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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Tabby, n.   1. Watered silk.

2. Brindled cat, tabby cat.

Tabby, v. a.   Water.

Tabby, a.   1. Of a waved or watered appearance.

2. Brindled, brinded.

Tabefaction, n.   Emaciation (by tabes), wasting away.

Tabernacle, n.   1. Tent, pavilion, habitation.

2. Temple, church, chapel, cathedral, minster, meeting-house, place of worship, sacred place.

3. Pyx.

Tabernacle, v. n.   Dwell (temporarily), sojourn, be housed.

Tabes, n.   [L.] (Med.) Emaciation (accompanied by fever), wasting, consumption.

Table, n.   1. Slab, tablet.

2. Stand (to take food from), board.

3. Food, diet, provision, fare, repast, victuals.

4. Index, list, catalogue, syllabus, synopsis, condensed statement.

Tableau, n.   [Fr.] Picture, scene, representation.

Table-beer, n.   Small-beer.

Table-d'hòte, n.   [Fr.] Ordinary, public table.

Table-land, n.   Elevated plain.

Taboo, n.   Interdict, prohibition.

Taboo, v. a.   Interdict, forbid, prohibit, put under taboo, put under an interdict, forbid to be used or touched.

Tabouret, n.   [Fr.] Stool.

Tabular, a.   1. Of a table.

2. Flat, plane.

3. Laminated, lamellar, lamelliform, foliated, scaly, flaky.

Tabula rasa, [L.] Smooth tablet, blank tablet.

Tabularize, v. a.   Tabulate, put into a tabular form.

Tabulate, v. a.   Tabularize.

Tacamahac, n.   Balsam poplar (Populus balsamifera).

Tachygraphy, n.   Stenography, shorthand, brachygraphy.

Tacit, a.   Implied, understood, inferred, silent, unexpressed (by words).

Taciturn, a.   Silent (by habit), reserved, uncommunicative, close, unconversable, reticent, of few words, sparing of words.

Taciturnity, n.   Reserve, closeness, reticence, habitual silence.

Tack, v. a.   1. Fasten (slightly), attach, append, affix, tag.

2. Nail (with tacks).

3. (Naut.) Put about, change the course of.

Tack, v. n.   (Naut.) Go about, tack ship.

Tack, n.   Small nail.

Tackle, n.   1. Pulley.

2. Equipment, gear, rigging, tackling, furniture.

Tackle, v. a.   [Local and Colloquial.] 1. Harness.

2. Attack, seize, lay hold of, seize upon.

Tackling, n.   1. Equipment, TACKLE.

2. Harness.

Tact, n.   1. [Rare.] Touch, feeling, sense of feeling.

2. Adroitness (in appreciating circumstances and acting accordingly), skill (in saying or doing what is most appropriate to the occasion), quick judgment, nice perception.

Tactician, n.   Manœuvrer, wire-puller, adroit manager.

Tactics, n.   1. Strategy, military science.

2. Management, manœuvring, policy.

Tactile, a.   Tangible, palpable.

Tadpole, n.   Polliwog, porwiggle, purwiggy, polliwig.

Taffrail, n.   Stern rail.

Tag, n.   1. Metal point (at the end of a string).

2. Label, card.

3. Cue, catchword.

4. Game of tag.

Tag, v. a.   1. Attach a tag to, fit with a tag.

2. Fasten, attach, append, affix, tack.

Tag after, [Colloquial.] Follow closely, keep at one's heels.

Tail, n.   1. End, extremity, fag-end, hinder part.

2. Skirt, flap.

3. (Mus.) Stem (of a note).

Tailor, n.   1. Maker of men's clothes.

2. (Ich.) Blue-fish, ship-jack, snapping mackerel (Temnodon saltator).

Tail-piece, n.   Appendage.

Taint, v. a.   1. Imbue, impregnate.

2. Corrupt, infect, contaminate, defile, poison, make noxious, make putrid.

3. Tarnish, stain, sully.

Taint, n.   1. Tincture, tinge, stain.

2. Infection, corruption, depravation, contamination, defilement.

3. Fault, blemish, defect, flaw, spot.

Take, v. a.   1. Receive, accept.

2. Seize, grasp, gripe, clasp, lay hold of, get hold of.

3. Entrap, insnare, circumvent.

4. Capture, catch, make prisoner of.

5. Captivate, delight, please, interest, attract, allure, engage, fascinate, bewitch, enchant, charm.

6. Understand, interpret, suppose, regard, consider, think, hold, believe.

7. Choose, select, elect, espouse, be in favor of.

8. Assume, admit, adopt, put on.

9. Delineate, portray, figure, draw, paint, sketch, copy.

10. Get, procure, gain, obtain.

11. Use, employ, occupy, make use of, avail one's self of.

12. Swallow, take down.

13. Experience, feel, perceive, be sensible of, be conscious of.

14. Bear, endure, tolerate.

15. Require, need, be necessary.

Take, v. n.   1. Catch, be fixed.

2. Please, be well received, be welcomed.

3. Go, proceed, resort, direct one's course.

Take advantage of, 1. Turn to account, make use of.

2. Impose upon (by some advantage of superior knowledge or of opportunity).

Take after, 1. Copy, imitate.

2. Resemble, be like.

Take a horn, [Colloquial.] Take a drink (of spirituous liquor).

Take aim, Aim.

Take air, Be made public, be disclosed, get abroad, become known.

Take a shine to, [Colloquial.] Take a liking to, take a fancy to, feel a liking for.

Take away, Remove.

Take back, 1. Take again.

2. Recall, revoke, recant, withdraw, retract, disavow, abjure.

Take breath, Rest, stop to rest.

Take care, Be careful.

Take care of, Oversee, superintend, take charge of.

Take courage, Be encouraged, take heart.

Take down, 1. Take from above.

2. Reduce, lower, depress.

3. Humble, abash, humiliate.

4. Pull to pieces, pull down.

5. Swallow, take.

6. Record, note, make a note of, write down.

Take effect, 1. Be efficacious.

2. Go into operation.

Take exception, 1. Object, dissent, make objection.

2. Take it ill, be displeased, be offended.

Take fire, Be ignited, be inflamed.

Take for, Mistake for.

Take for granted, Admit, allow, concede.

Take French leave, Depart informally, take leave unceremoniously.

Take from, 1. Deduct from, subtract from, take away from.

2. Derogate from, detract from.

3. Deprive, dispossess.

Take heart, Be encouraged, take courage.

Take heed, Beware, be cautious, be careful.

Take heed to, Attend to, pay attention to.

Take hold of, Seize, fix on.

Take horse, 1. Set out to ride.

2. Be covered (as a mare).

Take in, 1. Receive, admit.

2. Comprise, enclose, encompass.

3. Comprehend, understand.

4. Lessen, contract, make smaller.

5. [Colloquial.] Cheat, circumvent, gull, deceive, impose upon.

Take in good part, Receive kindly, not be angry about, not be offended at.

Take in hand, 1. Undertake, engage in, set the hand to.

2. Deal with (in the way of correction or discipline).

Take in tow, Tow, draw, drag, haul, pull.

Take it, Think, suppose, presume, believe, imagine, conclude.

Take it ill, Be offended, be displeased, take exception.

Take leave, Depart, go, go away, bid adieu, bid farewell, be off, take one's departure, take one's self off, make one's exit, MAKE TRACKS.

Take notice, Observe, remark, pay attention.

Take oath, Swear solemnly.

Take off, 1. Remove, take away.

2. Cut off.

3. Withdraw, withhold.

4. Destroy, kill.

5. Swallow, drink.

6. Imitate, personate, mimic.

Take on, (Neuter.) 1. Complain, lament, be much affected.

2. (Active.) Assume, be willing to bear, take upon, take up.

Take out, 1. Remove, withdraw, draw out.

2. Obliterate, efface, destroy.

Take part, 1. Share, partake.

2. Unite, join.

Take place, 1. Happen, occur.

2. Prevail, have effect.

Take root, Be rooted, be firmly established.

Take sides, Favor one side, take up the cause of one side.

Take the air, Breathe the open air, go abroad in the open air.

Take the lead, Lead the way, go before, go ahead, go in the van.

Take the place of, Supply the place of, be a substitute for, stand in the shoes of.

Take time by the forelock, Seize the occasion, let not the opportunity slip, make hay while the sun shines, strike the iron while it is hot.

Take to, 1. Apply to, be fond of.

2. Have recourse to, betake one's self to.

Take to do, [Colloquial.] Reprove, TAKE TO TASK.

Take to flight, Flee, fly, run away, take to one's heels.

Take to heart, Feel keenly, be greatly grieved at, be much affected by, take on about, be much troubled by, lay to heart.

Take to one's heels, Flee, fly, run away, take to flight.

Take to task, Reprove, reprimand, chide, take to do.

Take up, 1. Raise, lift.

2. Begin (especially where another has left off).

3. Fasten (with a ligature).

4. Engross, engage, employ.

5. Occupy, fill, cover.

6. Arrest, seize, catch.

7. Assume, adopt, take on, take upon.

8. Pay (as a note), discharge, settle.

Take up arms, Begin war, commence hostilities.

Take up one's connection, Terminate one's relations.

Take upon one's self, 1. Assume, undertake.

2. Incur.

Take up the gauntlet, Accept the challenge.

Take up with, Be contented with.

Taking, a.   1. Pleasing, alluring, captivating, attractive.

2. Infectious, catching.

Tale, n.   1. Story, fable, legend, narrative, relation, apologue, parable, novel, romance.

2. Account, count, reckoning.

Tale-bearer, n.   Tell-tale, tattler.

Talent, n.   Gift, faculty, capacity, endowment, ability, ableness, power, parts, GENIUS, turn, aptitude, aptness, knack, forte.

Talented, a.   Gifted, of talent, of brilliant parts.

Talipes, n.   (Surgery.) Club-foot.

Talisman, n.   Charm, amulet, phylactery.

Talismanic, a.   Magical.

Talk, v. n.   1. Speak, converse, CONFABULATE.

2. Confer, reason, deliberate.

3. Prattle, prate.

Talk, v. a.   Speak, utter.

Talk, n.   1. Conversation, converse, colloquy, PARLEY, discourse, conference, communication, dialogue, confabulation, chat, GOSSIP, oral intercourse.

2. Report, rumor, bruit, town talk.

Talkative, a.   Loquacious, garrulous, chatty, conversable, COZY.

Talk big, [Colloquial.] Boast, brag, vaunt, gasconade, bluster, vapor, exalt one's self, magnify one's self.

Talk over, 1. Recount, tell, rehearse.

2. Talk about, confer or converse about, have a conversation about.

Tall, a.   High (in stature), lofty, elevated, towering.

Tallness, n.   Height (of stature).

Tallow, n.   Suet (freed from adhering membranes).

Tally, n.   Mate, match, counterpart.

Tally, v. n.   Match, agree, accord, conform, correspond, harmonize, square, comport, cohere, quadrate, coincide, chime in, fall in.

Talon, n.   Claw (of a bird), nail.

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

Tame, a.   1. Domesticated, domestic, mild, gentle, docile, not wild.

2. Subdued, crushed, submissive.

3. Spiritless, dull, flat, feeble, lean, vapid, insipid, jejune, barren, languid, prosing, prosy, prosaic, uninteresting, poor.

Tame, v. a.   1. Domesticate, make tame, make docile.

2. Subdue, repress, conquer, overcome, overthrow, subjugate.

Tamper, v. n.   1. Meddle, intermeddle, dabble, have to do (in a tentative way).

2. Intrigue, deal secretly.

Tan, v. a.   1. Convert into leather, impregnate with tannin.

2. Imbrown, make tawny.

Tang, n.   Smack, taste, flavor, savor.

Tangible, a.   1. Tactile, palpable.

2. Real, certain, positive, substantial, substantive, solid.

Tangle, v. a.   Interweave (confusedly), intertwine, complicate, perplex, snarl, entangle.

Tangle, n.   Complication, intricacy, perplexity, snarl.

Tank, n.   Cistern, reservoir.

Tanned, a.   Imbrowned, sun-burnt, ruddy, blowzy, blowzed, ruddy-faced.

Tantalize, v. a.   Torment (by exciting hopes and refusing to gratify them), vex, tease, irritate, provoke.

Tantamount, a.   Equivalent, equal.

Tantamount to, The same as, equal to, as good as.

Tap, v. a.   1. Broach.

2. Rap, strike (lightly).

Tap, v. n.   Rap.

Tap, n.   1. Gentle blow, light stroke.

2. Spigot, plug, stopper, stopple.

Taper, n.   Light, small candle.

Taper, a.   Conical, pyramidal, tapering.

Taper, v. a.   Make taper, make conical.

Taper, v. n.   Take a conical form, have a conical shape.

Tapering, a.   Conical, TAPER.

Tapioca, n.   Purified cassava, manioc.

Tapped, a.   Abroach, broached, on tap.

Tar, n.   Sailor, seaman, mariner, seafarer, seafaring man.

Tardiness, n.   Slowness, dilatoriness, delay, slackness, procrastination, putting off.

Tardy, a.   1. Slow, snail-like, sluggish, not swift.

2. Dilatory, slack, late, behindhand, procrastinating, not prompt.

Target, n.   Mark (to be shot at).

Tariff, n.   Schedule of duties (on imports or on exports).

Tarn, n.   Pool (among mountains), pond, lake.

Tarnish, v. a.   Soil, stain, sully, deface, discolor, dull, blemish.

Tarnish, n.   Soil, stain, spot, blemish, blot.

Tarriance, n.   Stay, delay, tarrying.

Tarry, v. n.   1. Stay, STOP, sojourn, abide (temporarily), lodge, rest, take up one's quarters, pitch one's tent, have lodgings, take lodgings.

2. Wait, linger, delay, loiter, be slow, remain long.

Tart, a.   1. Sour, acid, pricked.

2. Severe, harsh, caustic, crabbed, sharp, snappish, testy, snarling, petulant, acrimonious, ill-tempered, ill-humored.

Tartar, n.   1. Argol, bitartrate of potash (crude).

