Appendix:Moby Thesaurus II/58

occupancy

• occupancy, abiding, abode, adverse possession, alodium, burgage, claim, cohabitation, colony, commorancy, de facto, de jure, dependency, derivative title, dwelling, fee fief, fee position, fee simple, fee simple absolute, fee simple conditional, fee simple defeasible, fee simple determinable, fee tail, feodum, feud, fiefdom, frankalmoign, free socage, freehold, gavelkind, habitancy, habitation, having title to, hold, holding, inhabitancy, inhabitation, inhabiting, knight service, lay fee, lease, leasehold, legal claim, legal possession, living, lodging, mandate, nesting, occupation, original title, owning, possessing, possession, preoccupancy, preoccupation, prepossession, prescription, property, property rights, proprietary rights, residence, residency, residing, seisin, settlement, socage, sojourning, squatting, staying, staying over, stopping, sublease, tenancy, tenantry, tenure, tenure in chivalry, title, underlease, undertenancy, usucapion, villein socage, villeinhold, villenage

occupant

• occupant, addressee, artist-in-residence, boarder, denizen, dweller, habitant, hirer, homesteader, house detective, householder, incumbent, inhabitant, inhabiter, inmate, inpatient, intern, leaseholder, lessee, live-in maid, liver, locum tenens, lodger, occupier, owner, paying guest, renter, residencer, resident, resident physician, residentiary, resider, roomer, sojourner, squatter, sublessee, subtenant, tenant, tenant at sufferance, tenant for life, underlessee

occupation

• occupation, abiding, abode, act, acting, action, activism, activities, activity, adoption, adverse possession, affair, affairs, agency, alodium, appointment, appropriation, arrogation, art, assumption, bag, behavior, bondage, burgage, business, calling, career, career building, careerism, claim, cohabitation, colonization, colony, commerce, commorancy, concern, concernment, conduct, conquest, control, craft, de facto, de jure, dependency, derivative title, direction, doing, driving, dwelling, employ, employment, enslavement, enterprise, execution, exercise, fee fief, fee position, fee simple, fee simple absolute, fee simple conditional, fee simple defeasible, fee simple determinable, fee tail, feodum, feud, fiefdom, field, frankalmoign, free socage, freehold, function, functioning, game, gavelkind, habitancy, habitation, handicraft, handling, having title to, hold, holding, indent, inhabitancy, inhabitation, inhabiting, interest, job, knight service, labor, lay fee, lease, leasehold, legal claim, legal possession, lifework, line, line of business, line of work, living, lodging, lookout, management, mandate, manipulation, matter, metier, mission, movements, mystery, nesting, number, occupancy, operancy, operation, operations, oppression, original title, owning, performance, performing, play, position, possessing, possession, post, practice, praxis, preemption, preoccupancy, preoccupation, prepossession, prescription, profession, property, property rights, proprietary rights, pursuit, racket, requisition, residence, residency, residing, responsibility, rule, running, seisin, seizure, service, settlement, situation, skill, socage, sojourning, specialization, specialty, squatting, staying, staying over, steering, stopping, subjection, subjugation, sublease, suzerainty, swing, take-over, takeover, taking over, tenancy, tenantry, tenure, tenure in chivalry, thing, title, trade, underlease, undertaking, undertenancy, usucapion, usurpation, villein socage, villeinhold, villenage, vocation, walk, walk of life, work, working, workings

occupational disease

• occupational disease, abnormality, acute disease, affection, affliction, ailment, allergic disease, allergy, atrophy, bacterial disease, birth defect, blight, cardiovascular disease, chronic disease, circulatory disease, complaint, complication, condition, congenital defect, defect, deficiency disease, deformity, degenerative disease, disability, disease, disorder, distemper, endemic, endemic disease, endocrine disease, epidemic disease, functional disease, fungus disease, gastrointestinal disease, genetic disease, handicap, hereditary disease, iatrogenic disease, illness, indisposition, infectious disease, infirmity, malady, malaise, morbidity, morbus, muscular disease, neurological disease, nutritional disease, organic disease, pandemic disease, pathological condition, pathology, plant disease, protozoan disease, psychosomatic disease, respiratory disease, rockiness, secondary disease, seediness, sickishness, sickness, signs, symptomatology, symptomology, symptoms, syndrome, the pip, urogenital disease, virus disease, wasting disease, worm disease

occupational therapy

• occupational therapy, Arica movement, Erhard Seminars Training, Metrazol therapy, New Consciousness, Pentothal interview, SAT, T-group, X-ray therapy, actinotherapy, aerosol therapy, aerotherapeutics, aerotherapy, arsenotherapy, assertiveness training, autoserum therapy, bacterial therapy, bacteriotherapy, behavior modification, behavior therapy, bibliotherapy, bioenergetics, biofeedback, biotherapy, buffer therapy, cardiotherapy, chemotherapy, chrysotherapy, climatotherapy, cold therapy, collapse therapy, confrontation therapy, conjoint therapy, consciousness raising, constitutional therapy, contact therapy, counseling, crymotherapy, dermatotherapy, dietotherapy, directive therapy, dye therapy, encounter therapy, endocrinotherapy, est, family training, feminist therapy, fever therapy, frigotherapy, galactotherapy, gestalt therapy, glandular therapy, gold therapy, group psychotherapy, group relations training, group sensitivity training, group therapy, hemotherapy, humanistic therapy, hyperbaric therapy, hypnoanalysis, hypnosis, hypnotherapy, hypnotism, immunization therapy, infrared therapy, intravenous therapy, iodotherapy, maggot therapy, malariotherapy, marathon, marriage encounter, mechanotherapy, mind cure, narcoanalysis, narcohypnosis, narcosynthesis, narcotherapy, nondirective therapy, nonspecific therapy, opsonic therapy, organotherapy, oxygen therapy, pastoral counseling, pharmacotherapy, phototherapy, physical therapy, physiotherapy, play therapy, primal therapy, prolonged narcosis, protein therapy, psychodrama, psychological counseling, psychosurgery, psychosynthesis, psychotherapeutics, psychotherapy, pyretotherapy, radical therapy, radium therapy, rational-emotive therapy, ray therapy, reality therapy, recreational therapy, regression therapy, release therapy, replacement therapy, scream therapy, sensitivity training, sensory awareness training, serotherapy, shock therapy, sleep treatment, specific therapy, suggestion therapy, supportive therapy, surgicotherapy, training group, transactional analysis, transcendental meditation, transpersonal therapy, ultrasonic therapy, ultraviolet therapy, vaccine therapy, vocational therapy

occupied

• occupied, absorbed, absorbed in, abstracted, at it, at work, buried in, buried in thought, busy, caught up in, colonized, contemplating, contemplative, devoted, devoted to, empeopled, employed, engaged, engaged in thought, engrossed, engrossed in, engrossed in thought, full of business, hard at it, hard at work, immersed in, immersed in thought, in harness, inhabited, intent, intent on, introspective, involved, lost in, lost in thought, meditating, meditative, monomaniacal, monopolized, obsessed, on duty, on the go, on the hop, on the job, on the jump, on the move, on the run, peopled, populated, populous, preoccupied, rapt, settled, single-minded, studious, studying, submerged in, swept up, taken up with, tenanted, tied up, totally absorbed, working, wrapped in, wrapped in thought, wrapped up in

occupy

• occupy, abide, absorb, absorb the attention, admit, adopt, amuse, appropriate, arrest, arrogate, assimilate, assume, attend to business, be enfeoffed of, be possessed of, be seized of, beguile, berth, bespread, boast, bunk, busy, capture, catch, charm, claim, cohabit, colonize, come uppermost, command, complete, comprehend, comprise, conquer, consume, contain, count in, cover, crawl with, creep with, devote, diffuse, distract, divert, domicile, domiciliate, dominate, doss down, dwell, eat up, embody, embrace, employ, enchant, encircle, enclose, encompass, engage, engage the attention, engage the mind, engage the thoughts, engross, engross the mind, engross the thoughts, enjoy, enslave, entertain, enthrall, envisage, exercise, extend over, extend throughout, fascinate, fill, fill in, fill out, fill the mind, fill up, garrison, grab, grip, hang out, have, have and hold, have in hand, have tenure of, hog, hold, hold spellbound, hold the interest, honeycomb, hypnotize, imbue, immerse, include, incorporate, indent, inhabit, interest, invade, involve, involve the interest, jump a claim, leave no void, leaven, live, lodge, make free with, make use of, mesmerize, mind the store, monopolize, monopolize the thoughts, move in, move into, nest, number among, obsess, obsess the mind, occupy the attention, occupy the mind, overrun, overspread, overswarm, pass the time, penetrate, people, perch, permeate, pervade, populate, possess, preempt, preoccupy, prepossess, receive, reckon among, reckon in, reckon with, remain, requisition, reside, room, roost, run through, seize, seize the mind, settle in, settle into, sit on, soak, spellbind, spend, spend the time, squat, squat on, stay, subjugate, suffuse, swarm with, take all of, take in, take into account, take into consideration, take it all, take over, take possession of, take up, teem with, tenant, transfuse, use up, usucapt, usurp

occur

• occur, appear, arise, be, be extant, be found, be in existence, be located, be met with, be present, be realized, be situated, be the case, be there, become manifest, befall, betide, breathe, chance, come, come about, come down, come off, come to, come to mind, come to pass, come true, crop up, dawn on, dawn upon one, develop, dwell in, eventuate, exist, fall, go off, grab one, hap, happen, happen to be, have being, have place, hit, hold, indwell, inhere, lie, live, manifest itself, materialize, obtain, occur to, offer itself, pass, pass off, present itself, prevail, remain, rise to mind, stand, strike, strike the mind, subsist, suggest itself, surface, take place, transpire, turn up

occurrence

• occurrence, accessibility, actual presence, adventure, affair, apparition, appearance, appearing, arising, availability, avatar, being, being here, being there, chance, circumstance, coming, coming into being, coming-forth, condition, conjuncture, contingency, development, disclosure, emergence, emergency, ens, entity, epiphany, episode, esse, essence, event, eventuality, exigency, existence, experience, exposure, fact, forthcoming, frequency, go, hap, happening, happenstance, hereness, immanence, immediacy, incarnation, incidence, incident, indwellingness, inherence, instance, issuance, juncture, life, likelihood, manifestation, materiality, materialization, materializing, matter, matter of fact, occasion, opening, particular, pass, phenomenon, physical presence, presence, presentation, rate, reality, realization, revelation, rise, rising, showing, showing forth, situation, spiritual presence, state, subsistence, substantiality, theophany, thereness, thing, turn of events, ubiety, unfolding, unfoldment, whereness

ocean depths

• ocean depths, Bassalia, abyss, abyssal zone, bathyal zone, benthos, big drink, blue water, bottom waters, bottomless depths, drink, ground, high sea, high seas, hydrosphere, inner space, main, main sea, ocean, ocean bottom, ocean floor, ocean main, ocean sea, pelagic zone, salt sea, salt water, sea, thalassa, the bounding main, the brine, the briny, the briny deep, the deep, the deep sea, the deeps, the depths, the seven seas, the vasty deep, tide, trench

ocean

• ocean, abundance, acres, bags, barrels, blue, brine, briny, bushel, copiousness, countlessness, deep, drink, flood, gobs, high seas, load, loads, lots, main, mass, mountain, much, multitude, numerousness, oceans, oodles, peck, plenitude, plenty, plethora, profusion, quantities, quantity, scads, sea, spate, superabundance, superfluity, the briny, the deep, the depths, tons, volume, world, worlds

oceanic

• oceanic, aquatic, bathymetric, bathyorographical, deep-sea, deep-water, hydrographic, marine, maritime, nautical, naval, navigational, ocean, ocean-going, oceanographic, pelagic, salty, sea, seafaring, seamanlike, seamanly, terriginous, thalassic, water-borne

oceanographer

• oceanographer, appraiser, assayer, assessor, cartographer, chorographer, estimator, evaluator, gauger, geodesist, hydrographer, land surveyor, measurer, meter, surveyor, thalassographer, topographer, valuator, valuer

oceanography

• oceanography, altimetry, aquiculture, bathometry, bathymetry, biometrics, biometry, cadastration, cartography, chorography, craniometry, depth sounding, echo sounding, echolocation, fathomage, fathoming, geodesy, geodetics, goniometry, hydrography, hypsography, hypsometry, marine biology, mensuration, metrology, planimetry, psychometrics, psychometry, sonar, sounding, soundings, stereometry, surveying, thalassography, topography, water

Oceanus

• Oceanus, Davy, Davy Jones, Dylan, Neptune, Nereid, Nereus, Oceanid, Poseidon, Thetis, Triton, Varuna, fresh-water nymph, kelpie, limniad, man fish, mermaid, merman, naiad, nix, nixie, ocean nymph, sea devil, sea god, sea nymph, sea-maid, sea-maiden, seaman, siren, undine, water god, water spirit, water sprite

ocelot

• ocelot, Dalmatian, Leo, Siberian tiger, antigorite, bobcat, butterfly, candy cane, cat-a-mountain, catamount, chameleon, cheetah, chrysotile, confetti, cougar, crazy quilt, firedog, harlequin, iris, jaguar, leopard, lion, lynx, mackerel, mackerel sky, marble, marbled paper, moire, mother-of-pearl, mountain lion, nacre, opal, ophite, painter, panther, patchwork quilt, peacock, puma, rainbow, serpentine, serpentine marble, shot silk, simba, spectrum, tiger, tortoise shell, wildcat, zebra

ocherous

• ocherous, apricot, aureate, auric, beige, buff, buff-yellow, canary, canary-yellow, carrot-colored, carroty, citron, citron-yellow, cream, creamy, ecru, fallow, flaxen, gilded, gilt, gold, gold-colored, golden, lemon, lemon-yellow, luteolous, lutescent, ocherish, ochery, ochreous, ochroid, ochrous, ochry, old gold, or, orange, orange-hued, orange-red, orangeish, orangey, peach, primrose, primrose-colored, primrose-yellow, pumpkin, red-orange, reddish-orange, reddish-yellow, saffron, saffron-colored, saffron-yellow, sallow, sand-colored, sandy, straw, straw-colored, tangerine, xanthic, xanthous, yellow, yellowish

octagonal

• octagonal, decagonal, dodecagonal, dodecahedral, eightfold, eighth, heptagonal, hexagonal, hexahedral, icosahedral, octadic, octahedral, octal, octan, octaploid, octastyle, octofid, octonary, octosyllabic, octuple, pentagonal, pentahedral

octane

• octane, alcohol, benzine, briquette, burnable, butane, carbon, charcoal, coal, coke, combustible, dope, ethane, ethanol, fireball, firing, flammable, flammable material, fuel, fuel additive, fuel dope, gas, gas carbon, gasoline, heptane, hexane, inflammable, inflammable material, isooctane, jet fuel, kerosene, methane, methanol, natural gas, oil, paraffin, peat, pentane, propane, propellant, rocket fuel, turf

octave

• octave, English horn, Octateuch, Spenserian stanza, antistrophe, bassoon, block flute, bombard, book, bourdon, burden, canto, cello, chorus, claribel, clarinet, clarion, concert flute, consecutive intervals, contraoctave, cornet, cornopean, couplet, cromorna, cymbel, degree, diapason, diatessaron, diatonic interval, diatonic semitone, distich, double contraoctave, dulciana, eight, eighter from Decatur, eighth, enharmonic diesis, enharmonic interval, envoi, epode, fifth, flute stop, foundation stop, four-foot octave, four-line octave, fourniture, fourth, gamba, gedeckt, gemshorn, great octave, half step, halftone, harmonic flute, heptastich, hexastich, hybrid stop, interval, koppel flute, larigot, less semitone, line, measure, melodia, melodic interval, mixture, monostich, mutation stop, nazard, note, oboe, octad, octagon, octahedron, octameter, octastich, octastyle, octavo, octet, octonary, octosyllable, ogdoad, one-line octave, organ stop, ottava, ottava alta, ottava bassa, ottava rima, parallel octaves, pentastich, piccolo, plein jeu, posaune, principal, quatrain, quint, quintaten, rank, ranket, reed stop, refrain, register, rhyme royal, rohr flute, second, semitone, septet, sesquialtera, sestet, seventh, sextet, shawm, sixth, small octave, spitz flute, stanza, stave, step, stop, stopped diapason, stopped flute, strain, string diapason, string stop, strophe, subcontraoctave, syllable, tercet, terza rima, tetrastich, third, tierce, tone, tone row, tremolo, triplet, tristich, trombone, trumpet, twelfth, two-foot octave, two-line octave, unda maris, unison interval, utas, verse, vibrato, viola, voix celeste, vox angelica, vox humana, whole step

octet

• octet, Octateuch, Spenserian stanza, antistrophe, beta particle, bipartisanship, book, burden, canto, cathode particle, chorus, coaction, coadjuvancy, coadministration, coagency, cochairmanship, codirectorship, collaboration, collaborativeness, collectivism, collusion, commensalism, common effort, common enterprise, communalism, communism, communitarianism, community, complicity, concert, concord, concordance, concurrence, cooperation, cooperativeness, couplet, distich, duet, duettino, duo, duumvirate, ecumenicalism, ecumenicism, ecumenism, eight, eighter from Decatur, electron, electron affinity, electron cloud, electron pair, electron shells, electron spin, electron transfer, electron-positron pair, energy level, ensemble music, ensemble singing, envoi, epode, esprit, esprit de corps, excited state, extranuclear electrons, fellow feeling, fellowship, ground state, harmony, heptastich, hexastich, joining of forces, joint effort, joint operation, line, lone pair, mass action, measure, monostich, morale, mutual assistance, mutualism, mutuality, negatron, octad, octagon, octahedron, octameter, octastich, octastyle, octave, octavo, octonary, octosyllable, ogdoad, orbital electron, ottava rima, part music, part singing, part song, pentastich, photoelectron, polyphonic music, pooling, pooling of resources, pulling together, quartet, quatrain, quintet, reciprocity, recoil electron, refrain, rhyme royal, secondary electron, septet, septuor, sestet, sextet, shared pair, solidarity, stanza, stave, strain, strophe, subvalent electrons, surface-bound electron, syllable, symbiosis, synergism, synergy, team spirit, teamwork, tercet, terza rima, terzet, terzetto, tetrastich, thermion, trio, triplet, tristich, triumvirate, troika, united action, utas, valence electrons, valence shell, verse, wandering electron

octogenarian

• octogenarian, Father Time, L, Methuselah, Nestor, Old Paar, Sexagesima, boxcar, boxcars, centenarian, dotard, dozen, duodecimo, eighty, elder, eleven, fifteen, fifty, five and twenty, fortnight, forty, four and twenty, fourscore, fourscore and ten, fourteen, gaffer, geezer, golden-ager, gramps, grandfather, grandsire, graybeard, half a hundred, long dozen, ninety, nonagenarian, old chap, old codger, old dog, old duffer, old geezer, old gent, old gentleman, old man, old party, old-timer, older, oldster, pantaloon, patriarch, presbyter, quindecennial, quindecim, quindecima, quindene, score, senior citizen, septuagenarian, seventy, sexagenarian, sexagenary, sexagesimo-quarto, sixteen, sixteenmo, sixty, sixty-four, sixty-fourmo, teens, the quiet-voiced elders, thirteen, thirty-two, thirty-twomo, threescore, threescore and ten, twelve, twelvemo, twenty, twenty-five, twenty-four, twenty-fourmo, two dozen, two weeks, twoscore, venerable sir, veteran

octoroon

• octoroon, Cape Colored, Eurasian, cattalo, citrange, cross, crossbreed, griffe, half blood, half-bred, half-breed, half-caste, high yellow, hinny, hybrid, ladino, liger, mestee, mestiza, mestizo, metis, metisse, mixblood, mixed-blood, mongrel, mulatto, mule, mustee, plumcot, quadroon, quintroon, sambo, tangelo, tigon, zebrass, zebrule

ocular

• ocular, achromatic lens, astigmatic lens, burning glass, camera, coated lens, concave lens, concavo-convex lens, condenser, convex lens, eye, eyeball, eyeglass, eyepiece, glass, hand lens, lamp, lens, magnifier, magnifying glass, meniscus, object glass, objective, objective prism, oculus, ogle, ophthalmic, optic, optical, orb, peeper, prism, reader, reading glass, seeable, seeing, telephoto lens, toric lens, varifocal lens, viewable, visible, visional, visual, winker, zoom lens

oculist

• oculist, anesthesiologist, bonesetter, cardiologist, chiropodist, chiropractor, dermatologist, eye doctor, eye-ear-nose-throat specialist, geriatrician, gerontologist, gynecologist, healer, homeopath, homeopathist, immunologist, internist, medic, microscopist, midwife, neurologist, obstetrician, ophthalmologist, optician, optometrist, orthopedist, osteopath, otolaryngologist, otologist, pathologist, pediatrician, pediatrist, podiatrist, psychiatrist, radiologist, serologist, skin man, specialist, telescopist, therapeutist, therapist

OD

• OD, AB, ADC, Ancient Mariner, Argonaut, CO, Dylan, Flying Dutchman, Neptune, Poseidon, Varuna, able seaman, able-bodied seaman, aide, aide-de-camp, asphyxiate, be brought down, be felled, be killed, be struck down, be traumatized, bluejacket, boatswain, break out, brigadier, brigadier general, buccaneer, captain, catch, catch cold, chicken colonel, chief engineer, chief mate, chief of staff, choke, collapse, colonel, come down with, commandant, commander, commander in chief, commanding officer, commissioned officer, commit hara-kiri, commit suicide, company officer, contract, deck officer, deep-sea man, drown, erupt, exec, executive officer, fair-weather sailor, famish, fever, field marshal, field officer, first lieutenant, fisherman, five-star general, four-star general, general, general officer, generalissimo, get, go into shock, hearty, jack, jack afloat, jack-tar, jacky, jemadar, junior officer, lieutenant, lieutenant colonel, lieutenant general, limey, lobsterman, major, major general, marechal, mariner, marshal, master, mate, matelot, naval officer, navigating officer, navigator, officer, one-star general, orderly officer, overdose, patron, pipes, pirate, privateer, quartermaster, risaldar, run a temperature, sailing master, sailor, salt, sea dog, sea rover, seafarer, seafaring man, seaman, second mate, senior officer, shavetail, shipman, shipmaster, sicken, sirdar, skipper, smother, staff officer, starve, strangle, subahdar, subaltern, sublieutenant, suffocate, take, take an overdose, take ill, tar, the Old Man, the brass, three-star general, top brass, two-star general, viking, watch officer, water dog, whaler, windjammer, windsailor

odalisque

• odalisque, Aspasia, Delilah, Jezebel, Messalina, Phryne, Thais, adventuress, bondmaid, bondman, bondslave, bondsman, bondswoman, captive, chattel, chattel slave, churl, concubine, courtesan, debt slave, demimondaine, demimonde, demirep, femme fatale, galley slave, harem girl, helot, hetaera, homager, houri, liege, liege man, liege subject, peon, seductress, serf, servant, slave, subject, temptress, theow, thrall, vamp, vampire, vassal, villein

odd job

• odd job, assignment, busywork, chare, charge, chore, commission, duty, errand, exercise, fish to fry, homework, job, job of work, labor, make-work, matters in hand, mission, piece of work, project, service, stint, task, things to do, work

odd

• odd, abnormal, absolute, absurd, algorismic, algorithmic, aliquot, alone, anomalous, asymmetric, azygous, bereft of reason, brainsick, cardinal, casual, celibate, chance, contingent, contrasting, counter, crackbrained, cracked, crank, crankish, cranky, crazed, crazy, crotchety, curious, daft, decimal, deluded, demented, deprived of reason, deranged, deviant, deviative, different, differential, digital, disoriented, disparate, disproportionate, dissimilar, distraught, divergent, diverse, dotty, eccentric, erratic, even, exceptional, exponential, extra, fey, figural, figurate, figurative, finite, first and last, flaky, flighty, fluky, fortuitous, fractional, freaked out, freakish, freaky, funny, hallucinated, hardly like, idiocratic, idiosyncratic, ill-matched, ill-sorted, imaginary, impair, impossible, inadequate, incidental, infinite, insane, insufficient, integral, irrational, irregular, kinky, kooky, left, leftover, loco, logarithmic, logometric, lone, lunatic, mad, maddened, maggoty, manic, mazed, mental, mentally deficient, meshuggah, mismatched, moon-struck, negative, net, non compos, non compos mentis, nonuniform, not all there, not right, numeral, numerary, numerative, numeric, nutty, occasional, oddball, of unsound mind, off, off the wall, offbeat, one and only, only, only-begotten, ordinal, out, out of proportion, out-of-the-way, outlandish, outstanding, over, pair, part-time, passing strange, peculiar, positive, possible, prime, psycho, quaint, queer, quirky, radical, rational, real, reasonless, reciprocal, remaining, remanent, scarcely like, screwball, screwy, senseless, sick, side, single, singular, skew, skewed, sole, spare, stark-mad, stark-staring mad, strange, submultiple, superfluous, surd, surplus, surviving, tetched, to spare, touched, transcendental, twisted, unalike, unbalanced, unconsumed, unconventional, unearthly, unequal, uneven, unhinged, unidentical, unique, unlike, unmatched, unnatural, unpaired, unrepeated, unresembling, unsame, unsane, unsettled, unsimilar, unsound, unused, unusual, wacky, wandering, weird, whimsical, witless, wondrous strange

oddball

• oddball, abnormal, absurd, alien, anomalous, anomaly, bizarre, black sheep, blemish, case, character, crackpot, crank, crankish, cranky, crosspatch, crotchety, curious, deviant, deviative, different, divergent, dotty, duck, eccentric, erratic, exceptional, fanatic, fey, flake, flaky, foreign body, foreign intruder, freak, freaked out, freakish, freaky, funny, hermit, hobo, idiocratic, idiosyncratic, impurity, individualist, inner-directed person, intruder, irregular, kinky, kook, kooky, lone wolf, loner, maggoty, maverick, meshuggenah, misfit, monkey wrench, mote, natural, naysayer, nonconformist, nut, nutty, odd, odd fellow, oddity, off, off the wall, original, out, outlandish, outsider, pariah, passing strange, peculiar, quaint, queer, queer duck, queer fish, queer specimen, quirky, quiz, rara avis, recluse, screwball, screwy, singular, sliver, solitary, speck, splinter, spook, sport, stone, strange, strange duck, tramp, twisted, type, unconventional, unearthly, unnatural, wacky, weed, weird, weirdo, whimsical, wondrous strange, zealot, zombie

oddity

• oddity, aberration, abnormality, absurdity, alien, anomalousness, anomaly, anticness, bizarreness, bizarrerie, card, case, character, conceit, conversation piece, crackpot, crackpotism, crank, crankiness, crankism, crotchet, crotchetiness, curio, curiosity, curiousness, deformity, deviancy, deviation, differentness, distinctiveness, divergence, dottiness, duck, eccentric, eccentricity, erraticism, erraticness, exception, extraordinariness, fanatic, fantasticality, freak, freakiness, freakishness, grotesqueness, grotesquerie, hermit, hobo, idiocrasy, idiosyncrasy, improbability, incongruity, incongruousness, individuality, irregularity, kink, kook, kookiness, lone wolf, loner, maggot, malformation, mannerism, maverick, meshuggenah, misfit, monstrosity, monstrousness, museum piece, natural, nonconformist, nonconformity, nonesuch, nut, odd fellow, oddball, oddness, original, outlandishness, outsider, pariah, peculiarity, phenomenon, prodigiosity, prodigy, quaintness, queer duck, queer fish, queer specimen, queerness, quip, quirk, quirkiness, quiz, rara avis, rarity, screwball, singularity, solitary, spook, strange thing, strangeness, teratism, tramp, trick, twist, type, unconventionality, unnaturalness, unusualness, weirdness, weirdo, whim, whimsicality, whimsy, zealot, zombie

odds and ends

• odds and ends, afterglow, afterimage, all sorts, assemblage, assortment, balance, broad spectrum, butt, butt end, candle ends, chaff, collectanea, conglomerate, conglomeration, cosmetics, debris, detritus, end, fag end, filings, fossil, gallimaufry, giftware, hash, hodgepodge, holdover, hotchpot, hotchpotch, husks, jumble, knickknacks, leavings, leftovers, magpie, mash, medley, melange, melee, mess, mingle-mangle, miscellanea, miscellany, mishmash, mix, mixed bag, mixture, motley, notions, novelties, oddments, offscourings, olio, olla podrida, omnium-gatherum, orts, parings, pasticcio, pastiche, patchwork, potpourri, rags, refuse, relics, remainder, remains, remnant, residue, residuum, rest, roach, rubbish, ruins, rump, salad, salmagundi, sauce, sawdust, scourings, scramble, scraps, shadow, shavings, stew, straw, stubble, stump, sundries, survival, sweepings, toilet goods, toiletries, trace, variety, vestige, waste, what you will

odds

• odds, advantage, agreement to disagree, allowance, aptitude, asymmetry, at daggers drawn, at loggerheads, at odds, at variance, bulge, chance, chances, clashing, coign of vantage, conflicting, contrariety, contrast, cross-purposes, deadwood, debris, departure, deviation, difference, difference of opinion, differing, difficulty, disaccord, disaccordance, disagreeing, disagreement, disconformity, discongruity, discordance, discrepancy, discreteness, disequilibrium, disparity, disproportion, dissent, dissimilarity, dissonance, distinction, distinctness, divergence, divergency, diversity, dividedness, division, draw, drop, edge, equivalent odds, even break, even chance, expectation, fair expectation, fair shake, far cry, favorable prospect, fifty-fifty, flying start, fragments, good chance, half a chance, handicap, head start, heterogeneity, hundred-to-one shot, imbalance, in disagreement, in opposition, inaccordance, inadequacy, incompatibility, incongruity, inconsistency, inconsonance, inequality, inequity, inharmonious, inharmoniousness, inharmony, injustice, inside track, insufficiency, irreconcilability, irregularity, jump, lead, leavings, leftovers, liability, likelihood, likeliness, litter, long odds, long shot, misunderstanding, mixture, no chance, nonconformity, nonuniformity, oddments, odds and ends, opposition, otherness, out of line, outlook, overbalance, particles, polarization, presumption, presumptive evidence, price, probabilism, probability, prospect, reasonable ground, reasonable hope, rubbish, running start, scraps, separateness, short odds, shortcoming, shreds, small chance, something extra, something in reserve, square odds, standoff, start, superiority, tendency, toss, toss-up, touch and go, unbalance, unconformity, unevenness, unfair discrimination, unlikeness, unorthodoxy, upper hand, vantage, vantage ground, vantage point, variance, variation, variegation, variety, verisimilitude, well-grounded hope, whip hand

ode

• ode, English sonnet, Horatian ode, Italian sonnet, Petrarchan sonnet, Pindaric ode, Sapphic ode, Shakespearean sonnet, alba, anacreontic, balada, ballad, ballade, bucolic, canso, chanson, clerihew, dirge, dithyramb, eclogue, elegy, epic, epigram, epithalamium, epode, epopee, epopoeia, epos, georgic, ghazel, haiku, idyll, jingle, limerick, lyric, madrigal, monody, narrative poem, nursery rhyme, palinode, pastoral, pastoral elegy, pastorela, pastourelle, poem, prothalamium, rhyme, rondeau, rondel, roundel, roundelay, satire, sestina, sloka, song, sonnet, sonnet sequence, tanka, tenso, tenzone, threnody, triolet, troubadour poem, verse, verselet, versicle, villanelle, virelay

