"; "the obedient colonies...are heavily taxed; the refractory remain unburdened"- Edmund Burke) } { [ acquiescent, noun.communication:acquiescence,+ verb.communication:acquiesce,+ ] [ biddable, verb.communication:bid2,+ verb.communication:bid,+ ] (willing to carry out the orders or wishes of another without protest; "too acquiescent to challenge authority"; "a gentle, biddable soul") } { conformable, (quick to comply; "I have been to you a true and humble wife, at all times to your will conformable"-Shakespeare) } { [ dutiful, noun.attribute:dutifulness,+ ] [ duteous, noun.act:duty2,+ noun.act:duty,+ ] (willingly obedient out of a sense of duty and respect; "a dutiful child"; "a dutiful citizen"; "Patient Griselda was a chaste and duteous wife") } { Y2"K_compliant, (prepared to accurately process date and time data between and into the 20th and 21st centuries) } ---- { [ DISOBEDIENT, noun.act:disobedience,+ verb.social:disobey,+ OBEDIENT,!] BAD,^ DEFIANT,^ INCORRIGIBLE,^ INTRACTABLE,^ STUBBORN,^ UNMANAGEABLE,^ noun.attribute:obedience,= (not obeying or complying with commands of those in authority; "disobedient children") } { [ contrary, noun.attribute:contrariness1,+ ] obstinate, [ perverse, noun.attribute:perverseness,+ noun.attribute:perversity1,+ ] wayward, (resistant to guidance or discipline; "Mary Mary quite contrary"; "an obstinate child with a violent temper"; "a perverse mood"; "wayward behavior") } { [ fractious, noun.attribute:fractiousness,+ ] [ refractory, noun.attribute:refractoriness,+ ] recalcitrant, (stubbornly resistant to authority or control; "a fractious animal that would not submit to the harness"; "a refractory child") } { froward, headstrong, self-willed, [ willful, noun.attribute:willfulness,+ ] [ wilful, noun.attribute:wilfulness,+ ] (habitually disposed to disobedience and opposition) } { [ recusant, verb.communication:recuse,+ noun.person:recusant,+ noun.act:recusancy,+ ] (refusing to submit to authority; "the recusant electors...cooperated in electing a new Senate"- Mary W.Williams) }] [{ [ OBJECTIVE, noun.attribute:objectivity,+ noun.attribute:objectiveness,+ SUBJECTIVE,!] nonsubjective4, (undistorted by emotion or personal bias; based on observable phenomena; "an objective appraisal"; "objective evidence") } { clinical, (scientifically detached; unemotional; "he spoke in the clipped clinical monotones typical of police testimony") } { impersonal, [ neutral, noun.cognition:neutrality,+ ] (having no personal preference; "impersonal criticism"; "a neutral observer") } { [ verifiable, verb.cognition:verify1,+ ] (capable of being verified; "a verifiable account of the incident") } ---- { [ SUBJECTIVE, noun.attribute:subjectiveness,+ noun.attribute:subjectivity,+ OBJECTIVE,!] (taking place within the mind and modified by individual bias; "a subjective judgment") } { personal, (particular to a given individual) } { prejudiced, (emanating from a person's emotions and prejudices) } { unobjective, unverifiable, ((of e.g. evidence) not objective or easily verified) }] [{ [ OBLIGATED(p), UNOBLIGATED,!] RESPONSIBLE,^ (caused by law or conscience to follow a certain course; "felt obligated to repay the kindness"; "was obligated to pay off the student loan") } { beholden(p), (under a moral obligation to someone) } { duty-bound(p), obliged(p), (under a moral obligation to do something) } { [ indebted1(p), noun.relation:indebtedness,+ ] (owing gratitude or recognition to another for help or favors etc) } { [ indebted2(p), noun.state:indebtedness,+ ] (under a legal obligation to someone) } { supposed(p), (required or under orders; "I'm supposed to be there at ten"; "he was supposed to go to the store") } { tributary, (paying tribute; "a tributary colony") } ---- { [ UNOBLIGATED, OBLIGATED,!] (not obligated) } { unbeholden(p), (free of moral obligation) }] [{ [ OBLIGATE, FACULTATIVE,!] noun.cognition:biology,;c (restricted to a particular condition of life; "an obligate anaerobe can survive only in the absence of oxygen") } ---- { [ FACULTATIVE, OBLIGATE,!] noun.cognition:biology,;c (able to exist under more than one set of conditions; "a facultative parasite can exist as a parasite or a saprophyte") }] [{ [ OBVIOUS, noun.attribute:obviousness,+ UNOBVIOUS,!] OVERT,^ noun.attribute:obviousness,= (easily perceived by the senses or grasped by the mind; "obvious errors") } { [ apparent, noun.attribute:apparency,+ verb.perception:appear1,+ verb.change:appear,+ noun.attribute:apparentness1,+ ] [ evident, noun.cognition:evidence,+ ] manifest, palpable, [ patent, noun.attribute:patency1,+ ] [ plain, noun.attribute:plainness3,+ ] unmistakable, (clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment; "the effects of the drought are apparent to anyone who sees the parched fields"; "evident hostility"; "manifest disapproval"; "patent advantages"; "made his meaning plain"; "it is plain that he is no reactionary"; "in plain view"; "a palpable lie") } { [ axiomatic, noun.communication:axiom1,+ ] self-evident, taken_for_granted(p), (evident without proof or argument; "an axiomatic truth"; "we hold these truths to be self-evident") } { [ demonstrable, noun.attribute:demonstrability,+ ] [ provable, noun.attribute:provability,+ ] (capable of being demonstrated or proved; "obvious lies"; "a demonstrable lack of concern for the general welfare"; "practical truth provable to all men"- Walter Bagehot) } { frank, (clearly manifest; evident; "frank enjoyment") } { open-and-shut, (so obvious as to be easily solved or decided; "an open-and-shut case") } { self-explanatory, (needing no explanation) } { [ transparent, noun.attribute:transparency,+ ] (easily understood or seen through (because of a lack of subtlety); "a transparent explanation"; "a transparent lie") } { writ_large, (made more obvious or prominent; "the effect of...his irregular life could be seen writ large on his gaunt features") } ---- { [ UNOBVIOUS, OBVIOUS,!] noun.attribute:obviousness,= (not immediately apparent; "in mathematical science connections are exhibited which...are extremely unobvious"- A.N.Whitehead) } { unapparent, (not readily apparent; "the answer was at first unapparent") } { unprovable, (not provable; "it was both unproved and unprovable") }] [{ [ OBSTRUCTED, UNOBSTRUCTED,!] CLOSED1,^ (shut off to passage or view or hindered from action; "a partially obstructed passageway"; "an obstructed view"; "justice obstructed is not justice") } { barricaded, barred, blockaded, (preventing entry or exit or a course of action; "a barricaded street"; "barred doors"; "the blockaded harbor") } { blocked1, plugged, (completely obstructed or closed off; "the storm was responsible for many blocked roads and bridges"; "the drain was plugged") } { choked, clogged, (stopped up; clogged up; "clogged pipes"; "clogged up freeways"; "streets choked with traffic") } { deadlocked, stalemated, (at a complete standstill because of opposition of two unrelenting forces or factions; "the chess game ended with white stalemated"; "the two factions are deadlocked over fringe benefits") } { impeded, (made difficult or slow; "we blamed our impeded progress on lack of money") } { occluded, (closed off; "an occluded artery") } { stopped, stopped-up(a), stopped_up(p), ((of a nose) blocked; "a stopped (or stopped-up) nose") } { [ stuffy, noun.state:stuffiness,+ ] (affected with a sensation of stoppage or obstruction; "a stuffy feeling in my chest") } { thrombosed, (affected with or obstructed by a clot of coagulated blood) } ---- { [ UNOBSTRUCTED, OBSTRUCTED,!] (free from impediment or obstruction or hindrance; "an unobstructed view") } { [ clear, noun.location:clear,+ noun.attribute:clarity,+ ] [ open, noun.location:open1,+ noun.attribute:openness3,+ ] (affording free passage or view; "a clear view"; "a clear path to victory"; "open waters"; "the open countryside") } { [ patent, noun.attribute:patency,+ ] ((of a bodily tube or passageway) open; affording free passage; "patent ductus arteriosus") } { unimpeded, (not slowed or prevented; "a time of unimpeded growth"; "an unimpeded sweep of meadows and hills afforded a peaceful setting") } { unclogged, (freed of obstructions; "an unclogged drain") }] [{ [ OCCUPIED, UNOCCUPIED,!] (held or filled or in use; "she keeps her time well occupied"; "the wc is occupied") } { [ busy, noun.state:busyness,+ ] engaged, in_use(p), ((of facilities such as telephones or lavatories) unavailable for use by anyone else or indicating unavailability; (`engaged' is a British term for a busy telephone line); "her line is busy"; "receptionists' telephones are always engaged"; "the lavatory is in use"; "kept getting a busy signal") } { filled, ((of time) taken up; "well-filled hours") } ---- { [ UNOCCUPIED, OCCUPIED,!] (not held or filled or in use; "an unoccupied telephone booth"; "unoccupied hours") } { free2, (not occupied or in use; "a free locker"; "a free lane") } { spare, free1, (not taken up by scheduled activities; "a free hour between classes"; "spare time on my hands") }] [{ [ OCCUPIED2, UNOCCUPIED2,!] (seized and controlled as by military invasion; "the occupied countries of Europe") } ---- { [ UNOCCUPIED2, OCCUPIED2,!] (not seized and controlled; "unoccupied areas of France") } { relinquished, (that has been withdrawn or retreated from) }] [{ [ OFFENSIVE1, noun.attribute:offensiveness,+ verb.emotion:offend2,+ INOFFENSIVE1,!] EVIL,^ HATEFUL,^ UNPALATABLE,^ UNPLEASANT,^ noun.attribute:offensiveness,= (unpleasant or disgusting especially to the senses; "offensive odors") } { [ abhorrent, noun.feeling:abhorrence,+ verb.emotion:abhor,+ ] detestable, [ obscene, noun.communication:obscenity,+ noun.act:obscenity,+ ] [ repugnant, noun.feeling:repugnance,+ ] [ repulsive, noun.attribute:repulsiveness,+ verb.perception:repel,+ verb.emotion:repel,+ ] (offensive to the mind; "an abhorrent deed"; "the obscene massacre at Wounded Knee"; "morally repugnant customs"; "repulsive behavior"; "the most repulsive character in recent novels") } { charnel, [ ghastly, noun.attribute:ghastliness,+ ] sepulchral, (gruesomely indicative of death or the dead; "a charnel smell came from the chest filled with dead men's bones"; "ghastly shrieks"; "the sepulchral darkness of the catacombs") } { [ creepy, noun.person:creep,+ ] (annoying and unpleasant; "some creepy kids were bothering her") } { [ disgusting, noun.attribute:disgustingness,+ ] disgustful, [ distasteful, noun.attribute:distastefulness,+ ] foul, loathly, [ loathsome, noun.attribute:loathsomeness,+ ] [ repellent, verb.perception:repel,+ verb.emotion:repel,+ ] [ repellant, verb.perception:repel,+ verb.emotion:repel,+ ] repelling, revolting, [ skanky, noun.substance:skank,+ ] [ wicked, noun.attribute:wickedness2,+ ] yucky, (highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust; "a disgusting smell"; "distasteful language"; "a loathsome disease"; "the idea of eating meat is repellent to me"; "revolting food"; "a wicked stench") } { ghoulish, morbid, (suggesting the horror of death and decay; "morbid details") } { hideous, [ horrid, noun.attribute:horridness,+ ] horrific, [ outrageous, noun.event:outrage,+ noun.attribute:outrageousness,+ ] (grossly offensive to decency or morality; causing horror; "subjected to outrageous cruelty"; "a hideous pattern of injustice"; "horrific conditions in the mining industry") } { [ objectionable, noun.attribute:objectionableness,+ ] [ obnoxious, noun.attribute:obnoxiousness,+ ] (causing disapproval or protest; "a vulgar and objectionable person") } { [ rank, noun.attribute:rankness,+ ] (very offensive in smell or taste; "a rank cigar") } { scrimy, (dirty and disgusting; "worry about the gossip and secretiveness and other scrimy sides"- Al Hine) } { [ verminous, noun.person:vermin,+ noun.animal:vermin,+ ] (of the nature of vermin; very offensive or repulsive) } ---- { [ INOFFENSIVE1, OFFENSIVE1,!] noun.attribute:offensiveness,= (giving no offense; "a quiet inoffensive man"; "a refreshing inoffensive stimulant") } { innocuous, unobjectionable, (not causing disapproval; "it was an innocuous remark"; "confined himself to innocuous generalities"; "unobjectionable behavior") }] [{ [ SAVORY, UNSAVORY,!] savoury4, (morally wholesome or acceptable; "a past that was scarcely savory") } ---- { [ UNSAVORY, noun.attribute:unsavoriness1,+ SAVORY,!] unsavoury4, [ offensive4, noun.attribute:offensiveness,+ verb.social:offend,+ verb.emotion:offend2,+ ] (morally offensive; "an unsavory reputation"; "an unsavory scandal") }] [{ [ OFFENSIVE2, noun.attribute:offensiveness,+ verb.emotion:offend1,+ verb.emotion:offend,+ INOFFENSIVE2,!] DISRESPECTFUL,^ HARMFUL,^ noun.attribute:offensiveness,= (causing anger or annoyance; "offensive remarks") } { [ abusive, verb.communication:abuse,+ ] opprobrious, [ scurrilous, noun.communication:scurrility,+ ] (expressing offensive reproach) } ---- { [ INOFFENSIVE2, OFFENSIVE2,!] unoffending2, noun.attribute:offensiveness,= (not causing anger or annoyance; "inoffensive behavior") } { offenseless, offenceless, (incapable of offending or attacking) }] [{ [ OFFENSIVE3, DEFENSIVE,!] AGGRESSIVE,^ HOSTILE1,^ (for the purpose of attack rather than defense; "offensive weapons") } { antipersonnel, (designed to inflict death or personal injury rather than material destruction) } { [ assaultive, verb.social:assault3,+ verb.competition:assault,+ verb.communication:assault,+ ] attacking(a), (disposed to attack) } { hit-and-run, tip-and-run, (designed for or consisting of a brief attack followed by a quick escape; "hit-and-run units"; "tip-and-run assaults") } { incursive, invading, [ invasive, verb.competition:invade,+ ] (involving invasion or aggressive attack; "invasive war") } { marauding, predatory, raiding, (characterized by plundering or pillaging or marauding; "bands of marauding Indians"; "predatory warfare"; "a raiding party") } { on_the_offensive(p), (actively attacking) } ---- { [ DEFENSIVE, verb.competition:defend2,+ verb.competition:defend,+ OFFENSIVE3,!] PROTECTIVE,^ (intended or appropriate for defending against or deterring aggression or attack; "defensive weapons"; "a defensive stance") } { [ antiaircraft, noun.artifact:antiaircraft,+ ] (designed for defense from a surface position against air attack) } { antisubmarine, (defensive against enemy submarines) } { antitank, (designed for defense against armored vehicles) } { defending, noun.act:game,;c noun.act:sport,;c (attempting to or designed to prevent an opponent from winning or scoring) } { en_garde, ((fencing) in a defensive stance) }] [{ [ OFFENDING, UNOFFENDING,!] (offending against or breaking a law or rule; "contracts offending against the statute were canceled") } { sinning, (transgressing a moral or divine law; "if it be a sin to covet honor, I am the most sinning soul alive"- Shakespeare) } { [ offensive, noun.attribute:offensiveness,+ verb.social:offend,+ ] [ violative, verb.stative:violate,+ verb.social:violate2,+ verb.social:violate,+ ] (violating or tending to violate or offend against; "violative of the principles of liberty"; "considered such depravity offensive against all laws of humanity") } ---- { [ UNOFFENDING, OFFENDING,!] (not offending; "an unoffending motorist should not have been stopped") }] [{ [ APOLOGETIC, noun.communication:apology2,+ noun.communication:apology,+ UNAPOLOGETIC,!] [ excusatory, verb.communication:excuse1,+ ] (offering or expressing apology; "an apologetic note"; "an apologetic manner") } { [ defensive, noun.cognition:defensive,+ verb.competition:defend5,+ verb.communication:defend1,+ ] [ justificative, verb.communication:justify,+ ] [ justificatory, verb.communication:justify,+ ] (attempting to justify or defend in speech or writing) } { self-deprecating, (conscious of your own shortcomings) } ---- { [ UNAPOLOGETIC, APOLOGETIC,!] (unwilling to make or express an apology; "an unapologetic believer") }] [{ [ OFFICIAL, noun.state:office,+ UNOFFICIAL,!] AUTHORIZED,^ (having official authority or sanction; "official permission"; "an official representative") } { authoritative, authorized, authorised, (sanctioned by established authority; "an authoritative communique"; "the authorized biography") } { ex_officio, (by virtue of an office or position; "the head of the department serves as an ex officio member of the board") } { [ formal, noun.event:formality,+ ] (characteristic of or befitting a person in authority; "formal duties"; "an official banquet") } { formalized, formalised, (given formal standing or endorsement; made official or legitimate by the observance of proper procedures) } { semiofficial, (having some official authority or sanction) } ---- { [ UNOFFICIAL, OFFICIAL,!] UNAUTHORIZED,^ (not having official authority or sanction; "a sort of unofficial mayor"; "an unofficial estimate"; "he participated in an unofficial capacity") } { drumhead, summary, (performed speedily and without formality; "a summary execution"; "summary justice") } { informal, loose, (not officially recognized or controlled; "an informal agreement"; "a loose organization of the local farmers") } { unauthorized, unauthorised, wildcat, (without official authorization; "an unauthorized strike"; "wildcat work stoppage") } { unsanctioned, (without explicit official permission; "unsanctioned use of company cars") }] [{ [ CONFIRMED, UNCONFIRMED,!] (having been established or made firm or received the rite of confirmation; "confirmed reservations"; "received confirmed reports of casualties"; "a confirmed Catholic") } { official, (verified officially; "the election returns are now official") } ---- { [ UNCONFIRMED, CONFIRMED,!] (not finally established or settled; "an unconfirmed letter of credit"; "unconfirmed rumors") } { unofficial, (not officially established; "the early election returns are unofficial") }] [{ [ ESTABLISHED, UNESTABLISHED,!] constituted, (brought about or set up or accepted; especially long established; "the established social order"; "distrust the constituted authority"; "a team established as a member of a major league"; "enjoyed his prestige as an established writer"; "an established precedent"; "the established Church") } { deep-rooted, deep-seated, implanted, ingrained, planted, ((used especially of ideas or principles) deeply rooted; firmly fixed or held; "deep-rooted prejudice"; "deep-seated differences of opinion"; "implanted convictions"; "ingrained habits of a lifetime"; "a deeply planted need") } { entrenched, (established firmly and securely; "the entrenched power of the nobility") } { grooved, well-grooved, (established as if settled into a groove or rut) } { legitimate, (in accordance with recognized or accepted standards or principles; "legitimate advertising practices") } { official, noun.act:church,;c ((of a church) given official status as a national or state institution) } { recognized, recognised, (provided with a secure reputation; "a recognized authority") } { self-constituted, self-established, (constituted by or established by itself) } { oldline, old-line, (long-established) } ---- { [ UNESTABLISHED, ESTABLISHED,!] (not established; "a reputation as yet unestablished") } { unrecognized, unrecognised, (not having a secure reputation; "short stories by unrecognized writers") }] [{ [ CONDITIONED, UNCONDITIONED,!] learned2, noun.cognition:psychology,;c (established by conditioning or learning; "a conditioned response") } ---- { [ UNCONDITIONED, CONDITIONED,!] [ innate2, noun.attribute:innateness,+ ] unlearned2, (not established by conditioning or learning; "an unconditioned reflex") } { [ naive, noun.attribute:naiveness,+ ] (inexperienced)} ] [{ [ ON-SITE, OFF-SITE,!] (taking place or located at the site; "on-site inspection") } { on-the-spot(a), on-the-scene(a), (at the scene of action; "an on-the-spot reporter"; "on-the-spot inspections"; "an on-the scene newscast") } ---- { [ OFF-SITE, ON-SITE,!] (taking place or located away from the site; "an off-site waste treatment operation") }] [{ [ OFFSTAGE, ONSTAGE,!] (situated or taking place in the area of a stage not visible to the audience; "offstage noises") } ---- { [ ONSTAGE, OFFSTAGE,!] (situated or taking place on the area of a stage visible to the audience) }] [{ [ OFF-STREET, ON-STREET,!] (not on the streets; "off-street parking"; "off-street unloading of vehicles") } ---- { [ ON-STREET, OFF-STREET,!] (at the sides of streets; "on-street parking is prohibited at rush hour") }] [{ [ OLD1, noun.attribute:oldness,+ NEW,!] NONCURRENT,^ NONMODERN,^ PAST,^ STALE,^ WORN,^ noun.attribute:age,= (of long duration; not new; "old tradition"; "old house"; "old wine"; "old country"; "old friendships"; "old money") } { age-old, [ antique1, noun.person:antique,+ noun.artifact:antique,+ noun.time:antiquity,+ noun.attribute:antiquity,+ ] (belonging to or lasting from times long ago; "age-old customs"; "the antique fear that days would dwindle away to complete darkness") } { antediluvian, antiquated, archaic, (so extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier period; "a ramshackle antediluvian tenement"; "antediluvian ideas"; "archaic laws") } { [ antique, noun.artifact:antique,+ noun.artifact:antiquity,+ ] (made in or typical of earlier times and valued for its age; "the beautiful antique French furniture") } { auld, (a Scottish word; "auld lang syne") } { [ hand-me-down1, noun.artifact:hand-me-down,+ ] hand-down1, (passed on from one person to another; "not too proud to wear hand-me-down clothes") } { hoary, rusty, (ancient; "hoary jokes") } { immemorial(ip), (long past; beyond the limits of memory or tradition or recorded history; "time immemorial") } { long-ago, (belonging to time long gone; "those long-ago dresses that swished along the floor") } { longtime(a), long-time(a), (having existed or persisted or continued in a particular role or state for a long time; "a longtime friend") } { patched, (mended usually clumsily by covering a hole with a patch; "patched jeans") } { secondhand, used, (previously used or owned by another; "bought a secondhand (or used) car") } { sunset, (of a declining industry or technology; "sunset industries") } { yellow, yellowed, (changed to a yellowish color by age; "yellowed parchment") } ---- { [ NEW, noun.attribute:newness,+ OLD1,!] CURRENT,^ FRESH1,^ MODERN,^ noun.attribute:age,= (not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered; "a new law"; "new cars"; "a new comet"; "a new friend"; "a new year"; "the New World") } { [ brand-new, noun.attribute:brand-newness,+ ] bran-new, spic-and-span, spick-and-span, (conspicuously new; "shiny brand-new shoes"; "a spick-and-span novelty") } { [ fresh, noun.attribute:freshness,+ ] ((of a cycle) beginning or occurring again; "a fresh start"; "fresh ideas") } { hot, red-hot, (newest or most recent; "news hot off the press"; "red-hot information") } { newborn, new-sprung(a), (having just or recently arisen or come into existence; "new nations"; "with newborn fears") } { newfangled, new-fangled, ((of a new kind or fashion) gratuitously new; "newfangled ideas"; "she buys all these new-fangled machines and never uses them") } { newfound, (newly discovered; "his newfound aggressiveness"; "Hudson pointed his ship down the coast of the newfound sea") } { novel, refreshing, (pleasantly new or different; "common sense of a most refreshing sort") } { parvenu, parvenue, (of or characteristic of a parvenu) } { [ recent, noun.attribute:recency2,+ noun.attribute:recentness2,+ ] (new; "recent graduates"; "a recent addition to the house"; "recent buds on the apple trees") } { [ revolutionary, noun.event:revolution1,+ ] radical, (markedly new or introducing radical change; "a revolutionary discovery"; "radical political views") } { rising, (newly come into prominence; "a rising young politician") } { sunrise(a), (of an industry or technology; new and developing; "high-technology sunrise industries") } { untested, untried, (not yet proved or subjected to testing; "an untested drug"; "untested theory"; "an untried procedure") } { unused, (not yet put into use; "we bought an unused car for a change") } { virgin, (being used or worked for the first time; "virgin wool") } { [ young, noun.attribute:youngness,+ ] (being in its early stage; "a young industry"; "the day is still young")} ] [{ [ OLD2, noun.attribute:oldness1,+ YOUNG,!] EXPERIENCED,^ MATURE1,^ SENIOR,^ noun.attribute:age,= ((used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age; "his mother is very old"; "a ripe old age"; "how old are you?") } { [ aged1, noun.group:aged,+ noun.attribute:agedness,+ ] elderly, older, [ senior, noun.attribute:seniority,+ ] (advanced in years; (`aged' is pronounced as two syllables); "aged members of the society"; "elderly residents could remember the construction of the first skyscraper"; "senior citizen") } { aged2(a), of_age(p), (having attained a specific age; (`aged' is pronounced as one syllable); "aged ten"; "ten years of age") } { aging, ageing, [ senescent, noun.process:senescence,+ noun.attribute:senescence,+ verb.change:senesce,+ ] (growing old) } { [ ancient, noun.attribute:ancientness,+ ] (very old; "an ancient mariner") } { anile, (of or like a feeble old woman) } { [ centenarian, noun.person:centenarian,+ ] (being at least 100 years old) } { darkened, ((of fabrics and paper) grown dark in color over time; "the darkened margins of the paper") } { doddering, doddery, gaga, [ senile, noun.time:senility,+ noun.attribute:senility,+ ] (mentally or physically infirm with age; "his mother was doddering and frail") } { emeritus, (honorably retired from assigned duties and retaining your title along with the additional title `emeritus' as in `professor emeritus') } { grey, gray, grey-haired, gray-haired, grey-headed, gray-headed, [ grizzly, noun.artifact:grizzle,+ ] hoar, [ hoary, noun.attribute:hoariness2,+ noun.attribute:hoariness1,+ ] white-haired, (showing characteristics of age, especially having grey or white hair; "whose beard with age is hoar"-Coleridge; "nodded his hoary head") } { middle-aged, (being roughly between 45 and 65 years old) } { [ nonagenarian, noun.person:nonagenarian,+ ] (being from 90 to 99 years old; "the nonagenarian inhabitants of the nursing home") } { octogenarian, (being from 80 to 89 years old) } { oldish, (somewhat elderly) } { overage, overaged, superannuated1, over-the-hill, (too old to be useful; "He left the house...for the support of twelve superannuated wool carders"- Anthony Trollope) } { [ sexagenarian, noun.person:sexagenarian,+ ] (being from 60 to 69 years old; "the sexagenarian population is growing") } { [ venerable, noun.attribute:venerableness,+ ] (impressive by reason of age; "a venerable sage with white hair and beard") } ---- { [ YOUNG, noun.group:young,+ noun.attribute:youngness,+ OLD2,!] [ immature3, noun.state:immatureness,+ ] IMMATURE1,^ JUNIOR,^ NEW,^ noun.attribute:age,= noun.Tops:living_thing,;c ((used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth; "young people") } { one-year-old, (one year of age) } { two-year-old, (two years of age) } { three-year-old, (three years of age) } { four-year-old, (four years of age) } { five-year-old, (five years of age) } { [ adolescent, noun.person:adolescent,+ noun.time:adolescence,+ verb.change:adolesce,+ ] teen, teenage, teenaged, (being of the age 13 through 19; "teenage mothers"; "the teen years") } { infantile, (being or befitting or characteristic of an infant; "infantile games") } { [ boyish, noun.attribute:boyishness,+ ] boylike, schoolboyish, (befitting or characteristic of a young boy; "a boyish grin"; "schoolboyish pranks") } { childlike, [ childly, noun.person:child,+ ] (befitting a young child; "childlike charm") } { early, (very young; "at an early age") } { [ girlish, noun.attribute:girlishness,+ ] schoolgirlish, (befitting or characteristic of a young girl; "girlish charm"; "a dress too schoolgirlish for office wear") } { junior, (including or intended for youthful persons; "a junior sports league"; "junior fashions") } { little, small, ((of children and animals) young, immature; "what a big little boy you are"; "small children") } { newborn, (recently born; "a newborn infant") } { [ preteen, noun.person:preteen,+ ] preadolescent, (of or relating to or designed for children between the ages of 9 and 12; "a preteen party"; "preteen clothing") } { puppyish, puppylike, (characteristic of a puppy) } { tender, (young and immature; "at a tender age") } { youngish, (somewhat young) } { [ youthful, noun.attribute:youthfulness,+ ] vernal, young1, (suggestive of youth; vigorous and fresh; "he is young for his age") }] [{ [ ONE-PIECE, TWO-PIECE,! THREE-PIECE,!] ((of clothing) consisting of or fashioned in a single whole piece; "a one-piece garment") } ---- { [ TWO-PIECE, THREE-PIECE,! ONE-PIECE,!] ((of clothing) made in or consisting of two parts or pieces; "a two-piece swimsuit") } ---- { [ THREE-PIECE, ONE-PIECE,! TWO-PIECE,!] ((of clothing) made in or consisting of three parts or pieces; "the standard three-piece business suit; jacket and trousers and vest") }] [{ [ ON-LINE, OFF-LINE,!] online, noun.cognition:computer_science,;c (connected to a computer network or accessible by computer; "an on-line database") } { machine-accessible, [ connected2, noun.relation:connectedness,+ ] (stored in, controlled by, or in direct communication with a central computer) } ---- { [ OFF-LINE, ON-LINE,!] noun.cognition:computer_science,;c (not connected to a computer network; "off-line resources") }] [{ [ ON-LINE2, OFF-LINE2,!] online2, noun.act:transportation1,;c (on a regular route of a railroad or bus or airline system; "on-line industries") } ---- { [ OFF-LINE2, ON-LINE2,!] noun.act:transportation1,;c (not on a regular route of a transportation system; "an off-line ticket office") }] [{ [ ON, OFF,!] (in operation or operational; "left the oven on"; "the switch is in the on position") } { connected, (plugged in; "first check to see whether the appliance is connected") } ---- { [ OFF, ON,!] (not in operation or operational; "the oven is off"; "the lights are off") } { disconnected, (not plugged in or connected to a power source; "the iron is disconnected") }] [{ [ ON2, OFF2,!] ((of events) planned or scheduled; "the picnic is on, rain or shine"; "we have nothing on for Friday night") } ---- { [ OFF2, ON2,!] cancelled2, ((of events) no longer planned or scheduled; "the wedding is definitely off") }] [{ [ ONSIDE, OFFSIDE,!] noun.act:sport,;c (not offside; being within the prescribed area of play) } ---- { [ OFFSIDE, ONSIDE,!] offsides, noun.act:sport,;c (illegally beyond a prescribed line or area or ahead of the ball or puck; "the touchdown was nullified because the left tackle was offside") }] [{ [ OPEN1, SHUT,!] unfastened4, OPEN2,^ (affording unobstructed entrance and exit; not shut or closed; "an open door"; "they left the door open") } { ajar(p), (slightly open; "the door was ajar") } { wide-open, (open wide; "left the doors wide-open") } ---- { [ SHUT, OPEN1,!] unopen4, closed4, CLOSED1,^ (not open; "the door slammed shut") }] [{ [ OPEN2, CLOSED1,!] OPEN1,^ UNSEALED1,^ (affording free passage or access; "open drains"; "the road is open to traffic"; "open ranks") } { opened, (made open or clear; "the newly opened road") } { unstoppered, ((of a container) having the stopper removed; "whiskey spilled from the unstoppered bottle") } { yawning, (gaping open as if threatening to engulf someone or something; "the yawning mine shaft"; "a yawning abyss") } ---- { [ CLOSED1, OPEN2,!] OBSTRUCTED,^ SEALED1,^ SHUT,^ (not open or affording passage or access; "the many closed streets made travel difficult"; "our neighbors peeped from behind closed curtains") } { blocked, (closed to traffic; "the repaving results in many blocked streets") } { drawn, (having the curtains or draperies closed or pulled shut; "the drawn draperies kept direct sunlight from fading the rug") } { stoppered, ((of a container) having a stopper in the opening; "the tightly stoppered bottles") } { nonopening, (not open; not opening) }] [{ [ OPEN8, CLOSED3,!] opened2, (used of mouth or eyes; "keep your eyes open"; "his mouth slightly opened") } { agape(p), gaping, (with the mouth wide open as in wonder or awe; "the gaping audience"; "we stood there agape with wonder"; "with mouth agape") } { agaze, staring, ((used of eyes) open and fixed as if in fear or wonder; "staring eyes") } { wide-eyed, wide, ((used of eyes) fully open or extended; "stared with wide eyes") } { yawning1, (with the mouth wide open indicating boredom or sleepiness; "a yawning congregation") } ---- { [ CLOSED3, OPEN8,!] shut2, (used especially of mouth or eyes; "he sat quietly with closed eyes"; "his eyes were shut against the sunlight") } { blinking, winking, (closing the eyes intermittently and rapidly; "he stood blinking in the bright sunlight") } { compressed, tight, (pressed tightly together; "with lips compressed") } { squinched, squinting, (having eyes half closed in order to see better; "squinched eyes") }] [{ [ SPACED, UNSPACED,!] (arranged with spaces between; often used as a combining form; "widely spaced eyes") } { double-spaced, ((of type or print) having a blank line between lines of type; "manuscripts must be double-spaced") } { leaded, noun.communication:printing,;c (having thin strips of lead between the lines of type) } { single-spaced, ((of type or print) not having a blank space between lines; "business letters are usually single-spaced") } ---- { [ UNSPACED, SPACED,!] (arranged without spaces between) } { unleaded, noun.communication:printing,;c (not having leads between the lines) }] [{ [ ENCLOSED, UNENCLOSED,!] (closed in or surrounded or included within; "an enclosed porch"; "an enclosed yard"; "the enclosed check is to cover shipping and handling") } { basined, (enclosed in a basin) } { besieged, (surrounded by hostile forces; "the besieged town") } { boxed, boxed-in(a), boxed_in(p), (enclosed in or as if in a box; "boxed cigars"; "a confining boxed-in space"; "felt boxed in by the traffic") } { capsulate, capsulated, noun.cognition:botany,;c (used of seeds or spores that are enclosed in a capsule) } { clathrate, noun.cognition:chemistry,;c (designating or relating to a compound in which one component is physically enclosed within the crystal structure of another) } { closed, closed_in(p), (blocked against entry; "a closed porch") } { coarctate, ((of an insect pupa) enclosed in a rigid case) } { embedded1, (enclosed firmly in a surrounding mass; "found pebbles embedded in the silt"; "stone containing many embedded fossils"; "peach and plum seeds embedded in a sweet edible pulp") } { fencelike, (resembling a fence) } { included, (enclosed in the same envelope or package; "the included check") } { involved, (enveloped; "a castle involved in mist"; "the difficulties in which the question is involved") } { self-enclosed, (of self-imposed enclosure or confinement; "a self-enclosed Jewish cosmos") } { surrounded, encircled2, (confined on all sides; "a camp surrounded by enemies"; "the encircled pioneers") } ---- { [ UNENCLOSED, ENCLOSED,!] (not closed in our surrounded or included; "an unenclosed porch"; "unenclosed common land") } { hypaethral, hypethral, (partly or entirely open to the sky) } { [ open, noun.location:open2,+ ] (having no protecting cover or enclosure; "an open boat"; "an open fire"; "open sports cars") } { unfenced, (not enclosed by a fence) }] [{ [ TANNED, UNTANNED,! ] (converted to leather by a tanning agent) } ---- { [ UNTANNED, TANNED,! ] (not converted to leather by a tanning agent; "a whip made of untanned hide") }] [{ [ TAPPED, UNTAPPED,!] (in a condition for letting out liquid drawn out as by piercing or drawing a plug; "latex from tapped rubber trees") } { abroach, broached, (of a cask or barrel; "the cask was set abroach") } ---- { [ UNTAPPED, TAPPED,!] (not subjected to tapping; "an untapped keg"; "an untapped sugar maple") }] [{ [ OPEN4, CLOSED2,!] noun.cognition:math,;c ((set theory) of an interval that contains neither of its endpoints) } ---- { [ CLOSED2, OPEN4,!] noun.cognition:math,;c ((set theory) of an interval that contains both its endpoints) }] [{ [ OPERATIONAL, NONOPERATIONAL,!] noun.group:military,;c ((military) of or intended for or involved in military operations) } { [ active, noun.state:activeness,+ noun.state:activity,+ ] combat-ready, fighting(a), noun.group:military,;c (engaged in or ready for military or naval operations; "on active duty"; "the platoon is combat-ready"; "review the fighting forces") } { effective, noun.group:military,;c (ready for service; "the fort was held by about 100 effective soldiers") } ---- { [ NONOPERATIONAL, OPERATIONAL,!] inactive, noun.group:military,;c ((military) not involved in military operations) }] [{ [ OPPORTUNE, noun.state:opportunity,+ noun.attribute:opportuneness,+ INOPPORTUNE,!] ADVANTAGEOUS,^ (suitable or at a time that is suitable or advantageous especially for a particular purpose; "an opportune place to make camp"; "an opportune arrival"; "an opportune time to receive guests") } { [ good, noun.attribute:goodness2,+ ] right, ripe, (most suitable or right for a particular purpose; "a good time to plant tomatoes"; "the right time to act"; "the time is ripe for great sociological changes") } { [ timely, noun.time:time6,+ noun.attribute:timeliness1,+ noun.attribute:timeliness,+ ] [ seasonable, noun.attribute:seasonableness,+ ] well-timed(a), well_timed(p), (done or happening at the appropriate or proper time; "a timely warning"; "with timely treatment the patient has a good chance of recovery"; "a seasonable time for discussion"; "the book's publication was well timed") } ---- { [ INOPPORTUNE, noun.attribute:inopportuneness,+ OPPORTUNE,!] DISADVANTAGEOUS,^ (not opportune; "arrived at a most inopportune hour"; "an inopportune visit") } { ill-timed, [ unseasonable, noun.attribute:unseasonableness,+ ] [ untimely, noun.attribute:untimeliness,+ ] wrong, (badly timed; "an ill-timed intervention"; "you think my intrusion unseasonable"; "an untimely remark"; "it was the wrong moment for a joke") } { inconvenient, (not conveniently timed; "an early departure is inconvenient for us") }] [{ [ OPPOSABLE, UNOPPOSABLE,!] [ apposable, verb.contact:appose,+ ] (capable of being placed opposite to something; "the thumb is opposable to the forefinger") } ---- { [ UNOPPOSABLE, OPPOSABLE,!] (not opposable) }] [{ [ OPPOSED, UNOPPOSED,!] (being in opposition or having an opponent; "two bitterly opposed schools of thought") } { conflicting, (on bad terms; "they were usually at odds over politics"; "conflicting opinions") } ---- { [ UNOPPOSED, OPPOSED,!] (not having opposition or an opponent; "unopposed military forces"; "the candidate was unopposed") }] [{ [ OPPOSITE, ALTERNATE,!] paired2, noun.cognition:botany,;c (of leaves etc; growing in pairs on either side of a stem; "opposite leaves") } ---- { [ ALTERNATE, OPPOSITE,!] noun.cognition:botany,;c (of leaves and branches etc; first on one side and then on the other in two ranks along an axis; not paired; "stems with alternate leaves") }] [{ [ OPTIMISTIC, noun.feeling:optimism,+ noun.attribute:optimism,+ PESSIMISTIC,!] HOPEFUL,^ POSITIVE1,^ (expecting the best in this best of all possible worlds; "in an optimistic mood"; "optimistic plans"; "took an optimistic view") } { bullish, noun.artifact:stock_market,;c (expecting a rise in prices) } { [ cheerful, noun.feeling:cheerfulness,+ ] pollyannaish, upbeat, (pleasantly (even unrealistically) optimistic) } { rose-colored, rosy, (reflecting optimism; "a rosy future"; "looked at the world through rose-colored glasses") } { starry-eyed, (unrealistically or naively optimistic; "a starry-eyed reformer"; "starry-eyed idealism") } { [ sanguine, noun.feeling:sanguineness,+ noun.feeling:sanguinity,+ ] sanguineous, (confidently optimistic and cheerful) } ---- { [ PESSIMISTIC, noun.feeling:pessimism,+ noun.attribute:pessimism,+ OPTIMISTIC,!] HOPELESS,^ NEGATIVE2,^ (expecting the worst possible outcome) } { bearish, noun.artifact:stock_market,;c (expecting prices to fall) } { demoralized, demoralised, discouraged, disheartened, (made less hopeful or enthusiastic; "desperate demoralized people looking for work"; "felt discouraged by the magnitude of the problem"; "the disheartened instructor tried vainly to arouse their interest") }] [{ [ ORAL, ABORAL,!] buccal, noun.cognition:anatomy,;c (of or involving the mouth or mouth region or the surface on which the mouth is located; "the oral cavity"; "the oral mucous membrane"; "the oral surface of a starfish"; "a buccal gland") } ---- { [ ABORAL, ORAL,!] noun.cognition:anatomy,;c (opposite to or away from the mouth; "the aboral surface of a starfish") }] [{ [ ACTINAL, ABACTINAL,!] noun.Tops:organism,;c ((of radiate organisms) located on the surface or end on which the mouth is situated) } ---- { [ ABACTINAL, ACTINAL,!] ((of radiate animals) located on the surface or end opposite to that on which the mouth is situated) }] [{ [ ORDERLY, DISORDERLY,!] (devoid of violence or disruption; "an orderly crowd confronted the president") } ---- { [ DISORDERLY, ORDERLY,!] (undisciplined and unruly; "disorderly youths"; "disorderly conduct") } { [ boisterous, noun.attribute:boisterousness,+ ] rambunctious, robustious, rumbustious, [ unruly, noun.attribute:unruliness,+ ] (noisy and lacking in restraint or discipline; "a boisterous crowd"; "a social gathering that became rambunctious and out of hand"; "a robustious group of teenagers"; "beneath the rumbustious surface of his paintings is sympathy for the vulnerability of ordinary human beings"; "an unruly class") } { mobbish, moblike, (characteristic of a mob; disorderly or lawless; "fanned mounting tension into mobbish terrorizing"; "moblike mentality") } { raucous, [ rowdy, noun.state:rowdiness,+ ] (disturbing the public peace; loud and rough; "a raucous party"; "rowdy teenagers") } { rough-and-tumble,bare-knuckle, bare-knuckled, (characterized by disorderly action and disregard for rules; "a rough-and-tumble fight"; "rough-and-tumble politics"; "undisguised bare-knuckle capitalism") }] [{ [ ORDERED, DISORDERED,!] (having a systematic arrangement; especially having elements succeeding in order according to rule; "an ordered sequence") } { consecutive, sequent, [ sequential, noun.attribute:sequence,+ noun.act:sequence,+ ] [ serial, noun.communication:serial1,+ noun.communication:serial,+ noun.group:series,+ ] [ successive, noun.attribute:successiveness,+ verb.social:succeed1,+ ] (in regular succession without gaps; "serial concerts") } { progressive, ((of a card game or a dance) involving a series of sections for which the participants successively change place or relative position; "progressive euchre"; "progressive tournaments")} ---- { [ DISORDERED, ORDERED,!] unordered, (not arranged in order) }] [{ [ ORGANIZED1, DISORGANIZED,!] SYSTEMATIC,^ (methodical and efficient in arrangement or function; "how well organized she is"; "his life was almost too organized") } { [ methodical, noun.cognition:method,+ noun.attribute:methodicalness,+ ] (characterized by method and orderliness; "a methodical scholar") } { well-conducted, (characterized by good organization and control; "a well-conducted meeting") } ---- { [ DISORGANIZED, ORGANIZED1,!] disorganised, UNSYSTEMATIC,^ (lacking order or methodical arrangement or function; "a disorganized enterprise"; "a thousand pages of muddy and disorganized prose"; "she was too disorganized to be an agreeable roommate") } { broken, confused, disordered, upset, (thrown into a state of disarray or confusion; "troops fleeing in broken ranks"; "a confused mass of papers on the desk"; "the small disordered room"; "with everything so upset") } { chaotic, helter-skelter, (lacking a visible order or organization) } { fucked-up, [ snafu, noun.act:snafu,+ ] (snarled or stalled in complete confusion; "situation normal--all fucked-up") } { scrambled, (thrown together in a disorderly fashion; "a scrambled plan of action") } { unmethodical, (not efficient or methodical; "the project failed through unmethodical planning") } { unstuck, undone, (thrown into a state of disorganization or incoherence; "price programs became unstuck because little grain was available") }] [{ [ ORGANIZED2, UNORGANIZED,!] STRUCTURED,^ (formed into a structured or coherent whole, particularly on a large scale; "organized medicine") } { arranged1, (planned in advance; "an arranged marriage") } { configured, (organized so as to give configuration to; "a magnet is surrounded by a configured field") } { corporate, incorporated, (organized and maintained as a legal corporation; "a special agency set up in corporate form"; "an incorporated town") } { re-formed, (formed again or anew; "the re-formed scout troop has been very active") } { reorganized, reorganised, (organized again; "a reorganized business") } ---- { [ UNORGANIZED, ORGANIZED2,!] unorganised, UNSTRUCTURED,^ (not having or belonging to a structured whole; "unorganized territories lack a formal government") } { uncoordinated, (lacking in cooperative planning and organization; "uncoordinated scheduling often resulted in conflicting games") } { unformed, (not formed or organized; "an as yet unformed government") } { unincorporated, (not organized and maintained as a legal corporation) }] [{ [ STRUCTURED, UNSTRUCTURED,!] ORGANIZED2,^ (having definite and highly organized structure; "a structured environment") } ---- { [ UNSTRUCTURED, STRUCTURED,!] UNORGANIZED,^ (lacking definite structure or organization; "an unstructured situation with no one in authority"; "a neighborhood gang with a relatively unstructured system"; "children in an unstructured environment often feel insecure"; "unstructured inkblots") } { [ ambiguous, noun.communication:ambiguity,+ ] noun.cognition:psychology,;c (having no intrinsic or objective meaning; not organized in conventional patterns; "an ambiguous situation with no frame of reference"; "ambiguous inkblots") } { amorphous, ((of a group of people or an organization) unorganized or unfocused; "A mob is an amorphous crowd of people without ideals, a sum of individuals in which each lives for himself") } { unregulated, (without regulation or discipline; "an unregulated environment") }] [{ [ ORDINARY, noun.attribute:ordinariness,+ EXTRAORDINARY,!] COMMON1,^ USUAL,^ noun.attribute:ordinariness,= (not exceptional in any way especially in quality or ability or size or degree; "ordinary everyday objects"; "ordinary decency"; "an ordinary day"; "an ordinary wine") } { [ average, noun.attribute:averageness,+ noun.state:averageness,+ ] fair, [ mediocre, noun.attribute:mediocrity,+ ] middling, (lacking exceptional quality or ability; "a novel of average merit"; "only a fair performance of the sonata"; "in fair health"; "the caliber of the students has gone from mediocre to above average"; "the performance was middling at best") } { banausic, noun.act:formality,;u ((formal) ordinary and not refined; "he felt contempt for all banausic occupations") } { characterless, [ nondescript, noun.person:nondescript,+ ] (lacking distinct or individual characteristics; dull and uninteresting; "women dressed in nondescript clothes"; "a nondescript novel") } { [ common, noun.state:commonness,+ noun.attribute:commonality,+ ] (to be expected; standard; "common decency") } { [ commonplace2, noun.attribute:commonplaceness,+ ] (completely ordinary and unremarkable; "air travel has now become commonplace"; "commonplace everyday activities") } { cut-and-dried, cut-and-dry, (according to ordinary expectations) } { [ everyday, noun.attribute:everydayness,+ ] [ mundane, noun.attribute:mundanity1,+ noun.attribute:mundaneness1,+ ] quotidian, routine, unremarkable, workaday, (found in the ordinary course of events; "a placid everyday scene"; "it was a routine day"; "there's nothing quite like a real...train conductor to add color to a quotidian commute"- Anita Diamant) } { indifferent, so-so(p), (being neither good nor bad; "an indifferent performance"; "a gifted painter but an indifferent actor"; "her work at the office is passable"; "a so-so golfer"; "feeling only so-so"; "prepared a tolerable dinner"; "a tolerable working knowledge of French") } { run-of-the-mill, run-of-the-mine, mine_run, unexceptional, undistinguished, (not special in any way; lacking distinction; "run-of-the-mill boxing"; "your run-of-the-mine college graduate"; "a unexceptional an incident as can be found in a lawyer's career") } ---- { [ EXTRAORDINARY, noun.attribute:extraordinariness,+ ORDINARY,!] INCOMPARABLE,^ UNCOMMON,^ UNUSUAL,^ SUPERIOR2,^ IMPRESSIVE,^ noun.attribute:ordinariness,= (beyond what is ordinary or usual; highly unusual or exceptional or remarkable; "extraordinary authority"; "an extraordinary achievement"; "her extraordinary beauty"; "enjoyed extraordinary popularity"; "an extraordinary capacity for work"; "an extraordinary session of the legislature") } { bonzer, noun.location:Australia,;r (remarkable or wonderful) } { exceeding, [ exceptional, noun.cognition:exception1,+ ] olympian, prodigious, surpassing, (far beyond what is usual in magnitude or degree; "a night of exceeding darkness"; "an exceptional memory"; "olympian efforts to save the city from bankruptcy"; "the young Mozart's prodigious talents") } { extraordinaire(ip), (extraordinary in a particular capacity; "a woodworker extraordinaire"; "a self-starter extraordinaire") } { fantastic, [ grand, noun.attribute:grandness,+ ] howling(a), marvelous, marvellous, rattling(a), terrific, tremendous, [ wonderful, noun.attribute:wonderfulness,+ ] [ wondrous, noun.event:wonder,+ ] (extraordinarily good or great; used especially as intensifiers; "a fantastic trip to the Orient"; "the film was fantastic!"; "a howling success"; "a marvelous collection of rare books"; "had a rattling conversation about politics"; "a tremendous achievement") } { phenomenal, (exceedingly or unbelievably great; "the bomb did fantastic damage"; "Samson is supposed to have had fantastic strength"; "phenomenal feats of memory") } { frightful, [ terrible, noun.attribute:terribleness,+ ] awful, tremendous1, noun.communication:colloquialism,;u (extreme in degree or extent or amount or impact; "in a frightful hurry"; "spent a frightful amount of money") } { [ great1, noun.attribute:greatness1,+ ] (remarkable or out of the ordinary in degree or magnitude or effect; "a great crisis"; "had a great stake in the outcome") } { one(a), right(a), noun.communication:colloquialism,;u ((informal) very; used informally as an intensifier; "that is one fine dog"; "a right fine day") } { preternatural, uncanny, (surpassing the ordinary or normal; "Beyond his preternatural affability there is some acid and some steel" - George Will; "his uncanny sense of direction") } { [ pyrotechnic, noun.act:pyrotechny,+ ] (suggestive of fireworks; "pyrotechnic keyboard virtuosity"; "a pyrotechnic wit") } { [ rare, noun.artifact:rarity,+ ] [ uncommon, noun.attribute:uncommonness1,+ ] (marked by an uncommon quality; especially superlative or extreme of its kind; "what is so rare as a day in June"-J.R.Lowell; "a rare skill"; "an uncommon sense of humor"; "she was kind to an uncommon degree") } { remarkable, [ singular, noun.attribute:singularity2,+ ] (unusual or striking; "a remarkable sight"; "such poise is singular in one so young") } { some, noun.communication:colloquialism,;u noun.communication:slang,;u (remarkable; "that was some party"; "she is some skier") } { [ special, noun.attribute:specialness,+ ] (for a special service or occasion; "a special correspondent"; "a special adviser to the committee"; "had to get special permission for the event") } { wonderworking, (performing or able to perform wonders or miracles) }] [{ [ ORGANIC1, INORGANIC1,!] noun.cognition:chemistry,;c (relating or belonging to the class of chemical compounds having a carbon basis; "hydrocarbons are organic compounds") } ---- { [ INORGANIC1, ORGANIC1,!] noun.cognition:chemistry,;c (relating or belonging to the class of compounds not having a carbon basis; "hydrochloric and sulfuric acids are called inorganic substances") }] [{ [ ORGANIC2, noun.substance:organic,+ noun.Tops:organism,+ INORGANIC2,!] (being or relating to or derived from or having properties characteristic of living organisms; "organic life"; "organic growth"; "organic remains found in rock") } { integrated, structured, (resembling a living organism in organization or development; "society as an integrated whole") } { nonsynthetic, (involving or derived from living organisms; free from chemical treatments or additives; "organic gardening is more natural"; "nonsynthetic fertilizer") } ---- { [ INORGANIC2, ORGANIC2,!] (lacking the properties characteristic of living organisms) } { amorphous, unstructured, (lacking the system or structure characteristic of living bodies) } { [ artificial, noun.attribute:artificiality,+ ] (not arising from natural growth or characterized by vital processes) } { mineral, (composed of matter other than plant or animal; "the inorganic mineral world") }] [{ [ HOLISTIC, noun.cognition:holism,+ ATOMISTIC,!] (emphasizing the organic or functional relation between parts and the whole) } ---- { [ ATOMISTIC, noun.cognition:atomism1,+ noun.cognition:atomism,+ HOLISTIC,!] [ atomistical, noun.cognition:atomism1,+ noun.cognition:atomism,+ ] (divided into separate and often disparate elements) }] [{ [ ARRANGED, DISARRANGED,!] ordered4, (disposed or placed in a particular kind of order; "the carefully arranged chessmen"; "haphazardly arranged interlobular septa"; "comfortable chairs arranged around the fireplace") } { laid, set, (set down according to a plan; "a carefully laid table with places set for four people"; "stones laid in a pattern") } { placed, (put in position in relation to other things; "end tables placed conveniently") } ---- { [ DISARRANGED, ARRANGED,!] (having the arrangement disturbed; not in order; "her disarranged hair") } { disarrayed, (in disarray; "disarrayed bedclothes") } { disturbed, (having the place or position changed; "the disturbed books and papers on her desk"; "disturbed grass showed where the horse had passed") } { misplaced, (put in the wrong place or position; "She was penalized for a spelling mistake or a misplaced accent") }] [{ [ ORIENTED, UNORIENTED,!] orientated, ORIENTING,^ (adjusted or located in relation to surroundings or circumstances; sometimes used in combination; "the house had its large windows oriented toward the ocean view"; "helping freshmen become oriented to college life"; "the book is value-oriented throughout") } { adjusted, familiarized, familiarised, (having achieved a comfortable relation with your environment) } { bound, destined, (headed or intending to head in a certain direction; often used as a combining form as in `college-bound students'; "children bound for school"; "a flight destined for New York") } { directed, ((often used in combination) having a specified direction; "a positively directed vector"; "goal-directed") } { headed, (having a heading or course in a certain direction; "westward headed wagons") } { homeward, homeward-bound, (oriented toward home; "in a homeward direction"; "homeward-bound commuters") } { minded, noun.communication:combining_form,;u ((used in combination) mentally oriented toward something specified; "civic-minded"; "career-minded") } ---- { [ UNORIENTED, ORIENTED,!] DISORIENTING,^ (not having position or goal definitely set or ascertained; "engaged in unoriented study"; "unoriented until she looked at the map") } { alienated, [ anomic, noun.state:anomy,+ noun.state:anomie,+ ] disoriented2, (socially disoriented; "anomic loners musing over their fate"; "we live in an age of rootless alienated people") } { [ confused, noun.cognition:confusedness,+ ] disoriented, lost, (having lost your bearings; confused as to time or place or personal identity; "I frequently find myself disoriented when I come up out of the subway"; "the anesthetic left her completely disoriented") }] [{ [ ORIENTING, DISORIENTING,!] orientating, ORIENTED,^ (positioning with respect to a reference system or determining your bearings physically or intellectually; "noticed the bee's momentary orienting pause before heading back to the hive"; "an orienting program for new employees") } { aligning, positioning, (causing to fall into line or into position) } { dimensioning, (indicating or determining size and position in space; "the ultrasonic dimensioning measurement"; "an ultrasonic dimensioning arrangement of the heart") } { familiarizing, familiarising, (serving to make familiar) } { homing, (orienting or directing homeward or to a destination; "the homing instinct"; "a homing beacon") } ---- { [ DISORIENTING, ORIENTING,!] UNORIENTED,^ (causing loss of physical or intellectual bearings; "making so many turns to the right and then the left was completely disorienting"; "a sharp blow to the head can be disorienting") } { confusing, (causing confusion or disorientation; "a confusing jumble of road signs"; "being hospitalized can be confusing and distressing for a small child") } { estranging, (making one feel out of place or alienated; "the landscape was estranging") } { stunning, (causing or capable of causing bewilderment or shock or insensibility; "laid the poor fellow senseless with one stunning blow"; "a stunning detonation with volumes of black smoke") } { stupefying, (making physically stupid or dull or insensible; "a stupefying blow to the head"; "the stupefying effects of hemp") }] [{ [ ORIGINAL, noun.artifact:original,+ noun.attribute:originality,+ UNORIGINAL,!] CREATIVE,^ FIRST,^ PRIMARY,^ UNCONVENTIONAL,^ noun.attribute:originality,= (being or productive of something fresh and unusual; or being as first made or thought of; "a truly original approach"; "with original music"; "an original mind") } { avant-garde, daring, (radically new or original; "an avant-garde theater piece") } { freehand, freehanded, (done by hand without mechanical aids or devices; "a freehand drawing") } { [ fresh, noun.cognition:freshness,+ ] new, novel, (original and of a kind not seen before; "the computer produced a completely novel proof of a well-known theorem") } { [ germinal, noun.cognition:germ,+ ] [ originative, verb.stative:originate,+ ] seminal, (containing seeds of later development; "seminal ideas of one discipline can influence the growth of another") } { [ innovative, noun.cognition:innovativeness,+ verb.creation:innovate,+ ] [ innovational, noun.cognition:innovation,+ noun.artifact:innovation,+ noun.act:innovation,+ ] groundbreaking, (being or producing something like nothing done or experienced or created before; "stylistically innovative works"; "innovative members of the artistic community"; "a mind so innovational, so original") } { underivative, (not derivative or imitative; "a natural underivative poet") } ---- { [ UNORIGINAL, noun.cognition:unoriginality,+ noun.attribute:unoriginality,+ ORIGINAL,!] CONVENTIONAL,^ SECONDARY1,^ STALE,^ UNCREATIVE,^ noun.attribute:originality,= (not original; not being or productive of something fresh and unusual; "the manuscript contained unoriginal emendations"; "his life had been unoriginal, conforming completely to the given pattern"- Gwethalyn Graham) } { [ banal1, noun.communication:banality,+ ] [ commonplace, noun.communication:commonplace,+ ] hackneyed, old-hat, shopworn, stock(a), threadbare, timeworn, tired, [ trite, noun.cognition:triteness,+ ] well-worn, (repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse; "bromidic sermons"; "his remarks were trite and commonplace"; "hackneyed phrases"; "a stock answer"; "repeating threadbare jokes"; "parroting some timeworn axiom"; "the trite metaphor `hard as nails'") } { bromidic1, [ corny, noun.attribute:corn,+ ] platitudinal, [ platitudinous, noun.communication:platitude,+ ] (dull and tiresome but with pretensions of significance or originality; "bromidic sermons") } { cliched, ready-made, (repeated regularly without thought or originality; "ready-made phrases") } { cold, [stale, noun.cognition:staleness,+ ] dusty, moth-eaten, (lacking originality or spontaneity; no longer new; "moth-eaten theories about race"; "stale news") } { slavish, (blindly imitative; "a slavish copy of the original") }] [{ [ ORTHODOX, UNORTHODOX,!] CONSERVATIVE,^ STANDARD1,^ noun.attribute:orthodoxy,= (adhering to what is commonly accepted; "an orthodox view of the world") } { antiheretical, (opposed to heresy) } { canonic, canonical, sanctioned, (conforming to orthodox or recognized rules; "the drinking of cocktails was as canonical a rite as the mixing"- Sinclair Lewis) } { conforming, conformist, noun.cognition:religion,;c (adhering to established customs or doctrines (especially in religion)) } { [ conventional, noun.attribute:conventionality,+ ] established, (conforming with accepted standards; "a conventional view of the world") } { [ traditional, noun.cognition:tradition2,+ noun.cognition:tradition1,+ noun.attribute:traditionality,+ ] (pertaining to time-honored orthodox doctrines; "the simple security of traditional assumptions has vanished") } { unreformed, (unaffected by the Reformation) } ---- { [ UNORTHODOX, ORTHODOX,!] noun.attribute:orthodoxy,= (breaking with convention or tradition; "an unorthodox lifestyle") } { dissentient, [ recusant, noun.person:recusant,+ noun.act:recusancy,+ ] ((of Catholics) refusing to attend services of the Church of England) } { [ dissident, noun.person:dissident,+ noun.communication:dissidence,+ ] [ heretical, noun.cognition:heresy1,+ noun.cognition:heresy,+ ] heterodox, (characterized by departure from accepted beliefs or standards) } { [ iconoclastic, noun.cognition:iconoclasm,+ ] (characterized by attack on established beliefs or institutions) } { nonconforming, nonconformist, (not conforming to established customs or doctrines especially in religion) } { Reformed, (of or relating to the body of Protestant Christianity arising during the Reformation; used of some Protestant churches especially Calvinist as distinct from Lutheran; "Dutch Reformed theology") }] [{ [ OUTDOOR(a), INDOOR,!] out-of-door, outside4, EXTERIOR,^ (located, suited for, or taking place in the open air; "outdoor clothes"; "badminton and other outdoor games"; "a beautiful outdoor setting for the wedding") } { alfresco, open-air(a), (in the open air; "an alfresco lunch"; "an open-air theater") } { [ outdoorsy, noun.location:outdoors,+ ] (characteristic of or suitable to outdoor life; "a rugged outdoorsy life") } ---- { [ INDOOR(a), OUTDOOR,!] INTERIOR,^ (located, suited for, or taking place within a building; "indoor activities for a rainy day"; "an indoor pool") }] [{ [ OUTSIDE, INSIDE,!] EXTERNAL,^ (relating to or being on or near the outer side or limit; "an outside margin") } { after-school(a), (outside regular school hours; "a special after-school class") } { extracurricular, (outside the regular duties of your job or profession) } { extracurricular2, (outside the regular academic curriculum; "sports and drama are popular extracurricular activities") } { right(a), ((of the side of cloth or clothing) facing or intended to face outward; "the right side of the cloth showed the pattern"; "be sure your shirt is right side out") } ---- { [ INSIDE, OUTSIDE,!] INTERNAL,^ (relating to or being on the side closer to the center or within a defined space; "he reached into his inside jacket pocket"; "inside out"; "an inside pitch is between home plate and the batter") } { wrong, (used of the side of cloth or clothing intended to face inward; "socks worn wrong side out") }] [{ [ COVERED, BARE,!] (overlaid or spread or topped with or enclosed within something; sometimes used as a combining form; "women with covered faces"; "covered wagons"; "a covered balcony") } { ariled, arillate, noun.cognition:botany,;c ((of some seeds) having a fleshy and usually brightly colored cover) } { awninged, (covered with an awning; "with awninged windows on the west side") } { beaded, (covered with beads of liquid; "a face beaded with sweat") } { blanketed, (covered with (or as if with) a blanket) } { canopied, (covered with or as with a canopy; "a canopied bed"; "streets canopied by stately trees") } { cloaked, clothed, draped, mantled, wrapped, (covered with or as if with clothes or a wrap or cloak; "leaf-clothed trees"; "fog-cloaked meadows"; "a beam draped with cobwebs"; "cloud-wrapped peaks") } { crusted, encrusted, [ crusty, noun.object:crust1,+ ] crustlike, (having a hardened crust as a covering) } { dabbled, spattered, splashed, splattered, (covered with bright patches (often used in combination); "waves dabbled with moonlight"; "a blood-spattered room"; "gardens splashed with color"; "kitchen walls splattered with grease") } { drenched, drenched_in, (abundantly covered or supplied with; often used in combination; "drenched in moonlight"; "moon-drenched meadows") } { [ dusty, noun.substance:dust,+ noun.state:dustiness,+ ] dust-covered, (covered with a layer of dust; "a dusty pile of books") } { moon-splashed, (splashed or covered patchily with moonlight; "the moon-splashed world") } { moss-grown, [ mossy, noun.plant:moss,+ ] (overgrown with moss) } { mud-beplastered, (covered with or as if with mud; "mud-beplastered arguments") } { muffled, (wrapped up especially for protection or secrecy; "children muffled almost to the eyebrows") } { peritrichous, noun.animal:bacteria,;c (covered all over with uniformly distributed flagella) } { plastered, sealed2, ((of walls) covered with a coat of plaster) } { overgrown, (covered with growing plants) } { sealed1, (covered with a waterproof coating; "a sealed driveway") } { smothered, (completely covered; "bonnets smothered with flowers"; "smothered chicken is chicken cooked in a seasoned gravy") } { snow-clad, snow-covered, [ snowy, noun.substance:snow,+ ] (covered with snow; "snow-clad hills"; "snow-covered roads"; "a long snowy winter") } { [ splashy, noun.attribute:splash,+ ] (covered with patches of bright color) } { sun-drenched, (covered with sunlight; "sun-drenched beaches along the Riviera") } { thickspread, (covered thickly; "toast thickspread with jam") } { tiled, (covered or furnished with tiles; "baths with tiled walls"; "a tiled kitchen") } { white, [ snowy2, noun.substance:snow,+ ] (marked by the presence of snow; "a white Christmas"; "the white hills of a northern winter") } ---- { [ BARE, noun.attribute:bareness,+ COVERED,!] (lacking its natural or customary covering; "a bare hill"; "bare feet") } { bald, denuded, denudate, (without the natural or usual covering; "a bald spot on the lawn"; "bare hills") } { [ naked, noun.state:nakedness,+ ] (lacking any cover; "naked branches of the trees"; "lie on the naked rock") } { undraped, (lacking drapery or draperies; "undraped windows") } { unroofed, (having no roof; "an unroofed shed") }] [{ [ COATED, UNCOATED,!] (having a coating; covered with an outer layer or film; often used in combination; "coated paper has a smooth polished coating especially suitable for halftone printing"; "sugar-coated pills") } { backed, noun.act:photography,;c (used of film that is coated on the side opposite the emulsion with a substance to absorb light) } { black-coated, (coated with black) } { glazed, ((of foods) covered with a shiny coating by applying e.g. beaten egg or a sugar or gelatin mixture; "glazed doughnuts"; "a glazed ham") } { [ oily, noun.substance:oil,+ noun.attribute:oiliness1,+ ] (coated or covered with oil; "oily puddles in the streets") } ---- { [ UNCOATED, COATED,!] (not having a coating; "uncoated paper") }] [{ [ ROOFED, ROOFLESS,!] noun.communication:combining_form,;u (covered with a roof; having a roof as specified (often used in combination); "roofed picnic areas"; "a slate-roofed house"; "palmleaf-roofed huts") } ---- { [ ROOFLESS, ROOFED,!] (not having a roof; "the hurricane left hundreds of house roofless") }] [{ [ LEAFY, noun.plant:leaf,+ LEAFLESS,!] (having or covered with leaves; "leafy trees"; "leafy vegetables") } { bifoliate, (having two leaves) } { [ bowery, noun.artifact:bower,+ ] (like a bower; leafy and shady; "a bowery lane") } { curly-leaved, curly-leafed, (having curly leaves) } { fan-leaved, fan-leafed, (having fan-shaped leaves) } { fine-leaved, fine-leafed, (having fine leaves) } { foliaceous, foliose, foliaged, (bearing numerous leaves) } { foliate, noun.cognition:botany,;c ((often used as a combining form) having or resembling a leaf or having a specified kind or number of leaves; "`foliate' is combined with the prefix `tri' to form the word `trifoliate'") } { foliolate, noun.cognition:botany,;c ((often used as a combining form) having leaflets (compound leaves) or a specified kind or number of leaflets; "`foliolate' is combined with the prefix `bi' to form the word `bifoliolate'") } { grassy-leaved, grassy-leafed, (having leaves that resemble grass) } { ivied, ivy-covered, (overgrown with ivy; "Harvard's ivied buildings") } { large-leaved, large-leafed, (having relatively large leaves) } { leafed, leaved, (having leaves or leaves as specified; often used in combination; "a fully leafed tree"; "broad-leafed"; "four-leaved clover") } { leaflike, leaf-like, (resembling a leaf) } { leather-leaved, leather-leafed, (having leathery leaves) } { petallike, petal-like, (resembling a petal) } { pinnate-leaved, pinnate-leafed, (having pinnate leaves) } { prickly-leaved, prickly-leafed, (having prickly leaves) } { silky-leaved, silky-leafed, (having glossy leaves) } { silver-leaved, silvery-leaved, silver-leafed, silvery-leafed, (having silvery leaves) } { spiny-leaved, spiny-leafed, (having spiny leaves) } { two-leaved, two-leafed, (having two leaves) } { unifoliate, (having a single leaf) } ---- { [ LEAFLESS, LEAFY,!] (having no leaves) } { aphyllous, noun.cognition:botany,;c (having no leaves) } { defoliate, defoliated, (deprived of leaves) } { scapose, noun.cognition:botany,;c (resembling or consisting of a scape; having a bare leafless stalk growing directly from the ground; "tulips are scapose flowers"; "a scapose stalk"; "a scapose column"; "the scapose portion of a feather") }] [{ [ LIPPED, LIPLESS,!] (having a lip or lips; "a lipped bowl"; "a virgin purest lipped"- John Keats) } { bilabiate, two-lipped, noun.cognition:botany,;c (having two lips; "the corolla of a snapdragon is bilabiate") } { labiate, liplike, (having lips or parts that resemble lips) } { thick-lipped, (having thick lips) } { three-lipped, (having three lips) } ---- { [ LIPLESS, LIPPED,!] unlipped, (without a lip or lips) }] [{ [ OVERT, COVERT,!] [ open7, noun.attribute:openness1,+ ] EXPLICIT,^ UNCONCEALED,^ PUBLIC,^ (open and observable; not secret or hidden; "an overt lie"; "overt hostility"; "overt intelligence gathering"; "open ballots") } { bald, barefaced, (with no effort to conceal; "a barefaced lie") } { [ naked, noun.attribute:nakedness,+ ] raw, (devoid of elaboration or diminution or concealment; bare and pure; "naked ambition"; "raw fury"; "you may kill someone someday with your raw power") } { undisguised, (plain to see; "undisguised curiosity") } { [ visible, noun.attribute:visibleness,+ noun.attribute:visibility,+ ] (obvious to the eye; "a visible change of expression") } ---- { [ COVERT, noun.state:covertness,+ OVERT,!] IMPLICIT,^ INVISIBLE,^ CONCEALED,^ (secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed; "covert actions by the CIA"; "covert funding for the rebels") } { backstair, backstairs, [ furtive, noun.attribute:furtiveness,+ ] (secret and sly or sordid; "backstairs gossip"; "his low backstairs cunning"- A.L.Guerard; "backstairs intimacies"; "furtive behavior") } { black, ((of intelligence operations) deliberately misleading; "black propaganda") } { clandestine, cloak-and-dagger, hole-and-corner(a), hugger-mugger, hush-hush, secret1, surreptitious, undercover, [ underground, noun.group:underground,+ ] (conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods; "clandestine intelligence operations"; "cloak-and-dagger activities behind enemy lines"; "hole-and-corner intrigue"; "secret missions"; "a secret agent"; "secret sales of arms"; "surreptitious mobilization of troops"; "an undercover investigation"; "underground resistance") } { secret2, (indulging only covertly; "a secret alcoholic") } { [ collusive, verb.cognition:collude,+ ] conniving, (acting together in secret toward a fraudulent or illegal end) } { cloaked, disguised, masked, (having its true character concealed with the intent of misleading; "hidden agenda"; "masked threat") } { secret3, (communicated covertly; "their secret signal was a wink"; "secret messages") } { sub-rosa, under-the-table, behind-the-scenes, (designed and carried out secretly or confidentially; "a sub-rosa report"; "has their under-the-table backing") } { subterranean, subterraneous, ulterior, (lying beyond what is openly revealed or avowed (especially being kept in the background or deliberately concealed); "subterranean motives for murder"; "looked too closely for an ulterior purpose in all knowledge"- Bertrand Russell) } { under_wraps(p), (kept secret; "the plan was kept carefully under wraps") } { undisclosed, unrevealed, (not made known) }] [{ [ PAID, UNPAID,!] (marked by the reception of pay; "paid work"; "a paid official"; "a paid announcement"; "a paid check") } { cashed, (for which money has been paid; "a cashed check") } { compensable, paying(a), [ remunerative, verb.possession:remunerate,+ ] salaried1, stipendiary1, (for which money is paid; "a paying job"; "remunerative work"; "salaried employment"; "stipendiary services") } { compensated, remunerated, salaried2, stipendiary2, (receiving or eligible for compensation; "salaried workers"; "a stipendiary magistrate") } { [ mercenary(a), noun.person:mercenary,+ ] free-lance(a), freelance(a), (serving for wages in a foreign army; "mercenary killers") } { paid-up, (paid in advance; "paid-up insurance"; "paid-up members") } { post-free, noun.location:Britain,;r (postpaid) } { postpaid, prepaid, (used especially of mail; paid in advance) } { reply-paid, (with cost of reply prepaid by sender; "reply-paid postcard"; "reply-paid envelope") } { square(p), noun.communication:colloquialism,;u (leaving no balance; "my account with you is now all square") } ---- { [ UNPAID, PAID,!] DUE,^ (not paid; "unpaid wages"; "an unpaid bill") } { buckshee, noun.location:Britain,;r (free of charge; "if they deposit these shares in the scheme they will get further buckshee shares on a one-for-one basis"- Economist) } { complimentary, costless, free, gratis(p), gratuitous, (costing nothing; "complimentary tickets"; "free admission") } { non-paying, (paying nothing; "non-paying guests"; "non-paying bidders on eBay") } { outstanding, owing(p), undischarged, (owed as a debt; "outstanding bills"; "the amount still owed"; "undischarged debts") } { pro_bono, (done for the public good without compensation) } { rent-free, (complimentary; without payment of rent; "with the job came a rent-free apartment") } { uncompensated, unsalaried, (not paying a salary; "an uncompensated federal post") }] [{ [ PAINFUL, noun.feeling:painfulness,+ noun.attribute:painfulness,+ PAINLESS,!] HARMFUL,^ INHUMANE,^ (causing physical or psychological pain; "worked with painful slowness") } { aching, [ achy, noun.state:ache,+ ] (causing a dull and steady pain; "my aching head"; "her old achy joints") } { agonized, agonised, (expressing pain or agony; "agonized screams") } { agonizing, agonising, excruciating, harrowing, torturing, [ torturous, noun.state:torture,+ noun.feeling:torture1,+ ] torturesome, (extremely painful) } { biting, bitter, (causing a sharply painful or stinging sensation; used especially of cold; "bitter cold"; "a biting wind") } { chafed, galled, (painful from having the skin abraded) } { [ poignant, noun.state:poignance,+ noun.state:poignancy,+ ] (keenly distressing to the mind or feelings; "poignant anxiety") } { [ itchy, noun.cognition:itch,+ noun.cognition:itchiness,+ ] (causing an irritating cutaneous sensation; being affect with an itch; "he had an itchy toe from the mosquito bite")} { racking, wrenching, (causing great physical or mental suffering; "a wrenching pain") } { saddle-sore, ((of a rider) sore after riding a horse) } { [ sensitive, noun.cognition:sensitivity,+ ] [ sore, noun.state:soreness,+ ] [ raw, noun.state:rawness1,+ ] [ tender, noun.state:tenderness,+ ] (hurting; "the tender spot on his jaw") } { [ traumatic, noun.state:trauma1,+ ] (psychologically painful; "few experiences are more traumatic than losing a child") } ---- { [ PAINLESS, PAINFUL,!] HARMLESS,^ (not causing physical or psychological pain; "painless dentistry") } { pain-free, unpainful, (not accompanied by pain sensations; "pain-free surgery") }] [{ [ PAINTED, UNPAINTED,!] FINISHED2,^ (coated with paint; "freshly painted lawn furniture") } { finished, (having a surface coating or finish applied; "the finished bookcase costs much more than the unfinished ones") } { stained, varnished, (having a coating of stain or varnish) } { whitewashed, (coated with whitewash; "miles of whitewashed fences") } ---- { [ UNPAINTED, PAINTED,!] UNFINISHED2,^ (not having a coat of paint or badly in need of a fresh coat; "an unpainted house"; "unpainted furniture") } { [ bare, noun.attribute:bareness,+ ] unfinished, (lacking a surface finish such as paint; "bare wood"; "unfinished furniture") } { unoiled, (not having oil rubbed into the surface) } { unstained, unvarnished, (not having a coating of stain or varnish) }] [{ [ PAINTED1, UNPAINTED1,!] (having makeup applied; "brazen painted faces") } { rouged, (marked by the use of various kinds of red makeup; "freshly rouged lips"; "rouged cheeks") } ---- { [ UNPAINTED1, PAINTED1,!] (not having makeup on; "her sweet unpainted face") } { unrouged, (not wearing rouge; "unrouged lips") }] [{ [ DELINEATED, UNDELINEATED,!] represented2, delineate, (represented accurately or precisely) } { depicted, pictured, portrayed, (represented graphically by sketch or design or lines) } { described, (represented in words especially with sharpness and detail; "the vividly described wars") } { [ diagrammatic, noun.artifact:diagram,+ ] [ diagrammatical, noun.artifact:diagram,+ ] (shown or represented by diagrams) } ---- { [ UNDELINEATED, DELINEATED,!] (not represented accurately or precisely) } { undepicted, unpictured, (not pictured) } { undrawn, (not represented in a drawing) }] [{ [ PAINTABLE, UNPAINTABLE,!] (lending itself to being painted; "a highly paintable landscape"; "made of sturdy eminently paintable wood") } ---- { [ UNPAINTABLE, PAINTABLE,!] (not paintable especially not suitable for artistic representation on canvas; "the inexpressible, unpaintable `tick' in the unconscious") }] [{ [ PALATABLE, noun.attribute:palatableness1,+ noun.attribute:palatableness,+ noun.attribute:palatability,+ UNPALATABLE,!] toothsome, APPETIZING,^ EDIBLE,^ TASTY,^ (acceptable to the taste or mind; "palatable food"; "a palatable solution to the problem") } ---- { [ UNPALATABLE, noun.attribute:unpalatableness1,+ noun.attribute:unpalatableness,+ noun.attribute:unpalatability,+ PALATABLE,!] INEDIBLE,^ OFFENSIVE1,^ TASTELESS1,^ UNAPPETIZING,^ UNPLEASANT,^ (not pleasant or acceptable to the taste or mind; "an unpalatable meal"; "unpalatable truths"; "unpalatable behavior") } { brackish, (distasteful and unpleasant; spoiled by mixture; "a thin brackish gruel") } { [ distasteful, noun.attribute:distastefulness1,+ ] [ unsavory, noun.attribute:unsavoriness,+ ] unsavoury, (not pleasing in odor or taste) }] [{ [ PALPABLE, IMPALPABLE,!] [ tangible4, noun.attribute:tangibleness,+ noun.attribute:tangibility,+ ] PERCEPTIBLE,^ (capable of being perceived; especially capable of being handled or touched or felt; "a barely palpable dust"; "felt sudden anger in a palpable wave"; "the air was warm and close--palpable as cotton"; "a palpable lie") } ---- { [ IMPALPABLE, PALPABLE,!] IMPERCEPTIBLE,^ (imperceptible to the senses or the mind; "an impalpable cloud"; "impalpable shadows"; "impalpable distinctions"; "as impalpable as a dream") } { [ elusive, verb.stative:elude,+ noun.attribute:elusiveness,+ ] subtle, (difficult to detect or grasp by the mind or analyze; "his whole attitude had undergone a subtle change"; "a subtle difference"; "that elusive thing the soul") }] [{ [ PARALLEL, PERPENDICULAR,! OBLIQUE,!] COMPARABLE,^ SYMMETRICAL,^ (being everywhere equidistant and not intersecting; "parallel lines never converge"; "concentric circles are parallel"; "dancers in two parallel rows") } { antiparallel, ((especially of vectors) parallel but oppositely directed; "antiparallel vectors") } { collateral, (situated or running side by side; "collateral ridges of mountains") } { nonconvergent, nonintersecting, ((of lines, planes, or surfaces) never meeting or crossing) } ---- { [ OBLIQUE, noun.body:oblique,+ noun.attribute:obliqueness,+ PARALLEL,! PERPENDICULAR,!] CONVERGENT,^ DIVERGENT,^ INCLINED1,^ (slanting or inclined in direction or course or position--neither parallel nor perpendicular nor right-angled; "the oblique rays of the winter sun"; "acute and obtuse angles are oblique angles"; "the axis of an oblique cone is not perpendicular to its base") } { bias, (slanting diagonally across the grain of a fabric; "a bias fold") } { catacorner, cata-cornered, catercorner, cater-cornered, catty-corner, catty-cornered, kitty-corner, kitty-cornered, (slanted across a polygon on a diagonal line; "set off in a catty-corner direction across the vacant lot") } { crabwise, sideways, ((of movement) at an angle) } { [ diagonal2, noun.shape:diagonal1,+ ] (connecting two nonadjacent corners of a plane figure or any two corners of a solid that are not in the same face; "a diagonal line across the page") } { nonparallel, ((of e.g. lines or paths) not parallel; converging) } { oblique-angled, (having oblique angles) } ---- { [ PERPENDICULAR, noun.shape:perpendicular,+ noun.relation:perpendicularity,+ noun.attribute:perpendicularity,+ OBLIQUE,! PARALLEL,!] (intersecting at or forming right angles; "the axes are perpendicular to each other") } { normal, noun.cognition:geometry,;c (forming a right angle) } { [ orthogonal, noun.attribute:orthogonality,+ ] rectangular, (having a set of mutually perpendicular axes; meeting at right angles; "wind and sea may displace the ship's center of gravity along three orthogonal axes"; "a rectangular Cartesian coordinate system") } { right, noun.cognition:geometry,;c (having the axis perpendicular to the base; "a right angle") }] [{ [ PARDONABLE, UNPARDONABLE,!] (admitting of being pardoned) } { excusable, forgivable, venial1, (easily excused or forgiven; "a venial error") } { expiable, (capable of being atoned for) } { minor, venial2, noun.cognition:theology1,;c (warranting only temporal punishment; "venial sin") } ---- { [ UNPARDONABLE, PARDONABLE,!] (not admitting of pardon; "unpardonable behavior") } { [ deadly, noun.attribute:deadliness,+ ] mortal(a), noun.cognition:theology1,;c (involving loss of divine grace or spiritual death; "the seven deadly sins") } { inexcusable, unforgivable, (not excusable) } { inexpiable, (incapable of being atoned for) }] [{ [ EXCUSABLE, INEXCUSABLE,!] (capable of being overlooked) } { [ justifiable, verb.communication:justify,+ ] (capable of being justified) } ---- { [ INEXCUSABLE, EXCUSABLE,!] (without excuse or justification) } { indefensible, insupportable, unjustifiable, unwarrantable, unwarranted, (incapable of being justified or explained) }] [{ [ PARENTAL, noun.person:parent,+ FILIAL,!] maternal4, paternal4, (relating to or characteristic of or befitting a parent; "parental guidance") } ---- { [ FILIAL, PARENTAL,!] (relating to or characteristic of or befitting an offspring; "filial respect") } { [ daughterly, noun.person:daughter,+ ] (befitting a daughter; "daughterly affection") }] [{ [ PARTIAL1, noun.cognition:partiality,+ IMPARTIAL,!] UNFAIR,^ (showing favoritism) } { biased, colored, coloured, one-sided, slanted, (favoring one person or side over another; "a biased account of the trial"; "a decision that was partial to the defendant") } ---- { [ IMPARTIAL, noun.cognition:impartiality,+ PARTIAL1,!] FAIR3,^ (showing lack of favoritism; "the cold neutrality of an impartial judge") } { [ disinterested, noun.cognition:disinterestedness,+ ] (unaffected by self-interest) } { [ dispassionate, noun.attribute:dispassion,+ noun.attribute:dispassionateness,+ ] cold-eyed, (unaffected by strong emotion or prejudice; "a journalist should be a dispassionate reporter of fact") } { [ indifferent, noun.feeling:indifference,+ ] unbiased, unbiassed, (characterized by a lack of partiality; "a properly indifferent jury"; "an unbiased account of her family problems") } { [ indifferent2, noun.feeling:indifference,+ noun.attribute:indifference1,+ ] (marked by no especial liking or dislike or preference for one thing over another; "indifferent about which book you would give them"; "was indifferent to their acceptance or rejection of her invitation") }] [{ [ PARTICULATE, NONPARTICULATE,!] (composed of distinct particles) } ---- { [ NONPARTICULATE, PARTICULATE,!] (not composed of distinct particles) }] [{ [ PASSABLE, IMPASSABLE,!] (able to be passed or traversed or crossed; "the road is passable") } { [ navigable, noun.attribute:navigability,+ verb.motion:navigate2,+ ] (able to be sailed on or through safely; "navigable waters"; "a navigable channel") } { negotiable, (capable of being passed or negotiated; "a negotiable road") } { surmountable, climbable, (capable of being surmounted) } { traversable, travelable, (capable of being traversed; "highway crews soon had the roads travelable") } ---- { [ IMPASSABLE, PASSABLE,!] unpassable, (incapable of being passed) } { unsurmountable, unclimbable, (incapable of being surmounted or climbed) } { unnavigable, (incapable of being navigated ) } { untraversable, (incapable of being traversed) }] [{ [ PASSIONATE, noun.feeling:passionateness,+ PASSIONLESS,!] EMOTIONAL,^ ENTHUSIASTIC,^ HOT2,^ LOVING,^ (having or expressing strong emotions) } { ablaze, aflame, aroused, (keenly excited (especially sexually) or indicating excitement; "his face all ablaze with excitement"- Bram Stoker; "he was aflame with desire") } { ardent, [ fervent, noun.feeling:fervency,+ ] [ fervid, noun.feeling:fervidness,+ ] [ fiery, noun.feeling:fire,+ noun.attribute:fieriness1,+ ] impassioned, perfervid, torrid, (characterized by intense emotion; "ardent love"; "an ardent lover"; "a fervent desire to change society"; "a fervent admirer"; "fiery oratory"; "an impassioned appeal"; "a torrid love affair") } { [ choleric, noun.feeling:choler1,+ ] (easily moved to anger; "men of the choleric type take to kicking and smashing"- H.G.Wells) } { demon-ridden, (as if possessed by demons) } { [ fanatic, noun.person:fanatic,+ noun.cognition:fanatism,+ ] [ fanatical, noun.person:fanatic,+ ] overzealous, [ rabid, noun.attribute:rabidity,+ noun.attribute:rabidness,+ ] (marked by excessive enthusiasm for and intense devotion to a cause or idea; "rabid isolationist") } { [ lustful, noun.feeling:lustfulness,+ ] [ lusty, noun.feeling:lust,+ noun.act:lust,+ ] [ concupiscent, noun.feeling:concupiscence,+ ] (vigorously passionate) } { [ wild, noun.feeling:wildness,+ ] (in a state of extreme emotion; "wild with anger"; "wild with grief") } ---- { [ PASSIONLESS, PASSIONATE,!] COLD2,^ UNEMOTIONAL,^ UNENTHUSIASTIC,^ (not passionate; "passionless observation of human nature") } { platonic, (free from physical desire; "platonic love") } { unimpassioned, (free from emotional appeal; marked by reasonableness; "answered with an unimpassioned defense"; "the unimpassioned intellect") }] [{ [ PAST, noun.attribute:pastness,+ PRESENT1,! FUTURE,!] NONCURRENT,^ OLD1,^ OUTGOING,^ noun.attribute:timing,= (earlier than the present time; no longer current; "time past"; "his youth is past"; "this past Thursday"; "the past year") } { ago, agone, (gone by; or in the past; "two years ago"; "`agone' is an archaic word for `ago'") } { [ ancient, noun.attribute:ancientness,+ ] (belonging to times long past especially of the historical period before the fall of the Western Roman Empire; "ancient history"; "ancient civilizations such as those of the Etruscans and Sumerians"; "ancient Greece") } { [ bygone, noun.time:bygone,+ ] bypast, departed, foregone, gone, (well in the past; former; "bygone days"; "dreams of foregone times"; "sweet memories of gone summers"; "relics of a departed era") } { [ chivalric, noun.cognition:chivalry,+ ] [ knightly, noun.person:knight,+ ] medieval, (characteristic of the time of chivalry and knighthood in the Middle Ages; "chivalric rites"; "the knightly years") } { early(a), former(a), other2(a), (belonging to the distant past; "the early inhabitants of Europe"; "former generations"; "in other times") } { erstwhile(a), former1(a), old3, onetime(a), one-time(a), quondam(a), sometime(a), (belonging to some prior time; "erstwhile friend"; "our former glory"; "the once capital of the state"; "her quondam lover") } { former2(a), late2(a), previous(a), ((used especially of persons) of the immediate past; "the former president"; "our late President is still very active"; "the previous occupant of the White House") } { [ historic, noun.time:history,+ noun.cognition:history1,+ ] [ historical, noun.attribute:historicalness,+ ] (belonging to the past; of what is important or famous in the past; "historic victories"; "historical (or historic) times"; "a historical character") } { last(a), (immediately past; "last Thursday"; "the last chapter we read") } { [ late(a), noun.attribute:lateness,+ ] [ recent, noun.attribute:recency2,+ noun.attribute:recentness1,+ ] (of the immediate past or just previous to the present time; "a late development"; "their late quarrel"; "his recent trip to Africa"; "in recent months"; "a recent issue of the journal") } { olden, (relating to time long past; "olden days") } { other(a), (recently past; "the other evening") } { [ prehistoric, noun.time:prehistory,+ ] prehistorical, (belonging to or existing in times before recorded history; "prehistoric settlements"; "prehistoric peoples") } { then(a), (at a specific prior time; "the then president") } { ultimo, ult, (in or of the month preceding the present one; "your letter received on the 29th ult") } ---- { [ PRESENT1(a), noun.time:present,+ noun.communication:present,+ noun.attribute:presentness,+ FUTURE,! PAST,!] noun.attribute:timing,= (temporal sense; intermediate between past and future; now existing or happening or in consideration; "the present leader"; "articles for present use"; "the present topic"; "the present system"; "present observations") } { existing, (presently existing; "the existing system") } { [ immediate, noun.attribute:immediateness1,+ ] (of the present time and place; "the immediate revisions") } { instant, inst, (in or of the present month; "your letter of the 10th inst") } { latter-day, (belonging to the present or recent times; "the latter-day problems of our society") } ---- { [ FUTURE, noun.time:futurity,+ noun.attribute:futurity,+ PAST,! PRESENT1,!] INCOMING,^ PROSPECTIVE,^ noun.attribute:timing,= (yet to be or coming; "some future historian will evaluate him") } { approaching, coming1(a), [ forthcoming, noun.state:forthcomingness,+ ] upcoming, (of the relatively near future; "the approaching election"; "this coming Thursday"; "the forthcoming holidays"; "the upcoming spring fashions") } { future-day, (yet to come; "a future-day Gibbon of Macaulay") } { early1, (expected in the near future; "look for an early end to the negotiations") } { emerging, rising, (coming to maturity; "the rising generation") } { in_store(p), (in readiness; awaiting; "gave us a hint of the excitement that was in store for us") } { proximo, prox, (in or of the next month after the present; "scheduled for the 6th prox") }] [{ [ BORN, UNBORN,!] (brought into existence; "he was a child born of adultery") } { hatched, (emerged from an egg) } ---- { [ UNBORN, BORN,!] (not yet brought into existence; "unborn generations") } { unhatched, (not yet emerged from an egg) }] [{ [ PARENTED, UNPARENTED,!] (having a parent or parents or cared for by parent surrogates) } ---- { [ UNPARENTED, PARENTED,!] parentless, (having no parent or parents or not cared for by parent surrogates) } { orphaned, (deprived of parents by death or desertion) } { fatherless, (having no living father) } { motherless, (having no living or known mother) }] [{ [ PATERNAL, noun.state:paternity,+ MATERNAL,!] PATRIARCHAL,^ noun.attribute:fatherliness,= (characteristic of a father) } { [ fatherly, noun.person:father,+ noun.attribute:fatherliness,+ ] fatherlike, (like or befitting a father or fatherhood; kind and protective) } { [ paternalistic, noun.cognition:paternalism,+ ] (benevolent but sometimes intrusive) } ---- { [ MATERNAL, noun.attribute:maternity,+ PATERNAL,!] MATRIARCHAL,^ noun.attribute:motherliness,= (characteristic of a mother; "warm maternal affection for her guest"- Dorothy Sayers) } { [ maternalistic, noun.attribute:maternalism,+ noun.act:maternalism,+ ] (showing maternal instincts) } { motherlike, (suggestive of or acting like a mother) } { [ motherly, noun.person:mother,+ noun.attribute:motherliness,+ ] (befitting a mother; warm and nurturing) }] [{ [ WIFELY, noun.person:wife,+ HUSBANDLY,!] wifelike, [ uxorial, noun.person:uxor,+ ] (befitting or characteristic of a wife) } ---- { [ HUSBANDLY, noun.person:husband,+ WIFELY,!] (befitting or characteristic of a husband) }] [{ [ PATIENT, noun.attribute:patience,+ IMPATIENT,!] TOLERANT,^ UNCOMPLAINING,^ (enduring trying circumstances with even temper or characterized by such endurance; "a patient smile"; "was patient with the children"; "an exact and patient scientist"; "please be patient") } { [ diligent, noun.attribute:diligence,+ ] persevering, (quietly and steadily persevering especially in detail or exactness; "a diligent (or patient) worker"; "with persevering (or patient) industry she revived the failing business") } { enduring, long-suffering, (patiently bearing continual wrongs or trouble; "an enduring disposition"; "a long-suffering and uncomplaining wife") } { forbearing, [ longanimous, noun.attribute:longanimity,+ ] (showing patient and unruffled self-control and restraint under adversity; slow to retaliate or express resentment; "seemly and forbearing...yet strong enough to resist aggression"; "was longanimous in the face of suffering") } { [ tolerant, verb.cognition:tolerate,+ ] patient_of, (showing the capacity for endurance; "injustice can make us tolerant and forgiving"; "a man patient of distractions") } { [ unhurried, noun.attribute:unhurriedness,+ ] (capable of accepting delay with equanimity; "was unhurried with the small children") } ---- { [ IMPATIENT, noun.state:impatience,+ noun.attribute:impatience,+ PATIENT,!] AGITATED,^ (restless or short-tempered under delay or opposition; "impatient with the slower students"; "impatient of criticism") } { restive, (impatient especially under restriction or delay; "the government has done nothing to ease restrictions and