Appendix:Moby Thesaurus II/85

synchronism

• synchronism, accompaniment, accord, accordance, affinity, agreement, alliance, assent, association, attune, attunement, cahoots, chime, chiming, chorus, co-occurrence, co-working, coaction, coetaneity, coetaneousness, coevalneity, coevalness, coexistence, coherence, coincidence, collaboration, collectivity, collusion, combination, combined effort, compatibility, concentus, concert, concerted action, concomitance, concomitancy, concord, concordance, concourse, concurrence, confluence, conformance, conformation, conformity, congeniality, congruence, congruency, congruity, conjunction, consilience, consistency, consonance, consonancy, consort, conspiracy, contemporaneity, contemporaneousness, cooperation, correspondence, diapason, equivalence, euphony, harmonics, harmony, heavy harmony, homophony, intersection, isochronism, junction, monochord, monody, oneness, overlap, parallelism, parasitism, peace, rapport, saprophytism, self-consistency, simultaneity, symbiosis, symmetry, symphony, sync, synchronization, synergy, tally, three-part harmony, timing, togetherness, tune, uniformity, union, unison, unisonance, united action, withness

synchronize

• synchronize, accommodate, accompany, accord, adapt, adjust, adjust to, agree, assimilate, associate, assonate, atone, attune, be harmonious, be in cahoots, be in phase, be in time, be in tune, blend, chart, chime, chord, coact, coadunate, codify, coexist, coextend, coincide, collaborate, collude, combine, concur, conjoin, connive, conspire, contemporize, cooperate, coordinate, correspond, cut to, equalize, fit, fix, gear to, happen together, harmonize, homologate, homologize, isochronize, join, keep in step, keep pace with, key to, make plumb, make uniform, match, measure, melodize, methodize, musicalize, normalize, organize, plan, proportion, put in tune, rationalize, reconcile, rectify, regularize, regulate, right, routinize, set, set right, settle, similarize, sound in tune, sound together, standardize, symphonize, sync, synergize, systematize, tailor, time, trim to, true, true up, tune, tune up, unite

synchronized

• synchronized, accordant, according, affirmative, agreeable, agreeing, aligned, answerable, arranged, arrayed, assonant, assonantal, assorted, at one, attuned, blended, blending, categorized, chiming, classified, coexistent, coexisting, coherent, coincident, coinciding, commensurate, compatible, composed, concordant, concurring, conformable, congenial, congruent, congruous, consentaneous, consentient, consistent, consonant, constituted, cooperating, cooperative, correspondent, corresponding, disposed, en rapport, equivalent, fixed, graded, grouped, harmonic, harmonious, harmonized, harmonizing, homophonic, in accord, in agreement, in chorus, in concert, in concord, in phase, in rapport, in step, in sync, in synchronization, in tempo, in time, in tune, in unison, inaccordance, inharmony, like-minded, marshaled, methodized, monodic, monophonic, normalized, of a piece, of like mind, of one mind, on all fours, on the beat, ordered, orderly, organized, placed, positive, proportionate, ranged, ranked, reconcilable, regularized, regulated, routinized, self-consistent, sorted, standardized, symbiotic, symphonious, synchronal, synchronic, synchronous, systematized, tuned, unanimous, uniform, unisonant, unisonous

synchronous

• synchronous, accompanying, accordant, according, affirmative, agreeable, agreeing, answerable, associate, associated, assonant, assonantal, at one, at one with, attuned, blended, blending, chiming, coacting, coactive, coadunate, coetaneous, coeval, coexistent, coexisting, coherent, coincident, coinciding, collaborative, collective, collusive, combined, combining, commensurate, compatible, concerted, concomitant, concordant, concurrent, concurring, conformable, congenial, congruent, congruous, conjoint, consentaneous, consentient, consilient, consistent, consonant, conspiratorial, contemporaneous, cooperant, cooperating, cooperative, coordinate, correspondent, corresponding, coworking, en rapport, equivalent, harmonic, harmonious, harmonizing, homophonic, in accord, in agreement, in chorus, in concert, in concord, in phase, in rapport, in step, in sync, in synchronization, in tempo, in time, in tune, in unison, inaccordance, inharmony, joint, like-minded, meeting, monodic, monophonic, of a piece, of like mind, of one mind, on all fours, on the beat, parasitic, positive, proportionate, reconcilable, saprophytic, self-consistent, simultaneous, symbiotic, symphonious, synchronal, synchronic, synchronized, synergetic, synergic, synergistic, tuned, unanimous, uniform, unisonant, unisonous, united, uniting

syncopation

• syncopation, acid rock, andante tempo, avant-garde jazz, ballroom music, beat, bebop, boogie-woogie, bop, compound time, country rock, dance music, dances, duple time, folk rock, hard rock, hot jazz, jazz, jive, largo, mainstream jazz, march tempo, mixed times, musical suite, presto, rag, ragtime, rhythm-and-blues, rock, rock-and-roll, rubato, sextuple time, simple time, suite, suite of dances, swing, syncopated music, syncope, tempo, tempo rubato, the new music, three-quarter time, time, time pattern, timing, triple time, triplet, two-four time, waltz time

syncope

• syncope, KO, abbreviation, abridgment, abstract, andante tempo, apocope, aposiopesis, beat, blackout, catalepsy, catatonia, catatony, clipping, coma, compound time, compression, condensation, conspectus, contraction, crasis, curtailment, cutting, duple time, elision, ellipsis, epitome, faint, foreshortening, grayout, kayo, knockout, largo, lipothymia, lipothymy, march tempo, mixed times, nirvana, nirvana principle, nothingness, oblivion, obliviousness, precis, presto, pruning, rag, ragtime, recap, recapitulation, reduction, retrenchment, rubato, semiconsciousness, senselessness, sextuple time, shortening, simple time, sleep, stupor, summary, summation, swoon, syncopation, syneresis, synopsis, telescoping, tempo, tempo rubato, three-quarter time, time, time pattern, timing, triple time, triplet, truncation, two-four time, unconsciousness, waltz time

syncretism

• syncretism, Anschluss, addition, admixture, affiliation, agglomeration, aggregation, agreement, alliance, alloyage, amalgamation, assimilation, association, blend, blending, cabal, cartel, casualness, centralization, coalescence, coalition, combination, combine, combo, comminglement, commingling, commixture, composition, confederacy, confederation, congeries, conglomeration, conjugation, conjunction, consolidation, conspiracy, crudity of intellect, denominationalism, eclecticism, ecumenism, embodiment, encompassment, enosis, federalization, federation, fusion, hookup, immixture, imprudence, inclusion, incorporation, indiscreetness, indiscretion, indiscriminateness, indiscrimination, insensibility, insensitivity, integration, interfusion, interlarding, interlardment, interminglement, intermingling, intermixture, junction, junta, lack of feeling, lack of refinement, league, marriage, meld, melding, merger, mingling, mixing, mixture, package, package deal, partisanism, pluralism, promiscuity, promiscuousness, schismatism, sectarianism, sectarism, solidification, syndication, syneresis, synthesis, tactlessness, tie-up, uncriticalness, undiscriminatingness, undiscriminativeness, unfastidiousness, unification, union, unmeticulousness, unparticularness, unpreciseness, unselectiveness, untactfulness, wedding

syndicalism

• syndicalism, Bolshevikism, Bolshevism, Carbonarism, Castroism, Jacobinism, Maoism, New Left, Old Left, Sinn Feinism, anarchism, anarcho-syndicalism, anarchy, antinomianism, chaos, confusion, criminal syndicalism, disorder, disorderliness, disorganization, disruption, extreme left, extreme left wing, extremism, left-wing extremism, lynch law, misrule, mob law, mob rule, mobocracy, nihilism, ochlocracy, primal chaos, radicalism, radicalization, rebellion, revolution, revolutionism, sans-culotterie, sans-culottism, terrorism, tohubohu, turmoil, ultraconservatism, ultraism, unruliness

syndicate

• syndicate, Aktiengesellschaft, Black Hand, British Cabinet, Cosa Nostra, Mafia, Sanhedrin, US Cabinet, add, advisory body, affiliate, aktiebolag, ally, amalgamate, assembly, assimilate, associate, association, bench, black market, blend, bloc, board, body corporate, body of advisers, bootlegging, borough council, brain trust, business, business establishment, cabinet, camarilla, cartel, chain, chamber, chamber of commerce, city council, coalesce, combine, come together, commercial enterprise, common council, compagnie, company, compound, comprise, concern, confederate, conference, conglomerate, conglomerate corporation, congress, connect, consolidate, consolidating company, consortium, consultative assembly, copartnership, corporate body, corporation, council, council fire, council of ministers, council of state, council of war, county council, court, deliberative assembly, diet, directory, distribute, divan, diversified corporation, embody, encompass, enterprise, firm, flux, fuse, gambling, gangdom, gangland, gray market, group, holding company, house, illegal commerce, illegal operations, illegitimate business, illicit business, include, incorporate, industry, integrate, interblend, interfuse, join, joint-stock association, joint-stock company, junta, kitchen cabinet, league, legislature, loan-sharking, lump together, mafia, make one, meld, melt into one, merge, mix, monopoly, moonshining, narcotics traffic, operating company, organization, organized crime, parish council, partnership, plunderbund, pool, privy council, prostitution, protection racket, public utility, put together, racket, reembody, roll into one, serialize, shade into, shady dealings, solidify, soviet, staff, stock company, syncretize, syndication, synod, synthesize, the Mafia, the mob, the rackets, the syndicate, the underworld, trade association, traffic in women, tribunal, trust, unify, union, unite, usury, utility, white slavery

syndication

• syndication, Anschluss, addition, affiliation, agglomeration, aggregation, agreement, alliance, amalgamation, assimilation, association, blend, blending, cabal, cartel, centralization, coalescence, coalition, combination, combine, combo, composition, confederacy, confederation, congeries, conglomeration, conjugation, conjunction, consolidation, conspiracy, ecumenism, embodiment, encompassment, enosis, federalization, federation, fusion, hookup, inclusion, incorporation, integration, junction, junta, league, marriage, meld, melding, merger, package, package deal, solidification, syncretism, syneresis, synthesis, tie-up, unification, union, wedding

syndrome

• syndrome, 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, ill, illness, indisposition, infectious disease, infirmity, malady, malaise, morbidity, morbus, muscular disease, neurological disease, nutritional disease, occupational 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, the pip, urogenital disease, virus disease, wasting disease, worm disease

synergistic

• synergistic, accompanying, accordant, agreeing, associate, associated, at one with, coacting, coactive, coadjutant, coadjuvant, coadunate, coefficient, coincident, collaborative, collective, collectivist, collectivistic, collusive, combined, combining, commensal, common, communal, communalist, communalistic, communist, communistic, communitarian, concerted, concomitant, concordant, concurrent, concurring, conjoint, conniving, consilient, conspiratorial, cooperant, cooperating, cooperative, coordinate, coworking, ecumenic, fellow, harmonious, harmonized, joint, meeting, mutual, noncompetitive, parasitic, reciprocal, saprophytic, symbiotic, synchronous, synergetic, synergic, uncompetitive, united, uniting

synergy

• synergy, accompaniment, accordance, agreement, alliance, association, bipartisanship, cahoots, co-working, coaction, coadjuvancy, coadministration, coagency, cochairmanship, codirectorship, coincidence, collaboration, collaborativeness, collectivism, collectivity, collusion, combination, combined effort, commensalism, common effort, common enterprise, communalism, communism, communitarianism, community, complicity, concert, concerted action, concomitance, concord, concordance, concourse, concurrence, confluence, conjunction, consilience, conspiracy, cooperation, cooperativeness, correspondence, duet, duumvirate, ecumenicalism, ecumenicism, ecumenism, esprit, esprit de corps, fellow feeling, fellowship, harmony, joining of forces, joint effort, joint operation, junction, mass action, morale, mutual assistance, mutualism, mutuality, octet, parasitism, pooling, pooling of resources, pulling together, quartet, quintet, reciprocity, saprophytism, septet, sextet, simultaneity, solidarity, symbiosis, synchronism, synergism, team spirit, teamwork, trio, triumvirate, troika, union, united action

synod

• synod, British Cabinet, Council of Nicaea, Council of Trent, Lateran Council, Sanhedrin, US Cabinet, Vatican Council, advisory body, archbishopric, archdiocese, assemblee, assembly, assignation, association, at home, ball, bench, bishopric, board, body of advisers, borough council, brain trust, brawl, cabinet, camarilla, caucus, chamber, chapter, city council, classis, colloquium, commission, committee, common council, conciliarism, conclave, concourse, conference, congregation, congress, consistory, consultative assembly, conventicle, convention, convocation, council, council fire, council of ministers, council of state, council of war, county council, court, dance, date, deliberative assembly, diet, diocesan conference, diocese, directory, divan, ecclesiastical council, ecumenical council, eisteddfod, festivity, fete, forgathering, forum, gathering, get-together, housewarming, junta, kitchen cabinet, legislature, levee, meet, meeting, panel, parish, parish council, parochial church council, parochial council, party, plenary council, plenum, presbytery, privy council, prom, province, quorum, rally, reception, rendezvous, seance, see, session, shindig, sit-in, sitting, soiree, soviet, staff, symposium, syndicate, tribunal, turnout, vestry

synonym

• synonym, Doppelganger, actual thing, antonym, articulation, carbon copy, copy, dead ringer, ditto, double, duplicate, equivalent, exact counterpart, expression, facsimile, free form, homograph, homonym, homophone, idem, identical same, lexeme, linguistic form, locution, logos, metonym, minimum free form, monosyllable, no other, none other, polysyllable, replica, selfsame, spit and image, spitting image, syllable, term, the same, the same difference, twin, usage, utterance, verbalism, verbum, very image, very same, vocable, word

synonymy

• synonymy, agreement, biographical dictionary, chemical dictionary, coequality, coincidence, congruence, correspondence, desk dictionary, dialect dictionary, dictionary, dictionary of quotations, electronics dictionary, equality, equivalence, etymological dictionary, foreign-language dictionary, gazetteer, general dictionary, geological dictionary, gloss, glossary, gradus, homogeneity, homoousia, identity, indistinguishability, lexicon, no difference, nomenclator, oneness, onomasticon, phrase book, polyglot dictionary, rhyming dictionary, sameness, science dictionary, self-identity, selfhood, selfness, selfsameness, slang dictionary, specialized dictionary, synonym dictionary, synonymity, synonymousness, thesaurus, treasury of words, unabridged dictionary, unity, vocabulary, wordbook

synopsis

• synopsis, abbreviation, abbreviature, abrege, abridgement, abridgment, abstract, apercu, apocope, breviary, brief, capsule, compend, compendium, compression, condensation, condensed version, conspectus, curtailment, digest, draft, elision, ellipsis, epitome, epitomization, foreshortening, head, outline, overview, pandect, precis, recap, recapitulation, reduction, resume, retrenchment, review, rubric, shortened version, shortening, skeleton, sketch, summary, summation, survey, syllabus, syncope, telescoping, thumbnail sketch, topical outline, truncation

synoptic

• synoptic, across-the-board, all-comprehensive, all-inclusive, blanket, brief, compact, compendious, complete, comprehensive, concise, curt, curtal, curtate, decurtate, encyclopedic, global, instantaneous, little, low, omnibus, over-all, panoramic, short, short and sweet, succinct, summary, sweeping, total, transient, universal, whole, without exception, without omission

syntactic

• syntactic, adjectival, adverbial, attributive, conjunctive, copulative, correct, descriptive, formal, functional, glossematic, glottochronological, grammatic, graphemic, intransitive, lexicographic, lexicological, lexicostatistical, lingual, linguistic, linking, metalinguistic, morphological, morphophonemic, nominal, participial, philological, phonemic, phonetic, phonological, postpositional, prepositional, pronominal, psycholinguistic, semantic, structural, substantive, tagmemic, transitive, verbal

syntactics

• syntactics, IC analysis, appositive, attribute, attributive, bowwow theory, comparative linguistics, complement, construction modifier, cutting, deep structure, derivation, descriptive linguistics, dialectology, dingdong theory, direct object, etymology, filler, form-function unit, function, glossematics, glossology, glottochronology, glottology, grammar, graphemics, historical linguistics, immediate constituent analysis, indirect object, language study, levels, lexicology, lexicostatistics, linguistic geography, linguistic science, linguistics, mathematical linguistics, modifier, morphology, morphophonemics, object, paleography, philology, phonetics, phonology, phrase structure, predicate, psycholinguistics, qualifier, ranks, semantics, shallow structure, slot, slot and filler, sociolinguistics, strata, structuralism, structure, subject, surface structure, syntactic analysis, syntactic structure, syntax, tagmeme, transformational linguistics, underlying structure, word arrangement, word order

syntax

• syntax, IC analysis, allocation, allotment, apportionment, appositive, arrangement, array, arraying, attribute, attributive, collation, collocation, complement, constitution, construction modifier, cutting, deep structure, deployment, direct object, disposal, disposition, distribution, filler, form, form-function unit, formation, formulation, function, immediate constituent analysis, indirect object, levels, marshaling, modifier, object, order, ordering, phrase structure, placement, predicate, qualifier, ranks, regimentation, shallow structure, slot, slot and filler, strata, structure, structuring, subject, surface structure, syntactic analysis, syntactic structure, syntactics, tagmeme, underlying structure, word arrangement, word order

synthesis

• synthesis, Anschluss, Baconian method, a fortiori reasoning, a posteriori reasoning, a priori reasoning, addition, affiliation, agglomeration, aggregation, agreement, alliance, amalgamation, analysis, assemblage, assembly, assimilation, association, blend, blending, building, buildup, cabal, cartel, centralization, coalescence, coalition, combination, combine, combining, combo, composite, composition, compound, confederacy, confederation, congeries, conglomeration, conjugation, conjunction, consolidation, conspiracy, constitution, construction, deduction, deductive reasoning, ecumenism, embodiment, encompassment, enosis, epagoge, fabrication, fashioning, federalization, federation, formation, fusing, fusion, generalization, getup, hookup, hypothesis and verification, identification, inclusion, incorporation, induction, inductive reasoning, inference, integrating, integration, junction, junta, league, make, makeup, marriage, meld, melding, merge, merger, merging, mixing, mixture, organization, package, package deal, particularization, philosophical induction, piecing together, putting together, setup, shaping, solidification, structure, structuring, syllogism, syllogistic reasoning, syncretism, syndication, syneresis, tie-up, unification, unifying, union, wedding

synthesize

• synthesize, add, amalgamate, analyze, apply reason, arrange, assemble, assimilate, blend, build, build up, coalesce, combine, come together, compose, compound, comprise, connect, consist of, consolidate, constitute, construct, deduce, embody, encompass, enter into, fabricate, flux, form, fuse, generalize, go into, hypothesize, identify, include, incorporate, infer, integrate, intellectualize, interblend, interfuse, join, logicalize, logicize, lump together, made, make, make one, make up, meld, melt into one, merge, merge in, mix, orchestrate, organize, philosophize, piece together, provide a rationale, put together, rationalize, reason, reembody, roll into one, shade into, solidify, structure, syllogize, symphonize, syncretize, syndicate, theorize, unify, unite, unite in, use reason

synthesized

• synthesized, amalgamated, assimilated, blended, combinative, combinatory, combined, conjoint, conjugate, conjunctive, connective, consolidated, eclectic, fused, incorporated, integrated, joined, joint, merged, mixed, one, syncretistic, syncretized, united

synthetic

• synthetic, adhesive, artificial, bogus, cast plastic, cellulose plastic, counterfeit, ersatz, extruded plastic, fake, false, imitation, laminate, man-made, manufactured, mock, molded plastic, molding compounds, plastic, polymer, protein plastic, pseudo, resin plastic, sham, spurious, synthetic fabric, synthetic rubber, thermoplastic, thermosetting plastic

syphilis

• syphilis, French disease, Spanish pox, VD, acquired syphilis, balanitis gangrenosa, cerebral tabes, chancre, chancroid, clap, claps, climatic bubo, congenital syphilis, constitutional syphilis, dose, dose of clap, fifth venereal disease, general paresis, gonorrhea, granuloma inguinale, granuloma venereum, great pox, hard chancre, latent syphilis, locomotor ataxia, morbus Gallicus, paralytic dementia, paresis, pox, pudendal ulcer, simple chancre, social disease, soft chancre, syph, syphilitic meningoencephalitis, tabes, tabes dorsales, tertiary syphilis, tropical bubo, venereal disease

syphilitic

• syphilitic, allergic, anemic, apoplectic, arthritic, bilious, cancerous, chlorotic, colicky, consumptive, dropsical, dyspeptic, edematous, encephalitic, epileptic, laryngitic, leprous, luetic, malarial, malignant, measly, nephritic, neuralgic, neuritic, palsied, paralytic, phthisic, pleuritic, pneumonic, pocky, podagric, rachitic, rheumatic, rickety, scorbutic, scrofulous, tabetic, tabid, tubercular, tuberculous, tumorigenic, tumorous

syringe

• syringe, X-ray machine, aerosol, asperge, aspergil, aspergillum, aspirator, atomizer, baptize, bath, bathe, bedew, bedpan, bespatter, besprinkle, catheter, clinical thermometer, clyster, concentrate sprayer, dabble, damp, dampen, dash, dew, diathermy machine, douche, drain, electrocardiograph, electroencephalograph, enema, flush, flush out, forceps, fountain syringe, gargle, heat lamp, hemostat, holystone, hose, hose down, humect, humectate, humidify, hypo, hypodermic, hypodermic needle, irrigate, lance, lancet, lather, launder, lave, manometer, mechanical heart, microscope, mist concentrate sprayer, moisten, mop, mop up, needle, needle bath, nozzle, otoscope, paddle, pneumatograph, pneumatometer, probe, pus basin, rinse, rinse out, ritually immerse, scalpel, scour, scrub, scrub up, shampoo, shower, shower bath, shower head, slobber, slop, slosh, sluice, sluice out, soap, sound, sparge, sparger, spatter, speculum, spirometer, splash, splatter, splint, sponge, spray, spray can, sprayer, sprinkle, sprinkler, sprinkler head, sprinkling system, stethoscope, suture, swab, swash, toivel, trepan, trephine, tub, wash, wash out, wash up, water, watercart, watering can, watering pot, wet, wet down

syrup

• syrup, adherent, adhesive, albumen, ambrosia, artificial sweetener, balm, balsam, barnacle, batter, blackstrap, bonnyclabber, bramble, brier, bulldog, burr, butter, calcium cyclamate, cane syrup, cement, clabber, clover honey, comb honey, corn syrup, cornstarch, cream, curd, cyclamates, decal, decalcomania, dough, drops, drug, edulcoration, egg white, electuary, elixir, ethical drug, gaum, gel, gelatin, generic name, glair, glop, glue, gluten, goo, gook, goop, gruel, gumbo, gunk, herbs, honey, honeycomb, honeydew, honeypot, inhalant, jam, jell, jelly, leech, limpet, lincture, linctus, loblolly, maple syrup, materia medica, medicament, medication, medicinal, medicinal herbs, medicine, mixture, molasses, mucilage, mucus, nectar, nonprescription drug, officinal, pap, paste, patent medicine, pharmacon, physic, plaster, porridge, powder, preparation, prescription drug, prickle, proprietary, proprietary medicine, proprietary name, pudding, pulp, puree, putty, remora, rob, saccharification, saccharin, semifluid, semiliquid, simples, size, sodium cyclamate, sorghum, soup, starch, sticker, sticky mess, sugar, sugar-making, sugaring off, sweetener, sweetening, sweets, theraputant, thorn, tisane, treacle, vegetable remedies

syrupy

• syrupy, adhesive, ambrosial, amylaceous, bittersweet, candied, clabbered, clammy, clotted, coagulated, curdled, doughy, drippy, gaumy, gelatinous, glairy, gluelike, gluey, glutenous, glutinose, glutinous, gooey, grumous, gumbo, gumbolike, gumlike, gummous, gummy, heavy, honeyed, honeysweet, inspissated, jelled, jellied, jellylike, maudlin, melliferous, mellifluent, mellifluous, moist, mucilaginous, mushy, nectareous, nectarous, pasty, ropy, sacchariferous, sappy, slabby, slimy, slithery, slushy, sour-sweet, starchy, sticky, stodgy, stringy, sugarcoated, sugared, sugarsweet, sugary, sweet, sweet and pungent, sweet and sour, sweet as sugar, sweetened, sweetish, tacky, tenacious, thick, thickened, tough, tremelloid, tremellose, viscid, viscose, viscous

system components

• system components, actuator, amplifier, capacitator, clock, control relay, control resistor, converter, effector, feedback amplifier, generator, inductor, magnetic relay, meter relay, modulator, oscillator, pressure transducer, reactor, regenerator, relay, reluctance amplifier, resistor, servo amplifier, thermal timing relay, transducer, transmitter

system

• system, Anschauung, Copernican universe, Einsteinian universe, MO, Newtonian universe, Ptolemaic universe, aggregation, algorithm, all, all being, all creation, allness, anality, angle, angle of vision, apple-pie order, approach, arrangement, array, attack, basis, blueprint, blueprinting, body-build, brand, calculation, cast, character, characteristic, characteristics, charting, combination, complex, complexion, composition, conception, concord, constituents, constitution, contrivance, cosmos, course, crasis, created nature, created universe, creation, deployment, design, device, dharma, diathesis, discipline, disposal, disposition, enterprise, entity, envisagement, ethos, everything that is, expanding universe, eye, fashion, fiber, figuring, fine fettle, footing, foresight, forethought, form, formation, frame, frame of reference, framework, game, genius, good condition, good shape, good trim, grain, graphing, ground plan, group, guidelines, guise, habit, harmony, hue, humor, humors, idea, ilk, integral, integrate, intention, kind, layout, light, line, line of action, lines, lineup, long-range plan, macrocosm, macrocosmos, makeup, manner, manner of working, mapping, marshaling, master plan, means, megacosm, mental outlook, mesh, metagalaxy, method, methodicalness, methodology, mode, mode of operation, mode of procedure, modus, modus operandi, mold, nature, neatness, network, omneity, operations research, order, orderliness, organization, outlook, pattern, peace, physique, place, plan, planning, planning function, plenum, point of view, position, practice, prearrangement, procedure, proceeding, process, program, program of action, property, proportion, pulsating universe, quality, quiet, quietude, rationalization, reference system, regard, regularity, respect, routine, schedule, schema, schematism, schematization, scheme, scheme of arrangement, set, set-up, setup, side, sidereal universe, sight, situation, slant, somatotype, sort, spirit, stamp, stand, standpoint, steady-state universe, strategic plan, strategy, streak, stripe, structure, style, suchness, sum, sum of things, symmetry, systematicness, systematization, tack, tactical plan, tactics, technique, temper, temperament, tendency, tenor, the big picture, the drill, the how, the picture, the way of, tidiness, tone, totality, totality of being, tranquillity, trimness, type, uniformity, universe, vein, view, viewpoint, way, whole wide world, wide world, wise, working plan, world, world without end

systematic

• systematic, accordant, alike, analytical, arranged, automatic, balanced, businesslike, consistent, consonant, constant, continuous, correspondent, equable, equal, even, flat, formal, habitual, harmonious, homogeneous, immutable, in hand, invariable, level, logical, measured, mechanical, methodic, methodical, monolithic, normal, of a piece, ordered, orderly, organized, persistent, planned, regular, regular as clockwork, robotlike, routine, smooth, stable, standard, standardized, steadfast, steady, symmetrical, systematized, unbroken, unchangeable, unchanged, unchanging, undeviating, undifferentiated, undiversified, uniform, unruffled, unvaried, unvarying, usual, well-ordered, well-regulated

systematically

• systematically, always, at every turn, at regular intervals, at stated times, constantly, continually, every so often, harmoniously, intermittently, invariably, like clockwork, methodically, never otherwise, orderly, punctually, regularly, steadily, uniformly, without exception

systematics

• systematics, Buddhology, Mariolatry, Mariology, Mercersburg theology, antonomasia, apologetics, binomial nomenclature, biosystematics, biosystematy, canonics, class, classification, crisis theology, dialogical theology, divinity, doctrinalism, doctrinism, dogmatics, eschatology, existential theology, family, genus, glossology, hagiography, hagiology, hierology, kingdom, logos Christology, logos theology, natural theology, neoorthodox theology, neoorthodoxy, nomenclature, onomastics, onomatology, order, orismology, patristic theology, phenomenological theology, phylum, physicotheology, place-names, place-naming, polyonymy, rationalism, religion, scholastic theology, secularism, soteriology, species, taxonomy, terminology, theology, toponymy, trinomialism

systematize

• systematize, adjust, arrange, array, calculate, cast, chart, codify, concert, contrive, cool off, coordinate, cut out, deploy, design, devise, dispose, figure, fix, forecast, form, frame, grade, harmonize, hierarchize, intend, lay out, lay plans, line up, make a projection, make arrangements, marshal, methodize, normalize, order, organize, pacify, plan, plan ahead, prearrange, program, project, quiet, rank, rationalize, regularize, regulate, routinize, schedule, schematize, set up, settle, shape, standardize, structure, synchronize, tranquilize, tune, tune up, work out, work up

systematized

• systematized, aligned, arranged, arrayed, assorted, blueprinted, calculated, categorized, charted, classified, composed, constituted, contrived, designed, devised, disposed, figured, fixed, graded, grouped, harmonized, in the works, marshaled, methodized, normalized, on the agenda, on the anvil, on the calendar, on the carpet, on the docket, on the tapis, ordered, orderly, organized, placed, planned, plotted, projected, ranged, ranked, rationalized, regularized, regulated, routinized, scheduled, schematized, set, shaped, sorted, standardized, strategetic, strategic, sur le tapis, synchronized, tactical, worked out

systemic

• systemic, acaricide, anthelmintic, antibiotic, antiseptic, bug bomb, carbamate insecticide, chemosterilant, chlorinated hydrocarbon insecticide, contact poison, defoliant, disinfectant, eradicant, fumigant, fungicide, germicide, herbicide, insect powder, insecticide, microbicide, miticide, organic chlorine, organic phosphate insecticide, pesticide, poison, rat poison, roach paste, roach powder, rodenticide, stomach poison, systemic insecticide, toxic, toxicant, toxin, venin, venom, vermicide, virus, weed killer

systole

• systole, abbreviation, arsis, astriction, astringency, beat, bottleneck, bout, cervix, circle, circuit, circumscription, coarctation, compactedness, compaction, compression, compressure, concentration, condensation, consolidation, constriction, constringency, contraction, contracture, course, curtailment, cycle, decrease, diastole, diminuendo, downbeat, hourglass, hourglass figure, isthmus, knitting, narrow place, narrowing, neck, puckering, pulse, pursing, reduction, revolution, rotation, round, series, shortening, solidification, spell, stranglement, strangulation, striction, stricture, thesis, turn, upbeat, wasp waist, wheel, wrinkling

T group

• T group, Arica movement, Erhard Seminars Training, New Consciousness, Pentothal interview, SAT, assertiveness training, behavior modification, behavior therapy, bioenergetics, biofeedback, confrontation therapy, conjoint therapy, consciousness raising, counseling, directive therapy, encounter therapy, est, family training, feminist therapy, gestalt therapy, group psychotherapy, group relations training, group sensitivity training, group therapy, humanistic therapy, hypnoanalysis, hypnosis, hypnotherapy, hypnotism, marathon, marriage encounter, mind cure, narcoanalysis, narcohypnosis, narcosynthesis, narcotherapy, nondirective therapy, occupational therapy, pastoral counseling, play therapy, primal therapy, prolonged narcosis, psychodrama, psychological counseling, psychosurgery, psychosynthesis, psychotherapeutics, psychotherapy, radical therapy, rational-emotive therapy, reality therapy, recreational therapy, regression therapy, release therapy, scream therapy, sensitivity training, sensory awareness training, sleep treatment, supportive therapy, training group, transactional analysis, transcendental meditation, transpersonal therapy, vocational therapy

