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Baa, n. bleat, bleating.--v. bleat.
babble, v. prattle, [gabble]; [murmur], purl. See talk.
babble, n. prattle, [gabble], chatter, prating; [murmur], purl.
babbler, n. prater, chatterer, prattler, [tattler].
baby, n. [infant], babe, [suckling], [nursling]. See child.
baby, v. [humor], [fondle], [indulge], [coddle], [pet], cosset.
baby, a. infantine, infantile, babyish.
babyhood, n. [infancy].
bachelor, n. celibate.
bachelorhood, n. bachelorship, bachelorism, celibacy.
back, n. [reverse]; posteriors, [fundament], buttocks, [seat], [rump], [breech]; [ridge]. Associated words: [supine], resupine, resupination, dorsigerous, dorsiferous, crick, dorsiparous, dos-à-dos, tergiferous, lumbago, notalgia, lumbar, aitchbone, [loins], dorsicumbent.
back, a. [posterior], dorsal, notal, tergal, neural; [remote], [distant], frontier; [rear], [reverse].
back, adv. [backward], rearward; in arrear; in [return], in [restitution], in [requital].
back, v. [support], [second], [maintain], [abet], subsidize, [coöperate], with; [mount]; indorse.
backbite, v. defame (clandestinely), malign, traduce, [vilify], calumniate, [scandalize].
backbiter, n. defamer, detractor, maligner, vilifier, slanderer, calumniator.
backbiting, n. [defamation], vilification, traducement, calumny, slander ([secret]).
backbone, n. [spine], spinal [column], rachis, chine. Associated words: vertebræ, Vertebrata, vertebra, vertebral [spinal]. See spine.
backbone, n. moral principle, steadfastness, [stability], firmness, [stamina].
backboned, a. vertebrate, vertebrated. Antonyms: invertebrate, invertebrated.
backdown, n. [surrender], recession, [withdrawal].
backhouse, n. outhouse, [privy], [necessary], [water-closet], jakes, latrine (in camp or hospital).
backing, n. [support], [coöperation], seconding, [assistance], subsidy.
backing out. [withdrawal], [retreat], recession, [retirement].
back out. (Colloq.) [withdraw], [retreat], resile, recede, [retire].
backset, n. [discouragement], [setback], [check], [repulse], [rebuff].
backslide, v. break [faith], apostatize, [retrograde], relapse, [desert], fall [away].
backslider, n. [apostate], [renegade], [deserter], [recreant], [pervert].
backsliding, n. [apostasy], defection, relapse, recidivism, [recreancy], retrogradation.
backsliding, a. [apostate], [renegade], retrogressive, recidivous, [recreant], [unfaithful].
backward, a. [retrograde], retrogressive, [reverse], regressive; retrospective; [reluctant], [averse], loath, disinclined, [unwilling]; [dull], [inapt]; [late], [tardy], delayed; [undeveloped].
backwardness, n. [reluctance], averseness, unwillingness, disinclination, [hesitancy]; inaptness, dullness; lateness, tardiness; [undevelopment].
bacon, n. Associated words: lardoon, bard, flitch, gammon, [lard].
bad, a. [evil], [wicked], [immoral], iniquitous, arrant, [corrupt], depraved, [sinful], [base], demoralized, [sinister], [licentious], [unprincipled], [abandoned], [graceless], [vicious], incorrigible, [unscrupulous], miscreant, [reprobate], disreputable, [rascal], [scoundrel], profligate, [knavish], [naughty], malevolent, [malicious], [unrighteous], degrading, [dissolute], [libertine], [hardened], [wanton]; [injurious], prejudicial, [pernicious], detrimental, baneful, [unwholesome], baleful, [deleterious], mischievous, [noisome], malign, malignant, [noxious], unpropitious, [disadvantageous]; [offensive], [serious], [grave], [severe], mortal; defective, [imperfect], [incompetent], [inferior]; untoward, depressing, unwelcome, adverse, [grievous], [unfavorable], inauspicious; infertile, inarable; [barren], [unproductive], [worthless]; [hard], [heavy], [serious], irreparable, egregious; [nefarious], [felonious], [infamous], [villainous], [heinous], [flagrant], [atrocious], flagitious.
badge, n. [device], cognizance, emblem, ensign, brassard, cordon, [star], insignia.
badinage, n. raillery ([innocent]), [banter], persiflage, asteism.
badly, adv. poorly, unskillfully, wretchedly, grievously, imperfectly; very much; greatly.
badness, n. depravity, improbity, unscrupulousness, iniquity, [immorality], turpitude, knavishness, [villainy], peccancy, baseness, profligacy, venality, licentiousness, obliquity, pravity, [degeneracy], viciousness, wantonness, criminality, libertinism, malevolence, incorrigibility, [rascality], malignity, noxiousness, [infamy], mischief.
baffle, v. [foil], [balk], [checkmate], disconcert, [frustrate], [thwart], circumvent, [nonplus].
bafflement, n. [frustration], foiling, thwarting, circumvention, [defeat], disconcertion.
baffling, a. disconcerting, frustrating, confusing, [perplexing].
bag, n. [sack], [pouch], [wallet], reticule, knapsack, [pocket], cul-de-sac, haversack, portmanteau, [poke], scrip, [satchel], suitcase, [quiver], [valise], sporran, gunny [sack]; [udder]; cyst, vesicle, saccule, utricle, [bladder].
bag, v. [capture], [entrap], [catch].
baggage, n. [luggage], [traps].
baggage truck. lorrie, lorry.
baggy, a. [unshapely], [flabby].
bagpipe, n. [doodlesack].
bail, n. [security], [surety], vadium.
bait, n. [lure], [enticement], [inducement], [temptation], [decoy], [allurement]; kibblings.
balance, v. [poise], librate; [equal], [counterpoise], [counteract], [counterbalance], countervail; adjust, equalize, [square]. Antonyms: unbalance, derange, preponderate.
balance, n. [scales]; [equipoise], [equilibrium], steadiness; [surplus], [excess], [remainder], [overplus]; [poise], [equipoise]; weighing, [estimate]. Antonyms: preponderance, deficit, [deficiency].
balcony, n. [gallery], [terrace].
bald, a. [hairless], polled; tonsured; unadorned, literal, undisguised, unvarnished, [unqualified]; uncorroborated, unsupported, [glaring], mere.
balderdash, n. flummery, [nonsense], [jargon], [fustian], [moonshine], [twaddle], [fudge].
baldness, n. alopecia. Associated word: alopecist.
balk, v. [frustrate], [baffle], [foil], [thwart], [disappoint]; jib.
balky, a. [refractory], [perverse], recalcitrant, [contrary], [stubborn].
ball, n. [sphere], [globe], orb, pellet; pome, [pommel]; base-ball, football, lacrosse, basket-ball, tether-ball; bullet, projectile, dejectile, [missile]; glomeration, conglobation; fandango (Mexico).
ballarag, v. (Slang) [bully], [threaten], browbeat, overbear, intimidate.
ballast, n. steadiness, self-control, [equipoise], [stability], [judgment].
ballet, n. Associated words: choreograph, choreographer.
ballet-dancer, n. danseuse, coryphee, figurante.
balloon, n. aërostat.
ballooning, n. aëronautics, aërostation, balloonery.
balloonist, n. aëronaut, aërostat, ballooner.
balm, n. unguent, [ointment]; mitigant, anodyne, assuager, nepenthe, balsam.
balmy, a. [aromatic], odoriferous, [sweet-smelling], [odorous], balsamic.
bamboozle, v. (Colloq.) [cheat], [humbug], [impose upon], [dupe].
ban, n. [announcement], [notice]; [curse], [anathema], [denunciation], malediction, execration; interdiction, proscription, interdict, [taboo].
ban, v. [curse], [anathematize], execrate; interdict, [forbid], proscribe, [taboo].
banal, a. [commonplace], [platitudinous], hackneyed, [trite].
banality, n. [platitude], [commonplace].
band, n. fillet, [fetter], [manacle], [shackle], gyve; cincture, [girth], swaddle; [belt], [zone], cestus; [bandage], [link], [bond], vinculum, withe; [company], [crew], [troop], [gang], [coterie]; cabal, [clique], [club], [junto], [league]; orchestra.
band, v. [league], [confederate], [unite], [clique].
bandage, n. ligature, deligation, fillet; capeline, fasciation, fascia, spica.
bandage, v. deligate, swathe.
bandit, n. [outlaw], [brigand], [footpad], [highwayman], [marauder], desperado.
bang, v. thump, [cudgel], [maul]; slam; [resound], [reëcho].
bang, n. thump, whack, [rap], [knock]; clangor, clang.
banish, v. [exile], expatriate, relegate; drive [away], [dismiss], [expel].
banished person. [exile], expatriate.
banishment, n. [exile], expatriation, relegation, proscription, [expulsion].
banister, n. baluster; pl. balustrade.
