be forthcoming impend

be fraudulent bear false witness, palter

be frightened fear

be frugal retrench

be fruitful proliferate, propagate (increase), pullulate

be frustrated lose (undergo defeat)

be given acquire (receive), collect (recover money), receive (acquire)

be given to understand construe (comprehend)

be gluttonous overindulge

be gone abandon (physically leave), depart, part (leave)

be good to avail (be of use)

be governed by obey

be gracious condescend (deign)

be graduated pass (satisfy requirements)

be granted a legacy inherit

be greater surpass

be greater in value outbalance

be greater in weight outbalance

be greedy overindulge

be guarded beware

be guided by hear (give attention to), heed, obey, observe (obey)

be guilty of perpetrate

be guilty of infraction break (violate)

be handed down to devolve

be handed over devolve

be harbinger portend

be harmonious attune

be hateful alienate (estrange)

be heir to hold (possess)

be helpful contribute (assist)

be horrified fear

be humbled lose (undergo defeat)

be hurtful ill use, mistreat

be hypocritical palter, pretend

be identical coincide (correspond)

be idle loiter, procrastinate

be ignorant misunderstand

be imminent impend

be immobile remain (stay), stay (rest)

be immoderate carouse, dissipate (expend foolishly)

be immovable remain (stay)

be immune resist (withstand)

be impaired suffer (sustain loss)

be impolite offend (insult)

be impoverished lose (be deprived of)

be impressed regard (hold in esteem)

be improved by gain, profit

be in a quandary doubt (hesitate)

be in a reverie muse

be in accordance with comport (agree with)

be in action attempt

be in antagonism collide (clash)

be in arrears default

be in attendance appear (attend court proceedings), report (present oneself)

be in authority moderate (preside over), preside

be in awe fear, regard (hold in esteem)

be in charge preside

be in collusion maneuver, plot

be in collusion with connive

be in conflict with contravene

be in conjunction with border (bound)

be in contact with border (bound)

be in control prevail (triumph)

be in debt default, overdraw, owe

be in effect exist

be in error misapprehend, miscalculate, misconstrue

be in favor of approve, authorize, consent, countenance, embrace (accept), pass (approve), permit

be in general use prevail (be in force), prevail (triumph)

be in harmony conform

be in harmony with agree (comply)

be in keeping comport (agree with), conform

be in league with involve (participate), participate

be in need lack

be in operation function

be in opposition disagree

be in possession of hold (possess), own, possess

be in possession of the facts comprehend (understand)

be in power govern, manage, rule (govern)

be in present force exist

be in proximity approach

be in receipt of obtain, own, possess

be in sight appear (materialize)

be in sight of approach

be in store impend

be in the ascendant prevail (triumph)

be in the chair preside

be in the majority predominate (outnumber)

be in the neighborhood of approach

be in the running compete

be in the vicinity of approach, approximate, border (approach)

be in the way impede

be in the wrong err, mistake, misunderstand

be in tune with comport (agree with)

be in unison agree (comply)

be in want lack

be inadequate lack

be inattentive ignore, muse, neglect

be inattentive to overlook (superintend)

be incident to appertain

be inclined to think assume (suppose), deem, presuppose

be incompatible collide (clash)

be incongruent differ (disagree)

be inconsistent conflict

be inconstant change, palter, vacillate, vary

be incredulous disbelieve, doubt (distrust)

be incurious disregard

be indebted owe

be indecisive oscillate

be indifferent disregard

be indifferent to discount (disbelieve)

be indignant resent

be indiscreet impart

be indulgent of allow (endure), permit

be indulgent toward favor

be industrious labor

be inert procrastinate, remain (stay), stay (rest)

be inferior lack

be influenced predetermine

be influential prevail upon

be informed comprehend (understand), pierce (discern), understand

be informed of perceive

be inharmonious conflict, differ (disagree), differ (vary)

be inherent constitute (compose)

be inimical collide (clash), counter

be injured suffer (sustain loss)

be inmovable stay (rest)

be insensitive disregard

be insincere bear false witness, palter

be insolent disparage

be instrumental pander

be insubordinate disobey, rebel

be insufficient lack

be insulted resent

be intelligible cohere (be logically consistent)

be intemperate carouse, debauch, dissipate (expend foolishly), overindulge

be intent upon pursue (strive to gain)

be interdependent with concern (involve)

be intermittent fluctuate

be intimate cohabit

be intimidated fear

be intolerant persecute

be intrinsic appertain

be involved concern (involve), participate

be irresolute change, doubt (hesitate), hesitate, misdoubt, oscillate, pause, vacillate

be jaundiced preconceive, predetermine, presuppose, select

be joined conjoin

be joined to adjoin

be juxtaposed border (bound)

be lax neglect

be left behind lose (undergo defeat)

be lenient bear (tolerate), condone, palliate (excuse), relax, tolerate

be liable answer (be responsible), owe

be loath disfavor, mistrust

be located dwell (reside), reside

be logical cohere (be logically consistent)

be long-lived last

be lost to view disappear

be loyal adhere (maintain loyalty)

be loyal to obey

be lucid cohere (be logically consistent)

be made of comprise, consist

be made up of comprehend (include), consist, include

be malevolent bait (harass), endanger, harass, harm, ill use, mistreat, persecute

be malicious persecute

be manifest appear (attend court proceedings), appear (materialize)

be master direct (supervise)

be master of handle (manage), hold (possess), own

be mendacious bear false witness, palter

be merciful condone, relent

be mindful concern (care), regard (pay attention)

be misguided err, miscalculate, misconceive, mistake, misunderstand

be misinformed misconceive

be misled err, misapprehend, miscalculate, misconceive, misconstrue, misinterpret, mistake, misunderstand

be mistaken err, misapprehend, miscalculate, misconceive, misread, mistake, misunderstand

be mixed desegregate

be mollified relent

be more specific elaborate

be motionless remain (stay), stay (rest)

be moved sympathize

be mutinous disobey

be mutually opposed collide (clash)

be near approach, approximate, border (approach), impend

be near at hand impend, threaten

be needy lack

be neglectful default, procrastinate

be negligent default, disobey

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

be no more die

be noisy brawl

be null and void perish

be numerous compound, proliferate

be nurtured subsist

be obedient obey

be obligated answer (be responsible), owe

be obliged answer (be responsible)

be oblique deviate

be obstinate adhere (persist), insist, persevere, persist, refuse

be obstructive balk, clog, counter, fight (counteract), foil, frustrate, inconvenience

be occupied in concentration muse

be occupied in study muse

be occupied with address (direct attention to)

be of contrary sentiment dissent (differ in opinion)

be of different opinions disagree

be of greater significance outweigh

be of help assist

be of service aid, avail (be of use), contribute (assist), pander

be of the opinion assume (suppose), deem, guess, surmise, suspect (think)

be of the same mind coincide (concur)

be of use assist, help, inure (benefit), profit, serve (assist)

be of value avail (be of use)

be off abandon (physically leave), leave (depart)

be offended resent

be offensive affront, bait (harass), harry (harass), mistreat, persecute

be offered hold (possess)

be on one’s guard beware

be on the alert beware, patrol

be on the lookout beware, patrol

be on the watch beware, patrol

be one unite

be one of concern (involve)

be one with coincide (concur), merge

be opposed conflict, disagree

be opposed to conflict, cross (disagree with), disapprove (reject)

be opposite confront (oppose), differ (vary)

be ostentatious flaunt

be outdistanced lose (undergo defeat)

be outvoted lose (undergo defeat)

be overawed fear

be overbearing condescend (patronize)

be overthrown lose (undergo defeat)

be paid collect (recover money)

be parallel concur (coexist)

be part of appertain, constitute (compose)

be partial discriminate (treat differently)

be partial to favor, prefer

be partisan adhere (maintain loyalty)

be patent appear (seem to be)

be patient bear (tolerate), forbear

be peaceful rest (cease from action)

be penitent regret, repent

be peremptory insist

be perfidious bear false witness, disobey, palter

be periodic alternate (fluctuate), fluctuate

be perjured bear false witness

be permanent continue (persevere), endure (last), remain (continue)

be permissible lie (be sustainable)

be permitted lie (be sustainable)

be perplexed misjudge

be persistent recur

be persuaded concede, grant (concede), opine

be pertinent appertain, apply (pertain)

be pertinent to concern (involve)

be petrified fear

be piqued resent

be pitiless brutalize, mistreat

be placated relent

be pleased with relish

be plentiful proliferate

be pliant relent

be poor lack

be possessed of hold (possess), occupy (take possession), own

be possible lie (be sustainable)

be precise detail (particularize)

be predisposed discriminate (treat differently)

be prejudiced favor, forejudge, preconceive, predetermine, presuppose, select

be prepared beware, expect (anticipate)

be prepossessed predetermine

be present appear (attend court proceedings), dwell (reside), remain (occupy)

be present and note witness (have direct knowledge of)

be present to answer appear (attend court proceedings)

be preserved endure (last)

be prevalent prevail (triumph)

be prewarned beware

be prodigal bestow, dissipate (expend foolishly), overdraw

be productive pullulate

be proffered hold (possess)

be profitable avail (be of use), inure (benefit), pay

be prolix outpour

be prolonged endure (last)

be promoted pass (satisfy requirements)

be prone to gravitate

be proper lie (be sustainable)

be proper to apply (pertain)

be protracted endure (last)

be provoked resent

be proxy for represent (substitute)

be prudent beware

be public bare, circulate

be published circulate

be puzzled doubt (hesitate)

be quartered reside

be quiescent desist

be quiet rest (cease from action)

be racked suffer (sustain loss)

be rash forejudge

be rationally connected cohere (be logically consistent)

be ready for anticipate (expect)

be reasonable cohere (be logically consistent)

be recalcitrant disobey

be reconciled condone, suffer (permit)

be recusant disobey

be reduced in worth decay, degenerate

be regulated by conform, obey, observe (obey)

be related correspond (be equivalent)

be related to concern (involve)

be relevant apply (pertain), concern (involve)

be reminded of recall (remember), recollect, remember

be remiss default

be remorseful regret

be resident in inhabit

be resigned suffer (permit)

be resolute choose, endeavor, insist, persevere, persist

be resolute in prosecute (carry forward)

be respondent countercharge

be responsible cause, compose, create, induce

be responsible for guarantee, sponsor

be responsive acknowledge (respond), answer (reply), countercharge

be revengeful resent

be rewarded reap

be rife pervade, predominate (outnumber)

be riveted stay (rest)

be rude affront, disparage, harry (harass), ignore, mistreat

be ruined lose (undergo defeat), perish

be ruled by obey

be ruthless persecute

be satisfied opine

be satisfied with approve, recommend

be scared fear

be scornful flout

be sedentary remain (stay), stay (rest)

be seized of possess

be selfish overindulge

be sensitive to perceive

be serene repose (rest)

be servile pander

be settled dwell (reside)

be settled in opinion resolve (decide)

be severe castigate

be severed part (separate)

be showy flaunt

be silent cease

be simultaneous coincide (correspond)

be situated dwell (reside), reside

be skeptical disbelieve, doubt (distrust), impugn, misdoubt, mistrust, suspect (distrust)

be sly circumvent

be so good as to deign

be so minded choose

be solid crystallize

be sorry for deplore, regret, repent, sympathize

be sovereign predominate (command)

be specific describe, designate, enumerate, itemize, pinpoint

be spokesman for represent (substitute)

be spurious bear false witness

be stable last

be startled fear

be stationary remain (stay), stay (rest)

be stationed dwell (reside)

be steadfast adhere (maintain loyalty), adhere (persist), keep (continue), persevere, persist, prolong, prosecute (carry forward), remain (continue)

be steady adhere (persist), persevere, persist

be stealthy conspire, lurk, prowl

be still rest (cease from action)

be stricken suffer (sustain loss)

be strong resist (withstand)

be stubborn persevere

be subject answer (be responsible), obey

be subjected to bear (tolerate), endure (suffer), suffer (sustain loss)

be submissive relent, surrender (yield), yield (submit)

be submissive to observe (obey)

be subsequent ensue, succeed (follow), supervene

be subservient pander

be successful attain, earn, pass (satisfy requirements), prevail (triumph)

be sufficient fulfill, satisfy (fulfill)

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

be suited lie (be sustainable)

be sundered part (separate)

be superior beat (defeat), outbalance, surpass, transcend

be superior in number predominate (outnumber)

be supportable lie (be sustainable)

be supported subsist

be supreme beat (defeat), predominate (command)

be surety answer (be responsible)

be surety for avouch (guarantee), cosign

be suspicious doubt (distrust), suspect (distrust)

be sustained subsist

be swallowed up merge

be swayed predetermine

be sworn certify (attest), testify

be tacked together cohere (adhere)

be taken for exemplify

be temperate forbear, refrain

be tenacious persevere, persist, remain (continue)

be tentative hesitate

be terrified fear

be the agent compose, create

be the author create

be the author of cause

be the cause generate

be the cause of compose, create, engender, evoke

be the chairman preside

be the effect result

be the effect of ensue

be the embodiment personify

be the equivalent of exemplify

be the guiding force oversee

be the heir of inherit

be the outcome result

be the reason compose, create

be the victor prevail (triumph)

be thorough follow-up

be thwarted lose (undergo defeat)

be timeless endure (last), last

be timid fear

be tolerant condone, forbear, relent

be touched sympathize

be tranquil repose (rest), rest (cease from action)

be transferred devolve

be transfixed remain (stay), stay (rest)

be treasonable rebel

be treasonous disobey

be triumphant prevail (triumph)

be true adhere (maintain loyalty)

be true to keep (fulfill)

be unable to respect decry, disgrace

be unaccommodating disoblige

be uncandid palter

be uncertain confound, doubt (distrust), doubt (hesitate), hesitate, misdoubt, mistrust, oscillate, pause, tergiversate, vacillate

be unclear equivocate

be unconsumed last

be unconvinced disbelieve

be uncooperative inconvenience

be undecided doubt (hesitate), oscillate

be under legal obligation answer (be responsible)

be under obligation owe

be under the impression apprehend (perceive), deem

be understandable cohere (be logically consistent)

be understanding sympathize

be undetermined doubt (hesitate), misdoubt, oscillate

be undisciplined disobey

be unexhausted last

be unfaithful default

be unfriendly alienate (estrange)

be unique differ (vary)

be united join (associate oneself with)

be unlike differ (vary), vary

be unpalatable repel (disgust)

be unresolved oscillate

be unruly disobey

be unseen lurk

be unsettled alternate (fluctuate), vacillate

be unsteady fluctuate, oscillate, vacillate

be unsuccessful fail (lose), lose (undergo defeat)

be unsure oscillate, tergiversate, vacillate

be unsusceptible resist (withstand)

be untruthful bear false witness, equivocate, fabricate (make up), lie (falsify), palter, perjure, prevaricate

be unwilling conflict, disoblige, dissent (withhold assent), hold out (resist), refuse

be unyielding adhere (persist), persevere, persist

be uppermost in the mind occur (come to mind)

be useful avail (be of use), function, pander

be vagrant loiter

be vague equivocate

be vengeful resent

be vexed resent

be vicious to brutalize

be victorious carry (succeed), pass (satisfy requirements), prevail (triumph), succeed (attain)

be victorious over beat (defeat), overthrow

be vigilant caution, concern (care), observe (watch)

be violent fight (battle), mistreat

be voracious overindulge

be vouchsafed hold (possess)

be wanting lack

be warned beware

be warranted lie (be sustainable)

be wary beware

be watchful concern (care)

be wicked to brutalize

be willing agree (comply), comply, consent

be willing to bear assume (undertake)

be without lack, lose (be deprived of)

be worse degenerate

be worthy earn

be wounded suffer (sustain loss)

be wrong miscalculate, misconstrue

beach littoral

beachfront littoral

beacon indicant, indicator

beam emit, radiate

bear allow (endure), carry (transport), demean (deport oneself), endure (suffer), engender, produce (manufacture), propagate (increase), resist (withstand), suffer (sustain loss), tolerate, transmit, transport, yield (produce a return). SEE MAIN ENTRY

bear a grudge against discriminate (treat differently)

bear a part contribute (assist)

bear away distrain, hijack, impropriate

bear down coerce, pressure

bear down against compel

bear down on press (constrain)

bear down upon attack

bear false witness frame (charge falsely), lie (falsify), misrepresent, palter, perjure, prevaricate. SEE MAIN ENTRY

bear fruit avail (bring about), succeed (attain)

bear hard upon compel

bear heavily weigh

bear in memory remember

bear in mind care (be cautious), regard (pay attention), remember, retain (keep in possession)

bear malice alienate (estrange), discriminate (treat differently), mistreat, resent

bear no malice forgive

bear no resemblance deviate, differ (vary)

bear off deviate, kidnap

bear on appertain

bear oneself deport (conduct oneself)

bear out attest, certify (attest), corroborate, document, evidence, justify, substantiate, support (corroborate), sustain (confirm), verify (confirm), witness (attest to)

bear pain endure (suffer)

bear resemblance correspond (be equivalent)

bear the cost bear the expense, defray, pay

bear the cost of disburse (pay out), expend (disburse)

bear the expense defray. SEE MAIN ENTRY

bear the expense of disburse (pay out), expend (disburse)

bear the responsibility of hold (possess)

bear up resist (withstand), uphold

bear up against maintain (sustain), stem (check)

bear up under endure (suffer)

