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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Vacancy, n.   1. Vacuity, emptiness.

2. Chasm, blank, gap, space.

Vacant, a.   1. Empty, void, unfilled.

2. Disengaged, not busied, unoccupied.

3. Thoughtless, unthinking.

Vacate, v. a.   1. Make vacant, leave empty, quit possession of.

2. Annul, disannul, nullify, rescind, cancel, quash, invalidate, abrogate, abolish, overrule, make void, set aside, do away.

Vacation, n.   Intermission (of studies, &c.).

Vaccinate, v. a.   Inoculate with kine-pox, inoculate with vaccine matter.

Vacillate, v. n.   1. Sway, reel, stagger, rock, move to and fro.

2. Waver, fluctuate, hesitate, be inconstant, be unsettled, be unsteady, play fast and loose, blow hot and cold, box the compass, run with the hare and hunt with the hound, be a weathercock.

Vacillation, n.   1. Swaying, reeling, staggering, rocking.

2. Wavering, fluctuation, hesitation, unsteadiness, inconstancy.

Vacuity, n.   1. Emptiness, vacancy, inanity, inanition.

2. Void, vacuum, empty space.

Vacuum, n.   Void, empty space, vacuity.

Vade-mecum, n.   Manual.

Vagabond, n.   Vagrant, outcast, castaway, loafer, lounger, nomad, landloper, idle wanderer, strolling beggar, abandoned wretch.

Vagary, n.   Whim, freak, whimsey, antic, crotchet, whimsicality, prank.

Vaginant, a.   (Bot.) Sheathing.

Vaginate, a.   (Bot.) Sheathed.

Vagrancy, n.   Roving, wandering.

Vagrant, n.   Vagabond.

Vagrant, a.   Strolling, wandering, roving, roaming, unsettled, nomadic.

Vague, a.   Uncertain, ambiguous, dim, doubtful, obscure, undetermined, indefinite, indistinct, unsettled, loose, lax, unfixed, not precise, not exact.

Vain, a.   1. Unreal, shadowy, unsubstantial, supposititious, dreamy, baseless, imaginary, empty, void.

2. Unavailing, useless, bootless, ineffectual, fruitless, profitless, futile, nugatory, abortive, unprofitable, without avail, idle, to no purpose, to no end.

3. Worthless, unsatisfying, unsatisfactory, vapid, tasteless, insipid, flat, stale, mawkish.

4. Conceited, vain-glorious, inflated, overweening, ostentatious, high, self-sufficient, flushed, opinionated, self-satisfied, self-confident, self-admiring, self-opinioned, self-flattering, high-flown, puffed up, wise in one's own conceit.

Vain-glorious, a.   1. Conceited, VAIN, proud beyond desert.

2. Boastful, vaunting.

Vain-glory, n.   1. Vanity, empty pride, pride without merit.

2. Rodomontade, empty boasting.

Vale, n.   [Poetical.] Valley, dingle, dell.

Valediction, n.   Farewell, adieu, leave-taking.

Valedictory, a.   Farewell.

Valedictory, n.   [U. S.] Farewell address.

Valet, n.   [Fr.] Groom, servant, serving man, waiting servant.

Valet de chambre, [Fr.] Body servant.

Valetudinarian, n.   Invalid, valetudinary.

Valetudinarian, a.   Weak, infirm, sickly, feeble, weakly, frail, invalid, valetudinary.

Valetudinary, n.   Valetudinarian.

Valetudinary, a.   Valetudinarian.

Valiant, a.   Brave, courageous, intrepid, valorous, gallant, chivalrous, chivalric, heroic, daring, dauntless, bold, fearless, doughty, undaunted, Spartan, lion-hearted.

Valid, a.   Efficacious, efficient, sound, weighty, powerful, conclusive, logical, cogent, persuasive, good, just, solid, important, grave, sufficient, strong, not weak, not defective, not frivolous, not fallacious.

Validity, n.   Soundness, justness, efficacy, cogency, weight, strength, goodness, force, gravity, importance.

Valise, n.   Portmanteau, travelling bag.

Valley, n.   Vale, dale, bottom, dell, dingle, ravine.

Valor, n.   Bravery (especially in war), courage, prowess, boldness, spirit, daring, gallantry, intrepidity.

Valorous, a.   Valiant.

Valuable, a.   1. Precious, useful, serviceable.

2. Worthy, estimable.

Valuation, n.   1. Appraisement, estimation.

2. Value, worth.

Value, n.   1. Worth, utility, importance (value in use).

2. Price, cost, rate, equivalent (value in exchange).

Value, v. a.   1. Appraise, rate, estimate, account, set a value on.

2. Esteem, appreciate, regard, prize, set a high value on, rate highly, hold in high esteem, set store by.

Valueless, a.   Worthless, miserable, of no value, of no use

Vamos, v. n.   [Colloquial.] [Sp.] Be off, depart quickly.

Vamose, v. n.   [Colloquial.] [Sp.] Be off, depart quickly.

Vamp, n.   Upper leather (of a shoe).

Vamp, v. a.   Repair, mend, piece, patch, tinker, refit, retouch, vamp up, patch up.

Vampire, n.   1. Parasite, bloodsucker.

2. (Zoöl.) Vampire-bat.

Vamp up, Vamp.

Van, n.   Front (of an army or a fleet), fore-rank.

Vandal, n.   Barbarian, savage.

Vandal, a.   Barbarous, savage, Vandalic.

Vandalic, a.   Barbarous, Vandal.

Vandalism, n.   Barbarity.

Vane, n.   1. Weather-cock.

2. Blade (of a windmill, propeller, &c.).

Vanglo, n.   Bene, oil-plant (Sesamum orientale).

Vanguard, n.   Advance-guard.

Vanish, v. a.   Disappear, fade, pass, dissolve, fade away, melt away, pass away, be lost, be no more.

Vanity, n.   1. Emptiness, hollowness, worthlessness, futility, unrealness, unsubstantialness.

2. Conceit, conceitedness, egotism, self-conceit, self-sufficiency, petty pride.

3. Idle show, vain pursuit.

Vanquish, v. a.   Conquer, defeat, beat, CHECKMATE, overcome, subdue, subjugate, overpower, overbear, master, floor, crush, worst, rout, discomfit, choke, foil, quell, put down, get the upper hand of, get the better of.

Vanquisher, n.   Conqueror, subduer, victor.

Vapid, a.   1. Insipid, tasteless, flat, savorless, spiritless, stale, dead.

2. Tame, dull, meagre, jejune, languid, feeble, prosing, prosy, prosaic.

Vapor, n.   1. Gaseous state (of a substance ordinarily fluid or solid), aeriform state.

2. Fume, steam, reek, exhalation, smoke, fog, mist, rack.

3. Phantom, fantasy, whim, whimsey, vagary, day-dream, vain imagination, unreal fancy.

Vapor, v. n.   Boast, brag, bluster, swagger, bully.

Vaporer, n.   Boaster, blusterer, braggart, swaggerer, vaunter, BLATHERSKITE.

Vaporish, a.   Splenetic, hypochondriacal, peevish, petulant, humorsome, vapory.

Vaporize, v. a.   Evaporate, convert into vapor.

Vaporous, a.   1. Foggy, vapory, full of vapor.

2. Unreal, unsubstantial, vain.

Vapors, n. pl.   Hypochondriasis, spleen, melancholy, dejection, blues, depression of spirits, blue devils.

Vapory, a.   1. Vaporous, foggy, full of vapor.

2. Hypochondriacal, VAPORISH.

Variable, a.   1. Changeable, mutable.

2. Inconstant, unsteady, fickle, vacillating, wavering, fluctuating, fitful, undecided.

Variance, n.   1. Disagreement, difference, discord, dissension, jarring.

2. (Law.) Variation, want of conformity (as between the writ and the declaration, or between the allegation and the proof).

Variation, n.   1. Alteration, mutation, change, mortification.

2. Deviation, departure, difference, diversity, discrepance, discrepancy, VARIANCE.

Variegate, v. a.   Diversify, vary, streak, checker, dapple, figure, mark with different colors.

Variegated, a.   Party-colored, piebald, motley, mottled, pied, many-colored, many-hued, divers-colored, of all manner of colors.

Variety, n.   1. Diversity, difference.

2. Multiplicity, multiformity, multifariousness.

Variola, n.   (Med.) Small-pox.

Various, a.   1. Diverse, different, manifold, several, sundry, numerous, many.

2. Changeable, mutable, uncertain, unfixed.

3. Variegated, diversified.

Varlet, n.   Scoundrel, rascal, rogue, knave, scapegrace.

Varnish, n.   Lacquer.

Varnish, v. a.   1. Lacquer, Japan.

2. Polish, adorn, decorate, garnish, gild.

3. Palliate, gloss, extenuate, excuse.

Vary, n. a. 1. Alter, change, modify, transform, transmute, metamorphose, make some change in.

2. Diversify, variegate.

Vary, v. n.   1. Alter, change, be changeable.

2. Differ, be unlike, be different.

3. Deviate, depart, swerve.

Vassal, n.   1. Feudatory, feudal tenant.

2. Subject, dependant, retainer.

3. Servant, bondman, slave.

Vassalage, n.   Subjection, dependence, servitude, slavery.

Vast, a.   1. Very spacious, very extensive.

2. Huge, enormous, immense, colossal, gigantic, prodigious, stupendous, very great.

3. Remarkable, extraordinary.

Vaticinate, v. a.   [Rare.] Foretell, predict, prophesy, presage, prognosticate, augur, divine, forebode.

Vaticination, n.   Prophecy, prediction, prognostication.

Vaticinator, n.   Prophet, foreteller, predictor, soothsayer, seer.

Vaudeville, n.   [Fr.] Ballad, street song, trivial strain, light song.

Vault, n.   1. Arched ceiling, arched roof, continued arch.

2. Cell, cellar, cavity.

3. Tomb, crypt, catacomb.

4. Leap, bound, jump.

Vault, v. a.   Arch, cover with an arch, arch over.

Vault, v. n.   Leap, bound, jump, spring, CAPER.

Vaulted, a.   1. Arched, concave.

2. (Bot.) Fornicate, fornicated.

Vaulter, n.   Leaper, jumper, tumbler.

Vaunt, v. n.   Brag, boast.

Vaunt, v. a.   Brag of, boast of, make a display of, make a boast of, show off.

Vaunt, n.   Boast, brag.

Vaunter, n.   Boaster, braggart, braggadocio, drawcansir, roisterer, huff, vaporer, BLATHERSKITE, noisy fellow.

Vedette, n.   Mounted sentinel.

Veer, v. n.   Shift, turn, change course, change direction, change about, come round.

Veering, n.   1. Shifting, turning, change of course.

2. Tergiversation, fickleness, instability, vacillation.

Vegetable, n.   Plant.

Vegetate, v. n.   Shoot, germinate, spring, pullulate, grow (as a plant), shoot up, spring up, put forth.

Vegetation, n.   1. Vegetable growth.

2. Plants, vegetables.

Vehemence, n.   1. Impetuosity, violence.

2. Ardor, fervor, fervency, eagerness, earnestness, keenness, warmth, zeal, enthusiasm, passion.

3. Force, might, intensity.

Vehement, a.   1. Impetuous, violent, furious, rampant, passionate, high, hot, high-wrought.

2. Ardent, zealous, eager, keen, earnest, fervid, enthusiastic, sanguine.

3. Strong, forcible, powerful, vigorous, very great.

Vehicle, n.   1. Carriage, conveyance.

2. Medium, instrument.

Veil, n.   1. Screen, shade, curtain.

2. Cover, disguise, mask, visor, blind, cloak.

Veil, v. a.   1. Screen.

2. Cover, hide, mask, conceal, disguise.

Vein, n.   1. Blood-vessel.

2. Rib (of a leaf), nerve.

3. Seam (in a mine), lode.

4. Stripe, streak.

5. Bent, humor, disposition, mood.

6. Talent, faculty, genius, quality, strain, turn of mind, peculiar temper.

Vein, v. a.   Stripe, streak.

Vein-stone, n.   Gangue.

Veiny, a.   Striped, streaked, veined.

Vellication, n.   (Med.) Twitching, tic.

Velocity, n.   Swiftness, speed, celerity, fleetness, quickness, rapidity.

Velveteen, n.   Cotton velvet.

Venal, a.   Mercenary, purchasable, hireling, sordid.

Venality, n.   Mercenariness.

Vend, v. a.   Sell.

Vendee, n.   [Correlative of vendor.] Purchaser, buyer.

