defend,v.guard,protect,shield,secure,screen,shelter, fortify, garrison,preserve,harbor,countenance;uphold, espouse,vindicate,advocate,plead,justify,maintain.defender,n.defendant,vindicator,advocate,champion,pleader, asserter, upholder,guardian.defense,n.protection, defending,maintenance;guard,protection, palisade,rampart,bulwark,fortress, blockhouse,fortification,earthwork, breastwork,shield,armor, stockade, buckler, redoubt, remblai, palladium, garrison, ravelin,reliance, muniment, machicolation;vindication, advocacy,plea,excuse.Antonyms:betrayal,exposure,surrender,abandonment, capitulation.defiance,n.challenge, provocation;opposition, insubmission, contumacy,contempt, insubordination,insurgency,mutiny,rebellion, recalcitration.defiant,a.disobedient, insubmissive, contumacious,bellicose,rebellious, contumelious,refractory,cockahoop,mutinous.Antonyms:obedient, tractable,submissive.deficiency,n.inadequacy,insufficiency,shortage, meagreness.deficient,a.defective,imperfect, meagre,scanty,inadequate,insufficient.defile,v.contaminate,pollute,soil, befoul,vitiate,taint,corrupt, infect, sully.defilement,n.contamination,pollution,vitiation,corruption.definite,a.positive,specific,express, explicit, specified,exact,precise.Antonyms: Seeindefinite.definition,n.explanation,description; lexigraphy.deformed,a.misshapen, disfigured,crippled.deformity,n.malformation,disfigurement, unshapelinessdistortion.Associated words: orthopedy, orthopraxy, orthopedic, orthopedist.defraud,v.Seecheat.deft,a.dexterous, adroit,expert,skillful,apt,clever.defy,v.challenge,dare;spurn,flout,scorn.degeneracy,n.decline,degeneration,retrogression,deterioration.degenerate,v.deteriorate,retrograde,decline.degeneration,n.deterioration,decline, retrogradation,degeneracy,vitiation.degradation,n.abasement,debasement,disgrace,humiliation.degrade,v.abase,debase,disgrace,pervert,humiliate,dishonor.degraded,a.debased,low,shameful.deiflcation,n.apotheosis.deify,v.apotheosize.deign,v.condescend, vouchsafe.delay,n.deferring, deferment, procrastination,postponement, respite, reprieve; retardation, retention,obstruction; dawdling,lingering,dalliance.Antonyms:dispatch, promptness, expedition,haste.delay,v.postpone, defer, procrastinate, suspend, reprieve,retard,impede,hinder,obstruct;linger, tarry, dawdle,dally.Antonyms:dispatch,hasten, expedite, facilitate.delegate,v.depute, commission.delegate,n.deputy, proxy,vicar, commissioner,legate, envoy, appointee, surrogate.deleterious,a.hurtful,noxious,pernicious.deliberate,a.intentional, premeditated, prepense, done onpurpose.Antonyms:accidental,unconscious,unpremeditated,unintentional.deliberation,n.consideration,discussion,consultation.delicacy,n.daintiness, fineness,frailty,refinement, fastidiousness,discrimination, sensitiveness;dainty,tidbit,junket.Antonyms:indelicacy, coarseness, indiscrimination.delicate,a.graceful,fine,exquisite,minute,slender;refined,sensitive,fastidious,dainty;critical,ticklish.Antonyms: Seeindelicate.delicious,a.luscious, palatable,savory,exquisite,delightful.Antonyms: unpalatable,nauseous, distastefulfulsome.delighted,a.charmed, overjoyed, enraptured.delightful,a.charming, enchanting,rapturous, beatific,ravishing, delectable, pleasurable,delicious,congenial, enjoyable.delirious,a.irrational.Antonyms:rational,lucid,sane.delirium tremens.mania a potu, œnomania, the horrors (Colloq.).deliverance,n.rescue,salvation,redemption; extrication, acquittance.delivery,n.rescue,release,liberation,deliverance, extrication;surrender,conveyance, transfer, transmission.delusion,n.illusion,deception, phantasm,hallucination,mockery,ruse.Antonyms: disillusionment, disenchantment,reality,actuality,fact.demand,n.exaction, requisition,requirement,order,request.demeanor,n.deportment,carriage,behavior,bearing,mien.demerit,n.fault, wrongdoing, misconduct, delinquency.demolish,v.Seedestroy.demon,n.devil,fiend, Mara.Associated words: demoniac, demonocracy, pandemonium, demonology, sabbat, demonophobia, polydemonism, demonism, exorcise, exorcism, exorcist.demon worship.demonolatry.demoralize,v.deprave,debase,corrupt,vitiate.demure,a.sedate,sober,staid, decorous.den,n.cavern,cave, lair;retreat,haunt, squalid resort.denial,n.negation,rejection, disclaimer, disavowal, controverting, abjuration, disacknowledgment,refusal, abnegation,renunciation.Antonyms:affirmation,acceptance, avowal,confession.denote,v.signify, imply,indicate,betoken.denouncing,n.denunciation.dent,n.indentation.--v.indent.denunciation,n.condemnation, arraignment,accusation, fulmination, malediction, stigmatizing.denunciatory,a.condemnatory, comminatory, fulminatorydeny,v.gainsay,contradict; disavow,disown, abjure,renounce, abnegate.department,n.division,section,part,category;district, precinct,branch, province;station,sphere, capacity.departure,n.deviation;retirement,withdrawal.depend,v.lean, rely,trust.dependable,a.trustworthy,trusty,reliable.Antonyms: untrustworthy,unreliable.dependant,n.retainer,vassal, minion,subject, feudatory, adherent, satellite; corollary,consequence, concomitant.dependence,n.suspension, dependency;reliance,trust; mainstay,support; contingency.dependent,a.conditioned, contingent.Antonyms:independent, unconditioned.depict,v.portray, delineate,describe,picture.depiction,n.portrayal, delineation,description,picture.deplore,v.lament, deprecate,bewail,regret,rue,bemoan.deportment,n.behavior,conduct,demeanor.deposit,n, deposition,sediment, precipitate, alluvium, alluvion, diluvium.Associated words: alluvial, diluvial.depositary,n.trustee,guardian, fiduciary.depository,n.storehouse,magazine,depot,warehouse, promptuary.depot,n.depository,warehouse;station.depredation,n.pillage, sacking,rapine, spoliation,plunder.depredator,n.plunderer, pillager, despoiler,robber.depressed,a.dejected, dispirited.depression,n.cavity,hollow,indentation, concavity,dent; dejection,discouragement,despondency, vapors,gloom;inactivity, dullness.deprive,v.dispossess,strip, divest, despoil.depth,n.profundity;extent,measure, intensity;deep, abyss; astuteness,shrewdness,acumen,discernment.Associated words: bathometer, bathymetry, bathymetric.derelict,a.abandoned,forsaken;lost,adrift;careless,negligent,remiss, delinquent.deride,v.scoff,ridicule,mock,taunt,jeer,scout,jibe.derision,n.ridicule,mockery,jeering.derogatory,a.disparaging, detracting.descendants,n. pl.progeny, posterity,offspring.descent,n.descension; incursion,raid,foray; derivation, lineage, extraction,parentage, birth; declivity,slope,decline; dismounting; bathos; escarpment, scarp.describe,v.delineate,depict.description,n.delineation,depiction,portrayal;class,species,sort,character.desecrate,v.profane,pollute, secularize.desecration,n.profanation, secularization.desert,n.merit,meed,due.desert,n.wilderness,wild.Associated words: oasis, mirage, caravan, caravansary, eremic.desert,a.waste,unproductive,barren,desolate, infertile, inarable.Antonyms:fertile, arable.desert,v.forsake,abandon,leave, run