dodge,n.(Colloq.) prevarication,trick,artifice,subterfuge,stratagem,evasion,parry,device.dodger,n.prevaricator; handbill, circular.dog,n.canine; (young)pup,puppy, whelp; (female)bitch,slut; cur, whippet, tike, fice,mongrel.Associated words: canine,Canis, cyniatrics,rabies, hydrophobia, cynanthropy, cynegetics, cynic, cynophobia, cynoid, cynopodous, cynocephalous, cynocephalus, cynocephalic,learn, leash, dog-fancier.dog,v.follow,worry,hound.dog days.canicular days.dogged,a.stubborn,obstinate,mulish,headstrong,persistent.doggish,a.surly,sullen,churlish, cynical,morose.dog house.kennel.dogma,n.doctrine, tenet.dogmatic,a.positive, magisterial,dictatorial,imperious,domineering,overbearing; authoritative, categorical.dog-star,n.Sinus, Canicula, Cards Majoris.doings,n. pl.actions, proceedings, deeds, acts, performances, transactions.dole,n.pittance,alms;distribution,apportionment,share,portion;grief,sorrow.doleful,a.sorrowful, dolorous,plaintive,piteous,lugubrious, woe-begone.domain,n.dominion,sovereignty;realm,territory; province,department.dome,n.cupola.domestic,a.home,household,family; intestine; domesticated,tame; fond ofhome.dominant,a.predominant, prevailing, predominating, paramount.dominate,v.predominate,sway,rule,govern,control,surmount,overtop.domination,n.government,dominion, supremacy,rule,authority, ascendancy.domineer,v.tyrannize, lord it; swagger,vapor,bluster.domineering,a.tyrannical,dictatorial,overbearing,lordly,imperious.Antonyms:meek, apologetic,retiring.dominion,n.sovereignty,sway, supremacy;realm,empire,kingdom,domain.do more than duty requires.supererogate.donation,n.gift,present, benefaction.done for.(Colloq.) tiredout, used up,spent, collapsed,exhausted.done up.(Colloq.) wrapped up; wornout,exhausted.donkey,n.ass, burro, Neddy.Associated words: bray, asinine, asininity.do-nothing,a.inactive,idle,lazy, fabian,slothful.doodlesack,n.bagpipe.doom,n.judicialsentence,judgment;destiny,death.door,n.entrance, portal,gate; postern;porch,portico.Associated words: lintel, jamb,sill,threshold, stile, panel,rail, mullion, porte-cochère,reveal, rabbet, casing.doorkeeper,n.porter,concierge, ostiary; tyler.doorsill,n.threshold.dormancy,n.abeyance, quiescence,inactivity, torpor,lethargy, inertness.dormant,a.quiescent,latent, inert,inactive, abeyant,torpid.dose,n.draught, dram, potion.Associated word: posology.dot,n.period,point; dowry;speck.dotage,n.senility, anility, decrepitude;fondness, affection (excessive or weak).double,a.twofold, duplex, bifold, binate; equivocal, Janus-faced,deceitful,insincere,perfidious.double,v.duplicate;fold,plait,pleat.double,n.duplicate, counterpart; duplication,plait,doubling; circuit,maneuver,shift,artifice,stratagem,ruse.double-dealing,n.duplicity, dissimulation,trickery, Machiavelism.double-faced,a.Janus-faced,deceitful,perfidious.double-headed,a.bicipital, bicipitous.double-hearted,a.perfidious,deceitful,treacherous,insincere.double-minded,a.irresolute,vacillating,unsettled,undetermined.doubling,n.duplication, reduplication;fold,plait, plication,double.doubt,v.waver,hesitate,question, beundecided,query;distrust,suspect.Antonyms: believe,trust, rely upon.doubt,n.indecision,uncertainty,vacillation,irresolution,misgiving,query,suspense,hesitancy,distrust,suspicion,quandary,perplexity;skepticism, incredulity, pyrrhonism; ambiguity,difficulty.Antonyms: