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greatest,a.supreme, superlative,utmost, maximum.greatest good.summum bonum.great-hearted,a.magnanimous.great-heartedness,n.magnanimity.great spirit.Manito (Amer. Ind.)greediness,n.avarice,voracity,avidity,covetousness,rapacity,gluttony, insatiableness,cupidity.greedy,a.avaricious,grasping;sordid, covetous;insatiable,ravenous,voracious,gluttonous,rapacious; insatiate.greedy-gut,n.(Low)glutton, gormand.Greek,a.Grecian, Hellenic.Greek,n.Grecian, Hellene; Romaic, Hellenic, Neo-Hellenic.Greek,n.(Colloq.)mystery.green,a.verdant, emerald, virid, virescent;immature, unripe;raw, untrained,callow,unsophisticated,awkward,inexperienced,unskilled, undisciplined,gullible; unseasoned; fresh, undecayed.Antonyms:sear, parched, seasoned,ripe,experienced, veteran.greenhorn,n.(Colloq.)tyro,novice,gull,dupe, yahoo, gudgeon.greenhouse,n.conservatory.green manuring.sideration.greenness,n.verdancy, viridity, verdure; rawness, immaturity, unripeness; inexperience, unsophisticatedness, gullibility..greensand,n.marl.green-sickness,n.chlorosis.greet,v.address,salute,hail,accost.greeting,n.salutation,salute.grief,n.anguish,sorrow, heartbreak,regret,remorse, dolor, misery, heartache, woe, tribulation,rue,affliction, bereavement,trial,adversity,distress,grievance.grievance,n.wrong,injustice,resentment,trouble,complaint, gravamen (Law).grieve,v.mourn,regret,lament,rue,weep,sorrow,bewail,deplore;wound,afflict,try,distress,pain.grievous,a.afflictive,distressing, deplorable,lamentable,painful;heinous,atrocious, flagitious,outrageous,flagrant, egregious,nefarious;plaintive,pitiful.grill,n.gridiron,broiler.grilling,n.broiling, grillade.grimy,a.begrimed.grind,v.crush,powder,pulverize, comminute,bruise, bray, triturate, levigate;harass,persecute,oppress.grind,n.grinding, pulverization; (Slang) drudgery; (Slang)dig.grinder,n.abradant.grinding,n.pulverization, trituration,crushing, levigation.--a.abradant.grinding stone.millstone, muller, metate.grip,n.clutch,grasp; (Colloq.)grippe.grip,n.(Colloq.) gripsack,valise,satchel, traveling-bag.grip,v.seize,clutch,grasp, clinch.gripes,n. pl.colic.griping,n.gripes,colic.grippe,n.influenza.gristle,n.cartilage.gristly,a.cartilaginous.grit,n.firmness,resolution,courage, fortitude,spirit, determination.gritty,a.sandy; (Colloq.)unyielding,plucky,spirited, determined,resolute.grizzly bear.Ephraim (Hunter's name).groan,n.andv.moan.grogblossom,n.rosedrop, rosy whelk.grogshop,n.dramshop,saloon.groom,n.valet;hostler, stable-man; bridegroom.groove,n.rut,channel, furrow; chamfret, rabbet, fluting; stria, striation.groove,v.channel, furrow; chamfer, flute.grooved,a.channeled, chamfered,fluted, striated.gross,n.aggregate.grotesque,a.fantastic,bizarre,outlandish, baroque,whimsical.grouchy,a.(Colloq.)unamiable,sullen,surly, cynical,morose,cross.ground,n.soil,earth,dirt, clod, loam,mould,clay,land; premise,reason,consideration,motive,inducement,reason; terra-firma.ground hog.woodchuck, American marmot.groundless,a.unfounded, chimerical,baseless, unauthorized.grounds,n. pl.settlings,sediment,dregs, precipitate.ground squirrel.chipmunk, hackee.groundwork,n.foundation,basis,base.group,n.cluster, assemblage,crowd.grouty,a.(Colloq.)unamiable,sulky,sullen, cynical,surly,morose.grovel,v.crawl,sneak,cringe,wallow,fawn.groveling,a.debased,abject,servile,sneaking.grow,v.increase,extend, augment,wax, accrue,develop,expand,mature,flourish,thrive;vegetate,sprout, pullulate, germinate, bourgeon;raise,cultivate.Antonyms:wane, atrophy,blast,diminish,stunt, stagnate.grower,n.cultivator.growing,a.developing, waxing, increasing, flourishing.growing together.accretion,concretion, coalescence.