The Oxford Thesaurus - An A-Z Dictionary Of Synonyms

eulogize v. praise, extol, laud, applaud, compliment, sound or sing the praises of, acclaim; appreciate, honour; flatter: Kirk was eulogized for his contribution to space travel.

eulogy n. praise, commendation, acclaim, acclamation, tribute, compliment, applause, homage, plaudits, encomium, accolade, paean, panegyric: The eulogy listed Wotton's many achievements.

euphemism n. amelioration, mollification, mitigation, cushioning, Technical paradiastole: Euphemism is saying 'not too good' when you mean 'bad' or 'awful'.

5.18 evacuate...

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evacuate v. 1 empty, clear (out), exhaust, drain, deplete, purge, get rid of, void, discharge, vent; divest, deprive: In cases of poisoning, they first evacuate the stomach. 2 vacate, desert, leave, depart (from), withdraw or retire (from), go away (from), quit, relinquish, abandon, decamp (from), move or pull out (of or from): When the enemy approached, the troops evacuated the area. 3 relocate, move: Thousands were evacuated to a safe distance when the bomb was discovered.

evade v. 1 avoid, elude, dodge, sidestep, escape (from); get away (from), get out of, duck, circumvent, shirk, Colloq chiefly US and Canadian weasel out (of): The prisoner evaded capture.

Don't evade your responsibilities. 2 quibble, equivocate, tergiversate, manoeuvre, hedge, shuffle, fudge, fence, parry, Colloq waffle, Slang cop out: The witness continued to evade the barrister's questions.

evaluate v. 1 value, appraise, assess: You must be an expert to evaluate netsuke. 2 judge, rank, rate, gauge, estimate, approximate, calculate, reckon, compute, figure, quantify, determine, ascertain: How can they evaluate your importance to the project?

evaluation

n. 1 appraisal, valuation, assessment: The insurance company refused to accept a higher evaluation on my house. 2 estimate,

estimation, approximation, rating, opinion, ranking, judgement, reckoning, figuring, calculation, computation, determination: The committee meets annually to discuss the evaluation of each employee's contribution.

evaporate v. 1 vaporize; boil off or out; dehydrate, desiccate: Much of the surplus liquid will evaporate during cooking. 2 disappear, disperse, dissipate, vanish, evanesce, evanish, dispel; fade (away), melt away, dissolve: Opposition to his appointment seems to have evaporated.

evaporation

n. 1 vaporization, drying (up or out), dehydration, desiccation, exsiccation, parching, searing: Clouds are formed by the evaporation of terrestrial water. 2 disappearance, dispersion, dispelling, dissipation, evanescence, dematerialization, dissolution, fading (away), melting (away): He was pleased to note the evaporation of all serious opposition.

evasion n. 1 escape, avoidance, shirking, dodging: They disapproved of his evasion of his civic duties. 2 subterfuge, deception,

deceit, chicane or chicanery, artifice, cunning, trickery, sophistry, excuse, dodging, prevarication, lying, fudging, evasiveness, quibbling, equivocation, double-talk: All the interviewers' questions were met with evasion.

evasive adj. devious, indirect, equivocating, equivocal, misleading,

with the others? 3 steady, regular, consistent, constant, uniform, unvaried, unvarying, methodical, unchanging, set, equable, stable, measured, metrical, rhythmical, orderly,

ordered, monotonous, unbroken, uninterrupted: We walked along at an even pace. 4 even-tempered, calm, equable, composed, placid, serene, peaceful, cool, tranquil, unruffled,

imperturbable, undisturbed, impassive, steady, temperate, equanimous, self-possessed, sober, staid, sedate, sober-sided: People of even disposition are unexcited, unexcitable, and unexciting. 5 balanced, equal, the same, identical, coequal, level, drawn, on a par, tied, neck and neck; equivalent, Colloq fifty-fifty, Brit level pegging, US even Steven: At half-time the scores were even. I have an even chance of getting the job. 6 square, quits, equal: If I pay for this round, we'll be even.

7 fair (and square), square, impartial, disinterested, neutral, just, even-handed, equitable, straightforward, on the level, honest, upright, unbiased, unprejudiced: See that you make an even distribution of the food parcels. 8 exact, precise, round, rounded off or out or up or down: The bill came to an even fifty pounds. 9 get even (with). repay, revenge oneself (on), even or settle accounts or the score (with), requite, reciprocate, retaliate, be revenged: I'll get even with her for

telling my mother. Whenever he feels that he's been insulted, he wants to get even.

