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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~Sorrow~, _n._ ~1.~ Grief, sadness, affliction, mourning, trouble.

~2.~ Regret, vexation, chagrin.

~Sorrow~, _v. n._ Grieve, mourn, be sad.

~Sorrowful~, _a._ ~1.~ Grieved, afflicted, in sorrow, in mourning.

~2.~ Sad, mournful, grievous, lamentable, distressing, painful, dismal, doleful, melancholy, sorry, piteous, woful, rueful, moving pity, exciting compassion.

~Sorry~, _a._ ~1.~ Grieved, SORROWFUL.

~2.~ Mean, vile, base, poor, miserable, wretched, pitiful, abject, beggarly, rascally, contemptible, despicable, shabby, bad, low, paltry.

~3.~ Mournful, dismal, sad, painful, melancholy.

~Sort~, _n._ ~1.~ Kind, species, description, class, denomination, character, nature.

~2.~ Manner, way, degree.

~Sort~, _v. a._ Distribute (_into sorts_), assort, class, classify.

~Sort~, _v. n._ Associate, consort, fraternize, be in familiar intercourse.

~Sortie~, _n._ Sally.

~Sort with~, Suit, fit, agree with, be adapted to.

~So so~, ~1.~ [_Adverbially._] Moderately, passably, indifferently, tolerably well, pretty well.

~2.~ [_Adjectively._] Passable, tolerable, ordinary, middling, indifferent, pretty good, not bad.

~Sot~, _n._ Toper, tippler, drunkard, wine-bibber, dram-drinker.

~Sottish~, _a._ Stupid (_from intemperance_), dull, doltish, foolish, senseless, insensate, besotted.

~Sotto voce~, [It.] Softly, in a low voice, in an under tone, in a low tone, with bated breath.

~Soul~, ~1.~ Mind, spirit, inner man.

~2.~ Life, vital principle, animating principle.

~3.~ Essence, principal part, essential part, best part.

~4.~ Individual, person, man, human being, intelligent being.

~5.~ Ardor, fire, fervor, courage, energy, force.

~Soulless~, _a._ ~1.~ Lifeless.

~2.~ Mean, base, vile, low, spiritless.

~Sound~, _a._ ~1.~ Whole, entire, unbroken, undecayed, uninjured, perfect, faultless, good, firm, strong.

~2.~ Healthy, hearty, hale, hardy, vigorous, in health, in good health, not diseased.

~3.~ Sane, well-balanced.

~4.~ Correct, true, valid, solid, weighty, reasonable, rational, sensible, judicious.

~5.~ Established, fixed, well-grounded.

~6.~ Profound, unbroken, undisturbed, fast.

~7.~ Heavy, lusty, forcible.

~8.~ Orthodox, of the true faith, not heretical.

~Sound~, _ad._ Soundly, profoundly.

~Sound~, _n._ ~1.~ Strait, narrows.

~2.~ Air-bladder (_of a fish_).

~3.~ Noise, report.

~Sound~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Resound, make a noise, give out a sound.

~2.~ Appear by the sound.

~3.~ Try the depth (_of water_), throw the lead.

~Sound~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Cause to sound.

~2.~ Utter, express audibly.

~3.~ Celebrate (_by sounds_).

~4.~ Measure, fathom, try the depth of.

~5.~ Examine, test, try.

~Soundless~, _a._ ~1.~ Silent, noiseless.

~2.~ Unfathomable, bottomless, very deep, very profound.

~Soundness~, _n._ ~1.~ Wholeness, entireness.

~2.~ Healthiness, vigor.

~3.~ Saneness.

~4.~ Correctness, truth, rectitude, validity.

~5.~ Firmness, strength, solidity.

~Soup~, _n._ Broth.

~Sour~, _a._ ~1.~ Acid, tart, pricked.

~2.~ Cross, crabbed, morose, surly, testy, touchy, cantankerous, crusty, fretful, peevish, petulant, pettish, snappish, waspish, snarling, cynical, froward, uncivil, rude, rough, harsh, ill-tempered, ill-natured.

~Sour~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Make acid, turn sour.

~2.~ Imbitter, make cross.

~Sour~, _v. n._ Turn sour, become acid.

~Source~, _n._ ~1.~ Origin, spring, fountain, head, rise, cradle, beginning, commencement, fountain-head, starting point.

~2.~ Cause, original.

~Sour-gum~, _n._ Tupelo, pepperidge.

