The Oxford Thesaurus - An A-Z Dictionary Of Synonyms
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A little red-faced man suddenly appeared. They sat drinking |
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coffee out of little white cups. 2 young, small, youthful: You |
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are asking a lot from a little boy. 3 small, sparse, skimpy, |
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meagre, scant, insufficient, inadequate, not enough, scanty, |
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barely or hardly any: A little crowd gathered round us. You |
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will get little help from her. There's too little milk for us to |
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make custard. 4 short, brief: We had only a little time |
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together before he was sent overseas. 5 trifling, trivial, |
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small, minor, petty, paltry, insignificant, inconsiderable, |
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unimportant, inconsequential, negligible: He seemed to consider |
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my safety of little importance. He does a little business on the |
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side. You are too concerned about little things. 6 |
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small(-minded), petty, picayune, mean, ungenerous, illiberal, |
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cheap, narrow(-minded), unimaginative, shallow: What is going |
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on in his cunning little brain? |
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--adv. 7 seldom, rarely, hardly ever, scarcely: I travel very |
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little these days. 8 (but or only) slightly, barely, hardly, |
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scarcely, no, not any, not much: She arrived with little more |
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than what she was wearing. 9 scarcely, hardly: Little does he |
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care whether he wins his wager. |
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--pron. 10 bit, dab, dollop, particle, spoonful, taste, |
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thimbleful, speck, spot, scrap, crumb, particle, Colloq smidgen |
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or smidgin: If you could spare me a little of your time, I'd be |
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grateful. |
live |
adj. 1 living, breathing, animate, viable, existent; material, |
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physical, tangible, real, actual, palpable: She said she'd |
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rather be a live beggar than a dead countess. My cat brought me |
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a live mouse into the house the other day. 2 energetic, lively, |
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spirited, vigorous, active, dynamic, busy; current, |
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contemporary: Our new advertising agency seems to have some |
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live ideas. The other party made nuclear disarmament a live |
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issue in the election. 3 burning, glowing, flaming, alight, |
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red-hot, white-hot: A live coal popped out of the grate onto |
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the carpet. 4 loaded, explosive, unexploded, combustible: |
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Builders have dug up a live bomb in London. 5 charged, |
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electrified: Don't touch a live wire or you'll get a shock. |
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--v. 6 breathe, exist; function: There has never lived a more |
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gifted scholar. She lives as a recluse. 7 survive, persist, |
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last, persevere, endure; spend, continue, live out, complete, |
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end, conclude, finish: He lived out his days happily in |
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Torquay. 8 reside, dwell, be; abide, stay, remain, lodge, room: |
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He normally lives in Acton, but at the moment he's living with |
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his mother in Kent. 9 subsist, get along, survive, fare: Many |
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old-age pensioners complain that they have barely enough to live |
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on. |
lively |
adj. 1 full of life, vigorous, energetic, vivacious, spirited, |
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brisk, spry, active, animated, frisky, sprightly, agile, nimble, |
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perky, chirpy, bouncy, buoyant, gay, cheery, cheerful, Colloq |
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chipper, full of pep, peppy: His speech sparked off a lively |
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discussion. The carriage was drawn by a pair of lively horses. 2 |
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strong, intense, vivid, keen, pointed, eager, energetic, active: |
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She takes a lively interest in current affairs. 3 active, busy, |
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bustling, stirring, eventful, swarming, teeming; astir, alive: |
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We joined the lively crowd at the antiques fair. The streets |
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near the square were lively with people rushing to and fro. 4 |
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vivid, bright, gay, cheerful, glowing, brilliant, gorgeous, |
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rich: Some lively colours in the upholstery and curtains would |
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brighten up the sitting-room. |
liven |
v. Often, liven up. 1 brighten, cheer, enliven, perk up: You |
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need some fresh paint to liven up the outside of the house. 2 |
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invigorate, stimulate, energize, inspirit, activate, animate, |
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fire, stir (up), put (some) life into, enliven, perk up, Colloq |
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pep up: We need a good dance band to liven up the place in the |
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evenings. |
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load |
n. 1 weight, burden; onus, pressure, encumbrance, millstone, |
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cross, albatross, responsibility, care, anxiety, worry, trouble: |
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He put down his load and rested. Seeing her safe is a load off |
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my mind. 2 shipment, consignment, cargo, weight: That load is |
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too heavy for the van. |
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--v. 3 pack, pile, stack, heap, fill, lade, stuff, cram, jam, |
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squeeze: Load all the boxes you can in the truck. 4 Often, |
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load down. weigh down, burden, encumber, saddle with, overwhelm: |
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I was loaded down with too many responsibilities. |
situation, locality: We moved the locale of the film to Spain.