--adv. 10 still, yet; all the (more), indeed, (more) than ever: He is even dumber than I thought. He is in debt to everyone, even his daughter. 11 Sometimes, even with or though. notwithstanding, despite, in spite of, disregarding: Even with delays, we arrived on time. 12 even so. nevertheless, nonetheless, still, yet, notwithstanding, all the same, in spite of that, despite that: He refused to attend; even so, we sent him an invitation.

--v. 13 Usually, even up or out. smooth, flatten, level, equalize; align: This road will be fine when they even out the bumps. 14 even out or up. equalize, balance (out), settle;

compensate: Unfortunately, our profits and our expenses evened out.

evening n. nightfall, eventide, dusk, sunset, sundown, p.m., Literary gloaming: The Klincks will join us for dinner this evening.

event n. 1 occurrence, happening, incident, episode, occasion, circumstance, affair, experience: An event then took place that changed the course of his life. 2 issue, outcome, consequence, result, conclusion, upshot, end, effect: There is no merit in preparing for a disaster after the event. 3 at all events or in any event. come what may, in any case, at any rate, regardless,

anyhow, anyway: At all events, we were ready and waiting when the raid started. 4 in the event. in the reality or actuality,

as it or things turned out, at the time, when it happened: In the event, we left as soon as we could.

eventful adj. busy, full, active, lively, exciting, interesting; important, significant, signal, consequential, notable,

noteworthy, momentous, memorable: What with your wedding and the birth of your son, it certainly has been an eventful week.

eventual adj. 1 ultimate, final, last, concluding, resulting: The eventual cost is impossible to forecast. 2 due, expected, anticipated, inevitable, likely, consequent, resulting, resultant, foreordained, preordained, unavoidable, destined,

predestined, unavoidable, ineluctable, probable: As they cannot afford the mortgage payments, they are faced with the eventual loss of their home.

eventuality

n. circumstance, contingency, event, occurrence, happening, case; likelihood, chance, possibility, probability: We must prepare for the eventuality of war.

eventually

adv. ultimately, finally, at last, in the end or long run, at

the end of the day, sooner or later, when all is said and done, in the final analysis, in due course, in (the course of) time, after all: We must all die eventually.

everlasting

adj. eternal, deathless, undying, immortal, infinite, timeless; never-ending, perpetual, constant, continual, continuous, permanent, unceasing, incessant, interminable, endless: They believed in everlasting punishment after death. I wish that dog would stop its everlasting barking.

everyday adj. 1 daily, day-to-day, quotidian, diurnal; circadian: In our family a big breakfast was an everyday occurrence. 2 commonplace, common, ordinary, customary, regular, habitual, routine, usual, run-of-the-mill, unexceptional, accustomed, conventional, familiar: She found herself unable to cope with everyday tasks that she used to take in her stride. 3 prosaic, mundane, dull, unimaginative, unexciting, mediocre, inferior: These are very everyday paintings of little value.

everyone pron. everybody, all (and sundry), one and all, each and every one or person, the whole world, everybody under the sun, every Tom, Dick, and Harry: Everyone will want to come to my party.

everything

pron. all, all things, the aggregate, the (whole or entire)

lot, the total, the entirety, Colloq the whole kit and caboodle, the whole shooting match, Chiefly US and Canadian the whole shebang: Everything was destroyed in the earthquake.

everywhere

adv. in all places, in or to each or every place or part, in

every nook and cranny, high and low, far and wide, near and far; ubiquitously, universally, globally; throughout: She went everywhere searching for clues. The smell of jasmine was everywhere. Errors occur everywhere in his writings.

evict v. oust, dislodge, turn out (of house and home), expel, eject, remove, dispossess, put out, Law disseise or disseize, Colloq toss or throw or kick or boot out, Brit turf out: The landlord evicted us for non-payment of rent.

eviction n. ouster, dispossession, dislodgement, expulsion, ejection, removal, Law disseisin or disseizin, Colloq the boot: His eviction from the club was for refusing to wear a tie.

evidence n. 1 proof, ground(s), fact(s), data, basis, support, verification, attestation, affirmation, confirmation, validation, corroboration, substantiation, documentation,

certification: Have we enough evidence to convict the suspects? 2 testimony, statement, deposition, affidavit, averment, assertion: The prosecution will present its evidence tomorrow. 3 indication, sign, mark, token, manifestation, demonstration, hint, suggestion, clue, trace, smoking gun: There is evidence that there are mice in the house.