--a.coalescent, accretive.growl,n.grumble,snarl, gnarl.growler,n.grumbler,snarler, murmurer, cynic, pessimist, misanthrope.growth,n.growing,development, accretion,extension,increase, augmentation, increment,enlargement; excrescence hypertrophy, overgrowth; germination,cultivation, pullulation,sprouting.Antonyms: atrophy,decrease,blasting,undevelopment.grow together.coalesce,concrete, accretegrub,v.drudge,slave, moil; rootout, uprooc,eradicate.grub,n.caterpillar, maggot,larva, grubworm.grub-ax,n.mattock.grudge,n.ill-will,hatred,antipathy,rancor,aversion,enmity,resentment, envy.grudge,v.begrudge, resent, envy.grudgeful,a.envious, resentful.grudgingly,adv.unwillingly, reluctantly, sullenly, enviously resentfully.gruff,a.ungracious, brusque,surly,rude,impolite,stern.grum,a.morose,surly,sour,glum; guttural,low, rumbling.grumble,v.murmur,repine,complain,croak;growl,snarl.grumbler,n.complainer,croaker,fault-finder,growler.grumpy,a.(Colloq.)surly,disgruntled,grouty,irritable,sullen.guarantee,n.warranty,security,surety.guard,v.protect,defend,shield,shelter, fortify,preserve.Antonym:expose.guard,n.guardsman,watch,watchman,sentinel, patrol, sentry,picket;convoy,escort, body-guard;defense,protection,shield,safeguard,bulwark,armor;attention,heed,watch, circumspection.Associated word: cordon.guarded,a.cautious,wary, circumspect,careful,reserved, non-committal.guardian,n.defender,guard, tutelarysaint,keeper,warden,protector,defense, guardianangel.Antonyms:ward, protégé.guardian,a.tutelary, protecting, tutelar.guardianship,n.protection,care,watch, wardenship, tutelage.guess,v.conjecture,speculate,surmise;think,suppose, presume,apprehend, believe, daresay, opine.guess,n.conjecture,surmise,supposition,speculation.guesswork,n.conjecture.guide,v.pilot,steer,direct,govern,conduct.guide,n.conductor,pilot, director; cicerone;polestar;rudder, regulator;mentor,monitor, counsellor;key, clew.guidebook,n.itinerary.guiding star.loadstar,polestar, Cynosure.guild,n.society,association,fraternity, corporation,brotherhood.guile,n.subtlety,cunning, wiliness,deceit,insincerity,artifice.guileful,a.deceitful,crafty,artful,wily,subtle,designing.guileless,a.innocent,artless,sincere,undesigning, ingenuous.guilt,n.criminality, guiltiness, complicity, culpability,crime;wrong,offense,transgression,sin.Antonyms:innocence, inculpability.guiltless,a.inculpable,blameless,innocent.guilty,a.culpable, punishable,criminal, peccant,sinful.guise,n.way,custom,manner,mien; garb,shape,appearance,dress,cloak.gulch,n.gully,ravine.gulf,n.abyss,chasm; vortex,whirlpool, rapids, maelstrom;bay.gulfweed,n.sargasso.gull,n.cheat,swindle,humbug,fraud;dupe, gudgeon, cully; seamew,mew,cob.gullet,n.esophagus.gullible,a.credulous.gully,n.gulch,ravine,gorge, couloir.gumboll,n.parulis.gummy,a.viscous, adhesive.gumption,n.(Colloq.)shrewdness,sagacity,discernment,acumen, commonsense.gum-yielding,a.guttiferous.gun,n.firearm, weapon,rifle, shotgun, blunderbuss, musket, flobert, pistol,revolver, derringer,cannon, swivelgun, matchlock, breech-loader, stanchiongun, arquebus, Kruppgun, Winchester, howitzer, gatlinggun, flintlock.Associated words: bayonet,gunsmith,bore, caliber, trigger,hammer, ramod,armory, armorer, gunsmithery, holster.gun-cotton,n.pyroxylin.gunner,n.cannoneer.gunroom,n.wardroom.guns,n. pl.artillery, ordnance,cannon, armament,arms.gunsmith,n.armorer, gunmaker.gunwale,n.portoise.gush,v.rush,pour,stream,spout.gushing,a.rushing,pouring; (Colloq.) effusive, demonstrative, ebullient,sentimental.gusto,n.enjoyment,appreciation, relish,taste.gut,n.intestine.--v.disembowel, eviscerate.guts,n. pl.intestines,bowels, entrails.gutter,n.eaves trough, cullis; conduit,channel,drain, rindle;groove.guttersnipe,n.(Slang) street Arab, gamin.gutting,n.disembowelment, evisceration.guy,n.guy-rope,stay,shore;scarecrow,dowdy,fright, effigy.guy,v.steady,guide,shore, stay (with a rope); (Colloq.)fool,baffle,ridicule.gymnast,n.athlete.gymnastic,a.athletic, calisthenic.gymnastics,n. pl.athletics, calisthenics.gypsy,n.Romany, Bohemian; Romany, Romanes (language);schemer,sharper.gypsy,a.nomadic,vagabond.

