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Tab, n. (Colloq.) [account], [reckoning], [check], [tally], [score].
table, n. [tablet]; [schedule], [synopsis], index, [list]; trivet (three-legged table). Associated word: mensal.
table, v. tabulate, tabularize.
tableland, n. [plateau], mesa (Southwestern U.S.).
table linen. napery.
tablet, n. [lozenge], troche, trochiscus.
taboo, n. interdiction, prohibition, proscription.
taboo, v. interdict, [prohibit], proscribe.
taboo, a. prohibited, [forbidden], interdicted, proscribed.
tackle, n. [gear], implements, [equipment], [rigging], apparatus.
tacky, a. [sticky], adhesive; (Colloq.) [dowdy], [shabby], unkempt, [seedy].
tadpole, n. [polliwog].
taffy, n. toffy, [candy]; (Slang) [flattery], [blandishment], [blarney].
tail, n. Associated words: caudal, [dock], scut, prehensile, caudate, bicaudal, [rump], uropygium.
tailless, a. acaudate, anurous.
tailor, n. Associated word: sartorial.
tailpiece, n. [appendage].
taint, v. imbue, [impregnate], [corrupt], infect, [vitiate], sully, besmirch, discolor, [contaminate].
taint, n. [infection], [contamination], [vitiation], [defilement], [pollution].
tainted, a. infected, contaminated, defiled, imbued, vitiated, polluted.
take, v. [seize], [grasp], [clutch], [procure], [clasp], [catch]; confiscate, [appropriate], [usurp], arrogate; deprehend, [apprehend]; [require], [need]; [select], [choose].
take back. [recant], [retract], [recall], [revoke], rescind, disavow, resume.
take in. [comprise], encompass, [comprehend], [include], embrace.
take-in, n. (Colloq.) imposition, [fraud], [deception], [swindle], [cheat], hoax.
taken, p.p. charmed, captivated, enamored, fascinated.
take off. doff, [remove], divest one's self of.
take-off, n. [caricature], [burlesque], [travesty], parody.
take the place of. [supplant], [supersede], [displace], [substitute].
take upon one's self. [assume], undertake; arrogate, [usurp].
taking, a. [alluring], [fascinating], [winning], [charming], [captivating].
taking, n. [seizure], [apprehension]; reprisal; prehension.
taking back. [recantation], [retraction], resumption, disavowal, [revocation].
tale, n. [story], romance, parable, apologue, [legend], fable, [narrative], [myth], jeremiad (tale of sorrow).
tale-bearer, n. scandal-monger, busybody, quidnunc, [tattler], [telltale], tabby, [gossip].
talent, n. [endowment], [faculty], [gift], forte, [knack], genius.
talented, a. [gifted], endowed, [clever].
talk, v. [speak], [converse], confer, confabulate, consult; [babble], prattle, [prate], chatter, [gabble], gibber, blather; [expatiate], descant, [comment], [harp], [rant]; [palaver].
talk, n. [conversation], [converse], colloquy, conference, confabulation, [chat], parley, causerie, parlance, confab; [dialogue], interlocution; [soliloquy], [monologue]; [palaver], buncombe, [blarney], [blandishment], [flattery], flummery; [chaff], [banter], [raillery], persiflage, [badinage], asteistn; chatter, [babble], chit [chat], [gibberish], [jargon], [twaddle], [fustian], [moonshine], hanky-panky, jabbering, rhapsody, [rant], grandiloquence; expatiation, descant.
talkative, a. garrulous, [loquacious], communicative, [voluble], [unreserved]. Antonyms: [reserved], [reticent], [uncommunicative], [silent], [still].
talkativeness, n. garrulity, [loquacity], communicativeness multiloquence. Antonyms: [reserve], [reticence], taciturnity.
talker, n. conversationalist; interlocutor; chatterer, babler, magpie, chatterbox.
tall, a. [lofty], [high], towering.
tally, n. [mate], [match], counterpart; [score], [account], [record].
tally, v. [match], conform, [agree], [correspond], [coincide], [square], comport, [accord].
tame, v. domesticate, [reclaim], [break]; [discipline], subjugate, [conquer], [repress].
tame, a. [docile], domesticated, [gentle]; [prosy], [dull], [vapid]; [submissive], [subdued].
tamper, v. [meddle], tinker.
tangible, a. palpable, tactile, [material]; substantial, [evident], perceptible, [obvious].
tangle, v. [snarl], [entangle], interweave; embroil, [insnare], [entrap], involve, [perplex], enmesh. Antonyms: disentangle, [unravel], extricate.
tangle, n. [snarl], [complication], [intricacy]; imbroglio, [perplexity]. Antonyms: disentanglement, extrication.
tangled, a. entangled, [complicated], tangly, snarled, [intricate], involved.
tank, n. reservoir, vat.
tantalize, v. [torment], [plague], [vex], [disappoint].
tap, n. [stopper], [plug], [spigot], spile, faucet.
tap, v. broach.
tape needle. [bodkin].
tapering, a. conical, taper, pyramidal, fusiform.
tapeworms, n. pl. tænia. Associated words: tæniafuge, tæniacide, tænioid, tæniid, proglottis, [segment], cysticercus, cestode, [measles].
tardy, a. [slow], [sluggish]; dilatory, [reluctant], [behindhand], [late]. Antonyms: punctual, [prompt].
tarnish, v. [dim], sully, besmirch, [blacken], [deface].
task, n. [work], [labor], [assignment], [stint]; [study], [lesson], [exercise].