2. Ill-tempered person.

Tartarean, a.   Infernal, hellish, tartareous.

Tartar-emetic, n.   Tartarized antimony, tartrated antimony, tartrate of potash and antimony.

Tartareous, a.   Tartarean.

Tartarized antimony, Tartar-emetic.

Tartarus, n.   Hades, Erebus, Hell, the lower world, the infernal regions, shades below.

Tartness, n.   1. Sourness, acidity.

2. Acrimony, harshness, asperity, severity, piquancy, sharpness, crabbedness, churlishness, moroseness, ill temper, bad blood.

Task, n.   1. Work, labor, toil, drudgery.

2. Employment, business, undertaking, enterprise.

3. Lesson, exercise.

Task, v. a.   1. Impose a task on.

2. Burden, oppress, tax.

Taskmaster, n.   Overseer.

Taste, v. a.   1. Try the flavor of, test by the tongue.

2. Experience, perceive, feel.

Taste, v. n.   1. Try the flavor.

2. Smack, savor, have a smack or flavor.

3. Have perception, have experience.

Taste, n.   1. Flavor, relish, savor, zest, gusto, GOÛT.

2. Dash, infusion, admixture, sprinkling, tincture.

3. Sense of taste.

4. Fondness, liking, partiality.

5. Discernment (of beauty or excellence), judgment (of propriety), nice perception.

Tasteful, a.   1. Savory.

2. Tasty, in good taste.

Tasteless, a.   Insipid, flat, without relish.

Tasty, a.   Elegant, refined, tasteful, in good taste.

Tatterdemalion, n.   Ragamuffin, ragged fellow, wretch, SANS-CULOTTE.

Tattered, a.   Torn, ragged.

Tatters, n. pl.   Rags.

Tattle, v. n.   1. Prate, prattle, chatter, chat, jabber, babble, talk idly or thoughtlessly, talk at random, spin a long yarn.

2. Blab, gossip, tell tales.

Tattle, n.   Prate, prattle, gossip, twaddle, twattle, gabble, palaver, balderdash, nonsense, idle talk, senseless talk.

Tattler, n.   1. Prattler, babbler, chatterer, prater, gossip, gadabout, gadder, rattle-head, idle talker.

2. Gossip, tale-bearer.

Tattoo, n.   Beat of drum (to summon soldiers to quarters at night).

Taught, a.   (Naut.) Tight, tense, not slack, stretched, strained.

Taunt, v. a.   Mock, flout, chaff, ridicule, revile, reproach, upbraid, censure, deride, jeer, twit, scoff at, sneer at, rail at, make game of, make fun of, treat with scorn, make a butt of, make merry with, POKE FUN AT.

Taunt, n.   Ridicule, derision, scoff, censure, reproach, insult, jeer, gibe, quip, quirk, caustic remark.

Taurus, n.   (Astron.) The Bull.

Tautog, n.   Black-fish (Labrus Americanus).

Tautological, a.   Repetitious, verbose, diffuse, redundant, pleonastic.

Tautology, n.   Repetition (of the same idea in different words), redundancy, iteration, reiteration, pleonasm, verbosity, diffuseness, redundant expression.

Tavern, n.   Inn, hotel, CARAVANSARY, house, public house.

Tawdry, a.   Showy (without elegance), gaudy, flashy, glittering, in bad taste.

Tawny, a.   Fulvous, fulvid, yellowish-brown, dull yellow.

Tax, n.   1. Impost, duty, custom, toll, excise, tribute, assessment, rate, levy.

2. Demand, burden, charge, requisition.

Tax, v. a.   1. Put a tax upon, assess tribute upon.

2. Burden, load, task, make demands upon.

3. Accuse, charge, lay upon.

Tear, v. a.   1. Rend, sever, sunder, pull asunder, pull in pieces, pull apart.

2. Lacerate, laniate, lancinate, claw, mangle.

3. Snatch away, force away.

Tearful, a.   Weeping.

Tear off, Pull off, strip off.

Tear up, Pull up, rip up.

Tease, v. a.   Worry, vex, plague, annoy, torment, molest, irritate, harass, tantalize, badger, chafe, hector, harry, pester, bother, trouble.

Tea-service, n.   Tea-set.

Tea-set, n.   Tea-service, tea-things.

Teat, n.   Dug, nipple, pap.

Tea-things, n. pl.   Tea-set.

Tedder, n.   Tether.

Tea, n.   1. Infusion (especially of the dried leaves of the tea-plant), decoction.

2. Supper, evening meal.

Tea-berry, n.   Partridge-berry, deer-berry, boxberry, wintergreen, mountain-tea (Gaultheria procumbens).

Teach, v. a.   1. Instruct, inform, educate, enlighten, train, discipline, drill, school, tutor, indoctrinate, initiate, give instruction to, give lessons to.

2. Communicate, impart, inculcate, instil, preach.

3. Admonish, direct, guide, counsel, show, tell, advise, signify to, suggest to, indicate to, point out to.

Teach, v. n.   Act as teacher, practise teaching.

Teachable, a.   Docile, apt, apt to learn.

Teacher, n.   Instructor, tutor, preceptor, master, PEDAGOGUE, school-master, school-mistress, school-dame.

Tedious, a.   Wearisome (in consequence of being prolonged), tiresome, operose, IRKSOME, fatiguing, uninteresting, too long, monotonous, humdrum, prosy, MORTAL, trying, devoid of interest.

Tediousness, n.   Wearisomeness, tiresomeness, irksomeness, tedium, ENNUI.

Tedium, n.   Tediousness.

Teem, v. n.   1. Conceive, be pregnant.

2. Abound, be full, be prolific, be stocked.

Teeming, a.   Fraught, replete, full, prolific.

Teeter, v. n.   Seesaw, titter, titter-totter, tetter-totter.

Teething, n.   Dentition.

Teetotal, a.   [Colloquial.] Entire, complete, total.

Tegument, n.   1. Covering, cover, integument, capsule, case.

2. Skin.

Tehee, v. n.   [Colloquial.] Giggle, titter.

Teledu, n.   Stinkard (Mydaus meliceps).

Telegram, n.   Telegraphic despatch.

Telegraph, n.   Semaphore.

Telegraph, v. a.   1. Convey by telegraph, announce by telegraph.

2. Wire, convey by electric telegraph, report by telegram.

Telescope, n.   Spy-glass.

Tell, v. a.   1. Express, utter, speak, state, mention, communicate, publish, speak of, make mention of.

2. Relate, recount, rehearse, narrate, describe, report, give an account of.

3. Inform, teach, instruct, acquaint, apprise, make known to, explain to, disclose to, communicate to, make known to.

4. Disclose, reveal, divulge, confess, betray, acknowledge, own, declare, make known.

5. Number, count, enumerate, compute, reckon, take an account of, run over, sum up, call over.

6. Discern, discover, make out, distinguish.

Tell, v. n.   1. Give account, make report.

2. Take effect, be effective, hit the nail on the head.

Telling, a.   Effective.

Tell-tale, n.   Tattler, talebearer.

Tell-tale, a.   Babbling, tattling.

Telluric, a.   Terrestrial, earthly.

Temerity, n.   Recklessness (of disposition), RASHNESS, heedlessness, venturesomeness, hastiness, precipitancy, inconsiderateness, presumption, fool-hardiness, precipitation.

Temper, v. a.   1. Modify, qualify, mix in due proportion.

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

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

4. Bring to the right degree of hardness (as iron, by sudden cooling).

5. Anneal.

Temper, n.   1. Due mixture, just combination.

2. Constitution, temperament, nature, organization.

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

4. Calmness, moderation, equanimity, composure.

5. Degree of hardness.

6. [Colloquial.] Anger, passion, irritation.

Temperament, n.   Constitution, temper, nature, organization, idiosyncrasy, habit.

Temperance, n.   Moderation, sobriety, soberness, self-control.

Temperate, a.   1. Moderate, ABSTEMIOUS, sober.

2. Chaste, continent.

3. Cool, calm, dispassionate, not violent.

4. Duly tempered (as regards heat and cold), not excessive.

Temperature, n.   Degree of heat.

Tempest, n.   1. Storm, hurricane, gale, squall, tornado, violent wind (usually accompanied with rain, hail, or snow, and sometimes with thunder and lightning).

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

Tempestuous, a.   1. Stormy, windy, breezy, squally, gusty, blustering, boisterous.

2. Violent, turbulent, tumultuous, impetuous.

Temple, n.   1. Fane.

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

Temporal, a.   1. Worldly, terrestrial, mundane, secular, of this world, of this life, not spiritual, not ecclesiastical.

2. Transient, fleeting, TEMPORARY.

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

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

Temporizer, n.   Trimmer, time-server.

Tempt, v. a.   1. Try, test, prove, put to trial.

2. Entice (especially to evil), allure, seduce, decoy, induce, inveigle, persuade, prevail upon, draw on, bring over.

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

Temptation, n.   1. Enticement (especially to evil), allurement.

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

Tempter, n.   Seducer, prompter, instigator, Siren, Circe, Satan.

Tenable, a.   Defensible, capable of being held or defended.

Tenacious, a.   1. Retentive, apt to retain.

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

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

Tenaciousness, n.   Tenacity.

Tenacious of, Persistent in holding, pertinacious in maintaining.

Tenacity, n.   1. Retentiveness, tenaciousness.

2. Adhesiveness, cohesiveness, glutinousness, viscidity.

3. Stubbornness, pertinacity, obstinacy.

Tenant, n.   Occupier, occupant, resident, dweller, lessee, renter.

Tenantable, a.   Habitable.

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

Tend, v. n.   1. Attend, wait, serve, be attendant.

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

3. Conduce, contribute, lead.

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

Tender, a.   1. Soft, delicate, not firm.

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

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

4. Sensitive, easily pained.

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

6. Pathetic, affecting, touching.

7. Painful (to speak of or treat of), unpleasant, disagreeable.

Tender, v. a.   Offer, proffer, present, volunteer.

Tender, n.   1. Attendant.

2. Offer, proffer, proposal.

Tender-hearted, a.   Affectionate, kind, compassionate, sympathetic, merciful, tender, pitiful.

Tenderness, n.   1. Softness, delicacy, want of firmness.

2. Weakness, want of strength, feebleness.

3. Effeminacy, womanly quality.

4. Soreness, sensitiveness.

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

6. Pathos.

7. Caution, carefulness.

Tender of, Concerned about, careful of.

Tendon, n.   Sinew.

Tendril, n.   (Bot.) Filament, cirrus.

Tenebrious, a.   Tenebrous.

Tenebrous, a.   Dark, dusky, darksome, gloomy, tenebrious.

Tenement, n.   House, dwelling, habitation, domicile.

Tenet, n.   Doctrine, dogma, opinion, notion, principle, position, belief, creed, way of thinking.

Tenor, n.   1. Course, manner, fashion, mood, form, cast, cut, stamp, tone, tendency, character.

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

3. (Music.) Highest part (for a man's voice).

Tense, a.   Tight, stretched, strained, TAUGHT, rigid, not loose, not lax.

Tension, n.   1. Stretching, straining.

2. Strain, rigor, severe effort.

3. (Physics.) Expansive force, elastic force.

Tent, n.   Pavilion.

Tentacle, n.   Feeler.

Tentacula, n. pl.   [L.] Feelers, tentacles.

Tentative, a.   Trying, essaying, experimental.

Tenth, n.   Tithe.

Ten thousand, Myriad.

Tenuity, n.   1. Thinness, fineness, slenderness. exility.

2. Rarity, rareness, subtility, etherealness.

Tenure, n.   1. (Law.) Manner or principle of holding (lands and tenements).

2. Holding, use, occupation, occupancy, possession (for the time).

Tepid, a.   Lukewarm, slightly warm.

Tergiversation, n.   1. Evasion, shift, subterfuge.

2. Vacillation, veering, fickleness, instability.

Term, n.   1. Limit, boundary, bound, confine, bourn, mete, terminus.

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

3. Word (considered as having a definite meaning; particularly a technical word), expression, name, denomination.

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

Term, v. a.   Designate, denominate, name, style, entitle, call, phrase, dub, christen.

Termagant, n.   Scold, shrew, vixen, virago, hag, beldam, Xantippe, brawling woman, turbulent woman.

Termes, n.   [L. pl. Termites.] White ant, termite.

Terminal, a.   1. Limiting, bounding.

2. Final, ultimate.

Terminate, v. a.   1. Bound, limit, set bounds to.

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

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

2. Eventuate, issue, prove, turn out.

Termination, n.   1. Ending.

2. Limit, bound, period.

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

Terminology, n.   Glossology, nomenclature.

Terminus, n.   [L. pl. Termini.] Limit, boundary, mete, term.

Termite, n.   Termes, white ant.

Terms, n. pl.   Conditions, stipulations, provisions.

Tern, n.   Sea-swallow.

Ternary, a.   Triplicate, threefold.

Terrace, n.   Plateau, esplanade.

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

Terra Japonica, [Low L.] Catechu, gambler, cutch, Japan earth.

Terrene, a.   Terrestrial.

Terrestrial, a.   Earthly, sublunary, mundane, worldly, terrene.

Terrible, a.   Frightful, horrible, dreadful, formidable, REDOUBTABLE, fearful, GREWSOME, terrific, awful, dread, dire, tremendous.

Terrific, a.   Frightful, TERRIBLE.

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

Territory, n.   Country, domain, district, quarter, province, land.

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

Terrorism, n.   State of terror, reign of terror.

Terse, a.   Concise (with elegance), brief, compact, neat, pithy, sententious, not diffuse, not verbose, not prolix, not rambling, not wordy, not loose, not long-winded, not pleonastic, not tautological.

Tessellated, a.   Checkered, inlaid, mosaic.

Test, n.   1. Experiment, trial, proof, ordeal.

2. Criterion, standard, touchstone.

3. [Chem.] Reägent.

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

Testacea, n. pl.   Testaceans.

Testaceans, n. pl.   Shell-fish (with thick entire shells like the clam), mollusks.