--v. 4 demonstrate, show, display, manifest, signify, exhibit, reveal, denote, attest, prove, evince, testify, (bear) witness: The destruction of the forests is evidenced by the open plains.

evident adj. clear, obvious, plain, apparent, manifest, patent, palpable, conspicuous, clear-cut, express, unmistakable, incontrovertible, understandable, comprehensible, recognizable, perceptible, perceivable, discernible, noticeable: It was

evident that someone had been tampering with the mechanism.

evidently adv. 1 clearly, obviously, plainly, manifestly, palpably, apparently, patently, indubitably, undoubtedly, doubtless(ly), without a doubt, indisputably, incontestably, incontrovertibly, undeniably, unquestionably, surely, certainly, to be sure: He is evidently the culprit. 2 apparently, outwardly, seemingly, it would seem, so it seems, as far as one can see or tell, to

all appearances, ostensibly: Evidently, there were two people here, not just one.

promulgated against minority groups, and racist attacks abounded. 4 unfortunate, unlucky, ominous, inauspicious, dire, unpropitious, calamitous, infelicitous, woeful: Their business had fallen on evil times. 5 bad, offensive, disgusting, repulsive, awful, nasty, mephitic, noxious, foul, pestilential, putrid, vile; disagreeable, unpleasant: An evil odour permeated the crypt.

--n. 6 badness, sin, vice, wickedness, iniquity, turpitude, immorality, profligacy, depravity, degeneracy, corruption, degradation, devilry or deviltry, villainy, nefariousness, viciousness, vileness, heinousness, flagitiousness, baseness, foulness: The evil that men do lives after them, the good is oft interred with their bones. 7 harm, hurt, injury, mischief, damage, ruin, calamity, misfortune, catastrophe, destruction, disaster, cataclysm; ill, misery, suffering, pain, sorrow, woe, agony, anguish: Evil befell the residents of Pompeii.

evil-minded

adj. 1 dirty(-minded), smutty, obscene, depraved, lewd, lascivious, lecherous, salacious, licentious, filthy, nasty; foul-mouthed: Those anonymous phone calls were made by some evil-minded degenerate. 2 wicked, sinful, flagitious, vicious, hateful, malicious, spiteful, malevolent, evil, bad: The evil-minded old witch grabbed Hansel and Gretel.

evoke v. summon (up), call up or forth, elicit, conjure up, invoke, recall, reawake(n), (a)wake, wake(n), (a)rouse, raise: Seeing her again evoked fond memories.

evolution n. development, advance, growth, progress, progression, phylogeny, evolvement, developing, growing, evolving, formation, maturation, production: This book traces the evolution of the aeroplane. His treatise is on the evolution of insects.

5.19 exact...

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exact adj. 1 precise, accurate, correct, faithful, true, faultless, identical, literal, perfect, consummate: This is an exact copy of the original. Were those her exact words? 2 careful, meticulous, strict, rigorous, accurate, exacting, severe,

fastidious, scrupulous, thorough, painstaking, rigid, punctilious: He has conducted the most exact experiments.

--v. 3 demand, extort, require, enforce, insist on or upon, extract, impose, wrest, compel, enjoin, call for, requisition, claim: The chief exacted tribute before releasing the prisoners.

exacting adj. demanding, rigorous, difficult, rigid, stern, hard, tough, severe, harsh, burdensome, taxing, stringent, imperative, unsparing, oppressive, tyrannical: I know of no more exacting job than that of air traffic controller.

exactly adv. 1 accurately, precisely, strictly, perfectly, correctly, unerringly, faultlessly, faithfully, scrupulously, literally, to the letter, word for word, verbatim, closely; methodically, systematically: She translated the passage exactly, with no errors. 2 definitely, absolutely, positively, undeniably, surely, certainly, unequivocally, completely, in every respect, in all respects, particularly, specifically, explicitly, just, quite, expressly, precisely, accurately, truly, Colloq Brit bang on: This is exactly the kind of house we want.

exaggerate

v. overstate, magnify, inflate, overdraw, embroider, embellish, elaborate, enlarge, stretch, romance, overemphasize, overstress, overplay, overdo, exalt, hyperbolize, paint, Colloq lay it on thick, play up, pile it on: She exaggerates when she claims to be the best actress in the world. He believes the health risks

are exaggerated.