T man

• T man, Bow Street runner, FBI, FBI agent, Federal, G-man, Secret Service, Sherlock Holmes, detective, fed, hotel detective, house detective, house dick, inquiry agent, investigator, narc, operative, plainclothesman, police detective, private detective, private investigator, revenuer, sleuth, store detective, treasury agent

tab

• tab, a reckoning of, account, account of, act drop, afterpart, afterpiece, amount, appoint, asbestos, asbestos board, assign, backdrop, batten, bilge, bill, bill of account, bill of lading, blain, bleb, blister, blob, border, boss, bow, brand, bubble, bulb, bulge, bulla, bump, bunch, burl, button, cahot, charge, check, check of, chine, cloth, clump, condyle, convex, cost, coulisse, count of, counterweight, curtain, curtain board, cyclorama, damage, decor, designate, dowel, drop, drop curtain, dun, eagle eye, ear, earmark, expenditure, expense, eye, figure, fire curtain, flag, flange, flap, flat, flipper, gall, gnarl, hallmark, handle, hanging, hill, hump, hunch, invoice, itemized bill, jog, joggle, knob, knot, knur, knurl, label, lappet, lip, loop, lump, manifest, mole, mountain, name, nevus, nominate, nub, nubbin, nubble, ordain, ordinate, papilloma, peg, price, price tag, queue, rag, rate, reckoning, rib, ridge, ring, scene, scenery, score, screen, scrutiny, seal, select, shoulder, side scene, spine, stage screw, stamp, statement, sticker, strap, stud, style, surveillance, tableau, tabs of, tag, tail, tailpiece, tally of, tariff, teaser, ticket, tormentor, track of, trail, trailer, train, transformation, transformation scene, tubercle, tubercule, verruca, vesicle, wake, wale, wart, watch, welt, wing, wingcut, woodcut

tabby

• tabby, Cheshire cat, Chinchilla cat, Maltese cat, a tale-bearing animal, alley cat, banded, barred, blue cat, brinded, brindle, brindled, busybody, calico cat, cat, feline, gib, gib-cat, gossip, gossip columnist, gossiper, gossipmonger, grimalkin, house cat, kit, kitling, kitten, kitty, kitty-cat, listed, maiden lady, marbled, marbleized, mouser, newsmonger, newspaperman, old maid, puss, pussy, pussycat, quidnunc, reporter, rumormonger, scandalmonger, silver cat, spinstress, streaked, streaky, striatal, striate, striated, strigate, strigose, striolate, striped, stripy, tabby cat, talebearer, taleteller, tattler, tattletale, telltale, tiger cat, tittle-tattler, tom, tomcat, tortoise-shell cat, veined, watered, yenta

tabernacle

• tabernacle, Agnus Dei, Holy Grail, Host, Pieta, Sanctus bell, Sangraal, ark, asperger, asperges, aspergillum, bambino, beadroll, beads, candle, censer, chaplet, ciborium, cross, crucifix, cruet, dewal, eucharistial, fane, girja, holy cross, holy water, holy-water sprinkler, icon, incensory, kiack, masjid, matzo, menorah, mezuzah, mikvah, monstrance, mosque, osculatory, ostensorium, pagoda, pantheon, paschal candle, pax, phylacteries, prayer shawl, prayer wheel, pyx, relics, rood, rosary, sacramental, sacred relics, sacring bell, shofar, shul, sukkah, synagogue, tallith, temple, thurible, urceole, veronica, vigil light, votive candle

tabes

• tabes, French disease, Spanish pox, VD, abscess, acquired syphilis, ague, anemia, ankylosis, anoxia, apnea, asphyxiation, asthma, ataxia, atrophy, attenuation, backache, balanitis gangrenosa, bleeding, blennorhea, cachexia, cachexy, cerebral tabes, chancre, chancroid, chill, chills, clap, claps, climatic bubo, colic, congenital syphilis, constipation, constitutional syphilis, convulsion, coughing, cyanosis, diarrhea, dizziness, dose, dose of clap, dropsy, dysentery, dyspepsia, dyspnea, edema, emaceration, emaciation, fainting, fatigue, fever, fibrillation, fifth venereal disease, flux, general paresis, gonorrhea, granuloma inguinale, granuloma venereum, great pox, growth, hard chancre, hemorrhage, high blood pressure, hydrops, hypertension, hypotension, icterus, indigestion, inflammation, insomnia, itching, jaundice, labored breathing, latent syphilis, locomotor ataxia, low blood pressure, lumbago, marasmus, morbus Gallicus, nasal discharge, nausea, necrosis, pain, paralysis, paralytic dementia, paresis, pox, pruritus, pudendal ulcer, rash, rheum, sclerosis, seizure, shock, simple chancre, skin eruption, sneezing, social disease, soft chancre, sore, spasm, syph, syphilis, syphilitic meningoencephalitis, tabes dorsales, tachycardia, tertiary syphilis, tropical bubo, tumor, upset stomach, venereal disease, vertigo, vomiting, wasting

table of contents

• table of contents, acknowledgments, back, back matter, bastard title, bibliography, blueprint, card index, catalog, catalogue raisonne, catch line, catchword, chart, colophon, contents, contents page, copyright page, dedication, diagram, endleaf, endpaper, endsheet, errata, flyleaf, folio, fore edge, foreword, front matter, graph, half-title page, head, imprint, index, inscription, introduction, leaf, makeup, outline, page, plan, preface, preliminaries, recto, reverso, running title, schema, scheme, signature, subtitle, table, tail, text, thumb index, title, title page, trim size, type page, verso

table

• table, Domesday Book, account, account book, address book, adjourn, adversaria, album, alkali flat, alluvial plain, ambo, annals, annual, appointment calendar, appointment schedule, bar, basin, bench, billiard table, blankbook, blotter, blueprint, board, bottomland, bowling green, bread, bread and butter, bring forward, bring up, brouillon, buffet, bushveld, calendar, campo, card index, cartoon, cashbook, catalog, catalogue, catalogue raisonne, census, champaign, champaign country, chart, cheer, chronicle, classified catalog, coastal plain, coat, coating, cocktail table, code, coffee table, collop, comestible, comestibles, commonplace book, conference table, console, constitute, contents, continue, copy, correspondence, counter, court calendar, covering, creature comfort, cuisine, cut, daily bread, daybook, dead flat, dead level, deal, deal table, decree, defer, delay, delineation, delta, desert, design, desk, desk calendar, diagram, diary, digest, diptych, disk, docket, documentation, down, downs, draft, drag out, drawing, dresser, dressing table, drop-leaf table, earth, eatables, ebauche, edibles, elevation, enact, enact laws, engagement book, entertainment, escritoire, esplanade, esquisse, extend, fare, fast food, feast, feed, fell, feuille, figure, filibuster, film, flap, flat, flat country, flatland, flats, floor, foil, fold, food, food and drink, foodstuff, get the floor, graph, grass veld, grassland, ground, ground plan, hang fire, hang up, have the floor, health food, heath, history, hold off, hold over, hold up, homaloid, horizontal, horizontal axis, horizontal fault, horizontal line, horizontal parallax, horizontal plane, horizontal projection, house plan, ichnography, index, ingesta, inventory, itemization, journal, junk food, kill, kitchen stuff, kitchen table, laboratory table, lamella, lamina, laminated glass, laminated wood, lampstand, lande, lap, lay aside, lay away, lay by, lay over, leaf, lectern, ledge, ledger, legislate, letters, level, level line, level plane, list, llano, lobby through, log, logbook, logroll, loose-leaf notebook, lowland, lowlands, lunar mare, mahogany, mare, meal, mean sea level, meat, membrane, memo book, memorandum book, memorial, memory book, mesa, mesilla, mess, moor, moorland, mothball, notebook, offer, open country, ordain, outline, pad, pampa, pampas, pane, panel, parterre, pass, patina, pattern, peel, pellicle, peneplain, petty cashbook, pigeonhole, pipe roll, plain, plains, plait, plan, plane, plank, plate, plateau, platform, plating, playa, plot, ply, plywood, pocket, pocket notebook, pocketbook, police blotter, postpone, prairie, precis, present, proffer, profile, projection, prolong, propose, prorogate, prorogue, protract, provender, provision, provisions, push aside, put aside, put away, put in force, put in mothballs, put off, put on ice, put through, railroad through, rasher, recess, record, recording, refection, refreshment, regalement, register, registry, relic, remains, repas, repast, reserve, roll, roll logs, rolls, roster, rota, rough, round table, safety glass, salt flat, salt marsh, salt pan, savanna, schema, scheme, scrapbook, scratch pad, scroll, scum, sea level, sea of grass, sebkha, secretaire, secretary, set aside, set by, sheet, shelve, shift off, side table, sideboard, sideline, skeleton, sketch, skin, slab, slat, sleep on, slice, spiral notebook, spread, stand, stand over, stave off, stay, steppe, store, stow, stretch out, submit, suspend, sustenance, table mountain, table of contents, table of organization, table the motion, tableland, tablet, taboret, tabulation, take a recess, take the floor, tea table, tea wagon, terrace, thumb index, token, trace, treat, tree veld, trestle table, triptych, tucker, tundra, turntable, upland, vega, veld, veneer, vestige, veto, viands, victuals, vittles, wafer, waive, water level, weald, wide-open spaces, wold, workbench, workbook, working drawing, worktable, writing table, writing tablet, yearbook, yield the floor

tableau

• tableau, Grand Guignol, Passion play, Tom show, abstract, abstraction, act drop, altarpiece, antimasque, arrangement, asbestos, asbestos board, audience success, backdrop, ballet, batten, block print, bomb, border, broadcast drama, burlesque show, charade, cliff hanger, closet drama, cloth, collage, color print, comedy drama, composition, copy, cosmorama, coulisse, counterweight, critical success, curtain, curtain board, cyclorama, daub, daytime serial, decor, dialogue, diorama, diptych, display, documentary drama, drama, dramalogue, dramatic play, dramatic series, drop, drop curtain, duodrama, duologue, effect, engraving, epic theater, exhibit, exhibition, experimental theater, exposition, extravaganza, failure, fire curtain, flat, flipper, flop, fresco, gasser, georama, giveaway, grouping, hanging, happening, hit, hit show, icon, illumination, illustration, image, improvisational drama, legitimate drama, light show, likeness, masque, melodrama, miniature, minstrel show, miracle, miracle play, monodrama, monologue, montage, morality, morality play, mosaic, mural, music drama, musical revue, myriorama, mystery, mystery play, opera, pageant, pageantry, panel show, panorama, pantomime, parade, pastoral, pastoral drama, phantasmagoria, photograph, picture, piece, play, playlet, pomp, presentation, print, problem play, psychedelic show, psychodrama, quiz show, radio drama, rag, representation, reproduction, review, revue, scene, scenery, screen, sensational play, serial, shifting scene, show, side scene, sight, sitcom, situation comedy, sketch, skit, soap, soap opera, sociodrama, spectacle, stage play, stage screw, stage show, stained glass window, stencil, still life, straight drama, success, suspense drama, tab, tableau vivant, talk show, tapestry, teaser, teleplay, television drama, television play, theater of cruelty, tormentor, total theater, transformation, transformation scene, triptych, variety show, vaudeville, vaudeville show, vehicle, wall painting, wing, wingcut, woodcut, word-of-mouth success, work

tableland

• tableland, alkali flat, alluvial plain, basin, bench, bottomland, bushveld, campo, champaign, champaign country, coastal plain, delta, desert, down, downs, fell, flat, flat country, flatland, flats, grass veld, grassland, heath, lande, level, llano, lowland, lowlands, lunar mare, mare, mesa, mesilla, moor, moorland, open country, pampa, pampas, peneplain, plain, plains, plateau, playa, prairie, salt flat, salt marsh, salt pan, savanna, sebkha, steppe, table, table mountain, tree veld, tundra, upland, vega, veld, weald, wide-open spaces, wold

tablet

• tablet, Domesday Book, account book, address book, adversaria, album, annual, appointment calendar, appointment schedule, arch, barrow, blankbook, blotter, bolus, boundary stone, brass, bust, cairn, calendar, capsule, cashbook, catalog, cenotaph, classified catalog, coat, coating, collop, column, commonplace book, court calendar, covering, cromlech, cross, cup, cut, cyclolith, daybook, deal, desk calendar, diary, diptych, disk, docket, dolmen, drop, engagement book, feuille, film, flap, foil, fold, footstone, grave, gravestone, headstone, hoarstone, inscription, journal, lamella, lamina, laminated glass, laminated wood, lap, leaf, ledger, log, logbook, loose-leaf notebook, lozenge, marker, mausoleum, megalith, membrane, memento, memo book, memorandum book, memorial, memorial arch, memorial column, memorial statue, memorial stone, memory book, menhir, monolith, monument, mound, necrology, notebook, obelisk, obituary, panel, pastille, patina, peel, pellet, pellicle, petty cashbook, pill, pillar, plait, plank, plaque, plaquette, plate, plating, ply, plywood, pocket notebook, pocketbook, police blotter, prize, pyramid, rasher, reliquary, remembrance, ribbon, rostral column, safety glass, scrapbook, scratch pad, scum, shaft, sheet, shrine, skin, slab, slat, slice, spiral notebook, stela, stone, stupa, table, testimonial, tomb, tombstone, tope, triptych, troche, trophy, veneer, wafer, workbook, writing tablet, yearbook

tableware

• tableware, appliances, brassware, chinaware, clayware, copperware, cutlery, dining utensils, dinnerware, durable goods, durables, earthenware, enamelware, fixtures, flat silver, flatware, forks, glassware, graniteware, hard goods, hardware, hollow ware, housefurnishings, housewares, ironmongery, ironware, kitchenware, knives, metalware, ovenware, silver, silver plate, silverware, spoons, sporting goods, stainless-steel ware, stoneware, tablespoon, teaspoon, tinware, tools and machinery, white goods, woodenware

tabloid

• tabloid, daily, daily newspaper, even, extra, extra edition, flat, flattened, flush, gazette, homaloidal, horizontal, level, livid, lurid, national newspaper, neighborhood newspaper, news, newspaper, newspaper of record, paper, plain, plane, rag, rolled, sensationalistic, sheet, smooth, smoothed out, smoothened, special, special edition, squashed, squashed flat, sultry, tabular, trodden, trodden flat, weekly, weekly newspaper

taboo

• taboo, Eighteenth Amendment, Prohibition Party, Volstead Act, anathema, ban, banned, bar, bar out, barred, barring, blockade, boycott, censorable, censored, circumscription, contraband, count out, cut off, debar, debarment, debarring, demarcation, denial, deny, dirty, disallow, disallowance, embargo, enjoin, exception, exclude, exclude from, exclusion, explicit, forbade, forbid, forbiddance, forbidden, forbidden fruit, forbidding, freeze out, ignore, illegal, illicit, impolite, inadmissibility, indecorous, index, index expurgatorius, index librorum prohibitorum, inhibit, inhibition, injunction, interdict, interdicted, interdiction, interdictum, jargonal, jargonish, keep out, law, leave out, limitation, lock out, lockout, narrowing, no-no, nonadmission, nonpermissible, not permitted, off limits, omission, omit, ostracize, out of bounds, outlaw, outlawed, pass over, preclude, preclusion, prevent, prevention, prohibit, prohibited, prohibition, prohibitory injunction, proscribe, proscribed, proscription, refusal, refuse, regulation, reject, rejection, relegate, relegation, repress, repression, repudiate, repudiation, reservation, restraint, restricted, restriction, restrictive covenants, rude, rule out, ruled out, ruling out, sanction, say no to, scatological, send to Coventry, shut out, slang, slangy, statute, sumptuary laws, suppress, suppression, tabooed, unacceptable, unallowed, unauthorized, under the ban, unlawful, unlicensed, unmentionable, unpermissible, unsanctioned, unspeakable, untouchable, verboten, vetoed, zoning, zoning laws

tabula rasa

• tabula rasa, agnosticism, blank, blank mind, blankmindedness, blankness, bloodless revolution, bouleversement, breakdown, breakup, callowness, calm of mind, cataclysm, catastrophe, clean slate, clean sweep, computer revolution, convulsion, counterrevolution, debacle, emptiness of mind, empty space, empty-headedness, fallow mind, fatuity, foolishness, greenhornism, greenness, hiatus of learning, ignorance, ignorantism, ignorantness, inanity, inexperience, innocence, know-nothingism, knowledge-gap, lack of information, mental blankness, nescience, nirvana, nothing, nothingness, oblivion, obscurantism, overthrow, overturn, palace revolution, passivity, quietism, radical change, rawness, revolt, revolution, revolutionary war, revulsion, simpleness, simplicity, spasm, striking alteration, subversion, sweeping change, technological revolution, thoughtfreeness, thoughtlessness, total change, tranquillity, transilience, unacquaintance, unfamiliarity, unintelligence, unknowing, unknowingness, unripeness, upset, vacancy, vacuity, vacuousness, vacuum, violent change, void

tabular

• tabular, assorted, cataloged, classified, even, filed, flat, flattened, flush, graded, grouped, hierarchic, homaloidal, horizontal, indexed, level, on file, pigeonholed, placed, plain, plane, pyramidal, ranked, rated, rolled, smooth, smoothed out, smoothened, sorted, squashed, squashed flat, stratified, tabloid, trodden, trodden flat

tabulate

• tabulate, alphabetize, analyze, arrange, assort, book, break down, calendar, carve, catalog, catalogue, categorize, chalk, chalk up, check in, chronicle, class, classify, codify, cut, digest, divide, docket, engrave, enroll, enscroll, enter, enumerate, file, fill out, grade, grave, group, impanel, incise, index, inscribe, insert, inventory, itemize, jot down, keep score, list, log, make a memorandum, make a note, make an entry, make out, mark down, matriculate, minute, note, note down, order, organize, pigeonhole, place, place upon record, poll, post, post up, program, put down, put in writing, put on paper, put on tape, range, rank, rate, record, reduce to writing, register, schedule, score, set down, sort, subdivide, systematize, take down, tally, tape, tape-record, type, videotape, write, write down, write in, write out, write up

tabulation

• tabulation, analysis, arrangement, booking, cataloging, categorization, chart, chronicling, classification, codification, division, enlistment, enrollment, entering, entry, filing, grading, grouping, impanelment, indexing, inscribing, inscription, insertion, inventorying, itemization, listing, logging, matriculation, pigeonholing, placement, posting, ranging, ranking, rating, record keeping, recordation, recording, register, registration, registry, sorting, stratification, subdivision, taxonomy, typology

tachycardia

• tachycardia, abscess, ague, anemia, angina, angina pectoris, ankylosis, anoxia, aortic insufficiency, aortic stenosis, apnea, apoplectic stroke, apoplexy, arrhythmia, arteriosclerosis, asphyxiation, asthma, ataxia, atherosclerosis, atrial fibrillation, atrophy, auricular fibrillation, backache, beriberi heart, bleeding, blennorhea, cachexia, cachexy, cardiac arrest, cardiac insufficiency, cardiac shock, cardiac stenosis, cardiac thrombosis, carditis, chill, chills, colic, congenital heart disease, constipation, convulsion, cor biloculare, cor juvenum, cor triatriatum, coronary, coronary insufficiency, coronary thrombosis, coughing, cyanosis, diarrhea, diastolic hypertension, dizziness, dropsy, dysentery, dyspepsia, dyspnea, edema, emaciation, encased heart, endocarditis, extrasystole, fainting, fatigue, fatty heart, fever, fibrillation, fibroid heart, flask-shaped heart, flux, frosted heart, growth, hairy heart, heart attack, heart block, heart condition, heart disease, heart failure, hemorrhage, high blood pressure, hydrops, hypertension, hypertensive heart disease, hypotension, icterus, indigestion, inflammation, insomnia, ischemic heart disease, itching, jaundice, labored breathing, low blood pressure, lumbago, marasmus, mitral insufficiency, mitral stenosis, myocardial infarction, myocardial insufficiency, myocarditis, myovascular insufficiency, nasal discharge, nausea, necrosis, ox heart, pain, palpitation, paralysis, paralytic stroke, paroxysmal tachycardia, pericarditis, pile, premature beat, pruritus, pseudoaortic insufficiency, pulmonary insufficiency, pulmonary stenosis, rash, rheum, rheumatic heart disease, round heart, sclerosis, seizure, shock, skin eruption, sneezing, sore, spasm, stony heart, stroke, tabes, thrombosis, tricuspid insufficiency, tricuspid stenosis, tumor, turtle heart, upset stomach, varicose veins, varix, ventricular fibrillation, vertigo, vomiting, wasting

tacit

• tacit, assumed, implicit, implied, inarticulate, inferred, intimated, silent, suggested, taken for granted, undeclared, understood, unexpressed, unsaid, unspoken, unstated, unuttered, unvoiced, wordless

taciturn

• taciturn, Spartan, abbreviated, abridged, aposiopestic, brief, brooding, brusque, clipped, close, close-lipped, close-tongued, closemouthed, compact, compendious, compressed, concise, condensed, contracted, crisp, curt, cut, docked, dour, dumb, economical of words, elliptic, epigrammatic, gnomic, indisposed to talk, laconic, mum, mute, pithy, pointed, pruned, quiet, reserved, reticent, sententious, short, short and sweet, shortened, silent, snug, sparing of words, speechless, succinct, summary, synopsized, terse, tight, tight-lipped, to the point, tongue-tied, truncated, uncommunicative, unexpressive, unloquacious, untalkative, word-bound, wordless

tack on

• tack on, add, adjoin, affix, agglutinate, annex, append, attach, burden, complicate, conjoin, decorate, encumber, glue on, hitch on, infix, join with, ornament, paste on, plus, postfix, prefix, put with, saddle with, slap on, subjoin, suffix, superadd, superpose, tag, tag on, unite with

tack

• tack, MO, aberrancy, aberration, about ship, affix, algorithm, alter, alteration, ameliorate, annex, append, approach, articulate, attach, attack, azimuth, back and fill, back band, backstrap, baste, batten, batten down, be changed, be converted into, be renewed, bear away, bear off, bear to starboard, bearing, bearing rein, beat, beat about, bellyband, bend, bias, bind, bit, blinders, blinds, bolt, bottom out, box off, branch off, branching off, braze, break, breeching, bridle, bring about, bring round, buckle, butt, button, cant, cant round, caparison, cast, cast about, cavesson, cement, change, change course, change the bearing, change the heading, checker, checkrein, cheekpiece, chinband, chop, chop and change, cinch, circuitousness, clasp, cleat, clip, collar, combine, come about, come around, come round, compass bearing, compass direction, cordage, cording, corner, couple, course, crook, crownband, crupper, curb, curve, declination, deflection, degenerate, depart from, departure, deteriorate, detour, deviance, deviancy, deviate, deviation, deviousness, digress, digression, direction, discursion, divagate, divagation, divaricate, divarication, diverge, divergence, diversify, diversion, dogleg, double, double a point, dovetail, drift, drifting, equipage, equipment, errantry, excursion, excursus, exorbitation, fashion, fasten, fastening, fetch about, fittings, fix, flop, form, gag swivel, gear, girth, glue, go about, guise, gybe, hackamore, hairpin, halter, hames, hametugs, harness, hasp, haul around, headgear, heading, headstall, heave round, heel, hinge, hip straps, hitch, hook, improve, indirection, jam, jaquima, jerk line, jibe, jibe all standing, join, joint, kit, latch, lee side, line, line of action, lines, lock, magnetic bearing, manner, manner of working, martingale, means, meliorate, method, methodology, miss stays, miter, mitigate, mode, mode of operation, mode of procedure, modulate, modus operandi, mortise, mutate, nail, noseband, obliquity, order, outfit, paste, path, peg, pererration, pin, ply, pole strap, practice, procedure, proceeding, process, put about, put back, rabbet, rambling, reins, relative bearing, revive, ribbons, rig, rigging, rivet, ropework, roping, round a point, routine, saddle, saddlery, scarf, screw, secure, sew, shaft tug, sheer, shift, shifting, shifting course, shifting path, side check, skew, skewer, slant, slew, snaffle, snap, solder, staple, stick, stitch, straying, style, surcingle, sweep, swerve, swerving, swing round, swing the stern, swinging, system, tack on, tackle, tag on, take a turn, tangent, technique, the drill, the how, the way of, throw about, thumbtack, tie, toggle, tone, trappings, trend, true bearing, tug, turn, turn aside, turn back, turn into, turn the corner, turning, twist, undergo a change, unite, variation, vary, vector, veer, veer off, wandering, warp, way, wear, wear ship, weather side, wedge, weld, wind, winker braces, wise, worsen, yaw, yoke, zigzag, zipper

tackle

• tackle, accept, accouterments, amateur athlete, apparatus, appliances, appointments, approach, appurtenances, archer, armament, assume, athlete, attack, attempt, attend to, back band, backstrap, bag and baggage, baggage, ballplayer, baseballer, baseman, batter, battery, bearing rein, bellyband, bit, blinders, blinds, block, blocking back, bowman, breeching, bridle, buckle to, caparison, carry on, cat, catcher, cavesson, center, checkrein, cheekpiece, chinband, cinch, clobber, coach, collar, competitor, conduct, confront, consume, conveniences, cordage, cording, crab, crane, crank, crank in, cricketer, crownband, crupper, curb, deck tackle, defensive lineman, demolish, derrick, destroy, devour, differential tackle, dive into, do, draw in, draw taut, duffel, dunnage, embark in, embark upon, employ, end, endeavor, engage in, enter on, enter upon, equipage, equipment, erector, exercise, face, face up to, facilities, facility, fall, fall into, fall to, fall upon, fittings, fixtures, follow, footballer, forklift, furnishings, furniture, gag swivel, games-player, gamester, gantry crane, gear, get busy, get cracking, get going, get under way, get with it, girth, give a fling, give a go, give a try, give a whirl, go about, go at, go in for, go into, go to it, go upon, grapple with, guard, habiliments, hackamore, halter, hames, hametugs, harness, have at, headgear, headstall, hip straps, hoist, hop to it, hydraulic tailgate, impedimenta, infielder, installations, jack, jackscrew, jaquima, jerk line, jigger, jock, jump to it, jumper, kit, launch forth, launch into, lay about, lever, lift, lifter, light into, lineman, lines, luff, luggage, machinery, make a try, martingale, materiel, move into, munition, munitions, noseband, offensive lineman, outfield, outfielder, outfit, paraphernalia, pitch in, pitch into, plant, player, plumbing, plunge into, pole strap, poloist, practice, proceed to, professional athlete, prosecute, pugilist, pull in, pulley, purchase, pursue, quarterback, racer, reel, reel in, reins, ribbons, rig, rigging, ropework, roping, runner, running rigging, saddle, sail into, service, serving, set about, set at, set forward, set going, set to, set to work, shaft tug, sheave, side check, skater, snaffle, specialize in, sport, sportsman, stand up to, standing rigging, start in, stock-in-trade, surcingle, tack, tackling, tailback, take on, take to, take up, tauten, things, tighten, tools, toxophilite, trappings, traps, trim, tug, turn to, undertake, use, utensils, venture upon, wade into, wage, whipping, winch, wind in, windlass, wingback, winker braces, work at, wrestler, yoke

tacky

• tacky, Mickey Mouse, adherent, adhesive, amylaceous, base, beat-up, bedraggled, blowsy, blowzy, boggy, breakable, brittle, broken-down, brummagem, bulldogged, bulldoggish, bulldoggy, bullheaded, careless, cheap, cheap-jack, cheesy, chintzy, clabbered, clammy, clingy, clotted, coagulated, coarse, cobwebby, common, crude, crumbly, curdled, dainty, damp, dampish, dank, delicate, delicately weak, dewy, dilapidated, dingy, doughy, dowdy, down-at-heel, down-at-the-heels, drabbletailed, draggled, draggletailed, effeminate, faded, fenny, flimsy, fourth-class, fragile, frail, frangible, frayed, frazzled, frowzy, frumpish, frumpy, full of holes, gaudy, gaumy, gelatinous, gimcrack, gimcracky, glairy, gluelike, gluey, glutenous, glutinose, glutinous, gone to seed, gooey, gossamery, grubby, grumous, gumbo, gumbolike, gumlike, gummous, gummy, heavy, holey, humid, in rags, in shreds, in tatters, incorrect, inelegant, inferior, informal, inspissated, irregular, jelled, jellied, jellylike, jerry, jerry-built, light, lightweight, loose, low-class, low-grade, low-quality, low-test, lumpen, marshy, mean, messy, moist, mucilaginous, muggy, mussy, namby-pamby, negligent, obstinate, out-of-date, outmoded, paltry, papery, pasteboardy, pasty, patchy, persistent, poky, poor, punk, puny, ragged, raggedy, rainy, ratty, ropy, roric, roriferous, ruinous, run-down, scraggly, scruffy, second-best, second-class, seedy, self-adhesive, shabby, shattery, shoddy, sissified, slabby, slack, slatternly, sleazy, slight, slimy, slipshod, slithery, sloppy, slovenly, sluttish, sordid, squalid, starchy, stickable, sticky, stodgy, stringy, stubborn, swampy, syrupy, tasteless, tattered, tatty, tawdry, tenacious, thick, thickened, third-class, third-rate, threadbare, tinny, torn, tough, tremelloid, tremellose, unbecoming, undried, unkempt, unneat, unsightly, unsubstantial, unsuitable, untidy, viscid, viscose, viscous, vulgar, wet, wettish, wispy, womanish

tact

• tact, ability, accommodatingness, acumen, acuteness, address, adeptness, adroitness, agreeableness, airmanship, allergy, amenity, anaphylaxis, appreciation, appreciation of differences, appreciativeness, artfulness, artisanship, artistic judgment, artistry, attentiveness, bravura, brilliance, capability, capacity, care, carefulness, civility, cleverness, comity, command, competence, complaisance, concern, connoisseurship, considerateness, consideration, control, coordination, courteousness, courtesy, craft, craftsmanship, critical niceness, criticalness, cunning, deference, deftness, delicacy, dexterity, dexterousness, dextrousness, diplomacy, discernment, discretion, discriminating taste, discriminatingness, discrimination, discriminativeness, efficiency, empathy, expertise, exquisiteness, facility, fastidiousness, feel, feeling, fine palate, fineness, finesse, gallantry, grace, gracefulness, graciousness, grip, handiness, head, heedfulness, helpfulness, horsemanship, hyperesthesia, hyperpathia, hypersensitivity, identification, indulgence, ingeniousness, ingenuity, irritability, judgement, judiciousness, know-how, leniency, making distinctions, marksmanship, mastership, mastery, mindfulness, nervousness, niceness of distinction, nicety, obligingness, oversensibility, oversensitiveness, overtenderness, palate, passibility, perception, perceptiveness, perceptivity, photophobia, poise, policy, politeness, politesse, politicness, practical ability, presence, prickliness, proficiency, prowess, prudence, quickness, readiness, refined discrimination, refined palate, refinement, regard, regardfulness, repose, resource, resourcefulness, respect, respectfulness, responsiveness, savoir faire, savoir-faire, savvy, seamanship, selectiveness, sense, sensibility, sensitiveness, sensitivity, sensitization, skill, skillfulness, smoothness, solicitousness, solicitude, soreness, style, suavity, subtlety, supersensitivity, sympathy, tactfulness, taste, technical brilliance, technical mastery, technical skill, technique, tenderness, tetchiness, thin skin, thought, thoughtfulness, ticklishness, timing, toleration, touchiness, understanding, urbanity, virtuosity, wit, wizardry, workmanship

tactful

• tactful, Daedalian, accommodating, accommodative, accurate, acute, adept, adroit, affable, agreeable, allergic, anaphylactic, appreciative, apt, artistic, attentive, authoritative, bravura, brilliant, careful, civil, clean, clever, complaisant, considerate, coordinated, courteous, crack, crackerjack, critical, cunning, cute, daedal, deferential, deft, delicate, dexterous, dextrous, differential, diplomatic, discerning, discreet, discriminate, discriminating, discriminative, distinctive, distinguishing, empathetic, empathic, exact, excellent, expert, fair, fancy, fastidious, fine, good, goodish, goosy, graceful, gracious, handy, heedful, helpful, hyperesthetic, hyperpathic, hypersensitive, indulgent, ingenious, irritable, itchy, judicious, lenient, magisterial, masterful, masterly, mindful, mindful of others, neat, nervous, nice, no mean, obliging, overrefined, oversensible, oversensitive, overtender, passible, perceptive, polished, polite, politic, precise, prickly, professional, proficient, prudent, quick, quite some, ready, refined, regardful, resourceful, respectful, responsive, selective, sensitive, skilled, skillful, skittish, slick, solicitous, some, statesmanlike, stylish, suave, subtle, supersensitive, sympathetic, tactical, tender, tetchy, the compleat, the complete, thin-skinned, thoughtful, ticklish, tolerant, touchy, understanding, urbane, virtuoso, well-done, workmanlike

tactic

• tactic, action, ad hoc measure, answer, art, artful dodge, artifice, blind, campaign, caper, chicanery, conspiracy, contrivance, countermove, coup, course of action, craft, cute trick, deceit, demarche, design, device, dodge, effort, engineering, expedient, fakement, feint, fetch, gambit, game, generalship, gimmick, grift, improvisation, intrigue, jugglery, jury-rig, jury-rigged expedient, knavery, last expedient, last resort, last shift, little game, makeshift, maneuver, means, measure, military operations, move, orchestration, pis aller, plan, plans, plot, ploy, racket, red herring, resort, resource, ruse, scheme, shake-up, shift, sleight, solution, step, stopgap, stratagem, strategy, stroke, stroke of policy, subterfuge, tactics, tactual, temporary expedient, trick, trickery, trump, wile, wily device, working hypothesis, working proposition

tactical

• tactical, Machiavellian, Machiavellic, acute, adept, adroit, advisable, arch, arranged, artful, astute, blueprinted, cagey, calculated, canny, charted, clever, contrived, crafty, cunning, cute, deceitful, deep, deep-laid, delicate, designed, designing, devised, diplomatic, feline, figured, foxy, guileful, in the works, ingenious, insidious, inventive, knowing, methodized, on the agenda, on the anvil, on the calendar, on the carpet, on the docket, on the tapis, organized, pawky, planned, plotted, politic, projected, prudent, rationalized, ready, resourceful, scheduled, schematized, scheming, serpentine, set, shaped, sharp, shifty, shrewd, slick, slippery, sly, smart, smooth, snaky, sneaky, sophistical, stealthy, strategetic, strategic, subtile, subtle, supple, sur le tapis, systematized, tactful, trickish, tricksy, tricky, vulpine, wary, wily, wise, worked out

