Oxford Thesaurus - An A-Z Dictionary Of Synonyms
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function n. 1 purpose, aim, use, role or r“le, raison d'ˆtre, responsibility, mission, charge, concern, business, province, duty, job, occupation, work, office, task, chore, assignment, commission, activity: A knife's function is to cut; a guard's is to stand watch. 2 reception, gathering, affair, party, dinner, banquet, gala, ceremony, formality, rite, ritual; occasion, event: We are attending a function at the embassy tonight.
--v. 3 act, operate, perform, behave, work, go, run: Are you sure the engine is functioning properly? 4 serve, take the role or r“le of, act the part of, act as, work as: Dunmow will function as host in my absence.
functional
adj. 1 utilitarian, useful, serviceable, practical, practicable, functioning, working; essential, important,
effective: This gear is a functional part, not mere decoration. 2 working, operating, operational, running, going: Is this telephone functional?
functionary
n. official, commissioner, bureaucrat, office-holder, officer: She is some sort of functionary at the Ministry of Information.
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n. 1 supply, stock, reserve, store, pool, cache, reservoir, |
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repository, mine: Alison is a veritable fund of information |
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about art. 2 Often, funds. money, (hard) cash, ready money, |
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assets, means, wealth, resources, wherewithal, savings, capital, |
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nest egg, endowment, Colloq loot, lucre, pelf, green, bread, |
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dough, Brit ready, readies, lolly, US bucks, scratch: He has |
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the funds to buy out his partners. Have you contributed to the |
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fund for indigent lexicographers? |
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--v. 3 finance, back, capitalize, stake, support, pay for, |
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endow, grant, subsidize: The company has funded a number of new |
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businesses. |
fundamental
adj. 1 basic, rudimentary, elementary, primary, main, prime, first, principal, underlying, cardinal, central, essential,
quintessential, constitutional, inherent, intrinsic, important, crucial, critical, organic, vital: Our fundamental aim is to provide employment.
--n. 2 principle, law, rule, axiom, essential, element, sine qua non, cornerstone, keystone: Freedom of speech is a fundamental in a democracy.
funeral n. obsequies, exequies; burial, interment, sepulture, entombment, inhumation; cremation: It is fitting to wear black when attending a funeral.
funereal adj. grave, solemn, sad, unhappy, morose, sombre, mournful, doleful, sorrowful, melancholy, gloomy, lugubrious, dismal, grievous, depressing, dreary, woeful, dark, sepulchral: Why are you in such a funereal mood?
funny adj. 1 comical, humorous, comic, ludicrous, laughable, ridiculous, risible, waggish, side-splitting, hilarious, uproarious, jocular, jocose, merry, droll, facetious, witty, farcical, slapstick, zany; amusing, entertaining, diverting, Colloq hysterical: A comedian's material may be funny but he relies on timing for much of his effect. 2 peculiar, odd, unusual, curious, strange, mysterious, mystifying, puzzling, queer, weird, bizarre, remarkable, unconventional, eccentric, Slang off-the-wall: She had a funny expression on her face. If you do love me, you have a funny way of showing it.
furious adj. 1 angry, enraged, raging, infuriated, fuming, incensed, irate, maddened, mad, boiling, wrathful, provoked, beside oneself, up in arms, in high dudgeon, on the warpath, foaming at the mouth, Literary wroth, Colloq steaming, livid, in a tizzy, Slang up the wall, pissed off, browned off, Brit cheesed off: Mark was furious at Betty for leaving without him. 2 fierce, wild, violent, savage, intense, unrestrained, frantic, frenzied:
A few made a furious attempt to jump off the burning ship.
furnish v. 1 supply, provide, afford, equip, outfit, fit (out or up), rig (out or up), provision, give, stock up, Colloq Brit kit out
or up: The trading post furnished what we needed for a month in the wilderness. Can you furnish me with a blanket? 2 decorate, equip: She received a commission to furnish a ten-room house.
furniture n. 1 furnishings, household (goods); movables, chattels, paraphernalia, effects, possessions, belongings, Colloq gear, things, stuff, Slang shit: There wasn't any furniture in the room, not even a chair. 2 fittings, fitments, equipment, fixtures, apparatus, devices, tackle, tack, trappings, gear,
accoutrements or US also accouterments, accessories, appliances, Colloq Brit clobber: The front door has some fine brass furniture.
furore n. 1 US furor, uproar, outburst, tumult, commotion, turmoil, brouhaha, ado, hurly-burly, to-do, hubbub, stir, fuss, disturbance, excitement: The deportation of the student caused a furore among his supporters. 2 rage, craze, mania, vogue, enthusiasm, obsession, fad: The furore for antiques has driven up prices enormously.
furrow n. 1 groove, channel, rut, trench, track, ditch, gutter, trough, fosse, fissure, sulcus, sulcation, flute, score, cut, gash, scratch, line; wrinkle, crease, corrugation, crow's-feet,
Technical sulcus: He can't even plough a straight furrow. The furrows in his brow come from worry.