away from.deserted,a.forsaken,desolate,abandoned,derelict.deserter,n.renegade, turncoat, delinquent,backslider,apostate,recreant,poltroon, rat, traitor.desertion,n.abandonment.Antonyms: Seefaithfulness.desert wind.simoon.deserve,v.merit.deserved,a.merited, condign.Antonyms:undeserved, unmerited.deserving,a.meritprious,worthy, meedful.Antonyms:undeserving,unworthy.design,n.sketch, draught,outline,plan;scheme,intention,purpose, project, intent,aim.Associated words: teleology, teleologist, teleological.designing,n.artful,wily,crafty,subtle,politic, Machiavelian disingenuous.Antonyms: Seeundesigning.desire,n.longing,craving,will, aspiration,hankering, appetency,cupidity,impulse;request,petition,quest, entreaty; velleity; pruriency.Antonyms:apathy,antipathy,aversion, inappetency.Associated words: desiderative, desideratum, orectic, optative.desire,v.want,crave, long for,lust, covet,yearn, aspire,request.desolate,a.dreary,waste;broken-hearted, inconsolable,solitary; devastated.desolate,v.devastate, depredate, despoil,sack,lay waste.despair,n.hopelessness,desperation, inconsolableness.desperate,a.irretrievable,hopeless,incurable,remediless,outrageous,atrocious,monstrous,heinous.desperation,n.despair, hopelessness, recklessness.despicable,a.contemptible,abject.despise,v.contemn,disdain.despiteful,a.malicious,spiteful, resentful.despondency,n.melancholy,depression, dejection.despondent,a.disheartened, discouraged, dejected,depressed.despot,n.tyrant, autocrat.despotic,a.autocratic,tyrannical,absolute, despotical.despotism,n.absolutism,autocracy,tyranny.destìne,v.doom, preordain,appoint,foredoom.destiny,n.fate,doom,lot, fortune.destitute,a.devoid,deficient,lacking;needy, verypoor.destitution,n.privation,need,want,poverty,deficiency, indigence.destroy,v.annihilate,undo,demolish,raze,desolate,devour,sack,dismantle,eradicate,exterminate,ruin.Antonyms:conserve,preserve, perpetuate,spare.destroyer,n.iconoclast, annihilator,vandal, hun, destructionist, Apollyon.destruction,n.annihilation, demolition,eradication,ruin,perdition,havoc, vandalism, subversion, desolation,devastation, iconoclasm.Antonyms: conservation preservation, perpetuation.destructive,a.ruinous, iconoclastic,vandal, vandalic, internecine,deleterious,pernicious, annihilative.desultory,a.fitful,irregular, cursory, unsystematic.detach,v.disconnect, disjoin,sever, disunite,isolate, segregate.detachment,n.disconnection,separation, disunion,isolation, segregation.detail,v.particularize, enumerate.details,n. pl.minutiæ,particulars.detention,n.restraint,custody,confinement,arrest.deter,v.hinder,prevent,dissuade,restrain.deteriorate,v.decline,degenerate,retrograde;corrupt,vitiate,debase,degrade.deterioration,n.decline,degeneration,retrogression;vitiation,corruption,debasement.detest,v.loathe,despise, abominate,abhor,hate, execrate.detestable,a.abominable, loathsome, execrable,abhorrent.detestation,n.abomination, execration,loathing,abhorrence,antipathy.deuced,a.(Low)devilish,excessive,extreme.devastate,v.desolate,sack, despoil,ravage,plunder.devastation,n.desolation, sacking, despoliation,ravage,havoc.develop,v.mature, evolve;unfold, disentangle,unravel.Antonyms: atrophy,blast,blight.
defend,v.guard,protect,shield,secure,screen,shelter, fortify, garrison,preserve,harbor,countenance;uphold, espouse,vindicate,advocate,plead,justify,maintain.