taste, n. tasting gustation, degustation; [flavor], savor, tang, [race], relish, goût, saporosity, sapor, [gusto], gust, sapidity; [liking], [fondness], [appetite], appetency; tincture, infusion, [dash], soupçon; [discernment], [discrimination]; foretaste, prelibation. Antonyms: dowdiness, tawdriness, distaste [vulgarity]. Associated words: gustatory, saporific.
tasteful, a. palatable, [savory], [relishable], [toothsome], gustable, [delicious].
tasteless, a. insipid, [flat], unpalatable, [vapid].
tastelessness, n. insipidity, [vapidity].
tasty, a. [tasteful], [neat]. Antonyms: [dowdy], [tawdry], meretricious, inartistic.
tattle, v. [tell], divulge, [blab], [peach].
tattler, n. [tale-bearer], [gossip], quidnunc, news-monger, busybody.
taunt, v. [ridicule], [deride], [mock], [reproach], [revile], jeer [twit], [gibe].
taunt, n. [ridicule], [derision], [jeer], [reproach], [gibe], [quip], [quirk].
taunting, a. [reviling], derisive, [jeering], [sarcastic].
tawdry, a. [gaudy], meretricious, [showy], [flashy], inelegant.
tax, n. assessment, toll, excise, levy, tribute, [custom], [duty], impost; [capitation], poll-tax; [charge], [exaction].
tax, v. assess; [exact], [demand], [task].
taxable, a. assessable.
tea, n. Associated words: theine, thea, theism, samovar, caddy, theiform, maté, canister, cabaret, tannin.
teach, v. [instruct], inform, [educate], [discipline], [train], indoctrinate, [school], enlighten, [drill], tutor, instill, inculcate, [coach].
teachable, a. [docile], tractable, [apt], [bright].
teacher, n. [instructor], tutor, [master], pedagogue, preceptor, preceptress, governess, [coach], [usher], [mentor]; pl. [faculty].
teaching, n. [instruction], [education], [breeding], enlightenment, inculcation, tuition, tutoring, indoctrination. Associated words: pedagogy, pedagogics, didactics, paideutics, propædeutics, didactic, [instructive], propædeutic, pædeutic, pedagogic, pedagogism, didacticism.
tear, n. [rent], fissure, [rip].
tear, v. [rend], [rip], [lacerate], dilacerate, sunder, [dismember]; [fume], [rage], [rave], [rant], [storm].
tearful, a. lachrymose, [weeping], [maudlin].
tearing, n. [rending], [laceration], lancination, ripping, [dismemberment].
tears, n. pl. Associated words: lachrymal, lachrymation, lachrymatory, lachrymals, lachrymiform, lachrymary.
tease, v. [torment], [plague], [tantalize], [hector], [taunt], [harass], badger.
teat, n. [nipple], pap, dug, mammilla.
tedious, a. [tiresome], wearisome, irksome, [humdrum], [monotonous].
tedium, n. tediousness, [humdrum].
teem, v. multiply, be prolific, [abound], [overflow], [swarm].
teeming, a. prolific, [abounding], replete, [overflowing], [rife].
teeter, v. seesaw, titter, titter-totter.
teeth, n. pl. biters, incisors, molars, bicuspids, grinders, tusks, wisdom [teeth], eye [teeth], canine [teeth], fangs. Associated words: odontology, dentist, dentistry, dental, odontography, dentiloquy, denture, [cement], tartar, pyorrhea, gnash, alveoli, corona, dentifrice, dentilave, pulp, dentiform, dentilation, cusp, overshot.
teething, n. dentition, odontiasis.
teetotaler, n. nephalist, total abstainer.
teetotalism, n. nephalism, abstinence (from spirituous liquors), [temperance].
tell, v. mention, recount, [relate], [narrate], enumerate, [advise], inform, [recite], disclose, [bruit], divulge, [proclaim], [expose], apprise, [peach], communicate, [acquaint], [notify], [reveal], [discern]. Antonyms: [suppress], [reserve], [withhold], [forbear].
telling, n. [notification], apprising, communication, [relation], [narration], [recital], divulgement.
telling, a. [effective], [cogent], [potent], conclusive.
telltale, n. [tattler].
temerity, n. audacity, [boldness], presumption, recklessness, foolhardiness, [rashness].
temper, v. [qualify], [modify], [moderate], [appease]; anneal.
temper, n. [mood], [disposition], [humor]; [passion].
temperament, n. [constitution], [nature], [temper], [disposition].
temperance, n. [sobriety], nephalism, [moderation].
temperate, a. [moderate]; dispassionate, [calm]; [abstemious], [sober], [self-denying].
tempest, n. [storm], [tumult], [commotion], [disturbance].
tempestuous, a. See stormy.
temple, n. fane, [church], [sanctuary], tabernacle; teocalli, pagoda, mosque, hieron, marai.
temporal, a. [secular], [worldly]; [temporary]; political, [civil].
temporary, a. transitory, [transient], [temporal], impermanent, ephemeral, [fleeting].
tempt, v. [seduce], [entice], [decoy], [allure], induce; [provoke], [incite], instigate.
temptation, n. [seduction], [allurement], [enticement], [attraction]; [decoy], [lure], [bait], [inducement].
tempter, n. [seducer], [siren], Circe.
tempting, a. [enticing], [alluring], [seductive].
ten, n. Associated words: decimal, decimate, decimation, denary, decemvir, decemvirate.
tenacious, a. [retentive]; cohesive, [tough]; [pertinacious], [persistent].
tenacity, n. retentiveness; cohesiveness, toughness; [pertinacity], [persistency].
tend, v. [conduce], contribute; [attend], [accompany], [guard]; [incline], [lean].
tendency, n. [drift], [inclination], proclivity, proneness, propensity, [bent], predisposition.
