A Dictionary of English Synonymes and Synonymous or Parallel Expressions Designed as a Practical Guide to Aptness and Variety of Phraseology

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~Abundant~, _a._ Abounding, flowing, overflowing, plentiful, plenteous, copious, much, exuberant, luxuriant, replete, full, large, ample, good, liberal, bountiful, lavish, rich, teeming, thick.

~Abuse~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Misuse, misemploy, misapply, pervert, prostitute, desecrate, profane, make an ill use of.

~2.~ Maltreat, harm, injure, hurt, ill-treat, ill-use.

~3.~ Revile, reproach, vilify, slander, traduce, defame, asperse, malign, blacken, disparage, berate, rate, upbraid, calumniate, lampoon, satirize, lash, PASQUINADE, VITUPERATE, rail at, sneer at, speak ill of, accuse falsely, damn with faint praise.

~4.~ Violate, outrage, ravish, deflour.

~Abuse~, _n._ ~1.~ Misapplication, misuse, misemployment, profanation, prostitution, desecration, perversion, ill-use.

~2.~ Maltreatment, outrage, ill-treatment, bad treatment.

~3.~ Corrupt practice.

~4.~ Vituperation, railing, reviling, contumely, obloquy, opprobrium, insult, scurrility, ribaldry, JAW, foul invective, rude reproach.

~Abusive~, _a._ Reproachful, opprobrious, scurrilous, ribald, contumelious, vituperative, condemnatory, damnatory, invective, calumnious, denunciatory, insulting, insolent.

~Abut against~, Meet (_end to end or side to side_), be contiguous.

~Abut upon~, Meet (_end to end or side to side_), be contiguous.

~Abyss~, _n._ ~1.~ Gulf, gorge, great depth, bottomless gulf or pit.

~2.~ Hell, limbo, purgatory.

~Academic~, _a._ ~1.~ Scholastic, literary, lettered.

~Academical~, _a._ ~1.~ Scholastic, literary, lettered.

~2.~ Platonic, of Plato.

~Academy~, _n._ School, seminary, institute, gymnasium, high school, college.

~Acarpous~, _a._ (_Bot._) Unfruitful, sterile, barren, fruitless, unproductive.

~Accede~, _v. n._ Consent, agree, assent, acquiesce, comply, yield assent, give assent.

~Accelerate~, _v. a._ Hasten, expedite, hurry, quicken, speed, precipitate, despatch, urge forward, push forward, push on, press on, urge on.

~Acceleration~, _n._ Hastening, increase of velocity.

~Accent~, _n._ ~1.~ Intonation, cadence, tone, modulation of voice.

~2.~ Stress (_on a certain syllable_).

~Accent~, _v. a._ Accentuate, lay stress upon, pronounce with accent.

~Accents~, _n. pl._ Language, words.

~Accentuate~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Mark with accent, put the mark of accent upon.

~2.~ Accent, lay stress upon, pronounce with accent.

~Accept~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Take (_what is offered_), RECEIVE.

~2.~ Admit, assent to, agree to, accede to, acquiesce in.

~3.~ Estimate, regard, value.

~Acceptable~, _a._ Welcome, pleasing, pleasant, agreeable, grateful, gratifying.

~Acceptance~, _n._ ~1.~ Accepting, taking, reception, receipt.

~2.~ Favorable reception.

~3.~ (_Com._) Accepted bill (_of exchange_).

~Acceptation~, _n._ Meaning, signification, significance, sense, import.

~Access~, _n._ ~1.~ Avenue, approach, passage, way, passage-way, way of approach.

~2.~ Admission, admittance, means of approach, liberty to approach.

~Accessary~, _a._ Assisting, aiding, abetting, helping, accessory.

~Accessary~, _n._ Confederate, accomplice, abettor, accessory, associate (_in a crime_), PARTICEPS CRIMINIS, SOCIUS CRIMINIS.

~Accession~, _n._ ~1.~ Addition, increase, enlargement, augmentation, extension.

~2.~ Coming into power (_as a new dynasty_).

~Accessory~, _a._ Assisting, ACCESSARY.