exaggeration

n. overstatement, magnification, inflation, embroidery, embellishment, elaboration, enlargement, stretch, romanticization, extravagance, overemphasis, excess, exaltation, enhancement, hyperbole; empty talk, bombast, bragging, boasting, boastfulness, magniloquence, Literary gasconade, rodomontade, Colloq fish story, puffery, Slang bull(shit), hot air: It was a

press agent's exaggeration to call the movie a 'colossal epic'.

exalt v. 1 elevate, raise or lift (up or on high), upraise, uplift, upgrade, boost, promote, advance: The goalkeeper was exalted to heroic status by the fans. 2 praise, honour, extol, glorify,

idolize, dignify, ennoble, revere, reverence, venerate, pay homage or tribute to, celebrate; lionize: O magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt His name together. 3 stimulate, excite, animate, (a)rouse, fire, inspire, electrify, awaken, spur, stir (up), inspirit: Certain drugs have the effect of exalting the imagination.

exalted adj. 1 elevated, lofty, high, eminent, notable, noted, prominent, famous, famed, celebrated, distinguished, dignified, honoured, prestigious, glorified, sublime, grand: During his later life he enjoyed an exalted reputation. 2 elevated, noble, lofty, superior, uplifting, heightened, high-flown; exaggerated, pretentious, overblown, inflated: His writing is euphuistic, that is, flowery or exalted. She has an exalted notion of her importance. 3 elated, excited, exultant, ecstatic, jubilant, overjoyed, joyful, rapturous, transported, blissful, happy, joyous, in seventh heaven, uplifted, Colloq on cloud nine, Brit

over the moon: They were in too exalted a mood to be interested in such mundane matters.

examination

n. 1 investigation, scrutiny, study, analysis, inspection, inquiry or enquiry, probe, search, exploration, research,

survey, going-over, check-up, check(out), appraisal, assessment: Examination of the finances revealed a secret Swiss bank account. 2 testing, test, quiz, exam: There will be a written examination on Friday. 3 interrogation, inquisition, inquiry or enquiry, catechism, cross-examination, Colloq third degree, grill(ing): Examination of the prisoners is left to

intelligence officers.

examine v. 1 investigate, scrutinize, study, peruse, scan, pore over, analyse, sift, inspect, inquire or enquire into, go over or through or into, look over or into, probe, search, explore, research, survey, check up on, check (out), appraise, assess, weigh, Brit vet, Slang case: The theory will be examined thoroughly. 2 test; interrogate, quiz, catechize, cross-examine, question, sound out, Colloq grill, pump: The director closely examined all applicants for the position.

example n. 1 instance, case, sample, specimen, illustration: If this is an example of your work, I'm afraid we aren't interested. 2 model, prototype, standard, archetype, exemplar, pattern,

benchmark, norm, criterion: You should set an example to the children. 3 warning, admonition, lesson: The judge made an example of him by giving him the maximum sentence. 4 for example. for instance, as a case in point, as an illustration or example, by way of illustration, to illustrate, e.g. or eg, exempli gratia: Consider, for example, the following poem by Wordsworth.

exasperate

v. 1 anger, infuriate, enrage, incense, madden, rile, drive mad; embitter; inflame; Colloq drive crazy, drive up the wall: Dealing with a bureaucracy can be exasperating for anyone. 2 irritate, irk, annoy, bother, harass, pique, gall, nettle,

rankle, provoke, vex, pester, torment, plague; hector, badger, Colloq bug, needle, peeve, get, get under (someone's) skin, rub (up) the wrong way, aggravate, Slang get (someone's) goat, piss (someone) off: The child's constant questions were beginning to exasperate me.

excavate v. 1 dig (out or up), hollow or gouge (out), scoop out, burrow or cut (out): They are excavating a great hole in the centre of

the site. 2 unearth, uncover, expose, clear, lay bare, dig up, disinter, bring up, exhume: A large part of Pompeii has been excavated.

excavation

n. cavity, hole, pit, crater, cut, ditch, trench, trough,

burrow, hollow, shaft, tunnel; mine, quarry: Concrete for the foundations will be poured into the excavation.

exceed v. 1 surpass, top, excel, be superior to, go beyond, beat, overwhelm, better, outdistance, pass, overtake, outstrip, outrank, outrun, outdo, outpace, transcend, outshine, outreach, overshadow, eclipse: The success of the new product exceeded our expectations. 2 overstep, go beyond, overextend: His behaviour exceeded the bounds of decency.

exceeding adj. great, huge, enormous, extraordinary, excessive, exceptional, surpassing: The exceeding poverty of the people is heart-rending.

exceedingly

adv. very, extremely, especially, exceptionally, considerably,