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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sack, n. [bag], [pouch]; [pillage], [plunder], [rapine], [havoc], [devastation], spoliation.

sack, v. [devastate], [plunder], [pillage], [ravage], despoil, [loot], [rapine], [strip].

sacred, a. consecrated, [hallowed]; venerable, [sainted], [religious]; inviolable.

sacredness, n. [sanctity], [holiness]; inviolability, inviolableness.

sacrifice, n. oblation, immolation; [surrender], [loss], giving up; holocaust; hecatomb.

sacrifice, v. [offer], immolate; [surrender], [give up], [forego].

sacrilege, n. [desecration], profanation, [violation].

sacrilegious, a. impious, [profane], irreverent.

sad, a. [sorrowful], [pathetic], [plaintive], [doleful], [piteous], [lugubrious], [rueful], [mournful], [dismal], [funereal], [gloomy], [melancholy], [disconsolate], dejected, [touching]; [calamitous], deplorable, [grievous], dire, afflictive, [wretched], saturnine, [grave], [sober]; [dull], sombre, [subdued]; (Colloq.) [bad], [naughty], [troublesome], mischievous, [vexatious].

sadden, v. depress, dishearten; tone [down], [subdue].

saddle, n. Associated words: [pommel], cantle, [girth], pillion, stirrup, saddle-tree, [croup], crutch, chapelet, tilpah, tapadero, housing, latigo, [pique], panel, sinch, saddle-bow, selliform, holster, mochila.

sadness, n. [melancholy], pathos, [sorrow], gravity, soberness, [seriousness].

safe, a. [unharmed], intact, unscathed, immune; trustworthy, [reliable], [sure], [secure], invulnerable, impregnable. Antonyms: [unsafe], endangered, [insecure].

safe-conduct, n. [convoy], [guard], [escort]; [pass], [passport].

safeguard, n. [defense], [security], palladium, [protection], [convoy], [guard]; [passport].

safeguard, v. [guard], [defend], [protect], [shield].

safekeeping, n. [guardianship], [care], [custody], [charge], preservation.

safety, n. [security], [custody]; immunity, exemption.

sagacious, a. [intelligent], [knowing], [shrewd], [discerning].

sagacity, n. [intelligence], [shrewdness], cleverness, ingenuity, [wisdom].

sail, v. [navigate], cruise, embark.--n. [sailing], cruise, embarkation.

sailable, a. navigable.

sailcloth, n. [canvas], [duck], tarpaulin, raven's-duck.

sailing, n. navigation; circumnavigation (sailing round); orthodromics, orthodromy.

sailor, n. [mariner], navigator, [seaman], seafarer, tarpaulin, tar, [salt], Jacky.

sailor's song. chantey.

sailor's wages. portage.

saint, n. Associated words: canonize, canonization, hagiology, hagiologist, hagiolatry, hagiolater, hagiography, Hagiographa, dulia, [legend], diptych, feretory, philatory, relic, apse, reliquary, shrine, saintism, sainthood, saintship, hagiographer, hierotheca.

sainted, a. [holy], [pious], saintly, consecrated; canonized.

Saint Vitus's dance. chorea. Associated word: choreic.

salable, a. vendible, [marketable]. Antonyms: [unsalable], unmarketable.

salacious, a. [lascivious], lecherous, concupiscent. See lustful.

salad, n. Associated word: acetarious.

sale, n. vendition, [market]; [auction]; handsel.

salient, a. [prominent], [conspicuous], [noticeable], [striking].

saliva, n. spittle, sputum, [spit]. Associated words: salivate, salivation, insalivate, insalivation, salivant, salivary, ptyalism, salival, salivous, expectorant, [drool], [drivel], ptyalogogue, sialogogue, ptysmagogue.

sally, n. [spring], [leap]; sortie; witticism, [jest], [frolic], escapade.

saloon, n. [grogshop], barroom, groggery, dramshop.

sal soda. carbonate of soda.

salt, n. chloride of sodium.

salt, n. [seasoning], [flavor], savor, [taste]; [piquancy], [wit], [sense], [humor]; old [sailor].

saltness, n. salinity, salineness, saltiness.

salt of wisdom. alembroth.

saltpetre, n. potassium nitrate, nitre, nitrate of potash.

salt spring. saline.

salt works. salina.

salty, a. saline, brackish, saltish, [salt], briny, saliferous.

salute, v. [address], [greet], [hail], [welcome], [accost].--n. salutation.

salvation, n. [redemption]. Associated word: soteriology.

salve, n. [ointment], cerate, embrocation, emollient, [balm], unguent.

salve, v. anoint, embrocate, [heal]; [remedy], [cure].

sal-volatile, n. carbonate of ammonia, salts of hartshorn, smelling salts.

same, a. identical, invariable, [uniform], analogous, [similar], cognate; isomeric, isonomic. Antonyms: See different.

sameness, n. identity, identicalness, [similarity], [correspondence], [uniformity], [analogy], parity, invariability, parallelism; [monotony]; isomerism.

sample, n. [specimen], [example], [illustration], exemplification, [instance], [pattern].

sanction, n. [confirmation], [ratification], authorization, [penalty], [punishment].

sanction, v. [confirm], [ratify], [approve], [countenance].

sanctity, n. godliness, saintliness, inviolability, [sacredness].

sanctuary, n. shrine, sanctum, adytum; Holy of Holies; [church], [temple].

sand, n. sandy [soil]; [quicksand], syrtis; arena (Med.). Associated words: dune, downs, arenicolous, burst, sabulosity (sandiness), psammophilous, ammophilous, medano, eschar, os, kame, arenarious.

sand, n. (Slang) [grit], [pluck], [nerve], [courage], fearlessness, audacity, [spirit].

sand bath. arenation, psammotherapy, inhumation, saburration.

sandglass, n. hourglass.

Sandwich islands. Associated word: Kanacka ([native]).

sandy, a. sabulous, [gritty], arenaceous, arenose.

sane, a. underanged, [rational], [sound], [lucid], compos mentis.

sanguinary, a. [bloody], [murderous]; [cruel], truculent, [bloodthirsty].

sanitarium, n. sanatorium, health [retreat].

sanity, n. saneness, rationality.

sap, v. mine, undermine, subvert; [exhaust], [drain], [unsettle].

saphead, n. (Slang) [simpleton], [sap], dolt.

sappy, a. [juicy], [lush], succulent; (Low) [silly], [foolish], [half-witted].

sapwood, n. alburnum.

sarcastic, a. [satirical], [taunting], ironical, derisive, sneering.

sash, n. [girdle].

Satan, n. [devil], Belial, Apollyon, Abaddon, Asmodeus, Prince of Darkness, Archfiend, the Evil One, the Tempter, the Arch Enemy.

satchel, n. [handbag], [valise].

satiate, v. [surfeit], [pall], [glut], [overfeed], [cloy], [gorge].

satiety, n. satiation, [surfeit], cloyment, over-fullness.

satire, n. irony, sarcasm, [ridicule], [lampoon], pasquinade.

satirical, a. [bitter], [sarcastic], ironical, [caustic], mordacious.

satirize, v. [lampoon], [ridicule], [lash].

satisfaction, n. [gratification]; contentment, complacency, [content], [comfort]; [reparation], indemnification, [requital], reimbursement, [recompense]; [atonement], [amends]. Antonyms: [dissatisfaction], [discontent].

satisfactory, a. [sufficient], satisfying, conclusive, [gratify], ing, [atoning].

satisfy, v. [gratify], [content], [appease], [satiate], suffice; indemnify, [repay].

sauce, n. (Low) sauciness, impertinence, [insolence], rudeness

saucy, a. [impertinent], [insolent], [pert], [impudent], malapert, [flippant].

saunter, v. [loiter], [linger], straggle, [lounge], [stroll], [delay], dawdle, [lag].

savable, a. salvable.

savage, a. [uncivilized], [barbarous]; [ferocious], [ravenous], [fierce], untamed; [brutal], fell, truculent, [implacable], [atrocious], [ferocious], [inhuman].

savage, n. [barbarian]; [cannibal].

savages, n. pl. Associated words: agriology, agriologist.

save, v. [rescue], deliver, [redeem]; [preserve], [conserve], [keep]; [reserve], [hoard], garner; [economize], [husband]; [spare], obviate, [prevent], forefend, [shield], [protect].

save, prep.or conj. except, excepting, reserving.

saving, a. preserving, redemptory, redeeming; preservative, conservative; [frugal], [thrifty], [economical], provident, [sparing], [choice], [chary]. Antonyms: [lavish], [extravagant], [prodigal], unthrifty, profuse, [wasteful].

saving, n. treasure, [hoard], [reserve]; exception, reservation, [salvation], [rescue], [redemption], [deliverance]; preservation, [conservation]; salvage.

savingness, n. [frugality], parsimony, [thrift], providence, [economy], chariness. Antonyms: [extravagance], prodigality, improvidence.

savory, a. gustable, palatable, [toothsome], [fragrant]. Antonyms: [unsavory], impalatable.

savvy, v. (Slang) [understand], [comprehend].--n. [understanding], [comprehension].

saw, n. [maxim], [adage], apothegm. See saying.

sawbones, n. (Nickname) surgeon.

sawer, n. sawyer.

saw tooth. serration, serrature, serrulation.

saw-toothed, a. serrate, serrated, serrulate.

say, v. [utter], [express], mention, pronounce, [speak], [declare], [tell], articulate, [recite], rehearse; [state], [assert], [affirm], allege, aver, asseverate, predicate, [cite]; [suppose], [assume], presume.

saying, n. [utterance], [declaration], [statement], [pronunciation], mention, [assertion], [affirmation], citation, averment, asseveration, alleging, [recital], rehearsal.

saying, n. [maxim], [saw], [proverb], apothegm, aphorism, [adage], dictum, [precept], [axiom], motto, [quotation].

scab, n. eschar, incrustation; mange.

scabby, a. scabbed, [scaly], scabious, [mangy].

scaffold, n. staging, scaffolding; gallows.

scalawag, n. (Slang) [scamp], [rascal], [rogue], [scapegrace], miscreant, [scoundrel], [villain], caitiff, varlet.

scale, n. [flake], lamina, leprosity, lamella, squama, incrustation.

scale, n. (Mus.) gamut, sol-fa. Associated words: diatonic, chromatic, [tonic].

scale, n. (Bot.) squamula, lodicule; fulcrum.

scale, v. exfoliate, desquamate; [climb], ascend, [mount], clamber, escalade.

scales, n. pl. [balance]; steelyards, Roman [balance].

scalloped, a. pinked; crenate, crenated (Bot.).

scaly, a. flaky, squamose, leprose, squamoid, [scurvy]; (Low) [mean], [low], [contemptible], [scurvy], [despicable].

scamble, v. sprawl, wabble, shamble; [scramble], jostle.

scamp, v. (Colloq.) [slight], [skimp].

scamp, n. [rascal], [knave], miscreant, caitiff, [scapegrace], [scoundrel].

scamper, v. hasten [away], scud, hie, [run], [scuttle], [scatter].

scandal, n. [reproach], opprobrium, [disgrace], [odium], [shame]; [slander].

scandalize, v. [shock], [offend], [displease]; [disgrace]; [slander], [defame], [vilify].

scandalous, a. [defamatory], [libellous], [slanderous]; [infamous], [disgraceful], opprobrious, [shameful], disreputable.

scant, a. [scanty], [meager], [insufficient], [inadequate]; [sparing], [saving], [chary].

scant, v. [limit], [straiten], [stint].

scantness, n. smallness, [narrowness], inadequacy, [insufficiency], meagerness, scantiness.

scanty, a. [insufficient], [inadequate], [meager]; [sparing], [illiberal], niggardly.

scapegrace, n. [rogue], [scamp], blacksheep, miscreant.

scar, n. cicatrix, [seam], cicatrice; [blemish], [disfigurement], [flaw]. Associated words: cicatricial, cicatrisive, cicatrizant, cicatrize, cicatrization, escharotic.

scarce, a. [rare], unplentiful, [deficient].

scarcity, n. [dearth], [deficiency], [insufficiency], [lack], [drought], rarity, paucity.

scare, v. [frighten], intimidate, [terrify], [daunt], [cow], appall, [startle], affright, [alarm], browbeat, [dismay], terrorize, [overawe]. Antonym: reassure.

scare, n. [fright], [alarm], [terror], [panic], [consternation].

scarecrow, n. [guy], effigy; [ragamuffin].

scarf, n. [muffler], tippet, neckcloth, neckerchief, cravat, [necktie], maniple.

scarfskin, n. epidermis, cuticle.

scary, a. (Colloq.) [timid], [apprehensive], [alarming], [frightful].

scatter, v. dissipate, [disperse], dispel, [separate]; intersperse.

scatter-brained, a. [giddy], [thoughtless], [flighty], [careless].

scattering, a. scattered, [sporadic].

scattering, n. [dissipation], dispersion; interspersion.

scene, n. [spectacle], [show], [exhibition], [display], [view], [scenery].

scenery, n. [view], [landscape], prospect.

scent, n. [odor], [smell], [perfume]; flair. See smell.

scepter, n. [royal mace], [sovereignty].

schedule, n. [list], [catalogue], [table].

scheme, n. [design], [plan], project, machination, [intrigue], cabal; [outline], draught, [arrangement], [plan], [system].

scheme, v. [devise], excogitate, [plan], machinate, [plot], [design].

schemer, n. [plotter], [intriguer], machinator, intrigant, planner, contriver.

scheming, a. [artful], [designing], [intriguing], Machiavelian, [tricky], [wily], insidious. Antonyms: [guileless], [undesigning], [artless].

schismatic, a. dissentious, heretical, dissentient, schismatical.

schismatic, n. [nonconformist], [dissenter], [separatist], heretic, sectary.

scholar, n. [pupil], student, learner, [disciple]; savant, philomath.

scholarly, a. scholarlike, erudite, scholastic.

scholarship, n. [erudition], [learning], [knowledge], attainments, polymathy.

school, n. institute, academy, seminary, [college], gymnasium conservatory, university; denomination, [sect]; [shoal]; clinic.

school, v. [train], [educate], [drill], [teach].

schooling, n. [education], [training], [nurture], [discipline]; tuition.

scientist, n. savant.

scintilla, n. [iota], [trace], [whit], [particle], [mite], [bit], tittle, [jot], [scrap], [atom].

scion, n. descendant, [heir]; [shoot], [sprout].

scoff, v. [deride], [ridicule], [mock], [sneer], [gibe], [jeer], contemn.

scoffer, n. derider, ridiculer, [mocker], sneerer, scorner, contemner, jeerer.

scoffery, n. [mockery], [derision], [ridicule], [jeering].

scold, v. [chide], [berate], [censure], reprimand, [blame], [reprove], [brawl], [lecture], reprehend, vituperate, [rate], [rebuke], declaim against.

scold, n. [shrew], [vixen], virago, termagant, rixatrix, Xantippe.

scolding, n. chiding, [censure], rating, reprimand, reprehension, [rebuke], berating.

scolding, a. berating, chiding, [censorious], [shrewish], reprehensory, termagant.

scoop, n. ladle; cavity, [hollow]; stroke, sweep, swoop.

scope, n. [design], [purpose]; opportunity, [space], [room], [liberty]; [extent], [compass], purview.

scorch, v. [singe], char, torrefy, [burn], [parch].

score, n. [tally], [account]; [notch], incision; [motive], [account], [reason], sake, [consideration], behalf; [line], [groove]; [twenty].

score, v. [notch], [scratch], [cut]; [record], [enter].

scorn, n. [contempt], [disdain], [derision], contumely, [mockery], [slight].

scorn, v. [despise], [reject], contemn, [disregard], [scout], [spurn].

scornful, a. [disdainful], [contemptuous], contumelious, [defiant].

Scotch, n. Gaelic.

Scotchman, n. Scot, Scotsman, Caledonian, Gael, Celt.

Scotland, n. Scotia, Caledonia.

scoundrel, n. [villain], [knave], [rascal], [scamp], [rogue], caitiff, [reprobate], [cheat], swindler, [libertine], miscreant, bezonian, [vagabond], [wretch].

scoundrelism, n. [villainy], turpitude, [knavery], [rascality].

scourge, n. [affliction], infliction, bane, [punishment].

scout, v. [disdain], [flout], contemn, [scorn], [spurn], [scoff], [ridicule].

scout, n. [spy].

scowl, v. glower, [frown], [lower].--n. [frown].

scowling, a. [sullen], glowering, [frowning], [lowering].

scraggy, a. scragged, craggy; [scrawny], lank, [gaunt], [skinny], angular.

scramble, v. scrabble, clamber; [struggle], [contend], [strive].

scrap, n. [bit], [fragment], [morsel], crumb; excerpt, [extract]; pl. cracklings.

scrapbook, n. commonplace [book], album.

scrape, n. [difficulty], predicament, [dilemma].

scrape, v. abrade, [rasp], grate, [rub]; [gather], [collect]; [erase], [remove].

scraper, n. rasper.

scrappy, a. [fragmentary], [disconnected], [inconsistent].

scratch, v. [scrape]; scribble; [erase], expunge; scarify.

scratch, a. (Slang) [haphazard], [chance], improvised.

scrawl, n. scribble.

scrawny, a. (Colloq.) angular, lank, [meager], [scraggy], bony, [rawboned], [gaunt].

screak, n. creaking, [screech], [squeak].--v. [screech], creak, [squeak].

scream, n. [shriek], [screech], [yell], outcry.

screech, n. [shriek], [scream], [screak].

screechy, a. [discordant], [unmelodious], [unmusical], strident.

screed, n. [tirade], [diatribe], [harangue].

screen, n. [shield], [protection], [guard], [defense], traverse, [fender]; [mask], [disguise]; [sieve], [riddle]; jube, parclose, rood [screen]; pavesade.

screen, v. [shield], [defend], [protect], [cover], conceal, [cloak], [hide]; [sift], [riddle].

screw, v. [twist], wrench, [force], [squeeze]; [oppress], [rack]; [distort].

screw, n. [extortioner], [skinflint].

scribe, n. [writer], scrivener, [amanuensis], [copyist].

scrimmage, n. skirmish, [scuffle], scrabble, [row], [fight].

scrimp, v. [limit], [straiten], [scant], [stint].

scrimp, a. [scanty].

scrofula, n. king's [evil]. Associated words: scrofulide, scrofulous.

scrotum, n. cod. Associated words: scrotal, varicocele, spermatic [cord], pneumatocele, gubernaculum, cirsotomy, dartos, urocele, sarcocele, mesorchium, scrotocele, vas deferens, suspensory.

scrub, n. [jungle], [thicket], [brushwood].

scrubby, a. [stunted], dwarfed, [undeveloped], [scrub], [insignificant].

scrumptious, a. (Slang) [fine], [elegant], [excellent], [fastidious], [particular].

scruple, n. [hesitation], [doubt]; twenty grains.

scrupulous, a. [conscientious], [exact], [strict], punctilious, [particular].

scuffle, n. [tussle], [struggle], [encounter], [contest], [fight], [fray].

scullion, n. [menial].

sculpture, n. statuary.

scum, n. [dross], recrement, [refuse], [waste], [froth].--v. despumate.

scurrilous, a. [indecent], scurrile, opprobrious, [insulting], [abusive].

scurry, v. [hurry], [scamper], scuddle, [scuttle].

scurry, a. [despicable], [abject], [low], [mean], [contemptible].

scurvy, n. scorbutus.

