The Oxford Thesaurus - An A-Z Dictionary Of Synonyms
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zany |
adj. 1 clownish, mad, wild, frolicsome, sportive, playful, gay, |
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merry, slapstick, crazy, funny, comic(al), amusing, hilarious, |
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absurd, nonsensical, ludicrous, silly, foolish, inane, Colloq |
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wacky, loony, madcap, crackpot, nutty, goofy, US kooky: The |
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buskers put on the zaniest show I have seen for some time. |
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--n. 2 clown, comic, jester, fool, joker, buffoon, wag, |
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comedian, merry andrew, laughing-stock, Slang nut, US screwball: |
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The two zanies kept the crowd in stitches while the pickpockets |
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stole their wallets. |
zap |
v. destroy, kill, slaughter, annihilate, murder, slay, |
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assassinate, liquidate, erase; shoot, electrocute, Slang rub |
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out, polish off, knock off, bump off, snuff (out), waste, hit, |
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US ice: The baddies got zapped by the ray gun, one after the |
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other. |
25.2 zealot...
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zealot n. fanatic, extremist, radical, bigot, maniac, militant: We have to deal with ruthless zealots who are willing to die for their cause.
zealotry |
n. fanaticism, extremism, radicalism, bigotry, militantism, |
terrorism, single-mindedness, monomania, fervour, frenzy, |
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hysteria, obsession, obsessiveness: Their attacks on innocent |
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civilians show how far their zealotry can take them. |
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zenith |
n. meridian, summit, acme, apex, vertex, apogee, high point, |
top, peak, pinnacle: The dictator reached the zenith of his |
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power very quickly. |
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zero |
n. 1 nil, null, nothing, nought or naught, aught, cipher, |
Cricket duck, Colloq nix, US goose-egg, nada, niente, Slang Brit (sweet) Fanny Adams or F.A., bugger-all, US zilch: Temperatures have remained below zero all day. The visiting team won three games, we won zero. 2 (rock) bottom, nadir: On a scale of one
to ten, she is a zero. 3 nobody, nothing, nonentity, Slang US
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nebbish, bupkis: That fellow she married is a real zero. |
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--v. 4 zero in on. focus on, pinpoint, fix on, home in on, |
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concentrate on, bring to bear on: We zeroed in on the problem |
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and then rapidly found the answer. |
zest |
n. 1 spice, relish, gusto, tang, pepper, ginger, piquancy, |
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pungency, edge, bite, flavour, Colloq zing, zip, pizazz: Put in |
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a little of my home-made sauce to add some zest. 2 eagerness, |
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zestfulness, exuberance, appetite, interest, enthusiasm, hunger, |
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thirst: Where does Sidney get his zest for life? |
25.3 zone...
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zone |
n. area, quarter, district, region, sector, section, sphere, |
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belt, territory, province, realm, domain, precinct, bailiwick, |
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department, terrain, circle, locality, locale, Slang US turf: A |
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duty-free zone will allow for quicker transshipment of goods. |
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The northern and southern hemispheres each have a frigid, |
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temperate, and torrid zone. |
zoo |
n. 1 zoological garden, menagerie, Tiergarten, (safari) park: |
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When I was a child, I enjoyed going to the zoo almost as much as |
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I do now. 2 madhouse, mess; chaos, pandemonium, bedlam, Colloq |
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US three-ring circus, Chinese fire-drill: When my husband and |
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the three children get ready in the morning the kitchen is like |
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a zoo. |