caterer, n. purveyor.
cathartic, n. purgative, physic, purge, evacuant.
catholic, a. universal, general, world-wide; liberal, tolerant, unsectarian, broad-minded; Roman Catholic, Romish. Antonyms: uncatholic, sectarian, local, narrow, noncatholic.
catholicity, n. universality, catholicism; liberality.
catkin, n. ament.
cat's-eye, n. chatoyant, chrysoberyl. Associated words: chatoyant, chatoyment.
cat's-paw, n. dupe, tool, cully, gull.
cattle, n. kine; Bos; Bovine quadrupeds; Taurus.
cattle-plague, n. rinderpest, murrain.
cattle-stealing, n. abigeat (Civil Law).
cause, n. origin, source; motive, incitement, inducement, incentive. Associated words: ætiology, etiology, teleology, etiological, causation, causative, causality.
cause, v. occasion, induce, effect, originate.
caustic, a. burning, virulent, acrid, catheretic, mordacious, cutting, satirical.
caution, n. wariness, forethought, circumspection; advice, warning, admonition.
caution, v. forewarn, admonish, warn, counsel, advise, dissuade.
cautious, a. circumspect, prudent, wary. Antonyms: incautious, unwary.
cave, n. cavern, grotto, grot, den, catacomb, crypt. Associated words: speleology, spelean, stalactite, stalagmite, cavernicolous, troglodytic, caverned, cavernous.
cave-dweller, n. troglodyte.
cavil, v. carp, criticize.--n. objection, criticism (specious or frivolous).
caviling, a. carping, captious, cavilous, hypercritical.
Cayenne pepper. capsicum.
cease, v. discontinue, stop, desist, refrain.
ceaseless, a. incessant, unceasing, constant, uninterrupted, continual.
cedar tree. Associated words: cedrine, cedrene.
cede, v. surrender, relinquish, grant.
ceding, n. cession.
celebrate, v. commemorate, solemnize, observe.
celebrated, a. famous, illustrious, noted, renowned, eminent, far-famed. Antonyms: obscure, inglorious, unrenowned.
celebration, n. commemoration, observance, solemnization.
celebrity, n. fame, renown, eminence.
cellar, n. basement.
celluloid, n. xylonite.
cement, n. adhesive, glue; lute, luting.
cement, v. cohere, join, glue, glutinate.
cemetery, n. necropolis, God's acre, graveyard, mortuary.
censer, n. thurible, incensory.
censor, n. inspector, reviewer, critic; caviler, censurer.
censorious, a. carping, captious, caviling, critical.
censurable, a. reprehensible, culpable, blamable, reproachable, illaudable.
censure, n. reproof, reprehension, blame, reprimand, objurgation.
censure, v. reprove, rebuke, reprehend, upbraid, objurgate, chide, inveigh against.
censuring, a. reprehensory, reproachful, reproving, objurgatory, condemnatory.
centenary, n. centennial, century.
centennial, n. centenary.
center, n. middle, midst. Antonyms: circumference, perimeter, rim, boundary. Associated words: centrifugal, centrifugence, centricity, centripetal, centripetence, centrality, centralize, centralization, paracentric.
centerpiece, n. épergne.
central, a. middle, centric, centrical, equidistant.
century, n. centenary. Associated words: centennial, secular.
ceremonious, a. formal, precise, punctilious. Antonyms: informal, free-and-easy.
ceremony, n. rite, form, ceremonial, solemnity; formality.
certain, a. assured, confident, convinced, satisfied, undoubting; undeniable, irrefutable, indubitable, incontrovertible, incontestable, sure; inevitable, unavoidable; unfailing, infallible, inerrable; fixed, stated, specified. Antonyms: indefinite, uncertain, doubtful. See uncertain.
certainty, n. sureness, confidence, assurance, surety; fact, truth. Antonyms: See uncertainty.
certificate, n. testimonial, credential, voucher.
certify, v. assure, attest, testify to, vouch for.
chafe, v. rub, gall, irritate; fret, fume, rage.
chaff, n. glumes, hulls, refuse.
chaff, n. banter, raillery, pleasantry, jesting, badinage.
chaffy, a. acerose, palaceous, stramineous.
chagrin, a. mortification, abashment, vexation, confusion, discomposure, humiliation.
chagrin, v. mortify, abash, vex, confuse, humiliate.
chain, n. concatenation, catenation, series, congeries, carcanet, catena, chatelaine, necklace, gorget, links, torque; bond, shackle, fetter, tether.
