acting,n.personation,impersonation,simulation,feigning, stage-playing, histrionicism, histrionism, affectationmimicry, pantomime (acting without speaking).action,n.agency, operation,movement,activity;pl.conduct,behavior,deportment, deeds; (Law)lawsuit,litigation,suit.Antonyms:inaction, stagnation,inactivity, inertia.active,a.brisk,nimble,agile,sprightly,spirited;strenuous,diligent,enterprising; operative,efficacious, drastic;effective; transitive.Antonyms:inactive,passive,latent, quiescent, sedentary.activity,n.operation,action;liveliness, briskness,agility,sprightliness,strenuousness.Antonyms:inactivity, passiveness, quiescence.actor,n.doer, participant,performer; comedian; tragedian; thespian;impersonator, personator, mime,mimic; pantomimist; barnstormer; hamfatter; supernumerary.actress,n.tragedienne; comedienne; ingenue, soubrette, understudy;star.actual,a.real, veritable.Antonyms: potential, nominal, hypothetical.actuality,n.reality, veritableness.actuate,v.instigate, impel,incite.actuation,n.instigation,incitement,animation.acumen,n.astuteness,shrewdness,discernment,sharpness.Antonyms: dullness, stupidity,short-sightedness.adage,n.Seesaying.Adam,n.Associated words: Adamic, adamite, preadamic, preadamite, preadamitic.adapt,v.adjust, conform.adaptable,a.conformable, adjustable.adaptation,n.adjustment, conformability.add,v.sum up, foot up; append,supplement, subjoin,affix, adjoin, superadd, annex.Antonyms: subtract,deduct, detract,remove.addict,v.habituate,accustom.addition,n.annexation, annex,appendage,supplement, appendix, postscript,wing, augmentation, adjunct,rider.Antonyms: subtraction,deduction, detraction.additional,a.supplemental, adscititious, supplementary.addle,v.muddle,confuse;spoil,rot.address,n.discourse,speech,lecture,oration, allocution;direction, superscription,delivery.Associated word: vocative.address,v.accost, speak to;direct, superscribe.adept,n.Seeexpert.adequacy,n.sufficiency.Antonyms: inadequacy,insufficiency.adequate,a.sufficient, commensurate,equal, proportionate.Antonyms:inadequate,insufficient.adjacent,a.adjoining, contiguous.adjoining,a.contiguous,adjacent,neighboring.adjustment,n.adaptation, regulation,settlement.admissible,a.allowable, permissible.Antonym: inadmissible.admit,v.acknowledge,confess, concede;allow,permit.Antonyms:repulse,reject,refuse.admittance,n.admission.ado,n.fuss,bustle,stir,excitement,pother.adolescence,n.nonage, juniority,minority,youth.adopt,v.father, affiliate; espouse,support,maintain.adoption,n.affiliation, fathering; espousal.adorn,v.decorate,beautify,embellish,deck,ornament,grace,garnish, bedizen, bedeck, bestud,beset, emblazon.Antonyms:disfigure,mar, deform.adornment,n.ornamentation,decoration.Antonyms:disfigurement,defacement.adrift,a.andadv.drifting,derelict,lost.adulterate,v.sophisticate.adulterated,a.adulterate,impure, sophisticated.adulteration,n.sophistication.adultery,n.infidelity, criminalconversation.advance,n.progress, progression, march,advancement,promotion, preferment,elevation,appreciation, enhancement;overture,tender, proposal, proffer,offer.Antonyms:retreat,retrogression,decline, retrogradation,deterioration.advance,v.progress,increase;promote,elevate; enhance, augment.Antonyms:retreat,retrograde,decline,deteriorate.advance guard.vanguard, van.advancement,n.progress, progression;promotion, preferment,exaltation,aggrandizement, furtherance.advantage,n.vantage-ground;superiority,mastery, ascendency;benefit, avail,profit.Antonym:disadvantage.adventurous,a.adventuresome, temerarious, venturous.adversary,n.enemy,foe,antagonist,opponent.adversity,n.misfortune, buffeting,disaster,affliction, reverses,trouble.advertise,v.announce,publish,proclaim,trumpet.advertisement,n.announcement.advice,n.counsel, admonition, monition,recommendation;information, tidings,report.Associated words: admonitory,mentorial, monitorial.advisable,a.expedient, desirable,befitting.Antonym: inadvisable.advise,v.counsel, admonish,warn; apprise, inform,notify,acquaint,tell; advise with, consult, confer.advisedly,adv.purposely, intentionally, designedly, deliberately,knowingly.advisement,n.consideration,deliberation,consultation.adviser,n.counselor,mentor,monitor, admonitor.advocate,n.defender, apologist,vindicator, propagandist, upholder, promoter.aërial,a.atmospheric; aëriform,vaporous, ethereal, empyreal, empyrean.affability,n.courteousness,civility, complaisance, sociability, graciousness.affable,a.courteous,sociable,gracious,cordial, benign, complaisant, accessible.Antonyms: inaffable,discourteous.affect,v.act upon,move,touch,influence,melt;concern, bear upon,interest; dispose,turn,incline.affectation,n.mannerism, pretension, puppetry,simulation.affected,a.assumed,feigned, simulated,unnatural.Antonyms:unaffected,sincere,natural,unfeigned.affecting,a.touching,moving,pathetic,piteous.affectionate,a.devoted,fond,loving,ardent.affidavit,n.deposition.Associated words: affiant, deponent, jurant, depose.affiliation,n.adoption,connection,association.affirm,v.assert (positively), aver, asseverate,state.affirmation,n.assertion, averment, asseveration.affirmative,a.confirmative, ratifying, approving.affix,v.subjoin, annex, append.afflict,v.persecute,distress,scourge,trouble,harass.affliction,n.tribulation,adversity,trouble, buffeting, bereavement,hardship, visitation,scourge,distress,misfortune.affront,n.indignity,insult,outrage, contumely,offense.aflutter,a.agitated,perturbed, discomposed,excited.Antonyms:calm, composed.aforethought,a.designed, prepense, premeditated,deliberate,intentional.aforethought,n.premeditation.afraid,a.alarmed,fearful,timid, timorous,apprehensive, scared,diffident.Antonyms:fearless,unafraid, intrepid,bold, undaunted, temerarious.afresh,adv.again, anew,de novo,newly.after,a.next, subsequent,succeeding,following,later.after all.nevertheless.afterbirth,n.secundines; heam (afterbirth of a beast).after-birth,a.post-natal.after-death,a.post-mortem, posthumous.after-dinner,a.post-prandial.after-marriage,a.post-nuptial, post-connubial.aftermath,n.rowen, eddish, lattermath, eagrass, etch rowett.afternoon,a.post-meridian.after the flood.post-diluvian, post-diluvial.after the war.post-bellum.age,n.maturity,seniority; epoch,period,time;century; eon; climacteric; oldage,dotage, senescence,senility, decrepitude, superannuation; longevity.Associated words: nostology, geratology, geromorphism, coetaneous, coeval,contemporaneous.agency,n.instrumentality, operation,action,mediation,means.agent,n.representative, canvasser,substitute, deputy,factor, procurator, syndic,go-between, commissioner, proctor, emissary, envoy, solicitor, negotiator.Antonyms:principal,chief.aggrandize,v.exalt.aggrandizement,n.exaltation.aggravate,v.intensify, heighten, enhance,increase;exasperate,irritate,provoke.aggravation,n.enhancement, heightening; (Colloq.)exasperation, provocation, irritation.aggregate,n.mass,whole, total.aggregation,n.collection,accumulation,mass.aghast,a.astounded, terrified, dismayed, horror-struck.agile,a.nimble,spry,active,lively.agility,n.spryness, nimbleness,activity.agitate,v.disturb,shake,unsettle;excite,perturb, disconcert;discuss,consider.agitation,n.commotion,disturbance,perturbation,excitement,flustration,discomposure,unrest,turmoil, estuation;discussion, ventilation.agitator,n.incendiary, firebrand.agree,v.concur,accord,chime, acquiesce,harmonize; accede, comply,assent,consent,grant; stipulate,promise, compromise;correspond,coincide, comport,tally, conform,match.Antonyms:disagree,differ, higgle, chaffer. Seedisagree.agreeable,a.pleasant,grateful, gratifying, pleasurable, enjoyable,congenial;suitable, conformable to, compatible,consonant,befitting.Antonyms: Seedisagreeable.agreement,n.concurrence, consensus,harmony, compatibility, acquiescence,accord, concord, conformity,coincidence,unanimity, unison, corroboration,correspondence;contract,treaty, stipulation, protocol,compact, collusion, cartel (Mil.).Antonyms:disagreement, dissension, discrepancy,variance,opposition, incompatibility.agriculture,n.husbandry,farming, terra-culture, geoponics, agronomy.agriculturist,n.husbandman,farmer, agriculturalist, agronomist.aground,adv.stranded.aid,n.assistance,coöperation,succor,relief, furtherance,help, subsidy, subvention, patronage;assistant,helper; aid-de-camp.aid,v.assist,succor,coöperate, befriend,promote,abet,help.aider,n.assistant, coadjutor,auxiliary,accessory, abettor, coöperator,helper.ailment,n.malady,disorder,complaint,illness.aim,n.object,purpose,design, aspiration,end,goal.aimless,a.drifting, purposeless,random,objectless,desultory.air,n.atmosphere.Associated words: oxygen,nitrogen, carbon dioxide, ether, aërology, aërologist, aërometry, aëroscopy, aërometer, aërography, aëriferous, aërodynamics,aërial, aërophobia, azote, barograph, barometer, cyanometry, hermetic, hermetically, meteorology, ozone, neon, pneumatic, aërator, pneumatics, pneumotherapy, hygrometry, pneumatology, xenon, ventilator, aërostat, ariel, aëronautics, aëronautical.air,n.melody,tune, descant, aria,song; publicity,vent;appearance,look,bearing,mien,demeanor,aspect,deportment; semblance,style.air,v.ventilate; aërate, aërify;display,expose, flaunt.airhole,n.vent, venthole,bung, spilehole; spiracle.airiness,n.aëriality, unsubstantiality;gayety, vivacity, buoyancy,sprightliness.airing,n.ventilation; aëration, aërification;display,flaunting,exposure.air plant.aërophyte epiphyte.airy,a.aërial, aëriform, ethereal, atmospheric, pneumatic, unsubstantial;breezy,windy, ventilated;visionary,unreal; vivacious,sprightly; garish,jaunty,flaunting.akin,a.(Used after the noun) consanguineous,kindred, cognate, agnate,related,congenial.alarm,v.terrify,frighten,scare, appall,daunt, unnerve, intimidate.alarm,n.warning,signal;apprehension,terror, consternation trepidation,fright,panic,dismay.alarm-bell,n.tocsin, alarum.alarming,a.startling,ominous, terrifying,frightful.Antonym: reassuring.albinoism,n.albinism, leucopathy.alcohol,n.ethylalcohol, methol, spirit ofwine, rectifiedspirit.Associated words: alcoholism, spirituous, alcoholic, vinification, vinificator, methilepsia, dipsomania, dipsomaniac, fusel, methyl, methylate, methylated.ale inspector.aleconner, aletaster.alert,a.vigilant,watchful,wary,attentive.alien,n.foreigner.alien,a.foreign; adverse,inconsistent, unallied, incongruousremote.alienate,v.transfer, demise,assign;estrange, disaffect,wean.alienation,n.transfer (of title), demise;estrangement, disaffection.alight,v.dismount.alike,a.similar, analogous, homogeneous, resemblantuniform, homologous.alimentary canal.enteron.alive,a.living,quick,animated, instinct.alkali flat.playa.all,n.thewhole, totality,aggregate, total,entirety.allay,v.appease,alleviate,pacify,mollify,mitigate,moderate, assuage,soothe,temper,palliate,abate,lessen,reduce,ease.Antonyms:intensify,aggravate, heighten,rouse.all-creating,a.omnific.all-devouring,a.omnivorous.allegiance,n.fealty,loyalty,devotion,fidelity.alleviate,v.mitigate,mollify,lessen,allay, assuagemoderate,relieve.alleviation,n.mitigation,palliation, assuagement,relief,moderation.alleviative,a.palliative,mitigative, assuasive.alley,n.passage; lane, byway; cul-de-sac (blind alley).all hollow.(Slang) completely, entirely.alliance,n.union, coalition,federation, confederacy,league; affinity,affiliation,connection,relationship.all-knowing,a.omniscient.allot,v.apportion, meteout,assign.allotment,n.apportionment,assignment.allow,v.permit, consent to;tolerate, suffer,endure.
acting,n.personation,impersonation,simulation,feigning, stage-playing, histrionicism, histrionism, affectationmimicry, pantomime (acting without speaking).