tactician

• tactician, a, architect, calculator, campaigner, contriver, designer, developer, deviser, enterpriser, entrepreneur, framer, intriguer, machinator, maneuverer, manipulator, mastermind, operator, orchestrator, organizer, planner, plotter, projector, promoter, schemer, strategian, strategist, wire-puller

tactics

• tactics, action, actions, activity, acts, address, aerial tactics, affectation, air, airborne tactics, applied tactics, approach, armored tactics, arrangement, attack, barrier tactics, bearing, behavior, behavior pattern, behavioral norm, behavioral science, behind-the-scenes influence, blueprint, blueprinting, calculation, carriage, cavalry tactics, charting, comportment, conception, conduct, contrivance, culture pattern, custom, defensive strategy, demeanor, deportment, design, device, devices, disposition, diversion, doing, doings, encirclement, enterprise, envisagement, expedients, feint, figuring, fire tactics, folkway, foresight, forethought, game, gestures, goings-on, graphing, ground plan, guidelines, guise, idea, infantry tactics, infiltration, influence, intention, investment, layout, lineup, long-range plan, machination, maintien, maneuvering, maneuvers, manipulation, manner, manners, mapping, master plan, method, methodology, methods, mien, mob tactics, mobile tactics, modus vivendi, motions, movements, moves, observable behavior, operations research, organization, pattern, pincers movement, plan, planning, planning function, poise, political influence, port, pose, posture, practice, praxis, prearrangement, presence, procedure, proceeding, program, program of action, rationalization, schedule, schema, schematism, schematization, scheme, scheme of arrangement, setup, shock tactics, social science, strategic plan, strategy, style, system, systematization, tactical maneuvers, tactical plan, the big picture, the picture, tone, way, way of life, ways, wire-pulling, working plan

tactless

• tactless, abrupt, airy, awkward, blanket, bluff, blunt, boorish, brash, brusque, bungling, caddish, careless, casual, clumsy, coarse, crude, cursory, degage, discourteous, disregardant, disregardful, disrespectful, easygoing, flippant, forgetful, free and easy, gauche, general, gruff, heedless, ill-bred, impertinent, impolite, impolitic, imprudent, inconsiderate, indelicate, indifferent, indiscreet, indiscriminate, indiscriminative, inept, injudicious, insensitive, insouciant, lazy, loutish, louty, maladroit, nasty, nonjudgmental, oblivious, offensive, offhand, perfunctory, promiscuous, reckless, regardless, respectless, rough, rude, thoughtless, uncivil, uncivilized, uncouth, uncritical, uncriticizing, undemanding, undifferentiating, undiplomatic, undiscreet, undiscriminating, undiscriminative, unexacting, unfastidious, unfeminine, ungenteel, ungentle, ungentlemanly, unheedful, unheeding, unladylike, unmeticulous, unmindful, unparticular, unrefined, unselective, unsolicitous, unsophisticated, unsubtle, untactful, unthinking, unwise, vulgar, wholesale

tad

• tad, bairn, boy, cherub, child, chit, darling, innocent, kid, kitten, lad, laddie, lamb, lambkin, little bugger, little fellow, little guy, little innocent, little one, little tad, little tot, mite, nipper, offspring, peewee, shaver, son, stripling, tot, wee tot

tadpole

• tadpole, amphibian, batrachian, birdling, bullfrog, calf, catling, chick, chickling, chicky, colt, croaker, cub, dogie, duckling, fawn, fledgling, foal, frog, fryer, gosling, hoppytoad, hoptoad, kid, kit, kitten, lamb, lambkin, litter, nest, nestling, newt, paddock, piglet, pigling, polliwog, pullet, pup, puppy, salamander, shoat, toad, tree frog, tree toad, weaner, whelp, yeanling

tag along

• tag along, bedog, chase, come after, come behind, dog, follow, go after, go behind, heel, hound, move behind, pursue, shadow, string along, tag, tag after, tail, tailgate, trail, trail after, tread close upon

tag

• tag, PS, Parthian shot, Thule, Ultima Thule, accompany, add, addendum, adjoin, affix, afterpart, afterpiece, afterthought, agglutinate, allocate, allot, annex, appellation, appellative, append, appendix, appoint, appropriate to, assign, assign to, attach, attend, back matter, baggage check, banality, baptize, bedog, billhead, binomen, binomial name, bitter end, book stamp, bookplate, bottom dollar, boundary, brand, broad arrow, bromide, burden, butt, butt end, byword, cachet, call, chase, check, chip, chorus, christen, cliche, coda, codicil, cognomen, colophon, come after, come behind, complicate, conclusion, conjoin, consequence, continuance, continuation, counter, counterfoil, countermark, coupon, crumb, cryptonym, decorate, define, denominate, denomination, designate, designation, destine, detail, docket, dog, double take, dub, dying words, earmark, empty title, encumber, entitle, envoi, epilogue, epithet, eponym, euonym, extreme, extremity, fag end, farthest bound, fate, follow, follow-through, follow-up, glue on, go after, go behind, government mark, government stamp, hallmark, handle, hat check, heel, hitch on, honorific, hound, hyponym, identify, imprint, infix, join with, jumping-off place, label, last words, letterhead, limit, logo, logotype, lot, make assignments, mark, mark off, mark out for, marker, masthead, moniker, morceau, morsel, move behind, name, namesake, nib, nickname, nip, nomen, nomen nudum, nominate, ordain, ornament, parting shot, paste on, patch, peroration, plate, platitude, plus, point, pole, portion off, postface, postfix, postlude, postscript, prefix, price tag, proper name, proper noun, prosaicism, prosaism, pursue, put with, queue, refrain, registered trademark, reserve, restrict, restrict to, rubber stamp, running head, running title, saddle with, schedule, scientific name, scrap, scrip, seal, second thought, secret name, sequel, sequela, sequelae, sequelant, sequent, sequitur, set, set apart, set aside, set off, shadow, shibboleth, shiver, shred, sigil, signet, slap on, sliver, slug, smithereen, snick, snip, snippet, specify, splinter, stamp, sticker, stitch, string along, stub, stump, style, subjoin, subscript, suffix, superadd, superpose, supplement, swan song, tab, tack on, tag after, tag along, tag end, tag on, tail, tail end, tailgate, tailpiece, tally, tatter, tautonym, term, ticket, tip, title, title page, token, trade name, trademark, trademark name, trail, trail after, trailer, train, tread close upon, trinomen, trinomial name, truism, unite with, wake

tail wind

• tail wind, CAT, aerospace, aerosphere, air current, air hole, air pocket, airspace, backing wind, beam wind, bump, ceiling, crosscurrent, crosswind, current, current of air, downdraft, draft, empty space, fair wind, fall wind, favorable wind, flow of air, fog, following wind, front, head wind, high-pressure area, hole, indraft, inflow, inhalation, inrush, inspiration, ionosphere, jetstream, katabatic wind, low-pressure area, monsoon, movement of air, overcast, pocket, relative wind, roughness, slant of wind, soup, space, stratosphere, stream, stream of air, substratosphere, tropopause, troposphere, trough, turbulence, undercurrent, updraft, veering wind, visibility, visibility zero, wind

tail

• tail, Thule, Ultima Thule, acknowledgments, adherent, affix, aft, after, aftermost, afterpart, afterpiece, allonge, appendage, appendix, arm, arse, ass, attendant, back, back door, back matter, back seat, back side, backside, backward, bastard title, bedog, behind, bibliography, bitter end, bottom, bottom dollar, bough, boundary, braid, branch, breech, brush, buff, bum, bun, butt, butt end, buttocks, can, catch line, catchword, cauda, caudal, caudal appendage, caudate, caudated, caudation, caudiform, cavaliere servente, chase, cheeks, chignon, coda, codicil, coil, colophon, come after, come behind, commentary, conclusive, contents, contents page, copyright page, courtier, croup, cue, dangler, dedication, definitive, dependent, determinative, disciple, dock, dog, enclitic, endleaf, endmost, endpaper, endsheet, envoi, epilogue, errata, eventual, extreme, extremity, eye, fag end, fan, fanny, fantail, farthest, farthest bound, final, flag, flunky, flyleaf, folio, follow, follow a clue, follow up, follower, following, fore edge, foreword, front matter, go after, go behind, half-title page, hand, hanger-on, head, heel, henchman, hind, hind end, hind part, hinder, hindermost, hindhand, hindhead, hindmost, homme de cour, hound, hunt down, imp, imprint, index, infix, inscription, interlineation, interpolation, introduction, joint, jumping-off place, keister, knot, last, leaf, leg, limb, limit, limiting, link, lobe, lobule, makeup, marginalia, member, move behind, nib, nose, nose out, note, occiput, offshoot, organ, page, parasite, partisan, pigtail, pinion, plait, point, polar, pole, posterior, postern, postscript, prat, preface, prefix, preliminaries, proclitic, public, pursue, pursuer, pursuivant, queue, rabbit, ramification, rattail, rear, rear end, rearmost, rearward, recto, retrograde, reverse, reverso, rider, rump, run down, run to earth, runner, running title, rusty-dusty, satellite, scholia, scion, sectary, shadow, signature, smell out, sniff out, spray, sprig, spur, stalk, stern, stooge, string along, stub, stump, subtitle, successor, suffix, supporter, switch, tab, table of contents, tag, tag after, tag along, tag end, tagtail, tail end, tailed, tailgate, taillike, tailpiece, tendril, terminal, terminating, terminative, text, tip, title, title page, topknot, trace, trace down, track, track down, trail, trail after, trailer, train, trainbearer, tread close upon, trim size, tuchis, tush, tushy, twig, twist, type page, ultimate, verso, votary, wake, ward heeler, wing

tailgate

• tailgate, around, bedog, chase, clasp, cling to, come after, come behind, dog, follow, follow close upon, go after, go behind, go with, hang about, heel, hound, hover over, huddle, hug, hug the shore, keep close to, lie by, march with, move behind, pursue, shadow, stand by, stay inshore, stay near, string along, tag, tag after, tag along, tail, trail, trail after, tread close upon

tailing

• tailing, bugging, chasing, cloak-and-dagger work, counterespionage, counterintelligence, dogging, electronic surveillance, espial, espionage, following, heeling, hounding, intelligence, intelligence work, military intelligence, observation, pursual, pursuance, pursuit, secret police, secret service, sequel, sequence, series, shadowing, spying, stakeout, surveillance, trailing, wiretap, wiretapping

tailor

• tailor, accommodate, accord, accustom, adapt, adjust, adjust to, alter, assimilate, attune, block out, busheler, bushelman, carve, cast, change, chisel, clothier, conform, convert, coordinate, costumier, couturier, create, cut, cut to, dovetail, dressmaker, efform, equalize, fashion, figure, fit, fitter, fix, forge, form, formalize, found, frame, furrier, garmentmaker, gear to, harmonize, hew, homologate, homologize, key to, knead, knock out, lay out, lick into shape, make plumb, make uniform, measure, mint, model, modify, modiste, mold, mould, needle, needleman, needler, needlewoman, needleworker, outfitter, proportion, put in tune, quadrate, reconcile, rectify, regulate, right, rough out, roughcast, roughhew, sartor, sculpt, sculpture, seamster, seamstress, sempster, set, set right, sew, sew up, sewer, shape, shape up, similarize, square, stamp, stitch, stretch, style, suit, sync, synchronize, tailleur, tailoress, thermoform, trim to, true, true up, tune, work

tailored

• tailored, a propos, ad rem, adapted, applicable, apposite, appropriate, apropos, apt, becoming, befitting, bespoke, custom-made, dovetailing, felicitous, fit, fitted, fitting, geared, happy, just right, likely, meshing, on the button, opportune, pat, qualified, ready-made, ready-to-wear, relevant, right, sartorial, seasonable, sortable, store-bought, suitable, suited, suiting, to the point, to the purpose, vestmental

tailpiece

• tailpiece, accession, accessory, accompaniment, addenda, addendum, additament, addition, additive, additory, additum, adjunct, adjuvant, afterpart, afterpiece, anacrusis, annex, annexation, appanage, appendage, appendant, appurtenance, appurtenant, attachment, augment, augmentation, back, back door, back seat, back side, bass passage, behind, bourdon, breech, bridge, brush, burden, cadence, cauda, caudal appendage, caudation, chorus, coda, complement, concomitant, continuation, corollary, cue, development, division, dock, exposition, extension, extrapolation, fantail, figure, fixture, folderol, harmonic close, heel, hind end, hind part, hindhead, increase, increment, interlude, intermezzo, introductory phrase, measure, movement, musical phrase, musical sentence, occiput, offshoot, ornament, part, passage, pendant, period, phrase, pigtail, posterior, postern, queue, rattail, rear, rear end, rearward, refrain, reinforcement, resolution, response, reverse, ritornello, section, side effect, side issue, stanza, statement, stern, strain, stub, supplement, tab, tag, tail, tail end, trail, trailer, train, tutti, tutti passage, undergirding, variation, verse, wake

taint

• taint, abuse, adulterate, aerial infection, afflict, aggrieve, airborne infection, alloy, aroma, aspersion, attaint, attribute, badge, badge of infamy, bar sinister, baton, bedaub, befoul, benasty, bend sinister, besmear, besmirch, besmoke, bespatter, bestain, bewitch, black eye, black mark, blacken, blemish, blight, bloodstain, blot, blotch, blow upon, blur, brand, broad arrow, bug, cachet, canker, carrier, cast, catch, censure, champain, character, characteristic, cheapen, cloud, coarsen, communicability, condemn, configuration, confound, contagion, contagiousness, contaminate, contamination, corrupt, crack, crucify, cryptogenic infection, curse, cut, dab, damage, darken, dash, daub, debase, debauch, defame, defect, defection, deficiency, defile, deflower, degenerate, degrade, denature, deprave, desecrate, despoil, destroy, devalue, differentia, differential, direct infection, dirty, disadvantage, disapprove, discolor, discredit, disease, dishonor, disparage, disparagement, disserve, distinctive feature, distort, distress, do a mischief, do evil, do ill, do wrong, do wrong by, doom, drawback, droplet infection, dust infection, earmark, envenom, epidemiology, expose, expose to infamy, eyesore, failing, failure, fault, faute, feature, figure, flavor, flaw, fleck, flick, flyspeck, foible, foul, frailty, get into trouble, gibbet, gust, hallmark, hand infection, hang in effigy, harass, harm, hex, hint, hole, hurt, idiocrasy, idiosyncrasy, impair, imperfection, impress, impression, imputation, inadequacy, index, indirect infection, individualism, infect, infection, infectiousness, infirmity, infusion, injure, inkling, intimation, jinx, keynote, kink, lineaments, little problem, macula, maculation, macule, maltreat, mannerism, mark, mark of Cain, marking, menace, mess, mess up, mistreat, misuse, mold, molest, muddy, nasty, nature, odor, onus, outrage, particularity, patch, peculiarity, persecute, pervert, phytogenic infection, pillory, pillorying, play havoc with, play hob with, point champain, poison, pollute, prejudice, primary infection, problem, property, prostitute, pyogenic infection, quality, quirk, ravage, ravish, reflection, reprimand, reproach, rift, ruin, sauce, savage, savor, scar, scathe, scorch, seal, sear, seasoning, secondary infection, shade, shape, shortcoming, singe, singularity, slubber, slur, smack, smear, smirch, smoke, smouch, smudge, smut, smutch, snag, soil, something missing, soupcon, spatter, specialty, speck, speckle, spice, splash, splatter, splotch, spoil, spot, sprinkling, stain, stamp, stigma, stigmatism, stigmatization, stigmatize, subclinical infection, suggestion, sully, suspicion, tang, tar, tarnish, taste, tempering, thought, threaten, tinct, tincture, tinge, tint, token, torment, torture, touch, trace, trait, trick, twist, ulcerate, vector, vestige, vilify, violate, virus, vitiate, vulgarize, vulnerable place, warp, waterborne infection, weak link, weak point, weakness, wound, wreak havoc on, wrong, zoogenic infection

tainted

• tainted, abandoned, bad, bad for, bedraggled, befouled, besmirched, blackened, blown, cankered, contaminated, corrupt, corrupted, darkened, debased, debauched, decadent, defiled, degenerate, degraded, depraved, dirtied, discolored, diseased, dissolute, drabbled, draggled, foul, fouled, foxed, foxy, frowy, gamy, gangrened, gangrenous, harmful, high, impure, indecent, infected, injurious, inky, insalubrious, insanitary, maculate, morally polluted, morbid, morbific, mortified, murky, noisome, noxious, off, pathogenic, pathological, peccant, perverted, pestiferous, poisoned, polluted, profligate, rancid, rank, reechy, reprobate, rotten, septic, smirched, smoky, smudged, soiled, sour, soured, sphacelated, spotted, stained, stale, steeped in iniquity, stigmatic, stigmatiferous, stigmatized, strong, sullied, tarnished, turned, ulcerated, ulcerous, unchaste, unclean, unhealthful, unhealthy, unhygienic, unsanitary, unvirginal, unvirtuous, unwholesome, vice-corrupted, vitiated, warped

take a crack at

• take a crack at, cut and thrust, feint, flail at, flail away at, give a fling, give a go, give a try, give a whirl, hit at, lash out at, let drive at, let fly at, lunge at, make a try, poke at, strike at, strike out at, swing at, swing on, tackle, take on, thrust at

take a powder

• take a powder, absquatulate, beat it, blow, decamp, dog it, duck and run, duck out, lam, make off, powder, scram, skedaddle, skin out, skip, skip out, split, take off, vamoose

take aback

• take aback, abash, appall, astound, bowl down, bowl over, confound, discomfit, disconcert, dismay, electrify, frighten, jar, jolt, put out, shake, shock, stagger, startle, stun

take advantage of

• take advantage of, abuse, benefit from, bleed, bleed white, capitalize on, carpe diem, cash in, cash in on, deceive, drain, exploit, foist on, ill-use, impose on, impose upon, improve, improve the occasion, make capital of, make hay, make use of, manipulate, milk, misuse, not be behindhand, pass off on, pass the buck, play on, presume upon, profit by, put across, put on, put over, put to advantage, put upon, seize the day, shift the blame, shift the responsibility, stroke, suck dry, trade on, turn to account, turn to profit, turn to use, use, use ill, use to advantage, work on, work upon

take after

• take after, ape, appear like, approach, approximate, be like, be redolent of, bear resemblance, bring to mind, call to mind, call up, come close, come near, compare with, copy, copy after, correspond, counterfeit, emulate, evoke, favor, follow, follow like sheep, follow suit, imitate, look like, match, mimic, mirror, model after, near, nearly reproduce, not tell apart, parallel, partake of, pattern after, remind one of, resemble, savor of, seem like, simulate, smack of, sound like, stack up with, suggest

take apart

• take apart, atomize, break to pieces, cleave, defoliate, demolish, denude, disassemble, disintegrate, dismantle, dismember, dismount, draw and quarter, flay, fragment, lacerate, maim, make mincemeat of, mangle, mutilate, peel, pick to pieces, pull apart, pull in pieces, pull to pieces, pulverize, reduce to rubble, rend, shatter, shred, skin, smash, split, strip, sunder, take down, tear apart, tear down, tear to pieces, tear to shreds, tear to tatters, total, unbuild, undo, unmake, wrack up, wreck

take aside

• take aside, accost, address, apostrophize, appeal to, approach, bespeak, breathe, buttonhole, call to, greet, hail, halloo, invoke, mention privately, salute, speak, speak fair, speak to, talk to, tell confidentially, whisper

take away

• take away, abate, abrade, abridge, abstract, bate, belittle, bereave, bleed, carry away, carry off, cart away, curtail, cut off, decrease, deduct, delocalize, depreciate, deprive, deprive of, derogate, detract, diminish, discount, disentitle, dislodge, disparage, displace, divest, drain, draw back, ease one of, eat away, erode, extract, file away, impair, knock off, lay aside, leach, lessen, lighten one of, manhandle, milk, mine, move, purify, put aside, reduce, refine, relocate, remove, retrench, rub away, send, separate, set aside, shift, shorten, shunt, side, subduct, subtract, take, take away from, take from, take off, take out, tap, thin, thin out, wear away, weed, withdraw, write off

take back

• take back, abjure, apologize, ask forgiveness, assert the contrary, back down, back out, backwater, beg indulgence, beg pardon, belie, bring back, climb down, contest, contradict, contravene, controvert, counter, crawfish out, cross, deny, disaffirm, disallow, disavow, disclaim, disown, disprove, dispute, eat crow, eat humble pie, express regret, extradite, forswear, gainsay, get back, give back, impugn, join issue upon, not accept, not admit, nullify, oppose, palinode, put back, ransom, recall, recant, recapture, reclaim, recommit, recoup, recover, recuperate, redeem, refuse to admit, refute, regain, remand, remit, renege, renounce, renovate, reoccupy, repatriate, replace, replevin, replevy, repossess, repudiate, restitute, restore, resume, retake, retract, retrieve, return, revindicate, revive, revoke, send back, swallow, take issue with, unsay, withdraw

take by storm

• take by storm, abduct, board, breeze, carry by storm, carry off, escalade, foray, inroad, inundate, invade, kidnap, make a raid, make an inroad, overwhelm, raid, romp home, scale, scale the walls, shanghai, storm, throttle, walk off with, walk over, waltz off with, win going away, win hands down

take care of

• take care of, accomplish, achieve, administer to, approach, attain, attend, attend on, attend to, baby-sit, be responsible for, blast, blot out, boss, bribe, bump off, buy, buy off, care for, carry on, carry out, carry through, chaperon, cherish, chore, come down on, compass, complete, conduct, conserve, consummate, cope with, corrupt, croak, dance attendance upon, deal with, direct, discharge, dispatch, dispose of, do, do for, do in, do service to, do the job, do the trick, drive, drudge, effect, effectuate, ego-trip, enact, erase, execute, fetch, fix, foster, fulfill, get, get at, get to, give it to, give the business, grease, grease the palm, gun down, handle, help, hit, ice, keep in order, keep watch over, knock off, lackey, lay out, look after, look out for, look to, maid, make, make go, manage, maneuver, manipulate, matronize, mind, minister to, mother, nurse, nurture, off, operate, overlook, oversee, pander to, pay, pay off, pay out, perform, perform on, pilot, play, polish off, practice, preserve, produce, protege, provide for, purchase, put away, reach, realize, ride herd on, rub out, run, see after, see to, serve, serve one out, settle, settle the score, shepherd, stand over, steer, suborn, succeed, superintend, supervise, support, take charge of, tamper with, tend, tickle the palm, transact, turn the trick, upon, valet, wait, wait on, waste, watch, watch out for, watch over, wipe out, work, work for, work out, zap

take care

• take care, attend to business, be alert, be careful, be cautious, be obsessed with, bend over backwards, beware, concentrate on, exercise care, fix on, focus on, give heed, handle with gloves, have a care, lie low, look about one, look lively, look out, look sharp, mind, miss nothing, pay attention, pay heed, qui vive, scrutinize, study, take good care, take heed, take pains, take trouble, tread on eggs, treat gently, watch out

take chances

• take chances, brave, chance, chance it, court destruction, dare, defy danger, face up to, forget the odds, gamble, gamble on, hazard, play with fire, rely on fortune, risk, run a chance, run the chance, run the risk, set at hazard, take a chance, take a flier, tempt Providence, tempt fortune, trust to chance, try the chance, venture, wager

take charge

• take charge, active, acute, aggressive, animated, arrogate, assume, assume command, be able, be up to, brisk, can, can do, cut it, cut the mustard, dynamic, energetic, enterprising, enthusiastic, forceful, forcible, full of pep, go-go, hack it, hearty, impetuous, incisive, intense, keen, kinetic, lively, living, lusty, make it, make the grade, may, mettlesome, mount the throne, peppy, possess authority, robust, seize, seize power, seize the throne, smacking, snappy, spanking, spirited, strenuous, strong, take command, take over, take the helm, take the lead, take-over, trenchant, usurp, vibrant, vigorous, vivacious, vivid, zestful, zesty, zippy

take cover

• take cover, bar the gate, be incognito, bolt the door, burrow, claim sanctuary, disappear, drop from sight, fly to, go into hiding, go to ground, go underground, hide, hide away, hide out, hole up, lie, lie close, lie doggo, lie hid, lie low, lie snug, masquerade, play peekaboo, raise the drawbridge, remain anonymous, retire from sight, run into port, seek refuge, sit tight, stay in hiding, take refuge, take shelter, wear a mask

take down

• take down, abase, abash, admonish, bear down, beat down, blow down, blow over, book, bowl down, bowl over, break down, bring down, bring low, bring to book, bulldog, bulldoze, burn down, calendar, call to account, carve, cast down, catalog, chalk, chalk up, chastise, check in, chide, chop down, chronicle, consume, correct, couch, crush, cut, cut down, dash down, debase, deck, degrade, demean, demolish, depress, detrude, devour, diminish, disassemble, dismantle, dismember, dismount, dispatch, dispose of, docket, down, downbear, drop, dump, dump on, eat up, engrave, enroll, enscroll, enter, fell, fetch down, file, fill out, flatten, floor, get away with, get down, grave, ground, haul down, have words with, hew down, impanel, incise, indent, index, ingest, inscribe, insert, jot down, knock down, knock over, lay level, lay low, lay out, lecture, let down, level, list, log, lower, make a memorandum, make a note, make an entry, make out, mark down, matriculate, minute, mow down, note, note down, objurgate, place upon record, poll, post, post up, precipitate, press down, prostrate, pull down, push down, put away, put down, put in writing, put on paper, put on tape, rase, rate, raze, rebuke, record, reduce, reduce to writing, register, reprehend, reprimand, reprove, scold, send headlong, set down, set straight, sink, smash, spank, spread-eagle, steamroller, straighten out, supinate, surround, swallow, tabulate, take apart, take in, take to task, tape, tape-record, tear down, throw, throw down, thrust down, topple, trip, trip up, tuck in, tumble, upbraid, videotape, whack down, write, write down, write in, write out, write up

take exception

• take exception, agree to differ, agree to disagree, ban, be at variance, be in dissent, beg to differ, blackball, carp, catch at straws, categorically reject, cavil, cut up, differ, disagree, disagree with, disallow, disapprove, disapprove of, discord with, disfavor, dissent, dissent from, divide on, drop out, exclude, fault-find, find fault, frown at, frown down, frown upon, grimace at, look askance at, look black upon, nitpick, not agree, not approve, not go for, not hear of, not hold with, object, object to, oppose, ostracize, pettifog, pick holes, pick to pieces, protest, pull apart, pull to pieces, quibble, reject, say no to, secede, take exception to, take issue, tear apart, tear to pieces, think ill of, think little of, thumb down, view with disfavor, withdraw, withhold assent

take five

• take five, break, breathe, call a break, call time, declare a recess, interlude, intermit, interval, intervene, knock off, lay off, pause, recess, stop for breath, take a break, take a recess, take a rest, take ten, take time out

take for granted

• take for granted, accept, accept for gospel, accept implicitly, allegorize, allude to, anticipate, assume, be afraid, be caught napping, be certain, be neglectful, be negligent, believe, believe without reservation, bring to mind, buy, conceive, conclude, connote, consider, contemplate, credit, daresay, deduce, deem, default, disregard, divine, dread, dream, entail, envisage, expect, face, fail, fancy, feel, foresee, gather, give faith to, gloss over, grant, have in mind, hint, hope, ignore, imagine, implicate, imply, import, infer, insinuate, intimate, involve, lapse, let, let be, let go, let ride, let slide, let slip, lose sight of, lose track of, mean, mean to say, neglect, nod, not care for, not get involved, not heed, not think, opine, overlook, pass over, point indirectly to, prefigure, presume, presuppose, presurmise, provisionally accept, put faith in, receive, reckon, repute, say, set store by, show no amazement, sleep, suggest, suppose, surmise, suspect, swallow, take, take for, take it, take on faith, take on trust, take stock in, take to be, think, treat as routine, trust, understand

take for

• take for, account as, assume, be afraid, believe, conceive, conclude, consider, daresay, deduce, deem, divine, dream, esteem, estimate, expect, fancy, feel, gather, grant, guess, have a hunch, have an idea, have an impression, have an inkling, have the idea, hold, hold as, imagine, infer, judge, let, let be, look upon as, maintain, opine, prefigure, presume, presuppose, presurmise, provisionally accept, reckon, regard, repute, say, set down as, suppose, surmise, suspect, take, take for granted, take it, take to be, think, trow, understand, view as, ween

take from

• take from, abate, abrade, abridge, abstract, bate, belittle, bereave, bleed, compress, curtail, cut, cut back, cut down, cut off, damp, dampen, decrease, deduct, deflate, depreciate, depress, deprive, deprive of, derogate, detract, detract from, diminish, disentitle, disparage, divest, downgrade, drain, ease one of, eat away, erode, extract, file away, impair, leach, lessen, lighten one of, lower, milk, mine, minimize, pare, purify, reduce, refine, remove, retrench, roll back, rub away, scale down, shorten, simplify, step down, subduct, subtract, take away, take away from, tap, thin, thin out, tune down, wear away, weed, withdraw, write off

take home pay

• take home pay, base pay, compensation, consumer price index, cost of living, cost-of-living index, dismissal wage, earnings, escalator clause, escalator plan, financial remuneration, gross income, guaranteed annual wage, hire, income, living wage, minimum wage, net income, pay, pay and allowances, payment, payroll, portal-to-portal pay, purchasing power, real wages, remuneration, salary, severance pay, sliding scale, standard of comfort, standard of life, standard of living, take-home, taxable income, total compensation, wage, wage control, wage freeze, wage reduction, wage rollback, wage scale, wages, wages after deductions, wages after taxes

take in

• take in, abbreviate, abridge, absorb, abstract, accept, accouple, accumulate, acquire, admit, adsorb, affect, agglutinate, amass, appear, appreciate, apprehend, arrest, articulate, assemble, assimilate, assister, associate, assume, attend, bamboozle, band, barge in, be admitted, be at, be present at, be with one, beguile, behold, betray, blot, blot up, bluff, bob, boil down, bond, bracket, break in, breeze in, bridge, bridge over, bring, burst in, bust in, cajole, call for, capsulize, capture, carry, catch, catch on, catch sight of, cement, chain, cheat on, chemisorb, chemosorb, circumvent, clap eyes on, clap together, clip, collar, collect, combine, come barging in, come breezing in, come busting in, come by, come in, come in for, come to, compass, complete, comprehend, compress, comprise, concatenate, conceive, condense, conglobulate, conjoin, conjugate, conjure, connect, consume, contain, contract, copulate, count in, couple, cover, creep in, crop, cross the threshold, crowd in, curtail, cut, cut back, cut down, cut off short, cut short, deceive, delude, derive, derive from, descry, devour, diddle, dig, digest, discern, discover, dispatch, dispose of, distinguish, do, dock, double-cross, down, drag down, draw, draw from, drink, drink in, drink up, drop in, dupe, eat up, edge in, elide, embody, embrace, encircle, enclose, encompass, engross, entail, enter, environ, envisage, epitomize, espy, extend, eye, fathom, fill, fill in, fill out, filter in, flimflam, follow, foreshorten, forestall, four-flush, gain, gain admittance, gammon, gape, gather, get, get an earful, get around, get away with, get down, get hold of, get in, get the drift, get the idea, get the picture, give an entree, glimpse, glue, go, go in, go into, go out, go to, grab, grasp, gull, have, have an entree, have an in, have coming in, have in sight, have it taped, hear, hear of, hear tell of, hoax, hocus-pocus, hold, hop in, hornswaggle, humbug, imbibe, immit, implicate, imply, include, incorporate, infiltrate, ingest, insert, intromit, intrude, involve, irrupt, jam in, join, juggle, jump in, ken, knot, know, lay eyes on, lay together, lead to, league, learn, let down, let in, lie, link, look at, look in, look on, look upon, lump together, make out, marry, marshal, mass, master, merge, mobilize, mock, mow, nab, nip, notice, number among, observe, obtain, occupy, ogle, osmose, outmaneuver, outreach, outsmart, outwit, overhear, overreach, pack in, pair, perceive, percolate in, pick out, pick up, piece together, pigeon, play one false, poll, pollard, pop in, press in, presume, presuppose, prune, pull down, push in, put away, put in, put something over, put together, put under arrest, range, reach, reach out, read, reap, recap, recapitulate, receive, reckon among, reckon in, reckon with, recognize, reduce, require, retrench, roll into one, run, run in, savvy, secure, see, seep in, seize, seize the meaning, sense, set foot in, shave, shear, shorten, show up, sight, sit in, slip in, slurp up, snow, snub, soak in, soak up, solder, sorb, span, splice, sponge, spot, spread, spy, squeeze in, step in, stick together, straddle, stretch, stretch out, string along, stunt, subsume, sum up, summarize, surround, swallow, sweep, swill up, synopsize, take, take down, take into account, take into consideration, take into custody, take on, take over, take prisoner, take up, tape, telescope, throw open to, thrust in, thrust out, tie, trick, trim, truncate, tuck in, turn up, twig, two-time, understand, unify, unite, view, visit, watch, wedge in, weld, witness, work in, yoke