bank, n. mound, [pile], [ridge], [dike], [heap], [drift], [embankment], [brink], [shore], rivage, [rim], [brim], marge, strand; [shallow], [shoal], [bar]; levee; terreplein.
bank, v. embank, [dike]; pile up, heap up.
bankrupt, a. insolvent; depleted, impoverished. Antonym: [solvent].
bankrupt, v. impoverish, [ruin], [break].
bankruptcy, n. insolvency. Antonym: solvency.
banner, n. [flag], [standard], gonfalon, ensign, oriflame, vexillum, banderole, colors, pavilion.
banquet, n. [junket], regalement, [feast].--v. [feast], [junket], [regale].
banter, n. [joking], [jesting], [pleasantry], [badinage], [chaff], [raillery], persiflage, asteism.
banter, v. [jest], [chaff], [rally], [roast].
baptism, n. baptizing; parabaptism, pedobaptism; hypothetical, [baptism]. Associated words: baptize, christen, font, baptistery, baptismal.
bar, n. [obstruction], [barrier], [impediment], [obstacle], barricade, [hindrance]; [shoal], sandbar, [bank]; ingot; [lever], [pole], [rod]; tribunal, [judgment-seat]; jimmy, betty.
bar, v. [debar], except, [exclude]; [obstruct], [restrain], [hinder].
barbarian, a. [barbarous], [savage], [rude], [uncivilized].--n. [savage].
barbarism, n. savagery, savagism; [outrage], [brutality], [atrocity]; vulgarism, impropriety (of speech), [solecism].
barbarity, n. [barbarism], barbarousness, [inhumanity], [brutality].
barbarous, a. [uncivilized], [barbarian], [inhuman], truculent, [brutal].
barber, n. tonsor. Associated word: tonsorial.
barber's itch. sycosis.
bare, a. [naked], [nude], undressed, denuded, unveiled, exposed, undraped, in puris naturalibus; unadorned, [bald], [meager], unembellished, uncolored, unvarnished; [empty], [destitute], unfurnished; [threadbare], pileworn, napless; meer, [alone], [sheer].
bare, v. denude, [strip], divest, [expose], [undress], unmask.
barefaced, a. unmasked, undisguised, [glaring], [notorious]; [shameless], unabashed, brazen, [audacious].
barefooted, a. [unshod], discalced, discalceated.
bareness, n. [nakedness], nudity.
bargain, v. stipulate, [agree], [contract], [covenant]; [barter].
bark, n. cortex. Associated words: cortical, corticate, corticiferous, corticiform, phleophagus, corticose, periderm, liber, decortication, decorticator.
bark, v. [peel], [flay], [skin], decorticate; [bay], [yelp], [yap].
barn, n. [stable].
barrel, n. [cask], cade, butt, puncheon, tierce, hogshead, keg, rundlet; (of wine) 31-1/2 gallons; (of flour) 196 pounds. Associated words: gauntree, cooper, bilge, stave, hoop, chine.
barren, a. [sterile], agenestic, infecund, unprolific, unprocreant; [unproductive], [unfruitful], unfertile, [effete], [desert]; [unprofitable], [fruitless], unremunerative, [empty]; [stupid], [dull], [unimaginative], prosaic, devoid, uninspiring, uninteresting. Antonyms: prolific, fecund, [virile], [fruitful], [fertile], [teeming].
barrenness, n. [sterility], infecundity, unprolificness, infertility. Antonyms: fecundity, prolificness, [fertility].
barrier, n. [obstruction], [impediment], [obstacle], [hindrance], barricade.
barter, n. traffic, [exchange], [trade], [business].--v. traffic, [trade], [exchange].
base, a. debased, [impure], [spurious], alloyed, [counterfeit]; [low-minded], [unworthy], [ignoble], [mean], [servile], [groveling]; [despicable], discreditable, [disgraceful], [venal]; plebeian, [obscure], untitled, [unhonored].
base, n. [basis], [bottom], [foundation], [groundwork]; pedestal; plinth.
baseboard, n. [mopboard], scrubboard.
baseborn, a. plebeian.
baseless, a. [unfounded], [groundless].
basement, n. [cellar]. Associated word: area.
bashful, a. over-modest, [diffident], [coy], [shamefaced], [sheepish], [retiring].
bashfulness, n. [modesty], [diffidence], [shyness], over-modesty.
basis, n. [foundation].
bask, v. [luxuriate], [revel].
basket, n. [hamper], creel, hanaper, pannier, corb, tumbril, dosser, canister, [prickle], corf, bassinet, voider, flasket, punnet, wicker, wicker-work, [scuttle].
basket-bearer, n. canephore, canephorus. (Gr. Antiq.)
bastard, n. illegitimate [child], love-child, whoreson; mamzer (Mosaic law).
bastard, a. [illegitimate], adulterine; [spurious], [false], [counterfeit], supposititious.
bastardize, v. illegitimatize, Antonyms: [legitimate], legitimatize.
baste, v. [beat], [cudgel], [pound], [pommel], buffet, [thrash], [maul], [strike].
bat, n. [club], [cudgel]; brickbat; cheiropter, [vampire]; [racket]; (Slang) [blow], stroke, buffet; (Slang) [spree], jollification.
batch, n. [quantity], [collection], [lot], assortment.
bate, n. puer, grainer.
bath, n. ablution, lavement; bathroom, lavatory. Associated words: balneal, balneary, balneography, balneology balneotherapy, laver.
bathe, v. lave, [wash]; [foment]; [surround], [envelop], enwrap, suffuse.
bathing, n. ablution, lavement.
baton, n. [staff], [wand], sceptre, truncheon.
batten, v. [fatten].
batter, v. [smite], [pelt], [assault]; [demolish], [raze], [shatter].
battle, n. [engagement], [fight], [encounter], skirmish, [contest], [combat], tournament, [strife].
battle array. battalia.
bauble, n. [gewgaw], [gimcrack], kickshaws, [trinket], [plaything].
bawdy-house, n. [brothel].
bay, n. bight, frith, estuary, fiord, bayou; [recess], alcove, sinus, oriel (bay window); bay-tree, sweet laurel; last resort, [desperation]; pl. [honors], [garland], [renown].
beach, n. [shore], strand, shingle, marge.
beached, a. [stranded], [aground].
beacon, n. balefire, signal [fire]; [signal], pharos. Associated word: pharology.
beadle, n. apparitor, [summoner], servitor.
beads, n. pl. rosary; passementerie (beaded trimming); chaplet; wampum, suckanhock, peag.
beak, n. [bill], nib, neb, mandible; prow, [bow], [rostrum]. Associated word: cere.
beam, n. girder, joist; [ray], [gleam].
beam, v. [gleam], [shine], [glitter], [glisten], scintillate.
beaming, a. [radiant], [shining].
beanlike, a. fabaceous.
bear, n. Bruin; Ursus; Ephraim; cub, whelp; [grumbler], [growler], [boor]; musquaw.
bear, v. [endure], [tolerate], [stand], undergo, [brook], submit to, suffer, bear with; [harbor], [cherish], [entertain]; [support], sustain, [uphold]; [carry], convey, transport, waft; [render], produce, [yield]; bring forth, [teem]; [relate], [refer], [concern]; [press], [push], [oppress].
bearable, a. sufferable, [tolerable], [endurable]. Antonyms: [unbearable], [intolerable].
beard, n. [whiskers]; goatee, mustache; awn, arista (beard of grain).
beard, v. [defy], [encounter], [oppose].
bearded, a. whiskered; aristate, awned.
bearing, n. [mien], [carriage], [port], [demeanor], [air], [deportment]; [endurance], [forbearance], [long-suffering], [toleration], sufferance; [relation], [connection], dependency; [course], [aim], [direction]; bringing forth, [yielding].
bearish, a. [discourteous], [boorish], [uncivil], [rude]; ursine, ursiform.
bear out. sustain, [support], corroborate, [confirm], [uphold].
beast, n. [brute]; quadruped; [monster], [brute].
beastly, a. bestial, irrational, [brutal]; (Colloq.) [abominable], [disagreeable], [nasty].
beat, v. [forge], malleate, [beetle], weld, [hammer]; belabor, [maul], buffet, [smite], flagellate, whack, [pelt], [strike]; See whip; [overcome], [vanquish], [surpass], [conquer], [eclipse], [subdue], [checkmate], [rout], [excel], [outdo]; [cheat], [swindle], [defraud]; [throb], pulsate; [pulverize], comminute, [bruise], bray, triturate; [perplex], [pose], [nonplus].
beat, n. [throb], pulsation; [round]; [superior].
beat, a. (Colloq.) [exhausted], [weary], fatigued, [beaten].
beat back. [repel], [repulse], [resist].
beaten, a. conquered, defeated, vanquished.
beating, n. flagellation, drubbing, flogging, fustigation, [castigation], thumping, [mauling], verberation, pommeling; pulsation, [throb], [throbbing], saltation; [defeat], [repulse]; malleation, forging, welding.