action,n.agency, operation,movement,activity;pl.conduct,behavior,deportment, deeds; (Law)lawsuit,litigation,suit.Antonyms:inaction, stagnation,inactivity, inertia.
active,a.brisk,nimble,agile,sprightly,spirited;strenuous,diligent,enterprising; operative,efficacious, drastic;effective; transitive.Antonyms:inactive,passive,latent, quiescent, sedentary.
activity,n.operation,action;liveliness, briskness,agility,sprightliness,strenuousness.Antonyms:inactivity, passiveness, quiescence.
actor,n.doer, participant,performer; comedian; tragedian; thespian;impersonator, personator, mime,mimic; pantomimist; barnstormer; hamfatter; supernumerary.
actress,n.tragedienne; comedienne; ingenue, soubrette, understudy;star.
actual,a.real, veritable.Antonyms: potential, nominal, hypothetical.
actuality,n.reality, veritableness.
actuate,v.instigate, impel,incite.
actuation,n.instigation,incitement,animation.
acumen,n.astuteness,shrewdness,discernment,sharpness.Antonyms: dullness, stupidity,short-sightedness.
adage,n.Seesaying.
Adam,n.Associated words: Adamic, adamite, preadamic, preadamite, preadamitic.
adapt,v.adjust, conform.
adaptable,a.conformable, adjustable.
adaptation,n.adjustment, conformability.
add,v.sum up, foot up; append,supplement, subjoin,affix, adjoin, superadd, annex.Antonyms: subtract,deduct, detract,remove.
addict,v.habituate,accustom.
addition,n.annexation, annex,appendage,supplement, appendix, postscript,wing, augmentation, adjunct,rider.Antonyms: subtraction,deduction, detraction.
additional,a.supplemental, adscititious, supplementary.
addle,v.muddle,confuse;spoil,rot.
address,n.discourse,speech,lecture,oration, allocution;direction, superscription,delivery.Associated word: vocative.
address,v.accost, speak to;direct, superscribe.
adept,n.Seeexpert.
adequacy,n.sufficiency.Antonyms: inadequacy,insufficiency.
adequate,a.sufficient, commensurate,equal, proportionate.Antonyms:inadequate,insufficient.
adjacent,a.adjoining, contiguous.
adjoining,a.contiguous,adjacent,neighboring.
adjustment,n.adaptation, regulation,settlement.
admissible,a.allowable, permissible.Antonym: inadmissible.
admit,v.acknowledge,confess, concede;allow,permit.Antonyms:repulse,reject,refuse.
admittance,n.admission.
ado,n.fuss,bustle,stir,excitement,pother.
adolescence,n.nonage, juniority,minority,youth.
adopt,v.father, affiliate; espouse,support,maintain.
adoption,n.affiliation, fathering; espousal.
adorn,v.decorate,beautify,embellish,deck,ornament,grace,garnish, bedizen, bedeck, bestud,beset, emblazon.Antonyms:disfigure,mar, deform.
adornment,n.ornamentation,decoration.Antonyms:disfigurement,defacement.
adrift,a.andadv.drifting,derelict,lost.
adulterate,v.sophisticate.
adulterated,a.adulterate,impure, sophisticated.
adulteration,n.sophistication.
adultery,n.infidelity, criminalconversation.
advance,n.progress, progression, march,advancement,promotion, preferment,elevation,appreciation, enhancement;overture,tender, proposal, proffer,offer.Antonyms:retreat,retrogression,decline, retrogradation,deterioration.
advance,v.progress,increase;promote,elevate; enhance, augment.Antonyms:retreat,retrograde,decline,deteriorate.
advance guard.vanguard, van.
advancement,n.progress, progression;promotion, preferment,exaltation,aggrandizement, furtherance.
advantage,n.vantage-ground;superiority,mastery, ascendency;benefit, avail,profit.Antonym:disadvantage.
adventurous,a.adventuresome, temerarious, venturous.
adversary,n.enemy,foe,antagonist,opponent.
adversity,n.misfortune, buffeting,disaster,affliction, reverses,trouble.
advertise,v.announce,publish,proclaim,trumpet.
advertisement,n.announcement.
advice,n.counsel, admonition, monition,recommendation;information, tidings,report.Associated words: admonitory,mentorial, monitorial.
advisable,a.expedient, desirable,befitting.Antonym: inadvisable.
advise,v.counsel, admonish,warn; apprise, inform,notify,acquaint,tell; advise with, consult, confer.