conviction, credulity,confidence,decision,assurance,belief,certainty.doubtful,a.unsettled,undetermined,dubious,wavering,precarious,undecided,irresolute;questionable, involved;ambiguous, enigmatical, problematical, equivocal,vague,indefinite.Antonyms:certain, implicit,sure,unquestionable,unwavering.doubting,a.incredulous, suspicious,skeptical.doughfaced,a.pliable,weak,irresolute.doughty,a.redoubtable,valiant,bold,fearless.dour,a.hard,obstinate,sour.douse,v.duck,immerse,dip,plunge,souse,submerge.dove,n.pigeon.Associated word: coo.dovecote,n.columbary, pigeonry, pigeonhouse.dovelike,a.columbine.dowdy,a.vulgar-looking,slovenly,untidy,slatternly,frowzy.Antonyms: Seeneat.do without.dispense with.down,adv.downward,below.down,v.overthrow,subdue,floor, prostrate.down,a.descending,sloping, downward.down,n.pubescence;pl.(Colloq.)depression,abasement.downcast,a.despondent, dejected, discouraged,gloomy, dispirited.downcome,n.downfall.downfall,n.downcome,descent,reverse,abasement,humiliation.down grade.descent, declivity.downhearted,a.dejected,despondent, discouraged.downhill,n.descent, declivity,slope.--a.declivous, descending,sloping.downright,a.blunt,direct,unceremonious,positive, undisguised,absolute, unmixed, straightforward.downy,a.pubescent, flocculent.draft,n.drawing, draught; bill ofexchange; delineation,sketch, current ofair; conscript, conscription.Associated word: conscript (one drafted).drag,v.haul,trail,tug,pull;break,harrow.drag,n.dragging; dragnet;harrow;skid;clog,impediment,obstacle.drain,n.channel,gutter,trench,ditch,sewer.drain,v.empty,exhaust, deplete;filter.draw,v.haul,drag,tug, tow;attract;entice,allure,lure, induce,tempt;extract, educe; unsheathe; deduce,infer,conclude, derive;disembowel, eviscerate; delineate, draught,sketch,depict,trace, limn;influence,win, induce;contract,shrink.Antonyms:repel,repulse,rebuff,reject,alienate.drawback,n.disadvantage,hindrance,defect,imperfection;rebate,deduction,discount.draw back.retract;shrink,flinch,recoil,withdraw,wince.drawer,n.till (money drawer), tiller.drawing,n.traction, hauling, pulling; graphics, diagraphics, delineation;sketch, draught, diagram,picture, limning, representation.drawing back.retraction;shrinking, flinching, recoiling,withdrawal, wincing.drawing off.withdrawal,abstraction.drawing out.extension, protraction,stretching; eduction, extraction.draw off.withdraw,abstract.draw out.stretch,extend, protract; elicit, educe,extract.draw up.compose, draught,write; array,arrange.dread,n.apprehension,fear, awe (reverential fear).dread,v.fear,apprehend.dreadful,a.fearful,terrible, formidable,awful,dread, dire, direful,frightful.dream,n.vision;illusion,vagary, wildconceit, revery,fancy, fantasy.Antonyms:fact,actuality,reality, substance,realization.Associated words: Morpheus, Morphean, oneiroscopy, oneiroscopist, oneirocritic, oneiromancy, oneirology, oneirocriticism,nightmare.dreamer,n.visionary,enthusiast, castle-builder, John-a-dreams.dreamy,a.visionary,unreal, illusory.Antonyms:practical,real.dreary,a.dismal, drear,cheerless, lonesome, wearisome,dull.dregs,n. pl.refuse,sediment, lees, draff; riffraff.dress,n.gown, toilette,robe;raiment,clothes,clothing, garments, habiliments, attire, garb, apparel, habit, array, costume, togs, toggery.Antonyms: Seeundress.dress,v.clothe,deck, drape, apparel,robe, array, attire; adjust, align; curry,smooth, plane,finish; (Colloq.)castigate,chastise,whip.Antonyms:undress, disrobe, divest,strip,expose.dress gaudily.bedizen,prank.dressing,n.forcemeat,stuffing, condiment; (Colloq.)castigation,scolding,whipping, flogging,chastisement.dressmaker,n.modiste, mantuamaker.dribble,v.drip,trickle.dribble,n.