~Accessory~, _n._ ~1.~ Confederate, ACCESSARY.

~2.~ Accompaniment, attendant, concomitant.

~Accidence~, _n._ Grammar, rudiments or elements of grammar.

~Accident~, _n._ ~1.~ Casualty, chance, fortuity, mischance, misadventure, calamity, mishap, hap, hazard, contingency, CONTRETEMPS, unforeseen or fortuitous event.

~2.~ Property, quality, modification, affection, mode.

~Accidental~, _a._ ~1.~ Casual, fortuitous, contingent, that happens by chance, not designed, not planned.

~2.~ Incidental, adventitious, non-essential.

~Accidentalness~, _n._ Contingency, fortuity.

~Accipitres~, _n. pl._ [L.] (_Ornith._) Raptors, RAPTORES, raptorials, rapacious birds, birds of prey.

~Acclaim~, _n._ [_Poetical._] ACCLAMATION.

~Acclamation~, _n._ Applause, plaudit, shouting, cheer, cry, outcry, eclat, ACCLAIM, shout of applause.

~Acclimate~, _v. a._ Acclimatize, inure or habituate to a climate.

~Acclimatize~, _v. a._ ACCLIMATE.

~Acclivity~, _n._ Ascent, slope (_upwards_), rising ground.

~Accommodate~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Oblige, serve, supply, furnish, do a service for, supply the wants of, minister to the convenience of.

~2.~ Fit, suit, adapt, make conform, make conformable.

~3.~ Reconcile, adjust, settle, compose.

~Accommodate with~, Furnish, supply, afford, spare, give.

~Accommodation~, _n._ ~1.~ Advantage, privilege, convenience, EASEMENT, supply of wants, provision of conveniences.

~2.~ Agreement, adaptation, fitness, suitableness, conformity.

~3.~ Reconciliation, adjustment, pacification, settlement.

~Accompaniment~, _n._ Appendage, concomitant, attendant, adjunct, attachment, appurtenance.

~Accompany~, _v. a._ Attend, escort, convoy, follow, wait on, be associated with, keep company with, go with, go along with, go hand in hand with.

~Accomplice~, _n._ Confederate, accessary, abettor, associate (_in a crime_), PARTICEPS CRIMINIS, SOCIUS CRIMINIS.

~Accomplish~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Complete, achieve, effect, execute, perform, do, consummate, compass, carry, carry in to effect, carry through, carry out, get through, bring about, work out, turn out, turn off.

~2.~ Finish, end, conclude, terminate.

~3.~ Fulfil, realize, effectuate, bring to pass.

~4.~ Equip, furnish, supply.

~Accomplished~, _a._ ~1.~ Instructed, educated, practised, experienced, finished, consummate, ripe, thorough-bred, versed, qualified, proficient, able, clever, apt, adroit, expert, talented, skilful.

~2.~ Polished, refined, polite, elegant, fashionable, fine.

~Accomplishment~, _n._ ~1.~ Completion, performance, execution, achievement, consummation, fulfilment.

~2.~ Acquirement, attainment, proficiency, stock of knowledge, mental resources.

~Accord~, _v. a._ Grant, concede, vouchsafe, deign.

~Accord~, _v. n._ Harmonize, correspond, agree, tally, quadrate, be in unison, be harmonious, square.

~Accord~, _n._ Agreement, ACCORDANCE.

~Accordance~, _n._ Accord, concord, agreement, concurrence, concordance, conformity, conformation, harmony, unison, unanimity.

~Accordant~, _a._ Agreeable, agreeing, suitable, consonant, congruous, symphonious.

~Accordingly~, _ad._ ~1.~ Agreeably, suitably, conformably.

~2.~ Consequently, as a natural consequence, as proper to the circumstances or the occasion.

~According to.~ By, in accordance with, conformably to, agreeably to.

~Accost~, _v. a._ Address, salute, greet, speak to, MAKE UP TO.

~Accouchement~, _n._ [Fr.] Child-birth, delivery, parturition, labor, travail.

~Accoucheur~, _n._ [Fr.] Man midwife, obstetrician.

