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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~Temerity~, _n._ Recklessness (_of disposition_), RASHNESS, heedlessness, venturesomeness, hastiness, precipitancy, inconsiderateness, presumption, fool-hardiness, precipitation.

~Temper~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Modify, qualify, mix in due proportion.

~2.~ Soften, mollify, assuage, soothe, calm, moderate, restrain, pacify, attemper.

~3.~ Adapt, fit, suit, adjust, accommodate.

~4.~ Bring to the right degree of hardness (_as iron, by sudden cooling_).

~5.~ ANNEAL.

~Temper~, _n._ ~1.~ Due mixture, just combination.

~2.~ Constitution, temperament, nature, organization.

~3.~ Disposition, humor, frame, mood, grain.

~4.~ Calmness, moderation, equanimity, composure.

~5.~ Degree of hardness.

~6.~ [_Colloquial._] Anger, passion, irritation.

~Temperament~, _n._ Constitution, temper, nature, organization, idiosyncrasy, habit.

~Temperance~, _n._ Moderation, sobriety, soberness, self-control.

~Temperate~, _a._ ~1.~ Moderate, ABSTEMIOUS, sober.

~2.~ Chaste, continent.

~3.~ Cool, calm, dispassionate, not violent.

~4.~ Duly tempered (_as regards heat and cold_), not excessive.

~Temperature~, _n._ Degree of heat.

~Tempest~, _n._ ~1.~ Storm, hurricane, gale, squall, tornado, violent wind (_usually accompanied with rain, hail, or snow, and sometimes with thunder and lightning_).

~2.~ Excitement, tumult, disturbance, perturbation, violent outbreak.

~Tempestuous~, _a._ ~1.~ Stormy, windy, breezy, squally, gusty, blustering, boisterous.

~2.~ Violent, turbulent, tumultuous, impetuous.

~Temple~, _n._ ~1.~ FANE.

~2.~ Church, house of worship, house of God, meeting-house.

~Temporal~, _a._ ~1.~ Worldly, terrestrial, mundane, secular, of this world, of this life, not spiritual, not ecclesiastical.

~2.~ Transient, fleeting, TEMPORARY.

~Temporary~, _a._ Transitory, transient, fleeting, evanescent, ephemeral, short-lived, temporal, brief, not permanent, not eternal, for a time, of short duration.

~Temporize~, _v. n._ Trim, comply with occasions, yield to circumstances, fall in with current opinion, act the time-server, be on the fence, wait to see which way the cat will jump.

~Temporizer~, _n._ Trimmer, time-server.

~Tempt~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Try, test, prove, put to trial.

~2.~ Entice (_especially to evil_), allure, seduce, decoy, induce, inveigle, persuade, prevail upon, draw on, bring over.

~3.~ Incite, instigate, provoke, incline, dispose, prompt.

~Temptation~, _n._ ~1.~ Enticement (_especially to evil_), allurement.

~2.~ Bribe, bait, lure, decoy, golden apple, voice of the tempter, song of the Sirens.

~Tempter~, _n._ Seducer, prompter, instigator, Siren, Circe, Satan.

~Tenable~, _a._ Defensible, capable of being held or defended.

~Tenacious~, _a._ ~1.~ Retentive, apt to retain.

~2.~ Adhesive, sticky, glutinous, viscous, cohesive, smeary, dauby, clinging.

~3.~ Stubborn, obstinate, pertinacious, opinionated, opinionative, positive, pig-headed.

~Tenaciousness~, _n._ TENACITY.

~Tenacious of~, Persistent in holding, pertinacious in maintaining.

~Tenacity~, _n._ ~1.~ Retentiveness, tenaciousness.

~2.~ Adhesiveness, cohesiveness, glutinousness, viscidity.

~3.~ Stubbornness, pertinacity, obstinacy.

~Tenant~, _n._ Occupier, occupant, resident, dweller, lessee, renter.

~Tenantable~, _a._ Habitable.

~Tend~, _v. a._ Watch, guard, keep, protect, attend, accompany, nurse, take care of, wait on.

~Tend~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Attend, wait, serve, be attendant.

~2.~ Incline, lean, verge, trend, make, be directed.

~3.~ Conduce, contribute, lead.