manufacturers are growing restive") } { unforbearing, (unwilling to endure; "she was unforbearing with the slower students") }] [{ [ PATRIARCHAL, noun.person:patriarch1,+ noun.group:patriarchy,+ MATRIARCHAL,!] PATERNAL,^ (characteristic of a form of social organization in which the male is the family head and title is traced through the male line ) } { [ patriarchic, noun.group:patriarchy,+ ] ((of societies) being ruled by or having descent traced through the male line) } { patricentric, (centered upon the father) } ---- { [ MATRIARCHAL, noun.group:matriarchy,+ PATRIARCHAL,!] MATERNAL,^ (characteristic of a matriarchy) } { matriarchic, ((of societies or families) having a female as the family head or having descent traced through the female line) } { matricentric, (centered upon the mother) }] [{ [ PATRONIZED, UNPATRONIZED,!] patronised, (having patronage or clients; "street full of flourishing well-patronized shops") } ---- { [ UNPATRONIZED, PATRONIZED,!] unpatronised, patronless, (having little patronage or few clients; "a restaurant unpatronized by the elite") } { briefless, ((of lawyers or barristers) lacking clients) }] [{ [ PACKAGED, UNPACKAGED,!] (enclosed in a package or protective covering; "packaged cereals") } { prepackaged, prepacked, (prepared and wrapped beforehand and ready for sale; "prepackaged foods") } ---- { [ UNPACKAGED, PACKAGED,!] (not packaged or put into packets; "unpackaged nuts") } { loose, (not carefully arranged in a package; "a box of loose nails") }] [{ [ PAVED, UNPAVED,!] (covered with a firm surface) } { made-up, noun.location:Britain,;r (having been paved) } { sealed, noun.location:Australia,;r (having been paved) } ---- { [ UNPAVED, PAVED,!] (not having a paved surface) } { caliche-topped, (covered with caliche, a hard calcium-carbonate encrusted soil) }] [{ [ PATRIOTIC, noun.attribute:patriotism,+ UNPATRIOTIC,!] loyal6, LOYAL,^ (inspired by love for your country) } { [ chauvinistic, noun.person:chauvinist,+ noun.attribute:chauvinism,+ ] flag-waving(a), [ jingoistic, noun.communication:jingoism,+ noun.attribute:jingoism,+ ] [ nationalistic, noun.attribute:nationalism,+ ] [ ultranationalistic, noun.attribute:ultranationalism,+ ] superpatriotic, (fanatically patriotic) } ---- { [ UNPATRIOTIC, PATRIOTIC,!] disloyal6, DISLOYAL,^ (showing lack of love for your country) } { un-American, (considered contrary to the best interests of the United States) }] [{ [ PEACEFUL, UNPEACEFUL,!] peaceable, AMICABLE,^ NONVIOLENT,^ QUIET2,^ UNAGGRESSIVE,^ (not disturbed by strife or turmoil or war; "a peaceful nation"; "peaceful times"; "a far from peaceful Christmas"; "peaceful sleep") } { halcyon, (idyllically calm and peaceful; suggesting happy tranquillity; "a halcyon atmosphere") } { irenic, (conducive to peace; "irenic without being namby-pamby"; "an irenic attitude toward former antagonists") } { nonbelligerent, (not directly at war; "nonbelligerent nations") } { pacific2, [ peaceable1, noun.state:peaceableness,+ ] (disposed to peace or of a peaceful nature; "the pacific temper seeks to settle disputes on grounds of justice rather than by force"; "a quiet and peaceable person"; "in a peaceable and orderly manner") } { [ pacifist(a), noun.person:pacifist,+ ] [ pacifistic, noun.cognition:pacifism1,+ noun.cognition:pacifism,+ ] [ dovish, noun.cognition:dovishness,+ ] (opposed to war) } { [ peaceable2, noun.state:peaceableness,+ ] peace-loving, (inclined or disposed to peace; "they met in a peaceable spirit"; "peace-loving citizens") } ---- { [ UNPEACEFUL, PEACEFUL,!] HOSTILE1,^ STORMY,^ VIOLENT,^ (not peaceful; "unpeaceful times"; "an unpeaceful marriage") } { [ belligerent, noun.person:belligerent,+ noun.act:belligerency,+ ] militant1, war-ridden, warring, (engaged in war; "belligerent (or warring) nations") } { militant, [ hawkish, noun.cognition:hawkishness,+ ] warlike, (disposed to warfare or hard-line policies; "militant nations"; "hawkish congressman"; "warlike policies")} { [ stormy, noun.feeling:storminess,+ noun.state:storm,+ ] [ tempestuous, noun.state:tempestuousness1,+ noun.state:tempest,+ ] (characterized by violent emotions or behavior; "a stormy argument"; "a stormy marriage") } { unpeaceable, (not disposed to peace) }] [{ [ PENITENT, noun.person:penitent,+ noun.feeling:penitence,+ IMPENITENT,!] [ REPENTANT, noun.feeling:repentance,+ verb.emotion:repent1,+ verb.emotion:repent,+ UNREPENTANT,!] ASHAMED,^ REGRETFUL,^ (feeling or expressing remorse for misdeeds) } { [ contrite, noun.feeling:contriteness,+ ] remorseful, [ rueful, noun.feeling:ruefulness,+ ] [ ruthful, noun.feeling:ruthfulness,+ ] (feeling or expressing pain or sorrow for sins or offenses) } { [ penitential, noun.feeling:penitence,+ ] penitentiary, (showing or constituting penance; "penitential tears"; "wrote a penitential letter apologizing for her hasty words") } ---- { [ IMPENITENT, noun.attribute:impenitency,+ noun.attribute:impenitence,+ PENITENT,!] [ UNREPENTANT, REPENTANT,!] unremorseful, UNASHAMED,^ UNREGENERATE,^ (not penitent or remorseful) }] [{ [ PERCEPTIVE, noun.feeling:perceptiveness,+ noun.cognition:perceptiveness1,+ noun.attribute:perceptiveness,+ noun.feeling:perceptivity,+ verb.cognition:perceive,+ UNPERCEPTIVE,!] (having the ability to perceive or understand; keen in discernment; "a perceptive eye"; "a perceptive observation") } { [ acute, noun.cognition:acuteness,+ ] discriminating, [ incisive, noun.attribute:incisiveness,+ ] [ keen, noun.cognition:keenness,+ ] knifelike, penetrating, [ penetrative, verb.cognition:penetrate,+ ] piercing, [ sharp, noun.cognition:sharpness1,+ ] (having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions; "an acute observer of politics and politicians"; "incisive comments"; "icy knifelike reasoning"; "as sharp and incisive as the stroke of a fang"; "penetrating insight"; "frequent penetrative observations") } { [ apprehensive, verb.cognition:apprehend,+ ] discerning, (quick to understand; "a kind and apprehensive friend"- Nathaniel Hawthorne) } { apperceptive, (able to relate new percepts to past experience) } { [ insightful, noun.cognition:insightfulness,+ ] (exhibiting insight or clear and deep perception; "an insightful parent"; "the chapter is insightful and suggestive of new perspectives"-R.C.Angell) } { [ observant, verb.perception:observe2,+ ] observing, (quick to notice; showing quick and keen perception) } { quick-sighted, [ sharp-sighted, noun.attribute:sharp-sightedness,+ ] sharp-eyed, (keenly perceptive or alert; "quick-sighted into the faults of the time"- Leonard Bacon) } { subtle, (able to make fine distinctions; "a subtle mind") } { understanding, (characterized by understanding based on comprehension and discernment and empathy; "an understanding friend") } ---- { [ UNPERCEPTIVE, noun.attribute:unperceptiveness,+ PERCEPTIVE,!] unperceiving, (lacking perception; "as unperceptive as a boulder") } { blank5, (without comprehension; "When I called her name, she gave me a blank look, as though she didn't know me") } { blind, (unable or unwilling to perceive or understand; "blind to a lover's faults"; "blind to the consequences of their actions") } { unobservant, unseeing, (not consciously observing; "looked through him with blank unseeing eyes") }] [{ [ PERCEPTIBLE, verb.cognition:perceive,+ noun.attribute:perceptibility,+ IMPERCEPTIBLE,!] AUDIBLE,^ VISIBLE,^ (capable of being perceived by the mind or senses; "a perceptible limp"; "easily perceptible sounds"; "perceptible changes in behavior"; "a perceptible sense of expectation in the court") } { detectable, [ noticeable, noun.attribute:noticeability,+ noun.attribute:noticeableness,+ verb.perception:notice,+ ] (capable of being detected; "after a noticeable pause the lecturer continued") } { [ discernible, verb.perception:discern,+ ] (capable of being perceived clearly; "an essay with a meaning that was not always discernible") } { [ faint, noun.attribute:faintness1,+ noun.attribute:faintness,+ ] weak, (deficient in magnitude; barely perceptible; lacking clarity or brightness or loudness etc; "a faint outline"; "the wan sun cast faint shadows"; "the faint light of a distant candle"; "weak colors"; "a faint hissing sound"; "a faint aroma"; "a weak pulse") } { [ palpable, noun.attribute:palpability,+ ] noun.cognition:medicine,;c ((medicine) can be felt by palpation; "a palpable tumor") } { perceivable, (capable of being perceived especially by sight or hearing; "perceivable through the mist") } { recognizable, (easily perceived; easy to become aware of; "this situation produces recognizable stress symptoms") } { [ sensible, verb.perception:sense,+ noun.cognition:sensibility1,+ ] (readily perceived by the senses; "the sensible universe"; "a sensible odor") } ---- { [ IMPERCEPTIBLE, noun.attribute:imperceptibility,+ PERCEPTIBLE,!] unperceivable4, IMPALPABLE,^ INAUDIBLE,^ INVISIBLE,^ (impossible or difficult to perceive by the mind or senses; "an imperceptible drop in temperature"; "an imperceptible nod"; "color is unperceivable to the touch") } { impalpable, (not perceptible to the touch; "an impalpable pulse") } { incognizable, incognoscible, (incapable of being perceived or known) } { indiscernible, insensible, undetectable, (barely able to be perceived; "the transition was almost indiscernible"; "an almost insensible change") } { subliminal, (below the threshold of conscious perception) } { unobservable, (not accessible to direct observation) }] [{ [ PERFECT, IMPERFECT,!] EXACT,^ UNBLEMISHED,^ UNBROKEN1,^ UTOPIAN,^ noun.state:perfection,= (being complete of its kind and without defect or blemish; "a perfect circle"; "a perfect reproduction"; "perfect happiness"; "perfect manners"; "a perfect specimen"; "a perfect day") } { clean, ((of a record) having no marks of discredit or offense; "a clean voting record"; "a clean driver's license") } { [ clear, noun.attribute:clearness2,+ ] (free from flaw or blemish or impurity; "a clear perfect diamond"; "the clear complexion of a healthy young woman") } { cold, (marked by errorless familiarity; "had her lines cold before rehearsals started") } { [ complete, noun.state:completeness,+ ] consummate, (perfect and complete in every respect; having all necessary qualities; "a complete gentleman"; "consummate happiness"; "a consummate performance") } { down, down_pat(p), mastered, (understood perfectly; "had his algebra problems down") } { errorless, (free from error; "an errorless baseball game") } { faultless, immaculate, [ impeccable, noun.attribute:impeccability1,+ ] incorrupted, (without fault or error; "faultless logic"; "speaks impeccable French"; "timing and technique were immaculate"; "an immaculate record") } { [ flawless, noun.state:flawlessness,+ ] unflawed, (without a flaw; "a flawless gemstone") } { [ ideal, noun.attribute:ideality,+ ] (conforming to an ultimate standard of perfection or excellence; embodying an ideal) } { idealized, idealised, (exalted to an ideal perfection or excellence) } { [ idyllic, noun.event:idyll,+ ] (excellent and delightful in all respects; "an idyllic spot for a picnic") } { mint(a), (as if new; "in mint condition") } { [ perfectible, verb.change:perfect,+ noun.cognition:perfectibility,+ ] (capable of becoming or being made perfect) } { pluperfect, (more than perfect; "he spoke with pluperfect precision") } { uncorrupted, undefiled, noun.communication:language,;c ((of language) not having its purity or excellence debased; "uncorrupted English"; "learn to speak pure English undefiled"- Van Wyck Brooks) } ---- { [ IMPERFECT, noun.state:imperfectness,+ PERFECT,!] BLEMISHED,^ BROKEN1,^ noun.state:perfection,= (not perfect; defective or inadequate; "had only an imperfect understanding of his responsibilities"; "imperfect mortals"; "drainage here is imperfect") } { blemished, flawed, (having a blemish or flaw; "a flawed diamond") } { broken, (imperfectly spoken or written; "broken English") } { corrupt, corrupted, (containing errors or alterations; "a corrupt text"; "spoke a corrupted version of the language") } { [ defective, noun.state:defectiveness,+ ] [ faulty, noun.state:fault,+ noun.state:faultiness,+ ] (having a defect; "I returned the appliance because it was defective") } { [ imperfectible, noun.cognition:imperfectibility,+ ] (capable of being made imperfect) } { irregular, (failing to meet a standard of manufacture due to an imperfection; "an irregular pair of jeans")}] [{ [ PERISHABLE, noun.attribute:perishableness,+ noun.attribute:perishability,+ IMPERISHABLE,!] DESTRUCTIBLE,^ (liable to perish; subject to destruction or death or decay; "this minute and perishable planet"; "perishable foods such as butter and fruit") } { biodegradable, (capable of being decomposed by e.g. bacteria; "a biodegradable detergent") } { decayable, putrescible, putrefiable, spoilable, (liable to decay or spoil or become putrid) } ---- { [ IMPERISHABLE, noun.attribute:imperishability,+ PERISHABLE,!] (not perishable) } { [ durable, noun.attribute:durability,+ ] indestructible, [ perdurable, noun.attribute:perdurability,+ ] undestroyable, (very long lasting; "less durable rocks were gradually worn away to form valleys"; "the perdurable granite of the ancient Appalachian spine of the continent") } { imputrescible, (not subject to decay) }] [{ [ PERMANENT, noun.body:permanent,+ noun.attribute:permanency,+ noun.attribute:permanence,+ IMPERMANENT,!] [ lasting4, noun.attribute:lastingness,+ ] INERADICABLE,^ STABLE,^ UNCHANGEABLE,^ noun.attribute:permanence,= (continuing or enduring without marked change in status or condition or place; "permanent secretary to the president"; "permanent address"; "literature of permanent value") } { abiding, [ enduring, noun.attribute:enduringness,+ ] imperishable, (lasting a long time; "an abiding belief"; "imperishable truths") } { [ ageless, noun.attribute:agelessness,+ ] aeonian, [ eonian, noun.time:eon,+ ] [ eternal, noun.state:eternity,+ ] [ everlasting, noun.attribute:everlastingness,+ ] [ perpetual, noun.attribute:perpetuity,+ ] unending, unceasing, (continuing forever or indefinitely; "the ageless themes of love and revenge"; "eternal truths"; "life everlasting"; "hell's perpetual fires"; "the unending bliss of heaven") } { indissoluble, (used of decisions and contracts) } { standing(a), (not created for a particular occasion; "a standing committee") } ---- { [ IMPERMANENT, noun.attribute:impermanency,+ noun.attribute:impermanence,+ PERMANENT,!] [ temporary, noun.attribute:temporariness,+ ] UNSTABLE,^ noun.attribute:permanence,= (not permanent; not lasting; "politics is an impermanent factor of life"- James Thurber; "impermanent palm cottages"; "a temperary arrangement"; "temporary housing") } { acting(a), (serving temporarily especially as a substitute; "the acting president") } { [ ephemeral, noun.time:ephemera,+ noun.attribute:ephemeralness,+ noun.attribute:ephemerality,+ ] passing, short-lived, [ transient, noun.person:transient,+ noun.event:transient,+ noun.attribute:transiency,+ noun.attribute:transience1,+ ] [ transitory, noun.attribute:transitoriness,+ ] [ fugacious, noun.attribute:fugaciousness,+ noun.attribute:fugacity,+ ] (lasting a very short time; "the ephemeral joys of childhood"; "a passing fancy"; "youth's transient beauty"; "love is transitory but it is eternal"; "fugacious blossoms") } { episodic, (limited in duration to a single episode; "an account concerned primarily with episodic events such as the succession of rulers") } { [ evanescent, noun.event:evanescence,+ verb.change:evanesce,+ ] (tending to vanish like vapor; "evanescent beauty") } { [ fly-by-night, noun.person:fly-by-night,+ ] (ephemeral; "the symphony is no fly-by-night venture") } { improvised, jury-rigged, [ makeshift, noun.act:makeshift,+ ] (done or made using whatever is available; "crossed the river on improvised bridges"; "the survivors used jury-rigged fishing gear"; "the rock served as a makeshift hammer") } { interim, (serving during an intermediate interval of time; "an interim agreement") } { pro_tem, pro_tempore, (for the time being; "he is the president pro tem"; "designated him to act as consul protempore"- H.H.Fiske) } { shipboard, (casual or ephemeral as if taking place on board a ship; "shipboard romances") } { temporal, (not eternal; "temporal matters of but fleeting moment"- F.D.Roosevelt) } { terminable, (capable of being terminated after a designated time; "terminable employees"; "a terminable annuity") } { working(a), (adopted as a temporary basis for further work; "a working draft"; "a working hypothesis") }] [{ [ PERSISTENT, verb.stative:persist1,+ verb.stative:persist,+ CADUCOUS,!] [ lasting6, noun.attribute:lastingness,+ ] noun.cognition:biology,;c (retained; not shed; "persistent leaves remain attached past maturity"; "the persistent gills of fishes") } ---- { [ CADUCOUS, PERSISTENT,!] shed, noun.cognition:biology,;c (shed at an early stage of development; "most amphibians have caducous gills"; "the caducous calyx of a poppy") } { deciduous1, ((of teeth, antlers, etc.) being shed at the end of a period of growth; "deciduous teeth") }] [{ [ REVERSIBLE, IRREVERSIBLE,!] (capable of reversing or being reversed; "reversible hypertension") } { correctable, (capable of being returned to the original condition; not necessarily permanent; "a correctable image") } { rechargeable, (capable of being recharged; "a rechargeable battery") } ---- { [ IRREVERSIBLE, noun.attribute:irreversibility,+ REVERSIBLE,!] (incapable of being reversed; "irreversible momentum toward revolution") } { permanent, (not capable of being reversed or returned to the original condition; "permanent brain damage") }] [{ [ REVERSIBLE2, noun.artifact:reversible,+ verb.change:reverse1,+ NONREVERSIBLE,!] two-sided2, (capable of being reversed or used with either side out; "a reversible jacket") } { double-faced, ((of fabrics) having faces on both sides; "damask is a double-faced fabric") } ---- { [ NONREVERSIBLE, REVERSIBLE2,!] one-sided2, (not reversible or capable of having either side out) }] [{ [ REVOCABLE, IRREVOCABLE,!] revokable, (capable of being revoked or annulled; "a revocable order") } { rescindable, [ voidable, verb.social:void,+ verb.change:void,+ ] (capable of being rescinded or voided; "the judgment was rescindable"; "voidable contracts") } { [ reversible, verb.communication:reverse,+ verb.change:reverse,+ ] (capable of being reversed; "a reversible decision is one that can be appealed or vacated") } ---- { [ IRREVOCABLE, REVOCABLE,!] irrevokable, (incapable of being retracted or revoked; "firm and irrevocable is my doom"- Shakespeare) } { sealed, (determined irrevocably; "his fate is sealed") }] [{ [ PERMISSIBLE, verb.communication:permit,+ noun.attribute:permissibility,+ IMPERMISSIBLE,!] allowable, TOLERABLE,^ (that may be permitted especially as according to rule; "permissible behavior in school"; "a permissible tax deduction") } ---- { [ IMPERMISSIBLE, noun.attribute:impermissibility,+ PERMISSIBLE,!] INTOLERABLE,^ (not permitted; "impermissible behavior") } { forbidden, out(p), prohibited, proscribed, taboo, tabu, verboten, (excluded from use or mention; "forbidden fruit"; "in our house dancing and playing cards were out"; "a taboo subject") } { unmentionable, (unsuitable or forbidden as a topic of conversation; "unmentionable words") } { untouchable, (forbidden to the touch; "in most museums such articles are untouchable") }] [{ [ ADMISSIBLE, noun.attribute:admissibility,+ INADMISSIBLE,!] noun.attribute:admissibility,= (deserving to be admitted; "admissible evidence") } { [ admittable, verb.stative:admit3,+ verb.social:admit1,+ ] [ admittible, verb.stative:admit4,+ verb.stative:admit3,+ verb.social:admit1,+ ] (deserving to be allowed to enter) } { [ allowable, verb.stative:allow7,+ verb.communication:allow,+ verb.cognition:allow,+ ] (deserving to be allowed or considered) } { permissible, (that may be accepted or conceded; "a kind of speculation that was permissible in cosmology but inadmissible in medicine") } ---- { [ INADMISSIBLE, noun.attribute:inadmissibility,+ ADMISSIBLE,!] noun.attribute:admissibility,= (not deserving to be admitted; "inadmissible evidence") } { [ impermissible, noun.attribute:impermissibility,+ ] (not allowable) }] [{ [ PERMISSIVE1, noun.attribute:permissiveness,+ verb.communication:permit6,+ verb.communication:permit,+ UNPERMISSIVE,!] noun.attribute:permissiveness,= (granting or inclined or able to grant permission; not strict in discipline; "direct primary legislation is largely permissive rather than prescriptive"; "permissive parents") } { [ indulgent, noun.attribute:indulgence2,+ ] [ lenient, noun.attribute:leniency2,+ noun.attribute:lenience,+ noun.act:lenience,+ ] [ soft, noun.attribute:softness2,+ ] (tolerant or lenient; "indulgent parents risk spoiling their children"; "too soft on the children"; "they are soft on crime") } ---- { [ UNPERMISSIVE, noun.attribute:unpermissiveness,+ PERMISSIVE1,!] noun.attribute:permissiveness,= (not inclined to grant permission; severe in discipline) }] [{ [ PERMISSIVE2, PREVENTIVE,!] (not preventive) } { [ bailable, verb.social:bail,+ verb.communication:bail,+ ] (admitting of bail; "a bailable offense") } ---- { [ PREVENTIVE, noun.artifact:preventive3,+ noun.artifact:preventive2,+ verb.social:prevent1,+ verb.social:prevent,+ PERMISSIVE2,!] [ preventative, verb.social:prevent1,+ verb.social:prevent,+ ] PROTECTIVE,^ (tending to prevent or hinder) } { blockading, (blocking entrance to and exit from seaports and harbors; "the blockading ships prevented delivery of munitions") } { clogging, hindering, impeding, [ obstructive, verb.contact:obstruct,+ ] (preventing movement; "the clogging crowds of revelers overflowing into the street") } { [ deterrent, noun.cognition:deterrent,+ noun.motive:deterrence,+ noun.act:deterrence,+ verb.communication:deter1,+ verb.communication:deter,+ ] (tending to deter; "the deterrent effects of high prices") } { frustrating, [ frustrative, verb.social:frustrate,+ ] thwarting, (preventing realization or attainment of a desire) } { [ precautionary, noun.act:precaution,+ ] precautional, (taken in advance to protect against possible danger or failure; "gave precautionary advice"; "I would take precautionary steps to keep him away") } { [ preclusive, verb.stative:preclude,+ ] obviating(a), (made impossible) } { [ preemptive, verb.possession:preempt1,+ verb.possession:preempt,+ ] [ pre-emptive, verb.possession:preempt1,+ verb.possession:preempt,+ ] (designed or having the power to deter or prevent an anticipated situation or occurrence; "a preemptive business offer") } { prohibitive, prohibitory, (tending to discourage (especially of prices); "the price was prohibitive") }] [{ [ PERPLEXED, noun.cognition:perplexity,+ UNPERPLEXED,!] CONFUSED,^ (full of difficulty or confusion or bewilderment; "perplexed language"; "perplexed state of the world") } { at_a_loss(p), nonplused, nonplussed, puzzled, (filled with bewilderment; "at a loss to understand those remarks"; "puzzled that she left without saying goodbye") } { baffled, befuddled, bemused, bewildered, confounded, [ confused, noun.cognition:confusedness,+ ] lost, mazed, mixed-up, at_sea, (perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements; filled with bewilderment; "obviously bemused by his questions"; "bewildered and confused"; "a cloudy and confounded philosopher"; "just a mixed-up kid"; "she felt lost on the first day of school") } { metagrobolized, metagrobolised, metagrabolized, metagrabolised, mystified, (totally perplexed and mixed up; "all this duncical nonsense has my brains metagrobolized"- Wall Street Journal) } { questioning, quizzical, (perplexed (as if being expected to know something that you do not know); "he had a quizzical expression") } { stuck, noun.communication:colloquialism,;u (baffled; "this problem has me completely stuck") } ---- { [ UNPERPLEXED, PERPLEXED,!] (experiencing no difficulty or confusion or bewilderment) } { unbaffled, unconfused, (not perplexed by conflicting situations or statements) }] [{ [ PERSONAL, IMPERSONAL,!] PRIVATE,^ (concerning or affecting a particular person or his or her private life and personality; "a personal favor"; "for your personal use"; "personal papers"; "I have something personal to tell you"; "a personal God"; "he has his personal bank account and she has hers") } { ad_hominem, (appealing to personal considerations (rather than to fact or reason); "ad hominem arguments") } { face-to-face, (in each other's presence; "a face-to-face encounter") } { individual(a), private, (concerning one person exclusively; "we all have individual cars"; "each room has a private bath") } { individualized, individualised, personalized1, personalised1, (made for or directed or adjusted to a particular individual; "personalized luggage"; "personalized advice") } { in-person, in_the_flesh(p), (an appearance carried out personally in someone else's physical presence; "he carried out the negotiations in person"; "a personal appearance is an appearance by a person in the flesh") } { own(a), ain, (belonging to or on behalf of a specified person (especially yourself); preceded by a possessive; "for your own use"; "do your own thing"; "she makes her own clothes"; "`ain' is Scottish") } { personalized2, (pointedly referring to or concerning a person's individual personality or intimate affairs especially offensively; "unnecessarily personalized remarks") } { person-to-person, (involving direct communication or contact between persons or parties; "a person-to-person interview"; "person-to-person telephone calls") } { [ private2, noun.state:privateness,+ noun.attribute:privateness,+ ] intimate, (concerning things deeply private and personal; "intimate correspondence"; "private family matters") } ---- { [ IMPERSONAL, PERSONAL,!] (not relating to or responsive to individual persons; "an impersonal corporation"; "an impersonal remark") } { nonpersonal, (lacking personality; "nonpersonal forces") }] [{ [ PERSUASIVE, noun.attribute:persuasiveness,+ verb.communication:persuade,+ verb.social:persuade,+ DISSUASIVE,!] CONVINCING,^ (intended or having the power to induce action or belief; "persuasive eloquence"; "a most persuasive speaker"; "a persuasive argument") } { coaxing, ingratiatory, (pleasingly persuasive or intended to persuade; "a coaxing and obsequious voice"; "her manner is quiet and ingratiatory and a little too agreeable") } { [ cogent, noun.relation:cogency,+ ] telling, [ weighty, noun.attribute:weightiness1,+ ] (powerfully persuasive; "a cogent argument"; "a telling presentation"; "a weighty argument") } { compelling, (tending to persuade by forcefulness of argument; "new and compelling evidence") } { [ glib, noun.attribute:glibness,+ ] glib-tongued, smooth-tongued, (artfully persuasive in speech; "a glib tongue"; "a smooth-tongued hypocrite") } ---- { [ DISSUASIVE, verb.communication:dissuade,+ PERSUASIVE,!] DISCOURAGING,^ (deterring from action; "dissuasive advice"; "made a slight dissuasive gesture with her hand") } { [ admonitory, verb.communication:admonish2,+ verb.communication:admonish1,+ ] [ cautionary, noun.communication:caution,+ ] [ exemplary, noun.communication:example,+ ] monitory, warning(a), (serving to warn; "shook a monitory finger at him"; "an exemplary jail sentence") } { discouraging, (expressing disapproval in order to dissuade) }] [{ [ PENETRABLE, noun.attribute:penetrability,+ IMPENETRABLE,!] (admitting of penetration or passage into or through; "a penetrable wall"; "penetrable defenses") } ---- { [ IMPENETRABLE, noun.attribute:impenetrability,+ PENETRABLE,!] (not admitting of penetration or passage into or through; "an impenetrable fortress"; "impenetrable rain forests") } { [ dense, noun.attribute:denseness1,+ noun.attribute:density1,+ ] [ thick, noun.attribute:thickness1,+ ] (hard to pass through because of dense growth; "dense vegetation"; "thick woods") }] [{ [ PERMEABLE, noun.attribute:permeability,+ noun.attribute:permeableness,+ IMPERMEABLE,!] LEAKY,^ PERVIOUS,^ (allowing fluids or gases to pass or diffuse through; "permeable membranes"; "rock that is permeable by water") } { [ porous, noun.attribute:porosity,+ noun.attribute:porousness,+ ] (able to absorb fluids; "the partly porous walls of our digestive system"; "compacting the soil to make it less porous") } { semipermeable, ((of a membrane) selectively permeable) } ---- { [ IMPERMEABLE, noun.attribute:impermeableness,+ noun.attribute:impermeability,+ PERMEABLE,!] IMPERVIOUS,^ TIGHT2,^ (preventing especially liquids to pass or diffuse through; "impermeable stone"; "an impermeable layer of scum"; "a coat impermeable to rain") } { [ retentive, noun.attribute:retentiveness2,+ noun.attribute:retentivity,+ ] (having the power, capacity, or quality of retaining water; "soils retentive of moisture") } { water-repellent, water-resistant, (hindering the penetration of water; "a water-repellent coat") }] [{ [ PERVIOUS, noun.attribute:perviousness,+ IMPERVIOUS,!] PERMEABLE,^ (admitting of passage or entrance; "pervious soil"; "a metal pervious to heat") } { [ receptive, noun.attribute:receptiveness,+ noun.attribute:receptivity,+ verb.stative:receive,+ verb.contact:receive,+ verb.cognition:receive8,+ verb.cognition:receive,+ ] (open to arguments, ideas, or change; "receptive to reason and the logic of facts") } ---- { [ IMPERVIOUS, noun.attribute:imperviousness,+ PERVIOUS,!] imperviable, IMPERMEABLE,^ (not admitting of passage or capable of being affected; "a material impervious to water"; "someone impervious to argument") } { fast, (resistant to destruction or fading; "fast colors")} { acid-fast, (not easily decolorized by acid solutions; pertains to micro-organisms (especially the tubercle bacillus that causes tuberculosis)) } { colorfast, (having color that is resistant to fading or running)} { greaseproof, (resistant to penetration by grease or oil or wax; "greaseproof wrapping paper") } { mothproof, moth-resistant, (resistant to damage by moths) } { proof(p), ((used in combination or as a suffix) able to withstand; "temptation-proof"; "childproof locks") } { [ resistant, noun.attribute:resistance1,+ ] (impervious to being affected; "resistant to the effects of heat"; "resistant to persuasion") } { corrosion-resistant, (impervious to corrosion; "he was a great believer in the corrosion-resistant qualities of cast iron") } { rot-resistant, (resistant to rotting) } { runproof, ladder-proof, run-resistant, ((of hosiery) resistant to runs or (in Britain) ladders) } { soundproof, (impervious to, or not penetrable by, sound; "a soundproof room") }] [{ [ PETALOUS, noun.plant:petal,+ APETALOUS,!] petaled, petalled, ((of flowers) having petals) } { four-petaled, four-petalled, ((of flowers) having four petals) } { five-petaled, five-petalled, ((of flowers) having five petals) } { gamopetalous, sympetalous, (having a corolla composed of partially or wholly fused petals forming a corolla shaped like a tube or funnel) } { polypetalous, (having a corolla composed of many separated or distinct petals) } { salverform, (of or concerning a gamopetalous that has a slender tube and an abruptly expanded tip) } { three-petaled, three-petalled, ((of flowers) having three petals) } ---- { [APETALOUS, PETALOUS,!] petalless, ((of flowers) having no petals) }] [{ [PUNCTURABLE, PUNCTURELESS,!] (capable of being punctured) } ---- { [PUNCTURELESS, PUNCTURABLE,!] (being without punctures or incapable of being punctured) } { self-sealing, (capable of sealing itself as after being pierced; "self-sealing tires") }] [{ [ PSYCHOACTIVE, NONPSYCHOACTIVE,!] psychotropic, (affecting the mind or mood or other mental processes; "psychoactive drugs") } { [ hallucinogenic, noun.artifact:hallucinogen,+ ] (capable of producing hallucinations; "LSD is a powerful hallucinogenic drug") } { mind-altering, (producing mood changes or distorted perception; "hallucinogenic drugs are mind-altering substances") } { mind-expanding, ((of hallucinogenic drugs) giving a sense of heightened or broader awareness) } { mind-bending, mind-blowing, noun.communication:colloquialism,;u (intensely affecting the mind especially in producing hallucinations) } { [ psychedelic, noun.group:psychedelia,+ ] (producing distorted sensory perceptions and feelings or altered states of awareness or sometimes states resembling psychosis; "psychedelic drugs like psilocybin and mescaline") } ---- { [ NONPSYCHOACTIVE, PSYCHOACTIVE,!] (not affecting the mind or mental processes; "a nonpsychoactive pain reliever") }] [{ [ PHYSICAL, noun.attribute:physicality,+ noun.attribute:physicalness,+ MENTAL,!] (involving the body as distinguished from the mind or spirit; "physical exercise"; "physical suffering"; "was sloppy about everything but her physical appearance") } { [ animal(a), noun.attribute:animality,+ ] [ carnal, verb.change:carnalize,+ noun.feeling:carnality,+ ] fleshly, [ sensual, noun.feeling:sensualness,+ noun.feeling:sensuality,+ ] (marked by the appetites and passions of the body; "animal instincts"; "carnal knowledge"; "fleshly desire"; "a sensual delight in eating"; "music is the only sensual pleasure without vice") } { bodily, corporal, corporeal, somatic, (affecting or characteristic of the body as opposed to the mind or spirit; "bodily needs"; "a corporal defect"; "corporeal suffering"; "a somatic symptom or somatic illness") } { material, (concerned with or affecting physical as distinct from intellectual or psychological well-being; "material needs"; "the moral and material welfare of all good citizens"- T.Roosevelt) } { personal, (intimately concerning a person's body or physical being; "personal hygiene") } { [ physiologic, noun.cognition:physiology,+ noun.attribute:physiology,+ ] [ physiological, noun.attribute:physiology,+ ] (of or consistent with an organism's normal functioning; "physiologic functions"; "physiological processes") } { somatogenic, somatogenetic, (of or arising from physiological causes rather than being psychogenic in origin; "somatogenic theories of schizophrenia") } ---- { [ MENTAL, noun.cognition:mentality1,+ noun.cognition:mentality,+ PHYSICAL,!] (involving the mind or an intellectual process; "mental images of happy times"; "mental calculations"; "in a terrible mental state"; "mental suffering"; "free from mental defects") } { intellectual, [ rational, noun.attribute:rationality,+ ] [ noetic, noun.Tops:noesis,+ ] (of or associated with or requiring the use of the mind; "intellectual problems"; "the triumph of the rational over the animal side of man") } { moral, (psychological rather than physical or tangible in effect; "a moral victory"; "moral support") } { [ psychic, noun.cognition:psyche,+ ] [ psychical, noun.person:psyche,+ noun.cognition:psyche,+ ] (affecting or influenced by the human mind; "psychic energy"; "psychic trauma") } { psychogenic, (mental or emotional rather than physiological in origin; "a psychogenic disorder") } { psychological, (mental or emotional as opposed to physical in nature; "give psychological support"; "psychological warfare") }] [{ [ MONOTHEISTIC, noun.cognition:monotheism,+ POLYTHEISTIC,!] (believing that there is only one god) } ---- { [ POLYTHEISTIC, noun.cognition:polytheism,+ MONOTHEISTIC,!] (worshipping or believing in more than one god) } ] [{ [ PIOUS, noun.attribute:piousness,+ IMPIOUS,!] RELIGIOUS,^ SACRED,^ UNWORLDLY,^ VIRTUOUS,^ noun.attribute:piety,= (having or showing or expressing reverence for a deity; "pious readings") } { devotional, (relating to worship; "a devotional exercise") } { [ godly, noun.attribute:godliness,+ ] [ reverent, noun.feeling:reverence,+ verb.emotion:revere1,+ verb.emotion:revere,+ ] worshipful, (showing great reverence for god; "a godly man"; "leading a godly life") } { holier-than-thou, [ pietistic, noun.attribute:pietism1,+ ] [ pietistical, noun.attribute:pietism1,+ ] [ pharisaic, noun.person:pharisee1,+ ] [ pharisaical, noun.person:pharisee1,+ ] [ sanctimonious, noun.attribute:sanctimony,+ noun.attribute:sanctimoniousness,+ ] self-righteous, (excessively or hypocritically pious; "a sickening sanctimonious smile") } { prayerful, (disposed to pray or appearing to pray) } ---- { [ IMPIOUS, noun.attribute:impiousness,+ PIOUS,!] IRRELIGIOUS,^ PROFANE,^ WICKED,^ noun.attribute:piety,= (lacking piety or reverence for a god) } { godless, [ irreverent, noun.cognition:irreverence,+ ] (not revering god) }] [{ [ SECULAR, RELIGIOUS1,!] (of or relating to clergy not bound by monastic vows; "the secular clergy")} ---- { [ RELIGIOUS1, noun.person:religious,+ SECULAR,!] (of or relating to clergy bound by monastic vows; "the religious or regular clergy conducts the service")}] [{ [ RELIGIOUS, noun.attribute:religiousness,+ noun.cognition:religion,+ IRRELIGIOUS,!] PIOUS,^ (having or showing belief in and reverence for a deity; "a religious man"; "religious attitude") } { churchgoing, (actively practicing a religion) } { [ churchly, noun.artifact:church,+ ] (resembling or suggesting or appropriate to a church; "churchlike silence"; "the pure fragrance of churchly incense") } { [ devout, noun.attribute:devoutness,+ ] god-fearing, (deeply religious; "a god-fearing and law-abiding people" H.L.Mencken) } { interfaith, (involving persons of different religious faiths; "an interfaith marriage"; "interfaith good will") } ---- { [ IRRELIGIOUS, noun.attribute:irreligiousness,+ RELIGIOUS,!] IMPIOUS,^ (hostile or indifferent to religion) } { [ atheistic, noun.person:atheist,+ ] [ atheistical, noun.person:atheist,+ ] unbelieving, (rejecting any belief in gods) } { [ heathen, noun.person:heathen,+ ] heathenish, [ pagan, noun.person:pagan1,+ noun.person:pagan,+ ] ethnic, (not acknowledging the God of Christianity and Judaism and Islam) } { lapsed, nonchurchgoing, (no longer active or practicing; "a lapsed Catholic") } { nonobservant, (failing or refusing to observe religious customs) }] [{ [ PLACABLE, IMPLACABLE,!] (easily calmed or pacified) } { [ appeasable, verb.emotion:appease,+ verb.communication:appease,+ ] conciliable, (capable of being pacified ) } { [ mitigable, verb.change:mitigate4,+ ] (capable of being alleviated) } ---- { [ IMPLACABLE, PLACABLE,!] MERCILESS,^ (incapable of being placated; "an implacable enemy") } { [ grim, noun.attribute:grimness1,+ ] [ inexorable, noun.attribute:inexorableness,+ noun.attribute:inexorability,+ ] [ relentless, noun.attribute:relentlessness,+ ] [ stern, noun.attribute:sternness,+ ] unappeasable, unforgiving, unrelenting, (not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty; "grim determination"; "grim necessity"; "Russia's final hour, it seemed, approached with inexorable certainty"; "relentless persecution"; "the stern demands of parenthood") } { unmitigable, (incapable of being mitigated; "stern and unmitigable accusations") }] [{ [ PLAIN2, PATTERNED,!] unpatterned4, (lacking patterns especially in color) } { solid-colored, solid-coloured, (having the same color all over) } ---- { [ PATTERNED, PLAIN2,!] (having patterns (especially colorful patterns)) } { banded, (marked with bands or strips of contrasting color or texture; "a banded rock") } { black-and-tan, (having a pattern of black and tan) } { black-barred, (having a pattern consisting of black bars) } { black-marked, (having black marks) } { blotched, [ blotchy, noun.attribute:blotch,+ ] splotched, (marked with irregularly shaped spots or blots) } { brindled, brindle, brinded, tabby, (having a grey or brown streak or a pattern or a patchy coloring; used especially of the patterned fur of cats) } { brown-speckled, brownish-speckled, (having brown speckles) } { brown-striped, brownish-striped, (having brown stripes) } { burled, ((of wood) have a pattern from the grain of a tree burl) } { checked, checkered, chequered, (patterned with alternating squares of color) } { cross-banded, ((of snakes) having crossing bands on the back) } { dappled, mottled, (having spots or patches of color) } { dark-spotted, (having dark spots) } { dotted, flecked, specked, speckled, stippled, (having a pattern of dots) } { figured, ((of e.g. fabric design) adorned with patterns; "my dress is richly figured"- Amy Lowell) } { floral, flowered, (resembling or made of or suggestive of flowers; "an unusual floral design") } { freckled, [ lentiginous, noun.body:lentigo,+ ] lentiginose, (relating to or covered with or resembling freckles) } { laced, (edged or streaked with color; "white blossoms with purple-laced petals") } { marbled, marbleized, marbleised, (patterned with veins or streaks or color resembling marble; "marbleized pink skin") } { maroon-spotted, (having maroon spots) } { [ moire, noun.artifact:moire,+ ] watered, ((of silk fabric) having a wavelike pattern) } { patched, spotty, spotted, (having spots or patches (small areas of contrasting color or texture); "a field patched with ice and snow"; "the wall had a spotty speckled effect"; "a black-and-white spotted cow") } { [ pointillist, noun.person:pointillist,+ ] [ pointillistic, noun.group:pointillism,+ ] (of or relating to pointillism) } { pinstriped, (having very thin stripes) } { purple-veined, ((of flowers) showing purple markings that resemble veins) } { purple-spotted, (having purple spots) } { red-striped, reddish-striped, red-streaked, (having red stripes) } { ringed, (having colored rings around the body) } { slashed, (patterned by having color applied with sweeping strokes; "brown iris...slashed with yellow"- Willa Cather) } { sprigged, (decorated with designs of sprigs; "sprigged muslin") } { streaked, [ streaky, noun.attribute:streak,+ ] (marked with or as if with stripes or linear discolorations; "streaked hair"; "fat legs and dirty streaky faces") } { striped, [ stripy, noun.attribute:stripe,+ noun.artifact:stripe,+ ] (marked or decorated with stripes) } { tessellated, (having a checkered or mottled appearance) } { tiger-striped, (having stripes resembling those of a tiger) } { veined, venose, veinlike, (having or showing markings that resemble veins) } { violet-streaked, (having streaks of violet color) } { white-blotched, (having blotches of white) } { white-ribbed, (having white ribs) } { white-streaked, (having white streaks) } { yellow-banded, (having yellow bands) } { yellow-marked, (having yellow marks) } { yellow-spotted, (having yellow spots) } { yellow-striped, (having yellow stripes) }] [{ [ PLAIN1, FANCY,!] SIMPLE2,^ UNADORNED,^ UNRHETORICAL,^ UNPRETENTIOUS,^ (not elaborate or elaborated; simple; "plain food"; "stuck to the plain facts"; "a plain blue suit"; "a plain rectangular brick building") } { [ austere, noun.attribute:austereness,+ ] [ severe, noun.attribute:severeness,+ ] [ stark, noun.attribute:starkness,+ ] [ stern, noun.attribute:sternness1,+ ] (severely simple; "a stark interior") } { bare(a), mere(a), simple2(a), (apart from anything else; without additions or modifications; "only the bare facts"; "shocked by the mere idea"; "the simple passage of time was enough"; "the simple truth") } { [ chaste, noun.attribute:chasteness1,+ ] (pure and simple in design or style; "a chaste border of conventionalized flowers") } { dry1, ((of food) eaten without a spread or sauce or other garnish; "dry toast"; "dry meat") } { dry2, (having no adornment or coloration; "dry facts"; "rattled off the facts in a dry mechanical manner") } { featureless, (lacking distinguishing characteristics or features; "the featureless landscape of the steppe") } { homely, (plain and unpretentious; "homely truths"; "letters to his son full of homely advice"; "homely fare") } { inelaborate, unelaborate, (not elaborate; lacking rich or complex detail) } { literal, (avoiding embellishment or exaggeration (used for emphasis); "it's the literal truth") } { [ simple, noun.attribute:simpleness1,+ noun.attribute:simplicity1,+ ] (unornamented; "a simple country schoolhouse"; "her black dress--simple to austerity") } { tailored, trim, (severely simple in line or design; "a neat tailored suit"; "tailored curtains") } { vanilla, (plain and without any extras or adornments; "the most common type of bond is the straight or plain vanilla bond"; "the basic car is known as the vanilla version") } ---- { [ FANCY, PLAIN1,!] ADORNED,^ RHETORICAL,^ (not plain; decorative or ornamented; "fancy handwriting"; "fancy clothes") } { aureate, [ florid, noun.attribute:floridness,+ ] [ flamboyant, noun.plant:flamboyant,+ noun.attribute:flamboyance,+ ] (elaborately or excessively ornamented; "flamboyant handwriting"; "the senator's florid speech") } { [ baroque, noun.attribute:baroqueness,+ ] churrigueresque, churrigueresco, (having elaborate symmetrical ornamentation; "the building...frantically baroque"-William Dean Howells) } { busy, [ fussy, noun.attribute:fussiness,+ ] (overcrowded or cluttered with detail; "a busy painting"; "a fussy design") } { [ dressy, noun.artifact:dress1,+ ] noun.communication:colloquialism,;u (in fancy clothing) } { crackle, (having the surface decorated with a network of fine cracks, as in crackleware; "a crackle glaze") } { [ damascene, noun.artifact:damascene,+ ] ((of metals) decorated or inlaid with a wavy pattern of different (especially precious) metals; "a damascened sword") } { [ damask, noun.artifact:damask1,+ noun.artifact:damask,+ ] (having a woven pattern; "damask table linens") } { [ elaborate, noun.attribute:elaborateness1,+ ] [ luxuriant, noun.attribute:luxuriance,+ ] (marked by complexity and richness of detail; "an elaborate lace pattern") } { embattled, battlemented, castled, castellated, (having or resembling repeated square indentations like those in a battlement; "a crenelated molding") } { fanciful, (having a curiously intricate quality; "a fanciful pattern with intertwined vines and flowers") } { fantastic, (extravagantly fanciful in design, construction, appearance; "Gaudi's fantastic architecture")} { [ lacy, noun.artifact:lace,+ ] lacelike, (made of or resembling lace; "a lacy gown"; "a lacy leaf") } { puff, puffed, (gathered for protruding fullness; "puff sleeves") } { rococo, (having excessive asymmetrical ornamentation; "an exquisite gilded rococo mirror") } { vermicular, vermiculate, vermiculated, (decorated with wormlike tracery or markings; "vermicular (or vermiculated) stonework") }] [{ [ PLANNED, UNPLANNED,!] INTENDED,^ PREMEDITATED,^ (designed or carried out according to a plan; "the planned outlays for new equipment") } { contrived, (showing effects of planning or manipulation; "a novel with a contrived ending") } { deep-laid, (secretly and carefully planned; "deep-laid plans") } { preset, predetermined, (set in advance; "a preset plan of action"; "at a predetermined time") } { put-up, (planned secretly; "it was a put-up job") } ---- { [ UNPLANNED, PLANNED,!] UNINTENDED,^ (without apparent forethought or prompting or planning; "an unplanned economy"; "accepts an unplanned order"; "an unplanned pregnancy"; "unplanned remarks") } { [ casual1, noun.attribute:casualness,+ ] chance(a), (occurring or appearing or singled out by chance; "seek help from casual passers-by"; "a casual meeting"; "a chance occurrence") } { ad_hoc, (often improvised or impromptu; "an ad hoc committee meeting") } { [ casual2, noun.attribute:casualness,+ ] (without or seeming to be without plan or method; offhand; "a casual remark"; "information collected by casual methods and in their spare time") } { unpremeditated, (not prepared or planned in advance; "asked an unpremeditated question") } ] [{ [ STUDIED, UNSTUDIED,!] AFFECTED1,^ (produced or marked by conscious design or premeditation; "a studied smile"; "a note of biting irony and studied insult"- V.L.Parrington) } ---- { [ UNSTUDIED, STUDIED,!] uncontrived, UNAFFECTED1,^ (not by design or artifice; unforced and impromptu; "an air of unstudied spontaneous utterance is apt to be painstakingly achieved"; "simple unstudied charm") } { candid, (informal or natural; especially caught off guard or unprepared; "a candid photograph"; "a candid interview") }] [{ [ PLAUSIBLE, noun.attribute:plausibility,+ noun.attribute:plausibleness,+ IMPLAUSIBLE,!] CREDIBLE,^ (apparently reasonable and credible, and therefore convincing; "a plausible excuse") } { [ arguable, verb.communication:argue2,+ ] (capable of being supported by argument) } { [ glib, noun.attribute:glibness,+ ] pat, [ slick, noun.attribute:slickness2,+ ] (having only superficial plausibility; "glib promises"; "a slick commercial") } ---- { [ IMPLAUSIBLE, noun.attribute:implausibleness,+ noun.attribute:implausibility,+ PLAUSIBLE,!] INCREDIBLE,^ (having a quality that provokes disbelief; "gave the teacher an implausible excuse") } { cockamamie, cockamamy, noun.communication:colloquialism,;u (informal term for ridiculous and implausible; "he gave me a cockamamie reason for not going") } { farfetched, far-fetched, ((of an idea or story) so exaggerated or ludicrous as to be improbable; "He was always full of far-fetched plans, none of which ever worked") } { [ improbable, noun.attribute:improbableness,+ ] unbelievable, unconvincing, [ unlikely, noun.attribute:unlikeliness,+ ] (having a probability too low to inspire belief) }] [{ [ PLEASANT, noun.feeling:pleasance,+ noun.attribute:pleasantness,+ verb.emotion:please,+ UNPLEASANT,!] GOOD-NATURED,^ NICE,^ PLEASING,^ AESTHETIC,^ AGREEABLE,^ noun.attribute:pleasantness,= (affording pleasure; being in harmony with your taste or likings; "we had a pleasant evening together"; "a pleasant scene"; "pleasant sensations") } { beautiful, ((of weather) highly enjoyable; "what a beautiful day") } { dulcet, (extremely pleasant in a gentle way; "the most dulcet swimming on the most beautiful and remote beaches") } { [ enjoyable, noun.attribute:enjoyableness,+ ] gratifying, pleasurable, (affording satisfaction or pleasure; "the company was enjoyable"; "found her praise gratifying"; "full of happiness and pleasurable excitement"; "good printing makes a book more pleasurable to read") } { grateful, (affording comfort or pleasure; "the grateful warmth of the fire") } { [ idyllic, noun.event:idyll,+ ] (suggestive of an idyll; charmingly simple and serene; "his idyllic life in Tahiti") } { pleasing, (pleasant or agreeable to the senses; "a pleasing aroma") } ---- { [ UNPLEASANT, noun.feeling:unpleasantness,+ noun.attribute:unpleasantness,+ PLEASANT,!] DISPLEASING,^ ILL-NATURED,^ NASTY,^ OFFENSIVE1,^ UNPALATABLE,^ INAESTHETIC,^ DISAGREEABLE,^ noun.attribute:pleasantness,= (offensive or disagreeable; causing discomfort or unhappiness; "an unpleasant personality"; "unpleasant repercussions"; "unpleasant odors") } { acerb, [ acerbic, noun.attribute:acerbity,+ ] acid, [ acrid, noun.attribute:acridness1,+ noun.attribute:acridity1,+ ] [ bitter, noun.attribute:bitterness1,+ ] blistering, caustic, sulfurous, sulphurous, [ virulent, noun.attribute:virulency1,+ noun.attribute:virulence1,+ ] [ vitriolic, noun.communication:vitriol,+ ] (harsh or corrosive in tone; "an acerbic tone piercing otherwise flowery prose"; "a barrage of acid comments"; "her acrid remarks make her many enemies"; "bitter words"; "blistering criticism"; "caustic jokes about political assassination, talk-show hosts and medical ethics"; "a sulfurous denunciation"; "a vitriolic critique") } { [ beastly, noun.attribute:beastliness1,+ ] hellish, god-awful, noun.communication:colloquialism,;u ((informal) very unpleasant; "hellish weather"; "stop that god-awful racket") } { dour1, forbidding, [ grim1, noun.attribute:grimness2,+ ] (harshly uninviting or formidable in manner or appearance; "a dour, self-sacrificing life"; "a forbidding scowl"; "a grim man loving duty more than humanity"; "undoubtedly the grimmest part of him was his iron claw"- J.M.Barrie) } { embarrassing, mortifying, (causing to feel shame or chagrin or vexation; "the embarrassing moment when she found her petticoat down around her ankles"; "it was mortifying to know he had heard every word") } { [ harsh1, noun.attribute:harshness2,+ ] [ rough, noun.attribute:roughness2,+ ] (unpleasantly stern; "wild and harsh country full of hot sand and cactus"; "the nomad life is rough and hazardous") } { [ harsh3, noun.attribute:harshness1,+ ] (unpleasantly rough or jarring to the senses; "the harsh cry of a blue jay"; "harsh cognac"; "the harsh white light makes you screw up your eyes"; "harsh irritating smoke filled the hallway") } { hot, (very unpleasant or even dangerous; "make it hot for him"; "in the hot seat"; "in hot water") } { [ afflictive, verb.emotion:afflict,+ verb.change:afflict,+ ] [ painful, noun.feeling:painfulness,+ ] [ sore, noun.feeling:soreness,+ ] (causing misery or pain or distress; "it was a sore trial to him"; "the painful process of growing up") } { rebarbative, [ repellent, noun.substance:repellent1,+ noun.substance:repellent,+ noun.attribute:repellent,+ ] [ repellant, noun.substance:repellant,+ verb.perception:repel,+ verb.emotion:repel,+ ] (serving or tending to repel; "he became rebarbative and prickly and spiteful"; "I find his obsequiousness repellent") } { [ sharp, noun.attribute:sharpness,+ ] sharp-worded, [ tart, noun.attribute:tartness1,+ ] (harsh; "sharp criticism"; "a sharp-worded exchange"; "a tart remark") } { ungrateful, (disagreeable; "I will not perform the ungrateful task of comparing cases of failure"- Abraham Lincoln) } { unhappy, (causing discomfort; "the unhappy truth") } { unpleasing, (unpleasant or disagreeable to the senses) }] [{ [ PLEASED, DISPLEASED,!] CONTENTED,^ (experiencing or manifesting pleasure) } { amused, diverted, entertained, (pleasantly occupied; "We are not amused" -Queen Victoria) } { bucked_up(p), encouraged, (inspired with confidence; "felt bucked up by his success") } { chuffed, noun.location:Britain,;r (very pleased; "I'm chuffed to have won") } { delighted, (greatly pleased) } { gratified, (having received what was desired) } ---- { [ DISPLEASED, PLEASED,!] DISCONTENTED,^ (not pleased; experiencing or manifesting displeasure) } { annoyed, irritated, miffed, nettled, peeved, pissed, pissed_off, riled, roiled, steamed, stung, (aroused to impatience or anger; "made an irritated gesture"; "feeling nettled from the constant teasing"; "peeved about being left out"; "felt really pissed at her snootiness"; "riled no end by his lies"; "roiled by the delay") } { exasperated, cheesed_off, browned_off, (greatly annoyed; out of patience; "had an exasperated look on his face"; "felt exasperated beyond endurance") } { disgusted, fed_up(p), sick(p), sick_of(p), tired_of(p), (having a strong distaste from surfeit; "grew more and more disgusted"; "fed up with their complaints"; "sick of it all"; "sick to death of flattery"; "gossip that makes one sick"; "tired of the noise and smoke") } { frowning, (showing displeasure or anger) } { offended, pained, injured, (emotionally hurt or upset or annoyed; "she looked offended"; "face had a pained and puzzled expression"; "injured feelings") }] [{ [ PLEASING, DISPLEASING,!] ATTRACTIVE1,^ BEAUTIFUL,^ HUMOROUS,^ PLEASANT,^ (giving pleasure and satisfaction; "a pleasing piece of news") } { [ admirable, noun.attribute:admirability,+ noun.attribute:admirableness,+ ] (inspiring admiration or approval; "among her many admirable qualities are generosity and graciousness") } { charming, (pleasing or delighting; "endowed with charming manners"; "a charming little cottage"; "a charming personality") } { delightful, delicious, (greatly pleasing or entertaining; "a delightful surprise"; "the comedy was delightful"; "a delicious joke") } { easy, (affording pleasure; "easy good looks") } { fabulous, fab, (extremely pleasing; "a fabulous vacation") } { good, (capable of pleasing; "good looks") } { gratifying, [ sweet1, noun.attribute:sweetness3,+ ] (pleasing to the mind or feeling; "sweet revenge") } { ingratiating, (capable of winning favor; "with open arms and an ingratiating smile") } { [ sweet2, noun.attribute:sweetness3,+ ] (pleasing to the senses; "the sweet song of the lark"; "the sweet face of a child") } ---- { [ DISPLEASING, PLEASING,!] UGLY,^ UNPLEASANT,^ (causing displeasure or lacking pleasing qualities; "displeasing news") } { disconcerting, upsetting, (causing an emotional disturbance; "his disconcerting habit of greeting friends ferociously and strangers charmingly"- Herb Caen; "an upsetting experience") } { exasperating, infuriating, maddening, vexing, (extremely annoying or displeasing; "his cavelier curtness of manner was exasperating"; "I've had an exasperating day"; "her infuriating indifference"; "the ceaseless tumult of the jukebox was maddening") } { off-putting, (causing annoyance or repugnance; "an off-putting remark") }] [{ [ POINTED, noun.attribute:pointedness,+ POINTLESS,!] ANGULAR,^ SHARP,^ (having a point) } { acanthoid, [ acanthous, noun.shape:acantha,+ ] [ spinous, noun.shape:spine,+ noun.plant:spine,+ noun.animal:spine,+ ] (shaped like a spine or thorn) } { acuate, [ acute, noun.attribute:acuteness,+ ] [ sharp, noun.artifact:sharp,+ noun.attribute:sharpness1,+ ] needlelike, (ending in a sharp point) } { barreled, barrelled, ((of an arrow) tapered toward both ends) } { bristle-pointed, (pointed like bristles) } { five-pointed, (having five points) } { fusiform, spindle-shaped, cigar-shaped, (tapering at each end) } { nibbed, ((used of pens) having a writing point or nib especially of a certain kind; "a broad-nibbed pen") } { peaked, (having or rising to a peak; "the peaked ceiling"; "the island's peaked hills") } { [ pyramidal, noun.artifact:pyramid,+ noun.shape:pyramid,+ ] pyramidic, [ pyramidical, noun.artifact:pyramid,+ noun.shape:pyramid,+ ] (resembling a pyramid) } { sharpened, (having the point made sharp; "a sharpened pencil") } { six-pointed, (having six points) } { spiked1, (having a long sharp point) } { spikelike, (resembling a spike) } ---- { [ POINTLESS, POINTED,!] [ unpointed, noun.attribute:unpointedness,+ ] (not having a point especially a sharp point; "my pencils are all pointless") } { [ blunt, noun.attribute:bluntness1,+ ] (having a broad or rounded end; "thick marks made by a blunt pencil") }] [{ [ ACUTE2, OBTUSE,!] (of an angle; less than 90 degrees) } ---- { [ OBTUSE, ACUTE2,!] (of an angle; between 90 and 180 degrees) }] [{ [ POLISHED, UNPOLISHED,!] BRIGHT,^ (perfected or made shiny and smooth; "his polished prose"; "in a freshly ironed dress and polished shoes"; "freshly polished silver") } { [ bright, noun.attribute:brightness2,+ ] burnished, lustrous, shining2, [ shiny, noun.attribute:shine,+ noun.attribute:shininess,+ ] (made smooth and bright by or as if by rubbing; reflecting a sheen or glow; "bright silver candlesticks"; "a burnished brass knocker"; "she brushed her hair until it fell in lustrous auburn waves"; "rows of shining glasses"; "shiny black patents") } { finished, ((of skills or the products of skills) brought to or having the greatest excellence; perfected; "a dazzling and finished piece of writing"; "a finished violinist") } ---- { [ UNPOLISHED, POLISHED,!] DULL2,^ UNREFINED1,^ (not carefully reworked or perfected or made smooth by polishing; "dull unpolished shoes") } { raw, (untempered and unrefined; "raw talent"; "raw beauty") } { rough, (not perfected; "a rough draft"; "a few rough sketches") } { unburnished, (of metals e.g.; not made shiny and smooth by friction) }] [{ [ POLITIC, IMPOLITIC,!] DIPLOMATIC,^ (marked by artful prudence, expedience, and shrewdness; "it is neither polite nor politic to get into other people's quarrels"; "a politic decision"; "a politic manager"; "a politic old scoundrel"; "a shrewd and politic reply") } { [ expedient, noun.attribute:expediency,+ noun.attribute:expedience,+ ] (appropriate to a purpose; practical; "in the circumstances it was expedient to express loyalty") } { [ sagacious, noun.attribute:sagaciousness,+ noun.cognition:sagacity,+ ] (skillful in statecraft or management; "an astute and sagacious statesman") } ---- { [ IMPOLITIC, POLITIC,!] FOOLISH,^ INEXPEDIENT,^ (not politic; "an impolitic approach to a sensitive issue") } { [ inexpedient, noun.attribute:inexpediency,+ noun.attribute:inexpedience,+ ] unwise, (not appropriate to the purpose) }] [{ [ POLITICAL, NONPOLITICAL,!] (involving or characteristic of politics or parties or politicians; "calling a meeting is a political act in itself"- Daniel Goleman; "political pressure"; "a political machine"; "political office"; "political policy") } { governmental, (relating to or dealing with the affairs or structure of government or politics or the state; "governmental policy"; "public confidence and governmental morale") } { policy-making, (concerned with policy, not administration) } { semipolitical, (political in some (but not all) aspects) } ---- { [ NONPOLITICAL, POLITICAL,!] (not political) } { apolitical, unpolitical, (politically neutral) }] [{ [ PONDERABLE, IMPONDERABLE,!] (capable of being weighed or considered; "something ponderable from the outer world--something of which we can say that its weight is so and so"- James Jeans) } { assessable, (capable of being considered carefully; "the assessable qualities of art") } ---- { [ IMPONDERABLE, PONDERABLE,!] (difficult or impossible to evaluate with precision; "such imponderable human factors as aesthetic sensibility") }] [{ [ POPULAR, noun.attribute:popularity,+ UNPOPULAR,!] noun.attribute:popularity,= (regarded with great favor, approval, or affection especially by the general public; "a popular tourist attraction"; "a popular girl"; "cabbage patch dolls are no longer popular") } { best-selling(p), (selling in great numbers; "a best-selling novel") } { fashionable, in_fashion, (popular and considered appealing or fashionable at the time) } { favorite, [ favourite, noun.cognition:favourite,+ ] (appealing to the general public; "a favorite tourist attraction") } { hot, noun.communication:colloquialism,;u (very popular or successful; "one of the hot young talents"; "cabbage patch dolls were hot last season") } { touristed, [ touristy, noun.person:tourist,+ ] (visited by throngs of tourists; "of the three American Virgin islands St. Thomas is the most touristed"; "tourists descend in busloads...so the whole place is rather touristy") } ---- { [ UNPOPULAR, noun.attribute:unpopularity,+ POPULAR,!] noun.attribute:popularity,= (regarded with disfavor or lacking general approval; "unpopular ideas"; "an unpopular war") } { less-traveled, (not visited by many travelers; "the tourist's desire to visit less-traveled countries") } { unfashionable, out_of_fashion, (unpopular and considered unappealing or unfashionable at the time) } ] [{ [ PRO, ANTI,!] (in favor of (an action or proposal etc.); "a pro vote") } ---- { [ ANTI, PRO,!] (not in favor of (an action or proposal etc.)) }] [{ [ POSITIVE1, noun.attribute:positivity,+ noun.attribute:positiveness,+ NEGATIVE2,! NEUTRAL2,!] AFFIRMATIVE,^ CONSTRUCTIVE,^ OPTIMISTIC,^ SUPPORTIVE,^ noun.attribute:quality,= (characterized by or displaying affirmation or acceptance or certainty etc.; "a positive attitude"; "the reviews were all positive"; "a positive benefit"; "a positive demand") } { [ affirmative, noun.attribute:affirmativeness,+ ] [ optimistic, noun.feeling:optimism,+ noun.attribute:optimism,+ ] (expecting the best; "an affirmative outlook") } { [ constructive, noun.attribute:constructiveness,+ ] (emphasizing what is laudable or hopeful or to the good; "constructive criticism") } ---- { [ NEGATIVE2, noun.attribute:negativity,+ NEUTRAL2,! POSITIVE1,!] DESTRUCTIVE,^ PESSIMISTIC,^ UNSUPPORTIVE,^ noun.attribute:quality,= (characterized by or displaying negation or denial or opposition or resistance; having no positive features; "a negative outlook on life"; "a colorless negative personality"; "a negative evaluation"; "a negative reaction to an advertising campaign") } { [ antagonistic, noun.person:antagonist,+ noun.relation:antagonism,+ ] counter, (indicating opposition or resistance) } { [ perverse, noun.attribute:perverseness,+ ] (marked by a disposition to oppose and contradict; "took perverse satisfaction in foiling her plans") } ---- { [ NEUTRAL2, POSITIVE1,! NEGATIVE2,!] (possessing no distinctive quality or characteristics) } { neutralized, neutralised, (made neutral in some respect; deprived of distinctive characteristics) } { viewless, (not having or expressing opinions or views) }] [{ [ PLUS, MINUS,!] (on the positive side or higher end of a scale; "a plus value"; "temperature of plus 5 degrees"; "a grade of C plus") } { nonnegative, noun.cognition:math,;c (either positive or zero) } { [ positive, noun.attribute:positivity3,+ ] noun.cognition:math,;c (greater than zero; "positive numbers") } ---- { [ MINUS, PLUS,!] (on the negative side or lower end of a scale; "minus 5 degrees"; "a grade of B minus") } { [ negative, noun.attribute:negativeness3,+ ] noun.cognition:math,;c (less than zero; "a negative number") }] [{ [ POSITIVE5, NEGATIVE5,!] (reckoned, situated or tending in the direction which naturally or arbitrarily is taken to indicate increase or progress or onward motion; "positive increase in graduating students")} ---- { [ NEGATIVE5, POSITIVE5,!] (reckoned in a direction opposite to that regarded as positive; "negative interest rates") } ] [{ [ POSITIVE4, NEGATIVE4,!] confirming2, noun.cognition:medicine,;c (indicating existence or presence of a suspected condition or pathogen; "a positive pregnancy test") } { Gram-positive, noun.animal:bacteria,;c ((of bacteria) being or relating to a bacterium that retains the violet stain used in Gram's method) } ---- { [ NEGATIVE4, POSITIVE4,!] disconfirming2, noun.cognition:medicine,;c (not indicating the presence of microorganisms or disease or a specific condition; "the HIV test was negative") } { Gram-negative, noun.animal:bacteria,;c ((of bacteria) being of or relating to a bacterium that does not retain the violet stain used in Gram's method) }] [{ [ POSSIBLE, noun.state:possibility,+ noun.state:possibleness,+ IMPOSSIBLE,!] LIKELY,^ PRACTICAL,^ REALISTIC,^ THINKABLE,^ noun.state:possibility,= (capable of happening or existing; "a breakthrough may be possible next year"; "anything is possible"; "warned of possible consequences") } { [ accomplishable, verb.creation:accomplish,+ ] [ achievable, verb.social:achieve,+ noun.state:achievability,+ ] doable, manageable, realizable, (capable of existing or taking place or proving true; possible to do) } { [ affirmable, verb.cognition:affirm,+ ] [ assertable, verb.communication:assert1,+ verb.communication:assert,+ verb.cognition:assert,+ ] (capable of being affirmed or asserted; "a quality affirmable of every member of the family") } { [ attainable, verb.social:attain,+ noun.state:attainability,+ noun.state:attainableness,+ ] come-at-able, (capable of being attained or accomplished; "choose an attainable goal"; "art is not something that is come-at-able by dint of study") } { [ contingent, noun.event:contingency,+ ] (possible but not certain to occur; "they had to plan for contingent expenses") } { [ feasible, noun.attribute:feasibleness,+ noun.attribute:feasibility,+ ] [ executable, noun.attribute:executability,+ ] [ practicable, noun.attribute:practicableness,+ ] [ viable, noun.attribute:viability1,+ ] [ workable, verb.social:work12,+ verb.social:work3,+ verb.creation:work1,+ verb.creation:work,+ verb.cognition:work13,+ ] (capable of being done with means at hand and circumstances as they are) } { mathematical, (statistically possible though highly improbable; "have a mathematical chance of making the playoffs") } ---- { [ IMPOSSIBLE, noun.state:impossibleness,+ noun.state:impossibility,+ POSSIBLE,!] HOPELESS,^ IMPRACTICAL,^ INSURMOUNTABLE,^ UNREALISTIC,^ UNTHINKABLE,^ noun.state:possibility,= (not capable of occurring or being accomplished or dealt with; "an impossible dream"; "an impossible situation") } { hopeless2, (certain to fail; "the situation is hopeless") } { [ impracticable, noun.attribute:impracticableness,+ noun.attribute:impracticability,+ ] [ infeasible, noun.attribute:infeasibility,+ ] [ unfeasible, noun.attribute:unfeasibility,+ ] unworkable, (not capable of being carried out or put into practice; "refloating the sunken ship proved impracticable because of its fragility"; "a suggested reform that was unfeasible in the prevailing circumstances") } { out(p), (not worth considering as a possibility; "a picnic is out because of the weather") } { unachievable, [ unattainable, noun.state:unattainableness,+ ] undoable, unrealizable, (impossible to achieve; "an unattainable goal") }] [{ [ POTENT, noun.attribute:potency,+ IMPOTENT,!] strong4, stiff, EFFECTIVE,^ FERTILE,^ POWERFUL,^ noun.attribute:potency,= (having a strong physiological or chemical effect; "a potent toxin"; "potent liquor"; "a potent cup of tea"; "a stiff drink") } { equipotent, (having equal strength or efficacy) } { multipotent, (able to many things; "multipotent drugs") } ---- { [ IMPOTENT, noun.attribute:impotency,+ noun.attribute:impotence,+ POTENT,!] POWERLESS,^ STERILE,^ noun.attribute:potency,= (lacking power or ability; "Technology without morality is barbarous; morality without technology is impotent"- Freeman J.Dyson; "felt impotent rage") } { effete, (deprived of vigor and the ability to be effective; "fundamentalism has flowered because it has concluded that liberalism is effete, ineffectual and impoverished") } { [ ineffective, noun.attribute:ineffectiveness,+ ] [ ineffectual, noun.attribute:ineffectualness,+ noun.attribute:ineffectuality,+ ] unable, (lacking in power or forcefulness; "an ineffectual ruler"; "like an unable phoenix in hot ashes") } { [ impuissant, noun.attribute:impuissance,+ ] (lacking physical strength or vigor) }] [{ [ POTENT2, noun.state:potency1,+ IMPOTENT2,!] [ virile, noun.attribute:virility1,+ ] ((of a male) capable of copulation) } ---- { [ IMPOTENT2, noun.state:impotency,+ noun.state:impotence,+ POTENT2,!] ((of a male) unable to copulate) }] [{ [ POWERFUL, noun.attribute:powerfulness,+ POWERLESS,!] EFFECTIVE,^ POTENT,^ STRONG,^ noun.attribute:power,= (having great power or force or potency or effect; "the most powerful government in western Europe"; "his powerful arms"; "a powerful bomb"; "the horse's powerful kick"; "powerful drugs"; "a powerful argument") } { [ almighty, noun.person:almighty,+ ] all-powerful, [ omnipotent, noun.state:omnipotence,+ ] (having unlimited power) } { [ coercive, verb.social:coerce,+ ] (serving or intended to coerce; "authority is directional instead of coercive") } { compelling, (driving or forcing; "compelling ambition") } { [ mighty, noun.attribute:might,+ noun.attribute:mightiness,+ ] (having or showing great strength or force or intensity; "struck a mighty blow"; "the mighty logger Paul Bunyan"; "the pen is mightier than the sword"- Bulwer-Lytton) } { muscular, (having or suggesting great physical power or force; "the muscular and passionate Fifth Symphony") } { [ potent, noun.attribute:potency1,+ ] strong, (having or wielding force or authority; "providing the ground soldier with increasingly potent weapons") } { [ puissant, noun.attribute:puissance,+ ] noun.communication:archaism,;u (powerful) } { [ regent(ip), noun.person:regent,+ noun.act:regency,+ ] noun.communication:combining_form,;u (acting or functioning as a regent or ruler; "prince-regent") } { regnant, reigning, ruling, (exercising power or authority) } ---- { [ POWERLESS, noun.attribute:powerlessness,+ POWERFUL,!] IMPOTENT,^ INEFFECTIVE,^ WEAK,^ noun.attribute:power,= (lacking power) } { [ feeble, noun.state:feebleness,+ ] nerveless, (lacking strength; "a weak, nerveless fool, devoid of energy and promptitude"- Nathaniel Hawthorne) } { [ helpless1, noun.attribute:helplessness,+ ] incapacitated, (lacking in or deprived of strength or power; "lying ill and helpless"; "helpless with laughter") } { low-powered, (having little power to do work; "a low-powered engine") } { [ weak, noun.attribute:weakness1,+ ] (not having authority, political strength, or governing power; "a weak president") }] [{ [ POWERED, UNPOWERED,! ] ((often used in combination) having or using or propelled by means of power or power of a specified kind; "powered flight"; "kerosine-powered jet engines") } { battery-powered, (powered by one or more electric batteries; "a battery-powered radio") } { high-powered, ((used of microscopes) capable of a high degree of magnification; "a high-powered microscope") } { hopped-up, noun.artifact:automobile,;c ((of an automobile) having the engine modified to give extra power; "a hopped-up jalopy") } { power-driven, (powered by a motor; "a power-driven hand tool") } { steam-powered, (powered by a steam engine; "a steam-powered locomotive") } { supercharged, ((of e.g. an engine) having the power increased by fitting with a supercharger) } ---- { [ UNPOWERED, POWERED,! ] (not having or using power; "an autogiro is supported in flight by unpowered rotating wings") }] [{ [ HIGH-TENSION, LOW-TENSION,!] noun.phenomenon:electricity,;c (subjected to or capable of operating under relatively high voltage; "high-tension wire") } { high-voltage, high-potential, (operating on or powered by a high voltage; "a high-voltage generator") } ---- { [ LOW-TENSION, HIGH-TENSION,!] low-voltage, noun.phenomenon:electricity,;c (subjected to or capable of operating under relative low voltage) }] [{ [ INFLUENTIAL, noun.phenomenon:influence,+ noun.person:influence,+ noun.attribute:influence,+ UNINFLUENTIAL,!] (having or exercising influence or power; "an influential newspaper"; "influential leadership for peace") } { authoritative, [ important, noun.state:importance,+ ] (having authority or ascendancy or influence; "an important official"; "the captain's authoritative manner") } { potent, [ powerful, noun.attribute:powerfulness,+ ] (having great influence) } { prestigious, (exerting influence by reason of high status or prestige; "a prestigious professor at a prestigious university") } ---- { [ UNINFLUENTIAL, INFLUENTIAL,!] (not influential) }] [{ [ PLACENTAL, noun.animal:placental,+ noun.plant:placenta,+ noun.body:placenta,+ APLACENTAL,!] (pertaining to or having or occurring by means of a placenta; "all mammals except monotremes and marsupials are placental mammals") } { transplacental, (occurring through or by way of the placenta; "transplacental passage of nutrients") } ---- { [ APLACENTAL, PLACENTAL,!] (having no placenta; "monotremes and marsupials are aplacental mammals") }] [{ [ PLANTED, UNPLANTED,!] (set in the soil for growth) } { cropped, ((of land or soil) used for growing crops; "cropped soil") } { naturalized, naturalised, (planted so as to give an effect of wild growth; "drifts of naturalized daffodils") } { potbound, rootbound1, ((of a potted plant) grown too large for its container resulting in matting or tangling of the roots) } { quickset(a), (grown from cuttings planted directly in the ground; "a quickset hawthorn hedge") } { seeded, sown, (sprinkled with seed; "a seeded lawn") } { self-seeded, self-sown, self-sowed, (growing from seed dispersed by natural agency such as wind or birds) } { soil-building, ((of crops) planted to improve the quality of the soil) } ---- { [ UNPLANTED, PLANTED,!] (not planted) } { uncropped, (not used for growing crops; "uncropped soil") } { unseeded, unsown, ((of a piece of ground) not have a crop sown on it; "farmland still unsown") }] [{ [ PLOWED, UNPLOWED,!] ploughed, ((of farmland) broken and turned over with a plow; "plowed fields") } { tilled, (turned or stirred by plowing or harrowing or hoeing; "tilled land ready for seed") } ---- { [ UNPLOWED, PLOWED,!] unploughed, unbroken4, ((of farmland) not plowed; "unplowed fields"; "unbroken land") } { [ fallow, noun.object:fallow,+ ] (left unplowed and unseeded during a growing season; "fallow farmland") } { untilled, (not plowed or harrowed or hoed; "untilled land") }] [{ [ CULTIVATED, UNCULTIVATED,!] ((of land or fields) prepared for raising crops by plowing or fertilizing; "cultivated land") } ---- { [ UNCULTIVATED, CULTIVATED,!] ((of land or fields) not prepared for raising crops; "uncultivated land") } { uncultivable, uncultivatable, (not suitable for cultivation or tilling; "thickets of indigenous trees...on uncultivable land"- C.B.Palmer) }] [{ [ POTTED, UNPOTTED,!] (of plants; planted or grown in a pot; "potted geraniums") } ---- { [ UNPOTTED, POTTED,!] (not planted in pots) }] [{ [ PRACTICAL, noun.act:practice,+ noun.attribute:practicality,+ IMPRACTICAL,!] CONCRETE,^ POSSIBLE,^ REALISTIC,^ SERVICEABLE,^ noun.attribute:practicality,= (concerned with actual use or practice; "he is a very practical person"; "the idea had no practical application"; "a practical knowledge of Japanese"; "woodworking is a practical art") } { [ applicative, verb.stative:apply1,+ verb.stative:apply,+ verb.social:apply6,+ verb.consumption:apply,+ ] [ applicatory, verb.stative:apply1,+ verb.consumption:apply,+ ] (readily applicable or practical) } { [ functional, noun.attribute:functionality,+ ] (designed for or adapted to a function or use; "functional education selects knowledge that is concrete and usable rather than abstract and theoretical"; "functional architecture") } { [ interoperable, noun.attribute:interoperability,+ ] noun.cognition:computer_science,;c (able to exchange and use information) } { matter-of-fact, [ pragmatic, noun.attribute:pragmatism,+ ] [ pragmatical, noun.attribute:pragmatism,+ ] (concerned with practical matters; "a matter-of-fact (or pragmatic) approach to the problem"; "a matter-of-fact account of the trip") } { operable, [ practicable, noun.attribute:practicableness,+ noun.attribute:practicability,+ ] (usable for a specific purpose; "an operable plan"; "a practicable solution") } { [ serviceable, noun.attribute:serviceableness,+ noun.attribute:serviceability,+ ] (intended or able to serve a purpose without elaboration; "serviceable low-heeled shoes") } { unimaginative, (dealing only with concrete facts) } { working, (adequate for practical use; especially sufficient in strength or numbers to accomplish something; "the party has a working majority in the House"; "a working knowledge of Spanish") } ---- { [ IMPRACTICAL, PRACTICAL,!] IMPOSSIBLE,^ UNREALISTIC,^ noun.attribute:practicality,= (not practical; not workable or not given to practical matters; "refloating the ship proved impractical because of the expense"; "he is intelligent but too impractical for commercial work"; "an impractical solution") } { [ crazy, noun.act:craziness,+ ] half-baked, [ screwball, noun.person:screwball,+ ] softheaded, noun.communication:colloquialism,;u (foolish; totally unsound; "a crazy scheme"; "half-baked ideas"; "a screwball proposal without a prayer of working") } { meshugge, meshugga, meshuga, [ meshuggeneh, noun.person:meshuggeneh,+ ] meshuggener, noun.communication:Yiddish,;c (senseless; crazy) } { quixotic, [ romantic, noun.attribute:romanticism,+ noun.communication:romance1,+ ] wild-eyed, (not sensible about practical matters; idealistic and unrealistic; "as quixotic as a restoration of medieval knighthood"; "a romantic disregard for money"; "a wild-eyed dream of a world state") } { unfunctional, (not related to or suitable for everyday needs or activities) } { [ unwieldy, noun.attribute:unwieldiness1,+ ] (difficult to work or manipulate; "unwieldy rules and regulations") }] [{ [ PRECISE, noun.attribute:preciseness1,+ IMPRECISE,!] ACCURATE,^ DISTINCT,^ EXACT,^ SPECIFIC,^ (sharply exact or accurate or delimited; "a precise mind"; "specified a precise amount"; "arrived at the precise moment") } { dead, (unerringly accurate; "a dead shot"; "took dead aim") } { fine, (minutely precise especially in differences in meaning; "a fine distinction") } { finespun, [ hairsplitting, noun.cognition:hairsplitting,+ ] (developed in excessively fine detail; "finespun distinctions") } { [ meticulous, noun.attribute:meticulosity,+noun.attribute:meticulousness,+ ] [ punctilious,noun.attribute:punctiliousness,+ ] (marked by precise accordance with details; "meticulous research"; "punctilious in his attention to rules of etiquette") } { microscopic, (extremely precise with great attention to details; "examined it with microscopic care") } { nice2, skillful, (done with delicacy and skill; "a nice bit of craft"; "a job requiring nice measurements with a micrometer"; "a nice shot") } { on_the_nose, on_the_button, (being precise with regard to a prescribed or specified criterion; "his guess was on the nose"; "the prediction for snow was right on the button") } { refined, (precise to a fine degree; "due to the limitations of the available tools, a more refined analysis of the data may be necessary") } { very(a), (precisely as stated; "the very center of town") } ---- { [ IMPRECISE, noun.attribute:impreciseness,+ PRECISE,!] GENERAL,^ INACCURATE,^ INEXACT,^ (not precise; "imprecise astronomical observations"; "the terms he used were imprecise and emotional") } { general, (somewhat indefinite; "bearing a general resemblance to the original"; "a general description of the merchandise") }] [{ [ PRECOCIOUS, noun.cognition:precociousness,+ noun.cognition:precocity,+ RETARDED,!] INTELLIGENT,^ (characterized by or characteristic of exceptionally early development or maturity (especially in mental aptitude); "a precocious child"; "a precocious achievement") } { advanced, (farther along in physical or mental development; "the child's skeletal age was classified as `advanced'"; "children in the advanced classes in elementary school read far above grade average") } ---- { [ RETARDED, PRECOCIOUS,!] UNINTELLIGENT,^ (relatively slow in mental or emotional or physical development; "providing a secure and sometimes happy life for the retarded") } { backward, half-witted, [ slow-witted, noun.cognition:slow-wittedness,+ ] [ feebleminded, noun.cognition:feeblemindedness,+ ] noun.communication:archaism,;u (retarded in intellectual development) } { [ imbecile, noun.cognition:imbecility,+ ] [ imbecilic, noun.person:imbecile,+ ] [ idiotic, noun.person:idiot,+ ] (having a mental age of three to seven years) } { [ moronic, noun.person:moron,+ ] (having a mental age of between eight and twelve years) } { [ cretinous, noun.person:cretin,+ noun.state:cretinism,+ ] (afflicted with cretinism) } { delayed, (not as far along as normal in development) } { dim-witted, [ simple, noun.attribute:simpleness4,+ ] [ simple-minded, noun.attribute:simplicity4,+ ] (lacking mental capacity and subtlety) }] [{ [ PREDICTABLE, noun.attribute:predictability,+ UNPREDICTABLE,!] CERTAIN3,^ (capable of being foretold) } { foreseeable, (capable of being anticipated; "foreseeable costs were well within the budget") } { [ inevitable, noun.attribute:inevitableness,+ noun.attribute:inevitability,+ ] (invariably occurring or appearing; "the inevitable changes of the seasons") } ---- { [ UNPREDICTABLE, noun.attribute:unpredictability,+ PREDICTABLE,!] UNCERTAIN3,^ (not capable of being foretold) } { aleatory, (dependent on chance; "the aleatory element in life") } { [ capricious, noun.attribute:capriciousness2,+ ] [ freakish, noun.attribute:freakishness,+ ] (changeable; "a capricious summer breeze"; "freakish weather") } { episodic, occasional, (occurring or appearing at usually irregular intervals; "episodic in his affections"; "occasional headaches") } { unforeseeable, (incapable of being anticipated; "unforeseeable consequences") }] [{ [ PREMEDITATED, UNPREMEDITATED,!] INTENDED,^ PLANNED,^ (characterized by deliberate purpose and some degree of planning; "a premeditated crime") } { aforethought(ip), planned, plotted, (with planning and intention; "with malice aforethought") } ---- { [ UNPREMEDITATED, PREMEDITATED,!] UNPLANNED,^ (not premeditated) } { [ impulsive, noun.attribute:impulsiveness,+ ] (without forethought; "letting him borrow her car was an impulsive act that she immediately regretted") } ] [{ [ PREPARED, noun.state:preparedness,+ UNPREPARED,!] READY,^ (made ready or fit or suitable beforehand; "a prepared statement"; "be prepared for emergencies") } { braced, (positioned so as to be ready for confrontation or danger; "he stood to attention with his shoulders braced") } { embattled, (prepared for battle; "an embattled city") } { equipped, fitted_out(p), (prepared with proper equipment; "equipped for service in the Arctic") } { oven-ready, (prepared before sale and ready to be cooked) } { preconditioned, (having already been put into a suitable condition; "a surface preconditioned to receive paint"; "customers preconditioned to buy a product") } { precooked, (cooked partially or completely beforehand; "frozen precooked meals from the supermarket") } { processed, (subjected to a special process or treatment; "prepared ergot"; "processed cheeses are easy to spread") } { ready, (made suitable and available for immediate use; "dinner is ready") } { spread, (prepared or arranged for a meal; especially having food set out; "a table spread with food") } { up(p), ((usually followed by `on' or `for') in readiness; "he was up on his homework"; "had to be up for the game") } ---- { [ UNPREPARED, PREPARED,!] UNREADY,^ (without preparation; not prepared for; "unprepared remarks"; "the shock was unprepared"; "our treaty makers approached their immensely difficult problems unprepared"- R.E.Danielson) } { ad-lib, extemporaneous, extemporary, extempore, impromptu, offhand, offhanded, off-the-cuff, unrehearsed, (with little or no preparation or forethought; "his ad-lib comments showed poor judgment"; "an extemporaneous piano recital"; "an extemporary lecture"; "an extempore skit"; "an impromptu speech"; "offhand excuses"; "trying to sound offhanded and reassuring"; "an off-the-cuff toast"; "a few unrehearsed comments") } { spur-of-the-moment, (in response to an unforeseen need; "a spur-of-the-moment party") }] [{ [ PRESCRIPTION(a), NONPRESCRIPTION,!] noun.artifact:medicine,;c (available only with a doctor's written prescription; "a prescription drug") } ---- { [ NONPRESCRIPTION(a), PRESCRIPTION,!] over-the-counter(a), noun.artifact:medicine,;c (purchasable without a doctor's prescription; "nonprescription drugs"; "an over-the-counter cold remedy") }] [{ [ PRESENT2, noun.possession:present,+ noun.state:presence,+ noun.location:presence,+ noun.cognition:presence,+ noun.act:presence,+ ABSENT,!] noun.state:presence,= (being or existing in a specified place; "the murderer is present in this room"; "present at the wedding"; "present at the creation") } { [ attendant, noun.person:attendant1,+ noun.time:attendance,+ noun.group:attendance,+ noun.act:attendance,+ ] (being present (at a meeting or event, etc.); "attendant members of the congregation") } { ever-present, (being always present) } { existing, (existing in something specified; "depletion of the oxygen existing in the bloodstream") } { [ here(p), noun.state:hereness,+ ] (being here now; "is everyone here?") } { naturally_occurring, (existing by nature and without artificial aid; "one of the 93 naturally occurring chemical elements") } { [ omnipresent, noun.state:omnipresence,+ ] [ ubiquitous, noun.state:ubiquitousness,+ noun.state:ubiquity,+ ] (being present everywhere at once) } ---- { [ ABSENT, noun.state:absence,+ noun.act:absence,+ PRESENT2,!] noun.state:presence,= (not being in a specified place ) } { away(p), (not present; having left; "he's away right now"; "you must not allow a stranger into the house when your mother is away") } { introuvable, (impossible to find; "the book is practically introuvable")} { [ truant, noun.act:truancy,+ ] [ AWOL, noun.person:awol,+ ] (absent without permission; "truant schoolboys"; "the soldier was AWOL for almost a week") }] [{ [ OSTENTATIOUS, noun.communication:ostentation,+ noun.attribute:ostentation,+ noun.attribute:ostentatiousness,+ UNOSTENTATIOUS,!] [ pretentious4, noun.attribute:pretentiousness1,+ ] (intended to attract notice and impress others; "an ostentatious sable coat") } { [ flaunty, noun.communication:flaunt,+ ] (inclined to flaunt) } { [flamboyant, noun.attribute:flamboyance,+] [ showy, noun.act:show1,+ noun.attribute:showiness,+ ] [ splashy, noun.state:splash,+ noun.attribute:splashiness,+ ] (marked by ostentation but often tasteless; "a cheap showy rhinestone bracelet"; "a splashy half-page ad") } ---- { [ UNOSTENTATIOUS, OSTENTATIOUS,!] [ unpretentious4, noun.attribute:unpretentiousness,+ ] unpretending, (not ostentatious; "his unostentatious office"; "unostentatious elegance") } { quiet, restrained, (not showy or obtrusive; "clothes in quiet good taste") }] [{ [ PRETENTIOUS, noun.communication:pretense,+ noun.attribute:pretentiousness,+ UNPRETENTIOUS,!] TASTELESS2,^ (making claim to or creating an appearance of (often undeserved) importance or distinction; "a pretentious country house"; "a pretentious fraud"; "a pretentious scholarly edition") } { [ arty, noun.artifact:art,+ ] (showily imitative of art or artists) } { artsy-craftsy, arty-crafty, (pretentiously artistic; cloyingly charming) } { grandiloquent, overblown, [ pompous, noun.communication:pomp,+ noun.attribute:pomposity,+ noun.attribute:pompousness,+ ] pontifical, portentous, (puffed up with vanity; "a grandiloquent and boastful manner"; "overblown oratory"; "a pompous speech"; "pseudo-scientific gobbledygook and pontifical hooey"- Newsweek) } { [ grandiose, noun.communication:grandiosity,+ ] hifalutin, highfalutin, highfaluting, hoity-toity, la-di-da, (affectedly genteel) } { high-flown, high-sounding, inflated, noun.communication:colloquialism,;u (pretentious (especially with regard to language or ideals); "high-flown talk of preserving the moral tone of the school"; "a high-sounding dissertation on the means to attain social revolution") } { jumped-up, noun.location:Britain,;r noun.communication:colloquialism,;u ((British informal) upstart) } { [ nouveau-riche, noun.person:nouveau-riche,+ ] [ parvenu, noun.person:parvenu,+ ] parvenue, upstart(a), (characteristic of someone who has risen economically or socially but lacks the social skills appropriate for this new position) } { sententious, (abounding in or given to pompous or aphoristic moralizing; "too often the significant episode deteriorates into sententious conversation"- Kathleen Barnes) } { [ sesquipedalian, noun.communication:sesquipedality,+ ] (given to the overuse of long words; "sesquipedalian orators"; "this sesquipedalian way of saying one has no money") } ---- { [ UNPRETENTIOUS, noun.attribute:unpretentiousness,+ PRETENTIOUS,!] PLAIN1,^ TASTEFUL2,^ (lacking pretension or affectation; "an unpretentious country church"; "her quiet unpretentious demeanor") } { honest, (without pretensions; "worked at an honest trade"; "good honest food") } { modest, (free from pomp or affectation; "comfortable but modest cottages"; "a simple rectangular brick building"; "a simple man with simple tastes") } { unpompous, (not pompous) }] [{ [ PRIMARY, SECONDARY1,!] ESSENTIAL,^ FIRST,^ ORIGINAL,^ (of first rank or importance or value; direct and immediate rather than secondary; "primary goals"; "a primary effect"; "primary sources"; "a primary interest") } { capital, (of primary importance; "our capital concern was to avoid defeat") } { [ direct, noun.attribute:directness,+ ] (being an immediate result or consequence; "a direct result of the accident") } { firsthand, (received directly from a source; "firsthand information") } { first-string, (being a regular member of a team; "first-string players") } { original, ((of e.g. information) not secondhand or by way of something intermediary; "his work is based on only original, not secondary, sources") } { particular, [ special, noun.attribute:specialness,+ noun.attribute:speciality2,+ ] (first and most important; "his special interest is music"; "she gets special (or particular) satisfaction from her volunteer work") } ---- { [ SECONDARY1, PRIMARY,!] INESSENTIAL,^ UNORIGINAL,^ (being of second rank or importance or value; not direct or immediate; "the stone will be hauled to a secondary crusher"; "a secondary source"; "a secondary issue"; "secondary streams") } { [ alternate, noun.person:alternate,+ ] alternative, [ substitute, noun.person:substitute,+ noun.cognition:substitute,+ ] (serving or used in place of another; "an alternative plan") } { [ auxiliary, noun.person:auxiliary,+ ] [ subsidiary, noun.person:subsidiary,+ noun.group:subsidiary,+ noun.state:subsidiarity,+ ] [ supplemental, noun.artifact:supplement,+ ] [ supplementary, noun.artifact:supplement,+ ] (functioning in a supporting capacity; "the main library and its auxiliary branches") } { collateral, (additional but secondary; auxiliary;) } { [ indirect, noun.attribute:indirectness,+ ] (not as a direct effect or consequence; "indirect benefits"; "an indirect advantage") } { secondhand, (derived from what is primary or original; not firsthand; "a secondhand report"; "a secondhand account of a memory of something once read"; "most of our knowledge is secondhand") } { second-string, (being a replacement or substitute for a regular member of a team; "a second-string pitcher") } { standby, (ready for emergency use; "a standby generator"; "a standby crew") } { thirdhand, (derived from what is primary or original by two intermediate steps; "a thirdhand report") } { tributary, ((of a stream) flowing into a larger stream) } { utility(a), [ substitute2(a), noun.person:substitute1,+ ] (capable of substituting in any of several positions on a team; "a utility infielder") } { vicarious, (experienced at secondhand; "read about mountain climbing and felt vicarious excitement") }] [{ [ BASIC, INCIDENTAL,!] (pertaining to or constituting a base or basis; "a basic fact"; "the basic ingredients"; "basic changes in public opinion occur because of changes in priorities") } { [ basal, noun.artifact:base1,+ ] base, (serving as or forming a base; "the painter applied a base coat followed by two finishing coats") } { [ elementary, noun.artifact:element,+ ] elemental, primary, basal1, (of or being the essential or basic part; "an elementary need for love and nurturing"; "a basal reader") } { fundamental, rudimentary, underlying, (being or involving basic facts or principles; "the fundamental laws of the universe"; "a fundamental incompatibility between them"; "these rudimentary truths"; "underlying principles") } { grassroots, (fundamental; "the grassroots factor in making the decision") } { radical, (arising from or going to the root or source; "a radical flaw in the plan") } ---- { [ INCIDENTAL, BASIC,!] incident, ((sometimes followed by `to') minor or casual or subordinate in significance or nature or occurring as a chance concomitant or consequence; "incidental expenses"; "the road will bring other incidental advantages"; "extra duties incidental to the job"; "labor problems incidental to a rapid expansion"; "confusion incidental to a quick change") } { [ omissible, verb.cognition:omit1,+ verb.cognition:omit,+ ] (capable of being left out) } { [ parenthetic, noun.communication:parenthesis1,+ ] [ parenthetical, noun.communication:parenthetical,+ noun.communication:parenthesis1,+ ] (qualifying or explaining; placed or as if placed in parentheses; "parenthetical remarks") } { peripheral, (related to the key issue but not of central importance; "a peripheral interest"; "energy is far from