apprehensive, a. discerning, apt; fearful, anxious, worried.
approachable, a. accessible. Antonym: unapproachable.
appropriate, a. fitting, proper, applicable, apposite, pertinent, fit. Antonyms: See inappropriate.
approval, n. approbation, sanction, commendation, liking, indorsement. Antonyms: See disapproval.
approve, v. commend, sanction, countenance, favor, like.
apron, n. pinafore, tier; boot.
apt, a. fit, relevant, appropriate, germane, applicable, felicitous, pertinent, apropos; likely, liable; clever, intelligent, bright, deft. Antonyms: See inapt.
aptitude, n. proneness, propensity, leaning, proclivity, inclination. Antonym: inaptitude.
aptness, n. appropriateness, pertinence; intelligence, cleverness.
arbitrary, a. tyrannical, absolute, imperious, unrestrained, dictatorial.
arbitrator, n. arbiter, umpire, judge, referee.
arbor, n. bower, pergola, trellis.
arch, a. greatest, chief; cunning, roguish, mischievous, sportive.
arch, v. vault, concamerate.--n. concameration, fornication.
archæologist, n. antiquary, antiquarian, paleologist.
archæology, n. paleology.
archbishop, n. primate, metropolitan.
arched, a. vaulted, camerated, forniciform, fornicated.
archery, n. Associated word: toxophilite.
archives, n. pl. public records, registers, muniments.
ardent, a. zealous, passionate, fervent, warm, enthusiastic, sanguine, vehement, impassioned; spirituous, alcoholic; fiery, hot, burning, flagrant, intense.
ardor, n. eagerness, zeal, heartiness, impetuosity, fervor, vehemence, empressement, intensity, warmth. Antonyms: indifference, apathy.
arduous, a. onerous, difficult, laborious, wearisome.
arena, n. amphitheater, ring, field.
arguable, a. debatable, disputable, moot, contestable.
argue, v. reason, plead, remonstrate, expostulate; contend, dispute, controvert, moot, discuss; prove, evince, betoken, indicate, imply, denote.
arguer n. reasoner, disputant, debater, controversialist.
argument, n. reasoning, controversy, argumentation, discussion, debate, dispute, disputation, polemic.
argumentative, a. ratiocinative; disputatious, polemical, controversial, dialectical.
arid, a. dry, barren, unproductive, parched, sterile; uninteresting, dull, unsuggestive.
aridity, n. dryness, drought, unproductiveness, sterility; dullness, unsuggestiveness.
arise, v. mount, ascend, rise; proceed, issue, spring, originate.
aristocracy, n. peerage, patriciate, nobility, patrician order. Antonyms: commonalty, yeomanry, proletariate, bourgeoisie, peasantry, rabble.
aristrocrat, n. patrician, noble, peer, grandee, lord.
aristocratic, a. patrician, noble, titled. Antonyms: plebeian, proletarian.
arm, n. brachium (upper arm), antibrachium (forearm); (bones of the arm) humerus, radius, ulna, epipodiale. Associated words: akimbo, solen, cradle, triceps, chevron, brassard, pinion, discriminal, gesticulate, gesticulation, gesture, brachial, chelidon, elbow, biceps.
arm, n. branch; inlet (of the sea), fiord, firth, frith, cove, estuary; projection.
arm, v. equip (with weapons), fortify, strengthen.
armhole, n. scye (Cutter's term).
armor, n. mail, panoply, armature, armory, cuirass, jambeaux, corselet, hauberk.
armor-bearer, n. armiger.
armory, n. arsenal.
armpit, n. axilla.
arms, n. pl. weapons, armor, artillery, accoutrements, guns, ordnance; escutcheon, scutcheon, ensigns armorial, coat-of-arms.
army, n. troops, force, armament; host, legions, throng. Associated words: militia, military, strategy, logistics, generalship, tactics, regiment, squad, company, stratography, flank, barracks, bivouac, muster, caisson, ploy, ployment, deploy, deployment, van, mobilize, mobilization demobilize, demobilization, etat major, impedimenta, munitions.
army peddler. sutler.
aromatic, a. fragrant, redolent, balmy, spicy, savory.
arouse, v. excite, rouse, animate, stimulate, awaken, revive, inspirit.
arrange, v. dispose, range, classify, marshal, methodize; prearrange, devise, contrive, premeditate; adjust, settle, determine.