tender, a. [delicate], [fragile], [sensitive], [susceptible]; [pathetic], [touching], [plaintive]; [sympathetic], [pitiful], compassionate, [kind]. Antonyms: [tough], [strong].
tender, n. [attendant]; [offer], proposal, [overture], proposition.
tender, v. [offer], [present], proffer, propose.
ten dollars. [eagle].
tent, n. pavilion, tabernacle, marquee, [tilt], [wigwam], tepee; pl. tentage.
tenth, n. tithe, tithing; decimal.
ten thousand. myriad. Associated word: myriarch.
ten years. decade, decennium, decennary. Associated words: decennial, decennially.
terms, n. pl. stipulations, conditions; terminology, nomenclature.
terrace, n. esplanade, [plateau].
terrible, a. [dreadful], formidable, [shocking], [horrible], [frightful], dire, grewsome, [nefarious]; (Colloq.) [severe], [extreme], [excessive], [immoderate].
terrify, v. appall, intimidate, [daunt], horrify, [alarm], [shock], [frighten].
territory, n. province, [region], [district].
terror, n. [alarm], [consternation], [dismay], [panic], [fright], affright.
test, n. [trial], [ordeal]; [standard], [touchstone], criterion; crucible.
test, v. [try], [prove], [assay].
testicles, n. pl. testes. Associated words: [castrate], [castration], testicular, emasculate, [alter], [geld], [spade], eunuch, varicocele, [scrotum], orchitis, suspensory, orchotomy, sarcocele, hydrocele, parorchis, orchialgia, orchic, spermatic, [semen], monorchism, epididymis, gubernaculum, gonad.
testify, v. depose, [attest], asseverate, [verify].
testimonial, n. credential, [certificate], [voucher].
testimony, n. [attestation], deposition, corroboration; [witness], evidence.
testy, a. [irritable], [choleric], [captious].
tetter, n. [ringworm], herpes, [fret].
text, n. [passage], pericope; [subject], [topic], theme.
texture, n. fabric, [web]; [grain], structure, contexture.
thankful, a. [grateful].
thankfulness, n. [gratitude]. Antonyms: [unthankfulness], [ingratitude].
thankless, a. [unthankful], [ungrateful]; [unacceptable], unappreciated.
thanks, n. pl. gramercy (many thanks).
theater, n. playhouse; odeon, lyceum; [arena], [stage], [scene], [field].
theatrical, a. dramatic, histrionic, scenic; [stagy], [artificial].
theft, n. See stealing.
theory, n. hypothesis.
thick, a. dense, coagulated, [crass], [gross], inspissate, inspissated, grumous, incrassated; [compact], turbid, [roily], feculent, [muddy]; (Colloq.) intimate, confidential.
thicken, v. coagulate, [condense], inspissate, [curdle], [concrete], incrassate.
thickening, a. inspissant.
thickening, n. inspissation, condensation, coagulation, incrassation.
thicket, n. shrubbery, [copse], chaparral, grove, boscage, bosk, spinny, [coppice].
thick-headed, a. pachycephalic, pachycephalous; [dull], [stupid], doltish.
thicklip, n. blobberlip.
thickness, n. denseness, density, compactness; grossness, crassitude, consistence; intimacy. Associated words: pachometer, pachymeter.
thick-skinned, a. pachydermatous; obtuse, [dull], [unimpressible].
thick-tongued, a. pachyglossal, crassilingual.
thief, n. [robber], pilferer, filcher, [peculator]; [embezzler], [defaulter], [peculator]; plagiarist; poacher; shoplifter; kleptomaniac.
thievery, n. [theft], larceny; [embezzlement], [peculation]; shoplifting.
thievish, a. [light-fingered], [pilfering], [predatory]; [stealthy], [sneaking].
thill, n. shaft (of a vehicle).
thin, a. emaciated, [slender], [poor], wasted, [peaked], [gaunt], [scrawny], lank, [spare], [meager], [haggard], [scraggy]; tenuous, [delicate], [fine]; incompact; [dilute], [rare], rarefied, [subtile], attenuated; [sheer], [flimsy], [sleazy], unsubstantial, gossamery, gauzy, diaphanous, [transparent]; [sparse], [scanty]; [inadequate], [insufficient], superficial.
thin, v. [dilute], [reduce], attenuate, rarefy, [diminish], subtilize.
thing, n. [object], [article].
things, n. pl. (Colloq.) [clothes], [furniture], appurtenances, belongings, [goods], [luggage], accessories, chattels, effects, [traps], impedimenta (Mil.), [paraphernalia].
think, v. [meditate], cogitate, [ponder], contemplate, [brood], [reflect], [muse], [consider], [speculate], [ruminate], opine, deem, [apprehend], excogitate, [infer], [surmise], [mull].
thinkable, a. conceivable, cogitable, imaginable, presumable.
thinking, a. [rational], [pensive], reflective, contemplative, cogitative, introspective.
thinking, n. cogitation, [meditation], contemplation, [thought].
thinness, n. emaciation, slenderness, gauntness, spareness, meagerness; tenuity, [delicacy], fineness; incompactness; rarity, [subtilty], subtilization; inadequacy, sparseness, scantiness.
thinning, n. [dilution], [reduction], attenuation, rarefaction, subtilization. Associated words: attenuant, diluent.
thin-skinned, a. leptodermic; [sensitive], impressible, [irritable].
third, a. tertiary.
thirst, n. [dryness], [aridity], [drought]. Antonym: adipsy. Associated words: [slake], [quench], dipsetic, adipsous.
thirty years. Associated words: tricennial, tricennially.
thorn, n. [spine], [prickle], [brier]; [torment], [plague], infliction.