bear upon affect, apply (pertain), based on, pertain, prejudice (influence), refer (direct attention), relate (establish a connection). SEE MAIN ENTRY

bear with condone, excuse, forbear, submit (yield), suffer (permit), tolerate, vouchsafe

bear without resistance endure (suffer)

bear witness acknowledge (declare), avouch (avow), avow, certify (attest), corroborate, notarize, promise (vow), seal (solemnize), speak, substantiate, swear, testify, vouch, witness (attest to). SEE MAIN ENTRY

bear witness against betray (disclose), denounce (inform against), inform (betray)

bear witness to attest, certify (attest), depose (testify), evidence

bearable fair (satisfactory), passable

beard defy

beardless inexperienced

bearer SEE MAIN ENTRY

bearing behavior, color (complexion), conduct, connection (relation), connotation, content (meaning), demeanor, deportment, direction (course), magnitude, manner (behavior), position (point of view), posture (attitude), presence (poise), relation (connection), relationship (connection), relevance, semblance, significance, tendency

bearing good will benevolent

bearing no name anonymous

bearing offspring freely fertile

bearing on relative (relevant)

bearing on the question pertinent

bearing out corroboration

bearing revenue lucrative

bearing the cost collection (payment)

bearing upon apposite, cognate, germane, incident

bearings locality

bearish brutal, fractious, petulant, severe

beast animal

beast of burden animal

beast of the field animal

beastliness bestiality, disrepute

beastly brutal, disreputable, heinous, obnoxious, odious, repulsive, vicious

beat attack, defeat, kill (defeat), lash (strike), oscillate, outweigh, overcome (surmount), overwhelm, stress (accent), strike (assault), subdue, subjugate, surmount, surpass, territory, upset. SEE MAIN ENTRY

beat a retreat quit (evacuate)

beat back repel (drive back), repulse, resist (oppose)

beat down browbeat, haggle, subdue

beat off parry, repulse, stave

beatable vulnerable

beaten despondent, passable

beatific ecstatic

beatify elevate

beating battery, defeat, failure (lack of success)

beauteous attractive

beautification motif

beautified elaborate

beautiful attractive, elegant

beautify embellish, meliorate

becalm pacify, soothe

becalmed dormant

because consequently. SEE MAIN ENTRY

because of this a priori

bechance supervene

beckon call (summon), entrap, request, subpoena, summon

beckoning attractive

becloud blind (obscure), camouflage, confound, cover (conceal), disguise, muddle, obfuscate, obnubilate, obscure, shroud

become arise (originate), comport (agree with), convert (change use), develop, evolve, germinate. SEE MAIN ENTRY

become a citizen reside

become a component incorporate (include)

become a fact occur (happen)

become a member join (associate oneself with)

become a participator espouse

become a partisan espouse

become a party to an action intervene

become a reality crystallize

become acquainted rendezvous

become acquainted with ascertain, discern (detect with the senses), find (discover)

become added accrue (increase)

become an ingredient incorporate (include)

become apparent develop, emerge

become apprised of find (discover)

become apprized discern (detect with the senses)

become aware note (notice), occur (come to mind), realize (understand)

become aware of apprehend (perceive), detect, discern (detect with the senses), hear (perceive by ear), notice (observe), overhear, perceive

become bankrupt fail (lose), overdraw

become better progress

become bound promise (vow), stipulate

become bound to pledge (promise the performance of)

become broad expand

become connected with join (associate oneself with)

become conscious note (notice), realize (understand)

become conscious of hear (perceive by ear), notice (observe), perceive

become definite crystallize

become delineated crystallize

become depraved degenerate

become detached disengage

become deteriorated degenerate, depreciate

become disheartened languish

become due accrue (arise), mature

become enfeebled decay, degenerate

become enforceable accrue (arise)

become extinct disappear, perish

become familiar with practice (train by repetition)

become firm crystallize

become flexible give (yield)

become forfeit lapse (cease)

become free escape

become fully developed mature

become greater accrue (increase), appreciate (increase), compound, expand, increase

become habituated naturalize (acclimate)

become heir to accede (succeed)

become ill languish

become impaired degenerate

become imperceptible disappear

become inactive quit (discontinue)

become informed discern (detect with the senses), discover, find (discover)

become insolvent fail (lose), overdraw

become involved care (regard), engage (involve)

become involved with participate

become known convey (communicate), occur (happen)

become larger accrue (increase), compound, expand, increase

become less active subside

become less rigid give (yield)

become liable guarantee

become liable for incur

become like conform

become lower in quality decay, degenerate

become manifest arise (appear), emerge

become more numerous appreciate (increase)

become notably worse degenerate

become noticeable arise (appear)

become of greater value appreciate (increase)

become of less worth depreciate

become one consolidate (unite), unite

become operative arise (occur)

become payable mature

become perfected mature

become perverted degenerate

become plain emerge

become pliant give (yield)

become poorer by lose (be deprived of)

become present accrue (arise)

become prime mature

become public circulate

become putrescent decay

become responsible for assume (undertake), incur

become ripe mature

become settled crystallize

become similar conform

become smaller decrease, diminish

become solid cohere (adhere), crystallize

become surety for guarantee

become tainted degenerate

become unable to meet obligations default

become visible appear (materialize), arise (appear), crystallize, emerge, occur (come to mind)

become void cease, expire, lapse (cease)

become weak languish

become worse degenerate, deteriorate

becoming attractive, consonant, favorable (advantageous), felicitous, fit, fitting, harmonious, palatable, proper, rightful, suitable

becoming greater cumulative (increasing)

becoming larger cumulative (increasing)

becoming more intense cumulative (intensifying)

becomingness propriety (appropriateness)

becripple disable

becurtain blind (obscure), camouflage

bed lodge (house), plant (place firmly)

bedaub stain

bedazzle discompose, disconcert

bedeck clothe, embellish

bedecked elaborate

bedevil annoy, discompose, disconcert, disorganize, distress, disturb, embarrass, harass, harrow, obsess, perplex, persecute, pique, plague

bedevilment detriment, harm, nuisance

bedim blind (obscure), camouflage, obfuscate, obnubilate, obscure, sully

bedizen embellish

bedizened meretricious, tawdry

bedlam imbroglio, pandemonium, riot, turmoil

bedraggled disordered

bedrape clothe

bedridden disabled (made incapable)

bedrock center (essence), foundation (basis). SEE MAIN ENTRY

bedwarf minimize

befall supervene

befalling accident (chance occurrence), chance (fortuity), contingency, experience (encounter)

befit applicable, comport (agree with), pertain

befitting applicable, apposite, appropriate, condign, convenient, due (regular), eligible, favorable (advantageous), felicitous, fit, just, opportune, proper, rightful, seasonable, suitable, tenable

befog blind (obscure), camouflage, confuse (bewilder), cover (conceal), disorganize, muddle, obscure, shroud

befogged lost (disoriented)

befool bait (lure), betray (lead astray), bilk, cheat, deceive, defraud, delude, dupe, entrap, hoodwink, humiliate, illude, inveigle, misguide, mislead

before theretofore. SEE MAIN ENTRY

before further examination prima facie (self-evident)

before mentioned last (preceding), said

before now heretofore

before one’s eyes perceivable

before time premature

before-mentioned aforesaid. SEE MAIN ENTRY

beforehand aforethought. SEE MAIN ENTRY

beforesaid aforesaid

befoul contaminate, corrupt, debase, infect, pillory, pollute, stain, taint (contaminate), tarnish

befouled tainted (contaminated)

befoulment contaminate

befriend favor, foster, promote (organize), side, sponsor, subsidize

befriender good samaritan, samaritan

befuddle confuse (bewilder), discompose, disorganize, disorient, disturb, muddle, obfuscate

befuddled lost (disoriented)

befuddlement confusion (ambiguity)

beg exhort, importune, press (beseech), pressure, urge

beg a favor call (appeal to), desire

beg for invoke, request

beg leave call (appeal to)

beg pardon repent

beg the question prevaricate

beg to be excused refuse

beg to differ demur

beget create, elicit, engender, generate, make, originate, produce (manufacture), propagate (increase), reproduce

begetter architect, author (originator), derivation, parents

begettor progenitor

beggar deplete, parasite

beggared impecunious, poor (underprivileged)

beggarliness poverty

beggarly destitute, ignoble, impecunious, petty, poor (inferior in quality)

beggary poverty, privation

begging request

begin arise (originate), assume (undertake), commence, conceive (invent), embark, establish (launch), generate, initiate, launch (initiate), maintain (commence), originate, preface, provoke, stem (originate), undertake, unveil. SEE MAIN ENTRY

begin a corporation incorporate (form a corporation)

begin again continue (resume), proceed (continue), reopen, resume

begin from develop

begin hostilities against attack

begin over continue (resume)

begin where one left off proceed (continue)

beginner amateur, apprentice, neophyte, novice, probationer (one being tested)

beginning causative, creation, derivation, elementary, embryo, foundation (basis), genesis, inception, inchoate, incipient, initial, nascency, onset (commencement), origin (source), original (initial), origination, outset, overture, preamble, precursory, preface, preliminary, prelude, preparatory, prime (original), primordial, rudimentary, source, start, threshold (commencement). SEE MAIN ENTRY

beginning before retroactive

beginnings overt act

begird circumscribe (surround by boundary), embrace (encircle), encompass (surround), include

begloom obfuscate, obscure

begotten born (alive)

begrime deface, pollute, sully

begrudge withhold

begrudging jealous, reluctant

beguile bait (lure), betray (lead astray), bilk, cheat, circumvent, cloak, deceive, defraud, delude, disarm (set at ease), dupe, ensnare, entrap, evade (deceive), fabricate (make up), fake, feign, foist, hoodwink, illude, interest, inveigle, lure, misguide, mislead, misrepresent, palter, pettifog, pretend, propitiate

beguilement artifice, deceit, deception, falsification, fraud, hoax, knavery, pretense (pretext)

beguiling attractive, collusive, deceptive, delusive, dishonest, evasive, fallacious, false (not genuine), fraudulent, insidious

begun but not completed inchoate

behalf SEE MAIN ENTRY

behave demean (deport oneself), deport (conduct oneself), obey

behave towards treat (process)

behaved obedient

behavior conduct, demeanor, deportment, modus operandi, practice (custom), presence (poise), procedure, protocol (etiquette), way (manner). SEE MAIN ENTRY

behavior pattern conduct, manner (behavior)

behaviorism casuistry

behest canon, demand, dictate, directive, mandate, order (judicial directive), process (summons), request, requirement, requisition

behind back (in arrears), delinquent (overdue)

behind bars in custody

behind the age outdated, outmoded

behind the scenes clandestine, latent

behind the times outdated, outmoded

behind time back (in arrears), dilatory, late (tardy), overdue

behindhand delinquent (overdue)

behold detect, discern (detect with the senses), discover, notice (observe), observe (watch), pierce (discern), regard (pay attention), spy, witness (have direct knowledge of). SEE MAIN ENTRY

beholdable discernible, manifest, open (in sight), perceivable, perceptible, scrutable

beholden accountable (responsible), bound, indebted, loyal

beholder bystander, witness

behoof advantage, behalf, benefit (betterment)

behoove pertain

being character (an individual), entity, identity (individuality), individual, person, personality, presence (attendance), reality, survival. SEE MAIN ENTRY

being analyzed at issue

being done current

being in ill repute disreputable

being in two corresponding parts bipartite

being of no importance collateral (immaterial)

bejewel embellish

belated back (in arrears), dilatory, late (tardy), overdue

belaud honor. SEE MAIN ENTRY

belay handcuff

beleaguer attack, contain (enclose), envelop, harry (harass)

belie bear false witness, cloak, deceive, disguise, disprove, fake, falsify, feign, lie (falsify), misrepresent, prevaricate, refute

belief assumption (supposition), concept, conjecture, credence, credulity, doctrine, dogma, estimate (idea), faith, idea, impression, notion, presumption, principle (axiom), reliance, stand (position), standpoint, supposition, theory, thesis, trust (confidence), weight (credibility). SEE MAIN ENTRY

beliefs behavior

believability credibility, probability

believable convincing, credible, defensible, ostensible, plausible, possible, presumptive, probable, reliable, specious, tenable, unimpeachable. SEE MAIN ENTRY

believableness credibility

believe deem, expect (consider probable), guess, opine, presume, presuppose, surmise, suspect (think). SEE MAIN ENTRY

believe in confide (trust), rely

believe on consideration deem

believed convincing, putative, uncontested, undisputed

believer addict, disciple, partisan

believing convincing, credulous, naive, orthodox, positive (confident), unsuspecting

belittle cavil, condescend (patronize), contemn, decry, defame, demean (make lower), demote, denigrate, denounce (condemn), deprecate, depreciate, derogate, dilute, diminish, disapprove (condemn), discommend, discount (disbelieve), disdain, disparage, lessen, minimize, misprize, pillory, smear, spurn, sully, underestimate. SEE MAIN ENTRY

belittlement disparagement, disregard (lack of respect)

belittling derogatory, disparagement, pejorative

bellicose contentious, disorderly, impertinent (insolent), inimical, insolent, litigious, malevolent, offensive (taking the initiative), perverse, provocative, pugnacious, spartan

bellicosity belligerency

belligerance belligerency

belligerant inimical

belligerency argument (contention), conflict, ill will, strife. SEE MAIN ENTRY

belligerent aggressor, argumentative, contentious, contestant, disputant, foe, litigious, malevolent, negative, perverse, pugnacious, spiteful

bellowing blatant (obtrusive)

belong comport (agree with), constitute (compose), correspond (be equivalent), pertain

belong as a part appertain

belong as an attribute appertain

belong intrinsically constitute (compose)

belong to affiliate, apply (pertain), join (associate oneself with)

belonger member (individual in a group)

belonging applicable, appurtenant, chattel, cognate, collateral (accompanying), correlative, holding (property owned), incident, pertinent, possession (property)

belonging equally to common (shared)

belonging to apposite, germane

belonging to all common (shared)

belonging to another country foreign

belonging to courts of justice forensic

belonging to debate forensic

belonging to many common (shared)

belonging to the house domestic (household)

belonging to the time current

belongings assets, capital, effects, estate (property), goods, interest (ownership), merchandise, personalty, possessions, property (possessions)

beloved popular

below a savoir. SEE MAIN ENTRY

below contempt loathsome

below par defective, deficient, faulty, ignoble, imperfect, inferior (lower in quality), marginal, nonsubstantial (not sturdy), paltry, peccable, perfunctory, poor (inferior in quality), unsound (not strong)

below standard poor (inferior in quality)

below standards defective

below the mark minimal

below the surface latent

belt circumscribe (surround by boundary), contain (enclose), embrace (encircle), encompass (surround)

bemask blind (obscure), camouflage, disguise, pretend

bemingle denature

bemire pollute, sully

bemist obfuscate

bemoan deplore, regret, repent

bemock disparage, jape

bemuddle confuse (bewilder)

bemuddled disordered, lost (disoriented)

bemuse perplex

ben trovato colorable (plausible)

bench bar (court), chamber (body), court, judicatory, judicature, judiciary, tribunal. SEE MAIN ENTRY

bench of judges chamber (body)

bench warrant search warrant

bencher jurist

benchmark SEE MAIN ENTRY

bend conform, contort, dispose (incline), distort, relax, relent, subdue, submit (yield), succumb, yield (submit)

bend out of shape contort

bend to obey

bend to one’s will persuade, prejudice (influence)

bendable flexible, malleable, pliable, pliant, resilient, sequacious, tractable

bending flexible, malleable, sequacious

bene moratus law-abiding, moral

beneath consideration inappreciable

beneath contempt blameworthy, loathsome, offensive (offending), paltry. SEE MAIN ENTRY

beneath notice inappreciable, inconsiderable, negligible, null (insignificant), paltry

beneath one’s dignity disgraceful

beneath standards defective

benediction laudation

benefaction aid (subsistence), appropriation (donation), behalf, benefit (betterment), benefit (conferment), benevolence (act of kindness), boom (prosperity), bounty, charity, clemency, contribution (donation), donation, endowment, favor (act of kindness), favor (sanction), gift (present), goodwill, grant, gratuity (present), help, inheritance, largess (generosity), largess (gift), perquisite, profit, tip (gratuity)

benefactor backer, contributor (giver), donor, good samaritan, patron (influential supporter), promoter, proponent, receiver, samaritan, sponsor. SEE MAIN ENTRY

benefactress donor

beneficence benevolence (act of kindness), benevolence (disposition to do good), clemency, consideration (sympathetic regard), goodwill, humanity (humaneness), largess (generosity), philanthropy

beneficent beneficial, charitable (benevolent), charitable (lenient), donative, humane, liberal (generous), magnanimous, nonprofit, philanthropic

beneficent friend benefactor

beneficentia charity

bénéficiaire heir

beneficial ancillary (auxiliary), contributory, convenient, corrigible, favorable (advantageous), gainful, instrumental, lucrative, medicinal, operative, palliative (abating), practical, profitable, propitious, purposeful, remedial, salubrious, salutary, valuable. SEE MAIN ENTRY

beneficial interest claim (right)

bénéfficiare beneficiary

beneficiary devisee, donee, grantee, heir, legatee, receiver, recipient, successor, transferee. SEE MAIN ENTRY

beneficience benefit (conferment)

beneficient benevolent

beneficium favor (act of kindness), privilege

beneficus charitable (benevolent)

