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suit, n. wooing, courtship, addresses; prosecution, action, lawsuit; retinue, suite; petition, solicitation, entreaty, request. Associated words: champerty, maintenance. See lawsuit.
suit, v. fit, adapt, adjust; please, gratify, satisfy; accord, comport, agree.
suitable, a. fitting, accordant, proper, becoming, congruous, consistent, congruent.
suite, n. retinue, staff, train of attendants.
sulky, a. sullen, morose, surly, moody.
sullen, a. morose, unamiable, sulky, intractable.
sulphur, n. brimstone.
sulphuric acid. oil of vitriol.
sum, n. amount, total, aggregate, sum total; problem, example.
sum, v. cast up, add, compute; summarize.
summary, n. recapitulation, epitome, résumé, synopsis.
summer, n. Associated Words: æstival, æstivate, æstivation.
summing up. résumé, recapitulation, peroration.
summit, n. top, pinnacle, zenith, apex, vertex, culmination.
summoner, n. apparitor.
sum up. summarize, recapitulate.
sun, n. Sol. Associated Words:: heliography, heliometry, solar, solstice, solarize, anthelion, parhelion, halo, heliocentric, actinometer, actinometry, heliacal, heliograph, equinox, astronomy, astronomer, photosphere, helioscope, heliostat, paranthelion, maculæ, Hyperion.
sun bath. insolation.
sunburnt, a. tanned, blowzy, bronzed.
Sunday, n. the Lord's day. Associated Word: dominical.
sundial, n. Associated Words: sciotheric, gnomon, gnomonics, gnomonolcgy, style, gnomonist, dialing.
sundog, n. parhelion.
sundry, a. several, divers, various.
sunny, a. genial, pleasant, cloudless, radiant.
sunrise, n. daybreak, dawn, aurora.
sun room. solarium.
sunshade, n. parasol; awning, shade.
sun's path. ecliptic.
sun spots. faculæ.
sunstroke, n. insolation, siriasis, _coup de soleil_.
sun-worship, n. heliolatry, Sabianism.
sun-worshiper, n. heliolater.
super, n. supernumerary.
superabundance, n. redundancy, excess, surfeit, superfluity, exuberance, plethora.
superabundant, a. superfluous, redundant, excessive, plethoric.
superb, n. magnificent, grand, august, elegant.
superfluity, n. superabundance, surplusage. See superabundance.
superfluous, a. superabundant, redundant, excessive, supernumerary.
superintendent, n. overseer, guardian, supervisor, custodian, intendant, manager, controller, principal, curator, warden.
superior, a. more excellent, surpassing, paramount, predominant.
superiority, n. predominancy, preëminence, ascendency, supremacy.
supernatural, a. miraculous, preternatural, hyperphysical.
supersede, v. replace, displace, supplant.
supine, a. negligent, heedless, listless, indolent, careless.
supplant, v. remove, displace, supersede.
supple, a. flexible, pliant, lithe. See flexible.
supplement, n. continuation, appendix, postscript, addition, addendum.
supply, v. furnish, afford, yield, replenish, recruit, stock.
support, v. prop, brace, bolster, uphold, sustain; maintain, keep, provide for; verify, substantiate, ratify, corroborate, confirm; vindicate, defend, maintain; second, back, aid. Antonyms: desert, undermine, weaken, repudiate, oppose.
support, n. prop, buttress, brace, fulcrum, bolster, stanchion, shore, staddle, supporter; maintenance, sustenance, subsistence, finding, livelihood; base, foundation, basis; assistance, espousal, advocacy, countenance; Caryatid. Antonyms: nonsupport, opposition, desertion, repudiation.
supporter, n. advocate, adherent, defender, pillar, paraclete, sustainer, upholder, support.
suppose, v. assume, conjecture, presume, imagine, believe, imply, surmise.
supposed, a. assumed, presumed, putative.
supposition, n. hypothesis, conjecture, surmise, assumption, presumption, postulate.
suppositional, a. hypothetical, conjectural, supposed, assumed.
suppress, v. quell, overpower, put down; check, repress, restrain; secrete, conceal.
suppression, n. quelling, overthrow; repression, restraint; concealment, secretion.
supreme, a. transcendent, preëminent, superlative, paramount, predominant.
surcingle, n. girth.
sure, a. certain, inevitable; positive, confident, assured, sanguine, convinced; unfailing, infallible, unerring, inerrable, abiding, stable, trustworthy, reliable, dependable, secure, safe. Antonyms: uncertain, doubtful, dubious.