Odin

• Odin, Aesir, Ares, Athena, Balder, Bellona, Bor, Bori, Bragi, Donar, Enyo, Forseti, Frey, Freya, Freyja, Freyr, Frigg, Frigga, Heimdall, Hel, Hertha, Hoenir, Idun, Ing, Ithunn, Loki, Mars, Minerva, Nanna, Nerthus, Njord, Njorth, Reimthursen, Sif, Sigyn, Thor, Tiu, Tyr, Ull, Ullr, Vali, Vanir, Vidar, Vitharr, Wayland, Weland, Woden, Wotan, Wyrd

odious

• odious, abhorrent, abject, abominable, arrant, atrocious, awful, barfy, base, beastly, beggarly, below contempt, beneath contempt, blameworthy, brutal, cheesy, contemptible, crappy, crude, crummy, debased, degraded, deplorable, depraved, despicable, detestable, dire, dirty, disgusting, dislikable, displeasing, distasteful, dreadful, egregious, enormous, execrable, fecal, feculent, fetid, filthy, flagrant, flyblown, forbidding, foul, fulsome, gloppy, grave, grievous, gross, gunky, hateful, heinous, horrible, horrid, icky, ignoble, infamous, intolerable, lamentable, little, loathsome, lousy, low, low-down, lumpen, maggoty, malodorous, mangy, mean, measly, mephitic, miasmal, miasmic, miserable, mislikable, monstrous, mucky, nasty, nauseating, nefarious, noisome, notorious, noxious, objectionable, obnoxious, obscene, offensive, ordurous, outrageous, paltry, petty, pitiable, pitiful, poky, poor, puky, putrid, rank, rebarbative, regrettable, repellent, reprehensible, reptilian, repugnant, repulsive, revolting, rotten, sad, scabby, scandalous, schlock, scrubby, scruffy, scummy, scurfy, scurvy, shabby, shameful, shitty, shocking, shoddy, sickening, slabby, slimy, sloppy, sloshy, sludgy, slushy, small, sordid, sposhy, squalid, stinking, terrible, too bad, unclean, uncongenial, uninviting, unlikable, unlovable, unmentionable, unpleasant, vile, villainous, vomity, woeful, wormy, worst, worthless, wretched, yecchy

odium

• odium, Anglophobia, Russophobia, abhorrence, abomination, anti-Semitism, antipathy, aversion, bigotry, degradation, demotion, depluming, despitefulness, detestation, discredit, disesteem, dishonor, dislike, displuming, disrepute, execration, hate, hatred, ignobility, ignominiousness, ignominy, infamousness, infamy, ingloriousness, loathing, loss of honor, malevolence, malice, malignity, misandry, misanthropy, misogyny, obloquy, opprobrium, race hatred, racism, repugnance, shame, spite, spitefulness, stain, vials of hate, vials of wrath, xenophobia

odor

• odor, air, aroma, atmosphere, attribute, aura, badge, balminess, bouquet, brand, breath, cachet, cast, character, characteristic, configuration, cut, differentia, differential, distinctive feature, earmark, feature, fetor, figure, flavor, fragrance, fragrancy, fruitiness, gust, hallmark, hint, idiocrasy, idiosyncrasy, impress, impression, incense, index, individualism, keynote, lineaments, mannerism, mark, marking, mold, muskiness, nature, nosegay, particularity, peculiarity, perfume, property, quality, quirk, redolence, savor, scent, seal, shape, singularity, smack, smell, specialty, spice, spiciness, spirit, stamp, stench, stink, suggestion, sweet savor, sweet smell, taint, tang, taste, token, tone, trait, trick

odorizer

• odorizer, atomizer, censer, fumigator, incense burner, incensory, odorator, parfumoir, perfumer, pomander, potpourri, pouncet-box, purse atomizer, sachet, scent bag, scent ball, scent bottle, scent box, scenter, smelling bottle, spray, thurible, vinaigrette

odorous

• odorous, ambrosial, aromatic, bad, bad-smelling, balmy, effluvious, essenced, fecal, fetid, flowery, foul, fragrant, frowsty, frowy, frowzy, fruity, fulsome, funky, fusty, gamy, graveolent, heady, high, ill-smelling, incense-breathing, malodorous, mephitic, miasmal, miasmic, mildewed, mildewy, moldy, musky, musty, nidorous, noisome, noxious, odorant, odorate, odored, odoriferous, offensive, olfactive, olfactory, olid, perfumed, perfumy, pungent, putrid, rancid, rank, reasty, reasy, redolent, reechy, reeking, reeky, repulsive, rotten, savory, scented, scentless, smellful, smelling, smellsome, smelly, spicy, stenchy, stinking, strong, stuffy, sulfurous, sweet, sweet-scented, sweet-smelling, thuriferous, vile

of course

• of course, OK, Roger, absolutely, accordingly, all right, alright, alrighty, amen, and no mistake, and so, as a consequence, as a result, as you say, assuredly, at all events, at any rate, aye, by all means, certainly, clearly, consequently, da, decidedly, decisively, definitely, distinctly, exactly, finally, fine, for a certainty, for a fact, for certain, for sure, forsooth, good, good enough, hear, in truth, inconsequence, indeed, indeedy, inevitably, it follows that, ja, just so, mais oui, most assuredly, most certainly, naturally, naturellement, necessarily, nothing else but, of necessity, okay, oui, positively, precisely, quite, rather, really, right, righto, sure, sure thing, surely, therefore, to a certainty, to be sure, truly, unequivocally, unmistakably, very well, well and good, why yes, yea, yeah, yep, yes, yes indeed, yes indeedy, yes sir, yes sirree

of

• of, about, anent, apropos of, as for, as regards, as respects, as to, concerning, in connection with, in point of, in re, in reference to, in regard to, in relation to, in relation with, in respect to, on, pertaining to, pertinent to, re, referring to, regarding, relating to, relative to, respecting, speaking of, touching, upon, with regard to, with respect to

off and on

• off and on, alternately, at irregular intervals, at random, back and forth, backward and forward, backwards and forwards, brokenly, by catches, by fits, by jerks, by snatches, by turns, capriciously, changeably, desultorily, disconnectedly, discontinuously, eccentrically, erratically, every other, fitfully, haltingly, hitch and hike, in and out, in rotation, in snatches, in spots, in turns, inconstantly, intermittently, irregularly, jerkily, lurchingly, make and break, nonuniformly, on and off, patchily, reciprocally, ride and tie, roughly, round and round, seesaw, shuttlewise, spasmodically, sporadically, spottily, to and fro, turn about, uncertainly, unevenly, unmethodically, unpredictably, unrhythmically, unsteadfastly, unsteadily, unsystematically, up and down, variably, waveringly, whimsically, wobblingly

off balance

• off balance, asymmetric, canted, disproportionate, eccentric, heeling, ill-balanced, irregular, leaning, listing, lopsided, nonsymmetrical, off-center, overbalanced, top-heavy, unbalanced, uncentered, unequal, uneven, unstable, unsteady, unsymmetrical

off base

• off base, aberrant, abnormal, abominable, atrocious, bad, criminal, delinquent, deviant, disgraceful, disorderly, disruptive, evil, hardly the thing, ignominious, ill-considered, ill-seasoned, ill-timed, illegal, improper, inappropriate, inauspicious, inconvenient, incorrect, indecorous, inexpedient, infamous, infelicitous, inopportune, intempestive, intrusive, irrelevant, late, mal a propos, malapropos, misbehaving, mistimed, naughty, not done, not respectable, not the thing, off base, off-color, out of line, out of phase, out of time, out-of-line, premature, rowdy, rowdyish, ruffianly, sacrilegious, scandalous, shameful, shameless, sinful, terrible, too late, too soon, unbefitting, unbehaving, undue, unfavorable, unfit, unfitting, unfortunate, unhandy, unhappy, unlawful, unlucky, unpropitious, unready, unrighteous, unripe, unseasonable, unseemly, unsuitable, untimely, untoward, wicked, wrong, wrongful

off chance

• off chance, bare possibility, chance, conceivability, conceivableness, contingency, dark horse, even chance, eventuality, fighting chance, gambling chance, good chance, good possibility, hardly a chance, hope, hundred-to-one shot, improbability, likelihood, little chance, little opportunity, long odds, long shot, outside chance, outside hope, poor bet, poor lookout, poor possibility, poor prospect, possibility, possibleness, potential, potentiality, probability, prospect, remote possibility, slim chance, small chance, small hope, the attainable, the feasible, the possible, thinkability, thinkableness, unlikelihood, virtuality, what is possible, what may be, what might be

off color

• off color, aberrant, abnormal, abominable, ailing, atrocious, bad, below par, blue, broad, clashing, colliding, conflicting, criminal, critically ill, delinquent, deviant, discordant, disgraceful, donsie, down, evil, faint, faintish, feeling awful, feeling faint, feeling something terrible, hardly the thing, harsh, ignominious, ill, illegal, improper, in danger, inappropriate, incongruous, incorrect, indecorous, indisposed, infamous, inharmonious, laid low, low, mean, mortally ill, not done, not quite right, not the thing, off-base, off-tone, offish, out of sorts, out-of-line, poorly, purple, racy, risky, risque, rocky, sacrilegious, salty, scabrous, scandalous, seedy, shady, shameful, shameless, sick, sick unto death, sickish, sickly, sinful, spicy, suggestive, taken ill, terrible, under the weather, undue, unfit, unfitting, unlawful, unrighteous, unseemly, unsuitable, unwell, wicked, wrong, wrongful

off duty

• off duty, at leisure, at liberty, at loose ends, available, disengaged, fallow, free, idle, jobless, leisure, leisured, lumpen, off, off work, on furlough, on leave, otiose, out of employ, out of harness, out of work, unemployable, unemployed, unoccupied

off guard

• off guard, asleep, culpably negligent, derelict, goofing off, inadvertent, inattentive, incautious, laissez-faire, lax, loose, napping, neglectful, neglecting, negligent, nodding, noninterfering, nonrestrictive, overly permissive, permissive, procrastinating, relaxed, remiss, scamping, skimping, slack, sleeping, slighting, slurring, unalert, uncautious, uncircumspect, unguarded, unprepared, unready, unrigorous, unvigilant, unwary, unwatchful

off key

• off key, abnormal, absonant, anomalous, atonal, cacophonous, cracked, deviant, diaphonic, disconsonant, discordant, disharmonic, disharmonious, dissonant, divergent, flat, grating, harsh, immelodious, inharmonic, inharmonious, musicless, nonmelodious, off, off-tone, out of pitch, out of tone, out of tune, raucous, sharp, shrill, sour, strident, tuneless, unharmonious, unmelodious, unmusical, unnatural, unregular, untunable, untuned, untuneful

off limits

• off limits, banned, barred, contraband, forbade, forbid, forbidden, illegal, illicit, nonpermissible, not permitted, out of bounds, outlawed, prohibited, restricted, ruled out, taboo, tabooed, unallowed, unauthorized, under the ban, unlawful, unlicensed, unpermissible, unsanctioned, untouchable, verboten, vetoed

off the wall

• off the wall, absurd, balmy, bananas, barmy, bats, batty, beany, bonkers, buggy, bughouse, bugs, crackers, cuckoo, curious, daffy, dippy, dotty, eccentric, flaky, flipped, freaked out, freaked-out, freaky, fruitcakey, fruity, funny, gaga, goofy, haywire, just plain nuts, kooky, loony, loopy, nuts, nutty, odd, oddball, off, off the hinges, off the track, out, outlandish, passing strange, peculiar, potty, quaint, queer, round the bend, screwball, screwballs, screwy, singular, slaphappy, strange, unearthly, wacky, weird, wondrous strange

off

• off, aberrant, abnormal, abroad, absonant, absurd, adrift, adulterated, all abroad, all off, all wrong, aloof, amiss, askew, astray, at a distance, at fault, at leisure, at liberty, at loose ends, atonal, available, away, awry, babbling, barring, below par, below standard, below the mark, bereft of reason, beside the mark, blast, blemished, blot out, blown, brainsick, bump off, cacophonous, casual, clockwise, conservative, contrasting, corrupt, counter, crackbrained, cracked, crazed, crazy, croak, curious, daft, damaged, deceptive, defective, deficient, delirious, deluded, delusive, demented, deprived of reason, deranged, deviant, deviational, deviative, dexter, dextral, dextrocardial, dextrocerebral, dextrocular, dextrogyrate, dextrogyratory, dextropedal, dextrorotary, dextrorse, diaphonic, different, disconsonant, discordant, discounting, disengaged, disharmonic, disharmonious, disoriented, disparate, dissimilar, dissonant, distantly, distorted, distraught, divergent, diverse, dizzy, do in, down, eccentric, erase, errant, erring, erroneous, except, excepting, exception taken of, excluding, exclusive of, extra, fallacious, fallible, fallow, false, fat, faultful, faulty, fix, flat, flawed, flighty, forth, found wanting, freaked out, freaky, free, from, frowy, funny, gamy, get, giddy, give the business, grating, gun down, hallucinated, hardly like, harsh, hence, heretical, heterodox, high, hit, ice, idle, illogical, illusory, immature, immelodious, impaired, imperfect, imprecise, impure, in blue water, inaccurate, inadequate, incidental, incoherent, incomplete, inexact, inharmonic, inharmonious, insane, irrational, jobless, kooky, lacking, lay out, leaving out, leisure, leisured, less, lightheaded, loco, lumpen, lunatic, mad, maddened, makeshift, manic, mazed, mediocre, mental, mentally deficient, meshuggah, minus, mixed, moon-struck, musicless, negligible, non compos, non compos mentis, nonmelodious, nonuniform, not all there, not counting, not perfect, not right, not true, occasional, oceanward, oceanwards, odd, oddball, of unsound mind, off duty, off soundings, off the track, off the wall, off work, off-key, off-tone, offbeat, offshore, otiose, out, out of employ, out of harness, out of pitch, out of soundings, out of tone, out of tune, out of work, out-of-the-way, outlandish, outside, over, part-time, partial, passing strange, patchy, peccant, peculiar, perverse, perverted, polish off, psycho, quaint, queer, rambling, rancid, rank, ranting, raucous, raving, reactionary, reasonless, reechy, remotely, right, right-hand, right-wing, right-wingish, rub out, save, scarcely like, seaward, seawards, self-contradictory, senseless, settle, sharp, short, shrill, sick, side, singular, sketchy, slack, slender, slight, slim, sluggish, small, sour, soured, spare, stale, starboard, stark-mad, stark-staring mad, strange, straying, strident, strong, substandard, tainted, take care of, tetched, thence, therefrom, thereof, touched, tuneless, turned, unalike, unbalanced, undeveloped, unearthly, unemployable, unemployed, uneven, unfactual, unfinished, unharmonious, unhinged, unidentical, unlike, unmatched, unmelodious, unmusical, unoccupied, unorthodox, unperfected, unproved, unresembling, unsame, unsane, unsettled, unsimilar, unsound, unthorough, untrue, untunable, untuned, untuneful, wandering, wanting, waste, weird, whence, wide, wipe out, without, witless, wondrous strange, wrong, zap

offal

• offal, bilge, bilgewater, bones, carrion, chaff, culm, deadwood, debris, dishwater, ditchwater, draff, dregs, dust, filings, garbage, gash, hogwash, husks, junk, leavings, lees, litter, offscourings, orts, parings, potsherds, rags, raspings, refuse, riffraff, rubbish, scourings, scrap iron, scraps, scum, scurf, sewage, sewerage, shards, shavings, slack, slag, slop, slops, slough, stubble, sweepings, swill, tares, trash, wastage, waste, waste matter, wastepaper, weeds

offbeat

• offbeat, Bohemian, bar beat, beat, bizarre, breakaway, contrasting, counter, deviant, different, disparate, dissimilar, divergent, diverse, downbeat, eccentric, far out, freaky, free and easy, fringy, hardly like, heretical, heterodox, hippie, idiosyncratic, informal, innovative, kinky, maverick, nonuniform, not cricket, not done, not kosher, novel, odd, off, original, out, outlandish, outre, peculiar, pulsation, pulse, queer, rare, recherche, scarcely like, strange, sui generis, throb, unalike, uncommon, unconventional, uncustomary, undreamed-of, unexpected, unfamiliar, unfashionable, unheard-of, unidentical, unique, unlike, unmatched, unordinary, unorthodox, unresembling, unsame, unsimilar, unthought-of, unusual, unwonted, upbeat, way out, weird, weirdo

offence

• offence, breach, crime, dereliction, error, fault, felony, harm, hurt, infraction, infringement, injure, insult, lapse, malefaction, misdeed, misdemeanor, offend, outrage, peccadillo, sin, slight, slip, take umbrage, transgression, trespass, violation, wrong, wrongdoing

offend

• offend, affront, aggrieve, anger, annoy, appall, blemish, blot, breach, break, call names, chagrin, commit sin, contravene, deface, disfigure, disgruntle, disgust, dishonor, disoblige, displease, distress, disturb, do amiss, do wrong, dump on, dysphemize, embarrass, err, exasperate, excite, fleer at, flout, fret, gall, gibe at, give offense, give offense to, give umbrage, grieve, gross out, horrify, humiliate, hurl a brickbat, hurt, hurt the feelings, infract, infringe, insult, irritate, jeer at, jibe at, look a fright, look a mess, look bad, look like hell, look something terrible, mar, miff, mock, nauseate, needle, nettle, offend the eye, outrage, pain, pique, provoke, put down, put off, rankle, rattle, repel, repulse, revolt, rile, ruffle, scandalize, scoff at, shock, sicken, sin, slight, snub, spoil, sting, taunt, transgress, treat with indignity, trespass, turn the stomach, uglify, upset, vex, wound

offender

• offender, criminal, crook, culprit, delinquent, evil man, evil person, evildoer, felon, lawbreaker, malefactor, malfeasor, miscreant, misdemeanant, misdemeanist, misfeasor, outlaw, sinner, transgressor, wrongdoer

offense

• offense, affront, aggravated assault, aggression, amphibious attack, angry look, armed assault, aspersion, assailing, assailment, assault, atrocity, attack, bad faith, banzai attack, blitz, blitzkrieg, breach, breach of contract, breach of faith, breach of privilege, breach of promise, breach of trust, breaking, breakthrough, brickbat, casus belli, charge, contempt, contravention, contumely, counterattack, counteroffensive, coup de main, crime, crime against humanity, crippling attack, cut, dead set at, deadly sin, delict, delinquency, dereliction, descent on, despite, dirty look, diversion, diversionary attack, drive, dudgeon, dump, enormity, error, evil, failure, fault, felony, flank attack, flout, flouting, frontal attack, frown, gas attack, genocide, gibe, glare, glower, guilty act, head-on attack, heavy sin, huff, humiliation, illegality, impropriety, indignity, indiscretion, inexpiable sin, infiltration, infraction, infringement, iniquity, injury, injustice, insult, jeer, jeering, lapse, lightning attack, lightning war, malefaction, malfeasance, malum, mass attack, megadeath, miff, minor wrong, misdeed, misdemeanor, misfeasance, mock, mockery, mortal sin, mugging, nonfeasance, offensive, omission, onset, onslaught, outrage, overkill, panzer warfare, peccadillo, peccancy, pique, provocation, push, put-down, raw nerve, red rag, resentment, run against, run at, rush, sally, scoff, scowl, scurrility, shock tactics, sin, sin of commission, sin of omission, sinful act, slip, snuff, sore point, sore spot, sortie, strike, taunt, tender spot, tort, transgression, trespass, trip, umbrage, uncomplimentary remark, unprovoked assault, unutterable sin, venial sin, violation, wrong, wrongdoing

offensive

• offensive, Fescennine, Rabelaisian, abhorrent, abominable, abusive, aggravated assault, aggression, aggressive, amphibious attack, antagonistic, appalling, armed assault, arrant, assailing, assailment, assault, atrocious, attack, attacking, awful, backhand, backhanded, bad, bad-smelling, banzai attack, barfy, base, battling, bawdy, beastly, bellicose, belligerent, below contempt, beneath contempt, blameworthy, blitz, blitzkrieg, bloodthirsty, bloody, bloody-minded, blue, boorish, brackish, breakthrough, brutal, caddish, calumnious, charge, chauvinist, chauvinistic, chintzy, cloying, coarse, combative, contemptible, contentious, contumelious, counterattack, counteroffensive, coup de main, crippling attack, crude, dead set at, degrading, deplorable, descent on, despicable, detestable, dire, dirty, disagreeable, discourteous, disgusting, displeasing, disrespectful, diversion, diversionary attack, dreadful, drive, egregious, enemy, enormous, evil, execrable, fecal, ferocious, fetid, fierce, fighting, filthy, flagrant, flank attack, forbidding, foul, foul-mouthed, foul-spoken, foul-tongued, frightful, frontal attack, frowsty, frowy, frowzy, full of fight, fulsome, funky, fusty, gamy, gas attack, ghastly, graveolent, grievous, grim, grisly, gross, gruesome, hateful, hawkish, head-on attack, heinous, hideous, high, horrible, horrid, hostile, humiliating, icky, ignoble, ill-bred, ill-smelling, impertinent, impolite, improper, impudent, impure, in bad taste, inappropriate, inconsiderate, indecent, indecorous, indelicate, inelegant, infamous, infiltration, inimical, insensitive, insolent, insulting, ithyphallic, jingo, jingoish, jingoist, jingoistic, lamentable, left-handed, lewd, lightning attack, lightning war, loathsome, lousy, loutish, louty, lurid, maggoty, malodorous, martial, mass attack, mawkish, megadeath, mephitic, miasmal, miasmic, mildewed, mildewy, militant, militaristic, military, moldy, monstrous, mugging, musty, nasty, nauseant, nauseating, nauseous, nefarious, nidorous, noisome, notorious, noxious, objectionable, obnoxious, obscene, odious, odorous, offense, olid, on the offensive, onset, onslaught, outrageous, overkill, overripe, panzer warfare, pitiable, pitiful, poisonous, pornographic, provocative, pugnacious, push, putrescent, putrid, quarrelsome, rancid, rank, raunchy, reasty, reasy, rebarbative, reechy, reeking, reeky, regrettable, repellent, repelling, reprehensible, repugnant, repulsive, revolting, ribald, rotten, rude, run against, run at, rush, saber-rattling, sad, salacious, sally, sanguinary, sanguineous, savage, scandalous, schlock, scrappy, scurrile, scurrilous, scurvy, shabby, shameful, shock tactics, shocking, shoddy, sickening, smellful, smelling, smelly, smoking-room, smutty, soldierlike, soldierly, sordid, sortie, spoiled, squalid, stenchy, stinking, strike, strong, stuffy, sulfurous, sultry, tactless, tasteless, terrible, threatening, too bad, trigger-happy, truculent, unappetizing, unbecoming, unbeseeming, unchaste, uncivil, unclean, uncongenial, undignified, unfeminine, unfitting, unfriendly, ungenteel, ungentle, ungentlemanly, ungrateful, unladylike, unmannerly, unpacific, unpalatable, unpeaceable, unpeaceful, unpleasant, unprintable, unprovoked assault, unrefined, unrepeatable, unsavory, unseemly, unsolicitous, unspeakable, unsuitable, untasteful, unwholesome, vile, villainous, vomity, vulgar, warlike, warmongering, warring, weevily, woeful, worst, worthless, wretched, yucky

offer

• offer, accommodation, accord, accordance, adduce, administer, advance, afford, allege, allot, allow, approach, array, assay, attempt, award, awarding, bestow, bestow on, bestowal, bestowment, bid, bid in, bid up, bring forward, bring on, bring to bear, chance, cite, come forward, communicate, communication, concession, confer, conferment, conferral, contribution, crack, deal, deal out, deliverance, delivery, deploy, dish out, dispense, display, dole, dole out, donate, donation, effort, endeavor, endowment, engage, essay, exhibit, experiment, extend, fling, fork out, furnish, furnishment, gambit, gift, gift with, gifting, give, give freely, give out, giving, go, grant, granting, hand out, heap, help to, hold forth, hold out, impart, impartation, impartment, investiture, issue, lavish, lay, let have, liberality, lick, lift a finger, make, make a bid, make an attempt, make an effort, make an offer, make available, marshal, mete, mete out, move, offer to buy, offering, plead, pose, pour, prefer, present, presentation, presentment, produce, proffer, proposal, propose, proposition, provide, provision, put forth, put forward, put to choice, put to vote, put up, rain, rally, render, seek, sell, serve, set before, shell out, shill, shot, show, shower, slip, snow, stab, step, step forward, strive, stroke, strong bid, struggle, submit, subscription, suggest, supplying, surrender, tender, tentative, trial, trial and error, try, undertake, undertaking, venture, venture on, venture upon, volunteer, vouchsafe, vouchsafement, whack, yield

offered

• offered, arbitrary, autonomous, discretional, discretionary, elective, free, free will, gratuitous, independent, nonmandatory, optional, proffered, self-acting, self-active, self-determined, self-determining, spontaneous, unasked, unbesought, unbidden, uncalled-for, uncoerced, uncompelled, unforced, uninfluenced, uninvited, unpressured, unprompted, unrequested, unrequired, unsolicited, unsought, voluntary, volunteer, willful

offering

• offering, Christmas present, advance, alms, alms fee, approach, asking price, award, benefaction, beneficence, bid, birthday present, box, burnt offering, cadeau, charity, collection, contribution, dole, donation, donative, drink offering, ex voto offering, fairing, feeler, gift, handout, handsel, heave offering, hecatomb, holocaust, human sacrifice, immolation, incense, infanticide, invitation, libation, mactation, oblation, offer, offertory, overture, peace offering, piacular offering, pittance, preliminary approach, present, presentation, proffer, sacramental offering, sacrifice, scapegoat, self-immolation, self-sacrifice, submission, subscription, suttee, sutteeism, tentative approach, thank offering, tithe, tribute, votive offering, white elephant, whole offering

offertory

• offertory, Agnus Dei, Benedicite, Gloria, Gloria Patri, Gloria in Excelsis, Introit, Magnificat, Miserere, Negro spiritual, Nunc Dimittis, Te Deum, Trisagion, Vedic hymn, alleluia, alms, alms fee, answer, anthem, antiphon, antiphony, burnt offering, cantata, canticle, chant, charity, chorale, church music, collection, contribution, dole, donation, donative, doxology, drink offering, ex voto offering, gospel, gospel music, hallelujah, handout, heave offering, hecatomb, holocaust, hosanna, human sacrifice, hymn, hymn of praise, hymn-tune, hymnody, hymnography, hymnology, immolation, incense, infanticide, introit, laud, libation, mactation, mantra, mass, motet, oblation, offering, offertory sentence, oratorio, paean, passion, peace offering, piacular offering, pittance, prosodion, psalm, psalmody, recessional, report, requiem, requiem mass, response, responsory, sacramental offering, sacred music, sacrifice, scapegoat, self-immolation, self-sacrifice, spiritual, subscription, suttee, sutteeism, thank offering, tithe, versicle, votive offering, white spiritual, whole offering

offhand

• offhand, Bohemian, abrupt, ad lib, ad libitum, ad-lib, affable, airily, airy, aloof, any old way, any which way, anyhow, at short notice, at sight, blase, brusque, bunglingly, by ear, by the by, by the way, careless, carelessly, casual, casually, cavalier, clumsily, cool, cordial, cursorily, cursory, curt, degage, devil-may-care, disregardant, disregardful, disregardfully, distant, easy, easygoing, en famille, en passant, extemporaneous, extemporaneously, extemporarily, extemporary, extempore, familiar, familiarly, flippant, folksy, forgetful, forgetfully, free and easy, glib, gracious, haphazardly, haymish, heedless, heedlessly, helter-skelter, hit and miss, hit or miss, homely, homey, impromptu, improvisatorial, improvise, improvised, improviso, in passing, inattentively, incidentally, inconsiderate, inconsiderately, indifferent, informal, informally, insouciant, irregular, jury-rigged, lackadaisical, lazy, light-hearted, loose, makeshift, messily, natural, naturally, nonchalant, oblivious, off the cuff, off the hip, off-the-cuff, offhanded, offhandedly, on sight, once over lightly, out of hand, parenthetically, perfunctorily, perfunctory, plain, plainly, promiscuously, reckless, recklessly, regardless, regardlessly, relaxed, relaxedly, respectless, sans ceremonie, simple, simply, slapdash, sloppily, smooth, sociable, spur-of-the-moment, stopgap, superficial, superficially, tactless, tactlessly, thoughtless, thoughtlessly, unaffected, unaffectedly, unassuming, unassumingly, unceremonious, unceremoniously, unconcerned, unconstrained, unconstrainedly, unconventional, undiplomatic, ungracious, unguardedly, unheedful, unheedfully, unheeding, unheedingly, uninterested, unmindful, unmindfully, unofficial, unofficially, unpremeditated, unprepared, unready, unrehearsed, unsolicitous, unsolicitously, unstudied, untactful, unthinking, unthinkingly, unvigilantly, unwarily, without ceremony

office boy

• office boy, Ganymede, Hebe, airline hostess, airline stewardess, attendant, batman, bellboy, bellhop, bellman, bootblack, boots, cabin boy, caddie, callboy, caller, chore boy, copyboy, cupbearer, errand boy, errand girl, footboy, gofer, hostess, office girl, orderly, page, squire, steward, stewardess, tender, trainbearer, usher, yeoman

office

• office, Mass, act of grace, act of kindness, advice, advocacy, aegis, agency, agentship, aid, alerting, appointment, area, assignment, assistance, atelier, auspices, authority, authorization, baccalaureate service, backhouse, backing, backup, bailiwick, bedtime prayer, benefaction, benefit, benevolence, benignity, berth, billet, bit, blessing, booking office, box office, branch, branch office, brevet, bureau, business, cabinet, camp meeting, capacity, care, caution, celebration, ceremonial, ceremony, chambers, chancellery, chancery, character, charge, chore, church, church service, closet, clue, comfort, commencement, commissariat, commission, commissioning, commitment, company, compline, connection, consignment, constablery, constablewick, constabulary, consulate, convocation, corporate headquarters, corporation, courtesy, crapper, cue, cure, delegated authority, delegation, den, department, deputation, devolution, devolvement, devotions, divine service, division, duty, ease, embassy, employment, empowerment, empty formality, end use, engagement, entrusting, entrustment, errand, establishment, evening devotions, evensong, executive office, executorship, exequatur, exercise, exercises, factorship, favor, firm, form, form of worship, formal, formality, formula, formulary, full power, function, gig, good deed, good offices, good turn, grace, graduation, graduation exercises, headquarters, help, holy rite, home office, house, immediate purpose, inaugural, inauguration, incumbency, indulgence, initiation, institution, intercession, intermediation, jakes, job, jurisdiction, kind deed, kind offices, kindly act, kindness, labor of love, lauds, legation, library, license, lieutenancy, liturgy, lob, loft, main office, mandate, matins, mediation, meeting, mercy, ministration, ministry, mission, mitzvah, mode of worship, monition, moonlighting, morning devotions, mummery, municipality, mystery, necessary, night song, none, nones, novena, obligation, observance, occupation, offices, opening, operation, operational purpose, order of worship, ordinance, organization, outhouse, part, passing word, patronage, performance, place, plenipotentiary power, pointer, position, post, power of attorney, power to act, practice, praise meeting, prayer, prayer meeting, prayers, prescribed form, prime, prime song, procuration, protection, province, proxy, public worship, purpose, purview, regency, regentship, relief, religious ceremony, remedy, rescue, responsibility, revival, revival meeting, rite, rite de passage, rite of passage, ritual, ritual observance, rituality, role, room, sacrament, sacramental, sail loft, second job, secretariat, section, service, sext, sheriffalty, sheriffwick, shop, shrievalty, shtick, situation, solemnity, solemnization, spot, stacks, station, steer, studio, study, succor, support, task, tent meeting, tenure, therapy, thing, ticket office, tierce, tip, tip-off, trust, trusteeship, turn, ultimate purpose, undersong, use, vacancy, vesper, vespers, vicarious authority, vigils, warning, warrant, watch meeting, watch night, watch-night service, whisper, work, workplace, workroom

officeholder

• officeholder, bureaucrat, civil servant, functionary, functionnaire, holdover, incumbent, ins, jack-in-office, lame duck, mandarin, new broom, office-bearer, officer, official, officiary, petty tyrant, placeman, president-elect, public official, public servant, red-tapist

officer

• officer, ADC, CO, G-man, John Law, MP, OD, administrator, aide, aide-de-camp, apparatchik, archon, bailiff, beadle, beagle, boatswain, bound bailiff, brigadier, brigadier general, bureaucrat, captain, catchpole, chancellor, chicken colonel, chief engineer, chief executive, chief executive officer, chief mate, chief of police, chief of staff, civil servant, colonel, commandant, commander, commander in chief, commanding officer, commissioned officer, commissioner, company officer, constable, cop, copper, dean, deck officer, deputy, deputy sheriff, detective, dick, dignitary, director, exec, executive, executive director, executive officer, executive secretary, fed, federal, field marshal, field officer, first lieutenant, five-star general, flic, four-star general, functionary, functionnaire, fuzz, gendarme, general, general officer, generalissimo, government man, inspector, jack-in-office, jemadar, junior officer, lawman, lictor, lieutenant, lieutenant colonel, lieutenant general, mace-bearer, magistrate, major, major general, management, manager, managing director, mandarin, marechal, marshal, master, mate, mounted policeman, narc, naval officer, navigating officer, navigator, office-bearer, officeholder, official, officiary, one-star general, orderly officer, patrolman, patron, peace officer, petty tyrant, pipes, placeman, police, police captain, police commissioner, police constable, police inspector, police matron, police officer, police sergeant, policeman, policewoman, portreeve, prefect, president, prexy, provost, public official, public servant, quartermaster, red-tapist, reeve, risaldar, roundsman, sailing master, second mate, secretary, senior officer, sergeant, sergeant at arms, shavetail, sheriff, shipmaster, sirdar, skipper, staff officer, subahdar, subaltern, sublieutenant, superintendent, tec, the Old Man, the administration, the brass, three-star general, tipstaff, tipstaves, top brass, treasurer, trooper, two-star general, vice-chancellor, vice-president, warden, watch officer

official

• official, Federal, absolute, accepted, accredited, administrative, administrator, agent, amanuensis, apparently, approved, archon, aristocratic, ascendant, authentic, authoritarian, authoritative, authorized, autocratic, autonomous, baggage agent, binding, bona fide, booked, bureaucrat, bureaucratic, business agent, canonical, cathedral, ceremonial, ceremonious, certified, chancellor, chief executive, chief executive officer, civic, civil, civil servant, claim agent, cleared, clerk, clothed with authority, commanding, commercial agent, commission agent, competent, consequential, considerable, consignee, constitutional, controlling, customer agent, dean, decorous, democratic, despotic, dictated, dictatorial, didactic, directing, documented, dominant, down, duly constituted, dupe, eminent, empowered, endorsed, enrolled, entered, evidently, ex cathedra, ex officio, exec, executive, executive director, executive officer, executive secretary, factor, fascist, fed, federal, federal agent, federalist, federalistic, filed, formal, formulary, freight agent, functional, functionary, functionnaire, general agent, governing, governmental, great, gubernatorial, hard and fast, hegemonic, hegemonistic, heteronomous, imperative, implement, important, indexed, industrial, influential, inscribed, instructive, instrument, insurance agent, jack-in-office, land agent, law agent, lawful, leading, legal, legitimate, licensed, literary agent, loan agent, logged, magisterial, magistrate, management, manager, managing, managing director, mandarin, mandatory, matriarchal, matriarchic, mighty, ministerial, minuted, momentous, monarchal, monarchial, monarchic, monocratic, news agent, of record, office-bearer, officeholder, officer, officially, officiary, oligarchal, oligarchic, on file, on record, on the books, outwardly, parliamentarian, parliamentary, parliamentary agent, passenger agent, patriarchal, patriarchic, petty tyrant, placeman, pluralistic, political, pompous, posted, potent, powerful, preceptive, preeminent, prefect, prescribed, prescript, prescriptive, president, press agent, prestigious, prexy, pro, professedly, professional, prominent, proper, provost, public official, public servant, puissant, puppet, purchasing agent, ranking, real estate agent, received, recognized, recorded, red-tapist, registered, regulation, republican, ritualistic, rubric, ruling, sales agent, sanctioned, secretary, seemingly, seemly, self-governing, senior, solemn, special agent, standard, station agent, statutory, steward, stiff, substantial, superior, supervisory, supreme, technical, the administration, theatrical agent, theocratic, ticket agent, tool, totalitarian, travel agent, treasurer, true, valid, verified, vice-chancellor, vice-president, vocational, walking delegate, warden, weighty, written down

officialdom

• officialdom, bureaucracy, directorate, hierarchy, higher echelons, higher-ups, management, ministry, prelacy, ruling class, ruling classes, the Establishment, the administration, the authorities, the ingroup, the interests, the people upstairs, the power elite, the power structure, the top, them, they, top brass

officialese

• officialese, Varietyese, Wall Streetese, Washingtonese, bunkum, business English, businessese, cinemese, collegese, commercialism, computerese, economese, federalese, gobbledygook, journalese, legalese, medical Greek, medicalese, newspaperese, official jargon, pedagese, political doubletalk, pussyfooting, shoptalk, societyese, sociologese, stagese, telegraphese