benefit accommodate, advantage, aid (help), aid (subsistence), aid, assistance, avail (be of use), behalf, bonus, capitalize (seize the chance), contribution (donation), dividend, edge (advantage), edification, endowment, favor (act of kindness), favor, function, gain, grant, help (noun), help (verb), largess (gift), output, preference (priority), prerogative, privilege, proceeds, profit (noun), profit (verb), promote (organize), promotion (encouragement), realize (obtain as a profit), reap, recourse, reward, service (assistance), use, utility (usefulness), value, welfare, worth. SEE MAIN ENTRY

benefit of doubt compurgation

benefiter benefactor

benefits consideration (recompense)

benevolence assistance, behalf, benefit (conferment), bounty, charity, clemency, comity, consideration (sympathetic regard), favor (act of kindness), goodwill, help, humanity (humaneness), indulgence, lenience, philanthropy, understanding (tolerance). SEE MAIN ENTRY

benevolent charitable (lenient), donative, humane, lenient, liberal (generous), meritorious, nonprofit, paternal, philanthropic, placable, propitious. SEE MAIN ENTRY

benevolentia benevolence (act of kindness), philanthropy

benevolently fairly (impartially)

benevolentness charity

benevolus benevolent

benight blind (obscure), obscure

benighted blind (not discerning), incognizant, opaque

benightedness ignorance

benign beneficial, benevolent, charitable (lenient), favorable (expressing approval), harmless, humane, nontoxic, paternal, philanthropic, propitious, remedial, safe, salutary. SEE MAIN ENTRY

benign favor auspices

benignancy benevolence (disposition to do good), humanity (humaneness), largess (generosity), philanthropy

benignant beneficial, charitable (lenient), philanthropic, propitious

benignitas indulgence

benignity clemency, consideration (sympathetic regard), favor (act of kindness), humanity (humaneness), largess (generosity), philanthropy

benignus charitable (benevolent)

bent animus, aptitude, character (personal quality), design (intent), desire, direction (course), disposition (inclination), favor (partiality), frame (mood), inclination, inclined, instinct, partiality, penchant, pertinacious, position (point of view), posture (attitude), preconception, predilection, predisposition, prejudice (preconception), proclivity, prone, propensity, resolute, stand (position), standpoint, tendency

bent on solicitous

bent upon eager, earnest, insistent, zealous

benumb drug, obtund

benumbed insensible, torpid

benumbing chilling effect, lifeless (dull)

bepraise honor

bequeath abalienate, bestow, cede, contribute (supply), convey (transfer), demise, descend, devise (give), devolve, endow, give (grant), grant (transfer formally), leave (give), pass (advance), present (make a gift), transfer. SEE MAIN ENTRY

bequeathable heritable

bequeathal bequest, demise (conveyance), devolution, endowment, grant, legacy, will (testamentary instrument)

bequeathed by will testamentary

bequeather donor, feoffor, grantor

bequest benefit (conferment), contribute (supply), contribution (donation), devolution, donation, dower, endowment, estate (hereditament), grant, hereditament, heritage, inheritance, legacy. SEE MAIN ENTRY

berate blame, castigate, censure, complain (criticize), condemn (blame), criticize (find fault with), decry, defame, denounce (condemn), deprecate, disapprove (condemn), fault, lash (attack verbally), mistreat, pillory, rebuke, remonstrate, reprehend, reprimand, reproach. SEE MAIN ENTRY

berating contumely, objurgation, obloquy, revilement

bereave deprive, despoil

bereaved disconsolate

bereaved child orphan

bereavement cost (penalty), privation

bereft bankrupt, destitute

bereft of devoid, insufficient

bereft of funds poor (underprivileged)

bereft of life dead, deceased, lifeless (dead)

bereft of reason deranged, lunatic, non compos mentis

beribbon embellish

berserk frenetic

berth employment, lodge (house), lodging, office, post, seat, trade (occupation)

beseech call (appeal to), exhort, importune, petition, plead (implore), pray, pressure, prevail upon, request, solicit, sue, urge. SEE MAIN ENTRY

beseeching precatory, solicitous

beseechment call (appeal), entreaty, prayer, request

beseige dun, envelop

beset accost, assail, attack, badger, bait (harass), discommode, dun, embarrass, envelop, harass, harrow, harry (harass), hector, importune, inflict, obsess, perplex, persecute, pique, plague, press (goad), provoke

beset with danger dangerous

beset with difficulties painful

beset with difficulty difficult

beset with perils aleatory (perilous)

besetting hostile

besetting idea compulsion (obsession)

beside adjacent, contiguous

beside oneself ecstatic

beside the mark impertinent (irrelevant), inapposite, irrelevant

beside the point immaterial, impertinent (irrelevant), inapposite, irrelevant, needless, nonessential, peripheral

beside the question immaterial, impertinent (irrelevant), irrelevant, nonessential

besides also, further, save

besiege assault, attack, bait (harass), harass, harrow, importune, obsess, overwhelm, strike (assault)

besiegement assault

besieger aggressor

besmear brand (stigmatize), defame, denigrate, denounce (condemn), disgrace, dishonor (deprive of honor), disparage, pillory, smear, stain, sully

besmirch brand (stigmatize), contemn, defame, denigrate, denounce (condemn), derogate, discredit, dishonor (deprive of honor), infect, libel, malign, pillory, pollute, smear, stain, taint (contaminate). SEE MAIN ENTRY

besmirched blemished

besmirching defilement

besmut smear

bespangle embellish

bespangled pretentious (ostentatious)

bespatter brand (stigmatize), defame, denigrate, derogate, disparage, humiliate, pillory, pollute

bespeak call (appeal to), denote, evince, indicate, manifest, reserve. SEE MAIN ENTRY

bespread diffuse

besprinkle diffuse

best absolute (ideal), cardinal (outstanding), premium, prime (most valuable), select, subdue, superlative, transcend, utmost. SEE MAIN ENTRY

best behavior decorum

best evidence rule SEE MAIN ENTRY

best of taste decorum

best part elite

best people elite

bestead avail (be of use), promote (organize), situated

bestial brutal

bestiality brutality. SEE MAIN ENTRY

bestir oneself endeavor, strive

bestow bear (yield), confer (give), contribute (supply), dedicate, delegate, descend, devise (give), dispel, dispense, dole, endow, endue, fund, furnish, give (grant), grant (transfer formally), impart, leave (give), mete, parcel, post, present (make a gift), provide (supply), spend, subsidize, supply, transfer, vouchsafe, yield (produce a return). SEE MAIN ENTRY

bestow by judicial decree award

bestow by will demise

bestow in shares disperse (disseminate)

bestow on administer (tender)

bestow thought upon muse

bestow upon bequeath, dispense, vest

bestow voluntarily grant (transfer formally)

bestowable heritable

bestowal appropriation (donation), benefit (conferment), cession, charity, concession (authorization), contribution (donation), conveyance, dedication, dispensation (act of dispensing), dower, endowment, grant, legacy, will (testamentary instrument)

bestowed gratuitous (given without recompense)

bestowed by ballot elective (selective)

bestower contributor (giver), donor, feoffor, grantor, obligee

bestowing donative

bestowment conveyance, dispensation (act of dispensing), donation, dower, endowment, gift (present), largess (gift), tip (gratuity)

bestowment of a share contribution (donation)

bestrew cast (throw), diffuse, dispel, disperse (disseminate), dissipate (spread out), spread

bet gamble, lottery, risk, speculate (chance), speculation (risk), stake (award). SEE MAIN ENTRY

bet on parlay (bet)

betoken anticipate (prognosticate), denote, evince, exemplify, herald, indicate, label, manifest, portend, predict, presage, prognosticate, promise (raise expectations), signify (denote)

betokening success auspicious

betongue lash (attack verbally), reprehend

betray bear false witness, bilk, cheat, defect, disobey, misrepresent, palter, rebel. SEE MAIN ENTRY

betray the secret inform (betray)

betrayal bad faith, bad repute, disloyalty, infidelity, treason

betrayal of a trust treason

betrayal of oath infidelity

betrayal of trust disloyalty, infidelity

betraying perfidious, recreant

betrayment bad faith

betrothed conjugal, nuptial

better ameliorate, amend, bettor, embellish, emend, enhance, help, meliorate, meritorious, outbalance, outweigh, preferable, preferential, promote (advance), rectify, reform, relieve (give aid), superior (excellent), surpass, transcend, treat (remedy). SEE MAIN ENTRY

better part generality (bulk), majority (greater part)

betterment advancement (improvement), amendment (correction), behalf, correction (change), development (progression), edification, headway, improvement, progress, promotion (advancement), reform, reorganization, repair

betterment SEE MAIN ENTRY

bettor betterment speculator. SEE MAIN ENTRY

between among, intermediate

bevy assemblage, band

bewail deplore, regret, repent

bewailing querulous

beware care (be cautious). SEE MAIN ENTRY

bewilder confound, discompose, disorganize, disorient, disturb, embarrass, misguide, muddle, obfuscate, overcome (overwhelm), overwhelm, perplex, perturb

bewildered insensible, lost (disoriented), speechless

bewildering complex, enigmatic, equivocal, labyrinthine, opaque

bewilderment ambiguity, bombshell, confusion (ambiguity), enigma, ignorance, incertitude, quandary, surprise

bewitch lure, obsess

bewitching attractive, sapid

bewitchment seduction

beyond further

beyond a doubt definitive, undeniable

beyond a question demonstrable

beyond a reasonable doubt SEE MAIN ENTRY

beyond a shadow of a doubt clear (certain), incontrovertible

beyond a shadow of doubt categorical, certain (positive)

beyond all dispute certain (positive), clear (certain), decisive, definite, definitive, inappealable

beyond all doubt demonstrable

beyond all praise prime (most valuable)

beyond all question axiomatic, categorical, certain (positive), decisive, definite, inappealable, incontestable, positive (incontestable), undeniable

beyond belief implausible, incredible, ludicrous

beyond compare absolute (ideal), best, leading (ranking first), paramount, prime (most valuable)

beyond comparison paramount, unique

beyond comprehension inapprehensible, incomprehensible

beyond contradiction incontrovertible

beyond control impracticable, insuperable, intractable

beyond correction irremediable

beyond cure irremediable

beyond dispute axiomatic, conclusive (settled), undeniable

beyond doubt absolute (conclusive), explicit, irrefutable, positive (incontestable), uncontroverted, undisputed

beyond expression indefinable, ineffable

beyond help incorrigible

beyond hope irremediable

beyond one’s power insurmountable

beyond one’s reach difficult, insurmountable

beyond price inestimable, invaluable, priceless

beyond question inappealable, undisputed

beyond reach inaccessible, unapproachable

beyond recall irrecoverable, irremediable, irrevocable

beyond redress irremediable

beyond reform incorrigible

beyond remedy irredeemable, irremediable, irreversible

beyond reproach unimpeachable

beyond the bounds of possibility insurmountable

beyond the jurisdiction of the court want of jurisdiction

beyond the limit extreme (exaggerated)

beyond the ordinary extraordinary

beyond understanding inapprehensible

bhang cannabis

bi-facial bilateral

bias bait (lure), discrimination (bigotry), dispose (incline), disposition (inclination), favor (partiality), favoritism, inclination, inequality, inequity, injustice, intolerance, nepotism, partiality, penchant, position (point of view), preconception, predetermination, predilection, predisposition, preference (choice), prejudice (preconception), prejudice (influence), proclivity, propensity, slant, stand (position), tendency. SEE MAIN ENTRY

biased disadvantageous, ex parte, exclusive (limited), illiberal, interested, one-sided, parochial, partisan, preferential, prejudicial, prone, subjective, unequal (unjust), unfair, unjust

biased judgment inequity, partiality

bibacity dipsomania

bibliophilic learned

bibulosity inebriation

bibulousness inebriation

bicameral bipartite. SEE MAIN ENTRY

bicker brawl, contend (dispute), dicker, differ (disagree), disaccord, disagree, dispute (debate), dissent (differ in opinion). SEE MAIN ENTRY

bickering altercation, argument (contention), contest (dispute), discord, dispute, dissension, dissidence, fight (argument), fracas, fractious, negative, pugnacious

bid appeal (noun), appeal (verb), application, call (appeal), command, detail (assign), dictate, direct (order), endeavor (noun), endeavor (verb), enjoin, impose (enforce), insist, instruct (direct), invitation, invoke, mandate, offer (propose), overture, petition (noun), petition (verb), pray, prescribe, proffer, proposition, request (noun), request (verb), summon, summons, writ. SEE MAIN ENTRY

bid against counter, counteract

bid come call (summon)

bid defiance to challenge

bid fair promise (raise expectations)

bid farewell leave (depart)

bid for attempt, dicker, haggle, negotiate, pursue (strive to gain), strive

bid-rigging SEE MAIN ENTRY

biddable loyal, obedient, pliable, resigned

bid-rigging SEE MAIN ENTRY

bidder applicant (candidate), customer, rival

bidding demand, directive, guidance, injunction, instruction (direction), invitation, monition (legal summons), process (summons), requirement, requisition, writ

bide continue (persevere), defer (put off), endure (suffer), last, persist, reside

bide time pause

bienséance decorum

bifurcate dichotomize, divergent, part (separate). SEE MAIN ENTRY

bifurcated bicameral, bipartite, divergent

bifurcated trial SEE MAIN ENTRY

bifurcation dichotomy, severance, split

bifurcous bipartite

big capacious, extensive, gross (flagrant), important (significant), major, momentous, ponderous, prodigious (enormous). SEE MAIN ENTRY

big-hearted benevolent

biggest part generality (bulk)

biggest share majority (greater part)

bighearted philanthropic

bigness mass (weight)

bigot SEE MAIN ENTRY

bigoted exclusive (limited), illiberal, narrow, partial (biased)

bigotry bias, inequity, intolerance

bilateral mutual (reciprocal), reciprocal. SEE MAIN ENTRY

bilateral contract mutual understanding

bile resentment, umbrage

bileful bilious

bilious bitter (penetrating), dyseptic, malevolent. SEE MAIN ENTRY

bilk defraud, dupe, ensnare, peculate, pilfer. SEE MAIN ENTRY

bilked aggrieved (harmed)

bill act (enactment), amendment (legislation), cash, charge (assess), check (instrument), codification, debt, draft, enactment, instrument (document), measure, receipt (voucher). SEE MAIN ENTRY

bill drafter lawmaker

bill of accounts dun

bill of attainder SEE MAIN ENTRY

bill of complaint allegation, claim (legal demand)

bill of costs dun

bill of exchange check (instrument), draft, security (stock)

bill of indemnity exoneration

bill of indictment accusation, complaint

bill of lading invoice (itemized list)

bill of particulars SEE MAIN ENTRY

billet domicile, dwell (reside), employment, job, lodging, note (brief comment), office, post, residence, role

billing publicity

billingsgate profanity, revilement

bills currency, debit, legislation (enactments)

billy cudgel

bind affix, amalgamate, annex (add), attach (join), cement, combine (join together), confine, connect (join together), consolidate (strengthen), constrain (imprison), constrict (compress), contain (enclose), contain (restrain), detain (restrain), engage (hire), estop, fetter, hamper, handcuff, impose (enforce), join (bring together), limit, pledge (promise the performance of), press (constrain), promise (vow), restrain, restrict, trammel. SEE MAIN ENTRY

bind by a pledge promise (vow)

bind oneself pledge (promise the performance of), promise (vow)

bind oneself by oath promise (vow), swear

bind together commingle

binder connection (fastening). SEE MAIN ENTRY

binding accession (annexation), attachment (act of affixing), choate lien, coalescence, coalition, compelling, compulsory, concurrent (united), contractual, decretal, essential (required), forcible, fully executed (signed), indefeasible, irrevocable, mandatory, necessary (required), obligatory, positive (prescribed), prescriptive, requisite, stringent, unavoidable (not voidable), valid. SEE MAIN ENTRY

binding agreement adjustment, contract, covenant, testament

binding promise agreement (contract)

bioecology ecology

bioethic SEE MAIN ENTRY

bioethics SEE MAIN ENTRY

biographical record journal

bionomics ecology

bipartisanship conciliation, consensus

bipartite bicameral. SEE MAIN ENTRY

bipartition dichotomy

birch lash (strike)

birdbrained opaque

birth bloodline, creation, derivation, descent (lineage), family (common ancestry), genesis, inception, nascency, nationality, onset (commencement), origin (ancestry), origin (source), origination, outset, parentage, race, start. SEE MAIN ENTRY

birth out of wedlock bar sinister

birthplace derivation, home (place of origin), origin (source)

birthright bequest, descent (lineage), droit, estate (hereditament), heritage. SEE MAIN ENTRY

bisect bifurcate, cross (intersect), dichotomize, divide (separate), split, subdivide

bisectable divisible

bisected bicameral, bipartite, divisive

bisection dichotomy, split, subdivision

bit iota, minimum, part (portion), scintilla, segment

biting bitter (acrid tasting), bitter (penetrating), bitter (reproachful), caustic, harsh, incisive, mordacious, offensive (offending), scathing, trenchant

bitter antipathetic (distasteful), astringent, dyseptic, harsh, hostile, malevolent, malignant, mordacious, resentful, virulent. SEE MAIN ENTRY

bitter animosity malice

bitter enemy foe

bitter feelings ill will, rancor

bitter harangue diatribe

bitter language philippic

bitter words diatribe, phillipic, revilement

bitterness alienation (estrangement), feud, ill will, rancor, resentment, spite, umbrage