locate v. 1 situate, place, site, position, set (up), fix, pinpoint, establish, settle, base: Where is your office located? We located our warehouse close to the railway. 2 find, come across, discover, unearth, lay or put or get one's hand(s) or finger(s) on, chance or hit upon, turn up, track down: Where can I locate a good piano player?
location n. 1 site, place, locale, spot, setting, situation, position: We have just moved to a new location. 2 finding, discovery, laying or putting or getting one's hand(s) or finger(s) on, unearthing, turning up, tracking down: The location of the other half of the coin became an obsession with him.
lock° |
n. 1 padlock, hasp, bolt, latch, bar, hook, clasp, catch: Why |
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put a lock on the door if there is nothing worth stealing |
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inside? 2 hold; control, power, sway, authority, command, |
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supervision: The bureau has a complete lock on the issue of |
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licences. |
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--v. 3 Often, lock up. padlock, bolt, latch, bar, secure, seal: |
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Lock the doors before leaving for the day. 4 clasp, entangle, |
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engage, join, entwine, close; clutch, grasp, grapple: For six |
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hours the knights were locked in battle. 5 lock away. See lock |
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up or away, below. 6 lock in. a secure, retain, fix, plant, |
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implant, stabilize: What does the maker mean by 'the flavour is |
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locked in'? b commit, oblige, constrain, bind: We are locked |
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in to the promises we made to our employees. c lock up or away, |
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confine, restrain, coop up: You'd better lock in the dogs |
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before you leave. 7 lock on. fix on or upon, track, follow, |
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pursue, keep track of: Our sights are locked on the target. 8 |
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lock out. exclude, shut out, close out, keep out, bar, debar: |
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During the strike, the management locked out all employees. 9 |
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lock up or away. confine, jail or Brit also gaol, imprison, coop |
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up, incarcerate, detain, impound, put behind bars, restrict, |
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cage: They threatened to lock him up and throw away the key. |
locký |
n. tress, curl, ringlet: As a love token, she sent him a lock |
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of her hair. |
lodge |
n. 1 hunting-lodge, cabin, chalet, cottage, house; gatehouse, |
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shelter, hut: I have a small lodge in the mountains. 2 branch, |
argument follows basic logical criteria. 2 reasonable, plausible, sensible, sound, valid, intelligent, judicious, practical, rational, wise, proper: Is it logical to assume that people will believe you? 3 well-organized, sound, coherent, consistent, sensible, rational, reasonable, well-reasoned, well-thought-out: The proposal is set forth in a logical fashion, from premise to conclusion.
lonely adj. 1 single, solitary, sole, lone, one; unaccompanied, alone: The lonely survivor of the crash struggled out of the jungle. She walked for miles, lonely and desolate. 2 desolate, uninhabited, deserted, barren: Robinson Crusoe's world was a lonely place. 3 friendless, lonesome, abandoned, outcast, forsaken; solo, hermit-like, eremitic(al), reclusive, secluded, retiring, withdrawn, unsocial: He felt lonely in the strange
city. She leads a lonely existence with only her cat for company.
lonesome adj. 1 alone, forsaken, friendless, rejected, unpopular, unwelcome, outcast, deserted, abandoned, estranged: She was terribly lonesome and homesick before meeting Patrick. 2 See lonely, 2.
long° adj. 1 extensive, extended, elongate(d), large, great, big: That is a very long snake! 2 lengthy, prolonged, protracted; extensive, extended, sustained: I waited for a long time.
longý v. wish, crave, want, yearn, desire, hunger, fancy, covet, dream of, hanker, eat one's heart out: I am longing for a good roast beef dinner. I long to see you once more.