Testament, n.   Will, last will and testament.

Testify, v. n.   Depose, state, affirm, declare, DEPONE, protest, bear witness.

Testify, v. a.   Attest, depose, state, declare, affirm, bear witness to, vouch for.

Testimonial, n.   1. Credential, certificate, recommendation, voucher.

2. Monument, remembrancer, record.

Testimony, n.   1. Affirmation, declaration, deposition, attestation.

2. Proof (by a witness), evidence, ground of belief.

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

Tetanus, n.   [L.] (Med.) Spasm, spasmodic contraction of the muscles.

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

2. (As a noun.) Close conversation, private conversation, familiar conference.

Tether, n.   Tedder.

Tetter, n.   Herpes, fret, ringworm.

Tetter-totter, v. n.   See-saw, teeter, titter, titter-totter.

Text, n.   1. Body (of a literary work, as distinguished from comments), true copy.

2. Verse (of scripture), passage, sentence, clause, paragraph.

3. Topic, subject, theme, thesis.

Textile, a.   Woven.

Texture, n.   1. Fabric, web.

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

Thank, v. a.   Return thanks to, make acknowledgments to.

Thanks, n. pl.   Acknowledgments (for favors), expressions of gratitude.

Thankful, a.   Grateful (with a desire to give thanks), obliged, beholden, indebted, under obligation.

Thankfulness, n.   Gratitude (with a desire to acknowledge it), sense of obligation, feeling of obligation.

Thankless, a.   1. Ungrateful, unthankful.

2. Unpleasant (as a service not likely to be repaid by thanks), disagreeable, undesirable, unacceptable.

Thaumaturgies, n.   Thaumaturgy.

Thaumaturgist, n.   Necromancer, sorcerer, magician, conjurer, juggler, seer, wizard, prestidigitator, wonder-worker.

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

Thaw, v. n.   Melt (after freezing), dissolve, liquefy, become fluid.

Thaw, v. a.   Melt (something frozen), dissolve.

Thawing, n.   Melting, dissolving, liquefaction.

The Advocate, Christ.

The Almighty, God, Jehovah.

The Anointed, Christ.

The Arch Enemy, Satan.

The Arch Fiend, Satan.

Theatre, n.   [Written also Theater.] 1. Play-house.

2. Scene, field, arena.

Theatric, a.   1. Dramatic, scenic, histrionic.

Theatrical, a.   1. Dramatic, scenic, histrionic.

2. Ostentatious, showy, pompous.

Theatricals, n. pl.   Dramatic performances.

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

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

The boards, The stage (of a theatre).

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

The Deity, God, The Almighty.

The dismals, Melancholy, THE BLUES.

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

The Eternal, God, The Almighty.

The Evil One, Satan.

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

The Father, God, The Almighty.

The foul Fiend, Satan.

Theft, n.   Larceny, robbery, stealing, shoplifting, pilfering, thievery.

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

The Great Bear, Charles's Wain, the Wain.

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

The horrors, Delirium tremens, MANIA A POTU.

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

Theine, n.   Caffeine.

The Infinite, God, The Almighty.

The Intercessor, Christ.

The Lesser Bear, The Little Bear.

The Little Bear, The Lesser Bear, Ursa Minor.

The Logos, Christ.

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

Theme, n.   1. Subject, topic, text, thesis.

2. Essay (as a school exercise), dissertation,, Ursa Major composition.

3. (Gram.) Radical word.

The Mediator, Christ.

The Messiah, Christ.

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

Then, ad.   1. At that time.

2. Afterwards, next, soon afterwards.

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

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

5. That time.

Then, conj.   In that case.

Thence, ad.   1. From that place.

2. Thenceforth, from that time.

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

Thenceforth, ad.   Thence, thenceforward, from that time.

Thenceforward, ad.   Thenceforth.

The Old Serpent, Satan.

Theologian, n.   Divine.

Theologic, a.   Divine, religious. Theological, a.   Divine, religious.

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

Theorem, n.   Proposition (to be demonstrated), position, dictum, thesis.

Theoretic, a.   Speculative, conjectural, hypothetical, unpractical, not practical.

Theoretical, a.   Speculative, conjectural, hypothetical, unpractical, not practical.

Theorist, n.   Theorizer.

Theorize, v. n.   Speculate, form theories.

Theorizer, n.   Speculator, theorist, man of abstractions, philosopher.

Theory, n.   1. Speculation, hypothesis, assumption, conjecture, postulate, plan, scheme, system.

2. Science, philosophy, doctrine, abstract principles.

3. Exposition, rationale, reason.

The people, The public.

The Porch, The Stoic philosophy, philosophy of Zeno.

The poor, Paupers, indigent people.

The Preserver, God, The Almighty.

The Prince of Darkness, Satan.

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

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

Therapeutic, a.   Curative.

Therapeutical, a.   Curative.

There, ad.   In that place.

Thereabout, ad.   1. Nearly, about that, somewhere about that.

Thereabouts, ad.   1. Nearly, about that, somewhere about that.

2. Near that place.

Thereafter, ad.   1. Afterwards, subsequently, after that.

2. Accordingly, according to that.

Thereby, ad.   By that means, in consequence of that.

The Redeemer, Christ.

Therefore, conj. & ad.   1. Thence, then, for that reason, on that account, for that.

2. Consequently, accordingly, by consequence.

Therein, ad.   In that, in this.

Thereof, ad.   Of that, of this.

Thereon, ad.   On that, on this.

Thereto, ad.   To that, to this.

Thereupon, ad.   1. Upon that, upon this.

2. Immediately, at once, without delay.

Therewith, ad.   With that, with this.

Theriac, n.   Theriaca.

Theriaca, n.   (Med.) Treacle, theriac.

Thermal, a.   1. Warm, hot.

2. As respects heat.

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

The Saviour, Christ.

The Sanctifier, The Holy Spirit, THE SPIRIT.

Thesaurus, n.   [L.] 1. Treasury, storehouse.

2. Repository (especially of knowledge).

Thesis, n.   1. Proposition, position, dictum, doctrine.

2. Theme, subject, topic, text.

3. Essay, dissertation, composition.

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

The Subscriber, The undersigned.

The Tempter, Satan.

The Trinity, God, The Almighty, The Godhead (consisting of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost), The Holy Trinity.

The Twins, (Astron.) Gemini.

The undersigned, The subscriber or the subscribers.

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

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

The Wain, Charles's Wain, The Great Bear, Ursa Major.

The Wicked One, Satan.

The Word, 1. Christ, The Logos.

2. The Bible, The Word of God.

Thews, n. pl.   Muscles, sinews, brawn, muscular strength.

Thick, a.   1. Not thin (in measure).

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

3. Dense, gross, inspissate, inspissated, not thin (in consistence).

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

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

6. Indistinct, inarticulate.

7. Dull, not quick.

8. [Colloquial.] Intimate, familiar, friendly, hand and glove, hail fellow well met.

Thick, n.   Thickest part.

Thick, ad.   1. Frequently, fast, quick.

2. Densely, closely, thickly.

3. To a great depth.

Thicken, v. a.   Inspissate, make thick.

Thicken, v. n.   Grow thick, become inspissated.

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

Thick-head, n.   Thick-skull.

Thick lip, Blobber-lip.

Thick-lipped, a.   Blobber-lipped.

Thick-skull, n.   Blockhead, DUNCE.

Thick-skulled, a.   Foolish, ADDLE-HEADED.

Thief, n.   Pickpocket, shop-lifter, thief, pilferer, cutpurse, petty robber.

Thievery, n.   Larceny, stealing, thieving, shoplifting, pilfering, theft, petty robbery, petty larceny.

Thieving, n.   Thievery.

Thievish, a.   Given to stealing, inclined to theft.

Thievishness, n.   Cleptomania, klopemania, propensity to steal, mania for stealing.

Thigh, n.   Haunch, hip.

Thills, n. pl.   Shafts.

Thill-horse, n.   Shaft-horse.

Thimble-berry, n.   Black raspberry (Rubus Occidentalis).

Thin, a.   1. Not thick (in measure).

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

3. Rare, subtile, attenuated, dilute, not dense, not gross, not thick (in consistence).

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

5. Slight, flimsy.

6. Small, fine, not full.

Thin, v. a.   1. Make thin.

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

Thing, n.   1. Being (animate or inanimate), creature, substance, body, object, created being.

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

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

4. Part, portion, something.

Think, v. n.   1. Cogitate, reflect, meditate, ponder, muse, contemplate, exercise the mind.

2. Deliberate, consider, reason.

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

Think, v. a.   1. Imagine, conceive, entertain an idea of, cherish a thought of.

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

Thinkable, a.   Cogitable, conceivable.

Thinking, n.   1. Reflection, meditation, cogitation, musing, contemplation.

2. Judgment, opinion, thought, belief.

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

2. Approve, commend, think favorably of.

Thinness, n.   1. Slenderness, fineness, exility.

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

3. Sparseness, scantiness, paucity, fewness.

Thin-skinned, a.   Sensitive, irritable.

Third, n.   Third part.

Thirst, n.   1. Desire for drink.

2. Desire, longing, craving.

Thirst, v. n.   1. Desire to drink.

2. Desire, long, crave, hanker.

Thirsty, a.   1. Suffering from thirst.

2. Dry, parched, without moisture.

3. Longing, craving, greedy, eager.

Thither, ad.   To that place.

Thorax, n.   Chest, breast, trunk (of the body).

Thorn, n.   1. Spine, prickle.

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

Thorn-apple, n.   Stramonium, stramony, apple Peru, Jamestown weed (Datura stramonium).

Thorny, a.   1. Spiny, spinose, spinous, prickly, briery.

2. Pricking, sharp, pointed.

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

Thorough, a.   Complete, entire, total, perfect, full.

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

2. Of full blood (as horses).

Thoroughfare, n.   Passage (free from obstruction), street, road, way.

Thoroughwort, n.   Boneset, ague-weed, Indian sage, feverwort (Eupatorium perfoliatum).

Though, conj.   1. Although, granting, admitting, allowing, notwithstanding that.

2. However, yet, nevertheless.

Thought, n.   1. Cogitation, reflection, meditation, musing, contemplation, thinking.

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

3. Judgment, conclusion, opinion, notion.

4. Deliberation, consideration, reasoning.

5. Design, purpose, intention.

Thoughtful, a.   1. Contemplative, reflective, pensive, speculative, deliberative, studious, sedate.

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

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

Thoughtlessness, n.   Inattention, heedlessness, carelessness, absence of mind, inadvertence, neglect, oversight.

Thraldom, n.   [Written also Thralldom.] Slavery, servitude, subjection, bondage, vassalage, serfdom, enslavement, enthralment, thrall.

Thrall, n.   1. Slave, bondman, vassal, serf.

2. Slavery, THRALDOM.

Thrash, v. a.   1. Thresh.

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

Thrasher, n.   1. Fox-shark, sea-fox, sea-ape (Carcharias vulpes).

2. Brown thrush, French mockingbird (Tardus rufus).

Thrasonical, a.   Boastful, bragging, vain-glorious.

Thread, n.   1. Filament, fibre, staple, pile, small string.

2. Course, tenor.

Thread, v. a.   Thrid, go through, pass through.

Threadbare, a.   1. Napless, worn out.

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

Thread-shaped, a.   Filiform, filamentous.

Threat, n.   Menace, denunciation.

Threaten, v. a.   1. Menace, denounce, defy.

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

Threaten, v. n.   Impend, be near at hand, be imminent, stare one in the face.

Threatening, a.   Menacing, impending, impendent, imminent, minatory.

Threatening, n.   Commination, threat, denunciation, menace.

Threescore, a.   Sixty.

Three sheets in the wind, (Sailor's phrase.) Tight, fuddled, somewhat intoxicated, HALF SEAS OVER.

Three-valved, a.   Trivalvular.

Thresh, v. a.   Thrash.

Threshold, n.   1. Doorsill.

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

Thrice, ad.   Three times.

Thrid, v. a.   Thread, go through, pass through.

Thrift, n.   1. Success, prosperity, gain, profit.

2. Frugality, thriftiness, economy, good husbandry.

Thriftiness, n.   Thrift.

Thriftless, a.   Extravagant, profuse, lavish, prodigal, wasteful, unthrifty, too free, over-liberal.

Thrifty, a.   1. Frugal, sparing, economical, saving, careful, provident.

2. Thriving, prosperous.

3. Vigorous, growing well, flourishing

Thrill, v. a.   Penetrate, pierce, move, touch, affect, strike.

Thrill, v. n.   Penetrate, pierce.

Thrive, v. n.   1. Prosper, succeed, get on, come on, become wealthy, get rich.

2. Grow, increase, advance, flourish, improve, make improvement.

Thriving, a.   1. Prosperous, successful, thrifty.

2. Growing, flourishing.

Throat, n.   Pharynx, swallow, gullet, œsophagus.

Throb, v. n.   Beat, palpitate, pulsate.

Throb, n.   Beat, beating, pulsation, palpitation, throbbing.

Throbbing, n.   Beating, THROB.

Throe, n.   Paroxysm (of extreme pain, especially in childbirth), fit, spasm, anguish, pang, agony.

Throne, n.   1. Chair of State.

2. Sovereignty, sovereign power, sway.

Throng, n.   Crowd, multitude, horde, press, host.

Throng, v. n.   Crowd, press.

Throstle, n.   Mavis, song-thrush (Turdus musicus).

Throttle, n.   Windpipe, trachea, throat, weasand.

Throttle, v. a.   Choke, strangle, suffocate.

Through, prep.   1. From one side, end, or part of, to the other.

2. By means of, by the agency of, in consequence of.

Through, ad.   1. From one side or part to the other.

2. From beginning to end.

3. To the end.

Throughout, prep.   Over, completely through, quite through, through every part of.

Throughout, ad.   From beginning to end, from first to last, in every part, everywhere, from end to end, from head to foot, from top to toe.

Throw, v. a.   1. Cast, hurl, launch, fling, send, toss, pitch, sling, dart, lance, propel, SHY, jaculate, project, let fly.