(Colloq.) trickling.drier,n.desiccator, desiccant, desiccative, exsiccant, exsiccator.drift,n.course,direction,bearing,tendency,aim, intention intent,design, import,meaning;accumulation,heap,bank,pile, diluvium.drill,v.perforate,pierce,bore;train,discipline,exercise.drink,v.quaff, sip, sup, imbibe, slake one'sthirst; tipple, tope, guzzle,booze,house, beintemperate;absorb.drink,n.beverage, potation, potable; draught, dram, potation, drench.drinkable,a.potable, potulent.Antonym: undrinkabledrinking,n.potation; tippling, bibacity,drunkenness,carousal, guzzling,intemperance.Antonyms: temperance nephalism,abstinence,teetotalism.Associated words: bibacious,bibulous, bibitory, dipsomania, alcoholismthirst, nectar, hobnob, bacchanalian, inebriant, potatory, œnomania, symposium, crapulence, supernaculumconvivial, conviviality, tankard, beaker,cup, stein, canteen.drinking-bout,n.orgies, compotation, bacchanals, carousalrevel,revelry, wassail, saturnalia,debauch,spree,excess, carouse, jollification.drip,v.drop,trickle,dribble.dripping,n.trickling, dribbling.dripping from the eaves.stillicide.drive,v.impel,force,compel,press; propel,send;rush,press;conduct, carry on.drive at.aim,intend,purpose.drive away.dispel,disperse,scatter, dissipate.drive back.repulse,repel,rebuff.drivel,n.driveling;nonsense,twaddle.drivel,v.drool.driveler,n.drooler;imbecile,fool,idiot.driver,n.coachman, jehu, charioteer,whip.driving,a.violent,forcible; impelling, impellent, propulsive,impulsive.driving,n.guiding byreins; impulsion, propulsion,compulsion,forcing.driving back.repulse,rebuff, repulsion, repercussion,repellence, recussion.driving out.expulsion.--a.expulsive.drizzle,n.mizzle, misle,mist.--v.mizzle, misle.droll,n.jester, buffoon, merry-andrew,zany, harlequin; comedy,farce,burlesque.droll,a.ludicrous,laughable,comical, facetious,funny.drollery,n.waggery, buffoonery,pleasantry, facetiousness.drone,n.sluggard,idler, lounger.drool,v.drivel, slaver, slabber.drooler,n.driveler, slaverer, slabberer.droop,v.languish,faint, growfaint,sink;bend,drop,hang; slouch;fade, wilt, wither.drop,n.globule, minim, blob; pendant;descent,fall.drop,v.distill,dribble,trickle,drip;fall; letfall,release,banish,dismiss, discontinue, discard, intermit, remit,relinquish;lower,sink, depress; variegate, bedrop,speckle, fleck.drop by drop.guttatim,guttat, stillatitious.droplight,n.pendant.dropping,n.distillation, trickling, dribbling, falling; stillicide.droppings,n. pl.excrement,dung.drop serene.amaurosis,gutta serena.drop-shaped,a.globular, guttiform, stilliform.dross,n.refuse,scum, recrement, draff,dregs, scobs,waste, sinter.drought,n.aridity,dryness;scarcity,dearth.drought plant.xerophyte.Associated words: xerophilous, xerophytic.drove,n.herd,flock;crowd,company.drown,v.overwhelm,submerge,flood, inundate, deluge.drowning,n.demersion, submersion, inundation; noyade.drowsiness,n.sleepiness, oscitancy.drowsy,a.sleepy, dozy, oscitant.drudge,n.menial, hack,slave,scullion, fag.drug,v.deaden,dull,stupefy;surfeit; hocus.drug,n.Associated words: pharmacology, pharmacologist, pharmacy, pharmacognosis, pharmaceutics, pharmacodynamics, pharmacopœoea, pharmacography, spatula,mortar, pestle, cribration, pharmacopolist, pharmaceutical.druggist,n.pharmacist, apothecary,pharmaceutist.
dodge,n.(Colloq.) prevarication,trick,artifice,subterfuge,stratagem,evasion,parry,device.
dodger,n.prevaricator; handbill, circular.