longing |
n. craving, wish, yearning, hunger, fancy, desire, hankering, |
Colloq yen: I have a longing to be home again. |
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look |
v. 1 Usually, look at. see, observe, consider, contemplate, |
regard, view, survey, inspect, scrutinize, study, scan; pay attention, attend, notice, watch, witness; Literary behold,
Slang US eyeball: Look at what you've done! Look at the way I do it. 2 seem (to be), appear (to be): That looks like a
useful utensil. You certainly look healthy. 3 face, front (on), overlook, look out on: The house looks over the sea at the back. 4 look after. care for, take care of, be responsible for, attend, mind, watch, serve, wait on, nurse, protect: Rose will
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that the fort was surrounded by Cochise's braves. 2 alert, qui |
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vive; guard, watch: Be on the lookout for shoplifters. 3 |
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responsibility, worry, concern, problem, difficulty, Colloq |
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headache: How he wastes his free time is his lookout, how he |
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spends his working time is ours. |
loom |
v. 1 appear, emerge, take shape or form, materialize, surface, |
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arise: A huge figure loomed out of the fog. 2 menace, impend, |
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threaten, overshadow, tower, dominate, hang or hover over: |
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Count Dracula's dark castle loomed over us. 3 loom large. |
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dominate, predominate, play a big or an important role or part: |
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Sales to children loom large in your predictions. |
loop |
n. 1 hoop, noose, ring, circle, bow, eye, eyelet, coil, whorl, |
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Nautical bend: I caught my toe in a loop of rope and fell on |
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the deck. |
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--v. 2 twist, coil, wind, tie, circle, curl, entwine, turn, |
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ring, Nautical bend: Loop the thread round the crochet hook and |
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pull it through. |
loophole n. outlet, way out, means of escape, escape, subterfuge, pretext, evasion, quibble, Colloq dodge: They couldn't prosecute him because he found a loophole in the law.
loose adj. 1 unattached, unconnected, disconnected, detached, free, unsecured, unfastened, movable: I have a loose tooth. The vacuum cleaner will pick up any loose bits. 2 unconfined, untied, unfettered, released, freed, unshackled, unchained;
free, at liberty, at large, on the loose, untrammelled: In Pamplona, they allow loose bulls to run through the streets to the arena. 3 unconfining, free-flowing, flowing, baggy, slack, hanging: That skirt is loose on you since you lost weight. 4 disordered, disorganized, unbound, untied, messy; strewn or spread or tossed or thrown about or around, scattered (about or around), in disorder, in disarray, dispersed: On the desk was a loose pile of papers. 5 rambling, disconnected, unstructured, unconnected, discontinuous, non-specific, unspecific, indefinite, imprecise, inexact, inaccurate, free, broad, rough, offhand, casual, careless, untidy, sloppy, slapdash, general, vague: He gave a loose description of his assailant. A loose translation does not convey the flavour of the original. 6 lax, relaxed, negligent, careless, sloppy: Discipline has been quite
loose around here lately. 7 wanton, dissolute, debauched, immoral, promiscuous, abandoned, fast, libertine, profligate, licentious, lewd, perverted, corrupt: She was quickly gaining a reputation for being a loose woman.
--adv. 8 break loose. escape, flee: The boy broke loose from my grasp and ran to greet his mother. 9 hang or stay loose. relax, stay or keep calm or cool, cool off or down, sit back, take it easy: Hang loose and everything will be all right. 10 let or set or turn loose. discharge, let go (with); emit, give out (with), fire: They let him loose after questioning. She let loose a stream of invective like a fishwife.
--v. 11 let go, (set) free, release, let or set or turn loose; liberate, deliver: Ten thousand balloons were loosed in the celebration. 12 untie, undo, unfasten, let go, disengage, relax, ease, loosen, slacken;, cast off: Loose these ropes, please. 13 let go, let fly, fire, discharge, shoot, unleash, deliver: We loosed a devastating barrage at the enemy.
loosen v. 1 loose; undo, unfasten, unhook, unbutton, unlace, untie, unbind, unbuckle; unscrew: Quick! Loosen his collar! 2 weaken,
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detach, separate, sever, break or cut (apart): The vibration |
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has loosened the rivets. |
loot |
n. 1 booty, spoils, plunder, prize, haul, Slang swag, boodle: |
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They divided up the loot amongst the gang. |
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--v. 2 plunder, sack, ransack, rob, pillage, despoil, raid, |
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ravage, maraud, Rare depredate: The soldiers looted every house |
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in the city. |
lop |
v. Often, lop off. chop off, trim, top, head, crop, prune, |
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dock, clip, trim, snip off, shear off, cut off, pare, shorten, |
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hack off, amputate: Lop the lower branches off close to the |
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trunk. |
lopsided adj. 1 uneven, askew, one-sided, awry, unsymmetrical, asymmetrical, unequal, crooked, unbalanced, irregular, Colloq cock-eyed: That lopsided bookcase is the sole product of Ed's cabinet-making class. 2 uneven, unequal, one-sided, biased, disproportionate, unfair, warped, twisted: Four against two - I'd call that lopsided, wouldn't you?