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

~Sourness~, _n._ ~1.~ Acidity, tartness.

~2.~ Acrimony, asperity, moroseness, crabbedness, churlishness, peevishness, petulance, ill temper, bad blood.

~Souse~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Pickle.

~2.~ Plunge, dip, immerse, submerge, douse, put under water (_or other liquid_).

~Souse~, _ad._ With a plunge.

~South~, _a._ Southern, southerly.

~South~, _ad._ Southward, towards the south.

~Southerly~, _a._ Southern, south.

~Southern~, _a._ Southerly, south.

~Southerner~, _n._ Southron.

~Southron~, _n._ Southerner.

~Souvenir~, _n._ [Fr.] Remembrancer, memento.

~Sovereign~, _a._ ~1.~ Supreme, regal, royal, imperial, monarchical.

~2.~ Chief, predominant, principal.

~3.~ Efficacious, effectual.

~Sovereign~, _n._ Monarch, autocrat, potentate, despot, king, emperor, prince, lord, queen, supreme ruler.

~Sovereignty~, _n._ Dominion, supremacy, empire, dynasty, kingdom, supreme power, supreme rule, absolute authority, chief sway.

~Sow~, _n._ Hog (_female_), pig, swine.

~Sow~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Scatter, strew, spread.

~2.~ Disseminate, disperse, propagate, spread abroad.

~3.~ Plant, put seed in.

~4.~ Besprinkle, scatter over.

~Sow~, _v. n._ Plant, scatter seed, put in seed.

~Sowens~, _n. pl._ [_Scottish._] Porridge (_made of the dust of oatmeal_), flummery.

~Spa~, _n._ Mineral spring.

~Space~, _n._ ~1.~ Extension, extent.

~2.~ _Capacity_, _room_.

~3.~ Distance, interval.

~4.~ [_Rare._] While, short time.

~Spacious~, _a._ Wide, extended, extensive, expansive, broad, ample, capacious, roomy.

~Span~, _n._ ~1.~ Nine inches.

~2.~ Brief period.

~3.~ [_U. S._] Pair (_of horses_).

~Spangle~, _n._ Sparkling ornament.

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

~Spanish-fly~, _n._ Blister-fly, blister-beetle (_Cantharis vesicatoria_).

~Spank~, _v. a._ Strike (_with the open hand_), slap.

~Span-new~, _a._ Brand-new, fire-new, quite new, spick-and-span new.

~Spanworm~, _n._ Geometer, looper, canker-worm.

~Spar~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Box.

~2.~ Dispute, wrangle, quarrel, SPAT.

~Spare~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Reserve, save, lay by, lay aside, set apart, set aside.

~2.~ Dispense with, do without, part with.

~3.~ Withhold, omit, forbear.

~4.~ Withhold from, keep from.

~5.~ Give, grant, afford, allow, give up.

~6.~ Preserve (_from any thing dreaded_).

~Spare~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Be frugal, be parsimonious.

~2.~ Forbear, refrain, be scrupulous.

~3.~ Be lenient, be merciful, be tender.

~Spare~, _a._ ~1.~ Scanty, sparing, not abundant, not plentiful.

~2.~ Lean, meagre, thin, poor, lank, gaunt, skinny, scraggy, raw-boned.

~4.~ Superfluous, supernumerary, not used, not wanted.

~Spare hours,~ Leisure, time to spare.

~Spare time,~ Leisure, time to spare.

~Sparing~, _a._ ~1.~ Scanty, SPARE.

~2.~ Frugal, saving, chary, parsimonious, economical, not liberal.

~Spark~, _n._ ~1.~ Sparkle, scintillation, particle of fire, scintilla.

~2.~ Germ, element, active principle.

~3.~ Gallant, beau, buck; gay, dashing fellow.

~Sparkish~, _a._ Gay, showy, airy, fine.

~Sparkle~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Shine (_with intermissions_), glitter, glisten, glister, twinkle, scintillate, coruscate, flash.

~2.~ Mantle, effervesce, bubble, foam, froth.

~Sparkling~, _a._ ~1.~ Glittering, glistening, twinkling, flashing.

~2.~ Bubbling, foaming, effervescing, frothing, mantling.

~3.~ Lively, glowing, spirited, piquant, vigorous, forcible, strong, nervous, racy, impassioned.

~Sparring~, _n._ Wrangling, quarrelling, contention, strife.