defender,n.defendant,vindicator,advocate,champion,pleader, asserter, upholder,guardian.
defense,n.protection, defending,maintenance;guard,protection, palisade,rampart,bulwark,fortress, blockhouse,fortification,earthwork, breastwork,shield,armor, stockade, buckler, redoubt, remblai, palladium, garrison, ravelin,reliance, muniment, machicolation;vindication, advocacy,plea,excuse.Antonyms:betrayal,exposure,surrender,abandonment, capitulation.
defiance,n.challenge, provocation;opposition, insubmission, contumacy,contempt, insubordination,insurgency,mutiny,rebellion, recalcitration.
defiant,a.disobedient, insubmissive, contumacious,bellicose,rebellious, contumelious,refractory,cockahoop,mutinous.Antonyms:obedient, tractable,submissive.
deficiency,n.inadequacy,insufficiency,shortage, meagreness.
deficient,a.defective,imperfect, meagre,scanty,inadequate,insufficient.
defile,v.contaminate,pollute,soil, befoul,vitiate,taint,corrupt, infect, sully.
defilement,n.contamination,pollution,vitiation,corruption.
definite,a.positive,specific,express, explicit, specified,exact,precise.Antonyms: Seeindefinite.
definition,n.explanation,description; lexigraphy.
deformed,a.misshapen, disfigured,crippled.
deformity,n.malformation,disfigurement, unshapelinessdistortion.Associated words: orthopedy, orthopraxy, orthopedic, orthopedist.
defraud,v.Seecheat.
deft,a.dexterous, adroit,expert,skillful,apt,clever.
defy,v.challenge,dare;spurn,flout,scorn.
degeneracy,n.decline,degeneration,retrogression,deterioration.
degenerate,v.deteriorate,retrograde,decline.
degeneration,n.deterioration,decline, retrogradation,degeneracy,vitiation.
degradation,n.abasement,debasement,disgrace,humiliation.
degrade,v.abase,debase,disgrace,pervert,humiliate,dishonor.
degraded,a.debased,low,shameful.
deiflcation,n.apotheosis.
deify,v.apotheosize.
deign,v.condescend, vouchsafe.
delay,n.deferring, deferment, procrastination,postponement, respite, reprieve; retardation, retention,obstruction; dawdling,lingering,dalliance.Antonyms:dispatch, promptness, expedition,haste.
delay,v.postpone, defer, procrastinate, suspend, reprieve,retard,impede,hinder,obstruct;linger, tarry, dawdle,dally.Antonyms:dispatch,hasten, expedite, facilitate.
delegate,v.depute, commission.
delegate,n.deputy, proxy,vicar, commissioner,legate, envoy, appointee, surrogate.
deleterious,a.hurtful,noxious,pernicious.
deliberate,a.intentional, premeditated, prepense, done onpurpose.Antonyms:accidental,unconscious,unpremeditated,unintentional.
deliberation,n.consideration,discussion,consultation.
delicacy,n.daintiness, fineness,frailty,refinement, fastidiousness,discrimination, sensitiveness;dainty,tidbit,junket.Antonyms:indelicacy, coarseness, indiscrimination.
delicate,a.graceful,fine,exquisite,minute,slender;refined,sensitive,fastidious,dainty;critical,ticklish.Antonyms: Seeindelicate.
delicious,a.luscious, palatable,savory,exquisite,delightful.Antonyms: unpalatable,nauseous, distastefulfulsome.
delighted,a.charmed, overjoyed, enraptured.
delightful,a.charming, enchanting,rapturous, beatific,ravishing, delectable, pleasurable,delicious,congenial, enjoyable.
delirious,a.irrational.Antonyms:rational,lucid,sane.
delirium tremens.mania a potu, œnomania, the horrors (Colloq.).
deliverance,n.rescue,salvation,redemption; extrication, acquittance.
