amplified extreme (exaggerated), inflated (enlarged), inflated (overestimated)

amplify accrue (increase), accumulate (enlarge), aggravate (exacerbate), build (augment), detail (particularize), develop, elaborate, enhance, enlarge, expand, extend (enlarge), heighten (augment), increase, inflate, magnify, supplement. SEE MAIN ENTRY

amplifying cumulative (intensifying)

amplissimus gradus eminence

amplitude boom (increase), boom (prosperity), caliber (measurement), capacity (maximum), degree (magnitude), latitude, magnitude, mass (weight), plethora, quantity, scope, sufficiency

amplitudinous broad

amplitudo bulk, magnitude

amplus broad, extensive, illustrious

amputate mutilate

amuse occupy (engage)

amusement enjoyment (pleasure), treat

amusing jocular, ludicrous, sapid

an equal percentage per capita

anabasis development (progression)

anachronic untimely

anachronistic obsolete, outdated, outmoded, untimely. SEE MAIN ENTRY

anachronize antedate

anachronous obsolete, outdated, outmoded, untimely

anacoluthon non sequitur. SEE MAIN ENTRY

analagous coextensive, commensurable, commensurate, comparable (capable of comparison). SEE MAIN ENTRY

analagous to comparative

analagousness balance (equality)

analect abstract

analeptic curative, medicinal, remedial, salubrious, salutary

analgesic drug

analogical analogous, cognate, commensurable, comparable (capable of comparison), congruous

analogical procedure collation, comparison

analogize compare

analogous akin (germane), coequal, cognate, congruous, correlative, interrelated, proportionate, related, relative (comparative), similar, tantamount. SEE MAIN ENTRY

analogue correlate, counterpart (complement)

analogy collation, comparison, connection (relation), correspondence (similarity), parity, relation (connection), relationship (connection), resemblance. SEE MAIN ENTRY

analysis capsule, choice (decision), classification, criticism, deliberation, diagnosis, digest, discretion (power of choice), discrimination (differentiation), examination (study), hornbook, indagation, judgment (discernment), measurement, pandect (treatise), probe, proposal (report), prospectus, rating, ratiocination, reflection (thought), research, review (critical evaluation), scenario, scrutiny, summary, test, treatment, trial (experiment). SEE MAIN ENTRY

analytic deductive, discursive (analytical), logical

analytical clinical, deductive, demonstrative (illustrative), empirical, logical, rational. SEE MAIN ENTRY

analyzation hornbook, inquiry (systematic investigation)

analyze canvass, classify, consider, construe (comprehend), construe (translate), deliberate, detail (particularize), diagnose, digest (comprehend), discuss, examine (study), identify, investigate, peruse, ponder, rationalize, reason (conclude), reflect (ponder), research, review, scrutinize, study, survey (examine), treat (process). SEE MAIN ENTRY

anamorphosis distortion

anarchic disorderly, lawless

anarchical disordered, disorderly, lawless

anarchism disorder (lack of order), misrule

anarchist insurgent, malcontent

anarchistic contumacious, disorderly, incendiary

anarchy confusion (turmoil), disorder (lack of order), havoc, insurrection, lynch law, misrule, pandemonium, revolution. SEE MAIN ENTRY

anathema denunciation, expletive, imprecation, malediction

anathematize blame, condemn (blame), defame, denounce (condemn), malign, proscribe (denounce)

anatomical organic

anatomize analyze, examine (study), scrutinize

anatomy body (person), configuration (form), content (structure)

anceps critical (crucial), dubious, equivocal, indeterminate

ancestor ascendant, derivation, forerunner, kindred, parents, precursor, predecessor, primogenitor, progenitor. SEE MAIN ENTRY

ancestorial hereditary

ancestors lineage

ancestral consanguineous, hereditary, paternal, traditional

ancestral descent origin (ancestry)

ancestral relation kindred, primogenitor

ancestral relative primogenitor

ancestry affiliation (bloodline), affinity (family ties), birth (lineage), birthright, blood, bloodline, derivation, descent (lineage), family (common ancestry), heritage, lineage, origination, parentage, paternity, race, source. SEE MAIN ENTRY

anchor adhere (fasten), mainstay, security (safety)

anchorage haven

anchored firm, fixed (securely placed), situated, stable, steadfast

anchoretic solitary

anchoretical solitary

ancient antique, hereditary, obsolete, old, outdated, outmoded

ancillary appurtenant, collateral (accompanying), dependent, pendent, secondary, slight, subordinate, subservient, supplementary. SEE MAIN ENTRY

ancillary relief SEE MAIN ENTRY

and all et al.

and everyone et al.

and more of the same et al.

and other parties et al.

and other things et al.

and others et al.

and the rest et al.

anecdotal narrative

anemic languid

anent correlative

anesthetic drug, narcotic (adjective), narcotic (noun)

anesthetic agent drug

anesthetize drug, obtund

anew de novo. SEE MAIN ENTRY

anfractuous circuitous, sinuous, tortuous (bending)

angel spirit

angelic clean

anger bait (harass), harass, incense, irritate, molest (annoy), offend (insult), passion, pique, provoke, resentment, umbrage. SEE MAIN ENTRY

angering provocation

angle outlook, phase (aspect), side, slant, standpoint

angle of vision perspective

angle off deviate

angled oblique (slanted)

angry resentful, vehement, vindictive

angry disagreement dissension

angry dispute altercation

anguilliform circuitous

anguine circuitous

anguish pain, plaint, remorse, suffer (sustain loss). SEE MAIN ENTRY

anguished aggrieved (harmed), disconsolate

anguishing painful

angustiae predicament, restriction

angustus limited

anility incapacity

anima life (period of existence), spirit

animadversio correction (punishment), notice (heed), stricture

animadversion admonition, bad repute, comment, condemnation (blame), correction (punishment), criticism, diatribe, disapprobation, disapproval, discredit, impeachment, impugnation, obloquy, remark, remonstrance, reprimand, reproach, revilement, stricture. SEE MAIN ENTRY

animadvert blame, comment, complain (criticize), condemn (blame), criticize (find fault with), denounce (condemn), disapprove (condemn), fault, impeach, remark, remonstrate, reprehend, reproach

animadvert on rebuke, reprimand

animadvert upon censure, expostulate, lash (attack verbally)

animadvertere notice (observe), observe (watch)

animal SEE MAIN ENTRY

animalism bestiality

animam edere expire

animans animal

animate conscious (awake), exhort, generate, incite, inspire, live (conscious), motivate, prompt, provoke, spirit, stimulate

animated alert (agile), born (alive), fervent, live (conscious), ready (willing), volatile

animating impulsive (impelling), moving (evoking emotion)

animation birth (beginning), instigation, life (vitality), spirit

animator catalyst, stimulus

animi sane

animi motus emotion, impression

animosity alienation (estrangement), belligerency, conflict, contempt (disdain), disaccord, discord, feud, hatred, ill will, incompatibility (difference), malice, odium, rancor, resentment, spite, strife, umbrage. SEE MAIN ENTRY

animum attendere concentrate (pay attention)

animum frangere discourage

animus character (personal quality)

animus design (intent), feud

animus frame (mood)

animus hatred, ill will, malice, odium, resentment, spite

animus will (desire). SEE MAIN ENTRY

animus ingratus ingratitude

animus submissus resignation (passive acceptance)

annal record

annals calendar (record of yearly periods), documentation

annex accrue (increase), acquire (secure), addendum, addition, adopt, affix, append, appropriate, appurtenance, assume (seize), attach (join), attach (seize), attachment (thing affixed), cement, codicil, combine (join together), compound, confiscate, conjoin, connect (join together), contact (touch), distrain, enlarge, impropriate, increase, join (bring together), juxtapose, occupy (take possession), offshoot, organ, preempt, seize (confiscate), sequester (seize property). SEE MAIN ENTRY

annex for public use eminent domain

annexation accretion, addendum, addition, appendix (accession), appropriation (taking), appurtenance, assumption (seizure), attachment (act of affixing), attachment (seizure), boom (increase), coalescence, codicil, distraint, distress (seizure), garnishment, sequestration

annexe addendum, appurtenance

annexed accrued, appurtenant, attached (seized), provincial

annexing accession (annexation), coalescence

annexion attachment (act of affixing)

annihilate abolish, annul, cancel, consume, destroy (efface), eliminate (eradicate), eradicate, extinguish, extirpate, negate, obliterate, overturn, remove (eliminate), slay, stifle, subvert. SEE MAIN ENTRY

annihilated lifeless (dead), lost (taken away)

annihilating deadly, destructive

annihilation abolition, assassination, demise (death), destruction, dissolution (termination), homicide, killing, subversion

annihilative dire, disastrous, fatal, lethal

annotate comment, describe, edit, elucidate, explain, interpret, note (record)

annotated detailed

annotated text hornbook

annotation caption, comment, explanation, memorandum, notation, note (brief comment), observation

annotative demonstrative (illustrative), interpretive

announce allege, annunciate, apprise, assert, bare, circulate, communicate, convey (communicate), declare, disabuse, disclose, disseminate, enunciate, herald, inform (betray), inform (notify), issue (publish), mention, notify, observe (remark), pass (determine), portend, posit, proclaim, profess (avow), promulgate, pronounce (speak), protest, publish, relate (tell), report (disclose), reveal, signify (inform), speak, utter. SEE MAIN ENTRY

announce a conclusion find (determine)

announce authoritatively pronounce (pass judgment), pronounce (speak)

announce in advance anticipate (prognosticate), predict, presage

announce officially pronounce (speak)

announce one’s presence report (present oneself)

announce publicly post

announced alleged, oral, public (known)

announcement assertion, averment, caveat, charter (declaration of rights), common knowledge, communication (statement), declaration, declaratory judgment, dictum, disclosure (act of disclosing), disclosure (something disclosed), issuance, judgment (formal court decree), notification, proclamation, profession (declaration), pronouncement, prospectus, publication (disclosure), publicity, statement. SEE MAIN ENTRY

announcer harbinger, informant, informer (a person who provides information), precursor

annoy aggravate (annoy), badger, bait (harass), discommode, discompose, disconcert, disrupt, distress, disturb, embarrass, harass, harrow, harry (harass), hinder, inconvenience, irritate, mistreat, obsess, offend (insult), persecute, perturb, pique, plague, press (goad), provoke. SEE MAIN ENTRY

annoy excessively badger

annoyance dissatisfaction, disturbance, grievance, hindrance, mischief, molestation, nuisance, provocation, trouble, umbrage

annoyed petulant

annoying irksome, loathsome, objectionable, obnoxious, odious, offensive (offending), provocative, undesirable, vexatious

annua pension

annua pecunia annuity

annual allowance annuity, pension

annual commitment premium (insurance payment)

annual encumbrance premium (insurance payment)

annual fee premium (insurance payment)

annual installment premium (insurance payment)

annual liability premium (insurance payment)

annual obligation premium (insurance payment)

annual payment premium (insurance payment)

annual rate of insurance premium (insurance payment)

annual remittance premium (insurance payment)

annually per annum

annuciative declaratory

annuity allotment, pension, perquisite. SEE MAIN ENTRY

annul abate (extinguish), abolish, abrogate (rescind), adeem, avoid (cancel), cancel, cease, contradict, counteract, destroy (void), disable, discharge (release from obligation), disclaim, discontinue (abandon), disinherit, disown (deny the validity), divorce, eradicate, expunge, extinguish, extirpate, frustrate, impede, invalidate, kill (defeat), negate, neutralize, nullify, obliterate, overreach, override, overrule, quash, recall (call back), recant, renege, repeal, rescind, revoke, supersede, terminate, vacate (void), vitiate. SEE MAIN ENTRY

annul a marriage divorce

annulled defunct, lifeless (dead), null (invalid), null and void

annulling avoidance (cancellation), cancellation

annulment abatement (extinguishment), abolition, ademption, avoidance (cancellation), cancellation, countermand, defeasance, disclaimer, dismissal (termination of a proceeding), dissolution (termination), invalidity, mistrial, negation, repudiation, rescision, retraction, reversal, revocation. SEE MAIN ENTRY

annulment of debt discharge (payment)

annulment of marriage divorce

annum SEE MAIN ENTRY

annunciate allege, assert, convey (communicate), disseminate, enunciate, inform (notify), mention, notify, proclaim, promulgate, report (disclose), speak. SEE MAIN ENTRY

annunciation common knowledge, communication (statement), declaration, notification, proclamation, pronouncement

annunciator harbinger, informant, informer (a person who provides information)

annunciatory declaratory

annus annum

anodyne beneficial, drug, medicinal, narcotic (adjective), narcotic (noun), remedial

anodynous narcotic

anoint drug

anointed sacrosanct

anomalistic anomalous, irregular (not usual), peculiar (curious)

anomalistical peculiar (curious)

anomalous atypical, disordered, eccentric, irregular (not usual), noteworthy, novel, peculiar (curious), prodigious (amazing), unaccustomed, uncommon, unique, unorthodox, unprecedented, unusual. SEE MAIN ENTRY

anomalousness deviation, nonconformity

anomaly deviation, discrepancy, irregularity, nonconformity, quirk (idiosyncrasy), variance (exemption). SEE MAIN ENTRY

anon instantly

anonymous unspecified. SEE MAIN ENTRY

another additional

another addressee cotenant

another denizen cotenant

another dweller cotenant

another inhabitant cotenant

another inhabiter cotenant

another leaseholder cotenant

another lessee cotenant

another lodger cotenant

another occupant cotenant

another occupier cotenant

another paying guest cotenant

another possessor cotenant

another renter cotenant

another resident cotenant

another residentiary cotenant

another time anew, de novo

answer acknowledge (respond), acknowledgment (acceptance), appear (attend court proceedings), appearance (coming into court), controvert, converse, counterargument, countercharge, disclosure (something disclosed), find (discover), fulfill, key (solution), outcome, panacea, plea, pleading, reaction (response), rebut, rejoinder, reply (noun), reply (verb), report (present oneself), respond, response, retort, return (respond), solve, verdict. SEE MAIN ENTRY

answer a purpose function

answer a summons report (present oneself)

answer back contradict, countercharge, retaliate, retort, return (respond)

answer conclusively controvert

answer for assure (insure), cosign, displace (replace), guarantee, indemnify, justify, sponsor, undertake. SEE MAIN ENTRY

answer the purpose correspond (be equivalent), satisfy (fulfill)

answer to obey

answerability duty (obligation), fault (responsibility), liability, responsibility (accountability)

answerable accountable (responsible), actionable, ascertainable, blameworthy, bound, consonant, liable, subject (exposed)

answerer respondent

answering contrary, responsive

antagonism alienation (estrangement), argument (contention), bad repute, belligerency, collision (dispute), conflict, contention (opposition), contest (dispute), contradistinction, contraposition, contravention, controversy (argument), disaccord, discord, feud, hatred, ill will, impugnation, incompatibility (difference), malice, rancor, resentment, resistance, spite. SEE MAIN ENTRY

antagonist adversary, aggressor, assailant, contender, contestant, disputant, foe, rival

antagonistic adverse (hostile), antipathetic (oppositional), averse, contradictory, different, discordant, disinclined, dissident, hostile, inimical, litigious, malevolent, malicious, negative, offensive (taking the initiative), opposite, pugnacious, recusant, renitent, repugnant (incompatible), spiteful, unfavorable, virulent

antagonistic to contrary

antagonistical adverse (hostile)

antagonize affront, alienate (estrange), collide (clash), counter, counteract, disaffect, disoblige, incense, provoke. SEE MAIN ENTRY

antagonized irreconcilable

antagonizing obnoxious

ante bet, parlay (bet), stake (award)

ante nuptial agreement SEE MAIN ENTRY

ante up bet

antecede precede. SEE MAIN ENTRY

antecedence precedence, priority

antecedens antecedent, last (preceding)

antecedent aforesaid, ascendant, before mentioned, derivation, forerunner, former, last (preceding), original (initial), precursor, precursory, predecessor, preexisting, preliminary, previous, primogenitor, prior, progenitor, sine qua non. SEE MAIN ENTRY

antecedents family (common ancestry), lineage, parentage

antecedere precede

antecellere surpass

antecessor forerunner, predecessor, progenitor

antechamber chamber (compartment)

antecursor harbinger

antedate antecede, precede. SEE MAIN ENTRY

antedeluvian antique

antediluvian obsolete, outdated, outmoded

antegredi precede

anteire precede

anteponere prefer

anterior aforesaid, antecedent, before mentioned, last (preceding), preexisting, preliminary, previous, prior

anteroom chamber (compartment), entrance

antetype model, pattern

antevertere anticipate (expect), forestall

anthologize compile

anthology compilation, digest, selection (collection)

antibiotic drug

anticipatable foreseeable

anticipate forestall, precede, preconceive, predict, presage, presume. SEE MAIN ENTRY

anticipate danger fear

anticipate injury fear

anticipate needs provide (arrange for)

anticipated foreseeable, forseen, forthcoming, future, immediate (imminent), pending (imminent), possible, potential, presumptive, prospective

anticipated loan advance (allowance)

anticipating provident (showing foresight)

anticipation advancement (loan), expectation, forethought, likelihood, possibility, precaution, preconception, preparation, presumption, probability, prospect (outlook). SEE MAIN ENTRY

anticipation of adversity apprehension (fear)

anticipative sanguine

anticipatory premature, preparatory

antidotal medicinal, preventive, remedial

antidote cure, remedy (that which corrects)

antifebrile medicinal

antilogy contrary, inconsistency, paradox

antimony antipode

antinomy inconsistency, opposition, paradox

antipathetic averse, bitter (reproachful), contrary, disinclined, hostile, inimical, malevolent, negative, objectionable, obnoxious, offensive (offending), renitent, spiteful. SEE MAIN ENTRY

antipathetical discordant, disinclined, inimical, malevolent, negative, renitent

antipathy alienation (estrangement), antipode, conflict, contradiction, deviation, difference, hatred, ill will, incompatibility (difference), malice, odium, phobia, rancor, reluctance. SEE MAIN ENTRY

antiphon response

antipodal adverse (opposite), hostile, inverse, opposite

antipode antithesis, contra, contrary. SEE MAIN ENTRY

antipodean adverse (opposite), antipathetic (oppositional), inverse, opposite

antipodes antipode

antipoison cure

antipole antipode

antipollution project ecology

antiquate superannuate

antiquated obsolete, old, outdated, outmoded. SEE MAIN ENTRY

antique obsolete, old, outdated, outmoded. SEE MAIN ENTRY

antiseptic preventive

antisepticize decontaminate

antithesis antipode, contra, contradiction, contradistinction, contraposition, contrary, deviation, difference, distinction (difference), incompatibility (inconsistency). SEE MAIN ENTRY

antithetic antipathetic (oppositional), contrary, different, hostile, opposite

antithetical adverse (opposite), antipathetic (oppositional), contradictory, contrary, discordant, hostile, inverse, opposite. SEE MAIN ENTRY