~Sparry iron~, Spathic iron, carbonate of iron.

~Sparse~, _a._ Scattered, spread here and there, not dense.

~Spartan~, _a._ Brave, courageous, hardy, undaunted, daring, intrepid, dauntless, fearless, bold, valiant, valorous, doughty, chivalric, heroic, lion-hearted.

~Spasm~, _n._ ~1.~ Twitch, sudden contraction (_as of the muscles_).

~2.~ Fit, paroxysm, throe.

~Spasmodic~, a. Convulsive, fitful.

~Spasmodic cholera~, Asiatic cholera, cholera asphyxia.

~Spat~, _n._ [_Local, U. S._] Petty dispute, petty quarrel, war of words.

~Spat~, _v. n._ Dispute, wrangle, quarrel, spar, bicker, jangle, squabble, TIFF, have words, have an altercation.

~Spathic~, _a._ Foliated, lamellar.

~Spathic iron~, SPARRY IRON.

~Spatter~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Sprinkle, besprinkle, bespatter, splash, plash.

~2.~ Daub, bedaub, smear, besmear, begrime, bedraggle, spot, stain, soil.

~Spatterdashes~, _n. pl._ Gaiters, leggings.

~Spawl~, _v. n._ Spit, sputter.

~Spawl~, _n._ Spit, spittle, saliva.

~Spawn~, _n._ ~1.~ Eggs (_of fish or of frogs_), hard roe.

~2.~ (_Bot._) Mycelium, filaments (_from which fungi originate_).

~Spawn~, _v. a._ [_In contempt._] Generate, produce, bring forth.

~Spawn~, _v. n._ [_In contempt._] Issue.

~Speak~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Articulate, enunciate, talk with articulate sounds.

~2.~ Plead, spout, hold forth, make a speech, discourse, harangue, declaim.

~3.~ Treat, make mention.

~4.~ Sound, resound.

~Speak~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Utter, express, deliver, pronounce, articulate.

~2.~ Announce, make known, spread abroad, proclaim, declare.

~3.~ (_Naut._) Hail.

~Speaker~, _n._ ~1.~ Discourser, orator, spokesman, prolocutor.

~2.~ Chairman, presiding officer.

~Speaking~, _n._ ~1.~ Talk, discourse.

~2.~ Elocution, declamation, oratory.

~Speak of~, Treat, discuss, mention, treat of, touch upon, speak about, talk about, make mention of.

~Speak to~, Accost, address, make up to.

~Speak well for~, Be creditable to, be commendatory of.

~Speak out~, Blab, open one's mind, unbosom one's self, unburden one's mind.

~Speak with~, Converse with, hold a conversation with.

~Spear~, _n._ ~1.~ Lance, javelin.

~2.~ Shoot, spire.

~Spear-hand~, _n._ Right-hand.

~Spear-shaped~, _a._ Hastate, hastated.

~Special~, _a._ ~1.~ Particular, peculiar, specific, especial.

~2.~ Extraordinary, uncommon.

~Speciality~, _n._ ~1.~ Particularity.

~2.~ Specialty, object of special attention, particular object of pursuit, pet subject.

~Specialty~, _n._ SPECIALITY.

~Specie~, _n._ Coin, cash, metallic money, hard money, stamped money.

~Species~, _n._ ~1.~ Group (_subordinate to a genus_).

~2.~ Kind, sort, description, variety.

~Specific~, _a._ ~1.~ Peculiar, particular, especial, characteristic.

~2.~ Definite, precise, specified.

~Specific~, _n._ ~1.~ Special medicine, sovereign remedy, infallible remedy.

~2.~ Unfailing agent, sure means.

~Specification~, _n._ ~1.~ Designation (_of properties_), characterization.

~2.~ Particularization, detailed statement.

~Specify~, _v. a._ Designate, particularize, indicate, define, individualize, show clearly, name with precision.

~Specillum~, _n._ Stylet.

~Specimen~, _n._ Pattern, sample, model.

~Specious~, _a._ Fair (_apparently, but not really_), plausible, colorable, ostensible.

~Speck~, _n._ ~1.~ Stain, spot, flaw, blemish, blot.

~2.~ Bit, mite, mote, atom, particle, corpuscle, scintilla, small thing.

~Speck~, _v. a._ Spot, stain (_in spots_).

~Speckle~, _v. a._ Mark with spots (_of a different color from that of the ground_).