2. Put, spread.

3. Overturn, prostrate, throw down, lay flat.

Throw, n.   1. Fling, cast, toss.

2. Jigger, potter's wheel.

Throw away, 1. Lose, spend in vain.

2. Relinquish, give up, cast off, throw by, throw or heave overboard, cast to the winds.

Throw back, 1. Reject, refuse.

2. Retort, rebuff.

Throw by, Reject, lay aside, cast off, throw away.

Throw down, 1. Prostrate, lay flat.

2. Subvert, overthrow, destroy.

Throw in, 1. Inject.

2. Put in.

3. Relinquish, give up.

Throw off, 1. Discard, reject, repudiate, renounce.

2. Expel, drive off, drive away.

3. Put off, lay aside, cast off.

Throw out, 1. Reject, exclude.

2. Speak, utter, express.

Throw up, 1. Resign, lay down, give up.

2. Emit, eject, send up.

3. Vomit, disgorge.

Thrum, v. a.   Play (as an instrument), strum, play upon.

Thrust, v. a.   Push, drive, impel, force, clap, poke, shove.

Thrust, v. n.   Make a thrust.

Thrust, n.   1. Push, shove, pass, stab, allonge, lunge, tilt.

2. Assault, attack, charge.

Thrust one's nose in, [Colloquial.] Interfere, meddle, intermeddle, PUT IN ONE'S OAR.

Thrust one's self, Obtrude, intrude.

Thud, n.   1. Shock, impetus.

2. Stroke, blow, thump, knock.

Thump, n.   Blow, knock, stroke.

Thump, v. a.   Beat, knock, strike, belabor.

Thunder-clap, n.   Thunder-stroke.

Thunder-shower, n.   Thunder-storm.

Thunder-storm, n.   Tempest (accompanied with thunder and lightning), thunder-shower.

Thunder-stroke, n.   Thunder-clap.

Thunder-struck, a.   1. Struck by lightning.

2. Astonished, amazed, astounded, dumfoundered.

Thunder-tube, n.   Fulgurite.

Thurible, n.   Censer.

Thus, ad.   1. In this manner, in this wise.

2. So, to this degree.

Thwack, v. a.   [Colloquial.] Strike, beat, thump, belabor, whack, rap.

Thwack, n.   Blow, stroke, thump, pat, knock, rap.

Thwart, v. a.   1. Traverse, cross, intersect, lie across.

2. Frustrate, hinder, oppose, oppugn, obstruct, contravene, counteract, defeat, disconcert, balk.

Tiara, n.   Triple-crown (of the Pope).

Tic, n.   Twitching, vellication.

Tic douloureux, [Fr.] Neuralgia in the face, facial neuralgia.

Tick, n.   1. Click, beat.

2. Bed-tick, ticking.

3. Trust, credit.

Tick, v. n.   Click, beat.

Tick, v. a.   Score, check, check off.

Ticking, n.   Bed-ticking, tick.

Tickle, v. a.   1. Titillate.

2. Please (by trifles), delight, gladden, rejoice, gratify, make glad, give joy to, take one's fancy, do one's heart good.

Tickling, n.   Titillation.

Ticklish, a.   1. Easily tickled.

2. Unsteady, unstable, tottering, uncertain.

3. Delicate, nice, critical.

Tidbit, n.   Titbit, dainty, delicacy, nice bit, choice morsel, delicate morsel, delicious mouthful, BONNE-BOUCHE.

Tide, n.   1. Rise and fall of the sea.

2. Course, current, stream.

Tide-waiter, n.   Land-waiter.

Tidings, n. pl.   News (of special interest), intelligence, word, advice, information.

Tidy, a.   Clean, cleanly, neat, spruce.

Tie, v. a.   1. Bind, fasten (with a cord or string), manacle, shackle, fetter.

2. Knit, interlace, complicate, knot, entangle.

3. Unite, join, connect, link.

Tie, n.   1. Knot, fastening, band, ligature.

2. Bond, obligation.

3. Equal number (on both sides, as of votes).

Tie down, 1. Fasten down.

2. Restrain, confine.

Tier, n.   Row, rank, series.

Tiers état, n.   [Fr.] The commonalty (as distinguished from the nobility and clergy), third estate.

Tiff, n.   Pet, miff, rage, passion, fume, fit of anger, angry mood.

Tiff, v. n.   [Rare.] Quarrel, wrangle, bicker, spar, jangle, have words, fall out, have an altercation, be at variance, have a bone to pick.

Tiger-wolf, n.   Hyena.

Tight, a.   1. Close, fast, not open, not leaky.

2. Close-fitting, not loose.

3. Tense, stretched, taught, not slack.

4. [Colloquial.] Fuddled, boozy, disguised, drunk, maudlin, mellow, in liquor, SLEWED, GROGGY, high, in one's cups, HALF SEAS OVER, somewhat intoxicated, THREE SHEETS IN THE WIND.

5. [Colloquial, U. S.] Stringent (as the money market).

6. [Colloquial, U. S.] Parsimonious, stingy, penurious, hard, close-fisted.

Tighten, v. a.   Make tight.

Tights, n. pl.   [Colloquial.] Tight pantaloons.

Till, n.   Money-drawer.

Till, prep.   Until, to the time of, up to.

Till, conj.   or ad.   Until, to the time when.

Till, v. a.   Cultivate.

Tillable, a.   Arable.

Tillage, n.   Culture (of land), cultivation, husbandry, agriculture, farming, geoponics.

Tillage land, Plough land.

Till now, To the present time, up to the present time.

Till then, To that time, up to that time.

Tilmus, n.   (Med.) Floccillation, carphology.

Tilt, n.   1. Awning, canopy.

2. Thrust, pass, allonge, lunge.

3. Encounter, combat (as a practice of arms), joust.

4. Slant (as of a barrel for discharging a liquor), slope, inclination.

Tilt, v. a.   1. Slant, slope.

2. Forge (with a tilt-hammer), hammer.

Tilt, v. n.   1. Joust, rush (as in combat), make a rush, make a tilt.

2. Loan, incline, tip.

Tilt-hammer, n.   Trip-hammer.

Timber, n.   1. Wood (for building).

2. Beam, stick, squared timber.

3. Rib (of a ship's frame).

4. [Western, U. S.] Woods, forest.

Timbered, a.   Wooded.

Timbre, n.   (Mus.) Quality (of tone).

Time, n.   1. Duration.

2. Spell, season, interval, term, while, space of time.

3. Period, age, era, epoch, date, term.

4. Delivery, parturition, confinement, hour of travail, period of childbirth.

5. Fit season, proper time.

6. (Mus.) Measure.

Time, v. a.   1. Adapt to the occasion.

2. Regulate (as to time).

3. Note the rate of (with respect to speed).

4. (Mus.) Measure.

Time enough, In time, in season, soon enough, sufficiently soon, early enough.

Time-keeper, n.   Timepiece.

Timely, a.   Seasonable, opportune, early, punctual, prompt.

Time of day, Customary salutation (as "Good-morning," or "Good-evening").

Timepiece, n.   Clock, watch, chronometer, time-keeper.

Times, n. pl.   1. Seasons, spells.

2. Periods, epochs, ages.

3. State of things (at a particular period), general condition of affairs.

Time-server, n.   Trimmer, temporizer.

Time-serving, a.   Trimming, temporizing, truckling, obsequious, fawning, servile, supple, mean, selfish.

Time-worn, a.   Impaired by time, SUPERANNUATED.

Timid, a.   1. Timorous, fearful, nervous, skittish, shy, cowardly, pusillanimous, faint-hearted, chicken-hearted, easily frightened, not bold.

2. Diffident, bashful, retiring, coy, sheepish, shrinking, blushing, shame-faced, over-modest.

Timidity, n.   1. Timorousness, fearfulness, skittishness, shyness, cowardice, pusillanimity, want of courage.

2. Diffidence, bashfulness, coyness, sheepishness, shamefacedness.

Timorous, a.   Fearful, TIMID.

Timorousness, n.   Timidity.

Timothy-grass, n.   Cat's tail, herds'-grass (Phleum pretense).

Tin, n.   [Colloquial.] Tin-plate, tinned iron, white iron.

Tincal, n.   Crude borax (as imported from the East Indies), bi-borate of soda.

Tincture, n.   1. Tinge, stain, tint, hue, shade, grain.

2. Flavor, taste, smack, spice.

3. Infusion, admixture, touch, dash, seasoning, sprinkling.

4. Alcoholic solution.

Tincture, v. a.   1. Tinge, stain, dye, color, tint, shade.

2. Flavor, season.

3. Imbue, impress, infuse, impregnate.

Tinge, v. a.   1. Dye, stain, color, tint, tincture.

2. Imbue, impress, infuse, impregnate.

Tinge, n.   1. Tint, stain, color, dye, tincture, shade (of color), cast, hue.

2. Taste, flavor, smack, spice.

Tingle, v. n.   Have a pricking sensation.

Tinker, n.   Mender (of old pans, kettles, &c.).

Tinker, v. a.   Mend (as old pans, kettles, &c.), cobble, patch up.

Tinkle, v. n.   Jingle, clink, ring.

Tinkle, n.   Tinkling.

Tinkling, n.   Tinkle, jingle, jingling, clinking, tintinnabulation, ringing.

Tin-plate, n.   Tin, tinned iron, white iron.

Tinsel, n.   Frippery, finery, gewgaw, worthless ornament.

Tinsel, a.   Showy, glittering, gaudy, superficial, worthless.

Tint, n.   Tinge, color, hue, tincture, stain, dye, shade, grain.

Tint, v. a.   Dye, stain, TINGE.

Tintinnabulation, n.   [Rare.] Tinkling, jingling.

Tiny, a.   Little, small, diminutive, minikin, pygmean, pygmy, puny, Liliputian, dwarfish.

Tip, n.   End, point, extremity.

Tip, v. a.   1. Top, cap, put a point on.

2. Tap, strike (lightly).

3. Incline (to one end, as a cart), cant.

Tip, v. n.   Lean, incline, tilt.

Tip over, (Active.) Overturn, turn over.

Tip over, (Neuter.) Fall over.

Tipple, v. n.   Tope, guzzle, drink hard, be addicted to strong drink.

Tippled, a.   Intoxicated, TIPSY.

Tipsy, a.   Drunk, intoxicated, inebriated, fuddled, muddled, disguised, mellow, in liquor.

Tip-top, n.   The very top, the highest degree.

Tip-top, a.   [Colloquial.] Perfect, first-rate, excellent.

Tirade, n.   Strain of invective.

Tire, v. a.   Fatigue, weary, jade, fag, exhaust, knock up, tire out.

Tire, v. n.   Be fatigued, become weary, grow weary.

Tiresome, a.   1. Wearisome, fatiguing, tedious, IRKSOME, humdrum, dull, prosy, dronish.

2. Laborious, arduous, hard, tollsome.

Tissue, n.   1. Fabric, cloth, woven stuff (especially cloth interwoven with gold or silver, or figured colors).

2. Texture, structure, web.

3. Combination, series.

Tit, n.   1. Small horse.

2. Titmouse, tomtit.

Titanic, a. Gigantic, huge, Herculean, Cyclopean.

Titbit, n.   Tidbit, dainty, delicacy, nice bit, delicate morsel, choice morsel.

Tit for tat, Equivalent (in retaliation), measure for measure, diamond cut diamond.

Tithe, n.   Tenth, tenth part.

Tithe, v. a.   Tax (to the amount of one tenth).

Titillate, v. a.   Tickle.

Titillation, v. 1. Tickling.

2. Slight pleasure, pleasurable sensation.

Title, n.   1. Inscription.

2. Name, appellation, COMPELLATION, designation, epithet, cognomen.

3. Right, ground of claim.

Title, v. a.   [Rare.] Denominate, name, ENTITLE.

Titmouse, n.   Tit, tomtit.

Titter, v. n.   1. Laugh (under restraint), snicker, GIGGLE.

3. Teeter, see-saw.

Tittering, n.   Suppressed laughter, giggling.

Titter-totter, v. n.   See-saw, tetter-totter.

Tittle, n.   Jot, iota, whit, bit, particle, atom, grain, scrap, mite, ace, corpuscle, scintilla.

Tittle-tattle, n.   Prate, prattle, gabble, chatter, idle talk, trifling discourse.

Titular, a.   Nominal, titulary, only in name.

Titulary, a.   Nominal, TITULAR.

Toad-eater, n.   Sycophant, parasite, flatterer, lick-spittle, spaniel, hanger-on, TOADY, TUFT-HUNTER.

Toad-spit, n.   Froth-spit, cuckoo-spittle.

Toad-stool, n.   Mushroom.

Toady, n.   [Colloquial and Low.] Sycophant, TOAD-EATER.

Toady, v. a.   [Colloquial and Low.] Flatter, fawn upon.

Toadyism, n.   [Colloquial and Low.] Sycophancy, mean flattery, base or servile adulation.

To and fro, Backward and forward.

Toast, v. a.   1. Scorch (in order to make more palatable, as bread or cheese).

2. Warm (thoroughly), heat.

3. Pledge, drink a health to, drink the health of, drink in honor of, drink to.

Toast, n.   1. Toasted bread.

2. Health (in drinking), pledge.

3. Sentiment (uttered at a convivial meeting).

To boot, Besides, in addition, over and above.

Tocology, n.   Midwifery, obstetrics.

Tocsin, n.   Alarm, alarum, alarm-bell.

To-day, n.   This day.

To-day, ad.   On this day.

Toddle, v. n.   Tottle, waddle, walk unsteadily (as a child).

Toddy, n.   Spirit and water (sweetened).

To-do, n.   [Colloquial.] Ado, bustle, commotion, tumult, turmoil, confusion, stir, flurry, pother, noise, fuss.

Together, ad.   1. Unitedly, in union, in company, in concert.