antitheticalness difference

antitoxin cure

antitrust act SEE MAIN ENTRY

antonomasia call (title)

antonym contra

antonymous adverse (opposite), discordant, hostile

anxietude disturbance, misgiving

anxiety apprehension (fear), burden, concern (interest), consternation, distress (anguish), disturbance, doubt (indecision), fear, fright, interest (concern), misgiving, nuisance, panic, phobia, pressure, problem, qualm, scruple, stress (strain). SEE MAIN ENTRY

anxious eager, ready (willing), solicitous. SEE MAIN ENTRY

anxious concern consternation, misgiving

anxiousness consternation, distress (anguish), disturbance, misgiving, pressure

anxius solicitous

any individual whoever

any person whoever

anybody whoever

anyhow regardless

anyone whoever

anyway regardless

anywise regardless

apart alone (solitary), bipartite, disconnected, discrete, extrinsic, insular, irrelative, only, partial (part), private (secluded), remote (secluded), separate. SEE MAIN ENTRY

apartheid exclusion, segregation (isolation by races)

apartment chamber (compartment), home (domicile), lodging. SEE MAIN ENTRY

apartness exception (exclusion)

apathetic casual, cursory, inactive, indolent, inexpressive, insensible, insusceptible (uncaring), languid, lax, lifeless (dull), nonchalant, otiose, passive, perfunctory, phlegmatic, stagnant, stoical, torpid, truant. SEE MAIN ENTRY

apathetical languid

apathy disinterest (lack of interest), indifference, inertia, languor, laxity, sloth

ape copy, impersonate, mock (imitate), pose (impersonate)

aperçu abridgment (condensation)

aperire betray (disclose), disclose, manifest, reopen, unveil

aperte fairly (clearly)

aperture loophole, outlet, portal, rift (gap), split

apertus evident, explicit, ingenuous, manifest, obvious, open (in sight), open (persuasible), overt, patent, straightforward, unambiguous

apertus sincerus candid

apery caricature, parody

apex ceiling, culmination, pinnacle

aphonic speechless

aphorism maxim, phrase

aphoristic axiomatic, brief, compact (pithy), proverbial, sententious

aphoristic expression maxim

aphoristical compact (pithy)

apical cardinal (basic)

apiece respectively

aplomb composure, confidence (faith)

aplomb indestructibility

aplomb surety (certainty). SEE MAIN ENTRY

apocha receipt (proof of receiving)

apocryphal assumed (feigned), disputable, fictitious, ill-founded, spurious, untrue

apodictic axiomatic, categorical, incontrovertible

apodosis denouement

apogee ceiling, culmination, pinnacle

apograph transcript

apologetic contrite, palliative (excusing), penitent, remorseful, repentant

apologist advocate (counselor), advocate (espouser), proponent. SEE MAIN ENTRY

apologize regret, repent

apology expiation. SEE MAIN ENTRY

apostasize abandon (relinquish), defect, discontinue (abandon)

apostasy abandonment (desertion), bad faith, blasphemy, desertion, disloyalty, dissent (difference of opinion), infidelity, nonconformity, revolt, sedition

apostate heretic, recreant, recusant

apostatic recreant

apostatical recreant

apostatize bear false witness, quit (discontinue), secede, tergiversate

apostatizing disobedient, faithless, false (disloyal)

apostil clarification

apostle disciple, partisan

apotheca depository

apothegm phrase

apothegmatic compact (pithy), sententious

apothegmatical compact (pithy)

apotheosis exemplar

appall discompose, disconcert, harrow, repel (disgust)

appalling deplorable, dire, disastrous, egregious, formidable, loathsome, lurid, repulsive

appalling SEE MAIN ENTRY

appanage addendum, adjunct, appurtenance, codicil, dower, grant, inheritance

apparatus appliance, device (mechanism), equipment, expedient, facility (instrumentality), instrument (tool), paraphernalia (apparatus), tool

apparatus belli ammunition

apparent axiomatic, blatant (conspicuous), candid, circumstantial, coherent (clear), colorable (plausible), conclusive (determinative), conspicuous, constructive (inferential), demonstrable, discernible, distinct (clear), elementary, evident, flagrant, lucid, manifest, naked (perceptible), obvious, open (in sight), ostensible, overt, palpable, patent, pellucid, perceivable, perceptible, plausible, presumptive, probable, prominent, public (known), specious, unmistakable, visible (noticeable). SEE MAIN ENTRY

apparent character color (complexion), complexion

apparent right color (deceptive appearance)

apparent state complexion

apparentation affiliation (bloodline)

apparently prima facie (self-evident), quasi

apparently right colorable (plausible)

apparere appear (materialize)

apparition phantom, phenomenon (manifestation), specter, spirit, vision (dream)

appeal address (petition), amenity, call (appeal to), challenge, coax, entreaty, habeas corpus, importune, incentive, invitation, motivate, press (beseech), request (noun), request (verb), rhetoric (skilled speech). SEE MAIN ENTRY

appeal against expostulate

appeal for petition, solicit

appeal on the merits SEE MAIN ENTRY

appeal to bait (lure), pray, propitiate, solicit, urge

appeal to a higher court certiorari

appeal to arms fight (battle), fight (battle)

appeal to the law litigate, sue

appealable litigable

appealer appellant, special interest

appealing attractive, precatory, sapid

appealing conclusively cogent

appealing forcibly cogent

appealing to reason disputable

appear bare, comport (behave), demean (deport oneself), emerge, report (present oneself). SEE MAIN ENTRY

appear for represent (substitute)

appear for duty report (present oneself)

appearance aspect, color (deceptive appearance), complexion, condition (state), configuration (form), demeanor, deportment, expression (manifestation), face value (first blush), first appearance, manifestation, manner (behavior), phantom, phenomenon (manifestation), presence (poise), pretense (pretext), semblance, specter, state (condition), style, vision (dream). SEE MAIN ENTRY

appearance of truth credibility, probability

appearing apparent (presumptive), colorable (specious), evident, ostensible, perceivable, specious

appearing at intervals sporadic

appeasable nonmilitant, placable

appease allay, assuage, disarm (set at ease), mitigate, moderate (temper), mollify, pacify, palliate (abate), placate, propitiate, reconcile, redress, satisfy (fulfill), soothe. SEE MAIN ENTRY

appeased agreed (harmonized)

appeasement conciliation, mollification, reconciliation, satisfaction (fulfilment). SEE MAIN ENTRY

appeaser go-between

appelare appeal

appelation cognomen

appellant claimant, contender, contestant, litigant, party (litigant), respondent, suitor. SEE MAIN ENTRY

appellare summon

appellate court SEE MAIN ENTRY

appellate review appeal

appellatio appeal

appellation call (title), denomination, designation (naming), identification, term (expression), title (designation). SEE MAIN ENTRY

appellative call (title), cognomen, term (expression)

appellator appellant

appellee litigant, party (litigant)

append affix, annex (add), attach (join), combine (join together), compound, connect (join together), join (bring together). SEE MAIN ENTRY

appendage accession (annexation), addendum, adjoiner, adjunct, allonge, appendix (accession), appendix (supplement), appurtenance, attachment (thing affixed), codicil, organ, rider

appendant appurtenance, attached (annexed), rider

appended additional, appurtenant, attached (annexed)

appendix addendum, allonge, appurtenance, attachment (thing affixed), codicil, insertion, rider. SEE MAIN ENTRY

apperceive note (notice), perceive, understand

apperception appreciation (perception), cognition, insight, judgment (discernment), knowledge (awareness), perception, realization, reason (sound judgment), recognition, sagacity, sense (feeling), understanding (comprehension). SEE MAIN ENTRY

apperceptive cognizant, conscious (aware), judicious, knowing, omniscient, perceptive, perspicacious, sensitive (discerning)

appercipient sensitive (discerning)

appertain correspond (be equivalent), pertain, refer (direct attention). SEE MAIN ENTRY

appertain to concern (involve), connect (relate), relate (establish a connection)

appertaining akin (germane), applicable, appurtenant, cognate, collateral (accompanying), pertinent

appertaining to incident

appetence predilection, predisposition, proclivity

appetency desire, greed, predilection, predisposition, proclivity

appetent eager

appetere assault

appetite desire, penchant, predilection, predisposition

appetitio desire

appetitus instinct

appetizing palatable, sapid, savory

applaud honor, recommend

applauded famous, illustrious, renowned

applause mention (tribute)

appliable applicable

appliance device (mechanism), expedient, facility (instrumentality), instrument (tool). SEE MAIN ENTRY

appliances paraphernalia (apparatus)

applicability admissibility, aptitude, connection (relation), propriety (appropriateness), qualification (fitness), relation (connection), relevance, utility (usefulness), utilization. SEE MAIN ENTRY

applicable admissible, akin (germane), apposite, appropriate, congruous, constructive (creative), convenient, correlative, felicitous, fit, functional, germane, operative, pertinent, practical, related, relative (relevant), relevant, suitable. SEE MAIN ENTRY

applicable to a class generic

applicant candidate, claimant, contender, petitioner, prospect (prospective patron), suitor. SEE MAIN ENTRY

application arrogation, assignation, call (appeal), call (title), connection (relation), connotation, diligence (care), diligence (perseverance), endeavor, industry (activity), infliction, interest (concern), means (opportunity), motion, obsession, petition, prayer, purpose, regard (attention), relevance, request, requisition, resolution (decision), usage, use, work (effort). SEE MAIN ENTRY

application for a ruling motion

application for an order motion

application for discharge habeas corpus

application for liberty habeas corpus

application for proposed relief motion

application for relief prayer

application for retrial appeal, certiorari

application for review by a higher tribunal appeal

application of force compulsion (coercion)

applied functional

applied energy effort

applied from without extrinsic

applied logic dialectic

apply ascribe, concern (involve), devote, employ (make use of), exercise (use), exert, expend (consume), exploit (make use of), impute, inflict, manipulate (utilize skillfully), move (judicially request), refer (direct attention), relate (establish a connection), resort, solicit, spend. SEE MAIN ENTRY

apply a closure complete

apply a remedy cure, drug, help

apply dishonestly convert (misappropriate)

apply for desire, petition, request, sue

apply for a loan borrow

apply for a reexamination of a case appeal

apply for a retrial appeal

apply for a review of a case to a higher tribunal appeal

apply one’s self to practice (train by repetition)

apply oneself labor, persevere, specialize

apply oneself to address (direct attention to), commit (perpetrate), endeavor, occupy (engage), undertake

apply pressure coerce, constrain (compel), foist, force (coerce)

apply reason deduce, deduct (conclude by reasoning)

apply the attention to occupy (engage)

apply the closure close (terminate)

apply the mind concentrate (pay attention), ponder, study

apply the mind to occupy (engage)

apply to appertain, call (appeal to), importune, petition, pray

apply to one’s own uses impropriate, plagiarize

applying to apposite, germane

appoint allocate, allot, assign (designate), authorize, bestow, charge (empower), choose, clothe, delegate, designate, detail (assign), dispense, employ (engage services), empower, engage (hire), entrust, furnish, hire, induct, instate, invest (vest), nominate, parcel, provide (arrange for), select. SEE MAIN ENTRY

appoint as agent delegate

appoint as representative delegate

appoint beforehand preordain

appoint by act enact

appoint by vote elect (select by a vote)

appoint in advance preordain

appoint the time of date

appointed select

appointed counsel SEE MAIN ENTRY

appointed group commission (agency), committee

appointee agent, deputy, licensee, nominee (delegate), proctor, procurator, trustee

appointer licensor

appointing deputation (selection of delegates)

appointive adoptive, elective (voluntary)

appointment agency (legal relationship), allotment, assignment (designation), charge (responsibility), delegation (assignment), deputation (selection of delegates), designation (naming), dispensation (act of dispensing), election (choice), employment, equipment, mission, nomination, office, position (business status), post, province, pursuit (occupation), rendezvous, selection (choice). SEE MAIN ENTRY

appointment by vote election (selection by vote)

appointments paraphernalia (personal belongings), property (possessions)

apportion allocate, allot, arrange (methodize), assign (allot), bestow, classify, demarcate, devote, dichotomize, disburse (distribute), dispense, disperse (disseminate), divide (distribute), dole, endue, expend (disburse), fund, furnish, leave (give), marshal, mete, parcel, partition, prorate, sort, split, subdivide. SEE MAIN ENTRY

apportion anew reapportion

apportion by measure mete

apportion pro rata prorate

apportionable divisible, severable

apportioned pro rata. SEE MAIN ENTRY

apportioned lot share (interest)

apportioning disbursement (act of disbursing)

apportionment allotment, appropriation (allotment), arbitration, assignment (allotment), classification, decentralization, disbursement (act of disbursing), dispensation (act of dispensing), division (act of dividing), equity (share of ownership), order (arrangement), proportion, quantity, quota, ration. SEE MAIN ENTRY

appose adjoin, border (bound), contrast, juxtapose

apposite appropriate, congruous, correlative, felicitous, fit, germane, harmonious, pertinent, proper, related, relative (relevant), relevant, seasonable, suitable. SEE MAIN ENTRY

appositeness admissibility, affiliation (connectedness), collation, qualification (fitness), relation (connection), relationship (connection), relevance

apposition affiliation (connectedness), propinquity (proximity), relation (connection). SEE MAIN ENTRY

appositional relative (relevant)

appraisable appreciable, determinable (ascertainable)

appraisal account (evaluation), appreciation (perception), arbitration, assessment (estimation), choice (decision), computation, concept, cost (price), determination, discretion (power of choice), discrimination (differentiation), estimate (approximate cost), estimation (calculation), expense (cost), generalization, idea, inspection, judgment (discernment), measurement, par (face amount), perception, price, proposal (report), rating, review (critical evaluation), value, worth. SEE MAIN ENTRY

appraise calculate, charge (assess), consider, criticize (evaluate), diagnose, estimate, evaluate, excise (levy a tax), gauge, judge, measure, opine, ponder, rate, survey (examine). SEE MAIN ENTRY

appraised ad valorem

appraisement ad valorem, appraisal, assessment (estimation), determination, estimate (approximate cost), estimation (calculation), expense (cost), measurement, par (face amount), price, worth

appraiser juror

appraising discriminating (judicious)

appraisment appreciation (perception)

appreciable corporeal, determinable (ascertainable), perceivable, ponderable, substantive. SEE MAIN ENTRY

appreciate accrue (increase), apprehend (perceive), comprehend (understand), conceive (comprehend), digest (comprehend), discern (detect with the senses), enhance, gauge, increase, note (notice), notice (observe), perceive, pierce (discern), realize (understand), recognize (acknowledge), regard (hold in esteem), relish, understand. SEE MAIN ENTRY

appreciation accession (enlargement), augmentation, boom (increase), cognition, comprehension, computation, concept, determination, discretion (quality of being discreet), discrimination (differentiation), estimation (esteem), honor (outward respect), knowledge (awareness), mention (tribute), perception, realization, recognition, regard (esteem), respect, scienter, sensibility. SEE MAIN ENTRY

appreciation of differences diagnosis

appreciative conscious (aware)

appreciativeness discretion (quality of being discreet), knowledge (awareness)

apprehend appreciate (comprehend), capture, comprehend (understand), conceive (comprehend), construe (comprehend), detain (hold in custody), discern (detect with the senses), ensnare, expect (consider probable), fear, find (discover), jail, mistrust, perceive, pierce (discern), presume, read, realize (understand), recognize (perceive), surmise, understand. SEE MAIN ENTRY

apprehend clearly discern (detect with the senses)

apprehend danger fear

apprehend harm fear

apprehend punishment fear

apprehendere seize (apprehend)

apprehending attachment (seizure), conscious (aware), knowing

apprehensibility coherence

apprehensible cognizable, coherent (clear), comprehensible, perceivable, perceptible, scrutable. SEE MAIN ENTRY

apprehension appropriation (taking), arrest, cloud (suspicion), cognition, comprehension, concept, consternation, constraint (imprisonment), detection, dialectic, doubt (indecision), doubt (suspicion), fear, fright, idea, impression, misgiving, notion, perception, phobia, position (point of view), qualm, realization, scienter, scruple, sense (feeling), stress (strain), suspicion (mistrust), trepidation, understanding (comprehension). SEE MAIN ENTRY

apprehension and transfer extradition

apprehension of danger fear

apprehension of harm fear

apprehension of injury fear

apprehension of punishment fear

apprehensive cognizant, leery, perceptive, solicitous, suspicious (distrustful), vigilant. SEE MAIN ENTRY

apprehensiveness apprehension (fear), cloud (suspicion), consternation, doubt (indecision), fear, misgiving, qualm, scruple, stress (strain)

apprentice amateur, assistant, coadjutant, disciple, employee, neophyte, novice, probationer (one being tested), protégé. SEE MAIN ENTRY

apprenticed indentured

apprenticeship experience (background), preparation

apprenticeship agreement indenture

apprisal disclosure (act of disclosing)

apprise advise, annunciate, caution, communicate, convey (communicate), disabuse, disclose, disseminate, divulge, enlighten, enunciate, herald, impart, inform (notify), mention, notice (give formal warning), notify, relate (tell), report (disclose), reveal, signify (inform), speak. SEE MAIN ENTRY

apprised acquainted, cognizant, conscious (aware), familiar (informed), knowing, literate, sensible

apprised of learned

apprisement determination

appriser informant

apprize assess (appraise), rate

apprized informed (having information)

apprizement determination

apprizer affirmant, bystander, deponent

approach access (right of way), accost, address (direct attention to), admittance (means of approach), approximate, avenue (means of attainment), avenue (route), bid, confrontation (act of setting face to face), converge, correspond (be equivalent), course, design (intent), direction (course), entrance, gravitate, impend, inflow, ingress, invitation, maneuver (tactic), manner (behavior), modus operandi, overture, policy (plan of action), portal, practice (procedure), progress, proposition, reach, strategy. SEE MAIN ENTRY

approach closely approximate

approach in amount approximate

approach of danger peril

approach one another converge

approach road causeway

approachability access (opening)

approachable available, open (accessible), passable, public (open), vulnerable

approaches SEE MAIN ENTRY

approaching approximate, close (near), forthcoming, future, immediate (imminent), imminent, inevitable, instant, pending (imminent), prospective, proximate

approaching an end determinable (liable to be terminated)

approaching death in extremis

approaching the finish determinable (liable to be terminated)

approbare approve, countenance, pass (satisfy requirements)

approbate approve, concur (agree), countenance, pass (approve), recommend, sanction. SEE MAIN ENTRY

approbatio approval

approbation acceptance, adoption (acceptance), advocacy, approval, assent, consent, estimation (esteem), favor (sanction), honor (outward respect), indorsement, leave (permission), license, mention (tribute), permit, ratification, recommendation, regard (esteem), respect, sanction (permission). SEE MAIN ENTRY

approbative favorable (expressing approval)