bivium intersection

bizarre eccentric, egregious, inept (inappropriate), irrational, ludicrous, noteworthy, novel, peculiar (curious), prodigious (amazing), unaccustomed, uncommon, unique, unusual. SEE MAIN ENTRY

bizarreness nonconformity, quirk (idiosyncrasy)

blabber jargon (unintelligible language)

blabbing loquacious

black deplorable, heinous, iniquitous, outrageous, portentous (ominous), scandalous

black marketeer bootlegger

black out eradicate, expunge

black-listing boycott

black-market impermissible

blackball condemn (ban), denounce (condemn), exclusion, humiliate, ostracism, picket, reject

blackballing boycott

blacken brand (stigmatize), deface, defame, denigrate, denounce (condemn), derogate, disgrace, disparage, humiliate, obfuscate, obnubilate, obscure, pillory, smear, stain, sully, tarnish

blacken one’s good name denigrate

blackening calumnious, defilement, pejorative, vilification

blackguard criminal, hoodlum, lash (attack verbally), unconscionable

blackhearted malignant

blackjack cudgel

blacklist bar (exclude), denounce (condemn), isolate, ostracism

blackmail coercion, compel, extort, extortion, graft, hush money, threaten. SEE MAIN ENTRY

blackmailer extortionist

blackout censorship, insentience, obscuration

blamable blameful, blameworthy, culpable, delinquent (guilty of a misdeed), guilty, peccable, reprehensible

blame accuse, arraign, assignation, censure, charge (accusation), charge (accuse), cite (accuse), complain (charge), complain (criticize), conviction (finding of guilt), criticism, criticize (find fault with), culpability, denounce (inform against), denunciation, diatribe, disparagement, fault (responsibility), fault, guilt, impeach, impeachability, impeachment, impute, incriminate, incrimination, inculpation, indict, involve (implicate), obloquy, odium, ostracism, outcry, present (prefer charges), proscribe (denounce), rebuke, reprehend, reprimand (noun), reprimand (verb), reproach (noun), reproach (verb), stricture. SEE MAIN ENTRY

blame falsely frame (charge falsely)

blame oneself regret

blame unfairly frame (charge falsely)

blame unjustly frame (charge falsely)

blameful blameworthy, delinquent (guilty of a misdeed), peccant (culpable), reprehensible. SEE MAIN ENTRY

blameless clean, incorruptible, inculpable, innocent, irreprehensible, not guilty, pardonable, unimpeachable. SEE MAIN ENTRY

blamelessness innocence

blameworthiness blame (culpability), culpability, guilt, impeachability, onus (blame)

blameworthy blameful, contemptible, culpable, delinquent (guilty of a misdeed), disgraceful, guilty, inexcusable, inexpiable, loathsome, notorious, obnoxious, odious, peccable, peccant (culpable), reprehensible, reprobate, sinister, unjustifiable, vicious. SEE MAIN ENTRY

blameworthy conduct criminality

blaming critical (faultfinding), incriminatory, inculpatory

blandish coax, inveigle, persuade, pressure

blandishment bribery, inducement, mention (tribute), persuasion, seduction

blank bleak (exposed and barren), devoid, form (document), inexpressive, inscrutable, nonentity, oblivious, thoughtless, vacant, vacuous, void (empty). SEE MAIN ENTRY

blanked blind (impassable)

blanket absolute (complete), blind (obscure), broad, camouflage, complete (all-embracing), cover (protection), ensconce, enshroud, envelop, generic, indiscriminate, omnibus, shroud

blankness indifference, insentience, nullity

blare barrage, noise, proclaim

blase casual

blasé dispassionate

blase nonchalant

blaspheme malign

blaspheming expletive

blasphemous offensive (offending), profane

blasphemy imprecation, profanity. SEE MAIN ENTRY

blast barrage, destroy (efface), discharge (shot), discharge (shoot), extirpate, inveigh, outburst, repercussion

blasting blasphemy, discharge (shot)

blatancy noise, pretense (ostentation)

blatant brazen, flagrant, manifest, open (in sight), tawdry. SEE MAIN ENTRY

blatant violation of law lynch law

blather jargon (unintelligible language), prattle (noun), prattle (verb)

blaze brand (mark), burn, conflagration, deflagrate, outburst, promulgate, propagate (spread)

blaze abroad proclaim

blazon disclose, embellish, herald, inform (notify), promulgate, propagate (spread), publish, reveal

bleak devoid, jejune (dull). SEE MAIN ENTRY

bleakness damper (depressant)

blear blind (obscure)

bleared nebulous

bleed deplete, exude

blemish damage, deface, defacement, defame, defect, denigrate, detriment, disgrace, dishonor (shame), flaw, foible, frailty, handicap, mutilate, onus (stigma), smear, spoil (impair), stain, stigma, sully, taint (contaminate), tarnish, vice. SEE MAIN ENTRY

blemished defective, deficient, faulty, imperfect, inferior (lower in quality), marred. SEE MAIN ENTRY

blend amalgamate, attune, bond (hold together), combine (join together), commingle, conjoin, connect (join together), consolidate (strengthen), converge, denature, desegregate, integration (amalgamation), join (bring together), melange, merge, pool, solution (substance), unite

blended composite, compound, concerted, concurrent (united), conglomerate, conjoint, harmonious, inseparable, miscellaneous, promiscuous

blending coherence, concordant, concrescence, integration (amalgamation)

blessed sacrosanct

blessing laudation, permission

blessings prosperity

blight calamity, casualty, damage, decay, destroy (efface), disaster, distress (anguish), impair, infect, pain, spoil (impair), spoilage, taint (contaminate), thwart, vitiate. SEE MAIN ENTRY

blight one’s optical powers blind (deprive of sight)

blighted marred, tainted (contaminated)

blighted hope pessimism

blighting disastrous

blind camouflage, cloak, deceive, deception, decoy, heedless, hidden, hoodwink, ill-judged, inadvertent, incognizant, injudicious, insensible, insusceptible (uncaring), obfuscate, obnubilate, obscure, opaque, random, ruse, stratagem, unwitting. SEE MAIN ENTRY

blind chance accident (chance occurrence)

blind faith credulity

blind to impervious

blind zeal discrimination (bigotry)

blinded unaware

blindfold hoodwink

blindness ignorance, nescience

bliss enjoyment (pleasure)

blissful ecstatic

blister burn

blistered blemished

blitz barrage

blitzkrieg onset (assault)

bloat inflate, spread

bloated inflated (enlarged)

bloatedness inflation (increase)

bloc cartel, league, organization (association), society

block arrest (stop), balk, ban, bar (obstruction), bar (hinder), bind (restrain), blockade (barrier), bulk, censorship, check (bar), check (restrain), clog, condemn (ban), constrain (restrain), constrict (inhibit), contain (restrain), damper (stopper), deadlock, debar, defeat, delay, deter, deterrence, deterrent, disadvantage, disqualify, encumber (hinder), enjoin, exclude, forbid, halt (noun), halt (verb), hamper, hinder, hold up (delay), impasse, impede, impediment, interdict, interfere, interpose, interruption, keep (restrain), kill (defeat), limitation, lock, obstacle, obstruct, obstruction, obturate, occlude, oppose, parcel, parry, plot (land), preclude, prevent, procrastinate, prohibit, prohibition, real estate, resist (oppose), section (vicinity), shut, stall, stave, stay (halt), stem (check), stifle, stop, strangle, toll (stop), withhold, withstand. SEE MAIN ENTRY

block off seal (close), shut

block out delineate, frame (construct), plan, program

block the way estop

block up clog, encumber (hinder), estop, shut, stop

blockade bar (hinder), block, contain (enclose), control (restriction), deterrence, disadvantage, eliminate (exclude), enclose, enclosure, enjoin, estop, exclude, halt, hindrance, impasse, impede, impediment, lock, obstruction, occlude, ostracism, picket, restrain, restraint, seclude, shut, stop, strike (refuse to work). SEE MAIN ENTRY

blockaded blind (impassable)

blockage bar (obstruction), blockade (barrier), censorship, check (bar), damper (stopper), deadlock, disadvantage, estoppel, filibuster, impasse, impediment, obstruction, obviation

blockbuster bomb

blocked arrested (checked), blind (impassable), impervious

blocking preventive, resistance

blockish obtuse, opaque, thoughtless

blockishness opacity

blood ancestry, bloodline, descent (lineage). SEE MAIN ENTRY

blood connection family (common ancestry)

blood kindred next of kin

blood money hush money

blood related consanguineous

blood relation affiliation (bloodline), degree (kinship), next of kin, relationship (family tie), relative

blood relations kindred

blood relationship affiliation (bloodline), ancestry, degree (kinship), filiation

blood relative affinity (family ties), next of kin, relation (kinship)

blood relatives kindred, lineage

blood tie ancestry, relation (kinship)

blood ties relationship (family tie)

blood-thirsty cruel

bloodless clean, insipid, peaceable, phlegmatic

bloodline ancestry, birth (lineage), descent (lineage), lineage, origin (ancestry), parentage, posterity, progeny. SEE MAIN ENTRY

bloodshed dispatch (act of putting to death), fight (battle), outbreak

bloodsucker parasite

bloodthirstiness bestiality, cruelty

bloodthirsty malevolent, malignant, predatory, ruthless

bloody brutal

bloody murder killing

bloom pullulate, succeed (attain)

blooming prosperous, successful

blossom proliferate, pullulate

blossoming successful

blot brand (stigmatize), deface, defacement, defect, derogate, disgrace (noun), disgrace (verb), dishonor (shame), dishonor (deprive of honor), disparage, flaw, ignominy, infamy, onus (stigma), opprobrium, pillory, shame, stain, stigma, sully, tarnish

blot out censor, condone, deface, delete, destroy (efface), eliminate (eradicate), eradicate, expunge, extinguish, extirpate, obliterate, redact

blotch deface, defacement, onus (stigma), stain

blotting out defacement

blow bombshell, debacle, detriment, infliction, misfortune, tragedy, trouble

blow up expand, inflate, outbreak

blowing up inflation (increase)

blown up inflated (enlarged)

blowout outburst

blows fracas

blowup outburst

bludgeon coerce, cudgel, harass

bludgeon man assailant

blue ribbon prize

blue sky law SEE MAIN ENTRY

blue-pencil expurgate

blue-penciling censorship

blueprint agenda, arrange (plan), delineate, delineation, design (construction plan), direction (course), method, program, prospectus. SEE MAIN ENTRY

blueprinted tactical

bluff betray (lead astray), bilk, brazen, cloak, deception, delude, ensnare, fake, palter, pettifog, pretend, pretense (pretext)

bluffer pedant

bluffing lying

blunder abortion (fiasco), disaster, err, fault (mistake), indiscretion, maladministration, misapprehend, miscalculate, misconceive, misconstrue, miscue, misdeed, misdoing, misinterpret, misjudge, mismanage, misread, misstatement, mistake, misunderstand, oversight (carelessness). SEE MAIN ENTRY

blundering erroneous, inaccurate, inept (incompetent)

blunt allay, alleviate, assuage, candid, clear (apparent), decrease, deter, direct (forthright), harmless, honest, impair, ingenuous, moderate (temper), modify (moderate), mollify, obtund, obtuse, sententious, soothe. SEE MAIN ENTRY

blunt-witted obtuse

bluntness candor (straightforwardness), disrespect, honesty

blur blind (obscure), deface, indistinctness, obfuscate, obnubilate, obscuration, obscure, sully. SEE MAIN ENTRY

blur the outline blind (obscure)

blurred inconspicuous, indefinite, indistinct, nebulous, obscure (faint), unclear, vague

blurriness indistinctness

blurry indefinite, indistinct, nebulous, obscure (faint), unclear, vague

blurt interject

blurt out divulge, reveal

blushful diffident

blushing diffident

bluster hector, outburst, rodomontade. SEE MAIN ENTRY

blustering disorderly, orgulous, orotund

blustery disorderly

board bench, bureau, chamber (body), commission (agency), committee, council (assembly), enter (go in), inhabit, lodge (reside), management (directorate). SEE MAIN ENTRY

board of directors management (directorate), management (supervision)

board of inquiry commission (agency)

boarder habitant, inhabitant, lessee, lodger, resident

boardinghouse building (structure)

boast bluster (speech), exaggeration, flaunt, include, jactation

boastful grandiose, inflated (vain), orgulous, pretentious (pompous), proud (conceited)

boastfulness bombast, jactation, pride, rodomontade

boasting bombast, orgulous, overstatement, pretentious (pompous), rodomontade

boatload cargo

bode portend, predict, presage, prognosticate, threaten

bodeful ominous, portentous (ominous), prophetic

bodement caveat

bodiless immaterial, incorporeal, insubstantial, intangible

bodilessness impalpability

bodiliness materiality (physical existence)

bodily concrete, corporal, corporeal, in person, material (physical), mundane, physical. SEE MAIN ENTRY

bodily deviation from health disease

bodily existence materiality (physical existence)

bodily presentation embodiment

bodily representation embodiment

boding consternation, inauspicious, portentous (ominous), premonition

body aggregate, assemblage, assembly, band, character (an individual), committee, community, confederacy (compact), configuration (form), content (structure), cornerstone, corporation, corpse, corpus, entity, generality (bulk), individual, majority (greater part), mass (body of persons), mass (weight), materiality (physical existence), party (political organization), society, substance (essential nature). SEE MAIN ENTRY

body corporate cartel, company (enterprise), corporation

body of commissioners commission (agency)

body of consultants committee

body of delegates commission (agency), delegation (envoy), deputation (delegation), representation (acting for others)

body of deputies commission (agency), representation (acting for others)

body of employees personnel, staff

body of fact science (study)

body of facts on which belief is based evidence

body of judges chamber (body), judiciary

body of jurors array (jury), jury, panel (jurors)

body of knowledge education

body of law constitution, pandect (code of laws)

body of laws code, jurisprudence

body of laws enacted legislation (enactments)

body of members constituency

body of men armed with legal process posse

body of men summoned by a sheriff posse

body of office holders government (political administration)

body of partisans caucus, side

body of persons summoned as jurors panel (jurors)

body of persons sworn to render a verdict panel (jurors)

body of persons who formulate laws legislature

body of principles platform

body of professors faculty (teaching staff)

body of representatives delegation (envoy), deputation (delegation)

body of rules law

body of rules of government constitution

body politic community, nationality, polity, populace, population, public, state (political unit)

bodyguard guardian

boeotian opaque

bog stall

boggle mismanage

bogus assumed (feigned), counterfeit, deceptive, delusive, dishonest, false (not genuine), fraudulent, imitation, specious, spurious. SEE MAIN ENTRY

Bohemian nonconforming

Bohemianism nonconformity

boil down abridge (shorten), distill, lessen

boiler plate SEE MAIN ENTRY

boisterous blatant (obtrusive), disorderly, vehement

boisterousness bluster (commotion)

bold brazen, flagrant, heroic, hot-blooded, impertinent (insolent), impulsive (rash), indomitable, insolent, obtrusive, palpable, perceivable, presumptuous, prominent, salient, spartan, unabashed, undaunted. SEE MAIN ENTRY

bold front audacity

boldfaced brazen

boldness audacity, confidence (faith), prowess (bravery), spirit, temerity

bolster bear (support), favor, inure (benefit), justify, maintain (sustain), nurture, preserve, promote (organize), reinforce, side, subsidize, supplement, support (assist), sustain (prolong), uphold. SEE MAIN ENTRY

bolster up corroborate, reassure

bolt abscond, assemblage, bar (hinder), escape, impede, lock, race, renege, retreat, seal (close)

bomb SEE MAIN ENTRY

bombard attack

bombardment barrage, discharge (shot), onset (assault)

bombast fustian, harangue, peroration. SEE MAIN ENTRY

bombastic flatulent, fustian, grandiose, orotund, pretentious (pompous), prolix, turgid. SEE MAIN ENTRY

bombastic language fustian

bombastic speech rhetoric (insincere language)

bombastical flatulent

bombastry fustian

bombings barrage

bombshell bomb. SEE MAIN ENTRY

bona assets, effects, possession (property), property (possessions)

bona fide accurate

bona fide actual, adherence (devotion), adhesion (loyalty)

bona fide authentic, convincing. SEE MAIN ENTRY

bona fide corporeal, de facto

bona fide genuine, good faith, in good faith, sterling, valid, veridical

bonafide real

bonanza bounty

bond adherence (adhesion), adherence (devotion), adhesion (loyalty), affiliation (connectedness), agreement (contract), association (connection), attachment (act of affixing), bail, chain (nexus), charge (lien), coalescence, coalition, connection (fastening), contact (association), contract, coverage (insurance), debenture, fetter, guaranty, handcuff, hostage, kinship, liaison, loyalty, marriage (intimate relationship), nexus, note (written promise to pay), pact, pawn, pledge (deposit), promise, propinquity (kinship), recognizance, relation (connection), relationship (connection), security (pledge), sodality, specialty (contract), stipulation, treaty. SEE MAIN ENTRY

bond against risk insurance

bond of matrimony cohabitation (married state), marriage (wedlock)

bond of slavery bondage

bond of union chain (nexus)

bondage captivity, coercion, constraint (imprisonment), custody (incarceration), durance, duress, incarceration, restraint, subjection, thrall. SEE MAIN ENTRY

bonded allied, concerted, concordant, concurrent (united), fully secured, harmonious