scuttle, n. coal hod; manhole.

scuttle, v. scuddle, [hurry], [bustle], [run].

scythe, n. Associated words: swath, snath.

scythestone, n. [whetstone].

sea, n. Associated words: [marine], [naval], [maritime], [nautical], Davy Jones, pelagic, pelagian, loom, looming, submarine, ultramarine, rote, frith, estuary, fiord, kraken, Triton, haliography, haliographer, hydrography, thalassography, marinorama, nereid, mirage, [nautilus], thalassotherapy.

seacoast, n. seaboard, [seashore], seaside, [beach], strand, seamarge.

sea cow. manatee; dugong; [walrus].

sea fight. naval [battle], naumachy.

sea horse. hippocampus; [walrus].

sea king. Norse pirate [chief], Viking ([pirate]).

seal, n. Associated words: rookery, [pup].

seal, n. signet; [assurance], [ratification], [attestation], [authentication], [confirmation]; cachet (seal of a letter); breloque ([jewel]). Associated words: sphragistics, sigillography, sigillate.

seal, v. [ratify], [authenticate], [confirm], [attest].

sea letter. [passport], sea [pass].

sealing, n. [confirmation], [ratification], [authentication], [attestation], obsignation.

seam, n. suture, commissure; [layer], stratum.

seamaid, n. mermaid, sea-nymph, [siren].

seaman, n. [sailor], seafarer, [mariner], tarpaulin, tar, [salt], sea [dog], Jacky, beachcomber; merman; midshipman, middy, [skipper], cockswain, [pilot], navigator.

sear, v. cauterize, [scorch].

sear, a. [dry], withered, [dead], [sere].

search, v. [examine], explore, [hunt], [seek], overhaul; [rummage], [ransack], ferret; scrutinize, [probe], [sift].

search, n. [quest], research, pursuit.

searcher, n. seeker.

searchless, a. [unsearchable], [impenetrable], [inscrutable].

seared, a. scorched, cauterized; [callous], [case-hardened].

searing, n. scorching, cautery, cauterization, cauterizing. Associated words: cauter, cauterant, cauterism, cautery.

seashore, n. [seacoast], seaside, seaboard.

seasickness, n. [nausea], mal de mer.

sea soldier. [marine].

season, v. [habituate], inure, [harden], [accustom], acclimatize, [acclimate]; [dry], [mature]; [flavor], [spice].

seasonable, a. [opportune], [timely], [suitable], apropos, [convenient].

seasoning, n. condiment, [spice], relish, [sauce], [flavor], [salt], hautgoût.

seat, n. [site], [abode], [situation], [station]; [fundament], buttocks, [bottom], [breech]; [chair], [sofa], tête-à-tête, divan, settee; banquette, dickey, rumble; [bench], [form]; [pew].

seat, v. [usher].

seaweeds, n. pl. algæ, dulse, sea lettuce, confervæ, wrack; sargasso; kelp, fucus, rockweed. Associated words: algology, algous, fucivorous, fucoid, fucoidal, fucosol, laver, barilla, phycology, phycography, varec, rhabdolith.

secluded, a. [sequestered], [isolated], [retired], withdrawn, [covert], [lonely].

seclusion, n. sequestration, [isolation], [solitude], loneliness, [retirement].

second, n. backer, [supporter], [assistant].--v.. [back], [support], [abet].

secondary, a. subordinate, [second], [inferior], [minor], collateral.

secondary, n. subordinate, deputy, [delegate], proxy, [underling], [auxiliary].

second-class, a. [inferior], second-rate.

second son. Associated word: secundogeniture.

second sight. prophetic [vision], deuteroscopy.

second thought. reconsideration.

secrecy, n. [seclusion], [privacy], [retirement], [concealment], [confidence].

secret, a. [mystery], arcanum; pl. confidences; pl. [genitals]; pl. penetralia. Associated words: [secretive], secretory, confide, confidential.

secret, a. [hidden], [concealed], unrevealed, [mysterious], [cryptic], [recondite], [occult], esoteric, cabalistic, [abstruse], [unknown], [latent]; [secluded], [privy], withdrawn, [retired], [covert], [private], [sequestered]; [stealthy], [underhand], [clandestine], [sly], surreptitious, confidential, undetected. Antonyms: [overt], revealed, [open], exoteric, [manifest].

secretary, n. [amanuensis], [clerk], [writer], [scribe]; [writing-desk], escritoire, scrutoire. Associated words: secretarial, secretariat, portfolio.

secrete, v. [bury], [hide], conceal, [shroud], [disguise], [cloak].

secretion, n. [concealment], [hiding].

secretive, a. [uncommunicative], taciturn, [reserved], [silent], [wary].

secretiveness, n. taciturnity, [reserve], [silence], uncommunicativeness, wariness.

secret language. cryptology, argot, [flash].

secret name. cryptonym.

secrets, n. pl. confidences, mysteries; arcana, penetralia.

secret science. esoterics, cabala.

secret vice. [masturbation], onanism, [self-abuse].

secret writing. cryptography, [cipher], steganography, cryptogram.

sect, n. [school], [party], denomination.

sectarian, a. denominational.

section, n. [portion], [part], [division], [segment], [piece]; paragraph.

secular, a. [temporal], [worldly], laic, [civil].

secure, a. [safe], [confident], assured, [fast], [immovable], [stable], indemnified. Antonyms: [insecure], [risky], [hazardous].

secure, v. [gain], [procure], [obtain], [get], acquire; [fasten], moor; [guarantee], ensure, [insure], assure, indemnify; [defend], [guard], [shield], [protect].

security, n. [safety], [confidence], [assurance], [certainty]; [warranty], [surety], indemnification, [pledge], [indemnity], [bond], [guarantee], vadium; [defense], [protection], [bulwark].

sedate, a. [staid], [demure], imperturbable, composed, [calm].

sedative, a. composing, [soothing], anodyne.

sedative, n. anæsthetic, [narcotic], [opiate], hypnotic.

sediment, n. precipitate, [dregs], lees, [settlings], [grounds], feculence.

sedition, n. [rebellion], [revolt], insurrection, [riot], [mutiny], insubordination.

seditious, a. [rebellious], insubordinate, [insurgent], [mutinous].

seduce, v. [entice], [tempt], [betray], [allure].

seducement, n. [seduction], [enticement].

seducer, n. Lothario.

seduction, n. [enticement], [temptation], [allurement], [lure].

seductive, a. [alluring], [attractive], [siren], [enticing].

see, v. [perceive], descry, [view], behold, [witness], espy; [discern], [distinguish], observe, [note], [notice], observe, [understand], [grasp]; [watch], [regard], look [after]; [accompany], [escort]; interview, visit. Antonyms: [overlook], [ignore], [miss], [skip], connive at.

seed, n. [semen], sperm; first principle, [origin], [source].

seed, n. [kernel], [grain], [pip], ovule. Associated words: carpology, spermologist, seminal, semination, seminific, spermophyte, angiosperm, pericarp, angiospermous, carpolite, germinate, germination, achene, carpel, spermophyta, silique, silicle, [weevil], chorion, testa, tegmen, endopleura, capsule, [pod].

seedy, a. (Colloq.) [shabby], [tacky], [threadbare]; spiritless.

seeing, n. [perception], viewing, espial, descrying, beholding; [discernment], observation, [comprehension]; [sight], [vision]. Antonyms: imperception, [blindness], connivance. See sight.

seek, v. search for, [hunt]; aim at, strive [after], attempt.

seeming, n. [appearance], [show], semblance, speciousness, [guise], [look].

seemingly, adv. apparently, ostensibly.

seemly, a. [becoming], [suitable], [proper], [appropriate], [meet], [befitting].

seep, v. [percolate].

seer, n. [prophet], vaticinator, predictor, diviner.

seething, a. [boiling], ebullient.

segment, n. [section], [part], [portion], [piece]; (Biol.) metamere, somite, somatome.

seize, v. [apprehend], [snatch], [clutch], [catch], gripe, [grasp], [grapple]; [arrest]; confiscate, [usurp], [appropriate]; distrain, [distress].

seizure, n. [apprehension], [grasping]; [capture]; confiscation, [usurpation].

seldom, adv. infrequently, [rarely].

select, v. pick [out], [choose], prefer, [cull], single [out], elect.--a. [choice]. Antonyms: [promiscuous], indiscriminate.

selecting, a. elective, eclectic.

selection, n. [choice], election, preference, [pick]; [collection], assortment. Antonyms: promiscuity, indiscrimination.

self, n. ego, person, individual. Associated words: egoism, egoist, egoistic, [egotism], egotist, [egotistical].

self-abasement, n. self-degradation, [humility], meekness.

self-abuse, n. [masturbation], onanism, [secret vice], self-pollution.

self-acting, a. [automatic].

self-conceit, n. [egotism], [overweening], priggishness, [vanity].

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

self-consumption, n. autophagy.

self-defense, n. Associated word:: jujutsu.

self-deification, n. autotheism.

self-denial, n. self-abnegation, asceticism, self-sacrifice, abstemiousness. Antonyms: self-indulgence, [sensuality], voluptuousness.

self-denying, a. self-sacrificing, [unselfish], [ascetic], [abstemious].

self-evident, a. axiomatic, [obvious].

self-examination, n. introspection; autoscopy.

self-explanatory, a. [obvious].

self-fear, n. self-distrust, autophoby.

self-fertilization, n. autogamy.

self-government, n. self-control; democracy; autonomy. Antonyms: [subjection], heteronomy, [abandon], subordination.

self-heating, a. idiothermic.

self-importance, n. pompousness, pomposity, [vanity], [conceit].

self-important, a. [pompous], [vain], opinionated, [bumptious].

selfish, a. [ungenerous], [narrow], [illiberal], [uncharitable].

self-knowledge, n. autology.

self-murderer, n. [suicide], felo-de-se.

self-possessed, a. composed, unruffled, [sedate], [calm], collected.

self-possession, n. [composure], equanimity, [calmness], [aplomb]. Antonyms: [discomposure], [agitation].

self-righteous, a. pharisaic, sanctimonious.

self-sufficiency, n. self-complacency.

self-taught person. autodidact, automath.

self-worship, n. autolatry, idiolatry.

sell, v. [vend], [barter], [exchange]; [betray]; (Slang) [deceive], impose upon, [cheat].

sell, n. (Slang) imposition, [cheat], hoax, [deception], [trick], [fraud].

seller, n. vender, vendor.

selling, n. vendition, [barter], vending, [sale].

selvedge, n. listing.

semen, n. sperm, [seed]. Associated words: seminal, spermatic, spermatism, gonic, aspermatism, aspermia, seminific, seminiferous, spermatoid, spermatozoid, spermic, spermary, spermatorrhea, spermatozoa, emission, vesiculæ seminales, fecundate.

semicircle, n. hemicycle.

send, v. [dispatch], commission, [delegate]; transmit, [forward].

send back. [return], [remand], recommit.

sending back. [return], [remand], remandment, recommitment.

senile, a. decrepit, [feeble], aged, infirm.

senility, n. [dotage], decrepitude, old [age].

seniority, n. eldership, [superiority].

sensation, n. consciousness, [feeling], [perception]; [excitement]. Associated words: æsthesiology, sensorium, [sentient], sensific, sensory, sentiency, insentient, sensifacient, sensiferous, sensificatory, [sensitive], æsthesiometer, æsthesiogen, catalepsy, anæsthesia.

sensational, a. melodramatic, emotional, [exciting], [thrilling].

sense, n. [perception], [sensation], [sensibility], [feeling], æsthesia; [apprehension], [understanding]; [wisdom], [sagacity]; [judgment], [notion], [opinion], [sentiment], [view]; conviction, consciousness. Associated words: æsthematology, æsthesiography, [sensuous], [sensual], [sensuality], sensuousness.

sense, v. (Colloq.) [perceive], recognize.

senseless, a. [insensible], [unconscious]; [absurd], [silly], [nonsensical], inept, [foolish], [idiotic], fatuous, [unwise].

senselessness, n. [insensibility], [unconsciousness]; fatuity, [absurdity].

sensibility, n. susceptibility, sensitiveness, [delicacy], [feeling], emotion.

sensible, a. apprehensible, perceptible; [susceptible], impressible, [conscious], cognizant, [aware]; [wise], [judicious], [discreet], [intelligent]. Antonyms: [insensible], [unconscious].

sensitive, a. [susceptible], impressible, [sentient], [irritable].

sensual, a. unspiritual, [carnal], [fleshly], [sensuous]; [voluptuous], [luxurious], sybaritic, [wanton], [licentious], self-indulgent.

sensualist, n. [voluptuary], [epicure], sybarite.

sensuality, n. voluptuousness, carnality, sybaritism; wantonness, licentiousness, self-gratification.

sensuous, a. [sensual]. Antonym: insensuous.

sentence, n. [opinion], [decision], determination, [judgment]; [axiom], [maxim], [precept], [posy], [adage], epigram, apothegm, [saying].

sententious, a. terse, [pithy], laconic, epigrammatic.

sentient, a. [sensitive], perceptive, [conscious], [susceptible]. Antonyms: insentient, insusceptible.

sentiment, n. [thought], [feeling]; [judgment], [notion], [opinion]; [maxim], [saying], toast; [sensibility], susceptibility.

sentimental, a. [romantic], impressible, emotional, [lackadaisical]. Antonyms: [unsentimental], [matter-of-fact], pragmatical.

sentinel, n. [guard], sentry, [watchman], [picket], vidette, perdue. Associated word: cordon.

separable, a. [divisible], detachable, severable, [partible]. Antonym: [inseparable].

separate, v. [divide], [dissolve], [detach], sunder, [sever], [disconnect], [part], disjoin, [withdraw], [rend], dissociate, [disengage], [isolate], disunite, eliminate, disintegrate, segregate, [scatter], [disperse], dissipate, sequester, [cleave], insulate, dissever, deglutinate.

separate, a. detached, [disconnected], disjoined, separated, apart, distinct, [isolated], segregated, disunited, severed, withdrawn.

separation, n. [division], segregation, disunion, [disconnection], sequestration, disjunction, [dissolution], disengagement, disintegration, insulation, [isolation], [rupture], dissociation, divorce, analysis, decomposition, [detachment], demarcation, severance, [partition], deglutination.

separatist, n. [nonconformist], [dissenter], sectary, [schismatic].

sequel, n. [continuation], [conclusion], [consequence], [result], [outcome].

sequence, n. [succession], series, [following]; [result], [sequel], [consequence].

sequestered, a. [secluded].

sere, a. [dry], withered, [sear].

serenade, n. nocturne; ([burlesque]) charivari, callithump.

serene, a. [calm], placid, composed, tranquil, unruffled, unclouded.

serenity, n. [calmness], [composure], tranquillity; cloudlessness, [clearness].

serf, n. bondman, thrall, [slave], bond [servant], villein.

serfdom, n. thralldom, [slavery], [subjection], [bondage], [servitude].

serious, a. [grave], [earnest], [thoughtful], [solemn], [staid], [sober], [demure], saturnine; momentous, [important], [weighty], [grave]; [dangerous], [alarming], [critical].

seriousness, n. gravity. Antonyms: [levity], frivolity, [triviality].

sermon, n. homily, exhortation ([religious]), [discourse]. Associated words: homiletics, homiletic, homilist.

serpent, n. [snake], reptile, ophidian; basilisk, [cockatrice], amphisbæna. Associated words: ophiology, ophiolatry, ophiophagous, ophiography, herpetology, ophidian, ophiologic, ophiomorphous, herpetologist, herpetotomy, herpetotomist, ophiologist, ophiomancy, echidna, echidnine, [fang], uræus, serpentry, reptilian, anguiform, anguine.

serpentine, a. serpentlike, [subtle], sinuous, [winding], zigzag, tortuous.

servant, n. [dependent], subaltern, subordinate, [helper], servitor, [attendant], retainer; [domestic], [maid], [menial], [drudge], valet, [flunky], [groom], coistril, [lackey], [underling], fag, coolie, butler, factotum, [orderly], soubrette, equerry.

serve, v. [attend], wait upon; [promote], [advance], contribute, conduce to; subserve; [treat], [requite]; [satisfy], suffice, [content], [answer], [do]; [deal], [distribute].

service, n. [labor], employment, [office], [duty], [business], [function], [ministry]; [ritual], [ceremony], [rite]; [advantage], [benefit], avail, [use], [utility]; [homage], obeisance.

servile, a. [slavish], [abject], [cringing], [groveling], [obsequious]; [dependent], enslaved.

servitude, n. [bondage], [enslavement].

set, v. [place], put, [fix], [establish], locate, [station]; adjust, regulate, [adapt]; [oppose], [obstruct]; [appoint], [assign].

set, a. [fixed], [immovable], [rigid], [firm], [obstinate], [inflexible], [unyielding]; [regular], [uniform], established, prescribed, ordained, appointed.

set, n. [clique], [group], [class], [party], [coterie], [circle], [band], [company].

set aside. [displace], [supersede].

setback, n. (Colloq.) [backset], [check], [repulse], [reverse], relapse.

set-off, n. [offset]; counterclaim, [equivalent].

set-out, n. [display], [equipage], [rig], turnout; (Colloq.) preparations.

settle, v. [fix], [establish]; ordain, [install]; adjust, determine, [decide]; [sink], [subside], [fall]; precipitate; [quiet], [calm], [pacify], tranquillize; colonize, [people].

settlement, n. [establishment]; ordination, [installation]; colonization, [colony]; [adjustment]; [subsidence].

settler, n. pioneer, colonist.

settlings, n. pl. [sediment], [dregs], lees, precipitate, [grounds], feculence; foots.

set-to, n. (Colloq.) [contest], [conflict], [encounter], [combat], [fight], [scrimmage].

seven, n. heptade. Associated words: septenary, septuple, septette, septenate, septemvirate, septemvir, heptarchy.

sevenfold, a. septuple.

seven languages. Associated word: heptaglot.

seven-sided, a. heptagonal, septilateral.

seven-sided figure. heptagon, heptahedron.

seventy, n. Associated words: septuagenary, septuagesimal, Septuagint.

seventy years. Associated words: septuagenarian, septuagenary.

seven years. septennate. Associated words: septennial, septennially, septenary.

sever, v. [part], [divide], disunite, [separate], disjoin, [detach], [disconnect].

several, a. [various], [diverse], [manifold], [divers], [sundry].

severe, a. drastic, [harsh], [stern], [rigorous], [exact], [cruel]; [serious], [sedate], [grave], austere, [sober]; [distressing], afflictive, [sharp], acute, [violent], [intense]; [inexorable], [stern], [exacting], peremptory, [unrelenting], [unmerciful]; [plain], austere, unembellished, unadorned; [methodical], [strict], [precise], [exact].

severity, n. [rigor], rigorousness, harshness, [exactness], cruelty; [seriousness], gravity; [violence], intensity, acuteness; austerity, simplicity, plainness; [exactness], strictness, preciseness.

sew, v. stitch; [baste].

sewer, n. Associated words: sewerage, sewage.

sewing woman. seamstress.

sex, n. Associated words: sexual, gender, [bisexual], unisexual, epicene, hermaphrodite, hermaphroditism, androgyne, androgyny, gonad.

sexless, a. asexual, agamous.

sexton, n. janitor (of a church), sacristan, sacrist.

