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

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Habiliment, n.   Dress, garment, clothes, apparel, raiment, vesture, garb, habit, costume, vestment.

Habit, n.   1. Condition (of the body), constitution, temperament.

2. Custom (of an individual), usage, wont, practice, habitude, way, manner, second nature.

3. Dress, garb, HABILIMENT.

Habit, v. a.   Dress, clothe, array, attire, accoutre.

Habitable, a.   Inhabitable.

Habitancy, n.   Inhabitancy, residence, legal settlement.

Habitat, n.   Natural locality (of a plant or an animal).

Habitation, n.   Abode, dwelling, lodging, domicile, quarters, head-quarters, dwelling-place, place of abode, place of residence.

Habitual, a.   Usual, customary, accustomed, wonted, common, regular, ordinary, familiar, every-day.

Habituate, v. a.   Accustom, familiarize, inure, use, train, harden.

Habitude, n.   Custom, usage, practice, wont, HABIT.

Hacienda, n.   [Sp.] Plantation, farm, estate.

Hack, v. a.   Cut (clumsily), hew, chop, mangle, hackle.

Hack, n.   1. Notch, cut.

2. Hired horse, worn-out horse.

3. Drudge, over-worked man.

4. Hackney-coach.

Hack, a.   Hired, mercenary, hireling, hackney.

Hackee, n.   [U. S.] Chipmunk, striped squirrel.

Hackle, v. a.   1. Cut (clumsily), hew, chop, hack, haggle.

2. Hatchel, dress (flax).

Hackmatack, n.   Tamarack, American larch, black larch (Larix pendula or Larix Americana).

Hackney, a.   Common, hired, hack.

Hackney-coach, n.   Hack.

Hackneyed, a.   1. Worn out, much used.

2. Common, commonplace, threadbare, trite, stale, beaten.

Had as lief, Would as willingly, gladly, or freely, would as lief.

Hades, n.   Grave, invisible world, region of the dead.

Had like, Came near, had nearly, came little short.

Haft, n.   Handle (of an instrument), stock.

Hag, n.   Fury, beldam, she-monster, Jezebel, virago, vixen, ugly old woman.

Haggard, a.   1. Wild, wayward, intractable, unruly, refractory, untamed, not domesticated.

2. Gaunt, lean, meagre, spare, worn, wasted, rawboned.

Haggish, a.   Ugly, deformed, horrid.

Haggle, v. n.   Higgle, chaffer, be tedious in a bargain.

Haggle, v. a.   Cut (clumsily), hew, chop, hack, hackle.

Hail, v. a.   Salute, greet, welcome, call to.

Hail-fellow, n.   Intimate, associate, companion.

Hair-salt, n.   Native sulphate of magnesia.

Halcyon, n.   Kingfisher.

Halcyon, a.   Placid, calm, quiet, still, peaceful, tranquil, undisturbed, unruffled, serene, palmy, happy.

Hale, a.   Healthy, sound, strong, hearty, hardy, robust, well, in good health.

Half, n.   Moiety.

Hallelujah, interj.   Hosanna.

Half-note, n.   Minim, half a semibreve.

Half-seas-over, a.   [Low.] Fuddled, disguised, boozy, muddled, tipsy, mellow, corned, crapulous, GROGGY, tight, SLEWED, MUZZY, NAPPY, high, somewhat drunk, slightly intoxicated, in liquor, in one's cups, the worse for liquor, THREE SHEETS IN THE WIND, has had a drop too much.

Half-wit, n.   Blockhead, simpleton, DUNCE.

Half-witted, a.   Dull, stupid, stolid, doltish, foolish, soft, silly, shallow, sappy, weak-headed, weak-minded, feeble-minded, shallow-brained, blunt-witted, dull-witted, thick-skulled.

Half-yearly, a.   Semi-annual.

Half-yearly, ad.   Semi-annually.

Halicore, n.   (Zoöl.) Dugong.

Hall, n.   1. Large room, chamber.

2. Entry (of a house), entrance.

3. Manor-house.

Hallabaloo, [Low.] Racket, clamor, din, uproar, hubbub, outcry, vociferation, disturbance.

Halloo, v. n.   Shout, call, cry out.

Halloo, n.   Holla, shout, call.

Hallow, v. a.   1. Consecrate, sanctify, dedicate, devote, make holy, invest with solemnity.

2. Reverence, honor, respect, venerate, pay homage to, render honor to.

Hallowed, a.   Holy, sacred, blessed.

Hallowmas, n.   Feast of All-Souls.

Hallucination, n.   1. Error, blunder, mistake, fallacy.

2. Illusion, delusion, monomania, self-deception, phantasm, aberration.

Halo, n.   1. Ring (of light).

2. (Painting.) Glory.

Halt, v. n.   1. Stop, hold, stand still, stop short, pull up, take breath, lie by, LIE TO.

2. Limp, hobble, walk lamely.

Halt, a.   Lame, crippled.

Halt, n.   1. Stop, stand, stand still.

2. Limp, limping gait.

Halve, v. a.   1. Divide into two equal parts, bisect.

2. Scarf (as timbers), join by a scarf.

Hamadryad, n.   Wood-nymph, nymph of the woods.

Hamate, a.   (Bot.) Hooked.

Hamlet, n.   Small village.

Hammer and tongs, [Colloquial expression used adverbially.] Strenuously, vigorously, earnestly, zealously, resolutely, energetically, with all one's might, with might and main, TOOTH AND NAIL, PUGNIS ET CALCIBUS, through thick and thin, through fire and water.

Hammer-fish, n.   Balance-fish, hammer-head, hammer-headed shark (Zygœna vulgaris).

Hammer-head, n.   Hammer-fish.

Hammock, n.   Swinging bed.

Hamper, n.   1. Crate.

2. Fetter, shackle, clog, chain.

Hamper, v. a.   Shackle, fetter, entangle, clog, encumber, restrain, hinder, impede, clog.

Hamstring, v. a.   Hough.

Hand, n.   1. Palm and fingers, PAW.

2. Palm, four inches (in estimating the height of a horse), hand-breadth.

3. Side (right or left).

4. Skill, ability, talent, faculty, dexterity.

5. Handiwork, workmanship.

6. Mode of procedure.

7. Agency, intervention, participation.

8. Possession, control, power.

9. Laborer, workman, operative, EMPLOYÉ, artisan, artificer, craftsman.

10. Index, pointer, indicator.

11. Chirography, handwriting, style of penmanship.

Hand in hand, Conjointly, unitedly, in union.

Hand to hand, In close fight.

Hand and glove, Very intimate, very friendly, very familiar.

Hand, v. a.   1. Give (with the hand), transmit, present, pass by hand.

2. Lead, conduct, guide.

Hand down, Transmit in succession.

Handbook, n.   Manual.

Hand-breadth, n.   Palm, hand, four inches.

Handcuff, n.   Manacle, hand-fetter.

Handcuff, v. a.   Manacle.

Hand-fetter, n.   Handcuff, manacle.

Handful, n.   Maniple.

Handicraft, n.   Manual occupation.

Handicraftsman, n.   Artisan, mechanic, artificer, workman, hand, craftsman.

Handiwork, n.   Hand, workmanship, manufacture.

Handle, v. a.   1. Touch, feel, feel of.

2. Manage, use, wield.

3. Treat, discuss, discourse on, treat of.

4. Deal with.

Handle, n.   1. Haft, stock.

2. Bail.

Handmaid, n.   Maid-servant, female servant.

Handmaiden, n.   Maid-servant, female servant.

Hands, n. pl.   Clutches.

Handscrew, n.   Jack.

Hands off, Forbear, desist, keep off, don't touch it.

Handsome, a.   1. Beautiful (with dignity or grandeur) comely, fair, PRETTY, well-formed, well-proportioned.

2. Generous, liberal, disinterested, noble, magnanimous.

3. Ample, sufficient, plentiful.

Handwriting, n.   Hand, chirography, style of penmanship.

Handy, a.   1. Dexterous, adroit, ready, expert, skilful, skilled, clever.

2. Convenient, near, at hand, close at hand.

Hang, v. a.   1. Suspend.

2. Execute (by the halter), hang by the neck.

3. Attach (so as to swing).

4. Incline (the head), decline, bend down, let droop.

5. Drape, adorn with hangings.

Hang, v. n.   1. Depend, dangle, be suspended.

2. Incline, droop, tend downwards.

3. Depend, rely, be dependent.

4. Rest, cling.

5. Be held in fixed attention.

6. Hover, float, play.

Hang around, Loiter about.

Hang-back, Demur, hesitate, be backward, be reluctant.

Hang fire, Be long in discharging (said of a gun).

Hang on, 1. Rely on, depend on, wait on, dance attendance on.

2. Continue, last, be protracted.

3. Stick, cling, keep hold, hold fast, hold on, stick to.

Hang out, Display.

Hang over, 1. Project at top, lean over.

2. Threaten, impend over.

Hang-bird, n.   Baltimore oriole, golden robin (Icterus Baltimore or Oriolus Baltimore).

Hang-dog, n.   Mean, base, or scurvy fellow.

Hanger-on, n.   Parasite, dependant, minion, vassal.

Hanging, n.   1. Suspension.

2. Death by the halter.

Hangings, n. pl.   Drapery, tapestry.

Hang one's head, Feel ashamed, take shame to one's self, hide one's face, hide one's diminished head, draw in one's horns.

Hang together, 1. Keep united, stick together, hold together.

2. [Colloquial.] Be consistent (as the parts of a story).

Hang up one's fiddle, [Colloquial.] Quit business, shut up shop, give up one's occupation.

Hanker after, Covet, long for, lust for, desire ardently, have a strong desire for.

Hankering, n.   Longing, craving, strong desire.

Hap, n.   Chance, fortune, accident, haphazard, luck, casual event.

Haphazard, n.   Chance, hap.

Hapless, a.   Luckless, unlucky, unfortunate, unhappy, wretched, miserable, forlorn, ill-starred, ill-fated.

Haply, ad.   Perhaps, perchance, possibly, PERADVENTURE, by chance, by accident, maybe, it may be, as luck may have it, as it may turn up, as it may happen.

Happen, v. n.   Chance, occur, befall, betide, come, take place, turn up, fall out, come to pass.

Happily, ad.   1. Luckily, fortunately, by good fortune, as luck would have it.

2. Successfully, prosperously, in a happy manner.

3. Gracefully, dexterously, skilfully, felicitously.

Happiness, n.   Felicity, bliss, beatitude, blessedness, enjoyment, welfare, well-being, prosperity.

Happy, a.   1. Joyous, joyful, blissful, blessed, blest.

2. Pleased, gratified, delighted, rejoiced, glad, gladdened, charmed.

3. Lucky, fortunate, prosperous, successful.

4. Ready, apt, skilful, adroit, dexterous, expert, able.

5. Seasonable, opportune, befitting, pertinent, felicitous, well-timed.

6. Auspicious, propitious, favorable.

Harangue, n.   Declamatory speech, public address, popular oration.