~Accoucheuse~, _n._ [Fr.] Midwife.

~Account~, _n._ ~1.~ Record, register, inventory, score.

~2.~ Bill, charge, registry of debt and credit.

~3.~ Beckoning, computation, calculation, enumeration, tale, count.

~4.~ Description, statement, narration, recital, rehearsal, relation, narrative, chronicle, history, delineation, representation, portrayal, detail, word, tidings, report.

~5.~ Consideration, regard, motive, reason, ground, sake.

~6.~ Consequence, importance, worth, distinction, dignity, repute, reputation, note.

~7.~ Profit, advantage, benefit.

~Account~, _v. a._ Esteem, regard, deem, think, hold, consider, view, reckon, rate, estimate, look upon.

~Account~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Render an account, answer in judgment.

~2.~ Explain, give a reason, show the reason, render a reason, assign the cause, make explanation.

~Accountability~, _n._ Accountableness, responsibility, liability, obligation, bond of duty.

~Accountable~, _a._ Responsible, answerable, amenable, liable.

~Accountableness~, _n._ ACCOUNTABILITY.

~Accountant~, _n._ Book-keeper, expert in accounts.

~Accoutre~, _v. a._ [Written also _Accouter_.] Dress, equip, furnish, fit out, arm and equip.

~Accoutrements~, _n. pl._ [Written also _Accouterments_.] Dress, equipage, equipments, trappings, gear, TOGGERY.

~Accredit~, _v. a._ Credit, give trust or confidence to, give credit or honor to, receive as an envoy, receive as commissioned, empowered, or authorized.

~Accretion~, _n._ ~1.~ Growth (_by accession of parts_).

~2.~ (_Med._) Growing together.

~3.~ (_Law._) Gradual accumulation (_of soil, as at the mouth of a river_).

~Accrue~, _v. n._ Result, proceed, come, arise, issue, follow, flow, ensue, be added, be derived, be gained, be got, come in.

~Accumbent~, _a._ Leaning, reclining.

~Accumulate~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Pile, amass, aggregate, collect, collect together, gather up, pile up, heap up, bring together, heap together, scrape together.

~2.~ Store, garner, husband, HOARD, treasure up, garner up, lay up, lay by, lay in, set by.

~Accumulate~, _v. n._ Increase, grow, be accumulated, be heaped up.

~Accumulation~, _n._ Collection, pile, heap, aggregation, mass.

~Accuracy~, _n._ Exactness, exactitude, correctness, precision, niceness, nicety, truth, accurateness, fidelity.

~Accurate~, _n._ Exact, correct, precise, true, truthful, faithful, strict, close, rigorous, severe, just, nice, exquisite, unerring.

~Accurateness~, _n._ ACCURACY.

~Accursed~, _a._ ~1.~ Cursed, unsanctified, unholy.

~2.~ Detestable, execrable, hateful, abominable, odious, horrid, horrible, damnable.

~Accusation~, _n._ Crimination, impeachment, arraignment, indictment, charge.

~Accuse~, _v. a._ Charge, impeach, arraign, indict, criminate, inculpate, incriminate, tax, inform against, call to account, take to task.

~Accuser~, _n._ Informer, informant, plaintiff, prosecutor.

~Accustom~, _v. a._ Habituate, inure, use, harden, familiarize, ADDICT, train, discipline, drill, break in.

~Accustomed~, _a._ Usual, habitual, wonted, customary, familiar, common, frequent, regular, ordinary, every day.

~Ace~, _n._ ~1.~ Single point (_in cards or in dice_).

~2.~ Particle, atom, jot, iota, bit, tittle, whit, grain, scrap, mite, corpuscle, scintilla.

~Acephalous~, _a._ Headless.

~Acerbity~, _n._ ~1.~ Roughness, astringency, sourness, acidity, acidness, tartness.

~2.~ Acrimony, severity, harshness, sternness, asperity, bitterness, venom, rancor, crabbedness, churlishness, moroseness, sullenness, ill temper, bad blood.

~Acetic acid~, VINEGAR.

~Ache~, _n._ Aching, pain, continued pain.