bondman captive

bonds bondage, constraint (imprisonment), durance, restriction, securities, servitude, ties

bondsman captive

bone of contention problem, question (issue)

bonfire conflagration

boni bonus

bonorum possessions

bonus benefit (conferment), bounty, commission (fee), contribution (donation), gratuity (present), largess (gift), perquisite, premium (excess value), prize, reward

bonus sterling

bonus surplus, tip (gratuity). SEE MAIN ENTRY

bony ossified

book document, engage (hire), enroll, file (place among official records), program, publication (printed matter), record, register, retain (employ), script, set down. SEE MAIN ENTRY

book learning information (knowledge)

book of accounts ledger

book of records ledger

booking registration, reservation (engagement)

bookish learned

bookkeeper accountant, comptroller

bookkeeping accounting, computation, registration. SEE MAIN ENTRY

bookkeeping expert comptroller

books ledger

boom barrage, prosperity. SEE MAIN ENTRY

booming prosperous, resounding, successful

booming economy boom (prosperity), prosperity

boon behalf, benefit (conferment), benevolence (act of kindness), bonus, bounty, contribution (donation), endowment, favor (act of kindness), grant, help, largess (gift)

boorish ignoble, inelegant, perverse, provincial, uncouth, unseemly

boost boom (increase), elevate, encourage, enhance, favor, help, impetus, increase, increment, intensify, magnify, parlay (exploit successfully), raise (advance), recommendation, reinforce, reinforcement

boost in prices inflation (decrease in value of currency)

boosting cumulative (intensifying), promotion (encouragement)

boot spurn

booth stand (witness’ place in court), store (business)

bootlegged commerce contraband

bootlegged goods contraband

bootlegged trade contraband

bootlegged traffic contraband

bootlegger SEE MAIN ENTRY

bootless futile, otiose, unavailing

booty pillage, plunder, prize, reward, spoils

border ambit, boundary, circumscribe (define), circumscribe (surround by boundary), connection (abutment), contact (touch), contain (enclose), demarcate, enclosure, encompass (surround), end (termination), extremity (furthest point), frontier, hedge, juxtapose, limit, margin (outside limit), mete, outline (boundary), periphery, tenant. SEE MAIN ENTRY

border on abut, adjoin, approximate, contact (touch), correspond (be equivalent)

bordering adjacent, close (near), contiguous, immediate (not distant), proximate

bordering upon proximate

borderland border, frontier, mete, periphery

borderline boundary, end (termination), extremity (furthest point), insecure, marginal, mete, purview

borders configuration (confines), confines, extent

bore enter (penetrate), penetrate, pierce (lance)

boredom disinterest (lack of interest)

boresome irksome, jejune (dull), pedestrian, prolix, prosaic

boring insipid, irksome, jejune (dull), lifeless (dull), nondescript, ordinary, pedestrian, ponderous, prolix, prosaic, stale, trite

born native (inborn). SEE MAIN ENTRY

born in wedlock legitimate (lawfully conceived). SEE MAIN ENTRY

born of parents legally married legitimate (lawfully conceived)

borough community

borrow adopt, appropriate, copy. SEE MAIN ENTRY

borrow dishonestly pirate (reproduce without authorization), plagiarize

borrower debtor, obligor, parasite

borrowing limit SEE MAIN ENTRY

bosom close (intimate)

boss chief, direct (supervise), director, employer, manage, principal (director), superintend

botch fail (lose), failure (lack of success), miscue, mismanage, muddle, spoil (impair)

botchery maladministration

bother aggravate (annoy), annoy, badger, bait (harass), burden, care (regard), discommode, disorganize, distress, disturb, embarrass, harass, harrow, harry (harass), hector, hinder, hindrance, impede, importune, inconvenience, irritate, mistreat, molest (annoy), molestation, nuisance, perplex, persecute, perturb, pique, plague, press (goad), provoke, trouble, upset

botheration burden

bothering enigmatic

bothersome difficult, irksome, operose, undesirable, vexatious

bottle up repress

bottleneck blockade (barrier)

bottomless baseless, profound (intense)

boulevard avenue (route)

bounce oscillate

bounce back reflect (mirror)

bouncing resilient

bound abut, accountable (responsible), actionable, attached (annexed), barrier, boundary, circumscribe (surround by boundary), confine, definite, delimit, demarcate, detain (restrain), diminish, en route, enclose, encompass (surround), end (termination), frontier, hedge, include, indebted, inextricable, limit, loyal, mete, palliate (abate), periphery, purposeful, qualify (condition), restrict, shut, specialize. SEE MAIN ENTRY

bound by agreement indentured

bound by contract indentured

bound by convention orthodox

bound by duty moral

bound in equity liable

bound in law liable

bound to liable

bound to respond liable

bound together conjoint

boundaries capacity (sphere), confines, dimension, range

boundary ambit, barrier, border, configuration (confines), edge (border), enclosure, end (termination), extremity (furthest point), frontier, guideline, limit, margin (outside limit), mete, purview, restriction, scope. SEE MAIN ENTRY

boundary line ambit, frontier, limit, mete, periphery

boundary lines confines

boundary mark mete

boundary marker landmark (conspicuous object)

bounded certain (specific), limited

bounded with precision definite

bounden indebted, loyal, mandatory, necessary (required)

bounden duty allegiance, burden, liability, responsibility (accountability)

bounding contiguous, immediate (not distant)

boundless continual (perpetual), far reaching, indefinite, indeterminate, infinite, innumerable, myriad, open-ended, profuse, unlimited, unqualified (unlimited), unrestricted

boundlessly ad infinitum

boundlessness perpetuity

boundness responsibility (accountability)

bounds ambit, area (province), border, capacity (sphere), circuit, configuration (confines), confines, constraint (imprisonment), contour (outline), coverage (scope), custody (incarceration), edge (border), extent, margin (outside limit), mete, outline (boundary), premises (buildings), purview, range, restriction, scope, sphere. SEE MAIN ENTRY

bounteous benevolent, charitable (benevolent), humane, liberal (generous), philanthropic, profuse, replete

bounteousness charity, largess (generosity), philanthropy

bountiful ample, benevolent, copious, donative, liberal (generous), philanthropic, profuse, replete

bountifulness benevolence (disposition to do good), boom (prosperity), charity, largess (generosity), philanthropy

bounty bonus, consideration (recompense), contribution (donation), donation, endowment, favor (act of kindness), grant, largess (generosity), largess (gift), philanthropy, premium (excess value), prize, reward, subsidy. SEE MAIN ENTRY

bourgeois ordinary, prevailing (current)

bourn destination, end (intent), outline (boundary)

bourse exchange, market (business)

bout competition, confrontation (altercation), contest (competition), fight (battle), period

bout of sickness disease

bovine phlegmatic

bow prostration, succumb, yield (submit)

bow to obey, observe (obey), submit (yield)

bowdlerization censorship

bowdlerize censor, expurgate. SEE MAIN ENTRY

bowelless relentless

bowing compliance

bowl over overcome (overwhelm)

box chamber (compartment), envelop, stand (witness’ place in court)

box number address

boy child

boycott condemn (ban), disapprove (reject), eschew, exclude, exclusion, ignore, picket, proscription, reject, shun, strike, strike (refuse to work). SEE MAIN ENTRY

boyishness puerility

brabble affray, bicker, disaccord, fray

brace bear (support), mainstay, reinforce, side, stimulate, uphold

bracing remedial, salutary

bracket class, connect (relate), enclose, enclosure, include, pigeonhole, relate (establish a connection)

brag exaggeration, jactation, rodomontade

braggadocio jactation, pride, rodomontade

braggardism jactation

braggardly pretentious (pompous)

braggart inflated (vain), pretentious (pompous), proud (conceited)

braggartism pride, rodomontade

braggery bombast

bragging bluster (speech), orgulous, rodomontade

braid cross (intersect), intertwine

brain intellect

brain child invention

brain damage insanity

brainless fatuous, irrational, opaque

brains intelligence (intellect)

braintwister enigma

brainwash convert (persuade), influence

brainwashing propaganda

brainwork dialectic

brake control (restriction), curb, hamper, hold up (delay), impede, impediment, obstruct, remit (relax), restraint, stop

branch adjunct, affiliate, bifurcate, bureau, class, denomination, department, dichotomize, division (administrative unit), member (constituent part), offshoot, organ, segment, spread, title (division), unit (department)

branch member chapter (branch)

branch of instruction discipline (field of study)

branch of knowledge discipline (field of study), science (study)

branch off bifurcate, stem (originate)

branch office chapter (branch), organ

branch organization affiliate

branch out accrue (increase), bifurcate, compound, deploy, deviate, digress, expand, increase, radiate

branching divergent, extensive

branching off deviation

branching out circulation, decentralization

brand arraign, attaint, burn, class, classify, defame, denigrate, denounce (condemn), derogate, disapprove (condemn), discredit, disgrace (noun), disgrace (verb), dishonor (shame), dishonor (deprive of honor), disparagement, disrepute, earmark, humiliate, ignominy, implicate, indicant, indication, infamy, involve (implicate), label (noun), label (verb), manner (kind), onus (stigma), opprobrium, pillory, reproach, scandal, smear, specialty (distinctive mark), stamp, stigma, sully, tarnish, trademark. SEE MAIN ENTRY

brand incorrectly mislabel

brand with reproach arraign

brandish display, flaunt, wield. SEE MAIN ENTRY

brangle bicker, brawl (noun), brawl (verb), disaccord

brash brazen, caustic, impertinent (insolent), improvident, imprudent, obtrusive, presumptuous

brashness disrespect

brassy pretentious (ostentatious)

bravado audacity, pretense (ostentation)

brave bear (tolerate), confront (encounter), defy, endure (suffer), heroic, indomitable, spartan, undaunted. SEE MAIN ENTRY

brave SEE MAIN ENTRY

brave face audacity

braveness prowess (bravery)

bravery spirit, tolerance

bravura audacity

brawl affray, bicker, bluster (commotion), commotion, confrontation (altercation), contend (dispute), contest (dispute), controversy (argument), disaccord, embroilment, fight (battle), fracas, fray, outbreak, outcry, riot. SEE MAIN ENTRY

brawler malcontent

brawn force (strength), puissance, sinew, strength

brawniness sinew

brawny powerful, strong

braying blatant (obtrusive)

braze cement

brazen contemptuous, flagrant, impertinent (insolent), insolent, obtrusive, outrageous, presumptuous, unabashed. SEE MAIN ENTRY

brazenness disrespect

breach alienation (estrangement), argument (contention), break (violate), conflict, default, delinquency (failure of duty), dereliction, difference, disassociation, disloyalty, embroilment, encroach, encroachment, estrangement, feud, flaw, force (break), incursion, infraction, infringe, infringement, invasion, irregularity, neglect, offense, omission, outbreak, repudiation, rift (gap), schism, separation, split, transgression, trespass, variance (disagreement), violation. SEE MAIN ENTRY

breach of a promise delinquency (failure of duty)

breach of allegiance treason

breach of duty negligence, res ipsa loquitur

breach of faith bad faith, bribery, corruption, dishonor (nonpayment), disloyalty, infidelity, infraction, treason

breach of law crime, guilt, infraction, misdemeanor, misfeasance

breach of legal duty tort

breach of orders default, disregard (omission), infraction, rebellion

breach of peace disorder (lack of order)

breach of practice deviation, exception (exclusion), malpractice

breach of privilege infraction

breach of profession malpractice

breach of promise dishonor (nonpayment), disloyalty, infidelity, infraction, nonperformance

breach of the law delinquency (misconduct), offense

breach of the peace brawl, fracas, infraction, outbreak, outburst, riot

breach of trust abuse (corrupt practice), corruption, disloyalty, embezzlement, improbity, infidelity, infraction, misappropriation

breach the agreement default

breadth caliber (measurement), capacity (maximum), extent, gamut, purview, range

break adjournment, alienation (estrangement), breach, cessation (interlude), cloture, controversy (argument), damage, digression, disable, disassociation, discontinue (abandon), discontinue (break continuity), estrangement, extension (postponement), halt (noun), halt (verb), hiatus, infringe, interrupt, interruption, interval, leave (absence), lull, luxate, moratorium, part (separate), pause (noun), pause (verb), pendency, recess (noun), recess (verb), remission, rend, respite (interval of rest), rift (disagreement), rift (gap), schism, separate, separation, split (noun), split (verb), spoil (impair), subdue, transition, violate. SEE MAIN ENTRY

break a law disobey, offend (violate the law)

break a promise renege

break a rule disobey

break apart disband, disjoint, disrupt, dissolve (separate), sever

break away defect, elude, leave (depart), part (leave), secede

break bounds accroach, deviate, impinge, infringe

break camp evacuate, move (alter position)

break down classify, codify, damage, decay, erode, overcome (overwhelm), pigeonhole, stall, subdivide, succumb

break faith bear false witness, cheat, inform (betray), misrepresent, palter

break faith with betray (lead astray)

break fealty defect

break forth issue (send forth)

break from prison escape

break ground initiate, originate

break in discipline (train), interfere, interrupt, intervene, invade, obtrude, trespass

break in on impinge

break in upon infringe, overstep

break into infringe, interpose, loot, penetrate

break loose elude, escape

break news divulge

break off alienate (estrange), close (terminate), conclude (complete), detach, discontinue (abandon), discontinue (break continuity), forbear, forswear, halt, quit (discontinue), refrain, separate, sever, stop, suspend

break one’s oath perjure

break one’s promise betray (lead astray), fail (neglect)

break one’s promise to disappoint

break one’s trust default

break one’s word fail (neglect), perjure

break out escape

break silence pronounce (speak), speak

break the association of disband

break the connection with disengage

break the contract default

break the law disobey, offend (violate the law), trespass. SEE MAIN ENTRY

break the news notify, reveal

break the pattern deviate

break the peace brawl, fight (battle)

break the record surpass

break through emerge, lancinate

break to pieces destroy (efface)

break trust inform (betray)

break up decay, degenerate, destroy (void), diffuse, disband, disintegrate, disjoint, dispel, dissipate (spread out), dissociate, dissolve (separate), dissolve (terminate), overthrow, partition, recess, separate

break up into opposing factions polarize

break with defect, disaccord, disagree, estrange, rebel, renounce, split

breakability frailty

breakable destructible, divisible, nonsubstantial (not sturdy), separable

breakage injury

breakdown debacle, decentralization, defeat, diagnosis, disassociation, disaster, disease, erosion, failure (lack of success), miscarriage, prostration. SEE MAIN ENTRY

breakdown of administration anarchy, lynch law, misrule

breaking division (act of dividing), infraction

breaking an obligation contravention

breaking and entering burglary, housebreaking

breaking down decadent, destruction

breaking of precedent innovation

breaking of the law offense

breaking off discontinuance (act of discontinuing)

breaking up dissolution (disintegration), dissolution (termination)

breaking with tradition anomalous, peculiar (curious)

breakneck dangerous, impulsive (rash), precipitate

breakup defeasance, division (act of dividing), subversion

breast confront (encounter), defy, resist (oppose), withstand

breath suggestion

breathe communicate, divulge, exist, express, pause, utter

breathe one’s last die

breather lull, pause

breathing born (alive), conscious (awake), live (conscious)

breathing spell halt, lull, pause, respite (interval of rest)

breathing time lull, respite (interval of rest)

breathless dead, lifeless (dead)

breathtaking moving (evoking emotion), noteworthy, portentous (eliciting amazement)

breed bear (yield), blood, cause, class, descent (lineage), engender, foster, generate, kind, occasion, originate, produce (manufacture), proliferate, propagate (increase), pullulate, race, reproduce

breeding conduct, deportment

breedy prolific

breeziness life (vitality)

brethren affinity (family ties), blood, kindred, society

brevet warrant (authorization). SEE MAIN ENTRY

breviary compendium

brevis ephemeral, laconic, limited, succinct, summary, transient

brew maneuver

brewing imminent, inevitable

bribable mercenary, venal

bribe coax, corrupt, hush money, lure, suborn. SEE MAIN ENTRY

bribe to take a false oath suborn

bribery corruption, graft. SEE MAIN ENTRY

bribing bribery

bridal conjugal, nuptial

bridewell reformatory

bridge chain (nexus), connect (join together), connect (relate), connection (fastening), contact (touch), join (bring together), nexus

bridle bar (hinder), block, clog, constrain (imprison), constrain (restrain), contain (restrain), damper (stopper), disadvantage, discipline (control), fetter, hamper, handcuff (noun), handcuff (verb), handicap, inhibit, limit, obstacle, obstruct, obstruction, repress, resent, restrain, restraint, restrict, trammel

bridled arrested (checked)

brief abridgment (condensation), abstract, account (report), apprise, capsule, compact (pithy), compendium, concise, cursory, digest, disabuse, dossier, edify, educate, ephemeral, impart, indicate, inform (notify), instruct (direct), laconic, memorandum, minimal, note (brief comment), notify, outline (synopsis), paraphrase, pithy, report (detailed account), restatement, scenario, succinct, summary, synopsis, temporary, transient, transitory, volatile. SEE MAIN ENTRY

brief silence lull

briefed acquainted, familiar (informed), informed (having information)

briefing guidance

briefly pro tempore

brigand hoodlum, malefactor, outlaw

brigandage foray, larceny, pillage, spoliation

brigandine panoply

brigandish larcenous

bright illustrious, obvious, perspicacious, resourceful, sanguine, sapient. SEE MAIN ENTRY

