engaged, a. occupied, employed, engrossed; affianced, betrothed.
engagement, n. betrothal, affiance, betrothment; contract, pledge, stipulation, promise; encounter, combat, fight, conflict, action.
engine, n. locomotive, mogul, traction engine.
England, n. Albion (Ancient name). Associated words: Anglomaniac, Anglomania, Johnny Bull, Great Britain, anglicize, anglicization, Anglophobe, Anglophobia.
English, a. British, Anglican.
Englishism, n. Anglicism, Briticism.
English legislature. Parliament.
Englishman, n. Britisher, Briton.
engrave, v. chisel, carve, grave, cut; imprint, infix, impress; stipple.
engraving, n. celature, graving, chiseling, carving; print, plate, stippling, stipple.
enjoyment, n. pleasure, delight, gratification, delectation, felicity, fruition.
enlarge, v. magnify, amplify, augment, expand, develop, increase, extend, swell; dilate, descant, launch out, expatiate; ennoble, broaden.
enlargement, n. augmentation, extension, expansion, dilation, development, growth, increase, amplification, dilatation, ennoblement; expatiation.
enmity, n. hostility, unfriendliness, opposition, antagonism, malignity, hatred, animosity, malevolence, rancor, antipathy, feud.
enormity, n. atrocity, heinousness, flagrancy, depravity.
enormous, a. colossal, monstrous, gigantic, mammoth, prodigious, huge; heinous, atrocious, nefarious, flagrant, flagitious.
enough, n. sufficiency, plenty, abundance, adequacy. Antonyms: deficiency, inadequacy, surplus.
enough, adv. sufficiently, adequately, fully.
enrich, v. fertilize; embellish, adorn, beautify; endow.
enrichment, n. fertilization; endowment; embellishment, decoration, adornment.
enroll, v. enlist, register, matriculate, list, record.
enrollment, n. registration, matriculation, enlistment; register, record, roster.
enslave, v. enthrall, subjugate, overcome.
enslavement, n. enthrallment, subjugation, subjection, bondage, slavery.
entangle, v. interweave, complicate, tangle, enmesh, snarl; insnare, puzzle, involve.
entanglement, n. complication, intricacy, snarl, tangle, embarrassment, imbroglio.
enter, v. penetrate, pierce, perforate; embark in, enlist in; insert.
enterprise, n. project, undertaking; activity.
enterprising, a. active, stirring, energetic, venturesome.
entertain, v. divert, amuse, please, junket, beguile, cheer; harbor, hold, lodge.
entertaining, a. diverting, amusing, interesting.
entertainment, n. diversion, amusement, recreation, pastime, play, divertissement; banquet, junket, feast, collation.
enthusiasm, n. eagerness, intensity, ardor, fervor, fervency, verve, empressement, unction. Antonyms: indifference, wariness, caution, calmness, lukewarmness.
enthusiast, n. zealot, fanatic, devotee, partisan.
enthusiastic, a. eager, zealous, fanatical, fervent, impassioned.
entice, v. seduce, allure, persuade, inveigle, wheedle, tempt.
enticement, n. seduction, allurement, temptation, lure, decoy, inducement.
enticing, a. seductive, alluring, tempting.
entire, a. complete, undivided. See whole.
entirety, n. completeness, integrity, totality, wholeness.
entrance, n. ingress, access; entrée; entry, portal, inlet, gate, door.
entrap, v. insnare, entangle, decoy, entrammel, entice.
entry, n. entrance, access; hall, vestibule; memorandum, minute, record.
envelop, v. surround, inwrap, inclose, encircle, encompass, environ.
envelope, n. wrapper, inclosure, capsule, case, sheath.
enveloping, a. surrounding, enfolding, circumambient, encircling.
environment, n. conditions, entourage.
epicure, n. gourmand, gastronome, gourmet; sensualist, voluptuary; sybarite, epicurean.
epicurean, a. sensual, voluptuous, luxurious, sybaritic.
epicurism, n. hedonism, epicureanism, eudæmonism; sensuality, luxury; gastronomy.
epitome, n. compendium, abstract, digest, synopsis.
