legend,n.fable,myth;posy, inscription, motto.legendary,a.mythical, traditional.legerdemain,n.jugglery, sleight ofhand.legible,a.readable, decipherable.Antonym: illegible.legion,n.host,horde,army.legions,n. pl.battalions, troops, soldiers.legitimate,a.lawful.Antonym:illegitimate.lemon,n.Associated words: citric, citrine, citrination, citrus.lend,v.loan.lending,n.loan.lengthen,v.extend, elongate,stretch, prolong, protract;expatiate, amplify.lengthening,n.extension, elongation, protraction, prolongation.lengthwise,adv.longitudinally.lengthy,a.long, prolix, protracted, verbose.lenient,a.compassionate. Seemerciful.lenity,n.clemency,mercy, lenience.Lent,n.Quadragesima.lessen,v.reduce,diminish, minify, depreciate, minimize,decrease,mitigate,abate.lessening,n.reduction,diminution,decrease, decrement, depreciation,mitigation,shrinkage,abatement.Lesser Bear.Cynosure.lesson,n.task,exercise.let,v.allow,permit, suffer;lease,rent.let,n.hindrance.lethargy,n.drowsiness,stupor,unconsciousness.letter,n.epistle,favor, missive,note; encyclic, encyclical, decretal (letter of the Pope).Associated words:correspond, epistolical, epistolary, epistolean, epistolize, epistler, epistolar, epistolography, postscript.letter,n.initial (first letter).letter-carrier,n.postman,mail-carrier,courier, mail-man, postboy,post.letter for letter.literatim.letters,n. pl.correspondence.letters,n. pl.learning, literature,erudition, humanities.let-up,n.(Colloq.)abatement, assuagement, respite,subsidence.let up.(Colloq.)abate,subside,diminish, intermit.level,a.even,flat,plain,smooth,flush,plumb; horizontal;steady,impartial, well-balanced.Antonyms: undulatinguneven,concave,convex,warped.level,v.flatten, equalize,even,smooth,reduce;raze,reduce,overthrow,demolish;adapt, adjust.lever,n.pry.Associated words: fulcrum,purchase,prize, prizing.leverage,n.purchase.levity,n.lightness, buoyancy;gayety, frivolity.lewd,a.unchaste,lustful,licentious, libidinous, lecherous, incontinent,ribald,lascivious,rakish,ruttish,salacious, concupiscent,wanton, lubricous, prurient, pornographic.Antonyms:chaste,modest,pure.lewdness,n.unchastity, incontinence,lust,lechery,ribaldry, salacity, concupiscence, profligacy, lasciviousness.Antonyms:chastity,modesty,purity.liability,n.exposure,accountability,responsibility, amenabilityAntonyms: immunity, exemption.liabilities,n. pl.debts, obligations,indebtedness.liable,a.exposed,subject,accountable,answerable,amenable,bound.Antonyms: exempt, immune.libel,n.defamation,lampoon, roorback.libel,v.defame (by some publication),lampoon.libellous,a.defamatory,slanderous, calumnious.liberal,a.generous, open-handed,bounteous, munificent,unstinted, princely; profuse,lavish,ample,abundant;catholic, magnanimous,tolerant.Antonyms:illiberal,ungenerous,stingy,limited,narrow, bigoced.liberality,n.generosity.Antonyms:illiberality,stinginess,bigotry.liberate,v.Seefree.liberation,n.Seefreeing.libertine,n.lecher,debauchee,rake,roué, profligate.libertine,a.licentious, lecherous, profligate,rakish.liberty,n.freedom,independence;privilege,permission.Antonyms:captivity,bondage,servitude,subjection,constraint,serfdom,slavery.license,n.privilege,right;lawlessness, anarchy.license,v.legalize,permit.licentious,a.immoral,dissolute, profligate,lewd,libertine,rakish,lascivious;unrestrained, uncurbed, uncontrolled.lick,v.lap; (Colloq.)flog,thrash,chastise,castigate,trounce, drub. Seewhip.lick,n.slap, stroke,blow.licking,n.