Putnam's Word Book / A Practical Aid in Expressing Ideas Through the Use of an Exact and Varied Vocabulary

by Louis A. Flemming

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C. Associated word: cedilla.

cabbage, n. savoy; colewort; broccoli; collards; Brussels sprouts. Associated words: Brassica, brassicaceous.

cabbage, v. (Colloq.) [steal], [pilfer], purloin, filch.

cabin, n. [hut], [hovel], [shanty], [cot], [shack], [cottage].

cage, n. [mew].--v. [confine], coop up, encage, [mew].

caged, a. imprisoned, confined.

cajole, v. [beguile], [wheedle], [blandish], [inveigle], [flatter].

cajolery, n. [wheedling], [blandishment], [beguilement].

cake, v. [concrete], [harden], solidify, coagulate.

calamitous, a. [disastrous], deplorable, baleful, ill-fated, untoward, dire.

calamity, n. [disaster], [catastrophe], [misfortune], [casualty], [reverse], [adversity], mischance.

calculate, v. [compute], [reckon], [estimate]; [forecast]; (Colloq.) [expect], [intend], contemplate, [plan].

calculating, a. [scheming], forecasting, [crafty], circumspect, [cautious], [wary].

calculation, n. computation, [reckoning]; [expectation], [anticipation]; circumspection, wariness, [forethought], [caution].

calendar, n. [almanac]; [list], [schedule], [register], [catalogue], docket.

calf, n. Associated words: vellum, [parchment], [veal], fatling, dogy, vitular, vituline, slink, slunk, calve, [steer].

calico, n. print.

California poppy. eschscholtzia.

call, v. summon, [bid], evoke, [invite]; convoke, [assemble], [muster], [convene]; entitle, [name], designate, dub, denominate; invoke, [petition], invocate.

call, n. summons, vocation, [invocation], entreaty, [appeal], [invitation]; [signal]; [requirement], [demand], requisition; election, [appointment]; interview.

calling, n. summons, [call]; vocation (divine summons); evocation, [convocation]; [occupation], [business], [trade], employment, vocation, pursuit.

callous, a. [unfeeling], [insensible], [hardened], [unimpressible].

callow, a. [unfledged], [unfeathered]; [immature], [green], [inexperienced].

call to account. impeach, [accuse].

calm, n. [lull], tranquillity, [quiet], placidity.

calm, a. [still], [serene], [motionless], undisturbed, unruffled, pacific, placid, tranquil, halcyon; [sedate], collected, imperturbable, [unmoved], [cool], composed, dispassionate. Antonyms: [excited], [stormy], agitated, ruffled, discomposed, [perturbed], [boisterous].

calm, v. [lull], [allay], [hush], tranquillize, becalm, [still], compose, [quiet], [appease], [pacify], assuage, [moderate], [alleviate], conciliate, [abate], [console].

calmness, n. tranquillity, [serenity], placidity, stillness, [composure], imperturbability, dispassion, imperturbation, [unconcern], equanimity, collectedness, [self-possession]. Antonyms: [commotion], [excitement], [agitation], [discomposure].

camel, n. dromedary (one hump); bactrian camel (two humps); deloul, maharik (the swift camel).

cameo, n. anaglyph. Antonym: [intaglio].

camp, n. encampment; bivouac; cantonment, [quarters]. Associated words: castrensial, étape, decampment, decamp, castrametation.

camp, v. encamp.

canal, n. [channel]. Associated words: towpath, berm, heelpath, [lock].

cancel, v. [annul], [abrogate], rescind, [nullify], [quash], [abolish], [countermand]. Antonyms: [confirm], [approve], corroborate, enforce, reënact, [maintain].

cancellation, n. [annulment], [abrogation], rescission, [nullification], countermanding.

cancer, n. carcinoma, carcinosis. Associated words: cancerate, canceration, cancerous, cancriform, cancroid, solanoid.

candid, a. [impartial], [unbiased], [fair]; [frank], ingenuous, [unreserved], straightforward. Antonyms: disingenuous, [deceitful], [reserved], [subtle].

candidate, n. aspirant, nominee, postulant, office-seeker, contestant (for an office).

candle, n. taper, cierge, rushlight, serge; pl. chandlery. Associated words: chandler, wick, [snuff], socket, accensor, petrostearine, sconce, sweal.

candlestick, n. candelabrum, jesse, girandole, [lustre].

candor, n. [impartiality], disinterestedness; [frankness], ingenuousness, [naïveté], openness.

candy, n. confectionery, bonbon, sweetmeat, confection, comfit, confect, lollipop, caramel, [fudge], fondant, praline, [taffy], sugar plum, toffee.

candy maker. confectioner.

cane sugar. sucrose.

canker, n. [corrosion], [erosion], [blight].

cannibal, n. anthropophagite.--a. anthropophagous.

cannibalism, n. anthropophagy; exophagy, endophagy.

cannibals, n. pl. anthropophagi, man-eaters, androphagi.

cannon, n. Associated words: ordnance, cannonade, cannoneer, linstock, calibre, [bore], cascabel, [breech], reenforce, [chase], [muzzle], trunnion, rimbase, chamber, howitzer, [mortar].

canny, a. [cunning], [crafty], [wary], [shrewd], [cautious], [prudent], circumspect; magical.

canoe, n. piroque ([dugout]); pitpan (Cen. Amer.); kayak (Arctic tribes).

canon, n. [law], [rule], regulation.

canonicals, n. pl. [vestments]; [gown], [robe], [cassock], surplice, alb, pallium, cope, scapulary, dalmatic, stole, chasuble, tunicle, [scarf], mantelleta, cowl, ephod, amice, mitre, capoch, biretta, chimere, rochet, scapular, planeta, maniple, tippet, plicata.

canopy, n. [covering], [awning], baldaquin, baldachin, [tilt], tester, pavilion.

cant, n. [slope], [tilt], [turn]; [bias], [impulse]; prating; idioms, parlance, vocabulary; affected [piety], [hypocrisy]; slang, [jargon], lingo, argot.

cant, v. [tilt], [tip], [incline].

cantankerous, a. (Colloq.) [perverse], contumacious, [contentious], [headstrong], [contrary].

canteen carrier. ([female]) cantiniere, vivandiere.

canvas, n. tarpaulin; coutil.

canyon, n. [gorge], [ravine], [gulch].

cap, n. biggin, biggon, biggonnet, busby, coif, berretta, biretta, barret, caul, callot, head-gear, turban, fez, calotte, toque, mortarboard, mitre, tarboosh, Tam-o-Shanter, zuchetto, wimple, shako, morion, mozetta, casque, [helmet], mutch, montero, domino, beaver, glengarry, calpac, thrum [cap], beret, keffieh, mortier, mobcap. Associated word: visor.

cap, v. [crown], [complete], [consummate], [surpass], [exceed].

capability, n. [ability], capacity, [competency], [qualification], efficiency, proficiency.

capable, a. [able], [qualified], [susceptible], [competent], [efficient], [proficient]. Antonyms: See incapable.

cape, n. promontory, [headland].

caper, n. [dido], [trick], [prank], [leap], [gambol], [curlycue].

caper, v. [gambol], [frisk], cavort, [leap], [skip], [prance], capriole.

capital, a. [principal], [leading], [chief], [cardinal], foremost; (Colloq.) [excellent], [first-rate].

capital letter, n. majuscule (ancient manuscripts). Associated word: cyriologic.

capitation, n. poll-tax.

caprice, n. [fancy], [whim], [notion], [freak], [vagary], [crotchet], [quirk], [whimsey], [fickleness].

capricious, a. [fanciful], [whimsical], vagarious, [inconstant], [fickle], [crotchety], [volatile].

cap-shaped, a. pileate, pileated.

capsize, v. [upset], overturn.

captain, n. commander, chieftain, [leader], [chief]: [skipper]; colonel; [master], foreman.

captious, a. [critical], [carping], [censorious], [caviling].

captivate, v. [enchant], [subdue], [bewitch], [fascinate], [entrance], enamor, [infatuate].

captivating, a. [bewitching], [fascinating], enchanting. See [charming].

captivation, n. [fascination], infatuation, [charming].

captivity, n. [bondage], [servitude], thralldom, vassalage, [slavery].

capture, v. [seize], [catch], [apprehend], [arrest], corral, deprehend.

capture, n. [prey], [prize]; [apprehension], [arrest], [seizure], [catching].

car, n. [cart], [vehicle], chariot, caboose, [tender], [cage], [coach], tram, truck.

carbolic acid. phenol, phenic acid.

cardinal, a. [principal], [chief], [superior], preëminent.

cardinal virtues. [prudence], [temperance], [justice], fortitude.

cardinals, n. pl. Associated words: propaganda, conclave, cardinalate.

care, n. [concern], [anxiety], [worry], [apprehension]; [oversight], [charge], [management], tutelage, [custody]; [ward], [charge], protégé, [responsibility]; [attention], [heed], [caution], [regard], circumspection, [carefulness]. Antonyms: See carelessness.

careful, a. [cautious], [watchful], provident, [chary], [attentive], circumspect, [considerate], [heedful], [prudent], [discreet], [wary], [mindful], [choice], [sparing], observant.

carefulness, n. [caution], wariness, circumspection, chariness, [forethought], precaution, [watchfulness], [discretion], [concern], cautiousness.

careless, a. [negligent], [unconcerned], [indifferent], heedless, [inattentive], [regardless], [lax], [incautious], [remiss], [inconsiderate], [nonchalant], [neglectful], unwary, imprudent, [indiscreet], improvident, [reckless], [desultory], perfunctory, [devil-may-care], [slovenly], [slack], [supine].

carelessness, n. [unconcern], [indifference], [negligence], heedlessness, remissness, incaution, [nonchalance], inadvertence, laxity, improvidence, [inattention], dereliction, [indiscretion], recklessness.

cargo, n. [freight], [load], [burden], lading, [last].

caricature, n. [exaggeration], [burlesque], [take-off], [travesty], parody.

carking, a. harassing, [worrying], [distressing], [vexatious].

carnal, a. [sensual], [fleshly], [bodily]; [lustful], [salacious]; unregenerate.

carousal, n. [revel], wassail, [orgies], bacchanals, saturnalia, jamboree (Slang).

carouser, n. [reveler], roysterer, [debauchee], bacchanalian.

carp, v. [cavil], [censure].

carpenter, n. [joiner].

carpet covering. drugget, bocking.

carping, a. [caviling], [censorious], [captious], hypercritical, [fault-finding].

carriage, n. [carrying], transportation; [bearing], [behavior], [deportment]; [air], [mien], [demeanor].

carriage, n. [vehicle], [conveyance], [coach], gig, buggy, [sulky], [diligence], perambulator, cabriolet, brougham, surrey, chaise, stanhope, sedan, jumpseat, tally-ho, victoria, tumbrel, chariot, [jingle], rockaway, hack, calash, cab, coupe, hansom cab, volante, [cart], [equipage], turnout, jaunting [car], landau, phaeton, wagonette, jinrikisha, vandy, dogcart, kibitka, britzska, barouche, [fly], whisky, post-chaise, droshki, [trap], dos-à-dos, [litter], palanquin, curricle.

carriage dog. Dalmatian [dog].

carrier, n. [messenger], conveyer; [porter], bearer, teamster.

carrion, n. Associated words: necrophagan, necrophagous, saprophagan, necrophilous, saprophagous, saprophytic, saprophyte.

carry, v. convey, transport, [bear], waft, portage; carry [out], [complete], effectuate, [consummate], [accomplish].

carrying, n. transportation, [conveyance], portage, transmission, conduction, [delivery]. Associated words: portable, portability, unportable, palanquin, [litter], sedan [chair].

cart, n. [vehicle], [wagon], [carriage]; lorrie, truck, tumbril, carreta.

carte, n. menu, [bill of fare].

