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Tab, n. (Colloq.) account, reckoning, check, tally, score.
table, n. tablet; schedule, synopsis, index, list; trivet (three-legged table). Associated word: mensal.
table, v. tabulate, tabularize.
tableland, n. plateau, mesa (Southwestern U.S.).
table linen. napery.
tablet, n. lozenge, troche, trochiscus.
taboo, n. interdiction, prohibition, proscription.
taboo, v. interdict, prohibit, proscribe.
taboo, a. prohibited, forbidden, interdicted, proscribed.
tackle, n. gear, implements, equipment, rigging, apparatus.
tacky, a. sticky, adhesive; (Colloq.) dowdy, shabby, unkempt, seedy.
tadpole, n. polliwog.
taffy, n. toffy, candy; (Slang) flattery, blandishment, blarney.
tail, n. Associated words: caudal, dock, scut, prehensile, caudate, bicaudal, rump, uropygium.
tailless, a. acaudate, anurous.
tailor, n. Associated word: sartorial.
tailpiece, n. appendage.
taint, v. imbue, impregnate, corrupt, infect, vitiate, sully, besmirch, discolor, contaminate.
taint, n. infection, contamination, vitiation, defilement, pollution.
tainted, a. infected, contaminated, defiled, imbued, vitiated, polluted.
take, v. seize, grasp, clutch, procure, clasp, catch; confiscate, appropriate, usurp, arrogate; deprehend, apprehend; require, need; select, choose.
take back. recant, retract, recall, revoke, rescind, disavow, resume.
take in. comprise, encompass, comprehend, include, embrace.
take-in, n. (Colloq.) imposition, fraud, deception, swindle, cheat, hoax.
taken, p.p. charmed, captivated, enamored, fascinated.
take off. doff, remove, divest one's self of.
take-off, n. caricature, burlesque, travesty, parody.
take the place of. supplant, supersede, displace, substitute.
take upon one's self. assume, undertake; arrogate, usurp.
taking, a. alluring, fascinating, winning, charming, captivating.
taking, n. seizure, apprehension; reprisal; prehension.
taking back. recantation, retraction, resumption, disavowal, revocation.
tale, n. story, romance, parable, apologue, legend, fable, narrative, myth, jeremiad (tale of sorrow).
tale-bearer, n. scandal-monger, busybody, quidnunc, tattler, telltale, tabby, gossip.
talent, n. endowment, faculty, gift, forte, knack, genius.
talented, a. gifted, endowed, clever.
talk, v. speak, converse, confer, confabulate, consult; babble, prattle, prate, chatter, gabble, gibber, blather; expatiate, descant, comment, harp, rant; palaver.
talk, n. conversation, converse, colloquy, conference, confabulation, chat, parley, causerie, parlance, confab; dialogue, interlocution; soliloquy, monologue; palaver, buncombe, blarney, blandishment, flattery, flummery; chaff, banter, raillery, persiflage, badinage, asteistn; chatter, babble, chit chat, gibberish, jargon, twaddle, fustian, moonshine, hanky-panky, jabbering, rhapsody, rant, grandiloquence; expatiation, descant.
talkative, a. garrulous, loquacious, communicative, voluble, unreserved. Antonyms: reserved, reticent, uncommunicative, silent, still.
talkativeness, n. garrulity, loquacity, communicativeness multiloquence. Antonyms: reserve, reticence, taciturnity.
talker, n. conversationalist; interlocutor; chatterer, babler, magpie, chatterbox.
tall, a. lofty, high, towering.
tally, n. mate, match, counterpart; score, account, record.
tally, v. match, conform, agree, correspond, coincide, square, comport, accord.
tame, v. domesticate, reclaim, break; discipline, subjugate, conquer, repress.
tame, a. docile, domesticated, gentle; prosy, dull, vapid; submissive, subdued.
tamper, v. meddle, tinker.
tangible, a. palpable, tactile, material; substantial, evident, perceptible, obvious.
tangle, v. snarl, entangle, interweave; embroil, insnare, entrap, involve, perplex, enmesh. Antonyms: disentangle, unravel, extricate.
tangle, n. snarl, complication, intricacy; imbroglio, perplexity. Antonyms: disentanglement, extrication.
tangled, a. entangled, complicated, tangly, snarled, intricate, involved.