(Colloq.) flogging,chastisement,castigation,punishment, thrashing,whipping.lid,n.cover.lie,n.untruth,falsehood,fib; fiction, fabrication;subterfuge,evasion,misrepresentation.lie,v.recline.lie close.cuddle,nestle,snuggle.lief,adv.willingly, gladly,freely, readily.lien,n.incumbrance.life,n.existence,being,animation, vitality; vivacity, spiritedness,energy,activity, briskness,sprightliness; biography,memoir.Associated words: biology, biologist, vital, biometry, biogenesis, macrobiotics, vitalization, vitalize, bioplasm, protoplasm, elixir, biotic.lifeless,a.dead, inanimate, spiritless, devitalized.lifelessness,n.inanimation.lift,v.raise,elevate.lift,n.lifting,raising,elevation;help,assistance,aid; elevator, dumbwaiter.lifting machine.derrick, crane,tackle.light,n.illumination; lamp, taper,candle, lantern, head-light, cresset; publicity, publicnotice; phosphorescence, luminescence; aureole,halo,nimbus, aureola,glory.Associated words: photology, photologist, photophobia, catoptrics, dioptrics, photics, Ormuzd, luminary.light,a.buoyant;easy, inoppressive;active,nimble,deft,fleet,swift,spry;spongy,porous, well-leavened; incompact,loose,porous; gossamery,sleazy,flimsy,thin, unsubstantial;volatile,unsteady, mercurial,fickle,frivolous.light,v.ignite, illumine, illuminate.light,v.dismount,alight, descend;rest,perch,settle.lighten,v.light, illuminate, illume;ease,relieve,alleviate.light-fingered,a.thievish,pilfering.light-footed,a.nimble,agile.lighthouse,n.beacon, fanal, pharos.Associated words: holophote, pharology.lighting,n.illumination.--a.luminous, luminiferous.lightness,n.levity, levitation, buoyancy.lightning-rod,n.paratonnerre.like,a.similar,alike, cognate, analogous, homogeneous.Antonyms: Seeunlike.like,n.counterpart,copy,equal;liking, preference.like,v.fancy, approve of; prefer,choose,wish.like blazes.(Low) furiously,rapidly.likelihood,n.probability, verisimilitude.Antonyms:unlikelihood, improbability.likely,a.probable, verisimilar;good-looking,comely;appropriate.Antonyms:unlikely, improbable.liken,v.compare.likeness,n.similitude,resemblance,similarity,appearance,guise,analogy; portrait, effigy, counterpart,image,copy,facsimile.liking,n.fondness,partiality, affection,approval, preference, predilection.Antonyms:distaste,aversion, inappetency,hatred,antipathy,disapproval.limb,n.branch,bough.limber,a.flexible, pliant,limp,pliable,supple, lithe, lithesome.Antonyms: Seestiff.lime,n.Associated words: calcareous, calciferous, calcariferous, calcification, calcify, calcified, calcivorous, calcination, calciform,slack, cretification, calcigerous, kalsomine.limit,n.bound,boundary,confine,extent;restriction,check,restraint,limitation.limit,v.restrict, circumscribe, define,confine.limitation,n.limit,restriction,restraint, circumscription, finitude.limited,a.restricted, confined, conditioned, finite, circumscribed.Antonyms: Seeunlimited.limp,a.flaccid,flabby,limber,soft, flexile.Antonyms: Seestiff.limp,n.halt, limping, hobble.limpid,a.clear, pellucid,lucid. Seeclear.line,n.stripe,streak;cord,rope,thread,string, cable;course,route;branch,department;boundary, contour, periphery,circumference,outline; lineament;row, series,rank,file; secant; hachure, hatching.Associated words: aliner, alignment, allineation, align, linear, lineal, lineation, interline, interlinear,interlining, interlineation.linen,n.napery; lingerie; damask.linen and wool.linsey-woolsey.lines,n. pl.reins.linger,v.loiter,saunter, tarry,lag.lingering,a.protracted.link,v.join,unite,connect,couple, concatenate.lion,n.Felis Leo; lioness (female); whelp, lionel (young); Leo; griffin.lionlike,a.leonine.lip,n.Associated words: labial, labially, labialize, labialization, labialism, chiloma, labret, philtrum, pout, labiochorea, cheiloplasty, labioplasty, harelip, blobberlip.liquid,n.fluid.list,n.catalogue, roster,schedule,register; selvage,selvedge, listing.listen,v.hearken; eavesdrop; auscultate.Antonyms:disregard,ignore,scorn.listening,n.hearkening; eavesdropping; auscultation, autophony.listless,a.inattentive,indifferent,supine, heedless,unconcerned.litigation,n.lawsuit.litter,n.stretcher; mulch;disorder, untidiness; farrow.little,a.small, diminutive,minute, tiny, wee,puny,dwarfish,insignificant, infinitesimal. Seesmall.little,n.miniature; modicum.little