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

Part 68

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~Roll~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Revolve, rotate, turn, wheel, whirl, gyrate, whirl round, go round, turn round.

~2.~ Run, flow, glide.

~3.~ Rock from side to side.

~4.~ Wallow, welter, tumble about.

~Roll~, _n._ ~1.~ Volume, scroll.

~2.~ Chronicle, record, history, annals.

~3.~ List, register, catalogue, inventory, schedule.

~4.~ Loaf of bread (_small, and rolled up while in the dough_).

~5.~ Rocking (_as of a vessel in a heavy sea_).

~6.~ Rub-a-dub, rat-a-tat, TATTOO, beat of drum.

~Rollicking~, _a._ Frolicsome, jolly, gay, joyous, merry, playful, sportive, jocular, lively, frisky, DAFT, full of frolic.

~Roll sulphur~, Cane brimstone, stick sulphur.

~Romaic~, _n._ Modern Greek.

~Roman~, _a._ ~1.~ Of Rome, of the Romans.

~2.~ Of the Latins, of ancient Rome.

~3.~ Roman Catholic, of the Roman Catholic religion.

~Roman~, _n._ ~1.~ Native of Rome.

~2.~ Roman Catholic.

~Roman Catholic~, _a._ Roman.

~Roman Catholic~, _n._ Roman.

~Romance~, _n._ Novel, tale, story, work of fiction.

~Romantic~, _a._ Fanciful, extravagant, sentimental, fantastic, wild, chimerical, Quixotic.

~Romish~, _a._ Popish, papal, Roman Catholic.

~Romp~, _n._ Rude girl.

~Romp~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Leap, spring, bound.

~2.~ Frolic (_rudely_), sport, play, romp.

~Rood~, _n._ Forty square rods, fourth part of an acre.

~Rook~, _n._ Castle (_in chess_).

~Room~, _n._ ~1.~ Space, extent, expanse, capacity, scope, compass, field, range, sweep, swing, play.

~2.~ Place, stead.

~3.~ Apartment, chamber, SALOON, HALL.

~4.~ Chance, opportunity, occasion.

~Room-mate~, _n._Chum, chamber-fellow.

~Roomy~, _a._ Spacious, capacious, large, wide, extensive, ample, broad.

~Roost~, _n._ Perch.

~Roost~, _v. n._ Perch.

~Rooster~, _n._ [_U. S._] Cock, chanticleer.

~Root~, _n._ ~1.~ Bottom, base, foundation, lower part.

~2.~ Cause, origin, source, occasion.

~3.~ Radical, radix, etymon, primitive word.

~Root~, _v. n._ Take root.

~Root~, _v. a._ Implant, set, fix, establish.

~Rootlet~, _n._ Radicle, small root.

~Root out~, ~1.~ Eradicate, extirpate, extract, exterminate, destroy.

~2.~ Discover, unravel, worm out, fish out, ferret out, fish up.

~Root-stock~, _n._ (_Bot._) Rhizoma, rootlike stem.

~Root up~, Eradicate, root out.

~Rope~, _v. n._ Be ropy or viscous.

~Rope-dancer~, _n._ Acrobat, funambulist.

~Rope in~, [_Colloquial, U.S._] Draw in collectively (_as masses of hay, by means of a rope_).

~Rope of sand~, Feeble tie, bond easily broken.

~Ropy~, _a._ Viscous, viscid, glutinous, sticky, adhesive, tenacious, stringy, smeary, dauby.

~Roseate~, _a._ ~1.~ Rosy, ruddy, reddish, blushing, mantling, blooming, rose-colored.

~2.~ Of roses.

~Rose-color~, _n._ Pink.

~Rose-colored~, _a._ Rosy, roseate, pink.

~Rosin~, _n._ Colophony, resin (_from the pine_).

~Rostrum~, _n._ Platform, stage.

~Rosy~, _a._ Blooming, ruddy, reddish, rubicund, blushing, mantling, rosy, roseate, rose-colored.