2. Simultaneously, in the same time, contemporaneously.

3. Hand in hand, side by side, cheek by jowl, in the same place.

4. Into junction, into union.

Toggery, n.   [Low.] Clothes, garments, dress, apparel, attire, raiment, ARRAY, vesture, costume, habit, habiliments, garb, gear, outfit, accoutrements, equipment, suit, rigging, trappings.

Toil, v. n.   Labor (hard), work, strive, drudge, moil, exert one's self, take pains.

Toil, n.   1. Labor (that fatigues), work, exertion, pains, effort, drudgery, hard work.

2. Snare, net, trap.

Toiler, n.   Drudge, laborer, hard worker.

Toilet, n.   1. Dressing-table, toilet-table.

2. Dress, attire, costume, mode of dressing.

Toilet-table, n.   Toilet, dressing-table.

Toilsome, a.   Laborious, fatiguing, wearisome, onerous, operose, tedious, hard, difficult, painful, severe.

Token, n.   1. Mark, sign, indication, note, symbol, index, manifestation.

2. Memorial (of friendship), souvenir.

3. Ten quires (of paper).

Tolbooth, n.   [Scotland. Written also Tollbooth.] Prison, jail, JUG.

Tole, v. a.   [Written also Toll.] Allure, draw, draw on.

Tolerable, a.   1. Endurable, sufferable, bearable, supportable.

2. Passable, ordinary, middling, so so, indifferent, pretty good, not very bad.

Tolerably, ad.   Passably, moderately, indifferently, so so, passably well, tolerably well, pretty well.

Tolerance, n.   Endurance, sufferance, toleration.

Tolerate, v. a.   1. Permit (as something unpleasant), allow, admit, indulge, receive.

2. Suffer, endure, abide, brook, put up with, bear with, take patiently or easily.

Toleration, n.   1. Endurance, sufferance, tolerance.

2. License (for free opinion in religious matters), permission, allowance.

3. Catholicity, liberality, impartiality, candor, magnanimity, high-mindedness, largeness of mind.

Toll, n.   Tax (especially on travellers, as in crossing bridges, ferries, &c.), duty, impost, TRIBUTE.

Toll, v. a.   [Written also Tole.] Allure, draw, draw on.

Tollbooth, n.   [Scotland. Written also Tolbooth.] Prison, jail, JUG.

Tolu, n.   Balsam of tolu, tolu balsam.

Tomahawk, n.   Indian hatchet.

Tomato, n.   Love-apple (Lycopersicum esculentum or Solanum esculentum).

Tomb, n.   Sepulchre, vault, crypt, catacomb, grave, house of death, narrow house, long home.

Tomboy, n.   Romp, hoiden, romping girl.

Tomcod, n.   Frost-fish (Morrhua pruinosa).

Tome, n.   1. Volume.

2. Book, work.

Tomfoolery, n.   [Colloquial.] Nonsense, folly, vagary, mummery, buffoonery, absurd trifling, monkey-tricks.

Tomtit, n.   Tit, titmouse.

Tone, n.   1. Sound, note.

2. Accent, intonation, emphasis, cadence, modulation.

3. Temper, mood, state of mind.

4. Vigor, strength, energy, force, tension, elasticity.

5. Prevailing color (of a picture), general effect, style, manner, cast.

6. Tenor, drift, prevailing character, spirit.

Toneless, a.   Unintonated, aspirated, atonic, surd, pronounced with a simple breathing, without tone, without vocality, not sonant.

Tongue, n.   1. Language, speech, idiom, dialect.

2. Talk, discourse.

3. Projection, projecting part.

Tongue-shaped, a.   (Bot.) Linguiform.

Tonguy, a.   [Low.] Loquacious, talkative, voluble.

Tonic, n.   1. Strengthening medicine.

2. (Music.) Key, key-note, first note of the scale, fundamental note.

Tonsils, n. pl.   Almonds.

Tony, n.   [Ludicrous.] Dunce, simpleton, blockhead.

Too, ad.   1. Overmuch.

2. Also, likewise, moreover, in addition.

Tool, n.   1. Instrument, implement, utensil.

2. Hireling.

Toot, v. a.   Blow (as a horn), sound.

Tooth and nail, [Colloquial expression used adverbially.] 1. Biting and scratching, using every means of attack and defence.

2. Strenuously, vigorously, earnestly, resolutely, energetically, with all one's might, with might and main, through thick and thin, through fire and water, HAMMER AND TONGS, PUGNIS ET CALCIBUS.

Toothache, n.   Odontalgia.

Tooth-rash, n.   Red-gum.

Toothsome, a. Palatable, delicious, savory, nice, luscious, dainty, agreeable to the taste.

Top, n.   1. Summit, apex, acme, pinnacle, zenith, utmost height, culminating point.

2. Surface, upper side.

3. Head, crown of the head.

Top, v. a.   Cap, tip.

Tope, v. n.   Tipple, drink hard, be addicted to strong drink.

Toper, n.   Tippler, drunkard, sot, dram-drinker, wine-bibber.

Topiary, n.   Ornamental (as the trimming of hedges, trees, paths, &c., in a garden).

Topic, n.   1. Subject, theme, thesis, question, point, matter, subject-matter, matter in hand.

2. Commonplace (of argument or oratory), general truth, general idea.

Topical, a.   Local.

Topmost, a.   Uppermost, highest.

Topographer, n.   Topographist.

Topographist, n.   Topographer.

Topple, v. n.   Fall (top foremost), tumble down, topple over, topple down.

Topsy-turvey, ad.   Upside down, bottom upwards, the wrong side up, topside t'other way.

Torch, n.   Flambeau.

Torment, n.   Anguish, agony, torture, rack, pang, extreme pain, excruciating pain, acute distress.

Torment, v. a.   1. Torture, distress, agonize, rack, excruciate, pain extremely, put to the rack, put to torture.

2. Tease, vex, plague, harass, worry, harry, badger, fret, irritate, nettle, provoke, tantalize, trouble, annoy.

Tormentor, n.   Torturer.

Tornado, n.   Storm (of great violence and with a whirling motion), hurricane, whirlwind.

Torose, a.   (Bot.) Knobby, torous.

Torous, n.   Torose.

Torpedo, n.   Cramp-fish, electric ray (Torpedo vulgaris).

Torpid, a.   1. Numb, benumbed, motionless, lethargic.

2. Sluggish, inert, dull, inactive, indolent, stupid.

Torpidity, n.   1. Numbness, torpidness, torpor, lethargy.

2. Sluggishness, inertness, dulness, inactivity, stupidity.

Torpidness, n.   Torpidity.

Torpify, v. a.   Numb, benumb.

Torpor, n.   1. Numbness, torpidity, lethargy.

2. Sluggishness, inertness, dulness, inactivity, stupidity.

Torrefy, v. a.   1. Dry (by fire).

2. Roast, scorch.

Torrent, n.   1. Rapid stream, strong current.

2. Rapid flow.

Torrid, a.   Dried, parched, scorched.

Torsion, n.   Twisting.

Torso, n.   Trunk (of a statue).

Tort, n.   (Law.) Wrong, injury.

Tortoise-shell, n.   Turtle-shell.

Tortuosity, n.   Crookedness, sinuosity, curvature, bend, crook, winding, tortuousness.

Tortuous, a.   1. Crooked, sinuous, circuitous, curved, curvilinear, curvilineal, sinuate, sinuated, winding, serpentine, bending in and out.

2. Perverse, circuitous, roundabout, indirect.

Tortuousness, n.   Tortuosity.

Torture, n.   Anguish, agony, torment, rack, pang, extreme pain, excruciating pain, acute distress.

Torture, v. a.   Torment, distress, agonize, rack, excruciate, pain extremely, put to extreme pain.

Tory, n.   [Eng. politics.] Conservative, adherent of the crown.

Toss, v. a.   1. Throw (by the hand and upward), throw up.

2. Fling, pitch, cast, hurl.

3. Agitate, shake, rock.

Toss, v. n.   1. Roll, writhe, tumble about, be uneasy.

2. Be agitated, be tossed.

Total, a.   Whole, complete, full, entire, integral.

Total, n.   Whole, totality, aggregate, gross, lump, mass, amount, sum, sum total, gross amount.

Totality, n.   Whole, TOTAL.

Tote, v. a.   [Local, Southern U.S.] Carry, bear, transport.

To the contrary, To an opposite purpose or intent, just the contrary.

To the satisfaction of, Satisfactorily to.

Toto cœlo, [L.] Totally, wholly, very much, very far, by the whole heavens, as widely as are the poles apart.

Totter, v. n.   1. Stagger, reel, vacillate, falter.

2. Shake, tremble, oscillate, rock, threaten to fall.

Tottle, v. n.   (Colloquial.) Toddle, waddle, waggle, walk unsteadily (as a child).

Touch, v. a.   1. Hit (lightly), strike against.

2. Meet, be contiguous to, abut on.

3. Graze, come in contact with (in passing over).

4. Reach, come to, arrive at, attain to.

5. Delineate (lightly), sketch, mark out, touch off.

6. Handle, feel, feel of, meddle with, interfere with.

7. Concern, regard, relate to, refer to, pertain to, appertain to, belong to, bear upon, have to do with.

8. Affect, move, impress, melt, work upon, come home to.

Touch, v. n.   Meet, hit, be contiguous, be in contact, abut on one another.

Touch, n.   1. Contact.

2. Feeling, tact, sense of feeling.

3. Stroke (with a pen, &c., or on a musical instrument).

4. Tinge, tincture, cast, smack, taste, savor, flavor, spice, dash, sprinkling, seasoning, infusion, little, small quantity.

5. [Rare.] Test, criterion, touchstone, proof, assay, ordeal.

Touch at, Arrive at (without tarrying).

Touchhole, n.   Vent (of a gun).

Touchiness, n.   Peevishness, snappishness, testiness, irritability, irascibility, petulance, fretfulness, spleen.

Touching, a.   Affecting, moving, melting, pathetic, tender.

Touching, prep.   Concerning, regarding, respecting, with regard to, with respect to, in relation to, relating to.

Touch-me-not, n.   Jewel-weed.

Touch off, 1. Delineate (lightly), touch, sketch, mark out.

2. Discharge, apply the match to.

Touch on (or upon), Mention or treat of (slightly), glance at.

Touchstone, n.   1. Basanite, black jasper, Lydian stone.

2. Test, criterion, proof, ordeal, assay, touch.

Touch up, Repair (by slight touches).

Touch-wood, n.   Spunk, punk, agaric, German tinder.

Touchy, a.   Peevish, snappish, waspish, cross, testy, irritable, fretful, splenetic, irascible, petulant, choleric, peppery, hot-tempered, quick-tempered, like tinder, like touch-wood.

Tough, a.   1. Adhesive, tenacious, cohesive, not brittle, not easily broken.

2. Coriaceous, leathery.

3. Strong, firm, hardy.

4. Refractory, stubborn, obdurate.

5. [Colloquial.] Difficult, hard, hard to deal with.

6. [Colloquial.] Severe (as a storm), violent.

Tour, n.   Journey (in a circuit), excursion, trip, expedition, pilgrimage, circuit, round, perambulation, course.

Tourist, n.   Traveller, voyager, wayfarer, pilgrim.

Tournament, n.   Tourney.

Tourney, n.   Tournament.

Tournure, n.   [Fr.] 1. Shape, figure, form.

2. Bishop, bustle.

Tout ensemble, n.   [Fr.] The whole (in one view, omitting details).

Tow, n.   Refuse flax, hards.

Tow, v. a.   Draw (as a vessel, through the water), haul, drag, draw, pull, take in tow.

Toward, ad.   In the direction of.

Towards, ad.   In the direction of.

2. Regarding, respecting, with respect to, with regard to.

3. Nearly, almost, near about, nigh.

Towboat, n.   Tug, steam-tug.

Tower, n.   1. Turret, MINARET.

2. Citadel, fortress, castle, stronghold.

Tower, v. n.   Soar, mount, rise.

Towering, a.   1. Lofty, elevated, very high.

2. Extreme, violent, very great.

To wit, Namely, VIDELICET.

Town, n.   1. Village, HAMLET, place, BOROUGH.

2. City, metropolis.

3. Court end (of London).

4. [Local, U. S.] Township.

Town-hall, n.   Town-house.

Town-house, n.   1. Town-hall.

2. City residence.

Township, n.   Town territory.

Town-talk, n.   Topic of common conversation, common talk.

Toy, n.   1. Plaything, bawble, gewgaw, trinket, knicknack, gimcrack, JIGGUM-BOB.

2. Trifle, bagatelle, bubble, small matter.

Toy, v. n.   Trifle, dally, sport, wanton, play.

Trace, n.   1. Footprint, footmark, footstep, track, trail, wake.

2. Mark, sign, token, vestige, record, memorial, remains.

Trace, v. a.   1. Follow (by a track or mark), track, trail.

2. Delineate, draw, sketch, mark out, trace out.

Trachea, n.   (Anat.) Windpipe, weasand.

Tracing, n.   Copy (of a drawing on tracing paper).

Track, n.   1. Footprint, footmark, footstep, trail, wake, trace.

2. Course, way, road, path, pathway.

3. Lines of rails (on a railway).

Track, v. a.   Follow (by a track), trace, trail, pursue, chase.

Trackless, a.   Untrodden, pathless.

Tract, n.   1. Region, district, territory, quarter.

2. Piece (of land), part, portion, parcel, plot, patch.

3. Treatise, dissertation, pamphlet, essay.

Tractability, n.   Docility, tractableness.

Tractable, a.   Docile, manageable.

Tractableness, n.   Docility, tractability.

Traction, n.   Drawing, pulling, draught.

Trade, n.   1. Traffic, commerce, barter, dealing, business, purchase and sale, buying and selling, exchange of commodities.

2. Occupation (especially a mechanical one), employment, business, calling, pursuit, vocation, craft.

Trade, v. n.   Traffic, deal, bargain, chaffer, carry on commerce, buy and sell, drive a trade, drive a bargain.

Trade, v. a.   Exchange, barter, swap.

Trade-price, n.   Wholesale price, price allowed to traders.

Trader, n.   Tradesman, dealer, shop-keeper, merchant.