greatest,a.supreme, superlative,utmost, maximum.

greatest good.summum bonum.

great-hearted,a.magnanimous.

great-heartedness,n.magnanimity.

great spirit.Manito (Amer. Ind.)

greediness,n.avarice,voracity,avidity,covetousness,rapacity,gluttony, insatiableness,cupidity.

greedy,a.avaricious,grasping;sordid, covetous;insatiable,ravenous,voracious,gluttonous,rapacious; insatiate.

greedy-gut,n.(Low)glutton, gormand.

Greek,a.Grecian, Hellenic.

Greek,n.Grecian, Hellene; Romaic, Hellenic, Neo-Hellenic.

Greek,n.(Colloq.)mystery.

green,a.verdant, emerald, virid, virescent;immature, unripe;raw, untrained,callow,unsophisticated,awkward,inexperienced,unskilled, undisciplined,gullible; unseasoned; fresh, undecayed.Antonyms:sear, parched, seasoned,ripe,experienced, veteran.

greenhorn,n.(Colloq.)tyro,novice,gull,dupe, yahoo, gudgeon.

greenhouse,n.conservatory.

green manuring.sideration.

greenness,n.verdancy, viridity, verdure; rawness, immaturity, unripeness; inexperience, unsophisticatedness, gullibility..

greensand,n.marl.

green-sickness,n.chlorosis.

greet,v.address,salute,hail,accost.

greeting,n.salutation,salute.

grief,n.anguish,sorrow, heartbreak,regret,remorse, dolor, misery, heartache, woe, tribulation,rue,affliction, bereavement,trial,adversity,distress,grievance.

grievance,n.wrong,injustice,resentment,trouble,complaint, gravamen (Law).

grieve,v.mourn,regret,lament,rue,weep,sorrow,bewail,deplore;wound,afflict,try,distress,pain.

grievous,a.afflictive,distressing, deplorable,lamentable,painful;heinous,atrocious, flagitious,outrageous,flagrant, egregious,nefarious;plaintive,pitiful.

grill,n.gridiron,broiler.

grilling,n.broiling, grillade.

grimy,a.begrimed.

