Oxford Thesaurus - An A-Z Dictionary Of Synonyms
.pdfdouble any offer we have already had for the painting. 6 proposal, presentation, proffer, proposition: The company said they could entertain no offers past the deadline. My offer to lend the money was contingent on being repaid.
offering n. sacrifice, oblation, contribution, donation, gift, present: They made offerings to the gods in order to propitiate them.
offhand adj. 1 offhanded, casual, informal, nonchalant, cool, distant, aloof, easygoing, blas‚, unceremonious, relaxed, easy, smooth, unconcerned, insouciant, light-hearted, uninterested, superficial, cursory, cavalier, careless: His offhand reaction shows that he doesn't care as much about her as we thought. 2 curt, brusque, abrupt, perfunctory, ungracious, glib, smooth:
When asked when he expected to pay, he gave an offhand reply. 3 extempore, impromptu, unpremeditated, unstudied, extemporaneous, informal, off the cuff, ad lib: She rose to make some offhand comments about the accomplishments of the guest of honour.
--adv. 4 extempore, impromptu, extemporaneously, informally, off the cuff, ad lib, on the spur of the moment, at the drop of
a hat: That was a pretty good speech considering it was made offhand. 5 casually, informally, incidentally, by the way, offhandedly, by the by, parenthetically, in passing, en passant, cursorily, superficially: Offhand, I'd say that the two of them deserve each other.
office n. 1 business, organization, department, firm, house, establishment, company, corporation: Whenever I'm travelling, I always try to phone the office once a day. 2 commission, department, branch; section, division: He was with the overseas office for years. 3 workplace, offices; room, area: Our new office is completely air-conditioned. My office is next to the board room. 4 duty, obligation, responsibility, charge, commission, service, employment, occupation, position, post, appointment, assignment, chore, task, job, place, berth, work, role, function, purpose, part, bit, Colloq thing, Slang shtick:
He was appointed to the office of Minister of Health. In her office as Minister of Finance, she wields great power. 5 offices. indulgence, intermediation, auspices, support, advocacy, aegis, help, aid, intercession, mediation, patronage, favour, backing, backup: She appealed to the police chief's good offices to allow her to visit her son.
equalizer, neutralizer: The bank manager considered the money owed to the company as sufficient offset for the money owed by it.
offshoot n. 1 branch, spur; shoot, limb, bough, twig, stem, appendage, sucker, sprout, sprig, tendril, scion: There is an offshoot of
this road that goes up the hill. The offshoots are trained to grow along the arms of the espalier. 2 descendant, relation, relative, kin, kindred, offspring, scion, heir: One offshoot of the family later emigrated to the United States. 3 outgrowth, development, branch, spin-off; by-product, derivative: An offshoot of the company manufactures optical instruments. The sale of gravel for concrete is an offshoot of our mining operations.
offspring n. (Often used as plural) child, progeny, issue, seed, youngster, brood, young, successor, heir: None of the earl's offspring ever amounted to much.
often adv. frequently, regularly, much, many times, usually, habitually, commonly; ordinarily, again and again, over and over again, time after time, repeatedly, time and (time) again, in
many cases or instances, on numerous occasions, day in (and) day out, continually, Literary oftentimes, oft: How often do you
visit your mother? We often went to the seaside for our summer holiday. She was often warned not to go too near the edge.
15.6 ogle...
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ogle |
v. 1 leer, eye, make eyes at, Colloq give (someone) the glad |
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eye, give (someone) the once-over, make sheep's eyes at: The |
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old lecher is always ogling the pretty young secretaries. 2 |
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gape, gaze, goggle, gawk, stare, Slang Brit gawp or gaup: We |
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took turns ogling the rings of Saturn through the telescope. |
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--n. 3 leer, stare, gape, goggle, oeillade, Colloq once-over, |
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glad eye: They all crowded round the paper for an ogle at the |
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pin-ups. |
ogre |
n. ogress, monster, giant, fiend, demon, troll, man-eater, |
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bogey, bogeyman, bugbear, spectre, Minotaur, Cyclops, Gorgon, |
Caliban; brute, sadist, villain, cad, scoundrel: The ogre chased Jack to the beanstalk. The persistent ogre of poverty threatened him all his life.
15.7 oil...