Carthaginian, a. Punic.

cartilage, n. [gristle]. Associated words: chondrology, chondrotomy, chondritis, chondroid, chondrification, chondrify, cartilaginous, [gristly].

cart maker. cartwright.

carve, v. [sculpture], chisel, [engrave], [fashion], [mould].

carving, n. sculpture (in wood or ivory); anaglyptics, anaglyphy.

case, a. [sheath], [covering], capsule, [receptacle], [quiver], [chest]; [event], happening, [instance], circumstances, [condition], affair, [plight], predicament, [dilemma], contingency.

case-hardened, a. [seared], obdurate.

cash, n. [coin], [specie], currency.

cashier, n. cash-keeper; bursar, treasurer, purser.

cask, n. tierce, hogshead, [pipe], puncheon, butt, tun.

casket, n. gemmary; [coffin].

cassock, n. [soutane].

cast, v. fling, hurl, [throw], impel, [pitch], sling; [direct], [turn], [drop], [deposit], [place]; exuviate, [shed], molt, discard, [shed], [reflect], [throw]; [compute], [reckon], [add], enumerate.

cast, n. [throw], fling; exuviæ, [ejection], [secretion].

castaway, n. [outcast], [reprobate], pariah, [derelict].

castigate, v. [chastise].

castigation, n. [chastisement].

castiron, a. [unyielding], indomitable, [hardy].

castle, n. [fortress], citadel, [stronghold], [fastness], donjon, [keep]; [mansion], château.

castling, n. [abortion].

cast off. discard, [reject], [slough].

cast-off, a. discarded, rejected.

castor oil. Associated words: ricinoleic, ricinolein, ricinus, Palma Christi.

castrate, v. [geld], [alter]; emasculate.

castrated person. eunich, [spade].

castration, n. orchotomy, emasculation, gelding.

casual, a. [chance], [accidental], fortuitous, contingent.

casualty, n. [accident], [calamity], contingency, fortuity.

cat, n. feline, Felis, tabby, puss, [pussy]; kitten, kitty; grimalkin (an old she cat). Associated words: purr, [mew], [miaul], caterwaul, feline, Felidæ (cat family).

catacomb, n. grotto, [crypt], [cave].

catalogue, n. [list], [register], [schedule], index, inventory, Associated word: raisonné.

cataract, n. [waterfall], cascade, [fall], lin.

catastrophe, n. [disaster], [calamity].

catch, v. [seize], [grasp], [clutch], [snatch], gripe, [nab]; [apprehend]; [arrest]; deprehend; overtake; [insnare], [entangle], [entrap].

catch, n. [capture], [seizure], [arrest], [apprehension]; hasp, [hook], [clasp].

catching, a. [contagious], [infectious], communicable, pestilential. Antonyms: noncontagious, incommunicable.

catching, n. [seizure], [apprehension], [arrest].

catchword, n. [cue].

category, n. [class], [state], [condition], [division], predicament.

cater, v. purvey.

cater-cornered, a. (Colloq.) diagonal.

caterer, n. [purveyor].

cathartic, n. purgative, [physic], [purge], evacuant.

catholic, a. universal, [general], world-wide; [liberal], [tolerant], unsectarian, broad-minded; Roman Catholic, Romish. Antonyms: uncatholic, [sectarian], local, [narrow], noncatholic.

catholicity, n. universality, catholicism; [liberality].

catkin, n. ament.

cat's-eye, n. chatoyant, chrysoberyl. Associated words: chatoyant, chatoyment.

cat's-paw, n. [dupe], [tool], cully, [gull].

cattle, n. [kine]; Bos; Bovine quadrupeds; Taurus.

cattle-plague, n. rinderpest, murrain.

cattle-stealing, n. abigeat (Civil Law).

cause, n. [origin], [source]; [motive], [incitement], [inducement], [incentive]. Associated words: ætiology, etiology, teleology, etiological, causation, causative, causality.

cause, v. occasion, induce, [effect], originate.

caustic, a. [burning], [virulent], [acrid], catheretic, mordacious, [cutting], [satirical].

caution, n. wariness, [forethought], circumspection; [advice], [warning], admonition.

caution, v. forewarn, admonish, [warn], [counsel], [advise], [dissuade].

cautious, a. circumspect, [prudent], [wary]. Antonyms: [incautious], unwary.

cave, n. cavern, grotto, grot, [den], [catacomb], [crypt]. Associated words: speleology, spelean, stalactite, stalagmite, cavernicolous, troglodytic, caverned, cavernous.

cave-dweller, n. troglodyte.

cavil, v. [carp], criticize.--n. [objection], criticism (specious or frivolous).

caviling, a. [carping], [captious], cavilous, hypercritical.

Cayenne pepper. capsicum.

cease, v. discontinue, [stop], desist, [refrain].

ceaseless, a. incessant, [unceasing], [constant], uninterrupted, [continual].

cedar tree. Associated words: cedrine, cedrene.

cede, v. [surrender], [relinquish], [grant].

ceding, n. cession.

celebrate, v. commemorate, solemnize, observe.

celebrated, a. [famous], illustrious, [noted], [renowned], [eminent], far-famed. Antonyms: [obscure], inglorious, unrenowned.

celebration, n. commemoration, observance, solemnization.

celebrity, n. [fame], [renown], eminence.

cellar, n. [basement].

celluloid, n. xylonite.

cement, n. adhesive, [glue]; lute, luting.

cement, v. cohere, [join], [glue], glutinate.

cemetery, n. necropolis, God's acre, graveyard, mortuary.

censer, n. thurible, incensory.

censor, n. inspector, reviewer, [critic]; caviler, censurer.

censorious, a. [carping], [captious], [caviling], [critical].

censurable, a. reprehensible, culpable, [blamable], reproachable, illaudable.

censure, n. [reproof], reprehension, [blame], reprimand, objurgation.

censure, v. [reprove], [rebuke], reprehend, [upbraid], objurgate, [chide], inveigh against.

censuring, a. reprehensory, [reproachful], reproving, objurgatory, [condemnatory].

centenary, n. [centennial], [century].

centennial, n. [centenary].

center, n. [middle], midst. Antonyms: [circumference], perimeter, [rim], [boundary]. Associated words: centrifugal, centrifugence, centricity, centripetal, centripetence, centrality, centralize, centralization, paracentric.

centerpiece, n. épergne.

central, a. [middle], centric, centrical, equidistant.

century, n. [centenary]. Associated words: [centennial], [secular].

ceremonious, a. [formal], [precise], punctilious. Antonyms: [informal], free-and-easy.

ceremony, n. [rite], [form], ceremonial, solemnity; [formality].

certain, a. assured, [confident], convinced, satisfied, [undoubting]; [undeniable], irrefutable, indubitable, incontrovertible, incontestable, [sure]; inevitable, [unavoidable]; unfailing, [infallible], inerrable; [fixed], stated, specified. Antonyms: [indefinite], [uncertain], [doubtful]. See [uncertain].

certainty, n. [sureness], [confidence], [assurance], [surety]; [fact], [truth]. Antonyms: See uncertainty.

certificate, n. [testimonial], credential, [voucher].

certify, v. assure, [attest], testify to, vouch for.

chafe, v. [rub], [gall], [irritate]; [fret], [fume], [rage].

chaff, n. glumes, hulls, [refuse].

chaff, n. [banter], [raillery], [pleasantry], [jesting], [badinage].

chaff, v. [jest], [banter].

chaffy, a. acerose, palaceous, stramineous.

chagrin, a. [mortification], [abashment], [vexation], [confusion], [discomposure], [humiliation].

chagrin, v. [mortify], [abash], [vex], [confuse], [humiliate].

chain, n. concatenation, catenation, series, congeries, carcanet, catena, chatelaine, necklace, gorget, links, torque; [bond], [shackle], [fetter], tether.

chain, v. [fetter], [restrain], [shackle], [enslave], trammel, catenate.

chain wheel. sprocket [wheel].

chair, n. [seat]; professorship; chairman.

chalice, n. grail.

chalk, n. Associated words: calcography, calcographer, calcographic, chalkiness, crayon.

chalkstone, n. tophus. (Med.)

chalky, a. cretaceous.

challenge, v. [defy], [dare], [brave].--n. [defiance]; exception, [objection].

champion, n. [defender], [vindicator], [protector], paladin; winner, hero, [conqueror].

champion, v. [defend], [maintain], [advocate], [vindicate].

chance, v. [befall]; [risk], [venture].

chance, n. [fate], fortune, [luck], fortuity, hap, [casualty], [accident]; [possibility], [likelihood], contingency; opportunity; [hazard], [jeopardy], [risk], [uncertainty].

chance, a. [casual], fortuitous, [accidental], contingent, [random].

chancery, n. equity.

change, n. [variation], alteration, transition, mutation, transposition, [conversion], metamorphosis, innovation, transfiguration, permutation, transference, [reversion], reaction, transmutation; [substitution], commutation; [variety], [novelty], vicissitude. Associated word: mutanda. Antonyms: [continuation], [stability], conservatism, [permanence], inertia, [monotony], perpetuation, [continuance], fixity, invariability, [uniformity].

change, v. [alter], transmute, [shift], [modulate], [reverse], [reform], [vary], [modify], [convert], [transform], transpose, transfer, [exchange], [substitute], commute. Antonyms: continue, [persist], [remain], [abide].

changeable, a. mutable, [variable], [inconstant], [unstable], [unsteadfast], reversible, alterable, revocable, mobile, convertible, transmutable, commutable, kaleidoscopic, transformable, impermanent; [volatile], [fickle], mercurial, protean, [irresolute], [capricious], [vacillating], [fitful], [inconstant], [erratic], [eccentric], [crotchety]; [iridescent]; chatoyant.

changeableness, n. mutability, [variability], [inconstancy], instability, [vacillation], convertibility, transmutability, mobility, impermanence; volatility, [irresolution], [fickleness], capriciousness; iridescence; chatoyment.

changeless, a. [permanent], immutable, [inexorable], invariable, undeviating, [unalterable], [unvarying], [constant], unconvertible.

changelessness, n. immutability, inalterability, [permanence], conservatism, invariability, [monotony], inconvertibility.

changeling, n. oaf; waverer, whiffler.

change of life. climacteric; menopause.

channel, n. [water-course], [canal], aqueduct, [gutter], runway, alveus, conduit, [duct]; [strait]; furrow, chamfer, chamfret, [groove], fluting; avenue, [route], artery.

chant, v. intone, intonate, cantillate.

chant, n. intonation; introit; cantillation.

chaos, n. [confusion], [disorder], [disorganization].

chap, n. [crack], [chink]; [boy], lad, [youth]; kibe.

chapel, n. oratory, chantry, bethel.

chapped, a. kibed.

chaps, n. pl. jaws, chops, flews.

chapter, n. [branch]. Associated words: capitular, capitulary.

character, n. [personality], [nature], individuality. Associated words: ethology, ethologist.

characteristic, n. trait, [peculiarity], [feature], [attribute], attribution, idiosyncrasy.

characterize, v. [distinguish].

charge, n. [accusation], [complaint], allegation, [indictment], imputation, [crimination], impeachment, arraignment, gravamen (burden of a charge); [trust], [ward]; [custody], [care], [responsibility], [oversight], [obligation], commission, [management]; onset, [attack], [assault], onslaught, fusillade; tutelage.

charge, v. impose, [load], encumber; exhort, enjoin, adjure, [instruct]; [commit], [intrust]; debit; [accuse], indict, [tax], impute, [criminate], arraign; [attack], [assault].

chargeable, a. imputable, [attributable], referrible.

charitable, a. [benevolent], benign, [beneficent], magnanimous; [liberal], [tolerant], [lenient]. Antonyms: [uncharitable], [illiberal], [intolerant].

charity, n. [benevolence], good [will], [love], benignity, philanthropy, beneficence, [bounty], [liberality], [tolerance]. Associated words: eleemosynary, [alms], [dependent].

charlatan, n. pretender, [quack], [impostor], [fraud], [cheat], [mountebank], empiric.

charlatanic, a. pretentious, empirical, [quackish].

charlatanry, n. [quackery], pretension, empiricism, charlatanism.

charm, n. [spell], incantation, [enchantment], [conjuration]; periapt, amulet, phylactery, talisman, fetich, abraxas; [fascination], [glamour], [witchery], [attraction], [illusion], rhetoric; breloque ([jewel]); countercharm. Antonyms: disenchantment, [repellence], disillusionment.

charm, v. [enchant], [fascinate], enamor, [infatuate], enrapture, [bewitch], [captivate]; [allay], [soothe], [subdue]. Antonyms: [decharm], [disillusionize], disenchant, [repel].

charmer, n. enchanter, [magician], [sorcerer]; [siren], [enchantress].

charming, a. [bewitching], [captivating], enchanting, enrapturing, entrancing, magical, [fascinating], [winning], ecstatic, [siren], [delightful], winsome, [seductive], [ravishing]. Antonyms: charmless, unattractive, [repellent], [repulsive].

charnel house. ossuary, ossuarium, [tomb], carnary.

chart, n. [map]. Associated words: cartography, cartographer.

chary, a. [frugal], [careful], [saving], [cautious], circumspect.

chase, v. [track], [hunt], pursue; [scatter], [expel], [drive], [disperse], dispel.

chase n. [hunting], field-sport, [hunt], [venery], chevy; pursuit.

chasm, n. abyss, [gap].

chaste, a. [virtuous], continent, undefiled, [pure], inviolated, [modest], [innocent]; classic, [refined], [pure], [correct]. Antonyms: See unchaste.

chasten, v. [discipline], [correct], [punish]; [refine], [purify], [subdue].

chastise, v. [castigate], [chasten], [punish], [whip].

chastisement, n. [castigation], chastening, [punishment], [whipping].

chastity, n. [purity], [virtue], continence.

chat, n. confabulation, [talk], [conversation], causerie, confab (Colloq.).

cheap, a. inexpensive, low-priced; [inferior], [mean], [mediocre], of small [value].

cheapen, v. depreciate; [belittle], [lower].