sexual desire. [lust], venereal [appetite], sexual [appetite], carnal [appetite], lasciviousness, [venery], concupiscence, salacity, salaciousness, aphrodisia; satyriasis ([immoderate]); nymphomania (morbid in women); (of animals) œstrus, [rut], [heat], œstruation. Antonym: anaphrodisia. Associated words: aphrodisiac, antaphrodisiac, anaphrodisiac, aphrodisiacal, amative, amativeness, amorous, amorousness, amatory, antiorgastic, philter, œstrual, [sedative], erotic, erotomania, sadism, satyromaniac.

sexual intercourse. coition, [copulation], [venery], sexual conjunction; ([illicit]) fornication, bawdry; [prostitution], putage; [adultery]; incest; [rape]; ([unnatural]) sodomy, buggery, pederasty; (of birds) tread. Antonyms: continence, [chastity], [virginity]. Associated words: venereal, incontinence, incontinent, [unchastity], copulatory, gonorrhea, [clap], syphilis, cenogamy, infibulation, intromittent, access, nonaccess, orgasm, fecundation, [impregnate], [impregnation], copulate, [lecher], [lechery], lecherous, [libertine], libertinism, house of assignation, bawd, procurer, bawdry, [pander], catamite.

sexual love. [venery], amorousness, amativeness.

sexual organs. [genitals], [privates], private [parts], organs of [generation], pudenda, virilia; ([male]) [penis], [testicles]; (female external) vulva, pudendum; ([internal]) [womb], uterus, ovaries, vagina, clitoris. Associated words: agamic, agamous, protandric, protandrism, nympha, [maidenhead], pudic, pubes, spermatheca, gonad, [masturbation], infibulation.

sexual power. [virility]; fecundity. Associated word: emasculate.

sexual weakness. ([male]) impotency, sexual debility, invirility, emasculation, eviration; ([female]) [sterility], defemination, infecundity.

shabby, a. [seedy], [threadbare], tacky (Colloq.); [mean], [despicable], [scurvy], [contemptible].

shack, n. (Colloq.) [vagabond], [tramp], loafer; [hut], [shanty], [hovel], [cabin].

shackle, n. [handcuff], [manacle], [fetter].

shackle, v. [manacle], [hamper], [fetter]; [impede], trammel.

shade, n. [umbrage], [shadow]; pl. [darkness], [obscurity], [gloom], shadows; [retreat], [seclusion]; [screen], [protection], [curtain], [awning], [blind]; [spirit], [ghost], [specter], [phantom], manes; minute [difference], [variation], nuance.

shade, v. [screen]; [obscure], [dim], obfuscate, [cloud], [darken], [eclipse].

shadow, n. [shade], [darkness], penumbra, adumbration; prefiguration. Associated words: sciagraphy, sciomachy, periscian, silhouette, sciomancy.

shadow, v. [shade], [screen]; adumbrate, [typify], [symbolize]; [cloud], [obscure].

shadowy, a. unsubstantial, [visionary], illusory, chimerical.

shady, a. umbrageous, [shadowy], umbriferous; [sheltered], screened; (Colloq.) equivocal, [questionable], [corrupt].

shaft, n. [arrow], [spear], [missile]; [column], [obelisk]; [handle], helve; [spire], [pinnacle]; [pole], [tongue], [thill]; axis.

shake, v. [agitate], [jar], [jolt], convulse, concuss, [jounce], dodder, [tremble], trill, [shiver], totter, joggle, jiggle, [wave], [vibrate], [shudder].

shake, n. [jar], shivering, [jolt], [shaking], [shudder].

shaking, n. concussion, [agitation], [disturbance], [trembling], [convulsion].

shaky, a. [trembling], [shaking]; (Colloq.) [unsound], tottering.

shallow, a. [shoal]; superficial, [frivolous], [senseless].

sham, n. [pretense], [feint], [delusion], imposition, [mockery], [fraud], [imitation], dissimulation, [simulation].

sham, a. [counterfeit], [spurious], pretended, dummy, unreal [false], [mock], simulated.

sham, v. [feign], [pretend], [imitate], [personate], dissimulate.

shame, n. [ignominy], [dishonor], [reproach], [derision], contempt [discredit], opprobrium, [scandal], [disgrace], obloquy; [mortification], [abashment], [humiliation], [discomfiture]; [modesty], [decency].

shame, v. [humiliate], [mortify], disconcert; [disgrace], [degrade]; [mock], [deride], [ridicule].

shamefaced, a. [bashful], [diffident], [modest].

shameful, a. [indecent], [immodest], [obscene]; [scandalous], [disgraceful], [reproachful], [ignominious], [infamous], flagitious, disreputable, [vile], opprobrious.

shameless, a. [immodest], unabashed, [indelicate], [indecent], [unblushing], [audacious], [brazen-faced], [abandoned], [graceless].

shammy, n. chamois.

shanty, n. [hut], [hovel], [shack].

shape, v. [form], [mould], [fashion], [frame]; adjust, regulate, [design], [plan], [arrange].

shape, n. [form], [figure], [guise], [appearance].

shapeless, a. [misshapen], unsymmetrical, [unshapely], [formless], amorphous.

shapely, a. symmetrical, well-formed, [comely], well-proportioned.

share, v. [apportion], [divide]; [partake], participate in.

share, n. [portion], [allotment], [quota], [dole], proportion, contingent, dividend.

sharer, n. participator, [partaker]; divider, distributor.

shark, n. (Colloq.) [sharper], [trickster], [cheat], swindler; [fraud], [trickery].

sharp, a. [pointed], trenchant, incisive, [keen]; [poignant], [piercing], acute, [penetrating], [severe], excruciating, [intense], [subtile], [violent]; [biting], [sarcastic], [acrimonious], [acrid], [cutting]; [sagacious], [clever], perspicacious, [ingenious], [bright], [discerning], resourceful, astute, [shrewd], [apt], [smart], [long-headed], acuminous; [fierce], [fiery], [unquenchable], eager; [exacting], [close]; [steep], [abrupt], precipitous; [pungent], piquant [peppery], high-seasoned: [shrill], [piercing]; [peaked], ridged.

sharpen, v. [intensify], [aggravate], [quicken]; [hone], [grind], [point], whet.

sharpening stone. [whetstone], [hone], [oilstone], grindstone, abradant.

sharper, n. [trickster], swindler, [knave], [cheat], [extortioner], [blackleg].

sharpness, n. keenness, poignancy, acuity, acuteness, [edge]; asperity, [acrimony], impatience; [acumen], [sagacity], [shrewdness], astuteness, [aptness]; pungency, [piquancy].

sharp practice. [trickery], [chicanery].

sharp-sighted, a. eagle-eyed, acute, perspicacious, argus-eyed.

shatter, v. [shiver], [demolish]; [disorder], derange.

shave, n. shaving; spokeshave, drawshave.

sheath, n. [case], scabbard; [covering].

shed, v. [diffuse], emit, [radiate], [spread]; [cast], exuviate, [moult], [mew], discard; doff.

shed, n. outhouse, [lean-to], [shack], [shanty].

shedding, n. (skins, shells, etc.) exuviation, ecdysis, [moulting].

she-devil, n. [Jezebel], [fury], virago, termagant.

sheen, n. [shine], [luster], [gloss], [brightness], [splendor].

sheep, n. Ovis, Ovis aries; ([male]) [ram], [buck]; ([female]) ewe; ([young]) [lamb], eanling; (castrated ram) wether; (leader of the flock) bellwether; hoggerel, hogget. Associated words: bleat, braxy, gid, mutton, [flock], ovine, [shepherd], shepherdess, cosset, raddle, yean, ean, lowbell, abigeat, sheepcote, [fold].

sheep-dog, n. collie, shepherd [dog].

sheepish, a. [bashful], [shy], over-modest.

sheepskin, n. sheep-pelt, [pelt], woolfell; roan; (Cant) diploma. Associated words: fellmonger, woolpuller, skiver, budge.

sheer, a. [thin]; [unadulterated], [pure], unmixed; precipitous, [abrupt], [perpendicular].

shelf, n. mantel, mantelpiece; [bracket], [console]; [ledge], [shallow], [shoal]; banquette.

shell, n. [shuck], putamen; [test], testa, episperm, spermoderm. Associated words: scleroid, enucleate, enucleation, inenucleable.

shell, n. armature, [case], exoskeleton, shale; carapace, plastron; cockle, conch, periwinkle, cowrie, whelk, mitre [shell], abilone [shell]; exuviae ([cast-off]); conchite ([fossil]). Associated words: conchology, conchologist, malacology, testaceous, cockled, mollusk, conchiferous, conchiform conchometer, conchometry, crustacean, exuvial, exuviate, exuviation, Loricata, bivalve, multivalve, univalve.

shell, n. [framework]; [bomb], torpedo, shrapnel, grenade.

shell, v. hull, [shuck], shale, enucleate; bombard, [besiege].

shellfish, n. pl. Mollusks, Mollusca, Testacea.

shell money. wampum, hiagua, peag, colcol, kopkops, seawan, suckanhock.

shelter, n. [protection], [screen], [cover], [shield], [defense], [covert], [security], lee; [asylum], [refuge], [retreat], [haven], [sanctuary].

shelter, v. [shield], [protect], [defend], [screen], ensconce, [cover]. Antonym: [expose].

sheltered, a. protected, [covert].

shepherd, n. [pastor], pastoralist. Associated words: bucolic, pastoral, [staff], [crook].

shibboleth, n. [watchword], party [cry].

shield, n. ægis, buckler, escutcheon, scutcheon, pavise, scutum; [defense], [protection], palladium, [bulwark], [safeguard]. Associated words: scutal, bouche.

shield, v. [defend], [protect], [safeguard]; ward off, [repel].

shield-shaped, a. thyroid.

shift, v. veer, [change], [turn]; [quirk], [quibble], palter; [change], [substitute].

shift, n. [subterfuge], [device], [contrivance], [evasion], [stratagem], [trick], [dodge]; [resource], expedient, [change], [substitution]; [chemise].

shifting, a. [unstable], [variable], [changeable].

shiftless, a. improvident, unthrifty, [thriftless], [wasteful]. Antonyms: [thrifty], [industrious].

shilly-shally, adv. irresolutely, hesitatingly.

shilly-shally, n. [hesitation], [irresolution], [indecision], [vacillation], [wavering], [trifling], [evasion], [dalliance].

shilly-shally, v. [hesitate], [waver], [trifle], [dally], [vacillate], [dodge], be [irresolute].

shin, n. shank.

shindy, n. (Slang) [uproar], [disturbance], [riot], [row]; hockey; [liking], [fancy].

shine, v. [beam], [radiate], [gleam], irradiate, [glisten], glow, [glitter], [flare], [glare]; [excel], [surpass]; [polish].

shine, n. [luster], [polish], [gloss], [sheen], [radiance], resplendence, [brilliancy], lucency, glaze.

shine, n. (Slang) [liking], [fancy]; [caper], [antic], [dido].

shining, a. [radiant], [beaming], [lustrous], [luminous], [glowing], [brilliant], lucent, [bright], [sleek], glazed, glistening, splendent, resplendent, [glossy], shiny; [conspicuous], [noticeable].

shining between. interlucent.

shining round. circumfulgent.

ship, n. [vessel]. Associated words: barratry, hypothecate, hypothecation.

ship, v. transport; deport; (Colloq.) [dismiss], send [away].

shipbuilder, n. shipwright.

shipment, n. [shipping], transportation; consignment.

ship mortgage. bottomry, hypothecation.

shipping, n. [shipment], transportation; navigation.

shipwreck, n. wreckage; [disaster], [destruction], [ruin], subversion, [miscarriage]. Associated words: salvage, flotsam, jetsam, [derelict], jettison.

shipwrecked person. [castaway].

shirk, v. [avoid], [evade], [neglect].

shirt, n. [smock], [chemise], [shift], tunic, camise.

shiver, n. [splinter], [sliver]; shivering, tremor, horripilation.

shoal, n. [shallow], sandbank, [bar].--a. [shallow].

shock, v. [dismay], horrify, appall, [terrify], [frighten]; stook; astound, [stun], [paralyze], [scandalize], [outrage], [offend].

shock, n. [impact], [blow], [collision], concussion, onset, brunt, [clash], percussion; stroke, [blow]; stook, hattock.

shocking, a. [scandalous], appalling, [offensive], [outrageous], [heinous], dire.

shod, p.p. and a. calced, calceated.

shoddy, a. (Colloq.) [sham], [spurious], [mock].

shoddy, n. rag [wool], mungo.

shoe, n. [boot], balmoral, Goodyear welt, [clog], sock, buskin, sandal, [slipper], creedmore, Creole, [stogy], chopine, brogan, blucher, bottine, moccasin, oxford, sabot, [pump], cracowes, poulaine, [racket].

shoemaker, n. crispin, cordwainer (Archaic).

shoe mender. cobbler.

shoe mending. cobbling.

shoestring, n. shoelace, latchet.

shoot, n. chute, shute, flume, [channel].

shoot, n. tiller, [sucker], [sprout], [offshoot], chit, [twig], [scion].

shoot, v. [discharge], [fire]; [eject], hurl, emit, ejaculate; protrude, project, [extend], [jut]; germinate, [sprout]; [penetrate], [dart]; fusillade; tiller.

shooting, a. darting, [piercing].

shop, n. workshop, [factory]; [store]; [warehouse]; atelier, [studio].

shore, n. [beach], [coast], strand, marge. Associated words: littoral, circumlittoral, limicoline, shingle, [beached].

shore, v. [prop], [brace], [buttress], [support], [stay].

shorn, a. sheared, clipped; divested, deprived, fleeced.

short, a. [brief], contracted, terse, [concise], condensed, [sententious], laconic, succinct, [summary], epigrammatic, [pithy]; [limited], [inadequate], [insufficient], [deficient], [scanty]; [abrupt], curt, [uncivil]; [lacking], [shy], [unsupplied]; [crisp], friable, [brittle]. Antonyms: [diffuse], prolix, [long].

shortage, n. [deficiency], [insufficiency], inadequacy, deficit, ullage. Antonyms: See surplus.

short-billed, a. brevirostral, brevirostrate.

shortcoming, n. [defect], [imperfection], [fault], foible, [failure].

shorten, v. [abridge], abbreviate, [curtail], [reduce], epitomize, [contract], [retrench], [condense], [diminish]; [limit], [restrict], [restrain], [confine], circumscribe; [dock], [lop].

shortening, n. abbreviation, [abridgment], [contraction], curtailment, [reduction], [retrenchment].

shorthand, n. phonography, [stenography].

short-headed, a. brachycephalous.

short-legged, a. breviped.

short-lived, a. ephemeral, [mushroom], transitory.

shortness, n. brevity, [briefness], conciseness, laconism, inadequacy, [deficiency], [insufficiency], [shortage], deficit.

short-sighted, a. myopic, [near-sighted]; [unwise], [impudent], [indiscreet].

short-sightedness, n. myopia, [near-sightedness]; unwisdom, imprudence, [indiscretion].

short-sighted person. myope.

short-winged, a. brevipennate.

shot, n. [discharge]; projectile, bullet, [ball]; marksman; [range], [reach].

shoulder, n. Associated words: epaulet, shrug, espauliere, scapular, scapulary, baldric, infrascapular, omagra.

shoulder, v. jostle, [push]; [assume], [bear].

shoulder blade. scapula, omoplate.

shout, n. vociferation, halloo, outcry, [call], [hoot], [clamor], acclamation.

shout, v. vociferate, [yell], halloo, [call], [clamor], acclaim.

show, n. [exposure], [exhibition], [exposition], demonstration, representation; [display], [spectacle], ostentation, [parade], [pomp], [flourish], splurge, pageantry, [splendor]: [appearance], semblance; [pretense], puppetry, speciousness, [simulation].

show, v. [exhibit], [present], [display], [uncover], [reveal], disclose, [manifest], divulge, evince, [proclaim]; [direct], [guide], [usher], [conduct]; demonstrate, [explain], expound, exemplify; [indicate], [signify].

showing, n. demonstration, [exhibition], presentation, [revelation], disclosure, [exposition], [manifestation]; [direction], guidance, ushering; [explanation], expounding, [illustration], [interpretation], [indication], exemplification. Associated words: ostensive, ostensible, exhibiting, expository.

showy, a. spectacular, pageant, [ostentatious], [pompous]; garish, [gaudy], meretricious, [gorgeous], [flashy], bedizened, [gay], [conspicuous], [tinsel]. Antonyms: inconspicuous, [modest], unostentatious, [quiet], [subdued].

shred, n. [fragment], tatter, [rag], [strip], [frazzle].

shrew, n. [scold], brawler, termagant, [vixen], virago, Xantippe.

shrewd, a. astute, [sharp]; [cunning], [crafty], [wily], [artful], [long-headed].

shrewdness, n. [acumen], astuteness, [sharpness], long-headedness.

shrewish, a. vixenish, termagant, [brawling], [clamorous].

shriek, n. [screech], [yell], [scream].

shrill, a. [piercing], acute, strident.

shrink, v. [contract], shrivel, [decrease], [dwindle]; [flinch], [recoil], [blench], [wince], winch.

shrinkage, n. [contraction]; (Colloq.) depreciation.

shrinking, a. [coy], [shy], [diffident], [bashful], [modest], [retiring].

shroud, n. winding-sheet, [grave-clothes], cerements.

shroud, v. [mask], [screen], [cloak], conceal.

shrub, n. [bush]; pl. shrubbery, [thicket], boscage, bosket.

shuck, n. [shell], [husk], [pod], shale.--v. [shell], enucleate.

shudder, n. tremor.--v. [tremble], [shake], [shiver], [quake].

shuffle, v. [jumble], intermix; equivocate, prevaricate, [quibble], [shift]; shamble.

shuffle, n. [artifice], [evasion], prevarication, [trick], [sophism], [ruse].

shun, v. [avoid], elude, [evade], eschew.

shut, v. [close]; [debar], [exclude], preclude; (shut up) [confine], [imprison], coop up, incarcerate, immure.

shy, a. [timid], [coy], [backward], [retiring], [diffident], [wary], [cautious]; (Slang) [short], [lacking].

shyness, n. [diffidence], coyness, [timidity], [bashfulness].

shyster, n. (Slang) [knave], [impostor], [rogue], [cheat].

sick, a. [ill], unwell, ailing, [indisposed], [diseased], morbid; nauseated, queasy, squeamish, [qualmish]; disgusted, surfeited, [weary], [palled], satiated.

sick, v. sick on, [incite], [urge].

sicken, v. [nauseate], [disgust], [pall], [surfeit], [decay], languish.

sickening, a. nauseating, [disgusting], [fulsome], [nauseous], [revolting].

sickle-shaped, a. falcate, falcated.

sickly, a. [invalid], unwell, [unhealthy], ailing; [unwholesome]; [pale], [languid], [haggard], [puny], [peaked].

sickness, n. [illness], [malady], [ailment], [complaint], [disorder], distemper, morbidity, [indisposition], [invalidism], [disease]. Associated words: morbidity, morbific, malinger, malingerer, malingery, decumbiture, convalescent, [convalescence], relapse, malaise, clinic.

sickness of stomach. [nausea], [qualm], qualmishness.

side, n. flank; [faction], [sect], [party]. Associated words: lateral, laterality, laterally, collateral, bilateral, equilateral, quadrilateral, longilateral, [lopsided], multilateral, perimeter, ambidexter, ambidextrous, ambidexterity.

side, a. lateral, collateral, [incidental].

side by side. in apposition. Associated words: apposition, juxtaposition, juxtapose, juxtaposit.

side dish. entrée, entremets.

sidehill, n. [descent], declivity, [decline], [slope].

sidelong, a. lateral, oblique.

sidesman, n. [partisan].

sidetrack, v. shunt; (Colloq.) switch off, divert.

sideways, adv.. [sidewise], [askance], obliquely, laterally.

sidewise, adv. [sideways], [askance].

siding, n. [sidetrack], turnout; [clapboards], weatherboarding.

siege, n. investment, blockade, besiegement. Associated words: obsidional, [besiege], beleaguer, obsess, obsession, [beset].