officiate

• officiate, act, act as, adjudicate, administer, administer the Eucharist, administrate, anoint, arbitrate, chair, chairman, chrism, conduct, confirm, direct, do duty, function, head up, hear, hold court, hold the scales, impose, judge, lay hands on, lead, manage, mediate, minister, moderate, occupy the chair, oversee, perform a rite, perform as, perform service, preside, preside over, referee, run, serve, sit in judgment, superintend, supervise, try, umpire

officious

• officious, aggressive, bold, busy, busybody, demanding, dictatorial, forward, impertinent, importunate, inquisitive, insistent, interfering, intruding, intrusive, meddlesome, meddling, nosy, obtrusive, persistent, presumptuous, prying, pushing, pushy, self-appointed, snoopy

offing

• offing, aftertime, afteryears, background, by-and-by, course ahead, crystal ball, determinism, distant future, eventuality, expectation, foresight, forward look, future, future tense, futurism, futurity, hereafter, horizon, immediate future, immediate prospect, imminence, near future, outlook, posteriority, prediction, probability, project, prophecy, prospect, remote distance, the distance, the future, the morrow, the sweet by-and-by, time ahead, time just ahead, time to come, tomorrow, vanishing point

offish

• offish, Olympian, above all that, ailing, aloof, backward, bashful, blank, chilled, chilly, cold, constrained, cool, detached, discreet, distant, donsie, exclusive, expressionless, forbidding, frigid, frosty, guarded, icy, impassive, impersonal, inaccessible, indisposed, insociable, introverted, low, mean, modest, off-color, poorly, remote, removed, repressed, reserved, restrained, reticent, retiring, seclusive, shrinking, sickly, solitary, standoff, standoffish, subdued, suppressed, unaffable, unapproachable, unbending, uncongenial, undemonstrative, unexpansive, ungenial, withdrawn

offscourings

• offscourings, afterglow, afterimage, balance, bilge, bilgewater, bones, butt, butt end, candle ends, carrion, cattle, chaff, culm, deadwood, debris, detritus, dishwater, ditchwater, draff, dregs, dregs of society, dust, end, fag end, filings, fossil, garbage, gash, hogwash, holdover, husks, leavings, lees, leftovers, odds and ends, offal, offscum, orts, parings, potsherds, raff, rags, raspings, refuse, relics, remainder, remains, remnant, residue, residuum, rest, riffraff, roach, rubbish, ruins, rump, sawdust, scourings, scrap iron, scraps, scum, scurf, sewage, sewerage, shadow, shards, shavings, slack, slag, slop, slops, slough, sordes, straw, stubble, stump, survival, sweepings, swill, swinish multitude, tares, trace, trash, vermin, vestige, wastage, waste, waste matter, wastepaper, weeds

offset

• offset, absorb the shock, albertype, analog process, annul, antacid, antidote, antipode, antipodes, antipole, antithesis, antonym, atone for, balance, ballast, be at cross-purposes, be opposed to, behavior pattern, book printing, branch, break the fall, bring to nothing, buffer, cancel, cancel out, check, chromotypography, chromotypy, chromoxylography, clash, collotype, color printing, come to nothing, compensate, compensation, conflict, conflict with, consideration, contra, contradict, contrapose, contrast with, contravene, controvert, converse, counter, counteract, counteractant, counteraction, counteractive, counteragent, counterbalance, countercheck, counterirritant, counterpoint, counterpoise, counterpole, counterpose, counterterm, countervail, counterweigh, counterweight, counterwork, cushion, damp, dampen, deaden, digital process, electronography, electrostatic printing, equalize, equalizer, equipoise, equiponderate, equivalent, even out, even up, feeling, filiation, foil, frustrate, give-and-take, graphic arts, gravure, halftone engraving, history of printing, hunting, impress, impression, imprint, indemnify, input oscillation, invalidate, inverse, job printing, juxtapose in opposition, letterpress, letterpress photoengraving, line engraving, lithography, lithogravure, lithophotogravure, mackle, make amends, make good, make restitution, make up, make up for, makeweight, mimeograph, negate, negativate, negative, neutralize, neutralizer, nullifier, nullify, obverse, offcut, offprint, offset lithography, offshoot, onset, oppose, opposite, opposite number, oppugn, oscillatory behavior, outweigh, overcorrection of error, overshoot, palaeotypography, photo-offset, photochemical process, photoengraving, photogelatin process, photographic reproduction, photography, photolithography, phototypography, phototypy, photozincography, planographic printing, planography, play at cross-purposes, preventative, preventive, print, printing, printmaking, process, prophylactic, publication, publishing, quid pro quo, recompense, redeem, redress, reimburse, reissue, relief printing, remedy, repay, reprint, reverse, rotary photogravure, rotogravure, run counter to, self-excitation, set off, setoff, sheetwork, shoot, show consideration, show mercy, show pity, soften, soften the blow, something of value, sprout, square, square up, stamp, stencil, stop, stultify, suppress, the contrary, the other side, three-color printing, thwart, tit for tat, two-color printing, typography, typolithography, undo, vis-a-vis, vitiate, void, wood-block printing, xerography, xeroprinting, xylotypography, zincography

offsetting

• offsetting, amendatory, amends, annulling, annulment, antacid, atonement, balancing, buffering, canceling, cancellation, commutation, compensating, compensation, compensatory, counteracting, counteraction, counteractive, counterbalancing, countervailing, expiation, expiatory, frustration, indemnification, indemnificatory, indemnity, invalidation, lex talionis, negating, neutralization, neutralizing, nullification, nullifying, penitential, recompense, recompensive, rectification, rectifying, redress, reparation, reparative, repayment, restitution, retaliation, retaliatory, revenge, satisfaction, stultifying, substitution, thwarting, undoing, vitiating, vitiation, voiding

offshoot

• offshoot, V, accession, accessory, accompaniment, addenda, addendum, additament, addition, additive, additory, additum, adjunct, adjuvant, affiliate, affiliation, annex, annexation, appanage, appendage, appendant, appurtenance, appurtenant, arm, attachment, augment, augmentation, bine, body, bough, branch, branch office, branchedness, branchiness, breakaway group, burgeon, by-product, camp, caucus, chapter, church, coda, communion, community, complement, concomitant, consequence, consequent, continuation, corollary, crotch, crutch, deadwood, delta, denomination, derivation, derivative, descendant, development, distillate, division, effect, ethnic group, event, eventuality, eventuation, extension, extrapolation, faction, fan, fellowship, filiation, fixture, flagellum, fork, frond, fruit, furcula, furculum, groin, group, hand, harvest, heir, imp, increase, increment, inguen, interest, interest group, issue, joint, kin, kindred, leg, legacy, limb, link, lobe, lobule, local, lodge, logical outcome, member, minority group, offset, offspring, order, organ, organization, outcome, outgrowth, party, pendant, persuasion, pinion, political party, post, precipitate, pressure group, product, prong, ramage, ramification, reinforcement, relation, relative, religious order, result, resultant, runner, sarment, schism, school, scion, sect, sectarism, segment, sequel, sequela, sequence, sequent, shoot, side, side effect, side issue, silent majority, slip, society, spear, spin-off, splinter, splinter group, spray, sprig, sprit, sprout, spur, stem, stolon, sucker, supplement, switch, tail, tailpiece, tendril, thallus, trident, twig, undergirding, upshot, variety, version, vocal minority, wing, wishbone

offspring

• offspring, aftermath, artifact, bairn, brainchild, breed, brood, by-product, cherub, child, children, chit, coinage, composition, conclusion, concoction, consequence, consequent, corollary, creation, creature, crowning achievement, darling, daughter, derivation, derivative, descendant, descendants, descent, development, distillate, distillation, dynasty, effect, end product, essence, event, eventuality, eventuation, extract, family, folks, foster child, fruit, get, grandchild, grandchildren, granddaughter, grandson, great-grandchildren, handiwork, harvest, hatch, hearth, heir, heiress, heirs, homefolks, hostages to fortune, house, household, inheritors, innocent, invention, issue, kid, kids, kitten, lamb, lambkin, legacy, line, lineage, little bugger, little fellow, little guy, little innocent, little one, little ones, little tad, little tot, logical outcome, manufacture, masterpiece, masterwork, menage, mintage, mite, new generation, new mintage, nipper, offshoot, opera, opus, opuscule, origination, outcome, outgrowth, peewee, people, posterity, precipitate, produce, product, production, progeniture, progeny, result, resultant, rising generation, scion, seed, sequel, sequela, sequence, sequent, shaver, son, son and heir, sonny, sons, spawn, stepchild, stepdaughter, stepson, succession, successor, swarm, tad, tot, treasures, upshot, wee tot, work, young, younglings, youngster, youngsters

often

• often, again and again, commonly, continually, day after day, day by day, frequently, habitually, in many instances, many a time, many times, many times over, most often, much, not infrequently, not seldom, oft, often enough, oftentimes, ofttimes, ordinarily, over and over, recurrently, regularly, repeatedly, routinely, several times, time after time, time and again, times without number, unseldom, usually, whenever you wish, year after year

ogle

• ogle, amorous looks, attend, bedroom eyes, cast coquettish glances, come-hither look, contemplate, coquet, coquetry, coquettish glances, coquettishness, coyness, crane, crane the neck, dalliance, evil eye, examine, eye, flirt, flirtation, flirtatiousness, gallivant, gape, gaup, gawk, gaze, gaze open-mouthed, give the eye, give the once-over, glad eye, glare, gloat, glower, glowering look, goggle, gold-dig, goo-goo eyes, hard look, inspect, lamp, leer, leer at, look, look at, look on, look over, look sweet upon, make eyes at, malocchio, ocular, oculus, ogle at, orb, peeper, penetrating look, peruse, philander, play around, pore, pore over, rubberneck, run around, scrutinize, size up, stand on tiptoe, stare, stare at, stare down, stare hard, survey, take a long, take in, take stock of, vet, watch, whammy, winker

ogre

• ogre, Argus, Briareus, Cerberus, Charybdis, Cyclops, Dracula, Echidna, Frankenstein, Gorgon, Harpy, Hydra, Loch Ness monster, Medusa, Minotaur, Pegasus, Python, Scylla, Sphinx, Talos, Typhon, Wolf-man, bogey, bogeyman, brute, bugaboo, bugbear, cad, centaur, chimera, cockatrice, demon, dragon, drake, fee-faw-fum, fiend, frightener, ghost, ghoul, giant, griffin, hippocampus, hobgoblin, holy terror, horror, incubus, man-eater, mermaid, merman, monster, nightmare, nixie, ogress, phantom, revenant, roc, sadist, salamander, satyr, scarebabe, scarecrow, scarer, scoundrel, sea horse, sea serpent, siren, specter, succubus, terror, troll, unicorn, vampire, villain, werewolf, windigo, xiphopagus, zombie

oil

• oil, Barbados tar, Haliver Oil, Macassar oil, absinthe, adipose tissue, adulation, aid, alcohol, animal oils, anoint, anthracene oil, aquarelle, asphalt-base oil, avocado oil, balm, balsam, bay oil, beechnut oil, beef tallow, beeswax, benzine, blandishment, blarney, blubber, bone oil, bottlenose oil, briquette, bunker, bunkum, burnable, butane, butter, butter up, butterfat, cajolement, cajolery, camphor, candlenut oil, canvas, carapa oil, carbon, castor oil, cater, cedarwood oil, cerate, charcoal, clear the way, clove oil, coal, coal oil, cocoa butter, cod-liver oil, coke, collyrium, combustible, compliment, copaiba, copra oil, corn oil, creosote, croton oil, dab, daub, demulcent, detonate, doegling oil, dope, dose, drag, dress, dripping, drippings, drug, dub, ease, easel-picture, edible oil, electricity, embrocate, embrocation, emollient, equalize, ethane, ethanol, eucalyptus oil, even, expedite, explain, explode, eyewash, eyewater, facilitate, fair words, fat, fawning, feed, fill up, finger painting, fireball, firing, fish oil, flammable, flammable material, flatten, flattery, flaxseed oil, forage, fuel, fuel additive, fuel dope, fuel oil, fuel up, fulminate, furnace oil, gas, gas carbon, gas oil, gas up, gasoline, get around, ghee, glycerolate, goose grease, gouache, grade, grease, grease the ways, grease the wheels, gum spirit, harrow, hasten, help along, hempseed oil, heptane, hexane, honey, honeyed phrases, honeyed words, illuminant, illuminating gas, incense, inflammable, inflammable material, isooctane, jet fuel, jolly, kekuna oil, kerosene, kid along, lamp oil, lanolin, lard, lard oil, laurel butter, lay, lay it on, lemon oil, level, light source, liniment, linseed oil, lipid, lipoma, loose, lotion, lubricate, luminant, make clear, make way for, margarine, medicate, methane, methanol, mineral oil, mineral seal oil, mineral sperm oil, mineral spirits, mow, mutton tallow, naphthalene, naphthene-base oil, natural gas, nut oil, octane, oil of almonds, oil painting, ointment, oleo, oleomargarine, oleoresin, olive oil, open the way, open up, overdo it, painting, palaver, palm oil, palm-kernel oil, paraffin, pave the way, peanut oil, peat, pentane, perilla oil, petrol, petrolatum, petroleum, petroleum benzine, pine oil, pine tar, pine-tar oil, plane, planish, plaster, play up to, pomade, poppyseed oil, porpoise oil, praise, prepare the way, pretty lies, propane, propellant, provender, provision, purvey, quicken, rape oil, refuel, remove friction, ricinus oil, road oil, rocket fuel, rosin grease, rosin oil, run interference for, salve, saturating oil, seal oil, sell, sesame oil, shale naphtha, shave, shortening, simplify, slick, slick on, smear, smooth, smooth down, smooth out, smooth the way, soap, soap the ways, soft soap, soft-soap, soften up, soybean oil, speed, spikenard, stoke, stove oil, string along, stroke, suet, sweet nothings, sweet talk, sweet words, sycophancy, tallow, technical oil, tempera, top off, turf, turpentine, unbar, unblock, unclog, unction, unguent, unguentum, unjam, victual, vulnerary, wash, wash drawing, water, wax, whale oil, wheedling, wood oil, wool fat

oily

• oily, Pecksniffian, adipose, adulatory, bland, blandishing, blarneying, blubbery, buttery, butyraceous, cajoling, canting, chrismal, chrismatory, complimentary, courtierly, courtly, disarming, fair-spoken, fat, fatty, fawning, fine-spoken, flattering, fulsome, glib, goody-goody, greased, greasy, gushing, holier-than-thou, honey-mouthed, honey-tongued, honeyed, hypocritic, hypocritical, ingratiating, insincere, insinuating, lardaceous, lardy, lubric, lubricated, lubricious, mealymouthed, mucoid, obsequious, oiled, oily-tongued, oleaginous, oleic, pharisaic, pharisean, rich, sanctimonious, sebaceous, servile, simon-pure, sleek, slick, sliddery, slimy, slippery, slippy, slithery, slobbery, smarmy, smooth, smooth-spoken, smooth-tongued, smug, soaped, soapy, soft-soaping, soft-spoken, sophisticated, suave, suave-spoken, suety, sycophantic, tallowy, unctuous, unguent, unguentary, unguentous, urbane, wheedling

ointment

• ointment, balm, balsam, blunt, boodle, brass, bread, brilliantine, bucks, cabbage, cerate, chips, chrism, chrismal, chrismation, chrismatory, chrisom, cold cream, collyrium, cream, demulcent, dinero, dough, dressing, embrocation, emollient, extreme unction, eye-lotion, eyewash, eyewater, face cream, gelt, gilt, grease, green, green stuff, hand lotion, inunction, inunctum, jack, kale, lanolin, last rites, lenitive, liniment, lotion, mazuma, moolah, mopus, nard, oil, oil of palms, oof, ooftish, petrolatum, pomade, pomatum, rhino, rocks, sacramental anointment, sacred unction, salve, shekels, simoleons, soothing syrup, spikenard, spondulics, sugar, the needful, tin, unction, unguent, unguentum, viaticum, vulnerary, wampum

OK

• OK, John Hancock, Roger, absolute, absolutely, accede to, accept, acceptable, acceptance, accord, accord to, accredit, accurate, ace-high, acquiescence, adequate, adherence, admiration, admire, admissible, admission, admit, affirm, affirmance, affirmation, affirmative, affirmative voice, agree to, agreeable, agreed, agreement, all right, allow, allowance, alright, alrighty, amen, approbation, approval, approve, approve of, as you say, assent, assuredly, authenticate, authentication, authorization, authorize, autograph, aye, bad, bang-up, be willing, benediction, better than nothing, bless, blessing, bonzer, boss, bully, but good, by all means, certainly, certification, certify, charter, compliance, condescend, confirm, confirmation, connivance, connive at, consent, consent to silently, cool, corking, correct, cosign, countenance, countersign, countersignature, crackerjack, da, dandy, dead right, decent, deign, delicious, dispensation, dispense, ducky, eagerness, endorse, endorsement, esteem, exactly, fab, fair, fairish, faultless, favor, favorable vote, fine, fine and dandy, flawless, gear, give consent, give leave, give permission, give the go-ahead, give the imprimatur, give the word, give thumbs up, go along with, go-ahead, good, good enough, goodish, grant, great, green light, groovy, have no objection, hear, heavy, hold with, hot, hunky-dory, imprimatur, indeed, indeedy, initial, ja, jam-up, just, just dandy, just right, just so, keen, keep in countenance, leave, let, letter-perfect, liberty, license, mais oui, make possible, marvy, mean, meticulous, moderate, most assuredly, naturally, naturellement, neat, nifty, nobby, nod, nod assent, not amiss, not bad, not half bad, not refuse, not so bad, notarization, notarize, of course, okay, oui, out of sight, pass, pass on, pass upon, passable, patent, peachy, peachy-keen, perfect, permission, permission to enter, permit, positively, precisely, presentable, pretty good, promptitude, promptness, proper, quite, rather, ratification, ratify, readiness, really, release, respect, respectable, right, righto, ripping, rubber stamp, rum, sanction, satisfactory, say amen to, say aye, say the word, say yes, scrumptious, seal, seal of approval, second, sigil, sign, sign and seal, signature, signet, slap-up, smashing, solid, something else, special permission, spiffing, spiffy, stamp, stamp of approval, straight, straight-up-and-down, stunning, submission, subscribe to, subscription, sufficient, support, sure, sure thing, surely, swear and affirm, swear to, swell, take kindly to, tenable, the nod, think well of, ticket, ticket of admission, tidy, to be sure, tolerable, tough, truly, undersign, underwrite, unexceptionable, ungrudgingness, unloathness, unobjectionable, unreluctance, uphold, validate, validation, very well, viable, view with favor, visa, vise, voice, vote, vote affirmatively, vote aye, vouchsafe, vouchsafement, waiver, warrant, well and good, why yes, willingness, wink at, wizard, workmanlike, yea, yea vote, yeah, yep, yes, yes indeed, yes indeedy, yes sir, yes sirree, yet, yield assent

old days

• old days, auld lang syne, days beyond recall, days of old, days of yore, early times, eld, good old times, lang syne, long ago, old story, old times, olden times, same old story, the olden time, times of old, times of yore, way back, yore, yoretime

old fogy

• old fogy, Methuselah, antediluvian, antique, back number, conservationist, conservatist, conservative, dad, diehard, dodo, dotard, elder, fogy, fogyish, fossil, fud, fuddy-duddy, granny, has-been, laudator temporis acti, longhair, matriarch, mid-Victorian, mossback, old believer, old crock, old dodo, old fart, old liner, old man, old poop, old school, old woman, old-fogyish, old-timer, patriarch, pop, pops, ravaged with age, reactionary, regular old fogy, relic, right-winger, rightist, senile, square, standpat, standpatter, starets, stick-in-the-mud, stodgy, stuffy, traditionalist, ultraconservative

old hat

• old hat, antique, archaic, back-number, banal, behind the times, bewhiskered, bromidic, common, commonplace, corny, cut-and-dried, dated, demode, fade, familiar, fusty, hackney, hackneyed, has-been, moth-eaten, musty, old-fashioned, old-time, old-timey, oldfangled, out of fashion, out of season, out-of-date, outdated, outmoded, platitudinous, set, square, stale, stereotyped, stock, styleless, threadbare, timeworn, trite, truistic, unfashionable, unoriginal, warmed-over, well-known, well-worn, worn, worn thin

old lady

• old lady, Dulcinea, beldam, best girl, better half, common-law wife, concubine, crone, dame, dowager, dream girl, feme, feme covert, frump, gill, girl, girl friend, goodwife, goody, grandam, grandmother, granny, hag, helpmate, helpmeet, inamorata, jill, jo, lady, lady love, lass, lassie, little, married woman, matron, mistress, old battle-ax, old dame, old girl, old granny, old maid, old trot, old wife, old woman, rib, squaw, trot, war-horse, wedded wife, wife, witch, woman

old line

• old line, backward, confirmed, conservative, deep-dyed, deep-engraven, deep-fixed, deep-grounded, deep-laid, deep-rooted, deep-seated, deep-set, deep-settled, die-hard, dyed-in-the-wool, embedded, embossed, engrafted, engraved, entrenched, established, etched, firmly established, fogyish, graven, implanted, impressed, imprinted, indelibly impressed, infixed, ingrained, ingrown, inveterate, inwrought, long-established, nonprogressive, old-fashioned, old-fogyish, on a rock, on bedrock, opposed to change, preservative, reactionary, reactionist, right of center, right-wing, rooted, set, settled, stabilized, standpat, ultraconservative, unprogressive, vested, well-established, well-founded, well-grounded, well-set, well-settled

old maid

• old maid, Victorian, bachelor girl, bluenose, feme sole, fuddy-duddy, fuss, fuss-budget, fusser, fusspot, goody-goody, granny, lone woman, maid, maiden, maiden lady, mid-Victorian, old lady, old woman, prig, prude, puritan, single girl, spinster, spinstress, squeamish, tabby, vestal, vestal virgin, virgin

old man

• old man, Casanova, Don Juan, Father Time, Lothario, Methuselah, Nestor, Old Paar, Romeo, abba, amoroso, antediluvian, antique, back number, beau, benedict, boyfriend, caballero, cavalier, cavaliere servente, centenarian, conservative, dad, daddy, dodo, dotard, elder, esquire, father, fellow, flame, fogy, fossil, foster father, fud, fuddy-duddy, gaffer, gallant, geezer, genitor, gigolo, golden-ager, goodman, governor, grampa, gramps, grandfather, grandpa, grandsire, granny, graybeard, great-grandfather, has-been, husband, inamorato, lady-killer, longhair, love-maker, man, married man, matriarch, mid-Victorian, mossback, necker, nonagenarian, octogenarian, old believer, old chap, old codger, old crock, old dodo, old dog, old duffer, old fogy, old geezer, old gent, old gentleman, old liner, old party, old poop, old woman, old-timer, older, oldster, pa, pantaloon, pap, papa, pappy, pater, paterfamilias, patriarch, petter, philanderer, pop, pops, presbyter, reactionary, regular old fogy, relic, seducer, senior citizen, septuagenarian, sexagenarian, sheik, sire, square, squire, starets, stepfather, sugar daddy, swain, the old man, the quiet-voiced elders, traditionalist, venerable sir, veteran, young man

old master

• old master, art object, artisan, artist, artiste, brainchild, bric-a-brac, classic, composition, copyist, craftsman, creation, creator, dauber, daubster, design, grotesque, kitsch, maker, master, masterpiece, masterwork, mobile, museum piece, nude, pasticcio, pastiche, piece, piece of virtu, stabile, statue, still life, study, virtu, work, work of art

old saw

• old saw, banality, bromide, chestnut, cliche, commonplace, commonplace expression, corn, familiar tune, hackneyed saying, lieu commun, locus communis, old joke, old song, old story, platitude, prosaicism, prosaism, prose, reiteration, retold story, stereotyped saying, trite saying, triticism, twice-told tale

old story

• old story, auld lang syne, banality, bromide, chestnut, cliche, commonplace, commonplace expression, corn, days beyond recall, days of old, days of yore, early times, eld, familiar tune, good old times, hackneyed saying, lang syne, lieu commun, locus communis, long ago, old days, old joke, old saw, old song, old times, olden times, platitude, prosaicism, prosaism, prose, reiteration, retold story, same old story, stereotyped saying, the olden time, times of old, times of yore, trite saying, triticism, twice-told tale, way back, yore, yoretime

old timer

• old timer, Father Time, Methuselah, Nestor, Old Paar, ancient, antediluvian, antique, back number, centenarian, conservative, dad, dodo, dotard, elder, fogy, fossil, fud, fuddy-duddy, gaffer, geezer, golden-ager, gramps, grandfather, grandsire, granny, graybeard, has-been, longhair, matriarch, mid-Victorian, mossback, nonagenarian, octogenarian, old believer, old campaigner, old chap, old codger, old crock, old dodo, old dog, old duffer, old fogy, old geezer, old gent, old gentleman, old hand, old liner, old man, old party, old poop, old pro, old salt, old sea dog, old woman, older, oldster, pantaloon, patriarch, pop, pops, presbyter, reactionary, regular old fogy, relic, salt, seasoned veteran, senior, senior citizen, septuagenarian, sexagenarian, shellback, square, starets, the quiet-voiced elders, traditionalist, venerable sir, vet, veteran, war-horse

old times

• old times, auld lang syne, days beyond recall, days of old, days of yore, early times, eld, good old times, lang syne, long ago, old days, old story, olden times, same old story, the olden time, times of old, times of yore, way back, yore, yoretime

old woman

• old woman, Lord Fauntleroy, Methuselah, Percy, antediluvian, antique, back number, beldam, better half, chicken, common-law wife, concubine, conservative, cream puff, crone, dad, dame, dodo, dowager, effeminate, elder, feme, feme covert, fogy, fossil, frump, fud, fuddy-duddy, fuss, fuss-budget, fusser, fusspot, gammer, goodwife, goody, goody-goody, grandam, grandma, grandmother, grannam, granny, great-grandmother, hag, has-been, helpmate, helpmeet, lady, lily, little, longhair, married woman, matriarch, matron, mid-Victorian, milksop, mollycoddle, mossback, nance, nancy, old battle-ax, old believer, old crock, old dame, old dodo, old fogy, old girl, old granny, old lady, old liner, old maid, old man, old poop, old trot, old wife, old-timer, pantywaist, patriarch, pop, pops, reactionary, regular old fogy, relic, rib, sissy, square, squaw, starets, traditionalist, trot, war-horse, weak sister, wedded wife, wife, witch, woman

old world

• old world, Gothic, Victorian, antediluvian, antiquated, antique, archaic, ceremonious, chivalric, chivalrous, classical, courtly, formal, fossil, fossilized, gallant, grown old, knightly, medieval, mid-Victorian, of other times, old-fashioned, petrified, superannuated

old

• old, abandoned, abjured, adult, advanced, advanced in life, advanced in years, age-old, aged, ageless, along in years, ancient, antediluvian, antiquated, antique, archaic, auld, big, blase, bygone, constant, continuing, cosmopolitan, cosmopolite, dated, dateless, demode, deserted, discontinued, disused, done with, early, elderly, enduring, erstwhile, established, experienced, firm, fore, former, getting on, gray, gray with age, gray-haired, gray-headed, grown, grown old, grown-up, hoar, hoary, immemorial, inveterate, knowing, late, lifelong, long-lived, marriable, marriageable, mature, matured, maturescent, not born yesterday, not worth saving, nubile, obsolescent, obsolete, of age, of marriageable age, of old, of yore, old as Methuselah, old as history, old as time, old-fashioned, old-time, old-timey, olden, oldfangled, on the shelf, once, onetime, out, out of use, out-of-date, outdated, outmoded, outworn, overage, passe, past, past use, patriarchal, pensioned off, perennial, perpetual, practical, practiced, prehistoric, previous, primeval, primitive, prior, quondam, recent, relinquished, renounced, resigned, retired, ripe, ripened, sagacious, seasoned, senectuous, skilled, solid, sometime, sophisticated, staying, steady, superannuate, superannuated, superseded, then, timeless, timeworn, traditional, tried, tried and true, venerable, versed, vet, veteran, whilom, white, white with age, white-bearded, white-crowned, white-haired, world-wise, worldly, worldly-wise, worn-out, wrinkled, wrinkly, years old

old-fashioned

• old-fashioned, Victorian, abandoned, abjured, aged, ancient, antiquated, antique, archaic, back-number, backward, behind the times, belated, bygone, ceremonious, chivalric, chivalrous, conservative, courtly, crusty, dated, demode, deserted, die-hard, discarded, discontinued, disused, done with, dowdy, fogyish, formal, fuddy-duddy, fusty, gallant, has-been, knightly, moldy, moss-grown, mossy, neanderthal, nonprogressive, not worth saving, obsolescent, obsolete, old, old hat, old-fogyish, old-line, old-time, old-timey, old-world, oldfangled, on the shelf, opposed to change, out, out of fashion, out of season, out of use, out-of-date, outdated, outmoded, outworn, passe, past use, pensioned off, preservative, relinquished, renounced, resigned, retired, right-wing, rococo, standpat, stodgy, styleless, superannuate, superannuated, superseded, ultraconservative, unfashionable, unprogressive, vintage, worn-out

older

• older, Father Time, Methuselah, Nestor, Old Paar, antecedent, anterior, anticipatory, centenarian, ci-devant, dean, dotard, doyen, doyenne, earlier, early, elder, eldest, father, first, first-born, firstling, fore, foregoing, former, gaffer, geezer, golden-ager, gramps, grandfather, grandsire, graybeard, major, nonagenarian, octogenarian, old chap, old codger, old dog, old duffer, old geezer, old gent, old gentleman, old man, old party, old-timer, oldest, oldster, pantaloon, patriarch, preceding, precurrent, preexistent, presbyter, previous, prime, primogenitary, prior, senior, senior citizen, septuagenarian, sexagenarian, sire, the quiet-voiced elders, venerable sir, veteran

oldness

• oldness, advanced age, advanced years, age of retirement, an incurable disease, anility, caducity, debility, decline of life, declining years, decrepitude, dotage, eld, elderliness, feebleness, green old age, hale old age, hoary age, infirm old age, infirmity, infirmity of age, longevity, old age, pensionable age, ricketiness, ripe old age, second childhood, senectitude, senility, senior citizenship, superannuation, the downward slope, the golden years, vale of years, white hairs

oleo

• oleo, butter, buttermilk, certified milk, cheese, condensed milk, cream, dairy products, ghee, half-and-half, heavy cream, light cream, margarine, milk, nonfat dry milk, oleomargarine, raw milk, skim milk, sour cream, whey, whipping cream, yogurt

olio

• olio, Irish stew, all sorts, assemblage, assortment, bouillabaisse, brew, broad spectrum, chowder, conglomeration, curry, etuvee, fricassee, gallimaufry, goulash, hash, hodgepodge, hotchpot, hotchpotch, jumble, magpie, mash, meat stew, medley, melange, mess, mingle-mangle, miscellany, mishmash, mix, mixed bag, odds and ends, olla, olla podrida, omnium-gatherum, oyster stew, paella, pasticcio, pastiche, patchwork, potpourri, ragout, salad, salmagundi, sauce, scramble, stew, what you will

olive

• olive, aestival, beryl-green, berylline, blue-green, bluish-green, chartreuse, chloranemic, chlorine, chlorotic, citrine, citrinous, emerald, foliaged, glaucescent, glaucous, glaucous-green, grassy, green, green as grass, green-blue, greenish, greenish-blue, greenish-yellow, greensick, holly, ivy, ivy-green, leafy, leaved, olivaceous, olive-green, porraceous, smaragdine, springlike, summerlike, summery, verdant, verdurous, vernal, vernant, vert, virescent, yellowish-green

ology

• ology, academic discipline, academic specialty, applied science, area, arena, art, concern, department of knowledge, discipline, domain, field, field of inquiry, field of study, natural science, province, pure science, science, social science, specialty, sphere, study, technicology, technics, technology

Olympian

• Olympian, Elysian, Laodicean, above all that, aerial, airy, aloof, altitudinous, apathetic, ascending, aspiring, backward, bashful, beatific, beatified, benumbed, blah, blank, blase, blessed, candid, celestial, chilled, chilly, cold, colossal, comatose, constrained, cool, desensitized, detached, discreet, disinterested, dispassionate, distant, dominating, dull, elevated, eminent, ethereal, exalted, exclusive, expressionless, extramundane, extraterrestrial, forbidding, frigid, from on high, frosty, glorified, guarded, haughty, heartless, heavenly, hebetudinous, high, high-pitched, high-reaching, high-set, high-up, hopeless, icy, impartial, impassive, impersonal, in a stupor, in glory, inaccessible, indifferent, insouciant, introverted, languid, lethargic, listless, lofty, modest, monumental, mounting, neutral, nonchalant, numb, numbed, offish, otherworldly, outtopping, overlooking, overtopping, paradisaic, paradisal, paradisiac, paradisic, passive, phlegmatic, pluckless, prominent, remote, removed, repressed, reserved, resigned, restrained, reticent, retiring, seclusive, selfless, shrinking, slack, sluggish, soaring, soporific, spiring, spiritless, spunkless, standoff, standoffish, steep, stoic, stupefied, subdued, sublime, superlative, supernal, supine, suppressed, topless, toplofty, topping, torpid, towering, towery, transcendental, transmundane, unaffable, unapproachable, unbiased, uncaring, unconcerned, uncongenial, undemonstrative, unearthly, unexpansive, ungenial, uninfluenced, uninterested, unselfish, unswayed, unworldly, uplifted, upreared, withdrawn

Olympic gods

• Olympic gods, Agdistis, Amor, Aphrodite, Apollo, Apollon, Ares, Artemis, Ate, Athena, Bacchus, Ceres, Cora, Cronus, Cupid, Cybele, Demeter, Despoina, Diana, Dionysus, Dis, Eros, Gaea, Gaia, Ge, Great Mother, Hades, Helios, Hephaestus, Hera, Here, Hermes, Hestia, Hymen, Hyperion, Jove, Juno, Jupiter, Jupiter Fidius, Jupiter Fulgur, Jupiter Optimus Maximus, Jupiter Pluvius, Jupiter Tonans, Kore, Kronos, Magna Mater, Mars, Mercury, Minerva, Mithras, Momus, Neptune, Nike, Olympians, Ops, Orcus, Persephassa, Persephone, Phoebus, Phoebus Apollo, Pluto, Poseidon, Proserpina, Proserpine, Rhea, Saturn, Tellus, Venus, Vesta, Vulcan, Zeus