beating, a. pulsating, [throbbing], pulsatile.
beau, n. [lover], [sweetheart], [gallant], swain, [flame], cicisbeo, admirer, suitor, inamorato; [dandy], popinjay, [dude], [fop], [coxcomb], [exquisite], [blade].
beautiful, a. [fair], [lovely], handsome, [comely], personable, beauteous, [elegant], [exquisite]. Antonyms: [homely], [ugly], [repulsive], [unlovely], [hideous], uncomely, inelegant.
beautify, v. [embellish], [adorn], [grace], [garnish].
beauty, n. loveliness, fairness, [elegance], comeliness, pulchritude, [grace], exquisiteness, [charm], [attraction]. Associated words: æsthetics, æsthetician, æstheticism, æsthete, æsthetic, esthetology, Apollo, Adonis, [Venus], Hebe, Hyperion, Houri, Aphrodite.
becloud, v. [dim], [cloud], [obscure], adumbrate, obfuscate.
becoming, a. [appropriate], [fit], [seemly], [befitting], [comely]. Antonyms: See unbecoming.
bed, n. berth, bunk, [couch], [cot]; pallet, paillasse, mattress; [cradle], trundle-bed; [deposit], [seam], [vein], stratum. Associated words: decumbiture, lectual, clinic, clinical, valance, alcove.
bedbug, n. chinch.
bedclothes, n. pl. Associated words: floccillation, carphology, tilmus.
bedim, v. [obscure], [becloud], adumbrate, overcast.
bedlam, n. [madhouse], insane [asylum]; babel, pandemonium.
bedroom, n. chamber.
bedsore, n. decubitus.
bedspread, n. counterpane, coverlet.
bed-wetting, n. enuresis.
beehive, n. beehouse, apiary, alveary.
bees, n. pl. Associated words: apiology, apiculture, apiologist, apian, apiarian, apiarist, apivorous, hive, [swarm], cerago, beebread.
beetle, n. mallet ([heavy]); scarabee, [clock], coleopter, scarab. Associated words:: coleopterist, coleopteral.
beetle, v. [overhang], jut [out], protrude, project.
befall, v. [happen], supervene, betide, bechance.
befitting, a. [suitable], [proper], [becoming], [appropriate], [seemly], [meet], [applicable], congruous.
before, prep. [preceding], ahead of, anterior to, previously to, [prior].
before death. ante-mortem.
before the flood. antediluvian, antediluvial.
before the war. ante-bellum.
befuddle, v. [confuse], [mystify], [bewilder].
beg, v. [beseech], supplicate, [implore]; ask [alms].
beget, v. procreate, engender, [generate], [get].
begetter, n. procreator, generator, [father].
beggar, n. [mendicant], starveling, fakir, [vagrant], eleemosynary, prog, [tramp], bezonian, mumper, schnorrer ([Jewish]).
beggar, v. impoverish, [ruin]; [exhaust], [surpass], [go beyond].
beggarly, a. indigent, [destitute]; [despicable], [pitiable], paltry.
beggary, n. mendicancy, indigence, [penury], [want], [pauperism].
begging letter or drawing. screeve.
begin, v. [commence]; [arise], [spring], originate.
begin again. resume, recommence.
beginner, n. [tyro], [novice], [neophyte], learner, apprentice, understudy, [novitiate], probationer, catechumen, recruit.
beginning, n. commencement, inception, [opening], outset, initiation, [indication], incipience, nascency, incipiency, [threshold], tyronism, [novitiate]; [origin], [source].
beginning again. resumption, recommencement.
begone, interj. avaunt.
beguile, v. [insnare], mislead, [lure], [deceive], [cheat]; while [away].
beguilement, n. imposition, [deception].
behave, v. deport one's [self], [act], [bear].
behavior, n. [conduct], [deportment], actions, [demeanor].
behead, v. decapitate, decollate, [execute].
beheading, n. decapitation, decollation, [execution].
behindhand, a. and adv. in arrears; dilatory, [late], [tardy], unpunctual.
beholden, a. obliged, indebted, [bound].
beholder, n. [spectator], [witness], [onlooker], eye-witness.
being, n. existence, entity. Antonyms: nonexistence, [nonentity]. Associated words: ontology, metaphysics, ontological, ontologist.
belch, v. eruct, [expel], [throw up]; eructate.
belching, n. eructation.
belfry, n. [bell-tower], campanile. Associated words: louver boarding.
belief, n. [credence]; [persuasion], [faith]; conviction, [assurance], [confidence]; tenet, [dogma], [creed], [opinion], [doctrine], cult, [view], principle; intuition; superstition, fanaticism. Antonyms: [doubt], disbelief, [skepticism], [misgiving], incredulity. Associated words: [credulous], incredulous, credulity, credibility, incredibility, [gull], [gullible], gullibility.
believable, a. credible.
belittle, v. [decry], [disparage], [underrate], depreciate.
bell, n. campana, carillon, curfew, tocsin, gong. Associated words: campanology, campanologist, [peal], [ring], knell, toll, [chime].
bellicose, a. pugnacious, [belligerent].
belligerent, a. at [war], warring, militant; [bellicose], pugnacious.
bell-ringer, n. [sexton], campanologist.
bell-shaped, a. campaniform, campanulate, campaniliform.
bell-tower, n. [belfry], campanile.
belly, n. [abdomen], [paunch]; recesses, penetralia, depths.
belly-ache, n. [colic], [gripes], tormina, enteralgia.
belly-band, n. [girth], [surcingle].
belly-god, n. [glutton], [epicure], gourmand, sybarite, [voluptuary].
belonging, n. [appendage], appurtenance, adjunct concomitant, accessary, [attribute].
below, adv. [under], beneath, underneath.
below, prep. [under], beneath, underneath; inferior to; unworthy of, unbefitting.
belt, n. [girdle]; [girth], [surcingle], cincture, cestus; [zone]; bandolier.
belt, v. [encircle], begird, encompass, [surround].
bemoan, v. [lament], [bewail], [deplore].
bench, n. [form]; workbench.
bend, v. [curve], flex, deflect, [crook]; [direct], [turn], [apply]; [stoop], [incline]; [yield], [condescend].
bend, n. [curve], deflection, [crook], [curvature], bight, [coil], flexure, incurvation.
bendable, a. [flexible], [supple], lithe, [pliable], pliant. Antonyms: See inflexible.
benefice, n. living (Eccl.); sinecure. Associated words: advowson, simony, donative.
beneficent, a. [benevolent], [charitable], philanthropic, magnanimous, benignant.
beneficial, a. advantageous, salutary, [profitable], [useful], [wholesome].
benefit, n. avail, [profit], behalf, [advantage], [service].
benefit, v. [help], [conduce], avail, [advantage], be useful to, do good to.
benevolence, n. beneficence, [bounty], benignity, [charity].
benevolent, a. benign, [beneficent], [bountiful], [charitable], philanthropic.
benighted, a. unenlightened; belated.
bent, a. [crooked], flexed, [hooked]; determined.
bent, n. [leaning], [bias], proclivity, [tendency], predilection, predisposition.
benumb, v. [stupefy], [blunt], hebetate.
benumbed, a. [torpid], [unfeeling], stupefied.
bequeath, v. [devise], [will].
bequest, n. [legacy].
berate, v. [upbraid], [rate], reprimand, [censure].
berry, n. Associated words: baccate, baccated, baccivorous, bacciferous, cocciferous, bacciform.
beseech, v. entreat, [implore], adjure, supplicate.
beset, v. [besiege], obsess, beleaguer, environ, encompass; [perplex], [harass].
besides, adv. moreover, [furthermore], further, too.
besiege, v. obsess, environ, [beset], beleaguer, encompass.
besieging, n. obsession.
best, a. [supreme], [consummate], superlative, [crowning], [incomparable], [utmost].
bet, v. [wager], [stake].--n. [wager].
betoken, v. [foreshadow], [portend], [presage], foreshow, [indicate], [augur].
betray, v. [seduce], mislead, delude, [beguile], [inveigle]; [reveal], disclose; give up treacherously, give over to the [enemy], act the traitor, be false to.
betrayal, n. treason, [treachery], [perfidy]; [revelation], [exposure]; [seduction].
betrayer, n. traitor, [seducer]; [Judas].
betroth, v. affiance.
betrothal, n. affiance, betrothment.
better, n. upper [hand], [domination], [advantage], [control], [superiority]; [improvement].
better, v. ameliorate, [improve], emend, [promote], [reform], meliorate, amend.
betterment, n. amelioration, [improvement], [promotion], amendment, [reformation].
between, prep. betwixt (Obsolescent).--a. interjacent, [intervening].
betwixt and between. (Colloq.) [so-so], [mediocre], [average], [ordinary], [indifferent].
bevy, n. (of birds) [flock], covey; (of deer) [herd]; (of girls) [group].
bewail, v. [deplore], [lament], [bemoan], wail [over].
bewilder, v. [confuse], [perplex], [nonplus], obfuscate, [confound], [mystify], [embarrass].
bewildered, a. [perplexed], confused, mystified, nonplused, obfuscated.
bewildering, a. [perplexing], confusing, [puzzling], [mystifying].
bewilderment, n. [perplexity], [confusion], [mystification], obfuscation.
bewitch, v. [charm], [fascinate], [captivate], enamor. Antonyms: [disillusionize], [repel], disabuse.
bewitchery, n. bewitchment, [charm], [fascination], [witchery].
bewitching, a. enchanting, [captivating], [charming], irresistible.
bias, n. [bent], proneness, predisposition, [prejudice].