thornless, a. [spineless], inermis.
thorny, a. spiny, briery, [prickly]; [vexatious], [troublesome], [annoying].
thorough, a. [complete], [profound]. Antonyms: superficial, cursory, [partial], sciolistic.
thought, n. [reflection], cogitation, revery, musing, [meditation], [consideration], [abstraction], [imagination], [brown study], contemplation, [deliberation], introspection, retrospection, lucubration, [rumination], preoccupation, excogitation; [idea], [concept], [surmise], [inference].
thoughtful, a. contemplative, [meditative], reflective, cogitative, wistful, [pensive], preoccupied, [abstracted]; [considerate], [heedful], circumspect, [wary].
thoughtless, a. [inconsiderate], [careless], [unmindful], [remiss], [rash], inadvertent, [indiscreet], heedless, unreasoning.
thousand, n. Associated words: millennium, millennial, chiliad, chiliasm, chiliarchy, chiliarch, chiliast, millenary, millesimal.
thrash, v. thresh.
thread, n. filament, fibre, stamen, staple, [pile], raveling, lint, [warp], woof, thrum.--v. thrid.
threadbare, a. napless, pileworn, [seedy], [trite], hackneyed.
threat, n. [menace], [threatening], commination, fulmination, intimidation.
threaten, v. [menace]; [augur], [forebode], [portend]; impend, be imminent.
threatening, a. imminent, [ominous], [impending], minatory, fulminating.
three, n. trio, trinity, triad, ternary, ternion; triplets. Associated words: thrice, treble, trialogue, triarchy, triplicate, triplication, triplicity, trinal, triarchy, tripartition, tripod, triptych, trisect, trisection, trireme, triumvirate, trilogy, triform, triformity, trilling, trilemma.
three-colored, a. tricolored.
three-flowered, a. trifloral, triflorous.
threefold, a. triple.
three-forked, a. trisulcate, trifurcated.
three hundred years. tricentenary. Associated words: tercentenary, tricentenary, tri-centennial.
three languages. Associated word: trilingual.
three-leaved, a. trifoliate, trifoliated.
three-legged stand. trivet, tripod.
three letters. triphthong, trigraph.
three months. trimester. Associated words: trimestral, trimestrial, quarterly.
three-parted, a. tripartite.
three-pointed, a. tricuspidate, tricuspid.
three-pointed spear. trident.
three-sided, a. triangular, trilateral.
three-sided figure. triangle.
three-toothed, a. trident, tridentate.
three years. triennium. Associated words: triennial, triennially.
threshold, n. [doorsill].
thrift, n. [frugality], [economy], thriftiness, providence; [prosperity].
thriftless, a. [wasteful], improvident, [extravagant], [prodigal].
thrifty, a. [sparing], [economical], provident, [frugal]; [thriving], prosperous; [luxuriant].
thrilling, a. [moving], [exciting], [sensational].
thrive, v. [flourish], prosper.
thriving, a. flourishing, [thrifty], prosperous.
throat, n. pharynx, fauces; [gullet], esophagus. Associated words: guttural, gutturalize, gargle, faucal, laryngeal, glottis, pharyngeal, pharyngotomy, larynx.
throb, n. [beating], pulsation, palpitation.--v. palpitate, pulsate, [beat].
throbbing, a. pulsating, palpitant, palpitating.
throne, n. [sovereignty]. Associated words: enthrone, dethrone, dorsal, abdicate, abdication, interregnum, accession, accede.
throw, v. [pitch], hurl, fling, [cast], toss, sling, heave; overturn, prostrate, [floor].
throw away. squander; [reject], [decline], [refuse].
throw by. discard.
throw in. inject; contribute.
throwing, n. Associated words: [missile], putting.
throwing out. [ejection], [expulsion]; eviction; ejaculation.
throwing overboard. jettison.
throw off. [expel]; [reject], discard, [abandon].
throw out. [expel], evict, [oust], [reject]; emit; [discharge], excrete, [eject], egest, [void], ejaculate, eliminate. Antonym: [retain].
throw up. [resign]; [vomit], [puke], disgorge.
thrush, n. aphtha.
thrust, n. [push], shove, allonge, [stab], protrusion.
thrust, v. [push], [force], impel, shove, [stab], [pierce], protrude.
thug, n. [ruffian], [rough], assassin.
thunder, n. Associated words: brontology, Thor, brontorneter, brontograph, fulmineous, fulminatory, isobront, keraunophobia.
thunder, n. fulmination, [denunciation].--v. fulminate, denounce.
thunder, v. detonate, [roll], [boom].
thundering, n. fulmination.--a. fulminatory.
thunderstruck, n. dumfounded, astounded, amazed.
thwart, v. [frustrate], [baffle], [foil], [balk], [contravene].
tickle, v. titillate; [please], delight, [gladden].
tickling, n. titillation.--a. titillative.
ticklish, a. [difficult], [critical], [delicate].
tidbit, n. [delicacy], [dainty], [junket].
tide, n. Associated words: [ebb], [flood], [flow], marigray, marigram.
tidy, a. [orderly], [neat], [trim].
tie, v. [secure], [fasten], [bind], tether, leash.
tie, n. [knot], fastening; [bond], [obligation]; (R.R.) [sleeper], crosstie.
tight, a. taut, tense; [snug], close-fitting; (Colloq.) [close], [penurious], [stingy], parsimonious; (Colloq.) [stringent]; (Slang) tipsy, boozy, [fuddled], intoxicated, [drunk].
tighten, v. [straiten].
tile, n. Associated words: tegular, [mosaic], tessellated, parquetry.
till, v. [cultivate].
tillable, a. arable, [cultivable].