Siena marble. brocatel.

sieve, n. [strainer], sifter, [bolt], bolter, [riddle], tammis, tammy.

sievelike, a. cribrate, cribrose, cribriform.

sift, v. [bolt], cribble, [riddle]; [investigate].

sifting, n. bolting; (Pharm.) cribration; [investigation].

sigh, n. suspiration.--v. suspire.

sight, n. [vision]; [seeing], [view], [perception]; visibility; [spectacle], phenomenon, panorama, vista, gapeseed, cynosure; (Colloq.) great [number], [many], [multitude], great [quantity]. Associated words: optics, optical, optic, ocular, optician, caligo, astigmatism, perimeter, perimetry, amaurosis, visual, visualize, [apparition].

sightly, a. [comely], [attractive], handsome.

sign, n. [omen], auspice, portent, prodigy, prognostic, [augury], [foretoken], [presage]; [mark], [token], [indication], [symptom], index, emblem, symbol; [trace], [vestige], ensign, [signal], [beacon]; [gesture], [motion]; [signature]. Associated words: [ominous], [portentous], augurial, semeiology, semeiological, sematology, semiotic, semeiography.

sign, v. [signify], [mark], [indicate], [betoken]; subscribe.

signal, n. [sign], ensign, [beacon]. Associated word: pharology.

signal, a. memorable, [remarkable], [noticeable], [notable].

signature, n. autograph, sign-manual. Associated word: signatory.

signer, n. subscriber, signatory.

significance, n. [meaning], import; [consequence], [importance], [force].

significant, a. momentous, [important]; indicative, significative. Antonyms: [insignificant], [unimportant], meaningless.

signification, n. [meaning], import, acceptation, [sense].

signify, v. [indicate], [betoken], [denote]; [mean]; [matter].

silence, n. stillness, [quietness]; taciturnity, muteness, [reserve]; [secrecy].

silence, v. [still], [hush], [quiet], [suppress], [lull], [quell], [appease].

silent, a. [still], [quiet], [noiseless], inaudible; taciturn, [reserved], [mute]; quiescent.

silkworms, n. pl. Associated words: sericulture, mulberry, cocoon, filature, cocoonery, bombic, bombyx, filator, muscardine.

silky, a. sericeous, silken.

sill, n. [threshold]; window [sill].

silliness, n. [folly], [foolishness], puerility, stupidity, inanity, inaneness, [absurdity], [senselessness], ineptitude.

silly, a. witless, [foolish], [simple], fatuous, [imbecile], [half-witted]; [stupid], [unwise], inept, [absurd], inane, [nonsensical], [senseless], [puerile].

silver, n. argentum; bullion (uncoined silver). Associated words: filigree, platinum, desilverize, desilverization, patio, vermeil, fulguration, silversmith.

silvery, a. [silver], argent, argentine, argentous, argentiferous.

similar, a. [like], corresponding, resembling, homogeneous, analogous.

similarity, n. [analogy], homogeneity, [likeness], similitude, [correspondence].

simile, n. [comparison], [metaphor].

simoon, n. [desert wind], khamsin, samiel.

simper, n. [smirk].

simple, a. incomplex, uncompounded, [single], [elementary], uncombined, mere; [plain], [unaffected], [artless], [naïve], [unsophisticated]; [credulous], [gullible], [silly], oafish. Antonyms: [complex], [complicated], [intricate], [artful], [crafty], elaborate.

simpleton, n. dolt, [dunce], [numskull], lackbrain, oaf, witling, [fool].

simulate, v. [pretend], [feign].

simulation, n. [pretense], [feint], [feigning], [affectation].

simultaneous, a. [contemporaneous], synchronal, synchronous.

sin, n. iniquity, [transgression], [wickedness], delinquency, peccadillo, [offense], peccancy, unrighteousness. Associated words: ponerology, hamartiology, peccable, peccability, peccant, peccavi, impeccable, impeccability.

sin, v. do [wrong], [trespass], [transgress].

sincere, a. heartfelt, [genuine], [unfeigned], undissembling. Antonyms: See insincere.

sincerity, n. [honesty], unaffectedness, [frankness]. Antonyms: [insincerity], dissimulation.

sinew, n. tendon; [muscle], thew.

sinful, a. iniquitous, [wrong], [immoral], [wicked], depraved, [vicious], [unrighteous].

sinfulness, n. iniquity, [immorality], depravity, [wickedness].

sing, v. carol, [warble], [chant], hymn, [hum], troll, yodel, croon.

singe, v. sweal, swale, [scorch].

singer, n. vocalist, songster, songstress, [minstrel], chanter, cantatrice, cantor, prima donna, precentor, bard, troubadour, jongleur, musician.

single, a. individual, [alone], [particular], [isolated], [sporadic], [solitary]; [unmarried], celibate; [simple], unmixed; [honest], [sincere], ingenuous, [frank].

single, v. single [out], [choose], [select], [separate], [isolate], segregate.

single-hearted, a. [sincere], [honest], [guileless].

single-minded, a. [artless], [undesigning], [guileless].

singsong, n. monotone.--a. [monotonous], drawling.

singular, a. [unusual], unconventional, [uncommon], [strange], [peculiar], unwonted, [rare], [extraordinary], exceptional, [odd], [whimsical], [eccentric], [bizarre], [queer], [unique], unprecedented, unexampled, [curious].

singularity, n. [peculiarity], idiosyncrasy, individuality; [curiosity], [freak], [abnormality], rarity, [abnormity], queerness, [eccentricity].

sinister, a. [left]; [unlucky], inauspicious, [evil], [wrong], [forbidding].

sink, v. [subside], descend, [decline], [fall]; [immerse], [submerge], engulf, [merge].

sinker, n. plummet.

sinking, n. [subsidence], [fall], [decrease], [decline].

sinless, a. [innocent], [guiltless], undefiled, [perfect], [blameless], [faultless].

sinner, n. [wrong-doer], delinquent, miscreant, trespasser. See [wrong-doer].

siren, a. [bewitching], [fascinating], [enticing].

sister, n. Associated words: sororicide, sororize, sorosis, sororal.

site, n. [location].

sitting, n. Associated words: sedentary, assession, astasia.

situation, n. [position], [place], [post], employment, [job], [location], [site], [station], [position]; circumstance, [condition], [plight], predicament, exigency.

sitz bath. hip [bath].

six, n. Associated words: sexenary, hexaplar, sextant, sextuple, sextet, sestet, sextic, senary.

six-cornered, a. hexangular, hexagonal.

six days. hexahemeron.

six fingers or toes. Associated words: sexidigitism, sexidigitist.

sixfold, a. sextuple.

six-footed, a. hexapod.

six months. semester. Associated words: [half-yearly], semi-annual, bi-annual, semestral.

six-sided, a. cubic, hexahedral, hexagonal.

six-sided body. [cube], hexahedron.

six-sided figure. hexagon.

sixty, n. Associated words: sexagenary, sexagesimal.

sixty years. Associated words: sexagenarian, sexagenary.

six years. Associated words: sexennial, sexennially.

size, n. magnitude, [volume], dimensions, amplitude, [bulk], [extent], [bigness].

skedaddle, v. (Slang) run [away], flee, decamp, [scuttle], [scamper], [scurry].

skeptic, n. [unbeliever], [infidel].

skeptical, a. [doubtful], disbelieving, incredulous. Antonym: [credulous].

skepticism, n. [doubt], incredulity, infidelity; Pyrrhonism. Antonym: credulity.

sketch, n. draught, [outline], [plan], [drawing], [design], scenario, esquisse.

sketch, v. draught, [portray], [draw], [depict], delineate.

skid, n. [drag], [clog], skidpan.

skill, n. adroitness, ingenuity, cleverness, technic, [dexterity], proficiency, expertness, facility, deftness, [knack]. Antonyms: maladroitness, empiricism, [quackery], inexpertness, clumsiness.

skillful, a. skilled, [expert], adroit, [dexterous], [adept], [masterly], [proficient], [deft], [able], [efficient], [competent], [accomplished]. Antonyms: [unskillful], empirical, maladroit.

skimp, v. (Colloq.) [scamp], [slight], [scrimp], [save].

skimpy, a. (Colloq.) [scant], [skimp].

skin, n. integument, tegument, derm; epidermis, cuticle, [scarfskin]; true [skin], dermis, derma, cutis; membrane, epithelium, ecteron, enderon, ecderon; [pelt], pell, pelage, peltry; [hide], kip; [husk], hull, glume; (of fruit) [peel], peeling, [rind], paring, epicarp; pellicle, [film]; episperm, testa, tegmen; [slough], exuviae (cast-off-skin); [parchment], vellum. Antonyms: pulp, [flesh]. Associated words: dermatology, dermatologist, dermic, dermatic, dermal, cutaneous, dermatitis, dermatography, dermatoid, smegma, caul, dermatopathic, dermoplastic, dermoplasty, hypodermic, subcutaneous, dermatopathy, exuviate, exuviation, desquamate, desquamation, [slough], dermatophyte, dermostosis, cuticular, epidermal, apellous, abrasion, emphractic, excoriation.

skin, v. [flay], excoriate; [pare], [peel]; (Slang) [cheat], [defraud], [fleece].

skin-deep, a. superficial.

skinflint, n. [miser], niggard, curmudgeon, [scrimp], [screw].

skinny, a. emaciated, [gaunt], [rawboned], [poor].

skip, v. [omit], [pass], [disregard]; [caper], [gambol], [jump], [leap]; ricochet.

skip, n. [omission]; [gambol], [caper], [hop], [leap]; ricochet.

skipper, n. sea-captain; cheese maggot.

skirt, n. petticoat (underskirt); [kilt]; fustanella; kirtle; [margin], [border], [edge], [rim].

skirt opening. placket.

skit, n. [reflection], [jeer], [gibe], [satire], [squib].

skittish, a. timorous, [shy]; [volatile], [restless], [wanton].

skulk, v. [sneak], slink, lurk.

skull, n. [cranium]; death's-head. Associated words: cranial, acrania, acranial, craniology, [phrenology], trepan, trephine, fontanel, sphenoid, cephalism, parietes, parietal, crossbones, occiput, frontal, sinciput.

skullcap, a. calotte.

sky, n. firmament, welkin, empyrean, azure, the heavens. Associated words: [meridian], [zenith], nadir, horizon, uranology, uranography, zodiac.

sky-blue, a. azure, cerulean.

skyey, a. ethereal.

slack, a. [lax], [loose], relaxed; [remiss], [negligent], [careless], [shiftless]; [inactive], [slow].

slacken, v. [moderate], [retard], [slack], [reduce]; [loosen], [relax]; [diminish], [abate], [mitigate]; [slake]; [relax], [flag].

slackness, n. [looseness], laxity, [negligence], remissness, [carelessness], shiftlessness; [relaxation], [diminution].

slag, n. scoria, cinders, recrement, [dross], [refuse].

slake, v. [quench]; [slack]; [abate], [decrease], [allay].

slam-bang, adv. (Collog.) violently, forcibly, noisily, loudly.

slander, v. malign, [defame], traduce, asperse, [vilify], calumniate, [backbite], [scandalize], [libel].

slander, n. [defamation], calumny, aspersion, [libel], vilification, [scandal], [abuse], traducement, [backbiting], roorback, vituperation.

slanderous, a. [defamatory], [malicious], vituperative, calumnious, [libellous].

slant, n. [slope], [incline], [inclination], obliquity.--v. [slope], [incline].

slanting, a. [sloping], oblique, [slant].--n. obliquity, [inclination], [tilt].

slap, n. [cuff], buffet.--v. [box], [cuff], buffet.

slap, adv. (Colloq.) suddenly, violently, unceremoniously, [instantly].

slap-dash, adv. (Colloq.) carelessly, at [random], all at once.

slash, n. incision, [gash], [cut], [slit].

slate, n. argillite, argillaceous schist; grapholite.--v. [enroll], [register].

slated, a. registered, enrolled (for an appointment).

slattern, n. draggle-tail, drab, trollop, niopsy, malkin, drabble-tail.

slatternly, a. [slattern], [untidy], draggle-tailed.

slaughter, n. butchery. See killing.

slaughter-house, n. abattoir, shambles.

slave, n. [vassal], bond [servant], bondslave, bondman, thrall, [serf], captive, helot; [drudge]. Associated words: abolitionism, abolitionist, blackbird, maroon.

slave, v. [drudge], [toil], moil.

slavery, n. [bondage], [enslavement], [servitude], inthrallment, [captivity], bond [service], vassalage, thralldom, [subjection], helotism; drudgery.

slave warehouse. barracoon.

slavish, a. [servile], [menial], [abject], [groveling].

sleazy, a. [flimsy], [thin], gauzy.

sled, n. [sleigh], sledge, toboggan.

sleek, a. [smooth], [glossy].

sleek, adv. (Low) easily, dexterously.

sleep, v. slumber, [repose]; doze, drowse; lie [dormant]; hibernate; lodge.

sleep, n. slumber, [repose]; nap, doze, drowse, snooze, dozing; siesta; [dormancy], [lethargy]; trance; sopor, coma, carus; somnipathy, somnolism; dogsleep. Associated words: hypnology, hypnotic, agrypnotic, hypnosis, hypnotism, [narcotic], [opiate], dwale, somniloquence, somniloquism, somnial, somniferous, hypnophobia, hypnogogic, stupefacient, mesmeric, soporific, dormitive, soporiferous, soporous, somnific, somnolent, somniloquous, antihypnotic, morphean, oversleep, morphine, narcosis, lullaby, incubation, hypnogenic, Mara, Morpheus, Hypnos, Somnus, dormitory, diurnation, cubicle, insomniac, hibernation, somnipathist, somniloquist, agrypnia, [wake], [awaken].

sleeper, n. slumberer; [drone], sluggard; [tie]; joist.

sleepiness, n. [drowsiness], somnolence.

sleeping, a. asleep, slumbering, [dormant].

sleepless, a. [wakeful], insomnious, insomnolent.

sleeplessness, n. [wakefulness], insomnia, insomnolence.

sleep of plants. nyctitropism. Associated word: nyctitropic.

sleepwalker, n. somnambulist, noctambulist, somnambulator, somnambule.

sleepwalking, n. somnambulism, somnambulation, somnambulance, noctambulism, noctambulation. Associated words: somnambulate, somnambulistic, somnambular, somnambulic.

sleepy, a. [drowsy], somnolent, dozy; soporiferous, somniferous, soporific, dormitive, [narcotic], somnific, hypnotic; [dormant], [sluggish], lethargic, [torpid], [dull].

sleeve, n. Associated word: chevron.

sleigh, n. cutter, [sled], sledge, bobsled, toboggan, jumper, pung.

sleight of hand. prestidigitation, [jugglery], [legerdemain], [magic], conjury. Associated words: prestidigitator, [juggler], [conjurer], [magician], legerdemamist.

slender, a. [slim], [slight], [thin], [spare], lank, [spindling]; [delicate], [feeble], [fragile], [frail], tenuous; [trivial], inconsiderable; [abstemious], [frugal], [spare], [plain].

slice, n. [chop], collop; rasher, flitch.

slick, a. [sleek], sleeky, [smooth].

slide, n. [slip]; flume, [shoot], chute.

slide, v. [slip], glide, [lapse], elapse, [skid].

slight, a. inconsiderable, [trivial], [insignificant], [trifling], [petty], paltry; [desultory], cursory, superficial, [indifferent].

slight, n. [neglect], [inattention], [disregard], [snub].

slight, v. [overlook], [neglect], [disregard], [ignore].

slightly, adv. somewhat; superficially, cursorily, hastily.

slim, a. [thin], [gaunt], [poor], lank, [spare], [spindling], [meager]; [slight], [insufficient], inconsiderable, paltry.

slime, n. [mud], [mire], [ooze], liman.

slimsy, a. (Colloq.) [flimsy], [frail], [poor].

slip, v. [slide], glide; [err], [trip]; [omit], [lose]; [foist]; elapse.

slip, n. [lapse], [error], [indiscretion], [transgression], peccadillo, [mistake]; [twig], [cutting], [scion], [shoot]; escape, [riddance], [desertion]; [wrapper], [covering].

slipper, n. slipshoe; (Oriental) baboosh, babouche.

slipperiness, n. [smoothness], glibness, lubricity.

slippery, a. [smooth], [glib]; [inconstant], [unstable]; [loose], incontinent, lubric.

slipshod, a. [slovenly], [careless], [negligent].

slit, n. [gash], incision.

sliver, n. [splinter].

slobber, v. [drivel], [drool], slabber, slaver; [smear], [daub], [defile].

slogan, n. war [cry], rallying [cry].

slope, v. [slant], [incline].

slope, n. [inclination], [slant], obliquity, acclivity; declivity.

sloping, a. oblique, [slanting]; acclivous; declivous.

slosh, n. [slush], sludge.

sloth, n. sluggishness, [indolence], [laziness].

slothful, a. dronish, [lazy], [indolent], [supine], [sluggish], [idle], [inactive].

slouchy, a. slouching, [ungainly], [awkward].

slough, n. [quagmire], [bog], [morass]; swale; exuviae.

sloughing, n. ecdysis, exuviation.

slovenly, a. [untidy], [disorderly], [frowzy], [careless].

slow, a. [deliberate], [moderate], gradual; dilatory, [languid], unready, [phlegmatic], [lingering], [torpid], [sluggish], [slack], leisurely; (Colloq.) wearisome, [dull], prosaic, uninteresting, [tiresome].

slow, v. [slacken], [relax], [moderate], [delay], [retard].

sluggish, a. [idle], [lazy], [slothful]; [inactive], [slow], inert.

slump, n. (Colloq.) depreciation.

slur, v. [soil], sully; [disparage], traduce, asperse; [blur], mackle.

slur, n. [stain], [mark]; innuendo, [reproach], [brand].

slush, n. [slosh], sludge.

slut, n. bitch (femaledog); [slattern], [quean], malkin.

sly, a. [cautious], [nimble], [skillful], [arch], [wary], [knowing], [shrewd], [cunning], [wily], [artful]; [subtle], [stealthy], [clandestine], [covert], surreptitious, furtive.

smack, n. [taste]; [kiss], buss; [crack], [snap].

smacking, a. [brisk], [smart], [resounding].

small, a. [little], [minute], diminutive, [petty], [slight], inconsiderable, [puny], tiny, weazened, [undeveloped], [dwarfish], runty, wee, [stunted], inappreciable, undersized, atrophied; miniature; [trivial], [insignificant], [trifling], [frivolous]; [mean], [narrow-minded], [illiberal], [sordid], [ungenerous], contracted; [short], [limited]; [piping], [feeble], [weak]; microscopic, infinitesimal, molecular, corpuscular, [atomic], [fine]; homeopathic.

smallpox, n. variola; varioloid (modified smallpox after vaccination). Associated words: [vaccination], vaccine, virus, variolation, [vaccinate], pock, pockmark, [pockmarked], antivariolus, variolus, pocky, papule, pustule.

smart, v. [sting], [prick], suffer.

smart, a. acute, [bright], [clever], [apt], [brilliant], [gifted], [talented]; precocious; [vigorous], [energetic], [forcible]; [fashionable], pretentious, [trim], [elegant]; fresh, [smacking], [brisk]; [agile], [nimble], [lively]; [pungent], [poignant], [intense], [keen]. Antonyms: [dull], [inapt], [dowdy], [tawdry].

smash, v. [shiver], [crush].--n. [destruction], [ruin], [wreck]; [bankruptcy].

smatterer, n. sciolist, superficialist.

smattering, n. sciolism, superficial [knowledge].

smear, v. besmear, [daub].--n. [smooch], smutch, [blotch], [daub].

smeary, a. dauby, [sticky], viscous.

smell, n. olfaction; [odor], savor, [scent]; (sweet smell) [fragrance], aroma, [perfume], redolence; (offensive smell) [stink], fetor, [stench]. Antonyms: inodorousness, scentlessness, anosmia. Associated words: olfactory, [reek], [fume], [perfume], inodorous, malodorous, odoriferous, [odorous], osphresiology, osphretic, [odorless], deodorize, deodorization, emanation, effluvium, [sniff], whiff, disinfect, disinfection, [unsavory], [savory].

smell, v. [scent]; savor; [stink].

smelling, n. olfaction, osmesis (Med.).

smelling salts. [sal-volatile], carbonate of ammonia. Associated word: vinaigrette.

smile, n. smiling; propitiousness, [favor].

smirch, n. smutch, discoloration, [smooch].

smirk, n. [simper], [sneer].

smite, v. [strike], buffet; [blast], [destroy]; [afflict], [chasten], visit.

smithereens, n. pl. (Colloq.) atoms, fragments, smithers, splinters.

smitten, p.p. of [smite]. stricken; blasted; afflicted, chastened; enamored, fascinated, infatuated, captivated.

