child, n. progeny, offspring, issue; infant, babe, baby, tot, bairn, brat; bastard (illegitimate); orphan; foundling, waif; cockney (spoilt child); minor. Associated words: pediatrics, prolicide, infanticide, puberty, philoprogenitive, philoprogenitiveness, misopedia, filicide, putti, filial, filiation, affiliation, affiliate.
childbirth, n. parturition, accouchement, childbed, lying-in, travail, labor, childbearing. Associated words: tocology, midwife, midwifery, parturient, maieutic, layette, obstetrics, obstetrician, celation, puerperal, accoucheur, accoucheuse, fetus, post-partum.
childhood, n. nonage, infancy, minority, impuberty, pupilage.
childish, a. puerile, juvenile, infantile, immature.
childishness, n. juvenility, puerility, immaturity.
children, n. offspring, progeny, issue, descendants, posterity.
chill, n. chilliness, shiver, rigor.
chilly, a. cool, chill, raw, bleak.
chime, v. accord, agree, harmonize, be in unison.
chime, n. unison, harmony; carillon.
chimera, n. delusion, phantom, hallucination, illusion.
chimney, n. Associated words: cowl, flue, hoveling, smoke jack, chimney-breast, tewel.
chimney corner. ingle nook, ingleside.
chin: n. Associated words: genian, mental, gill, wattle, chuck, submental.
China, n. Celestial Empire, Cathay (Old name).
China clay. kaolin.
Chinaman, n. Chinese, Celestial, Mongol, Mongolian; mandarin; coolie.
china ware. china, porcelain.
Chinese, n. Associated words: sinology, sinologue, sinicism, sinic, yamen, haikwan, hong, canque, sinological, Taoism, Confucianism, Manchu, kotow, li, abacus, chinoiserie, taotai.
Chinese idol. joss. Associated word: ting.
chink, n. crack, cranny, crevice; (Colloq.) money, cash, coin.
chin whelk. sycosis.
chipper, a. lively, vivacious, cheerful, talkative.
chirp, v. chirrup, cherup, cheep, pue.
chivalrous, a. gallant, knightly, magnanimous, valiant.
chivalry, n. knighthood, gallantry, knight-errantry.
choice, n. selection, election, alternative, option, preference, discrimination, preferment, volition. Antonyms: coercion, compulsion, indiscrimination.
choice, a. select, rare, recherché; careful, sparing, chary Antonyms: indiscriminate, promiscuous, common.
choir-leader, n. chorister, precentor, choir-master.
choir vestments. cotta; cassock.
choke, v. strangle, throttle, stifle, suffocate, suppress.
choleric, a. irascible, irritable, petulant, testy.
choose, v. select, elect, prefer, cull, pick out.
chop, v. hack, mince, hash, haggle.
chop, n. stroke, chopping; jaw, chap; pl. flews.
chorus, n. (Greek.) Associated words: strophe, antistrophe, epode.
chosen, a. selected.
Christmas, n. Yule, Yuletide, Christmastide.
Christmas mummer. guiser.
chronic, a. habitual, lingering, inveterate.
chronicle, n. record, account, narrative, diary, history.
chrysalis, n. aurelia, nympha, cocoon, kell.
chum, n. roommate; companion, intimate, associate, friend, crony.
church, n. temple, sanctuary, house of God, meeting house, fane; cathedral; chapel, oratory, minster, bethel, tabernacle, chantry; kirk (Scotch); synagogue (Jewish); denomination, sect; basilica. Associated words: ecclesiastical, ecclesiology, ecclesiolatry, ecclesiasticism, parish, hierarch, hierarchy, hierocracy, hierolatry, hierology, hierarchism, irenics, curé, evangelical, verger, beadle, chancel, clearstory, nave, transept, vestry, presbytery, prebend, prebendary, lectern, apse, irenicon, living, benefice, sinecure, glebe, see, prelacy, convocation, synod, conference, conclave, consistory, crypt, schism, orthodoxy, heterodoxy, unchurch, sacristan, sacristy, Dorcastry, Sarum use.
church and state. Associated words: Erastian, Erastianism.
church dignitary. prelate, primate, elder, deacon, dean, hierarch, bishop.
church fathers. Associated words: patristic, patristics, patrology, patrist.
churchly, a. ecclesiastical.
church officer. vestryman, warden, presbyter, trustee.
churl, n. rustic, hind, bumpkin, lout, boor.
churlish, a. boorish, rude, morose, unamiable.
chyle, n. Associated words: chylification, chylifaction, chylify, achylous, chylaceous, chylous, chyliferous, chylocyst, lacteal, chylopoiesis, chylopoietic.
chyme, n. Associated words: chymification, chymiferous, chymify, chymous, achymous.
cigar, n. (small) stogie; tobie; cheroot.
cinch, n. (Colloq.) tight grip.
cipher, n. zero, naught, nothing; nonentity, nobody; device, monogram.
cipher writing. cryptography, crytograph, steganography, cryptogram.