dog,n.canine; (young)pup,puppy, whelp; (female)bitch,slut; cur, whippet, tike, fice,mongrel.Associated words: canine,Canis, cyniatrics,rabies, hydrophobia, cynanthropy, cynegetics, cynic, cynophobia, cynoid, cynopodous, cynocephalous, cynocephalus, cynocephalic,learn, leash, dog-fancier.
dog,v.follow,worry,hound.
dog days.canicular days.
dogged,a.stubborn,obstinate,mulish,headstrong,persistent.
doggish,a.surly,sullen,churlish, cynical,morose.
dog house.kennel.
dogma,n.doctrine, tenet.
dogmatic,a.positive, magisterial,dictatorial,imperious,domineering,overbearing; authoritative, categorical.
dog-star,n.Sinus, Canicula, Cards Majoris.
doings,n. pl.actions, proceedings, deeds, acts, performances, transactions.
dole,n.pittance,alms;distribution,apportionment,share,portion;grief,sorrow.
doleful,a.sorrowful, dolorous,plaintive,piteous,lugubrious, woe-begone.
domain,n.dominion,sovereignty;realm,territory; province,department.
dome,n.cupola.
domestic,a.home,household,family; intestine; domesticated,tame; fond ofhome.
dominant,a.predominant, prevailing, predominating, paramount.
dominate,v.predominate,sway,rule,govern,control,surmount,overtop.
domination,n.government,dominion, supremacy,rule,authority, ascendancy.
domineer,v.tyrannize, lord it; swagger,vapor,bluster.
domineering,a.tyrannical,dictatorial,overbearing,lordly,imperious.Antonyms:meek, apologetic,retiring.
dominion,n.sovereignty,sway, supremacy;realm,empire,kingdom,domain.
do more than duty requires.supererogate.
donation,n.gift,present, benefaction.
done for.(Colloq.) tiredout, used up,spent, collapsed,exhausted.
done up.(Colloq.) wrapped up; wornout,exhausted.
donkey,n.ass, burro, Neddy.Associated words: bray, asinine, asininity.
do-nothing,a.inactive,idle,lazy, fabian,slothful.
doodlesack,n.bagpipe.
doom,n.judicialsentence,judgment;destiny,death.
door,n.entrance, portal,gate; postern;porch,portico.Associated words: lintel, jamb,sill,threshold, stile, panel,rail, mullion, porte-cochère,reveal, rabbet, casing.
doorkeeper,n.porter,concierge, ostiary; tyler.
doorsill,n.threshold.
dormancy,n.abeyance, quiescence,inactivity, torpor,lethargy, inertness.
dormant,a.quiescent,latent, inert,inactive, abeyant,torpid.
dose,n.draught, dram, potion.Associated word: posology.
dot,n.period,point; dowry;speck.
dotage,n.senility, anility, decrepitude;fondness, affection (excessive or weak).
double,a.twofold, duplex, bifold, binate; equivocal, Janus-faced,deceitful,insincere,perfidious.
double,v.duplicate;fold,plait,pleat.
double,n.duplicate, counterpart; duplication,plait,doubling; circuit,maneuver,shift,artifice,stratagem,ruse.
double-dealing,n.duplicity, dissimulation,trickery, Machiavelism.
double-faced,a.Janus-faced,deceitful,perfidious.
double-headed,a.bicipital, bicipitous.
double-hearted,a.perfidious,deceitful,treacherous,insincere.
double-minded,a.irresolute,vacillating,unsettled,undetermined.
doubling,n.duplication, reduplication;fold,plait, plication,double.
doubt,v.waver,hesitate,question, beundecided,query;distrust,suspect.Antonyms: believe,trust, rely upon.
doubt,n.indecision,uncertainty,vacillation,irresolution,misgiving,query,suspense,hesitancy,distrust,suspicion,quandary,perplexity;skepticism, incredulity, pyrrhonism; ambiguity,difficulty.Antonyms: conviction, credulity,confidence,decision,assurance,belief,certainty.
doubtful,a.unsettled,undetermined,dubious,wavering,precarious,undecided,irresolute;questionable, involved;ambiguous, enigmatical, problematical, equivocal,vague,indefinite.Antonyms:certain, implicit,sure,unquestionable,unwavering.