~Tendency~, _n._ Inclination, leaning, direction, determination, bearing, bent, bias, drift, course, aim, scope, proclivity, aptitude, proneness, predisposition, propensity, turn, disposition, liability.

~Tender~, _a._ ~1.~ Soft, delicate, not firm.

~2.~ Weak, feeble, young, infantile, youthful, not strong.

~3.~ Effeminate, feminine, womanly, not hardy, not robust.

~4.~ Sensitive, easily pained.

~5.~ Compassionate, kind, affectionate, sympathetic, pitiful, merciful, lenient, mild, tender-hearted.

~6.~ Pathetic, affecting, touching.

~7.~ Painful (_to speak of or treat of_), unpleasant, disagreeable.

~Tender~, _v. a._ Offer, proffer, present, volunteer.

~Tender~, _n._ ~1.~ Attendant.

~2.~ Offer, proffer, proposal.

~Tender-hearted~, _a._ Affectionate, kind, compassionate, sympathetic, merciful, tender, pitiful.

~Tenderness~, _n._ ~1.~ Softness, delicacy, want of firmness.

~2.~ Weakness, want of strength, feebleness.

~3.~ Effeminacy, womanly quality.

~4.~ Soreness, sensitiveness.

~5.~ Compassion, kindness, sympathy, affection, pity, love, gentleness, benevolence, leniency, clemency, sensibility, mildness, benignity, humanity, loving-kindness.

~6.~ Pathos.

~7.~ Caution, carefulness.

~Tender of~, Concerned about, careful of.

~Tendon~, _n._ Sinew.

~Tendril~, _n._ (_Bot._) Filament, cirrus.

~Tenebrious~, _a._ TENEBROUS.

~Tenebrous~, _a._ Dark, dusky, darksome, gloomy, tenebrious.

~Tenement~, _n._ House, dwelling, habitation, domicile.

~Tenet~, _n._ Doctrine, dogma, opinion, notion, principle, position, belief, creed, way of thinking.

~Tenor~, _n._ ~1.~ Course, manner, fashion, mood, form, cast, cut, stamp, tone, tendency, character.

~2.~ Meaning, intent, purport, import, sense, spirit, drift, gist, significance.

~3.~ (_Music._) Highest part (_for a man's voice_).

~Tense~, _a._ Tight, stretched, strained, TAUGHT, rigid, not loose, not lax.

~Tension~, _n._ ~1.~ Stretching, straining.

~2.~ Strain, rigor, severe effort.

~3.~ (_Physics._) Expansive force, elastic force.

~Tent~, _n._ Pavilion.

~Tentacle~, _n._ Feeler.

~Tentacula~, _n. pl._ [L.] Feelers, tentacles.

~Tentative~, _a._ Trying, essaying, experimental.

~Tenth~, _n._ Tithe.

~Ten thousand~, Myriad.

~Tenuity~, _n._ ~1.~ Thinness, fineness, slenderness, exility.

~2.~ Rarity, rareness, subtility, etherealness.

~Tenure~, _n._ ~1.~ (_Law._) Manner or principle of holding (_lands and tenements_).

~2.~ Holding, use, occupation, occupancy, possession (_for the time_).

~Tepid~, _a._ Lukewarm, slightly warm.

~Tergiversation~, _n._ ~1.~ Evasion, shift, subterfuge.

~2.~ Vacillation, veering, fickleness, instability.

~Term~, _n._ ~1.~ Limit, boundary, bound, confine, bourn, mete, terminus.

~2.~ Time, season, spell, space of time, period of time.

~3.~ Word (_considered as having a definite meaning; particularly a technical word_), expression, name, denomination.

~4.~ Member (_of a syllogism, of an equation, of a fraction, of a proportion, &c._).

~Term~, _v. a._ Designate, denominate, name, style, entitle, call, phrase, dub, christen.

~Termagant~, _n._ Scold, shrew, vixen, virago, hag, beldam, Xantippe, brawling woman, turbulent woman.

~Termes~, _n._ [L. _pl. Termites_.] White ant, termite.

~Terminal~, _a._ ~1.~ Limiting, bounding.

~2.~ Final, ultimate.

~Terminate~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Bound, limit, set bounds to.

~2.~ End, conclude, complete, close, finish, bring to an end, put an end to.