advisedly,adv.purposely, intentionally, designedly, deliberately,knowingly.
advisement,n.consideration,deliberation,consultation.
adviser,n.counselor,mentor,monitor, admonitor.
advocate,n.defender, apologist,vindicator, propagandist, upholder, promoter.
aërial,a.atmospheric; aëriform,vaporous, ethereal, empyreal, empyrean.
affability,n.courteousness,civility, complaisance, sociability, graciousness.
affable,a.courteous,sociable,gracious,cordial, benign, complaisant, accessible.Antonyms: inaffable,discourteous.
affect,v.act upon,move,touch,influence,melt;concern, bear upon,interest; dispose,turn,incline.
affectation,n.mannerism, pretension, puppetry,simulation.
affected,a.assumed,feigned, simulated,unnatural.Antonyms:unaffected,sincere,natural,unfeigned.
affecting,a.touching,moving,pathetic,piteous.
affectionate,a.devoted,fond,loving,ardent.
affidavit,n.deposition.Associated words: affiant, deponent, jurant, depose.
affiliation,n.adoption,connection,association.
affirm,v.assert (positively), aver, asseverate,state.
affirmation,n.assertion, averment, asseveration.
affirmative,a.confirmative, ratifying, approving.
affix,v.subjoin, annex, append.
afflict,v.persecute,distress,scourge,trouble,harass.
affliction,n.tribulation,adversity,trouble, buffeting, bereavement,hardship, visitation,scourge,distress,misfortune.
affront,n.indignity,insult,outrage, contumely,offense.
aflutter,a.agitated,perturbed, discomposed,excited.Antonyms:calm, composed.
aforethought,a.designed, prepense, premeditated,deliberate,intentional.
aforethought,n.premeditation.
afraid,a.alarmed,fearful,timid, timorous,apprehensive, scared,diffident.Antonyms:fearless,unafraid, intrepid,bold, undaunted, temerarious.
afresh,adv.again, anew,de novo,newly.
after,a.next, subsequent,succeeding,following,later.
after all.nevertheless.
afterbirth,n.secundines; heam (afterbirth of a beast).
after-birth,a.post-natal.
after-death,a.post-mortem, posthumous.
after-dinner,a.post-prandial.
after-marriage,a.post-nuptial, post-connubial.
aftermath,n.rowen, eddish, lattermath, eagrass, etch rowett.
afternoon,a.post-meridian.
after the flood.post-diluvian, post-diluvial.
after the war.post-bellum.
age,n.maturity,seniority; epoch,period,time;century; eon; climacteric; oldage,dotage, senescence,senility, decrepitude, superannuation; longevity.Associated words: nostology, geratology, geromorphism, coetaneous, coeval,contemporaneous.
agency,n.instrumentality, operation,action,mediation,means.
agent,n.representative, canvasser,substitute, deputy,factor, procurator, syndic,go-between, commissioner, proctor, emissary, envoy, solicitor, negotiator.Antonyms:principal,chief.
aggrandize,v.exalt.
aggrandizement,n.exaltation.
aggravate,v.intensify, heighten, enhance,increase;exasperate,irritate,provoke.
aggravation,n.enhancement, heightening; (Colloq.)exasperation, provocation, irritation.
aggregate,n.mass,whole, total.
aggregation,n.collection,accumulation,mass.
aghast,a.astounded, terrified, dismayed, horror-struck.
agile,a.nimble,spry,active,lively.
agility,n.spryness, nimbleness,activity.
agitate,v.disturb,shake,unsettle;excite,perturb, disconcert;discuss,consider.
agitation,n.commotion,disturbance,perturbation,excitement,flustration,discomposure,unrest,turmoil, estuation;discussion, ventilation.
agitator,n.incendiary, firebrand.
agree,v.concur,accord,chime, acquiesce,harmonize; accede, comply,assent,consent,grant; stipulate,promise, compromise;correspond,coincide, comport,tally, conform,match.Antonyms:disagree,differ, higgle, chaffer. Seedisagree.
agreeable,a.pleasant,grateful, gratifying, pleasurable, enjoyable,congenial;suitable, conformable to, compatible,consonant,befitting.Antonyms: Seedisagreeable.
