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Jab, n. (Colloq.) [thrust], [punch], [dig].
jabber, n. [gibberish], chatter, [gabble], [babble].--v. [gabble], gibber, [babble], chatter.
jackass, n. [donkey]; dolt, [simpleton], witling, [ignoramus], [fool].
jacket, n. [coat], jerkin, blouse, spencer, bolero, pea-jacket sontag, blazer, sweater, reefer, jersey, jumper, cardigan [jacket], grego, garibaldi, camisole, temiak ([Eskimo]); cleading.
jade, n. nephrite, jadeite; [nag], [plug]; [hussy], wench, [quean].
jag, n. [notch], [cleft], barb, protuberance.--v. [notch].
jagged, a. [cleft], jaggy, [notched], serrated, erose, [sharp].
jail, n. [prison], lockup, calaboose, workhouse, limbo.
jail bird. prisoner.
jailer, n. [warden], [turnkey], sheriff.
jail fever. typhus [fever].
jam, n. [preserve], [conserve]; [crowd], throng, [crush].
jam, v. [squeeze], [crowd], [press], wedge in, [bruise].
jamboree, n. (Slang) [carousal], [revelry], carouse, [spree].
jangle, n. clashing, clang, [discord], dissonance; wrangling, [quarrel], [dispute], altercation.
jangle, v. [clash], clang; [quarrel], [wrangle], [dispute], altercate.
jangling, a. [discordant], dissonant, clashing, inharmonious.
janitor, n. [doorkeeper], [porter], concierge; ([female]) janitress, janitrix.
Japan, n. Nippon, Flowery Kingdom. Associated words: Japanese, geisha, coolie, [Mikado], samurai, shizoku, heimin, kwazoku, Mongol, Mongolian, kimono, Dairi, daimio, saki, Tycoon, Shogun.
japan, n. lacquer, [varnish], [enamel].
jar, n. [crock]; gurglet; [shock], [jolt], [vibration].--v. [jolt], [jounce], [shock], discompose, [unsettle]; grate.
jargon, n. [gibberish], [drivel], [babble], [gabble], [twaddle], [bosh]; [cant], slang, [flash], argot, dialect.
jaundice, n. icterus.--v. [prejudice].
jaundiced, a. prejudiced, biased, [warped].
jaunty, a. [airy], [showy], [finical], [affected], [fine].
jaw, n. Jawbone, jowl; maxilla (upper jaw); mandible (lower jaw).
jaw, v. (Low) [scold], [upbraid], [berate], [clamor], rail at.
jawless, a. agnathic, agnathous.
jaw muscle. masseter.
jayhawker, n. guerrilla.
jealous, a. suspicious, [distrustful].
jealousy, n. [suspicion], [distrust].
jeer, v. [mock], [deride], [ridicule], [taunt], [jibe].
jeering, n. [mockery], [derision], [ridicule], scoffing, [sneer], [taunt].
jellylike, a. gelatinous, colloid.
jeopard, v. imperil, [risk], [expose], [endanger], [hazard].
jeopardize, v. [jeopard].
jeopardy, n. [danger], [peril], [hazard], [exposure].
jerk, v. [twitch], yerk.
jerked beef. charqui.
jerky, a. [abrupt], [unconnected].
jest, n. [joke], witticism, [quip], jeu d' esprit, Joe Miller.
jest, v. [joke].
jester, n. joker, wag; buffoon, merry-andrew, [clown], harlequin, [zany].
jesting, n. [joking], [jest], [raillery], [banter], persiflage, facetiousness, [badinage], [jocularity].
jesting, a. [waggish], [jocular], facetious, [sportive].
jet, v. [spurt], [spout], [gush]; protrude, project.--n. [spouting], [spurt], [gush].
Jew, n. Hebrew, Israelite, Judahite, Judean, Semite, Yid; Rabbi, Sadducee, Pharisee, Levite. Associated words: Yiddish, ghetto, kosher, tref, Talmud, kittel, sephardic, Sanhedrim, synagogue, Jewry, Judaism, judaize.