Tradesman, n.   1. Trader.

2. [U. S.] Mechanic, artisan, artificer.

Trading, a.   Commercial, mercantile.

Tradition, n.   1. (Law.) Transfer (of possession), delivery.

2. Oral report (from one generation to another).

Traditional, a.   Orally transmitted (from age to age).

Traduce, v. a.   Vilify, defame, revile, slander, malign, calumniate, asperse, abuse, decry, disparage, blemish, run down, speak ill of.

Traducer, n.   Slanderer, calumniator, defamer, detractor, vilifier.

Traffic, n.   Trade, commerce.

Traffic, v. n.   Trade, deal, bargain, chaffer, carry on commerce, buy and sell.

Tragedian, n.   Actor (of tragedy), tragic actor.

Tragedienne, n.   [Fr.] Actress (of tragedy), tragic actress.

Tragedy, n.   1. Dramatic poem, drama, play.

2. Calamity, disaster, catastrophe, shocking event.

Tragic, a.   1. Of tragedy, of the nature of tragedy, after the manner of tragedy.

Tragical, a.   1. Of tragedy, of the nature of tragedy, after the manner of tragedy.

2. Shocking, dreadful, calamitous, mournful, sorrowful.

Trail, v. a.   1. Draw, drag.

2. Track, trace, follow, hunt.

3. [Local Eng.] Impose upon, take advantage of one's ignorance.

Trail, v. n.   1. Drag, be drawn along, be drawn out.

2. Run (as a plant), climb.

Trail, n.   1. Train.

2. Track, trace, mark, footprint, footmark, footstep.

3. [U. S.] Footpath (made by Indians).

4. Entrails (as of fowl or of sheep).

Trailing arbutus, Ground-laurel, Mayflower (Epigæa repens).

Trail-net, n.   Drag-net, trawl-net.

Train, v. a.   1. Trail, draw, drag, haul, tug.

2. Educate, discipline, instruct, drill, school, exercise, nurture, breed, bring up, break in.

3. Accustom, habituate, inure, use, familiarize.

Train, n.   1. Trail.

2. Retinue, suite, staff, followers, CORTÈGE, body of attendants.

3. Series, succession, consecution.

4. Course, process, method, order.

5. Line (as of cars connected together).

Train-band, n.   Company of militia.

Training, n.   Instruction, teaching, education, drilling, drill, discipline, schooling, breeding, tuition, nurture.

Train-oil, n.   Whale-oil.

Trait, n.   1. Stroke, touch, mark, line.

2. Feature, lineament, characteristic, peculiarity, mark.

Traitor, n.   Betrayer (especially of one's country), deceiver, renegade, apostate, rebel, insurgent, revolter, deserter, perfidious person.

Traitorous, a.   Treacherous, perfidious, faithless, false.

Trammel, n.   1. Impediment, fetter, shackle, clog, bond, chain.

2. Pot-hook.

Trammel, v. a.   Shackle, hamper, clog, fetter, confine.

Tramontane, a.   Ultramontane, beyond the mountains or the Alps.

Tramp, v. n.   [Colloquial.] Travel (on foot), trudge, march (heavily), TRAMPOOSE, jog on.

Tramp, n.   Journey (on foot), walk, march.

Trample, v. a.   Tread upon, tread under foot, trample on.

Trample on, 1. Trample, tread upon, tread under foot.

2. Spurn, scorn, slight, defy, set at nought, make light of.

Trampoose, v. n.   [Low, U. S.] Tramp.

Trance, n.   1. Ecstasy.

2. (Med.) Catalepsy.

Tranquil, a.   Calm, still, quiet, serene, placid, unruffled, unmoved, imperturbable, collected, philosophical, peaceful, undisturbed, halcyon.

Tranquillity, n.   Quiet, peace, stillness, serenity, calmness, placidness, repose, tranquilness.

Tranquillize, v. a.   Calm, quiet, still, compose, lull, hush, quell, lay, allay, pacify, soothe, appease, assuage, moderate, make tranquil.

Tranquillization, n.   Pacification, reconciliation, reconcilement, accommodation.

Tranquilness, n.   Tranquillity.

Transact, v. a.   Do, perform, manage, conduct, carry on.

Transaction, n.   1. Doing, performance, management, negotiation.

2. Affair, proceeding, occurrence, incident, event, procedure.

Transcend, v. a.   1. Exceed, transgress, overstep, pass, overpass, go beyond, pass over.

2. Surmount, rise above.

3. Surpass, excel, outstrip, overtop, outdo.

Transcendence, n.   Supereminence, superior excellence, marked superiority.

Transcendency, n.   Supereminence, superior excellence, marked superiority.

Transcendent, a.   Pre-eminent, surpassing, supereminent, unequaled, unparalleled, peerless, unrivalled, inimitable, very superior.

Transcendental, a.   1. Metaphysical, A PRIORI, transcending experience.

2. Obscure, dark, vague, indefinite, incomprehensible, mysterious, mystic, mystical, recondite, abstruse, high, cabalistic.

Transcribe, v. a.   Copy, make a copy of.

Transcriber, n.   Copier, copyist.

Transcript, n.   Copy.

Transcription, n.   1. Copying.

2. (Mus.) Adaptation (to one instrument of a piece intended for another, or for the voice), rearrangement, reproduction.

Transfer, v. a.   1. Transport, carry, convey, transmit, TRANSLATE.

2. Remove, transplant.

3. Alienate, abalienate, demise, consign, devolve, convey, make over, deliver over.

Transfer, n.   Alienation, abalienation, demise, conveyance, transferrence.

Transferrence, n.   1. Transmission, transmittal, transfusion.

2. Alienation, conveyance, TRANSFER.

Transfiguration, n.   Transformation, metamorphosis, transmutation, change of form.

Transfigure, v. a.   Transform, metamorphose, transmute.

Transfix, v. a.   Transpierce, penetrate, perforate, pierce through.

Transform, v. a.   Transfigure, transmute, metamorphose, change the form of.

Transformation, n.   Metamorphosis, transmutation, transfiguration.

Transfuse, v. a.   Transfer (as by pouring, instilling, or injecting), convey, transmit.

Transfusion, n.   Transferrence, transmission.

Transgress, v. a.   1. Exceed, transcend, pass, overstop, overpass, go beyond, pass over.

2. Disobey, infringe, break, contravene, set at nought.

Transgression, n.   1. Infringement, violation, infraction, breach, non-observance.

2. Sin, offence, crime, misdemeanor, misdeed, misdoing, fault, trespass, evil deed.

Transgressor, n.   Offender, trespasser, culprit, criminal, delinquent, malefactor, convict, felon.

Transient, a.   Transitory.

Transit, n.   1. Conveyance.

2. Passage (as of a heavenly body across the meridian).

Transition, n.   Change, shifting.

Transitional, a.   Transitionary.

Transitionary, a.   Transitional.

Transitive, a.   (Gram.) Active.

Transitory, a.   Transient, passing, fleeting, flitting, flying, temporary, evanescent, ephemeral, momentary, short, brief, fugacious, short-lived, not permanent, not lasting, not durable, not enduring, of short duration, here to-day and gone to-morrow.

Translate, v. a.   1. [Antiquated.] Remove, transfer, transport.

2. Render, construe, interpret.

Translation, n.   1. Removal, transportation.

2. Interpretation, rendering, construction.

3. Version.

Translucent, a.   1. Semi-transparent (admitting rays of light, but not capable of being distinctly seen through).

2. Transparent.

Translucency, n.   1. Semi-transparency.

2. Transparency.

Transmigrate, v. n.   Migrate.

Transmigration, n.   1. Migration.

2. Metempsychosis.

Transmission, n.   Transferrence, transmittal, transfusion.

Transmit, v. a.   1. Send, remit, forward, send on, send forward.

2. Transfer, convey, carry, bear, hand over.

Transmittal, n.   Transmission.

Transmutation, n.   Transformation, metamorphosis, transfiguration.

Transmute, v. a.   Change (from one form or nature into another), transform.

Transparence, n.   Clearness, pellucidness, lucidity, limpidness, diaphaneity, TRANSLUCENCY.

Transparency, n.   Clearness, pellucidness, lucidity, limpidness, diaphaneity, TRANSLUCENCY.

Transparent, a.   Diaphanous, pellucid, clear, lucid, bright, limpid, crystalline, pearly, TRANSLUCENT, that may be seen through.

Transpierce, v. a.   Transfix, penetrate, perforate, pierce through.

Transpire, v. n.   1. Evaporate (through the pores), exhale, pass of in vapor.

2. Become known, be disclosed, come to light, come out, be made public, get abroad, leak out.

3. [Common, especially in the U. S., but not well authorized.] Happen, occur, come to pass.

Transplant, v. a.   1. Plant in a new place.

2. Remove, transfer.

Transport, v. a.   1. Carry (from one place to another), convey, bear, WAFT, TOTE, FETCH.

2. Banish (to a penal colony).

3. Enrapture, ravish, enravish, entrance, beatify, put into ecstasy, make very happy.

4. Carry away (by excitement of any kind).

Transport, n.   1. Conveyance, transportation, carriage.

2. Transport-ship, transport-vessel.

3. Convict (sentenced to banishment), felon.

4. Rapture, ravishment, beatitude, ecstasy, beatification, bliss, happiness, felicity.

5. Warmth, vehemence, violent manifestation.

Transport-ship, n.   Transport.

Transport-vessel, n.   Transport, transport-ship.

Transposal, n.   Transposition.

Transpose, v. a.   Change the order of (by putting one in place of the other, or substituting one for the other).

Transposition, n.   Transposal.

Transubstantiation, n.   Change of substance.

Transudation, n.   1. Exudation, perspiration, sweating, excretion, secretion.

2. Exosmose, exosmosis.

Transude, v. n.   Exude, ooze, filter, percolate, strain, pass by pores.

Transverse, a.   Cross.

Transversely, ad.   Crosswise, in a cross direction.

Trap, n.   Snare, gin, trapan.

Trap, v. a.   Insnare, entrap, trapan.

Trapan, v. a.   Insnare, trap, entrap, trepan.

Trapan, n.   Snare, gin, trap.

Trapanner, n.   Insnarer, CRIMP, decoy-man.

Trappings, n. pl.   Dress, accoutrements, equipments, CAPARISON, paraphernalia, rigging, gear, ornaments, embellishments, decorations, frippery, finery, TOGGERY.

Traps, n. pl.   [Colloquial.] Furniture, goods, things, stuff, luggage, effects, small articles (of household use).

Trash, n.   Dross, refuse, rubbish, trumpery, waste matter, worthless stuff.

Trashy, a.   Worthless, trifling, trumpery, flimsy, poor.

Travail, v. n. Labor (in childbirth), be in labor, be in travail.

Travail, n.   Childbirth, parturition, labor, delivery, bringing forth.

Travel, v. n.   1. Walk, go on foot.

2. Journey, ramble, rove, roam, take a journey, take a trip, make a tour, make an excursion.

3. Pass, go, move, make progress.

Travel, v. a.   Pass, go over, journey over.

Travel, n.   1. Journeying, travelling.

2. Journey, tour, excursion, trip, expedition.

Traveller, n.   [Written also Traveler.] Wayfarer, voyager, itinerant, tourist, passenger, PILGRIM.

Travelling, n.   [Written also Traveling.] Journeying, travel, wandering, peregrination.

Travels, n. pl.   Book of travels.

Traverse jury, Petit jury.

Traverse, v. a.   1. Cross.

2. Thwart, obstruct.

3. Pass, travel over, wander over.

4. (Law.) Deny.

Travesty, v. a.   Parody, imitate, take off, turn into burlesque.

Travesty, n.   Parody, burlesque, caricature.

Trawl-net, n.   Drag-net, trail-net.

Treacherous, a.   Traitorous, perfidious, faithless, unfaithful, false, deceitful, insidious, disloyal, recreant, treasonable.

Treachery, n.   Perfidiousness, perfidy, disloyalty, TREASON, breach of faith, Punic faith.

Treacle, n.   1. (Med.) Theriaca.

2. Syrup, sugar-house molasses.

3. Molasses.

Tread, v. n.   1. Set the foot.

2. Walk, go.

Tread, v. a.   1. Set the foot on, walk on.

2. Stamp upon, press down with the foot.

3. Cover (as a male bird the female), copulate with.

Tread, n.   1. Step, pace.

2. Gait, manner of walking.

Tread upon, Trample, tread under foot.

Treason, n.   Treachery (to a sovereign or a government), disloyalty, LEZE-MAJESTY, breach of allegiance.

Treasonable, a.   Treacherous, disloyal.

Treasure, n.   1. Money (hoarded up), funds, cash, wealth.

2. Stock, store, reserve.

3. Precious thing, thing of great value.

Treasure, v. a.   Hoard, store, garner, save, husband, lay in, lay by, lay up, treasure up.

Treasure up, Treasure.

Treasury, n.   Till, strong-box, money-box, money-bag.

Treat, v. a.   1. Use, behave to, behave towards.

2. Entertain, feast.

3. Handle, manage.

4. Discourse on, treat of.

Treat, v. n.   1. Negotiate, bargain.

2. Discourse.

Treat of, Discuss, handle, discourse upon, descant upon.

Treatment, n.   1. Usage.

2. Handling, management.

Treaty, n.   Agreement (between nations), contract, compact, pact, convention, concordat.

Treble, a. Triple, threefold.

Treble, v. a.   Triple, make threefold.

Treble, n.   (Music.) Highest part (for a woman's voice).

Trebuchet, n.   Tumbrel, castigatory, ducking-stool, cucking-stool.

Treenail, n.   Trunnel.

Tree-of-life, n.   Arbor vitæ.

Trefoil, n.   Clover.

Trellis, n.   Lattice, lattice-work.

Tremble, v. n.   1. Quake, shudder, shiver, quiver.

2. Shake, totter, oscillate, rock.

3. Quaver.

Trembling, n.   Shaking, quivering, tremor, trepidation.

Trembling-poplar, n.   Aspen-tree (Populus tremula).