~Rot~, _v. n._ Putrefy, corrupt, decompose, decay.

~Rotary~, _a._ Whirling, rotating, rotatory, gyratory.

~Rotate~, _v. n._ Revolve, wheel, whirl, turn, gyrate, circulate, go round, turn round.

~Rotatory~, _a._ Whirling, rotating, ROTARY.

~Rote~, _n._ ~1.~ Repetition.

~2.~ Rut (_of the sea_).

~Rotten~, _n._ ~1.~ Putrid, corrupt, carious, putrefied, decayed, fetid, putrescent, foul.

~2.~ Defective, unsound.

~3.~ Treacherous, deceitful, untrustworthy.

~Rotund~, _a._ Round, circular, spherical, globular.

~Rotundity~, _n._ Roundness, sphericity, circularity, rotundness.

~Rotundness~, _n._ ROTUNDITY.

~Roué~, _n._ [Fr.] Rake, debauchee, profligate, dissolute man.

~Rough~, _a._ ~1.~ Uneven, rugged, craggy, cragged, jagged, scraggy, not smooth.

~2.~ Unhewn, unwrought, unfashioned, formless, shapeless.

~3.~ Unpolished (_as a gem_), uncut.

~4.~ Shaggy, hirsute, bristly, ragged, disordered.

~5.~ Coarse, indelicate, rude, uncivil, impolite, ungracious, homespun, bluff, blunt, bearish, churlish, BRUSQUE, gruff.

~6.~ Harsh, sharp, severe, violent.

~7.~ Tart, sour, crabbed, hard.

~8.~ Inharmonious, discordant, jarring.

~9.~ Tempestuous, boisterous, stormy.

~Rough breathing~, Aspirate.

~Rough draft~, Sketch, outline.

~Roughness~, _n._ ~1.~ Unevenness, ruggedness.

~2.~ Harshness, rudeness, coarseness, incivility, gruffness, bluntness, impoliteness.

~3.~ Acerbity, unsavoriness.

~4.~ Storminess, boisterousness, tempestuousness, inclemency.

~5.~ Violence, severity.

~Rough-scuff~, _n._ [_Low._] Rabble, crowd, mob, CANAILLE, the vulgar, the populace, dregs of the people, scum of society, swinish multitude, riff-raff, ignoble vulgar, rag-tag-and-bob-tail.

~Round~, _a._ ~1.~ Circular.

~2.~ Spherical, globular, orbicular, rotund.

~3.~ Cylindrical.

~4.~ Full, complete, entire, unbroken.

~5.~ Large, great, considerable.

~6.~ Plump, chubby, bonny, corpulent, stout.

~Round~, _n._ ~1.~ Cycle, periodical revolution.

~2.~ Circular dance.

~3.~ Rundle, step.

~4.~ Circuit, compass, perambulation, tour.

~5.~ Rung (_of a ladder_).

~Round~, _ad._ ~1.~ Around, on all sides.

~2.~ Circularly, in a circle, in a circuit.

~Round~, _prep._ ~1.~ Around, encircling, about, encompassing, surrounding, on every side of.

~2.~ All over, in all parts of.

~Roundabout~, _a._ ~1.~ Indirect, tortuous, circuitous.

~2.~ [_Rare._] That looks on all sides, not narrow, not one-sided.

~Roundhead~, _n._ Puritan.

~Roundness~, _n._ Sphericity, circularity, rotundness, rotundity.

~Rouse~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Awaken, wake, waken, arouse.

~2.~ Animate, kindle, enkindle, stimulate, excite, provoke, stir up.

~Rouse~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Rise.

~2.~ Awake, wake, get up, start up.

~Rout~, _n._ Defeat, discomfiture, ruin, complete overthrow.

~Rout~, _v. a._ Defeat, discomfit, overthrow, overpower.

~Route~, _n._ Way, path, passage, course, road.

~Routine~, _n._ Practice, custom, ordinary way, beaten track, use and wont.

