Appendix:Moby Thesaurus II/20

dealing

 * dealing, ESP, agency, answer, balance of trade, barter, bartering, big business, brokerage, business, business dealings, buying and selling, commerce, commercial affairs, commercial relations, communication, communion, congress, connection, contact, conversation, converse, correspondence, dealings, doing business, exchange, fair trade, free trade, give-and-take, horse trading, industry, information, interaction, interchange, intercommunication, intercommunion, intercourse, interplay, jobbing, linguistic intercourse, market, marketing, mercantile business, merchandising, merchantry, message, multilateral trade, reciprocal trade, reply, response, restraint of trade, retailing, small business, social intercourse, speaking, speech, speech circuit, speech situation, swapping, talking, telepathy, the business world, the marketplace, touch, trade, trading, traffic, trafficking, truck, two-way communication, unilateral trade, wheeling and dealing, wholesaling

dealings

 * dealings, ESP, accomplished fact, accomplishment, accord, achievement, act, acta, action, addition, adjunct, adventure, affairs, affiliation, affinity, alliance, answer, approximation, assemblage, association, balance of trade, big business, blow, bond, business, business dealings, circumstances, closeness, combination, commerce, commercial affairs, commercial relations, communication, communion, concerns, condition of things, conditions, congress, connectedness, connection, contact, contiguity, contrariety, conversation, converse, correspondence, coup, dealing, deduction, deed, disjunction, doing, doings, effort, endeavor, enterprise, exchange, exploit, fair trade, fait accompli, feat, filiation, free trade, gest, go, goings-on, hand, handiwork, homology, industry, information, interaction, interchange, intercommunication, intercommunion, intercourse, interplay, intimacy, job, junction, liaison, life, linguistic intercourse, link, linkage, linking, maneuver, march of events, market, marketing, matters, measure, mercantile business, merchantry, message, move, multilateral trade, mutual attraction, nearness, negotiations, operation, overt act, passage, performance, proceeding, proceedings, production, propinquity, proximity, rapport, reciprocal trade, relatedness, relation, relations, relationship, reply, res gestae, response, restraint of trade, run of things, similarity, small business, social intercourse, speaking, speech, speech circuit, speech situation, state of affairs, step, stroke, stunt, sympathy, talking, telepathy, the business world, the marketplace, the times, the world, thing, thing done, things, tie, tie-in, touch, tour de force, trade, traffic, transaction, transactions, truck, turn, two-way communication, undertaking, unilateral trade, union, what happens, work, works

dean

 * dean, A per se, Grand Penitentiary, Holy Father, abuna, academic dean, ace, administration, administrator, antipope, archbishop, archdeacon, archon, archpriest, bellwether, bishop, bishop coadjutor, boss, canon, cardinal, cardinal bishop, cardinal deacon, cardinal priest, champion, chancellor, chaplain, chief, chief executive, chief executive officer, coadjutor, commander, curate, dean of men, dean of women, diocesan, doyen, doyenne, ecclesiarch, elder, eldest, exarch, executive, executive director, executive officer, executive secretary, father, first-born, firstling, fugleman, genius, guide, head, headmaster, headmistress, hierarch, high priest, higher-up, important person, kingfish, kingpin, laureate, lead, leader, magistrate, management, managing director, master, metropolitan, nonpareil, officer, official, older, oldest, papa, paragon, patriarch, penitentiary, personage, pilot, pontiff, pope, prebendary, prefect, prelate, president, prexy, primate, principal, prodigy, provost, rector, ruler, rural dean, secretary, senior, sire, star, subdean, suffragan, superior, superman, superstar, the administration, the greatest, the most, top dog, treasurer, vicar, vice-chancellor, vice-president, virtuoso, warden

deanery

 * deanery, Dymaxion house, White House, abbacy, adobe house, aedileship, archbishopric, archdeaconry, archiepiscopacy, archiepiscopate, aristocracy, bishopdom, bishopric, building, canonicate, canonry, cardinalship, casa, chairmanship, chancellery, chancellorate, chancellorship, chaplaincy, chaplainship, chiefery, chiefry, chieftaincy, chieftainry, chieftainship, church house, clergy house, cliff dwelling, consulate, consulship, country house, country seat, curacy, dacha, deaconry, deaconship, deanship, dictatorship, dictature, directorship, dwelling house, edifice, embassy, emirate, episcopacy, episcopate, erection, fabric, farm, farmhouse, glebe, governorship, hall, headship, hegemony, hierarchy, house, houseboat, lake dwelling, leadership, living machine, lodge, lordship, magistracy, magistrateship, magistrature, manor house, manse, masterdom, mastership, mastery, mayoralty, mayorship, metropolitanate, metropolitanship, nobility, papacy, parsonage, pashadom, pashalic, pastorage, pastorate, pastorship, patriarchate, patriarchy, penthouse, pontificality, pontificate, popedom, popehood, popeship, prebend, prebendaryship, prefabricated house, prefectship, prefecture, prelacy, prelateship, prelature, premiership, presbyterate, presbytery, presidency, presidential palace, presidentship, primacy, prime-ministership, prime-ministry, princedom, princeship, principality, proconsulate, proconsulship, protectorate, protectorship, provostry, provostship, ranch house, rectorate, rectorship, rectory, regency, regentship, roof, ruling class, seigniory, seneschalship, seneschalsy, sheikhdom, sheriffalty, sheriffcy, sheriffdom, shrievalty, skyscraper, sod house, split-level, structure, supervisorship, suzerainship, suzerainty, town house, tribunate, vicarage, vicariate, vicarship, vizierate, viziership

dear

 * dear, admired, adored, affectionate, angel, at a premium, at great cost, at great expense, at heavy cost, babe, baby, baby-doll, beloved, beloved object, beyond price, buttercup, cherished, cherub, chick, chickabiddy, costly, crush, darling, dear one, dear-bought, dearly, dearly beloved, deary, devoted, doll, doting, duck, duckling, esteemed, expensive, fancy, favored, favorite, fond, golden, good as gold, heartthrob, held dear, high, high-priced, hon, honey, honey bunch, honey child, honored, inestimable, invaluable, lamb, lambkin, light of love, love, loved, loved one, lover, lovesome, luxurious, not affordable, of great cost, of great price, pet, petkins, popular, precious, precious heart, premium, priceless, pricey, prized, revered, rich, snookums, steep, stiff, sugar, sumptuous, sweet, sweetheart, sweetie, sweetkins, sweets, top, treasure, treasured, truelove, unpayable, valuable, valued, venerated, well-beloved, well-liked, white-haired, worthy

dearth

 * dearth, absence, aridity, barrenness, birth control, contraception, default, defect, deficiency, dry womb, dryness, exiguity, exiguousness, family planning, famine, impotence, inadequacy, ineffectualness, infecundity, infertility, infrequency, insufficiency, lack, meagerness, miss, need, paucity, planned parenthood, poverty, privation, rareness, rarity, scant sufficiency, scantiness, scantness, scarceness, scarcity, shortage, sparseness, sparsity, sterileness, sterility, uncommonness, unfertileness, unfruitfulness, unproductiveness, want, withered loins

death dealing

 * death dealing, baneful, brutal, deadly, death-bringing, deathful, deathly, destructive, fatal, feral, internecine, killing, lethal, malign, malignant, mortal, pernicious, savage, virulent

death grip

 * death grip, bear hug, bite, clamp, clasp, clench, clinch, cling, clinging, clutch, embrace, firm hold, foothold, footing, grapple, grasp, grip, gripe, hold, hug, iron grip, nip, purchase, seizure, tight grip, toehold

death song

 * death song, chant du cygne, coronach, dead march, death knell, dirge, elegy, epicedium, eulogy, funeral march, funeral oration, funeral song, graveside oration, keen, knell, monody, muffled drums, passing bell, requiem, swan song, threnode, threnody

death struggle

 * death struggle, agony, all-out war, death agonies, death groan, death rattle, death throes, deathbed, deathwatch, dying breath, extremity, final extremity, guerre a mort, last agony, last breath, last gasp, last-ditch fight, moribundity, throes of death, total war

Death Valley

 * Death Valley, Arabia Deserta, Sahara, barren, barren land, barrens, brush, bush, desert, desolation, dust bowl, heath, howling wilderness, karroo, lunar landscape, lunar waste, outback, salt flat, waste, wasteland, weary waste, wild, wilderness, wilds

death wish

 * death wish, Schmerz, Slough of Despond, blank despondency, dejectedness, dejection, depression, despair, despondency, despondentness, discouragement, disheartenment, dispiritedness, down trip, downcastness, downer, downheartedness, drooping spirits, heartlessness, hopelessness, low spirits, lowness, lowness of spirit, malaise, oppression, pessimism, self-destructive urge, sinking heart, spiritlessness, suicidal despair, taedium vitae, weariness of life

death

 * death, Azrael, Black Death, Death, Grim Reaper, Pale Death, Reaper, Z, angel of death, annihilation, apodosis, bane, caducity, casualty, catastrophe, ceasing, cessation, changeableness, coda, conclusion, consummation, corruptibility, crack of doom, crossbones, crossing the bar, culmination, curtain, curtains, death knell, deathblow, decease, demise, denouement, destination, destiny, destruction, dissolution, doom, downfall, dying, effect, end, end point, ending, envoi, ephemerality, ephemeralness, epilogue, eradication, eschatology, evanescence, expiration, expiry, extermination, extinction, extirpation, fatal, fate, final solution, final twitch, final words, finale, finality, finis, finish, finitude, fleetingness, fugacity, goal, grave, grim reaper, impermanence, impermanency, instability, izzard, last, last breath, last gasp, last things, last trumpet, last words, latter end, liquidation, memento mori, momentariness, mortality, mutability, obliteration, omega, pale horse, pale rider, passing, payoff, period, perishability, peroration, quietus, resolution, resting place, ruin, sickle of Death, silence, skull, skull and crossbones, sleep, stoppage, stopping place, swan song, term, terminal, termination, terminus, that fell sergeant, that grim ferryman, transience, transiency, transientness, transitoriness, undoing, volatility, white cross, windup

deathbed

 * deathbed, agony, death agonies, death groan, death rattle, death struggle, death throes, deathwatch, dying breath, eleventh-hour, extremity, final extremity, last agony, last breath, last gasp, last-minute, later, moribundity, throes of death

deathblow

 * deathblow, KO, Waterloo, bane, beating, clincher, collapse, conquering, conquest, crash, crusher, death, death knell, death stroke, debacle, defeat, destruction, doom, downfall, drubbing, early death, early grave, end, end-all, ender, failure, fall, fate, final stroke, finisher, finishing stroke, hiding, kayo, kayo punch, knockout, knockout blow, lambasting, last dab, lathering, lethal blow, licking, mastery, overcoming, overthrow, overturn, quietus, ruin, settler, smash, sockdolager, stopper, stroke of death, subdual, subduing, subjugation, sudden death, thrashing, trimming, trouncing, undoing, untimely end, vanquishment, whipping

deathless

 * deathless, abiding, amaranthine, embalmed, eternal, ever-fresh, everlasting, fadeless, frozen, immortal, imperishable, impregnable, incorruptible, indelible, indestructible, ineffaceable, ineradicable, inexpugnable, inextinguishable, invincible, invulnerable, lasting, never-dying, never-ending, nonperishable, permanent, persisting, quenchless, timeless, undampable, undestroyable, undying, unending, unfading, unquenchable

deathly

 * deathly, a la mort, abominably, agonizingly, appalling, awfully, baldly, balefully, baneful, bitterly, blatantly, blue, brashly, brutal, cadaverous, confoundedly, corpselike, cruelly, damnably, dead, deadened, deadly, death-bringing, deathful, deathlike, deathly pale, destructive, deucedly, distressingly, dolorously, dreadful, dreadfully, eerie, egregiously, excessively, excruciatingly, exorbitantly, extravagantly, fatal, feral, flagrantly, frightfully, ghastly, ghostlike, ghostly, grievously, grisly, gruesome, haggard, hellishly, horrible, horribly, improperly, inexcusably, infernally, inordinately, internecine, intolerably, killing, lamentably, lethal, livid, lurid, macabre, malign, malignant, miserably, mortal, mortuary, nakedly, openly, painfully, pale, pernicious, pestilent, pestilential, piteously, sadly, savage, shatteringly, shockingly, something awful, something fierce, sorely, staggeringly, terribly, to the death, torturously, unashamedly, unbearably, uncanny, unconscionably, unduly, unearthly, unpardonably, virulent, wan, wasted, weird, woefully

deathwatch

 * deathwatch, agony, burial service, death agonies, death groan, death rattle, death struggle, death throes, deathbed, dirge, dying breath, eulogy, exequies, extreme unction, extremity, final extremity, funeral oration, funeral rites, last agony, last breath, last duty, last gasp, last honors, last offices, last rites, moribundity, obsequies, requiem, requiem mass, throes of death, viaticum, wake

deb

 * deb, Beau Brummel, apprentice, arbiter of fashion, baby, beginner, catechumen, clotheshorse, clubman, clubwoman, dandy, debutant, debutante, entrant, fashion plate, fashionable, fledgling, fop, freshman, greenhorn, greeny, infant, learner, man-about-town, mondain, mondaine, neophyte, nestling, newcomer, novice, novitiate, probationer, raw recruit, recruit, rookie, socialite, subdeb, subdebutante, swinger, taste-maker, tenderfoot, tone-setter, trainee, trend-setter, tyro

debacle

 * debacle, Waterloo, beating, bloodless revolution, bouleversement, breakdown, breaking up, breakup, cascade, cataclysm, cataract, catastrophe, cave, cave-in, chute, clean slate, clean sweep, collapse, comedown, computer revolution, conquering, conquest, convulsion, counterrevolution, crack-up, crash, deathblow, declension, declination, defeasance, defeat, defluxion, descending, descension, descent, destruction, disaster, down, downbend, downcome, downcurve, downfall, downflow, downgrade, downpour, downrush, downtrend, downturn, downward trend, drop, dropping, drubbing, failure, fall, falling, gravitation, hiding, inclination, lambasting, lathering, licking, mastery, overcoming, overthrow, overturn, palace revolution, plummeting, pounce, quietus, radical change, rapids, revolt, revolution, revolutionary war, revulsion, rout, ruin, shellacking, shipwreck, smash, smashup, spasm, stoop, striking alteration, subdual, subduing, subjugation, subversion, sweeping change, swoop, tabula rasa, technological revolution, thrashing, total change, total loss, transilience, trimming, trouncing, undoing, upset, vanquishment, violent change, washout, waterfall, whipping, wrack, wreck

debar

 * debar, anticipate, avert, ban, bar, bar out, barricade, bate, block, block up, blockade, bolt, chock, choke, choke off, close, close off, close tight, close up, constrict, count out, crowd, cut off, deflect, deny, deter, disallow, discourage, dishearten, dog, eliminate, embargo, enjoin, estop, except, exclude, exclude from, fend, fend off, forbid, foreclose, forestall, freeze out, help, hinder, ignore, impede, inhibit, interdict, jam, keep from, keep off, keep out, leave out, lock, lock out, obstruct, obviate, occlude, omit, ostracize, outlaw, pack, pass over, preclude, prevent, prohibit, proscribe, refuse, reject, relegate, repel, repress, repudiate, rule out, save, say no to, send to Coventry, shut off, shut out, shut tight, squeeze, squeeze shut, stave off, stifle, stop up, strangle, strangulate, suffocate, suppress, suspend, taboo, turn aside, ward off

debase

 * debase, abase, abash, abuse, adulterate, alloy, bastardize, bear down, befoul, belittle, bring down, bring into discredit, bring low, bring shame upon, brutalize, bump, bust, canker, cast down, cast reproach upon, cheapen, coarsen, commercialize, confound, contaminate, convert, corrupt, couch, cripple, crush, cry down, cut, damage, debauch, debilitate, decry, defalcate, defile, deflower, defrock, degenerate, degrade, demean, demoralize, demote, denaturalize, denature, deplume, deprave, deprecate, depreciate, depress, derogate from, desecrate, despoil, detract from, detrude, devalue, dilute, diminish, disable, disapprove of, discredit, disgrace, disgrade, dishonor, disparage, displume, distort, divert, doctor, doctor up, downbear, downgrade, dump, dump on, embezzle, enfeeble, fortify, foul, harm, haul down, hold in contempt, humble, humiliate, impair, impute shame to, indent, infect, injure, knock, lace, let down, load, lower, make little of, maladminister, mar, minimize, misapply, misappropriate, misemploy, mishandle, mismanage, misuse, peculate, pervert, pilfer, pillory, poison, pollute, press down, profane, prostitute, pull down, push down, put down, put to shame, ravage, ravish, reduce, reflect discredit upon, reproach, rot, run down, sap, set down, shame, sink, slight, sophisticate, speak ill of, spike, spoil, stain, strip of rank, submit to indignity, taint, take down, tamper with, thrust down, trip up, twist, ulcerate, undermine, unfrock, violate, vitiate, vulgarize, warp, water, water down, weaken, weight, worsen

debased

 * debased, abandoned, abject, abominable, arrant, atrocious, base, beggarly, cheesy, contaminated, contemptible, corrupt, corrupted, couchant, crouched, crummy, debauched, decadent, degenerate, degraded, depraved, depressed, despicable, deteriorated, dirty, disgusting, dissolute, downcast, downthrown, execrable, fallen, flagrant, flat, foul, fulsome, grave, gross, heinous, knee-high, knocked flat, laid low, little, low, low-built, low-down, low-hung, low-level, low-leveled, low-lying, low-set, low-statured, lowered, lumpen, mangy, mean, measly, miserable, monstrous, morally polluted, neap, nefarious, obnoxious, odious, paltry, perverted, petty, poky, polluted, poor, profligate, prone, prostrate, rank, recumbent, reduced, reprobate, reptilian, rotten, runty, scabby, scrubby, scruffy, scummy, scurvy, shabby, shoddy, short, small, squalid, squat, squatty, steeped in iniquity, stooped, stumpy, submerged, sunk, sunken, supine, tainted, unelevated, unmentionable, vice-corrupted, vile, vitiate, vitiated, warped, wretched

debatable

 * debatable, arguable, at issue, confutable, conjectural, contestable, controversial, controvertible, deniable, disputable, doubtable, doubtful, dubious, dubitable, iffy, in dispute, in doubt, in dubio, in question, mistakable, moot, open to doubt, open to question, polemic, polemical, problematic, problematical, questionable, refutable, speculative, suppositional, suspect, suspicious, uncertain, undecided, unsettled, unsure

debate

 * debate, Kilkenny cats, address, after-dinner speech, agitate, air, airing, allocution, altercation, analysis, analyze, application, argue, argument, argumentation, back down, balance, be abstracted, bickering, brood, buzz session, canvass, canvassing, cat-and-dog life, chalk talk, chew the cud, cloture, cogitation, colloquium, combat, comment upon, committee consideration, concentration, conference, conflict, consider, consideration, contemplate, contemplation, contend, contention, contentiousness, contest, contestation, controversy, controvert, cut and thrust, deal with, debating, declaim, declamation, deliberate, deliberate upon, deliberation, demagogue, demur, dialectic, dialogue, diatribe, digest, discept, discourse about, discuss, discussion, disputation, dispute, division, elocute, enmity, eulogy, examination, examine, exchange of views, exchange views, exhortation, falter, fear, fighting, filibuster, filibustering, filing, first reading, forensic, forensic address, formal speech, forum, funeral oration, go into, handle, hang back, harangue, heed, hem and haw, hesitate, hold forth, hortatory address, hostility, hover, hum and haw, inaugural, inaugural address, introduction, introspect, invective, investigate, investigation, jeremiad, jib, joint discussion, knock around, litigation, logical analysis, logical discussion, logomachy, logrolling, meditate, meditation, moot, mouth, mull over, muse, open discussion, open forum, orate, oration, out-herod Herod, panel discussion, paper war, pass under review, pause, pep talk, perorate, peroration, perpend, philippic, pitch, play around with, play with, polemic, ponder, ponder over, prepared speech, prepared text, public speech, pull back, quarrel, quarreling, quarrelsomeness, question, rabble-rouse, rant, rap, rap session, read, reading, reason, reason about, reason the point, recital, recitation, recite, reflect, reflection, refuting, retreat, review, rodomontade, roll call, ruminate, ruminate over, sales talk, salutatory, salutatory address, say, scrapping, screed, scruple, second reading, seminar, set speech, shilly-shally, shy, sift, speculate, speech, speechification, speeching, spiel, spout, squabbling, steamroller methods, stick at, stickle, stop to consider, straddle the fence, strain at, strife, struggle, study, symposium, tabling, take up, talk, talk about, talk of, talk over, talkathon, think over, think through, think twice about, third reading, thrash out, thresh out, tirade, toss, town meeting, toy with, treat, treatment, tub-thump, valediction, valedictory, valedictory address, ventilate, ventilation, vote, war, war of words, warfare, weigh, withdraw, words, wrangle, wrangling, yield

debater

 * debater, Philadelphia lawyer, apologist, arguer, argufier, casuist, controversialist, declaimer, demagogue, disceptator, disputant, guardhouse lawyer, haranguer, jawsmith, logomacher, logomachist, mooter, panelist, pilpulist, polemic, polemicist, polemist, public speaker, rabble-rouser, ranter, speaker, speecher, speechifier, speechmaker, spieler, spokesman, spokeswoman, spouter, talker, tub-thumper, wrangler

debauch

 * debauch, abuse, adulterate, alloy, bacchanal, bacchanalia, bacchanalian, bastardize, bat, be promiscuous, bender, betray, binge, bout, brutalize, bust, canker, carousal, carouse, celebrate, celebration, chase women, cheapen, coarsen, commit adultery, compotation, confound, contaminate, corrupt, cut loose, debase, debauchery, debauchment, deceive, decoy, defile, deflower, degenerate, degrade, demoralize, denature, deprave, desecrate, despoil, devalue, dissipate, dissipation, distort, drinking bout, drunk, drunken carousal, escapade, fling, force, fornicate, free living, grovel, guzzle, hell around, high living, infect, inveigle, jag, jollify, jolly, killing pace, lark, lead astray, let go, let loose, let off steam, licentiousness, live hard, lure, make merry, make whoopee, mislead, misuse, orgy, party, pervert, philander, ploy, plunge into dissipation, poison, pollute, potation, prostitute, pub-crawl, raise hell, rake, randan, randy, rape, ravage, ravish, revel, riotous living, roister, ruin, run riot, saturnalia, seduce, see life, skylark, sleep around, soil, spree, step out, sully, swing, symposium, taint, tear, tempt, toot, twist, ulcerate, undo, violate, vitiate, vulgarize, wallow, wanton, warp, wassail, whoop it up, whore, wingding, womanize

debauched

 * debauched, abandoned, contaminated, corrupt, corrupted, debased, decadent, degenerate, degraded, depraved, dissipated, dissolute, fast, free, free-living, gallant, gay, high-living, lascivious, lecherous, lewd, libertine, libidinous, licentious, morally polluted, perverted, polluted, profligate, rakehell, rakehellish, rakehelly, rakish, reprobate, riotous, rotten, steeped in iniquity, tainted, unbridled, vice-corrupted, vitiate, vitiated, wanton, warped, wild

debauchery

 * debauchery, carousal, carouse, debauch, debauchment, dissipation, dissoluteness, fastness, free living, gallantry, high living, killing pace, libertinage, libertinism, license, licentiousness, orgy, profligacy, rakishness, riotous living, saturnalia, unbridledness, venery, wenching, whoring, wildness

debenture

 * debenture, CD, Fannie Mae, Federal Agency bond, Ginnie Mae, IOU, MO, Series E bond, Series H bond, acceptance, acceptance bill, adjustment bond, annuity bond, appreciation bond, arrangement, assented bond, assumed bond, baby bond, bank acceptance, bank check, bearer bond, bearer certificate, bill, bill of draft, bill of exchange, blank check, bond, bond anticipation note, callable bond, certificate, certificate of deposit, certified check, check, checkbook, cheque, collateral trust bond, commercial paper, consolidated annuities, consolidated stock, consols, contract by deed, contract of record, contract quasi, convertible bond, convertible debenture, corporate bond, corporation stock, coupon bond, coupon rate, covenant of indemnity, current income bond, current yield, debenture bond, deed, deed of trust, deed poll, deep-discount bond, defense bond, deferred bond, definitive bond, demand bill, demand draft, discount bond, draft, due bill, equipment bond, equipment note, equipment trust, equipment trust bond, equipment trust certificate, exchequer bill, extended bond, first mortgage bond, firsts, formal contract, general mortgage bond, general obligation bond, government bond, group policy, guaranteed bond, high-grade bond, implied contract, income bond, indent, indenture, insurance policy, interchangeable bond, interim bond, joint bond, letter of credit, money order, mortgage bond, mortgage deed, municipal bond, negotiable bond, negotiable instrument, nominal rate, nonnegotiable bond, note, note of hand, optional bond, paper, par bond, parol contract, participating bond, perpetual bond, policy, postal order, premium bond, promissory note, purchase money bond, recognizance, refunding bond, registered bond, registered certificate, revenue bond, savings bond, second mortgage bond, seconds, secured bond, sight bill, sight draft, small bond, special contract, specialty, specialty contract, state bond, tax anticipation note, tax-free bond, time bill, time draft, title deed, trade acceptance, treasury bill, treasury bond, trust indenture, trustee mortgage bond, unsecured bond, voting bond, voucher, war bond, warrant, yield to maturity

debilitate

 * debilitate, abate, afflict, attenuate, beat, blunt, bugger, burn out, cramp, cripple, damp, dampen, de-energize, deaden, derange, devitalize, disable, disenable, disorder, do in, do up, drain, dull, enervate, enfeeble, eviscerate, exhaust, extenuate, fag, fag out, fatigue, flag, frazzle, gruel, hamstring, harass, hors de combat, hospitalize, hurt, inactivate, incapacitate, indispose, invalid, jade, kibosh, knock out, knock up, lame, lay low, lay up, maim, mar, mitigate, overfatigue, overstrain, overtire, overweary, poop, poop out, prostrate, put, queer, queer the works, rattle, reduce, sabotage, sap, shake, shake up, sicken, soften up, spike, spoil, tire, tire out, tire to death, tucker, unbrace, undermine, unfit, unman, unnerve, unstrengthen, unstring, use up, weaken, wear, wear down, wear on, wear out, weary, wilt, wind, wing, wreck

debilitated

 * debilitated, anemic, anile, apathetic, asthenic, benumbed, blase, bloodless, bored, cachectic, castrated, chicken, cowardly, crabbed, dead, decrepit, demasculinized, devitalized, doddered, doddering, doddery, dopey, dormant, drained, drooping, droopy, drugged, dull, effeminized, effete, emasculate, emasculated, enervated, enfeebled, etiolated, eunuchized, exanimate, exhausted, fagged, failing, faint, fainting, faintish, fatigued, feeble, feeling faint, flabby, flaccid, flagging, floppy, footsore, fossilized, frail, frazzled, gelded, gerontal, gerontic, gone, good and tired, gutless, healthless, heavy, hebetudinous, imbecile, impotent, in poor health, inanimate, inert, infirm, invalid, jaded, lackadaisical, languid, languishing, languorous, leaden, lethargic, lifeless, limber, limp, listless, lumpish, lustless, marrowless, moribund, mossbacked, moth-eaten, mummylike, nerveless, numb, pale, palsied, papery-skinned, peaked, peaky, phlegmatic, pithless, pooped, powerless, ravaged with age, ready to drop, reduced, reduced in health, rickety, rubbery, run ragged, run to seed, run-down, rusty, sagging, sapless, sated, seedy, senile, shaky, shriveled, sickly, sinewless, slack, sleepy, slow, sluggish, soft, somnolent, spineless, stagnant, stagnating, strengthless, stricken in years, stultified, supine, timeworn, tired, tired-winged, toilworn, torpid, tottering, tottery, unhardened, unhealthy, unmanned, unnerved, unrefreshed, unrestored, unsexed, unsound, unstrung, valetudinarian, valetudinary, vegetable, vegetative, wan, way-weary, wayworn, weak, weakened, weakly, wearied, weariful, weary, weary-footed, weary-laden, weary-winged, weary-worn, wilting, with low resistance, withered, wizened, world-weary, worn, worn-down

debility

 * debility, advanced age, advanced years, adynamia, age of retirement, an incurable disease, anemia, anility, atony, blah feeling, bloodlessness, brain fag, cachexia, cachexy, caducity, chronic ill health, cowardice, debilitation, decline of life, declining years, decrepitude, delicacy, delicate health, disease, dotage, dullness, eld, elderliness, enervation, enfeeblement, etiolation, exhaustion, eyestrain, faintness, fatigue, feebleness, flabbiness, flaccidity, fragility, frailty, goneness, green old age, hale old age, healthlessness, heart strain, hoary age, hypochondria, hypochondriasis, ill health, impotence, infirm old age, infirmity, infirmity of age, invalidism, invalidity, jadedness, languishing, languishment, languor, lassitude, listlessness, longevity, malaise, mental fatigue, mental strain, morbidity, morbidness, old age, oldness, overstrain, overtiredness, peakedness, pensionable age, poor health, prostration, ricketiness, ripe old age, second childhood, senectitude, senility, senior citizenship, sickliness, sleepiness, sluggishness, softness, stance fatigue, strain, strengthlessness, superannuation, the downward slope, the golden years, tiredness, unhealthiness, unsoundness, unwholesomeness, vale of years, valetudinarianism, wasting, weakliness, weakness, wearifulness, weariness, white hairs

debit

 * debit, balance, balance the books, bereavement, book, budgeting, capitalize, carry, carry over, cast up accounts, charge off, close out, close the books, cost, costing, costing-out, credit, damage, dead loss, debiting, deficit spending, denial, denudation, deprivation, despoilment, destruction, detriment, disbursal, disbursement, dispossession, divestment, docket, double entry, enter, entry, expenditure, expense, forfeit, forfeiture, injury, item, journalize, keep books, log, loser, losing, losing streak, loss, make an entry, minute, notation, note, payment, perdition, post, post up, privation, robbery, ruin, sacrifice, scheduling, single entry, spending, spoliation, strike a balance, stripping, taking away, total loss

debonair

 * debonair, affable, airy, breezy, buoyant, carefree, charming, cheerful, civil, corky, courteous, dapper, dashing, elegant, free and easy, gay, genteel, gracious, insouciant, jaunty, light, light-hearted, lighthearted, lightsome, mannerly, nonchalant, obliging, perky, pleasant, polite, refined, resilient, smooth, soignee, sprightly, suave, urbane, well-bred

debouch

 * debouch, arise, bail out, blow out, bob up, break cover, break forth, break out, break through, burst forth, cast forth, come, come forth, come out, decant, discharge, disembogue, disgorge, effuse, ejaculate, emanate, emerge, eruct, erupt, exhaust, exit, expel, extravasate, extrude, find vent, flare up, flash, gleam, irrupt, issue, issue forth, jet, jump out, leak out, ooze out, outpour, pop up, pour, pour forth, pour out, protrude, run out, sally, sally forth, send forth, send out, spew, spout, spring up, spurt, squirt, start up, surface, throw out

debrief

 * debrief, break up, brief, deactivate, demob, demobilize, detach, disband, discharge, disintegrate, dismiss, disorganize, disperse, dissolve, give a briefing, go separate ways, let go, muster out, part, part company, release, scatter, separate, split up

debris

 * debris, afterglow, afterimage, alluvion, alluvium, balance, breccia, butt, butt end, candle ends, chaff, clamjamfry, deposit, detritus, diluvium, dregs, drift, dross, dust, end, fag end, filings, fossil, garbage, grain, granule, granulet, gravel, grit, holdover, husks, junk, leavings, leftovers, litter, loess, lumber, moraine, odds and ends, offal, offscourings, orts, parings, raff, rags, refuse, relics, remainder, remains, remnant, residue, residuum, rest, riffraff, roach, rubbish, rubble, ruins, rump, sand, sawdust, scourings, scrap, scraps, scree, sediment, shadow, shavings, shingle, shoddy, silt, sinter, straw, stubble, stump, survival, sweepings, trace, trash, truck, vestige, waste

debt service

 * debt service, acquitment, acquittal, acquittance, amortization, amortizement, binder, cash, cash payment, clearance, defrayal, defrayment, deposit, disbursal, discharge, doling out, down payment, earnest, earnest money, hire purchase, hire purchase plan, installment, installment plan, interest payment, liquidation, monthly payments, never-never, paying, paying off, paying out, paying up, payment, payment in kind, payoff, prepayment, quarterly payments, quittance, regular payments, remittance, retirement, satisfaction, settlement, sinking-fund payment, spot cash, weekly payments

debt

 * debt, accountability, accountable, answerable for, arrearage, arrears, beholden, borrowing, debit, debtor, default, deficit, delinquency, due, encumbered, encumbrance, financing, hire purchase, hitting, hitting-up, hocking, in arrears, in debt, in hock, in the red, indebted, indebtedness, installment buying, installment plan, liability, liable, money-raising, mortgaging, nonpayment, obligation, owing, pawning, pledging, responsibility, responsible, sin, straitened, touching, under obligation, wickedness, wrong

debug

 * debug, answer, bottom, clear up, crack, decipher, decode, disentangle, divine, do, dope, dope out, explain, fathom, figure out, find out, find the answer, find the solution, get, get right, guess, guess right, have it, hit it, interpret, make out, open the lock, plumb, psych, psych out, puzzle out, ravel, ravel out, resolve, riddle, solve, sort out, undo, unlock, unravel, unriddle, unscramble, untangle, untwist, unweave, work, work out

debunk

 * debunk, awaken, break the spell, burst the bubble, correct, disabuse, disappoint, discover, disenchant, disillude, disillusion, disillusionize, enlighten, expose, let down easy, let in on, prick the bubble, put straight, set right, set straight, show up, tell the truth, unblindfold, uncharm, uncloak, undeceive, undress, unmask, unshroud, unspell, wake up

debunker

 * debunker, Thersites, backbiter, belittler, calumniator, caustic critic, cynic, decrier, defamer, deflater, depreciator, derogator, detractor, disparager, hatchet man, knocker, libeler, muckraker, mudslinger, railer, slanderer, social critic, traducer

debut

 * debut, appear, benefit, bill, come out, coming out, coming-out party, curtain raiser, embarkation, embarkment, enter, entertainment, exhibit, exhibition, farewell performance, first appearance, flesh show, floating, flotation, inaugural address, inauguration, induction, initiation, installation, installment, introduction, launch, launching, maiden speech, opener, performance, preliminary, premiere, presentation, presentment, production, show, stage presentation, swan song, theatrical performance, tryout, unveiling

debutant

 * debutant, abecedarian, alphabetarian, apprentice, articled clerk, baby, beginner, boot, catechumen, deb, entrant, fledgling, freshman, greenhorn, greeny, ignoramus, inductee, infant, initiate, learner, neophyte, nestling, new boy, newcomer, novice, novitiate, postulant, probationer, probationist, raw recruit, recruit, rookie, tenderfoot, trainee, tyro

debutante

 * debutante, Beau Brummel, arbiter of fashion, clotheshorse, clubman, clubwoman, dandy, deb, fashion plate, fashionable, fop, man-about-town, mondain, mondaine, socialite, subdeb, subdebutante, swinger, taste-maker, tone-setter, trend-setter