cheat, n. [fraud], [trick], hoax, [finesse], imposition, [imposture], [swindle], [humbug], bubble, [wile], [deception], [stratagem], [bunko], [blind], thimblerigging; [impostor], [deceiver], [quack], [mountebank], thimblerigger, [charlatan], empiric, [trickster], swindler, [blackleg], bamboozler, [sharper]; [delusion], [chicanery], [mockery], [counterfeit], fetch.

cheat, v. [swindle], [defraud], [overreach], [trick], [bamboozle], [hoodwink], [dupe], hoax, bilk, thimblerig, hocus, [bunko], [beguile], cozen.

check, n. [obstacle], [restraint], [curb], [bridle], [damper], [barrier], [restriction], [rebuff], [repulse], [delay], interruption; bank [check], cheque.

check, v. [restrain], [impede], [curb], [repress], [bridle], [checkmate].

checker, v. variegate, diversify, tessellate.

checkered, a. [diversified], [variegated], [plaid], [mosaic], tessellated.

checkers, n. draughts.

checking, a. repressive, restraining, curbing.

checkmate, v. [defeat], [vanquish], [conquer], [baffle].

cheek, n. jowl. Associated words: zygoma, zygomatic, buccate, buccal, malar, buccinator, meloncus, meloplasty, melitis, dimple, jugal.

cheek, n. (Slang) effrontery, [temerity], [assurance], [impudence], audacity.

cheeky, a. (Slang) [audacious], [bold], [impudent], presumptuous, unabashed.

cheer, v. inspirit, elate, exhilarate, [encourage], [console], [revive], [gladden]; applaud.

cheerful, a. [cheery], buoyant, [sunny], vivacious, optimistic, sanguine, [elated], [jubilant], lightsome, [airy], exhilarating, exhilarated, jocund, [chipper].

cheerfulness, n. cheeriness, buoyancy, elation, exhilaration, alacrity, jocundity, light-heartedness, optimism.

cheering, n. [applause], [plaudit]; ovation.

cheerless, a. [dismal], sombre, drear, [dreary], [gloomy], [desolate], [forlorn], [sad], [hopeless], despairing, joyless.

cheery, a. [cheerful], [pleasant], [sunny], blithe, [jovial], [affable].

cheese-paring, a. scrimping, niggardly.

cheesy, a. caseous.

chemise, n. [shirt], [smock], [shift], chemisette.

cherish, v. treasure.

cherry-colored, a. cerise.

chest, n. [box], [case], coffer, [trunk], hutch, receplacle, bahut.

chest, n. thorax, [breast]. Associated words: pectoral, pectorally, diaphragm, midriff.

chestnut, n. Associated words: esculic, esculin, castanea, burr.

chestnut-colored, a. castaneous.

chew, v. masticate, [munch]; crunch, craunch, champ.

chewing, n. mastication; [rumination], remastication.

chew the cud. [ruminate].

chic, a. (Colloq.) in good [taste], [neat].--n. good [form], [style].

chicanery, n. [trickery], chicane.

chicken, n. fowl; [hen]; [rooster]; pullet; poult; capon; pl. poultry, [brood].

chicken-hearted, a. [timid], [fearful], [cowardly].

chicken pox. varicella.

chide, v. admonish, [censure], [upbraid], [scold].

chief, n. [head], [leader], commander, chieftain, [captain].

chief, a. [leading], [supreme], [main], [head], [principal], paramount, prime, [cardinal], [major], foremost.

child, n. progeny, [offspring], [issue]; [infant], babe, [baby], tot, bairn, brat; bastard ([illegitimate]); orphan; foundling, [waif]; cockney (spoilt child); [minor]. Associated words: pediatrics, prolicide, infanticide, [puberty], philoprogenitive, philoprogenitiveness, misopedia, filicide, putti, filial, filiation, [affiliation], affiliate.

childbirth, n. parturition, accouchement, childbed, lying-in, travail, [labor], childbearing. Associated words: tocology, [midwife], [midwifery], parturient, maieutic, layette, [obstetrics], [obstetrician], celation, puerperal, [accoucheur], [accoucheuse], fetus, post-partum.

childhood, n. nonage, [infancy], [minority], impuberty, [pupilage].

childish, a. [puerile], [juvenile], infantile, [immature].

childishness, n. [juvenility], puerility, immaturity.

children, n. [offspring], progeny, [issue], [descendants], posterity.

chill, n. chilliness, [shiver], [rigor].

chilly, a. [cool], [chill], [raw], [bleak].

chime, v. [accord], [agree], [harmonize], be in unison.

chime, n. unison, [harmony]; carillon.

chimera, n. [delusion], [phantom], [hallucination], [illusion].

chimney, n. Associated words: cowl, flue, hoveling, smoke jack, chimney-breast, tewel.

chimney corner. ingle [nook], ingleside.

chin: n. Associated words: genian, [mental], gill, [wattle], chuck, submental.

China, n. Celestial Empire, Cathay (Old name).

China clay. kaolin.

Chinaman, n. [Chinese], Celestial, Mongol, Mongolian; mandarin; coolie.

china ware. china, porcelain.

Chinese, n. Associated words: sinology, sinologue, sinicism, sinic, yamen, haikwan, hong, canque, sinological, Taoism, Confucianism, Manchu, kotow, li, abacus, chinoiserie, taotai.

Chinese idol. joss. Associated word: ting.

chink, n. [crack], [cranny], [crevice]; (Colloq.) [money], [cash], [coin].

chin whelk. sycosis.

chipper, a. [lively], vivacious, [cheerful], [talkative].

chirp, v. chirrup, cherup, cheep, pue.

chivalrous, a. [gallant], [knightly], magnanimous, [valiant].

chivalry, n. [knighthood], [gallantry], knight-errantry.

choice, n. [selection], election, alternative, [option], preference, [discrimination], preferment, volition. Antonyms: [coercion], [compulsion], indiscrimination.

choice, a. [select], [rare], recherché; [careful], [sparing], chary Antonyms: indiscriminate, [promiscuous], [common].

choir-leader, n. chorister, precentor, choir-master.

choir vestments. cotta; [cassock].

choke, v. [strangle], throttle, stifle, [suffocate], [suppress].

choleric, a. irascible, [irritable], [petulant], [testy].

choose, v. [select], elect, prefer, [cull], pick [out].

chop, v. hack, [mince], [hash], [haggle].

chop, n. stroke, chopping; [jaw], [chap]; pl. flews.

chorus, n. (Greek.) Associated words: strophe, antistrophe, epode.

chosen, a. selected.

Christmas, n. Yule, Yuletide, Christmastide.

Christmas mummer. guiser.

chronic, a. [habitual], [lingering], inveterate.

chronicle, n. [record], [account], [narrative], diary, [history].

chrysalis, n. aurelia, nympha, cocoon, kell.

chum, n. roommate; [companion], intimate, [associate], [friend], [crony].

church, n. [temple], [sanctuary], house of [God], meeting [house], fane; cathedral; [chapel], oratory, minster, bethel, tabernacle, chantry; kirk ([Scotch]); synagogue ([Jewish]); denomination, [sect]; basilica. Associated words: ecclesiastical, ecclesiology, ecclesiolatry, ecclesiasticism, [parish], hierarch, hierarchy, hierocracy, hierolatry, hierology, hierarchism, irenics, [curé], evangelical, verger, [beadle], chancel, clearstory, nave, transept, [vestry], presbytery, prebend, prebendary, lectern, apse, irenicon, [living], [benefice], sinecure, glebe, [see], prelacy, [convocation], synod, conference, conclave, consistory, [crypt], schism, [orthodoxy], heterodoxy, [unchurch], sacristan, sacristy, Dorcastry, Sarum [use].

church and state. Associated words: Erastian, Erastianism.

church dignitary. prelate, primate, elder, [deacon], dean, hierarch, [bishop].

church fathers. Associated words: patristic, patristics, patrology, patrist.

churchly, a. ecclesiastical.

church officer. vestryman, [warden], presbyter, [trustee].

churl, n. [rustic], [hind], [bumpkin], [lout], [boor].

churlish, a. [boorish], [rude], [morose], [unamiable].

chyle, n. Associated words: chylification, chylifaction, chylify, achylous, chylaceous, chylous, chyliferous, chylocyst, lacteal, chylopoiesis, chylopoietic.

chyme, n. Associated words: chymification, chymiferous, chymify, chymous, achymous.

cigar, n. ([small]) stogie; tobie; cheroot.

cinch, n. (Colloq.) tight [grip].

cipher, n. [zero], naught, [nothing]; [nonentity], [nobody]; [device], [monogram].

cipher writing. cryptography, crytograph, steganography, cryptogram.

circle, n. [ring]; [circumference], periphery; circuit; [clique], [coterie], [set], [class]; annulation, annulus.

circle, v. [encircle].

circuitous, a. [roundabout], [devious], [indirect].

circulate, v. disseminate, promulgate, [diffuse].

circulation, n. dissemination, diffusion, promulgation, propagation.

circumference, n. periphery, circumscription, [girth].

cistern, n. reservoir; impluvium.

cite, v. [quote]; [specify], mention, [name], refer to.

citizen, n. [resident].

city, n. municipality.--a. municipal, urban.

civil, a. civic, political, municipal; [courteous], [obliging], [polite]. Antonyms: See uncivil.

civility, n. [courtesy], [politeness]. Antonyms: [incivility], [discourtesy].

claim, v. [demand], [pretend]; (Colloq.) [assert], [maintain].

claim, n. pretension, [demand], requisition; title, [right].

claimant, n. claimer, pretender, pretendant.

clamor, n. [uproar], [tumult], [hubbub], [racket], [din].

clamorous, a. [noisy], [uproarious], bawling, [obstreperous].

clandestine, a. [hidden], [stealthy], surreptitious, furtive, [secret].

clannish, a. [narrow], exclusive.

clap, n. gonorrhea.

clapboards, n. pl. [siding], weatherboarding.

claptrap, a. [humbug], stage [trick], coupe de theatre.

clarity, n. [clearness].

clash, v. collide, hurtle, crash [together]; [contend], [disagree]; clatter, clang.

clash, n. [collision], [crash]; [opposition], [interference], [contrariety]; clangor, clang.

clasp, v. [grasp], [grapple], [clutch], [seize]; embrace, [hug].

clasp, n. [hook], hasp, fibula, morse, [catch]; embrace.

class, n. [rank], [order], [category], [species], [variety].

class, v. classify, dispose, categorize.

classification, n. [disposition], grouping; taxonomy.

clause, n. [article], stipulation, proviso, provision.

claw, n. talon; dewclaw. Associated words: ungual, unguicular, [retract], retractile, unguiculate, pounced, unguiform.

claw, v. [scratch], laniate, [lacerate].

clay, n. argillaceous [earth]; pug, argil, [hole], [marl], kaolin. Associated words: [potter], pottery, figuline, fictile, pug, [puddle].

clayey, a. argillaceous, argillous, argilliferous, luteous, cledgy.

clean, a. unsoiled, unsullied, immaculate, cleanly, [neat]; [chaste], [pure], [virtuous], undefiled, incorrupt, uncontaminated; [shapely], well-proportioned; kosher ([Jewish]).

clean, adv. wholly, perfectly, completely, quite, entirely, thoroughly.

clean, v. [cleanse].

cleanse, v. [purify], deterge, absterge, [wash], disinfect, fumigate, depurate.

cleanser, n. abstergent, detergent, purifier, detersive.

cleansing, a. detergent, abstergent, abstersive, detersive, purifying.

cleansing, n. [purification], detersion, purgation, abstersion, lustration, expurgation.

clear, a. [transparent], diaphanous, pellucid, [limpid], relucent, crystalline, [lucid], crystal; [unmistakable], [plain], [evident], [obvious], unambiguous, distinct, explicit, [manifest], palpable, [patent], decipherable, [express], comprehensible, graphic; [serene], cloudless, unclouded, undimmed; clarion, [sonorous], [resonant], canorous, audible, [piercing]; [pure], unmixed, [unadulterated], unalloyed; in [full], [net]; [passable], unimpeded, unobstructed, [open]; acquitted; unburdened, exempt; clarified. Antonyms: [opaque], [obscure], indecipherable, [ambiguous], equivocal, [vague], [cryptic], [abstruse], inexplicable, [roily], turbid, enigmatical, inexplicit, inaudible, [adulterated], [cloudy], befogged, unintelligible, [doubtful].

clear, v. clarify; [explain], [interpret], elucidate, eclaircise; [acquit], [absolve], exonerate, [vindicate]; [disengage], extricate, disentangle, [disperse].

clearer, n. clarifier.

clearing, n. clarification, clearance, dispersion; [interpretation], [explanation], eclaircissement, dénouement; exoneration, [acquittal]; assart.

clearness, n. [clarity], distinctness; [transparency], limpidity, [lucidity], perspicuity, translucency; [serenity]. Antonyms: opacity, ambiguity, [vagueness], intransparency.

cleave, v. adhere, [cling], be [loyal]; [split], rive, [separate].

cleft, a. [riven], [split], divided.