a peripheral issue in the economy"; "peripheral issues") } { secondary, (depending on or incidental to what is original or primary; "a secondary infection") }] [{ [ PRIVATE, noun.attribute:privateness,+ PUBLIC,!] ESOTERIC,^ PERSONAL,^ (confined to particular persons or groups or providing privacy; "a private place"; "private discussions"; "private lessons"; "a private club"; "a private secretary"; "private property"; "the former President is now a private citizen"; "public figures struggle to maintain a private life") } { [ clannish, noun.attribute:clannishness,+ ] [ cliquish, noun.attribute:cliquishness,+ ] [ clubby, noun.group:club,+ ] [ snobbish, noun.attribute:snobbishness,+ ] [ snobby, noun.person:snob,+ ] (befitting or characteristic of those who incline to social exclusiveness and who rebuff the advances of people considered inferior) } { cloistered, [ reclusive, noun.attribute:reclusiveness,+ ] secluded2, sequestered, (providing privacy or seclusion; "the cloistered academic world of books"; "sat close together in the sequestered pergola"; "sitting under the reclusive calm of a shade tree"; "a secluded romantic spot") } { close, (confined to specific persons; "a close secret") } { closed-door, (not open to the public; "a closed-door meeting") } { [ confidential2, noun.communication:confidence,+ noun.cognition:confidentiality,+ ] secret, ((of information) given in confidence or in secret; "this arrangement must be kept confidential"; "their secret communications") } { [ confidential, noun.state:confidence3,+ ] (entrusted with private information and the confidence of another; "a confidential secretary") } { [ insular, noun.state:insularity,+ ] (suggestive of the isolated life of an island; "an exceedingly insular man; so deeply private as to seem inaccessible to the scrutiny of a novelist"- Leonard Michaels) } { nonpublic, (not invested with or related to prominent position or status etc.) } { offstage, backstage, (concealed from public view or attention; "offstage political meetings") } { one-on-one, (directly between two individuals; "one-on-one instruction") } { privy, secluded, secret2, (hidden from general view or use; "a privy place to rest and think"; "a secluded romantic spot"; "a secret garden") } { semiprivate, (confined to a small number of hospital patients; "semiprivate room") } { [ tete-a-tete, noun.artifact:tete-a-tete,+ noun.communication:tete-a-tete,+ ] head-to-head, (involving two persons; intimately private; "a tete-a-tete supper"; "a head-to-head conversation") } { toffee-nosed, noun.location:Britain,;r (snobbish; pretentiously superior) } ---- { [ PUBLIC, noun.attribute:publicity,+ PRIVATE,!] EXOTERIC,^ OVERT,^ (not private; open to or concerning the people as a whole; "the public good"; "public libraries"; "public funds"; "public parks"; "a public scandal"; "public gardens"; "performers and members of royal families are public figures") } { in_the_public_eye(p), (of great interest to the public; "a person in the public eye") } { national, (owned or maintained for the public by the national government; "national parks") } { [ open, noun.cognition:open,+ ] (open to or in view of all; "an open protest"; "an open letter to the editor") } { semipublic, (having some of the features of public institution) } { state-supported, (supported and operated by the government of a state; "a state university") } { unexclusive, unrestricted, (not restricted or exclusive) }] [{ [ EXCLUSIVE, verb.communication:exclude1,+ noun.attribute:exclusiveness,+ INCLUSIVE,!] (excluding much or all; especially all but a particular group or minority; "exclusive clubs"; "an exclusive restaurants and shops") } { alone(p), only, (exclusive of anyone or anything else; "she alone believed him"; "cannot live by bread alone"; "I'll have this car and this car only") } { inner, (exclusive to a center; especially a center of influence; "inner regions of the organization"; "inner circles of government") } { inside, inner2, privileged, (confined to an exclusive group; "privy to inner knowledge"; "inside information"; "privileged information") } { [ selective, verb.cognition:select,+ noun.attribute:selectivity,+ ] (characterized by very careful or fastidious selection; "the school was very selective in its admissions") } { white-shoe, noun.communication:colloquialism,;u (denoting a company or law firm owned and run by members of the WASP elite who are generally conservative; "the politician tried to hide his white-shoe background") } ---- { [ INCLUSIVE, verb.cognition:include,+ EXCLUSIVE,!] (including much or everything; and especially including stated limits; "an inclusive art form"; "an inclusive fee"; "his concept of history is modern and inclusive"; "from Monday to Friday inclusive") } { [ comprehensive, verb.stative:comprehend,+ noun.cognition:comprehensiveness,+ ] (broad in scope; "a comprehensive survey of world affairs") }] [{ [ PRIVILEGED, UNDERPRIVILEGED,!] FORTUNATE,^ RICH,^ (blessed with privileges; "the privileged few") } { sweetheart, (privileged treatment of a favored person or corporation (sometimes unethically); "another sweetheart deal based on political influence") } ---- { [ UNDERPRIVILEGED, PRIVILEGED,!] POOR,^ UNFORTUNATE,^ (lacking the rights and advantages of other members of society) } { deprived, disadvantaged, (marked by deprivation especially of the necessities of life or healthful environmental influences; "a childhood that was unhappy and deprived, the family living off charity"; "boys from a deprived environment, wherein the family life revealed a pattern of neglect, moral degradation, and disregard for law") } { underclass(a), (belonging to the lowest and least privileged social stratum; "underclass mothers and children") }] [{ [ PRODUCTIVE, noun.attribute:productiveness1,+ noun.attribute:productivity,+ UNPRODUCTIVE,!] CREATIVE,^ FERTILE,^ FRUITFUL,^ PROFITABLE,^ SUCCESSFUL,^ (producing or capable of producing (especially abundantly); "productive farmland"; "his productive years"; "a productive collaboration") } { amentiferous, [ amentaceous, noun.plant:ament,+ ] noun.Tops:plant,;c ((of plants) bearing or characterized by aments or catkins) } { [ arable, noun.attribute:arability,+ ] cultivable, cultivatable, tillable, ((of farmland) capable of being farmed productively) } { [ fecund, noun.cognition:fecundity,+ ] fertile2, prolific, (intellectually productive; "a prolific writer"; "a fecund imagination") } { fur-bearing, (of animals having fur (especially of commercial quality)) } { nut-bearing, ((of shrubs or trees) producing nuts) } { oil-bearing, (containing oil; "oil-bearing shale") } { [ rich2, noun.attribute:richness2,+ ] (very productive; "rich seams of coal") } ---- { [ UNPRODUCTIVE, noun.attribute:unproductiveness,+ PRODUCTIVE,!] STERILE,^ UNCREATIVE,^ UNPROFITABLE,^ (not producing or capable of producing; "elimination of high-cost or unproductive industries") } { bootless, [ fruitless, noun.attribute:fruitlessness,+ ] futile, sleeveless, vain, (unproductive of success; "a fruitless search"; "futile years after her artistic peak"; "a sleeveless errand"; "a vain attempt") } { dry, (unproductive especially of the expected results; "a dry run"; "a mind dry of new ideas") } { nonproductive, (not directly productive; "nonproductive labor") }] [{ [ GENERATIVE, verb.creation:generate1,+ verb.creation:generate,+ CONSUMPTIVE,!] [ productive4, noun.attribute:productiveness1,+ ] (having the ability to produce or originate; "generative power"; "generative forces") } ---- { [ CONSUMPTIVE, verb.consumption:consume1,+ verb.consumption:consume,+ GENERATIVE,!] (tending to consume or use often wastefully; "water suitable for beneficial consumptive uses"; "duties consumptive of time and energy"; "consumptive fires") } { [ exploitative, verb.social:exploit,+ verb.consumption:exploit,+ ] [ exploitatory, verb.social:exploit,+ verb.consumption:exploit,+ ] [ exploitive, verb.social:exploit,+ verb.consumption:exploit,+ ] (tending to exploit or make use of) }] [{ [ REPRODUCIBLE, noun.attribute:reproducibility,+ UNREPRODUCIBLE,!] consistent4, (capable of being reproduced; "astonishingly reproducible results can be obtained") } { [ duplicable, noun.attribute:duplicability,+ ] duplicatable, (capable of being duplicated) } ---- { [ UNREPRODUCIBLE, REPRODUCIBLE,!] [ irreproducible, noun.attribute:irreproducibility,+ ] (impossible to reproduce or duplicate) } { inimitable, (defying imitation; matchless; "an inimitable style") } { unrepeatable, (unique; "dogs and mice and flies are as unrepeatable as men are"- Theodosius Dobzhansky) }] [{ [ PROFESSIONAL1, NONPROFESSIONAL,!] (engaged in a profession or engaging in as a profession or means of livelihood; "the professional man or woman possesses distinctive qualifications"; "began her professional career after the Olympics"; "professional theater"; "professional football"; "a professional cook"; "professional actors and athletes") } { nonrecreational, paid, (involving gainful employment in something often done as a hobby) } { professed(a), (professing to be qualified; "a professed philosopher") } ---- { [ NONPROFESSIONAL, PROFESSIONAL1,!] (not professional; not engaged in a profession or engaging in as a profession or for gain; "the nonprofessional wives of his male colleagues"; "nonprofessional actors") } { [ amateur, noun.person:amateur1,+ noun.person:amateur,+ ] recreational, unpaid, (engaged in as a pastime; "an amateur painter"; "gained valuable experience in amateur theatricals"; "recreational golfers"; "reading matter that is both recreational and mentally stimulating"; "unpaid extras in the documentary") } { lay, (not of or from a profession; "a lay opinion as to the cause of the disease") }] [{ [ PROFESSIONAL2, UNPROFESSIONAL,!] (characteristic of or befitting a profession or one engaged in a profession; "professional conduct"; "professional ethics"; "a thoroughly professional performance") } ---- { [ UNPROFESSIONAL, PROFESSIONAL2,!] (not characteristic of or befitting a profession or one engaged in a profession; "described in unprofessional language so that high school students could understand it"; "was censured for unprofessional conduct"; "unprofessional repairs") } { [ amateurish, noun.cognition:amateurishness,+ ] [ amateur1, noun.person:amateur1,+ ] inexpert, unskilled, (lacking professional skill or expertise; "a very amateurish job"; "inexpert but conscientious efforts"; "an unskilled painting") }] [{ [ PROFITABLE, noun.attribute:profitableness,+ noun.attribute:profitability,+ UNPROFITABLE,!] ADVANTAGEOUS,^ PRODUCTIVE,^ USEFUL,^ (yielding material gain or profit; "profitable speculation on the stock market") } { bankable, (guaranteed to bring a profit; "without bankable stars the film script aroused no interest") } { fat, juicy, noun.communication:colloquialism,;u (lucrative; "a juicy contract"; "a nice fat job") } { gainful, paid, paying, (yielding a fair profit) } { economic, (financially rewarding; "it was no longer economic to keep the factory open"; "have to keep prices high enough to make it economic to continue the service") } { lucrative, [ moneymaking, noun.act:moneymaking,+ ] [ remunerative, verb.possession:remunerate,+ ] (producing a sizeable profit; "a remunerative business") } ---- { [ UNPROFITABLE, noun.attribute:unprofitableness,+ noun.attribute:unprofitability,+ PROFITABLE,!] UNPRODUCTIVE,^ UNSUCCESSFUL,^ USELESS,^ (producing little or no profit or gain; "deposits abandoned by mining companies as unprofitable") } { dead, idle, (not yielding a return; "dead capital"; "idle funds") } { [ lean, noun.attribute:leanness1,+ ] (not profitable or prosperous; "a lean year") } { marginal, (producing at a rate that barely covers production costs; "marginal industries") } { unremunerative, (not yielding profit or recompense; "an unremunerative occupation") }] [{ [ PROFOUND, noun.state:profoundness,+ noun.cognition:profoundness,+ noun.attribute:profoundness1,+ noun.cognition:profundity1,+ noun.cognition:profundity,+ noun.attribute:profundity1,+ SUPERFICIAL,!] INTENSE,^ SCHOLARLY,^ (showing intellectual penetration or emotional depth; "the differences are profound"; "a profound insight"; "a profound book"; "a profound mind"; "profound contempt"; "profound regret") } { [ deep, noun.cognition:deepness,+ ] (marked by depth of thinking; "deep thoughts"; "a deep allegory") } { thoughtful, (having intellectual depth; "a deeply thoughtful essay") } ---- { [ SUPERFICIAL, noun.attribute:superficiality1,+ PROFOUND,!] CARELESS,^ FRIVOLOUS,^ OUTWARD,^ (concerned with or comprehending only what is apparent or obvious; not deep or penetrating emotionally or intellectually; "superficial similarities"; "a superficial mind"; "his thinking was superficial and fuzzy"; "superficial knowledge"; "the superficial report didn't give the true picture"; "only superficial differences") } { [ apparent(a), verb.perception:appear1,+ noun.attribute:apparentness1,+ ] ostensible, seeming(a), (appearing as such but not necessarily so; "for all his apparent wealth he had no money to pay the rent"; "the committee investigated some apparent discrepancies"; "the ostensible truth of their theories"; "his seeming honesty") } { [ dilettante, noun.person:dilettante,+ ] dilettantish, dilettanteish, [ sciolistic, noun.attribute:sciolism,+ ] (showing frivolous or superficial interest; amateurish; "his dilettantish efforts at painting") } { facile, neat, slick, (superficially impressive, but lacking depth and attention to the true complexities of a subject; "too facile a solution for so complex a problem"; "it was a neat plan, but bound to fail"; "a slick advertising campaign") } { [ glib, noun.attribute:glibness,+ ] (marked by lack of intellectual depth; "glib generalizations"; "a glib response to a complex question") } { looking, sounding, (appearing to be as specified; usually used as combining forms; "left their clothes dirty looking"; "a most disagreeable looking character"; "angry-looking"; "liquid-looking"; "severe-looking policemen on noble horses"; "fine-sounding phrases"; "taken in by high-sounding talk") } { [ shallow, noun.attribute:shallowness1,+ ] (lacking depth of intellect or knowledge; concerned only with what is obvious; "shallow people"; "his arguments seemed shallow and tedious") } { skin-deep, (penetrating no deeper than the skin: "her beauty is only skin-deep")} ] [{ [ PROGNATHOUS, OPISTHOGNATHOUS,!] [ prognathic, noun.state:prognathism,+ ] hypognathous, (having a projecting lower jaw) } { lantern-jawed, (having a protruding jaw giving the face a gaunt appearance) } ---- { [ OPISTHOGNATHOUS, PROGNATHOUS,!] (having receding jaws) } { chinless, (having a receding chin) }] [{ [ PROGRESSIVE1, noun.person:progressive,+ noun.attribute:progressiveness,+ REGRESSIVE1,!] FORWARD1,^ INDUSTRIAL,^ (favoring or promoting progress; "progressive schools") } { advanced, forward-looking, [ innovative, noun.cognition:innovativeness,+ ] [ modern, noun.attribute:modernity,+ ] (ahead of the times; "the advanced teaching methods"; "had advanced views on the subject"; "a forward-looking corporation"; "is British industry innovative enough?") } { advancing, [ forward, noun.attribute:forwardness1,+ ] forward-moving, (moving forward) } { modernized, modernised, (brought up to date; "modernized methods") } { state-of-the-art, (the highest level of development at a particular time (especially the present time); "state-of-the-art technology") } ---- { [ REGRESSIVE1, verb.change:regress,+ PROGRESSIVE1,!] BACKWARD1,^ (opposing progress; returning to a former less advanced state) } { [ atavistic, noun.person:atavist,+ ] throwback(a), (characteristic of an atavist) } { retrograde, [ retrogressive, verb.change:retrogress,+ ] (going from better to worse) } { returning, reverting, (tending to return to an earlier state) } { unmodernized, unmodernised, (not brought up to date) }] [{ [ PROGRESSIVE2, REGRESSIVE2,!] noun.possession:tax,;c ((of taxes) adjusted so that the rate increases as the amount of income increases) } { degressive, ((of taxes) gradually decreasing in rate on sums below a certain amount) } ---- { [ REGRESSIVE2, PROGRESSIVE2,!] noun.possession:tax,;c ((of taxes) adjusted so that the rate decreases as the amount of income increases) }] [{ [ PRONOUNCEABLE, UNPRONOUNCEABLE,!] (capable of being uttered or pronounced; "a pronounceable group of letters") } { rolled, rolling, trilled, (uttered with a trill; "she used rolling r's as in Spanish")} ---- { [ UNPRONOUNCEABLE, PRONOUNCEABLE,!] (impossible or difficult to pronounce correctly) }] [{ [ PROPER, noun.attribute:properness,+ IMPROPER,!] APPROPRIATE,^ CORRECT,^ DECENT,^ DECOROUS,^ RIGHT1,^ noun.attribute:propriety,= (marked by suitability or rightness or appropriateness; "proper medical treatment"; "proper manners") } { [ becoming, noun.attribute:becomingness,+ ] comely, comme_il_faut, [ decorous, noun.attribute:decorum,+ noun.attribute:decorousness,+ ] [ seemly, noun.attribute:seemliness,+ ] (according with custom or propriety; "her becoming modesty"; "comely behavior"; "it is not comme il faut for a gentleman to be constantly asking for money"; "seemly behavior") } { [ correct, noun.attribute:correctness2,+ ] [ right1, noun.attribute:rightness2,+ ] (socially right or correct; "it isn't right to leave the party without saying goodbye"; "correct behavior") } { [ correct2, noun.attribute:correctness2,+ ] right2, (in accord with accepted standards of usage or procedure; "what's the right word for this?"; "the right way to open oysters") } { [ fitting, noun.attribute:fittingness,+ ] decent, (in harmony with the spirit of particular persons or occasion; "a decent burial"; "We have come to dedicate a portion of that field...It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this") } { halal, noun.group:sharia,;c (proper or legitimate; "the fund earns halal profits in full compliance with the Shari'a") } { kosher, noun.communication:colloquialism,;u (proper or legitimate) } { [ priggish, noun.attribute:priggishness,+ ] [ prim, noun.attribute:primness1,+ noun.attribute:primness,+ ] prissy, [ prudish, noun.attribute:prudishness,+ ] [ puritanical, noun.person:puritan1,+ ] square-toed, straitlaced, strait-laced, straightlaced, straight-laced, tight-laced, victorian, (exaggeratedly proper; "my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn't approve of my miniskirts") } ---- { [ IMPROPER, noun.attribute:improperness,+ PROPER,!] INAPPROPRIATE,^ INDECENT,^ INDECOROUS,^ UNFIT2,^ WRONG1,^ noun.attribute:propriety,= (not suitable or right or appropriate; "slightly improper to dine alone with a married man"; "improper medication"; "improper attire for the golf course") } { [ indecent, noun.attribute:indecency,+ noun.act:indecency1,+ ] [ indecorous, noun.attribute:indecorousness,+ ] [ unbecoming, noun.attribute:unbecomingness,+ ] uncomely, [ unseemly, noun.attribute:unseemliness,+ ] untoward, (not in keeping with accepted standards of what is right or proper in polite society; "was buried with indecent haste"; "indecorous behavior"; "language unbecoming to a lady"; "unseemly to use profanity"; "moved to curb their untoward ribaldry") } { out-of-the-way, out_of_the_way, (improper or even offensive; "out-of-the-way remarks") } { wrong2, incorrect, (not in accord with established usage or procedure; "the wrong medicine"; "the wrong way to shuck clams"; "it is incorrect for a policeman to accept gifts") }] [{ [ PROPHETIC, noun.person:prophet1,+ noun.person:prophet,+ noun.communication:prophecy,+ noun.cognition:prophecy,+ UNPROPHETIC,!] [ prophetical, noun.communication:prophecy,+ noun.cognition:prophecy,+ noun.person:prophet1,+ ] (foretelling events as if by supernatural intervention; "prophetic writings"; "prophetic powers"; "words that proved prophetic") } { adumbrative, foreshadowing, [ prefigurative, verb.communication:prefigure,+ ] (indistinctly prophetic) } { [ apocalyptic, noun.communication:apocalypse,+ ] [ apocalyptical, noun.event:apocalypse,+ ] [ revelatory, verb.perception:reveal4,+ ] (prophetic of devastation or ultimate doom) } { [ clairvoyant, noun.person:clairvoyant,+ noun.communication:clairvoyance,+ ] precognitive, second-sighted, (foreseeing the future) } { Delphic, oracular, (obscurely prophetic; "Delphic pronouncements"; "an oracular message") } { [ divinatory, verb.perception:divine,+ ] mantic, sibylline, [ sibyllic, noun.person:sibyl2,+ noun.person:sibyl,+ ] vatic, vatical, (resembling or characteristic of a prophet or prophecy; "the high priest's divinatory pronouncement"; "mantic powers"; "a kind of sibylline book with ready and infallible answers to questions") } { fateful, foreboding(a), [ portentous, noun.event:portent,+ ] (ominously prophetic)} { precursory, premonitory, (warning of future misfortune) } { [ predictive, verb.communication:predict1,+ verb.communication:predict,+ ] [ prognostic, noun.event:prognostic,+ noun.communication:prognosis,+ noun.act:prognosis,+ ] [ prognosticative, verb.communication:prognosticate,+ ] (of or relating to prediction; having value for making predictions) } ---- { [ UNPROPHETIC, PROPHETIC,!] (not prophetic; not foreseeing correctly) } { nonprognosticative, (not offering prognostications) } { unpredictive, (having no predictive value) }] [{ [ PROSPECTIVE, RETROSPECTIVE,!] FUTURE,^ (of or concerned with or related to the future; "prospective earnings"; "a prospective mother"; "a prospective bride"; "the statute is solely prospective in operation") } { [ likely, noun.attribute:likeliness,+ ] [ potential, noun.state:potency2,+ noun.state:potentiality,+ ] (expected to become or be; in prospect; "potential clients") } { [ future, noun.time:futurity,+ noun.attribute:futurity,+ ] (effective in or looking toward the future; "he was preparing for future employment opportunities") } ---- { [ RETROSPECTIVE, noun.group:retrospective,+ verb.cognition:retrospect,+ PROSPECTIVE,!] BACKWARD1,^ (concerned with or related to the past; "retrospective self-justification") } { ex_post_facto, retroactive, [ retro, noun.cognition:retro,+ ] (affecting things past; "retroactive tax increase"; "an ex-post-facto law"; "retro pay") }] [{ [ PROTECTED, UNPROTECTED,!] INVULNERABLE,^ SECURE2,^ (kept safe or defended from danger or injury or loss; "the most protected spot I could find") } { bastioned, fortified, (secured with bastions or fortifications) } { battlemented, (protected with battlements or parapets with indentations or embrasures for shooting through) } { burglarproof, (secure against burglary) } { covert, noun.group:law,;c ((of a wife) being under the protection of her husband; "a woman covert") } { moated, (protected by a deep wide ditch usually filled with water) } { shielded, ((used especially of machinery) protected by a shield to prevent injury) } { [ snug, noun.state:snugness,+ ] (offering safety; well protected or concealed; "a snug harbor"; "a snug hideout") } { stormproof, (protected against or able to withstand storms) } { weatherproof, (able to withstand exposure to weather without damage; "weatherproof electric wiring"; "a weatherproof coat") } ---- { [ UNPROTECTED, noun.attribute:unprotectedness,+ PROTECTED,!] INSECURE2,^ SUSCEPTIBLE,^ VULNERABLE,^ (lacking protection or defense) } { exposed, open, (with no protection or shield; "the exposed northeast frontier"; "open to the weather"; "an open wound") } { [ naked, noun.state:nakedness,+ ] [ defenseless, noun.attribute:defenselessness,+ ] (having no protecting or concealing cover; "naked to mine enemies"- Shakespeare) } { unshielded, ((used especially of machinery) not protected by a shield) }] [{ [ PROTECTIVE, noun.attribute:protectiveness,+ verb.competition:protect1,+ verb.competition:protect,+ UNPROTECTIVE,!] DEFENSIVE,^ PREVENTIVE,^ (intended or adapted to afford protection of some kind; "a protective covering"; "the use of protective masks and equipment"; "protective coatings"; "kept the drunken sailor in protective custody"; "animals with protective coloring"; "protective tariffs") } { cautionary, prophylactic1, (warding off; "the swastika...a very ancient prophylactic symbol occurring among all peoples"- Victor Schultze) } { contraceptive, [ prophylactic2, noun.artifact:prophylactic,+ ] antifertility, (capable of preventing conception or impregnation; "contraceptive devices and medications") } { [ custodial, noun.person:custodian,+ noun.act:custody2,+ ] tutelary, tutelar, (providing protective supervision; watching over or safeguarding; "daycare that is educational and not just custodial"; "a guardian angel"; "tutelary gods") } { evasive, (avoiding or escaping from difficulty or danger especially enemy fire; "pilots are taught to take evasive action") } { overprotective, (overly protective; "overprotective parents") } { [ preservative, noun.substance:preservative,+ verb.possession:preserve,+ verb.change:preserve,+ ] (tending or having the power to preserve; "timbers should be treated with a preservative substance") } { protecting(a), (shielding (or designed to shield) against harm or discomfort; "the protecting blanket of snow"; "a protecting alibi") } { [ restrictive, verb.social:restrict,+ ] ((of tariff) protective of national interests by restricting imports) } { safety-related, (providing or ensuring safety) } ---- { [ UNPROTECTIVE, PROTECTIVE,!] (not affording protection) }] [{ [ PROUD, HUMBLE,!] IMMODEST2,^ noun.attribute:pride,= (feeling self-respect or pleasure in something by which you measure your self-worth; or being a reason for pride; "proud parents"; "a proud moment"; "proud to serve his country"; "a proud name"; "proud princes") } { [ arrogant, noun.attribute:arrogance,+ ] chesty, [ self-important, noun.feeling:self-importance,+ noun.attribute:self-importance,+ ] (having or showing feelings of unwarranted importance out of overbearing pride; "an arrogant official"; "arrogant claims"; "chesty as a peacock") } { beaming, (pleased and proud; "beaming parents") } { big, swelled, [ vainglorious, noun.attribute:vainglory,+ ] (feeling self-importance; "too big for his britches"; "had a swelled head"; "he was swelled with pride") } { bigheaded, persnickety, [ snooty, noun.person:snoot,+ ] snot-nosed, [ snotty, noun.person:snot,+ ] stuck-up, too_big_for_one's_breeches, [ uppish, noun.attribute:uppishness,+ ] ((used colloquially) overly conceited or arrogant; "a snotty little scion of a degenerate family"-Laurent Le Sage; "they're snobs--stuck-up and uppity and persnickety") } { [ boastful, noun.attribute:boastfulness,+ ] braggart(a), bragging(a), [ braggy, noun.communication:brag,+ ] big2, cock-a-hoop, crowing, self-aggrandizing, self-aggrandising, (exhibiting self-importance; "big talk") } { dignified, self-respecting, self-respectful, (having or showing self-esteem) } { [ disdainful, noun.attribute:disdainfulness,+ ] [ haughty, noun.attribute:haughtiness,+ ] [imperious, noun.attribute:imperiousness,+ ] [ lordly, noun.attribute:lordliness2,+ ] [overbearing, noun.attribute:overbearingness,+ ] prideful, sniffy, [ supercilious, noun.attribute:superciliousness,+ ] swaggering, (having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy; "some economists are disdainful of their colleagues in other social disciplines"; "haughty aristocrats"; "his lordly manners were offensive"; "walked with a prideful swagger"; "very sniffy about breaches of etiquette"; "his mother eyed my clothes with a supercilious air"; "a more swaggering mood than usual"- W.L.Shirer) } { conceited, [ egotistic, noun.person:egotist,+ noun.feeling:egotism,+ ] [ egotistical, noun.person:egotist,+ ] self-conceited, swollen, swollen-headed, [ vain, noun.feeling:vanity,+ noun.attribute:vanity1,+ noun.attribute:vanity,+ ] (characteristic of false pride; having an exaggerated sense of self-importance; "a conceited fool"; "an attitude of self-conceited arrogance"; "an egotistical disregard of others"; "so swollen by victory that he was unfit for normal duty"; "growing ever more swollen-headed and arbitrary"; "vain about her clothes") } { house-proud, (proud of your house or its furnishings or upkeep) } { overproud, (excessively proud) } { pleased, proud_of(p), (feeling pleasurable satisfaction over something by which you measures your self-worth; "proud of their child") } { purse-proud, (proud or arrogant because of your wealth (especially in the absence of other distinction)) } { shabby-genteel, (trying to maintain dignity and self respect despite shabbiness) } ---- { [ HUMBLE, noun.attribute:humbleness,+ noun.attribute:humility,+ PROUD,!] MODEST2,^ noun.attribute:humility,= (marked by meekness or modesty; not arrogant or prideful; "a humble apology"; "essentially humble...and self-effacing, he achieved the highest formal honors and distinctions"- B.K.Malinowski) } { broken, crushed, humbled, humiliated, [ low, noun.feeling:lowness,+ ] (subdued or brought low in condition or status; "brought low"; "a broken man"; "his broken spirit") } { [ meek, noun.feeling:meekness,+ noun.attribute:meekness,+ ] mild, modest, (humble in spirit or manner; suggesting retiring mildness or even cowed submissiveness; "meek and self-effacing") }] [{ [ PROVED, UNPROVED,!] proven, (established beyond doubt; "a proven liar"; "a Soviet leader of proven shrewdness") } { established, (shown to be valid beyond a reasonable doubt; "the established facts in the case") } { evidenced, (supported by evidence; "their evidenced friendliness to the US") } { tested, tried, well-tried, (tested and proved useful or correct; "a tested method") } { verified, (proved to be true; "a verified claim") } ---- { [ UNPROVED, PROVED,!] unproven, (not proved; "unproved allegations"; "unproved assumptions") } { on_trial, (in the process of being tested or tried) } { unverified, (lacking proof or substantiation) }] [{ [ PROVIDENT, noun.attribute:providence,+ verb.change:provide5,+ IMPROVIDENT,!] FARSIGHTED,^ PRUDENT,^ THRIFTY,^ (providing carefully for the future; "wild squirrels are provident"; "a provident father plans for his children's education") } { [ careful, noun.attribute:carefulness1,+ noun.attribute:carefulness,+ ] [ thrifty, noun.attribute:thrift,+ noun.attribute:thriftiness,+ ] (mindful of the future in spending money; "careful with money") } { farseeing, [ farsighted, noun.cognition:farsightedness,+ ] [ foresighted, noun.attribute:foresightedness,+ ] [ foresightful, noun.attribute:foresightfulness,+ ] [ prospicient, noun.cognition:prospicience,+ ] long, longsighted, (planning prudently for the future; "large goals that required farsighted policies"; "took a long view of the geopolitical issues") } { forehanded, (having provided for the future) } { forethoughtful, (thoughtful of the future; "careful forethoughtful planning") } ---- { [ IMPROVIDENT, noun.attribute:improvidence,+ PROVIDENT,!] IMPRUDENT,^ WASTEFUL,^ (not provident; not providing for the future) } { short, [ shortsighted, noun.attribute:shortsightedness,+ ] unforesightful, myopic, (lacking foresight or scope; "a short view of the problem"; "shortsighted policies"; "shortsighted critics derided the plan"; "myopic thinking") } { [ thriftless, noun.attribute:thriftlessness,+ ] (careless of the future) } { unforethoughtful, (lacking forethought) }] [{ [ PROVOCATIVE, verb.emotion:provoke1,+ verb.emotion:provoke,+ verb.communication:provoke,+ UNPROVOCATIVE,!] EXCITING,^ (serving or tending to provoke, excite, or stimulate; stimulating discussion or exciting controversy; "a provocative remark"; "a provocative smile"; "provocative Irish tunes which...compel the hearers to dance"- Anthony Trollope) } { [ agitative, verb.emotion:agitate,+ ] agitating, provoking, (causing or tending to cause anger or resentment; "a provoking delay at the airport") } { challenging, intriguing, (disturbingly provocative; "an intriguing smile") } { charged, (capable of producing violent emotion or arousing controversy; "the highly charged issue of abortion") } { incendiary, [ incitive, verb.communication:incite,+ ] [ inflammatory, verb.emotion:inflame,+ ] [ instigative, verb.communication:instigate,+ ] rabble-rousing, [ seditious, noun.act:sedition,+ ] (arousing to action or rebellion) } { rousing, (rousing to activity or heightened action as by spurring or goading; "tossed a rousing political comment into the conversation") } ---- { [ UNPROVOCATIVE, PROVOCATIVE,!] unprovoking4, NONVIOLENT,^ UNEXCITING,^ (not provocative) } { [ disarming, noun.act:disarming,+ ] (capable of allaying hostility) } { noninflammatory, (not inflammatory) }] [{ [ PRUDENT, noun.cognition:prudence,+ IMPRUDENT,!] CAREFUL,^ PROVIDENT,^ RESPONSIBLE,^ WISE,^ (careful and sensible; marked by sound judgment; "a prudent manager"; "prudent rulers"; "prudent hesitation"; "more prudent to hide than to fight") } { circumspect, [ discreet, noun.cognition:discreetness,+ ] (heedful of potential consequences; "circumspect actions"; "physicians are now more circumspect about recommending its use"; "a discreet investor") } { [ judicious, noun.cognition:judiciousness,+ noun.attribute:judiciousness,+ ] [ wise, noun.attribute:wiseness1,+ ] heady, (marked by the exercise of good judgment or common sense in practical matters; "judicious use of one's money"; "a wise decision") } { [ provident, noun.attribute:providence,+ ] (careful in regard to your own interests; "the prudent use and development of resources"; "wild squirrels are provident") } { [ prudential, noun.attribute:prudence,+ ] (arising from or characterized by prudence especially in business matters; "he abstained partly for prudential reasons") } ---- { [ IMPRUDENT, noun.attribute:imprudence,+ PRUDENT,!] CARELESS,^ FOOLISH,^ IMPROVIDENT,^ (not prudent or wise; "very imprudent of her mother to encourage her in such silly romantic ideas"; "would be imprudent for a noneconomist to talk about the details of economic policy"- A.M.Schlesinger) } { ill-considered, ill-judged, improvident, [ shortsighted, noun.attribute:shortsightedness,+ ] (not given careful consideration; "ill-considered actions often result in disaster"; "an ill-judged attempt") } { [ injudicious, noun.cognition:injudiciousness,+ noun.attribute:injudiciousness,+ ] (lacking or showing lack of judgment or discretion; unwise; "an injudicious measure"; "the result of an injudicious decision") } { [ rash, noun.attribute:rashness1,+ ] (imprudently incurring risk; "do something rash that he will forever repent"- George Meredith) }] [{ [ PUNCTUAL, noun.attribute:punctuality,+ UNPUNCTUAL,!] on_time, (acting or arriving or performed exactly at the time appointed; "she expected guests to be punctual at meals"; "he is not a particularly punctual person"; "punctual payment"; "she is always on time for class") } { [ prompt, noun.attribute:promptness1,+ ] (according to schedule or without delay; on time; "the train is prompt") } { [ timely1, noun.attribute:timeliness1,+ ] (before a time limit expires; "the timely filing of his income tax return") } ---- { [ UNPUNCTUAL, PUNCTUAL,!] (not punctual; after the appointed time) } { behindhand, (behind schedule; "was behindhand with the rent") } { belated, [ late, noun.attribute:lateness,+ ] [ tardy, noun.attribute:tardiness,+ ] (after the expected or usual time; delayed; "a belated birthday card"; "I'm late for the plane"; "the train is late"; "tardy children are sent to the principal"; "always tardy in making dental appointments") } { benighted, nighted, (overtaken by night or darkness; "benighted (or nighted) travelers hurrying toward home") } { last-minute, (just before a deadline; at the last minute; "last-minute arrangements") }] [{ [ PUNISHED, UNPUNISHED,!] (subjected to a penalty (as pain or shame or restraint or loss) for an offense or fault or in order to coerce some behavior (as a confession or obedience)) } { tarred-and-feathered(a), (smeared with tar and covered with feathers as a punishment; "the poor tarred-and-feathered wretch") } ---- { [ UNPUNISHED, PUNISHED,!] (not punished; "would he forget the crime and let it go unpunished?") } { uncorrected, undisciplined, (not subjected to correction or discipline; "let her children grow up uncorrected") }] [{ [ PUNITIVE, verb.social:punish,+ REHABILITATIVE,!] [ punitory, verb.social:punish,+ ] (inflicting punishment; "punitive justice"; "punitive damages") } { [ correctional, noun.act:correction2,+ noun.act:correction,+ ] (concerned with or providing correction; "a correctional institution") } { penal, (serving as or designed to impose punishment; "penal servitude"; "the juvenile was sentenced to six months in a penal institution") } { [ penitentiary, noun.artifact:penitentiary,+ noun.feeling:penitence,+ ] (used for punishment or reform of criminals or wrongdoers; "penitentiary institutions") } { [ retaliatory, verb.competition:retaliate1,+ verb.competition:retaliate,+ ] retaliative, retributive, retributory, vindicatory, (of or relating to or having the nature of retribution; "retributive justice demands an eye for an eye") } ---- { [ REHABILITATIVE, verb.social:rehabilitate,+ PUNITIVE,!] (designed to accomplish rehabilitation; "from a penal to a rehabilitative philosophy"- J.B.Costello; "rehabilitative treatment") }] [{ [ PUREBRED, noun.animal:purebred,+ CROSSBRED,!] noun.attribute:lineage,= (bred for many generations from member of a recognized breed or strain) } { full-blooded,full-blood, blooded, (of unmixed ancestry; "full-blooded Native American"; "blooded Jersies") } { pedigree(a), pedigreed, [ pureblood, noun.animal:pureblood,+ ] pureblooded, thoroughbred, (having a list of ancestors as proof of being a purebred animal) } ---- { [ CROSSBRED, PUREBRED,!] OUTBRED,^ noun.attribute:lineage,= (bred from parents of different varieties or species) } { bigeneric, (resulting from a cross between species of different genera) } { [ hybrid, noun.animal:hybrid,+ ] intercrossed, (produced by crossbreeding) } { underbred, (of inferior or mixed breed; "an underbred dog") } { half-blooded, half-bred, half-breed, noun.Tops:animal,;c ((of animals) having only one purebred parent) }] [{ [ PURE1, noun.state:pureness1,+ noun.state:purity2,+ IMPURE1,!] CHASTE,^ noun.attribute:morality,= ((used of persons or behaviors) having no faults; sinless; "I felt pure and sweet as a new baby"- Sylvia Plath; "pure as the driven snow") } { immaculate, undefiled, (free from stain or blemish) } { [ white, noun.state:whiteness,+ ] (free from moral blemish or impurity; unsullied; "in shining white armor") } ---- { [ IMPURE1, PURE1,!] UNCHASTE,^ noun.attribute:morality,= ((used of persons or behaviors) immoral or obscene; "impure thoughts") } { defiled, maculate, (morally blemished; stained or impure) }] [{ [ PURE2, noun.state:pureness,+ noun.state:purity,+ IMPURE2,!] CLEAN4,^ PROCESSED,^ noun.state:purity,= (free of extraneous elements of any kind; "pure air and water"; "pure gold"; "pure primary colors"; "the violin's pure and lovely song"; "pure tones"; "pure oxygen") } { axenic, ((used of cultures of microorganisms) completely free from other organisms; "an axenic culture") } { [ clean, noun.state:cleanness,+ ] [ fresh, noun.attribute:freshness1,+ ] (free from impurities; "clean water"; "fresh air") } { clean1, [ clear1, noun.attribute:clarity,+ noun.attribute:clearness2,+ ] light, [ unclouded, noun.attribute:uncloudedness,+ ] ((of sound or color) free from anything that dulls or dims; "efforts to obtain a clean bass in orchestral recordings"; "clear laughter like a waterfall"; "clear reds and blues"; "a light lilting voice like a silver bell") } { fine, noun.cognition:metallurgy,;c (free from impurities; having a high or specified degree of purity; "gold 21 carats fine") } { [ native, noun.attribute:nativeness,+ ] (as found in nature in the elemental form; "native copper") } { [ plain, noun.state:plainness,+ ] sheer, unmingled, unmixed, (not mixed with extraneous elements; "plain water"; "sheer wine"; "not an unmixed blessing") } { pristine, (completely free from dirt or contamination; "pristine mountain snow") } { [ straight_up, noun.communication:colloquialism,;u ] ((of an alcoholic drink) stirred or shaken with ice, but served without it; "I like my martinis straight up") } { sublimate, (made pure) } { unadulterated, (not mixed with impurities; "unadulterated maple syrup") } { unalloyed, (free from admixture; "unalloyed metal"; "unalloyed pleasure") } { uncontaminated1, unpolluted, (free from admixture with noxious elements; clean; "unpolluted streams"; "a contaminated lake") } { virginal, (untouched or undefiled; "nor is there anything more virginal than the shimmer of young foliage"- L.P.Smith) } ---- { [ IMPURE2, noun.state:impureness,+ noun.substance:impurity,+ PURE2,!] UNCLEAN,^ UNPROCESSED,^ noun.state:purity,= (combined with extraneous elements) } { technical-grade, technical_grade, noun.cognition:chemistry,;c (containing small amounts of other chemicals, hence slightly impure; "technical-grade sulfuric acid") } { adulterate, adulterated, debased, (mixed with impurities) } { alloyed, ((used of metals) debased by mixture with an inferior element) } { bastardized, bastardised, noun.cognition:fine_arts,;c (deriving from more than one source or style) } { contaminated, polluted, (rendered unwholesome by contaminants and pollution; "had to boil the contaminated water"; "polluted lakes and streams") } { dirty, [ dingy, noun.state:dinge,+ noun.state:dinginess,+ ] muddied, [ muddy, noun.attribute:muddiness,+ ] ((of color) discolored by impurities; not bright and clear; "dirty" is often used in combination; "a dirty (or dingy) white"; "the muddied grey of the sea"; "muddy colors"; "dirty-green walls"; "dirty-blonde hair") } { unpurified, (not made pure) }] [{ [ CONTAMINATED, UNCONTAMINATED,!] (corrupted by contact or association; "contaminated evidence") } { mercury-contaminated, (contaminated by mercury) } ---- { [ UNCONTAMINATED, CONTAMINATED,!] (not corrupted by contact or association; "there is no culture uncontaminated by contact with the outside world") }] [{ [ PURPOSEFUL, noun.attribute:purposefulness,+ PURPOSELESS,!] MEANINGFUL,^ RESOLUTE,^ (serving as or indicating the existence of a purpose or goal) } { businesslike, [ earnest, noun.attribute:earnestness,+ ] (not distracted by anything unrelated to the goal) } { goal-directed, purposive, (having a purpose; "purposive behavior") } { purpose-built, purpose-made, (designed and constructed to serve a particular purpose) } ---- { [ PURPOSELESS, noun.attribute:purposelessness,+ PURPOSEFUL,!] MEANINGLESS,^ (not evidencing any purpose or goal) } { adrift(p), afloat(p), [ aimless, noun.attribute:aimlessness,+ ] directionless, planless, rudderless, undirected, (aimlessly drifting) } { desultory, (marked by lack of definite plan or regularity or purpose; jumping from one thing to another; "desultory thoughts"; "the desultory conversation characteristic of cocktail parties") }] [{ [ QUALIFIED1, UNQUALIFIED1,!] COMPETENT,^ ELIGIBLE,^ (meeting the proper standards and requirements and training for an office or position or task; "many qualified applicants for the job") } { well-qualified, (more than adequately qualified; "a well-qualified officer") } ---- { [ UNQUALIFIED1, QUALIFIED1,!] INCOMPETENT,^ INELIGIBLE,^ (not meeting the proper standards and requirements and training) } { quack(a), (medically unqualified; "a quack doctor") }] [{ [ TRAINED, UNTRAINED,!] (shaped or conditioned or disciplined by training; often used as a combining form; "a trained mind"; "trained pigeons"; "well-trained servants") } { disciplined, (trained mentally or physically by instruction or exercise; "the beautiful coordination of his disciplined muscles"; "a disciplined mind") } { drilled, (trained in a skill by repetitious practice; "well-drilled in military procedures") } { housebroken, house-trained, ((of pets) trained to urinate and defecate outside or in a special place; "housebroken pets"; "`house-trained' is chiefly British") } { potty-trained, pot-trained, toilet-trained, ((of children) trained to use the toilet) } ---- { [ UNTRAINED, TRAINED,!] (not disciplined or conditioned or made adept by training; "an untrained voice"; "untrained troops"; "young minds untrained in the habit of concentration") } { primitive, naive, noun.cognition:fine_arts,;c (of or created by one without formal training; simple or naive in style; "primitive art such as that by Grandma Moses is often colorful and striking") } { undisciplined, (not subjected to discipline; "undisciplined talent") }] [{ [ QUALIFIED2, UNQUALIFIED2,!] CONDITIONAL,^ MODIFIED,^ (limited or restricted; not absolute; "gave only qualified approval") } { [ conditional, noun.state:conditionality,+ ] (qualified by reservations) } { hedged, weasel-worded, (evasively worded in order to avoid an unqualified statement) } { limited, modified, (mediocre) } ---- { [ UNQUALIFIED2, QUALIFIED2,!] UNCONDITIONAL,^ UNMODIFIED,^ (not limited or restricted; "an unqualified denial") } { categoric, categorical, flat, unconditional, (not modified or restricted by reservations; "a categorical denial"; "a flat refusal") } { clean, clear, (free of restrictions or qualifications; "a clean bill of health"; "a clear winner") } { cool, noun.communication:colloquialism,;u (used of a quantity or amount (especially of money) for emphasis; "a cool million bucks") } { outright, straight-out, unlimited, (without reservation or exception) }] [{ [ QUALITATIVE, QUANTITATIVE,!] (involving distinctions based on qualities; "qualitative change"; "qualitative data"; "qualitative analysis determines the chemical constituents of a substance or mixture") } { soft, (using evidence not readily amenable to experimental verification or refutation; "soft data"; "the soft sciences") } ---- { [ QUANTITATIVE, QUALITATIVE,!] (expressible as a quantity or relating to or susceptible of measurement; "export wheat without quantitative limitations"; "quantitative analysis determines the amounts and proportions of the chemical constituents of a substance or mixture") } { decimal1, denary, (numbered or proceeding by tens; based on ten; "the decimal system") } { duodecimal, (based on twelve; "the duodecimal number system") } { numeric, numerical, (measured or expressed in numbers; "numerical value"; "the numerical superiority of the enemy") } { [ quantifiable, noun.attribute:quantifiability,+ ] (capable of being quantified) } { three-figure, ((of numbers) written with three figures; "100 through 999 are three-figure numbers") } { valued, noun.communication:combining_form,;u ((usually used in combination) having value of a specified kind; "triple-valued") } { vicenary, (of or relating to or based on 20) } ] [{ [ QUESTIONABLE, UNQUESTIONABLE,!] CONTESTABLE,^ (subject to question; "questionable motives"; "a questionable reputation"; "a fire of questionable origin") } { alleged(a), so-called, supposed, (doubtful or suspect; "these so-called experts are no help") } { apocryphal, (being of questionable authenticity) } { debatable, problematic, [ problematical, noun.cognition:problem,+ ] (open to doubt or debate; "If you ever get married, which seems to be extremely problematic") } { [ doubtful, noun.attribute:doubtfulness,+ ] [ dubious, noun.attribute:dubiousness,+ ] dubitable, in_question(p), (open to doubt or suspicion; "the candidate's doubtful past"; "he has a dubious record indeed"; "what one found uncertain the other found dubious or downright false"; "it was more than dubitable whether the friend was as influential as she thought"- Karen Horney) } { equivocal, (open to question; "aliens of equivocal loyalty"; "his conscience reproached him with the equivocal character of the union into which he had forced his son"-Anna Jameson) } { fishy, funny, shady, suspect, [ suspicious, noun.attribute:suspiciousness,+ ] noun.communication:colloquialism,;u (not as expected; "there was something fishy about the accident"; "up to some funny business"; "some definitely queer goings-on"; "a shady deal"; "her motives were suspect"; "suspicious behavior") } { impugnable, (subject to being discredited) } { self-styled, soi-disant, (as claimed by and for yourself often without justification; "the self-styled `doctor' has no degree of any kind") } ---- { [ UNQUESTIONABLE, noun.attribute:unquestionableness,+ noun.attribute:unquestionability,+ QUESTIONABLE,!] INCONTESTABLE,^ UNDENIABLE,^ (incapable of being questioned; "unquestionable authority") } { acknowledged, (generally accepted) } { beyond_doubt(p), [ indubitable, noun.attribute:indubitability,+ ] (too obvious to be doubted) } { for_sure, (not open to doubt; "she wanted to go; that was for sure") } { mathematical, (beyond question; "a mathematical certainty") } { unimpeachable, (beyond doubt or reproach; "an unimpeachable source") }] [{ [ QUIET1, noun.attribute:quietness,+ NOISY,!] INAUDIBLE,^ SOFT4,^ (free of noise or uproar; or making little if any sound; "a quiet audience at the concert"; "the room was dark and quiet") } { [ noiseless, noun.attribute:noiselessness,+ ] (making no sound; "th' inaudible and noiseless foot of time"- Shakespeare) } { [ silent, noun.state:silence,+ noun.attribute:silence,+ ] [ soundless, noun.attribute:soundlessness,+ ] [ still, noun.attribute:stillness,+ ] (marked by absence of sound; "a silent house"; "soundless footsteps on the grass"; "the night was still") } { stilly, noun.communication:poetry2,;c ((poetic) still or calm; "in the stilly night") } { tiptoe, (walking on the tips of ones's toes so as to make no noise; "moving with tiptoe steps") } ---- { [ NOISY, noun.attribute:noisiness,+ noun.communication:noise,+ QUIET1,!] CACOPHONOUS,^ LOUD,^ (full of or characterized by loud and nonmusical sounds; "a noisy cafeteria"; "a small noisy dog") } { [ blatant, noun.attribute:blatancy,+ ] clamant, [ clamorous, noun.event:clamor,+ noun.communication:clamor,+ ] [ strident, noun.attribute:stridency,+ noun.attribute:stridence,+ ] vociferous, (conspicuously and offensively loud; given to vehement outcry; "blatant radios"; "a clamorous uproar"; "strident demands"; "a vociferous mob") } { abuzz, buzzing, (noisy like the sound of a bee; "the room was abuzz over the latest scandal") } { [ clangorous, noun.event:clangor,+ ] clanging, (having a loud resonant metallic sound; "the clangorous locomotive works"; "a clanging gong") } { clanking, (having a hard nonresonant metallic sound; "clanking chains"; "the clanking arms of the soldiers near him") } { clattery, (a rattling sound as of hard things striking together; "a clattery typewriter"; "the clattery sound of dishes") } { [ creaky, noun.event:creak,+ ] screaky, (having a rasping or grating sound; "creaky stairs") } { [ rackety, noun.event:racket,+ noun.attribute:racketiness,+ ] rip-roaring, [ uproarious, noun.state:uproar,+ noun.event:uproar,+ ] (uncontrollably noisy) } { [ reedy, noun.artifact:reed,+ ] wheezy, (having a tone of a reed instrument) } { [ stertorous, noun.act:stertor,+ ] (of breathing having a heavy snoring sound) } { [ swishy, noun.event:swish,+ ] (resembling a sustained `sh' or soft whistle; "swishing windshield wipers"; "a swishy skirt") } { thundering, (sounding like thunder; "the thundering herd") } { whirring, (like the sound of rapidly vibrating wings) }] [{ [ RESTFUL, noun.attribute:restfulness,+ RESTLESS,!] reposeful, relaxing, (affording physical or mental rest; "she spent a restful night at home")} { [ slumberous, noun.state:slumber,+ ] [ slumbrous, noun.state:slumber,+ ] (quiet and tranquil; "a slumberous June morning")} ---- { [RESTLESS, noun.attribute:restlessness,+ RESTFUL,!] [uneasy5, noun.attribute:uneasiness,+] (lacking or not affording physical or mental rest; "a restless night"; "she fell into an uneasy sleep")}] [{ [ QUIET2, noun.feeling:quietness,+ UNQUIET,!] PEACEFUL,^ TAME2,^ UNAGITATED,^ (characterized by an absence or near absence of agitation or activity; "a quiet life"; "a quiet throng of onlookers"; "quiet peace-loving people"; "the factions remained quiet for almost 10 years") } { [ quiescent, noun.act:quiescency,+ noun.act:quiescence,+ ] (marked by a state of tranquil repose; "the quiescent melancholy of the town") } { untroubled, (free from turmoil or worries; "untroubled times") } ---- { [ UNQUIET, QUIET2,!] AGITATED,^ UNEASY,^ WILD2,^ (characterized by unrest or disorder; "unquiet days of riots"; "following the assassination of Martin Luter King ours was an unquiet nation"; "spent an unquiet night tossing and turning") } { [ disruptive, verb.change:disrupt1,+ ] [ riotous, noun.act:riot,+ ] troubled, [ tumultuous, noun.state:tumult,+ noun.state:tumultuousness,+ ] [ turbulent, noun.state:turbulence,+ ] (characterized by unrest or disorder or insubordination; "effects of the struggle will be violent and disruptive"; "riotous times"; "these troubled areas"; "the tumultuous years of his administration"; "a turbulent and unruly childhood") } { squally, squalling, (characterized by short periods of noisy commotion; "a home life that has been extraordinarily squally") }] [{ [ RANDOM, noun.attribute:randomness,+ NONRANDOM,!] (lacking any definite plan or order or purpose; governed by or depending on chance; "a random choice"; "bombs fell at random"; "random movements") } { ergodic, noun.cognition:statistics,;c (positive recurrent aperiodic state of stochastic systems; tending in probability to a limiting form that is independent of the initial conditions) } { [ haphazard, noun.attribute:haphazardness,+ ] hit-or-miss, (dependent upon or characterized by chance; "a haphazard plan of action"; "his judgment is rather hit-or-miss") } { stochastic, noun.cognition:statistics,;c (being or having a random variable; "a stochastic variable"; "stochastic processes") } ---- { [ NONRANDOM, RANDOM,!] (not random) } { purposive, (having or showing or acting with a purpose or design; "purposive behavior") }] [{ [ RATIONAL, noun.attribute:rationalness,+ noun.state:rationality,+ IRRATIONAL,!] LOGICAL,^ REASONABLE,^ SANE,^ (consistent with or based on or using reason; "rational behavior"; "a process of rational inference"; "rational thought") } { [ coherent, noun.attribute:coherency,+ ] [ logical, noun.attribute:logicalness,+ ] lucid, (capable of thinking and expressing yourself in a clear and consistent manner; "a lucid thinker"; "she was more coherent than she had been just after the accident") } { demythologized, demythologised, (having mythical elements removed) } { [ intelligent, noun.cognition:intelligence,+ ] reasoning(a), thinking(a), (endowed with the capacity to reason) } { [ reasonable, noun.state:reasonableness,+ ] [ sane, noun.state:saneness,+ ] (marked by sound judgment; "sane nuclear policy") } ---- { [ IRRATIONAL, noun.state:irrationality,+ RATIONAL,!] ILLOGICAL,^ INCOHERENT,^ UNREASONABLE,^ (not consistent with or using reason; "irrational fears"; "irrational animals") } { blind, unreasoning, (not based on reason or evidence; "blind hatred"; "blind faith"; "unreasoning panic") } { reasonless, (not endowed with the capacity to reason; "a reasonless brute") } { nonrational, (not based on reason; "there is a great deal that is nonrational in modern culture") } { [ superstitious, noun.cognition:superstition,+ ] (showing ignorance of the laws of nature and faith in magic or chance; "finally realized that the horror he felt was superstitious in origin") }] [{ [ EMOTIONAL2, noun.feeling:emotion,+ noun.attribute:emotionality,+ CEREBRAL,!] (determined or actuated by emotion rather than reason; "it was an emotional judgment") } ---- { [ CEREBRAL, EMOTIONAL2,!] [ intellectual5, noun.cognition:intellect2,+ ] (involving intelligence rather than emotions or instinct; "a cerebral approach to the problem"; "cerebral drama") }] [{ [ RACIAL, NONRACIAL,!] (of or characteristic of race or races or arising from differences among groups; "racial differences"; "racial discrimination") } { biracial, (consisting of or combining two races; "a biracial committee") } { interracial, (between races; "interracial conflict") } { multiracial, (made up of or involving or acting on behalf of various races; "a multiracial society"; "multiracial government") } { racist, (based on racial intolerance; "racist remarks") } ---- { [ NONRACIAL, RACIAL,!] (not racial; having nothing to do with race or races; "his remarks were intended to be completely nonracial"; "a nonracial reason for the peremptory challenge of the juror") }] [{ [ REACTIVE, noun.state:reactivity,+ verb.change:react,+ UNREACTIVE,!] noun.cognition:chemistry,;c noun.cognition:physics,;c (participating readily in reactions; "sodium is a reactive metal"; "free radicals are very reactive") } { activated, excited, noun.cognition:physics,;c ((of e.g. a molecule) made reactive or more reactive) } { labile, noun.cognition:biology,;c ((chemistry, physics, biology) readily undergoing change or breakdown) } { oxidizable, (capable of undergoing a chemical reaction with oxygen) } { thermolabile, noun.cognition:biology,;c ((chemistry, physics, biology) readily changed or destroyed by heat) } { [ unstable, noun.attribute:unstableness,+ ] (highly or violently reactive; "sensitive and highly unstable compounds") } ---- { [ UNREACTIVE, REACTIVE,!] noun.cognition:chemistry,;c noun.cognition:physics,;c ((chemistry) not reacting chemically) } { [ inactive, noun.state:inactivity,+ ] noun.cognition:chemistry,;c ((chemistry) not participating in a chemical reaction; chemically inert; "desired amounts of inactive chlorine") } { inert, indifferent, [ neutral, noun.attribute:neutrality1,+ ] noun.cognition:chemistry,;c (having only a limited ability to react chemically; chemically inactive; "inert matter"; "an indifferent chemical in a reaction") } { noble, (inert especially toward oxygen; "a noble gas such as helium or neon"; "noble metals include gold and silver and platinum") } { stable, (not taking part readily in chemical change) }] [{ [ READY, noun.state:ready,+ noun.state:readiness,+ UNREADY,!] PREPARED,^ WILLING,^ noun.state:readiness,= (completely prepared or in condition for immediate action or use or progress; "get ready"; "she is ready to resign"; "the bridge is ready to collapse"; "I am ready to work"; "ready for action"; "ready for use"; "the soup will be ready in a minute"; "ready to learn to read") } { at_the_ready(p), (ready for immediate use; "soldiers with guns at the ready"; "students with pens and notebooks at the ready") } { [ fit(p), noun.attribute:fitness,+ ] primed(p), set(p), ((usually followed by `to' or `for') on the point of or strongly disposed; "in no fit state to continue"; "fit to drop"; "laughing fit to burst"; "she was fit to scream"; "primed for a fight"; "we are set to go at any time") } { in_order, (in a state of proper readiness or preparation or arrangement; "everything is in order for their arrival") } { [ prompt, noun.attribute:promptness,+ ] (ready and willing or quick to act; "she is always prompt to help her friends") } { ripe(p), (fully prepared or eager; "the colonists were ripe for revolution") } { waiting, ready_and_waiting(p), (being and remaining ready and available for use; "waiting cars and limousines lined the curb"; "found her mother waiting for them"; "an impressive array of food ready and waiting for the guests"; "military forces ready and waiting") } ---- { [ UNREADY, READY,!] UNPREPARED,^ noun.state:readiness,= (not prepared or in a state of readiness; slow to understand or respond; "she cursed her unready tongue") } { flat-footed, flatfooted, (unprepared and unable to react quickly; "the new product caught their competitors flat-footed") } { napping, off-guard(a), off_guard(p), off_one's_guard(p), off_his_guard, off_her_guard, off_your_guard, (not prepared or vigilant; "the blow caught him napping"; "caught in an off-guard moment"; "found him off his guard") } { unripe, (not fully prepared) }] [{ [ REAL, noun.state:realness,+ noun.state:reality2,+ noun.state:reality1,+ UNREAL,!] [ existent2, noun.state:existence,+ verb.stative:exist,+ ] CONCRETE,^ GENUINE,^ REALISTIC,^ SINCERE,^ noun.state:reality1,= (being or occurring in fact or actuality; having verified existence; not illusory; "real objects"; "real people; not ghosts"; "a film based on real life"; "a real illness"; "real humility"; "Life is real! Life is earnest!"- Longfellow) } { [ actual, verb.creation:actualize,+ noun.state:actuality,+ ] (taking place in reality; not pretended or imitated; "we saw the actual wedding on television"; "filmed the actual beating") } { [ actual2, verb.creation:actualize,+ verb.communication:actualize,+ noun.state:actuality,+ ] [ factual, noun.attribute:factualness,+ noun.attribute:factuality1,+ ] (existing in act or fact; "rocks and trees...the actual world"; "actual heroism"; "the actual things that produced the emotion you experienced") } { [ documentary, noun.communication:documentary,+ ] ((of film, television, radio, or photography) depicting a real-life event using images or interviews with people involved in the event) } { [ objective, noun.attribute:objectivity,+ ] (emphasizing or expressing things as perceived without distortion of personal feelings or interpretation; "objective art") } { [ historical, noun.state:historicalness,+ ] (having once lived or existed or taken place in the real world as distinct from being legendary; "the historical Jesus"; "doubt that a historical Camelot every existed"; "actual historical events") } ---- { [ UNREAL, noun.state:unreality,+ noun.attribute:unreality,+ REAL,!] ARTIFICIAL,^ COUNTERFEIT,^ INSINCERE,^ SUPERNATURAL,^ UNREALISTIC,^ noun.state:reality1,= (lacking in reality or substance or genuineness; not corresponding to acknowledged facts or criteria; "ghosts and other unreal entities"; "unreal propaganda serving as news") } { dreamed(a), (conceived of or imagined or hoped for; "his dreamed symphony that would take the world of music by storm") } { envisioned, pictured, visualized, visualised, (seen in the mind as a mental image; "the glory of his envisioned future"; "the snow-covered Alps pictured in her imagination"; "the visualized scene lacked the ugly details of real life") } { eye-deceiving, trompe-l'oeil(a), (creating the illusion of seeing reality; "the visual deception of trompe-l'oeil art") } { fabled, [ legendary, noun.communication:legend1,+ ] (celebrated in fable or legend; "the fabled Paul Bunyan and his blue ox"; "legendary exploits of Jesse James") } { fabricated, fancied, [ fictional, noun.communication:fiction1,+ ] [ fictitious, noun.communication:fiction,+ ] (formed or conceived by the imagination; "a fabricated excuse for his absence"; "a fancied wrong"; "a fictional character") } { [ fabulous, noun.communication:fable1,+ noun.communication:fable,+ ] [ mythic, noun.communication:myth,+ ] [ mythical, noun.communication:myth,+ ] [ mythologic, noun.group:mythology,+] [ mythological, noun.group:mythology,+ ] (based on or told of in traditional stories; lacking factual basis or historical validity; "mythical centaurs"; "the fabulous unicorn") } { fanciful, imaginary, notional, (not based on fact; existing only in the imagination; "the falsehood about some fanciful secret treaties"- F.D.Roosevelt; "a small child's imaginary friends"; "to create a notional world for oneself") } { [ fantastic, noun.cognition:fantasy,+ ] [ fantastical, noun.cognition:fantasy,+ ] (existing in fancy only; "fantastic figures with bulbous heads the circumference of a bushel"- Nathaniel Hawthorne) } { [ hallucinatory, verb.perception:hallucinate,+ ] (characterized by or characteristic of hallucination; "the bizarre hallucinatory dreams of fever"- Jean Stafford) } { [ illusional, noun.cognition:illusion1,+ noun.cognition:illusion,+ noun.act:illusion,+ ] [ illusionary, noun.act:illusion,+ ] (marked by or producing illusion; "illusionary stage effects") } { illusive, [ illusory, noun.cognition:illusion,+ ] (based on or having the nature of an illusion; "illusive hopes of finding a better job"; "Secret activities offer presidents the alluring but often illusory promise that they can achieve foreign policy goals without the bothersome debate and open decision that are staples of democracy") } { [ make-believe, noun.cognition:make-believe,+ noun.act:make-believe,+ ] pretend, (imagined as in a play; "the make-believe world of theater"; "play money"; "dangling their legs in the water to catch pretend fish") }] [{ [ REAL2(a), UNREAL2,!] (no less than what is stated; worthy of the name; "the real reason"; "real war"; "a real friend"; "a real woman"; "meat and potatoes--I call that a real meal"; "it's time he had a real job"; "it's no penny-ante job--he's making real money") } { proper(a), (having all the qualities typical of the thing specified; "wanted a proper dinner, not just a snack"; "he finally has a proper job") } { true(a), (rightly so called; "true courage"; "a spirit which true men have always admired"; "a true friend") } ---- { [ UNREAL2, REAL2,!] (not actually such; being or seeming fanciful or imaginary; "this conversation is getting more and more unreal"; "the fantastically unreal world of government bureaucracy"; "the unreal world of advertising art") } { [ deceptive, verb.social:deceive,+ verb.communication:deceive,+ noun.attribute:deceptiveness,+ ] [ delusory, verb.social:delude,+ ] (causing one to believe what is not true or fail to believe what is true; "deceptive calm"; "a delusory pleasure") } { dreamlike, surreal, (resembling a dream; "night invested the lake with a dreamlike quality"; "as irrational and surreal as a dream") } { phantom, (something apparently sensed but having no physical reality; "seemed to hear faint phantom bells"; "the amputee's illusion of a phantom limb") }] [{ [ REAL1, NOMINAL,!] noun.cognition:economics,;c (of, relating to, or representing an amount that is corrected for inflation; "real prices"; "real income"; "real wages") } ---- { [ NOMINAL, REAL1,!] noun.cognition:economics,;c (of, relating to, or characteristic of an amount that is not adjusted for inflation; "the nominal GDP"; "nominal interest rates") }] [{ [ REALISTIC, noun.person:realist2,+ UNREALISTIC,!] POSSIBLE,^ PRACTICAL,^ REAL,^ (aware or expressing awareness of things as they really are; "a realistic description"; "a realistic view of the possibilities"; "a realistic appraisal of our chances"; "the actors tried to create a realistic portrayal of the Africans") } { down-to-earth, earthy, (sensible and practical; "has a straightforward down-to-earth approach to a problem"; "her earthy common sense") } { hardheaded, hard-nosed, [ practical1, noun.act:practice,+ noun.attribute:practicality,+ ] [ pragmatic, noun.attribute:pragmatism,+ ] (guided by practical experience and observation rather than theory; "a hardheaded appraisal of our position"; "a hard-nosed labor leader"; "completely practical in his approach to business"; "not ideology but pragmatic politics") } { graphic, lifelike, pictorial, [ vivid, noun.attribute:vividness1,+ ] (evoking lifelike images within the mind; "pictorial poetry and prose"; "graphic accounts of battle"; "a lifelike portrait"; "a vivid description") } { living, (true to life; lifelike; "the living image of her mother") } { true-to-life(a), true_to_life(p), (representing things or actions or conditions as they actually are; "the novel about ghetto life was true to life"; "true-to-life duck decoys") } { veridical, [ real2, noun.state:realness,+ noun.state:reality1,+ ] (coinciding with reality; "perceptual error...has a surprising resemblance to veridical perception"- F.A.Olafson) } { virtual(a), practical2(a), (being actually such in almost every respect; "a practical failure"; "the once elegant temple lay in virtual ruin") } ---- { [ UNREALISTIC, REALISTIC,!] IMPOSSIBLE,^ IMPRACTICAL,^ UNREAL,^ (not realistic; "unrealistic expectations"; "prices at unrealistic high levels") } { [ chimerical, noun.cognition:chimera,+ ] (produced by a wildly fanciful imagination; "his Utopia is not a chimerical commonwealth but a practical improvement on what already exists"- Douglas Bush) } { [ delusive, verb.social:delude,+ ] [ false, noun.state:falseness,+ noun.state:falsity,+ ] (inappropriate to reality or facts; "delusive faith in a wonder drug"; "delusive expectations"; "false hopes") } { [ fantastic, noun.cognition:fantasy,+ ] wild, (fanciful and unrealistic; foolish; "a fantastic idea of his own importance") } { kafkaesque, (characterized by surreal distortion and a sense of impending danger; "the kafkaesque terror of the endless interrogations") } { [ phantasmagoric, noun.cognition:phantasmagoria,+ ] [ phantasmagorical, noun.cognition:phantasmagoria,+ ] surreal, [ surrealistic, noun.group:surrealism,+ ] (characterized by fantastic imagery and incongruous juxtapositions; "a great concourse of phantasmagoric shadows"--J.C.Powys; "the incongruous imagery in surreal art and literature") }] [{ [ REASONABLE, noun.attribute:reasonableness3,+ noun.attribute:reasonableness,+ UNREASONABLE,!] [ sensible4, noun.attribute:sensibleness1,+ ] FAIR3,^ LOGICAL,^ RATIONAL,^ VALID,^ noun.attribute:reasonableness,= (showing reason or sound judgment; "a sensible choice"; "a sensible person") } { commonsense, commonsensible, [ commonsensical, noun.cognition:common_sense,+ ] (exhibiting native good judgment; "arrive home at a reasonable hour"; "commonsense scholarship on the foibles of a genius"; "unlearned and commonsensical countryfolk were capable of solving problems that beset the more sophisticated") } { healthy, intelligent, levelheaded, level-headed, sound, (exercising or showing good judgment; "healthy scepticism"; "a healthy fear of rattlesnakes"; "the healthy attitude of French laws"; "healthy relations between labor and management"; "an intelligent solution"; "a sound approach to the problem"; "sound advice"; "no sound explanation for his decision") } { [ tenable, noun.attribute:tenableness,+ noun.attribute:tenability,+ ] well-founded, (based on sound reasoning or evidence; "well-founded suspicions") } ---- { [ UNREASONABLE, REASONABLE,!] ILLOGICAL,^ IMMODERATE,^ IRRATIONAL,^ noun.attribute:reasonableness,= (not reasonable; not showing good judgment) } { counterintuitive, (contrary to what common sense would suggest) } { indefensible, untenable, ((of theories etc) incapable of being defended or justified) } { [ mindless, noun.attribute:mindlessness2,+ noun.attribute:mindlessness1,+ ] reasonless, senseless, (not marked by the use of reason; "mindless violence"; "reasonless hostility"; "a senseless act") } { undue, unjustified, unwarranted, (lacking justification or authorization; "desire for undue private profit"; "unwarranted limitations of personal freedom") }] [{ [ RECIPROCAL, noun.relation:reciprocity,+ noun.act:reciprocity,+ noun.relation:reciprocality,+ NONRECIPROCAL,!] [ mutual, noun.relation:mutuality1,+ noun.relation:mutuality,+ noun.relation:mutualness,+ ] (concerning each of two or more persons or things; especially given or done in return; "reciprocal aid"; "reciprocal trade"; "mutual respect"; "reciprocal privileges at other clubs") } { bilateral, (affecting or undertaken by two parties; "a bilateral agreement between the United States and Japan") } { trilateral, (involving three parties; "trilateral talks")} { [ correlative, noun.relation:correlativity,+ ] noun.cognition:grammar,;c (expressing a reciprocal or complementary relation; "correlative conjunctions") } { [ interactional, noun.act:interaction,+ ] [ interactive, verb.social:interact,+ ] (capable of acting on or influencing each other) } { [ reciprocative, verb.motion:reciprocate,+ ] [ reciprocatory, verb.motion:reciprocate,+ ] (moving alternately backward and forward) } { [ reciprocative1, verb.social:reciprocate,+ ] [ reciprocatory1, verb.social:reciprocate,+ ] (given or done or owed to each other) } ---- { [ NONRECIPROCAL, RECIPROCAL,!] (not reciprocal) } { nonreciprocating, (not moving alternately forward and backward) } { unanswered, unreciprocated, unrequited, (not returned in kind; "unrequited (unanswered) love") }] [{ [ REFINED1, UNREFINED1,!] CIVILIZED,^ ELEGANT,^ FASTIDIOUS,^ GRACIOUS,^ POLISHED,^ ((used of persons and their behavior) cultivated and genteel; "she was delicate and refined and unused to hardship"; "refined people with refined taste") } { civilized, civilised, cultivated, cultured, [ genteel, noun.attribute:genteelness,+ ] polite, (marked by refinement in taste and manners; "cultivated speech"; "cultured Bostonians"; "cultured tastes"; "a genteel old lady"; "polite society") } { [ couth, noun.state:couth,+ ] noun.communication:humor,;c ((used facetiously) refined and well-mannered) } { mincing, niminy-piminy, [ prim, noun.attribute:primness1,+ ] twee, (affectedly dainty or refined) } { debonair, debonaire, debonnaire, [ suave, noun.attribute:suaveness,+ ] (having a sophisticated charm; "a debonair gentleman") } { effete, (affected, overrefined, and effeminate; "the young man spoke in effete, accented English") } { finespun, delicate, (developed with extreme delicacy and subtlety; "the satire touches with finespun ridicule every kind of human pretense") } { gentlemanlike, [ gentlemanly, noun.person:gentleman,+ ] (befitting a man of good breeding; "gentlemanly behavior") } { [ ladylike, noun.attribute:ladylikeness,+ ] (befitting a woman of good breeding; "ladylike manners") } { patrician, (befitting a person of noble origin; "a patrician nose")} { overrefined, superfine, (excessively delicate or refined) } { well-bred, well-mannered, (of good upbringing) } ---- { [ UNREFINED1, REFINED1,!] INELEGANT,^ UNFASTIDIOUS,^ UNGRACIOUS,^ UNPOLISHED,^ ((used of persons and their behavior) not refined; uncouth; "how can a refined girl be drawn to such an unrefined man?") } { agrestic, ((of behavior) rustic and uncouth; "the agrestic behavior of a country boy") } { artless, uncultivated, uncultured, ((of persons) lacking art or knowledge) } { [ boorish, noun.attribute:boorishness2,+ ] loutish, neanderthal, neandertal, oafish, swinish, (ill-mannered and coarse and contemptible in behavior or appearance; "was boorish and insensitive"; "the loutish manners of a bully"; "her stupid oafish husband"; "aristocratic contempt for the swinish multitude") } { [ coarse, noun.attribute:coarseness3,+ ] [ common, noun.attribute:commonness2,+ noun.group:commonality,+ ] rough-cut, [ uncouth, noun.attribute:uncouthness,+ ] [ vulgar, verb.change:vulgarize1,+ verb.body:vulgarize,+ noun.attribute:vulgarity1,+ ] (lacking refinement or cultivation or taste; "he had coarse manners but a first-rate mind"; "behavior that branded him as common"; "an untutored and uncouth human being"; "an uncouth soldier--a real tough guy"; "appealing to the vulgar taste for violence"; "the vulgar display of the newly rich") } { [ crass, noun.attribute:crassness,+ ] ((of persons) so unrefined as to be lacking in discrimination and sensibility) } { ill-bred, bounderish, lowbred, rude, underbred, yokelish, ((of persons) lacking in refinement or grace) } { [ low, noun.state:lowness,+ ] (unrefined in character; "low comedy") } { robust, (rough and crude; "a robust tale") } { [ rough, noun.state:roughness2,+ ] ((of persons or behavior) lacking refinement or finesse; "she was a diamond in the rough"; "rough manners") } { rough-spoken, (rude or uncouth in speech) } { ungentlemanly, ungentlemanlike, (not befitting a gentleman) } { unladylike, (lacking the behavior or manner or style considered proper for a lady) }] [{ [ PROCESSED, UNPROCESSED,!] FINISHED2,^ PURE2,^ TREATED,^ (prepared or converted from a natural state by subjecting to a special process; "processed ores") } { cured, vulcanized, vulcanised, ((used of rubber) treated by a chemical or physical process to improve its properties (hardness and strength and odor and elasticity)) } { milled, polished, ((of grains especially rice) having the husk or outer layers removed; "polished rice") } { semi-processed, (having been subjected to partial processing) } ---- { [ UNPROCESSED, PROCESSED,!] IMPURE2,^ UNFINISHED2,^ UNTREATED,^ (not altered from an original or natural state; "unprocessed commodities") } { natural, raw(a), rude(a), ((used especially of commodities) being unprocessed or manufactured using only simple or minimal processes; "natural yogurt"; "natural produce"; "raw wool"; "raw sugar"; "bales of rude cotton") } { streaming, noun.cognition:computer_science,;c ((computer science) using or relating to a form of continuous tape transport; used mainly to provide backup storage of unedited data; "streaming audio"; "streaming video recording") } { unvulcanized, unvulcanised, ((used of rubber) not subjected to the process of vulcanization) }] [{ [ REFINED2, UNREFINED2,!] processed2, (freed from impurities by processing; "refined sugar"; "refined oil"; "to gild refined gold"- Shakespeare) } ---- { [ UNREFINED2, REFINED2,!] unprocessed2, [ crude2, noun.attribute:crudeness2,+ noun.state:crudity,+ ] (not refined or processed; "unrefined ore"; "crude oil") }] [{ [ TREATED, UNTREATED,!] PROCESSED,^ (subjected to a physical (or chemical) treatment or action or agent; "the sludge of treated sewage can be used as fertilizer"; "treated timbers resist rot"; "treated fabrics resist wrinkling") } { activated, ((of sewage) treated with aeration and bacteria to aid decomposition) } { aerated, ((of a liquid) treated by having air passed or bubbled through it for purification) } { burned, burnt, (treated by heating to a high temperature but below the melting or fusing point; "burnt sienna") } { doped, (treated or impregnated with a foreign substance) } { fumed, ((of wood) darkened or colored by exposure to ammonia fumes; "fumed oak") } { proofed, (treated so as to become resistant; "rust-proofed automobiles"; "shrink-proofed fabrics") } ---- { [ UNTREATED, TREATED,!] UNPROCESSED,^ (not subjected to chemical or physical treatment; "an untreated fabric") } { raw, (not processed or refined; "raw sewage") }] [{ [ OILED, UNOILED,!] (treated with oil; "oiled country roads"; "an oiled walnut table") } ---- { [ UNOILED, OILED,!] (in need of oil treatment; "dusty unoiled roads"; "a dull unoiled table") }] [{ [ TREATED2, UNTREATED2,!] (given medical care or treatment; "a treated cold is usually gone in 14 days; if left untreated it lasts two weeks") } { bandaged, bound, (covered or wrapped with a bandage; "the bandaged wound on the back of his head"; "an injury bound in fresh gauze") } { dosed, (treated with some kind of application; "a mustache dosed with bear grease") } { dressed, (treated with medications and protective covering) } ---- { [ UNTREATED2, TREATED2,!] (not given medical care or treatment; "an untreated disease"; "the untreated wounded lay on makeshift cots") }] [{ [ RECOVERABLE, UNRECOVERABLE,!] (capable of being recovered or regained; "recoverable truth of a past event") } { redeemable, (recoverable upon payment or fulfilling a condition; "redeemable goods in a pawnshop") } { retrievable, (capable of being regained especially with effort; "he believed the information was retrievable") } ---- { [ UNRECOVERABLE, RECOVERABLE,!] irrecoverable, (incapable of being recovered or regained) } { irretrievable, unretrievable, (impossible to recover or recoup or overcome; "an irretrievable loss"; "irretrievable errors in judgment") } { lost, (incapable of being recovered or regained; "his lost honor") }] [{ [ REGENERATE, UNREGENERATE,!] SAVED,^ (reformed spiritually or morally; "a regenerate sinner"; "regenerate by redemption from error or decay") } { born-again, reborn, (spiritually reborn or converted; "a born-again Christian") } { reformed, (caused to abandon an evil manner of living and follow a good one; "a reformed drunkard") } ---- { [ UNREGENERATE, REGENERATE,!] unregenerated, LOST2,^ UNREPENTANT,^ (not reformed morally or spiritually; "unregenerate human nature"; "unregenerate conservatism") } { [ cussed, noun.attribute:cussedness,+ ] obdurate, obstinate, unrepentant, (stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing) } { impenitent, (impervious to moral persuasion) } { unconverted, unpersuaded, (not converted) }] [{ [ REGISTERED, UNREGISTERED,!] (listed or recorded officially; "record is made of `registered mail' at each point on its route to assure safe delivery"; "registered bonds") } { certified, qualified, (holding appropriate documentation and officially on record as qualified to perform a specified function or practice a specified skill; "a registered pharmacist"; "a registered hospital") } { recorded, ((of securities) having the owner's name entered in a register; "recorded holders of a stock") } ---- { [ UNREGISTERED, REGISTERED,!] (not registered; "an unregistered citizen") } { unlisted, (not having your name entered on a voting list; "an unlisted voter") }] [{ [ REGISTERED2, UNREGISTERED2,!] noun.Tops:animal,;c ((of animals) officially recorded with or certified by a recognized breed association; especially in a stud book; "a registered Percheron") } ---- { [ UNREGISTERED2, REGISTERED2,!] noun.Tops:animal,;c ((of animals) not recorded with or certified by an official breed association; "unregistered dairy cattle") }] [{ [ REGULAR, noun.attribute:regularity,+ IRREGULAR,!] RHYTHMICAL,^ SYMMETRICAL,^ SYSTEMATIC,^ noun.attribute:regularity,= (in accordance with fixed order or procedure or principle; "his regular calls on his customers"; "regular meals"; "regular duties") } { first-string, (of members of a team; not substitutes) } { lawful, rule-governed, (according to custom or rule or natural law) } { [ official, noun.act:office,+ ] prescribed, (conforming to set usage, procedure, or discipline; "in prescribed order") } { standard, stock, (regularly and widely used or sold; "a standard size"; "a stock item") } { timed, (regularly spaced in time; "closely timed intervals") } { [ uniform, noun.attribute:uniformity,+ ] (evenly spaced; "at regular (or uniform) intervals") } { weak, noun.cognition:grammar,;c ((used of verbs) having standard (or regular) inflection) } { well-ordered, (ordered well; "well-ordered work habits") } ---- { [ IRREGULAR, noun.attribute:irregularity,+ noun.act:irregularity,+ REGULAR,!] ASYMMETRICAL,^ ILLEGAL,^ ROUGH,^ UNRHYTHMICAL,^ UNSTEADY,^ UNSYSTEMATIC,^ noun.attribute:regularity,= (contrary to rule or accepted order or general practice; "irregular hiring practices") } { asymmetrical, crooked, (irregular in shape or outline; "asymmetrical features"; "a dress with a crooked hemline") } { [ casual, noun.attribute:casualness,+ ] occasional, (occurring on a temporary or irregular basis; "casual employment"; "a casual correspondence with a former teacher"; "an occasional worker") } { [ improper, noun.attribute:improperness,+ ] [ unconventional, noun.attribute:unconventionality,+ ] [ unlawful, noun.attribute:unlawfulness,+ ] (not conforming to legality, moral law, or social convention; "an unconventional marriage"; "improper banking practices") } { randomized, randomised, (set up or distributed in a deliberately random way) } { strong, noun.cognition:grammar,;c (of verbs not having standard (or regular) inflection; "`sing' is a strong verb") }] [{ [ REGULAR1, IRREGULAR1,! ] ((of solids) having clear dimensions that can be measured; volume can be determined with a suitable geometric formula) } ---- { [ IRREGULAR1, noun.attribute:irregularity4,+ REGULAR1,! ] ((of solids) not having clear dimensions that can be measured; volume must be determined with the principle of liquid displacement) }] [{ [ REGULATED, UNREGULATED,!] (controlled or governed according to rule or principle or law; "well regulated industries"; "houses with regulated temperature") } ---- { [ UNREGULATED, REGULATED,!] (not regulated; not subject to rule or discipline; "unregulated off-shore fishing") }] [{ [ REMEDIABLE, IRREMEDIABLE,!] (capable of being remedied or redressed; "remediable problems"; "a remediable setback"; "not a crime but only a remediable blunder") } ---- { [ IRREMEDIABLE, REMEDIABLE,!] (impossible to remedy or correct or redress; "an irremediable error"; "irremediable defects of character") }] [{ [ RENEWABLE, UNRENEWABLE,!] (that can be renewed or extended; "a renewable lease"; "renewable subscriptions") } ---- { [ UNRENEWABLE, RENEWABLE,!] nonrenewable, (that can not be renewed; "books on that shelf are unrenewable"; "gas and oil are nonrenewable resources") }] [{ [ RENTABLE, UNRENTABLE,!] (that is able or fit be rented) } ---- { [ UNRENTABLE, RENTABLE,!] (not able or fit to be rented; "the house was unrentable in that condition") }] [{ [ REPARABLE, IRREPARABLE,!] rectifiable, (capable of being repaired or rectified; "reparable damage to the car"; "rectifiable wrongs") } { [ maintainable, verb.stative:maintain,+ ] (capable of being maintained) } ---- { [ IRREPARABLE, REPARABLE,!] (impossible to repair, rectify, or amend; "irreparable harm"; "an irreparable mistake"; "irreparable damages") }] [{ [ REPEATABLE, UNREPEATABLE,!] [ QUOTABLE, noun.attribute:quotability,+ UNQUOTABLE,!] (able or fit to be repeated or quoted; "what he said was not repeatable in polite company"; "he comes up with so many quotable phrases") } ---- { [ UNREPEATABLE, REPEATABLE,!] [UNQUOTABLE, QUOTABLE,!] (not able or fit to be repeated or quoted; "what he said was funny but unquotable") }] [{ [ REPETITIVE, noun.communication:repetitiveness,+ verb.social:repeat,+ verb.change:repeat,+ NONREPETITIVE,!] [ repetitious, noun.event:repetition,+ noun.communication:repetition,+ noun.act:repetition,+ noun.communication:repetitiousness,+ ] (characterized by repetition; "repetitive movement") } { [ iterative, verb.communication:iterate,+ verb.change:iterate1,+ ] [ reiterative, verb.communication:reiterate,+ ] (marked by iteration) } ---- { [ NONREPETITIVE, REPETITIVE,!] (marked by the absence of repetition; "nonrepetitive DNA sequence"; "nonrepetitive dance movements") }] [{ [ PRINTABLE, UNPRINTABLE,!] (fit for publication because free of material that is morally or legally objectionable; "printable language") } ---- { [ UNPRINTABLE, PRINTABLE,!] (unfit for print because morally or legally objectionable or offensive to good taste; "an unprintable epithet"; "unprintable pictures") }] [{ [ REQUESTED, UNREQUESTED,!] (asked for; "the requested aid is forthcoming") } ---- { [ UNREQUESTED, REQUESTED,!] (not requested; "the merchandise was unrequested") } { unasked, (uninvited; "A swift picture of the sort of women he would have in his bed sprang unasked into her mind.") } { unasked-for, unsolicited, (not requested or sought; "unasked-for advice"; "advice unasked for can be greatly resented"; "unsolicited junk mail") }] [{ [ RHYMED, UNRHYMED,!] rhyming4, riming, (having corresponding sounds especially terminal sounds; "rhymed verse"; "rhyming words") } { [ alliterative, verb.creation:alliterate,+ ] (having the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable; "alliterative verse") } { [ assonant, verb.stative:assonate,+ noun.communication:assonance,+ ] (having the same vowel sound occurring with different consonants in successive words or stressed syllables) } { end-rhymed, (rhymed on the terminal syllables of the verses) } ---- { [ UNRHYMED, RHYMED,!] unrimed, rhymeless, rimeless, (not having rhyme; "writing unrhymed blank verse is like playing tennis without a net") }] [{ [ UNIFORM, noun.attribute:uniformness,+ noun.attribute:uniformity1,+ noun.attribute:uniformity,+ MULTIFORM,!] unvarying4, (always the same; showing a single form or character in all occurrences; "a street of uniform tall white buildings") } { single(a), (having uniform application; "a single legal code for all") } ---- { [ MULTIFORM, UNIFORM,!] (occurring in or having many forms or shapes or appearances; "the multiform universe of nature and man"- John Dewey) } { [ polymorphic, noun.animal:polymorph,+ ] polymorphous, (having or occurring in several distinct forms; "man is both polymorphic and polytypic"; "a polymorphous god") }] [{ [ PERIODIC, noun.attribute:periodicity,+ APERIODIC,!] [ periodical, noun.communication:periodical,+ noun.time:period2,+ ] (happening or recurring at regular intervals; "the periodic appearance of the seventeen-year locust") } { [ cyclic, noun.event:cycle2,+ noun.attribute:cyclicity,+ ] (marked by repeated cycles) } { [ oscillatory, verb.motion:oscillate,+ ] oscillating, (having periodic vibrations) } { diurnal, (having a daily cycle or occurring every day; "diurnal rotation of the heavens") } { [daily, noun.time:day,+] day-to-day, day-by-day, day-after-day, (of or belonging to or occurring every day; "daily routine"; "a daily paper") } { [ nightly, noun.time:night,+ ] (happening every night; "nightly television now goes on until 3:00 or 4:00 a.m.") } { [weekly, noun.time:week,+] [hebdomadal, noun.time:hebdomad,+] [hebdomadary, noun.time:hebdomad,+] (of or occurring every seven days; "a weekly visit"; "weekly paper")} { semiweekly, biweekly1, (occurring twice a week) } { [ hourly, noun.time:hour,+ ] (occurring every hour or payable by the hour; "hourly chimes"; "hourly pay") } { half-hourly, (occurring ever half hour)} { [ fortnightly, noun.time:fortnight,+] biweekly, (occurring every two weeks) } { annual, [yearly, noun.time:year1,+] (occurring or payable every year; "an annual trip to Paris"; "yearly medical examinations"; "annual (or yearly) income") } { semiannual, biannual, biyearly1, half-yearly, (occurring or payable twice each year) } { biennial, biyearly2, (occurring every second year; "they met at biennial conventions") } { triennial, (occurring every third year or lasting 3 years) } { [ monthly, noun.time:month1,+ noun.time:month,+ ] (of or occurring or payable every month; "monthly payments"; "the monthly newsletter") } { bimonthly, [ bimestrial, noun.time:bimester,+ ] (occurring every two months; "bimonthly visits") } { semimonthly, bimonthly1, (occurring twice a month; "a semimonthly publication") } { [ semestral, noun.time:semester2,+ noun.time:semester1,+] [ semestrial, noun.time:semester2,+ ] (occurring every six months or during every period of six months) } { [ midweekly, noun.time:midweek,+ ] (occurring during the middle of the week; "midweekly prayer meetings") } ---- { [ APERIODIC, PERIODIC,!] nonperiodic, (not recurring at regular intervals) } { noncyclic, (not having repeated cycles) } { nonoscillatory, (not having periodic vibrations) }] [{ [ REGULAR2, IRREGULAR2,!] noun.group:military,;c ((used of the military) belonging to or engaged in by legitimate army forces; "the regular army") } { standing, (permanent; "a standing army") } ---- { [ IRREGULAR2, REGULAR2,!] PARTISAN,^ ((used of the military) not belonging to or engaged in by regular army forces; "irregular troops"; "irregular warfare") }] [{ [ RELATED1, noun.relation:relatedness,+ UNRELATED1,!] COLLATERAL,^ LINEAL,^ (connected by kinship, common origin, or marriage) } { [ affinal, noun.person:affine,+ ] [ affine, noun.relation:affinity1,+ ] noun.cognition:anthropology,;c ((anthropology) related by marriage) } { [ agnate, noun.person:agnate,+ ] [ agnatic, noun.person:agnate,+ ] [ paternal, noun.relation:paternity,+ ] (related on the father's side; "a paternal aunt") } { akin(p), blood-related, [ cognate1, noun.person:cognate,+ ] [ consanguine, noun.relation:consanguinity,+ ] consanguineous, consanguineal, [ kin(p), noun.person:kin,+ noun.group:kin,+ ] (related by blood) } { allied, (related by common characteristics or ancestry; "allied species"; "allied studies") } { [ descendant, noun.person:descendant,+ ] descendent, (proceeding by descent from an ancestor; "descendent gene")} { enate, enatic, maternal(p), (related on the mother's side; "my maternal grandmother") } { [ kindred, noun.group:kindred,+ ] (related by blood or marriage; "kindred clans") } ---- { [ UNRELATED1, noun.relation:unrelatedness,+ RELATED1,!] (not connected by kinship) } { [ unconnected, noun.relation:unconnectedness,+ ] (not connected by birth or family) }] [{ [ RELATED2, noun.relation:relatedness,+ UNRELATED2,!] related_to, (being connected either logically or causally or by shared characteristics; "painting and the related arts"; "school-related activities"; "related to micelle formation is the...ability of detergent actives to congregate at oil-water interfaces") } { affiliated, attached, [ connected, noun.state:connectedness,+ ] (being joined in close association; "affiliated clubs"; "all art schools whether independent or attached to universities") } { age-related, (changing (increasing or decreasing) as an individual's age increases) } { bound_up, (closely or inseparably connected or associated with; "his career is bound up with the fortunes of the enterprise") } { [ cognate1, noun.communication:cognate,+ ] noun.cognition:linguistics,;c (having the same ancestral language; "cognate languages") } { connate, cognate2, (related in nature; "connate qualities") } { [ coreferent, noun.relation:coreference,+ ] (related by sharing a symbolic link to a concrete object or an abstraction; "two expressions are coreferent if they denote the same object or individual") } { [ correlative, verb.stative:correlate,+ verb.cognition:correlate,+ noun.relation:correlativity,+ ] correlate, correlated, (mutually related) } { corresponding, (accompanying; "all rights carry with them corresponding responsibilities") } { side_by_side, (closely related or associated; "a city in which communism and democracy had to live side by side") } ---- { [ UNRELATED2, noun.relation:unrelatedness,+ RELATED2,!] (lacking a logical or causal relation) } { misrelated, (mistakenly related) } { orthogonal, (statistically unrelated) } { uncorrelated, (not varying together) }] [{ [ RELEVANT, noun.relation:relevance,+ noun.relation:relevancy,+ IRRELEVANT,!] (having a bearing on or connection with the subject at issue; "the scientist corresponds with colleagues in order to learn about matters relevant to her own research") } { [ applicable, verb.stative:apply1,+ verb.stative:apply,+ verb.social:apply1,+ noun.relation:applicability,+ ] (capable of being applied; having relevance; "gave applicable examples to support her argument") } { [ germane(p), noun.relation:germaneness,+ ] (relevant and appropriate; "he asks questions that are germane and central to the issue") } { [ pertinent, noun.relation:pertinency,+ noun.relation:pertinence,+ verb.stative:pertain,+ ] (having precise or logical relevance to the matter at hand; "a list of articles pertinent to the discussion"; "remarks that were to the point") } ---- { [ IRRELEVANT, noun.relation:irrelevancy,+ noun.relation:irrelevance,+ RELEVANT,!] (having no bearing on or connection with the subject at issue; "an irrelevant comment"; "irrelevant allegations") } { digressive, tangential, (of superficial relevance if any; "a digressive allusion to the day of the week"; "a tangential remark") } { [ extraneous, noun.relation:extraneousness,+ ] [ immaterial, noun.relation:immateriality,+ ] impertinent, orthogonal, (not pertinent to the matter under consideration; "an issue extraneous to the debate"; "the price was immaterial"; "mentioned several impertinent facts before finally coming to the point") } { [ inapplicable, noun.relation:inapplicability,+ ] [ unsuitable2, noun.attribute:unsuitability,+ ] (not capable of being applied; "rules inapplicable to