sureness, n. certainty, inevitability, assurance, certitude, safety, positiveness.
surety, n. sureness, certainty; security, pledge, guaranty; bondsman; substitute, hostage; sponsor; ratification, corroboration.
surface, n. exterior, outside, superficies.
surfeit, n. fullness, repletion, satiety; superabundance, plethora.
surgeon's case of instruments. tweese.
surgery, n. aciurgy.
surly, a. morose, sullen, crabbed, unamiable, gruff, inurbane, snarling, crusty.
surmise, v. suppose, conjecture, suspect, guess, opine.
surmise, n. supposition, conjecture, guess, suspicion.
surmount, v. overtop; conquer, overcome, vanquish.
surmountable, a. superable, conquerable. Antonyms: insuperable, unsurmountable.
surname, n. patronymic, cognomen.
surpass, v. excel, exceed, outdo, outstrip, transcend.
surpassing, a. exceeding, superior, preëminent, transcendent, supereminent.
surplus, n. surplusage, excess, overplus, residue, remainder.
surprise, v. amaze, astonish, astound.
surprise, n. amazement, astonishment.
surprising, a. astonishing, amazing, astounding, marvelous.
surrender, v. relinquish, yield, abandon, capitulate, waive, remit.
surrender, n. relinquishment, capitulation, yielding.
surround, v. enclose, encircle, encompass, environ, hem in, corral, invest, intrench.
surrounding, a. circumambient, encompassing, encircling ambient, enveloping.
surroundings, n. pl. environment, entourage.
surveying, n. survey, chorometry; geodesy. Associated Words: theodolite, transit, perambulator.
susceptible, a. sensitive, impressionable, impressible, tender.
suspect, v. mistrust, distrust, doubt; conjecture, surmise.
suspenders, n. pl. gallowses, braces.
suspense, n. uncertainty, wavering, hesitation, irresolution.
suspension, n. pendency; delay, respite, postponement, abeyance.
suspicion, n. mistrust, misgiving, distrust; surmise, conjecture, supposition; (Colloq.) suggestion, hint.
swag, n. (Slang) booty, boodle, loot, plunder, spoil.
swaggering, n. blustering, boasting, roistering.
swallow, v. ingurgitate; gulp, bolt, engorge, englut; ingulf, suck in, absorb, submerge, engulf, overwhelm; accept, believe, credit; appropriate, arrogate, monopolize, engross; bear, brook, tolerate, pocket.
swallowing, n. deglutition, ingurgitation, absorption. Antonym: aglutition.
swamp, n. marsh, morass, slough, quagmire, bog, fen, marish. Associated Words: paludine, paludinous, paludism, paludose, palustrine, draco, muck, effluvium, malaria, miasma.
swamp, v. engulf, overwhelm, submerge.
swampy, a. boggy, fenny, marshy, sloughy, slumpy, queachy.
swan, n. cob (male); cygnet (young).
swap, v. (Colloq.) exchange, trade.
swarm, v. teem.
swarming, a. teeming.
swashing, a. heavy, violent, crushing.
sway, n. dominion, domination, rule.
swear, v. blaspheme, curse, imprecate, use profane language.
swearing, n. profanity, oath, blasphemy, expletive, cursing, imprecation.
sweat, v. perspire; exude.
sweat, n. perspiration; exudation. Associated Words: sudoriferous, sudoral, sudorific, sudatory, diaphoretic, diaphoresis, perspiratory, empasm, bagnio, adiophoretic.
sweating-bath, n. sudatory, sudatorium, vapor-bath.
Swedish Parliament. Riksdag.
sweet, a. saccharine, honeyed, sugary, nectarean, ambrosial, nectareous; dulcet, melodious, harmonious, mellifluous, silvery, symphonious, tuneful; winsome, winning. Antonyms: bitter, acrid, tart, sour.
sweetbread, n. pancreas.
sweeten, v. dulcify, edulcorate; purify, disinfect, fumigate, deodorize.
sweetening, n. dulcification, edulcoration.
sweetheart, n. (male) lover, inamorato, beau, flame, spark, swain, suitor; (female) ladylove, mistress, inamorata, dulcinea, darling, flame, amaryllis.
sweets, n. pl. confectionery, sweetmeats.
sweet-smelling, a. fragrant, redolent, balmy, aromatic, savory, sweet-scented.
