wear away. abrade, fray, erode, corrode, fret, chafe.
wearied, a. tired, fatigued, exhausted, weary, fagged, jaded.
weariness, n. fatigue, lassitude, languor, exhaustion, ennui.
wearing away. abrasion, attrition, detrition, corrosion, erosion.
weary, a. tired, fatigued, worn, exhausted, wearied, spent, fagged, ennuyé.
weary, v. tire, fatigue, exhaust, jade, fag, bore.
weather, n. Associated words: meteorology, meteorologist, barometer.
weather-cock, n. weather-vane.
weave, v. entwine, interlace, mat, plait, braid, plat, fabricate.
weaving, n. Associated words: loom, textile, textorial, textrine, spindle.
web-footed, a. palmiped, palmated, fin-toed, lobate.
wedding, n. nuptials, marriage, espousals.
wedge, n. embolus, chock, quoin, scotch.
wedge-shaped, a. cuneiform, sphenoid.
weed, v. uproot, extirpate.
weeding, n. sarculation; extirpation, rooting out.
weeding machine. aberuncator.
week day. Associated word: ferial.
weekly, a. hebdomadary, hebdomadal.
weeping, n. sobbing, crying.
weevil, n. curculio.
weighable, a. ponderable.
weight, n. heaviness, ponderousness, gravity, ponderosity, poise, heft; encumbrance, pressure, incubus, clog, burden; importance, consequence, moment, significance.
weighty, a. heavy, ponderous, massive, onerous; momentous, important, pregnant, serious.
welcome, n. greeting, salutation.
welfare, n. prosperity, happiness, weal, success, well-being.
well, a. good, desirable, fortunate, expedient, favorable, beneficial, advantageous; healthy, sound, undiseased, hale, hearty.
Welsh, a. Cymric, Cambrian.--n. Cymry.
Welshman, n. Cambrian.
welter, v. wallow, flounder, roll.
west, n. Associated words: Occident, Hesperian, Hesperus, Hesperides.
western, a. occidental.
west wind. Associated word: favonian.
wet, a. damp, moist, humid, soaked.
wet, v. moisten, dampen, soak, imbrue, saturate.
wet blanket. check, damper, discouragement.
whalebone, n. baleen.
whale oil. train oil.
wharf, n. pier, quay, dock; jetty.
whatnot, a. étagère, cabinet.
wheat, n. Associated word: mattamore. See grain.
wheedle, v. cajole, blandish, inveigle.
wheedling, n. cajolery, blandishment, inveiglement.
wheel, n. cycle; truckle, caster, roulette, rowel; gear, cogwheel, miter wheel; pulley, sheave (wheel of a pulley). Associated words: spoke, felly, hub, strake, tire, straddle, cog, sprocket, linchpin, arbor, axle, axletree, sprag, traction, trochilics, trochilic, ratchet, flange, skid, rotiform.
whetstone, n. oilstone. Associated word: coticular.
whey cure. serumtherapy, serotherapy.
whim, n. vagary, caprice, fancy, crotchet, freak, humor, maggot, notion, quirk.
whimsey, n. whim.
whimsical, a. capricious, vagarious, notional, crotchety, fantastic.
whine, n. whimper, puling, complaint.--v. whimper, pule, complain.
whiningly, a. plaintively, querulously.
whinny, n. and v. neigh.
whip, v. lash, beat, thrash, flog, drub, punish, chastise, trounce, flagellate, castigate, scourge, switch, spank, maul, fustigate; (Slang) conquer, defeat; jerk, snatch, whisk.
whip, n. horsewhip, crop, scourge, lash, switch, rattan, thong, knout, cat-o-nine-tails, quirt (rawhide); koorbash (Africa).
whipping, n. chastisement, castigation, punishment, scourging, trouncing, flagellation, beating, lashing, fustigation, flogging, mauling; defeat.
whippletree, n. whiffletree, swingletree, singletree.
whirl, v. spin, revolve, twirl, rotate, gyrate, wheel, pirouette.
whirl, n. circumvolution, rotation, gyration, swirl.
whirling, a. spinning, rotating, vertiginous, gyratory.
whirling, n. spinning, rotation, gyration, turbination, pirouette.
whirlpool, n. maelstrom, vortex, eddy; Charybdis.
whirlwind, n. cyclone, typhoon.
whiskers, n. pl. beard; (of a cat) vibrissa.
whiskey, n. spiritus frumenti. Associated words: faints, distill, distiller, distillery, poteen, moonshine, moonshiner.
whisper, n. susurrus, susurration, whispering, sibilation; innuendo, suggestion, intimation.
whistling, n. rhonchus, râle (Med.).
whit, n. particle, atom, iota, jot, tittle, bit, mite, mote, ace, scintilla, scrap.
white, a. blanched, bleached, etiolate, pale; hoary.
white heat. incandescence.
white hot. incandescent.
white lead. ceruse, carbonate of lead.
white livered, a. cowardly, pusillanimous, dastardly.
whiten, v. bleach, blanch, pale, etiolate, decolorize.
whitening, n. bleaching, blanching, etiolation.
white race. Caucasian race.
whites, n. leucorrhea, fluor albus.