tilt, v. [slant], [slope], [incline], [tip], [cant].
time, n. duration; while, [spell], [season], [interval], interim, [lapse], interregnum, [period]; [season], opportunity, leisure; tense; (Mus.) [measure], tempo; perpetuity; usance; [age], [date], eon, epoch, era, term. Associated words: horology, horography, horometry, chronology, chronological, anachronism, anachronistic, synchronology, synchronal, synchronous, synchronism, synchronize, synchroncity, chronometry, gnomonics, [contemporaneous], coexistent, coexistence, [contemporary], contemporaneity, [simultaneous], simultaneousness, concurrence, [coincident], [coincidence], gnomon, [coincide], isochronal, isochronism, isochronon, isochronous, anachronous, prochronism, chronogram, [chronic], coeval, coetaneous.
timely, a. [seasonable], punctual, [opportune]. Antonyms: [untimely], inopportune.
timepiece, n. time-keeper, chronometer, horologe, [clock], [watch], hourglass, chronograph, chronoscope, clepsydra, gnomon, repeater, [sundial], isochronon.
time-server, n. temporizer, trimmer.
time-serving, a. temporizing, [trimming].
timid, a. timorous, [shy], [diffident], [meticulous], [faint-hearted], [cowardly].
timidity, n. [diffidence], [shyness], timorousness, [cowardice].
tin, n. stannum; latten, prillion. Associated words: stannary, stannic, stanniferous, stannous, shadd.
tin mine. stannary.
tinsel, a. [glittering], meretricious, [specious], [flashy].
tinsel, n. spangle, [pinchbeck], [glitter], tawdriness.
tinsmith, n. whitesmith, tinner.
tintype, n. [ferrotype], stannotype.
tip, v. [incline], [lean], [cant], [tilt]; careen, [capsize], keel, overturn, [upset].--n. [end], apex, extremity.
tiptop, n. (Colloq.) [pinnacle], apex.
tirade, n. [diatribe], invective, [billingsgate], [screed].
tire, v. [fatigue], [weary], [jade], fag, [bore], irk, tucker, [exhaust].
tiresome, a. irksome, wearisome, fatiguing, [tedious]; toilsome, [arduous].
tissue, n. fabric, [stuff], [cloth], [texture]; [web], [network], fabrication.
toad-eater, n. [toady].
toads, n. pl. Associated words: ranine, ranivorous.
toadstool, n. [fungus]. See Fungi.
toady, n. [sycophant], [toad-eater], [flatterer], [fawner].
tobacco, n. Associated words: tobacconist, nicotine, nicotinism, canaster, cavendish, [plug], [cud], [quid], fumacious, carotte, capa, perique, mundungus, humidor.
toe, n. digit.
together, adv. unitedly, jointly, concertedly, simultaneously.
toil, n. [labor], drudgery; toils, [snare], [trap].--v. [labor], moil, [drudge].
token, n. [sign], symbol, index, [indication].
tolerable, a. sufferable, [endurable]; [passable], [mediocre], [so-so], [ordinary].
tolerance, n. [endurance], [toleration], sufferance. Antonym: [intolerance].
tolerant, a. [indulgent], [forbearing], [charitable]. Antonym: [intolerant].
tolerate, v. [endure], suffer, [brook]; [allow], [permit], [admit].
toleration, n. [tolerance], [endurance], sufferance; [allowance], [permission].
tomb, n. sepulchre, [crypt], [vault], ossuary; mausoleum (a magnificent tomb).
tomboy, n. (Colloq.) hoiden, romp.
tombstone, n. [monument]; cenotaph (honoring one buried elsewhere). Associated words: sepulchral, epitaph, lapidary.
tomfoolery, n. (Colloq.) [folly], [trifling], monkey-tricks, [mummery].
tone, n. [sound], [note]; cadence, [modulation]; [force], [vigor], [energy].
tone down. [subdue], [moderate], [soften].
toneless, a. aspirated, surd, atonic, unintonated.
tongue, n. Associated words: lingual, glossal, sublingual, [fur], tchick, barb, papillæ, [lick], lap, hyoid, lincture, aglossal, frænum, fourchette, raphe.
tonguy, a. (Colloq.) [voluble], [fluent], [loquacious], garrulous.
tonic, n. invigorant, roborant.
tool, n. implement, utensil, [instrument]; [cat's-paw], puppet, [hireling]. Associated words: ratten, cocobola, kit.
tooth, n. (little tooth) denticle, dentile. Associated words: denticulation, serration, serrature. See teeth.
toothache, n. odontalgia. Associated word: odontalgic.
toothless, a. agomphious, edentate, edentulous.
toothless animals. Edentata.
toothsome, n. palatable, [delicious], [savory], gustable.
top, n. [summit], [crest], apex, [vertex], [pinnacle], [zenith], culmination, capsheaf, [meridian].
top, v. [surmount], [overtop], [surpass].
toper, n. [drunkard], [sot], inebriate, guzzler.
topic, n. [subject], theme; [division], [head], subdivision.
topknot, n. [crest].
top-shaped, a. turbinate, turbinated.
torch, n. flambeau (flaming torch), cresset.
torment, n. [pain], [anguish], [distress], torture; bane, infliction, [scourge], [thorn].
torment, v. [persecute], [hector], [tease], [tantalize], harry; torture, [grill], [rack], [distress].
torn, a. [rent], lacerated, ripped.
tornado, n. [hurricane], [cyclone], [whirlwind].
torpid, a. [numb], [benumbed], [unfeeling]; lethargic, [dull], hebetate, [sluggish], [stupid].
torpidity, n. [numbness], [lethargy], [inactivity], hebetude.