take into account

• take into account, admit, admit exceptions, allow, allow for, assimilate, bear in mind, complete, comprehend, comprise, concede, consider, consider the circumstances, consider the source, contain, count in, cover, discount, disregard, embody, embrace, encircle, enclose, encompass, envisage, fill, fill in, fill out, grant, have regard for, hold, hold in mind, include, incorporate, keep in mind, keep in sight, keep in view, lift temporarily, make allowance for, number among, occupy, provide for, receive, reckon among, reckon in, reckon with, relax, relax the condition, set aside, take account of, take cognizance of, take heed of, take in, take into consideration, take note of, take notice of, take up, waive

take issue with

• take issue with, abjure, agree to differ, agree to disagree, assert the contrary, be at cross-purposes, be at variance, be in dissent, beg to differ, belie, bicker over, contend about, contest, contradict, contravene, controvert, counter, counteract, countervail, counterwork, cross, deny, differ, disaffirm, disagree, disagree with, disallow, disavow, disclaim, discord with, disown, disprove, dispute, dissent, dissent from, divide on, drop out, fight over, forswear, gainsay, go against, impugn, join issue upon, join the opposition, not abide, not accept, not admit, not agree, nullify, oppose, play at cross-purposes, protest, quarrel over, recant, refuse to admit, refute, renounce, repudiate, resist, retract, revoke, run against, run counter to, secede, squabble over, take back, take exception, take issue, traverse, vote against, withdraw, withhold assent, withstand, wrangle over

take it easy

• take it easy, be careful, be cautious, bed, bed down, calm down, coast, collect oneself, compose oneself, cool it, cool off, couch, curl up, drift, get organized, go easy, go on tiptoe, go to bed, go to rest, lie down, loll, lounge, make haste slowly, make light of, make little of, not sweat it, pussyfoot, recline, relax, repose, rest, settle to rest, simmer down, snug down, sober down, sprawl, take life easy, think nothing of, think twice, tiptoe, unwind, walk on eggshells

take it

• take it, accede, accept, account as, acquiesce, answer, assent, assume, avail, be afraid, be agreeable, be equal to, bear, bear the brunt, bear up, bear up under, believe, comply, conceive, conclude, consent, consider, daresay, deduce, deem, divine, do, do it, dream, esteem, estimate, expect, face the music, fancy, feel, fill the bill, fulfill, gather, get by, go along with, go around, grant, guess, hack it, hang in, hang tough, have a hunch, have an idea, have an impression, have an inkling, have the idea, hold, hold as, hold out, hold up, imagine, infer, judge, just do, keep up, knock under, knuckle down, knuckle under, let, let be, live with it, look upon as, maintain, make the grade, meet, meet requirements, never say die, not flag, not give up, not resist, not weaken, obey, opine, pass, pass muster, prefigure, presume, presuppose, presurmise, provisionally accept, qualify, reach, reckon, regard, relent, repute, resign, satisfy, say, see it out, serve, serve the purpose, set down as, stand, stand the gaff, stand up, stay it out, stay the distance, stick it out, stretch, submit, succumb, suffice, suppose, surmise, suspect, swallow it, swallow the pill, sweat it out, take, take for, take for granted, take to be, think, trow, understand, view as, ween, work

take liberties

• take liberties, abuse a privilege, be disrespectful, be overfamiliar with, bother, dare, deride, disesteem, disparage, disrespect, encroach upon, get fresh, get smart, have a nerve, have the cheek, have the gall, hold in contempt, impose on, impose upon, inconvenience, make bold, make free with, not respect, obtrude upon, overstep, presume, presume on, presume upon, rank low, ridicule, show disrespect for, take a liberty, take liberties with, taunt, treat with disrespect, trifle with, trouble

take notice

• take notice, animadvert, attend, bear in mind, have regard for, heed, hold in mind, keep in mind, keep in sight, keep in view, look, mark, mind, note, notice, observe, reckon with, regard, remark, see, take account of, take cognizance of, take heed of, take into account, take into consideration, take note, take note of, take notice of, tend, view, watch

take off

• take off, abate, abscind, absquatulate, act, act a part, act as, act out, advance, allow, ameliorate, amend, amputate, annihilate, ape, aspire, ban, bar, bate, bear, become airborne, begin, begone, bereave of life, blast away, blast off, bob, burlesque, carry away, carry off, cast off, charge off, chloroform, claw skyward, clear, clear out, clip, come along, come on, commence, copy, copycat, crop, cull, cut, cut away, cut down, cut off, cut out, cut short, decamp, deduct, depreciate, deprive of life, destroy, detach, develop, discount, disengage, dispatch, dispose of, dive in, do, do away with, do for, do to death, dock, doff, dog it, douse, down, draw back, drop, eliminate, enact, end, enucleate, eradicate, except, excise, exclude, execute, exterminate, extinguish, extirpate, fall to, finish, finish off, float, fly, fly aloft, free, gain, gain altitude, gain ground, get ahead, get along, get rid of, get to, go ahead, go forward, graduate, grow better, hang, head, head into, hightail, hit off, hit off on, hover, imitate, immolate, impersonate, improve, isolate, jump off, kick back, kick off, kill, kite, knock off, lam, launch into eternity, lay low, leave the ground, liberate, light out, liquidate, look up, loose, loosen, lop, lynch, make, make allowance, make away with, make headway, make off, make progress, make strides, martyr, martyrize, masquerade as, meliorate, mend, mime, mimic, mock, mutilate, nip, pantomime, pare, parody, parrot, pass for, peel, perform, perk up, personate, pick out, pick up, pitch in, plane, play, play a part, plunge into, poise, poison, pose as, powder, pretend to be, progress, prune, purge, put away, put down, put off, put paid to, put to death, put to sleep, rebate, reduce, refund, release, remove, remove from life, root out, rotate, rule out, sacrifice, scrag, scram, send off, set about, set apart, set aside, set in, set out, set sail, set to, shape up, shave, shear, show improvement, skedaddle, skip, skip out, skyrocket, slaughter, slay, slip out of, soar, spire, split, stamp out, start, start in, start off, start out, starve, step out of, strike, strike off, strip, strip off, subtract, take, take a powder, take a premium, take away, take life, take off on, take out, taxi, throw off, to, travesty, truncate, turn to, unbar, unbind, unbolt, unbuckle, unbutton, unchain, unclasp, undo, unfasten, unfetter, unglue, unlace, unlatch, unleash, unlock, unloose, unloosen, unstick, unstrap, untie, unwrap, vamoose, weigh anchor, wipe out, withdraw, write off, zoom

take on

• take on, accept, ache, acquire, add, admit, adopt, agonize, air a grievance, annex, antagonize, append, appropriate, assume, attack, attempt, battle, be livid, be pissed, beat against, beat up against, beef, bellyache, bespeak, bitch, bleed, bluster, boil, book, breast the wave, brief, brood over, browned off, buck, buckle to, buffet, buffet the waves, burn, carry on, chafe, clamor, close with, combat, come by, come in for, compete with, complain, conduct, contend against, contest, copy, crab, croak, derive, derive from, dive into, do, do battle, drag down, draw, draw from, embark in, embark upon, employ, endeavor, engage, engage in, engage in battle, enter on, enter upon, exercise, fall into, fall to, fight, fight against, follow, fret, fret and fume, fume, fuss, gain, get, get busy, get cracking, get going, get under way, get with it, give a fling, give a go, give a try, give a whirl, give battle, go about, go at, go in for, go into, go on, go to it, go upon, grapple with, grieve, gripe, groan, grouch, grouse, growl, grumble, grunt, have, have a conniption, have at, have coming in, hire, holler, hop to it, howl, imitate, infringe, join battle, join battle with, join issue, jump to it, kick, labor against, launch forth, launch into, lay about, light into, lodge a complaint, make a try, make use of, militate against, mock, mope, mourn, move into, murmur, mutter, obtain, offer resistance, pine, pine away, pirate, pissed off, pitch in, pitch into, plagiarize, plunge into, practice, preengage, proceed to, prosecute, pull, pull down, pursue, put on, rage, raise Cain, raise a howl, raise hell, raise the devil, raise the roof, rant, rant and rave, rave, receive, recruit, register a complaint, reluct, reluctate, reserve, retain, rival, sail into, secure, seethe, set about, set at, set forward, set going, set to, set to work, sign on, sign up, sign up for, simmer, simulate, sizzle, smoke, smolder, sorrow, specialize in, squawk, start in, steal, stem the tide, stew, storm, strike, strive against, struggle against, subjoin, superadd, tackle, take, take in, take into employment, take over, take to, take up, throw a fit, try conclusions, turn to, undertake, use, venture upon, vie with, wade into, wage, work at, worry, yap, yelp

take out

• take out, abscind, amputate, annihilate, attend, avulse, ban, bar, bob, chaperon, clear away, clip, conduct, convoy, crop, cull, cut, cut away, cut off, cut out, deracinate, dig out, dig up, discount, disentangle, dock, draw, draw back, draw out, dredge, dredge up, eliminate, enucleate, eradicate, escort, esquire, evolve, evulse, excavate, except, excise, exclude, exsect, extinguish, extirpate, extract, extricate, get out, gouge out, grub up, guard, guide, isolate, knock off, lead, lop, marshal, mine, mutilate, nip, pare, peel, pick out, pluck out, pluck up, prune, pull, pull out, pull up, quarry, rake out, remove, rip out, root out, root up, rule out, see, set apart, set aside, shave, shear, shepherd, squire, stamp out, strike off, strip, strip off, subtract, take, take away, take off, tear out, truncate, unearth, unravel, uproot, usher, wait on, weed out, wipe out, withdraw, wrest out

take over

• take over, accept, acquire, admit, adopt, annex, appropriate, arrogate, assume, assume command, colonize, come by, come in for, conquer, copy, derive, derive from, drag down, draw, draw from, encroach, enslave, gain, get, get at, get hold of, glom on to, grab, have, have coming in, hog, imitate, indent, infringe, invade, jump a claim, lay hands on, make free with, make use of, mock, monopolize, mount the throne, obtain, occupy, overrun, pirate, plagiarize, play God, preempt, preoccupy, prepossess, pretend to, pull down, receive, requisition, secure, seize, seize power, seize the throne, simulate, sit on, spell, squat on, steal, subjugate, take, take all of, take charge, take command, take in, take it all, take on, take possession, take possession of, take the helm, take the lead, take up, trespass, usurp

take place

• take place, be found, be met with, be realized, befall, betide, come, come about, come down, come off, come to pass, come true, eventuate, fall, go off, hap, happen, occur, pass, pass off, transpire

take shape

• take shape, come together, crystallize, draw up, fall in, fall into line, fall into place, fall into rank, form, gather around, materialize, place itself, rally round, range itself, shape, shape up, take form, take its place, take order, take rank

take sides

• take sides, act with, align with, argue, argufy, back, back up, bandy words, bicker, cavil, champion, choplogic, contend, contest, cross swords, cut and thrust, discept, dispute, flock to, get behind, get in behind, get together with, give and take, go along with, go in with, hassle, have it out, join, join hands with, join issue, join up with, join with, line up with, lock horns, logomachize, moot, pettifog, plead, polemicize, polemize, quibble, rally round, range with, run interference for, second, side with, spar, stand back of, stand behind, stand by, stand in with, stick by, stick up for, strike in with, string along with, swing in with, take part with, take sides with, team up with, thrash out, throw in with, try conclusions, unite with, wrangle

take steps

• take steps, act on, act upon, bear a hand, clear the decks, consider every angle, do something, do something about, forearm, get with it, go, guard against, hedge, leave out nothing, lift a finger, make sure, make sure against, maneuver, overlook no possibility, play safe, prepare for, proceed, proceed with, provide a hedge, provide against, provide for, reef down, shorten sail, strike a blow, take a hand, take action, take measures, take precautions

take the cake

• take the cake, bear the palm, beat, beat all hollow, best, capture, carry, carry away, carry it, carry off, carry the day, clobber, come out first, defeat, finish in front, fluke, gain, gain the day, lick, make a killing, skin, triumph, trounce, win, win out, win the battle, win the laurels, win the palm, win the prize, win through, worst

take the edge off

• take the edge off, abate, allay, alleviate, appease, assuage, attemper, attenuate, bank the fire, bate, blunt, calm, chasten, conciliate, constrain, control, cool, cramp, cripple, damp, dampen, de-emphasize, deaden, debilitate, defuse, devitalize, diminish, disedge, downplay, draw the teeth, dulcify, dull, enervate, enfeeble, eviscerate, exhaust, extenuate, gruel, keep within bounds, lay, lay low, lay the dust, lenify, lessen, lighten, mitigate, moderate, modulate, mollify, obtund, pacify, palliate, placate, play down, pour balm on, propitiate, rattle, reduce, reduce the temperature, repress, restrain, retund, sap, shake, shake up, slacken, slow down, smooth, smooth down, smooth over, smother, sober, sober down, soften, soften up, soothe, stifle, subdue, suppress, tame, temper, tone down, tranquilize, tune down, turn, unbrace, undermine, underplay, unman, unnerve, unstrengthen, unstring, weaken

take time

• take time, abide, await, bide, bide the issue, buy time, consume time, dally, dawdle, delay, dillydally, hang about, hang around, hold everything, hold on, hold your horses, keep time, kill time, linger, loiter, look for time, mark time, measure time, occupy time, pass time, put in time, race against time, sit tight, sit up, spend time, stay, stay up, stick around, summer, take up time, tarry, use time, wait, wait a minute, wait and see, weekend, winter, work against time

take to task

• take to task, accuse, admonish, allege, arraign, article, book, bring accusation, bring charges, bring to account, bring to book, call to account, castigate, charge, chasten, chastise, chide, cite, complain, correct, deal with, denounce, denunciate, discipline, fasten on, fasten upon, finger, hang something on, have words with, impeach, imply, impute, indict, inflict upon, inform against, inform on, insinuate, lay charges, lecture, lodge a complaint, lodge a plaint, masthead, objurgate, penalize, pillory, pin on, prefer charges, press charges, punish, put on report, rate, rebuke, report, reprehend, reprimand, reproach, reprove, scold, set down, set straight, settle with, spank, square accounts, straighten out, take down, task, taunt with, tax, twit, upbraid, visit upon

take to

• take to, addict, adjust, aim at, be desirous of, be smitten, be used to, be wont, become attached to, bring into play, carry on, choose, conduct, confirm, convert to use, cotton to, desiderate, desire, do, employ, engage in, enlist into service, exercise, fall back upon, fall for, fall in love, fancy, favor, follow, get used to, go in for, have designs on, have recourse to, impress, like, look to, love, lust, lust after, practice, prefer, prosecute, pursue, put in requisition, recur to, refer to, resort to, revert to, specialize in, tackle, take on, take up, turn to, turn to use, undertake, use, wage, want, wish, wish to goodness, wish very much, wont, work at, would fain do

take turns

• take turns, alternate, cover, do a hitch, do a stint, do a tour, do time, enlist, fill in for, have a go, have tenure, hold office, keep a watch, re-up, reenlist, relieve, serve time, sign up, spell, spell off, time off

take up with

• take up with, abide, abide with, advise with, associate with, assort with, bargain, bear, bear with, befriend, bide, brave, brook, buddy up, call in, chum, chum together, chum with, clique, clique with, club together, collogue, compare notes, confer, confer with, consort with, consult, consult with, counsel, deliberate, discuss, discuss with, endure, exchange observations, exchange views, fellowship, flock together, fraternize, get acquainted, get chummy with, hang around with, hang in, hang in there, hang out with, hang tough, have conversations, herd together, hobnob with, hold conference, join, join in fellowship, keep company with, lump, lump it, make friends with, mingle with, mix with, negotiate, pal, pal up with, pal with, palaver, parley, persevere, play footsie with, powwow, put heads together, put up with, reason with, refer to, run in couples, run with, scrape acquaintance with, shake hands with, sit down together, sit down with, sort with, stand, stand for, stick, suffer, support, sustain, take counsel, talk over, tie up with, tolerate, win friends

take up

• take up, absorb, absorb the attention, accept, accumulate, admit, adopt, adsorb, affiliate, agglomerate, aggregate, aggroup, air, amass, amortize, analyze, annex, appropriate, approve, arrest, arrogate, assemble, assimilate, assume, attack, attempt, batch, be about, be doing, be engaged in, be occupied with, blot, blot up, bring together, buckle to, bulk, bunch, bunch together, bunch up, campaign for, canvass, carry, carry on, catch, charm, chemisorb, chemosorb, clear, clump, cluster, collect, colligate, collocate, colonize, combine, come out, commence, comment upon, compare, compile, complete, comprehend, comprise, conduct, conglomerate, conquer, consider, contain, controvert, corral, count in, cover, criticize, crusade for, cull, cumulate, deal with, debate, deliberate, deliberate upon, descant, dig up, digest, discharge, discourse, discourse about, discuss, dissert, dissertate, do, drag up, draw together, draw up, dredge, dredge up, drink, drink in, drink up, drive together, elevate, embark in, embark on, embark upon, embody, embrace, employ, enchant, encircle, enclose, encompass, endeavor, engage, engage in, engage the attention, engage the mind, engage the thoughts, engross, engross the mind, engross the thoughts, enslave, enter, enter on, enter upon, enthrall, envisage, espouse, examine, exchange views, exercise, fall into, fall to, fascinate, fill, fill in, fill out, fish up, follow, gather, gather in, gather together, gather up, get at, get hold of, get in, get off, get together, get under way, glean, glom on to, go about, go at, go in for, go into, go upon, grab, grip, group, grub, grub up, handle, haul up, have at, hog, hoist, hold, hold spellbound, hold the interest, honor, hypnotize, imbibe, immerse, include, incorporate, indent, infiltrate, initiate, inquire into, investigate, involve, involve the interest, join, jump a claim, juxtapose, kick, knock around, launch forth, launch into, lay about, lay hands on, lift, liquidate, lump together, make accounts square, make free with, make up, make use of, mass, match, mesmerize, mobilize, monopolize, move into, muster, number among, obsess, occupy, occupy the attention, osmose, overrun, pair, partner, pass, pass under review, patronize, pay in full, pay off, pay the bill, pay the shot, pay up, percolate in, pick, pick up, pitch into, pluck, pluck up, plunge into, practice, preempt, preoccupy, prepossess, proceed to, prosecute, pursue, put together, raise, rake up, rally, rap, ratify, rear, reason, reason about, reason the point, receive, reckon among, reckon in, reckon with, redeem, remark upon, requisition, retire, review, round up, satisfy, scare up, scrape together, scrape up, seep in, set about, set at, set forward, set going, set to, settle, sift, sit on, slurp up, soak in, soak up, sorb, specialize in, spellbind, sponge, sponsor, square, square accounts, squat on, strike a balance, study, subjugate, survey, swill up, tackle, take all of, take in, take into account, take into consideration, take it all, take on, take over, take possession, take possession of, take to, talk, talk about, talk of, talk over, thresh out, touch upon, treat, treat of, turn to, undertake, uphold, uplift, upraise, uprear, use, usurp, ventilate, venture upon, wage, whip in, work at, write up

take with a grain of salt

• take with a grain of salt, admit, admit exceptions, allow, allow for, awake a doubt, be diffident, be doubtful, be dubious, be skeptical, be uncertain, call in question, challenge, concede, consider, consider the circumstances, consider the source, contest, discount, dispute, disregard, distrust, doubt, grant, greet with skepticism, half believe, harbor suspicions, have reservations, lift temporarily, make allowance for, misgive, mistrust, provide for, query, question, raise a question, relax, relax the condition, scruple, set aside, smell a rat, suspect, take account of, take into account, take into consideration, throw doubt upon, treat with reserve, waive

take

• take, OD, abduct, abide, absorb, abstract, accede, accede to, accept, accommodate, accompany, account as, accroach, acknowledge, acquire, act, admit, adopt, advocate, affect, agree to, allow for, allure, and, annex, annihilate, apply, appreciate, apprehend, appropriate, arrogate, ask, assault sexually, assent, assimilate, assume, astonish, astound, attract, avails, bag, bamboozle, be afraid, be agreeable, be blooded, be brought down, be felled, be seized of, be struck down, be successful, be traumatized, be with one, bear, bear with, beard, beat, beat it, become airborne, behave, believe, belittle, bewitch, bilk, blackmail, blast off, blaze, blaze up, blink at, board, bolt, boodle, book, boom shot, boost, booty, borrow, box office, brave, break bread, break out, bring, bring up, brook, burlesque, burn, burst into flame, buy, call for, capital gains, captivate, capture, caricature, carry, carry away, carry off, carry on, cart, catch, catch cold, catch fire, catch on, catch on fire, catch up, challenge, charm, chase, cheat, choose, chouse, chronicle, claim, clap hands on, clasp, claw, cleanup, clear, clear profit, clench, click, clinch, close-up, clutch, collapse, collar, combust, come by, come down with, come in for, come into, come off, commandeer, commissions, compass, comply, comprehend, comprise, con, conceive, conclude, condone, conduct, confiscate, connect, connive at, consent, consider, construe, consume, contain, contend against, continue, contract, convey, convoy, cop, copy, corral, count calories, court, cover, cozen, crave, credit, credits, crib, crook, cull, daresay, deal with, debase, decamp, deceive, deduce, deduct, deem, define, deflate, deflorate, deflower, defraud, degrade, deliver, demand, depart, deprecate, depreciate, derive, derive from, describe, deuce shot, devirginate, devour, diagnose, diddle, diet, dig, digest, diminish, disavow, discard, discount, disgrace, disparage, disposable income, disregard, dividend, dividends, divine, do, do the trick, document, doff, down, drag down, drain off, draw, draw back, draw from, draw off, dream, drink, dupe, earn, earned income, earnings, eat, effect, elect, embezzle, embrace, employ, enchant, encompass, end, endure, engage, enlist, enmesh, ensnare, entail, entangle, enter into possession, entertain, entrap, erupt, escort, espouse, establish, esteem, estimate, exact, expect, experience, express, expropriate, extort, extract, face, face the music, fall to, fancy, fare, farewell, fascinate, fathom, favor, feed, feed on, feel, ferry, fever, fiddle, fight, filch, fill up, filthy lucre, fit in, flame, flimflam, fly, fly off, follow, follow-focus shot, fool, foul, freight, full shot, function, gain, gains, gate, gate receipts, gather, get, get hold of, get the drift, get the idea, get the picture, gettings, gleanings, glom on to, go, go along with, go away, go great guns, go into shock, go off, go on with, go over, go over big, go through, go to town, gobble up, grab, grab hold of, graduate, graft, grant, grapple, grasp, grip, gripe, gross, gross income, gross profit, gross receipts, group shot, guess, guide, gull, gulp down, gyp, hack, handle, harpoon, harrow, harvest, haul, have, have a hunch, have an idea, have an impression, have an inkling, have coming in, have it taped, have recourse to, have the idea, hire, hit the road, hoard, hold, hold as, hoodwink, hook, hot goods, hug, humble, humiliate, hunger, ignore, imagine, imbibe, imitate, implicate, imply, impose upon, include, income, infer, infringe, ingest, inhale, inherit, intake, interest, interpret, involve, judge, ken, kill, killing, kinescope, knock off, knock under, know, knuckle down, knuckle under, lampoon, land, lasso, lay hands on, lay hold of, lead, lead to, learn, lease, leave, leave unavenged, let, let be, let in, let it go, liberate, lift, lift off, like, live with it, lodge, long shot, look like, look upon as, loot, lower, lucre, lug, lure, magnetize, maintain, make, make a hit, make allowances for, make for, make off with, make use of, makings, manhandle, mark, master, matte shot, meal, medium shot, meet with success, mesh, mimic, misappropriate, mock, motion picture, mulct, nab, nail, neat profit, necessitate, need, net, net income, net profit, net receipts, nick, nip, nip up, noose, not resist, note, obey, obtain, occupy, operate, opine, oppose, opt for, output, overcharge, overdose, overhaul, overlook, overtake, pack, palm, pan shot, panoramic shot, paper profits, parody, partake, partake of, pass, pass over, peculate, peel off, pelf, perceive, percentage, perform, perk, perks, perquisite, pick, pick up, pickings, pilfer, pillage, pinch, pirate, pitch in, plagiarize, play, plunder, poach, pocket, pocket the affront, pork barrel, possess, possess sexually, preempt, prefer, prefigure, prehend, presume, presuppose, presurmise, prevail, prize, proceeds, process shot, procure, produce, profit, profits, prosper, provisionally accept, public till, public trough, pull down, purchase, purloin, pursue, put down, put forth, put in writing, put into effect, put up with, quaff, qualify, quarter, raise, rake-off, rap shot, rape, ravish, reach, react, read, read into, realize, reap, recant, receipt, receipts, receivables, receive, reckon, record, regard, regard with indulgence, relent, relish, remind one of, remove, rent, repudiate, repute, require, resemble, reserve, resign, resort to, resume, retain, retake, retract, return, returns, revenue, rip off, rival, rob, rope, royalties, run a temperature, run after, run away with, run for, rustle, sack, satirize, savor, savvy, say, score, scram, scrounge, secure, see, seize, seize the meaning, seizure, select, send up, sense, sequester, serve, set down, set down as, shame, shock, shoplift, shot, sicken, simulate, single out, skedaddle, snag, snap up, snare, snatch, sniggle, snitch, spear, split, spoil, spoils, spoils of office, sponsor, spoof, squeeze, stand, startle, steal, stealings, stick, stolen goods, stomach, store, strike, strip off, study, submit, submit to, subsume, subtract, succeed, succumb, suffer, support, suppose, surmise, surprise, survive, suspect, swag, swallow, swallow an insult, swallow it, swallow the pill, swindle, swipe, tackle, take aback, take after, take away, take back, take by assault, take by storm, take down, take effect, take for, take for granted, take from, take hold, take hold of, take ill, take in, take it, take it that, take off, take on, take out, take over, take possession, take possession of, take to, take to be, take to mean, take up, take-in, takings, tangle, tangle up with, taste, terminate, thieve, think, till, tolerate, torment, tote, transcribe, transport, trap, travel shot, travesty, treat, trick, trow, trucking shot, turn aside provocation, turn to, undergo, understand, understand by, undertake, unearned income, use, use up, vie with, view as, violate, voice, waft, walk off with, wealth, weather, ween, whip up, whisk, wile, win, wing, wink at, winnings, wipe out, withdraw, withstand, wolf, woo, work, work well, work wonders, write down, yield, zoom shot

taken unawares

• taken unawares, ad-lib, astonished, caught napping, caught off balance, caught short, extemporaneous, extemporized, haphazard, hasty, impromptu, improvised, makeshift, precipitate, rough-and-ready, snap, struck with surprise, surprised, taken aback, taken by surprise, tripped up, unarranged, unbegun, unconcocted, uncontrived, undeliberated, undevised, unhatched, unmade, unmanufactured, unorganized, unplanned, unpremeditated, unprepared, unprimed, unready, unstudied

taken with

• taken with, as compared with, attached to, beside, by comparison with, charmed, comfortable, compared with, content, contented, cozy, crazy about, delighted, devoted to, easy, enamored of, eupeptic, euphoric, exhilarated, far gone on, favorably impressed with, fond of, glad, gladsome, gone on, gratified, hipped on, in clover, in comparison with, in love with, intrigued, mad about, nuts about, over against, partial to, pleased, pleased as Punch, pleased with, satisfied, smitten with, sold on, struck with, stuck on, sweet on, than, thrilled, tickled, tickled pink, tickled to death, wedded to, wild about, wrapped up in

takeoff

• takeoff, A, alpha, anabasis, ascension, ascent, base, basis, beginning, blast-off, boarding, booster rocket, burlesque, caricature, catapult, clamber, climb, climbing, commencement, copying, counterfeiting, creation, cutting edge, dawn, edge, elevation, embarkation, embarkment, emplanement, emulation, enplanement, entrainment, escalade, establishment, fakery, farce, flying start, following, forgery, foundation, fountain, fresh start, ground loop, gush, gyring up, hit-off, hopoff, imitation, impersonation, imposture, impression, increase, institution, jet, jump, jump-off, kick-off, lampoon, leading edge, leap, levitation, line of departure, mimesis, mirroring, mockery, mount, mounting, new departure, oncoming, onomatopoeia, onset, opening, origin, origination, outbreak, outset, outsetting, outstart, parody, pastiche, plagiarism, plagiary, point of departure, port of embarkation, repetition, rise, rising, rocketing up, rotation, running start, saltation, satire, send-off, setoff, setout, setting in motion, setting-up, shooting up, simulation, soaring, spout, spring, spurt, square one, squib, start, start-off, starting, starting gate, starting place, starting point, starting post, surge, take-off, taking off, travesty, upclimb, upcoming, updraft, upgang, upgo, upgoing, upgrade, upgrowth, uphill, upleap, uplift, upping, uprisal, uprise, uprising, uprush, upshoot, upslope, upsurge, upsurgence, upsweep, upswing, vault, wicked imitation, zooming

taker

• taker, accepter, acquirer, addressee, audience, auditor, beholder, captor, capturer, catcher, consignee, getter, hearer, holder, listener, looker, obtainer, partaker, payee, procurer, receiver, recipient, spectator, trustee, viewer

taking away

• taking away, ablation, abrasion, abstraction, acquisition, bereavement, claiming, cost, damage, dead loss, debit, deduction, denial, denudation, deprivation, despoilment, destruction, detriment, dispossession, divestment, erosion, expense, forfeit, forfeiture, injury, loser, losing, losing streak, loss, perdition, possession, privation, purification, reception, refinement, removal, robbery, ruin, sacrifice, spoliation, stripping, subduction, sublation, subtraction, taking, taking possession, theft, total loss

taking in

• taking in, abduction, absorption, apprehension, arrest, arrestation, assimilation, capture, catch, catching, collaring, coup, digestion, dragnet, forcible seizure, grab, grabbing, hold, imbibing, ingestion, kidnapping, nabbing, picking up, power grab, prehension, receipt, receiving, reception, refuge, running in, seizure, seizure of power, snatch, snatching, soaking-up, taking into custody, taking-in, welcome, welcoming

taking over

• taking over, accession, adoption, anointing, anointment, appointment, appropriation, arrogation, assignment, assumption, authorization, colonization, conquest, consecration, coronation, delegation, deputation, election, empowerment, enslavement, indent, legitimate succession, occupation, preemption, preoccupation, prepossession, requisition, seizure, subjugation, succession, takeover, usurpation

taking place

• taking place, accidental, accompanying, ado, afloat, afoot, circumstantial, current, doing, eventuating, going on, happening, in hand, in the wind, incidental, occasional, occurring, on, on foot, ongoing, passing, prevailing, prevalent, resultant, under way

taking

• taking, acceptable, acceptance, acquisition, admission, admittance, adoption, adorable, agreeable, alluring, annexational, appealing, appetizing, appropriation, assumption, attractive, beguiling, bewitching, blandishing, borrowed plumes, cajoling, captivating, catching, charismatic, charming, coaxing, come-hither, communicable, compelling, confiscatory, contagious, copying, coquettish, defloration, deflowerment, delightful, deprivative, derivation, deriving, desirable, devirgination, enchanting, endemic, engaging, enravishing, enthralling, enticing, entrancing, enviable, epidemial, epidemic, epiphytotic, epizootic, exciting, exotic, expropriatory, exquisite, fascinating, fetching, flirtatious, getting, glamorous, heart-robbing, hypnotic, imitation, infectious, infective, infringement, inoculable, interesting, intriguing, inviting, irresistible, likable, lovable, lovely, luxurious, mesmeric, mocking, mouth-watering, pandemic, pasticcio, pastiche, pestiferous, pestilential, piquant, pirating, plagiarism, plagiary, pleasing, prepossessing, privative, provocative, provoquant, rape, ravishing, ravishment, receipt, receival, receiving, reception, seducing, seductive, sensuous, sexual assault, sexual possession, simulation, siren, sirenic, spellbinding, spellful, sporadic, spreading, tantalizing, teasing, tempting, thievish, thrilling, tickling, titillating, titillative, to be desired, toothsome, unobjectionable, violation, voluptuous, winning, winsome, witching, worth having, zymotic

talcum powder

• talcum powder, base, clown white, cold cream, compact, cosmetics, drugstore complexion, eye shadow, eyebrow pencil, foundation, foundation cream, greasepaint, hand cream, hand lotion, lip rouge, lipstick, makeup, mascara, mudpack, nail polish, paint, powder, powder puff, puff, rouge, talcum, vanishing cream, vanity case, war paint