~Spectacle~, _n._ ~1.~ Show, exhibition, sight, scene, representation, display, pageant, parade.

~2.~ Curiosity, wonder, marvel, phenomenon.

~Spectacles~, _n. pl._ Glasses.

~Spectator~, _n._ Beholder, observer, bystander, looker-on, on-looker.

~Spectral~, _a._ Ghostly, phantom-like.

~Spectre~, _n._ [Written also _Specter_.] Apparition, ghost, spirit, shade, phantom, phantasm, illusion, ogre, sprite, GOBLIN, HOBGOBLIN.

~Spectrum~, _n._ Image, appearance, representation.

~Speculate~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Meditate, contemplate, cogitate, reflect, ponder, muse, ruminate, think, consider.

~2.~ Trade (_hazardously_).

~Speculation~, _n._ ~1.~ Contemplation.

~2.~ Theory, scheme, hypothesis, supposition, conjecture, view, a priori reasoning.

~Speculatist~, _n._ Speculator, theorizer.

~Speculative~, _a._ ~1.~ Contemplative, unpractical, Platonic, philosophical, given to speculation.

~2.~ Theoretical, ideal, imaginary.

~3.~ Given to hazardous trading.

~Speculator~, _n._ ~1.~ Theorizer, speculatist.

~2.~ Trader (_who takes great risks in the hope of great gains_).

~Speculum~, _n._ [L.] Mirror, looking-glass, reflector.

~Speech~, _n._ ~1.~ Articulate utterance.

~2.~ Language, tongue, vernacular, idiom, dialect, LINGO.

~3.~ Talk, parlance, verbal intercourse, oral communication.

~4.~ Oration, discourse, address, harangue.

~Speechify~, _v. n._ [_Colloquial._] Harangue, make a speech, hold forth.

~Speechless~, _a._ Mute, dumb, silent, mum.

~Speed~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Make haste.

~2.~ Succeed, prosper, thrive, flourish.

~3.~ Fare, get on.

~Speed~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Hasten, expedite, accelerate, hurry, despatch, quicken, precipitate, forward, urge or press forward, urge or press on.

~2.~ Assist, help, aid, help forward.

~3.~ Prosper, favor, make successful.

~Speed~, _n._ ~1.~ Haste, hurry, despatch, celerity, swiftness, fleetness, velocity, quickness, rapidity, expedition.

~3.~ Success, prosperity, good fortune, good luck, favorable issue.

~Speedy~, _a._ Swift, rapid, quick, fleet, hasty, prompt, expeditious, hurried, flying.

~Spell~, _n._ ~1.~ Charm, incantation, exorcism.

~2.~ Turn (_at work_).

~3.~ Season, term, period, interval, fit.

~Spell~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Represent by letters.

~2.~ Relieve (_by taking a turn at work_), help, aid, assist.

~Spell-bound~, _a._ Enchanted, under a spell, under magic influence.

~Speller~, _n._ [_U. S._] Spelling-book.

~Spell out~, Interpret, decipher, unfold, read, unriddle, unravel, find out, make out.

~Spelling~, _n._ Orthography.

~Spelling-book~, _n._ SPELLER.

~Spelter~, _n._ Zinc.

~Spend~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Expend, disburse, lay out.

~2.~ Waste, consume, exhaust, squander, dissipate, lavish, use up.

~3.~ Employ, devote, bestow, apply.

~4.~ Pass, lead.

~Spend~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Lay out money, incur expense.

~2.~ Vanish, be lost, be consumed.

~Spendthrift~, _n._ Prodigal, squanderer, waster, UNTHRIFT.

~Sperm~, _n._ Semen, seed.

~Spermaceti-whale~, _n._ Cachelot, sperm-whale (_Physeter macrocephalus_).

~Spermatic~, _a._ Seminal.

~Sperm-whale~, _n._ SPERMACETI-WHALE.

~Spew~, _v. a._ Vomit, puke, cast up, throw up.

~Spew~, _v. n._ Vomit, puke.

~Sphacelate~, _v. n._ Mortify.

~Sphacelation~, _n._ (_Med._) Mortification.

~Sphacelus~, _n._ (_Med._) Gangrene, mortification.

~Sphenoid~, _a._ (_Anat._) Wedge-shaped, sphenoidal.

~Sphenoidal~, _a._ SPHENOID.

~Sphere~, _n._ ~1.~ Globe, ball, orb.