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

smockfaced, a. [smoothfaced], girlish, beardless.

smoke, n. [fume], [reek], effluvium; smudge (dense smoke). Associated words: capnomancy, flue, [chimney], [soot], tewel.

smoke, v. [reek]; [fume]; infumate; fumigate; suffumigate; smolder.

smoking, n. smoldering; fuming; fumigation; infumation suffumigation.

smoky, a. fumid, fumy, [sooty], reeky, fumacious, fuliginous.

smooch, n. smutch, [stain], smudge.

smooth, v. [level], plane, [sleek], flatten, planish, levigate; facilitate, pave.

smooth, a. [even], [plain], [flat], [level], abraded, levigated, [slippery], [sleek], glary; unruffled, placid; [voluble], [fluent]; [suave], [oily], [bland], insinuating, [flattering], smooth-tongued. Antonyms: [rough], [abrupt].

smoothfaced, a. beardless, [smockfaced].

smoothness, n. [evenness], levelness, sleekness; volubility, fluency; [suavity].

smooth over. [palliate], gloze, extenuate, [mitigate].

smooth-spoken, a. smooth-tongued, adulatory, [plausible], [glib]. Antonyms: brusque, [abrupt].

smother, v. [suffocate], stifle; extinguish, [repress], [suppress]; smolder.

smuggler, n. contrabandist.

smut, n. scot, [dirt], smutch; [mildew], [blight]; [obscenity], [lewdness], [ribaldry].

smut, v. [stain], [blacken], sully, [tarnish]; [crock].

smutty, a. [obscene], [lewd], [ribald], [indecent], [gross].

snail, n. sluggard, [drone]; slug.

snake, n. [serpent], reptile. See serpent.

snakestone, n. madstone; ammonite.

snaky, a. [serpentine], [winding]; insinuating, [subtle], [deceitful].

snap, n. [spell], [period], [season], [interval]; [catch], [clasp]; fillip, [crack], [smack], fico; (Collog.) [energy], briskness, [vigor]; (Slang) sinecure.

snappish, a. [captious], irascible, [testy], [petulant], splenetic, [cross].

snare, n. [catch], [wile], [trap], [gin], [lure], [decoy], trapan, toils.

snarl, v. [entangle], complicate, involve, [knot]; [confuse], enmesh, [insnare]; [growl], gnarl. Antonyms: disentangle, [unravel], extricate.

snarl, n. [complication], [entanglement], [intricacy], [knot]; [confusion]; [growl].

snarler, n. [growler], [grumbler], [fault-finder], cynic.

snatch, v. [seize], [grasp], gripe, [wrest], [pluck], [grab], [twitch].

sneak, v. [skulk], slink, lurk, snoop.

sneaking, a. lurking, skulking, [slavish], [underhand], [covert], [stealthy].

sneer, v. [mock], [gibe], [scoff], [flout], [jeer], [deride], [ridicule], [scout].

sneer, n. [gibe], [scoff], [jeer], [gird], [derision].

sneezing, n. sternutation. Associated words: sternutative, sternutatory.

snicker, n. [giggle], titter, snigger.

snide, a. (Slang) [tricky], [deceptive], [dishonest], [fraudulent].

sniff, v. [snuff]; [scent], [smell].--n. [snuff], [breath].

snivel, n. [mucus], [snot].

snob, n. [upstart], pretender, parvenu; rat, knobstick.

snobbish, a. pretentious, [assuming], [overbearing], [uppish].

snoring, n. Associated word: stertorous.

snot, n. [snivel], mucus (from the nose).

snotty, a. snively, [mean], [despicable].

snout, n. nose (of a beast), [muzzle], [proboscis]; nozzle.

snow, n. Associated words: pluviography, [flurry], sleet, spoondrift, [drift], [flake], igloo, [slush], avalanche, hyetology, meteorology, blizzard.

snowy, a. niveous, snowlike.

snub, v. [slight], [ignore], [disregard].

snub, n. [slight], [check], [rebuke].

snuff, n. maccaboy, rappee; [sniff].

snug, a. [cozy]; [concealed], [close]; comfortable, [compact].

snuggle, v. [nestle], [cuddle].

soak, v. drench, saturate; [absorb], imbibe; macerate imbrue, [steep].

soaked, a. drenched, saturated, [sodden].

soaking, a. drenching, saturating.

soap, n. Associated words: saponify, saponification, saponifiable, saponin, lather, suds.

soapiness, n. saponacity.

soap liniment. opodeldoc.

soapstone, n. steatite.

soapy, a. saponaceous.

sob, v. [weep].

sober, a. [temperate], [abstinent], [abstemious]; unintoxicated; [solemn], [grave], [demure], [sedate]; dispassionate, unimpassioned, [calm], [rational].

sobriety, n. soberness; gravity.

sociable, a. [affable], [friendly], [companionable], [genial], [social], [unreserved]. Antonyms: [unsociable], inaffable.

social, a. [civil], civic; [sociable]; [festive], [convivial].

social evil. [prostitution].

socialism, n. Communism, Fourierism, Saint Simonianism, humanitarianism.

society, n. sodality, [association], [fraternity], [club], confraternity, [guild]; verein (Ger.); [companionship], [association], [fellowship], [company].

sockdologer, n. (Slang) poser, facer, [settler], conclusive [answer].

sod, n. sward, [turf]; peat.

sodden, a. boiled, seethed; [soaked], saturated.

sofa, n. tête-à-tête, divan, causeuse.

soft, a. mellow; [yielding], impressible, impressionable, malleable, fictile, [plastic], [pliable]; [bland], emollient, [grateful], [delicate], [subdued]; [flexible], flaccid, facile, [compliant], [irresolute]; conciliatory, [mild]; [effeminate], unmanly [silly], [foolish]; queachy.

soft coal. bituminous [coal].

soften, v. intenerate, [mollify]; [palliate], extenuate, [qualify], [modify], [relax], [mitigate], emolliate, [appease], [temper], [abate]; [subdue], tone [down].

softening, a. demulcent, [lenient], assuasive, emollient, relaxing, mollient, mollifying.

softness, n. mellowness, impressibility, plasticity, flaccidity, fictility, emollescence.

soft parts of the body. Associated word: sarcology.

soft soap. (Colloq.) [blandishment], [blarney], [palaver], buncombe, [wheedling], [cajolery], [flattery].

soil, n. [ground], [earth], [dirt], humus, [land], loam, mold; [dirt], [pollution], [defilement]; [manure], [dung], [fæces], [excrement].

soil, v. [dirty], [defile], [pollute], besmear, [contaminate], [taint], besmirch, sully, [tarnish], begrime.

soldier, n. warrior; [private]; cadet; recruit; veteran; cavalry; infantry; cohort; sepoy; chasseur; zouave; [volunteer]; conscript; myrmidon; cossack; guerrilla; trooper; skirmisher; grenadier; uhlan; dragoon.

soldierly, a. [martial], [military].

soldier's dress. [uniform], regimentals.

solecism, n. [blunder], [impropriety], [barbarism].

solemn, a. [serious], [sober], [grave]; impressive, awe-inspiring, [august], [majestic].

solemness, n. solemnity, gravity, impressiveness, [seriousness].

solicit, v. [ask], [seek], [request].

solicitation, n. [request], [instance], entreaty, [invitation].

solid, a. dense, [compact], [hard], [impenetrable], [firm], [unyielding], imporous, [concrete], substantial; unanimous, [united], undivided. Antonyms: [porous], incompact, [hollow], [spongy], [soft], [plastic], [unstable], [fallacious].

solidness, n. solidity, firmness, compactness, [stability], imporosity; [validity].

soliloquy, n. [monologue].

solitary, a. unfrequented, [secluded], [lonely]; [single], individual; eremetic, hermitical.

solitary, n. [recluse], anchoret, [hermit], eremite.

solitude, n. loneliness, [isolation], [seclusion], eremitism, [retirement]; wilderness. Associated words: apanthropy, monophobia, eremophobia.

solution, n. [dissolution], [melting], liquefaction, [resolution], disintegration; disentanglement, [explanation], elucidation, explication.

solvent, n. menstruum, [dissolvent], resolvent.

somersault, n. somerset.

sometimes, adv. at intervals, [now and then], occasionally.

son, n. Associated words: filial, filiation, unfilial, filicide, mulier, mulierty.

song, n. hymn, [chant], [lay], ditty, ballad, onody, chansonnette, lyric, lilt, lied, pæan, cantata, aria, sonnet, [strain], [round], rhapsody, [dirge], chanson.

songcraft, n. [versification], poesy, [poetry].

song of Solomon. canticle.

song of triumph. pæan.

sonorous, a. [resonant], [resounding]; high-sounding, stentorian, vibrant.

sonship, n. filiation.

soot, n. [crock], [smut].

soothe, v. compose, tranquilize, [pacify], assuage, [mollify], [calm].

soothing, a. [bland], emollient, demulcent, gratifying, quieting, [sedative].

soothsayer, n. [seer], [prophet], diviner, haruspice, [foreteller].

soothsaying, n. [prophecy], [augury], divination, [prediction], prognostication.

sooty, a. fuliginous, soot-covered.

sophism, n. [fallacy], paralogy, fallacious [reasoning].

sophistical, a. [fallacious], [unsound].

sophistry, n. [fallacy], paralogy, paralogism.

sophomoric, a. [inflated], [bombastic], pretentious.

soprano, n. descant, treble.

sorcerer, n. [conjurer], [necromancer], [magician], enchanter, [juggler], [wizard].

sorcery, n. [necromancy], [magic], [enchantment], [witchcraft], black [art].

sordid, a. [low], [degraded], [abject], [base].

sore, a. ulcerated, cankered, ulcerous, [raw], inflamed, irritated; [distressing], [grievous], [severe]; grieved, pained, [hurt], [sensitive].

sore, n. [ulcer], ulceration, imposthume, pustule, [boil], [abscess], [canker], [fester], blain, [gathering]; ([venereal sore]) chancre, chancroid. Associated words: antiseptic, [slough], proud [flesh], [poultice], [salve], [ointment], pledget, spleget.

sore, adv. grievously, sorely, severely, greatly.

sorrow, n. [grief], [regret], [remorse], misery, [heaviness], [rue], [unhappiness], [contrition], dolor, agony, [distress], [compunction], bereavement.

sorrow, v. [grieve], [mourn], [regret], [deplore], [bewail], [lament].

sorrowful, a. See sad.

sorry, a. [melancholy], [mournful], [dismal], depressing, [sad]; [abject], [despicable], [miserable], [mean], paltry, [contemptible], [pitiful]; [contrite], [penitent], chagrined, pained.

sort, n. [kind], [species], [character], [description], [strain], [class].

sort, v. assort, classify; conjoin; [choose], [select], [cull]; consort, [associate], fraternize; [harmonize], [agree], [accord], conform.

so-so, a. [middling], [passable], [tolerable], [mediocre], [ordinary], [average].

sot, n. [toper], [drunkard], bibber.

soul, n. [spirit], Psyche. Associated words: psychology, psychic, psychological, psychomachy, transmigration, metempsychosis, psychogenesis, psychopannychism, theodicy, monopsychism.

sound, a. [whole], intact, [perfect], [flawless], unimpaired; [healthy]; [logical]; [severe], [hard], [heavy]; [sane], [rational]; [profound], undisturbed, [unbroken]; [valid], [legal], [lawful]: seaworthy; [sensible], irrefutable, [convincing].

sound, n. [strait], [narrows], [channel].

sound, v. fathom, gauge; [examine], [try], [test], [probe], explore; [proclaim], [publish], [herald]; [resound].

sound, n. [noise], [report]. Associated words: acoustic, acoustics, acoustician, catacoustics, cataphonics, phonetic, phonetics, polycoustic, phonetism, phonology, polycoustics, diacoustics, diaphonics, phonic, soniferous, sonification, megaphone, sonorescence, diacritical, harmonics, phonation, polyphone, polyphonic, polyphonist, polyphony, monophonic, monophthong, homophone, homophonic, homophony, [modulate], [modulation].

sounding, n. bathymetry; [examination]; proclamation; [resonance], [reverberation].

sounding, a. [sonorous], [resonant], sonant.

soundless, a. [unfathomable], abysmal; [silent], [noiseless], aphonic, surd.

sound-producing, a. sonorific.

soup, n. broth, bouillon, consommé, pottage, purée, bisk, bisque, julienne.

soup dish. tureen.

sour, a. acid, tart, acetose, acerbitous, [acrid]; [rancid], [musty]; [curdled], loppered; imbittered, [morose], misanthropic, [unamiable], [dour], cynical, [surly], [grum], austere, [crabbed], [cross].

sour, v. [curdle], acidify, lopper, [spoil], acidulate; imbitter, embitter.

source, n. [origin], [spring], [fountain], [rise].

sourness, n. acidity, tartness, acerbity, [sharpness]; rancidity, mustiness; asperity, [acrimony], moroseness, cynicism, [crossness].

souse, v. [pickle]; [douse], [immerse], [plunge], [submerge].

soutane, n. [cassock].

southerner, n. southron.

southern lights. aurora australis.

south wind. Auster, Notus.

souvenir, n. [keepsake], [reminder], [memento]; trophy.

sovereign, a. [supreme], [chief], paramount, [predominant]; controlling, [effectual], [efficacious].

sovereign, n. [ruler], [monarch].

sovereignty, n. [dominion], supremacy, [sway], [empire], [scepter], dynasty.

sow, v. propagate, disseminate, [scatter], [plant].

space, n. [extension], vacancy; vacuum; [distance], [interval]; interspace (intervening space); interstice; abyss. Associated words: plenum, plenist, vacuist, spacial.

spacious, a. capacious, [roomy], [vast].

spade, n. spud ([narrow], with long handle).

Spain, n. Iberia. Associated words: Hispanicism, Hispanic, Spanish, Spaniard, Iberian.

span, n. nine inches; [team], [yoke], [pair].

spare, v. [forbear], [refrain], be [merciful].

spare, a. [thin], [lean], [poor], [gaunt], [meager], lank; [superfluous].

sparing, a. [economical], [frugal], [saving], parsimonious, [chary]; [scanty], [scarce], [meager]; compassionate, [indulgent], [forbearing], [merciful], [lenient].

spark, v. [court], woo, philander.

sparkle, v. [glitter], coruscate, [glisten], scintillate, [twinkle], [gleam].

sparkle, n. scintillation, [glitter], gleaming, [brilliancy].

sparkling, a. [glittering], flashing, [brilliant], [twinkling], coruscant, glistening, lambent, scintillant, glistering; [spirited], [vigorous], impassioned, [bright]; mantling, gleaming, bubbling.

sparse, a. scattered, [thin], innumerous, [meager].