Olympics

• Olympics, Highland games, Olympiad, Olympic games, bout, carousel, concours, contest, derby, encounter, engagement, field day, fight, game, games, go, gymkhana, joust, match, matching, meet, meeting, rally, regatta, rencontre, test, the Olympics, tilt, tournament, tourney, track meet, trial

ombudsman

• ombudsman, JA, agent, amicus curiae, assessor, barmaster, chancellor, circuit judge, connection, deputy, front, front man, go-between, interagent, interceder, intercessor, intermediary, intermediate, intermediate agent, intermediator, intermedium, internuncio, intervener, interventionist, interventor, judge advocate, judge ordinary, jurat, justice in eyre, justice of assize, lay judge, legal assessor, master, mediator, medium, middleman, military judge, mouthpiece, negotiant, negotiator, negotiatress, negotiatrix, ordinary, police judge, presiding judge, probate judge, puisne judge, recorder, spokesman, spokeswoman, vice-chancellor

omega

• omega, Z, apodosis, catastrophe, ceasing, cessation, coda, conclusion, consummation, crack of doom, culmination, curtain, curtains, death, decease, denouement, destination, destiny, doom, effect, end, end point, ending, envoi, epilogue, eschatology, expiration, fate, final solution, final twitch, final words, finale, finality, finis, finish, goal, izzard, last, last breath, last gasp, last things, last trumpet, last words, latter end, payoff, period, peroration, quietus, resolution, resting place, stoppage, stopping place, swan song, term, terminal, termination, terminus, windup

omen

• omen, actuarial prediction, adumbrate, adumbration, apocalypse, augur, augury, auspicate, auspice, betoken, betokening, betokenment, bode, boding, danger sign, early symptom, falling barometer, forebode, foreboding, forecast, forecasting, foreshadow, foreshadowing, foreshow, foreshowing, foresight, foretelling, foretoken, foretokening, forewarning, gathering clouds, guesswork, harbinger, have a hunch, have an intimation, high sign, improbability, indicant, indication, portend, portent, precursor, predict, prediction, prefiguration, prefigurement, prefiguring, preindication, preliminary sign, premonition, premonitory shiver, premonitory sign, premonitory symptom, presage, presaging, presentiment, preshowing, presignifying, probability, prodroma, prodrome, prognosis, prognostic, prognostication, promise, prophecy, prophesying, prospectus, quarantine flag, red flag, red light, shadow, shadow forth, sign, skull and crossbones, soothsay, speculation, statistical prediction, storm petrel, stormy petrel, symptom, thundercloud, thunderhead, token, tokening, type, vaticination, warning sign, warning signal, yellow flag, yellow jack

ominous

• ominous, abusive, admonitory, apocalyptic, augural, bad, badly off, baleful, baneful, black, bludgeoning, blustering, bodeful, boding, browbeating, bulldozing, bullying, cautionary, comminatory, corroding, corrosive, corrupting, corruptive, counterproductive, damaging, dark, deadly, deleterious, denunciatory, depressed, detrimental, dire, direful, disadvantageous, disserviceable, distressing, donsie, doomful, dreary, evil, evil-starred, fatal, fateful, fear-inspiring, forbidding, foreboding, foreshadowing, foretelling, foretokening, fortuneless, funest, gloomy, grim, hapless, harmful, hectoring, hostile, hurtful, ill, ill off, ill-boding, ill-fated, ill-omened, ill-starred, imminent, in adverse circumstances, inauspicious, indicative, inhospitable, injurious, intimidating, lethal, lowering, luckless, malefic, maleficent, malevolent, malign, malignant, mantic, meaningful, menacing, minacious, minatory, mischievous, noisome, noxious, of evil portent, oracular, out of luck, pernicious, planet-struck, poisonous, portending, portentous, predictive, prejudicial, premonitory, prognostic, prophetic, sad, scatheful, short of luck, sibyllic, sinister, somber, star-crossed, terroristic, terrorizing, threatening, threatful, toxic, unblessed, underprivileged, unfavorable, unfortunate, unfriendly, unhappy, unlucky, unpromising, unpropitious, unprosperous, unprovidential, untoward, vaticinal, venenate, veneniferous, venenous, venomous, vicious, virulent, warning

omission

• omission, Sisyphean labor, abbreviation, abridgment, absence, arrearage, atrocity, bad policy, balk, ban, bar, barring, beggary, bevue, blank, blockade, blue-penciling, bowdlerization, boycott, breach, break, cancellation, censoring, censorship, chasm, circumscription, crime, crime against humanity, culpa, culpable negligence, deadly sin, debarment, debarring, defalcation, default, defect, defectiveness, deficiency, deficit, deletion, delinquency, demarcation, deprivation, dereliction, destitution, disconformity, discontinuity, disregard, dropping, drought, editing, elimination, embargo, endless task, enormity, erasure, error, evil, exception, excision, excluding, exclusion, expurgation, failure, false move, false step, famine, fault, felony, gap, genocide, guilty act, heavy sin, hiatus, imperfection, impolicy, impoverishment, impropriety, inadmissibility, inadvertence, inadvertency, inattention, incompleteness, indiscretion, inexecution, inexpedience, inexpediency, inexpiable sin, iniquity, injunction, injury, injustice, inobservance, interval, laches, lack, lacuna, laissez-faire, lapse, lapsus calami, lapsus linguae, laxity, laxness, leaving out, lockout, loose ends, loose thread, looseness, maladministration, malefaction, malfeasance, malpractice, malum, minor wrong, misadministration, misconduct, miscue, misdeed, misdemeanor, misdirection, misfeasance, misgovernment, misguidance, mishandling, mismanagement, misrule, missing link, misstep, mortal sin, narrowing, need, neglect, neglectfulness, negligence, nonaccomplishment, nonachievement, nonadherence, nonadmission, noncompliance, nonconformance, nonconformity, nonconsummation, nondischarging, nonexecution, nonfeasance, nonfulfillment, noninterference, nonobservance, nonperformance, nonrestriction, offense, omitting, outage, outrage, overlook, overlooking, oversight, peccadillo, peccancy, permissiveness, poor stewardship, preclusion, preterition, procrastination, prohibition, rejection, relegation, remissness, repudiation, restriction, rough edges, shortage, shortcoming, shortfall, sin, sin of commission, sin of omission, sinful act, skip, skipping, slackness, slight, slip, slipup, starvation, striking, stumble, taboo, tort, transgression, trespass, trip, ullage, unfulfillment, unobservance, unrigorousness, unutterable sin, venial sin, want, wantage, work of Penelope, wrong, wrong step, wrongdoing

omit

• omit, abandon, abbreviate, abridge, ban, bar, bar out, blink at, blockade, blot out, blue-pencil, bowdlerize, cancel, censor, count out, cross out, cut, cut off, cut out, debar, dele, delete, discount, disregard, edit, edit out, embargo, eradicate, erase, except, exclude, expunge, expurgate, fail, forget, freeze out, goldbrick, goof off, ignore, jump, keep out, kill, leave, leave loose ends, leave out, leave undone, let alone, let be, let dangle, let go, let slide, lock out, malinger, miss, neglect, obliterate, ostracize, overlook, overpass, pass over, pass up, preclude, pretermit, procrastinate, prohibit, reject, relegate, repudiate, rescind, rub out, send to Coventry, shirk, shut out, skip, slack, slight, strike, strike off, strike out, taboo, trifle, void

omitting

• omitting, aside from, bar, barring, beside, besides, ex, except, except for, excepting, excluding, exclusive of, leaving out, let alone, outside of, precluding, save, save and except, saving, than, unless, without

omnibus

• omnibus, Festschrift, absolute, across-the-board, aggregate, album, all, all-comprehensive, all-embracing, all-encompassing, all-inclusive, all-out, all-pervading, ana, analects, anthology, autobus, beauties, blanket, born, broad-based, bus, cab, canon, chartered bus, chrestomathy, clean, clear, collectanea, collected works, collection, compendious, compilation, complete, complete works, comprehensive, congenital, consummate, deep-dyed, delectus, diligence, double-decker, downright, dyed-in-the-wool, egregious, encyclopedic, entire, exhaustive, florilegium, flowers, garden, garland, global, gross, hack, hired car, holistic, inclusive, integral, integrated, intensive, jitney, mail coach, miscellanea, miscellany, motor coach, motorbus, omnipresent, one, one and indivisible, out-and-out, outright, over-all, panoramic, perfect, pervasive, photograph album, plain, plumb, post coach, posy, pure, quotation book, radical, regular, scrapbook, sheer, stage, stagecoach, straight, sweeping, symposium, synoptic, taxi, taxicab, thorough, thoroughgoing, through-and-through, total, ubiquitous, unconditional, universal, unmitigated, unqualified, unreserved, unrestricted, utter, veritable, whole, wholesale, without exception, without omission

omnipotence

• omnipotence, all-powerfulness, almightiness, eternity, glory, holiness, immutability, infinite goodness, infinite justice, infinite love, infinite mercy, infinite power, infinite wisdom, infinity, light, majesty, omnipotency, omnipresence, omniscience, omnisciency, sovereignty, ubiquity, unity

omnipotent

• omnipotent, absolute, all-knowing, all-powerful, all-seeing, all-wise, almighty, boundless, changeless, creating, creative, divine, eternal, eternally the same, everlasting, glorious, godlike, good, hallowed, highest, holy, immortal, immutable, infinite, just, limitless, loving, luminous, majestic, making, merciful, numinous, omnipresent, omniscient, one, permanent, perpetual, plenipotentiary, radiant, sacred, shaping, sovereign, supreme, timeless, ubiquitous, unbounded, unchanging, undefined, unlimited, unrestricted

omnipresence

• omnipresence, completeness, comprehensiveness, entireness, entirety, eternity, everywhereness, exhaustiveness, glory, holiness, immutability, inclusiveness, infinite goodness, infinite justice, infinite love, infinite mercy, infinite power, infinite wisdom, infinity, intactness, integrality, integrity, light, majesty, omnipotence, omnipotency, omniscience, omnisciency, pervasiveness, solidarity, solidity, sovereignty, thoroughness, totality, ubiquity, unity, universality, wholeness

omnipresent

• omnipresent, absolute, all-embracing, all-encompassing, all-knowing, all-out, all-pervading, all-powerful, all-present, all-seeing, all-wise, allover, almighty, born, boundless, broad-based, changeless, clean, clear, comprehensive, congenital, consummate, creating, creative, deep-dyed, downright, dyed-in-the-wool, egregious, endless, eternal, eternally the same, everlasting, everywhere, exhaustive, glorious, good, hallowed, highest, holy, immeasurable, immortal, immutable, infinite, intensive, just, limitless, loving, luminous, majestic, making, merciful, numinous, omnibus, omnipotent, omniscient, one, out-and-out, outright, perfect, permanent, perpetual, pervasive, plain, plumb, pure, radiant, radical, regular, sacred, shaping, sheer, sovereign, straight, supreme, sweeping, thorough, thoroughgoing, through-and-through, timeless, total, ubiquitous, unbounded, unchanging, unconditional, undefined, unending, universal, unlimited, unmitigated, unqualified, unreserved, unrestricted, utter, veritable, wholesale

omniscience

• omniscience, all-knowingness, cross-disciplinary knowledge, deep knowledge, encyclopedic knowledge, eternity, expertise, extensive knowledge, general knowledge, glory, holiness, immutability, infinite goodness, infinite justice, infinite love, infinite mercy, infinite power, infinite wisdom, infinity, light, majesty, omnipotence, omnipotency, omnipresence, omnisciency, pansophy, polyhistory, polymathy, proficiency, profound knowledge, sovereignty, special knowledge, ubiquity, unity

omniscient

• omniscient, all-knowing, all-powerful, all-seeing, all-wise, almighty, apperceptive, appercipient, apprehending, apprehensive, aware, boundless, changeless, cognizant, comprehending, conscious, creating, creative, eternal, eternally the same, everlasting, glorious, good, hallowed, highest, holy, immortal, immutable, infinite, insightful, intelligent, just, knowing, knowledgeable, limitless, loving, luminous, majestic, making, merciful, mindful, numinous, omnipotent, omnipresent, one, perceptive, percipient, permanent, perpetual, perspicacious, prehensile, radiant, sacred, sagacious, sensible, shaping, shrewd, sovereign, supreme, timeless, ubiquitous, unbounded, unchanging, undefined, understanding, unlimited, wise

omnivorous

• omnivorous, Apician, a hog for, acquisitive, all-devouring, avaricious, avid, bolting, bottomless, cannibal, cannibalistic, carnivorous, commensal, coveting, covetous, cramming, crapulent, crapulous, devouring, dietetic, dining, eating, edacious, esurient, feeding, flesh-eating, fruitarian, gastronomic, glutting, gluttonizing, gluttonous, gobbling, gorging, grabby, grain-eating, graminivorous, granivorous, grasping, grass-eating, greedy, gulping, guttling, guzzling, herbivorous, hoggish, hyperphagic, insatiable, insatiate, insect-eating, insectivorous, intemperate, lactovegetarian, limitless, man-eating, meat-eating, mensal, mercenary, miserly, money-hungry, money-mad, nourishing, nutritious, omophagous, overgreedy, pantophagous, phytivorous, phytophagous, piggish, plant-eating, polyphagic, postprandial, prandial, predacious, preprandial, quenchless, rapacious, ravening, ravenous, slakeless, sordid, stuffing, swinish, unappeasable, unappeased, unquenchable, unsated, unsatisfied, unslakeable, unslaked, vegetable-eating, vegetarian, venal, voracious, wolfing

on a par

• on a par, alike, at par, au pair, commensurate, drawn, equal, equalized, even, even stephen, fifty-fifty, half-and-half, knotted, level, like, nip and tuck, on a footing, on a level, on even ground, par, proportionate, quits, square, stalemated, tied

on account of

• on account of, after, because of, by reason of, by virtue of, considering, due to, for, in aid of, in behalf of, in consideration of, in favor of, in furtherance of, in view of, in virtue of, on behalf of, owing to, remedial of, thanks to

on and on

• on and on, ad infinitum, again and again, always, at a stretch, at all times, ceaselessly, connectedly, constantly, continually, continuously, cumulatively, cyclically, daily, daily and hourly, day after day, day and night, endlessly, ever, ever and anon, ever more, every day, every hour, every moment, greater and greater, growingly, hour after hour, hourly, incessantly, increasingly, interminably, monotonously, month after month, more, more and more, night and day, on a stretch, on end, perennially, perpetually, rapidly, regularly, repetitively, right along, round the clock, steadily, sustainedly, together, unbrokenly, unceasingly, unintermittently, uninterruptedly, unrelievedly, unvaryingly, without a break, without cease, without letup, without stopping, year after year

on board

• on board, aboard, accessible, afloat, all aboard, aloft, among us, at hand, athwart the hawse, athwarthawse, attendant, available, before the mast, here, hereabout, hereabouts, hereat, hereinto, hereto, hereunto, hither, hitherward, hitherwards, immanent, immediate, in sail, in this place, in this vicinity, in view, indwelling, inherent, just here, on board ship, on deck, on hand, on shipboard, on the spot, present, somewhere about, to this place, topside, with us, within call, within reach, within sight

on call

• on call, COD, accessible, adaptable, all-around, at demand, at hand, available, cash, cash down, cash on delivery, convenient, down, handy, money down, of all work, on deck, on demand, on hand, on tap, pay-as-you-go, ready, strictly cash, to hand, upon presentation, versatile

on duty

• on duty, at it, at work, busy, employed, engaged, full of business, hard at it, hard at work, in harness, occupied, on the go, on the hop, on the job, on the jump, on the move, on the run, tied up, working

on edge

• on edge, all nerves, antsy, antsy-pantsy, anxious, apprehensive, breathless, chafing, eager, edgy, excitable, excited, fearful, fretful, fretting, frightened, hasty, high-strung, hopped-up, impatient, impetuous, in a lather, in a stew, in a sweat, in suspense, irritable, keyed-up, nerves on edge, nervous, nervy, on tenterhooks, on tiptoe, overstrung, panicky, quivering, restive, restless, squirming, squirmy, taut, tense, uneasy, unpatient, unquiet, with bated breath, with muscles tense

on end

• on end, ad infinitum, again and again, at a stretch, at attention, bolt upright, ceaselessly, connectedly, constantly, continually, continuously, cumulatively, cyclically, endlessly, endways, endwise, erectly, incessantly, interminably, monotonously, on a stretch, on and on, perennially, repetitively, right on end, round the clock, together, unbrokenly, unceasingly, unintermittently, uninterruptedly, unrelievedly, up, up on end, upright, uprightly, upstandingly, without a break, without cease, without stopping

on guard

• on guard, Argus-eyed, all ears, all eyes, at bay, aux abois, aux aguets, canny, careful, cautious, circumspect, custodial, defensively, deliberate, discreet, eagle-eyed, gingerly, guarded, hawk-eyed, heedful, hesitant, in defense, in self-defense, judicious, keen-eyed, leaving out nothing, lidless, mindful, noncommittal, observant, on the defensive, on the lookout, on the watch, open-eyed, overlooking no possibility, pawky, politic, prudent, regardful, safe, sharp-eyed, sleepless, slow to act, tentative, thorough, unadventurous, uncommunicative, undaring, unenterprising, unprecipitate, vigilant, wary, watchful, with open eyes

on hand

• on hand, accessible, adaptable, all-around, at hand, attendant, available, by one, convenient, free and clear, handy, held, immanent, immediate, in fee, in fee simple, in hand, in seisin, in stock, in store, in supply, in view, indwelling, inherent, of all work, on board, on call, on deck, on tap, own, owned, possessed, present, ready, to hand, versatile, within call, within reach, within sight

on high

• on high, above, abovestairs, airward, aloft, aloof, among the blest, ethereally, high, high up, in glory, in heaven, in the air, in the clouds, on stilts, on the peak, on tiptoe, over, overhead, paradisally, skyward, straight up, tiptoe, to the zenith, up, upstairs, upward, upwards

on ice

• on ice, ascertained, assured, attested, certified, cooked-up, cut out, cut-and-dried, cut-and-dry, decided, determinate, determined, established, fixed, guaranteed, in the bag, made sure, nailed down, open-and-shut, packed, planned, plotted, prearranged, preconcerted, precontrived, premeditated, preordered, proved, put-up, rigged, schemed, secure, set, set-up, settled, stacked, stated, tested, tried, warranted

on paper

• on paper, autograph, autographic, calligraphic, chirographic, cursive, engrossed, flowing, graphic, graphoanalytic, graphologic, graphometric, holograph, holographic, hypothetically, ideally, in idea, in longhand, in shorthand, in the abstract, in theory, in writing, inscribed, italic, italicized, longhand, manuscript, penciled, penned, printed, running, scriptorial, scriptural, shorthand, stylographic, theoretically, written

on purpose

• on purpose, advisedly, by design, calculatedly, consciously, contemplatedly, deliberately, designedly, in cold blood, intentionally, knowingly, meditatedly, pointedly, premeditatedly, purposefully, purposely, purposively, voluntarily, willfully, with full intent, with intent, with malice aforethought, with purpose, wittingly

on record

• on record, booked, documented, down, enrolled, entered, filed, indexed, inscribed, legal, logged, minuted, of record, official, on file, on the books, posted, recorded, registered, written down

on tenterhooks

• on tenterhooks, addled, agitated, all-overish, anxious, anxioused up, apprehensive, at a loss, baffled, bamboozled, beat, bothered, buffaloed, concerned, confounded, dazed, disquieted, disturbed, fearful, floored, foreboding, fuddled, in a dilemma, in a pucker, in a stew, in suspense, keyed-up, licked, misgiving, muddled, mystified, nervous, nonplussed, on edge, on tiptoe, overanxious, overapprehensive, perplexed, perturbed, puzzled, quivering, solicitous, strained, stuck, stumped, suspenseful, taut, tense, thrown, troubled, uneasy, with bated breath, with muscles tense, zealous

on the ball

• on the ball, advertent, agile, agog, alert, alive, all ears, all eyes, assiduous, attentive, awake, aware, bright, careful, clear-sighted, clear-witted, clearheaded, concentrated, conscious, diligent, earnest, finical, finicking, finicky, heedful, intense, intent, intentive, keen, meticulous, mindful, nice, niggling, nimble, observant, observing, on the, on the alert, on the job, open-eared, open-eyed, openmouthed, prompt, qui vive, quick, ready, regardful, sharp, sleepless, smart, unblinking, unnodding, unsleeping, unwinking, wakeful, watchful, wide-awake

on the beam

• on the beam, aside, askance, askant, asquint, broadside, broadside on, crabwise, directly, down the alley, edgeway, edgeways, edgewise, glancingly, go-go, groovy, hep, hip, into, laterad, laterally, on its side, on the straight, really into, right and left, sideling, sidelong, sideward, sidewards, sideway, sideways, sidewise, sidling, straight, straightly, undeviatingly, unswervingly, with it

on the brink

• on the brink, about to, at next hand, at the limit, at the periphery, at the threshold, bordering on, close to, close upon, hard on, marginally, near, near to, near upon, nearabout, next door to, nigh, nigh about, not far from, on the borderline, on the edge, on the point, on the verge, peripherally, verging on, verging upon

on the double

• on the double, amain, apace, at flank speed, at the double, crowded, double-quick, double-time, expeditiously, fast, hand over fist, hand over hand, hard-pressed, hard-pushed, hard-run, hastily, hell for leather, hell-bent, hell-bent for election, hurried, in double time, in double-quick time, in high, in high gear, in seven-league boots, lickety-cut, lickety-split, post, posthaste, pressed, pressed for time, promptly, pushed, quick, quickly, rapidly, rushed, snappily, speedily, swiftly, trippingly, under forced draft, whip and spur, with all haste, with giant strides, with rapid strides, with speed

on the fence

• on the fence, Laodicean, apathetic, centrist, even, fifty-fifty, half-and-half, impartial, independent, indifferent, midway, moderate, mugwumpian, mugwumpish, neuter, neutral, nonaligned, noncommitted, nonpartisan, passive, third-force, third-world, uncommitted, uninvolved

on the fritz

• on the fritz, amiss, askew, awry, broken, cockeyed, convulsed, deranged, disarranged, discomfited, discomposed, disconcerted, dislocated, disordered, disorderly, disorganized, disturbed, haywire, in disorder, in disrepair, inoperative, misplaced, on the blink, out of commission, out of condition, out of gear, out of joint, out of kelter, out of kilter, out of order, out of place, out of repair, out of tune, out of whack, perturbed, roily, shuffled, turbid, turbulent, unsettled, upset

on the go

• on the go, astir, at it, at work, busy, employed, en route, engaged, full of business, hard at it, hard at work, in harness, in motion, in transit, occupied, on duty, on the bum, on the gad, on the hop, on the job, on the jump, on the move, on the road, on the run, on the tramp, on the wing, tied up, under sail, under way, working

on the house

• on the house, as a gift, charitable, complimentary, costless, eleemosynary, expenseless, for free, for love, for nothing, free, free as air, free for nothing, free gratis, free of charge, free of cost, freebie, giftlike, given, gratis, gratuitous, on one, to his heirs, unbought, unpaid-for, untaxed, without charge

on the job

• on the job, advertent, agile, agog, alert, alive, all ears, all eyes, assiduous, at it, at work, attentive, awake, aware, bright, busy, careful, concentrated, conscious, diligent, earnest, employed, engaged, finical, finicking, finicky, full of business, hard at it, hard at work, heedful, in harness, intense, intent, intentive, keen, meticulous, mindful, nice, niggling, nimble, observant, observing, occupied, on duty, on the, on the alert, on the ball, on the go, on the hop, on the jump, on the move, on the run, open-eared, open-eyed, openmouthed, prompt, qui vive, quick, ready, regardful, sharp, sleepless, smart, tied up, unblinking, unnodding, unsleeping, unwinking, wakeful, watchful, wide-awake, working

on the level

• on the level, aboveboard, authentic, bona fide, fair and square, foursquare, genuine, good-faith, on the square, on the up-and-up, open, open and aboveboard, single-hearted, square, square-dealing, square-shooting, straight, straight-shooting, up-and-up, veritable

on the lookout for

• on the lookout for, after, agape, agog, all agog, anticipant, anticipating, anticipative, anticipatory, awaiting, certain, confident, delving, digging, eager, expectant, expecting, fishing, forearmed, forestalling, forewarned, gaping, hopeful, in anticipation, in expectation, in search of, loaded for bear, looking for, looking forward to, nosy, not surprised, optimistic, out for, out for bear, poking, prepared, probing, prying, ready, sanguine, searching, sure, unsurprised, waiting, waiting for, watching for

on the lookout

• on the lookout, Argus-eyed, all ears, all eyes, aux aguets, custodial, eagle-eyed, guarded, hawk-eyed, keen-eyed, lidless, observant, on guard, on the watch, open-eyed, prudent, sharp-eyed, sleepless, vigilant, wary, watchful, with open eyes

on the move

• on the move, astir, at it, at work, busy, employed, en route, engaged, full of business, hard at it, hard at work, in harness, in motion, in transit, occupied, on duty, on the bum, on the gad, on the go, on the hop, on the job, on the jump, on the road, on the run, on the tramp, on the wing, tied up, under sail, under way, working

on the other hand

• on the other hand, a rebours, after all, again, against the grain, albeit, alias, all the same, although, arsy-varsy, aside, askance, askant, asquint, at all events, at any rate, broadside, broadside on, but, by contraries, contra, contrarily, contrariously, contrariwise, conversely, crabwise, edgeway, edgeways, edgewise, else, elsewise, even, even so, for all that, glancingly, howbeit, however, in any case, in any event, in flat opposition, in other respects, in other ways, inversely, just the opposite, just the same, laterad, laterally, nay rather, nevertheless, nonetheless, notwithstanding, on its side, on the beam, on the contrary, oppositely, or else, other than, otherwise, per contra, quite the contrary, rather, right and left, sideling, sidelong, sideward, sidewards, sideway, sideways, sidewise, sidling, still, than, though, to the contrary, topsy-turvy, tout au contraire, upside down, vice versa, when, yet

on the rocks

• on the rocks, aground, bankrupt, broke, broken, busted, castaway, destitute, failed, foundered, grounded, hard and fast, high and dry, in receivership, insolvent, marooned, ruined, set fast, shipwrecked, stranded, stuck, stuck fast, swamped, wrecked

on the run

• on the run, amain, apace, astir, at it, at once, at work, busy, by forced marches, cursorily, employed, en route, engaged, expeditiously, feverishly, full of business, furiously, hand over fist, hard at it, hard at work, hastily, helter-skelter, hotfoot, hurriedly, hurry-scurry, immediately, in harness, in motion, in passing, in transit, instantly, occupied, on duty, on the bum, on the gad, on the go, on the hop, on the job, on the jump, on the move, on the road, on the tramp, on the wing, pell-mell, promptly, quickly, slapdash, speedily, superficially, swiftly, tied up, under sail, under way, with a rush, with all haste, with dispatch, with haste, working

on the shelf

• on the shelf, abandoned, abjured, antiquated, antique, archaic, deserted, discontinued, disused, done with, not worth saving, obsolescent, obsolete, old, old-fashioned, out, out of use, out-of-date, outdated, outmoded, outworn, past use, pensioned off, relinquished, renounced, resigned, retired, superannuate, superannuated, superseded, worn-out

on the side

• on the side, above, additionally, again, all included, also, altogether, among other things, and all, and also, and so, as well, aside, au reste, away, beside, besides, beyond, else, en plus, extra, farther, for lagniappe, further, furthermore, in addition, in juxtaposition, inter alia, into the bargain, item, likewise, more, moreover, nearby, on one side, on top of, over, plus, sidelong, similarly, then, therewith, to boot, to one side, to the side, too, yet

on the spot

• on the spot, PDQ, aboard, among us, apace, as of now, as things are, at once, at present, at this juncture, at this moment, at this point, at this time, between two fires, but now, cornered, cursory, decisively, directly, endangered, even now, expeditious, expeditiously, festinate, feverish, flying, for the nonce, for this occasion, forthwith, furious, hasty, here, here and now, hereabout, hereabouts, hereat, hereinto, hereto, hereunto, hic et nunc, hither, hitherward, hitherwards, hurried, immediate, immediately, imperiled, in Dutch, in a bind, in a fix, in a mess, in a pickle, in a predicament, in a scrape, in a spot, in danger, in deep water, in desperate case, in extremis, in jeopardy, in no time, in our time, in these days, in this place, in this vicinity, in trouble, instant, instantaneously, instanter, instantly, jeopardized, just here, just now, just then, last-minute, momentaneously, momentarily, momently, now, nowadays, on Queer Street, on board, on the dot, on the instant, on the nail, passing, pretty damned quick, prompt, promptly, pronto, quick, quickly, right away, right off, slap-bang, slapdash, smartly, snap, somewhere about, speedily, speedy, straightaway, straightway, subito, summarily, superficial, swift, swiftly, this day, this night, threatened, to this place, today, tonight, urgent, with all speed, with us, without delay, without further delay

on the verge

• on the verge, about to, at next hand, at the limit, at the periphery, at the threshold, bordering on, close to, close upon, hard on, marginally, near, near to, near upon, nearabout, next door to, nigh, nigh about, not far from, on the borderline, on the brink, on the edge, on the point, peripherally, verging on, verging upon

on the wagon

• on the wagon, Apostolic, Encratic, Lenten, Pythagorean, Rechabite, Shaker, Spartan, Stoic, abstemious, abstinent, ascetic, celibate, chaste, continent, fruitarian, nephalistic, sexually abstinent, sworn off, teetotal, vegetarian

on the wane

• on the wane, contractive, declining, decreasing, decrescendo, decrescent, deliquescent, diminishing, diminuendo, dwindling, languishing, lessening, on the decline, on the downgrade, on the skids, reductive, subsiding, tottering, waning

on the way

• on the way, along the way, as one goes, brewing, en passant, en route, forthcoming, going on, in embryo, in hand, in mid-progress, in passing, in preparation, in process, in production, in progress, in the oven, in the works, in transit, in transitu, on stream, on the anvil, on the fire, on the road, on the wing, under construction, under revision, under way

on the whole

• on the whole, after all, all in all, all things considered, almost entirely, altogether, approximately, as a rule, as a whole, as an approximation, at large, before the bench, before the court, broadly, broadly speaking, by and large, ceteris paribus, chiefly, commonly, considering, effectually, essentially, everything being equal, generally, generally speaking, in court, in general, in round numbers, in the main, mainly, mostly, normally, on balance, on the average, ordinarily, overall, predominantly, prevailingly, roughly, roughly speaking, routinely, speaking generally, sub judice, substantially, taking into account, therefore, this being so, usually, virtually, wherefore

on to

• on to, alive to, appreciative of, apprised of, awake to, aware of, behind the curtain, behind the scenes, cognizant of, conscious of, hep to, in the know, in the secret, informed of, let into, mindful of, no stranger to, privy to, seized of, sensible of, sensible to, streetwise, undeceived, wise to

on trust

• on trust, believingly, devoutly, in installments, on account, on budget terms, on credit, on easy terms, on faith, on good terms, on terms, on the cuff, on tick, piously, trustfully, trustingly, undoubtfully, undoubtingly, unquestioningly, unsuspectingly, unsuspiciously, upon trust, with confidence, with faith, without doubt

on

• on, about, above, accidental, accompanying, across, ado, afloat, afoot, after which, against, ahead, along, among, anent, apropos of, as for, as regards, as respects, as to, astraddle, astride, at, atop, by, by dint of, by means of, by use of, by virtue of, by way of, circumstantial, concerning, current, doing, en route to, eventuating, for, forth, forward, forwards, from, going on, happening, headed for, hereby, hereinafter, herewith, horseback, in, in connection with, in contact with, in hand, in passage to, in point of, in re, in reference to, in regard to, in relation to, in relation with, in respect to, in the wind, in transit to, in virtue of, incidental, near, next to, occasional, occurring, of, on foot, on horseback, on route to, on top of, ongoing, onward, onwards, opposite, over, over against, passing, per, pertaining to, pertinent to, prevailing, prevalent, re, referring to, regarding, relating to, relative to, respecting, resultant, speaking of, straddle, straddle-legged, straddleback, taking place, thanks to, thereby, therewith, through, to, touching, toward, towards, under way, up, up against, upon, upon which, versus, vis-a-vis, whereat, whereby, wherefore, whereon, whereto, whereunto, whereupon, wherewith, wherewithal, with, with regard to, with respect to

once

• once, alone, already, ancient, anytime, anyway, anywise, apart, at a stroke, at all, at intervals, at once, at one time, at times, at whatever time, before, by itself, bygone, conclusively, decidedly, definitely, directly, earlier, early, erstwhile, finally, for good, fore, former, formerly, heretofore, if ever, immediately, immemorial, in a jiffy, in a trice, in a wink, in the singular, individually, instantly, just this once, late, long ago, no matter when, now and again, occasionally, old, olden, on one occasion, once for all, one by one, one day, one fine morning, one time, onetime, only once, particularly, past, per se, periodically, positively, prehistoric, previous, previously, primeval, primitive, prior, promptly, quondam, recent, right away, separately, severally, simultaneously, single-handedly, singly, singularly, some time ago, sometime, sometimes, sporadically, then, time was, together, whenever, whensoever, whilom, without delay

oncoming

• oncoming, A, access, accession, advance, advancing, advent, afflux, affluxion, alpha, approach, approaching, appropinquation, approximate, approximation, approximative, appulse, arrival, arriving, attracted to, beginning, blast-off, coming, coming near, coming toward, commencement, creation, cutting edge, dawn, drawn to, edge, establishment, flowing toward, flying start, forthcoming, forward, forward-looking, foundation, fresh start, go-ahead, imminence, imminent, institution, jump-off, kick-off, leading edge, moving, near, nearing, nearness, new departure, ongoing, onset, onward, opening, origin, origination, outbreak, outset, proceeding, progressing, progressive, proximate, proximation, running start, send-off, setting in motion, setting-up, square one, start, start-off, starting point, take-off, to come, upcoming

one and all

• one and all, A to Z, A to izzard, aggregate, all, all agreeing, all and some, all and sundry, all hands, all the world, all together, alpha and omega, altogether, any, as one, as one man, assemblage, be-all, be-all and end-all, beginning and end, by acclamation, complement, completely, comprehensively, concurrently, consentaneously, each, each and all, each and every, each one, entirely, every, every man Jack, every one, everybody, everyone, everything, exhaustively, fully, globally, hundred per cent, in chorus, in full, in full measure, in unison, inclusively, inside out, integrally, largely, length and breadth, nem con, nemine contradicente, nemine dissentiente, on all hands, outright, package, package deal, roundly, set, the corpus, the ensemble, the entirety, the lot, the whole, the whole range, thoroughly, to a man, to the hilt, together, totality, totally, tout a fait, tout le monde, unanimously, unconditionally, unreservedly, whole, wholly, with one accord, with one consent, with one voice, without contradiction