~2.~ Circuit, circle, compass, province, department, walk, beat, function, vocation, post, office, employment, capacity.

~3.~ Rank, standing, order.

~4.~ Region, realm, domain, quarter, country.

~Spherical~, _a._ Globular, orbicular, globated, globous, globose, rotund, round.

~Sphericity~, _n._ Rotundity, roundness, globosity.

~Spice~, _n._ ~1.~ Flavoring, flavor, relish, taste, savor, tincture, dash, infusion, admixture, sprinkling.

~2.~ Grain, particle, small quantity.

~Spice-bush~, _n._ SPICE-WOOD.

~Spice-wood~, _n._ Spice-bush, Benjamin tree, wild allspice (_Benzoin odoriferum_ or _Laurus benzoin_).

~Spick-and-span new~, Quite new, fire-new, brand-new.

~Spicy~, _a._ ~1.~ Aromatic, fragrant.

~2.~ Pungent, sharp, piquant, pointed.

~Spider's web~, Cobweb.

~Spigot~, _n._ Spile, stopper, stopple.

~Spike~, _n._ ~1.~ Ear (_of grain_), head.

~2.~ Large nail.

~Spile~, _n._ ~1.~ SPIGOT.

~2.~ [_Colloquial._] Pile.

~Spill~, _v. a._ Shed, effuse, pour out.

~Spin~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Twist (_into thread_).

~2.~ Twirl, whirl.

~Spin a long yarn~, Tell a long story.

~Spindle~, _n._ (_Mech._) Axis, shaft, arbor.

~Spindle-shaped~, _a._ Fusiform.

~Spine~, _n._ ~1.~ Thorn.

~2.~ Backbone, spinal column, vertebral column.

~3.~ Shin, forepart of the leg.

~Spinney~, _n._ [Written also _Spinny_.] Thicket, grove.

~Spinose~, _a._ Thorny, spiny, spinous, briery.

~Spinous~, _a._ SPINOSE.

~Spin out~, Prolong, lengthen, protract, draw out.

~Spinster~, _n._ Single woman, maiden lady.

~Spiny~, _a._ Thorny, spinose, spinous, briery.

~Spiracle~, _n._ Aperture (_especially in animal and vegetable bodies_), blowhole, vent, orifice, pore.

~Spiral~, _a._ Winding (_like the thread of a screw_), cochleary, cochleated, spiry, helical, screw-shaped.

~Spiral~, _n._ Helix, worm.

~Spire~, _n._ ~1.~ Steeple.

~2.~ Shoot, spear.

~Spirit~, _n._ ~1.~ Vital essence (_apart from matter_), immaterial substance.

~2.~ Soul, pure intelligence, inner man.

~3.~ Apparition, ghost, spectre, shade, phantom, phantasm, sprite, fairy, elf, demon, genius.

~4.~ Disposition, temper, humor, mood, spirits, frame of mind, turn of mind.

~5.~ Courage, ardor, fire, energy, force, vigor, mettle, earnestness, enthusiasm, zeal, resolution, pluck, elevation of soul.

~6.~ Liveliness, animation, piquancy, warmth, glow.

~7.~ Person (_as distinguished by peculiar qualities_), individual.

~8.~ Meaning, significance, purport, intent, drift, gist, tenor, sense.

~9.~ Nature, character, complexion, characteristic quality.

~10.~ Alcohol, distilled liquor.

~11.~ [With _The_ prefixed.] Holy Ghost, Holy Spirit, Paraclete, Comforter, The Spirit of God.

~Spirit away~, Kidnap, carry off (_secretly_).

~Spirited~, _a._ Animated, lively, vivacious, sprightly, ardent, earnest, active, alert, high-mettled, high-spirited, full of spirit, full of life.

~Spiritist~, _n._ Spiritualist.

~Spiritless~, _a._ ~1.~ Lifeless, breathless, extinct, dead.

~2.~ Dejected, depressed, discouraged, dispirited, low-spirited, in low spirits.

~3.~ Dull, torpid, sluggish, cold, apathetic, phlegmatic, languid, soulless, feeble, unenterprising.

~4.~ Heavy, stupid, dull, frigid, tame, prosaic, prosy, insipid, uninteresting.

~Spirit of Myrcia~, BAY-RUM.

~Spirit of Truth~, Paraclete, Comforter, The Dove, The Holy Ghost.

~Spirit-stirring~, _a._ Inspiring, animating, enlivening, cheering, exhilarating.