Vender, n.   Seller, VENDOR.

Vendibility, n.   Salableness, vendibleness.

Vendible, a.   Salable, merchantable, that may be sold.

Vendibleness, n.   Vendibility.

Vendor, n.   [Correlative of vendee.] Seller, vender.

Vendue, n.   Auction, cant, public auction, auction sale, public sale.

Vendue-master, a.   Auctioneer.

Venerable, a.   1. To be venerated, worthy of veneration, oracular, grave, sage, wise.

2. Dread, awful, dreadful.

Venerate, v. a.   Reverence, revere, respect, adore, honor, regard highly.

Veneration, n.   Reverence, high respect.

Venesection, n.   Bleeding, phlebotomy, blood-letting.

Vengeance, n.   1. Avengement, retribution.

2. Revenge, retaliation.

Vengeful, a.   Vindictive, revengeful, rancorous.

Venial, a.   Excusable, pardonable.

Venom, n.   1. Poison (naturally secreted by certain animals), VIRUS, bane.

2. Malignity, maliciousness, malice, spite, spitefulness, gall, rancor, rankling, grudge, bitterness, acerbity, acrimony, malevolence, hate, ill-will.

Venomous, a.   1. Poisonous, noxious, baneful.

2. Malignant, malicious, spiteful, mischievous.

Vent, n.   1. Opening, hole, vent-hole.

2. Spiracle, air-tube, air-pipe, blowhole.

3. Emission, passage, outlet, escape.

4. Discharge, utterance.

5. Market, sale, opportunity to sell.

Vent, v. a.   1. Emit, pour forth, let out.

2. Utter, give vent to.

Vent-hole, n.   Opening, hole, breathing-hole, vent.

Ventilate, v. a.   1. Air.

2. [Now colloquial, but formerly in good use.] Examine, sift, scrutinize, discuss, canvass.

Ventilation, n.   1. Airing.

2. Examination, scrutiny, discussion.

Ventral, a.   Abdominal.

Venture, n.   1. Hazard, risk, danger, jeopardy, peril.

2. Chance, hap, luck, contingency.

3. Stake, adventure.

Venture, v. a.   Hazard, risk, jeopardize, jeopard, expose to hazard.

Venture, v. n.   1. Dare, adventure.

2. Run the risk, tempt fortune, take one's chance.

3. Presume, make bold, take the liberty, have the presumption.

Venturesome, a.   Adventurous, daring, intrepid, bold, courageous, venturous, presumptuous, enterprising, doughty, chivalrous.

Venturous, a.   Venturesome.

Venus, n.   (Astron.) 1. Lucifer, PHOSPHORUS, morning star.

2. Hesperus, Hesper, Vesper, evening star.

Veracious, a.   Truthful, observant of truth, true, not lying or false.

Veracity, n.   Truthfulness, truth, ingenuousness, honesty, candor, frankness.

Verbal, a.   1. Oral, spoken, unwritten, parole, nuncupative, not written.

2. As to words, about words.

3. Literal, word for word.

4. Derived from a verb.

Verbatim, ad.   [L.] Literally, word for word, in the same words.

Verbiage, n.   Wordiness, verboseness, verbosity, prolixity, diffuseness.

Verbose, a.   Wordy, prolix, diffuse.

Verbosity, n.   Wordiness, VERBIAGE.

Verdancy, n.   1. Greenness, viridity.

2. [Colloquial.] Inexperience, rawness, liability to be imposed upon.

Verdant, a.   1. Green.

2. Raw, inexperienced.

Verdict, n.   Decision, judgment, finding.

Verdigris, n.   Sub-acetate of copper, diacetate of copper, bi-basic acetate of copper.

Verdure, n.   Greenness (of vegetation).

Verge, n.   1. Rod, staff, mace.

2. Edge, brink, border, margin, rim, brim, confine, limit, skirt, point.

3. Arbor (of a watch-balance), spindle.

Verge, v. n.   1. Tend, incline, slope, lean.

2. Border, approach, be near.

Verge-board, n.   Bargeboard.

Verification, n.   Authentication, attestation, confirmation, corroboration.

Verify, v. a.   Authenticate, confirm, substantiate, corroborate, attest, prove true, establish the truth or correctness of, make good.

Verily, ad.   Truly, really, absolutely, certainly, positively, indeed, in fact, in truth.

Verisimilitude, n.   Likelihood, probability, appearance of truth.

Veritable, a.   True, real, actual, genuine, positive, absolute, not fictitious.

Verity, n.   1. Truth, truthfulness.

2. True statement, true assertion.

Vermes, n. pl.   [L.] Worms.

Vermicular, a.   Sinuous, tortuous, undulating, flexuous, waving, serpentine, meandering, winding, twisting, convoluted, vermiform, worm-like, worm-shaped.

Vermiform, a.   Worm-like, VERMICULAR.

Vermifuge, n.   Anthelmintic, helminthagogue.

Vermilion, n.   Red sulphuret of mercury (artificial).

Vermin, n. pl.   Noxious animals (of small size).

Vernacular, a.   Native, indigenous, VULGAR, mother.

Vernacular, n.   Vernacular language, native language, mother tongue.

Versatile, a.   1. Changeable, variable.

2. Inconstant, unsteady, fickle.

Verse, n.   1. Line (metrically arranged), line of poetry, stich.

2. Versification, poetry, poesy, metrical composition, metrical language.

3. [Colloquial.] Stanza, stave, staff.

4. Passage (of Scripture), text, sentence.

5. [Poetical.] Piece of poetry.

Versed, a.   Skilled, skilful, practised, accomplished, conversant, acquainted, qualified, trained, proficient, clever, able, good at, at home in, au fait.

Verses, n. pl.   Numbers, poetry, song.

Versification, n.   Verse, metrical composition.

Versify, v. a.   Turn into verse.

Versify, v. n.   Make verses.

Version, n.   Translation, rendering, interpretation, reading, lection.

Vertebral column, Spine.

Vertex, n.   1. Point.

2. Top, summit, crown.

3. Zenith.

Vertical, a.   Perpendicular (to the horizon), upright, plumb.

Vertigo, n.   Dizziness, giddiness, swimming of the head.

Verve, n.   [Fr.] Enthusiasm, rapture, spirit, animation, force, energy, excitement of the imagination.

Very, a.   1. True, real, actual.

2. Same, self-same.

Very, ad.   Highly, exceedingly, excessively, extremely, remarkably, surpassingly, to a high degree.

Vesicant, n.   Vesicatory.

Vesicatory, n.   Blister, epispastic, vesicant.

Vesicle, n.   Cell, cyst, utricle, bladder.

Vesper, n.   Hesperus, Hesper, Venus, evening star.

Vespers, n. pl.   Evening service (in the Roman Catholic Church).

Vessel, n.   1. Utensil (for holding any thing).

2. Bottom, sailing craft.

3. Tube, duct, canal.

Vest, n. 1. Vesture, garment, vestment, robe, dress.

2. Waistcoat (for men).

Vest, v. a.   1. Clothe, dress, surround, robe, enrobe, envelope, cover.

2. Endow, furnish.

Vest in, Descend to, pass to, belong to, be at the disposal of, become the property of.

Vested, a.   Fixed, established.

Vestibule, n.   1. Porch, entrance way.

2. Hall, lobby, ante-room.

Vestige, n.   Footprint, footstep, token, sign, mark, record, trace, track.

Vestment, n.   Garment, dress, VESTURE, robe, vest, habiliment, garb.

Vestry, n.   Sacristry, vestry-room.

Vesture, n.   Garment, dress, robe, vestment, vest, clothes, clothing, apparel, attire, habit, garb, costume, habiliment, toilet, raiment, gear, outfit, accoutrement, equipment, suit, rigging, trappings, TOGGERY, ARRAY.

Veteran, a.   Old (in experience), experienced (especially in war).

Veteran, n.   Old soldier.

Veterinarian, n.   Farrier, horse-doctor, horse-leech, veterinary surgeon.

Veterinary surgeon, Farrier, veterinarian.

Veto, n.   Prohibition (of a legislative act by the Executive), refusal to sanction.

Veto, v. a.   Prohibit, forbid, negative.

Vex, v. a.   1. Tease, torment, plague, harass, worry, harry, hector, distress, annoy, trouble, fret, provoke, offend, irritate, gall, chafe, displease, molest, pester, bother, badger.

2. Disturb, disquiet, agitate.

Vexation, n.   1. Irritation, chagrin, displeasure, mortification.

2. Torment, plague, trouble, annoyance, nuisance, curse.

Vexatious, a.   Troublesome, irritating, provoking, annoying, harassing, painful, distressing.

Vexed, a.   1. Irritated, plagued, worried, harassed, annoyed, troubled, provoked.

2. Disputed, contested, in dispute.

Via, ad.   [L.] [Colloquial.] By way of.

Viands, n. pl.   Food, victuals, BREAD.

Vibrate, v. n.   Oscillate, swing, move to and fro, move backward and forward.

Vibration, n.   Oscillation, swinging, nutation.

Vibratory, a.   Vibrating, oscillating, oscillatory, swinging.

Vicarious, a.   1. Deputed, delegated, commissioned.

2. Substituted.

Vice, n.   1. Defect, fault, blemish, imperfection.

2. Wickedness, sin, iniquity, irregularity, depravity, immorality, laxity, indecorum, impropriety.

Vice, [L.] Instead of, in place of.

Vicegerent, n.   Deputy, lieutenant, representative, agent.

Vice-king, n.   Viceroy.

Viceroy, n.   Vice-king.

Vice versa, [L.] Conversely, reversely.

Vicinage, n.   Neighborhood, vicinity.

Vicinity, n.   1. Nearness, proximity.

2. Neighborhood, vicinage.

Vicious, a.   1. Faulty, defective, imperfect.

2. Wicked, mischievous, depraved, immoral, sinful, corrupt, unprincipled, abandoned, demoralized, bad, worthless, profligate.

3. Unruly, refractory, contrary.

Vicissitude, n.   1. Alternation, interchange, regular change, mutual succession.

2. Variation, mutation, revolution.

Victim, n.   1. Sacrifice.

2. [Colloquial.] Dupe, gull, cully, prey.

Victimize, v. a.   [Colloquial.] Cheat, dupe, trick, defraud, deceive, swindle, cozen, chouse, gull, overreach, befool, beguile, circumvent, diddle, hoodwink, bamboozle, impose upon, put upon, practise upon, play upon, take in.

Victor, n.   Conqueror, vanquisher.

Victorious, a.   Triumphant, conquering, successful.

Victory, n.   Conquest, triumph.

Victuals, n. pl.   Food, viands, BREAD.

Vide, [L.] See.

Videlicet, ad.   [L. Usually represented by viz.] Namely, to wit, that is, that is to say, to particularize, to be more explicit.

Vie, v. n.   Contend, strive (for superiority).

View, v. a.   1. Survey, scan, eye, see, witness, behold, inspect, explore, contemplate, look on or upon, turn the eyes to, have in sight.

2. Consider, regard, ponder, study, think about, reflect upon.

View, n.   1. Sight, survey, inspection.

2. Prospect, scene, vista, perspective.

3. Sketch, picture.

4. Design, purpose, object, aim, intent, intention, scope, drift.

5. Opinion, judgment, notion, belief, impression, idea, sentiment.

Viewless, a.   Invisible, unseen, indiscernible, not to be seen.

Vigil, n.   Watch, sleeplessness, abstinence from sleep.

Vigilance, n.   Watchfulness, lookout, circumspection.

Vigilant, a.   Watchful, circumspect, on the lookout, wide awake, on the alert.

Vigor, n.   1. Strength, force, might, power.

2. Energy, efficacy.

3. Health, haleness, soundness, robustness, bloom, elasticity, tone.

4. Thriftiness, flourishing condition.

5. Liveliness, raciness, piquancy.

Vigorous, a.   1. Strong, powerful, forcible, intense.

2. Energetic, efficient, effective.

3. Healthy, hale, robust, sturdy, sound, hardy, hearty, able-bodied, in health, in good health, not diseased.

4. Thrifty, flourishing, growing well.

5. Nervous, spirited, lively, sparkling, racy, pointed, piquant, impassioned.

Vile, a.   1. Base, mean, low, despicable, contemptible, beggarly, grovelling, pitiful, ignoble, abject, scurvy, shabby, base-minded, foul.

2. Sinful, wicked, knavish.

3. Worthless, of poor quality, linsey-woolsey.

Vileness, n.   1. Baseness, meanness, despicableness, foulness, abasement, shabbiness, abjectness, abjection.