clergy, n. ministers, the [cloth], ecclesiastics, clergymen, clerisy. Antonym: laity.

clergyman, n. [minister], [divine], ecclesiastic, [priest], [pastor], [parson], churchman, [preacher], [rector], curate, dominie, [vicar], [missionary], evangelist, patriarch, dean, [bishop], chaplain, cleric, [deacon], presbyter, imparsonee, kirkman, padre, [curé], abbé. Antonym: layman.

clergyman's residence. [parsonage], [rectory], manse.

clerk, n. salesman, saleslady; accountant, [recorder], registrar, prothonotary, [amanuensis], [bookkeeper]. Associated words: clerical, clerkship.

clever, a. adroit, [skillful], [expert], [ingenious], [deft], [dexterous].

clients, n. pl. clientele.

cliff, n. crag, [bluff], precipice; pl. palisades (line of bold cliffs).

climate, n. Associated words: meteorology, phenology, climatology, acclimatable, [acclimate], [acclimation], acclimatize, acclimatization, climatic, climatize, climatography.

climax, n. culmination.

climb, v. clamber, [scale].

climbing, a. scandent, scansorial.

cling, v. adhere, [cleave], hold [fast].

clip, v. shear, snip, [nip], [trim], prune, [curtail].

clip, n. (Colloq.) [blow], [knock], thump, [rap].

clique, n. [coterie], [circle].

cloak, n. [mantle], [coat], capuchin, dolman, palladium, pelisse; pretext, [blind], [mask].

cloak, v. conceal, [mask], [hide], [veil], [disguise].

clock, n. [timepiece], timekeeper, horologe, horometer: clepsydra, isochronon; scarab, scarabee, [beetle]. Associated words: horology, horography, horologiography., pendulum, [strike], dial, tick.

clockmaker, n. horologist, horologer.

clodhopper, n. [bumpkin], [boor], [hind], [lout], [clown], [yokel].

clog, v. [impede], [hamper], encumber, [restrain], [obstruct].

clog, n. [shackle], dragweight, deadweight, encumbrance; sabot, chopine.

cloister, n. [monastery], [nunnery], [convent], abbey, priory, cenoby.

cloisterer, n. cenobite, [recluse].

cloistral, a. monastic, cloistered, [recluse].

close, a. [oppressive], uncomfortable, muggy, unventilated; [narrow], cramped; [close-mouthed], [secretive], [reticent], [reserved], [uncommunicative], taciturn; dense, [solid], [compact], imporous; [near], [adjacent], [adjoining]; intimate, confidential; parsimonious, [stingy], penurious niggardly, [miserly], [illiberal], close-fisted; [exact], literal, [faithful]; intent, [assiduous], [fixed], [intense].

close, v. [shut], [stop], occlude; [conclude], [finish], [end], terminate; [inclose], encompass, [confine], environ; [grapple], clinch; lute, calk.

close, n. [conclusion], [end]; peroration; [grapple]; [court], area, enclosure, [inclosure], [yard].

close-mouthed, a. [wary], [cautious], [secretive], [uncommunicative], [reserved].

closeness, n. [nearness], proximity, adjacency; density, compactness; intimacy; [reticence], [secretiveness]; parsimony, [stinginess], [illiberality], penuriousness.

closet, n. private [room]; clothespress, ambry.

closing, a. concluding, final.

closing, n. stopping up, [obstruction], blockade, occlusion; peroration.

clot, n. coagulation, coagulum.--v. coagulate.

cloth, n. fabric, [material], drapery, textile, [texture], woof, weft. Associated words: draper, drapery, drape.

clothe, v. [dress], attire, array, [gird], drape.

clothes, n. pl. [dress], [clothing], garments, vesture, attire, apparel, drapery, costume, [raiment], garb, vestment, habiliments, [regalia], [uniform], livery, [guise], wardrobe, [rig], toggery, frippery, regimentals, [paraphernalia]; (clerical) [vestments], [canonicals]; trousseau (bride's).

clothing, n. [clothes], [raiment]. Associated words: frippery, wardrobe, habilatory.

cloud, n. nebulosity, [rack]; cirrus, cat's-tail, mare's-tail; cumulus, stratus, [nimbus]; cirro-cumulus, cirro-stratus, cumulo-stratus; storm scud, wane [cloud]; [tarnish], [blemish]; [eclipse], [obscurity]. Associated words: nephology, meteorology, nubiferous, nephelodometer, nephelometer, nephoscope, nepheloid, nephograph.

cloud, v. overcast, [becloud], [obscure], [shade], obfuscate; [tarnish], sully, [blacken].

cloudy, a. overcast, [lowering], [murky], overclouded, [obscure], [sullen], nebulous, [hazy], [dim]; tarnished, indistinct, [blurred]; [variegated], [mottled].

cloven, a. bisulcate.

clover, n. trifolium, trefoil; alsike.

cloves, n. pl. Associated words: eugenic, eugenin, clove, camphor, eugenol, caryophyllin.

clown, n. buffoon, [jester], merry-andrew, [zany], harlequin, [droll], [punch], mime, farceur, scaramouch, grimacier jackpudding; [boor], [lout], [gawk], [gawky], [lubber], put, [bumpkin], [churl], carl, tike; [rustic], [hind], [clodhopper], [yokel], yahoo.

clownish, a. [boorish], [ungainly], [awkward], [loutish], [churlish], [gawky].

cloy, v. [satiate], [glut], [surfeit], [pall], sate.

club, n. [cudgel], bludgeon, truncheon, [bat], mace, [staff], shillalah, waddy, bandy, knobkerry; [society], [coterie], [association], sorosis (woman's club).

club, v. [cudgel], [beat], [pommel]; club [together], [combine], [coöperate].

club-bearer, n. claviger. Associated word: clavigerous.

clubfoot, n. talipes.

clubfooted, a. taliped, talipedic.

club-shaped, a. clavate, clavated.

clue, n. intimation, [hint], [key].

clump, n. [cluster], [tuft], [bunch], [collection], [thicket].

clumsy, a. [ungraceful], [lumbering], [uncouth], [unwieldy], [unhandy], [inapt], maladroit.

cluster, n. [bunch], [clump], [tuft]; racematiofl, fascicle, raceme, panicle; [bevy], [crowd].

clustered, a. aciniform, racemed, fascicled.

clutch, v. [seize], [grasp], [grip], [grapple], clench, [grab], [snatch].

clutch, n. [grasp], [seizure], [hold]; crampoons.

clutter, n. [litter], [disorder], [jumble], [confusion], disarray.

cluttered, a. [disordered], littered, jumbled, disarranged.

coach, n. stage [coach], tallyho, [diligence]; trainer.

coach dog. Dalmatian [dog].

coachman, n. jehu, postilion, coach-driver, coachee (Slang).

coal, n. anthracite; bituminous; charcoal; culm, scoria, [slack]; ember. Associated words: carbon, carboniferous, gobbing, strata, carbonize, carbonization, briquette, coke, brat, brattice, brettice.

coal-dealer, n. collier.

coalhod. [scuttle].

coal-mine, n. colliery, coalpit.

coal-miner, n. collier.

coal-miner's consumption. anthracosis.

coal oil. [kerosene], petroleum.

coals, n. pl. Associated words: brasier, brazier, brasero.

coarse, a. [crass], [gross], unrefined, [rude], unpolished, [indelicate], [ribald], homespun, [vulgar], inelegant; unbolted, unpurified.

coast, n. [seashore], seaboard, seaside, [shore], strand, [beach].

coat, n. [sack], [jacket], [frock], tuxedo, cutaway, paletot, dreadnaught, ulster, capote, blouse, redingote, toga, [cloak], surtout, duster, mackintosh, joseph, [cardinal], pelerine, temiak ([Eskimo]).

coat of arms. armorial bearings, escutcheon, [arms], [crest].

coat of mail. hauberk, cuirass, habergeon, [armor], [mail].

coax, v. [wheedle], [cajole], [persuade], [entice], [cog], tweedle.

cob, n. spike, axis; sea [mew], [gull].

cocoanut, n. Associated word: copra.

cochineal, n. Associated words: nopal, nopalry, carminic acid.

cock, n. [rooster], chanticleer; capon (castrated); [weather-cock], vane; [chief], [leader], dominator; faucet, stop-cock.

cockade, n. rosette.

cockahoop, a. [boastful], [defiant], [vainglorious], [blustering].

cock and bull story. canard.

cockatrice, n. basilisk.

cocker, v. [fondle], [indulge], [pamper], [pet], [humor], [coddle].

cockfighting, n. cockmatch, alectoromachy, alectryomachy.

cocky, a. (Slang) [pert], [saucy].

cocoa, n. Associated word: theobromine.

coddle, v. parboil; [pamper], [fondle], [cocker], [humor], [indulge].

coequal, a. coördinate.

coerce, v. constrain, [compel], intimidate, [restrain].

coercion, n. [compulsion], [restraint], [force], [repression], [constraint].

coffee, n. Associated words: caffeine, chiccory, biggin, pulp, [parchment].

coffee-chaser, n. chasse.

coffee-house, n. café.

coffin, n. [casket].

cog, n. cam, [catch]; [trick], [deception], [fraud].

cogent, a. [convincing], conclusive, [forcible], influential.

coheir, n. parcener.

coheirship, n. parcenary.

coherent, n. consistent, [logical].

coil, n. convolution, intervolution; [entanglement], [toil], [mesh], [perplexity]; querl.

coil, v. convolve, intervolve.

coin, n. quoin, [corner], coigne, [wedge], [plug], [key].

coin, n. [specie], [cash]; medallion. Associated words: numismatic, numismatics, numismatist, numismatology, jugata, engrailment, nurling, milling, brockage, numismatography, numismatologist, nummary, rouleau, nummular, nummulary.

coin, v. [mint]; neoterize, neologize; fabricate, invent, originate.

coinage, n. minting; neologism, neology, neoterism.

coincide, v. concur, [correspond], [agree], [harmonize], [tally].

coincidence, n. concurrence, [correspondence], [agreement].

coincident, a. concurrent, [contemporaneous];--followed by with.

coiner, n. minter; neologist, neoterist.

cold, a. [cool], [chilly]; frigid, gelid, [icy]; [nipping], [bleak], [raw], [frosty], [freezing]; unresponsive, [phlegmatic], [passionless], chilling, stoical, [apathetic], [reserved].

cold, n. coldness, frigidity, gelidity, chilliness, algidity: catarrh.

cold-blooded, a. poikilothermal; [deliberate].

colic, n. gripe, enteralgia, tormina.

collar, n. neckband, carcanet, ruff, ruche, collet, rabat, piccadilly, dickey, collarette.

collar-bone, n. clavicle.

collect, v. [assemble], accumulate.

collection, n. assemblage, [accumulation], [aggregation], [heap]; [offering], offertory; anthology, symposium, collectanea, [miscellany], rosary, chrestomathy.

college, n. Associated words: collegiate, Alma Mater.

college dress. academicals.

college grounds. campus.

college student. collegian.

collision, n. clashing, concussion, [interference], brunt, [impact].

colloquial, a. [conversational], [familiar], [informal].

colony, n. [settlement], dependency. Associated words: colonial, colonist, planter, colonize, colonization, colonizationist.

color, n. hue, [shade], tinge, tincture, tint; pigment, [paint], [dye], [stain]. Associated words: chromatics, [colorific], colorist, chromatism, chromatology, [lake], decolorant, mordant, intinctivity, [iridescent], iridescence, prismatic, pigmentation, fugacious, [fugitive], fugacity, monochromatic, monochrome, polychromy, polychromatic, suffuse, suffusion, imbuement, chromatic, achromatic.

color, n. ruddiness, redness, [flush], blush, rosiness; semblance, pretext; [variety], [shade], [kind], [species]; pl. [flag]. Antonyms: decoloration, colorlessness.

color, v. [dye], tinge, [stain], imbue, tint, tincture, variegate; [falsify], [pervert], [garble], [palliate], [gloss], [distort]; blush, [flush]. Antonyms: [decolor], [bleach], decolorize.

colorable, a. [specious], [plausible], palliated.

color-blindness, n. Daltonism, achromatopsy, acritochromacy.

colored, a. tinged, dyed, tinted, stained, discolored; [specious], [plausible].

colorific, a. tinctorial.

coloring, n. dyeing, staining, intinction, tinting, tinction, imbuement, variegation.

colorless, a. uncolored, faded; [pale], pallid; neutral, characterless.

colossal, a. [enormous], [gigantic], [monstrous], [huge], prodigious, Titanic.

colt, n. filly ([female]); foal ([male]); hogget.

coltish, a. [frisky], [sportive], [wanton], [playful].

column, n. [pillar], [post], [shaft], [obelisk]; [file], [line], [row]; pilaster; pl. peristyle, [portico], colonnade. Associated words: entablature, frieze, architrave, triglyph, cornice, [base], [shaft], [capital], plinth.

comb, n. [crest], caruncle, head-tuft.

combat, n. contest [bout], [struggle], [contention], [fight], [joust], [battle].