touch, v. [meet], impinge; graze.
touch, n. [touching], [contact], contiguity, juxtaposition, osculation, tangency; taction, tact, palpation; [dash], [sprinkling], soupçon, infusion; animadversion, [censure], [stricture], [reflection], [slur]. Associated words: tactile, tactility, tactual, palpable, impalpable, palpability, impalpability.
touchiness, n. irascibility, petulance, irritability.
touching, a. [pathetic], [affecting], [moving], [tender].
touching, prep. respecting, [concerning], regarding.
touchstone, n. criterion, [test]; basanite, Lydian [stone].
touchwood, n. punk, tinder, agaric, [spunk].
touchy, a. irascible, [irritable], [petulant], [testy], [choleric], [snappish].
tough, a. [tenacious], [unyielding]; cohesive, adhesive; obdurate, [refractory], [stubborn]; (Colloq.) [difficult], [arduous], [hard].
tour, n. [journey], [trip], excursion, expedition.
tousled, a. (Colloq.) [disordered], [disheveled].
toweling, n. [crash].
tower, n. [steeple], campanile, minaret, [spire], [belfry], turret, [cupola], [dome]; tourelle, barbican, pylon, martello [tower]; [castle], citadel, donjon, [keep], [fortress].
tower, v. [overtop], rise above.
toy, n. [gimcrack], [plaything], [trinket], kickshaw, [bauble], teetotum, [gewgaw].
trace, n. [vestige], [sign], impression.
track, n. [trace], [vestige], [footprint], footmark, [foil]; [spoor]; [wake], [trail].
tract, n. Associated words: colporteur, colportage.
trade, n. [commerce], [barter], traffic, [business]; handicraft. Associated words: technical, technology, technicals, technicality, technological, polytechnic, polytechnics, vocational, [Mercury].
trade, v. [exchange], [barter], traffic, swap (Colloq.).
trader, n. trafficker, [dealer], [merchant], [tradesman], monger.
tradesman, n. [trader], [merchant]; [artisan], [craftsman], [mechanic], [journeyman], handicraftsman.
trading, a. [commercial], [mercantile]; [venal], [corrupt], jobbing.
trail, n. [train]; [track], [wake], [spoor], footmark, [foil], [trace].
trailing, a. procumbent, prostrate. Antonyms: [upright], [erect].
train, n. [retinue], [suite], attendants; series, [chain].
train, v. [discipline], [nurture], [drill]; [accustom], [habituate], [familiarize].
trained, a. skilled, practiced, disciplined, [competent]. Antonym: untrained.
training, n. [discipline], [nurture], drilling, [exercise].
traitorous, a. [perfidious], treasonable, [recreant], [faithless].
tramp, v. march, trudge, [plod].
tramp, n. [vagrant], [vagabond], landloper, walleteer, [nomad], [hobo], [derelict].
trample, v. [crush]; [scorn], [spurn], [disregard].
transaction, n. procedure, affair, [deal], [business].
transform, v. transfigure, metamorphose; transmute.
transformation, n. transfiguration, metamorphosis; transmutation.
transgress, v. [violate], [infringe], [disregard].
transgression, n. [violation], [infringement], infraction.
transient, a. [fleeting], transitory, [temporary], impermanent.
translate, v. construe, [render], [interpret].
translation, n. [rendering], [interpretation].
transmogrify, v. (Colloq.) [transform], metamorphose.
transparency, n. diaphaneity, translucency. Antonyms: opacity, intransparency.
transparent, a. diaphanous, translucent, pellucid. Antonyms: [opaque], intransparent.
trap, n. [snare], [toil], [gin], springe, [pitfall]; [artifice], [stratagem].
trap, v. [entrap], ensnare, trapan, [catch].
trapdoor, n. hatchway.
trappings, n. pl. decorations, [paraphernalia], frippery, [gear], [rigging], ornaments; caparisons, accouterments.
traps, n. pl. See things.
trash, n. [rubbish], [refuse], [trumpery].
trashy, a. [trumpery], rubbishy, [waste].
travel, v. [journey], itinerate, peregrinate.
travel, n. [journey], [tour], peregrination.
traveler, n. [wayfarer], itinerant, voyager, [pilgrim], tourist, peregrinator, passenger.
traveler's handbook. itinerary.
traveling, a. [wayfaring], itinerant, [wandering], peripatetic.
traveling man. drummer, [agent], traveling salesman.
traveling preacher. itinerant.
travesty, n. [burlesque], parody, [caricature], [take-off].
tray, n. salver, [waiter], [plateau], server.
treacherous, a. [traitorous], [perfidious], [faithless].
treachery, n. treason, [perfidy], [disloyalty], Punic [faith].
treasury, n. exchequer; [repository]. Associated words: treasurer, fiscal, treasure-trove.
treat, v. [regale], [feast]; negotiate; behave toward, deal with.
treatise, n. disquisition, [dissertation], monograph; thesis.
treaty, n. [covenant], [agreement], [compact], concordat, [pact], protocol.
tree, n. ([young]) sapling, seedling; (with top cut off) pollard, bolling; ([small]) staddle. Associated words: dendrology, sylviculture, arboriculture, arboriculturist, sylviculturist, dendrologist, arboreal, [arbor], arboreous, arborescence, arborescent, arborist, arborization, dendrography, dendrophilous, sylvan, topiary [work], [thicket], [copse], [coppice], grove, plashing, sawyer, dendromoeter, rampick, spinny, dendrite, dendriform, dendroid, dendrolite, lichen, motte.
trellis, n. [lattice], [lattice-work], espalier, treillage.
tremble, v. [quake], [quiver], [shudder], dodder, [quaver], totter, [vibrate], [oscillate].