chain, v. fetter, restrain, shackle, enslave, trammel, catenate.
chain wheel. sprocket wheel.
chair, n. seat; professorship; chairman.
chalice, n. grail.
chalk, n. Associated words: calcography, calcographer, calcographic, chalkiness, crayon.
chalkstone, n. tophus. (Med.)
chalky, a. cretaceous.
challenge, v. defy, dare, brave.--n. defiance; exception, objection.
champion, n. defender, vindicator, protector, paladin; winner, hero, conqueror.
champion, v. defend, maintain, advocate, vindicate.
chance, v. befall; risk, venture.
chance, n. fate, fortune, luck, fortuity, hap, casualty, accident; possibility, likelihood, contingency; opportunity; hazard, jeopardy, risk, uncertainty.
chance, a. casual, fortuitous, accidental, contingent, random.
chancery, n. equity.
change, n. variation, alteration, transition, mutation, transposition, conversion, metamorphosis, innovation, transfiguration, permutation, transference, reversion, reaction, transmutation; substitution, commutation; variety, novelty, vicissitude. Associated word: mutanda. Antonyms: continuation, stability, conservatism, permanence, inertia, monotony, perpetuation, continuance, fixity, invariability, uniformity.
change, v. alter, transmute, shift, modulate, reverse, reform, vary, modify, convert, transform, transpose, transfer, exchange, substitute, commute. Antonyms: continue, persist, remain, abide.
changeable, a. mutable, variable, inconstant, unstable, unsteadfast, reversible, alterable, revocable, mobile, convertible, transmutable, commutable, kaleidoscopic, transformable, impermanent; volatile, fickle, mercurial, protean, irresolute, capricious, vacillating, fitful, inconstant, erratic, eccentric, crotchety; iridescent; chatoyant.
changeableness, n. mutability, variability, inconstancy, instability, vacillation, convertibility, transmutability, mobility, impermanence; volatility, irresolution, fickleness, capriciousness; iridescence; chatoyment.
changeless, a. permanent, immutable, inexorable, invariable, undeviating, unalterable, unvarying, constant, unconvertible.
changelessness, n. immutability, inalterability, permanence, conservatism, invariability, monotony, inconvertibility.
changeling, n. oaf; waverer, whiffler.
change of life. climacteric; menopause.
channel, n. water-course, canal, aqueduct, gutter, runway, alveus, conduit, duct; strait; furrow, chamfer, chamfret, groove, fluting; avenue, route, artery.
chant, v. intone, intonate, cantillate.
chant, n. intonation; introit; cantillation.
chaos, n. confusion, disorder, disorganization.
chap, n. crack, chink; boy, lad, youth; kibe.
chapel, n. oratory, chantry, bethel.
chapped, a. kibed.
chaps, n. pl. jaws, chops, flews.
chapter, n. branch. Associated words: capitular, capitulary.
character, n. personality, nature, individuality. Associated words: ethology, ethologist.
characteristic, n. trait, peculiarity, feature, attribute, attribution, idiosyncrasy.
characterize, v. distinguish.
charge, n. accusation, complaint, allegation, indictment, imputation, crimination, impeachment, arraignment, gravamen (burden of a charge); trust, ward; custody, care, responsibility, oversight, obligation, commission, management; onset, attack, assault, onslaught, fusillade; tutelage.
charge, v. impose, load, encumber; exhort, enjoin, adjure, instruct; commit, intrust; debit; accuse, indict, tax, impute, criminate, arraign; attack, assault.
chargeable, a. imputable, attributable, referrible.
charitable, a. benevolent, benign, beneficent, magnanimous; liberal, tolerant, lenient. Antonyms: uncharitable, illiberal, intolerant.
charity, n. benevolence, good will, love, benignity, philanthropy, beneficence, bounty, liberality, tolerance. Associated words: eleemosynary, alms, dependent.
charlatan, n. pretender, quack, impostor, fraud, cheat, mountebank, empiric.
charlatanic, a. pretentious, empirical, quackish.
charlatanry, n. quackery, pretension, empiricism, charlatanism.
charm, n. spell, incantation, enchantment, conjuration; periapt, amulet, phylactery, talisman, fetich, abraxas; fascination, glamour, witchery, attraction, illusion, rhetoric; breloque (jewel); countercharm. Antonyms: disenchantment, repellence, disillusionment.
charm, v. enchant, fascinate, enamor, infatuate, enrapture, bewitch, captivate; allay, soothe, subdue. Antonyms: decharm, disillusionize, disenchant, repel.