delivery,n.rescue,release,liberation,deliverance, extrication;surrender,conveyance, transfer, transmission.
delusion,n.illusion,deception, phantasm,hallucination,mockery,ruse.Antonyms: disillusionment, disenchantment,reality,actuality,fact.
demand,n.exaction, requisition,requirement,order,request.
demeanor,n.deportment,carriage,behavior,bearing,mien.
demerit,n.fault, wrongdoing, misconduct, delinquency.
demolish,v.Seedestroy.
demon,n.devil,fiend, Mara.Associated words: demoniac, demonocracy, pandemonium, demonology, sabbat, demonophobia, polydemonism, demonism, exorcise, exorcism, exorcist.
demon worship.demonolatry.
demoralize,v.deprave,debase,corrupt,vitiate.
demure,a.sedate,sober,staid, decorous.
den,n.cavern,cave, lair;retreat,haunt, squalid resort.
denial,n.negation,rejection, disclaimer, disavowal, controverting, abjuration, disacknowledgment,refusal, abnegation,renunciation.Antonyms:affirmation,acceptance, avowal,confession.
denote,v.signify, imply,indicate,betoken.
denouncing,n.denunciation.
dent,n.indentation.--v.indent.
denunciation,n.condemnation, arraignment,accusation, fulmination, malediction, stigmatizing.
denunciatory,a.condemnatory, comminatory, fulminatory
deny,v.gainsay,contradict; disavow,disown, abjure,renounce, abnegate.
department,n.division,section,part,category;district, precinct,branch, province;station,sphere, capacity.
departure,n.deviation;retirement,withdrawal.
depend,v.lean, rely,trust.
dependable,a.trustworthy,trusty,reliable.Antonyms: untrustworthy,unreliable.
dependant,n.retainer,vassal, minion,subject, feudatory, adherent, satellite; corollary,consequence, concomitant.
dependence,n.suspension, dependency;reliance,trust; mainstay,support; contingency.
dependent,a.conditioned, contingent.Antonyms:independent, unconditioned.
depict,v.portray, delineate,describe,picture.
depiction,n.portrayal, delineation,description,picture.
deplore,v.lament, deprecate,bewail,regret,rue,bemoan.
deportment,n.behavior,conduct,demeanor.
deposit,n, deposition,sediment, precipitate, alluvium, alluvion, diluvium.Associated words: alluvial, diluvial.
depositary,n.trustee,guardian, fiduciary.
depository,n.storehouse,magazine,depot,warehouse, promptuary.
depot,n.depository,warehouse;station.
depredation,n.pillage, sacking,rapine, spoliation,plunder.
depredator,n.plunderer, pillager, despoiler,robber.
depressed,a.dejected, dispirited.
depression,n.cavity,hollow,indentation, concavity,dent; dejection,discouragement,despondency, vapors,gloom;inactivity, dullness.
deprive,v.dispossess,strip, divest, despoil.
depth,n.profundity;extent,measure, intensity;deep, abyss; astuteness,shrewdness,acumen,discernment.Associated words: bathometer, bathymetry, bathymetric.
derelict,a.abandoned,forsaken;lost,adrift;careless,negligent,remiss, delinquent.
deride,v.scoff,ridicule,mock,taunt,jeer,scout,jibe.
derision,n.ridicule,mockery,jeering.
derogatory,a.disparaging, detracting.
descendants,n. pl.progeny, posterity,offspring.
descent,n.descension; incursion,raid,foray; derivation, lineage, extraction,parentage, birth; declivity,slope,decline; dismounting; bathos; escarpment, scarp.
describe,v.delineate,depict.
description,n.delineation,depiction,portrayal;class,species,sort,character.
desecrate,v.profane,pollute, secularize.
desecration,n.profanation, secularization.
desert,n.merit,meed,due.
desert,n.wilderness,wild.Associated words: oasis, mirage, caravan, caravansary, eremic.