Tremendous, a.   Terrible, dreadful, horrible, horrid, horrific, frightful, terrific, alarming, awful, appalling.

Tremor, n.   Trembling, shaking, quaking, quivering, trepidation, agitation, perturbation, flutter, tremulousness.

Tremulous, a.   Shaking, trembling, quivering.

Tremulousness, n.   Tremor.

Trench, v. n.   Encroach, intrude, infringe, trespass.

Trench, n.   Ditch, fosse, moat, drain, sewer, water-course.

Trenchant, a.   Cutting, sharp, incisive.

Trencher, n.   Platter (of wood), large plate.

Trencher-man, n.   Gormandizer, gourmand, glutton, great eater.

Trench upon, Invade, infringe, encroach upon, intrude upon, trespass upon.

Trend, v. n.   Turn, run, stretch, tend, incline, sweep.

Trend, n.   Tendency (to a certain direction), inclination, trending.

Trending, n.   Trend.

Trepan, v. a.   1. Trephine.

2. Insnare, trap, entrap, trapan.

Trepang, n.   Sea-slug, sea-cucumber, BÊCHE-DE-MER.

Trephine, v. a.   Trepan.

Trepidation, n.   Shaking, trembling, quaking, quivering, tremor, agitation, perturbation, flutter, tremulousness, excitement, discomposure.

Trespass, v. n.   1. Transgress, offend, sin, commit an offence.

2. Encroach, infringe, intrude, make inroad or invasion, trench, enter unlawfully.

Trespass, n.   1. Transgression, crime, sin, misdeed, misdemeanor, offence, delinquency.

2. Injury, infringement, encroachment, invasion.

Tress, n.   Lock, curl, ringlet.

Trestle, n.   Frame (for supporting a table, bridge, &c.).

Trial, n.   1. Testing, examination, experiment.

2. Experience, experimental knowledge.

3. Attempt, endeavor, effort, essay, exertion, struggle, aim.

4. Test, criterion, proof, touchstone, ordeal, assay.

5. Suffering, trouble, affliction, grief, sorrow, distress, tribulation, misery, woe.

6. Suit, case, cause, action.

Triangle, n.   Three-sided figure.

Tribe, n.   1. Family, race, clan.

2. Class (of persons or things), order, division, distinct portion.

Tribulation, n.   Distress, suffering, trouble, affliction, grief, sorrow, trial, misery, woe.

Tribunal, n.   1. Bench, judgment-seat.

2. Court, judicatory, bar, court of justice.

Tributary, a.   1. Subject, subordinate, required to pay tribute.

2. Contributing.

Tribute, n. 1. Tax (especially that levied by a superior prince or state on an inferior one), impost, duty, TOLL.

2. Grant, contribution, offering.

Tribute of praise, Eulogy, eulogium, encomium, panegyric.

Trice, n.   Moment, instant, second, jiffy, flash, twinkling, twinkling of an eye.

Trick, n.   1. Artifice, stratagem, wile, cheat, dodge, doubling, gouge, fraud, chicane, blind, feint, mark, manœuvre, deceit, imposition, imposture, ruse, chouse, fetch, CLAP-TRAP, humbug, gammon, cunning contrivance, sharp practice.

2. Sleight, juggle, antic, caper, gambol, freak, vagary.

3. Habit, practice.

Trick, v. a.   Cheat, defraud, deceive, cozen, dupe, delude, circumvent, gull, chouse, diddle, overreach, impose upon.

Tricker, n.   Cheat, TRICKSTER.

Trickery, n.   1. Deception, fraud, artifice, deceitfulness, knavery, chicane, chicanery.

2. Legerdemain, sleight of hand.

Trickish, a.   Knavish, artful, deceitful, wily, dishonest, roguish, TRICKY, unprincipled.

Trickle, v. n.   Drop, drip, flow gently.

Trick out, Dress (for show), array, attire, adorn, bedizen, set off.

Trickster, n.   Deceiver, cheat, rogue, knave, tricker, impostor, double-dealer.

Tricky, a.   [Colloquial.] Trickish.

Tricuspid, a.   Three-pointed, tricuspidate.

Tricuspidate, a.   Tricuspid.

Tridentate, a.   Three-toothed.

Trifid, a.   Three-cleft.

Trifle, v. n.   1. Act with levity, be busy about trifles, PIDDLE.

2. Talk idly or frivolously, toy, wanton.

Trifle, n.   Bagatelle, triviality, pittance, modicum, small matter, thing of little value or consequence, thing of no moment, drop in the bucket, shadow of a shade.

Trifler, n.   Doodle, idler, drone, laggard, sluggard, lounger.

Trifling, a.   Trivial, petty, frivolous, worthless, inconsiderable, nugatory, slight, unimportant, insignificant, immaterial, piddling, of little value or consequence, of no moment, of small importance.

Trifoliate, a.   Three-leaved.

Trifoliated, a.   Three-leaved.

Trifurcate, a.   Three-pronged.

Trifurcated, a.   Three-pronged.

Trig, a.   [Local.] Trim, neat, spruce.

Trigraph, n.   Triphthong.

Trill, n.   Shake, quaver.

Trill, v. a.   Shake, sing with a trill.

Trill, v. n.   Quaver.

Trim, a.   1. Snug, neat, nice, compact, well adjusted, well ordered.

2. Spruce, finical, smart.

Trim, n.   1. Dress, gear, ornaments, trimmings, trappings.

2. State, condition, order.

Trim, v. a.   1. Adjust, arrange, put in order, set right, make trim.

2. Dress, decorate, ornament, embellish, adorn, garnish, deck, bedeck, set out, array, set off, trick out.

3. Clip, lop, shear, prune, curtail.

Trim, v. n.   Fluctuate, vacillate, balance, be on the fence, veer round, change sides, be a time-server.

Trimmer, n.   Time-server.

Trimmings, n. pl.   Ornaments, trappings, dress, gear, trim.

Trinity, n.   [With The prefixed.] The Holy Trinity, The Godhead.

Trinket, n.   Toy, bawble, knicknack, gewgaw, gimcrack, JIGGUMBOB.

Trinkets, n. pl.   Jewels, jewelry, bijoutry, trifling ornaments.

Trip, v. n.   1. Skip, hop, step quickly.

2. Stumble, lose footing, make a false step.

3. Fail, mistake, err, be at fault, come short.

Trip, v. a.   Supplant, throw off the balance, trip up.

Trip, n.   1. Skip, hop, light step.

2. Stumble, false step.

3. Slip, lapse, failure, mistake, oversight, error, blunder, fault, miss.

4. Jaunt, excursion, tour, ramble, stroll, short journey.

Triphyllous, a.   Three-leaved.

Triple, a.   Threefold, triplicate.

Triple, v. a.   Treble, make threefold.

Triple-crown, n.   Tiara.

Triplicate, a.   Threefold, treble.

Trip up, Trip, supplant, throw off the balance.

Trismus, n.   [L.] (Med.) Locked jaw, lock-jaw, tetanus (of the jaw).

Trite, a.   Common, stale, threadbare, hackneyed, beaten, worn out, common-place.

Triturate, v. a.   Pulverize, grind, bruise, bray, levigate, comminute, grind to powder.

Trituration, n.   Pulverization, comminution, levigation.

Triumph, n.   1. Ovation, celebration, jubilee, jubilation, exultation, flourish of trumpets.

2. Conquest, victory.

Triumph, v. n.   1. Exult, rejoice, crow, chuckle, hold a triumph, celebrate a victory.

2. Prevail, succeed, get the mastery, obtain a victory.

Triumphal song, Pæan, song of triumph.

Triumphant, a.   Victorious, successful.

Triumph over, Subdue, conquer, vanquish, overcome, subjugate, overpower, beat, master, get the better of.

Trivial, a.   1. [Rare.] Common, ordinary, vulgar.

2. Trifling, petty, small, frivolous, slight, light, nugatory, worthless, paltry, unimportant, inconsiderable, insignificant, immaterial, of little value, of little consequence.

Trivialness, n.   Triviality.

Triviality, a.   1. Trivialness, unimportance, insignificance, indifference.

2. Trifle, BAGATELLE, small matter, thing of little value or consequence, thing of no moment.

Troche, n.   Lozenge.

Trochee, n.   Choree, foot of one long and one short syllable.

Troglodyte, n.   Wretch, outcast, pilgarlic, pariah, miserable fellow.

Troll, v. a.   1. Roll.

2. Allure, lure, entice, toll, draw on.

Troll, v. n.   1. Roll.

2. Sing a catch or round.

Troll, n.   Catch, round.

Trollop, n.   Slattern, slut.

Trona, n.   Sesqui-carbonate of soda (native).

Troop, n.   Throng, multitude, company, power, band, gang, crew, squad.

Troop, v. n.   Throng, gather in crowds, collect in numbers.

Trooper, n.   Horse-soldier.

Troops, n. pl.   1. Throngs, gangs.

2. Army, soldiers, forces, legions, armed force, military force, body of troops.

Trophy, n.   Memorial, monument.

Tropical, a.   1. Of the tropics.

2. Figurative, metaphorical, not literal.

Troth, n.   1. Truth, verity, veracity.

2. Fidelity, faith, belief.

Trouble, v. a.   1. Agitate, disturb, derange.

2. Afflict, distress, grieve, annoy, vex, fret, plague, torment, harass, worry, pester, badger, disquiet, concern, make anxious, make uneasy.

Trouble, n.   1. Affliction, distress, suffering, calamity, grief, tribulation, adversity, misfortune, sorrow, woe.

2. Annoyance, perplexity, vexation, embarrassment, plague, torment, molestation.

3. Matter, cause of distress.

Troublesome, a.   Vexatious, annoying, perplexing, harassing, galling, painful, burdensome, wearisome, tiresome, irksome, PLAGUY, knotty, hard.

Troublous, a.   1. Tumultuous, agitated.

2. Full of trouble.

Trounce, v. a.   [Colloquial.] Whip, flog, castigate, punish severely.

Trousers, n. pl.   Pantaloons, breeches.

Trousseau, n.   [Fr.] Outfit (of a bride).

Truant, n.   Idler, loiterer, shirk.

Truce, n.   1. Armistice, suspension of hostilities, cessation of arms.

2. Intermission, cessation, short rest, short quiet.

Truck, v. n.   Barter, deal.

Truck, v. a.   Barter, exchange.

Truck, n.   Barter, exchange.

Truckle, v. n.   Cringe, stoop, crouch, submit, knuckle, yield (obsequiously), bend the knee, knock under.

Truckle-bed, n.   Trundle-bed.

Truculence, n.   Ferocity, ferociousness.

Truculency, n.   Ferocity, ferociousness.

Truculent, a.   Savage, fierce, ferocious, barbarous, cruel, ruthless.

Trudge, v. n.   Travel (on foot), tramp, march (heavily), jog on.

True, a.   1. Real, genuine, veritable, actual, conformable to fact.

2. Truthful, veracious, sincere, candid, frank, honest, honorable, pure.

3. Faithful, constant, steady, loyal, not perfidious.

4. Exact, accurate, correct, conformable to a rule.

True-jack, n.   Luce, pike, pickerel (Esox lucius).

True-love, n.   1. Lover, sweetheart.

2. One-berry, herb-paris (Paris quadrifolia).

Truism, n.   Axiom, self-evident truth, evident proposition, necessary truth.

Trull, n.   Drab, strumpet, prostitute, harlot, whore, courtesan, bawd, punk, Cyprian, street-walker, night-walker, woman of the town.

Truly, ad.   1. Really, verily, in truth, with truth, in fact.

2. Truthfully, voraciously, sincerely, honestly, candidly, plainly, in good earnest, in sober earnest, sooth to say, without equivocation, in plain English, without mincing the matter.

3. Faithfully, constantly.

4. Correctly, exactly, strictly, accurately.

Trump, n.   1. [Poetical.] Trumpet.

2. Trump card, winning card.

3. [Colloquial.] Good fellow.

Trump, v. a.   Lay a trump on, win with a trump.

Trump, v. n.   Play a trump.

Trumpery, n.   Trash, rubbish, stuff, frippery, worthless finery.

Trumpet, n.   Horn.

Trumpet, v. a.   Proclaim, publish, announce, promulgate, advertise, blaze abroad, spread abroad, noise abroad, make known.

Trumpet-fish, n.   Snipe-fish, bellows-fish (Centriscus scolopax).

Truncate, v. a.   Lop, maim, lop off, cut off.

Truncheon, n.   Staff (of command), partisan, baton.

Trundle, n.   1. Roller, castor.

2. Wallower, lantern-wheel.

Trundle, v. a.   Roll.

Trundle-bed, n.   Truckle-bed.

Trunk, n.   1. Stem, stock, stalk.

2. Body (without the limbs).

3. Proboscis, snout.

4. Leat, watercourse.

Truss, n.   1. Bundle, package, packet.

2. Bandage (for hernia).

Trust, n.   1. Confidence, reliance, faith, belief, credence, assurance.

2. Credit, tick.

3. Charge, deposit.

4. Commission, errand, duty.

5. Faith, hope, expectation.

Trust, v. a.   1. Rely on, depend upon, confide in, put confidence in, trust to.

2. Give credit to, sell to on credit.

3. Believe, give credence to.

4. Entrust, commit.

Trust, v. n.   1. Expect, hope, be confident, feel sure.

2. Be confiding, be credulous.

Trustee, n.   Depositary, fiduciary.

Trust in, Trust, confide in, place confidence in, rely on, depend upon, trust to.

Trust to, Trust in.

Trustworthy, a.   Honest, true, faithful, upright, straightforward, uncorrupt, RELIABLE, trusty, confidential.

Trusty, a.   Trustworthy.

Truth, n.   1. Fact, reality, verity, actual existence, matter of fact, stubborn fact, not a dream, not a fancy, not an illusion.

2. Conformity to fact or reality.

3. Principle, axiom, law, canon.

4. Veracity, truthfulness, honesty, sincerity, integrity, frankness, ingenuousness, candor.

5. Faithfulness, fidelity, constancy.

6. Exactness, accuracy, nicety, precision.

Truthful, a.   1. Correct, true, veracious.