tank, n. reservoir, vat.
tantalize, v. torment, plague, vex, disappoint.
tap, n. stopper, plug, spigot, spile, faucet.
tap, v. broach.
tape needle. bodkin.
tapering, a. conical, taper, pyramidal, fusiform.
tapeworms, n. pl. tænia. Associated words: tæniafuge, tæniacide, tænioid, tæniid, proglottis, segment, cysticercus, cestode, measles.
tardy, a. slow, sluggish; dilatory, reluctant, behindhand, late. Antonyms: punctual, prompt.
tarnish, v. dim, sully, besmirch, blacken, deface.
task, n. work, labor, assignment, stint; study, lesson, exercise.
taste, n. tasting gustation, degustation; flavor, savor, tang, race, relish, goût, saporosity, sapor, gusto, gust, sapidity; liking, fondness, appetite, appetency; tincture, infusion, dash, soupçon; discernment, discrimination; foretaste, prelibation. Antonyms: dowdiness, tawdriness, distaste vulgarity. Associated words: gustatory, saporific.
tasteful, a. palatable, savory, relishable, toothsome, gustable, delicious.
tasteless, a. insipid, flat, unpalatable, vapid.
tastelessness, n. insipidity, vapidity.
tasty, a. tasteful, neat. Antonyms: dowdy, tawdry, meretricious, inartistic.
tattle, v. tell, divulge, blab, peach.
tattler, n. tale-bearer, gossip, quidnunc, news-monger, busybody.
taunt, v. ridicule, deride, mock, reproach, revile, jeer twit, gibe.
taunt, n. ridicule, derision, jeer, reproach, gibe, quip, quirk.
taunting, a. reviling, derisive, jeering, sarcastic.
tawdry, a. gaudy, meretricious, showy, flashy, inelegant.
tax, n. assessment, toll, excise, levy, tribute, custom, duty, impost; capitation, poll-tax; charge, exaction.
tax, v. assess; exact, demand, task.
taxable, a. assessable.
tea, n. Associated words: theine, thea, theism, samovar, caddy, theiform, maté, canister, cabaret, tannin.
teach, v. instruct, inform, educate, discipline, train, indoctrinate, school, enlighten, drill, tutor, instill, inculcate, coach.
teachable, a. docile, tractable, apt, bright.
teacher, n. instructor, tutor, master, pedagogue, preceptor, preceptress, governess, coach, usher, mentor; pl. faculty.
teaching, n. instruction, education, breeding, enlightenment, inculcation, tuition, tutoring, indoctrination. Associated words: pedagogy, pedagogics, didactics, paideutics, propædeutics, didactic, instructive, propædeutic, pædeutic, pedagogic, pedagogism, didacticism.
tear, v. rend, rip, lacerate, dilacerate, sunder, dismember; fume, rage, rave, rant, storm.
tearful, a. lachrymose, weeping, maudlin.
tearing, n. rending, laceration, lancination, ripping, dismemberment.
tears, n. pl. Associated words: lachrymal, lachrymation, lachrymatory, lachrymals, lachrymiform, lachrymary.
tease, v. torment, plague, tantalize, hector, taunt, harass, badger.
teat, n. nipple, pap, dug, mammilla.
tedious, a. tiresome, wearisome, irksome, humdrum, monotonous.
tedium, n. tediousness, humdrum.
teem, v. multiply, be prolific, abound, overflow, swarm.
teeming, a. prolific, abounding, replete, overflowing, rife.
teeter, v. seesaw, titter, titter-totter.
teeth, n. pl. biters, incisors, molars, bicuspids, grinders, tusks, wisdom teeth, eye teeth, canine teeth, fangs. Associated words: odontology, dentist, dentistry, dental, odontography, dentiloquy, denture, cement, tartar, pyorrhea, gnash, alveoli, corona, dentifrice, dentilave, pulp, dentiform, dentilation, cusp, overshot.
teething, n. dentition, odontiasis.
teetotaler, n. nephalist, total abstainer.
teetotalism, n. nephalism, abstinence (from spirituous liquors), temperance.
tell, v. mention, recount, relate, narrate, enumerate, advise, inform, recite, disclose, bruit, divulge, proclaim, expose, apprise, peach, communicate, acquaint, notify, reveal, discern. Antonyms: suppress, reserve, withhold, forbear.