swell, v. distend, dilate, expand, bloat, puff up, tumefy, intumesce; increase, augment; heave, surge; protuberate; strut, swagger.
swell, n. swelling; augmentation, increase; protuberance, bulge; elevation, rise.
swell, a. (Slang) fashionable, elegant, distinguished, exquisite.--n. exquisite, fop, dandy.
swelled, a. swollen, tumid, enlarged, bloated, protuberant, turgid.
swelling, n. intumescence, turgescence, prominence, protuberance, bump, node, blain, distention. Antonyms: subsidence, detumescence.
swelling, a. turgent, tumefacient, tumid, turgid; grandiloquent, bombastic, grandiose.
swerve, v. deviate, deflect, diverge, turn aside.
swift, a. fleet, rapid, fast, speedy, quick.
swiftness, n. celerity, velocity, speed, rapidity, fleetness, quickness.
swill, n. hogwash, swillings, draff.
swimming, n. natation; dizziness, vertigo, giddiness; transnatation, supernatation. Associated Words: natatorial, natant, natatorious, natatorium, natatory.
swimming birds. Natatores.
swindle, n. See cheat.
swine, n. pl. hogs. Associated Word: porcine.
swing, v. oscillate, vibrate; sway, brandish, flourish, wave.
swing, n. swinging; free course, liberty, unrestraint, sweep.
swinging, n. oscillation, vibration.
swinging, a. oscillatory, oscillating, vibratory.
swipe, v. strike; (Slang) steal, pluck, snatch, purloin.
Swiss, n. Switzer, Helvetian.--a. Helvetic.
Swiss Federal Council. Bundesrath.
switch, v. whip, flog; shunt, shift.
swollen, a. tumid, tumefied, bloated, purled up.
sword, n. rapier, saber, scimiter, brand, curtana, claymore, smallsword, glaive, broadsword, cutlass, Damascus blade, spadroon, creese. Associated Words: scabbard, sheathe, unsheathe, forte, hilt, sheath, foible, foil, fence, fencer, gladiatorial, gladiatorism, gladiature.
swordfight, n. fencing, swordplay.
sword of mercy. curtana.
sword player, n. fencer; gladiator.
sword-shaped, a. ensiform.
sycophancy, n. obsequiousness, fawning, truckling, servility, sycophantism.
sycophant, n. fawner, toady, flunky, lickspittle.
sycophantic, a. obsequious, fawning, adulatory, servile.
syllabus, n. compendium, abstract, synopsis.
symbolic, a. typical, emblematical.
symbolize, v. typify, emblematize.
symmetry, n. proportion, shapeliness. Antonyms: asymmetry, disproportion.
sympathetic, a. compassionate, commiserating, pitiful, kind, tender.
sympathize, v. have sympathy, commiserate, condole with; agree, be in accord.
sympathy, n. fellow-feeling, tenderness; pity, commiseration, compassion, condolence; accord, agreement, rapport, concord. Antonyms: antipathy, incompassion, inclemency, disagreement, incompatibility.
symptom, n. indication, mark, sign, evidence, diagnostic. Associated words: symptomatic, rymptomatology, semeiology, semeiotic, semeiography, pathognomonic, diagnosticate, diagnosis.
synopsis, n. syllabus, compendium, abstract, summary, epitome, digest.
system, n. method, order. Antonyms: chaos, confusion, disorder.
systematic, a. methodical, orderly. Antonyms: unsystematic, chaotic, immethodical.
systematize, v. methodize, classify.
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Tab, n. (Colloq.) account, reckoning, check, tally, score.
table, n. tablet; schedule, synopsis, index, list; trivet (three-legged table). Associated word: mensal.
table, v. tabulate, tabularize.
tableland, n. plateau, mesa (Southwestern U.S.).
table linen. napery.
tablet, n. lozenge, troche, trochiscus.
taboo, n. interdiction, prohibition, proscription.
taboo, v. interdict, prohibit, proscribe.
taboo, a. prohibited, forbidden, interdicted, proscribed.
tackle, n. gear, implements, equipment, rigging, apparatus.
tacky, a. sticky, adhesive; (Colloq.) dowdy, shabby, unkempt, seedy.
tadpole, n. polliwog.
taffy, n. toffy, candy; (Slang) flattery, blandishment, blarney.
tail, n. Associated Words: caudal, dock, scut, prehensile, caudate, bicaudal, rump, uropygium.
tailless, a. acaudate, anurous.