tale

• tale, account, aggregate, all, amount, anecdotage, anecdote, back-fence gossip, backbiting, backstabbing, be-all and end-all, belittlement, blague, box score, calumny, canard, cast, chitchat, chronicle, cock-and-bull story, count, defamation, depreciation, difference, disparagement, entirety, enumerate, epic, epos, exaggeration, fabrication, fairy tale, falsehood, falsification, falsity, farfetched story, farrago, fib, fiction, fish story, flam, flimflam, ghost story, gossip, gossiping, gossipmongering, gossipry, groundless rumor, half-truth, history, idle talk, legal fiction, libel, lie, little white lie, mendacity, misrepresentation, myth, narration, narrative, newsmongering, number, numerate, piece of gossip, pious fiction, prevarication, product, quantity, recital, reckoning, record, report, rumor, saga, scandal, score, scuttlebutt, slander, slight stretching, story, sum, sum total, summation, talebearing, taletelling, talk, tall story, tall tale, tally, taradiddle, tattle, tell, the bottom line, the story, the whole story, tittle-tattle, total, totality, tote, trumped-up story, untruth, white lie, whole, x number, yam, yarn

talebearer

• talebearer, a tale-bearing animal, betrayer, blab, blabber, blabberer, blabbermouth, busybody, canary, delator, fink, gossip, gossip columnist, gossiper, gossipmonger, informer, narc, nark, newsmonger, newspaperman, peacher, quidnunc, rat, reporter, rumormonger, scandalmonger, sieve, sneak, snitch, snitcher, spy, squealer, stool pigeon, stoolie, tabby, taleteller, tattler, tattletale, telltale, tipster, tittle-tattler, troublemaker, whistle-blower, yenta

talebearing

• talebearing, back-fence gossip, chitchat, gossip, gossiping, gossipmongering, gossipry, gossipy, groundless rumor, idle talk, newsmongering, newsy, piece of gossip, story, tale, taletelling, talk, tattle, tittle-tattle

talent

• talent, Geist, Muse, ability, ableness, acuity, acuteness, adequacy, adroitness, afflatus, aptitude, aptness, art, artistic skill, artistry, arty-craftiness, bent, braininess, brightness, brilliance, bump, caliber, capability, capableness, capacity, child prodigy, clear thinking, cleverness, competence, craft, creative thought, creativity, daemon, daimonion, demon, dexterity, divine afflatus, dower, dowry, efficacy, efficiency, endowment, equipment, esprit, expertise, facility, faculty, fire of genius, fitness, flair, forte, genius, gift, gifted child, gifted person, giftedness, gifts, inclination, ingenuity, inspiration, instinct, intellectual genius, intellectual prodigy, keen-wittedness, keenness, knack, long suit, makings, man of parts, mental alertness, mental genius, mental giant, mercurial mind, metier, native cleverness, natural, natural endowment, natural gift, nimble mind, nimble-wittedness, nimbleness, nose, nous, parts, penchant, potential, power, powers, predilection, predisposition, proclivity, prodigy, proficiency, propensity, qualification, quick parts, quick thinking, quick wit, quick-wittedness, quickness, ready wit, savvy, set, sharp-wittedness, sharpness, skill, smartness, smarts, soul, speciality, spirit, sprightly wit, strength, strong flair, strong point, sufficiency, susceptibility, talents, tendency, the goods, the stuff, turn, virtu, what it takes

talented

• talented, accomplished, ace, adept, adroit, apt, born for, brainy, bright, brilliant, clever, crack, crackerjack, cut out for, deft, dexterous, endowed, excellent, expert, first-rate, gifted, good, keen, keen-witted, made for, masterful, nimble, nimble-witted, no dumbbell, not born yesterday, polished, proficient, quick, quick-thinking, quick-witted, scintillating, sharp, sharp-witted, skilled, smart, steel-trap, top-drawer, top-notch, with a flair, wizard

taleteller

• taleteller, a tale-bearing animal, anecdotist, busybody, fableist, fabler, fabulist, fictionist, gossip, gossip columnist, gossiper, gossipmonger, mythmaker, mythopoet, narrator, newsmonger, newspaperman, novelettist, novelist, quidnunc, raconteur, reciter, recounter, relator, reporter, romancer, romancist, rumormonger, sagaman, scandalmonger, short-story writer, spinner of yarns, storier, storyteller, tabby, talebearer, tattler, tattletale, teller of tales, telltale, tittle-tattler, word painter, yarn spinner, yenta

talisman

• talisman, amulet, charm, fetish, fylfot, gammadion, good-luck charm, hoodoo, juju, love charm, luck, lucky bean, lucky piece, madstone, mascot, mumbo jumbo, obeah, periapt, philter, phylactery, scarab, scarabaeus, scarabee, sudarium, swastika, veronica, voodoo, whammy, wishbone

talk back

• talk back, acknowledge, answer, answer back, come back, come back at, echo, flash back, give acknowledgment, give answer, lip, provoke, react, reecho, rejoin, reply, respond, retort, return, return answer, return for answer, reverberate, riposte, sass, sauce, say, say in reply, shoot back

talk big

• talk big, Barnumize, aggrandize, amplify, ballyhoo, blow, blow off, blowhard, bombast, build up, burlesque, caricature, carry too far, draw the longbow, exaggerate, go to extremes, hyperbolize, inflate, lay it on, magnify, make much of, overcharge, overdo, overdraw, overestimate, overpraise, overreach, overreact, oversell, overspeak, overstate, overstress, pile it on, pontificate, puff, shoot the shit, stretch, stretch the truth, talk highfalutin, talk in superlatives, tout, travesty, vapor

talk down

• talk down, alight, come down, come in, crash-land, descend, ditch, downwind, filibuster, land, level off, light, outlast, outspeak, outtalk, overshoot, pancake, settle down, touch down, upwind

talk into

• talk into, argue into, bring around, bring over, bring round, bring to reason, captivate, charm, con, convince, draw, draw over, gain, gain over, get, hook, hook in, outtalk, persuade, prevail, prevail on, prevail upon, prevail with, prompt, sell, sell one on, sway, talk over, wangle, wangle into, wear down, win, win over

talk nonsense

• talk nonsense, babble, blab, blabber, blather, blether, bull, bullshit, chat, chatter, clack, clatter, dither, drivel, drool, gab, gabble, gas, gibber, gibble-gabble, go on, gossip, gush, haver, jabber, jaw, natter, palaver, patter, piffle, pour forth, prate, prattle, ramble on, rattle, rattle on, reel off, run on, spout, spout off, talk away, talk on, tittle-tattle, twaddle, twattle, vapor, waffle, yak, yakkety-yak

talk of the town

• talk of the town, acclaim, bruit, buzz, canard, celebrity, character, common talk, cry, eclat, fame, famousness, figure, flying rumor, glory, grapevine, hearsay, idea afloat, kudos, latrine rumor, name, news stirring, notoriety, notoriousness, on-dit, popularity, publicity, reclame, recognition, renown, report, reputation, repute, roorback, rumble, rumor, scuttlebutt, talk, the bubble reputation, town talk, unconfirmed report, vogue, whisper

talk over

• talk over, advise with, air, analyze, argue into, assure, bargain, be convincing, bring home to, bring over, bring round, bring to reason, call in, canvass, captivate, carry conviction, charm, collogue, comment upon, compare notes, con, confer, confer with, consider, consult, consult with, controvert, convert, convict, convince, counsel, deal with, debate, deliberate, deliberate upon, discourse about, discuss, discuss with, draw over, drive home to, examine, exchange observations, exchange views, gain, gain over, go into, handle, have conversations, hold conference, hook, hook in, inspire belief, investigate, knock around, lead to believe, negotiate, outtalk, palaver, parley, pass under review, persuade, powwow, prevail on, prevail upon, prevail with, put heads together, rap, reason, reason about, reason the point, reason with, refer to, review, satisfy, sell, sell one on, sift, sit down together, sit down with, study, sway, take counsel, take up, take up with, talk, talk about, talk into, talk of, thresh out, treat, ventilate, wangle, wangle into, wear down, win, win over

talk show

• talk show, Grand Guignol, Passion play, Tom show, antimasque, audience success, ballet, bomb, broadcast drama, burlesque show, charade, cliff hanger, closet drama, comedy drama, critical success, daytime serial, dialogue, documentary drama, drama, dramalogue, dramatic play, dramatic series, duodrama, duologue, epic theater, experimental theater, extravaganza, failure, flop, gasser, giveaway, happening, hit, hit show, improvisational drama, legitimate drama, masque, melodrama, minstrel show, miracle, miracle play, monodrama, monologue, morality, morality play, music drama, musical revue, mystery, mystery play, opera, pageant, panel show, pantomime, pastoral, pastoral drama, piece, play, playlet, problem play, psychodrama, quiz show, radio drama, review, revue, sensational play, serial, show, sitcom, situation comedy, sketch, skit, soap, soap opera, sociodrama, spectacle, stage play, stage show, straight drama, success, suspense drama, tableau, tableau vivant, teleplay, television drama, television play, theater of cruelty, total theater, variety show, vaudeville, vaudeville show, vehicle, word-of-mouth success, work

talk to

• talk to, accost, address, apostrophize, appeal to, approach, bespeak, buttonhole, call down, call to, come down on, dress down, give it to, greet, hail, halloo, invoke, jump all over, jump on, salute, speak, speak fair, speak to, take aside, tell off, trim

talk

• talk, accent, accents, address, advertise, after-dinner speech, air, allocution, analyze, argot, assignment, babble, back-fence gossip, balderdash, balls, ballyhoo, bat the breeze, be in connection, be in contact, be indiscreet, be unguarded, belittle, betray, betray a confidence, blab, blabber, blather, blether, blurt, blurt out, bluster, boast, bosh, brag, bring round, bruit, bull, bull session, bullshit, bunk, bunkum, buzz, cackle, canard, cant, canvass, causerie, chalk talk, chat, chatter, chin, chinfest, chitchat, choice of words, clack, claptrap, clatter, colloque, colloquialize, colloquy, come clean, comment, comment upon, commerce with, common talk, commune with, communicate, communicate with, composition, confab, confabulate, confabulation, confer, conference, confess, consider, consult, consultation, controvert, conversation, converse, converse with, convince, crap, criticize, crow, cry, deal with, debate, declaim, declamation, deliberate, deliberate upon, deliberation, deliver an address, denigrate, deprecate, depreciate, dialect, dialogue, diatribe, diction, diminish, discourse, discourse about, discuss, discussion, disparage, disquisition, dissertation, dither, dope, duologue, elocution, eulogy, exaggerate, examine, exchange, exchange views, exercise, exhortation, exposition, expression, filibuster, flap, flying rumor, forensic, forensic address, formal speech, formulation, funeral oration, gab, gabble, gas, gibber, gibble-gabble, give a talk, give away, go into, go on, gossip, gossiping, gossipmongering, gossipry, grammar, grapevine, grass, groundless rumor, gush, handle, harangue, have dealings with, have intercourse, have truck with, haver, hearsay, hogwash, hokum, hold communication, homework, homily, hooey, hortatory address, hot air, hype, idea afloat, idiom, idle talk, inaugural, inaugural address, info, inform, inform on, information, instruction, interchange, intercommunicate, invective, investigate, jabber, jargon, jargonize, jaw, jeremiad, knock, knock around, language, langue, latrine rumor, leak, lecture, lecture-demonstration, lesson, let drop, let fall, let slip, lingo, lingua, locution, malarkey, manner of speaking, meeting, minimize, moral, moral lesson, morality, moralization, mouth, natter, negotiation, news, news stirring, newsmongering, nonsense, object lesson, on-dit, oral communication, oration, palaver, pan, parlance, parley, parole, pass under review, patois, patronize, patter, peach, pep talk, peroration, personal usage, persuade, philippic, phrase, phraseology, phrasing, piece of gossip, piffle, pitch, platform, plug, poppycock, pour forth, powwow, prate, prattle, prattling, preachment, prepared speech, prepared text, presentation, promote, prose, public speech, publicize, push, put down, question-and-answer session, ramble on, rap, rap session, rapping, rat, rattle, rattle on, reading, reason, reason about, reason the point, recital, recitation, reel off, report, retail gossip, reveal a secret, review, rhetoric, roorback, rubbish, rumble, rumor, run on, sales talk, salutatory, salutatory address, say, screed, scuttlebutt, sermon, set speech, set task, shoot the breeze, sift, sing, skull session, soapbox, speak, speak to, speak with, speaking, speech, speechification, speechify, speeching, spiel, spill, spill the beans, sponsor, spout, spout off, squeal, stool, story, study, stuff and nonsense, stump, support, sway, take the floor, take the stump, take up, tale, talebearing, taletelling, talk about, talk away, talk big, talk down, talk into, talk nonsense, talk of, talk on, talk over, talkathon, talkfest, talking, task, tattle, tattle on, teaching, tell idle tales, tell on, tell secrets, tell tales, tete-a-tete, thresh out, tirade, tittle-tattle, tongue, town talk, traffic with, treat, trialogue, tripe, twaddle, twattle, unconfirmed report, usage, use, use language, use of words, usus loquendi, utter, utterance, valediction, valedictory, valedictory address, vaunt, ventilate, verbalization, verbalize, verbiage, visit, vocalize, voice, waffle, wag the tongue, way of speaking, whisper, wordage, wording, words, yak, yakkety-yak, yakking, yam, yarn

talkathon

• talkathon, address, after-dinner speech, allocution, chalk talk, cloture, committee consideration, debate, declamation, deliberation, diatribe, division, eulogy, exhortation, filibuster, filibustering, filing, first reading, forensic, forensic address, formal speech, funeral oration, harangue, hortatory address, inaugural, inaugural address, introduction, invective, jeremiad, logrolling, oration, pep talk, peroration, philippic, pitch, prepared speech, prepared text, public speech, reading, recital, recitation, roll call, sales talk, salutatory, salutatory address, say, screed, second reading, set speech, speech, speechification, speeching, steamroller methods, tabling, talk, third reading, tirade, valediction, valedictory, valedictory address, vote

talkative

• talkative, accessible, all jaw, apocalyptic, approachable, articulate, betraying, candid, chatty, communicative, conversable, conversational, de longue haleine, demonstrative, disclosing, disclosive, effusive, eloquent, endless, expansive, exposing, extended, extroverted, eye-opening, filled out, flip, fluent, frank, free, free-speaking, free-spoken, free-tongued, gabby, garrulous, gassy, glib, gossipy, gregarious, gushy, lengthy, long, long-drawn-out, long-spun, long-winded, longiloquent, loose-tongued, loquacious, loud-speaking, loud-spoken, mouthy, multiloquent, multiloquious, newsy, open, outgoing, outspoken, overtalkative, padded, plain-speaking, plain-spoken, prolix, protracted, revealing, revelational, revelatory, self-revealing, self-revelatory, showing, smooth, sociable, soft-speaking, soft-spoken, speaking, spun-out, talking, talky, true-speaking, unconstrained, unhampered, unrelenting, unrepressed, unreserved, unrestrained, unrestricted, unreticent, unsecretive, unshrinking, unsilent, unsuppressed, verbose, vocal, voluble, well-spoken, windy, wordy

talked about

• talked about, acclaimed, afloat, bandied about, bruited about, celebrated, common, commonly known, commonplace, current, distinguished, fabled, famed, familiar, famous, far-famed, far-heard, going about, going around, hackneyed, honored, household, in circulation, in the air, in the news, legendary, made public, marked, much acclaimed, mythical, notable, noted, notorious, of mark, of note, platitudinous, popular, proverbial, public, renowned, reported, rife, rumored, talked about, talked-of, trite, truistic, universally admitted, universally recognized, well-kenned, well-known, well-recognized, well-understood, whispered, whispered about, widely known

talkee talkee

• talkee talkee, Beach-la-mar, Kitchen Kaffir, Oregon Jargon, Sabir, abuse of terms, anacoluthon, auxiliary language, babble, babblement, bad grammar, bavardage, bibble-babble, blab, blabber, blah-blah, blather, blether, blethers, broken speech, cackle, caquet, caqueterie, chat, chatter, chitter-chatter, clack, clatter, comma fault, corruption of speech, creole, creole language, creolized language, dangling modifier, faulty comparison, faulty coordination, faulty grammar, faulty punctuation, faulty reference, faulty subordination, faulty syntax, gab, gabble, gas, gibber, gibble-gabble, gossip, guff, hot air, idle talk, interlanguage, jabber, jargon, koine, lack of concord, lack of parallelism, mere talk, natter, nonsense talk, palaver, pidgin, pidgin English, prate, prating, prattle, prittle-prattle, sentence fragment, shift of structure, shift of tense, tittle-tattle, trade language, twaddle, twattle, ungrammaticalness, yak, yakkety-yak

talker

• talker, blatherskite, blowhard, blusterer, chatterbox, collocutor, colloquialist, conversational partner, conversationalist, converser, debater, declaimer, demagogue, dialogist, discourser, gasbag, haranguer, interlocutor, interlocutress, interlocutrice, interlocutrix, jawsmith, keynoter, lecturer, orator, palaverer, panelist, parleyer, patterer, public speaker, rabble-rouser, ranter, sayer, show-off, speaker, speecher, speechifier, speechmaker, spellbinder, spieler, spokesman, spokeswoman, spouter, swaggerer, tub-thumper, utterer, windbag

talkie

• talkie, 3-D, Cinemascope, Cinerama, Technicolor, Western, animated cartoon, black-and-white film, cartoon, chiller, cinema, color film, creepie, documentary, documentary film, educational film, feature, film, flick, flicker, horror picture, horse opera, motion picture, motion-picture show, movie, moving picture, newsreel, nudie, photodrama, photoplay, picture, picture show, pornographic film, preview, short, silent, silent film, skin flick, sneak preview, spaghetti Western, talking picture, thriller, trailer, underground film

talking

• talking, ESP, accents, answer, articulate, chatter, comment, commerce, communication, communion, congress, connection, contact, conversation, converse, correspondence, dealing, dealings, discourse, elocution, eloquent, exchange, free-speaking, free-spoken, gab, information, interaction, interchange, intercommunication, intercommunion, intercourse, interplay, language, linguistic intercourse, loud-speaking, loud-spoken, message, oral communication, outspoken, palaver, parole, plain-speaking, plain-spoken, prattle, rapping, reply, response, social intercourse, soft-speaking, soft-spoken, speaking, speech, speech circuit, speech situation, talk, talkative, telepathy, touch, traffic, truck, true-speaking, two-way communication, well-spoken, words, yakkety-yak, yakking

talky

• talky, all jaw, candid, chatty, communicative, conversational, effusive, expansive, flip, fluent, frank, gabby, garrulous, gassy, glib, gossipy, gregarious, gushy, long-winded, loose-tongued, loquacious, multiloquent, multiloquious, newsy, overtalkative, prolix, smooth, sociable, talkative, verbose, voluble, windy

tall story

• tall story, big talk, blague, bullshit, bunk, bunkum, cock-and-bull story, exaggeration, fairy tale, falsehood, falsity, fancy talk, farfetched story, farrago, fib, fiction, fine talk, fish story, flam, flimflam, gas, ghost story, half-truth, highfalutin, highfaluting, hot air, legal fiction, lie, little white lie, mendacity, pious fiction, prevarication, slight stretching, story, tale, tall tale, tall talk, taradiddle, trumped-up story, untruth, white lie, yarn

tall

• tall, Gongoresque, Johnsonian, a bit thick, a bit thin, a mile long, absurd, affected, altitudinous, bedizened, beyond belief, big, big-sounding, bombastic, bumper, colossal, considerable, convoluted, declamatory, doubtable, doubtful, dubious, dubitable, elevated, euphuistic, exaggerated, extensive, extravagant, far-flung, far-reaching, fargoing, flamboyant, flaming, flashy, flaunting, fulsome, gangling, gangly, garish, gassy, gaudy, giant, gigantic, goodly, grand, grandiloquent, grandiose, grandisonant, great, hard of belief, hard to believe, healthy, high, high-flowing, high-flown, high-flying, high-reaching, high-sounding, high-swelling, highfalutin, highfaluting, huge, implausible, improbable, inconceivable, incredible, inflated, inkhorn, interminable, labyrinthine, lank, lanky, large, large-scale, leggy, lengthy, lexiphanic, lofty, long, long-legged, longish, longsome, lurid, magniloquent, man-sized, meretricious, no end of, not deserving belief, numerous, open to doubt, open to suspicion, orotund, ostentatious, outrageous, overblown, overdone, overelaborate, overinvolved, overwrought, passing belief, pedantic, pompous, preposterous, pretentious, problematic, questionable, rangy, rhetorical, ridiculous, sensational, sensationalistic, sententious, sesquipedal, sesquipedalian, showy, sizable, sky-high, skyscraping, soaring, sonorous, staggering belief, statuesque, steep, stilted, substantial, suspect, suspicious, swollen, thick, thin, tidy, tortuous, towering, unbelievable, unconvincing, unearthly, ungodly, unimaginable, unthinkable, unworthy of belief, windy, without end

tallow

• tallow, animal oil, cerate, drying oil, essential oil, ester, fat, fatty oil, fixed oil, grease, hydrogenated fat, lipid, mineral oil, oil, oleum, polyunsaturated fat, sebum, unsaturated fat, vegetable oil, volatile oil

tallowy

• tallowy, adipose, blubbery, buttery, butyraceous, chrismal, chrismatory, fat, fatty, greasy, lardaceous, lardy, mucoid, oily, oleaginous, oleic, rich, sebaceous, sleek, slick, slippery, smooth, soapy, suety, unctuous, unguent, unguentary, unguentous

tally

• tally, a reckoning of, accommodate, accommodate with, accord, accordance, account, account current, account of, account rendered, account stated, accounting, acta, active list, adapt, adapt to, add, add up, addition, adjust, adjust to, affinity, aggregate, agree, agree with, agreement, algebraize, ally, alter ego, amount, analogon, analogue, annual, answer to, assent, assimilate to, associate, assort with, balance, be consistent, be guided by, be of one, be uniform with, bend, billhead, blacklist, book, book stamp, bookplate, box score, brand, brief, broad arrow, brother, bulletin, cachet, calculate, calculation, calendar, call off, call over, call the roll, cash account, cast, catalog, census, census report, check, check of, checklist, chime, chime in with, chorus, cipher, civil list, close copy, close match, cognate, cohere, coherence, coincide, coincidence, colophon, companion, compare, compatibility, complement, comply, comply with, compose, computation, compute, concert, concord, concordance, concur, conform, conform with, conformance, conformation, conformity, congenator, congener, congeniality, congruence, congruency, congruity, consist with, consistency, consonance, consort, control account, cooperate, cooperation, coordinate, correct, correlate, correlative, correspond, correspondence, correspondent, count, count of, count out, count up, counterfoil, countermark, counterpart, difference, discipline, divide, docket, dope out, dovetail, duplicate, election returns, enroll, enter, enumerate, enumeration, equal, equivalence, equivalent, estimate, extract roots, fall in together, fall in with, fellow, figure, figure in, figure out, file, fit, fit in, fit together, foliate, follow, gear to, gee, go, go by, go together, go with, government mark, government stamp, hallmark, hang together, harmonize, harmony, hit, hold together, image, impanel, imprint, income account, index, interlock, intersect, intersection, inventory, itemization, itemize, items, jibe, keep score, kindred spirit, label, letterhead, like, likeness, list, listing, lock, logo, logotype, make conform, mark, marker, masthead, match, mate, measure, meet, minutes, mold, multiply, near duplicate, number, numerate, observe, obverse, oneness, overlap, page, paginate, parallel, parallelism, peace, pendant, picture, pigeonhole, plate, poll, post, price tag, proceedings, product, program, provision account, quantify, quantity, quantize, rapport, reciprocal, reckon, reckoning, reconcile, record, rectify, register, register with, registered trademark, registry, repertory, report, respond to, retired list, returns, revenue account, rub off corners, run over, running account, running head, running title, sales account, schedule, score, seal, second self, self-consistency, selling account, settle, shape, sick list, sigil, signet, similitude, simulacrum, sing in chorus, sister, sort with, soul mate, square, square with, stamp, stand together, statement, sticker, stock account, straighten, stub, subtract, such, suchlike, suit, sum, summation, suspense account, symmetry, sync, synchronism, tab, tabs of, tabulate, tabulation, tag, take account of, tale, tally of, tally sheet, tally up, tally with, tell, the bottom line, the like of, the likes of, the record, the story, the whole story, ticket, timing, title page, token, tot, tot up, total, total up, tote, tote up, track of, trade name, trademark, trademark name, transactions, twin, uniformity, union, unison, unisonance, valuation account, whole, work out, x number, yearbook, yield

Talmud

• Talmud, Gemara, Masorah, Mishnah, Spiritus Mundi, Sunna, ancient wisdom, archetypal myth, archetypal pattern, common law, custom, folk motif, folklore, folktale, immemorial usage, legend, lore, myth, mythology, racial memory, tradition, traditionalism, traditionality

talons

• talons, administration, authority, claws, clutches, command, control, digits, disposition, domination, dominion, empery, empire, fangs, fingernails, fingers, governance, government, grasp, grip, gripe, hand, hands, helm, hold, hooks, iron hand, jaws, jurisdiction, mandibles, mastership, mastery, maxillae, meathooks, mitts, nails, nippers, palm, pincers, pounces, power, raj, regnancy, reign, reins of government, rule, sovereignty, sway, teeth, unguals, ungulae

tambourine

• tambourine, bongo drum, conga, drum, drumhead, drumskin, drumstick, jazz stick, kettle, kettledrum, membranophone, side drum, snare, snare drum, tabor, taboret, tabret, tam-tam, tenor drum, timbrel, timpani, tom-tom, troll-drum, tymp stick, tympan, tympanon, tympanum, war drum

tame

• tame, abate, abeyant, acclimate, acclimatize, accommodate, accustom, adapt, adjust, allay, alleviate, amenable, apathetic, assuage, attemper, bank the fire, bed, bed down, biddable, bland, blunt, boring, break, break in, break to harness, bridle, broken, brush, bust, busted, calm, case harden, cataleptic, catatonic, chasten, chastened, compliant, condition, confirm, constrain, control, cowardly, curb, curry, currycomb, damp, dampen, de-emphasize, dead, deaden, diminish, disciplined, docile, domestic, domesticate, domesticated, domesticize, domiciliate, dopey, dormant, dovelike, downplay, drench, dull, establish, extenuate, familiarize, fearless, feeble, feed, fix, flat, fodder, foul, gentle, groggy, groom, habituate, handle, harden, harness, heavy, hitch, house-train, housebreak, housebroken, humble, humdrum, in abeyance, in suspense, inactive, ineffectual, inert, insipid, inure, judicious, keep within bounds, lamblike, languid, languorous, latent, lay, leaden, lenify, lessen, lifeless, lighten, lily-livered, litter, logy, manage, master, meek, mild, mild as milk, milk, mitigate, moderate, modulate, mollify, mute, naturalize, nonviolent, obedient, obtund, ordinary, orient, orientate, pacific, pacifistic, pacify, palliate, passive, peaceable, peaceful, phlegmatic, play down, pliable, pliant, prosaic, prudent, pusillanimous, quiet, reduce, reduce the temperature, restrain, rub down, run-of-the-mill, saddle, season, sedentary, slack, slacken, sleeping, slow down, sluggish, slumbering, smoldering, smother, sober, sober down, soft, soften, stagnant, standing, static, stifle, subdue, subdued, subjugate, submissive, suppress, suppressed, suspended, tamed, tedious, temper, temperate, tend, timid, timorous, tiresome, tone down, torpid, tractable, train, trained, tune down, unafraid, unaroused, unassertive, underplay, unexciting, uninspired, uninteresting, vapid, water, weaken, white-livered, wishy-washy, wont, yellow, yoke

tamed

• tamed, broken, brought low, chastened, crushed, domesticated, dovelike, gentle, housebroke, housebroken, humble, humbled, humiliated, lamblike, made to grovel, meek, mild, pacific, peaceable, quelled, quiet, reduced, subdued, tame

tamer

• tamer, breaker, breeder, broncobuster, buckaroo, cattleman, cow keeper, cowman, dairy farmer, dairyman, equerry, farrier, grazier, groom, horseshoer, hostler, rancher, ranchero, ranchman, sheepman, stableboy, stableman, stock raiser, stockbreeder, stockkeeper, stockman, trainer

taming

• taming, acclimation, acclimatization, accommodation, accustoming, adaption, adjustment, breaking, breaking-in, case hardening, conditioning, conquering, crushing, domestication, familiarization, gentling, habituation, hardening, housebreaking, humbling, humiliation, inurement, naturalization, orientation, quelling, reduction, seasoning, subdual, suppression, training, treading down