~Ache~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Be in pain, feel or suffer pain.

~2.~ Be painful, give pain.

~Achieve~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Accomplish, perform, execute, do, complete, finish, compass, consummate, effect, realize, bring about, bring to pass, carry through, carry out, work out, bring to a close, bring to conclusion.

~2.~ Obtain, acquire, procure, gain, win, get.

~Achievement~, _n._ ~1.~ Performance, accomplishment, completion, attainment, realization, consummation.

~2.~ Exploit, feat, deed, work.

~3.~ Escutcheon, shield, ensign armorial.

~Aching~, _n._ Pain, ache, continued pain.

~Achromatic~, _a._ Colorless, uncolored, untinged, hueless, free from color.

~Achromatism~, _n._ Absence of color, want of color.

~Achromatize~, _v. a._ Deprive of color.

~Acicular~, _a._ (_Bot._) Aciculate, aciform, needle-shaped.

~Aciculate~, _a._ (_Bot._) ACICULAR.

~Acid~, _a._ Sour, tart, sharp, pricked.

~Acidity~, _n._ Sourness, tartness, acidness, sharpness.

~Acidness~, _n._ ACIDITY.

~Acidulous~, _a._ Sourish, somewhat acid, slightly acid, subacid, somewhat sour.

~Aciform~, _a._ (_Bot._) ACICULAR.

~Acinaciform~, _a._ (_Bot._) Cimeter-shaped.

~Acknowledge~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Recognize, take cognizance of, be aware of, hold in remembrance.

~2.~ Admit, grant, concede, allow, accept, indorse, subscribe to, agree to.

~3.~ Confess, own, avow, profess.

~4.~ Express gratitude for, give thanks for.

~5.~ Own or admit the validity of.

~Acknowledgment~, _n._ ~1.~ Recognition, recognizance.

~2.~ Admission, avowal, concession, allowance, acceptance, indorsement.

~3.~ Expression of thanks or gratitude.

~Acme~, _n._ Summit, top, apex, zenith, pinnacle, utmost height, highest point, culminating point, climax.

~Aconite~, _n._ wolfsbane, monks-hood.

~Acquaint~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Familiarize, make familiar.

~2.~ Inform, apprise, tell, notify, make aware, make known to, mention to, communicate to, signify to, give notice to, send word to, write word to.

~Acquaintance~, _n._ ~1.~ Familiarity, familiar knowledge.

~2.~ Friend (_with whom one is not intimate_).

~Acquainted with~, ~1.~ Familiar with, versed in, AU FAIT at.

~2.~ A friend of (_without being intimate with_).

~Acquiesce~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Yield, comply, submit, bow, rest, resign one's self, be reconciled, be resigned, be satisfied, rest satisfied.

~2.~ Assent, consent, agree, accede, concur, yield assent, give consent, fall in, go with the stream, go with the current.

~Acquiescence~, _n._ ~1.~ Compliance, submission, resignation.

~2.~ Assent, consent, agreement, concurrence.

~Acquiescent~, _a._ Complying, yielding, submitting.

~Acquire~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Gain, obtain, achieve, attain, procure, earn, win, get, secure, have, make, PURCHASE, get possession of, get into one's hands.

~2.~ Master, learn thoroughly, make one's self master of.

~Acquirement~, _n._ ~1.~ Acquiring, gathering, gaining, mastery.

~2.~ Accomplishment, attainment, acquisition, stock of knowledge, mental resources.

~Acquisition~, _n._ ACQUIREMENT.

~Acquisitive~, _n._ Acquiring, disposed to acquire.

~Acquisitiveness~, _n._ Love of acquiring, desire to acquire.

~Acquit~, _v. a._ Discharge (_from an accusation_), clear, release, absolve, exonerate, exculpate, excuse, pardon, forgive, quit, set free.

~Acquit one's self~, Act, behave, conduct one's self, bear one's self, demean one's self.

~Acquittal~, _n._ Discharge, release, deliverance, liberation, exoneration, clearance, absolution, acquittance.

~Acquittance~, _n._ ~1.~ Discharge, ACQUITTAL.