appropinquare approach

appropriate accroach, acquire (secure), admissible, adopt, allocate, annex (arrogate), applicable, apposite, ascribe, assign (allot), assume (seize), attach (seize), certain (specific), collect (recover money), commensurate, condemn (seize), condign, confiscate, congruous, consonant, convenient, correlative, devote, dispense, distrain, distribute, divide (distribute), dole, due (regular), eligible, fair (just), favorable (advantageous), felicitous, fit, fitting, garnish, germane, hijack, hold up (rob), impound, impress (procure by force), impropriate, loot, mete, monopolize, obtain, occupy (take possession), opportune, parcel, pertinent, pirate (reproduce without authorization), plagiarize, poach, preempt, procure, proper, reclaim, related, relative (relevant), relevant, right (suitable), rightful, seasonable, seize (confiscate), sequester (seize property), several (separate), specific, suitable, viable. SEE MAIN ENTRY

appropriate activity function

appropriate behavior decorum

appropriate criminally peculate

appropriate dishonestly peculate, purloin

appropriate for federal use nationalize

appropriate for government use nationalize

appropriate for residence habitable

appropriate for use preempt

appropriate fraudulently bilk, embezzle, purloin

appropriate illegally peculate, pilfer, rob

appropriate to one’s own use defalcate, embezzle

appropriate to public use confiscate

appropriate unlawfully usurp

appropriate wrongfully convert (misappropriate), peculate

appropriated attached (seized)

appropriately pro rata

appropriateness admissibility, decorum, expedience, fairness, qualification (fitness), relevance, timeliness

appropriating confiscatory

appropriation acquisition, adverse possession, allotment, arrogation, assignment (allotment), assumption (seizure), budget, condemnation (seizure), consignment, conversion (misappropriation), distraint, distress (seizure), distribution (apportionment), embezzlement, endowment, garnishment, housebreaking, larceny, pillage, plagiarism, preemption, quota, ration, selection (choice), sequestration, taking. SEE MAIN ENTRY

appropriation for a dishonest use misappropriation

appropriation for a wrongful use misappropriation

appropriation of a literary composition plagiarism

approvable admissible, allowable, allowed, laudable, meritorious, permissible

approval acceptance, adoption (acceptance), advantage, advocacy, affirmation, assent, charter (sanction), confirmation, consent, designation (naming), dispensation (exception), estimation (esteem), favor (partiality), favor (sanction), honor (outward respect), indorsement, indulgence, leave (permission), legalization, license, mention (tribute), option (contractual provision), permission, permit, ratification, recognition, recommendation, regard (esteem), respect, sanction (permission), subscription, support (corroboration). SEE MAIN ENTRY

approve accede (concede), accredit, advocate, affirm (uphold), agree (comply), allow (authorize), allow (endure), appoint, assent, authorize, bear (tolerate), coincide (concur), concur (agree), confirm, conform, consent, cosign, countenance, enable, endorse, favor, grant (concede), legalize, legitimate, let (permit), notarize, permit, prefer, reassure, receive (permit to enter), recommend, regard (hold in esteem), sanction, seal (solemnize), settle, sign, subscribe (sign), support (justify), sustain (confirm), uphold, validate, vote. SEE MAIN ENTRY

approve of countenance, permit

approved agreed (promised), allowable, allowed, conventional, eligible, formal, legal, meritorious, official, orthodox, permissible, preferred (favored), unimpeachable. SEE MAIN ENTRY

approving consensual, consenting, ecstatic, favorable (expressing approval), propitious

approximate border (approach), close (near), comparable (capable of comparison), copy, correspond (be equivalent), inaccurate, inexact, similar. SEE MAIN ENTRY

approximate calculation estimate (approximate cost), estimation (calculation)

approximate judgment of value estimate (approximate cost), estimation (calculation)

approximate value estimate (approximate cost)

approximately almost, on or about

approximation estimate (approximate cost), estimation (calculation), parity, resemblance. SEE MAIN ENTRY

approximative inexact

appulsion meeting (encounter)

appurtenance additive, appliance, attachment (thing affixed), augmentation, boom (increase), corollary, droit, rider. SEE MAIN ENTRY

appurtenances goods

appurtenant apposite, cognate, germane, pendent, pertinent, related, relative (relevant), relevant. SEE MAIN ENTRY

apriorism prolepsis

apropos akin (germane), apposite, appropriate, felicitous, fit, germane, incident, pertinent, relative (relevant), relevant, suitable. SEE MAIN ENTRY

apt acute, applicable, apposite, appropriate, artful, consonant, deft, expert, felicitous, fit, germane, harmonious, inclined, opportune, pertinent, possible, practiced, probable, prone, proper, qualified (competent), relative (relevant), relevant, resourceful, right (suitable), subtle (refined), suitable, veteran, viable. SEE MAIN ENTRY

apt to change suddenly capricious

apt to distrust cynical

apt to flee elusive

apt to quarrel fractious

aptare adapt, adjust (regulate)

aptitude ability, caliber (mental capacity), chance (possibility), competence (ability), disposition (inclination), faculty (ability), gift (flair), inclination, instinct, intelligence (intellect), performance (workmanship), potential, predisposition, proclivity, propensity, propriety (appropriateness), qualification (fitness), science (technique), skill, temperament, tendency. SEE MAIN ENTRY

aptness ability, admissibility, capacity (aptitude), expedience, inclination, instinct, liability, performance (workmanship), predisposition, proclivity, propensity, propriety (appropriateness), qualification (fitness), quality (excellence), quality (grade), relevance, science (technique), skill, specialty (special aptitude), tendency, timeliness

aptum qualify (meet standards)

aptus adequate, appropriate, attached (annexed), capable, fit, proper, suitable

aqua et igni interdicere outlaw

arable fertile

arbiter arbitrator, eyewitness, go-between, intermediary, judge, juror, referee, umpire. SEE MAIN ENTRY

arbiters jury

arbitrage adjudication, arbitration, collective bargaining, intercession

arbitrament adjudication, collective bargaining, conclusion (determination), judgment (formal court decree), negotiation

arbitrari opine

arbitrarily invented fictitious

arbitrary contemptuous, dictatorial, disobedient, haphazard, irresponsible, tyrannous, unpredictable, unwarranted. SEE MAIN ENTRY

arbitrary and capricious SEE MAIN ENTRY

arbitrary power force (compulsion)

arbitrate adjudge, adjudicate, decide, intercede, judge, mediate, negotiate, reconcile. SEE MAIN ENTRY

arbitrate terms dicker

arbitrated agreed (harmonized)

arbitrater adjuster

arbitration adjudication, collective bargaining, intercession, mediation, negotiation, reconciliation. SEE MAIN ENTRY

arbitrator arbiter, go-between, intermediary, judge, magistrate, referee, umpire. SEE MAIN ENTRY

arbitrators jury

arbitrium arbitration, determination, freedom

arca coffer

arcana secret

arcane clandestine, confidential, esoteric, hidden, latent, mysterious, private (confidential), privy, recondite, secret, stealthy. SEE MAIN ENTRY

arcanum enigma, mystery

arcanus confidential, mysterious, private (confidential), secret

arch jocular, machiavellian, master, paramount, project (extend beyond), sly

archaic antique, obsolete, old, outdated, outmoded. SEE MAIN ENTRY

archaism desuetude, disuse

archaistic obsolete

archetypal primordial

archetype example, exemplar, model, paradigm, pattern, precedent, prototype, sample, standard

architect author (originator), contractor. SEE MAIN ENTRY

architectural monument edifice

architecture building (business of assembling)

architectus architect

archive dossier, file, record, register

archives depository

archivist caretaker (one caring for property), clerk

ardency ardor, passion

ardens fervent, intense

ardent eager, fanatical, fervent, industrious, intense, intensive, ready (willing), sedulous, serious (devoted), true (loyal), vehement, zealous. SEE MAIN ENTRY

ardent admirer addict

ardent champion of change malcontent

ardent impulse desire

ardor adhesion (loyalty), affection

ardor ardor

ardor compulsion (obsession), desire, diligence (perseverance), emotion, industry (activity), life (vitality), passion, penchant, predisposition, spirit. SEE MAIN ENTRY

arduous difficult, formidable, onerous, operose, oppressive, painful. SEE MAIN ENTRY

arduousness effort

area area (province)

area bailiwick, caliber (measurement), capacity (sphere), circuit, department, dimension, district, division (administrative unit), extent, locality, location, parcel, part (place), province, purview, range, realm, region, scope, section (vicinity), space, territory, vicinity, zone. SEE MAIN ENTRY

area of disagreement contention (argument)

area of education discipline (field of study)

area of learning discipline (field of study)

arena area (province), bailiwick, capacity (sphere), enclosure, focus, purview, range, scene, sphere

argot jargon (technical language), phraseology

arguable controversial, debatable, disputable, doubtful, dubious, forensic, justiciable, litigable, moot, plausible, uncertain (questionable). SEE MAIN ENTRY

argue bear (adduce), bespeak, bicker, challenge, collide (clash), conflict, contend (dispute), contend (maintain), contest, contradict, controvert, cross (disagree with), debate, differ (vary), disaccord, disagree, dispute (debate), dissent (differ in opinion), expostulate, haggle, insist, posit, propound, reason (persuade), rebut. SEE MAIN ENTRY

argue a case dispute (debate)

argue a point dispute (debate)

argue against confront (oppose), discourage, dispute (contest), dissuade, oppose, rebut, remonstrate

argue at the bar plead (argue a case)

argue for adhere (maintain loyalty), advocate, assert, defend, espouse, justify

argue for and against discuss

argue in opposition dispute (debate)

argue into convince, prevail (persuade)

argue price dicker

argue pros and cons debate

argue the case controvert, discuss

argue the point controvert, discuss, plead (argue a case)

argue to no purpose bicker

argue vehemently dispute (contest)

argued alleged

arguendo SEE MAIN ENTRY

arguer contender

arguer in defense apologist

arguere accuse, charge (accuse)

argufy dispute (debate)

arguing disputable, dissenting, hostile, litigious

argument altercation, brief, conflict, confrontation (altercation), contest (dispute), contravention, disaccord, disagreement, discourse, disparity, dispute, dissent (difference of opinion), dissidence, persuasion, pleading, point (item), reason (basis), remonstrance, rift (disagreement), thesis. SEE MAIN ENTRY

argument at the bar argument (pleading)

argumental litigious, polemic

argumentari argue

argumentation conflict, contention (argument), controversy (argument), dialectic, disaccord, disagreement, discord, discourse, dissension, ratiocination. SEE MAIN ENTRY

argumentative contentious, discursive (analytical), disputable, dissenting, forensic, hostile, insistent, litigable, litigious, negative, petulant, polemic, pugnacious, remonstrative. SEE MAIN ENTRY

argumentative person disputant

arguments at the bar plea

argumentum context, proof, subject (topic)

argus guardian

argute perspicacious

arguteness caliber (mental capacity), sagacity

arid barren, lifeless (dull), otiose, pedestrian, unproductive

arise appear (materialize), commence, disobey, emerge, ensue, occur (happen), proceed (go forward), rebel, redound, result, stem (originate), succeed (follow), supervene. SEE MAIN ENTRY

arise from develop, emanate, evolve

aristocracy elite, society

ark refuge

arm affiliate, clothe, cudgel, empower, enable, endue, furnish, organ, protect

arm of the law judiciary, marshal, peace officer, police, posse

arma homini adimere disarm (divest of arms)

armament ammunition, bomb, gun

armaments weapons

armature ammunition, panoply

armatus armed

armed defensible, ready (prepared), safe. SEE MAIN ENTRY

armed action fight (battle)

armed attack foray

armed band posse

armed enemy foe

armiger esquire

armipotent powerful

armistice cessation (interlude), halt, interruption, lull, pause, peace, treaty. SEE MAIN ENTRY

armor panoply, protect, protection, safeguard

armored immune, protective, safe, secure (free from danger)

armored protection panoply

armorum weapons

arms ammunition, gun, weapons

army band

arouse abet, agitate (activate), alert, bait (harass), discommode, disturb, elicit, evoke, exacerbate, exhort, foment, harass, impel, impress (affect deeply), incense, incite, influence, inspire, interest, lobby, molest (annoy), originate, perturb, prompt, provoke, spirit, stimulate

arouse desire motivate

arouse ire incense

arouse notice interest

arouse one’s enthusiasm interest

arouse resentment incense, pique

arouse to action incite

arouser cannabis, stimulus

arousing moving (evoking emotion), persuasive, provocative

arousing aversion repulsive

arraign blame, charge (accuse), complain (charge), denounce (inform against), prosecute (charge). SEE MAIN ENTRY

arraigned accused (charged)

arraignment charge (accusation), impeachment, presentment. SEE MAIN ENTRY

arrange accommodate, adapt, adjust (resolve), allocate, arbitrate (adjudge), arbitrate (conciliate), classify, codify, compile, compose, contrive, coordinate, devise (invent), disentangle, dispose (incline), distribute, edit, fix (settle), form, formulate, frame (formulate), frame (prearrange), maneuver, marshal, orchestrate, pigeonhole, plan, plot, program, regulate (adjust), scheme, settle, site, sort, stipulate, tabulate. SEE MAIN ENTRY

arrange a settlement satisfy (discharge)

arrange beforehand prearrange

arrange by mutual concession compromise (settle by mutual agreement)

arrange differences mediate

arrange for negotiate

arrange for the services of engage (hire)

arrange for the use of engage (hire)

arrange in advance prearrange

arrange in succession continue (prolong)

arrange itself crystallize

arrange materials for publication compile

arrange matters settle

arrange matters in dispute settle

arrange methodically file (arrange)

arrange side by side juxtapose

arrange terms dicker

arranged agreed (harmonized), agreed (promised), consonant, contractual, fixed (settled), harmonious, prospective, ready (prepared), res judicata, stated, systematic. SEE MAIN ENTRY

arranged within a small space compact (dense)

arrangement accommodation (adjustment), accord, accordance (compact), adjustment, agreement (concurrence), agreement (contract), allotment, array (order), attornment, bargain, building (business of assembling), case (set of circumstances), classification, combination, compact, compilation, composition (agreement in bankruptcy), composition (makeup), conciliation, configuration (form), contract, covenant, creation, deal, digest, disposition (final arrangement), expedient, formation, hierarchy (arrangement in a series), honorarium, indenture, lineup, method, motif, organization (structure), pact, plan, policy (contract), practice (procedure), preparation, program, proposition, protocol (agreement), provision (act of supplying), register, regulation (management), scheme, selection (collection), sequence, settlement, situation, specialty (contract), stipulation, strategy, structure (composition), system, term (provision), treatment, treaty, understanding (agreement). SEE MAIN ENTRY

arrangement for disposal disposition (transfer of property)

arrangement of difficulties settlement

arrangement of laws codification

arrangement of parts content (structure)

arrangement of rules codification

arrangement of statutes code, codification

arrangements dealings

arrangment course

arrant bad (offensive), blameworthy, disreputable, egregious, flagrant, heinous, immoral, lawless, nefarious, notorious, outrageous, scandalous. SEE MAIN ENTRY

array assemblage, band, chain (series), clothe, composition (makeup), conglomeration, disposition (final arrangement), distribute, embellish, file (arrange), fix (arrange), form (arrangement), formation, jury, marshal, order (arrangement), selection (collection), sequence, sort. SEE MAIN ENTRY

arraying arrangement (ordering)

arrear default

arrearage arrears, debt, delinquency (shortage)

arrears debit, debt, deficit, delinquency (shortage), due. SEE MAIN ENTRY

arrest abeyance, apprehension (act of arresting), avert, block, bondage, book, capture, cease, cessation (interlude), check (bar), check (restrain), clog, cloture, commit (institutionalize), confine, constrain (imprison), constraint (imprisonment), constrict (inhibit), contain (restrain), control (restrain), curb, custody (incarceration), debar, defer (put off), delay, desist, desuetude, detain (hold in custody), detain (restrain), detention, discontinue (abandon), discontinue (break continuity), durance, forestall, halt (noun), halt (verb), hamper, hinder, hindrance, hold up (delay), impede, incarceration, inhibit, interdict, interfere, interrupt, interruption, keep (restrain), kill (defeat), lock, obstacle, occlude, palliate (abate), prevent, quit (discontinue), restrain, restraint, seize (apprehend), stall, stay (halt), stem (check), stifle, stop, strangle, suppress, suspend, toll (stop). SEE MAIN ENTRY

arrest temporarily continue (adjourn), delay, hold up (delay), postpone

arrest the attention occupy (engage)

arrest with authority seize (apprehend)

arrested SEE MAIN ENTRY

arresting moving (evoking emotion), obviation, preventive, sapid

arrestment custody (incarceration)

arrêt arrest (apprehend)

arrhabo retainer

arrière pensée propaganda

arrival birth (beginning), birth (emergence of young), inflow

arrival into view appearance (emergence)

arrive emerge, enter (go in), reach, report (present oneself). SEE MAIN ENTRY

arrive at attain, obtain

arrive at a conclusion arbitrate (adjudge), ascertain, deduce, deduct (conclude by reasoning), determine, find (determine), fix (settle), gauge, resolve (decide)

arrive at a decision resolve (decide)

arrive at a judgment decide

arrive at a price dicker

arrive at a settlement agree (contract)

arrive at a verdict find (determine)

arrive at an agreement close (agree), coincide (concur), concede, fix (settle)

arrive at an understanding coincide (concur)

arrive at terms coincide (concur), conform

arrive at the end of finish

arrive at the truth solve

arriving future

arrogance contempt (disdain), contumely, disdain, disrespect

arrogant brazen, contemptuous, cynical, dictatorial, disdainful, dogmatic, impertinent (insolent), inflated (vain), insolent, orgulous, presumptuous, pretentious (pompous), proud (conceited), supercilious. SEE MAIN ENTRY

arrogate accroach, adopt, appropriate, assume (seize), attach (seize), collect (recover money), condemn (seize), demand, deprive, harass, hijack, impress (procure by force), impropriate, infringe, invade, seize (confiscate), sequester (seize property), takeover, usurp. SEE MAIN ENTRY

arrogate to oneself preempt

arrogated attached (seized)

arrogation assignation, assumption (seizure), condemnation (seizure), disseisin, distress (seizure), infringement, misappropriation. SEE MAIN ENTRY

arrondissement circuit

ars performance (workmanship), stratagem, trade (occupation)

ars dicendi rhetoric (skilled speech)

ars ludicra histrionics

arsenal repository. SEE MAIN ENTRY

arson SEE MAIN ENTRY

arsonist lawbreaker

art performance (workmanship), propensity, ruse, skill

art of composition rhetoric (skilled speech)

art of discourse rhetoric (skilled speech)

art of monetary relations finance

art of negotiating discretion (quality of being discreet)

art of prose rhetoric (skilled speech)

art of speaking declamation

art of war strategy

arterial causeway

arterial highway causeway

artery causeway, conduit (channel), way (channel)

artful collusive, colorable (specious), competent, delusive, devious, diplomatic, disingenuous, evasive, expert, insidious, machiavellian, mendacious, original (creative), perspicacious, politic, practiced, resourceful, sly, stealthy, subtle (refined), surreptitious, tactical. SEE MAIN ENTRY