by little.piecemeal, gradually.live,v.exist; dwell, reside,abide.live,a.alive,quick,animate,living.liveliness,n.animation, vivacity,sprightliness, briskness,activity, lilt.live longer than.survive,outlive.lively,a.animated,spirited, vivacious,vigorous,active,brisk,energetic,stirring,sprightly;agile,nimble; hilariousfrolicsome,gay, buoyant.Antonyms:slow,sluggish,inactive,quiet.liver,n.Associated words: hepatic, hepatology, hepatize, hepatization, cirrhosis, cirrhotic, giblets, bilious, viscera, hepatogenic,bile.liver,heart, etc., of ananimal.inmeats (edible viscera).livid,a.ecchymosed, bruised,black and blue.living,a.alive,quick,live;quickening, animating.living,n.life, existence,being; livelihood, sustenance, subsistence,maintenance;benefice.living again.redivivus, resurrected, revived, resurgent.living in seclusion.eremitism, anchoretism,reclusion,seclusion,retirement.--a.hermitical, eremitic, anchoretic,solitary.living picture.tableau vivant.living together.cohabitation.living upon others.parasitic.--n.parasitism.lizard,n.saurian, reptile; chameleon, gecko, gilamonster, iguana, dragon.load,v.encumber, lade,burden,freight.load,n.burden,cargo, lading, encumbrance,weight,impediment, incubus.loaded,p.p.anda.laden, freighted,fraught.loaf,v.loungeabout,loiter.loathe,v.abhor,hate,detest, abominate,despise, execrate, recoil from.loathing,n.abhorrence,detestation,abomination, execration,hatred.location,n.situation, locality,place.lock,n.ringlet,curl, tress.lock-jaw,n.tetanus.Associated words: tetanic, tetanoid.lofty,a.tall, towering.log,n.puncheon (split log).logical,a.consistent,sound.Antonym:illogical.loins,n. pl.reins.loiter,v.saunter,linger.loitering,a.sauntering, dilatory.Londoner,n.cockney (Contemptuous).lone,a.alone,lonely,isolated,desolate; unfrequented,solitary,sequestered,secluded, lonesome.lonely,a.sequestered,solitary, unfrequented; lonesome,desolate,dreary,lorn.long,a.protracted, prolonged,lengthy, extended;lingering; extensive, inclusive;tedious, prolix,wordy, long-spundiffuse.long,v.yearn for, hankerafter,crave.longer than broad.oblong.long-handed,a.longimanous.long-headed,a.shrewd,sagacious. Seeshrewd.longing,n.yearning,craving.long life.longevity.longshoreman,n.stevedore.long-suffering,a.forbearing,uncomplaining,patient.--n.forbearance,patience, longanimity.look,v.glance, gaze, stare,see, con, gloat,glare,peek,peer,pry,peep, pore,lower, glower, scan, ogle; seem,appear; await,expect,anticipate;examine,investigate,inspect, contemplate, scrutinize.look,n.glance,glimpse, inspection, scrutiny, gaze;expression,appearance,air,manner,mien, semblance,aspect, presence.look down upon.Seedespise.looking backward.retrospection, retrospect.--a.retrospective.looking for.anticipation,expectation;search.looking forward.anticipation,expectation, prospect,foresight.looking forward.prospective, anticipative.looking-glass,n.mirror; chevalglass.looking within.introspection.--a.introspective.look into.inspect,examine,probe,investigate.look on.see,witness;regard,consider, deem,view.lookout,n.observatory;watch-tower, conningtower;responsibility.look over.examine, scrutinize, reconnoiter.look upon.regard,esteem,consider.
legend,n.fable,myth;posy, inscription, motto.
legendary,a.mythical, traditional.
legerdemain,n.jugglery, sleight ofhand.
legible,a.readable, decipherable.Antonym: illegible.
legion,n.host,horde,army.
legions,n. pl.battalions, troops, soldiers.
legitimate,a.lawful.Antonym:illegitimate.
lemon,n.Associated words: citric, citrine, citrination, citrus.
lend,v.loan.
lending,n.loan.
lengthen,v.extend, elongate,stretch, prolong, protract;expatiate, amplify.
lengthening,n.extension, elongation, protraction, prolongation.
lengthwise,adv.longitudinally.
lengthy,a.long, prolix, protracted, verbose.
lenient,a.compassionate. Seemerciful.
lenity,n.clemency,mercy, lenience.