Bible, n. the Scriptures, the Word of [God]; (Catholic) Douay [Bible], Vulgate; ([Mohammedan]) Koran. Associated words: canonics, [canon], canonical, anagogics, anagoge, exegesis, biblical, biblicist, bibliolater, bibliolatry, bibliology, biblist, bibliomancy, Hagiographa, hagiographer, hagiologist, hagiology, [commentator], Heptateuch, Hexapla, Octapla, Apocrypha, Hexateuch, apologetics, concordance, synoptist, [uncanonical], Homologoumena, Antilegomena.
bibulous, a. [absorbent]; [intemperate], cup-loving, bibacious.
bickering, n. altercation, [contention], wrangling, sparring, dissension, [quarrel].
bid, v. [offer], proffer; [order], [direct], enjoin, [command]; [invite], [ask]; [wish], [greet], [salute].
bidding, n. [command], [order], behest, dictation; [offer], [bid].
big, a. [large], [huge], [bulky], [massive], [immense], [gross], voluminous, capacious, extensive; pregnant; [arrogant], [overbearing], [lordly], magisterial, [pompous]; [bombastic], [grandiose], grandiloquent, [highflown], sesquipedalian, [inflated], turgid.
bigamy, n. polygamy, polygyny.
big-bellied, a. abdominous, paunchy, pot-bellied.
bigness, n. [size], [bulk], largeness, magnitude, dimensions, [volume], amplitude.
bigot, n. [fanatic], [zealot], dogmatist.
bigoted, a. [dogmatic], [narrow-minded], [illiberal], [intolerant].
bigotry, n. [intolerance], dogmatism, [narrow-mindedness].
bile, n. Associated words: acholia, acholous, biliation, biliferous, cholecystis, Ibilious, cholagogue, [choleric], choledology, fellinic, hypercholia, biliary, bilin, choleic.
bile, n. choler, [bitterness]:, [anger], [spleen], [rancor], [acrimony].
bill, n. circular, [placard], [dodger], [poster], [broadside], bulletin; invoice; [statement]; [beak], nib, mandible.
billingsgate, n. vituperation, [tirade], invective, [ribaldry], [abuse].
bill of fare. menu.
bin, n. [crib], [bunker], recepotacle.
bind, v. [fetter], [tie], [fasten], [secure], [gird], [confine], [restrict], [restrain]; [bandage], swathne; [oblige], obligate, lay [under], [obligation]; indenture, apprentice; [confirm], [sanction], [ratify]; swaddle. Antonyms: unbind, [loose].
binding, n. ligature, ligsation, astriction, constriction [bandage]; [obligation], reestraint, [restriction]; galloon swaddling.
binding, a. astringent, astrictive; [obligatory], [valid]. Antonyms: [optional], elective.
bird, n. ([young]) fledgeling, nestling; (one year old) annotine; [squab]; rara avris ([rare bird]).
bird-catcher, n. fowler.
bird-catching, n. fowling, birding.
birds, n. pl. Aves; Avifauma. Associated words: ornithology, ornithologist, ornithological, ornithotomy, ornithography, ornithoid, ornitholite, ornithon, ornithophilous, [game], ornithic, aviary, avicular, aviculture, covey, neossology paleornithollogy, taxidermy, taxidermist, preen, rookery, cote, hutch, [coop], [cage], avian, poult, auspice, ariel, [mute], Mallophaga.
birr, n. whirring.
birth n. nativity; [origin], [beginning], nascency, genesis; extraction, lineage; (new birth) regeneration, renaissance, regenesis, palingenesis. Associated words: natal, [native], pre-natal, post-natal, ante-natal, [abortion], congenital, connate, connascent, connascence, horoscope, [genial], genethliac, genethlialogy, genethliacs, sooterkin, uniparous, biparous, pluriparous, viable, viability, primiparous, natality.
birthday poem. genethliac.
birthmark, n. nævus.
birthright, n. [inheritance].
bisexual, a. hermaphrodite.
bishop, n. diocesan, prelate; suffragan, coadjutor, metropolitan. Associated words: episcopal, episcopacy, bishopdom, episcopicide, crosier, chimere, episcopate, rochet, gremial.
bishopric, n. diocese, [see].
bit, n. [morsel], [fragment], [scrap], crumb; [mite], ace, [scintilla], [particle], [whit], [iota], tittle, [grain], [atom], [jot], [molecule], [speck], [mote].
bit by bit. piecemeal.
bite, v. champ, nibble, [chew]; [sting], [smart], tingle; take hold of, adhere; [nip], [blight], [blast].
bite, n. mouthful; wheal.
biting, a. stinging, [sharp], [cutting], [sarcastic], [caustic], scathing, [bitter], [satirical], [pungent], [piquant]; [nipping], [blasting]; erosive, [corrosive], [acrid], mordant.
bitter, a. [acrid], acerb; [poignant], [intense]; [calamitous], [distressing], [virulent], [acrimonious]; [implacable].
bitterness, n. [acridity], acerbity; [gall], wormwood; poignancy, intensity, [severity]; [rancor], [malice], malignity, implacableness.
bizarre, a. [fantastic], [whimsical], [grotesque].
blab, n. [babbler], blabber, [telltale].--v. [tell], [tattle].
black, a. sable, ebon, [inky], Stygian, Cimmerian, [lowering], [murky]; Ethiopian, Papuan, [negro].
black, n. [stain], [smooch]; Ethiopian, Papuan, [negro].
black and blue. [livid], ecchymosed.
black and blue spot. ecchymosis, suggillation.
black art. [necromancy], [conjuration], [magic], [sorcery].
blacken, v. [darken], denigrate; begrime, besmirch, [tarnish], discolor; [defame], malign.
blackguard, n. [scoundrel], [rascal], [villain], [ruffian].
blackguard, a. [vicious], [scurrilous], opprobrious, [foul].
blackguardism, n. ruffianism, [scoundrelism], [rascality]; scurrility, [billingsgate].
blackhearted, a. [villainous], [abandoned], [reprobate], diabolical, [base], depraved.
black lead. graphite, plumbago.
blackleg, n. (Colloq.) [gambler], gamester (disreputable).
blackness, n. [black], nigritude; [atrocity], heinousness, depravity.
Black Sea. Euxine.
blacksmith, n. ironsmith, farrier, [horseshoer]. Associated words: Hephestian, anvil.
blacksmith's shop. smithy, smithery, farriery, stithy, [forge].
black vomit. melenemesis.
bladder, n. Associated words: cystitis, cystic, cystocele, cystose, cystolith, cystotomy, lithotomy, lithotomist, endoscope, endoscopy, prostate, catheter, litholysis, utricular, lithotrity, lithotome, utriculate.
blade, n. leaf (of a plant), spire (of grass); [buck], [gallant], [dandy].
blamable, a. culpable, [censurable], reprehensible, [blameworthy].
blame, v. [censure], [reproach].
blame, n. [censure], [reproach], reprehension, [condemnation], [stricture], animadversion, [reproof]; culpability, reprehensibility, [demerit], wrongdoing, [fault].
blameless, a. [guiltless], irreprehensible, inculpable, unimpeachable, [faultless], irreproachable.
blameworthy, a. [censurable], [blamable].
bland, a. [suave], mollifying, [affable], complaisant; [soothing], emollient, demulsive, assuasive.
blandish, v. [flatter], [cajole], caress.
blandishment, n. [cajolery], [wheedling], caresses, blandiloquence.
blank, a. [void], [empty], [unfilled]; expressionless, [vacant]: [confounded], nonplused, astounded; unmitigated, [absolute], [downright].
blarney, n. (Colloq.) blandiloquence, [palaver], [blandishment], [cajolery], [flattery].
blamey, v. [flatter], [cajole], [palaver], [wheedle], [blandish].
blasé, a. surfeited (with pleasure), sated, [palled].
blasphemy, n. [sacrilege], calumny, profanity.
blast, n. squall, gust; [peal], blare, clang; [explosion], [discharge].
blast, v. [blight], [destroy]; [frustrate], [ruin]; [explode], [rend], [open].
blasting, n. blighting, carbunculation; [frustration], [ruination].
blat, v. bleat.