Spartan, a. [hardy], undaunted, [courageous], [doughty].

spasm, n. [convulsion], paroxysm, [fit], throe.

spasmodic, a. [intermittent], [fitful], convulsive.

spat, n. tiff, [quarrel], [dispute], dissension.

spats, n. pl. [gaiters], spatterdashes.

spawn, n. [roe], ova, eggs (of fishes, frogs, etc.); mycelium.

speak, v. [utter], pronounce, [say], articulate, enunciate, [express], [talk]; [discourse], [address], declaim, [harangue], [preach], [lecture], [rant], descant, [expatiate]; [accost], [address]; [declare], [publish], [proclaim], [announce], [bruit]. Antonyms: [repress], [suppress], [refrain].

speaker, n. [orator], discourser, [spokesman], prolocutor, [mouthpiece], interlocutor, chairman.

speaking alone. [monologue], [soliloquy].

speaking together. conference, collocution.

spear, n. [lance], javelin, harpoon, assagai, trident, jireed; [shoot], [spire], [blade].

special, a. [particular], [especial], [specific], exceptional.

specialty, n. particularity; speciality.

specie, n. [coin], [cash], metallic [money].

species, n. [group], [class], [kind], [brood], [sort], [variety].

specific, a. [definite], [precise], specified; [characteristic], [particular], [special].

specify, v. designate, particularize, individualize, [name].

specimen, n. [example], [sample], [model], [copy], [pattern].

specious, a. [plausible]; [obvious], [manifest].

speck, n. [spot], [stain]; [atom], [mite], [particle], [bit].

speckle, v. [speck], [spot], [dot].

speckled, a. [spotted], [mottled].

spectacle, n. [scene], [sight], [show], [exhibition], pageant.

spectator, n. [beholder], [witness], [bystander], [onlooker], observer.

specter, n. [phantom], [apparition], [shade], [ghost], manes, [spirit], wraith, [spook].

spectral, a. [phantomlike], [ghostly].

speculate, v. theorize, [meditate], [conjecture], [guess], [think].

speculation, n. [theory], [supposition], [conjecture]; contemplation, [thought].

speculative, a. contemplative, [meditative]; theoretical, supposititious.

speech, a. [utterance], speaking; [language], [talk], [conversation], parlance, [words]; [tongue], dialect; patois; [discourse], [oration], [address], [plea], declamation, [dissertation], epilogue, allocution, exhortation, disquisition, effusion, descant; [harangue], [diatribe], [tirade], [screed], rhapsody, philippic, invective, [rant]; [soliloquy], [monologue]; [dialogue]; colloquy; trialogue; interlocution; improvisation; toast; equivocation, prevarication, [quibbling]; ambages, pseudology, amphibology, amphiboly, dilogy. Associated words: extempore, extemporaneous, extemporize, extemporization, [impromptu], improvise, improvisation, brogue, aphasia, amnesia, oratory, elocution, rhetoric, [oratorical], rhetorical, rhetorician, elocutionary, peroration, [voluble], volubility, [fluent], fluency.

speechless, a. [dumb], [mute], aphasic, inarticulate.

speechlessness, n. [dumbness], muteness, obmutescence, taciturnity, aphasia.

speed, n. velocity, [swiftness], [rapidity], celerity, [haste], expedition, [dispatch], posthaste; impetuosity. Associated words: tachymeter, tachometer, trechometer, stathmograph, [momentum], [impetus].

speed, v. [hurry], [hasten]; accelerate, expedite, [quicken], [dispatch], facilitate; prosper, [favor].

speedy, a. [swift], [quick], [fast], [rapid], [fleet], [hasty], [hurried], expeditious.

spell, n. [charm], incantation, exorcism; [period], [season], [interval].

spell, v. orthographize; decipher, [read], [unravel], [unfold]; [charm], [bewitch].

spellbound, a. fascinated, charmed, enchanted, bewitched.

speller, n. orthographist, orthographer.

spelling, n. orthography. Associated words: orthographic, phonetic, glossic, nomic, homographic, homography, homograph, heterographic, heterography, cacographic, cacography.

spend, v. [expend], disburse.

spender, n. [prodigal], [spendthrift].

spending, n. [expenditure], disbursement.

spendthrift, n. [waster], [spender], [prodigal], squanderer

spent, a. [exhausted], tired, consumed, worn [out].

sperm-whale, n. cachelot, spermaceti whale.

sphere, n. [globe], orb, [ball]; province, circuit, [beat], purview, [compass], [circle]; [station], [position], [rank]; [region], [domain], [realm]; orbit.

spice, n. condiment; [piquancy], pungency.

spicy, a. [aromatic], [fragrant]; [piquant], [pungent], [sharp].

spider, n. araneidan; scorpion, tarantula; pl. Araneina, Arachnida. Associated words: arachnology, arachnologist, araneidan, araneiform, [web], arachnoid, arachnophagous, spinneret, arachnean, falcer, cobweb, cocoon, retiary, arachnidium.

spigot, n. [stopper], [plug], stopple.

spin, v. [whirl], twirl, [revolve], gyrate; protract, prolong, [extend].

spinach, n. Associated word: spinaceous.

spinal, a. vertebral, rachidian.

spinal cord. myelon, myel.

spindle-shaped, a. fusoid, fusiform.

spindling, a. tall and [slender].

spine, n. [backbone], spinal [column], rachis, chine. Associated words: Vertebrata, Invertebrata, vertebra, vertebrate, cyrtosis, chiropractic, chiropractor, spondyle, coccyx, [rickets], ependyma, ependymis.

spineless, a. invertebrate.

spinet, n. virginal, clarichord.

spinning, n. [whirling], twirling.

spiral, a. [winding], cochleate, helical, turbinated, helicoid.

spire, n. [steeple]; [shoot], [stalk], [blade], [spear]; [top], [peak], [summit].

spirit, n. [soul]; [shade], [apparition], [specter], [ghost], [phantom], revenant; [animus]; vivacity, [energy], [life], [ardor], [enthusiasm], [zeal], [force], intensity; [temper], [mood]; [meaning], intent, [significance]; pl. manes.

spirit, v. inspirit, [animate], [encourage]; spirit [away], carry off, [kidnap], abduct.

spirited, a. [animated], [lively], [ardent], [mettlesome], [fervent], [passionate].

spit, v. expectorate; spawl, sputter; [eject].

spit, n. spittle, sputum, [saliva]. Associated words: salivary, salivous, salivant, salivate, salivation, ptyalin.

spite, n. malignity, [malice], [rancor], [hate], [resentment], [defiance], [spleen].

spiteful, a. [malicious], malign, malignant, [rancorous], [hateful].

spitting, n. expectoration.

spittoon, n. cuspidor, spitbox.

splash, v. plash, [dash], spatter, dabble.-- n. [daub], [splotch], [blot].

spleen, n. [milt]; [anger], [spite], [malice], choler; [melancholy], [depression]. Associated words: splenic, splenetic, splenography, splenology, splenotomy, splenitis, lienal, lienitis, splenalgia, splenocele, splenoid.

spleeny, a. [irritable], [petulant], [choleric], irascible; [melancholy].

splendid, a. [bright], [brilliant]; [magnificent], [grand], [superb], [imposing], sumptuous; illustrious, [glorious], [distinguished], [celebrated], [famous].

splendor, n. [brilliancy], [brightness]; [magnificence], pageantry, [pomp], [grandeur]; [renown], [glory], eminence, sublimity, [fame].

splice, v. interweave, [unite], braid [together].

splinter, n. [sliver], flinder.

split, v. rive, [cleave], sunder, [rend], [divide], [separate], [rift], burst, [rupture], disunite, disrupt.

split, n. [crack], [rent], fissure, [rift]; (Colloq.) [breach], [separation], disunion, [rupture].

split, a. [cleft], [riven], divided, sundered, [rent], disunited [cloven].

splitting, n. fission, cleavage, riving, sundering, rupture disruption. Associated words: fissile, fissility.

splotch, n. [smear], smudge, smutch, [daub], [spot], [stain].

spoil, v. [plunder], [rob], [pillage], [ravage], depredate, despoil [devastate], [sack]; [corrupt], [vitiate], [debase], [mar], [demoralize], deprave, sophisticate, infect, [defile], [contaminate]; [disfigure], [deface], [damage]; [decay], [addle], putrefy, [rot].

spoil, n. [plunder], [pillage], [booty], [prize], [gain], [loot]; [waste], [robbery], [devastation], sacking, [rapine], spoliation; [corruption], [decay], [vitiation].

spoke, n. radius, [ray]; [rung], [round].

spoken, a. [oral], nuncupative, parole.

spokesman, n. [speaker], [mouthpiece], prolocutor.

sponge, v. imbibe, [absorb]; expunge, [efface], [erase], [obliterate].

sponger, n. [parasite], [hanger-on], trencher [friend].

spongy, a. [porous], spongoid, spongiform, incompact; [absorbent], [bibulous].

sponsor, n. godparent; [surety]. Associated words: sponsorial, sponsorship, sponsion, [ward], protégé.

spontaneous, a. instinctive, [voluntary], [impulsive], unforced

spontaneous generation. abiogenesis.

spook, n. [ghost], [spirit], [specter], [apparition], [phantom], [hobgoblin].

spooney, a. (Colloq.) [silly], [sentimental], foolishly [fond].

spoor, n. [track], trail (of a wild animal).

sporadic, a. [separate], [single], [isolated].

sport, n. [amusement], [game], [recreation], [fun], [play], [diversion], [pastime], jollity, [pleasantry], hilarity, [gayety], [merriment]; [derision], [mockery], [ridicule], [jeer]; [plaything], [toy]; [monstrosity]; (Slang) sportsman.

sport, v. [frolic], [play], [caper], disport; (Colloq.) exhibit wear, [display].

sportive, a. [frolicsome], [merry], [boon], [frisky], [sprightly], [prankish], gamesome.

spot, n. [speck], [speckle], [mark], [blot], discoloration, fleck, dapple, [blotch], smutch; [stain], [reproach], [blemish], [flaw]; [place], locality; areola, areolet, areolation, ocellus.

spot, v. dapple, variegate, mottle, [speckle], [blot], sully, [stain], maculate.

spotless, a. immaculate, [unspotted], [stainless], unsullied, irreproachable, [blameless].

spotted, a. [speckled], [dappled], dotted, discolored, [variegated], bespeckled, flecked, [freckled], spotty, soiled, [piebald], [mottled], blotched, pinto, [pied], pintado, [party-colored], specked, plashy, finchbacked, rubican, ocellated.

spotted fever. cerebro-spinal meningitis, typhus [fever].

spotted sickness. pint.

spout, v. [spurt], squirt, [gush]; [rant], [harangue]; (Cant) [pawn].

spout, h. nozzle; conduit, trough, adjutage; waterspout; gargoyle; [dale].

spouter, n. declaimer, ranter, haranguer.

spout hole. [blowhole], spiracle.

spouting, n. [harangue], declamation, magniloquence, [ranting].

spray, n. [twig], [sprig], [branch].

spray, n. Associated words: atomize, atomization, atomizer, spoondrift, nebulize, nebulizer, nebulization.

spread, v. [extend], [stretch], [expand], [dilate]; unfurl, [unroll], [open]; disseminate, [bruit], [circulate], propagate, promulgate, [diffuse], emit; suffuse; [cover], overspread, [mantle]; [expatiate].

spread, n. [extent], [compass], [reach]; (Colloq.) [feast]; [cover].

spreadeagle, a. [bombastic], [boastful], magniloquent, grandiloquent.

spreading, n. [extension], [expansion], [dilation]; dissemination, propagation, promulgation, diffusion, [circulation]; suffusion, circumfusion; [radiation].

spree, n. (Colloq.) [carousal], [debauch], [revelry], [orgies], bacchanals, wassail, saturnalia.

sprig, n. [shoot], [slip], [twig], [spray].

sprightliness, n. [animation], [liveliness], vivacity, [activity], briskness, lilt.

sprightly, a. [lively], [brisk], [animated], [debonair], vivacious, [sportive], [gay].

spring, v. [dart], [shoot]; [bound], [leap], [jump], [hop], [vault]; emerge, [rise], [arise]; [rebound], [recoil], fly [back]; [bend], [warp]; [issue], emanate, originate, [flow], [arise].

spring, n. [leap], [bound], saltation, [vault], [jump]; resilience, [elasticity], springiness; [fount], [fountain], [source]; [cause], [origin], [motive], [source]; springtime, vernal [season].

spring, n. Associated word: pegology.

springboard, n. batule, batule board.

springy, a. [elastic], resilient, rebounding, recoiling; [spongy], [yielding], queachy.

sprinkle, v. [scatter], strew; besprinkle, bedew, asperse.

sprinkling, n. aspersion, besprinkling.

sprinter, n. [runner].

sprite, n. [elf], [goblin], pixy, fay, [specter], [phantom], [ghost].

sprout, v. germinate, pullulate, bourgeon, [grow], [vegetate]; [branch], ramify; tiller.

sprout, n. [shoot], tiller, chit, [sucker], [scion]; aerospire, plumule; rattoon.

sprouting, n. germination.

spruce, a. [natty], [jaunty], [neat], [finical], [trim].

spry, a. [agile], [nimble], [quick], [brisk], [sprightly], [alert].

spunk, n. [touchwood], punk, amadou.

spunk, n. (Colloq.) [spirit], [mettle], [pluck].

spunky, a. (Colloq.) [mettlesome], [plucky], [spirited].

spur, n. rowel, [goad], [prick]; snag, projection; [incitement], [stimulus], [goad], [incentive], instigation, [impetus], provocation; spine (on a cock's leg).

spur, v. [goad], [incite], [urge], [stimulate], instigate, impel.

spurious, a. [counterfeit], [sham], [false], [mock], adulterine, [unauthentic].

spurn, v. [reject], [scorn], contemn, [despise], [scout].

spurn, n. [rejection], [disdain], scorning.

spurt, n. [gushing], [spouting], [jet], [ejection].--v. [gush], [spout], [jet].

spy, n. [scout]; emissary ([disguised]).-- v. espy, [see].

spying, n. espionage, espial.

squab, a. [plump], [stout], [fat]; [unfledged], [unfeathered].

squabble, n. [wrangle], [dispute], altercation. See quarrel.

squad, n. [band], [gang], [knot], [bevy], [company].

squalid, a. [filthy], [foul], [nasty], [dirty].

squalidness, n. squalor.

square, n. quadrate, quadrature; [block], area; [equality], [level], [agreement].

square, a. equitable, [true], [just], [honest], [impartial]; [even], balanced, adjusted; quadrate, quadratic.

square, v. adjust, [fit], [suit]; [balance], [settle]; conform, [agree], [accord].

squares, n. pl. Associated words: tessellate, tessellated, tessellation, [mosaic], [checkered].

squat, v. [crouch], [cower].

squeak, v. creak; (Colloq.) [betray], [tell], [confess].

squeal, v. [cry], [yell]; (Slang) [tell], [betray], [confess].

squeeze, v. compress, gripe, [pinch]; [oppress], extort; [crowd], elbow, [press].

squeeze, n. compression, pressure; (Colloq.) [exaction], [extortion].

squelch, v. (Colloq.) [crush], [silence], [quell], stifle, [abash].

squib, n. [satire], [lampoon], pasquinade.

squint-eyed, a. cross-eyed, cock-eyed, gimlet-eyed.

squinting, n. strabismus; [cross-eye].

squirm, v. wriggle, writhe, [twist].

squirrel skin. vair.

s-shaped, a. sigmoid, sigmoidal, sigmate.

stab, v. [pierce], [thrust], [gore], transfix; [backbite], malign.

stab, n. [thrust], [wound], stoccado.

stability, n. fixedness, firmness, [permanence], [constancy], steadiness. Antonyms: instability, unsteadiness.

stable, a. [steady], [firm], [immovable], [unwavering], [constant], [permanent].

stable, n. [barn]; mews. Associated words: paddock, equerry.

stableman, n. [groom], [hostler].

stack, n. [pile], rick.

staff, n. [rod], [stick], cane; truncheon; mace; crozier; [support]; bourdon.

stag, n. hart.

stage, n. [platform], [rostrum]; [scaffold], staging; [theater], playhouse, [arena], boards; degree, [step], [point]; drama. Associated words: histrionic, histrionism, histrionicism, proscenium, postscenium, parascenium, coulisse, [wing].

stagecoach, n. [stage], omnibus, diligence (France).

stagger, v. [reel], totter, [sway]; [shock], astound, [dumfound].

stagnant, a. [motionless], [standing], [quiet]; [inactive], [dull], [sluggish].

stagy, a. [theatrical], [assumed], [bombastic].

staid, a. [sedate], [demure], [serious], settled.

stain, v. [soil], sully, [defile], [taint].

stain, n. [blot], [taint], discoloration, [tarnish].

stainless, a. immaculate, [spotless].

stairway, n. stairs, staircase, flight of stairs; escalator (moving stairway); caracole (spiral staircase). Associated words: baluster, balustrade, newel, [landing], riser, tread, [banister], nosing, dog-legged.

stake, n. [picket], [pale], [post]; [pledge], [wager], [bet]; [venture], [risk], [hazard].

stake, v. [venture], [risk], [hazard], [wager], [bet], [pledge].

stale, a. [vapid], [musty], fusty, [flat], insipid, [mawkish]; [trite], [common], [banal], hackneyed, [commonplace].

staleness, n. [vapidity], mustiness, insipidity; triteness, [banality].

stalk, n. [stem], axis, petiole, pedicel, peduncle, [spire], stipe, culm, kecksy.

stall, n. [stable]; booth, [stand]; [seat]. Associated words: manger, stanchion.

stalwart, a. [strapping], [brawny], [muscular], redoubted, [athletic], [strong].

stamina, n. [vigor], [strength], sturdiness, [backbone].

stamp, v. impress, imprint; stomp (Colloq.).

stamp, n. impression, imprint, [die]; hallmark; pestle.

stamp out. extinguish, [crush], [quell].

stamps, n. pl. Associated words: philately, philatelist, philatelic, timbrology, [frank], [grill], surcharge.

stanch, a. [loyal], [steadfast], [constant], [true], [unwavering]; [sound].

stand, v. [endure], [bear], [weather], [brook], suffer, [tolerate], yield to, [abide], [submit]; [agree], [accord], be consistent; stagnate.

stand, n. halt, [stop], [pause], [stay]; tripod, trivet; [situation], [location], [position], [post]; [stall], booth; [quandary], [perplexity]; [resistance], [opposition], withstanding; stillion.

standard, n. criterion, [model], [type], [pattern], norm; gauge, [measure]; [flag], colors; labarum, vexillum.

standard-bearer, n. color-bearer, color-sergeant, ensign, vexillary; [leader].

stand by. befriend, [vindicate], [advocate], [defend], [maintain].

standing, a. [erect]; [stagnant]; [lasting], [permanent], [persistent].

standing, n. [status].

standing out. [prominent], projecting, protuberant, [jutting out]; [conspicuous], [salient].

standing out. prominence, projection, protuberance, bulge, protrusion; conspicuousness, salience; persistence, incompliance, obduracy.

standing up for. [defense], [justification], [support], advocacy.

stand in hand. behoove, be advantageous, conduce to one's [interest].

stand it. [endure], [tolerate], [bear], [brook].

stand off. keep aloof, [refrain]; [refuse], [resist], withstand.

stand out. project, [overhang], jut [out], [beetle]; [resist], withstand.

standpoint, n. point of [view], viewpoint.

stand up for. [defend], [support], espouse, [champion], [advocate], [justify], [vindicate].

star, n. luminary, planet; asterisk, asterism; pentalpha; pentacle; [meteor]. Associated words: astronomy, astronomer, astronomical, astrolatry, astrolater, astrogeny, astrology, astrologer, astrological, astrometry, astromancy, sidereal, astral, horoscope, constellation, zodiac, observatory, galaxy, acronycal, cosmical, astrophotography, astrophysics, periastral, stellar, interstellar, intersidereal, orbit.

star, v. bespangle.

starched, a. [stiff], [ceremonious], [prim], [formal], punctilious, [precise].

starchy, a. amylaceous, amyloid, [starched].

starry, a. bespangled; astral, stellar, stellary, [radiated], stelliform.

start, v. set [out], [go], initiate, [launch], institute, embark.

startle, v. [scare], [surprise], affright.

starvation, n. famishment.

starve, v. famish.

state, n. [condition], [plight], [category], [situation], [pass], predicament, circumstances; [rank], [quality]; [pomp], [grandeur], [magnificence]; commonwealth; canton. Associated words: federal, federalist, federalism, federalize, [confederate], [confederation], gerrymander, secession.

state, v. [assert], [affirm], aver, allege, [say], [specify], [declare].

statehouse, n. capitol.

stately, a. [imposing], [dignified], [august], [pompous], [majestic], [formal].

statement, n. [assertion], [affirmation], specification, avowal, averment, [narration], dictum.

station, n. [standing], [rank], [status]; [depot]; [situation], [place].

statue, n. [image]; acrolith, caryatid; xoanon. Associated words: [sculpture], statuary, sculptor, statuesque, figurine, esquisse.

status, n. [standing], [rank], [station], [condition].

statute, n. [law]. Associated words: statutable, statutory, purview.

stay, v. sojourn, tarry, lodge, [remain], continue, [abide]; [support], [prop], [buttress], [brace], [uphold], [strengthen]; [delay], [obstruct], [hinder], [restrain], [appease], [withhold], [forbear], withstand, [impede], [retard].

stay, n. sojourn, abidance, [stop]; [dependence], [support], upholder; [impediment], [hindrance], [obstruction], [restraint].

steadfast, a. [firm], [fixed]; [constant], unswerving, [unwavering], [stanch], unshaken.

steady, a. [steadfast], [constant]; [stable], [firm], [fixed]; unremitted, [constant], [uniform], undeviating. Antonyms: [intermittent], infrequent, occasional, [inconstant], [unsteady].

steal, v. [pilfer], filch, peculate, purloin, poach, [abstract], [rob], [defraud], [pirate], [plunder], [crib], [pillage], rapine [loot], thieve, [embezzle], peculate, plagiarize; insinuate, creep furtively, go stealthily, [sneak], slink, [skulk]; ratten.