~2.~ Receipt, receipt in full.

~Acrid~, _a._ ~1.~ Sharp, biting, pungent, hot, burning, poignant, caustic, corrosive.

~2.~ Severe, harsh, ACRIMONIOUS.

~Acridity~, _n._ ACRIDNESS.

~Acridness~, _n._ ~1.~ Sharpness, pungency, poignancy, acridity.

~2.~ Severity, harshness, hardness.

~Acrimonious~, _a._ [_Rare._] ~1.~ Corrosive, caustic, sharp.

~2.~ Severe, harsh, hard, acrid, sarcastic, bitter, virulent, malignant, censorious, crabbed, snarling, snappish, testy, pettish, petulant, cross, sour, tart, splenetic, peevish, ill-tempered, ill- natured.

~Acrimony~, _n._ ~1.~ Sharpness, corrosiveness, causticity.

~2.~ Severity, harshness, sourness, tartness, asperity, virulence, bitterness, acerbity, rancor, venom, crabbedness, moroseness, churlishness, ill-temper, bad blood.

~Acroamatic~, _a._ Esoteric, esoterical, secret, private, acroatic.

~Acroamatical~, _a._ Esoteric, esoterical, secret, private, acroatic.

~Acroatic~, _a._ Esoteric, ACROAMATIC.

~Acrobat~, _n._ Rope-dancer.

~Acrospire~, _n._ Shoot, sprout, plumule.

~Across~, _prep._ Athwart, over, from one side of to the other.

~Act~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Work, move, carry any thing into effect, execute a purpose, be in action.

~2.~ Behave, conduct one's self, demean one's self, acquit one's self.

~3.~ Operate, have influence.

~Act~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Do, perform, execute, carry into execution.

~2.~ Personate, play, simulate, enact, play the part of, take the part of.

~Act~, _n._ ~1.~ Deed (_viewed as a single exertion of power_), ACTION, performance, proceeding, thing, exploit, feat, achievement, turn.

~2.~ Statute, enactment, ordinance, edict, decree, law, bill.

~3.~ Fact, reality, actuality, real existence.

~Acting~, _n._ ~1.~ Deed, performance, ACTION.

~2.~ Personation, representation, simulation.

~Action~, _n._ ~1.~ Activity, exercise, motion, movement, play.

~2.~ Deed (_viewed as requiring a continued exertion of power_), performance, exploit, achievement, procedure, proceeding, acting, turn, ACT.

~3.~ Agency, operation, force, influence, instrumentality, process.

~4.~ Battle, engagement, conflict, contest, combat, rencontre, encounter, skirmish, brush, affair.

~5.~ Gesticulation, gesture.

~6.~ Subject, fable, plot, series of events.

~7.~ (_Law._) Suit, process, case, prosecution.

~Actinolite~, _n._ Strahlstein, ray-stone.

~Active~, _a._ ~1.~ Practical, operative, living, vigorous, in action, in operation.

~2.~ Busy, diligent, assiduous, industrious, indefatigable, unremitting, laborious, sedulous, notable, at work, hard at work, diligently employed, busily engaged.

~3.~ Alert, nimble, agile, supple, brisk, dapper, stirring, SPRY, smart, quick, prompt, ready, lively, sprightly, spirited.

~4.~ Enterprising, energetic, strong, efficient, in earnest.

~5.~ Drastic (_as medicine_), powerful, efficacious.

~6.~ (_Gram._) Transitive.

~Activity~, _n._ ~1.~ Action, exercise.

~2.~ Alertness, agility, nimbleness, smartness, briskness, sprightliness, spryness.

~3.~ Intensity, energy, strength, force, power, vigor.

~4.~ Enterprise, efficiency.

~Actor~, _n._ ~1.~ Doer, operator, agent.

~2.~ Player, performer, comedian, tragedian, stage-player.

~Actual~, _a._ ~1.~ Real, veritable, true, substantial, determinate, decided, categorical, positive, absolute, certain, genuine, very, not ideal, not imagined, not imaginary, not supposed or fancied, not fictitious, that exists in fact, DE FACTO, BONA FIDE.