equal, a. coördinate, tantamount, equivalent, corresponding, identical, commensurate, proportionate, adequate, sufficient; equable, uniform, equitable, even.
equal, n. peer, mate, compeer, match, coördinate. Antonyms: inferior, subordinate.
equality, n. coördination, uniformity, parity, agreement. Antonyms: See inequality.
equilibrium, n. equipoise, balance.
equip, v. accouter, furnish, fit out, gird.
equipage, n. equipment; carriage, turnout; suite, train, retinue.
equipment, n. apparatus, accouterments, paraphernalia, rigging, gear.
equipoise, n. equilibrium.
equivalent, a. tantamount, equal, commensurate; interchangeable.
eradicate, v. extirpate, exterminate.
eradication, n. extirpation, extermination.
erase, v. expunge, rub out, efface, obliterate, dele, delete.
erasure, n. expunging, erasion, obliteration.
erect, a. upright, vertical, raised; undaunted, bold, undismayed. Antonyms: horizontal, recumbent, prone, inverted, oblique, cringing.
erection, n. building, raising, construction.
erosion, n. corrosion, eroding.
err, v. misjudge, mistake, blunder; deviate, sin.
errand, n. mission, commission.
erratic, a. nomadic, wandering; eccentric, fanciful.
erring, a. peccable, sinful, fallible, weak. Antonyms: impeccable, infallible, inerrable.
erroneous, a. false, incorrect, untrue, mistaken, inaccurate, wrong.
error, n. mistake, inaccuracy, blunder, misapprehension, falsity, misconception. Associated words: fallibility, infallibility, fallible, errant, errancy, inerrancy, inerrability.
errors, n. pl. errata; sing. erratum.
erudition, n. learning, scholarship.
eruption, n. outburst, outbreak; exanthema, rash, efflorescence.
erysipelas, n. Saint Anthony's fire, rose.
escort, n. guard, convoy, usher.
Eskimo, n. Husky.
Eskimo house. topek, igloo.
Eskimo language. Husky.
especial, a. special, particular, specific.
essay, n. dissertation, article, disquisition, thesis; attempt, effort, trial.
essential, a. indispensable, necessary, requisite. Antonyms: nonessential, superfluous.
establish, v. found, organize, institute; substantiate, verify, ratify.
establishment, n. organization, founding, institution; substantiation, verification.
esteem, v. respect, value, honor, revere; rate, reckon, estimate.
esteem, n. respect, honor, regard; opinion, judgment, estimation. Antonyms: disesteem, aversion, odium, antipathy, unpopularity.
estimable, a. computable, calculable; meritorious, worthy, excellent. Antonyms: inestimable, incalculable, incomputable.
estimate, v. appraise, value, rate, prize; compute, calculate, reckon.
estimation, n. esteem, respect, honor; appraisement, valuation, estimate.
estrange, v. alienate, disaffect.
estranged, a. alienate, alienated.
estrangement, n. alienation, disaffection.
eternal, a. self-existent, infinite; endless, asonian. See everlasting.
eulogist, n. encomiast, panegyrist, praiser.
eulogistic, a. laudatory, panegyrical, encomiastic.
eulogize, v. laud, praise, extol, panegyrize.
eulogy, n. encomium, panegyric, laudation, praise.
Europe and Africa. Associated words: Eurafric, Eurafrican.
Europe and Asia. Associated words: Eurasian, Eurasiatic, Scythia.
evade, v. shun, avoid; elude, parry, foil, baffle; prevaricate, equivocate, dodge, quibble.
evaporate, v. vaporize, evanesce.
evaporation, n. vaporization, evanescence; exhalation. Associated words: volatile, volatility, volatilize, evaporable.
evasion, n. evading, eluding, escape; baffling, foiling; prevarication, equivocation, sophistry, tergiversation, subterfuge, dodge, excuse.
evasive, a. equivocal, indefinite, elusive.
even, a. plane, level, flush, flat, smooth; equable, uniform, unvarying.
evening, n. dusk, twilight, nightfall, eventide, even, gloaming. Associated words: vespertine, vespertinal, erepuscular, erepusculous, soirée, vesper.