Jewish, a. Hebrew, Judaic, Israelitish, Hebraic, Semitic.
Jewish beggar. schnorrer.
Jewish marriage broker. schatchen.
jewel, n. [gem], [brilliant].
jewelry, n. jewels; bijoutry.
Jew's pitch. asphaltum, bitumen.
Jezebel, n.virago, [she-devil], [fury], Gorgon, termagant.
jibe, v. (Colloq.) [agree], [harmonize], [fit].
jiffy, n. (Colloq.)moment, instant, [second], trice.
jill, n. [coquette], [flirt]; [sweetheart], gill.
jilt, n. [coquette], [flirt].
jingle, n. tinkling, jingling, tintinnabulation; [rhyme].--v. tinkle.
job, n. [task]; [situation], [position].
jocose, a. facetious, [waggish], [sportive], [merry], [jocular], [humorous].
jocular, a. [jesting], [jocose], [sportive], [merry], [waggish].
jocularity, n. [jesting], waggishness, [waggery], facetiousness, [drollery].
jog, n. [shake], [jolt], [jar], shove; [hitch], [break].
jog, v. [push], [shake], jostle; suggest to, [notify], remind.
johnny cake. hoecake, corncake.
join, v. [connect], [couple], [unite], [combine], [associate], [add], append, annex, [link], conjoin, mortise, dowel, [splice], knit, dovetail, [mingle], coalesce, unify, [confederate]; [abut]. Antonyms: disjoin, [disconnect]. See [separate].
joiner, n. [link], coupling, [bond]; woodworker, [carpenter].
joint, n. gimbal [joint], dove-tail [joint], joggle [joint], mortise [joint], miter, dowel, scarf [joint], rabbet [joint].
joint, n. [articulation]; suture, commissure, knuckle. Associated words: arthrology, arthrography, synosteology arthrectomy, synovia, articular, bursa, synovial, internode, internodal, anchylose, [dislocate], [dislocation], luxate, luxation.
joint, a. [combined], joined, [united].
jointed, a. articulated, hinged; [knotted], gnarled.
jointless, a. acondylous, anarthrous, inarticulate.
joke, n. [jest], witticism, jocosity, [sally], jeu d'esprit, [quip], [quirk], Joe Miller.
joke, v. [rally], [banter], [jest].
joking, n. [jesting], rallying, [banter], persiflage, [jocularity], waggishness.
jokingly, adv. sportively, jestingly, waggishly, jocularly.
jolly, a. [jovial], vivacious, [congenial], [convivial], [mirthful], [sportive], [gay], facetious, [boon], [waggish], [jocular], [jocose], [witty], blithe, [sprightly], [cheery].
jolly, v. (Colloq.) make [good-natured], [joke], [jest], [cheer], [encourage].
jolt, n. [jar], [shock], [jounce], jolting.--v. [shake], [jar], [jounce].
jot, n. [iota], [point], tittle, [bit], [mite], [atom], [scintilla], ace, [particle], [whit].
jotting, n. [memorandum], [note], [entry].
jounce, n. [jolt], [shake], jolting.--v. [jolt], [shake], [jar].
journal, n. day-book, daily [register], [record]; diary; periodical, publication, [magazine], gazette, ephemeris.
journey, n. [trip], [tour], [pilgrimage], excursion, [travel], jaunt, peregrination. Associated words: itinerary, itinerancy, viatic, viaticum.
journeyman, n. handicraftsman, [artisan]. Antonyms: apprentice, amateur.
joust, v. [tilt].