stealer, n. See thief.

stealing, n. [theft], larceny, [robbery], [pilfering], [peculation], [thievery], [abstraction], looting, cribbing, [rapine], [depredation], surreption, [piracy], plundering, [pillage], [embezzlement], [peculation], shop lifting, plagiarism. Associated words: [light-fingered], [booty], [spoil], [plunder], [loot], [swag], spoils, [predatory], [fence], kleptomania.

stealthy, a. [clandestine], [sly], [secret], furtive, skulking, [underhand].

steam, n. [vapor], [reek], [fume], emanation, effluvium, exhalation, stufa.

steam organ. calliope.

steel, n. Associated words: siderotechny, siderurgy, bessemerize, Bessemer, damaskeen, damask.

steel, v. fortify, [brace], [nerve].

steel-engraving, n. siderography.

steep, a. precipitous, [abrupt], [sheer], [perpendicular]: (Slang) [excessive], [immoderate].

steep, n. precipice, [cliff], abrupt declivity; escarpment, scarp.

steep, v. [soak], macerate, imbrue, infuse.

steeple, n. [spire], [tower], turret; minaret.

steer, v. [guide], [pilot], [control], [govern].

steerable, a. dirigible.

steering, n. guiding. Associated words: tiller, [rudder], [helm].

steersman, n. helmsman, [pilot], cockswain.

stem, n. [trunk], [body]; peduncle, pedicel, petiole, [stalk], culm; [root], etymon, [radical], radix, theme.

stem, v. [oppose], withstand, [breast], [resist], [check].

stench, n. fetor, [stink].

stenography, n. phonography, [shorthand].

step, n. [pace]; stair, [round]; [footstep], [footprint], footmark, [track]; grade, degree, gradation; [measure], [action], procedure, expedient; stride (a long step).

step, v. [pace], stride.

stepmother, n. Associated word: novercal.

steps, n. pl. stairs; stile; perron.

sterile, a. [barren], infecund, [unproductive], [unfruitful], unprolific.

sterility, v. [barrenness], infecundity, unproductiveness. Associated words: sterilize, sterilization.

stern, a. austere, [rigorous], [exacting], [strict], [hard-hearted].

sternness, n. austerity, [severity], [rigor], strictness.

stew, n. (Colloq.) [confusion], [agitation]; ragout.

steward, n. [purveyor]; major-domo; seneschal, dapifer; manciple.

stewpan, n. skillet.

stick, n. [switch], [rod], birch; billet; fagot; [wand]; cane, [staff], walking-stick; [club], [cudgel]; [goad], [gad]; gambrel, garrot, ferule, skewer, batlet; [stake]; boomerang, woomerah; [stab], [thrust]; maul-stick; sprag; pl. chatwood.

stick, v. [pierce], [stab], [penetrate], impale, transfix, [gore]; [insert], [thrust], [push], infix; paste, [cement], [glue], [attach], [affix]; [cleave], [cling], adhere, [remain], [abide]; [stall]; [hesitate], [scruple]; adhere, agglutinate, glutinate, cohere; [pose], [puzzle], disconcert; stick [out], project, [jut], protrude. (Slang) [impose upon], [cheat].

sticker, n. [poster]; label; adhesive, [glue], [cement], mucilage, paste, agglutinant; (Colloq.) [puzzle], poser.

stickiness, n. adhesiveness, viscosity, [tenacity], cohesiveness, glutinousness.

sticking, n. adhesion, adherence, coherence, cleaving, cohesion, agglutination.

sticking out. projecting, protruding, [prominent].--n. projection, protrusion, prominence.

stickle, v. [contend], altercate, [dispute], [quibble], [scruple], [haggle], higgle, chaffer; [trim], prevaricate, [shift], palter, play [fast and loose].

stickler, n. [haggler], higgler, contender.

sticktoitiveness, n. (Colloq.) [pertinacity], persistence, [perseverance], [diligence], [tenacity].

stick up for. (Colloq.) assert and [defend], [vindicate].

sticky, a. adhesive, viscous, viscid, mucilaginous, glutinous, clammy, [tenacious].

stiff, a. [inflexible], [rigid], [firm], [unbending], [inelastic], stark, impliable, [rigorous], [unyielding], inductile; [strong], [violent], [forcible], inopposable; [pertinacious], [obstinate], [tenacious], [uncompromising], incompliant; [constrained], [formal], [starched], [affected], [unnatural], [precise], [prim], [ceremonious], prudish, punctilious; cramped, [graceless], inelegant; (Slang) [high], [immoderate], [large]. Antonyms: [limber], flaccid, [limp], [flexible], lithe.

stiff joint. anchylosis.

stiff neck. [obstinacy], contumacy, intractability, incompliance, stubbornness.

stiff-necked, a. [obstinate], intractable, [perverse], contumacious, [stubborn], obdurate.

stiffness, n. [inflexibility], [rigidity], firmness; prudery, [constraint], [precision], [formality]; tension. Antonyms: [pliability], limpness, [flexibility], flaccidity, [ease], [relaxation], [informality].

stifling, a. [close], [oppressive], suffocating.

still, a. [motionless], unruffled, [stagnant], quiescent, inert, stationary, placid, tranquil; [noiseless], inaudible, [silent], [mum].

still, v. [calm], compose, [quiet], [silence], [hush].

still-hunt, n. stalking.

stilted, a. [bombastic], [pompous], [grandiose], [highflown], grandiloquent.

stimulant, n. excitant; provocation, [stimulus], [spur], [goad].

stimulate, v. [excite], [incite], instigate, [arouse], [provoke], [goad], [spur].

stimulus, n. [incentive]; pl. stimuli.

sting, n. aculeus, [prick]; [goad], [incitement].

stinginess, n. parsimony, [illiberality], penuriousness, [closeness], [avarice]. Antonyms: [liberality], [generosity].

stingy, a. parsimonious, [illiberal], [close], [penurious], [miserly], [avaricious], close-fisted, [sordid], niggardly. Antonyms: [liberal], [generous].

stink, n. [stench], fetor.

stinking, a. [fetid], malodorous, [offensive], [noisome], ill-smelling.

stinkstone, n. anthraconite, swinestone.

stint, n. [limit], [restraint], [restriction]; [assignment], [allotment].

stint, v. [limit], [restrict], [restrain], [confine], stent, [straiten].

stipend, n. Associated words: stipendiary, stipendiate, stipendiarian.

stir, v. [move], budge.

stir, n. [agitation], [tumult], [bustle], [commotion], [flutter], [ado], [activity], [confusion], [flurry], [disturbance], [fuss].

stirring, a. [animated], [lively], [strenuous], [active], [enterprising].

stock, n. [goods], [merchandise], [wares], [reserve].

stock, v. replenish, [supply], [furnish].

stockjobbing, n. agiotage.

stockings, n. pl. hosiery, [hose].

stocky, a. (Colloq.) [stout], [plump].

stodgy, a. stuffed, distended, [lumpish].

stogy, a. [heavy], [coarse], [clumsy].

stolen goods. [booty], [loot], [spoil], [plunder], [pillage]. Associated word: [fence].

stolid, a. [dull], impassive, [stupid], obtuse.

stomach, v. resent, [dislike]; (Colloq.) [bear], [brook], [tolerate], [stand], [endure].

stomach, n. (of ruminants) fardingbag, [paunch], rumen, reticulum, psalterium, manyplies, abomasum, omasum; (of birds) gizzard, [crop], [maw].

stomach, n. Associated words: gastric, gastrology, gastronomy, gastritis, agastric, rennet, tripe, stomachal, stomachic, alvine, gastrectomy, pylorous, gastroscope, gastroscopy, stomacher, paunchy, [paunch], anticardium, gastralgia, [abdomen], abdominous.

stomach-ache, n. (Colloq.) [colic].

stone, n. [rock], bowlder; pebble; calculus, [concretion]; flint, granite, [marble], [quartz], adamant, shale, [flag], flagstone, cobblestone, rubble, [brash], shingle; monolith, polyolith; cairn, muller, merestone; cromlech; madstone, [snakestone]; aërolite, meteorite; (of fruit) endocarp, [pit], nut, putamen. Associated words: [petrify], [petrifaction], lithology, lithography, lithic, lapidary, lithoglypher, lithoglyptic, litholatry, lapidescence, lapidescent, lapidify, lapillation, lapidification, lapidific, lapilli, catapult, [quarry], petrography, lapidist, petrology, geology, lithogenesis, lithification, wimble, Niobe, petrescence, petrescent, petrifactive, petrologist, [concrete], lapidarian, lapidarious, [fossil], schist, scapple, lichen, regolith, monadnock, saxatile, saxicoline, saxicavous, saxifrage, saxifragous.

stone, n. (precious and semi-precious) [gem], [jewel], diamond, [brilliant], beryl, emerald, chalcedony, bloodstone, agate, heliotrope girasole, onyx, sardonyx, garnet, sardine [stone], [jade], opal, peridot, chrysolite, sapphire, ruby, topaz, turquoise, turquoise matrix, zircon, hyacinth, carbuncle, amethyst, [pearl], [coral], bijou, doublet, carnelian, briolette, cabochon, chatoyant, rhinestone, amphibole, aquamarine, tourmaline, rhodolite, spinel, bufonite. Antonyms: paste, strass, [gewgaw], [gimcrack], [tinsel], [pinchbeck], gaud, [bauble], foil [stone]. Associated words: lapidary, lapidist, lapidarian, [cameo], [intaglio], facet, naif, anaglyph, briquet, collet, platinum, bizet, caret, anaglyphic, diaglyptic, anaglyphies, glyptography, [table], bezel, [girdle], pavilion, cadrans, mound, [mount], dichroiscope, dichroism, dichroscope.

stone pit. [quarry].

stone coffin. sarcophagus.

stonecutting, n. stereotomy.

stonecutter's consumption. chalicosis.

stony, a. rocky, [flinty], adamantine, petrous; [unrelenting], [pitiless].

stool, n. [footstool], [cricket], hassock, ottoman, tabouret, buffet; tripod, trivet; faldstool; [excrement], [fæces].

stoop, v. [bend]; [condescend], [deign], descend.

stoop, n. condescension, [descent]; [porch], [veranda], [piazza].

stop, v. [obstruct], close up; [stanch]; [arrest], [hinder], [impede], [block], [stay], [check]; [repress], [restrain], [suppress], [deter], interrupt, suspend, [thwart], preclude, intercept, [impede]; halt, [pause], stagnate, [stand]; refrain from, discontinue, [cease], desist, suspend, intermit; break off, [forbear]: lodge, tarry. Antonyms: continue, [persist].

stop, n. cessation, discontinuation, surcease, [pause], [suspension], intermission, interception, interruption, [obstruction], [obstacle], [impediment].

stoppage, n. [arrest], stopping, [detention], [stop].

stopper, n. stopple, [cork], [bung].

store, n. [shop]; [accumulation], [stock], [abundance], [plenty], [hoard], [supply].

store, v. [stock], replenish, [save], [hoard], garner, [husband], treasure up.

storehouse, n. [warehouse], [repository], [depot], [store], [magazine], promptuary.

storm, n. [tempest]. Antonyms: [calm], [subsidence], [serenity], tranquillity.

storm, v. [assault], [attack], [besiege], expugn; [rage], [fume], [rant].

storminess, n. inclemency, tempestuousness, boisterousness, [violence].

stormy, a. [tempestuous], [boisterous], inclement, [rugged], impetuous; [violent], [furious], [wild]; agitated, disturbed. Antonyms: [calm], pacific, [serene].

story, n. fiction, [tale], anecdote, romance, [novel], fable, [legend], [myth], parable, apologue, [chronicle], [record], [history], [narrative], [narration], [yarn], rehearsal, [recital], tradition, jeremiad; [falsehood], canard; [floor], loft; mezzanine, entresol.

story-teller, n. raconteur.

stout, a. [strong], [powerful], [vigorous], [enduring], durable, [tough]; [portly], [fleshy], corpulent, thickset, obese, burly, chubby, [fat].

straddle, v. bestride.

straight, a. [perpendicular], [vertical], [plumb], [erect], [upright]; [direct], rectilinear, undeviating, unswerving; [square], [honest], equitable, [honorable]; (Slang) unmixed, [clear], undiluted. Antonyms: [indirect], oblique, [crooked], [devious], [circuitous]. See crooked.

straight-out, a. (Colloq.) [unqualified], thoroughgoing, [artless], [undesigning].

straightway, n. [immediately], at once, [directly], [forthwith].

strain, v. [stretch], [tighten]; sprain, wrench; [percolate], [filter], defecate, filtrate; overtask, overwork.

strain, n. [pedigree], [race], lineage, extraction; [sort], [kind]; overexertion, [effort]; tension, intension; [tune], [melody]; [style], [manner].

strained, a. tense, [unnatural], [forced], [artificial], agonistic, farfetched.

strainer, n. colander, [filter], [sieve].

strait, n. [narrows], [channel]; [dilemma], [difficulty], [pinch], exigency, [restriction].

straiten, v. [limit], [restrict], [narrow], [confine], constrain, [tighten], [embarrass].

straitened, a. restricted, [embarrassing], [distressing].

strait-laced, a. [uncompromising], [rigorous], [strict], prudish, [prim], [precise].

stranded, a. wrecked, [aground], [beached].

strange, a. [foreign], [unfamiliar], exotic, [outlandish]; [novel], [odd], [unusual], [queer], [unique], [nondescript], exceptional, [singular], [peculiar], [rare], [erratic], [unique], [bizarre], [eccentric], inexplicable; [unaccustomed], [unfamiliar]; [reserved], [distant], [unfriendly]; [unknown]. Antonyms: [familiar], [accustomed], [wonted], [commonplace], conventional.

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

strangling, n. strangulation, choking, [suffocation], [suppression], constriction.

strap, n. thong, strop, leash.

strapping, a. (Colloq.) [stalwart], [able-bodied], [large], [muscular], [brawny].

stratagem, n. [artifice], [device], machination, [maneuver], [intrigue], [ruse], [finesse].

straw, n. [stalk], culm; [litter], mulch; sennet, platting.

straw roof. thatch, thatching.

strawy, a. stramineous.

stray, v. [wander], [rove], [roam], [swerve], [deviate]; [err], [sin].

stray, n. estray, [waif].

streak, n. [stripe], wale, whelk, [ridge], [vein].

streaked, a. [striped], streaky, whelky, striated, whelked, brindled, barred, veined.

stream, n. [current], [river], [creek], [brook], [race], [run], [rivulet], [rill], runnel; [drift], [course], [tendency]; torrent; arroyo; flume.

stream, v. [pour], [gush], [run]; [radiate], [shed].

streamer, n. ensign, pennon, [banner], banderole, [flag].

street, n. highway, avenue, thoroughfare, [boulevard].

street car. trolley [car]; tram ([England]).

street cleaner. scavenger.

street railway. tramway ([England]).

strength, n. [force], [vigor], [power], [might], [hardihood], potency, puissance, [stamina]; [tenacity], toughness, durability; impregnability, invincibility; [security], [validity], conclusiveness, cogency, [efficacy]; [support], [stay]; intensity, vividness; [virility]; [vehemence], [violence], [force], impetuosity; fortitude; robustness, lustiness, stoutness, brawniness, muscularity, thew, sturdiness. Antonyms: debility, [delicacy], [fragility], [weakness], impotency, [frailty], [infirmity].

strengthen, v. invigorate, [brace], [nerve], [steel], fortify, [harden]; [intensify], heighten; [confirm], corroborate, sustain.

strengthening, a. invigorating, roborant, [tonic], fortifying.

strenuous, a. [zealous], [ardent], [valiant], intrepid, [vigorous], [active], [energetic].

strenuousness, n. [zeal], [ardor], intrepidity, [earnestness], strenuosity, [activity], [energy].

stress, n. [urgency], pressure; [emphasis], [accent]; [severity], inclemency; [significance], [importance].

stretch, v. [extend], elongate, [lengthen], [spread]; [overstate], [exaggerate]; distend.

stretcher, n. [litter].

stretching, n. tension, distension, [extension], porrection, pandiculation, intension.

strict, a. [rigorous], [stringent], [exacting], [rigid]. Antonyms: [lax], [remiss], [indulgent].

stricture, n. animadversion, [criticism]; [contraction].

strife, n. [conflict], [struggle], [contention], emulation, [competition], [battle].

strike, v. [hit], [smite], buffet, [knock], [beat], thump, whack, [cuff], [slap]; [deal], inflict; impress, [affect].

striking, a. impressive, [noticeable], [astonishing], [surprising], [forcible].

string, n. [cord], [line], [twine], [warp]; fillet, ribbon; series, [chain], concatenation, [row]; chord; leash, [learn]; thong. Associated words: polychord, monochord.

stringent, a. [binding], restrictive, [rigid], [severe], [rigorous], [exact].

stringer, n. [sleeper], [tie]; joist.

stringy, a. fibrous, filamentous; [ropy], viscid, [tenacious], viscous.

strip, n. [shred], fillet, [batten], cleat, [list].

strip, v. [deprive], divest, [dispossess], [dismantle]; [plunder], [desolate], [devastate], [pillage], [sack], [fleece], [rifle], despoil; [undress], disrobe, denude, [uncover].

stripe, n. [streak], [band], wale, wheal, whelk, [ridge], striation, stria.

stripe, n. (Colloq.) [sort], [likeness], [color], [kind].

striped, a. [streaked], striate, striated.

stripping, n. deprivation, divestiture, divestment, [dispossession], dismantling; [plunder], desolation, [devastation], [depredation], despoliation, fleecing, sacking, [rapine]; denudation, [undressing], denuding, disrobing.

strive, v. [struggle], [try], endeavor, [contend], [vie], cope.

stroll, v. [ramble], [rove], [range], [stray], straggle, [wander].

strolling, a. [wandering], [nomadic], itinerant, roving, [vagrant], straggling.

strong, a. [firm], [tough], [enduring], hale, [sound], [robust], [hardy], durable, puissant; [powerful], [mighty], [invincible], impregnable, irresistible, fortified; [virile], [athletic], [muscular], [brawny], [vigorous], [stout], [strapping], [lusty], [sturdy], sinewy, [stalwart], thewy, [able-bodied]; [violent], [forcible], impetuous, [vehement]; [potent], [cogent], influential, [urgent], [convincing], conclusive; [ardent], eager, [zealous], [strenuous], [stanch], [unwavering], determined; spirituous, intoxicating, alcoholic; vivid, [dazzling], [intense], [glaring]; [effective], drastic, [potent]; [racy], [pungent], [piquant]; [tough], [tenacious]; [rank], [strong-smelling]; [valid]. Antonyms: [weak], vulnerable, [frail], [fragile], [delicate], [faint], [mild], frangible.

stronghold, n. [fastness], [fort], [fortress], muniment, donjon, citadel, [keep], [bulwark].

strong-smelling, a. [fetid], [rank], [frowzy], [rancid], malodorous, [offensive], [musty].

struggle, n. [conflict], [contest], [strife].

struggle, v. [strive], cope, [grapple], [labor].

stub, n. [stump], counterfoil.

stubble, n. eddish, rowen, arrish.

stubborn, a. [unyielding], [obstinate], obdurate, [mulish], [refractory], [indocile], [headstrong], [inflexible], intractable, [perverse], contumacious, impersuadable, recalcitrant, [stiff-necked], [rugged], [persistent], incompliant.

stuck-up, a. (Colloq.) [proud], [arrogant], [haughty], [vain], [overbearing], cavalier, supercilious, [uppish].

studio, n. atelier.

study, n. research, excogitation, lucubration, cogitation; étude (Mus.); curriculum (course of study).

study, v. [muse], pore, con [over], lucubrate, excogitate; [dig], [grind].

stuff, n. [material], fabric, [cloth]; [trash], [refuse], [rubbish]; [goods], [things]; [nonsense], [balderdash].

stuff, v. [cram], [press], stow, [crowd], [fill].

stuffing, n. filling, forcemeat, [dressing], [farce].

stumbling-block, n. [difficulty], [obstruction], [hindrance], [barrier], stumbling-stone.

stump, v. (Colloq.) [dare], [challenge], [nonplus].

stun, v. [overcome], [stupefy], [dumfound], [bewilder].

stunning, a. [overpowering], stupefying; [astonishing], [striking], [fine].

stunt, v. [dwarf], atrophy.

stunted, a. dwarfed, atrophied, [undeveloped], [scrubby], undersized.

stupefier, n. stupefacient, [narcotic], [opiate].

stupefy, v. [dull], [benumb], hebetate, [blunt], besot.

stupid, a. [dull], [stolid], obtuse, [sluggish], inept, bovine, beef-witted, beetle-headed, besotted, fat-witted, doltish, undiscerning; prosaic, [vapid], [prosy], [humdrum], uninspiring [tame]; lethargic, comatose, stupefied, [torpid], [insensible]. Antonyms: [shrewd], [sharp], [apt], [spirited], [lively], [exciting], interesting.

stupor, a. [lethargy], [insensibility], [unconsciousness], narcoma, torpor, coma.

sturdy, a. [obstinate], [stubborn], [pertinacious]; [strong], [hardy], [robust].

sty, n. hordeolum.

style, n. [mode], vogue, [fashion]; [manner], [way], method.

stylish, a. modish, [fashionable], in vogue, á la mode, genteel, [smart].