trembling, n. tremor, [quivering], [quaver], trepidation, [rigor], oscillation.
trembling, a. [doddering], [shaking], infirm, [quivering].
trench, n. [ditch], [gutter], trough, [moat], [channel].
trend, n. [tendency].
trespass, v. encroach upon, [infringe], [intrude].
trial, n. [test], [experiment], [proof], [essay], [examination]; probation; [ordeal], crucible, criterion; [effort], [exertion], endeavor; [adversity], [hardship], tribulation, [affliction]. Associated words: empiricism, empirical, empiric, probationer, probationary, tentative.
trick, n. [ruse], [artifice], [stratagem], sleight, hoax, [maneuver], [wile], [feint], chicane; [antic], [prank], [caper]; trait, [peculiarity].
trick, v. [deceive], [cheat], [defraud], cozen, [impose upon]; [dress], [decorate], set off, [adorn].
trickery, n. [deception], [chicanery], [artifice], duplicity, Machiavelianism, circumvention, indirection.
trickle, v. [dribble], [drip], [percolate], [distill].
trickster, n. [rogue], [cheat], [impostor], [scoundrel].
tricky, a. trickish, [knavish], [unprincipled], [treacherous].
trifle, n. [triviality], bagatelle, doit.
trifle, v. dawdle, [dally], [pother], fribble, quiddle.
trifler, n. fribbler, dawdler, dallier, piddler, quiddler.
trifling, a. [trivial], paltry, [piddling], [insignificant], [piffling], [frivolous].
trifling, n. [piddling], frivolity, [piffle], [dalliance], [quibbling], [piffling].
trim, a. [spruce], [smart]; [neat], [tidy].
trim, v. adjust, [arrange]; [decorate], [adorn], [garnish], [embellish], bedeck, [trick]; prune, [clip], [lop]; (Colloq.) [rebuke], [reprove], reprimand, [rate], [scold].
trimming, n. [embellishment], [garnish], [decoration]; (Colloq.) [chastisement], [scolding], [reproof].
trinket, n. [bauble], [gimcrack], [knickknack], [gewgaw], gaud; bijou; pl. trinkets, trinketry; bijoutry.
trip, n. jaunt; [lapse], [slip], stumble, [misstep]. Associated words: itinerary, itinerancy, viatic, viaticum.
triplet, n. trilling.
trite, a. hackneyed, [banal], [commonplace].
triumph, n. [victory], [conquest]; exultation, ovation.
triumph, v. [overcome], prevail, succeed; exult, [rejoice].
triumphant, a. [exultant], [jubilant]; [victorious].
trivial, a. [trifling], [frivolous], [insignificant], [unimportant].
triviality, n. [unimportance], paltriness.
troop, n. [company], battery, [squad], [band], throng, [crowd].
trouble, v. [vex], [disturb], [distress], inconvenience, incommode, [pester], [worry].
trouble, n. tribulation, [adversity], reverses, [affliction], [calamity], [misfortune]; [vexation], [annoyance], inconvenience, [worry], [disturbance]; [torment], [plague], [thorn], bane.
troublesome, a. [vexatious], burdensome, afflictive, harassing, galling, wearisome.
trounce, v. (Colloq.) [flog], [castigate], [whip].
trousers, n. pl. [pants], pantaloons, [breeches]; trews; spatterdashes, garnashes; [knickerbockers].
trout, n. Associated word: truttaceous.
truce, n. armistice.
truckle, v. [cringe], knuckle, [submit], [yield].
true, a. [correct], [exact], [accurate], veritable, [authentic], [real], [genuine], [actual]; [veracious], [truthful]; [loyal], [stanch], [steadfast], [unwavering]; incorruptible, trustworthy, [faithful], [honorable]. Antonyms: See untrue.
trueblue, a. (Colloq.) incorruptible, [loyal], [true].
truism, n. [axiom].
trump, v. impose, palm off, obtrude, [deceive].
trumpery, n. [falsehood], [deception]; [rubbish], [trash].--a. [worthless], [deceptive], [trashy].
trumpet, n. [horn]; shophar (Heb.). Associated words: fanfare, buccinal.
trump up, v. [devise], fabricate.
trunk, n. [body], bole, [stock]; [proboscis]; [chest], coffer.
truss, v. [pack], compress; skewer.
trust, n. [credence], [confidence], [belief], [reliance], affiance, [faith]; [credit], tick; [assurance], [confidence]; [duty], commission, [charge]. Antonyms: [distrust], [doubt]. Associated words: fiduciary, fiducial.
trust, v. depend upon, rely upon; give credit to, tick; [intrust], [commit].
trustee, n. fiduciary, regent.
trustful, a. unsuspicious, confiding, [credulous], [confident].
trusty, a. trustworthy, [faithful], [reliable].
truth, n. [veracity], truthfulness; [accuracy], [precision], [exactness], [correctness]; verity, [fact]; [truism], [axiom]; [fidelity], [constancy], [loyalty], fealty, steadfastness; [candor], [frankness], ingenuousness. Antonyms: See [untruth].
truthful, a. [veracious], undissembling, ingenuous, veridical.
try, v. [test], [examine], [prove]; attempt, [essay], endeavor; [purify], [refine]; hear, adjudicate, adjudge; [strive], [seek], [strain].
try, n. attempt, [essay], [trial], [experiment]. See trial.
trying, a. [severe], [distressing], [hard], irksome, afflictive, [ordeal].
trysting-place, n. rendezvous.
tub, n. firkin, keeler, keelfat, keeve, vat, piggin.
tube, n. [pipe]; valinch.