charmer, n. enchanter, magician, sorcerer; siren, enchantress.
charming, a. bewitching, captivating, enchanting, enrapturing, entrancing, magical, fascinating, winning, ecstatic, siren, delightful, winsome, seductive, ravishing. Antonyms: charmless, unattractive, repellent, repulsive.
charnel house. ossuary, ossuarium, tomb, carnary.
chart, n. map. Associated words: cartography, cartographer.
chary, a. frugal, careful, saving, cautious, circumspect.
chase, v. track, hunt, pursue; scatter, expel, drive, disperse, dispel.
chase n. hunting, field-sport, hunt, venery, chevy; pursuit.
chasm, n. abyss, gap.
chaste, a. virtuous, continent, undefiled, pure, inviolated, modest, innocent; classic, refined, pure, correct. Antonyms: See unchaste.
chasten, v. discipline, correct, punish; refine, purify, subdue.
chastise, v. castigate, chasten, punish, whip.
chastisement, n. castigation, chastening, punishment, whipping.
chastity, n. purity, virtue, continence.
chat, n. confabulation, talk, conversation, causerie, confab (Colloq.).
cheap, a. inexpensive, low-priced; inferior, mean, mediocre, of small value.
cheapen, v. depreciate; belittle, lower.
cheat, n. fraud, trick, hoax, finesse, imposition, imposture, swindle, humbug, bubble, wile, deception, stratagem, bunko, blind, thimblerigging; impostor, deceiver, quack, mountebank, thimblerigger, charlatan, empiric, trickster, swindler, blackleg, bamboozler, sharper; delusion, chicanery, mockery, counterfeit, fetch.
cheat, v. swindle, defraud, overreach, trick, bamboozle, hoodwink, dupe, hoax, bilk, thimblerig, hocus, bunko, beguile, cozen.
check, n. obstacle, restraint, curb, bridle, damper, barrier, restriction, rebuff, repulse, delay, interruption; bank check, cheque.
check, v. restrain, impede, curb, repress, bridle, checkmate.
checker, v. variegate, diversify, tessellate.
checkered, a. diversified, variegated, plaid, mosaic, tessellated.
checkers, n. draughts.
checking, a. repressive, restraining, curbing.
checkmate, v. defeat, vanquish, conquer, baffle.
cheek, n. jowl. Associated words: zygoma, zygomatic, buccate, buccal, malar, buccinator, meloncus, meloplasty, melitis, dimple, jugal.
cheek, n. (Slang) effrontery, temerity, assurance, impudence, audacity.
cheeky, a. (Slang) audacious, bold, impudent, presumptuous, unabashed.
cheer, v. inspirit, elate, exhilarate, encourage, console, revive, gladden; applaud.
cheerful, a. cheery, buoyant, sunny, vivacious, optimistic, sanguine, elated, jubilant, lightsome, airy, exhilarating, exhilarated, jocund, chipper.
cheerfulness, n. cheeriness, buoyancy, elation, exhilaration, alacrity, jocundity, light-heartedness, optimism.
cheering, n. applause, plaudit; ovation.
cheerless, a. dismal, sombre, drear, dreary, gloomy, desolate, forlorn, sad, hopeless, despairing, joyless.
cheery, a. cheerful, pleasant, sunny, blithe, jovial, affable.
cheese-paring, a. scrimping, niggardly.
cheesy, a. caseous.
chemise, n. shirt, smock, shift, chemisette.
cherish, v. treasure.
cherry-colored, a. cerise.
chest, n. box, case, coffer, trunk, hutch, receplacle, bahut.
chest, n. thorax, breast. Associated words: pectoral, pectorally, diaphragm, midriff.
chestnut, n. Associated words: esculic, esculin, castanea, burr.
chestnut-colored, a. castaneous.
chew, v. masticate, munch; crunch, craunch, champ.
chewing, n. mastication; rumination, remastication.
chew the cud. ruminate.
chic, a. (Colloq.) in good taste, neat.--n. good form, style.
chicanery, n. trickery, chicane.
chicken, n. fowl; hen; rooster; pullet; poult; capon; pl. poultry, brood.
chicken-hearted, a. timid, fearful, cowardly.
chicken pox. varicella.
chide, v. admonish, censure, upbraid, scold.
chief, n. head, leader, commander, chieftain, captain.
chief, a. leading, supreme, main, head, principal, paramount, prime, cardinal, major, foremost.