~Terminate~, _v. n._ ~1.~ End, cease, close, be limited, stop short, come to an end.

~2.~ Eventuate, issue, prove, turn out.

~Termination~, _n._ ~1.~ Ending.

~2.~ Limit, bound, period.

~3.~ End, conclusion, completion, issue, result, consequence, effect.

~Terminology~, _n._ Glossology, nomenclature.

~Terminus~, _n._ [L. _pl. Termini_.] Limit, boundary, mete, term.

~Termite~, _n._ Termes, white ant.

~Terms~, _n. pl._ Conditions, stipulations, provisions.

~Tern~, _n._ Sea-swallow.

~Ternary~, _a._ Triplicate, threefold.

~Terrace~, _n._ Plateau, esplanade.

~Terra firma~, [L.] Solid earth, firm foundation.

~Terra Japonica~, [_Low L._] Catechu, gambler, cutch, Japan earth.

~Terrene~, _a._ TERRESTRIAL.

~Terrestrial~, _a._ Earthly, sublunary, mundane, worldly, terrene.

~Terrible~, _a._ Frightful, horrible, dreadful, formidable, REDOUBTABLE, fearful, GREWSOME, terrific, awful, dread, dire, tremendous.

~Terrific~, _a._ Frightful, TERRIBLE.

~Terrify~, _v. a._ Frighten, fright, affright, alarm, scare, horrify, appall, daunt, strike with terror, petrify with terror.

~Territory~, _n._ Country, domain, district, quarter, province, land.

~Terror~, _n._ Consternation, fright, alarm, affright, panic, horror, dismay, intimidation, terrorism, great fear, extreme dread.

~Terrorism~, _n._ State of terror, reign of terror.

~Terse~, _a._ Concise (_with elegance_), brief, compact, neat, pithy, sententious, not diffuse, not verbose, not prolix, not rambling, not wordy, not loose, not long-winded, not pleonastic, not tautological.

~Tessellated~, _a._ Checkered, inlaid, mosaic.

~Test~, _n._ ~1.~ Experiment, trial, proof, ordeal.

~2.~ Criterion, standard, touchstone.

~3.~ [_Chem._] Reägent.

~Test~, _v. a._ Try, prove, subject to trial, put to the proof, experiment upon, make trial of, make an experiment with, give a trial to.

~Testacea~, _n. pl._ TESTACEANS.

~Testaceans~, _n. pl._ Shell-fish (_with thick entire shells like the clam_), mollusks.

~Testament~, _n._ Will, last will and testament.

~Testify~, _v. n._ Depose, state, affirm, declare, DEPONE, protest, bear witness.

~Testify~, _v. a._ Attest, depose, state, declare, affirm, bear witness to, vouch for.

~Testimonial~, _n._ ~1.~ Credential, certificate, recommendation, voucher.

~2.~ Monument, remembrancer, record.

~Testimony~, _n._ ~1.~ Affirmation, declaration, deposition, attestation.

~2.~ Proof (_by a witness_), evidence, ground of belief.

~Testy~, _a._ Peevish, petulant, fretful, pettish, touchy, cross, waspish, snappish, choleric, splenetic, irascible, irritable, captious, hasty, quick, peppery.

~Tetanus~, _n._ [L.] (_Med._) Spasm, spasmodic contraction of the muscles.

~Tête-à-tête~, [Fr.] ~1.~ (_Adverbially._) Face to face, cheek by jowl.

~2.~ (_As a noun._) Close conversation, private conversation, familiar conference.

~Tether~, _n._ Tedder.

~Tetter~, _n._ Herpes, fret, ringworm.

~Tetter-totter~, _v. n._ See-saw, teeter, titter, titter-totter.

~Text~, _n._ ~1.~ Body (_of a literary work, as distinguished from comments_), true copy.

~2.~ Verse (_of scripture_), passage, sentence, clause, paragraph.

~3.~ Topic, subject, theme, thesis.

~Textile~, _a._ Woven.

~Texture~, _n._ ~1.~ Fabric, web.

~2.~ Structure, make, organization, constitution, tissue.

~Thank~, _v. a._ Return thanks to, make acknowledgments to.