2. Wickedness, sinfulness, turpitude, knavery.

3. Worthlessness, poor quality.

Vilify, v. a.   Defame, traduce, revile, asperse, calumniate, scandalize, malign, reproach, abuse, blacken, blemish, slur, vituperate, backbite, lampoon, disparage, upbraid, berate, run down, speak ill of, accuse falsely, damn with faint praise.

Villa, n.   Country house, country seat.

Village, n.   Hamlet, town.

Villain, n.   Rascal, knave, scoundrel, rogue, scamp, reprobate, scapegrace, miscreant, caitiff, vile wretch.

Villanous, a.   [Written also Villainous.] 1. Base, mean, vile.

2. Wicked, knavish, atrocious, heinous, sinful, nefarious, outrageous, very bad.

Villany, n.   [Written also Villainy.] 1. Baseness, VILENESS.

2. Wickedness, sinfulness, depravity, turpitude, atrocity, criminality, infamy.

3. Roguery, rascality, knavery, knavishness, dishonesty, trickery.

Vinculum, n.   [L. pl. Vincula.] Bond, tie, link, copula, connective.

Vindicate, v. a.   1. Justify, defend, uphold, speak for, contend for.

2. Assert, maintain, support, stand by, make good.

Vindicable, a.   Justifiable, warrantable, defensible, right, fit, proper.

Vindication, n.   1. Justification, plea, defence, excuse, apology.

2. Assertion, maintenance, support.

Vindictive, a.   Revengeful, unforgiving, unrelenting, implacable, vengeful, rancorous, malevolent, malicious, malignant, spiteful, resentful.

Vindicator, n.   1. Assertor, pleader.

2. Defender, champion.

Vine-fretter, n.   Aphis, plant-louse, puceron.

Vinegar, n.   Acetic acid (dilute and impure).

Violate, v. a.   1. Break, Infringe, transgress, invade, break through, trench upon, encroach upon, set at nought.

2. Profane, desecrate, pollute, do violence to.

3. Abuse, outrage, ravish, deflour, debauch, constuprate, defile, commit rape upon.

Violation, n.   1. Infringement, transgression, breaking, breach, non-observance.

2. Profanation, desecration, pollution.

3. Ravishment, ravishing, rape, constupration, STUPRATION, defloration, defilement.

Violence, n.   1. Vehemence, impetuosity, boisterousness.

2. Passion, fury, fierceness, wildness, rage.

3. Outrage, injustice, injury, unlawfulness, sway or brute force, reign of terror.

4. Sharpness, acuteness, severity, poignancy, intensity.

Violent, a.   1. Boisterous, furious, impetuous, vehement.

2. Fierce, fiery, fuming, raging, ungovernable, infuriate, passionate, high, hot.

3. Unnatural, effected by force, unlawful.

4. Unjust, outrageous.

5. Sharp, severe, acute, poignant, intense, exquisite, pungent.

Violin, n.   Fiddle, KIT.

Virago, n.   1. Female warrior.

2. Termagant, vixen, shrew, tartar, brawler, scold.

Virgin, n.   Maid, maiden, girl, LASSIE, lass, damsel, miss.

Virgin, a.   1. Chaste, pure, undefiled, maidenly.

2. Fresh, unused, untouched, new.

Virginity, n.   Maidenhood.

Viridescent, a.   Greenish.

Viridity, n.   Greenness, verdancy.

Virile, a.   Manly, masculine

Virility, n.   Manhood.

Virtu, n.   1. Taste for curiosities, love of the fine arts.

2. Curiosities, objects of art or of antiquity (taken collectively).

Virtual, a.   Potential, in essence or effect though not in fact.

Virtue, n.   1. Force, efficacy, power, strength, potency.

2. Goodness (that comes from self discipline), uprightness, probity, integrity, rectitude, morality, worth, moral excellence.

Virtuoso, n.   Connoisseur, amateur, dilettante, man devoted to virtu.

Virtuous, a.   1. Upright, honest, good, righteous, exemplary, worthy.

2. Chaste, modest, pure.

Virulence, n.   1. Poisonousness, venomousness.

2. Acrimony, malignancy, malignity, bitterness.

Virulency, n.   1. Poisonousness, venomousness.

2. Acrimony, malignancy, malignity, bitterness.

Virulent, a.   1. Poisonous, venomous.

2. Malignant, acrimonious, bitter.

Virus, n.   Poison (of a morbid nature), VENOM.

Visage, n.   Face, countenance, physiognomy, PHIZ.

Viscera, n. pl.   [L.] Entrails, intestines, bowels, inwards, guts.

Viscid, a.   Glutinous, viscous, sticky, tenacious, SLABBY.

Viscidity, n.   Glutinousness, stickiness.

Viscous, a.   Glutinous, VISCID.

Visible, a.   1. Perceptible, discernible, in view, in sight, to be seen.

2. Apparent, manifest, evident, open, obvious, conspicuous, clear, plain, palpable, patent, unmistakable.

Vision, n.   1. Sight, seeing.

2. Apparition, ghost, spectre, phantom, phantasm, chimera, illusion, supernatural appearance.

Visionary, a.   1. Imaginative, romantic, given to reverie.

2. Unreal, fanciful, fancied, ideal, fantastic, imaginary, chimerical, illusory, shadowy, Quixotic, Utopian, wild.

Visionary, n.   Dreamer, FANATIC, enthusiast, zealot, castle-builder.

Visit, v. a.   Go to see, call upon, pay a visit to.

Visitable, a.   Subject to be visitated (in order to be inspected), liable to be inspected.

Visitant, n.   Visitor.

Visitation, n.   1. Dispensation (especially of retributive evil), calamity, disaster, affliction, misfortune, trial, blow, stroke, trouble, hardship, ill luck, ill fortune.

2. (Law.) Visiting (in order to examine), inspection.

Visitor, n.   1. Guest.

2. Inspector, examiner, censor, critic.

Vista, n.   View (especially through an avenue), prospect, perspective.

Visual, a.   Optic, optical, of the eye, of the sight or vision.

Vital, a.   Essential, indispensable, very necessary.

Vitality, n.   Life, animation, vital power.

Vitalize, v. a.   Vivify, animate, quicken, make alive, give life to.

Vitiate, v. a.   Impair, spoil, deteriorate, debase, deprave, corrupt, pollute, adulterate, injure, contaminate, infect, defile, poison.

Vitiation, n.   Deterioration, degeneration, debasement, degradation, degeneracy, depravation, impairment, injury, corruption, perversion, pollution, prostitution.

Vitriolated tartar, Sulphate of potash.

Vitriolated soda, Sulphate of soda, Glauber's salt.

Vitreous, a.   Glassy.

Vitriform, a.   Hyaloid, like glass.

Vitriolic acid, Sulphuric acid, oil of vitriol.

Vituperate, v. a.   [Rare.] Abuse, vilify, revile, reproach, defame, asperse, slander, traduce, malign, blacken, berate, rate, upbraid, rail at, sneer at, speak ill of, run down.

Vituperation, n.   Abuse, blame, condemnation, reproach, aspersion, reviling, upbraiding, railing, objurgation, scolding, JAW, severe censure.

Vituperative, a.   Abusive, reproachful, scorning, scurrilous, opprobrious, condemnatory, damnatory, contemptuous, scandalous, insulting.

Vivacious, a.   Lively, sprightly, active, brisk, animated, spirited, gay, sportive, frolicsome, jocund, merry, cheerful, mirthful, pleasant, full of life.

Vivaciousness, n.   Vivacity.

Vivacity, n.   Liveliness, sprightliness, animation, life, cheerfulness, gayety, cheer, good humor, good spirits, high spirits.

Vivid, a.   1. Lively, sprightly, vigorous, animated, quick, active, strong.

2. Bright, clear, lucid.

Vivify, v. a.   Animate, vitalize, awake, arouse, quicken, make alive, give life to.

Vixen, n.   Scold, termagant, shrew, tartar, brawler.

Vocable, n.   Word, term, name.

Vocabulary, n.   Dictionary, glossary, lexicon, word-book, list of words.

Vocation, n.   Occupation, employment, calling, business, pursuit, profession, trade, AVOCATION.

Vociferate, v. n.   1. Cry, bawl, roar, cry out.

2. Rant, mouth.

Vociferate, v. a.   Cry aloud, roar out, utter loudly or vehemently.

Vociferation, n.   Clamor, outcry, HULLABALOO, loud utterance, hue and cry.

Vociferous, a.   Noisy, clamorous, loud, blatant, stunning, uproarious, obstreperous.

Vogue, n.   Fashion, mode, way, usage, custom, practice, repute, popularity, favor.

Voice, n.   1. Spoken sound.

2. Sound, noise, notes.

3. Vote, suffrage.

4. Tone, mode of speaking.

Void, a.   1. Empty, vacant, inane, unfilled, unoccupied, unfurnished, unsupplied.

2. Free, destitute, clear, without.

3. Null, invalid, nugatory, ineffectual, of no effect, of no binding force.

Void, n.   Vacuum, INANE, empty space.

Volatile, a.   1. Evaporable.

2. Airy, gay, lively, jolly, sprightly, vivacious, buoyant, full of spirit, jocund.

3. Fickle, changeable, giddy, inconstant, flighty, reckless, uncircumspect, wild, hare-brained, HARUM-SCARUM.

Volatile alkali, Ammonia, ammoniacal gas.

Volatility, n.   1. Evaporableness.

2. Airiness, liveliness, gayety, vivacity, sprightliness, cheerfulness.

3. Changeableness, fickleness, flightiness, giddiness, inconstancy, levity, frivolity, want of seriousness.

Volition, n.   Willing, exercise of the will.

Volley, n.   Discharge, emission, burst, explosion, blast.

Voltaism, n.   Galvanism.

Volubility, n.   Fluency, glibness, readiness of speech, command of language, facility of expression, GIFT OF THE GAB.

Voluble, a.   Fluent, glib, loquacious, talkative, TONGUY, of a ready tongue, ready in speech, nimble of speech.

Volume, n.   1. Convolution, turn, contortion, whirl, fold, coil, roll, scroll.

2. Book, tome.

3. Dimensions, bulk, size, mass, compass, amplitude, CAPACITY.

4. (Geom.) Solid contents.

Voluminous, a.   1. Of many volumes.

2. Large, bulky.

Voluntarily, ad.   Spontaneously, freely, of one's own accord.

Voluntary, a.   1. Spontaneous, free, unforced, unconstrained, without compulsion.

2. Willing, from inclination.

3. Designed, intended, intentional, purposed.

Volunteer, v. a.   Offer, proffer, tender, present.

Voluptuary, n.   Sensualist, epicure, man of pleasure.

Voluptuous, a.   Luxurious, epicurean, sensual.

Voluptuousness, n.   Sensuality, luxury, luxuriousness, epicurism, pleasure, animal gratification.

Vomit, v. n.   Puke, spew, eject, throw up, cast up.

Vomit, v. a.   1. Disgorge, throw up (from the stomach), puke up, cast up.

2. Eject, emit, throw forth.

Vomit, n.   Emetic, puke.

Voracious, a.   Ravenous, greedy, rapacious, insatiable, insatiate.

Voraciousness, n.   Voracity.

Voracity, n.   Ravenousness, greediness, avidity, voraciousness, swallow, gluttonous appetite, canine appetite.

Vortex, n.   Whirl, whirlpool, eddy.

Votary, n.   Devotee.

Vote, n.   1. Suffrage, voice.

2. Ballot.

Vouch, v. a.   1. Obtest, call to witness.

2. Warrant, declare, affirm, avouch, attest, evidence.

3. Support, back, follow up.

Vouchsafe, v. a.   Concede, grant, accord, deign.

Voussoir, n.   [Fr.] Arch-stone.

Vow, n.   Promise (solemnly made), pledge.

Vow, v. a.   Consecrate, dedicate, devote.

Vow, v. n.   Promise (solemnly), pledge one's word.

Voyage, n.   Journey by water, passage by sea.

Voyage, v. n.   Cruise, sail, take a voyage, take a cruise, travel by sea, take ship, plough the waves, plough the deep.

Vulgar, a.   1. Plebeian, low-born, base-born, untitled.

2. Homespun, rustic, boorish, unrefined, low-bred.

3. General, common, ordinary, popular.

4. Low, mean, base, gross, coarse, vile, broad.

5. Unauthorized, inelegant, cant.

6. [Rare.] Vernacular, native.