tailor, n. Associated Word: sartorial.
tailpiece, n. appendage.
taint, v. imbue, impregnate, corrupt, infect, vitiate, sully, besmirch, discolor, contaminate.
taint, n. infection, contamination, vitiation, defilement, pollution.
tainted, a. infected, contaminated, defiled, imbued, vitiated, polluted.
take, v. seize, grasp, clutch, procure, clasp, catch; confiscate, appropriate, usurp, arrogate; deprehend, apprehend; require, need; select, choose.
take back. recant, retract, recall, revoke, rescind, disavow, resume.
take in. comprise, encompass, comprehend, include, embrace.
take-in, n. (Colloq.) imposition, fraud, deception, swindle, cheat, hoax.
taken, p.p. charmed, captivated, enamored, fascinated.
take off. doff, remove, divest one's self of.
take-off, n. caricature, burlesque, travesty, parody.
take the place of. supplant, supersede, displace, substitute.
take upon one's self. assume, undertake; arrogate, usurp.
taking, a. alluring, fascinating, winning, charming, captivating.
taking, n. seizure, apprehension; reprisal; prehension.
taking back. recantation, retraction, resumption, disavowal, revocation.
tale, n. story, romance, parable, apologue, legend, fable, narrative, myth, jeremiad (tale of sorrow).
tale-bearer, n. scandal-monger, busybody, quidnunc, tattler, telltale, tabby, gossip.
talent, n. endowment, faculty, gift, forte, knack, genius.
talented, a. gifted, endowed, clever.
talk, v. speak, converse, confer, confabulate, consult; babble, prattle, prate, chatter, gabble, gibber, blather; expatiate, descant, comment, harp, rant; palaver.
talk, n. conversation, converse, colloquy, conference, confabulation, chat, parley, _causerie_, parlance, confab; dialogue, interlocution; soliloquy, monologue; palaver, buncombe, blarney, blandishment, flattery, flummery; chaff, banter, raillery, persiflage, badinage, asteistn; chatter, babble, chit chat, gibberish, jargon, twaddle, fustian, moonshine, hanky-panky, jabbering, rhapsody, rant, grandiloquence; expatiation, descant.
talkative, a. garrulous, loquacious, communicative, voluble, unreserved. Antonyms: reserved, reticent, uncommunicative, silent, still.
talkativeness, n. garrulity, loquacity, communicativeness multiloquence. Antonyms: reserve, reticence, taciturnity.
talker, n. conversationalist; interlocutor; chatterer, babler, magpie, chatterbox.
tall, a. lofty, high, towering.
tally, n. mate, match, counterpart; score, account, record.
tally, v. match, conform, agree, correspond, coincide, square, comport, accord.
tame, v. domesticate, reclaim, break; discipline, subjugate, conquer, repress.
tame, a. docile, domesticated, gentle; prosy, dull, vapid; submissive, subdued.
tamper, v. meddle, tinker.
tangible, a. palpable, tactile, material; substantial, evident, perceptible, obvious.
tangle, v. snarl, entangle, interweave; embroil, insnare, entrap, involve, perplex, enmesh. Antonyms: disentangle, unravel, extricate.
tangle, n. snarl, complication, intricacy; imbroglio, perplexity. Antonyms: disentanglement, extrication.
tangled, a. entangled, complicated, tangly, snarled, intricate, involved.
tank, n. reservoir, vat.
tantalize, v. torment, plague, vex, disappoint.
tap, n. stopper, plug, spigot, spile, faucet.
tap, v. broach.
tape needle. bodkin.
tapering, a. conical, taper, pyramidal, fusiform.
tapeworms, n. pl. tænia. Associated Words: tæniafuge, tæniacide, tænioid, tæniid, proglottis, segment, cysticercus, cestode, measles.
tardy, a. slow, sluggish; dilatory, reluctant, behindhand, late. Antonyms: punctual, prompt.
tarnish, v. dim, sully, besmirch, blacken, deface.
task, n. work, labor, assignment, stint; study, lesson, exercise.
taste, n. tasting gustation, degustation; flavor, savor, tang, race, relish, _goût_, saporosity, sapor, gusto, gust, sapidity; liking, fondness, appetite, appetency; tincture, infusion, dash, _soupçon_; discernment, discrimination; foretaste, prelibation. Antonyms: dowdiness, tawdriness, distaste vulgarity. Associated Words: gustatory, saporific.
tasteful, a. palatable, savory, relishable, toothsome, gustable, delicious.