decade

 * decade, Big Dick, Decalogue, Ten Commandments, X, abundant year, academic year, annum, bissextile year, calendar month, calendar year, century, common year, day, decagon, decagram, decahedron, decaliter, decameter, decare, decastere, decastyle, decasyllable, decemvir, decemvirate, decennary, decennium, decigram, deciliter, decimeter, decurion, defective year, fiscal year, fortnight, hour, leap year, lunar month, lunar year, lunation, luster, lustrum, man-hour, microsecond, millennium, millisecond, minute, moment, month, moon, quarter, quinquennium, regular year, second, semester, session, sidereal year, solar year, sun, ten, tenner, term, trimester, twelvemonth, week, weekday, year

decadence

 * decadence, abandon, abandonment, abjection, comedown, corruptedness, corruption, corruptness, debasement, decadency, decadent, decayed, declension, declination, decline, deformation, degeneracy, degenerate, degenerateness, degeneration, degradation, demoralization, demotion, depravation, depravedness, depravity, depreciation, derogation, descent, deterioration, devolution, dissoluteness, downfall, downgrade, downtrend, downturn, downward mobility, downward trend, drop, dying, ebb, effeteness, fading, failing, failure, failure of nerve, fall, falling-off, involution, lapse, loss of tone, moral pollution, moral turpitude, overripe, profligacy, regress, regression, reprobacy, retrocession, retrogradation, retrogression, rottenness, slippage, slump, turpitude, wane

decadent

 * decadent, abandoned, coming apart, contaminated, corrupt, corrupted, cracking, crumbling, debased, debauched, decaying, declining, degenerate, degenerating, degenerative, degraded, depraved, deteriorating, disintegrating, dissipated, dissolute, draining, drooping, dwindling, ebbing, effete, fading, failing, falling, falling off, flagging, fragmenting, going to pieces, immoral, languishing, marcescent, morally polluted, on the wane, perverted, pining, polluted, profligate, regressive, reprobate, retrograde, retrogressive, rotten, self-indulgent, shriveling, sinking, sliding, slipping, slumping, steeped in iniquity, subsiding, tabetic, tainted, vice-corrupted, vitiated, waning, warped, wasting, wilting, withering, worsening

decal

 * decal, adherent, adhesive, barnacle, bramble, brier, bulldog, burr, cameography, cement, decalcomania, glass printing, glue, gunk, leech, limpet, molasses, monotype, mucilage, paste, plaster, prickle, remora, serigraphy, stencil, sticker, syrup, thorn

decalogue

 * decalogue, Ten Commandments, Zeitgeist, axiology, behavioral norm, business ethics, code, code of ethics, code of morals, ethic, ethical system, ethics, ethos, legal ethics, medical ethics, moral climate, moral code, moral principles, morals, new morality, norm, normative system, principles, professional ethics, social ethics, standards, value system

decamp

 * decamp, abscond, absquatulate, avoid, beat a retreat, begone, bolt, break, break camp, clear out, cut and run, depart, desert, dog it, elope, elude, escape, evade, exit, flee, fly, fugitate, go, go AWOL, hightail, jump, jump bail, kite, lam, leave, levant, make off, powder, pull up stakes, quit, retire, run, run away, run away from, run away with, run for it, run off, scape, scram, show the heels, shun, skedaddle, skip, skip out, slip the cable, split, strike camp, take French leave, take a powder, take flight, take off, take to flight, take wing, turn tail, vamoose, withdraw

decant

 * decant, bail, bleed, blow out, broach, bucket, cast forth, cup, debouch, dip, discharge, disembogue, disgorge, dish, dish out, dish up, draft, draft off, drain, draw, draw from, draw off, ejaculate, empty, eruct, erupt, exhaust, expel, extravasate, fork, jet, ladle, let, let blood, let out, milk, outpour, phlebotomize, pipette, pour, pour forth, pour out, pump, pump out, scoop, send forth, send out, shovel, siphon off, spade, spew, spoon, spout, spurt, squirt, suck, suck out, tap, throw out, venesect

decapitate

 * decapitate, behead, bowstring, burn, crucify, decimate, decollate, defenestrate, demolish, electrocute, execute, garrote, guillotine, head, inflict capital punishment, lapidate, neck, put to death, raze, ruin, shoot, stone, strangle, unbuild, undo, unmake, wrack, wreck

decathlon

 * decathlon, bout, contest, double-header, doubles, event, foursome, game, games of chance, go, match, meet, pentathlon, play, play-off, race, runoff, singles, sport, threesome, twosome

decay

 * decay, ablate, ablation, atomization, atomize, atrophy, biodegradability, biodegradation, break down, break up, breakup, canker, caries, carrion, catalysis, catalyst, collapse, come apart, consume, contaminate, corrode, corrosion, corrupt, corruption, crack up, crumble, crumble into dust, crumbling, curdle, dandruff, debilitate, decadence, decline, decompose, decomposition, decrease, defile, degenerate, degeneration, degradability, degradation, deteriorate, deterioration, dialysis, dilapidate, dilapidation, diminish, disintegrate, disintegration, disjoin, disjunction, disorganization, disorganize, dissociation, dissolution, dissolve, downfall, dry rot, dwindle, ebb, enfeeble, erode, erosion, excrement, fading, failing, fall into decay, fall to pieces, ferment, fester, filth, fission, foul matter, foulness, furfur, gangrene, go bad, go off, go to pieces, go to pot, go to seed, hydrolysis, hydrolyst, incoherence, mess, mildew, mold, molder, mortification, mortify, mould, moulder, muck, mucus, necrose, necrosis, obscenity, ordure, oxidation, oxidization, perish, photolysis, pollute, pus, putrefaction, putrefy, putresce, putrescence, putrid matter, putridity, putridness, rancidity, rancidness, rankle, rankness, ravages of time, resolution, rot, rottenness, rotting, ruin, rust, sap, scurf, scuz, slime, slough, smut, snot, sordes, sour, sphacelate, sphacelation, sphacelus, split, splitting, spoil, spoilage, suppurate, taint, thermolysis, tooth decay, turn, undermine, wane, waste away, wasting, weaken, weakening, wear, wear and tear, wear away, wither, work, wreck

decease

 * decease, Z, annihilation, apodosis, bane, be lost, biological death, cash in, catastrophe, cease to be, cease to live, ceasing, cessation, cessation of life, clinical death, coda, conclusion, consummation, crack of doom, crossing the bar, culmination, curtain, curtains, death, death knell, debt of nature, demise, denouement, depart, depart this life, departure, destination, destiny, die, dissolution, doom, drop, dying, ebb of life, effect, end, end of life, end point, ending, envoi, epilogue, eschatology, eternal rest, exit, expiration, expire, extinction, extinguishment, fall, fall asleep, fate, final solution, final summons, final twitch, final words, finale, finality, finger of death, finis, finish, go, go out, goal, going, going off, grave, hand of death, izzard, jaws of death, knell, last, last breath, last debt, last gasp, last muster, last rest, last roundup, last sleep, last things, last trumpet, last words, latter end, leaving life, loss of life, making an end, omega, part, parting, pass, pass away, pass on, pass over, passing, passing away, passing over, payoff, period, perish, perishing, peroration, put off mortality, quietus, quit this world, release, resolution, rest, resting place, return to dust, reward, sentence of death, shades of death, shadow of death, silence, sleep, somatic death, stop breathing, stoppage, stopping place, succumb, summons of death, swan song, term, terminal, termination, terminus, up and die, windup, yield the ghost

deceased

 * deceased, ago, antiquated, antique, ashes, asleep, asleep in Jesus, at rest, bereft of life, blown over, body, bones, breathless, by, bygone, bypast, cadaver, called home, carcass, carrion, clay, cold, corpse, corpus delicti, croaked, crowbait, dated, dead, dead and buried, dead and gone, dead body, dead man, dead person, death-struck, decedent, defunct, demised, departed, departed this life, destitute of life, done for, dry bones, dust, earth, elapsed, embalmed corpse, exanimate, expired, extinct, fallen, finished, food for worms, forgotten, gone, gone glimmering, gone to glory, gone west, gone-by, has-been, inanimate, irrecoverable, lapsed, late, late lamented, launched into eternity, lifeless, martyred, mortal remains, mummification, mummy, no more, obsolete, organic remains, over, passe, passed, passed away, passed on, past, pushing up daisies, released, relics, reliquiae, remains, reposing, resting easy, run out, sainted, skeleton, sleeping, smitten with death, stiff, still, stillborn, taken away, taken off, tenement of clay, the dead, the deceased, the defunct, the departed, the loved one, vanished, with the Lord, with the saints, without life, without vital functions, wound up

deceit

 * deceit, art, artful dodge, artfulness, artifice, blind, cheating, chicane, chicanery, con, con game, conspiracy, contrivance, coup, craft, craftiness, cunning, cute trick, deceitfulness, deception, defrauding, design, device, dishonesty, dissemblance, dissimulation, dodge, double-cross, double-dealing, duplicity, expedient, fakement, falseheartedness, falseness, feint, fetch, flam, flimflam, fraud, fraudulence, furtiveness, gambit, game, gimmick, grift, guile, gyp, hanky-panky, hoax, humbug, hypocrisy, indirection, insidiousness, intrigue, jugglery, knavery, little game, maneuver, misrepresentation, monkey business, move, overreaching, plot, ploy, racket, red herring, ruse, scam, scheme, sell, sham, shift, shiftiness, sleight, slyness, sneak attack, sneakiness, stratagem, strategy, subterfuge, surreptitiousness, swindle, tactic, trapping, treacherousness, treachery, trick, trickery, underhandedness, wile, wily device

deceitful

 * deceitful, Machiavellian, Machiavellic, acute, ambidextrous, arch, artful, astute, cagey, calculating, canny, chiseling, clandestine, clever, collusive, counterfeit, covinous, crafty, crooked, cunning, cute, deceptive, deep, deep-laid, delusive, delusory, designing, diplomatic, dishonest, disingenuous, double, double-dealing, double-faced, double-minded, double-tongued, doublehearted, duplicitous, faithless, false, false-principled, falsehearted, feline, finagling, forsworn, foxy, fraudulent, furtive, guileful, hypocritical, indirect, ingenious, insidious, insincere, inventive, knavish, knowing, lying, mendacious, misleading, pawky, perfidious, perjured, politic, ready, resourceful, roguish, scheming, serpentine, sharp, shifty, shrewd, slick, slippery, sly, smooth, snaky, sneaky, sophistical, stealthy, strategic, subtile, subtle, supple, surreptitious, tactical, treacherous, trickish, tricksy, tricky, two-faced, uncandid, underhand, underhanded, unfrank, unsincere, untrustworthy, untruthful, vulpine, wary, wily

deceive

 * deceive, abuse, bamboozle, be untruthful, befool, beguile, betray, bitch, bluff, bunk, cajole, cheat, cheat on, circumvent, con, conjure, cozen, debauch, defile, deflower, defraud, delude, despoil, diddle, do, dodge, double-cross, draw the longbow, dupe, elude, equivocate, evade, exaggerate, falsify, fib, finesse, foil, fool, force, forestall, four-flush, frustrate, gammon, get around, get round, give the runaround, give the slip, go one better, gull, hoax, hocus-pocus, hoodwink, hornswaggle, humbug, impose on, impose upon, inveigle, juggle, lead astray, lead on, let down, lie, lie flatly, mislead, mock, outfigure, outflank, outgeneral, outguess, outmaneuver, outplay, outreach, outsmart, outwit, overreach, pass the buck, pigeon, play one false, prevaricate, put, put something over, rape, ravage, ravish, ruin, seduce, sell out, shift, shift about, snow, soil, speak falsely, spoof, stonewall, story, stretch the truth, string along, suck in, sully, swindle, take, take in, tell a lie, throw off, trick, twist and turn, two-time, victimize, violate

deceived

 * deceived, Gothic, Philistine, barbarous, bookless, functionally illiterate, grammarless, heathen, hoodwinked, ill-educated, illiterate, led astray, lowbrow, misinformed, misinstructed, mistaught, nonintellectual, pagan, rude, unbooked, unbookish, unbooklearned, unbriefed, uncultivated, uncultured, unedified, uneducated, unerudite, unguided, uninstructed, unintellectual, unlearned, unlettered, unliterary, unread, unrefined, unscholarly, unschooled, unstudious, untaught, untutored

deceiver

 * deceiver, Judas, actor, affecter, bad person, betrayer, convict, criminal, crook, debaucher, defiler, delinquent, desperado, desperate criminal, despoiler, double-dealer, evildoer, fake, felon, fraud, fugitive, gallows bird, gangster, gaolbird, hollow man, jailbird, lawbreaker, malefactor, malevolent, malfeasant, malfeasor, man of straw, mannerist, misfeasor, mobster, outlaw, paper tiger, performer, phony, playactor, pretender, public enemy, quisling, racketeer, raper, rapist, ravager, ravisher, scofflaw, scoundrel, seducer, sinner, straw man, swindler, thief, thug, traitor, transgressor, two-timer, villain, violator, worker of ill, wrongdoer

deceiving

 * deceiving, beguiling, catchy, deceptive, deluding, delusive, delusory, dubious, fallacious, false, fishy, hallucinatory, illusive, illusory, misleading, questionable, trickish, tricksy, tricky

deceleration

 * deceleration, arrest, arrestation, catabasis, check, collapse, constraint, control, cooling, cooling down, cooling off, crash, curb, curtailment, declension, decline, decline and fall, decrescendo, delay, detention, diminuendo, dive, downtrend, downturn, drag, drop, dwindling, ease-off, ease-up, ebb, fall, flagging, hindrance, holdup, inhibition, injunction, interdict, lag, lapse, legal restraint, letdown, letup, minus acceleration, monopoly, obstruction, plunge, prohibition, protection, protectionism, protective tariff, rationing, rein, remission, restraint, restraint of trade, retardation, retardment, retreat, retrenchment, self-control, setback, slack-up, slackening, slowdown, slowing, slowing down, slowup, slump, subsidence, tariff wall, thought control, wane

decencies

 * decencies, amenities, appropriateness, civilities, civility, comity, convention, correctitude, correctness, courtliness, decency, decorousness, decorum, diplomatic code, elegance, elegancies, etiquette, exquisite manners, fitness, fittingness, formalities, good form, good manners, goodness, manners, mores, natural politeness, niceness, normality, normativeness, point of etiquette, politeness, politesse, properness, proprieties, propriety, protocol, punctilio, quiet good manners, righteousness, rightness, rules of conduct, seemliness, social code, social conduct, social graces, social procedures, social usage, suitability

decency

 * decency, accommodatingness, advantage, advantageousness, advisability, affability, agreeableness, amiability, appropriateness, assured probity, becomingness, beneficialness, benevolence, benignity, bienseance, blamelessness, ceremoniousness, character, civility, cleanness, complaisance, compliance, conformity, convenance, convenience, convention, conventional usage, conventionalism, conventionality, correctitude, correctness, custom, decencies, decorousness, decorum, delicacy, desirability, dignity, elegance, erectness, estimableness, etiquette, expedience, expediency, fairness, feasibility, felicity, fitness, fittingness, form, formality, fruitfulness, generousness, genteelness, gentility, good character, good form, goodness, graciosity, graciousness, happiness, high ideals, high principles, high-mindedness, honesty, honor, honorableness, immaculacy, integrity, irreproachability, irreproachableness, justice, justness, kindliness, kindness, meetness, modesty, moral excellence, moral strength, niceness, nobility, normality, normativeness, obligingness, opportuneness, percentage, politicness, principles, probity, profit, profitability, properness, proprieties, propriety, prudence, pudency, pudicity, pureness, purity, rectitude, reputability, respectability, righteousness, rightness, seasonableness, seemliness, shame, social convention, social usage, stainlessness, suitability, timeliness, unimpeachability, unimpeachableness, unspottedness, uprightness, upstandingness, urbanity, usefulness, virtue, virtuousness, wisdom, worthiness, worthwhileness

decent

 * decent, Christian, Christlike, Christly, OK, acceptable, accepted, accommodating, according to Hoyle, acknowledged, adequate, admissible, admitted, advantageous, advisable, affable, affectionate, agreeable, all right, amiable, ample, appropriate, approved, ascetic, austere, average, barely sufficient, becoming, befitting, being done, benevolent, benign, benignant, better than nothing, blameless, brotherly, chaste, civil, clean, comfortable, comme il faut, commensurate, common, compassionate, competent, complaisant, compliant, condign, conformable, conforming, congruous, considerate, convenient, conventional, correct, corresponding, courteous, creditable, customary, de rigueur, decorous, delicate, desirable, dignified, due, elegant, enough, equal to, erect, estimable, ethical, expedient, fair, fair to middling, fairish, fate, favorable, feasible, felicitous, fit, fitten, fitting, formal, fraternal, friendly, fructuous, full of integrity, generous, genteel, good, good enough, goodish, gracious, happy, high-minded, high-principled, highly respectable, honest, honorable, human, humane, immaculate, indulgent, inviolate, irreproachable, just, kind, kindhearted, kindly, kindly-disposed, kosher, law-abiding, law-loving, law-revering, likely, loving, manly, mannerly, mediocre, meet, middling, minimal, minimum, moderate, modest, moral, nice, noble, normal, normative, not amiss, not bad, not half bad, not outstanding, not so bad, obliging, okay, opportune, ordinary, orthodox, overindulgent, overpermissive, passable, permissive, plenty, plenty good enough, polite, politic, presentable, pretty good, principled, profitable, proper, proportionate, pure, reasonable, received, recognized, recommendable, reputable, respectable, right, right and proper, right-minded, righteous, rightful, rigid, satisfactory, seasonable, seemly, severe, so so, softhearted, sortable, spotless, stainless, sterling, strict, substantial, sufficient, sufficient for, sufficing, suitable, sympathetic, sympathizing, tasteful, tender, tenderhearted, thoughtful, tidy, timely, to be desired, tolerable, traditional, true-dealing, true-devoted, true-disposing, true-souled, true-spirited, truehearted, unblemished, uncorrupt, uncorrupted, undefiled, unexceptionable, unexceptional, unimpeachable, unimpressive, unobjectionable, unspotted, unstained, unsullied, untarnished, up to, upright, uprighteous, upstanding, urbane, useful, virtuous, warm, warmhearted, well-bred, well-timed, wise, workmanlike, worthwhile, worthy, yeomanly

decently

 * decently, acceptably, adequately, advantageously, advisably, aesthetically, appropriately, artistically, becomingly, blamelessly, congruously, conscientiously, conveniently, correctly, decorously, desirably, elegantly, erectly, expediently, fairishly, fairly, fairly well, fastidiously, feasibly, fitly, fittingly, genteelly, gracefully, high-mindedly, honestly, honorably, immaculately, in good taste, irreproachably, justly, meticulously, moderately, morally, nicely, nobly, opportunely, passably, practically, presentably, pretty, pretty well, properly, punctiliously, purely, quietly, rather, reputably, respectably, righteously, rightly, satisfactorily, scrupulously, seasonably, seemly, simply, sortably, stainlessly, suitably, tastefully, to advantage, tolerably, unexceptionably, unimpeachably, unobtrusively, unspottedly, uprightly, upstandingly, virtuously, well enough, with taste, worthily

deception

 * deception, acting, affectation, airy nothing, appearance, artifice, attitudinizing, autism, befooling, bluff, bluffing, bubble, burial, burying, casuistry, cheat, cheating, chicane, chicanery, chimera, clouding, color, coloring, concealedness, concealment, covering, covering up, covertness, cunning, darkening, daydream, deceit, deceptiveness, defrauding, deluded belief, delusion, dereism, dirt, disguise, dishonesty, dissemblance, dissembling, dissimulation, double-dealing, dream, dream vision, dreamland, dreamworld, dupery, duping, duplicity, equivocation, facade, face, fake, fakement, fakery, faking, false air, false belief, false front, false show, falsity, feigning, feint, flam, four-flushing, fraud, front, gilt, gloss, guile, gulling, gyp, hallucination, hanky-panky, hiddenness, hiding, hoax, hoodwinking, humbug, humbuggery, hypocrisy, ignis fatuus, illusion, impose, imposture, indirection, interment, intrigue, invisibility, knavery, manipulation, masking, masquerade, meretriciousness, mirage, misbelief, misconception, mystification, obscuration, obscurement, occultation, ostentation, outward show, overreaching, pipe dream, playacting, pose, posing, posture, pretense, pretension, pretext, putting away, representation, ride, rip-off, ruse, screening, secrecy, secretion, seeming, self-deceit, self-deception, self-delusion, sell, semblance, sham, sharp practice, show, simulacrum, simulation, snow job, sophism, sophistry, speciousness, spoof, spuriousness, stratagem, subterfuge, tergiversation, treachery, trick, trickery, trip, uncommunicativeness, vapor, varnish, wile, window dressing, wrong impression

deceptive

 * deceptive, Barmecidal, Barmecide, aberrant, abroad, adrift, airy, all abroad, all off, all wrong, amiss, apparent, apparently sound, apparitional, askew, astray, at fault, autistic, awry, beguiling, beside the mark, bogus, casuistic, catchy, chimeric, colorable, corrupt, counterfeit, deceitful, deceiving, defective, deluding, delusional, delusionary, delusive, delusory, dereistic, deviant, deviational, deviative, dishonest, disingenuous, distorted, dreamlike, dreamy, dubious, elusive, empty, errant, erring, erroneous, evasive, fake, fallacious, false, fantastic, faultful, faulty, fishy, flawed, fraudulent, hallucinatory, heretical, heterodox, hollow, illogical, illusional, illusionary, illusive, illusory, imaginary, insincere, jesuitic, misleading, not right, not true, off, off the track, ostensible, out, overrefined, oversubtle, peccant, perverse, perverted, phantasmagoric, phantasmal, phantom, philosophistic, plausible, pseudo, questionable, seeming, self-contradictory, self-deceptive, self-deluding, shifty, slippery, sophistic, sophistical, specious, spectral, spurious, straying, supposititious, trickish, tricksy, tricky, unactual, unfactual, unfounded, unorthodox, unproved, unreal, unreliable, unsubstantial, untrue, untruthful, visionary, wide, wrong

decide

 * decide, adjudge, adjudicate, advance, arbitrate, ascertain, assure, bring, call the shots, carry, certify, choose, choose to, cinch, clear up, clinch, command, conclude, conduce to, conjecture, contribute to, control, decide upon, decree, desire, determine, direct, dismiss all doubt, dispose, elect, engage, enlist, ensure, establish, figure, find, find out, fix, forward, gather, get at, get to do, govern, guess, guide, incline, induce, influence, insure, interest in, judge, lead, lead to, lure, make a decision, make certain, make no doubt, make no mistake, make sure, make sure of, nail down, opt for, order, pick out, procure, prompt, purpose, reassure, redound to, referee, regulate, remove all doubt, resolve, rule, seal, see fit, see that, see to it, select, set, set at rest, settle, sort out, subserve, surmise, sway, take a resolution, tempt, think fit, think good, think proper, turn the scale, umpire, wear the pants, will, wish

decided

 * decided, SOL, absolute, accented, accentuated, adamant, admitting no exception, affirmative, affirmatory, all bets off, all off, all over, all up, all-out, arrant, arrogant, ascertained, assertative, assertional, assertive, assured, at an end, attested, bent, bound, bound and determined, canceled, categorical, certain, certified, classical, clear, clear-cut, cocksure, committed, complete, concluded, conclusive, confident, consummate, convinced, crass, dead, decisive, declarative, declaratory, dedicated, definite, definitive, defunct, deleted, determinate, determined, devoted, done, done for, done with, downright, earnest, egregious, emphasized, emphatic, ended, entire, established, evident, explicit, express, expunged, extinct, final, fini, finished, firm, fixed, flagrant, flat, flat-out, forceful, forcible, glaring, global, gross, guaranteed, hubristic, implicit, in red letters, in the bag, inappealable, incontestable, incontrovertible, indisputable, intent, intolerable, irrefutable, italicized, kaput, made sure, marked, nailed down, obstinate, obvious, on ice, open-and-shut, out-and-out, outright, over, overconfident, oversure, overweening, peremptory, perfect, perfected, persevering, persistent, persuaded, pointed, poised, pompous, positive, precious, predicational, predicative, profound, pronounced, proper, proud, proved, punctuated, purposeful, rank, reassured, regular, relentless, resolute, resolved, round, runaway, secure, self-assured, self-confident, self-important, self-reliant, serious, set, set at rest, settled, shattering, shocking, shot, sincere, single-minded, solid, stark, stark-staring, starred, stated, stony, straight, straight-out, stressed, superlative, sure, surpassing, tenacious, terminated, tested, the veriest, thorough, thoroughgoing, through, through with, total, tried, unafraid, unambiguous, unbearable, uncircumscribed, unconditional, unconditioned, unconscionable, undeniable, underlined, underscored, undisputed, undoubting, unequivocal, unfaltering, unhampered, unhesitating, unlimited, unmistakable, unmitigated, unqualified, unquestionable, unquestioned, unquestioning, unrelieved, unreserved, unrestricted, unspoiled, unswerving, unwaivable, unwavering, utter, warranted, washed up, whole, wholehearted, wiped out, without exception, without reserve, wound up, zapped

decidedly

 * decidedly, absolutely, actually, affirmatively, and no mistake, assertively, assuredly, at all events, at any rate, bec et ongles, by all means, certainly, clearly, committedly, decisively, declaratively, definitely, demonstrably, determinedly, devotedly, distinctly, earnestly, emphatically, firmly, fixedly, for a certainty, for a fact, for certain, for real, for sure, forsooth, hammer and tongs, heart and soul, in all conscience, in all seriousness, in earnest, in good earnest, in truth, indeed, indeedy, indubitably, inflexibly, like a bulldog, like a leech, manifestly, most assuredly, most certainly, nothing else but, noticeably, observably, obstinately, obviously, of course, patently, perseveringly, persistently, positively, predicatively, purposefully, quite, really, relentlessly, resolutely, resolvedly, sensibly, seriously, sincerely, singlemindedly, staunchly, steadfastly, steadily, surely, tenaciously, to a certainty, tooth and nail, truly, unambiguously, undeniably, under oath, unequivocally, unmistakably, unswervingly, unyieldingly, verily, visibly, wholeheartedly, with a will, with constancy, with emphasis, with total dedication, without doubt

deciduous

 * deciduous, arborary, arboreal, arboreous, arborescent, arboresque, arborical, arboriform, brittle, bushlike, bushy, capricious, changeable, citrous, collapsing, coniferous, corruptible, declining, declivitous, decurrent, dendriform, dendritic, dendroid, descendant, descending, down, down-reaching, downcoming, downfalling, downgoing, downhill, downsinking, downward, drooping, dropping, dying, ephemeral, evanescent, evergreen, fading, falling, fickle, fleeting, flitting, fly-by-night, flying, fragile, frail, fugacious, fugitive, half-hardy, hardwood, hardy, impermanent, impetuous, impulsive, inconstant, insubstantial, momentary, mortal, mutable, nondeciduous, nondurable, nonpermanent, on the descendant, on the downgrade, passing, perennial, perishable, piny, plummeting, plunging, sagging, scrubbly, scrubby, scrublike, setting, short-lived, shrubby, shrublike, sinking, softwood, submerging, subsiding, temporal, temporary, tottering, transient, transitive, transitory, treelike, tumbledown, undurable, unenduring, unstable, volatile

decimal

 * decimal, algorismic, algorithmic, aliquot, cardinal, decagonal, decahedral, decasyllabic, decuple, denary, differential, digital, even, exponential, figural, figurate, figurative, finite, fractional, imaginary, impair, impossible, infinite, integral, irrational, logarithmic, logometric, negative, numeral, numerary, numerative, numeric, odd, ordinal, pair, positive, possible, prime, radical, rational, real, reciprocal, submultiple, surd, tenfold, tenth, tithe, transcendental

decimate

 * decimate, annihilate, bring to ruin, butcher, commit carnage, commit genocide, commit mass murder, condemn, confound, consume, damn, deal destruction, demolish, depopulate, depredate, desolate, despoil, destroy, devastate, devour, dissolve, engorge, exterminate, gobble, gobble up, gut, gut with fire, havoc, incinerate, lay in ruins, lay waste, massacre, murder wholesale, ravage, raze, ruin, ruinate, shipwreck, slaughter, slay en masse, swallow up, throw into disorder, unbuild, undo, unleash destruction, unleash the hurricane, unmake, upheave, vandalize, vaporize, waste, wipe out, wrack, wreak havoc, wreck

decipher

 * decipher, account for, allegorize, analyze, answer, bottom, break, break down, cipher, clarify, clear up, crack, cryptanalyze, debug, decode, decrypt, demonstrate, demythologize, disentangle, divine, do, dope, dope out, elucidate, enlighten, euhemerize, exemplify, explain, explain away, explicate, exposit, expound, fathom, figure out, find out, find the answer, find the solution, get, get right, give reason for, give the meaning, guess, guess right, have it, hit it, illuminate, illustrate, interpret, make clear, make out, make plain, open the lock, paraphrase, plumb, popularize, psych, psych out, puzzle out, rationalize, ravel, ravel out, read, resolve, riddle, shed light upon, show, show how, show the way, simplify, solve, sort out, spell out, throw light upon, translate, undo, unfold, unlock, unravel, unriddle, unscramble, untangle, untwist, unweave, work, work out

decipherable

 * decipherable, answerable, ascertainable, capable of solution, decodable, determinable, doable, explainable, explicable, fair, in the clear, legible, open to solution, readable, resolvable, soluble, solvable, uncoded, unenciphered, workable

decision

 * decision, accommodation, accord, acquittal, action, adjustment, agreement, alternativity, animus, appetence, appetency, appetite, arbitration, arrangement, award, backbone, choice, choosing, co-optation, co-option, command, commitment, compromise, conation, conatus, conclusion, condemnation, consideration, decidedness, decisiveness, decree, dedication, definiteness, deliverance, desire, determinateness, determination, determinedness, devotion, diagnosis, dictum, discretion, disposition, doggedness, doom, earnestness, election, fancy, finding, firmness, first choice, fortitude, free choice, free will, grit, inclination, intention, judgement, judgment, landmark decision, liking, lust, mind, objective, obstinacy, order, outcome, passion, penalty, perseverance, persistence, pick, pleasure, pluck, precedent, preference, preoption, prognosis, pronouncement, purpose, purposefulness, reconciliation, relentlessness, resoluteness, resolution, resolve, resolvedness, resolving, ruling, selection, self-will, sentence, seriousness, settlement, settling, sexual desire, sincerity, single-mindedness, steadfastness, stubbornness, tenacity, the pick, total commitment, understanding, velleity, verdict, volition, will, will power, wish

decisive

 * decisive, absolute, adducible, admissible, admitting no exception, alert, all-out, apodictic, apt, assured, assuring, attestative, attestive, authentic, authoritative, based on, behind the scenes, bent, binding, bound, bound and determined, categorical, causal, causative, certain, charged, circumstantial, clear, clear and distinct, clear as day, climacteric, committed, complete, compulsory, conclusive, constitutive, convictional, convincing, critical, crucial, cumulative, damning, decided, decretory, dedicated, definite, definitive, determinate, determinative, determined, devoted, dictated, documentary, documented, downright, earnest, effectual, emergent, entailed, entire, etiological, evidential, evidentiary, ex parte, exigent, expeditious, explicit, express, eye-witness, factual, final, firsthand, fixed, flat, flat-out, formative, founded on, global, grounded on, hard-and-fast, hearsay, immediate, imperative, imperious, implicit, imposed, impressive, inappealable, incontrovertible, indicative, indisputable, ineluctable, inevitable, instant, instantaneous, institutive, intent, irrefutable, irresistible, irrevocable, kairotic, loaded, mandated, mandatory, masterful, material, must, necessary, nuncupative, obligatory, obstinate, occasional, originative, out-and-out, outright, overwhelming, peremptory, perfect, perfectly sure, persevering, persistent, persuasive, pivotal, positive, predestined, predetermined, pregnant, prescript, prescriptive, presumptive, probative, prompt, punctual, purposeful, quick, ready, relentless, reliable, required, resolute, resolved, round, satisfactory, satisfying, self-assured, self-confident, serious, set, settled, significant, sincere, single-minded, speedy, steadfast, straight, straight-out, suggestive, summary, sure, sure-enough, swift, symptomatic, telling, tenacious, total, true, ultimate, unambiguous, uncircumscribed, unconditional, unconditioned, undoubting, unequivocal, unhampered, unhesitating, univocal, unlimited, unmistakable, unmitigated, unqualified, unquestioning, unreserved, unrestricted, unswerving, unwaivable, unwavering, utter, valid, weighty, whole, wholehearted, without appeal, without exception, without reserve

deck

 * deck, accouter, ace, adorn, apparel, appoint, array, attire, bag, bale, band, bang, bash, bat, beautify, bed, bedding, bedeck, bedizen, bedrape, belt, best bower, biff, bindle, blazon, blow down, blow over, boat deck, bolt, bonk, booster, booster dose, booster shot, bouquet, bower, bowl down, bowl over, bridge deck, bring down, budget, bulldog, bundle, bundle up, cards, carpet, cast down, chop down, clap, clip, clobber, clothe, clout, clubs, clump, coldcock, color, couche, course, cover, crack, cut, cut down, dandify, dash, dash down, deal, deal a blow, deck, deck out, decorate, deuce, diamonds, dight, dizen, doll up, dose, down, draft, drape, dress, dress up, drop, dropping, drug packet, dud, dummy, earth, embellish, emblazon, embroider, enclothe, endue, enrich, enrobe, enshroud, envelop, enwrap, face cards, fagot, fardel, fasces, fascine, fell, fetch, fetch a blow, fetch down, fig out, fix, fix up, flight deck, floor, floor covering, flooring, flush, forward deck, full house, furbish, furnish, gallery, garb, garment, garnish, grace, ground, gun deck, gussy up, habilitate, half deck, hand, hearts, hew down, hit, hit a clip, hurricane deck, injection, invest, jab, jack, joker, king, knave, knock, knock cold, knock down, knock out, landing deck, lap, lay level, lay low, lay out, layer, ledge, left bower, let have it, level, lower deck, main deck, mainlining, measures, middle deck, mow down, muffle up, narcotic shot, nosegay, orlop deck, ornament, overcome, overdose, overlayer, overmaster, overmatch, overpower, overset, overstory, overthrow, overturn, pack, package, packet, paint, pair, parcel, parquet, paste, pave, pavement, paving, picture cards, platform, playing cards, plunk, poke, poop, poop deck, popping, portion, posy, potion, prank, prank up, precipitate, preen, prettify, primp, primp up, prink, prink up, prostrate, pull down, punch, quarterdeck, queen, quiver, rag out, raiment, rase, raze, redecorate, redo, refurbish, robe, roll, rouleau, round, royal flush, rubber, ruff, runway, seam, send flying, send headlong, set off, set out, sheaf, sheathe, shelf, shot, shroud, silence, singleton, skin-popping, slam, slog, slug, smack, smarten, smarten up, smite, snap, soak, sock, spades, splinter deck, spread-eagle, spruce up, stage, step, story, straight, stratum, strike, strike at, substratum, superstratum, superstructure deck, supinate, surfacing, surmount, swaddle, swat, swathe, swipe, take down, terra firma, thickness, throw, throw down, thump, thwack, tier, tire, titivate, top deck, topple, topsoil, trey, trick, trick out, trick up, trim, trip, trip up, trump, truss, tumble, underlayer, understory, understratum, upper deck, upset, wallop, weather deck, whack, whack down, wham, whop, wrap, wrap up, yerk, zone