artful contrivance artifice, stratagem

artful dodge evasion, machination, maneuver (trick)

artful management discretion (quality of being discreet)

artfully contrived politic

artfulness artifice, discretion (quality of being discreet), fraud, hypocrisy, improbity, knavery, performance (workmanship), pettifoggery

article chapter (division), clause, condition (contingent provision), instrument (tool), item, law, member (constituent part), pandect (treatise), particular, product, report (detailed account), story (narrative), subheading, title (division). SEE MAIN ENTRY

article of agreement provision (clause), stipulation, term (provision)

article of belief principle (axiom)

article of commerce freight

article of faith dogma, principle (axiom)

article of merchandise product

article of trade product

articled indentured

articles commodities, merchandise, paraphernalia (apparatus)

articles of agreement contract

articles of commerce commodities, goods, merchandise, stock in trade

articles of merchandise commodities

articles of trade commodities

articulate avow, clarify, coherent (clear), communicate, comprehensible, converse, convey (communicate), eloquent, enunciate, express, lucid, observe (remark), phrase, pronounce (speak), recite, recount, remark, speak, unambiguous, utter. SEE MAIN ENTRY

articulated nuncupative, oral

articulation conversation, expression (comment), speech

artifex artisan

artifice bad faith, contrivance, deception, device (contrivance), disguise, duplicity, evasion, expedient, false pretense, fraud, hoax, knavery, machination, maneuver (trick), pettifoggery, ploy, ruse, stratagem, strategy, subterfuge, trap. SEE MAIN ENTRY

artificer architect, artisan, contractor, materialman, practitioner

artificial bogus, deceptive, disingenuous, false (not genuine), fictitious, histrionic, imitation, inflated (bombastic), meretricious, orotund, pretentious (ostentatious), specious, spurious, synthetic. SEE MAIN ENTRY

artificial behavior for effect histrionics

artificial eloquence rhetoric (insincere language)

artificial entity corporation

artificial person corporation

artificiality artifice, false pretense, pretense (ostentation)

artificiosus artificial

artificium maneuver (trick), performance (workmanship), pursuit (occupation), system

artillery fire barrage

artisan practitioner. SEE MAIN ENTRY

artist practitioner

artistic aesthetic, artful, subtle (refined)

artistic effort creation

artistic judgment discretion (quality of being discreet)

artistry skill, specialty (special aptitude), style

artless honest, inadept, inexperienced, ingenuous, natural, simple, straightforward, unaffected (sincere), unpretentious

artless person philistine

artlessness honesty, veracity

as a body en masse

as a consequence a priori, consequently. SEE MAIN ENTRY

as a favor gratis

as a group en masse

as a matter of course as a rule, consequently

as a matter of fact de facto

as a matter of form pro forma

as a matter of right SEE MAIN ENTRY

as a result consequently

as a result of a priori

as a rule generally, invariably. SEE MAIN ENTRY

as a start ab initio

as a substitute for in lieu of

as a substitute for a parent loco parentis

as a unit en banc

as a whole en banc, en masse, in toto, wholly

as agreed upon SEE MAIN ENTRY

as an alternative in lieu of

as an alternative for a parent loco parentis

as arranged by the agreement as agreed upon

as contained as so defined

as contained in the statutes as provided by law

as contracted for as agreed upon

as delineated as so defined

as explained as so defined

as far as until

as good as equivalent

as great as another coequal

as if quasi

as is a priori. SEE MAIN ENTRY

as it is as is

as it stands as is

as matters stand consequently

as near as may be cy pres

as near as possible cy pres

as near as practicable cy pres

as negotiated for as agreed upon

as offered as is

as one en masse

as pledged as agreed upon

as presented as is

as promised as agreed upon

as provided by law SEE MAIN ENTRY

as proxy for in lieu of

as represented actual, as is, authentic, bona fide, honest, true (authentic)

as required duly

as required will shall

as seen as is

as set forth as so defined. SEE MAIN ENTRY

as set forth by law as provided by law

as settled upon as agreed upon

as shown as is

as so defined SEE MAIN ENTRY

as soon as can be reasonably expected forthwith

as soon as feasible SEE MAIN ENTRY

as soon as possible as soon as feasible

as soon as reasonably possible as soon as feasible

as specified as so defined

as specified in the law as provided by law

as the case may be consequently

as things are as is

as though quasi

as though it were quasi

as well also

ascend expand, progress

ascendance dominance, hegemony, influence, prestige. SEE MAIN ENTRY

ascendancy advantage, dominance, dominion (supreme authority), force (strength), hegemony, influence, occupation (possession), primacy, supremacy

ascendant ancestor, dominant, predominant, prevailing (having superior force), prevalent, primogenitor, prosperous. SEE MAIN ENTRY

ascendants ancestry

ascendency predominance, prestige

ascent headway

ascertain assess (appraise), bear (adduce), decide, deduce, deduct (conclude by reasoning), determine, discern (detect with the senses), discover, distinguish, elucidate, ensure, establish (show), find (determine), find (discover), fix (settle), gauge, hold (decide), judge, notice (observe), prove, recognize (perceive), resolve (decide), rule (decide), settle, solve. SEE MAIN ENTRY

ascertain a position locate

ascertain after reasoning arbitrate (adjudge)

ascertain and declare find (determine)

ascertain as truth prove

ascertain by judicial inquiry find (determine)

ascertain dimensions measure

ascertain liability liquidate (determine liability)

ascertain mathematically calculate

ascertain size measure

ascertain the amount of evaluate

ascertain the amount of indebtedness liquidate (determine liability)

ascertain the balance due liquidate (determine liability)

ascertain the meaning of construe (comprehend)

ascertain the time of date

ascertainable appreciable, cognizable, comprehensible, deductible (provable), perceptible, ponderable, provable, solvable. SEE MAIN ENTRY

ascertained actual, axiomatic, certain (positive), certain (specific), clear (certain), cognizable, common (customary), conclusive (determinative), conclusive (settled), definite, definitive, factual, genuine, incontrovertible, indubious, positive (incontestable), real, stated. SEE MAIN ENTRY

ascertained fact certification (certainness), certitude

ascertained principle conviction (persuasion)

ascertainment analysis, certification (certainness), collation, conclusion (determination), detection, determination, discovery, finding, holding (ruling of a court), identification, inspection, observation, opinion (judicial decision), perception, surety (certainty)

ascetic dispassionate, harsh, stoical

asceticism continence

ascribable derivative

ascribe acknowledge (declare), assign (designate), attribute, impute. SEE MAIN ENTRY

ascribe blame incriminate

ascribe personal qualities to personify

ascribe to blame

ascribere ascribe, impute, inscribe

ascription accusation, arrogation, assignation, attribution, blame (responsibility), citation (attribution), condemnation (blame), reference (citation). SEE MAIN ENTRY

aseptic preventive

aside innuendo

aside from the point extraneous, inapposite, irrelevant

asinine fatuous, ludicrous, obtuse, opaque, puerile, unreasonable

asininity opacity

ask apply (request), call (appeal to), canvass, consult (ask advice of), demand, desire, inquire, investigate, pose (propound), solicit. SEE MAIN ENTRY

ask advice consult (ask advice of)

ask an opinion consult (ask advice of)

ask earnestly canvass, pray, press (beseech), solicit

ask for call (appeal to), claim (demand), delve, desire, exact, move (judicially request), petition, request

ask for credit borrow

ask for recommendations consult (ask advice of)

ask for relief sue

ask for suggestions consult (ask advice of)

ask for with authority call (demand), demand

ask help of refer (send for action)

ask questions cross-examine

ask solemnly for invoke

ask to come call (summon)

ask urgently importune

asked for popular

asker petitioner

askew disordered, oblique (slanted)

asking inquiry (systematic investigation), precatory, question (inquiry), request

asking for what is due demand

asking price cost (price)

asking questions cross-examination

aslant oblique (slanted)

asleep dormant

asomatous incorporeal, intangible

aspect appearance (look), characteristic, complexion, component, condition (state), conduct, demeanor, deportment, detail, factor (ingredient), feature (appearance), feature (characteristic), ingredient, manner (behavior), outlook, particular, posture (attitude), presence (poise), property (distinctive attribute), semblance, side, standpoint, state (condition), style, technicality. SEE MAIN ENTRY

aspects character (personal quality), color (complexion). SEE MAIN ENTRY

aspectus appearance (look), aspect

asper bitter (acrid tasting)

asperity rigor, severity

aspernari disdain, spurn

asperse brand (stigmatize), complain (criticize), condemn (blame), contemn, defame, denigrate, denounce (condemn), deprecate, derogate, discommend, discredit, dishonor (deprive of honor), disparage, libel, malign, pillory, reprimand, reproach, smear, sully, tarnish

aspersion bad repute, contempt (disdain), contumely, conviction (finding of guilt), criticism, defamation, denunciation, disapprobation, discredit, dishonor (shame), disparagement, imprecation, infamy, innuendo, insinuation, libel, obloquy, phillipic, revilement, scandal, shame, slander, stricture. SEE MAIN ENTRY

aspersive libelous

aspirant amateur, applicant (candidate), candidate, contender, novice, rival, special interest

aspiration desideratum, design (intent), desire, destination, end (intent), goal, objective, purpose, target, will (desire)

aspire desire, endeavor, strive, try (attempt)

aspire to intend, pursue (strive to gain)

aspirer candidate

aspiring eager, solicitous

assail accost, ambush, assault, attack, badger, censure, complain (criticize), confront (oppose), defame, denounce (condemn), despoil, engage (involve), fight (battle), harass, harrow, harry (plunder), impugn, invade, lash (attack verbally), maltreat, mishandle (maltreat), mistreat, persecute, resist (oppose), strike (assault). SEE MAIN ENTRY

assail by argument impugn

assail with censure condemn (blame), denounce (condemn)

assailability danger

assailable dangerous, destructible, inadequate, indefensible, penetrable, vulnerable. SEE MAIN ENTRY

assailant aggressor, disputant, foe, offender, offensive (taking the initiative). SEE MAIN ENTRY

assailer aggressor, assailant

assailing offensive (taking the initiative)

assailment assault, onset (assault)

assassinate dispatch (put to death), extinguish, kill (murder), slay

assassination aberemurder, dispatch (act of putting to death), homicide, killing, murder. SEE MAIN ENTRY

assault accost, ambush, assail, attack, barrage, battery, belligerency, denounce (condemn), fight (battle), fight (battle), incursion, invade, invasion, mishandle (maltreat), mistreat, molest (subject to indecent advances), offense, oppugn, outbreak, rape, resist (oppose), resistance, violence. SEE MAIN ENTRY

assault belligerently accost, assail, assault

assaulter aggressor, assailant

assaulting hostile

assay analysis, attempt, diagnosis, endeavor, experiment, inquiry (systematic investigation). SEE MAIN ENTRY

assemblage agglomeration, aggregate

assemblage assemblage. SEE MAIN ENTRY

assemblage assembly, body (collection), caucus, coalescence, collection (assembly), combination, compilation, congregation, congress, consolidation, corpus, cumulation, distribution (arrangement), entirety, joinder, manufacture, mass (body of persons), selection (collection), whole

assemble accumulate (amass), aggregate, attach (join), build (construct), call (summon), codify, collect (gather), commingle, compile, concentrate (consolidate), congregate, conjoin, connect (join together), convene, converge, federate, form, garner, glean, join (bring together), make, manufacture, meet, orchestrate, produce (manufacture), raise (collect), rendezvous, store, unite

assemble and apportion assets liquidate (determine liability)

assemble by summons call (summon)

assemble parts fabricate (construct)

assemble the facts document

assembled coadunate, collective, composite, conglomerate

assembled body company (assemblage)

assemblée caucus, chamber (body), company (assemblage)

assembling building (business of assembling), centralization

assembly aggregate, assemblage, caucus, chamber (body), company (assemblage), conference, conglomeration, congregation, congress, cumulation, legislature, manufacture, meeting (conference), parley, rendezvous, selection (collection), session. SEE MAIN ENTRY

assembly of persons congregation

assemblyman lawmaker

assemblywoman lawmaker

assent abide, accede (concede), acceptance, accordance (understanding), acknowledgment (acceptance), acquiescence, admit (concede), affirmance (judicial sanction), agree (comply), agreement (concurrence), allow (endure), approval, bear (adduce), capitulation, certify (approve), charter (sanction), coincide (concur), compliance, concede, concession (compromise), concordance, confirm, confirmation, conformity (agreement), consent (noun), consent (verb), corroborate, defer (yield in judgment), deference, franchise (license), grant (concede), indorsement, leave (permission), let (permit), obey, pass (approve), permission, permit, ratification, sanction (permission), stipulate, subscribe (promise), subscription, suffer (permit), vouchsafe, yield (submit). SEE MAIN ENTRY

assent to approve, authorize, certify (approve), comply, concur (agree), countenance, indorse, sanction, sustain (confirm)

assented consensual

assentient consenting

assenting concerted, concordant, concurrent (united), congruous, consenting, favorable (expressing approval), harmonious, inclined, pliable, ready (willing), willing (desirous)

assentive concordant, consenting

assererate vouch

assert acknowledge (declare), adduce, advocate, affirm (claim), allege, annunciate, argue, attest, avouch (avow), avow, bear (adduce), cast (register), certify (attest), claim (maintain), comment, communicate, contend (maintain), convey (communicate), declare, enunciate, express, mention, observe (remark), plead (allege in a legal action), pose (propound), posit, proclaim, profess (avow), promise (vow), pronounce (speak), remark, signify (inform), testify, uphold, utter. SEE MAIN ENTRY

assert a right to call (demand), demand

assert absolutely bear (adduce)

assert an oath promise (vow)

assert as one’s own claim (demand)

assert as one’s right claim (demand)

assert as true swear

assert formally certify (attest), issue (publish), plead (allege in a legal action)

assert in court litigate

assert incorrectly misrepresent

assert on oath avow

assert one’s rights demand

assert oneself certify (attest), constrain (compel)

assert peremptorily avouch (avow), avow

assert positively avouch (avow), certify (attest), plead (allege in a legal action), promise (vow)

assert solemnly pledge (promise the performance of), promise (vow)

assert the contrary contradict

assert the opposite contradict

assert under oath avouch (avow), avow, certify (attest), promise (vow)

assertative declaratory

asserted alleged

asserted formally alleged

asserter claimant

asserting the contrary contradictory

asserting the opposite contradictory

assertion accusation, acknowledgment (avowal), admission (disclosure), affirmance (authentication), affirmation, allegation, asseveration, attestation, averment, avouchment, avowal, comment, confession, confirmation, count, declaration, dictum, disclosure (act of disclosing), disclosure (something disclosed), expression (comment), hypothesis, mention (reference), observation, plea, postulate, principle (axiom), profession (declaration), pronouncement, proposition, remark, statement, testimony. SEE MAIN ENTRY

assertion against the plaintiff counterclaim

assertion of facts representation (statement)

assertion of legal right demand

assertion of the contrary contradiction

assertion of the opposite contradiction

assertions premises (hypotheses)

assertive certain (positive), compelling, declaratory, dogmatic, insistent, peremptory (imperative). SEE MAIN ENTRY

assertment averment

assertory dogmatic

assertory oath affidavit, affirmance (legal affirmation), affirmation, averment

assess arbitrate (adjudge), calculate, consider, criticize (evaluate), encumber (financially obligate), evaluate, exact, excise (levy a tax), gauge, judge, levy, measure, mete, notice (observe), rate, require (compel), tax (levy). SEE MAIN ENTRY

assess a tax upon charge (assess)

assess pro rata charge (assess), prorate

assess proportionally prorate

assessable ad valorem, appreciable, determinable (ascertainable)

assessment account (evaluation), ad valorem, appraisal, appreciation (perception), arbitration, charge (cost), choice (decision), computation, concept, conclusion (determination), cost (price), determination, discretion (power of choice), discrimination (differentiation), duty (tax), estimate (approximate cost), estimation (calculation), excise, expense (cost), idea, inspection, judgment (discernment), judgment (formal court decree), levy, measurement, opinion (judicial decision), perception, rate, rating, rent, tariff (duties), tax, toll (tax), value, verdict. SEE MAIN ENTRY

assessment of damages additur

assessor judge, juror, magistrate. SEE MAIN ENTRY

assessor of liability and damages juror

assessors jury

asset advantage, chattel, holding (property owned), item, possession (property), resource, share (stock)

assets capital, commodities, effects, estate (property), fund, goods, interest (ownership), means (funds), merchandise, money, paraphernalia (personal belongings), personalty, possessions, principal (capital sum), property (possessions), reserve, securities, security (stock), stock (shares), store (depository), substance (material possessions). SEE MAIN ENTRY

assets and liabilities estate (property)

assets in hand principal (capital sum)

assever assert

asseverate acknowledge (declare), affirm (claim), affirm (declare solemnly), allege, assert, assure (insure), avouch (avow), avow, bear (adduce), certify (attest), claim (maintain), contend (maintain), declare, depose (testify), enunciate, express, posit, proclaim, profess (avow), promise (vow), remark, testify, utter, verify (swear)

asseverated alleged

asseveration acknowledgment (avowal), affirmance (legal affirmation), affirmation, assertion, attestation, averment, avouchment, avowal, claim (assertion), expression (comment), jurat, oath, promise, pronouncement, representation (statement), statement, surety (certainty), testimony, vow. SEE MAIN ENTRY

assidous pertinacious. SEE MAIN ENTRY

assiduity diligence (perseverance), effort, endeavor, industry (activity), interest (concern)

assiduous active, circumspect, close (rigorous), conscientious, diligent, eager, earnest, faithful (diligent), industrious, meticulous, painstaking, patient, persistent, relentless, sedulous, serious (devoted), steadfast, thorough, true (loyal), unremitting, zealous

assiduousness diligence (perseverance), effort, industry (activity)

assign abalienate, adduce, alienate (transfer title), allocate, allot, appoint, apportion, ascribe, attorn, attribute, authorize, bear (yield), cede, charge (assess), charge (empower), commit (entrust), contribute (supply), convey (transfer), delegate, demarcate, designate, devise (give), devote, direct (supervise), disburse (distribute), dispense, disperse (disseminate), distribute, divide (distribute), dole, employ (engage services), empower, endue, entrust, expend (disburse), give (grant), grant (transfer formally), impute, induct, leave (give), marshal, mete, nominate, parcel, refer (direct attention), refer (send for action), relegate, select, site, split, transfer. SEE MAIN ENTRY

assign a duty delegate

assign a meaning to construe (translate), explain

assign a time to date

assign again reassign

assign dower bequeath

assign one’s share to charge (assess)

assign places to distribute, file (arrange), fix (arrange), sort, tabulate

assign power of attorney to delegate

assign the care of entrust

assign the parts orchestrate

assign to blame, consign

assign to a place locate

assign to a position delegate, hire

assign to an earlier date antedate

assign to battle stations deploy

assign to lodgings lodge (house)