telling, n. notification, apprising, communication, relation, narration, recital, divulgement.
telling, a. effective, cogent, potent, conclusive.
telltale, n. tattler.
temerity, n. audacity, boldness, presumption, recklessness, foolhardiness, rashness.
temper, v. qualify, modify, moderate, appease; anneal.
temper, n. mood, disposition, humor; passion.
temperament, n. constitution, nature, temper, disposition.
temperance, n. sobriety, nephalism, moderation.
temperate, a. moderate; dispassionate, calm; abstemious, sober, self-denying.
tempest, n. storm, tumult, commotion, disturbance.
tempestuous, a. See stormy.
temple, n. fane, church, sanctuary, tabernacle; teocalli, pagoda, mosque, hieron, marai.
temporal, a. secular, worldly; temporary; political, civil.
temporary, a. transitory, transient, temporal, impermanent, ephemeral, fleeting.
tempt, v. seduce, entice, decoy, allure, induce; provoke, incite, instigate.
temptation, n. seduction, allurement, enticement, attraction; decoy, lure, bait, inducement.
tempter, n. seducer, siren, Circe.
tempting, a. enticing, alluring, seductive.
ten, n. Associated words: decimal, decimate, decimation, denary, decemvir, decemvirate.
tenacious, a. retentive; cohesive, tough; pertinacious, persistent.
tenacity, n. retentiveness; cohesiveness, toughness; pertinacity, persistency.
tend, v. conduce, contribute; attend, accompany, guard; incline, lean.
tendency, n. drift, inclination, proclivity, proneness, propensity, bent, predisposition.
tender, a. delicate, fragile, sensitive, susceptible; pathetic, touching, plaintive; sympathetic, pitiful, compassionate, kind. Antonyms: tough, strong.
tender, n. attendant; offer, proposal, overture, proposition.
tender, v. offer, present, proffer, propose.
ten dollars. eagle.
tent, n. pavilion, tabernacle, marquee, tilt, wigwam, tepee; pl. tentage.
tenth, n. tithe, tithing; decimal.
ten thousand. myriad. Associated word: myriarch.
ten years. decade, decennium, decennary. Associated words: decennial, decennially.
terms, n. pl. stipulations, conditions; terminology, nomenclature.
terrace, n. esplanade, plateau.
terrible, a. dreadful, formidable, shocking, horrible, frightful, dire, grewsome, nefarious; (Colloq.) severe, extreme, excessive, immoderate.
terrify, v. appall, intimidate, daunt, horrify, alarm, shock, frighten.
territory, n. province, region, district.
terror, n. alarm, consternation, dismay, panic, fright, affright.
test, n. trial, ordeal; standard, touchstone, criterion; crucible.
testicles, n. pl. testes. Associated words: castrate, castration, testicular, emasculate, alter, geld, spade, eunuch, varicocele, scrotum, orchitis, suspensory, orchotomy, sarcocele, hydrocele, parorchis, orchialgia, orchic, spermatic, semen, monorchism, epididymis, gubernaculum, gonad.
testify, v. depose, attest, asseverate, verify.
testimonial, n. credential, certificate, voucher.
testimony, n. attestation, deposition, corroboration; witness, evidence.
testy, a. irritable, choleric, captious.
tetter, n. ringworm, herpes, fret.
text, n. passage, pericope; subject, topic, theme.
texture, n. fabric, web; grain, structure, contexture.
thankful, a. grateful.
thankfulness, n. gratitude. Antonyms: unthankfulness, ingratitude.
thankless, a. unthankful, ungrateful; unacceptable, unappreciated.
thanks, n. pl. gramercy (many thanks).
theater, n. playhouse; odeon, lyceum; arena, stage, scene, field.
theatrical, a. dramatic, histrionic, scenic; stagy, artificial.
theft, n. See stealing.
theory, n. hypothesis.
thick, a. dense, coagulated, crass, gross, inspissate, inspissated, grumous, incrassated; compact, turbid, roily, feculent, muddy; (Colloq.) intimate, confidential.
thicken, v. coagulate, condense, inspissate, curdle, concrete, incrassate.
thickening, a. inspissant.
thickening, n. inspissation, condensation, coagulation, incrassation.