--v. 2 groove, channel, flute, score, cut, gash, scratch; plough, harrow: This rock was furrowed by glacial action. 3 wrinkle, crease, corrugate, knit, pucker, crinkle: A frown furrowed his forehead.
further adj. 1 more, additional, another, other, new, supplemental, supplementary, accessory, auxiliary, extra, spare, fresh: Further investment by our group is out of the question. 2
farther, more distant or remote: Some day, we may travel to the further reaches of the galaxy.
--adv. 3 furthermore, besides, moreover, too, also, additionally, in addition, over and above, beyond, above, what is more, to boot, yet, then (again), again: She told him he was rude and, further, ugly as well. 4 farther, at or to a greater distance or depth: She has looked into the matter much further than I.
--v. 5 advance, promote, favour, push or urge onward(s) or forward(s), forward, foster, back, patronize, support, help, assist, aid: What can I do to further your efforts?
furtherance
n. promotion, advancement, pursuit, backing, boosting, boost, fostering, championing, championship, advocating, advocacy, patronage, support, help, aid, assistance, succour: The furtherance of anti-pollution laws is all to the good.
furtive adj. 1 secret, private, secretive, clandestine, surreptitious, stealthy, underhand(ed), covert, hidden, conspiratorial, skulking, deceitful, under the table, under the counter,
hugger-mugger, Colloq sneaky: She gave me a furtive look to let me know she was on to me. 2 sly, foxy, cunning, crafty, wily,
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shifty, untrustworthy, Colloq sneaky: His furtive manoeuvres |
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mark him as one not to be trusted. |
fury |
n. 1 anger, rage, wrath, indignation, ire, choler, rancour: |
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Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned. 2 impetuosity, |
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ferocity, savagery, vehemence, fierceness, tempestuousness, |
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turbulence, violence: How can we stem the fury of his attack? |
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3 virago, shrew, spitfire, hell-cat, termagant, vixen,she-devil, |
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hag, witch, bitch, Archaic beldam: Some of the furies from the |
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women's liberation movement descended on him. |
fuse |
v. blend, merge, unite, combine, compound, mix, commingle, |
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coalesce, flow or come together, consolidate, amalgamate; melt: |
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The metals fuse at a relatively low temperature. |
fuss |
n. 1 bother, pother, dither, fluster, flurry, fret, commotion, |
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ado, bustle, to-do, excitement, furore or US furor, unrest, |
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(deal of) trouble, disquiet, upset, stir, uproar, disturbance, |
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stir, hubbub, agitation, brouhaha, Colloq hoo-ha, flap, stink, |
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Brit kerfuffle, Slang US hoop-la: Stop making such a big fuss |
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over nothing. |
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--v. 2 make a fuss, rush about or around, flutter, Colloq kick |
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up a fuss: I do wish she'd stop fussing - the party is going |
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very well. |
fussy adj. 1 particular, finicky, finical, dainty, discriminating, difficult, fastidious, exacting, demanding, Colloq picky, choosy, nit-picking, pernickety or US also persnickety: He's so fussy that he'll wear only custom-made shoes. 2 fancy, elaborate, over-decorated, gingerbread, rococo, ornate,
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detailed, Byzantine: The style is a bit too fussy for my taste. |
futile |
adj. unsuccessful, unavailing, useless, unprofitable, vain, |
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abortive, profitless, bootless, worthless, empty, sterile, |
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barren, unproductive, impotent, ineffective, ineffectual; |
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Chiefly literary sleeveless: After several futile attempts to |
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get in touch with you, I gave up. |
future |
n. 1 days or time to come; tomorrow: Who knows what the future |
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may bring? |
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--adj. 2 coming, tomorrow's, later, prospective, following, |
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unborn, subsequent, expected, approaching; to be to come: |
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Future generations will appreciate what we have done here. |
fuzzy |
adj. 1 woolly, downy, linty, fleecy, furry, fluffy, frizzy, |
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flossy, flocculent, floccose, floccus; feathery: Tiny bits from |
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her fuzzy pullover kept coming off on my suit. 2 dim, faint, |
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hazy, foggy, misty, blurred, blurry, indistinct, unclear, vague, |
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shadowy, indefinite, obscure, ill-defined, woolly, distorted: |
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The picture was too fuzzy to make out any details. |
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gab |
v. 1 jabber, gabble, chatter, gibber, blather or blether, |
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prate, prattle, blab, gossip, Colloq Brit natter, witter, Slang |
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jaw, yack, US run off at the mouth: Stop gabbing and get on |
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with your work! |
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--n. 2 chatter, chit-chat, prattle, jibber-jabber, jabber, |