deckhand

 * deckhand, bakehead, black gang, boilerman, bungs, cabin boy, chips, commissary steward, complement, deckie, fireman, gun loader, gunner, hand, hospital steward, landing signalman, mail orderly, navigator, oiler, purser, radio operator, roustabout, snip, snips, sparks, steward, stewardess, stoker, torpedoman, watch, yeoman

declaim

 * declaim, blare, blare forth, blaze, blaze abroad, blazon, blazon about, celebrate, chatter, converse, cry, cry out, debate, demagogue, elocute, gab, grimace, ham, ham it up, harangue, herald, herald abroad, hold forth, mouth, mug, orate, out-herod Herod, overact, overdramatize, patter, perorate, proclaim, promulgate, rabble-rouse, rant, rave, read, recite, roar, rodomontade, shout, soapbox, speak, spiel, spout, talk, throw away, thunder, thunder forth, trumpet, trumpet forth, tub-thump, underact, wag the tongue

declamatory

 * declamatory, Gongoresque, Johnsonian, affected, aureate, bedizened, big-sounding, bombastic, convoluted, elevated, elocutionary, eloquent, euphuistic, flamboyant, flaming, flashy, flaunting, flowery, forensic, fulsome, garish, gaudy, grandiloquent, grandiose, grandisonant, high-flowing, high-flown, high-flying, high-sounding, highfalutin, inkhorn, labyrinthine, lexiphanic, lofty, lurid, magniloquent, meretricious, oratorical, orotund, ostentatious, overdone, overelaborate, overinvolved, overwrought, pedantic, pompous, pretentious, rhetorical, sensational, sensationalistic, sententious, showy, sonorous, stilted, tall, tortuous

declaration

 * declaration, Parthian shot, acceptance, acknowledgment, address, admission, advertisement, affidavit, affirmance, affirmation, allegation, allowance, announcement, annunciation, answer, apostrophe, appointment, appreciation, assertion, asseveration, attest, attestation, averment, avouchment, avowal, bill, bill of complaint, brevet, broadcast, bull, bulletin board, circular, claim, comment, communication, communique, complaint, compurgation, concession, conclusion, confession, confession of faith, crack, creed, declaration of faith, decree, decree-law, decreement, decretal, decretum, deposition, dictum, diktat, disclosure, edict, edictum, encyclical, enunciation, exclamation, expression, fiat, greeting, information, instrument in proof, interjection, ipse dixit, law, legal evidence, libel, manifesto, mention, narratio, nolle prosequi, nonsuit, note, notice, notification, observation, ordinance, ordonnance, phrase, position, position paper, positive declaration, predicate, predication, proclamation, profession, program, programma, promulgation, pronouncement, pronunciamento, proposition, protest, protestation, public notice, publication, question, recognition, reflection, remark, report, rescript, revelation, rule, ruling, say, say-so, saying, senatus consult, senatus consultum, sentence, stance, stand, statement, statement of facts, subjoinder, sworn evidence, sworn statement, sworn testimony, testimonial, testimonium, testimony, thought, ukase, utterance, vouch, white book, white paper, witness, word

declarative

 * declarative, absolute, affirmative, affirmatory, annunciatory, assertative, assertional, assertive, decided, declaratory, emphatic, enunciative, heraldic, positive, predicational, predicative, proclamatory, promulgatory, publicational

declare

 * declare, acknowledge, acquaint, admit, advertise, advise, affirm, air, allege, announce, annunciate, apprise, argue, assert, assever, asseverate, aver, avouch, avow, bid, blazon, bring out, broach, broadcast, bruit about, call on, call the signals, call upon, certify, charge, chime in, claim, come out with, command, commission, communicate, confess, confirm, contend, declare roundly, decree, deliver, depose, dictate, direct, disclose, discover, disseminate, divulge, enjoin, enunciate, express, express the belief, give an order, give notice, give the word, have, herald, hold, impart, inform, insist, instruct, issue a command, issue a manifesto, issue a statement, issue a writ, lay down, maintain, make a statement, make an announcement, make known, make public, mandate, manifesto, notify, nuncupate, offer, ordain, order, order about, own, predicate, proclaim, profess, promulgate, pronounce, protest, publish, publish a manifesto, put, put it, quote, ratify, recite, relate, report, reveal, rule, say, say the word, set down, sound, speak, speak out, speak up, stand for, stand on, state, submit, swear, tell, throw out, toot, trumpet forth, utter, vend, vent, ventilate, voice, vow, warrant

declared

 * declared, accessible, affirmed, alleged, announced, asserted, asseverated, attested, averred, avouched, avowed, broadcast, brought to notice, certified, circulated, common knowledge, common property, current, deposed, diffused, disseminated, distributed, enunciated, in circulation, in print, made public, manifestoed, open, pledged, predicated, proclaimed, professed, pronounced, propagated, public, published, reported, spread, stated, sworn, sworn to, telecast, televised, vouched, vouched for, vowed, warranted

declension

 * declension, IC analysis, abnegation, accidence, affix, affixation, allomorph, bound morpheme, cascade, catabasis, cataract, chute, collapse, comedown, conjugation, contradiction, crash, cutting, debacle, debasement, decadence, decadency, deceleration, declination, declinature, decline, decline and fall, declining, decrescendo, defluxion, deformation, degeneracy, degenerateness, degeneration, degradation, demotion, denial, depravation, depravedness, depreciation, deprivation, derivation, derogation, descending, descension, descent, deterioration, devolution, difference of form, dilapidation, diminuendo, disagreement, disallowance, disclaimer, disclamation, disobedience, dissent, dive, down, downbend, downcome, downcurve, downfall, downflow, downgrade, downpour, downrush, downtrend, downturn, downward mobility, downward trend, drop, dropping, dwindling, dying, ebb, effeteness, enclitic, fading, failing, fall, falling, falling-off, formative, free form, gravitation, holding back, immediate constituent analysis, inclination, infix, infixation, inflection, involution, lapse, loss of tone, morph, morpheme, morphemic analysis, morphemics, morphology, morphophonemics, nay, negation, negative, negative answer, nix, no, nonacceptance, noncompliance, nonconsent, nonobservance, paradigm, plummeting, plunge, pounce, prefix, prefixation, proclitic, radical, rapids, recantation, refusal, regression, rejection, remission, repudiation, retention, retreat, retrocession, retrogradation, retrogression, root, ruination, slippage, slowdown, slump, stem, stoop, subsidence, suffix, suffixation, swoop, theme, thumbs-down, turndown, unwillingness, wane, waterfall, withholding, word-formation

declination

 * declination, Cartesian coordinates, aberrancy, aberration, abjuration, abjurement, abnegation, abscissa, altitude, azimuth, bend, bias, branching off, cascade, cataract, chucking, chucking out, chute, circuitousness, collapse, comedown, contempt, contradiction, coordinates, corner, crash, crook, crosswiseness, curve, cylindrical coordinates, debacle, debasement, decadence, decadency, declension, declinature, decline, declining, deflection, deflexure, defluxion, deformation, degeneracy, degenerateness, degeneration, degradation, demotion, denial, departure, depravation, depravedness, depreciation, deprivation, derogation, descending, descension, descent, despisal, despising, deterioration, detour, deviance, deviancy, deviation, deviousness, devolution, diagonality, digression, disagreement, disallowance, disapproval, discard, disclaimer, disclamation, discounting, discursion, dismissal, disobedience, disownment, disregard, dissent, divagation, divarication, divergence, diversion, dogleg, double, down, downbend, downcome, downcurve, downfall, downflow, downgrade, downpour, downrush, downtrend, downturn, downward mobility, downward trend, drift, drifting, drop, dropping, dying, ebb, ebbing, effeteness, equator coordinates, errantry, exception, exclusion, excursion, excursus, exorbitation, fading, failing, failure, failure of nerve, fall, falling, falling-off, gravitation, hairpin, holding back, ignoring, inclination, indirection, indirectness, involution, lapse, latitude, longitude, loss of tone, nay, negation, negative, negative answer, nix, no, nonacceptance, nonapproval, noncompliance, nonconformity, nonconsent, nonconsideration, nonobservance, obliqueness, obliquity, ordinate, passing by, pererration, plummeting, polar coordinates, pounce, putting away, putting out, rambling, rapids, rebuff, recantation, refusal, regression, rejection, renouncement, repudiation, repulse, retention, retrocession, retrogradation, retrogression, right ascension, scouting, sheer, shift, shifting, shifting course, shifting path, skew, skewness, slant, slippage, slump, spurning, squint, stoop, straying, sweep, swerve, swerving, swinging, swoop, tack, throwing out, thumbs-down, transverseness, turn, turndown, turning, turning out, twist, unwillingness, vagary, variation, veer, wandering, wane, waning, warp, waterfall, withholding, yaw, zigzag

decline

 * decline, abate, abatement, abjure, ablate, abstain, abstain from, age, analyze, anility, arrear, arrearage, arrears, ascend, asking price, avoid, backslide, backsliding, balk, bank, bate, be eaten away, be found wanting, be unmoved, be unwilling, bearish prices, beat down, beg off, bid price, boggle, book value, bracket, break, brush aside, bullish prices, bypass, cadence, caducity, call price, cant, careen, catabasis, catenary, cave, cave in, cessation, cheapen, cheapening, cheat the undertaker, childishness, chuck, chuck out, climb, close, closing, closing price, collapse, come apart, come down, come short, come unstuck, comedown, conjugate, conk out, consume, consume away, contemn, contradict, corrode, crash, crumble, cut, cut prices, debasement, debility, decadence, decadency, decay, deceleration, declension, declination, decline and fall, decline to accept, declivity, decrease, decrescendo, decurrence, defalcation, default, defectiveness, deficit, deflate, deflation, deformation, degeneracy, degenerate, degenerateness, degeneration, degradation, delinquency, deliquesce, demotion, demur, deny, depravation, depravedness, depreciate, depreciation, depression, derogation, descend, descent, despise, deteriorate, deterioration, devaluate, devaluation, devitalization, devolution, die, die away, diminish, diminuendo, diminution, dip, disagree, disallow, disapprove, discard, disclaim, discount, disdain, disimprove, disintegrate, dismiss, disown, disregard, dissent, dive, dodder, dotage, dotardism, downfall, downgate, downgrade, downhill, downslide, downswing, downtrend, downturn, downward mobility, downward trend, drift away, droop, drop, drop down, drop off, dwindle, dwindling, dying, ebb, ebbing, effeteness, erode, except, exclude, face value, fade, fading, fail, failing, failure, failure of nerve, faint, fall, fall away, fall in price, fall off, fall short, falling off, falling short, falling-off, falloff, fixed price, fizzle out, flag, flash price, flop, flop down, flump, flump down, flurry, flutter, forbear, forgo, forswear, founder, gainsay, get along, get on, give out, give way, go, go away, go down, go downhill, go off, go soft, go to pieces, go to pot, go uphill, grade, grow old, hang, hanging, have a comedown, high, hit a slump, hit rock bottom, hit the skids, hold out against, homestretch, hyphenate, ignore, imperfection, inadequacy, incline, inferiority, inflect, insufficiency, involution, issue par, issue price, jew down, jib, keel, lack, lag, languish, lapse, last lap, last round, last stage, lean, lessen, lessening, let up, list, lose ground, lose strength, loss, loss of tone, low, lower, lowering, mark, mark down, markdown, market price, market value, melt away, move away, move off, negate, negative, nominal value, nose dive, nose-dive, not answer, not buy, not consent, not hack it, not hear of, not make it, not make out, not measure up, not stretch, not suffice, not think of, offering price, opening price, par, par value, pare, parenthesize, parity, parse, pass by, pass up, peak, peg out, peter out, pine, pitch, plop, plop down, plummet, plummeting, plump, plunge, point, poop out, price, price cut, price fall, price reduction, pull away, punctuate, push aside, put price, quotation, quoted price, rake, rally, reach the depths, rebuff, recant, recede, reduce, reduction, refrain, refuse, refuse consent, refuse to consider, regression, reject, relapse, remission, renounce, repel, reprobate, repudiate, repulse, resist entreaty, resist persuasion, retire, retreat, retrocede, retrocession, retrogradation, retrograde, retrogression, return, revert, rise, rot, run down, run low, run short, sag, say nay, say no, scout, scruple, second childhood, senectitude, senile debility, senile dementia, senile psychosis, senile weakness, senilism, senility, set, settle, settle down, settling price, shake, shave, shelve, short measure, shortage, shortcoming, shortfall, shove away, shrink, shrivel, shy, sidle, sink, sink down, sinkage, slant, slash, slide, slip, slippage, slope, slouch, slowdown, slump, slump down, spurn, stand aloof, stand off, stated value, stick, stickle, stop short, submerge, submergence, subside, subsidence, swag, sway, swings, tail off, taper off, throw away, throw out, tilt, tip, totter, touch bottom, trim, turn away, turn down, turn gray, turn out, turn white, underage, uprise, veto, vote nay, vote negatively, waive, wane, waning, want, waste, waste away, weaken, weakening, weakness, wear, wear away, wear thin, widen the distance, wilt, withdraw, wither, wither away, wizen, worsen, worsening, wrinkle, yield

declining

 * declining, abjuration, abjurement, abnegation, aging, chucking, chucking out, collapsing, coming apart, contempt, contractive, contradiction, cracking, crumbling, decadent, deciduous, declension, declination, declinature, declined, declivate, declivitous, declivous, decreasing, decrescendo, decrescent, decurrent, degenerate, deliquescent, denial, deprivation, descendant, descending, despisal, despising, deteriorating, diminishing, diminuendo, dipping, disagreement, disallowance, disapproval, discard, disclaimer, disclamation, discounting, disintegrating, dismissal, disobedience, disownment, disregard, dissent, doting, down, down-reaching, downcoming, downfalling, downgoing, downgrade, downhill, downsinking, downward, draining, drooping, dropping, dwindling, dying, ebbing, effete, exception, exclusion, fading, failing, falling, flagging, fragmenting, getting on, going to pieces, growing old, holding back, ignoring, languishing, lessening, marcescent, nay, negation, negative, negative answer, nix, no, nonacceptance, nonapproval, noncompliance, nonconsent, nonconsideration, nonobservance, on the descendant, on the downgrade, on the wane, passing by, pining, plummeting, plunging, putting away, putting out, rebuff, recantation, receding, reductive, refusal, regressive, rejection, renouncement, repudiation, repulse, retention, retiring, retreating, retrograde, retrogressive, sagging, scouting, senescent, setting, shrinking, shriveling, sinking, sliding, slipping, slumping, spurning, submerging, subsiding, tabetic, throwing out, thumbs-down, tottering, tumbledown, turndown, turning out, unwillingness, waning, wasting, wilting, withering, withholding, worsening

declivitous

 * declivitous, collapsing, deciduous, declined, declining, declivate, declivous, decurrent, descendant, descending, dipping, down, down-reaching, downcoming, downfalling, downgoing, downgrade, downhill, downsinking, downward, drooping, dropping, falling, inclining, leaning, oblique, on the descendant, on the downgrade, pitched, plummeting, plunging, sagging, setting, sinking, sloped, sloping, submerging, subsiding, tilted, tipped, tottering, tumbledown

decoction

 * decoction, boil, boiling, brew, chemical solution, coction, combination, composition, concentrate, concentration, concoction, confection, decoctum, distillate, distillation, ebullience, ebulliency, ebulliometer, ebullition, elixir, essence, expression, extract, extraction, imbuement, impregnation, infiltration, infusion, instillation, instillment, interpenetration, leach, leachate, lixivium, marination, mixture, penetration, permeation, pervasion, pressing, purification, quintessence, refinement, rendering, rendition, saturation, seething, simmer, simmering, soaking, solution, spirit, squeezing, steeping, stewing, suffusion

decode

 * decode, anagram, answer, bottom, break, clear up, crack, cryptanalyze, debug, decipher, decrypt, disentangle, divine, do, dope, dope out, elucidate, explain, fathom, figure out, find out, find the answer, find the solution, get, get right, guess, guess right, have it, hit it, interpret, make out, open the lock, plumb, psych, psych out, puzzle out, ravel, ravel out, render, resolve, riddle, solve, sort out, translate, undo, unfold, unlock, unravel, unriddle, unscramble, untangle, untwist, unweave, work, work out

decoding

 * decoding, EDP, accomplishment, allegorization, amplification, answer, ascertainment, bilingual text, bit, channel, clarification, clavis, clearing up, communication explosion, communication theory, cracking, crib, data retrieval, data storage, decipherment, demonstration, demythologization, denouement, determination, disentanglement, editing, electronic data processing, elucidation, emendation, encoding, end, end result, enlightenment, entropy, euhemerism, exegesis, exemplification, explanation, explication, exposition, expounding, faithful translation, finding, finding-out, free translation, gloss, glossary, illumination, illustration, information explosion, information theory, interlinear, interlinear translation, interpretation, issue, key, light, loose translation, metaphrase, noise, outcome, paraphrase, pony, rationale, reason, redundancy, resolution, resolving, restatement, result, rewording, riddling, signal, simplification, solution, solving, sorting out, transcription, translation, transliteration, trot, unlocking, unraveling, unriddling, unscrambling, unspinning, untangling, untwisting, unweaving, upshot, working, working-out

decollete

 * decollete, bareness, birthday suit, clothesless, disrobed, ecdysiast, en deshabille, garbless, garmentless, gymnosophist, gymnosophy, half-clothed, in dishabille, low-cut, nakedness, naturism, naturist, not a stitch, nudish, nudism, nudist, nudity, raimentless, state of nature, strapless, stripper, stripteaser, the altogether, the nude, the raw, topless, toplessness, unattired, uncased, unclad, unclothed, undraped, undressed, ungarbed, ungarmented, unrobed

decomposable

 * decomposable, ablative, biodegradable, corrosive, decomposing, degradable, dilapidated, disintegrable, disintegrated, disintegrating, disintegrative, disjunctive, disruptive, erosive, moldering, putrefiable, putrescible, ravaged, resolvent, ruinous, separative, solvent, worn

decompose

 * decompose, ablate, anatomize, atomize, break down, break up, canker, come apart, consume, corrode, corrupt, crack up, crumble, crumble into dust, decay, deliquesce, disintegrate, disjoin, disorganize, dissect, dissolve, erode, fall into decay, fall to pieces, fester, fission, gangrene, go bad, go off, go to pieces, liquefy, melt, mildew, mold, molder, mortify, moulder, necrose, putrefy, putresce, rankle, resolve, rot, separate, sphacelate, split, spoil, suppurate, taint, take apart, turn, turn sour, waste away, wear away

decomposed

 * decomposed, bad, cankered, carious, corrupt, decayed, festering, foul, gangrened, gangrenous, gone bad, mortified, necrosed, necrotic, peccant, putrefied, putrescent, putrid, rotten, rotting, sphacelated, spoiled, suppurating, suppurative, ulcerated

decomposing

 * decomposing, ablative, biodegradable, corrosive, decomposable, degradable, dilapidated, disintegrable, disintegrated, disintegrating, disintegrative, disjunctive, disruptive, erosive, moldering, ravaged, resolvent, ruinous, separative, solvent, worn

decomposition

 * decomposition, ablation, atomization, biodegradability, biodegradation, breakup, caries, carrion, corrosion, corruption, crumbling, decay, degradability, degradation, dilapidation, disintegration, disjunction, disorganization, dissolution, dry rot, erosion, foulness, gangrene, incoherence, mildew, mold, mortification, necrosis, oxidation, oxidization, putrefaction, putrescence, putridity, putridness, rancidity, rancidness, rankness, ravages of time, resolution, rot, rottenness, rust, slough, sphacelation, sphacelus, spoilage, tooth decay, wear, wear and tear

decontaminate

 * decontaminate, absolve, acquit, amnesty, antisepticize, autoclave, boil, chlorinate, clear, delouse, destigmatize, discharge, disinfect, dismiss, dispense from, exculpate, excuse, exempt, exempt from, exonerate, forgive, free, fumigate, give absolution, grant amnesty to, grant immunity, grant remission, hygienize, justify, let go, let off, nonpros, pardon, pasteurize, purge, quash the charge, release, remit, sanitate, sanitize, set free, shrive, sterilize, vindicate, whitewash, withdraw the charge

decontamination

 * decontamination, activity, allowance, antisepsis, artificial radioactivity, color, contamination, curiage, disinfection, disinfestation, extenuating circumstances, extenuation, extenuative, fallout, flash pasteurization, fumigation, gilding, gloss, half-life, hygenics, hygiene, mitigation, natural radioactivity, nuclear radiation, palliation, palliative, pasteurization, qualification, radiant energy, radiation, radioactive radiation, radioactivity, radiocarbon dating, radiolucency, radiopacity, radiosensibility, radiosensitivity, sanitation, saturation point, softening, specific activity, sterilization, varnish, whitewash, whitewashing

decor

 * decor, act drop, adjunct, adornment, arrangement, asbestos, asbestos board, backdrop, batten, border, cloth, color, color patterns, coulisse, counterweight, curtain, curtain board, cyclorama, decoration, drop, drop curtain, elaboration, embellishment, emblazonment, emblazonry, embroidery, fire curtain, flat, flipper, flourish, flower arrangement, furniture arrangement, garnish, garnishment, garniture, hanging, illumination, ornament, ornamentation, rag, scene, scenery, screen, side scene, stage screw, tab, tableau, teaser, tormentor, transformation, transformation scene, trim, trimming, window dressing, wing, wingcut, woodcut

decorate

 * decorate, accouter, add, adjoin, adorn, affix, agglutinate, annex, append, appoint, array, attach, beautify, become one, bedeck, bedizen, blazon, burden, caparison, cite, color, complicate, conjoin, convolute, crown, crown with laurel, dandify, deck, deck out, dizen, do honor, doll up, dress, dress up, elaborate, embellish, emblazon, embroider, encumber, enrich, equip, festoon, fig out, fix up, flourish, furbish, furnish, garnish, gild, glamorize, glue on, grace, gussy up, hitch on, honor, infix, involve, join with, load with ornament, ornament, overcharge, overlay, overload, paint, paste on, pay regard to, pay tribute, plus, postfix, praise, prank, prank up, preen, prefix, prettify, pretty up, primp, primp up, prink, prink up, put with, redecorate, redo, refurbish, render honor to, renovate, restore, saddle with, set off, set out, slap on, smarten, smarten up, spruce up, subjoin, suffix, superadd, superpose, tack on, tag, tag on, titivate, trick out, trick up, trim, unite with, varnish, wallpaper

decorated

 * decorated, adorned, beaded, bedecked, bedizened, befrilled, bejeweled, beribboned, bespangled, colored, decked out, embellished, embroidered, fancy, feathered, festooned, figurative, figured, florid, flowered, flowery, garnished, jeweled, lush, luxuriant, ornamented, ornate, overcharged, overloaded, plumed, purple, spangled, spangly, studded, tricked out, trimmed, wreathed

decoration

 * decoration, abstract art, accolade, adjunct, adornment, armory, arrangement, art, art form, artist, arts and crafts, arts of design, award, badge, badge of office, badges, baton, bays, beautification, beauty treatment, blazonry, blue ribbon, bonus, brassard, button, calligraphy, cap and gown, cave art, ceramics, chain, chain of office, class ring, cockade, collar, color, color patterns, colors, cordon, cordon bleu, cross, decor, decoration of honor, design, designing, distinction, dress, eagle, elaboration, embellishment, emblazonment, emblazonry, emblems, embroidery, engraving, ensigns, etching, extra, extra added attraction, extra dash, facial, fasces, figurehead, filigree, filling, fillip, fine arts, fleur-de-lis, flourish, flower arrangement, folk art, frill, furniture arrangement, garnish, garnishment, garniture, garter, gold star, grand cordon, graphic arts, hairdressing, hammer and sickle, heraldry, illumination, insignia, kudos, lagniappe, lapel pin, laurel, laurels, livery, mace, manicure, mantle, markings, medal, mortarboard, old school tie, order, ornament, ornamentation, padding, photography, pin, plastic art, premium, prettification, primitive art, red ribbon, regalia, riband, ribbon, ring, rose, school ring, sculpture, shamrock, sigillography, skull and crossbones, something extra, sphragistics, staff, star, stuffing, superaddition, swastika, tartan, the arts, thistle, tie, trim, trimming, twist, uniform, verge, wand, window dressing, wrinkle

decorous

 * decorous, Christian, accepted, according to Hoyle, acknowledged, admitted, appropriate, approved, au fait, becoming, befitting, being done, ceremonial, ceremonious, civil, civilized, comely, comme il faut, condign, conformable, conforming, conventional, correct, customary, de rigueur, decent, delicate, demure, dignified, done, due, earnest, elegant, felicitous, fit, fitting, formal, frowning, genteel, gentlemanly, good, grave, grim, grim-faced, grim-visaged, happy, hieratic, kosher, ladylike, liturgic, long-faced, mannerly, meet, modest, nice, normal, normative, orthodox, polished, polite, pompous, prim, proper, punctilious, received, recognized, refined, respectable, right, right and proper, righteous, rightful, rigid, ritual, ritualistic, sacerdotal, seasonable, sedate, seemly, serious, sober, sober-minded, sobersided, solemn, somber, staid, stately, stiff, stone-faced, straight-faced, stuffy, suitable, thoughtful, traditional, unsmiling, urbane, weighty, well-behaved, well-mannered

decorum

 * decorum, amenities, appropriateness, becomingness, bienseance, ceremoniousness, civilities, civility, comity, conformity, convenance, convention, conventional usage, conventionalism, conventionality, correctitude, correctness, courtliness, custom, decencies, decency, decorousness, delicacy, deportment, dignity, diplomatic code, elegance, elegancies, etiquette, exquisite manners, felicity, fitness, fittingness, form, formalities, formality, genteelness, gentility, good form, good manners, goodness, happiness, mannerliness, manners, meetness, modesty, mores, natural politeness, niceness, normality, normativeness, order, orderliness, point of etiquette, politeness, politesse, properness, proprieties, propriety, protocol, pudency, pudicity, punctilio, quiet good manners, respectability, righteousness, rightness, rules of conduct, seemliness, shame, social code, social conduct, social convention, social graces, social procedures, social usage, solemnity, suitability, urbanity, usage

decoy

 * decoy, Dionaea, agent provocateur, allure, allurement, attract, attraction, bait, bait the hook, baited trap, birdlime, blandish, booby trap, by-bidder, cajole, capper, catch, catch out, charm, chicane, chicanery, coax, come-on, come-on man, deadfall, deathtrap, deceive, deception, decoy duck, delude, draw, draw in, draw on, drawcard, drawing, drawing card, endearment, enmesh, ensnare, ensnarl, entangle, entice, enticement, entoil, entrap, enweb, firetrap, flirt, flirt with, flytrap, gin, give the come-on, ground bait, hook, hook in, induce, inducement, inveigle, inveiglement, lead on, lime, lure, mesh, mine, mislead, mole trap, mousetrap, net, noose, offer bait to, pitfall, plant, rattrap, rope in, seduce, seducement, set gun, shill, snare, snarl, sniggle, spread the toils, spring gun, stall, stool pigeon, stoolie, suck in, tangle, tempt, temptation, toll, trap, trapfall, trick, trickery, trip, wile, wind, woo

decrease

 * decrease, abate, abatement, abbreviate, abbreviation, ablate, ablation, abrade, abridge, abstract, allay, alleviate, apportion, astriction, astringency, attrition, bate, be eaten away, bottleneck, calibrate, calibrated, cervix, circumscribe, circumscription, clip, close, coarct, coarctation, compact, compactedness, compaction, compress, compression, compressure, concentrate, concentration, condensation, condense, consolidate, consolidation, constrict, constriction, constringe, constringency, consume, consume away, consumption, contract, contraction, contracture, corrode, count, cramp, crumble, curtail, curtailment, cut, cut back, cut down, cutting, damp, dampen, de-escalate, de-escalation, decline, decrement, deduct, deflate, deliquesce, deplete, depletion, depreciate, depreciation, depress, derogate, derogation, detract, detraction, die away, differentiate, diminish, diminuendo, diminution, dip, disparage, disparagement, dissipate, dissipation, dive, divide, downgrade, drain, draw, draw in, draw together, dribble away, drop, drop off, dwindle, dwindling, ease, ease off, ease up, eat away, ebb, erode, erosion, evaporation, exhaustion, expenditure, extract, extraction, fall, fall away, fall off, falling off, file away, fix, gradational, grade, gradual, graduate, graduated, hierarchic, hourglass, hourglass figure, impair, impairment, impoverishment, increase, isthmus, knit, knitting, languish, leach, leakage, lessen, lessening, let up, lighten, lower, lowering, measure, melt away, mitigate, narrow, narrow place, narrowing, neck, number, parcel, pare, peter out, plummet, plunge, progressive, pucker, pucker up, puckering, purify, purse, pursing, quantify, quantize, rate, rebate, recede, reduce, reduction, refine, regular, remission, remove, retraction, retrench, retrenchment, roll back, rub away, run low, sag, scalar, scale down, shade off, shorten, shortening, shrink, shrinkage, shrinking, shrivel up, simplify, sink, slacken, slackening, solidification, solidify, squander, step down, strangle, stranglement, strangulate, strangulation, striction, stricture, subduct, subside, subsidence, subtract, systole, tail off, take away, take from, taper, taper off, thin, thin out, trim, truncation, tune down, using, using up, wane, wasp waist, wastage, waste, waste away, wear, wear away, wearing, wearing away, weed, withdraw, wrinkle, wrinkling

decree

 * decree, act, act on, action, adjudge, announcement, appointment, authorize, award, behest, bid, bidding, bill, brevet, bull, bylaw, call on, call the signals, call upon, canon, charge, charging, choose, choose to, command, commission, compel, condemn, condemnation, consideration, constitute, constrain, decide, decision, declaration, declare, declare lawful, decree-law, decreement, decretal, decretum, deliverance, demand, desire, determination, determine, diagnosis, dictate, dictation, dictum, diktat, direct, direction, directive, doom, edict, edictum, enact, enact laws, enactment, enjoin, establish, fiat, filibuster, find, find against, find for, finding, force, foredestiny, foregone conclusion, foreknowledge, foreordination, form, formality, formula, formulary, formulate, get the floor, give an order, give the word, have the floor, impose, injunction, institution, instruct, instruction, ipse dixit, issue a command, issue a writ, judgement, jus, kill, law, lay down, legalize, legislate, legislation, legitimate, legitimatize, legitimize, lex, lobby through, logroll, make a regulation, make legal, mandate, manifesto, measure, necessity, oblige, ordain, order, order about, ordinance, ordonnance, pass, pass judgment, pass sentence, pigeonhole, pocket, precedent, precept, predestination, predetermination, preordination, prescience, prescribe, prescript, prescription, proclaim, proclamation, prognosis, promulgate, promulgation, pronounce, pronounce judgment, pronounce on, pronouncement, pronunciamento, put in force, put through, railroad through, regulate, regulation, report, require, rescript, resolution, resolve, return a verdict, roll logs, rubric, rule, ruling, sanction, say the word, see fit, senatus consult, senatus consultum, sentence, set, standing order, statute, table, take the floor, think fit, think good, think proper, ukase, utter a judgment, validate, verdict, veto, will, wish, yield the floor

decrement

 * decrement, abatement, ablation, abridgment, alleviation, attenuation, attrition, consumption, contraction, corrosion, curtailment, cut, cutting, dampening, damping, decrease, decrescence, deduction, deflation, deliquescence, depletion, depreciation, depression, derogation, detraction, diminishment, diminution, dip, disparagement, dissipation, dissolution, drain, dying, dying off, erosion, evaporation, exhaustion, expenditure, extenuation, extraction, fade-out, impairment, impoverishment, languishment, leakage, lessening, letup, loss, lowering, miniaturization, minus, mitigation, reduction, relaxation, remission, retraction, retrenchment, sagging, scaling down, shortening, shrinkage, simplicity, subtraction, truncation, using, using up, wastage, waste, weakening, wear and tear, wearing, wearing away

decrepit

 * decrepit, aged, ancient, anile, antiquated, battered, beat-up, beaten up, bedraggled, broken-down, cast-off, childish, childlike, crabbed, creaking, creaky, crippled, crumbling, damaged, debilitated, decayed, decaying, derelict, deteriorated, dilapidated, disabled, disintegrating, doddered, doddering, doddery, doited, doting, down-at-heel, elderly, enervated, enfeebled, feeble, flimsy, fossilized, fragile, frail, gaga, gerontal, gerontic, haggard, impaired, in ruins, incapacitated, infirm, injured, insubstantial, marred, mossbacked, moth-eaten, mummylike, old, out of shape, palsied, papery-skinned, poor, poorish, quavering, ragged, ramshackle, ravaged with age, rickety, rotten, rotten at, ruined, ruinous, run to seed, run-down, rusty, seedy, senescent, senile, shabby, shaking, shaky, shriveled, slipshod, sloppy, slummy, spoiled, stricken in years, superannuated, tacky, threadbare, timeworn, tired, tottering, tottery, tumbledown, unfirm, unfit, unkempt, unsolid, unsound, unstable, unsturdy, unsubstantial, used, wasted, weak, weakened, weakly, withered, wizened, worn, worn out

decrepitude

 * decrepitude, caducity, debilitation, debility, decay, deterioration, dilapidation, disease, dotage, enervation, feebleness, incapacity, infirmity, malaise, old age, ruin, senescence, senility, sickliness, superannuation, unhealthiness, weakness

decrescendo

 * decrescendo, a cappella, abbandono, accrescendo, adagietto, adagio, affettuoso, agilmente, agitato, allegretto, allegro, amabile, amoroso, andante, andantino, appassionatamente, appassionato, barely audible, brillante, capriccioso, catabasis, collapse, con affetto, con agilita, con agitazione, con amore, contractive, crash, crescendo, deceleration, declension, decline, decline and fall, declining, decreasing, decreasingly, decrescent, deliquescent, dim, diminishing, diminishingly, diminuendo, dimness, distant, dive, dolce, downtrend, downturn, drop, dwindling, ebb, ever less, faint, faint-voiced, faintness, fall, feeble, feebleness, flatness, forte, fortissimo, gentle, gentleness, half-heard, indistinct, indistinctness, lamentabile, languishing, lapse, larghetto, larghissimo, largo, legato, leggiero, less, less and less, lessening, low, lowness, marcando, morendo, murmured, on the wane, parlando, pianissimo, piano, pizzicato, plunge, prestissimo, presto, rallentando, reductive, remission, retreat, ritardando, ritenuto, scarcely heard, scherzando, scherzo, scherzoso, slowdown, slump, soft, soft-sounding, soft-voiced, softness, sordo, sotto voce, spiccato, staccato, stretto, subaudibility, subaudible, subdued, subduedness, subsidence, subsiding, tremolando, tremoloso, trillando, unclear, unclearness, wane, waning, weak, weak-voiced, weakness, whispered

decretory

 * decretory, absolute, binding, commanding, compelling, compulsory, conclusive, decisive, decretal, decretive, dictated, dictating, directive, entailed, final, hard-and-fast, imperative, imposed, instructive, irrevocable, jussive, mandated, mandating, mandatory, must, obligating, obligatory, peremptory, preceptive, prescript, prescriptive, required, ultimate, without appeal