arrangement, n. disposition, distribution, collocation, classification; preparation, preconcertion, settlement, adjustment, agreement; economy, management, regulation. Antonyms: disarrangement, confusion, chaos.
arrest, v. apprehend; stop, check, restrain; stunt, dwarf.
arrest, n. apprehension, capture, detention; custody, duress; stoppage, restraint, interruption, hindrance, prevention. Associated words: capias, warrant.
arrogance, n. hauteur, superciliousness, insolence, haughtiness, lordliness, contumely.
arrogant, a. See haughty.
arrow, n. dart; matras. Associated words: barb, ouabain, sagittal, sagittary, quiver, sheaf, belomancy.
arrowhead, n. Associated words: cuneiform, sagittate.
art, n. (fine arts) music, painting, sculpture, architecture, poetry, engraving; (liberal arts) grammar, logic, rhetoric, arithmetic, geometry, music, astronomy, the sciences, philosophy, history; craft, dexterity, clevernes, ingenuity, cunning, artifice. Associated words: technical, paleotechnics, technics, technic, intransigeant, intransigeance, artist, artistic, artistry.
artful, a. designing, crafty, diplomatic, disingenuous, ingenious, dexterous, politic.
article, n. thing, commodity; portion, clause, stipulation, detail, item; contribution, piece, essay, feature.
articulation, n. joint; utterance, pronunciation, enunciation.
artifice, n. stratagem, finesse, craft, guile, subtlety, wile, machination, ruse, diplomacy.
artificial, a. factitious; feigned, affected, assumed, fictitious, counterfeit, spurious.
artisan, n. artificer, craftsman, mechanic, handcraftsman.
artist's workshop. studio, atelier.
artless, a. ingenuous, naïve, guileless, simple, sincere, unaffected, undesigning.
artlessness, n. ingenuousness, naïveté, guilelessness, sincerity, candor, innocence.
ascent, n. rising, ascension; elevation, height.
ascetic, n. hermit, recluse, eremite, anchoret, solitary. Antonyms: voluptuary, sensualist, sybarite, worldling, epicure, gormand.
ascribable, a. attributable, assignable, chargeable, imputable, referrible.
ascribe, v. attribute, assign, impute.
ascription, n. attribution, imputation.
ashamed, a. abashed, confused, mortified, disconcerted. Antonyms: unashamed, brazen-faced.
ashes, n. pl. cinders; lapilli. Associated words: ashery, mortuary urn, spodomancy, leach.
ashes of barilla. pulverine.
ashy, a. ashen, cineraceous, cineritious, cinereous.
Asia, n. Associated words: Asiatic, Asiaticism, Eurasian, Eurasiatic, Asian.
ask, v. inquire, question, interrogate, quiz, catechize; request, solicit, petition, supplicate, entreat, desire, beg, seek, beseech, crave, implore, importune, dun, apply; require, demand, expect, challenge, exact, claim; invite, bid.
askance, adv. sidewise, obliquely, askant, askew, asquint.
asker, n. petitioner, inquirer, questioner, solicitor, solicitant, suitor, supplicant, postulant.
askew, adv. awry, askance, asquint, obliquely, sidewise, askant.
asking, n. petition, solicitation, inquiry, quiz, interrogation, question, instance, entreaty, supplication, request, importunity, application, imploration, invitation.
aslant, adv. obliquely.
aspect, n. appearance, look; view, scene, prospect; position, posture.
aspiring, a. ambitious, emulous, aspirant.
asquint, adv. obliquely, awry, askance, askew.
ass, n. donkey, jackass. Associated word: bray.
assail, v. attack, assault, oppugn; asperse, defame, vilify, malign.
assailant, n. assailer, aggressor, assaulter, antagonist.
assault, n. onset, onslaught, charge, aggression, assailing, invasion, incursion.
assaulter, n. assailant.
assay, n. Associated words: docimology, docimacy, docimastic.
assemble, v. convene, congregate, gather, meet; muster, convoke.
assembly, n. concourse, congregation, assemblage, meeting; convention, convocation, congress, synod, diet, council, caucus, consistory, conclave, conventicle, conference; galaxy.
assent, n. consent, agreement, acquiescence, concurrence; placet. Antonyms: dissent, declension.
assent, v. concur, acquiesce, concede, yield, consent. Antonyms: dissent, refuse.