brighten enhance

brightness sense (intelligence)

brilliance distinction (reputation), intellect, intelligence (intellect), sagacity, sense (intelligence). SEE MAIN ENTRY

brilliant illustrious, politic, prominent

brim border, edge (border), margin (outside limit)

brimful full, replete

brimming replete

brimming over full

bring carry (transport), cause, commence, procure, transport, yield (produce a return)

bring a case lodge (bring a complaint)

bring a charge accuse, cite (accuse), impeach

bring a countercharge recriminate

bring a formal accusation against indict

bring a legal action sue

bring a person to his senses persuade

bring a suit complain (charge), lodge (bring a complaint)

bring about accomplish, attain, bear (yield), cause, commit (perpetrate), compose, conduce, constitute (establish), create, discharge (perform), dispatch (dispose of), elicit, engender, establish (launch), evoke, execute (accomplish), fulfill, generate, implement, incite, induce, inflict, inspire, make, occasion, operate, originate, perpetrate, produce (manufacture), prosecute (carry forward), provoke, realize (make real), render (administer), yield (produce a return)

bring about by force constrain (compel)

bring about by legislation constitute (establish)

bring about change militate

bring accusation accuse, arraign, charge (accuse), denounce (inform against), incriminate, involve (implicate), lodge (bring a complaint)

bring action against litigate, prosecute (charge)

bring aid capitalize (provide capital), contribute (assist)

bring an action cite (accuse), complain (charge), litigate, sue

bring an action against lodge (bring a complaint)

bring around convert (persuade), disarm (set at ease), persuade, prevail (persuade)

bring back reconstitute, rehabilitate, reinstate, remind, restore (return), resurrect

bring before a court arraign, prosecute (charge)

bring before the public circulate, publish

bring charges complain (charge), denounce (inform against), impeach, involve (implicate)

bring charges against incriminate, lodge (bring a complaint)

bring discredit on decry

bring disgrace upon discredit

bring disrepute upon defame

bring down cause, demean (make lower), demote, depress, derogate, disgrace, dispatch (put to death), overthrow

bring forth avail (bring about), bear (yield), develop, educe, elicit, engender, evoke, extract, generate, make, manifest, produce (manufacture), reproduce, yield (produce a return)

bring forward bear (adduce), certify (attest), cite (state), elicit, exhibit, manifest, offer (propose), plead (allege in a legal action), posit, prefer, produce (offer to view), proffer

bring from obscurity into view disinter

bring in induct, introduce, yield (produce a return)

bring in a supply bear (yield)

bring in a true bill accuse

bring in a verdict award, determine, sentence

bring in as a third party implead

bring in contact join (bring together)

bring in contact with commingle, connect (join together)

bring in question canvass, dispute (contest)

bring into a small compass concentrate (consolidate)

bring into accord attune

bring into agreement arbitrate (conciliate), attune

bring into being compose, conceive (invent), create, develop, engender, establish (launch), fabricate (construct), forge (produce), generate, invent (produce for the first time), make, produce (manufacture), propagate (increase)

bring into close connection affiliate

bring into close relation affiliate

bring into comparison compare, contrast, measure

bring into concord agree (contract)

bring into conflict engage (involve)

bring into conformity with law legalize

bring into connection with implicate

bring into consistency accommodate

bring into court plead (argue a case)

bring into custody imprison

bring into danger compromise (endanger)

bring into discredit brand (stigmatize), censure, condemn (blame), denounce (condemn), derogate, discommend, disgrace, dishonor (deprive of honor), fault, impeach, malign

bring into disfavor discredit

bring into disorder confound, discompose, perturb

bring into disrepute decry, demean (make lower)

bring into effect compose

bring into existence cause, compose, conceive (invent), engender, establish (launch), fabricate (construct), forge (produce), generate, make, originate, produce (manufacture)

bring into focus converge, focus

bring into harmony arbitrate (conciliate), intercede, reconcile

bring into meaningful relation with compare

bring into operation exert, perform (execute)

bring into order arrange (methodize), codify, file (arrange), fix (arrange), orchestrate

bring into peril endanger

bring into play exercise (use), exert, exploit (make use of), resort

bring into question audit

bring into relation compare

bring into relation with correspond (be equivalent)

bring into the open betray (disclose), disclose, find (discover), issue (publish), manifest, promulgate

bring into use initiate

bring into view bare, disclose, evince, produce (offer to view)

bring low demean (make lower), demote, depress, derogate, reduce, supplant

bring near converge, juxtapose

bring new evidence appeal

bring off dispatch (dispose of), implement

bring off successfully attain

bring on cause, conduce, create, incite, incur, induce, originate, precipitate (hasten)

bring out circulate, comment, create, disclose, disinter, educe, elicit, evoke, manifest, produce (offer to view), publish, solve

bring out in evidence bare

bring out more clearly elucidate

bring over disarm (set at ease), persuade, prevail upon

bring pressure to bear coerce, influence, lobby, prejudice (influence), press (constrain)

bring pressure to bear upon compel, constrain (compel)

bring proceedings against complain (charge), incriminate, lodge (bring a complaint)

bring reproach upon discredit, disgrace, disparage, stain

bring shame upon derogate, disgrace, dishonor (deprive of honor), humiliate, pillory

bring suit litigate, prosecute (charge)

bring the mind to bear upon focus

bring to resurrect

bring to a close complete, conclude (complete), consummate, discontinue (abandon), finish, stop

bring to a common center collect (gather)

bring to a complete condition develop

bring to a conclusion dispatch (dispose of), perfect

bring to a more advanced state develop

bring to a point of union collect (gather)

bring to a standstill arrest (stop), check (restrain), delay, discontinue (break continuity), enjoin, forestall, halt, hold up (delay), impede, obstruct, palliate (abate), stall, stop, suspend

bring to a state of obedience discipline (control)

bring to a stop arrest (stop), estop, suspend

bring to account condemn (punish), denounce (condemn), impeach, penalize

bring to acquiescence reconcile

bring to agreement adjust (resolve)

bring to an end cease, close (terminate), complete, conclude (complete), determine, discontinue (abandon), dispatch (dispose of), dissolve (terminate), extinguish, finish, perfect, quit (discontinue), terminate

bring to an understanding intercede, mediate

bring to attention address (direct attention to)

bring to bear avail (be of use), exercise (use), exert

bring to book rebuke, reprehend

bring to completion finish, fulfill, perfect, terminate

bring to conclusion complete, dissolve (terminate)

bring to effect consummate, create, make

bring to full development mature

bring to fullness perfect

bring to its peak mature

bring to justice convict, determine, impeach, lodge (bring a complaint), prosecute (charge), sue

bring to light bare, bear (adduce), betray (disclose), clarify, denude, detect, disclose, discover, display, divulge, educe, evidence, exhibit, expose, ferret, locate, manifest, produce (offer to view), reveal, unveil. SEE MAIN ENTRY

bring to light by degrees develop

bring to market handle (trade), sell

bring to maturity complete, effectuate, mature, nurture

bring to mind allude, recollect, remember

bring to naught destroy (void), foil, stop, thwart

bring to nothing obliterate

bring to notice address (direct attention to), exhibit, manifest

bring to nought frustrate

bring to order marshal

bring to pass attain, carry (succeed), cause, commit (perpetrate), create, discharge (perform), dispatch (dispose of), effectuate, enforce, evoke, execute (accomplish), fulfill, implement, induce, make, originate, perform (execute), perpetrate, produce (manufacture), prosecute (carry forward), realize (make real)

bring to perfection complete, mature

bring to reason convince, persuade, prevail upon, reason (persuade)

bring to recollection remind

bring to rest conclude (complete)

bring to retribution discipline (punish), punish

bring to ruin destroy (efface), extirpate, pillage

bring to terms accommodate, arbitrate (conciliate), arrange (methodize), beat (defeat), intercede, mediate, negotiate, pacify, placate, reconcile, settle, subjugate

bring to the bar litigate, lodge (bring a complaint), sue

bring to the fore adduce, produce (offer to view)

bring to the front manifest, produce (offer to view)

bring to trial arraign, litigate, lodge (bring a complaint)

bring to view evidence, exhibit, manifest

bring together accumulate (amass), aggregate, annex (add), arbitrate (conciliate), collect (gather), compile, congregate, conjoin, consolidate (strengthen), consolidate (unite), convene, converge, crystallize, focus, garner, glean, hoard, incorporate (include), intercede, juxtapose, mediate, orchestrate, raise (collect), reconcile, settle, unite

bring together in a crowd congregate

bring toward a central point concentrate (consolidate)

bring unawares into danger entrap

bring unawares into evil entrap

bring under domination subject

bring under rule impose (subject), subdue, subject

bring under subjection discipline (control)

bring up bear (adduce), discipline (train), educate, foster, nurture, raise (advance), remind

bring up for investigation arraign, impeach

bring up on charges arraign, complain (charge), incriminate, lodge (bring a complaint)

bring up to date renew (refurbish), revise

bring upon inflict

bring upon oneself incur

bring word communicate, mention, notify

bringing forth creation

bringing to trial prosecution (criminal trial)

bringing together centralization, combination, cumulation, joinder

brink border, edge (border), extremity (furthest point), margin (outside limit), outline (boundary), penumbra, threshold (verge). SEE MAIN ENTRY

brisk brief, expeditious, incisive, sedulous, trenchant, volatile

briskness dispatch (promptness), haste, life (vitality)

bristle resent

bristling hostile, resentful, rife

bristling with arms armed

brittle nonsubstantial (not sturdy)

brittleness frailty

broach assume (undertake), commence, initiate, mention, pose (propound), proclaim, utter

broad capacious, collective, comprehensive, extensive, general, generic, inaccurate, inclusive, indefinite, indiscriminate, inexact, liberal (not literal), nonsectarian, obscene, omnibus, passable, vague. SEE MAIN ENTRY

broad enough ample

broad guage caliber (measurement)

broad meaning connotation, gist (substance), implication (inference)

broad statement generality (vague statement), generalization

broad-based complete (all-embracing), extensive, nonsectarian

broad-minded impartial, nonpartisan, objective, open-minded, permissive, reasonable (rational), receptive, unbiased, unprejudiced

broad-mindedness disinterest (lack of prejudice), objectivity, tolerance

broadcast circulate, communicate, convey (communicate), diffuse, dispel, disseminate, divulge, issuance, issue (publish), proclaim, promulgate, propagate (spread), public (known), publication (disclosure), publicity, publish, relate (tell), report (detailed account), report (disclose), send, spread. SEE MAIN ENTRY

broaden accrue (increase), accumulate (enlarge), deploy, develop, enlarge, expand, extend (enlarge), increase, inflate, magnify, parlay (exploit successfully), spread, supplement. SEE MAIN ENTRY

broadening accession (enlargement), augmentation, boom (increase), cumulative (increasing), extension (expansion)

broadness caliber (measurement)

broadside barrage

broil altercation, brawl (noun), brawl (verb), controversy (argument), disaccord, embroilment, fight (argument), fracas, fray, furor, imbroglio, riot, strife, struggle

broke bankrupt, impecunious, insolvent

broken bankrupt, defective, desultory, disconnected, disjunctive (tending to disjoin), imperfect, intermittent, unsound (not strong). SEE MAIN ENTRY

broken faith bad faith, infidelity

broken in spirit contrite

broken marriage divorce

broken off disconnected

broken promise bad faith, disloyalty

broken silence outcry

broken thread anacoluthon

broken word infidelity

brokenhearted disconsolate

broker dealer, deputy, factor (commission merchant), interagent, medium, plenipotentiary, proctor, procurator, proxy, representative (proxy), spokesman. SEE MAIN ENTRY

brokerage SEE MAIN ENTRY

bromidic ordinary, trite

brood blood, children, deliberate, family (household), muse, offspring, progeny. SEE MAIN ENTRY

brood over deplore, dwell (linger over), ponder, reflect (ponder), review

brooding contemplation, deliberation

brook allow (endure), endure (suffer), suffer (permit), tolerate

brook no denial insist

brother colleague, counterpart (complement)

brotherhood denomination, goodwill, kinship, peace, philanthropy, society, sodality, union (labor organization)

brotherliness benevolence (disposition to do good), philanthropy, sodality

brotherly close (intimate), humane, intimate, philanthropic

brotherly love philanthropy

brought about by force forcible

brought charges accused (charged)

brought to a conclusion complete (ended)

brought to fruition choate lien

brought to light naked (perceptible)

brought to perfection best, ripe

brought to termination res judicata

brought together collective, conglomerate

brouillerie dissension

browbeat bait (harass), discompose, frighten, harass, harrow, harry (harass), hector, intimidate, persecute, plague, press (goad), threaten. SEE MAIN ENTRY

browse peruse

bruise beat (strike), damage, harm, ill use, lash (strike), mistreat, mutilate

bruised blemished, defective, marred

bruit declare, disseminate, notoriety, outcry, proclaim, promulgate, report (rumor), report (disclose), reveal, signify (inform), spread

bruit abroad circulate

bruited about public (known)

brummagem meretricious, tawdry

brunt burden, pressure

brush affray, confrontation (altercation)

brush aside discount (disbelieve), disdain, dismiss (put out of consideration), ignore, rebuff, reject, spurn

brush off parry

brush up repair

brusque harsh, laconic, taciturn

brusqueness disrespect

brutal bitter (penetrating), callous, cold-blooded, cruel, diabolic, disorderly, harsh, hot-blooded, inexcusable, malevolent, malicious, malignant, noxious, pernicious, ruthless, scathing, severe, tyrannous, vicious. SEE MAIN ENTRY

brutality bestiality, cruelty, oppression, violence. SEE MAIN ENTRY

brutalize SEE MAIN ENTRY

brutalized diabolic

brutalness brutality, cruelty

brute animal

brute creation animal

brute force coercion, main force, oppression, pressure

brute-like brutal

brutify brutalize

brutilization brutality

brutish brutal, caitiff, cold-blooded, malignant, relentless, ruthless, uncouth

brutishness bestiality, brutality, cruelty

brutum fulmen disaster

buccaneer criminal, plunder

buccaneering spoliation

buck defy, oppose, oppugn

buckler protection, shield

bucolic provincial

bud embryo, germinate, proliferate, pullulate

budding inchoate, incipient

budget appropriation (allotment), estimate, finance, overhead, program. SEE MAIN ENTRY

budgetary financial, fiscal, pecuniary

budgeted items expense (cost), outlay

budgeting appropriation (allotment)

buffer bulwark, intermediary, panoply, safeguard, shield

buffer zone SEE MAIN ENTRY

buffered impervious

buffet beat (strike), ill use, jostle (bump into)

buffoonery parody, ridicule

buggery sodomy

build accrue (increase), compose, create, enlarge, establish (launch), fabricate (construct), forge (produce), form, frame (structure), frame (construct), increase, invent (produce for the first time), make, manufacture, organization (structure), produce (manufacture). SEE MAIN ENTRY

build up accrue (increase), accumulate (enlarge), aggregate, compound, consolidate (strengthen), cumulation, develop, elevate, enlarge, expand, extend (enlarge), heighten (augment), heighten (elevate), hoard, magnify, parlay (exploit successfully), promote (organize), replenish. SEE MAIN ENTRY

build-up augmentation

builder architect, contractor, developer, materialman

building creation, edifice, frame (structure), preparation, structure (edifice). SEE MAIN ENTRY

building entrepeneur developer

building of imposing appearance edifice

built on based on, underlying

bulge project (extend beyond)

bulk amount (quantity), assemblage, cargo, corpus, cumulation, majority (greater part), mass (weight), measurement, plurality, quantity. SEE MAIN ENTRY

bulk transfer SEE MAIN ENTRY

bulkhead buffer zone, bulwark

bulky ponderous

bulletin declaration, dispatch (message), entry (record), issuance, notice (announcement), notification, prospectus, publicity, report (detailed account). SEE MAIN ENTRY

bullheaded pertinacious, uncontrollable

bully badger, browbeat, brutalize, endanger, frighten, harrow, harry (harass), hector, intimidate, irritate, mistreat, persecute, pique

bullyrag frighten, pique, plague

bulwark barrier, bear (support), buffer zone, mainstay, protect, protection, safeguard, security (safety), shield. SEE MAIN ENTRY

bump collide (crash against), impinge, jostle (bump into)

bump against jostle (bump into)

bump into collide (crash against)

bumper crop SEE MAIN ENTRY

bumptious contemptuous, disdainful, inflated (vain), insolent, perverse, supercilious. SEE MAIN ENTRY

bunch assemblage, compile, congregate, hoard, quantity, selection (collection)

bunch together compile

bunched compact (dense), solid (compact)

bundle assemblage

bung shut, stem (check)

bungle fail (lose), miscue, misdoing, mismanage, mistake, muddle, spoil (impair)

bungling fault (mistake), incompetent, inept (incompetent), maladministration, neglect, negligent

bunk dwell (reside)

bunker depository

bunko SEE MAIN ENTRY

bunkum rodomontade

buoy up assure (give confidence to), bear (support), bolster, reassure

buoyant resilient, sanguine, volatile

burden bind (obligate), charge (lien), charge (responsibility), clog, cloud (incumbrance), commitment (responsibility), compel, constrain (compel), disadvantage (noun), disadvantage (verb), duty (obligation), duty (tax), embarrass, encumber (financially obligate), encumber (hinder), encumbrance, grievance, hamper, handicap, harass, impede, impediment, impose (enforce), inflict, interfere, liability, load, mistreat, nuisance, obligation (duty), overcome (overwhelm), overload, parasite, part (role), pressure, responsibility (accountability), servitude, stress (strain), tax (overwork), trouble, weigh. SEE MAIN ENTRY

burden of going forward SEE MAIN ENTRY

burden of proof SEE MAIN ENTRY

burdened disadvantaged, disconsolate

burdensome difficult, onerous, operose, oppressive, ponderous

burdensome requirement onus (burden)

bureau agency (commission), board, chapter (branch), commission (agency), committee, department, facility (institution), firm, management (directorate), office, organ. SEE MAIN ENTRY

