development, n. unfoldment, progression, evolution; hypertrophy (excessive development). Antonyms: atrophy, undevelopment, abortion, embryo.
deviate, v. swerve, deflect, digress, stray, wander, diverge. Antonym: continue.
deviation, n. swerving, deflection, digression, divergence.
device, n. contrivance, invention, expedient, wile, maneuver, artifice, trickery; symbol, motto, legend, cognizance.
devil, n. Satan, Lucifer, Apollyon, Belial, Beelzebub, deuce, dickens, Mephistopheles, Asmodeus, Abaddon; demon, fiend. Associated words: diabolology, Satanic, demoniac, exorcise, exorcism, diabolism, Izedi, Izedism, demonology.
devilish, a. demoniac, diabolical, fiendish, infernal; atrocious, reprobate.
devil-may-care, a. reckless, defiant.
deviltry, n. devilry, diablerie, devilment, fiendishness.
devious, a. wandering, circuitous, mazy, winding, tortuous, roundabout; erring, sinful.
devise, v. contrive, invent, scheme, concoct, excogitate; bequeath.
devoted person. devotee, zealot.
devotion, n. consecration, dedication; zeal, allegiance, attachment, love; worship, adoration; religion, holiness, devoutness; fetishism, infatuation.
devotional, a. reverential, devout.
devour, v. consume.
devout, a. pious, reverent, devotional, godly, holy, religious. Antonyms: irreverent, irreligious, impious, unholy.
dexterity, n. expertness, skill, adroitness, aptitude, readiness.
dexterous, a. expert, adroit, skillful.
dialing, n. gnomonics.
dialogue, n. colloquy, duologue, interlocutory, interlocution, collocution. Associated words: interlocutor, interlocutory, collocutor.
diarrhea, n. flux; lientery; (of cattle) scour.
diatribe, n. philippic, tirade, invective, screed.
dice, n. die, cube. Associated word: cleromancy.
dicker, v. trade, barter, negotiate, exchange.--n. barter, trade, exchange, chaffering.
dictate, n. command, admonition, prescription, impulse.
dictator, n. despot, autocrat.
dictatorial, a. imperious, dogmatical, overbearing.
diction, n. language, phraseology.
dictionary, n. lexicon, vocabulary, wordbook, glossary; gazetteer, gradus, onomasticon, idioticon, thesaurus. Associated words: lexicography, lexicographer, lexicographic.
dido, n. trick, antic, caper, prank.
die, v. expire, perish, decease; wither, fade, vanish, recede, wane, subside, languish.
differ, v. be unlike; disagree. Antonyms: agree, concur.
difference, n. dissimilarity, unlikeness, distinction, variation, contrast, discrepancy, discrimination, disparity, diversity, dissimilitude, incompatibility, inequality, heterogeneity, variety; dissension, variance. See disagreement. Antonyms: uniformity, similarity, agreement consonance, correspondence, indiscrimination, promiscuity, identity.
different, a. dissimilar, unlike, contrary, opposite, contrasted, variant, diversified, manifold, various, diverse, sundry, incompatible, heterogeneous, nondescript, miscellaneous unclassifiable, unique. Antonyms: similar, like, same.
differentiate, v. discriminate.
differentiation, n. discrimination.
difficult, a. arduous, onerous, complicated, intricate, hard; uncompliant, intractable, perverse, fastidious, exacting. Antonyms: facile, light, easy.
difficulty, n. obstacle, impediment, obstruction; arduousness, hardness; controversy, disagreement, objection, cavil; predicament, quandary, dilemma. Antonyms: ease, facility, extrication, release.
diffidence, n. timidity, bashfulness.
diffident, a. bashful, timid, shy.
diffuse, a. copious, full, verbose, prolix.
dig, v. delve, excavate, scoop; thrust, poke, punch, jab; exhume (dig up).
dig, n. thrust, punch, poke; grind (student).
digest, v. codify, systematize, methodize, classify.
digest, n. pandect, summary, code, system, abridgment.
digestion, n. eupepsia. Antonyms: indigestion, dyspepsia. Associated words: peptics, pepsin, peptic, pepticity, chyme, chyle, digestible, digestibility, indigestible, indigestibility.
digging, n. excavation; exhumation (digging up). Associated words: fossorial, fodient.
diggings, n. pl. (Slang) region, locality.