Vulgarism, n.   Barbarism, vulgar expression, vulgar phrase, vulgar idiom.

Vulgarity, n.   Grossness, coarseness, rudeness, vileness, meanness, want of refinement.

Vulpine, a.   Cunning, crafty, artful, sly, fox-like.

W

Waddle, v. n.   Toddle, tottle, waggle.

Waders, n. pl.   Wading birds, GRALLÆ, GRALLATORES.

Waft, v. a.   Bear (through a buoyant medium), convey, transport, carry, transmit.

Waft, v. n.   [Rare.] Float, be wafted.

Wag, v. a.   Shake, waggle.

Wag, v. n.   Vibrate, move to and fro.

Wag, n.   Wit, humorist, joker, jester, droll, humorous fellow, droll fellow.

Wage, v. a.   1. Bet, stake, pledge, lay, wager.

2. Undertake (as war), carry on, engage in.

Wager, n.   Bet, stake, pledge.

Wager, v. a.   Bet, stake, pledge, lay, wage.

Wager, v. n.   Bet, lay a wager.

Wages, n. pl.   Hire, salary, pay, compensation, remuneration, stipend, allowance, earnings.

Waggery, n.   Jocularity, facetiousness, drollery, pleasantry, humor, fun, waggishness.

Waggish, a.   Jocular, jocose, humorous, sportive, merry, facetious, droll, funny, comical.

Waggishness, n.   Waggery.

Waggle, v. n.   Tottle, toddle, waddle.

Waggle, v. a.   Wag, shake.

Waggon, n.   Wain.

Wagtail, n.   1. Goosander, dun-diver, dish-washer (Mergus merganser or Mergus castor).

2. Bird of the genus Motacilla.

Waif, n.   Estray.

Wail, v. a.   Lament, moan, bemoan, bewail, deplore, mourn over, grieve for (audibly).

Wail, v. n.   Moan, lament, cry.

Wail, n.   Moan, lamentation, complaint, plaint, lament, wailing, cry.

Wailing, n.   Moaning, ululation, HUBBUBBOO, howling, wail, loud lamentation.

Wain, n.   1. Waggon.

2. (Astron.) [With The prefixed.] Charles's Wain, Ursa Major, the Great Bear.

Waist, n.   1. Middle part (as of the human body or a ship).

2. Bodice.

Waistcoat, n.   Vest, doublet.

Wait, v. n.   1. Stay, tarry, delay, remain, linger, bide one's time.

2. Watch, look, be expectant.

Wait, v. a.   Await, abide, stay for, wait for, look for.

Waiter, n.   1. Attendant, servant, servitor, vassal, lackey, valet, squire.

2. Tray, salver.

Waiting, n.   1. Staying, delaying, tarrying.

2. Expectation, abeyance.

Wait on, 1. Call upon.

2. Serve, lackey, attend (as a servant), accompany, minister to, wait upon, dance attendance on.

Wait upon, Wait on.

Waive, v. a.   Relinquish, renounce, give up, forego.

Wake, v. n.   1. Watch, be awake, not be asleep.

2. Awake, waken, be awakened, be roused from sleep.

3. Revel, carouse, feast.

Wake, v. a.   1. Awaken, waken, rouse from sleep.

2. Arouse, rouse, excite, kindle, stimulate, provoke, stir up.

Wake, n.   1. Vigil, watching.

2. Track (of a vessel), trail.

Wakeful, a.   1. Sleepless, indisposed to sleep.

2. Watchful, vigilant, observant, wary.

Wakefulness, n.   1. Sleeplessness, INSOMNIA, want of sleep, Indisposition to sleep.

2. Watchfulness, vigilance, wariness.

Waken, v. n.   Wake.

Waken, v. a.   Wake.

Wale, n.   Ridge (made by stripes on the skin), whelk, stripe, streak, mark of the lash.

Walk, v. n.   1. Go on foot, travel.

2. Behave, conduct one's self.

Walk, n.   1. Step, gait, carriage, manner of walking.

2. Sphere, beat, career, course.

3. Conduct, behavior.

4. Avenue, path, alley.

5. Promenade, stroll.

Walk on, Tread.

Walking-stick, n.   Cane, staff.

Wallet, n.   1. Bag, sack, knapsack.

2. Pocket-book.

Wallop, v. a.   [Colloquial.] Beat, thrash, flog, drub, pommel, bang, maul, thump, thwack, pound, knock, deal roughly with.

Wallow, v. n.   Flounder, roll, welter.

Wall-paper, n.   Paper-hangings.

Wallower, n.   Trundle, lantern-wheel.

Walrus, n.   Morse, sea-horse, sea-cow (Trichechus rosmarus).

Wan, a.   Pale, pallid, cadaverous, ashy, of a sickly hue.

Wan, v. n.   Turn pale, grow pale.

Wand, n.   Rod, stick.

Wander, v. n.   1. Ramble, roam, rove, stroll, straggle, range, range about, gad about.

2. Deviate, swerve, stray, digress, turn aside, go astray.

3. Be delirious, be crazed.

Wanderer, n.   Rambler, rover, stroller, landloper, nomad, traveller, vagrant.

Wandering, n.   1. Roving, rambling, travelling, travel, peregrination, excursion, range, roaming.

2. Aberration, deviation from rectitude.

Wander over, Traverse, pass, travel over.

Wane, v. n.   1. Decrease, diminish, grow less.

2. Decline, fail, sink.

Wane, n.   1. Diminution, decrease, lessening, abatement.

2. Decline, declension, decay, failure, falling off.

Want, n.   1. Deficiency, insufficiency, inadequacy, scarcity, scarceness, scantiness, meagreness, shortness, dearth, DEFICIT, lack, absence, default, defect, defectiveness, failure.

2. Need, necessity, requirement, desideratum.

3. Desire, wish, craving, longing.

4. Poverty, indigence, penury, destitution, distress, straits.

Want, v. a.   1. Lack, be without, be destitute of, be in need of.

2. Require, need, have need of, have occasion for, stand in need of, cannot do without, cannot dispense with.

3. Desire, wish, crave, wish for.

Want, v. n.   Lack, fall, be deficient, fall short, come short.

Wanting, a.   Deficient, defective, lacking.

Wanton, a.   1. Wandering, loose, unrestrained, unchecked, free.

2. Luxuriant, exuberant, abounding, rank, rampant.

3. Sportive, frolicsome, playful, gay, frisky, coltish, airy.

4. Dissolute, licentious, lewd, incontinent, prurient, lustful, lascivious, lecherous, carnal, salacious, libidinous, concupiscent, lickerish, unchaste, loose.

Wanton, n.   Lewd person.

Wanton, v. n.   1. Revel, frolic, sport, play, disport, frisk, romp, caper, make fun, make merry.

2. Luxuriate, live luxuriously, live in clover.

Wapiti, n.   American elk, gray moose (Cervus Canadensis).

War, n.   1. Hostilities, fighting, warfare, ULTIMA RATIO REGUM, the last argument of kings.

2. Art of war, profession of arms.

War, v. n.   1. Make war, carry on war.

2. Contend, fight, strive.

Warble, v. a.   Sing (with turns or trills like a bird), trill, carol, chant, hum, hymn.

Warbler, n.   Singer, songster.

Ward, n.   1. Watch, guard, guardianship.

2. (Law.) Pupil, minor (under guardianship).

Warden, n.   Keeper, guardian, warder, custodian, curator, superintendent.

Warder, n.   Keeper, guardian, warden.

Ward off, Avert, FOREFEND, parry, repel, turn aside, fend off, keep off.

Wardrobe, n.   1. Closet (for clothes).

2. Apparel, raiment, clothes, clothing, dresses, garments, vestments, habiliments, attire, vesture, garb, trappings, rigging, TOGGERY.

Warehouse, n.   Store, storehouse, magazine, repository, depot, ENTREPOT.

Wares, n. pl.   Goods, commodities, merchandise, movables.

Warfare, n.   1. Hostilities, war, state of war.

2. Contest, struggle, strife.

Warily, ad.   Cautiously, carefully, heedfully, circumspectly, watchfully, vigilantly, charily.

Wariness, n.   Caution, cautiousness, care, circumspection, watchfulness, forethought, vigilance.

Warlike, a.   1. Military, martial, bellicose.

2. Inimical, unfriendly, hostile, at variance.

Warm, a.   1. Not cold.

2. Sunny, mild, genial, pleasant.

3. Close, muggy, oppressive.

4. Zealous, ardent, fervent, earnest, fervid, glowing, enthusiastic, hearty.

5. Excited, lively, vehement, passionate, furious, violent, fiery.

6. [Colloquial.] Rich, wealthy, forehanded, well off.

Warm, v. a.   1. Heat (moderately), make warm.

2. Animate, excite, rouse, waken, stir up.

Warm-hearted, n.   Kind, affectionate, hearty, cordial, tender.

Warmth, n.   1. Glow, moderate heat.

2. Ardor, zeal, excitement, vehemence, enthusiasm, earnestness, fervor, transport, fervency, passion, intensity, soul, spirit.

Warn, v. a.   1. Caution (against danger), premonish, forewarn, exhort to take heed.

2. Admonish (with respect to some duty), advise.

3. Inform, notify, apprise, disclose to, mention to, communicate to, make aware, make acquainted, give notice to.

4. Summon, bid, call.

Warning, n.   1. Caution (against danger).

2. Admonition, advice, monition.

3. Notice, notification.

4. Omen, presage, portent, prognostic, augury, sign.

Warp, v. n.   Twist or be twisted out of shape (by drying), spring, bend.

Warp, v. a.   1. Twist out of shape (by drying).

2. Pervert, distort, deviate, bend, bias, turn aside, cause to swerve.

Warrant, v. a.   1. Guarantee, secure, answer for.

2. Assure, vouch, avouch, declare, affirm, attest, evidence, give assurance to.

3. Maintain, support, sanction, authorize, justify.

Warrant, n.   1. Guarantee, security, surety, pledge, warranty.

2. Authority, commission, sanction.

3. Permit, order, writ.

Warrantable, a.   Justifiable, allowable, permissible, admissible, lawful, proper, defensible, vindicable, right, fit.

Warranty, n.   1. Stipulation, agreement.

2. Guaranty, security, surety, pledge, warrant.

Warrior, n.   Soldier, captain, military man, man at arms, fighting-man.

Wart, n.   Morbid excrescence, fungous growth.

Wary, a.   Cautious, heedful, careful, watchful, vigilant, circumspect, prudent, discreet, guarded.

Wash, v. a.   1. Cleanse by ablution.

2. Wet, moisten, bathe, lave.

3. Stain, tint, color.

4. Overlay (with a thin coat of metal), cover.

Wash, v. n.   Perform ablution.

Wash, n.   1. Ablution, lavation, washing, bathing.

2. Bog, marsh, fen, quagmire, slough, morass, swamp.

3. Lotion.

4. Thin coating.

Washboard, n.   1. Skirting-board, mop-board.

2. (Naut.) Wasteboard.

Washerwoman, n.   Laundress.

Washing, n.   Ablution, lavation, bathing.

Wash one's hands of, Exonerate one's self from, clear one's skirts from.

Washy, a.   1. Watery, damp, moist, oozy, wet, sloppy.

2. Weak, thin, dilute.

3. Vapid, trashy, spiritless, pointless, feeble, poor.

Waspish, a.   Irritable, irascible, petulant, snappish, pettish, churlish, snarly, peevish, captious, cynical, testy, fretful, splenetic, touchy, passionate, choleric, ill-humored.

Wassail, n.   Carousal, revelry, revels, saturnalia, debauch, orgies, potation, compotation, SPREE, convivial entertainment, jollification, drunken bout.

Waste, v. a.   1. Decrease, diminish, wear, corrode, use up, prey upon, wear away.

2. Consume (foolishly), spend, expend, squander, dissipate, lose, misspend, misuse, fool away, fritter away, muddle away.

3. Destroy, desolate, ravage, pillage, plunder, strip, ruin, spoil, devastate, sack, devour.

Waste, v. n.   1. Dwindle, wither, pine, perish, decay, be diminished, waste away.

2. Swale, melt (as a candle), sweal, consume.

Waste, a.   1. Destroyed, ruined, ravaged, spoiled, devastated, desolated.

2. Wild, uncultivated, bare, untitled.

3. Worthless, refuse.

Waste, n.   1. Consumption, loss, diminution, decrement, expenditure, wasting, dissipation.