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gossip, blarney, blather or blether, tittle-tattle; cackle, |
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moonshine, nonsense, drivel, twaddle, rubbish, gobbledegook or |
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gobbledygook, mumbo-jumbo, poppycock, bunk or bunkum, |
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balderdash, stuff and nonsense, hogwash, eyewash, Colloq piffle, |
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flummery, rot, bull, codswallop, Slang bullshit, horseshit, |
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shit, crap, garbage, Chiefly Brit tosh, balls: He had nothing |
important to say - just a lot of gab.
gad |
v. Usually, gad about or around. gallivant, run around, flit |
about, traipse: He's never home, always gadding about, from one |
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party to another. |
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gadget |
n. contrivance, device, appliance, creation, invention, |
machine, tool, utensil, implement, instrument, mechanism, |
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apparatus, Colloq contraption, widget, thingumabob or |
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thingamabob or thingumbob, thingumajig or thingamajig or |
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thingummy, whatchamacallit, what's-its-name, Brit doodah, US |
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hickey, doodad, doohickey, whosis, whatsis, dingus, Chiefly US |
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and Canadian gismo or gizmo: He invented a gadget for resealing |
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fizzy drink bottles. |
gag° |
v. 1 silence, stifle, still, muffle, stop (up), muzzle, quiet, |
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curb, suppress, repress, restrain, throttle, strangle, check, |
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inhibit, discourage: The department gagged him, forbidding any |
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press interviews. 2 retch, choke, heave; gasp for air, struggle |
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for breath; US keck: That drink made me gag. |
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--n. 3 restraint, curb, muzzle, check: MI5 tried to put a gag |
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on the revelations of the former spy. |
gagý |
n. 1 joke, witticism, jest, quip, pun, gibe, Colloq wisecrack, |
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Slang crack: He told some gags but nobody found them funny. 2 |
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practical joke, hoax, prank, trick, Colloq fast one: For a gag, |
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we put a snake in the sergeant's bed. |
gaiety |
n. 1 cheerfulness, exhilaration, elation, glee, joie de vivre, |
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buoyancy, light-heartedness, blitheness, happiness, felicity, |
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pleasure, delight, joy, joyfulness, joyousness, exultation, |
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merriment, mirth, mirthfulness, jubilation, good or high |
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spirits, sprightliness, liveliness, joviality, jollity, |
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hilarity: The gaiety of the celebration was becoming |
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infectious. 2 Often, gaieties. merrymaking, festivity, |
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festivities, celebration, revelry, revels, rejoicing, |
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conviviality, Old-fashioned Brit mafficking: We all joined in |
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the gaiety of Mardi Gras. 3 colourfulness, brightness, |
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gaudiness, garishness, brilliance, brightness, cheeriness: The |
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gaiety of her costume was offset by her lugubrious expression. |
gaily adv. 1 showily, gaudily, brightly, splendidly, brilliantly,
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colourfully, flashily, flamboyantly, garishly: The dancers |
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appeared in their gaily coloured dresses. 2 happily, |
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cheerfully, cheerily, gleefully, joyously, joyfully, jubilantly, |
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merrily, blithely, light-heartedly, airily, jauntily, |
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insouciantly: The revellers came cavorting gaily down the |
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street. |
gain |
v. 1 get, obtain, acquire, procure, attain, achieve, secure, |
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earn, win, capture, bag, net, harvest, reap, garner, glean, |
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collect, gather, come by, pick up: Any advantage we gain today |
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may be lost tomorrow. 2 make, get, profit, gain ground, earn, |
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benefit, realize, clear, bring in, produce, yield: Have you |
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gained from the transaction? 3 improve, recuperate, progress, |
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rally, get better, advance, gain ground: Her health has gained |
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steadily since the cyst was removed. 4 catch up (to or on or |
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with), approach, get nearer (to), overtake, close with, close in |
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(on), narrow the gap, gain ground: As we came to the finish |
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line, Tom was gaining on me. Though he kept gaining, I won. 5 |