day students") } { moot, noun.group:law,;c (of no legal significance (as having been previously decided)) }] [{ [ MINDFUL, noun.attribute:mindfulness,+ UNMINDFUL,!] [ aware4, noun.cognition:awareness,+ noun.cognition:awareness1,+ ] noun.attribute:mindfulness,= (bearing in mind; attentive to; "ever mindful of her health"; "mindful of his responsibilities"; "mindful of these criticisms, I shall attempt to justify my action") } { [ careful, noun.attribute:carefulness1,+ ] [ heedful, noun.attribute:heedfulness,+ ] (cautiously attentive; "careful of her feelings"; "heedful of his father's advice") } { [ evocative, verb.emotion:evoke,+ verb.communication:evoke1,+ ] redolent, remindful, [ reminiscent, noun.cognition:reminiscence2,+ noun.cognition:reminiscence1,+ verb.cognition:reminisce,+ ] resonant, (serving to bring to mind; "cannot forbear to close on this redolent literary note"- Wilder Hobson; "a campaign redolent of machine politics") } ---- { [ UNMINDFUL, noun.attribute:unmindfulness,+ MINDFUL,!] [ forgetful2, noun.cognition:forgetfulness1,+ ] mindless, noun.attribute:mindfulness,= (not mindful or attentive; "while thus unmindful of his steps he stumbled"- G.B.Shaw) } { [ amnesic, noun.person:amnesic,+ noun.cognition:amnesia,+ ] [ amnesiac, noun.person:amnesiac,+ ] (suffering from a partial loss of memory) }] [{ [ REPLACEABLE, noun.attribute:replaceability,+ IRREPLACEABLE,!] EXPENDABLE,^ (capable of being replaced) } { exchangeable, [ interchangeable, noun.attribute:interchangeableness,+ noun.attribute:interchangeability,+ ] [ similar, noun.attribute:similarity,+ ] standardized, standardised, (capable of replacing or changing places with something else; permitting mutual substitution without loss of function or suitability; "interchangeable electric outlets"; "interchangeable parts") } ---- { [ IRREPLACEABLE, noun.attribute:irreplaceableness,+ REPLACEABLE,!] unreplaceable, UNEXPENDABLE,^ (impossible to replace; "irreplaceable antiques") }] [{ [ REPRESENTATIONAL, NONREPRESENTATIONAL,!] ((used especially of art) depicting objects, figures,or scenes as seen; "representational art"; "representational images") } { [ delineative, verb.stative:delineate1,+ verb.creation:delineate,+ ] [ depictive, verb.creation:depict1,+ verb.creation:depict,+ ] (depicted in a recognizable manner) } { eidetic, (of visual imagery of almost photographic accuracy) } { figural, figurative, (consisting of or forming human or animal figures; "a figural design"; "the figurative art of the humanistic tradition"- Herbert Read) } { [ mimetic, noun.cognition:mimesis,+ ] (characterized by or of the nature of or using mimesis; "a mimetic dance"; "the mimetic presentation of images") } { [ naturalistic, noun.group:naturalism,+ ] [ realistic, noun.person:realist1,+ ] (representing what is real; not abstract or ideal; "realistic portraiture"; "a realistic novel"; "in naturalistic colors"; "the school of naturalistic writers") } ---- { [ NONREPRESENTATIONAL, REPRESENTATIONAL,!] ABSTRACT,^ noun.act:art,;c (of or relating to a style of art in which objects do not resemble those known in physical nature) } { [ abstract, noun.attribute:abstractness,+ ] [ abstractionist, noun.person:abstractionist,+ ] nonfigurative, nonobjective, (not representing or imitating external reality or the objects of nature; "a large abstract painting") } { conventional, formal, [ schematic, noun.artifact:schematic,+ noun.cognition:scheme2,+ noun.cognition:schema1,+ noun.cognition:schema,+ ] noun.cognition:fine_arts,;c (represented in simplified or symbolic form) } { geometric, [ geometrical, noun.cognition:geometry,+ ] noun.cognition:fine_arts,;c (characterized by simple geometric forms in design and decoration; "a buffalo hide painted with red and black geometric designs") } { hieratic, noun.cognition:fine_arts,;c (adhering to fixed types or methods; highly restrained and formal; "the more hieratic sculptures leave the viewer curiously unmoved") } { protogeometric, (characteristic of the earliest phase of geometric art especially in Greece) } { semiabstract, (characterized by stylized but recognizable subject matter) }] [{ [ REPRESENTATIVE, verb.communication:represent2,+ verb.communication:represent,+ NONREPRESENTATIVE,!] (standing for something else; "the bald eagle is representative of the United States") } { [ allegorical, noun.communication:allegory2,+ noun.communication:allegory1,+ noun.communication:allegory,+ ] [ allegoric, noun.communication:allegory1,+ ] (used in or characteristic of or containing allegory; "allegorical stories"; "an allegorical painting of Victory leading an army") } { [ emblematic, noun.communication:emblem,+ noun.artifact:emblem,+ ] [ emblematical, noun.communication:emblem,+ ] [ symbolic, noun.cognition:symbol,+ ] [ symbolical, noun.cognition:symbol,+ ] (serving as a visible symbol for something abstract; "a crown is emblematic of royalty"; "the spinning wheel was as symbolic of colonical Massachusetts as the codfish") } ---- { [ NONREPRESENTATIVE, REPRESENTATIVE,!] unsymbolic, (not standing for something else) }] [{ [ REPUTABLE, noun.attribute:reputability,+ DISREPUTABLE,!] HONORABLE,^ RESPECTABLE,^ noun.state:repute,= (having a good reputation; "a reputable business"; "a reputable scientist"; "a reputable wine") } { esteemed, honored, [ prestigious, noun.state:prestige,+ noun.state:prestigiousness,+ ] (having an illustrious reputation; respected; "our esteemed leader"; "a prestigious author") } { estimable, [ good, noun.attribute:goodness1,+ ] [ honorable, noun.attribute:honorableness,+ verb.social:honor1,+ ] [ respectable, noun.attribute:respectability,+ ] (deserving of esteem and respect; "all respectable companies give guarantees"; "ruined the family's good name") } { redoubtable, (worthy of respect or honor; "born of a redoubtable family")} { respected, well-thought-of, (receiving deferential regard; "a respected family") } { time-honored, time-honoured, (acceptable for a long time; "time-honored customs") } ---- { [ DISREPUTABLE, noun.attribute:disreputableness,+ noun.attribute:disreputability,+ REPUTABLE,!] DISHONORABLE,^ UNRESPECTABLE,^ noun.state:repute,= (lacking respectability in character or behavior or appearance) } { discreditable, (tending to bring discredit or disrepute; blameworthy; "his marks were not at all discreditable") } { discredited, damaged, (being unjustly brought into disrepute; "a discredited politician"; "her damaged reputation") } { ill-famed, [ infamous, noun.state:infamy2,+ noun.state:infamy1,+ ] notorious, (known widely and usually unfavorably; "a notorious gangster"; "the tenderloin district was notorious for vice"; "the infamous Benedict Arnold") } { louche, (disreputable and dissolute, somewhat agreeably; "a louche nightclub"; "the louche world of the theater") } { seamy, seedy, [ sleazy, noun.attribute:sleaziness1,+ ] [ sordid, noun.attribute:sordidness,+ ] [ squalid, noun.state:squalidness,+ ] (morally degraded; "a seedy district"; "the seamy side of life"; "sleazy characters hanging around casinos"; "sleazy storefronts with...dirt on the walls"- Seattle Weekly; "the sordid details of his orgies stank under his very nostrils"- James Joyce; "the squalid atmosphere of intrigue and betrayal") }] [{ [ RECEPTIVE, noun.attribute:receptiveness,+ noun.attribute:receptivity,+ verb.stative:receive,+ verb.cognition:receive8,+ verb.cognition:receive,+ UNRECEPTIVE,!] [ open, noun.attribute:openness2,+ ] (ready or willing to receive favorably; "receptive to the proposals") } { [ acceptive, verb.cognition:accept1,+ ] [ acceptant, verb.cognition:accept1,+ verb.cognition:accept,+ noun.attribute:acceptance,+ noun.act:acceptance3,+ noun.act:acceptance,+ ] (accepting willingly; "acceptive of every new idea"; "an acceptant type of mind") } { [ admissive, verb.stative:admit6,+ ] (characterized by or allowing admission; "an Elizabethan tragedy admissive of comic scenes") } { assimilative, (capable of mentally absorbing; "assimilative processes"; "assimilative capacity of the human mind")} { hospitable, (having an open mind; "hospitable to new ideas"; "open to suggestions") } ---- { [ UNRECEPTIVE, RECEPTIVE,!] (not receptive) } { closed, unsympathetic, (not having an open mind; "a closed mind unreceptive to new ideas") }] [{ [ RECONCILABLE, IRRECONCILABLE,!] (capable of being reconciled; "her way of thinking is reconcilable with mine") } { harmonizable, (capable of being made harmonious or consistent) } { resolvable, (capable of being settled or resolved; "all disputed points are potentially resolvable"; "a resolvable quarrel") } ---- { [ IRRECONCILABLE, RECONCILABLE,!] unreconcilable, (impossible to reconcile; "irreconcilable differences") } { hostile, (impossible to bring into friendly accord; "hostile factions") } { inconsistent, (not capable of being made consistent or harmonious; "inconsistent accounts") }] [{ [ RESERVED1, UNRESERVED1,!] BACKWARD2,^ INHIBITED,^ RESTRAINED,^ UNDEMONSTRATIVE,^ (marked by self-restraint and reticence; "was habitually reserved in speech, withholding her opinion"-Victoria Sackville-West) } { [ aloof, noun.attribute:aloofness,+ ] [ distant, noun.feeling:distance,+ ] upstage, (remote in manner; "stood apart with aloof dignity"; "a distant smile"; "he was upstage with strangers") } { [ diffident, noun.feeling:diffidence,+ ] (showing modest reserve; "she was diffident when offering a comment on the professor's lecture") } { indrawn, [ withdrawn, noun.attribute:withdrawnness,+ ] (tending to reserve or introspection; "a quiet indrawn man") } ---- { [ UNRESERVED1, RESERVED1,!] DEMONSTRATIVE,^ UNINHIBITED,^ UNRESTRAINED,^ (not cautious or reticent; "unreserved behavior") }] [{ [ RESERVED2, UNRESERVED2,!] (set aside for the use of a particular person or party) } { booked, engaged, set-aside(p), (reserved in advance) } { [ bookable, verb.social:book3,+ verb.social:book1,+ ] (subject to being reserved or booked; "all seats bookable in advance") } ---- { [ UNRESERVED2, RESERVED2,!] (not reserved) } { first-come-first-serve(p), rush, (not accepting reservations) } { unbooked, (not reserved in advance) }] [{ [ RESISTIBLE, IRRESISTIBLE,!] (capable of being resisted or withstood or frustrated; "a resistible attack"; "such resistible temptations") } ---- { [ IRRESISTIBLE, noun.attribute:irresistibleness,+ noun.attribute:irresistibility,+ RESISTIBLE,!] resistless4, (impossible to resist; overpowering; "irresistible (or resistless) impulses"; "what happens when an irresistible force meets an immovable object?") } { overpowering, overwhelming, (so strong as to be irresistible; "an overpowering need for solitude"; "the temptation to despair may become overwhelming"; "an overwhelming majority") }] [{ [ RESOLUTE, noun.attribute:resoluteness,+ IRRESOLUTE,!] BRAVE,^ DECISIVE,^ PURPOSEFUL,^ (firm in purpose or belief; characterized by firmness and determination; "stood resolute against the enemy"; "faced with a resolute opposition"; "a resolute and unshakeable faith") } { bent, bent_on(p), dead_set(p), out_to(p), (fixed in your purpose; "bent on going to the theater"; "dead set against intervening"; "out to win every event") } { determined, (characterized by great determination; "a struggle against a determined enemy") } { desperate, do-or-die(a), (desperately determined; "do-or-die revolutionaries"; "a do-or-die conflict") } { [ firm, noun.attribute:firmness1,+ ] [ steadfast, noun.attribute:steadfastness2,+ ] [ steady, noun.attribute:steadiness2,+ ] [ stiff, noun.attribute:stiffness4,+ ] unbendable, unfaltering, unshakable, unwavering, (marked by firm determination or resolution; not shakable; "firm convictions"; "a firm mouth"; "steadfast resolve"; "a man of unbendable perseverence"; "unwavering loyalty") } { foursquare, (characterized by firm and unwavering conviction; "a foursquare refusal to yield") } { hell-bent, (recklessly determined; "hell-bent on winning") } { [ single-minded, noun.attribute:single-mindedness,+ ] resolved, (determined; "she was firmly resolved to be a doctor"; "single-minded in his determination to stop smoking") } { spartan, (resolute in the face of pain or danger or adversity; "spartan courage") } { [ stalwart, noun.attribute:stalwartness,+ ] [ stout, noun.attribute:stoutness2,+ ] (dependable; "the stalwart citizens at Lexington"; "a stalwart supporter of the UN"; "stout hearts") } { undaunted, undismayed, unshaken, (unshaken in purpose; "wholly undismayed by the commercial failure of the three movies he had made") } { undeterred, undiscouraged, (not deterred; "pursued his own path...undeterred by lack of popular appreciation and understanding"- Osbert Sitwell) } ---- { [ IRRESOLUTE, noun.attribute:irresoluteness,+ RESOLUTE,!] INDECISIVE,^ (uncertain how to act or proceed; "the committee was timid and mediocre and irresolute") } { discouraged, (lacking in resolution; "the accident left others discouraged about going there") } { infirm1, (lacking firmness of will or character or purpose; "infirm of purpose; give me the daggers" - Shakespeare) } { [ unstable, noun.attribute:unstableness,+ ] (disposed to psychological variability; "his rather unstable religious convictions") } { [ vacillant, verb.stative:vacillate,+ ] vacillating, wavering, (uncertain in purpose or action) } { weak-kneed, (lacking will power or resolution; "the role of the dissenter is not for the weak-kneed") }] [{ [ RESPECTABLE, noun.attribute:respectability,+ UNRESPECTABLE,!] GOOD1,^ REPUTABLE,^ WORTHY,^ (characterized by socially or conventionally acceptable morals; "a respectable woman") } { [ decent, noun.attribute:decency1,+ ] [ nice, noun.attribute:niceness2,+ ] (socially or conventionally correct; refined or virtuous; "from a decent family"; "a nice girl") } { presentable, (fit to be seen; "presentable clothes") } { upstanding, [ solid, noun.attribute:solidness1,+ ] (meriting respect or esteem; "an upstanding member of the community") } ---- { [ UNRESPECTABLE, noun.attribute:unrespectability,+ RESPECTABLE,!] (unworthy of respect) }] [{ [ RESPECTFUL, noun.attribute:respectfulness,+ DISRESPECTFUL,!] COURTEOUS,^ HUMBLE,^ REVERENT,^ (full of or exhibiting respect; "respectful behavior"; "a respectful glance") } { [ deferent, noun.attribute:deference1,+ noun.attribute:deference,+ noun.act:deference,+ verb.communication:defer,+ ] [ deferential, noun.attribute:deference1,+ noun.attribute:deference,+ noun.act:deference,+ ] regardful, (showing deference) } { [ honorific, noun.communication:honorific,+ ] (conferring or showing honor or respect; "honorific social status commonly attaches to membership in a recognized profession") } ---- { [ DISRESPECTFUL, RESPECTFUL,!] IMMODEST2,^ DISCOURTEOUS,^ IRREVERENT,^ OFFENSIVE2,^ SARCASTIC,^ (exhibiting lack of respect; rude and discourteous; "remarks disrespectful of the law"; "disrespectful in the presence of his parents"; "disrespectful toward his teacher") } { annihilating, devastating, withering, (making light of; "afire with annihilating invective"; "a devastating portrait of human folly"; "to compliments inflated I've a withering reply"- W.S.Gilbert) } { [ contemptuous, noun.feeling:contempt,+ noun.communication:contempt,+ noun.attribute:contempt,+ noun.attribute:contemptuousness,+ ] [ disdainful, noun.attribute:disdainfulness,+ ] insulting, scornful, (expressing extreme contempt) } { [ contumelious, noun.communication:contumely,+ ] (arrogantly insolent) } { [ derisive, verb.communication:deride,+ ] gibelike, jeering, mocking, taunting, (abusing vocally; expressing contempt or ridicule; "derisive laughter"; "a jeering crowd"; "her mocking smile"; "taunting shouts of `coward' and `sissy'") } { [ impious, noun.attribute:impiousness,+ ] [ undutiful, noun.attribute:undutifulness,+ ] (lacking due respect or dutifulness; "impious toward one's parents"; "an undutiful son") } { impudent, [ insolent, noun.attribute:insolence,+ noun.act:insolence,+ ] snotty-nosed, flip, (marked by casual disrespect; "a flip answer to serious question"; "the student was kept in for impudent behavior") } { undeferential, (not showing courteous respect) }] [{ [ RESPONSIBLE, noun.attribute:responsibleness,+ noun.attribute:responsibility,+ IRRESPONSIBLE,!] OBLIGATED,^ PRUDENT,^ TRUSTWORTHY,^ noun.attribute:responsibility,= (worthy of or requiring responsibility or trust; or held accountable; "a responsible adult"; "responsible journalism"; "a responsible position"; "the captain is responsible for the ship's safety"; "the cabinet is responsible to the parliament") } { [ accountable, verb.communication:account,+ noun.attribute:accountability,+ ] (liable to account for one's actions; "governments must be accountable to someone beside themselves"; "fully accountable for what they did"; "the court held the parents answerable for their minor child's acts of vandalism"; "he was answerable to no one") } { [ answerable, noun.attribute:answerability,+ noun.attribute:answerableness,+ ] (morally or legally responsible to a higher authority; "parents are answerable for their child's acts") } { [ amenable, noun.attribute:amenableness,+ ] (liable to answer to a higher authority; "the president is amenable to the constitutional court") } { [ liable, noun.state:liability1,+ ] (held legally responsible; "men between the ages of 18 and 35 were liable for military service") } { [ trustworthy, noun.attribute:trustworthiness,+ ] (taking responsibility for one's conduct and obligations; "trustworthy public servants") } ---- { [ IRRESPONSIBLE, noun.attribute:irresponsibleness,+ noun.attribute:irresponsibility,+ RESPONSIBLE,!] noun.attribute:responsibility,= (showing lack of care for consequences; "behaved like an irresponsible idiot"; "hasty and irresponsible action") } { [ carefree, noun.feeling:carefreeness,+ ] devil-may-care, freewheeling, happy-go-lucky, [ harum-scarum, noun.person:harum-scarum,+ ] slaphappy, (cheerfully irresponsible; "carefree with his money"; "freewheeling urban youths"; "had a harum-scarum youth") } { [ do-nothing(a), noun.person:do-nothing,+ ] (characterized by inability or unwillingness to work toward a goal or assume responsibility; "a do-nothing government") } { [ feckless, noun.attribute:fecklessness,+ ] (not fit to assume responsibility) } { idle, [ loose, noun.attribute:looseness2,+ ] (lacking a sense of restraint or responsibility; "idle talk"; "a loose tongue") } { trigger-happy, (irresponsible in the use of firearms) } { unaccountable, (free from control or responsibility) } { [ unreliable, noun.attribute:unreliableness,+ noun.attribute:unreliability,+ ] (lacking a sense of responsibility) }] [{ [ RESPONSIVE, noun.attribute:responsiveness,+ verb.cognition:respond,+ UNRESPONSIVE,!] SENSITIVE1,^ SENSITIVE2,^ (readily reacting or replying to people or events or stimuli; showing emotion; "children are often the quickest and most responsive members of the audience") } { answering, [ respondent, noun.person:respondent,+ verb.cognition:respond,+ ] (replying; "an answering glance"; "an answering smile") } ---- { [ UNRESPONSIVE, noun.attribute:unresponsiveness,+ RESPONSIVE,!] INSENSITIVE1,^ INSENSITIVE2,^ (not responding to some influence or stimulus) } { refractory, (temporarily unresponsive or not fully responsive to a process or stimulus; "the refractory period of a muscle fiber")} ] [{ [ RESTRAINED, UNRESTRAINED,!] CONTROLLED,^ INHIBITED,^ RESERVED1,^ (under restraint) } { close, (strictly confined or guarded; "kept under close custody") } { low-key, low-keyed, subdued, (restrained in style or quality; "a little masterpiece of low-keyed eloquence") } { unexpansive, (not given to high spirits or effusiveness; "an unexpansive man")} ---- { [ UNRESTRAINED, RESTRAINED,!] FREE,^ UNCONTROLLED,^ UNINHIBITED,^ UNRESERVED1,^ (not subject to restraint; "unrestrained laughter") } { [ excessive, noun.attribute:excessiveness,+ ] [ extravagant, noun.attribute:extravagance1,+ ] exuberant, overweening, (unrestrained, especially with regard to feelings; "extravagant praise"; "exuberant compliments"; "overweening ambition"; "overweening greed") } { freewheeling, (free of restraints or rules; "freewheeling foolishness"; "the versatility of his poetic freewheeling style") } { highflying(a), (extravagant or ambitious or extreme in aims or opinions; "they did not understand what had happend at the once highflying company") } { unbridled, unchecked, uncurbed, ungoverned, (not restrained or controlled; "unbridled rage"; "an unchecked temper"; "ungoverned rage") } { unbuttoned, unlaced, (not under constraint in action or expression; "this unbuttoned and disrespectful age"- Curtis Bok; "unlaced behavior in the neighborhood pub") } { unhampered, unhindered, (not slowed or blocked or interfered with; "an outlet for healthy and unhampered action"; "a priest unhampered by scruple"; "the new stock market was unhampered by tradition") }] [{ [ RESTRICTED, UNRESTRICTED,!] CLASSIFIED2,^ CONFINED,^ UNFREE,^ (subject to restriction or subjected to restriction; "of restricted importance") } { circumscribed, limited, (subject to limits or subjected to limits) } { closed, (not open to the general public; "a closed meeting") } { off-limits, out-of-bounds(p), (barred to a designated group; "that area is off-limits") } ---- { [ UNRESTRICTED, RESTRICTED,!] FREE,^ (not subject to or subjected to restriction) } { all-weather, (usable or operative or practiced in all kinds of weather; "a good all-weather road"; "all-weather flying") } { discretionary, ((especially of funds) not earmarked; available for use as needed; "discretionary funds"; "discretionary income") } { [ open, noun.event:open,+ ] (accessible to all; "open season"; "an open economy") } { open-plan, ((of rooms or buildings) having large rooms with few dividing partitions) } { open-ended, (without fixed limits or restrictions; "an open-ended discussion") }] [{ [ RESTRICTIVE, noun.attribute:restrictiveness,+ verb.change:restrict2,+ verb.change:restrict,+ UNRESTRICTIVE,!] (serving to restrict; "teenagers eager to escape restrictive home environments") } { confining, constraining, constrictive, limiting1, restricting, (restricting the scope or freedom of action) } { [ inhibitory, verb.change:inhibit1,+ ] [ repressive, verb.social:repress,+ ] repressing, (restrictive of action; "a repressive regime"; "an overly strict and inhibitory discipline") } { limiting, noun.cognition:grammar,;c (strictly limiting the reference of a modified word or phrase; "the restrictive clause in `Each made a list of the books that had influenced him' limits the books on the list to only those particular ones defined by the clause") } { regulative, [ regulatory, verb.change:regulate,+ ] (restricting according to rules or principles; "a regulatory gene") } { sumptuary, (regulating or controlling expenditure or personal behavior; "sumptuary laws discouraging construction of large houses on small plots"; "sumptuary laws forbidding gambling") } { [ suppressive, verb.social:suppress1,+ verb.change:suppress,+ ] (tending to suppress; "the government used suppressive measures to control the protest") } ---- { [ UNRESTRICTIVE, RESTRICTIVE,!] (not tending to restrict) } { [ emancipative, verb.social:emancipate,+ ] (tending to set free) } { nonrestrictive, noun.cognition:grammar,;c (not limiting the reference of a modified word or phrase; "the nonrestrictive clause in `I always buy his books, which have influenced me greatly,' refers to his books generally and adds an additional fact about them") }] [{ [ RETENTIVE, noun.cognition:retentiveness,+ noun.cognition:retentivity,+ verb.stative:retain,+ verb.cognition:retain,+ UNRETENTIVE,!] [ recollective, verb.cognition:recollect,+ ] long, [ tenacious, noun.attribute:tenaciousness,+ ] MINDFUL,^ (good at remembering; "a retentive mind"; "tenacious memory") } ---- { [ UNRETENTIVE, RETENTIVE,!] [ forgetful1, noun.cognition:forgetfulness,+ ] [ short, noun.state:shortness,+ ] UNMINDFUL,^ ((of memory) deficient in retentiveness or range; "a short memory") }] [{ [ RETICULATE, NONRETICULATE,!] [ reticular, noun.body:reticulum,+ ] (resembling or forming a network; "the reticulate veins of a leaf"; "a reticulated highway system") } { cancellate, cancellated, clathrate, noun.cognition:botany,;c (having a latticelike structure pierced with holes or windows) } { crisscross, crisscrossed, (marked with crossing lines) } { fretted, interlaced, latticed, latticelike, (having a pattern of fretwork or latticework) } { [ interconnected, noun.state:interconnectedness,+ ] [ interrelated, noun.relation:interrelatedness,+ ] (reciprocally connected) } { lacy, netlike, netted, webbed, weblike, [ webby, noun.object:web,+ ] (having open interstices or resembling a web) } { meshed, (resembling a network; "a meshed road system") } { networklike, (having a network of veins or ribs) } ---- { [ NONRETICULATE, RETICULATE,!] (not resembling or forming a network) }] [{ [ RETRACTILE, NONRETRACTILE,!] (capable of retraction; capable of being drawn back; "cats have retractile claws") } { retractable, (capable of being retracted; "retractable landing gear") } ---- { [ NONRETRACTILE, RETRACTILE,!] nonretractable, (not capable of being retracted) }] [{ [ REFLECTIVE, noun.attribute:reflectivity,+ verb.weather:reflect,+ NONREFLECTIVE,!] (capable of physically reflecting light or sound; "a reflective surface") } { mirrorlike, specular, (capable of reflecting light like a mirror; "mirrorlike surface of the lake"; "a specular metal") } { reflecting, (causing reflection or having a device that reflects; "a reflecting microscope") } ---- { [ NONREFLECTIVE, REFLECTIVE,!] nonreflecting, (not capable of physical reflection) } { echoless, (having or producing no echo; "the echoless darkness") }] [{ [ REFLECTED, UNREFLECTED,!] ((especially of incident sound or light) bent or sent back; "reflected light"; "reflected heat"; "reflected glory") } { echoic, echolike, (like or characteristic of an echo) } { mirrored, (like or characteristic of a mirror image) } ---- { [ UNREFLECTED, REFLECTED,! ] ((especially of incident sound or light) not turned back by physical reflection) } { absorbed, (retained without reflection; "the absorbed light intensity") }] [{ [ REVERBERANT, noun.attribute:reverberance,+ verb.perception:reverberate6,+ verb.perception:reverberate4,+ verb.perception:reverberate,+ UNREVERBERANT,!] (having a tendency to reverberate or be repeatedly reflected; "a reverberant room"; "the reverberant booms of cannon") } { bright, [ brilliant, noun.attribute:brilliancy,+ ] (clear and sharp and ringing; "the bright sound of the trumpet section"; "the brilliant sound of the trumpets") } { clinking, (like the light sharp ringing sound of glasses being tapped) } { echoing(a), reechoing, ((of sounds) repeating by reflection; "a hotel with echoing halls") } { hollow, (as if echoing in a hollow space; "the hollow sound of footsteps in the empty ballroom") } { jingling, [ jingly, noun.event:jingle,+ ] (having a series of high-pitched ringing sounds like many small bells; "jingling sleigh bells") } { live(a), (highly reverberant; "a live concert hall") } { [ resonant, noun.phenomenon:resonance,+ noun.attribute:resonance,+ verb.perception:resound1,+ verb.perception:resound,+ ] resonating, resounding, reverberating, [ reverberative, verb.perception:reverberate,+ ] (characterized by resonance; "a resonant voice"; "hear the rolling thunder") } { tinkling, [ tinkly, noun.event:tinkle,+ ] (like the short high ringing sound of a small bell; "sounding brass and a tinkling cymbal") } { [ vibrant, verb.perception:vibrate,+ ] (of sounds that are strong and resonating; "the men's vibrant voices") } ---- { [ UNREVERBERANT, REVERBERANT,!] nonresonant, (not reverberant; lacking a tendency to reverberate) } { anechoic, (not having or producing echoes; sound-absorbent; "an anechoic chamber") } { dead, (lacking acoustic resonance; "dead sounds characteristic of some compact discs"; "the dead wall surfaces of a recording studio") } { dull, thudding, (not clear and resonant; sounding as if striking with or against something relatively soft; "the dull thud"; "thudding bullets") }] [{ [ REVERENT, noun.cognition:reverence,+ verb.emotion:revere1,+ verb.emotion:revere,+ IRREVERENT,!] RESPECTFUL,^ (feeling or showing profound respect or veneration; "maintained a reverent silence") } { adoring, worshipful, (showing adoration) } { awed, awful, (inspired by a feeling of fearful wonderment or reverence; "awed by the silence"; "awful worshippers with bowed heads") } { [ respectful, noun.attribute:respectfulness,+ ] [ reverential, noun.feeling:reverence,+ noun.cognition:reverence,+ ] venerating, (feeling or manifesting veneration) } ---- { [ IRREVERENT, noun.act:irreverence,+ REVERENT,!] DISRESPECTFUL,^ (showing lack of due respect or veneration; "irreverent scholars mocking sacred things"; "noisy irreverent tourists") } { [ blasphemous, noun.act:blasphemy,+ ] [ profane, noun.cognition:profaneness,+ ] [ sacrilegious, noun.act:sacrilege,+ noun.attribute:sacrilegiousness,+ ] (grossly irreverent toward what is held to be sacred; "blasphemous rites of a witches' Sabbath"; "profane utterances against the Church"; "it is sacrilegious to enter with shoes on") } { aweless, awless, disrespectful, (neither feeling nor showing respect) }] [{ [ REVIVED, UNREVIVED,!] (restored to consciousness or life or vigor; "felt revived hope") } { [ recrudescent, noun.event:recrudescence,+ ] (the revival of an unfortunate situation after a period of abatement; "the patient presented with a case of recrudescent gastralgia") } { redux(ip), (brought back; "the Victorian era redux"; "`Rabbit Redux' by John Updike") } { renewed, (restored to a new condition; "felt renewed strength") } { [ resurgent, verb.stative:resurge,+ noun.act:resurgence,+ ] [ renascent, noun.act:renascence,+ ] (rising again as to new life and vigor; "resurgent nationalism") } { resuscitated, (restored to life or consciousness) } { revitalized, revitalised, reborn, (restored to new life and vigor; "a revitalized economy"; "a revitalized inner-city neighborhood"; "Berlin has been reborn after probably the most intense period of construction since the post-war period.") } ---- { [ UNREVIVED, REVIVED,!] unrenewed, (not revived) }] [{ [ AWAKENED, UNAWAKENED,!] (aroused or activated; "an awakened interest in ballet") } { aroused, (aroused to action; "the aroused opposition") } ---- { [ UNAWAKENED, AWAKENED,!] (not aroused or activated; "unawakened emotions") }] [{ [ AWED, UNAWED,!] awestruck, awestricken, (having or showing a feeling of mixed reverence and respect and wonder and dread; "stood in awed silence before the shrine"; "in grim despair and awestruck wonder") } { overawed, (overcome by a feeling of awe) } ---- { [ UNAWED, AWED,!] (not awed) } { aweless, awless, (devoid of any feeling of awe or reverence) }] [{ [ REVOLUTIONARY, noun.person:revolutionary,+ COUNTERREVOLUTIONARY,!] (advocating or engaged in revolution; "revolutionary pamphlets"; "a revolutionary junta") } ---- { [ COUNTERREVOLUTIONARY, REVOLUTIONARY,!] (marked by opposition or antipathy to revolution; "ostracized for his counterrevolutionary tendencies") }] [{ [ REWARDING, UNREWARDING,!] PLEASING,^ PROFITABLE,^ (providing personal satisfaction; "a rewarding career as a paramedic") } { bountied, (rewarded or able to be rewarded by a bounty; "a bountied animal pelt") } { rewardful, (offering or productive of reward; "rewardful pursuits") } ---- { [ UNREWARDING, REWARDING,!] (not rewarding; not providing personal satisfaction) } { thankless, unappreciated, ungratifying, (not likely to be rewarded; "grading papers is a thankless task") } { profitless, (without profit or reward; "let us have no part in profitless quarrels"- D.D.Eisenhower; "How weary, flat, stale, and unprofitable / Seem to me all the uses of this world"- Shakespeare) }] [{ [ RHETORICAL, noun.cognition:rhetoric,+ UNRHETORICAL,!] FANCY,^ FIGURATIVE,^ (given to rhetoric, emphasizing style at the expense of thought; "mere rhetorical frippery" ) } { [ bombastic, noun.communication:bombast,+ ] declamatory, [ large, noun.attribute:largeness2,+ ] orotund, tumid, [ turgid, noun.communication:turgidness,+ noun.communication:turgidity,+ ] (ostentatiously lofty in style; "a man given to large talk"; "tumid political prose") } { flowery, [ ornate, noun.communication:ornateness,+ ] (marked by elaborate rhetoric and elaborated with decorative details; "a flowery speech"; "ornate rhetoric taught out of the rule of Plato"-John Milton) } { empurpled, over-embellished, purple, (excessively elaborate or showily expressed; "a writer of empurpled literature"; "many purple passages"; "an over-embellished story of the fish that got away") } { forensic, (of, relating to, or used in public debate or argument) } { [ grandiloquent, noun.communication:grandiloquence,+ ] [ magniloquent, noun.communication:magniloquence,+ ] tall, (lofty in style; "he engages in so much tall talk, one never really realizes what he is saying") } { [ oratorical, noun.person:orator,+ noun.communication:oratory,+ ] (characteristic of an orator or oratory; "oratorical prose"; "harangued his men in an oratorical way"- Robert Graves) } { [ poetic, noun.communication:poetry3,+ ] [ poetical, noun.communication:poetry3,+ ] (characteristic of or befitting poetry; "poetic diction") } { [ stylistic, noun.communication:style1,+ noun.communication:style,+ noun.attribute:style1,+ ] (of or relating to style (especially in the use of language); "stylistic devices") } ---- { [ UNRHETORICAL, RHETORICAL,!] INFORMAL2,^ LITERAL,^ PLAIN1,^ (not rhetorical) } { matter-of-fact, [ prosaic, noun.communication:prose1,+ noun.attribute:prosaicness,+ ] (not fanciful or imaginative; "local guides describe the history of various places in matter-of-fact tones"; "a prosaic and unimaginative essay") } { plainspoken, (using simple and direct language; "a plainspoken country doctor") }] [{ [ RHYTHMICAL, noun.attribute:rhythm1,+ UNRHYTHMICAL,!] [ rhythmic, noun.time:rhythm,+ noun.attribute:rhythm1,+ noun.attribute:rhythmicity,+ ] REGULAR,^ (recurring with measured regularity; "the rhythmic chiming of church bells"- John Galsworthy; "rhythmical prose") } { Adonic, (having a rhythm consisting of a dactyl followed by a spondee or a trochee; "the verse of the laments is Adonic")} { cadenced, [ cadent, noun.attribute:cadence,+ noun.attribute:cadency,+ ] (marked by a rhythmical cadence; "the cadenced crunch of marching feet") } { danceable, (suitable for dancing) } { [ jazzy, noun.communication:jazz1,+ noun.communication:jazz,+ ] (resembling jazz (especially in its rhythm)) } { lilting, swinging, [ swingy, noun.communication:swing1,+ noun.attribute:swing,+ ] tripping, (characterized by a buoyant rhythm; "an easy lilting stride"; "the flute broke into a light lilting air"; "a swinging pace"; "a graceful swingy walk"; "a tripping singing measure") } { measured, [ metrical, noun.communication:metre,+ noun.communication:meter,+ ] [ metric, noun.attribute:meter,+ ] noun.cognition:prosody,;c (the rhythmic arrangement of syllables) } { [ Sapphic, noun.person:Sappho,+ ] (a meter used by Sappho and named after her) } { chantlike, intoned, singsong, (uttered in a monotonous cadence or rhythm as in chanting; "their chantlike intoned prayers"; "a singsong manner of speaking") } { syncopated, (stressing a normally weak beat) } { throbbing, (pounding or beating strongly or violently; "a throbbing pain"; "the throbbing engine of the boat") } ---- { [ UNRHYTHMICAL, RHYTHMICAL,!] unrhythmic, IRREGULAR,^ (not rhythmic; irregular in beat or accent) } { arrhythmic, arrhythmical, (without regard for rhythm) } { nonrhythmic, (deliberately not rhythmic) } { unmeasured, (not composed of measured syllables; not metrical; "unmeasured prose")}] [{ [ RIBBED, RIBLESS,!] (furnished or strengthened with ribs) } { costate, noun.cognition:anatomy,;c (having ribs) } { riblike, (resembling a rib) } ---- { [ RIBLESS, RIBBED,!] (having no ribs or no visible ribs) }] [{ [ RICH, noun.state:richness,+ POOR,!] ABUNDANT,^ PRIVILEGED,^ noun.state:financial_condition,= (possessing material wealth; "her father is extremely rich"; "many fond hopes are pinned on rich uncles") } { [ affluent, noun.person:affluent,+ noun.state:affluence,+ ] [ flush, noun.time:flush,+ ] loaded, moneyed, [ wealthy, noun.state:wealth,+ noun.possession:wealth2,+ noun.state:wealthiness,+ ] substantial, (having an abundant supply of money or possessions of value; "an affluent banker"; "a speculator flush with cash"; "not merely rich but loaded"; "moneyed aristocrats"; "wealthy corporations"; "a substantial family") } { comfortable, easy, [ prosperous, noun.state:prosperity,+ ] well-fixed, well-heeled, well-off, well-situated, well-to-do, (in fortunate circumstances financially; moderately rich; "they were comfortable or even wealthy by some standards"; "easy living"; "a prosperous family"; "his family is well-situated financially"; "well-to-do members of the community") } ---- { [ POOR, noun.state:poorness,+ RICH,!] UNDERPRIVILEGED,^ noun.state:financial_condition,= (having little money or few possessions; "deplored the gap between rich and poor countries"; "the proverbial poor artist living in a garret") } { broke, bust, skint, stone-broke, stony-broke, (lacking funds; "`skint' is a British slang term") } { destitute, impoverished, [ indigent, noun.state:indigence,+ ] [ necessitous, noun.object:necessity,+ ] [ needy, noun.state:neediness,+ noun.state:need1,+ ] poverty-stricken, (poor enough to need help from others) } { hard_up, [ impecunious, noun.state:impecuniousness,+ ] in_straitened_circumstances(p), [ penniless, noun.state:pennilessness,+ ] [ penurious, noun.state:penury,+ noun.state:penuriousness,+ ] pinched, (not having enough money to pay for necessities) } { moneyless, (having no money; "virtually moneyless rural regions") } { unprovided_for(p), (without income or means; "left his family unprovided for") }] [{ [ RICH2, noun.attribute:richness3,+ noun.attribute:richness2,+ POOR2,!] (having an abundant supply of desirable qualities or substances (especially natural resources); "blessed with a land rich in minerals"; "rich in ideas"; "rich with cultural interest") } ---- { [ POOR2, noun.attribute:poorness3,+ noun.attribute:poorness2,+ RICH2,!] (lacking in quality or substances; "a poor land"; "the area was poor in timber and coal"; "food poor in nutritive value"; "the food in the cafeteria was of poor quality") } { resourceless, (lacking or deficient in natural resources) }] [{ [ RICH3, noun.attribute:richness4,+ POOR3,!] (suggestive of or characterized by great expense; "a rich display") } { deluxe, gilded, [ grand, noun.attribute:grandness2,+ ] [ luxurious, noun.state:luxury,+ noun.attribute:luxury1,+ noun.attribute:luxury,+ noun.state:luxuriousness,+ ] [ opulent, noun.state:opulence,+ ] princely, [ sumptuous, noun.state:sumptuousness,+ noun.attribute:sumptuousness1,+ noun.attribute:sumptuosity,+ ] [ lush, noun.attribute:lushness,+ ] (ostentatiously rich and superior in quality; "a princely sum"; "gilded dining rooms"; "these architecture magazines are full of the lush interiors of the rich and famous") } { [ lavish, noun.attribute:lavishness,+ ] [ lucullan, noun.person:lucullus,+ ] plush, plushy, (characterized by extravagance and profusion; "a lavish buffet"; "a lucullan feast") } ---- { [ POOR3, noun.state:poorness,+ RICH3,!] (characterized by or indicating poverty; "the country had a poor economy"; "they lived in the poor section of town" ) } { [ beggarly, noun.person:beggar,+ ] mean, (marked by poverty befitting a beggar; "a beggarly existence in the slums"; "a mean hut") } { [ slummy, noun.location:slum,+ ] ((of housing or residential areas) indicative of poverty; "a slummy part of town"; "slum conditions") }] [{ [ MONEYED, MONEYLESS,!] monied, (based on or arising from the possession of money or wealth; "moneyed interests") } ---- { [ MONEYLESS, MONEYED,!] (not based on the possession of money; "a moneyless economy") }] [{ [ SOLVENT, noun.state:solvency,+ verb.communication:solve10,+ INSOLVENT,!] (capable of meeting financial obligations) } ---- { [ INSOLVENT, noun.state:insolvency,+ SOLVENT,!] (unable to meet or discharge financial obligations; "an insolvent person"; "an insolvent estate") } { [ bankrupt, noun.person:bankrupt,+ ] belly-up(p), (financially ruined; "a bankrupt company"; "the company went belly-up") }] [{ [ RICH4, noun.attribute:richness3,+ LEAN,!] noun.cognition:metallurgy,;c noun.cognition:chemistry,;c (high in mineral content; having a high proportion of fuel to air; "a rich vein of copper"; "a rich gas mixture") } ---- { [ LEAN, noun.attribute:leanness1,+ RICH4,!] (lacking in mineral content or combustible material; "lean ore"; "lean fuel") }] [{ [ RIMMED, RIMLESS,!] (having a rim or a rim of a specified kind; "do you wear rimmed or rimless glasses?") } { horn-rimmed, (having the frame made of horn or tortoise shell or plastic that simulates either; "horn-rimmed glasses") } { red-rimmed, (rimmed with red; "your red-rimmed eyes reveal that you have been crying") } ---- { [ RIMLESS, RIMMED,!] (lacking a rim or frame; "rimless glasses") }] [{ [ HANDED, noun.attribute:handedness,+ HANDLESS,!] (having or involving the use of hands; "a handed, tree-living animal"; "a four-handed card game") } { one-handed, (having or using a single hand; "one-handed golfers"; "a one-handed backetball shot") } { two-handed, bimanual, (requiring two hands or designed for two people; "a two-handed sledgehammer"; "a two-handed crosscut saw"; "a machine designed for bimanual operation") } ---- { [ HANDLESS, HANDED,!] (without a hand or hands; "a handless war veteran") }] [{ [ HANDLED, HANDLELESS,!] (having a usually specified type of handle; "pearl-handled revolver") } ---- { [ HANDLELESS, HANDLED,!] (having no handle; "sleek cabinets with apparently handleless doors") }] [{ [ RIGHT-HANDED, noun.attribute:right-handedness,+ LEFT-HANDED,! AMBIDEXTROUS,!] DEXTRAL,^ RIGHT,^ (using or intended for the right hand; "a right-handed batter"; "right-handed scissors") } { [ dextral, noun.attribute:dextrality,+ ] (preferring to use right foot or hand or eye; "dextral individuals exhibit dominance of the right hand and eye") } { right(a), right-hand(a), (intended for the right hand; "a right-hand glove") } ---- { [ LEFT-HANDED, noun.attribute:left-handedness,+ AMBIDEXTROUS,! RIGHT-HANDED,!] SINISTRAL,^ LEFT,^ (using or intended for the left hand; "left-handed golfers need left-handed clubs"; "left-handed scissors") } { left(a), left-hand(a), (intended for the left hand; "I rarely lose a left-hand glove") } { [ sinistral, noun.attribute:sinistrality,+ ] (preferring to use left foot or hand or eye; "sinistral individuals exhibit dominance of the left hand and eye") } ---- { [ AMBIDEXTROUS, noun.attribute:ambidexterity,+ noun.attribute:ambidextrousness,+ RIGHT-HANDED,! LEFT-HANDED,!] two-handed4, (equally skillful with each hand; "an ambidextrous surgeon") } { equipoised, (lacking lateral dominance; being neither right-handed nor left-handed) }] [{ [ RIGHT3, LEFT2,! CENTER,!] CONSERVATIVE,^ (of or belonging to the political or intellectual right) } { conservative, (having social or political views favoring conservatism) } { oldline, old-line, (adhering to conservative or reactionary principles; "an oldline senator") } { [ reactionary, noun.person:reactionary,+ noun.cognition:reaction1,+ ] reactionist, far-right, (opposed to political or social liberalism or reform) } { rightish, (tending toward the political right) } { [ rightist, noun.person:rightist,+ ] right-wing, (believing in or supporting tenets of the political right) } ---- { [ LEFT2, CENTER,! RIGHT3,!] LIBERAL,^ SOCIALISTIC,^ (of or belonging to the political or intellectual left) } { far_left, (radical or extremely liberal) } { leftish, (tending toward the political left) } { leftist, left-of-center, left-wing, (believing in or supporting tenets of the political left) } { [ liberal, noun.cognition:liberalness1,+ noun.cognition:liberality1,+ ] (having political or social views favoring reform and progress) } ---- { [ CENTER, noun.group:center,+ RIGHT3,! LEFT2,!] (of or belonging to neither the right nor the left politically or intellectually) } { [ centrist, noun.person:centrist,+ ] middle-of-the-road, (supporting or pursuing a course of action that is neither liberal nor conservative) }] [{ [ RIGHT, LEFT,!] RIGHT-HANDED,^ noun.location:position,= (being or located on or directed toward the side of the body to the east when facing north; "my right hand"; "right center field"; "a right-hand turn"; "the right bank of a river is the bank on your right side when you are facing downstream") } { far, (being the animal or vehicle on the right or being on the right side of an animal or vehicle; "the horse on the right is the far horse"; "the right side is the far side of the horse") } { rightmost, (farthest to the right; "in the rightmost line of traffic") } { right-hand(a), (located on or directed toward the right; "a right-hand turn") } { starboard, (located on the right side of a ship or aircraft)} ---- { [ LEFT, RIGHT,!] LEFT-HANDED,^ noun.location:position,= (being or located on or directed toward the side of the body to the west when facing north; "my left hand"; "left center field"; "the left bank of a river is bank on your left side when you are facing downstream") } { left-hand(a), (located on or directed toward the left; "a car with left-hand drive") } { leftmost, (farthest to the left; "the leftmost non-zero digit") } { near(a), nigh(a), (being on the left side; "the near or nigh horse is the one on the left"; "the animal's left side is its near or nigh side") } { [ port, noun.artifact:port2,+ ] larboard, (located on the left side of a ship or aircraft)}] [{ [HORNED, HORNLESS,!] (having a horn or horns or hornlike parts or horns of a particular kind; "horned viper"; "great horned owl"; "the unicorn--a mythical horned beast"; "long-horned cattle") } { antlered, (having antlers) } { antler-like, (resembling antlers) } { [ bicorn, noun.artifact:bicorn,+ ] bicorned, bicornate, bicornuate, bicornuous, (having two horns or horn-shaped parts; "a bicornuate uterus") } { hollow-horned, (having horns that are hollow) } { [ horny, noun.animal:horn1,+ ] (having horns or hornlike projections; "horny coral"; "horny (or horned) frog") } ---- { [HORNLESS, HORNED,!] (having no horns; "hornless cattle") }] [{ [ RIGHT1, noun.attribute:rightness,+ WRONG1,!] ETHICAL,^ GOOD2,^ JUST,^ PROPER,^ noun.attribute:rightness,= (in conformance with justice or law or morality; "do the right thing and confess") } { [ ethical, noun.motive:ethics,+ ] [ honorable, noun.attribute:honorableness,+ ] [ honourable, noun.attribute:honourableness,+ ] (adhering to ethical and moral principles; "it seems ethical and right"; "followed the only honorable course of action") } ---- { [ WRONG1, noun.attribute:wrong1,+ noun.act:wrong,+ noun.attribute:wrongness,+ RIGHT1,!] EVIL,^ IMPROPER,^ IMMORAL,^ UNETHICAL,^ UNJUST,^ WICKED,^ noun.attribute:rightness,= (contrary to conscience or morality or law; "it is wrong for the rich to take advantage of the poor"; "cheating is wrong"; "it is wrong to lie") } { condemnable, criminal, deplorable, [ reprehensible, verb.communication:reprehend,+ noun.attribute:reprehensibility,+ ] vicious, (bringing or deserving severe rebuke or censure; "a criminal waste of talent"; "a deplorable act of violence"; "adultery is as reprehensible for a husband as for a wife") } { [ base, noun.attribute:baseness,+ ] [ immoral, noun.attribute:immorality,+ ] (not adhering to ethical or moral principles; "base and unpatriotic motives"; "a base, degrading way of life"; "cheating is dishonorable"; "they considered colonialism immoral"; "unethical practices in handling public funds") } { misguided, mistaken, (wrong in e.g. opinion or judgment; "well-meaning but misguided teachers"; "a mistaken belief"; "mistaken identity") }] [{ [ RIGHTEOUS, noun.attribute:righteousness,+ UNRIGHTEOUS,!] GOOD2,^ INNOCENT,^ JUST,^ MORAL,^ VIRTUOUS,^ WORTHY,^ (characterized by or proceeding from accepted standards of morality or justice; "the...prayer of a righteous man availeth much"- James 5:16) } { [ good, noun.attribute:goodness1,+ ] [ just, noun.attribute:justness1,+ ] [ upright, noun.attribute:uprightness1,+ ] (of moral excellence; "a genuinely good person"; "a just cause"; "an upright and respectable man") } { [ sound, noun.attribute:soundness1,+ ] (free from moral defect; "a man of sound character") } ---- { [ UNRIGHTEOUS, noun.attribute:unrighteousness,+ RIGHTEOUS,!] EVIL,^ GUILTY,^ IMMORAL,^ UNJUST,^ UNWORTHY,^ WICKED,^ (not righteous; "an unrighteous man"; "an unrighteous law") } { [ sinful, noun.attribute:sinfulness,+ ] [ unholy, noun.attribute:unholiness,+ ] [ wicked, noun.attribute:wickedness1,+ ] (having committed unrighteous acts; "a sinful person") }] [{ [ ROBUST, noun.attribute:robustness,+ FRAIL,!] HEALTHY,^ RUGGED,^ STRONG,^ (sturdy and strong in form, constitution, or construction; "a robust body"; "a robust perennial")} { beefy, burly, [ husky, noun.attribute:huskiness1,+ ] strapping, buirdly, noun.location:Scotland,;r (muscular and heavily built; "a beefy wrestler"; "had a tall burly frame"; "clothing sizes for husky boys"; "a strapping boy of eighteen"; "`buirdly' is a Scottish term") } { big-boned, (having a bone structure that is massive in contrast with the surrounding flesh) } { big-chested, [ chesty, noun.body:chest,+ ] (marked by a large or well-developed chest; "he was big-chested, big-shouldered and heavy-armed") } { big-shouldered, broad-shouldered, square-shouldered, (having broad shoulders; "big-shouldered and heavy-armed") } { cast-iron, iron, (extremely robust; "an iron constitution") } { [ hardy, noun.attribute:hardiness,+ ] stalwart, [ stout, noun.attribute:stoutness2,+ ] [ sturdy, noun.state:sturdiness,+ ] (having rugged physical strength; inured to fatigue or hardships; "hardy explorers of northern Canada"; "proud of her tall stalwart son"; "stout seamen"; "sturdy young athletes") } { hardy1, (able to survive under unfavorable weather conditions; "strawberries are hardy and easy to grow"; "camels are tough and hardy creatures")} { half-hardy, noun.Tops:plant,;c ((of plants) requiring protection from frost; "half-hardy annuals") } { heavy-armed, (having massive arms; "he was big-chested, big-shouldered and heavy-armed") } { square-built, (broad and solidly built) } { [ vigorous, noun.attribute:vigor2,+ noun.attribute:vigor,+ ] (strong and active physically or mentally; "a vigorous old man who spent half of his day on horseback"- W.H.Hudson) } ---- { [ FRAIL, noun.state:frailness,+ ROBUST,!] DELICATE,^ WEAK,^ (physically weak; "an invalid's frail body") } { decrepit, [ debile, noun.state:debility,+ ] [ feeble, noun.state:feebleness,+ ] [ infirm, noun.state:infirmity,+ ] rickety, sapless, [ weak, noun.attribute:weakness,+ ] weakly, (lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality; "a feeble old woman"; "her body looked sapless") } { light-boned, (having a bone structure that is light with respect to the surrounding flesh) }] [{ [ ROUND, noun.attribute:roundness,+ SQUARE,!] [ circular, verb.change:circularize,+ noun.shape:circle,+ noun.attribute:circularity,+ ] ROUNDED,^ (having the shape or form of a circle) } { apple-shaped, (having the general shape of an apple) } { ball-shaped, [ global, noun.shape:globe,+ ] [ globose, noun.attribute:globosity,+ ] [ globular, noun.shape:globe,+ noun.artifact:globe,+ noun.attribute:globularness,+ ] orbicular1, [ spheric, noun.shape:sphere1,+ noun.shape:sphere,+ noun.artifact:sphere,+ noun.attribute:sphericity,+ ] [ spherical, noun.attribute:sphericalness,+ noun.shape:sphere1,+ noun.artifact:sphere,+ ] (having the shape of a sphere or ball; "a spherical object"; "nearly orbicular in shape"; "little globular houses like mud-wasp nests"- Zane Grey) } { barrel-shaped, (having the general shape of a barrel) } { bulblike, [ bulbous, noun.artifact:bulb1,+ ] bulb-shaped, (shaped like a bulb) } { [ capitate, noun.body:capitate,+ ] noun.cognition:biology,;c (being abruptly enlarged and globose at the tip) } { coccoid, (spherical; like a coccus; "a coccoid microorganism") } { cumuliform, (shaped like a cumulus cloud) } { discoid, discoidal, disklike, disclike, disk-shaped, disc-shaped, (having a flat circular shape) } { goblet-shaped, (resembling the shape of a goblet) } { moonlike, moon-round, (resembling the moon in shape) } { nutlike, (resembling a nut in shape and size) } { pancake-like, (resembling a pancake in shape) } { pear-shaped, (having a round shape tapered at one end) } { pinwheel-shaped, (having the round shape of a pinwheel) } { ringlike, (having the shape of a ring) } { roundish, (somewhat round in appearance or form) } { wheel-like, (round like a wheel) } ---- { [ SQUARE, noun.attribute:squareness,+ ROUND,!] ANGULAR,^ (having four equal sides and four right angles or forming a right angle; "a square peg in a round hole"; "a square corner") } { quadrate, (having four sides and four angles) } { right-angled, (forming a right angle or containing one or more right angles; "a right-angled bend") } { squared, (having been made square) } { squarish, (somewhat square in appearance or form) }] [{ [ ROUNDED, noun.attribute:roundedness,+ ANGULAR,!] COILED,^ FAT1,^ OBLATE,^ PROLATE,^ ROUND,^ (curving and somewhat round in shape rather than jagged; "low rounded hills"; "rounded shoulders") } { allantoid, sausage-shaped, (shaped like a sausage) } { almond-shaped, amygdaliform, amygdaloid, amygdaloidal, (shaped like an almond) } { annular, annulate, annulated, circinate, ringed, ring-shaped, doughnut-shaped, (shaped like a ring) } { aspheric, aspherical, noun.cognition:optics,;c (varying slightly from a perfectly spherical shape) } { auriform, ear-shaped, ear-like, (having a shape resembling an ear) } { bean-shaped, (having a shape resembling a bean) } { bowfront, (having an outward curving front; "a bowfront dresser"; "a bowfront house") } { [ crescent(a), noun.shape:crescent,+ ] crescent-shaped, semilunar, lunate, (resembling the new moon in shape) } { cycloid, [ cycloidal, noun.shape:cycloid,+ ] (resembling a circle) } { [ cylindrical, noun.attribute:cylindricalness,+ noun.attribute:cylindricality,+ ] [ cylindric, noun.shape:cylinder2,+ noun.shape:cylinder,+ ] (having the form of a cylinder) } { disciform, (having a round or oval shape like a disc; "a disciform skin lesion") } { domed, vaulted, (having a hemispherical vault or dome) } { dome-shaped, (having the shape of a dome) } { egg-shaped, [ elliptic, noun.shape:ellipse,+ noun.attribute:ellipticity,+ ] [ elliptical, noun.shape:ellipse,+ ] [ oval, noun.shape:oval,+ ] oval-shaped, ovate, oviform, [ ovoid, noun.shape:ovoid,+ ] prolate, (rounded like an egg) } { [ ellipsoid, noun.shape:ellipsoid,+ ] [ ellipsoidal, noun.shape:ellipsoid,+ ] [ spheroidal, noun.shape:spheroid,+ ] (having the nature or shape of an ellipsoid) } { [ hyperboloidal, noun.shape:hyperboloid,+ ] (having the shape of a hyperboloid) } { lingulate, tongue-shaped, (shaped like a tongue) } { olivelike, olive-like, (resembling an olive) } { [ parabolic, noun.shape:parabola,+ ] [ parabolical, noun.shape:parabola,+ ] (having the form of a parabola) } { [ paraboloidal, noun.shape:paraboloid,+ ] (having the shape of a paraboloid) } { pillar-shaped, (shaped like a cylindrical pillar) } { pineal, (having the form of a pine cone) } { plumlike, (resembling a plum fruit) } { rod-shaped, rodlike, (resembling a rod) } { [ rotund, noun.attribute:rotundness,+ noun.attribute:rotundity,+ ] (spherical in shape) } { terete, noun.cognition:botany,;c (especially of plant parts; cylindrical and tapering) } { umbrellalike, (resembling an umbrella)} ---- { [ ANGULAR, noun.shape:angle,+ noun.shape:angularity,+ noun.attribute:angularity,+ ROUNDED,!] [angulate, noun.shape:angle,+ ] POINTED,^ SQUARE,^ (having angles or an angular shape) } { angled, (forming or set at an angle; "angled parking") } { [ asteroid, noun.object:asteroid,+ ] star-shaped, (shaped like a star) } { [ bicuspid, noun.body:bicuspid,+ ] bicuspidate, (having two cusps or points (especially a molar tooth); "bicuspid teeth"; "bicuspid leaves") } { cuspate, cuspated, cusped, [ cuspidal, noun.artifact:cusp,+ noun.body:cuspid,+ ] cuspidate, cuspidated, (having cusps or points) } { equiangular, (having all angles equal) } { [ isogonic, noun.shape:isogon,+ ] (having or making equal angles) } { [ rectangular, noun.shape:rectangle,+ noun.attribute:rectangularity,+ ] (having four right angles; "a rectangular figure twice as long as it is wide") } { sharp-cornered, sharp-angled, (having sharp corners) } { square-shaped, (shaped like a square) } { three-cornered, (having three corners; "a three-cornered hat") } { [ triangular, noun.shape:triangle,+ noun.attribute:triangularity,+ ] (having three angles; forming or shaped like a triangle; "a triangular figure"; "a triangular pyrimid has a triangle for a base") } { tricuspid, tricuspidate, (having three cusps or points (especially a molar tooth); "tricuspid molar"; "tricuspid valve") } { unicuspid, (having a single cusp or point; "a unicuspid tooth") }] [{ [ OBLATE, noun.attribute:oblateness,+ PROLATE,!] pumpkin-shaped, ROUNDED,^ (having the equatorial diameter greater than the polar diameter; being flattened at the poles) } ---- { [ PROLATE, OBLATE,!] watermelon-shaped, ROUNDED,^ (having the polar diameter greater than the equatorial diameter; "a prolate spheroid is generated by revolving an ellipse about its major axis") } { cucumber-shaped, (shaped like a cucumber) }] [{ [ RURAL, noun.attribute:rurality,+ URBAN,!] (living in or characteristic of farming or country life; "rural people"; "large rural households"; "unpaved rural roads"; "an economy that is basically rural") } { agrarian, agricultural, farming(a), (relating to farming or agriculture; "an agrarian (or agricultural) society"; "farming communities") } { agrestic, [ rustic, noun.attribute:rusticity,+ ] (characteristic of the fields or country; "agrestic simplicity"; "rustic stone walls") } { [ arcadian, noun.person:arcadian,+ ] bucolic1, [ pastoral, noun.communication:pastoral1,+ noun.communication:pastoral,+ ] ((used with regard to idealized country life) idyllically rustic; "a country life of arcadian contentment"; "a pleasant bucolic scene"; "charming in its pastoral setting"; "rustic tranquility") } { campestral, (of fields or open country; "living in campestral seclusion") } { countrified, countryfied, [ rustic2, noun.attribute:rusticity,+ ] (characteristic of rural life; "countrified clothes"; "rustic awkwardness") } { country-bred, (rough and uncouth; "a country boy") } { country-style, (typical of the country; "country-style sausage"; "country music") } { cracker-barrel, homespun, (characteristic of country life; "cracker-barrel philosophy"; "the air of homespun country boys") } { hobnailed, (marked by the wearing of heavy boots studded with hobnails; "hobnailed laborers") } ---- { [ URBAN, verb.change:urbanize1,+ verb.change:urbanize,+ noun.attribute:urbanity1,+ RURAL,!] (located in or characteristic of a city or city life; "urban property owners"; "urban affairs"; "urban manners") } { citified, cityfied, city-bred, city-born, (being or having the customs or manners or dress of a city person) } { city-like, (resembling a city) } { urbanized, urbanised, (made urban in nature; taking on urban characteristics; "the urbanized Eastern states") }] [{ [ RUSTED, RUSTLESS,!] (having accumulated rust; "rusted hinges") } { [ rusty, noun.state:rustiness,+ noun.substance:rust,+ ] (covered with or consisting of rust; "a rusty machine"; "rusty deposits") } ---- { [ RUSTLESS, RUSTED,!] (without rust) } { rust-free, (free of rust) } { rustproof, rustproofed, (treated against rusting) } { rust-resistant, (resistant to rust) } { undercoated, undersealed, noun.artifact:motor_vehicle,;c ((of motor vehicles) having a coating of tar or other rustproof material applied to the underside) }] [{ [ HOLY, noun.attribute:holiness,+ UNHOLY,!] CONSECRATED,^ SACRED,^ noun.attribute:holiness,= (belonging to or derived from or associated with a divine power) } { beatified, blessed1, (Roman Catholic; proclaimed one of the blessed and thus worthy of veneration) } { Blessed2, (worthy of worship; "the Blessed Trinity") } { consecrated, [ sacred, noun.attribute:sacredness,+ ] sanctified, (made or declared or believed to be holy; devoted to a deity or some religious ceremony or use; "a consecrated church"; "the sacred mosque"; "sacred elephants"; "sacred bread and wine"; "sanctified wine") } { hallowed, [ sacred2, noun.attribute:sacredness,+ ] (worthy of religious veneration; "the sacred name of Jesus"; "Jerusalem's hallowed soil") } ---- { [ UNHOLY, noun.attribute:unholiness,+ HOLY,!] unhallowed, noun.attribute:holiness,= (not hallowed or consecrated) } { profane, unconsecrated, unsanctified, (not holy because unconsecrated or impure or defiled) }] [{ [ SACRED, noun.attribute:sacredness,+ PROFANE,!] CONSECRATED,^ HEAVENLY,^ PIOUS,^ (concerned with religion or religious purposes; "sacred texts"; "sacred rites"; "sacred music") } { [ divine, noun.attribute:divinity,+ ] (devoted to or in the service or worship of a deity; "divine worship"; "divine liturgy") } { ineffable, unnameable, unspeakable, unutterable, (too sacred to be uttered; "the ineffable name of the Deity") } { [ inspirational, noun.cognition:inspiration,+ ] (imparting a divine influence on the mind and soul) } { inviolable, inviolate, sacrosanct, (must be kept sacred) } { [ numinous, noun.person:numen,+ ] (evincing the presence of a deity; "a numinous wood"; "the most numinous moment in the Mass") } { quasi-religious, (resembling something that is religious) } { [ religious, noun.attribute:religiousness,+ noun.group:religion,+ noun.attribute:religiosity,+ ] spiritual, (concerned with sacred matters or religion or the church; "religious texts"; "a member of a religious order"; "lords temporal and spiritual"; "spiritual leaders"; "spiritual songs") } { reverend, sublime, (worthy of adoration or reverence) } { sacral, (of or relating to sacred rites; "sacral laws") } { taboo, tabu, (forbidden to profane use especially in South Pacific islands)} ---- { [ PROFANE, noun.cognition:profaneness,+ SACRED,!] secular5, EARTHLY,^ IMPIOUS,^ WORLDLY,^ (not concerned with or devoted to religion; "sacred and profane music"; "secular drama"; "secular architecture"; "children being brought up in an entirely profane environment") } { laic, [ lay, noun.group:laity,+ ] secular6, (characteristic of those who are not members of the clergy; "set his collar in laic rather than clerical position"; "the lay ministry") } { profanatory, (profaning or tending to desecrate) }] [{ [ SADISTIC, noun.feeling:sadism,+ MASOCHISTIC,!] (deriving pleasure or sexual gratification from inflicting pain on another) } ---- { [ MASOCHISTIC, noun.feeling:masochism,+ SADISTIC,!] (deriving pleasure or sexual gratification from being abused or dominated) }] [{ [ SAFE1, noun.attribute:safeness,+ DANGEROUS,!] HARMLESS,^ INVULNERABLE,^ SECURE2,^ UNINJURED,^ (free from danger or the risk of harm; "a safe trip"; "you will be safe here"; "a safe place"; "a safe bet") } { fail-safe, (eliminating danger by compensating automatically for a failure or malfunction; "a fail-safe device in a nuclear weapon to deactivate it automatically in the event of accident") } { off_the_hook(p), (freed from danger or blame or obligation; "I let him off the hook with a mild reprimand") } { risk-free, [ riskless, noun.state:risklessness,+ ] unhazardous, (thought to be devoid of risk) } { safe_and_sound, unhurt, (free from danger or injury; "the children were found safe and sound") } ---- { [ DANGEROUS, noun.state:danger1,+ noun.location:danger,+ noun.attribute:dangerousness,+ SAFE1,!] unsafe, INSECURE2,^ VULNERABLE,^ (involving or causing danger or risk; liable to hurt or harm; "a dangerous criminal"; "a dangerous bridge"; "unemployment reached dangerous proportions") } { breakneck, (moving at very high speed; "a breakneck pace") } { [ chancy, noun.act:chance,+ ] chanceful, dicey, dodgy, (of uncertain outcome; especially fraught with risk; "an extremely dicey future on a brave new world of liquid nitrogen, tar, and smog"- New Yorker) } { desperate1, ((of persons) dangerously reckless or violent as from urgency or despair; "a desperate criminal"; "taken hostage of desperate men") } { [ hazardous, noun.state:hazard,+ noun.state:hazardousness,+ ] [ risky, noun.state:risk,+ noun.act:risk,+ noun.state:riskiness,+ ] wild, (involving risk or danger; "skydiving is a hazardous sport"; "extremely risky going out in the tide and fog"; "a wild financial scheme") } { [ insidious, noun.attribute:insidiousness2,+ ] (intended to entrap) } { [ mordacious, noun.attribute:mordacity,+ ] (biting or given to biting; "they deliberately gave me a skittish and mordacious mount") } { on_the_hook(p), (caught in a difficult or dangerous situation; "there I was back on the hook") } { parlous, [ perilous, noun.state:peril1,+ noun.state:peril,+ noun.act:peril,+ noun.state:perilousness,+ ] [ precarious, noun.attribute:precariousness,+ ] touch-and-go, (fraught with danger; "dangerous waters"; "a parlous journey on stormy seas"; "a perilous voyage across the Atlantic in a small boat"; "the precarious life of an undersea diver"; "dangerous surgery followed by a touch-and-go recovery") } { self-destructive, [ suicidal, noun.act:suicide,+ ] (dangerous to yourself or your interests; "suicidal impulses"; "a suicidal corporate takeover strategy"; "a kamikaze pilot") } { treacherous, [ unreliable, noun.attribute:unreliableness,+ ] (dangerously unstable and unpredictable; "treacherous winding roads"; "an unreliable trestle") }] [{ [ SAFE2(p), OUT2,!] noun.act:baseball,;c (having reached a base without being put out; "the runner was called safe when the baseman dropped the ball") } ---- { [ OUT2(p), SAFE2,!] noun.act:baseball,;c (not allowed to continue to bat or run; "he was tagged out at second on a close play"; "he fanned out") } { down(p), (being put out by a strikeout; "two down in the bottom of the ninth") }] [{ [ SALABLE, noun.attribute:salableness,+ noun.attribute:salability,+ UNSALABLE,!] saleable, (capable of being sold; fit for sale; "saleable at a low price") } { [ marketable1, verb.change:market,+ ] (being in demand by especially employers; "marketable skills") } { [ marketable2, verb.possession:market,+ verb.change:market,+ ] merchantable, sellable, [ vendable, verb.possession:vend,+ ] [ vendible, verb.possession:vend,+ ] (fit to be offered for sale; "marketable produce") } ---- { [ UNSALABLE, SALABLE,!] unsaleable, (impossible to sell) } { unmarketable1, (not capable of being sold) } { unmarketable2, unmerchantable, unvendible, (not fit for sale) }] [{ [ SAME, noun.attribute:sameness,+ DIFFERENT,!] EQUAL,^ LIKE,^ SIMILAR,^ UNVARIED,^ noun.attribute:sameness,= (closely similar or comparable in kind or quality or quantity or degree; "curtains the same color as the walls"; "two girls of the same age"; "mother and son have the same blue eyes"; "animals of the same species"; "the same rules as before"; "two boxes having the same dimensions"; "the same day next year") } { [ assonant, verb.stative:assonate,+ noun.communication:assonance,+ ] noun.communication:rhyme,;c (having the same sound (especially the same vowel sound) occurring in successive stressed syllables; "note the assonant words and syllables in `tilting at windmills'") } { comparable, corresponding, [ like, noun.attribute:likeness,+ ] (conforming in every respect; "boxes with corresponding dimensions"; "the like period of the preceding year") } { cookie-cutter, (having the same appearance (as if mass-produced); "a suburb of cookie-cutter houses") } { duplicate, (identically copied from an original; "a duplicate key") } { [ homophonic, noun.communication:homophony1,+ noun.communication:homophone,+ ] (having the same sound) } { [ identical, noun.attribute:identity2,+ noun.attribute:identicalness,+ ] [ indistinguishable, noun.attribute:indistinguishability,+ ] (exactly alike; incapable of being perceived as different; "rows of identical houses"; "cars identical except for their license plates"; "they wore indistinguishable hats") } { one(a), (of the same kind or quality; "two animals of one species") } { synoptic, synoptical, (presenting or taking the same point of view; used especially with regard to the first three gospels of the New Testament; "synoptic sayings") } ---- { [ DIFFERENT, noun.attribute:difference,+ verb.stative:differ,+ SAME,!] DISSIMILAR,^ INCOMPATIBLE1,^ UNLIKE,^ VARIED,^ noun.attribute:difference,= (unlike in nature or quality or form or degree; "took different approaches to the problem"; "came to a different conclusion"; "different parts of the country"; "on different sides of the issue"; "this meeting was different from the earlier one") } { [ antithetic, noun.relation:antithesis,+ noun.communication:antithesis,+ ] [ antithetical, noun.relation:antithesis,+ ] (sharply contrasted in character or purpose; "practices entirely antithetical to her professed beliefs"; "hope is antithetic to despair") } { assorted, various2, (of many different kinds purposefully arranged but lacking any uniformity; "assorted sizes"; "his disguises are many and various"; "various experiments have failed to disprove the theory"; "cited various reasons for his behavior") } { contrary, (very opposed in nature or character or purpose; "acts contrary to our code of ethics"; "the facts point to a contrary conclusion") } { contrasting, [ contrastive, verb.stative:contrast,+ ] (strikingly different; tending to contrast; "contrasting (or contrastive) colors") } { diametric2, diametrical2, [ opposite, noun.relation:oppositeness,+ ] [ polar, noun.cognition:pole,+ noun.relation:polarity1,+ ] (characterized by opposite extremes; completely opposed; "in diametric contradiction to his claims"; "diametrical (or opposite) points of view"; "opposite meanings"; "extreme and indefensible polar positions") } { [ divergent, noun.act:divergency,+ noun.attribute:divergence1,+ verb.stative:diverge1,+ ] (diverging from another or from a standard; "a divergent opinion") } { [ disparate, noun.attribute:disparateness,+ noun.attribute:disparity,+ ] (fundamentally different or distinct in quality or kind; "such disparate attractions as grand opera and game fishing"; "disparate ideas") } { [ distinct, noun.attribute:distinctness1,+ ] distinguishable, ((often followed by `from') not alike; different in nature or quality; "plants of several distinct types"; "the word `nationalism' is used in at least two distinct senses"; "gold is distinct from iron"; "a tree related to but quite distinct from the European beech"; "management had interests quite distinct from those of their employees") } { [ diverse, noun.attribute:diversity2,+ ] various, (distinctly dissimilar or unlike; "celebrities as diverse as Bob Hope and Bob Dylan"; "animals as various as the jaguar and the cavy and the sloth") } { divers(a), [ diverse2, noun.attribute:diverseness,+ noun.attribute:diversity2,+ ] (many and different; "tourist offices of divers nationalities"; "a person of diverse talents") } { [ opposite2, noun.relation:oppositeness,+ ] (altogether different in nature or quality or significance; "the medicine's effect was opposite to that intended"; "it is said that opposite characters make a union happiest"- Charles Reade) } { several(p), (distinct and individual; "three several times") } { [ variant, noun.event:variant,+ noun.act:variance,+ verb.stative:vary1,+ verb.stative:vary,+ verb.change:vary1,+ ] (differing from a norm or standard; "a variant spelling") }] [{ [ SAME2, OTHER,!] (same in identity; "the same man I saw yesterday"; "never wore the same dress twice"; "this road is the same one we were on yesterday"; "on the same side of the street") } { aforesaid(a), aforementioned(a), said(a), (being the one previously mentioned or spoken of; "works of all the aforementioned authors"; "said party has denied the charges") } { [ identical, noun.attribute:identity2,+ noun.attribute:identicalness,+ ] [ selfsame(a), noun.attribute:selfsameness,+ ] very(a), (being the exact same one; not any other:; "this is the identical room we stayed in before"; "the themes of his stories are one and the same"; "saw the selfsame quotation in two newspapers"; "on this very spot"; "the very thing he said yesterday"; "the very man I want to see") } ---- { [ OTHER, SAME2,!] SEPARATE,^ noun.attribute:otherness,= (not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied; "today isn't any other day"- the White Queen; "the construction of highways and other public works"; "he asked for other employment"; "any other person would tell the truth"; "his other books are still in storage"; "then we looked at the other house"; "hearing was good in his other ear"; "the other sex"; "she lived on the other side of the street from me"; "went in the other direction") } { [ different, verb.stative:differ,+ ] (distinctly separate from the first; "that's another (or different) issue altogether") } { another(a), some_other, (any of various alternatives; some other; "put it off to another (or some other) day") } { [ different1, verb.stative:differ,+ ] (distinct or separate; "each interviewed different members of the community") } { new(a), (other than the former one(s); different; "they now have a new leaders"; "my new car is four years old but has only 15,000 miles on it"; "ready to take a new direction") } { opposite, (the other one of a complementary pair; "the opposite sex"; "the two chess kings are set up on squares of opposite colors") } { opposite1, (being directly across from each other; facing; "And I on the opposite shore will be, ready to ride and spread the alarm"- Longfellow; "we lived on opposite sides of the street"; "at opposite poles") } { opposite2, (moving or facing away from each other; "looking in opposite directions"; "they went in opposite directions") } { otherwise, (other than as supposed or expected; "the outcome was otherwise") }] [{ [ SIMILAR, noun.attribute:similarity,+ DISSIMILAR,!] SAME,^ noun.attribute:similarity,= (marked by correspondence or resemblance; "similar food at similar prices"; "problems similar to mine"; "they wore similar coats") } { akin(p), kindred, (similar in quality or character; "a feeling akin to terror"; "kindred souls"; "the amateur is closely related to the collector") } { [ analogous, noun.cognition:analogy,+ noun.act:analogy,+ ] [ correspondent, noun.relation:correspondence1,+ noun.attribute:correspondence1,+ verb.stative:correspond4,+ verb.stative:correspond1,+ verb.stative:correspond,+ ] (similar or equivalent in some respects though otherwise dissimilar; "brains and computers are often considered analogous"; "salmon roe is marketed as analogous to caviar") } { confusable, mistakable, (so similar as to be easily identified for another thing; "potentially confusable senses of words"; "easily mistakable signals") } { connatural, (similar in nature; "and mix with our connatural dust"- John Milton) } { corresponding, (similar especially in position or purpose; "a number of corresponding diagonal points") } { quasi(a), (having some resemblance; "a quasi success"; "a quasi contract") } { [ sympathetic, noun.relation:sympathy,+ ] (having similar disposition and tastes; "with their many similar tastes, he found her a most sympathetic companion") } ---- { [ DISSIMILAR, noun.attribute:dissimilarity,+ SIMILAR,!] noun.attribute:similarity,= (not similar; "a group of very dissimilar people"; "a pump not dissimilar to those once found on every farm"; "their understanding of the world is not so dissimilar from our own"; "took different (or dissimilar) approaches to the problem") }] [{ [ SANE, noun.state:saneness,+ noun.state:sanity,+ INSANE,!] RATIONAL,^ (mentally healthy; free from mental disorder; "appears to be completely sane") } { compos_mentis(p), of_sound_mind(p), (of sound mind, memory, and understanding; in law, competent to go to trial) } { in_his_right_mind(p), in_her_right_mind(p), in_their_right_minds(p), (behaving responsibly) } { [ lucid, noun.state:lucidity,+ ] (having a clear mind; "a lucid moment in his madness") } ---- { [ INSANE, noun.state:insaneness,+ noun.state:insanity,+ SANE,!] IRRATIONAL,^ UNREASONABLE,^ (afflicted with or characteristic of mental derangement; "was declared insane"; "insane laughter") } { balmy, barmy, bats, batty, bonkers, buggy, cracked, crackers, [ daft, noun.state:daftness,+ ] dotty, fruity, haywire, [ kooky, noun.person:kook,+ ] kookie, loco, [ loony, noun.person:loon1,+ ] loopy, nuts, nutty, round_the_bend, around_the_bend, wacky, whacky, (informal or slang terms for mentally irregular; "it used to drive my husband balmy") } { brainsick, [ crazy, noun.state:craze,+ noun.state:craziness,+ ] [ demented, noun.state:dementedness,+ ] disturbed, [ mad, noun.state:madness,+ ] [ sick, noun.group:sick,+ ] unbalanced, unhinged, (affected with madness or insanity; "a man who had gone mad") } { [ certifiable, verb.communication:certify1,+ ] certified, (fit to be certified as insane (and treated accordingly)) } { crackbrained, idiotic, (insanely irresponsible; "an idiotic idea") } { crazed, deranged, half-crazed, (driven insane) } { fey, touched(p), (slightly insane) } { [ hebephrenic, noun.state:hebephrenia,+ ] (suffering from a form of schizophrenia characterized by foolish mannerisms and senseless laughter along with delusions and regressive behavior) } { [ lunatic, noun.state:lunacy,+ noun.act:lunacy,+ ] moonstruck, noun.communication:colloquialism,;u (insane and believed to be affected by the phases of the moon) } { [ maniacal, noun.person:maniac,+ ] [ maniac(p), noun.person:maniac1,+ ] (wildly disordered; "a maniacal frenzy") } { [ manic-depressive, noun.person:manic-depressive,+ ] (suffering from a disorder characterized by alternating mania and depression) } { maniclike, (resembling the mania of manic-depressive illness) } { mentally_ill, [ unsound, noun.attribute:unsoundness,+ ] [ unstable, noun.attribute:unstableness,+ ] (suffering from severe mental illness; "of unsound mind") } { non_compos_mentis(p), of_unsound_mind(p), (not of sound mind, memory, or understanding; in law, not competent to go to trial) } { [ paranoid, noun.person:paranoid,+ ] (suffering from paranoia) } { [ psychopathic, noun.state:psychopathy,+ ] [ psychopathologic, noun.cognition:psychopathology1,+ noun.cognition:psychopathology,+ ] [ psychopathological, noun.cognition:psychopathology,+ ] (suffering from an undiagnosed mental disorder) } { [ psychotic, noun.person:psychotic,+ noun.state:psychosis,+ ] noun.cognition:medicine,;c (characteristic of or suffering from psychosis) } { raving_mad, wild, (talking or behaving irrationally; "a raving lunatic") } { [ schizophrenic1, noun.person:schizophrenic,+ noun.state:schizophrenia,+ ] (suffering from some form of schizophrenia; "schizophrenic patients") } { screw-loose, screwy, noun.communication:colloquialism,;u (not behaving normally) }] [{ [ SATIATE, INSATIATE,!] satiated, (supplied (especially fed) to satisfaction) } { jaded, (dulled by surfeit; "the amoral, jaded, bored upper classes") } { satiable, satisfiable, (capable of being sated; "a satiable thirst"; "a satiable appetite") } ---- { [ INSATIATE, SATIATE,!] insatiable, unsatiable, (impossible to satisfy; "an insatiate appetite"; "an insatiable demand for old buildings to restore"; "his passion for work was unsatiable") } { quenchless, unquenchable, (impossible to quench; "unquenchable thirst") } { unsated, unsatiated, unsatisfied, (not having been satisfied) } { unsatisfiable, (not capable of being satisfied; "he knew the trap of unsatisfiable longing") }] [{ [ SARCASTIC, noun.communication:sarcasm,+ UNSARCASTIC,!] CRITICAL1,^ DISRESPECTFUL,^ noun.communication:sarcasm,= (expressing or expressive of ridicule that wounds) } { barbed, biting, nipping, [ pungent, noun.communication:pungency,+ ] mordacious, (capable of wounding; "a barbed compliment"; "a biting aphorism"; "pungent satire") } { black, [ grim, noun.attribute:grimness2,+ ] mordant, (harshly ironic or sinister; "black humor"; "a grim joke"; "grim laughter"; "fun ranging from slapstick clowning ... to savage mordant wit") } { corrosive, (spitefully sarcastic; "corrosive cristism")} { sardonic, snarky, (disdainfully or ironically humorous; scornful and mocking; "his rebellion is the bitter, sardonic laughter of all great satirists"- Frank Schoenberner; "a wry pleasure to be...reminded of all that one is missing"- Irwin Edman) } { [ satirical, noun.communication:satire,+ ] [ satiric, noun.communication:satire,+ ] (exposing human folly to ridicule; "a persistent campaign of mockery by the satirical fortnightly magazine") } { saturnine, (bitter or scornful; "the face was saturnine and swarthy, and the sensual lips...twisted with disdain"- Oscar Wilde) } ---- { [ UNSARCASTIC, SARCASTIC,!] noun.communication:sarcasm,= (not sarcastic) }] [{ [ SATISFACTORY, noun.attribute:satisfactoriness,+ verb.stative:satisfy,+ verb.consumption:satisfy1,+ UNSATISFACTORY,!] ACCEPTABLE,^ ADEQUATE,^ (giving satisfaction; "satisfactory living conditions"; "his grades were satisfactory") } { [ adequate, noun.attribute:adequateness,+ ] passable, fair_to_middling, tolerable, (about average; acceptable; "more than adequate as a secretary") } { all_right, fine, O.K., OK, okay, hunky-dory, cool, noun.communication:colloquialism,;u (being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition; "an all-right movie"; "the passengers were shaken up but are all right"; "is everything all right?"; "everything's fine"; "things are okay"; "dinner and the movies had been fine"; "another minute I'd have been fine") } { alright, (nonstandard usage) } { comforting, cheering, satisfying, (providing freedom from worry) } { copacetic, copasetic, copesetic, copesettic, (completely satisfactory; "his smile said that everything was copacetic"; "You had to be a good judge of what a man was like, and the English was copacetic"- John O'Hara) } { passing(a), (allowing you to pass (e.g., an examination or inspection) satisfactorily; "a passing grade") } { right, (in or into a satisfactory condition; "things are right again now"; "put things right") } ---- { [ UNSATISFACTORY, noun.attribute:unsatisfactoriness,+ SATISFACTORY,!] INADEQUATE,^ UNACCEPTABLE,^ (not giving satisfaction; "shops should take back unsatisfactory goods"; "her performance proved to be unsatisfactory"; "life is becoming increasingly unsatifactory"; "our discussion was very unsatisfactory") } { disappointing, [ dissatisfactory, verb.emotion:dissatisfy,+ ] unsatisfying, (not up to expectations; "a disappointing performance from one who had seemed so promising") } { failing, (below acceptable in performance; "received failing grades") } { off, (below a satisfactory level; "an off year for tennis"; "his performance was off") } { [ unacceptable, noun.attribute:unacceptableness,+ ] (not adequate to give satisfaction; "the coach told his players that defeat was unacceptable") }] [{ [ SCALABLE, noun.attribute:scalability,+ UNSCALABLE,!] (capable of being scaled; possible to scale; "the scalable slope of a mountain") } { [ ascendable, verb.motion:ascend2,+ ] ascendible, climbable, (capable of being ascended) } ---- { [ UNSCALABLE, SCALABLE,!] unclimbable, (incapable of being ascended ) }] [{ [ SCHOLARLY, noun.person:scholar,+ UNSCHOLARLY,!] CRITICAL2,^ INTELLECTUAL,^ PROFOUND,^ (characteristic of scholars or scholarship; "scholarly pursuits"; "a scholarly treatise"; "a scholarly attitude") } { academic, donnish, [ pedantic, noun.communication:pedantry,+ noun.person:pedant,+ ] (marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning especially its trivial aspects) } { [ bookish, noun.attribute:bookishness,+ ] [ studious, noun.cognition:study3,+ noun.attribute:studiousness,+ ] (characterized by diligent study and fondness for reading; "a bookish farmer who always had a book in his pocket"; "a quiet studious child") } { [ erudite, noun.cognition:eruditeness,+ ] [ learned, noun.cognition:learnedness,+ ] (having or showing profound knowledge; "a learned jurist"; "an erudite professor") } ---- { [ UNSCHOLARLY, SCHOLARLY,!] NONINTELLECTUAL,^ (not scholarly) } { unlearned, (not well learned) } { unstudious, (not studious) }] [{ [ SCIENTIFIC, UNSCIENTIFIC,!] noun.cognition:scientific_knowledge,= (conforming with the principles or methods used in science; "a scientific approach") } { [ technological, noun.cognition:technology,+ ] (based in scientific and industrial progress; "a technological civilization") } ---- { [ UNSCIENTIFIC, SCIENTIFIC,!] noun.cognition:scientific_knowledge,= (not consistent with the methods or principles of science; "an unscientific lack of objectivity") } { pseudoscientific, (based on theories and methods erroneously regarded as scientific) }] [{ [ SCRUPULOUS, noun.feeling:scruple,+ noun.cognition:scruple,+ noun.attribute:scrupulousness,+ UNSCRUPULOUS,!] PRINCIPLED,^ (having scruples; arising from a sense of right and wrong; principled; "less scrupulous producers sent bundles that were deceptive in appearance") } { [ religious, noun.attribute:religiousness1,+ ] (extremely scrupulous and conscientious; "religious in observing the rules of health") } ---- { [ UNSCRUPULOUS, noun.attribute:unscrupulousness,+ SCRUPULOUS,!] UNPRINCIPLED,^ (without scruples or principles; "unscrupulous politicos who would be happy to sell...their country in order to gain power") }] [{ [ CONSCIENTIOUS, noun.feeling:conscience,+ noun.attribute:conscience,+ noun.attribute:conscientiousness,+ UNCONSCIENTIOUS,!] (guided by or in accordance with conscience or sense of right and wrong; "a conscientious decision to speak out about injustice") } ---- { [ UNCONSCIENTIOUS, noun.attribute:unconscientiousness,+ CONSCIENTIOUS,!] (not conscientious) } { conscienceless, unconscionable, (lacking a conscience; "a conscienceless villain"; "brash, unprincipled, and conscienceless"; "an unconscionable liar") }] [{ [ SEALED1, UNSEALED1,!] CLOSED1,^ (closed or secured with or as if with a seal; "my lips are sealed"; "the package is still sealed"; "the premises are sealed") } { unopened, (not yet opened or unsealed; "unopened Christmas presents") } ---- { [ UNSEALED1, SEALED1,!] OPEN2,^ (not closed or secured with or as if with a seal; "unsealed goods"; "the letter arrived unsealed") } { open, opened, (not sealed or having been unsealed; "the letter was already open"; "the opened package lay on the table") }] [{ [ SEALED2, UNSEALED2,!] certain5, (established irrevocably; "his fate is sealed") } ---- { [ UNSEALED2, SEALED2,!] [ uncertain5, noun.attribute:uncertainness,+ ] (not established or confirmed; "his doom is as yet unsealed") }] [{ [ WRAPPED, UNWRAPPED,!] (enclosed securely in a covering of paper or the like; "gaily wrapped gifts") } ---- { [ UNWRAPPED, WRAPPED,!] (not yet wrapped or having the wrapping removed; "she faced a mountainous pile of presents still unwrapped"; "the floor around the tree was littered with gifts already unwrapped") }] [{ [ SEAWORTHY, noun.state:seaworthiness,+ UNSEAWORTHY,!] TIGHT2,^ noun.state:seaworthiness,= (fit for a sea voyage) } ---- { [ UNSEAWORTHY, SEAWORTHY,!] LEAKY,^ noun.state:seaworthiness,= (unfit for a voyage) }] [{ [ AIRWORTHY, noun.state:airworthiness,+ UNAIRWORTHY,!] noun.state:airworthiness,= ((of aircraft) fit to fly) } ---- { [ UNAIRWORTHY, AIRWORTHY,!] noun.state:airworthiness,= (not fit to fly) }] [{ [ CONCEALED, UNCONCEALED,!] COVERT,^ (hidden on any grounds for any motive; "a concealed weapon"; "a concealed compartment in his briefcase") } { bushwhacking, (lying in ambush; "bushwhacking guerrillas attacking from ambush") } { [ dark, noun.cognition:darkness,+ ] (secret; "keep it dark") } { [ furtive, noun.attribute:furtiveness,+ ] [ sneak(a), noun.person:sneak2,+ noun.person:sneak1,+ ] [ sneaky, noun.person:sneak1,+ noun.attribute:sneakiness,+ ] [ stealthy, noun.act:stealth,+ noun.attribute:stealthiness,+ ] surreptitious, (marked by quiet and caution and secrecy; taking pains to avoid being observed; "a furtive manner"; "a sneak attack"; "stealthy footsteps"; "a surreptitious glance at his watch") } { hidden, obscure, (difficult to find; "hidden valleys"; "a hidden cave"; "an obscure retreat") } { hidden2, secret2, (designed to elude detection; "a hidden room or place of concealment such as a priest hole"; "a secret passage"; "the secret compartment in the desk") } { incognito(p), (with your identity concealed) } { sealed, (undisclosed for the time being; "sealed orders"; "a sealed move in chess") } { secret, (not open or public; kept private or not revealed; "a secret formula"; "secret ingredients"; "secret talks") } { shady, (quiet, dark, or concealed; "her shady past intrigued him"; "a shady part of town") } { sneaking(a), unavowed, (not openly expressed; "a sneaking suspicion") } ---- { [ UNCONCEALED, CONCEALED,!] OVERT,^ (not concealed or hidden; "her unconcealed hostility poisoned the atmosphere"; "watched with unconcealed curiosity") } { [ blatant, noun.attribute:blatancy,+ ] blazing, [ conspicuous, noun.state:conspicuousness,+ ] (without any attempt at concealment; completely obvious; "blatant disregard of the law"; "a blatant appeal to vanity"; "a blazing indiscretion") } { [ exhibitionistic, noun.person:exhibitionist1,+ noun.communication:exhibitionism1,+ ] (compulsively attracting attention to yourself especially by public exposure or exaggerated behavior) }] [{ [ CONCEALING, REVEALING,!] (covering or hiding; "the concealing darkness"; "concealing curtains prevented discovery") } ---- { [ REVEALING, CONCEALING,!] (showing or making known; "a revealing glance") } { [ indicative, verb.communication:indicate1,+ verb.communication:indicate2,+ verb.communication:indicate4,+ ] indicatory, revelatory, significative, [ suggestive, verb.communication:suggest2,+ ] ((usually followed by `of') pointing out or revealing clearly; "actions indicative of fear") } { skimpy, scanty, ((of clothing) revealing the body; "her dress was scanty and revealing") }] [{ [ SECTARIAN, noun.person:sectarian,+ noun.group:sect1,+ NONSECTARIAN,!] (belonging to or characteristic of a sect; "a sectarian mind"; "the negations of sectarian ideology"- Sidney Hook; "sectarian squabbles in psychology") } { denominational, (adhering or confined to a particular sect or denomination; "denominational prejudice") } { [ narrow-minded, noun.cognition:narrow-mindedness,+ ] (rigidly adhering to a particular sect or its doctrines) } ---- { [ NONSECTARIAN, SECTARIAN,!] unsectarian, (not restricted to one sect or school or party; "religious training in a nonsectarian atmosphere"; "nonsectarian colleges"; "a wide and unsectarian interest in religion"- Bertrand Russell) } { [ ecumenic, noun.communication:ecumenism,+ ] oecumenic, [ ecumenical, noun.communication:ecumenism,+ ] [ oecumenical, noun.group:oecumenism,+ ] (concerned with promoting unity among churches or religions; "ecumenical thinking"; "ecumenical activities"; "the ecumenical movement") } { interchurch, interdenominational, (occurring between or among or common to different churches or denominations; "interchurch aid"; "interdenominational cooperation between Methodists and Presbyterians") } { nondenominational, (not restricted to a particular religious denomination; "a nondenominational church") } { undenominational, (not bound or devoted to the promotion of a particular denomination; "undenominational religious instruction") }] [{ [ SECURE1, noun.feeling:security,+ INSECURE1,!] unafraid2, untroubled2, (free from fear or doubt; easy in mind; "he was secure that nothing will be held against him" ) } ---- { [ INSECURE1, noun.state:insecureness,+ noun.feeling:insecurity,+ SECURE1,!] (lacking self-confidence or assurance; "an insecure person lacking mental stability") } { overanxious, (anxious or nervous to an excessive degree) } { unassured, (lacking boldness or confidence) }] [{ [ SECURE2, noun.state:security,+ INSECURE2,!] INVULNERABLE,^ PROTECTED,^ SAFE1,^ (free from danger or risk; "secure from harm"; "his fortune was secure"; "made a secure place for himself in his field") } { [ assured, noun.attribute:assuredness,+ ] (characterized by certainty or security; "a tiny but assured income"; "we can never have completely assured lives") } { firm, (securely established; "holds a firm position as the country's leading poet") } { fail-safe, (guaranteed not to fail; "a fail-safe recipe for cheese souffle") } { sure, (physically secure or dependable; "a sure footing"; "was on sure ground") } ---- { [ INSECURE2, noun.state:insecureness,+ noun.state:insecurity,+ SECURE2,!] unsafe2, DANGEROUS,^ UNPROTECTED,^ VULNERABLE,^ (lacking in security or safety; "his fortune was increasingly insecure"; "an insecure future") } { [ precarious, noun.attribute:precariousness1,+ ] [ shaky, noun.attribute:shakiness,+ ] (not secure; beset with difficulties; "a shaky marriage") } { unguaranteed, unsecured, (without financial security; "an unsecured note") }] [{ [ SECURE3, noun.attribute:secureness,+ INSECURE3,!] FIXED,^ (not likely to fail or give way; "the lock was secure"; "a secure foundation"; "a secure hold on her wrist") } { [ steady, noun.attribute:steadiness,+ ] (securely in position; not shaky; "held the ladder steady") } { tight, (securely or solidly fixed in place; rigid; "the bolts are tight") } ---- { [ INSECURE3, SECURE3,!] UNFIXED,^ (not firm or firmly fixed; likely to fail or give way; "the hinge is insecure") }] [ { [ FASTENED, UNFASTENED,!] (firmly closed or secured; "found the gate fastened"; "a fastened seatbelt") } { pegged-down, (fastened by pegs; "the pegged-down branches of the plant will take root") } ---- { [ UNFASTENED, FASTENED,!] (not closed or secured; "the car door was unfastened"; "unfastened seatbelts") } { unbarred, unbolted, unlatched, unlocked, unsecured, (not firmly fastened or secured; "an unbarred door"; "went through the unlatched gate into the street"; "an unlocked room") } { undone, (not fastened or tied or secured; "her blouse had come undone at the neck"; "his shoelaces were undone") }] [{ [ INSURED, UNINSURED,!] (covered by insurance; "an insured risk"; "all members of the film cast and crew are insured") } { insurable, (capable of being insured or eligible to be insured) } ---- { [ UNINSURED, INSURED,!] (not covered by insurance; "an uninsured motorist") } { uninsurable, (not capable of being insured or not eligible to be insured) }] [{ [ SEDUCTIVE, UNSEDUCTIVE,!] ATTRACTIVE1,^ SEXY,^ (tending to entice into a desired action or state) } { alluring, beguiling, enticing, [ tempting, noun.attribute:temptingness,+ ] (highly attractive and able to arouse hope or desire; "an alluring prospect"; "her alluring smile"; "the voice was low and beguiling"; "difficult to say no to an enticing advertisement"; "a tempting invitation") } { corrupting, (seducing into corrupt practices) } { [ insidious, noun.attribute:insidiousness2,+ ] (beguiling but harmful; "insidious pleasures") } { teasing, (arousing sexual desire without intending to satisfy it; "her lazy teasing smile") } ---- { [ UNSEDUCTIVE, SEDUCTIVE,!] UNATTRACTIVE,^ (not seductive) } { uninviting, untempting, (not tempting) }] [{ [ SELFISH, noun.attribute:selfishness,+ UNSELFISH,!] EGOISTIC,^ INCONSIDERATE,^ STINGY,^ (concerned chiefly or only with yourself and your advantage to the exclusion of others; "Selfish men were...trying to make capital for themselves out of the sacred cause of civil rights"- Maria Weston Chapman) } { [ egotistic, noun.attribute:egotism,+ ] [ egotistical, noun.person:egotist,+ ] [ narcissistic, noun.attribute:narcissism,+ ] self-loving, (characteristic of those having an inflated idea of their own importance) } { self-serving, self-seeking, (interested only in yourself) } ---- { [ UNSELFISH, noun.attribute:unselfishness,+ noun.act:unselfishness,+ SELFISH,!] ALTRUISTIC,^ CONSIDERATE,^ GENEROUS1,^ (disregarding your own advantages and welfare over those of others ) } { public-spirited, (showing unselfish interest in the public welfare; "a public-spirited citizen") } { self-denying, self-giving, self-sacrificing, (willing to deprive yourself) } { self-forgetful, (showing lack of self-interest) } { sharing, (unselfishly willing to share with others; "a warm and sharing friend") }] [{ [ SENIOR, noun.state:seniority,+ JUNIOR,!] OLD2,^ noun.state:seniority,= (older; higher in rank; longer in length of tenure or service; "senior officer") } { [ elder, noun.person:elder,+ ] older, sr., (used of the older of two persons of the same name especially used to distinguish a father from his son; "Bill Adams, Sr.") } { major(ip), noun.location:Britain,;r (of the elder of two boys with the same family name; "Jones major") } { [ precedential, noun.state:precedence,+ ] (having precedence (especially because of longer service); "precedential treatment for senior members of the firm") } { ranking(a), [ superior, noun.attribute:superiority1,+ ] higher-ranking, (having a higher rank; "superior officer") } ---- { [ JUNIOR, noun.person:junior1,+ noun.person:junior,+ SENIOR,!] YOUNG,^ SUBORDINATE2,^noun.state:seniority,= (younger; lower in rank; shorter in length of tenure or service) } { junior-grade, lower-ranking, lowly, [ petty(a), noun.attribute:pettiness,+ ] secondary, [ subaltern, noun.person:subaltern,+ ] (inferior in rank or status; "the junior faculty"; "a lowly corporal"; "petty officialdom"; "a subordinate functionary") } { minor(ip), noun.location:Britain,;r (of the younger of two boys with the same family name; "Jones minor") } { younger, jr., (used of the younger of two persons of the same name especially used to distinguish a son from his father; "John Junior"; "John Smith, Jr.") }] [{ [ SENSATIONAL, UNSENSATIONAL,!] noun.communication:sensationalism1,= (causing intense interest, curiosity, or emotion) } { [ lurid, noun.communication:luridness,+ noun.attribute:luridness1,+ ] shocking, (glaringly vivid and graphic; marked by sensationalism; "lurid details of the accident") } { [ scandalmongering, noun.communication:scandalmongering,+ ] [ sensationalistic, noun.communication:sensationalism1,+ noun.communication:sensationalism,+ ] yellow(a), (typical of tabloids; "sensational journalistic reportage of the scandal"; "yellow press") } { screaming(a), (resembling a scream in effect; "screaming headlines"; "screaming colors and designs") } ---- { [ UNSENSATIONAL, SENSATIONAL,!] noun.communication:sensationalism1,= (not of such character as to arouse intense interest, curiosity, or emotional reaction) }] [{ [ SENSIBLE, verb.perception:sense,+ noun.cognition:sensibility1,+ noun.cognition:sensibility,+ INSENSIBLE,!] [ sensitive4, noun.cognition:sensitiveness,+ verb.perception:sense,+ ] AWARE,^ CONSCIOUS,^ SENSITIVE1,^ (able to feel or perceive; "even amoeba are sensible creatures"; "the more sensible parts of the skin") } ---- { [ INSENSIBLE, noun.cognition:insensibility,+ SENSIBLE,!] INSENSITIVE1,^ INSENSITIVE2,^ UNAWARE,^ UNCONSCIOUS,^ (incapable of physical sensation; "insensible to pain"; "insensible earth") } { [ anesthetic(a), noun.artifact:anesthetic,+ noun.state:anesthesia,+ ] [ anaesthetic(a), noun.artifact:anaesthetic,+ noun.state:anaesthesia,+ ] (characterized by insensibility; "the young girls are in a state of possession--blind and deaf and anesthetic"; "an anesthetic state") } { asleep(p), benumbed, [ numb, noun.state:numbness,+ ] (lacking sensation; "my foot is asleep"; "numb with cold") }] [{ [ SENSITIVE1, noun.attribute:sensitiveness,+ verb.perception:sense2,+ verb.perception:sense,+ noun.cognition:sensitivity,+ INSENSITIVE1,!] RESPONSIVE,^ SENSIBLE,^ SUSCEPTIBLE,^ noun.attribute:sensitivity,= (responsive to physical stimuli; "a mimosa's leaves are sensitive to touch"; "a sensitive voltmeter"; "sensitive skin"; "sensitive to light") } { delicate, (of an instrument or device; capable of registering minute differences or changes precisely; "almost undetectable with even the most delicate instruments") } { erogenous, (sensitive to sexual stimulation) } { excitable, irritable1, noun.cognition:physiology,;c (capable of responding to stimuli) } { highly_sensitive, (readily affected by various agents; "a highly sensitive explosive is easily exploded by a shock"; "a sensitive colloid is readily coagulated") } { [ irritable2, noun.cognition:irritability,+ ] noun.cognition:pathology,;c (abnormally sensitive to a stimulus) } { light-sensitive, [ photosensitive, noun.cognition:photosensitivity,+ ] (sensitive to visible light; "photographic film is light-sensitive") } { [ radiosensitive, noun.cognition:radiosensitivity,+ ] (sensitive to radiation; "radiosensitive cancer cells can be treated with radiotherapy") } { nociceptive, (caused by or in response to pain; "a nociceptive spinal reflex") } { [ reactive, noun.cognition:reactivity,+ verb.cognition:react,+ ] responsive, (reacting to a stimulus; "the skin of old persons is less reactive than that of younger persons") } ---- { [ INSENSITIVE1, SENSITIVE1,!] INSENSIBLE,^ UNRESPONSIVE,^ UNSUSCEPTIBLE,^ noun.attribute:sensitivity,= (not responsive to physical stimuli; "insensitive to radiation") } { [ dead, noun.attribute:deadness2,+ ] deadened, (devoid of physical sensation; numb; "his gums were dead from the novocain"; "she felt no discomfort as the dentist drilled her deadened tooth"; "a public desensitized by continuous television coverage of atrocities") } { unreactive, (not tending to react to stimulation) }] [{ [ SENSITIVE2, noun.feeling:sensitiveness,+ noun.attribute:sensitiveness2,+ verb.cognition:sense3,+verb.cognition:sense2,+noun.feeling:sensitivity,+noun.attribute:sensitivity2,+INSENSITIVE2,!] RESPONSIVE,^ noun.feeling:sensitivity,= (being susceptible to the attitudes, feelings, or circumstances of others; "sensitive to the local community and its needs") } { [ alive(p), noun.state:aliveness,+ ] ((followed by `to' or `of') aware of; "is alive to the moods of others") } { [ huffy, noun.feeling:huffiness,+ ] thin-skinned, feisty, [ touchy, noun.feeling:touchiness1,+ ] (quick to take offense) } { [ oversensitive, noun.feeling:oversensitiveness,+ ] (unduly sensitive or thin-skinned) } ---- { [ INSENSITIVE2, noun.attribute:insensitiveness2,+ noun.attribute:insensitivity2,+ SENSITIVE2,!] HARD2,^ INSENSIBLE,^ TOUGH3,^ UNRESPONSIVE,^ noun.feeling:sensitivity,= (deficient in human sensibility; not mentally or morally sensitive; "insensitive to the needs of the patients") } { [ callous, noun.attribute:callosity,+ noun.attribute:callousness,+ ] indurate, pachydermatous, (emotionally hardened; "a callous indifference to suffering"; "cold-blooded and indurate to public opinion") } { [ dead(p), noun.attribute:deadness2,+ ] [ numb(p), noun.attribute:numbness,+ ] ((followed by `to') not showing human feeling or sensitivity; unresponsive; "passersby were dead to our plea for help"; "numb to the cries for mercy") } { [ dull, noun.attribute:dullness,+ ] (blunted in responsiveness or sensibility; "a dull gaze"; "so exhausted she was dull to what went on about her"- Willa Cather) } { [ insensible1(p), noun.attribute:insensibility,+ ] unaffected1(p), (unaware of or indifferent to; "insensible to the suffering around him") } { soulless, (lacking sensitivity or the capacity for deep feeling) } { thick-skinned, tough-skinned, (insensitive to criticism) }] [{ [ SENSITIZING, DESENSITIZING,!] sensitising, noun.state:sensitivity,= (making susceptible or sensitive to either physical or emotional stimuli) } ---- { [ DESENSITIZING, SENSITIZING,!] desensitising, noun.state:sensitivity,= (making less susceptible or sensitive to either physical or emotional stimuli) } { numbing, (causing numbness or insensitivity; "the numbing effect of grief") }] [{ [ SENSORY, EXTRASENSORY,!] [ sensorial, noun.cognition:sense2,+ ] (involving or derived from the senses; "sensory experience"; "sensory channels") } ---- { [ EXTRASENSORY, SENSORY,!] paranormal2, PARANORMAL,^ (seemingly outside normal sensory channels) } { [ clairvoyant, noun.person:clairvoyant,+ noun.communication:clairvoyance,+ ] (perceiving things beyond the natural range of the senses) } { [ telegnostic, noun.communication:telegnosis,+ ] (obtaining knowledge of distant events allegedly without use of normal sensory mechanisms) } { [ telepathic, noun.communication:telepathy,+ ] (communicating without apparent physical signals) }] [{ [ SENT, UNSENT,!] (caused or enabled to go or be conveyed or transmitted) } ---- { [ UNSENT, SENT,!] (not dispatched or transmitted; "the letter remained unwritten and unsent") }] [{ [ SEPARATE, noun.state:separateness2,+ JOINT,!] DIVIDED,^ INDEPENDENT,^ INDIVIDUAL,^ OTHER,^ SEGREGATED,^ UNSHARED,^ noun.state:separation,= (independent; not united or joint; "a problem consisting of two separate issues"; "they went their separate ways"; "formed a separate church") } { apart(p), (having characteristics not shared by others; "scientists felt they were a group apart"- Vannever Bush) } { asunder(p), (widely separated especially in space; "as wide asunder as pole from pole") } { detached, isolated, separated, set-apart, (being or feeling set or kept apart from others; "she felt detached from the group"; "could not remain the isolated figure he had been"- Sherwood Anderson; "thought of herself as alone and separated from the others"; "had a set-apart feeling") } { [ discrete, noun.state:discreteness,+ ] [ distinct, noun.state:distinctness,+ ] (constituting a separate entity or part; "a government with three discrete divisions"; "on two distinct occasions") } { disjoint, noun.cognition:math,;c (having no elements in common) } { disjunct, isolated1, (marked by separation of or from usually contiguous elements; "little isolated worlds, as abruptly disjunct and unexpected as a palm-shaded well in the Sahara"- Scientific Monthly) } { [ isolable, verb.cognition:isolate5,+ verb.change:isolate1,+ verb.change:isolate,+ ] (capable of being isolated or disjoined) } { unaccompanied, ((of a state or an event) taking place without something specified occurring at the same time; "a headache unaccompanied by other symptoms")} ---- { [ JOINT, SEPARATE,!] COLLECTIVE,^ COMMON2,^ INTEGRATED,^ SHARED,^ UNITED,^ (united or combined; "a joint session of Congress"; "joint owners") } { clannish, (characteristic of a clan especially in being unified; "clannish loyalty") } { concerted, conjunct, conjunctive, [ cooperative, verb.social:cooperate,+ ] (involving the joint activity of two or more; "concerted action"; "the conjunct influence of fire and strong wind"; "the conjunctive focus of political opposition"; "a cooperative effort"; "a united effort"; "joint military activities") } { conjoined, conjoint, (consisting of two or more associated entities; "the interplay of these conjoined yet opposed factors"; "social order and prosperity, the conjoint aims of government"- J.K.Fairbank) } { corporate, collective, (done by or characteristic of individuals acting together; "a joint identity"; "the collective mind"; "the corporate good") } { cosignatory, (signing jointly with others) }] [{ [ SANITARY, noun.state:sanitariness,+ UNSANITARY,!] [ healthful2, noun.attribute:healthfulness,+ ] (free from filth and pathogens; "sanitary conditions for preparing food"; "a sanitary washroom") } { [ hygienic, noun.state:hygiene,+ noun.cognition:hygiene,+ ] [ hygienical, noun.state:hygiene,+ ] (tending to promote or preserve health; "hygienic habits like using disposable tissues"; "hygienic surroundings with plenty of fresh air") } ---- { [ UNSANITARY, noun.state:unsanitariness,+ SANITARY,!] insanitary, [ unhealthful2, noun.attribute:unhealthfulness,+ ] (not sanitary or healthful; "unsanitary open sewers"; "grim and unsanitary conditions") } { unhygienic, (unclean and constituting a likely cause of disease; "pathetic dogs kept in small unhygienic cages") }] [{ [ SEPTIC, noun.state:sepsis,+ ANTISEPTIC,!] infected, GERMY,^ UNHEALTHFUL,^ (containing or resulting from disease-causing organisms; "a septic sore throat"; "a septic environment"; "septic sewage") } { abscessed, (infected and filled with pus; "an abscessed tooth") } { [ dirty, noun.state:dirtiness,+ ] pestiferous, (contaminated with infecting organisms; "dirty wounds"; "obliged to go into infected rooms"- Jane Austen) } { [ contaminative, verb.change:contaminate1,+ verb.change:contaminate,+ ] (making impure by contact or mixing) } { [ purulent, noun.state:purulency,+ noun.state:purulence,+ ] pussy, (containing pus; "a purulent wound") } { [ infectious, noun.state:infection,+ ] [ infective, verb.body:infect1,+ verb.body:infect,+ ] (caused by infection or capable of causing infection; "viruses and other infective agents"; "a carrier remains infective without himself showing signs of the disease") } { [ putrefactive, verb.change:putrefy,+ ] [ putrefacient, verb.change:putrefy,+ ] (causing or promoting bacterial putrefaction) } { [ septicemic, noun.state:septicemia,+ ] (characteristic of septicemia; "a septicemic temperature curve") } ---- { [ ANTISEPTIC, noun.artifact:antiseptic,+ noun.state:antisepsis,+ SEPTIC,!] CLEAN1,^ GERMFREE,^ HEALTHFUL,^ (thoroughly clean and free of or destructive to disease-causing organisms; "doctors in antiseptic green coats"; "the antiseptic effect of alcohol"; "it is said that marjoram has antiseptic qualities") } { [ aseptic, noun.state:asepsis,+ noun.process:asepsis,+ ] [ sterile, noun.state:sterileness,+ noun.state:sterility1,+ ] (free of or using methods to keep free of pathological microorganisms; "a sterile operating area"; "aseptic surgical instruments"; "aseptic surgical techniques") } { [ bactericidal, noun.substance:bactericide,+ noun.artifact:bactericide,+ ] [ disinfectant, noun.artifact:disinfectant,+ verb.body:disinfect,+ ] [ germicidal, noun.artifact:germicide,+ ] (preventing infection by inhibiting the growth or action of microorganisms) } { cleansing, purifying, (acting like an antiseptic) } { nonpurulent, (not containing pus) } { uninfected, [ clean, noun.state:cleanness,+ ] (free from sepsis or infection; "a clean (or uninfected) wound") }] [{ [ GERMFREE, GERMY,!] ANTISEPTIC,^ (free from germs or pathogenic organisms; sterile; "a germfree environment") } { axenic, ((of experimental animals) raised under sterile conditions; "axenic conditions"; "germfree animals") } ---- { [ GERMY, noun.animal:germ,+ GERMFREE,!] SEPTIC,^ (full of germs or pathological microorganisms; "the water in New York harbor is oily and dirty and germy") } { unsterilized, unsterilised, (not sterilized) }] [{ [ ADULTERATING, PURIFYING,!] [ adulterant, noun.substance:adulterant,+ verb.change:adulterate,+ ] (making impure or corrupt by adding extraneous materials; "the adulterating effect of extraneous materials") } { [ extraneous, noun.relation:extraneousness,+ ] foreign, (not belonging to that in which it is contained; introduced from an outside source; "water free of extraneous matter"; "foreign particles in milk") } ---- { [ PURIFYING, ADULTERATING,!] (freeing from noxious matter; "filtration is a purifying agent") } { [ ablutionary, noun.act:ablution,+ ] cleansing, (cleansing the body by washing; especially ritual washing of e.g. hands; "ablutionary rituals") } { antiseptic, (freeing from error or corruption; "the antiseptic effect of sturdy criticism") } { [ detergent, noun.substance:detergent,+ noun.artifact:detergent,+ noun.attribute:detergency,+ noun.attribute:detergence,+ verb.contact:deterge,+ ] [ detersive, verb.contact:deterge,+ ] (having cleansing power) }] [{ [ SERIOUS, noun.attribute:seriousness,+ FRIVOLOUS,!] noun.attribute:seriousness,= (concerned with work or important matters rather than play or trivialities; "a serious student of history"; "a serious attempt to learn to ski"; "gave me a serious look"; "a serious young man"; "are you serious or joking?"; "Don't be so serious!") } { [ earnest, noun.attribute:earnestness,+ ] [ sincere, noun.feeling:sincerity,+ noun.attribute:sincerity1,+ ] [ solemn1, noun.feeling:solemnity1,+ noun.attribute:solemnity,+ ] (characterized by a firm and humorless belief in the validity of your opinions; "both sides were deeply in earnest, even passionate"; "an entirely sincere and cruel tyrant"; "a film with a solemn social message") } { [ grave, noun.attribute:graveness,+ noun.attribute:gravity,+ ] [ sedate, noun.attribute:sedateness,+ ] [ sober, noun.attribute:soberness,+ ] [ solemn, noun.attribute:solemness,+ noun.feeling:solemnity1,+ noun.attribute:solemnity,+ ] (dignified and somber in manner or character and committed to keeping promises; "a grave God-fearing man"; "a quiet sedate nature"; "as sober as a judge"; "a solemn promise"; "the judge was solemn as he pronounced sentence") } { overserious, (excessively serious) } { [ real, noun.state:reality2,+ noun.state:reality1,+ ] (not to be taken lightly; "statistics demonstrate that poverty and unemployment are very real problems"; "to the man sleeping regularly in doorways homelessness is real") } { [ thoughtful, noun.act:thoughtfulness,+ ] [ serious-minded, noun.attribute:serious-mindedness,+ ] (acting with or showing thought and good sense; "a sensible young man") } { sobering, (tending to make sober or more serious; "the news had a sobering effect") } { [ solid, noun.attribute:solidness1,+ ] (of a substantial character and not frivolous or superficial; "work of solid scholarship"; "based on solid facts") } ---- { [ FRIVOLOUS, noun.attribute:frivolousness,+ noun.attribute:frivolity,+ noun.act:frivolity,+ SERIOUS,!] SUPERFICIAL,^ noun.attribute:seriousness,= (not serious in content or attitude or behavior; "a frivolous novel"; "a frivolous remark"; "a frivolous young woman") } { airheaded, dizzy, empty-headed, featherbrained, [ giddy, noun.attribute:giddiness,+ ] light-headed, [ lightheaded, noun.attribute:lightheadedness1,+ ] [ silly, noun.attribute:silliness1,+ ] (lacking seriousness; given to frivolity; "a dizzy blonde"; "light-headed teenagers"; "silly giggles") } { [ flighty, noun.attribute:flightiness,+ ] flyaway, head-in-the-clouds, scatterbrained, (guided by whim and fancy; "flighty young girls") } { [ flippant, noun.attribute:flippancy,+ ] [ light-minded, noun.attribute:light-mindedness,+ ] (showing inappropriate levity) } { idle, [ light, noun.attribute:lightness,+ ] (silly or trivial; "idle pleasure"; "light banter"; "light idle chatter") } { [ light2, noun.attribute:lightness,+ ] (intended primarily as entertainment; not serious or profound; "light verse"; "a light comedy") } { trivial, (concerned with trivialities; "a trivial young woman"; "a trivial mind") }] [{ [ PLAYFUL, noun.feeling:playfulness,+ UNPLAYFUL,!] noun.attribute:playfulness,= (full of fun and high spirits; "playful children just let loose from school") } { coltish, [ frolicsome, noun.attribute:frolicsomeness,+ ] frolicky, rollicking, [ sportive, noun.attribute:sportiveness,+ ] (given to merry frolicking; "frolicsome students celebrated their graduation with parties and practical jokes") } { devilish, [ rascally, noun.person:rascal1,+ ] [ roguish, noun.attribute:roguishness,+ ] (playful in an appealingly bold way; "a roguish grin") } { elfin, elfish, elvish, (usually good-naturedly mischievous; "perpetrated a practical joke with elfin delight"; "elvish tricks") } { arch, [ impish, noun.attribute:impishness,+ ] implike, [ mischievous, noun.attribute:mischievousness1,+ ] pixilated, [ prankish, noun.attribute:prankishness,+ ] [ puckish, noun.attribute:puckishness,+ ] wicked, (naughtily or annoyingly playful; "teasing and worrying with impish laughter"; "a wicked prank") } { kittenish, [ frisky, noun.attribute:friskiness,+ ] (playful like a lively kitten) } { ludic, (relating to play or playfulness) } { mocking, teasing, quizzical, (playfully vexing (especially by ridicule); "his face wore a somewhat quizzical almost impertinent air"- Lawrence Durrell) } ---- { [ UNPLAYFUL, PLAYFUL,!] [ serious2, noun.attribute:seriousness,+ ] [ sober2, noun.attribute:soberness,+ ] noun.attribute:playfulness,= (completely lacking in playfulness) }] [{ [ SELECTED, UNSELECTED,!] (chosen in preference to another) } { [ elect, noun.group:elect,+ ] [ elite, noun.group:elite,+ ] (selected as the best; "an elect circle of artists"; "elite colleges") } ---- { [ UNSELECTED, SELECTED,!] (not selected) }] [{ [ SERVICEABLE, noun.attribute:serviceableness,+ noun.attribute:serviceability,+ UNSERVICEABLE,!] FUNCTIONAL,^ PRACTICAL,^ USEFUL,^ (ready for service or able to give long service; "serviceable equipment"; "heavy serviceable fabrics") } { [ durable, noun.attribute:durability,+ ] long-wearing, (capable of withstanding wear and tear and decay; "durable denim jeans") } { [ functional, noun.attribute:functionality,+ ] [ usable, noun.attribute:usableness,+ verb.consumption:use1,+ ] [ useable, noun.attribute:useableness,+ verb.consumption:use1,+ ] operable, operational, (fit or ready for use or service; "the toaster was still functional even after being dropped"; "the lawnmower is a bit rusty but still usable"; "an operational aircraft"; "the dishwasher is now in working order") } ---- { [ UNSERVICEABLE, SERVICEABLE,!] NONFUNCTIONAL,^ USELESS,^ (not ready for service; "unserviceable equipment may be replaced") } { broken-down, (not in working order; "had to push the broken-down car"; "a broken-down tractor fit only for children to play on") } { burned-out, burnt-out, (inoperative as a result of heat or friction; "a burned-out picture tube") } { inoperable, (not able to perform its normal function) } { unrepaired, (unserviceable because necessary repairs have not been made) }] [{ [ RESIDENT, noun.person:resident,+ noun.act:residency,+ noun.act:residence,+ verb.stative:reside1,+ verb.stative:reside,+ NONRESIDENT,!] (living in a particular place; "resident aliens") } ---- { [ NONRESIDENT, RESIDENT,!] (not living in a particular place or owned by permanent residents; "nonresident students who commute to classes"; "nonresident real estate") }] [{ [ SETTLED1, UNSETTLED1,!] (established in a desired position or place; not moving about; "nomads...absorbed among the settled people"; "settled areas"; "I don't feel entirely settled here"; "the advent of settled civilization") } { based, (having a base of operations (often used as a combining form); "a locally based business"; "an Atlanta-based company"; "carrier-based planes") } { built-up, (peopled with settlers; "the built-up areas") } { located, placed, set, situated, (situated in a particular spot or position; "valuable centrally located urban land"; "strategically placed artillery"; "a house set on a hilltop"; "nicely situated on a quiet riverbank") } { nonnomadic, (not nomadic or wandering; "nonnomadic people") } { relocated, resettled, (settled in a new location) } ---- { [ UNSETTLED1, SETTLED1,!] (not settled or established; "an unsettled lifestyle") } { [ aimless, noun.attribute:aimlessness,+ ] drifting, floating, [ vagabond1, noun.person:vagabond1,+ noun.object:vagabond,+ ] [ vagrant, noun.person:vagrant,+ noun.state:vagrancy,+ ] (continually changing especially as from one abode or occupation to another; "a drifting double-dealer"; "the floating population"; "vagrant hippies of the sixties") } { erratic, planetary, wandering1, (having no fixed course; "an erratic comet"; "his life followed a wandering course"; "a planetary vagabond") } { homeless, stateless, (without nationality or citizenship; "stateless persons") } { [ migrant, verb.motion:migrate1,+ ] [ migratory, verb.motion:migrate1,+ verb.motion:migrate,+ ] (habitually moving from place to place especially in search of seasonal work; "appalled by the social conditions of migrant life"; "migratory workers") } { [ mobile, noun.attribute:mobility,+ ] nomadic, [ peregrine, noun.animal:peregrine,+ ] roving, wandering2, (migratory; "a restless mobile society"; "the nomadic habits of the Bedouins"; "believed the profession of a peregrine typist would have a happy future"; "wandering tribes") } { [ peripatetic, noun.person:peripatetic1,+ ] wayfaring, (traveling especially on foot; "peripatetic country preachers"; "a poor wayfaring stranger") } { [ itinerant, noun.person:itinerant,+ verb.motion:itinerate,+ ] (traveling from place to place to work; "itinerant labor"; "an itinerant judge") } { rootless, [ vagabond2, noun.object:vagabond,+ ] (wandering aimlessly without ties to a place or community; "led a vagabond life"; "a rootless wanderer") } { unlocated, (lacking a particular location) }] [{ [ MIGRATORY, verb.motion:migrate1,+ NONMIGRATORY,!] (used of animals that move seasonally; "migratory birds") } ---- { [ NONMIGRATORY, MIGRATORY,!] [ resident4, noun.act:residency,+ ] (used of animals that do not migrate) }] [{ [ SETTLED2, UNSETTLED2,!] (established or decided beyond dispute or doubt; "with details of the wedding settled she could now sleep at night") } { accomplished, effected, established, (settled securely and unconditionally; "that smoking causes health problems is an accomplished fact") } { appointed, decreed, ordained, prescribed, (fixed or established especially by order or command; "at the time appointed (or the appointed time)") } { determined, dictated, set, (determined or decided upon as by an authority; "date and place are already determined"; "the dictated terms of surrender"; "the time set for the launching") } { [ deterministic, noun.cognition:determinism,+ ] (an inevitable consequence of antecedent sufficient causes) } { firm, (not subject to revision or change; "a firm contract"; "a firm offer") } { preconcerted, (previously arranged or agreed on; "following preconcerted plans") } ---- { [ UNSETTLED2, SETTLED2,!] (still in doubt; "an unsettled issue"; "an unsettled state of mind") } { [ doubtful, noun.cognition:doubtfulness,+ ] tentative, (unsettled in mind or opinion; "drew a few tentative conclusions") } { open, undecided, undetermined, unresolved, (not brought to a conclusion; subject to further thought; "an open question"; "our position on this bill is still undecided"; "our lawsuit is still undetermined") }] [{ [ SEXY, noun.feeling:sex,+ noun.feeling:sexiness,+ UNSEXY,!] EXCITING,^ SEDUCTIVE,^ (marked by or tending to arouse sexual desire or interest; "feeling sexy"; "sexy clothes"; "sexy poses"; "a sexy book"; "sexy jokes") } { aroused, [ horny, noun.state:horniness,+ ] randy, ruttish, steamy, turned_on(p), (feeling great sexual desire; "feeling horny") } { [ autoerotic, noun.act:autoeroticism,+ ] (sexually satisfying yourself (as by masturbation)) } { coquettish, [ flirtatious, noun.person:flirt,+ noun.act:flirt,+ ] (like a coquette) } { [ erotic, noun.person:eros,+ noun.feeling:eros,+ ] titillating, (giving sexual pleasure; sexually arousing) } { blue, [ gamy, noun.attribute:gaminess,+ ] gamey, juicy1, naughty, [ racy, noun.attribute:raciness,+ ] risque, [ spicy, noun.attribute:spiciness2,+ ] (suggestive of sexual impropriety; "a blue movie"; "blue jokes"; "he skips asterisks and gives you the gamy details"; "a juicy scandal"; "a naughty wink"; "naughty words"; "racy anecdotes"; "a risque story"; "spicy gossip") } { [ hot, noun.state:hotness,+ ] (sexually excited or exciting; "was hot for her"; "hot pants") } { intimate, sexual, (involved in a sexual relationship; "the intimate (or sexual) relations between husband and wife"; "she had been intimate with many men") } { juicy, luscious, red-hot, toothsome, [ voluptuous, noun.attribute:voluptuousness2,+ ] lush, (having strong sexual appeal; "juicy barmaids"; "a red-hot mama"; "a voluptuous woman"; "a toothsome blonde in a tight dress") } { [ lascivious, noun.feeling:lasciviousness,+ ] lewd, [ libidinous, noun.feeling:libido,+ ] [ lustful2, noun.feeling:lustfulness,+ ] (driven by lust; preoccupied with or exhibiting lustful desires; "libidinous orgies") } { [ lecherous, noun.act:lechery,+ noun.person:lecher,+ noun.feeling:lecherousness,+ ] (given to excessive indulgence in sexual activity; "a lecherous gleam in his eye"; "a lecherous good-for-nothing") } { leering, ((of a glance) sidelong and slyly lascivious; "leering drugstore cowboys") } { lubricious, [ lustful1, noun.feeling:lustfulness,+ ] [ prurient, noun.feeling:pruriency,+ noun.feeling:prurience,+ ] [ salacious, noun.attribute:salaciousness,+ noun.attribute:salacity,+ ] (characterized by lust; "eluding lubricious embraces"; "prurient literature"; "prurient thoughts") } { [ orgiastic, noun.act:orgy2,+ noun.act:orgy,+ ] (used of frenzied sexual activity) } { oversexed, highly-sexed, (having excessive sexual desire or appeal) } { [ pornographic, noun.act:pornography,+ ] adult, (designed to arouse lust; "pornographic films and magazines"; "adult movies") } { provocative, (intentionally arousing sexual desire; "her gestures and postures became more wanton and provocative") } { raunchy, (earthy and sexually explicit; "a raunchy novel") } { sexed, (characterized by sexuality; "highly sexed") } { sex-starved, (desiring but deprived of sexual gratification) } ---- { [ UNSEXY, SEXY,!] (not sexually aroused or arousing) } { sexless1, (sexually unattractive) } { sexless2, (having no sexual desire) } { undersexed, (having a subnormal degree of sexual desire) }] [{ [ SEXUAL, noun.act:sex,+ ASEXUAL,!] noun.attribute:sex,= (having or involving sex; "sexual reproduction"; "sexual spores") } { intersexual, (existing or occurring between the sexes) } { intimate, (used euphemistically to refer to the genitals; "he touched her intimate parts") } { sexed, (having sexual differentiation) } { unisexual, (relating to only one sex or having only one type of sexual organ; not hermaphroditic) } ---- { [ ASEXUAL, noun.attribute:asexuality,+ SEXUAL,!] nonsexual, noun.attribute:sex,= (not having or involving sex; "an asexual spore"; "asexual reproduction") } { [ agamic, noun.plant:agamete,+ ] agamous, [ agamogenetic, noun.process:agamogenesis,+ ] [ apomictic, noun.process:apomixis,+ ] [ parthenogenetic, noun.process:parthenogenesis,+ ] ((of reproduction) not involving the fusion of male and female gametes in reproduction) } { fissiparous, noun.cognition:biology,;c (reproducing by fission) } { neuter, [ sexless2, noun.attribute:sexlessness,+ ] (having no or imperfectly developed or nonfunctional sex organs) } { vegetal, [ vegetative, verb.body:vegetate1,+ ] ((of reproduction) characterized by asexual processes) }] [{ [ CASTRATED, UNCASTRATED,!] unsexed, (deprived of sexual capacity or sexual attributes) } { altered, neutered, (having testicles or ovaries removed) } { cut, emasculated, gelded, ((of a male animal) having the testicles removed; "a cut horse") } { spayed, ((of a female animal) having the ovaries removed) } ---- { [ UNCASTRATED, CASTRATED,!] (not castrated) } { entire, [ intact, noun.state:intactness,+ ] ((used of domestic animals) sexually competent; "an entire horse") }] [{ [ APHRODISIAC, noun.artifact:aphrodisiac,+ ANAPHRODISIAC,!] [ aphrodisiacal, noun.artifact:aphrodisiac,+ ] [ sexy4, noun.feeling:sex,+ noun.feeling:sexiness,+ ] (stimulating sexual desire) } ---- { [ ANAPHRODISIAC, APHRODISIAC,!] (tending to diminish sexual desire) }] [{ [ ESTROUS, noun.state:estrus,+ ANESTROUS,!] noun.animal:mammal,;c ((of lower mammals) showing or in a state of estrus; in heat; "the estrous state"; "the estrous cycle") } { monestrous, monoestrous, (having one estrous cycle per year) } { polyestrous, polyoestrous, (having more than one period of estrus per year) } ---- { [ ANESTROUS, ESTROUS,!] noun.animal:mammal,;c ((of lower mammals) not in a state of estrus; not in heat; "an anestrous bitch") } { diestrous, dioestrous, [ diestrual, noun.state:diestrum,+ noun.state:diestrus,+ ] dioestrual, ((of animals that have several estrous cycles in one breeding season) in a period of sexual inactivity) }] [{ [ SHAPELY, noun.attribute:shape1,+ noun.attribute:shapeliness,+ UNSHAPELY,!] (having a well-proportioned and pleasing shape; "a slim waist and shapely legs") } { [ bosomy, noun.body:bosom1,+ noun.body:bosom,+ ] [ busty, noun.body:bust,+ ] [ buxom, noun.attribute:buxomness,+ ] [ curvaceous, noun.attribute:curvaceousness,+ ] curvy, full-bosomed, sonsie, sonsy, stacked, [ voluptuous, noun.attribute:voluptuousness,+ ] well-endowed, ((of a woman's body) having a large bosom and pleasing curves; "Hollywood seems full of curvaceous blondes"; "a curvy young woman in a tight dress") } { callipygian, callipygous, (pertaining to or having finely developed buttocks; "the quest for the callipygian ideal") } { clean-limbed, (having well-proportioned limbs) } { full-fashioned, fully_fashioned, (knitted to fit the shape of the body; "full-fashioned hosiery") } { Junoesque, statuesque, (suggestive of a statue) } { modeled, [ sculptural, noun.artifact:sculpture,+ ] sculptured, sculpturesque, (resembling sculpture; "her finely modeled features"; "rendered with...vivid sculptural effect"; "the sculpturesque beauty of the athletes' bodies") } { retrousse, tip-tilted, upturned, ((used of noses) turned up at the end; "a retrousse nose"; "a small upturned nose") } { well-proportioned, (of pleasing proportions) } { well-turned, (of a pleasing shape; "a well-turned ankle") } ---- { [ UNSHAPELY, SHAPELY,!] ASYMMETRICAL,^ (not well-proportioned and pleasing in shape; "a stout unshapely woman") } { [ acromegalic, noun.state:acromegaly,+ ] (marked or affected by enlargement or hypertrophy of the extremities or the face; "a protruding acromegalic jaw") } { [ chunky, noun.group:chunk,+ ] [ lumpy, noun.object:lump,+ ] (like or containing small sticky lumps; "the dumplings were chunky pieces of uncooked dough") } { clubfooted, taliped, (having a deformed foot) } { [ deformed, noun.state:deformity,+ noun.attribute:deformity,+ ] distorted, ill-shapen, malformed, [ misshapen, noun.state:misshapenness,+ ] (so badly formed or out of shape as to be ugly; "deformed thalidomide babies"; "his poor distorted limbs"; "an ill-shapen vase"; "a limp caused by a malformed foot"; "misshapen old fingers") } { ill-proportioned, (lacking pleasing proportions) } { [ knobby, noun.shape:knob,+ ] [ knobbly, noun.artifact:knobble,+ ] (having knobs; "had knobbly knees") } { [ nodular, noun.plant:nodule,+ noun.object:nodule,+ noun.body:nodule,+ ] nodulated, noduled, (having nodules or occurring in the form of nodules; "nodular ores") } { nodulose, (having minute nodules) } { pigeon-breasted, chicken-breasted, (having a chest deformity marked by a projecting breastbone caused by infantile rickets) } { [ shapeless, noun.attribute:shapelessness,+ ] (lacking symmetry or attractive form; "a shapeless hat on his head") } { torulose, noun.cognition:botany,;c (of a cylindrical or ellipsoid body; swollen and constricted at intervals) }] [{ [ BREASTED, BREASTLESS,!] (having a breast or breasts; or breasts as specified; used chiefly in compounds; "small-breasted"; "red-breasted sandpiper") } { bosomed, (having a bosom as specified or having something likened to a bosom; usually used in compounds; "full-bosomed women"; "the green-bosomed earth") } ---- { [ BREASTLESS, BREASTED,!] (without a breast) }] [{ [ FORMED, UNFORMED,!] (having or given a form or shape) } { [ ductile, noun.attribute:ductility,+ ] [ malleable, noun.attribute:malleability,+ ] [ pliable, noun.attribute:pliability2,+ ] [ pliant, noun.attribute:pliantness1,+ noun.attribute:pliancy1,+ ] tensile, tractile, (capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out; "ductile copper"; "malleable metals such as gold"; "they soaked the leather to made it pliable"; "pliant molten glass"; "made of highly tensile steel alloy") } { acorn-shaped, (shaped like an acorn) } { awl-shaped, (shaped like an awl) } { bacillar, [ bacillary, noun.animal:bacillus,+ ] bacilliform, baculiform, rod-shaped, (formed like a bacillus) } { bag-shaped, (shaped like a bag) } { bar-shaped, (shaped like a rigid strip of metal or wood) } { basket-shaped, (shaped like a basket) } { belt-shaped, (shaped like a belt) } { biform, (having or combining two forms; "a biform crystal"; "the biform body of a mermaid") } { boot-shaped, (shaped like a boot) } { bottle-shaped, (shaped like a bottle) } { botuliform, (shaped like a sausage) } { butterfly-shaped, (shaped like a butterfly) } { button-shaped, (shaped like a button; "button-shaped white flowers") } { catenulate, chainlike, (having a chainlike form; "catenulate bacterial cell colonies") } { claw-shaped, (shaped like a claw) } { club-shaped, (shaped in the form of a club that is larger at one end) } { club-shaped1, (shaped in the form of the black trefoil or clover leaf on some playing cards) } { cowl-shaped, (shaped like a cowl) } { cross-shaped, (shaped in the form of a cross) } { die-cast, (formed by forcing molten metal into a die; "a die-cast seal") } { drum-shaped, drum-like, (shaped in a form resembling a drum) } { eel-shaped, (shaped in the form of an eel) } { fan-shaped, (shaped in the form of a fan) } { fig-shaped, (shaped in the form of a fig) } { foot-shaped, (shaped in the form of a foot) } { football-shaped, (shaped in the form of a football) } { funnel-shaped, (shaped in the form of a funnel) } { guitar-shaped, (shaped in the form of a guitar) } { hammer-shaped, (shaped in the form of a hammer) } { harp-shaped, (shaped in the form of a harp) } { hook-shaped, (shaped in the form of a hook) } { horn-shaped, (shaped in the form of a horn) } { hourglass-shaped, (shaped in the form of an hourglass) } { H-shaped, (shaped in the form of the letter H) } { keel-shaped, (shaped in the form of the keel of a boat) } { lance-shaped, (shaped like a lance) } { lancet-shaped, (shaped in the form of a lancet) } { lip-shaped, (shaped in the form of a lip) } { L-shaped, (shaped in the form of the letter L) } { lyre-shaped, (shaped like a lyre) } { [ navicular, noun.body:navicular,+ ] scaphoid, noun.cognition:anatomy,;c (shaped like a boat) } { nutmeg-shaped, (shaped like a nutmeg) } { oven-shaped, (shaped like an oven) } { paddle-shaped, (shaped in the form of a paddle; "paddle-shaped fins") } { perfected, ((of plans, ideas, etc.) perfectly formed; "a graceful but not yet fully perfected literary style") } { phylliform, (having the shape of a leaf) } { pitcher-shaped, (shaped in the form of a pitcher) } { precast, (of structural members especially of concrete; cast into form before being transported to the site of installation) } { ribbon-shaped, (shaped in the form of a ribbon) } { rudder-like, (formed like and serving like a rudder) } { saddle-shaped, (shaped in the form of a horse's saddle) } { slipper-shaped, (shaped in the form of a slipper) } { shaped, molded, wrought, (shaped to fit by or as if by altering the contours of a pliable mass (as by work or effort); "a shaped handgrip"; "the molded steel plates"; "the wrought silver bracelet") } { spade-shaped, spade-like, (shaped in the form of a spade) } { spider-shaped, (shaped in the form of a spider) } { spoon-shaped, (shaped in the form of a spoon) } { s-shaped, (shaped in the form of the letter S) } { stirrup-shaped, (shaped in the form of a stirrup) } { tassel-shaped, (shaped like a tassel) } { T-shaped, (shaped in the form of the letter T) } { tadpole-shaped, (shaped in the form of a tadpole) } { thimble-shaped, (shaped in the form of a thimble) } { trumpet-shaped, (shaped in the form of a trumpet; "trumpet-shaped flowers") } { turnip-shaped, (shaped in the form of a turnip) } { umbrella-shaped, (shaped in the form of an umbrella) } { U-shaped, (shaped in the form of the letter U) } { vase-shaped, (shaped in the form of a vase) } { vermiform, worm-shaped, (resembling a worm; long and thin and cylindrical) } { v-shaped, (shaped in the form of the letter V) } { W-shaped, (shaped in the form of the letter W) } { Y-shaped, (shaped in the form of the letter Y) } ---- { [ UNFORMED, FORMED,!] (not having form or shape; "unformed clay") } { amorphous, formless, [ shapeless, noun.shape:shapelessness,+ ] (having no definite form or distinct shape; "amorphous clouds of insects"; "an aggregate of formless particles"; "a shapeless mass of protoplasm") } { unshaped, unshapen, (incompletely or imperfectly shaped; "unshaped dough"; "unshaped timbers") }] [{ [ SHARED, UNSHARED,!] JOINT,^ (have in common; held or experienced in common; "two shared valence electrons forming a bond between adjacent nuclei"; "a shared interest in philately") } { [ common, noun.attribute:commonness1,+ noun.attribute:commonality,+ ] [ mutual, noun.relation:mutuality1,+ noun.relation:mutuality,+ ] (common to or shared by two or more parties; "a common friend"; "the mutual interests of management and labor") } { joint, (affecting or involving two or more; "joint income-tax return"; "joint ownership") } ---- { [ UNSHARED, SHARED,!] SEPARATE,^ (not shared) } { [ exclusive, verb.cognition:exclude1,+ ] sole(a), (not divided or shared with others; "they have exclusive use of the machine"; "sole rights of publication") } { individual, single(a), (characteristic of or meant for a single person or thing; "an individual serving"; "single occupancy"; "a single bed") } { undivided, (not shared by or among others; "undivided responsibility") }] [{ [ SHAVEN, UNSHAVEN,!] shaved, (having the beard or hair cut off close to the skin) } { beardless, whiskerless, (having no beard) } { clean-shaven, smooth-shaven, well-shaven, (closely shaved recently) } ---- { [ UNSHAVEN, SHAVEN,!] unshaved, (not shaved) } { bearded, barbate, bewhiskered, whiskered, [ whiskery, noun.animal:whisker,+ ] (having hair on the cheeks and chin) } { bestubbled, stubbled, stubbly, (having a short growth of beard; "his stubbled chin") } { goateed, (having a small pointed chin beard) } { mustachioed, mustached, (having a moustache) }] [{ [ SHEARED, UNSHEARED,!] shorn, (having the hair or wool cut or clipped off as if with shears or clippers; "picked up the baby's shorn curls from the floor"; "naked as a sheared sheep") } ---- { [ UNSHEARED, SHEARED,!] unshorn, (not sheared; "a grizzly unshorn beard"; "unshorn sheep") }] [{ [ SHEATHED, UNSHEATHED,!] (enclosed in a protective covering; sometimes used in combination; "his sheathed sword"; "the cat's sheathed claws"; "a ship's bottom sheathed in copper"; "copper-sheathed") } { cased, encased, incased, (covered or protected with or as if with a case; "knights cased in steel"; "products encased in leatherette") } { clad, (having an outer covering especially of thin metal; "steel-clad"; "armor-clad") } { ironclad, (sheathed in iron plates for protection)} { podlike, (resembling a pod) } ---- { [ UNSHEATHED, SHEATHED,!] [ bare4, noun.attribute:bareness,+ ] (not having a protective covering; "unsheathed cables"; "a bare blade") }] [{ [ SHOCKABLE, UNSHOCKABLE,!] narrow-minded4, (capable of being shocked) } ---- { [ UNSHOCKABLE, SHOCKABLE,!] [ broad-minded4, noun.cognition:broad-mindedness,+ ] (incapable of being shocked; "he was warmhearted, sensible and unshockable") }] [{ [ SHOD, UNSHOD,!] shodden, shoed, (wearing footgear) } { booted, (wearing boots) } { ironshod, (shod or cased with iron; "ironshod hooves"; "ironshod wheels") } { roughshod, ((of a horse) having horseshoes with projecting nails to prevent slipping) } { sandaled, sandalled, (shod with sandals) } { slippered, (shod with slippers) } ---- { [ UNSHOD, SHOD,!] unshoed, (not shod) } { barefoot, barefooted, shoeless, (without shoes; "the barefoot boy"; "shoeless Joe Jackson") } { stockinged, (wearing stockings; "walks about in his stockinged feet") }] [{ [ CALCED, DISCALCED,!] shod4, (used of certain religious orders who wear shoes) } ---- { [ DISCALCED, CALCED,!] discalceate, unshod4, noun.cognition:religion,;c ((used of certain religious orders) barefoot or wearing only sandals; "discalced friars") }] [{ [ NEARSIGHTED, noun.state:nearsightedness,+ FARSIGHTED,!] [ shortsighted, noun.state:shortsightedness,+ ] [ myopic, noun.state:myopia,+ ] (unable to see distant objects clearly) } ---- { [ FARSIGHTED, noun.state:farsightedness,+ NEARSIGHTED,! ] [ presbyopic, noun.state:presbyopia,+ ] (able to see distant objects clearly) } { eagle-eyed, keen-sighted, farseeing, [ longsighted, noun.state:longsightedness,+ ] (capable of seeing to a great distance) } { [ hyperopic, noun.state:hyperopia,+ ] [ hypermetropic, noun.state:hypermetropy,+ noun.state:hypermetropia,+ ] noun.cognition:ophthalmology,;c (abnormal ability to focus of distant objects) } { [ telescopic, noun.artifact:telescope,+ ] (capable of discerning distant objects; "a telescopic eye"; "telescopic vision") }] [{ [ SHRINKABLE, UNSHRINKABLE,!] (capable of being shrunk; "a shrinkable fabric") } ---- { [ UNSHRINKABLE, SHRINKABLE,!] (incapable of being shrunk or diminished or reduced) }] [{ [ SIGHTED, noun.cognition:sightedness,+ BLIND,!] (able to see) } { argus-eyed, hawk-eyed, keen-sighted, lynx-eyed, quick-sighted, sharp-eyed, [ sharp-sighted, noun.cognition:sharp-sightedness,+ ] (having very keen vision; "quick-sighted as a cat") } { clear-sighted, (having sharp clear vision) } { [ seeing, noun.cognition:seeing1,+ ] (having vision, not blind) } ---- { [ BLIND, noun.state:blindness,+ SIGHTED,!] unsighted4, (unable to see; "a person is blind to the extent that he must devise alternative techniques to do efficiently those things he would do with sight if he had normal vision"--Kenneth Jernigan) } { blinded, (deprived of sight) } { blindfold, blindfolded, (wearing a blindfold) } { [ color-blind, noun.state:color_blindness,+ ] [ colour-blind, noun.state:color_blindness,+ ] (unable to distinguish one or more chromatic colors) } { dazzled, (having vision overcome temporarily by or as if by intense light; "she shut her dazzled eyes against the sun's brilliance") } { [ deuteranopic, noun.state:deuteranopia,+ ] [ green-blind, noun.state:green-blindness,+ ] (inability to see the color green or to distinguish green and purplish-red) } { dim-sighted, near-blind, purblind, sand-blind, visually_impaired, visually_challenged, (having greatly reduced vision) } { [ eyeless, noun.state:eyelessness,+ ] [ sightless, noun.state:sightlessness,+ ] unseeing, (lacking sight; "blind as an eyeless beggar") } { [ protanopic, noun.state:protanopia,+ ] [ red-blind, noun.state:red-blindness,+ ] (inability to see the color red or to distinguish red and bluish-green) } { [ snow-blind, noun.state:snowblindness,+ ] snow-blinded, (temporarily blinded by exposure to light reflected from snow or ice) } { stone-blind, (completely blind) } { [ tritanopic, noun.state:tritanopia,+ ] [ blue-blind, noun.state:blue-blindness,+ ] (inability to see the color blue or to distinguish the colors blue and yellow) }] [{ [ SIGNED, UNSIGNED,!] (having a handwritten signature; "a signed letter") } { autographed, (bearing an autograph; "an autographed copy of his latest book") } { subscribed, noun.communication:contract,;c ((of a contract or will or other document) having a signature written at the end; "the subscribed will") } ---- { [ UNSIGNED, SIGNED,!] (lacking a signature; "the message was typewritten and unsigned") }] [{ [ SIGNIFICANT, noun.attribute:significance,+ INSIGNIFICANT,!] [ important4, noun.attribute:importance,+ ] IMPORTANT,^ MEANINGFUL,^ noun.attribute:significance,= (important in effect or meaning; "a significant change in tax laws"; "a significant change in the Constitution"; "a significant contribution"; "significant details"; "statistically significant") } { [ momentous, noun.attribute:moment,+ noun.attribute:momentousness,+ ] (of very great significance; "deciding to drop the atom bomb was a very big decision"; "a momentous event") } { [ epochal, noun.time:epoch,+ ] epoch-making, (highly significant or important especially bringing about or marking the beginning of a new development or era; "epochal decisions made by Roosevelt and Churchill"; "an epoch-making discovery") } { earthshaking, world-shaking, world-shattering, (sufficiently significant to affect the whole world; "earthshaking proposals"; "the contest was no world-shaking affair"; "the conversation...could hardly be called world-shattering") } { [ evidential, noun.cognition:evidence,+ ] [ evidentiary, noun.cognition:evidence,+ ] (serving as or based on evidence; "evidential signs of a forced entry"; "its evidentiary value") } { fundamental, [ profound, noun.cognition:profoundness1,+ ] (far-reaching and thoroughgoing in effect especially on the nature of something; "the fundamental revolution in human values that has occurred"; "the book underwent fundamental changes"; "committed the fundamental error of confusing spending with extravagance"; "profound social changes") } { [ large, noun.attribute:largeness1,+ ] (fairly large or important in effect; influential; "played a large role in the negotiations") } { monumental, (of outstanding significance; "Einstein's monumental contributions to physics") } { noteworthy, remarkable, notable, (worthy of attention because interesting, significant, or unusual; "a noteworthy fact is that her students rarely complain"; "a noteworthy advance in cancer research"; "a remarkable achievement"; "a notable increase in the crime rate") } { [ probative, verb.social:probate,+ ] probatory, (tending to prove a particular proposition or to persuade you of the truth of an allegation; "evidence should only be excluded if its probative value was outweighed by its prejudicial effect") } { operative, (effective; producing a desired effect; "the operative word") } { [ portentous, noun.event:portent,+ ] [ prodigious, noun.event:prodigy,+ ] (of momentous or ominous significance; "such a portentous...monster raised all my curiosity"- Herman Melville; "a prodigious vision") } ---- { [ INSIGNIFICANT, noun.attribute:insignificance,+ SIGNIFICANT,!] [ unimportant4, noun.state:unimportance,+ noun.attribute:unimportance,+ ] MEANINGLESS,^ UNIMPORTANT,^ noun.attribute:significance,= (devoid of importance, meaning, or force) } { hole-and-corner, hole-in-corner, (relating to the peripheral and unimportant aspects of life; "a hole-and-corner life in some obscure community"- H.G.Wells) } { flimsy3, fragile, [ slight, noun.attribute:slightness2,+ ] [ tenuous, noun.attribute:tenuity2,+ ] [ thin1, noun.attribute:thinness4,+ ] (lacking substance or significance; "slight evidence"; "a tenuous argument"; "a thin plot"; "a fragile claim to fame") } { inappreciable, (too small to make a significant difference; "inappreciable fluctuations in temperature") } { light, (having little importance; "losing his job was no light matter") } { superficial, [ trivial, verb.communication:trivialize,+ noun.artifact:trivia,+ noun.cognition:triviality,+ ] (of little substance or significance; "a few superficial editorial changes"; "only trivial objections") }] [{ [ SIGNIFICANT1, NONSIGNIFICANT,!] noun.cognition:statistics,;c (too closely correlated to be attributed to chance and therefore indicating a systematic relation; "the interaction effect is significant at the .01 level"; "no significant difference was found") } ---- { [ NONSIGNIFICANT, SIGNIFICANT1,!] noun.cognition:statistics,;c (attributable to chance) }] [{ [ SILENCED, UNSILENCED,!] (reduced to silence; "the silenced crowd waited expectantly") } { suppressed, (manifesting or subjected to suppression; "a suppressed press") } ---- { [ UNSILENCED, SILENCED,!] (not silenced) }] [{ [ SIMPLE1, noun.attribute:simplicity2,+ COMPOUND,!] unsubdivided, SIMPLE2,^ SMOOTH2,^ noun.cognition:botany,;c ((botany) of leaf shapes; of leaves having no divisions or subdivisions) } { acerate, acerose, [ acicular, noun.object:acicula,+ ] needle-shaped, (narrow and long and pointed; as pine leaves) } { [acuminate, noun.plant:acumen,+] ((of a leaf shape) narrowing to a slender point) } { apiculate, ((of a leaf shape) having a short sharply pointed tip) } { caudate, ((of a leaf shape) tapering gradually into a long taillike tip) } { cordate, heart-shaped, cordiform, ((of a leaf) shaped like a heart) } { cuneate, wedge-shaped, ((of a leaf shape) narrowly triangular, wider at the apex and tapering toward the base) } { deltoid, (triangular or suggesting a capital delta, with a point at the apex) } { dolabriform, dolabrate, (having the shape of the head of an ax or cleaver) } { [ elliptic, noun.attribute:ellipticity,+ ] ((of a leaf shape) in the form of an ellipse) } { ensiform, sword-shaped, swordlike, bladelike, (shaped like a sword blade; "the iris has an ensiform leaf") } { hastate, spearhead-shaped, ((of a leaf shape) like a spear point, with flaring pointed lobes at the base) } { lanceolate, lancelike, ((of a leaf shape) shaped like a lance head; narrow and tapering to a pointed apex) } { linear, elongate, ((of a leaf shape) long and narrow) } { lyrate, ((of a leaf shape) having curvature suggestive of a lyre) } { needled, (of trees whose leaves are acerate) } { two-needled, ((of conifers) having two needles) } { three-needled, ((of conifers) having three needles) } { four-needled, ((of conifers) having four needles) } { five-needled, ((of conifers) having five needles) } { [ obtuse, noun.attribute:obtuseness,+ ] ((of a leaf shape) rounded at the apex) } { oblanceolate, ((of a leaf shape) having a broad rounded apex and a tapering base) } { oblong, ((of a leaf shape) having a somewhat elongated form with approximately parallel sides) } { obovate, ((of a leaf shape) egg-shaped with the narrower end at the base) } { orbiculate, orbicular, (circular or nearly circular) } { ovate, (of a leaf shape; egg-shaped with the broader end at the base) } { pandurate, panduriform, fiddle-shaped, ((of a leaf shape) having rounded ends and a contracted center) } { peltate, shield-shaped, ((of a leaf shape) round, with the stem attached near the center of the lower surface rather than the margin (as a nasturtium leaf for example)) } { perfoliate, ((of a leaf) having the base united around (and apparently pierced by) the stem) } { reniform, kidney-shaped, ((of a leaf or bean shape) resembling the shape of kidney) } { sagittate, sagittiform, arrow-shaped, ((of a leaf shape) like an arrow head without flaring base lobes) } { spatulate, spatula-shaped, ((of a leaf shape) having a broad rounded apex and a narrow base) } { unlobed, (without lobes) } ---- { [ COMPOUND, SIMPLE1,!] COMPLEX,^ ROUGH2,^ SMOOTH2,^ noun.cognition:botany,;c (composed of more than one part; "compound leaves are composed of several lobes"; "compound flower heads") } { bilobate, bilobated, bilobed, (having two lobes; "a bilobate leaf") } { binate, (growing in two parts or in pairs; "binate leaves") } { bipartite, (divided into two portions almost to the base) } { bipinnate, (of a leaf shape; having doubly pinnate leaflets (as ferns)) } { bipinnatifid, (pinnatifid with the segments also pinnatifid) } { cleft, dissected, (having one or more indentations reaching nearly to the midrib) } { conjugate, ((of a pinnate leaflet) having only one pair of leaflets) } { decompound, (of a compound leaf; consisting of divisions that are themselves compound) } { even-pinnate, abruptly-pinnate, paripinnate, ((of a leaf shape) pinnate with a pair of leaflets at the apex) } { incised, (sharply and deeply indented) } { lobed, lobate, (having deeply indented margins but with lobes not entirely separate from each other) } { odd-pinnate, imparipinnate, ((a leaf shape) pinnate with a single leaflet at the apex) } { palmate, palm-shaped, (of a leaf shape; having leaflets or lobes radiating from a common point) } { palmatifid, (of a leaf shape; palmately cleft rather than lobed) } { parted, (having a margin incised almost to the base so as to create distinct divisions or lobes) } { pedate, (of a leaf shape; having radiating lobes, each deeply cleft or divided) } { pinnate, pinnated, ((of a leaf shape) featherlike; having leaflets on each side of a common axis) } { pinnatifid, ((of a leaf shape) cleft nearly to the midrib in broad divisions not separated into distinct leaflets) } { pinnatisect, ((of a leaf shape) cleft nearly to the midrib in narrow divisions not separated into distinct leaflets) } { quinquefoliate, ((of a leaf shape) having five leaflets) } { radiate, (having rays or ray-like parts as in the flower heads of daisies)} { ternate, ((of a leaf shape) consisting of three leaflets or sections) } { trifoliate, trifoliolate, trifoliated, ((of a leaf shape) having three leaflets) } { trilobate, trilobated, trilobed, three-lobed, ((of a leaf shape) divided into three lobes) } { tripinnate, tripinnated, ((of a leaf shape) thrice pinnate) } { tripinnatifid, ((of a leaf shape) bipinnatifid with segments pinnatifid) }] [{ [ SIMPLE2, noun.attribute:simpleness,+ noun.attribute:simplicity2,+ COMPLEX,!] EASY1,^ PLAIN1,^ SIMPLE1,^ noun.attribute:complexity,= (having few parts; not complex or complicated or involved; "a simple problem"; "simple mechanisms"; "a simple design"; "a simple substance") } { simplex, (having only one part or element; "a simplex word has no affixes and is not part of a compound--like `boy' compared with `boyish' or `house' compared with `houseboat'") } { simplistic, (characterized by extreme and often misleading simplicity; "a simplistic theory of the universe"; "simplistic arguments of the ruling party" )} { unanalyzable, undecomposable, (representing the furthest possible extent of analysis or division into parts; "a feeling is a simple and undecomposable mental state"- G.S.Brett; "this weight of evidence is something mystical and unanalyzable"-M.R.Cohen) } { uncomplicated, unsophisticated, (lacking complexity; "small and uncomplicated cars for those really interested in motoring"; "an unsophisticated machine") } ---- { [ COMPLEX, noun.attribute:complexness,+ noun.attribute:complexity,+ SIMPLE2,!] COMPOUND,^ DIFFICULT,^ noun.attribute:complexity,= (complicated in structure; consisting of interconnected parts; "a complex set of variations based on a simple folk melody"; "a complex mass of diverse laws and customs") } { analyzable, decomposable, (capable of being partitioned) } { Byzantine, convoluted, involved, [ knotty, noun.attribute:knottiness,+ ] tangled, [ tortuous, noun.attribute:tortuousness,+ ] (highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious; "the Byzantine tax structure"; "Byzantine methods for holding on to his chairmanship"; "convoluted legal language"; "convoluted reasoning"; "the plot was too involved"; "a knotty problem"; "got his way by labyrinthine maneuvering"; "Oh, what a tangled web we weave"- Sir Walter Scott; "tortuous legal procedures"; "tortuous negotiations lasting for months") } { colonial, compound2, noun.cognition:zoology,;c (composed of many distinct individuals united to form a whole or colony; "coral is a colonial organism") } { [ complicated, noun.attribute:complicatedness,+ ] complex1, (difficult to analyze or understand; "a complicated problem"; "complicated Middle East politics"; "he's more complex than he seems on the surface") } { [ composite, noun.cognition:composite,+ ] (consisting of separate interconnected parts) } { [ compound, noun.cognition:compound,+ ] (consisting of two or more substances or ingredients or elements or parts; "soap is a compound substance"; "housetop is a compound word"; "a blackberry is a compound fruit") } { daedal, (complex and ingenious in design or function; "the daedal hand of nature") } { Gordian, (extremely intricate; usually in phrase `Gordian knot') } { interlacing, interlinking, interlocking, interwoven, (linked or locked closely together as by dovetailing) } { intricate, (having many complexly arranged elements; elaborate; "intricate lacework")} { labyrinthine, [ labyrinthian, noun.artifact:labyrinth,+ ] [ mazy, noun.artifact:maze,+ ] (resembling a labyrinth in form or complexity; "a labyrinthine network of tortuous footpaths") } { multifactorial, (involving or depending on several factors or causes (especially pertaining to a condition or disease resulting from the interaction of many genes)) } { multiplex, (having many parts or aspects; "the multiplex problem of drug abuse") } { thickening, (becoming more intricate or complex; "a thickening plot") }] [{ [ SINCERE, noun.attribute:sincerity,+ INSINCERE,!] GENUINE,^ HONEST,^ INGENUOUS,^ REAL,^ TRUE,^ noun.attribute:sincerity,= (open and genuine; not deceitful; "he was a good man, decent and sincere"; "felt sincere regret that they were leaving"; "sincere friendship") } { bona_fide, (undertaken in good faith; "a bona fide offer") } { cordial2, (sincerely or intensely felt; "a cordial regard for his visitor's comfort"; "a cordial abhorrence of waste") } { dear, devout, [ earnest, noun.feeling:earnestness,+ ] heartfelt, (sincerely earnest; "one's dearest wish"; "devout wishes for their success"; "heartfelt condolences") } { [ honest, noun.attribute:honestness,+ ] (without dissimulation; frank; "my honest opinion") } { [ genuine, noun.attribute:genuineness1,+ ] true(a), unfeigned, (not pretended; sincerely felt or expressed; "genuine emotion"; "her interest in people was unfeigned"; "true grief") } { heart-whole, [ wholehearted, noun.attribute:wholeheartedness2,+ noun.attribute:wholeheartedness1,+ ] whole-souled, (with unconditional and enthusiastic devotion; "heart-whole friendship"; "gave wholehearted support to her candidacy"; "wholehearted commitment"; "demonstrated his whole-souled allegiance") } ---- { [ INSINCERE, noun.attribute:insincerity,+ SINCERE,!] COUNTERFEIT,^ DISHONEST,^ DISINGENUOUS,^ FALSE,^ UNREAL,^ noun.attribute:sincerity,= (lacking sincerity; "a charming but thoroughly insincere woman"; "their praise was extravagant and insincere") } { bootlicking, fawning, [ obsequious, noun.attribute:obsequiousness,+ ] [ sycophantic, noun.person:sycophant,+ ] toadyish, (attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery) } { buttery, [ fulsome, noun.communication:fulsomeness,+ noun.attribute:fulsomeness,+ ] [ oily, noun.attribute:oiliness2,+ ] [ oleaginous, noun.attribute:oleaginousness2,+ ] [ smarmy, noun.communication:smarm,+ noun.attribute:smarminess,+ ] soapy, [ unctuous, noun.attribute:unctuousness,+ ] (unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech; "buttery praise"; "gave him a fulsome introduction"; "an oily sycophantic press agent"; "oleaginous hypocrisy"; "smarmy self-importance"; "the unctuous Uriah Heep"; "soapy compliments") } { [ dissimulative, verb.perception:dissimulate,+ ] (concealing under a false appearance with the intent to deceive; "dissimulative arts") } { [ false, noun.attribute:falseness1,+ noun.communication:falsity,+ ] (deliberately deceptive; "false pretenses") } { feigned, (not genuine; "feigned sympathy") } { gilded, [ meretricious, noun.attribute:meretriciousness,+ ] [ specious, noun.attribute:speciousness,+ ] glossy, (based on pretense; deceptively pleasing; "the gilded and perfumed but inwardly rotten nobility"; "meretricious praise"; "a meretricious argument") } { [ hypocritical, noun.attribute:hypocrisy,+ noun.communication:hypocrisy,+ ] (professing feelings or virtues one does not have; "hypocritical praise") } { plausible, (given to or characterized by presenting specious arguments; "a plausible liar") } ] [{ [ SINGULAR, PLURAL,!] (grammatical number category referring to a single item or unit) } ---- { [ PLURAL, noun.state:plurality,+ SINGULAR,!] (grammatical number category referring to two or more items or units) } { [ dual, noun.attribute:duality,+ ] (a grammatical number category referring to two items or units as opposed to one item (singular) or more than two items (plural); "ancient Greek had the dual form but it has merged with the plural form in modern Greek") }] [{ [ SINGULAR1, PLURAL1,! ] (composed of one member, set, or kind) } ---- { [ PLURAL1, SINGULAR1,! ] (composed of more than one member, set, or kind) }] [{ [ CARDINAL, ORDINAL,!] (being or denoting a numerical quantity but not order; "cardinal numbers") } { zero, 0", (indicating the absence of any or all units under consideration; "a zero score") } { non-zero, (not involving zero) } { one, 1", i, ane, (used of a single unit or thing; not two or more; "`ane' is Scottish") } { two, 2", ii, (being one more than one; "he received two messages") } { three, 3", iii, (being one more than two) } { four, 4", iv, (being one more than three) } { five, 5", v, (being one more than four) } { six, 6", vi, half_dozen, half-dozen, (denoting a quantity consisting of six items or units) } { [ seven, noun.quantity:seven,+ ] 7", vii, (being one more than six) } { eight, 8", viii, (being one more than seven) } { nine, 9", ix, (denoting a quantity consisting of one more than eight and one less than ten) } { ten, 10", x, (being one more than nine) } { eleven, 11", xi, (being one more than ten) } { twelve, 12", xii, [ dozen, noun.quantity:dozen,+ ] (denoting a quantity consisting of 12 items or units) } { thirteen, 13", xiii, (being one more than twelve) } { fourteen, 14", xiv, (being one more than thirteen) } { [ fifteen, noun.quantity:fifteen,+ ] 15", xv, (being one more than fourteen) } { sixteen, 16", xvi, (being one more than fifteen) } { [ seventeen, noun.quantity:seventeen,+ ] 17", xvii, (being one more than sixteen) } { eighteen, 18", xviii, (being one more than seventeen) } { [ nineteen, noun.quantity:nineteen,+ ] 19", xix, (being one more than eighteen) } { twenty, 20", xx, (denoting a quantity consisting of 20 items or units) } { twenty-one, 21", xxi, (being one more than twenty) } { twenty-two, 22", xxii, (being two more than twenty) } { twenty-three, 23", xxiii, (being three more than twenty) } { twenty-four, 24", xxiv, (being four more than twenty) } { twenty-five, 25", xxv, (being five more than twenty) } { twenty-six, 26", xxvi, (being six more than twenty) } { twenty-seven, 27", xxvii, (being seven more than twenty) } { twenty-eight, 28", xxviii, (being eight more than twenty) } { twenty-nine, 29", xxix, (being nine more than twenty) } { thirty, 30", xxx, (being ten more than twenty) } { thirty-one, 31", xxxi, (being one more than thirty) } { thirty-two, 32", xxxii, (being two more than thirty) } { thirty-three, 33", xxxiii, (being three more than thirty) } { thirty-four, 34", xxxiv, (being four more than thirty) } { thirty-five, 35", xxxv, (being five more than thirty) } { thirty-six, 36", xxxvi, (being six more than thirty) } { thirty-seven, 37", xxxvii, (being seven more than thirty) } { thirty-eight, 38", xxxviii, (being eight more than thirty) } { thirty-nine, 39", ixl, (being nine more than thirty) } { forty, 40", xl, twoscore, (being ten more than thirty) } { forty-one, 41", xli, (being one more than forty) } { forty-two, 42", xlii, (being two more than forty) } { forty-three, 43", xliii, (being three more than forty) } { forty-four, 44", xliv, (being four more than forty) } { forty-five, 45", xlv, (being five more than forty) } { forty-six, 46", xlvi, (being six more than forty) } { forty-seven, 47", xlvii, (being seven more than forty) } { forty-eight, 48", xlviii, (being eight more than forty) } { forty-nine, 49", il, (being nine more than forty) } { [ fifty, noun.quantity:fifty,+ ] 50", l, (being ten more than forty) } { fifty-one, 51", li, (being one more than fifty) } { fifty-two, 52", lii, (being two more than fifty) } { fifty-three, 53", liii, (being three more than fifty) } { fifty-four, 54", liv, (being four more than fifty) } { fifty-five, 55", lv, (being five more than fifty) } { fifty-six, 56", lvi, (being six more than fifty) } { fifty-seven, 57", lvii, (being seven more than fifty) } { fifty-eight, 58", lviii, (being eight more than fifty) } { fifty-nine, 59", ilx, (being nine more than fifty) } { sixty, 60", lx, threescore, (being ten more than fifty) } { sixty-one, 61", lxi, (being one more than sixty) } { sixty-two, 62", lxii, (being two more than sixty) } { sixty-three, 63", lxiii, (being three more than sixty) } { sixty-four, 64", lxiv, (being four more than sixty) } { sixty-five, 65", lxv, (being five more than sixty) } { sixty-six, 66", lxvi, (being six more than sixty) } { sixty-seven, 67", lxvii, (being seven more than sixty) } { sixty-eight, 68", lxviii, (being eight more than sixty) } { sixty-nine, 69", ilxx, (being nine more than sixty) } { [ seventy, noun.quantity:seventy,+ ] 70", lxx, (being ten more than sixty) } { seventy-one, 71", lxxi, (being one more than seventy) } { seventy-two, 72", lxxii, (being two more than seventy) } { seventy-three, 73", lxxiii, (being three more than seventy) } { seventy-four, 74", lxxiv, (being four more than seventy) } { seventy-five, 75", lxxv, (being five more than seventy) } { seventy-six, 76", lxxvi, (being six more than seventy) } { seventy-seven, 77", lxxvii, (being seven more than seventy) } { seventy-eight, 78", lxxviii, (being eight more than seventy) } { seventy-nine, 79", ilxxx, (being nine more than seventy) } { eighty, 80", lxxx, fourscore, (being ten more than seventy) } { eighty-one, 81", lxxxi, (being one more than eighty) } { eighty-two, 82", lxxxii, (being two more than eighty) } { eighty-three, 83", lxxxiii, (being three more than eighty) } { eighty-four, 84", lxxxiv, (being four more than eighty) } { eighty-five, 85", lxxxv, (being five more than eighty) } { eighty-six, 86", lxxxvi, (being six more than eighty) } { eighty-seven, 87", lxxxvii, (being seven more than eighty) } { eighty-eight, 88", lxxxviii, (being eight more than eighty) } { eighty-nine, 89", ixc, (being nine more than eighty) } { ninety, 90", xc, (being ten more than eighty) } { ninety-one, 91", xci, (being one more than ninety) } { ninety-two, 92", xcii, (being two more than ninety) } { ninety-three, 93", xciii, (being three more than ninety) } { ninety-four, 94", xciv, (being four more than ninety) } { ninety-five, 95", xcv, (being five more than ninety) } { ninety-six, 96", xcvi, (being six more than ninety) } { ninety-seven, 97", xcvii, (being seven more than ninety) } { ninety-eight, 98", xcviii, (being eight more than ninety) } { ninety-nine, 99", ic, (being one less than one hundred and nine more than ninety) } { hundred, one_hundred, 100", c, (being ten more than ninety) } { hundred_and_one, one_hundred_one, 101", ci, (being one more than one hundred) } { one_hundred_five, 105", cv, (being five more than one hundred) } { one_hundred_ten, 110", cx, (being ten more than one hundred) } { one_hundred_fifteen, 115", cxv, (being five more than one hundred ten) } { one_hundred_twenty, 120", cxx, (being ten more than one hundred ten) } { one_hundred_twenty-five, 125", cxxv, (being five more than one hundred twenty) } { one_hundred_thirty, 130", cxxx, (being ten more than one hundred twenty) } { one_hundred_thirty-five, 135", cxxxv, (being five more than one hundred thirty) } { one_hundred_forty, 140", cxl, (being ten more than one hundred thirty) } { one_hundred_forty-five, 145", cxlv, (being five more than one hundred forty) } { one_hundred_fifty, 150", cl, (being ten more than one hundred forty) } { one_hundred_fifty-five, 155", clv, (being five more than one hundred fifty) } { one_hundred_sixty, 160", clx, (being ten more than one hundred fifty) } { one_hundred_sixty-five, 165", clxv, (being five more than one hundred sixty) } { one_hundred_seventy, 170", clxx, (being ten more than one hundred sixty) } { one_hundred_seventy-five, 175", clxxv, (being five more than one hundred seventy) } { one_hundred_eighty, 180", clxxx, (being ten more than one hundred seventy) } { one_hundred_ninety, 190", xcl, (being ten more than one hundred eighty) } { two_hundred, 200", cc, (being ten more than one hundred ninety) } { three_hundred, 300", ccc, (being one hundred more than two hundred) } { four_hundred, 400", cd, (being one hundred more than three hundred) } { five_hundred, 500", d, (denoting a quantity consisting of 500 items or units) } { thousand, one_thousand, 1000", m, K, (denoting a quantity consisting of 1,000 items or units) } { ten_thousand, (denoting a quantity consisting of 10,000 items or units) } { hundred_thousand, ((in Roman numerals, C written with a macron over it) denoting a quantity consisting of 100,000 items or units) } { million, ((in Roman numerals, M written with a macron over it) denoting a quantity consisting of 1,000,000 items or units) } { [ billion, noun.quantity:billion,+ ] noun.location:United_States,;r (denoting a quantity consisting of one thousand million items or units in the United States) } { [ billion1, noun.quantity:billion1,+ ] noun.location:Great_Britain1,;r (denoting a quantity consisting of one million million items or units in Great Britain) } { trillion, noun.location:United_States,;r (one million million in the United States) } { trillion1, noun.location:Great_Britain1,;r (one quintillion in Great Britain) } { zillion, (very large indeterminate number; "a zillion people were there") } ---- { [ ORDINAL, noun.quantity:ordinal,+ CARDINAL,!] (being or denoting a numerical order in a series; "ordinal numbers"; "held an ordinal rank of seventh") } { zero2, (indicating an initial point or origin) } { zeroth, (preceding even the first) } { first, 1st, (indicating the beginning unit in a series) } { [ second, noun.relation:second,+ ] 2nd, 2d, (coming next after the first in position in space or time or degree or magnitude) } { third, 3rd, tertiary, (coming next after the second and just before the fourth in position) } { fourth, 4th, quaternary, (coming next after the third and just before the fifth in position or time or degree or magnitude; "the quaternary period of geologic time extends from the end of the tertiary period to the present") } { [ fifth, noun.relation:fifth,+ ] 5th, (coming next after the fourth and just before the sixth in position) } { sixth, 6th, (coming next after the fifth and just before the seventh in position) } { [ seventh, noun.relation:seventh,+ ] 7th, (coming next after the sixth and just before the eighth in position) } { eighth, 8th, (coming next after the seventh and just before the ninth in position) } { ninth, 9th, (coming next after the eighth and just before the tenth in position) } { tenth, 10th, (coming next after the ninth and just before the eleventh in position) } { eleventh, 11th, (coming next after the tenth and just before the twelfth in position) } { twelfth, 12th, (coming next after the eleventh and just before the thirteenth in position) } { thirteenth, 13th, (coming next after the twelfth in position) } { fourteenth, 14th, (coming next after the thirteenth in position) } { [ fifteenth, noun.relation:fifteenth,+ ] 15th, (coming next after the fourteenth and just before the sixteenth in position) } { sixteenth, 16th, (coming next after the fifteenth in position) } { [ seventeenth, noun.relation:seventeenth,+ ] 17th, (coming next after the sixteenth in position) } { eighteenth, 18th, (coming next after the seventeenth in position) } { nineteenth, 19th, (coming next after the eighteenth in position) } { umpteenth, umteenth, umptieth, noun.communication:colloquialism,;u (last in an indefinitely numerous series) } { twentieth, 20th, (coming next after the nineteenth in position) } { twenty-first, 21st, (coming next after the twentieth in position) } { twenty-second, 22nd, (coming next after the twenty-first in position) } { twenty-third, 23rd, (coming next after the twenty-second in position) } { twenty-fourth, 24th, (coming next after the twenty-third in position) } { twenty-fifth, 25th, (coming next after the twenty-fourth in position) } { twenty-sixth, 26th, (coming next after the twenty-fifth in position) } { twenty-seventh, 27th, (coming next after the twenty-sixth in position) } { twenty-eighth, 28th, (coming next after the twenty-seventh in position) } { twenty-ninth, 29th, (coming next after the twenty-eighth in position) } { thirtieth, 30th, (coming next after the twenty-ninth in position) } { thirty-first, 31st, (coming next after the thirtieth in position) } { thirty-second, 32nd, (the ordinal number of thirty-two in counting order) } { thirty-third, 33rd, (the ordinal number of thirty-three in counting order) } { thirty-fourth, 34th, (the ordinal number of thirty-four in counting order) } { thirty-fifth, 35th, (the ordinal number of thirty-five in counting order) } { thirty-sixth, 36th, (the ordinal number of thirty-six in counting order) } { thirty-seventh, 37th, (the ordinal number of thirty-seven in counting order) } { thirty-eighth, 38th, (the ordinal number of thirty-eight in counting order) } { thirty-ninth, 39th, (the ordinal number of thirty-nine in counting order) } { fortieth, 40th, (the ordinal number of forty in counting order) } { forty-first, 41st, (the ordinal number of forty-one in counting order) } { forty-second, 42nd, (the ordinal number of forty-two in counting order) } { forty-third, 43rd, (the ordinal number of forty-three in counting order) } { forty-fourth, 44th, (the ordinal number of forty-four in counting order) } { forty-fifth, 45th, (the ordinal number of forty-five in counting order) } { forty-sixth, 46th, (the ordinal number of forty-six in counting order) } { forty-seventh, 47th, (the ordinal number of forty-seven in counting order) } { forty-eighth, 48th, (the ordinal number of forty-eight in counting order) } { forty-ninth, 49th, (the ordinal number of forty-nine in counting order) } { [ fiftieth, noun.relation:fiftieth,+ ] 50th, (the ordinal number of fifty in counting order) } { fifty-fifth, 55th, (the ordinal number of fifty-five in counting order) } { sixtieth, 60th, (the ordinal number of sixty in counting order) } { sixty-fourth, 64th, (the ordinal number of sixty-four in counting order) } { sixty-fifth, 65th, (the ordinal number of sixty-five in counting order) } { [ seventieth, noun.relation:seventieth,+ ] 70th, (the ordinal number of seventy in counting order) } { seventy-fifth, 75th, (the ordinal number of seventy-five in counting order) } { eightieth, 80th, (the ordinal number of eighty in counting order) } { eighty-fifth, 85th, (the ordinal number of eighty-five in counting order) } { ninetieth, 90th, (the ordinal number of ninety in counting order) } { ninety-fifth, 95th, (the ordinal number of ninety-five in counting order) } { hundredth, centesimal, 100th, (the ordinal number of one hundred in counting order) } { hundred-and-first, 101st, (the ordinal number of one hundred one in counting order) } { hundred-and-fifth, 105th, (the ordinal number of one hundred five in counting order) } { hundred-and-tenth, 110th, (the ordinal number of one hundred ten in counting order) } { hundred-and-fifteenth, 115th, (the ordinal number of one hundred fifteen in counting order) } { hundred-and-twentieth, 120th, (the ordinal number of one hundred twenty in counting order) } { hundred-and-twenty-fifth, 125th, (the ordinal number of one hundred twenty-five in counting order) } { hundred-and-thirtieth, 130th, (the ordinal number of one hundred thirty in counting order) } { hundred-and-thirty-fifth, 135th, (the ordinal number of one hundred thirty-five in counting order) } { hundred-and-fortieth, 140th, (the ordinal number of one hundred forty in counting order) } { hundred-and-forty-fifth, 145th, (the ordinal number of one hundred forty-five in counting order) } { hundred-and-fiftieth, 150th, (the ordinal number of one hundred fifty in counting order) } { hundred-and-fifty-fifth, 155th, (the ordinal number of one hundred fifty-five in counting order) } { hundred-and-sixtieth, 160th, (the ordinal number of one hundred sixty in counting order) } { hundred-and-sixty-fifth, 165th, (the ordinal number of one hundred sixty-five in counting order) } { hundred-and-seventieth, 170th, (the ordinal number of one hundred seventy in counting order) } { hundred-and-seventy-fifth, 175th, (the ordinal number of one hundred seventy-five in counting order) } { hundred-and-eightieth, 180th, (the ordinal number of one hundred eighty in counting order) } { hundred-and-ninetieth, 190th, (the ordinal number of one hundred eighty-five in counting order) } { two-hundredth, 200th, (the ordinal number of two hundred in counting order) } { three-hundredth, 300th, (the ordinal number of three hundred in counting order) } { four-hundredth, 400th, (the ordinal number of four hundred in counting order) } { five-hundredth, 500th, (the ordinal number of five hundred in counting order) } { thousandth, 1000th, (the ordinal number of one thousand in counting order) } { millionth, (the ordinal number of one million in counting order) } { billionth, (the ordinal number of one billion in counting order) } { trillionth, (the ordinal number of one trillion in counting order) } { quadrillionth, (the ordinal number of one quadrillion in counting order) } { quintillionth, (the ordinal number of one quintillion in counting order) } { nth, n-th, (last or greatest in an indefinitely large series; "to the nth degree") }] [{ [ SCRIPTED, UNSCRIPTED,!] written4, (written as for a film or play or broadcast) } ---- { [ UNSCRIPTED, SCRIPTED,!] (not furnished with or using a script; "unrehearsed and unscript spot interviews"; "unscripted talk shows") } { ad-lib, [ spontaneous, noun.attribute:spontaneousness,+ ] unwritten, (said or done without having been planned or written in advance; "he made a few ad-lib remarks") }] [{ [ SINKABLE, UNSINKABLE,!] (capable of being sunk) } ---- { [ UNSINKABLE, SINKABLE,!] (incapable of being sunk; "they thought the Titanic was unsinkable") }] [{ [ SINGLE5, MULTIPLE,!] (existing alone or consisting of one entity or part or aspect or individual; "upon the hill stood a single tower"; "had but a single thought which was to escape"; "a single survivor"; "a single serving"; "a single lens"; "a single thickness") } { azygous, azygos, noun.cognition:anatomy,;c (occurring singly; not one of a pair; "the azygous muscle of the uvula") } { one-man(a), one-person(a), one-woman(a), (designed for or restricted to a single person; "a one-man show"; "a one-person tent"; "Sarah Silverman's hilarious one-woman show") } { lone(a), [ lonesome(a), noun.attribute:lonesomeness,+ ] only(a), sole(a), solitary(a), (being the only one; single and isolated from others; "the lone doctor in the entire county"; "a lonesome pine"; "an only child"; "the sole heir"; "the sole example"; "a solitary instance of cowardice"; "a solitary speck in the sky") } { [ singular, noun.attribute:singularity1,+ ] [ unique, noun.attribute:uniqueness,+ ] (the single one of its kind; "a singular example"; "the unique existing example of Donne's handwriting"; "a unique copy of an ancient manuscript"; "certain types of problems have unique solutions") } { sui_generis, (constituting a class of its own; unique; "a history book sui generis"; "sui generis works like Mary Chestnut's Civil War diary") } { unary, (consisting of or involving a single element or component; "in a unary operation in a mathematical system one element is used to yield a single result") } { uninominal, one-member, noun.group:legislature,;c (based on the system of having only one member from each district (as of a legislature); "a uninominal electoral system") } ---- { [ MULTIPLE, noun.cognition:multiple,+ noun.attribute:multiplicity2,+ SINGLE5,!] (having or involving or consisting of more than one part or entity or individual; "multiple birth"; "multiple ownership"; "made multiple copies of the speech"; "his multiple achievements in public life"; "her multiple personalities"; "a pineapple is a multiple fruit") } { aggregate, noun.cognition:botany,;c (composed of a dense cluster of separate units such as carpels or florets or drupelets; "raspberries are aggregate fruits") } { bigeminal, (occurring in pairs; "a bigeminal pulse") } { binary, (consisting of two (units or components or elements or terms); "a binary star is a system in which two stars revolve around each other"; "a binary compound"; "the binary number system has two as its base") } { [ double1, noun.cognition:double,+ noun.act:double1,+ ] doubled2, twofold1, two-fold1, (twice as great or many; "ate a double portion"; "the dose is doubled"; "a twofold increase") } { double2, [ dual, noun.group:duality,+ ] duple, (consisting of or involving two parts or components usually in pairs; "an egg with a double yolk"; "a double (binary) star"; "double doors"; "dual controls for pilot and copilot"; "duple (or double) time consists of two (or a multiple of two) beats to a measure") } { double3, dual2, twofold2, two-fold2, treble3, threefold2, three-fold2, (having more than one decidedly dissimilar aspects or qualities; "a double (or dual) role for an actor"; "the office of a clergyman is twofold; public preaching and private influence"- R.W.Emerson; "every episode has its double and treble meaning"-Frederick Harrison) } { dual-purpose, dual-use, (designed for or serving two purposes; "a supercomputer can be used for civilian or military purposes") } { duplex, ((used technically of a device or process) having two parts; "a duplex transaction") } { manifold, multiplex, (many and varied; having many features or forms; "manifold reasons"; "our manifold failings"; "manifold intelligence"; "the multiplex opportunities in high technology") } { ternary, treble1, triple, triplex, (having three units or components or elements; "a ternary operation"; "a treble row of red beads"; "overcrowding made triple sessions necessary"; "triple time has three beats per measure"; "triplex windows") } { treble, threefold1, three-fold1, triple1, (three times as great or many; "a claim for treble (or triple) damages"; "a threefold increase") } { triune, (being three in one; used especially of the Christian Trinity; "a triune God") } { quadruple, fourfold1, four-fold1, (four times as great or many; "a fourfold increase in the dosage") } { quadruple2, quadruplicate, quadruplex, fourfold, four-fold, (having four units or components; "quadruple rhythm has four beats per measure"; "quadruplex wire") } { quaternate, quaternary, (consisting of or especially arranged in sets of four; "quaternate leaves"; "a quaternary compound") } { quintuple, fivefold, five-fold, (having five units or components) } { sextuple, sixfold, six-fold, (having six units or components) } { septuple, sevenfold, seven-fold, (having seven units or components) } { octuple, eightfold, eight-fold, (having eight units or components) } { nonuple, ninefold, nine-fold, (having nine units or components) } { tenfold, ten-fold, denary, (containing ten or ten parts) }] [{ [ DOUBLE4, SINGLE4,!] noun.cognition:botany,;c (used of flowers having more than the usual number of petals in crowded or overlapping arrangements; "double chrysanthemums have many rows of petals and are usually spherical or hemispherical") } ---- { [ SINGLE4, DOUBLE4,!] noun.cognition:botany,;c (used of flowers having usually only one row or whorl of petals; "single chrysanthemums resemble daisies and may have more than one row of petals") }] [{ [ MULTIPLE-CHOICE, TRUE-FALSE,!] (offering several alternative answers from which the correct one is to be chosen; or consisting of such questions; "multiple-choice questions"; "a multiple-choice test") } ---- { [ TRUE-FALSE, MULTIPLE-CHOICE,!] (offering a series of statements each of which is to be judged as true or false; "a true-false test") }] [{ [ SINGLE-LANE, MULTILANE,!] ((of roads) having a single lane for traffic in both directions; when vehicles meet one must pull off the road to let the other pass) } ---- { [ MULTILANE, SINGLE-LANE,!] ((of roads and highways) having two or more lanes for traffic) } { divided, dual-lane, (having a median strip or island between lanes of traffic moving in opposite directions; "a divided highway") } { two-lane, (having a lane for traffic in each direction) } { three-lane, (having a lane for traffic in each direction and a center lane for passing) } { four-lane, (having two lanes for traffic in each direction) }] [{ [ SIZED, UNSIZED,!] (having a specified size) } { apple-sized, (having the approximate size of an apple) } { cherry-sized, (having the approximate size of a cherry) } { cookie-sized, (having the approximate size of a cookie) } { crow-sized, (having the approximate size of a crow) } { dog-sized, (having the approximate size of an average dog) } { eightpenny, (used of nail size; 2 1/2 in or 6.4 cm long) } { ferret-sized, (having the approximate size of a ferret) } { fourpenny, (used of nail size; 1 3/8 in or 3.8 cm long) } { grape-sized, (having the approximate size of a grape) } { human-sized, (having the approximate size of a human being) } { kiwi-sized, (having the approximate size of a kiwi fruit) } { medium-sized, medium-size, moderate-sized, moderate-size, (intermediate in size) } { mouse-sized, (having the approximate size of a mouse) } { ninepenny, (used of nail size; 2 3/4 in or 7 cm long) } { orange-sized, (having the approximate size of an orange) } { pig-sized, (having the approximate size of a pig) } { rabbit-sized, (having the approximate size of a rabbit) } { shrew-sized, (having the approximate size of a shrew) } { size, noun.communication:combining_form,;u ((used in combination) sized; "the economy-size package"; "average-size house") } { sorted, (arranged according to size) } { sparrow-sized, (having the approximate size of a sparrow) } { squirrel-sized, (having the approximate size of a squirrel) } { threepenny, (used of nail size; 1 1/8 in long) } { turkey-sized, (having the approximate size of a turkey) } { wolf-sized, (having the approximate size of a wolf) } ---- { [ UNSIZED, SIZED,!] (not fashioned to sizes; "unsized gloves; one size fits all") } { unsorted, (not arranged according to size) }] [{ [ SIZED1, UNSIZED1,! ] (having the surface treated or coated with sizing) } ---- { [ UNSIZED1, SIZED1,! ] (not having the surface treated or coated with sizing; "unsized paper") }] [{ [ SKILLED, UNSKILLED,!] COMPETENT,^ EXPERIENCED,^ (having or showing or requiring special skill; "only the most skilled gymnasts make an Olympic team"; "a skilled surgeon has many years of training and experience"; "a skilled reconstruction of her damaged elbow"; "a skilled trade") } { accomplished, complete, (highly skilled; "an accomplished pianist"; "a complete musician") } { [ adept, noun.person:adept,+ noun.cognition:adeptness,+ ] [ expert, noun.cognition:expertness,+ ] good, practiced, [ proficient, noun.cognition:proficiency,+ noun.attribute:proficiency,+ ] [ skillful, noun.cognition:skillfulness,+ ] skilful, (having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude; "adept in handicrafts"; "an adept juggler"; "an expert job"; "a good mechanic"; "a practiced marksman"; "a proficient engineer"; "a lesser-known but no less skillful composer"; "the effect was achieved by skillful retouching") } { ball-hawking, noun.act:baseball,;c noun.act:basketball,;c noun.act:football,;c (used of a player skilled in stealing the ball or robbing a batter of a hit; "a ball-hawking center fielder") } { consummate, masterful, [ masterly, noun.person:master2,+ noun.person:master,+ ] [ virtuoso(a), noun.person:virtuoso1,+ noun.person:virtuoso,+ ] (having or revealing supreme mastery or skill; "a consummate artist"; "consummate skill"; "a masterful speaker"; "masterful technique"; "a masterly performance of the sonata"; "a virtuoso performance") } { delicate, (marked by great skill especially in meticulous technique; "a surgeon's delicate touch") } { hot, noun.communication:colloquialism,;u (performed or performing with unusually great skill and daring and energy; "a hot drummer"; "he's hot tonight") } { mean, noun.communication:slang,;u (excellent; "famous for a mean backhand") } { sure-handed, (proficient and confident in performance; "promising playwrights...sure-handed enough to turn out top-drawer scripts") } { technical1, [expert5, noun.cognition:expertise,+] (of or relating to or requiring special knowledge to be understood; "technical terminology"; "a technical report"; "technical language") } { [ versatile, noun.cognition:versatility,+ ] (competent in many areas and able to turn with ease from one thing to another; "a versatile writer") } ---- { [ UNSKILLED, SKILLED,!] INCOMPETENT,^ INEXPERIENCED,^ (not having or showing or requiring special skill or proficiency; "unskilled in the art of rhetoric"; "an enthusiastic but unskillful mountain climber"; "unskilled labor"; "workers in unskilled occupations are finding fewer and fewer job opportunities"; "unskilled workmanship") } { artless, (showing lack of art; "an artless translation") } { [ botchy, noun.act:botch,+ ] [ butcherly, noun.person:butcher3,+ ] [ unskillful, noun.cognition:unskillfulness,+ ] (poorly done; "a botchy piece of work"; "it was an unskillful attempt") } { bungled, botched, (spoiled through incompetence or clumsiness; "a bungled job") } { bungling, [ clumsy, noun.cognition:clumsiness1,+ ] fumbling, [ incompetent, noun.attribute:incompetency,+ noun.attribute:incompetence,+ ] (showing lack of skill or aptitude; "a bungling workman"; "did a clumsy job"; "his fumbling attempt to put up a shelf") } { [ crude1, noun.attribute:crudeness2,+ ] [ rough, noun.attribute:roughness2,+ ] (not carefully or expertly made; "managed to make a crude splint"; "a crude cabin of logs with bark still on them"; "rough carpentry") } { [ hopeless3, noun.feeling:hopelessness,+ ] (of a person unable to do something skillfully; "I'm hopeless at mathematics") } { humble, menial, lowly, (used of unskilled work (especially domestic work)) } { [ lubberly, noun.person:lubber,+ ] (clumsy and unskilled; "a big stupid lubberly fellow") } { out_of_practice(p), [ rusty, noun.cognition:rustiness,+ ] (impaired in skill by neglect) } { semiskilled(a), (possessing or requiring limited skills; "semiskilled dockworkers"; "a semiskilled job") } { weak, (deficient or lacking in some skill; "he's weak in spelling") }] [{ [ VERBAL, NUMERICAL,!] (relating to or having facility in the use of words; "a good poet is a verbal artist"; "a merely verbal writer who sacrifices content to sound"; "verbal aptitude") } ---- { [ NUMERICAL, VERBAL,!] mathematical, (relating to or having ability to think in or work with numbers; "tests for rating numerical aptitude"; "a mathematical whiz") }] [{ [ COARSE, noun.attribute:coarseness1,+ FINE,!] [ harsh, noun.attribute:harshness3,+ ] ROUGH,^ noun.attribute:texture,= (of textures that are rough to