decry

 * decry, abuse, accuse, anathematize, anathemize, animadvert on, arraign, asperse, belittle, blame, bring down, bring into discredit, bring low, call to account, calumniate, cast blame upon, cast reflection upon, censure, complain against, condemn, criticize, cry down, cry out against, cry out on, cry shame upon, damn, debase, defame, degrade, denounce, denunciate, deprecate, depreciate, derogate, derogate from, detract from, devaluate, devalue, diminish, disapprove, disapprove of, discount, discredit, disgrace, disparage, dispraise, downgrade, fulminate against, hold in contempt, impeach, impugn, indict, inveigh against, knock, lower, make little of, malign, mark down, minimize, put down, reflect discredit upon, reflect upon, reprehend, reproach, reprobate, run down, shake up, slight, speak ill of, submit to indignity, take away, take from, traduce, underrate, undervalue, vilify, write, write down, write off

dedicate

 * dedicate, address, allot, apply, appropriate, assign, beatify, bless, canonize, cleanse, commit, confide, consecrate, consign, devote, direct, enshrine, entrust, exalt, give, give over, give over to, give up, glorify, hallow, inscribe, offer, pledge, purify, saint, sanctify, set, set apart, surrender, yield

dedicated

 * dedicated, abandoned, afire, altruistic, ardent, beatified, blessed, bound, bound and determined, burning, canonized, committed, consecrated, constant, decided, decisive, definite, determined, devoted, devout, disinterested, earnest, faithful, fast, fervent, fervid, fiery, flaming, hallowed, hearty, heated, hot, hot-blooded, humble, impassioned, in earnest, intense, intent, intent on, loyal, modest, obstinate, on fire, passionate, perfervid, persevering, persistent, purposeful, red-hot, relentless, resolute, resolved, sacrificing, sainted, saintly, sanctified, self-abasing, self-abnegating, self-abnegatory, self-denying, self-devoted, self-effacing, self-forgetful, self-immolating, self-neglectful, self-neglecting, self-renouncing, self-sacrificing, self-unconscious, selfless, serious, set apart, sincere, single-minded, spirited, staunch, steadfast, tenacious, tested, tried, tried and true, true, unacquisitive, unpossessive, unpretentious, unselfish, unsparing of self, vehement, warm, white-hot, wholehearted, zealous

dedication

 * dedication, abandon, acknowledgments, address, adherence, allegiance, altruism, ardency, ardor, assigned task, assignment, back, back matter, bastard title, beatification, beatitude, bibliography, blessedness, blessing, bounden duty, burden, business, call of duty, canonization, catch line, catchword, charge, colophon, commitment, committedness, consecration, constancy, contents, contents page, copyright page, decidedness, decision, decisiveness, deference, definiteness, determinateness, determination, determinedness, devoir, devotedness, devotion, devoutness, disinterest, disinterestedness, duties and responsibilities, duty, earnestness, endleaf, endpaper, endsheet, enshrinement, errata, ethics, exaltation, faith, faithfulness, fastness, fealty, fervency, fervidness, fervor, fidelity, fire, firmness, fixedness, flyleaf, folio, fore edge, foreword, front matter, glorification, grace, half-title page, hallowing, head, heartiness, heat, heatedness, homage, humility, impassionedness, imperative, imprint, index, inscription, intensity, intentness, introduction, justification, justification by works, leaf, line of duty, loyalty, makeup, message, mission, modesty, must, obligation, obstinacy, onus, ordainment, ordination, ought, page, passion, passionateness, perseverance, persistence, place, pledge, preface, preliminaries, purification, purpose, purposefulness, recto, relentlessness, resoluteness, resolution, resolve, resolvedness, respect, reverso, running title, sacrifice, sainthood, sainting, sanctification, self-abasement, self-abnegation, self-denial, self-devotion, self-effacement, self-forgetfulness, self-immolation, self-imposed duty, self-neglect, self-neglectfulness, self-renouncement, self-sacrifice, self-subjection, self-will, selflessness, seriousness, setting apart, signature, sincerity, single-mindedness, spirit, state of grace, staunchness, steadfastness, subtitle, table of contents, tail, tenacity, text, title, title page, total commitment, tried-and-trueness, triedness, trim size, trueness, type page, unacquisitiveness, unpossessiveness, unselfishness, vehemence, verso, warmth, wholeheartedness, will, zeal

deduce

 * deduce, analyze, apply reason, arouse, assume, be afraid, believe, bring forth, bring out, bring to light, call forth, call out, call up, cogitate, collect, conceive, conclude, consider, daresay, deduct, deem, derive, divine, drag out, draw, draw a conclusion, draw an inference, draw forth, draw out, dream, educe, elicit, evoke, expect, extract, fancy, feel, fetch, find, gather, generalize, get from, get out of, glean, grant, hypothesize, imagine, induce, infer, intellectualize, judge, let, let be, logicalize, logicize, make, make out, obtain, opine, philosophize, prefigure, presume, presuppose, presurmise, procure, provide a rationale, provisionally accept, rationalize, read into, reason, reason that, reckon, regard, repute, rouse, say, secure, stimulate, summon forth, summon up, suppose, surmise, suspect, syllogize, synthesize, take, take as proved, take for, take for granted, take it, take to be, take to mean, theorize, think, understand, use reason, wangle, wangle out of, winkle out, work out, worm out, worm out of

deduct

 * deduct, abate, abrade, abridge, abstract, allow, bate, charge off, collect, compress, conclude, curtail, cut, cut back, cut down, damp, dampen, decrease, deduce, deflate, depreciate, depress, derive, derogate, detract, diminish, discount, disparage, downgrade, drain, draw, draw back, eat away, erode, extract, file away, gather, impair, judge, kick back, knock off, leach, lessen, lower, make, make allowance, make out, pare, purify, rebate, reduce, refine, refund, remove, retrench, roll back, rub away, scale down, shorten, simplify, step down, subduct, subtract, take, take a premium, take away, take from, take off, take out, thin, thin out, tune down, wear away, weed, withdraw, write off

deductible

 * deductible, accident insurance, actuary, annuity, assurance, aviation insurance, bail bond, bond, business life insurance, casualty insurance, certificate of insurance, court bond, credit insurance, credit life insurance, endowment insurance, family maintenance policy, fidelity bond, fidelity insurance, flood insurance, fraternal insurance, government insurance, health insurance, industrial life insurance, insurance, insurance agent, insurance broker, insurance company, insurance man, insurance policy, interinsurance, liability insurance, license bond, limited payment insurance, major medical insurance, malpractice insurance, marine insurance, mutual company, nondutiable, nontaxable, ocean marine insurance, permit bond, policy, robbery insurance, social security, stock company, tax-deductible, tax-exempt, tax-free, term insurance, theft insurance, underwriter

deduction

 * deduction, Baconian method, a fortiori reasoning, a posteriori reasoning, a priori reasoning, abatement, ablation, abrasion, abridgment, abstraction, accord, addition, adjunct, affairs, affiliation, affinity, agio, alleviation, alliance, allowance, analysis, approximation, assemblage, association, attenuation, bank discount, bond, breakage, cash discount, chain discount, charge-off, closeness, cogitation, combination, concession, conclusion, connectedness, connection, consequence, consequent, consideration, contemplation, contiguity, contraction, contrariety, corollary, credit, cut, dampening, damping, dealings, decrease, decrement, decrescence, deductive reasoning, deflation, deliberation, demonstration, depreciation, depression, derivation, diminishment, diminution, discount, discourse, discourse of reason, discursive reason, disjunction, dockage, drawback, dying, dying off, epagoge, erosion, extenuation, fade-out, filiation, finding, generalization, homology, hypothesis and verification, illation, induction, inductive reasoning, inference, intercourse, intimacy, judgment, junction, kickback, languishment, lessening, letup, liaison, link, linkage, linking, logical thought, lowering, meditation, miniaturization, minus, mitigation, musing, mutual attraction, nearness, particularization, penalty, penalty clause, percentage, philosophical induction, philosophy, pondering, premium, price reduction, price-cut, proof, propinquity, proximity, purification, rapport, ratiocination, rationalism, rationality, rationalization, rationalizing, reason, reasonableness, reasoning, rebate, rebatement, reduction, refinement, reflection, refund, relatedness, relation, relations, relationship, relaxation, removal, result, rollback, rumination, sagging, salvage, scaling down, sequitur, setoff, similarity, simplicity, sophistry, specious reasoning, speculation, subduction, sublation, subtraction, sweet reason, syllogism, syllogistic reasoning, sympathy, synthesis, takeoff, taking away, tare, thinking, tie, tie-in, time discount, trade discount, tret, underselling, union, weakening, withdrawal, write-off

deductive

 * deductive, a fortiori, a posteriori, a priori, ablative, academic, analytic, categorical, conditional, conjectural, deducible, derivable, dialectic, discursive, dogmatic, enthymematic, epagogic, erosive, hypothetical, illative, inductive, inferential, maieutic, purported, putative, ratiocinative, reasoned, reductive, soritical, speculative, subtractive, supposed, syllogistic, synthetic, theoretical

deed

 * deed, abalienate, accomplished fact, accomplishment, achievement, act, acta, action, adventure, agreement, alien, alienate, amortize, aristeia, arrangement, assign, bargain, barter, bequeath, blow, bold stroke, bond, cause, cede, charter, compact, confer, consign, contract, contract by deed, contract of record, contract quasi, convey, conveyance, coup, covenant, covenant of indemnity, crusade, dealings, debenture, debenture bond, deed of trust, deed over, deed poll, deliver, demise, devolve upon, document, doing, doings, effort, endeavor, enfeoff, enterprise, exchange, exploit, fait accompli, feat, formal contract, gaining, gest, give, give title to, go, group policy, hand, hand down, hand on, hand over, handiwork, heroic act, implied contract, indent, indenture, instrument, insurance policy, job, make over, maneuver, measure, mortgage deed, move, negotiate, operation, overt act, pact, parol contract, pass, pass on, pass over, passage, performance, policy, proceeding, production, promissory note, quest, recognizance, remise, res gestae, sell, settle, settle on, sign away, sign over, special contract, specialty, specialty contract, step, stroke, stunt, surrender, thing, thing done, title deed, tour de force, trade, transaction, transfer, transmit, turn, turn over, undertaking, winning, work, works

deedholder

 * deedholder, beneficiary, cestui, cestui que trust, cestui que use, feoffee, feudatory, householder, laird, landlady, landlord, lord, master, mesne, mesne lord, mistress, owner, proprietary, proprietor, proprietress, proprietrix, rentier, squire, titleholder

deem

 * deem, account, account as, adjudge, adjudicate, allow, assume, be afraid, be judicious, believe, calculate, conceive, conclude, conjecture, consider, count, credit, daresay, deduce, divine, dream, esteem, estimate, exercise judgment, expect, express an opinion, fancy, feel, form an opinion, gather, grant, guess, have a hunch, have an idea, have an impression, have an inkling, have the idea, hold, hold as, imagine, infer, judge, know, let, let be, look upon as, maintain, new, opine, pine, prefigure, presume, presuppose, presurmise, provisionally accept, reckon, regard, repute, say, sense, set down as, suppose, surmise, suspect, suspicion, take, take for, take for granted, take it, take to be, think, think of, trow, understand, view as, ween

deep dyed

 * deep dyed, absolute, all-embracing, all-encompassing, all-out, all-pervading, born, broad-based, chronic, clean, clear, colorfast, comprehensive, confirmed, congenital, constant, consummate, deep-engraven, deep-fixed, deep-grounded, deep-laid, deep-rooted, deep-seated, deep-set, deep-settled, double-dyed, downright, dyed-in-the-wool, egregious, embedded, embossed, engrafted, engraved, entrenched, established, etched, exhaustive, fadeless, fast, firmly established, fixed, graven, implanted, impressed, imprinted, incorrigible, inculcated, indelible, indelibly impressed, infixed, ingrain, ingrained, ingrown, instilled, intensive, inveterate, inwrought, irreversible, long-established, old-line, omnibus, omnipresent, on a rock, on bedrock, out-and-out, outright, perfect, pervasive, plain, plumb, pure, radical, regular, rooted, set, settled, settled in habit, sheer, stabilized, straight, sweeping, thorough, thoroughgoing, through-and-through, total, ubiquitous, unconditional, unfading, universal, unmitigated, unqualified, unreserved, unrestricted, utter, veritable, vested, well-established, well-founded, well-grounded, well-set, well-settled, wholesale

deep freeze

 * deep freeze, blast, blast-freeze, blight, congeal, deep-freezer, freeze, freeze solid, freezer, freezing machine, glaciate, glacify, ice, ice machine, ice plant, ice-cream freezer, ice-cube machine, icehouse, nip, quick-freeze, refreeze, refrigerating engine, refrigerating machine, regelate, sharp-freezer

deep rooted

 * deep rooted, ankle-deep, chronic, confirmed, deep, deep-cut, deep-down, deep-dyed, deep-engraven, deep-fixed, deep-grounded, deep-laid, deep-lying, deep-reaching, deep-seated, deep-set, deep-settled, deep-sinking, deep-sunk, deep-sunken, deepish, deepsome, dyed-in-the-wool, embedded, embossed, engrafted, engraved, entrenched, established, etched, fast, firmly established, fixed, graven, implanted, impressed, imprinted, incorrigible, inculcated, indelibly impressed, infixed, ingrained, ingrown, instilled, inveterate, inwrought, irreversible, knee-deep, long-established, old-line, on a rock, on bedrock, profound, rooted, set, settled, settled in habit, stabilized, thorough, vested, well-established, well-founded, well-grounded, well-set, well-settled

deep sea

 * deep sea, Bassalian, abyssal, aquatic, balneal, bathyal, bathybic, bathymetric, bathyorographical, bathypelagic, bathysmal, benthal, benthonic, benthopelagic, blue-water, deep-water, estuarine, grallatorial, hydrographic, littoral, marine, maritime, natant, natatorial, natatory, nautical, oceanic, oceanographic, pelagic, seashore, shore, swimming, terriginous, thalassic, tidal, water-dwelling, water-growing, water-living, water-loving

deep seated

 * deep seated, ankle-deep, chronic, confirmed, congenital, connate, constitutional, deep, deep-cut, deep-down, deep-dyed, deep-engraven, deep-fixed, deep-grounded, deep-laid, deep-lying, deep-reaching, deep-rooted, deep-set, deep-settled, deep-sinking, deep-sunk, deep-sunken, deepish, deepsome, dyed-in-the-wool, embedded, embossed, engrafted, engraved, entrenched, esoteric, established, etched, fast, firmly established, fixed, graven, immanent, implanted, implicit, impressed, imprinted, inalienable, inborn, inbred, incorrigible, inculcated, indelibly impressed, indwelling, infixed, ingrained, ingrown, inherent, innate, inner, instilled, internal, intrinsic, inveterate, inward, inwrought, irreducible, irreversible, knee-deep, long-established, old-line, on a rock, on bedrock, private, profound, resident, rooted, secret, set, settled, settled in habit, stabilized, subjective, sworn, thorough, unalienable, unchallengeable, unquestionable, vested, well-established, well-founded, well-grounded, well-set, well-settled

deep six

 * deep six, abandon, barrow, beehive tomb, bone house, box grave, burial, burial at sea, burial chamber, burial mound, burying, cast, cast aside, cast away, cast off, castaway, castoff, catacombs, cenotaph, charnel house, chuck, cist, cist grave, cortege, cromlech, crypt, dead march, dice, dirge, discard, discarding, disposal, dispose of, ditch, dokhma, dolmen, dump, dumping, eighty-six, eliminate, elimination, funeral, funeral procession, get quit of, get rid of, get shut of, give away, grave, house of death, jettison, jilt, junk, junking, last home, last post, long home, low green tent, low house, mastaba, mausoleum, monstrance, muffled drum, mummy chamber, narrow house, ossuarium, ossuary, part with, passage grave, pit, pyramid, refuse, reject, rejectamenta, rejection, reliquary, removal, remove, resting place, scrap, scrapping, sepulcher, shaft grave, shrine, slough, stupa, taps, throw away, throw out, throw over, throw overboard, throwaway, tomb, tope, toss overboard, tower of silence, tumulus, vault

deep thought

 * deep thought, absorbed attention, absorption, abstraction, application, brown study, close study, concentration, contemplation, contemplativeness, deep study, engagement, engrossment, immersion, intentness, involvement, meditation, melancholy, monomania, musing, obsession, pensiveness, preoccupation, profound thought, rapt attention, reflectiveness, reverie, single-mindedness, speculativeness, studiousness, study, submersion, thoughtfulness, wistfulness

deep

 * deep, Bassalia, Machiavellian, Machiavellic, absorbed, absorbing, abstract, abstracted, abstruse, abysm, abysmal, abyss, abyssal, abyssal zone, acute, ample, amplitudinous, ankle-deep, arcane, arch, ardent, artful, astute, at bottom, at the core, baritone, bass, bathyal zone, benthos, big drink, blue, blue water, booming, bottom waters, bottomless, bottomless depths, brine, briny, broad, broad-minded, cagey, canny, capacious, cavity, centered, central, chasm, civilized, clever, colored, commodious, complex, complicated, comprehensive, concealed, concentrated, consequential, considerable, contralto, contriving, crafty, crater, crevasse, cultivated, cultured, cunning, cute, dark, deceitful, deep-colored, deep-cut, deep-down, deep-echoing, deep-engraven, deep-felt, deep-fixed, deep-laid, deep-lying, deep-pitched, deep-reaching, deep-rooted, deep-seated, deep-set, deep-settled, deep-sinking, deep-sunk, deep-sunken, deep-toned, deepgoing, deepish, deeply, deepmouthed, deepsome, depth, designing, devious, difficult, diplomatic, discerning, drink, dyed, earnest, earnestly, educated, encyclopedic, engaged, engrossed, erudite, esoteric, exhaustive, expansive, extended, extending, extensive, far-reaching, feline, fervent, fixed, foxy, full, full-colored, grand, grave, great, ground, guileful, gulf, hard, heartfelt, heavily, heavy, hermetic, hidden, high sea, high seas, hole, hollow, homefelt, hued, hydrosphere, imbued, immersed, impenetrable, in Technicolor, in color, incomprehensible, indelible, indoor, infinite, ingenious, inmost, inner, inner space, innermost, inscrutable, inside, insidious, intense, intensely, intent, interior, internal, intestine, intimate, into, intricate, intriguing, intrinsic, inventive, involved, inward, irresistible, keen, knee-deep, knowing, knowledgeable, learned, lettered, literate, lost, low, low-pitched, main, main sea, maximum, mighty, mysterious, mystical, obscure, occult, occupied, ocean, ocean bottom, ocean depths, ocean floor, ocean main, ocean sea, pansophic, past comprehension, pawky, pelagic zone, penetrating, perspicacious, pervading, piercing, pit, plenary, plotting, poignant, politic, polyhistoric, polymath, polymathic, powerful, preoccupied, profound, profoundly, rapt, ready, recondite, resonant, resounding, resourceful, rich, roomy, rumbling, sagacious, sage, salt sea, salt water, sapient, scheming, scholarly, scholastic, sea, secret, sepulchral, serious, serpentine, set, shaft, sharp, shifty, shrewd, sincere, slick, slippery, sly, smooth, snaky, sneaky, sonorous, sophistical, spacious, spreading, stained, stealthy, strategic, strong, studious, subtile, subtle, supple, tactical, thalassa, the bounding main, the brine, the briny, the briny deep, the deep, the deep sea, the deeps, the depths, the seven seas, the vasty deep, tide, tinct, tinctured, tinged, tinted, toned, total, transcendental, trench, trickish, tricksy, tricky, unfathomable, vast, voluminous, vulpine, wary, wash-colored, weighty, well, wide, widespread, wily, wise, wise as Solomon, wrapped, wrapped up, yawning, yawning abyss

deepen

 * deepen, accelerate, agent provocateur, aggravate, amplify, annoy, augment, beef up, blow up, broaden, build up, burrow, complicate, concentrate, condense, consolidate, countersink, depress, deteriorate, dig, dig out, dive, double, dredge, drill, embitter, enhance, enlarge, exacerbate, exaggerate, exasperate, excavate, expand, extend, heat up, heighten, hop up, hot up, increase, intensify, irritate, jazz up, key up, lower, magnify, make acute, make complex, make worse, mine, mount, outspread, outstretch, provoke, ramify, redouble, reinforce, rise, rouse, scoop out, sharpen, sink, soup up, sour, spread, spread out, step up, strengthen, triple, tunnel, whet, widen, worsen

deepening

 * deepening, accelerando, acceleration, aggravation, amplification, annoyance, augmentation, beefing-up, blowing up, blowup, concentration, condensation, consolidation, contentiousness, deliberate aggravation, depression, deterioration, digging, drilling, embittering, embitterment, enhancement, enlargement, exacerbation, exaggeration, exasperation, excavation, explosion, heating-up, heightening, increase, information explosion, intensification, irritation, lowering, magnification, mining, pickup, population explosion, probing, provocation, redoubling, reinforcement, sharpening, sinkage, sinking, souring, speedup, step-up, strengthening, tightening, tunneling, worsening

deeply

 * deeply, acutely, completely, deep, emotionally, entirely, extremely, gravely, greatly, heavily, intensely, irrevocably, keenly, passionately, powerfully, profoundly, seriously, severely, strongly, thoroughly, unreservedly, very much

deer

 * deer, Cape elk, Virginia deer, antelope, buck, camel, camelopard, caribou, deerlet, doe, dromedary, eland, elk, fallow deer, fawn, gazelle, giraffe, gnu, hart, hartebeest, hind, kaama, moose, mule deer, musk deer, okapi, red deer, reindeer, roe, roe deer, roebuck, springbok, stag, wildebeest

deface

 * deface, batter, blemish, blot, check, cicatrize, contort, crack, craze, damage, deform, demolish, destroy, dilapidate, disfigure, disproportion, distort, dysphemize, flaw, harm, impair, injure, kink, look a fright, look a mess, look bad, look like hell, look something terrible, mangle, mar, misshape, mutilate, offend, offend the eye, ruin, scab, scar, scarify, split, spoil, truncate, twist, uglify, warp, wreck

defalcation

 * defalcation, abuse, abuse of office, arrear, arrearage, arrears, befoulment, break, conversion, corrupt administration, debasement, decline, default, defect, defectiveness, deficiency, deficit, defilement, delinquency, desecration, discontinuity, diversion, embezzlement, failing, failure, falling short, fault, fouling, gap, hiatus, imperfection, inadequacy, inferiority, insufficiency, interval, lack, lacuna, laxness, maladministration, malfeasance, malpractice, malversation, misapplication, misappropriation, misconduct, misemployment, misfeasance, mishandling, mismanagement, missing link, misusage, misuse, need, negligence, omission, outage, paucity, peculation, perversion, pilfering, pollution, poor stewardship, poverty, profanation, prostitution, remissness, scant, scantiness, scarceness, short measure, shortage, shortcoming, shortfall, slackness, slump, ullage, underage, violation, want, wantage

defamation

 * defamation, attack, backbiting, backstabbing, belittlement, blackening, calumny, character assassination, defamation of character, defilement, denigration, depreciation, disparagement, malicious defamation, muckraking, mudslinging, name-calling, revilement, scandal, slander, smear, smear campaign, smear word, tale, vilification

defamatory

 * defamatory, abusive, back-biting, backbiting, belittling, bitchy, calumniatory, calumnious, catty, censorious, contemptuous, contumelious, deprecatory, depreciative, depreciatory, derisive, derisory, derogative, derogatory, detracting, detractory, disparaging, libelous, maligning, minimizing, pejorative, ridiculing, scandalous, scurrile, scurrilous, slanderous, slighting, vilifying

defame

 * defame, asperse, attaint, bad-mouth, belie, bespatter, blacken, blot, blow upon, brand, calumniate, cast aspersions on, cast reflections on, censure, defile, denigrate, disapprove, disparage, expose, expose to infamy, gibbet, hang in effigy, libel, malign, misrepresent, pillory, reprimand, scandalize, slander, slur, smear, soil, stain, stigmatize, sully, taint, tarnish, throw mud at, traduce, vilify

default

 * default, AWOL, French leave, abscondence, absence, absence without leave, absentation, absenteeism, absenting, arrear, arrearage, arrears, back debts, back payments, bad debt, be absent, be bereaved of, be caught napping, be neglectful, be negligent, bouncing check, come up short, culpa, culpable negligence, cut, day off, dearth, decline, defalcation, defect, defection, defectiveness, deferred payments, deficiency, deficit, deficit financing, delinquence, delinquency, departure, dereliction, disallow, disappearance, disconformity, dishonor, dishonoring, disregard, dollar gap, drop, escape, excused absence, fail, fail to appear, failure, fall short, falling short, fault, fleeing, forfeit, furlough, gloss over, go astray from, holiday, hooky, ignore, imperfection, inaction, inadequacy, inadvertence, inadvertency, inattention, incur loss, inferiority, inobservance, insufficiency, keep away, kiss good-bye, laches, lack, laissez-faire, lapse, laxity, laxness, leave, leave of absence, leaving, let go, let ride, let slide, let slip, levant, looseness, lose, lose out, lose sight of, lose track of, mislay, misplace, miss, neglect, neglectfulness, negligence, nod, nonadherence, nonappearance, nonattendance, noncompliance, nonconformance, nonconformity, nondischarge of debts, nonfeasance, nonfulfillment, noninterference, nonobservance, nonpayment, nonperformance, nonremittal, nonrestriction, not care for, not come, not get involved, not heed, not pay, not show up, not think, omission, overdraft, overlook, overlooking, oversight, pass over, permissiveness, poor stewardship, privation, procrastination, protest, protested bill, refuse to pay, remissness, repudiate, repudiation, running away, sabbatical leave, sacrifice, short measure, shortage, shortcoming, shortfall, sick leave, slackness, sleep, slight, slump, stop payment, suffer loss, take for granted, truancy, truantism, turn up missing, uncollectible, underage, undergo privation, unexcused absence, unobservance, unrigorousness, vacation, wander from, want, weakness, welsh

defeat

 * defeat, KO, Waterloo, answer, answer conclusively, argue down, baffle, bafflement, balk, balking, bankruptcy, bar, bear down, bear the palm, beat, beat all hollow, beat down, beat hollow, beating, best, betrayed hope, bilk, blast, blasted expectation, blighted hope, block, blow, brave, bring down, buffet, cast down, challenge, check, checkmate, circumvent, cleaning, cleanup, clobber, clobbering, comedown, confound, confounding, confront, confute, conquer, conquest, contradict, contravene, controvert, cook, counter, counteract, countermand, counterwork, cross, cruel disappointment, crush, dash, dashed hope, debacle, defeasance, defeat expectation, defy, demolish, deny, destroy, disappoint, disappointment, discomfit, discomfiture, disconcert, disconcertion, discountenance, dish, disillusion, disillusionment, dismiss, dispose of, disrupt, dissatisfaction, dissatisfy, do for, do in, downcast, downthrow, drub, drubbing, dusting, elude, end, failure, fallen countenance, fiasco, finish, fix, fizzle, floor, flummox, foil, foiling, forlorn hope, frustrate, frustration, futility, hide, hinder, hope deferred, hors de combat, ill success, impede, knock out, knock the chocks, lambaste, lambasting, lather, let down, letdown, lick, licking, losing game, mirage, miscarriage, no go, nonaccomplishment, nonplus, nonsuccess, obstruct, outclass, outdo, outfight, outgeneral, outmaneuver, outpoint, outrun, outsail, outshine, overcome, overpower, overthrow, overturn, overwhelm, parry, perplex, prevail over, put, put to silence, rebuff, rebut, reduce, reduce to silence, refute, repress, repulse, reversal, reverse, rise above, rout, ruin, sabotage, scotch, scuttle, setback, settle, shellacking, shoot down, shut up, silence, sink, skin, skin alive, smash all opposition, sore disappointment, spike, spoil, squash, squelch, stonewall, stop, stump, subdue, subjugate, subvert, successlessness, suppress, surmount, take the cake, tantalization, tantalize, tease, terminate, thrash, thrashing, thwart, thwarting, torpedo, trim, triumph, triumph over, trounce, trouncing, undermine, undo, undoing, unsuccess, unsuccessfulness, upset, uselessness, vanquish, vanquishment, warming, whip, win, worst

defeated

 * defeated, all up with, baffled, balked, beat, beaten, bested, betrayed, bilked, blasted, blighted, chapfallen, confounded, crestfallen, crossed, crushed, dashed, disappointed, discomfited, dished, disillusioned, dissatisfied, done for, done in, down, fallen, fixed, floored, foiled, frustrated, hors de combat, ill done-by, ill-served, lambasted, lathered, let down, licked, on the skids, out of countenance, outdone, overborne, overcome, overmastered, overmatched, overpowered, overridden, overthrown, overturned, overwhelmed, panicked, put to rout, regretful, routed, ruined, scattered, settled, silenced, skinned, skinned alive, sorely disappointed, soured, stampeded, thwarted, trimmed, trounced, undone, upset, whelmed, whipped, worsted

defeating

 * defeating, ascendant, baffling, confounding, conquering, disconcerting, dominant, flushed with success, frustrating, in ascendancy, in the ascendant, overcoming, prevailing, successful, triumphal, triumphant, vanquishing, victorious, winning

defeatist

 * defeatist, Cassandra, Cassandra-like, Cassandran, Cassandrian, Eeyore, calamity howler, cynic, cynical, dismal, downbeat, gloomy, killjoy, malist, negative, negativist, negativistic, nihilist, nihilistic, pessimist, pessimistic, prophet of doom, retreatist, seek-sorrow, uncheerful, worrywart

defecate

 * defecate, blow, blow out, ca-ca, clean out, clear, clear away, clear off, clear out, clear the decks, crap, deplete, drain, dung, eliminate, empty, empty out, evacuate, excrete, exhaust, number two, purge, remove, scour out, shit, spend a penny, stool, sweep out, take a shit, unclog, unfoul, vent, void

defect

 * defect, abandon, abnormality, acute disease, affection, affliction, ailment, allergic disease, allergy, apostacize, apostatize, arrearage, atrophy, back out, bacterial disease, betray, birth defect, birthmark, blackhead, bleb, blemish, blight, blister, bolt, break, break away, bug, bulla, cardiovascular disease, catch, change sides, check, chronic disease, cicatrix, circulatory disease, comedo, complaint, complication, condition, congenital defect, crack, crater, craze, dearth, defacement, defalcation, default, defection, deficiency, deficiency disease, deficit, deformation, deformity, degenerate, degenerative disease, depart, desert, disability, discontinuity, disease, disfiguration, disfigurement, disorder, distemper, distortion, drawback, endemic, endemic disease, endocrine disease, epidemic disease, error, escape, failing, failure, fall away, fall off, fault, faute, flaw, foible, forsake, frailty, freckle, functional disease, fungus disease, gap, gastrointestinal disease, genetic disease, go, go back on, go over, handicap, hemangioma, hereditary disease, hiatus, hickey, hole, iatrogenic disease, illness, imperfection, inadequacy, indisposition, infectious disease, infirmity, insufficiency, interval, irregularity, keloid, kink, lack, lacuna, leave, lentigo, let down, liability, little problem, malady, malaise, mark, milium, miss, missing link, mistake, mole, morbidity, morbus, muscular disease, need, needle scar, neurological disease, nevus, nutritional disease, occupational disease, omission, organic disease, outage, pandemic disease, pathological condition, pathology, pimple, pit, plant disease, pock, pockmark, port-wine mark, port-wine stain, privation, problem, protozoan disease, psychosomatic disease, pull out, pustule, quit, rat, reject, renegade, renege, renounce, repudiate, respiratory disease, rift, rockiness, run out on, scab, scantiness, scar, scarceness, scarcity, scratch, sebaceous cyst, secede, secondary disease, seediness, sell out, shortage, shortcoming, shortfall, sickishness, sickness, signs, snag, something missing, split, spurn, stain, strawberry mark, sty, switch, switch over, symptomatology, symptomology, symptoms, syndrome, taint, tergiversate, the pip, track, turn, turn against, turn cloak, turn traitor, twist, ullage, urogenital disease, verruca, vesicle, vice, virus disease, vulnerable place, wale, want, wantage, warp, wart, wasting disease, weak link, weak point, weakness, weal, welt, wen, whitehead, withdraw, worm disease

defection

 * defection, abandonment, about-face, accommodation, adaptation, adjustment, alienation, alteration, amelioration, apostasy, backsliding, bad debt, betrayal, betterment, blemish, bolt, break, breakaway, bug, catch, change, change of heart, changeableness, constructive change, continuity, conversion, crack, crossing-over, default, defect, deficiency, degeneration, degenerative change, delinquence, delinquency, dereliction, deserter, desertion, deterioration, deviation, difference, disaffection, discontinuity, dishonor, dishonoring, disloyalty, disownment, divergence, diversification, diversion, diversity, divorce, drawback, estrangement, failing, failure, faithlessness, falseness, fault, faute, fitting, flaw, flip-flop, foible, forsaking, frailty, going over, gradual change, hole, imperfection, improvement, inadequacy, infirmity, kink, little problem, melioration, mitigation, modification, modulation, nondischarge of debts, nonpayment, nonremittal, overthrow, parting, problem, protest, protested bill, qualification, radical change, ratting, re-creation, realignment, recidivation, recidivism, recreancy, redesign, reform, reformation, rejection, remaking, renewal, renunciation, repudiation, reshaping, restructuring, reversal, revival, revivification, revolution, rift, runout, schism, secession, separation, shift, shortcoming, snag, something missing, sudden change, switch, taint, tergiversation, total change, transition, treason, turn, turnabout, turning traitor, uncollectible, upheaval, variation, variety, violent change, vulnerable place, walkout, weak link, weak point, weakness, worsening

defective

 * defective, aberrant, abroad, adrift, adulterated, all abroad, all off, all wrong, ament, amiss, amputee, arrested, askew, astray, at fault, awry, backward, beside the mark, blemished, born fool, broken, callow, checked, cicatrized, clot, congenital idiot, corrupt, corrupted, cracked, crazed, cretin, cripple, damaged, debased, deceptive, defaced, deficient, deformed, deformity, delusive, deranged, deviant, deviational, deviative, disfigured, disordered, distorted, disturbed, embryonic, errant, erring, erroneous, exceptional, failing, fallacious, fallible, false, faultful, faulty, flawed, found wanting, golem, half-assed, half-wit, handicapped person, heretical, heterodox, hypoplastic, idiot, illogical, illusory, imbecile, immature, impaired, imperfect, imprecise, impure, in arrear, in arrears, in default, in short supply, inaccurate, inadequate, incapable, incompetent, incomplete, inexact, infant, injured, insufficient, juggins, keloidal, kinked, lacking, makeshift, marred, mediocre, mentally deficient, missing, mixed, mongoloid idiot, moron, natural, natural idiot, natural-born fool, needing, not enough, not perfect, not right, not true, off, off the track, on the blink, on the fritz, out, out of order, paralytic, paraplegic, part, partial, patchy, peccant, perverse, perverted, pimpled, pimply, quadriplegic, retarded, scabbed, scabby, scant, scanty, scarified, scarred, scrappy, self-contradictory, short, shy, sick, simp, simple, simpleton, sketchy, split, straying, subnormal, the crippled, the handicapped, too little, twisted, underdeveloped, undeveloped, unequal to, uneven, unfactual, unfinished, unhealthy, unorthodox, unperfected, unproved, unqualified, unsatisfactory, unsatisfying, unsettled, unsound, unsufficing, unthorough, untrue, vitiated, wanting, warped, wide, wrong

defector

 * defector, apostate, backslider, bolter, collaborationist, collaborator, convert, deserter, fifth columnist, mugwump, proselyte, quisling, rat, recidivist, recreant, renegade, renegado, renegate, reversionist, runagate, schismatic, seceder, secessionist, separatist, strikebreaker, tergiversant, tergiversator, traitor, turnabout, turncoat, turntail