doubting,a.incredulous, suspicious,skeptical.
doughfaced,a.pliable,weak,irresolute.
doughty,a.redoubtable,valiant,bold,fearless.
dour,a.hard,obstinate,sour.
douse,v.duck,immerse,dip,plunge,souse,submerge.
dove,n.pigeon.Associated word: coo.
dovecote,n.columbary, pigeonry, pigeonhouse.
dovelike,a.columbine.
dowdy,a.vulgar-looking,slovenly,untidy,slatternly,frowzy.Antonyms: Seeneat.
do without.dispense with.
down,adv.downward,below.
down,v.overthrow,subdue,floor, prostrate.
down,a.descending,sloping, downward.
down,n.pubescence;pl.(Colloq.)depression,abasement.
downcast,a.despondent, dejected, discouraged,gloomy, dispirited.
downcome,n.downfall.
downfall,n.downcome,descent,reverse,abasement,humiliation.
down grade.descent, declivity.
downhearted,a.dejected,despondent, discouraged.
downhill,n.descent, declivity,slope.--a.declivous, descending,sloping.
downright,a.blunt,direct,unceremonious,positive, undisguised,absolute, unmixed, straightforward.
downy,a.pubescent, flocculent.
draft,n.drawing, draught; bill ofexchange; delineation,sketch, current ofair; conscript, conscription.Associated word: conscript (one drafted).
drag,v.haul,trail,tug,pull;break,harrow.
drag,n.dragging; dragnet;harrow;skid;clog,impediment,obstacle.
drain,n.channel,gutter,trench,ditch,sewer.
drain,v.empty,exhaust, deplete;filter.
draw,v.haul,drag,tug, tow;attract;entice,allure,lure, induce,tempt;extract, educe; unsheathe; deduce,infer,conclude, derive;disembowel, eviscerate; delineate, draught,sketch,depict,trace, limn;influence,win, induce;contract,shrink.Antonyms:repel,repulse,rebuff,reject,alienate.
drawback,n.disadvantage,hindrance,defect,imperfection;rebate,deduction,discount.
draw back.retract;shrink,flinch,recoil,withdraw,wince.
drawer,n.till (money drawer), tiller.
drawing,n.traction, hauling, pulling; graphics, diagraphics, delineation;sketch, draught, diagram,picture, limning, representation.
drawing back.retraction;shrinking, flinching, recoiling,withdrawal, wincing.
drawing off.withdrawal,abstraction.
drawing out.extension, protraction,stretching; eduction, extraction.
draw off.withdraw,abstract.
draw out.stretch,extend, protract; elicit, educe,extract.
draw up.compose, draught,write; array,arrange.
dread,n.apprehension,fear, awe (reverential fear).
dread,v.fear,apprehend.
dreadful,a.fearful,terrible, formidable,awful,dread, dire, direful,frightful.
dream,n.vision;illusion,vagary, wildconceit, revery,fancy, fantasy.Antonyms:fact,actuality,reality, substance,realization.Associated words: Morpheus, Morphean, oneiroscopy, oneiroscopist, oneirocritic, oneiromancy, oneirology, oneirocriticism,nightmare.
dreamer,n.visionary,enthusiast, castle-builder, John-a-dreams.
dreamy,a.visionary,unreal, illusory.Antonyms:practical,real.
dreary,a.dismal, drear,cheerless, lonesome, wearisome,dull.
dregs,n. pl.refuse,sediment, lees, draff; riffraff.
dress,n.gown, toilette,robe;raiment,clothes,clothing, garments, habiliments, attire, garb, apparel, habit, array, costume, togs, toggery.Antonyms: Seeundress.
dress,v.clothe,deck, drape, apparel,robe, array, attire; adjust, align; curry,smooth, plane,finish; (Colloq.)castigate,chastise,whip.Antonyms:undress, disrobe, divest,strip,expose.
dress gaudily.bedizen,prank.
dressing,n.forcemeat,stuffing, condiment; (Colloq.)castigation,scolding,whipping, flogging,chastisement.
dressmaker,n.modiste, mantuamaker.