blatant, a. [brawling], [clamorous], [obstreperous], bawling braying.
blaze, n. [flame].
blazing, a. [flaming], ablaze, aflame. Antonym: smoldering.
blazon, v. emblazon; [publish], [display], [exhibit].
bleach, v. etiolate, [whiten], blanch.
bleaching, n. blanching, [whitening], etiolation.
bleak, a. windswept, [cheerless], [raw], [penetrating], [desolate], [dreary].
bleared, a. rheumy.
blearedness, n. lippitude, glama, epiphora.
bleed, v. exude.
bleeding, n. hemorrhage; phlebotomy, [bloodletting], venesection. Associated words: tourniquet, garrot, styptic.
blemish, v. [deface], [mar], [disfigure], sully.
blemish, n. [defect], [fault], [imperfection], [eyesore], [disfigurement], [blot].
blench, v. [flinch], [recoil], shrink from.
blend, v. intermingle, [fuse], [merge], [combine], [mix], assimilate.
blend, n. [mixture], merging, [fusion], assimilation, synthesis.
blessing, n. benediction, benison, beatitude; [boon], God-send.
blight, v. [blast]; [ruin], [frustrate], fowart.
blind, a. unseeing, sightless, purblind; [oblivious], undiscriminating, [inconsiderate], [unmindful]; unintelligible, illegible; [obscure], [intricate], involved.
blind, n. [shade], [curtain], [screen]; blinder, blinker; [subterfuge], pretext, [ruse], [stratagem], [pretense], feint [sophistry].
blind alley. cul-de-sac, impasse.
blind gut. cæcum.
blinding, a. [obscuring].
blindness, n. sightlessness, anopsia, purblindness; amaurosis.
blink, v. [wink]; connive at, [disregard], [overlook].
bliss, n. felicity, transport, [rapture], beatitude, [happiness], ecstasy.
blissful, a. felicitous, ecstatic, [rapturous], beatific.
blister, n. vesicle, pustule, pustulation, bleb; vesicatory, vesicant, epispastic, pustulant.--v. vesicate, pustulate.
blistering, a. vesicatory, epispastic, pustulant.--n. vesication, pustulation.
bloat, v. [inflate], distend.
bloated, a. distended, turgid, intumescent, tumefied.
bloating, n. dilatation, intumescence, turgidity.
block, v. [obstruct], blockade.--n. [obstruction], [obstacle], [barrier].
blockhead, n. dolt, [dunce], [simpleton], ninny, [numskull].
blood, n. lifeblood; [gore]. Associated words: hematology, hemorrhage, hemal, hematic, [plethora], anæmia, sanguification, sanguify, [clot], corpuscle, styptic, hematosis, sanguiferous, hematin, sanguine, sanguineous, sanguinivorous, hematophobia, hyperæmia.
bloodhound, n. sleuthhound.
bloodless, a. exsanguineous, exsanguious, anæmic.
bloodletting, n. venesection, [bleeding], phlebotomy.
blood of the gods. ichor.
blood poisoning. toxæmia, septicæmia.
bloodshed, n. carnage, [massacre], [slaughter], bloodshedding.
bloodsucker, n. leech, sanguisuge; (Slang) [extortioner]; [vampire].
bloodthirsty, a. [sanguinary], truculent, [ferocious], [cruel].
blood vessel. artery; [vein]; capillary. Associated words: angiology, angiography, angiotomy, intrafusion, embolism, embolus, thrombosis, thrombolism, rete, hillus, endothelium, epithelium.
bloody, a. gory, [sanguinary], exsanguined, blood-stained.
bloom, n. [blossom], [blow]; prime, [vigor], heyday, [flush]; [fuzz], [down].
blossom, n. [flower], florescence, inflorescence, efflorescence, [bloom], [blow], anthesis.--v. [bloom], [blow].
blot, n. [stain], [blemish], smutch, [smooch], [reproach]; [erasure], [obliteration].
blot, v. [stain], [spot], [blur], [blemish], sully, [disgrace], [tarnish], [dishonor]; [efface], [erase], delete, [obliterate], expunge; [obscure], [eclipse].
blotch, n. [eruption], blain, bulla, pustule, bleb; [splotch], smutch, [blot].
blow, n. [blossom], [bloom]; whack, [knock], thwack, [rap], thump, [assault], stroke; buffet, [calamity], [disaster], [reverse], [misfortune].
blow, v. [blossom], [bloom]; [pant], puff, [gasp]; [spout]; [inflate], puff up, distend; [explode], [shatter]; (Colloq.) [boast], [brag], [bluster], [vaunt], gasconade; [rant], [scold], [censure].
blower, n. (Slang) [braggart], [boaster], vaunter.
blowhole, n. spiracle.
blow out. extinguish.
blow-out, n. (Colloq.) jollification, [celebration], [feast], merry-making.
blowpipe analysis. Associated word: pyritology.
blue, a. azure, cerulean, cerulific, sapphire, sapphirine, amethystine, turquoise, ultramarine, sky-colored; [livid], ecchymosed; [rigorous], [severe]; (Colloq.) [melancholy], [downhearted], [depressed], [despondent], dejected, low-spirited, dispirited, hypochondriac, chapfallen, [gloomy], (Colloq.) [gloomy], inauspicious, [dismal], depressing; (Colloq.) pedantic, literary.
blue, n. azure, amethystine, sapphirine, cerulean; cyanin, anthokyan, anthocyanin.
blue jaundice. cyanopathy, cyanosis.
blues, n. pl. (Colloq.) [despondency], [melancholy], dismals, vapors, [depression], blue devils, hypochondria, [dumps], megrims.
bluff, a. [abrupt], [unceremonious], brusque; [gruff], [surly]; precipitous, [steep], [abrupt].
bluff, v. (Colloq.) [frighten], [deter], intimidate.
blunder, n. [bull], [error], [mistake], [impropriety], [slip], [solecism], faux pas.
blundering, a. [bungling], [awkward], [stupid], floundering.
blunt, a. [dull], obtuse; [abrupt], brusque, [unceremonious], [uncivil], ungracious, [discourteous]; [stupid], [stolid].
blunt, v. [dull], [deaden], [stupefy]; assuage, [alleviate], [mitigate].
blur, v. [dim], [bedim], [obscure]; sully, [blemish]; mackle, macule.
blur, n. [blot], indistinctness; mackle, macule.
blurred, a. indistinct, [obscure], [dim], bedimmed, sullied.
blurt, v. ejaculate.
blushing, n. blush, erubescence.
bluster, v. swagger, [storm], [rage], gasconade, roister.
bluster, n. [swaggering], gasconade, [boasting]; [wind], [storm].
blusterer, n. swaggerer, [braggart], rodomont, roisterer, vaunter.
blustering, a. [stormy], [windy], [tempestuous]; [swaggering], [bullying], [boastful], roistering.
boar, n. male [hog]; barrow (castrated); hogget (young boar).
boast, v. [brag], [vaunt], [vapor], gasconade. Antonyms: [belittle], [decry], [disparage].
boaster, n. [braggart], vaunter, [braggadocio], gascon, rodomont, [blusterer], fanfaron, drawcansir.
boastful, a. bragging, vaunting, [vainglorious], thrasonical, [cockahoop], [braggart], jactitatious.
boasting, n. bragging, gasconade, vaporing, fanfaronade, rodomontade, blague, [bravado], [blustering], jactitation, vaunting. Antonyms: [disparagement], depreciation.
boat, n. water [craft], [launch], rowboat, [canoe], gondola, punt, yacht, yawl, scull, [cock], [dugout], [smack], pirogue, trawler, sloop, praam, coracle, pontoon, bateau, wherry, pinnace, scow, banca, transport, dory, galley, cruiser, [ship], barge, [bark], brig, bucentaur, skiff, caique, drogher, schooner, cockleshell, [vessel], [tug], towboat, tow, [cog], wangan, ferry-boat, dinghey, argosy, oomiac, junk, longboat, catboat, felucca, cutter, frigate, xebec, tartan, una [boat], moses, [raft], catamaran, sampan, lifeboat, caravel, trekschuit, masoola, argo, coggle. Associated words: davits, [oar], [helm], [stern], [pilot], [rudder], flotilla, navy, navigation, [fleet].
beatable, a. navigable.
boat races. regatta.
boat-shaped, a. navicular, scaphoid, cymbiform, naviform.
bob, n. pendant, [float].
bobtailed, a. curtailed.
bode, v. [forebode], [foreshadow], [augur], [presage], [betoken], [portend].
bodiless, a. incorporeal, disembodied.
bodilessness, n. incorporeality, disembodiment.
bodily, a. [physical], [corporal], corporeal.
boding, a. [ominous], [portentous].
boding, n. [omen], [sign], prognostic, [foreboding], [augury], auspice, portent.
bodkin, n. stiletto, eyeleteer; [tape needle].
