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Vacancy, n. emptiness; space, vacuum, chasm, gap; leisure, vacation, intermission.
vacant, a. empty, unfilled, void, uninhabited, untenanted; leisure, unemployed. Antonyms: full, filled, occupied.
vacate, v. empty, evacuate, resign, abdicate; annul, abrogate, invalidate.
vacation, n. evacuation, resignation, abdication; invalidation, abrogation; intermission, holidays, recess.
vaccinate, v. inoculate.
vaccination, n. inoculation (with the cowpox).
vacillate, v. fluctuate, waver, veer, oscillate, whiffle.
vacillating, a. irresolute, changeable, wavering, undecided, inconstant.
vacillation, n. fluctuation, indecision, changeableness, oscillation, irresolution, inconstancy.
vagabond, n. vagrant, tramp, mendicant, beggar; rascal, rogue, scamp, knave.
vagabond, a. vagrant, wandering, nomadic, landloping.
vagabondage, n. vagrancy, vagabondism, nomadism.
vagary, n. whim, caprice, fancy, freak, whimsey, humor.
vagrancy, n. vagabondage.
vagrant, n. tramp; beggar, vagabond, rascal.--a. wandering, nomadic, vagabond.
vague, a. indefinite, ambiguous, obscure, uncertain, groundless, hazy, indistinct.
vagueness, n. indefiniteness, ambiguity, obscurity, uncertainty.
vain, a. conceited, arrogant, egotistical, overweening, vainglorious; nugatory, fruitless, ineffectual, frustrate, unavailing, bootless, futile, abortive, ineffective, empty; delusive, chimerical, unsatisfying, unsubstantial, deceitful.
vainglorious, a. boastful, pretentious, assuming, arrogant, conceited, overweening.
vainglory, n. vanity, boasting, gasconade.
vale, n. dell, valley, dale, dingle.
valiant, a. See brave.
valid, a. cogent, logical, justifiable, efficacious, well-grounded. Antonyms: See invalid.
validity, n. strength, cogency, soundness, force. Antonym: invalidity.
valise, n. portmanteau, satchel, gripsack.
valley, n. vale, hollow, bottom, dale, ravine, dingle, glen, clough, dell.
valor, n. See bravery.
valuable, a. costly, precious, rare, expensive; esteemed, worthy; serviceable, useful.
valuable, n. treasure.
valuation, n. appraisement, appraisal.
value, n. worth, excellence.
value, v. appraise; prize, esteem, appreciate.
vamose, v. (Slang) decamp, depart quickly, go.
vampire, n. extortioner, bloodsucker.
vandal, n. destroyer, iconoclast, hun.
vanish, v. See disappear.
vanishing, a. evanescent, disappearing, transient.--n. disappearance, evanescence.
vanity, n. unsubstantialness, unreality, inanity, delusiveness, emptiness, sham; conceit, self-admiration, egotism.
vanquish, v. overcome, defeat, subjugate, subdue, rout, overpower.
vanquishment, n. defeat, subjugation, routing, conquering.
vapid, a. lifeless, spiritless; insipid, stale, tasteless; prosy, tame.
vapidity, n. lifelessness; insipidity, tastelessness; prosiness, tameness.
vapor, n. gas, haze, fog, fume, effluvium, exhalation, reek, emanation, rack. Associated words: atmology, atmolysis, atomize, atomization, exhale, emanate.
vaporize, v. evaporate.
vaporous, a. halituous, vapory, foggy.
variability, n. variableness, mutability, inconstancy, unsteadfastness.
variable, a. mutable, changeable. See changeable. Antonyms: invariable, unchangeable.
variance, n. change, alteration; dissension, disagreement, difference, nonconformity.
variation, n. mutation, change; deviation, diversity, discrepancy; diversification.
varied, a. various, diversified, different, motley.
variegated, a. mottled, diversified, motley, divers-colored, party-colored, polychrome.