dribble,v.drip,trickle.
dribble,n.(Colloq.) trickling.
drier,n.desiccator, desiccant, desiccative, exsiccant, exsiccator.
drift,n.course,direction,bearing,tendency,aim, intention intent,design, import,meaning;accumulation,heap,bank,pile, diluvium.
drill,v.perforate,pierce,bore;train,discipline,exercise.
drink,v.quaff, sip, sup, imbibe, slake one'sthirst; tipple, tope, guzzle,booze,house, beintemperate;absorb.
drink,n.beverage, potation, potable; draught, dram, potation, drench.
drinkable,a.potable, potulent.Antonym: undrinkable
drinking,n.potation; tippling, bibacity,drunkenness,carousal, guzzling,intemperance.Antonyms: temperance nephalism,abstinence,teetotalism.Associated words: bibacious,bibulous, bibitory, dipsomania, alcoholismthirst, nectar, hobnob, bacchanalian, inebriant, potatory, œnomania, symposium, crapulence, supernaculumconvivial, conviviality, tankard, beaker,cup, stein, canteen.
drinking-bout,n.orgies, compotation, bacchanals, carousalrevel,revelry, wassail, saturnalia,debauch,spree,excess, carouse, jollification.
drip,v.drop,trickle,dribble.
dripping,n.trickling, dribbling.
dripping from the eaves.stillicide.
drive,v.impel,force,compel,press; propel,send;rush,press;conduct, carry on.
drive at.aim,intend,purpose.
drive away.dispel,disperse,scatter, dissipate.
drive back.repulse,repel,rebuff.
drivel,n.driveling;nonsense,twaddle.
drivel,v.drool.
driveler,n.drooler;imbecile,fool,idiot.
driver,n.coachman, jehu, charioteer,whip.
driving,a.violent,forcible; impelling, impellent, propulsive,impulsive.
driving,n.guiding byreins; impulsion, propulsion,compulsion,forcing.
driving back.repulse,rebuff, repulsion, repercussion,repellence, recussion.
driving out.expulsion.--a.expulsive.
drizzle,n.mizzle, misle,mist.--v.mizzle, misle.
droll,n.jester, buffoon, merry-andrew,zany, harlequin; comedy,farce,burlesque.
droll,a.ludicrous,laughable,comical, facetious,funny.
drollery,n.waggery, buffoonery,pleasantry, facetiousness.
drone,n.sluggard,idler, lounger.
drool,v.drivel, slaver, slabber.
drooler,n.driveler, slaverer, slabberer.
droop,v.languish,faint, growfaint,sink;bend,drop,hang; slouch;fade, wilt, wither.
drop,n.globule, minim, blob; pendant;descent,fall.
drop,v.distill,dribble,trickle,drip;fall; letfall,release,banish,dismiss, discontinue, discard, intermit, remit,relinquish;lower,sink, depress; variegate, bedrop,speckle, fleck.
drop by drop.guttatim,guttat, stillatitious.
droplight,n.pendant.
dropping,n.distillation, trickling, dribbling, falling; stillicide.
droppings,n. pl.excrement,dung.
drop serene.amaurosis,gutta serena.
drop-shaped,a.globular, guttiform, stilliform.
dross,n.refuse,scum, recrement, draff,dregs, scobs,waste, sinter.
drought,n.aridity,dryness;scarcity,dearth.
drought plant.xerophyte.Associated words: xerophilous, xerophytic.
drove,n.herd,flock;crowd,company.
drown,v.overwhelm,submerge,flood, inundate, deluge.
drowning,n.demersion, submersion, inundation; noyade.
drowsiness,n.sleepiness, oscitancy.
drowsy,a.sleepy, dozy, oscitant.
drudge,n.menial, hack,slave,scullion, fag.
drug,v.deaden,dull,stupefy;surfeit; hocus.
drug,n.Associated words: pharmacology, pharmacologist, pharmacy, pharmacognosis, pharmaceutics, pharmacodynamics, pharmacopœoea, pharmacography, spatula,mortar, pestle, cribration, pharmacopolist, pharmaceutical.
druggist,n.pharmacist, apothecary,pharmaceutist.