Tammany Hall

• Tammany Hall, 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, Machtpolitik, National Republican Party, Populist Party, Progressive Party, Prohibition Party, Realpolitik, Republican Party, Socialist Labor Party, Socialist Party, Socialist Workers Party, Tory Party, Whig Party, bossism, camp, career politics, city hall, confrontation politics, consensus politics, economics in action, empirical politics, faction, kid-glove politics, machine, machine politics, major party, minor party, multiple party system, one-party system, opposition party, partisan politics, partisanism, party, party in power, peanut politics, petty politics, political machine, political party, politics, polity, pork-barrel politics, power politics, practical politics, pressure-group politics, reform politics, silk-stocking politics, splinter party, third party, two-party system, ward politics

tamp

• tamp, assault, bear, bear upon, boost, buck, bull, bulldoze, bump, bump against, bunt, butt, butt against, concentrate, cram, cram in, crowd, crowd in, dent, depress, dig, dimple, dint, drive, drive in, elbow, engrave, fill up, force, force in, goad, hurtle, hustle, impact, impress, imprint, indent, jab, jam, jam in, jam-pack, jog, joggle, jolt, jostle, knock in, notch, nudge, pack in, pang, pile drive, pit, plug up, plunge in, pock, pockmark, poke, poke in, pound in, press, press in, prod, punch, punch in, push, push in, ram, ram down, ram in, rattle, recess, run, run against, run in, set back, set in, shake, shoulder, shove, squeeze in, stamp, stress, stuff, stuff in, tamp in, thrust, thrust in, wedge in

tamper with

• tamper with, Paul-Pry, adulterate, approach, bastardize, bribe, busybody, butt in, buy, buy off, contaminate, cook, corrupt, cut, debase, denaturalize, denature, dilute, doctor, doctor up, fake, fix, fool, fool with, fortify, get at, get to, grease, grease the palm, have, interfere, interlope, intermeddle, interpose, intervene, juggle, kibitz, lace, load, lubricate, make, manipulate, meddle, meddle with, mess with, monkey with, nose, pack, pay off, plant, pollute, pry, purchase, reach, retouch, rig, salt, snoop, sop, sophisticate, spike, square, stack, suborn, take care of, tickle the palm, water, water down

tampon

• tampon, Ace bandage, Band-Aid, adhesive tape, application, band, bandage, bandaging, binder, brace, cast, cataplasm, compress, cotton, court plaster, cravat, dressing, elastic bandage, epithem, four-tailed bandage, gasket, gauze, gland, lint, packing, padding, plaster, plaster cast, pledget, poultice, roller, roller bandage, rubber bandage, sling, splint, sponge, stopping, stuffing, stupe, tape, tent, tourniquet, triangular bandage, wadding

tan

• tan, arrange, beige, bronze, brown, brownish, brownish-yellow, brunet, burn, chocolate, cinnamon, clear for action, clear the decks, cocoa, cocoa-brown, coffee, coffee-brown, cure, deploy, drab, dress, dress down, dun, dun-brown, dun-drab, ecru, embrown, fawn, fawn-colored, fix, fix up, flax, fuscous, get ready, give a dressing-down, grege, hazel, hide, infuscate, khaki, larrup, lather, leather, lick, lurid, make arrangements, make preparations, make ready, marshal, mobilize, nut-brown, olive-brown, olive-drab, paddle, plan, prearrange, prep, prepare, pretreat, process, provide, put in shape, ready, ready up, rust, seal, seal-brown, sepia, settle preliminaries, snuff-colored, sorrel, sunburn, suntan, taupe, tawny, toast, toast-brown, treat, trim, try out, umber, umber-colored, wallop, walnut, walnut-brown, welt, whale, yellowish-brown

tandem

• tandem, back to back, behind, behind the scenes, equipage, four-in-hand, in back of, in the background, in the rear, pair, randem, rig, span, spike, spike team, team, three-up, turnout, unicorn

tang

• tang, aftertaste, aroma, attribute, badge, beesting, bite, bitter, brand, briskness, cachet, cast, character, characteristic, configuration, cut, dab, dart, differentia, differential, distinctive feature, earmark, edge, fang, feature, figure, flavor, ginger, gust, guts, hallmark, hint, hotness, idiocrasy, idiosyncrasy, impress, impression, index, individualism, keynote, kick, lineaments, liveliness, mannerism, mark, marking, mold, nature, nip, nippiness, odor, palate, particularity, peculiarity, pepperiness, pin, piquancy, poignancy, projection, prong, property, punch, pungency, quality, quirk, raciness, relish, salt, sapidity, sapor, savor, savoriness, seal, shank, shape, sharpness, singularity, smack, smattering, smell, snakebite, snap, snappiness, soupcon, sour, specialty, spice, spiciness, spike, stamp, sting, stinger, stomach, strip, suggestion, sweet, tab, taint, tanginess, taste, tine, tinge, token, tongue, tooth, touch, trace, trait, trick, twang, zest, zestfulness, zip

tangent

• tangent, abutter, adjoiner, air line, approach, asymptote, axis, beeline, borderer, bottleneck, bystander, chord, collision course, concentralization, concentration, concourse, concurrence, confluence, conflux, congress, convergence, converging, crossing, diagonal, diameter, direct line, directrix, edge, focalization, focus, funnel, great-circle course, hub, immediate neighbor, looker-on, meeting, mutual approach, narrowing gap, neighbor, neighborer, normal, onlooker, perpendicular, radius, radius vector, right line, secant, segment, shortcut, side, spokes, straight, straight course, straight line, straight stretch, straightaway, streamline, transversal, vector

tangential

• tangential, approaching, asymptotic, brushing, centripetal, centrolineal, concurrent, confluent, confocal, connivent, contacting, contingent, converging, digressive, divergent, extraneous, focal, glancing, grazing, impingent, impinging, in contact, irrelevant, meeting, mutually approaching, nudging, osculatory, peripheral, radial, radiating, rubbing, tangent, touching, uniting, unrelated

tangibility

• tangibility, apparentness, body, clearness, concreteness, crystal-clearness, density, distinctness, durability, evidence, evidentness, firmness, manifestness, mass, materiality, obviousness, openness, openness to sight, overtness, palpability, patentness, perspicuity, plainness, ponderability, solidity, soundness, stability, steadiness, stoutness, strength, sturdiness, substance, substantiality, substantialness, tactility, touchableness, toughness, unmistakableness, unquestionability, visibility

tangible

• tangible, actual, apparent, appreciable, assessed valuation, assets, assets and liabilities, atoms, bodily, circumstances, clear, clear as crystal, concrete, corporeal, crystal-clear, current assets, deferred assets, detectable, discernible, distinct, embodied, evident, explicit, express, fabric, fixed assets, frozen assets, funds, gross, indisputable, indubitable, intangible assets, intangibles, liquid assets, manifest, material, material assets, matter, means, medium, net assets, net worth, noticeable, objective, observable, obvious, open-and-shut, ostensive, palpable, patent, perceivable, perceptible, perspicuous, phenomenal, physical, plain, plain as day, ponderable, quick assets, real, resources, seeable, self-evident, self-explaining, self-explanatory, sensible, solid, somatic, stock, stock-in-trade, stuff, substance, substantial, substantive, tactile, tangible assets, tangibles, to be seen, touchable, unmistakable, visible, wealth

tangle

• tangle, Chinese puzzle, Gordian knot, Rube Goldberg contraption, a outrance, absorb, allure, bag, bait the hook, ball up, bandy with, battle, battle it out, birdlime, bump heads, burden, can of worms, catch, catch out, catch up, catch up in, coil, come up against, complex, complexity, complicate, complication, concern, confound, confuse, confusion, contend with, cope with, cramp, cripple, cross swords with, cumber, decoy, disagree with, dispute, draw in, embarrass, embrangle, embroil, encumber, engage, engage with, enmesh, ensnare, ensnarl, entangle, entanglement, entoil, entrammel, entrap, entwine, enweb, exchange shots, fetter, fight against, fight like devils, fight with, foul, foul up, gin, gnarl, go to loggerheads, grapple with, hamper, hamstring, handicap, harpoon, have it out, hobble, hook, hook in, impede, implicate, interest, interlace, intertwine, intertwist, interweave, inveigle, involve, jam, jumble, jungle, kink, knot, labyrinth, lame, land, lasso, lime, lock horns, louse up, lumber, lure, maze, meander, measure swords with, medley, mesh, mess, mess up, mishmash, mix up, mix-up, morass, muck, muck up, muddle, nail, net, noose, perplex, press down, puzzle, ramify, ravel, rope, sack, saddle with, scramble, screw up, settle it, shackle, shuffle, skein, snafu, snag, snake pit, snare, snarl, snarl up, sniggle, spear, spread the toils, strive with, struggle with, suck into, take, tangle up with, tangle with, tangled skein, tilt with, toil, trammel, trap, trip, try conclusions with, twist, web, webwork, weigh down, wheels within wheels, wilderness, wind, wrestle with

tangled

• tangled, Byzantine, balled up, complex, complicated, confounded, confused, convoluted, crabbed, daedal, devious, elaborate, embrangled, entangled, fouled up, implicated, intricate, involuted, involved, knotted, labyrinthian, labyrinthine, loused up, many-faceted, matted, mazy, meandering, messed up, mixed up, mucked up, multifarious, perplexed, ramified, roundabout, screwed up, snarled, subtle, tangly, twisted

tangy

• tangy, brisk, burning, curried, high-seasoned, hot, hot as pepper, lively, nippy, peppery, racy, seasoned, snappy, spiced, spicy, with a kick, zestful, zesty, zippy

tank

• tank, Pullman, Pullman car, archives, armory, arsenal, artificial lake, attic, bag, baggage car, bank, barrel, basement, basket, bay, bayou lake, bin, bonded warehouse, bookcase, bottle, box, box up, boxcar, bunker, buttery, caboose, can, capsule, car, cargo dock, carriage, carton, case, cask, cellar, chair car, chest, cistern, closet, coach, coal car, conservatory, covered waggon, crate, crib, cupboard, dam, day coach, dead water, depository, depot, dike, diner, dinghy, dining car, dock, drawer, drawing room, dump, encase, encyst, etang, exchequer, farm pond, fishpond, flat, flatcar, freshwater lake, glacial lake, glory hole, godown, gondola, hamper, hold, hutch, inland sea, jar, lagoon, laguna, lake, lakelet, landlocked water, library, linn, local, loch, locker, lough, luggage van, lumber room, lumberyard, magasin, magazine, mail car, mail van, mere, millpond, millpool, nyanza, oxbow lake, pack, package, palace car, parcel, parlor car, passenger car, plash, pond, pondlet, pool, pot, puddle, rack, railway car, reefer, refrigerator car, repertory, repository, reservoir, rick, roomette, sack, salina, salt pond, shelf, sleeper, smoker, smoking car, stack, stack room, stagnant water, standing water, still water, stock room, stockcar, storage, store, storehouse, storeroom, sump, supply base, supply depot, tarn, tender, tidal pond, tin, treasure house, treasure room, treasury, truck, van, vat, vault, volcanic lake, waggon, warehouse, water hole, water pocket, well, wine cellar

tanked

• tanked, afflicted, bent, boiled, bombed, boozy, canned, cockeyed, cockeyed drunk, crocked, crocko, disguised, drunk, elevated, fried, fuddled, half-seas over, high, illuminated, inebriated, lit, lit up, loaded, lubricated, lushy, muddled, muzzy, oiled, organized, pickled, pie-eyed, pissed, pissy-eyed, pixilated, plastered, polluted, potted, raddled, shellacked, skunk-drunk, smashed, soaked, soused, squiffy, stewed, stinko, swacked, tight

tanker

• tanker, argosy, ark, bathyscaphe, caravel, cargo ship, coast guard cutter, coaster, collier, derelict, dredge, fishing boat, freighter, hydrofoil, icebreaker, lash, lightship, liner, merchant ship, merchantman, oiler, packet, packet boat, paddle steamer, picket ship, refrigeration ship, revenue cutter, rotor, rotor ship, screw steamer, self-propelled barge, ship, side-wheeler, slaver, spar-decker, steam schooner, steam yacht, steamer, stern-wheeler, storeship, tank corpsman, tank crewman, tender, tramp steamer, transport, trawler, turbine, weather ship, whaler

tanned

• tanned, beige, brown, brownish, brownish-yellow, brunet, chocolate, cinnamon, cocoa, cocoa-brown, coffee, coffee-brown, drab, dun, dun-brown, dun-drab, ecru, fawn, fawn-colored, fuscous, grege, hazel, khaki, lurid, nut-brown, olive-brown, olive-drab, seal, seal-brown, sepia, snuff-colored, sorrel, tan, taupe, tawny, toast, toast-brown, umber, umber-colored, walnut, walnut-brown, yellowish-brown

tannery

• tannery, armory, arsenal, assembly line, assembly plant, atomic energy plant, bindery, boatyard, boilery, bookbindery, brewery, brickyard, cannery, creamery, dairy, defense plant, distillery, dockyard, factory, factory belt, factory district, feeder plant, flour mill, industrial park, industrial zone, main plant, manufactory, manufacturing plant, manufacturing quarter, mill, mint, munitions plant, oil refinery, packing house, plant, pottery, power plant, production line, push-button plant, refinery, sawmill, shipyard, subassembly plant, sugar refinery, winery, yard, yards

tantalize

• tantalize, affect the interest, allure, annoy, appeal, attract, badger, baffle, bait, balk, be attractive, becharm, beckon, bedevil, beleaguer, bewitch, bilk, captivate, carry away, cast down, charm, concern, cross, dash, defeat, defeat expectation, disappoint, disillusion, dissatisfy, draw on, enamor, endear, engage, enrapture, excite, excite interest, fascinate, fetch, foil, frustrate, gnaw, harass, harry, hold in thrall, infatuate, inflame with love, interest, invite, involve in, let down, pester, pique, plague, provoke, seduce, stimulate, summon, taunt, tease, tempt, thwart, tickle, titillate, torment, torture, vamp, whet the appetite

tantalizing

• tantalizing, acceptable, adorable, agitating, agreeable, alluring, appealing, appetizing, attractive, beguiling, bewitching, blandishing, breathtaking, cajoling, captivating, catching, charged, charismatic, charming, cliff-hanging, coaxing, come-hither, coquettish, delightful, desirable, disappointing, disquieting, distracting, disturbing, electric, enchanting, engaging, enravishing, enthralling, enticing, entrancing, enviable, exciting, exhilarating, exotic, exquisite, falling short, fascinating, fetching, flirtatious, galvanic, glamorous, heady, heart-expanding, heart-robbing, heart-stirring, heart-swelling, heart-thrilling, hypnotic, impressive, inflammatory, interesting, intoxicating, intriguing, inviting, irresistible, jarring, jolting, juicy, likable, lively, lovable, lovely, luxurious, maddening, mesmeric, mind-blowing, mouth-watering, moving, overcoming, overmastering, overpowering, overwhelming, perturbing, piquant, pleasing, prepossessing, provocative, provoking, provoquant, racy, ravishing, readable, rich, second best, seducing, seductive, sensuous, siren, sirenic, soul-stirring, spellbinding, spellful, spicy, spirit-stirring, stimulating, stimulative, stirring, striking, succulent, suspenseful, suspensive, taking, teasing, telling, tempting, thought-challenging, thought-inspiring, thought-provoking, thrilling, thrilly, tickling, titillating, titillative, to be desired, toothsome, troubling, unobjectionable, unsatisfactory, unsettling, upsetting, voluptuous, winning, winsome, witching, worth having

tantamount

• tantamount, alike, all one, all the same, analogous, answering, coequal, complemental, complementary, convertible, coordinate, correspondent, corresponding, duplicate, equal, equiparant, equipollent, equivalent, homologous, identic, identical, indistinguishable, like, much the same, reciprocal, reciprocative, selfsame, uniform, very

tantrum

• tantrum, cat fit, conniption, conniption fit, convulsion, duck fit, eruption, explosion, fit, fit of anger, fit of temper, flare-up, fury, outburst, paddy, paroxysm, rage, storm, temper tantrum, wax

tap

• tap, Gramophone, PA, PA system, Victrola, abridge, adjutage, air hole, appoint, armhole, at hand, attend, attend to, audio sound system, audiophile, auger, auscultate, available, avenue, ball cock, ball valve, bang, bar, barroom, be all ears, beak, beat, beat a tattoo, beat the drum, beat time, beating, bend an ear, bereave, binaural system, bitch box, bite, bleed, blowhole, bob, bore, breath, broach, brush, bug, bulb, bulbil, bullet-hole, bullhorn, bump, bung, bunghole, bunt, burst, bust, caress, cartridge, catheter, ceramic pickup, changer, channel, check valve, chink, chuck, chute, clap, clash, cleave, click, clink, clop, clump, clunk, cock, cock the ears, cocktail lounge, come in contact, contact, cork, corm, count, count the beats, countersink, crack, crash, crevasse, cringle, crump, crystal pickup, curtail, cut, cut off, cut open, cutaneous sense, dab, deadeye, debouch, decant, deprive, deprive of, derived four-channel system, discrete four-channel system, disentitle, dispart, divaricate, divest, divide, door, draft, draft off, drain, drain cock, drainpipe, draw, draw cock, draw from, draw off, draw on, drill, drinkery, drum, dull thud, ease one of, eavesdrop, efflux tube, egress, empierce, empty, emunctory, escape, estuary, examine by ear, exhaust, exit, extract, eye, eyelet, faucet, feel, feel of, feeling, fillip, finger, fingertip caress, fire hose, fissure, fix, flap, flick, flip, flirt, floodgate, flop, flue pipe, flume, flump, fly open, four-channel stereo system, funnel, garden hose, gas pipe, gasket, gate, give attention, give audience to, give ear, glance, gore, gouge, gouge out, graze, groggery, grogshop, grommet, guide, hammer, hand-mindedness, handle, hark, hear, hear out, hearken, heed, hi-fi, hi-fi fan, high-fidelity, hit, hole, honeycomb, hose, hosepipe, hydrant, impale, in reserve, incise, intercept, intercom, intercommunication system, jukebox, keep time, keyhole, kiss, knock, knocking, knothole, lambency, lance, lap, lay open, lend an ear, let, let blood, let out, lick, lid, light touch, lighten one of, listen, listen at, listen in, listen to, loop, loophole, magnetic pickup, make, make use of, manhole, manipulate, milk, mine, monaural system, mono, mousehole, name, needle, needle valve, nickelodeon, nipple, nominate, on call, on hand, on tap, ope, open, open up, opening, organ pipe, out, outcome, outfall, outgate, outgo, outlet, pad, palm, palpate, part, pat, patter, paw, peck, pecking, peephole, peg, penetrate, perforate, petcock, phlebotomize, phonograph, photoelectric pickup, pick, pickup, pierce, pigeonhole, pin, pinhole, pink, pipe, pipeline, pipette, piping, pitapat, pitter-patter, placket, placket hole, play drum, plug, plump, plunk, ply, poke at, pop, pore, port, porthole, pothouse, pound, prick, prod, pub, public house, public-address system, pump, pump out, punch, punch-hole, puncture, put through channels, put to use, quadraphonic sound system, radicle, radio-phonograph combination, radix, rap, rapping, ready, ream, ream out, record changer, record player, reed, reed pipe, rent, report, rhizome, riddle, rift, rip, rive, root, rootstock, rub, ruffle, run through, sally port, sap, sea cock, sense of touch, separate, siamese, siamese connection, siphon, siphon off, sit in on, skewer, slam, slap, slat, slit, sluice, smack, smite, snap, snorkel, soil pipe, sound a tattoo, sound reproduction system, sound truck, spear, spigot, spike, spile, spill, spiracle, spit, splat, split, spout, spread, spread out, spring open, squawk box, stab, standpipe, steam pipe, stem, stereo, stick, stop, stopcock, stopgap, stopper, stopple, straw, strike, stroke, stylus, suck, suck out, swap, swing open, system, tactile sense, taction, take away from, take from, tape deck, tape recorder, tapping, taproom, taproot, tear, tear open, tentative poke, throw open, thrum, thud, thumb, thump, thwack, tick, tickle, tinkle, tip, tom-tom, tone arm, touch, transcription turntable, transfix, transpierce, trepan, trephine, tube, tuber, tubercle, tubing, tubulation, tubule, tubulet, tubulure, tunk, turn to account, turntable, twiddle, unplug, use, utilize, valve, valvula, valvule, venesect, vent, ventage, venthole, vomitory, waiting, waste pipe, water pipe, way out, weir, whack, wham, whap, whisk, whisper, whomp, whop, wield, wiretap, withdraw

tape measure

• tape measure, Mystik tape, Scotch tape, adhesive tape, band, bandage, batten, belt, cellophane tape, cloth tape, fascia, fillet, friction tape, girdle, lath, ligula, ligule, list, masking tape, plank, plastic tape, ribband, ribbon, shred, slat, slip, spill, spline, strake, strap, strip, strop, taenia, tape, tapeline, ticker tape

tape memory

• tape memory, Mnemosyne, RAM, affect memory, anterograde memory, atavism, collective memory, computer memory, disk memory, drum memory, emotional response, engram, high-speed memory, information storage, kinesthetic memory, memory, memory bank, memory circuit, memory trace, memory tubes, mind, mneme, race memory, recollection, remembrance, screen memory, skill, souvenir, storage, storage system, storage unit, verbal response, visual memory

tape recorder

• tape recorder, Gramophone, PA, PA system, Victrola, audio sound system, audiophile, binaural system, bitch box, bullhorn, cartridge, ceramic pickup, changer, crystal pickup, derived four-channel system, discrete four-channel system, four-channel stereo system, hi-fi, hi-fi fan, high-fidelity, intercom, intercommunication system, jukebox, magnetic pickup, monaural system, mono, needle, nickelodeon, phonograph, photoelectric pickup, pickup, public-address system, quadraphonic sound system, radio-phonograph combination, record changer, record player, sound reproduction system, sound truck, squawk box, stereo, stylus, system, tape deck, tone arm, transcription turntable, turntable

tape

• tape, Ace bandage, Band-Aid, Mystik tape, Scotch tape, accouple, accumulate, adhesive tape, agglutinate, amass, application, articulate, assemble, associate, band, bandage, bandaging, batten, belt, bind, binder, bond, book, brace, bracket, bridge, bridge over, bulletin board, calendar, card, cartridge, carve, cassette, cast, catalog, catalog card, cataplasm, cellophane tape, cement, chain, chalk, chalk up, check in, chronicle, clap together, cloth tape, collect, combine, compress, comprise, concatenate, conglobulate, conjoin, conjugate, connect, copulate, cotton, couple, court plaster, cover, cravat, cut, disc, docket, dressing, elastic bandage, electrical transcription, embrace, encompass, engrave, enroll, enscroll, enter, epithem, fascia, file, filing card, fill out, fillet, film, four-tailed bandage, friction tape, gather, gauze, girdle, glue, grave, impanel, incise, include, index, index card, inscribe, insert, join, jot down, knot, lath, lay together, league, library catalog, ligula, ligule, link, lint, list, log, lump together, magnetic tape, make a memorandum, make a note, make an entry, make out, mark down, marry, marshal, masking tape, mass, matriculate, merge, microcard, microdot, microfiche, microfilm, minute, mobilize, motion-picture film, note, note down, pair, phonograph record, piece together, place upon record, plank, plaster, plaster cast, plastic tape, platter, pledget, poll, post, post up, poultice, put down, put in writing, put on paper, put on tape, put together, record, recording, reduce to writing, reel, register, ribband, ribbon, roll into one, roller, roller bandage, rubber bandage, scoreboard, scorecard, scoresheet, seal, set down, shred, slat, sling, slip, solder, span, spill, splice, spline, splint, sponge, spool, stick, stick together, strake, strap, strip, stripe, strop, stupe, tabulate, taenia, take down, take in, tampon, tape cartridge, tape cassette, tape measure, tape recording, tape-record, tapeline, tent, ticker tape, tie, tourniquet, transcription, triangular bandage, unify, unite, video, videotape, wax, weld, wire recording, write, write down, write in, write out, write up, yoke

taper

• taper, abate, aculeate, acuminate, approach, barb, bate, bayberry candle, bougie, brand, butane lighter, candle, candlewick, center, centralize, cigarette lighter, close, close in, close up, close with, coarctation, come down, come together, concenter, concentralize, concentrate, confine, constrict, constriction, contract, contraction, converge, corpse candle, cuspidate, decline, decrease, diminish, dip, draw in, drop off, dwindle, ebb, edge, electric light bulb, fade, fall in with, fall off, farthing dip, file, fire, firebrand, flambeau, flame, flint, flint and steel, funnel, glim, go down, go in, grind, hone, igniter, illuminant, illuminator, incandescent body, intersect, lamp, lampwick, lantern, lessen, let up, light, light bulb, light source, lighter, limit, luminant, luminary, match, meet, moon, narrow, narrow the gap, narrowing, nip, oilstone, peter out, pinch, plummet, point, portfire, reduce, reset, restrict, run together, rush candle, rushlight, set, sharpen, slacken, slow down, slow up, slump, snape, source of light, sparker, spiculate, spill, spur, stars, straiten, strap, stricture, strop, subside, sun, tallow candle, tallow dip, taper off, tapering, thin, thin out, torch, unite, votary candle, wane, wax candle, weaken, whet, wick, wind down

tapered

• tapered, acanthoid, acanthous, acicular, acuate, aculeate, aculeiform, acuminate, acute, barbed, cone-shaped, cornuted, cusped, cuspidate, hispid, horned, horny, mucronate, needle-pointed, needle-sharp, pointed, pronged, sharp-pointed, spiculate, spiked, spiky, spined, spinous, spiny, taper, tapering, tined, toothed, unbated

tapering

• tapering, acanthoid, acanthous, acicular, acuate, aculeate, aculeiform, acuminate, acute, barbed, coarctation, cone-shaped, constriction, contraction, cornuted, cusped, cuspidate, hispid, horned, horny, mucronate, narrowing, needle-pointed, needle-sharp, pointed, pronged, sharp-pointed, spiculate, spiked, spiky, spined, spinous, spiny, stricture, taper, tapered, tined, toothed, unbated

tapestry

• tapestry, abstract, abstraction, altarpiece, block print, collage, color print, copy, cyclorama, daub, diptych, engraving, fresco, icon, illumination, illustration, image, likeness, miniature, montage, mosaic, mural, panorama, photograph, picture, print, representation, reproduction, stained glass window, stencil, still life, tableau, triptych, wall painting

tapeworm

• tapeworm, Chilopoda, Chordata, Echiuroidea, Ectoprocta, Entoprocta, Monoplacophora, Nemertinea, Phoronidea, angleworm, appetite, canine appetite, drought, dryness, earthworm, emptiness, empty stomach, fishworm, helminth, hollow hunger, hunger, hungriness, inchworm, measuring worm, night crawler, nightwalker, polydipsia, relish, stomach, sweet tooth, taste, thirst, thirstiness, torment of Tantalus, worm

tapping

• tapping, aspiration, banging, blasting, bleeding, bloodletting, broaching, bursting, cracking, crashing, cupping, drafting, drainage, draining, drawing, emptying, exploding, explosive, flapping, knocking, milking, phlebotomy, pipetting, popping, pumping, rapping, siphoning, slapping, slatting, sucking, suction, venesection

taproom

• taproom, alehouse, bar, barrel house, barroom, beer garden, beer parlor, bistro, blind tiger, cabaret, cafe, cocktail lounge, dive, dramshop, drinkery, drinking saloon, gin mill, groggery, grogshop, honky-tonk, local, nightclub, pothouse, pub, public, public house, rathskeller, rumshop, saloon, saloon bar, speakeasy, tap, tavern, wine shop

taproot

• taproot, beginning, bulb, bulbil, commencement, conception, corm, derivation, genesis, grass roots, head, inception, origin, original, origination, provenience, radical, radicle, radix, rhizome, rise, root, rootstock, source, stem, stock, tap, tuber, tubercle

taps

• taps, Angelus, Angelus bell, alarm, alarum, battle cry, bay, beep, birdcall, blare, blast, blat, bray, bugle call, burial, burial at sea, burying, call, cortege, dead march, deep six, dirge, fanfare, flourish of trumpets, funeral, funeral procession, honk, last post, moose call, muffled drum, peal, rallying cry, rebel yell, reveille, shriek, squeal, summons, tantara, tantarara, tarantara, tattoo, toot, tootle, trumpet, trumpet blast, trumpet call, tweedle, war cry, whistle

tar

• tar, AB, Amytal, Amytal pill, Ancient Mariner, Argonaut, Demerol, Dolophine, Dylan, Flying Dutchman, H, Luminal, Luminal pill, M, Mickey Finn, Nembutal, Nembutal pill, Neptune, OD, Poseidon, Seconal, Seconal pill, Tuinal, Tuinal pill, Varuna, able seaman, able-bodied seaman, alcohol, amobarbital sodium, analgesic, anodyne, asphalt, barb, barbiturate, barbiturate pill, bedaub, besmear, besmirch, black stuff, blacktop, blue, blue angel, blue devil, blue heaven, blue velvet, bluejacket, buccaneer, butter, calmative, carpet, causeway, cement, charcoal, chloral hydrate, coal, coat, cobblestone, codeine, codeine cough syrup, concrete, crow, dab, daub, deep-sea man, defile, depressant, depressor, discolor, dolly, downer, ebon, ebony, enamel, fair-weather sailor, fisherman, flag, floor, gild, gloss, goofball, hard stuff, hearty, heroin, hop, horse, hypnotic, ink, jack, jack afloat, jack-tar, jacky, jet, junk, knockout drops, lacquer, laudanum, lay on, limey, liquor, lobsterman, lotus, mariner, matelot, meperidine, metal, methadone, morphia, morphine, narcotic, navigator, night, opiate, opium, pacifier, pain killer, paregoric, pave, pebble, pen yan, phenobarbital, phenobarbital sodium, pirate, pitch, prime, privateer, purple heart, quietener, rainbow, raven, red, sailor, salt, scag, sea dog, sea rover, seafarer, seafaring man, seaman, secobarbital sodium, sedative, shipman, shit, slap on, slather, sleep-inducer, sleeper, sleeping draught, sleeping pill, sloe, smack, smear, smear on, smoke, smut, sodium thiopental, soil, somnifacient, soot, soother, soothing syrup, soporific, spread on, spread with, stain, sully, tarnish, tarpaulin, tranquilizer, turps, undercoat, viking, water dog, whaler, white stuff, windjammer, windsailor, yellow, yellow jacket

tarantula

• tarantula, arachnid, arthropod, beetle, bug, caterpillar, centipede, chilopod, daddy longlegs, diplopod, fly, harvestman, hexapod, insect, larva, maggot, millepede, millipede, mite, nymph, scorpion, spider, tick

tardiness

• tardiness, anachronism, antedating, anticipation, belatedness, earliness, eleventh hour, high time, historical error, last minute, late hour, lateness, metachronism, misdate, misdating, mistiming, parachronism, postdating, prochronism, prolepsis, small hours, unpreparedness, unpunctuality, unreadiness, untimeliness

tardy

• tardy, ahead of time, anachronistic, antedated, arrested, back, backward, beforehand, behind, behind time, behindhand, belated, blocked, checked, dated, delayed, delayed-action, detained, dilatory, early, foredated, held up, hung up, impeded, in a bind, in abeyance, indolent, jammed, lackadaisical, languid, late, latish, lethargic, listless, metachronistic, misdated, mistimed, moratory, never on time, obstructed, out of date, out of season, overdue, parachronistic, past due, phlegmatic, postdated, prochronistic, reluctant, retarded, set back, slack, slothful, slow, slowed down, sluggish, stopped, unpunctual, unready, unseasonable, untimely

tare

• tare, abatement, agio, allowance, bank discount, bones, breakage, cash discount, chaff, chain discount, charge-off, concession, culm, cut, deadwood, deduction, depreciation, discount, dishwater, draff, drawback, dregs, dust, filings, garbage, gash, hogwash, husks, kickback, leavings, lees, offal, offscourings, orts, parings, penalty, penalty clause, percentage, potsherds, premium, price reduction, price-cut, rags, raspings, rebate, rebatement, reduction, refund, refuse, rollback, salvage, scourings, scrap iron, scraps, scum, setoff, shards, shavings, slack, slag, slop, slops, stubble, sweepings, swill, tares, time discount, trade discount, tret, underselling, wastage, waste, waste matter, wastepaper, weeds, write-off

target date

• target date, A-day, D day, H hour, border line, bound, boundary, boundary condition, boundary line, bourn, break boundary, breakoff point, ceiling, charged moment, circumscription, compass, confine, critical moment, crucial moment, cutoff, cutoff point, deadline, decisive moment, delimitation, determinant, division line, eleventh hour, end, extremity, finish, floor, frontier, hedge, high-water mark, interface, kairos, kairotic moment, limen, limit, limitation, limiting factor, line, line of demarcation, low-water mark, lower limit, march, mark, mete, moment of truth, nick of time, pregnant moment, psychological moment, start, starting line, starting point, term, terminal date, terminus, threshold, time allotment, upper limit, zero hour

target

• target, aim, alpha decay, atom-chipping, atom-smashing, atomic disintegration, atomic reaction, atomization, beta decay, bombardment, breeding, bullet, butt, by-end, by-purpose, byword, byword of reproach, chain reaction, cleavage, derision, destination, disintegration series, dissociation, dupe, duty, end, end in view, exchange reaction, fair game, fall guy, figure of fun, final cause, fission, fission reaction, fool, function, game, gamma decay, gazingstock, goal, goat, ionization, jest, jestingstock, joke, laughingstock, mark, mockery, monkey, neutron reaction, nonreversible reaction, nuclear fission, nucleization, object, object in mind, objective, photodisintegration, prey, proton gun, proton reaction, purpose, pursuit, quarry, quintain, reason for being, reversible reaction, scapegoat, sitting duck, splitting the atom, stimulation, stock, teleology, thermonuclear reaction, toy, ultimate aim, use, victim, whipping boy

tariff

• tariff, VAT, ad valorem duty, alcohol tax, amusement tax, assessment, assessment on default, bill of fare, capital gains tax, capitation, capitation tax, cess, charge, corporation tax, cost, customs, customs duty, death duty, death tax, doomage, duty, estate duty, estate tax, excess profits tax, excise, excise tax, export tax, federal tax, gabelle, gift tax, head tax, import tax, impost, income tax, inheritance tax, internal revenue tax, land tax, levy, liquor tax, local tax, luxury tax, menu, nuisance tax, personal property tax, poll, poll tax, price tag, property tax, property-increment tax, protective tariff, provincial tax, rate, rates, revenue tariff, sales tax, salt tax, school tax, severance tax, specific duty, state tax, tab, tariff duty, tax, telephone tax, toll, use tax, value added tax, window tax

tarnish

• tarnish, achromatize, asperse, aspersion, attaint, badge of infamy, bar sinister, baton, bedaub, befoul, begrime, benasty, bend sinister, besmear, besmirch, besmoke, besoil, bespatter, bestain, black eye, black mark, blacken, blanch, bleach, blemish, bloodstain, blot, blotch, blow upon, blur, brand, broad arrow, call names, calumniate, censure, champain, contaminate, corrupt, dab, damage, darken, daub, debase, decolor, decolorize, defame, defile, degrade, denigrate, dim, dirty, disapprove, discolor, disgrace, dishonor, disparage, disparagement, drain, drain of color, dull, embarrass, engage in personalities, etiolate, expose, expose to infamy, eyesore, fade, fleck, flick, flyspeck, foul, fume, gibbet, grime, hang in effigy, harm, heap dirt upon, hurt, impair, imputation, infect, injure, macula, maculation, macule, mar, mark, mark of Cain, mess, mess up, muckrake, muddy, nasty, onus, pale, patch, peroxide, pillory, pillorying, point champain, pollute, prejudice, reflection, reprimand, reproach, revile, ruin, scorch, sear, singe, slander, slubber, slur, smear, smirch, smoke, smooch, smouch, smudge, smut, smutch, soil, spatter, speck, speckle, splash, splatter, splotch, spoil, spot, stain, stigma, stigmatism, stigmatization, stigmatize, sully, taint, tar, throw mud at, tone down, vilify, vitiate, wash out, whiten

tarnished

• tarnished, bedraggled, befouled, besmirched, blackened, darkened, defiled, dirtied, discolored, drabbled, draggled, fouled, foxed, foxy, inky, murky, smirched, smoky, smudged, soiled, spotted, stained, stigmatic, stigmatiferous, stigmatized, sullied, tainted

tarry

• tarry, abide, await, be still, bide, bide the issue, carry on, cease not, coast, continue, continue to be, crawl, creep, dally, dawdle, defeat time, defy time, delay, dillydally, drag, drag along, drag on, dwell, endure, exist, extend, falter, flag, freeze, go along, go on, goof off, halt, hang about, hang around, hang back, hold, hold everything, hold on, hold out, hold steady, hold your horses, jog on, keep, keep going, keep on, keep quiet, lag, last, last long, last out, lie still, linger, linger on, live, live on, live through, loiter, lollygag, maintain, mark time, never cease, not breathe, not stir, pause, perdure, perennate, persist, poke, prevail, procrastinate, put off, remain, remain motionless, repose, rest, run, run on, settle, shilly-shally, sit tight, sit up, slog on, sojourn, stagger on, stall, stand, stand fast, stand firm, stand still, stay, stay on, stay put, stay up, stick, stick around, stick fast, stop, stop over, subsist, survive, sustain, take time, temporize, tide over, trail, tread water, wait, wait a minute, wait and see, waste time, wear, wear on, wear well

tarrying

• tarrying, dalliance, dallying, dawdling, delaying, dilatoriness, dilatory, dillydallying, dolce far niente, dragging, goofing off, idling, lag, lagging, lazing, lingering, loafing, loitering, lolling, lollygagging, lounging, mopery, procrastination, procrastinative, procrastinatory, shilly-shallying, tarriance, trifling, waiting

tarsus

• tarsus, ankle, bayonet legs, bowlegs, calf, cnemis, drumstick, foreleg, gamb, gambrel, gigot, ham, hind leg, hock, jamb, knee, leg, limb, podite, popliteal space, scissor-legs, shank, shin, stems, stumps, trotters

tart

• tart, Danish pastry, French pastry, Jezebel, abusive, acerb, acerbate, acerbic, acescent, acetose, acetous, acid, acidic, acidulated, acidulent, acidulous, acrid, acrimonious, amaroidal, astringent, bad woman, baggage, baklava, barbed, bimbo, bitch, biting, bitter, bitter as gall, blintz, broad, caustic, chippy, chocolate eclair, clitoromaniac, coarse, cocotte, corroding, corrosive, courtesan, crab, crabbed, cream puff, crusty, cutting, cynical, double-edged, dowdy, doxy, drab, dry, easy lay, easy woman, eclair, edged, escharotic, fallen woman, fierce, fille de joie, flan, floozy, frail sister, green, grisette, hard, harlot, harridan, harsh, hooker, hussy, hysteromaniac, incisive, jade, keen, loose woman, mordacious, mordant, nasty, nymph, nymphet, nympho, nymphomaniac, pandowdy, pastry, pasty, patisserie, patty, patty-shell, penetrating, pickled, pickup, pie, piercing, piquant, poignant, prostitute, puff, pungent, quean, quiche, rigorous, rosette, rough, sarcastic, sardonic, satirical, scathing, scorching, sec, severe, sharp, slut, sour, sour as vinegar, soured, sourish, stabbing, stinging, streetwalker, strident, stringent, strudel, strumpet, tangy, tartish, testy, timbale, tipsy cake, trenchant, trifle, trollop, trull, turnover, unripe, unsweet, unsweetened, uteromaniac, vehement, vicious, vinegarish, vinegary, violent, virulent, vitriolic, vol-au-vent, wanton, wench, whore, withering, working girl

tartan

• tartan, armory, badge, badge of office, badges, baton, blazonry, brassard, button, cap and gown, chain, chain of office, check, checker, checkerboard, checkerwork, chessboard, class ring, cockade, collar, colors in patches, crazy-work, cross, decoration, dress, eagle, emblems, ensigns, fasces, figurehead, fleur-de-lis, hammer and sickle, harlequin, heraldry, insignia, lapel pin, livery, mace, mantle, markings, marquetry, medal, mortarboard, mosaic, old school tie, parquet, parquetry, patchwork, pin, plaid, regalia, ring, rose, school ring, shamrock, sigillography, skull and crossbones, sphragistics, staff, swastika, tessellation, tesserae, thistle, tie, uniform, variegated pattern, verge, wand