dignified, a. stately, majestic, august, imposing, decorous. Antonyms: See undignified.
dignify, v. exalt, grace, ennoble, honor, elevate.
dignity, n. exaltation, eminence; stateliness; honor, preferment.
digress, v. deviate, depart, wander, turn aside.
digression, n. deviation, divergence; episode, incident.
dike, n. levee, embankment.
dike warden. dikereeve.
dilapidated, a. ramshackle, dismantled.
dilate, v. expand, distend; expatiate.
dilation, n. expansion, dilatation, distention; expatiation.
dilemma, n. predicament, quandary, difficulty, strait, pickle. Antonyms: extrication, release.
diligence, n. assiduity, sedulousness, sedulity, perseverance, stagecoach (France).
diligent, a. sedulous, industrious, assiduous, persevering. Antonyms: See lazy.
dillydally, v. dawdle, dally, fritter, trifle, loiter.
dillydallying, n. dawdling, loitering, trifling, dalliance.
dilute, v. attenuate, thin, weaken, reduce.
diluter, n. diluent, attenuant.
dilution, n. attenuation, thinning, reduction.
dim, a. obscure, indistinct, faint, sullied, blurred. Antonyms: bright, vivid, intense, clear.
dim, v. bedim, obscure, darken, dull, eclipse, blur, tarnish.
diminish, v. decrease, reduce, abate, lessen, contract, curtail.
diminution, n. reduction, decrease, abatement, decrement.
dim-sighted, a. purblind, moonblind.
din, n. clamor, noise, racket, uproar, hubbub, clangor, hullabaloo.
dinner, n. Associated words: prandial, post-prandial, croupier, ante-prandial, dine, diner.
dinner pail. blickey (Local U.S.).
dint, n. indentation, dent; force, power.
dip, v. plunge, immerse, duck, souse, douse, dive; lade.
direct, a. straight, undeviating; diametrical. Antonyms: indirect, circuitous, roundabout.
direct, v. point, aim; guide, pilot, lead, steer, regulate, govern, control, manage, conduct, superintend, instruct; address, superscribe.
direction, n. guidance, government, administration, management, superintendence, oversight; instruction, order, command; address, superscription.
directly, adv. diametrically; immediately.
dirge, n. requiem, coronach, trental, threnody.
dirt, n. earth, soil; squalor, filth, muck, foulness.
dirt-eater, n. geophagist.
dirt-eating, n. geophagism, chthonophagia, pica.
dirty, a. defiled, unclean, foul, nasty, filthy, soiled, begrimed, grimy, squalid, uncleanly, loathsome, bedraggled, daggletailed, besmeared, sullied; sordid, groveling, despicable, vile, contemptible, abject.
dirty, v. soil, befoul, begrime, besmirch, sully, tarnish, besmear, defile.
disable, v. incapacitate, disqualify, cripple, maim.
disabled, a. disqualified, crippled, maimed, incapacitated, hors de combat.
disadvantage, n. inconvenience, detriment, hindrance, drawback, inexpediency.
disadvantageous, a. inconvenient, detrimental, unfavorable, inexpedient, prejudicial.
disagree, v. be at variance, differ, contend, dissent, contradict, quarrel, altercate, spar.
disagreeable, a. unpleasant, distasteful, offensive, fulsome, uncongenial, contrary, incongruous, inconformable, inconsistent.
disagreeing, a. incompatible.
disagreement, n. difference; quarrel, bickering, dispute, altercation, sparring, squabble, contention, controversy, dissent, variance.
disappear, v. vanish, evanesce, recede, be lost to view.
disappearance, n. vanishing, evanescence.
disappoint, v. dissatisfy, frustrate, balk, foil, baffle, defeat.
disappointment, n. frustration, dissatisfaction, balking, defeat, nonsuccess.
disapproval, n. disapprobation, dislike, disfavor.
disaster, n. calamity, mishap, catastrophe, casualty.
disastrous, a. calamitous, deplorable, unfortunate, ill-fated
disband, v. demobilize, disorganize.
disbandment, n. demobilization, disorganization.
discern, v. perceive, discriminate, distinguish. See see.
discernible, a. perceptible, visible, noticeable, discoverable, apparent, manifest.
discerning, a. acute, sharp-sighted, shrewd.
discernment, n. insight, penetration, judgment, discrimination.