~Rove~, _v. n._ Roam, ramble, stroll, range, wander, stray, straggle, wander about, rove around, gad about.

~Rover~, _n._ Rambler, wanderer, straggler, bird of passage.

~Row~, _n._ Rank, line, file, series.

~Row~, _n._ [_Colloquial._] Broil, tumult, uproar, feud, riot, RUMPUS, fracas, squabble, outbreak, quarrel, affray, disturbance, altercation, breach of the peace.

~Rowan-tree~, _n._ European mountain-ash, fowler's service-tree, roan- tree.

~Rowel~, _n._ ~1.~ Seton.

~2.~ Goad, spur.

~Rowen~, _n._ Aftermath, eddish.

~Royal~, _a._ ~1.~ Kingly, regal, imperial, monarchical, kinglike, princely.

~2.~ Noble, magnificent, illustrious, splendid, superb.

~3.~ August, majestic, grand.

~Royalty~, _n._ ~1.~ Kingship, kingcraft, sovereignty.

~2.~ Percentage (_as on copyright_).

~Rub~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Abrade, scrape, chafe, grate.

~2.~ Wipe, clean, scour.

~Rub~, _v. n._ Grate, chafe.

~Rub~, _n._ Obstacle, difficulty, embarrassment, perplexity, dilemma, nonplus, poser, quandary, puzzle, knotty point, nice point.

~Rub-a-dub~, _n._ Clatter, din, incessant noise.

~Rubber~, _n._ Caoutchouc, india-rubber, gum-elastic.

~Rubbing~, _n._ Attrition, abrasion, friction.

~Rubbish~, _n._ Refuse, ruins, fragments, DEBRIS, dirt, litter, lumber, trash, orts, dross, dregs, scum, scoria, sweepings.

~Rubeola~, _n._ (_Med._) Measles.

~Rubicund~, _a._ Ruddy, reddish, rosy.

~Rubicundity~, _n._ Ruddiness, reddishness, rosiness.

~Rub off~, Abrade, wear away.

~Rub out~, Efface, erase, obliterate, raze, expunge, cancel, scratch out, wipe out.

~Ruby-blende~, _n._ Red blende, ruby of zinc, proto-sulphuret of zinc.

~Ruby of zinc~, RUBY-BLENDE.

~Ruby-wood~, _n._ Red sandal wood, red saunders-wood.

~Ruddiness~, _n._ Reddishness, blowziness, floridness.

~Ruddy~, _a._ Reddish, florid, blowzed, blowzy, rubicund, or a red color.

~Rude~, _a._ ~1.~ Rough, rugged, uneven, shapeless, unfashioned, unformed, unwrought, crude, ill-formed.

~2.~ Artless, unpolished, raw, coarse, inelegant, uncouth, clownish, loutish, boorish, ungraceful, uncivilized, untrained, untaught, undisciplined, ignorant, barbarous, illiterate, brutal, savage.

~3.~ Uncivil, uncourteous, impolite, impudent, impertinent, saucy, vulgar, insolent, ill-bred, surly, currish, gruff, churlish, bearish, BRUSQUE.

~4.~ Violent, fierce, impetuous, inclement, boisterous, tumultuous, harsh, severe, turbulent.

~Rudeness~, _n._ ~1.~ Roughness, ruggedness.

~2.~ Inelegance, uncouthness, barbarousness, clownishness.

~3.~ Coarseness, incivility, insolence, impertinence, pertness, sauciness, surliness, gruffness, churlishness, currishness, presumption, effrontery, face, assurance, front, brass, CHEEK, ill- breeding.

~4.~ Violence, boisterousness, severity, inclemency.

~Rudiment~, _n._ ~1.~ Embryo, rude state, starting point.

~2.~ Element, first principle, essential point.

~Rudimental~, _a._ ~1.~ Embryonic, rudimentary.

~2.~ Elementary, primary.

~Rudimentary~, _a._ RUDIMENTAL.