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oil |
n. 1 lubricant, grease, lubricator, unguent: A little oil will |
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stop that squeak. 2 fuel: Miraculously, the lamp burned for |
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eight days with only one day's supply of oil. |
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--v. 3 lubricate, grease: Oil the bearings or they will burn |
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oily |
adj. 1 greasy, oleaginous, fat, fatty, adipose, pinguid, |
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sebaceous, soapy, saponaceous, buttery, butyraceous, lardaceous; |
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slippery, slimy, slithery, smooth, unctuous: The cars slid |
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about as the tyres failed to grip the oily surface. 2 glib, |
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smooth, unctuous, servile, obsequious, sycophantic, |
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ingratiating, flattering, hypocritical; suave, urbane, |
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sophisticated, Colloq smarmy: Sarah found Curtis's approach |
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sickeningly oily. |
ointment n. unguent, balm, salve, emollient, embrocation, demulcent, pomade, pomatum, petrolatum; lotion, cream: A little ointment will keep the sore moist till it heals.
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OK |
interj. 1 O.K.!, Okay!, Fine!, Yes!, Definitely!, Agreed!, Very |
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well!, All right!: 'Would you have dinner with me?' 'OK!' 'I |
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think you ought to leave.' 'OK!' |
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--adj. 2 satisfactory, acceptable, correct, suitable, all |
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right, fine, good, in order: Is it OK if I go the cinema |
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tonight? That dress is OK to wear to the dance. 3 adequate, |
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mediocre, fair, middling, passable, tolerable, Colloq so so, |
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pretty good, not bad, not great: The film was OK, I suppose. 4 |
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well, healthy; sound, in good condition, in fine fettle, fine, |
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all right: Now that he's on the proper medication, Sam is OK. |
The mechanic assured me that my car would be OK.
--v. 5 approve, sanction, ratify, authorize, endorse, support, agree to, allow, consent to, agree to, Colloq give the go-ahead or green light to, give the thumbs up or the nod to,
rubber-stamp: A department head must OK your expense account before you can be reimbursed.
--n. 6 approval, sanction, ratification, authorization, endorsement, agreement, support, permission, consent: You need an OK from the security guard to enter the restricted area.
--adv. 7 all right, satisfactorily, well (enough), adequately: She can get along OK without me.
15.9 old...
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old |
adj. 1 elderly, ageing, aged, advanced in years or age, |
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long-lived, past one's prime, grey, full of years, getting on |
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(in years), hoary, superannuated, Colloq over the hill, past it: |
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Bill is too old to continue working in the mine. 2 ancient, |
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antiquated, antediluvian, fossil, prehistoric, Noachian, |
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obsolete, antique, outdated, out of date, old-time, dated, |
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archaic, stale, out-moded, pass‚, Literary Ogygian: The |
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archaeological dig has turned up some interesting old artefacts. |
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3 time-worn, decayed, dilapidated, ramshackle, disintegrated, |
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crumbling, shabby, worn out, dusty, broken-down, tumbledown, |
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disused, unused, cast off, cast aside: They have torn down the |
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old mill near the river. 4 long-standing, well-established, |
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enduring, lasting, age-old, time-honoured: It is hard to see an |
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old friendship die. 5 former, olden, bygone, early, primordial, |
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primitive: In the old days, it took a week to travel from |
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London to Edinburgh. 6 previous, preceding, prior, former, |
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quondam, erstwhile, one-time, ex-: The West End was my old |
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stamping-ground when I lived in London. 7 experienced, veteran, |
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practised, (well-)versed, knowledgeable, proficient, |
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accomplished, adept, skilled, expert, old-time: Charles is an |
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old hand at steam engines. 8 dear, beloved, loved, esteemed, |
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valued, precious, well-known, intimate, close, familiar: |
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Penelope is an old friend of the family's. |
old-fashioned
adj. antiquated, antique, pass‚, out-moded, out-dated, unfashionable, stale, out-dated, dated, out of date, tired, old-time, obsolete, obsolescent, dead, superseded, replaced, disused, out, old-fangled, old hat: Whoever thought we would see the day when miniskirts were old-fashioned?
15.10 omen...
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omen |
n. portent, augury, sign, token, foretoken, indication, |
harbinger, forewarning, premonition, foreshadowing, writing on |
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the wall, prognostic, presage: Solar eclipses were once |
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regarded as omens, sometimes good, sometimes bad. |
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ominous |
adj. 1 foreboding, threatening, fateful, dark, black, gloomy, |
lowering or louring, menacing, sinister; unpropitious, unfavourable, ill-omened, ill-starred, unpromising, star-crossed, inauspicious: With ominous solemnity, the judge placed a black cloth square on his head before passing the death sentence. 2 minatory, warning, admonitory, cautionary: The whispering had taken on ominous overtones. 3 portentous, prophetic, oracular, vaticinal, predictive, prognostic, augural, mantic, sibyllic, meaningful, premonitory, foreshadowing, foretelling, foretokening, indicative: Virtually everything was regarded as ominous in ancient times.