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

bureaucrat functionary, incumbent, official

bureaucratic ministerial, political

burgeon compound, expand, germinate, increase, proliferate, pullulate

burgeoning accession (enlargement), boom (increase), boom (prosperity)

burgess resident

burgher denizen

burglar criminal, hoodlum. SEE MAIN ENTRY

burglarious larcenous

burglarize loot, pillage, purloin, rob, steal

burglarizing housebreaking

burglary housebreaking, theft. SEE MAIN ENTRY

buried blind (concealed), dead, hidden, personal (private), privy

burke suppress

burlesque imitation, jape, mock (imitate), parody, ridicule, travesty

burlesque translation travesty

burly strong

burn deflagrate, destroy (efface), expend (consume). SEE MAIN ENTRY

burn fiercely deflagrate

burn to a cinder burn

burn up consume, deflagrate, dissipate (expend foolishly)

burning bitter (penetrating), caustic, fanatical, harsh, hot-blooded, perfervid, scathing, vehement

burrow delve, hunt, research

bursal financial, fiscal

bursar comptroller

bursary bank, repository, treasury

burst barrage, break (fracture), discharge (shot), discharge (shoot), outbreak, outburst, rend

burst forth emerge, issue (send forth), pullulate

burst in obtrude

burst in upon penetrate

burst into flame burn, deflagrate

burst of sound outcry

bury camouflage, cloak, cover (conceal), embed, hide, immerse (engross), inundate, overwhelm, plant (covertly place), seclude, shroud, suppress. SEE MAIN ENTRY

busily employed active

busily engaged active, industrious, sedulous

busily intent diligent

business agenda, assignment (task), calling, career, commerce, commercial, company (enterprise), concern (business establishment), corporation, dealings, employment, enterprise (economic organization), firm, function, job, livelihood, mercantile, mission, occupation (vocation), office, position (business status), post, practice (professional business), profession (vocation), province, pursuit (occupation), trade (commerce), trade (occupation), transaction, undertaking (enterprise), venture, work (employment). SEE MAIN ENTRY

business affairs agenda, commerce, trade (commerce)

business agreement consortium (business cartel)

business association corporation

business combine consortium (business cartel)

business contact client, customer, patron (regular customer)

business deals commerce

business entente consortium (business cartel)

business establishment company (enterprise), corporation, enterprise (economic organization), firm, house

business expense cost (expenses)

business expenses overhead

business firm house

business house firm, store (business)

business intercourse commerce, dealings, exchange, trade (commerce)

business judgment rule SEE MAIN ENTRY

business manager comptroller

business on hand agenda, matter (subject)

business owner lessor

business profits income

business representative procurator

business science finance

business transaction deal, dealings

business transactions commerce

businesslike commercial, diligent, formal, professional (stellar), prompt, systematic

businessman dealer, vendor

businessperson dealer, merchant

bustle dispatch (promptness), industry (activity), turmoil

bustling rapid

busy active, diligent, engage (involve), industrious, sedulous. SEE MAIN ENTRY

busy oneself with occupy (engage), ply

busyness industry (activity)

but only, save

but for save

but for the fact that only

butcher extinguish, mutilate, spoil (impair)

butchery homicide

butt abut, border (bound), jostle (bump into), object, strike (collide), target

butt against collide (crash against), contact (touch), impinge

butt in interrupt, obtrude

button shut

buttress bear (support), bulwark, corroborate, document, mainstay, maintain (sustain), reaffirm, reinforce, reinforcement, side, supplement, support (corroborate), sustain (confirm), uphold. SEE MAIN ENTRY

buy procure, purchase, trade. SEE MAIN ENTRY

buy and sell barter, deal, trade

buy back redeem (repurchase)

buy from patronize (trade with)

buy into invest (fund)

buy off suborn

buy stock invest (fund)

buy up purchase

buyer consumer, customer, patron (regular customer). SEE MAIN ENTRY

buyer of labor client, consumer, customer

buyer of stolen goods fence

buyer of stolen property fence

buying and selling business (commerce), commerce, dealings, exchange, trade (commerce)

buying power money

buying price expense (cost)

by a stronger reason a fortiori

by all appearances prima facie (self-evident)

by and large as a rule

by and large each and every time always (without exception)

by any means regardless

by choice purposely

by circumstance coincidental

by compulsion will shall

by course of conduct pro forma

by custom pro forma

by degrees piecemeal

by design intentional, purposely

by divine right ex officio

by habit pro forma

by imperative will shall

by inference a fortiori, circumstantial

by law de jure, ex officio. SEE MAIN ENTRY

by means of hereby, thereby, through (by means of)

by one party ex parte

by order de jure

by past practice pro forma

by proxy in lieu of

by reason of a priori, consequently

by right as a matter of right, ex officio

by right of law de jure

by statute de jure

by the act itself ipso facto

by the aid of hereby

by the fact itself ipso facto

by the hand of through (by means of)

by the mere fact ipso facto

by the piece retail

by the same sign consequently

by the same token consequently

by the time that until

by the very fact ipso facto

by trade and usage pro forma

by usage pro forma

by use of thereby

by virtue of hereby, thereby

by vote elective (selective)

by way of through (by means of), through (from beginning to end)

by way of a will testamentary

by way of gift gratuitous (given without recompense)

by will purposely

by word of mouth oral

by-passage causeway, detour

by-product development (outgrowth), follow-up

bygone antique, former, obsolete, outdated, outmoded

bylaw code, regulation (rule), rubric (authoritative rule), rule (legal dictate)

bylaws codification

byname cognomen, sobriquet

bypass avoidance (evasion), circumvent, detour, eschew, forgo, ignore, omit, pretermit, shun. SEE MAIN ENTRY

byproduct offshoot

bystander eyewitness, witness. SEE MAIN ENTRY

byword call (title), catchword, cognomen, maxim, phrase

C

cabal band, collusion, confederacy (conspiracy), conspire, cooperate, faction, frame up, machination, maneuver, plan (noun), plan (verb), plot (secret plan), plot, scheme (noun), scheme (verb), schism, secret. SEE MAIN ENTRY

cabala mystery

cabalism mystery

cabalistic esoteric, mysterious, recondite

cabalistical esoteric

cabinet bench, board, chamber (body), commission (agency), committee

cache depository, fund, garner, harbor, hide, hoard (noun), hoard (verb), keep (shelter), plant (covertly place), provision (something provided), repository, reserve (noun), reserve (verb), store (depository), store, sufficiency, treasury. SEE MAIN ENTRY

cachet earmark, label

cacoethes dipsomania

cacophonous discordant

cacophony noise

cadaver body (person). SEE MAIN ENTRY

cadaver corpse

cadaveric lifeless (dead)

cadaverous dead, lifeless (dead)

cadeau bounty

cadence inflection, intonation

cadenced periodic

cadent periodic

cadere abate (extinguish), fail (lose), miscarriage

cadet offspring

cadge request

cadger parasite

cadre division (administrative unit), staff

caducity deterioration, impuissance, incapacity. SEE MAIN ENTRY

caducous ephemeral, transient

caducus ephemeral

caecus blind (sightless)

caedere beat (strike)

caedes assassination, homicide, murder

caelum climate

caerimonia ceremony

cage cell, confine, contain (restrain), envelop, keep (restrain), lock, restrict

cagey machiavellian

cairn landmark (conspicuous object), monument

caitiff recreant. SEE MAIN ENTRY

cajole coax, entice, importune, influence, inveigle, lure, persuade, pressure, prevail (persuade). SEE MAIN ENTRY

cajolement bribery, persuasion

cajolery bribery, instigation, persuasion, seduction

cajoling persuasion

calamitas adversity, calamity, catastrophe, disaster, misfortune

calamitosus disastrous

calamitous adverse (negative), deadly, deplorable, dire, disastrous, fatal, harmful, hostile, insalubrious, pernicious, regrettable, unfavorable

calamity accident (misfortune), adversity, casualty, catastrophe, debacle, disaster, fatality, loss, misfortune, pain, tragedy, trouble. SEE MAIN ENTRY

calcar stimulus

calcified ossified

calculable appreciable, foreseeable

calculate arrange (plan), assess (appraise), conspire, deduce, deduct (conclude by reasoning), devise (invent), evaluate, find (determine), gauge, intend, measure, plan, rate, scheme. SEE MAIN ENTRY

calculate approximately estimate

calculate on anticipate (expect)

calculate upon expect (anticipate)

calculate wrongly miscalculate

calculated aforethought, cold-blooded, deliberate, express, intentional, premeditated, purposeful, strategic, tactical

calculated risk speculation (risk)

calculated to give a false impression deceptive

calculated to provoke resentment invidious

calculated to stir eloquent

calculatedly purposely

calculating artful, cold-blooded, collusive, discreet, judicious, machiavellian, pensive, politic, provident (showing foresight), prudent, sly

calculation appraisal, assessment (estimation), census, computation, contemplation, deduction (conclusion), deliberation, estimate (approximate cost), expectation, forethought, idea, ledger, measurement, prospect (outlook), prudence. SEE MAIN ENTRY

calculator accountant

calculator of insurance risks actuary

calendar agenda, date, docket, empanel, file (place among official records), note (record), program (noun), program (verb), record, register (noun), register (verb), schedule. SEE MAIN ENTRY

calender set down

caliber degree (magnitude), materiality (consequence), performance (workmanship), quality (excellence), status, value, worth. SEE MAIN ENTRY

calibrate adjust (regulate), assess (appraise), gauge, measure

caliginosus lurid

call bespeak, charge (command), contact (communicate), convene, deem, demand, denominate, detail (assign), entreaty, identify, impetus, invitation, label, market (demand), monition (legal summons), nominate, phrase, prayer, request, requirement, requisition, subpoena. SEE MAIN ENTRY

call a halt check (restrain), close (terminate), condemn (ban), halt, hold up (delay), quit (discontinue), restrain

call attention to address (direct attention to), admonish (advise), indicate, notice (observe), notify

call back annul, disavow, recommit, renege, rescind, resurrect

call before a court arraign

call by a distinctive title label

call by name denominate

call down rebuke, reprehend

call for command, demand, desire, entail, exact, market (demand), necessitate, request, require (compel), solicit, summon

call for aid call (appeal to), petition

call for help call (appeal to)

call for the presence of subpoena, summon

call forth educe, elicit, engender, evoke, foment, incite, induce, order, provoke, resort, subpoena, summon

call in consult (ask advice of), refer (send for action)

call in question disown (deny the validity), dispute (contest), except (object), impeach, impugn, object, oppugn

call into action summon

call into being compose, engender, fabricate (construct), generate, make

call into existence compose, generate, make

call names defame, denigrate

call of duty allegiance, burden, commitment (responsibility)

call off desist, discontinue (abandon), dissolve (terminate), hold up (delay)

call on refer (send for action)

call on for a blessing invoke

call on for help invoke

call out challenge, proclaim, subpoena

call public attention to issue (publish), post, publish

call the roll poll

call to account arraign, blame, castigate, cite (accuse), condemn (blame), convict, denounce (condemn), disapprove (condemn), discipline (punish), impeach, indict, lodge (bring a complaint), penalize, punish, rebuke, reprehend, reprimand, reproach

call to answer challenge, contest

call to mind bear (adduce), conjure, recognize (perceive), recollect, remember

call to notice address (direct attention to)

call to task rebuke, reprimand

call to witness corroborate, subpoena, summon

call together convene

call up convene, evoke, induct, invoke, recall (remember), recruit, remember, retain (keep in possession)

call upon address (petition), call (appeal to), command, delegate, direct (order), importune, instruct (direct), order, petition, plead (implore), pray, press (beseech)

call with authority subpoena, summon

called by duty bound

called for essential (required), important (urgent), indispensable, mandatory, requisite

callidus artful, expert, resourceful

calligraphy handwriting, script

calling business (occupation), career, designation (naming), employment, job, labor (work), livelihood, mission, occupation (vocation), position (business status), practice (professional business), profession (vocation), pursuit (occupation), specialty (special aptitude), trade (occupation), work (employment). SEE MAIN ENTRY

calling to account incrimination

calling to court summons

callosus callous

callous cold-blooded, diabolic, impervious, insensible, insusceptible (uncaring), obdurate, obtuse, phlegmatic, recalcitrant, ruthless, unaffected (uninfluenced). SEE MAIN ENTRY

calloused ossified

callousness disinterest (lack of interest), disregard (lack of respect)

callow inexperienced, jejune (lacking maturity), juvenile, naive, puerile, uncouth

calm allay, alleviate, composure, controlled (restrained), dispassionate, ease, lull (noun), lull (verb), moderate (temper), mollify, nonchalant, obtund, pacify, passive, patient, peace, peaceable, phlegmatic, placate, placid, propitiate, relieve (give aid), remedy, remit (relax), soothe, subdue, subside, unaffected (uninfluenced). SEE MAIN ENTRY

calm before a storm crossroad (turning point)

calm down rest (cease from action)

calmant narcotic

calmative mitigating, narcotic (adjective), narcotic (noun), palliative (abating), placid, remedial

calme dispassionate

calmness common sense, composure, lull, moderation, mollification, peace, sufferance, temperance

calumnia aspersion, slander

calumniari cavil, defame, misrepresent

calumniate contemn, defame, denigrate, denounce (condemn), derogate, disparage, lessen, libel, malign, pillory, smear

calumniating contemptuous

calumniation aspersion, bad repute, defamation, slander, vilification

calumniatory calumnious, contemptuous, derogatory

calumnious contemptuous, derogatory, libelous, pejorative. SEE MAIN ENTRY

calumny aspersion, bad repute, defamation, denunciation, dishonor (shame), libel, lie, slander, vilification

camarade copartner (coconspirator)

camaraderie comity, contact (association), sodality

camarilla cabal, faction

came to determination res judicata

camera chamber (compartment)

camouflage blind (obscure), cloak, conceal, concealment, cover (pretext), cover (conceal), deceit, deception, decoy, disguise (noun), disguise (verb), distort, distortion, ensconce, enshroud, evasion, falsify, hide, misrepresent, plant (covertly place), pretense (pretext), pretext, ruse, screen (guard), subterfuge, veil. SEE MAIN ENTRY

camouflaged blind (concealed), clandestine, deceptive, hidden, indiscernible, latent

camp dwelling, lodge (reside)

campaign activity, course, endeavor, enterprise (undertaking), expedient, fight (battle), operation, plan, program, promotion (encouragement), pursuit (effort to secure), strategy, venture, work (effort). SEE MAIN ENTRY

campaign promises platform

campaigner contender, politician

campaigning politics

canaille populace

canard falsehood, fiction, figment, hoax, story (falsehood). SEE MAIN ENTRY

canation license

cancel abate (extinguish), abolish, abrogate (annul), abrogate (rescind), adeem, annul, cease, censor, condemn (ban), countervail, debar, delete, disable, discharge (release from obligation), disclaim, discontinue (abandon), dissolve (terminate), eliminate (eradicate), expunge, expurgate, extinguish, extirpate, forestall, forgive, frustrate, invalidate, kill (defeat), negate, neutralize, nullify, obliterate, override, overrule, quash, recall (call back), recant, refute, remit (release from penalty), remove (eliminate), repeal, repudiate, rescind, revoke, superannuate, suppress, terminate, vacate (void), vitiate. SEE MAIN ENTRY

cancel a punishment pardon

cancel an offense pardon

cancel debts liquidate (determine liability)

cancel out annul, counteract, countervail, neutralize

canceled inactive, invalid, lifeless (dead), null (invalid), null and void, powerless

canceling defeasance, discharge (annulment)

cancellation abandonment (repudiation), abatement (extinguishment), abolition, ademption, annulment, censorship, condonation, countermand, defeasance, desuetude, discharge (annulment), discharge (release from obligation), discontinuance (act of discontinuing), dismissal (termination of a proceeding), dissolution (termination), invalidity, mistrial, negation, nollo prosequi, obviation, remission, renunciation, repudiation, rescision, retraction, reversal, revocation. SEE MAIN ENTRY

cancellation of a legacy ademption

cancelled defunct, void (invalid)

cancelling avoidance (cancellation), discontinuance (act of discontinuing), dissolution (termination), revocation

cancerous malignant

candid bona fide, direct (forthright), honest, ingenuous, objective, straightforward, unaffected (sincere), upright. SEE MAIN ENTRY

candidate contender, contestant, politician, probationer (one being tested), prospect (prospective patron), rival. SEE MAIN ENTRY

candidate under consideration applicant (candidate)

candidatus candidate candidness candor (straightforwardness), honesty, probity, veracity

candidus candid, open (persuasible), unaffected (sincere)

candied nectarious

candor disinterest (lack of prejudice), honesty, probity, truth, veracity. SEE MAIN ENTRY