combatant, n. contestant, [fighter].

combative, a. pugnacious, [contentious], [bellicose], [belligerent].

combination, n. [union], [alliance], [federation], confederacy, syndicate, [league], cabal, [merger], coalition, [conspiracy], [coöperation], collusion; amalgamation, synthesis, incorporation.

combine, v. [unite], incorporate, [merge], amalgamate, [blend], coalesce, [confederate].

combine, n. (Colloq.) [combination].

combined, a. [united], confederated, federated, amalgamated, incorporated.

combing, n. pectination.

comblike, a. pectinal, pectinate, pectinated, pectiniform.

come, v. arrive, approach; come from, [issue], proceed, ensue, [flow], emanate, originate.

come after. [follow], succeed. Antonyms: precede, antecede.

come again. [return], recur.

come and go. alternate.

come between. intervene, interpose, [interfere], [contravene]; cause [estrangement], disaffect.

come down. descend, [alight].

comely, a. [good-looking], handsome, personable. Antonyms: uncomely, [homely], [plain].

come near. approach, approximate.

come round. recur; [change], relent; circumvent, [wheedle].

come short. be [deficient].

come to. [revive], [recover]; [consent], [yield], accede; arrive at, [reach]; amount to.

come to a head. suppurate, [mature]; culminate.

come under. subvene.

comfort, n. [ease], consolation, solace, nepenthe, [encouragement].

comfort, v. [console], solace.

comforter, n. consoler, cheerer; comfortable.

comfortless, a. [disconsolate], inconsolable, [desolate], distressed.

comical, a. See funny.

coming, n. approach, arrival, advent.

coming between. [intervention], interposition, [interference], [contravention].

comity, n. [politeness], [courtesy], [civility], graciousness, urbanity.

command, v. [order], [direct], enjoin, [require], [bid].

command, n. [order], [mandate], injunction, [charge], behest, requisition, [bidding], [direction], dictation, [precept]; [authority], [leadership], [control].

commanding, a. authoritative, [mandatory], [imperative], [dictatorial], [imperious].

commandments, n. pl. The Decalogue. Associated words: Kyrie elesion.

commence, v. [begin].

commend, v. [commit], consign, [intrust]; [praise], extol [recommend].

commendable, a. [praiseworthy], [laudable]. Antonyms: [unpraiseworthy], illaudable.

commendatory, a. [laudatory], [eulogistic].

comment, v. [remark], descant, annotate.

comment, n. [remark], observation; annotation, commentary, [explanation].

commentator, n. annotator, expositor, scholiast, glossarist, postillator.

commerce, n. traffic, [barter], [business], [trading]; intercourse, communication.

commercial, a. [mercantile].

commit, v. [intrust], consign; perpetrate, [do].

common, a. public, [general]; [customary], [usual], [ordinary], unexceptional, [commonplace], inconspicuous, [average], [mediocre]; plebeian, proletarian.

commonalty, n. [populace], proletariate, proletariat, varletry, bourgeoisie, [ruck], rank and [file], the common [people].

commonly, adv. ordinarily, generally, customarily.

common man. commoner, proletary, plebeian.

commonplace, a. [ordinary], [banal], hackneyed, [trite], [platitudinous], prosaic.

commonplace, n. [platitude], [banality].

commotion, n. [agitation], [tumult], [disturbance], [turmoil], [riot], [perturbation], [flurry], furore.

communion, n. participation, sharing, communication: [association], [fellowship].

communion, n. eucharist, [Lord's Supper], sacrament: viaticum. Associated words: elements, [host], wafer, [chalice], paten, [credence], [corporal], eucharistic, ciborium, ostension, [purificator], impanation, transubstantiation, consubstantiation, concomitance, post-communion, ante-communion, volipresence, ostensorium, monstrance, sursum corda, dominicale, celebrant, communicant, consistentes, intinction.

communism, n. [socialism], humanitarianism, Fourierism, Saint Simonianism, phalansterism.

compact, a. [close], [solid], dense, [crowded], [impenetrable], serried.

compact, n. [covenant], [agreement], [pact], [treaty], [contract].

companion, n. [associate], [comrade], intimate, consort, [partner], fellow, [mate], [chum], compeer, [confederate], [accomplice], [ally], colleague, [crony], confrère, concomitant, [accessory].

companionable, a. [affable], [congenial], [genial].

companionship, n. [association], intimacy, [fellowship], [society], [company].

company, n. guest, [visitor]; [fellowship], [companionship], [association], [society]; [companion], [escort]; [assembly], [group], concourse, [crowd]; corporation, syndicate, [firm], [house]; troupe; [band], [guild]. See [society]. Antonyms: [seclusion], loneliness, [retirement], [host].

compare, v. collate, [liken].

comparison, n. collation; [illustration], similitude, [simile].

compass, n. Associated words: binnacle, gimbal.

compass, n. [extent], [reach], sweep.

compassion, n. [pity], [sympathy], commiseration, condolence [mercy].

compel, v. [force], [make], constrain, [oblige], necessitate, [coerce], [drive], dragoon, [overpower].

compelling, a. [forcible], coercive, constraining, [imperative], [compulsory]. Antonyms: elective, [optional], [discretional].

compelling, n. [compulsion], [coercion], [constraint], duress, [force].

compendium, n. [epitome], [summary], [digest].

competency, n. [fitness], [ability], [qualification], efficiency, proficiency, [capability].

competent, a. [qualified], [capable], [efficient], [proficient], [able]. Antonym: [incompetent].

competition, n. emulation, [rivalry], [contention], [strife].

competitor, n. [rival], contestant, [opponent], [antagonist].

complain, v. [murmur], [repine], [grumble], [whine], [croak].

complaining, a. [murmuring], repining, querimonious, [querulous], [discontented], grumbling.

complaint, n. [murmur], [plaint], [lamentation]; [malady], [ailment], [disease]; [accusation], allegation, [information].

complete, v. [finish], [consummate], [perfect].

complete, a. [entire], [consummate], [whole], integral, plenary, unabridged, intact.

completion, n. [consummation], integration, elaboration, finishing, [realization], effectuation.

complex, a. composite, [compound], [mixed]; [complicated], [intricate], involved. Antonyms: incomplex, [simple], [obvious].

complexity, n. [intricacy], [entanglement], [complication].

compliance, n. [yielding], concession, [submission], [obedience], acquiescence.

compliant, a. [yielding], [obedient], tractable, [submissive], [flexible].

complicated, a. [complex], [intricate], involved, entangled, complicate.

complication, n. [intricacy], [entanglement], involution, [complexity], [snarl], [confusion], imbroglio. Antonyms: disentanglement, simplicity.

composure, n. [self-possession], [calmness], sedateness, equanimity.

compound, n. [combination], [mixture], concoction, amalgamation, intermixture, conglomeration, farrago, [medley], synthesis, salmagundi, [jumble], olio, [hodgepodge], olla podrida.

comprehend, v. [understand], fathom, [grasp]; embrace, [comprise], embody, [contain].

comprehension, n. [understanding], [apprehension]. Antonyms: incomprehension, inapprehension.

comprise, v. [comprehend], [include], embrace, involve, [contain], embody.

compulsion, n. [constraint], [coercion], [obligation], coaction. Antonyms: [discretion], spontaneity, volition, election, [free-will].

compulsory, a. constraining, coercive, [obligatory], [unavoidable]. Antonyms: [optional], [discretional], elective.

compunction, n. [qualm], [contrition], [remorse], [regret], sting of [conscience].

compute, v. [reckon], [calculate], enumerate, [rate], [estimate].

comrade, n. [associate], [companion], [mate], compeer.

comradeship, n. [association], camaraderie.

concave, a. rounded, [vaulted]. Antonym: [convex].

concealed, a. [hidden], [latent], secreted, [clandestine], [disguised].

concealment, n. [secretion], [hiding]; [secrecy], latency, [privacy], [seclusion], [retirement]; [suppression].

conceit, n. [idea], [conception], [fancy]; [whim], [caprice], [vagary], [freak]; priggery, [vanity], [egotism], [self-conceit], [inflation], self-glorification, [overweening], conceitedness.

conceited, a. [egotistical], priggish, [bombastic], [bumptious], [vain], [overweening], [self-conceited].

concentrate, v. centralize, focus, [consolidate]; [condense], [rectify].

concentration, n. centralization, [consolidation]; condensation.

concept, n. [conception], [notion], [idea].

conception, n. ideation, [imagination]; [idea], [concept], [notion], impression.

concern, n. [business], affair; [moment], [importance], [interest], [weight], [consequence]; solicitude, [anxiety], uneasiness [care]; [firm], [house], [company], [partnership]. Antonyms: [unconcern], inconsequence.

concerned, a. solicitous, worried, [anxious], [apprehensive], troubled, [uneasy]. Antonyms: [unconcerned], [indifferent].

concerning, prep. regarding, [about], respecting, [touching], with reference to.

concert, n. [accordance], concurrence, [harmony]; musicale.

concise, a. epigrammatic, [sententious], succinct, laconic, [pithy]. Antonyms: [diffuse], prolix.

conclude, v. [decide], determine, [resolve]; [end], [close]; [infer], deduce; [effect], [arrange].

conclusion, n. [decision], determination; [inference], [deduction], corollary, illation; [close], [end], peroration, finale, [completion], dénouement, l'envoy.

concoct, v. [compound], [mix]; [devise], [contrive], invent, excogitate.

concrete, a. solidified, consolidated; [specific], [special], [particular].

concretion, n. solidification, lapidescence, [stone]; [clot], coagulation.

concubine, n. paramour, odalisque; pl. [harem], seraglio.

condemn, v. denounce, [anathematize], [curse], execrate, [reprobate], [doom], [ban]. Antonyms: exonerate, exculpate, [vindicate], [absolve], [justify], [praise].

condemnation, n. [denunciation], [reprobation], execration, [ban].

condemnatory, a. [denunciatory], condemning.

condense, v. [abridge], epitomize, [reduce]; compress, [concentrate].

condescend, v. [deign], vouchsafe.

condition, n. [state], [plight], [category], predicament, [situation], stipulation, provision, proviso, term, prerequisite.

conditional, a. contingent, [subject], provisory.

conduce, v. [lead], [tend], contribute, [redound], subserve, [advance].

conduct, v. [lead], [pilot], [escort], [guide], [attend], [convoy]; administer, [manage].

conduct, n. guidance, [management], [leadership], administration, [behavior], [deportment].

confederate, a. confederated, federated, allied, leagued.

confederation, n. coalition, [federation], [league], confederacy, [union].

confess, v. [acknowledge], [own], [admit], avow; divulge, disclose, [reveal].

confession, n. [acknowledgment], avowal, admission; confiteor; shrift; exomologesis. Associated words: shrive, shrift, confessional, shriven, shriver, shrift, [father].

confidence, n. [reliance], [trust], [faith], [dependence]; [assurance], [certainty]. Antonyms: See doubt.

confidence game. [swindle].

confident, a. [sure], [undoubting], sanguine, [reliant], undaunted.

confine, n. [boundary], [border], frontier, [limit].

confine, v. [restrain], [restrict], [limit], circumscribe, [pinion], [inclose], [bound]; immure, [imprison], incarcerate.

confinement, n. [restraint], [imprisonment], durance, duress, incarceration, immurement, limbo; [limitation], circumscription; lying-in, [childbirth].

confines, n. pl. boundaries, borders, precincts, outskirts, purlieus, marches, frontiers.

confirm, v. [ratify], [verify], corroborate, [substantiate]. Antonyms: See abrogate.

confirmation, n. [ratification], corroboration, [substantiation], [verification].

conflict, n. clashing, antagonism, [encounter], [opposition], [battle], [struggle], [strife], skirmish, [contest], [combat], affray, [fray], [scrimmage].

conflict, v. [clash], [interfere], collide, be [contradictory].

conflicting, a. contending, [contradictory], [contrary], [opposing].

confound, v. [confuse], disconcert, [abash], [nonplus], [bewilder].

confounded, a. confused, disconcerted, abashed; (Colloq.) [extreme], [excessive], [odious], [detestable].

confuse, v. disconcert, [perplex], [abash], [fluster], [embarrass], [chagrin], [pose], [nonplus], [bewilder], obfuscate, discompose, [addle], [obscure], [confound], derange.

confusion, n. [disorder], [tumult], [turmoil], disarray, [jumble], [chaos]; babel, pandemonium, [commotion]; [abashment], [chagrin], [agitation], disconcertion, [mortification], consternation [fluster], [perturbation], [discomposure], [flustration], obfuscation, [distraction], [flurry].

confutation, n. [disproof], [refutation].

