spice, n. condiment; piquancy, pungency.
spicy, a. aromatic, fragrant; piquant, pungent, sharp.
spider, n. araneidan; scorpion, tarantula; pl. Araneina, Arachnida. Associated words: arachnology, arachnologist, araneidan, araneiform, web, arachnoid, arachnophagous, spinneret, arachnean, falcer, cobweb, cocoon, retiary, arachnidium.
spigot, n. stopper, plug, stopple.
spin, v. whirl, twirl, revolve, gyrate; protract, prolong, extend.
spinach, n. Associated word: spinaceous.
spinal, a. vertebral, rachidian.
spinal cord. myelon, myel.
spindle-shaped, a. fusoid, fusiform.
spindling, a. tall and slender.
spine, n. backbone, spinal column, rachis, chine. Associated words: Vertebrata, Invertebrata, vertebra, vertebrate, cyrtosis, chiropractic, chiropractor, spondyle, coccyx, rickets, ependyma, ependymis.
spineless, a. invertebrate.
spinet, n. virginal, clarichord.
spinning, n. whirling, twirling.
spiral, a. winding, cochleate, helical, turbinated, helicoid.
spire, n. steeple; shoot, stalk, blade, spear; top, peak, summit.
spirit, n. soul; shade, apparition, specter, ghost, phantom, revenant; animus; vivacity, energy, life, ardor, enthusiasm, zeal, force, intensity; temper, mood; meaning, intent, significance; pl. manes.
spirit, v. inspirit, animate, encourage; spirit away, carry off, kidnap, abduct.
spirited, a. animated, lively, ardent, mettlesome, fervent, passionate.
spit, v. expectorate; spawl, sputter; eject.
spit, n. spittle, sputum, saliva. Associated words: salivary, salivous, salivant, salivate, salivation, ptyalin.
spite, n. malignity, malice, rancor, hate, resentment, defiance, spleen.
spiteful, a. malicious, malign, malignant, rancorous, hateful.
spitting, n. expectoration.
spittoon, n. cuspidor, spitbox.
splash, v. plash, dash, spatter, dabble.-- n. daub, splotch, blot.
spleen, n. milt; anger, spite, malice, choler; melancholy, depression. Associated words: splenic, splenetic, splenography, splenology, splenotomy, splenitis, lienal, lienitis, splenalgia, splenocele, splenoid.
spleeny, a. irritable, petulant, choleric, irascible; melancholy.
splendid, a. bright, brilliant; magnificent, grand, superb, imposing, sumptuous; illustrious, glorious, distinguished, celebrated, famous.
splendor, n. brilliancy, brightness; magnificence, pageantry, pomp, grandeur; renown, glory, eminence, sublimity, fame.
splice, v. interweave, unite, braid together.
splinter, n. sliver, flinder.
split, v. rive, cleave, sunder, rend, divide, separate, rift, burst, rupture, disunite, disrupt.
split, n. crack, rent, fissure, rift; (Colloq.) breach, separation, disunion, rupture.
split, a. cleft, riven, divided, sundered, rent, disunited cloven.
splitting, n. fission, cleavage, riving, sundering, rupture disruption. Associated words: fissile, fissility.
splotch, n. smear, smudge, smutch, daub, spot, stain.
spoil, v. plunder, rob, pillage, ravage, depredate, despoil devastate, sack; corrupt, vitiate, debase, mar, demoralize, deprave, sophisticate, infect, defile, contaminate; disfigure, deface, damage; decay, addle, putrefy, rot.
spoil, n. plunder, pillage, booty, prize, gain, loot; waste, robbery, devastation, sacking, rapine, spoliation; corruption, decay, vitiation.
spoke, n. radius, ray; rung, round.
spoken, a. oral, nuncupative, parole.
spokesman, n. speaker, mouthpiece, prolocutor.
sponge, v. imbibe, absorb; expunge, efface, erase, obliterate.
sponger, n. parasite, hanger-on, trencher friend.
spongy, a. porous, spongoid, spongiform, incompact; absorbent, bibulous.