body, n. the physical person; torso, [trunk]; physique; [bulk], [mass]; axis, centrum; individual, person, [creature]; [system], code; consistency, substance; hulk; cuerpo. Associated words: physiology, [anatomy], bicorporal, embody, embodiment, disembody, disembodiment, [manikin], corporeality, corporeity, in cuerpo, somatic.
body servant. valet, squire.
body snatcher. resurrectionist, [ghoul].
bodyguard, n. lifeguard, garde du corps, [retinue].
bog, n. [quagmire], [marsh], [swamp], fen, [morass], [slough].
boggle, v. [hesitate], [stickle], [falter]; bungle.
bogus, a. (Colloq.) [spurious], [counterfeit], fictitious, [sham], [fraudulent], forged, [mock], [false], supposititious.
bogy, n. [bugaboo], [bugbear], bogle, [specter].
boil, n. furuncle. Associated word: furuncular.
boil, v. seethe, simmer, effervesce.--n. [boiling].
boil away. [evaporate].
boiling, a. [seething], ebullient, effervescent, simmering.
boiling, n. ebullition, coction, [effervescence], [seething], gurgitation, simmering, ebullience.
boisterous, a. [noisy], [tumultuous], turbulent, hoidenish, [unrestrained], [rude].
bold, a. daring, intrepid, [brave]; [forward], [immodest], [rude], hoidenish, brazen, [saucy], [insolent], unabashed, [audacious], [pert], [shameless], malapert; [conspicuous], [prominent], [salient]; [steep], [abrupt], precipitous, acclivitous, [jagged]. Antonyms: [modest], [bashful], [diffident], [coy], [shy], [timid], [retiring].
bold-faced, a. [impudent], [brazen-faced], [insolent].
boldness, n. [temerity], [impudence], presumption, effrontery, impertinence, [nerve].
boll, n. [pod], pericarp.
bolster, v. prop up, [support], [maintain].--n. [cushion], [pad], [support].
bolt, v. [sift]; leave suddenly; gulp.
bomb, n. [shell].
bombast, n. magniloquence, [fustian], bombastry, altiloquence, grandiloquence.
bombastic, a. magniloquent, [grandiose], high-sounding, turgid, [inflated], grandiloquent.
bona fide. in good [faith], [real], [actual], [really], actually.
bond, n. [band], [tie], vinculum, copula; pl. shackles, manacles, fetters, [constraint]; pl. [imprisonment], [captivity], [bondage], [restraint]; [obligation].
bond, a. captive, enslaved.
bondage, n. [servitude], [slavery], [captivity], bond [service], thralldom, durance.
bondsman, n. bondman, [slave], [villain], [serf]; [surety].
bone, n. ([little]) ossicle, osselet.
bone, n. Associated words: osteology, osteography, ossify, ossification, ossiferous, ossific, splint, [marrow], ossivorous, ossuary, osteoplasty, caries, osteopathy, solen, necrosis, [gangrene], rongeur, impaction, calcify, calcification, bursa, ossein, ossifying, ostalgia, ossifragous, skeleton.
bone formation. ostosis, ossification, ectostosis, osteogeny.
boneless, a. exosseous.
bonelike, a. osseous, ossified, bony.
boneset, n. thoroughwort, Indian sage, feverwort.
bonmot, n. [repartee].
bonnet, n. [headdress], chapeau.
bonny, a. [comely], [pretty], [merry], blithe, [sportive], [cheerful], buxom, chubby, [plump].
bonus, n. premium; honorarium.
booby, n. dolt, [dunce], [simpleton], [numskull], [coot], ninny, dullard, witling.
boodle, n. (Slang) [swag].
boohoo, v. (Slang) bawl, squawl.
book, n. [volume]; tome ([ponderous]); [manual]; publication; biograph; monograph; polygraph; anthology. Associated words: bibliography, bibliolater, bibliomania, bibliophobia, format, facture, biblioclast, bibliognost, stichometry, cahier, imprimatur, ex libris, edition, collation, Elzevir, bibliophilism, library, collaboration.
booked, a. registered; (Colloq.) on the [way], destined.
bookish, a. studious; [formal], pedantic.
bookkeeper, n. accountant, countercaster (Contemptuous).
bookkeeping, n. accountancy.
booklet, n. [pamphlet], brochure, [tract].
book lore. bibliology.
booklover, n. bibliophile.
bookman, n. [scholar], student.
bookseller, n. bookmerchant, bibliopole, bibliopolist.
book worship. bibliolatry.
boon, a. [generous], [bountiful], benign; [jolly], [convivial], [gay], [jovial], [frolicsome], [sportive].
boor, n. [peasant], rustic ([rude]); [lout], [churl], [gawk].
boorish, a. [uncultured], [rude], unrefined, [gawky], [loutish], [ungainly].
boot, n. premium, [bonus]; buskin, gamashes.
bootless, a. [useless], [unavailing], [futile], ineffectual.
booty, n. [plunder], [spoil], [loot].
booze, v. tipple.
border, n. verge, [edge], [margin], [brink], marge, [skirt], [rim], [brim]; purl, fillet; [boundary], frontier, [outskirt], [confine], march, purlieu.
bordering on. [adjacent], [adjoining], coterminous with, conterminous with.
border, v. border on, be contiguous, be [adjacent], adjoin, verge, approach.
bore, n. [perforation]; caliber; tiresome person, proser.
bore, v. [perforate], [pierce], [drill]; [weary], [tire], [annoy], [fatigue].
boring, n. [perforation]; transforation.
born, p.p. née.--a. [innate], [natural], [inherent], congenital.
bosh, n. (Colloq.) [nonsense], [froth], flummery, [moonshine], [twaddle], [balderdash], [drivel], [fustian], prating.
boss, n. protuberance, stud, [knob], process; (Colloq.) [superintendent], director, employer, foreman, [overseer].
boss, v. (Colloq.) [direct], [oversee], superintend; [domineer], [dominate], [dictate].
bossy, a. studded; (Colloq.) [dictatorial], [domineering], [imperious], [arbitrary], [masterful], authoritative.
botanist, n. phytologist.
botany, n. phytology.
botch, n. bungle, fiasco.
bother, v. [trouble], [annoy], [discommode], incommode, inconvenience, [worry], [molest].
bother, n. petty [trouble], [annoyance], inconvenience.
botheration, n. (Colloq.) [perplexity], [annoyance], [nuisance], [vexation], [disturbance].
bothersome, a. [troublesome], [perplexing], [annoying], [vexatious].
bottle, n. phial, vial, cruet, [flask], decanter, cruse, siphon, amphora, ampulla, tankard, matrass, bolthead, carboy, carafe, croft, canteen, flagon, kit, demijohn, jorum, vinaigrette, costrel, pycnometer, magnum, flacket, betty.
bottom, n. [foot], [base]; nadir; [foundation], [groundwork], [basis], [base], pedestal; [fundament], buttocks, [rump], fundus, [seat]; [dregs], precipitate, lees, [sediment], [grounds].
bottom, a. [fundamental].
bottomless, a. abysmal, [unfathomable].
boulevard, n. Associated word: boulevardier.
bounce, v. [spring], [bound]; [rebound], [recoil]; (Colloq.) [discharge], [dismiss].
bounce, n. [bound], [leap], [rebound], [spring]; (Colloq.) [discharge], [dismissal].
bouncer, a. (Cottoq.) [braggart], [boaster]; [lie], [falsehood]; whopper.
bouncing, a. [lusty], buxom, [strapping], [plump]; [excessive], [big], whopping.
bound, v. [limit], [inclose], circumscribe, terminate; [leap], [spring], [bounce]; [rebound].
bound, n. [spring], [leap], [bounce], [rebound]; [boundary], [confine].
bound, p.p. and a. restrained, [constrained], repressed; [bounden]; destined, [sure], [certain]; (Colloq.) determined, resolved; costive, [constipated].
boundary, n. [circumference], periphery; [bound], [limit], [border], term, [confines], precinct, bourn, march, marge.
bounden, a. obliged, [beholden]; [obligatory], [binding].
boundless, a. illimitable, [unbounded], [vast], [immense], limitless.
bounteous, a. [bountiful], [generous], [liberal], munificent.
bountiful, a. [liberal], free-hearted, [generous]; [plentiful], [abundant], [copious], [unstinted], [ample].
bounty, n. [generosity], [liberality], munificence, beneficence; premium, [bonus], [reward].
bouquet, n. nosegay; boutonnière ([buttonhole bouquet]).
bourne, n. destination, [goal]; [stream], [rivulet]; [boundary], [bound].
bout, n. [round], [turn]; [contest], [set-to], [conflict].
bow, v. [bend], [curve], [crook]; prostrate, [overwhelm], [crush], [abase], [yield], [obey], [submit], be obeisant; [incline], [nod].
bow, n. [nod]; obeisance; salam; congé; [stern], prow, [beak]; [courtesy], curtsy.