2. Sincere, honest, candid, frank, open, ingenuous, artless, guileless.

Truthless, a.   1. False, not true.

2. Faithless, disingenuous, insincere, unfair, dishonest, hollow, hypocritical, pharisaical, canting, treacherous.

Try, v. a.   1. Examine, test, prove, make experiment of, make trial of, put to the test, put to proof.

2. Experience, have knowledge of (by trial).

3. Attempt, essay.

4. Hear, examine judicially.

Try, v. n.   Attempt, endeavor, strive, aim, seek, make an effort, make essay, do one's best, do all that in one lies, strain every nerve, leave no stone unturned.

Trying, a.   Severe, painful, afflictive, afflicting, grievous, calamitous, hard, distressing, sad, dire, deplorable, hard to bear.

Tryst, n.   [Scottish.] Appointment (to meet), appointed meeting.

Tube, n.   Pipe, hollow cylinder.

Tubular, a.   Fistular, tube-like.

Tuckahoe, n.   Virginian truffle, Indian bread, Indian loaf.

Tufa, n.   Tuff, volcanic tufa.

Tuff, n.   Tufa.

Tuft, n.   1. Knot, bunch.

2. Cluster, group.

3. Crest, plume, clump.

4. (Bot.) Capitulum.

Tuft-hunter, n.   Hanger-on (to noblemen and persons of quality), sycophant, parasite, flatterer, lick-spittle, fawner, spaniel, toad-eater, TOADY.

Tug, v. a.   Pull (with great effort), draw, haul, drag.

Tug, v. n.   1. Pull hard.

2. Labor, struggle, strive.

Tug, n.   Hard pull, great effort.

Tuition, n.   Instruction, teaching, education, training, schooling.

Tumble, v. n.   1. Roll, toss, heave, pitch about.

2. Fall, be precipitated, fall over.

Tumble, v. a.   1. Precipitate, throw headlong.

2. Disturb, derange, rumple, put in disorder.

Tumbrel, n.   1. Dung-cart, muck-cart, rough cart.

2. Trebuchet, castigatory, ducking-stool, cucking-stool.

Tumefaction, n.   Tumor, swelling.

Tumefy, v. a.   Swell, inflate, distend.

Tumid, a.   1. Swollen, swelled, enlarged, distended, puffed up.

2. Bombastic, turgid, swelling, pompous, inflated, stilled, grandiloquent, declamatory, rhetorical, high-flown, HIGHFALUTIN.

Tumor, n.   Swelling, tumefaction.

Tumult, n.   1. Uproar, affray, fray, brawl, feud, row, altercation, squabble, quarrel, outbreak, strife, MÊLÉE, general RIOT.

2. Commotion, disturbance, stir, agitation, breeze, ferment, confusion, huddle, pother, ado, bustle, flurry, noise, fuss, TO-DO.

Tumultuous, a.   1. Uproarious, riotous, turbulent.

2. Disturbed, agitated, restless, uneasy, unquiet.

Tun-bellied, a.   Abdominous, big-bellied, pot-bellied, great-bellied, large-bellied.

Tune, n.   1. Air, melody, strain, movement.

2. Concord, harmony.

Tune, v. a.   1. Harmonize, accord, modulate, attune, put in tune.

2. Sing.

Tuneful, a.   Musical, harmonious, melodious, dulcet, ariose.

Tunnel, n.   Funnel.

Tunnel-shaped, a.   (Bot.) Infundibular, infundibuliform.

Tupelo, n.   Pepperidge, sour gum-tree (Nyssa multiflora).

Turbid, a.   Roiled, roily, unsettled, feculent, draggy, muddy, thick, cloudy, foul, not clear.

Turbulence, n.   1. Tumult, uproar, disturbance, turmoil, commotion, disorder, confusion.

2. Riot, sedition, mutiny, insurrection, rebellion.

Turbulent, a.   1. Tumultuous, disorderly, blustering, obstreperous, boisterous, uproarious, blatant, brawling, vociferous.

2. Riotous, seditious, mutinous, refractory, insurgent, rebellious, revolutionary, jacobinical.

Turf, n.   1. Sod, clod, sward, greensward.

2. Race-course, race-ground.

Turf-like, a.   Turfy, cespitose.

Turfy, a.   Cespitose, turf-like.

Turgescence, a.   1. Swelling, tumefaction, distention.

2. Bombast, TURGIDITY.

Turgid, a.   1. Swelled, swollen, bloated, distended, puffed up.

2. Pompous, bombastic, tumid, puffy, inflated, stilted, grandiloquent, declamatory, rhetorical, sophomorical, high-flown, HIGHFALUTIN.

Turgidity, n.   1. Swelling, distention, turgescence.

2. Bombast, inflation, turgidness, grandiloquence, pompous style.

Turgidness, n.   Turgidity.

Turk, n.   Ottoman, Mahometan.

Turkey-cock, n.   Gobbler.

Turkey-stone, n.   Novaculite, Turkey oil-stone.

Turkish, a.   Ottoman, of the Turks.

Turmeric paper, Curcuma paper.

Turmoil, n.   Tumult, agitation, disturbance, disorder, turbulence, confusion, commotion, uproar, bustle, huddle, hurly-burly.

Turn, v. a.   1. Revolve, move round, turn round, make go round.

2. Deviate, cast, deflect, inflect, bend, incline.

3. Reverse the position of, turn over.

4. Shape (as in a lathe), form, mould, fashion.

5. Change, alter, transmute, metamorphose, transform, convert.

6. Translate, construe, render.

7. Direct, apply.

8. Acidify, make sour, make acid.

Turn, v. n.   1. Revolve, whirl, turn round.

2. Be directed.

3. Deviate, incline, bend.

4. Be changed, be transformed, be converted.

5. Grow, become.

6. Become sour, become acid.

7. Depend, hinge, pivot, hang, be dependent.

Turn, n.   1. Revolution, gyration, rotation, round, bout.

2. Deviation, deflexion, flexion, flexure, crook, bend, bending, elbow, curvature, sweep, meandering, sinuosity, winding, twist, twisting, twining, turning, twirl, twirling.

3. Short walk, short excursion.

4. Change, variation, alteration, vicissitude.

5. Occasion, opportunity, opportuneness, hap, chance, opening, juncture, crisis, conjuncture, nick of time, golden opportunity.

6. Phase, form, fashion, manner, guise, shape, figure, configuration, conformation, frame, cast, cut, set, build, make, trim, mould, stamp, feature, aspect, complexion, character.

7. Act, action, deed, office.

8. Aptitude, forte, bias, talent, gift, endowment, genius, proclivity, proneness, propensity.

Turn a corner, Go round a corner.

Turn aside, Avert, turn away, turn off.

Turn a deaf ear to, Disregard, decline to hear, take no notice of, pay no attention to, pay no regard to.

Turn away, [Active.] 1. Avert, turn aside.

2. Dismiss (from service), discard, cashier, turn off.

Turn away, [Neuter.] 1. Deviate.

2. Go, depart, remove.

Turncoat, n.   Apostate, renegade, backslider, deserter.

Turn down, Fold down, double down.

Turn in, [Active.] Fold in, double in.

Turn in, [Neuter.] 1. Bend inward.

2. Enter, go in.

3. [Colloquial.] Retire, go to bed.

Turn off, 1. Dismiss, discard, turn away.

2. Deflect, divert.

3. Accomplish, perform, execute, do.

Turn one's stomach, Nauseate, sicken.

Turn out, v. a.   1. Expel, drive out, drum out, turn adrift.

2. Put to pasture, put out to pasture.

3. Produce, furnish, manufacture, make, accomplish, do.

Turn out, 1. Bend outward.

2. Issue, result, prove, eventuate.

3. Get up, rise from bed.

Turn out, n.   1. Strike.

2. Siding, short side track (on a railroad).

3. Equipage.

Turn over, v. a.   1. Turn, reverse the position of.

2. Transfer, hand over.

Turn over, Roll over.

Turnpike, n.   1. Pike, turnpike gate.

2. [U. S.] Turnpike road.

Turn round, Revolve, whirl, turn.

Turnsole, n.   1. Heliotrope.

2. Litmus.

Turn tail, [Colloquial.] Flee, run away, make off, cut and run.

Turn the back upon, Leave with contempt.

Turn the head, Infatuate, make giddy, make insane.

Turn the tables, Reverse positions, reverse circumstances.

Turn to, Have recourse to.

Turn to account, Utilize, take advantage of, make use of.

Turn up, 1. Bend upwards.

2. Occur, happen, come to pass.

Turpitude, n.   Baseness, depravity, wickedness, vileness.

Turret, n.   Minaret, pinnacle, small tower.

Turtle, n.   1. Turtle-dove.

2. Sea-tortoise, marine tortoise.

Turtle-dove, n.   Turtle.

Turtle-shell, n.   Tortoise shell.

Tush, interj.   Pshaw.

Tush, n.   Tusk.

Tusk, n.   Tush, fang, pointed tooth.

Tussle, n.   [Colloquial.] Scuffle, struggle, conflict.

Tussle, v. n.   [Colloquial.] Scuttle, struggle, contend.

Tut, interj.   Stop, be still, hush.

Tutelage, n.   Protection, guardianship, tutorship.

Tutelar, a.   Protecting, guardian, guarding.

Tutelary, a.   Protecting, guardian, guarding.

Tutelary saint, Patron, good genius, guardian.

Tutor, n.   1. (Law.) Guardian.

2. Teacher, instructor, master, preceptor, school-master.

Tutor, v. a.   1. Teach, instruct.

2. Discipline, train, bring under control.

Tutoress, n.   Instructress, governante, governess.

Tutorship, n.   Tutelage, guardianship.

Twaddle, n.   Prate, prattle, chatter, tattle, twattle, gabble, palaver, gossip, balderdash, moonshine, nonsense, jargon, flummery, rigmarole, stuff, platitude, wish-wash, senseless talk, idle talk, frothy discourse.

Twain, n.   [Nearly obsolete.] Two.

Twang, n.   1. Nasal tone.

2. Taste, smack, savor, flavor.

Twattle, n.   Twaddle.

Tweak, v. a.   Twitch, twinge, pinch, pull rudely.

Tweedle, v. a.   Allure (by some slight influence, as by fiddling), coax, entice, drib, decoy, toll, troll, lure, lead, draw over, bring over, prevail upon.

Tweezers, n. pl.   Nippers, pincers.

Twelvemonth, n.   Year.

Twig, n.   Shoot, sprig, spray, branch.

Twig, v. a.   [Colloquial.] Observe, notice, take notice of.

Twilight, n.   1. Crepuscular light.

2. Dim light, faint light.

Twilight, a.   Obscure, dim, shaded.

Twin, a.   (Bot.) Doubled, geminate, in pairs.

Twins, n. pl.   (Astron.) [With The prefixed.] Gemini.

Twine, v. a.   1. Twist together.

2. Encircle, surround, embrace, entwine, wind about, wind around.

Twinge, v. a.   Tweak, twitch, pinch, pull rudely.

Twinge, n.   Gripe, pang, sharp pain.

Twinkle, v. n.   Sparkle, flash.

Twinkle, n.   Twinkling.

Twinkling, n.   1. Flashing, sparkling, twinkle.

2. Instant, moment, second, jiffy, trice, flash, twinkling of an eye.

Twinkling of an eye, Twinkling, twinkle.

Twirl, v. a.   Whirl, revolve, turn rapidly, turn round.

Twirl, n.   Whirling, circular motion.

Twist, v. a.   1. Twine, twist together.

2. Writhe, contort, complicate, convolve.

3. Wind, wreathe, encircle.

Twist, n.   Convolution, writhing, contortion, winding, flexure, kink, bending bight, coil.

Twit, v. a.   Reproach, blame, upbraid, taunt.

Twit with, Reproach for, cast in the teeth.

Twitch, v. a.   Pull suddenly, snatch, jerk, yerk, pluck.

Twitch, n.   1. Jerk, quick pull.

2. Spasm, twitching, sudden contraction (as of the muscles).

Twitch-grass, n.   Couch-grass, dog's-grass, dog-wheat, wheat-grass, quitch-grass, knot-grass (Triticum repens).

Twitching, n.   Spasm, TWITCH.

Two, n.   1. Sum of two units.

2. Pair, couple, brace, SPAN.

Twofold, a.   Double.

Two-valved, a.   Bivalve, bivalvular.

Tyke, n.   1. Dog, cur, puppy.

2. Contemptible fellow.

Tympanum, n.   Drum (of the ear).

Type, n.   1. Emblem, symbol, figure, sign, token, mark, shadow, image, representation, adumbration.

2. Original, model, pattern, prototype, archetype, original, exemplar, protoplast, mirror, paragon.

3. Stamp, form, kind, sort.

4. Printing character.

Typical, a.   Figurative, emblematical, emblematic, indicative, representative.

Tipify, v. a.   Figure, indicate, betoken, denote, represent, stand for, shadow forth.

Typography, n.   Art of printing, printing.

Tyrannic, a.   1. Despotic, arbitrary, imperious, domineering, high, absolute, irresponsible, bound by no law.

2. Cruel, severe, oppressive grinding, galling, inhuman.

Tyrannical, a.   1. Despotic, arbitrary, imperious, domineering, high, absolute, irresponsible, bound by no law.

2. Cruel, severe, oppressive grinding, galling, inhuman.

Tyrannize, v. n.   Domineer, act the tyrant, be despotic, exercise arbitrary power, lord it, rule with a rod of iron, carry matters with a high hand.

Tyranny, n.   1. Despotism, absolutism, dictatorship, arbitrary power, despotic rule.

2. Oppression, iron rule, reign of terror, cruel government.

Tyrant, n.   1. Despot, absolute ruler.

2. Oppressor, cruel master.

Tyrant fly-catcher, Kingbird (Muscicapa tyrannus or Tyrannus intrepidus).

Tyro, n.   Beginner, novice, learner.