~Thanks~, _n. pl._ Acknowledgments (_for favors_), expressions of gratitude.

~Thankful~, _a._ Grateful (_with a desire to give thanks_), obliged, beholden, indebted, under obligation.

~Thankfulness~, _n._ Gratitude (with _a desire to acknowledge it_), sense of obligation, feeling of obligation.

~Thankless~, _a._ ~1.~ Ungrateful, unthankful.

~2.~ Unpleasant (_as a service not likely to be repaid by thanks_), disagreeable, undesirable, unacceptable.

~Thaumaturgies~, _n._ THAUMATURGY.

~Thaumaturgist~, _n._ Necromancer, sorcerer, magician, conjurer, juggler, seer, wizard, prestidigitator, wonder-worker.

~Thaumaturgy~, _n._ Necromancy, magic, sorcery, witchcraft, theurgy, wonder-working, the black art, feats of magic.

~Thaw~, _v. n._ Melt (_after freezing_), dissolve, liquefy, become fluid.

~Thaw~, _v. a._ Melt (_something frozen_), dissolve.

~Thawing~, _n._ Melting, dissolving, liquefaction.

~The Advocate~, CHRIST.

~The Almighty~, GOD, Jehovah.

~The Anointed~, CHRIST.

~The Arch Enemy~, SATAN.

~The Arch Fiend~, SATAN.

~Theatre~, _n._ [Written also _Theater_.] ~1.~ Play-house.

~2.~ Scene, field, arena.

~Theatric~, _a._ ~1.~ Dramatic, scenic, histrionic.

~Theatrical~, _a._ ~1.~ Dramatic, scenic, histrionic.

~2.~ Ostentatious, showy, pompous.

~Theatricals~, _n. pl._ Dramatic performances.

~The Bible~, The Scriptures, the Old and New Testaments, the sacred volume.

~The blues~, Melancholy, dejection, depression, gloominess, sadness, despondency, hypochondria, dumps, megrims, vapors, low spirits, blue devils, depression of spirits, the dismals.

~The boards~, The stage (_of a theatre_).

~The community~, Men, persons, society, the people, the public, the world.

~The Deity~, GOD, The Almighty.

~The dismals~, Melancholy, THE BLUES.

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

~The Eternal~, GOD, The Almighty.

~The Evil One~, SATAN.

~The fair~, Women, the fair sex, the female sex.

~The Father~, GOD, The Almighty.

~The foul Fiend~, SATAN.

~Theft~, _n._ Larceny, robbery, stealing, shoplifting, pilfering, thievery.

~The great~, Great persons, persons of rank, people of distinction.

~The Great Bear~, Charles's Wain, the Wain, URSA MAJOR.

~The Holy Spirit~, The Sanctifier, The Holy Ghost, Paraclete, Comforter, The Spirit, The Spirit of God.

~The horrors~, Delirium tremens, MANIA A POTU.

~The humanities~, Belles-lettres, polite literature, elegant literature.

~Theine~, _n._ Caffeine.

~The Infinite~, GOD, The Almighty.

~The Intercessor~, CHRIST.

~The Lesser Bear~, THE LITTLE BEAR.

~The Little Bear~, The Lesser Bear, URSA MINOR.

~The Logos~, Christ.

~The Lord's Day~, Sunday, the Sabbath, the Christian Sabbath, the day of rest.

~Theme~, _n._ ~1.~ Subject, topic, text, thesis.

~2.~ Essay (_as a school exercise_), dissertation, composition.

~3.~ (_Gram._) Radical word.

~The Mediator~, CHRIST.

~The Messiah~, CHRIST.

~The Muses~, The tuneful Nine, the tuneful quire, MUSES.

~Then~, _ad._ ~1.~ At that time.

~2.~ Afterwards, next, soon afterwards.

~3.~ Hereafter, at another time, sooner or later.

~4.~ Therefore, for this reason, on that account.

~5.~ That time.

~Then~, _conj._ In that case.

~Thence~, _ad._ ~1.~ From that place.

~2.~ Thenceforth, from that time.

~3.~ Therefore, then, for that reason, on that account.

~Thenceforth~, _ad._ Thence, thenceforward, from that time.

~Thenceforward~, _ad._ THENCEFORTH.

~The Old Serpent~, SATAN.