the touch or substances consisting of relatively large particles; "coarse meal"; "coarse sand"; "a coarse weave") } { coarse-grained1, large-grained, (not having a fine texture; "coarse-grained wood"; "large-grained sand") } { farinaceous, coarse-grained2, [ grainy, noun.object:grain,+ noun.attribute:graininess,+ ] [ granular, noun.object:grain,+ noun.attribute:granularity,+ ] granulose, [ gritty, noun.substance:grit,+ ] mealy, (composed of or covered with particles resembling meal in texture or consistency; "granular sugar"; "the photographs were grainy and indistinct"; "it left a mealy residue") } { granulated, (made grainy or formed into granules; "granulated sugar") } { [ plushy, noun.artifact:plush,+ ] plush-like, ((of textures) resembling plush) } { loose, open, ((of textures) full of small openings or gaps; "an open texture"; "a loose weave") } ---- { [ FINE, noun.attribute:fineness2,+ COARSE,!] SMOOTH,^ noun.attribute:texture,= (of textures that are smooth to the touch or substances consisting of relatively small particles; "wood with a fine grain"; "fine powdery snow"; "fine rain"; "batiste is a cotton fabric with a fine weave"; "covered with a fine film of dust") } { close, tight, (of textiles; "a close weave"; "smooth percale with a very tight weave") } { close-grained, fine-grained1, (dense or compact in structure or texture, as a wood composed of small-diameter cells; "close-grained birch"; "fine-grained rock") } { dustlike, (as fine and powdery as dust) } { [ floury, noun.food:flour,+ ] (resembling flour in fine powdery texture; "a floury clay") } { nongranular, (not having granules; "clear nongranular cytoplasm") } { powdered, [ powdery, noun.substance:powder,+ noun.attribute:powderiness,+ ] pulverized, pulverised, small-grained, fine-grained2, (consisting of fine particles; "powdered cellulose"; "powdery snow"; "pulverized sugar is prepared from granulated sugar by grinding") } { small, (have fine or very small constituent particles; "a small misty rain") } { superfine, (of extremely fine size or texture; "superfine sugar"; "a superfine file") }] [{ [ SMOKY, noun.process:smoke,+ noun.phenomenon:smoke,+ SMOKELESS,!] (marked by or emitting or filled with smoke; "smoky rafters"; "smoky chimneys"; "a smoky fireplace"; "a smoky corridor") } { blackened, (darkened by smoke; "blackened rafters") } { smoking, (emitting smoke in great volume; "a smoking fireplace") } { smoke-filled, (containing smoke; "smoke-filled rooms") } ---- { [ SMOKELESS, SMOKY,!] (emitting or containing little or no smoke; "smokeless factory stacks"; "smokeless fuel"; "a smokeless environment") } { smoke-free, (free of smoke; "smoke-free offices and restaurants") }] [{ [ SLIPPERY, noun.attribute:slipperiness,+ NONSLIPPERY,!] [ slippy, noun.attribute:slip,+ noun.act:slip4,+ ] SMOOTH,^ (causing or tending to cause things to slip or slide; "slippery sidewalks"; "a slippery bar of soap"; "the streets are still slippy from the rain") } { lubricious, (having a smooth or slippery quality; "the skin of cephalopods is thin and lubricious") } { nonstick, ((of surfaces especially of cooking utensils) permitting easy removal of adherent food particles; "a frying pan with a nonstick surface") } { [ slick, noun.attribute:slickness1,+ ] (made slick by e.g. ice or grease; "sidewalks slick with ice"; "roads are slickest when rain has just started and hasn't had time to wash away the oil") } { sliding, (being a smooth continuous motion) } { slimed, [ slimy, noun.attribute:sliminess1,+ noun.substance:slime,+ ] (covered with or resembling slime; "a slimy substance covered the rocks") } { slipping, slithering, (moving as on a slippery surface; "his slipping and slithering progress over the ice") } { slithery, (having a slippery surface or quality; "slithery mud"; "slithery eels") } ---- { [ NONSLIPPERY, SLIPPERY,!] ROUGH,^ (not slippery; not likely to slip or skid) } { nonskid, (designed to reduce or prevent skidding; "nonskid tires") } { nonslip, (designed to reduce or prevent slipping; "a nonslip surface") }] [{ [ LUBRICATED, UNLUBRICATED,!] greased, (smeared with oil or grease to reduce friction) } ---- { [ UNLUBRICATED, LUBRICATED,!] ungreased, (not lubricated) }] [{ [ SMOOTH, noun.attribute:smoothness,+ ROUGH,!] EVEN1,^ FINE,^ IRONED,^ SLIPPERY,^ (having a surface free from roughness or bumps or ridges or irregularities; "smooth skin"; "a smooth tabletop"; "smooth fabric"; "a smooth road"; "water as smooth as a mirror") } { creaseless, uncreased, (used especially of fabrics; "uncreased trousers") } { even-textured, (having an even texture) } { fast, ((of surfaces) conducive to rapid speeds; "a fast road"; "grass courts are faster than clay") } { fine-textured, smooth-textured, (having a smooth, fine-grained structure) } { [ glassy, noun.substance:glass,+ ] (resembling glass in smoothness and shininess and slickness; "the glassy surface of the lake"; "the pavement was...glassy with water"- Willa Cather) } { seamless, unlined, unseamed, (smooth, especially of skin; "his cheeks were unlined"; "his unseamed face") } { streamlined, aerodynamic, flowing, sleek1, (designed or arranged to offer the least resistant to fluid flow; "a streamlined convertible")} { [ velvet, noun.artifact:velvet,+ ] velvety, velvet-textured, (smooth and soft to sight or hearing or touch or taste) } ---- { [ ROUGH, noun.attribute:roughness,+ SMOOTH,!] unsmooth, COARSE,^ IRREGULAR,^ NONSLIPPERY,^ UNEVEN,^ UNIRONED,^ UNPOLISHED,^ (having or caused by an irregular surface; "trees with rough bark"; "rough ground"; "rough skin"; "rough blankets"; "his unsmooth face") } { [ abrasive, noun.substance:abrasive,+ verb.contact:abrade1,+ verb.contact:abrade,+ noun.attribute:abrasiveness,+ ] [ scratchy, noun.attribute:scratchiness,+ noun.state:scratch,+ ] (causing abrasion) } { alligatored, cracked1, (of paint or varnish; having the appearance of alligator hide) } { [ barky, noun.plant:bark,+ ] (resembling the rough bark of a tree; "the rattlesnake's barky scales") } { broken, [ rugged, noun.attribute:ruggedness1,+ ] (topographically very uneven; "broken terrain"; "rugged ground") } { bullate, noun.cognition:botany,;c (of leaves; appearing puckered as if blistered) } { [ bumpy2, noun.attribute:bumpiness,+ ] (covered with or full of bumps; "a bumpy country road") } { chapped, cracked2, roughened, (used of skin roughened as a result of cold or exposure; "chapped lips") } { corded, twilled, (of textiles; having parallel raised lines) } { costate, ribbed, ((of the surface) having a rough, riblike texture) } { cragged, craggy, [ hilly, noun.object:hill,+ noun.attribute:hilliness,+ ] [ mountainous, noun.object:mountain,+ ] (having hills and crags; "hilly terrain") } { crushed, (treated so as to have a permanently wrinkled appearance; "crushed velvet") } { [ homespun(p), noun.artifact:homespun,+ ] [ nubby, noun.shape:nub,+ noun.attribute:nubbiness,+ ] [ nubbly, noun.shape:nubble,+ ] slubbed, [ tweedy, noun.attribute:tweediness,+ noun.artifact:tweed,+ ] (of textiles; having a rough surface; "a sweater knitted of nubbly homespun yarns") } { imbricate, imbricated, noun.cognition:botany,;c (used especially of leaves or bracts; overlapping or layered as scales or shingles) } { lepidote, leprose, scabrous, [ scaly, noun.attribute:scaliness,+ noun.animal:scale,+ ] scurfy, noun.cognition:biology,;c (rough to the touch; covered with scales or scurf) } { squamulose, noun.cognition:botany,;c (covered with tiny scales) } { lined, seamed, ((used especially of skin) marked by lines or seams; "their lined faces were immeasurably sad"; "a seamed face") } { pocked, pockmarked, potholed, (used of paved surfaces having holes or pits) } { rock-ribbed, rockbound, (abounding in or bordered by rocky cliffs or scarps; "the rock-ribbed coast of Maine") } { [ rocky, noun.attribute:rockiness,+ noun.object:rock1,+ ] [ bouldery, noun.object:boulder,+ ] bouldered, [ stony, noun.object:stone,+ ] (abounding in rocks or stones; "rocky fields"; "stony ground"; "bouldery beaches") } { [ gravelly, noun.substance:gravel,+ ] [ pebbly, noun.object:pebble,+ ] [ shingly, noun.substance:shingle2,+ ] (abounding in small stones; "landed at a shingly little beach") } { roughish, (somewhat rough) } { rugose, noun.cognition:botany,;c (of leaves; ridged or wrinkled) } { [ sandpapery, noun.substance:sandpaper,+ ] (having the abrasive texture of sandpaper) } { saw-like, (having rough edges that can be used for sawing) } { [ scabby, noun.body:scab,+ ] (covered with scabs) } { shagged, [ shaggy, noun.artifact:shag,+ noun.attribute:shagginess,+ ] (having a very rough nap or covered with hanging shags; "junipers with shagged trunks"; "shaggy rugs") } { textured, rough-textured, coarse-textured, (having surface roughness; "a textured wall of stucco"; "a rough-textured tweed") } { verrucose, [ warty, noun.attribute:wart,+ ] wartlike, ((of skin) covered with warts or projections that resemble warts) }] [{ [ SMOOTH4, noun.attribute:smoothness2,+ ROUGH4,!] (of motion that runs or flows or proceeds without jolts or turbulence; "a smooth ride") } ---- { [ ROUGH4, SMOOTH4,!] [ rocky, noun.act:rock,+ ] [ bumpy, noun.event:bump,+ ] [ jolty, noun.act:jolt,+ ] jolting, [ jumpy, noun.act:jump1,+ ] (causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements; "a rough ride") }] [{ [ FURROWED, UNFURROWED,!] rugged2, (having long narrow shallow depressions (as grooves or wrinkles) in the surface; "furrowed fields"; "his furrowed face lit by a warming smile") } { canaliculate, (having thin parallel channels; "canaliculate leafstalks of certain plants") } { corrugated, (shaped into alternating parallel grooves and ridges; "the surface of the ocean was rippled and corrugated") } { rutted, [ rutty, noun.shape:rut,+ ] (full of ruts; "rutty farm roads") } ---- { [ UNFURROWED, FURROWED,!] (not marked with shallow depressions or furrows; "an unfurrowed field"; "unfurrowed cheeks") }] [{ [ SMOOTH2, noun.attribute:smoothness1,+ ROUGH2,!] SIMPLE1,^ COMPOUND,^ noun.cognition:botany,;c (of the margin of a leaf shape; not broken up into teeth) } { entire, ((of leaves or petals) having a smooth edge; not broken up into teeth or lobes) } { repand, (having a slightly undulating margin) } { sinuate, (having a strongly waved margin alternately concave and convex) } { undulate, (having a wavy margin and rippled surface) } { unnotched, untoothed, (having no notches) } ---- { [ ROUGH2, noun.attribute:roughness,+ SMOOTH2,!] SIMPLE1,^ COMPOUND,^ noun.cognition:botany,;c (of the margin of a leaf shape; having the edge cut or fringed or scalloped) } { bidentate, (having toothlike projections that are themselves toothed) } { biserrate, (having saw-like notches with the notches themselves similarly notched ) } { ciliate, ciliated, (having a margin or fringe of hairlike projections) } { crenate, crenated, scalloped, (having a margin with rounded scallops) } { crenulate, crenulated, (having a margin with small rounded teeth; "a crenulate leaf") } { crispate, (wavy or notched and curled very irregularly) } { dentate, (having toothlike projections in the margin) } { denticulate, (having a very finely toothed margin) } { emarginate, (having a notched tip) } { erose, [ jagged, noun.attribute:jaggedness,+ ] jaggy, notched1, toothed1, (having an irregularly notched or toothed margin as though gnawed) } { fimbriate, (having a fringe of slender processes) } { fringed, laciniate, (having edges irregularly and finely slashed; "a laciniate leaf") } { lacerate, lacerated, (irregularly slashed and jagged as if torn; "lacerate leaves") } { pectinate, (like a comb) } { rimose, (having a surface covered with a network of cracks and small crevices; "a tree with rimose bark") } { runcinate, (having incised margins with the lobes or teeth pointing toward the base; as dandelion leaves) } { serrate, serrated, saw-toothed, toothed2, notched2, (notched like a saw with teeth pointing toward the apex) } { serrulate, (minutely serrated) } { spinose, (having spines) }] [{ [ RIFLED, UNRIFLED,!] (of a firearm; having rifling or internal spiral grooves inside the barrel) } ---- { [ UNRIFLED, RIFLED,!] smoothbore, (of a firearm; not having rifling or internal spiral grooves inside the barrel) }] [{ [ SOCIAL, noun.attribute:sociality,+ UNSOCIAL,!] FRIENDLY1,^ GREGARIOUS,^ SOCIABLE,^ noun.attribute:sociality,= (living together or enjoying life in communities or organized groups; "a human being is a social animal"; "mature social behavior") } { [ cultural, noun.cognition:culture1,+ noun.cognition:culture,+ ] [ ethnic, noun.attribute:ethnicity,+ ] ethnical, (denoting or deriving from or distinctive of the ways of living built up by a group of people; "influenced by ethnic and cultural ties"- J.F.Kennedy; "ethnic food") } { [ gregarious, noun.attribute:gregariousness,+ ] (instinctively or temperamentally seeking and enjoying the company of others; "he is a gregarious person who avoids solitude") } { interpersonal, (occurring among or involving several people; "interpersonal situations in which speech occurs") } { multiethnic, multi-ethnic, (involving several ethnic groups) } ---- { [ UNSOCIAL, SOCIAL,!] UNGREGARIOUS,^ UNSOCIABLE,^ noun.attribute:sociality,= (not seeking or given to association; being or living without companions; "the unsocial disposition to neglect one's neighbors") } { [ alone(p), noun.attribute:aloneness,+ ] (isolated from others; "could be alone in a crowded room"; "was alone with her thoughts"; "I want to be alone") } { antisocial, asocial2, (hostile to or disruptive of normal standards of social behavior; "criminal behavior or conduct that violates the rights of other individuals is antisocial"; "crimes...and other asocial behavior"; "an antisocial deed") } { asocial, (given to avoiding association with others; "bears are asocial secretive animals"; "are you asocial or do you just enjoy living in the Antarctic?") } { lone(a), [ lonely1(a), noun.attribute:loneliness,+ ] [ solitary1, noun.person:solitary,+ noun.attribute:solitariness,+ ] (characterized by or preferring solitude; "a lone wolf"; "a lonely existence"; "a man of a solitary disposition"; "a solitary walk") } { [ recluse, noun.person:recluse,+ ] [ reclusive, noun.attribute:reclusiveness,+ ] [ withdrawn, noun.attribute:withdrawnness,+ ] (withdrawn from society; seeking solitude; "lived an unsocial reclusive life") }] [{ [ ACCOMPANIED, UNACCOMPANIED,!] (having companions or an escort; "there were lone gentlemen and gentlemen accompanied by their wives") } ---- { [UNACCOMPANIED, ACCOMPANIED,!] (being without an escort)} { [ alone(p), noun.attribute:aloneness,+ ] lone(a), [ lonely(a), noun.state:loneliness,+ ] [ solitary, noun.state:solitariness,+ ] (lacking companions or companionship; "he was alone when we met him"; "she is alone much of the time"; "the lone skier on the mountain"; "a lonely fisherman stood on a tuft of gravel"; "a lonely soul"; "a solitary traveler") } { isolated, marooned, stranded, (cut off or left behind; "an isolated pawn"; "several stranded fish in a tide pool"; "travelers marooned by the blizzard") } { tod, noun.location:Britain,;r (alone and on your own; "don't just sit there on your tod") } { unattended, (lacking accompaniment or a guard or escort; "unattended women"; "problems unattended with danger") }] [{ [ ACCOMPANIED1, UNACCOMPANIED1,!] attended, (playing or singing with instrumental or vocal accompaniment ) } ---- { [ UNACCOMPANIED1, ACCOMPANIED1,!] (playing or singing without accompaniment; "the soloist sang unaccompanied") } { a_cappella, a_capella, (sung without instrumental accompaniment; "they sang an a cappella Mass") } { solo, noun.communication:music,;c (composed or performed by a single voice or instrument; "a passage for solo clarinet") }] [{ [ GREGARIOUS, noun.attribute:gregariousness,+ UNGREGARIOUS,!] SOCIAL,^ noun.attribute:gregariousness,= noun.Tops:animal,;c ((of animals) tending to form a group with others of the same species; "gregarious bird species") } { [ social, noun.attribute:sociality,+ ] noun.Tops:animal,;c (tending to move or live together in groups or colonies of the same kind; "ants are social insects") } ---- { [ UNGREGARIOUS, GREGARIOUS,!] UNSOCIAL,^ noun.attribute:gregariousness,= ((of animals) not gregarious) } { nongregarious, nonsocial, [ solitary, noun.state:solitariness,+ ] (of plants and animals; not growing or living in groups or colonies; "solitary bees") }] [{ [ GREGARIOUS1, UNGREGARIOUS1,! ] noun.Tops:plant,;c ((of plants) growing in groups that are close together) } { clustered, noun.Tops:plant,;c (growing close together but not in dense mats) } ---- { [ UNGREGARIOUS1, GREGARIOUS1,! ] noun.Tops:plant,;c ((of plants) growing together in groups that are not close together) } { caespitose, cespitose, tufted, noun.Tops:plant,;c ((of plants) growing in small dense clumps or tufts) } ] [{ [ SEAMED, SEAMLESS,!] (having or joined by a seam or seams) } { [ seamy, noun.artifact:seam,+ ] (showing a seam) } { sewed, sewn, stitched, (fastened with stitches) } ---- { [ SEAMLESS, SEAMED,!] (not having or joined by a seam or seams; "seamless stockings") } { broadloom, ((of rugs or carpets) woven full width; "a broadloom rug") } { circular-knit, (knitted in tubular form; "circular-knit sweaters without seams") } { unseamed, (having no seams; "an unseamed garment made of plastic") }] [{ [ SEEDED, UNSEEDED,!] ((of the more skilled contestants) selectively arranged in the draw for position in a tournament so that they meet each other in later rounds) } ---- { [ UNSEEDED, SEEDED,!] (not seeded; used of players of lesser skill) }] [{ [ SEEDY, noun.plant:seed,+ SEEDLESS,!] (full of seeds; "as seedy as a fig") } { black-seeded, (having black seeds) } { multi-seeded, several-seeded, (having many seeds) } { seeded1, (having or supplied with seeds; "a seeded breadfruit"; "seeded rolls") } { seeded2, noun.communication:combining_form,;u (having seeds as specified; "many-seeded"; "black-seeded") } { single-seeded, one-seeded, one-seed, (having a single seed) } { small-seeded, (having relatively small seeds) } { three-seeded, (having three seeds) } { white-seeded, (having white seeds) } ---- { [ SEEDLESS, SEEDY,!] (lacking seeds; "seedless grapefruit") } { seeded3, (having the seeds extracted; "seeded raisins") } { stoneless, ((of fruits having stones) having the stone removed; "stoneless dried dates") }] [{ [ SHUTTERED, UNSHUTTERED,!] (provided with shutters or shutters as specified; often used in combination; "a church with a shuttered belfry and spire"; "green-shuttered cottages") } { closed, (with shutters closed) } ---- { [ UNSHUTTERED, SHUTTERED,!] (not provided with shutters or having the shuttered open; "unshuttered windows") }] [{ [ SLEEVED, SLEEVELESS,!] (made with sleeves or sleeves especially as specified; often used in combination; "sleeved garments"; "short-sleeved") } ---- { [ SLEEVELESS, SLEEVED,!] (having no sleeves; "sleeveless summer dresses") }] [{ [ SOCIABLE, noun.group:sociable,+ noun.attribute:sociableness,+ noun.attribute:sociability,+ UNSOCIABLE,!] EXTROVERSIVE,^ FRIENDLY1,^ SOCIAL,^ noun.attribute:sociability,= (inclined to or conducive to companionship with others; "a sociable occasion"; "enjoyed a sociable chat"; "a sociable conversation"; "Americans are sociable and gregarious") } { clubbable, clubable, noun.communication:colloquialism,;u (inclined to club together; "a clubbable man") } { clubbish, clubby, (effusively sociable; "a clubbish set"; "we got rather clubby") } { [ companionable, noun.attribute:companionableness,+ noun.attribute:companionability,+ ] (suggestive of companionship; "a companionable pet") } { [ convivial, noun.attribute:conviviality,+ ] good-time, (occupied with or fond of the pleasures of good company; "a convivial atmosphere at the reunion"; "a woman of convivial nature"; "he was a real good-time Charlie") } { extroverted, forthcoming, outgoing, (at ease in talking to others) } { [ social, noun.group:social,+ noun.attribute:sociality,+ ] (composed of sociable people or formed for the purpose of sociability; "a purely social club"; "the church has a large social hall"; "a social director") } ---- { [ UNSOCIABLE, noun.attribute:unsociableness,+ noun.attribute:unsociability,+ SOCIABLE,!] UNFRIENDLY1,^ UNSOCIAL,^ noun.attribute:sociability,= (not inclined to society or companionship; "an unsociable nature...shy and reserved"; "generally unsociable except with intimate friends"; "unsociable behavior"; "an unsociable neighborhood") } { antisocial, (shunning contact with others; "standoffish and antisocial"; "he's not antisocial; just shy") } { ungregarious, (not disposed to seek company; "a lonely ungregarious person") }] [{ [ SOLD, UNSOLD,!] (disposed of to a purchaser; "this merchandise is sold") } { oversubscribed, (sold in excess of available supply especially season tickets; "the opera season was oversubscribed") } { sold-out, (sold completely in advance; "had a sold-out house for both performances") } ---- { [ UNSOLD, SOLD,!] (not disposed of by purchase; "the house has been on the market almost a year and is still unsold") }] [{ [ SOLED, SOLELESS,!] (having a sole or soles especially as specified; used in combination; "half-soled"; "rubber-soled") } ---- { [ SOLELESS, SOLED,!] (having no sole) }] [{ [ SOLID1, noun.state:solidness,+ LIQUID,! GASEOUS,!] HARD1,^ noun.state:state_of_matter,= (of definite shape and volume; firm; neither liquid nor gaseous; "ice is water in the solid state") } { coagulated, solidified, (changed into a solid mass) } { concrete, (formed by the coalescence of particles) } { congealed, jelled, jellied, (congealed into jelly; solidified by cooling; "in Georgia they serve congealed salads") } { dry, (used of solid substances in contrast with liquid ones; "dry weight") } { semisolid, (partly solid; having a rigidity and viscosity intermediate between a solid and a liquid; "a semisolid mixture") } { solid-state1, noun.cognition:electronics,;c (consisting of semiconductor materials and components and related devices) } { solid-state2, (characteristic of or relating to the physical properties of solid materials especially electromagnetic or thermodynamic or structural properties of crystalline solids) } ---- { [ LIQUID, noun.state:liquidness,+ noun.state:liquidity,+ noun.attribute:liquidity,+ GASEOUS,! SOLID1,!] noun.state:state_of_matter,= (existing as or having characteristics of a liquid; especially tending to flow; "water and milk and blood are liquid substances") } { [ fluid, noun.substance:fluid2,+ noun.substance:fluid,+ noun.attribute:fluidness,+ noun.attribute:fluidity,+ ] [runny, noun.event:run,+ noun.attribute:runniness,+ ] (characteristic of a fluid; capable of flowing and easily changing shape) } { [ liquefiable, verb.weather:liquefy,+ verb.change:liquefy1,+ verb.change:liquefy,+ ] [ liquifiable,verb.change:liquify1,+ verb.change:liquify,+ ] (capable of being liquefied) } { liquefied, liquified, (reduced to a liquid state; "liquefied petroleum gas") } { semiliquid, (somewhat liquid) } { [ watery, noun.attribute:wateriness,+ noun.substance:water,+ ] (relating to or resembling or consisting of water; "a watery substance"; "a watery color") } ---- { [ GASEOUS, noun.substance:gas,+ noun.state:gas,+ noun.attribute:gaseousness,+ SOLID1,! LIQUID,!] noun.state:state_of_matter,= (existing as or having characteristics of a gas; "steam is water is the gaseous state") } { aeriform, airlike, (resembling air or having the form of air) } { aerosolized, aerosolised, (in the form of ultramicroscopic solid or liquid particles dispersed or suspended in air or gas) } { evaporated, (drawn off in the form of vapor; "evaporated molecules boil off") } { gasified, vaporized, vapourised, volatilized, volatilised, (converted into a gas or vapor) } { [ gassy, noun.state:gas,+ ] (resembling gas) } { vaporific, vapourific, vaporish, vapourish, [ vaporous, noun.substance:vapor1,+ ] vapourous, (resembling or characteristic of vapor; "vaporous clouds") }] [{ [ SOLID2, noun.attribute:solidness2,+ noun.state:solidity,+ HOLLOW,!] noun.state:solidity,= (entirely of one substance with no holes inside; "a solid block of wood") } { massive, (being the same substance throughout; "massive silver") } ---- { [ HOLLOW, noun.shape:hollow2,+ noun.object:hollow1,+ noun.object:hollow,+ noun.state:hollowness,+ SOLID2,!] noun.state:solidity,= EMPTY,^ (not solid; having a space or gap or cavity; "a hollow wall"; "a hollow tree"; "hollow cheeks"; "his face became gaunter and more hollow with each year") } { [ cavernous, noun.object:cavern,+ ] (being or suggesting a cavern; "vast cavernous chambers hollowed out of limestone") } { deep-set, sunken, recessed, (having a sunken area; "hunger gave their faces a sunken look") } { [ fistular, noun.body:fistula,+ ] fistulate, fistulous, noun.cognition:pathology,;c (hollow and tube-shaped like a reed) } { [ tubular, noun.artifact:tube,+ ] [ cannular,noun.artifact:cannula,+ ] tubelike, tube-shaped, vasiform, (constituting a tube; having hollow tubes (as for the passage of fluids)) }] [{ [ SOLUBLE1, noun.attribute:solubleness,+ noun.quantity:solubility,+ noun.attribute:solubility,+ INSOLUBLE1,!] ((of a substance) capable of being dissolved in some solvent (usually water)) } { alcohol-soluble, (soluble in alcohol) } { dissolvable, [ dissoluble, noun.attribute:dissolubility,+ ] (capable of dissolving) } { fat-soluble, (soluble in fats; "fat-soluble vitamin A") } { [ meltable, verb.change:melt1,+ verb.change:melt,+ ] disintegrable, (capable of melting) } { oil-soluble, (soluble in oil; "oil-soluble pigments") } { water-soluble, (soluble in water) } ---- { [ INSOLUBLE1, noun.attribute:insolubility,+ SOLUBLE1,!] indissoluble, ((of a substance) incapable of being dissolved) } { water-insoluble, non-water-soluble, (not soluble in water) }] [{ [ SOLUBLE2, noun.attribute:solubility1,+ INSOLUBLE2,!] EXPLICABLE,^ (susceptible of solution or of being solved or explained; "the puzzle is soluble") } { [ answerable, verb.cognition:answer3,+ ] (capable of being answered) } { [ solvable, noun.attribute:solvability,+ ] resolvable, (capable of being solved; "such problems are perfectly solvable") } ---- { [ INSOLUBLE2, noun.attribute:insolubility1,+ SOLUBLE2,!] INEXPLICABLE,^ (admitting of no solution or explanation; "an insoluble doubt") } { insolvable, unsoluble, unsolvable, unresolvable, (not easily solved; "an apparantly insolvable problem"; "public finance...had long presented problems unsolvable or at least unsolved"- C.L.Jones) }] [{ [ SOLVED, UNSOLVED,!] resolved4, (explained or answered; "mysteries solved and unsolved; problems resolved and unresolved") } ---- { [ UNSOLVED, SOLVED,!] unresolved4, (not solved; "many crimes remain unsolved"; "many problems remain unresolved") }] [{ [ SOME(a), NO,! ALL,!] FEW,^ MANY,^ ((quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity; "have some milk"; "some roses were still blooming"; "having some friends over"; "some apples"; "some paper") } { any(a), whatever, whatsoever, (one or some or every or all without specification; "give me any peaches you don't want"; "not any milk is left"; "any child would know that"; "pick any card"; "any day now"; "cars can be rented at almost any airport"; "at twilight or any other time"; "beyond any doubt"; "need any help we can get"; "give me whatever peaches you don't want"; "no milk whatsoever is left") } { both(a), ((used with count nouns) two considered together; the two; "both girls are pretty") } { several(a), ((used with count nouns) of an indefinite number more than 2 or 3 but not many; "several letters came in the mail"; "several people were injured in the accident") } ---- { [ NO(a), ALL,! SOME,!] ((quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns for indicating a complete or almost complete lack or zero quantity of; "we have no bananas"; "no eggs left and no money to buy any"; "have you no decency?"; "did it with no help"; "I'll get you there in no time") } { nary(a), ((used with singular count nouns) colloquial for `not a' or `not one' or `never a'; "heard nary a sound") } { none, (not any; "thou shalt have none other gods before me") } { zero(a), (having no measurable or otherwise determinable value; "the goal is zero population growth") } ---- { [ ALL(a), SOME,! NO,!] ((quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class; "we sat up all night"; "ate all the food"; "all men are mortal"; "all parties are welcome") } { each(a), ((used of count nouns) every one considered individually; "each person is mortal"; "each party is welcome") } { every(a), ((used of count nouns) each and all of the members of a group considered singly and without exception; "every person is mortal"; "every party is welcome"; "had every hope of success"; "every chance of winning") } { every_last(p), noun.communication:intensive,;u ((used as intensive) every; "every last one of you") } { every2(a), (each and all of a series of entities or intervals as specified; "every third seat"; "every two hours") }] [{ [ SOPHISTICATED, NAIVE,!] COSMOPOLITAN,^ DISENCHANTED,^ ELEGANT,^ INFORMED,^ LITERATE,^ WORLDLY,^ (having or appealing to those having worldly knowledge and refinement and savoir-faire; "sophisticated young socialites"; "a sophisticated audience"; "a sophisticated lifestyle"; "a sophisticated book") } { blase, [ worldly, noun.attribute:worldliness,+ ] (very sophisticated especially because of surfeit; versed in the ways of the world; "the blase traveler refers to the ocean he has crossed as `the pond'"; "the benefits of his worldly wisdom") } { intelligent, well-informed, (possessing sound knowledge; "well-informed readers") } { polished, refined, [ urbane, noun.attribute:urbanity,+ ] (showing a high degree of refinement and the assurance that comes from wide social experience; "his polished manner"; "maintained an urbane tone in his letters") } { worldly-wise, (experienced in and wise to the ways of the world) } ---- { [ NAIVE, noun.attribute:naiveness,+ SOPHISTICATED,!] naif, CREDULOUS,^ UNINFORMED,^ UNWORLDLY,^ (marked by or showing unaffected simplicity and lack of guile or worldly experience; "a teenager's naive ignorance of life"; "the naive assumption that things can only get better"; "this naive simple creature with wide friendly eyes so eager to believe appearances") } { childlike, wide-eyed, round-eyed, dewy-eyed, [ simple, noun.attribute:simpleness4,+ noun.attribute:simplicity4,+ ] (exhibiting childlike simplicity and credulity; "childlike trust"; "dewy-eyed innocence"; "listened in round-eyed wonder") } { [ credulous, noun.attribute:credulousness,+ noun.attribute:credulity,+ ] (showing a lack of judgment or experience; "so credulous he believes everything he reads") } { fleeceable, green, [ gullible, noun.attribute:gullibility,+ ] (naive and easily deceived or tricked; "at that early age she had been gullible and in love") } { [ innocent, noun.attribute:innocence1,+ ] [ ingenuous, noun.attribute:ingenuousness2,+ ] (lacking in sophistication or worldliness; "a child's innocent stare"; "his ingenuous explanation that he would not have burned the church if he had not thought the bishop was in it") } { [ simple-minded, noun.attribute:simplicity4,+ ] (lacking subtlety and insight; "a simple-minded argument") } { unsophisticated, unworldly, (not wise in the ways of the world; "either too unsophisticated or too honest to promise more than he could deliver"; "this helplessly unworldly woman"- Kate O'Brien) }] [{ [ SOUND, noun.state:soundness,+ UNSOUND,!] FIT1,^ HEALTHY,^ UNBROKEN1,^ UNDAMAGED,^ UNINJURED,^ WHOLESOME,^ (financially secure and safe; "sound investments"; "a sound economy") } { [ dependable, noun.attribute:dependableness,+ ] good1, [ safe, noun.attribute:safeness,+ ] [ secure, noun.possession:security1,+ ] (financially safe; "a good investment"; "a secure investment") } { healthy, (financially secure and functioning well; "a healthy economy") } { [ solid, noun.attribute:solidness1,+ ] (financially sound; "the bank is solid and will survive this attack") } { [ stable, noun.attribute:stableness,+ noun.attribute:stability,+ ] (firm and dependable; subject to little fluctuation; "the economy is stable") } ---- { [ UNSOUND, noun.state:unsoundness,+ SOUND,!] BROKEN1,^ DAMAGED,^ INJURED,^ UNFIT1,^ UNHEALTHY,^ UNWHOLESOME,^ (not sound financially; "unsound banking practices") } { bad2, [ risky, noun.act:risk,+ noun.state:riskiness,+ ] high-risk, [ speculative, noun.state:speculativeness,+ verb.possession:speculate,+ ] (not financially safe or secure; "a bad investment"; "high risk investments"; "anything that promises to pay too much can't help being risky"; "speculative business enterprises") } { long, (involving substantial risk; "long odds") } { wildcat, (outside the bounds of legitimate or ethical business practices; "wildcat currency issued by irresponsible banks"; "wildcat stock speculation"; "a wildcat airline"; "wildcat life insurance schemes") }] [{ [ SOUND1, noun.state:soundness,+ UNSOUND1,!] (in good condition; free from defect or damage or decay; "a sound timber"; "the wall is sound"; "a sound foundation") } { [ solid, noun.attribute:solidness,+ ] strong, [ substantial, noun.attribute:substantialness,+ ] (of good quality and condition; solidly built; "a solid foundation"; "several substantial timber buildings") } ---- { [ UNSOUND1, noun.state:unsoundness,+ SOUND1,!] (not in good condition; damaged or decayed; "an unsound foundation") } { corroded, (eaten away as by acid or oxidation) } { decayed, [ rotten, noun.state:rottenness,+ ] rotted, (damaged by decay; hence unsound and useless; "rotten floor boards"; "rotted beams"; "a decayed foundation") }] [{ [ EFFERVESCENT, noun.process:effervescence,+ noun.attribute:effervescence,+ verb.change:effervesce,+ NONEFFERVESCENT,!] ((of a liquid) giving off bubbles) } { bubbling, [ bubbly, noun.object:bubble,+ noun.attribute:bubbliness,+] foaming, [ foamy, noun.object:foam,+ noun.attribute:foaminess,+ ] [ frothy, noun.object:froth,+ noun.attribute:frothiness,+ ] effervescing, [spumy, noun.object:spume,+] (emitting or filled with bubbles as from carbonation or fermentation; "bubbling champagne"; "foamy (or frothy) beer") } { aerated, charged, (supplied with carbon dioxide) } { fizzing, [ fizzy, noun.food:fizz,+ ] (hissing and bubbling) } { carbonated, (having carbonation (especially artificially carbonated)) } ---- { [ NONEFFERVESCENT, EFFERVESCENT,!] (not effervescent) } { flat, (having lost effervescence; "flat beer"; "a flat cola") } { noncarbonated, uncarbonated, (not having carbonation) }] [{ [ SPARKLING, STILL,!] [ effervescent4, verb.change:effervesce,+ ] (used of wines and waters; charged naturally or artificially with carbon dioxide; "sparkling wines"; "sparkling water") } ---- { [ STILL, SPARKLING,!] noneffervescent4, (not sparkling; "a still wine"; "still mineral water") }] [{ [ SPECIALIZED, UNSPECIALIZED,!] specialised, SPECIFIC,^ (developed or designed for a special activity or function; "a specialized tool") } { differentiated, noun.cognition:biology,;c (exhibiting biological specialization; adapted during development to a specific function or environment) } { [ special, noun.attribute:specialness,+ ] (adapted to or reserved for a particular purpose; "a special kind of paint"; "a special medication for arthritis") } { [ specialistic, noun.person:specialist1,+ noun.person:specialist,+ ] (showing focused training; "specialist training") } ---- { [ UNSPECIALIZED, SPECIALIZED,!] unspecialised, GENERAL,^ (not specialized or modified for a particular purpose or function) } { generalized, generalised, noun.cognition:biology,;c (not biologically differentiated or adapted to a specific function or environment; "the hedgehog is a primitive and generalized mammal") }] [{ [SPINOUS, SPINELESS,!] spiny, (having spines; "the dorsal fin is spinous")} ---- { [SPINELESS, SPINOUS,!] (lacking spiny processes; "spineless fins")}] [{ [ SPIRITED, noun.attribute:spiritedness,+ SPIRITLESS,!] ENERGETIC,^ ENTHUSIASTIC,^ LIVELY,^ noun.attribute:spiritedness,= (displaying animation, vigor, or liveliness) } { boisterous, knockabout, (full of rough and exuberant animal spirits; "boisterous practical jokes"; "knockabout comedy") } { con_brio, noun.communication:music,;c (with vigor) } { dashing, gallant, (lively and spirited; "a dashing hero") } { [ ebullient, noun.attribute:ebullience,+ ] [ exuberant, verb.communication:exuberate,+ noun.feeling:exuberance,+ ] [ high-spirited, noun.attribute:high-spiritedness,+ ] (joyously unrestrained) } { feisty, [ plucky, noun.attribute:pluck,+ noun.attribute:pluckiness,+ ] [ spunky, noun.attribute:spunk,+ ] (showing courage; "the champion is faced with a feisty challenger") } { [ impertinent, noun.attribute:impertinence,+ ] irreverent, [ pert, noun.attribute:pertness1,+ noun.attribute:pertness,+ ] saucy, (characterized by a lightly pert and exuberant quality; "a certain irreverent gaiety and ease of manner") } { [ lively, noun.attribute:liveliness,+ ] racy, (full of zest or vigor; "a racy literary style") } { [ mettlesome, noun.attribute:mettlesomeness,+ ] (having a proud and unbroken spirit) } { resilient, (recovering readily from adversity, depression, or the like) } { snappy, whipping, (smart and fashionable; "snappy conversation"; "some sharp and whipping lines") } { [ sprightly, noun.attribute:sprightliness,+ ] (full of spirit and vitality; "a sprightly young girl"; "a sprightly dance") } { vibrant, [ vivacious, noun.attribute:vivacity,+ ] (vigorous and animated; "a vibrant group that challenged the system"; "a charming and vivacious hostess"; "a vivacious folk dance") } { [ zestful, noun.feeling:zestfulness,+ ] yeasty, [ zesty, noun.feeling:zest,+ ] barmy, (marked by spirited enjoyment) } ---- { [ SPIRITLESS, noun.attribute:spiritlessness,+ SPIRITED,!] DULL3,^ UNENTHUSIASTIC,^ noun.attribute:spiritedness,= (lacking ardor or vigor or energy; "a spiritless reply to criticism") } { [ apathetic, noun.feeling:apathy,+ noun.attribute:apathy1,+ ] (showing little or no emotion or animation; "a woman who became active rather than apathetic as she grew older") } { bloodless, (without vigor or zest or energy; "an insipid and bloodless young man") } { [ dispirited, noun.feeling:dispiritedness,+ ] [ listless, noun.feeling:listlessness,+ ] (marked by low spirits; showing no enthusiasm; "a dispirited and divided Party"; "reacted to the crisis with listless resignation") } { heartless, noun.communication:archaism,;u (devoid of courage or enthusiasm) } { thin, (lacking spirit or sincere effort; "a thin smile") }] [{ [ SPONTANEOUS, noun.attribute:spontaneity,+ INDUCED,!] self-generated4, (happening or arising without apparent external cause; "spontaneous laughter"; "spontaneous combustion"; "a spontaneous abortion") } { [ impulsive, noun.attribute:impulsiveness,+ ] unprompted, (proceeding from natural feeling or impulse without external stimulus; "an impulsive gesture of affection") } { intuitive, (spontaneously derived from or prompted by a natural tendency; "an intuitive revulsion") } { natural, instinctive, (unthinking; prompted by (or as if by) instinct; "a cat's natural aversion to water"; "offering to help was as instinctive as breathing") } ---- { [ INDUCED, SPONTANEOUS,!] (brought about or caused; not spontaneous; "a case of steroid-induced weakness") } { elicited, evoked, (called forth from a latent or potential state by stimulation; "evoked potentials"; "an elicited response") } { iatrogenic, noun.cognition:medicine,;c (induced by a physician's words or therapy (used especially of a complication resulting from treatment)) }] [{ [ SPOKEN, WRITTEN,!] ARTICULATE,^ (uttered through the medium of speech or characterized by speech; sometimes used in combination; "a spoken message"; "the spoken language"; "a soft-spoken person"; "sharp-spoken") } { expressed, uttered, verbalized, verbalised, (communicated in words; "frequently uttered sentiments") } { [ oral, noun.communication:oral,+ ] unwritten, (using speech rather than writing; "an oral tradition"; "an oral agreement") } { verbal, (expressed in spoken words; "a verbal contract") } { viva-voce, word-of-mouth, (expressed orally; "a viva-voce report"; "the film had good word-of-mouth publicity") } ---- { [ WRITTEN, SPOKEN,!] SCRIPTED,^ (set down in writing in any of various ways; "written evidence") } { backhand, left-slanting, noun.act:handwriting,;c ((of handwriting) having the letters slanting backward) } { cursive, (having successive letter joined together; "cursive script") } { engrossed, (written formally in a large clear script, as a deed or other legal document) } { graphic, graphical, in_writing(p), (written or drawn or engraved; "graphic symbols") } { handwritten, (written by hand) } { holographic, (written wholly in the handwriting of the signer; "a holographic will") } { inscribed, (written (by handwriting, printing, engraving, or carving) on or in a surface) } { longhand, (having words written out in full by hand; "longhand writing") } { scrivened, noun.communication:archaism,;u noun.communication:poetry2,;c (copied in handwriting) } { shorthand, (written in abbreviated or symbolic form; "shorthand notes") }] [{ [ VOICED, UNVOICED,!] [ sonant, noun.communication:sonant,+ ] soft, (produced with vibration of the vocal cords; "a frequently voiced opinion"; "voiced consonants such as `b' and `g' and `z'") } ---- { [ UNVOICED, VOICED,!] [ voiceless4, noun.communication:voicelessness,+ ] surd, hard, (produced without vibration of the vocal cords; "unvoiced consonants such as `p' and `k' and `s'") } { whispered, (spoken in soft hushed tones without vibrations of the vocal cords; "a long whispered conversation") }] [{ [ WRITTEN2, UNWRITTEN,!] (systematically collected and written down; "written laws") } { codified, statute(p), (enacted by a legislative body; "statute law"; "codified written laws") } ---- { [ UNWRITTEN, WRITTEN2,!] (based on custom rather than documentation; "an unwritten law"; "rites...so ancient that they well might have had their unwritten origins in Aurignacian times"- J.L.T.C.Spence) } { common-law(p), (based on common law; "a common-law right") }] [{ [ VOCALIC2, noun.communication:vowel1,+ noun.communication:vowel,+ CONSONANTAL2,!] (being or containing or characterized by vowels; "vocalic sounds"; "the Gaelic language being uncommonly vocalic"- Walter Scott) } { vowellike, (having characteristics of a vowel sound; "the vowellike nature of `r'") } ---- { [ CONSONANTAL2, noun.communication:consonant,+ VOCALIC2,!] (being or marked by or containing or functioning as a consonant; "consonantal sounds"; "a consonantal Hebrew text"; "consonantal alliteration"; "a consonantal cluster") }] [{ [ STOPPABLE, UNSTOPPABLE,!] (capable of being stopped; "if we pick up our pace he may be stoppable") } { [ abatable, verb.change:abate1,+ ] (capable of being abated) } ---- { [ UNSTOPPABLE, STOPPABLE,!] (not capable of being stopped; "as unstoppable as the wind") } { unbeatable, (hard to defeat; "an unbeatable ball team") }] [{ [SYLLABIC2, NONSYLLABIC2,!] ((of speech sounds) forming the nucleus of a syllable; "the syllabic `nl' in `riddle'")} ---- { [NONSYLLABIC2, SYLLABIC2,!] ((of speech sounds) not forming or capable of forming the nucleus of a syllable; "initial `l' in `little' is nonsyllabic")}] [{ [ SYLLABIC, noun.communication:syllable,+ NONSYLLABIC,!] (consisting of a syllable or syllables) } { disyllabic, (having or characterized by or consisting of two syllables) } { [ monosyllabic, noun.communication:monosyllable,+ ] (having or characterized by or consisting of one syllable) } { [ octosyllabic, noun.communication:octosyllable,+ ] (having or characterized by or consisting of eight syllables) } { pentasyllabic, (having or characterized by or consisting of five syllables) } { [ polysyllabic, noun.communication:polysyllable,+ ] (having or characterized by words of more than three syllables) } { decasyllabic, (having or characterized by or consisting of ten syllables) } { syllabled, (pronounced in syllables) } ---- { [ NONSYLLABIC, SYLLABIC,!] unsyllabic, (not forming a syllable or the nucleus of a syllable; consisting of a consonant sound accompanied in the same syllable by a vowel sound or consisting of a vowel sound dominated by other vowel sounds in a syllable (as the second vowel in a falling diphthong); "the nonsyllabic `n' in `botany' when it is pronounced `botny'"; "the nonsyllabic `i' in `oi'") } { unsyllabled, (not articulated in syllables) }] [{ [ SYLLABIC1, ACCENTUAL1,! QUANTITATIVE1,!] ((of verse) having lines based on number of syllables rather than on rhythmical arrangement of stresses or quantities) } ---- { [ ACCENTUAL1, noun.communication:accent,+ QUANTITATIVE1,! SYLLABIC1,!] ((of verse) having a metric system based on stress rather than syllables or quantity; "accentual poetry is based on the number of stresses in a line"; "accentual rhythm") } ---- { [ QUANTITATIVE1, SYLLABIC1,! ACCENTUAL1,!] ((of verse) having a metric system based on relative duration of syllables; "in typical Greek and Latin verse of the classical period the rhymic system is based on some arrangement of long and short elements") }] [{ [ STABLE, noun.attribute:stableness,+ noun.attribute:stability1,+ UNSTABLE,!] CONSTANT,^ PERMANENT,^ STEADY,^ (resistant to change of position or condition; "a stable ladder"; "a stable peace"; "a stable relationship"; "stable prices") } { [ firm2, noun.attribute:firmness,+ ] steady, unfluctuating, (not liable to fluctuate or especially to fall; "stocks are still firm") } { [ lasting, noun.attribute:lastingness,+ ] (lasting a long time without change; "a lasting relationship") } { stabile, noun.cognition:biology,;c ((chemistry, physics, biology) resistant to change) } { stabilized, stabilised, (made stable or firm) } ---- { [ UNSTABLE, noun.attribute:unstableness,+ STABLE,!] IMPERMANENT,^INCONSTANT,^ UNSTEADY,^ (lacking stability or fixity or firmness; "unstable political conditions"; "the tower proved to be unstable in the high wind"; "an unstable world economy") } { coseismic, coseismal, (being where earthquake waves arrive simultaneously) } { crank, cranky, tender, tippy, noun.artifact:boat,;c ((used of boats) inclined to heel over easily under sail) } { explosive, [ volatile, noun.attribute:volatility,+ ] (liable to lead to sudden change or violence; "an explosive issue"; "a volatile situation with troops and rioters eager for a confrontation") } { [ rickety, noun.attribute:ricketiness,+ ] [ shaky, noun.act:shake,+ noun.state:shakiness,+ ] [ wobbly, noun.event:wobble,+ ] wonky, (inclined to shake as from weakness or defect; "a rickety table"; "a wobbly chair with shaky legs"; "the ladder felt a little wobbly"; "the bridge still stands though one of the arches is wonky") } { rocky, (liable to rock; "on high rocky heels") } { [ seismic, noun.event:seism,+ ] [ seismal, noun.event:seism,+ ] (subject to or caused by an earthquake or earth vibration) } { tipsy, (unstable and prone to tip as if intoxicated; "a tipsy boat")} { top-heavy, (unstable by being overloaded at the top) } { tottering, ((of structures or institutions) having lost stability; failing or on the point of collapse; "a tottering empire") } { volcanic, (explosively unstable; "a volcanic temper") }] [{ [ STACCATO, LEGATO,!] [ disconnected2, noun.state:disconnectedness,+ ] noun.communication:music,;c ((music) marked by or composed of disconnected parts or sounds; cut short crisply; "staccato applause"; "a staccato command"; "staccato notes") } { abrupt, disconnected, (marked by sudden changes in subject and sharp transitions; "abrupt prose") } ---- { [ LEGATO, STACCATO,!] [ smooth3, noun.attribute:smoothness2,+ ] noun.communication:music,;c ((music) without breaks between notes; smooth and connected; "a legato passage") }] [{ [ STAGED, UNSTAGED,!] (written for or performed on the stage; "a staged version of the novel") } ---- { [ UNSTAGED, STAGED,!] (not performed on the stage) } { unperformed, (not performed; "the author of numerous unperformed plays") }] [{ [ STANDARD1, NONSTANDARD,!] ORTHODOX,^ (established or well-known or widely recognized as a model of authority or excellence; "a standard reference work"; "the classical argument between free trade and protectionism") } { authoritative, definitive, (of recognized authority or excellence; "the definitive work on Greece") } { basic, canonic, canonical2, (reduced to the simplest and most significant form possible without loss of generality; "a basic story line"; "a canonical syllable pattern") } { [ casebook, noun.communication:casebook,+ ] textbook, (according to or characteristic of a casebook or textbook; typical; "a casebook schizophrenic"; "a textbook example") } { [ criterial, noun.communication:criterion,+ noun.cognition:criterion,+ ] [ criterional, noun.communication:criterion,+ ] (serving as a basis for evaluation) } ---- { [ NONSTANDARD, STANDARD1,!] (not standard; not accepted as a model of excellence; "a nonstandard text") }] [{ [ STANDARD2, NONSTANDARD2,!] NORMAL1,^ noun.Tops:measure,= (conforming to or constituting a standard of measurement or value; or of the usual or regularized or accepted kind; "windows of standard width"; "standard sizes"; "the standard fixtures"; "standard brands"; "standard operating procedure") } { [ modular, noun.artifact:module1,+ noun.artifact:module,+ ] (constructed with standardized units or dimensions allowing flexibility and variety in use; "modular furniture"; "modular homes") } { [ regular, noun.attribute:regularity,+ ] (conforming to a standard or pattern; "following the regular procedure of the legislature"; "a regular electrical outlet") } { regulation, (prescribed by or according to regulation; "regulation army equipment") } { standardized, standardised, (brought into conformity with a standard; "standardized education") } { stock, (routine; "a stock answer") } ---- { [ NONSTANDARD2, STANDARD2,!] noun.Tops:measure,= (varying from or not adhering to a standard; "nonstandard windows"; "envelopes of nonstandard sizes"; "nonstandard lengths of board") } { [ deficient, noun.state:deficiency,+ ] [ inferior, noun.state:inferiority,+ ] substandard, (falling short of some prescribed norm; "substandard housing") } { nonnormative, (not based on a norm) }] [{ [ STANDARD3, NONSTANDARD3,!] received4, noun.cognition:linguistics,;c (conforming to the established language usage of educated native speakers; "standard English" (American); "received standard English is sometimes called the King's English" (British)) } { [ acceptable, noun.attribute:acceptability,+ noun.attribute:acceptableness,+ ] noun.cognition:linguistics,;c (judged to be in conformity with approved usage; "acceptable English usage") } { classical, (of or relating to the languages used by ancient standard authors; "classical Greek")} ---- { [ NONSTANDARD3, STANDARD3,!] noun.cognition:linguistics,;c (not conforming to the language usage of a prestige group within a community; "a nonstandard dialect is one used by uneducated speakers or socially disfavored groups"; "the common core of nonstandard words and phrases in folk speech"- A.R.Dunlap) } { bad, noun.cognition:linguistics,;c noun.communication:colloquialism,;u (nonstandard; "so-called bad grammar") } { [ unacceptable, noun.attribute:unacceptableness,+ ] unaccepted, noun.cognition:linguistics,;c (not conforming to standard usage; "the following use of `access' was judged unacceptable by a panel of linguists; `You can access your cash at any of 300 automatic tellers'") }] [{ [ STARCHY, noun.substance:starch,+ STARCHLESS,!] (consisting of or containing starch; "starchy foods") } { starchlike, amylaceous, [ amyloid, noun.substance:amyloid2,+ ] [ amyloidal, noun.substance:amyloid2,+ noun.substance:amyloid1,+ ] farinaceous, (resembling starch) } ---- { [ STARCHLESS, STARCHY,!] (lacking starch) }] [{ [ STARRY, noun.object:star1,+ noun.object:star,+ STARLESS,!] (abounding with or resembling stars; "a starry night"; "starry illumination") } { comet-like, (resembling a comet) } { sparkling, (shining with brilliant points of light like stars; "sparkling snow"; "sparkling eyes") } { starlike, (resembling a star; "they saw a starlike object in the sky") } { starlit, (lighted only by stars; "the starlit darkness") } ---- { [ STARLESS, STARRY,!] (not starry; having no stars or starlike objects; "dark starless nights") }] [{ [ NOURISHED, MALNOURISHED,!] (being provided with adequate nourishment) } { corn-fed, (fed on corn; "corn-fed livestock") } { full, replete(p), (filled to satisfaction with food or drink; "a full stomach") } { well-fed, well-nourished, (properly nourished) } { overfed, (too well nourished) } { stall-fed, ((of livestock) kept and fed in a stall in order to fatten for the market) } ---- { [ MALNOURISHED, NOURISHED,!] (not being provided with adequate nourishment) } { foodless, (being without food) } { ill-fed, underfed, undernourished, (not getting adequate food; "gaunt underfed children"; "badly undernourished") } { starved, starving, (suffering from lack of food) } { unfed, (not fed) } { unnourished, (not nourished) }] [{ [ STEADY, noun.attribute:steadiness1,+ UNSTEADY,!] EVEN1,^ STABLE,^ UNAGITATED,^ (not subject to change or variation especially in behavior; "a steady beat"; "a steady job"; "a steady breeze"; "a steady increase"; "a good steady ballplayer") } { [ dependable, noun.attribute:dependableness,+ noun.attribute:dependability,+ ] rock-steady, steady-going, (consistent in performance or behavior; "dependable in one's habits"; "a steady-going family man") } { [ even, noun.attribute:evenness,+ ] [ regular, noun.attribute:regularity,+ ] (occurring at fixed intervals; "a regular beat"; "the even rhythm of his breathing") } { firm, ((of especially a person's physical features) not shaking or trembling; "his voice was firm and confident"; "a firm step") } { level, unwavering, (not showing abrupt variations; "spoke in a level voice"; "she gave him a level look"- Louis Auchincloss) } { steadied, (made steady or constant; "the noise became a steadied roaring") } { [ sure, noun.attribute:sureness2,+ ] (certain not to fail; "a sure hand on the throttle") } { surefooted, sure-footed, footsure, (not liable to stumble or fall; "on surefooted donkeys") } ---- { [ UNSTEADY, noun.attribute:unsteadiness1,+ STEADY,!] AGITATED,^ IRREGULAR,^ UNEVEN,^UNSTABLE,^ (subject to change or variation; "her unsteady walk"; "his hand was unsteady as he poured the wine"; "an unsteady voice") } { [ arrhythmic, noun.state:arrhythmia,+ ] jerking, [ jerky, noun.act:jerk,+ noun.attribute:jerkiness,+ ] (lacking a steady rhythm; "an arrhythmic heartbeat") } { [ convulsive, verb.contact:convulse1,+ verb.contact:convulse,+ ] spasmodic, [ spastic, noun.attribute:spasticity,+ ] (affected by involuntary jerky muscular contractions; resembling a spasm; "convulsive motions"; "his body made a spasmodic jerk"; "spastic movements") } { faltering, (unsteady in speech or action) } { flickering, aflicker(p), (shining unsteadily) } { fluctuating, (having unpredictable ups and downs; "fluctuating prices") } { [ palpitant, verb.motion:palpitate2,+ verb.motion:palpitate1,+ verb.motion:palpitate,+ ] palpitating, (having a slight and rapid trembling motion; "palpitant movements rather than violent eruptions"; "my palpitating heart") } { [ shaky, noun.state:shakiness,+ ] shivering, trembling, (vibrating slightly and irregularly; as e.g. with fear or cold or like the leaves of an aspen in a breeze; "a quaking bog"; "the quaking child asked for more"; "quivering leaves of a poplar tree"; "with shaking knees"; "seemed shaky on her feet"; "sparkling light from the shivering crystals of the chandelier"; "trembling hands") } { quavering, tremulous, ((of the voice) quivering as from weakness or fear; "the old lady's quavering voice"; "spoke timidly in a tremulous voice") } { shifting, [ shifty, noun.attribute:shiftiness1,+ noun.act:shift,+ ] (changing position or direction; "he drifted into the shifting crowd"; "their nervous shifting glances"; "shifty winds")} { shuddering, (shaking convulsively or violently) } { tottering, tottery, (unsteady in gait as from infirmity or old age; "a tottering skeleton of a horse"; "a tottery old man") } { uneven5, (variable and recurring at irregular intervals; "an uneven gait"; "uneven spacing")} { wobbling, ((of sound) fluctuating unsteadily; "a low-pitched wobbling sound") }] [{ [ STEMMED, STEMLESS,!] (having a stem or stems or having a stem as specified; often used in combination; "stemmed goblets"; "long-stemmed roses") } ---- { [ STEMLESS, STEMMED,!] (not having a stem; "stemless glassware") } { stemmed2, (having the stem removed; "stemmed berries") }] [{ [ STIMULATING, UNSTIMULATING,!] EXCITING,^ INTERESTING,^ INVIGORATING,^ MOVING1,^ STIMULATIVE,^ (rousing or quickening activity or the senses; "a stimulating discussion") } { challenging, thought-provoking, (stimulating interest or thought; "a challenging hypothesis"; "a thought-provoking book") } { exciting, (stimulating interest and discussion; "an exciting novel") } { piquant, [ salty, noun.communication:saltiness,+ ] (engagingly stimulating or provocative; "a piquant wit"; "salty language") } { rousing, stirring, (capable of arousing enthusiasm or excitement; "a rousing sermon"; "stirring events such as wars and rescues") } { thrilling, (causing quivering or shivering as by cold or fear or electric shock; "a thrilling wind blew off the frozen lake") } ---- { [ UNSTIMULATING, STIMULATING,!] unexciting4, UNEXCITING,^ UNINTERESTING,^ UNMOVING,^ (not stimulating) } { bland, [ flat, noun.communication:flatness,+ ] (lacking stimulating characteristics; uninteresting; "a bland little drama"; "a flat joke") } { dry, juiceless, (lacking interest or stimulation; dull and lifeless; "a dry book"; "a dry lecture filled with trivial details"; "dull and juiceless as only book knowledge can be when it is unrelated to...life"- John Mason Brown) } { [ vapid, noun.attribute:vapidness,+ noun.attribute:vapidity,+ ] (lacking significance or liveliness or spirit or zest; "a vapid conversation"; "a vapid smile"; "a bunch of vapid schoolgirls") }] [{ [ DEPRESSANT, noun.artifact:depressant,+ verb.emotion:depress,+ STIMULATIVE,!] (capable of depressing physiological or psychological activity or response by a chemical agent) } { [ ataractic, noun.artifact:ataractic,+ noun.attribute:ataraxia,+ ] [ ataraxic, noun.attribute:ataraxia,+ ] [ sedative, noun.artifact:sedative,+ verb.body:sedate,+ ] tranquilizing, tranquillizing, tranquilising, tranquillising, (tending to soothe or tranquilize; "valium has a tranquilizing effect"; "took a hot drink with sedative properties before going to bed") } { [ narcotic, noun.artifact:narcotic,+ noun.cognition:narcosis,+ ] narcotizing, narcotising, (inducing stupor or narcosis; "narcotic drugs") } { [ relaxant, noun.artifact:relaxant,+ verb.body:relax1,+ verb.body:relax,+ ] (tending to relax or relieve muscular or nervous tension; "a relaxant drug") } { [ soporific, noun.artifact:soporific,+ ] soporiferous, somniferous, somnific, hypnogogic, hypnagogic, (sleep inducing) } ---- { [ STIMULATIVE, verb.perception:stimulate,+ verb.change:stimulate,+ verb.body:stimulate,+ DEPRESSANT,!] STIMULATING,^ (capable of arousing or accelerating physiological or psychological activity or response by a chemical agent) } { adrenocorticotropic, adrenocorticotrophic, (stimulating or acting on the adrenal cortex) } { [ analeptic, noun.artifact:analeptic,+ ] (stimulating the central nervous system; "an analeptic drug stimulates the central nervous system") } { [ excitant, verb.perception:excite,+ verb.emotion:excite3,+ verb.change:excite,+ ] excitative, [ excitatory, verb.change:excite2,+ verb.change:excite,+ ] ((of drugs e.g.) able to excite or stimulate) } { irritating, [ irritative, verb.change:irritate,+ verb.body:irritate,+ ] ((used of physical stimuli) serving to stimulate or excite; "an irritative agent") } { [ stimulant, verb.perception:stimulate,+ verb.communication:stimulate,+ verb.change:stimulate,+ ] stimulating, (that stimulates; "stimulant phenomena") }] [{ [ STOMATOUS, noun.body:stoma,+ ASTOMATOUS,!] noun.cognition:biology,;c (having a mouth or mouthlike opening) } { mouthlike, (of an opening that resembles a mouth) } ---- { [ ASTOMATOUS, STOMATOUS,!] mouthless, noun.cognition:biology,;c (having no mouth or mouthlike opening) }] [{ [ STRAIGHT1, noun.attribute:straightness,+ CROOKED1,!] DIRECT,^ VERTICAL,^ noun.attribute:shape,= (having no deviations; "straight lines"; "straight roads across the desert"; "straight teeth"; "straight shoulders") } { aligned, (in a straight line; "pearly teeth evenly aligned") } { unbent, (not bent; "looking for an unbent nail"; "trees with straight unbent trunks make the best lumber") } { untwisted, (not twisted; formerly twisted but now straight) } ---- { [ CROOKED1, noun.attribute:crookedness,+ STRAIGHT1,!] COILED,^ INDIRECT,^ noun.attribute:shape,= (having or marked by bends or angles; not straight or aligned; "crooked country roads"; "crooked teeth") } { akimbo(ip), ((used of arms and legs) bent outward with the joint away from the body; "a tailor sitting with legs akimbo"; "stood with arms akimbo") } { anfractuous, (full of twists and turns; "anfractuous cliffs") } { aquiline, hooked, (curved down like an eagle's beak) } { askew, awry(p), cockeyed, [ lopsided, noun.attribute:lopsidedness,+ ] wonky, skew-whiff, (turned or twisted toward one side; "a...youth with a gorgeous red necktie all awry"- G.K.Chesterton; "his wig was, as the British say, skew-whiff") } { contorted2, writhed, writhen, (twisted (especially as in pain or struggle); "his mad contorted smile"; "writhed lips"; "my writhen features"- Walter scott) } { [ deflective, verb.motion:deflect,+ ] [ refractive, noun.attribute:refractiveness,+ verb.perception:refract,+ verb.communication:refract,+ noun.attribute:refractivity,+ ] (capable of changing the direction (of a light or sound wave)) } { geniculate, noun.cognition:biology,;c (bent at a sharp angle) } { gnarled, [ gnarly, noun.shape:gnarl,+ ] knotted, knotty, knobbed, (used of old persons or old trees; covered with knobs or knots; "gnarled and knotted hands"; "a knobbed stick") } { malposed, (characterized by malposition; "crooked malposed teeth") } { reflexed, ((of leaves) bent downward and outward more than 90 degrees) } { [ squiggly, noun.communication:squiggle1,+ noun.communication:squiggle,+ ] (wavy and twisting) } { [ tortuous, noun.shape:tortuousness,+ noun.shape:tortuosity,+ ] twisting, twisty, winding, voluminous, (marked by repeated turns and bends; "a tortuous road up the mountain"; "winding roads are full of surprises"; "had to steer the car down a twisty track") } { warped, (used especially of timbers or boards; bent out of shape usually by moisture; "the floors were warped and cracked") } { windblown, (used especially of trees; growing in a shape determined by the prevailing winds) } { wry, (bent to one side; "a wry neck") } { [ zigzag, noun.shape:zigzag,+ ] [ zig-zag, noun.shape:zigzag,+ ] (having short sharp turns or angles) }] [{ [ STRAIGHT5, noun.artifact:straight,+ noun.attribute:straightness,+ CURVED,!] (free from curves or angles; "a straight line") } { trabeated, trabeate, noun.cognition:architecture,;c (not arcuate; having straight horizontal beams or lintels (rather than arches)) } { uncurved, uncurving, (having no curves) } ---- { [ CURVED, STRAIGHT5,!] curving, (having or marked by a curve or smoothly rounded bend; "the curved tusks of a walrus"; "his curved lips suggested a smile but his eyes were hard") } { arced, arched, arching, arciform, [arcuate, noun.shape:arc,+] bowed, noun.cognition:architecture,;c (forming or resembling an arch; "an arched ceiling") } { curvilineal, curvilinear, (characterized by or following a curved line; "curvilinear tracery"; "curvilinear motion") } { eellike, (resembling an eel in being long and thin and sinuous) } { falcate, falciform, sickle-shaped, (curved like a sickle; "a falcate leaf"; "falcate claws"; "the falcate moon") } { [ curvy, noun.attribute:curve,+ noun.artifact:curve,+ ] [ curvey, noun.attribute:curve,+ noun.artifact:curve,+ ] (having curves; "a settee with only one curvy end") } { flexuous, (having turns or windings; "the flexuous bed of the stream") } { hooklike, hooked, (having or resembling a hook (especially in the ability to grasp and hold); "hooklike thorns") } { incurvate, incurved, (bent into or having an inward curve) } { recurved, recurvate, (curved backward or inward) } { [ semicircular, noun.shape:semicircle,+ ] (curved into a half circle) } { serpentine, [ snaky, noun.animal:snake,+ ] snakelike, (resembling a serpent in form; "a serpentine wall"; "snaky ridges in the sand") } { sinuate, [ sinuous, noun.shape:sinuousness,+ noun.shape:sinuosity,+ ] wiggly, (curved or curving in and out; "wiggly lines") } { [ sinusoidal, noun.shape:sinusoid,+ ] (having a succession of waves or curves) } { upcurved, (curving upward) }] [{ [ COILED, UNCOILED,!] (curled or wound (especially in concentric rings or spirals); "a coiled snake ready to strike"; "the rope lay coiled on the deck") } { coiling, [ helical, noun.artifact:helix,+ ] spiral, spiraling, [ volute, noun.artifact:volute1,+ noun.artifact:volute,+ ] voluted, whorled1, turbinate, (in the shape of a coil) } { convolute, convoluted, noun.cognition:botany,;c (rolled longitudinally upon itself; "a convolute petal") } { involute, ((of some shells) closely coiled so that the axis is obscured) } { involute2, rolled, noun.cognition:botany,;c (especially of petals or leaves in bud; having margins rolled inward) } { wound, (put in a coil) } ---- { [ UNCOILED, COILED,!] straight2, (no longer coiled) } { uncurled, (not curled; "lay uncurled on the bed") }] [{ [ STRAIGHT4, noun.attribute:straightness2,+ CROOKED2,!] square4, HONEST,^ LAWFUL,^ noun.attribute:honesty,= (characterized by honesty and fairness; "straight dealing"; "a square deal") } { aboveboard, [ straightforward, noun.attribute:straightforwardness1,+ ] (without concealment or deception; honest; "their business was open and aboveboard"; "straightforward in all his business affairs") } { guileless, transparent, (free of deceit) } { straightarrow(a), (conventionally moral and upright) } ---- { [ CROOKED2, noun.attribute:crookedness1,+ STRAIGHT4,!] [ corrupt4, noun.attribute:corruptness,+ ] DISHONEST,^ UNLAWFUL,^ noun.attribute:honesty,= (not straight; dishonest or immoral or evasive) } { [ sneaky, noun.person:sneak2,+ noun.attribute:sneakiness,+ ] underhand, underhanded, (marked by deception; "achieved success in business only by underhand methods") }] [{ [ STRESSED, UNSTRESSED,!] accented, (bearing a stress or accent; "an iambic foot consists of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable as in `delay'") } { [ emphatic, noun.communication:emphasis,+ noun.attribute:emphasis,+ ] emphasized, emphasised, (spoken with emphasis; "an emphatic word") } { masculine, noun.communication:music,;c ((music or poetry) ending on an accented beat or syllable; "a masculine cadence"; "the masculine rhyme of `annoy, enjoy'") } ---- { [ UNSTRESSED, STRESSED,!] (not bearing a stress or accent; "short vowels are unstressed") } { feminine, noun.communication:music,;c ((music or poetry) ending on an unaccented beat or syllable; "a feminine ending") } { unaccented, light, weak, ((used of vowels or syllables) pronounced with little or no stress; "a syllable that ends in a short vowel is a light syllable"; "a weak stress on the second syllable") } { unemphatic, (not emphasized) }] [{ [ TONIC, ATONIC,!] accented4, ((used of syllables) bearing the principle stress, usually accompanied by a change in pitch; "a tonic syllables carries the main stress in a word") } ---- { [ ATONIC, TONIC,!] unaccented4, ((used of syllables) carrying no stress; "an atonic syllable carries no stress") }] [{ [ STRONG, WEAK,!] POWERFUL,^ ROBUST,^ RUGGED,^ TOUGH2,^ noun.attribute:strength,= (having strength or power greater than average or expected; "a strong radio signal"; "strong medicine"; "a strong man") } { beardown(a), (with full strength; "his beardown performance in the exhibition game") } { beefed-up, (made greater or stronger; "beefed-up sales efforts") } { [ brawny, noun.attribute:brawn,+ noun.attribute:brawniness,+ ] [ hefty, noun.attribute:heft,+ noun.attribute:heftiness1,+ ] [ muscular, noun.attribute:muscle,+ noun.attribute:muscularity,+ ] powerful1, [ sinewy, noun.attribute:sinew,+ ] ((of a person) possessing physical strength and weight; rugged and powerful; "a hefty athlete"; "a muscular boxer"; "powerful arms") } { bullnecked, (having a thick short powerful neck) } { [ bullocky, noun.animal:bullock2,+ ] (resembling a bullock in strength and power; "thick bullocky shoulders") } { fortified, (having something added to increase the strength; "fortified wine") } { hard, knockout, [ severe, noun.attribute:severeness3,+ ] (very strong or vigorous; "strong winds"; "a hard left to the chin"; "a knockout punch"; "a severe blow") } { industrial-strength, weapons-grade, (extremely strong or concentrated or durable; "industrial-strength detergent"; "weapons-grade salsa") } { ironlike, (exhibiting strength or hardness like that of iron; "ironlike determination"; "ironlike nerves"; "ironlike discipline of the Marines") } { knock-down(a), powerful2, (strong enough to knock down or overwhelm; "a knock-down blow") } { reinforced, strengthened, (given added strength or support; "reinforced concrete contains steel bars or metal netting") } { [ robust, noun.attribute:robustness1,+ ] (strong enough to withstand or overcome intellectual challenges or adversity; "the experiment yielded robust results"; "a robust faith") } { sound, (vigorous or severe; "a sound thrashing") } { stiff, (powerful; "a stiff current"; "a stiff breeze") } { [ vehement, noun.attribute:vehemence,+ ] (characterized by great force or energy; "vehement deluges of rain"; "vehement clapping"; "a vehement defense") } { virile, (characterized by energy and vigor; "a virile and ever stronger free society"; "a new and virile leadership") } { well-knit, well-set, (strongly and firmly constructed; "a well-knit argument"; "a well-knit theatrical production"; "well-knit athletes"; "a sailor short but well-set"- Alexander Hamilton) } ---- { [ WEAK, noun.attribute:weakness,+ STRONG,!] DELICATE,^ TENDER2,^ POWERLESS,^ noun.attribute:strength,= (wanting in physical strength; "a weak pillar") } { [ anemic, noun.state:anemia1,+ ] [ anaemic, noun.state:anaemia1,+ ] (lacking vigor or energy; "an anemic attempt to hit the baseball") } { adynamic, [ asthenic, noun.state:asthenia,+ noun.state:astheny,+ ] debilitated, enervated, (lacking energy or vitality) } { [ faint, noun.attribute:faintness2,+ ] [ feeble, noun.attribute:feebleness,+ ] (lacking strength or vigor; "damning with faint praise"; "faint resistance"; "feeble efforts"; "a feeble voice") } { [ feeble2, noun.attribute:feebleness,+ ] [ lame, noun.state:lameness1,+ ] (pathetically lacking in force or effectiveness; "a feeble excuse"; "a lame argument") } { [ flimsy1, noun.substance:flimsy,+ noun.attribute:flimsiness,+ ] insubstantial, (lacking solidity or strength; "a flimsy table"; "flimsy construction"; "vinyl siding has become the standard-bearer for cheap, insubstantial construction") } { jerry-built, (badly or hastily built; "mean little jerry-built houses") } { [ namby-pamby, noun.person:namby-pamby,+ ] gutless, [ spineless, noun.attribute:spinelessness,+ ] wishy-washy, (weak in willpower, courage or vitality) } { [ pale, noun.attribute:paleness,+ ] pallid, wan, sick, ((of light) lacking in intensity or brightness; dim or feeble; "the pale light of a half moon"; "a pale sun"; "the late afternoon light coming through the el tracks fell in pale oblongs on the street"; "a pallid sky"; "the pale (or wan) stars"; "the wan light of dawn") } { [ puny, noun.attribute:puniness1,+ ] (inferior in strength or significance; "a puny physique"; "puny excuses") } { [ vulnerable, noun.state:vulnerability,+ ] (capable of being wounded or hurt; "vulnerable parts of the body") } { weakened, (made weak or weaker) } { wilted, limp, (without energy or will; "gave a limp handshake"; "a limp gesture as if waving away all desire to know" G.K.Chesterton; "the afternoon heat left her feeling wilted") }] [{ [ STUBBORN, noun.attribute:stubbornness1,+ DOCILE,!] obstinate, unregenerate1, DISOBEDIENT,^ INTRACTABLE,^ UNCOMPROMISING,^ (tenaciously unwilling or marked by tenacious unwillingness to yield) } { bloody-minded, cantankerous, noun.location:Britain,;r (stubbornly obstructive and unwilling to cooperate; "unions...have never been as bloody-minded about demarcation as the shipbuilders"- Spectator) } { bolshy, stroppy, noun.location:Britain,;r noun.communication:slang,;u (obstreperous) } { [ bullheaded, noun.attribute:bullheadedness,+ ] bullet-headed, [ pigheaded, noun.attribute:pigheadedness,+ ] (obstinate and stupid) } { [ dogged, noun.attribute:doggedness,+ ] dour, [persistent, noun.attribute:persistence,+ ] [ pertinacious, noun.attribute:pertinacity,+ ] [ tenacious, noun.attribute:tenaciousness,+ noun.attribute:tenacity,+ ] [ unyielding, noun.attribute:unyieldingness,+ ] (stubbornly unyielding; "dogged persistence"; "dour determination"; "the most vocal and pertinacious of all the critics"; "a mind not gifted to discover truth but tenacious to hold it"- T.S.Eliot; "men tenacious of opinion") } { contrarious, cross-grained, (difficult to deal with) } { determined, (devoting full strength and concentrated attention to; "made continued and determined efforts to find and destroy enemy headquarters") } { hardheaded, [ mulish, noun.attribute:mulishness,+ ] (unreasonably rigid in the face of argument or entreaty or attack) } { stiff-necked, (haughtily stubborn; "a stiff-necked old Boston brahmin") } { strong-minded, strong-willed, (having a determined will) } ---- { [ DOCILE, noun.attribute:docility,+ STUBBORN,!] OBEDIENT,^ TRACTABLE,^ (willing to be taught or led or supervised or directed; "the docile masses of an enslaved nation") } { [ meek, noun.feeling:meekness,+ ] [ tame, noun.attribute:tameness1,+ ] (very docile; "tame obedience"; "meek as a mouse"- Langston Hughes) } { sheeplike, sheepish, (like or suggestive of a sheep in docility or stupidity or meekness or timidity) } { yielding, (inclined to yield to argument or influence or control; "a timid yielding person") }] [{ [ SUBORDINATE2, INSUBORDINATE,!] SUBMISSIVE,^ SUBORDINATE1,^ (subject or submissive to authority or the control of another; "a subordinate kingdom") } { feudatory, (owing feudal allegiance to or being subject to a sovereign; "it remained feudatory to India until 1365") } { ruled, (subject to a ruling authority; "the ruled mass") } { [ subject, noun.person:subject,+ ] [ dependent, noun.location:dependency,+ ] (being under the power or sovereignty of another or others; "subject peoples"; "a dependent prince") } { [ subservient, noun.state:subservientness,+ ] (compliant and obedient to authority; "editors and journalists who express opinions in print that are opposed to the interests of the rich are dismissed and replaced by subservient ones"-G. B. Shaw) } ---- { [ INSUBORDINATE, SUBORDINATE2,!] DEFIANT,^ (not submissive to authority; "a history of insubordinate behavior"; "insubordinate boys") } { [ contumacious, noun.act:contumacy2,+ noun.act:contumacy,+ ] (wilfully obstinate; stubbornly disobedient; "a contumaceous witness is subject to punishment") } { [ disobedient, noun.attribute:disobedience,+ verb.social:disobey,+ ] [ unruly, noun.attribute:unruliness,+ ] (unwilling to submit to authority; "unruly teenagers") } { [ mutinous, noun.act:mutiny,+ ] (disposed to or in a state of mutiny; "the men became mutinous and insubordinate") } { [ rebellious, noun.act:rebellion1,+ noun.act:rebelliousness,+ ] (resisting control or authority; "temperamentally rebellious"; "a rebellious crew") }] [{ [ SUCCESSFUL, noun.state:successfulness,+ UNSUCCESSFUL,!] FORTUNATE,^ PRODUCTIVE,^ UNDEFEATED,^ noun.state:success,= (having succeeded or being marked by a favorable outcome; "a successful architect"; "a successful business venture") } { boffo, (resoundingly successful and popular; "for years he was a boffo box office certainty") } { booming, flourishing, palmy, prospering, [ prosperous, noun.state:prosperity2,+ ] roaring, thriving, (very lively and profitable; "flourishing businesses"; "a palmy time for stockbrokers"; "a prosperous new business"; "doing a roaring trade"; "a thriving tourist center"; "did a thriving business in orchids") } { in(p), (holding office; "the in party") } { made, (successful or assured of success; "now I am a made man forever"- Christopher Marlowe) } { no-hit, noun.act:baseball,;c (of a game (or the pitching) in which a pitcher allows the opponent no hits; "a no-hit pitcher"; "a no-hit game") } { [ productive, noun.attribute:productiveness1,+ ] (yielding positive results) } { self-made, (having achieved success or recognition by your own efforts; "a self-made millionaire") } { sure-fire, (certain to be successful; "a sure-fire way to get rich") } { triple-crown, noun.act:baseball,;c (unofficial championship title for player who heads the league in batting average and home runs and runs batted in) } { triple-crown1, noun.act:horse_racing,;c (of a horse that has won the Kentucky Derby and the Belmont Stakes and the Preakness races) } { [ victorious, noun.event:victory,+ ] winning1, (having won; "the victorious entry"; "the winning team") } ---- { [ UNSUCCESSFUL, SUCCESSFUL,!] DEFEATED,^ UNFORTUNATE,^ UNPROFITABLE,^ noun.state:success,= (not successful; having failed or having an unfavorable outcome) } { attempted, (tried unsuccessfully; "attempted murder") } { defeated, disappointed, [ discomfited, noun.group:discomfited,+ ] foiled, frustrated, thwarted, (disappointingly unsuccessful; "disappointed expectations and thwarted ambitions"; "their foiled attempt to capture Calais"; "many frustrated poets end as pipe-smoking teachers"; "his best efforts were thwarted") } { done_for(p), ruined, sunk, undone, washed-up, (doomed to extinction) } { [ down-and-out, noun.person:down-and-out,+ ] (lacking resources (or any prospect of resources)) } { empty-handed, unrewarded, (having acquired or gained nothing; "the returned from the negotiations empty-handed") } { hitless, noun.act:baseball,;c ((of a batter) without a hit; "he went hitless for three innings") } { no-win, (certain to end in failure and disappointment; "a no-win situation") } { out(a), (out of power; especially having been unsuccessful in an election; "now the Democrats are out") } { scoreless, goalless, hitless2, pointless, (having no points scores; "a scoreless inning") } { self-defeating, (acting to defeat its own purpose; "it is self-defeating...to ignore the progress of events") } { unfulfilled, unrealized, unrealised, (of persons; marked by failure to realize full potentialities; "unfulfilled and uneasy men"; "unrealized dreams and ambitions") } { unplaced, (not one of the first three in a race or competition) } { winless, (having no wins; "the team had a very disappointing winless season") }] [{ [ SUFFICIENT, noun.quantity:sufficiency,+ noun.attribute:sufficiency,+ verb.stative:suffice,+ INSUFFICIENT,!] AMPLE,^ noun.attribute:quantity,= (of a quantity that can fulfill a need or requirement but without being abundant; "sufficient food") } { [ adequate, noun.attribute:adequateness,+ ] [ enough, noun.quantity:enough,+ ] (sufficient for the purpose; "an adequate income"; "the food was adequate"; "enough food"; "food enough") } { comfortable, (sufficient to provide comfort; "a comfortable salary") } ---- { [ INSUFFICIENT, noun.attribute:insufficiency,+ SUFFICIENT,!] [ deficient4, noun.attribute:deficiency,+ ] MEAGER,^ noun.attribute:quantity,= (of a quantity not able to fulfill a need or requirement; "insufficient funds") } { depleted, [ low, noun.attribute:lowness1,+ ] (no longer sufficient; "supplies are low"; "our funds are depleted") } { [ inadequate, noun.attribute:inadequateness,+ ] [ poor, noun.attribute:poorness3,+ ] [ short, noun.state:shortness,+ ] [ jejune, noun.attribute:jejuneness2,+ noun.attribute:jejunity2,+ ] (of insufficient quantity to meet a need; "an inadequate income"; "a poor salary"; "money is short"; "on short rations"; "food is in short supply"; "short on experience"; "the jejune diets of the very poor") } { [ lean1, noun.attribute:leanness1,+ ] skimpy, (containing little excess; "a lean budget"; "a skimpy allowance") } { light, [ scant(p), noun.attribute:scantness,+ ] short2, (less than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so; "a light pound"; "a scant cup of sugar"; "regularly gives short weight") } { shy(p), noun.communication:colloquialism,;u (short; "eleven is one shy of a dozen") }] [{ [ SUGARY, noun.cognition:sugariness,+ noun.attribute:sugariness,+ SUGARLESS,!] SWEET1,^ SWEET2,^ (containing sugar; "he eats too much sugary food") } { candied, sugar-coated, (encrusted with sugar or syrup; "candied grapefruit peel") } { honeyed, honied, syrupy, (with honey added) } { honeylike, (resembling honey) } { sugared, sweetened, [ sweet, noun.attribute:sweetness,+ ] sweet-flavored, (with sweetening added) } ---- { [ SUGARLESS, SUGARY,!] nonsweet, DRY3,^ (not containing sugar) } { unsugared, (with no sugar added) } { unsweetened, (not made sweet) }] [{ [ SUPERIOR1, noun.attribute:superiority1,+ INFERIOR1,!] DOMINANT1,^ HIGH2,^ (of or characteristic of high rank or importance; "a superior ruler") } { arch, [ condescending, noun.attribute:condescendingness,+ ] patronizing, patronising, ((used of behavior or attitude) characteristic of those who treat others with condescension) } { [ eminent, noun.state:eminence,+ ] [ high, noun.attribute:highness1,+ ] (standing above others in quality or position; "people in high places"; "the high priest"; "eminent members of the community") } { leading(a), [ preeminent, noun.state:preeminence,+ ] (greatest in importance or degree or significance or achievement; "our greatest statesmen"; "the country's leading poet"; "a preeminent archeologist") } { high-level, high-ranking, upper-level, (at an elevated level in rank or importance; "a high-level official"; "a high-level corporate briefing"; "upper-level management") } { majestic, olympian, (majestic in manner or bearing; superior to mundane matters; "his majestic presence"; "olympian detachment"; "olympian beauty and serene composure") } { superordinate, (of higher rank or status or value) } { upper, (superior in rank or accomplishment; "the upper half of the class") } ---- { [ INFERIOR1, SUPERIOR1,!] LOW1,^ LOW2,^ SUBORDINATE1,^ (of or characteristic of low rank or importance) } { [ humble, noun.state:humbleness,+ ] [ low, noun.state:lowness,+ ] lowly, modest, small, (low or inferior in station or quality; "a humble cottage"; "a lowly parish priest"; "a modest man of the people"; "small beginnings") } { indifferent, (fairly poor to not very good; "has an indifferent singing voice"; "has indifferent qualifications for the job") } { low-level, (at a low level in rank or importance; "a low-level job"; "low-level discussions") } { middle-level, (intermediate in rank or position; "middle-level management") } { outclassed, (decisively surpassed by something else so as to appear to be of a lower class) }] [{ [ SUPERIOR2, noun.attribute:superiority,+ INFERIOR2,!] BEST,^ noun.attribute:quality2,= (of high or superior quality or performance; "superior wisdom derived from experience"; "superior math students") } { ace, A-one, crack, first-rate, super, tiptop, topnotch, top-notch, tops(p), noun.communication:colloquialism,;u (of the highest quality; "an ace reporter"; "a crack shot"; "a first-rate golfer"; "a super party"; "played top-notch tennis"; "an athlete in tiptop condition"; "she is absolutely tops") } { banner1, (unusually good; outstanding; "a banner year for the company") } { blue-ribbon(a), select1, (selected or chosen for special qualifications; "the blue-ribbon event of the season") } { boss, brag, noun.communication:colloquialism,;u (exceptionally good; "a boss hand at carpentry"; "his brag cornfield") } { [ brilliant, noun.attribute:brilliancy,+ noun.attribute:brilliance1,+ ] superb, (of surpassing excellence; "a brilliant performance"; "a superb actor") } { capital, noun.location:Britain,;r (first-rate; "a capital fellow"; "a capital idea") } { [ choice, noun.attribute:choiceness,+ ] prime(a), prize, quality, select2, (of superior grade; "choice wines"; "prime beef"; "prize carnations"; "quality paper"; "select peaches") } { [ excellent, noun.cognition:excellency,+ noun.attribute:excellence,+ verb.stative:excel,+ ] first-class1, [ fantabulous, noun.communication:colloquialism,;u ] splendid, [ ripping, noun.location:Britain,;r noun.communication:colloquialism,;u ] (very good; of the highest quality; "made an excellent speech"; "he was a splendid teacher"; "a first-class mind") } { gilt-edged, (of the highest quality or value; "gilt-edged securities"; "gilt-edged credentials") } { greatest, sterling(a), [ superlative, noun.state:superlative,+ ] (highest in quality) } { high-performance, (modified to give superior performance; "a high-performance car") } { outstanding, (distinguished from others in excellence; "did outstanding work in human relations"; "an outstanding war record") } { classic, (considered of the highest quality and lasting significance or worth; "a classic car"; "`War and Peace' is a classic novel") } { out_of_the_ordinary, out_of_this_world, (exceptionally or unusually good; "the food here is out of this world") } { premium, (having or reflecting superior quality or value; "premium gasoline at a premium price") } { pukka, pucka, noun.location:India,;r (absolutely first class and genuine; "pukka sahib"; "pukka quarters with a swarm of servants") } { shining, (marked by exceptional merit; "had shining virtues and few faults"; "a shining example") } { spiffing, noun.location:Britain,;r (excellent or splendid; "that's a perfectly spiffing idea") } { supreme, (highest in excellence or achievement; "supreme among musicians"; "a supreme endeavor"; "supreme courage") } { top-flight, top-hole, topping, noun.location:Britain,;r (excellent; best possible) } { [ transcendent, noun.state:transcendency2,+ noun.state:transcendence2,+ verb.stative:transcend1,+ verb.stative:transcend,+ ] surpassing, (exceeding or surpassing usual limits especially in excellence) } { weapons-grade, (of a quality adequate for use in weapons (especially in weapons of mass destruction); "weapons-grade plutonium"; "weapons-grade anthrax") } { well-made, (skillfully constructed) } ---- { [ INFERIOR2, noun.attribute:inferiority,+ SUPERIOR2,!] WORST,^ noun.attribute:quality2,= (of low or inferior quality) } { [ bad, noun.attribute:badness,+ ] (below average in quality or performance; "a bad chess player"; "a bad recital") } { base, ((used of metals) consisting of or alloyed with inferior metal; "base coins of aluminum"; "a base metal") } { [ bum, noun.person:bum2,+ ] [ cheap, noun.attribute:cheapness2,+ ] cheesy, chintzy, crummy, punk, [ sleazy, noun.attribute:sleaziness,+ noun.attribute:sleaze,+ ] tinny, noun.communication:colloquialism,;u (of very poor quality; flimsy) } { bush-league, bush, (not of the highest quality or sophistication) } { cheapjack, [ shoddy, noun.attribute:shoddiness1,+ noun.attribute:shoddiness,+ ] [ tawdry, noun.attribute:tawdriness,+ ] (made of inferior workmanship and materials; "cheapjack moviemaking...that feeds on the low taste of the mob"- Judith Crist) } { coarse, [ common, noun.attribute:commonness2,+ ] (of low or inferior quality or value; "of what coarse metal ye are molded"- Shakespeare; "produced...the common cloths used by the poorer population") } { coarsened, (made coarse or crude by lack of skill) } { [ commercial, noun.act:commerce,+ ] commercial-grade, (of the kind or quality used in commerce; average or inferior; "commercial grade of beef"; "commercial oxalic acid") } { deplorable, execrable, [ miserable, noun.state:miserableness,+ ] woeful, [ wretched, noun.attribute:wretchedness,+ ] (of very poor quality or condition; "deplorable housing conditions in the inner city"; "woeful treatment of the accused"; "woeful errors of judgment") } { less, ((usually preceded by `no') lower in quality; "no less than perfect") } { low-grade, (of inferior quality) } { [ mediocre, noun.person:mediocrity,+ ] second-rate, (moderate to inferior in quality; "they improved the quality from mediocre to above average") } { ropey, ropy, noun.location:Britain,;r noun.communication:colloquialism,;u ((British informal) very poor in quality; "ropey food"; "a ropey performance") } { [ scrawny, noun.attribute:scrawniness1,+ ] [ scrubby, noun.attribute:scrubbiness,+ ] [ stunted, noun.attribute:stuntedness,+ ] (inferior in size or quality; "scrawny cattle"; "scrubby cut-over pine"; "old stunted thorn trees") } { second-class, (of inferior status or quality; "a second-class citizen"; "second-class accommodations") } { third-rate, (of lesser quality than second-rate) } { utility(a), utility-grade, (used of beef; usable but inferior) }] [{ [ SUPERIOR3, INFERIOR3,!] noun.cognition:astronomy,;c (having an orbit farther from the sun than the Earth's orbit; "Mars and Jupiter are the closest in of the superior planets") } ---- { [ INFERIOR3, SUPERIOR3,!] noun.cognition:astronomy,;c (having an orbit between the sun and the Earth's orbit; "Mercury and Venus are inferior planets") }] [{ [ SUPERJACENT, SUBJACENT,!] (lying immediately above or on something else) } { incumbent, noun.cognition:geology,;c (lying or leaning on something else; "an incumbent geological formation") } { overlying, superimposed, (placed on or over something else; "an overlying image") } { superincumbent, (lying or resting on and exerting pressure on something else; "superincumbent layers of dead plants cut off the air and arrested decomposition") } ---- { [ SUBJACENT, SUPERJACENT,!] (lying nearby but lower; "hills and subjacent valleys") } { underlying, (located beneath or below) }] [{ [ SUPERSCRIPT, SUBSCRIPT,! ADSCRIPT,!] superior, noun.communication:printing,;c (written or printed above and to one side of another character) } ---- { [ SUBSCRIPT, noun.communication:subscript,+ ADSCRIPT,! SUPERSCRIPT,!] inferior, noun.communication:printing,;c (written or printed below and to one side of another character) } ---- { [ ADSCRIPT, SUPERSCRIPT,! SUBSCRIPT,!] noun.communication:printing,;c (written or printed immediately following another character and aligned with it) }] [{ [ SUPERVISED, UNSUPERVISED,!] (under observation or under the direction of a superintendent or overseer; "supervised play") } ---- { [ UNSUPERVISED, SUPERVISED,!] (not supervised or under constant observation; "the school maintains unsupervised study halls during free periods"; "reliable workers are generally unsupervised") } { unattended, (not watched; "she dashed out leaving the bar unattended"; "a fire left unattended") }] [{ [ SUPPORTED, UNSUPPORTED,!] (held up or having the weight borne especially from below; "supported joints in a railroad track have ties directly under the rail ends") } { based, (having a base; "firmly based ice") } { braced, buttressed, (held up by braces or buttresses) } { gimbaled, (supported on gimbals and remaining steady or level when the base tips) } { pendent, pendant, dependent, (held from above and hanging down; "a pendant bunch of grapes") } { [ supernatant, noun.object:supernatant,+ ] noun.cognition:chemistry,;c (of a liquid; floating on the surface above a sediment or precipitate; "the supernatant fat was skimmed off") } { suspended1, ((of undissolved particles in a fluid) supported or kept from sinking or falling by buoyancy and without apparent attachment; "suspended matter such as silt or mud..."; "dust particles suspended in the air"; "droplets in suspension in a gas") } { underhung, (supported from below especially resting on a track instead of suspended from above; "underhung sliding doors") } { underslung, (supported from above especially in a vehicle having springs attached to the axle from below) } ---- { [ UNSUPPORTED, SUPPORTED,!] (not held up or borne; "removal of the central post left the roof unsupported") } { strapless, (having no straps; "a strapless evening gown") } { unbraced, (without braces or props) }] [{ [ SUPPORTED2, UNSUPPORTED2,!] (sustained or maintained by aid (as distinct from physical support); "a club entirely supported by membership dues"; "well-supported allegations") } { subsidized, subsidised, (having partial financial support from public funds; "lived in subsidized public housing") } ---- { [ UNSUPPORTED2, SUPPORTED2,!] (not sustained or maintained by nonmaterial aid; "unsupported accusations") } { baseless, groundless, [ idle, noun.attribute:idleness1,+ ] unfounded, unwarranted, wild, (without a basis in reason or fact; "baseless gossip"; "the allegations proved groundless"; "idle fears"; "unfounded suspicions"; "unwarranted jealousy") } { single-handed, unassisted, unbacked, (unsupported by other people) } { uncorroborated, unsubstantiated, (unsupported by other evidence) }] [{ [ ASSISTED, UNASSISTED,!] aided, (having help; often used as a combining form) } { motor-assisted, (relying on an engine for propulsion in addition to muscle power; "a motor-assisted bicycle") } { power-assisted, (supplementing or replacing manual effort; "power-assisted steering") } ---- { [ UNASSISTED, ASSISTED,!] (lacking help) } { naked, ((of the eye or ear e.g.) without the aid of an optical or acoustical device or instrument; "visible to the naked eye") } { unaided, (carried out without aid or assistance; "his first unaided walk through the park") }] [{ [ SUPPORTIVE, verb.social:support1,+ verb.social:support,+ verb.communication:support1,+ UNSUPPORTIVE,!] POSITIVE1,^ (furnishing support or assistance; "a supportive family network"; "his family was supportive of his attempts to be a writer") } { [ accessory, noun.artifact:accessory,+ ] [ adjunct, noun.object:adjunct,+ ] ancillary, adjuvant, [ appurtenant, verb.stative:appertain,+ noun.artifact:appurtenance,+ ] [ auxiliary, noun.person:auxiliary,+ ] (furnishing added support; "an ancillary pump"; "an adjuvant discipline to forms of mysticism"; "The mind and emotions are auxiliary to each other") } { accessary, accessory1, (aiding and abetting in a crime; "he was charged with being accessory to the crime")} { [ certificatory, verb.social:certify2,+ ] (serving to certify or endorse authoritatively) } { [ collateral, noun.possession:collateral,+ ] [ confirmative, verb.cognition:confirm,+ ] confirming, [confirmatory, verb.communication:confirm,+ verb.cognition:confirm,+ ] [ corroborative, verb.stative:corroborate,+verb.communication:corroborate,+ verb.cognition:corroborate,+ ] [corroboratory, verb.stative:corroborate,+ verb.communication:corroborate,+ verb.cognition:corroborate,+ ] substantiating, [ substantiative, verb.cognition:substantiate,+ ] validating, [ validatory, verb.communication:validate,+ verb.cognition:validate,+ ] [ verificatory, verb.cognition:verify1,+ ] verifying, (serving to support or corroborate; "collateral evidence") } { demonstrative_of(p), (serving to prove or demonstrate; "the oath of office is...demonstrative of the legislative opinion on this subject"- John Marshall) } { encouraging, supporting, (furnishing support and encouragement; "the anxious child needs supporting and accepting treatment from the teacher") } ---- { [ UNSUPPORTIVE, SUPPORTIVE,!] NEGATIVE2,^ (not furnishing support or assistance) } { confounding, [ contradictory, verb.stative:contradict,+ ] (that confounds or contradicts or confuses) } { disconfirming, invalidating, (establishing as invalid or untrue) }] [{ [ SURMOUNTABLE, INSURMOUNTABLE,!] CONQUERABLE,^ (capable of being surmounted or overcome; "situations of measurable and surmountable danger") } { conquerable, superable, (capable of being surmounted or excelled) } ---- { [ INSURMOUNTABLE, SURMOUNTABLE,!] unsurmountable, IMPOSSIBLE,^ UNCONQUERABLE,^ (not capable of being surmounted or overcome; "insurmountable disadvantages") } { insuperable, unconquerable, (incapable of being surmounted or excelled; "insuperable odds"; "insuperable heroes") }] [{ [ SURPRISED, UNSURPRISED,!] (taken unawares or suddenly and feeling wonder or astonishment; "surprised by her student's ingenuity"; "surprised that he remembered my name"; "a surprised expression") } { amazed, astonied, astonished, astounded, stunned, (filled with the emotional impact of overwhelming surprise or shock; "an amazed audience gave the magician a standing ovation"; "I stood enthralled, astonished by the vastness and majesty of the cathedral"; "astounded viewers wept at the pictures from the Oklahoma City bombing"; "stood in stunned silence"; "stunned scientists found not one but at least three viruses") } { dumbfounded, dumfounded, flabbergasted, stupefied, thunderstruck, dumbstruck, dumbstricken, (as if struck dumb with astonishment and surprise; "a circle of policemen stood dumbfounded by her denial of having seen the accident"; "the flabbergasted aldermen were speechless"; "was thunderstruck by the news of his promotion") } { gobsmacked, noun.location:Britain,;r noun.communication:colloquialism,;u (utterly astounded) } { goggle-eyed, openmouthed, popeyed, noun.communication:colloquialism,;u (with eyes or mouth open in surprise) } { jiggered, noun.location:Britain,;r noun.communication:colloquialism,;u ((British informal expletive) surprised; "Well I'm jiggered!") } { startled, (excited by sudden surprise or alarm and making a quick involuntary movement; "students startled by the teacher's quiet return"; "the sudden fluttering of the startled pigeons"; "her startled expression") } ---- { [ UNSURPRISED, SURPRISED,!] not_surprised, (not surprised or expressing surprise; "that unsuprised obstinate look on his face") }] [{ [ SURPRISING, noun.attribute:surprisingness,+ UNSURPRISING,!] UNEXPECTED,^ (causing surprise or wonder or amazement; "the report shows a surprising lack of hard factual data"; "leaped up with surprising agility"; "she earned a surprising amount of money") } { amazing, astonishing, (surprising greatly; "she does an amazing amount of work"; "the dog was capable of astonishing tricks") } { startling, (so remarkably different or sudden as to cause momentary shock or alarm; "Sydney's startling new Opera House"; "startling news"; "startling earthquake shocks") } { stunning, (causing great astonishment and consternation; "the strike came as a stunning protest against management"; "a stunning defeat") } ---- { [ UNSURPRISING, SURPRISING,!] EXPECTED,^ (not causing surprise) }] [{ [ SUSCEPTIBLE, noun.state:susceptibleness,+ noun.state:susceptibility,+ UNSUSCEPTIBLE,!] SENSITIVE1,^ UNPROTECTED,^ VULNERABLE,^ noun.state:susceptibility,= ((often followed by `of' or `to') yielding readily to or capable of; "susceptible to colds"; "susceptible of proof") } { [ allergic, noun.state:allergy,+ ] [ hypersensitive, noun.state:hypersensitivity,+ noun.cognition:hypersensitivity,+ ] hypersensitized, hypersensitised, sensitized, sensitised, supersensitive, supersensitized, supersensitised, (having an allergy or peculiar or excessive susceptibility (especially to a specific factor); "allergic children"; "hypersensitive to pollen") } { amenable1, (open to being acted upon in a certain way; "an amenable hospitalization should not result in untimely death"; "the tumor was not amenable to surgical treatment") } { [ capable, noun.state:capability,+ ] open, subject, (possibly accepting or permitting; "a passage capable of misinterpretation"; "open to interpretation"; "an issue open to question"; "the time is fixed by the director and players and therefore subject to much variation") } { [ convincible, verb.communication:convince,+ ] persuadable, [ persuasible, verb.social:persuade,+ verb.communication:persuade,+ ] suasible, (being susceptible to persuasion) } { fictile, pliable, (susceptible to being led or directed; "fictile masses of people ripe for propaganda") } { liable(p), nonimmune, nonresistant, unresistant, ((often followed by `to') likely to be affected with; "liable to diabetes") } { predisposed, (made susceptible; "because of conditions in the mine, miners are predisposed to lung disease") } { [ amenable, noun.attribute:amenability,+ noun.attribute:amenableness,+ ] [ tractable, noun.attribute:tractableness,+ noun.attribute:tractability,+ ] (responsive to suggestions and influences; "a tractable student"; "an amenable child") } { [ suggestible, verb.communication:suggest4,+ verb.communication:suggest2,+ verb.communication:suggest,+ noun.state:suggestibility,+ ] (susceptible or responsive to suggestion; "suggestible young minds") } { [ temptable, verb.emotion:tempt1,+ verb.emotion:tempt,+ verb.communication:tempt4,+ verb.communication:tempt3,+ verb.communication:tempt1,+ verb.communication:tempt,+ ] (susceptible to temptation) } { unvaccinated, (not vaccinated) } { [ vulnerable, noun.state:vulnerability,+ ] (susceptible to criticism or persuasion or temptation; "vulnerable to bribery"; "an argument vulnerable to refutation") } ---- { [ UNSUSCEPTIBLE, noun.state:unsusceptibility,+ SUSCEPTIBLE,!] insusceptible, INSENSITIVE1,^ noun.state:susceptibility,= (not susceptible to) } { [ immune, noun.state:immunity1,+ ] [ resistant, noun.state:resistance,+ noun.attribute:resistance,+ verb.stative:resist4,+ ] (relating to or conferring immunity (to disease or infection)) } { immunized, immunised, vaccinated, (having been rendered unsusceptible to a disease) } { [ immunogenic, noun.state:immunogenicity,+ ] (possessing the ability to elicit an immune response) } { [ incapable(p), noun.attribute:incapability,+ ] (not being susceptible to or admitting of something (usually followed by `of'); "incapable of solution") } { unpersuadable, unsuasible, (not susceptible to persuasion) } { unresponsive, (not susceptible to suggestion or influence) }] [{ [ IMPRESSIONABLE, UNIMPRESSIONABLE,!] waxy, [ impressible, verb.emotion:impress1,+ ] (easily impressed or influenced; "an impressionable youngster"; "an impressionable age"; "a waxy mind") } { easy, (readily exploited or tricked; "an easy victim"; "an easy mark")} {spinnable, (capable or susceptible to being influenced by biased information)} { plastic, [ pliant, noun.attribute:pliantness,+ noun.attribute:pliancy,+ ] (capable of being influenced or formed; "the plastic minds of children"; "a pliant nature") } { [ susceptible, noun.state:susceptibleness,+ noun.state:susceptibility,+ ] (easily impressed emotionally) } ---- { [ UNIMPRESSIONABLE, IMPRESSIONABLE,!] (not sensitive or susceptible to impression; "an unimpressionable mind") }] [{ [ EXEMPT, NONEXEMPT,!] ((of persons) freed from or not subject to an obligation or liability (as e.g. taxes) to which others or other things are subject; "a beauty somehow exempt from the aging process"; "exempt from jury duty"; "only the very poorest citizens should be exempt from income taxes") } { excused, (granted exemption; "one of the excused jurors planned to write a book") } { [ immune, noun.act:immunity,+ ] (secure against; "immune from taxation as long as he resided in Bermuda"; "immune from criminal prosecution") } { privileged, (not subject to usual rules or penalties; "a privileged statement") } ---- { [ NONEXEMPT, EXEMPT,!] ((of persons) not exempt from an obligation or liability) } { liable1(p), (subject to legal action; "liable to criminal charges") } { taxpaying, (not exempt from paying taxes; "after training they became productive taxpaying citizens") } { unexcused, (not excused; "too many unexcused absences") }] [{ [ SCHEDULED, UNSCHEDULED,!] (planned or scheduled for some certain time or times; "the scheduled meeting"; "the scheduled flights had to be cancelled because of snow") } { [ regular, noun.attribute:regularity,+ ] (regularly scheduled for fixed times; "at a regular meeting of the PTA"; "regular bus departures") } ---- { [ UNSCHEDULED, SCHEDULED,!] (not scheduled or not on a regular schedule; "an unscheduled meeting"; "the plane made an unscheduled stop at Gander for refueling") } { extra, special, (added to a regular schedule; "a special holiday flight"; "put on special buses for the big game") } { forced, (made necessary by an unexpected situation or emergency; "a forced landing") }] [{ [ SWEET1, noun.attribute:sweetness,+ DRY3,!] SUGARY,^ SWEET2,^ ((used of wines) having a high residual sugar content; "sweet dessert wines") } ---- { [ DRY3, SWEET1,!] SOUR,^ SUGARLESS,^ ((of liquor) having a low residual sugar content because of decomposition of sugar during fermentation; "a dry white burgundy"; "a dry Bordeaux") } { brut, ((of champagne) extremely dry) } { medium-dry, (of a wine that is dry but not extremely dry) } { sec, unsweet, ((of champagne) moderately dry) }] [{ [ SWEET2, noun.cognition:sweetness,+ noun.attribute:sweetness,+ SOUR,!] SUGARY,^ SWEET1,^ TASTY,^ (having or denoting the characteristic taste of sugar) } { cloying, [ saccharine, noun.attribute:saccharinity,+ ] syrupy, [ treacly, noun.food:treacle,+ noun.communication:treacle,+ ] (overly sweet) } { sweetish, (somewhat sweet) } ---- { [ SOUR, noun.attribute:sourness,+ SWEET2,!] DRY3,^ SOURED,^ TASTY,^ (having a sharp biting taste) } { acerb, [ acerbic, noun.attribute:acerbity1,+ ] [ astringent, noun.cognition:astringency,+ noun.cognition:astringence,+ ] (sour or bitter in taste) } { acetose, acetous, [ vinegary, noun.attribute:vinegariness,+ ] [ vinegarish, noun.attribute:vinegarishness,+ ] (tasting or smelling like vinegar) } { acidic, acid, acidulent, [ acidulous, noun.cognition:acidulousness,+ ] (being sour to the taste) } { [ lemony, noun.food:lemon,+ noun.cognition:lemon,+ ] lemonlike, sourish, [ tangy, noun.cognition:tang,+ noun.attribute:tanginess,+ ] [ tart, noun.cognition:tartness,+ noun.attribute:tartness,+ ] (tasting sour like a lemon) } { subacid, (slightly sour to the taste) }] [{ [ SOURED, UNSOURED,!] SOUR,^ (having turned bad) } { off, [ sour, noun.attribute:sourness,+ ] turned, (in an unpalatable state; "sour milk") } ---- { [ UNSOURED, SOURED,!] (not having turned bad) } { [ fresh, noun.attribute:freshness1,+ ] sweet, unfermented, (not soured or preserved; "sweet milk") }] [{ [ SUSPECTED, UNSUSPECTED,!] (believed likely; "a suspected thief"; "a suspected infection") } ---- { [ UNSUSPECTED, SUSPECTED,!] (not suspected or believed likely; "remained unsuspected as the head of the spy ring"; "he was able to get into the building unspotted and unsuspected"; "unsuspected difficulties arose"; "unsuspected turnings in the road") } { unknown, (not known to exist; "things obscurely felt surged up from unknown depths") }] [{ [ SWEPT, UNSWEPT,!] (possessing sweep; "the sleek swept wings of the plane") } { sweptback, noun.artifact:aircraft,;c ((especially of aircraft wings) angled rearward from the point of attachment; "aircraft with sweptback wings") } { sweptwing, noun.artifact:aircraft,;c ((of an aircraft) having sweptback wings; "a sweptwing aircraft") } ---- { [ UNSWEPT, SWEPT,!] (not swept or having sweep; "a boxy little plane with square unswept wings") }] [{ [ SWORN, UNSWORN,!] (bound by or stated on oath; "now my sworn friend and then mine enemy"- Shakespeare) } { bound, (bound by an oath; "a bound official") } ---- { [ UNSWORN, SWORN,!] (not bound by or stated on oath; "the witness stands unsworn"; "unsworn testimony") }] [{ [ SYMMETRICAL, noun.attribute:symmetricalness,+ ASYMMETRICAL,!] [ symmetric, noun.shape:symmetry,+ noun.attribute:symmetry,+ ] PARALLEL,^ REGULAR,^ (having similarity in size, shape, and relative position of corresponding parts) } { [ bilateral, noun.attribute:bilaterality,+ ] isobilateral, bilaterally_symmetrical, bilaterally_symmetric, (having identical parts on each side of an axis) } { biradial, (showing both bilateral and radial symmetry; "some sea anemones are biradial") } { cruciate, cruciform, (shaped like a cross) } { [ even, noun.attribute:evenness,+ ] [ regular, noun.attribute:regularity4,+ ] (symmetrically arranged; "even features"; "regular features"; "a regular polygon") } { [ interchangeable, noun.attribute:interchangeableness,+ ] noun.cognition:logic,;c ((mathematics, logic) such that the arguments or roles can be interchanged; "the arguments of the symmetric relation, `is a sister of,' are interchangeable") } { isosceles, ((of a triangle) having two sides of equal length) } { radial, stellate, radiate, (arranged like rays or radii; radiating from a common center; "radial symmetry"; "a starlike or stellate arrangement of petals"; "many cities show a radial pattern of main highways") } { radially_symmetrical, centrosymmetric, (having a symmetrical arrangement of radiating parts about a central point) } { [ rhombohedral, noun.shape:rhombohedron,+ ] trigonal, noun.cognition:crystallography,;c (having threefold symmetry) } ---- { [ ASYMMETRICAL, noun.attribute:asymmetry,+ SYMMETRICAL,!] [ asymmetric, noun.attribute:asymmetry,+ ] IRREGULAR,^ (characterized by asymmetry in the spatial arrangement or placement of parts or components) } { lopsided, (having one side lower or smaller or lighter than the other) } { noninterchangeable, noun.cognition:math,;c noun.cognition:logic,;c (such that the terms of an expression cannot be interchanged without changing the meaning; "the arguments of the symmetric relation, `is the father of', are noninterchangeable") } { unsymmetric, unsymmetrical, (lacking symmetry) }] [{ [ ACTINOMORPHIC, ZYGOMORPHIC,!] actinomorphous, noun.cognition:biology,;c (capable of division into symmetrical halves by any longitudinal plane passing through the axis) } { actinoid, (having a radial form; "starfish are actinoid--that is, they are radially symmetrical") } ---- { [ ZYGOMORPHIC, ACTINOMORPHIC,!] bilaterally_symmetrical, zygomorphous, noun.cognition:biology,;c (capable of division into symmetrical halves by only one longitudinal plane passing through the axis) }] [{ [ SYMPATHETIC, noun.feeling:sympathy,+ noun.cognition:sympathy,+ UNSYMPATHETIC,!] COMPASSIONATE,^ CONGENIAL,^ KIND,^ (expressing or feeling or resulting from sympathy or compassion or friendly fellow feelings; disposed toward; "sympathetic to the students' cause"; "a sympathetic observer"; "a sympathetic gesture") } { [ commiserative, verb.emotion:commiserate,+ ] (feeling or expressing sympathy; "made commiserative clicking sounds with his tongue"- Kenneth Roberts) } { [ condolent, noun.communication:condolence,+ ] (expressing sympathy with a person who experienced the death of a loved one) } { empathic, [ empathetic, noun.feeling:empathy,+ ] (showing empathy or ready comprehension of others' states; "a sensitive and empathetic school counselor") } ---- { [ UNSYMPATHETIC, SYMPATHETIC,!] UNCOMPASSIONATE,^ UNCONGENIAL,^ UNRESPONSIVE,^ (not sympathetic or disposed toward; "unsympathetic officialdom"; "people unsympathetic to the revolution"; "his dignity made him seem aloof and unsympathetic") } { unsympathizing, unsympathising, (not showing or expressing sympathy; "an uncharitable and unsympathizing attitude") }] [{ [ SYMPATHETIC2, UNSYMPATHETIC2,!] [ appealing2, noun.attribute:appealingness,+ ] [ likeable2, verb.emotion:like4,+ ] [ likable2, verb.emotion:like4,+ ] noun.communication:drama,;c ((of characters in literature or drama) evoking empathic or sympathetic feelings; "the sympathetic characters in the play") } ---- { [ UNSYMPATHETIC2, SYMPATHETIC2,!] unappealing2, unlikeable2, unlikable2, noun.communication:drama,;c ((of characters in literature or drama) tending to evoke antipathetic feelings; "all the characters were peculiarly unsympathetic") }] [{ [ SYMPATRIC, noun.state:sympatry,+ ALLOPATRIC,!] noun.cognition:biology,;c ((of biological species or speciation) occurring in the same or overlapping geographical areas) } ---- { [ ALLOPATRIC, noun.state:allopatry,+ SYMPATRIC,!] noun.cognition:biology,;c ((of biological species or speciation) occurring in areas isolated geographically from one another) }] [{ [ SYNCHRONIC, DIACHRONIC,!] SYNCHRONOUS,^ noun.communication:language,;c (concerned with phenomena (especially language) at a particular period without considering historical antecedents; "synchronic linguistics") } ---- { [ DIACHRONIC, noun.cognition:diachrony,+ SYNCHRONIC,!] [ historical4, noun.attribute:historicalness,+ ] noun.communication:language,;c (used of the study of a phenomenon (especially language) as it changes through time; "diachronic linguistics") }] [{ [ SYNCHRONOUS, noun.relation:synchrony,+ noun.relation:synchroneity,+ ASYNCHRONOUS,!] synchronal, [ synchronic4, noun.relation:synchrony,+ noun.relation:synchronicity,+ ] SYNCHRONIC,^ (occurring or existing at the same time or having the same period or phase; "recovery was synchronous with therapy"- Jour.A.M.A.; "a synchronous set of clocks"; "the synchronous action of a bird's wings in flight"; "synchronous oscillations") } { coetaneous, [ coeval, noun.person:coeval,+ ] [ contemporaneous1, noun.attribute:contemporaneousness2,+ noun.attribute:contemporaneity2,+ ] (of the same period) } { [ coexistent, noun.state:coexistence,+ verb.stative:coexist1,+ verb.stative:coexist,+ ] coexisting, (existing at the same time) } { [ coincident, noun.attribute:coincidence1,+ verb.stative:coincide,+ verb.change:coincide,+ ] coincidental, coinciding, [ concurrent, noun.attribute:concurrence,+ verb.change:concur,+ ] [ co-occurrent, noun.attribute:co-occurrence,+ noun.event:co-occurrence,+ ] cooccurring, [ simultaneous, noun.attribute:simultaneousness,+ noun.attribute:simultaneity,+ ] (occurring or operating at the same time; "a series of coincident events") } { [ contemporaneous2, noun.attribute:contemporaneousness,+ noun.attribute:contemporaneity2,+ ] contemporary, (occurring in the same period of time; "a rise in interest rates is often contemporaneous with an increase in inflation"; "the composer Salieri was contemporary with Mozart") } { parallel, noun.cognition:computer_science,;c (of or relating to the simultaneous performance of multiple operations; "parallel processing") } { [ synchronic2, noun.relation:synchronicity,+ ] ((of taxa) occurring in the same period of geological time) } { synchronized, synchronised, (operating in unison; "the synchronized flapping of a bird's wings") } ---- { [ ASYNCHRONOUS, SYNCHRONOUS,!] (not synchronous; not occurring or existing at the same time or having the same period or phase) } { allochronic, ((of taxa) occurring in different geologic times) } { [ anachronic, noun.time:anachronism,+ noun.person:anachronism,+ noun.artifact:anachronism,+ ] [ anachronous, noun.person:anachronism,+ noun.artifact:anachronism,+ ] [ anachronistic, noun.time:anachronism,+ noun.person:anachronism,+ noun.artifact:anachronism,+ ] (chronologically misplaced; "English public schools are anachronistic") } { nonsynchronous, unsynchronized, unsynchronised, unsynchronous, (not occurring together) } { [ serial, noun.relation:series,+ ] in_series(p), nonparallel, noun.cognition:computer_science,;c (of or relating to the sequential performance of multiple operations; "serial processing") }] [{ [ SYNCHRONOUS1, ASYNCHRONOUS1,! ] ((digital communication) pertaining to a transmission technique that requires a common clock signal (a timing reference) between the communicating devices in order to coordinate their transmissions) } ---- { [ ASYNCHRONOUS1, SYNCHRONOUS1,! ] ((digital communication) pertaining to a transmission technique that does not require a common clock between the communicating devices; timing signals are derived from special characters in the data stream itself) }] [{ [ SYNDETIC, ASYNDETIC,!] noun.cognition:grammar,;c (connected by a conjunction) } ---- { [ ASYNDETIC, noun.communication:asyndeton,+ SYNDETIC,!] noun.cognition:grammar,;c (lacking conjunctions) }] [{ [ SYNONYMOUS, noun.communication:synonym,+ noun.relation:synonymousness,+ noun.relation:synonymity,+ ANTONYMOUS,!] ((of words) meaning the same or nearly the same) } { [ similar, noun.attribute:similarity,+ ] ((of words) expressing closely related meanings) } { substitutable, ((of words) interchangeable in a given context without changing the import of the expression) } ---- { [ ANTONYMOUS, noun.communication:antonym,+ SYNONYMOUS,!] (of words: having opposite meanings) } { complementary, (of words or propositions so related that each is the negation of the other; "`male' and `female' are complementary terms") } { [ contradictory, noun.relation:contradictoriness,+ verb.stative:contradict,+ verb.communication:contradict,+ ] (of words or propositions so related that both cannot be true and both cannot be false; "`perfect' and `imperfect' are contradictory terms") } { contrary, (of words or propositions so related that both cannot be true but both may be false; "`hot' and `cold' are contrary terms") } { [ contrastive, verb.stative:contrast,+ ] incompatible, (of words so related that one contrasts with the other; "`rich' and `hard-up' are contrastive terms") } { converse, (of words so related that one reverses the relation denoted by the other; "`parental' and `filial' are converse terms") }] [{ [ SYSTEMATIC, noun.attribute:system,+ UNSYSTEMATIC,!] ORGANIZED1,^ REGULAR,^ (characterized by order and planning; "the investigation was very systematic"; "a systematic administrator") } ---- { [ UNSYSTEMATIC, SYSTEMATIC,!] DISORGANIZED,^ IRREGULAR,^ (lacking systematic arrangement or method or organization; "unsystematic and fragmentary records"; "he works in an unsystematic manner") }] [{ [ TACITURN, noun.attribute:taciturnity,+ VOLUBLE,!] CONCISE,^ UNCOMMUNICATIVE,^ (habitually reserved and uncommunicative) } { buttoned-up, noun.location:Britain,;r noun.communication:colloquialism,;u ((British colloquial) not inclined to conversation) } { [ reticent, noun.attribute:reticence,+ ] untalkative, (temperamentally disinclined to talk) } ---- { [ VOLUBLE, noun.attribute:volubility,+ TACITURN,!] COMMUNICATIVE,^ PROLIX,^ (marked by a ready flow of speech; "she is an extremely voluble young woman who engages in soliloquies not conversations") } { chatty, [ gabby, noun.communication:gab,+ ] [ garrulous, noun.attribute:garrulousness,+ noun.attribute:garrulity,+ ] [ loquacious, noun.attribute:loquaciousness,+ noun.attribute:loquacity,+ ] [ talkative, noun.attribute:talkativeness,+ ] [ talky, noun.communication:talk1,+ ] (full of trivial conversation; "kept from her housework by gabby neighbors") }] [{ [ TACTFUL, noun.attribute:tactfulness,+ TACTLESS,!] CONSIDERATE,^ (having or showing a sense of what is fitting and considerate in dealing with others; "she was tactful enough not to shatter his illusion"; "a tactful remark eased her embarrassment") } { discerning, [ discreet, noun.attribute:discreetness,+ ] (unobtrusively perceptive and sympathetic; "a discerning editor"; "a discreet silence") } ---- { [ TACTLESS, noun.attribute:tactlessness,+ TACTFUL,!] untactful, INCONSIDERATE,^ INELEGANT,^ (lacking or showing a lack of what is fitting and considerate in dealing with others; "in the circumstances it was tactless to ask her age") }] [{ [ TALL, noun.attribute:tallness1,+ noun.attribute:tallness,+ SHORT3,!] BIG1,^ HIGH1,^ noun.attribute:height1,= (great in vertical dimension; high in stature; "tall people"; "tall buildings"; "tall trees"; "tall ships") } { gangling, gangly, [ lanky, noun.attribute:lankiness,+ ] rangy, (tall and thin and having long slender limbs; "a gangling teenager"; "a lanky kid transformed almost overnight into a handsome young man") } { in_height(p), (having a specified height; "five feet tall"; "five feet in height") } { [ leggy1, noun.body:leg2,+ noun.body:leg1,+ noun.artifact:leg,+ ] long-legged, long-shanked, (having long legs) } { leggy2, tall-growing, noun.Tops:plant,;c ((of plants) having tall spindly stems) } { [ long, noun.attribute:longness,+ ] (of relatively great height; "a race of long gaunt men"- Sherwood Anderson; "looked out the long French windows") } { long-stalked, tall-stalked, (of plants having relatively long stalks) } { [ stately, noun.attribute:stateliness2,+ ] statuesque, (of size and dignity suggestive of a statue) } { tallish, (somewhat tall) } ---- { [ SHORT3, noun.attribute:shortness4,+ noun.attribute:shortness1,+ TALL,!] little, LOW1,^ noun.attribute:height1,= (low in stature; not tall; "he was short and stocky"; "short in stature"; "a short smokestack"; "a little man") } { chunky, [ dumpy, noun.attribute:dumpiness,+ ] low-set, [ squat, noun.attribute:squatness,+ ] [ squatty, noun.attribute:squattiness,+ ] stumpy, (short and thick; as e.g. having short legs and heavy musculature; "some people seem born to be square and chunky"; "a dumpy little dumpling of a woman"; "dachshunds are long lowset dogs with drooping ears"; "a little church with a squat tower"; "a squatty red smokestack"; "a stumpy ungainly figure") } { [ compact, noun.attribute:compactness2,+ ] heavyset1, stocky, thick, thickset, (having a short and solid form or stature; "a wrestler of compact build"; "he was tall and heavyset"; "stocky legs"; "a thickset young man") } { half-length, (representing only the upper half of the body; "a half-length portrait") } { pint-size, pint-sized, [ runty, noun.person:runt,+ noun.attribute:runtiness,+ ] sawed-off, sawn-off, noun.communication:slang,;u (well below average height) } { short-stalked, (of plants having relatively short stalks) } { squab, squabby, (short and fat) }] [{ [ TAME1, noun.attribute:tameness1,+ WILD1,!] tamed4, TRACTABLE,^ noun.attribute:tameness1,= (brought from wildness into a domesticated state; "tame animals"; "fields of tame blueberries") } { broken, broken_in, (tamed or trained to obey; "a horse broken to the saddle"; "this old nag is well broken in") } { cultivated, (no longer in the natural state; developed by human care and for human use; "cultivated roses"; "cultivated blackberries") } { [ docile, noun.attribute:docility,+ ] gentle, (easily handled or managed; "a gentle old horse, docile and obedient") } { [ domestic, noun.attribute:domesticity,+ ] domesticated, (converted or adapted to domestic use; "domestic animals"; "domesticated plants like maize") } { tamed, (brought from wildness; "the once inhospitable landscape is now tamed") } ---- { [ WILD1, noun.state:wild,+ noun.location:wilderness,+ TAME1,!] untamed4, INTRACTABLE,^ noun.attribute:wildness,= (in a natural state; not tamed or domesticated or cultivated; "wild geese"; "edible wild plants") } { feral, ferine, [ savage, noun.attribute:savageness,+ ] (wild and menacing; "a pack of feral dogs") } { semi-wild, (partially wild) } { unbroken, (not subdued or trained for service or use; "unbroken colts") } { undomesticated, (not domesticated; "a few undomesticated horses left") }] [{ [ TAME2, WILD2,!] QUIET2,^ (very restrained or quiet; "a tame Christmas party"; "she was one of the tamest and most abject creatures imaginable with no will or power to act but as directed") } { [ subdued, noun.attribute:subduedness1,+ ] (quieted and brought under control; "children were subdued and silent") } ---- { [ WILD2, noun.attribute:wildness1,+ TAME2,!] UNQUIET,^ (marked by extreme lack of restraint or control; "wild talk"; "wild parties") } { [ chaotic, noun.state:chaos,+ ] [ disorderly, noun.state:disorderliness,+ ] (completely unordered and unpredictable and confusing) } { [ delirious, noun.state:delirium1,+ ] excited, frantic, [ mad, noun.attribute:madness,+ ] unrestrained, (marked by uncontrolled excitement or emotion; "a crowd of delirious baseball fans"; "something frantic in their gaiety"; "a mad whirl of pleasure") } { frenzied, [ manic, noun.state:mania,+ noun.motive:mania,+ ] (affected with or marked by frenzy or mania uncontrolled by reason; "a frenzied attack"; "a frenzied mob"; "the prosecutor's frenzied denunciation of the accused"- H.W.Carter; "outbursts of drunken violence and manic activity and creativity") } { unsubdued, (not brought under control; "the horse remained unsubdued") }] [{ [ TANGIBLE, noun.attribute:tangibleness,+ noun.attribute:tangibility,+ INTANGIBLE,!] touchable, CONCRETE,^ (perceptible by the senses especially the sense of touch; "skin with a tangible roughness") } { [ tactile, noun.cognition:tactility,+ ] tactual, (producing a sensation of touch; "tactile qualities"; "the tactual luxury of stroking silky human hair") } ---- { [ INTANGIBLE, noun.attribute:intangibility,+ noun.attribute:intangibleness,+ TANGIBLE,!] [ impalpable4, noun.attribute:impalpability,+ ] ABSTRACT,^ (incapable of being perceived by the senses especially the sense of touch; "the intangible constituent of energy"- James Jeans) }] [{ [ TANGIBLE2, INTANGIBLE2,!] noun.act:business1,;c ((of especially business assets) having physical substance and intrinsic monetary value; "tangible property like real estate"; "tangible assets such as machinery") } { real, ((of property) fixed or immovable; "real property consists of land and buildings") } { realizable, (capable of being realized; "realizable benefits of the plan") } ---- { [ INTANGIBLE2, noun.attribute:intangibleness,+ TANGIBLE2,!] noun.act:business1,;c ((of especially business assets) not having physical substance or intrinsic productive value; "intangible assets such as good will") }] [{ [ TASTEFUL2, noun.attribute:tastefulness,+ TASTELESS2,!] ELEGANT,^ UNPRETENTIOUS,^ noun.cognition:taste1,= (having or showing or conforming to good taste) } { aesthetic, esthetic, artistic, (aesthetically pleasing; "an artistic flower arrangement") } { understated, unostentatious, [ unpretentious, noun.attribute:unpretentiousness,+ ] (exhibiting restrained good taste; "the room is pleasant and understated") } ---- { [ TASTELESS2, noun.attribute:tastelessness1,+ TASTEFUL2,!] INELEGANT,^ PRETENTIOUS,^ noun.cognition:taste1,= (lacking aesthetic or social taste) } { barbaric, (unrestrained and crudely rich; "barbaric use of color or ornament") } { brassy, [ cheap, noun.attribute:cheapness2,+ ] [ flash, noun.communication:flash2,+ ] [ flashy, noun.attribute:flashiness,+ ] [ garish, noun.attribute:garishness2,+ noun.attribute:garishness1,+ ] [ gaudy, noun.artifact:gaud,+ noun.attribute:gaudiness1,+ noun.attribute:gaudiness,+ ] gimcrack, [ loud, noun.attribute:loudness2,+ ] [ meretricious, noun.attribute:meretriciousness2,+ ] [ tacky, noun.attribute:tackiness,+ ] [ tatty, noun.attribute:tat,+ ] [ tawdry, noun.attribute:tawdriness,+ ] [ trashy, noun.attribute:trashiness,+ ] (tastelessly showy; "a flash car"; "a flashy ring"; "garish colors"; "a gaudy costume"; "loud sport shirts"; "a meretricious yet stylish book"; "tawdry ornaments") } { Brummagem, noun.location:Britain,;r (cheap and showy; "a cheap Brummagem imitation") } { camp, [ campy, noun.cognition:camp,+ ] (providing sophisticated amusement by virtue of having artificially (and vulgarly) mannered or banal or sentimental qualities; "they played up the silliness of their roles for camp effect"; "campy Hollywood musicals of the 1940's") } { indelicate, off-color, off-colour, (in violation of good taste even verging on the indecent; "an indelicate remark"; "an off-color joke") } { [ ostentatious, noun.attribute:ostentatiousness,+ ] [ pretentious, noun.attribute:pretentiousness1,+ ] ((of a display) tawdry or vulgar) }] [{ [ TASTY, noun.cognition:taste4,+ noun.attribute:tastiness,+ TASTELESS1,!] APPETIZING,^ PALATABLE,^ SALTY,^ SOUR,^ SWEET2,^ noun.attribute:taste_property,= (pleasing to the sense of taste; "a tasty morsel" ) } { acid-tasting, sour-tasting, (having a sour acidic taste) } { ambrosial, ambrosian, [ nectarous, noun.food:nectar1,+ ] (extremely pleasing to the taste; sweet and fragrant; "a nectarous drink"; "ambrosial food") } { [ bitter, noun.food:bitter,+ noun.cognition:bitter,+ noun.attribute:bitter,+ ] (causing a sharp and acrid taste experience; "quinine is bitter") } { bitterish, sharp-tasting, (somewhat bitter) } { bittersweet, semisweet, (having a taste that is a mixture of bitterness and sweetness) } { choice, (appealing to refined taste; "choice wine") } { [ dainty, noun.food:dainty,+ ] (especially pleasing to the taste; "a dainty dish to set before a kind") } { delectable, delicious, luscious, pleasant-tasting, scrumptious, [ toothsome, noun.attribute:toothsomeness,+ ] yummy, (extremely pleasing to the sense of taste) } { flavorful, flavourful, [ flavorous, noun.cognition:flavor,+ ] [ flavourous, noun.cognition:flavour,+ ] flavorsome, flavoursome, [ sapid, noun.attribute:sapidness,+ ] saporous, (full of flavor) } { [ fruity, noun.plant:fruit,+ ] (tasting or smelling richly of or as of fruit) } { full-bodied, [ racy, noun.attribute:raciness1,+ ] [ rich, noun.attribute:richness5,+ ] robust, (marked by richness and fullness of flavor; "a rich ruby port"; "full-bodied wines"; "a robust claret"; "the robust flavor of fresh-brewed coffee") } { [ peppery, noun.food:pepper1,+ ] (having the piquant burning taste of peppers; "corn chips with peppery salsa") } { gingery, (having a taste like that of ginger)} { [ hot, noun.attribute:hotness1,+ ] [ spicy1, noun.attribute:spiciness,+ ] (producing a burning sensation on the taste nerves; "hot salsa"; "jalapeno peppers are very hot"; "a spicy sauce"; "I like my chili extra spicy") } { [ grapey, noun.food:grape,+ ] [ grapy, noun.food:grape,+ ] (having a taste like that of grapes; "a grapey wine") } { mild-tasting, (having a mild taste) } { minty, (of the flavor of mint, particularly peppermint) } { [ nippy, noun.cognition:nip,+ noun.attribute:nip,+ ] (a sharp biting taste; "a nippy cheese") } { [ nutty, noun.plant:nut,+ ] nutlike, (having the flavor of nuts; "a nutty sherry") } { piquant, [ savory, noun.food:savory1,+ noun.attribute:savoriness,+ ] [ savoury, noun.food:savoury1,+ noun.cognition:savour,+ ] [ zesty, noun.attribute:zest1,+ ] (having an agreeably pungent taste) } { [ pungent, noun.attribute:pungency,+ ] acrid, (strong and sharp; "the pungent taste of radishes"; "the acrid smell of burning rubber") } { [ salty, noun.cognition:saltiness,+ noun.cognition:salt,+ ] (one of the four basic taste sensations; like the taste of sea water) } { smoky, (tasting of smoke; "smoky sausages") } { [ sour, noun.cognition:sourness,+ noun.attribute:sourness,+ ] (one of the four basic taste sensations; like the taste of vinegar or lemons) } { strong-flavored, (having a strong taste) } { [ winy, noun.food:wine,+ ] [ winey, noun.food:wine,+ ] (having the taste of wine; "a rich winy taste") } ---- { [ TASTELESS1, noun.attribute:tastelessness2,+ TASTY,!] UNAPPETIZING,^ UNPALATABLE,^ noun.attribute:taste_property,= (lacking flavor) } { [ bland, noun.attribute:blandness,+ ] [ flat, noun.cognition:flatness,+ ] [ flavorless, noun.attribute:flavorlessness,+ ] [ flavourless, noun.attribute:flavourlessness,+ ] [ insipid, noun.attribute:insipidness,+ noun.attribute:insipidity,+ ] [ savorless1, noun.attribute:savorlessness,+ ] [ savourless1, noun.attribute:savourlessness,+ ] vapid, (lacking taste or flavor or tang; "a bland diet"; "insipid hospital food"; "flavorless supermarket tomatoes"; "vapid beer"; "vapid tea") } { unflavored, unflavoured, nonflavored, nonflavoured, (without flavoring added) } { unsalted, unseasoned, (without salt or seasoning) }] [{ [ TAXABLE, verb.possession:tax,+ noun.state:taxability,+ NONTAXABLE,!] nonexempt2, NONEXEMPT,^ ((of goods or funds) subject to taxation; "taxable income"; "nonexempt property") } { [ assessable, verb.cognition:assess1,+ verb.cognition:assess,+ ] (capable of being assessed especially for the purpose of taxation) } { dutiable, (subject to import tax; "dutiable imports") } { [ ratable, noun.state:ratability,+ ] [ rateable, noun.state:rateability,+ ] noun.location:Britain,;r (liable to payment of locally assessed property taxes; "the ratable value of property") } ---- { [ NONTAXABLE, TAXABLE,!] exempt2, EXEMPT,^ ((of goods or funds) not subject to taxation; "the funds of nonprofit organizations are nontaxable"; "income exempt from taxation") } { duty-free, (exempt from duty; "duty-free liquor") } { tax-exempt, tax-free, untaxed, ((of goods or funds) not taxed; "tax-exempt bonds"; "an untaxed expense account") } { unratable, noun.location:Britain,;r (not subject to locally assessed property taxes; "unratable properties") }] [{ [ TEMPERATE, noun.attribute:temperateness,+ INTEMPERATE,!] MILD,^ MODERATE,^ (not extreme in behavior; "temperate in his habits"; "a temperate response to an insult"; "temperate in his eating and drinking") } { [ abstemious, noun.attribute:abstemiousness1,+ ] light(a), (marked by temperance in indulgence; "abstemious with the use of adverbs"; "a light eater"; "a light smoker"; "ate a light supper") } { [ moderate, noun.attribute:moderateness,+ ] restrained, (marked by avoidance of extravagance or extremes; "moderate in his demands"; "restrained in his response") } ---- { [ INTEMPERATE, noun.act:intemperateness,+ TEMPERATE,!] IMMODERATE,^ INTENSE,^ (excessive in behavior; "intemperate rage") } { big(a), heavy2(a), (prodigious; "big spender"; "big eater"; "heavy investor") }] [{ [ TEMPERATE1, noun.phenomenon:temperateness,+ INTEMPERATE1,!] CLEMENT2,^ ((of weather or climate) free from extremes; mild; or characteristic of such weather or climate; "a temperate region"; "the temperate zones"; "temperate plants") } { cold-temperate, (the colder parts of temperate waters) } { equable, (not varying; "an equable climate") } ---- { [ INTEMPERATE1, TEMPERATE1,!] INCLEMENT2,^ ((of weather or climate) not mild; subject to extremes; "an intemperate climate"; "intemperate zones") }] [{ [ TENSE1, noun.state:tenseness1,+ noun.state:tensity1,+ LAX1,!] TIGHT1,^ (taut or rigid; stretched tight; "tense piano strings") } { overstrung, (too tightly strung; "an overstrung archery bow") } { [ taut, noun.attribute:tautness,+ ] [ tight, noun.attribute:tightness,+ ] (pulled or drawn tight; "taut sails"; "a tight drumhead"; "a tight rope") } ---- { [ LAX1, noun.state:laxness,+ TENSE1,!] LOOSE1,^ (lacking in firmness or tension; not taut; "a lax rope") } { drooping, [ droopy, noun.shape:droop,+ ] sagging, (hanging down (as from exhaustion or weakness)) } { [ limp, noun.attribute:limpness1,+ ] (lacking or having lost rigidity; "limp lettuce"; "he felt his body go limp") } { [ floppy, noun.act:flop,+ ] (hanging limply; "a spaniel with floppy ears") } { [ loose, noun.attribute:looseness,+ ] [ slack, noun.attribute:slack,+ noun.artifact:slack,+ noun.attribute:slackness,+ ] (not tense or taut; "the old man's skin hung loose and grey"; "slack and wrinkled skin"; "slack sails"; "a slack rope"; "a slack grip") } { loose-jointed, (loosely articulated or constructed; "a loose-jointed paragraph") } { tensionless, (free from tension) } { [ wilted, verb.change:wilt,+ ] ((of plants) limp due to heat, loss of water, or disease; "wilted lettuce") }] [{ [ TENSE2, LAX2,!] noun.cognition:phonetics,;c (pronounced with relatively tense tongue muscles (e.g., the vowel sound in `beat')) } { constricted, noun.cognition:phonetics,;c (especially tense; especially in some dialects) } ---- { [ LAX2, TENSE2,!] noun.cognition:phonetics,;c (pronounced with muscles of the tongue and jaw relatively relaxed (e.g., the vowel sound in `bet')) }] [{ [ TENSE3, noun.state:tenseness2,+ RELAXED,!] AGITATED,^ UNEASY,^ (in or of a state of physical or nervous tension) } { aroused, wound_up, (brought to a state of great tension; "all wound up for a fight") } { cliff-hanging, suspenseful, suspensive, nail-biting, ((of a situation) characterized by or causing suspense) } { [ taut, noun.state:tautness,+ ] (subjected to great tension; stretched tight; "the skin of his face looked drawn and tight"; "her nerves were taut as the strings of a bow") } { antsy, [ fidgety, noun.feeling:fidget,+ noun.feeling:fidgetiness,+ ] fretful, itchy, (nervous and unable to relax; "a constant fretful stamping of hooves"; "a restless child") } { [ edgy, noun.attribute:edge1,+ noun.feeling:edginess,+ ] high-strung, highly_strung, [ jittery, noun.feeling:jitteriness,+ ] [ jumpy, noun.feeling:jumpiness,+ ] nervy, overstrung, [ restive, noun.feeling:restiveness,+ noun.attribute:restiveness,+ ] uptight, (being in a tense state) } { [ electric, noun.feeling:electricity,+ ] ((of a situation) exceptionally tense; "an atmosphere electric with suspicion") } { isotonic, noun.cognition:physiology,;c (of two or more muscles; having equal tension) } { [ nervous, noun.attribute:nervousness,+ ] (easily agitated; "a nervous addict"; "a nervous thoroughbred") } { strained, (showing signs of mental and emotional tension; "her voice was strained as she asked the question") } { unrelaxed, (nor relaxed; "his life was drawing to a close in baffled zeal and unrelaxed strain"- U.B.Phillips) } { pumped-up(a), pumped_up(p), pumped(p), wired, noun.communication:colloquialism,;u (tense with excitement and enthusiasm as from a rush of adrenaline; "we were really pumped up for the race"; "he was so pumped he couldn't sleep") } ---- { [ RELAXED, TENSE3,!] EASY2,^ UNAGITATED,^ (without strain or anxiety; "gave the impression of being quite relaxed"; "a relaxed and informal discussion") } { degage, (free and relaxed in manner; "rather degage after the nervousness he had shown at dinner"- Edmund Wilson) } { laid-back, [ mellow, noun.attribute:mellowness2,+ ] (unhurried and relaxed; "a mellow conversation")} { unstrained, (not placed under psychological stress; "the campaign would not leave party loyalties unstrained") }] [{ [ HYPERTONIC1, noun.state:hypertonus,+ noun.state:hypertonia,+ HYPOTONIC1,!] ((of living tissue) in a state of abnormally high tension; "hypertonic muscle tissue") } ---- { [ HYPOTONIC1, noun.state:hypotonicity,+ noun.state:hypotonia,+ HYPERTONIC1,!] ((of living tissue) lacking normal tone or tension) }] [{ [ TERRITORIAL, EXTRATERRITORIAL,!] (belonging to the territory of any state or ruler; "territorial rights") } { [ jurisdictional, noun.location:jurisdiction,+ ] (restricted to the geographic area under a particular jurisdiction; "the jurisdictional limits of a state") } { regional, (related or limited to a particular region; "a regional dialect") } { sectional, (related or limited to a distinct region or subdivision of a territory or community or group of people; "sectional tensions arose over slavery")} ---- { [ EXTRATERRITORIAL, TERRITORIAL,!] exterritorial, (outside territorial limits or jurisdiction; "fishing in extraterritorial waters"; "enjoying exterritorial privileges and rights") }] [{ [ TERRITORIAL1, noun.act:territoriality,+ NONTERRITORIAL,!] noun.cognition:biology,;c (displaying territoriality; defending a territory from intruders; "territorial behavior"; "strongly territorial birds") } ---- { [ NONTERRITORIAL, TERRITORIAL1,!] noun.cognition:biology,;c (not displaying territoriality; "a nonterritorial species") }] [{ [ THERMOPLASTIC, noun.substance:thermoplastic,+ THERMOSETTING,!] (having the property of softening or fusing when heated and of hardening and becoming rigid again when cooled; "thermoplastic materials can be remelted and cooled time after time without undergoing any appreciable chemical change") } ---- { [ THERMOSETTING, THERMOPLASTIC,!] thermoset, (having the property of becoming permanently hard and rigid when heated or cured; "the phenol resins and plastics were the original synthetic thermosetting materials") }] [{ [ THICK1, noun.attribute:thickness3,+ THIN1,!]FAT1,^ WIDE,^ noun.attribute:thickness1,= (not thin; of a specific thickness or of relatively great extent from one surface to the opposite usually in the smallest of the three solid dimensions; "an inch thick"; "a thick board"; "a thick sandwich"; "spread a thick layer of butter"; "thick coating of dust"; "thick warm blankets") } { [ deep, noun.attribute:deepness,+ ] (relatively thick from top to bottom; "deep carpets"; "deep snow") } { deep-chested, (thick in the chest; "a deep-chested breed of dog") } { fat, (having a relatively large diameter; "a fat rope") } { four-ply, (having a thickness made up of four layers or strands; "four-ply yarns") } { heavy, (made of fabric having considerable thickness; "a heavy coat") } { [ heavy4, noun.attribute:heaviness1,+ ] (of relatively large extent and density; "a heavy line")} { quilted, (made of layers of fabric held together by patterned stitching) } { thickened, (made or having become thick; "thickened bronchial arteries") } { three-ply, (having a thickness made up of three layers or strands; "three-ply cloth"; "three-ply yarn") } { two-ply, (having a thickness made up of two layers or strands) } ---- { [ THIN1, noun.attribute:thinness1,+ THICK1,!] NARROW,^ THIN3,^ noun.attribute:thickness1,= (of relatively small extent from one surface to the opposite or in cross section; "thin wire"; "a thin chiffon blouse"; "a thin book"; "a thin layer of paint") } { bladed, noun.cognition:crystallography,;c (composed of thin flat plates resembling a knife blade; "bladed arsenopyrite") } { [ capillary, noun.phenomenon:capillarity,+ ] hairlike, (long and slender with a very small internal diameter; "a capillary tube") } { compressed, [ flat, noun.attribute:flatness,+ ] noun.cognition:biology,;c (flattened laterally along the whole length (e.g., certain leafstalks or flatfishes)) } { depressed, noun.cognition:biology,;c (flattened downward as if pressed from above or flattened along the dorsal and ventral surfaces) } { diaphanous, [ filmy, noun.artifact:film2,+ ] [ gauzy, noun.artifact:gauze,+ ] gauze-like, gossamer, see-through, sheer, [ transparent, noun.phenomenon:transparency,+ noun.attribute:transparentness,+ ] vaporous, vapourous, [ cobwebby, noun.artifact:cobweb2,+ ] (so thin as to transmit light; "a hat with a diaphanous veil"; "filmy wings of a moth"; "gauzy clouds of dandelion down"; "gossamer cobwebs"; "sheer silk stockings"; "transparent chiffon"; "vaporous silks") } { [ filamentous, noun.substance:filament,+ ] filiform, filamentlike, threadlike, [ thready, noun.object:thread,+ ] (thin in diameter; resembling a thread) } { [ fine, noun.attribute:fineness1,+ ] (thin in thickness or diameter; "a fine film of oil"; "fine hairs"; "read the fine print") } { [ light, noun.attribute:lightness2,+ ] (very thin and insubstantial; "thin paper"; "light summer dresses") } { hyperfine, noun.cognition:physics,;c (extremely fine or thin, as in a spectral line split into two or more components; "hyperfine structure") } { paper_thin, (thin as paper; "her blouse was paper thin") } { [ papery, noun.substance:paper,+ ] (thin and paperlike; "papery leaves"; "wasps that make nests of papery material") } { ribbonlike, [ ribbony, noun.object:ribbon,+ noun.artifact:ribbon,+ ] (long and thin; resembling a ribbon; "ribbonlike noodles") } { sleazy, (of cloth; thin and loosely woven; "the coat has a sleazy lining") } { [ slender, noun.attribute:slenderness2,+ ] (having little width in proportion to the length or height; "a slender pole") } { [ tenuous, noun.attribute:tenuity3,+ ] (very thin in gauge or diameter; "a tenuous thread") } { wafer-thin, (very thin; "wafer-thin sheets of metal") }] [{ [ THICK2, noun.attribute:thickness2,+ THIN2,!] noun.attribute:thickness2,= noun.attribute:consistency,= (relatively dense in consistency; "thick cream"; "thick soup"; "thick smoke"; "thick fog") } { clogged, clotted, (thickened or coalesced in soft thick lumps (such as clogs or clots); "clotted blood"; "seeds clogged together") } { coagulable, (capable of coagulating and becoming thick) } { coagulate, coagulated, curdled, [ grumous, noun.substance:grume,+ noun.body:grume,+ ] grumose, (transformed from a liquid into a soft semisolid or solid mass; "coagulated blood"; "curdled milk"; "grumous blood") } { [ creamy, noun.food:cream,+ noun.attribute:creaminess,+ ] (thick like cream) } { [ dense, noun.attribute:density,+ ] heavy1, impenetrable, (permitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter; "dense smoke"; "heavy fog"; "impenetrable gloom") } { [ gelatinous, noun.substance:gelatin,+ noun.substance:gelatine,+ noun.attribute:gelatinousness,+ ] gelatinlike, jellylike, (thick like gelatin) } { [ ropy, noun.attribute:ropiness,+ ] ropey, stringy, thready, (forming viscous or glutinous threads) } { [ soupy, noun.attribute:soupiness,+ ] (having the consistency and appearance of soup; "a soupy fog")} { syrupy, [ viscous, noun.attribute:viscousness,+ noun.attribute:viscosity,+ ] (having a relatively high resistance to flow) } { thickened, (made thick in consistency; "flour-thickened gravy"; "dust-thickened saliva") } ---- { [ THIN2, noun.attribute:thinness2,+ THICK2,!] noun.attribute:thickness2,= noun.attribute:consistency,= (relatively thin in consistency or low in density; not viscous; "air is thin at high altitudes"; "a thin soup"; "skimmed milk is much thinner than whole milk"; "thin oil") } { [ tenuous, noun.attribute:tenuity1,+ ] (having thin consistency; "a tenuous fluid") } { [ rare, noun.attribute:rarity1,+ ] rarefied, rarified, (having low density; "rare gasses"; "lightheaded from the rarefied mountain air") }] [{ [ THINKABLE, UNTHINKABLE,!] CREDIBLE,^ POSSIBLE,^ (capable of being conceived or imagined or considered) } { cogitable, ponderable, (capable of being thought about; "space flight to other galaxies becomes more cogitable") } { [ conceivable, noun.state:conceivableness,+ noun.state:conceivability,+ ] imaginable, (capable of being imagined; "that is one possible answer") } { presumable, supposable, surmisable, (capable of being inferred on slight grounds) } ---- { [UNTHINKABLE, THINKABLE,!] IMPOSSIBLE,^ INCREDIBLE,^ (incapable of being conceived or considered) } { [ impossible, noun.state:impossibleness,+ ] [ inconceivable, noun.state:inconceivableness,+ noun.state:inconceivability,+ ] out_of_the_question, unimaginable, (totally unlikely) }] [{ [ THOUGHTFUL, noun.cognition:thoughtfulness,+ THOUGHTLESS,!] CONSIDERATE,^ noun.attribute:thoughtfulness,= (exhibiting or characterized by careful thought; "a thoughtful paper") } { bemused, lost(p), [ preoccupied, noun.cognition:preoccupancy,+ ] (deeply absorbed in thought; "as distant and bemused as a professor listening to the prattling of his freshman class"; "lost in thought"; "a preoccupied frown") } { brooding, broody, [ contemplative, verb.cognition:contemplate1,+ verb.cognition:contemplate,+ noun.attribute:contemplativeness,+ ] [ meditative, noun.attribute:meditativeness,+ verb.cognition:meditate2,+ verb.cognition:meditate,+ ] musing, [ pensive, noun.feeling:pensiveness,+ ] pondering, [ reflective, noun.attribute:reflectivity1,+ verb.cognition:reflect,+ ] [ ruminative, verb.cognition:ruminate,+ ] (deeply or seriously thoughtful; "Byron lives on not only in his poetry, but also in his creation of the `Byronic hero' - the persona of a brooding melancholy young man") } { [ cogitative, verb.cognition:cogitate1,+ verb.cognition:cogitate,+ ] (given to cogitation; "he looked at me with cogitative eyes") } { well_thought_out(p), (resulting from careful thought; "the paper was well thought out") } { [ deliberative, verb.communication:deliberate,+ ] (involved in or characterized by deliberation and discussion and examination; "a deliberative body") } { [ excogitative, verb.cognition:excogitate,+ ] (concerned with excogitating or having the power of excogitation) } ---- { [ THOUGHTLESS, noun.attribute:thoughtlessness,+ THOUGHTFUL,!] INCONSIDERATE,^ noun.attribute:thoughtfulness,= (showing lack of careful thought; "the debate turned into thoughtless bickering") } { [ inconsiderate, noun.attribute:inconsiderateness,+ ] unconsidered, (without proper consideration or reflection; "slovenly inconsiderate reasoning"; "unconsidered words"; "prejudice is the holding of unconsidered opinions") } { unreflective, unthinking, [ unthoughtful, noun.attribute:unthoughtfulness,+ ] (not exhibiting or characterized by careful thought) }] [{ [ THRIFTY, noun.attribute:thrift,+ noun.attribute:thriftiness,+ WASTEFUL,!] PROVIDENT,^ (careful and diligent in the use of resources) } { [ economical, noun.attribute:economy,+ ] [ frugal, noun.attribute:frugalness,+ noun.attribute:frugality,+ ] scotch, sparing, stinting, noun.communication:colloquialism,;u (avoiding waste; "an economical meal"; "an economical shopper"; "a frugal farmer"; "a frugal lunch"; "a sparing father and a spending son"; "sparing in their use of heat and light"; "stinting in bestowing gifts"; "thrifty because they remember the great Depression"; "`scotch' is used only informally") } { penny-wise, (thrifty in small matters only) } { saving, (characterized by thriftiness; "wealthy by inheritance but saving by constitution"- Ellen Glasgow) } ---- { [ WASTEFUL, noun.attribute:wastefulness,+ THRIFTY,!] IMPROVIDENT,^ (tending to squander and waste) } { [ extravagant, noun.attribute:extravagance,+ noun.act:extravagance,+ ] [ prodigal, noun.person:prodigal,+ noun.act:prodigality,+ noun.attribute:prodigality,+ ] [ profligate, noun.person:profligate1,+ ] spendthrift, (recklessly wasteful; "prodigal in their expenditures") } { pound-foolish, (unwise in dealing with large sums) } { uneconomical, uneconomic, (wasteful of resources) }] [{ [ TIDY, noun.state:tidiness,+ noun.attribute:tidiness,+ UNTIDY,!] CLEAN1,^ FASTIDIOUS,^ GROOMED,^ (marked by order and cleanliness in appearance or habits; "a tidy person"; "a tidy house"; "a tidy mind") } { clean-cut, trig, [ trim2, noun.state:trimness,+ ] (neat and smart in appearance; "a clean-cut and well-bred young man"; "the trig corporal in his jaunty cap"; "a trim beard") } { [ neat, noun.attribute:neatness,+ ] [orderly, noun.state:order,+] (clean or organized; "her neat dress"; "a neat room") } { [ neat3, noun.attribute:neatness,+ ] (showing care in execution; "neat homework"; "neat handwriting") } { ruly, (neat and tidy; "a small ruly beard") } { shipshape, [ trim1, noun.state:trimness,+ ] well-kept, (of places; characterized by order and neatness; free from disorder; "even the barn was shipshape"; "a trim little sailboat") } { slicked_up, (having been made especially tidy; "slicked up for visitors") } { straight, (neatly arranged; not disorderly; "the room is straight now") } { uncluttered, unlittered, (having nothing extraneous; "an uncluttered room"; "the unlittered shoulders of the road") } ---- { [ UNTIDY, noun.state:untidiness,+ noun.attribute:untidiness,+ TIDY,!] DIRTY1,^ UNFASTIDIOUS,^ UNGROOMED,^ (not neat and tidy; "careless and untidy in her personal habits"; "an untidy living room"; "untidy and casual about money") } { blowsy, blowzy, [ slatternly, noun.person:slattern1,+ noun.person:slattern,+ noun.attribute:slatternliness,+ ] [ sluttish, noun.attribute:sluttishness,+ ] (characteristic of or befitting a slut or slattern; used especially of women) } { cluttered, littered, (filled or scattered with a disorderly accumulation of objects or rubbish; "the storm left the drivewaylittered with sticks nd debris"; "his library was a cluttered room with piles of books on every chair") } { disheveled, dishevelled, frowzled, rumpled, tousled, (in disarray; extremely disorderly; "her clothing was disheveled"; "powder-smeared and frowzled"; "a rumpled unmade bed"; "a bed with tousled sheets"; "his brown hair was tousled, thick, and curly"- Al Spiers) } { [ disorderly, noun.attribute:disorderliness,+ ] higgledy-piggledy, [ hugger-mugger, noun.state:hugger-mugger,+ ] jumbled, [ topsy-turvy, noun.state:topsy-turvyness,+ ] (in utter disorder; "a disorderly pile of clothes") } { frowsy, frowzy, [ slovenly, noun.person:sloven,+ noun.state:slovenliness,+ noun.attribute:slovenliness,+ ] (negligent of neatness especially in dress and person; habitually dirty and unkempt; "filled the door with her frowzy bulk"; "frowzy white hair"; "slovenly appearance") } { [ messy, noun.state:mess,+ noun.state:messiness1,+ noun.attribute:messiness,+ ] [ mussy, noun.state:muss,+ noun.state:mussiness,+ ] (dirty and disorderly; "a mussy fussy bedroom"; "a child's messy eating habits") } { scraggly, (ragged, thin, or untidy in appearance; "the old man's scraggly beard"; "a scraggly little path to the door") } { [ sloppy, noun.state:sloppiness,+ ] (lacking neatness or order; "a sloppy room"; "sloppy habits") } { [ slouchy, noun.attribute:slouch,+ ] (lacking stiffness in form or posture; "a slouchy sweater") } { sprawling, straggling, rambling, [ straggly, noun.group:straggle,+ ] (spreading out in different directions or distributed irregularly; "sprawling handwriting"; "straggling branches"; "straggly hair") } { [ unkempt2, noun.state:unkemptness,+ ] (not properly maintained or cared for; "an unkempt garden"; "native vistas and unkempt rambling paths"; "an ukempt appearance") }] [{ [ GROOMED, UNGROOMED,!] TIDY,^ (neat and smart in appearance; well cared for; "the manager was a beautifully groomed young man"; "his horse was always groomed") } { brushed, ((of hair or clothing) groomed with a brush; "with shining hair neatly brushed"; "the freshly brushed clothes hung in the closet") } { kempt, [ tidy, noun.attribute:tidiness,+ ] ((of hair) neat and tidy; "a nicely kempt beard")} { plastered, slicked, ((of hair) made smooth by applying a sticky or glossy substance; "black hair plastered with pomade") } { pomaded, ((of hair) groomed with pomade; "pomaded hair") } { [ sleek, noun.attribute:sleekness1,+ ] (well-groomed and neatly tailored; especially too well-groomed; "sleek figures in expensive clothes") } { well-groomed, (having your hair neatly brushed and combed) } { well-groomed1, well-dressed, (having tasteful clothing and being scrupulously neat) } ---- { [ UNGROOMED, GROOMED,!] UNTIDY,^ (not neat and smart in appearance; "he was wrinkled and ungroomed, with a two-day beard"; "ungroomed hair") } { bushy, [ shaggy, noun.object:shag,+ noun.state:shagginess,+ ] shaggy-haired, shaggy-coated, (used of hair; thick and poorly groomed; "bushy locks"; "a shaggy beard") } { ill-dressed, (not well dressed) } { unbrushed, ((of hair or clothing) not brushed; "snarled unbrushed hair"; "the suit was wrinkled and unbrushed, as if it had been slept in") }] [{ [ COMBED, UNCOMBED,!] ((of hair) made tidy with a comb; "with hair combed to the side") } ---- { [ UNCOMBED, COMBED,!] ((of hair) not combed; "he was unwashed and uncombed with his clothes half buttoned"; "wild unkempt hair") } { uncombable, (not capable of being combed) } { [ unkempt, noun.state:unkemptness,+ ] (not neatly combed; "wild unkempt hair") }] [{ [ TIMBERED, UNTIMBERED,!] (furnished with or made of wood or timbers; "timbered walls") } { half-timber, half-timbered, (having exposed wood framing with spaces filled with masonry, as in Tudor architecture) } { timber-framed, (framed by exposed timbers; "a magnificently timbered old barn") } ---- { [ UNTIMBERED, TIMBERED,!] (lacking timbers; "an untimbered boat") }] [{ [ TONED, TONELESS,!] (having or distinguished by a tone; often used in combination; "full-toned"; "silver-toned") } ---- { [ TONELESS, TONED,!] (lacking in tone or expression; "his toneless mechanical voice") }] [{ [ TONGUED, TONGUELESS,!] (provided with or resembling a tongue; often used in combination; "tongued shoes"; "tongued boards"; "toungued lightning"; "long-tongued") } { tonguelike, (resembling a tongue in form or function) } ---- { [ TONGUELESS, TONGUED,!] (lacking a tongue; "tongueless moccasins") }] [{ [ TIPPED, UNTIPPED,!] noun.communication:combining_form,;u (having a tip; or having a tip as specified (used in combination); "a rubber-tipped cane") } { filter-tipped, (of a cigar or cigarette; having a tip designed to filter the smoke; "filter-tipped cigarettes") } { pink-tipped, (of a leaf tipped with pink) } { plume-tipped, (of a plant tipped with a plume) } { spine-tipped, (of a plant tipped with a spine) } { thorn-tipped, (of a plant tipped with a thorn) } { yellow-tipped, (of a flower tipped with yellow) } ---- { [ UNTIPPED, TIPPED,!] (not provided with a special tip; "untipped cigarettes") }] [{ [ TIRED, noun.state:tiredness,+ RESTED,!] (depleted of strength or energy; "tired mothers with crying babies"; "too tired to eat") } { all_in(p), beat(p), bushed(p), dead(p), noun.communication:colloquialism,;u (very tired; "was all in at the end of the day"; "so beat I could flop down and go to sleep anywhere"; "bushed after all that exercise"; "I'm dead after that long trip") } { aweary, [ weary, noun.state:weariness,+ ] (physically and mentally fatigued; "`aweary' is archaic") } { bleary, blear, bleary-eyed, blear-eyed, (tired to the point of exhaustion) } { bored, [ world-weary, noun.feeling:world-weariness,+ ] (tired of the world; "bored with life"; "strolled through the museum with a bored air") } { burned-out, burnt-out, (exhausted as a result of longtime stress; "she was burned-out before she was 30") } { careworn, drawn, haggard, raddled, worn, (showing the wearing effects of overwork or care or suffering; "looking careworn as she bent over her mending"; "her face was drawn and haggard from sleeplessness"; "that raddled but still noble face"; "shocked to see the worn look of his handsome young face"- Charles Dickens) } { drooping, flagging, (weak from exhaustion) } { exhausted, dog-tired, fagged, fatigued, played_out, spent, washed-out, worn-out(a), worn_out(p), gone, (drained of energy or effectiveness; extremely tired; completely exhausted; "the day's shopping left her exhausted"; "he went to bed dog-tired"; "was fagged and sweaty"; "the trembling of his played out limbs"; "felt completely washed-out"; "only worn-out horses and cattle"; "you look worn out") } { footsore, (having sore or tired feet) } { jaded, wearied, (exhausted; "my father's words had left me jaded and depressed"- William Styron) } { knackered, drained, noun.location:Britain,;r (very tired) } { ragged, (worn out from stress or strain; "run ragged") } { travel-worn, (tired by travel) } { unrefreshed, unrested, (not rested or refreshed) } { whacked, noun.location:Britain,;r noun.communication:colloquialism,;u ((British informal) exhausted or worn out) } ---- { [ RESTED, TIRED,!] LIVELY,^ (not tired; refreshed as by sleeping or relaxing; "came back rested from her vacation") } { [ fresh, noun.state:freshness,+ ] invigorated, refreshed, reinvigorated, (with restored energy) } { untired, unwearied, unweary, (with unreduced energy) }] [{ [ TOLERABLE, INTOLERABLE,!] PERMISSIBLE,^ (capable of being borne or endured; "the climate is at least tolerable") } { [ bearable, verb.cognition:bear,+ ] endurable, sufferable, supportable, (capable of being borne though unpleasant; "sufferable punishment") } { tolerant, resistant, (able to tolerate environmental conditions or physiological stress; "the plant is tolerant of saltwater"; "these fish are quite tolerant as long as extremes of pH are avoided"; "the new hybrid is more resistant to drought") } ---- { [ INTOLERABLE, TOLERABLE,!] unbearable, unendurable, IMPERMISSIBLE,^ (incapable of being tolerated or endured; "an intolerable degree of sentimentality") } { bitter, (very difficult to accept or bear; "the bitter truth"; "a bitter sorrow") } { insufferable1, unsufferable1, (too extreme to bear; "the insufferable heat of August in a New York apartment with no air conditioning") } { impossible, [ unacceptable, noun.attribute:unacceptableness,+ noun.attribute:unacceptability,+ ] ((used of persons or their behavior) not acceptable or reasonable; "impossible behavior") } { insufferable, (unbearably arrogant or conceited; "insufferable insolence") } { unsupportable, (not able to be supported or defended) }] [{ [ TOLERANT, noun.cognition:tolerance,+ verb.social:tolerate1,+ INTOLERANT,!] CHARITABLE,^ PATIENT,^ (showing respect for the rights or opinions or practices of others) } { unbigoted, (not opinionated) } ---- { [ INTOLERANT, noun.cognition:intolerance,+ TOLERANT,!] UNCHARITABLE,^ (unwilling to tolerate difference of opinion) } { bigoted, (blindly and obstinately attached to some creed or opinion and intolerant toward others; "a bigoted person"; "an outrageously bigoted point of view") } { [ rigid, noun.attribute:rigidness1,+ noun.attribute:rigidity1,+ ] [ strict, noun.attribute:strictness1,+ ] (incapable of compromise or flexibility) }] [{ [ TONAL, noun.cognition:tone,+ noun.attribute:tone1,+ noun.communication:tonality,+ ATONAL,!] noun.communication:music,;c (having tonality; i.e. tones and chords organized in relation to one tone such as a keynote or tonic) } { keyed, (set to a key or tone) } { diatonic, (based on or using the five tones and two semitones of the major or minor scales of western music) } { [ polytonal, noun.communication:polytonality,+ ] (using more than one key or tonality simultaneously; "exciting rhythms and polytonal harmonies") } { toned, (having or characterized or distinguished by tone or a specific tone; often used in combination; "full-toned"; "shrill-toned"; "deep-toned") } { [ tonic, noun.communication:tone2,+ ] (relating to or being the keynote of a major or minor scale; "tonic harmony") } ---- { [ ATONAL, noun.communication:atonality,+ TONAL,!] unkeyed, noun.communication:music,;c (characterized by avoidance of traditional western tonality) }] [{ [ TOOTHED, TOOTHLESS,!] (having teeth especially of a certain number or type; often used in combination; "saw-toothed") } { buck-toothed, (having protruding upper front teeth) } { cogged, (having cogs; "a cogged wheel") } { fine-toothed(a), fine-tooth(a), (having fine teeth set close together; "a fine-toothed comb") } { gap-toothed, (having widely spaced teeth; "his gap-toothed grin") } { saber-toothed, sabertoothed, sabre-toothed, (having teeth that resemble sabers; "a saber-toothed tiger") } { small-toothed, (having small teeth) } { toothlike, (resembling a tooth) } { [ toothy, noun.body:tooth,+ ] (having or showing prominent teeth; "a toothy smile") } { [tusked, noun.animal:tusk,+ ] (having tusks)} ---- { [ TOOTHLESS, TOOTHED,!] (lacking teeth; "most birds are toothless"; "a toothless old crone") } { edental, edentate, edentulate, (having few if any teeth; "anteaters are edentate animals") } { edentulous, (having lost teeth) }] [{ [ TOP(a), BOTTOM,! SIDE,!] BEST,^ HIGH1,^ (situated at the top or highest position; "the top shelf") } { [ apical, noun.location:apex1,+ noun.location:apex,+ ] (situated at an apex) } { crowning, (forming or providing a crown or summit; "the crowning star on a Christmas tree"; "her hair was her crowning glory") } { topmost, uppermost, upmost, (at or nearest to the top; "the uppermost book in the pile"; "on the topmost step") } { upper, (the topmost one of two) } ---- { [ BOTTOM(a), SIDE,! TOP,!] (situated at the bottom or lowest position; "the bottom drawer") } { bottommost, lowermost, nethermost, (farthest down; "bottommost shelf") } { inferior, noun.cognition:anatomy,;c (lower than a given reference point; "inferior alveolar artery") } { nether, (lower; "gnawed his nether lip") } ---- { [ SIDE(a), TOP,! BOTTOM,!] (located on a side; "side fences"; "the side porch") } { broadside, (toward a full side; "a broadside attack") } { lateral, sidelong, (situated at or extending to the side; "the lateral branches of a tree"; "shot out sidelong boughs"- Tennyson) }] [{ [ TOPPED, TOPLESS,!] (having a top of a specified character) } { flat-topped, flat-top, (having a flat or flattened upper surface) } { lidded, (having a lid; "milk in a heavy lidded mug") } { screw-topped, (having a lid with a spiral groove) } ---- { [ TOPLESS, TOPPED,!] (having no top; "a topless jar") } { lidless, (having no lid; "a lidless container") }] [{ [ BOTTOMED, BOTTOMLESS,!] (having a bottom of a specified character) } { bell-bottomed, bell-bottom, bellbottom, ((of trousers) having legs that flare at the bottom; "bell-bottomed trousers") } { copper-bottomed, (having a bottom of copper or sheathed with copper; "copper-bottomed pots"; "a copper-bottomed ship") } { round-bottomed, round-bottom, (having a rounded bottom; "round-bottom flasks") } ---- { [ BOTTOMLESS, BOTTOMED,!] (having no bottom; "bottomless pajamas consisting simply of a long top opening down the front") }] [{ [ TOP-DOWN, BOTTOM-UP,!] (of an approach to a problem that begins at the highest conceptual level and works down to the details; "a top-down analysis might begin by looking at macro-economic trends"; "top-down programming") } ---- { [ BOTTOM-UP, TOP-DOWN,!] (of an approach to a problem that begins with details and works up to the highest conceptual level; "bottom-up parser"; "a bottom-up model of the reading process") }] [{ [ EQUATORIAL, noun.location:equator,+ POLAR,!] (of or existing at or near the geographic equator; "equatorial Africa") } { pantropical, pantropic, (distributed throughout the tropics) } { [ tropical, noun.location:tropic,+ ] [ tropic, noun.location:tropics,+ ] (relating to or situated in or characteristic of the tropics (the region on either side of the equator); "tropical islands"; "tropical fruit") } ---- { [ POLAR, noun.location:pole,+ EQUATORIAL,!] (of or existing at or near a geographical pole or within the Arctic or Antarctic Circles; "polar regions") } { circumpolar, (located or found throughout a polar region) } { [ north-polar, noun.location:north_pole,+ ] [ Arctic, noun.location:arctic,+ ] (of or relating to the Arctic; "the Arctic summer") } { [ south-polar, noun.location:south_pole,+ ] [ Antarctic, noun.location:antarctic,+ ] (at or near the south pole) }] [{ [ TESTATE, noun.person:testate,+ INTESTATE,!] noun.group:law,;c (having made a legally valid will before death) } ---- { [ INTESTATE, TESTATE,!] noun.group:law,;c (having made no legally valid will before death or not disposed of by a legal will; "he died intestate"; "intestate property") }] [{ [ TOUCHED, UNTOUCHED,!] (having come into contact) } { brushed, (touched lightly in passing; grazed against; "of all the people brushed against in a normal day on a city street I remember not a one") } { grazed, (scraped or touched lightly in passing; "his grazed and bleeding arm proved he had been in the line of fire") } ---- { [ UNTOUCHED, TOUCHED,!] (not having come in contact) }] [{ [ TOUGH1, noun.attribute:toughness2,+ TENDER1,!] INEDIBLE,^ (resistant to cutting or chewing) } { cartilaginous, [ gristly, noun.body:gristle,+ ] rubbery, (difficult to chew) } { [ chewy, noun.act:chew,+ ] (requiring much chewing) } { coriaceous, leathered, leatherlike, [ leathery, noun.substance:leather,+ ] (resembling or made to resemble leather; tough but pliable) } { fibrous1, sinewy, stringy, unchewable1, ((of meat) full of sinews; especially impossible to chew) } { hempen, [ fibrous2, noun.substance:fiber,+ ] (having or resembling fibers especially fibers used in making cordage such as those of jute) } { tough-skinned, (having a relatively tough outer covering) } ---- { [ TENDER1, verb.change:tenderize,+ TOUGH1,!] EDIBLE,^ (easy to cut or chew; "tender beef") } { chewable, cuttable, (able to be chewed or cut) } { [ crisp, noun.food:crisp,+ noun.attribute:crispness1,+ ] [ crispy, noun.food:crisp,+ noun.attribute:crispiness,+ ] (tender and brittle; "crisp potato chips") } { [ flaky, noun.attribute:flakiness,+ ] flakey, (made of or easily forming flakes) } { tenderized, tenderised, (made tender as by marinating or pounding; "tenderized meat") }] [{ [ TOUGH2, TENDER2,!] toughened2, EXPERIENCED,^ RUGGED,^ STRONG,^ (physically toughened; "the tough bottoms of his feet") } { calloused, [ callous, noun.state:callosity,+ ] thickened, (having calluses; having skin made tough and thick through wear; "calloused skin"; "with a workman's callous hands") } { enured, inured, hardened, (made tough by habitual exposure; "hardened fishermen"; "a peasant, dark, lean-faced, wind-inured"- Robert Lynd; "our successors...may be graver, more inured and equable men"- V.S.Pritchett) } { weather-beaten, (tanned and coarsened from being outdoors; "a weather-beaten face") } ---- { [ TENDER2, noun.state:tenderness,+ TOUGH2,!] untoughened2, WEAK,^ (physically untoughened; "tender feet") } { delicate, soft, (easily hurt; "soft hands"; "a baby's delicate skin") }] [{ [ TOUGH3, TENDER3,!] HARD2,^ INSENSITIVE2,^ (not given to gentleness or sentimentality; "a tough character") } { hard-bitten, hard-boiled, pugnacious, (tough and callous by virtue of experience) } { tough-minded, unsentimental, (facing facts or difficulties realistically and with determination) } ---- { [ TENDER3, noun.feeling:tenderness3,+ noun.feeling:tenderness,+ TOUGH3,!] SOFT2,^ (given to sympathy or gentleness or sentimentality; "a tender heart"; "a tender smile"; "tender loving care"; "tender memories"; "a tender mother") } { [ protective, noun.feeling:protectiveness,+ ] (showing care; "a protective mother") } { [ sentimental, noun.feeling:sentiment,+ noun.feeling:sentimentality,+ ] (given to or marked by sentiment or sentimentality) }] [{ [ TOXIC, noun.substance:toxin,+ noun.quantity:toxicity,+ NONTOXIC,!] HARMFUL,^ NOXIOUS,^ UNHEALTHFUL,^ (of or relating to or caused by a toxin or poison; "suffering from exposure to toxic substances") } { [ cyanogenetic, noun.substance:cyanogen,+ ] [ cyanogenic, noun.substance:cyanogen,+ ] (capable of producing cyanide; "amygdalin is a cyanogenetic glucoside") } { [ deadly, noun.attribute:deadliness,+ ] [ venomous, noun.substance:venom,+ ] [ virulent, noun.attribute:virulence,+ ] (extremely poisonous or injurious; producing venom; "venomous snakes"; "a virulent insect bite") } { [ hepatotoxic, noun.substance:hepatotoxin,+ ] (toxic to the liver) } { [ nephrotoxic, noun.substance:nephrotoxin,+ ] (toxic to the kidney) } { ototoxic, (toxic to the organs of hearing or balance or to the auditory nerve; "some drugs are ototoxic") } { [ poisonous, noun.attribute:poison,+ ] toxicant, (having the qualities or effects of a poison) } ---- { [ NONTOXIC, TOXIC,!] atoxic, HARMLESS,^ (not producing or resulting from poison) } { [ antitoxic, noun.substance:antitoxin,+ ] (counteracting a toxin or poison) } { nonpoisonous, non-poisonous, (not producing poison) } { nonvenomous, (not producing venom; "nonvenomous snakes") }] [{ [ TRACTABLE, noun.attribute:tractableness,+ noun.attribute:tractability,+ INTRACTABLE,!] [ manipulable, noun.attribute:manipulability,+ ] COMPLIANT,^ DOCILE,^ MANAGEABLE,^ OBEDIENT,^ TAME1,^ noun.attribute:tractability,= (easily managed (controlled or taught or molded); "tractable young minds"; "the natives...being...of an intelligent tractable disposition"- Samuel Butler) } { ductile, malleable, (easily influenced) } { docile, [ teachable, verb.communication:teach,+ verb.change:teach,+ ] (ready and willing to be taught; "docile pupils eager for instruction"; "teachable youngsters") } { [ tamable, verb.change:tame4,+ ] [ tameable, verb.change:tame4,+ ] (capable of being tamed) } ---- { [ INTRACTABLE, noun.attribute:intractableness,+ noun.attribute:intractability,+ TRACTABLE,!] DEFIANT,^ DISOBEDIENT,^ STUBBORN,^ UNMANAGEABLE,^ WILD1,^ noun.attribute:tractability,= (not tractable; difficult to manage or mold; "an intractable disposition"; "intractable pain"; "the most intractable issue of our era"; "intractable metal") } { balking, [ balky, noun.act:balk,+ noun.attribute:balkiness,+ ] (stopping short and refusing to go on; "a balking"; "a balky mule"; "a balky customer") } { [ refractory2, noun.attribute:refractoriness,+ ] [ stubborn, noun.attribute:stubbornness,+ ] (not responding to treatment; "a stubborn infection"; "a refractory case of acne"; "stubborn rust stains") } { uncontrollable, unmanageable, (difficult to solve or alleviate; "uncontrollable pain") } { [ unmalleable, noun.attribute:unmalleability,+ ] (difficult or impossible to shape or work) }] [{ [ TABLE_D'HOTE, A_LA_CARTE,!] prix_fixe, ((of a restaurant meal) complete but with limited choices and at a fixed price) } ---- { [ A_LA_CARTE, TABLE_D'HOTE,!] ((of a restaurant meal) having unlimited choices with a separate price for each item) }] [{ [ TRACEABLE, UNTRACEABLE,!] trackable, (capable of being traced or tracked; "a traceable riverbed"; "the traceable course of an ancient wall") } ---- { [ UNTRACEABLE, TRACEABLE,!] (incapable of being traced or tracked down; "an untraceable source") }] [{ [ TRACKED, TRACKLESS,!] (having tracks; "new snow tracked by rabbits"; "tracked vehicles") } { caterpillar-tracked, (having caterpillar treads or tracks on the wheels; "a caterpillar-tracked earthmover") } { half-track, half-tracked, (having caterpillar treads on the rear and wheels in front; "half-track armored vehicles") } ---- { [ TRACKLESS, TRACKED,!] (having no tracks; "a trackless trolley"; "the trackless snowy meadow") }] [{ [ TRAVELED, UNTRAVELED,!] (traveled over or through; sometimes used as a combining term) } { heavily_traveled, (subject to much traffic or travel; "the region's most heavily traveled highways") } ---- { [ UNTRAVELED, TRAVELED,!] untravelled, (not traveled over or through; "untraveled roads") } { untraversed, (not traveled over or through; "an untraversed region") }] [{ [ TRIMMED, UNTRIMMED,!] cut5, (made neat and tidy by trimming; "his neatly trimmed hair") } { clipped, (cut or trimmed by clipping; "a handsome man with a clipped moustache"; "clipped hedges"; "close-clipped lawns"; "a clipped poodle") } ---- { [ UNTRIMMED, TRIMMED,!] uncut5, (not trimmed; "shaggy untrimmed locks") } { unclipped, (not clipped; "unclipped rosebushes"; "unclipped hair") }] [{ [ TROUBLED, UNTROUBLED,!] CONCERNED,^ UNQUIET,^ (characterized by or indicative of distress or affliction or danger or need; "troubled areas"; "fell into a troubled sleep"; "a troubled expression"; "troubled teenagers") } { annoyed, harassed, harried, pestered, vexed1, (troubled persistently especially with petty annoyances; "harassed working mothers"; "a harried expression"; "her poor pestered father had to endure her constant interruptions"; "the vexed parents of an unruly teenager") } { [ anxious, noun.feeling:anxiousness,+ ] [ nervous, noun.state:nervousness,+ noun.feeling:nervousness,+ ] [ queasy, noun.attribute:queasiness,+ ] [ uneasy, noun.attribute:uneasiness,+ ] unquiet, (causing or fraught with or showing anxiety; "spent an anxious night waiting for the test results"; "cast anxious glances behind her"; "those nervous moments before takeoff"; "an unquiet mind") } { buffeted, storm-tossed, tempest-tossed, tempest-tost, tempest-swept, (pounded or hit repeatedly by storms or adversities) } { [ careful, noun.attribute:carefulness1,+ ] noun.communication:archaism,;u (full of cares or anxiety; "Thou art careful and troubled about many things"-Luke 10.41) } { care-laden, heavy-laden, (burdened by cares; "all ye that labor and are heavy-laden"-Matt.11:28) } { clouded, (made troubled or apprehensive or distressed in appearance; "his face was clouded with unhappiness") } { disquieted, distressed1, disturbed, upset, worried, (afflicted with or marked by anxious uneasiness or trouble or grief; "too upset to say anything"; "spent many disquieted moments"; "distressed about her son's leaving home"; "lapsed into disturbed sleep"; "worried parents"; "a worried frown"; "one last worried check of the sleeping children") } { distressed, hard-pressed, hard_put, in_a_bad_way1(p), (facing or experiencing financial trouble or difficulty; "distressed companies need loans and technical advice"; "financially hard-pressed Mexican hotels are lowering their prices"; "we were hard put to meet the mortgage payment"; "found themselves in a bad way financially") } { embattled, ((of a person) beset by difficulties or conflict; "the state legislature called for the embattled governor's resignation") } { fraught, (marked by distress; "a fraught mother-daughter relationship") } { hag-ridden, hagridden, tormented, (tormented or harassed by nightmares or unreasonable fears; "hagridden...by visions of an imminent heaven or hell upon earth"- C.S.Lewis) } { haunted, (showing emotional affliction or disquiet; "her expression became progressively more haunted") } { [ mothy, noun.animal:moth,+ ] (infested with moths) } { stressed, distressed2, (suffering severe physical strain or distress; "he dropped out of the race, clearly distressed and having difficulty breathing") } { struggling, (engaged in a struggle to overcome especially poverty or obscurity; "a financially struggling theater"; "struggling artists") } { suffering, (troubled by pain or loss; "suffering refugees") } { [ troublous, noun.event:trouble,+ noun.cognition:trouble,+ ] (full of trouble; "these are troublous times") } ---- { [ UNTROUBLED, TROUBLED,!] QUIET2,^ UNCONCERNED,^ (not beset by troubles or disturbance or distress; "seemed untroubled by doubts of any kind"; "untroubled sleep"; "a kind untroubled face") } { [ carefree, noun.attribute:carefreeness,+ ] unworried, (free of trouble and worry and care; "the carefree joys of childhood"; "carefree millionaires, untroubled financially") } { clear, (characterized by freedom from troubling thoughts (especially guilt); "a clear conscience"; "regarded her questioner with clear untroubled eyes") } { dreamless, (untroubled by dreams; "a sound and dreamless sleep") } { trouble-free, (without problems or difficulties; "NASA reported a trouble-free launch") } { unconcerned, (easy in mind; not worried; "the prisoner seems entirely unconcerned as to the outcome of the examination") } { undisturbed, (untroubled by interference or disturbance; "he could pursue his studies undisturbed") } { unmolested, (not interfered with, disturbed, or harmed)}] [{ [ TRUE, noun.state:trueness,+ FALSE,!] CORRECT,^ FAITHFUL,^ GENUINE,^ HONEST,^ SINCERE,^ noun.state:truth,= (consistent with fact or reality; not false; "the story is true"; "it is undesirable to believe a proposition when there is no ground whatever for supposing it true"- B. Russell; "the true meaning of the statement") } { actual, [ genuine, noun.state:genuineness,+ ] [ literal, noun.attribute:literalness,+ ] [ real, noun.state:realness,+ noun.state:reality2,+ noun.state:reality1,+ ] (being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of something; "her actual motive"; "a literal solitude like a desert"- G.K.Chesterton; "a genuine dilemma") } { apodictic, apodeictic, noun.cognition:logic,;c (of a proposition; necessarily true or logically certain) } { truthful, (conforming to truth; "I wouldn't have told you this if it weren't so"; "a truthful statement") } { [ sure, noun.cognition:sureness,+ ] (infallible or unfailing; "a sure (or true) sign of one's commitment") } ---- { [ FALSE, noun.state:falseness,+ noun.communication:falsity,+ TRUE,!] DISHONEST,^ COUNTERFEIT,^ INCORRECT,^ INSINCERE,^ noun.state:truth,= (not in accordance with the fact or reality or actuality; "gave false testimony under oath"; "false tales of bravery") } { [ mendacious, noun.attribute:mendacity,+ ] (intentionally untrue; "a mendacious statement") } { [ specious, noun.attribute:speciousness,+ ] [ spurious, noun.state:spuriousness,+ ] (plausible but false; "a specious claim"; "spurious inferences" ) } { trumped-up(a), (concocted with intent to deceive; "trumped-up charges") } { untrue, (not according with the facts; "unfortunately the statement was simply untrue") }] [{ [ TRUSTFUL, noun.attribute:trustfulness,+ DISTRUSTFUL,!] [ trusting2, noun.attribute:trustingness,+ ] CREDULOUS,^ (inclined to believe or confide readily; full of trust; "great brown eye, true and trustful"- Nordhoff & Hall) } { confiding, (willing to entrust personal matters; "first she was suspicious, then she became confiding") } { unsuspecting, unsuspicious, (not suspicious; "deceiving the unsuspecting public") } ---- { [ DISTRUSTFUL, noun.attribute:distrustfulness,+ TRUSTFUL,!] INCREDULOUS,^ (having or showing distrust; "a man of distrustful nature"; "my experience...in other fields of law has made me distrustful of rules of thumb generally"- B.N.Cardozo; "vigilant and distrustful superintendence"- Thomas Jefferson) } { [ cynical, noun.person:cynic,+ ] [ misanthropic, noun.attribute:misanthropy,+ ] [ misanthropical, noun.person:misanthrope,+ noun.attribute:misanthropy,+ ] (believing the worst of human nature and motives; having a sneering disbelief in e.g. selflessness of others) } { doubting, questioning, [ skeptical, noun.person:skeptic,+ noun.cognition:skepticism1,+ noun.cognition:skepticism,+ ] [ sceptical, noun.cognition:scepticism,+ noun.person:sceptic,+ ] (marked by or given to doubt; "a skeptical attitude"; "a skeptical listener") } { jealous, green-eyed, overjealous, (suspicious or unduly suspicious or fearful of being displaced by a rival; "a jealous lover") } { [ leery, noun.communication:leer,+ ] mistrustful, [ suspicious, noun.cognition:suspicion,+ noun.attribute:suspiciousness,+ ] untrusting, [ wary, noun.attribute:wariness,+ ] (openly distrustful and unwilling to confide) } { [ misogynic, noun.feeling:misogyny,+ ] ((used of men) having deep-seated distrust of women) } { oversuspicious, (unduly suspicious) }] [{ [ TRUSTWORTHY, noun.attribute:trustworthiness,+ UNTRUSTWORTHY,!] [ trusty, noun.state:trust,+ noun.cognition:trust1,+ noun.attribute:trust,+ noun.attribute:trustiness,+ ] FAITHFUL,^ HONEST,^ RELIABLE,^ RESPONSIBLE,^ (worthy of trust or belief; "a trustworthy report"; "an experienced and trustworthy traveling companion") } { [ authentic, noun.attribute:authenticity,+ ] [ reliable1, noun.attribute:reliableness,+ noun.attribute:reliability,+ ] (conforming to fact and therefore worthy of belief; "an authentic account by an eyewitness"; "reliable information") } { [ creditworthy, noun.attribute:creditworthiness,+ ] [ responsible, noun.attribute:responsibleness,+ ] (having an acceptable credit rating; "a responsible borrower") } { [ dependable, noun.attribute:dependableness,+ noun.attribute:dependability,+ ] [ honest, noun.attribute:honestness,+ ] [ reliable2, noun.attribute:reliableness,+ noun.attribute:reliability,+ ] [ true(p), noun.attribute:trueness1,+ ] (worthy of being depended on; "a dependable worker"; "an honest working stiff"; "a reliable source of information"; "he was true to his word"; "I would be true for there are those who trust me") } { fiducial, (based on trust) } { sure, trusted, ((of persons) worthy of trust or confidence; "a sure (or trusted) friend") } ---- { [ UNTRUSTWORTHY, noun.attribute:untrustworthiness,+ TRUSTWORTHY,!] [ untrusty, noun.attribute:untrustiness,+ ] DISHONEST,^ UNFAITHFUL,^ UNRELIABLE,^ (not worthy of trust or belief; "an untrustworthy person") } { [ devious, noun.attribute:deviousness1,+ ] [ shifty, noun.attribute:shiftiness,+ ] (characterized by insincerity or deceit; evasive; "a devious character"; "shifty eyes") } { [ fly-by-night, noun.person:fly-by-night,+ ] ((of businesses and businessmen) untrustworthy or undependable; "a fly-by-night operation") } { [ slippery, noun.attribute:slipperiness1,+ ] [ tricky, noun.attribute:trickiness,+ ] (not to be trusted; "how extraordinarily slippery a liar the camera is"- James Agee) }] [{ [ TUBED, TUBELESS,!] (of a tire; having an inner tube) } ---- { [ TUBELESS, noun.artifact:tubeless,+ TUBED,!] (of a tire; not needing an inner tube) }] [{ [ TUCKED, UNTUCKED,!] (having tucked or being tucked; "tightly tucked blankets"; "a fancy tucked shirt") } ---- { [ UNTUCKED, TUCKED,!] (lacking tucks or not being tucked; "the sheet came untucked"; "plain untucked shirt front") } ] [{ [ TURNED, UNTURNED,!] (moved around an axis or center) } { inverted, upside-down, (being in such a position that top and bottom are reversed; "a quotation mark is sometimes called an inverted comma"; "an upside-down cake") } { overturned, upset, upturned, (having been turned so that the bottom is no longer the bottom; "an overturned car"; "the upset pitcher of milk"; "sat on an upturned bucket") } { reversed, (turned inside out and resewn; "the reversed collar looked as good as new") } { rotated, revolved, (turned in a circle around an axis) } { wrong-side-out(p), inside-out(p), (with the inside surface on the outside) } ---- { [ UNTURNED, TURNED,!] (not turned; "left no stone unturned") } { right-side-out(p), (of fabric or clothing) } { right-side-up(p), (of objects having a top and bottom) }] [{ [ TYPICAL, noun.state:typicality,+ ATYPICAL,!] CHARACTERISTIC,^ noun.state:typicality,= (exhibiting the qualities or characteristics that identify a group or kind or category; "a typical American girl"; "a typical suburban community"; "the typical car owner drives 10,000 miles a year"; "a painting typical of the Impressionist school"; "a typical romantic poem"; "a typical case of arteritis") } { [ emblematic, noun.communication:emblem,+ noun.artifact:emblem,+ ] [ exemplary, noun.cognition:example,+ ] [ typic, noun.person:type,+ ] (being or serving as an illustration of a type; "the free discussion that is emblematic of democracy"; "an action exemplary of his conduct") } { [ representative, verb.social:represent2,+ ] (serving to represent or typify; "representative moviegoers"; "a representative modern play") } { regular(a), veritable(a), (often used as intensifiers; "a regular morass of details"; "a regular nincompoop"; "he's a veritable swine") } { true, (conforming to definitive criteria; "the horseshoe crab is not a true crab"; "Pythagoras was the first true mathematician") } { classic, (of a well-known type; remarkably typical; "the classic struggle between good and evil"; "I woke up with all the classic symptoms of the flu"; "she made the classic mistake of choosing style over substance") } ---- { [ ATYPICAL, noun.state:atypicality,+ TYPICAL,!] [ untypical, noun.state:untypicality,+ ] [ atypic, noun.state:atypicality,+ ] ABNORMAL,^ UNCHARACTERISTIC,^ noun.state:typicality,= (not representative of a group, class, or type; "a class of atypical mosses"; "atypical behavior is not the accepted type of response that we expect from children") } { unrepresentative, (not exemplifying a class; "I soon tumbled to the fact that my weekends were atypical"; "behavior quite unrepresentative (or atypical) of the profession") }] [{ [ UNDERHAND, OVERHAND,!] underhanded, underarm, noun.act:sport,;c (with hand brought forward and up from below shoulder level; "an underhand pitch"; "an underhand stroke") } ---- { [ OVERHAND, UNDERHAND,!] overhanded, overarm, noun.act:sport,;c (with hand brought forward and down from above shoulder level; "an overhand pitch"; "an overhand stroke") } { round-arm, noun.act:cricket,;c (with the arm swung round at shoulder height; "round-arm bowling") }] [{ [ SURFACE, SUBSURFACE,! OVERHEAD,!] (on the surface; "surface materials of the moon") } { aboveground, (on or above the surface of the ground; "aboveground nuclear testing"; "surface instruments for detecting oil deposits"; "surface transportation") } { grade-constructed, (constructed at ground level; "grade-constructed accesses to the freeway") } { opencast, opencut, noun.act:mining,;c ((of mines and mining) worked from the exposed surface; "opencast mining"; "an opencut iron mine") } ---- { [ SUBSURFACE, OVERHEAD,! SURFACE,!] (beneath the surface; "subsurface materials of the moon") } { belowground, underground, (under the level of the ground; "belowground storage areas"; "underground caverns") } { [ submarine, noun.artifact:submarine,+ ] undersea, (beneath the surface of the sea) } { submerged1, submersed1, underwater, (beneath the surface of the water; "submerged rocks") } { subterranean, subterraneous, (being or operating under the surface of the earth; "subterranean passages"; "a subsurface flow of water") } ---- { [ OVERHEAD, SURFACE,! SUBSURFACE,!] (located or originating from above; "an overhead crossing") }] [{ [ SUBMERSIBLE, noun.artifact:submersible1,+ noun.artifact:submersible,+ verb.motion:submerge,+ verb.contact:submerge1,+ verb.change:submerge2,+ NONSUBMERSIBLE,!] [ submergible, verb.motion:submerge,+ verb.contact:submerge1,+ verb.change:submerge2,+ ] (capable of being immersed in water or functioning while submerged; "a submersible pump"; "a submergible electric frying pan") } ---- { [ NONSUBMERSIBLE, SUBMERSIBLE,!] nonsubmergible, (not submersible or submergible) }] [{ [ TEARFUL, noun.feeling:tearfulness,+ TEARLESS,!] (filled with or marked by tears; "tearful eyes"; "tearful entreaties") } { [ liquid, noun.state:liquidness,+ ] swimming, (filled or brimming with tears; "swimming eyes"; "sorrow made the eyes of many grow liquid") } { misty-eyed, (having eyes blurred as with tears; "sad and misty-eyed") } { teary, teary-eyed, watery-eyed, (with eyes full of tears) } { [ sniffly, noun.act:sniffle,+ ] snuffling, [ snuffly, noun.act:snuffle,+ ] (liable to sniffle) } { [ weepy, noun.feeling:weepiness,+ ] (liable to weep easily) } ---- { [ TEARLESS, TEARFUL,!] dry-eyed, (free from tears) } { [ dry, noun.state:dryness,+ ] (not shedding tears; "dry sobs"; "with dry eyes") }] [{ [ UNION, NONUNION,!] (of trade unions; "the union movement"; "union negotiations"; "a union-shop clause in the contract") } { closed(a), (requiring union membership; "a closed shop") } { organized, organised, unionized, unionised, (being a member of or formed into a labor union; "organized labor"; "unionized workers"; "a unionized shop") } ---- { [ NONUNION, UNION,!] (not belonging to or not allowing affiliation with a trade union; "nonunion carpenters"; "a nonunion contractor") } { open(a), (not requiring union membership; "an open shop employs nonunion workers") } { unorganized, unorganised, nonunionized, nonunionised, (not affiliated in a trade union; "the workers in the plant were unorganized") }] [{ [ UNIPAROUS, MULTIPAROUS,!] noun.cognition:biology,;c (producing only one offspring at a time) } ---- { [ MULTIPAROUS, UNIPAROUS,!] noun.cognition:biology,;c (producing more than one offspring at a time) } { biparous, twinning, (producing two offspring at a time) }] [{ [ UNIPOLAR, BIPOLAR,!] (having a single pole) } ---- { [ BIPOLAR, UNIPOLAR,!] (having two poles) } { Janus-faced, (having or concerned with polarities or contrasts; "a Janus-faced view of history"; "a Janus-faced policy") }] [{ [ UNITED, DIVIDED,!] COLLECTIVE,^ INTEGRATED,^ JOINT,^ (characterized by unity; being or joined into a single entity; "presented a united front") } { agreed, in_agreement(p), (united by being of the same opinion; "agreed