circle, n. ring; circumference, periphery; circuit; clique, coterie, set, class; annulation, annulus.
circle, v. encircle.
circuitous, a. roundabout, devious, indirect.
circulate, v. disseminate, promulgate, diffuse.
circulation, n. dissemination, diffusion, promulgation, propagation.
circumference, n. periphery, circumscription, girth.
cistern, n. reservoir; impluvium.
cite, v. quote; specify, mention, name, refer to.
citizen, n. resident.
city, n. municipality.--a. municipal, urban.
civil, a. civic, political, municipal; courteous, obliging, polite. Antonyms: See uncivil.
civility, n. courtesy, politeness. Antonyms: incivility, discourtesy.
claim, v. demand, pretend; (Colloq.) assert, maintain.
claim, n. pretension, demand, requisition; title, right.
claimant, n. claimer, pretender, pretendant.
clamor, n. uproar, tumult, hubbub, racket, din.
clamorous, a. noisy, uproarious, bawling, obstreperous.
clandestine, a. hidden, stealthy, surreptitious, furtive, secret.
clannish, a. narrow, exclusive.
clap, n. gonorrhea.
clapboards, n. pl. siding, weatherboarding.
claptrap, a. humbug, stage trick, coupe de theatre.
clarity, n. clearness.
clash, v. collide, hurtle, crash together; contend, disagree; clatter, clang.
clash, n. collision, crash; opposition, interference, contrariety; clangor, clang.
clasp, v. grasp, grapple, clutch, seize; embrace, hug.
clasp, n. hook, hasp, fibula, morse, catch; embrace.
class, n. rank, order, category, species, variety.
class, v. classify, dispose, categorize.
classification, n. disposition, grouping; taxonomy.
clause, n. article, stipulation, proviso, provision.
claw, n. talon; dewclaw. Associated words: ungual, unguicular, retract, retractile, unguiculate, pounced, unguiform.
claw, v. scratch, laniate, lacerate.
clay, n. argillaceous earth; pug, argil, hole, marl, kaolin. Associated words: potter, pottery, figuline, fictile, pug, puddle.
clayey, a. argillaceous, argillous, argilliferous, luteous, cledgy.
clean, a. unsoiled, unsullied, immaculate, cleanly, neat; chaste, pure, virtuous, undefiled, incorrupt, uncontaminated; shapely, well-proportioned; kosher (Jewish).
clean, adv. wholly, perfectly, completely, quite, entirely, thoroughly.
clean, v. cleanse.
cleanse, v. purify, deterge, absterge, wash, disinfect, fumigate, depurate.
cleanser, n. abstergent, detergent, purifier, detersive.
cleansing, a. detergent, abstergent, abstersive, detersive, purifying.
cleansing, n. purification, detersion, purgation, abstersion, lustration, expurgation.
clear, a. transparent, diaphanous, pellucid, limpid, relucent, crystalline, lucid, crystal; unmistakable, plain, evident, obvious, unambiguous, distinct, explicit, manifest, palpable, patent, decipherable, express, comprehensible, graphic; serene, cloudless, unclouded, undimmed; clarion, sonorous, resonant, canorous, audible, piercing; pure, unmixed, unadulterated, unalloyed; in full, net; passable, unimpeded, unobstructed, open; acquitted; unburdened, exempt; clarified. Antonyms: opaque, obscure, indecipherable, ambiguous, equivocal, vague, cryptic, abstruse, inexplicable, roily, turbid, enigmatical, inexplicit, inaudible, adulterated, cloudy, befogged, unintelligible, doubtful.
clear, v. clarify; explain, interpret, elucidate, eclaircise; acquit, absolve, exonerate, vindicate; disengage, extricate, disentangle, disperse.
clearer, n. clarifier.
clearing, n. clarification, clearance, dispersion; interpretation, explanation, eclaircissement, dénouement; exoneration, acquittal; assart.
clearness, n. clarity, distinctness; transparency, limpidity, lucidity, perspicuity, translucency; serenity. Antonyms: opacity, ambiguity, vagueness, intransparency.
cleave, v. adhere, cling, be loyal; split, rive, separate.
cleft, a. riven, split, divided.
clergy, n. ministers, the cloth, ecclesiastics, clergymen, clerisy. Antonym: laity.
clergyman, n. minister, divine, ecclesiastic, priest, pastor, parson, churchman, preacher, rector, curate, dominie, vicar, missionary, evangelist, patriarch, dean, bishop, chaplain, cleric, deacon, presbyter, imparsonee, kirkman, padre, curé, abbé. Antonym: layman.
clergyman's residence. parsonage, rectory, manse.
clerk, n. salesman, saleslady; accountant, recorder, registrar, prothonotary, amanuensis, bookkeeper. Associated words: clerical, clerkship.
clever, a. adroit, skillful, expert, ingenious, deft, dexterous.
clients, n. pl. clientele.
cliff, n. crag, bluff, precipice; pl. palisades (line of bold cliffs).