assign to positions deploy

assignable heritable, negotiable. SEE MAIN ENTRY

assignable rights of action intangible

assignation alienation (transfer of title), arrogation, assignment (allotment), assignment (transfer of ownership), attribution, blame (responsibility), consignment, conveyance, incrimination, reference (citation), rendezvous. SEE MAIN ENTRY

assignation of title feoffment

assigned certain (specific), positive (prescribed)

assigned task office, province

assigned time date

assignee deputy, feoffee, licensee, payee, receiver, recipient, transferee. SEE MAIN ENTRY

assignee in fact licensee

assigning designation (naming)

assigning by lot disbursement (act of disbursing)

assignment activity, agency (legal relationship), alienation (transfer of title), allotment, appointment (act of designating), apportionment, arrogation, assignation, attribution, blame (responsibility), burden, capacity (job), cession, charge (responsibility), citation (attribution), classification, commitment (responsibility), consignment, conveyance, deed, department, deputation (selection of delegates), designation (naming), devolution, dispensation (act of dispensing), disposition (transfer of property), distribution (apportionment), duty (obligation), employment, function, job, labor (work), mission, nomination, position (business status), project, province, quota, ration, reference (citation), role, selection (choice), specification, trade (occupation), work (employment). SEE MAIN ENTRY

assignment by share allotment

assignment in proportion apportionment

assignment of cause hypothesis

assignment of paternity filiation

assignor contributor (giver), donor, feoffor, grantor, licensor, transferor

assimilate adopt, comprehend (understand), conceive (comprehend), conform, construe (comprehend), coordinate, desegregate, digest (comprehend), naturalize (acclimate), naturalize (make a citizen), realize (understand), understand, unite. SEE MAIN ENTRY

assimilated compound, conjoint

assimilation adoption (acceptance), conformity (obedience), incorporation (blend), merger, osmosis, understanding (comprehension)

assist abet, accommodate, aid, avail (be of use), bear (support), conduce, contribute (assist), countenance, enable, espouse, expedite, facilitate, favor, finance, foster, help (noun), help (verb), indorse, inure (benefit), lend, maintain (sustain), nurture, pander, profit, promote (organize), relieve (give aid), remedy, serve (assist), side, subsidize, support (assistance), uphold. SEE MAIN ENTRY

assist a judge clerk

assist in accomplishing a purpose avail (be of use)

assist substantially contribute (assist)

assist the progress facilitate

assistance accommodation (backing), advantage, advocacy, aid (help), auspices, behalf, benefit (betterment), benevolence (act of kindness), charity, consortium (marriage companionship), contribution (donation), contribution (participation), endowment, favor (sanction), help, largess (generosity), largess (gift), loan, maintenance (support of spouse), panacea, patronage (power to appoint jobs), patronage (support), promotion (encouragement), reinforcement, relief (aid), remedy (legal means of redress), remedy (that which corrects), support (assistance). SEE MAIN ENTRY

assistant abettor, accessory, accomplice, affiliate, agent, ancillary (auxiliary), associate, clerical, coactor, coadjutant, coconspirator, cohort, colleague, confederate, consociate, conspirer, contributor (contributor), copartner (coconspirator), employee, good samaritan, participant, partner, plenipotentiary, procurator, subsidiary. SEE MAIN ENTRY

assistants personnel, staff

assister backer, benefactor, good samaritan, samaritan

assisting clerical, contributory, instrumental, practical, profitable

assize bar (court), forum (court)

associate abettor, accomplice, affiliate (noun), affiliate (verb), appertain, assistant, chapter (branch), coactor, coadjutant, cohort, colleague, combine (act in concert), commingle, confederate, connect (relate), consociate, consort, conspire, conspirer, constituent (member), contributor (contributor), cooperate, copartner (business associate), copartner (coconspirator), corporation, correlate, desegregate, engage (involve), federalize (associate), federate, implicate, involve (implicate), involve (participate), join (associate oneself with), meet, member (individual in a group), merge, organ, organize (unionize), participant, participate, partner, peer, pool, relate (establish a connection), unite. SEE MAIN ENTRY

associate in crime accomplice, coconspirator

associate in guilt accomplice, coconspirator

associate with accompany, espouse

associated affiliated, akin (germane), allied, analogous, apposite, coadunate, cognate, collateral (accompanying), collective, comparable (capable of comparison), compound, concomitant, concurrent (at the same time), conjoint, corporate (joint), correlative, federal, germane, incident, incidental, interested, interrelated, joint, pertinent, related, relative (relevant), relevant, tangential. SEE MAIN ENTRY

associated concepts SEE MAIN ENTRY

associated with intimate

associates constituency, staff

associating concurrent (united)

association adhesion (loyalty), affiliation (amalgamation), affiliation (connectedness), assemblage, attribution, band, cartel, centralization, chain (nexus), coaction, coalescence, coalition, collection (assembly), collusion, committee, company (enterprise), comparison, complex (development), confederacy (compact), conformity (obedience), congregation, conjunction, connection (relation), connivance, consolidation, consortium (business cartel), consortium (marriage companionship), contribution (participation), cooperative, corporation, denomination, federation, firm, foundation (organization), incorporation (formation of a business entity), institute, integration (amalgamation), integration (assimilation), kinship, league, merger, nexus, partnership, party (political organization), profession (vocation), propinquity (kinship), relation (connection), relationship (connection), relevance, society, sodality, syndicate, trust (combination of businesses), union (labor organization). SEE MAIN ENTRY

associative apposite, correlative, pertinent

assoil condone, palliate (excuse), remit (release from penalty)

assonance accordance (understanding), consensus

assonant concurrent (united)

assort allocate, apportion, classify, codify, distribute, fix (arrange), organize (arrange), pigeonhole, sort, vary

assorted composite, diverse, heterogeneous, manifold, miscellaneous, multiple, several (plural)

assortment class, classification, conglomeration, diversification, diversity, melange, selection (collection)

assuage allay, alleviate, diminish, disarm (set at ease), lessen, lull, meliorate, mitigate, moderate (temper), modify (moderate), mollify, obtund, pacify, palliate (abate), placate, relax, relieve (free from burden), remedy, remit (relax), soothe. SEE MAIN ENTRY

assuagement mitigation, moderation, mollification, relief (release), remission

assuager cure

assuaging mitigating, narcotic, palliative (abating)

assuasive medicinal, narcotic, palliative (abating), remedial

assuasive drug narcotic

assumable constructive (inferential), ostensible

assume accede (succeed), accroach, acquire (secure), adopt, annex (arrogate), anticipate (expect), appropriate, collect (recover money), condemn (seize), confiscate, copy, deduce, deduct (conclude by reasoning), deem, embrace (accept), endeavor, expect (consider probable), forejudge, gain, generalize, guess, impropriate, incur, occupy (take possession), opine, posit, postulate, preconceive, preempt, presume, presuppose, pretend, receive (acquire), seize (confiscate), speculate (conjecture), surmise, suspect (think), takeover, trust, undertake, usurp. SEE MAIN ENTRY

assume a character impersonate

assume a fighting attitude defy

assume a lofty bearing patronize (condescend toward)

assume a mask camouflage

assume a patronizing air condescend (patronize)

assume a pattern crystallize

assume a risk speculate (chance), underwrite

assume authority federalize (place under federal control), hold (possess)

assume command govern, hijack, hold (possess), preside, usurp

assume definite characteristics crystallize

assume for public use eminent domain

assume ownership acquire (secure), annex (arrogate), appropriate, condemn (seize), distrain, impropriate, occupy (take possession), possess, purchase

assume responsibility conduct, guarantee, operate

assume responsibility for avouch (guarantee)

assume the appearance of mock (imitate)

assume the character of pose (impersonate)

assume the offensive attack, fight (battle)

assume the role of pose (impersonate)

assume unlawful rights of ownership convert (misappropriate)

assume without authority usurp

assumed artificial, false (not genuine), hypothetical, implied, ostensible, presumptive, purported, putative, specious, tacit, theoretical. SEE MAIN ENTRY

assumed position platform

assumed positions premises (hypotheses)

assumed truth postulate

assumedly reputedly

assuming brazen, impertinent (insolent), insolent, obtrusive, orgulous, presumptuous, proud (conceited)

assuming different forms protean

assuming ownership disseisin

assuming that provided

assumption acquisition, adoption (acceptance), adverse possession, appropriation (taking), arrogation, basis, concept, condemnation (seizure), conjecture, conviction (persuasion), deduction (conclusion), distress (seizure), estimate (idea), estimation (calculation), generalization, ground, hypothesis, inference, opinion (belief), postulate, preconception, presumption, prolepsis, proposition, receipt (act of receiving), receipt (voucher), speculation (conjecture), supposition, theory. SEE MAIN ENTRY

assumptive apparent (presumptive), presumptive, speculative, supercilious

assumptively reputedly

assurance acceptance, accommodation (backing), affirmance (authentication), approval, avouchment, bail, belief (state of mind), binder, bond, certainty, certification (attested copy), certification (certainness), certitude, commitment (responsibility), confidence (faith), confirmation, consent, contract, conviction (persuasion), corroboration, coverage (insurance), credence, expectation, faith, guaranty, license, mainstay, pact, pledge (binding promise), principle (axiom), profession (declaration), promise, proof, prospect (outlook), recognizance, reference (recommendation), reliance, safeguard, security (safety), surety (certainty), trust (confidence), undertaking (pledge), vow, warrant (guaranty), warranty. SEE MAIN ENTRY

assurance against loss indemnity, insurance

assurance of secrecy confidence (relation of trust)

assure avouch (guarantee), bear (adduce), bond (secure a debt), certify (attest), contend (maintain), convince, corroborate, cosign, declare, disarm (set at ease), ensure, guarantee, pledge (promise the performance of), profess (avow), promise (vow), sponsor, swear, underwrite, verify (confirm), vouch. SEE MAIN ENTRY

assure again reassure

assure oneself ascertain

assured agreed (promised), alleged, axiomatic, categorical, certain (fixed), certain (positive), conclusive (determinative), convincing, credible, decisive, definite, demonstrable, dependable, dogmatic, incontrovertible, indubious, inevitable, infallible, official, positive (confident), reliable, sanguine, secure (confident), solid (sound), undisputed

assured belief conviction (persuasion)

assured expectation faith

assuredly admittedly

assuredness assurance, belief (state of mind), certainty, certification (certainness), certitude, reliance, surety (certainty)

assurer insurer

assuring convincing

assymetrical disproportionate

asthenic languid, nonsubstantial (not sturdy), powerless

astir conscious (awake)

astonish confound, confuse (bewilder), overcome (overwhelm), overwhelm. SEE MAIN ENTRY

astonished speechless

astonishing moving (evoking emotion), notable, noteworthy, peculiar (curious), portentous (eliciting amazement), prodigious (amazing), remarkable, special, unaccustomed, uncanny, unexpected, unusual

astonishing thing phenomenon (unusual occurrence)

astonishment bombshell, phenomenon (unusual occurrence), surprise

astound confound, discommode, discompose, disconcert, impress (affect deeply)

astounding ineffable, noteworthy, prodigious (amazing), remarkable, special, unusual

astoundment surprise

astral stellar

astray errant, lost (disoriented), peccant (culpable). SEE MAIN ENTRY

astrict clog, constrict (inhibit), debar, disadvantage, restrict

astriction constraint (restriction)

astringe constrict (compress)

astringent bitter (penetrating), caustic, harsh, particular (exacting), severe. SEE MAIN ENTRY

astronomical prodigious (enormous)

astucious SEE MAIN ENTRY

astute acute, artful, circumspect, cognizant, discreet, discriminating (judicious), judicious, knowing, perceptive, perspicacious, politic, profound (esoteric), sapient, sensible, sensitive (discerning), sly, subtle (refined). SEE MAIN ENTRY

astuteness common sense, insight, intelligence (intellect), judgment (discernment), perception, sagacity, sense (intelligence)

astutus artful, politic, sly, tactical

asunder apart, disconnected, discrete, disperse (scatter), separate

asylum bulwark, haven, lodging, protection, refuge, security (safety). SEE MAIN ENTRY

asylum shelter (protection)

asymmetric irregular (not usual)

asymmetrical dissimilar, irregular (not usual)

asymmetry difference, discrepancy, disparity, inequality, irregularity

at a fixed interval per annum

at a fixed time hereafter (eventually)

at a great distance remote (not proximate)

at a later period ex post facto, thereafter

at a later time ex post facto

at a premium scarce

at a subsequent period ex post facto

at a succeeding time ex post facto

at all whatever

at all times always (forever)

at an end complete (ended)

at any rate regardless

at close quarters contiguous, present (attendant)

at cross purposes contra, contrary, discordant

at cross-purposes antipathetic (oppositional), dissenting

at ease complacent

at fault blameful, blameworthy, culpable, delinquent (guilty of a misdeed), errant, guilty. SEE MAIN ENTRY

at first ab initio

at first glance prima facie (self-evident)

at first sight prima facie (self-evident)

at first view prima facie (self-evident)

at hand available, close (near), forthcoming, immediate (imminent), immediate (not distant), imminent, inevitable, pending (imminent), present (attendant), present (current), proximate, ready (prepared)

at home household (domestic)

at issue arguable, competitive (antagonistic), contestable, contrary, controversial, debatable, disputable, dissenting, doubtful. SEE MAIN ENTRY

at large free (not restricted)

at least only

at liberty autonomous (self governing), clear (free from criminal charges), exempt, free (not restricted), sovereign (independent)

at loggerheads dissenting

at no period sine die

at no time sine die

at odds contradictory, controversial, disproportionate, dissenting, hostile, incongruous, repugnant (incompatible)

at odds with dissident, negative, nonconforming

at once forthwith, instant, instantly

at one concordant, consonant

at one with consensual

at one’s disposal available

at one’s end in extremis

at one’s own risk caveat emptor

at other times known as alias

at peace placid

at peril at risk

at rest dead, dormant, lifeless (dead)

at risk SEE MAIN ENTRY

at sight prima facie (self-evident)

at the beginning ab initio

at the conclusion of life in extremis

at the edge extreme (last)

at the first opportunity as soon as feasible

at the first possible moment as soon as feasible

at the last stage in extremis

at the mercy of subject (exposed)

at the point of death in extremis

at the present time instant

at the same instant concurrent (at the same time)

at the same time ad interim, coincidental, en masse, simultaneous

at the start ab initio

at the termination of life in extremis

at the utmost point extreme (last)

at the very least only

at the wrong time inopportune

at this moment instant, present (current)

at this time present (current)

at variance adverse (opposite), competitive (antagonistic), contradictory, contrary, controversial, discordant, disproportionate, dissenting, hostile, inapplicable, inapposite, inapt, incommensurate, incongruous, inconsistent, inept (inappropriate), inimical, irreconcilable, litigious, repugnant (incompatible)

at variance with dissident, nonconforming

at variance with the facts ludicrous

at war with inimical

at whatever time whenever

at which time whenever

at will employment SEE MAIN ENTRY

at work active, effective (operative), operative

atavistic genetic, regressive

athirst eager, hot-blooded

athwart contra

atmosphere climate, environment. SEE MAIN ENTRY

atomization dissolution (disintegration)

atomize dissolve (disperse)

atone compensate (counterbalance), redeem (satisfy debts), redress, restore (return)

atone for repent

atonement compensation, expiation, reparation (indemnification), restitution, retribution, trover

atoning compensatory, penitent, repentant

atrabilious deplorable, disconsolate

atrocious arrant (onerous), bad (offensive), brutal, contemptible, cruel, deplorable, disgraceful, gross (flagrant), heinous, inexcusable, iniquitous, loathsome, malignant, outrageous, ruthless, scandalous, vicious. SEE MAIN ENTRY

atrocious crime atrocity

atrocitas atrocity

atrocity abuse (physical misuse), cruelty, delinquency (misconduct), misdeed, vice, wrong. SEE MAIN ENTRY

atrophy decay, decline, degenerate, depreciate, deteriorate, deterioration, detriment, dissolution (disintegration)

attach abridge (divest), abut, adhere (fasten), affiliate, affix, annex (add), append, ascribe, bond (hold together), border (bound), cement, cohere (adhere), combine (join together), condemn (seize), confiscate, conjoin, connect (join together), contact (touch), deprive, distrain, divest, fix (make firm), garnish, impound, impress (procure by force), impute, join (bring together), levy, lock, sequester (seize property). SEE MAIN ENTRY

attach a legal signature notarize

attach little importance to minimize

attach oneself to adopt

attach too much importance to overestimate

attache employee

attached addicted, appurtenant, cohesive (sticking), conjoint, inextricable, inseparable, proximate. SEE MAIN ENTRY

attached to another jurisdiction foreign

attaching attachment (act of affixing), confiscatory

attachment accession (annexation), addendum, addition, additive, adherence (adhesion), adherence (devotion), adhesion (affixing), adhesion (loyalty), adjoiner, affection, affinity (regard), allegiance, allonge, appendix (accession), appendix (supplement), appliance, appurtenance, arrogation, boom (increase), chain (nexus), coalescence, codicil, coherence, connection (fastening), consortium (marriage companionship), disseisin, distraint, distress (seizure), expropriation (divestiture), favor (partiality), favoritism, levy, loyalty, nexus, partiality, penchant, predilection, predisposition, privation, privity, regard (esteem), rider, sequestration. SEE MAIN ENTRY

attachment to adoption (acceptance)

attachment to realty fixture

attachments paraphernalia (apparatus), ties

attack accost, accuse, ambush, assail, assault (noun), assault (verb), bait (harass), barrage, battery, beat (strike), belligerency, cavil, censure, charge (accusation), charge (accuse), condemn (blame), condemnation (blame), controvert, course, denigrate, denounce (condemn), despoil, discommend, disease, engage (involve), fault, fight (battle), fight (battle), foray, grapple, harm, harry (plunder), impeach, impeachment, impinge, impugn, impugnation, incursion, intrusion, invade, invasion, inveigh, malign, mistreat, molest (subject to indecent advances), object, offense, onset (assault), oppugn, outbreak, outburst, persecute, protest, resistance, smear, spoliation, strike (assault), violence. SEE MAIN ENTRY

attack by words impugn

attack from a concealed position ambush

attack on rights invasion

attack physically assault

attack the reputation of malign

attackable penetrable

attacked accused (attacked)

attacker aggressor, assailant, foe

attacking negative, offensive (taking the initiative)

attain accede (succeed), accomplish, acquire (secure), carry (succeed), consummate, discharge (perform), dispatch (dispose of), earn, effectuate, execute (accomplish), gain, make, obtain, operate, pass (satisfy requirements), procure, reach, realize (obtain as a profit), reap, recover. SEE MAIN ENTRY

attain by effort find (discover)

attain majority mature

attain maturity mature

attain the goal consummate

attainability chance (possibility), feasibility, possibility

attainable available, facile, open (accessible), possible, potential, practicable, public (open), vulnerable