Jove, n. Jupiter.
jovial, a. [jolly], [mirthful], [gay], [merry], [sportive], hilarious, [gleeful].
joviality, n. [gayety], jollity, sportiveness, [liveliness].
joy, n. [gladness], exultation, [jubilation], [mirth], festivity [glee], elation, [merriment].
joyful, a. [joyous], [glad], [elated], [jubilant], exhilarating, [happy], buoyant, [merry], [encouraging], felicitous.
joyous, a. [joyful].
jubilant, a. [joyful], [exultant], [triumphant].
jubilation, n. [rejoicing], exultation, [triumph].
Judas, n. [betrayer], traitor.
Judas, a. [traitorous], [treacherous], [disloyal], [perfidious].
judge, v. adjudge, adjudicate, [try]; [discern], [distinguish], discriminate, [decide]; [esteem], [think], [consider], [reckon], deem, [regard]; arbitrate.
judge, n. [justice], judger; [arbitrator], arbiter, [umpire], [referee]; connoisseur, [critic]; puisne; deemster (Isle of Man). Associated words: [judicial], judicially, judicable, judicatory, judicature, judiciary.
judges, n. pl. judiciary.
judgment, n. [decision], adjudication, arbitrament, arbitration, adjudgment; [sentence], [decree], [verdict]; [discrimination], [discernment].
judgment-seat, n. [court], tribunal, [bar], judicatory.
judicial, a. judicative, judicatory, juridical, judiciary.
judicious, a. [prudent], [discreet], well-advised.
jug, n. [pitcher], ewer, demijohn, flagon; bellarmine, long-beard.
juggler, n. prestidigitator, [magician], [conjurer]; [cheat], [impostor]; jongleur.
jugglery, n. sleight of [hand], [legerdemain], prestidigitation, [magic], conjuring; [imposture], [trickery], hankey-pankey.
juice, n.. [sap], [lush]; must.
juicy, a. succulent, [sappy], [lush], [luscious]. Antonyms: juiceless, sapless, [dry].
jumble, v. [confuse], disarrange, [entangle], mix
jumble, n. [disorder], [confusion], disarray, [mixture], [entanglement], [chaos], [hodgepodge].
jump, v. [spring], [bound], [leap], [hop], [caper], [vault]; [bounce], [jolt].
jump, n. [leap], [spring], [bound], [hop], [vault], [caper], [jolt].
junction, n. [union], coalition; [juncture].
juncture, n. [joint], [seam]; [crisis], conjuncture, [point], exigency.
jungle, n. [thicket], [brake], boscage, [brush].
junket, n. [delicacy], sweetmeat; [feast], [banquet].--v. [feast], [banquet], [regale], [entertain].
junta, n. [council], tribunal, [assembly], [convention].
junto, n. secret [council], cabal, [clique], [faction].
jury, n. Associated words: impanel, panel, venire, venire, facias, tales, talesman.
juryman, n. juror.
just, a. [upright], [honest], [conscientious], [honorable], straightforward; condign, merited, [deserved], [due]; [reasonable], [conscionable], equitable, [fair]; [unbiased], impartial [correct], [exact], [accurate], [proper], [appropriate]. Antonyms: [dishonest], inequitable, [undeserved]. See unjust.
just, adv. precisely, exactly; closely, nearly, almost; barely, scarcely, only.
justice, n. [justness], quity, [impartiality]; [judge]. Antonyms: inequity, [injustice].
justifiable, a. [warrantable], defensible, vindicable.
justification, n. [vindication], exuplpation, exoneration, [defense].
justifier, n. justificatior, [vindicator], [defender].
justify, v. [vindicate], [warrant], [excuse], exonorate, exculpate, [absolve], [defend].
justle, v. [clash], [bump], jostle, collide.
justly, adv. honestly, [fairly], equitably, impartially.
justness, n. [justice], fairness, equity, [impartiality], condignness.
jut, v. jut [out], project, protrude.--n. projection, jutt.
jutting, a. projecting, protruding.
jutting out projection, projecture, protrusion
jutty, n. [pier], mole, jetty.
juvenile, a. [youthful], [young], [immature].
juvenility, n. youthfulness, immaturity.