one and only

• one and only, I, absolute, ace, alone, atom, azygous, celibate, first and last, impair, lone, monad, no other, none else, nothing else, nought beside, odd, one, only, only-begotten, singular, sole, unique, unit, unpaired, unrepeated

one by one

• one by one, adrift, alone, apart, apart from, apiece, aside from, asunder, away from, by itself, each, each to each, in the abstract, in the singular, in twain, in two, independently, individually, once, particularly, per annum, per capita, per se, piecemeal, respectively, separately, severally, single-handedly, singly, singularly

one horse

• one horse, cramped, dinky, exiguous, half-pint, jerkwater, knee-high, limited, little, measly, niggling, petite, pettifogging, petty, picayune, picayunish, piddling, piffling, pindling, pint-sized, poky, punk, puny, short, slight, small, small-beer, small-time, smallish, tinhorn, two-bit, two-by-four

one piece

• one piece, monadal, monadic, one-sided, uniangulate, unibivalent, unibranchiate, unicameral, unicellular, unicuspid, unidentate, unidigitate, unidimensional, unidirectional, uniflorous, unifoliate, unifoliolate, unigenital, uniglobular, unilateral, unilinear, uniliteral, unilobed, unilobular, unimodular, unimolecular, uniocular, unipart, unipartite, unipolar, univalent, univocal

one sided

• one sided, anamorphous, antiblack, askew, asymmetric, bent, biased, bifacial, bilateral, bowed, chauvinistic, cockeyed, colored, contorted, crazy, crooked, crumpled, crunched, deviative, dihedral, distorted, doctrinaire, dogmatic, flanked, handed, influenced, interested, involved, irregular, jaundiced, know-nothing, labyrinthine, lateral, lopsided, many-sided, monadal, monadic, multilateral, nonobjective, nonsymmetric, one-piece, opinionated, partial, partisan, polyhedral, prejudiced, prepossessed, quadrilateral, racist, sexist, sided, sprung, superpatriotic, swayed, tendentious, tetrahedral, three-sided, tortuous, trihedral, trilateral, triquetrous, twisted, two-sided, ultranationalist, undetached, undispassionate, uniangulate, unibivalent, unibranchiate, unicameral, unicellular, unicuspid, unidentate, unidigitate, unidimensional, unidirectional, uniflorous, unifoliate, unifoliolate, unigenital, uniglobular, unilateral, unilinear, uniliteral, unilobed, unilobular, unimodular, unimolecular, uniocular, unipart, unipartite, unipolar, univalent, univocal, unneutral, unsymmetric, warped, weighted, xenophobic

one upmanship

• one upmanship, Italian hand, accomplishment, acuteness, art, artfulness, artifice, ascendancy, astuteness, cageyness, callidity, canniness, cleverness, competition, craft, craftiness, cunning, cunningness, cutthroat competition, deanship, emulation, excellence, favor, fine Italian hand, finesse, foxiness, gamesmanship, greatness, guile, incomparability, ingeniousness, inimitability, insidiousness, inventiveness, jockeying, lead, lifemanship, majority, precedence, predominance, predomination, preeminence, preponderance, prepotence, prepotency, prerogative, prestige, priority, privilege, readiness, resourcefulness, right-of-way, rivalry, satanic cunning, seniority, sharpness, shiftiness, shrewdness, skill, slipperiness, slyness, sneakiness, sophistry, stealth, stealthiness, subtilty, subtleness, subtlety, success, superiority, suppleness, transcendence, transcendency, trickiness, virtuosity, vying, wariness, wiles, wiliness, wit

one

• one, Adamite, I, a, a certain, ace, aggregate, alike, all, all one, all the same, all-embracing, all-inclusive, all-knowing, all-powerful, all-seeing, all-wise, almighty, amalgamated, an, any, any one, assimilated, associate, atom, atomic, being, blended, body, boundless, cat, certain, changeless, chap, character, coadunate, coalesce, combinative, combinatory, combined, comprehensive, conjoint, conjugate, conjunctive, connect, connective, consolidated, consubstantial, coupled, creating, creative, creature, customer, duck, duplicate, earthling, eclectic, either, entire, eternal, eternally the same, everlasting, exactly alike, exclusive, exhaustive, fellow, fused, glorious, good, gross, groundling, guy, hallowed, hand, head, highest, holistic, holy, homo, homoousian, human, human being, identic, identical, immortal, immutable, inclusive, incorporated, indistinguishable, individual, indivisible, infinite, integral, integrated, irreducible, joined, joint, joker, just, just alike, life, like, limitless, link, living soul, lone, loving, luminous, majestic, making, man, married, matched, mated, measured, merciful, merged, mixed, monad, monadic, monistic, mortal, no other, none else, nose, nothing else, nought beside, numinous, omnibus, omnipotent, omnipresent, omniscient, one and indivisible, one and only, only, paired, particular, partnered, party, permanent, perpetual, person, personage, personality, quantified, quantitative, quantitive, quantized, radiant, relate, sacred, same, selfsame, separate, shaping, simple, single, singular, sole, solid, solitary, some, somebody, someone, soul, sovereign, supreme, syncretistic, syncretized, synthesized, tellurian, terran, timeless, total, twin, ubiquitous, unanalyzable, unbounded, unchanging, undefined, undifferent, undivided, uniform, unique, unit, unitary, unite, united, universal, unlimited, wed, wedded, whole, without difference, without distinction, worldling

oneness

• oneness, accord, accordance, affinity, agape, agreement, allness, amity, assent, bill, bonds of harmony, bone, brotherly love, buck, caritas, cement of friendship, charity, chorus, coequality, coherence, coincidence, collectivity, combination, communion, community, community of interests, compatibility, completeness, complex, concert, concord, concordance, conformance, conformation, conformity, congeniality, congruence, congruency, congruity, consistency, consonance, consort, cooperation, correspondence, differentiation, differentness, distinctiveness, egohood, elementarity, embodiment, empathy, entireness, entirety, equality, equivalence, esprit, esprit de corps, feeling of identity, fellow feeling, fellowship, fish, frictionlessness, frogskin, fundamentality, fusion, good vibes, good vibrations, happy family, harmony, homogeneity, homoousia, human factor, identity, indistinguishability, individualism, individuality, indivisibility, intactness, integer, integrality, integration, integrity, intersection, inviolability, irreducibility, kinship, like-mindedness, love, monism, mutuality, no difference, nominalism, nonconformity, organic unity, overlap, parallelism, particularism, particularity, peace, personal equation, personal identity, personality, personship, plainness, purity, rapport, rapprochement, reciprocity, sameness, self-consistency, self-identity, selfhood, selfness, selfsameness, severity, sharing, simpleness, simplicity, singleness, singularity, skin, smacker, solidarity, solidification, solidity, soul, starkness, symmetry, sympathy, symphony, sync, synchronism, synonymity, synonymousness, synonymy, tally, team spirit, timing, totality, unadulteration, understanding, undividedness, unification, uniformity, union, uniqueness, unison, unisonance, unity, univocity, unmixedness, unsophistication, whole, wholeness

onerous

• onerous, Herculean, annoying, arduous, arduously, backbreaking, besetting, bothersome, burdensome, burdensomely, crushing, cumbersome, cumbrous, demanding, difficult, difficultly, effortful, encumbering, exacting, exhausting, exigent, forced, grievous, grinding, grueling, hampering, hard, hard-earned, hard-fought, hardly, harsh, heavy, heavy-handed, hefty, impedimental, impeding, impeditive, incumbent, irksome, killing, labored, laborious, laboriously, lumpish, massive, onerously, operose, oppressive, overburdensome, painful, plaguey, ponderous, punishing, strained, strenuous, superincumbent, taxing, toilsome, toilsomely, tough, troublesome, trying, tyrannous, unruly, unwieldy, uphill, vexatious, wearing, wearisome, wearying, weighty

oneself

• oneself, I, I myself, alter, alter ego, alterum, better self, ego, ethical self, he, her, herself, him, himself, inner man, inner self, it, me, my humble self, myself, number one, other self, ourselves, self, she, subconscious self, subliminal self, superego, them, themselves, they, you, yours truly, yourself, yourselves

onetime

• onetime, ancient, bygone, early, erstwhile, fore, former, immemorial, late, old, olden, once, past, prehistoric, previous, primeval, primitive, prior, quondam, recent, sometime, then, whilom

ongoing

• ongoing, Brownian movement, accidental, accompanying, acting, active, ado, advance, advancement, advancing, afloat, afoot, ameliorative, anabasis, angular motion, ascending, ascent, at work, axial motion, backflowing, backing, backward motion, bettering, career, ceaseless, circumstantial, climbing, constant, continual, continued, continuing, continuous, course, current, descending, descent, developing, development, doing, downward motion, drift, driftage, ebbing, endless, eventuating, evolving, flight, flow, flux, forward, forward motion, forward-looking, forwardal, forwarding, functional, functioning, furtherance, furthering, go-ahead, going, going on, growing, growth, happening, headway, improving, in exercise, in force, in hand, in operation, in play, in practice, in process, in the wind, in the works, inaction, incidental, interminable, looking up, march, meliorative, mending, mounting, moving, oblique motion, occasional, occurring, on, on foot, on the fire, on the lift, on the mend, oncoming, onrush, onward, onward course, operating, operational, passage, passing, perpetual, persistent, plunging, prevailing, prevalent, proceeding, proficiency, progress, progressing, progression, progressive, progressiveness, promotion, radial motion, random motion, reflowing, refluence, reflux, regression, relentless, resultant, retrogression, rising, rolling, rolling on, run, running, rush, set, sideward motion, sinking, soaring, sternway, stream, subsiding, successive, taking place, traject, trajet, travel, trend, unbroken, under way, unending, unfolding, uninterrupted, upward motion, way, working

onlooker

• onlooker, TV-viewer, abutter, adjoiner, beholder, bird-watcher, borderer, bystander, drugstore cowboy, eyewitness, gaper, gazer, gazer-on, girl-watcher, goggler, immediate neighbor, kibitzer, looker, looker-on, neighbor, neighborer, observer, ogler, perceiver, percipient, seer, sidewalk superintendent, spectator, spectatress, spectatrix, tangent, televiewer, television-viewer, video-gazer, viewer, watcher, witness

only

• only, absolute, after a fashion, alone, appreciably, at any rate, at best, at least, at most, at the least, at the most, at the outside, at worst, azygous, barely, but, celibate, companionless, comparatively, contrariwise, detectably, entirely, exclusive, exclusively, fairly, first and last, however, impair, in a manner, in a way, in part, in some measure, incomparable, incompletely, inimitable, integrally, irreducibly, just, leastwise, lone, matchless, merely, mildly, moderately, modestly, not comprehensively, not exhaustively, odd, on the contrary, one, one and only, only-begotten, part, partially, particular, partly, peerless, plainly, pro tanto, purely, relatively, separate, simply, simply and solely, single, singly, singular, so far, sole, solely, solitary, solo, somewhat, thus far, to a degree, to some degree, tolerably, totally, transcendent, unaccompanied, unanalyzably, unattended, undividedly, unequaled, unexampled, unique, unmatched, unpaired, unparagoned, unparalleled, unrepeatable, unrepeated, unrivaled, visibly, wholly, yet

onomatopoeia

• onomatopoeia, bowwow theory, copying, counterfeiting, echoic word, emulation, fakery, following, forgery, hit-off, imitation, impersonation, imposture, impression, mimesis, mirroring, onomatope, onomatopoeic word, parody, plagiarism, plagiary, repetition, simulation, takeoff

onomatopoeic

• onomatopoeic, apish, conjugate, delineatory, depictive, derivative, echoic, embodying, emulative, etymologic, figurative, graphic, ideographic, illustrational, illustrative, imitative, incarnating, lexical, lexicographic, lexicologic, lexigraphic, limning, mimetic, mimic, mimish, onomastic, onomatologic, onomatopoetic, paronymic, paronymous, personifying, pictographic, pictorial, portraying, representational, representative, representing, simulative, symbolizing, typifying, vivid

onrush

• onrush, Brownian movement, advance, affluence, afflux, affluxion, angular motion, ascending, ascent, axial motion, backflowing, backing, backward motion, career, climbing, concourse, confluence, conflux, course, crosscurrent, current, defluxion, descending, descent, downflow, downpour, downward motion, drift, driftage, ebbing, flight, flow, flowing, fluency, flux, forward motion, gush, inflow, mill run, millrace, mounting, oblique motion, ongoing, onward course, outflow, passage, plunging, progress, race, radial motion, random motion, reflowing, refluence, reflux, regression, retrogression, rising, run, rush, set, sideward motion, sinking, soaring, spate, sternway, stream, subsiding, surge, tide, traject, trajet, trend, undercurrent, undertow, upward motion, water flow

onset

• onset, A, aggravated assault, aggression, albertype, alpha, amphibious attack, appearance, armed assault, assailing, assailment, assault, attack, banzai attack, beginning, birth, blast-off, blitz, blitzkrieg, book printing, breakthrough, charge, chromotypography, chromotypy, chromoxylography, collotype, color printing, commencement, counterattack, counteroffensive, coup de main, creation, crippling attack, cutting edge, dawn, dawning, dead set at, debut, descent on, diversion, diversionary attack, drive, edge, electronography, electrostatic printing, establishment, flank attack, flying start, foundation, fresh start, frontal attack, gas attack, genesis, graphic arts, gravure, halftone engraving, head-on attack, history of printing, hit, inauguration, inception, infiltration, initiation, institution, job printing, jump-off, kick-off, leading edge, letterpress, letterpress photoengraving, lightning attack, lightning war, line engraving, lithography, lithogravure, lithophotogravure, mass attack, megadeath, mimeograph, mugging, new departure, offense, offensive, offset, offset lithography, oncoming, onrush, onslaught, opening, origin, origination, outbreak, outset, outstart, overkill, palaeotypography, panzer warfare, photo-offset, photochemical process, photoengraving, photogelatin process, photographic reproduction, photography, photolithography, phototypography, phototypy, photozincography, planographic printing, planography, printing, printmaking, publication, publishing, push, raid, relief printing, rotary photogravure, rotogravure, run against, run at, running start, rush, sally, send-off, setout, setting in motion, setting-up, sheetwork, shock tactics, sortie, square one, start, start-off, starting point, stencil, storming, strike, take-off, three-color printing, two-color printing, typography, typolithography, unprovoked assault, wood-block printing, xerography, xeroprinting, xylotypography, zincography

onslaught

• onslaught, abuse, aggravated assault, aggression, amphibious attack, appulse, armed assault, assailing, assailment, assault, attack, banzai attack, battering, berating, bitter words, blackening, blitz, blitzkrieg, breakthrough, brunt, bulldozing, bulling, bump, butchery, cannon, carambole, carom, charge, clash, collision, concussion, contumely, counterattack, counteroffensive, coup de main, crack-up, crash, crippling attack, crump, crunch, dead set at, descent on, diatribe, disorderliness, diversion, diversionary attack, drive, encounter, execration, flank attack, forcible seizure, frontal attack, gas attack, hammering, hard words, head-on attack, impact, impingement, infiltration, invective, jawing, jeremiad, killing, laying waste, lightning attack, lightning war, looting, mass attack, massacre, mauling, meeting, megadeath, mugging, obstreperousness, offense, offensive, onset, overkill, panzer warfare, percussion, philippic, pillaging, push, ramming, rape, rating, revilement, riot, rioting, run against, run at, rush, sacking, sally, screed, shock, shock tactics, sideswipe, slaughter, sledgehammering, smash, smash-up, smashing, sortie, sowing with salt, strike, thrusting, tirade, tongue-lashing, unprovoked assault, unruliness, vilification, violation, vituperation, whomp

ontology

• ontology, aesthetics, axiology, casuistry, cosmology, epistemology, ethics, existentialism, first philosophy, gnosiology, logic, mental philosophy, metaphysics, moral philosophy, phenomenology, philosophastry, philosophic doctrine, philosophic system, philosophic theory, philosophical inquiry, philosophical speculation, philosophy, school of philosophy, school of thought, science of being, sophistry, theory of beauty, theory of knowledge, value theory

onus

• onus, absolute indication, allegiance, arraignability, arraignableness, aspersion, assigned task, attaint, badge of infamy, bar sinister, baton, bend sinister, black eye, black mark, blameworthiness, bloody hands, blot, blur, bounden duty, brand, broad arrow, burden, burden of proof, burthen, business, call of duty, cargo, censurability, censurableness, censure, champain, charge, chargeability, commitment, complicity, conclusive evidence, criminality, cross, culpability, cumbrance, damning evidence, deadweight, dedication, deference, demonstration, determination, devoir, devotion, difficulty, dirty hands, disadvantage, disparagement, duties and responsibilities, duty, embarrassment, encumbrance, establishment, ethics, fault, fealty, freight, guilt, guiltiness, guilty conscience, hamper, handicap, homage, impeachability, impeachableness, impediment, impedimenta, imperative, implication, imposition, imputation, incontrovertible evidence, inconvenience, inculpation, indictability, indictableness, indisputable evidence, involvement, ironclad proof, line of duty, load, loyalty, lumber, mark of Cain, millstone, mission, must, obligation, odium, onus probandi, ought, pack, peccancy, penalty, pillorying, place, point champain, proof, red-handedness, reflection, reprehensibility, reprimand, reproach, reproachableness, reprovability, reprovableness, respect, self-imposed duty, settlement, slur, smear, smirch, smudge, smutch, spot, stain, stigma, stigmatism, stigmatization, sure sign, taint, tarnish, task, tax, trouble, unmistakable sign, weight, white elephant

onward

• onward, advancing, ahead, alee, along, en route to, facing, for, forth, forward, forward-looking, forwards, frontward, frontwards, go-ahead, headward, headwards, moving, on, oncoming, ongoing, onwards, proceeding, progressing, progressive, vanward

oodles

• oodles, batch, considerable, deal, gobs, good deal, great deal, heap, heaps, jillion, lashings, loads, lot, lots, mess, million, mint, pack, peck, pile, piles, pot, quantities, quite a little, raft, rafts, scads, sight, slew, slews, spate, stack, stacks, thousand, tidy sum, trillion, wad, wads, whole slew

ooze

• ooze, bleed, clay, discharge, drain, drip, effuse, effusion, emit, excrete, excretion, exfiltrate, exfiltration, extravasate, extravasation, exudate, exudation, exude, filter, filtering, filtrate, filtration, give off, glop, goo, goop, gumbo, gunk, leach, leaching, leak, lixiviate, lixiviation, mire, muck, mud, oozing, percolate, percolating, percolation, reek, scum, secrete, sediment, seep, seepage, sew, silt, slab, slime, slip, slob, slop, slosh, sludge, slush, splosh, squash, strain, straining, sweat, swill, transpire, transudation, transude, trickle, weep, weeping

opacity

• opacity, abstruseness, adiaphanousness, ambiguity, amorphousness, asininity, blockishness, boobishness, boorishness, bovinity, cloddishness, cloudiness, crassness, crudeness, dark, darkness, denseness, density, dim-wittedness, dimness, doltishness, dull-wittedness, dullardism, dullness, dumbness, duncery, equivocation, fog, fogginess, fuzziness, grossness, hebetude, impenetrability, impermeability, imperviousness to light, indefiniteness, indeterminateness, indistinctness, intransparency, lethargy, loutishness, lumpishness, mist, mistiness, mumbo jumbo, murk, murkiness, mystification, ninnyism, oafdom, oafishness, obfuscation, obscurantism, obscuration, obscurity, obtuseness, opaque, opaqueness, perplexity, reconditeness, roil, roiledness, shapelessness, simpletonianism, slowness, sluggishness, sottishness, stolidity, stupidity, thick-headedness, thick-wittedness, thickness, turbidity, turbidness, unclarity, unclearness, unintelligibility, unplainness, unteachability, vagueness, wrongheadedness, yokelism

opalescent

• opalescent, burele, chatoyant, creamy, delicate, eggshell, flat, gloss, iridal, iridescent, iridial, iridian, irisated, irised, light, lustrous, mellow, moire, mother-of-pearl, nacre, nacred, nacreous, nacry, opaline, opaloid, pale, pastel, patinaed, pavonian, pavonine, pearl-like, pearlish, pearly, quiet, rainbowlike, rainbowy, sad, semigloss, simple, sober, soft, soft-colored, soft-hued, softened, somber, subdued, subtle, sweet, tender, tortoise-shell

opaque

• opaque, Boeotian, abstruse, adiaphanous, ambiguous, amorphous, amphibological, arcane, asinine, backward, baffling, becloud, beef-brained, beef-witted, black, blind, blockish, blurred, blurry, bovine, chumpish, clear as mud, cloddish, cloud, clouded, cloudy, cowish, crass, cryptic, dark, darken, dense, dim, doltish, dull, dull-witted, dullard, dumb, duncical, duncish, dunderheaded, elusive, enigmatic, equivocal, fat, foggy, fuzzy, gross, grumly, hazy, impenetrable, impermeable, impervious to light, indefinite, indeterminate, indistinct, ineducable, intransparent, klutzy, lumpish, misty, muddy, murky, mysterious, mystifying, nebulous, nubilous, oafish, obfuscated, obscure, obscured, obtuse, perplexing, puzzling, recondite, roiled, roily, shadowy, shapeless, slow, smoky, sottish, stolid, stupid, tenebrous, thick, thickheaded, transcendent, turbid, uncertain, unclear, unfathomable, unintelligent, unintelligible, unplain, unteachable, vague, wrongheaded

open air

• open air, aerial, aeriform, aery, airish, airlike, airy, alfresco, atmospheric, breezy, ethereal, exposed, light, open, out, out-of-door, out-of-doors, outdoor, outside, pneumatic, roomy, tropospheric, without

open and aboveboard

• open and aboveboard, aboveboard, authentic, bona fide, fair and square, foursquare, genuine, good-faith, on the level, on the square, on the up-and-up, open, single-hearted, square, square-dealing, square-shooting, straight, straight-shooting, up-and-up, veritable

open classroom school

• open classroom school, alternate, alternative school, blab school, boarding school, central school, consolidated school, continuation school, correspondence school, country day school, dame school, day school, evening school, extension, finishing school, free school, informal school, night school, nongraded school, pensionat, platoon school, private school, progressive school, public school, school without walls, special school, storefront school, street academy, summer school, union school, vacation school

open door

• open door, Eisenhower Doctrine, Monroe Doctrine, Nixon Doctrine, Truman Doctrine, access, amiability, appeasement, balance of power, bonhomie, brinkmanship, coexistence, colonialism, compromise, containment, cordiality, detente, deterrence, diplomacy, diplomatic, diplomatics, dollar diplomacy, dollar imperialism, entrance, entree, entry, expansionism, foreign affairs, foreign policy, friendliness, generosity, geniality, good-neighbor policy, graciousness, heartiness, hospitableness, hospitality, imperialism, in, internationalism, isolationism, liberality, manifest destiny, militarism, nationalism, neighborliness, neocolonialism, neutralism, nonresistance, open arms, open-door policy, openheartedness, opening, peace offensive, peaceful coexistence, preparedness, receptiveness, shirt-sleeve diplomacy, shuttle diplomacy, spheres of influence, the big stick, tough policy, warmheartedness, warmness, warmth, world politics

open eyed

• open eyed, Argus-eyed, advertent, agape, aghast, agog, alert, all agog, all ears, all eyes, amazed, assiduous, astonished, astounded, at gaze, attentive, aux aguets, aware, awed, awestruck, beguiled, bewildered, bewitched, breathless, burning with curiosity, captivated, careful, concentrated, confounded, conscious, consumed with curiosity, curious, custodial, diligent, dumbfounded, dumbstruck, eagle-eyed, earnest, enchanted, enraptured, enravished, enthralled, entranced, fascinated, finical, finicking, finicky, flabbergasted, gaping, gauping, gazing, ghoulish, gossipy, guarded, hawk-eyed, heedful, hypnotized, in awe, in awe of, inquiring, inquisitive, intense, intent, intentive, interested, itchy, keen-eyed, lidless, lost in wonder, marveling, mesmerized, meticulous, mindful, morbid, morbidly curious, nice, niggling, observant, observing, on guard, on the ball, on the job, on the lookout, on the watch, open-eared, openmouthed, overcurious, overwhelmed, popeyed, prudent, prurient, puzzled, quizzical, rapt in wonder, regardful, scopophiliac, sharp-eyed, sleepless, spellbound, staggered, staring, stupefied, supercurious, surprised, thunderstruck, under a charm, unsleeping, untold, vigilant, voyeuristic, wakeful, wary, watchful, wide-awake, wide-eyed, with open eyes, wonder-struck, wondering

open fire

• open fire, aim at, barrage, blast, blitz, bombard, breach, cannon, cannonade, commence firing, enfilade, fire a volley, fire at, fire upon, fusillade, mortar, open, open up, open up on, pepper, pop at, rake, shell, shoot, shoot at, snipe, snipe at, strafe, take aim at, torpedo, zero in on

open forum

• open forum, agora, airing, amphitheater, analysis, arena, athletic field, auditorium, background, bear garden, bowl, boxing ring, bull ring, buzz session, campus, canvas, canvassing, circus, cockpit, coliseum, colloquium, colosseum, conference, consideration, course, debate, debating, deliberation, dialectic, dialogue, discussion, discussion group, examination, exchange of views, field, floor, forum, ground, gym, gymnasium, hall, hippodrome, investigation, joint discussion, lists, locale, logical analysis, logical discussion, marketplace, mat, milieu, open discussion, palaestra, panel, panel discussion, parade ground, pit, place, platform, precinct, prize ring, public square, purlieu, range, rap, rap session, review, ring, round table, scene, scene of action, scenery, seminar, setting, site, sphere, squared circle, stadium, stage, stage set, stage setting, study, symposium, terrain, theater, tilting ground, tiltyard, town meeting, treatment, ventilation, walk, wrestling ring

open market

• open market, Dow-Jones Industrial Average, Wall Street, auto show, bazaar, boat show, commercial complex, competitive market, emporium, exposition, fair, flea fair, flea market, long market, market, market index, market overt, marketplace, mart, plaza, rialto, shopping center, shopping mall, shopping plaza, show, spotty market, staple, steady market, stiff market, stock market, stock price index, street market, strong market, the market, ticker market, top-heavy market, trade fair, unsteady market, weak market

open minded

• open minded, accessible, admissive, amenable, broad-minded, freethinking, impressionable, influenceable, latitudinarian, liberal, libertarian, libertine, malleable, movable, open, persuadable, persuasible, pervious, plastic, pliable, pliant, receptive, responsive, suasible, suggestible, susceptible, swayable, tolerant, unbigoted, weak

open sesame

• open sesame, Rasputin, Svengali, VIP, abracadabra, access, bad influence, big wheel, bottle opener, can opener, church key, clavis, conjuration, corkscrew, countersign, court, eminence grise, five-percenter, friend at court, good influence, gray eminence, heavyweight, hidden hand, hocus-pocus, incantation, influence, influence peddler, influencer, ingroup, key, kingmaker, latchkey, latchstring, lobby, lobbyist, lords of creation, magic formula, magic words, man of influence, manipulator, master key, mumbo jumbo, opener, passkey, password, powers that be, pressure group, secret grip, shibboleth, sinister influence, skeleton key, special interests, special-interest group, tessera, the Establishment, ticket, tin opener, token, very important person, watchword, wheeler-dealer, wire-puller

open to question

• open to question, arguable, at issue, confutable, conjectural, contestable, controversial, controvertible, debatable, deniable, disputable, doubtable, doubtful, dubious, dubitable, iffy, in dispute, in doubt, in dubio, in question, mistakable, moot, open to doubt, problematic, questionable, refutable, speculative, suppositional, suspect, suspicious

open to

• open to, accessible, answerable for, approachable, apt to, attainable, available, capable of, come-at-able, dependent on, exposed to, findable, getatable, gettable, in danger of, incident to, liable to, likely to, naked to, obliged to, obtainable, open, penetrable, pervious, procurable, prone to, reachable, ready for, responsible for, securable, standing to, subject to, susceptive to, to be had, within range of, within reach

open up

• open up, acknowledge, admit, admit everything, advance, aid, air, allow, appear, avow, bare, branch, branch out, breach, break the seal, bring before, bring forward, bring to light, bring up, broach, chink, clear the way, cleave, come clean, come forth, commend to attention, concede, confess, cop a plea, crack, crevasse, cut, cut loose, cut open, deploy, develop, disclose, discover, dismask, dispart, disperse, display, divaricate, divide, divulge, draw the veil, ease, expand, expedite, explain, expose, extend, facilitate, fan, fan out, fissure, flare, fly open, give out, give way to, go all out, go flat out, go unrestrained, grant, grease, grease the ways, grease the wheels, hasten, have no secrets, help along, impart, incise, introduce, launch, lay bare, lay before, lay open, let daylight in, let go, let loose, let on, let out, loose, lubricate, make a motion, make clear, make known, make public, make way for, manifest, materialize, moot, move, offer a resolution, oil, ope, open, open fire, open the way, out with it, outspread, outstretch, overgrow, overrun, own, own up, part, pave the way, plead guilty, pose, postulate, prefer, prepare the way, propose, proposition, propound, put forth, put forward, put it to, put out, quicken, raise the curtain, ramify, recommend, remove friction, rent, reveal, rift, rip, rive, run interference for, run wild, separate, set before, set forth, show, show up, simplify, slit, smooth, smooth the way, soap the ways, speak out, speak up, speed, spill, spill it, spit it out, splay, split, spraddle, sprangle, sprawl, spread, spread like wildfire, spread out, spring open, start, strip bare, submit, suggest, swing open, take a stand, tap, tear, tear open, tell all, tell the truth, throw open, unbar, unblock, uncloak, unclog, uncover, undrape, unfold, unfurl, unjam, unkennel, unmask, unpack, unroll, unscreen, unsheathe, unshroud, unveil, unwrap, ventilate, widen

open

• open, Spartan, abandoned, aboveboard, absolute, accented, acceptable, accessible, activate, admissible, admissive, admissory, adumbrate, advertise, affirmed, afford, agape, agreeable, air, ajar, aloof, altruistic, alveolar, ambiguous, amenable, amiable, announce, announced, apical, apico-alveolar, apico-dental, apparent, approachable, appropriate, arguable, articulated, artless, ascetic, assimilated, at issue, attainable, austere, authentic, available, back, bald, bare, barytone, be a gas, be a hit, begin, beholdable, beneficent, bighearted, bilabial, bill, billow, blatant, bluff, blunt, bomb, bona fide, born yesterday, bounteous, bountiful, branch, branch out, brazen, breach, break, break the seal, bring out, bring to light, broach, broad, broadcast, broken, brought to notice, brusque, cacuminal, campestral, campestrian, candid, central, cerebral, champaign, charitable, check, checked, childlike, chink, circulated, clear, cleared, cleave, close, come-at-able, commence, common, common knowledge, common property, commonplace, communicate, communicative, conditional, conditioned, confiding, consonant, consonantal, conspicuous, contingent, continuant, contribute, conversable, cordial, cover, crack, crevasse, current, cut, cut apart, cut open, debatable, declared, dehiscent, deltoid, demonstrative, dental, denuded, dependent, depending, deploy, deserted, detached, detectable, develop, diffused, dilate, direct, discernible, disclose, disclosed, disconnected, discontinuous, discover, discrete, dismask, dispart, disperse, display, disposed, disrupt, disseminated, dissimilated, distend, distributed, ditch, divaricate, divide, divulge, dorsal, downright, dramatize, draw the veil, dry, dubious, dubitable, dull, effusive, embark, employable, equivocal, establish, evident, exhibit, expand, expansive, explain, explicit, expose, exposed, exposed to view, extend, extended, extensive, extroverted, fail, fair, fair and square, fan, fan out, fan-shape, fan-shaped, fanlike, fanned, fanning, feature, findable, fissure, fit, flabelliform, flagrant, flare, flared, flaring, flat, flexible, flop, fly open, forsaken, forthright, foursquare, fracture, frank, frankhearted, free, free hand, free-acting, free-going, free-moving, free-speaking, free-spoken, free-tongued, freehanded, freehearted, friendly, front, full, furnish, furrow, gap, gaping, gapped, gash, generous, genial, genuine, get, get going, get under way, getatable, gettable, giving, glaring, glide, glossal, glottal, godforsaken, good-faith, gossipy, gracious, greathearted, groove, guileless, guttural, handsome, hanging out, hard, headline, heart-to-heart, hearty, heavy, high, hint, hole, homely, homespun, honest, hospitable, humanitarian, idle, illimitable, imbibitory, impart, impressionable, in circulation, in evidence, in full view, in plain sight, in print, in question, in suspense, in the balance, in view, inaugurate, incise, inclined, incoherent, inconsistent, indecisive, influenceable, ingenu, ingenuous, ingestive, initiate, innocent, insight, intonated, introduce, intromissive, intromittent, invitatory, inviting, kick off, labial, labiodental, labiovelar, large, largehearted, lateral, launch, lavish, lax, lay bare, lay open, lean, leisure, leisured, let daylight in, let out, liable, liberal, light, limitless, lingual, liquid, low, made public, magnanimous, make a hit, make known, make plain, malleable, manifest, mantle, matter-of-fact, melodramatize, mid, monophthongal, moot, mount, movable, munificent, muted, naive, naked, narrow, nasal, nasalized, natural, navigable, neat, neighborly, newsy, no strings, nonadherent, nonadhesive, noncoherent, noncohesive, nonimmune, noticeable, obnoxious, observable, obtainable, obvious, occlusive, offer, on the level, on the square, on the up-and-up, ope, open a show, open air, open and aboveboard, open as day, open fire, open to, open to all, open to view, open up, open-handed, open-minded, openhanded, openhearted, operative, out-of-doors, outcropping, outdoors, outgoing, outland, outside, outspoken, outspread, outstretch, outstretched, overgrow, overrun, overspread, overt, oxytone, palatal, palatalized, palpable, part, passable, patent, patulous, peeled, pendent, pending, penetrable, perceivable, perceptible, perfect, perforate, persuadable, persuasible, pervious, pharyngeal, pharyngealized, phonemic, phonetic, phonic, pierce, pitch, pitched, plain, plain-speaking, plain-spoken, plastic, pleasing, plenary, pliable, pliant, posttonic, practicable, predisposed, premiere, present, preview, princely, problematic, proclaimed, procurable, produce, profuse, prone, propagated, proper, prosaic, prosing, provide, public, publish, published, pull out, pure, put on, raise, raise the curtain, ramify, reachable, receivable, receptible, receptive, recipient, recognizable, release, rent, reported, responsive, retired, retroflex, reveal, revealed, rift, ringent, rip, rive, roomy, round, rounded, rupture, rustic, scenarize, securable, seeable, self-revealing, self-revelatory, semiretired, semivowel, sensitive, separate, set in motion, set the stage, set up, severe, shadow, show, show forth, show up, showing, simple, simple-speaking, simplehearted, simpleminded, sincere, single-hearted, single-minded, sit, slash, slit, slot, sober, sociable, soft, sonant, spacious, spare, splay, splayed, splaying, split, spraddle, spraddled, spraddling, sprangle, sprangled, sprangling, sprawl, sprawling, sprawly, spread, spread like wildfire, spread out, spreading, spring open, square, square-dealing, square-shooting, stage, star, stark, start, stated, stintless, stopped, straight, straight-out, straight-shooting, straightforward, stressed, stretch out, stretched-out, strip bare, stripped, strong, suasible, subject, succeed, suggest, suggestible, suitable, surd, susceptible, suspenseful, swayable, swell, swing open, syllabic, talkative, tap, tear, tear open, telecast, televised, tenantless, tense, tenuous, the open, the out-of-doors, theatricalize, thick, throaty, throw open, to be had, to be seen, tonal, tonic, transparent, trench, trustful, trusting, try out, twangy, unaccented, unadhesive, unadorned, unaffected, unbar, unbarred, unblock, unblocked, unbolt, unbolted, unbooked, unbound, unbounded, uncertain, unchecked, uncircumscribed, unclassified, uncloak, unclog, unclogged, unclosed, unclothe, unclouded, uncluttered, uncoherent, uncohesive, uncommitted, unconcealed, unconditional, unconditioned, unconfined, unconnected, unconstrained, uncork, uncounted, uncover, uncovered, undecided, undefended, undetermined, undisguised, undissembled, undissembling, undo, undrape, unencumbered, unequivocal, unestablished, unfasten, unfastened, unfilled, unfixed, unfold, unfolded, unfortified, unfurl, ungrudging, unguarded, unhampered, unhidden, unhindered, unimaginative, unimpeded, uninhabited, uninhibited, unjoined, unkennel, unlatch, unlimited, unlock, unlocked, unmanned, unmask, unmeasured, unobstructed, unoccupied, unpack, unpeopled, unpopulated, unprotected, unqualified, unrepressed, unreserved, unresolved, unrestrained, unrestricted, unreticent, unroll, unrounded, unscheduled, unscreen, unseal, unsealed, unsecretive, unselfish, unsettled, unsheathe, unsheltered, unshrinking, unshroud, unshut, unsigned, unsilent, unsophisticated, unsparing, unstaffed, unstinted, unstinting, unstop, unstopped, unstressed, unsuppressed, unsuspicious, untaken, untenacious, untenanted, untended, untie, untold, unvarnished, unveil, unwary, unwrap, up for grabs, up-and-up, usable, vacant, velar, veritable, viewable, visible, visual, vocalic, vocoid, voiced, voiceless, vowel, vowellike, warm, warmhearted, weak, welcoming, well-known, wide, wide open, wide-open, widely known, widen, widespread, willing, within reach, without, without strings, witnessable, yawning, yield