defend

 * defend, account, advocate, air, allege in support, answer, argue, argue for, arm, armor, assert, avert, back, battle, bless, bulwark, champion, claim, cloak, compass about, conserve, contend, contend for, copyright, counter, cover, cushion, ensure, espouse, explain, express, fence, fend, fend off, fight, fight for, flank, fortify, guarantee, guard, guard against, harbor, haven, insure, justify, keep, keep from harm, keep safe, maintain, make a plea, make safe, nestle, oppose, parry, patent, plead for, police, preserve, prevent, protect, rationalize, rebut, refute, register, reply, resist, respond, ride shotgun for, riposte, safeguard, save, say in defense, screen, secure, shelter, shield, shroud, speak for, speak up for, stand by, stand up for, stick up for, support, sustain, underwrite, uphold, urge reasons for, utter, vent, vindicate, voice, war, ward, ward off, warrant, watch over, withstand

defendant

 * defendant, accessory, accused, bitter-ender, brawler, correspondent, diehard, disputant, dissentient, dissident, intransigent, irreconcilable, last-ditcher, libelee, litigant, litigationist, litigator, naysayer, negativist, noncooperator, objector, obstructionist, obstructive, opposer, oppositionist, panel, parties litigant, party, plaintiff, prisoner, protester, quarreler, resister, respondent, scrapper, suitor, suspect, witness, wrangler

defender

 * defender, Maecenas, abettor, admirer, advocate, aficionado, angel, apologete, apologist, apologizer, backer, buff, champion, dependence, encourager, endorser, exponent, fan, favorer, friend at court, guard, justifier, lover, mainstay, maintainer, paladin, paranymph, partisan, patron, patroness, pillar, pleader, promoter, proponent, protagonist, protector, protectress, reliance, rock, safekeeper, second, seconder, sectary, sider, sponsor, stalwart, standby, successful advocate, support, supporter, sustainer, sympathizer, tower, tower of strength, upholder, vindicator, votary, well-wisher, whitewasher

defense counsel

 * defense counsel, AG, DA, KC, QC, SSC, US attorney, attorney general, civilian, corporation lawyer, court-appointed lawyer, criminal lawyer, district attorney, junior counsel, law agent, leader, mouthpiece, private attorney, prosecuting attorney, prosecutor, public prosecutor, publicist, silk, silk gown, solicitor general, special pleader, stuff gown, stuff-gownsman

defense mechanism

 * defense mechanism, alienation, autism, autistic thinking, avoidance, avoidance mechanism, avoidance reaction, avoiding reaction, blame-shifting, block, blocking, circumvention, compensation, conversion, decompensation, defence, defense, defense in depth, defenses, dereism, dereistic thinking, deterrent capacity, displacement, dissociation, dodge, duck, ego defenses, elusion, elusiveness, emotional insulation, equivocation, escape, escape into fantasy, escape mechanism, escapism, evasion, evasive action, evasiveness, fantasizing, fantasy, flight, forbearance, forestalling, forestallment, getting around, guard, isolation, jink, mental block, negative taxis, negativism, neutrality, nonintervention, noninvolvement, overcompensation, prevention, projection, protection, psychological defenses, psychotaxis, rationalization, refraining, repression, resistance, self-defense, self-preservation, self-protection, shunning, shunting off, shy, sidestep, sidetracking, slip, sociological adjustive reactions, sublimation, substitution, suppression, symbolization, the defensive, the runaround, ward, wish-fulfillment fantasy, wishful thinking, withdrawal, zigzag

defense

 * defense, aegis, answer, apologetic, apologetics, apologia, apology, arch dam, argument, argumentation, armament, armor, arms, backfire, backstop, bamboo curtain, bank, bar, barrage, barrier, bear-trap dam, beaver dam, bicker, bickering, boom, breakwater, breastwork, brick wall, buffer, bulkhead, bulwark, casuistry, cofferdam, comeback, confutation, contention, contraremonstrance, controversy, counteraccusation, counterattack, counterblast, counterblow, countercharge, counterclaim, counterfire, counterinsurgency, countermeasure, counterreply, counterrevolution, counterstatement, counterstep, counterstroke, cover, dam, demurrer, denial, dike, disputation, dispute, ditch, earthwork, embankment, exception, exculpation, excuse, explanation, eye, fastness, fence, flyting, fort, fortress, gate, gravity dam, groin, guard, hassle, hubbub, hydraulic-fill dam, iron curtain, jam, jetty, justification, leaping weir, lee, levee, litigation, logjam, logomachy, milldam, moat, mole, mound, munitions, objection, paper war, parapet, passage of arms, plea, pleading, pleadings, polemic, polemics, portcullis, preservation, protection, protective custody, rampart, rationalization, rebuttal, rebutter, refuge, refutation, rejoinder, replication, reply, response, retort, return, rhubarb, riposte, roadblock, rock-fill dam, safeguard, safekeeping, safety, seawall, security, set-to, shade, shadow, shelter, shield, shutter dam, special demurrer, special pleading, statement of defense, stone wall, stronghold, surrebuttal, surrebutter, surrejoinder, verbal engagement, wall, war of words, ward, watchful eye, weaponry, weapons, weir, wicket dam, work, wrangling

defenseless

 * defenseless, abandoned, aidless, bare-handed, deserted, desolate, fatherless, forlorn, forsaken, friendless, godforsaken, guardless, guideless, helpless, homeless, kithless, leaderless, motherless, outcast, pregnable, unarmed, unarmored, unattended, uncovered, undefended, unfortified, unfriended, ungarrisoned, unguarded, unprotected, unscreened, unsheltered, unshielded, unsuspecting, untenable, unwarned, unwatched, vulnerable, weaponless

defensible

 * defensible, admissible, allowable, balanced, condonable, defendable, deserved, dispensable, due, equitable, even, evenhanded, excusable, exemptible, expiable, fair, fair and square, fit, forgivable, good, inoffensive, just, justifiable, justified, lawful, legal, legitimate, level, meet, meet and right, merited, pardonable, proper, reasonable, remissible, right, right and proper, rightful, square, tenable, unobjectionable, venial, vindicable, warrantable, warranted

defensive

 * defensive, covering, custodial, defending, fostering, guardian, guarding, immunizing, parental, preventive, prophylactic, protecting, protective, safeguarding, screening, self-defensive, self-preservative, self-protective, sheltering, shielding, tutelary, vigilant, watchful

defer to

 * defer to, accord respect to, admire, adore, apotheosize, appreciate, attend to orders, bow to, comply, conform, deify, entertain respect for, esteem, exalt, favor, follow the book, give way to, harken to, heed, hero-worship, hold in esteem, hold in reverence, honor, idolize, keep, knuckle under to, listen to, look up to, mark, mind, obey, obey the rules, observe, prize, regard, respect, revere, reverence, stay in line, submit, submit to, succumb to, take orders, think highly of, think much of, think well of, toe the line, value, venerate, worship, yield to

defer

 * defer, accede, accede to, accommodate, acquiesce, adapt, adjourn, adjust, agree, agree to, assent, block, bow, bow to, capitulate, cave, comply with, conform, continue, cringe, defer to, delay, detain, drag out, extend, fawn, hang fire, hang up, hinder, hold off, hold over, hold up, impede, intermit, knuckle, knuckle under, lay aside, lay by, lay over, lengthen, obstruct, pigeonhole, postpone, prolong, prorogate, prorogue, protract, push aside, put aside, put off, put on ice, put over, recess, remit, reserve, retard, set aside, set by, shelve, shift off, sleep on, slow, stall, stand over, stave off, stay, stretch out, submit, submit to, succumb, suspend, table, take a recess, truckle, waive, yield to

deference

 * deference, acceptance, acquiescence, admiration, adoration, affability, agreeableness, allegiance, amenity, apotheosis, appreciation, approbation, approval, assent, assigned task, awe, bounden duty, breathless adoration, burden, business, call of duty, charge, civility, comity, commitment, complaisance, compliance, consent, considerateness, consideration, courteousness, courtesy, dedication, deification, devoir, devotion, duties and responsibilities, duty, esteem, estimation, ethics, exaggerated respect, favor, fealty, gracefulness, graciousness, great respect, hero worship, high regard, homage, honor, idolatry, idolization, imperative, kneeling, line of duty, loyalty, mission, must, nonopposal, nonopposition, nonresistance, obedience, obeisance, obligation, onus, ought, passiveness, passivity, place, politeness, prestige, regard, resignation, resignedness, respect, respectfulness, reverence, reverential regard, self-imposed duty, solicitousness, solicitude, subjection, submission, submissiveness, submittal, supineness, tact, tactfulness, thoughtfulness, urbanity, veneration, worship, yielding

deferential

 * deferential, accommodating, affable, agreeable, attentive, cap in hand, ceremonious, civil, complaisant, conscientious, considerate, courteous, crouching, disarming, duteous, dutiful, ethical, fair, graceful, gracious, honorific, insinuating, insinuative, moral, obedient, obeisant, obliging, obsequious, observant, on bended knee, polite, prone, prostrate, regardful, respectful, saccharine, scrupulous, servile, silken, silky, solicitous, subservient, tactful, thoughtful, urbane

defiance

 * defiance, audacity, boldness, bravado, brazenness, call, cartel, challenge, combative reaction, command, complaint, contempt, contrariness, contumaciousness, contumacy, counteraction, dare, declaration of war, defi, defiance of authority, defy, demur, despite, dispute, dissent, dissentience, effrontery, factiousness, fractiousness, hardihood, headstrongness, impudence, incorrigibility, indocility, indomitability, insolence, insubordination, insuppressibility, insurgency, intractability, intractableness, irrepressibility, muster, negativism, noncooperation, objection, obstinacy, obstreperousness, opposition, order, orneriness, passive resistance, perversity, protest, reaction, rebelliousness, rebuff, recalcitrance, recalcitrancy, recalcitration, refractoriness, reluctance, remonstrance, renitence, renitency, repellence, repellency, repulse, repulsion, resistance, restiveness, revolt, shrewishness, stand, stubbornness, stump, summons, temerity, uncontrollability, uncooperativeness, ungovernability, unmalleability, unmanageability, unmoldableness, unruliness, unsubmissiveness, untamableness, wildness, withstanding

defiant

 * defiant, aggressive, antagonistic, arrogant, audacious, belligerent, beyond control, bold, brash, brassy, brazen, breachy, bumptious, challenging, cheeky, cocky, contemptuous, contumacious, daring, defying, derisive, disdainful, disobedient, disregardful, fractious, greatly daring, gutsy, headstrong, hostile, impatient of control, impertinent, impudent, incorrigible, indocile, indomitable, insolent, insubordinate, insuppressible, intractable, irrepressible, mutinous, obstinate, obstreperous, ornery, out of hand, pert, pugnacious, rebellious, recalcitrant, refractory, regardless of consequences, resistant, resisting, restive, saucy, self-willed, shrewish, spunky, stubborn, unbiddable, uncontrollable, ungovernable, unmalleable, unmanageable, unmoldable, unruly, unsubmissive, unyielding, wild

deficiency disease

 * deficiency disease, abnormality, acute disease, affection, affliction, ailment, allergic disease, allergy, atrophy, bacterial disease, birth defect, blight, cardiovascular disease, chronic disease, circulatory disease, complaint, complication, condition, congenital defect, defect, deformity, degenerative disease, disability, disease, disorder, distemper, endemic, endemic disease, endocrine disease, epidemic disease, functional disease, fungus disease, gastrointestinal disease, genetic disease, handicap, hereditary disease, iatrogenic disease, illness, indisposition, infectious disease, infirmity, malady, malaise, morbidity, morbus, muscular disease, neurological disease, nutritional disease, occupational disease, organic disease, pandemic disease, pathological condition, pathology, plant disease, protozoan disease, psychosomatic disease, respiratory disease, rockiness, secondary disease, seediness, sickishness, sickness, signs, symptomatology, symptomology, symptoms, syndrome, the pip, urogenital disease, virus disease, wasting disease, worm disease

deficiency

 * deficiency, absence, adulteration, arrearage, arrestment, baseness, beggary, blemish, break, bug, callowness, catch, crack, dearth, defalcation, default, defect, defectibility, defection, defectiveness, deficit, demerit, deprivation, dereliction, destitution, discontinuity, drawback, drought, erroneousness, failing, failure, fallibility, famine, fault, faultiness, faute, fewness, flaw, foible, frailty, gap, hiatus, hole, immaturity, impairment, imperfection, impoverishment, impurity, inaccuracy, inadequacy, inadequateness, incompetence, incompleteness, incompletion, inexactitude, inexactness, infirmity, insufficiency, interval, kink, lack, lacuna, little problem, littleness, maladroitness, meanness, mediocrity, miscarriage, missing link, need, neglect, omission, outage, patchiness, pettiness, privation, problem, rift, scantiness, scrappiness, shabbiness, short measure, short weight, shortage, shortcoming, shortfall, sin, sketchiness, smallness, snag, something missing, starvation, subnormality, taint, triviality, ullage, underage, underdevelopment, undevelopment, unevenness, unperfectedness, unskillfulness, unsoundness, vulgarity, vulnerable place, want, wantage, weak link, weak point, weakness

deficient

 * deficient, adulterated, amiss, arrested, bad, base, blemished, botched, bungling, callow, clumsy, damaged, defective, embryonic, erroneous, failing, fallible, faulty, flawed, found wanting, half-assed, haphazard, hit-and-miss, hit-or-miss, hypoplastic, immature, impaired, imperfect, imprecise, impure, in arrear, in arrears, in default, in short supply, in want of, inaccurate, inadequate, incompetent, incomplete, inexact, infant, inferior, infrequent, injured, insufficient, lacking, little, makeshift, maladroit, marred, mean, mediocre, messy, minus, missing, mixed, needing, not comparable, not enough, not in it, not perfect, off, out of it, part, partial, patchy, petty, promiscuous, rare, scant, scanty, scarce, scrappy, scrimpy, shabby, short, short of, shy, sketchy, skimpy, slipshod, slipshoddy, sloppy, slovenly, sluttish, small, too little, trivial, uncommon, underdeveloped, undeveloped, unequal to, uneven, unfinished, unperfected, unqualified, unreached, unsatisfactory, unsatisfying, unskillful, unsound, unsufficing, unthorough, untidy, wanting

deficit

 * deficit, absence, arrear, arrearage, arrears, back debts, back payments, balance, beggary, bouncing check, break, credit, decline, defalcation, default, defect, defectiveness, deferred payments, deficiency, deficit financing, delinquency, deprivation, destitution, difference, discontinuity, discrepancy, dollar gap, drought, epact, failure, falling short, famine, gap, hiatus, imperfection, impoverishment, inadequacy, incompleteness, inferiority, insufficiency, interval, lack, lacuna, loss, missing link, need, net, omission, outage, overdraft, remainder, scantiness, short measure, shortage, shortcoming, shortfall, slump, starvation, surplus, ullage, underage, want, wantage

defile

 * defile, abuse, abysm, abyss, access, adulterate, afflict, aggrieve, aisle, alley, alloy, ambulatory, aperture, arcade, arroyo, artery, attaint, avenue, backpack, befoul, benasty, besmear, besmirch, bespatter, betray, bewitch, blacken, blight, blot, blow upon, bottleneck, box canyon, brand, breach, break, call names, canal, canker, canyon, cavity, censure, channel, chap, chasm, cheapen, check, chimney, chink, cleft, cleuch, cloister, clough, coarsen, col, colonnade, communication, condemn, conduit, confound, connection, contaminate, convert, corridor, corrupt, coulee, couloir, covered way, crack, cranny, crevasse, crevice, cut, cwm, damage, debase, debauch, deceive, defalcate, defame, deflorate, deflower, degenerate, degrade, dell, demoralize, denature, denigrate, deprave, desecrate, despoil, destroy, devalue, dike, dirty, disadvantage, disapprove, discolor, dishonor, disparage, disserve, distort, distress, ditch, divert, do a mischief, do evil, do ill, do wrong, do wrong by, donga, doom, draw, embezzle, engage in personalities, envenom, excavation, exit, expose, expose to infamy, fault, ferry, file, file off, fissure, flaw, flume, footslog, force, ford, foul, fracture, furrow, gallery, gap, gape, gash, get into trouble, gibbet, go on parade, goose-step, gorge, groove, gulch, gulf, gully, hang in effigy, harass, harm, heap dirt upon, hex, hike, hole, hurt, impair, incision, infect, injure, inlet, interchange, intersection, isthmus, jinx, joint, junction, kloof, lane, lead astray, leak, maladminister, maltreat, march, march past, menace, mess, mess up, misapply, misappropriate, misemploy, mishandle, mislead, mismanage, mistreat, misuse, moat, molest, muckrake, mush, narrow, narrows, nasty, neck, notch, nullah, opening, outlet, outrage, overpass, parade, pass, passage, passageway, peculate, persecute, pervert, pilfer, pillory, play havoc with, play hob with, poison, pollute, portico, prejudice, profane, promenade, prostitute, railroad tunnel, rape, ravage, ravine, ravish, rent, reprimand, revile, rift, rime, ruin, rupture, savage, scathe, scissure, seam, seduce, shame, slit, slot, slur, smear, smirch, soil, split, spoil, stain, stigmatize, strait, sully, taint, tar, tarnish, threaten, throat, throw mud at, torment, torture, traject, trajet, tramp, trench, tunnel, twist, ulcerate, underpass, valley, vilify, violate, vitiate, void, vulgarize, wadi, warp, wound, wreak havoc on, wrong

define

 * define, assign, baptize, be characteristic, bed, blaze, blaze a trail, blemish, blotch, bound, brand, call, chalk, chalk up, characterize, check, check off, christen, cicatrize, circle in, circumscribe, clarify, confirm, construe, dapple, dash, deep-dye, delimit, delimitate, delineate, demarcate, denominate, describe, designate, detail, determine, diagnose, differentiate, discolor, distinguish, dot, dub, earmark, edge, embed, enclose, engraft, engrave, entitle, entrench, establish, etch, explain, expound, fix, fleck, found, freckle, gash, ground, hatch, hem, identify, impact, implant, impress, imprint, infix, ingrain, inscribe, interpret, jam, keynote, label, lay down, lay off, limit, line, lodge, make a mark, margin, mark, mark boundaries, mark off, mark out, mark the periphery, mottle, name, nick, nickname, nominate, notch, outline, pack, pencil, pepper, plant, point, prick, print, punch, punctuate, puncture, read, read into, riddle, rim, root, rope off, scar, scarify, score, scotch, scratch, seal, seam, seat, set, set apart, set down, set in, set the limit, set the pace, set the tone, settle, skirt, sound the keynote, specify, speck, speckle, spell out, splotch, spot, stain, stake out, stamp, state, stereotype, stigmatize, streak, striate, stripe, style, surround, tag, take, take it that, take to mean, tattoo, term, tick, tick off, title, trace, underline, underscore, understand, understand by, verge, wedge

defined

 * defined, absolute, certain, circumscribed, circumscript, clean-cut, clear, clear as crystal, clear as day, clear-cut, coherent, concrete, connected, consistent, conspicuous, crisp, crystal-clear, crystalline, definite, delimited, demarcated, detailed, determinate, determined, different, direct, distinct, distinguished, encircled, esoteric, especial, evident, exceptional, explicit, express, extraordinary, fixed, glaring, hedged about, in focus, individual, inner, intimate, limpid, loud and clear, lucid, luminous, minute, noteworthy, obvious, particular, patent, pellucid, personal, perspicuous, plain, precise, private, prominent, pronounced, respective, set, several, simple, singular, solipsistic, special, specific, staring, stated, straightforward, surrounded, translucent, transparent, transpicuous, unambiguous, unconfused, unequivocal, univocal, unmistakable, well-defined, well-marked, well-pronounced, well-resolved

defining

 * defining, categorical, characteristic, classificational, classificatory, confining, definitive, denominative, differential, distinctive, divisional, divisionary, exclusive, limitary, limitative, limiting, ordinal, particular, peculiar, restricting, restrictive, special, specific, subdivisional, taxonomic, typal, typical

definite

 * definite, absolute, admitting no exception, all-out, apodictic, articulate, assigned, assured, audible, bound, bound and determined, categorical, certain, circumscribed, circumscript, clean-cut, clear, clear and distinct, clear as crystal, clear as day, clear-cut, coherent, committed, complete, conclusive, concrete, confirmed, connected, consistent, conspicuous, contrastive, crisp, crystal-clear, crystalline, decided, decisive, dedicated, defined, definitive, delimited, demarcated, detailed, determinate, determined, devoted, different, direct, distinct, distinctive, distinguished, downright, earnest, encircled, entire, esoteric, especial, established, evident, exact, exceptional, explicit, express, extraordinary, final, fixed, flat, flat-out, forthright, full, glaring, global, hearable, hedged about, hi-fi, high-fidelity, implicit, in focus, inappealable, incisive, indisputable, individual, ineluctable, inevitable, inner, intimate, limited, limpid, loud and clear, lucid, luminous, minute, narrow, necessary, noteworthy, obstinate, obvious, out-and-out, outright, particular, patent, pellucid, peremptory, perfect, perfectly sure, persevering, persistent, personal, perspicuous, plain, positive, precise, predestined, predetermined, prescribed, private, prominent, pronounced, purposeful, relentless, resolute, resolved, respective, restricted, round, serious, set, settled, several, simple, sincere, single-minded, singular, solipsistic, special, specific, staring, stated, straight, straight-out, straightforward, sure, sure-enough, surrounded, tenacious, total, translucent, transparent, transpicuous, true, unambiguous, uncircumscribed, unconditional, unconditioned, unconfused, undoubting, unequivocal, unhampered, unhesitating, univocal, unlimited, unmistakable, unmitigated, unqualified, unquestioning, unreserved, unrestricted, unwaivable, utter, well-defined, well-marked, well-pronounced, well-resolved, whole, wholehearted, without exception, without reserve

definitely

 * definitely, absolutely, and no mistake, apparently, apprehensibly, articulately, assuredly, at all events, at any rate, by all means, categorically, certainly, clearly, coherently, comprehensibly, concretely, conspicuously, dead, decidedly, decisively, directly, discernibly, distinctly, doubtless, doubtlessly, especially, even, evidently, exactly, explicitly, expressly, faithfully, finally, for a certainty, for a fact, for certain, for sure, forsooth, glaringly, in all respects, in detail, in every respect, in particular, in plain English, in plain terms, in plain words, in truth, indeed, indeedy, indubitably, intelligibly, ipsissimis verbis, item by item, just, limpidly, literally, literatim, lucidly, manifestly, markedly, minutely, most assuredly, most certainly, nothing else but, noticeably, observably, obviously, of course, particularly, patently, pellucidly, perceivably, perceptibly, perspicuously, plainly, plumb, point-blank, positively, precisely, prominently, pronouncedly, recognizably, right, rigidly, rigorously, seeably, separately, simply, singly, specially, specifically, square, squarely, staringly, starkly, straight, strictly, surely, to a certainty, to be specific, to be sure, to the letter, truly, unambiguously, unconcealedly, understandably, undeviatingly, undisguisedly, undoubtedly, unequivocally, unerringly, unmistakably, unquestionably, verbally, verbatim, verbatim et litteratim, visibly, with clarity, word by word, word for word

definition

 * definition, acutance, appellation, atmospheric visibility, baptism, black spot, bloom, blooping, bounding, calling, ceiling, ceiling unlimited, characterization, christening, circling-in, circumscribing, circumscription, clarification, clarity, clear-cutness, clearness, coherence, connectedness, consistency, conspicuity, conspicuousness, construction, crystal-clearness, crystallinity, definiteness, delimitation, delineation, demarcation, denomination, description, designation, determination, diagnosis, differentiation, directness, distinction, distinctness, encincture, evidence, evidentness, explanation, explication, explicitness, flare, focus, fringe area, ghost, granulation, grid, hard shadow, high visibility, identification, image, inclusion-exclusion, interpretation, limpidity, low visibility, lucidity, manifestness, meaning, multiple image, naming, nicknaming, noise, obviousness, outlining, patentness, pellucidity, percipi, perspicuity, picture, picture noise, picture shifts, plain English, plain speech, plain style, plainness, precision, prominence, rain, reading, resolution, rolling, scanning pattern, scintillation, seeing, sense, shading, sharpness, simplicity, snow, snowstorm, specification, straightforwardness, structure, styling, terming, transparency, transpicuity, unadorned style, unambiguousness, unequivocalness, unmistakableness, visibility unlimited, visibility zero, way of seeing

definitive

 * definitive, absolute, accurate, actual, admitting no exception, all-out, arrant, authoritative, boundary, categorical, caudal, clarifying, classical, clean-cut, clear, clear-cut, closing, complete, completing, concluding, conclusive, confining, consummate, crass, decided, decisive, defining, definite, determinate, determinative, determining, downright, egregious, ending, endmost, entire, eventual, exact, exclusive, exhaustive, explicit, express, extreme, farthest, final, finishing, fixed, flagrant, flat, flat-out, glaring, global, gross, implicit, inappealable, indisputable, intolerable, last, limitary, limitative, limiting, out-and-out, outright, peremptory, perfect, polar, positive, precious, precise, profound, pronounced, proper, rank, real, regular, reliable, restricting, restrictive, round, settling, shattering, shocking, specific, stark, stark-staring, straight, straight-out, superlative, surpassing, tail, terminal, terminating, terminative, the veriest, thorough, thoroughgoing, through and through, total, ultimate, unambiguous, unbearable, uncircumscribed, unconditional, unconditioned, unconscionable, undeniable, undoubting, unequivocal, unhampered, unhesitating, unlimited, unmistakable, unmitigated, unqualified, unquestioning, unrelieved, unreserved, unrestricted, unspoiled, unwaivable, utter, whole, without exception, without reserve

deflagration

 * deflagration, blaze, blazing, blistering, branding, burning, burst, calcination, carbonization, cauterization, cautery, cineration, combustion, concremation, cracking, cremation, cupellation, destructive distillation, distillation, distilling, flaming, flare, flare-up, flash, flash fire, incineration, outburst, oxidation, oxidization, parching, pyrolysis, refining, scorching, scorification, searing, self-immolation, singeing, smelting, suttee, the stake, thermogenesis, vesication

deflate

 * deflate, abridge, beat down, belie, blow sky-high, blow up, break, cave, cave in, cheapen, collapse, compress, curtail, cut, cut back, cut down, cut prices, damp, dampen, decline, decrease, deduct, depreciate, depress, devaluate, diminish, disarm, disconfirm, discredit, disgrace, disprove, dive, downgrade, embarrass, enchain, explode, expose, fall, fall in, fall in price, fold, fold up, gag, give way, hamstring, handcuff, hobble, hog-tie, humble, humiliate, implode, invalidate, jew down, knock out, lessen, let down, lower, manacle, mark down, mortify, muzzle, negate, negative, nose-dive, paralyze, pare, plummet, plunge, prostrate, prove the contrary, puncture, put out, put to shame, reduce, retrench, roll back, sag, scale down, shame, shave, shorten, show up, silence, simplify, slash, slump, step down, strangle, take from, throttle, trim, truss up, tune down, undercut

deflated

 * deflated, abated, ablated, attenuated, bated, belied, belittled, confounded, confuted, consumed, contracted, curtailed, decreased, denied, diminished, discarded, discredited, dismissed, disproved, disputed, dissipated, dropped, eroded, exploded, exposed, fallen, flat, impugned, invalidated, less, lesser, lower, lowered, miniaturized, negated, negatived, overthrown, overturned, punctured, reduced, refuted, rejected, retrenched, scaled-down, shorn, shorter, shown up, shrunk, shrunken, smaller, upset, watered-down, weakened, worn

deflation

 * deflation, abasement, abatement, abridgment, alleviation, attenuation, break, breakdown, cave-in, cheapening, collapse, comedown, contraction, crash, cropper, cut, dampening, damping, debasement, decline, decrease, decrement, decrescence, deduction, depreciation, depression, descent, devaluation, diminishment, diminution, disgrace, dive, downfall, dump, dying, dying off, embarrassment, extenuation, fade-out, fall, hangdog look, humbled pride, humiliation, implosion, languishment, lessening, letdown, letup, lowering, markdown, miniaturization, mitigation, mortification, nose dive, plummet, plummeting, plunge, pratfall, price cut, price fall, price reduction, prostration, put-down, reduction, relaxation, sag, sagging, scaling down, self-abasement, self-abnegation, self-diminishment, setdown, shame, shamefacedness, shamefastness, simplicity, slash, slump, smash, stumble, subtraction, tailspin, tumble, weakening

deflect

 * deflect, angle, angle off, anticipate, arch, avert, bar, bear off, bend, bend back, bias, blunt, bow, change, chill, cool, crook, curl, curve, damp, dampen, debar, decurve, deter, deviate, diffract, diffuse, disaffect, discourage, dishearten, disincline, disinterest, disperse, distort, distract, divagate, diverge, divert, dogleg, dome, embow, estop, exclude, fend, fend off, flex, forbid, foreclose, forestall, hairpin, help, hold off, hook, hump, hunch, incurvate, incurve, indispose, inflect, keep from, keep off, loop, oblique, obviate, parry, pivot, preclude, prevent, prohibit, pull, put off, quench, recurve, reflect, reflex, refract, repel, retroflex, round, rule out, sag, save, scatter, sheer, shy, sidetrack, skew, slue, stave off, swag, sway, sweep, swerve, switch, turn, turn aside, turn away, turn from, turn off, twist, vault, veer, volte-face, ward off, warp, wean from, wheel, whip, whirl, wind, zigzag

deflection

 * deflection, L, S-curve, aberration, angle, apex, atmospheric attenuation, bend, bending, bifurcation, bight, blind spots, bow, bowing, cant, chevron, circuitousness, clutter, coin, conflexure, corner, crank, crook, crosswiseness, crotchet, declination, defile, deflexure, deflower, departing, departure, deviance, deviation, deviousness, diagonality, diffraction, diffusion, digression, dispersion, distortion, divagation, divergence, diversion, dogleg, elbow, ell, excursion, false echoes, flection, flex, flexure, force, fork, furcation, geanticline, geosyncline, ground clutter, hairpin turn, hook, indirection, indirectness, inflection, knee, meander, nonconformity, nook, obliqueness, obliquity, outrage, oxbow, point, quoin, ravish, reflection, refraction, scatter, sea clutter, skewness, spoil, squint, superrefraction, sweep, swerve, swerving, torsion, transverseness, turn, turning, twisting, vagary, veer, veering, vertex, violate, zag, zig, zigzag

deflower

 * deflower, abuse, adulterate, alloy, assault sexually, betray, canker, cheapen, coarsen, confound, contaminate, corrupt, debase, debauch, deceive, defile, deflorate, degenerate, degrade, denature, deprave, depredate, desecrate, desolate, despoil, devalue, devastate, devirginate, devour, distort, force, harry, havoc, infect, lead astray, mislead, misuse, outrage, pervert, poison, pollute, possess sexually, prostitute, rape, ravage, ravish, ruin, seduce, soil, spoil, sully, taint, take, twist, ulcerate, violate, vitiate, vulgarize, warp

defluxion

 * defluxion, affluence, afflux, affluxion, cascade, cataract, chute, collapse, comedown, concourse, confluence, conflux, course, crash, crosscurrent, current, debacle, declension, declination, descending, descension, descent, discharge, down, downbend, downcome, downcurve, downfall, downflow, downgrade, downpour, downrush, downtrend, downturn, downward trend, drain, drainage, drift, driftage, drop, dropping, effluence, efflux, effluxion, effusion, exhalation, exhaust, fall, falling, flow, flowing, flowoff, fluency, flux, gravitation, gush, inclination, inflow, mill run, millrace, onrush, onward course, outfall, outflow, outflowing, outpour, outpouring, plummeting, pounce, race, rapids, run, runoff, rush, set, spate, stoop, stream, surge, swoop, tide, trend, undercurrent, undertow, water flow, waterfall

defoliant

 * defoliant, acaricide, anthelmintic, antibiotic, antiseptic, bug bomb, carbamate insecticide, chemosterilant, chlorinated hydrocarbon insecticide, contact poison, disinfectant, eradicant, fumigant, fungicide, germicide, herbicide, insect powder, insecticide, microbicide, miticide, organic chlorine, organic phosphate insecticide, pesticide, poison, rat poison, roach paste, roach powder, rodenticide, stomach poison, systemic, systemic insecticide, toxic, toxicant, toxin, venin, venom, vermicide, virus, weed killer

defoliate

 * defoliate, denude, dismember, draw and quarter, flay, lacerate, maim, mangle, mutilate, peel, pick to pieces, pull apart, shred, skin, strip, take apart, tear apart, tear to pieces, tear to tatters

deform

 * deform, accommodate, adapt, adjust, alter, ameliorate, batter, better, blemish, blur, break up, change, check, cicatrize, confuse, contort, convert, crack, craze, cripple, damage, deface, denature, disfigure, disorder, disproportion, distort, diversify, fit, flaw, fog up, impair, improve, injure, jumble, kink, maim, mangle, mar, meliorate, mess up, misshape, mitigate, modify, modulate, muddle, mutate, mutilate, obfuscate, obscure, overthrow, qualify, re-create, realign, rebuild, reconstruct, redesign, refit, reform, remake, renew, reshape, restructure, revamp, revive, ring the changes, scab, scar, scarify, screw up, shift the scene, shuffle the cards, split, spoil, squinch, subvert, torture, truncate, turn the scale, turn the tables, turn the tide, turn upside down, twist, unform, unshape, vary, warp, wind, work a change, worsen

deformed

 * deformed, abnormal, awry, bandy, bandy-legged, baroque, bent, bizarre, blemished, bloated, bowlegged, cacogenic, checked, cicatrized, club-footed, contorted, cracked, crazed, crippled, crooked, defaced, defective, disfigured, distorted, dwarfed, faulty, flatfooted, flawed, freak, freakish, gargoylish, gnarled, grotesque, ill-made, ill-proportioned, ill-shaped, keloidal, kinked, knock-kneed, lame, malformed, marred, misbegotten, misproportioned, misshapen, monstrous, mutilated, out of shape, perverted, pigeon-toed, pimpled, pimply, pug-nosed, rachitic, rickety, rococo, scabbed, scabby, scarified, scarred, shapeless, simous, snub-nosed, split, stumpy, swaybacked, talipedic, teratic, teratogenic, teratoid, truncated, twisted, unshapely, warped