assert, v. affirm, state, say, aver, predicate, asseverate, maintain, declare.
assertion, n. affirmation, statement, declaration, averment
assertive, a. positive, peremptory, declaratory, affirmative
assets, n. pl. resources, property, effects, possessions.
assiduity, n. sedulity, diligence, sedulousness, perseverance
assiduous, a. sedulous, diligent, persistent, industrious, unremitting.
assign, v. allot, apportion, appoint; transfer, make over, convey: advance, adduce, specify.
assignment, n. transfer, conveyance; apportionment, appointment, allotment, allocation, emplacement; determination specification, adducing.
assish, a. asinine.
assishness, n. asininity.
assist, v. abet, coöperate with, aid. See help.
assistance, n. aid, succor, relief, coöperation, reinforcement, collaboration, subservience.
assistant, a. helping, auxiliary, subsidiary, coöperating, adjuvant.
assistant, n. helper, auxiliary, aider, coöperator, collaborator, coadjutor; abettor, aid, accessory, ally, adjuvant, adjunct, confrère, accomplice, confederate, subsidiary.
assisting, a. auxiliary, subsidiary, assistant.
associate, v. join, connect, affiliate; fraternize, consort, hobnob.
associate, n. companion, intimate, mate, fellow, consort, comrade, yoke-fellow, chum, crony, compeer; colleague, confrère, partner, collaborator, coöperator.
association, n. affiliation, connection, intimacy, conjunction, combination, participation, collaboration, collusion, coöperation, coadjuvancy; fraternity, sodality, syndicate, confraternity, league, corporation, guild. Antonyms: disassociation, disconnection.
assume, v. undertake; presume, presuppose, postulate, take for granted; arrogate, appropriate; affect, simulate, pretend, feign.
assumed, a. supposed, postulated; make-believe, pretended, feigned.
assuming, a. pretentious, presumptuous.
assurance, n. surety, promise; confidence, conviction, assuredness; effrontery, audacity, impudence; insurance.
astonish, v. amaze, stagger, astound, overwhelm, flabbergast (Jocular).
astonishing, a. amazing, astounding.
astonishment, n. amazement, surprise, wonder, flabbergastation (Jocular).
astraddle, adv. astride.
asylum, n. retreat, sanctuary.
Athanasian Creed. Quicunque, Quicunque vult.
athlete, n. gymnast, pancratist.
athletic, a. gymnastic, agonistic, pancratic; stalwart, muscular, able-bodied, brawny, lusty.
athletics, n. pl. gymnastics, athletism. Associated words: agonistics, stadium.
atom, n. monad, molecule, particle, bit, iota, grain, scrap, scintilla.
atomic, a. molecular.
atonable, a. expiable. Antonyms: unatonable, inexpiable.
atone, v. expiate.
atonement, n. expiation, amends, reparation, propitiation.
atoning, a. expiatory, propitiatory.
at short notice. summarily, promptly.
atrocious, a. heinous, flagitious, nefarious, felonious, infamous, outrageous.
atrocity, n. heinousness, enormity, nefariousness, flagrancy, crime, outrage.
attach, v. affix, annex, append, subjoin; distress, distrain, seize.
attachment, n. devotedness, devotion, adherence; adjunct appendage, appurtenance; seizure, distress.
attack, n. assault, onset, aggression, onslaught, invasion, escalade, siege, descent, charge, bombardment, fusillade, allonge, oppugnancy; access, fit.
attack, v. assault, assail, invade, charge, beset, storm, besiege, bombard, waylay; impugn, censure.
attain, v. achieve, compass, gain.
attainable, a. achievable, compassable, practicable, obtainable.
attainment, n. achievement, culmination, acquisition, accomplishment, acquirement.
attend, v. guard, look after; accompany, escort; pay regard, heed, listen.
attendant, a. consequent, accompanying, concomitant, attending.
attention, n. heed, regard, advertence, vigilance, circumspection, consideration, alertness, watchfulness, notice; civility, courtesy, deference, devoirs, addresses. Antonyms: inattention, inadvertence, slight, disregard.
attentive, a. heedful, observant, intent, mindful, wary, alert, circumspect, watchful; courteous, deferential, considerate. Antonyms: See inattentive.
attest, v. corroborate, confirm, authenticate, certify, indorse, ratify.