Tartuffe

• Tartuffe, Holy Willie, Joseph Surface, Mawworm, Pecksniff, Pharisee, affecter, canter, canting hypocrite, dissembler, dissimulator, fair-weather friend, false friend, formalist, hypocrite, lip server, lip worshiper, mealymouth, pharisee, phony, pietist, pious fraud, poser, ranter, religionist, religious hypocrite, sanctimonious fraud, sniveler, snuffler, spiritual humbug, summer soldier, whited sepulcher

Tarzan

• Tarzan, Antaeus, Atlas, Briareus, Brobdingnagian, Charles Atlas, Cyclops, Goliath, Hercules, Polyphemus, Samson, Superman, Titan, bully, bullyboy, colossus, giant, gorilla, muscle man, powerhouse, stalwart, strong man, strong-arm man, the mighty, the strong, tough, tough guy, tower of strength

task force

• task force, KP, Naval Construction Battalion, RN, Royal Navy, Seabees, USN, United States Navy, argosy, armada, army, army group, battalion, battery, battle group, brigade, cadre, coast guard, cohort, column, combat command, combat team, company, corps, detachment, detail, division, escadrille, field army, field train, file, fleet, flotilla, flying column, garrison, kitchen police, legion, maniple, marine, merchant fleet, merchant marine, merchant navy, mosquito fleet, naval forces, naval militia, naval reserve, navy, organization, outfit, phalanx, platoon, posse, rank, regiment, section, squad, squadron, tactical unit, task group, train, troop, unit, wing

task

• task, accuse, affair, agency, agentship, allege, arraign, article, assignment, attempt, authority, authorization, blame, book, bother, brevet, bring accusation, bring charges, bring to book, burden, burden with, business, busy, busywork, call to account, calling, care, cargo, censure, chalk talk, chare, charge, chide, chore, cite, commission, commissioning, commitment, complain, consignment, contract, criticize, cure, deadweight, deal, delegated authority, delegation, demand, denounce, denunciate, deputation, devoir, devolution, devolvement, dirty work, discourse, disquisition, donkeywork, drive, drudgery, duty, effort, embassy, employment, empowerment, encumber, engagement, enjoin, enterprise, entrusting, entrustment, errand, exact, executorship, exequatur, exercise, exposition, factorship, fag, fasten on, fasten upon, fatigue, finger, fish to fry, freight, freight with, full power, function, grind, handiwork, handwork, hang something on, harangue, headache, homework, homily, impeach, imply, impose, impose on, impose upon, impute, indict, industry, inflict on, inflict upon, inform against, inform on, insinuate, instruction, job, job of work, jurisdiction, keep busy, labor, lade, lay, lay charges, lay on, lecture, lecture-demonstration, legation, lesson, levy, license, lick, lick of work, lieutenancy, load, lodge a complaint, lodge a plaint, lumber, make-work, mandate, manual labor, matters in hand, millstone, mission, moil, moral, moral lesson, morality, moralization, nuisance, object lesson, obligation, occupation, odd job, office, onus, operation, oppress, overdrive, overtask, overtax, overwork, pain, piece of work, pin on, place, plan, plenipotentiary power, power of attorney, power to act, preachment, prefer charges, press charges, procuration, program, project, proposition, province, proxy, purview, put, put down, put on, put on report, put upon, rat race, rebuke, recital, recitation, recriminate, regency, regentship, report, reprehend, reprimand, reproach, reprove, responsibility, saddle, saddle with, scold, scut work, sermon, service, set, set task, skull session, slavery, spadework, stint, strain, stroke, stroke of work, struggle, subject to, sweat, take to task, talk, taunt with, tax, teaching, things to do, tiresome work, toil, travail, treadmill, trouble, trust, trusteeship, twit, undertaking, upbraid, venture, vicarious authority, vocation, warrant, weigh, weight, weight down with, work, yoke with

taskmaster

• taskmaster, Big Brother, Simon Legree, auditor, boatswain, boss, chief, comptroller, controller, floor manager, floorman, floorwalker, foreman, gaffer, ganger, head, headman, inspector, monitor, noncommissioned officer, overman, overseer, proctor, sirdar, slave driver, straw boss, subforeman, super, superintendent, supervisor, surveyor, visitor

taste maker

• taste maker, Beau Brummel, arbiter of fashion, clotheshorse, clubman, clubwoman, dandy, deb, debutante, fashion plate, fashionable, fop, man-about-town, mondain, mondaine, socialite, subdeb, subdebutante, swinger, tone-setter, trend-setter

taste

• taste, Atticism, affection, affinity, appetence, appetite, appreciate, appreciation, appreciation of differences, appreciativeness, apprehend, appropriateness, aroma, artistic judgment, assay, attribute, badge, bag, be aware of, be conscious of, be exposed to, be fond of, be partial to, be sensible of, be subjected to, bent, bias, bit, bite, brand, break bread, bring to test, cachet, canine appetite, cast, censoriousness, character, characteristic, chasteness, chastity, choosiness, chosen kind, chromesthesia, clarity, classicalism, classicism, clearness, color hearing, come up against, comeliness, comprehension, configuration, confirm, connoisseurship, conscientiousness, correctness, count calories, critical niceness, criticalness, crush, cultivation, cup of tea, cut, cut and try, dash, decorum, delicacy, delight in, design, desire, diet, differentia, differential, dignity, directness, discernment, discretion, discriminating taste, discriminatingness, discrimination, discriminativeness, disposition, distinction, distinctive feature, drop, drought, druthers, dryness, earmark, ease, eat, elegance, elegancy, emptiness, empty stomach, encounter, endure, enjoy, essay, examine, example, experience, experiment, fall to, fancy, fare, fashion, fastidiousness, favor, feature, feed, feel, feeling, felicitousness, felicity, figure, fine palate, finesse, finish, fittingness, five senses, flavor, flow, flowing periods, fluency, fondness, form, give a try, give a tryout, gleam, go through, good taste, grace, gracefulness, gracility, grain, gust, gusto, hallmark, have, have a go, have knowledge of, hear, hearing, heart, hint, hollow hunger, hunger, hungriness, idea, idiocrasy, idiosyncrasy, impress, impression, inclination, index, individualism, infatuation, intimation, judgement, judiciousness, keynote, know, labor under, leaning, lick, like, likes, liking, limpidity, lineaments, little bite, little smack, look, love, lucidity, making distinctions, manner, mannerism, mark, marking, meet, meet up with, meet with, meticulousness, mode, mold, morsel, motif, mouthful, naturalness, nature, neatness, niceness of distinction, nicety, nip, odor, palate, partake, partake of, partiality, particular choice, particularity, particularness, pass through, passion, pay, peculiarity, pellucidity, penchant, perceive, perception, perfectionism, personal choice, perspicuity, phonism, photism, piece, pinch, pitch in, plainness, play around with, polish, politeness, politesse, polydipsia, practice upon, preciseness, precisianism, precision, predilection, predisposition, preference, prejudice, prepossession, priggishness, proclivity, property, propriety, prove, prudishness, punctilio, punctiliousness, purism, puritanism, purity, put to trial, quality, quirk, receptor, refined discrimination, refined palate, refinement, relish, research, respond, respond to stimuli, restraint, road-test, run a sample, run up against, sample, sampling, sapidity, sapor, savor, scintilla, scrupulosity, scrupulousness, seal, see, seemliness, selectiveness, selectivity, sense, sense organ, senses, sensibility, sensillum, sensitivity, sensorium, sensory organ, shade, shadow, shake down, shape, sight, simplicity, singularity, sip, sixth sense, smack, smack the lips, smattering, smell, smoothness, soft, soupcon, spark, specialty, specimen, spend, sprinkling, stamp, stand under, stomach, straightforwardness, strictness, style, stylishness, substantiate, subtlety, suffer, suggestion, sup, suspicion, sustain, swallow, swatch, sweet tooth, synesthesia, tact, tactfulness, taint, take, tang, tapeworm, taste of, tastefulness, taster, tendency, terseness, test, thing, thirst, thirstiness, thought, tincture, tinge, token, tolerance, torment of Tantalus, touch, trace, trait, trick, trifle, try, try it on, try out, type, unaffectedness, undergo, understanding, validate, verify, weakness, whiff, wink, zest

tasteful

• tasteful, Attic, Ciceronian, aesthetic, appetizing, art-conscious, artistic, arty, beautiful, charming, chaste, choice, classic, clear, comme il faut, correct, cultivated, decorous, direct, discriminating, discriminative, easy, elegant, excellent, fastidious, finished, fit, fitting, flavorsome, good-tasting, graceful, gracile, harmonious, in good taste, limpid, lucid, mouth-watering, natural, neat, of choice, of consummate art, of quality, ornamental, painterly, pellucid, perspicuous, plain, pleasing, polished, polite, proper, pure, quiet, refined, relishing, restrained, rich, round, sapid, savory, simple, straightforward, subdued, tactful, tasty, terse, toothsome, trim, unaffected, understated, unlabored, unobtrusive, well-chosen

tastefully

• tastefully, aesthetically, artistically, becomingly, decently, decorously, discriminately, discriminatingly, discriminatively, elegantly, genteelly, gracefully, in good taste, properly, quietly, seemly, simply, tactfully, unobtrusively, with finesse, with taste

tasteless

• tasteless, Doric, arid, barbarian, barbaric, barbarous, barren, base, blah, bland, blank, bloodless, boorish, cacophonous, changeable, characterless, cheap, chintzy, clumsy, coarse, cold, colorless, crude, dead, dilute, diluted, dismal, distasteful, doggerel, draggy, drearisome, dreary, dry, dryasdust, dull, dusty, dysphemistic, effete, elephantine, empty, etiolated, fade, flashy, flat, flavorless, garish, gauche, gaudy, graceless, gross, gruelly, halfhearted, harsh, heavy, ho-hum, hollow, ill-flavored, improper, impure, in bad taste, inane, inappropriate, inconcinnate, inconcinnous, incorrect, indecent, indecisive, indecorous, indelicate, indifferent, inelegant, inexcitable, infelicitous, infirm of purpose, infirm of will, insipid, irresolute, jejune, leaden, lifeless, loud, low, low-spirited, maladroit, meretricious, mild, milk-and-water, milky, mushy, neutral, offensive, outlandish, pale, pallid, pappy, pedestrian, plodding, pointless, poky, ponderous, pulpy, rude, sapless, savorless, slow, solemn, spiceless, spiritless, stale, sterile, stiff, stodgy, stuffy, superficial, tawdry, tedious, thin, unaesthetic, unappetizing, unbecoming, unbeseeming, uncourtly, uncouth, uncultivated, uncultured, undignified, uneuphonious, unfelicitous, unfitting, unflavored, ungenteel, ungraceful, uninteresting, unlively, unpolished, unrefined, unsavory, unseemly, unsuitable, untasteful, vapid, vulgar, washy, watered, watered-down, watery, weak, wild, wishy-washy, wooden, wrong

tasting

• tasting, appetite, cannibalism, carnivorism, carnivority, carnivorousness, chewing, compotation, consumption, cropping, deglutition, devouring, devourment, dieting, dining, drinking, drunkenness, eating, epulation, feasting, feeding, gluttony, gobbling, grazing, gulping, gustation, guzzling, herbivorism, herbivority, herbivorousness, hunger, imbibing, imbibition, ingestion, lapping, licking, manducation, mastication, messing, munching, nibbling, nipping, nutrition, omnivorism, omnivorousness, omophagy, pantophagy, pasture, pasturing, pecking, potation, pulling, quaffing, regalement, relishing, rumination, savoring, slipping, swigging, swilling, symposium, vegetarianism, wolfing

tasty

• tasty, agreeable, ambrosial, appetizing, dainty, delectable, delicate, delicious, delightful, exquisite, flavorful, flavorous, flavorsome, good, good to eat, good-tasting, gustable, gusty, juicy, likable, luscious, lush, mouth-watering, nectareous, nectarous, nice, of gourmet quality, palatable, pleasing, relishing, restrained, sapid, savorous, savory, scrumptious, subdued, succulent, tasteful, toothsome, toothy, unobtrusive, yummy

tater

• tater, Irish potato, Kraut, aubergine, beans, cabbage, eggplant, greens, legumes, love apple, mad apple, pieplant, potato, potherbs, produce, rhubarb, spud, tomato, vegetables, white potato

tatter

• tatter, ablate, abrade, barrel, beeline, bit, bits, bullet, butt, chip, chunk, clip, clipping, collop, crumb, cut, cutting, destroyed, dollop, end, erode, fly, fragment, fray, frazzle, fret, gob, gobbet, haste, hasten, highball, hunk, in disarray, in ruins, in shreds, in tatters, lump, modicum, moiety, morceau, morsel, nip, paring, particle, patch, piece, pieces, rags, rasher, rocket, rub off, ruined, scoop, scrap, scraps, shard, shattered, shaving, shiver, shred, shreds, slice, sliver, smithereen, snack, snatch, snick, snip, snippet, splinter, stitch, stump, tag, tatters, wear, wear away, wear down, wear off, wear out, wear ragged, weather

tattered

• tattered, beat-up, bedraggled, blowzy, broken-down, careless, chintzy, cleft, cloven, cracked, cut, dilapidated, dingy, dowdy, down-at-heel, down-at-the-heels, drabbletailed, draggled, draggletailed, frayed, frazzled, frowzy, frumpish, frumpy, full of holes, grubby, holey, in pieces, in rags, in shreds, in tatters, informal, lacerate, lacerated, loose, lumpen, mangled, messy, mussy, mutilated, negligent, patchy, poky, quartered, ragged, raggedy, ratty, rent, riven, ruinous, run-down, scraggly, scruffy, seedy, severed, shabby, shoddy, shredded, slack, slatternly, slipshod, slit, sloppy, slovenly, sluttish, sordid, splintered, split, squalid, tacky, tatty, threadbare, torn, unkempt, unneat, unsightly, untidy

tattle

• tattle, babble, back-fence gossip, be indiscreet, be unguarded, bear witness against, betray, betray a confidence, blab, blabber, blather, blether, blow the whistle, blurt, blurt out, buzz, chatter, chitchat, clatter, cry, divulge, fink, give away, gossip, gossiping, gossipmongering, gossipry, grapevine, groundless rumor, hearsay, idle talk, inform, inform against, inform on, jabber, leak, let drop, let fall, let slip, narc, natter, newsmongering, peach, piece of gossip, prate, prattle, rat, retail gossip, reveal, reveal a secret, rumble, rumor, scuttlebutt, sell out, sing, snitch, snitch on, spill, spill the beans, squeal, stool, story, tale, talebearing, taletelling, talk, tattle on, tell, tell idle tales, tell on, tell secrets, tell tales, testify against, tittle-tattle, turn informer

tattletale

• tattletale, a tale-bearing animal, betrayer, blab, blabber, blabberer, blabbermouth, busybody, delator, fink, gossip, gossip columnist, gossiper, gossipmonger, informer, narc, newsmonger, newspaperman, peacher, quidnunc, reporter, rumormonger, scandalmonger, snitch, snitcher, spy, squealer, stool pigeon, stoolie, tabby, talebearer, taleteller, tattler, telltale, tipster, tittle-tattler, whistle-blower, yenta

tattoo

• tattoo, band, bang, bar, barrage, bash, bat, bay, beat, beating, beep, belt, bespangle, bespeckle, bespot, biff, birthmark, blare, blast, blat, blaze, blaze a trail, blemish, blotch, blow, bonk, bowshot, brand, bray, bullet, cannon, caste mark, ceaselessness, chalk, chalk up, chattering, check, check off, checker, checkmark, chop, cicatrix, cicatrize, clip, clout, clump, constancy, constant flow, continualness, continuity, crack, cut, dapple, dash, define, delimit, demarcate, detonation, dig, dint, discharge, discolor, discoloration, dot, drizzle, drub, drubbing, drum, drum music, drumbeat, drumfire, drumming, earmark, ejection, engrave, engraving, fall, fanfare, flake, fleck, flick, flourish of trumpets, flutter, freckle, fusillade, gash, graving, gun, gunfire, gunshot, hack, harlequin, hatch, hit, honk, impress, imprint, incessancy, iris, jab, jot, knock, lentigo, lick, line, macula, maculate, make a mark, marble, marbleize, mark, mark off, mark out, marking, mizzle, mole, motley, mottle, nevus, nick, noninterruption, notch, oscillation, palpitation, paradiddle, patch, patter, peal, pelt, pencil, pepper, perpetuity, pitapat, pitter-patter, plunk, point, poke, polka dot, polychrome, polychromize, potshot, pound, pounding, pour, pour with rain, precipitate, prick, print, pulsation, punch, punctuate, puncture, quick fire, rain, rain tadpoles, rainbow, rap, rapid fire, rapid recurrence, rapid succession, rapidity, rat-a-tat, rat-tat, rat-tat-tat, rataplan, rattattoo, regularity, repetition, riddle, roll, rub-a-dub, ruff, ruffle, salvo, scar, scarification, scarify, score, scotch, scratch, scratching, seal, seam, shot, shower, shower down, shriek, slam, slog, slug, smack, smash, sock, spangle, spatter, speck, speckle, spit, splash, splotch, splutter, spot, spray, sprinkle, sputter, squeal, staccato, stain, stamp, steadiness, stigma, stigmatize, stipple, stoneshot, strawberry mark, streak, stream, striate, stripe, stroke, stud, stuttering, sustainment, swat, swing, swipe, tantara, tantarara, taps, tarantara, tat-tat, tattoo mark, tessellate, throb, throbbing, thrum, thump, thumping, thwack, tick, tick off, tittle, tom-tom, toot, tootle, trace, trumpet, trumpet blast, trumpet call, tweedle, underline, underscore, unintermission, uninterruption, variegate, vein, vibration, volley, watermark, weep, whack, whistle, whop, yerk

tatty

• tatty, base, common, dowdy, down-at-heel, down-at-the-heels, frayed, frazzled, full of holes, holey, in rags, in shreds, in tatters, mean, paltry, patchy, poor, ragged, raggedy, ratty, rubbishy, scruffy, seedy, shabby, shoddy, sleazy, tacky, tattered, torn, trashy

taunt

• taunt, Bronx cheer, Parthian shot, accuse, affront, allege, annoy, arraign, article, aspersion, atrocity, back answer, banter, barrack, book, brickbat, bring accusation, bring charges, bring to book, bug, burlesque, call names, caustic remark, chaff, charge, cite, comeback, complain, contempt, contumely, crack, cut, cut at, cutting remark, dare, denounce, denunciate, deride, derision, despite, dig, dig at, disdain, dishonor, disoblige, dump, dump on, enormity, fasten on, fasten upon, finger, fleer, fleer at, flout, flouting, foolery, get fresh, get smart, gibe, gibe at, gibing retort, give offense to, guy, hang something on, hassle, have a nerve, have the cheek, have the gall, hold in contempt, humiliate, humiliation, hurl a brickbat, impeach, imply, impute, indict, indignity, inform against, inform on, injury, insinuate, insult, jab, jab at, jape, jeer, jeer at, jeering, jest, jibe at, kid, lampoon, lay charges, leg-pull, lodge a complaint, lodge a plaint, lout, make bold, mock, mockery, offend, offense, outrage, parting shot, pin on, poke fun at, pooh, pooh-pooh, prefer charges, press charges, presume, provoke, put down, put on report, put-down, put-on, quip, quiz, rag, rail at, rally, rank out, raspberry, razz, report, reproach, revile, rib, ride, ridicule, roast, rude reproach, scoff, scoff at, scorn, scout, scurrility, short answer, slam, slap, slap at, sneer, sneer at, swipe, take liberties, take to task, task, taunt with, tax, tease, torment, treat with indignity, twit, uncomplimentary remark, upbraid, verbal thrust

taunting

• taunting, banter, bantering, booing, catcalling, chaffing, derision, derisive, derisory, fleering, flippancy, flippant, fooling, grinning, hissing, hooting, jeering, joshing, kidding, leering, levity, mockery, mocking, panning, quizzical, ragging, railing, raillery, rallying, razzing, ridicule, ridiculing, roasting, scoffing, smart, smart-aleckiness, smart-alecky, smart-ass, smartness, smirking, sneering, snickering, sniggering, snorting, teasing, twitting

taupe

• taupe, Quaker-colored, acier, ashen, ashy, beige, brown, brownish, brownish-yellow, brunet, canescent, chocolate, cinereous, cinerous, cinnamon, cocoa, cocoa-brown, coffee, coffee-brown, dapple, dapple-gray, dappled, dappled-gray, dingy, dismal, dove-colored, dove-gray, drab, dreary, dull, dun, dun-brown, dun-drab, dusty, ecru, fawn, fawn-colored, fuscous, glaucescent, glaucous, gray, gray-black, gray-brown, gray-colored, gray-drab, gray-green, gray-spotted, gray-toned, gray-white, grayed, grayish, grege, griseous, grizzle, grizzled, grizzly, hazel, iron-gray, khaki, lead-gray, leaden, livid, lurid, mouse-colored, mouse-gray, mousy, nut-brown, olive-brown, olive-drab, pearl, pearl-gray, pearly, sad, seal, seal-brown, sepia, silver, silver-gray, silvered, silvery, slate-colored, slaty, smoke-gray, smoky, snuff-colored, sober, somber, sorrel, steel-gray, steely, stone-colored, tan, tawny, toast, toast-brown, umber, umber-colored, walnut, walnut-brown, yellowish-brown

taut

• taut, all ataunto, anxious, apprehensive, ataunt, bungup and bilge-free, close, dragged out, drawn, drawn out, elongated, extended, firm, in suspense, in trim, keyed-up, lengthened, neat, on edge, on tenterhooks, on tiptoe, orderly, pokerlike, prolongated, prolonged, protracted, pulled, quivering, ramrodlike, renitent, rigid, rodlike, shipshape, smart, spruce, spun out, starched, starchy, stiff, stiff as buckram, straggling, strained, stretched, stretched out, stretched tight, strung out, tense, tidy, tight, trig, trim, under a strain, unrelaxed, uptight, virgate, with bated breath, with muscles tense

tauten

• tauten, continue, crank, crank in, drag out, draw, draw in, draw out, draw taut, elongate, extend, lengthen, lengthen out, let out, produce, prolong, prolongate, protract, pull, pull in, reel, reel in, spin out, strain, stretch, stretch out, string out, tackle, tense, tighten, trim, winch, wind in, windlass

tautologous

• tautologous, abundant, battological, copious, de trop, diffuse, diffusive, dispensable, duplicative, echoic, echoing, effusive, excess, expendable, expletive, extravagant, exuberant, fecund, formless, gratuitous, gushing, gushy, imitative, in excess, iterative, needless, nonessential, overflowing, parrotlike, pleonastic, prodigal, productive, profuse, profusive, prolific, prolix, recapitulative, redundant, reduplicative, reechoing, reiterant, reiterative, repeating, repetitional, repetitionary, repetitious, repetitive, spare, superabundant, supererogatory, superfluous, tautologic, tautological, teeming, to spare, uncalled-for, unessential, unnecessary, unneeded, verbose

tautology

• tautology, abundance, amplitude, battology, bedizenment, circumambages, circumbendibus, circumlocution, cloud of words, copiousness, diffuseness, diffusion, diffusiveness, duplication, duplication of effort, effusion, effusiveness, embellishment, expletive, extravagance, exuberance, fat, featherbedding, fecundity, fertility, filling, fluency, formlessness, frill, frills, frippery, gingerbread, gush, gushing, iteration, logorrhea, long-windedness, luxury, macrology, needlessness, ornamentation, outpour, overadornment, overflow, overlap, padding, palilogy, payroll padding, periphrase, periphrasis, pleonasm, prodigality, productivity, profuseness, profusion, prolificacy, prolificity, prolixity, rampancy, rankness, redundance, redundancy, reiteration, reiterativeness, repetition, repetition for effect, repetitiousness, repetitiveness, roundabout, stammering, stuttering, superabundance, superfluity, superfluousness, superflux, talkativeness, tautologism, teemingness, tirade, unnecessariness, verbality, verbiage, verbosity, wordiness

tavern

• tavern, alehouse, amusement park, automat, ballroom, bar, barrel house, barroom, beanery, beer garden, beer parlor, bistro, blind tiger, boardinghouse, buffet, buvette, cabaret, cafe, cafe chantant, cafe dansant, cafeteria, canteen, cantina, casino, chophouse, chuck wagon, cocktail lounge, coffee shop, coffeehouse, coffeeroom, cookhouse, cookshack, cookshop, dance floor, dance hall, dancing pavilion, diner, dining hall, dining room, dive, dog wagon, dorm, dormitory, doss house, dramshop, drinkery, drinking saloon, drive-in, drive-in restaurant, eatery, eating house, entertainment industry, fast-food chain, fleabag, flophouse, fun-fair, gin mill, grill, grillroom, groggery, grogshop, guest house, hamburger stand, hash house, hashery, honky-tonk, hospice, hostel, hostelry, hot-dog stand, hotel, inn, juke joint, kitchen, local, lodge, lodging house, lunch counter, lunch wagon, luncheonette, lunchroom, mess hall, night spot, nightclub, nitery, ordinary, pension, pizzeria, posada, pothouse, pub, public, public house, quick-lunch counter, rathskeller, resort, restaurant, roadhouse, rooming house, rumshop, saloon, saloon bar, show biz, show business, smorgasbord, snack bar, speakeasy, taproom, tearoom, theater, trattoria, wine shop

tawdry

• tawdry, blatant, brazen, brazenfaced, brummagem, cheap, cheapjack, chintzy, colorful, common, crude, extravagant, flagrant, flaring, flashy, flaunting, garish, gaudy, glaring, gorgeous, loud, lurid, meretricious, obtrusive, plastic, screaming, sensational, shabby, shameless, showy, sleazy, spectacular, tacky, tatty, tinny, tinsel, tinselly, vulgar

tawny

• tawny, beige, brown, brownish, brownish-yellow, brunet, chocolate, cinnamon, cocoa, cocoa-brown, coffee, coffee-brown, drab, dun, dun-brown, dun-drab, ecru, fawn, fawn-colored, fuscous, grege, hazel, khaki, lurid, nut-brown, olive-brown, olive-drab, seal, seal-brown, sepia, snuff-colored, sorrel, tan, taupe, toast, toast-brown, umber, umber-colored, walnut, walnut-brown, yellowish-brown

tax collector

• tax collector, Internal Revenue Service, accumulator, assessor, bill collector, collection agent, collector, connoisseur, customhouse, customs, douanier, dunner, exciseman, farmer, gatherer, magpie, miser, pack rat, publican, revenuer, tax assessor, tax farmer, taxer, taxman

tax exemption

• tax exemption, assessment, cess, conscience money, contribution, direct tax, duty, graduated taxation, imposition, impost, indirect tax, joint return, levy, progressive tax, separate returns, single tax, supertax, surtax, tax, tax base, tax dodging, tax evasion, tax return, tax structure, tax withholding, tax-exempt status, taxable income, taxation, tithe, toll, tribute, withholding tax

tax return

• tax return, assessment, cess, conscience money, contribution, direct tax, duty, graduated taxation, imposition, impost, indirect tax, joint return, levy, progressive tax, separate returns, single tax, supertax, surtax, tax, tax base, tax dodging, tax evasion, tax exemption, tax structure, tax withholding, tax-exempt status, taxable income, taxation, tithe, toll, tribute, withholding tax

tax

• tax, accuse, allege, arraign, article, ask, assess, assessment, bear hard upon, blackmail, boodle, book, bring accusation, bring charges, bring to book, burden, burden with, burthen, busy, call, call for, cargo, cess, charge, charge for, cite, claim, complain, conscience money, contribution, cumber, customs, demand, demand for, denounce, denunciate, direct tax, draft, drain, drive, dues, duty, encumber, encumbrance, enjoin, exact, exaction, excise, exhaust, extortion, extortionate demand, fag, fasten on, fasten upon, finger, freight, freight with, giveaway, graduated taxation, hamper, handicap, hang something on, haul, heave, heavy demand, impeach, imply, impose, impose on, impose upon, imposition, impost, impute, indent, indict, indirect tax, inflict on, inflict upon, inform against, inform on, insinuate, insistent demand, joint return, keep busy, lade, lay, lay charges, lay on, levy, load, lodge a complaint, lodge a plaint, make dutiable, nonnegotiable demand, notice, onus, oppress, order, overburden, overcarrying, overdoing, overdrive, overemphasis, overexercise, overexert, overexertion, overexpenditure, overextend, overimportance, overload, overreaching, overreaction, overstrain, overtask, overtax, overtaxing, overuse, overweight, overwork, pin on, place, pork, prefer charges, press, press charges, press hard upon, pressure, pro rata, progressive tax, prorate, pull, put, put down, put on, put on report, put upon, rack, rates, report, reproach, require, requirement, requisition, rest hard upon, rush, rush order, saddle, saddle with, scot, separate returns, set, single tax, stick for, strain, strain every nerve, stress, stretch, subject to, supererogation, supertax, surtax, sweat, sweat blood, take to task, tariff, task, taunt with, tax base, tax dodging, tax evasion, tax exemption, tax return, tax structure, tax withholding, tax-exempt status, taxable income, taxation, taxing, tense, tithe, toll, tribute, try, tug, twit, ultimatum, warning, weigh, weigh down, weigh heavy on, weigh on, weigh upon, weight, weight down with, withholding tax, work, yoke with

taxation

• taxation, assessment, cess, conscience money, contribution, direct tax, duty, graduated taxation, imposition, impost, indirect tax, joint return, levy, progressive tax, separate returns, single tax, supertax, surtax, tax, tax base, tax dodging, tax evasion, tax exemption, tax return, tax structure, tax withholding, tax-exempt status, taxable income, tithe, toll, tribute, withholding tax

taxed

• taxed, accused, arraigned, blamed, burdened, charged, cited, cumbered, denounced, encumbered, fraught, freighted, hampered, impeached, implicated, impugned, in complicity, incriminated, inculpated, indicted, involved, laden, loaded, oppressed, overburdened, overcharged, overfraught, overfreighted, overladen, overloaded, overtaxed, overweighted, reproached, saddled, tasked, under attack, under fire, weighted, weighted down

taxi

• taxi, autobus, become airborne, bicycle, bike, bus, cab, catch a train, chartered bus, chauffeur, clear, cycle, diligence, double-decker, drive, entrain, fly aloft, go by rail, hack, hackney, hired car, jitney, joyride, jump off, leave the ground, mail coach, make a train, motor, motor coach, motorbus, motorcycle, omnibus, pedal, post coach, ride, rotate, stage, stagecoach, take a joyride, take off, taxicab, wheel