~Rue~, _v. a._ Regret, deplore, lament, repent of, be sorry for, grieve for.

~Rueful~, _a._ Doleful, mournful, dismal, melancholy, sad, sorrowful, piteous, pitiful, grievous, lugubrious.

~Ruff~, _n._ Ruffle.

~Ruffian~, _n._ Villain, miscreant, caitiff, scoundrel, wretch, monster, cut-throat, murderer.

~Ruffian~, _a._ Savage, brutal.

~Ruffianism~, _n._ Brutality, rascality, blackguardism, scoundrelism.

~Ruffle~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Disarrange, damage, disorder.

~2.~ Discompose, disquiet, trouble, vex, torment, molest, plague, worry, harass, disturb, agitate.

~3.~ Gather into folds, wrinkle, cockle, pucker.

~Ruffle~, _n._ ~1.~ Ruff, frill, edging.

~2.~ Bustle, disturbance, commotion, confusion, perturbation, flutter, flurry, agitation, fluster, hurry-scurry.

~Rugged~, _a._ ~1.~ Rough, craggy, cragged, uneven, irregular, scraggy.

~2.~ Harsh, inharmonious, grating.

~3.~ [_Colloquial, U.S._] Hardy, robust, vigorous, healthy.

~Ruggedness~, _n._ ~1.~ Roughness, unevenness, asperity.

~2.~ Harshness, severity, rigor.

~Rugose~, _a._ Wrinkled, rugous.

~Rugous~, _a._ RUGOSE.

~Ruin~, _n._ ~1.~ Destruction, discomfiture, overthrow, defeat, wreck, shipwreck, perdition, fall, downfall, prostration, subversion, undoing.

~2.~ Mischief, bane, pest.

~Ruin~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Destroy, demolish, overthrow, subvert, overturn, overwhelm.

~2.~ Impoverish, bring to want, reduce to poverty.

~Ruinous~, _a._ Destructive, pernicious, baneful, noxious, noisome, deleterious, injurious, calamitous.

~Ruins~, _n. pl._ Remains.

~Rule~, _n._ ~1.~ Command, control, domination, dominion, lordship, mastership, mastery, government, empire, sway, direction, authority.

~2.~ Precept, law, canon, formula, test, criterion, standard, touchstone.

~3.~ Order, ruling, prescription, regulation.

~4.~ Ruler.

~Rule~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Govern, control, conduct, direct, lead, have under one's thumb, lead by the nose, lord over, lord it over, domineer over.

~2.~ (_Law._) Determine, decide.

~Rule~, _v. n._ Command, govern, DOMINEER, have command, have control, rule the roast, have one's own way, wear the breeches, take the lead.

~Ruler~, _n._ ~1.~ Governor, sovereign, king, lord, master.

~2.~ Director, manager.

~3.~ Rule.

~Ruling~, _a._ ~1.~ Governing, controlling.

~2.~ Predominant, prevailing, prevalent.

~Rule the roast~, RULE, DOMINEER.

~Ruminate~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Chew the cud.

~2.~ Muse, meditate, ponder, cogitate, think, reflect.

~Ruminate~, _v. a._ Meditate, chew, muse on, reflect upon, ponder upon, brood over, chew the cud upon.

~Rumination~, _n._ Musing, meditation, reflection, cogitation, pondering.

~Rummage~, _v. a._ Search (_carefully_), examine, explore, ransack, pry into.

~Rummage~, _v. n._ Make a search.

~Rummage~, _n._ Search, examination, exploration.

~Rumor~, _n._ Report, talk, bruit, fame, gossip, hearsay, news, tidings, town talk.

~Rumor~, _v. a._ Report, tell, bruit, spread abroad, noise abroad.

~Rump~, _n._ Buttock.

~Rumple~, _v. a._ Wrinkle, crumple, crease, pucker, corrugate.

~Rumple~, _n._ Wrinkle, crumple, pucker, rimple, crease, corrugation, fold.