Harangue, v. n.   Declaim, spout, make a declamatory speech.

Harangue, v. a.   Address (in a declamatory style), make an harangue to.

Harass, v. a.   1. Fatigue, tire, weary, fag, jade, exhaust, tire out, KNOCK UP.

2. Vex, plague, worry, tease, distress, trouble, molest, disturb, harry, drive from pillar to post.

Harbinger, n.   Forerunner, precursor, herald.

Harbor, n.   1. Asylum, refuge, shelter, covert, sanctuary, retreat, resting-place, place of shelter.

2. Port, haven, harbor, destination.

Harbor, v. n.   Take shelter, find a harbor.

Harbor, v. a.   1. Shelter, lodge, protect.

2. Entertain, cherish, indulge, foster.

3. (Law.) Secrete, receive clandestinely.

Hard, a.   1. Firm, solid, compact, impenetrable, unyielding, not soft.

2. Difficult, embarrassing, perplexing, puzzling, knotty, intricate, not easily understood.

3. Laborious, arduous, toilsome, fatiguing, wearying.

4. Unfeeling, unkind, insensible, unsusceptible, cruel, oppressive, rigorous, severe, unyielding, inflexible, callous, obdurate, hard-hearted.

5. Grievous, distressing, calamitous, painful, disagreeable, unpleasant.

6. Inclement, stormy, tempestuous, cold.

7. Harsh, rough, sour, acid.

8. Coarse, unpalatable.

9. Unfavorable, unprosperous, unpropitious.

10. Stiff, constrained, forced, unnatural, ungraceful.

11. Excessive, intemperate.

Hard, ad.   1. Close, near.

2. Laboriously, diligently, earnestly, incessantly, energetically.

3. With difficulty, not easily.

4. Distressfully, painfully, severely, rigorously.

5. Vehemently, forcibly, violently.

Hard-a-lee, (Naut.) Close to the lee side.

Hard-a-port, (Naut.) Close to the larboard side.

Hard-a-starboard, (Naut.) Close to the starboard side.

Hard-a-weather, (Naut.) Close to the windward side.

Hard biscuit, Cracker.

Hard by, Close by, very near.

Hard coal, Anthracite, glance-coal, blind-coal, stone-coal, CULM.

Harden, v. a.   1. Indurate, make hard, make callous.

2. Habituate, inure, season, accustom, form, train, discipline.

3. Strengthen, fortify, steel, nerve, brace.

4. Sear, make callous, render insensible.

5. Make obdurate, confirm in wickedness.

Harden, v. n.   Grow or become hard.

Hardened, v. a.   1. Indurated, made hard.

2. Confirmed, inured, accustomed, habituated, seasoned, trained.

3. Deadened, seared, steeled, unfeeling, benumbed, callous, insensible.

4. Depraved, reprobate, obdurate, impenitent, lost, abandoned, incorrigible, irreclaimable.

Hard-favored, a.   Ugly, ill-favored, homely, ill-looking, hard-visaged, of coarse features.

Hard-featured, a.   Ugly, ill-favored, homely, ill-looking, hard-visaged, of coarse features.

Hard-fisted, a.   Avaricious, covetous, penurious, miserly, niggardly, sordid, stingy, mercenary, mean, close-fisted.

Hardhack, n.   Steeple-bush (Spiræa tomentosa).

Hardhead, n.   Menhaden, pauhaugen, moss-bunker.

Hard-hearted, a.   Cruel, unfeeling, merciless, unmerciful, uncompassionate, unpitying, ruthless, fell, pitiless, relentless, unrelenting, inexorable, barbarous, savage, ferocious, inhuman.

Hardihood, n.   Firmness, fortitude, resolution, pluck, mettle, manhood, courage, bravery, intrepidity, boldness, audacity, determination, resolution, decision.

Hardly, ad.   1. Scarcely, barely, but just, almost not.

2. Severely, rigorously, unkindly, cruelly, roughly.

Hardness, n.   1. Firmness, solidity, compactness, impenetrability.

2. Difficulty, perplexity.

3. Scarcity, penury.

4. Hardship, suffering, tribulation.

Hards, n. pl.   Tow, refuse flax.

Hardship, n.   1. Toil, fatigue.

2. Grievance, suffering, trial, affliction, calamity, misfortune, trouble, burden.

Hard-visaged, a.   Ugly, homely, hard-favored, hard-featured, ill-favored, ill-looking, of coarse features.

Hardy, a.   1. Bold, intrepid, resolute, brave, daring, valiant, heroic, manly, courageous, stout-hearted.

2. Strong, robust, firm, stout, lusty, rigorous, healthy, hearty, hale, sound.

Hare-brained, a.   Rash, reckless, headlong, heedless, careless, wild, unsteady, giddy, volatile, flighty, giddy-brained, HARUM-SCARUM.

Harfang, n.   Hawk-owl (Surnea nyctea or Strix nyctea), Canada owl.

Hariff, n.   Cleavers, goose-grass, catch-weed, scratch-weed (Galium aparine).

Hark, interj.   Hear, listen, give ear.

Harlequin, n.   Buffoon, jester, droll, mountebank, merry-Andrew, punch, clown, zany, scaramouch, fool, antic, jack-pudding, pickle-herring.

Harlequinade, n.   Masking, mummery, masquerade, buffoonery, foolery, tomfoolery.

Harlot, n.   Whore, STRUMPET.

Harm, n.   1. Injury, hurt, detriment, damage, prejudice, disadvantage.

2. Evil, mischief, wrong, criminality, wickedness.

Harm, v. a.   1. Injure, hurt, damage, do harm to.

2. Maltreat, molest, abuse, ill-use, ill-treat.

Harmful, a.   Injurious, detrimental, mischievous, pernicious, deleterious, noxious, baneful, prejudicial, disadvantageous, hurtful.

Harmless, a.   1. Innoxious, innocuous, not hurtful.

2. Inoffensive, unoffending.

3. Uninjured, unhurt, unharmed.

Harmonic, a.   1. Harmonious, concordant, consonant.

Harmonical, a.   1. Harmonious, concordant, consonant.

2. Melodious, tuneful, musical.

Harmonious, a.   1. Concordant, harmonic, consonant.

2. Melodious, tuneful, musical, dulcet, mellifluous.

3. Correspondent, consistent, congruent, symmetrical.

4. Friendly, amicable, cordial, brotherly, fraternal, neighborly.

Harmonize, v. a.   1. Make harmonious.

2. (Music.) Set accompanying parts to.

Harmonize, v. n.   Accord, agree, correspond, chime, comport, tally, square, quadrate, cohere, be in unison, be harmonious.

Harmony, n.   1. Concord (especially of sounds or tones), accord, accordance, consonance, concordance, unison, agreement, chime.

2. Adaptation, correspondence, consistency, congruity, congruence, fitness, suitableness.

3. Peace, amity, friendship, good understanding.

Harmotome, n.   Cross-stone, staurolite.

Harness, n.   Tackling.

Harness, v. a.   Tackle, put in harness.

Harp, n.   Lyre.

Harp, v. n.   1. Play on the harp.

2. Dwell (tediously).

Harping, n.   1. Harp-music.

2. Dwelling, repetition, iteration, reiteration.

Harping-iron, n.   Harpoon.

Harpoon, n.   Harping-iron.

Harpooneer, n.   Harpooner.

Harpooner, n.   Harpooneer.

Harpseal, n.   Greenland seal (Phoca Grœnlandica).

Harpy, n.   1. Duck-hawk, marsh-harrier, moor-buzzard (Circus æruginosus ).

2. Extortioner, sharper, plunderer.

Harry, v. a.   Worry, annoy, molest, plague, torment, trouble, tease, vex, harass, fret, gall, chafe, bore, incommode, disturb.

Harsh, a.   1. Rough.

2. Sour, acrid, tart, crabbed, hard, biting, sharp, caustic, corrosive.

3. Grating, discordant, jarring.

4. Crabbed, morose, stern, severe, austere, acrimonious, ill-tempered, out of humor, out of temper.

5. Rude, uncivil, bluff, blunt, gruff, ungracious, churlish, bearish, brutal.

Harshness, n.   1. Roughness.

2. Austerity, rigor, severity, sternness, crabbedness, moroseness, churlishness, ill-temper, bad blood.

3. Rudeness, incivility, bluntness, bluffness.

Hart, n.   Stag, male red deer.

Hartshorn, n.   Carbonate of ammonia (in solution), spirit of hartshorn, liquid ammonia.

Harum-scarum, a.   [Colloquial.] Volatile, HARE-BRAINED, rash, precipitate, wild.

Haruspice, n.   Diviner, SOOTHSAYER.

Harvest, n.   1. Ingathering.

2. Produce, crops.

3. Effect, product, result, consequence.

Harvest, v. a.   Gather in.

Harvest-fly, n.   Locust (popularly but erroneously so called).

Harvest-man, n.   1. Laborer in the harvest.

2. Father-long-legs, daddy-long-legs, shepherd-spider.

Hash, v. a.   Mince, chop.

Hash, n.   Minced meat, hashed meat.

Hasp, n.   1. Clasp (to be put over a staple).

2. Hook.

Hastate, a.   (Bot.) Spear-shaped.

Hastated, a.   (Bot.) Spear-shaped.

Haste, n.   1. Despatch, promptitude, quickness, expedition, celerity, speed.

2. Hurry, precipitance, vehemence, precipitation.

Haste, v. n.   Hasten, be quick, make haste.

Hasten, v. n.   Haste, hurry, move quickly, move speedily, be quick, be in a hurry, make haste, mend one's pace, lose no time, lose not a moment, make the best of one's way, wing one's way, crowd sail, clap spurs to one's horse.

Hasten, v. a.   Expedite, despatch, speed, accelerate, quicken, precipitate, press on, urge on, urge forward, push forward.

Hasty, a.   1. Quick, swift, rapid, fleet, speedy, fast, brisk.

2. Cursory, slight, hurried.

3. Rash, precipitate, headlong, reckless, thoughtless, indiscreet.

4. Passionate, irritable, touchy, testy, pettish, waspish, petulant, peevish, fretful, fiery, choleric, irascible, excitable, hot, peppery.

Hat, n.   Beaver.

Hatch, v. a.   1. Breed (from eggs).

2. Quicken (by incubation or by heat).

3. Concoct, devise, plan, contrive, plot, design, scheme, project, brew, lay out, chalk out, meditate upon.

Hatch, n.   1. Brood.

2. Hatchway.

Hatchel, v. a.   Hackle, dress (flax).

Hatcher, n.   1. Incubator.

2. Contriver, projector, deviser.

Hatchet, n.   Small axe.

Hatchway, n.   Hatch.