Confute, v. [refute], [disprove].

congenial, a. [kindred], [sympathetic]; suited, [suitable], [agreeable], [genial].

congratulate, v. [felicitate], gratulate. Antonyms: commiserate, condole with.

congratulation, n. [felicitation], gratulation.

conjecture, n. [surmise], [supposition].--v. [surmise], [guess], [speculate].

conjuration, n. incantation, [enchantment], [spell], [sorcery], magic [art].

conjurer, n. [sorcerer], [magician], [wizard], diviner, exorcist, enchanter.

connect, v. [join], [link], [couple], [attach], [unite], affiliate; implicate.

connected, a. joined, coupled, linked, affiliated, [related], [akin], associated.

connection, n. [union], [alliance], [relationship], [junction], conjunction, [affiliation], [association], filiation; implication, [relative], [relation], [kinsman]; [bond], [tie], [link], coupling vinculum. Antonyms: [disconnection], [detachment], [isolation], incoherence.

conquer, v. [defeat], [overpower], [down], [vanquish], [triumph], [overthrow], [subdue], subjugate.

conqueror, n. subjugator, subduer, vanquisher, [victor]; conquistador.

conquest, n. [subjection], subjugation, [victory], [mastery], [triumph], [reduction], [overthrow], [rout].

conscience, n. Associated words: casuistry, Erinys, [compunction], [qualm].

conscientious, a. [scrupulous], [just], [upright], high- minded.

conscionable, a. [reasonable], [just].

conscious, a. cognizant, [aware], [sensible], apprised; [sentient], percipient, [knowing]. Antonyms: See unconscious.

consecrate, v. [dedicate], sanctify, [hallow].

consent, v. [agree], [accord], concur, accede, [yield], [assent], acquiesce, comply, [permit]. Antonyms: [dissent], [disagree], [refuse].

consent, n. concurrence, acquiescence, [compliance], [approval], [permission], [agreement].

consequence, n. [result], [effect], [issue], [event], [sequence], [sequel], [outcome], [upshot], eventuality; pursuance; [importance], [moment], [weight]. Antonym: inconsequence.

conservation, n. preservation, [maintenance], [keeping].

conserve, v. [save], [preserve].

consider, v. meditate on, [ponder], contemplate, think [about]; [regard], [heed].

considerate, a. [thoughtful], circumspect, [heedful], mindful Antonyms: See inconsiderate.

consideration, n. [deliberation], [advisement], contemplation, deference; [motive], [reason].

console, v. [comfort], [cheer], condole with, solace, sympathize with.

consolidate, v. solidify, compress, [concrete]; unify, [merge], incorporate, [combine].

consolidation, n. unification, [union], [combination], incorporation.

consonant, n. Associated words: spirant, fricative, surd, sibilant.

conspicuous, a. [salient], [noticeable], [prominent], [manifest]. Antonym: inconspicuous.

conspiracy, n. [plot], complot, machination, cabal, [intrigue], collusion.

conspirator, n. conspirer, [plotter], [intriguer], caballer, machinator.

conspire, v. [plot], complot, cabal, machinate, [intrigue], collude.

constancy, n. steadfastness, [stability], unchangeableness, [resolution], [loyalty], [devotion], [fidelity].

constant, a. [permanent], [unchanging]; [unwavering], unshaken, [steadfast], [stanch], unswerving, [loyal], [faithful]; [continuous], incessant, [continual], [perpetual], uninterrupted. Antonyms: See inconstant.

consternation, n. [dismay], [terror], [alarm], [panic], [distraction].

constipated, a. costive, [bound].

constipation, n. [costiveness], stegnosis.

constitution, n. structure, physique, [temperament].

constitutional, a. [inborn], [innate], [organic], inbred, [natural], congenital.

constrained, a. [involuntary], [forced], [unnatural], embarrassed.

constraint, n. [compulsion], [coercion], [force], pressure; [restraint], [restriction].

constrictor, n. sphincter.

consultation, n. conference, [council], [convocation], [advisement].

consummate, a. [perfect], [supreme], [complete], finished.

consummation, n. [fulfillment], [perfection], [realization], [attainment].

consumption, n. phthisis; consuming.

contact, n. [touching], tangency, contingency, [impact], juxtaposition, osculation, contiguity, apposition, syzygy.

contagion, n. virus, [infection], contagium.

contagious, a. communicable, [infectious], pestilential, [pestiferous]. Antonym: incommunicable.

contain, v. [comprise], embody, [include], [comprehend], [hold], [restrain].

container, n. [receptacle].

contaminate, v. [corrupt], [pollute], [defile], infect, [taint], [vitiate], sully, [debase].

contamination, n. [corruption], [pollution], [defilement], [vitiation], [taint], [infection].

contemporaneous, a. [contemporary], synchionous, synchronal, coexistent.

contemporary, a. [contemporaneous], coeval.

contempt, n. [disdain], [scorn], contumely, [derision], [detestation], [disgrace], [reproach].

contemptible, a. [despicable], [abject].

contemptuous, a. [disdainful], supercilious, [scornful], [insolent], flouting, cynical, contumelious, [haughty].

contend, v. [struggle], [vie], wrestle, [combat], compete; [dispute], [maintain], [argue].

content, v. [satisfy], [appease], [gratify].

contented, a. [content], satisfied.

contention, n. [controversy], dissension, altercation, [quarrel], [dispute].

contentious, a. [disputatious], litigious, [quarrelsome]; dissentious, polemical.

contest, n. [rivalry], [match], tournament, tourney, [competition], emulation; [dispute], [controversy], dissension, [contention].

continual, a. [ceaseless], incessant, [constant], uninterrupted, [unremitting].

continuance, n. [endurance], persistence, [constancy], [continuation].

continuation, n. protraction, prolongation, [continuance], perpetuation.

continued, a. prolonged, protracted, extended; serial.

continuous, a. [ceaseless], uninterrupted, [unceasing], [continual], [constant], [running]. Antonyms: [intermittent], occasional, [inconstant].

contraband, a. prohibited, [forbidden], [unlawful], [illegal].

contract, v. [reduce], [narrow], [condense]; incur, acquire; [covenant], [agree]; shrivel, [shrink]; syncopate.

contract, n. [agreement], [compact], [covenant], [pact], protocol, [treaty], concordat, [convention], stipulation.

contracting, a. astringent, puckering, contractile.

contraction, n. astriction, constriction, [stricture], syncopation, condensation.

contradict, v. [gainsay], controvert, impugn, [dispute], [contravene].

contradiction, n. gainsaying, [opposition], [contrariety], antagonism, paradox, [inconsistency].

contradictory, a. [inconsistent], irreconcilable, paradoxical, [opposing], contradicting.

contrariety, n. antagonism, [repugnance], [disagreement], [inconsistency], [opposition].

contrary, a. [opposite], adverse, [counter], opposed; [repugnant], incompatible, [contradictory], retroactive, [antagonistic], [conflicting], [abhorrent], [inconsistent]; [perverse], [wayward], [refractory], [headstrong], intractable.

contrast, n. [comparison]; [opposition], antithesis, dissimilitude, [unlikeness].

contravene, v. [thwart], [oppose], counteract countervail; [violate], [transgress].

contravention, n. thwarting, [opposition], [counteraction], [violation], [transgression].

contrite, a. [penitent], [repentant], [sorrowful]. Antonyms: [impenitent], obdurate.

contrite person. [penitent], [repentant].

contrition, n. [penitence], [compunction], [remorse], attrition, self-reproach.

contrivance, n. contriving, devising; [device], expedient, [scheme], invention.

contrive, v. [devise], [concoct], invent, excogitate, [scheme], [plan].

control, v. [restrain], regulate, [govern], [manage], [repress], [direct], [bridle], [dominate].

control, n. [restraint], [repression], [check], [hindrance]; [domination], ascendency, [dominion], regulation, superintendence governance, [command], [mastery]. Antonyms: [unrestraint], [abandon], [subjection].

controller, n. [governor], regulator, [ruler]; comptroller.

controversial, a. [disputatious], polemical.

controversy, n. [dispute], [contention], disoutation, altercation polemics, logomachy.

convalescence, n. revalescence.

convene, v. [assemble], convoke, congregate.

convenient, a. [handy], advantageous; [seasonable], [timely], [opportune], [suitable]; accessible.

convent, n. [nunnery], [monastery], [cloister], abbey, priory. Associated words: conventual, conventical, monastic.

convention, n. [custom], [usage], conventionality; [assembly], [convocation], congress, diet, synod, [council].

conversation, n. [converse], colloquy, parlance, parley, interlocution, [chat], causerie, conference, confabulation, interview.

conversational, a. [colloquial], interlocutory.

converse, v. [talk], [chat], commune, confabulate, parley.

converse, n. intercourse, [communion], [conversation], parley.

conversion, n. transmutation, [transformation]; proselytism; regeneration; appropriation, [application], employment.

convert, v. [transform], transmute; proselyte; regenerate; [appropriate], [apply].

convert, n. proselyte.

convex, a. protuberant, [bulging], gibbous. Antonym: [concave].

convexity, n. protuberance, gibbosity. Antonym: concavity.

conveyance, n. [carriage], transmission; transfer, demise, [alienation], cession.

convict, n. [felon], prisoner, [criminal], [culprit], malefactor.

convincing, a. [cogent], [persuasive], conclusive.

convivial, a. [festive], festal, [social], [jolly], [gay].

convocation, n. [convention], congress, synod, diet, [council], consistory.

convoy, n. [protection], [escort], attendance; [guard], [escort].

convulsion, n. [spasm], paroxysm; [agitation], [commotion], [disturbance], upheaval.

cook, n. chef (chief cook).

cook, v. [stew], seethe, gratinate; (Colloq.) tamper with, [garble], [falsify].

cookable, a. coctible.

cooking, n. cuisine.

cook-room, n. [kitchen], cuisine; galley, cuddy.

cool, v. [chill], refrigerate; [moderate], [allay], [calm], [quiet].

cool, a. [deliberate], [self-possessed], unexcited, dispassionate, [indifferent], [nonchalant], [unconcerned], composed; chilling, [apathetic], [repellent], [distant], [unfriendly], [ceremonious]; [audacious], [impudent], [shameless], presumptuous, [flippant], presuming.

cooler, n. refrigerator.

cooling, n. refrigeration; gelation (Astron.)--a. refrigerant, chilling.

cooling room of Roman baths. frigidarium.

coolness, n. dispassion, [nonchalance], [indifference]; (Colloq.) [impudence], audacity.

coon, n. raccoon, mapach.

coop, n. [pen], cote, [mew], hutch, poultry-house.

coop, v. [confine], shut up, [imprison], incage, [mew].

coöperate, v. concur, [unite], work [together]; collude.

coöperating, a. cooperative, [auxiliary], concurrent; synergetic.

coöperation, n. concurrence, working [together]; collusion; synergism, synergy. Antonyms: antagonism, [competition], [opposition].

coot, n. (Colloq.) dolt, [dunce], dullard, [simpleton].

copier, n. [copyist], transcriber; [imitator], plagiarist. Antonym: originator.

copious, a. [plentiful], [abundant], [overflowing], [ample], [exuberant].

copper, n. cuprum; cauldron. Associated words: cupreous, cupric, cupriferous, cuprite, cuprous, speiss, chalcopyrite, chalcography, eruginous, verdigris, chalcographer, chalcographist.

copperas, n. green vitriol, sulphate of [iron], ferrous sulphate.

coppice, n. [copse].

copse, n. [thicket], [brushwood], [coppice], boscage, bosk.

copulation, n. [union], conjunction; sexual [union], coition. Associated words: intromittent, infibulation, copulatory, copulate.

copy, n. transcript, [reproduction], transcription, replica, replication, [facsimile], [duplicate], pasticcio, counterpart, [counterfeit], [imitation], apograph, estreat, exemplification, protocol, porotype; [pattern], [model], [original], [example], precedent; [manuscript].

copy, v. transcribe, [reproduce], [trace], [duplicate]; [imitate], [ape], [follow]; exemplify.

copying machine. copygraph, polygraph.

copyist, n. transcriber, [copier]; [imitator], plagiarist.

coquette, n. [flirt].

coral, n. madrepora, madrepore.

cord, n. [string], [twine], torsade.

cordial, a. [hearty], [sincere], [affectionate]; [strengthening], invigorating, [cheering].

cordiality, n. [sincerity], heartiness, [ardor], empressement.

cork, n. [stopper], stopple, shive. Associated words: cloop, phelloplastics, phelloplastic, subereous, suberin, phellogen.

corn, n. maize, Indian [corn]; clavus.

corner, n. [angle], cusp, cantle, bight, [coin], quoin, coigne; [nook], [recess], [niche]; [direction], quarter.

corner, v. [nonplus], [pose], [perplex], [confuse].

cornerwise, adv. diagonally.

cornhouse, n. granary.

corporal, a. [bodily], corporeal, [material].

corpse, n. [remains], [relics], cadaver; carcass; mummy. Associated words: cadaverous, cadaveric, necrophilism, necrophilous, [carrion], necrophobia, necrogenic, necrogenous, necrotomy, necropsy, [coffin], bier, catafalque, vespillo, [cremate], [cremation], crematory, crematorium, embalm, embalming.

correct, a. [accurate], [right], [exact], [precise]. Antonyms: [incorrect], [erroneous].