2. Squandering, wanton destruction, loss.

3. Devastation, ravage, ruin, rapine, destruction, desolation, pillage, havoc.

4. Refuse, worthless matter.

5. Wild, wilderness, desert, solitude, lonely place, deserted region.

Wasteboard, n.   (Naut.) Washboard.

Wasteful, a.   1. Destructive, ruinous.

2. Lavish, prodigal, profuse, extravagant, thriftless, unthrifty, too free, too liberal.

Waster, n.   Squanderer, prodigal, spendthrift.

Wasting, n.   Decay, decline, consumption, marasmus, emaciation, atrophy, tabes, PHTHISIS.

Watch, n.   1. Vigil, watching, wakefulness, watchfulness, outlook.

2. Inspection, observation, attention.

3. Guard, sentry, watchman.

4. Pocket timepiece.

Watch, v. n.   1. Wake, be awake, keep awake, not be asleep.

2. Keep guard, keep watch and ward, stand guard, be on guard, be on the watch, act as sentinel, be on the lookout, look sharp, keep a sharp lookout, have all one's eyes about one, mind one's P's and Q's.

3. Wait, look, be expectant.

Watch, v. a.   1. Guard, tend, attend, have in keeping.

2. Mark, observe, eye, keep the eye on, keep an eye upon.

Watchful, a.   Vigilant, attentive, observant, awake, alive, heedful, careful, wary, cautious, circumspect, guarded, on one's guard, on the alert, with the eyes open, wide awake, on the lookout.

Watchman, n.   Guard, sentinel, picket, sentry, guardsman.

Watch-pocket, n.   Fob.

Watchword, n.   Countersign, password.

Water, v. a.   1. Irrigate, moisten, wet.

2. Supply with water (for drink), furnish with water, give water to.

3. Sprinkle and calender (as cloth, to give it an undulating or wavy appearance).

Water-bearer, n.   Aquarius.

Water-beech, n.   Sycamore, button-wood, plane-tree, button-ball-tree, water-birch (Platanus Occidentalis).

Water-brash, n.   Water-qualm, PYROSIS.

Water-clock, n.   Clepsydra.

Water-closet, n.   Privy, backhouse, necessary, jakes.

Water-course, n.   1. Stream, brook, river.

2. Canal, drain, trench, ditch, channel, fosse, moat, sewer, leat.

Water-crake, n.   Water-ousel.

Water-crow, n.   Water-ousel.

Water-cure, n.   Hydropathy.

Water-doctor, n.   Hydropathist.

Watered silk, Tabby.

Waterfall, n.   Cataract, cascade, fall.

Water-hen, n.   Gallinule, spotted crake (Crex porzana or Gallinula chloropus).

Water-hog, n.   Capibara (Hydrochœrus capybara).

Waterish, a. 1. Aqueous, moist, wet, watery.

2. Thin, diluted, weak, like water.

Waterman, n.   Boatman, ferryman.

Water-nymph, n. Naiad.

Water-ousel, n.   Dipper, water-crake, water-crow (Cinclus aquaticus).

Water-ouzel, n.   Dipper, water-crake, water-crow (Cinclus aquaticus).

Water-pepper, n.   Smart-weed (Polyganum hydropiper).

Water-pimpernel, n.   Brookweed.

Water-qualm, n.   Water-brash, PYROSIS.

Water-ram, n.   Hydraulic ram.

Water-ret, v. a.   Water-rot.

Water-rice, n.   Indian-rice.

Water-rot, v. a.   Water-ret.

Water-sparrow, n.   Chuck, reed-sparrow, reed-bunting, king bird (Emberiza schœnictus).

Watery, a.   1. Aqueous, wet, moist.

2. Thin, weak, diluted, waterish, like water.

Wattle, n.   Hurdle (of twigs).

Wattles, n. pl.   Barb, beard.

Wave, n.   Undulation, billow, breaker, surge, swell, ripple.

Wave, v. n.   Undulate, float, fluctuate, flicker, vibrate, oscillate, play loosely, play to and fro.

Wave, v. a.   Brandish, flourish.

Wave-like, a.   Undulating.

Waver, v. n.   1. Wave, undulate, float, flicker.

2. Vacillate, hesitate, fluctuate, be in suspense, be undetermined, be unsettled, be in doubt.

Wavering, n.   Vacillation, fluctuation, indecision, indetermination, hesitancy, uncertainty.

Wavering, a.   Unsettled, vacillating, fickle, unsteady, unstable, changeable.

Wavy, a.   Undulating, waving, playing to and fro.

Wax, v. a.   Cere, smear with wax.

Wax, v. n.   1. Increase (as the moon).

2. Grow, become, come to be, get to be.

Wax-moth, n.   Bee-moth.

Wax-myrtle, n.   Bayberry (Myrica cerifera).

Wax-wing, n.   [U. S.] Cedar-bird.

Way, n.   1. Passage, march, advance, progression.

2. Road, path, route, course, track, TRAIL, street, highway, highroad, room for passing, opportunity to pass.

3. Method, mode, manner, fashion, plan, wise, sort, degree.

4. Space, distance.

5. Custom, usage, habit, habitude, practice, wont, second nature.

Wayfarer, n.   Traveller, passenger, pilgrim, tourist, itinerant.

Waylay, v. a.   Lie in wait for (with evil intent), lie in ambush for.

Wayless, a.   Pathless, trackless.

Wayward, a.   Perverse, froward, wilful, obstinate, headstrong, stubborn, intractable, unruly, cross-grained, refractory.

Weak, a.   1. Feeble, languid, weakly, not strong, not vigorous.

2. Sickly, debilitated, unhealthy, unsound, infirm, frail, delicate, tender, valetudinary, valetudinarian, invalid.

3. Defenceless, unguarded, exposed, unprotected.

4. Lax, soft, pliant, imperfect.

5. Pliable, pusillanimous, easily influenced, without any backbone, dough-faced.

6. Shallow, simple, silly, senseless, witless, stupid, foolish, DAFT, childish, inept.

7. Unwise, injudicious, foolish, indiscreet, erring, peccable.

8. Low, faint, small, inconsiderable.

9. Thin, watery, diluted, waterish.

10. Sleazy, flimsy, slight, poor.

11. Poor, inconclusive, unconvincing, unsatisfactory, lame, not forcible, not cogent.

Weaken, v. a.   1. Enfeeble, enervate, debilitate, break, unman, effeminate, emolliate, unnerve, make weak.

2. Invalidate, make of less effect.

3. Reduce, depress, debase, lower.

Weak-fish, n.   Squeteague [Labrus squeteague or Otolithus regalis].

Weak-headed, a.   Weak-minded.

Weakly, a.   Feeble, languid, weak, not strong.

Weak-minded, a.   Shallow, dull, stupid, weak, soft, sappy, doltish, feeble-minded, dull-witted, short-witted, half-witted, blunt-witted, thick-skulled, weak-headed.

Weak side, n.   Foible, failing, infirmity, frailty, weakness, weak part, blind side.

Weal, n.   Welfare, prosperity, good, advantage, happiness, interest, utility, profit.

Wealth, n.   Affluence, opulence, abundance, fortune, independence, competence, riches, mammon, pelf, money, treasure, funds, cash, property, easy circumstances, ample store, ample means.

Wealthy, a.   Affluent, opulent, rich, moneyed, flush, well off, well to do.

Wean, v. a.   1. Put from the breast.

2. Withdraw, disengage, alienate, detach.

Weapons, n. pl.   Arms.

Weaponless, a.   Unarmed.

Wear, v. a.   1. Carry (upon the person), bear.

2. Impair (by use), waste, consume, use up, wear away, wear out.

Wear, v. n.   1. Be wasted, wear away.

2. Endure use.

Wear away, 1. (Active.) Waste, WEAR.

2. [Neuter.] Be consumed, be wasted.

Wearied, a.   Tired, fatigued, jaded, fagged, exhausted, weary, used up.

Weariness, n.   Fatigue, tedium, lassitude, exhaustion, prostration, languor, languidness, ENNUI.

Wearisome, a.   Tedious, tiresome, fatiguing, IRKSOME, prolix, weary, trying, humdrum, prosy, monotonous, uninteresting.

Wear off, [Active.] Obliterate, rub off.

Wear off, [Neuter.] Pass off by degrees or gradually.

Wear out, Consume, WASTE.

Wear the breeches, [Colloquial.] Usurp the husband's authority, be the man of the house.

Weary, a.   1. Fatigued, tired, exhausted, WEARIED.

2. Tiresome, irksome, wearisome.

Weary, v. a.   Fatigue, tire, jade, fag, exhaust, harass, dispirit, KNOCK UP, tire out, wear out, use up.

Weasand, n.   Windpipe, trachea, throttle, throat.

Weasel-coot, n.   Red-headed smew (Mergus minutus).

Weather, v. a.   1. (Naut.) Pass to windward of.

2. Endure, sustain, bear, stand, bear up against, get the better of.

Weather-cock, n.   1. Vane.

2. Trimmer, time-server, fickle person.

Weave, v. a.   Interlace (as the threads of a fabric), entwine, plait, plat, braid, mat.

Weazen, a.   Thin, sharp, lean, withered, shrunken, dried, shrivelled, wizened.

Web, n.   1. Texture, tissue, structure, textile fabric.

2. Suffusion (of the eye), film.

3. Cobweb.

4. Membrane (as in the feet of swimming birds).

Web-footed, a.   Palmiped.

Wed, v. a.   Marry, espouse.

Wedding, n.   Marriage, nuptials, espousals, bridal, marriage ceremony, nuptial rites.

Wedge-shaped, a.   Cuneiform.

Wedlock, n.   Matrimony, nuptial state, marriage.

Wee, a.   Little, small, diminutive, tiny, minikin, pygmy, pygmean, Liliputian.

Weeds, n. pl.   Mourning, symbol of sorrow.

Week-day, n.   Work-day.

Weekly, a.   Hebdomadal, hebdomadary.

Ween, v. n.   [Poetical.] Fancy, imagine, think, suppose.

Weep, v. n.   Cry, sob, shed tears.

Weep, v. a.   Lament, bewail, bemoan.

Weft, n.   Woof.

Weigh, v. a.   1. Try in the balance, find the weight of.

2. Counterbalance, be equivalent to in weight.

3. Examine, ponder, balance in the mind, meditate upon.

Weigh, v. n.   1. Gravitate, be heavy.

2. Bear, press, bear heavily, press hard.

Weigh down, 1. Overbalance.

2. Oppress, overburden.

Weight, n.   1. Heaviness, gravity, ponderousness, ponderosity.

2. Pressure, burden, load.

3. Importance, influence, power, efficacy, consequence, moment, significance, import, pith.

Weighty, a.   1. Heavy (intrinsically), ponderous, onerous.

2. Important, influential, efficacious, forcible, momentous, grave, serious, of consequence.

Welcome, n.   1. Greeting, salutation.

2. Kind reception.

Welcome, v. a.   Greet, receive, bid welcome.

Welcome, a.   1. Gladly received or entertained, admitted with pleasure.

2. Acceptable, pleasing, agreeable, pleasant, grateful, gratifying.

Weld, n.   Woad, dyer's weed (Reseda luteola).

Welfare, n.   Prosperity, happiness, success, weal, well-being, advantage, benefit, profit.

Welkin, n.   [Poetical.] Sky, empyrean, firmament, heaven, the heavens, canopy of heaven, vault of heaven, starry heavens.

Well, n.   1. Spring, fountain, wellhead, wellspring.

2. Source, origin.

Well, v. n.   Issue, spring, flow.

Well, ad.   1. Rightly, not ill.

2. Properly, suitably, correctly, accurately, thoroughly, not amiss.

3. Sufficiently, abundantly, amply, fully.

4. Favorably, commendably, with praise.

5. Highly, very much.

6. Far, considerably, not a little.

7. Conveniently, easily.

Well, a.   1. Healthy, hale, hearty, in health, sound, in good health, not ill, not sick.

2. Fortunate, happy.

3. Profitable, convenient, beneficial, expedient, good, useful, advantageous, for one's advantage, for one's interest.

Well-a-day, interj.   Alas, lackaday.

Well-behaved, a.   Courteous, civil, polite, well-bred, well-mannered, polished, of good manners.

Well-being, n.   Welfare.

Well-born, a.   Gentle, high-born, of good descent, of a good stock, not plebeian.

Well-bred, a.   Refined, polished, genteel, polite, courteous, WELL-BEHAVED.

Well enough, Tolerably, sufficiently well.

Well-head, n.   Spring, fountain, well, wellspring.