~Rumpus~, _n._ [_Colloquial._] Riot, brawl, tumult, uproar, squabble, outbreak, quarrel, feud, affray, ROW, disturbance, altercation, breach of the peace.

~Run~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Race, step quickly.

~2.~ Haste, hasten, hie, hurry, scud, scamper, scour, speed, post, trip, press on, press forward, push on, dash forward, dash on, rush on.

~3.~ Flow, glide, move, go, proceed, stream, roll on, move on.

~4.~ Pass, elapse, vanish, go away.

~5.~ Spread, extend.

~6.~ Continue, hold on, run on.

~7.~ Tend, incline.

~Run~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Pierce, penetrate, stab.

~2.~ Force, thrust, drive, push.

~3.~ Fuse, cast, melt, mould.

~4.~ Incur, be liable to, fall into, be exposed to.

~5.~ Determine, mark out.

~Run~, _n._ ~1.~ Race.

~2.~ Current, course, flow, passage.

~3.~ Currency, prevalence, popularity.

~4.~ Generality, people or things as they are, people or things of average quality.

~5.~ Brook, streamlet, runlet, runnel, rivulet, rill, BURN, small stream.

~Run after~, ~1.~ Follow, pursue, chase.

~2.~ Search for, try to find.

~Run a rig~, Play a sportive trick, engage in a frolic.

~Run away~, Flee, escape, take to one's heels, give leg bail, take one's self off.

~Runaway~, _n._ Fugitive, deserter.

~Run down~, ~1.~ Catch by chasing.

~2.~ Run against and sink.

~3.~ Crush, overthrow, overbear.

~4.~ Decry, disparage, depreciate, condemn, traduce, cry down.

~Rung~, _n._ Round (_of a ladder_).

~Run in debt~, Get into debt, contract debts, become involved.

~Runlet~, _n._ Brook, RUN, small stream.

~Runnel~, _n._ [_Rare._] Run, rivulet.

~Runner~, _n._ ~1.~ Racer.

~2.~ Messenger, courier.

~3.~ Footman, foot-boy, livery servant.

~Run on~, Continue, hold on, be continued.

~Run out~, [_Active._] ~1.~ Extend, thrust out, push out.

~2.~ Waste, exhaust, expend.

~Run out~, [_Neuter._] ~1.~ Expire, be at end.

~2.~ Be wasted, be exhausted.

~3.~ Spread, expatiate.

~Run over~, [_Active._] ~1.~ Pass over.

~2.~ Recount (_cursorily_).

~Run over~, [_Neuter._] Overflow.

~Run riot~, Go to excess.

~Run the hazard~, RUN THE RISK.

~Run the risk~, Take the chance, risk it, run the hazard.

~Run through~, ~1.~ Pierce, penetrate, stab.

~2.~ Waste, expend, exhaust, run out.

~Run up~, Grow, swell, increase, rise.

~Rupture~, _n._ ~1.~ Breach, fracture, disruption.

~2.~ Quarrel, feud, altercation, squabble, contention, hostility.

~3.~ HERNIA.

~Rupture~, _v. a._ Break, burst.

~Rural~, _a._ Rustic, pastoral, country.

~Ruse~, _n._ [Fr.] Stratagem, trick, fraud, artifice, dodge, wile, manœuvre, deceit, deception, delusion, imposture, BAM, chouse, fetch, clap-trap, crafty device.

~Rush~, _n._ ~1.~ Straw (_as of little worth_), farthing, copper.

~2.~ Driving on, violent course.

~Rush~, _v. n._ Career, push on, press on.

~Rush out~, ~1.~ Issue, flow, flow out.

~2.~ Press out, hurry out, go out with a rush.

~Rust~, _n._ ~1.~ Hydrated peroxide of iron.

~2.~ Mildew, blight, must, mustiness, mould, smut.

~Rust~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Gather rust, become rusty, be oxidized.

~2.~ Decay, degenerate, grow dull, become sluggish.

~Rustic~, _a._ ~1.~ Rural, country.