bow and arrows. Associated words: [archery], archer, toxophilite, [crossbow], [quiver], centaur, ascham, belomancy, [bowman], Sagittarius, sagittary, arbelest, vireton.
bowels, n. pl. [intestines], entrails, [inwards]; cæcum, colon, rectum; recesses, penetralia.
bower, n. [arbor].
bowl, n. [dish], beaker, [mortar].
bow-legged, a. bandy-legged.
bowman, n. archer.
bow-shaped, a. arcuate, arcuated.
box, n. [receptacle], [chest], [case], coffer, carton, caddy, bandbox, [casket], caisson; ciborium, [pyx]; binnacle; [slap], [cuff], buffet, stroke.
boxing, n. sparring.
boy, n. lad, youngster, stripling, [master], [youth], [son], [minor], junior, youngling, cadet, [chap], urchin, bub, [sprig], callant, younker, hobbledehoy; gamin, gutter-snipe.
boyhood, n. [youth], [juvenility], juniority, nonage, [minority].
boyish, a. [juvenile], [immature], [childish], [youthful].
boy-servant, n. [page], [footboy]; [groom], [hostler], [lackey].
brace, v. [prop], [support], fortify, [buttress], [stay], [shore]; [strengthen], invigorate.
brace, n. [prop], [support], [shore], strut, [stay], stanchion; tension; [pair], [two].
bracer, n. [tonic], invigorant; stiffener, [support], [prop].
bracing, a. invigorating, [strengthening], stimulating.
bracket, n. [console], corbel, strut, modillion, cantalever; pl. crotchets.
brag, v. [boast], [vaunt], [vapor]. Antonyms: [disparage], [decry], [belittle], depreciate.
brag, n. [boasting], self-glorification, [vaunt], gasconade [braggadocio], [bravado], vaporing. Antonyms: [disparagement], detraction, [decrial], depreciation.
braggadocio, n. [brag], [boasting]; [boaster], [braggart].
braggart, n. [boaster], rodomont, gascon, vaunter, vaporer, [blusterer], [braggadocio], [bouncer].
braid, n. [plait]; [queue], [pigtail].--v. [plait], [plat], entwine, interlace.
brain, n. cerebrum; cerebellum; encephalon. Associated words: cerebrology, encephalology, cerebrate, cerebric, lecithin, excerebration, cephalopathy, encephalitis, apoplexy, cerebral.
brain action. cerebration.
brain fag. cerebropathy.
brainless, a. anencephalic, anencephalous; witless, [silly], [imbecile], [idiotic].
brake, n. [thicket].
branch, n. [bough], [limb]; [shoot], [sprout], [sprig], [spray], [twig], tiller, [switch], [sucker], stolen, [offshoot]; ramification; [division], [department], bureau, [wing]; tributary, affluent.
branch, v. ramify, divaricate, diverge, [fork], bifurcate.
branch, a. tributary.
branching, a. [forked], dendroid, dendritic, arborescent, furcated.
branching, n. ramification, divarication, [divergence], forking, bifurcation, [radiation], dichotomy.
brand, v. stigmatize.
brand, n. firebrand; [kind], [quality], grade, stigma.
branding, n. stigmatization.
brash, a. quick-tempered, irascible; [brittle], [crisp], [fragile].
brass, n. (Colloq.) [impudence], [insolence], [temerity], effrontery, audacity.
brass worker. brasier, brazier.
brassy, a. brazen; (Colloq.) [bold], [impudent], [forward].
bravado, n. [brag]; [blustering], [threat].
brave, a. intrepid, [courageous], [valiant], daring, [bold], valorous, [chivalrous], [fearless], [adventurous], [dauntless], [doughty], [gallant], [heroic], [mettlesome], undaunted, [venturesome], lion-hearted, [manly], [unafraid], [plucky]; [showy], [effective], [striking]. Antonyms: [craven], timorous, [cowardly], [recreant], [pusillanimous]. See cowardly.
brave, v. [defy], [dare], [beard].
bravery, n. intrepidity, [courage], [heroism], [valor], [prowess], [hardihood], [mettle], [pluck], fearlessness, [boldness]. Antonyms: [cowardice], [timidity], [recreancy], poltroonery, [flinch].
brawl, n. quarrel ([noisy]), [dispute], [mêlée], [broil], [rumpus], [uproar].
brawling, a. [clamorous], [disputatious], [noisy], [quarrelsome], [jangling].
brawny, a. [stalwart], [muscular], sinewy, [robust], [strong].
brazen-faced, a. [impudent], [shameless], [pert], [immodest].
breach, n. [breaking], [rupture]; infraction, [violation], [trespass], nonobservance; hernia, [rupture]; [falling out], [alienation], disaffection, [variance], [difference]; [separation], [ruption], disruption.
bread, n. Associated words: panification, panary, panivorous, crouton, zwiebach, panade, sop, crumb, [crust], brewis, sippet, dough, knead, leaven.
bread-basket, n. pannier.
breadth, n. [width], [latitude]; [liberality], [tolerance], [catholicity].
break, v. [fracture], dispart, [sever], [rend], [smash], [shatter], [shiver], [splinter], [batter], burst, [rupture], [crack]; [infringe], [violate], [disobey], [transgress], [trespass]; communicate, disclose, divulge, [tell], [impart], broach; [discipline], [tame]; [bankrupt], impoverish, [ruin].
break, n. [breach], [rupture], [fracture], fissure [crack], [chasm], [gap], [rent], [rift], hiatus, cæsura, interstice.
breakdown, n. [downfall], collapse, [crash].
breaking, n. [fracture], [rupture]; [breach], infraction, [violation]. Associated words: [brittle], frangible, frangibility, [tenacious], [tenacity], inviolable, inviolability.
breaking out. [eruption], [rash], efflorescence, exanthema; paroxysm.
breaking out again. recrudescence.
breakup, n. disruption, [disorganization].
breakwater, n. jetty, [pier], mole, [dike].
breast, n. [chest], bosom, thorax; [teat], pap, dug, mamma. Associated words: amasty, pectoral, plastron, bib, gorget, mammillary, angina pectoris, areola, pectoriloquy, diaphragm, sternal.
breast, v. [stem], struggle with, withstand, [resist].
breastbone, n. sternum.
breastpin, n. brooch, pectoral.
breath, n. respiration.
breathable, a. respirable. Antonyms: irrespirable, [unbreathable].
breathe, v. respire, inhale and exhale; infuse; wheeze, suspire, [sigh], [gasp], [pant], aspirate; exhale, emit.
breathing, n. respiration, inhalation (breathing in), exhalation (breathing out); aspiration, suspiration, sighing, [panting], insufflation, [gasp], wheeze, afflatus, [inflation], pneuma; [inspiration], theopneusty. Associated words: eupnœoe, dyspnœoe, asthma, apnœoe, cachon, respiratory, gill, branchia, pneumodynamics, pneometry, [suffocation], stertorous.
breathless, a. [panting].
breech, n. buttocks.
breeches, n. pl. smallclothes, [knickerbockers], knee-breeches; [trousers], [pants].
breed, v. [beget], [generate], procreate, engender, conceive and [bear]; [nurture], [train]; occasion, originate, engender.
breed, n. [race], [variety], [strain], extraction, [family], lineage, [pedigree]; [class], [sort], [kind], [variety].
breeding, n. [generation], procreation, begetting, prolification; stirpiculture, eugenics; [nurture], [training]. Associated words: dysgenesis, dysgenesic, [hybrid], hybridization, thremmatology.
breeding freely. prolific. Antonym: unprolific.
breeze, n. zephyr; (Colloq.) [disturbance], [quarrel], [tumult].
breezy, a. [airy], [windy]; (Colloq.) [lively], [spirited], [animated], [brisk].
brew, v. [foment], [concoct], [hatch], [plot].
bribe, n. hush-money, boodle (Slang).--v. suborn.
bribery, n. subornation.
bric-a-brac, n. virtu, knick-knacks.
brick, n. adobe (unburnt and dried in the sun); malm-brick.
bridal, a. [nuptial], conjugal, hymeneal.
bridge, n. trestlework, viaduct, culvert, pons, pontoon [bridge], cantilever [bridge].
bridge, v. [span].
bridle, n. [restraint], [curb], [check].--v. [restrain], [curb], [check], [control].
brief, a. [short-lived], ephemeral, [transient], transitory; terse, [concise]. See short.
brief, n. breviary, [epitome], [summary]; writ, [precept], breve.
briefness, n. brevity.
brier, n. [thorn], bramble.
brigand, n. [highwayman], [bandit], [outlaw], [robber], [footpad], [freebooter].
bright, a. [luminous], gleaming, [lustrous], [radiant], resplendent, glistening, [beaming], shimmering, phosphorescent, luciferous, luminiferous, argent, orient, [dazzling], [glowing], [glittering], flashing, scintillating, [sparkling], refulgent, effulgent, [brilliant], vivid, [glossy], fulgent, naif, lucent, [glaring], garish, crystalline; [intelligent], precocious, [apt], acute, [discerning], [clever], [smart], [knowing]; [auspicious], propitious; illustrious, [glorious]. Antonyms: [dull], lackluster, [obscure], [dim], [opaque], [murky], nebulous, dingy, tarnished, sullied.