deformity

 * deformity, aberration, abnormality, absurdity, acute disease, affection, affliction, ailment, allergic disease, allergy, amputee, anticness, atrophy, awfulness, bacterial disease, birth defect, birthmark, bizarreness, bizarrerie, blackhead, bleb, blemish, blight, blister, bowlegs, bulla, camelback, cardiovascular disease, check, chronic disease, cicatrix, circulatory disease, cleft palate, clubfoot, comedo, complaint, complication, condition, congenital defect, crack, crater, craze, cripple, crookback, curiousness, damage, defacement, defect, defective, deficiency disease, deformation, degenerative disease, disability, disease, disfiguration, disfigurement, disorder, distemper, distortion, dreadfulness, endemic, endemic disease, endocrine disease, epidemic disease, fantasticality, fault, flatfoot, flaw, forbiddingness, freakishness, freckle, frightfulness, functional disease, fungus disease, gastrointestinal disease, genetic disease, ghastliness, grisliness, grotesqueness, grotesquerie, gruesomeness, handicap, handicapped person, harelip, hemangioma, hereditary disease, hickey, hideousness, horribleness, horridness, humpback, hunchback, iatrogenic disease, idiot, illness, imbecile, impairment, incapable, indisposition, infectious disease, infirmity, injury, irregularity, keloid, kink, knock-knee, kyphosis, lentigo, loathsomeness, lordosis, malady, malaise, malconformation, malformation, milium, misproportion, misshape, misshapenness, mole, monstrosity, monstrousness, morbidity, morbus, muscular disease, mutilation, needle scar, neurological disease, nevus, nutritional disease, occupational disease, oddity, offensiveness, organic disease, outlandishness, pandemic disease, paralytic, paraplegic, pathological condition, pathology, peculiarity, pimple, pit, plant disease, pock, pockmark, port-wine mark, port-wine stain, protozoan disease, psychosomatic disease, pustule, quadriplegic, quaintness, queerness, repugnantness, repulsiveness, respiratory disease, rift, rockiness, scab, scar, scratch, sebaceous cyst, secondary disease, seediness, sickishness, sickness, signs, singularity, splayfoot, split, strangeness, strawberry mark, sty, swayback, symptomatology, symptomology, symptoms, syndrome, talipes, teratism, teratology, terribleness, the crippled, the handicapped, the pip, torticollis, track, truncation, twist, unnaturalness, urogenital disease, valgus, verruca, vesicle, virus disease, wale, warp, wart, wasting disease, weal, weirdness, welt, wen, whitehead, worm disease, wryneck

defraud

 * defraud, abstract, and, annex, appropriate, bag, bamboozle, beat, beguile, beguile of, bilk, boost, borrow, bunco, burn, cheat, chisel, chouse, chouse out of, circumvent, cog, cog the dice, con, cop, cozen, crib, deceive, delude, diddle, do, do in, do out of, dupe, embezzle, euchre, extort, filch, finagle, flam, fleece, flimflam, fob, foil, fool, fudge, gouge, gull, gyp, have, hoax, hocus, hocus-pocus, hoodwink, hook, humbug, lift, make off with, milk, mulct, nip, outwit, pack the deal, palm, pigeon, pilfer, pinch, poach, practice fraud upon, purloin, rip off, rob, rook, rope in, run away with, rustle, scam, screw, scrounge, sell gold bricks, shave, shoplift, shortchange, snare, snatch, snitch, stack the cards, steal, stick, sting, swindle, swipe, take, take a dive, take in, thieve, thimblerig, throw a fight, trick, victimize, walk off with

defray

 * defray, acknowledge, bear the expense, chip in, clear, cover, defray expenses, discharge, finance, foot the bill, fund, go Dutch, honor a bill, liquidate, meet, pay, pay for, pay the bill, pay the piper, redeem, reimburse, settle, stand the costs

defrayment

 * defrayment, acquitment, acquittal, acquittance, amortization, amortizement, binder, cash, cash payment, clearance, debt service, defrayal, deposit, disbursal, discharge, doling out, down payment, earnest, earnest money, hire purchase, hire purchase plan, installment, installment plan, interest payment, liquidation, monthly payments, never-never, paying, paying off, paying out, paying up, payment, payment in kind, payoff, prepayment, quarterly payments, quittance, regular payments, remittance, retirement, satisfaction, settlement, sinking-fund payment, spot cash, weekly payments

defrock

 * defrock, boot, bounce, break, bring into discredit, bring low, bring shame upon, bump, bust, can, cashier, cast reproach upon, debase, deconsecrate, degrade, demote, deplume, depose, deprive, dethrone, disbar, discharge, discredit, discrown, disemploy, disenthrone, disgrace, dishonor, dismiss, displace, displume, drum out, excommunicate, expel, fire, furlough, give the ax, give the gate, humiliate, impute shame to, kick, kick upstairs, lay off, let go, let out, liquidate, make redundant, oust, overthrow, pension, pension off, pillory, purge, put to shame, read out of, reflect discredit upon, release, remove, remove from office, replace, reproach, retire, sack, separate forcibly, shame, strip, strip of office, strip of rank, superannuate, surplus, suspend, turn off, turn out, unchurch, unfrock, unsaddle, unseat, unthrone

deft

 * deft, Daedalian, adept, adroit, agile, apt, artistic, authoritative, bravura, brilliant, brisk, clean, clever, coordinated, crack, crackerjack, cunning, cute, daedal, dexterous, dextrous, diplomatic, excellent, expert, fancy, fleet, good, goodish, graceful, handy, ingenious, magisterial, masterful, masterly, neat, neat-handed, nimble, no mean, politic, professional, proficient, prompt, quick, quite some, ready, resourceful, skillful, slick, some, statesmanlike, stylish, tactful, the compleat, the complete, virtuoso, well-done, workmanlike

deftly

 * deftly, ably, adeptly, adroitly, agilely, aptly, artfully, artistically, brilliantly, capably, cleverly, competently, cunningly, dexterously, dextrously, efficiently, excellently, expertly, featly, handily, ingeniously, masterfully, neatly, nimbly, proficiently, resourcefully, skillfully, spryly, superbly, well, with consummate skill, with finesse, with genius, with skill

deftness

 * deftness, ability, address, adeptness, adroitness, agility, airmanship, artfulness, artisanship, artistry, assuredness, bravura, brilliance, capability, capacity, cleverness, command, competence, confidence, control, coordination, craft, craftsmanship, cunning, dexterity, dexterousness, dextrousness, diplomacy, efficiency, expertise, facility, finesse, fleetness, grace, grip, handiness, horsemanship, ingeniousness, ingenuity, know-how, marksmanship, mastership, mastery, nimbleness, practical ability, proficiency, prowess, quickness, readiness, resource, resourcefulness, savoir-faire, savvy, seamanship, skill, skillfulness, sleight, style, tact, tactfulness, technical brilliance, technical mastery, technical skill, technique, timing, virtuosity, wit, wizardry, workmanship

defunct

 * defunct, SOL, ago, all bets off, all gone, all off, all over, all up, annihilated, antiquated, antique, asleep, asleep in Jesus, at an end, at rest, bereft of life, blown over, breathless, by, bygone, bypast, called home, canceled, carrion, cold, complete, concluded, croaked, dated, dead, dead and buried, dead and gone, death-struck, deceased, decided, deleted, demised, departed, departed this life, destitute of life, done, done for, done with, down the drain, elapsed, ended, exanimate, expired, expunged, extinct, fallen, fini, finished, food for worms, forgotten, gone, gone glimmering, gone to glory, gone west, gone-by, had it, has-been, inactive, inanimate, inapplicable, inert, inoperative, invalid, irrecoverable, kaput, kaputt, lapsed, late, late lamented, launched into eternity, lifeless, lost, martyred, no more, obsolete, out, outmoded, over, passe, passed, passed away, passed on, past, perfected, perished, pushing up daisies, released, reposing, resting easy, run out, sainted, set at rest, settled, shot, sleeping, smitten with death, still, stillborn, taken away, taken off, terminated, through, through with, unusable, unused, vanished, washed up, wiped out, with the Lord, with the saints, without life, without vital functions, wound up, zapped

defuse

 * defuse, allay, appease, calm, conciliate, cool, dulcify, lay, lay the dust, mollify, pacify, placate, pour balm on, propitiate, smooth, smooth down, smooth over, soothe, tranquilize

defy

 * defy, affront, attack, baffle, balk, battle cry, be a man, be proof against, bear up, bear up against, beard, bid defiance, bid to combat, blast, brave, brazen out, break, break the law, breast, bring before, bring forward, bring up, call out, care naught for, cartel, challenge, checkmate, circumvent, confound, confront, confront with, contravene, counter, counteract, countermand, counterwork, cross, dare, dash, declare war, defeat, defi, deride, destroy, discomfit, disconcert, discountenance, dish, disobey, disregard, disrupt, do violence to, double dare, double-dare, elude, encounter, endure, envisage, face, face out, face with, flout, flummox, foil, front, frustrate, gage, gage of battle, gauntlet, gibe, glove, go counter to, have the guts, have the nerve, hold out, hold up, ignore, infringe, knock the chocks, lay before, levy war on, make bold to, make war on, meet, meet squarely, mock, nonplus, not conform, not heed, not keep, not listen, not mind, not observe, open hostilities, outdare, outface, perplex, place before, present to, put it to, rebel yell, rebuff, refuse to cooperate, repel, repulse, resist, ridicule, ruin, sabotage, scoff at, scorn, scotch, scout, scream defiance, set at defiance, set at naught, set before, set naught by, show fight, spike, spoil, stand, stand up, stand up to, stare down, stem, stonewall, stump, thwart, trample on, trample underfoot, trample upon, transgress, trespass, upset, venture, violate, war cry, war whoop, withstand

degage

 * degage, Bohemian, affable, airy, blase, breezy, careless, casual, common, cordial, cursory, devil-may-care, disregardant, disregardful, easy, easygoing, familiar, flippant, folksy, forgetful, free and easy, gracious, haymish, heedless, homely, homey, inconsiderate, indifferent, informal, insouciant, irregular, lackadaisical, lazy, loose, low-pressure, natural, nonchalant, oblivious, offhand, offhanded, perfunctory, plain, reckless, regardless, relaxed, respectless, simple, sociable, tactless, thoughtless, unaffected, unassuming, unceremonious, unconcerned, unconstrained, unconventional, undiplomatic, unfussy, unheedful, unheeding, unmindful, unofficial, unprepared, unready, unreserved, unsolicitous, unstudied, untactful, unthinking

degenerate

 * degenerate, abandoned, adulterate, alloy, alter, altered, ameliorate, apostate, apostatize, backslide, backslider, bad egg, bad lot, base, be changed, be converted into, be renewed, better, black sheep, bottom out, break, canker, change, changeable, changed, cheapen, checker, chop, chop and change, coarsen, come about, come apart, come around, come down, come round, coming apart, confound, contaminate, contaminated, converted, corrupt, corrupted, cracking, crumbling, debase, debased, debauch, debauched, debauchee, decadent, decay, decayed, decline, declining, defect, defile, deflower, degrade, degraded, denature, deprave, depraved, descend, desecrate, desert, despoil, deteriorate, deteriorating, devalue, deviant, deviate, disimprove, disintegrate, disintegrating, dissolute, dissolve into chaos, distort, diverge, divergent, diversify, draining, drooping, dwindling, ebbing, effete, err, fading, failing, fall, fall back, fallen angel, falling, flagging, flagitious, flop, fragmenting, get worse, go astray, go downhill, go to pot, go wrong, going to pieces, grow worse, haul around, have a comedown, hit rock bottom, ignoble, improve, improved, infamous, infect, inferior, jibe, languishing, lapse, lecher, let down, lost sheep, lost soul, low, marcescent, meliorate, metamorphosed, metastasized, miscreant, misuse, mitigate, modified, modulate, morally polluted, mutant, mutate, nefarious, overripe, pervert, perverted, pimp, pining, poison, pollute, polluted, profligate, prostitute, qualified, rake, rakehell, ravage, ravish, reach the depths, rebuilt, recidivist, recreant, reformed, regress, regressive, relapse, renegade, renege, renewed, reprobate, retrograde, retrogress, retrogressive, return, revert, revive, revived, revolutionary, rot, rotten, roue, scapegrace, shift, shriveling, sicken, sink, sinking, slacken, sliding, slip, slip back, slipping, slumping, sorry lot, steeped in iniquity, subsiding, subversive, swerve, tabetic, tack, taint, tainted, take a turn, touch bottom, traitorous, transformed, translated, transmuted, treasonable, trip, trollop, turn, turn against, turn aside, turn into, turn the corner, turn traitor, twist, ulcerate, undergo a change, unhealthy, unmitigated, untune, vary, veer, vice-corrupted, vicious, vile, villainous, violate, vitiate, vitiated, vulgarize, waning, warp, warped, wasting, wastrel, weaken, whore, wilting, withering, worse, worsen, worsening

degeneration

 * degeneration, abandon, abandonment, abjection, about-face, accommodation, adaptation, adjustment, alteration, amelioration, apostasy, atrophy, betterment, break, change, change of heart, changeableness, closed loop, closed sequence, comedown, constructive change, continuity, conversion, corruptedness, corruption, corruptness, current-control circuit, debasement, decadence, decadency, declension, declination, decline, defection, deformation, degeneracy, degenerateness, degenerative change, degradation, demoralization, demotion, depravation, depravedness, depravity, depreciation, derogation, descent, deterioration, deviation, devolution, difference, discontinuity, dissoluteness, divergence, diversification, diversion, diversity, downfall, downgrade, downtrend, downturn, downward mobility, downward trend, drop, dying, ebb, effeteness, fading, failing, failure, failure of nerve, fall, falling-off, feedback, fitting, flip-flop, flip-flop circuit, gradual change, improvement, involution, lapse, loss of tone, melioration, mitigation, modification, modulation, moral pollution, moral turpitude, overthrow, perversion, positive feedback, process loop, profligacy, qualification, quality loop, radical change, re-creation, realignment, redesign, reform, reformation, regression, remaking, renewal, reprobacy, reshaping, restructuring, retrocession, retrogradation, retrogression, reversal, reversed feedback, revival, revivification, revolution, rottenness, shift, slippage, slump, sudden change, switch, total change, transition, turn, turnabout, turpitude, upheaval, variation, variety, violent change, wane, worsening

degradable

 * degradable, ablative, biodegradable, corrosive, decomposable, decomposing, dilapidated, disintegrable, disintegrated, disintegrating, disintegrative, disjunctive, disruptive, erosive, moldering, putrefiable, putrescible, ravaged, resolvent, ruinous, separative, solvent, worn

degradation

 * degradation, abandon, abandonment, abasement, abjection, abjectness, ablation, abominableness, atomization, atrociousness, banishment, baseness, beggarliness, biodegradability, biodegradation, blackballing, breakup, bump, bust, casting down, chicanery, comedown, concavity, contemptibility, contemptibleness, corrosion, corruptedness, corruption, corruptness, crumbling, crumminess, de-escalation, debasement, decadence, decadency, decay, declension, declination, decline, decomposition, deformation, defrocking, degeneracy, degenerateness, degeneration, degradability, degrading, demoralization, demotion, depluming, deportation, depravation, depravedness, depravity, depreciation, depression, deprivation, derogation, descent, despicableness, deterioration, detrusion, devolution, dilapidation, diminution, disbarment, discredit, disfellowship, disgrace, disgrading, dishonor, disintegration, disjunction, disorganization, displuming, disrepute, dissoluteness, dissolution, downgrading, downtrend, downturn, downward mobility, downward trend, drop, ducking, dying, ebb, effeteness, enormity, erosion, exclusion, excommunication, execrableness, exile, expatriation, extradition, fading, failing, failure, failure of nerve, fall, falling-off, foulness, fugitation, fulsomeness, grossness, hauling down, heinousness, hollowness, humbling, humiliation, ignobility, ignominiousness, ignominy, incoherence, infamousness, infamy, ingloriousness, involution, knavery, knavishness, lapse, littleness, loss of honor, loss of tone, lowering, lowness, meanness, mildew, miserableness, mold, monstrousness, moral pollution, moral turpitude, nefariousness, obloquy, obnoxiousness, odiousness, odium, opprobrium, ostracism, ostracization, outlawing, outlawry, oxidation, oxidization, paltriness, pettiness, pokiness, poorness, profligacy, rankness, rascality, rascalry, ravages of time, reduction, regression, relegation, reprobacy, resolution, retrocession, retrogradation, retrogression, roguery, roguishness, rottenness, rust, rustication, scabbiness, scampishness, scoundrelism, scrubbiness, scruffiness, scumminess, scurviness, shabbiness, shame, shoddiness, sinking, slippage, slump, smallness, spoilage, squalor, stripping, stripping of rank, submergence, thrusting under, transportation, turpitude, unfrocking, vileness, villainousness, villainy, vitiation, wane, wear, wear and tear, wretchedness

degrade

 * degrade, abase, abash, adulterate, alloy, belittle, boot, bounce, break, bring down, bring into discredit, bring low, bring shame upon, bump, bust, can, canker, cashier, cast down, cast reproach upon, cheapen, coarsen, confound, contaminate, corrupt, crush, cry down, debase, debauch, decry, defile, deflower, defrock, degenerate, demean, demerit, demote, denature, deplume, depose, deprave, deprecate, depreciate, deprive, derogate, derogate from, desecrate, despoil, detract, detract from, devalue, dilute, diminish, disapprove of, disbar, discharge, discredit, disemploy, disenfranchise, disfranchise, disgrace, disgrade, dishonor, dismiss, disparage, displace, displume, distort, downgrade, drum out, dump, dump on, expel, fire, furlough, give the ax, give the gate, hold in contempt, humble, humiliate, impute shame to, infect, kick, kick upstairs, knock, lay off, lessen, let go, let out, lower, make little of, make redundant, minimize, misuse, mortify, pension off, pervert, pillory, poison, pollute, prostitute, put down, put to shame, ravage, ravish, read out of, reduce, reflect discredit upon, release, remove, replace, reproach, retire, rule out, run down, sack, separate forcibly, set down, shame, sink, slight, speak ill of, strip, strip of rank, submit to indignity, superannuate, surplus, suspend, taint, take down, thin, trip up, turn off, turn out, twist, ulcerate, unfrock, unseat, violate, vitiate, vulgarize, warp, water down, weaken

degrading

 * degrading, abasement, abusive, atrocious, backhand, backhanded, beneath one, bump, bust, calumnious, casting down, cheap, contumelious, debasement, debasing, degradation, demeaning, demotion, deplorable, depluming, discreditable, disgraceful, disgrading, displuming, downgrading, gutter, humbling, humiliating, humiliative, infra dig, infra indignitatem, insolent, insulting, left-handed, lowering, offensive, opprobrious, outrageous, pitiful, reduction, sad, scandalous, scurrile, scurrilous, shameful, shaming, shocking, sorry, stripping of rank, too bad, unbecoming, unspeakable, unworthy of one

degree

 * degree, AA, AB, AM, Associate of Arts, BS, Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Divinity, Bachelor of Science, DD, DDS, Doctor of Divinity, Doctor of Laws, Doctor of Letters, Doctor of Medicine, Doctor of Music, Doctor of Philosophy, Doctor of Science, Doctor of Theology, JD, LLD, LittD, MA, MBA, MD, MFA, MLS, MS, Master of Arts, Master of Divinity, Master of Science, PhD, SB, SM, STD, ScD, ThD, baccalaureate, baccalaureus, bachelor, bar, bar line, barometer, bit by bit, brace, by degrees, canon, cardinal points, caste, check, class, compass card, compass rose, condition, consecutive intervals, considerably, continuity, criterion, decidedly, degrees, diapason, diatessaron, diatonic interval, diatonic semitone, dimension, doctor, doctorate, east, eastward, enharmonic diesis, enharmonic interval, estate, exceedingly, extent, fifth, fourth, gauge, gradation, grade, gradually, graduated scale, half points, half step, halftone, hierarchy, highly, inch by inch, inchmeal, interval, ledger line, lengths, less semitone, level, limit, line, little by little, lubber line, magnitude, master, measure, melodic interval, model, norm, north, northeast, northward, northwest, notch, note, occident, octave, order, orient, parallel octaves, parameter, pattern, place, point, position, proportion, quantity, quarter points, quite, rank, rate, rather, ratio, reading, readout, rhumb, rule, rung, scale, second, semitone, sequence, serial order, seventh, situation, sixth, size, slowly, somewhat, south, southeast, southward, southwest, space, staff, stage, standard, standing, station, status, stave, step, step by step, subordination, substantially, sunrise, sunset, test, third, to a degree, tone, touchstone, type, unison interval, value, west, westward, whole step, yardstick

dehumidify

 * dehumidify, air-dry, anhydrate, bake, blot, brush, burn, cure, dehydrate, desiccate, drain, dry, evaporate, exsiccate, fire, insolate, kiln, mummify, parch, rub, scorch, sear, shrivel, smoke, soak up, sponge, sun, sun-dry, swab, torrefy, towel, weazen, wipe, wither, wizen

dehydrate

 * dehydrate, air-dry, anhydrate, bake, blast-freeze, blot, brine, brush, burn, corn, cure, dehumidify, desiccate, drain, dry, dry-cure, dry-salt, embalm, evaporate, exsiccate, fire, freeze, freeze-dry, fume, insolate, irradiate, jerk, kiln, kipper, marinade, marinate, mummify, parch, pickle, preservatize, quick-freeze, refrigerate, rub, salt, scorch, sear, season, shrivel, smoke, smoke-cure, soak up, sponge, stuff, sun, sun-dry, swab, torrefy, towel, weazen, wipe, wither, wizen

dehydrated

 * dehydrated, adust, baked, burnt, corky, desiccated, dried, dried-up, evaporated, exsiccated, mummified, parched, scorched, sear, seared, sere, shriveled, sun-dried, sunbaked, weazened, wind-dried, withered, wizened

dehydration

 * dehydration, air-drying, anhydration, blast-freezing, bottling, brining, canning, corning, curing, dehumidification, desiccation, drainage, dry-curing, drying, drying up, embalming, evaporation, freeze-drying, freezing, fuming, insolation, irradiation, jerking, marination, mummification, pickling, potting, quick-freezing, refrigeration, salting, seasoning, smoking, stuffing, taxidermy, tinning, withering

deification

 * deification, accolade, admiration, adoration, adulation, aggrandizement, apotheosis, appreciation, approbation, approval, ascent, assumption, awe, beatification, bepraisement, breathless adoration, canonization, congratulation, consideration, courtesy, deference, dignification, duty, elevation, eloge, encomium, ennoblement, enshrinement, enthronement, erection, escalation, esteem, estimation, eulogium, eulogy, exaggerated respect, exaltation, excessive praise, favor, fetishization, flattery, glorification, glory, great respect, height, hero worship, high regard, homage, hommage, honor, idolatry, idolization, idolizing, immortalization, kudos, laud, laudation, lifting, lionizing, magnification, meed of praise, overpraise, paean, panegyric, praise, prestige, raising, rearing, regard, respect, reverence, reverential regard, sainting, sanctification, sursum corda, tribute, upbuoying, upcast, upheaval, uplift, uplifting, upping, uprearing, upthrow, upthrust, veneration, worship

deify

 * deify, accord respect to, admire, adore, adulate, aggrandize, apotheose, apotheosize, appreciate, beatify, belaud, bepraise, bless, blow up, boast of, brag about, canonize, celebrate, crown, cry up, defer to, elevate, emblazon, ennoble, enshrine, entertain respect for, enthrone, esteem, eulogize, exalt, extol, favor, fetish, fetishize, flatter, glamorize, glorify, hero-worship, hold in esteem, hold in reverence, honor, idol, idolatrize, idolify, idolize, immortalize, laud, lionize, look up to, magnify, make legendary, make much of, overpraise, panegyrize, pay tribute, porter aux nues, praise, prize, puff, puff up, raise, regard, respect, revere, reverence, saint, salute, sanctify, set up, think highly of, think much of, think well of, throne, trumpet, uplift, value, venerate, worship

deign

 * deign, OK, accede to, accept, accord to, agree, agree to, approve, approve of, assent, be willing, concede, condescend, connive at, consent, consent to silently, descend, endorse, give consent, go along with, grant, have no objection, hold with, lower oneself, nod, nod assent, not refuse, okay, permit, ratify, sanction, say aye, say yes, stoop, take kindly to, vote affirmatively, vote aye, vouchsafe, wink at, yield, yield assent

deism

 * deism, acosmism, allotheism, anthropolatry, anthropomorphism, anthropotheism, autotheism, cosmotheism, ditheism, dualism, dyotheism, henotheism, hylotheism, monolatry, monotheism, multitheism, myriotheism, pantheism, physicomorphism, physitheism, polytheism, psychotheism, tetratheism, theism, theopantism, theriotheism, tritheism, zootheism

deist

 * deist, allotheist, anthropolater, anthropotheist, autotheist, cosmotheist, ditheist, dualist, henotheist, hylotheist, monotheist, multitheist, myriotheist, pantheist, physitheist, polytheist, psychotheist, tetratheist, theist, theriotheist, tritheist, zootheist

deity

 * deity, Aides, Aidoneus, Amen-Ra, Amor, Aphrodite, Apollo, Apollo Musagetes, Ares, Artemis, Ashtoreth, Astarte, Astraea, Athena, Atropos, Baal, Bellona, Bragi, Cailleac, Calliope, Castilian Spring, Cerberus, Ceres, Charon, Clio, Clotho, Cora, Cupid, Cynthia, Dame Fortune, Davy, Davy Jones, Decuma, Demeter, Despoina, Diana, Dike, Dionysos, Dionysus, Dis, Dis pater, Discordia, Donar, Dylan, Earth, Enyo, Erato, Erebus, Eris, Eros, Euterpe, Fata, Fates, Faunus, Flora, Fortuna, Frey, Freya, Frigg, Gaea, Gaia, Ge, Hades, Heaven, Hecate, Hekate, Hel, Helicon, Helios, Hera, Hermes, Hestia, Hippocrene, Hymen, Hyperion, Indra, Isis, Juno, Jupiter Fidius, Jupiter Fulgur, Jupiter Pluvius, Jupiter Tonans, Justice, Justitia, Kama, Kore, Lachesis, Loki, Love, Luna, Mars, Melpomene, Mercury, Minerva, Minos, Moirai, Morta, Muse, Nemesis, Neptune, Nereid, Nereus, Nona, Norns, Oceanid, Oceanus, Odin, Orcus, Osiris, Pan, Parcae, Parnassus, Persephassa, Persephone, Phoebe, Phoebus, Phoebus Apollo, Pierian Spring, Pierides, Pluto, Polyhymnia, Pomona, Poseidon, Priapus, Pronuba, Proserpina, Proserpine, Providence, Ra, Rhadamanthus, Satan, Savitar, Selene, Set, Shamash, Skuld, Sol, Surya, Teleia, Tellus, Terpsichore, Terra, Thalia, Themis, Thetis, Thor, Titan, Tiu, Triptolemos, Triptolemus, Triton, Tyche, Typhon, Tyr, Urdur, Varuna, Vayu, Venus, Verthandi, Vesta, Vidar, Vitharr, Weird Sisters, Weirds, Woden, Wotan, Zephyr, Zephyrus, Zeus, afflatus, artistic imagination, ball lightning, biosphere, blindfolded Justice, bolt, bolt of lightning, chain lightning, clash, clashing, commercialism, conception, conflict, contention, corn god, corn spirit, creative imagination, creative power, creative thought, creator, dark lightning, deep, demigod, demigoddess, disaccord, disaffinity, discord, discordance, discordancy, disharmony, dread rattling thunder, enmity, esemplastic imagination, esemplastic power, faun, fertility god, field spirit, fire of genius, fireball, firebolt, flying flame, forest god, forked lightning, fresh-water nymph, friction, fulguration, fulmination, genius, geography, geosphere, globe, god, goddess, hero, heroine, idol, incompatibility, incompatibleness, industrialism, inharmoniousness, inharmony, inspiration, jangle, jar, kelpie, lares and penates, levin bolt, lightning, limniad, man fish, mercantilism, mermaid, merman, mischief, mother earth, muse, mythicization, mythification, mythopoeia, naiad, nix, nixie, noncooperation, oak-cleaving thunderbolts, ocean nymph, open conflict, panisc, panisca, paniscus, peal of thunder, phoenix, poesy, poetic genius, poetic imagination, rub, satyr, sea devil, sea god, sea nymph, sea-maid, sea-maiden, seaman, shaping imagination, sheet lightning, silenus, siren, strained relations, stroke of lightning, sylvan deity, tension, terra, terrestrial globe, the Muses, the blue planet, the goat god, this pendent world, thunder, thunderball, thunderbolt, thunderclap, thundercrack, thundering, thunderpeal, thunderstorm, thunderstroke, undine, unharmoniousness, unpleasantness, vale, vale of tears, vegetation spirit, water god, water spirit, water sprite, whole wide world, world

deject

 * deject, beat down, cast down, chill, damp, dampen, dampen the spirits, darken, dash, demoralize, depress, discourage, dishearten, disparage, dispirit, knock down, lower, lower the spirits, oppress, press down, sadden, sink, weigh heavy upon, weigh upon

dejected

 * dejected, beetle-browed, black, black-browed, blue, bowed-down, cast down, crestfallen, dark, dashed, depressed, despairing, despondent, desponding, disconsolate, discouraged, disheartened, dispirited, dour, down, downcast, downhearted, drooping, droopy, dumpish, feeling low, forlorn, frowning, gloomy, glowering, glum, grim, grum, heartbroken, heartless, hypochondriac, hypochondriacal, in low spirits, in the depths, in the doldrums, in the dumps, languishing, low, low-spirited, lowering, melancholy, miserable, moodish, moody, mopey, moping, mopish, morose, mumpish, pessimistic, pining, sad, scowling, sorrowful, spiritless, subdued, suicidal, sulky, sullen, surly, unhappy, weary of life, woebegone, world-weary

dejection

 * dejection, BM, Schmerz, Slough of Despond, abstraction, abulia, alienation, anxiety, anxiety equivalent, anxiety state, apathy, blank despondency, bloody flux, blues, bouderie, bowel movement, catatonic stupor, catharsis, compulsion, crap, death wish, defecation, dejecta, dejectedness, dejecture, depression, despair, desperation, despondency, despondentness, detachment, diarrhea, discharge, discouragement, disheartenment, dispiritedness, down trip, downcastness, downer, downheartedness, drooping spirits, dumpishness, dysentery, effluent, egesta, ejecta, ejectamenta, ejection, elation, emotionalism, euphoria, evacuation, excrement, excreta, excretes, extravasate, extravasation, exudate, exudation, flux, folie du doute, glumness, grimness, grumness, heartlessness, hopelessness, hypochondria, hysteria, hysterics, indifference, insensibility, lethargy, lientery, loose bowels, low spirits, lowness, lowness of spirit, malaise, mania, melancholia, melancholy, mental distress, moodiness, moodishness, mopishness, moroseness, movement, obsession, oppression, pathological indecisiveness, pessimism, preoccupation, psychalgia, psychomotor disturbance, purgation, purge, runs, self-destructive urge, shit, shits, sinking heart, spiritlessness, stool, stupor, suicidal despair, sulkiness, sullenness, surliness, taedium vitae, tic, transudate, transudation, trots, turistas, twitching, unresponsiveness, voidance, waste, waste matter, weariness of life, withdrawal

delay

 * delay, abide, adjourn, afterthought, arrest, arrestation, arrestment, await, backpedal, backwater, be a sideliner, be still, bide, bide the issue, bind, block, blockage, blocking, bog down, bottle up, brake, bureaucratic delay, check, clip the wings, clogging, closing up, closure, coast, confine, constriction, continue, countercheck, cramp, curb, dally, dam up, damp, dampen, dawdle, dawdling, decelerate, deceleration, defer, deferment, deferral, delayage, delayed reaction, detain, detainment, detention, dilly, dillydally, do nothing, double take, drag, drag along, drag out, dragging, draw rein, drift, drone, ease off, ease up, ease-off, ease-up, extend, falter, fixation, flag, flagging, foot-dragging, gap, goof off, halt, hampering, hang about, hang around, hang back, hang fire, hang up, hang-up, hesitate, hiatus, hibernate, hinder, hindering, hindrance, hold back, hold everything, hold in check, hold off, hold on, hold over, hold up, hold your horses, hold-up, holdback, holdup, idle, impede, impediment, inhibit, inhibition, interference, interim, interlude, intermeddle, intermit, interrupt, interruption, interval, intervene, jam, keep, keep back, keep in check, lacuna, lag, lag behind, lagging, lay aside, lay away, lay by, lay over, let, let down, let up, letdown, letup, lie dormant, linger, logjam, loiter, loitering, lollygag, lose ground, lose momentum, lose speed, lull, make late, mark time, meddle, minus acceleration, mire, moderate, moratorium, mull, negativism, not budge, not stir, nuisance value, obstruct, obstruction, obstructionism, occlusion, oppose, opposition, paperasserie, pause, pigeonhole, poke, poke along, postpone, postponement, procrastinate, prolong, prorogate, prorogue, protract, push aside, put aside, put away, put in mothballs, put off, put on ice, recess, red tape, red-tapeism, red-tapery, reef, rein in, relax, repress, repression, reprieve, reserve, resist, resistance, respite, rest, restrain, restraint, restriction, retard, retardance, retardation, retardment, scotch, set aside, set back, set by, setback, shelve, shift off, shilly-shally, shilly-shallying, sideline, sit back, sit it out, sit tight, sit up, slack off, slack up, slack-up, slacken, slackening, sleep on, slow, slow down, slow up, slow-up, slowdown, slowing, slowing down, slowness, slowup, snub, squeeze, stagnate, stall, stand over, stave off, stay, stay of execution, stay up, stick around, stop, stoppage, store, stow, stranglehold, stretch out, stricture, suppress, suppression, suspend, suspension, table, table the motion, take a recess, take in sail, take time, tarry, tarrying, temporize, throttle down, tie-up, time lag, trail, vacillate, vegetate, wait, wait a minute, wait and see, waiting, waive, waste time, watch and wait, waver

delayed

 * delayed, arrested, back, backward, behind, behindhand, belated, blocked, checked, delayed-action, detained, held up, hung up, impeded, in a bind, in abeyance, jammed, late, latish, moratory, never on time, obstructed, overdue, retarded, set back, slow, slowed down, stopped, tardy, unpunctual, unready, untimely

delaying

 * delaying, Micawberish, backward, dallying, dawdling, dilatory, dillydallying, dragging, easygoing, foot-dragging, lackadaisical, laggard, lagging, lax, lazy, lingering, loitering, lollygagging, procrastinating, procrastinative, procrastinatory, remiss, shilly-shallying, shuffling, slack, slow, sluggish, tarrying

dele

 * dele, blot, blot out, cancel, cross out, delete, efface, erase, expunge, obliterate, raze, rub out, rule out, scratch, scratch out, sponge, sponge out, strike out, wipe out

delectable

 * delectable, adorable, agreeable, ambrosial, choice, dainty, darling, delicate, delicious, delightful, exquisite, flavorsome, good, good to eat, good-tasting, gustable, gusty, heavenly, juicy, likable, luscious, lush, nectareous, nectarous, nice, of gourmet quality, palatable, pleasing, rare, sapid, savorous, savory, scrumptious, succulent, tasty, toothsome, yummy

delegate

 * delegate, accredit, agent, alternate, ambassador, appoint, ascribe, assign, authorize, buck, catchpole, charge, charter, choose, commend, commissar, commissary, commission, commissionaire, commissioner, commit, confide, consign, depute, deputize, deputy, designate, designate an agent, detach, detail, devolute, devolve, devolve upon, emissary, empower, enfeoff, entrust, envoy, factor, give, give in charge, give in trust, go-between, hand on, hand over, herald, infeudate, legate, license, mandate, messenger, minister, mission, mouthpiece, name, nominate, pass on, pass over, pick, plenipotentiary, post, proxy, relegate, remand, remit, replacement, representative, secretary, select, send out, spokesman, spokesperson, spokeswoman, stand-in, substitute, surrogate, transfer, trust, warrant