tasteless, a. insipid, flat, unpalatable, vapid.
tastelessness, n. insipidity, vapidity.
tasty, a. tasteful, neat. Antonyms: dowdy, tawdry, meretricious, inartistic.
tattle, v. tell, divulge, blab, peach.
tattler, n. tale-bearer, gossip, quidnunc, news-monger, busybody.
taunt, v. ridicule, deride, mock, reproach, revile, jeer twit, gibe.
taunt, n. ridicule, derision, jeer, reproach, gibe, quip, quirk.
taunting, a. reviling, derisive, jeering, sarcastic.
tawdry, a. gaudy, meretricious, showy, flashy, inelegant.
tax, n. assessment, toll, excise, levy, tribute, custom, duty, impost; capitation, poll-tax; charge, exaction.
tax, v. assess; exact, demand, task.
taxable, a. assessable.
tea, n. Associated Words: theine, thea, theism, samovar, caddy, theiform, maté, canister, cabaret, tannin.
teach, v. instruct, inform, educate, discipline, train, indoctrinate, school, enlighten, drill, tutor, instill, inculcate, coach.
teachable, a. docile, tractable, apt, bright.
teacher, n. instructor, tutor, master, pedagogue, preceptor, preceptress, governess, coach, usher, mentor; pl. faculty.
teaching, n. instruction, education, breeding, enlightenment, inculcation, tuition, tutoring, indoctrination. Associated Words: pedagogy, pedagogics, didactics, paideutics, propædeutics, didactic, instructive, propædeutic, pædeutic, pedagogic, pedagogism, didacticism.
team, n. span, pair.
tear, n. rent, fissure, rip.
tear, v. rend, rip, lacerate, dilacerate, sunder, dismember; fume, rage, rave, rant, storm.
tearful, a. lachrymose, weeping, maudlin.
tearing, n. rending, laceration, lancination, ripping, dismemberment.
tears, n. pl. Associated Words: lachrymal, lachrymation, lachrymatory, lachrymals, lachrymiform, lachrymary.
tease, v. torment, plague, tantalize, hector, taunt, harass, badger.
teat, n. nipple, pap, dug, mammilla.
tedious, a. tiresome, wearisome, irksome, humdrum, monotonous.
tedium, n. tediousness, humdrum.
teem, v. multiply, be prolific, abound, overflow, swarm.
teeming, a. prolific, abounding, replete, overflowing, rife.
teeter, v. seesaw, titter, titter-totter.
teeth, n. pl. biters, incisors, molars, bicuspids, grinders, tusks, wisdom teeth, eye teeth, canine teeth, fangs. Associated Words: odontology, dentist, dentistry, dental, odontography, dentiloquy, denture, cement, tartar, pyorrhea, gnash, alveoli, corona, dentifrice, dentilave, pulp, dentiform, dentilation, cusp, overshot.
teething, n. dentition, odontiasis.
teetotaler, n. nephalist, total abstainer.
teetotalism, n. nephalism, abstinence (from spirituous liquors), temperance.
tell, v. mention, recount, relate, narrate, enumerate, advise, inform, recite, disclose, bruit, divulge, proclaim, expose, apprise, peach, communicate, acquaint, notify, reveal, discern. Antonyms: suppress, reserve, withhold, forbear.
telling, n. notification, apprising, communication, relation, narration, recital, divulgement.
telling, a. effective, cogent, potent, conclusive.
telltale, n. tattler.
temerity, n. audacity, boldness, presumption, recklessness, foolhardiness, rashness.
temper, v. qualify, modify, moderate, appease; anneal.
temper, n. mood, disposition, humor; passion.
temperament, n. constitution, nature, temper, disposition.
temperance, n. sobriety, nephalism, moderation.
temperate, a. moderate; dispassionate, calm; abstemious, sober, self-denying.
tempest, n. storm, tumult, commotion, disturbance.
tempestuous, a. See stormy.
temple, n. fane, church, sanctuary, tabernacle; teocalli, pagoda, mosque, hieron, marai.
temporal, a. secular, worldly; temporary; political, civil.
temporary, a. transitory, transient, temporal, impermanent, ephemeral, fleeting.
tempt, v. seduce, entice, decoy, allure, induce; provoke, incite, instigate.
temptation, n. seduction, allurement, enticement, attraction; decoy, lure, bait, inducement.
tempter, n. seducer, siren, Circe.