~Theologian~, _n._ Divine.

~Theologic~, _a._ Divine, religious. ~Theological~, _a._ Divine, religious.

~Theology~, _n._ Divinity, true doctrine concerning God and his relations to man, scientific statement of the facts of religion.

~Theorem~, _n._ Proposition (_to be demonstrated_), position, dictum, thesis.

~Theoretic~, _a._ Speculative, conjectural, hypothetical, unpractical, not practical.

~Theoretical~, _a._ Speculative, conjectural, hypothetical, unpractical, not practical.

~Theorist~, _n._ THEORIZER.

~Theorize~, _v. n._ Speculate, form theories.

~Theorizer~, _n._ Speculator, theorist, man of abstractions, philosopher.

~Theory~, _n._ ~1.~ Speculation, hypothesis, assumption, conjecture, postulate, plan, scheme, system.

~2.~ Science, philosophy, doctrine, abstract principles.

~3.~ Exposition, rationale, reason.

~The people~, THE PUBLIC.

~The Porch~, The Stoic philosophy, philosophy of Zeno.

~The poor~, Paupers, indigent people.

~The Preserver~, GOD, The Almighty.

~The Prince of Darkness~, SATAN.

~The public~, Persons, men, society, the people, the community, the world.

~The quality~, Nobility, gentry, noblesse, aristocracy, persons of rank.

~Therapeutic~, _a._ Curative.

~Therapeutical~, _a._ Curative.

~There~, _ad._ In that place.

~Thereabout~, _ad._ ~1.~ Nearly, about that, somewhere about that.

~Thereabouts~, _ad._ ~1.~ Nearly, about that, somewhere about that.

~2.~ Near that place.

~Thereafter~, _ad._ ~1.~ Afterwards, subsequently, after that.

~2.~ Accordingly, according to that.

~Thereby~, _ad._ By that means, in consequence of that.

~The Redeemer~, CHRIST.

~Therefore~, _conj. & ad._ ~1.~ Thence, then, for that reason, on that account, for that.

~2.~ Consequently, accordingly, by consequence.

~Therein~, _ad._ In that, in this.

~Thereof~, _ad._ Of that, of this.

~Thereon~, _ad._ On that, on this.

~Thereto~, _ad._ To that, to this.

~Thereupon~, _ad._ ~1.~ Upon that, upon this.

~2.~ Immediately, at once, without delay.

~Therewith~, _ad._ With that, with this.

~Theriac~, _n._ THERIACA.

~Theriaca~, _n._ (_Med._) Treacle, theriac.

~Thermal~, _a._ ~1.~ Warm, hot.

~2.~ As respects heat.

~The Sabbath~, Sunday, the Lord's day, the Christian Sabbath, the day of rest.

~The Saviour~, CHRIST.

~The Sanctifier~, The Holy Spirit, THE SPIRIT.

~Thesaurus~, _n._ [L.] ~1.~ Treasury, storehouse.

~2.~ Repository (_especially of knowledge_).

~Thesis~, _n._ ~1.~ Proposition, position, dictum, doctrine.

~2.~ Theme, subject, topic, text.

~3.~ Essay, dissertation, composition.

~The Spirit~, Holy Spirit, Holy Ghost, The Spirit of God, The Sanctifier, Paraclete, Comforter.

~The Subscriber~, The undersigned.

~The Tempter~, SATAN.

~The Trinity~, GOD, The Almighty, The Godhead (_consisting of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost_), The Holy Trinity.

~The Twins~, (_Astron._) Gemini.

~The undersigned~, The subscriber or the subscribers.

~The vulgar~, The populace, the multitude, the rabble, the crowd, the common people, the dregs of the people, the scum of society.

~Theurgy~, _n._ Necromancy, witchcraft, sorcery, magic, thaumaturgy, wonder-working, the black art, feats of magic.

~The Wain~, Charles's Wain, The Great Bear, URSA MAJOR.

~The Wicked One~, SATAN.

~The Word~, ~1.~ CHRIST, The Logos.

~2.~ The Bible, The Word of God.

~Thews~, _n. pl._ Muscles, sinews, brawn, muscular strength.

~Thick~, _a._ ~1.~ Not thin (_in measure_).