climate, n. Associated words: meteorology, phenology, climatology, acclimatable, acclimate, acclimation, acclimatize, acclimatization, climatic, climatize, climatography.
climax, n. culmination.
climb, v. clamber, scale.
climbing, a. scandent, scansorial.
cling, v. adhere, cleave, hold fast.
clip, v. shear, snip, nip, trim, prune, curtail.
clip, n. (Colloq.) blow, knock, thump, rap.
cloak, n. mantle, coat, capuchin, dolman, palladium, pelisse; pretext, blind, mask.
cloak, v. conceal, mask, hide, veil, disguise.
clock, n. timepiece, timekeeper, horologe, horometer: clepsydra, isochronon; scarab, scarabee, beetle. Associated words: horology, horography, horologiography., pendulum, strike, dial, tick.
clockmaker, n. horologist, horologer.
clodhopper, n. bumpkin, boor, hind, lout, clown, yokel.
clog, v. impede, hamper, encumber, restrain, obstruct.
clog, n. shackle, dragweight, deadweight, encumbrance; sabot, chopine.
cloister, n. monastery, nunnery, convent, abbey, priory, cenoby.
cloisterer, n. cenobite, recluse.
cloistral, a. monastic, cloistered, recluse.
close, a. oppressive, uncomfortable, muggy, unventilated; narrow, cramped; close-mouthed, secretive, reticent, reserved, uncommunicative, taciturn; dense, solid, compact, imporous; near, adjacent, adjoining; intimate, confidential; parsimonious, stingy, penurious niggardly, miserly, illiberal, close-fisted; exact, literal, faithful; intent, assiduous, fixed, intense.
close, v. shut, stop, occlude; conclude, finish, end, terminate; inclose, encompass, confine, environ; grapple, clinch; lute, calk.
close, n. conclusion, end; peroration; grapple; court, area, enclosure, inclosure, yard.
close-mouthed, a. wary, cautious, secretive, uncommunicative, reserved.
closeness, n. nearness, proximity, adjacency; density, compactness; intimacy; reticence, secretiveness; parsimony, stinginess, illiberality, penuriousness.
closet, n. private room; clothespress, ambry.
closing, a. concluding, final.
closing, n. stopping up, obstruction, blockade, occlusion; peroration.
clot, n. coagulation, coagulum.--v. coagulate.
cloth, n. fabric, material, drapery, textile, texture, woof, weft. Associated words: draper, drapery, drape.
clothe, v. dress, attire, array, gird, drape.
clothes, n. pl. dress, clothing, garments, vesture, attire, apparel, drapery, costume, raiment, garb, vestment, habiliments, regalia, uniform, livery, guise, wardrobe, rig, toggery, frippery, regimentals, paraphernalia; (clerical) vestments, canonicals; trousseau (bride's).
clothing, n. clothes, raiment. Associated words: frippery, wardrobe, habilatory.
cloud, n. nebulosity, rack; cirrus, cat's-tail, mare's-tail; cumulus, stratus, nimbus; cirro-cumulus, cirro-stratus, cumulo-stratus; storm scud, wane cloud; tarnish, blemish; eclipse, obscurity. Associated words: nephology, meteorology, nubiferous, nephelodometer, nephelometer, nephoscope, nepheloid, nephograph.
cloud, v. overcast, becloud, obscure, shade, obfuscate; tarnish, sully, blacken.
cloudy, a. overcast, lowering, murky, overclouded, obscure, sullen, nebulous, hazy, dim; tarnished, indistinct, blurred; variegated, mottled.
cloven, a. bisulcate.
clover, n. trifolium, trefoil; alsike.
cloves, n. pl. Associated words: eugenic, eugenin, clove, camphor, eugenol, caryophyllin.
clown, n. buffoon, jester, merry-andrew, zany, harlequin, droll, punch, mime, farceur, scaramouch, grimacier jackpudding; boor, lout, gawk, gawky, lubber, put, bumpkin, churl, carl, tike; rustic, hind, clodhopper, yokel, yahoo.
clownish, a. boorish, ungainly, awkward, loutish, churlish, gawky.
cloy, v. satiate, glut, surfeit, pall, sate.
club, n. cudgel, bludgeon, truncheon, bat, mace, staff, shillalah, waddy, bandy, knobkerry; society, coterie, association, sorosis (woman's club).
club, v. cudgel, beat, pommel; club together, combine, coöperate.
club-bearer, n. claviger. Associated word: clavigerous.
clubfoot, n. talipes.
clubfooted, a. taliped, talipedic.
club-shaped, a. clavate, clavated.
clue, n. intimation, hint, key.
clump, n. cluster, tuft, bunch, collection, thicket.
clumsy, a. ungraceful, lumbering, uncouth, unwieldy, unhandy, inapt, maladroit.
cluster, n. bunch, clump, tuft; racematiofl, fascicle, raceme, panicle; bevy, crowd.
clustered, a. aciniform, racemed, fascicled.
clutch, v. seize, grasp, grip, grapple, clench, grab, snatch.