~2.~ Countrified, unpolished, uncouth, inelegant, hoiden, hoidenish, rough, rude, outlandish, boorish, barbarous.

~Rustic~, _n._ Swain, peasant, clown, boor, lout, hind, bumpkin, countryman.

~Rusticate~, _v. n_. Dwell or reside in the country.

~Rusticity~, _n_. Rudeness, clownishness, coarseness, boorishness, artlessness, simplicity.

~Rusty~, _a._ ~1.~ Covered with rust.

~2.~ Musty, fusty, mildewed.

~Rut~, _n._ ~1.~ Track of a wheel.

~2.~ Rote (_of the sea_).

~Ruta-baga~, _n._ Swedish turnip (_Brassica campestris_).

~Ruthless~, _a._ Merciless, pitiless, cruel, uncompassionate, unpitying, unmerciful, relentless, unrelenting, inexorable, barbarous, fell, savage, ferocious, inhuman, hard-hearted.

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~Sabbath~, _n._ ~1.~ [With _The_ prefixed.] Sunday, the Lord's day, the day of rest, the Christian sabbath, first day of the week (_among Christians_), seventh day of the week (_among Jews_).

~2.~ Rest, repose, time of rest.

~Sable~, _n._ ~1.~ Zibelline marten (_Mustela zibellina_).

~2.~ Pine marten, American sable (_Mustela abietum_).

~Sable~, _a._ Dark, dusky.

~Sabre~, _n._ [Written also _Saber_.] Cimeter, falchion, cavalry sword, dragoon's sword.

~Sabulous~, _a._ Sandy.

~Saccharine~, _a._ Sugary, sweet.

~Sacerdotal~, _a._ Priestly.

~Sack~, _n._ ~1.~ Bag, pouch.

~2.~ Spoliation, destruction, desolation, devastation, havoc, waste, ravage.

~3.~ Sherry, sherry wine.

~Sack~, _v. a._ Ravage, despoil, devastate, spoil, destroy, plunder, pillage, rifle, ransack, lay waste, take by storm.

~Sacrament~, _n._ ~1.~ Rite, ceremony, solemnity.

~2.~ [With _The_ prefixed.] Eucharist, Communion, Lord's Supper.

~Sacred~, _a._ ~1.~ Hallowed, holy, divine.

~2.~ Religious, not secular, not profane.

~3.~ Dedicated, devoted, consecrated.

~4.~ Inviolable, not to be profaned.

~5.~ Venerable, sainted.

~Sacredness~, _n._ ~1.~ Holiness, sanctity.

~2.~ Inviolableness.

~Sacrifice~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Immolate, offer up.

~2.~ Surrender, give up.

~Sacrifice~, _n._ ~1.~ Immolation.

~2.~ Offering, oblation.

~3.~ Surrender.

~Sacrilege~, _n._ Profanation, desecration.

~Sacrilegious~, _a._ Irreverent, impious, blasphemous, profane, desecrating.

~Sacring-bell~, _n._ Saints' bell, mass bell.

~Sacristy~, _n._ Vestry, vestry-room.

~Sad~, _a._ ~1.~ Sorrowful, desponding, depressed, downcast, melancholy, cheerless, disconsolate, crest-fallen, chap-fallen, cast down.

~2.~ Gloomy, dismal, doleful, mournful, lugubrious, grievous, woebegone.

~3.~ Grievous, afflictive, calamitous, disastrous, dire, deplorable.

~Saddle~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Put a saddle on.

~2.~ Load, burden, encumber.

~Saddle-horse~, _n._ Palfrey.

~Sad-iron~, _n._ Flat-iron.

~Sadness~, _n._ ~1.~ Sorrow, despondency, MELANCHOLY, depression, dejection, sorrowfulness, depression of spirits.

~2.~ Gloominess, mournfulness, dolefulness.

~Safe~, _a._ ~1.~ Secure, unharmed, undamaged, unscathed, unhurt, sound, free from harm, out of harm's way.