attainment accession (enlargement), acquisition, adverse possession, boom (prosperity), caliber (mental capacity), commission (act), development (outgrowth), discharge (performance), edification, end (termination), fait accompli, fruition, outcome, performance (execution), performance (workmanship), realization, receipt (act of receiving), satisfaction (fulfilment)

attaint bad repute, brand (stigmatize), convict, denigrate, discredit, disgrace (noun), disgrace (verb), dishonor (shame), dishonor (deprive of honor), ignominy, impeach, notoriety, opprobrium, pillory, scandal, shame, smear, stain, sully. SEE MAIN ENTRY

attemper adjust (regulate), assuage, attune, check (restrain), denature, extenuate, moderate (temper), mollify, palliate (abate), qualify (condition), remit (relax), soothe

attempt assume (undertake), conatus, effort, endeavor (noun), endeavor (verb), enterprise (undertaking), experiment, project, pursue (strive to gain), pursuit (effort to secure), strive, struggle, trial (experiment), undertake, undertaking (enterprise), venture, work (effort). SEE MAIN ENTRY

attempt strenuously endeavor

attempt to disprove debate

attempt to divert dissuade, expostulate

attempt to equal competition

attempt to obstruct legislation filibuster

attempt to prevent dissuade

attempt violence to assault

attempted monopolization SEE MAIN ENTRY

attend care (regard), concentrate (pay attention), concern (care), devote, focus, immerse (engross), maintain (sustain), monitor, note (notice), observe (obey), observe (watch), overhear, pander, patrol, protect, regard (pay attention), remedy, report (present oneself), serve (assist), study, treat (process). SEE MAIN ENTRY

attend (To be present at) SEE MAIN ENTRY

attend as consequence ensue

attend minutely concentrate (pay attention), focus

attend to assume (undertake), care (regard), concern (care), hear (give attention to), heed, notice (observe), obey, oversee, preserve

attend to business labor

attend to instructions conform

attend to orders comply, obey

attendance service (assistance). SEE MAIN ENTRY

attendant ancillary (auxiliary), caretaker (one caring for property), clerical, coactor, coadjutant, cohort, collateral (accompanying), colleague, concomitant, concurrent (at the same time), consociate, copartner (coconspirator), guardian, incidental, ministerial, participant, party (participant), present (current), supplementary, tangential

attendant conditions circumstances

attended by obstacles difficult

attended with death deadly

attended with risk dangerous

attending circumspect, clerical, concomitant, concurrent (at the same time), ministerial

attention adhesion (loyalty), caution (vigilance), concern (interest), consideration (contemplation), contemplation, diligence (care), discretion (quality of being discreet), emphasis, homage, industry (activity), interest (concern), notice (heed), observation, perception, precaution, prudence, recognition, relief (aid), respect, scrutiny, stress (accent). SEE MAIN ENTRY

attention to detail diligence (care), interest (concern)

attentive alert (vigilant), careful, circumspect, close (rigorous), conscientious, conscious (aware), deliberate, diligent, faithful (diligent), guarded, meticulous, obedient, painstaking, particular (exacting), pensive, punctilious, punctual, sedulous, sensitive (discerning), vigilant, zealous

attentive to detail particular (exacting)

attentiveness caution (vigilance), comprehension, consideration (contemplation), consideration (sympathetic regard), notice (heed), observation, preoccupation, regard (attention), sensibility

attentuate deduct (reduce), sustain (prolong)

attentus careful, economical, intent

attenuare attenuate

attenuate alleviate, decrease, depreciate, dilute, disarm (divest of arms), discount (minimize), extenuate, lessen, minimize, reduce. SEE MAIN ENTRY

attenuated deficient, impalpable, narrow, nonsubstantial (not sturdy), tenuous

attenuation decrease, deduction (diminution), mitigation

attest affirm (declare solemnly), affirmation, allege, assert, assure (insure), attestation, averment, avouch (avow), avouchment, avow, bear (adduce), bespeak, certify (attest), cite (state), claim (maintain), confirm, contend (maintain), corroborate, depose (testify), endorse, establish (show), evidence, manifest, posit, profess (avow), promise (vow), seal (solemnize), subscribe (sign), substantiate, support (corroborate), sustain (confirm), testify, validate, verify (confirm), verify (swear), vouch. SEE MAIN ENTRY

attest to acknowledge (declare), converse, notarize, plead (allege in a legal action)

attestable convincing

attestant affiant, affirmant, bystander, deponent, eyewitness, indicator, undersigned, witness

attestation adjuration, admission (disclosure), affirmance (authentication), affirmance (legal affirmation), affirmation, assertion, asseveration, assurance, averment, avouchment, avowal, certificate, certification (attested copy), certitude, confirmation, corroboration, declaration, jurat, oath, pledge (binding promise), profession (declaration), proof, record, reference (recommendation), stamp, support (corroboration), testimony. SEE MAIN ENTRY

attestator affirmant, deponent

attested agreed (promised), authentic, certain (fixed), certain (positive), definite, documentary, factual, indubious, official, valid

attested statement affidavit

attester affiant, affirmant, bystander, deponent, eyewitness, indicator, surety (guarantor), undersigned

attesting declaration attestation, certification (attested copy), reference (recommendation)

attesting statement jurat

attestor deponent, witness

attestor of documents notary public

attinere concern (involve)

attingere adjoin, allude, border (bound)

attire oneself clothe

attitude conduct, conviction (persuasion), demeanor, deportment, frame (mood), generalization, habit, manner (behavior), opinion (belief), outlook, perspective, platform, position (point of view), property (distinctive attribute), reaction (response), stand (position), standpoint, temperament. SEE MAIN ENTRY

attollere elevate

attonement consensus

attorn SEE MAIN ENTRY

attorney advocate (counselor), barrister, counsel, counselor, esquire, jurist, lawyer, practitioner, spokesman. SEE MAIN ENTRY

attorney for the people district attorney

attorney general prosecutor

attorney in fact SEE MAIN ENTRY

attorney representing the state’s interest district attorney

attorney-at-law advocate (counselor), attorney, barrister, counsel, counselor, esquire, jurist, lawyer

attorney-client-privilege SEE MAIN ENTRY

attorneys bar (body of lawyers)

attorneys-at-law bar (body of lawyers)

attorney’s fees SEE MAIN ENTRY

attornment SEE MAIN ENTRY

attract bait (lure), coax, interest, inveigle, lure, motivate. SEE MAIN ENTRY

attract notice interest

attract the attention occupy (engage)

attract the mind occupy (engage)

attract the thoughts occupy (engage)

attracting attractive

attraction affinity (regard), chain (nexus), decoy, desire, favor (partiality), incentive, inducement, invitation, obsession, partiality, penchant, predisposition, propensity, seduction

attractive popular, provocative, sapid. SEE MAIN ENTRY

attractive feature amenity

attractive nuisance SEE MAIN ENTRY

attractive quality amenity

attractiveness amenity, draw (attraction)

attrahent attractive

attribuere ascribe, assign (allot), bestow, impute

attributable derivative

attribute ascribe, assign (designate), caliber (quality), character (personal quality), characteristic, color (complexion), differential, feature (characteristic), impute, property (distinctive attribute), specialty (distinctive mark), trait. SEE MAIN ENTRY

attribute to blame

attribute vicariously impute

attributed putative

attributed to contingent

attributes personality

attribution accusation, arrogation, assignation, blame (responsibility), incrimination, reference (allusion). SEE MAIN ENTRY

attrition erosion. SEE MAIN ENTRY

attroupement caucus, company (assemblage), cumulation

attune accommodate, comport (agree with), conform. SEE MAIN ENTRY

attuned consonant

attuned to acquainted, consensual

attunement adjustment, compatibility, synchronism

atypical anomalous, deviant, different, disordered, disparate, dissimilar, infrequent, irregular (not usual), notable, noteworthy, peculiar (distinctive), special, unique, unusual. SEE MAIN ENTRY

atypicality difference

auctio auction

auction handle (trade), sell, vend. SEE MAIN ENTRY

auctione vendere auction

auctor advocate (espouser), author (originator), informant, informer (one providing criminal information), promoter, spokesman, sponsor

auctor esse authorize

auctor generis ancestor

auctor gentis ancestor

auctorem esse advise

auctoritas authority (power), consequence (significance), credibility, patronage (power to appoint jobs), sanction (permission), warrant (authorization)

auctus development (progression), growth (increase)

audacia audacity

audacious brazen, bumptious, disdainful, flagrant, impertinent (insolent), insolent, presumptuous. SEE MAIN ENTRY

audaciousness audacity

audacity contempt (disobedience to the court), disrespect, temerity. SEE MAIN ENTRY

audax lawless, spartan

audi alteram partem counterargument

audible coherent (clear), oral, verbal

audible expression speech

audience assemblage, bystander, collection (assembly), confrontation (act of setting face to face), congregation, interview, session. SEE MAIN ENTRY

audiendi inquisitive

audio rights SEE MAIN ENTRY

audit analysis, analyze, bill (invoice), canvass, check (inspect), computation, examination (study), examine (study), indagation, monitor, scrutinize, study, test. SEE MAIN ENTRY

auditing accounting

auditio hearsay

audition hear (give attention to), interview, recognition

auditor comptroller

auditor disciple

augere compound, enhance, enlarge, extend (enlarge), heighten (augment), increase, intensify, magnify

augeri develop

augment accrue (increase), accumulate (enlarge), aggravate (exacerbate), aid, amplify, append, bear (yield), boom (increase), conduce, develop, elaborate, enhance, enlarge, exacerbate, expand, extend (enlarge), hoard, increase, intensify, magnify, raise (advance), recruit, reinforce, supplement

augmentation accession (enlargement), accretion, addition, additive, adjunct, advance (increase), aggravation (exacerbation), boom (increase), boom (prosperity), codicil, continuation (prolongation), cumulation, exaggeration, extension (expansion), growth (increase), increment, profit, progress, reinforcement, rider. SEE MAIN ENTRY

augmentative cumulative (intensifying), supplementary

augmented inflated (enlarged)

augur anticipate (prognosticate), forewarn, harbinger, herald, indicate, portend, predict, presage, prognosticate, threaten. SEE MAIN ENTRY

augur well promise (raise expectations)

augural portentous (ominous), presageful, prophetic

augurari guess, presage, surmise

augurate portend, presage, prognosticate

augurial ominous, presageful

augurous portentous (ominous)

augury caution (warning), caveat, harbinger, indicant, indication, indicator, precursor, premonition, symptom, threat, token, warning

august meritorious, outstanding (prominent), solemn

aura atmosphere, climate, environment, prestige

aura popularis distinction (reputation)

auribus hear (perceive by ear)

auricular confidential, privy

aurora onset (commencement)

ausculate hear (give attention to)

auspicate anticipate (prognosticate), commence, embark, portend, predict, presage, prognosticate

auspice forerunner, harbinger, indicant, indication, indicator, premonition, threat, token

auspices advocacy, aid (help), behalf, charge (custody), control (supervision), custody (supervision), direction (guidance), favor (sanction), power, safekeeping. SEE MAIN ENTRY

auspicial ominous, presageful

auspicious favorable (advantageous), fitting, opportune, propitious, seasonable, successful. SEE MAIN ENTRY

auspiciousness boom (prosperity), opportunity, timeliness

auspicium auspices

austere astringent, bitter (penetrating), bleak (severely simple), caustic, draconian, harsh, rigid, severe, strict, unapproachable, uncompromising, unrelenting

austeritas austerity

austerity cruelty, rigor, severity. SEE MAIN ENTRY

austerus serious (grave), severe

autarch dictator

autarchic autonomous (self-governing)

autarkic independent

authentic accurate, actual, convincing, de facto, definitive, documentary, factual, genuine, honest, literal, natural, original (initial), positive (incontestable), prime (original), real, realistic, reliable, rightful, sterling, undistorted, valid, veridical. SEE MAIN ENTRY

authentically admittedly

authenticate accredit, affirm (uphold), approve, attest, avouch (guarantee), avow, bear (adduce), certify (attest), cite (state), confirm, corroborate, demonstrate (establish), document, endorse, establish (show), evidence, indorse, notarize, prove, sanction, seal (solemnize), sign, substantiate, support (corroborate), sustain (confirm), swear, uphold, vouch, witness (attest to). SEE MAIN ENTRY

authenticate a will probate

authenticated actual, definitive, fully executed (signed), genuine, official, true (authentic)

authenticated confirmation certification (attested copy), reference (recommendation)

authenticated incident fact

authentication acknowledgment (avowal), affirmation, approval, attestation, avowal, certificate, confirmation, consent, corroboration, deed, documentation, jurat, stamp, subscription, support (corroboration), warrant (guaranty)

authentication of a will probate

authentication proceeding probate

authenticity honesty, reality, truth, validity, veracity

authentification certification (attested copy)

author architect, compose, derivation, elicit, engender, generate, invent (produce for the first time), make, maker, originate, undersigned. SEE MAIN ENTRY

authoritarian dictatorial, dogmatic, ex officio, strict

authoritative arbitrary and capricious, assertive, authentic, categorical, certain (positive), clear (certain), cogent, compelling, compulsory, consequential (substantial), decisive, definite, definitive, determinative, dictatorial, documentary, dogmatic, dominant, factual, forcible, incontrovertible, influential, juridical, master, official, peremptory (imperative), persuasive, powerful, predominant, prevailing (having superior force), sovereign (absolute), strict, stringent, valid. SEE MAIN ENTRY

authoritative assertion dictum

authoritative attestation certification (attested copy)

authoritative citation to appear monition (legal summons)

authoritative citation to appear before a court process (summons), summons, venire

authoritative command edict, mandate, monition (legal summons), order (judicial directive), process (summons), summons

authoritative decision adjudication, award, decree

authoritative estimate determination

authoritative example authority (documentation), precedent, stare decisis

authoritative law codification

authoritative opinion conclusion (determination), determination

authoritative order fiat, mandate

authoritative power clout

authoritative request demand

authoritative rule ordinance, precedent

authoritative rule for future similar cases authority (documentation)

authoritative statement instruction (direction), opinion (judicial decision), pronouncement

authoritative stoppage of trade embargo

authoritative suggestion dictate

authoritatively admittedly

authoritativeness authority (power), certainty, certification (certainness), force (strength), puissance

authorities bureaucracy, hierarchy (persons in authority). SEE MAIN ENTRY

authority advantage, agency (commission), agency (legal relationship), auspices, bailiwick, basis, bureau, certification (certification of proficiency), charter (license), charter (sanction), clout, concession (authorization), consent, control (supervision), copyright, derivation, determinant, dint, documentation, dominance, dominion (supreme authority), droit, eminence, expert, force (compulsion), generalship, government (political administration), hegemony, influence, judicature, jurisdiction, license, management (directorate), management (supervision), mastermind, occupation (possession), patronage (power to appoint jobs), permission, permit, possession (ownership), power, precedence, precedent, predominance, prerogative, prescription (claim of title), prescription (directive), prestige, primacy, privilege, professional, realm, reference (citation), regime, right (entitlement), source, specialist, supremacy, title (right), validity, warrant (authorization), weight (importance). SEE MAIN ENTRY

authority (Legal expert). SEE MAIN ENTRY

authority to act for another proxy

authority to hear and decide a case jurisdiction

authority to search search warrant

authorization appointment (act of designating), approval, assent, assignment (designation), brevet, capacity (authority), certificate, certification (certification of proficiency), charter (sanction), concession (authorization), confirmation, consent, copyright, credentials, delegation (assignment), deputation (selection of delegates), designation (naming), dispensation (exception), droit, fiat, franchise (license), government (administration), indorsement, leave (permission), legality, legalization, legitimacy, license, mittimus, nomination, option (contractual provision), permission, permit, prerogative, privilege, right (entitlement), sanction (permission), sufferance, title (right). SEE MAIN ENTRY

authorize accept (assent), accredit, appoint, approve, assent, assign (designate), bestow, certify (approve), charge (empower), command, commit (entrust), confirm, consent, consign, cosign, delegate, designate, detail (assign), employ (engage services), empower, enable, enfranchise, entrust, grant (concede), hire, indorse, invest (vest), legalize, legislate, legitimate, let (permit), notarize, pass (approve), permit, qualify (meet standards), sanction, seal (solemnize), sign, suffer (permit), validate, vest. SEE MAIN ENTRY

authorize formally charge (empower), delegate

authorize to represent delegate

authorized admissible, allowable, allowed, de jure, due (regular), entitled, fully executed (signed), juridical, legal, legitimate (rightful), licit, permissible, privileged, rightful, statutory, valid

authorized by law de jure, lawful, legal

authorized might force (legal efficacy)

authorizing deputation (selection of delegates)

authorless anonymous

authors press

authorship creation

authortative decision precedent

authortative principle of law precedent

autochthonal native (domestic)

autochthonic native (domestic)

autochthonous native (domestic)

autocrat dictator

autocratic dictatorial, powerful, strict

autocratic master dictator

autocratical powerful

autograph brand (mark), inscription, sign

autography handwriting

automated industrial

automatic habitual, routine. SEE MAIN ENTRY

automatic lack of due diligence res ipsa loquitur

automatic negligence res ipsa loquitur

automatic reaction instinct

autonomic autonomous (self-governing), free (enjoying civil liberty)

autonomical free (enjoying civil liberty)

autonomous free (enjoying civil liberty), independent, nonpartisan, sovereign (independent). SEE MAIN ENTRY

autonomous being individual, person

autonomy freedom, home rule, latitude, liberty, suffrage

autoptic unmistakable

autoptical unmistakable

auxiliari assist

auxiliary abettor, additional, adjunct, affiliate, appurtenance, appurtenant, associate, backer, clerical, coactor, coadjutant, cohort, collateral (accompanying), colleague, confederate, consociate, contributor (contributor), contributory, copartner (business associate), expedient, expendable, inferior (lower in position), instrumental, ministerial, nonessential, participant, pendent, reinforcement, secondary, slight, stopgap, subordinate, subservient, subsidiary, substitute, supplementary, unnecessary. SEE MAIN ENTRY

auxiliary in crime coconspirator

auxilium assistance, help, relief (aid), support (assistance)

avail advantage, aid, behalf, benefit (betterment), edification, enjoyment (use), function, gain, help (noun), help (verb), inure (benefit), output, profit, promote (organize), purpose, recourse, relief (aid), satisfy (fulfill), use, utility (usefulness), worth. SEE MAIN ENTRY

avail against countervail

avail oneself of adopt, capitalize (seize the chance), employ (make use of), exercise (use), expend (consume), exploit (make use of), impropriate, plagiarize, resort, wield

availability access (opening), possibility

available amenable, convenient, disposable, open (accessible), present (attendant), present (current), public (open), ready (prepared), ready (willing). SEE MAIN ENTRY

available assets stock in trade

available facts information (knowledge)

available means assets, capital, cash, personalty, property (possessions), resource