sponsor, n. godparent; surety. Associated words: sponsorial, sponsorship, sponsion, ward, protégé.
spontaneous, a. instinctive, voluntary, impulsive, unforced
spontaneous generation. abiogenesis.
spook, n. ghost, spirit, specter, apparition, phantom, hobgoblin.
spooney, a. (Colloq.) silly, sentimental, foolishly fond.
spoor, n. track, trail (of a wild animal).
sporadic, a. separate, single, isolated.
sport, n. amusement, game, recreation, fun, play, diversion, pastime, jollity, pleasantry, hilarity, gayety, merriment; derision, mockery, ridicule, jeer; plaything, toy; monstrosity; (Slang) sportsman.
sport, v. frolic, play, caper, disport; (Colloq.) exhibit wear, display.
sportive, a. frolicsome, merry, boon, frisky, sprightly, prankish, gamesome.
spot, n. speck, speckle, mark, blot, discoloration, fleck, dapple, blotch, smutch; stain, reproach, blemish, flaw; place, locality; areola, areolet, areolation, ocellus.
spot, v. dapple, variegate, mottle, speckle, blot, sully, stain, maculate.
spotless, a. immaculate, unspotted, stainless, unsullied, irreproachable, blameless.
spotted, a. speckled, dappled, dotted, discolored, variegated, bespeckled, flecked, freckled, spotty, soiled, piebald, mottled, blotched, pinto, pied, pintado, party-colored, specked, plashy, finchbacked, rubican, ocellated.
spotted fever. cerebro-spinal meningitis, typhus fever.
spotted sickness. pint.
spout, v. spurt, squirt, gush; rant, harangue; (Cant) pawn.
spout, h. nozzle; conduit, trough, adjutage; waterspout; gargoyle; dale.
spouter, n. declaimer, ranter, haranguer.
spout hole. blowhole, spiracle.
spouting, n. harangue, declamation, magniloquence, ranting.
spray, n. twig, sprig, branch.
spray, n. Associated words: atomize, atomization, atomizer, spoondrift, nebulize, nebulizer, nebulization.
spread, v. extend, stretch, expand, dilate; unfurl, unroll, open; disseminate, bruit, circulate, propagate, promulgate, diffuse, emit; suffuse; cover, overspread, mantle; expatiate.
spread, n. extent, compass, reach; (Colloq.) feast; cover.
spreadeagle, a. bombastic, boastful, magniloquent, grandiloquent.
spreading, n. extension, expansion, dilation; dissemination, propagation, promulgation, diffusion, circulation; suffusion, circumfusion; radiation.
spree, n. (Colloq.) carousal, debauch, revelry, orgies, bacchanals, wassail, saturnalia.
sprig, n. shoot, slip, twig, spray.
sprightliness, n. animation, liveliness, vivacity, activity, briskness, lilt.
sprightly, a. lively, brisk, animated, debonair, vivacious, sportive, gay.
spring, v. dart, shoot; bound, leap, jump, hop, vault; emerge, rise, arise; rebound, recoil, fly back; bend, warp; issue, emanate, originate, flow, arise.
spring, n. leap, bound, saltation, vault, jump; resilience, elasticity, springiness; fount, fountain, source; cause, origin, motive, source; springtime, vernal season.
spring, n. Associated word: pegology.
springboard, n. batule, batule board.
springy, a. elastic, resilient, rebounding, recoiling; spongy, yielding, queachy.
sprinkle, v. scatter, strew; besprinkle, bedew, asperse.
sprinkling, n. aspersion, besprinkling.
sprinter, n. runner.
sprite, n. elf, goblin, pixy, fay, specter, phantom, ghost.
sprout, v. germinate, pullulate, bourgeon, grow, vegetate; branch, ramify; tiller.
sprout, n. shoot, tiller, chit, sucker, scion; aerospire, plumule; rattoon.
sprouting, n. germination.
spruce, a. natty, jaunty, neat, finical, trim.
spry, a. agile, nimble, quick, brisk, sprightly, alert.