Hate, v. a.   1. Bear malice to, owe a grudge to.

2. Detest, abhor, abominate, loathe, nauseate, shrink from, recoil from.

Hate, n.   Hatred, detestation, animosity, enmity, hostility, antipathy.

Hateful, a.   1. Malignant, malevolent.

2. Abominable, detestable, execrable, horrid, shocking, damnable, accursed.

3. Loathsome, disgusting, nauseous, offensive, foul, repulsive, obnoxious, revolting, vile, abhorrent, repugnant.

Hatred, n.   1. Hate, enmity, hostility, disaffection, disfavor, alienation, estrangement, odium, animosity, ill-will, great dislike.

2. Abhorrence, detestation, abomination, horror, loathing, disgust, antipathy, repugnance.

Hattock, n.   Shock (of corn), stook.

Haughtiness, n.   Arrogance, disdain, loftiness, HAUTEUR.

Haughty, a.   Arrogant, disdainful, supercilious, assuming, proud, lofty.

Haul, v. a.   Drag, draw, pull, tug, tow, lug, trail, take in tow.

Haul, n.   1. Pull, tug.

2. Draught.

Haunch, n.   Hip.

Haunt, v. a.   Frequent, resort to.

Haunt, n.   Retreat, resort, den, place much frequented.

Hautboy, n.   Oboe.

Hauteur, n.   [Fr.] Haughtiness, arrogance, loftiness, stateliness, disdain, superciliousness, conceit, pride, self-importance, self-conceit.

Have, v. a.   1. Hold (whether one's own or not).

2. Possess, own, be in possession of, be seized of.

3. Be favored with.

4. Be the subject of.

5. Regard, consider, esteem.

6. Require, wish, desire.

7. Obtain, acquire, receive, get, gain.

8. Be obliged, be under the necessity.

9. Accept (as husband or as wife), take.

10. Beget, be the parent of.

Have a bee in the head, Be a little crazy, be cracked.

Have a finger in, Have a share in, be concerned in, have a hand in.

Have a hand in, Be concerned in, have a share in, have a finger in.

Have an eye to, Pay particular attention to, have especial regard to, not overlook, not lose sight of.

Have at heart, Be deeply interested in, be specially anxious about.

Have done with, Have no further concern with, be through with, have ceased to be concerned with.

Have in hand, Be engaged upon.

Haven, n.   1. Harbor, port.

2. Shelter, asylum, place of safety.

Havoc, n.   Ravage, devastation, destruction, desolation, waste, ruin, spoil, pillage, rapine, spoliation, slaughter, carnage.

Have on, Wear.

Have one's hands full, Have much to do, be very busy, have much upon one's hands, be under a press of business.

Have on the hip, [Colloquial.] Conquer, subdue, vanquish, defeat, overcome, overthrow, overpower, get the better of, prevail over, get the upper hand of, get the whip hand of.

Have to do with, Concern one's self with, have concern with, deal with.

Haw, v. n.   Hesitate (in speaking), stammer, stutter, falter, hum and haw.

Hawfinch, n.   Grossbeak (Coccothraustes vulgaris).

Hawk, n.   Falcon.

Hawk, v. a.   Cry, sell by outcry.

Hawk-eyed, a.   Sharp-sighted, quick-sighted, keen-eyed, eagle-eyed, lynx-eyed, Argus-eyed.

Hawk-moth, n.   Death's-head moth.

Hawk-nut, n.   Ground-nut.

Hawk-owl, n.   Canada owl, HARFANG.

Hawthorn, n.   Whitethorn (Cratœgus oxyacantha).

Hazard, n.   1. Chance, casualty, accident, fortuitous event.

2. Danger, peril, risk, jeopardy.

Hazard, v. a.   Venture, adventure, risk, jeopard, peril, imperil, endanger, put in danger, put at hazard.

Hazardous, a.   Dangerous, perilous, RISKY, unsafe, fraught with danger.

Haze, n.   1. Fog, mist.

2. Obscurity, dimness.

Hazel, a.   Light brown.

Hazy, a.   Foggy, misty.

He, a.   Male.

Head, n.   1. Seat of the brain, NODDLE.

2. Top, summit, CAPITAL, upper part, acme.

3. Fore part, front part.

4. Commencement, beginning, rise, source, origin.

5. Chief part, principal part.

6. Person, individual.

7. Chief, chieftain, leader, principal, corypheus, commander, master, director, superintendent.

8. First place, place of honor.

9. Understanding, intellect, mind, thought.

10. Topic, subject.

11. Class, division, section, department, category.

12. Height (of water applicable to the driving of a water-wheel).

Head, a.   1. Chief, principal, highest, first.

2. (Naut.) Adverse (said of the wind), contrary.

Head and ears, Completely, entirely, wholly.

Head and shoulders, 1. Violently, by force.

2. By far, by a great deal, by the height of head and shoulders.

Head, v. a.   1. Lead, direct, command, govern, rule.

2. Put a head on, fit with a head.

3. Get in front of (in order to stop), intercept, head off.

Head, v. n.   1. Form a head (said of a plant).

2. Tend, be pointed, be directed.

Headache, n.   Cephalalgy.

Head-foremost, ad.   1. With the head first.

2. Rashly, hastily, precipitately, headlong.

Headiness, n.   1. Rashness, hurry, precipitation.

2. Obstinacy, stubbornness.

Heading, n.   Title, CAPTION.

Head-dress, n.   Coiffure.

Headland, n.   Promontory, cape, foreland.

Headless, a.   Acephalous.

Headlong, ad.   Rashly, hastily, precipitately, head-foremost, thoughtlessly, without deliberation.

Head-master, n.   Principal (of a school).

Head-money, n.   Poll-tax, capitation-tax.

Head off, Intercept, head, get before.

Head-piece, n.   Helmet, helm, morion.

Headsman, n.   Executioner.

Headstone, n.   1. Corner-stone.

2. Gravestone.

Headstrong, a.   Stubborn, obstinate, dogged, cantankerous, ungovernable, unruly, intractable, heady, self-willed, cross-grained.

Head-voice, n.   Falsetto.

Head-work, n.   Mental labor, intellectual labor.

Heady, a.   1. Rash, impetuous, hasty, precipitate.

2. Stubborn, HEADSTRONG.

Heal, v. a.   1. Cure, remedy, restore, make sound or whole.

2. Reconcile, compose, settle, make up.

Heal, v. n.   Be cured, become sound.

Healds, n. pl.   Heddle.

Healing, a.   Sanative, curative.

Health, n.   Soundness, freedom from disease.

Healthful, a.   Wholesome, salubrious, salutary, healthy, health-giving.

Health-giving, a.   Healthful, wholesome.

Healthy, a.   1. Sound, hale, hearty, vigorous, well, in good health, in good case.

2. Wholesome, salubrious, salutary, healthful, health-giving.

Heap, n.   Pile, mass, collection, accumulation.

Heap, v. a.   1. Pile, lay in a heap, throw into a heap.

2. Amass, accumulate, heap up.

Heap up, Amass, HEAP.

Hear, v. a.   1. Perceive by the ear.

2. Give audience to, listen to, attend to.

3. Regard, heed, give heed to.

4. Try, examine judicially.

Hear, v. n.   1. Enjoy the sense of hearing.

2. Listen, hearken, attend, give ear.

3. Be told, be informed, have an account.

Hearing, n.   1. Sense of hearing.

2. Audience, opportunity to be heard.

3. Trial, judicial examination.

4. Hearing distance.

Hearken, v. n.   1. Listen, hear.

2. Attend, give heed, pay regard.

Hearsay, n.   Rumor, report, fame, bruit, common talk, town talk.

Heart, n.   1. Seat of life.

2. Centre, interior, core, kernel, inner part, vital part.

3. Disposition, mind, will, inclination, purpose, intent, affection, passion.

4. Courage, spirit, firmness, fortitude, resolution.

Heartache, n.   Grief, sorrow, distress, affliction, woe, bitterness, broken heart, heavy heart, bleeding heart.

Heart-broken, a.   Disconsolate, inconsolable, woebegone, forlorn, miserable, wretched, desolate, cheerless, comfortless, broken-hearted, in despair.

Heartburn, n.   Cardialgia, cardialgy.

Heart-burning, n.   Grudge, resentment, spleen, gall, rankling, animosity, secret enmity.

Hearten, v. a.   Encourage, embolden, animate, inspirit, enhearten, cheer, incite, stimulate, assure, reassure, comfort, console, buoy up.

Heart-felt, a.   Deep, profound, hearty, cordial, deep-felt, home-felt.

Hearth, n.   Fireside, home, hearth-stone.

Hearth-stone, n.   Fireside.

Heartily, ad.   1. Sincerely, cordially, from the heart, with all the heart.

2. Vigorously, earnestly, eagerly, ardently, warmly, zealously, with ardor, with zeal, with resolution.

3. Freely, largely, with good appetite.

Heart's-ease, n.   (Bot.) Pansy (Viola tricolor).

Heart-shaped, a.   Cordate.

Heart-stirring, a.   Inspiring, animating.

Hearty, a.   1. Zealous, earnest, warm, affectionate, cordial, sincere, heartfelt, unfeigned.

2. Healthy, hale, sound, strong, well, robust, in good health.

Heat, n.   1. Caloric.

2. Warmth.

3. Degree of temperature.

4. Excitement, flush, vehemence, impetuosity, violence, passion, fever.

5. Ardor, earnestness, fervor, zeal.

6. Contest, struggle, race.

Heat, v. a.   1. Make hot.

2. Excite, flush, make feverish.

3. Warm, animate, rouse.

Heather, n.   [Scottish.] Heath.

Heath-cock, n.   Black-grouse, black-game, blackcock (Tetrao tetrix).

Heathen, n. & a.   Gentile, pagan, heathenish.

Heathenish, a.   1. Heathen, pagan, gentile.

2. Barbarous, savage, cruel, inhuman.

Heathenism, n.   1. Paganism, gentilism.

2. Barbarism.

Heath, n.   Heather.

Heathery, a.   Heathy.

Heath-game, n.   Grouse.

Heathy, a.   Heathery.

Heating, a.   Calorific, heat-producing.

Heat-producing, a.   Heating.

Heave, v. a.   1. Lift, hoist, raise, elevate, raise up.

2. Breathe, force from the breast.

3. Throw, toss, hurl, send, fling.

Heave, v. n.   1. Pant.

2. Swell, dilate, expand.

3. Retch, keck, try to vomit.

4. Struggle, strive, make an effort.

Heave in sight, (Naut.) Appear, come in sight, become visible, come into view, open to the view.

Heave, n.   1. Swell, rising, swelling, heaving.

2. Retching, effort to vomit.

3. Struggle, striving, effort.

4. Fling, throw.

Heaven, n.   1. Firmament, sky, welkin, empyrean, celestial sphere, starry heaven, vault of heaven, canopy of heaven.