Styx, n. Associated words: Stygian, Charon.

suasion, n. [persuasion], [inducement].

suave, a. urbane, [courteous], [debonair], [bland], [affable].

suavity, n. urbanity, [courtesy], [affability].

subdue, v. [conquer], [vanquish], [subject], [overpower], subjugate, [crush], [master], [quell]; tone [down], [soften].

subdued, a. vanquished, conquered, [submissive], [tame].

subject, a. exposed, [liable], prone; [answerable], [amenable]; [subservient], subordinate. Antonyms: exempt, immune, [independent], [free].

subject, v. subordinate, [expose].

subject, n. [dependant], subordinate; [topic], subject [matter], theme.

subjection, n. subjugation, [conquest], subordination, subserviency.

sublime, a. [exalted], [grand], [magnificent], [glorious], [majestic].

submerge, v. [plunge], [immerse], [sink], submerse; [overflow], [flood], deluge, inundate.

submerging, n. submergence, submersion, [immersion], inundation.

submission, n. [compliance], acquiescence, [surrender], [resignation], [obedience]; meekness, submissiveness, fortitude, [forbearance], long-sufferance.

submissive, a. [yielding], [obedient], tractable, [meek], [resigned], [passive]. Antonyms: insubmissive, [defiant], intractable, [rebellious], [refractory].

submit, v. [yield], [surrender], succumb, acquiesce, comply, [tolerate], [stand]. Antonyms: [resist], [rebel], [disobey], [revolt].

subservient, a. subordinate, [subject], [inferior]; serviceable, conducive.

subside, v. [decrease], [sink], [abate], [fall].

subsidence, n. [decrease], [abatement].

substantiate, v. [verify], corroborate, [confirm], [prove].

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

substitute, v. [exchange], commute.

substitute, n. deputy, proxy, [representative], [agent], lieutenant, [delegate], [vicar], envoy, locum tenens; [makeshift], expedient, [shift], [resource]. Associated word: vicarious.

substitution, n. [exchange], commutation.

subterfuge, n. [artifice], [evasion], [shift], [sophistry], [excuse].

subtile, a. [rare], [fine], ethereal, [delicate]; [crafty], [artful].

subtilty, n. rarity, fineness, ethereality; [refinement]; [artifice], [craft], [guile], [cunning].

subtle, a. [artful], [cunning], [sly], [designing], [crafty]; [refined], [discriminating].

subtlety, n. [cunning], artfulness, [guile], [craftiness]; [discernment], [penetration].

suburbs, n. pl. environs, purlieus, outskirts, [confines].

succeeding, a. subsequent, [following].

success, n. [prosperity], [triumph], [victory], good fortune.

successful, a. prosperous, [victorious], [triumphant], [fortunate].

succession, n. [sequence], consecution; [chain], [line], series.

successive, a. consecutive.

successor, n. Antonym: predecessor.

succor, n. [assistance], [help], [relief].

suck, v. imbibe, [absorb]; engulf.

sucker, n. [shoot], tiller, [scion], [sprout]; embolus, piston, valve.

sucker, n. (Slang) [dupe], [gull], cully, [greenhorn]; [parasite], [sponger], [toady].

suckling, n. lactation.--a. unweaned.

sudden, a. [unexpected], [abrupt], unlocked for.

sue, v. prosecute.

suffering, n. [distress], agony, misery, [pain], discomfort, torture, sufferance.

sufficiency, n. [enough], [adequacy], competence. Antonyms: [insufficiency], inadequacy.

sufficient, a. [adequate]. Antonyms: [insufficient], [inadequate].

suffocate, v. [choke], stifle, [smother], asphyxiate, burke.

suffocation, n. smothering, asphyxiation.

suffrage, n. [vote], [assent], ballot; [testimony], [attestation]; [prayer], [petition].

sugar, n. sucrose, saccharose ([cane sugar]); levulose (fruit sugar); dextrose, glucose (grape sugar); muscovado (unrefined sugar); maltose (malt sugar); lactose (milksugar); inosite (muscle sugar); invert [sugar]; cassonade ([raw sugar]); caramel (burnt sugar). Associated words: sacchariferous, dextrine, sorghum, saccharify, saccharimeter, saccharimetry, saccharin, saccharoid, saccharize.

suggest, v. allude to, [hint], intimate, insinuate, propose, [recommend].

suggestion, n. intimation, [hint], allusion, proposal, [instance], [insinuation].

suicide, n. self-murder, self-destruction; [self-murderer], felo-de-se.

suit, n. [wooing], courtship, addresses; prosecution, [action], [lawsuit]; [retinue], [suite]; [petition], [solicitation], entreaty, [request]. Associated words: champerty, [maintenance]. See lawsuit.

suit, v. [fit], [adapt], adjust; [please], [gratify], [satisfy]; [accord], comport, [agree].

suitable, a. [fitting], accordant, [proper], [becoming], congruous, consistent, congruent.

suite, n. [retinue], [staff], train of attendants.

sulky, a. [sullen], [morose], [surly], moody.

sullen, a. [morose], [unamiable], [sulky], intractable.

sulphur, n. [brimstone].

sulphuric acid. oil of vitriol.

sum, n. [amount], total, [aggregate], sum total; problem, [example].

sum, v. cast up, [add], [compute]; summarize.

summary, n. [recapitulation], [epitome], [résumé], [synopsis].

summer, n. Associated words: æstival, æstivate, æstivation.

summing up. [résumé], [recapitulation], peroration.

summit, n. [top], [pinnacle], [zenith], apex, [vertex], culmination.

summoner, n. apparitor.

sum up. summarize, [recapitulate].

sun, n. Sol. Associated words:: heliography, heliometry, solar, solstice, solarize, anthelion, parhelion, [halo], heliocentric, actinometer, actinometry, heliacal, heliograph, equinox, astronomy, astronomer, photosphere, helioscope, heliostat, paranthelion, maculæ, Hyperion.

sun bath. [insolation].

sunburnt, a. tanned, blowzy, bronzed.

Sunday, n. the Lord's [day]. Associated word: dominical.

sundial, n. Associated words: sciotheric, gnomon, gnomonics, gnomonolcgy, [style], gnomonist, [dialing].

sundog, n. parhelion.

sundry, a. [several], [divers], [various].

sunny, a. [genial], [pleasant], cloudless, [radiant].

sunrise, n. daybreak, [dawn], aurora.

sun room. solarium.

sunshade, n. parasol; [awning], [shade].

sun's path. ecliptic.

sun spots. faculæ.

sunstroke, n. [insolation], siriasis, coup de soleil.

sun-worship, n. heliolatry, Sabianism.

sun-worshiper, n. heliolater.

super, n. supernumerary.

superabundance, n. redundancy, [excess], [surfeit], [superfluity], [exuberance], [plethora].

superabundant, a. [superfluous], [redundant], [excessive], plethoric.

superb, n. [magnificent], [grand], [august], [elegant].

superfluity, n. [superabundance], surplusage. See superabundance.

superfluous, a. [superabundant], [redundant], [excessive], supernumerary.

superintendent, n. [overseer], [guardian], supervisor, [custodian], intendant, [manager], [controller], [principal], [curator], [warden].

superior, a. more [excellent], [surpassing], paramount, [predominant].

superiority, n. predominancy, preëminence, ascendency, supremacy.

supernatural, a. [miraculous], preternatural, hyperphysical.

supersede, v. [replace], [displace], [supplant].

supine, a. [negligent], heedless, [listless], [indolent], [careless].

supplant, v. [remove], [displace], [supersede].

supple, a. [flexible], pliant, lithe. See flexible.

supplement, n. [continuation], appendix, postscript, [addition], addendum.

supply, v. [furnish], afford, [yield], replenish, recruit, [stock].

support, v. [prop], [brace], [bolster], [uphold], sustain; [maintain], [keep], provide for; [verify], [substantiate], [ratify], corroborate, [confirm]; [vindicate], [defend], [maintain]; [second], [back], [aid]. Antonyms: [desert], undermine, [weaken], [repudiate], [oppose].

support, n. [prop], [buttress], [brace], fulcrum, [bolster], stanchion, [shore], staddle, [supporter]; [maintenance], sustenance, subsistence, [finding], livelihood; [base], [foundation], [basis]; [assistance], espousal, advocacy, [countenance]; Caryatid. Antonyms: nonsupport, [opposition], [desertion], [repudiation].

supporter, n. [advocate], adherent, [defender], [pillar], paraclete, sustainer, upholder, [support].

suppose, v. [assume], [conjecture], presume, [imagine], believe, imply, [surmise].

supposed, a. [assumed], presumed, putative.

supposition, n. hypothesis, [conjecture], [surmise], assumption, presumption, postulate.

suppositional, a. hypothetical, conjectural, [supposed], [assumed].

suppress, v. [quell], [overpower], put [down]; [check], [repress], [restrain]; [secrete], conceal.

suppression, n. [quelling], [overthrow]; [repression], [restraint]; [concealment], [secretion].

supreme, a. transcendent, preëminent, superlative, paramount, [predominant].

surcingle, n. [girth].

sure, a. [certain], inevitable; [positive], [confident], assured, sanguine, convinced; unfailing, [infallible], [unerring], inerrable, [abiding], [stable], trustworthy, [reliable], [dependable], [secure], [safe]. Antonyms: [uncertain], [doubtful], [dubious].

sureness, n. [certainty], inevitability, [assurance], certitude, [safety], positiveness.

surety, n. [sureness], [certainty]; [security], [pledge], guaranty; [bondsman]; [substitute], hostage; [sponsor]; [ratification], corroboration.

surface, n. exterior, [outside], superficies.

surfeit, n. fullness, [repletion], [satiety]; [superabundance], [plethora].

surgeon's case of instruments. tweese.

surgery, n. aciurgy.

surly, a. [morose], [sullen], [crabbed], [unamiable], [gruff], inurbane, snarling, [crusty].

surmise, v. [suppose], [conjecture], [suspect], [guess], opine.

surmise, n. [supposition], [conjecture], [guess], [suspicion].

surmount, v. [overtop]; [conquer], [overcome], [vanquish].

surmountable, a. superable, conquerable. Antonyms: insuperable, [unsurmountable].

surname, n. patronymic, cognomen.

surpass, v. [excel], [exceed], [outdo], outstrip, transcend.

surpassing, a. [exceeding], [superior], preëminent, transcendent, supereminent.

surplus, n. surplusage, [excess], [overplus], [residue], [remainder].

surprise, v. [amaze], [astonish], astound.

surprise, n. [amazement], [astonishment].

surprising, a. [astonishing], [amazing], astounding, [marvelous].

surrender, v. [relinquish], [yield], [abandon], capitulate, [waive], remit.

surrender, n. [relinquishment], capitulation, [yielding].

surround, v. enclose, [encircle], encompass, environ, [hem in], corral, invest, intrench.

surrounding, a. circumambient, encompassing, encircling ambient, [enveloping].

surroundings, n. pl. [environment], entourage.

surveying, n. survey, chorometry; geodesy. Associated words: theodolite, transit, perambulator.

susceptible, a. [sensitive], impressionable, impressible, [tender].

suspect, v. [mistrust], [distrust], [doubt]; [conjecture], [surmise].

suspenders, n. pl. gallowses, braces.

suspense, n. [uncertainty], [wavering], [hesitation], [irresolution].

suspension, n. pendency; [delay], respite, [postponement], [abeyance].

suspicion, n. [mistrust], [misgiving], [distrust]; [surmise], [conjecture], [supposition]; (Colloq.) [suggestion], [hint].

swag, n. (Slang) [booty], [boodle], [loot], [plunder], [spoil].

swaggering, n. [blustering], [boasting], roistering.

swallow, v. ingurgitate; gulp, [bolt], engorge, englut; ingulf, suck in, [absorb], [submerge], engulf, [overwhelm]; accept, believe, [credit]; [appropriate], arrogate, [monopolize], engross; [bear], [brook], [tolerate], [pocket].

swallowing, n. deglutition, ingurgitation, [absorption]. Antonym: aglutition.

swamp, n. [marsh], [morass], [slough], [quagmire], [bog], fen, marish. Associated words: paludine, paludinous, paludism, paludose, palustrine, draco, muck, effluvium, [malaria], [miasma].

swamp, v. engulf, [overwhelm], [submerge].

swampy, a. boggy, fenny, [marshy], sloughy, slumpy, queachy.

swan, n. cob ([male]); cygnet ([young]).

swap, v. (Colloq.) [exchange], [trade].

swarm, v. [teem].

swarming, a. [teeming].

swashing, a. [heavy], [violent], [crushing].

sway, n. [dominion], [domination], [rule].

swear, v. blaspheme, [curse], imprecate, use profane [language].

swearing, n. profanity, [oath], [blasphemy], expletive, cursing, imprecation.

sweat, v. [perspire]; exude.

sweat, n. [perspiration]; exudation. Associated words: sudoriferous, sudoral, sudorific, sudatory, diaphoretic, diaphoresis, perspiratory, empasm, bagnio, adiophoretic.

sweating-bath, n. sudatory, sudatorium, vapor-bath.

Swedish Parliament. Riksdag.

sweet, a. saccharine, honeyed, sugary, nectarean, ambrosial, nectareous; dulcet, [melodious], [harmonious], mellifluous, [silvery], symphonious, [tuneful]; winsome, [winning]. Antonyms: [bitter], [acrid], tart, [sour].

sweetbread, n. pancreas.

sweeten, v. dulcify, edulcorate; [purify], disinfect, fumigate, deodorize.

sweetening, n. dulcification, edulcoration.

sweetheart, n. ([male]) [lover], inamorato, [beau], [flame], [spark], swain, suitor; ([female]) [ladylove], [mistress], inamorata, dulcinea, darling, [flame], amaryllis.

sweets, n. pl. confectionery, sweetmeats.

sweet-smelling, a. [fragrant], redolent, [balmy], [aromatic], [savory], sweet-scented.

swell, v. distend, [dilate], [expand], [bloat], puff up, tumefy, intumesce; [increase], augment; heave, surge; protuberate; strut, swagger.

swell, n. [swelling]; augmentation, [increase]; protuberance, bulge; [elevation], [rise].

swell, a. (Slang) [fashionable], [elegant], [distinguished], [exquisite].--n. [exquisite], [fop], [dandy].

swelled, a. [swollen], tumid, enlarged, [bloated], protuberant, turgid.

swelling, n. intumescence, turgescence, prominence, protuberance, [bump], node, blain, distention. Antonyms: [subsidence], detumescence.

swelling, a. turgent, tumefacient, tumid, turgid; grandiloquent, [bombastic], [grandiose].

swerve, v. [deviate], deflect, diverge, [turn aside].

swift, a. [fleet], [rapid], [fast], [speedy], [quick].

swiftness, n. celerity, velocity, [speed], [rapidity], fleetness, [quickness].

swill, n. hogwash, swillings, draff.

swimming, n. natation; [dizziness], vertigo, giddiness; transnatation, supernatation. Associated words: natatorial, natant, natatorious, natatorium, natatory.

swimming birds. Natatores.

swindle, n. See cheat.

swine, n. pl. hogs. Associated word: porcine.

swing, v. [oscillate], [vibrate]; [sway], brandish, [flourish], [wave].

swing, n. [swinging]; free [course], [liberty], [unrestraint], sweep.

swinging, n. oscillation, [vibration].

swinging, a. oscillatory, oscillating, [vibratory].

swipe, v. [strike]; (Slang) [steal], [pluck], [snatch], purloin.

Swiss, n. Switzer, Helvetian.--a. Helvetic.

Swiss Federal Council. Bundesrath.

switch, v. [whip], [flog]; shunt, [shift].

swollen, a. tumid, tumefied, [bloated], purled up.

sword, n. rapier, saber, scimiter, [brand], curtana, claymore, smallsword, glaive, broadsword, cutlass, Damascus [blade], spadroon, creese. Associated words: scabbard, sheathe, unsheathe, forte, hilt, [sheath], foible, [foil], [fence], fencer, gladiatorial, gladiatorism, gladiature.

swordfight, n. [fencing], swordplay.

sword of mercy. curtana.

sword player, n. fencer; gladiator.

sword-shaped, a. ensiform.

sycophancy, n. [obsequiousness], [fawning], truckling, servility, sycophantism.

sycophant, n. [fawner], [toady], [flunky], lickspittle.

sycophantic, a. [obsequious], [fawning], adulatory, [servile].

syllabus, n. [compendium], [abstract], [synopsis].

symbolic, a. [typical], emblematical.

symbolize, v. [typify], emblematize.

symmetry, n. proportion, shapeliness. Antonyms: asymmetry, disproportion.

sympathetic, a. compassionate, commiserating, [pitiful], [kind], [tender].

sympathize, v. have [sympathy], commiserate, condole with; [agree], be in [accord].

sympathy, n. fellow-feeling, tenderness; [pity], commiseration, [compassion], condolence; [accord], [agreement], rapport, concord. Antonyms: [antipathy], incompassion, inclemency, [disagreement], incompatibility.

symptom, n. [indication], [mark], [sign], evidence, diagnostic. Associated words: symptomatic, rymptomatology, semeiology, semeiotic, semeiography, pathognomonic, diagnosticate, diagnosis.

synopsis, n. [syllabus], [compendium], [abstract], [summary], [epitome], [digest].

system, n. method, [order]. Antonyms: [chaos], [confusion], [disorder].

systematic, a. [methodical], [orderly]. Antonyms: unsystematic, chaotic, immethodical.

systematize, v. methodize, classify.