variety, n. diversity, diversification, multiplicity, variousness; assortment, collection; kind, class, species.
various, a. manifold, diverse, sundry, numerous, multifarious.
varnish, v. lacquer, japan, enamel, glaze; gloss over, palliate, extenuate.
varnish, n. lacquer; gloss, palliation, extenuation.
vary, v. diversify, variegate, modify; deviate, depart, swerve; disagree; modify, alternate.
vassal, n. feudatory, beneficiary, subject, liege, liegeman.
vast, a. spacious, immense, monstrous, huge, extensive, immeasurable.
vault, n. crypt, tomb, catacomb, ossuarium.
vault, v. leap over, spring, bound, jump; tumble.
vaunt, v. See boast.
veal, n. Associated word: vituline.
veering, n. shift, shifting; vacillation, tergiversation; temporizing, time-serving.
vegetable, n. plant, truck.
vegetable oyster. salsify.
vegetate, v. sprout, grow, germinate, pullulate; rusticate, hibernate.
vehemence, n. fervency, impetuosity, intensity, zeal. See ardor.
vehement, a. fervent, impetuous, ardent, passionate, eager.
vehicle, n. conveyance, carriage; medium, instrument; excipient.
veil, v. screen, cloak, disguise, shroud, mask, conceal.
veil, n. disguise, pretense, cloak, mask, mantilla.
veiled, a. hidden, disguised, incognito.
vein, n. Associated word: venous. See blood vessel.
vein, n. seam, lode.
venal, a. purchasable, mercenary, hireling.
vend, v. See sell.
venerate, v. reverence, revere, honor, esteem.
veneration, n. reverence, honor.
venereal disease. gonorrhea, clap; syphilis.
venereal sore. chancre, chancroid (soft chancre).
venery, n. amorousness, amativeness; sexual intercourse, coition.
vengeance, n. retribution, avengement, revenge; Nemesis, retaliation. Associated word: wreak.
venial, a. pardonable. Antonyms: See unpardonable.
vent, n. airhole, aperture, venthole; touchhole; spiracle blowhole; outlet, emission, escape.
vent, v. emit, utter, say, discharge.
venthole, n. touchhole, vent, bung, orifice, spiracle.
ventriloquism, n. ventriloquy, gastriloquy.
ventriloquist, n. gastriloquist, polyphonist.
venture, n. chance, risk, hazard, contingency.
venture, v. dare, hazard, risk.
venturesome, a. daring, bold, intrepid, undaunted, temerarious.
Venus, n. Aphrodite, Cytherea; Morning Star, Lucifer Phosphor; Evening Star, Hesper, Hesperus.
veracious, a. truthful.
veracity, n. truthfulness. Associated words: compurgation, compurgator, compurgatorial.
verbal, a. oral.
verbiage, n. wordiness, verbosity, perissology, prolixity, pleonasm.
verdant, a. See green.
verdict, n. finding, decision.
verification, n. confirmation, corroboration, authentication, attestation, proof.
verify, v. corroborate, confirm, attest, authenticate, prove.
vermifuge, n. anthelmintic, helminthagogue.
verse, n. stitch; poetry, versification; stanza, stave, staff, text; l'envoi.
versed, a. acquainted, skilled, proficient, conversant.
versification, n. orthometry.
version, n. rendition, translation.
vertex, n. apex, top, summit, crown, zenith.
vertical, a. upright, perpendicular, plumb. Antonyms: horizontal, flat, level.
very, a. veritable, true, real, actual, unquestionable, identical, same, selfsame.
very, adv. exceedingly, highly, greatly, extremely, excessively, surpassingly.
vessel, n. dish, utensil, receptacle; boat, ship; duct, canal, tube.
vest, n. waistcoat.
vest, v. invest.
vestibule, n. hall, antechamber, lobby.
vestige, n. trace, sign, mark.
vestments, n. pl. canonicals (priestly garments); pontificals; cassock, cotta (choir vestments). Associated words: vested, vestiarian, vestiary, vestry.