availing adequate, beneficial

avails boom (prosperity), proceeds, profit

avalanche cataclysm, overage, surfeit

avant garde sophisticated

avant-courier precursor

avarice greed

avaricious illiberal, insatiable, mercenary, parsimonious, rapacious, venal

avariciousness greed

avaritia greed

avarus illiberal

avenge penalize, repay, retaliate

avengement conviction (finding of guilt), punishment, reprisal, retribution, revenge, vengeance

avenging punitive, vindictive

avenue admission (entry), admittance (means of approach), causeway, conduit (channel), outlet, way (channel). SEE MAIN ENTRY

avenues approaches

aver adduce, affirm (claim), affirm (declare solemnly), allege, annunciate, assert, assure (insure), attest, avouch (avow), avow, bear (adduce), certify (attest), claim (maintain), contend (maintain), convey (communicate), corroborate, declare, depose (testify), enunciate, express, observe (remark), posit, profess (avow), promise (vow), propound, remark, speak, swear, testify, utter, vouch, vow. SEE MAIN ENTRY

average cross section, customary, general, imperfect, intermediate, marginal, mediocre, mediocrity, mundane, nondescript, norm, normal (regular), ordinary, regular (conventional), typical, usual. SEE MAIN ENTRY

average out calculate

averageness mediocrity

averment adjuration, affidavit, affirmance (legal affirmation), affirmation, allegation, assertion, asseveration, assurance, attestation, avouchment, avowal, claim (assertion), comment, confirmation, corroboration, count, disclosure (something disclosed), profession (declaration), pronouncement, proof, reference (recommendation), remark, statement, surety (certainty), testimony. SEE MAIN ENTRY

averred alleged

averse antipathetic (oppositional), contrary, disinclined, disobedient, hesitant, involuntary, negative, reluctant, restive. SEE MAIN ENTRY

averseness disincentive, rejection, reluctance

aversion alienation (estrangement), consternation, contempt (disdain), hatred, ill will, intolerance, malice, odium, phobia, rancor, reluctance

aversus averse, disinclined

avert arrest (stop), avoid (evade), balk, bar (hinder), block, counter, deter, discourage, estop, forestall, parry, prevent, repel (drive back), save (rescue), stall, stave, thwart. SEE MAIN ENTRY

avertere alienate (estrange), avert, divert, embezzle, purloin

averting preventive

aveu avowal

avid eager, fervent, hot-blooded, ready (willing), sedulous

aviditas greed

avidity desire, greed, passion

avidus eager, rapacious

aviso dispatch (message), intelligence (news), notification, tip (clue)

avocare disengage

avocat lawyer

avocation business (occupation), career, employment, job, occupation (vocation), position (business status), practice (professional business), profession (vocation), pursuit (occupation), trade (occupation), work (employment)

avoid abscond, adeem, annul, avert, cancel, default, deter, detour, discriminate (treat differently), disdain, disfavor, elude, escape, eschew, estrange, evade (deceive), evade (elude), exclude, fail (neglect), forestall, forgo, forswear, parry, picket, pretermit, prevent, refrain, repeal, shirk, shun, stave, tergiversate. SEE MAIN ENTRY

avoid a straight answer equivocate

avoid arrest escape

avoid capture escape

avoid doing circumvent

avoid peril escape

avoid using conserve

avoidable needless, nonessential, unnecessary

avoidance absence (nonattendance), abstention, boycott, default, evasion, exclusion, flight, nonperformance, odium, ostracism. SEE MAIN ENTRY

avoidance of extremes moderation

avoidance of waste economy (frugality)

avoided derelict (abandoned)

avoider fugitive

avoiding evasive, reluctant

avoiding extravagance economical

avoiding the society of others solitary

avoidless certain (positive), necessary (inescapable), unavoidable (inevitable)

avoison SEE MAIN ENTRY

avouch affirm (declare solemnly), allege, assert, assure (insure), avow, bear (adduce), certify (attest), claim (maintain), corroborate, depose (testify), evidence, posit, profess (avow), promise (vow), verify (swear), vouch. SEE MAIN ENTRY

avouched alleged

avouchment adjuration, affidavit, affirmance (legal affirmation), affirmation, assertion, asseveration, attestation, averment, avowal, certification (attested copy), claim (assertion), confirmation, contract, corroboration, jurat, oath, reference (recommendation). SEE MAIN ENTRY

avow acknowledge (declare), affirm (declare solemnly), agree (comply), assert, assurance, assure (insure), bear (adduce), betray (disclose), certify (attest), claim (maintain), confirm, contend (maintain), convey (communicate), declare, depose (testify), pledge (promise the performance of), posit, promise (vow), recognize (acknowledge), swear, testify, verify (swear), vow. SEE MAIN ENTRY

avowal adjuration, admission (disclosure), affidavit, affirmance (legal affirmation), affirmation, assertion, asseveration, assurance, attestation, averment, avouchment, claim (assertion), contract, conviction (persuasion), covenant, disclosure (something disclosed), jurat, oath, pledge (binding promise), profession (declaration), promise, recognition, recognizance, reference (recommendation), statement, surety (certainty), testimony, undertaking (pledge). SEE MAIN ENTRY

avowal of guilt confession

avowance acknowledgment (avowal), adjuration, affidavit, assurance, avouchment, avowal, common knowledge, oath, pledge (binding promise), reference (recommendation), surety (certainty)

avowed agreed (promised), alleged, manifest, ostensible, putative

avowedly admittedly, purported

avulsion evulsion. SEE MAIN ENTRY

await expect (anticipate), forestall, remain (stay), stay (rest)

awaited forseen, forthcoming, prospective

awaiting expectation

awake guarded

awake a suspicion doubt (distrust)

awake to discern (detect with the senses), discover, sensitive (discerning)

awaken disabuse, elicit, foment, incite, inspire, originate, perceive, provoke, stimulate

awaken memories remind

awakened acquainted, penitent, renascent

awakening moving (evoking emotion), revival

award adjudge, adjudicate, adjudication, apportion, benefit (conferment), bestow, bounty, cession, confer (give), contribute (supply), contribution (donation), convey (transfer), decide, decree (noun), decree (verb), dedicate, degree (academic title), delegate, demise, determination, determine, dole, dower, endow, endowment, endue, finding, gift (present), give (grant), grant, grant (transfer formally), gratuity (present), largess (gift), leave (give), parcel, pass (advance), pay (noun), pay (verb), present (make a gift), prize, provide (supply), recognition, relief (legal redress), remunerate, remuneration, reward, ruling, tip (gratuity), trover, verdict. SEE MAIN ENTRY

award assent permit

award judgment adjudicate

award of punishment sentence

awarding donative

aware acute, artful, cognizant, guarded, knowing, learned, literate, perceptive, receptive, sensitive (discerning). SEE MAIN ENTRY

aware of acquainted, familiar (informed)

awareness appreciation (perception), cognition, comprehension, insight, judgment (discernment), perception, realization, reason (sound judgment), recognition, sagacity, scienter, sense (feeling), sense (intelligence), sensibility, understanding (comprehension)

awareness of comprehension

away SEE MAIN ENTRY

awe fear, impress (affect deeply), interest (concern), panic, phobia, regard (esteem), respect, trepidation. SEE MAIN ENTRY

awe-inspiring formidable, ineffable, notable, solemn, special

awe-strike overcome (overwhelm)

awe-struck speechless

aweless brazen, unabashed, unaffected (uninfluenced)

awesome formidable, ineffable, notable, sacrosanct, solemn, special

awesomeness solemnity

awestricken diffident

awestruck diffident

awful dire, heinous, lamentable. SEE MAIN ENTRY

awkward difficult, improper, inadept, incompetent, inelegant, inept (incompetent), ponderous, unbecoming, uncouth, unsuitable. SEE MAIN ENTRY

awkward predicament dilemma

awkward situation dilemma, embarrassment, plight

awkwardness embarrassment

AWOL desertion

awry anomalous, astray, defective, disordered, errant, faulty, incorrect, oblique (slanted)

axiom dogma, maxim, postulate, precept, prescription (directive)

axiomatic absolute (conclusive), certain (positive), definite, evident, irrefutable, obvious, peremptory (absolute), positive (incontestable), proverbial, uncontested, undeniable, undisputed. SEE MAIN ENTRY

axiomatical evident, irrefutable, obvious, positive (incontestable), undeniable

axioms premises (hypotheses)

axis center (central position), league

ayslum inhabitation (place of dwelling)

B

babble jargon (unintelligible language), prattle

babbling loquacious

babel imbroglio

babies children

baby infant, minor. SEE MAIN ENTRY

babyish jejune (lacking maturity)

babyishness puerility

bacchanalia debauchery

bacchanalianism inebriation

back abet, adhere (maintain loyalty), advocate, assist, avouch (guarantee), bear (support), bolster, capitalize (provide capital), cosign, countenance, delinquent (overdue), document, encourage, endorse, espouse, favor, finance, guarantee, help, invest (fund), justify, nurture, parlay (bet), promote (organize), recommend, sponsor, subsidize, support (assist), underwrite, uphold, vouch. SEE MAIN ENTRY

back again refinance

back away retreat, shun

back away from eschew

back down abandon (withdraw), accede (concede), disavow, surrender (yield), yield (submit)

back off abandon (withdraw)

back out abandon (physically leave), abandon (withdraw), defect, disavow, quit (discontinue), renege, retreat, withdraw

back payments arrears

back up bear (support), capitalize (provide capital), encourage, side, support (corroborate), uphold

back-up data

backbiting denunciation, diatribe

backbone cornerstone, gist (substance), ground, main point, mainstay, prowess (bravery), substance (essential nature), tenacity, will (desire). SEE MAIN ENTRY

backbreaking onerous, operose

backed-up fully secured

backer abettor, advocate (espouser), assistant, benefactor, colleague, creditor, disciple, donor, mainstay, partisan, patron (influential supporter), promoter, proponent, speculator, sponsor, surety (guarantor). SEE MAIN ENTRY

backfire reaction (opposition), repercussion

background atmosphere, basis, case (set of circumstances), context, determinant, preparation, scene. SEE MAIN ENTRY

backhanded indirect, oblique (evasive)

backing advocacy, aid (help), auspices, charity, coverage (insurance), favor (sanction), guaranty, guidance, help, indorsement, investment, loan, patronage (power to appoint jobs), patronage (support), promotion (encouragement), reinforcement, relief (aid), service (assistance), subsidy, support (assistance), support (corroboration). SEE MAIN ENTRY

backlash reaction (opposition), repercussion

backlog store (depository)

backroom cache (hiding place)

backset casualty, damper (depressant), misfortune

backslide recidivate, regress, relapse, repeat (do again), return (go back), reversal, reversion (act of returning), revert

backsliding recidivism, recrudescence, regressive, relapse. SEE MAIN ENTRY

backstair furtive

backtrack retreat, withdraw

backward back (in reverse), regressive. SEE MAIN ENTRY

backward step decline

backwood provincial

baculum cudgel

bad deleterious, delinquent (guilty of a misdeed), deplorable, depraved, detrimental, disastrous, disreputable, harmful, heinous, immoral, imperfect, iniquitous, nefarious, noxious, peccable, peccant (culpable), perverse, poor (inferior in quality), profane, reprehensible, reprobate, unfavorable, wrongful. SEE MAIN ENTRY

bad behavior miscarriage, misdeed

bad blood umbrage

bad character bad repute, disgrace, dishonor (shame), disrepute, turpitude. SEE MAIN ENTRY

bad check SEE MAIN ENTRY

bad conduct malfeasance, misconduct

bad debt nonpayment. SEE MAIN ENTRY

bad example convict

bad faith dishonesty, infidelity. SEE MAIN ENTRY

bad favor dishonor (shame)

bad feeling odium

bad fortune calamity, casualty, misfortune, privation

bad habit vice

bad idea miscue

bad influence bad repute

bad intent ill will, malice

bad intention malice

bad job maladministration

bad judgment misestimation, misjudgment. SEE MAIN ENTRY

bad language expletive

bad light opprobrium

bad logic non sequitur

bad luck misfortune, privation

bad management misconduct

bad manners disregard (lack of respect)

bad match misjoinder

bad name attaint, bad character, bad repute, disgrace, dishonor (shame), ignominy, ill repute, infamy, opprobrium, scandal, shame, turpitude

bad report disgrace, notoriety

bad reporting misstatement

bad reputation attaint, bad character, disgrace, dishonor (shame), disrepute, ignominy, infamy, notoriety, scandal

bad repute attaint, bad character, disgrace, dishonor (shame), disrepute, ignominy, ill repute, notoriety, scandal. SEE MAIN ENTRY

bad review disparagement

bad taste impropriety

bad treatment abuse (physical misuse), misusage

bad turn disservice

bad wishes imprecation

bad-hearted diabolic

bad-natured perverse

bad-tempered fractious, perverse, petulant

badge brand, designation (symbol), indicant, indication, indicator, manifestation, onus (stigma), speciality, specialty (distinctive mark), symbol, trademark

badge of infamy disgrace, dishonor (shame), ignominy, stigma

badge of office device (distinguishing mark)

badger annoy, bait (harass), browbeat, discommode, discompose, disturb, harass, harrow, harry (harass), hector, importune, intimidate, irritate, mistreat, molest (annoy), persecute, perturb, plague, press (goad), provoke. SEE MAIN ENTRY

badinage speak

badly advised misadvised

badly calculated inopportune

badly made inferior (lower in quality), poor (inferior in quality)

badly needed exigent

badly qualified unfit

badly timed inopportune, untimely

badness delinquency (misconduct), misdoing

baffle balk, confound, confuse (bewilder), dilemma, disadvantage, disorient, elude, embarrass, foil, frustrate, muddle, obfuscate, perplex, perturb, prevent, thwart. SEE MAIN ENTRY

baffled lost (disoriented)

bafflement ambiguity, complication, confusion (ambiguity), dilemma, embarrassment, problem, quandary, surprise

baffling debatable, elusive, enigmatic, inexplicable, inscrutable, labyrinthine, mysterious

bag gain, procure

baggage cargo

baggy full

bail security (pledge). SEE MAIN ENTRY

bail out discharge (liberate), disenthrall, liberate

bailiff marshal

bailiwick domain (sphere of influence), realm. SEE MAIN ENTRY

bailment SEE MAIN ENTRY

bailout SEE MAIN ENTRY

bait badger, bilk, cajole, coax, decoy, ensnare, entice, entrap, harry (harass), hector, incentive, inveigle, lure, mislead, pique, plague, provoke, ruse, seduction, trap (noun), trap (verb). SEE MAIN ENTRY

bait a trap ambush

baiting bribery

balance adjust (regulate), collation, comparison, compatibility, compensate (counterbalance), composure, coordinate, countervail, earnings, equipoise, fairness, moderation, neutralize, offset, overage, par (equality), parity, proceeds, regularity, regulate (adjust), remainder (remaining part), residual, sanity, stabilize, surplus, weigh. SEE MAIN ENTRY

balance accounts check (inspect), quit (repay)

balance against compare

balance due arrears, bill (invoice), nonpayment

balance owed debt

balance sheet budget, ledger, register

balance statement budget

balance to pay debt, deficit, due

balanced agreed (harmonized), coextensive, consonant, equal, fair (just), firm, proportionate, rational, regular (orderly), sane. SEE MAIN ENTRY

balanced contrast antithesis

balanced judgment common sense

balances capital

balancing compensatory, equivalent

bald evident, honest, manifest, obvious, stark, unmistakable. SEE MAIN ENTRY

baldness honesty

bale adversity, assemblage, disaster, misfortune, tragedy

baleful bad (offensive), dangerous, deadly, deleterious, destructive, dire, disadvantageous, harmful, heinous, insalubrious, lethal, malevolent, malignant, noxious, ominous, pernicious, pestilent, portentous (ominous), sinister, virulent. SEE MAIN ENTRY

balefulness harm

balk bar (obstruction), contravene, disadvantage, discontinue (break continuity), disoblige, foil, frustrate, halt, hamper, hesitate, hold out (resist), interrupt, obstacle, obstruction, oppose, prevent, refuse, stem (check), stifle, thwart. SEE MAIN ENTRY

balk at avoid (evade)

balking disinclined, hesitant, restive

balky hesitant, intractable, recalcitrant, restive

ball sphere

ballistics ammunition

balloon expand, inflate, magnify

ballooned inflated (enlarged)

ballot cast (register), franchise (right to vote), plebiscite, poll (casting of votes), poll, primary, referendum, vote. SEE MAIN ENTRY

balloter constituent (part)

balloting election (selection by vote)

balm cure, panacea, soothe

balmy medicinal, placid, remedial

bamboozle bait (lure), betray (lead astray), bilk, ensnare, inveigle

bamboozlement bunko, pettifoggery

ban bar (obstruction), bar (exclude), block, boycott, censor, constrain (restrain), countermand, debar, deter, disapprobation, eliminate (exclude), embargo, enjoin, estop, estoppel, exclude, exclusion, expulsion, forbid, inhibit, injunction, obstruction, ostracism, preclude, prohibit, prohibition, proscribe (prohibit), proscription, refusal, rejection, relegate, restraint, suppress, veto. SEE MAIN ENTRY

banal insipid, lifeless (dull), mediocre, mundane, ordinary, pedestrian, stale, trite, usual. SEE MAIN ENTRY

banality platitude

band assemblage, cabal, commingle, connect (join together), consolidate (unite), denomination, desegregate, federate, join (bring together), league, lock, posse, zone. SEE MAIN ENTRY

band in a federation federalize (associate)

band of armed men posse

band of employees personnel

band of men armed with legal authority posse

band of union affiliation (connectedness)

band together adhere (fasten), combine (act in concert), concur (agree), connect (join together), federalize (associate), join (associate oneself with), meet, merge, organize (unionize), pool

banded corporate (associate), federal

banded together concordant, concurrent (united), conjoint

bandit burglar, criminal, hoodlum, malefactor, outlaw, thief

bands ties

bandy circulate, debate

bandy with fight (battle)

bandy words bicker, communicate, discuss, dispute (debate), speak

bane detriment, disaster, injury, trouble

baneful bad (offensive), dangerous, deleterious, disadvantageous, disastrous, harmful, heinous, hostile, insalubrious, lethal, malevolent, malignant, noxious, pernicious, pestilent, sinister, virulent. SEE MAIN ENTRY

bang impinge

bang into jostle (bump into)

banish ban, condemn (ban), dislodge, dispel, displace (remove), eliminate (exclude), exclude, expatriate, expel, isolate, oust, outlaw, prohibit, proscribe (denounce), reject, relegate, renounce, seclude, transport. SEE MAIN ENTRY

banishment deportation, disqualification (rejection), expulsion, layoff, ostracism, prohibition, proscription, rejection, removal. SEE MAIN ENTRY

bank coffer, deposit (submit to a bank), edge (border), fund, garner, hoard, keep (shelter), margin (outside limit), pool, repository, reserve, store, treasury. SEE MAIN ENTRY

bank annuities capital

bank check draft

bank note draft, money

bank notes currency

bank on rely

bank paper check (instrument), draft

bank robber burglar

bankbook ledger

banker comptroller

banknote check (instrument)