correct, v. [rectify], amend, emend, [right]; [reprove], [discipline]; [counteract], [modify].

correctible, a. rectifiable.

correction, n. rectification, amendment, emendation; [discipline], [punishment]; [counteraction].

corrective, a. rectifying, reformatory, correctory, disciplinary emendatory.

correctness, n. [accuracy], inerrancy, [exactness], [precision]. Antonyms: [incorrectness], [inaccuracy], inexactness, [error].

correspond, v. [accord], comport, [tally], correlate, [harmonize], [agree].

correspondence, n. [adaptation], [agreement], congruity, concurrence, homology; [letters].

correspondent, a. conformable, congruous.

corrode, v. erode, [canker]; consume, wear [away].

corrosion, n. [erosion].

corrosive, a. erosive, eroding, corroding; vexing, [carking], fretting.

corrupt, a. spoiled, [tainted], addled, [rotten], [decaying]; vitiated, depraved, [dissolute], [venal], [unprincipled], [unscrupulous], [vicious], [purchasable], [mercenary].

corrupt, v. [rot], [spoil], deprave, [vitiate], [pervert], [debase], [demoralize], [defile], infect, [pollute].

corruption, n. putrefaction, [decay]; [pollution], [vitiation]: improbity, venality, depravity, demoralization, [dishonesty], [bribery], subornation. Antonyms: incorruption, [honesty].

cortège, n. [procession].

cosmopolitan, n. cosmopolite.

cost, n. [charge], [expense], price, [outlay]; detriment, [loss].

costemonger, n. [fruiterer], costardmonger, coster.

costiveness, n. [constipation].

costly, a. [expensive], [dear], high-priced; sumptuous, [rich].

cot, n. [cottage], [hut]; [pen], [coop], cote; [cradle], [crib].

coterie, n. [clique], [set], [circle].

cottage, n. [cot], [cabin], lodge, casino, bungalow, chalet, hacienda, croft, [hovel], [shack], [bower], [shanty].

cottage cheese. smearcase.

cottager, n. cotter, cottier.

couch, n. [lounge], [sofa], [bed].

cough, n. Associated words: bechic, tussicular, pectoral, tussive.

council, n. aldermen, cabinet; [assembly], [junta], [junto], camarilla, synod, cabal.

council-chamber, n. audience-room, divan.

counsel, n. [consultation]; [prudence], [deliberation], [forethought]; [advice], admonition, [suggestion]. Associated words: [mentorial], monitorial, admonitory.

counsel, v. [advise], admonish.

counselor, n. [adviser], [mentor], [monitor], admonitor; [lawyer], attorney.

count, v. enumerate, [number]; [esteem], [consider], [reckon], [judge], [think].

count, n. numbering.

countenance, n. [face], visage, features; [support], goodwill, [encouragement].--v. [encourage], [favor], [approve].

counter, a. [contrary], [opposite], [antagonistic].

counteract, v. [defeat], [frustrate], [contravene], [neutralize].

counteraction, n. [frustration], [contravention], neutralization.

counterbalance, v. [counterpoise], countervail, equiponderate, [balance].

counterfeit, a. [false], [fraudulent], [spurious], fictitious, [sham], [mock], [feigned].

countermand, v. [revoke], [cancel], rescind, [recall].--n. [revocation], rescission.

counterpoint, n. polyphony.

counterpoise, v. [counterbalance], [balance], equiponderate.

countersign, n. [watchword], [password], consigne.

counterterm, n. [antonym].

counting frame. abacus.

count out. [exclude].

countrified, a. [rude], [uncourtly], [rustic], bucolic, [rural].

country, n. [region], [territory]; nation; rural [parts], farming [region]. Associated words: [patriotism], patriot, patriotic, incivism, compatriot, expatriate, expatriation, deport, deportation, repatriate, repatriation, national, [rusticate], rustication.

country, a. [rural], [rustic], agrestic.

countryman, n. compatriot, fellow-citizen; [farmer], granger husbandman, [rustic]; [peasant]; (country bumpkin) [yokel], carl, clod, [clodhopper], [churl], yahoo.

county, n. shire.

couple, n. [two], [pair], [brace], [span], [couplet], [team].

couple, v. [join], [link], [connect]; copulate.

couplet, n. distich.

courage, n. intrepidity, [heroism], [bravery], [gallantry], [hardihood], fortitude, [valor], fearlessness, [pluck], [prowess]. Antonyms: See [cowardice] and [fear].

courageous, a. intrepid, [brave], [heroic], [gallant], [hardy], [bold], [fearless], [valiant], valorous, [dauntless], [chivalrous], [plucky], daring, lion-hearted.

courier, n. [messenger], [runner]; estafet.

course, n. [progress], [passage]; [direction], [bearing]; [heat], [bout], [round]; procedure; [sequence], [routine], [order], succession [regularity]; career; series.

court, n. tribunal, judicatory, judicature, judiciary, [forum], mall; [courtyard], quadrangle, cortile; jurisdiction; royal [household], princely [retinue]; assize. Associated words: curialistic, aulic, [judicial], judiciary, forensic, docket, tipstaff, [beadle], apparitor, [summoner], dies judicus, dies non.

court, v. woo, [spark]; [solicit], [seek], [allure], [attract], [invite].

courteous, a. deferential, [polite], [debonair], [gracious], urbane, [civil], [respectful].

courtesan, n. [prostitute], [harlot], demirep, amorosa, bona roba.

courtesy, n. [politeness], urbanity, [civility], complaisance; [favor], [indulgence]; curtsy.

courtly, a. [elegant], [dignified], [polite].

courtyard, n. [court], quadrangle, area, cortile, [yard]; patio, (Sp. America).

cove, n. [bay], [recess], bight, [inlet].

covenant, n. [compact], [agreement], [pact], concordat.

cover, v. overspread, overlay, thatch, [hide], conceal, [secrete]; [comprise], embrace, embody, [comprehend]; copulate with, [serve].

cover, n. [lid], [covering], [case], [canopy], [awning], [tilt], roof, casing, cope, capsule, [envelope]; [shelter], [protection], [defense], [safeguard]; counterpane, [quilt], coverlet, [spread]; [covert], [underbrush], undergrowth, underwood, [jungle], [bush]; plate.

covered, a. [covert], screened, [sheltered], protected, [hidden].

covering, n. [cover], [wrapper], [sheath], pavilion.

covert, a. [secret], [hidden], [disguised], [clandestine], [stealthy].

covert, n. [shelter], [refuge], [retreat]; underwood, [jungle], [thicket].

covetousness, n. [cupidity], [avarice], greed.

cow, n. female of bovine [animals]; heifer (young cow); maverick. Associated words: bovine, Bos, moo, [low], lowing, farrow, beef, [neat], moolley, vachery, chiche-vache, milch.

cow, v. [overawe], [daunt], intimidate, [scare], dishearten.

coward, n. [craven], [dastard], [poltroon], milksop, [recreant].

cowardice, n. pusillanimity, poltroonery, dastardy, [recreancy], [timidity], cowardliness.

cowardly, a. [craven], [pusillanimous], [dastard], dastardly, [poltroon], [recreant], timorous, white-livered, chicken-hearted [faint-hearted], spiritless.

cowboy, n. cattle herder, drover, [herdsman], vaquero.

cowcatcher, n. [pilot].

cow doctor. [veterinarian], veterinary, [veterinary surgeon].

cower, v. [crouch], [squat]; [quail], [cringe].

cowlike, a. bovine.

coworker, n. colleague, coagent, collaborator, [associate].

cowpox, n. vaccinia, kinepox, cowpock, kinepock.

coxcomb, n. [fop], [dandy], [dude], popinjay, [exquisite].

coy, a. [shy], [modest], [retiring], [demure], [reserved].

cozy, a. [snug]; [talkative], chatty, [sociable].

crab, n. crustacean, mollusk.

crabbed, a. See cross.

crabs, n. pl. Cancer, Crustacea, Mollusca, Brachyura. Associated words: crustacean, cancriform, cancerite, cancrine, cancroid, lobster, carcinology, brachyurean, cancrivorous, cancrophagous, carcinoid, carcinomorphic.

crack, n. [chink], [crevice], [cranny], fissure, [rift], [rime], [rent], [cleft], interstice; [rupture], [breach], [flaw]; [report], [clap], pop, [explosion], [snap].

crack, v. [break], [chop], [cleave], [split], [rift], [snap].

crack, a. (Colloq.) [first-rate], [excellent], [fine], [capital], first-class.

cracked, a. (Colloq.) [crotchety], [eccentric], [crazy].

crackle, v. crepitate, decrepitate.--n. crepitation, [crackling].

crackling, a. crepitant.--n. crepitation, decrepitation, [crackle].

crack up. (Low) [extol], [laud], [praise], [cry up].

cracksman, n. [burglar].

cradle, n. baby's [bed], trundle-bed; solen; cunabula.

craft, n. [dexterity], [skill]; [trade], handicraft; [guild]; [guile], [cunning], [subtlety], artfulness.

craftiness, n. artfulness, [guile], [craft], [cunning].

craftsman, n. artificer, [artisan], [mechanic], skilled [workman].

crafty, a. [shrewd], [artful], [wily], [tricky], [cunning], [sly], [deceitful], Machiavelian. Antonyms: [guileless], [artless], [undesigning].

cragged, a. [jagged], [broken], craggy.

cram, v. compress, [crowd], [squeeze], [press], [impact].

cramp, v. [restrain], [confine], [hinder], [restrict], [obstruct].

cranium, n. [skull].

crank, n. winch, turning-handle; [bend], [turn], [twist], [crook], [curve].

cranky, a. (Colloq.) [crotchety], [capricious], [unreasonable], [cantankerous], [cross], [perverse], cross-grained, contumacious [unsteady].

cranny, n. [crevice], [chink]. See crack.

crash, n. [ruin], [smash], [failure], collapse.

crass, a. [coarse], unrefined, [gross], [crude].

crave, v. long for, yearn for, hanker [after]; [beseech], entreat, [implore].

craven, a. [cowardly].--n. [coward].

craving, n. [longing], [yearning], [hankering], hungering; entreaty, supplication.

crawler, n. creeper, reptile; pl. Reptilia, reptiles.

crawling, a. [creeping], reptile, reptant, reptatorial, reptatory.--n. [creeping].

craze, v. [madden], derange, distract; [confuse], disarrange.

craze, n. [craziness], [distraction]; [fancy], [freak], [crotchet]; [mania], [passion], infatuation.

craziness, n. [insanity], lunacy, dementia, delirium; monomania; megalomania; paranoia.

crazy, a. demented, deranged, [insane], [delirious], dementate, [mad], [lunatic], [distracted], [frantic], crazed, crack-brained; [rickety], decrepit, [shaky], tottering, [dilapidated]; desirous, eager, infatuated. Antonyms: [sane], [rational].

crazy person. [madman], [maniac], [lunatic], bedlamite; monomaniac; paranoiac; megalomaniac.

cream, n. best [part], quintessence; cremor; cosmetic.

crease, n. [ruck], [wrinkle].

creation, n. origination, [making], invention; universe, cosmos, [world].

creative, a. demiurgic, inventive, cosmoplastic, omnific.

creature, n. [being].

credence, n. [belief], [credit], [acceptance].

credit, n. [belief], [faith], [confidence]; [repute], good [name], [esteem], [honor]; [influence], prestige; [trust], tick. Antonyms: [discredit], [dishonor], [unbelief].

creditor, n. Associated words: bilk, subrogation.

credulous, a. [unsuspecting], [gullible]. Antonym: incredulous.

creed, n. Associated-words: symbolics, symbolism Athanasian, Nicene, Apostles'.

creek, n. [brook], [rivulet], [race], runlet, streamlet, runnel, bourn, [burn]; [cove], bight.

creepers, n. pl. Reptilia.

creephole, n. [retreat]; [subterfuge], expedient, makeshift [excuse].

creeping, a. [crawling], reptile, reptant; [fawning], truckling, [obsequious], [sycophantic].

creeping, n. reptation; formication.

creepingly, adv. insidiously, cunningly.

cremate, v. [incremate], incinerate.

cremation, n. [incremation], incineration. Associated words: crematory, crematorium.

crest, n. [tuft]; [helmet]; [top], [ridge], [crown], [summit]; armorial bearings, [device], cognizance.

crested, a. cristate.

crestfallen, a. dejected, discouraged, disheartened, [downcast].

crevice, n. [cleft], fissure, [rent], [cranny], [crack], [chink].

crew, n. assemblage, throng, [gang], [mob], [band], [crowd].

crib, n. manger, [rack]; [bin], [bunker], [box].

crib, v. (Colloq.) [appropriate], plagiarize, [steal], purloin.

cricket, n. Associated words: stridulate, stridulation, stridulator, stridulatory, stridulous.

crime, n. felony, [atrocity], [outrage], [enormity]; [offense], [transgression], [misdemeanor], malefaction, dereliction. Associated words: criminology, criminologist, criminality, recidivism, recidivist.

criminal, a. [felonious], flagitious.