2. Paradise, Elysium, abode of the blessed.

3. God, Jehovah, Lord.

4. Exalted state, state of bliss, great felicity, supreme happiness.

Heavenly, a.   1. Celestial, of the firmament, of the visible heavens.

2. Divine, angelic, seraphic, cherubic, godlike.

Heavenly-minded, a.   Devout, pious, religious, godly, reverent, spiritually-minded.

Heaviness, n.   1. Gravity, weight, ponderousness.

2. Oppressiveness, grievousness, severity.

3. Languor, dulness, stupidity, sluggishness.

4. Dejection, depression, sadness, melancholy, despondency, gloom, low spirits, depression of spirits.

Heaving, n.   1. Panting.

2. Swell, rising, swelling, heave.

Heavy, a.   1. Weighty (with reference to one's strength), ponderous, not light, not easy to lift.

2. Oppressive, grievous, severe, burdensome, cumbersome, afflictive.

3. Dull, sluggish, inert, inactive, stupid, torpid, indolent, slow.

4. Dejected, depressed, sorrowful, sad, gloomy, melancholy, despondent, downcast, down-hearted, low-spirited, crest-fallen, chap-fallen, in low spirits.

5. Onerous, difficult, laborious.

6. Tedious, tiresome, wearisome.

7. Loaded, burdened, encumbered, weighed down.

8. Miry, muddy, cloggy, clayey.

9. Clammy (as bread), not well raised.

10. Stormy, tempestuous, violent, boisterous.

11. Loud, deep, roaring.

Heavy-spar, n.   Sulphate of baryta (native).

Hebdomadal, a.   Weekly.

Hebetate, v. a.   Dull, blunt, stupefy, benumb, make torpid.

Hebrew, n.   1. Israelite, Jew.

2. Hebrew language.

Hebrew, a.   Jewish.

Hectic, a.   Habitual (as the fever attending consumption), constitutional.

Hector, n.   Bully, blusterer, swaggerer, noisy fellow.

Hector, v. a.   1. Bully, threaten, menace.

2. Vex, tease, annoy, fret, harry, worry, irritate, provoke.

Hector, v. n.   Bluster, swagger, play the bully.

Heddle, n.   Healds.

Hedge, n.   Fence (of bushes or shrubs), hedge-fence.

Hedge, v. a.   Enclose with a hedge.

Hedge-born, a.   Obscure, of low birth, meanly born.

Hedge-fence, n.   Hedge.

Hedge in, Enclose, environ, surround, shut in, hem in.

Hedge up, Obstruct, bar, shut up.

Heed, v. a.   Regard, mind, notice, mark, observe, attend to, give heed to, pay attention to, take notice of.

Heed, n.   Regard, notice, care, attention, caution, heedfulness, watchfulness, wariness, vigilance, circumspection, observation.

Heedful, a.   Observant, observing, mindful, regardful, watchful, cautious, careful, wary, circumspect, attentive, provident.

Heedless, a.   Unobserving, unobservant, inattentive, careless, thoughtless, negligent, neglectful, unmindful, regardless, inconsiderate, unwatchful.

Heedlessness, n.   Carelessness, thoughtlessness, inattention, inadvertence, neglect, oversight.

Heel, v. n.   (Naut.) Incline, lean.

Heft, n.   1. Handle.

2. [Colloquial, U. S.] Weight.

3. [Colloquial, U. S.] Bulk, greater part.

Hegira, n.   1. Flight of Mahomet (July 16, 622).

2. Exodus, departure, going out.

Heifer, n.   Young cow.

Height, n.   1. Elevation, altitude, TALLNESS.

2. Eminence, summit, apex, acme, culminating point.

3. Hill, mountain, high ground.

4. Utmost degree.

Heighten, v. a.   1. Exalt, elevate, raise.

2. Increase, enhance, augment.

3. Intensify, aggravate.

Heinous, a.   Flagrant, flagitious, atrocious, infamous, villanous, nefarious, crying, very wicked.

Helamys, n.   Jumping-rat, jumping-hare (Pedetes capensis).

Helical, a.   Spiral, winding, cochleary, cochleated, screw-shaped.

Heliotrope, n.   1. (Bot.) Turnsole.

2. (Min.) Bloodstone.

Helix, n.   1. Coil, circumvolution, spiral line.

2. Snail-shell.

Hell, n.   Gehenna, purgatory, limbo, abyss, Tartarus, Hades, Avernus, Erebus, place of torment, bottomless pit, everlasting fire, infernal regions, shades below, realms of Pluto, the lower world.

Hellenic, a.   Grecian.

Hellenism, n.   Grecism, Greek idiom.

Hellish, a.   1. Of hell.

2. Infernal, diabolical, fiendish, devilish, demoniacal, fiend-like, atrocious, detestable, abominable, execrable, nefarious, very wicked.

Helm, n.   1. Helmet, morion.

2. Steering apparatus.

3. Direction, control, command, rule, reins, post of command.

Helmet, n.   Helm, morion, CASQUE, cask, head-piece, armor for the head.

Helminthagogue, n.   Anthelmintic, vermifuge.

Helot, n.   Slave (of Sparta).

Helotism, n.   Slavery, servitude, serfdom.

Help, v. a.   1. Relieve, succor, serve.

2. Assist, support, aid, second, back, abet, co-operate with, take part with.

3. Remedy, cure, heal.

4. Prevent, hinder, withstand, resist, repress, control.

5. Avoid, forbear, refrain from.

Help, v. n.   Lend aid, contribute assistance, give one a lift.

Help, n.   1. Assistance, aid, succor, support.

2. Remedy, relief.

3. Helper, assistant.

4. [U. S.] Domestic, house-servant (particularly a maid-servant).

Helper, n.   Assistant, ally, auxiliary, coadjutor, aider, abettor, colleague, partner.

Helpful, a.   1. Useful, beneficial, convenient.

2. Wholesome, salutary.

Helpless, a.   1. Weak, feeble, powerless, impotent, imbecile, disabled, infirm.

2. Exposed, defenceless, unprotected.

3. Irremediable, beyond help.

Helpmate, n.   Wife, consort, partner, companion.

Helpmeet, n.   Wife, consort, partner, companion.

Help on, Forward, further.

Help to, 1. Help to get or obtain.

2. Supply with, furnish with.

Helter-skelter, ad.   Pellmell, irregularly, disorderly, in disorder, in confusion.

Helve, n.   Handle (of an axe or a hatchet).

Helvetic, a.   Swiss.

Hem, n.   Border, edge, margin.

Hem, v. a.   Border, edge, skirt.

Hem in, Enclose, confine, environ, surround, shut in, hedge in.

Hematite, n.   Bloodstone.

Hemeralopia, n.   (Med.) Night-blindness, day-sight.

Hemisphere, n.   Half-globe, half-sphere.

Hemispheric, a.   Half-round.

Hemispherical, a.   Half-round.

Hemistich, n.   Half a verse, half a line.

Hemorrhoids, n. pl.   (Med.) Piles.

Hence, ad.   1. From this place, from here.

2. From this time.

3. Therefore, from this cause, for that reason, as a consequence.

4. From this source.

Henceforth, ad.   Henceforward, from this time forward.

Henceforward, ad.   Henceforth.

Hep-tree, n.   [Written also Hip-tree.] Dog-rose, wild-brier (Rosa canina).

Herald, n.   1. Proclaimer, publisher, crier.

2. Forerunner, precursor, harbinger.

Herald, v. a.   Proclaim, announce, publish.

Heraldry, n.   Blazonry, emblazonry.

Herbage, n.   Herbs, grass, pasture.

Herbal, n.   Herbarium, herbary, hortus-siccus.

Herbalist, n.   Botanist.

Herbarium, n.   Herbal, hortus-siccus.

Herbary, n.   Herbal, hortus-siccus.

Herb-paris, n.   Truelove, oneberry.

Herculean, a.   1. Strong, mighty, powerful, puissant, vigorous, sturdy, athletic, brawny, muscular, sinewy, stalwart, able-bodied.

2. Difficult, toilsome, troublesome, laborious, operose, very hard.

3. Large, great, gigantic, strapping, huge, colossal, Cyclopean.

Herd, n.   1. Drove (of the larger animals).

2. Crowd, rabble, multitude.

Herd, v. n.   Associate (as beasts), keep company.

Herd's-grass, n.   1. [New England.] Cat's-tail, timothy-grass (Phleum pratense).

2. [Pennsylvania.] Red-top (Agrostis vulgaris).

Here, ad.   1. In this place.

2. In the present state, in the present life.

Hereafter, ad.   1. In time to come, in some future time.

2. In a future state.

Hereafter, n.   Future state.

Hereby, ad.   By this.

Hereditable, a.   Inheritable.

Hereditament, n.   Inheritable property.

Hereditary, a.   1. Ancestral, patrimonial, by inheritance.

2. Inherited, transmitted (from ancestors).

Herein, ad.   In this.

Heresiarch, n.   Chief heretic, leader in heresy.

Heresy, n.   Heterodoxy, error, unsound doctrine.

Heretic, n.   Sectary, schismatic, nonconformist, dissenter, separatist.

Heretical, a.   Heterodox, schismatic, schismatical, sectarian.

Heretofore, ad.   Formerly, before the present time.

Hereupon, ad.   Upon this, on this.

Herewith, ad.   With this.

Heritage, n.   Inheritance, portion, patrimony, estate.

Hermeneutic, a.   Exegetical.

Hermeneutical, a.   Exegetical.

Hermeneutics, n.   Exegesis, science of interpretation.

Hermetic, a.   Air-tight.

Hermetical, a.   Air-tight.

Hermit, n.   Anchorite, anchoret, recluse, solitary, solitaire, EREMITE.

Hernia, n.   Rupture.

Hernshaw, n.   Heron, heronshaw.

Hero, n.   1. Brave man.

2. Principal character.

Heroic, a.   1. Brave, valiant, courageous, intrepid, bold, daring, gallant, fearless, dauntless, noble, magnanimous.

2. Epic.

Heroism, n.   Bravery, valor, courage, gallantry, prowess, daring, intrepidity, magnanimity.

Heron, n.   Hernshaw, heronshaw.

Heronshaw, n.   Heron, hernshaw.

Herschel, n.   (Astron.) Uranus, Georgium Sidus.

Hesitancy, n.   Uncertainty, doubt, suspense, hesitation.

Hesitate, v. n.   1. Pause, delay, demur, doubt, waver, vacillate, be undetermined, stop to consider, be in doubt, be in suspense, be doubtful.

2. Falter, stammer, have an impediment in speech.

Hesitation, n.   1. Uncertainly, doubt, suspense, hesitancy, vacillation.

2. Faltering, stammering, difficulty of utterance.

Hesper, n.   Hesperus, evening star.

Hesperian, a.   [Poetical.] Western, occidental.