open-and-shut

• open-and-shut, apparent, ascertained, assured, attested, certified, clear, clear as crystal, crystal-clear, decided, determinate, determined, discernible, distinct, established, evident, explicit, express, fixed, guaranteed, in the bag, indisputable, indubitable, made sure, manifest, nailed down, noticeable, observable, obvious, on ice, palpable, patent, perceivable, perceptible, perspicuous, plain, plain as day, proved, secure, seeable, self-evident, self-explaining, self-explanatory, set, settled, stated, straightforward, tangible, tested, to be seen, tried, unmistakable, visible, warranted

opener

• opener, bottle opener, can opener, church key, clavis, coming out, corkscrew, curtain raiser, debut, embarkation, embarkment, first appearance, floating, flotation, inaugural address, inauguration, induction, initiation, installation, installment, introduction, key, latchkey, latchstring, launching, maiden speech, master key, open sesame, passkey, preliminary, skeleton key, tin opener, unveiling

openhanded

• openhanded, apparent, big, bighearted, bounteous, bountiful, chivalrous, distinct, elevated, evident, exalted, free, freehanded, freehearted, generous, giving, gracious, great, great of heart, greathearted, handsome, heroic, high, high-minded, hospitable, idealistic, knightly, large, largehearted, lavish, liberal, lofty, magnanimous, manifest, munificent, noble, noble-minded, obvious, open, openhearted, palpable, patent, plain, princely, profuse, stintless, straightforward, sublime, ungrudging, unselfish, unsparing, unstinted, unstinting

openhearted

• openhearted, amiable, artless, bighearted, bluff, blunt, born yesterday, bounteous, bountiful, broad, brusque, candid, childlike, confiding, cordial, direct, downright, explicit, forthright, frank, frankhearted, free, free-speaking, free-spoken, free-tongued, freehanded, freehearted, friendly, generous, genial, genuine, giving, gracious, greathearted, guileless, handsome, heart-to-heart, hearty, hospitable, ingenu, ingenuous, innocent, large, largehearted, lavish, liberal, magnanimous, munificent, naive, neighborly, open, openhanded, outspoken, plain, plain-spoken, princely, profuse, receptive, round, simple, simplehearted, simpleminded, sincere, single-hearted, single-minded, stintless, straight, straight-out, straightforward, transparent, trustful, trusting, unchecked, unconcealed, unconstrained, undisguised, undissembled, undissembling, unequivocal, ungrudging, unguarded, unreserved, unrestrained, unselfish, unsophisticated, unsparing, unstinted, unstinting, unsuspicious, unvarnished, unwary, warm, warmhearted, welcoming

opening move

• opening move, alpha, breaking-in, first, first blush, first glance, first impression, first inning, first lap, first move, first round, first sight, first stage, first step, gambit, initial, initiative, le premier pas, prime, primitiveness, primitivity, warming-up

opening

• opening, a leg up, abysm, abyss, access, adit, air lock, aisle, alley, alpha, ambulatory, aperture, apparition, appearance, appearing, appointment, approach, arcade, arising, arroyo, artery, avatar, avenue, bareness, barrenness, beginning, berth, billet, birth, blankness, blast-off, bleakness, blowhole, box canyon, breach, break, canyon, cavity, chance, channel, chap, chasm, check, chimney, chink, chute, clear stage, cleft, cleuch, cloister, clough, col, colonnade, coming, coming into being, coming-forth, commencement, communication, conduit, connection, corridor, coulee, couloir, covered way, crack, cranny, creation, crevasse, crevice, cut, cutting edge, cwm, dawn, dawning, debouch, debut, defile, dell, demonstration, desertedness, desolateness, dike, disclosure, discontinuity, display, ditch, donga, door, draw, edge, egress, emergence, employment, emptiness, emunctory, enactment, engagement, entrance, entranceway, entree, entry, entryway, epiphany, escape, establishment, estuary, excavation, exhaust, exhibit, exhibition, exit, exposition, exposure, fair field, fair game, fault, ferry, fissure, flaw, floodgate, flume, flying start, foothold, ford, forthcoming, foundation, fracture, fresh start, furrow, gallery, gangplank, gangway, gap, gape, gash, gig, gorge, groove, gulch, gulf, gully, hall, hole, hollowness, in, inanition, inauguration, incarnation, incision, incumbency, ingress, initiation, inlet, institution, intake, interchange, intersection, issuance, job, joint, jump-off, junction, kick-off, kloof, lane, launch, leading edge, leak, liberty, look-in, loophole, manifestation, materialization, materializing, means of access, moat, moonlighting, new departure, noninhabitance, nonoccupance, nonoccupancy, nonresidence, notch, nullah, occasion, occurrence, office, oncoming, onset, open arms, open door, opportunism, opportunity, orifice, origin, origination, ostentation, out, outbreak, outcome, outfall, outgate, outgo, outlet, outset, outstart, overpass, pass, passage, passageway, performance, pit, place, place open, pore, port, portico, position, post, presentation, presentment, production, projection, railroad tunnel, ravine, realization, rent, representation, retrospective, revelation, rift, rime, rise, rising, room, running start, rupture, sally port, scissure, scope, seam, second job, send-off, separation, service, setout, setting in motion, setting-up, shot, show, showing, showing forth, situation, slit, slot, sluice, spiracle, split, spout, square one, squeak, start, start-off, starting point, station, stepping-stone, take-off, tap, tenure, theophany, time, traject, trajet, trench, tunnel, underpass, unfolding, unfoldment, unveiling, vacancy, vacant post, vacuity, valley, varnishing day, vent, ventage, venthole, vernissage, vestibule, void, voidness, vomitory, wadi, way, way in, way out, weir

openly

• openly, abominably, aboveboard, agonizingly, all joking aside, apparently, artlessly, audaciously, awfully, baldly, balefully, before one, bitterly, blatantly, bluffly, bluntly, boldly, brashly, brazenly, broadly, brusquely, candidly, confoundedly, cruelly, damnably, deadly, deathly, deucedly, directly, distressingly, dolorously, dreadfully, egregiously, excessively, excruciatingly, exorbitantly, exteriorly, externally, extravagantly, face to face, flagrantly, flauntingly, frankly, freely, frightfully, genuinely, grievously, guilelessly, hellishly, horribly, improperly, in all conscience, in all seriousness, in broad daylight, in open court, in plain English, in plain sight, in plain view, in plain words, in public, in public view, in the limelight, in the marketplace, in the open, inexcusably, infernally, ingenuously, inordinately, intolerably, lamentably, miserably, nakedly, naturally, on the outside, on the surface, on the table, openheartedly, out, outright, outside, outspokenly, outwardly, outwards, overtly, painfully, piteously, plain-spokenly, plainly, publically, publicly, roundly, sadly, shatteringly, shockingly, simply, sincerely, something awful, something fierce, sorely, staggeringly, straightforwardly, superficially, terribly, to all appearances, torturously, unashamedly, unbearably, unconscionably, unconstrainedly, unduly, unpardonably, unreservedly, unrestrainedly, with no nonsense, without, woefully

openmouthed

• openmouthed, advertent, agape, aghast, agog, ajar, alert, all agog, all ears, all eyes, amazed, assiduous, astonished, astounded, at gaze, attentive, aware, awed, awestruck, bawling, beguiled, bewildered, bewitched, blatant, boanergean, boisterous, brawling, breathless, burning with curiosity, captivated, careful, clamorous, clamoursome, concentrated, confounded, conscious, consumed with curiosity, crying, curious, dehiscent, diligent, dumbfounded, dumbstruck, earnest, enchanted, enraptured, enravished, enthralled, entranced, fascinated, finical, finicking, finicky, flabbergasted, gaping, gauping, gazing, ghoulish, gossipy, heedful, hypnotized, in awe, in awe of, inquiring, inquisitive, intense, intent, intentive, interested, itchy, lost in wonder, loudmouthed, marveling, mesmerized, meticulous, mindful, morbid, morbidly curious, multivocal, nice, niggling, noisy, observant, observing, obstreperous, on the ball, on the job, open-eared, open-eyed, oscitant, overcurious, overwhelmed, popeyed, prurient, puzzled, quizzical, rapt in wonder, regardful, ringent, scopophiliac, screaming, shouting, slack-jawed, spellbound, staggered, staring, strident, stupefied, supercurious, surprised, thunderstruck, under a charm, vociferant, vociferating, vociferous, voyeuristic, watchful, wide-eyed, wonder-struck, wondering, yammering, yapping, yawning, yelling, yelping

openness

• openness, access, accessibility, admissibility, admission, amenableness, apparentness, approachability, artlessness, assimilation, austerity, availability, baldness, bareness, big mouth, bluffness, bluntness, broadness, brusqueness, candidness, candor, childlikeness, clearness, come-at-ableness, common speech, communicativeness, completeness, comprehension, comprehensiveness, comprisal, conversableness, coverage, crystal-clearness, defenselessness, directness, distinctness, effusion, effusiveness, eligibility, embodiment, embracement, encompassment, envisagement, evidence, evidentness, exhaustiveness, exposure, extroversion, flow of words, flowing tongue, fluency, fluent tongue, flux de bouche, flux de paroles, flux of words, forthrightness, frankness, freedom, freeness, garrulity, garrulousness, gassiness, genuineness, getatableness, gettableness, gift of gab, glibness, gregariousness, guilelessness, gush, gushiness, helplessness, homespun, hospitality, household words, impressionability, inclusion, inclusiveness, incorporation, influenceability, ingenuousness, innocence, invitingness, leanness, liability, long-windedness, loose tongue, loquaciousness, loquacity, malleability, manifestness, matter-of-factness, membership, movability, naiveness, naivete, naivety, nakedness, naturalness, nonimmunity, obtainability, obtainableness, obviousness, open mind, open-mindedness, openheartedness, openness to sight, outgoingness, outspokenness, overtness, palpability, participation, patentness, penetrability, perspicuity, persuadability, persuadableness, persuasibility, perviousness, plain English, plain dealing, plain speaking, plain speech, plain style, plain words, plainness, plainspokenness, procurability, procurableness, prolixity, prosaicness, prosiness, reachableness, reception, receptiveness, receptivity, recipience, responsiveness, restrainedness, roundness, rustic style, securableness, severity, simpleheartedness, simplemindedness, simpleness, simplicity, sincerity, single-heartedness, single-mindedness, singleness of heart, slush, soberness, sociability, spareness, spate of words, starkness, straightforwardness, suggestibility, susceptibility, susceptivity, swayableness, talkativeness, tangibility, tolerance, toleration, trustfulness, unadorned style, unadornedness, unaffectedness, unconstraint, unguardedness, unimaginativeness, unmistakableness, unpoeticalness, unquestionability, unrepression, unreserve, unreservedness, unrestraint, unrestriction, unreticence, unsecretiveness, unsophisticatedness, unsophistication, unsuppression, unsuspiciousness, untaciturnity, unwariness, verbosity, vernacular, visibility, volubility, vulnerability, weakness, whole, windiness

opera house

• opera house, Elizabethan theater, Globe Theatre, Greek theater, amphitheater, arena, arena theater, assembly hall, auditorium, cabaret, chapel, circle theater, club, concert hall, convention hall, dance hall, exhibition hall, gallery, hall, house, lecture hall, little theater, meetinghouse, music hall, night spot, nightclub, opera, outdoor theater, playhouse, showboat, stadium, theater, theater-in-the-round, theatron

opera singer

• opera singer, Heldentenor, Meistersinger, alto, aria singer, baritenor, baritone, bass, basso, basso buffo, basso cantante, basso profundo, blues singer, canary, cantatrice, cantor, caroler, chanter, chantress, coloratura soprano, comic bass, contralto, countertenor, crooner, deep bass, diva, dramatic soprano, heroic tenor, hymner, improvisator, lead singer, lieder singer, melodist, mezzo-soprano, prima donna, psalm singer, rock-and-roll singer, singer, singstress, songbird, songster, songstress, soprano, tenor, torch singer, vocalist, vocalizer, voice, warbler, yodeler

opera

• opera, Broadway musical, Elizabethan theater, Globe Theatre, Grand Guignol, Greek theater, Passion play, Singspiel, Tom show, amphitheater, antimasque, arena theater, arrangement, artifact, audience success, auditorium, ballad opera, ballet, ballet divertissement, bomb, brainchild, broadcast drama, burlesque show, cabaret, charade, child, chorus show, circle theater, cliff hanger, closet drama, club, coinage, comedy ballet, comedy drama, comic opera, composition, concert hall, concoction, copy, creation, creature, critical success, crowning achievement, dance drama, daytime serial, dialogue, distillation, documentary drama, draft, drama, dramalogue, dramatic play, dramatic series, duodrama, duologue, edition, effect, end product, epic theater, essence, experimental theater, extract, extravaganza, failure, flop, fruit, gasser, giveaway, grand opera, hall, handiwork, happening, hit, hit show, house, hymnal, hymnbook, improvisational drama, instrumental score, invention, issue, legitimate drama, libretto, light opera, little theater, lute tablature, lyric drama, manufacture, masque, masterpiece, masterwork, melodrama, minstrel, minstrel show, mintage, miracle, miracle play, monodrama, monologue, morality, morality play, music, music drama, music hall, music paper, music roll, musical, musical comedy, musical notation, musical revue, musical score, musical stage, musical theater, mystery, mystery play, new mintage, night spot, nightclub, notation, offspring, opera ballet, opera bouffe, opera buffa, opera house, opera score, operetta, opus, opuscule, orchestral score, origination, outcome, outdoor theater, outgrowth, pageant, panel show, pantomime, part, pastoral, pastoral drama, piano score, piece, play, playhouse, playlet, problem play, product, production, psychodrama, quiz show, radio drama, result, review, revue, score, sensational play, serial, sheet music, short score, show, showboat, sitcom, situation comedy, sketch, skit, soap, soap opera, sociodrama, song-and-dance act, song-play, songbook, songster, spectacle, stage play, stage show, straight drama, success, suspense drama, tablature, tableau, tableau vivant, talk show, teleplay, television drama, television play, text, theater, theater of cruelty, theater-in-the-round, theatron, total theater, transcript, transcription, variety show, vaudeville, vaudeville show, vehicle, version, vocal score, word-of-mouth success, work, written music

operable

• operable, achievable, actable, appliable, applicable, attainable, banausic, compassable, compliant, doable, effective, effectual, efficient, exploitable, feasible, fit, functional, in working order, manageable, maneuverable, manipulable, manipulatable, negotiable, operatable, operational, overcomable, performable, pliable, practicable, practical, pragmatic, realizable, reusable, serviceable, superable, surmountable, usable, utilizable, viable, workable

operant

• operant, actor, agent, architect, author, conductor, creator, doer, driver, engineer, executant, executor, executrix, fabricator, functionary, handler, maker, manipulator, medium, mover, operative, operator, performer, perpetrator, pilot, practitioner, prime mover, producer, runner, steersman, subject, worker

operate on

• operate on, act on, act upon, affect, bandage, bathe, care for, concentrate on, cure, diagnose, doctor, flux, focus on, give care to, heal, influence, massage, minister to, nurse, physic, plaster, poultice, purge, remedy, rub, splint, strap, treat, work on

operate

• operate, act, angle, be caught short, be effective, be in action, be responsible for, be short, behave, belong, brew, bucket, bucketshop, cabal, carry on, carry out, carry through, chart a course, collude, complot, concoct, cond, conduct, conn, connive, conspire, control, cook up, countermine, counterplot, coxswain, cut, deal with, deposit margin, direct, do with, drive, employ, engineer, exercise, exert, finagle, finesse, frame, frame up, function, go, go long, guide, handle, hatch, hatch a plot, hatch up, have effect, have free play, have play, have the conn, helm, hold on, intrigue, keep, lay a plot, machinate, make, make a killing, make a scoop, make go, make use of, manage, maneuver, manipulate, margin up, militate, miss the market, move, navigate, open up, ordain, overstay the market, percolate, perform, perform on, perk, pilot, play, play the market, plot, plunge, ply, practice, proceed, pyramid, react, rig, run, scalp, scheme, scoop the market, see to, serve, shape a course, speculate, stag, stag the market, steer, take, take a flier, take care of, take effect, tick, trade on margin, use, utilize, venture, wangle, wield, work

operatic

• operatic, actor-proof, all-star, alto, ballet, balletic, baritone, bass, bravura, choral, choric, cinematic, cinematographic, coloratura, dramatic, dramatical, dramaturgic, falsetto, film, filmic, ham, hammy, heroic, histrionic, hymnal, legitimate, liturgical, lyric, melodramatic, milked, monodramatic, movie, overacted, overplayed, psalmic, psalmodial, psalmodic, sacred, scenic, singing, soprano, spectacular, stagelike, stageworthy, stagy, starstruck, stellar, tenor, theaterlike, theatrical, thespian, thrown away, treble, underacted, underplayed, vaudevillian, vocal

operating room

• operating room, X ray, blood bank, charity ward, clinic, consultation room, delivery room, dispensary, emergency, examining room, fever ward, hospital room, intensive care, isolation, labor room, laboratory, maternity ward, nursery, pharmacy, prison ward, private room, recovery room, semi-private room, surgery, therapy, treatment room, ward

operating

• operating, acting, active, at work, behavioral, functional, functioning, going, going on, in exercise, in force, in hand, in operation, in play, in practice, in process, in the works, inaction, on foot, on the fire, ongoing, operational, performing, practicing, running, serving, working

operation

• operation, accomplished fact, accomplishment, achievement, act, acta, acting, action, activism, activity, adventure, affair, amphibious operations, amputation, anastomotic operation, appliance, application, attempt, behavior, bloodless operation, blow, bringing to fruition, business, business deal, campaign, capital operation, combined operations, commercial transaction, commitment, compensating operation, contract, control, corneal transplant, coup, crescent operation, deal, dealings, deed, direction, doing, doings, dry run, duty, effective, effectuation, efficacious, effort, elective operation, emergency operation, employment, end use, endeavor, engagement, enterprise, excision, execution, exercise, exercising, exertion, exploit, exploitation, exploratory operation, fait accompli, feat, fenestration operation, fluid operations, function, functional, functioning, gest, go, hand, handiwork, handling, heart transplant, immediate purpose, in effect, in force, interval operation, job, kidney transplant, logistics, major operation, management, managing, maneuver, maneuvers, manipulation, measure, military operations, minor operation, minor operations, mission, motion, move, movement, movements, negotiation, obligation, occupation, office, operating, operational, operational purpose, operations, operative, organ transplant, organ transplantation, overproduction, overseas operations, overt act, package deal, palliative operation, passage, performance, plan, play, practice, praxis, procedure, proceeding, production, productiveness, program, project, proposition, purpose, radical operation, realization, removal, res gestae, resection, role, running, section, staff work, step, stroke, stunt, surgical intervention, surgical operation, surgical technique, swing, task, the knife, thing, thing done, tour de force, transaction, transplant, turn, ultimate purpose, undertaking, use, using, utilization, venture, war game, war plans, work, working, workings, works

operational

• operational, acting, active, agential, agentival, agentive, at work, behavioral, effective, effectual, efficacious, efficient, functional, functioning, go, going, going on, in exercise, in force, in hand, in operation, in play, in practice, in process, in the works, inaction, managerial, manipulational, on foot, on the fire, ongoing, operating, operative, performing, practical, practicing, running, serving, working

operative

• operative, Bow Street runner, CIA man, FBI, FBI agent, Federal, G-man, Secret Service, Sherlock Holmes, T-man, accessible, active, actor, agent, alive, architect, armipotent, artisan, author, authoritative, cloak-and-dagger operative, cogent, conductor, counterintelligence agent, counterspy, craftsman, craftswoman, creator, detective, doer, double agent, driver, dynamic, effective, effectual, efficacious, efficient, employable, employee, energetic, engineer, espionage agent, executant, executor, executrix, eye, fabricator, fed, forceful, forcible, functional, functionary, functioning, go, gumshoe, hand, handler, high-potency, high-powered, high-pressure, high-tension, hotel detective, house detective, house dick, in force, in power, inquiry agent, inside man, intelligence agent, investigator, irresistible, laborer, live, machinist, maker, manipulator, mechanic, medium, mighty, mighty in battle, military-intelligence man, mover, narc, naval-intelligence man, operant, operation, operational, operator, performer, perpetrator, pilot, plainclothesman, police detective, potent, powerful, practicable, practical, practitioner, prepotent, prime mover, private detective, private eye, private investigator, producer, puissant, reconnoiterer, revenuer, roustabout, ruling, runner, running, scout, secret agent, shamus, sleuth, spotter, spy, spy-catcher, steersman, store detective, striking, strong, subject, telling, treasury agent, undercover man, usable, valid, vigorous, vital, worker, workhand, working, workingman, workman

operator

• operator, Machiavellian, PBX operator, activist, actor, administrator, adventurer, agent, architect, author, ball of fire, beaver, behind-the-scenes operator, big operator, big wheel, big-time operator, bustler, busy bee, central, coconspirator, conductor, conniver, conspirator, conspirer, counterplotter, creator, director, doer, driver, eager beaver, eminence grise, engineer, enthusiast, executant, executor, executrix, exploiter, fabricator, faker, finagler, fraud, functionary, gamesman, go-getter, gray eminence, gunslinger, handler, human dynamo, hustler, intrigant, intriguer, kingmaker, lame duck, live wire, logroller, long distance, machinator, maker, man of action, man of deeds, manager, maneuverer, manipulator, margin purchaser, medium, militant, mover, new broom, operant, operative, operative surgeon, opportunist, performer, perpetrator, pilot, plotter, plunger, political activist, pork-barrel politician, powerhouse, practitioner, prime mover, producer, runner, sawbones, scalper, schemer, smart operator, smoothie, speculator, stag, steersman, strategist, subject, superintendent, supervisor, surgeon, switchboard operator, take-charge guy, telephone operator, telephonist, wheeler-dealer, winner, wire-puller, wise guy, worker

operetta

• operetta, Broadway musical, Singspiel, ballad opera, ballet, ballet divertissement, chorus show, comedy ballet, comic opera, dance drama, grand opera, light opera, lyric drama, minstrel, minstrel show, music drama, musical, musical comedy, musical stage, musical theater, opera, opera ballet, opera bouffe, opera buffa, song-and-dance act, song-play

operose

• operose, Herculean, abstruse, arduous, assiduous, backbreaking, brutal, burdensome, complex, critical, crushing, delicate, demanding, difficile, difficult, diligent, effortful, elaborate, exacting, forced, formidable, grueling, hairy, hard, hard-earned, hard-fought, heavy, hefty, industrious, intricate, jawbreaking, killing, knotted, knotty, labored, laborious, mean, no picnic, not easy, onerous, oppressive, painful, painstaking, punishing, rigorous, rough, rugged, sedulous, set with thorns, severe, spiny, steep, strained, strenuous, thorny, thorough, thoroughgoing, ticklish, toilsome, tough, tricky, troublesome, uphill, wearisome, wicked

ophthalmologist

• ophthalmologist, anesthesiologist, cardiologist, chiropodist, dermatologist, eye doctor, eye-ear-nose-throat specialist, geriatrician, gerontologist, gynecologist, immunologist, internist, microscopist, neurologist, obstetrician, oculist, optician, optometrist, orthopedist, otolaryngologist, otologist, pathologist, pediatrician, pediatrist, podiatrist, psychiatrist, radiologist, serologist, skin man, specialist, telescopist

opiate

• opiate, Amytal, Amytal pill, Demerol, Dolophine, H, Luminal, Luminal pill, M, Mickey Finn, Nembutal, Nembutal pill, Seconal, Seconal pill, Tuinal, Tuinal pill, accept, alcohol, amobarbital sodium, analgesic, anesthetic, anodyne, barb, barbiturate, barbiturate pill, believe, black stuff, blue, blue angel, blue devil, blue heaven, blue velvet, calmative, chloral hydrate, codeine, codeine cough syrup, consider, depressant, depressor, dolly, dope, downer, drug, goofball, hard stuff, heroin, hold, hop, horse, hypnotic, judge, junk, knockout drop, knockout drops, laudanum, liquor, lotus, lullaby, mandrake, meperidine, methadone, morphia, morphine, narcotic, nightcap, opinion, opium, pacifier, pain killer, pain-killer, paregoric, pen yan, phenobarbital, phenobarbital sodium, poppy, purple heart, quietener, rainbow, red, regard, scag, secobarbital sodium, sedative, shit, sleep-bringer, sleep-inducer, sleep-producer, sleeper, sleeping draught, sleeping pill, sleepy, smack, sodium thiopental, somnifacient, somniferous, soother, soothing syrup, soporific, speculate, tar, think, tranquilizer, turps, view, white stuff, yellow, yellow jacket

opine

• opine, account, account as, adjudge, adjudicate, allow, allude to, assume, be afraid, be judicious, believe, blurt, blurt out, call attention to, comment, conceive, conclude, consider, count, daresay, deduce, deem, divine, dream, esteem, estimate, exclaim, exercise judgment, expect, express an opinion, fancy, feel, form an opinion, gather, grant, guess, have a hunch, have an idea, have an impression, have an inkling, have the idea, hold, hold as, imagine, infer, interject, judge, let, let be, let drop, let fall, look upon as, maintain, make reference to, mention, muse, note, observe, pine, prefigure, presume, presuppose, presurmise, provisionally accept, reckon, refer to, reflect, regard, remark, repute, say, set down as, speak, suppose, surmise, suspect, take, take for, take for granted, take it, take to be, think, think of, trow, understand, view as, ween

opinion

• opinion, admonition, advice, advising, advocacy, affect, affectivity, analyzing, appraisal, appraisement, appraising, appreciation, apprehension, assessing, assessment, assumption, attitude, belief, brief, briefing, caution, caveat, climate of opinion, common belief, community sentiment, conceit, concept, conception, conclusion, conjecture, consensus gentium, consideration, consultation, conviction, council, counsel, direction, emotion, emotivity, estimate, estimation, ethos, evaluating, evaluation, evaluative criticism, exhortation, expostulation, eye, fancy, feeling, feeling tone, gauging, general belief, guidance, hortation, idea, image, imago, impression, instruction, intellectual object, judgement, judgment, lights, measurement, memory-trace, mental attitude, mental image, mental impression, mind, monition, mystique, notion, observation, parley, perception, personal judgment, persuasion, point of view, popular belief, position, posture, presumption, prevailing belief, proposal, psychology, public belief, public opinion, ranking, rating, reaction, recept, reckoning, recommendation, reflection, remonstrance, representation, sentiment, sight, speculation, stance, suggestion, supposition, theory, think, thinking, thought, valuation, valuing, view, viewpoint, warning, way of thinking, weighing

opinionated

• opinionated, antiblack, balking, balky, biased, bigoted, bulldogged, bulletheaded, bullheaded, case-hardened, chauvinistic, cocksure, colored, conceited, dictatorial, doctrinaire, doctrinarian, dogged, dogmatic, dogmatizing, fanatic, hardheaded, headstrong, inflexible, influenced, interested, intolerant, jaundiced, know-nothing, mulish, nonobjective, obdurate, obstinate, one-sided, opinionative, opinioned, oracular, overbearing, overzealous, partial, partisan, peremptory, persevering, pertinacious, pigheaded, pontifical, positive, positivistic, prejudiced, prepossessed, pronunciative, racist, restive, self-opinionated, self-opinioned, self-willed, set, sexist, single-minded, stiff-necked, strong-willed, strongheaded, stubborn, sulky, sullen, superpatriotic, swayed, tenacious, twisted, ultranationalist, uncooperative, undetached, undispassionate, unregenerate, warped, willful, xenophobic

opium

• opium, Amytal, Amytal pill, Demerol, Dolophine, H, Luminal, Luminal pill, M, Mickey Finn, Nembutal, Nembutal pill, Seconal, Seconal pill, Tuinal, Tuinal pill, alcohol, amobarbital sodium, analgesic, anesthetic, anodyne, barb, barbiturate, barbiturate pill, black stuff, blue, blue angel, blue devil, blue heaven, blue velvet, calmative, chloral hydrate, codeine, codeine cough syrup, depressant, depressor, dolly, downer, goofball, hard stuff, heroin, hop, horse, hypnotic, junk, knockout drops, laudanum, liquor, lotus, lullaby, mandrake, meperidine, methadone, morphia, morphine, narcotic, nightcap, opiate, pacifier, pain killer, paregoric, pen yan, phenobarbital, phenobarbital sodium, poppy, purple heart, quietener, rainbow, red, scag, secobarbital sodium, sedative, shit, sleep-bringer, sleep-inducer, sleep-producer, sleeper, sleeping draught, sleeping pill, smack, sodium thiopental, somnifacient, soother, soothing syrup, soporific, tar, tranquilizer, turps, white stuff, yellow, yellow jacket

opossum

• opossum, Angora goat, Arctic fox, Belgian hare, Caffre cat, Cape polecat, Indian buffalo, Kodiak bear, Virginia deer, aardvark, aardwolf, alpaca, anteater, antelope, antelope chipmunk, aoudad, apar, ape, armadillo, ass, aurochs, badger, bandicoot, bar, bassarisk, bat, bear, beaver, bettong, binturong, bison, black bear, black buck, black cat, black fox, black sheep, blue fox, bobcat, brown bear, brush deer, brush wolf, buffalo, buffalo wolf, burro, burro deer, cachalot, camel, camelopard, capybara, carabao, caribou, carpincho, cat, cat-a-mountain, catamount, cattalo, cavy, chamois, cheetah, chevrotain, chimp, chimpanzee, chinchilla, chipmunk, cinnamon bear, coon, coon cat, cotton mouse, cotton rat, cougar, cow, coyote, coypu, deer, deer tiger, dingo, dog, donkey, dormouse, dromedary, echidna, eland, elephant, elk, ermine, eyra, fallow deer, ferret, field mouse, fisher, fitch, flying phalanger, foumart, fox, fox squirrel, gazelle, gemsbok, genet, giraffe, glutton, gnu, gnu goat, goat, goat antelope, gopher, grizzly bear, ground squirrel, groundhog, guanaco, guinea pig, hamster, hare, harnessed antelope, hartebeest, hedgehog, hippopotamus, hog, horse, hyena, hyrax, ibex, jackal, jackass, jackrabbit, jaguar, jaguarundi, jerboa, jerboa kangaroo, kaama, kangaroo, kangaroo mouse, kangaroo rat, karakul, kinkajou, kit fox, koala, lapin, lemming, leopard, leopard cat, lion, llama, lynx, mammoth, mara, marmot, marten, mastodon, meerkat, mink, mole, mongoose, monk, monkey, moose, mouflon, mountain goat, mountain lion, mountain sheep, mouse, mousehound, mule, mule deer, muntjac, musk deer, musk hog, musk-ox, muskrat, musquash, nilgai, nutria, ocelot, okapi, onager, oont, otter, ounce, ox, pack rat, painter, panda, pangolin, panther, peccary, peludo, phalanger, pig, pine mouse, platypus, pocket gopher, pocket mouse, pocket rat, polar bear, polar fox, polecat, porcupine, possum, pouched rat, poyou, prairie dog, prairie wolf, pronghorn, puma, quill pig, rabbit, raccoon, rat, red deer, red squirrel, reindeer, rhinoceros, roe, roe deer, roebuck, sable, serval, sheep, shrew, shrew mole, sika, silver fox, skunk, sloth, snowshoe rabbit, springbok, squirrel, stoat, suslik, swamp rabbit, swine, takin, tamandua, tamarin, tapir, tarpan, tatou, tatou peba, tatouay, tiger, tiger cat, timber wolf, tree shrew, urus, vole, wallaby, warthog, water buffalo, waterbuck, weasel, wharf rat, whistle-pig, whistler, white fox, wild ass, wild boar, wild goat, wild ox, wildcat, wildebeest, wolf, wolverine, wombat, wood rat, woodchuck, woolly mammoth, yak, zebra, zebu, zoril