grind,v.crush,powder,pulverize, comminute,bruise, bray, triturate, levigate;harass,persecute,oppress.

grind,n.grinding, pulverization; (Slang) drudgery; (Slang)dig.

grinder,n.abradant.

grinding,n.pulverization, trituration,crushing, levigation.--a.abradant.

grinding stone.millstone, muller, metate.

grip,n.clutch,grasp; (Colloq.)grippe.

grip,n.(Colloq.) gripsack,valise,satchel, traveling-bag.

grip,v.seize,clutch,grasp, clinch.

gripes,n. pl.colic.

griping,n.gripes,colic.

grippe,n.influenza.

gristle,n.cartilage.

gristly,a.cartilaginous.

grit,n.firmness,resolution,courage, fortitude,spirit, determination.

gritty,a.sandy; (Colloq.)unyielding,plucky,spirited, determined,resolute.

grizzly bear.Ephraim (Hunter's name).

groan,n.andv.moan.

grogblossom,n.rosedrop, rosy whelk.

grogshop,n.dramshop,saloon.

groom,n.valet;hostler, stable-man; bridegroom.

groove,n.rut,channel, furrow; chamfret, rabbet, fluting; stria, striation.

groove,v.channel, furrow; chamfer, flute.

grooved,a.channeled, chamfered,fluted, striated.

gross,n.aggregate.

grotesque,a.fantastic,bizarre,outlandish, baroque,whimsical.

grouchy,a.(Colloq.)unamiable,sullen,surly, cynical,morose,cross.

ground,n.soil,earth,dirt, clod, loam,mould,clay,land; premise,reason,consideration,motive,inducement,reason; terra-firma.

ground hog.woodchuck, American marmot.

groundless,a.unfounded, chimerical,baseless, unauthorized.

grounds,n. pl.settlings,sediment,dregs, precipitate.

ground squirrel.chipmunk, hackee.

groundwork,n.foundation,basis,base.

group,n.cluster, assemblage,crowd.

grouty,a.(Colloq.)unamiable,sulky,sullen, cynical,surly,morose.

grovel,v.crawl,sneak,cringe,wallow,fawn.

groveling,a.debased,abject,servile,sneaking.

grow,v.increase,extend, augment,wax, accrue,develop,expand,mature,flourish,thrive;vegetate,sprout, pullulate, germinate, bourgeon;raise,cultivate.Antonyms:wane, atrophy,blast,diminish,stunt, stagnate.

grower,n.cultivator.

growing,a.developing, waxing, increasing, flourishing.

growing together.accretion,concretion, coalescence.--a.coalescent, accretive.

growl,n.grumble,snarl, gnarl.

growler,n.grumbler,snarler, murmurer, cynic, pessimist, misanthrope.

growth,n.growing,development, accretion,extension,increase, augmentation, increment,enlargement; excrescence hypertrophy, overgrowth; germination,cultivation, pullulation,sprouting.Antonyms: atrophy,decrease,blasting,undevelopment.

grow together.coalesce,concrete, accrete

grub,v.drudge,slave, moil; rootout, uprooc,eradicate.

grub,n.caterpillar, maggot,larva, grubworm.

grub-ax,n.mattock.

grudge,n.ill-will,hatred,antipathy,rancor,aversion,enmity,resentment, envy.

grudge,v.begrudge, resent, envy.

grudgeful,a.envious, resentful.

grudgingly,adv.unwillingly, reluctantly, sullenly, enviously resentfully.

gruff,a.ungracious, brusque,surly,rude,impolite,stern.

grum,a.morose,surly,sour,glum; guttural,low, rumbling.

grumble,v.murmur,repine,complain,croak;growl,snarl.

grumbler,n.complainer,croaker,fault-finder,growler.

grumpy,a.(Colloq.)surly,disgruntled,grouty,irritable,sullen.

guarantee,n.warranty,security,surety.

guard,v.protect,defend,shield,shelter, fortify,preserve.Antonym:expose.