taxidermist

• taxidermist, Audubon Society, National Wildlife Service, Sierra Club, animal physiologist, anthropologist, biologist, conchologist, conservationist, conservator, deliverer, ecologist, entomologist, ethologist, forest ranger, game warden, helminthologist, herpetologist, ichthyologist, keeper, lifesaver, malacologist, mammalogist, ophiologist, ornithologist, preservationist, preserver, protozoologist, ranger, rescuer, safekeeper, saver, savior, zoo-ecologist, zoographer, zoologist, zoonomist, zoopathologist, zoophysicist, zootaxonomist

taxidermy

• taxidermy, anatomy, anhydration, animal physiology, anthropology, biology, blast-freezing, bottling, brining, canning, comparative anatomy, conchology, corning, curing, dehydration, desiccation, dry-curing, drying, ecology, embalming, entomology, ethology, evaporation, freeze-drying, freezing, fuming, helminthology, herpetology, ichthyology, irradiation, jerking, malacology, mammalogy, marination, mummification, ornithology, pickling, potting, protozoology, quick-freezing, refrigeration, salting, seasoning, smoking, stuffing, taxonomy, tinning, zoogeography, zoography, zoology, zoonomy, zoopathology, zoophysics, zootaxy, zootomy

taxidriver

• taxidriver, Sunday driver, backseat driver, bus driver, busman, cabby, cabdriver, chauffeur, driver, hack, hackdriver, hackman, hacky, hit-and-run driver, jitney driver, joyrider, motorist, road hog, speeder, teamster, truck driver, trucker, truckman

taxing

• taxing, accusal, accusation, accusing, allegation, allegement, arraignment, bale, bill of particulars, blackmail, blame, bother, bringing of charges, bringing to book, burden, burdening, burdensome, burthen, call, call for, cargo, charge, charging, claim, clamant, clamorous, complaint, contribution, count, crying, cumber, cumbrance, deadweight, delation, demand, demand for, demanding, denouncement, denunciation, draft, drag, drain, draining, duty, encumbrance, exacting, exaction, exigent, exorbitant, extortion, extortionate, extortionate demand, freight, freighting, grasping, grievous, handicap, haul, heave, heavy demand, impeachment, implication, importunate, imposing an onus, imposition, impost, imputation, inconsiderateness, inconvenience, incubus, incumbency, indent, indictment, infliction, information, innuendo, insinuation, insistent, insistent demand, instant, lading, lawsuit, laying of charges, laying on, levy, load, loading, loading down, loud, millstone, nonnegotiable demand, notice, obtrusiveness, oppression, oppressive, order, overexertion, overextension, overload, overstrain, overstress, overtaxing, overweighting, persistent, pertinacious, plaint, pressing, pressure, presumptuousness, prosecution, pull, rack, reproach, requirement, requisition, rush, rush order, saddling, strain, straining, stress, stress and strain, stressfulness, stretch, suit, superincumbency, surcharge, tasking, tax, tedious, tension, tough, tribute, trouble, troublesome, true bill, trying, tug, ultimatum, unspoken accusation, unwarranted demand, urgent, veiled accusation, warning, wearing, weighting, weighty

taxonomy

• taxonomy, aerobiology, agrobiology, analysis, anatomy, animal physiology, anthropology, antonomasia, arrangement, assortment, astrobiology, bacteriology, binomial nomenclature, biochemics, biochemistry, biochemy, bioecology, biological science, biology, biometrics, biometry, bionics, bionomics, biophysics, biosystematics, biosystematy, botany, cataloging, categorization, cell physiology, class, classification, codification, comparative anatomy, conchology, cryobiology, culling, cybernetics, cytology, division, ecology, electrobiology, embryology, entomology, enzymology, ethnobiology, ethology, exobiology, family, filing, genetics, genus, glossology, gnotobiotics, gradation, grading, grouping, helminthology, herpetology, ichthyology, indexing, kingdom, life science, malacology, mammalogy, microbiology, molecular biology, nomenclature, onomastics, onomatology, order, orismology, ornithology, pharmacology, phylum, physiology, pigeonholing, place-names, place-naming, placement, polyonymy, protozoology, radiobiology, ranging, ranking, rating, screening, selection, sifting, sorting, sorting out, species, stratification, subdivision, subordination, systematics, tabulation, taxidermy, terminology, toponymy, triage, trinomialism, typology, virology, xenobiology, zoogeography, zoography, zoology, zoonomy, zoopathology, zoophysics, zootaxy, zootomy

tea

• tea, DET, DMT, LSD, Mary, Mary Jane, STP, THC, TV dinner, acid, afternoon tea, alfresco meal, antidepressant, ataractic, barbecue, boo, breakfast, brunch, buffet supper, cannabis, clambake, coffee break, cookout, diethyltryptamine, dimethyltryptamine, diner, dinner, elevenses, fish fry, gage, ganja, grass, hallucinogen, hash, hashish, hay, hemp, high tea, hot luncheon, joint, kava, lunch, luncheon, marijuana, mash, meat breakfast, mescal, mescal bean, mescal button, mescaline, mind-altering drug, mind-blowing drug, mind-expanding drug, morning glory seeds, petit dejeuner, peyote, picnic, pot, psilocin, psilocybin, psychedelic, psychic energizer, psychoactive drug, psychochemical, psychotomimetic, reefer, roach, stick, supper, tea break, tea party, teatime, tiffin, tranquilizer, weed, wiener roast, wienie roast

teach in

• teach in, beef, bitch, boycott, challenge, complaint, compunction, demonstration, demur, demurrer, exception, expostulation, grievance, grievance committee, howl, indignation meeting, kick, march, nonviolent protest, objection, picketing, protest, protest demonstration, protestation, qualm, rally, remonstrance, remonstration, scruple, sit-in, squawk, strike

teach

• teach, broaden the mind, catechize, civilize, coach, communicate, demonstrate, direct, discipline, drill, edify, educate, enlighten, exercise, give instruction, give lessons in, ground, guide, illumine, impart, implant, inculcate, indoctrinate, inform, instill, instruct, instruction, lesson, open the eyes, practice, prepare, rear, reeducate, school, schooling, set right, sharpen the wits, show, show how, teach a lesson, teach the rudiments, teaching, train, training, tuition, tutelage, tutor

teachable

• teachable, apt, bright, clever, docile, educable, facile, formable, homely, humble, humble-looking, humble-visaged, humblest, impressionable, inglorious, innocuous, instructable, intelligent, least, low, lowest, lowliest, lowly, malleable, mean, modest, moldable, motivated, plain, plastic, pliable, poor, quick, ready, receptive, ripe for instruction, schoolable, simple, small, susceptible, thirsty for knowledge, trainable, undistinguished, unimportant, unpretentious, willing

teacher

• teacher, Aaronic priesthood, Dutch uncle, Melchizedek priesthood, Polonius, Seventy, admonisher, adviser, advisor, apostle, backseat driver, bishop, boss, buttinsky, bwana, chef, chief, church dignitary, cicerone, coach, confidant, consultant, counsel, counselor, deacon, docent, doctor, dominie, don, ecclesiarch, educationist, educator, elder, employer, expert, fellow, forerunner, goodman, guide, guru, high priest, husband, instructor, kibitzer, lecturer, liege, liege lord, lord, lord paramount, master, meddler, mentor, mistress, monitor, nestor, orienter, overlord, padrone, paramount, paterfamilias, pathfinder, patriarch, patron, preceptist, preparationist, preparator, preparer, priest, professor, rabbi, sahib, schoolmaster, schoolmistress, schoolteacher, seigneur, seignior, starets, trailblazer, trainer, tutor

teaching

• teaching, a belief, adage, ana, analects, aphorism, apothegm, article of faith, assignment, autodidactic, axiom, belief, byword, canon, catchword, chalk talk, charge, coeducational, collected sayings, command, commission, credo, creed, cultural, current saying, dictate, dictum, didactic, direction, disciplinary, discourse, disquisition, distich, doctrine, dogma, edifying, educating, educational, educative, enlightening, epigram, exercise, exhortatory, exposition, expression, faith, gnome, golden saying, harangue, homework, homiletic, homily, hortatory, illuminating, informative, initiatory, injunction, instruction, instructive, introductory, lecture, lecture-demonstration, lecturing, lesson, maxim, moral, moral lesson, morality, moralization, mot, motto, object lesson, oracle, order, orthodoxy, phrase, pithy saying, preaching, preachment, precept, preceptive, prescript, prescription, principle, propaedeutic, proverb, proverbial saying, proverbs, recital, recitation, religion, religious belief, religious faith, saw, saying, self-teaching, sentence, sententious expression, sermon, set task, skull session, sloka, stock saying, sutra, system of beliefs, talk, task, tenet, text, theology, tradition, tuitionary, verse, wisdom, wisdom literature, wise saying, witticism, word, words of wisdom

teachy

• teachy, academic, donnish, moral, moralizing, pedagogic, pedantic, preachy, preceptorial, professorial, professorlike, schoolmastering, schoolmasterish, schoolmasterlike, schoolmasterly, schoolmistressy, schoolteacherish, schoolteachery, sermonizing, teacherish, teacherlike, teachery, tutorial

team spirit

• team spirit, accord, accordance, affinity, agape, agreement, amity, bipartisanship, bonds of harmony, brotherly love, caritas, cement of friendship, charity, coaction, coadjuvancy, coadministration, coagency, cochairmanship, codirectorship, collaboration, collaborativeness, collectivism, collusion, commensalism, common effort, common enterprise, communalism, communion, communism, communitarianism, community, community of interests, compatibility, complicity, concert, concord, concordance, concurrence, congeniality, cooperation, cooperativeness, correspondence, duet, duumvirate, ecumenicalism, ecumenicism, ecumenism, empathy, esprit, esprit de corps, feeling of identity, fellow feeling, fellowship, frictionlessness, good vibes, good vibrations, happy family, harmony, identity, joining of forces, joint effort, joint operation, kinship, like-mindedness, love, mass action, morale, mutual assistance, mutualism, mutuality, octet, oneness, peace, pooling, pooling of resources, pulling together, quartet, quintet, rapport, rapprochement, reciprocity, septet, sextet, sharing, solidarity, symbiosis, sympathy, symphony, synergism, synergy, teamwork, trio, triumvirate, troika, understanding, union, unison, united action, unity

team up

• team up, act in concert, act together, act with, affiliate, affiliate with, align with, ally, amalgamate, associate, band, band together, be in cahoots, be in league, bracket, bunch, bunch up, cabal, cement a union, centralize, club, club together, coact, coalesce, collaborate, collude, combine, come into, come together, concert, concord, concur, confederate, conjugate, consociate, consolidate, conspire, cooperate, couple, couple up, creep in, do business with, double-harness, double-team, enlist, enroll, enter, federalize, federate, flock to, fuse, gang, gang up, get heads together, get into, get together, get together with, go along with, go in partners, go in partnership, go in with, go into, go partners, go with, hang together, harmonize, hold together, hook up, hook up with, join, join forces, join fortunes with, join hands with, join in, join together, join up, join up with, join with, keep pace with, keep together, league, league together, league with, line up with, make common cause, marry, match, mate, merge, organize, pair, pair off, partner, play ball, pull together, put heads together, rally round, range with, reciprocate, run parallel to, side with, sign on, sign up, sneak in, span, stand in with, stand together, stand up with, strike in with, string along with, swing in with, take out membership, take part with, take sides with, take up membership, team, team up with, team with, throw in together, throw in with, tie in, tie in with, tie up, tie up with, unionize, unite, unite efforts, unite with, wed, work together, yoke

team

• team, age group, band, battalion, bevy, body, both, brace, bracket, brigade, bunch, cabal, cast, clique, cohort, collaborate, combine, company, complement, conjugate, conspire, contingent, cooperate, corps, coterie, couple, couple up, couplet, covey, crew, crowd, detachment, detail, distich, division, double harness, double-harness, double-team, doublet, duad, duet, duo, dyad, eight, eleven, equipage, faction, first string, first team, five, fleet, four-in-hand, gang, group, grouping, groupment, in-group, join together, join up, junta, link up, match, mate, mates, mob, movement, nine, out-group, outfit, pack, pair, pair off, party, peer group, phalanx, platoon, posse, randem, regiment, reserves, rig, rowing crew, salon, second string, second team, set, set of two, side, span, spike, spike team, squad, stable, string, tandem, team up, the two, third string, three-up, tribe, troop, troupe, turnout, twain, two, twosome, unicorn, unite, varsity, wing, yoke

teamed

• teamed, affiliate, affiliated, allied, associate, associated, cabalistic, confederate, confederated, conspiratorial, corporate, coupled, enleagued, federate, federated, in cahoots, in league, in partnership, in with, leagued, married, paired, partners with, wed, wedded

teammate

• teammate, ace, amigo, associate, bedfellow, bedmate, benchfellow, birthmate, bosom buddy, buddy, bunkie, bunkmate, butty, camarade, chamberfellow, chum, classmate, clubmate, co-worker, colleague, comate, companion, company, compeer, comrade, confrere, consociate, consort, copartner, copemate, copesmate, couchmate, cradlemate, crony, cupmate, fellow, fellow student, fellow worker, general partner, girl friend, gossip, jailmate, mate, messmate, old crony, pal, pard, pardner, partner, pewmate, playfellow, playmate, roommate, schoolfellow, schoolmate, secret partner, shelfmate, shipmate, shopmate, side partner, sidekick, sidekicker, silent partner, sleeping partner, special partner, tablemate, tentmate, watchmate, waymate, workfellow, yokefellow, yokemate

teamster

• teamster, Jehu, Sunday driver, backseat driver, bullwhacker, bus driver, busman, cabby, cabdriver, cabman, cameleer, carter, cartman, charioteer, chauffeur, coachman, coachy, cocher, cochero, drayman, driver, elephant driver, gharry-wallah, hack, hackdriver, hackman, hacky, harness racer, hit-and-run driver, jitney driver, joyrider, mahout, motorist, mule skinner, muleteer, reinsman, road hog, skinner, speeder, stage coachman, taxidriver, truck driver, trucker, truckman, vetturino, voiturier, wagoner, wagonman, whip

teamwork

• teamwork, bipartisanship, 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, duet, duumvirate, ecumenicalism, ecumenicism, ecumenism, esprit, esprit de corps, fellow feeling, fellowship, harmony, joining of forces, joint effort, joint operation, mass action, morale, mutual assistance, mutualism, mutuality, octet, pooling, pooling of resources, pulling together, quartet, quintet, reciprocity, septet, sextet, solidarity, symbiosis, synergism, synergy, team spirit, trio, triumvirate, troika, united action

tear apart

• tear apart, atomize, break to pieces, carp, catch at straws, cavil, cleave, cut up, defoliate, demolish, denude, disassemble, disintegrate, dismantle, dismember, draw and quarter, fault-find, find fault, flay, fragment, lacerate, maim, make mincemeat of, mangle, mutilate, nitpick, peel, pettifog, pick holes, pick to pieces, pull apart, pull in pieces, pull to pieces, pulverize, quibble, reduce to rubble, rend, shatter, shred, skin, smash, split, strip, sunder, take apart, take exception, tear to pieces, tear to shreds, tear to tatters, total, unbuild, undo, unmake, wrack up, wreck

tear down

• tear down, annihilate, asperse, beat down, blow down, break down, bring down, bulldoze, burn down, calumniate, cast down, chop down, cut down, defame, demolish, denigrate, disassemble, dismantle, dismount, fell, flatten, knock down, knock over, level, mow down, prostrate, pull down, rase, raze, ruin, scandal, scandalize, shatter, slander, slur, smash, smear, steamroller, take apart, take down, throw down, unbuild, wrack, wreck

tear from

• tear from, badger, blackmail, claim, demand, exact, extort, force from, levy blackmail, pry loose from, rend, rend from, rip, rip from, screw, shake down, snatch from, squeeze, wrench, wrench from, wrest, wring, wring from

tear gas grenade

• tear gas grenade, aerial bomb, antipersonnel bomb, bomb, bombshell, carcass, concussion grenade, depth bomb, depth charge, fire bomb, gas grenade, grenade, hand grenade, incendiary bomb, incendiary grenade, infernal machine, petard, time bomb, wall grenade

tear jerking

• tear jerking, bathetic, beery, cloying, gooey, gushing, maudlin, mawkish, mushy, namby-pamby, nostalgic, nostomanic, oversentimental, oversentimentalized, romantic, sappy, sentimental, sentimentalized, sloppy, soft, sticky, teary

tear loose

• tear loose, break loose, break out, clear, cut loose, disembarrass, disembroil, disengage, disentangle, disinvolve, dislodge, extricate, free, get out, release, unknot, unravel, unsnarl, untangle

tear out

• tear out, avulse, cut out, dash off, deracinate, dig out, dig up, disentangle, draw, draw out, dredge, dredge up, eradicate, evolve, evulse, excavate, excise, exsect, extract, extricate, get out, gouge out, grub up, hasten off, hurry away, light out, mine, nip, nip off, pick out, pluck out, pluck up, pull, pull out, pull up, quarry, rake out, remove, rip out, root out, root up, scamper off, skin out, take out, tear off, unearth, unravel, uproot, weed out, whip off, whiz off, withdraw, wrest out

tear to pieces

• tear to pieces, atomize, break to pieces, carp, catch at straws, cavil, cleave, cut up, defoliate, demolish, denude, disassemble, disintegrate, dismantle, dismember, draw and quarter, fault-find, find fault, flay, fragment, lacerate, maim, make mincemeat of, mangle, mutilate, nitpick, peel, pettifog, pick holes, pick to pieces, pull apart, pull in pieces, pull to pieces, pulverize, quibble, reduce to rubble, rend, shatter, shred, skin, smash, split, strip, sunder, take apart, take exception, tear apart, tear to shreds, tear to tatters, total, unbuild, undo, unmake, wrack up, wreck

tear

• tear, abrade, abrasion, amputate, assault, attack, autacoid, ax, bacchanal, bacchanalia, bacchanalian, ball the jack, barbarize, bark, barrel, bat, batter, bawling, bender, bile, binge, bisect, blemish, bloody, blubbering, boil, bolt, boom, booze, bout, bowl along, breach, break, breakage, breeze, breeze along, broach, brush, brutalize, bundle, burn, burst, bust, bustle, butcher, buzz about, career, carousal, carouse, carry on, carve, celebration, chafe, chalone, charge, chase, check, chink, chip, chop, chyle, claw, cleave, cleft, clip, colostrum, compotation, concussion, crack, crackle, craze, crevasse, crowd, cry, crying, cut, cut along, cut away, cut in two, cut off, cut open, damage, dart, dash, dash off, dash on, debauch, destroy, devil, dichotomize, digestive secretion, discharge, dispart, dissever, divaricate, divide, double-time, drinking bout, drunk, drunken carousal, endocrine, escapade, evulse, excise, excrete, festinate, fissure, fit of crying, flash burn, fleet, fling, flit, flood of tears, flutter, fly, fly low, fly open, fracture, fray, frazzle, fret, fuss, gall, gallop, gap, gash, gastric juice, get going, get moving, give out, gleet, go fast, go on, good cry, gore, greet, guzzle, hack, halve, hammer, haste, hasten, hew, hie, highball, hole, hormone, humor, hump, hump it, hurry, hurry about, hurry on, hurry through, hurry up, hurry-scurry, hurt, hurtle, hustle, ichor, impair, incise, incision, injure, injury, intestinal juice, jag, jigsaw, lacerate, laceration, lachryma, lachrymosity, lacrimatory, lactate, lactation, lance, lark, lash, lay open, lay waste, leap, lesion, leukorrhea, loot, lose no time, lymph, maim, make a fuss, make haste, make knots, make mincemeat of, mangle, matter, maul, melting mood, milk, mortal wound, move quickly, mucor, mucus, mug, mutilate, mutilation, nip, np, ope, open, open up, orgy, outstrip the wind, overflowing eyes, pancreatic juice, pare, part, peccant humor, phlegm, pierce, pillage, ploy, plunge, post, potation, pour it on, press on, produce, prostatic fluid, prune, pub-crawl, pull, pull apart, puncture, purulence, pus, push on, race, rage, ramp, rampage, randan, randy, rant, rape, rave, rend, rent, revel, rheum, ribbon, rift, riot, rip, rive, roar, ruin, run, rupture, rush, rush about, rush around, rush through, sack, saliva, salivary secretion, sanies, savage, saw, scald, scale, scamper, scissor, scoot, scorch, score, scotch, scour, scramble, scrape, scratch, scud, scuff, scurry, scuttle, secern, second-degree burn, secrete, semen, separate, serous fluid, serum, sever, shoot, shred, sizzle, skedaddle, skim, skin, slash, slaughter, slice, slit, snatch, snip, sniveling, snot, sobbing, sore, sow chaos, speed, sperm, splinter, split, sprain, spread, spread out, spree, spring open, sprint, spurt, stab, stab wound, step on it, stick, storm, storm along, strain, sunder, suppuration, sweat, sweep, swing open, symposium, tap, tear along, tear around, tear bottle, tear open, teardrop, tearful eyes, tearfulness, tears, terrorize, the whites, third-degree burn, throw open, thunder along, thyroxin, toot, trauma, traumatize, urine, vandalize, violate, wassail, water, weep, weepiness, weeping, whimpering, whisk, whittle, whiz, whiz about, wingding, wound, wounds immedicable, wreck, wrench, yank, zing, zip, zoom

teardrop

• teardrop, bawling, bead, blubbering, chyle, colostrum, cry, crying, dewdrop, discharge, drop, droplet, fit of crying, flood of tears, gleet, good cry, greet, humor, ichor, lachryma, lachrymosity, lacrimatory, lactation, leukorrhea, lymph, matter, melting mood, milk, mucor, mucus, overflowing eyes, pearl, peccant humor, phlegm, purulence, pus, raindrop, rheum, saliva, sanies, serous fluid, serum, sniveling, snot, sobbing, suppuration, sweat, tear, tear bottle, tearful eyes, tearfulness, tears, the whites, urine, weepiness, weeping, whimpering

tearful

• tearful, aggrieved, anguished, blubbering, careworn, crying, dissolved in tears, doleful, dolorous, dumb with grief, grief-stricken, griefful, grieved, grievous, in grief, in tears, lachrymal, lachrymose, lacrimatory, lamentable, lugubrious, mournful, plaintive, plangent, plunged in grief, ready to cry, rueful, sniveling, sobbing, sorrowed, sorrowful, sorrowing, teary, weeping, weepy, whimpering, with eyes suffused, woeful

tearjerker

• tearjerker, bathos, bleeding heart, cloyingness, goo, hearts-and-flowers, maudlinness, mawkishness, mush, mushiness, namby-pamby, namby-pambyism, namby-pambyness, nostalgia, nostomania, oversentimentalism, oversentimentality, romanticism, sentiment, sentimentalism, sentimentality, slop, sloppiness, slush, soap opera, sob story, sweetness and light

tearoom

• tearoom, automat, beanery, bistro, buffet, buvette, cafe, cafeteria, canteen, cantina, chophouse, chuck wagon, coffee shop, coffeehouse, coffeeroom, cookhouse, cookshack, cookshop, diner, dining hall, dining room, dog wagon, drive-in, drive-in restaurant, eatery, eating house, fast-food chain, grill, grillroom, hamburger stand, hash house, hashery, hot-dog stand, kitchen, lunch counter, lunch wagon, luncheonette, lunchroom, mess hall, pizzeria, quick-lunch counter, restaurant, smorgasbord, snack bar, tavern, trattoria

teary

• teary, bathetic, beery, blubbering, cloying, crying, dissolved in tears, gooey, gushing, in tears, lachrymal, lachrymose, lacrimatory, maudlin, mawkish, mushy, namby-pamby, nostalgic, nostomanic, oversentimental, oversentimentalized, ready to cry, romantic, sappy, sentimental, sentimentalized, sloppy, sniveling, sobbing, soft, sticky, tear-jerking, tearful, weeping, weepy, whimpering, with eyes suffused

tease

• tease, Artful Dodger, Casanova, Don Juan, Machiavel, Machiavelli, Machiavellian, actor, aggravate, annoy, annoyer, appeal, apply pressure, attract, badger, badgerer, baffle, bafflement, bait, balk, bamboozler, banter, be at, be attractive, beckon, bedevil, befuddler, beguiler, beleaguer, beset, besiege, betrayed hope, bilk, blandish, blasted expectation, blighted hope, blow, bother, bristle, brown off, buffet, bug, bully, bullyrag, burn up, buttonhole, cajole, cast down, chaff, charmer, chivy, coax, comedown, counterfeiter, cross, cruel disappointment, dash, dashed hope, deceiver, defeat, defeat expectation, deluder, devil, disappoint, disappointment, discomfiture, discompose, disillusion, disillusionment, dissatisfaction, dissatisfy, dissembler, dissimulator, distemper, disturb, dodger, dog, double-dealer, drive mad, dun, duper, enchanter, engage, entrancer, exasperate, exercise, exert pressure, failure, faker, fallen countenance, fash, fetch, fiasco, fizzle, foil, foiling, fooler, forger, forlorn hope, frustrate, frustration, gay deceiver, get, gnaw, goad, gripe, guy, harass, harasser, harrier, harry, haze, heckle, heckler, hector, hoaxer, hope deferred, hound, hypnotizer, importune, interest, invite, irk, irritate, jape, jest, jilt, jilter, jive, joke, joker, jokester, jolly, josh, kid, kidder, leg-puller, let down, letdown, manipulate, mesmerizer, miff, mirage, misleader, molest, nag, nag at, needle, nettle, nudnik, nudzh, peeve, persecute, persecutor, pest, pester, pesterer, pick on, pique, plagiarist, plagiarizer, plague, plaguer, playactor, pluck the beard, ply, pother, practical joker, press, pressure, provoke, push, put on, rag, ragger, rally, razz, rib, ride, rile, roast, roil, role-player, ruffle, sadist, seducer, setback, sore disappointment, spoofer, summon, tantalization, tantalize, taunt, teaser, tempt, thwart, tickle, titillate, torment, tormentor, try the patience, tweak the nose, twit, urge, vex, wheedle, whet the appetite, winkle, work, work on, worry

teaser

• teaser, Artful Dodger, Casanova, Circe, Don Juan, Gordian knot, Lorelei, Machiavel, Machiavelli, Machiavellian, Parthenope, Siren, act drop, actor, annoyer, asbestos, asbestos board, backdrop, badgerer, bamboozler, batten, befuddler, beguiler, border, bully, charmer, cloth, coquette, coulisse, counterfeiter, counterweight, crux, curtain, curtain board, cyclorama, deceiver, decor, deluder, dilemma, dissembler, dissimulator, dodger, double-dealer, drop, drop curtain, duper, ecdysiast, enchanter, enchantress, enigma, enticer, entrancer, faker, femme fatale, fire curtain, flat, flipper, flirt, fooler, forger, gay deceiver, hanging, harasser, harrier, heckler, hoaxer, hypnotizer, inveigler, jilt, jilter, joker, jokester, kidder, knot, knotty point, leg-puller, mesmerizer, misleader, nag, node, nodus, nonplus, nudnik, nudzh, oxymoron, paradox, peeler, perplexity, persecutor, pest, pesterer, plagiarist, plagiarizer, plaguer, playactor, pons asinorum, poser, practical joker, puzzle, quandary, rag, ragger, role-player, sadist, scene, scenery, screen, seducer, seductress, side scene, siren, spoofer, stage screw, stripper, striptease, tab, tableau, tease, tempter, temptress, torment, tormentor, transformation, transformation scene, vamp, vampire, vexed question, wing, wingcut, woodcut

teasing

• teasing, aggravating, alluring, annoying, appealing, appetizing, attractive, bantering, beguiling, bewitching, blandishing, blandishment, booing, bothering, bothersome, buttonholing, cajolement, cajolery, cajoling, captivating, catcalling, catching, chaffing, charismatic, charming, coaxing, come-hither, coquettish, demanding, derisive, derisory, disappointing, disturbing, dunning, enchanting, engaging, enravishing, enthralling, enticing, entrancing, exasperating, exciting, exotic, falling short, fascinating, fetching, fleering, flippant, flirtatious, fooling, galling, glamorous, grinning, harassing, hazing, hissing, hooting, hypnotic, importunate, importunateness, importune, importunity, insistent, interesting, intriguing, inviting, irking, irksome, irresistible, irritating, jeering, jesting, joking, jollying, joshing, kidding, leering, mesmeric, mocking, mouth-watering, nagging, panning, pesky, pestering, pestiferous, pestilent, pestilential, piquant, plaguesome, plaguey, plaguing, plying, prepossessing, pressing, pressure, provocative, provoking, provoquant, quizzical, ragging, railing, rallying, ravishing, razzing, ribbing, ridiculing, roasting, scoffing, second best, seducing, seductive, siren, sirenic, smart, smart-alecky, smart-ass, smirking, sneering, snickering, sniggering, snorting, spellbinding, spellful, taking, tantalizing, taunting, tempting, tickling, tiresome, titillating, titillative, tormenting, troublesome, troubling, twitting, unsatisfactory, urgency, urgent, urging, vexatious, vexing, wearisome, wheedling, winning, winsome, witching, worrisome, worrying

teat

• teat, bag, boobs, bosom, breast, breasts, brisket, bust, chest, crop, dug, knockers, mama, mamelon, mamelonation, mammary gland, mammilla, mammillation, nenes, nipple, pap, papilla, pigeon breast, thorax, tit, tits, titties, titty, udder

teatime

• teatime, TV dinner, alfresco meal, barbecue, breakfast, brunch, buffet supper, clambake, coffee break, cookout, diner, dinner, elevenses, fish fry, high tea, hot luncheon, lunch, luncheon, mash, meat breakfast, petit dejeuner, picnic, supper, tea, tea break, tiffin, wiener roast, wienie roast

technical

• technical, accomplished, applied, at concert pitch, authoritative, back-burner, career, coached, complex, complicated, confined, conversant, detailed, dinky, disciplinary, dispensable, expert, feature, featured, finished, functional, immaterial, inappreciable, inconsequential, inconsiderable, industrial, inessential, inferior, initiate, initiated, insignificant, intricate, irrelevant, knowledgeable, limited, little, mechanical, minor, minute, negligible, nonessential, not vital, official, petit, polytechnic, practiced, prepared, primed, pro, professional, restricted, scholarly, scientific, skilled, small, specialist, specialistic, specialized, technicological, technological, trained, unessential, unimpressive, unnoteworthy, vocational

technicality

• technicality, a little thing, area, bag, complexity, complexness, complication, convolution, crabbedness, cup of tea, entanglement, field, forte, hardly anything, inessential, insignificancy, intricacy, intricateness, involution, involvement, jargon word, line, long suit, main interest, manner, marginal matter, matter of indifference, mere nothing, metier, minor matter, naught, nihility, no great matter, nothing, nothing in particular, nothing to signify, nullity, paltry affair, perplexity, pet subject, peu de chose, pursuit, ramification, rien du tout, scarcely anything, specialism, speciality, specialization, specialty, strong point, style, subtlety, tanglement, technical term, thing, thing of naught, type, vocation, way, weakness

technician

• technician, Admirable Crichton, adept, aficionado, amateur, apprentice, artificer, artisan, artist, attache, authority, buff, connaisseur, connoisseur, consultant, cordon bleu, crack shot, craftsman, craftswoman, critic, dead shot, dilettante, diplomat, diplomatist, elder statesman, experienced hand, expert, expert consultant, fan, freak, graduate, handicraftsman, handy man, journeyman, marksman, master, master carpenter, master craftsman, mechanic, no slouch, nut, politician, prentice, pro, professional, professor, proficient, pundit, savant, scholar, shark, sharp, specialist, statesman, technical adviser, technical expert, wright

Technicolor

• Technicolor, 3-D, Cinemascope, Cinerama, Western, animated cartoon, black-and-white film, bright color, brightness, brilliance, cartoon, chiller, cinema, color, color film, colorfulness, creepie, documentary, documentary film, educational film, feature, film, flick, flicker, gaiety, gorgeousness, horror picture, horse opera, intensity, motion picture, motion-picture show, movie, moving picture, newsreel, nudie, photodrama, photoplay, picture, picture show, pornographic film, preview, pure color, richness, saturation, short, silent, silent film, skin flick, sneak preview, spaghetti Western, talkie, talking picture, thriller, trailer, underground film, vividness

technics

• technics, academic discipline, academic specialty, acquaintance, applied science, area, arena, art, concern, corpus, craft, data, datum, department of knowledge, discipline, domain, experience, expertise, facts, factual base, familiarity, field, field of inquiry, field of study, information, intelligence, intimacy, ken, know-how, knowing, knowledge, mechanics, mechanism, method, natural science, ology, practical knowledge, private knowledge, privity, province, pure science, ratio cognoscendi, science, self-knowledge, skill, social science, specialty, sphere, study, technic, technical know-how, technical knowledge, technical skill, technicology, technique, technology

technique

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