vestry, n. vestry-room, sacristy.
veterinarian, n. veterinary surgeon, horse doctor, farrier, horse leech.
veterinary art. farriery.
veterinary surgeon. veterinarian, farrier.
vex, v. tease, plague, harass, torment, tantalize, hector, annoy, irritate, trouble, bother, distress.
vexation, n. discomfiture, irritation, chagrin, mortification, annoyance.
vexatious, a. annoying, troublesome, carking, irritating, provoking, aggravating, afflictive, burdensome, anxious.
vibrate, v. brandish, flourish, swing; oscillate, librate; quiver, shake; fluctuate, vacillate.
vibration, n. oscillation, swinging, vacillation, libration.
vibratory, a. vibratile, oscillatory, swinging, fluctuating, oscillating, libratory.
vicar, n. deputy, lieutenant, vicegerent.
vice, n. sin, iniquity, licentiousness, immorality; defect, fault, blemish, imperfection.
vicinity, n. neighborhood, vicinage; nearness, propinquity, proximity.
vicious, a. immoral, evil; defective, faulty, imperfect; refractory, unruly, unmanageable; foul, noxious; (Colloq.) malignant, hateful.
victim, n. (Colloq.) gull, dupe, gudgeon, cully, prey.
victor, n. conqueror, champion, master.
victorious, a. triumphant, conquering, successful, exultant.
victory, n. triumph, conquest, mastery. Antonyms: See defeat. Associated words: trophy, epinicial.
victualler, n. caterer.
vie, v. contend, compete, emulate.
view, n. scene, landscape, vista, perspective, panorama, prospect, scenery; seeing, sight, survey, inspection, aspect, scrutiny, supervision, beholding; opinion, judgment, impression, conception; design, intention, intent.
viewy, a. visionary, fanciful, quixotic; spectacular, panoramic, picturesque.
vigilance, n. watchfulness, circumspection, attention, caution.
vigilant, a. watchful, attentive, circumspect, wakeful.
vigor, n. strength, force, lustiness, energy, endurance, virility, hardihood.
vigorous, a. strong, lusty, robust; energetic, cogent, forcible, luxuriant.
vile, a. base, depraved, vicious, iniquitous, felonious, atrocious, outrageous, shameless; worthless, mean, despicable, contemptible, abject, scurvy, sordid, debased, ignoble, miserable, wretched.
vilify, v. malign, revile, vituperate, traduce, calumniate.
village, n. hamlet, borough, thorpe, dorp, burg. Antonyms: city, town.
villain, n. See scoundrel.
villainous, a. unprincipled, knavish, arrant, depraved, atrocious.
villainy, n. depravity, wickedness, turpitude, rascality, scoundrelism, atrocity.
vim, n. (Colloq.) activity, energy, spirit, life. Antonyms: lifelessness, languor.
vindicate, v. justify.
vindication, n. justification, defense.
vindicator, n. justifier, champion, advocate.
vindictive, a. revengeful, implacable, malevolent, rancorous.
vine, n. Associated words: lattice, trellis, tendril, arbor, pergola, bower, bine, cordon, amplectant, capreolate, cirrose, pourridie, cirrus.
vinegar, n. Associated words: acetic, acetification, acetify, mother, guile, wort, gyle, insolation, cruet.
vinegary, a. acetous, sour, unamiable.
violate, v. break, disobey, transgress, contravene, profane, desecrate.
violation, n. transgression, infringement, breach, infraction, contravention, profanation, desecration. Antonyms: inviolability, keeping, obedience.
violator, n. trespasser, infringer, transgressor, infractor.
violence, n. force, impetuosity, vehemence, intensity, severity, wildness, fury; injury, violation, profanation, outrage, assault.
violent, a. passionate, vehement, impetuous, fierce, impotent, ungovernable, outrageous, poignant, severe. Antonyms: See mild.
violet, n. mauve.
violin, n. fiddle; kit.
virgin, n. vestal.
virgin, a. vestal, virginal; chaste, pure, stainless; impregnant.
virginal generation. parthenogenesis.
virginity, n. maidenhood, chastity.