delegation

 * delegation, accession, agency, agentship, anointing, anointment, appointment, arrogation, assignment, assumption, authority, authorization, brevet, care, change, charge, commendation, commission, commissioning, commitment, committee, commutation, consecration, consignment, coronation, cure, delegated authority, deputation, deputyship, devolution, devolvement, displacement, election, embassy, empowerment, enfeoffment, entrusting, entrustment, errand, exchange, executorship, exequatur, factorship, full power, infeodation, infeudation, jurisdiction, legation, legitimate succession, license, lieutenancy, mandate, mission, office, plenipotentiary power, power of attorney, power to act, procuration, proxy, purview, quid pro quo, regency, regentship, relegation, remanding, replacement, representation, responsibility, seizure, subcommittee, subrogation, substitution, succession, supersedence, superseding, supersedure, supersession, supplantation, supplanting, supplantment, switch, taking over, task, tit for tat, trust, trusteeship, usurpation, vicarious authority, vicariousness, warrant

delete

 * delete, KO, abbreviate, abridge, abrupt, alienate, annul, black out, blot, blot out, blue-pencil, bowdlerize, call off, cancel, cast off, cast out, censor, complete, cross out, cut, cut adrift, cut off, cut out, dele, depart, disarticulate, disconnect, disengage, disjoin, disjoint, dispose of, dissociate, disunite, divide, divorce, drop the curtain, edit, edit out, efface, eject, eliminate, end off, eradicate, erase, estrange, exclude, expel, expunge, expurgate, extinguish, finalize, finish, fold up, get it over, get over with, get through with, give the quietus, isolate, kayo, kibosh, kill, knock out, leave, obliterate, omit, part, perfect, polish off, pull away, pull back, pull out, put paid to, raze, remove, rescind, rub out, rule out, scrag, scratch, scratch out, segregate, separate, sequester, set apart, set aside, shoot down, shut off, split, sponge, sponge out, stand aloof, stand apart, stand aside, step aside, strike, strike off, strike out, subtract, throw off, throw out, uncouple, unyoke, void, wipe out, withdraw, zap

deleted

 * deleted, SOL, absconded, absent, all bets off, all off, all over, all up, at an end, away, canceled, complete, concluded, dead, decided, defunct, departed, disappeared, done, done for, done with, ended, expunged, extinct, fini, finished, gone, kaput, lacking, missing, no longer present, nonattendant, nonexistent, not found, not present, omitted, out of sight, over, perfected, set at rest, settled, shot, subtracted, taken away, terminated, through, through with, vanished, wanting, washed up, wiped out, wound up, zapped

deleterious

 * deleterious, baleful, baneful, corroding, corrosive, corrupting, corruptive, counterproductive, damaging, deadly, destroying, destructive, detrimental, disadvantageous, disserviceable, distressing, harmful, hurtful, injurious, lethal, malefic, malevolent, malign, malignant, mischievous, noisome, noxious, ominous, pernicious, poisonous, prejudicial, ruining, ruinous, scatheful, toxic, unadvantageous, unfavorable, unprofitable, unrewarding, useless, venenate, veneniferous, venenous, venomous, vicious, virulent, worthless

deletion

 * deletion, abbreviation, abridgment, blot, blotting, blotting out, blue-penciling, bowdlerization, cancel, cancellation, censoring, censorship, editing, effacement, erasure, expunction, expurgation, obliteration, omission, scrubbing, striking, washing out, wiping out

deli

 * deli, appetizing store, bakery, bakeshop, bodega, butcher shop, creamery, dairy, delicatessen, food shop, food store, fruit stand, grocery, grocery store, groceteria, health food store, meat market, pork store, superette, supermarket, vegetable store

deliberate

 * deliberate, advise with, advised, aforethought, aimed, aimed at, air, ambling, analyze, back down, balance, bargain, be abstracted, brood, brood over, calculated, call in, calm, canny, canvass, careful, cautious, chaw, chew over, chew the cud, circumspect, claudicant, cold-blooded, collected, collogue, comment upon, compare notes, composed, con over, confer, confer with, confident, conscious, consider, considerate, considered, consult, consult with, contemplate, contemplated, controvert, cool, counsel, crawling, creeping, creeping like snail, deal with, debate, deliberate over, deliberate upon, deliberated, demur, designed, digest, discourse about, discreet, discuss, discuss with, dispassionate, easy, envisaged, envisioned, even, examine, exchange observations, exchange views, falter, faltering, fastidious, fear, flagging, foot-dragging, foresighted, forethoughtful, gentle, gingerly, go into, gradual, guarded, halting, handle, hang back, hasteless, have conversations, heedful, hem and haw, hesitant, hesitate, hobbled, hobbling, hold conference, hover, hum and haw, idle, imperturbable, inactive, indolent, intended, intentional, introspect, investigate, jib, judicious, knock around, knowing, languid, languorous, lazy, leaving out nothing, leisurely, limping, lumbering, meant, measured, meditate, meditate upon, meditated, methodical, meticulous, mindful, moderate, mull, mull over, muse, muse on, muse over, negotiate, noncommittal, of design, on guard, orderly, overlooking no possibility, paced, painstaking, palaver, parley, pass under review, pause, pawky, perpend, planned, play around with, play with, poking, poky, politic, ponder, ponder over, powwow, prearranged, preconceived, premeditated, prepense, projected, proposed, provident, prudent, pull back, punctilious, purposed, purposeful, purposive, put heads together, rap, reason, reason about, reason the point, reason with, refer to, reflect, reflect over, regardful, regular, relaxed, reluctant, retreat, review, revolve, ruminate, ruminate over, run over, safe, sauntering, schemed, scruple, scrupulous, serene, shilly-shally, shuffling, shy, sift, sit down together, sit down with, slack, slothful, slow, slow as death, slow as molasses, slow as slow, slow to act, slow-crawling, slow-foot, slow-going, slow-legged, slow-moving, slow-paced, slow-poky, slow-running, slow-sailing, slow-stepped, sluggish, snail-paced, snaillike, speculate, staggering, steady, stick at, stickle, stop to consider, straddle the fence, strain at, strolling, studied, studious, study, sure, systematic, take counsel, take up, take up with, talk, talk about, talk of, talk over, teleological, tentative, think about, think over, think twice about, thorough, thought-out, thoughtful, thresh out, toddling, tortoiselike, tottering, toy with, treat, trudging, turn over, turtlelike, unadventurous, uncommunicative, undaring, unenterprising, unfaltering, unhasty, unhesitating, unhurried, unprecipitate, unruffled, ventilate, voluntary, waddling, weigh, willful, withdraw, witting, yield

deliberately

 * deliberately, advisedly, by design, calculatedly, calculatingly, cautiously, circumspectly, consciously, contemplatedly, crawlingly, creepingly, designedly, dilatorily, easily, falteringly, gently, haltingly, idly, in cold blood, in low gear, in march time, in slow motion, in slow tempo, indolently, intentionally, knowingly, lackadaisically, languidly, languorously, leisurely, limpingly, lingeringly, loiteringly, meditatedly, moderately, on purpose, pointedly, pokily, pokingly, premeditatedly, purposefully, purposely, purposively, relaxedly, reluctantly, resolutely, slow, slowly, sluggishly, tardily, tarryingly, tentatively, under easy sail, unhurriedly, voluntarily, willfully, with agonizing slowness, with deliberation, with full intent, with intent, with malice aforethought, with purpose, wittingly

deliberateness

 * deliberateness, aforethought, calculatedness, calculation, canniness, care, careful consideration, carefulness, caution, cautiousness, circumspection, creeping, deliberate stages, deliberation, discretion, dolce far niente, drawl, express intention, expressness, foot-dragging, forethought, gingerliness, guardedness, hastelessness, hedge, hedging, heed, heedfulness, hesitation, idleness, inactivity, indolence, inertia, inertness, intentionality, judiciousness, languor, laziness, leisureliness, lentitude, lentor, mindfulness, pawkiness, pokiness, preconsideration, predeliberation, predetermination, premeditation, preresolution, prior consultation, prudence, prudentialness, regardfulness, relaxedness, reluctance, safeness, safety first, slackness, sloth, slowness, slowness to act, sluggardy, sluggishness, solicitude, tentativeness, thoroughness, uncommunicativeness, unhastiness, unhurriedness, unprecipitateness

deliberation

 * deliberation, advisement, aforethought, airing, analysis, application, brainwork, brooding, buzz session, calculatedness, calculation, canniness, canvassing, care, careful consideration, carefulness, caution, cautiousness, cerebration, circumspection, cloture, cogitation, colloquium, committee consideration, concentration, confabulation, conference, consideration, contemplation, counsel, creeping, debate, debating, deliberate stages, deliberateness, dialectic, dialogue, discretion, discussion, division, dolce far niente, drawl, examination, exchange of views, express intention, expressness, filibuster, filibustering, filing, first reading, foot-dragging, forethought, forum, gingerliness, guardedness, hastelessness, hedge, hedging, heed, heedfulness, hesitation, idleness, inactivity, indolence, inertia, inertness, intentionality, introduction, investigation, joint discussion, judiciousness, languor, laziness, leisureliness, lentitude, lentor, logical analysis, logical discussion, logrolling, lucubration, meditation, mindfulness, musing, open discussion, open forum, panel discussion, pawkiness, pokiness, pondering, preconsideration, predeliberation, predetermination, premeditation, preresolution, prior consultation, prudence, prudentialness, rap, rap session, reflection, regardfulness, relaxedness, reluctance, review, revolving, roll call, rumination, safeness, safety first, second reading, seminar, slackness, sloth, slowness, slowness to act, sluggardy, sluggishness, solicitude, speculation, steamroller methods, study, symposium, tabling, talkathon, tentativeness, third reading, thoroughness, town meeting, treatment, uncommunicativeness, unhastiness, unhurriedness, unprecipitateness, ventilation, vote, weighing

delicacy

 * delicacy, absoluteness, accommodatingness, accuracy, acquired taste, affectivity, agreeableness, airiness, airy texture, allergy, ambrosia, amiable weakness, anaphylaxis, appreciation, appreciation of differences, appreciation of excellence, appreciativeness, artistic judgment, ascent, attention to detail, attention to fact, attentiveness, attenuation, banquet, beauty, bonne bouche, breakability, breakableness, brittleness, bubbliness, buoyancy, cachexia, cachexy, care for truth, cate, chanciness, changeableness, choice morsel, choiceness, chronic ill health, circumstantiality, civilized taste, civilizedness, collapse, complaisance, concern, connoisseurship, conscientiousness, considerateness, consideration, correctness, cosseting, crackability, crackableness, crispness, critical niceness, criticality, criticalness, crumbliness, crushability, crushableness, cultivated taste, cultivation, culture, cunningness, cuteness, daintiness, dainty, debilitation, debility, decency, decorousness, decorum, decrepitude, delicate distinction, delicate health, delicateness, dessert, destructibility, detail, diaphanousness, differentia, differential, difficulty, dilutedness, dilution, diminutiveness, discriminating taste, discriminatingness, discrimination, discriminativeness, disintegration, distinction, doubtfulness, down, downiness, dubiousness, easiness, effeminacy, elegance, empathy, enervation, ethereality, exactingness, exactitude, exactness, excellence, exhaustion, exiguity, exiguousness, exility, exquisiteness, faithfulness, fastidiousness, faultlessness, feast, featheriness, feebleness, feel, feeling, fewness, fidelity, filminess, fine palate, fine point, fine-grainedness, fineness, finesse, finicality, finicalness, finickiness, finickingness, fissility, flawlessness, flimsiness, floatability, flossiness, fluff, fluffiness, foaminess, fondness, fracturableness, fragility, frailness, frailty, frangibility, friability, frothiness, fussiness, fuzz, fuzziness, gauziness, gentleness, good taste, goody, gossameriness, grace, gracefulness, gracility, graciosity, graciousness, hairline, hazardousness, healthlessness, heedfulness, helpfulness, human frailty, hyperesthesia, hyperpathia, hypersensitivity, hypochondria, hypochondriasis, identification, ill health, impressionability, inconsequentiality, inconsiderableness, indecisiveness, indulgence, infirmity, infirmity of will, inherent vice, insecurity, insignificance, insolidity, instability, insubstantiality, insufficiency, invalidism, invalidity, irresolution, irritability, judiciousness, laciness, lack of weight, languishing, languishment, leniency, levitation, levity, lightness, literalism, literality, literalness, littleness, luxury, making distinctions, manna, margin, mathematical precision, meagerness, meanness, mellowness, meticulousness, mindfulness, minuteness, mistiness, moderateness, modesty, moral weakness, morbidezza, morbidity, morbidness, morsel, narrow margin, nectar, nervousness, nice distinction, niceness, niceness of distinction, nicety, nonresistiveness, nonrigidity, nuance, obligingness, oversensibility, oversensitiveness, overtenderness, palate, paperiness, particle of difference, particularity, particularness, passibility, peach fuzz, peakedness, perceptiveness, perceptivity, perfection, perilousness, pettiness, photophobia, picayunishness, plushiness, point of difference, polish, poor health, precariousness, preciseness, precisianism, precision, prickliness, propriety, pubescence, pudency, pudicity, pulpiness, punctiliousness, punctuality, puniness, quality, rarity, refined discrimination, refined palate, refinement, regale, regard, regardfulness, responsiveness, right, rightness, rigidity, rigidness, rigor, rigorousness, riskiness, satin, satininess, savory, scantiness, scrupulosity, scrupulousness, seemliness, selectiveness, sense, sensibility, sensitiveness, sensitivity, sensitization, severity, shade of difference, shakiness, shame, sickliness, silk, silkiness, sleaziness, slenderness, slightness, slimness, slipperiness, smallness, smoothness, softheartedness, softness, solicitousness, solicitude, sophistication, soreness, sponginess, strictness, subtility, subtle distinction, subtlety, supersensitivity, susceptibility, sweetmeat, sword of Damocles, tact, tactfulness, taste, tastefulness, tender feeling, tenderheartedness, tenderness, tenuity, tetchiness, textualism, the letter, thin skin, thinness, thought, thoughtfulness, ticklish business, ticklishness, tidbit, tininess, titbit, toleration, totteriness, touchiness, treat, triviality, uncertainty, undependability, unhealthiness, unheaviness, unimportance, unpredictability, unreliability, unsafeness, unsolidity, unsoundness, unsteadiness, unsubstantiality, unsureness, untrustworthiness, unwholesomeness, vagueness, valetudinarianism, velleity, velvet, velvetiness, volatility, vulnerability, warm heart, warmheartedness, wasting, wateriness, weakliness, weakness, weightlessness, wide margin, wispiness, womanishness, yeastiness

delicate health

 * delicate health, cachexia, cachexy, chronic ill health, debilitation, debility, decrepitude, delicacy, enervation, exhaustion, feebleness, fragility, frailty, healthlessness, hypochondria, hypochondriasis, ill health, infirmity, invalidism, invalidity, languishing, languishment, morbidity, morbidness, peakedness, poor health, sickliness, unhealthiness, unsoundness, unwholesomeness, valetudinarianism, wasting, weakliness

delicate

 * delicate, Herculean, Victorian, abstruse, accommodating, accommodative, accurate, adept, aerial, agreeable, airy, allergic, ambrosial, anaphylactic, appreciative, arduous, attentive, attenuate, attenuated, balmy, becoming, boyish, breakable, brittle, brittle as glass, brutal, careful, cautious, cheap-jack, civilized, close, cobwebby, complaisant, complex, conscientious, considerate, constant, correct, coy, crackable, creamy, crisp, crispy, critical, crumbly, crushable, cultivated, cultured, cunning, cute, dainty, dangerous, debilitated, decent, decorous, decrepit, delectable, delicat, delicately weak, delicious, delightful, demanding, demure, detailed, diaphanous, differential, difficile, difficult, diluted, diplomatic, direct, discerning, discreet, discriminate, discriminating, discriminative, distinctive, distinguishing, downy, easy, effeminate, eggshell, elegant, emotionable, empathetic, empathic, enfeebled, ethereal, even, exact, exacting, exigent, expert, express, exquisite, faint, faithful, fastidious, feeble, filmy, fine, fine-drawn, fine-grained, finespun, finical, finicking, finicky, fissile, flat, flimsy, fluffy, foresighted, formidable, fracturable, fragile, frail, frangible, friable, fussy, fuzzy, gauzy, gentle, gimcrack, gimcracky, girlish, gloss, good, good to eat, good-tasting, goosy, gossamer, gossamery, graceful, gracile, gracious, gradual, gustable, gusty, hair-trigger, hairline, hairsplitting, hairy, hard, hard-earned, hard-fought, heedful, helpful, hyperesthetic, hyperpathic, hypersensitive, impressionable, indulgent, inerrable, inerrant, infallible, infirm, insubstantial, intricate, iridescent, irritable, itchy, jawbreaking, jerry, jerry-built, juicy, knotted, knotty, laborious, lacerable, lacy, lenient, light, lightweight, likable, luscious, lush, masterly, mathematical, mean, mellow, mellowy, meticulous, micrometrically precise, microscopic, mignon, mild, mindful, mindful of others, minute, misty, modest, mollified, mother-of-pearl, muted, nacreous, namby-pamby, narrow, nervous, nice, no picnic, nonresistive, nonrigid, not easy, obliging, of gourmet quality, on slippery ground, on thin ice, opalescent, operose, overrefined, oversensible, oversensitive, overtender, palatable, pale, papery, particular, passible, pasteboardy, pastel, patinaed, pearly, perceptive, perishable, persnickety, pinpoint, pleasing, polished, politic, precarious, precise, precisianistic, precisionistic, prickly, proficient, proper, prudent, prudish, pubescent, punctilious, punctual, puny, puristic, queasy, quiet, rare, rarefied, receptive, recherche, refined, regardful, religious, religiously exact, responsive, rigid, rigorous, rough, rugged, sad, sapid, satin, satiny, savorous, savory, scientific, scientifically exact, scissile, scrumptious, scrupulous, scrutinizing, seemly, select, selective, semigloss, sensible, sensitive, set with thorns, severe, shatterable, shattery, shivery, sickly, silky, simple, sissified, skittish, sleazy, slender, slenderish, slight, slight-made, slim, slimmish, slinky, slippery, slippy, small, smooth, sober, soft, soft as putty, soft-colored, soft-hued, softened, softhearted, solicitous, somber, sophisticated, spiny, splintery, square, squeamish, steep, sticky, strenuous, strict, subdued, subtile, subtle, succulent, superior, supersensitive, susceptible, svelte, sweet, sylphlike, sympathetic, tacky, tactful, tactical, tasty, tender, tenderhearted, tenuous, tetchy, thin, thin-bodied, thin-set, thin-skinned, thin-spun, thinnish, thorny, thoughtful, threadlike, ticklish, toilsome, tolerant, toothsome, touch-and-go, touchy, tough, tricky, uncertain, undeviating, unerring, unhealthy, unpredictable, unsubstantial, uphill, vague, velutinous, velvety, volatile, vulnerable, warmhearted, wary, wasp-waisted, watered, watered-down, watery, weak, weakened, whisper-soft, wicked, willowy, wiredrawn, wispy, womanish, yummy

delicately

 * delicately, compliantly, cunningly, cutely, daintily, easily, effeminately, faintly, feebly, gently, infirmly, languorously, listlessly, shakily, softly, strengthlessly, submissively, teeteringly, tenderly, totteringly, unsoundly, unsteadily, unsubstantially, weakly

delicatessen

 * delicatessen, appetizing store, bakery, bakeshop, bodega, butcher shop, creamery, dairy, deli, food shop, food store, fruit stand, grocery, grocery store, groceteria, health food store, meat market, pork store, superette, supermarket, vegetable store

delicious

 * delicious, OK, ace-high, adorable, agreeable, ambrosial, amusing, appetizing, bad, bang-up, bonzer, boss, bully, but good, charming, choice, comestible, cool, corking, crackerjack, dainty, dandy, darling, delectable, delicate, delightful, ducky, eatable, edible, enchanting, engaging, enjoyable, entertaining, esculent, exquisite, fab, fascinating, fine and dandy, flavorful, flavorsome, gear, good, good to eat, good-tasting, great, groovy, gustable, gusty, heavenly, heavy, hot, hunky-dory, jam-up, juicy, just dandy, keen, kosher, likable, luscious, lush, marvy, mean, mouth-watering, neat, nectareous, nectarous, nice, nifty, nobby, of gourmet quality, okay, out of sight, palatable, peachy, peachy-keen, pleasant, pleasing, pleasurable, rare, ripping, rum, sapid, savorous, savory, scrumptious, slap-up, smashing, solid, something else, spiffing, spiffy, stunning, succulent, swell, tasty, toothsome, tough, wizard, yummy

delight in

 * delight in, adore, appreciate, bask in, be fond of, be partial to, be pleased with, cherish, derive pleasure from, devour, eat up, enjoy, feast on, freak out on, get high on, gloat over, groove on, indulge in, like, love, luxuriate in, rejoice in, relish, revel in, riot in, savor, smack the lips, swim in, take pleasure in, taste, wallow in

delight

 * delight, a thing for, adore, affinity, allure, amuse, appreciate, aptitude, aptness, attract, be in heaven, be pleased, beam, beatification, beatitude, becharm, beguile, bent, bewitch, bewitchment, bias, blessedness, bliss, blissfulness, caper, captivate, caracole, carol, carry away, cast, charm, cheer, cheerfulness, chirp, chirrup, clap hands, cloud nine, conatus, conduciveness, contentment, convulse, crow, crow over, dance, delectate, delectation, delight in, diathesis, die with delight, disposition, divert, eagerness, ecstasy, ecstatics, elation, enchant, enchantment, enjoy, enjoyment, enliven, enrapture, enravish, entertain, enthrall, entrance, exaltation, excite, exhilarate, exhilaration, exuberance, exult, fascinate, feel happy, feeling for, felicity, fracture one, freak out, frisk, frolic, fruition, gaiety, gambol, gladden, gladness, glee, gloat, gloat over, glory, glory in, go into raptures, gratification, gratify, happify, happiness, heaven, high spirits, hilarity, imparadise, inclination, intoxication, jollity, joy, joyance, joyfulness, jubilate, kill, knock dead, knock out, laugh, leaning, liability, like, liking, lilt, loosen up, love, mirth, overhappiness, overjoyfulness, paradise, penchant, please, pleasure, predilection, predisposition, prejudice, probability, proclivity, proneness, propensity, purr, raise a laugh, raise a smile, rapture, ravish, ravishment, readiness, recreate, refresh, regale, rejoice, relax, relish, revel, revel in, rollick, romp, satisfaction, satisfy, savor, send, sensitivity to, seventh heaven, sing, skip, skip for joy, slay, smile, soft spot, solace, sunshine, susceptibility, take great satisfaction, tendency, thrill, tickle, tickle pink, titillate, transport, tread on air, triumph, tropism, turn, twist, unalloyed happiness, warp, weakness, whistle, willingness, wow

delighted

 * delighted, amused, charmed, comfortable, content, contented, cozy, diverted, easy, enchanted, entertained, eupeptic, euphoric, exhilarated, favorably impressed with, glad, gladsome, gratified, happy, in clover, intrigued, pleased, pleased as Punch, pleased with, satisfied, sold on, taken with, thrilled, tickled, tickled pink, tickled to death, titillated

delightful

 * delightful, adorable, agreeable, alluring, ambrosial, amusing, appealing, attractive, beautiful, beguiling, bewitching, captivating, charming, congenial, dainty, darling, delectable, delicate, delicious, diverting, enchanting, engaging, enjoyable, enravishing, entertaining, enthralling, entrancing, exciting, exquisite, fair, fascinating, fetching, fun, good, good to eat, good-tasting, gratifying, gustable, gusty, heart-robbing, heavenly, humorous, ineffable, intriguing, inviting, irresistible, joyful, juicy, likable, lovely, luscious, lush, luxurious, nectareous, nectarous, nice, of gourmet quality, palatable, pleasant, pleasing, pleasurable, prepossessing, ravishing, recreational, sapid, satisfying, savorous, savory, scrumptious, sensuous, succulent, taking, tantalizing, tasty, tempting, thrilling, titillating, titillative, toothsome, voluptuous, winning, winsome, witching, yummy

delightfully

 * delightfully, appealingly, bewitchingly, charmingly, enchantingly, engagingly, enravishingly, entrancingly, exquisitely, fascinatingly, intriguingly, invitingly, luxuriously, ravishingly, sensuously, tantalizingly, temptingly, voluptuously, winningly, winsomely

Delilah

 * Delilah, Aspasia, Jezebel, Messalina, Phryne, Thais, adventuress, courtesan, demimondaine, demimonde, demirep, femme fatale, harem girl, hetaera, houri, odalisque, seductress, temptress, vamp, vampire

delimit

 * delimit, bar, blaze, blaze a trail, blemish, blotch, bound, brand, chalk, chalk up, check, check off, cicatrize, circle in, circumscribe, confine, dapple, dash, decide, define, delimitate, demarcate, determine, discolor, dot, enclose, engrave, fix, fleck, freckle, gash, hatch, impress, imprint, lay off, limit, line, make a mark, mark, mark boundaries, mark off, mark out, mark the periphery, measure, mottle, nick, notch, pencil, pepper, point, prick, print, punch, punctuate, puncture, restrict, riddle, rope off, scar, scarify, score, scotch, scratch, seal, seam, set the limit, specify, speck, speckle, splotch, spot, stain, stake out, stamp, stigmatize, streak, striate, stripe, surround, tattoo, tick, tick off, trace, underline, underscore

delimitation

 * delimitation, border line, bound, boundary, boundary condition, boundary line, bounding, bourn, break boundary, breakoff point, ceiling, circling-in, circumscribing, circumscription, compass, confine, cutoff, cutoff point, deadline, definition, demarcation, determinant, determination, division line, encincture, end, extremity, finish, floor, frontier, hedge, high-water mark, inclusion-exclusion, interface, limen, limit, limitation, limiting factor, line, line of demarcation, low-water mark, lower limit, march, mark, mete, specification, start, starting line, starting point, target date, term, terminal date, terminus, threshold, time allotment, upper limit

delineate

 * delineate, block in, block out, brief, bring to life, cartoon, catch a likeness, chalk, chalk out, character, characterize, charcoal, chart, color, contour, copy, crayon, crosshatch, dash off, daub, define, depict, describe, design, diagram, doodle, draft, draw, etch, evoke, express, give words to, hatch, hit off, image, interpret, limn, line, map, notate, outline, paint, paint a picture, pencil, picture, picturize, plan, portray, print, profile, register, render, represent, rough in, rough out, rub, schematize, scratch, scumble, set forth, shade, silhouette, sketch, stencil, symbolize, take a rubbing, tint, trace, trace out, trace over, write

delineation

 * delineation, account, alphabet, art, band, bar, black and white, blueprint, brouillon, cameo, cartoon, catalog, cataloging, character, character sketch, charactering, characterization, charcoal, charcoal drawing, chart, chiaroscuro, choreography, configuration, contour, conventional representation, copy, crayon, cross-hatching, dance notation, dash, demonstration, depiction, depictment, description, design, details, diagonal, diagram, doodle, dotted line, draft, drafting, drama, drawing, ebauche, elevation, esquisse, evocation, exemplification, features, figuration, figure, framework, gestalt, graph, graphic account, ground plan, hachure, hairline, hatching, hieroglyphic, house plan, ichnography, iconography, ideogram, illustration, image, imagery, imaging, impression, itemization, letter, limning, line, line drawing, lineaments, lineation, lines, logogram, logograph, main features, map, musical notation, notation, outline, painting, particularization, pastel, pattern, pen-and-ink, pencil drawing, photograph, pictogram, picture, picturization, plan, plot, portrait, portraiture, portrayal, prefigurement, presentment, printing, profile, projection, realization, relief, rendering, rendition, representation, rough, rough copy, rough draft, rough outline, schema, score, script, shapes, silhouette, silver-print drawing, sinopia, skeleton, sketch, sketching, slash, specification, story, streak, streaking, striation, strip, stripe, striping, stroke, study, sublineation, syllabary, symbol, tablature, table, tournure, tracing, underline, underlining, underscore, underscoring, version, vignette, virgule, vivid description, word painting, working drawing, writing

delinquency

 * delinquency, aberrance, aberrancy, abnormality, amorality, arrear, arrearage, arrears, atrocity, backsliding, bad debt, breach, carnality, crime, crime against humanity, criminality, deadly sin, decline, defalcation, default, defection, defectiveness, deficit, delinquence, dereliction, deviance, deviancy, disconformity, dishonor, dishonoring, disregard, enormity, error, evil, evil nature, failure, falling short, fault, felony, genocide, guilty act, heavy sin, illegality, immorality, imperfection, improperness, impropriety, impurity, inadequacy, inappropriateness, inattention, incorrectness, indecorousness, indecorum, indiscretion, inexpiable sin, inferiority, infraction, iniquity, injury, injustice, inobservance, insufficiency, lapse, laxity, malefaction, malfeasance, malum, minor wrong, misdeed, misdemeanor, misfeasance, moral delinquency, mortal sin, neglect, negligence, nonadherence, noncompliance, nonconformance, nonconformity, nondischarge of debts, nonfeasance, nonfulfillment, nonobservance, nonpayment, nonperformance, nonremittal, offense, omission, outrage, oversight, peccability, peccadillo, peccancy, prodigality, protest, protested bill, recidivism, repudiation, short measure, shortage, shortcoming, shortfall, sin, sin of commission, sin of omission, sinful act, sinfulness, slight, slip, slump, tort, transgression, trespass, trip, unangelicalness, unchastity, uncleanness, uncollectible, underage, unfitness, unfittingness, ungodliness, ungoodness, unlawfulness, unmorality, unobservance, unrighteousness, unsaintliness, unseemliness, unsuitability, unutterable sin, unvirtuousness, venial sin, vice, viciousness, violation, wantonness, waywardness, weakness, wickedness, wrong, wrongdoing, wrongfulness, wrongness

delinquent

 * delinquent, aberrant, abnormal, abominable, atrocious, bad person, behindhand, careless, criminal, crook, culprit, deceiver, defaulter, defaulting, derelict, deviant, disgraceful, disregardful, evil, evil man, evil person, evildoer, failing, felon, gangster, hardly the thing, hooligan, ignominious, illegal, improper, in arrear, in arrears, inappropriate, incorrect, indecorous, infamous, late, lawbreaker, lax, levanter, malefactor, malevolent, malfeasant, malfeasor, miscreant, misdemeanant, misdemeanist, misfeasor, mobster, neglectful, negligent, nonpayer, nonpaying, not done, not the thing, off-base, off-color, offender, out-of-line, outlaw, overdue, past due, public enemy, racketeer, regardless, remiss, roughneck, ruffian, sacrilegious, scandalous, shameful, shameless, sinful, sinner, slack, tax dodger, tax evader, terrible, thief, transgressor, undue, unfit, unfitting, unlawful, unpaid, unrighteous, unseemly, unsuitable, villain, welsher, wicked, worker of ill, wrong, wrongdoer, wrongful

deliquescent

 * deliquescent, contractive, declining, decoagulated, decreasing, decrescendo, decrescent, diminishing, diminuendo, dwindling, in solution, in suspension, languishing, lessening, liquefied, liquescent, melted, molten, on the wane, reductive, subsiding, thawed, unclotted, waning

delirious

 * delirious, abandoned, ablaze, afire, all agog, amok, ardent, at fever pitch, babbling, bellowing, berserk, bewildered, boiling over, breathless, burning, carried away, confused, cordial, corybantic, crazed, crazy, delighted, demented, demoniac, deranged, disarranged, disordered, distracted, disturbed, dizzy, drunk, ecstatic, enraptured, enthused, enthusiastic, excited, exuberant, fanatical, febrile, feral, ferocious, fervent, fervid, fevered, feverish, feverous, fierce, fiery, flaming, flushed, frantic, frenetic, frenzied, fulminating, furious, giddy, glowing, haggard, hearty, heated, hectic, hog-wild, hot, howling, hyperpyretic, hyperthermic, hysteric, hysterical, impassioned, in a fever, in a transport, in hysterics, incoherent, infatuated, inflamed, insane, intense, intoxicated, irrational, keen, lightheaded, lively, lunatic, mad, madding, maniac, off, on fire, orgasmic, orgiastic, overanxious, overdesirous, overeager, overenthusiastic, overexcited, overwrought, overzealous, passionate, perfervid, possessed, pyretic, rabid, raging, rambling, ramping, ranting, rapturous, raving, ravished, red-hot, roaring, running mad, steaming, steamy, storming, thrilled, transported, ultrazealous, uncontrollable, unhinged, unreasonable, unrestrained, unsettled, vigorous, violent, wandering, warm, wild, wild-eyed, wild-looking, zealous

delirium tremens

 * delirium tremens, alcoholic addiction, alcoholic psychosis, alcoholism, bottle nose, delirium alcoholicum, dementia a potu, dipsomania, dream, ebriosity, grog blossom, habitual drunkenness, hallucination, hallucinosis, heavy drinking, mind-expansion, oenomania, oinomania, pathological drunkenness, problem drinking, tripping

delirium

 * delirium, abandon, afebrile delirium, agnosia, apparition, ardor, block, blocking, brainchild, brainstorm, bubble, calenture, childbed fever, chimera, continued fever, craze, deliriousness, delusion, delusion of persecution, disorientation, ecstasy, eidolon, enthusiasm, eruptive fever, fancy, fantasque, fantasy, febricity, febrility, fervor, fever, fever heat, feverishness, fiction, figment, fire, fire and fury, flight of ideas, flush, frenzy, furor, furore, fury, hallucination, hallucinosis, heat, hectic, hectic fever, hectic flush, hyperpyrexia, hyperthermia, hysteria, idle fancy, illusion, imagery, imagination, imagining, incoherence, insubstantial image, intermittent fever, intoxication, invention, lingual delirium, madness, maggot, make-believe, mental block, mental confusion, myth, nihilism, nihilistic delusion, orgasm, orgy, paralogia, passion, phantasm, phantom, protein fever, psychological block, puerperal fever, pyrexia, rage, ranting, rapture, raving, ravishment, relapsing fever, remittent, remittent fever, romance, sick fancy, tearing passion, thick-coming fancies, towering rage, transport, trip, urethral fever, vaccinal fever, vapor, vision, wandering, water fever, whim, whimsy, wildest dreams, wound fever, zeal

deliver

 * deliver, abalienate, administer, affranchise, alien, alienate, amortize, announce, articulate, assign, barter, bear, bequeath, born, breathe, bring, bring forth, bring out, broach, broadcast, carry, carry over, cart, cast, cede, chime, chime in, chorus, circulate, cleanse, cleanse away, come across with, come out with, commit, communicate, confer, consign, convey, deal, declare, deed, deed over, deliver over, demise, deport, devolve upon, diffuse, direct, disburden, discharge, disclose, disencumber, disenthrall, dispatch, dispense, disseminate, distribute, emancipate, emit, enfeoff, enfranchise, enunciate, exchange, expel, export, express, extract, extradite, extricate, feed, find, fire, fling, fling off, fork over, formulate, forward, free, free from, give, give birth to, give expression, give in, give out, give out with, give over, give release, give respite, give title to, give tongue, give up, give utterance, give voice, hand, hand down, hand forward, hand in, hand on, hand out, hand over, hurl, impart, import, inflict, intermit, launch, let out, liberate, lip, make known, make over, manumit, metastasize, metathesize, negotiate, out with, pass, pass on, pass out, pass over, pass the buck, perform, perfuse, phonate, phrase, pitch, pour forth, present, proclaim, produce, promulgate, pronounce, provide, publish, purge, purge away, purvey, put forth, put in words, raise, ransom, reach, read, recover, redeem, relay, release, relinquish, remove, render, reprieve, rescue, resign, retrieve, salvage, save, say, sell, send, set at large, set at liberty, set forth, set free, settle, settle on, shoot, sign away, sign over, sound, spread, state, strike, supply, surrender, suspend, switch, tell, throw, throw off, trade, transfer, transfer property, transfuse, translate, translocate, transmit, transplace, transplant, transport, transpose, turn over, utter, vent, verbalize, vocalize, voice, whisper, word, yield