in their distrust of authority") } { allied, [ confederate, noun.person:confederate,+ ] [ confederative, verb.social:confederate10,+ ] (united in a confederacy or league) } { amalgamate, amalgamated, coalesced, consolidated, fused, (joined together into a whole; "United Industries"; "the amalgamated colleges constituted a university"; "a consolidated school") } { [ coalescent, noun.act:coalescency,+ noun.act:coalescence,+ ] coalescing, (growing together, fusing; "coalescent tradititions"; "coalescent bones") } { [ cohesive, verb.stative:cohere1,+ noun.state:cohesiveness,+ ] (cohering or tending to cohere; well integrated; "a cohesive organization") } { conjugate, conjugated, coupled, (joined together especially in a pair or pairs) } { conjunct, (bound in close association; "conjunct influences"; "conjunct ideas") } { federate, federated, (united under a central government) } { incorporate, incorporated, integrated, merged, unified, (formed or united into a whole) } { in_league(p), ((usually followed by `with') united in effort as if in a league; "they found out that some policemen were in league with the criminals") } { [ one(a), noun.attribute:oneness,+ ] unitary, (having the indivisible character of a unit; "a unitary action"; "spoke with one voice") } { suprasegmental, noun.cognition:linguistics,;c (pertaining to a feature of speech that extends over more than a single speech sound) } { tied, (bound together by or as if by a strong rope; especially as by a bond of affection; "people tied by blood or marriage") } { undivided, (not parted by conflict of opinion; "presented an undivided front") } { unpartitioned, (not divided by partitions) } { unsegmented, nonsegmental, noun.cognition:zoology,;c (having a body that is not divided into segments; "unsegmented worms") } ---- { [ DIVIDED, UNITED,!] DISTRIBUTIVE,^ SEGREGATED,^ SEPARATE,^ (separated into parts or pieces; "opinions are divided") } { bicameral, two-chambered, (consisting of two chambers; "the bicameral heart of a fish") } { bifid, noun.cognition:botany,;c (divided into two lobes; "a bifid petal") } { bifurcate, biramous, branched, forked, fork-like, forficate, pronged2, [ prongy, noun.artifact:prong,+ ] (resembling a fork; divided or separated into two branches; "the biramous appendages of an arthropod"; "long branched hairs on its legson which pollen collects"; "a forked river"; "a forked tail"; "forked lightning"; "horseradish grown in poor soil may develop prongy roots") } { bifurcated, (divided into or made up of two parts; "socially bifurcated populations") } { bilocular, biloculate, noun.cognition:biology,;c (divided into or containing two cells or chambers; "having a bilocular capsule") } { black-and-white, (of a situation that is sharply divided into mutually exclusive categories; "he rejected a black-and-white world"; "there are no black-and-white certainties"; "there were no grey areas, you were either for him or against him, he was all black-and-white") } { chambered, (having compartmental chambers; "a spiral chambered seashell") } { cleft, (split or divided; "he had a cleft chin and strong jaw"; "the infant was born with a double harelip and cleft palate"; "a cleft stick") } { cloven, bisulcate, ((used of hooves) split, divided; "bisulcate hoof") } { [ dichotomous, noun.group:dichotomy,+ ] (divided or dividing into two sharply distinguished parts or classifications) } { [ disconnected, noun.state:disconnectedness,+ ] disunited, fragmented, split, (having been divided; having the unity destroyed; "Congress...gave the impression of...a confusing sum of disconnected local forces"-Samuel Lubell; "a league of disunited nations"- E.B.White; "a fragmented coalition"; "a split group") } { disjointed, (taken apart at the joints; "a disjointed fowl") } { disjunct, noun.cognition:zoology,;c (having deep constrictions separating head, thorax, and abdomen, as in insects) } { episodic, (of writing or narration; divided into or composed of episodes; "the book is episodic and the incidents don't always hang together") } { four-pronged, (having four prongs) } { many-chambered, (having many chambers) } { [ metameric, noun.animal:metamere,+ ] segmental, segmented, noun.cognition:zoology,;c (having the body divided into successive metameres or segments, as in earthworms or lobsters) } { mullioned, (of windows; divided by vertical bars or piers usually of stone; "mullioned windows") } { pentamerous, noun.cognition:botany,;c (divided into five parts; specifically, having each floral whorl consist of five (or a multiple of five) members; "pentamerous flowers") } { pronged, tined, (having prongs or tines; usually used in combination; "a three-tined fork") } { sectional, sectioned, (consisting of or divided into sections; "a sectional sofa"; "sectioned plates") } { segmental2, noun.cognition:linguistics,;c (divided or organized into speech segments or isolable speech sounds) } { three-pronged, (having three prongs) } { torn, (disrupted by the pull of contrary forces; "torn between love and hate"; "torn by conflicting loyalties"; "torn by religious dissensions") } { trifid, noun.cognition:botany,;c (divided into three lobes; "trifid petals") } { two-pronged, (having two prongs) }] [{ [ ADNATE, CONNATE,!] noun.cognition:biology,;c (of unlike parts or organs; growing closely attached; "a calyx adnate to the ovary") } ---- { [ CONNATE, ADNATE,!] noun.cognition:biology,;c (of similar parts or organs; closely joined or united; "a connate tomato flower") }] [{ [ UNIVALVE, BIVALVE,!] noun.cognition:zoology,;c (used of mollusks, especially gastropods, as snails etc.) } { single-shelled, (univalve) } ---- { [ BIVALVE, noun.animal:bivalve,+ UNIVALVE,!] bivalved, noun.cognition:zoology,;c (used of mollusks having two shells (as clams etc.)) } { lamellibranch, [ pelecypod, noun.animal:pelecypod,+ ] [ pelecypodous, noun.animal:pelecypod,+ ] (bivalve) }] [{ [ ASCENDING(a), DESCENDING,!] UP,^ (moving or going or growing upward; "the ascending plane"; "the ascending staircase"; "the ascending stems of chickweed") } { [ acclivitous, noun.object:acclivity,+ ] rising, uphill, (sloping upward) } { [ ascendant, verb.motion:ascend2,+ verb.motion:ascend1,+ ] [ ascendent, verb.motion:ascend3,+ verb.motion:ascend1,+ ] [ ascensive, verb.motion:ascend2,+ verb.motion:ascend1,+ ] (tending or directed upward; "rooted and ascendant strength like that of foliage"- John Ruskin) } { assurgent, noun.cognition:botany,;c (growing or extending upward; "an assurgent stem or leaf") } { assurgent2, noun.cognition:heraldry,;c (rising from the sea; "a seahorse assurgent") } { scandent, (used especially of plants; having a tendency to climb; "plants of a creeping or scandent nature") } { highflying(a), (moving upward or along at a considerable height; "some highflying fighter pilot fired a cannon shell into it") } { up(a), upward(a), (extending or moving toward a higher place; "the up staircase"; "a general upward movement of fish") } ---- { [ DESCENDING(a), ASCENDING,!] DOWN,^ (coming down or downward) } { [ declivitous, noun.object:declivity,+ ] [ downhill, noun.object:downhill,+ ] downward-sloping, (sloping down rather steeply) } { degressive, (going down by steps) } { [ descendant, verb.motion:descend,+ ] [ descendent, verb.motion:descend,+ ] (going or coming down) } { down(a), downward(a), (extending or moving from a higher to a lower place; "the down staircase"; "the downward course of the stream") } { downward-arching, (curving downward) } { drizzling, ((of rain) falling lightly in very small drops; "a raw drizzing rain") } { dropping, falling, (coming down freely under the influence of gravity; "the eerie whistle of dropping bombs"; "falling rain") } { raining, (falling in drops or as if falling like rain; "watched the raining apple blossoms") }] [{ [ RISING, FALLING,!] (advancing or becoming higher or greater in degree or value or status; "a rising trend"; "a rising market") } { improving, up, (getting higher or more vigorous; "its an up market"; "an improving economy") } ---- { [ FALLING, RISING,!] (becoming lower or less in degree or value; "a falling market"; "falling incomes") } { down(a), (becoming progressively lower; "the down trend in the real estate market") } { [ soft, noun.state:softness,+ ] ((of a commodity or market or currency) falling or likely to fall in value; "the market for computers is soft") }] [{ [ CLIMACTIC, noun.state:climax,+ noun.event:climax,+ noun.communication:climax,+ noun.act:climax,+ ANTICLIMACTIC,!] (consisting of or causing a climax; "a climactic development") } ---- { [ ANTICLIMACTIC, noun.event:anticlimax,+ CLIMACTIC,!] (coming after the climax especially of a dramatic or narrative plot; "everything after the discovery of the murderer was anticlimactic") }] [{ [ UPMARKET, DOWNMARKET,!] (designed for consumers with high incomes; "he turned up in well-cut clothes...and upmarket felt hats"- New Yorker) } { upscale, (appropriate for people with good incomes; "an upscale neighborhood"; "an upscale motel") } ---- { [ DOWNMARKET, UPMARKET,!] (designed for low-income consumers) } { downscale, (intended for people with low incomes; "mass-produced downscale versions of high-priced fashions") }] [{ [ TRANSITIVE, verb.change:transitivize,+ noun.relation:transitiveness,+ noun.relation:transitivity,+ INTRANSITIVE,!] noun.cognition:grammar,;c (designating a verb that requires a direct object to complete the meaning) } ---- { [ INTRANSITIVE, noun.relation:intransitiveness,+ noun.relation:intransitivity,+ TRANSITIVE,!] noun.cognition:grammar,;c (designating a verb that does not require or cannot take a direct object) }] [{ [ TRANSLATABLE, UNTRANSLATABLE,!] (capable of being put into another form or style or language; "substances readily translatable to the American home table"; "his books are eminently translatable") } ---- { [ UNTRANSLATABLE, TRANSLATABLE,!] (not capable of being put into another form or style or language; "an untranslatable idiom"; "untranslatable art") }] [{ [ UNGULATE, noun.animal:ungulate,+ UNGUICULATE,!] ungulated, hoofed, hooved, (having or resembling hoofs; "horses and other hoofed animals") } { solid-hoofed, (having solid hooves) } ---- { [ UNGUICULATE, noun.animal:unguiculate,+ UNGULATE,!] unguiculated, (having or resembling claws or nails; "unguiculate animals"; "an unguiculate flower petal") } { clawed, (having or resembling a claw or claws; often used as a combining form; "sharp-clawed") } { clawlike, (resembling a claw) }] [{ [ UP, DOWN,!] ASCENDING,^ HIGH1,^ (being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level; "the anchor is up"; "the sun is up"; "he lay face up"; "he is up by a pawn"; "the market is up"; "the corn is up") } { ahead(p), in_the_lead, leading, (having the leading position or higher score in a contest; "he is ahead by a pawn"; "the leading team in the pennant race") } { aweigh, ((used of an anchor) hanging clear of the bottom; "anchors aweigh") } { dormie, dormy, noun.act:golf,;c (in match play a side that stands as many holes ahead as there are holes remaining to be played; "he was dormie three and still lost the match") } { heavenward, skyward, (directed toward heaven or the sky; "the soul in its heavenward flight") } { risen, ((of e.g. celestial bodies) above the horizon; "the risen sun") } { sprouted, noun.group:vegetation,;c ((of growing vegetation) having just emerged from the ground; "the corn is sprouted") } { upbound, (heading in any direction that is conventionally up; "upbound shipping lanes") } { upfield, noun.act:sport,;c (away from the defending teams' end of the playing field) } { upward, (directed up; "the cards were face upward"; "an upward stroke of the pen") } ---- { [ DOWN, UP,!] DESCENDING,^ LOW1,^ (being or moving lower in position or less in some value; "lay face down"; "the moon is down"; "our team is down by a run"; "down by a pawn"; "the stock market is down today") } { behind(p), (having the lower score or lagging position in a contest; "behind by two points"; "the 8th inning found the home team trailing") } { downbound, (heading in any direction that is conventionally down; "a downbound channel"; "the downbound train") } { downcast, (directed downward; "a downcast glance") } { downfield, noun.act:sport,;c (toward or in the defending team's end of the playing field; "he threw to a downfield receiver") } { downward(ip), (on or toward a surface regarded as a base; "he lay face downward"; "the downward pull of gravity") } { fallen, (having dropped by the force of gravity; "fallen leaves covered the forest floor"; "sat on a fallen tree trunk") } { set(p), (being below the horizon; "the moon is set") } { thrown, (caused to fall to the ground; "the thrown rider got back on his horse"; "a thrown wrestler"; "a ball player thrown for a loss") } { [ weak, noun.state:weakness1,+ ] (tending downward in price; "a weak market for oil stocks") }] [{ [ UPSTAGE, DOWNSTAGE,!] (of the back half of a stage; "she crossed to the upstage chair forcing the lead to turn his back to the audience") } ---- { [ DOWNSTAGE, UPSTAGE,!] (of the front half of a stage) }] [{ [ UPSTAIRS, DOWNSTAIRS,!] upstair, (on or of upper floors of a building; "the upstairs maid"; "an upstairs room") } ---- { [ DOWNSTAIRS, UPSTAIRS,!] downstair, (on or of lower floors of a building; "the downstairs (or downstair) phone") } { ground-floor, (on the floor closest to level with the ground; "the ground-floor entrance is kept locked") }] [{ [ UPSTREAM, DOWNSTREAM,!] (in the direction against a stream's current) } ---- { [ DOWNSTREAM, UPSTREAM,!] (in the direction of a stream's current) }] [{ [ UPTOWN, DOWNTOWN,!] (of or located in the upper part of a town; "uptown residential areas") } ---- { [ DOWNTOWN, noun.location:downtown,+ UPTOWN,!] (of or located in the lower part of a town, or in the business center; "downtown Manhattan"; "delinquents roaming the downtown streets") }] [{ [ USED, MISUSED,!] (employed in accomplishing something; "the principle of surprise is the most used and misused of all the principles of war"- H.H.Arnold & I.C.Eaker) } { in_use, (currently being used; "robots are in use throughout industry") } { utilized, utilised, employed, (put to use) } ---- { [ MISUSED, USED,!] (used incorrectly or carelessly or for an improper purpose; "misused words are often laughable but one weeps for misused talents") } { abused, (used improperly or excessively especially drugs; "an abused substance") } { exploited2, ill-used, put-upon, used2, victimized, victimised, ((of persons) taken advantage of; "after going out of his way to help his friend get the job he felt not appreciated but used") }] [{ [ USEFUL, USELESS,!] [ utile2, noun.attribute:utility,+ ] EFFECTIVE,^ EXPEDIENT,^ HELPFUL,^ PROFITABLE,^ SERVICEABLE,^ noun.attribute:utility,= (being of use or service; "the girl felt motherly and useful"; "a useful job"; "a useful member of society") } { handy, (useful and convenient; "a handy gadget") } { multipurpose, (having multiple uses; "a multipurpose tool") } { reclaimable, recyclable, reusable, (capable of being used again) } { [ serviceable, noun.attribute:serviceableness,+ ] (capable of being put to good use; "a serviceable kitchen gadget") } { [ useable, noun.attribute:useableness,+ verb.consumption:use1,+ ] [ usable, noun.attribute:usableness,+ verb.consumption:use1,+ ] (capable of being put to use; "usable byproducts") } { [ utilitarian, noun.attribute:utility,+ ] (having utility often to the exclusion of values; "plain utilitarian kitchenware") } { [ utilizable, verb.consumption:utilize,+ ] (capable of being put to a profitable or practical use) } ---- { [ USELESS, noun.attribute:uselessness,+ USEFUL,!] INEFFECTIVE,^ UNPROFITABLE,^ UNSERVICEABLE,^ noun.attribute:utility,= (having no beneficial use or incapable of functioning usefully; "a kitchen full of useless gadgets"; "she is useless in an emergency") } { [ futile, noun.attribute:futility,+ ] [ ineffectual, noun.attribute:ineffectualness,+ noun.attribute:ineffectuality,+ ] otiose, unavailing, meaningless, (producing no result or effect; "a futile effort"; "the therapy was ineffectual"; "an otiose undertaking"; "an unavailing attempt") } { [ inutile, noun.attribute:inutility,+ ] (not worth using) } { unserviceable, unusable, unuseable, (not capable of being used) }] [{ [ UTOPIAN, noun.person:utopian,+ noun.state:utopia,+ DYSTOPIAN,!] PERFECT,^ (characterized by or aspiring to impracticable perfection; "the dim utopian future"; "utopian idealists"; "recognized the utopian nature of his hopes") } { airy, [ impractical, noun.attribute:impracticality,+ ] [ visionary, noun.person:visionary1,+ noun.cognition:vision3,+ ] [ Laputan, noun.cognition:laputa,+ ] windy, (not practical or realizable; speculative; "airy theories about socioeconomic improvement"; "visionary schemes for getting rich") } ---- { [ DYSTOPIAN, noun.state:dystopia,+ UTOPIAN,!] (as bad as can be; characterized by human misery; "AIDS is one of the dystopian harbingers of the global villages"- Susan Sontag) }] [{ [ VALID, noun.attribute:validness,+ noun.attribute:validity1,+ INVALID,!] LEGITIMATE,^ REASONABLE,^ (well grounded in logic or truth or having legal force; "a valid inference"; "a valid argument"; "a valid contract") } { binding, (executed with proper legal authority; "a binding contract") } { [ legal, noun.attribute:legality,+ ] sound1, effectual1, (having legal efficacy or force; "a sound title to the property") } { legitimate, [ logical, noun.attribute:logicalness,+ noun.attribute:logicality,+ ] (based on known statements or events or conditions; "rain was a logical expectation, given the time of year") } { reasoned, [ sound2, noun.attribute:soundness1,+ ] well-grounded, (logically valid; "a sound argument") } { validated, (declared or made legally valid; "a validated claim") } ---- { [ INVALID, noun.attribute:invalidness,+ noun.attribute:invalidity,+ VALID,!] ILLEGITIMATE,^ (having no cogency or legal force; "invalid reasoning"; "an invalid driver's license") } { bad, uncollectible, (not capable of being collected; "a bad (or uncollectible) debt") } { [ fallacious, noun.cognition:fallacy,+ noun.attribute:fallaciousness,+ ] [ unsound, noun.cognition:unsoundness,+ ] (containing or based on a fallacy; "fallacious reasoning"; "an unsound argument") } { false, (erroneous and usually accidental; "a false start"; "a false alarm") } { spurious, (ostensibly valid, but not actually valid; "a spurious argument") } { invalidated, nullified, (deprived of legal force) } { [ null, noun.communication:nullity,+ ] void, noun.group:law,;c (lacking any legal or binding force; "null and void") } { [ sophistic, noun.person:sophist,+ noun.cognition:sophism,+ ] [ sophistical, noun.person:sophist,+ ] (plausible but misleading) }] [{ [ VALUABLE, noun.possession:valuable,+ noun.attribute:valuableness,+ verb.possession:value,+ WORTHLESS,!] EXPENSIVE,^ IMPORTANT,^ WORTHY,^ (having great material or monetary value especially for use or exchange; "a valuable diamond") } { blue-chip, (extremely valuable; "Rembrandt is considered a blue-chip artist") } { [ invaluable, noun.attribute:invaluableness,+ ] [ priceless, noun.attribute:pricelessness,+ ] (having incalculable monetary, intellectual, or spiritual worth) } { [ precious, noun.attribute:preciousness2,+ ] (of high worth or cost; "diamonds, sapphires, rubies, and emeralds are precious stones") } { [ rich, noun.attribute:richness4,+ ] (of great worth or quality; "a rich collection of antiques") } { semiprecious, (used of gemstones having less commercial value than precious stones; "such semiprecious stones as amethyst, garnet, jade, and tourmaline") } { [ worth(p), noun.quantity:worth,+ ] (having a specified value; "not worth his salt"; "worth her weight in gold"; "an appraisal determined the antique carved chair was worth $900") } ---- { [ WORTHLESS, noun.attribute:worthlessness,+ VALUABLE,!] UNWORTHY,^ (lacking in usefulness or value; "a worthless idler") } { chaffy, (value; "an empty chaffy book by a foolish chaffy fellow") } { [ good-for-nothing, noun.person:good-for-nothing,+ ] [ good-for-naught, noun.person:good-for-naught,+ ] meritless, no-account, no-count, no-good, [ sorry, noun.attribute:sorriness,+ ] (without merit; of little or no value or use; "a sorry horse"; "a sorry excuse"; "a lazy no-count, good-for-nothing goldbrick"; "the car was a no-good piece of junk") } { manky, noun.location:Britain,;r (inferior and worthless) } { negligible, [ paltry, noun.attribute:paltriness,+ ] trifling, (not worth considering; "he considered the prize too paltry for the lives it must cost"; "piffling efforts"; "a trifling matter") } { nugatory, (of no real value; "a nugatory law") } { otiose, [ pointless, noun.attribute:pointlessness,+ ] [ purposeless, noun.attribute:purposelessness,+ ] [ senseless, noun.attribute:senselessness,+ ] superfluous, wasted, (serving no useful purpose; having no excuse for being; "otiose lines in a play"; "advice is wasted words"; "a pointless remark"; "a life essentially purposeless"; "senseless violence")} { [ rubbishy, noun.substance:rubbish,+ ] [ trashy, noun.substance:trash,+ noun.attribute:trashiness,+ ] (cheap and inferior; of no value; "rubbishy newspapers that form almost the sole reading of the majority"; "trashy merchandise") } { tinpot(a), noun.location:Britain,;r (inferior (especially of a country's leadership); "he's a tinpot Hitler") } { [ valueless, noun.attribute:valuelessness,+ ] (of no value) }] [{ [ VARIABLE, noun.object:variable,+ noun.attribute:variableness,+ verb.change:vary1,+ verb.stative:vary1,+ noun.attribute:variability,+ INVARIABLE,! ] INCONSISTENT,^ INCONSTANT,^ (liable to or capable of change; "rainfall in the tropics is notoriously variable"; "variable winds"; "variable expenses") } { [ changeable, noun.attribute:changeability,+ noun.attribute:changeableness,+ ] uncertain, unsettled, (subject to change; "a changeable climate"; "the weather is uncertain"; "unsettled weather with rain and hail and sunshine coming one right after the other") } { [ covariant, noun.cognition:covariance,+ ] (changing so that interrelations with another variable quantity or set of quantities remain unchanged) } { multivariate, noun.cognition:statistics,;c (pertaining to any procedure involving two or more variables) } { [ protean, noun.person:proteus,+ ] (taking on different forms; "eyes...of that baffling protean grey which is never twice the same") } { shifting, (continuously varying; "taffeta with shifting colors") } { [ variant, noun.group:variant,+ noun.cognition:variant1,+ noun.attribute:variance1,+ verb.stative:vary1,+ verb.change:vary4,+ ] (exhibiting variation and change; "letters variant in size") } { versatile, (changeable or inconstant; "versatile moods") } ---- { [ INVARIABLE, noun.attribute:invariableness,+ noun.attribute:invariability1,+ noun.attribute:invariability,+ VARIABLE,!] CONSISTENT,^ CONSTANT,^ (not liable to or capable of change; "an invariable temperature"; "an invariable rule"; "his invariable courtesy") } { [ changeless, noun.attribute:changelessness1,+ ] [ constant, noun.attribute:constancy,+ ] [ invariant1, noun.attribute:invariance,+ ] unvarying, (unvarying in nature; "maintained a constant temperature"; "principles of unvarying validity") } { hard-and-fast, [ strict, noun.attribute:strictness2,+ ] ((of rules) stringently enforced; "hard-and-fast rules") } { [ invariant2, noun.attribute:invariance1,+ ] noun.cognition:math,;c (unaffected by a designated operation or transformation) }] [{ [ VARIED, noun.attribute:variedness,+ UNVARIED,!] DIFFERENT,^ HETEROGENEOUS,^ MODIFIED,^ noun.attribute:variety,= (characterized by variety; "immigrants' varied ethnic and religious traditions"; "his work is interesting and varied") } { many-sided, multifaceted, miscellaneous, [ multifarious, noun.attribute:multifariousness,+ ] (having many aspects or qualities; "a many-sided subject"; "a multifaceted undertaking"; "multifarious interests"; "the multifarious noise of a great city"; "a miscellaneous crowd") } { omnifarious, (of all varieties or forms or kinds; "omnifarious reading") } { varicolored, varicoloured, variegated, (having a variety of colors) } { variform, (varying in form or shape) } { varying, [ variable, noun.attribute:variableness,+ verb.stative:vary1,+ verb.change:vary4,+ verb.change:vary1,+ noun.attribute:variability1,+ ] (marked by diversity or difference; "the varying angles of roof slope"; "nature is infinitely variable") } { [ versatile, noun.cognition:versatility,+ ] various2, (having great diversity or variety; "his various achievements are impressive"; "his vast and versatile erudition") } ---- { [ UNVARIED, noun.attribute:unvariedness,+ VARIED,!] unvarying, SAME,^ noun.attribute:variety,= (lacking variety) }] [{ [ VEILED, UNVEILED,!] (having or as if having a veil or concealing cover; "a veiled dancer"; "a veiled hat"; "veiled threats"; "veiled insults") } ---- { [ UNVEILED, VEILED,!] (revealed; especially by having a veil removed; "a new generation of unveiled women in Iran"; "applauding the unveiled statue of Winston Churchill") } { disclosed, (made known (especially something secret or concealed); "the disclosed purpose of their wicked plan") } { undraped, (stripped of drapery; "the undraped statue") }] [{ [ VENTILATED, UNVENTILATED,!] (exposed to air; "a well ventilated room") } { aired, [ airy, noun.phenomenon:air,+ noun.attribute:airiness1,+ ] (open to or abounding in fresh air; "airy rooms") } { louvered, (supplied with louvers for ventilation; "a louvered door") } { vented, (supplied with a vent or vents for intake of air or discharge of gases) } ---- { [ UNVENTILATED, VENTILATED,!] BREATHLESS,^ (not ventilated; "stuffy unventilated rooms") } { airless, close, [ stuffy, noun.attribute:stuffiness1,+ ] unaired, (lacking fresh air; "a dusty airless attic"; "the dreadfully close atmosphere"; "hot and stuffy and the air was blue with smoke") } { [ fuggy, noun.state:fug,+ ] noun.location:Britain,;r noun.communication:colloquialism,;u ((British informal) poorly ventilated) } { unaerated, unoxygenated, noun.cognition:physiology,;c ((used of blood) not supplied with oxygen) } { unvented, (not provided with vents) }] [{ [ VERTEBRATE, noun.animal:vertebrate,+ INVERTEBRATE,!] noun.cognition:zoology,;c (having a backbone or spinal column; "fishes and amphibians and reptiles and birds and mammals are verbetrate animals") } ---- { [ INVERTEBRATE, VERTEBRATE,!] spineless1, noun.cognition:zoology,;c (lacking a backbone or spinal column; "worms are an example of invertebrate animals") }] [{ [ VIOLABLE, verb.stative:violate,+ verb.social:violate,+ INVIOLABLE,!] (capable of being violated; "a violable rule"; "a violable contract") } ---- { [ INVIOLABLE, VIOLABLE,!] (incapable of being transgressed or dishonored; "the person of the king is inviolable"; "an inviolable oath") } { unassailable, untouchable, (impossible to assail) }] [{ [ VIOLENT, noun.attribute:violence,+ NONVIOLENT,!] HOSTILE1,^ UNPEACEFUL,^ (acting with or marked by or resulting from great force or energy or emotional intensity; "a violent attack"; "a violent person"; "violent feelings"; "a violent rage"; "felt a violent dislike") } { [ convulsive, verb.communication:convulse,+ verb.body:convulse,+ ] (resembling a convulsion in being sudden and violent; "a convulsive rage"; "convulsive laughter") } { [ ferocious, noun.attribute:ferociousness,+ noun.attribute:ferocity,+ ] [ fierce, noun.attribute:fierceness,+ ] [ furious, noun.attribute:furiousness,+ ] [ savage, noun.attribute:savageness,+ ] (marked by extreme and violent energy; "a ferocious beating"; "fierce fighting"; "a furious battle") } { hot, raging, (characterized by violent and forceful activity or movement; very intense; "the fighting became hot and heavy"; "a hot engagement"; "a raging battle"; "the river became a raging torrent") } { knockdown-dragout, knock-down-and-drag-out, noun.communication:colloquialism,;u (extremely violent; "a knock-down-and-drag-out fight") } { lashing, (violently urging on by whipping or flogging; "looked at the lashing riders") } { [ lurid, noun.attribute:luridness1,+ ] (horrible in fierceness or savagery; "lurid crimes"; "a lurid life") } { [ rampageous, noun.act:rampage,+ ] (displaying raging violence; often destructive; "the hot rampageous horses of my will"- W.H.Auden) } { [ ruffianly, noun.person:ruffian,+ ] tough, (violent and lawless; "the more ruffianly element"; "tough street gangs") } { slam-bang, noun.communication:slang,;u (violent and sudden and noisy; "a slam-bang collision") } ---- { [ NONVIOLENT, noun.act:nonviolence,+ VIOLENT,!] PEACEFUL,^ UNPROVOCATIVE,^ (abstaining (on principle) from the use of violence) } { [ passive, noun.attribute:passiveness1,+ ] [ peaceful, noun.state:peacefulness2,+ ] (peacefully resistant in response to injustice; "passive resistance")}] [{ [ VIRTUOUS, noun.attribute:virtuousness,+ noun.attribute:virtue4,+ WICKED,!] CHASTE,^ GOOD2,^ MORAL,^ PIOUS,^ RIGHTEOUS,^ (morally excellent) } { [ impeccable, noun.attribute:impeccability,+ ] (not capable of sin) } { impeccant, [ innocent, noun.state:innocence1,+ ] [ sinless, noun.state:sinlessness,+ ] (free from sin) } ---- { [ WICKED, noun.state:wickedness,+ noun.attribute:wickedness,+ noun.act:wickedness,+ VIRTUOUS,!] EVIL,^ IMMORAL,^ IMPIOUS,^ UNRIGHTEOUS,^ WRONG1,^ (morally bad in principle or practice) } { [ evil, noun.attribute:evilness,+ ] [ vicious, noun.attribute:viciousness,+ noun.act:vice,+ ] (having the nature of vice) } { heavy, ((of an actor or role) being or playing the villain; "Iago is the heavy role in `Othello'") } { flagitious, [ heinous, noun.attribute:heinousness,+ ] (extremely wicked, deeply criminal; "a flagitious crime"; "heinous accusations")} { [ iniquitous, noun.act:iniquity,+ ] [ sinful, noun.attribute:sinfulness,+ ] [ ungodly, noun.attribute:ungodliness,+ ] (characterized by iniquity; wicked because it is believed to be a sin; "iniquitous deeds"; "he said it was sinful to wear lipstick"; "ungodly acts") } { irreclaimable, irredeemable, unredeemable, unreformable, (insusceptible of reform; "vicious irreclaimable boys"; "irredeemable sinners") } { [ nefarious, noun.attribute:nefariousness,+ ] [ villainous, noun.person:villain,+ noun.attribute:villainousness,+ ] (extremely wicked; "nefarious schemes"; "a villainous plot"; "a villainous band of thieves") } { peccable, peccant, (liable to sin; "a frail and peccable mortal"- Sir Walter Scott) }] [{ [ VISIBLE, noun.attribute:visibleness,+ noun.attribute:visibility,+ INVISIBLE,!] seeable, PERCEPTIBLE,^ (capable of being seen; or open to easy view; "a visible object"; "visible stars"; "mountains visible in the distance"; "a visible change of expression"; "visible files") } { circumpolar, ((of a celestial body) continually visible above the horizon during the entire 360 degrees of daily travel; "a circumpolar star") } { in_sight, (at or within a reasonable distance for seeing; "not a policeman in sight"; "kept the monkey in view") } { ocular, visual, (visible; "be sure of it; give me the ocular proof"- Shakespeare; "a visual presentation"; "a visual image") } { macroscopic, macroscopical, (visible to the naked eye; using the naked eye) } { megascopic, gross, (visible to the naked eye (especially of rocks and anatomical features)) } { microscopic, microscopical, (visible under a microscope; using a microscope) } { subgross, (too small to be visible to the naked eye) } { panoptic, [ panoptical, noun.artifact:panopticon1,+ ] (including everything visible in one view; "a panoptic aerial photograph of the missile base"; "a panoptic stain used in microscopy") } { [ telescopic, noun.cognition:telescopy,+ noun.artifact:telescope,+ ] (visible only with a telescope; "a bright star with a telescopic companion") } { [ viewable, verb.perception:view2,+ ] (capable of being viewed) } ---- { [ INVISIBLE, noun.attribute:invisibleness,+ noun.attribute:invisibility,+ VISIBLE,!] unseeable, IMPERCEPTIBLE,^ COVERT,^ (impossible or nearly impossible to see; imperceptible by the eye; "the invisible man"; "invisible rays"; "an invisible hinge"; "invisible mending") } { camouflaged, (made invisible by means of protective coloring) } { concealed, hidden, out_of_sight, (not accessible to view; "concealed (or hidden) damage"; "in stormy weather the stars are out of sight") } { infrared, (having or employing wavelengths longer than light but shorter than radio waves; lying outside the visible spectrum at its red end; "infrared radiation"; "infrared photography") } { [ lightless, noun.state:lightlessness,+ ] (giving no light; "lightless stars `visible' only to radio antennae") } { nonvisual, (not resulting in vision; "nonvisual stimuli") } { occult, (hidden and difficult to see; "an occult fracture"; "occult blood in the stool") } { [ ultraviolet, noun.phenomenon:ultraviolet,+ ] (having or employing wavelengths shorter than light but longer than X-rays; lying outside the visible spectrum at its violet end; "ultraviolet radiation"; "an ultraviolet lamp") } { undetectable, (not easily seen) } { unseen, (not seen or perceived; "unseen natural resources") }] [{ [ VIVIPAROUS, OVIPAROUS,! OVOVIVIPAROUS,!] live-bearing, noun.cognition:zoology,;c (producing living young (not eggs)) } ---- { [ OVIPAROUS, OVOVIVIPAROUS,! VIVIPAROUS,!] noun.cognition:zoology,;c (egg-laying) } { broody, (physiologically ready to incubate eggs; "a broody hen") } ---- { [ OVOVIVIPAROUS, VIVIPAROUS,! OVIPAROUS,!] noun.cognition:zoology,;c (producing living young from eggs that hatch within the body) }] [{ [ VOLATILE, noun.substance:volatile,+ verb.change:volatilize,+ noun.attribute:volatility2,+ NONVOLATILE,!] INCONSTANT,^ noun.cognition:chemistry,;c (evaporating readily at normal temperatures and pressures; "volatile oils"; "volatile solvents") } { evaporable, vaporific, vapourific, [ vaporizable, verb.change:vaporize1,+ verb.change:vaporize,+ ] vapourisable, [ volatilizable, verb.change:volatilize,+ ] [ volatilisable, verb.change:volatilise,+ ] ((used of substances) capable of being volatilized) } ---- { [ NONVOLATILE, VOLATILE,!] nonvolatilizable, nonvolatilisable, (not volatilizing readily; "a nonvolatile acid") }] [{ [ VOLUNTARY1, noun.person:voluntary,+ INVOLUNTARY1,!] CONSCIOUS,^ WILLING,^ INTENDED,^ (of your own free will or design; done by choice; not forced or compelled; "man is a voluntary agent"; "participation was voluntary"; "voluntary manslaughter"; "voluntary generosity in times of disaster"; "voluntary social workers"; "a voluntary confession") } { willful, wilful, (done by design; "the insult was intentional"; "willful disobedience") } { freewill, (done of your own accord; "a freewill offering") } { self-imposed, (voluntarily assumed or endured; "self-imposed exile") } { uncoerced, unforced, willing, (not brought about by coercion or force; "the confession was uncoerced") } { unpaid, volunteer(a), (without payment; "the soup kitchen was run primarily by unpaid helpers"; "a volunteer fire department") } ---- { [ INVOLUNTARY1, VOLUNTARY1,!] nonvoluntary, unvoluntary, UNCONSCIOUS,^ UNWILLING,^ (not subject to the control of the will; "involuntary manslaughter"; "involuntary servitude"; "an involuntary shudder"; "It (becoming a hero) was involuntary. They sank my boat"- John F.Kennedy) } { driven, goaded, (compelled forcibly by an outside agency; "mobs goaded by blind hatred") } { forced, (forced or compelled; "promised to abolish forced labor") } { unconscious, (without conscious volition) } { unwilled, (without deliberate volition, desire, or intention; "my heart with unwilled love grew warm"- George Macdonald) } { [ unwilling, noun.attribute:unwillingness,+ ] (in spite of contrary volition; "an unwilling smile") }] [{ [ VOLUNTARY2, INVOLUNTARY2,!] noun.cognition:physiology,;c (controlled by individual volition; "voluntary motions"; "voluntary muscles") } ---- { [ INVOLUNTARY2, VOLUNTARY2,!] noun.cognition:physiology,;c (controlled by the autonomic nervous system; without conscious control; "involuntary muscles"; "gave an involuntary start") } { automatic, [ reflex(a), noun.act:reflex,+ ] reflexive, noun.cognition:physiology,;c (without volition or conscious control; "the automatic shrinking of the pupils of the eye in strong light"; "a reflex knee jerk"; "sneezing is reflexive") } { autonomic, noun.cognition:physiology,;c (relating to or controlled by the autonomic nervous system; "autonomic reflexes") } { vegetative, noun.cognition:physiology,;c (relating to involuntary bodily functions; "vegetative functions such as digestion or growth or circulation") }] [{ [ VULNERABLE, noun.attribute:vulnerability,+ INVULNERABLE,!] CONQUERABLE,^ DANGEROUS,^ INSECURE2,^ SUSCEPTIBLE,^ UNPROTECTED,^ (susceptible to attack; "a vulnerable bridge") } { [ assailable, verb.competition:assail1,+ noun.attribute:assailability,+ ] undefendable, undefended, open, (not defended or capable of being defended; "an open city"; "open to attack") } { compromising, (vulnerable to danger especially of discredit or suspicion; "she found herself in a compromising situation") } { [ defenseless, noun.attribute:defenselessness,+ ] [ defenceless, noun.attribute:defencelessness,+ ] (lacking protection or support; "a defenseless child") } { endangered, noun.Tops:flora,;c ((of flora or fauna) in imminent danger of extinction; "an endangered species") } { indefensible, (not able to be protected against attack) } { [ insecure, noun.state:insecureness,+ noun.state:insecurity,+ ] unsafe, (not safe from attack) } { [ penetrable, noun.attribute:penetrability,+ ] (capable of being penetrated; "penetrable defenses") } { threatened, noun.Tops:flora,;c ((of flora or fauna) likely in the near future to become endangered; "the spotted owl is a threatened species, not yet an endangered one") } { under_attack(p), under_fire(p), (subjected to enemy attack or censure; "an official under fire for mismanagement") } { unguarded, (lacking protection or a guard; "an unguarded gate"; "his unguarded queen was open to attack") } ---- { [ INVULNERABLE, noun.attribute:invulnerability,+ VULNERABLE,!] PROTECTED,^ SAFE1,^ SECURE2,^ UNCONQUERABLE,^ (immune to attack; impregnable; "gunners raked the beach from invulnerable positions on the cliffs") } { airtight, air-tight, (having no weak points; "an airtight defense"; "an airtight argument") } { bombproof, shellproof, (able to resist the explosive force of bombs and shells; "bombproof shelter") } { defendable, [ defensible, noun.attribute:defensibility,+ verb.competition:defend4,+ verb.competition:defend2,+ verb.competition:defend,+ verb.communication:defend1,+ ] (capable of being defended) } { entrenched, (dug in) } { [ impregnable, noun.state:impregnability,+ ] inviolable, secure, strong, unassailable, unattackable, (immune to attack; incapable of being tampered with; "an impregnable fortress"; "fortifications that made the frontier inviolable"; "a secure telephone connection") } { [ tight, noun.attribute:tightness2,+ ] (set so close together as to be invulnerable to penetration; "in tight formation"; "a tight blockade")} { sheltered, (protected from danger or bad weather; "a sheltered harbor") } { untouchable, (beyond the reach of criticism or attack or impeachment; "for the first time criticism was directed at a hitherto untouchable target"- Newsweek) }] [{ [ WANTED, UNWANTED,!] DESIRABLE,^ LOVED,^ WELCOME,^ (desired or wished for or sought; "couldn't keep her eyes off the wanted toy"; "a wanted criminal"; "a wanted poster") } { craved, desired, (wanted intensely; "the child could no longer resist taking one of the craved cookies"; "it produced the desired effect") } { hot, (wanted by the police; "a hot suspect") } { longed-for, wished-for, yearned-for, (greatly desired) } { sought, sought-after(a), (being searched for; "the most sought-after item was the silver candelabrum") } ---- { [ UNWANTED, WANTED,!] UNDESIRABLE,^ UNLOVED,^ UNWELCOME,^ (not wanted; not needed; "tried to give away unwanted kittens") } { [ abdicable, verb.social:abdicate,+ ] (capable of being discarded or renounced or relinquished; "abdicable responsibilites") } { cast-off(a), discarded, throwaway(a), thrown-away(a), (thrown away; "wearing someone's cast-off clothes"; "throwaway children living on the streets"; "salvaged some thrown-away furniture") } { [ friendless, noun.attribute:friendlessness,+ ] [ outcast, noun.person:outcast,+ ] (excluded from a society) } { [ outcaste, noun.person:outcaste,+ ] casteless, noun.location:India,;r (not belonging to or having been expelled from a caste and thus having no place or status in society; "the foreigner was a casteless person") } { out_of_it, (excluded from an activity or social group) } { uncalled-for, (not required or requested; "uncalled-for suggestions") } { unclaimed, (not claimed or called for by an owner or assignee; "unclaimed luggage") } { undesired, unsought, (not desired; "an undesired result") } { uninvited, ((of a person) not having been invited; "uninvited guests") } { unwelcome, unwished, unwished-for, (not welcome; "unwelcome publicity") }] [{ [ WARM1, noun.attribute:warmness,+ COOL1,!] HOT1,^ noun.attribute:temperature,= (having or producing a comfortable and agreeable degree of heat or imparting or maintaining heat; "a warm body"; "a warm room"; "a warm climate"; "a warm coat") } { [ lukewarm, noun.attribute:lukewarmness,+ ] [ tepid, noun.attribute:tepidness,+ noun.attribute:tepidity,+ ] (moderately warm; "he hates lukewarm coffee"; "tepid bath water") } { warmed, (having been warmed up; "a cup of warmed milk") } { warming, (imparting heat; "a warming fire") } ---- { [ COOL1, noun.attribute:coolness,+ WARM1,!] COLD1,^ noun.attribute:temperature,= (neither warm nor very cold; giving relief from heat; "a cool autumn day"; "a cool room"; "cool summer dresses"; "cool drinks"; "a cool breeze") } { air-conditioned, (cooled by air conditioning) } { air-cooled, (cooled by a flow of air; "an air-cooled engine") } { caller, (providing coolness; "a cooling breeze"; "`caller' is a Scottish term as in `a caller breeze'") } { precooled, (cooled in advance) } { water-cooled, (kept cool or designed to be kept cool by means of water especially circulating water; "a water-cooled engine") }] [{ [ WARM2, noun.feeling:warmness,+ COOL2,!] EMOTIONAL,^ FRIENDLY1,^ noun.attribute:emotionality,= (psychologically warm; friendly and responsive; "a warm greeting"; "a warm personality"; "warm support") } { [ cordial, noun.attribute:cordiality,+ ] (politely warm and friendly; "a cordial handshake")} { [ hearty, noun.feeling:heart4,+ noun.attribute:heartiness,+ ] (showing warm and heartfelt friendliness; "gave us a cordial reception"; "a hearty welcome") } ---- { [ COOL2, noun.attribute:coolness1,+ WARM2,!] UNAGITATED,^ COLD2,^ UNEMOTIONAL,^ UNFRIENDLY1,^ noun.attribute:emotionality,= (psychologically cool and unenthusiastic; unfriendly or unresponsive or showing dislike; "relations were cool and polite"; "a cool reception"; "cool to the idea of higher taxes") } { [ unresponsive, noun.attribute:unresponsiveness,+ ] (aloof or indifferent; "was unresponsive to her passionate advances") }] [{ [ WARM3, COOL3,!] (inducing the impression of warmth; used especially of reds and oranges and yellows when referring to color; "warm reds and yellows and orange") } { hot, ((color) bold and intense; "hot pink") } ---- { [ COOL3, WARM3,!] (inducing the impression of coolness; used especially of greens and blues and violets when referring to color; "cool greens and blues and violets"; "the cool sound of rushing water") } { cold, ((color) giving no sensation of warmth; "a cold bluish grey") }] [{ [ WARM-BLOODED, COLD-BLOODED,!] noun.cognition:zoology,;c (having warm blood (in animals whose body temperature is internally regulated)) } { [ homoiothermic, noun.animal:homoiotherm,+ ] [ homeothermic, noun.animal:homeotherm,+ ] [ homothermic, noun.animal:homotherm,+ ] (of birds and mammals; having constant and relatively high body temperature) } ---- { [ COLD-BLOODED, WARM-BLOODED,!] noun.cognition:zoology,;c (having cold blood (in animals whose body temperature is not internally regulated)) } { [ poikilothermic, noun.animal:poikilotherm,+ ] [ poikilothermous, noun.animal:poikilotherm,+ ] heterothermic, ectothermic, (of animals except birds and mammals; having body temperature that varies with the environment) }] [{ [ WARMHEARTED, noun.feeling:warmheartedness1,+ noun.feeling:warmheartedness,+ COLDHEARTED,!] LOVING,^ (marked by warmth of feeling like kindness and sympathy and generosity; "gave a warmhearted welcome to the stranger") } ---- { [ COLDHEARTED, noun.feeling:coldheartedness,+ WARMHEARTED,!] UNLOVING,^ (lacking in sympathy or feeling) } { brittle, (lacking warmth and generosity of spirit; "a brittle and calculating woman") }] [{ [ WASHABLE, verb.stative:wash,+ verb.contact:wash2,+ verb.contact:wash,+ NONWASHABLE,!] (capable of being washed without injury; "washable woolens"; "acrylic blankets are both warm and washable") } { [ wash-and-wear, noun.artifact:wash-and-wear,+ ] drip-dry, (treated so as to be easily or quickly washed and dried and requiring little or no ironing; "a wash-and-wear shirt") } ---- { [ NONWASHABLE, WASHABLE,!] (not washable) }] [{ [ WAXED, UNWAXED,!] (treated with wax; "waxed floors"; "waxed mustache") } ---- { [ UNWAXED, WAXED,!] (not waxed; "the unwaxed floor") }] [{ [ WAXING, WANING,!] ((of the moon) pertaining to the period during which the visible surface of the moon increases; "the waxing moon passes from new to full") } ---- { [ WANING, WAXING,!] ((of the Moon) pertaining to the period during which the visible surface of the moon decreases; "after full moon comes the waning moon") }] [{ [ INCREASING, DECREASING,!] (becoming greater or larger; "increasing prices") } { [ accelerative, verb.change:accelerate1,+ verb.change:accelerate,+ ] [ acceleratory, verb.change:accelerate1,+ verb.change:accelerate,+ ] (tending to increase velocity) } { [ accretionary, noun.quantity:accretion,+ noun.process:accretion3,+ noun.process:accretion2,+ noun.process:accretion1,+ noun.process:accretion,+ noun.possession:accretion,+ ] (marked or produced by accretion) } { [ accretive, verb.change:accrete1,+ verb.change:accrete,+ ] (growing by accretion) } { augmentative, (increasing or having the power to increase especially in size or amount or degree; "`up' is an augmentative word in `hurry up'")} { [ incorporative, verb.contact:incorporate,+ ] (growing by taking over and incorporating adjacent territories; "the Russian Empire was a typical incorporative state") } { maximizing, maximising, (making as great as possible) } { [ multiplicative, verb.cognition:multiply,+ verb.change:multiply,+ ] (tending or having the power to multiply or increase in number or quantity or degree; "the multiplicative tendency of proportional representation") } { profit-maximizing, profit-maximising, (making the profit as great as possible; "the profit-maximizing price") } { progressive, (gradually advancing in extent) } { raising, (increasing in quantity or value; "a cost-raising increase in the basic wage rate") } ---- { [ DECREASING, INCREASING,!] (becoming less or smaller) } { depreciating, [ depreciative, verb.change:depreciate1,+ verb.change:depreciate,+ ] [ depreciatory, verb.change:depreciate1,+ verb.change:depreciate,+ ] (tending to decrease or cause a decrease in value; "a depreciating currency"; "depreciatory effects on prices") } { [ detractive, verb.change:detract4,+ ] (causing to decrease in importance or value; "detractive influences on the volume of investment") } { diminishing, (becoming smaller or less or appearing to do so; "diminishing returns"; "his diminishing respect for her") } { dwindling, tapering, tapering_off, (gradually decreasing until little remains) } { falling, (decreasing in amount or degree; "falling temperature") }] [{ [INCREASING2, DECREASING2,!] noun.communication:music,;c ((music) increasing in tempo and/or volume) } { [ accelerando, noun.time:accelerando,+ ] noun.communication:music,;c ((music) gradually increasing in tempo) } { [ crescendo, noun.attribute:crescendo,+ ] noun.communication:music,;c ((music) gradually increasing in volume) } ---- { [DECREASING2, INCREASING2,!] noun.communication:music,;c ((music) decreasing in tempo and/or volume) } { allargando, noun.communication:music,;c ((music) gradually decreasing in tempo and broadening in manner) } { calando, noun.communication:music,;c ((music) gradually decreasing in tempo and volume) } { [ decrescendo, noun.attribute:decrescendo,+ ] diminuendo, noun.communication:music,;c ((music) gradually decreasing in volume) } { rallentando, ritardando, ritenuto, rit., noun.communication:music,;c ((music) gradually decreasing in tempo) }] [{ [ INFLATIONARY, noun.process:inflation,+ DEFLATIONARY,!] noun.cognition:economics,;c (associated with or tending to cause increases in inflation; "inflationary prices") } ---- { [ DEFLATIONARY, noun.process:deflation,+ INFLATIONARY,!] noun.cognition:economics,;c (associated with or tending to cause decreases in consumer prices or increases in the purchasing power of money; "deflationary measures") }] [{ [ WEANED, UNWEANED,!] noun.animal:mammal,;c (freed of dependence on something especially (for mammals) mother's milk; "the just-weaned calf bawled for its mother") } ---- { [ UNWEANED, WEANED,!] (not weaned; "some children remain unweaned until their second or third birthdays") }] [{ [ WEARABLE, verb.stative:wear,+ verb.body:wear4,+ verb.body:wear1,+ verb.body:wear,+ UNWEARABLE,!] (suitable for wear or able to be worn; "wearable evening clothes"; "a wearable hearing aid") } ---- { [ UNWEARABLE, WEARABLE,!] (not suitable for wear or able to be worn; "shoes so dilapidated as to be unwearable") }] [{ [ WEEDY, noun.plant:weed,+ WEEDLESS,!] (abounding with or resembling weeds; "a weedy path"; "weedy plants that take over a garden") } ---- { [ WEEDLESS, WEEDY,!] (free from weeds; "a weedless garden") }] [{ [ WELCOME, noun.state:welcome,+ UNWELCOME,!] WANTED,^ (giving pleasure or satisfaction or received with pleasure or freely granted; "a welcome relief"; "a welcome guest"; "made the children feel welcome"; "you are welcome to join us") } ---- { [ UNWELCOME, WELCOME,!] UNWANTED,^ (not welcome; not giving pleasure or received with pleasure; "unwelcome publicity"; "unwelcome interruptions"; "unwelcome visitors") } { uninvited, ((of a thought or act) unwelcome or involuntary; "uninvited thoughts"; "uninvited advances") }] [{ [ WELL1, noun.state:wellness,+ ILL1,!] FIT1,^ HEALTHY,^ (in good health especially after having suffered illness or injury; "appears to be entirely well"; "the wound is nearly well"; "a well man"; "I think I'm well; at least I feel well") } { asymptomatic, symptomless, (having no symptoms of illness or disease) } { cured, healed, recovered, (freed from illness or injury; "the patient appears cured"; "the incision is healed"; "appears to be entirely recovered"; "when the recovered patient tries to remember what occurred during his delirium"- Normon Cameron) } ---- { [ ILL1, noun.state:illness,+ WELL1,!] [ sick1, noun.group:sick,+ noun.state:sickness,+ ] UNHEALTHY,^ UNFIT1,^ (affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function; "ill from the monotony of his suffering") } { afflicted, stricken1, (grievously affected especially by disease) } { aguish, (affected by ague) } { ailing, indisposed, peaked(p), poorly(p), sickly, [ unwell1, noun.state:unwellness,+ ] under_the_weather, seedy, (somewhat ill or prone to illness; "my poor ailing grandmother"; "feeling a bit indisposed today"; "you look a little peaked"; "feeling poorly"; "a sickly child"; "is unwell and can't come to work") } { [ airsick, noun.state:air_sickness,+ noun.state:airsickness,+ ] [ air_sick, noun.state:air_sickness,+ ] [ carsick, noun.state:car_sickness,+ ] [ seasick, noun.state:seasickness,+ ] (experiencing motion sickness) } { [ autistic, noun.cognition:autism,+ ] (characteristic of or affected with autism; "autistic behavior"; "autistic children")} { bedfast, bedridden, bedrid, sick-abed, (confined to bed (by illness)) } { [ bilious, noun.state:biliousness,+ ] liverish, [ livery, noun.body:liver,+ ] (suffering from or suggesting a liver disorder or gastric distress) } { [ bronchitic, noun.state:bronchitis,+ ] (suffering from or prone to bronchitis) } { consumptive, (afflicted with or associated with pulmonary tuberculosis; "a consumptive patient"; "a consumptive cough") } { [ convalescent, noun.person:convalescent,+ noun.process:convalescence,+ verb.body:convalesce,+ ] recovering, (returning to health after illness or debility; "convalescent children are difficult to keep in bed") } { [ delirious, noun.state:delirium1,+ ] hallucinating, (experiencing delirium) } { [ diabetic, noun.person:diabetic,+ noun.state:diabetes,+ ] (suffering from diabetes) } { [ dizzy, noun.state:dizziness,+ ] [ giddy, noun.state:giddiness,+ ] woozy, [ vertiginous, noun.state:vertigo,+ ] (having or causing a whirling sensation; liable to falling; "had a dizzy spell"; "a dizzy pinnacle"; "had a headache and felt giddy"; "a giddy precipice"; "feeling woozy from the blow on his head"; "a vertiginous climb up the face of the cliff") } { [ dyspeptic, noun.state:dyspepsia,+ ] (suffering from dyspepsia) } { [ faint, noun.event:faint,+ noun.feeling:faintness,+ ] light, swooning, light-headed, [ lightheaded, noun.state:lightheadedness,+ ] (weak and likely to lose consciousness; "suddenly felt faint from the pain"; "was sick and faint from hunger"; "felt light in the head"; "a swooning fit"; "light-headed with wine"; "light-headed from lack of sleep") } { [ feverish, noun.state:feverishness,+ ] [ feverous, noun.state:fever,+ ] (having or affected by a fever) } { funny, (experiencing odd bodily sensations; "told the doctor about the funny sensations in her chest") } { [ gouty, noun.state:gout,+ ] (suffering from gout) } { green, (looking pale and unhealthy; "you're looking green"; "green around the gills") } { laid_low(p), stricken2, (put out of action (by illness)) } { laid_up(p), (ill and usually confined; "laid up with a bad cold") } { milk-sick, (affected with or related to milk sickness) } { nauseated, [ nauseous, noun.state:nausea,+ ] [ queasy, noun.state:queasiness,+ ] [ sick2, noun.state:sickness1,+ ] sickish, (feeling nausea; feeling about to vomit) } { palsied, (affected with palsy or uncontrollable tremor; "palsied hands")} { [ paralytic, noun.person:paralytic,+ noun.state:paralysis,+ ] paralyzed, (affected with paralysis) } { [ paraplegic, noun.person:paraplegic,+ noun.state:paraplegia,+ ] (suffering complete paralysis of the lower half of the body usually resulting from damage to the spinal cord) } { rickety, [ rachitic, noun.state:rachitis1,+ noun.state:rachitis,+ ] (affected with, suffering from, or characteristic of rickets; "rickety limbs and joints"; "a rachitic patient") } { [ scrofulous, noun.state:scrofula,+ ] (afflicted with scrofula) } { [ sneezy, noun.state:sneeze,+ ] (inclined to sneeze) } { [ spastic, noun.state:spastic_paralysis,+ noun.attribute:spasticity,+ ] (suffering from spastic paralysis; "a spastic child") } { [ tubercular, noun.state:tubercle,+ noun.state:tuberculosis,+ ] [ tuberculous, noun.state:tubercle,+ ] (constituting or afflicted with or caused by tuberculosis or the tubercle bacillus; "a tubercular child"; "tuberculous patients"; "tubercular meningitis") } { unhealed, (not healed; "an unhealed wound") } { upset, (mildly physically distressed; "an upset stomach") }] [{ [ WET1, noun.state:wetness,+ DRY1,!] noun.state:wetness,= (covered or soaked with a liquid such as water; "a wet bathing suit"; "wet sidewalks"; "wet weather") } { bedewed, [ dewy, noun.substance:dew,+ ] (wet with dew) } { besprent, (sprinkled over; "glistening grass besprent with raindrops") } { [ boggy, noun.object:bog,+ ] [ marshy, noun.object:marsh,+ ] [ miry, noun.object:mire,+ ] mucky, [ muddy, noun.substance:mud,+ noun.state:muddiness,+ ] [ quaggy, noun.object:quag,+ ] [ sloppy, noun.state:sloppiness1,+ noun.substance:slop,+ ] [ sloughy, noun.object:slough2,+ ] [ soggy, noun.state:sogginess,+ ] squashy, [ swampy, noun.object:swamp,+ ] waterlogged, ((of soil) soft and watery; "the ground was boggy under foot"; "a marshy coastline"; "miry roads"; "wet mucky lowland"; "muddy barnyard"; "quaggy terrain"; "the sloughy edge of the pond"; "swampy bayous") } { [ clammy, noun.state:clamminess,+ ] [ dank, noun.state:dankness,+ ] (unpleasantly cool and humid; "a clammy handshake"; "clammy weather"; "a dank cellar"; "dank rain forests") } { [ damp, noun.state:damp,+ noun.state:dampness,+ ] dampish, [ moist, noun.state:moistness,+ ] (slightly wet; "clothes damp with perspiration"; "a moist breeze"; "eyes moist with tears") } { sodden, soppy, (wet through and through; thoroughly wet; "stood at the door drenched (or soaked) by the rain"; "the speaker's sodden collar"; "soppy clothes") } { [ drippy, noun.attribute:drippiness,+ ] [ drizzly, noun.phenomenon:drizzle,+ ] (wet with light rain; "a sad drizzly day"; "a wet drippy day") } { [ humid, noun.state:humidness,+ noun.state:humidity,+ ] (containing or characterized by a great deal of water vapor; "humid air"; "humid weather") } { [ misty, noun.phenomenon:mist,+ noun.attribute:mistiness,+ ] (wet with mist; "the misty evening") } { [ muggy, noun.state:mugginess,+ ] steamy, sticky1, (hot or warm and humid; "muggy weather"; "the steamy tropics"; "sticky weather") } { reeking, [ watery1, noun.attribute:wateriness,+ ] (wet with secreted or exuded moisture such as sweat or tears; "wiped his reeking neck") } { [ rheumy, noun.substance:rheum,+ ] (moist, damp, wet (especially of air); "the raw and theumy damp of night air") } { [ sloppy1, noun.state:sloppiness1,+ ] (wet or smeared with a spilled liquid or moist material; "a sloppy floor"; "a sloppy saucer" )} { [ showery, noun.phenomenon:shower,+ ] [ rainy, noun.substance:rain,+ noun.phenomenon:rain,+ ] ((of weather) wet by periods of rain; "showery weather"; "rainy days") } { steaming, [ steamy1, noun.attribute:steaminess,+ ] (filled with steam or emitting moisture in the form of vapor or mist; "a steaming kettle"; "steamy towels") } { [ sticky2, noun.attribute:stickiness,+ ] (moist as with undried perspiration and with clothing sticking to the body; "felt sticky and chilly at the same time") } { [ tacky, noun.attribute:tackiness1,+ ] ((of a glutinous liquid such as paint) not completely dried and slightly sticky to the touch; "tacky varnish") } { undried, (still wet or moist) } { washed, (wet as from washing; sometimes used in combination; "rain-washed") } { [ watery2, noun.state:wateriness,+ noun.substance:water,+ ] (filled with water; "watery soil") } ---- { [ DRY1, noun.state:dryness,+ WET1,!] noun.state:wetness,= (free from liquid or moisture; lacking natural or normal moisture or depleted of water; or no longer wet; "dry land"; "dry clothes"; "a dry climate"; "dry splintery boards"; "a dry river bed"; "the paint is dry") } { adust, baked, parched, scorched, sunbaked, (dried out by heat or excessive exposure to sunlight; "a vast desert all adust"; "land lying baked in the heat"; "parched soil"; "the earth was scorched and bare"; "sunbaked salt flats") } { air-dried, (made dry by contact with unheated air) } { air-dry, (not giving off moisture on exposure to the air) } { [ arid, noun.state:aridity,+ noun.state:aridness,+ ] [ waterless, noun.state:waterlessness,+ ] (lacking sufficient water or rainfall; "an arid climate"; "a waterless well"; "miles of waterless country to cross") } { bone-dry(a), bone_dry(p), (without a trace of moisture; as dry as a weathered bone; "bone-dry leaves are a fire hazard"; "a drier to get the clothes bone dry") } { desiccated, dried-out, (thoroughly dried out; "old boxes of desiccated Cuban cigars"; "dried-out boards beginning to split") } { dried, (not still wet; "the ink has dried"; "a face marked with dried tears") } { dried-up1, (depleted of water; "a dried-up water hole") } { dried-up2, [ sere, noun.state:sereness,+ ] sear, shriveled, shrivelled, withered, noun.group:vegetation,;c ((used especially of vegetation) having lost all moisture; "dried-up grass"; "the desert was edged with sere vegetation"; "shriveled leaves on the unwatered seedlings"; "withered vines") } { dry-shod, (having or keeping the feet or shoes dry; "a land bridge over which man and beasts could have crossed dry-shod") } { kiln-dried, (dried in a kiln) } { rainless, (lacking rain; "a rainless month"; "rainless skies") } { semiarid, (somewhat arid; "a semiarid region with little annual rainfall") } { semi-dry, (somewhat dry; "swabbing left the deck semi-dry but still slippery") } { [ thirsty, noun.state:thirstiness1,+ ] (needing moisture; "thirsty fields under a rainless sky") }] [{ [ WET2, DRY2,!] lactating, (producing or secreting milk; "a wet nurse"; "a wet cow"; "lactating cows") } { fresh, (having recently calved and therefore able to give milk; "the cow is fresh") } ---- { [ DRY2, noun.state:dryness,+ WET2,!] (not producing milk; "a dry cow") } { milkless, (having no milk; "milkless breasts") }] [{ [ WET4, DRY4,!] (supporting or permitting the legal production and sale of alcoholic beverages; "a wet candidate running on a wet platform"; "a wet county") } ---- { [ DRY4, WET4,!] (opposed to or prohibiting the production and sale of alcoholic beverages; "the dry vote led by preachers and bootleggers"; "a dry state") }] [{ [ WET5, noun.state:wet,+ noun.state:wetness,+ DRY5,!] (containing moisture or volatile components; "wet paint") } ---- { [ DRY5, noun.state:dryness,+ WET5,!] (lacking moisture or volatile components; "dry paint") }] [{ [ HYDROUS, ANHYDROUS,!] hydrated, noun.cognition:chemistry,;c (containing combined water (especially water of crystallization as in a hydrate)) } ---- { [ ANHYDROUS, HYDROUS,!] noun.cognition:chemistry,;c (without water; especially without water of crystallization) }] [{ [ WHEELED, WHEELLESS,!] (having wheels; often used in combination) } ---- { [ WHEELLESS, WHEELED,!] (having no wheels or having no wheeled vehicles; "dragging a wheelless stoneboat filled with rocks"; "wheelless societies") }] [{ [ WHITE-COLLAR, BLUE-COLLAR,!] SKILLED,^ (of or designating salaried professional or clerical work or workers; "the coal miner's son aspired to a white-collar occupation as a bookkeeper") } { [ clerical, noun.person:clerk,+ ] (appropriate for or engaged in office work; "clerical skills"; "a clerical job"; "the clerical staff") } { professional, (engaged in by members of a profession; "professional occupations include medicine and the law and teaching") } { pink-collar, (of or relating to a class of jobs once traditionally filled by women; "a pink-collar employee") } ---- { [ BLUE-COLLAR, WHITE-COLLAR,!] UNSKILLED,^ (of or designating manual industrial work or workers) } { industrial, (employed in industry; "the industrial classes"; "industrial work") } { manual(a), (doing or requiring physical work; "manual labor"; "manual laborer") } { wage-earning, working-class, (working for hourly wages rather than fixed (e.g. annual) salaries; "working-class occupations include manual as well as industrial labor") }] [{ [ WHOLESOME, noun.attribute:wholesomeness,+ UNWHOLESOME,!] HEALTHFUL,^ HEALTHY,^ SOUND,^ (conducive to or characteristic of physical or moral well-being; "wholesome attitude"; "wholesome appearance"; "wholesome food") } { [ alimentary, noun.food:aliment,+ ] alimental, nourishing1, [ nutrient, noun.Tops:nutrient,+ verb.consumption:nourish1,+ verb.consumption:nourish,+ ] [ nutritious, noun.process:nutrition,+ noun.food:nutrition,+ noun.attribute:nutritiousness,+ ] [ nutritive, noun.attribute:nutritiveness,+ ] (of or providing nourishment; "good nourishing stew") } { heart-healthy, (of foods that are low in fats and sodium and other ingredients that may foster heart disease) } { healthy, [ salubrious, noun.attribute:salubriousness,+ noun.attribute:salubrity,+ ] good_for_you(p), (promoting health; healthful; "a healthy diet"; "clean healthy air"; "plenty of healthy sleep"; "healthy and normal outlets for youthful energy"; "the salubrious mountain air and water"- C.B.Davis; "carrots are good for you") } { hearty, satisfying, solid, square, [ substantial, noun.attribute:substantialness,+ ] (providing abundant nourishment; "a hearty meal"; "good solid food"; "ate a substantial breakfast"; "four square meals a day") } { organic, noun.food:health_food,;c (of or relating to foodstuff grown or raised without synthetic fertilizers or pesticides or hormones; "organic eggs"; "organic vegetables"; "organic chicken") } { [ salubrious2, noun.attribute:salubrity,+ ] (favorable to health of mind or body; "not the most salubrious campsite"; "one of the less salubrious suburbs") } ---- { [ UNWHOLESOME, noun.attribute:unwholesomeness,+ WHOLESOME,!] HARMFUL,^ NOXIOUS,^ UNHEALTHFUL,^ UNHEALTHY,^ UNSOUND,^ (detrimental to physical or moral well-being; "unwholesome food"; "unwholesome habits like smoking") } { [ insalubrious, noun.attribute:insalubriousness,+ noun.attribute:insalubrity,+ ] [ unhealthful, noun.attribute:unhealthfulness,+ ] unhealthy, (detrimental to health) } { insubstantial, (lacking in nutritive value; "an insubstantial and unsatisfying meal") } { [ morbid, noun.cognition:morbidity,+ noun.attribute:morbidness,+ ] (suggesting an unhealthy mental state; "morbid interest in death"; "morbid curiosity") } { [ nauseating, noun.attribute:nauseatingness,+ ] [ nauseous, noun.feeling:nausea,+ ] [ noisome, noun.attribute:noisomeness,+ ] queasy, [ loathsome, noun.attribute:loathsomeness,+ ] [ offensive, noun.attribute:offensiveness,+ verb.emotion:offend2,+ ] [ sickening, noun.attribute:sickeningness,+ ] [ vile, noun.attribute:vileness1,+ ] (causing or able to cause nausea; "a nauseating smell"; "nauseous offal"; "a sickening stench") } { rich, (containing plenty of fat, or eggs, or sugar; "rich desserts"; "they kept gorging on rich foods") } ] [{ [ WIDE, noun.attribute:wideness,+ NARROW,!] [ broad4, noun.attribute:broadness,+ ] COMPREHENSIVE,^ THICK1,^ noun.attribute:width,= (having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other; "wide roads"; "a wide necktie"; "wide margins"; "three feet wide"; "a river two miles broad"; "broad shoulders"; "a broad river") } { [ beamy, noun.attribute:beam,+ ] (broad in the beam; "a beamy cargo ship") } { bird's-eye, [ panoramic, noun.cognition:panorama,+ noun.artifact:panorama,+ ] (as from an altitude or distance; "a bird's-eye survey"; "a panoramic view") } { broad-brimmed, ((of hats) having a broad brim) } { deep, (extending relatively far inward; "a deep border") } { fanlike, (resembling a fan) } { sweeping, (taking in or moving over (or as if over) a wide area; often used in combination; "a sweeping glance"; "a wide-sweeping view of the river") } { wide-screen(a), ((motion pictures) projected on a screen with much greater width than height) } ---- { [ NARROW, noun.object:narrow,+ noun.attribute:narrowness,+ WIDE,!] LIMITED,^ NARROW-MINDED,^ THIN1,^ noun.attribute:width,= (not wide; "a narrow bridge"; "a narrow line across the page") } { constricting, constrictive, narrowing, ((of circumstances) tending to constrict freedom) } { narrowed, (reduced in size as by squeezing together; "his narrowed eyes") } { narrow-mouthed, (having a narrow mouth) } { [ slender, noun.attribute:slenderness2,+ ] [ thin, noun.attribute:thinness3,+ ] (very narrow; "a thin line across the page") } { strait, noun.communication:archaism,;u (narrow; "strait is the gate") } { straplike, (long and narrow like a strap; "straplike leaves") } { tapered, tapering, narrowing2, (becoming gradually narrower; "long tapering fingers"; "trousers with tapered legs") }] [{ [ WIDE2, noun.attribute:wideness1,+ NARROW2,!] (great in degree; "won by a wide margin") } { comfortable, (more than adequate; "the home team had a comfortable lead") } ---- { [ NARROW2, noun.attribute:narrowness1,+ WIDE2,!] (very limited in degree; "won by a narrow margin"; "a narrow escape") } { bare(a), marginal, (just barely adequate or within a lower limit; "a bare majority"; "a marginal victory") }] [{ [ WIELDY, UNWIELDY,!] (easy to handle or use or manage; "a large but wieldy book") } ---- { [ UNWIELDY, noun.attribute:unwieldiness,+ WIELDY,!] unmanageable4, (difficult to use or handle or manage because of size or weight or shape; "we set about towing the unwieldy structure into the shelter"; "almost dropped the unwieldy parcel") } { [ awkward, noun.attribute:awkwardness2,+ ] bunglesome, clumsy, ungainly, (difficult to handle or manage especially because of shape; "an awkward bundle to carry"; "a load of bunglesome paraphernalia"; "clumsy wooden shoes"; "the cello, a rather ungainly instrument for a girl") } { [ cumbersome, noun.attribute:cumbersomeness,+ ] cumbrous, (difficult to handle or use especially because of size or weight; "a cumbersome piece of machinery"; "cumbrous protective clothing") }] [{ [ WIGGED, WIGLESS,!] (wearing a wig; "the judges all wigged and robed") } { peruked, periwigged, (wearing a wig popular for men in the 17th and 18th centuries) } { toupeed, (wearing a small hairpiece to cover partial baldness) } ---- { [ WIGLESS, WIGGED,!] (not wearing a wig) }] [{ [ WILLING, noun.attribute:willingness,+ UNWILLING,!] COMPLIANT,^ INCLINED2,^ READY,^ VOLUNTARY1,^ noun.attribute:temperament,= (disposed or inclined toward; "a willing participant"; "willing helpers") } { consenting, (having given consent; "consenting adults") } { disposed(p), fain, inclined(p), [ prepared, noun.state:preparedness,+ ] (having made preparations; "prepared to take risks") } { glad, happy, (eagerly disposed to act or to be of service; "glad to help") } { ready, (mentally disposed; "he was ready to believe her") } { [ volitional, noun.cognition:volition,+ noun.act:volition,+ ] (with deliberate intention; "a volitional act") } { willing_and_able, (not reluctant) } ---- { [ UNWILLING, noun.attribute:unwillingness,+ WILLING,!] DEFIANT,^ DISINCLINED,^ INVOLUNTARY1,^ noun.attribute:temperament,= (not disposed or inclined toward; "an unwilling assistant"; "unwilling to face facts") } { grudging, (of especially an attitude; "gave grudging consent"; "grudging acceptance of his opponent's victory") } { loath, loth, [ reluctant, noun.attribute:reluctance,+ ] (unwillingness to do something contrary to your custom; "a reluctant smile"; "loath to admit a mistake") }] [{ [ WINGED, WINGLESS,!] (having wings or as if having wings of a specified kind; "the winged feet of Mercury") } { alar, [ alary, noun.body:ala,+ noun.animal:ala1,+ ] aliform, wing-shaped, noun.cognition:biology,;c (having or resembling wings) } { [alate, noun.body:ala,+ noun.animal:ala1,+] alated, ((of seeds or insects) having winglike extensions; "alate leaves"; "alate seeds of a maple tree") } { batwing, (formed or shaped like a bat's wing; "a dress with batwing sleeves") } { brachypterous, short-winged, ((especially of certain insects) having very short or rudimentary wings) } { one-winged, (having a single wing) } { pinioned, ((of birds) especially having the flight feathers) } { slender-winged, (having slender wings) } { small-winged, (having small wings) } { volant(ip), noun.cognition:heraldry,;c (with wings extended in a flying position) } { winglike, (resembling a wing in shape or position) } ---- { [ WINGLESS, WINGED,!] (lacking wings) } { apterous, apteral, ((of insects) without wings) } { flightless, (incapable of flying) }] [{ [ WIRED, WIRELESS,!] (equipped with wire or wires especially for electric or telephone service; "a well-wired house") } { bugged, (having hidden electronic eavesdropping devices; "wired hotel rooms"; "even the car is bugged") } { [ connected, noun.relation:connectedness,+ ] (wired together to an alarm system; "all the window alarms are connected") } ---- { [ WIRELESS, WIRED,!] (having no wires; "a wireless security system") }] [{ [ WISE, noun.attribute:wiseness,+ FOOLISH,!] ADVISABLE,^ WELL-ADVISED,^ POLITIC,^ PRUDENT,^ (having or prompted by wisdom or discernment; "a wise leader"; "a wise and perceptive comment") } { all-knowing, [ omniscient, noun.state:omniscience,+ ] (infinitely wise) } { [ perspicacious, noun.cognition:perspicaciousness,+ noun.cognition:perspicacity,+ ] [ sagacious, noun.cognition:sagaciousness,+ ] [ sapient, noun.cognition:sapience,+ ] (acutely insightful and wise; "much too perspicacious to be taken in by such a spurious argument"; "observant and thoughtful, he was given to asking sagacious questions"; "a source of valuable insights and sapient advice to educators") } { owlish, (resembling an owl; solemn and wise in appearance) } { sapiential, (characterized by wisdom, especially the wisdom of God; "a sapiential government") } { sage, (having wisdom that comes with age and experience) } ---- { [ FOOLISH, noun.cognition:foolishness,+ WISE,!] IMPOLITIC,^ IMPRUDENT,^ INADVISABLE,^ ILL-ADVISED,^ (devoid of good sense or judgment; "foolish remarks"; "a foolish decision") } { [ absurd, noun.attribute:absurdity1,+ noun.communication:absurdness,+ ] cockeyed, [ derisory, verb.communication:deride,+ ] idiotic, laughable, ludicrous, nonsensical, preposterous, [ ridiculous, noun.communication:ridiculousness,+ ] (so unreasonable as to invite derision; "the absurd excuse that the dog ate his homework"; "that's a cockeyed idea"; "ask a nonsensical question and get a nonsensical answer"; "a contribution so small as to be laughable"; "it is ludicrous to call a cottage a mansion"; "a preposterous attempt to turn back the pages of history"; "her conceited assumption of universal interest in her rather dull children was ridiculous") } { [ mindless, noun.attribute:mindlessness2,+ noun.attribute:mindlessness1,+ ] [ vacuous, noun.cognition:vacuousness,+ noun.attribute:vacuity,+ ] (devoid of intelligence or thought; "a vacuous mind"; "a vacant expression") } { [ goofy, noun.person:goof,+ ] [ silly, noun.attribute:silliness,+ ] wacky, whacky, [ zany, noun.person:zany1,+ noun.person:zany,+ ] noun.communication:colloquialism,;u (ludicrous, foolish; "wore a goofy hat"; "a silly idea"; "some wacky plan for selling more books") } { fond, (absurd or silly because unlikely; "fond hopes of becoming President"; "fond fancies") } { harebrained, insane, [ mad, noun.cognition:madness,+ ] (very foolish; "harebrained ideas"; "took insane risks behind the wheel"; "a completely mad scheme to build a bridge between two mountains") } { ill-conceived, misguided, (poorly conceived or thought out; "an ill-conceived plan to take over the company") } { rattlebrained, rattlepated, scatterbrained, scatty, (lacking sense or discretion; "his rattlebrained crackpot ideas"; "how rattlepated I am! I've forgotten what I came for"- Glenway Westcott) } { [ unwise, noun.attribute:unwiseness,+ ] (showing or resulting from lack of judgment or wisdom; "an unwise investor is soon impoverished") }] [{ [ WOODED, UNWOODED,!] UNCLEARED,^ (covered with growing trees and bushes etc; "wooded land"; "a heavily wooded tract") } { arboraceous, arboreous, [ woodsy1, noun.attribute:woodsiness,+ noun.group:woods,+ ] [ woody, noun.attribute:woodiness,+ ] (abounding in trees; "an arboreous landscape"; "violets in woodsy shady spots"; "a woody area near the highway") } { [ bosky, noun.group:bosk,+ ] [ brushy, noun.group:brush,+ ] (covered with or consisting of bushes or thickets; "brushy undergrowth"; "`bosky' is a literary term"; "a bosky park leading to a modest yet majestic plaza"- Jack Beatty) } { [ braky, noun.group:brake,+ ] [ brambly, noun.plant:bramble2,+ ] (covered with brambles and ferns and other undergrowth) } { forested, (covered with forest; "efforts to protect forested lands of the northwest") } { jungly, (overgrown with tropical vegetation) } { overgrown, (abounding in usually unwanted vegetation) } { [ rushy, noun.plant:rush,+ ] (abounding in rushes; "a rushy marsh") } { scrabbly, [ scrubby, noun.attribute:scrubbiness,+ noun.group:scrub,+ ] (sparsely covered with stunted trees or vegetation and underbrush; "open scrubby woods") } { sylvan, silvan, (relating to or characteristic of wooded regions; "a shady sylvan glade") } { thicket-forming, (tending to form dense thickets) } { timbered, (covered with growing timber; "thickly timbered ridges clothed with loblolly pine and holly"; "hills timbered up to their summits") } { woodsy, (characteristic or suggestive of woods; "a fresh woodsy fragrance") } ---- { [ UNWOODED, WOODED,!] treeless, CLEARED,^ (not wooded) } { unforested, (not covered with forest; "unforested lands") } { untimbered, (without trees; "an untimbered area") }] [{ [ WOODY, noun.substance:wood,+ NONWOODY,!] (made of or containing or resembling wood; "woody plants"; "perennial herbs with woody stems"; "a woody taste") } { ashen, (made of wood of the ash tree) } { beechen, (consisting of or made of wood of the beech tree) } { birch, birchen, birken, (consisting of or made of wood of the birch tree) } { cedarn, (consisting of or made of cedar; "carved cedarn doors") } { [ ligneous, noun.substance:lignin,+ ] noun.cognition:botany,;c (consisting of or containing lignin or xylem; "ligneous (or woody) tissue") } { oaken, (consisting of or made of wood of the oak tree; "a solid oak table"; "the old oaken bucket") } { suffrutescent, (of a plant; having a woody base that does not die down each year) } { wooden, (made or consisting of (entirely or in part) or employing wood; "a wooden box"; "an ancient cart with wooden wheels") } ---- { [ NONWOODY, WOODY,!] (not woody; not consisting of or resembling wood) } { [ herbaceous, noun.cognition:botany,;c ] (characteristic of a nonwoody herb or plant part) } { [ pulpy, noun.object:pulp,+ noun.attribute:pulpiness,+ ] squashy, (like a pulp or overripe; not having stiffness) }] [{ [ WORLDLY, noun.attribute:worldliness1,+ noun.cognition:world1,+ UNWORLDLY,!] secular7, temporal, EARTHLY,^ PROFANE,^ SOPHISTICATED,^ (characteristic of or devoted to the temporal world as opposed to the spiritual world; "worldly goods and advancement"; "temporal possessions of the church" ) } { [ economic, noun.act:economy,+ ] (concerned with worldly necessities of life (especially money); "he wrote the book primarily for economic reasons"; "gave up the large house for economic reasons"; "in economic terms they are very privileged") } { material, (concerned with worldly rather than spiritual interests; "material possessions"; "material wealth"; "material comforts") } { [ materialistic, noun.state:materialism,+ ] mercenary, worldly-minded, (marked by materialism) } { [ mundane, noun.attribute:mundaneness,+ ] terrestrial, (concerned with the world or worldly matters; "mundane affairs"; "he developed an immense terrestrial practicality") } ---- { [ UNWORLDLY, WORLDLY,!] NAIVE,^ PIOUS,^ (not concerned with the temporal world or swayed by mundane considerations; "was unworldly and did not greatly miss worldly rewards"- Sheldon Cheney) } { [ anchoritic, noun.person:anchorite,+ ] [ eremitic, noun.person:eremite,+ ] [ eremitical, noun.person:eremite,+ ] [ hermitic, noun.person:hermit1,+ noun.person:hermit,+ ] [ hermitical, noun.person:hermit1,+ noun.person:hermit,+ ] (characterized by ascetic solitude; "the eremitic element in the life of a religious colony"; "his hermitic existence") } { cloistered, [ cloistral, noun.artifact:cloister,+ ] [ conventual, noun.group:convent,+ noun.artifact:convent,+ ] [ monastic, noun.person:monastic,+ ] monastical, (of communal life sequestered from the world under religious vows) } { [ spiritual, noun.attribute:spirituality,+ ] unearthly, (concerned with or affecting the spirit or soul; "a spiritual approach to life"; "spiritual fulfillment"; "spiritual values"; "unearthly love") } { unmercenary, (not mercenary; not influenced by financial gains) }] [{ [ WOVEN, UNWOVEN,!] (made or constructed by interlacing threads or strips of material or other elements into a whole; "woven fabrics"; "woven baskets"; "the incidents woven into the story"; "folk songs woven into a symphony") } { braided, (woven by (or as if by) braiding; "braided cordage") } { plain-woven, ((of cloth) made in plain weave) } ---- { [ UNWOVEN, WOVEN,!] (not woven; "tapa cloth is an unwoven fabric made by pounding bark into a thin sheet") } { felted, (made by combining fibers with a binder using heat and pressure; "felt is a felted cloth") } { knitted, (made by intertwining threads in a series of connected loops rather than by weaving; "knitted garments"; "a hand-knitted sweater") }] [{ [ WORN, NEW9,!] OLD1,^ (affected by wear; damaged by long use; "worn threads on the screw"; "a worn suit"; "the worn pockets on the jacket") } { aged, (at an advanced stage of erosion (pronounced as one syllable); "aged rocks") } { attrited, (worn by rubbing or friction) } { battered, (damaged especially by hard usage; "his battered old hat") } { clapped_out, noun.location:Britain,;r (worn from age or heavy use and no longer able to operate (of cars or machines or people)) } { creaky, decrepit, derelict, flea-bitten, run-down, woebegone, (worn and broken down by hard use; "a creaky shack"; "a decrepit bus...its seats held together with friction tape"; "a flea-bitten sofa"; "a run-down neighborhood"; "a woebegone old shack") } { dog-eared, eared, (worn or shabby from overuse or (of pages) from having corners turned down; "a somewhat dog-eared duke...a bit run down"-Clifton Fadiman; "an old book with dog-eared pages") } { eroded, scoured, (worn away as by water or ice or wind) } { frayed1, (worn away or tattered along the edges; "frayed cuffs") } { [ mangy, noun.state:mange,+ noun.attribute:manginess,+ ] [ mangey, noun.state:mange,+ ] (having many worn or threadbare spots in the nap; "a mangy carpet"; "a mangy old fur coat") } { moth-eaten1, mothy, (worn or eaten away by (or as if by) moths; "moth-eaten blankets") } { played_out, (worn out; "a played out deck of cards") } { [ ragged1, noun.attribute:raggedness,+ ] (being or dressed in clothes that are worn or torn; "clothes as ragged as a scarecrow's"; "a ragged tramp") } { raddled, worn-out, (used until no longer useful; "battered trumpets and raddled radios"; "worn-out shoes with flapping soles") } { moth-eaten, ratty, [ shabby, noun.attribute:shabbiness,+ ] tatty, (showing signs of wear and tear; "a ratty old overcoat"; "shabby furniture"; "an old house with dirty windows and tatty curtains") } { scruffy, [ seedy, noun.attribute:seediness,+ ] (shabby and untidy; "a surge of ragged scruffy children"; "he was soiled and seedy and fragrant with gin"- Mark Twain) } { shopworn, shopsoiled, (worn or faded from being on display in a store; "shopworn merchandise at half price") } { tattered1, [ tatterdemalion, noun.person:tatterdemalion,+ ] (worn to shreds; or wearing torn or ragged clothing; "a man in a tattered shirt"; "the tattered flag"; "tied up in tattered brown paper"; "a tattered barefoot boy"; "a tatterdemalion prince") } { threadbare1, (having the nap worn away so that the threads show through; "threadbare rugs") } { thumbed, ((of pages) worn or soiled by thumb and fingers by frequent handling or turning; "well-thumbed pages of the dictionary") } { vermiculate, worm-eaten, [ wormy, noun.animal:worm,+ ] (infested with or damaged (as if eaten) by worms) } { waterworn, ((of rocks especially) worn smooth by the action of water) } { weather-beaten, weatherworn, weathered, (worn by exposure to the weather; "a house of weathered shingles") } { well-worn, (showing signs of much wear or use) } ---- { [NEW9, WORN,!] (unaffected by use or exposure; "it looks like new") } { unweathered, (not worn by exposure to the weather; "chemical weathering was beginning to attack the unweathered bedrock") }] [{ [ WORTHY, noun.person:worthy,+ noun.attribute:worthiness,+ noun.attribute:worth,+ UNWORTHY,!] ESTIMABLE,^ GOOD2,^ HONORABLE,^ RIGHTEOUS,^ VALUABLE,^ noun.attribute:worthiness,= (having worth or merit or value; being honorable or admirable; "a worthy fellow"; "a worthy cause") } { [ applaudable, verb.communication:applaud,+ ] commendable, [ laudable, verb.communication:laud,+ ] [ praiseworthy, noun.attribute:praiseworthiness,+ ] (worthy of high praise; "applaudable efforts to save the environment"; "a commendable sense of purpose"; "laudable motives of improving housing conditions"; "a significant and praiseworthy increase in computer intelligence") } { creditable, (worthy of often limited commendation; "the student's effort on the essay--though not outstanding--was creditable") } { cum_laude, (with honor; with academic distinction; "a cum laude graduate") } { [ deserving, noun.attribute:deservingness,+ ] [ worth(p), noun.attribute:worth,+ ] noun.communication:irony,;u ((often used ironically) worthy of being treated in a particular way; "an idea worth considering"; "the deserving poor"; "a deserving cause") } { [ exemplary, noun.cognition:example1,+ noun.cognition:exemplar,+ ] model(a), (worthy of imitation; "exemplary behavior"; "model citizens") } { magna_cum_laude, (with high honor; with high academic distinction; "a magna cum laude graduate") } { [ meritorious, noun.attribute:merit2,+ noun.attribute:meritoriousness,+ ] [ meritable, verb.stative:merit4,+ ] (deserving reward or praise; "a lifetime of meritorious service"; "meritorious conduct") } { [ quotable, noun.attribute:quotability,+ ] (suitable for or worthy of quotation; "a quotable slogan"; "his remarks are not quotable in mixed company") } { [ sacred, noun.attribute:sacredness,+ ] (worthy of respect or dedication; "saw motherhood as woman's sacred calling") } { summa_cum_laude, (with highest honor; with the highest academic distinction; "a summa cum laude graduate") } { valued, precious, (held in great esteem for admirable qualities especially of an intrinsic nature; "a valued friend"; "precious memories") } { [ valuable, noun.attribute:valuableness,+ verb.possession:value,+ verb.cognition:value1,+ ] worthful, (having worth or merit or value; "a valuable friend"; "a good and worthful man") } { [ worthwhile, noun.attribute:worthwhileness,+ ] (sufficiently valuable to justify the investment of time or interest; "a worthwhile book") } ---- { [ UNWORTHY, noun.attribute:unworthiness,+ WORTHY,!] CONTEMPTIBLE,^ DISHONORABLE,^ UNRIGHTEOUS,^ WORTHLESS,^ noun.attribute:worthiness,= (lacking in value or merit; "dispel a student whose conduct is deemed unworthy"; "unworthy of forgiveness") } { undeserving, unworthy1, (not deserving; "the undeserving poor") } { unmerited, (not merited; "unmerited treatment of a potentially fine subject") } { unmeritorious, (without merit; "protect...from unmeritorious criticism") }] [{ [ XERIC, HYDRIC,! MESIC,!] (being deficient in moisture; "deserts provide xeric environments") } { [ xerophytic, noun.plant:xerophyte,+ ] (adapted to a xeric (or dry) environment; "cacti are xerophytic plants"; "xerophytic adaptations") } ---- { [ HYDRIC, MESIC,! XERIC,!] (having or characterized by excessive moisture; "a hydric habitat") } { [ hydrophytic, noun.plant:hydrophyte,+ ] (growing wholly or partially in water; "water lilies are hydrophytic") } { [ hygrophytic, noun.plant:hygrophyte,+ ] (requiring an abundance of moisture; "some tropical ferns are hygrophytic") } ---- { [ MESIC, XERIC,! HYDRIC,!] (having or characterized by moderate or a well-balanced supply of moisture; "mesic habitats") } { [ mesophytic, noun.plant:mesophyte,+ ] (being or growing in or adapted to a moderately moist environment; "mesophytic habitats"; "mesophytic plants") }] [{ [ ZONAL, AZONAL,!] (associated with or divided into zones; "a zonal pattern of cell structure"; "zonal division") } ---- { [ AZONAL, ZONAL,!] (not divided into zones; "azonal heating") } { azonic, (not restricted to any particular zone or region) }] [{ [ ACROCARPOUS, PLEUROCARPOUS,!] ((of mosses) having the archegonia at the top of the stem) } ---- { [ PLEUROCARPOUS, noun.plant:pleurocarp,+ ACROCARPOUS,!] ((of mosses) having the archegonia on short lateral branches) }] [{ [ CURSORIAL, FOSSORIAL,! ] ((of limbs and feet) adapted for running) } ---- { [ FOSSORIAL, CURSORIAL,! ] ((of limbs and feet) adapted for digging) }] [{ [ HOMOCERCAL, HETEROCERCAL,! ] noun.cognition:ichthyology,;c (possessing a symmetrical tail that extends beyond the end of the vertebral column (as in most bony fishes)) } ---- { [ HETEROCERCAL, HOMOCERCAL,! ] noun.cognition:ichthyology,;c (possessing a tail with the upper lobe larger than the lower and with the vertebral column prolonged into the upper lobe) }] [{ [ WEBBED, UNWEBBED,! ] ((of the feet of some animals) having the digits connected by a thin fold of skin) } { palmate, ((of the feet of water birds) having three toes connected by a thin fold of skin) } ---- { [ UNWEBBED, WEBBED,! ] ((of the feet of some animals) not webbed; "a primitive frog with unwebbed toes") }] [{ [ FACETED, UNFACETED,! ] (having facets; "a faceted diamond") } ---- { [ UNFACETED, FACETED,! ] (lacking facets; "an unfaceted gem") }] [{ [ IPSILATERAL, CONTRALATERAL,! ] (on or relating to the same side (of the body)) } ---- { [ CONTRALATERAL, IPSILATERAL,! ] (on or relating to the opposite side (of the body)) }] [{ [ SALIENT, RE-ENTRANT,! ] ((of angles) pointing outward at an angle of less than 180 degrees) } ---- { [ RE-ENTRANT, SALIENT,! ] reentrant, ((of angles) pointing inward; "a polygon with re-entrant angles") }] [{ [ PROACTIVE, RETROACTIVE,! ] noun.cognition:psychology,;c (descriptive of any event or stimulus or process that has an effect on events or stimuli or processes that occur subsequently; "proactive inhibition"; "proactive interference") } ---- { [ RETROACTIVE, PROACTIVE,! ] noun.cognition:psychology,;c (descriptive of any event or stimulus or process that has an effect on the effects of events or stimuli or process that occurred previously) }] [{ [ RH-POSITIVE, RH-NEGATIVE,! ] (of persons (or their blood) having the Rh factor present in their red blood cells) } ---- { [ RH-NEGATIVE, RH-POSITIVE,! ] (of persons (or their blood) lacking the Rh factor present in their red blood cells) }] [{ [ CATEGOREMATIC, noun.communication:categoreme,+ noun.communication:categorem,+ SYNCATEGOREMATIC,! ] noun.cognition:logic,;c (of a term or phrase capable of standing as the subject or (especially) the predicate of a proposition) } { autosemantic, noun.cognition:linguistics,;c (of a word or phrase meaningful in isolation, independent of context) } ---- { [ SYNCATEGOREMATIC, noun.communication:syncategoreme,+ noun.communication:syncategorem,+ CATEGOREMATIC,! ] noun.cognition:logic,;c (of a term that cannot stand as the subject or (especially) the predicate of a proposition but must be used in conjunction with other terms; "`or' is a syncategorematic term") } { synsemantic, noun.cognition:linguistics,;c (of a word or phrase meaningful only when it occurs in the company of other words) }] [{ [ IDIOGRAPHIC, NOMOTHETIC,! ] noun.cognition:psychology,;c (relating to or involving the study of individuals) } ---- { [ NOMOTHETIC, IDIOGRAPHIC,! ] noun.cognition:psychology,;c (relating to or involving the search for abstract universal principles) }] [{ [ PRO-CHOICE, PRO-LIFE,! ] (advocating a woman's right to control her own body (especially her right to an induced abortion)) } ---- { [ PRO-LIFE, PRO-CHOICE,! ] (advocating full legal protection of embryos and fetuses (especially opposing the legalization of induced abortions)) }] [{ [ BAPTIZED, UNBAPTIZED,! ] baptised, (having undergone the Christian ritual of baptism) } ---- { [ UNBAPTIZED, BAPTIZED,! ] unbaptised, (not having undergone the Christian ritual of baptism) }] [{ [ BENIGN2, MALIGNANT2,! ] noun.cognition:pathology,;c (not dangerous to health; not recurrent or progressive (especially of a tumor)) } ---- { [ MALIGNANT2, noun.state:malignancy,+ noun.state:malignance,+ BENIGN2,! ] noun.cognition:pathology,;c (dangerous to health; characterized by progressive and uncontrolled growth (especially of a tumor)) } { [ cancerous, noun.state:cancer,+ ] (relating to or affected with cancer; "a cancerous growth") }] [{ [ CALCICOLOUS, CALCIFUGOUS,! ] (growing or living in soil rich in lime) } ---- { [ CALCIFUGOUS, CALCICOLOUS,! ] (growing or living in acid soil) }] [ { [INVERTIBLE, NON-INVERTIBLE,! ] (having an additive or multiplicative inverse ) } ---- { [NON-INVERTIBLE, INVERTIBLE,! ] (not admitting an additive or multiplicative inverse) } ] [ { [ IMMUNOCOMPETENT, noun.state:immunocompetence,+ IMMUNODEFICIENT,! ] (capable of developing an immune response following exposure to an antigen; "immunocompetent cells") } ---- { [ IMMUNODEFICIENT, noun.state:immunodeficiency,+ IMMUNOCOMPETENT,! ] (incapable of developing an immune response following exposure to an antigen; "immunodeficient rodents") } ] [ { [ ALLOGENEIC, noun.cognition:immunology,+ XENOGENEIC,! ] (denoting or relating to cells or tissues from individuals belonging to the same species but genetically dissimilar (and hence immunologically incompatible)) } ---- { [ XENOGENEIC, noun.cognition:immunology,+ ALLOGENEIC,! ] (denoting or relating to cells or tissues from individuals belonging to different species) }] [ { [ LONG-SPURRED, SHORT-SPURRED,! ] (of flowers having a long extension at the base of the corolla) } ---- { [ SHORT-SPURRED, LONG-SPURRED,! ] (of flowers have a short extension at the base of the corolla) }] [ { [ SHELLED, UNSHELLED,! ] (of animals or fruits that have a shell) } { hard-shelled, (of animals or plants that have a hard shell) } { smooth-shelled, (having a smooth shell) } { spiral-shelled, (having a shell that forms a spiral) } { thin-shelled, (of animals or plants that have a thin shell) } ---- { [ UNSHELLED, SHELLED,! ] shell-less, (of animals or fruits that have no shell) }] [ { [ JAWED, JAWLESS,! ] (of animals having jaws of a specified type) } { long-jawed, (having relatively long jaws) } { square-jawed, (having a relatively square jaw) } ---- { [ JAWLESS, JAWED,! ] (of animals having no jaw) }] [ { [ SKINNED, SKINLESS,! ] (having skin of a specified kind) } { smooth-skinned, (having smooth skin) } { velvety-skinned, (having skin like velvet) } ---- { [ SKINLESS, SKINNED,! ] (having no skin) }] [ { [ FLOWERING, FLOWERLESS,! ] (having a flower or bloom; "a flowering plant") } ---- { [ FLOWERLESS, FLOWERING,! ] nonflowering, (without flower or bloom and not producing seeds; "a flowerless plant") } { spore-bearing, (bearing spores instead of producing seeds) }] { [ pederastic, noun.person:pederast,+ ] [ paederastic, noun.person:paederast,+ ] (of homosexuality between a man and a boy) } { transgender, transgendered, (involving a partial or full reversal of gender) } { [ transsexual(a), noun.person:transsexual2,+ noun.person:transsexual,+ ] (identifying with the opposite gender from the one that one is born with) } { [ transvestic, noun.person:transvestite,+ ] [transvestite, noun.person:transvestite,+] (receiving sexual gratification from wearing clothing of the opposite sex) } { [ tribadistic, noun.act:tribadism,+ ] (of female homosexual behavior that attempts to simulate heterosexual behavior) }