guard,n.guardsman,watch,watchman,sentinel, patrol, sentry,picket;convoy,escort, body-guard;defense,protection,shield,safeguard,bulwark,armor;attention,heed,watch, circumspection.Associated word: cordon.

guarded,a.cautious,wary, circumspect,careful,reserved, non-committal.

guardian,n.defender,guard, tutelarysaint,keeper,warden,protector,defense, guardianangel.Antonyms:ward, protégé.

guardian,a.tutelary, protecting, tutelar.

guardianship,n.protection,care,watch, wardenship, tutelage.

guess,v.conjecture,speculate,surmise;think,suppose, presume,apprehend, believe, daresay, opine.

guess,n.conjecture,surmise,supposition,speculation.

guesswork,n.conjecture.

guide,v.pilot,steer,direct,govern,conduct.

guide,n.conductor,pilot, director; cicerone;polestar;rudder, regulator;mentor,monitor, counsellor;key, clew.

guidebook,n.itinerary.

guiding star.loadstar,polestar, Cynosure.

guild,n.society,association,fraternity, corporation,brotherhood.

guile,n.subtlety,cunning, wiliness,deceit,insincerity,artifice.

guileful,a.deceitful,crafty,artful,wily,subtle,designing.

guileless,a.innocent,artless,sincere,undesigning, ingenuous.

guilt,n.criminality, guiltiness, complicity, culpability,crime;wrong,offense,transgression,sin.Antonyms:innocence, inculpability.

guiltless,a.inculpable,blameless,innocent.

guilty,a.culpable, punishable,criminal, peccant,sinful.

guise,n.way,custom,manner,mien; garb,shape,appearance,dress,cloak.

gulch,n.gully,ravine.

gulf,n.abyss,chasm; vortex,whirlpool, rapids, maelstrom;bay.

gulfweed,n.sargasso.

gull,n.cheat,swindle,humbug,fraud;dupe, gudgeon, cully; seamew,mew,cob.

gullet,n.esophagus.

gullible,a.credulous.

gully,n.gulch,ravine,gorge, couloir.

gumboll,n.parulis.

gummy,a.viscous, adhesive.

gumption,n.(Colloq.)shrewdness,sagacity,discernment,acumen, commonsense.

gum-yielding,a.guttiferous.

gun,n.firearm, weapon,rifle, shotgun, blunderbuss, musket, flobert, pistol,revolver, derringer,cannon, swivelgun, matchlock, breech-loader, stanchiongun, arquebus, Kruppgun, Winchester, howitzer, gatlinggun, flintlock.Associated words: bayonet,gunsmith,bore, caliber, trigger,hammer, ramod,armory, armorer, gunsmithery, holster.

gun-cotton,n.pyroxylin.

gunner,n.cannoneer.

gunroom,n.wardroom.

guns,n. pl.artillery, ordnance,cannon, armament,arms.

gunsmith,n.armorer, gunmaker.

gunwale,n.portoise.

gush,v.rush,pour,stream,spout.

gushing,a.rushing,pouring; (Colloq.) effusive, demonstrative, ebullient,sentimental.

gusto,n.enjoyment,appreciation, relish,taste.

gut,n.intestine.--v.disembowel, eviscerate.

guts,n. pl.intestines,bowels, entrails.

gutter,n.eaves trough, cullis; conduit,channel,drain, rindle;groove.

guttersnipe,n.(Slang) street Arab, gamin.

gutting,n.disembowelment, evisceration.

guy,n.guy-rope,stay,shore;scarecrow,dowdy,fright, effigy.

guy,v.steady,guide,shore, stay (with a rope); (Colloq.)fool,baffle,ridicule.

gymnast,n.athlete.

gymnastic,a.athletic, calisthenic.

gymnastics,n. pl.athletics, calisthenics.

gypsy,n.Romany, Bohemian; Romany, Romanes (language);schemer,sharper.

gypsy,a.nomadic,vagabond.


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