Whitsunday, n. Pentecost, Whitsuntide.
whole, a. all, total, entire; intact, complete, inviolate, integral, unbroken, unscathed, unabridged.
whole, n. sum, total, totality, all, aggregate, gross, integral. Antonyms: part, portion, fraction, disintegration.
wholeness, n. entirety, completeness, integrity. Associated words: integral, integrate, integration, integrant.
wholesome, a. healthy, salubrious, salutary, nutritious, beneficial. Antonyms: See unhealthy.
whoop, n. halloo, hoot, shout, yell.
whooping-cough, n. chin cough, pertussis.
whore, n. harlot, prostitute, strumpet, courtesan, wench, Cyprian, bawd, drab, punk, woman of ill fame, demirep.
whoredom, n. prostitution, fornication, lewdness, harlotry, bawdry.
whorehouse, n. brothel, bawdy-house.
whoremaster, n. lecher, fornicator, whoremonger; pimp, procurer, pander.
whoremonger, n. whoremaster, debauchee, rake, wencher.
whorish, a. lewd, incontinent, licentious, meretricious, libidinous.
wicked, a. sinful, iniquitous, evil, immoral, depraved, vicious, pernicious, abandoned, unrighteous, heinous, flagitious.
wickedness, n. iniquity, depravity, immorality, sinfulness, vice, infamy, atrocity, evil, offense, flagrancy, unrighteousness.
wide, a. broad: extensive, vast; comprehensive.
wide-awake, a. alert, keen, vigilant, watchful, wary, attentive.
widespread, a. prevalent, extended, extensive.
widow, n. relict. Associated words: viduage, dower weeds, widowhood.
width, n. breadth.
wife, n. spouse, consort, helpmate, partner. Associated words: uxoricide, uxorious, uxoriousness, coverture, dowry, polygamy, polygamist, monogamy, dower, dot, uxorial.
wig, n. peruke, toupee, periwig, toupet, jasey, scratch wig, bagwig.
wiggle, v. squirm, wriggle.
wigmaker, n. perruquier.
wigwam, n. tepee.
wild, a. untamed, undomesticated, feral, ferine; desert, waste, uncultivated, uninhabited; savage, ferocious, barbarous, uncivilized, cannibal; unrestrained, violent, turbulent, tempestuous, riotous, wanton, uncontrolled; visionary, bizarre, grotesque, impracticable; agrarian, agrestial.
wile, n. artifice, deception, guile, trick, ruse, craft.
will, n. volition, preference, choice; command, wish behest, order.
will, n. testament, devise. Associated words: intestate, intestacy, testate, testacy, testamentary, testator, testatrix, surrogate, bequeathable, bequeather, bequeathment, bequest, codicil, devisee, devisor, intestable, legacy, legatee, legator, testable, nuncupative.
will, v. bequeath, devise, leave; decree, ordain, direct, order; wish, desire, want.
willful, a. refractory, headstrong, perverse, disobedient, inflexible.
willing, a. disposed, voluntary, desirous.
willingness, n. readiness, disposition, alacrity.
will-o'-the-wisp, n. ignis fatuus, Jack-o'-lantern, Jack-with-a-lantern.
willow, n. osier. Associated words: osiery, osiered, salicaceous, salicin, withe, wicker.
willowy, a. lithe, graceful, pliant; osier, osiered.
wily, a. crafty, artful, intriguing, designing, tricky, insidious, politic.
wince, v. shrink, flinch, recoil.
wind, n. breeze, zephyr; draught; gale, squall; hurricane, tornado, cyclone, tempest, whirlwind, flurry; simoon, sirocco, monsoon, chinook, trade wind, levanter, typhoon, harmattan, solano. Associated words: anemology, anemography, anemometry, Typhon, Æolus, gust, æolian, bellows, cenemograph, anemophilous, fan, blast, æolic, sough, soughing, lee, leeward, windward, anemogram, anemograph.
wind, n. flatulence. Associated words: belch, belching, eructation, crepitus, ructation, tympany, carminative, flatulent, tympanitis.
wind, v. coil, twine, twist, wreathe; crook, meander, curve, deviate, sinuate, bend.
windflower, n. anemone.
wind gauge. anemometer.
winding, n. convolution, labyrinth, detour, meander, meandering, crook, bend, curve, angle, sinuation, contortion.
winding, a. circuitous, labyrinthian, meandering, spiral, serpentine, tortuous, deviating.
winding-up, n. conclusion, settlement, dénouement, finale, end.
windlass, n. winch.