Hesperus, n.   Hesper, Venus, evening star.

Hessian-fly, n.   Wheat-fly (Cecidomyia destructor).

Heteroclite, a.   Irregular, anomalous, abnormal.

Heterodox, a.   Heretical, not orthodox.

Heterodoxy, n.   Heresy, error, unsound doctrine.

Heterogeneity, n.   Heterogeneousness.

Heterogeneous, a.   Unlike, dissimilar, different.

Heterogeneousness, n.   Heterogeneity, dissimilarity, dissimilitude, unlikeness, difference.

Heteropathic, a.   Allopathic.

Heteropathy, n.   Allopathy.

Hew, v. a.   1. Cut, chop, hack.

2. Smooth (with an axe), fashion, form.

Hew down, Fell, cut down.

Hexahedral, a.   Cubic, six-sided.

Hexahedron, n.   Cube, six-sided figure.

Heyday, n.   Frolic, play, exultation.

Hiatus, n.   Opening, gap, break, interval, chasm.

Hibernate v. n.   Winter, pass the winter.

Hibernian, a.   Irish.

Hibernian, n.   Irishman.

Hibernicism, n.   Irishism, Irish idiom.

Hibernianism, n.   Irishism, Irish idiom.

Hidden, a.   1. Concealed, secret, latent, occult, clandestine, close.

2. Abstruse, recondite, mysterious, mystic, mystical, dark, obscure.

Hide, v. a.   1. Secrete, conceal, cover, bury, keep from sight.

2. Shelter, cloak, screen, veil.

3. [Low.] Flog, whip, beat.

Hide, v. n.   Lie hid, lie concealed, be concealed, conceal one's self, lie in ambush, keep one's self out of sight, be withdrawn from view.

Hide, n.   Skin (of the larger animals).

Hideous, a.   Frightful, dreadful, appalling, horrible, terrible, horrid, ghastly, grisly, grim, shocking.

Hie, v. n.   [Poetical.] Hasten, go in haste.

Hierarchy, n.   Ecclesiastical government, ecclesiastical establishment.

Hieroglyphic, a.   Emblematical, symbolical.

Hieroglyphical, a.   Emblematical, symbolical.

Hieorophant, n.   Priest.

Higgle, v. n.   1. Peddle, hawk.

2. Haggle, bargain, negotiate, chaffer.

Higgledy-piggledy, ad.   [Colloquial.] Confusedly, disorderly, pellmell, in disorder, helter-skelter, topsy-turvy, at sixes and sevens.

Higgler, n.   1. Peddler, travelling trader.

2. Chafferer.

High, a.   1. Lofty, elevated, TALL, heaven-kissing, of great altitude.

2. Eminent, prominent, pre-eminent, distinguished, superior, exalted, noble, dignified.

3. Abstruse, recondite, occult, obscure, dark, transcendental, profound.

4. Proud, haughty, arrogant, supercilious, lordly.

5. Boastful, ostentatious, bragging, vain-glorious.

6. Oppressive, domineering, over-bearing, tyrannical, despotic.

7. Violent, boisterous, turbulent, tumultuous.

8. Great, strong, extreme.

9. Complete, full.

10. Dear, of great price.

11. Acute, sharp, shrill, high-toned, not flat.

12. Somewhat intoxicated, TIGHT, fuddled, boozy.

High, ad.   1. Aloft, on high, to a great height.

2. Profoundly, powerfully.

Highest good, Supreme good, greatest good, SUMMUM BONUM.

Highfalutin, a.   [Colloquial.] Pompous, swelling, inflated, turgid, tumid, bombastic, pretentious, stilted, grandiloquent, declamatory, rhetorical, high-flowing, high-sounding, sophomorical, spread-eagle, high-flown.

High-flavored, a.   Pungent, piquant, high-seasoned.

High-flown, a.   1. Proud, haughty, lofty, supercilious.

2. Extravagant, turgid, bombastic, HIGHFALUTIN.

High-handed, a.   Overbearing, oppressive, arbitrary.

Highland, n.   Mountainous region.

Highlander, n.   Mountaineer.

Highly, ad.   Extremely, exceedingly, very much, in a great degree, in a high degree.

High-mettled, a.   Ardent, fiery, spirited, bold, daring, high-spirited.

High-minded, a.   1. Proud, arrogant, haughty, lofty.

2. Noble, honorable, elevated, magnanimous, high-toned.

Highness, n.   1. Loftiness, altitude, elevation, height.

2. Eminence, exaltation, dignity.

3. Violence, vehemence, turbulence.

4. Greatness.

5. Acuteness, shrillness, sharpness.

High-priced, a.   Costly, dear, high.

High-priest, n.   Chief priest.

High-reaching, a.   1. Reaching upwards.

2. Ambitious, aspiring.

High-road, n.   Highway, public road.

High-school, n.   School (of the first class), academy, seminary, gymnasium.

High-seasoned, a.   Pungent, piquant, high-flavored.

High-spirited, a.   1. Spirited, bold, daring, high-mettled.

2. Proud, high-strung.

High-strung, a.   Proud, high-spirited.

High time, Quite time.

High-toned, a.   1. Acute, sharp, shrill, high.

2. Noble, honorable, high-minded.

High-water-mark, n.   Flood-mark.

Highway, n.   High-road, public road.

Highwayman, n.   Robber, footpad, bandit, brigand, freebooter, marauder, outlaw, highway robber.

High wine, 1. Brandy.

2. Pure alcohol.

High words, Strife, contention, bickering, logomachy, war of words.

High-wrought, a.   1. Impetuous, vehement, intense.

2. Enthusiastic, impassioned.

3. Highly finished, nicely elaborated.

Hilarious, a.   Gay, jovial, jolly, joyful, merry.

Hilarity, n.   Gayety, mirth, merriment, jollity, jovialty, joyousness, exhilaration, cheerfulness, glee, high spirits.

Hill, n.   Eminence (less than a mountain), mount, rising ground.

Hillock, n.   Knoll, mound.

Hilt, n.   Handle (of a sword).

Hind, a.   Back, hinder, posterior.

Hind, n.   1. Female deer (of the stag or red deer).

2. Peasant, swain, boor, lout, rustic, clod-poll, bumpkin, clown, ploughman, bogtrotter, clodhopper, countryman.

Hinder, a.   Hind, back, posterior.

Hinder, v. a.   Prevent (temporarily), impede, obstruct, stop, interrupt, retard, check, thwart, oppose, embarrass.

Hinderance, n.   [Written also Hindrance.] Impediment, obstacle, stop, obstruction, interruption, check, restraint.

Hindmost, a.   Last.

Hinge, v. n.   Turn, depend, hang, be dependent.

Hinny, n.   Mule.

Hint, v. a.   Suggest, intimate, insinuate, allude to, refer to, hint at, glance at, just mention, give an inkling of.

Hint at, Suggest, HINT.

Hint, n.   Intimation, suggestion, insinuation, allusion, slight mention.

Hip, n.   Haunch.

Hipped, a.   [Colloquial.] Melancholy, hypochondriacal, blue, dejected, depressed, low-spirited, in low spirits.

Hippish, a.   [Colloquial.] Melancholy, hypochondriacal, blue, dejected, depressed, low-spirited, in low spirits.

Hippopotamus, n.   River-horse, seahorse.

Hip-tree, n.   [Written also Hep-tree.] Dog-rose, wild-brier (Rosa canina).

Hire, n.   Wages, stipend, allowance, salary, pay, remuneration.

Hireling, n.   1. Mercenary, hired soldier.

2. Hired servant.

Hireling, a.   Mercenary, venal.

Hirling, n.   Salmon-trout, sea-trout (Salmo trutta).

Hirsute, a.   Hairy, shaggy.

Hispid, a.   Bristly, rough.

Historian, n.   Chronicler, annalist, writer of history.

History, n.   Account, narration, narrative, relation, record, recital, story, CHRONICLE, ANNALS.

Histrionic, a.   Theatric, theatrical.

Histrionical, a.   Theatric, theatrical.

Hit, v. a.   1. Strike, strike against.

2. Attain, reach, gain, win, secure.

3. Suit, accord with, be conformable to, be suitable to.

Hit, v. n.   1. Clash, collide, come in contact, strike together.

2. Succeed, be successful, be crowned with success, come off successful, carry the point, gain the point.

Hit, n.   1. Stroke, blow, collision.

2. Chance, venture, fortune, hazard.

3. Happy remark, apt expression.

4. Lucky venture.

Hit off, Imitate, personate, mimic, take off.

Hit upon, Find, discover, find out, fall upon, light upon.

Hitch, v. n.   Go by jerks.

Hitch, v. a.   Fasten, tie, attach.

Hitch, n.   1. Catch, impediment, obstacle, hinderance, check.

2. Jerk, jerking motion.

3. (Naut.) Knot, noose.

Hither, ad.   To this place.

Hither, a.   Nearest.

Hitherto, ad.   Yet, till now, to this time, up to this time, until this time.

Hitherward, ad.   This way, towards this place.

Hive, n.   1. Habitation of bees, bee-hive, apiary.

2. Swarm of bees.

Hive, v. a.   1. Put into a hive.

2. Store, collect, gather, HOARD.

Hives, n. pl.   (Med.) Croup, rattles.

Hoar, a.   Hoary, white, gray.

Hoard, v. a.   Store (secretly), deposit, save, garner, husband, hive, accumulate, amass, treasure up, lay in, lay by, set by, lay up.

Hoar-frost, n.   White frost, frozen dew.

Hoarse, a.   1. Husky, raucous.

2. Rough, grating, harsh.

Hoarseness, n.   1. Huskiness, raucity.

2. Roughness, harshness.

Hoary, a.   Hoar, white, gray.

Hoax, n.   Deception (for sport), cheat, fraud, imposition, practical joke.

Hoax, v. a.   Deceive (jocosely), cheat, impose upon.

Hobble, v. n.   Limp, halt, hop, walk lamely.

Hobble, v. a.   Fetter, hopple.

Hobble, n.   1. Limp, halt.

2. Perplexity, embarrassment, difficulty, strait, pickle.

Hobbly, a.   Rough (said of a road), uneven.

Hobby, n.   1. Hobby-horse.

2. Favorite object, favorite pursuit.

Hobby-horse, n.   Hobby.

Hobgoblin, n.   Goblin, spectre, sprite, frightful apparition, evil spirit.

Hobson's choice, That or nothing, no alternative.

Hocus-pocus, n.   1. Juggler, trickster, impostor, cheater, swindler, sharper.

2. Cheat, juggle, trick, deception, imposition, imposture, delusion, deceit, artifice, finesse, circumvention, chouse.

Hodge-podge, n.   Medley, farrago, jumble, mixture, miscellany, salmagundi, hotch-potch, gallimaufry, olio, olla-podrida.