Well-mannered, a.   Well-behaved.

Well off, Prosperous, thriving, flourishing, forehanded, beforehand, in easy circumstances, well to do, possessed of a competence.

Well-read, a.   Erudite, learned, lettered, literary, book-learned.

Wellspring, n.   Spring, fountain, well, well-head.

Well-timed, a.   Opportune, seasonable, timely, happy, felicitous, all in good time.

Well to do, Well Off.

Well-wisher, n.   Friend, favorer, encourager.

Welter, v. n.   Wallow, tumble about, roll.

Wench, n.   1. Strumpet, WHORE.

2. [U. S.] Negress, colored woman.

Wend one's way, Go, travel, journey, pass.

Wesleyanism, n.   Methodism.

West, n.   Occident.

West, a.   Western, westerly, occidental.

Westerly, a.   Western, WEST.

Westerly, ad.   Westward, toward the west.

Western, a.   Westerly, WEST.

Westward, ad.   Westerly, toward the west.

Wet, a.   1. Damp, moist, humid, dank, aqueous, watery.

2. Rainy, showery.

Wet, n.   Humidity, moisture, dampness, wetness.

Wetness, n.   Humidity, WET.

Wet, v. a.   Moisten, water, irrigate, damp, dampen, sprinkle.

Whack, v. a.   [Colloquial.] Strike, beat, thrash, THWACK.

Whale-oil, n.   Train-oil.

Wharf, n.   Quay.

What, pron. 1. That which.

2. The sort of, the kind of.

3. Which (out of many, or of many kinds).

4. How, how great, how remarkable.

Whatever, pron. 1. Any thing, be it what it may, any thing soever, whatsoever.

2. All that, the whole that.

Whatsoever, pron. Whatever.

What though, What matters it that, allowing that, supposing that, even granting that.

What to do with, How to use, how to employ, how to dispose of.

What with, Partly, in part.

Wheat-bird, n.   Night-jar, goat-sucker.

Wheat-ear, n.   Fallow-finch, white-ear (Saxicola œnanthe).

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

Wheat-grass, n.   Twitch-grass, couch-grass, dog's-grass, dog-wheat, knot-grass (Triticum repens).

Wheat-moth, n.   1. Grain-moth, corn-moth (Tinea granella).

2. Angumois moth (Anacampsis cerealella).

Wheedle, v. a.   Flatter, cajole, coax, inveigle, humor, court, fawn upon, pay court to.

Wheedler, n.   Sycophant, parasite, fawner, toady, flunkey, spaniel, lickspittle, pick-thank, toad-eater, time-server, hanger-on, mean flatterer.

Wheel, v. n.   1. Revolve, rotate, turn, gyrate, roll, turn round, move round.

2. Deviate, deflect, diverge, turn aside, alter one's course.

Wheel, v. a.   1. Whirl, twirl, spin, put into a rotatory motion.

2. Move on wheels, convey on wheels.

Wheeze, v. n.   Breathe hard.

Whelk, n.   1. Protuberance, pustule.

2. Stripe, streak, mark, wale.

Whelm, v. a.   Overwhelm.

Whelp, n.   1. Cub, young beast.

2. Puppy, pup, young dog.

When, ad.   1. At the time, at the time that.

2. Whenever, at what time.

Whence, ad.   1. From what place.

2. From what cause, from what source, how.

Whenever, ad.   At whatever time, whensoever.

Whensoever, ad.   Whenever.

Where, ad.   1. At which place, in which place.

2. At what place, in what place.

Whereabouts, ad.   Near what place.

Whereabouts, n.   [Colloquial.] Residence, location.

Whereas, conj.   1. Since, considering that, it being the case that.

2. When in fact, while on the contrary.

Whereby, ad.   By which.

Wherefore, ad. & conj.   Why, for what cause or reason, on what account.

Wherein, ad.   1. In which.

2. In what.

Whereof, ad.   1. Of which.

2. Of what.

Whereupon, ad.   Upon which.

Wherever, ad.   In whatever place.

Wherewith, ad.   1. With which, wherewithal.

2. With what.

Wherewithal, ad.   Wherewith.

Wherewithal, n.   [Colloquial; used with The prefixed.] The means (with which to accomplish any purpose).

Whet, v. a.   1. Sharpen (by rubbing).

2. Stimulate, excite, arouse, rouse, quicken, animate, warm, kindle.

Which, pron. 1. What one.

2. That.

Whiff, n.   Puff, blast, sudden gust.

Whiff, v. a.   Puff.

Whiffle, v. n.   Veer (as by change of wind), turn about.

While, n.   Time, season, space of time.

While, ad.   1. During the time that.

2. As long as.

3. At the same time that.

While away, Pass away (as time), spend pleasantly.

Whim, n.   Freak, fancy, vagary, humor, caprice, crotchet, maggot, quirk, whimsey, kink, WRINKLE.

Whimper, v. n.   Cry (in-low and broken tones), snivel, blubber, whine.

Whimsey, n.   Caprice, WHIM.

Whimsical, a.   Capricious, freakish, odd, singular, strange, fanciful, fantastic, notional, crotchety, BIZARRE, grotesque, queer.

Whine, v. n.   Cry (plaintively), moan (in a childish way).

Whine, n.   Plaintive tone.

Whinny, v. n.   Neigh.

Whip, v. a.   1. Lash, strike (with a cord), beat, flagellate, scourge, punish.

2. Snatch.

3. Stitch, baste.

Whipping, n.   Flogging, beating, castigation, thrashing, LICKING.

Whirl, v. n.   Twirl, revolve, rotate, spin.

Whirl, v. a.   Twirl, spin, wheel, turn round.

Whirl, n.   Gyration, rotation.

Whirl-bone, n.   Patella, knee-pan.

Whirling, n.   Twirl, circular motion.

Whirlpool, n.   Vortex, eddy.

Whirring, n.   Whiz, buzzing noise.

Whisk, v. n.   Trip, speed, hasten, hie, post, scud, brush, move nimbly, push on, dash on, cut along.

Whisper, v. n.   Speak under the breath, speak softly.

Whisper, v. a.   Breathe, utter softly.

Whisper, n.   1. Low, soft voice; gentle utterance.

2. Murmur, sibilant sound (as of the wind).

3. Hint, intimation, inkling.

Whist, interj.   Hush, silence, be still, be silent, keep quiet, make no noise.

Whistle-fish, n.   Rockling, sea-louch (Motella vulgaris).

Whit, n.   Iota, jot, tittle, particle, bit, atom, grain, scrap, mite, ace, corpuscle, scintilla.

White, a.   Of a white color, snowy, frosty, hoary, hoar.

White ant, Termite, termes.

White-bear, n.   Polar-bear (Thalarctos maritimus).

White bismuth, Sub-nitrate of bismuth.

White-brant, n.   Snow-goose (Anser hyperboreus).

White-cedar, n.   Arbor vitæ (Thuja Occidentalis).

White-copper, n.   Packfong, German silver.

White-copperas, n.   Coquimbite.

White-ear, a.   Fallow-finch, wheat-ear (Saxicola amanthe).

White-lead, n.   Ceruse, carbonate of lead.

Whiten, v. a.   Bleach, blanch, etiolate, make white.

Whiten, v. n.   Bleach, etiolate, become or grow white.

White-nun, n.   Smew (Mergus albellus).

White-poplar, n.   Abele-tree (Populus alba).

White-smith, n.   Tin-smith.

White-thorn, n.   Hawthorn (Oratagus oxyacantha).

White-vitriol, n.   Sulphate of zinc.

White-weed, n.   White daisy, ox-eye daisy (leucanthemum vulgare).

White-wood, n.   Tulip-tree (Liriodendron tulipiferos).

Whither, ad.   1. To what place.

2. To which place.

Whiting, n.   1. Spanish white.

2. (Ich.) Merling (Gadus merlangus).

Whitish, a.   Somewhat white.

Whitlow, n.   (Med.) Felon.

Whit-Sunday, n.   Whitsuntide.

Whitsuntide, n.   Whit-Sunday, Pentecost.

Whiz, v. n.   Buzz.

Whiz, n.   Whirring, buzzing noise.

Whole, a.   1. All, total.

2. Entire, undivided, integral, complete, not fractional.

3. Uninjured, unimpaired, unbroken, perfect, faultless, good, firm, strong.

4. Sound, well, healthy.

Whole, n.   All, totality, aggregate, gross, amount, sum, sum total.

Wholesome, a.   1. Healthy, healthful, salubrious, salutary, salutiferous, helpful, nourishing, nutritious, strengthening, invigorating, roborant.

2. Beneficial, good.

Wholly, ad.   1. Totally, altogether.

2. Entirely, completely, fully, perfectly.

Whoop, n.   Shout, halloo, hoot, yell.

Whoop, v. n.   Shout, halloo, hollo, holla, yell, cry out.

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

Whopper, n.   [Colloquial.] Falsehood, lie, bounce, bouncer.

Whore, n.   Harlot, prostitute, strumpet, courtesan, bawd, punk, wench, drab, DEMIREE, street-walker, night-walker, cyprian, woman of the town, woman of ill-fame.

Whore-house, n.   Brothel, stew, bagnio, bawdy-house, house of prostitution, house of ill-fame.

Why, ad.   1. Wherefore, for what cause or reason, on what account.

2. For what purpose.

Wicked, a.   1. Sinful, vicious, depraved, unprincipled, immoral, impious, irreligious, unrighteous, ungodly, godless, profane, irreverent, worthless, graceless, vile, abandoned, corrupt, knavish, dishonest, roguish, trickish, TRICKY, good for nothing.

2. Bad, evil, unjust, ill, atrocious, iniquitous, heinous, flagitious, nefarious, criminal, outrageous, monstrous, villanous.

Wickedness, n.   1. Sin, evil, depravity, vice, immorality, unrighteousness, sinfulness, crime, criminality, villany, rascality, knavery.

2. Atrocity, iniquity, enormity, flagitiousness.

Wicker, n.   Twig, osier, withe.

Wide, a.   1. Broad.

2. Spacious, vast, large, ample, extensive, expanded.

3. Remote, distant.

Wide-awake, a.   Watchful, vigilant, attentive, observant, heedful, careful, wary, cautious, circumspect, on the alert, with the eyes open.

Width, n.   Breadth, broadness, wideness.

Wield, v. a.   1. Handle, brandish.

2. Manage, use, control, make use of.

Wife, n. Married woman, BETTER-HALF, matron, helpmate, consort.

Wig, n.   Peruke, periwig, scratch.

Wight, n.   [In irony or burlesque.] Creature, being, person.

Wigwam, n.   Hut (of an American Indian), cabin.

Wild, a.   1. Undomesticated, not tame.

2. Uncultivated, native.

3. Uncivilized, savage, rude, ferocious, barbarous, unrefined.

4. Impetuous, turbulent, irregular, violent, ungoverned, unrestrained, disorderly, furious, frantic, frenzied, outrageous, giddy, reckless, hare-brained, HARUM-SCARUM.

5. Fanciful, imaginary, extravagant, visionary, crazy, grotesque, strange, BIZARRE.

Wild, n.   Desert, WILDERNESS.

Wild-bean, n.   Ground-nut (Apios tuberosa).

Wild-briar, n.   Dog-rose, hep-tree (Rosa canina).

Wilderness, n. Wild, desert, waste.

Wild ginger, Canada snake-root.

Wild-goose chase, Foolish pursuit, foolish enterprise.

Wile, n.   Trick, stratagem, cheat, fraud, artifice, chouse, imposture, deceit, imposition, deception, ruse, dodge, fetch, manœuvre, cunning contrivance, crafty device.

Wilful, a.   [Written also Willful.] Obstinate, stubborn, perverse, contumacious, refractory, headstrong, unruly, intractable, mulish, dogged, inflexible, heady, self-willed, PIG-HEADED, obdurate, cantankerous.

Will, n.   1. Power of determination, power of choosing, faculty of volition.

2. Wish, desire, inclination, disposition, pleasure.

3. Command, behest, order, direction.

4. Testament, last will and testament.

Will, v. a.   1. Determine, decree, enjoin, command, direct.

2. Bequeath, devise, demise, leave, give by will.

Will, v. n.   1. Exercise volition.

2. Devise, choose, elect, be disposed, be inclined, be pleased, have a mind.

Willing, a.   Inclined, disposed, desirous, minded, ready, of a mind, nothing loath, not averse.

Willing, n.   Volition.

Willingly, ad.   1. Cheerfully, readily, with all one's heart.