Virgin Mary. Madonna, Theotokos (Theol.). Associated words: mariolatry, mariolater, hyperdulia, Ave Maria.
virile, a. masculine, vigorous, strong; potent. Antonyms: invirile, emasculated, impotent.
virility, n. manhood, manly vigor. Antonyms: invirility, impotency, emasculation.
virtual, a. potential, energizing; practical, essential.
virtually, adv. practically, really, substantially, potentially.
virtue, n. excellence, worth, goodness, purity, morality, integrity. Associated words: aretology, aretaics.
virtuous, a. good, exemplary, moral, pure, continent, upright.
virulent, a. poisonous, venomous; malignant, bitter, acrimonious.
visible, a. perceivable, perceptible, discernible, apparent, evident, manifest. Antonyms: invisible, imperceptible.
vision, n. sight; apparition, dream, phantasm, specter, phantom, hallucination, illusion.
visionary, a. dreamy, imaginative, romantic, fanciful, illusory, chimerical, Utopian.
visionary, n. castle-builder, dreamer, illusionist.
visitor, n. guest. Antonym: host.
vitiate, v. debase, corrupt, demoralize, contaminate, deprave, spoil.
vitiation, n. debasement, corruption, demoralization, depravation, contamination.
vixen, n. virago, scold, shrew, termagant, Tartar, Xantippe, spitfire.
voice, n. utterance, speech; vote, choice, election, suffrage. Associated words: phonology, phonetics, phonation, phonography, oral, vocal, non-vocal, aphonic, arsis, ictus, vocalize, modulate, modulation, inflection.
void, a. vacant, empty, vacuous; destitute, devoid, lacking; ineffectual, invalid, nugatory, vain.
void, v. evacuate, eject, discharge, egest, pass; nullify, abrogate, annul.
voidance, n. evacuation, discharge, egestion.
volatile, a. See changeable.
volcano, n. Associated words: crater, lapilli, lava, scoria, obsidian, volcanic, eruption, belch.
volley, n. salvo; outpouring, storm, discharge.
voluble, a. glib, fluent, oily, talkative.
volume, n. book, tome; dimensions, compass, size, bulk, mass.
voluntary, a. free, volitional, unforced, spontaneous. Antonyms: See involuntary.
volunteer, n. Antonym: conscript.
voluptuary, n. sensualist, epicure, sybarite, bon vivant. Antonym: ascetic.
voluptuous, a. sensual, epicurean, sybaritic. Antonyms: ascetic, abstemious, austere.
vomit, v. puke; spew, emit, belch, disgorge, eject.
vomiting, n. emesis, vomition, puking, spew. Associated words: emetic, antemetic, qualmish, gag, retch, nausea, nauseate.
voracious, a. rapacious, ravenous, insatiable, fierce, gluttonous, cormorant.
voracity, n. rapacity, voraciousness, greediness.
votary, n. devotee, votarist.
vote, n. suffrage; ballot, ticket; referendum, plebiscite. Associated words: enfranchise, enfranchisement, disenfranchise, disenfranchisement, suffragist, elect, election electoral, electorate, acclamation, franchise, poll.
vote, v. (Colloq.) declare.
voter, n. elector, suffragist.
voters, n. pl. electorate.
voting place. poll.
vouch, v. attest, corroborate, warrant.
voucher, n. attestator.
vow, n. pledge. Associated words: votary, votive.
vowel, n. Associated words: macron, breve, diæresis.
vulgar, a. unrefined, plebeian, ignoble, low-born, coarse, inelegant, ribald, risque, broad, gross. Antonyms: refined, dainty, pure, chaste.
vulgarity, n. unrefinement, dowdiness.
vulgar-looking, a. dowdy.