agreement,n.concurrence, consensus,harmony, compatibility, acquiescence,accord, concord, conformity,coincidence,unanimity, unison, corroboration,correspondence;contract,treaty, stipulation, protocol,compact, collusion, cartel (Mil.).Antonyms:disagreement, dissension, discrepancy,variance,opposition, incompatibility.
agriculture,n.husbandry,farming, terra-culture, geoponics, agronomy.
agriculturist,n.husbandman,farmer, agriculturalist, agronomist.
aground,adv.stranded.
aid,n.assistance,coöperation,succor,relief, furtherance,help, subsidy, subvention, patronage;assistant,helper; aid-de-camp.
aid,v.assist,succor,coöperate, befriend,promote,abet,help.
aider,n.assistant, coadjutor,auxiliary,accessory, abettor, coöperator,helper.
ailment,n.malady,disorder,complaint,illness.
aim,n.object,purpose,design, aspiration,end,goal.
aimless,a.drifting, purposeless,random,objectless,desultory.
air,n.atmosphere.Associated words: oxygen,nitrogen, carbon dioxide, ether, aërology, aërologist, aërometry, aëroscopy, aërometer, aërography, aëriferous, aërodynamics,aërial, aërophobia, azote, barograph, barometer, cyanometry, hermetic, hermetically, meteorology, ozone, neon, pneumatic, aërator, pneumatics, pneumotherapy, hygrometry, pneumatology, xenon, ventilator, aërostat, ariel, aëronautics, aëronautical.
air,n.melody,tune, descant, aria,song; publicity,vent;appearance,look,bearing,mien,demeanor,aspect,deportment; semblance,style.
air,v.ventilate; aërate, aërify;display,expose, flaunt.
airhole,n.vent, venthole,bung, spilehole; spiracle.
airiness,n.aëriality, unsubstantiality;gayety, vivacity, buoyancy,sprightliness.
airing,n.ventilation; aëration, aërification;display,flaunting,exposure.
air plant.aërophyte epiphyte.
airy,a.aërial, aëriform, ethereal, atmospheric, pneumatic, unsubstantial;breezy,windy, ventilated;visionary,unreal; vivacious,sprightly; garish,jaunty,flaunting.
akin,a.(Used after the noun) consanguineous,kindred, cognate, agnate,related,congenial.
alarm,v.terrify,frighten,scare, appall,daunt, unnerve, intimidate.
alarm,n.warning,signal;apprehension,terror, consternation trepidation,fright,panic,dismay.
alarm-bell,n.tocsin, alarum.
alarming,a.startling,ominous, terrifying,frightful.Antonym: reassuring.
albinoism,n.albinism, leucopathy.
alcohol,n.ethylalcohol, methol, spirit ofwine, rectifiedspirit.Associated words: alcoholism, spirituous, alcoholic, vinification, vinificator, methilepsia, dipsomania, dipsomaniac, fusel, methyl, methylate, methylated.
ale inspector.aleconner, aletaster.
alert,a.vigilant,watchful,wary,attentive.
alien,n.foreigner.
alien,a.foreign; adverse,inconsistent, unallied, incongruousremote.
alienate,v.transfer, demise,assign;estrange, disaffect,wean.
alienation,n.transfer (of title), demise;estrangement, disaffection.
alight,v.dismount.
alike,a.similar, analogous, homogeneous, resemblantuniform, homologous.
alimentary canal.enteron.
alive,a.living,quick,animated, instinct.
alkali flat.playa.
all,n.thewhole, totality,aggregate, total,entirety.
allay,v.appease,alleviate,pacify,mollify,mitigate,moderate, assuage,soothe,temper,palliate,abate,lessen,reduce,ease.Antonyms:intensify,aggravate, heighten,rouse.
all-creating,a.omnific.
all-devouring,a.omnivorous.
allegiance,n.fealty,loyalty,devotion,fidelity.
alleviate,v.mitigate,mollify,lessen,allay, assuagemoderate,relieve.
alleviation,n.mitigation,palliation, assuagement,relief,moderation.
alleviative,a.palliative,mitigative, assuasive.
alley,n.passage; lane, byway; cul-de-sac (blind alley).
all hollow.(Slang) completely, entirely.
alliance,n.union, coalition,federation, confederacy,league; affinity,affiliation,connection,relationship.
all-knowing,a.omniscient.
allot,v.apportion, meteout,assign.
allotment,n.apportionment,assignment.
allow,v.permit, consent to;tolerate, suffer,endure.