tempting, a. enticing, alluring, seductive.
ten, n. Associated Words: decimal, decimate, decimation, denary, decemvir, decemvirate.
tenacious, a. retentive; cohesive, tough; pertinacious, persistent.
tenacity, n. retentiveness; cohesiveness, toughness; pertinacity, persistency.
tend, v. conduce, contribute; attend, accompany, guard; incline, lean.
tendency, n. drift, inclination, proclivity, proneness, propensity, bent, predisposition.
tender, a. delicate, fragile, sensitive, susceptible; pathetic, touching, plaintive; sympathetic, pitiful, compassionate, kind. Antonyms: tough, strong.
tender, n. attendant; offer, proposal, overture, proposition.
tender, v. offer, present, proffer, propose.
ten dollars. eagle.
tent, n. pavilion, tabernacle, marquee, tilt, wigwam, tepee; pl. tentage.
tenth, n. tithe, tithing; decimal.
ten thousand. myriad. Associated Word: myriarch.
ten years. decade, decennium, decennary. Associated Words: decennial, decennially.
terms, n. pl. stipulations, conditions; terminology, nomenclature.
terrace, n. esplanade, plateau.
terrible, a. dreadful, formidable, shocking, horrible, frightful, dire, grewsome, nefarious; (Colloq.) severe, extreme, excessive, immoderate.
terrify, v. appall, intimidate, daunt, horrify, alarm, shock, frighten.
territory, n. province, region, district.
terror, n. alarm, consternation, dismay, panic, fright, affright.
test, n. trial, ordeal; standard, touchstone, criterion; crucible.
test, v. try, prove, assay.
testicles, n. pl. testes. Associated Words: castrate, castration, testicular, emasculate, alter, geld, spade, eunuch, varicocele, scrotum, orchitis, suspensory, orchotomy, sarcocele, hydrocele, parorchis, orchialgia, orchic, spermatic, semen, monorchism, epididymis, gubernaculum, gonad.
testify, v. depose, attest, asseverate, verify.
testimonial, n. credential, certificate, voucher.
testimony, n. attestation, deposition, corroboration; witness, evidence.
testy, a. irritable, choleric, captious.
tetter, n. ringworm, herpes, fret.
text, n. passage, pericope; subject, topic, theme.
texture, n. fabric, web; grain, structure, contexture.
thankful, a. grateful.
thankfulness, n. gratitude. Antonyms: unthankfulness, ingratitude.
thankless, a. unthankful, ungrateful; unacceptable, unappreciated.
thanks, n. pl. gramercy (many thanks).
theater, n. playhouse; odeon, lyceum; arena, stage, scene, field.
theatrical, a. dramatic, histrionic, scenic; stagy, artificial.
theft, n. See stealing.
theory, n. hypothesis.
thick, a. dense, coagulated, crass, gross, inspissate, inspissated, grumous, incrassated; compact, turbid, roily, feculent, muddy; (Colloq.) intimate, confidential.
thicken, v. coagulate, condense, inspissate, curdle, concrete, incrassate.
thickening, a. inspissant.
thickening, n. inspissation, condensation, coagulation, incrassation.
thicket, n. shrubbery, copse, chaparral, grove, boscage, bosk, spinny, coppice.
thick-headed, a. pachycephalic, pachycephalous; dull, stupid, doltish.
thicklip, n. blobberlip.
thickness, n. denseness, density, compactness; grossness, crassitude, consistence; intimacy. Associated Words: pachometer, pachymeter.
thick-skinned, a. pachydermatous; obtuse, dull, unimpressible.
thick-tongued, a. pachyglossal, crassilingual.
thief, n. robber, pilferer, filcher, peculator; embezzler, defaulter, peculator; plagiarist; poacher; shoplifter; kleptomaniac.
thievery, n. theft, larceny; embezzlement, peculation; shoplifting.
thievish, a. light-fingered, pilfering, predatory; stealthy, sneaking.
thill, n. shaft (of a vehicle).
thin, a. emaciated, slender, poor, wasted, peaked, gaunt, scrawny, lank, spare, meager, haggard, scraggy; tenuous, delicate, fine; incompact; dilute, rare, rarefied, subtile, attenuated; sheer, flimsy, sleazy, unsubstantial, gossamery, gauzy, diaphanous, transparent; sparse, scanty; inadequate, insufficient, superficial.
thin, v. dilute, reduce, attenuate, rarefy, diminish, subtilize.
thing, n. object, article.