cane cudgel

canker decay, degenerate, infect, pervert

cankered decadent, marred

cannabis SEE MAIN ENTRY

cannabis sativa cannabis

cannonade barrage

canny artful, deft, machiavellian, perspicacious, politic, practiced, prudent, subtle (insidious), vigilant

canon article (precept), belief (something believed), bylaw, code, codification, constitution, direction (order), doctrine, dogma, edict, law, legislation (enactments), mandate, maxim, ordinance, pandect (code of laws), precept, prescription (directive), principle (axiom), regulation (rule), rubric (authoritative rule), rule (legal dictate), standard, statute. SEE MAIN ENTRY

canon of laws pandect (code of laws)

canonic valid

canonical dogmatic, orthodox, valid

canonization elevation

canonize elevate, honor

canons legislation (enactments)

canons of ethics SEE MAIN ENTRY

canons regarding securities blue sky law

canorus harmonious

cant jargon (technical language), palter, phraseology

cantankerous contentious, fractious, froward, hostile, inflexible, negative, perverse, petulant, restive. SEE MAIN ENTRY

canting querulous

cantle element, segment

cantlet segment

canton division (administrative unit), province

canvass analyze, check (inspect), debate, examine (study), poll, request, scrutinize, solicit, survey (poll). SEE MAIN ENTRY

canvassing analysis, inquiry (systematic investigation)

cap culminate, culmination, finish, pinnacle, surpass. SEE MAIN ENTRY

cap and trade SEE MAIN ENTRY

capability ability, caliber (mental capacity), caliber (quality), capacity (aptitude), competence (ability), competence (sanity), comprehension, efficiency, facility (easiness), faculty (ability), force (strength), gift (flair), performance (workmanship), potential, qualification (fitness), specialty (special aptitude)

capable adequate, artful, competent, deft, effective (efficient), efficient, eligible, expert, familiar (informed), fit, omnipotent, operative, possible, potent, practiced, proficient, qualified (competent), resourceful, sciential, veteran, virtual. SEE MAIN ENTRY

capable of being adjudged invalid voidable

capable of being adjudged void voidable

capable of being annulled voidable

capable of being appeased placable

capable of being bounded terminable

capable of being completed terminable

capable of being concluded terminable

capable of being conditioned terminable

capable of being conquered indefensible

capable of being debated debatable, forensic, litigable

capable of being decided by a court justiciable

capable of being declared ineffectual voidable

capable of being declared void voidable

capable of being deducted deductible (capable of being deducted from taxes)

capable of being demonstrated provable

capable of being divided divisible

capable of being done practicable

capable of being ended terminable

capable of being examined cognizable

capable of being exchanged convertible

capable of being figured out deductible (provable)

capable of being fixed terminable

capable of being inhabited habitable

capable of being limited terminable

capable of being made definit e terminable

capable of being maintained tenable

capable of being overcome indefensible

capable of being pacified placable

capable of being perceived appreciable

capable of being proved deductible (provable)

capable of being proven provable

capable of being rebated deductible (capable of being deducted from taxes)

capable of being shown provable

capable of being transferred negotiable

capable of being tried in the court cognizable

capable of conforming to new situations flexible

capable of decision determinable (ascertainable)

capable of development viable

capable of growth viable

capable of holding much capacious

capable of loss at risk

capable of passing passable

capable of positive proof provable

capable of proof certain (positive), incontrovertible, provable

capable of reason reasonable (rational)

capable of receiving injuries vulnerable

capable of resisting insusceptible (resistant), insusceptible (uncaring)

capable of responding to changing situations flexible

capable of withstanding insusceptible (uncaring)

capableness caliber (mental capacity), capacity (aptitude), efficiency

capacious ample, complete (all-embracing), comprehensive, extensive. SEE MAIN ENTRY

capaciousness measurement, space

capacitate empower, enable

capacity ability, appointment (position), caliber (mental capacity), cargo, competence (ability), coverage (scope), employment, faculty (ability), gift (flair), maximum (amplitude), means (opportunity), measurement, occupation (vocation), office, penchant, performance (workmanship), post, potential, propensity, province, pursuit (occupation), qualification (fitness), role, science (technique), space, sphere, sufficiency. SEE MAIN ENTRY

capacity to decide the matter in issue jurisdiction

capacity to endure sufferance, tolerance

capacity to hear the controversy jurisdiction

capacity to stand suffering tolerance

capacity to take pain tolerance

capacity to understand comprehension

capere capture, contain (comprise), ensnare, entrap, gain, occupy (take possession), receive (acquire)

capital assets, cardinal (basic), cash, central (essential), deadly, fund, important (significant), leading (ranking first), master, material (important), monetary, money, possessions, premium, prime (most valuable), principal (capital sum), resource, salient, seat, securities, security (stock), select, share (stock), stellar, stock (shares), substance (material possessions), treasury. SEE MAIN ENTRY

capital crime felony, homicide

capital gains boom (prosperity)

capital goods merchandise

capital invested investment

capital murder homicide

capital outlay investment

capital punishment SEE MAIN ENTRY

capitalize finance. SEE MAIN ENTRY

capitalize on exploit (make use of)

capitalize upon employ (make use of)

capitation assessment (levy), duty (tax), excise, poll (canvass), tax

capitulary code, codification

capitulate accede (concede), defer (yield in judgment), forfeit, quit (discontinue), resign, submit (yield), succumb, surrender (yield), yield (submit)

capitulation capsule, concession (compromise), hornbook, resignation (passive acceptance). SEE MAIN ENTRY

caprice notion

capricious aleatory (uncertain), arbitrary, disordered, haphazard, inconsistent, irresolute, irresponsible, lawless, mutable, undependable, unpredictable, unreasonable, unreliable, unsettled, untrustworthy, variable, volatile. SEE MAIN ENTRY

capriciousness inconsistency

capsize upset

capsule abridgment (condensation), abstract, brief, compendium, concise, digest, hornbook, scenario. SEE MAIN ENTRY

capsulize abridge (shorten), abstract (summarize), condense, constrict (compress), digest (summarize)

capsulized concise

captain chief, superintendent

captainship generalship

captare solicit

captio fallacy

caption apprehension (act of arresting), call (title), denomination, heading, inscription, phrase, rubric (title), title (designation). SEE MAIN ENTRY

captiosus sophistic

captious contentious, contrary, critical (faultfinding), fractious, froward, perverse, petulant, querulous, sophistic. SEE MAIN ENTRY

captivate coax, lure, motivate, occupy (engage), subdue

captivating attractive, moving (evoking emotion), provocative, sapid

captivation seduction

captive convict, hostage, in custody, inmate, prisoner. SEE MAIN ENTRY

captivitas captivity

captivity bondage, constraint (imprisonment), custody (incarceration), detention, durance, duress, incarceration, restraint, servitude, subjection, thrall. SEE MAIN ENTRY

captivus captive

capture apprehend (arrest), apprehension (act of arresting), appropriate, appropriation (taking), arrest, arrest (apprehend), carry away, confine, deprive, detain (hold in custody), disseisin, distraint, distress (seizure), enclose, ensnare, gain, hijack, jail, kidnap, obtain, occupy (take possession), preempt, prize, procure, repossess, seize (apprehend), seize (confiscate), subdue, succeed (attain), taking. SEE MAIN ENTRY

capture and deportation extradition

captured arrested (apprehended)

captured goods contraband

captured person captive

capturing confiscatory

captus captive, inmate

caput article (precept), capital, chapter (division), chief, clause, main point, person, point (item), principal (capital sum), source

carbine gun

carbon counterpart (parallel), duplicate

carbon copy counterpart (parallel), duplicate

carcass body (person), cadaver, corpse

carcer custody (supervision), incarceration, jail, prison

card coupon, form (document)

card index file

cardholder member (individual in a group)

cardinal central (essential), considerable, dominant, fundamental, indispensable, integral, leading (ranking first), material (important), paramount, prime (most valuable), principal, salient, vital. SEE MAIN ENTRY

cardinal feature main point

cardinal point center (essence), content (meaning), cornerstone, gist (ground for a suit), gravamen, landmark (significant change), main point

care administration, agency (legal relationship), alimony, apprehension (fear), auspices, burden, caution (vigilance), charge (custody), concern (interest), consideration (sympathetic regard), constraint (imprisonment), control (supervision), custody (supervision), direction (guidance), discretion (quality of being discreet), generalship, help, interest (concern), maintenance (upkeep), management (supervision), notice (heed), particularity, patronage (support), precaution, preservation, problem, prudence, regard (attention), relief (aid), rigor, safekeeping, service (assistance), shelter (protection), supervision, surveillance, trust (custody), ward, weight (burden). SEE MAIN ENTRY

care for attend (take care of), cover (guard), foster, harbor, hold (possess), keep (shelter), maintain (sustain), manage, nurture, police, preserve, protect, provide (arrange for), regard (hold in esteem), serve (assist)

care nothing for condescend (patronize), disdain, flout

cared for safe

career business (occupation), calling, employment, livelihood, occupation (vocation), position (business status), post, practice (professional business), profession (vocation), professional (trained), pursuit (occupation), specialty (special aptitude). SEE MAIN ENTRY

carefree complacent, convenient, nonchalant, secure (confident)

careful accurate, circumspect, close (rigorous), conscientious, deliberate, discreet, economical, exact, faithful (diligent), frugal, guarded, judicious, leery, literal, meticulous, noncommittal, painstaking, particular (exacting), politic, precise, preventive, provident (frugal), provident (showing foresight), prudent, punctilious, scrupulous, strict, thorough, vigilant. SEE MAIN ENTRY

careful appreciation diagnosis

careful attention notice (heed)

careful budgeting prudence

careful consideration deliberation

careful examination scrutiny

careful management economy (frugality)

careful methods strategy

careful noting of details examination (study)

careful plans strategy

careful scrutiny inspection

careful search indagation, investigation, probe, research

careful study indagation, investigation

carefully considered deliberate

carefully weighed deliberate

carefulness caution (vigilance), deliberation, diligence (care), discretion (quality of being discreet), economy (frugality), notice (heed), particularity, precaution, prudence, rigor

carefulness in outlay economy (frugality)

careless blind (not discerning), cursory, derelict (negligent), disorderly, heedless, hot-blooded, ill-judged, impolitic, improvident, imprudent, impulsive (rash), inaccurate, inadvertent, inexact, lax, negligent, oblivious, perfunctory, prodigal, reckless, remiss, slipshod, superficial, thoughtless, undependable, unpolitic, wanton. SEE MAIN ENTRY

careless abandon neglect

careless loss waste

careless mistake oversight (carelessness)

careless omission oversight (carelessness)

carelessness delinquency (failure of duty), dereliction, disinterest (lack of interest), disregard (unconcern), inconsideration, indiscretion, laxity, malpractice, neglect, negligence, omission, temerity

caretake operate, superintend

caretaker custodian (warden), fiduciary, guardian, proctor, procurator, superintendent, trustee. SEE MAIN ENTRY

caretakers management (directorate)

careworn disconsolate

carfare fare

cargo freight, merchandise. SEE MAIN ENTRY

caricature copy, disguise, distort, distortion, exaggeration, jape, mock (imitate), parody, ridicule, travesty. SEE MAIN ENTRY

caring solicitous

caritas dearth

carload cargo, freight

carmen famosum libel

carnage aberemurder, havoc, homicide

carnal bodily, dissolute, lascivious, lewd, mundane, physical, promiscuous, prurient, salacious, suggestive (risqué)

carnivorous predatory

carouse SEE MAIN ENTRY

carp blame, cavil, complain (criticize)

carp at discompose, persecute, press (goad)

carpenter build (construct), frame (construct)

carpere cavil, cull

carping critical (faultfinding), criticism, denunciation, diatribe, fractious, petulant, querulous

carriage behavior, complexion, conduct, demeanor, deportment, manner (behavior), presence (poise), temperament. SEE MAIN ENTRY

carried consensual

carried away ecstatic, uncontrollable

carried through complete (ended)

carrier bearer. SEE MAIN ENTRY

carrion body (person), corpse

carry bear (support), convey (transfer), deliver, demean (deport oneself), handle (trade), move (alter position), pass (approve), transfer, transmit, transport, uphold, wield. SEE MAIN ENTRY

carry a report disseminate

carry a suggestion connote, imply

carry authority dominate, prevail (triumph)

carry away abduct, capture, displace (remove), distrain, hijack, hold up (rob), impropriate. SEE MAIN ENTRY

carry back recover

carry beyond the limit extend (enlarge)

carry conviction convince

carry forward keep (continue), perpetuate

carry further extend (enlarge)

carry into effect comply, consummate, discharge (perform), effectuate, enforce, execute (accomplish), fulfill, implement, make, realize (make real)

carry into execution abide, commit (perpetrate), comply, compose, discharge (perform), effectuate, enforce, execute (accomplish), exercise (discharge a function), implement, make, operate, perform (adhere to), perform (execute), perpetrate, satisfy (discharge), strive

carry off carry away, dislodge, distrain, hijack, hold up (rob), kidnap, loot, perpetrate, plunder, poach

carry on adhere (persist), attempt, bear (tolerate), commit (perpetrate), conduct, continue (resume), endure (last), exercise (discharge a function), function, keep (continue), last, manage, militate, operate, oversee, perpetrate, perpetuate, persevere, persist, ply, proceed (continue), promote (organize), prosecute (carry forward), remain (continue), reopen, resume, tolerate, transact, undertake. SEE MAIN ENTRY

carry on a conversation converse, discuss, speak

carry on a lawsuit litigate

carry on a trade handle (trade)

carry on an argument contend (dispute), dispute (debate)

carry on an inquiry canvass

carry on business handle (trade), practice (engage in), transact

carry on commerce handle (trade), trade

carry on hostilities engage (involve)

carry on intensive research delve

carry on negotiations deal, handle (trade)

carry on under allow (endure)

carry on war fight (battle)

carry oneself deport (conduct oneself)

carry out administer (conduct), apply (put in practice), commit (perpetrate), complete, comply, conduct, consummate, discharge (perform), dispatch (dispose of), enforce, execute (accomplish), exercise (discharge a function), finish, function, implement, keep (fulfill), obey, observe (obey), officiate, operate, perfect, perform (adhere to), perpetrate, prosecute (carry forward), realize (make real), satisfy (discharge), satisfy (fulfill), transact, undertake. SEE MAIN ENTRY

carry out a sentence condemn (punish), discipline (punish), penalize

carry over continue (resume), holdover

carry tales inform (notify)

carry through attain, commit (perpetrate), complete, consummate, discharge (perform), dispatch (dispose of), effectuate, enforce, finish, follow-up, implement, perpetrate, realize (make real)

carry to completion complete, conclude (complete), consummate, dispatch (dispose of), exhaust (try all possibilities)

carry to excess carouse, overindulge

carry too far overindulge

carry weight influence, motivate, predominate (command), prejudice (influence)

carry weight with prevail (persuade), prevail upon

carry-over balance (amount in excess), remainder (remaining part)

carrying carriage

carrying charge cost (price), maintenance (upkeep)

carrying into effect enforcement, performance (execution)

carrying on continuation (resumption)

carrying out action (performance), commission (act), enforcement

carrying through discharge (performance), fait accompli, performance (execution)

cart carry (transport), deliver, transport

cart away dislodge, displace (remove)

cartage carriage

carte blanche dispensation (exception)

carte blanche latitude

carte blanche permit

cartel business (commercial enterprise), coalition, compact, confederacy (compact), consortium (business cartel), league, pool, syndicate, treaty, trust (combination of businesses). SEE MAIN ENTRY

cartload cargo

cartoon caricature, copy, parody

cartridges ammunition

carve create, disjoint, divide (distribute), parcel, part (separate), partition, split

carve up apportion

cascade outpour

case action (proceeding), cause (lawsuit), check (inspect), complaint, controversy (lawsuit), day in court, enshroud, example, incident, instance, lawsuit, matter (subject), particular, patient, plight, predicament, proceeding, question (issue), situation, subject (object), suit, trial (legal proceeding). SEE MAIN ENTRY

case at law controversy (lawsuit), hearing

case for decision lawsuit

case for the prosecution complaint, count

case history dossier. SEE MAIN ENTRY

case in point example, illustration, instance, sample, specimen. SEE MAIN ENTRY

case in question matter (subject)

case of conscience allegiance

cases ready for argument calendar (list of cases)

cash currency, money. SEE MAIN ENTRY

cash box bank

cash in liquidate (convert into cash)

cash in on gain, profit

cash paid expenditure

cash payment advance (allowance), collection (payment)

cash supplies capital

cashbook journal, ledger

casher bearer

cashier comptroller, demote, discharge (dismiss), dislodge, dismiss (discharge), eliminate (exclude), reject, remove (dismiss from office), supplant

cashier’s check draft

cashiering dismissal (discharge), layoff, rejection, removal

cassation cancellation, defeasance, negation

cast allocate, build (construct), characteristic, configuration (form), copy, discharge (dismiss), disposition (inclination), fabricate (construct), frame (formulate), inclination, launch (project), make, nuance, personnel, posture (attitude), predisposition, project (impel forward), send, stamp, style, tenor. SEE MAIN ENTRY

cast a ballot vote

cast a reproach censure

cast a shadow obnubilate, obscure

cast a slur smear

cast a slur on blame, dishonor (deprive of honor), involve (implicate)

cast a slur upon brand (stigmatize), censure, denounce (condemn), derogate, disgrace, fault, humiliate, malign, pillory

cast a vote vote