Hoe-cake, n.   [U. S.] Johnny-cake.

Hog, n.   Swine, porker, SOW, PIG.

Hoggish, a.   1. Swinish, brutish, filthy.

2. Mean, selfish, greedy.

Hog-nut, n.   Pig-nut, broom hickory (Juglans glabra).

Hog-sty, n.   Hog-pen, pig-sty.

Hoiden, a.   Rustic, rude, inelegant, uncouth, ungenteel, unlicked, hoidenish, rough, rude, ill-taught, ill-behaved, ill-mannered.

Hoiden, n.   Romp, tomboy, romping girl.

Hoidenish, a.   Hoiden.

Hoist, v. a.   Raise, lift, elevate, heave, raise up.

Hoist, n.   Lift.

Hold, v. a.   1. Grasp, clutch, clinch, gripe.

2. Possess, retain, have, occupy, keep possession of.

3. Restrain, confine, detain, imprison, shut in, shut up, hem in.

4. Bind, fasten, unite, connect.

5. Stop, stay, arrest, suspend, withhold, keep in check.

6. Maintain, support, continue, sustain, prosecute, keep up, carry on.

7. Embrace, entertain, cherish, take as true.

8. Think, regard, consider, believe, judge, esteem, count, account, reckon.

9. Contain, admit, take in, have a capacity for.

10. Celebrate, solemnize.

11. Assemble, convene, call together.

Hold, v. n.   1. Be firm, be fast, continue unbroken, not break, not give way.

2. Continue, remain, persist, last, endure.

3. Adhere, cohere, cling, stick, cleave, remain attached.

4. Be derived, derive title.

5. Think, believe, be of opinion.

6. Stand, be true, prove good, hold true.

Hold, n.   1. Grasp, gripe.

2. Support, stay, prop.

3. Footing, vantage-ground.

4. Fort, castle, fortress, fortification, fortified place.

Holdback, n.   Hinderance, restraint, check, obstacle.

Holder, n.   Owner, possessor, proprietor.

Holdfast, n.   Catch, hook.

Hold forth, 1. (Active.) Offer, propose, exhibit, hold out.

2. (Neuter.) Harangue, preach, speak in public.

Hold good, Stand, be valid, be true, be applicable.

Hold in, 1. (Active.) Check, restrain, repress, rein in.

2. (Neuter.) Restrain one's self.

Hold on, 1. (Active.) Continue, maintain, keep up, push forward.

2. (Neuter.) Cling, stick, hold fast, keep hold of.

3. (Neuter.) Continue, remain, endure, last.

4. Persevere, persist, be steady, be steadfast, be constant, go on, keep on, keep one's course, keep or maintain one's ground, stick to it, not give it up, stand fast, stand firm.

Hold out, 1. (Active.) Offer, propose, hold forth.

2. (Neuter.) Last, endure, continue.

3. (Neuter.) Not yield, not be subdued.

Hold one's own, Maintain one's position.

Hold one's tongue, Be still, keep still, keep silence.

Hold one's peace, Be still, keep still, keep silence.

Hold together, Remain united, keep together.

Hold up, Clear up, cease raining.

Hole, n.   1. Perforation, aperture, opening.

2. Cavity, cave, cavern, hollow, concavity, excavation.

3. Hovel, kennel, den, mean habitation.

Holiday, n.   1. Festival, anniversary, celebration.

2. Day of amusement.

Holiness, n.   1. Sanctity, piety, purity, devotion, devoutness, godliness, religiousness.

2. Divineness, sacredness.

Holla, n.   Shout, halloo, loud cry.

Hollow, a.   1. Vacant, empty, void, cavernous, not solid.

2. Insincere, treacherous, false, faithless, hypocritical, pharisaical, deceitful, false-hearted, hollow-hearted.

3. Deep, low, rumbling.

Hollow, n.   1. Depression, low spot, low place.

2. Cavity, concavity, depression, excavation, hole, cave, cavern, dent, dint, dimple, pit.

3. Groove, channel, canal.

Hollow, v. a.   Excavate, scoop.

Hollow, ad.   [Low.] Wholly, completely, utterly.

Hollow-hearted, a.   Insincere, false, false-hearted, HOLLOW.

Holocaust, n.   Burnt-offering (wholly consumed).

Holy, a.   1. Pious, devout, religious, good, godly, saintly, spiritual, pure, saint-like, heavenly-minded.

2. Sacred, consecrated, hallowed, blessed.

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

Holy Spirit, Holy Ghost.

Holy thistle, n.   Blessed thistle (Centaurea benedicta).

Holy week, n.   Passion-week, week before Easter.

Holy Writ, n.   Bible, Scriptures, Sacred Scriptures, Holy Scriptures, Old and New Testaments.

Homage, n.   1. Fealty, allegiance, loyalty, fidelity.

2. Reverence, obeisance, respect, deference, duty, service, honor.

3. Cult, worship.

Home, n.   Domicile, dwelling, residence, abode, place of abode, abiding place.

Home, ad.   1. To one's home.

2. Close, closely, pointedly.

Home, a.   1. Domestic, home-born.

2. Close, pointed, direct, severe, poignant.

Home-born, a.   1. Native, natural, home-bred.

2. Domestic, home, not foreign.

Home-bred, 1. Native, natural, home-born.

2. Domestic, not foreign.

3. Unpolished, uncultivated, unrefined, uncouth, rude, plain.

Home-felt, a.   Inward, private, heartfelt, deep, profound, deep-felt.

Homelike, a.   Domestic, homely.

Homeliness, n.   Plainness, coarseness, uncomeliness.

Homely, a.   1. Domestic, homelike.

2. Plain, coarse, uncomely, homespun, inelegant.

3. Ugly, ill-looking, of plain features, not handsome.

Home-made, a.   Homespun, of domestic manufacture.

Homesickness, n.   Nostalgia.

Homespun, a.   1. Home-made, of domestic manufacture.

2. Plain, coarse, homely, rude, inelegant, unpolished.

Homeward, ad.   Towards home.

Homewards, ad.   Towards home.

Homicide, n.   1. Manslaughter, MURDER.

2. Manslayer.

Homiletic, a.   1. Of homilies or sermons.

2. Hortatory, persuasive.

Homiletical, a.   1. Of homilies or sermons.

2. Hortatory, persuasive.

Homiletics, n.   Art of preaching or sermonizing, art of delivering homilies.

Homily, n.   Sermon, discourse.

Homogeneous, a.   Cognate, congenial, kindred, akin, uniform, of the same kind, of the same nature, of a piece.

Homoiousian, a.   Of a similar nature, of like essence.

Homologous, a.   1. Of the same ratio, of the same proportion.

2. Of the same type, corresponding in structure.

Homoousian, a.   Of the same nature.

Homophonous, a.   Unisonous, of the same sound, of like pitch.

Honest, a.   1. Honorable, reputable, creditable, right, proper, equitable.

2. Upright, virtuous, conscientious, just, true, fair, faithful, trusty, trustworthy, as good as one's word.

3. Sincere, candid, frank.

Honesty, n.   1. Integrity, probity, uprightness, fairness, justice, virtue, equity, veracity, truth, trustiness, faithfulness, honor.

2. Sincerity, candor, frankness, plain dealing.

Honey-combed, a.   Alveolate, cellular.

Honeyed, a.   Sweet.

Honeysuckle, n.   Woodbine.

Honor, n.   1. Reputation, repute, fame, consideration, esteem, credit, glory, good name.

2. Dignity, distinction, elevation, high rank, distinguished position.

3. Veneration, reverence, respect, homage, deference, civility.

4. Integrity, probity, honesty, magnanimity, high-mindedness, nobleness of mind, manly virtue.

5. Nice sense of right or justice.

6. Ornament, boast.

Honor, v. a.   1. Dignify, exalt, glorify, raise to distinction.

2. Reverence, revere, venerate, respect, pay respect to, pay deference to, render honor to.

3. Commemorate, celebrate, observe, keep.

4. (Com.) Accept and pay (a draft).

Honorable, a.   1. Illustrious, noble, great, of high rank.

2. Upright, just, honest, fair, trustworthy, trusty, true, conscientious, virtuous, magnanimous, high-minded, as good as one's word.

3. Reputable, creditable, estimable, right, proper, equitable.

Hood, n.   Cowl.

Hooded, a.   1. Covered with a hood.

2. (Bot.) Cucullate, cucullated, hood-shaped.

Hooded snake, Cobra, COBRA-DE-CAPELLO.

Hoodwink, v. a.   1. Blind, blindfold.

2. Deceive, cheat, delude, dupe, gull, cozen, fool, befool, trick, circumvent, overreach, chouse, diddle, beguile, impose upon, make a fool of, play a trick upon, pull wool over one's eyes.

Hook, n.   Catch, clasp, HASP.

Hooked, a.   Bent, curved, curvated, hamate.

Hook-nose, n.   Aquiline nose, hooked nose.

Hoop, n.   1. Ring.

2. Farthingale, crinoline, hoop-skirt.

Hooper, n.   Wild swan (Cygnus ferus).

Hooping-cough, n.   [Written also Whooping-cough.] Chin-cough.

Hoop-skirt, n.   Hoop, farthingale, crinoline.

Hoot, v. n.   Shout, yell, cry out.

Hoot, v. a.   Execrate, denounce, hiss, cry down, cry out against, hoot at.

Hoot, n.   Shout, cry, outcry, yell.

Hoot at, Hoot, cry out against.

Hop, v. n.   1. Leap, bound, jump, skip, spring, CAPER.

2. Dance, trip.

3. Limp, halt, walk lamely.

Hop, n.   1. Leap, bound, jump, spring, skip, CAPER.

2. Dance.

Hope, n.   1. Trust, confidence, faith.

2. Expectation (of something agreeable), expectance, anticipation.

3. Reliance, dependence, ground of confidence.

Hope, v. a.   Expect (something agreeable), long for, hope for.

Hope, v. n.   Trust, expect, believe, indulge or entertain a hope, feel confident, rest assured, flatter one's self, be in hopes, live in hopes, look on the bright side.

Hope for, Hope, long for.

Hopeless, a.   1. Despairing, desperate, forlorn.

2. Remediless, irremediable, incurable, past cure.

3. Impossible, impracticable.

Hop-hornbeam, n.   American ironwood (Ostrya Virginica).

Hop o' my thumb, n.   Dwarf, pygmy.

Hoppers, n. pl.   Hop-scotch, scotch-hoppers.

Hopple, v. a.   Fetter (an animal), hobble.

Hopples, n. pl.   Fetters (for animals).

Hop-scotch, n.   Hoppers, scotch-hoppers.

Horde, n.   Gang (not living in fixed habitations), troop, crew, clan, migratory company.

Horizontal, a.   Level, parallel to the horizon.

Horn, n.   1. Trumpet.

2. Drinking-cup.

3. (Bot.) Spur.