window, n. casement, ventilator, transom, fenestella, oriel, dormer window, bay window, luthern, rose window, moucharaby, œil-de-bœuf, lunette window. Associated words: fenestral, fenestrated, fenestration, squilgee, cancelli, tracery, mullion, mullioned, sash, sill, reveal, jamb, foliation, lintel, rabbet, splay, louver boarding, interfenestration, lattice, shutter.
windpipe, n. trachea, weasand, throttle. Associated words: tracheal, tracheary, tracheitis, tracheotomy, tracheocele, tracheoscopy, bronchus.
windy, a. squally, gusty, tempestuous; flatulent.
wine, n. Associated words: vinous, vintage, viniculture, vintner, vinometer, mull, stum, œnology, œnophilist, vinaceous, flagon, lees, œnolin.
wine-bibber, n. tippler.
wing, n. pinion. Associated words: alary, alate, alation, elytra, neuration, shard.
wing, n. annex, ell; flank.
wink, v. nictate, nictitate; overlook, ignore, connive at.
winking, n. nictation, nictitation.
winning, n. achievement, gaining.
winning, a. charming, captivating, winsome, engaging.
winter, n. Associated words: hibernation, hibernal, hibernacle, hyemation, hibernaculum, hyemal, brumal.
winter, v. hibernate.
wipe, v. swab; expunge, efface, obliterate, erase.
wipe, n. gibe, taunt, jeer, sarcasm.
wireless telegraphy. Associated word: marconigram.
wire-pulling, n. intrigue.
wisdom, n. lore, learning, sapience, erudition, knowledge, enlightenment.
wise, a. erudite, sapient, learned, philosophical, enlightened, sage; sagacious, expedient.
wiseacre, n. pretender, sciolist, ignoramus.
wisely, adv. prudently, judiciously, sapiently, sagaciously.
wise man. Solon, sage, oracle, luminary, authority, philosopher, Nestor, savant, philomath, scholar.
wise men (of the East). Magi.
wish, v. desire, aspire; invoke, imprecate; congratulate, felicitate (wish happiness to).
wish, n. desire, longing, aspiration, hankering.
wishbone, n. merry thought, furculum; fourchette.
wishing, n. longing, aspiration.
wit, n. sense, understanding; repartee, drollery, facetiousness, jocularity, waggishness; wag, humorist.
witch, n. sorceress, enchantress; hag; siren; warlock (male witch).
witchcraft, n. sorcery, enchantments, necromancy, black art, conjuration, incantation; fascination, witchery.
witchery, n. witchcraft, sorcery; fascination, spell, charm, entrancement.
witch-hazel, n. hamamelis.
witching, a. bewitching, fascinating, charming.
withdraw, v. retire, retreat, quit; recall, retract, recant, disavow.
withdrawal, n. retirement, retreat; retraction, recantation, disavowal.
withering, a. blighting, blasting, marcescent.
with foal. pregnant.
withhold, v. refrain, abstain; refuse, deny.
withholding, n. restraint, repression, abstinence; refusal, denial.
witness, v. testify, bear witness, confirm, corroborate, attest.
witness, n. attestation, testimony, evidence; eye-witness, deponent, attestor.
witty, a. facetious, droll, sharp.
witty sayings. witticisms, conceits, facetiæ, bons mots.
wizard, n. wonder-worker, magician, conjurer, sorcerer, enchanter, necromancer.
wizardry, n. wonder-working, sorcery, necromancy.
wolf, n. coyote; werewolf, lycanthrope.
wolfish, a. lupine, ravenous.
woman, n. dame, matron; mulier; adult. Associated words: gynecology, gynecologist, gyniatrics, gyneocracy, gynecocracy, gynocracy, gynecian, gynarchy, gyneolatry, gyneolater, gynephobia, gynecopathy, philogynist, philogyny, misogyny, femicide, matriarchy, gynæceum.
woman-hater, n. misogynist.
womanhood, n. womanliness, femininity, feminality.
womanish, a. effeminate, feminine.
womb, n. uterus, venter, matrix, matrice. Associated words: uterine, metritis.
wonder, n. surprise, astonishment, amazement, awe; phenomenon, miracle, prodigy, marvel, rarity.
wonder, v. marvel.
wonderful, a. marvelous, wondrous, phenomenal, miraculous, portentous.
wonder-worker, n. wizard, magician, thaumaturge, thaumaturgist, necromancer.
wonder-working, n. wizardry, magic, sorcery, thaumaturgy, necromancy.
wonder-working, a. magical, thaumaturgic, miraculous, necromantic, wizard.
wont, n. habit, custom, practice.
wonted, a. accustomed, customary, usual, habitual.
wood, n. timber; duramen, heartwood; alburnum, sapwood; kindling, fuel. Associated words: kyanize, fissile, fissility, lignification, lignify, ligniferous, lignescent, lignite, lignivorous, xylopyrography, pyrography, veneer, cord.