bankroll money

bankrupt destitute, impecunious, insolvent, poor (underprivileged). SEE MAIN ENTRY

bankruptcy default, privation. SEE MAIN ENTRY

banned barred, illegal, illegitimate (illegal), illicit, impermissible, inadmissible

banned goods contraband

banner caption, heading

banner head caption

banner line caption

banning boycott

banshee phantom

bantling bastard

baptism call (title)

bar abrogate (rescind), balk, ban, barrier, bench, block, blockade (barrier), censor, censorship, clog, condemn (ban), constrain (restrain), constraint (restriction), court, cudgel, damper (stopper), debar, deport (banish), deter, disable, disapprobation, disqualify, eliminate (exclude), embargo, enjoin, estop, estoppel, exclude, exclusion, forbid, halt, hamper, impasse, impediment, inhibit, interdict, interfere, interruption, judiciary, keep (restrain), key (passport), lock, obstruct, obstruction, obviation, occlude, outlaw, preclude, prevent, prohibit, prohibition, proscribe (prohibit), refuse, relegate, remove (eliminate), resist (oppose), restrain, restraint, restrict, save, seal (close), shut, stall, stay, stay (halt), stifle, stop, thwart, veto. SEE MAIN ENTRY

bar from access preclude

bar of justice bench, court, judicatory

bad sinister SEE MAIN ENTRY

bar someone’s way halt

bar to an allegation estoppel

barbaric disorderly, uncouth

barbarity atrocity, bestiality, brutality, cruelty

barbarize brutalize

barbarous brutal, cold-blooded, cruel, disorderly, hot-blooded, malevolent, malignant, ruthless, uncouth, vicious

barbarousness bestiality, cruelty

barbiturate narcotic

bare barren, betray (disclose), bleak (exposed and barren), brief, clarify, confess, convey (communicate), denude, devoid, disclose, disinter, divulge, expose, find (discover), manifest (adjective), manifest (verb), marginal, mere, naked (lacking embellishment), only (no more than), open (in sight), reveal, simple, stark, unveil, vacant, void (empty). SEE MAIN ENTRY

bare possibility chance (possibility), improbability

bare subsistence austerity, indigence, paucity, poverty

barefaced brazen, outrageous, unabashed

barely purely (simply), solely (purely)

barely acceptable marginal

barely adequate marginal

barely passable poor (inferior in quality)

barely possible ludicrous

barely seen impalpable, inconspicuous, indefinite

bargain adjustment, agree (contract), agreement (contract), barter, close (agree), compact, compromise, compromise (settle by mutual agreement), contract, deal (noun), deal (verb), dicker, discount, exchange, haggle, negotiate, pact, settlement, stipulate, stipulation, term (provision), trade, treaty. SEE MAIN ENTRY

bargain for buy, expect (anticipate), incur. SEE MAIN ENTRY

bargain under seal specialty (contract)

bargain with treat (process)

bargainer customer

bargaining collective bargaining, commerce, negotiation

bargaining agent broker

barge in impinge, interrupt

barnacle parasite

barometer criterion. SEE MAIN ENTRY

baroque elaborate, tawdry

barrage onset (assault). SEE MAIN ENTRY

barratry disloyalty

barred blind (impassable), inadmissible. SEE MAIN ENTRY

barren bleak (exposed and barren), deficient, devoid, futile, ineffective, ineffectual, lifeless (dull), otiose, pedestrian, unavailing, unproductive, vacuous, void (empty). SEE MAIN ENTRY

barrenness blank (emptiness)

barricade bar (obstruction), bar (hinder), barrier, block, blockade (barrier), bulwark, check (bar), clog, confine, constrict (inhibit), contain (restrain), damper (stopper), debar, deter, enjoin, estop, halt, hamper, hinder, impede, lock, obstacle, obstruct, obstruction, occlude, protect, protection, restraint, shut, stop. SEE MAIN ENTRY

barricaded blind (impassable)

barrier bar (obstruction), bulwark, check (bar), complication, damper (stopper), deterrence, deterrent, enclosure, estoppel, handicap, hindrance, impediment, limitation, mete, obstacle, obstruction, panoply, predicament, prohibition. SEE MAIN ENTRY

barring deterrent, estoppel, save

barring out lockout

barrister advocate (counselor), attorney, counsel, counselor, esquire, jurist, lawyer, representative (proxy). SEE MAIN ENTRY

barrister-at-law advocate (counselor), counsel, counselor, lawyer

barristerial forensic

barristers bar (body of lawyers)

barter alienate (transfer title), business (commerce), commerce, deal, dealings, dicker, exchange, handle (trade), interchange, sell, trade (commerce), trade. SEE MAIN ENTRY

bartering commerce

basal cardinal (basic), central (essential), elementary, essential (inherent), fundamental, naked (lacking embellishment), organic, original (initial), primary, prime (original), primordial, rudimentary, simple

base arrant (onerous), bad (inferior), bad (offensive), basis, caitiff, cause (reason), center (essence), consequence (significance), contemptible, contemptuous, cornerstone, depraved, derivation, determinant, disgraceful, disreputable, felonious, foundation (basis), gist (ground for a suit), ground, headquarters, heinous, ignoble, immoral, inelegant, inexpiable, inferior (lower in quality), iniquitous, loathsome, machiavellian, nefarious, objectionable, obnoxious, odious, outrageous, peccant (culpable), perfidious, perverse, plant (place firmly), poor (inferior in quality), profligate (corrupt), recreant, reprehensible, reprobate, scandalous, seat, site (noun), site (verb), sordid, subservient, unscrupulous, unseemly, unworthy. SEE MAIN ENTRY

base camp headquarters

base conduct bad faith

base of authority headquarters

base of operations headquarters

base-minded depraved, dissolute

baseborn caitiff, ignoble, illegitimate (born out of wedlock)

based on underlying. SEE MAIN ENTRY

based on conjecture unsupported

based on evidence deductible (provable)

based on evidence of the senses empirical

based on observation empirical

based on proof deductible (provable)

baseless arbitrary and capricious, gratuitous (unwarranted), ill-founded, immaterial, insubstantial, invalid, unfounded, unsupported, unsustainable, untenable, unwarranted. SEE MAIN ENTRY

baseless charge frame up

baseness abuse (corrupt practice), bad character, corruption, degradation, delinquency (misconduct), discredit, disgrace, dishonor (shame), disrepute, ill repute, infamy, mediocrity, perversion, scandal, shame, turpitude

baser subaltern

bases circumstances, premises (hypotheses)

bashful diffident

basic central (essential), elementary, essential (inherent), essential (required), fundamental, implicit, indispensable, initial, innate, integral, material (important), naked (lacking embellishment), native (inborn), necessary (required), organic, original (initial), primary, prime (original), primordial, requisite, rudimentary, simple, substantive, ultimate, underlying, virtual, vital. SEE MAIN ENTRY

basic doctrine principle (axiom)

basic facts SEE MAIN ENTRY

basic ingredient necessity

basic law principle (axiom)

basic part essence

basic rule principle (axiom)

basic substance component

basic truth principle (axiom)

basilar essential (inherent), fundamental, original (initial)

basilary essential (inherent), fundamental

basilica court

basis assumption (supposition), base (foundation), cause (reason), center (essence), consequence (significance), content (meaning), criterion, derivation, determinant, documentation, gist (ground for a suit), gist (substance), ground, main point, pattern, precedent, preparation, purpose, rationale, source, stare decisis, substance (essential nature). SEE MAIN ENTRY

basis for development embryo

basis for relief cause of action

basis of argument gist (ground for a suit)

basis of comparison standard

basis of litigation gist (ground for a suit)

bask in relish

bastard illegitimate (born out of wedlock). SEE MAIN ENTRY

bastardism bar sinister

bastardization bar sinister

bastardize debase

bastardy bar sinister

baste beat (strike)

bastille prison

bastinado beat (strike), cudgel, lash (strike)

bastion bulwark, mainstay, security (safety). SEE MAIN ENTRY

bat cudgel, strike (assault)

batch assemblage, body (collection), bulk, congregation, quantity, selection (collection)

batch together glean, hoard

bate abridge (shorten), attenuate, check (restrain), commute, decrease, deduct (reduce), dilute, diminish, ease, lessen, palliate (abate)

bathe imbue, immerse (plunge into), permeate, pervade

baton bar sinister

batter beat (strike), force (break), lash (strike), mishandle (maltreat), mutilate, strike (assault)

battering ram cudgel

battery SEE MAIN ENTRY

battle affray, bicker, collision (dispute), compete, conflict, confrontation (altercation), contend (dispute), contest (dispute), contest, defy, disagree, engage (involve), fracas, fray, grapple, oppose, resistance, strife, struggle. SEE MAIN ENTRY

battle maneuver strategy

battle verbally debate

battlement bulwark

battler contestant

battling belligerency, hostile, offensive (taking the initiative)

battology tautology

batture alluvion

bawdiness obscenity, pornography

bawdy lascivious, lecherous, lewd, licentious, obscene, prurient, salacious, suggestive (risqué)

bazaar exchange, market (business)

be exist, subsist

be a benefactor fund

be a candidate compete

be a coward fear

be a customer of patronize (trade with)

be a drag on impede

be a drunkard carouse

be a factor concern (involve)

be a feature constitute (compose)

be a good investment pay

be a name for denote

be a part of involve (participate)

be a participator in commit (perpetrate)

be a party to commit (perpetrate), connive, contribute (assist), cooperate, involve (participate), partake, participate

be a reproach to disgrace

be a sign of denote, indicate

be a sound argument cohere (be logically consistent)

be a spectator observe (watch), witness (have direct knowledge of)

be a suppliant call (appeal to)

be a token of indicate

be a winner prevail (triumph)

be a witness observe (watch)

be absorbed in devote

be abstracted muse

be accepted pass (satisfy requirements)

be accordant agree (comply), cohere (be logically consistent), coincide (concur), comport (agree with), correspond (be equivalent)

be accorded hold (possess)

be accountable answer (be responsible)

be acquainted comprehend (understand)

be acquainted with apprehend (perceive), perceive, pierce (discern)

be active with occupy (engage)

be adjacent to abut, adjoin, border (bound)

be afflicted suffer (sustain loss)

be afraid fear

be after desire

be against confront (oppose), disapprove (reject)

be agreeable satisfy (fulfill)

be ahead of precede

be akin appertain, correspond (be equivalent)

be alarmed fear

be alive exist

be all over cease

be allowable lie (be sustainable)

be ambassador for represent (substitute)

be ambiguous equivocate

be an accomplice commit (perpetrate)

be an agent for represent (substitute)

be an impediment constrict (inhibit), hinder

be an indication of denote

be an obstacle constrict (inhibit), hinder, interfere

be an obstacle to impede, interpose

be an omen portend

be anchored remain (stay), stay (rest)

be angry resent

be annihilated perish

be answerable allow (endure), answer (be responsible)

be answerable for avouch (guarantee), justify, pledge (promise the performance of), promise (vow), undertake

be antagonistic collide (clash)

be anxious fear, mistrust

be apologist for justify

be applicable appertain, apply (pertain), comport (agree with)

be applicable to concern (involve)

be apposite comport (agree with)

be apprehensive doubt (distrust), fear, misdoubt, mistrust

be apprised understand

be apprized comprehend (understand)

be apprized of apprehend (perceive), perceive, pierce (discern)

be appropriate comport (agree with), lie (be sustainable), pertain

be apt comport (agree with)

be armed forestall

be associated with attend (accompany), pertain

be assuaged relent

be at an end cease

be at cross purposes conflict, counter, counteract, differ (vary), dispute (contest), oppose

be at cross-purposes collide (clash), confront (oppose), fight (counteract)

be at ease rest (cease from action)

be at fault lapse (fall into error)

be at hand impend, report (present oneself)

be at loggerheads bicker

be at one with agree (comply), coincide (concur), conform

be at the head of moderate (preside over), preside

be at the helm overlook (superintend), oversee

be at variance bicker, collide (clash), conflict, demurrer, deviate, differ (vary), disaccord, disagree, dispute (contest), dissent (differ in opinion), except (object), object

be at work attempt

be at work on occupy (engage)

be attendant on attend (take care of)

be attentive consider, devote, hear (give attention to), heed, immerse (engross), note (notice), notice (observe), observe (watch), regard (pay attention)

be attentive to attend (heed), perceive

be attorney for represent (substitute)

be attracted gravitate

be augmented compound, expand

be auxiliary to aid

be available lie (be sustainable)

be averse object

be aware comprehend (understand), heed, observe (watch)

be aware of appreciate (comprehend), apprehend (perceive), construe (comprehend), perceive, pierce (discern), recognize (perceive), regard (pay attention)

be banded together conspire

be beholden owe

be benevolent help

be bent upon desire, pursue (strive to gain)

be bereft of lack

be better transcend

be better for gain, profit

be bewildered misjudge

be biased favor, preconceive, predetermine, presuppose

be blind to ignore

be born arise (originate)

be bound answer (be responsible), avow, owe

be calm repose (rest)

be capable of holding accommodate

be capricious vacillate

be careful beware, hedge, heed

be careless neglect

be careless with endanger

be caused by ensue

be cautious beware, care (be cautious), hedge, heed, mistrust

be censorious denounce (condemn)

be certain expect (anticipate)

be changeful fluctuate

be characteristic of appertain

be chargeable answer (be responsible)

be chary beware

be circumjacent encompass (surround)

be circumjacent to border (bound)

be circumspect beware

be clear cohere (be logically consistent)

be closeted with rendezvous

be cognizant comprehend (understand)

be cognizant of appreciate (comprehend), apprehend (perceive), perceive

be coherent cohere (be logically consistent)

be compassionate relent, sympathize

be compelled answer (be responsible)

be complemental correspond (be equivalent)

be compliant relent

be composed of comprehend (include), comprise, consist, contain (comprise), include

be compounded of contain (comprise)

be comprised of comprehend (include), consist

be concealed camouflage, elude

be concerned care (be cautious), care (regard), fear

be concerned for care (regard)

be concerned with appertain, apply (pertain), occupy (engage), pertain

be concomitant coincide (correspond)

be concomittant concur (coexist)

be confident expect (anticipate), rely, trust

be confounded lose (undergo defeat)

be confused misconstrue, misunderstand

be congruent appertain, coincide (correspond), correspond (be equivalent)

be congruous cohere (be logically consistent)

be connected to pertain

be connected with appertain, apply (pertain), attend (accompany)

be conscience striken repent

be conscious comprehend (understand), observe (watch)

be conscious of appreciate (comprehend), apprehend (perceive), detect, heed, notice (observe), perceive, pierce (discern), regard (pay attention)

be consistent comport (agree with)

be consonant comport (agree with)

be conspicuous flaunt

be constant adhere (persist), endure (last), keep (continue), persevere, remain (continue)

be constituted of contain (comprise)

be consumed decrease

be contained in consist

be contemporaneous coincide (correspond), concur (coexist)

be contemporary concur (coexist)

be contemptuous condescend (patronize)

be contemptuous of contemn, disdain, flout, misprize

be conterminous border (bound)

be contiguous abut, border (bound), contact (touch)

be continguous to adjoin

be contrary collide (clash), conflict, counter, counteract, countervail, differ (vary), disagree, disapprove (reject), dispute (debate), dissent (differ in opinion), fight (counteract), gainsay, oppugn

be contrary to contravene, oppose

be conversant with comprehend (understand)

be converted change

be convinced opine

be convivial carouse

be counted vote

be courteous condescend (deign)

be cowardly fear

be critical complain (criticize)

be cunning cheat, circumvent, delude, illude, scheme

be daunted fear

be debited with overdraw

be deceitful bear false witness, fake, palter, pretend

be deceived err, misapprehend, misconceive, misread, mistake

be deceptive misstate, palter

be defeated fail (lose), lose (undergo defeat), succumb

be deficient default, lack

be dejected brood

be delinquent default

be demoted fail (lose)

be dense cohere (adhere)

be dependent on rely

be dependent upon appertain

be deprived of forfeit, lack, lose (be deprived of)

be deputy for represent (substitute)

be derelict break (violate), default, disobey

be derived accrue (arise), arise (originate)

be derogatory derogate

be deserving earn

be desirous lack

be destitute lack

be destroyed degenerate, lose (undergo defeat), perish

be determined persevere, persist

be determined to intend

be determined to get pursue (strive to gain)

be devoid of truth bear false witness

be devoted adhere (maintain loyalty), adhere (persist)

be devoted to obey

be different conflict, deviate

be diffuse digress

be dilatory defer (put off), delay, hesitate, hold up (delay), procrastinate

be diligent labor

be disappointed lose (undergo defeat)

be disclosed bare

be discordant bicker, collide (clash), conflict, contend (dispute), differ (disagree), disagree

be discourteous offend (insult)

be dishonest bear false witness, betray (lead astray), cheat, hoodwink, lie (falsify), mislead, palter, prevaricate

be disjoined estrange

be disloyal defect, disobey, rebel

be disposed to choose

be disrespectful flout

be dissatisfied complain (criticize)

be dissimilar differ (vary)

be distended expand

be distinct differ (vary)

be distinguished from deviate, differ (vary)

be distracted muse

be disturbed over regret

be disunited disagree

be dormant remain (stay), stay (rest)

be doubtful disbelieve, doubt (distrust), misdoubt, mistrust, oscillate, suspect (distrust)

be drunk carouse

be dubious doubt (distrust), hesitate, mistrust, pause, suspect (distrust)

be due owe

be due to ensue, result

be durable continue (persevere), endure (last)

be eager desire

be economical retrench

be effaced disappear

be effective function, prevail (triumph)

be efficacious prevail (triumph)

be effusive outpour

be employed labor, occupy (engage), practice (engage in)

be engaged in commit (perpetrate)

be engrossed in commit (perpetrate), concentrate (pay attention), devote

be entitled to as a matter of right, earn

be equivalent compensate (counterbalance)

be eradicated perish

be erased disappear

be erroneous bear false witness, err, miscalculate, misread, misstate, mistake

be established lie (be sustainable)

be established in inhabit

be evasive evade (deceive), palter, prevaricate

be even with quit (repay)

be evidence of manifest

be evident lie (be sustainable)

be extinguished perish

be extravagant dissipate (expend foolishly)

be faithful adhere (maintain loyalty)

be faithful to comply, fulfill, keep (fulfill), obey, observe (obey), perform (adhere to)

be faithless bear false witness, default

be fallacious bear false witness

be false bear false witness, equivocate, misrepresent, palter, perjure

be false to betray (lead astray)

be familiar with recognize (perceive)

be favorable to authorize, bestow, favor

be fearful fear

be firm endure (last), maintain (sustain), resolve (decide)

be firmly fixed maintain (sustain)

be fitting lie (be sustainable)

be fixed stay (rest)

be foiled lose (undergo defeat)

be fond of prefer, regard (hold in esteem), relish

be forewarned beware, forestall

be forfeited back escheat

be forgiving relent

be formed of comprise, consist, contain (comprise), include

be forsworn bear false witness