Hornbook, n.   Primer.

Horned-screamer, n.   Kamichi (Palamedea cornuta).

Horn-fish, n.   Greenbone, sea-needle, gar-pike, gar-fish, sea-pike, long-nose, gore-bill, sword-fish, mackerel-guide (Esox belone or Belone vulgaris).

Horn of plenty, Cornucopia.

Horn-pike, n.   Horn-fish.

Horn-pout, n.   Cat-fish, mud-pout, bull-head (Pimelodus cattus).

Horny, a.   Corneous.

Horologe, n.   Time-piece (of any kind).

Horoscope, n.   Ascendant.

Horrid, a.   1. Frightful, terrible, terrific, horrible, alarming, portentous, formidable, appalling, dire, horrifying, horrific, harrowing, dreadful, fearful, awful, hideous.

2. Shocking, offensive, disgusting, revolting, repulsive, odious, disagreeable, unpleasant, vile, abominable.

Horrific, a.   Frightful, HORRID.

Horrify, v. a.   Frighten, terrify, fill with horror, strike with terror, make one's blood run cold.

Horripilation, n.   (Med.) Shuddering, horror.

Horror, n.   1. Fright, affright, alarm, fear, dread, awe, terror, dismay, consternation, panic.

2. Abomination, abhorrence, detestation, disgust, loathing, hatred, antipathy.

3. (Med.) Shuddering, horripilation.

Horrors, n. pl.   [With The prefixed.] Delirium tremens, MANIA A POTU.

Horror-struck, a.   Dismayed, horrified, terrified, appalled, frightened, panic-stricken.

Hors de combat, [Fr.] Disabled, out of condition to fight.

Horse, n.   1. Steed, CHARGER, MARE, FILLY, COLT, PONY, SHELTIE (or SHELTY), PALFREY, NAG, BARB, COB, PAD, ROADSTER, TIT, PUNCH.

2. Cavalry, horsemen.

Horse-armor, n.   Caparison, bard, trappings for a horse.

Horse-fly, n.   Breese, gad-fly.

Horsefoot, n.   King-crab, horse-shoe, horse-shoe crab (Limulus Americanus).

Horse-jockey, n.   Jockey, dealer in horses.

Horse-laugh, n.   Guffaw, cachinnation, boisterous laugh.

Horse-leech, n.   Farrier, horse-doctor, veterinarian, veterinary surgeon.

Horse-mackerel, n.   1. Bonito, albicore (Thynnus vulgaris).

2. Bluefish (Temnodon saltator).

Horseman, n.   1. Rider.

2. Dragoon, CHASSEUR, chevalier, cavalier, equestrian, mounted soldier, horse-soldier.

Horsemen, n. pl.   Cavalry, horse, horse-soldiers, dragoons, chasseurs, chevaliers, cavaliers, equestrians, mounted soldiers.

Horse-shoe, n.   King-crab, horsefoot (Limulus Americanus).

Horse-soldier, n.   Dragoon, CHASSEUR, cavalier, chevalier, horseman, equestrian, mounted soldier.

Hortative, n.   Incitement, exhortation, persuasive.

Hortatory, a.   1. Persuasive, homiletic.

2. Encouraging, inciting.

Horticulture, n.   Gardening.

Horticulturist, n.   Gardener.

Hortus-siccus, [L.] Herbarium.

Hosanna, interj.   Hallelujah.

Hose, n.   Stockings.

Hospitable, a.   1. Kind or attentive to strangers.

2. Generous, liberal, bountiful.

Hospitality, n.   Hospitableness, kindness to strangers.

Host, n.   1. Entertainer.

2. Landlord, innkeeper.

3. Army, legion, armed force.

4. Multitude.

5. Consecrated wafer.

Hostile, a.   1. Inimical, unfriendly, warlike, at variance.

2. Adverse, opposite, contrary, repugnant.

Hostilities, n. pl.   War, warfare.

Hostility, n.   1. Enmity, animosity, hatred, unfriendliness, ill-will.

2. Opposition, repugnance.

Hostler, n.   Groom, stable-servant.

Hot, a.   1. Burning, fiery, scalding.

2. Irascible, excitable, impetuous, passionate, hasty, choleric, furious.

3. Ardent, vehement, fervent, eager, glowing, animated, fervid, violent.

4. Pungent, piquant, sharp, acrid, biting, peppery, high-flavored, high-seasoned.

Hot-brained, a.   Hot-headed.

Hotch-potch, n.   Medley, farrago, jumble, miscellany, gallimaufry, salmagundi, olio, hodge-podge, OLLA PODRIDA, confused mixture.

Hotel, n.   Inn, tavern, CABARET, public house, house of entertainment.

Hot-headed, a.   Violent, rash, precipitate, vehement, furious, passionate, hot-brained.

Hotspur, n.   Madcap, blood, wild fellow, hot-brained fellow.

Hough, v. a.   Hamstring.

Hound, n.   Dog (for the chase), hunting dog.

Hound, v. a.   1. Incite, urge, spur, set on, urge on, spur on.

2. Hunt, pursue, chase.

Hour, n.   Sixty minutes, twenty-fourth part of a day.

Hour-circle, n.   Meridian, great circle of the sphere.

Houri, n.   [Term of the Mohammedans.] Nymph of Paradise.

Hourly, ad.   1. Every hour.

2. Frequently, continually.

House, n.   1. Habitation, abode, dwelling, mansion, residence, domicile, dwelling-place.

2. Building, edifice.

3. Family, household.

4. Lineage, race, kindred, tribe.

5. Legislative body.

6. Firm, partnership, company, concern, commercial establishment.

7. Hotel, inn, tavern, place of entertainment, public house.

House, v. a.   Shelter, protect, put under cover (of a roof).

House, v. n.   Abide, dwell, reside, lodge.

House-breaking, n.   Burglary (when committed at night).

Household, n.   Family, house.

Household, a.   Domestic, home.

Householder, n.   Master of a family.

House of correction, Prison, jail, bridewell, workhouse, penitentiary.

House of God, Church, temple, meeting-house, house of worship.

Housewife, n.   1. Mistress of a family.

2. Huswife, female economist, thrifty woman.

Housing, n.   1. Horse-cloth, saddle-cloth.

2. Covering, protection (from the weather).

Hovel, n.   Shed, hut, cot, cabin, mean habitation.

Hover, v. n.   1. Flutter.

2. Hang about, hang over.

How, ad.   1. In what manner, in what way, by what mode, by what means.

2. To what extent, to what degree.

3. For what cause, for what reason.

4. In what state, in what condition, in what plight.

How far, To what extent or degree.

How far forth, To what extent or degree.

However, ad.   Howsoever, in whatever manner, in whatever degree.

However, conj.   Yet, still, nevertheless, but, though, notwithstanding.

Howl, n.   Cry (as of a dog), yell.

Howl, v. n.   1. Cry (as a dog), yell.

2. Wail, lament.

3. Roar.

Howsoever, ad.   However, in whatever manner, in whatever degree.

Hub, n.   Nave (of a wheel).

Hubbub, n.   1. Uproar, clamor, din, racket, hallabaloo, HULLABALOO, outcry.

2. Tumult, disorder, confusion, disturbance, riot.

Hubbubboo, n.   [Low.] Cry, howl, howling, wailing, ululation.

Hubby, a.   [U. S. Said of a road.] Rough, uneven, hobbly.

Huckleberry, n.   Black whortleberry (Vaccinium resinosum).

Huckster, n.   Retailer, hawker, peddler.

Huddle, v. a.   Throw together in confusion.

Huddle, v. n.   Crowd, press together in confusion.

Huddle, n.   Crowd, tumult, disorder, confusion, disturbance.

Huddle on, Put on in disorder, put on in a hurry.

Hue, n.   Color, hue, tint, tinge, shade.

Hue and cry, n.   Shouting, clamor, outcry.

Hueless, a.   Colorless, uncolored, untinged, achromatic, free from color.

Huff, n.   1. Miff, pet, tiff, rage, passion, fume, fit of anger, angry mood.

2. Boaster, braggart, braggadocio, BLUSTERER.

Huffish, a.   [Colloquial.] 1. Angry, petulant.

2. Blustering, arrogant, insolent, hectoring.

Huffy, a.   [Colloquial.] 1. Angry, petulant.

2. Blustering, arrogant, insolent, hectoring.

Hug, v. a.   1. Embrace, clasp.

2. Retain, hold fast, cling to, keep hold of.

3. (Naut.) Go near, keep close to.

Hug, n.   Embrace, clasp.

Huge, a.   Vast, bulky, enormous, immense, stupendous, gigantic, colossal, elephantine, Herculean, Cyclopean, very great, very large.

Hugger-mugger, n.   [Low.] Secrecy, privacy.

Hugger-mugger, a.   [Low.] 1. Secret, clandestine, sly.

2. Mean, unfair, base, contemptible.

3. Confused, disorderly.

Huguenot, n.   French Protestant.

Hulk, n.   Hull (of an old vessel).

Hull, n.   1. Husk, outer covering.

2. Body of a vessel, HULK.

Hull, v. a.   Peel, strip the hull from.

Hullabaloo, n.   [Low.] Racket, din, clamor, uproar, hubbub, outcry, vociferation, hallabaloo.

Hum, v. n.   Buzz, make a buzzing sound.

Hum, v. a.   Sing (in a low voice).

Hum, n.   Buzz, buzzing sound.

Human, a.   1. Man's, of man.

2. Common to mankind.

Humane, a.   Kind, benevolent, benignant, obliging, accommodating, tender, sympathetic, charitable, compassionate, clement, gentle, kind-hearted, tenderhearted, good-hearted.

Humanist, n.   Student of polite literature.

Humanities, n. pl.   [With The prefixed.] Belles-lettres, polite literature, elegant literature.

Humanity, n.   1. Human nature.

2. Kindness, benevolence, benignity, philanthropy, tenderness, sympathy, charity, kind-heartedness, fellow-feeling, good nature, milk of human kindness.

Humanize, v. a.   1. Soften, make humane.

2. Civilize, cultivate, refine, polish, improve, enlighten, educate, reclaim from barbarism.

Humble, a.   1. Meek, modest, unassuming, unpretending, unobtrusive, lowly, submissive, not proud, not haughty, not arrogant.

2. Low, not high, not great.

Humble, v. a.   Humiliate, shame, mortify, degrade, crush, break, subdue, snub, abash, make ashamed, bring down, put down, take down, put out of countenance.

Humblebee, n.   Bumblebee.

Humbleness, n.   Humility.

Humbug, n.   [Colloquial.] 1. Imposition, imposture, fetch, deception, fraud, trick, cheat, gammon, dodge, gouge, blind, feint, chouse.

2. Charlatanry, charlatanism, quackery, mummery, cant, hypocrisy.

3. Impostor, charlatan, quack.

Humbug, v. a.   [Colloquial.] Deceive, cheat, cozen, swindle, trick, hoax, befool, diddle, chouse, impose upon.