desert,a.waste,unproductive,barren,desolate, infertile, inarable.Antonyms:fertile, arable.
desert,v.forsake,abandon,leave, run away from.
deserted,a.forsaken,desolate,abandoned,derelict.
deserter,n.renegade, turncoat, delinquent,backslider,apostate,recreant,poltroon, rat, traitor.
desertion,n.abandonment.Antonyms: Seefaithfulness.
desert wind.simoon.
deserve,v.merit.
deserved,a.merited, condign.Antonyms:undeserved, unmerited.
deserving,a.meritprious,worthy, meedful.Antonyms:undeserving,unworthy.
design,n.sketch, draught,outline,plan;scheme,intention,purpose, project, intent,aim.Associated words: teleology, teleologist, teleological.
designing,n.artful,wily,crafty,subtle,politic, Machiavelian disingenuous.Antonyms: Seeundesigning.
desire,n.longing,craving,will, aspiration,hankering, appetency,cupidity,impulse;request,petition,quest, entreaty; velleity; pruriency.Antonyms:apathy,antipathy,aversion, inappetency.Associated words: desiderative, desideratum, orectic, optative.
desire,v.want,crave, long for,lust, covet,yearn, aspire,request.
desolate,a.dreary,waste;broken-hearted, inconsolable,solitary; devastated.
desolate,v.devastate, depredate, despoil,sack,lay waste.
despair,n.hopelessness,desperation, inconsolableness.
desperate,a.irretrievable,hopeless,incurable,remediless,outrageous,atrocious,monstrous,heinous.
desperation,n.despair, hopelessness, recklessness.
despicable,a.contemptible,abject.
despise,v.contemn,disdain.
despiteful,a.malicious,spiteful, resentful.
despondency,n.melancholy,depression, dejection.
despondent,a.disheartened, discouraged, dejected,depressed.
despot,n.tyrant, autocrat.
despotic,a.autocratic,tyrannical,absolute, despotical.
despotism,n.absolutism,autocracy,tyranny.
destìne,v.doom, preordain,appoint,foredoom.
destiny,n.fate,doom,lot, fortune.
destitute,a.devoid,deficient,lacking;needy, verypoor.
destitution,n.privation,need,want,poverty,deficiency, indigence.
destroy,v.annihilate,undo,demolish,raze,desolate,devour,sack,dismantle,eradicate,exterminate,ruin.Antonyms:conserve,preserve, perpetuate,spare.
destroyer,n.iconoclast, annihilator,vandal, hun, destructionist, Apollyon.
destruction,n.annihilation, demolition,eradication,ruin,perdition,havoc, vandalism, subversion, desolation,devastation, iconoclasm.Antonyms: conservation preservation, perpetuation.
destructive,a.ruinous, iconoclastic,vandal, vandalic, internecine,deleterious,pernicious, annihilative.
desultory,a.fitful,irregular, cursory, unsystematic.
detach,v.disconnect, disjoin,sever, disunite,isolate, segregate.
detachment,n.disconnection,separation, disunion,isolation, segregation.
detail,v.particularize, enumerate.
details,n. pl.minutiæ,particulars.
detention,n.restraint,custody,confinement,arrest.
deter,v.hinder,prevent,dissuade,restrain.
deteriorate,v.decline,degenerate,retrograde;corrupt,vitiate,debase,degrade.
deterioration,n.decline,degeneration,retrogression;vitiation,corruption,debasement.
detest,v.loathe,despise, abominate,abhor,hate, execrate.
detestable,a.abominable, loathsome, execrable,abhorrent.
detestation,n.abomination, execration,loathing,abhorrence,antipathy.
deuced,a.(Low)devilish,excessive,extreme.
devastate,v.desolate,sack, despoil,ravage,plunder.
devastation,n.desolation, sacking, despoliation,ravage,havoc.
develop,v.mature, evolve;unfold, disentangle,unravel.Antonyms: atrophy,blast,blight.