criminal, n. [felon], malefactor, [culprit]; criminaloid.

criminate, v. incriminate, implicate, [accuse].

crimination, n. incrimination.

crimp, v. [curl], [crisp], frizz.

crimpy, a. frizzly, crimped, [wavy].

crincum, n. (Colloq.) [twist], [turn], [freak], [caprice], [fancy], [whim].

cringe, v. [truckle], [fawn], [crouch].

cringing, a. truckling, [fawning], [servile], [obsequious], [slavish].

crinkle, v. [curl], [wrinkle].

crinkly, a. [wavy], wrinkly, [kinky].

cripple, v. maim, [lame], [disable]; hough, [hamstring].

crippled, a. maimed, [lame], [disabled], [deformed], halt.

crisis, n. critical [juncture]; climacteric, emergency, [strait], exigency.

crisp, a. [brittle], friable, [short]; [crackling], [lively], [brisk]. Antonyms: [tenacious], [tough], [flexible].

critic, n. [censor], reviewer, [adept], [judge], inspector; caviler, carper, censurer; Zoilus.

critical, a. [discriminating], [fastidious]; [carping], [censorious], [captious], [caviling], zoilean; [crucial], momentous, [decisive], [precarious], climacteric.

criticism, n. critique, [censure], animadversion, [stricture], [cavil].

croak, v. [forebode], [decry], [complain], [grumble].

croaker, n. [grumbler], alarmist, decrier, pessimist.

crock, n. [jar], [pot]; [soot], [smut].

crony, n. (Colloq.) bosom [friend], intimate, [associate], [chum].

crook, n. [bend], [turn], [curve], [curvature], deflection; crosier; pothook; [artifice], [trick], [subterfuge], [ruse].

crook, v. [bend], [curve], incurvate.

crooked, a. [twisted], [bent], [devious], [deformed], tortuous, sinuous, [winding], flexuous, curved, curvilinear, [spiral], labyrinthial; distorted, [awry], [askew], [wry]; [dishonest], [fraudulent], [unscrupulous], [knavish].

crookedness, n. tortuousness, tortuosity, sinuosity, incurvation, [curvature], [deformity], curvity, wryness, anfractuosity; [dishonesty], improbity.

crop, n. [harvest], [fruit], product, ingathering.

crop, v. [clip], [lop], [cut off]; [gather], reap, [harvest], garner; browse, nibble.

cross, n. crucifix, rood, gibbet; rebated [cross], gammadion, fylfot, saltire, swastika, cross bottony. Associated words: crucify, crucifixion, crucifier, cruciform, [crucial], cruciate, crucigerous, crucifer, vexillum, crantara, consignation.

cross, n. [hybrid], [mongrel], limmer.

cross, a. athwart, transverse, intersecting; adverse, [baffling], [contrary], [perverse]; [petulant], [peevish], cynical, [surly], [unamiable], inaffable, [crabbed], [crusty], [captious], [fractious], [churlish], vixenish, [querulous], [fretful], [choleric], [touchy], [waspish], [morose], [sullen], ill-natured, irascible [acrimonious], [irritable]; inverse, interchanged.

cross, v. intersect; traverse; run counter to, [thwart], [baffle], [frustrate], [foil]; intercross; interbreed, hybridize; [cancel].

crossbarred, a. cancellated.

crossbars, n. pl. [lattice], grille, cancelli.

crossbeam, n. girder, [stringer].

crossbow, n. arbelest, arcubalist.

crossbreed, n. [hybrid], [mongrel].

crossbreeding, n. hybridization.

crossbred, a. [hybrid], [mongrel].

crosscut, v. intersect.

cross-examination, n. cross-questioning, inquisition.

cross-eye, n. strabismus, strabism.

cross-fertilization, n. allogamy.

crossgrained, a. intractable, [contrary], [perverse], [refractory], [froward], [stubborn].

crossing, n. hybridization.

crossing, n. intersection, decussation; [cancellation]; traversing; [junction]; crosswalk; thwarting, [frustration], [contradiction], [interference]; consignation.

crossness, n. petulance, peevishness, cynicism, unamiability, moroseness, irritability, asperity, ill-nature, inaffability, irascibility.

crosswise, adv. [across], transversely.

crotch, n. [fork], [crotchet], [angle].

crotchet, n. [whim], [fancy], [vagary], [caprice], [freak].

crotchety, a. [whimsical], [fanciful], vagarious, [capricious].

crouch, v. [squat], [couch], [stoop]; [cringe], [fawn], [truckle].

croup, n. cynanche.

crow, n. Associated words: caw, corvine, corviform, corvoid.

crow, v. [brag], exult, swagger, [vaunt], gasconade, [vapor].

crowd, v. [press], shove, jostle; compress, [cram], [cramp], [squeeze], stow, [impact]; [swarm], throng, [troop]; [intrude].

crowd, n. concourse, [crush], [posse], [multitude], [number], [mass], throng, [horde], [host], [troop], [bevy], [knot], [assembly], confluence; [populace], [rabble], [commonalty], [mob], proletariat, riffraff, the masses, rabblerout, roughscuff.

crowded, a. congested, serried, dense, [compact]. Antonyms: incompact, [loose].

crowding, n. congestion, compression.

crown, n. diadem, coronet, corona; tiara; [wreath], garland chaplet, coronal, laurel, bays; [royalty], [sovereignty]; [consummation], capsheaf, [summit], [top], [crest], [vertex], vortex; krone. Associated words: coronal, coronary.

crown, v. [consummate], [complete].

crowning, a. consummating, completing.

crowning, n. coronation.

crucial, a. cruciform, cross-shaped; [severe], [trying], ordeal

crude, a. [undeveloped], inelaborate, [uncouth], inartistic, [unfinished].

cruel, a. [pitiless], [merciless], [inhuman], [unmerciful], fell, [relentless], [ruthless], truculent, [brutal], [unfeeling], [severe], [inexorable], incompassionate, [implacable].

cruelly, n. [inhumanity], implacability, [severity], [atrocity], pitilessness.

crumble, v. disintegrate, [decay], molder.

crumbly, a. friable.

crumple, v. [rumple], [ruck], [wrinkle], crush [together].

crush, v. [overpower], [vanquish], [quell], [subdue], [conquer], [suppress]; [squeeze], [press], compress.

crush, n. compression; pressure, [crowd].

crushing, a. [overwhelming].

crush-room, n. [foyer].

crust, n. incrustation.--v. incrust.

crusty, a. [cross], [unamiable], [surly].

crux, n. [puzzle], [riddle].

cry, v. [weep], [sob], wail, bawl, squall, whimper, blubber, pule, [bewail]; [shout], [call], [exclaim], [yell], [scream], vociferate, [clamor], ejaculate.

cry, n. [exclamation], ejaculation, acclamation, outcry, [clamor], vociferation, yoicks, [scream], [shriek], [howl], [yell], proclamation; [slogan], [shibboleth]; halloo, [whoop], [hoot]: [crying], [weeping], wail, [lamentation], mewl, plaint whimpering.

cry down. [decry], [disparage], dispraise, traduce.

crying, n. [weeping], sobbing, wailing, wail, clamation, bawling, puling, squalling.

crying, a. [weeping], sobbing, clamant; [flagrant], egregious, [heinous], [nefarious].

cry out upon. denounce, [censure], [condemn].

crypt, n. [catacomb]; follicle.

cryptic, a. [hidden], [secret], [occult], enigmatical.

cry to. pray to, [implore], [beseech].

cry up. [extol], [laud], [praise].

cube, n. hexahedron.

cucking-stool, n. castigatory, tumbrel, trebucket, ducking-stool

cucumber, n. gherkin (small and prickly).

cud, n. rumen; [quid]. Associated words: Ruminantia, ruminant, [ruminate], [rumination], merycism.

cuddle, v. [nestle], [snuggle].

cudgel, n. [club], bludgeon.

cue, n. [catchword]; [queue], [pigtail]; [hint], [suggestion], intimation.

cuff, n. [box], [slap], buffet; manchette (ornamental cuff).

cuff, v. [box], [slap], [smite], [strike], buffet.

cull, n. cully, [dupe], [gull].

culprit, n. [offender], malefactor, delinquent, criminal [sinner].

cultivable, a. [tillable], arable, culturable.

cultivate, v. [till].

cultivation, n. tillage.

culture, n. [cultivation], tillage; [refinement], enlightenment, [education].

cultured, a. [refined], [educated], enlightened.

cumbersome, a. burdensome, [troublesome], [unwieldy], [unmanageable].

cunning, a. [artful], [crafty], [sly], [wily], [arch], [designing], [deceitful], [intriguing]; [curious], [ingenious]; [skillful], [dexterous].

cunning, n. [craft], [deceit], [craftiness], [subtlety], wiliness.

cup, n. mug, noggin, nipperkin, beaker, bumper, tankard, jorum, tig; pl. [carousal], wassail, intoxication, [orgies]; cupping-glass, cupel; calyx.

cupboard, n. locker, buffet, ambry, [closet].

cupidity, n. [covetousness], [avarice], [greediness].

cupola, n. [dome]; lantern.

curable, a. remediable, sanable. Antonyms: [incurable], irremediable.

curative, a. remedial, sanatory.

curator, n. [custodian], [keeper], [trustee], [warden].

curb, v. [check], [restrain], [control], [repress], [bridle].

curb roof, gambrel roof; mansard roof.

curdle, v. coagulate, [thicken], curd, clabber, lopper

curdled, a. coagulated, thickened, loppered.

curdled milk. clabber.

curé, n. spiritual [charge], curacy; medical treatment, therapy; [antidote], [remedy], [specific]; [healing].

cure, v. [heal], [remedy].

cure-all, n. [panacea], catholicon.

curiosity, n. inquisitiveness; curio, [freak], rarity, rara avis, [wonder]. Antonyms: incuriosity, uninquisitiveness.

curious, a. [inquisitive]; [strange], [rare], [unusual]. Antonym: incurious.

curl, n. [ringlet], [kink], toupet.

curl, v. [crisp], [crimp], crape; writhe, wreathe, [twist], [wind].

curling, n. crispation.

curl paper. papillote.

curly, a. [curling], curled, crinkled, [crinkly], [wavy], [kinky].

curlycue, n. (Colloq.) [flourish], paraph, [caper].

current, a. [present], instant; circulating, [rife].

curse, n. [denunciation], [anathema], [ban], malediction, execration, imprecation, fulmination, malison, maranatha; [torment], [plague], [scourge], [affliction].

curse, v. [anathematize], execrate, fulminate, denounce, [condemn].

cursed, a. accursed, execrable, [abominable], [odious].

curtail, v. [shorten], [reduce], [retrench].

curtain, n. [hanging], drapery, portiere, valance, purdah.

curvature, n. [curve], flexure, sinuosity; cyrtosis.

curve, v. [bend], [crook], [turn], inflect, deflect, [deviate], [wind].

cushion, n. [pad], [bolster], [pillow], pillion; pouf, pouffle.

cussedness, n. (Slang) perversity, [obstinacy], doggedness, meanness.

custodian, n. [curator], [guardian], [keeper].

custody, n. safe-keeping, [care]; [imprisonment].

custom, n. [usage], [practice], conventionality; patronage; impost, [duty], tribute.

customary, a. [usual], [wonted], [habitual], conventional, [accustomed].

customer, n. [patron].

cut, v. [gash], [slash], hew, [crop], reap, [mow], [lop], prune, [clip], shear, whittle, [shave], [trim], detruncate, [dock], [curtail], exscind, dissect, chamfer, amputate, [carve], [chase], chisel, [lance], bisect, [cleave], razee, [slit], incise, fell, [score], nurl, knurl.

cut, n. incision, [gash], [slash], [slit], [wound]; [slight], ignoration; sarcasm, [taunt]; [notch], [groove], chamfret; [defile], [passage]; kerf; [slice], [piece]; [fashion], [style], [mode]; [engraving].

cut down. fell; [retrench], [curtail], [reduce].

cute, a. (Colloq.) [clever], [sharp], [ingenious], [cunning], [shrewd].

cut off. amputate, [sever]; interrupt, [stop], intercept.

cut out. exscind, excise, [remove]; [supplant]; [debar], [exclude].

cutting, a. incisive, [sharp], [keen], trenchant; [penetrating], [nipping], [biting]; [sarcastic], [satirical], [caustic], [acrimonious], mordacious; secant.

cutting, n. incision, felling, amputation, cleavage, truncation, curtailment, celotomy, [dissection], scarification, slashing, cropping; [slip], [scion], clipping. Associated words: sectile, sectility, insecable.

cutting out. excision, exsection.

cut to pieces. dissect, [mutilate], [dismember].

cut up. [afflict], [grieve], [distress], harry; play pranks, play tricks, cut capers, misbehave.

cyclone, n. [tornado].

cypher, n. See cipher.

Czar, n. Tsar, Tzar. Associated words: Czarinian Czarowitz, Czarevna, autocrat.

Czarina, n. Tsarina, Tsaritsa.