tubular, a. tubiform, fistular, cannular.
tuft, n. [knot], [bunch], [clump]; tussock, [crest].
tug, n. [trace]; [pull], [effort].
tumble, v. heave, toss, [roll], [pitch]; topple.
tumble-down, a. (Colloq.) [dilapidated], [ramshackle].
tumbler, n. [acrobat], contortionist.
tumor, n. sarcoma; myoma; carcinoma; lipoma. Associated words: oncology, oncotomy.
tumult, n. [commotion], [hurly-burly], turbulence.
tumultuous, a. [disorderly], turbulent, [noisy], [riotous].
tune, n. [air], [melody]; [order], [harmony], unison, concord, [accord].
tune, v. attune, [modulate], [harmonize].
tuneful, a. [melodious], [harmonious].
tuneless, a. inharmonious, [discordant], dissonant.
tunnel, n. [funnel]; subway.
turf, n. sward, [sod], greensward; peat.
turmoil, n. [commotion], [uproar], [tumult], turbulence, [agitation].
turn, v. [revolve], [spin], gyrate, [rotate], [wheel], veer, [shift], swivel; deflect, inflect; [reverse], revert; divert, avert; invert; resort, [apply].
turn, n. [bend], [winding], [meander], [curve], detour, deflection, [crook], sweep; [favor], [kindness], [service], [accommodation].
turn aside. divert, avert, deflect, [parry].
turned away. averted.
turning, n. [rotation], [revolution], [spinning], gyration; eversion, extroversion; flexure, flexion, incurvation; [deviation], deflection; circumrotation.
turning, a. [revolving], [rotary], rotating, gyratory, [winding], circumrotary.
turning aside. averting, [deviation], [diversion], deflection, [parry].
turning back. retroversion, retroflexion.
turning inward. introversion.
turning over or backward. inversion, reversal.
turning point. [crisis]; pivot. Associated words: pivotal, [critical].
turning upside down. inversion, reversal.
turning wrong side out. extroversion, eversion.
turnip-shaped, a. napiform.
turnkey, n. [warder].
turn upside down. invert, [reverse].
turtle, n. tortoise; terrapin.
tussle, n. [struggle], [contest], [scuffle], [conflict].
twaddle, n. flummery, [balderdash], [fustian], [moonshine].
twelve, n. dozen. Associated words: dodecagon, dodecahedral, dodecahedron, duodecimal, duodecimfid, duodecimo, duodecuple, duodenary.
twenty, n. [score]. Associated words: vicenary, vigesimal, vigesimation, icosahedron.
twenty years. Associated word: vicennial.
twig, n. [spray], [branch], [sprig], [switch].
twilight, n. [dusk], [evening]. Associated words: crepuscular, crepusculous.
twine, v. entwine, [encircle], wreathe.
twinkle, v. [blink], [wink]; [flash], [sparkle], scintillate.
twinkling, n. [sparkling], scintillation, [flash], [twinkle].
twist, v. contort, writhe, [squirm], convolve, [pervert], [coil], wrench, [distort].
twisted, a. contorted, [awry], tortuous, coiled, perverted.
twisting, n. contortion, convolution, writhing, torsion, wrench, [distortion], [perversion].
twit, v. [taunt], [upbraid], [reproach].
twitch, n. [jerk]; twitching, vellication.--v. [jerk], [snatch], vellicate.
twitter, n. [chirp], chirrup.
two, n. [couple], [pair], [brace], doublet, dyad, [team], [span], twain; twins. Associated words: dual, duality, [double], dualism, duplex, [duplicate], duplication, bifarious, binary, dimidiate, dimidiation, duet, [dialogue], duarchy, bisect, bisection, [halve].
two bodies. Associated word: bicorporal.
two colors. Associated words: dichromatic, dichromatism, dichromic.
two-faced, a. Janus-faced, bifacial.
two fingers. Associated word: bidigitate.
twofold, a. [double], [duplicate].
two-footed, a. biped.
two-footed animal. biped.
two-forked, a. bifurcated, bifurcate, dichotomous.
two-handed, a. bimanous; ambidextrous.
two-handed animals. Bimana.
two-headed, a. bicephalous.
two hundred years. Associated words: bicentenary, bicentennial.
two languages. Associated words: bilingual, diglot, bilingualism, bilinguist.
two-legged, a. biped.
two letters. Associated words: biliteral, biliteralism, diphthong, digraph, duoliteral.
two months. Associated word: bi-monthly.
two parties. Associated words: bipartisan, bipartisanship.
two parts. Associated words: bipartible, bipartite, bipartition, bipartient, bisect, bisection.
two poles. Associated words: bipolar, bipolarity.
two-sided, a. [double-faced], bilateral.
two weeks, fortnight. Associated words: bi-weekly, fortnightly.
two years. Associated words: biennial, biennially.
type, n. symbol, [token], representation; [model], exemplar, phototype, archetype. Antonyms: antitype, variant, [monstrosity].
typesetter, n. compositor; typograph (machine).
typhoid fever. enteric [fever].
typical, a. emblematical, prefigurative, [representative], indicative. Antonyms: atypical, [abnormal], variant, [unique].
typify, v. [represent], prefigure.
typographer, n. printer.
typography, n. [printing].
tyrannical, a. [despotic], [arbitrary], [autocratic], [imperious], [absolute], [dictatorial], [domineering], [oppressive], tyrannic.
tyrannize, v. [domineer], [persecute], [oppress].
tyranny, n. [despotism], [absolutism], [oppression], [rigor], [severity].
tyrant, n. [despot], autocrat; [oppressor], persecutor, usurper.
tyro, n. [novice], [neophyte], [pupil], [beginner].