deliverance

 * deliverance, Emancipation Proclamation, abalienation, accommodation, accordance, action, affranchisement, alienation, amortization, amortizement, assignation, assignment, award, awarding, bargain and sale, barter, bequeathal, bestowal, bestowment, break, breakout, catharsis, cession, cleansing, communication, concession, condemnation, conferment, conferral, consideration, consignation, consignment, contribution, conveyance, conveyancing, decision, decree, deeding, delivery, demise, determination, diagnosis, dictum, discharge, disenthrallment, disposal, disposition, donation, doom, emancipation, emergence, emotional release, endowment, enfeoffment, enfranchisement, escape, escapism, evasion, exchange, extrication, finding, flight, freeing, furnishment, gay liberation, getaway, gifting, giving, grant, granting, impartation, impartment, intermission, investiture, issuance, issue, jailbreak, leak, leakage, lease and release, liberality, liberation, lifesaving, manumission, offer, order, outlet, precedent, presentation, presentment, prisonbreak, prognosis, pronouncement, provision, purgation, purge, purging, ransom, recovery, redemption, release, removal, reprieve, rescue, resolution, respite, retrieval, riddance, ruling, sale, salvage, salvation, saving, sentence, setting at liberty, setting-free, settlement, settling, subscription, supplying, surcease, surrender, suspension, trading, transfer, transference, transmission, transmittal, vent, verdict, vesting, vouchsafement

deliverer

 * deliverer, Audubon Society, National Wildlife Service, Sierra Club, conservationist, conservator, forest ranger, freer, game warden, keeper, liberator, lifesaver, manumitter, preservationist, preserver, ranger, redeemer, rescuer, safekeeper, saver, savior, taxidermist

delivery

 * delivery, Emancipation Proclamation, abalienation, accommodation, accordance, accouchement, affranchisement, alienation, amortization, amortizement, articulation, assignation, assignment, attack, award, awarding, bargain and sale, barter, bearing, bequeathal, bestowal, bestowment, birth, birth throes, birthing, blessed event, break, breakout, cession, childbearing, childbed, childbirth, communication, concession, conduction, conferment, conferral, confinement, consignation, consignment, contagion, contribution, convection, conveyance, conveyancing, deeding, deliverance, demise, deportation, diapedesis, diffusion, disenthrallment, disposal, disposition, dissemination, distribution, donation, emancipation, emergence, endowment, enfeoffment, enfranchisement, enunciation, escape, escapism, evasion, exchange, execution, export, exportation, expression, expulsion, extradition, extrication, flight, freeing, furnishment, gay liberation, genesis, getaway, gifting, giving, giving birth, grant, granting, hatching, having a baby, impartation, impartment, import, importation, interchange, investiture, issuance, issue, jailbreak, labor, leak, leakage, lease and release, liberality, liberation, lifesaving, manumission, metastasis, metathesis, metempsychosis, migration, multiparity, mutual transfer, nascency, nativity, offer, osmosis, outlet, parturition, passage, passing over, performance, perfusion, phonation, presentation, presentment, prisonbreak, pronunciation, provision, ransom, recovery, redemption, release, rescue, retrieval, riddance, sale, salvage, salvation, saving, setting at liberty, setting-free, settlement, settling, spread, spreading, subscription, supplying, surrender, the Nativity, the stork, trading, transduction, transfer, transfer of property, transference, transfusion, transit, transition, translation, translocation, transmigration, transmigration of souls, transmission, transmittal, transmittance, transplacement, transplantation, transport, transportation, transposal, transposition, travail, travel, utterance, vent, vesting, vocalization, voicing, vouchsafement

dell

 * dell, abysm, abyss, arroyo, bottom, bottom glade, bottoms, box canyon, breach, break, canyon, cavity, chap, chasm, check, chimney, chink, cleft, cleuch, clough, col, coulee, couloir, crack, cranny, crevasse, crevice, cut, cwm, dale, defile, dike, dingle, ditch, donga, draw, excavation, fault, fissure, flaw, flume, fracture, furrow, gap, gape, gash, gill, glen, gorge, groove, grove, gulch, gulf, gully, hole, incision, intervale, joint, kloof, leak, lunar rill, moat, notch, nullah, opening, pass, passage, ravine, rent, rift, rime, rupture, scissure, seam, slit, slot, split, strath, trench, trough, vale, valley, void, wadi

delouse

 * delouse, antisepticize, autoclave, bleach, boil, bowdlerize, chlorinate, clean, clean out, clean up, cleanse, clear out, decontaminate, depurate, deterge, disinfect, dry-clean, dust, dust off, expurgate, freshen, fumigate, hygienize, lustrate, pasteurize, purge, purify, reform, sanitate, sanitize, scavenge, spruce, steam-clean, sterilize, sweep out, sweeten, tidy, whiten, wipe, wipe off, wipe out, wipe up

delta

 * delta, V, alkali flat, alluvial plain, basin, bill, bottomland, branch, breakwater, bushveld, campo, cape, champaign, champaign country, chersonese, coastal plain, coral reef, crotch, crutch, desert, down, downs, fan, fell, flat, flat country, flatland, flats, foreland, fork, furcula, furculum, grass veld, grassland, groin, head, headland, heath, hook, inguen, lande, level, llano, lowland, lowlands, lunar mare, mare, mesa, mesilla, moor, moorland, mull, naze, ness, offshoot, open country, pampa, pampas, peneplain, peninsula, plain, plains, plateau, playa, point, prairie, promontory, prong, ramification, reef, salt flat, salt marsh, salt pan, sandspit, savanna, sebkha, spit, spur, stem, steppe, table, tableland, tongue, tree veld, trident, tundra, upland, vega, veld, weald, wide-open spaces, wishbone, wold

deltoid

 * deltoid, centrifugal, cuneate, cuneated, cuneiform, delta-shaped, deltalike, divaricate, divaricating, divergent, diverging, fan-shape, fan-shaped, fanlike, fanned, fanning, flabelliform, flared, flaring, open, outspread, outstretched, oxygonal, palmate, palmated, patulous, splay, splayed, splaying, spraddled, spraddling, sprangled, sprangling, sprawling, sprawly, spread, spreading, stretched-out, three, three-cornered, three-dimensional, three-footed, three-in-one, three-pronged, three-sided, triadic, trial, triangular, triangulate, triarch, trichotomous, tricorn, tricornered, tricuspid, trident, tridental, trifid, triflorate, triflorous, trifurcate, trigonal, trigonoid, trigrammatic, trihedral, trilateral, trimerous, trinal, trine, triparted, tripartite, triple, triplex, tripodic, triquetral, triquetrous, trisected, triune, unfolded, wide-open, widespread

deludable

 * deludable, cullible, deceivable, dupable, easy, exploitable, foolable, green, gullible, hoaxable, hoodwinkable, humbugable, ingenuous, naive, persuadable, seduceable, simple, soft, unsophisticated, victimizable

delude

 * delude, bamboozle, beguile, betray, bluff, cajole, cheat on, circumvent, conjure, deceive, diddle, double-cross, dupe, forestall, gammon, get around, gull, hoax, hocus-pocus, hornswaggle, humbug, juggle, let down, mock, outmaneuver, outreach, outsmart, outwit, overreach, pigeon, play one false, put something over, snow, string along, take in, trick, two-time

deluder

 * deluder, Artful Dodger, Casanova, Don Juan, Machiavel, Machiavelli, Machiavellian, actor, bamboozler, befuddler, beguiler, charmer, counterfeiter, deceiver, dissembler, dissimulator, dodger, double-dealer, duper, enchanter, entrancer, faker, fooler, forger, gay deceiver, hoaxer, hypnotizer, jilt, jilter, joker, jokester, kidder, leg-puller, mesmerizer, misleader, plagiarist, plagiarizer, playactor, practical joker, ragger, role-player, seducer, spoofer, tease, teaser

deluge

 * deluge, Niagara, abound, affusion, alluvion, alluvium, army, aspergation, aspersion, avalanche, baptism, baptize, bath, bathing, be prodigal with, bedewing, brash, burst of rain, bury, cascade, cataclysm, cataract, cloudburst, cluster, cohue, crowd, crush, dampening, damping, dewing, dip, douse, downfall, downflow, downpour, drench, drencher, drown, drowning, duck, dunk, embarras de richesses, engulf, engulfment, enough, extravagance, extravagancy, float, flock, flood, flood the market, flooding, flow on, flush, flux, fresh, freshet, galaxy, gush, gushing rain, heap, heavy rain, horde, hosing, hosing down, host, humidification, immerge, immerse, immersion, inundate, inundation, irrigation, jam, landslide, laving, lavishness, legion, mass, merge, mob, moistening, money to burn, more than enough, multitude, overabundance, overaccumulation, overbounteousness, overbrim, overcome, overcopiousness, overdose, overequip, overflow, overflowing, overfurnish, overlavish, overlavishness, overluxuriance, overmeasure, overmuchness, overnumerousness, overplentifulness, overplenty, overpopulation, overprofusion, overprovender, overprovide, overprovision, overrun, overrunning, oversell, overstock, oversufficiency, oversupply, overwhelm, panoply, plash, plenty, plethora, plunge in water, pour, pour on, pour out, pour over, press, prodigality, rabble, rain, rainburst, rainspout, rainstorm, redundancy, rinsing, river, rout, ruck, run over, scud, sink, slop, slosh, sluice, soak, soaker, soaking rain, sop, souse, sparging, spate, spattering, spill, spill out, spill over, spillage, splashing, splattering, spout, spraying, sprinkling, stream, submerge, submerse, submersion, superabundance, superflux, swamp, swashing, sweep, teem, the Deluge, the Flood, throng, torrent, torrent of rain, washout, waterflood, watering, waterspout, wet, wetting, whelm, whelming

delusion

 * delusion, aberrancy, aberration, acting, affectation, agnosia, airy nothing, apparition, appearance, artifice, attitudinizing, autism, bamboozlement, befooling, block, blocking, bluff, bluffing, bubble, calculated deception, casuistry, cheat, cheating, chicane, chicanery, chimera, circumvention, color, coloring, conning, counterfeit, daydream, deceit, deceiving, deception, deceptiveness, defectiveness, defrauding, delirium, deluded belief, delusion of persecution, delusiveness, dereism, deviancy, disguise, disorientation, dissemblance, dissembling, dissimulation, distortion, dream, dream vision, dreamland, dreamworld, dupery, eidolon, enmeshment, ensnarement, entanglement, entrapment, equivocation, errancy, erroneousness, error, facade, face, fake, fakery, faking, fallaciousness, fallacy, false air, false belief, false front, false show, falseness, falsity, fancy, fantasy, fault, faultiness, feigning, feint, figment, flaw, flawedness, flight of ideas, flimflam, flimflammery, fond illusion, fooling, four-flushing, fraud, front, ghost, gilt, gloss, hallucination, hallucinosis, hamartia, heresy, heterodoxy, hoodwinking, humbug, humbuggery, ignis fatuus, illusion, imposture, kidding, masquerade, mental block, mental confusion, meretriciousness, mirage, misapplication, misbelief, misconception, misconstruction, misdoing, misfeasance, misinterpretation, misjudgment, mistake, nihilism, nihilistic delusion, ostentation, outward show, outwitting, overreaching, paralogia, peccancy, perversion, phantasm, phantom, pipe dream, playacting, pose, posing, posture, pretense, pretension, pretext, psychological block, putting on, representation, ruse, seeming, self-contradiction, self-deceit, self-deception, self-delusion, semblance, shade, sham, show, simulacrum, simulation, sin, sinfulness, snow job, song and dance, sophism, sophistry, speciousness, spoofery, spoofing, spuriousness, stratagem, subterfuge, swindling, trick, trickery, trickiness, tricking, trip, unorthodoxy, untrueness, untruth, untruthfulness, vapor, varnish, victimization, vision, willful misconception, window dressing, wishful thinking, wrong, wrong impression, wrongness

delusive

 * delusive, Barmecidal, Barmecide, aberrant, abroad, adrift, airy, all abroad, all off, all wrong, amiss, apparent, apparitional, askew, astray, at fault, autistic, awry, beguiling, beside the mark, catchy, chimeric, chimerical, corrupt, deceiving, deceptive, defective, deluding, delusional, delusionary, delusory, dereistic, deviant, deviational, deviative, distorted, dreamlike, dreamy, dubious, errant, erring, erroneous, fallacious, false, fanciful, fantastic, faultful, faulty, fishy, flawed, hallucinatory, heretical, heterodox, illogical, illusional, illusionary, illusive, illusory, imaginary, misleading, not right, not true, off, off the track, ostensible, out, peccant, perverse, perverted, phantasmagoric, phantasmal, phantom, questionable, quixotic, seeming, self-contradictory, self-deceptive, self-deluding, specious, spectral, straying, supposititious, trickish, tricksy, tricky, unactual, unfactual, unfounded, unorthodox, unproved, unreal, unsubstantial, untrue, visionary, wide, wrong

deluxe

 * deluxe, Babylonian, Corinthian, awe-inspiring, awful, barbaric, choice, dainty, delicate, elaborate, elegant, exquisite, extravagant, fancy, fine, glorious, grand, grandiose, imposing, impressive, luscious, lush, luxuriant, luxurious, magnificent, majestic, noble, opulent, palatial, plush, posh, princely, proud, quarry, rare, recherche, ritzy, splendacious, splendid, splendiferous, stately, sumptuous, superb, superfancy, superfine, swank, swanky, swell

delve

 * delve, backset, beat the bushes, bore, burrow, cavity, cultivate, culture, cut, dig, dig out, dike, dredge, dress, drill, drive, excavate, explore, fallow, fertilize, forage, force, frisk, furrow, go through, gouge, gouge out, groove, grub, harrow, hoe, hollow, hunt, list, look around, look round, look through, lower, mine, mulch, nose around, plow, pocket, poke, poke around, prune, pry, quarry, rake, research, root, sap, scoop, scoop out, scrabble, scrape, scratch, search, search through, shovel, sink, smell around, spade, thin, thin out, till, till the soil, trench, trough, tunnel, vacancy, vacuity, vacuum, void, weed, weed out, work

demagogue

 * demagogue, agent provocateur, agitator, agitprop, catalyst, debate, debater, declaim, declaimer, elocute, exciter, firebrand, fomenter, harangue, haranguer, hold forth, hothead, incendiary, inciter, inflamer, instigator, jawsmith, mischief-maker, mouth, orate, out-herod Herod, panelist, perorate, provocateur, provoker, public speaker, rabble-rouse, rabble-rouser, rant, ranter, read, recite, ringleader, rodomontade, rouser, seditionary, seditionist, speaker, speecher, speechifier, speechmaker, spiel, spieler, spokesman, spokeswoman, spout, spouter, talker, troublemaker, tub-thump, tub-thumper, urger

demagoguery

 * demagoguery, debating, declamation, demagogism, elocution, eloquence, forensics, homiletics, lecturing, oratory, platform oratory, public speaking, pyrotechnics, rabble-rousing, rhetoric, speaking, speechcraft, speechification, speeching, speechmaking, stump speaking, wordcraft

demand draft

 * demand draft, CD, IOU, MO, acceptance, acceptance bill, bank acceptance, bank check, bill, bill of draft, bill of exchange, blank check, certificate, certificate of deposit, certified check, check, checkbook, cheque, commercial paper, debenture, demand bill, draft, due bill, exchequer bill, letter of credit, money order, negotiable instrument, note, note of hand, paper, postal order, promissory note, sight bill, sight draft, time bill, time draft, trade acceptance, treasury bill, voucher, warrant

demand

 * demand, address, admission, admission fee, anchorage, application, apply for, appoint, appurtenance, ask, ask a question, ask about, ask for, ask questions, asking, assess, at once, authority, authorize, bare necessities, be hurting for, be indicated, beg leave, behest, bespeak, bid, bid come, bill of sale, birthright, blackmail, bone of contention, bother, bring into question, brokerage, brook no denial, burden with, burdening, call, call away, call back, call for, call forth, call in, call out, call together, call up, carfare, catechism, cellarage, challenge, charge, charge for, charges, charging, cite, claim, clamor for, coerce, command, compel, conjugal right, conjure, conjure up, constrain, convene, convoke, cover charge, coveted, crave, cross-interrogatory, cross-question, cry for, cry out for, debating point, demand for, desideration, desideratum, desirable, desire, desired, dictate, direct, divine right, dockage, doing, droit, due, dues, enjoin, enquire, entrance fee, essential, essentials, evoke, exact, exaction, exactment, expressed desire, extort, extortion, faculty, fail, fare, fasten upon, fee, feeler, file for, force, freight with, freighting, have occasion for, hire, immediately, impetration, impose, impose on, impose upon, imposing an onus, imposition, in demand, inalienable right, inconsiderateness, inconvenience, indent, indispensable, inflict on, inflict upon, infliction, inquire, inquire of, inquiry, insist, insist on, insistence, interest, interpellate, interrogation, interrogative, interrogatory, invoke, issue, issue an ultimatum, lack, lay, lay down, lay on, laying on, leader, leading question, leave no option, levy, license fee, loading, loading down, make a demand, make a request, make a requisition, make application, make dutiable, make inquiry, make obligatory, market, marketability, mass market, moot point, must, must item, muster, muster up, natural right, necessaries, necessitate, necessities, necessity, need, need for, needed, oblige, obtrusiveness, occasion, on call, on demand, order, order up, outcry, outlet, page, petition, pilotage, place, place an order, point at issue, point in question, popular, portage, postulate, power, preconize, prerequire, prerequirement, prerequisite, prerogative, prescribe, prescription, presumptive right, presumptuousness, pretense, pretension, pro rata, problem, proper claim, property right, propose a question, propound a question, prorate, put, put down, put in for, put in requisition, put on, put queries, put upon, query, question, question at issue, question mark, quodlibet, recall, rend from, rending, request, require, require an answer, requirement, requisite, requisition, retail, right, ripping, saddle with, sale, salvage, scot, scot and lot, screw, send after, send for, serve, set, shot, solicit, stick for, storage, subject to, subpoena, summon, summon forth, summon up, summons, take, take doing, take no denial, task, tasking, tax, taxing, tear from, tearing, the necessary, the needful, tie-in, tithe, title, toll, topic, towage, trial balloon, trouble, turnover, unwarranted demand, use, vested interest, vested right, vexed question, want, want doing, want to know, wanted, warn, weight down with, weighting, wharfage, whistle for, wholesale, wish, without delay, wrench, wrench from, wrenching, wrest, wresting, wring, wring from, wringing, yoke with

demanding

 * demanding, Herculean, Spartan, Spartanic, abstruse, accurate, arduous, astringent, attentive, austere, authoritarian, brutal, burdensome, cajoling, clamant, clamorous, close, coaxing, complex, conscientious, correct, critical, crying, delicate, detailed, difficile, difficult, dour, draining, dunning, exact, exacting, exigent, exorbitant, exquisite, extortionate, fine, finical, finicking, finicky, formidable, fussy, grasping, grievous, grim, hairy, hard, hard-earned, hard-fought, harsh, imperative, importunate, insistent, instant, intricate, jawbreaking, knotted, knotty, laborious, loud, mean, meticulous, minute, nagging, narrow, nice, no picnic, not easy, operose, oppressive, particular, persistent, pertinacious, pestering, plaguing, precise, precisianistic, precisionistic, pressing, punctilious, punctual, refined, religious, rigid, rigorous, rough, rugged, scrupulous, scrutinizing, set with thorns, severe, spiny, steep, stern, strenuous, strict, stringent, subtle, taxing, teasing, thorny, ticklish, toilsome, tough, tricky, trying, unsparing, uphill, urgent, weighty, wheedling, wicked

demarcate

 * demarcate, analyze, be characteristic, blaze, blaze a trail, blemish, blotch, bound, brand, chalk, chalk up, characterize, check, check off, cicatrize, circle in, circumscribe, contradistinguish, dapple, dash, define, delimit, delimitate, demark, describe, determine, differentiate, discolor, discriminate, distinguish, divide, dot, draw the line, earmark, enclose, engrave, fix, fleck, freckle, gash, hatch, impress, imprint, keynote, lay off, limit, line, make a mark, mark, mark boundaries, mark off, mark out, mark the interface, mark the periphery, mottle, nick, notch, pencil, pepper, pick out, point, prick, print, punch, punctuate, puncture, riddle, rope off, scar, scarify, score, scotch, scratch, screen, screen out, seal, seam, segregate, select, separate, sequester, set a limit, set apart, set off, set the limit, set the pace, set the tone, sever, severalize, sieve, sieve out, sift, sift out, sort, sort out, sound the keynote, specify, speck, speckle, split hairs, splotch, spot, stain, stake out, stamp, stigmatize, streak, striate, stripe, subdivide, subtilize, surround, tattoo, tick, tick off, trace, underline, underscore, winnow

demarcation

 * demarcation, alteration, analysis, anatomization, atomization, ban, bar, barring, blockade, bounding, boycott, change, circling-in, circumscribing, circumscription, contradistinction, debarment, debarring, definition, delimitation, desynonymization, determination, differencing, differentiation, discrimination, disequalization, disjunction, distinction, distinctiveness, distinguishment, diversification, division, embargo, encincture, exception, exclusion, hairsplitting, inadmissibility, inclusion-exclusion, individualization, individuation, injunction, lockout, microscopic distinction, modification, narrowing, nice distinction, nonadmission, nuance, omission, particularization, personalization, preclusion, prohibition, rejection, relegation, repudiation, restriction, segregation, separation, severalization, severance, shade of difference, specialization, specification, subtle distinction, taboo, trichoschistism, variation

demasculinize

 * demasculinize, castrate, desex, desexualize, devitalize, effeminate, effeminatize, effeminize, emasculate, enervate, etiolate, exhaust, geld, sissify, soften, sterilize, unman, unnerve, womanize

dematerialize

 * dematerialize, attenuate, be consumed, be gone, cease, cease to be, cease to exist, depart, die, die away, die out, disappear, disembody, disincarnate, dispel, disperse, dissipate, dissolve, do a fade-out, dwindle, enervate, erode, etherealize, evanesce, evaporate, exit, fade, fade away, fade out, flee, fly, go, go away, hide, idealize, immaterialize, insubstantialize, leave no trace, leave the scene, melt, melt away, pass, pass away, pass out, perish, rarefy, retire from sight, sap, sink, sink away, spiritize, spiritualize, subtilize, suffer an eclipse, unsubstantialize, vanish, vanish from sight, waste, waste away, weaken, wear away

demean

 * demean, abase, abash, acquit, act, bear, belittle, bring down, bring low, carry, cast down, comport, conduct, contemn, crush, debase, decry, degrade, deport, derogate, despise, detract, diminish, disparage, dump, dump on, go on, humiliate, lower, put down, quit, reduce, scorn, set down, sink, take down, trip up

demeaning

 * demeaning, beneath one, cheap, common, debasing, degrading, deplorable, disadvantaged, disgraceful, gutter, humble, humiliating, humiliative, in the shade, inferior, infra dig, infra indignitatem, junior, less, lesser, low, lower, lowly, minor, modest, opprobrious, ordinary, outrageous, pitiful, sad, scandalous, second rank, second string, secondary, servile, shameful, shocking, sorry, sub, subaltern, subject, subordinate, subservient, third rank, third string, too bad, unbecoming, underprivileged, unworthy of one, vulgar

demeanor

 * demeanor, action, actions, activity, acts, address, affectation, air, bearing, behavior, behavior pattern, behavioral norm, behavioral science, brow, carriage, cast, cast of countenance, color, complexion, comportment, conduct, countenance, culture pattern, custom, deportment, doing, doings, face, facial appearance, favor, feature, features, folkway, garb, gestures, goings-on, guise, lineaments, lines, looks, maintien, manner, manners, method, methodology, methods, mien, modus vivendi, motions, movements, moves, observable behavior, pattern, physiognomy, poise, port, pose, posture, practice, praxis, presence, procedure, proceeding, set, social science, stance, style, tactics, tone, traits, turn, visage, way, way of life, ways

demented

 * demented, abnormal, bereft of reason, brainsick, crackbrained, cracked, crazed, crazy, daft, delirious, deluded, deprived of reason, deranged, disoriented, distraught, flighty, frenzied, hallucinated, hysterical, insane, irrational, loco, lunatic, mad, maddened, maniac, manic, mazed, mental, mentally deficient, meshuggah, moon-struck, non compos, non compos mentis, not all there, not right, odd, of unsound mind, off, psycho, queer, reasonless, senseless, sick, stark-mad, stark-staring mad, strange, tetched, touched, unbalanced, unhinged, unsane, unsettled, unsound, wandering, witless

dementia

 * dementia, aberration, abnormality, alienation, brain damage, brainsickness, clouded mind, craziness, daftness, dementedness, derangement, disorientation, distraction, folie, furor, insaneness, insanity, irrationality, loss of mind, loss of reason, lunacy, madness, mania, mental deficiency, mental derangement, mental disease, mental disorder, mental disturbance, mental illness, mental instability, mental sickness, mind overthrown, mindsickness, oddness, pixilation, possession, queerness, rabidness, reasonlessness, senselessness, shattered mind, sick mind, sickness, strangeness, unbalance, unbalanced mind, unsaneness, unsound mind, unsoundness, unsoundness of mind, witlessness

Demerol

 * Demerol, Amytal, Amytal pill, Dolophine, H, Luminal, Luminal pill, M, Mickey Finn, Nembutal, Nembutal pill, Seconal, Seconal pill, Tuinal, Tuinal pill, alcohol, amobarbital sodium, analgesic, anodyne, barb, barbiturate, barbiturate pill, black stuff, blue, blue angel, blue devil, blue heaven, blue velvet, calmative, chloral hydrate, codeine, codeine cough syrup, depressant, depressor, dolly, downer, goofball, hard stuff, heroin, hop, horse, hypnotic, junk, knockout drops, laudanum, liquor, lotus, meperidine, methadone, morphia, morphine, narcotic, opiate, opium, pacifier, pain killer, paregoric, pen yan, phenobarbital, phenobarbital sodium, purple heart, quietener, rainbow, red, scag, secobarbital sodium, sedative, shit, sleep-inducer, sleeper, sleeping draught, sleeping pill, smack, sodium thiopental, somnifacient, soother, soothing syrup, soporific, tar, tranquilizer, turps, white stuff, yellow, yellow jacket

demesne

 * demesne, acres, ambit, arable land, area, arena, bailiwick, barnyard, barton, beat, border, borderland, cattle ranch, champaign, chattels real, chicken farm, circle, circuit, collective farm, cotton plantation, croft, dairy farm, demesne farm, department, discipline, domain, dominion, dry farm, dude ranch, factory farm, fallow, farm, farmery, farmhold, farmland, farmplace, farmstead, farmyard, field, fruit farm, fur farm, grain farm, grange, grassland, grounds, hacienda, hemisphere, homecroft, homefarm, homestead, honor, judicial circuit, jurisdiction, kibbutz, kolkhoz, land, landed property, lands, location, lot, lots, mains, manor, manor farm, march, messuage, orb, orbit, orchard, pale, parcel, pasture, pen, plantation, plat, plot, poultry farm, praedium, precinct, property, province, quadrat, ranch, rancheria, rancho, real estate, real property, realm, realty, round, sheep farm, sphere, station, steading, stock farm, subdiscipline, tenements, terrain, territory, toft, truck farm, walk

Demeter

 * Demeter, Agdistis, Amor, Aphrodite, Apollo, Apollon, Ares, Artemis, Ashtoreth, Astarte, Ate, Athena, Baal, Bacchus, Ceres, Cora, Cronus, Cupid, Cybele, Despoina, Diana, Dionysos, Dionysus, Dis, Eros, Flora, Frey, Gaea, Gaia, Ge, Great Mother, Hades, Helios, Hephaestus, Hera, Here, Hermes, Hestia, Hymen, Hyperion, Isis, Jove, Juno, Jupiter, Jupiter Fidius, Jupiter Fulgur, Jupiter Optimus Maximus, Jupiter Pluvius, Jupiter Tonans, Kore, Kronos, Magna Mater, Mars, Mercury, Minerva, Mithras, Momus, Neptune, Nike, Olympians, Olympic gods, Ops, Orcus, Pan, Persephassa, Persephone, Phoebus, Phoebus Apollo, Pluto, Pomona, Poseidon, Priapus, Proserpina, Proserpine, Rhea, Saturn, Tellus, Triptolemos, Triptolemus, Venus, Vesta, Vulcan, Zeus, corn god, fertility god, forest god, vegetation spirit

demigod

 * demigod, Achilles, David, Hector, Roland, Samson, a man, brave, bulldog, chutzpanik, decorated hero, demigoddess, fighting cock, gallant, gamecock, god, goddess, godkin, godlet, godling, good soldier, hero, heroine, idol, lion, man of courage, paladin, phoenix, stalwart, superhuman, the brave, tiger, valiant, valiant knight

demimonde

 * demimonde, Aspasia, Delilah, Jezebel, Messalina, Phryne, Thais, adventuress, courtesan, demimondaine, demirep, fancy woman, femme fatale, harem girl, hetaera, houri, kept, odalisque, seductress, temptress, vamp, vampire, whore

demise

 * demise, abalienation, alienation, amortization, amortizement, annihilation, assignation, assignment, bane, bargain and sale, barter, bequeathal, biological death, cash in, cessation of life, cession, clinical death, conferment, conferral, consignation, consignment, conveyance, conveyancing, crossing the bar, curtains, death, death knell, debt of nature, decease, deeding, deliverance, delivery, depart, departure, die, disposal, disposition, dissolution, doom, drop, dying, ebb of life, end, end of life, ending, enfeoffment, eternal rest, exchange, exit, expiration, expire, extinction, extinguishment, final summons, finger of death, giving, go, going, going off, grave, hand of death, jaws of death, knell, last debt, last muster, last rest, last roundup, last sleep, lease and release, leaving life, loss of life, making an end, parting, pass, pass away, passing, passing away, passing over, perishing, quietus, release, rest, reward, sale, sentence of death, settlement, settling, shades of death, shadow of death, silence, sleep, somatic death, succumb, summons of death, surrender, trading, transfer, transference, transmission, transmittal, vesting

demised

 * demised, asleep, asleep in Jesus, at rest, bereft of life, breathless, called home, carrion, croaked, dead, dead and gone, death-struck, deceased, defunct, departed, departed this life, destitute of life, done for, exanimate, fallen, finished, food for worms, gone, gone to glory, gone west, inanimate, late, late lamented, launched into eternity, lifeless, martyred, no more, passed on, pushing up daisies, released, reposing, resting easy, sainted, sleeping, smitten with death, still, stillborn, taken away, taken off, with the Lord, with the saints, without life, without vital functions

demobilization

 * demobilization, breakup, deactivation, demilitarization, detachment, diaspora, disarmament, disbanding, disbandment, discharge, disintegration, dismissal, disorganization, dispersal, dispersion, dissolution, mustering out, parole, parting, reconversion, reduction of armaments, release, separation, split-up, unbinding, unbolting, unbridling, unbuckling, uncaging, unchaining, unfettering, ungagging, unhanding, unharnessing, unhobbling, unlashing, unlatching, unleashing, unlocking, unloosing, unmanacling, unmuzzling, unpenning, unshackling, unstrapping, untethering, untrussing, untying, unyoking

demobilize

 * demobilize, break up, cast loose, deactivate, debrief, decommission, demilitarize, demob, detach, disarm, disband, discharge, disintegrate, dismiss, disorganize, dispel, disperse, dissolve, go bail for, go separate ways, grant bail to, let go, let go free, let loose, let off, let out, muster out, parole, part, part company, put on parole, reconvert, release, retire, scatter, separate, sheathe the sword, split up, unhand, withdraw

democracy

 * democracy, absolute monarchy, aristocracy, autarchy, autocracy, autonomy, coalition government, collective farm, collectivism, collectivity, collegiality, colonialism, common ownership, commonwealth, communal effort, communion, communism, community, constitutional government, constitutional monarchy, cooperation, cooperative society, dictatorship, dominion rule, duarchy, duumvirate, dyarchy, federal government, federation, feudal system, garrison state, gerontocracy, heteronomy, hierarchy, hierocracy, home rule, kibbutz, kolkhoz, limited monarchy, martial law, meritocracy, militarism, military government, mob rule, mobocracy, monarchy, neocolonialism, ochlocracy, oligarchy, pantisocracy, patriarchate, patriarchy, police state, profit sharing, public ownership, pure democracy, regency, representative democracy, representative government, republic, self-determination, self-government, sharecropping, social democracy, socialism, state ownership, stratocracy, technocracy, thearchy, theocracy, totalitarian government, totalitarian regime, town meeting, triarchy, triumvirate, tyranny, welfare state

Democrat

 * Democrat, Conservative, Labourite, Republican, Tory, Whig, heeler, loyalist, partisan, party faithful, party hack, party man, party member, party wheelhorse, registered Democrat, registered Republican, regular, stalwart, ward heeler, wheelhorse

Democratic Party

 * Democratic Party, American Party, Anti-Monopoly Party, Bull Moose Party, Communist Party, Conservative Party, Constitutional Union Party, Democratic-Republican Party, Farmer-Labor Party, Federalist Party, Free Soil Party, Greenback Party, Know-Nothing Party, Labour Party, Liberal Party, Liberal Republican Party, Liberty Party, National Republican Party, Populist Party, Progressive Party, Prohibition Party, Republican Party, Socialist Labor Party, Socialist Party, Socialist Workers Party, Tammany Hall, Tory Party, Whig Party, camp, city hall, faction, machine, major party, minor party, multiple party system, one-party system, opposition party, party, party in power, political machine, political party, splinter party, third party, two-party system

democratic

 * democratic, absolute, aristocratic, authoritarian, autocratic, autonomous, bureaucratic, civic, civil, classless, constitutional, despotic, dictatorial, egalitarian, fascist, federal, federalist, federalistic, governmental, gubernatorial, heteronomous, libertarian, matriarchal, matriarchic, monarchal, monarchial, monarchic, monocratic, official, oligarchal, oligarchic, parliamentarian, parliamentary, patriarchal, patriarchic, pluralistic, political, popular, representative, republican, self-governing, theocratic, totalitarian

demolish

 * demolish, annihilate, answer, answer conclusively, argue down, atomize, break, break into pieces, break to pieces, break up, burst, cleave, confound, confute, contradict, controvert, crack, crash, crunch, crush, cut to pieces, decimate, defeat, deny, destroy, devastate, diffuse, dilapidate, disassemble, disintegrate, dismantle, dismiss, dismount, disperse, dispose of, disprove, disrupt, end, finish, fission, floor, fragment, grind, knock down, level, make mincemeat of, mince, nonplus, overthrow, overturn, overwhelm, parry, pick to pieces, pull down, pull in pieces, pull to pieces, pulverize, put to silence, quash, raze, rebut, reduce to rubble, reduce to silence, refute, rend, ruin, scatter, settle, shatter, shiver, shut up, silence, smash, smash all opposition, smash up, splinter, split, squash, squelch, squish, subvert, sunder, suppress, take apart, take down, tear apart, tear down, tear to pieces, tear to shreds, tear to tatters, terminate, topple, total, unbuild, undermine, undo, unmake, upset, wrack, wrack up, wreck