~2.~ Present, now existing, now in being.

~Actually~, _ad._ Really, truly, absolutely, positively, verily, indeed, in fact, in reality, as a matter of fact, in truth.

~Actuate~, _v. a._ Induce, impel, move, prompt, instigate, persuade, incite, act upon, prevail upon, work upon.

~Act upon~, ~1.~ Influence, effect, have influence upon.

~2.~ Induce, ACTUATE.

~Act up to.~ Abide by, conform to, persist in.

~Acumen~, _n._ Acuteness, shrewdness, sagacity, astuteness, sharpness, ingenuity, perspicacity, discernment, penetration, mother-wit, quick parts.

~Acuminate~, _a._ (_Bot._) Sharp, acute, pointed, cuspidate, cuspidated.

~Acuminated~, _a._ (_Bot._) Sharp, acute, pointed, cuspidate, cuspidated.

~Acute~, _a._ ~1.~ Sharp, pointed, ACUMINATED, CUSPIDATED.

~2.~ Keen, shrewd, discerning, knowing, quick, sharp, smart, bright, sage, sapient, sagacious, intelligent, astute, ingenious, subtle, penetrating, piercing, clear-sighted, sharp-witted, long-headed, UP TO SNUFF.

~3.~ Severe, violent, intense, poignant, exquisite, pungent.

~4.~ High, shrill, high-toned.

~Acuteness~, _n._ ~1.~ Sharpness.

~2.~ Acumen, shrewdness, penetration, sagacity, sagaciousness, astuteness, sharpness, brightness, perspicacity, discernment, ingenuity, mother-wit, quick parts.

~3.~ Severity, intensity, poignancy, violence.

~4.~ Highness, shrillness.

~Adage~, _n._ Proverb, saying, saw, dictum, aphorism, apothegm, maxim, by-word, sententious precept.

~Adamant~, _n._ Diamond, crystallized carbon.

~Adamantean~, _a._ Adamantine, hard as adamant, very hard.

~Adamantine~, _a._ ~1.~ Made of adamant.

~2.~ Adamantean, very hard, hard as adamant.

~Adam's-needle~, _n._ Yucca, bear-grass, Spanish bayonet.

~Adapt~, _v. a._ Adjust, accommodate, suit, proportion, qualify, prepare, fit, temper, fashion, match, make, conform, make conformable or suitable.

~Adaptability~, _n._ Adaptableness, suitableness, ADAPTATION.

~Adaptation~, _n._ Fitness, suitableness, appropriateness, aptness, adaptability, accommodation, harmony.

~Add~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Join, subjoin, annex, affix, append, superadd, tag, tack.

~2.~ Sum, sum up, cast up, add together.

~Add to.~ Increase, augment, make greater.

~Addendum~, _n._ Addition, appendix, appendage, adjunct, appurtenance, attachment.

~Addict~, _v. a._ Accustom (_commonly in a bad sense_), habituate, dedicate, devote, apply (_habitually_), give, give up.

~Addiction~, _n._ [_Rare._] Addictedness.

~Addition~, _n._ ~1.~ Adding.

~2.~ Accession, increase, augmentation, enlargement, extension.

~3.~ Appendage, adjunct, appendix, addendum.

~Additional~, _a._ Superadded, adscititious, supplemental, supplementary, extra, more.

~Additive~, _a._ To be added.

~Addle~, _a._ ~1.~ Putrid, corrupt, spoiled (_as eggs_).

~2.~ Barren, unfruitful, fruitless, abortive, unproductive, unprolific, unfertile, sterile, infecund, addled.

~Addled~, _a._ ADDLE.

~Addle-head~, _n._ Simpleton, fool, DUNCE.

~Addle-headed~, _a._ Foolish, stupid, dull, doltish, brainless, shallow, soft, sappy, witless, blockish, weak-headed, weak-minded, feeble-minded, half-witted, short-witted, shallow-brained, dull- witted, thick-skulled, addle-pated.

~Addle-pated~, _a._ ADDLE-HEADED.