~Spirits~, _n. pl._ ~1.~ Disposition, temper, mood, humor, spirit, frame of mind, turn of mind.

~2.~ Distilled liquors, ardent spirits.

~Spiritual~, _a._ ~1.~ Immaterial, incorporeal, ethereal, ghostly.

~2.~ Mental, intellectual, ideal, abstract.

~3.~ Holy, divine, pure.

~4.~ Ecclesiastical, not lay, not secular.

~5.~ Internal, not literal.

~Spirituality~, _n._ ~1.~ Immateriality.

~2.~ Religious function (_as of the church_).

~3.~ Spiritual-mindedness.

~Spiritualize~, _v. a._ Purify, elevate, refine, make spiritual.

~Spiritual-mindedness~, _n._ Spirituality.

~Spirituous~, _a._ Alcoholic, ardent.

~Spirt~, _v. n._ Gush, jet, spout.

~Spirt~, _v. a._ Spout, throw out.

~Spiry~, _a._ ~1.~ Winding, wreathed, curled, spiral, helical, cochleary, cochleated, screw-shaped.

~2.~ Pyramidal, tapering.

~Spit~, _v. n._ Spawl, sputter.

~Spit~, _n._ Spittle, saliva, spawl.

~Spit-box~, _n._ Spittoon.

~Spite~, _n._ ~1.~ Malice, malevolence, rancor, venom, gall, malignity, maliciousness, hate, grudge, pique, ill-nature.

~2.~ Defiance, opposition, despite, contempt.

~Spiteful~, _a._ Malicious, malignant, malevolent, malign, ill- disposed, evil-minded, ill-natured.

~Spittoon~, _n._ Spit-box.

~Splash~, _v. n._ Plash, dabble in water.

~Splash~, _v. a._ Dash, spatter, plash.

~Splay~, _v. a._ (_Arch._) Slope (_as the side of a window_), slant.

~Spleen~, _n._ ~1.~ (_Anat._) Milt.

~2.~ Anger, spite, animosity, gall, rancor, pique, malevolence, malignity, grudge, hatred, malice, ill humor, ill blood, bad blood.

~3.~ Melancholy, despondency, hypochondria, dejection, depression, dumps, megrims, the dismals, the blues, blue devils.

~Spleeny~, _a._ Angry, fretful, SPLENETIC.

~Splendid~, _a._ ~1.~ Shining, glowing, resplendent, effulgent, refulgent, bright, lustrous, radiant, beaming, brilliant.

~2.~ Showy, magnificent, gorgeous, sumptuous, pompous, superb, kingly.

~3.~ Illustrious, conspicuous, eminent, distinguished, pre-eminent, remarkable, famous, celebrated, glorious.

~4.~ Grand, heroic, sublime, lofty, noble.

~Splendor~, _n._ ~1.~ Lustre, brilliance, brilliancy, brightness, polish.

~2.~ Magnificence, pomp, stateliness, show, gorgeousness, pompousness, display, parade, ÉCLAT, striking effect.

~3.~ Eminence, celebrity, fame, glory.

~4.~ Grandeur, sublimity.

~Splenetic~, _a._ ~1.~ Irascible, irritable, fretful, peevish, touchy, testy, pettish, waspish, petulant, choleric, snappish, cross.

~2.~ Morose, sullen, sulky, churlish, sour, crabbed.

~3.~ Melancholy, despondent, moping, gloomy, melancholic, hypochondriacal, jaundiced.

~Splice~, _v. a._ Braid together (_as the ends of ropes_), join together.

~Splinter~, _v. a._ Split (_into thin pieces_), shiver.

~Splinter~, _v. n._ Be split (_into thin pieces_), be shivered.

~Splinters~, _n. pl._ Flinders, fragments.

~Split~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Cleave, rive, rend, burst, SPLINTER, tear asunder.

~2.~ Divide, sunder, separate, part.

~Split~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Burst, be riven, be rent, SPLINTER, be split.

~2.~ Be broken, be dashed to pieces.

~Split~, _n._ Crack, fissure, rent.

~Split hairs~, Refine, be over-nice, affect nicety, make useless distinctions.

~Splurge~, _n._ [_Colloquial, U. S._] Blustering effort.

~Splutter~, _n._ [_Colloquial._] Bustle, stir.

~Splutter~, _v. n._ [_Colloquial._] Stammer (_through haste_).