Humdrum, a.   Dull, prosy, dronish, stupid, wearisome, tiresome.

Humid, a.   Wet, moist, damp, dank.

Humidity, n.   Moisture, dampness.

Humiliate, v. a.   Humble, mortify, shame, abash, SNUB, put to shame, put down.

Humiliation, n.   1. Condescension, resignation, submission.

2. Humility, meekness, humbleness, lowliness, lowness, submissiveness.

3. Abasement, self-abasement, self-denial, mortification.

Humility, n.   Humbleness, meekness, submissiveness, lowliness, modesty, diffidence, self-abasement.

Humine, n.   (Chem.) Humic acid.

Hummock, n.   Hillock.

Humor, n.   1. Moisture.

2. Cutaneous eruption.

3. Temper, disposition, bent, bias, vein, propensity, predilection, turn of mind, frame of mind.

4. Mood, fancy, whim, caprice, freak, vagary, crotchet, whimsey, maggot, WRINKLE.

5. Pleasantry, facetiousness, jocoseness, jocularity, kindly wit.

Humor, v. a.   1. Indulge, gratify, give way to, consult the wishes of.

2. Favor, suit the nature of, meet the requirements of.

Humorist, n.   Wag, wit, Joe Miller, droll fellow, funny fellow.

Humorous, a.   Facetious, jocular, jocose, droll, funny, sportive, comical, witty, pleasant.

Humorsome, a.   1. Petulant, peevish, snappish, waspish, crusty, captious, perverse, wayward, cross-grained.

2. Capricious, whimsical, fanciful, fitful, fantastic, odd.

Humpback, n.   1. Crooked back.

2. Hunchback.

Hump-backed, a.   Hunch-backed.

Hunch, 1. Hump, protuberance, knob, bunch, lump.

2. Punch, push, shove.

3. [Colloquial.] Lump, hunk, large piece, thick slice.

Hunch, v. a.   Punch, push, shove, jostle.

Hunchback, n.   Humpback.

Hunch-backed, a.   Hump-backed.

Hundred, n.   Century.

Hundredth, a.   Centesimal.

Hung-beef, n.   Jerked-beef, dried beef.

Hunger, n.   Craving appetite (for food), craving for food.

Hunger, v. n.   1. Famish, feel hunger, feel hungry.

2. Long, have an eager desire.

Hungry, a.   Craving (for food), famishing, ravenous, sharp-set.

Hunk, n.   [Low.] Lump, HUNCH, large piece, thick slice.

Hunker, n.   [U. S.] Conservative, fogy.

Hunks, n.   Miser, niggard, curmudgeon, codger, lickpenny, skinflint, scrimp, screw, muckworm, sordid wretch, mean fellow.

Hunt, v. a.   Chase, pursue.

Hunt, v. n.   1. Follow the chase.

2. Search, seek, look.

Hunt, n.   Chase, pursuit, hunting, field-sport.

Hunter, n.   1. Huntsman.

2. Hound, hunting dog.

Hunt for, Search for, seek for, look for, hunt out.

Hunting, n.   Chase, HUNT.

Hunting leopard, Chetah.

Hunt out, Search for, HUNT FOR.

Huntsman, n.   Hunter.

Hurl, v. a.   Throw, fling, cast, pitch, send, toss, sling, chuck, flirt, shy.

Hurl, n.   1. Throw, cast, fling, toss.

2. Tumult, commotion, turmoil, confusion, bustle, disturbance, HURLY-BURLY.

Hurly-burly, n.   [Colloquial.] Hurl, turmoil, tumult, commotion, confusion, bustle, disturbance.

Hurrah, interj.   Huzza.

Hurricane, n.   Tornado, violent gale.

Hurried, a.   1. Driven (by work), over head and ears, pressed for time.

2. Hasty, cursory, slight, superficial.

Hurry, v. a.   1. Drive, precipitate.

2. Hasten, expedite, speed, despatch, urge or push forward, urge or press on.

Hurry, v. n.   1. Act precipitately, be in a flutter, be in a flurry.

2. Haste, hasten, move quickly, be in haste, be quick, be in a hurry, make haste, mend one's pace, lose no time, lose not a moment, wing one's way, make the best of one's way, crowd sail, clap spurs to one's horse.

Hurry, n.   1. Precipitation, flurry, flutter, agitation, confusion, bustle, perturbation, hurry-skurry.

2. Haste, despatch, celerity, quickness, promptitude, expedition.

Hurry-scurry, n.   [Colloquial.] Flutter, flurry, agitation, confusion, hurry.

Hurt, v. a.   1. Injure, harm, damage, mar, impair, do harm to.

2. Pain, wound, give pain to.

Hurt, n.   1. Harm, injury, damage, detriment, mischief, disadvantage.

2. Wound, bruise.

Hurtful, a.   Injurious, detrimental, mischievous, pernicious, deleterious, noxious, baneful, prejudicial, disadvantageous, harmful, baleful.

Husband, n.   Spouse, married man.

Husband, v. a.   Save, economize, spend frugally, manage with frugality.

Husbandman, n.   Agriculturist, farmer, tiller of the ground, cultivator of the soil.

Husbandry, n.   1. Agriculture, farming, tillage, geoponics, cultivation of the soil.

2. Frugality, thrift, domestic economy, management of domestic affairs.

Hush, v. a.   Still, silence, calm, quiet.

Hush, interj.   Silence, whist, be still, keep quiet, make no noise.

Hush-money, n.   Blackmail, bribe to keep silence.

Husk, n.   Rind, bark, hull, glume, CHAFF, outer covering.

Husk, v. a.   Strip off the husk from (as from Indian corn).

Husks, n. pl.   Hulls, glumes, chaff.

Husky, a.   1. Dry, shrivelled.

2. Hoarse, rough, raucous, harsh.

Hussar, n.   Light-armed dragoon.

Hussy, n.   Jade, queen, base woman, sorry wench.

Hustle, v. a.   Push, jostle, justle, elbow, crowd.

Huswife, n.   Housewife, female economist, thrifty woman.

Huswifely, a.   Thrifty, frugal, economical.

Hut, n.   Cot, cabin, shed, hovel, poor cottage, mean dwelling.

Hutch, n.   1. Chest, coffer, bin.

2. Trap (as for rabbits).

3. (Mining.) Box (for coal).

Huzza, interj.   Hurrah.

Huzza, n.   Shout, halloo, holla, hoot.

Huzza, v. n.   Shout, cry huzza.

Hyaline, a.   Glassy, crystalline, transparent.

Hyaloid, a.   (Anat.) Vitriform.

Hybrid, n.   Mule, mongrel.

Hybrid, a.   Mongrel.

Hydra, n.   1. (Myth.) Many-headed monster.

2. Spectre, hobgoblin, ogre, Gorgon, bugbear, POKER, BUGABOO, frightful object, raw head and bloody bones.

Hydrant, n.   Discharge-pipe (from the main of an aqueduct), water-plug.

Hydrargyrum, n.   Mercury, quicksilver.

Hydrate, n.   Hydro-oxide.

Hydraulic press, Bramah press, hydrostatic press.

Hydraulic ram, Water-ram.

Hydrocephalus, n.   Dropsy of the brain.

Hydrochlorate, n.   Muriate.

Hydrochloric acid, Muriatic acid.

Hydrocyanic acid, Prussic acid.

Hydrogen, n.   (Chem.) Inflammable air.

Hydro-oxide, n.   Hydrate.

Hydropathist, n.   Water-doctor.

Hydropathy, n.   Water-cure.

Hydrophobia, n.   [Med.] Canine madness.

Hydropthalmia, n.   Dropsy of the eye.

Hydropthalmy, n.   Dropsy of the eye.

Hydrostatic press, Bramah press, hydraulic press.

Hydrosulphuric acid, Sulphuretted hydrogen.

Hydrous, a.   Watery.

Hyemal, a.   Brumal, wintry, frosty, icy, cold, chilling.

Hyena, n.   Tiger-wolf.

Hygeia, n.   (Myth.) Goddess of health.

Hygiene, n.   Hygienics, science of health.

Hygienics, n.   Hygiene.

Hylobate, n.   Gibbon, long-armed ape.

Hymen, n.   (Myth.) God of marriage.

Hymeneal, n.   Hymenean, marriage song.

Hymeneal, a.   Nuptial, connubial, matrimonial, bridal, conjugal, CONJUGIAL.

Hymenean, n.   Hymeneal, marriage song.

Hymn, n.   Song (of praise), devotional song, spiritual song.

Hyoid bone, (Anat.) Bone of the tongue.

Hyperbaton, n.   (Rhet.) Inversion, transposition of words.

Hyperbole, n.   (Rhet.) Exaggeration.

Hyperborean, a.   1. Most northern, far north.

2. Very cold.

Hypercritical, a.   Over-critical, captiously critical.

Hypercriticism, n.   Captious criticism.

Hypnotic, a.   Soporific, somniferous.

Hypnotic, n.   Narcotic, soporific, anodyne, opiate.

Hypnotism, n.   Sleepiness, lethargy.

Hypochondria, n.   (Med.) Melancholy, spleen, vapors, depression, dejection, hypochondriasis, low spirits.

Hypochondriac, n.   Seek-sorrow, self-tormentor.

Hypochondriac, a.   Melancholy, splenetic, dispirited, dejected, depressed.

Hypochondriacal, a.   Melancholy, splenetic, dispirited, dejected, depressed.

Hypochondriasis, n.   (Med.) Melancholy, HYPOCHONDRIA.

Hypocrisy, n.   1. Pharisaism, formalism, sanctimoniousness, cant, pietism, assumed piety.

2. Dissimulation, deceit, deception, imposture, pretence, false profession.

Hypocrite, n.   1. Pharisee, formalist, pietist, religionist, canter.

2. Dissembler, deceiver, impostor, pretender, cheat.

Hypocritic, a.   1. Pharisaical, canting, sanctimonious.

2. Dissembling, insincere, false, hollow.

Hypocritical, a.   1. Pharisaical, canting, sanctimonious.

2. Dissembling, insincere, false, hollow.

Hypogene rocks, Primary rocks.

Hypostasis, n.   1. Substance, subsistence.

2. Person, personality.

3. Principle, element.

Hypostatic union, Incarnation.

Hypothecate, v. a.   Pledge (as ship, freight, cargo, &c., without delivery), mortgage.

Hypothesis, n.   Supposition, theory.

Hypothetic, a.   Conditional, that involves an hypothesis.

Hypothetical, a.   Conditional, that involves an hypothesis.

Hysteria, n.   (Med.) Hysterics.

Hysteric, a.   1. Spasmodic.

2. Affected with hysterics.

Hysterical, a.   1. Spasmodic.

2. Affected with hysterics.