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leave behind, outdistance, draw or pull away (from), widen the |
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gap, get or go or move further or farther ahead, get further or |
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farther away (from), increase the lead: I kept gaining on him |
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till I was a mile ahead. 6 reach, arrive at, get to, come to: |
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After paddling for hours, we finally gained the shore. 7 |
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increase, move ahead, improve, advance, progress, gain ground: |
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Shares gained again on the exchange. |
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--n. 8 profit, advantage, margin, yield, return, revenue, |
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income, dividend, benefit, emolument, payment, pay, money; |
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proceeds, earnings, winnings; Colloq chiefly US take, payout, |
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pay-off: What was your gain on the sale of the house? He has |
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seen gains of 20 per cent on his investment. 9 increase, |
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increment, improvement, rise, addition, enhancement, elevation, |
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augmentation, upward or forward movement, advance, progress: |
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Each month has seen a gain in share prices. 10 acquisition, |
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achievement, attainment: My gain was at the expense of their |
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sacrifice. |
gainful adj. advantageous, profitable, productive, fruitful, beneficial, useful, valuable, worthwhile, rewarding, remunerative, lucrative, moneymaking: Your father thinks it about time you sought gainful employment.
gala |
n. 1 fˆte or fete, festival, festivity, feast, celebration, |
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event, red-letter day, holiday, holy day, carnival, occasion, |
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happening, event, pageant, party, ball; field-day: The annual |
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gala is planned for Midsummer's Eve. |
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--adj. 2 merry, festive, joyful, joyous, gleeful, jovial, gay, |
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celebratory, jolly, convivial, happy, cheerful, cheery: Her |
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home-coming was a gala occasion. |
gale |
n. 1 wind-storm, strong wind, (big or hard) blow, blast, |
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turbulence, storm, tempest: I refuse to take the boat out in |
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that gale. 2 outburst, burst, explosion, eruption; peal, roar, |
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scream, shout, howl, shriek: Bea Lillie needed merely to raise |
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an eyebrow to send her audience into gales of laughter. |
gall° |
n. 1 bitterness, acerbity, acrimony, harshness, vitriol, |
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asperity, bile, spleen, causticness or causticity, bite, |
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mordacity or mordaciousness, sharpness, rancidness or rancidity; |
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venom, poison, rancour: Once more he experienced the gall of |
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disappointment. 2 impudence, insolence, impertinence, audacity, |
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brashness, brazenness, sauciness, effrontery, temerity, |
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overconfidence, front, Colloq brass, nerve, guts, cheek, lip, |
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crust, sauce, US and Canadian chutzpah, moxie; Slang balls: One |
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student had the gall to suggest that he would be a better |
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teacher than I am. |
gallý |
n. 1 sore (spot), abrasion, scrape, graze, scratch, chafe: |
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This gall on my leg is from the saddle. 2 irritation, |
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annoyance, nuisance, bother, exasperation, vexation, Colloq |
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aggravation: One has to tolerate a lot of gall in this job. |
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--v. 3 irritate, chafe, abrade, fret, scrape, rub, grate, |
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scratch: His shoe was galling his heel. 4 irritate, annoy, |
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bother, vex, irk, exasperate, harass, harry, plague, provoke, |
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goad, nag, pester, hector, badger, nettle, needle, ruffle, fret, |
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anger, enrage, inflame, infuriate, incense, arouse, US rankle: |
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It galls me to think of all the animals killed just to make fur |
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coats. |
gallant adj. 1 brave, courageous, bold, valiant, daring, dauntless, intrepid, plucky, fearless, valorous, unafraid, undaunted, manly, manful, plucky, mettlesome, stout-hearted, lion-hearted, heroic, dashing, (high-)spirited: Three gallant soldiers held
off the enemy attack. 2 chivalrous, courtly, courteous, polite,
attentive, gentlemanly, noble, gracious, considerate, thoughtful, well-bred, mannerly: What man is so gallant today as to give up his seat on a bus to a lady? 3 dignified, elegant, imposing, grand, noble, glorious, fine, splendid, majestic,
stately, magnificent: Overwhelmed by four enemy men o' war, the gallant ship sank beneath the waves.