~2.~ Protected, guarded, under lock and key, under cover.

~3.~ Trusty, trustworthy, reliable, to be depended on, to be relied on.

~Safe~, _n._ ~1.~ Place of safety, secure place.

~2.~ Coffer, money-chest, strong box.

~Safe-conduct~, _n._ ~1.~ Escort, convoy, safeguard, protection.

~2.~ Pass, passport.

~Safeguard~, _n._ ~1.~ Defence, protection, security, bulwark, palladium.

~2.~ Convoy, escort, safe conduct.

~3.~ Pass, passport.

~Safety~, _n._ Security.

~Sag~, _v. n._ Bend (_by force of gravity_), settle, swag, give way.

~Sagacious~, _a._ ~1.~ Quick-scented, quick of scent.

~2.~ Discerning, intelligent, rational, gifted, sage, shrewd, acute, apt, keen, able, perspicacious, enlightened, wise, sharp-witted, keen- witted, keen-sighted, clear-sighted, long-headed.

~Sagaciousness~, _n._ Sagacity.

~Sagacity~, _n._ ~1.~ Sagaciousness, quickness of scent.

~2.~ Shrewdness, acuteness, sharpness, astuteness, penetration, ingenuity, discernment, perspicacity, sense, insight, mother-wit, quick parts.

~Sage~, _a._ ~1.~ Wise, sagacious, sapient, discerning, shrewd, acute, intelligent, sensible.

~2.~ Prudent, grave, judicious, oracular, venerable.

~Sagittary~, _n._ (_Myth._) Centaur, archer, bowman.

~Said~, _a._ Aforesaid, before mentioned.

~Sail~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Make sail, put to sea, get under way, set sail.

~2.~ Plough the deep, plough the waves.

~Sail~, _v. a._ Navigate.

~Sail-cloth~, _n._ Duck, canvas.

~Sailor~, _n._ Seaman, mariner, navigator, TAR, seafarer, seafaring man.

~Sail round~, Circumnavigate.

~Saint~, _n._ Holy person.

~Sainted~, _a._ ~1.~ Consecrated, sacred, holy.

~2.~ Canonized.

~Saint-John's bread~, _n._ Carob-tree, Algaroba tree, locust-tree (_Ceratonia siliqua_).

~Saintly~, _a._ Holy, devout, pious, religious, godly.

~Saint-Simonianism~, _n._ Fourierism, phalansterianism, humanitarianism, socialism.

~Saint-Vitus's dance~, Chorea.

~Sake~, _n._ ~1.~ Reason, purpose, end, final cause.

~2.~ Score, account, regard, respect, consideration.

~Salable~, _a._ ~1.~ Vendible, marketable, fit for sale.

~2.~ In good demand, of ready sale.

~Salacious~, _a._ Lewd, lustful, carnal, lecherous, lascivious, wanton, libidinous, lickerish, concupiscent, lewd, loose, prurient, unchaste, incontinent.

~Salamander~, _n._ Eft, newt.

~Sal-ammoniac~, _n._ Chloride of ammonium, hydrochlorate of ammonia, muriate of ammonia.

~Salary~, _n._ Stipend, wages, hire, allowance, pay.

~Sale~, _n._ Demand, market, vent, opportunity to sell.

~Salient~, _a._ ~1.~ Projecting, prominent, standing out, in relief.

~2.~ Striking, remarkable.

~Saline~, _a._ Briny.

~Saline~, _n._ Salt-spring, salt-pit.

~Saliva~, _n._ Spittle.

~Sallow~, _a._ Yellow (_as from illness_), yellowish; of a pale, sickly color.

~Sally~, _n._ ~1.~ Sortie.

~2.~ Digression, excursion.

~3.~ Frolic, escapade, wild gayety.

~4.~ Jest, joke, quip, quirk, crank, witticism, JEU D'ESPRIT, sprightly fancy, flash of wit.

~Sally~, _v. n._ Rush out, issue suddenly, sally forth.

~Sally forth~, SALLY.