omission n. 1 non-inclusion, omitting, leaving out or off, excluding, eliminating, dropping, skipping; exclusion, exception, deletion, elimination, excision: The omission of your name from the list was a mistake. Allowing for inadvertent omissions, the inventory is complete. 2 failure, default, neglect, dereliction,
oversight, shortcoming, negligence: She is being punished for her innocent omission in failing to notify the police while he is at liberty despite his deliberate commission of a crime.
omit |
v. 1 leave out, exclude, skip, except, pass over; delete, |
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erase, cancel, eradicate, edit out, strike (out), dele, cut |
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(out), cross out, obliterate: She was offended because he |
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omitted any mention of all that she had contributed. 2 neglect, |
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disregard, fail, forget, overlook, let slide, ignore: I omitted |
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to tell you that your sister telephoned yesterday. |
15.11 once...
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once |
adv. 1 once upon a time, formerly, (at) one time, on a former |
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occasion, previously, before, in days gone by, in olden days, in |
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the (good) old days, long ago, some time ago, years or ages or |
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aeons ago, in days of yore: Your hair is as long as mine once |
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was. He was once a famous film star. That once revered leader |
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has fallen. 2 one time, on one occasion, a single time: He has |
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visited his family only once in all these years. 3 once and for |
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all. finally, positively, definitely, decidedly, conclusively, |
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for good: We must settle the itinerary once and for all before |
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we can make the bookings. 4 once in a while. occasionally, |
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(every) now and then, now and again, at times, sometimes, |
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periodically, from time to time, at intervals, sporadically: We |
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go to the theatre once in a while. |
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--conj. 5 (if) ever, as soon as, at any time: Once the bus |
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comes, you'd best get on it straight away. |
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--n. 6 at once. a immediately, straight away, right away, |
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directly, without delay, promptly, instantly, post-haste; in a |
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wink, in the twinkling of an eye, in a minute or moment or |
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second or split second, in no time (at all), before you can turn |
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around, before you can say 'Jack Robinson', in a trice, Colloq |
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in a jiffy, in two shakes of a lamb's tail: Watson, come here |
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at once. I'll be there at once. b together, at the same time, |
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simultaneously, at a stroke, in the same instant, in the same |
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breath, Colloq at one go, at a go, in one go: You cannot be in |
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two places at once. |
oncoming adj. 1 advancing, arriving, coming, nearing, approaching, onrushing, imminent: He swerved and just managed to avoid the oncoming lorry.
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--n. 2 onset, beginning, nearing, arrival, advance, approach: |
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With the oncoming of spring, the birds returned. |
one |
adj. 1 single, lone, solitary, individual, sole, only: The one |
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time I kissed Margie it was heaven. 2 unified, united, |
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inseparable, joined, undivided, one and the same, identical, |
equal, at one, harmonious, in unison, whole, entire, complete: When he went into a trance, he felt one with his God. 3 a particular, a certain, a given, a specific: I recall one
occasion when she brought all her dogs into work.
--pron. 4 a person, an individual, a man or a woman, everybody, everyone, anybody, anyone; people; Possibly offensive man: One ought to treat others as one would like to be treated. One
cannot be too careful these days.
--n. 5 joke, story, anecdote, chestnut, one-liner; limerick, rhyme, ditty, song; bromide: Have you heard the one that begins, 'There was a young man from Loch Ness'?
one-sided adj. 1 partial, biased, partisan, prejudiced, bigoted, unfair, unjust, inequitable, close-minded, narrow-minded, intolerant: His is a one-sided view of the problem. 2 lopsided, unbalanced,
unequal, unequalized, uneven, disproportionate, Slang cock-eyed: The swelling on his left cheek made Tom's face look very one-sided. 3 unilateral, independent, exclusionary, exclusive: They made a one-sided decision to halt production of nuclear weapons.
ongoing adj. 1 continuing, continued, continuous, continual, ceaseless, unbroken, uninterrupted, constant, perpetual, non-stop,
relentless, persistent, unending, endless, interminable,
running: There has been an ongoing dispute with the museum over the authenticity of the sculpture. 2 developing, evolving,
growing, successive, unfolding, progressing, progressive: Rather than come to a hasty decision, we decided to monitor ongoing developments.
onlooker n. spectator, observer, looker-on, eyewitness, witness, watcher, viewer; bystander, passer-by: She was merely an onlooker, not a participant. Onlookers reported that the driver had run away from the accident.
only |
adj. 1 sole, single, solitary, lone, one and only, exclusive: |
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He is the only one who can identify the murderer. |
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--adv. 2 solely, just, exclusively, alone: He has a face that |
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only a mother could love. They have been here only twice. She |
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gets her own way only because she has a tantrum if anyone |