--n. 4 champion, hero, knight, cavalier, paladin: Which gallant wears her scarf on his sleeve in today's jousts? 5
lover, Romeo, sweetheart, beloved, paramour, boyfriend, beau, escort, suitor, admirer, Literary swain: In those days,
gallants continually sent their ladies gifts and flowers.
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n. gibbet: Another name for gallows was 'Tyburn tree', after |
that at Tyburn, in London. |
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galore |
adv. in abundance, in large quantity or numbers or amounts, in |
excess, everywhere, aplenty, in profusion: There were prizes galore for everything from swimming to skittles.
gamble v. 1 risk, venture, hazard, bet, wager, stake, chance, speculate; play, game, Brit punt: I wouldn't gamble that he'll be on time. I go to Monte Carlo to gamble. 2 gamble on. back, bet or wager on, stake or put money on, take a chance or flier on, try one's luck or fortune on, lay or place or make a wager or bet on; count on, rely on: We gambled on the horse to win. I was gambling on his having forgotten the debt.
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--n. 3 chance, risk, venture; uncertainty, speculation, Colloq |
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US crap-shoot: I had to take the gamble that the rope would |
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hold. All of life is just a gamble. 4 bet, wager, stake, Brit |
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punt: She took a gamble on number 14. |
game |
n. 1 amusement, pastime, diversion, distraction, recreation, |
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play; sport: She regards love as just a game. 2 contest, |
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competition, meeting or US also meet, tournament or US also |
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tourney, match, encounter, engagement, event, round; regatta: |
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Would you like to see a football game? The games are held |
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annually. 3 scheme, plan, plot, design, stratagem, strategy, |
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tactic, artifice, trick, device(s), ploy: Aha! I am on to your |
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little game! 4 occupation, line (of work), job, position, |
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field, business, trade, profession, Slang racket: She is in the |
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advertising game. 5 quarry, prey; victim, target: Game has |
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been plentiful this year, especially pheasant and quail. He is |
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fair game for any unscrupulous swindler. 6 play games. |
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dissemble, dissimulate, be deceitful or underhand, misrepresent, |
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pretend, practise deceit or deception, fake, feign: She wasn't |
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serious about selling, she was just playing games. |
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--adj. 7 ready, willing, prepared; plucky or spirited or daring |
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or adventurous enough: She's game for anything: I'm sure she'll |
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jump at the chance of scuba-diving lessons. 8 plucky, spirited, |
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high-spirited, daring, devil-may-care, adventurous, unflinching, |
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courageous, brave, bold, heroic, Colloq nervy, gutsy: Entering |
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the cave to rescue the dog was a game thing for him to do. |
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--v. 9 gamble: He has taken up gaming as a hobby. |
gamut |
n. range, scale, spectrum, compass, spread, sweep, field, |
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series: Parker said that Hepburn's acting ran the whole gamut |
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of emotions from A to B. |
gang |
n. 1 group, band, crowd, company, pack, mob, ring: The police |
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are looking for the gang that robbed the mail train. 2 clique, |
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set, coterie, circle, party, company, team, troupe: A whole |
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gang of my friends came over yesterday evening. |
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--v. 3 gang up (on or against.) conspire or plot against, |
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combine or unite or unify or join (against), league or ally or |
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club or band (against), join forces (against), overwhelm: When |
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they all ganged up on me, I decided to change my mind. |
gangster n. criminal, gang member, racketeer, Mafioso, soldier, |
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hooligan, gunman, thug, mugger, robber, tough, ruffian, |
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desperado, brigand, bandit, Brit skinhead, Australian and New |
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Zealand larrikin, Chiefly US and Canadian hoodlum, gunslinger, |
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Colloq crook; Slang hood, hit man, US gunsel, torpedo, mobster, |
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goon: The gangsters were arrested for smuggling cocaine. |
gap |
n. 1 opening, space, aperture, distance, hole, void, gulf, |
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cavity, break, breach, crevice, chink, crack, split, division, |
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cleft, rift, rip, tear, rent; interruption, interval, lacuna, |
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hiatus, discontinuity, disruption; lull, pause, rest, recess, |
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halt, stop, suspension, delay, wait, intermission, respite: The |
gap between the walls is just big enough for a child. I can see through a gap in the curtain. There is a gap in his payment