~Address~, _n._ ~1.~ Appeal, invocation, petition, entreaty, request, imploration, application, solicitation, suit.

~2.~ Discourse, speech, oration, harangue.

~3.~ Skill, art, adroitness, readiness, dexterity, expertness, cleverness, ingenuity, ability, tact, GUMPTION.

~4.~ Superscription, direction.

~5.~ Manner (_in speaking to another_).

~Addresses~, _n. pl._ Courtship, suit.

~Address one's self to~, Direct one's speech or discourse to, speak to.

~Adduce~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Advance, ofter, present, allege, assign, give, bring forward.

~2.~ Name, cite, quote, introduce.

~Adept~, _n._ Master, proficient, genius, doctor, veteran, expert, dab, DABSTER, good hand, master hand, capital hand, nice hand.

~Adept~, _a._ Skilled, versed, experienced, practised, proficient, good, at home, AU FAIT.

~Adequacy~, _n._ Sufficiency, competence, competency, enough, adequateness.

~Adequate~, _a._ Sufficient, commensurate, proportionate, correspondent, equal, suitable, fit, competent, adapted.

~Adequateness~, _n._ ADEQUACY.

~Adhere~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Stick, cling, cleave, hold, cohere, take hold, be firmly fixed.

~2.~ Be faithful, be devoted, be attached, stand by, be true.

~Adherence~, _n._ ~1.~ Tenacity, fixedness.

~2.~ Attachment, constancy, fidelity, devotion, adhesion.

~Adherent~, _a._ Adhering, sticking, clinging.

~Adherent~, _n._ Follower, partisan, disciple, sectary, retainer, votary, supporter, dependant, vassal.

~Adhesion~, _n._ ~1.~ Adhering, sticking, clinging, tendency to adhere.

~2.~ Attachment, ADHERENCE.

~Adhesive~, _a._ ~1.~ Sticking, clinging, tending to adhere.

~2.~ Sticky, tenacious, tough, viscous, glutinous, smeary, dauby, stringy, ropy, gummy, clammy.

~Adieu~, _ad._ Farewell, good-by, fare-you-well, God bless you.

~Adieu~, _n._ Farewell, valediction, leave-taking.

~Adipose~, _a._ Fat, fatty, unctuous, oily, sebaceous, greasy.

~Adjacence~, _n._ Nearness, vicinity, vicinage, neighborhood, proximity, contiguity.

~Adjacency~, _n._ Nearness, vicinity, vicinage, neighborhood, proximity, contiguity.

~Adjacent~, _a._ Adjoining, conterminous, neighboring, near, close, bordering, contiguous, in proximity.

~Adjective~, _n._ [_Technical term of the grammarian._] EPITHET, qualifying word or term.

~Adjoin~, _v. a._ Be contiguous to, lie near to, lie close to, border upon, be adjacent to.

~Adjoin~, _v. n._ [_Rare._] Border, lie near, lie close, be contiguous, be adjacent.

~Adjourn~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Postpone, defer, delay, procrastinate, put off.

~2.~ Prorogue.

~Adjournment~, _n._ ~1.~ Postponement, delay, putting off.

~2.~ Prorogation.

~Adjudge~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Award (_judicially_).

~2.~ Determine, settle, decide, decree (_by judicial authority_), adjudicate.

~Adjudicate~, _v. a._ Determine, ADJUDGE.

~Adjudicate~, _v. n._ Judge, decide, determine, arbitrate, give judgment, pass judgment.

~Adjudication~, _n._ Sentence, decision, determination, decree, award, arbitrament.

~Adjunct~, _n._ Addition, appendage, appurtenance, dependency, attachment, addendum, something added.

~Adjuration~, _n._ Entreaty (_as if to one bound by oath_), solemn charge.

~Adjure~, _v. a._ Entreat (_as if under oath_), conjure, obtest, beseech, pray, supplicate, beg, conjure, implore, invoke, enjoin solemnly.

~Adjust~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Arrange, dispose, rectify, trim, put or set in order, put or set to rights, put in tune, put in good trim.

~2.~ Regulate, set.

~3.~ Settle, compose, reconcile, make up.