brighten, v. [polish], burnish, [furbish]; illuminate, irradiate, [cheer], [rally], enliven, inspirit.
brightness, n. [brilliancy], [splendor], [luster], luminosity, resplendence, [radiance], refulgence, effulgence, glow; [aptness], precocity, acuteness, [sharpness], [discernment]; vivacity, [animation], [liveliness].
brilliancy, n. [brightness], resplendence, refulgence, brilliance.
brilliant, a. [sparkling], [glittering], scintillating, [dazzling], gleaming, glistening, flashing; [splendid], [glorious], [signal], [eminent], [striking].
brim, n. [rim], [border], [margin], [edge], [brink], [bank], marge.
brimstone, n. [sulphur].
bring, v. fetch.
bring about. [bring to pass], [effect], [accomplish], effectuate, [achieve].
bring back. [return], [restore], [replace]; [revive], resuscitate.
bring forward. introduce.
bring to. resuscitate, [revive], reanimate.
bringing to. resuscitation, [revivification].
bring on. incur.
bring to pass. [accomplish], effectuate.
bring up. [nurse], [rear], [nurture], [train].
brink, n. [edge], [border], verge.
brisk, a. [lively], [spirited], [sprightly], [spry], [agile], [rapid].
British soldier. Tommy Atkins.
brittle, a. frangible, [crisp], friable.
brittleness, n. frangibility. Antonym: [tenacity].
broad, a. [wide]; extensive, extended, [vast], wide-reaching, comprehensive; [liberal], [tolerant], [catholic]; [indelicate], [gross], [questionable].
broadside, n. [placard], [poster].
broil, v. [grill].
broiler, n. gridiron.
broiling, a. scorching, torrid, [grilling].
broken, a. fractured, splintered, shattered, shivered; [disconnected], discontinuous, interrupted; impaired, shattered; [subdued], humbled, [contrite], [penitent], crushed, [trained], subjugated, tractable; violated. Antonyms: inviolate, intact, [whole].
broken-hearted, a. [disconsolate], inconsolable, [comfortless].
broker, a. [agent], [factor], [middleman], [go-between].
brood, v. incubate, sit; meditate (morbidly).
brook, n. [rivulet], runlet, [rill], [creek], streamlet, runnel, [run], [burn].
brook, v. [tolerate], suffer, [endure], [bear].
broom, n. besom; whisk (small broom).
brothel, n. house of [prostitution], [bawdy-house], brothelry.
brother, n. Associated words: fratricidal, fraternize, fratricide, [brotherhood], brother [german], brother uterine.
brotherhood, n. [fraternity], [fellowship].
brotherly, a. [fraternal].
brow, n. [forehead].
brown, a. dusky, tawny, dun, swarthy.
brown race. Malayan.
brown study. [abstraction], revery, musing, preoccupation.
bruise, v. contuse, ecchymose.
bruise, v. indent, [deface], [disfigure].
bruise, n. contusion, ecchymosis.
bruiser, n. (Colloq.) boxer, pugilist.
bruit, n. [report], town [talk], [rumor], [hearsay].--v. [noise], abroad, [report], [tell], [circulate].
brush, n. [brushwood]; [thicket], [underbrush]; grazing.
brushwood, n. [thicket], [coppice], [underbrush], [brush].
brutal, a. [inhuman], [cruel], fell, [ruthless], truculent, [unfeeling]; [beastly], bestial, [brutish].
brutality, n. [inhumanity], cruelty, truculence.
brute, n. [beast]; [fiend], [monster], [ruffian], yahoo.
brute, a. irrational.
brutish, a. bestial, [brutal], [brute].
bubonic plague. polyadenitis.
buck, n. [ram]; [beau], [fop], [blade], [dandy].
bud, v. pullulate, germinate, bourgeon.
Buddha, n. Gautama Siddartha, Sakya Sinha.
budding, n. gemmification, bourgeoning, gemmation.
buffalo, n. bison; carabao (water buffalo).
bugaboo, n. ogre, [bugbear], [bogy], [fright], bullbeggar.
bugbear, n. [bugaboo], ogre, [bogy], bête noire.
build, v. [erect], construct, [raise].
builder, n. architect; [carpenter].
building, n. [erection], construction; edifice, structure, [pile]; architecture.
businesslike, a. pragmatical.
bulging, a. protuberant, [convex], gibbous.
bulgy, a. (Colloq.) [bulging], gibbous, [convex].
bulk, n. [mass], [size], dimensions, magnitude, bulkiness; [majority], [mass].
bulky, a. [massive], [ponderous], [big].
bull, n. Taurus; Minotaur; Apis. Associated words: tauriform, taurine, bovine, bellow.
bulldoze, v. (Colloq.) intimidate, browbeat.
bullfight, n. Associated words: [arena], banderilla, banderillero, picadore.
bullfighter, n. matador, toreador, tauridor, capeador, tauromachian.
bullfighting, n. tauromachy.
bullhead, n. (Colloq.) dolt, [lout], [lubber], dunderhead, beetlehead.
bully, n. [blusterer], swaggerer, roisterer, [rowdy], [rough].
bully, a. (Slang) [jolly], [jovial]; [fine], [excellent], [good].
bully, v. browbeat, overbear, swagger, [bluster], intimidate.
bullying, a. hectoring, [swaggering], [blustering].
bulwark, n. [rampart], [fortification]; [defense], palladium, [shield].
bump, v. [jolt], [jounce], thump.
bump, n. protuberance, prominence, [lump], nodule, [swelling].
bumpkin, n. [lout], [boor], clodpoll, [yokel], yahoo, [hind].
bumptious, a. (Colloq.) [self-conceited], [obtrusive], [pushing].
bunch, n. [cluster], [tuft], [knot], tussock; raceme, racemation; protuberance, [lump], nodule, [hunch], [bump]; [lot], [collection], [group], assortment, [set].
bundle, n. [parcel], [package], bale, [pack], budget, packet.
bung, n. [stopper], tampoon, [spigot], stopple; [bunghole], [vent].
bunghole, n. [bung], [vent], vent-hole.
bungling, a. [unskillful], maladroit, [inexpert], [clumsy], [inapt].
bunker, n. [bin], [receptacle], [crib].
bunko, v. [cheat], [swindle], victimize.
burden, n. [load], [cargo]; incubus, encumbrance, [weight], [impediment], [trial], [oppression]; [chorus], [refrain].
burden, v. encumber, [load], surcharge, [oppress].
burial, n. interment, inhumation, sepulture, entombment. Antonyms: disinterment, [exhumation].
burlesque, n. [travesty], [farce].
burn, v. [scorch], scald, [singe], char, [sear], cauterize, [brand], consume, incinerate; [cremate], [incremate].
burn, n. ambustion.
burnable, a. combustible, [inflammable]. Antonyms: incombustible, asbestic.
burning, n. combustion, cineration, incineration; cauterization, cautery; pyrography; arson; incendiarism; smoldering.
burning, n. [cremation], [incremation]. Associated words: cremator, crematory, crematorium.
bury, n. inter, inhume, entomb, sepulcher; [hide], [secrete], conceal, cache. Antonyms: disinter, [exhume].
burying-ground, n. [cemetery].
bush, n. [shrub]; [thicket], [jungle], underwood, boscage.
bushwhacker, n. bushranger, guerrilla.
business, n. vocation, [calling], pursuit, [craft], [trade], [occupation], [profession]; avocation; traffic, [trade], [commerce], [enterprise], [industry], [barter]; [duty], [function], [work], [place]; affair, [concern], [matter]. Associated words: [commercial], [mercantile], technical, technicality, technology.
bustle, n. [stir], [agitation], [tumult], [ado], [pother], [commotion]; [bishop], tournure, pannier.
busy, a. occupied, [engaged], employed, engrossed; [diligent], [industrious], sedulous, [active]; [intrusive], [officious], [meddlesome].
butcher, v. [slaughter].
butter, n. Associated words: butyric, butyrin, butyrometer, butyrate, dairy, creamery, churn, butterine, capric, caprylic, caproic acid, butyraceous.
butterflies, n. pl. Lepidoptera. Associated words: lepidopterist, lepidopteral, lepidopterous, caterpillar, [larva].
buttock, n. [rump], [fundament], [breech]; glutæus ([muscle]).
buttress, n. [support], [stay], [prop].
buy, v. [purchase].
buyer, n. purchaser.
buying, n. [purchase].
buzz, n. [hum], [murmur], bombinate; [whiz].
buzz, v. [hum], bombinate.
by degrees. gradually.
bystander, n. [spectator], [onlooker], [witness].
by turns. alternately, in [succession].