2. Voluntarily, of one's own accord, spontaneously.

Will-o'-the-wisp, n.   Friar's lantern, Jack-with-a-lantern, Jack-o'-lantern, IGNIS FATUUS.

Willow, n.   Osier.

Wilt, v. n.   [Common in U. S., local in Eng.] Droop, wither.

Wily, a.   Insidious, artful, cunning, sly, crafty, subtle, arch, designing, deceitful, treacherous, trickish, TRICKY, intriguing, politic, foxy, snaky, crooked, diplomatic, Machiavelian.

Win, v. a.   1. Get (by mastery or in competition), gain, obtain, procure, acquire, earn, achieve, catch.

2. Bring over, gain over, get the compliance of.

Win, v. n.   Succeed, be successful, gain the victory.

Wince, v. n.   Flinch, shrink, startle, start back.

Wind, n.   1. Air (in motion), draught, breeze, zephyr, puff of air, breath of air.

2. Breath, respiration.

3. Flatulence.

Wind, v. a.   1. Coil, twine, twist, wreathe.

2. Turn in and out.

Wind, v. n.   1. Twine, coil, twist, turn and twist, take a spiral course.

2. Meander, turn in and out.

Windfall, n.   Godsend, unexpected gift, good luck, run of luck, piece of good fortune, piece of good luck.

Wind-flower, n.   Anemone.

Windhover, n.   Castrel, kestrel, stannel (Falco tunnunculus).

Winding, n.   Flexure, turning, meandering, twisting, twist, convolution, contortion, sinuosity, curvature, tortuosity, bend, crook, kink, crookedness.

Winding, a.   Flexuous, sinuous, meandering, serpentine.

Wind off, Unwind, uncoil.

Wind-thrush, n.   Redwing, swine-pipe, red-sided thrush (Turdus iliacus).

Wind up, 1. Wind into a ball.

2. Settle, close, close up.

Winding up, End, conclusion, DÉNOUEMENT, ISSUE.

Windpipe, n.   Trachea, weasand, throttle, throat.

Windy, a.   1. Breezy, gusty, squally, stormy, tempestuous, blustering, boisterous.

2. Empty, airy.

3. Flatulent.

Wine-bibber, n.   Toper, tippler, drunkard, dram-drinker.

Wine-stone, n.   Argol, tartar (crude), bi-tartrate of potash.

Wing, n.   1. Pennon, pinion.

2. Side-piece.

3. (Mil.) Flank.

Wing-case, n.   (Ent.) Sheath.

Winged, a.   1. With wings.

2. Swift, rapid, fleet, fast, speedy, nimble, agile, flying.

Win golden opinions, Be liked, be in favor.

Wink, v. n.   Blink, nictate.

Wink at, Connive at, pretend not to see, shut one's eyes to.

Winker, n.   Blinder (for a horse).

Winking, n.   Nictation.

Winning, a.   Attractive, alluring, pleasing, charming, bewitching, engaging, captivating, fascinating, prepossessing, enchanting, delightful, lovely.

Winnow, v. a.   1. Fan, clear of chaff. 2. Separate, part, divide.

Winsome, a.   [Scotland and North of England.] Cheerful, merry, gay, lively, sportive, blithe, blithesome, buoyant, jocund, light-hearted, buxom, debonair.

Winter, v. n.   Hibernate.

Winter-clover, n.   Checkerberry, partridge-berry, squaw-vine (Mitchella repens).

Winter-green, n.   1. Boxberry, tea-berry, partridge-berry, mountain-tea (Gaultheria procumbens).

2. Pipsissewa (Chimaphila umbellata).

Wintery, a.   Hyemal, brumal, cold, icy, frosty.

Wintry, a.   Hyemal, brumal, cold, cold, icy, frosty.

Wipe, v. a.   Rub (as with a cloth, in order to clean or dry).

Wipe, n.   1. Wiping.

2. [Colloquial.] Blow, stroke, hit.

3. Sneer, gibe, taunt, sarcasm.

4. (Ornith.) Pewit, lapwing (Vanellus cristatus).

Wipe out, Efface, obliterate, erase, expunge, cancel, raze, scratch out, rub out.

Wire, n.   Metallic thread.

Wire, v. a.   1. Put upon a wire.

2. Bind with wire.

3. Ensnare by wires.

4. [Modern.] Telegraph, convey by electric telegraph, report by telegram.

Wire-grass, n.   Crab-grass, dog's-tail grass (Eleusine Indica).

Wire-puller, n.   Tactician, manœuvrer, adroit manager.

Wisdom, n.   1. Sense, sapience, sagacity, judgment, judiciousness, prescience, discernment, depth, solidity, ballast, good sense, common sense, plain sense, enlarged views, reach or compass of thought, readiness in adapting means to ends.

2. Knowledge, erudition, learning, attainment, information, enlightenment.

3. Reasonableness, reason, right or just view.

Wise, a.   1. Sensible, sapient, sage, judicious, sagacious, oracular, prudent, discreet, considerate, discerning, reasonable, rational, intelligent, enlightened, sound, solid, philosophical, of good judgment.

2. Erudite, learned.

3. Crafty, cunning, subtle, sly, foxy, wily, politic, knowing, designing, long-headed.

Wise, n.   Manner, way, mode, fashion.

Wiseacre, n.   Witling, DUNCE, ignoramus, pretender to wisdom.

Wish, v. n.   Desire, long, hanker, list.

Wish, v. a.   Desire, long for, hanker after, set one's heart upon.

Wish, n.   Desire, mind, longing, hankering, liking.

Wish-bone, n.   Merry-thought.

Wishing-bone, n.   Merry-thought.

Wishful, a.   Desirous, longing, eager, hankering, lickerish, wistful.

Wish-wash, n.   1. Thin drink.

2. Trash, stuff, balderdash, palaver, moonshine, fudge, nonsense, jargon, platitude, flummery, inanity, balderdash, wishy-washy, senseless prate, frothy discourse, idle talk.

Wishy-washy, a.   [Colloquial.] Thin, feeble, weak.

Wishy-washy, n.   Wish-wash.

Wistful, a.   1. Contemplative, meditative, reflective, musing, thoughtful, pensive.

2. Longing, eager, WISHFUL.

Wit, n.   1. Intellect, understanding, mind, sense, reason, genius, mental power, intellectual faculties, thinking principle.

2. Quick perception (as of partial resemblance in things mostly unlike), keen discernment.

3. Facetiousness, humor, fun, drollery, waggery, waggishness, jocularity, ATTIC SALT.

3. Humorist, wag.

Witch, n.   Sorceress.

Witch, v. a.   Charm, enchant, fascinate, captivate, ravish, bewitch.

Witchcraft, n.   Sorcery, necromancy, magic, witchery, thaumaturgy, theurgy, wonder-working, enchantment, incantation, conjuration, charm, spell, the black art.

Witchery, n.   1. Sorcery, WITCHCRAFT. 2. Fascination, spell, entrancement.

Witch-hazel, n.   Striped alder.

With, prep.   1. Through (as the immediate agent or instrument), BY, by the agency of, by means of.

2. Attending, accompanying, in company with, along with.

3. In the opinion of, in the estimation of, according to.

4. By the side of, in contrast with.

5. Upon, immediately after.

With child, Pregnant, ENCEINTE, big, in the family way.

Withdraw, v. a.   1. Remove, subduct, subduce, subtract, take away.

2. Wean, disengage, draw off.

3. Retract, recall, recant, disavow, revoke, abjure, take back.

Withdraw, v. n.   Retire, retreat, secede, depart, decamp, go away, be off, go off.

Withdrawal, n.   1. Abduction, withdrawing, removal, withdrawment.

2. Departure, exit, retirement, leave, going away.

Withdrawment, n.   Withdrawal.

Withe, n.   Twig, osier, wicker.

Wither, v. n.   1. Shrivel, dry, dry up, lose freshness.

2. Waste, decay, droop, languish, pine away, waste away.

With one consent, Unanimously, with one accord, by common consent, to a man, as one man, one and all, on all hands, in chorus, without a dissenting voice, NEM. CON.

Withhold, v. a.   1. Restrain, keep in, rein in.

2. Retain, keep back.

Within, prep.   1. In the inside of, not without.

2. In the compass of, in the limits of, not beyond.

3. In the reach or influence of.

Within, ad.   1. Inwardly, internally.

2. In doors, in the house, at home.

Without, prep. 1. Out of, on the outside of, not within.

2. In the absence of, not with, independently of, exclusively of.

Without book, 1. By memory, from memory, without notes, without reading.

2. Without warrant, without authority.

Withstand, v. a.   Resist, oppose, face, confront, strive against, stand against, make a stand against, not submit to.

Witless, a.   Silly, foolish, stupid, dull, shallow, senseless, obtuse, DAFT, unintelligent, feeble-witted, short-witted, half-witted, dull-witted, muddy-headed, muddy-brained, slow of apprehension, fat-witted.

Witling, n.   Wiseacre, Gothamite, blunderer, pretender to wisdom, man of small wit.

Witness, n.   1. Testimony, evidence, attestation, corroboration.

2. Deponent, corroborator, eye-witness.

Witness, v. a.   1. Attest, be a witness of, bear witness to.

2. Observe, see, take cognizance of.

Witticism, n.   Joke (made by one who affects wit), conceit, jest, quip, quirk, crank.

Witty, a. Facetious, humorous, jocular, jocose, waggish, droll, funny, pleasant.

Witwall, n.   1. Loriot, golden oriole (of Europe; Oriolus galbula).

2. Great spotted wood-pecker (Picus major).

Wizard, n.   Conjurer, enchanter, sorcerer, magician, soothsayer, necromancer, charmer, diviner, seer, juggler, prestidigitator, wonder-worker.

Wizened, a.   Dried, shrivelled, shrunken, thin, sharp, lean, weazen.

Woad, n.   Weld, dyer's weed (Genista tinctorla), woad-waxen, wood-waxen, wood-wax, dyer's broom.

Woad-waxen, n.   Woad.

Woe, n.   Sorrow, grief, distress, tribulation, affliction, anguish, agony, bitterness, misery, wretchedness, unhappiness, trouble, heart-ache, heavy heart, bleeding heart, broken heart, mental suffering, pain of mind.

Woebegone, a.   Wretched, miserable, pitiable, disconsolate, comfortless, sad, forlorn, sorrowful, melancholy, downcast, desponding, cheerless, crest-fallen, chap-fallen, cast down.

Woful, a.   [Written also Woeful.] 1. Sorrowful, distressed, sad, afflicted, unhappy.

2. Grievous, distressing, afflicting, afflictive, disastrous, calamitous, dreadful, tragical, deplorable.

3. Wretched, paltry, mean, pitiful.

Wolfsbane, n.   Aconite, monkshood.

Wolverene, n.   Glutton (Gulo luscus).

Wolverine, n.   Glutton (Gulo luscus).

Woman-hater, n.   Misogynist.

Womanhood, n.   Muliebrity, feminality, femineity.

Womanish, a.   Feminine (in a bad sense), effeminate.

Womanly, a.   Feminine (in a good sense), becoming a woman.

Womb, n.   Uterus.

Wombat, n.   Phascolome (Phascalomys ursinus).

Wonder, n.   1. Astonishment, amazement, surprise, bewilderment, ADMIRATION.

2. Prodigy, marvel, miracle, portent.

3. Curiosity, phenomenon, spectacle, rarity, sight.

Wonder, v. n.   Marvel, be surprised, be amazed, be struck with wonder, be taken aback, stand agog, look blank, open one's eyes, open one's mouth.

Wonderful, a.   Astonishing, astounding, surprising, amazing, startling, marvellous, wondrous, miraculous, very extraordinary, very strange.

Wonder-worker, n.   Conjurer, WIZARD.

Wonder-working, n.   Thaumaturgy, magic, sorcery, WITCHCRAFT.

Wondrous, a.   Wonderful.

Wont, n.   Custom, habit, use, practice.

Wonted, a.   Accustomed, usual, habitual, customary, conventional, familiar, common, frequent, regular, ordinary, every-day.

Woo, v. a.   Court, solicit in love, make love to, pay one's addresses to.

Woo, v. n.   Court, make love.

Wood, n.   1. Forest, grove, copse.

2. Timber.

Woodbine, n.   Eglantine, honeysuckle (Caprifolium periclymenum).

Woodchuck, n.   Ground-hog (Arctomys monax).

Wood-coal, n.   Charcoal.

Wood-cut, n.   Wood-engraving.