spunk, n. touchwood, punk, amadou.
spunk, n. (Colloq.) spirit, mettle, pluck.
spunky, a. (Colloq.) mettlesome, plucky, spirited.
spur, n. rowel, goad, prick; snag, projection; incitement, stimulus, goad, incentive, instigation, impetus, provocation; spine (on a cock's leg).
spur, v. goad, incite, urge, stimulate, instigate, impel.
spurious, a. counterfeit, sham, false, mock, adulterine, unauthentic.
spurn, v. reject, scorn, contemn, despise, scout.
spurn, n. rejection, disdain, scorning.
spurt, n. gushing, spouting, jet, ejection.--v. gush, spout, jet.
spy, n. scout; emissary (disguised).-- v. espy, see.
spying, n. espionage, espial.
squab, a. plump, stout, fat; unfledged, unfeathered.
squabble, n. wrangle, dispute, altercation. See quarrel.
squad, n. band, gang, knot, bevy, company.
squalid, a. filthy, foul, nasty, dirty.
squalidness, n. squalor.
square, n. quadrate, quadrature; block, area; equality, level, agreement.
square, a. equitable, true, just, honest, impartial; even, balanced, adjusted; quadrate, quadratic.
square, v. adjust, fit, suit; balance, settle; conform, agree, accord.
squares, n. pl. Associated words: tessellate, tessellated, tessellation, mosaic, checkered.
squeak, v. creak; (Colloq.) betray, tell, confess.
squeal, v. cry, yell; (Slang) tell, betray, confess.
squeeze, v. compress, gripe, pinch; oppress, extort; crowd, elbow, press.
squeeze, n. compression, pressure; (Colloq.) exaction, extortion.
squelch, v. (Colloq.) crush, silence, quell, stifle, abash.
squib, n. satire, lampoon, pasquinade.
squint-eyed, a. cross-eyed, cock-eyed, gimlet-eyed.
squinting, n. strabismus; cross-eye.
squirm, v. wriggle, writhe, twist.
squirrel skin. vair.
s-shaped, a. sigmoid, sigmoidal, sigmate.
stab, v. pierce, thrust, gore, transfix; backbite, malign.
stab, n. thrust, wound, stoccado.
stability, n. fixedness, firmness, permanence, constancy, steadiness. Antonyms: instability, unsteadiness.
stable, a. steady, firm, immovable, unwavering, constant, permanent.
stable, n. barn; mews. Associated words: paddock, equerry.
stack, n. pile, rick.
staff, n. rod, stick, cane; truncheon; mace; crozier; support; bourdon.
stag, n. hart.
stage, n. platform, rostrum; scaffold, staging; theater, playhouse, arena, boards; degree, step, point; drama. Associated words: histrionic, histrionism, histrionicism, proscenium, postscenium, parascenium, coulisse, wing.
stagecoach, n. stage, omnibus, diligence (France).
stagger, v. reel, totter, sway; shock, astound, dumfound.
stagnant, a. motionless, standing, quiet; inactive, dull, sluggish.
stagy, a. theatrical, assumed, bombastic.
staid, a. sedate, demure, serious, settled.
stain, v. soil, sully, defile, taint.
stain, n. blot, taint, discoloration, tarnish.
stainless, a. immaculate, spotless.
stairway, n. stairs, staircase, flight of stairs; escalator (moving stairway); caracole (spiral staircase). Associated words: baluster, balustrade, newel, landing, riser, tread, banister, nosing, dog-legged.
stake, n. picket, pale, post; pledge, wager, bet; venture, risk, hazard.
stake, v. venture, risk, hazard, wager, bet, pledge.
stale, a. vapid, musty, fusty, flat, insipid, mawkish; trite, common, banal, hackneyed, commonplace.
staleness, n. vapidity, mustiness, insipidity; triteness, banality.
stalk, n. stem, axis, petiole, pedicel, peduncle, spire, stipe, culm, kecksy.
stall, n. stable; booth, stand; seat. Associated words: manger, stanchion.