opponent

• opponent, adversary, adversative, adverse, alien, antagonist, antagonistic, anti, antipathetic, antithetic, assailant, clashing, combatant, competitive, competitor, con, conflicting, contender, contestant, contradictory, contrary, counter, counteragent, cross, disaccordant, disputant, dissentient, enemy, foe, fractious, hostile, inimical, match, negative, noncooperative, obstinate, opposed, opposer, opposing, opposite, oppositional, oppositive, oppugnant, overthwart, perverse, recalcitrant, refractory, repugnant, rival, the opposition, uncooperative, unfavorable, unfriendly, unpropitious

opportune

• opportune, a propos, ad rem, adapted, advantageous, advisable, applicable, apposite, appropriate, apropos, apt, auspicious, becoming, befitting, beneficial, congruous, convenient, decent, desirable, dovetailing, expedient, favorable, feasible, felicitous, fit, fitted, fitten, fitting, fortunate, fructuous, geared, germane, good, happy, helpful, just right, likely, lucky, meet, meshing, on the button, pat, pertinent, politic, profitable, proper, propitious, prosperous, providential, qualified, recommendable, relevant, right, ripe, seasonable, seemly, sortable, suitable, suited, suiting, tailored, timely, to be desired, to the point, to the purpose, useful, well-timed, wise, worthwhile

opportunity

• opportunity, a leg up, accidentality, actuarial calculation, adventitiousness, bout, break, casualness, chance, clear stage, destiny, fair field, fair game, fate, flukiness, fortuitousness, fortuity, fortune, gamble, go, good fortune, good luck, hap, happenstance, happy chance, heedless hap, hope, how they fall, indeterminacy, indeterminateness, inning, innings, juncture, law of averages, leisure, liberty, look-in, lot, luck, moira, moment, occasion, opening, opportunism, pass, place, possibility, prayer, principle of indeterminacy, probability, problematicness, random sample, relief, risk, room, round, run of luck, say, scope, serendipity, shot, show, space, spell, squeak, statistical probability, stepping-stone, the breaks, theory of probability, time, time at bat, turn, uncertainty, uncertainty principle, whack, whatever comes

oppose

• oppose, abjure, agree to differ, agree to disagree, analogize, antagonize, array, arrest, assert the contrary, assimilate, attack, balance, ban, bar, be antipathetic, be at cross-purposes, be at variance, be in dissent, be inimical, be opposed to, beat against, beg to differ, belie, blackball, block, bottle up, bring into analogy, bring into comparison, buck, bump heads, categorically reject, challenge, check, clash, collide, combat, compare, compare and contrast, compare with, complain, complain loudly, conflict, conflict with, confront, confute, contend, contend against, contend with, contest, contradict, contrapose, contraposit, contrast, contrast with, contravene, controvert, counter, counteract, counterattack, counterbalance, countercheck, counterpoise, counterpose, countervail, counterwork, cross, curb, dam up, damp, dampen, defy, delay, deny, detain, differ, disaffirm, disagree, disagree with, disallow, disapprove, disapprove of, disavow, disclaim, discord with, disfavor, disown, disprove, dispute, dissent, dissent from, divide on, draw a comparison, draw a parallel, drop out, duel, exclude, face, face down, face out, face up to, fight, foil, forswear, front, frown at, frown down, frown upon, frustrate, gainsay, go against, go counter to, grapple with, grimace at, hinder, hold back, hold in check, hold up, impede, impugn, inhibit, intercept, interfere, interfere with, intermeddle, interrupt, intervene, join issue upon, join the opposition, juxtapose in opposition, keep back, keep in check, kick against, lie opposite, liken, liken to, lock horns, look askance at, look black upon, make a stand, match, measure against, meddle, meet head-on, metaphorize, militate against, not abide, not accept, not admit, not agree, not approve, not go for, not hear of, not hold with, nullify, object, object to, obstruct, obviate, offer resistance, offset, oppugn, ostracize, parallel, pit, pit against, place against, play at cross-purposes, polarize, pose against, preclude, prevent, protest, put in opposition, recalcitrate, recant, refuse to admit, refute, reject, relate, reluct, remonstrate, renounce, repel, repress, repudiate, resist, restrain, restrict, retard, retract, revoke, revolt, run a comparison, run against, run counter to, say no to, scotch, secede, set against, set back, set in contrast, set in opposition, set off, set off against, set over against, show fight, similize, slacken, slow, snub, stand, stand at bay, stand opposed, stand opposite, stand up against, stand up to, stop, strive against, subtend, suppress, swim upstream, take back, take exception, take exception to, take issue, take issue with, think ill of, think little of, thumb down, thwart, traverse, vie, view together, view with disfavor, vote against, weigh, weigh against, withdraw, withhold assent, withstand, work against

opposed

• opposed, adversary, adversative, adverse, adversive, against, alien, antagonistic, anti, antipathetic, antithetic, antonymous, at cross-purposes, at odds, at variance with, averse, balancing, clashing, compensating, competitive, con, conflicting, confronting, contradictory, contradistinct, contrapositive, contrarious, contrary, contrary to, contrasted, contrasting, converse, counter, counteractive, counterbalancing, counterpoised, countervailing, cross, cursory, dead against, detrimental, differing, difficult, disaccordant, disagreeing, disappointed, disapprobatory, disapproving, discontented, discordant, discrepant, disenchanted, disgruntled, disillusioned, disinclined, disobedient, displeased, dissatisfied, dissentient, dissenting, enemy, eyeball to eyeball, forced, fractious, hard, harmful, hostile, in conflict with, in opposition, in opposition to, inconsistent, indignant, indisposed, indocile, inimical, inverse, involuntary, low, miserable, mutinous, negative, noncooperative, not easy, obstinate, obverse, opponent, opposed to, opposing, opposite, opposite to, oppositional, oppositive, oppugnant, overthwart, perfunctory, perverse, poor, recalcitrant, refractory, repugnant, resistant, reverse, rigorous, rival, sinister, squared off, stressful, sulky, sullen, troublesome, troublous, trying, turned-off, unappreciative, unapproving, uncomplimentary, unconsenting, uncooperative, unfavorable, unfriendly, unhappy, unpropitious, untoward, unwilling, wretched

opposer

• opposer, adversary, antagonist, anti, bitter-ender, brawler, con, defendant, diehard, disputant, dissentient, dissident, intransigent, irreconcilable, last-ditcher, litigant, match, naysayer, negativist, noncooperator, objector, obstructionist, obstructive, oppositionist, oppugnant, plaintiff, protester, quarreler, resister, scrapper, wrangler

opposing

• opposing, abjuratory, abnegative, adversary, adversative, adverse, adversive, against, alien, alienated, allegory, analogy, antagonistic, anteposition, anti, antiestablishment, antipathetic, antipodal, antithesis, antithetic, antithetical, antonymous, at cross-purposes, at odds with, at variance with, balancing, breakaway, bucking, challenge, clashing, comparative anatomy, comparative degree, comparative grammar, comparative judgment, comparative linguistics, comparative literature, comparative method, compare, comparing, comparison, compensating, competitive, con, conflicting, confrontation, confronting, confrontment, contention, contradicting, contradiction, contradictory, contradistinct, contraposition, contrapositive, contrariety, contrarious, contrary, contrast, contrasted, contrasting, contrastiveness, contravention, contraversion, converse, correlation, counter, counter-culture, counteractant, counteracting, counteraction, counteractive, counterbalancing, counterpoised, countervailing, counterworking, cranky, cross, crosscurrent, crossing, crotchety, dead against, denial, denying, detrimental, differing, difficult, disaccordant, disaffirming, disagreeing, disallowing, disappointed, disapprobatory, disapproving, disavowing, disclaiming, discontented, discordant, discrepant, disenchanted, disgruntled, disillusioned, disowning, displeased, dissatisfied, dissentient, dissenting, dissident, distinction, distinctiveness, enemy, eyeball to eyeball, eyeball-to-eyeball, facing, fractious, fronting, hard, harmful, head wind, hostile, hostility, impugnation, impugnment, in opposition, incompatible, inconsistent, indignant, inimical, inverse, irreconcilable, likening, low, matching, metaphor, miserable, negation, negative, negatory, nonconforming, nonconformist, noncooperative, not easy, obstinate, obverse, opponent, opposed, opposite, opposition, oppositional, oppositive, opposure, oppugnant, oppugnation, overthwart, parallelism, perverse, polar, polar opposition, polaric, polarity, polarization, polarized, poor, posing against, proportion, reactionary, rebutment, rebuttal, recalcitrant, recanting, recusant, refractory, refusal, rejection, relation, renitent, renunciative, renunciatory, repudiative, repugnant, resistance, resistant, reverse, revocative, revocatory, revolutionary, rigorous, rival, sectarian, sectary, simile, similitude, sinister, squared off, standing against, stressful, traversal, trope of comparison, troublesome, troublous, trying, turned-off, unappreciative, unapproving, uncomplimentary, uncooperative, undercurrent, underground, unfavorable, unfriendly, unhappy, unpropitious, untoward, weighing, wretched

opposite number

• opposite number, antipode, antipodes, antipole, antithesis, antonym, coequal, compeer, complement, contra, converse, coordinate, counter, counterbalance, countercheck, counterpart, counterpoint, counterpoise, counterpole, counterterm, cousin, ditto, equal, equipollent, equivalent, fellow, foil, inverse, like, match, mate, obverse, offset, opposite, parallel, peer, reverse, rival, setoff, tally, the contrary, the other side, twin, vis-a-vis

opposite

• opposite, across, adversary, adversative, adverse, adversive, against, alien, antagonistic, anti, antipathetic, antipodal, antipode, antipodean, antipodes, antipole, antithesis, antithetic, antithetical, antonym, antonymous, at cross-purposes, at opposite extremes, back to back, balancing, clashing, compensating, competitive, con, conflicting, confronting, contra, contradictory, contradistinct, contrapositive, contrarious, contrariwise, contrary, contrary to, contrast, contrasted, contrasting, converse, counter, counteractive, counterbalance, counterbalancing, countercheck, counterpoint, counterpoise, counterpoised, counterpole, counterterm, countervailing, cross, dead against, detrimental, different, differing, difficult, disaccordant, discordant, discrepant, dissentient, dissimilar, divergent, diverse, enemy, eyeball to eyeball, eyeball-to-eyeball, face to face, facing, foil, fractious, fronting, hard, harmful, hostile, in contact with, in contrast with, in front of, in opposition, in opposition to, inconsistent, independent, inimical, inverse, irreconcilable, just opposite, miserable, negative, noncooperative, nose to nose, not easy, obstinate, obverse, offset, on, opponent, opposed, opposing, opposite number, opposite to, oppositional, oppositive, oppugnant, over against, overthwart, perverse, polar, polaric, polarized, poles apart, recalcitrant, refractory, replica, repugnant, reverse, rigorous, rival, separate, setoff, sinister, squared off, stressful, the contrary, the other side, to, toward, troublesome, troublous, trying, unalike, unconnected, uncooperative, unfavorable, unfriendly, unlike, unpropitious, unrelated, unsimilar, untoward, up against, upon, versus, vis-a-vis, wretched

opposition party

• opposition party, American Party, Anti-Monopoly Party, Bull Moose Party, Communist Party, Conservative Party, Constitutional Union Party, Democratic Party, Democratic-Republican Party, Farmer-Labor Party, Federalist Party, Free Soil Party, Greenback Party, Know-Nothing Party, Labour Party, Liberal Party, Liberal Republican Party, Liberty Party, National Republican Party, Populist Party, Progressive Party, Prohibition Party, Republican Party, Socialist Labor Party, Socialist Party, Socialist Workers Party, Tammany Hall, Tory Party, Whig Party, camp, city hall, faction, machine, major party, minor party, multiple party system, one-party system, party, party in power, political machine, political party, splinter party, third party, two-party system

opposition

• opposition, adversary, adversity, agreement to disagree, alienation, allegory, analogy, antagonism, antagonist, antagonistic, anteposition, antipathy, antithesis, antithetical, apostasy, argumentation, arrest, arrestation, arrestment, assailant, at daggers drawn, averseness, aversion, backlash, backwardness, balancing, ban, blackball, blackballing, blockage, blocking, challenge, check, clashing, clogging, closing up, closure, collision, combatant, combative reaction, comparative anatomy, comparative degree, comparative grammar, comparative judgment, comparative linguistics, comparative literature, comparative method, compare, comparing, comparison, competing, competition, competitive, competitor, complaint, con, conflict, conflicting, confrontation, confrontment, confutation, constriction, contention, contradiction, contradistinction, contraindication, contraposition, contrariety, contrast, contrastiveness, controversy, correlation, counter-culture, counteraction, counterposition, counterworking, cramp, crankiness, cross-purposes, crotchetiness, cursoriness, defiance, delay, demur, departure, detainment, detention, deviation, difference, dim view, disaccord, disaccordance, disagreement, disappointment, disapprobation, disapproval, disconformity, discongruity, discontent, discontentedness, discontentment, discord, discordance, discordancy, discrepancy, discreteness, disenchantment, disesteem, disfavor, disgruntlement, disharmony, disillusion, disillusionment, disinclination, disobedience, disparity, displeasure, dispute, disrelish, disrespect, dissatisfaction, dissension, dissent, dissentience, dissidence, dissimilarity, dissonance, distaste, distinction, distinctiveness, distinctness, disunion, disunity, divergence, divergency, diversity, dropping out, enemy, exclusion, faction, far cry, fixation, flak, foe, foeman, foot-dragging, fractiousness, friction, grudging consent, grudgingness, hampering, heterogeneity, hindering, hindrance, holdback, holdup, hostile, hostility, impediment, in opposition, inaccordance, incompatibility, incongruity, inconsistency, inconsonance, indignation, indisposedness, indisposition, indocility, inequality, inharmoniousness, inharmony, inhibition, inimicalness, interference, interruption, intractableness, irreconcilability, jarring, kick, lack of enthusiasm, lack of zeal, let, likening, low estimation, low opinion, matching, metaphor, minority opinion, mixture, mutinousness, negation, negativism, nolition, nonagreement, nonassent, nonconcurrence, nonconformity, nonconsent, noncooperation, nuisance value, objection, obstinacy, obstruction, obstructionism, occlusion, odds, opponent, opposed, opposing, opposing party, opposite camp, oppositeness, opposure, oppugnance, oppugnancy, ostracism, other side, otherness, parallelism, passive resistance, perfunctoriness, perverseness, perversity, polar opposition, polarity, polarization, posing against, proportion, protest, reaction, rebuff, recalcitrance, recalcitrancy, recalcitration, recoil, recusance, recusancy, refractoriness, refusal, rejection, relation, reluctance, renitence, renitency, repellence, repellency, repercussion, repression, repudiation, repugnance, repulse, repulsion, resistance, restraint, restriction, retardation, retardment, revolt, rival, secession, separateness, setback, showdown, simile, similitude, slowness, squeeze, stand, stranglehold, stricture, stubbornness, sulk, sulkiness, sulks, sullenness, suppression, swimming upstream, the loyal opposition, the opposition, thumbs-down, trope of comparison, unconformity, uncooperativeness, underground, unenthusiasm, unfriendliness, unhappiness, unharmoniousness, unlikeness, unorthodoxy, unwillingness, variance, variation, variegation, variety, weighing, withdrawal, withstanding

oppositional

• oppositional, adversary, adversative, adverse, adversive, alien, antagonistic, anti, antipathetic, antithetic, antonymous, at cross-purposes, balancing, breakaway, clashing, compensating, competitive, con, conflicting, confronting, contradicting, contradictory, contradistinct, contrapositive, contrarious, contrary, contrasted, converse, counter, counteractant, counteracting, counteractive, counterbalancing, counterpoised, countervailing, counterworking, cranky, cross, crotchety, dead against, disaccordant, discordant, discrepant, dissentient, dissident, enemy, eyeball to eyeball, fractious, hostile, inconsistent, inimical, inverse, negative, nonconformist, noncooperative, obstinate, obverse, opponent, opposed, opposing, opposite, oppositive, oppugnant, overthwart, perverse, reactionary, recalcitrant, refractory, renitent, repugnant, resistant, reverse, revolutionary, rival, squared off, uncooperative, unfavorable, unfriendly, unpropitious

oppress

• oppress, abuse, addict, afflict, aggrieve, anguish, bear hard upon, beat down, beset, break, break down, bring to tears, browbeat, bulldoze, bully, burden, burthen, busy, cast down, castrate, charge, clamp down on, coerce, compel, conquer, cow, crush, crush one, cumber, cut up, damp, dampen, dampen the spirits, darken, dash, daunt, deject, depress, desolate, despotize, discourage, dishearten, dispirit, distress, domineer, domineer over, draw tears, drive, embitter, encumber, enslave, exhaust, fag, freight, go hard with, go ill with, grieve, grind, grind down, hamper, handicap, harass, harry, haunt, haunt the memory, henpeck, hound, hunt, intimidate, inundate, keep busy, keep down, keep under, knock down, lade, lie on, load, lord it over, lower, lower the spirits, maltreat, molest, obsess, outrage, overawe, overbear, overburden, overcome, overdrive, overload, overmaster, overpower, override, overtask, overtax, overthrow, overweight, overwhelm, overwork, persecute, press, press down, press hard upon, press heavy on, pressure, prey on, prostrate, pursue, put down, repress, rest hard upon, ride over, ride roughshod over, sadden, saddle, sink, sorrow, subdue, subjugate, suppress, sweat, task, tax, terrorize, tire, torment, torture, trample down, trample underfoot, trample upon, tread down, tread upon, trouble, try one, tyrannize, tyrannize over, unman, victimize, walk all over, walk over, wear down, wear out, wear upon one, weary, weigh down, weigh heavy on, weigh heavy upon, weigh on, weigh upon, weight down, work

oppressed

• oppressed, abused, bond, browbeaten, burdened, captive, charged, cumbered, disenfranchised, downtrod, downtrodden, encumbered, enslaved, enthralled, fraught, freighted, ground down, hampered, heavy, heavyhearted, henpecked, in bondage, in bonds, in captivity, in chains, in leading strings, in slavery, in subjection, laden, laden with sorrow, loaded, long-faced, misused, ordered around, overborne, overburdened, overcharged, overfraught, overfreighted, overladen, overloaded, overtaxed, overweighted, regimented, sad, sad of heart, sad-eyed, sad-faced, saddened, saddled, sadhearted, servile, slavish, subjected, subjugated, submissive, suppressed, taxed, trampled, tyrannized, under the heel, under the lash, unfree, unmanned, weighed upon, weighted, weighted down

oppression

• oppression, McCarthyism, Schmerz, Slough of Despond, abuse, affliction, airlessness, anguish, argumentum baculinum, bale, big stick, bitter cup, bitter draft, bitter draught, bitter pill, blank despondency, burden, burden of care, burdening, burthen, cankerworm of care, care, cargo, charge, charging, closeness, cross, crown of thorns, cumber, cumbrance, curse, deadweight, death wish, dejectedness, dejection, depression, despair, despondency, despondentness, despotism, discouragement, disheartenment, dispiritedness, distress, domination, domineering, down trip, downcastness, downer, downheartedness, drag, drooping spirits, encumbrance, enslavement, fascism, freight, gall, gall and wormwood, grievance, handicap, harassment, hardship, harrying, heartlessness, heavy hand, high hand, hopelessness, hounding, incubus, incumbency, infliction, injury, injustice, iron boot, iron hand, iron heel, lading, load, loading, low spirits, lowness, lowness of spirit, malaise, maltreatment, millstone, oppressiveness, overload, overtaxing, overweighting, pack of troubles, pain, peck of troubles, persecution, pessimism, pressure, red-baiting, reign of terror, repression, saddling, sea of troubles, self-destructive urge, sinking heart, sorrow, spiritlessness, stuffiness, subjection, subjugation, suicidal despair, superincumbency, suppression, surcharge, taedium vitae, taxing, terrorism, thorn, thought control, torment, tormenting, torture, trouble, tyranny, victimization, waters of bitterness, weariness of life, weight, witch-hunt, witch-hunting, woe

oppressive

• oppressive, Herculean, absolute, absolutist, absolutistic, agonizing, airless, annoying, arbitrary, arduous, aristocratic, arrogant, authoritarian, authoritative, autocratic, backbreaking, besetting, black, bleak, bossy, bothersome, breathless, breezeless, brutal, burdensome, close, crushing, cumbersome, cumbrous, demanding, depressant, depressing, depressive, despotic, dictatorial, discouraging, disheartening, dismal, dispiriting, distressing, dolorous, domineering, down, effortful, encumbering, exacting, exhausting, exigent, feudal, forced, grievous, grinding, grueling, hampering, hard-earned, hard-fought, harrowing, harsh, heavy, hefty, high-handed, humid, ill-ventilated, impedimental, impeding, impeditive, imperative, imperial, imperious, incumbent, intolerable, irksome, killing, labored, laborious, lordly, lumpish, magisterial, magistral, massive, masterful, miserable, monocratic, muggy, onerous, operose, overbearing, overburdensome, overpowering, overruling, overwhelming, painful, peremptory, plaguey, punishing, racking, repressive, severe, somber, sticky, stifling, strained, strenuous, strict, stuffy, suffocating, sultry, superincumbent, suppressive, taxing, toilsome, tough, troublesome, trying, tyrannical, tyrannous, unbearable, uncomfortable, unendurable, unvented, unventilated, unwieldy, uphill, vexatious, wearing, wearisome, wearying, weighty, windless, wretched

oppressor

• oppressor, Simon Legree, absolute monarch, absolute ruler, all-powerful ruler, arrogator, autarch, autocrat, bully, caesar, commissar, czar, despot, dictator, disciplinarian, driver, duce, hard master, intimidator, iron hand, martinet, oligarch, overlord, persecutor, pharaoh, scourge, slave driver, stickler, strong man, taskmaster, tormentor, torturer, tyrant, usurper, warlord

opprobrium

• opprobrium, abuse, calumny, contumely, degradation, demotion, depluming, discredit, disesteem, dishonor, displuming, disrepute, ignobility, ignominiousness, ignominy, infamousness, infamy, ingloriousness, invective, loss of honor, obloquy, odium, revilement, scurrility, shame, vilification, vituperation

oppugn

• oppugn, antagonize, battle, be antipathetic, be at cross-purposes, be contrary to, be inimical, be opposed to, beat against, belie, call into question, challenge, clash, collide, conflict, conflict with, confute, contest, contradict, contrapose, contrast with, contravene, controvert, counter, counteract, counterattack, counterbalance, countercheck, counterpoise, counterpose, countervail, counterwork, cross, deny, fight, gainsay, go against, go counter to, interfere with, juxtapose in opposition, lock horns, meet head-on, militate against, negate, offset, oppose, play at cross-purposes, rebut, reject, resist, run against, run counter to, set off, swim upstream, traverse, tug, war, work against

optic

• optic, baby blues, banjo eyes, bright eyes, clear eyes, cornea, eye, eyeball, eyelid, goggle eyes, iris, lens, lid, naked eye, nictitating membrane, ocular, oculus, ophthalmic, ophthalmologic, optic nerve, optical, optometrical, orb, organ of vision, peeper, popeyes, pupil, retina, saucer eyes, sclera, seeing, starry orbs, unaided eye, visible, visional, visual, visual organ

optics

• optics, Newtonian physics, acoustics, actinology, actinometry, aerophysics, applied physics, astrophysics, basic conductor physics, biophysics, catoptrics, chemical physics, cryogenics, crystallography, cytophysics, dioptrics, electron optics, electron physics, electronics, electrophysics, geometrical optics, geophysics, heliography, heliology, heliometry, infrared spectroscopy, macrophysics, mathematical physics, mechanics, medicophysics, microphysics, microscopics, microscopy, natural philosophy, natural science, nuclear physics, optical physics, optometry, philosophy, photics, photography, photology, photometry, physic, physical chemistry, physical optics, physical science, physicochemistry, physicomathematics, physics, psychophysics, radiation physics, radionics, solar physics, solid-state physics, spectrometry, spectrophotometry, spectroscopy, statics, stereophysics, stereoscopy, telescopy, theoretical physics, thermodynamics, zoophysics

optimal

• optimal, best, champion, choice, elect, elite, for the best, greatest, handpicked, matchless, optimum, paramount, peerless, picked, prime, prize, quintessential, select, supreme, surpassing, unmatchable, unmatched, unparalleled, unsurpassed, very best

optimism

• optimism, Leibnizian optimism, Pollyannaism, blitheness, blithesomeness, bright outlook, bright side, brightness, buoyancy, cheer, cheerful expectation, cheerfulness, cheeriness, cheery vein, eupeptic mien, geniality, gladness, gladsomeness, good cheer, happiness, hope, hopefulness, idealism, millennialism, optimisticalness, perfectibilism, perfectionism, philosophical optimism, pleasantness, positivism, radiance, rosy expectation, rosy outlook, sanguine expectation, sanguine humor, sanguineness, sanguinity, silver lining, sunniness, utopianism, winsomeness

optimist

• optimist, Leibnizian optimist, Pollyanna, aspirant, aspirer, chiliast, dreamer, hopeful, hoper, idealist, irrepressible optimist, millenarian, millennialist, millennian, perfectibilist, perfectibilitarian, perfectionist, philosophical optimist, positivist, ray of sunshine, utopian

optimistic

• optimistic, Leibnizian, agape, agog, all agog, anticipant, anticipating, anticipative, anticipatory, awaiting, beaming, blithe, blithesome, bright, bright and sunny, buoyant, certain, cheerful, cheery, chiliastic, confident, couleur de rose, eager, elated, eupeptic, euphoric, exalted, exhilarated, expectant, expecting, flushed, forearmed, forestalling, forewarned, gaping, genial, glad, gladsome, glowing, happy, high, hopeful, idealistic, in anticipation, in expectation, in good spirits, in high spirits, irrepressible, laughing, looking for, looking forward to, millenarian, millennialistic, not surprised, of good cheer, perfectibilitarian, perfectionist, pleasant, positive, prepared, radiant, ready, riant, rose-colored, roseate, rosy, sanguine, sanguineous, smiling, sparkling, sunny, sure, unsurprised, upbeat, utopian, waiting, waiting for, watching for, winsome

optimum

• optimum, best, capital, champion, choice, chosen, cream, elect, elite, excellent, exceptional, exemplar, extraordinary, fat, finest, first-class, first-rate, flower, for the best, greatest, handpicked, ideal, matchless, model, nonesuch, nonpareil, optimal, paragon, paramount, peerless, perfect, perfection, pick, picked, prime, prize, queen, quintessence, quintessential, select, sterling, superlative, supreme, surpassing, the best, the best ever, the tops, the very best, unexcelled, unique, unmatchable, unmatched, unparalleled, unsurpassed, very best

option

• option, alternate choice, alternative, call, chance, choice, discretion, druthers, election, emption, first option, first refusal, free choice, free decision, free will, full consent, noncontingent free will, opportunity, optionality, pleasure, possible choice, preemption, preference, prerogative, privilege, put, put and call, recourse, refusal, right, right of emption, right of preemption, say, say-so, selection, spread, stock option, straddle, strap, strip, way out, will and pleasure

optional

• optional, alternative, arbitrary, autonomous, discretional, discretionary, disjunctive, elective, free, free will, gratuitous, independent, nonmandatory, offered, proffered, self-acting, self-active, self-determined, self-determining, spontaneous, unasked, unbesought, unbidden, uncalled-for, uncoerced, uncompelled, unforced, uninfluenced, uninvited, unpressured, unprompted, unrequested, unrequired, unsolicited, unsought, volitional, voluntary, volunteer, willful

opulence

• opulence, abundance, affluence, ample sufficiency, ampleness, amplitude, assets, avalanche, bonanza, bottomless purse, bountifulness, bountiousness, bulging purse, bumper crop, copiousness, easy circumstances, embarras de richesses, extravagance, exuberance, fertility, flood, flow, foison, fortune, full measure, fullness, generosity, generousness, gold, great abundance, great plenty, gush, handsome fortune, high income, high tax bracket, independence, landslide, lavishness, liberality, liberalness, lots, lucre, luxuriance, luxuriousness, mammon, material wealth, maximum, money, money to burn, moneybags, more than enough, much, myriad, myriads, numerousness, opulency, outpouring, overflow, pelf, plenitude, plenteousness, plentifulness, plenty, possessions, prevalence, prodigality, productiveness, profuseness, profusion, property, prosperity, prosperousness, quantities, repleteness, repletion, rich harvest, rich vein, riches, richness, riot, riotousness, scads, shower, six-figure income, spate, stream, substance, substantiality, substantialness, superabundance, teemingness, treasure, upper bracket, wealth, wealthiness

opulent

• opulent, abounding, abounding in riches, abundant, affluent, all-sufficing, ample, aplenty, big-rich, bottomless, bounteous, bountiful, comfortable, copious, deluxe, diffuse, disgustingly rich, effuse, epidemic, exhaustless, extravagant, exuberant, fat, fertile, flush, frightfully rich, full, galore, generous, in clover, in funds, in plenty, in quantity, in the money, in velvet, independent, independently rich, independently wealthy, inexhaustible, lavish, liberal, loaded, luscious, lush, luxuriant, luxurious, made of money, many, maximal, moneyed, much, numerous, on Easy Street, on velvet, oofy, ostentatious, overflowing, palatial, plenitudinous, plenteous, plentiful, plenty, plush, pretentious, prevailing, prevalent, prodigal, productive, profuse, profusive, prolific, prosperous, provided for, rampant, replete, rich, rich as Croesus, rife, riotous, rolling in money, running over, showy, sumptuous, superabundant, swank, teeming, wallowing in wealth, warm, wealthy, well provided for, well-fixed, well-found, well-furnished, well-heeled, well-off, well-provided, well-stocked, well-to-do, wholesale

opus

• opus, Nachtmusik, absolute music, adaptation, air varie, aleatory, aleatory music, arrangement, article, artifact, autograph, best seller, book, bound book, brainchild, chamber music, chamber orchestra, child, classic, coinage, coloring book, composition, computer printout, concoction, copy, creation, creature, crowning achievement, definitive work, descant, distillation, document, draft, edited version, effect, electronic music, end product, engrossment, essay, essence, etude, exercise, extract, fair copy, fiction, final draft, finished version, first draft, flimsy, folio, fruit, great work, handiwork, hardback, harmonization, holograph, incidental music, instrumental music, invention, issue, juvenile, juvenile book, letter, limp-cover book, literae scriptae, literary artefact, literary production, literature, lucubration, magnum opus, manufacture, manuscript, masterpiece, masterwork, matter, mintage, new mintage, nocturne, nonbook, nonfiction, notebook, novel, oeuvre, offspring, opera, opuscule, opusculum, orchestration, original, origination, outcome, outgrowth, paper, paperback, parchment, penscript, picture book, piece, piece of writing, play, playbook, pocket book, poem, prayer book, printed matter, printout, product, production, program music, psalmbook, psalter, publication, reading matter, recension, result, ricercar, score, screed, scrip, script, scrive, scroll, second draft, serial, sketchbook, soft-cover, sonata, sonatina, songbook, standard work, storybook, string orchestra, string quartet, study, the written word, theme and variations, title, tome, trade book, transcript, transcription, trio, typescript, variation, version, volume, work, writing

or

• or, achievement, alerion, and/or, animal charge, annulet, argent, armorial bearings, armory, arms, aureate, aureateness, auric, azure, bandeau, bar, bar sinister, baton, bearings, beige, bend, bend sinister, billet, blazon, blazonry, bordure, broad arrow, buff, buff-yellow, cadency mark, canary, canary-yellow, canton, chaplet, charge, chevron, chief, citron, citron-yellow, coat of arms, cockatrice, coronet, cream, creamy, crescent, crest, cross, cross moline, crown, device, difference, differencing, eagle, ecru, ermine, ermines, erminites, erminois, escutcheon, falcon, fallow, fallowness, fess, fess point, field, file, flanch, flaxen, fleur-de-lis, fret, fur, fusil, garland, gilded, gilt, gold, gold-colored, golden, griffin, gules, gyron, hatchment, helmet, heraldic device, honor point, impalement, impaling, inescutcheon, label, lemon, lemon-yellow, lion, lozenge, luteolous, lutescent, mantling, marshaling, martlet, mascle, metal, motto, mullet, nombril point, ocherish, ocherous, ochery, ochreous, ochroid, ochrous, ochry, octofoil, ordinary, orle, pale, paly, pean, pheon, primrose, primrose-colored, primrose-yellow, purpure, quarter, quartering, rose, sable, saffron, saffron-colored, saffron-yellow, sallow, saltire, sand-colored, sandy, scutcheon, shield, spread eagle, straw, straw-colored, subordinary, tenne, tincture, torse, tressure, unicorn, vair, vert, wreath, xanthic, xanthous, yale, yellow, yellowish, yellowishness, yellowness

oracle

• oracle, Cassandra, Delphian oracle, Delphic oracle, Delphic tripod, Dodona, Pythian oracle, Python, adage, advice, ana, analects, answer, aphorism, apocalypse, apothegm, augur, augury, authority, axiom, byword, catchword, collected sayings, current saying, dictate, dictum, distich, divination, diviner, doctor, elder, elder statesman, epigram, expression, fortune-teller, gnome, golden saying, great soul, guru, illuminate, intellect, intellectual, lover of wisdom, mahatma, man of intellect, man of wisdom, mandarin, master, mastermind, maxim, mentor, message, moral, mot, motto, philosopher, phrase, pithy saying, precept, prediction, prescript, prognostication, prognosticator, prophecy, prophet, proverb, proverbial saying, proverbs, rabbi, rishi, sage, sapient, savant, saw, saying, scholar, seer, sentence, sententious expression, sibyl, sloka, soothsayer, starets, stock saying, sutra, teaching, text, thinker, verse, vision, wisdom, wisdom literature, wise man, wise old man, wise saying, witticism, wizard, word, words of wisdom