Wooded, a.   Timbered.

Wooden, a.   1. Made of wood.

2. Woody, ligneous.

3. Awkward, clumsy, ungainly, stiff.

Wood-engraver, n.   Xylographer.

Wood-engraving, n.   1. Xylography.

2. Wood-cut.

Wood-grass, n.   Indian grass (Sorghum nutans).

Woodland, n.   Woods, forest, grove, forest-land, timber-land.

Wood-naphtha, n.   Methylic alcohol, WOOD-SPIRIT.

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

Wood-pigeon, n.   Ring-dove (Columba palumbus).

Wood-shock, n.   Pecan (Mustela Canadensis), fisher.

Wood-spirit, n.   Pyroxylic acid, pyroxylic spirit, wood-naphtha, methylic alcohol, pyroligneous spirit.

Wood-wax, n.   Weld, woad, dyer's weed, dyer's broom, woad-waxen (Genista tinctoria).

Wood-waxen, n.   Weld, woad, dyer's weed, dyer's broom, woad-waxen (Genista tinctoria).

Woody, a.   1. Ligneous, wooden.

2. Sylvan, shady.

Woody-nightshade, n.   Bitter-sweet (Solanum dulcamara).

Wooer, n.   Lover, suitor, gallant.

Wooing, n.   Suit, courtship, addresses.

Woof, n.   Weft.

Wool-gathering, n.   Vagary, idle fancy, foolish enterprise, useless pursuit.

Woollen, a.   [Written also Woolen.] Woolly, made of wool.

Woollen, n.   Cloth of wool, woollen cloth.

Woollens, n. pl.   Woollen goods.

Woolly, a.   1. Woollen, made of wool.

2. Like wool.

3. (Bot.) Lanuginous, downy.

Word, n.   1. Vocable, TERM, expression.

2. Report, tidings, account, advice, intelligence, information.

3. Statement, affirmation, declaration, assertion, averment.

4. Promise, pledge, assurance, engagement.

5. Order, command, signal.

6. Scripture, Word of God.

7. [With The prefixed] Christ.

Word-book, n.   Vocabulary, dictionary, lexicon, glossary.

Word for word, Literally, verbatim, exactly, in the exact words.

Words, n. pl.   1. Language, accents, tongues, talk, discourse.

2. Dispute, wrangling, bickering, altercation, logomachy, war of words.

Wordy, a.   Verbose, prolix, diffuse, not concise, long-winded.

Work, v. n.   1. Act, operate, be in action.

2. Labor, toil, moil, drudge, strive, exert one's self, be diligent, be at work.

3. Move, perform, succeed, get on.

4. Ferment, effervesce.

5. Heave, be tossed, be agitated.

Work, v. a.   1. Labor upon, operate upon.

2. Produce, originate, accomplish, effect, bring about.

3. Keep at work.

4. Exert, strain.

5. Embroider.

Work, n.   1. Toil, labor (that fatigues), drudgery.

2. Occupation, exertion, employment, business.

3. Product (of labour), performance, production, fruit, achievement, deed, action, feat.

4. Fabric, structure, manufacture.

5. Composition, book, literary production.

6. Management, treatment.

Work against, Resist, oppose, try to thwart.

Work-bag, n.   Reticule.

Work-day, n.   Week-day.

Worker, n.   1. Laborer, workman, operative, artificer.

2. Doer, performer.

3. Working-bee.

Work-house, 1. Manufactory.

2. Penitentiary, jail, prison, bride-well, house of correction.

3. Poor-house.

Working, a.   1. Laboring.

2. Moving, operating.

3. On duty, at work.

4. Fermenting.

Working, n.   Motion, operation.

Working-bee, n.   Worker.

Workman, n.   1. Laborer, operative, worker, journeyman.

2. Artisan, mechanic, craftsman, artificer.

3. Skilful artificer, master in his art.

Workmanlike, a.   Skilful, workmanly.

Workmanly, a.   Workmanlike.

Workmanship, n.   Handiwork, handicraft, manipulation.

Work out, Accomplish, effect, perform, realize, bring to pass.

Work through, Get through.

World, n.   1. Universe, cosmos, creation, nature.

2. Earth, globe, terraqueous globe.

3. Planet, heavenly body.

4. Life, things, human affairs, secular affairs, affairs of life, social life, ways of men, course of things, stream of time.

5. Public, society, people, men, mankind, human race.

Worldly, a.   1. Earthly, mundane, terrestrial, terrene, sublunary, human, common.

2. Secular, temporal.

3. Sordid, grovelling, selfish, earth-born, irreligious.

Worm, v. n.   Work slowly, secretly, and gradually (like a worm).

Worm in, Obtrude, thrust in, press in, foist in.

Worm-like, a.   Worm-shaped, vermicular.

Worm one's self, Insinuate one's self.

Worm out, Find out (as a secret).

Worm-shaped, a.   Worm-like.

Worn, a.   impaired (by use), wasted, consumed, decayed, worn out, used up, worn to a thread, worse for wear.

Worn out, 1. Impaired, WORN.

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

Worry, v. a.   Tease, vex, plague, pain, harass, annoy, trouble, torment, pester, bother, bore, persecute, molest, harry, irritate, badger, fret, chafe, hector, infest, gall, disturb, disquiet.

Worry, v. n.   [Colloquial.] Fret, chafe, fidget, be vexed, be troubled, worry one's self.

Worry, n.   Anxiety, vexation, trouble, perplexity, solicitude, care, disquiet, concern, uneasiness, fear, apprehension, misgiving, alarm.

Worship, n.   Adoration, homage, reverence.

Worship, v. a.   1. Adore, venerate (with religious rites), revere, reverence.

2. Idolize, deify.

Worshipful, a.   Venerable, worthy of honor.

Worst, v. a.   Defeat, conquer, foil, overcome, overpower, overthrow, subdue, subjugate, vanquish, beat, rout, discomfit, crush, choke, quell, master, get the better of, put down.

Worth, n.   1. Merit, desert, worthiness, excellence, virtue, credit.

2. Value, price, cost.

Worthiness, n. Merit, WORTH.

Worthless, a.   1. Useless, valueless, naught, bootless, fruitless, profitless, nugatory, unserviceable, futile, unproductive, unprofitable, miserable, poor, wretched.

2. Base, vile, unworthy, ignoble, abject, depraved, profligate, abandoned, graceless, good for nothing.

3. Refuse, waste.

4. Tinsel, showy, glittering, gaudy, superficial, trashy, trumpery, flimsy.

5. Trifling, trivial, paltry, frivolous, slight, piddling, of no moment, of small importance.

Worthy, a.   1. Deserving, meritorious.

2. Estimable, excellent, good, virtuous, exemplary, honest, righteous, upright.

Would-be, a.   Self-styled, pretended, SOI-DISANT.

Wound, n.   1. Cut, stab, bruise.

2. Injury, hurt, damage, detriment, harm.

Wound, v. a.   1. Hurt, injure, damage, harm.

2. Pain, irritate, gall, lacerate, prick.

3. Annoy, mortify, offend, hurt the feelings of.

Wraith, n.   [Scottish.] Apparition, vision, spectre, ghost, unreal image.

Wrangle, v. n.   Quarrel, bicker, spar, spat, jangle, jar, squabble, TIFF, have words, fall out, be at variance, have an altercation.

Wrangle, n.   Quarrel, squabble, jangle, brawl, altercation, jar, bickering, contest, contention, controversy, wrangling, angry dispute.

Wrangler, n.   1. Disputant, controversialist, jangler, quarrelsome fellow.

2. [Cambridge University, Eng.] Superior mathematician.

Wrangling, n.   Altercation, WRANGLE.

Wrap, v. a.   1. Fold, lap, roll together, wrap up.

2. Envelop, cover (by winding or folding), infold, muffle.

Wrap up, Wrap, fold, bundle up.

Wrapper, n.   1. Envelop, cover, covering.

2. Dressing-gown.

Wrath, n.   Anger, ire, indignation, exasperation, rage, fury, choler, passion, resentment, offence.

Wrathful, a.   Angry, mad, furious, infuriate, raging, rageful, wroth, indignant, passionate, resentful, exasperated, provoked, incensed, irate, ireful, in a passion, out of temper, out of tune.

Wreak, v. a.   Inflict (as wrath or vengeance).

Wreath, n.   1. Curl.

2. Garland, chaplet, festoon, crown, bays.

Wreathe, v. a.   1. Twist, interweave, entwine.

2. Encircle, surround, infold.

Wreck, n.   1. Destruction, perdition, undoing, prostration, ruin, desolation, shipwreck.

2. Stranded vessel, shipwrecked vessel.

Wreck, v. a.   1. Strand, founder, shipwreck, cast away.

2. Ruin, destroy.

Wrench, v. a.   1. Wrest, wring, twist.

2. Sprain, strain, distort.

Wrench, n.   1. Twist.

2. Sprain, strain.

3. Screw-key.

Wrest, v. a.   Twist, WRENCH.

Wrestle, v. n.   Contend, strive, struggle.

Wrestling, n.   Struggle, contention.

Wretch, n.   1. Pilgarlic, pariah, outcast, troglodyte, miserable person, unhappy person.

2. Miscreant, villain, knave, rogue, rascal, scoundrel, scapegrace, caitiff, ruffian.

Wretched, a.   1. Unhappy (on account outward condition), MISERABLE, forlorn, comfortless, woebegone, afflicted, distressed.

2. Calamitous, afflictive, afflicting, deplorable.

3. Bad, poor, vile sorry, shabby, pitiful, worthless, paltry, contemptible, shocking.

Wretchedness, n.   Unhappiness, distress, misery, affliction, WOE.

Wriggle, v. n.   Squirm, writhe.

Wriggle out of, Get out of (by adroit management), work out of, work one's way out of.

Wring, v. a.   1. Twist (violently).

2. Force, extort, wrest.

3. Harass, distress, torture, torment, pain.

Wrinkle, n.   1. Furrow, crease, fold, plait, gather, pucker, rumple, corrugation, rimple.

2. [Colloquial.] Notion, whim, fancy, whimsey, caprice, crotchet, vagary, freak, quirk, maggot.

Wrinkle, v. a.   Corrugato, crease, rumple, cockle, pucker, crumple.

Wrinkled, a.   Rugose, rugous.

Wrist, n.   Carpus.

Writ, n.   Writing, scripture.

Write, v. a.   1. Inscribe, scrawl, scribble, scratch.

2. Compose, indite, produce, frame, pen, jot down, draw up, set down in writing, commit to paper, put on paper, dash off.

Write, v. n.   1. Compose, express one's self (in writing), put pen to paper, take pen in hand.

2. Write a letter, send a letter.

3. Tell (in writing), give account.

Writer, n.   1. Penman.

2. Scribe, scribbler, clerk, secretary, amanuensis, quill-driver.

3. Author, composer.

Writhe, v. a.   Twist, distort, contort, make awry.

Writhe, v. n.   Wriggle, squirm, be distorted.

Writing, n.   1. Chirography, caligraphy, penmanship.

2. Document, instrument.

3. Book, work, publication, lucubration, pamphlet, piece, literary production.

4. Inscription, title.

Writing-desk, n.   Escritoire.

Wrong, a.   1. Unjust, evil, improper, bad, inequitable, unfair, immoral, not right, wrongful.

2. Unlit, inapposite, inappropriate, unsuitable, improper.

3. Incorrect, inaccurate, erroneous, not true, wide of the mark.

Wrong, n.   1. Injustice, unfairness, injury, trespass, grievance, TORT, injury, foul play, violation of right.

2. Error.

Wrong, ad.   Erroneously, amiss, improperly, wrongly, faultily.

Wrong, v. a.   Injure, abuse, maltreat, oppress, treat unjustly, do a wrong to, do an injury to.

Wrong-doer, n.   Delinquent, offender, sinner, criminal, culprit, evildoer.

Wrongful, a.   Unjust, unfair, WRONG.

Wrong-headed, a.   Perverse, stubborn, intractable, crotchety, mulish, headstrong, cross-grained, dogged, wayward, PIG-HEADED.

Wrongly, ad.   Erroneously, WRONG, amiss.

Wroth, a.   Angry, WRATHFUL.

Wrought, [Imperfect and participle of work.] Performed, done, worked, effected.

Wrought up, Transported, maddened, excited, fired, worked up, beside one's self.

Wry, a.   Distorted, twisted, crooked, askew, awry, on one side, turned to one side.

Wry face, Grimace, distortion of countenance.