~Splutterer~, _n._ [_Colloquial._] Stammerer.

~Spoil~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Plunder, rob, despoil, fleece, strip, ravage, waste.

~2.~ Injure, harm, disfigure, mar.

~Spoil~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Steal, pilfer, engage in robbery.

~2.~ Decay, be corrupted.

~Spoil~, _n._ BOOTY, pillage, plunder, prey, rapine.

~Spoiler~, _n._ ~1.~ Plunderer, robber, pillager.

~2.~ Destroyer, corrupter.

~Spoken~, _a._ Oral, parole, nuncupative, not written.

~Spokesman~, _n._ Speaker, prolocutor.

~Spoliate~, _v. a._ Rob, plunder, spoil.

~Spoliation~, _n._ Robbery, pillage, plundering, rapine, devastation, destruction.

~Sponge~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Wipe (_with a sponge_), cleanse.

~2.~ Dampen, wet.

~Sponger~, _n._ Parasite, hanger-on.

~Spongy~, _a._ Bibulous, porous.

~Sponsor~, _n._ ~1.~ Surety.

~2.~ Godfather or godmother.

~Spontaneity~, _n._ Spontaneousness.

~Spontaneous~, _a._ Voluntary, instinctive, uncompelled, unbidden, unconstrained, willing, gratuitous, free, of one's own accord.

~Spontaneousness~, _n._ Spontaneity.

~Spooney~, _n._ [_Colloquial._] DUNCE, blockhead.

~Sporadic~, _a._ Scattered, occurring here and there.

~Sport~, _n._ ~1.~ Play, diversion, amusement, pastime, game, fun, frolic, gambol, prank, jest, recreation, hilarity, entertainment, merriment, mirth, jollity, joviality, pleasantry, merry-making.

~2.~ Mockery, derision, mock, ridicule, contemptuous mirth.

~Sport~, _v. n._ Play, frolic, disport, wanton, skip, frisk, romp, caper, make fun, make merry.

~Sport~, _v. a._ [_Colloquial._] Exhibit, display, make a show of.

~Sportive~, _a._ Jocose, jocular, waggish, frolicsome, playful, gamesome, DAFT, facetious, funny, merry, gay, debonair, vivacious, lively, sprightly, jocund, wanton, buxom, prankish, full of play, full of fun.

~Spot~, _n._ ~1.~ Speck, blot.

~2.~ Blemish, stain, taint, flaw.

~3.~ Place, locality.

~Spot~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Make spots on, dapple, variegate.

~2.~ Stain, sully, soil, tarnish, blemish.

~3.~ [_Cant term_,] Mark, take special note of.

~Spotless~, _a._ ~1.~ Unspotted, undefaced, perfect.

~2.~ Immaculate, unstained, untainted, unblemished, untarnished, blameless, stainless, innocent, pure.

~Spotted~, _a._ Speckled, bespeckled, bespotted, dotted, freckled, spotty.

~Spotty~, _a._ SPOTTED.

~Spousal~, _a._ Matrimonial, conjugal, connubial, hymeneal, bridal, marital.

~Spousals~, _n. pl._ Nuptials, espousals, marriage.

~Spouse~, _n._ Husband or wife, married person, consort.

~Spouseless~, _a._ Unmarried.

~Spout~, _n._ ~1.~ AJUTAGE, pipe.

~2.~ Nozzle, nose.

~Spout~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Spirt, pour out (_through a narrow orifice_).

~2.~ Utter (_pompously_), mouth, declaim, speak.

~Spout~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Gush, issue.

~2.~ [_Colloquial._] Declaim, rant, make a speech, hold forth.

~Spouter~, _n._ Declaimer.

~Sprain~, _v. a._ Strain (_as a joint_), twist, wrench.

~Spray~, _n._ ~1.~ Twig, shoot, sprig.

~2.~ Foam, froth, spume.

~Spread~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Extend, expand, mantle, stretch, dilate.

~2.~ Disperse, scatter, distribute, diffuse.

~3.~ Publish, divulge, propagate, disseminate, circulate, promulgate, make known, make public, spread abroad.

~4.~ Unfold, unfurl, open.

~5.~ Cover, overspread.

~Spread~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Extend, be expanded.

~2.~ Be dispersed, be scattered.

~3.~ Circulate, be circulated, be spread abroad.

~Spread~, _n._ ~1.~ Extent, reach, compass.