evening prayer. compline.
evening service. vespers; evensong.
evening star. Hesper, Hesperus, Venus, Vesper.
evenness, n. uniformity, smoothness, equanimity, equableness.
event, n. occurrence, affair, incident, happening; consequence, result, outcome.
evergreen, a. indeciduous.
everlasting, a. continual, perpetual, interminable, unceasing, eternal, endless, incessant, never-ending; deathless, immortal, æonian, imperishable; (Colloq.) constant, continual.
everlasting, n. eternity; immortelle.
every-day, a. commonplace, common, customary.
every now and then. occasionally, repeatedly, frequently.
everywhere present. omnipresent, ubiquitous.--n. omnipresence, ubiquity.
evident, a. manifest, obvious, clear, palpable, patent.
evil, a. sinful, immoral, sinister, unrighteous, vicious, pernicious. See bad.
evil, n. wickedness, depravity, sin, iniquity, perniciousness, Belial, unrighteousness; disaster, misfortune, calamity, reverse; injustice, damage, injury, wrong, mischief.
evil-doer, n. sinner, malefactor, culprit, offender, delinquent. See wrong-doer.
evil-minded, a. malicious, malignant, wicked, depraved.
evolution, n. development, unfoldment, evolvement, unfolding.
exact, a. precise, accurate, true, literal, undeviating; punctilious, methodical, rigid, severe, rigorous, strict.
exact, v. demand, extort, wrest.
exacting, a. severe, harsh, oppressive, peremptory.
exaction, n. extortion, oppression.
exactness, n. precision, accuracy, strictness, exactitude, correctness, scrupulousness.
exaggerate, v. overstate.
exaggerated, a. overstated, colored, hyperbolical.
exaggeration, n. overstatement; hyperbole.
exalt, v. elevate; dignify, ennoble, aggrandize; magnify, apotheosize, extol.
exaltation, n. elevation, aggrandizement, loftiness, apotheosis.
exalted, a. sublime, elevated, lofty, grand, dignified.
examination, n. inquiry, autopsy, scrutiny, inspection, investigation, audit, inquest, reconnoissance, inquisition, recension, probing, review.
examine, v. inspect, scrutinize, question, audit, heckle, reconnoitre, review, search, probe, investigate, catechise.
examiner, n. inspector, investigator, inquirer, questioner, catechiser, resensionist, auditor, censor, reviewer, inquisitor.
example, n. sample, specimen, exemplification; model, pattern, prototype, copy, archetype, exemplar; precedent instance, illustration, case. Associated words: exemplify, exemplification, exemplary, praxis.
exasperate, v. provoke, irritate, incense, anger; aggravate, imbitter, intensify.
exasperation, n. provocation, irritation, offending, aggravation, anger; exacerbation.
exceed, v. surpass, transcend; outvie, excel, outdo; preponderate, predominate.
exceeding, a. surpassing.
excel, v. outrival, outstrip, surpass, eclipse, outdo, outvie, transcend, exceed.
excellence, n. preëminence, transcendence, superiority, eminence, integrity, probity, goodness, worth, merit, virtue.
excellent, a. estimable, meritorious, good, worthy, choice.
excess, n. superabundance, superfluity, redundancy, redundance, overplus, surplus, surplusage, residue, remainder exuberance, rampancy; overdoing, exorbitance, immoderation; debauchery, dissoluteness, intemperance, immoderation.
excessive, a. superfluous, exuberant, superabundant, disproportionate; outrageous, unreasonable, exorbitant inordinate, extravagant, fabulous, immoderate, extreme.
exchange, v. trade, barter, traffic, commute, interchange, reciprocate, bandy, permute.
exchange, n. traffic, trade, barter, commutation, interchange, reciprocity, permutation; Bourse; agiotage.
excitable, a. susceptible, sensitive, emotional, impressible, mobile; irritable, choleric, passionate, irascible, fiery, waspish. Antonyms: unexcitable, imperturbable, calm.
excite, v. stimulate, arouse, inflame, incite, provoke; perturb, agitate, disconcert, discompose, distract, unsettle.