discharge, v. absolve, acquit, exculpate, release, exonerate, free; dismiss, cashier, remove; excrete, exude, void, eject, emit, expel; pay, liquidate; fulfill, perform; fire, shoot, volley; annul, rescind, invalidate, abrogate, cancel. Antonyms: retain, hold.
discharge, n. firing, burst, blast, volley, fusillade, salvo; acquittance, exoneration, quittance, release; fulfillment, observance, performance; dismissal; liquidation, payment evacuation, emission, ejection, exudation, excretion voiding; quietus.
discharged, a. dismissed, acquitted; emeritus.
disciple, n. adherent, follower.
disciplinarian, n. martinet (strict disciplinarian).
discipline, n. correction, chastisement, punishment; submission regulation; martinetism. Antonyms: laxity, unrestraint, indulgence.
disclaim, v. disown, deny, disavow, renounce, repudiate.
discomfiture, n. disconcertion, abashment, confusion, frustration, defeat.
discommode, v. inconvenience, incommode, trouble.
discomposure, n. agitation, perturbation, confusion.
disconnect, v. detach, dissever, disjoin, separate.
disconnected, a. detached, separate, isolated, incoherent.
disconnection, n. detachment, disunion, separation, incoherence.
disconsolate, a. inconsolable, broken-hearted.
discontent, n. dissatisfaction, discontentment. Antonyms: contentment, satisfaction.
discontented, a. dissatisfied, restless, malcontent, disgruntled
discord, n. dissonance, discordance, inharmony, variance, dissension. Antonyms: harmony, agreement, consonance
discordant, a. inharmonious, dissonant, jarring, unmelodious strident; at variance, contradictory, repugnant absonant.
discount, n. deduction, allowance, rebate.
discourage, v. dishearten, dispirit, depress, deter, dampen, unnerve, oppose, dissuade.
discouragement, n. depression, dejection; opposition, dissuasion, intimidation, determent, damper, obstacle, difficulty, barrier.
discouraging, a. depressing, disheartening, dissuasive.
discourse, n. dissertation, address, disquisition, oration, harangue, speech.
discourteous, a. uncivil, rude, disrespectful, abrupt, unmannerly, boorish, inurbane.
discourtesy, n. rudeness, incivility, inurbanity, impoliteness.
discover, v. ascertain, detect, unearth, descry, discern, disclose, ferret out.
discovery, n. ascertainment, detection, unearthing, disclosure.
discredit, n. disesteem, disrepute, unpopularity.
discreet, a. prudent, circumspect, wary, judicious.
discretion, n. prudence, circumspection, wariness; choice, liberty, will. Antonyms: indiscretion, imprudence, compulsion, constraint, coercion.
discretional, a. optional, discretionary, elective. Antonyms: compulsory, obligatory.
discriminating, a. distinguishing, differential, discriminative.
discrimination, n. difference, distinction, discernment, judgment. Antonyms: indiscrimination, promiscuity, undiscernment.
discuss, v. debate, argue, canvass, agitate, moot, deliberate.
discussion, n. debate, argument, canvass, agitation, consideration, symposium, forensic.
disdain, n. scorn, contumely, superciliousness, contempt.
disdainful, a. contemptuous, scornful, contumelious, supercilious.
disease, n. ailment, disorder, malady, complaint, affection, distemper; plague, pestilence, pest; epidemic, endemic. Antonyms: health, vigor. Associated words: nosology, nosography, etiology, nosogeny, pathology, pathologist, pathological, pathogeny, therapeutics, symptomatology, diagnosis, pathognomonic, diagnostics, semeiology, semeiography, clinic, polyclinic, prognosis, contagion, infection, contagious, infectious, zoonosology, enantiopathy, loimography, loimology, quarantine, pathogene, germ, microbe, bacteria, bacillus, incubation.
diseased, a. morbid, unhealthful.
disembowel, v. eviscerate, gut.
disembowelment, n. evisceration.
disengage, v. extricate, disembarrass, disentangle, detach, dissociate.
disfavor, n. disapproval.
disfigure, v. deface, mar, blemish.
disfigurement, n. disfiguration, defacement; blemish, deformity.
disgrace, n. reproach, discredit, dishonor, shame, infamy, degradation, disrepute, ignominy, obloquy, odium, opprobrium, scandal, debasement, abasement.