~2.~ Dumpy, squab, squat, plump, bulky.

~3.~ Dense, gross, inspissate, inspissated, not thin (_in consistence_).

~4.~ Turbid, muddy, roiled, not clear, not transparent.

~5.~ Abundant, frequent, close, compact, crowded, closely set, in quick succession.

~6.~ Indistinct, inarticulate.

~7.~ Dull, not quick.

~8.~ [_Colloquial._] Intimate, familiar, friendly, hand and glove, hail fellow well met.

~Thick~, _n._ Thickest part.

~Thick~, _ad._ ~1.~ Frequently, fast, quick.

~2.~ Densely, closely, thickly.

~3.~ To a great depth.

~Thicken~, _v. a._ Inspissate, make thick.

~Thicken~, _v. n._ Grow thick, become inspissated.

~Thicket~, Grove, copse, wood, forest, jungle, brake.

~Thick-head~, _n._ THICK-SKULL.

~Thick lip~, Blobber-lip.

~Thick-lipped~, _a._ Blobber-lipped.

~Thick-skull~, _n._ Blockhead, DUNCE.

~Thick-skulled~, _a._ Foolish, ADDLE-HEADED.

~Thief~, _n._ Pickpocket, shop-lifter, thief, pilferer, cutpurse, petty robber.

~Thievery~, _n._ Larceny, stealing, thieving, shoplifting, pilfering, theft, petty robbery, petty larceny.

~Thieving~, _n._ THIEVERY.

~Thievish~, _a._ Given to stealing, inclined to theft.

~Thievishness~, _n._ Cleptomania, klopemania, propensity to steal, mania for stealing.

~Thigh~, _n._ Haunch, hip.

~Thills~, _n. pl._ Shafts.

~Thill-horse~, _n._ Shaft-horse.

~Thimble-berry~, _n._ Black raspberry (_Rubus Occidentalis_).

~Thin~, _a._ ~1.~ Not thick (_in measure_).

~2.~ Slender, slim, meagre, lean, poor, gaunt, SCRAWNY, scraggy, skinny, lank, shrunk, emaciated, fallen away.

~3.~ Rare, subtile, attenuated, dilute, not dense, not gross, not thick (_in consistence_).

~4.~ Sparse, scanty, not close, not compact, not crowded, not abundant.

~5.~ Slight, flimsy.

~6.~ Small, fine, not full.

~Thin~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Make thin.

~2.~ Rarefy, attenuate, dilute, make less dense.

~Thing~, _n._ ~1.~ Being (_animate or inanimate_), creature, substance, body, object, created being.

~2.~ Inanimate object, lump of matter, lifeless substance.

~3.~ Event, transaction, deed, act, action, occurrence, circumstance, matter.

~4.~ Part, portion, something.

~Think~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Cogitate, reflect, meditate, ponder, muse, contemplate, exercise the mind.

~2.~ Deliberate, consider, reason.

~3.~ Conclude, determine, judge, suppose, imagine, fancy, believe, deem, ween, OPINE, have an opinion, be of opinion.

~Think~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Imagine, conceive, entertain an idea of, cherish a thought of.

~2.~ Consider, regard, hold, believe, judge, suppose, esteem, deem, account, count, reckon, look upon.

~Thinkable~, _a._ Cogitable, conceivable.

~Thinking~, _n._ ~1.~ Reflection, meditation, cogitation, musing, contemplation.

~2.~ Judgment, opinion, thought, belief.

~Think well of~, ~1.~ Esteem, have a good opinion of, have a high opinion of.

~2.~ Approve, commend, think favorably of.

~Thinness~, _n._ ~1.~ Slenderness, fineness, exility.

~2.~ Rarity, rareness, tenuity, subtility, etherealness.

~3.~ Sparseness, scantiness, paucity, fewness.

~Thin-skinned~, _a._ Sensitive, irritable.

~Third~, _n._ Third part.

~Thirst~, _n._ ~1.~ Desire for drink.

~2.~ Desire, longing, craving.

~Thirst~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Desire to drink.

~2.~ Desire, long, crave, hanker.

~Thirsty~, _a._ ~1.~ Suffering from thirst.

~2.~ Dry, parched, without moisture.

~3.~ Longing, craving, greedy, eager.