oracular

• oracular, apocalyptic, augural, auguring, bigoted, conceited, divinatory, doctrinaire, doctrinarian, dogmatic, dogmatizing, fatidic, forecasting, foreseeing, foretelling, forewarning, fortunetelling, haruspical, mantic, opinionated, opinionative, opinioned, peremptory, pontifical, positive, positivistic, predictional, predictive, predictory, prefigurative, prefiguring, presageful, presaging, presignificative, presignifying, prognostic, prognosticative, pronunciative, prophetic, self-opinionated, self-opinioned, sibyllic, sibylline, vaticinal, vaticinatory, weather-wise

oral

• oral, acknowledged, admitted, answering, articulate, articulated, audition, blue book, communicating, communicational, communional, conventional, conversational, customary, enunciated, established, exam, examen, examination, final, final examination, fixed, folk, great go, hallowed, handed down, hearing, heroic, hoary, honors, immemorial, interacting, interactional, interactive, intercommunicational, intercommunicative, intercommunional, interresponsive, interrogative, interrogatory, inveterate, legendary, lingual, linguistic, long-established, long-standing, mandibular, maxillary, midsemester, midterm, mouthlike, mythological, nuncupative, of long standing, of the folk, oral examination, orificial, parol, prelim, prescriptive, pronounced, questioning, quiz, received, recognized, responsive, rooted, said, sonant, sounded, speech, spoken, take-home examination, telepathic, test, time-honored, told, traditional, transmissional, trial, tried and true, tripos, true-blue, understood, unwritten, uttered, venerable, verbal, viva, viva voce, vocal, vocalized, voiced, voiceful, word-of-mouth, worshipful, written, written examination

orange

• orange, Catawba, Persian melon, Valencia orange, akee, alligator pear, ananas, apple, apricot, avocado, banana, bearberry, berry, bilberry, blackberry, cacao, candleberry, canistel, cantaloupe, capulin, casaba, checkerberry, cherimoya, cherry, citrange, citron, citrus, citrus fruit, civet fruit, crab apple, cranberry, currant, custard apple, damson, date, dewberry, elderberry, feijoa, fig, gooseberry, grape, grapefruit, guanabana, guava, honeydew, huckleberry, icaco, ilama, imbu, jaboticaba, jackfruit, jujube, kumquat, lemon, lime, lingonberry, litchi, loganberry, loquat, mammee apple, mandarin orange, mango, mangosteen, manzanilla, marang, mayapple, medlar, melon, mulberry, muscadine, muscat, muscatel, muskmelon, navel orange, nectarine, nutmeg melon, olive, papaw, papaya, passion fruit, peach, pear, persimmon, pineapple, pippin, plantain, plum, plumcot, pomegranate, prune, quince, raisin, rambutan, raspberry, red currant, strawberry, sugar apple, sugarplum, sweetsop, tangelo, tangerine, ugli fruit

orate

• orate, blah-blah, bombast, debate, declaim, demagogue, elocute, harangue, hold forth, mouth, out-herod Herod, perorate, rabble-rouse, rant, rave, read, recite, rodomontade, sermonize, soapbox, speechify, spiel, spout, tub-thump

oration

• oration, address, after-dinner speech, allocution, chalk talk, debate, declamation, declaration, diatribe, discourse, eulogy, exhortation, filibuster, forensic, forensic address, formal speech, funeral oration, harangue, homily, hortatory address, inaugural, inaugural address, invective, jeremiad, lecture, monologue, panegyric, pep talk, peroration, philippic, pitch, prepared speech, prepared text, public speech, reading, recital, recitation, sales talk, salutatory, salutatory address, say, screed, set speech, speech, speechification, speeching, spiel, talk, talkathon, tirade, valediction, valedictory, valedictory address

oratorio

• oratorio, Negro spiritual, anthem, cantata, canticle, choral singing, chorale, chorus, church music, doxology, glee, gospel, gospel music, hymn, hymn-tune, hymnody, hymnology, introit, madrigal, madrigaletto, mass, motet, offertory, offertory sentence, paean, passion, prosodion, psalm, psalmody, recessional, requiem, requiem mass, sacred music, spiritual, unison, white spiritual

oratory

• oratory, Lady chapel, address, articulateness, articulation, chantry, chapel, chapel of ease, chapel royal, command of language, command of words, debating, declamation, demagogism, diction, effective style, elocution, eloquence, eloquent tongue, enunciation, expression, expressiveness, facundity, felicitousness, felicity, fluency, forensics, gift of expression, gift of gab, glibness, grandiloquence, graphicness, homiletics, lecturing, magniloquence, meaningfulness, oratorium, platform oratory, public speaking, pyrotechnics, rabble-rousing, rhetoric, sacellum, sacrament chapel, sacrarium, school chapel, side chapel, silver tongue, slickness, smoothness, speaking, speechcraft, speechification, speeching, speechmaking, stump speaking, vividness, wordcraft

orb

• orb, Aldebaran, Canicula, Dog Star, Hesper, Hesperus, Lucifer, North Star, Phosphor, Phosphorus, Polaris, Sirius, Venus, Vesper, ambit, area, arena, baby blues, bailiwick, ball, balloon, banjo eyes, beat, bladder, blob, boll, bolus, border, borderland, bright eyes, bubble, bulb, bulbil, bulblet, cap of dignity, cap of maintenance, celestial body, circle, circuit, clear eyes, comet, cornea, coronet, crown, daystar, demesne, department, diadem, discipline, domain, dominion, ellipsoid, ermine, evening star, eye, eyeball, eyelid, field, fixed stars, geoid, globe, globelet, globoid, globule, glomerulus, gob, gobbet, goggle eyes, great seal, heavenly body, hemisphere, iris, judicial circuit, jurisdiction, knob, knot, lamp, lens, lid, living sapphires, lodestar, march, morning star, naked eye, nictitating membrane, oblate spheroid, ocular, oculus, optic, optic nerve, orbit, orblet, organ of vision, pale, peeper, pellet, polar star, polestar, popeyes, precinct, privy seal, prolate spheroid, province, pupil, purple, purple pall, realm, regalia, retina, robe of state, rod, rod of empire, rondure, round, royal crown, saucer eyes, scepter, sclera, seal, signet, sphere, spheroid, spherule, starry host, starry orbs, stars, subdiscipline, tiara, triple plume, unaided eye, uraeus, visual organ, walk, winker

orbit

• orbit, Earth insertion, LEM, LM, O, air lane, ambit, annular muscle, annulus, aphelion, apogee, area, arena, areola, astronomical longitude, attitude-control rocket, aureole, autumnal equinox, bailiwick, ball, ballistic capsule, balloon, beat, bladder, blob, boll, bolus, border, borderland, bubble, bulb, bulbil, bulblet, burn, capsule, celestial equator, celestial longitude, celestial meridian, chaplet, circle, circling, circuit, circuiteer, circuition, circuitousness, circuitry, circularity, circulate, circulation, circumambience, circumambiency, circumambulate, circumambulation, circumference, circumflexion, circumlocution, circummigrate, circummigration, circumnavigate, circumnavigation, circumvent, circus, close the circle, closed circle, colures, come full circle, compass, constituency, corona, coronet, course, crown, cycle, deep-space ship, demesne, department, describe a circle, deviance, deviancy, deviation, deviousness, diadem, digression, discipline, discus, disk, docking, docking maneuver, domain, dominion, ecliptic, ellipsoid, encircle, encompass, equator, equinoctial, equinoctial circle, equinoctial colure, equinox, eternal return, excursion, excursus, extension, extent, fairy ring, ferry rocket, field, flank, flight path, footing, fuel ship, full circle, galactic longitude, garland, geocentric longitude, geodetic longitude, geoid, girdle, girdle the globe, globe, globelet, globoid, globule, glomerulus, glory, go about, go around, go round, go the round, gob, gobbet, great circle, gyre, gyring, halo, heliocentric longitude, hemisphere, indirection, injection, insertion, itinerary, judicial circuit, jurisdiction, knob, knot, lap, lasso, line, logical circle, longitude, loop, looplet, lunar excursion module, lunar module, magic circle, make a circuit, manned rocket, march, meandering, meridian, module, moon ship, multistage rocket, noose, oblate spheroid, orb, orbiting, orblet, pale, parking orbit, path, pellet, perigee, perihelion, period, precinct, primrose path, prolate spheroid, province, purview, radius, reach, realm, reentry, revolution, revolve, ring, road, rocket, rondelle, rondure, round, round trip, roundaboutness, roundel, rounding, rounds, route, run, saucer, scope, sea lane, shortcut, shuttle rocket, skirt, small circle, soft landing, solstitial colure, space capsule, space docking, space rocket, spacecraft, spaceship, sphere, sphere of influence, spheroid, spherule, sphincter, spiral, spiraling, stamping ground, subdiscipline, surround, sweep, territory, tour, track, trade route, traject, trajectory, trajet, turf, turn, turning, vantage, vernal equinox, vicious circle, walk, wheel, wheeling, wreath, zodiac, zone

orbital

• orbital, O-shaped, ambagious, backhanded, circuitous, circular, deviating, deviative, devious, digressive, discursive, excursive, helical, indirect, meandering, oblique, out-of-the-way, rotary, round, roundabout, spiral

orbiting

• orbiting, circling, circuition, circuitousness, circuitry, circularity, circulation, circumambience, circumambiency, circumambulation, circumflexion, circumlocution, circummigration, circumnavigation, deviance, deviancy, deviation, deviousness, digression, excursion, excursus, gyre, gyring, indirection, meandering, orbit, roundaboutness, rounding, spiral, spiraling, turn, turning, wheeling

orchard

• orchard, arable land, barnyard, barton, bocage, bosk, cattle ranch, chicken farm, collective farm, coppice, copse, cotton plantation, croft, dairy farm, demesne, demesne farm, dry farm, dude ranch, factory farm, fallow, farm, farmery, farmhold, farmland, farmplace, farmstead, farmyard, fruit farm, fur farm, grain farm, grange, grassland, grove, hacienda, holt, homecroft, homefarm, homestead, hurst, kibbutz, kolkhoz, location, mains, manor farm, pasture, pen, plantation, poultry farm, ranch, rancheria, rancho, shaw, sheep farm, spinney, station, steading, stock farm, toft, tope, truck farm, wood lot, woodlet

orchestra

• orchestra, German band, L, Philharmonic, R, acting area, apron, apron stage, audience, auditorium, auditory, backstage, balcony, band, band shell, bandstand, big band, board, box, box seat, brass, brass band, brass choir, brass quintet, brass section, brasses, bridge, callithumpian band, chamber orchestra, combo, concert band, congregation, coulisse, desks, dixieland band, dock, dress circle, dressing room, ensemble, fauteuil, flies, fly floor, fly gallery, forestage, gallery, gamelan orchestra, greenroom, grid, gridiron, groundling, group, house, jazz band, jug band, lightboard, loge, military band, nigger heaven, orchestra circle, orchestra pit, paradise, parquet, parquet circle, parterre, peanut gallery, performing area, philharmonic, pit, proscenium, proscenium boxes, proscenium stage, quartet, quintet, ragtime band, rock-and-roll group, sextet, shell, skiffle band, spectator, stage, stage left, stage right, stall, standing room, steel band, street band, string band, string choir, string orchestra, string quartet, strings, swing band, switchboard, symphony, symphony orchestra, the boards, theater, theatre stall, trio, waits, wings, woodwind, woodwind choir, woodwind quartet, woodwinds

orchestrate

• orchestrate, adapt, arrange, blend, compose, harmonize, instrument, instrumentate, integrate, make an adaptation, melodize, musicalize, put to music, score, set, set to music, symphonize, synthesize, transcribe, transpose, unify, write

orchestration

• orchestration, Nachtmusik, absolute music, adaptation, air varie, aleatory, aleatory music, arrangement, chamber music, chamber orchestra, composition, descant, electronic music, etude, exercise, harmonization, incidental music, instrumental music, instrumentation, intonation, invention, modulation, nocturne, opus, phrasing, piece, preparation, production, program music, resolution, ricercar, score, setting, solution, sonata, sonatina, string orchestra, string quartet, study, suspension, theme and variations, tone painting, transcription, trio, variation, work

orchestrator

• orchestrator, arranger, ballad maker, balladeer, balladist, balladmonger, composer, contrapuntist, ethnomusicologist, harmonist, harmonizer, hymnist, hymnographer, hymnologist, librettist, madrigalist, melodist, melodizer, musicographer, musicologist, scorer, song writer, songsmith, symphonist, tone poet, tunesmith

ordain

• ordain, allocate, allot, appoint, appropriate to, assign, assign to, authorize, bid, call on, call the signals, call upon, canonize, carry on, charge, command, commission, consecrate, constitute, declare, declare lawful, decree, designate, destinate, destine, detail, devote, dictate, direct, doom, earmark, enact, enact laws, enjoin, enlist, enroll, establish, fate, filibuster, foredoom, formulate, frock, get the floor, give an order, give the word, have the floor, impose, inaugurate, induct, initiate, install, instate, instruct, invest, issue a command, issue a writ, keep, kill, lay down, legalize, legislate, legitimate, legitimatize, legitimize, lobby through, logroll, lot, make a regulation, make assignments, make legal, manage, mandate, mark, mark off, mark out for, name, nominate, operate, order, order about, ordinate, pass, pigeonhole, pocket, portion off, prescribe, proclaim, promulgate, pronounce, put in force, put through, railroad through, regulate, reserve, restrict, restrict to, roll logs, rule, run, saint, sanction, say the word, schedule, select, set, set apart, set aside, set off, sign on, sign up, tab, table, tag, take the floor, validate, veto, yield the floor

ordeal

• ordeal, Sabbat, acid test, adversity, affliction, anguish, assay, blank determination, brouillon, calvary, criterion, cross, crucial test, crucible, determination, disaster, distress, docimasy, essay, feeling out, fiery ordeal, first draft, ghost dance, grief, hardship, kiteflying, magic circle, misery, misfortune, nightmare, ordeal by battle, probation, proof, rough draft, rough sketch, sounding out, standard, suffering, test, test case, touchstone, tragedy, trial, trials and tribulations, tribulation, tribulations, troubles, try, verification, visitation

order of the day

• order of the day, affairs, agenda, batting order, bill, bill of fare, blueprint, budget, calendar, card, carte du jour, circumstances, concerns, condition of things, conditions, dealings, docket, doings, goings-on, life, lineup, list of agenda, march of events, matters, menu, playbill, proceedings, program, program of operation, programma, prospectus, protocol, relations, roster, run of things, schedule, slate, state of affairs, the times, the world, what happens

order

• order, Bronze Star Medal, Croix de Guerre, Distinguished Conduct Medal, Distinguished Flying Cross, Distinguished Service Cross, Distinguished Service Medal, Distinguished Service Order, Distinguished Unit Citation, MO, Medaille Militaire, Military Cross, Navy Cross, Unit Citation, Victoria Cross, act on, action, adherents, adjust, adjustment, affiliation, algorithm, align, allocation, allotment, alphabetize, alternation, amendment, analyze, animal kingdom, antonomasia, apostolic orders, apply for, appointment, apportionment, appositeness, approach, appropriate, appropriateness, approximation, apt, aptness, arrange, arranged, arrangement, array, arraying, ashram, ask, ask for, association, assort, attack, auspiciousness, authorization, award, bad condition, balance, be responsible for, beauty, beg leave, behest, bespeak, bid, bidding, binomial nomenclature, biosystematics, biosystematy, biotype, blackmail, blood, blue ribbon, body, bracket, branch, break down, breed, briefing, broken, broken-down, brood, brotherhood, busted, buy, call, call for, call on, call the shots, call the signals, call upon, calling, calm, calmness, canonization, captain, carry on, case, caste, catalog, categorization, categorize, category, chain, challenge, charge, church, claim, clamor for, clan, class, classification, classify, clean, closeness, club, codification, codify, collation, collocation, colony, coming after, command, commandment, commission, commitment, commonwealth, commune, communion, community, company, concinnity, concord, condemn, condemnation, condition, conduct, conferment, confession, confraternity, confrerie, consecration, consecution, consecutiveness, consideration, constitution, continuation, continuity, contract for, contribution, control, cool off, cordon, cordon bleu, correct, correction, correctitude, correctness, country club, course, crave, cry for, decide, decision, declare, decoration, decoration of honor, decorousness, decorum, decree, degree, deliverance, demand, demand for, demanded, deme, denomination, deploy, deployment, descent, description, desire, determination, determine, diagnosis, dictate, dictation, dictum, digest, direct, direct order, direction, directions, directive, disciples, discipline, disordered, disorganized, disposal, dispose, disposition, distribution, divide, division, doom, draft, drain, duty, echelon, economic class, edict, election, endogamous group, engage, engineer, enjoin, equilibrium, estate, euphony, exact, exaction, expediency, extended family, extension, extent, extort, extortion, extortionate demand, faction, faith, family, fashion, favorableness, feather, felicity, fellowship, fettle, fiat, file, file for, final instructions, find, find against, find for, finding, fitness, fitting, fix, folk, followers, following, footing, force, form, formation, formulation, fraternal order, fraternity, garter, gear, genotype, gens, genus, give an order, give the word, glossology, gold star, good condition, goodness, govern, grace, grade, grand cordon, group, grouping, guide, guild, guise, handle, harmonize, harmony, head, head up, heading, health, heavy demand, hest, hierarchize, hierarchy, holy orders, house, ilk, imperative, importance, impose, imposition, impost, improper, in disorder, in disrepair, in order, in order to, indecorous, indent, index, induction, injunction, inoperative, insistent demand, installation, institution, instruct, instruction, instructions, integrity, investiture, ism, issue a command, issue a writ, issue an ultimatum, kaput, kidney, kilter, kin, kind, kingdom, kinship group, knighthood, label, law, law and order, lawfulness, lay out, layout, lead, lead on, league, level, levy, line, line of action, line up, lineage, lines, lineup, list, lodge, logical sequence, magnitude, major orders, make, make a demand, make a request, make a requisition, make application, make the rules, manage, mandate, maneuver, manipulate, manner, manner of working, marshal, marshaling, mastermind, matriclan, matter, means, measure, measuredness, medal, medallion, meetness, method, methodize, methodology, military medal, minor orders, mode, mode of operation, mode of procedure, modus operandi, moiety, nation, naturalism, naturalness, nature, naturism, nearness, neat, neatness, needed, neighborhood, niceness, nomenclature, nomination, nonnegotiable demand, normalcy, normality, normalize, normalness, not cricket, notice, nuclear family, officer, offshoot, on the blink, on the fritz, onomastics, onomatology, opportuneness, ordain, ordainment, order about, order of succession, order up, orderedness, ordering, orderliness, orderly, orders, ordinance, ordination, organization, organize, orismology, ornament, out of commission, out of order, out of place, out of whack, pacify, party, pass judgment, pass sentence, patriclan, pattern, peace, peace and quiet, peacefulness, pecking order, people, permission, persuasion, phratria, phratry, phyle, phylum, pigeonhole, place, place an order, place-names, place-naming, placement, plan, plant kingdom, pleasure, polyonymy, position, posteriority, postposition, power structure, practice, precedence, precedent, precept, predicament, preferment, prepared, prescribe, prescript, prescription, presentation, probity, procedure, proceeding, proceedings, process, procession, proclaim, proclamation, prognosis, progression, prolongation, promulgate, pronounce, pronounce judgment, pronounce on, pronouncement, pronunciamento, properness, proportion, propriety, proximity, pull the strings, purchase, put, put in for, put in order, put in requisition, put in shape, put to rights, quarterback, quiet, quiet life, quietness, quietude, race, range, rank, rate, rating, reading in, ready, realism, rectification, rectitude, red ribbon, reduce to order, regiment, regimentation, regularity, regularize, regulate, regulation, religious order, repair, report, request, require, required, requirement, requisition, reserve, resolution, restfulness, return a verdict, rhythm, riband, ribbon, right, rightness, rotation, routine, routinize, row, rubric, rule, ruling, run, rush, rush order, say the word, scale, school, screw, seasonableness, secret society, sect, sectarism, section, seemliness, segment, sentence, sept, sequel, sequence, serenity, series, service medal, set, set in order, set to rights, set up, set-up, settlement, setup, shape, shipshape, shot, sisterhood, skipper, so that, social class, society, sodality, sorority, sort, sort out, special order, species, sphere, stage, standardize, standing, star, state of affairs, station, status, statute, stem, stirps, stock, straighten out, straighten up, strain, stratum, streamline, stripe, structure, structuring, style, subcaste, subclass, subdivide, subdivision, subfamily, subgenus, subgroup, subjunction, subkingdom, suborder, subspecies, subtribe, succession, successiveness, suffixation, suitability, suitable, suitableness, superclass, superfamily, superorder, superspecies, sweetness, symmetry, syntax, system, systematics, systematization, systematize, systemization, tabulate, tack, take command, take the lead, tax, taxing, taxonomy, teaching, technique, tell, terminology, the drill, the how, tidiness, tidy, timeliness, title, to, tone, toponymy, totem, train, tranquilize, tranquillity, tribe, tribute, trim, trinomialism, tune, type, ukase, ultimatum, uncalled-for, uniformity, union, unorganized, unseemly, unsnarl, unsuitable, uprightness, utter a judgment, variety, verdict, version, vicinity, war medal, warn, warning, way, wear the pants, whip into shape, whistle for, wholesomeness, will, wise, wish, word, word of command

ordered

• ordered, accordant, aligned, alike, arranged, arrayed, assorted, automatic, balanced, businesslike, categorized, classified, composed, concinnate, concinnous, consistent, consonant, constant, constituted, continuous, correspondent, disposed, equable, equal, euphonic, euphonical, euphonious, even, fixed, flat, flowing, fluent, formal, graded, grouped, habitual, harmonious, harmonized, homogeneous, immutable, in hand, invariable, level, marshaled, measured, mechanical, methodic, methodical, methodized, monolithic, normal, normalized, of a piece, orderly, organized, persistent, placed, ranged, ranked, regular, regular as clockwork, regularized, regulated, robotlike, routine, routinized, smooth, smooth-sounding, sorted, stable, standardized, steadfast, steady, sweet, symmetrical, synchronized, systematic, systematized, tripping, unbroken, unchangeable, unchanged, unchanging, undeviating, undifferentiated, undiversified, uniform, unruffled, unvaried, unvarying, usual, well-ordered, well-regulated

ordering

• ordering, allocation, allotment, apportionment, arrangement, array, arraying, authority, collation, collocation, command, conduct, constitution, control, deployment, direction, disposal, disposition, distribution, form, formation, formulation, governance, government, guidance, handling, husbandry, lead, leading, management, managery, managing, manipulation, marshaling, order, pilotage, placement, regimentation, regulation, running, sequence, steerage, steering, structuring, syntax, the conn, the helm, the wheel

orderless

• orderless, aimless, aleatoric, aleatory, amorphic, amorphous, anarchic, baggy, blobby, blurred, blurry, broad, capricious, casual, chance, chancy, chaotic, characterless, confused, desultory, disarticulated, discontinuous, disjunct, disordered, disorderly, dispersed, disproportionate, erratic, featureless, fitful, foggy, formless, frivolous, fuzzy, general, gratuitous, haphazard, hazy, hit-or-miss, ill-defined, immethodical, imprecise, inaccurate, inchoate, incoherent, indecisive, indefinable, indefinite, indeterminable, indeterminate, indiscriminate, indistinct, inexact, inform, irregular, kaleidoscopic, lax, loose, lumpen, meaningless, misshapen, misty, nondescript, nonspecific, nonsymmetrical, nonsystematic, nonuniform, obscure, planless, promiscuous, random, senseless, shadowed forth, shadowy, shapeless, spasmodic, sporadic, stochastic, straggling, straggly, sweeping, systemless, unarranged, unclassified, unclear, undefined, undestined, undetermined, undirected, ungraded, unjoined, unmethodical, unordered, unorganized, unplain, unsorted, unspecified, unsymmetrical, unsystematic, ununiform, vague, veiled, wandering

orderly

• orderly, Ganymede, Hebe, X-ray technician, accordant, accurate, adjutant, airline hostess, airline stewardess, aligned, alike, always, anesthetist, arranged, arrayed, assistant, assorted, at every turn, at peace, attendant, automatic, balanced, batman, bellboy, bellhop, bellman, bloodless, bootblack, boots, businesslike, cabin boy, caddie, calm, categorized, chipper, chore boy, civil, civilized, classified, composed, concinnate, concinnous, concordant, connected, consecutive, consistent, consonant, constant, constantly, constituted, continually, continuous, conventional, copyboy, correct, correspondent, courteous, cupbearer, decorous, dietitian, disciplined, disorderly, disposed, dresser, equable, equal, errand boy, errand girl, euphonic, euphonical, euphonious, even, exact, fixed, flat, flowing, fluent, footboy, formal, general, gofer, graded, grouped, habitual, halcyon, harmonious, harmonized, homogeneous, hospital administrator, hostess, idyllic, immutable, in apple-pie order, in hand, invariable, invariably, joined, laboratory technician, law-abiding, level, like clockwork, mannerly, marshaled, measured, mechanical, menial, messenger, methodic, methodical, methodically, methodized, meticulous, monolithic, natural, naturalistic, naturistic, neat, never otherwise, normal, normalized, of a piece, office boy, office girl, ordered, organized, pacific, page, pastoral, peaceable, peaceful, peacetime, persistent, physical therapist, physiotherapist, piping, placed, polite, precious, precise, precisian, precisionist, punctilious, puristic, quiet, radiographer, radiotherapist, ranged, ranked, realistic, regular, regular as clockwork, regularized, regularly, regulated, restful, robotlike, routine, routinized, scrupulous, sequent, sequential, serene, serial, servant, shipshape, smooth, smooth-sounding, snug, soft, sorted, squire, stable, standardized, steadfast, steadily, steady, steward, stewardess, sweet, symmetrical, synchronized, systematic, systematically, systematized, systemized, tender, tidy, tight, trainbearer, tranquil, tripping, typical, unbroken, unchangeable, unchanged, unchanging, undeviating, undifferentiated, undiversified, unexceptional, uniform, uninterrupted, unruffled, untroubled, unvaried, unvarying, usher, usual, well-behaved, well-mannered, well-ordered, well-regulated, without exception, yeoman

ordinal

• ordinal, Gaussian integer, Sefer Torah, Torah, Torah scroll, Virginal, algebraic number, algorismic, algorithmic, aliquot, breviary, canon, cardinal, cardinal number, categorical, catenary, characteristic, church book, classificational, classificatory, complex number, consecutive, decimal, defective number, defining, denominative, differential, digital, distinctive, divisional, divisionary, euchologion, euchology, even, even number, exponential, farse, figural, figurate, figurative, finite, finite number, formulary, fraction, fractional, imaginary, imaginary number, impair, impossible, infinite, infinity, integer, integral, irrational, irrational number, lectionary, lineal, linear, litany, logarithmic, logometric, machzor, manual, missal, mixed number, negative, numeral, numerary, numerative, numeric, odd, pair, particular, peculiar, polygonal number, pontifical, positive, possible, prayer book, prime, prime number, progressive, pure imaginary, radical, rational, rational number, real, real number, reciprocal, rectangular number, ritual, rituale, round number, rubric, sequent, sequential, serial, serial number, seriate, service book, siddur, special, specific, subdivisional, submultiple, successional, successive, surd, taxonomic, transcendental, transcendental number, transfinite number, typal, typical, whole number

ordinance

• ordinance, act, appointment, bill, brevet, bull, bylaw, canon, ceremonial, ceremony, code, commandment, convention, declaration, decree, decree-law, decreement, decretal, decretum, dictate, dictation, dictum, diktat, duty, edict, edictum, enactment, fiat, form, form of worship, formality, formula, formulary, function, general principle, golden rule, guideline, guiding principle, holy rite, imperative, institution, ipse dixit, jus, law, legislation, lex, liturgy, maxim, measure, mitzvah, mode of worship, moral, mystery, norm, observance, office, order of worship, ordonnance, practice, precept, prescribed form, prescript, prescription, principium, principle, proclamation, pronouncement, pronunciamento, regulation, rescript, rite, ritual, ritual observance, rituality, rubric, rule, ruling, sacrament, sacramental, senatus consult, senatus consultum, service, settled principle, solemnity, standard, standing order, statute, tenet, ukase, working principle, working rule

ordinarily

• ordinarily, again and again, all in all, all things considered, altogether, as a rule, as a whole, as an approximation, as per usual, as things go, as usual, at large, broadly, broadly speaking, by and large, chiefly, commonly, commonplacely, customarily, frequently, generally, generally speaking, habitually, in general, in many instances, mainly, many a time, many times, matter-of-factly, most often, mostly, naturally, normally, normatively, not infrequently, not seldom, oft, often, often enough, oftentimes, ofttimes, on balance, on the whole, overall, plainly, predominantly, prescriptively, prevailingly, prosaically, regularly, repeatedly, roughly, roughly speaking, routinely, simply, speaking generally, to be expected, typically, unseldom, usually, whenever you wish

ordinary

• ordinary, American plan, Attic, Babbittish, European plan, JA, Philistine, a la carte, accepted, accustomed, achievement, alerion, amicus curiae, animal charge, annulet, argent, armorial bearings, armory, arms, assessor, average, azure, banal, bandeau, bar, bar sinister, barmaster, baseborn, baton, bearings, below the salt, bend, bend sinister, besetting, billet, bizarre, blazon, blazonry, boardinghouse, bordure, bourgeois, broad arrow, cadency mark, campy, canton, central, chancellor, chaplet, charge, chaste, chevron, chief, circuit judge, classic, classical, coat of arms, cockatrice, cockney, common, commonplace, conformable, consuetudinary, convention, conventional, coronet, couvert, cover, cover charge, crescent, crest, cross, cross moline, crown, curious, current, customary, demeaning, device, difference, differencing, different, disadvantaged, dominant, dorm, dormitory, doss house, dull, eagle, eccentric, epidemic, ermine, ermines, erminites, erminois, escutcheon, established, everyday, exceptional, expected, extraordinary, fair, falcon, familiar, fess, fess point, field, file, flanch, flat, fleabag, fleur-de-lis, flophouse, frequent, frequentative, fret, fur, fusil, garden, garden variety, garden-variety, garland, general, generally accepted, griffin, guest house, gules, gyron, habitual, hatchment, helmet, heraldic device, high-camp, homely, homespun, honor point, hospice, hostel, hostelry, hotel, household, humble, humdrum, impalement, impaling, in the shade, inescutcheon, inferior, infra dig, inn, insipid, intermediary, intermediate, judge advocate, judge ordinary, junior, jurat, justice in eyre, justice of assize, kitschy, label, lay judge, legal assessor, less, lesser, lion, lodging house, low, low-camp, lowborn, lowbred, lower, lowly, lozenge, mantling, many, many times, marshaling, martlet, mascle, master, matter-of-fact, mean, medial, median, mediocre, medium, metal, middle-class, middle-of-the-road, middling, military judge, minor, moderate, modest, motto, mullet, mundane, natural, no great shakes, nombril point, nonclerical, nondescript, norm, normal, normative, not rare, obtaining, octofoil, odd, of common occurrence, offbeat, oft-repeated, oftentime, ombudsman, or, original, orle, outlandish, pale, paly, pandemic, passable, pean, peasant, peculiar, pedestrian, pension, pheon, picturesque, plain, plastic, plebeian, poetryless, police judge, pop, popular, posada, predominant, predominating, prescribed, prescriptive, presiding judge, prevailing, prevalent, probate judge, prosaic, prosing, prosy, provincial, pub, public, public house, puisne judge, pure, pure and simple, purpure, quaint, quarter, quartering, quotidian, rampant, rare, received, recorder, recurrent, regnant, regular, regulation, reigning, rife, roadhouse, rooming house, rose, routine, rude, ruling, run-of-mine, run-of-the-mill, running, sable, saltire, scutcheon, second rank, second string, secondary, self-service, service, servile, set, shabby-genteel, shield, simple, singular, so so, spread eagle, standard, status quo, stereotyped, stock, strange, striking, sub, subaltern, subject, subordinary, subordinate, subservient, suburban, tavern, tenne, the common, the commonplace, the normal, the ordinary, the usual, thick-coming, third rank, third string, third-estate, time-honored, tincture, tiresome, torse, traditional, tressure, typical, uncommon, unconventional, underprivileged, undistinguished, unembellished, uneventful, unexceptional, unexpected, unfamiliar, ungenteel, unicorn, unidealistic, unimaginative, unimpassioned, uninspired, unique, universal, unnoteworthy, unpoetic, unpretentious, unrefined, unremarkable, unromantic, unspectacular, unusual, usual, vair, vapid, vernacular, vert, vice-chancellor, vulgar, weird, widespread, wonted, workaday, workday, wreath, yale

ordination

• ordination, acceptance, adjustment, admission, admittance, apostolic orders, appointment, assignment, baptism, calling, canonization, charting, codification, commitment, conferment, consecration, coordination, dedication, designation, devotion, election, enlistment, enrollment, hallowing, harmonization, holy orders, immission, inauguration, induction, initiation, installation, instatement, institution, intromission, investiture, major orders, methodization, minor orders, naming, nomination, normalization, ordainment, orders, organization, planning, posting, preferment, presentation, rationalization, reading in, regularization, regulation, routinization, selection, systematization, tabbing, transferral

ordnance

• ordnance, A-weapons, armament, arms, artillery, battery, biological weapons, cannon, cannonry, coast artillery, conventional weapons, deadly weapons, field artillery, flak, heavy field artillery, instruments of destruction, missilery, munitions, musketry, nuclear weapons, side arms, siege artillery, siege engine, small arms, thermonuclear weapons, trench artillery, weaponry, weapons

ordure

• ordure, BM, bowel movement, buffalo chips, ca-ca, carrion, coprolite, coprolith, corruption, cow chips, cow flops, cow pats, crap, dandruff, decay, defecation, dingleberry, droppings, dung, excrement, feces, feculence, filth, foul matter, furfur, gangrene, guano, jakes, manure, mess, movement, muck, mucus, night soil, obscenity, pus, putrid matter, rot, scurf, scuz, sewage, sewerage, shit, slime, smut, snot, sordes, stool, turd