~Salmagundi~, _n._ Medley, olio, miscellany, mixture, farrago, jumble, hodge-podge, hotch-potch, mish-mash, gallimaufry, pot-pourri, OLLA PODRIDA, MÉLANGE.

~Salmon-trout~, _n._ Sea-trout (_Salmo trutta_), hirling.

~Saloon~, _n._ Spacious room, reception room.

~Salsify~, _n._ [Written also _Salsafy_.] Oyster-plant (_Tragopogon porrifolius_).

~Sal-soda~, _n._ Carbonate of soda.

~Salt~, _n._ Chloride of sodium, muriate of soda, common salt.

~Saltation~, _n._ Leap, jump, hop, spring, bound, vault.

~Saltatory~, _a._ Leaping, jumping, skipping, hopping, dancing.

~Salt-cake~, _n._ Sulphate of soda (_artificially prepared from common salt_).

~Saltish~, _a._ Brackish, somewhat salty.

~Salt of hartshorn~, Sal-volatile, carbonate of ammonia (_solid and impure_), sesqui-carbonate of ammonia, volatile salts, smelling salts.

~Salt of lemons~, ~1.~ Binoxalate of potash, salt of sorrel, essential salt of lemons.

~2.~ Oxalic acid.

~Salt of sorrel~, ~1.~ Binoxalate of potash, salt of lemons.

~2.~ Oxalic acid.

~Salt of Tartar~, Pure carbonate of potash.

~Saltpetre~, _n._ [Written also _Saltpeter_.] Nitre, nitrate of potash.

~Salt-water~, _n._ Sea-water.

~Salt-wort~, _n._ Glass-wort, marsh-samphire (_Salicornia herbacea_).

~Salubrious~, _a._ Healthy, healthful, salutary, wholesome, salutiferous.

~Salubriousness~, _n._ SALUBRITY.

~Salubrity~, _n._ Healthiness, healthfulness, salutariness, wholesomeness, salubriousness.

~Salutariness~, _n._ SALUBRITY.

~Salutary~, _a._ ~1.~ Healthy, healthful, salubrious, wholesome, salutiferous, helpful.

~2.~ Advantageous, beneficial, serviceable, good.

~Salutation~, _n._ ~1.~ Greeting, salute, address.

~2.~ Obeisance, reverence, bow, courtesy.

~Salutatory~, _a._ [_U. S._] Greeting.

~Salutatory~, _n._ [_U. S._] Salutatory oration.

~Salute~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Greet, hail, address, welcome, bow to, nod to, show civility to, pay one's respects to, pay homage or obeisance to.

~2.~ Kiss, greet with a kiss.

~Salute~, _n._ ~1.~ Salutation, greeting, address.

~2.~ Kiss, buss.

~Salutiferous~, _a._ Healthy, healthful, salutary, salubrious, wholesome.

~Salvation~, _n._ Preservation, deliverance, redemption, rescue, escape from danger, security from evil.

~Salvo~, _n._ ~1.~ Exception, reservation.

~2.~ Volley, general discharge (_of fire-arms_).

~Sal-volatile~, _n._ Sesqui-carbonate of ammonia, carbonate of ammonia, smelling salts, salt of hartshorn.

~Same~, _a._ ~1.~ Identical, not different.

~2.~ Similar, like, corresponding; of like kind, sort, or degree.

~Sameness~, _n._ ~1.~ Identity, identicalness.

~2.~ Similarity, resemblance, correspondence.

~3.~ Monotony, want of variety.

~Sample~, _n._ ~1.~ Specimen, illustration.

~2.~ Example, pattern, instance.

~Sampler~, _n._ Pattern (_of needle-work_).

~Sanability~, _n._ Curableness, sanableness.

~Sanable~, _n._ Curable, remediable, healable.

~Sanableness~, _n._ Curableness, sanability.

~Sanative~, _a._ Healing, curative, curing, sanatory.

~Sanatory~, _a._ Healing, SANATIVE.