~Thither~, _ad._ To that place.

~Thorax~, _n._ Chest, breast, trunk (_of the body_).

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

~2.~ Annoyance, plague, nuisance, infliction, trouble, scourge, torment, bitter pill, curse, gall and wormwood.

~Thorn-apple~, _n._ Stramonium, stramony, apple Peru, Jamestown weed (_Datura stramonium_).

~Thorny~, _a._ ~1.~ Spiny, spinose, spinous, prickly, briery.

~2.~ Pricking, sharp, pointed.

~3.~ Troublesome, vexatious, annoying, harassing, perplexing.

~Thorough~, _a._ Complete, entire, total, perfect, full.

~Thorough-bred~, _a._ ~1.~ Instructed, accomplished, finished, practised, qualified, trained, proficient, able, well educated, well versed, AU FAIT.

~2.~ Of full blood (_as horses_).

~Thoroughfare~, _n._ Passage (_free from obstruction_), street, road, way.

~Thoroughwort~, _n._ Boneset, ague-weed, Indian sage, feverwort (_Eupatorium perfoliatum_).

~Though~, _conj._ ~1.~ Although, granting, admitting, allowing, notwithstanding that.

~2.~ However, yet, nevertheless.

~Thought~, _n._ ~1.~ Cogitation, reflection, meditation, musing, contemplation, thinking.

~2.~ Idea, conception, conceit, fancy, imagination.

~3.~ Judgment, conclusion, opinion, notion.

~4.~ Deliberation, consideration, reasoning.

~5.~ Design, purpose, intention.

~Thoughtful~, _a._ ~1.~ Contemplative, reflective, pensive, speculative, deliberative, studious, sedate.

~2.~ Careful, heedful, regardful, mindful, attentive, considerate, circumspect, wary, discreet, prudent.

~Thoughtless~, _a._ Heedless, regardless, careless, listless, neglectful, negligent, inattentive, inconsiderate, unmindful, unwatchful, inadvertent, giddy, flighty, reckless, headlong, hare- brained, giddy-brained, light-headed.

~Thoughtlessness~, _n._ Inattention, heedlessness, carelessness, absence of mind, inadvertence, neglect, oversight.

~Thraldom~, _n._ [Written also _Thralldom_.] Slavery, servitude, subjection, bondage, vassalage, serfdom, enslavement, enthralment, thrall.

~Thrall~, _n._ ~1.~ Slave, bondman, vassal, serf.

~2.~ Slavery, THRALDOM.

~Thrash~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Thresh.

~2.~ Drub, maul, pommel, beat, flog, bruise, thwack, LICK, LAMM, WALLOP.

~Thrasher~, _n._ ~1.~ Fox-shark, sea-fox, sea-ape (_Carcharias vulpes_).

~2.~ Brown thrush, French mockingbird (_Tardus rufus_).

~Thrasonical~, _a._ Boastful, bragging, vain-glorious.

~Thread~, _n._ ~1.~ Filament, fibre, staple, pile, small string.

~2.~ Course, tenor.

~Thread~, _v. a._ Thrid, go through, pass through.

~Threadbare~, _a._ ~1.~ Napless, worn out.

~2.~ Trite, hackneyed, stale, beaten, common, commonplace.

~Thread-shaped~, _a._ Filiform, filamentous.

~Threat~, _n._ Menace, denunciation.

~Threaten~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Menace, denounce, defy.

~2.~ Portend, presage, forebode, augur, foreshadow, prognosticate, indicate.

~Threaten~, _v. n._ Impend, be near at hand, be imminent, stare one in the face.

~Threatening~, _a._ Menacing, impending, impendent, imminent, minatory.

~Threatening~, _n._ Commination, threat, denunciation, menace.

~Threescore~, _a._ Sixty.

~Three sheets in the wind~, (_Sailor's phrase._) TIGHT, fuddled, somewhat intoxicated, HALF SEAS OVER.

~Three-valved~, _a._ Trivalvular.

~Thresh~, _v. a._ Thrash.

~Threshold~, _n._ ~1.~ Doorsill.

~2.~ Entrance, outset, beginning, commencement, start.

~Thrice~, _ad._ Three times.

~Thrid~, _v. a._ Thread, go through, pass through.