Lent,n.Quadragesima.
lessen,v.reduce,diminish, minify, depreciate, minimize,decrease,mitigate,abate.
lessening,n.reduction,diminution,decrease, decrement, depreciation,mitigation,shrinkage,abatement.
Lesser Bear.Cynosure.
lesson,n.task,exercise.
let,v.allow,permit, suffer;lease,rent.
let,n.hindrance.
lethargy,n.drowsiness,stupor,unconsciousness.
letter,n.epistle,favor, missive,note; encyclic, encyclical, decretal (letter of the Pope).Associated words:correspond, epistolical, epistolary, epistolean, epistolize, epistler, epistolar, epistolography, postscript.
letter,n.initial (first letter).
letter-carrier,n.postman,mail-carrier,courier, mail-man, postboy,post.
letter for letter.literatim.
letters,n. pl.correspondence.
letters,n. pl.learning, literature,erudition, humanities.
let-up,n.(Colloq.)abatement, assuagement, respite,subsidence.
let up.(Colloq.)abate,subside,diminish, intermit.
level,a.even,flat,plain,smooth,flush,plumb; horizontal;steady,impartial, well-balanced.Antonyms: undulatinguneven,concave,convex,warped.
level,v.flatten, equalize,even,smooth,reduce;raze,reduce,overthrow,demolish;adapt, adjust.
lever,n.pry.Associated words: fulcrum,purchase,prize, prizing.
leverage,n.purchase.
levity,n.lightness, buoyancy;gayety, frivolity.
lewd,a.unchaste,lustful,licentious, libidinous, lecherous, incontinent,ribald,lascivious,rakish,ruttish,salacious, concupiscent,wanton, lubricous, prurient, pornographic.Antonyms:chaste,modest,pure.
lewdness,n.unchastity, incontinence,lust,lechery,ribaldry, salacity, concupiscence, profligacy, lasciviousness.Antonyms:chastity,modesty,purity.
liability,n.exposure,accountability,responsibility, amenabilityAntonyms: immunity, exemption.
liabilities,n. pl.debts, obligations,indebtedness.
liable,a.exposed,subject,accountable,answerable,amenable,bound.Antonyms: exempt, immune.
libel,n.defamation,lampoon, roorback.
libel,v.defame (by some publication),lampoon.
libellous,a.defamatory,slanderous, calumnious.
liberal,a.generous, open-handed,bounteous, munificent,unstinted, princely; profuse,lavish,ample,abundant;catholic, magnanimous,tolerant.Antonyms:illiberal,ungenerous,stingy,limited,narrow, bigoced.
liberality,n.generosity.Antonyms:illiberality,stinginess,bigotry.
liberate,v.Seefree.
liberation,n.Seefreeing.
libertine,n.lecher,debauchee,rake,roué, profligate.
libertine,a.licentious, lecherous, profligate,rakish.
liberty,n.freedom,independence;privilege,permission.Antonyms:captivity,bondage,servitude,subjection,constraint,serfdom,slavery.
license,n.privilege,right;lawlessness, anarchy.
license,v.legalize,permit.
licentious,a.immoral,dissolute, profligate,lewd,libertine,rakish,lascivious;unrestrained, uncurbed, uncontrolled.
lick,v.lap; (Colloq.)flog,thrash,chastise,castigate,trounce, drub. Seewhip.
lick,n.slap, stroke,blow.
licking,n.(Colloq.) flogging,chastisement,castigation,punishment, thrashing,whipping.
lid,n.cover.
lie,n.untruth,falsehood,fib; fiction, fabrication;subterfuge,evasion,misrepresentation.
lie,v.recline.
lie close.cuddle,nestle,snuggle.
lief,adv.willingly, gladly,freely, readily.
lien,n.incumbrance.
life,n.existence,being,animation, vitality; vivacity, spiritedness,energy,activity, briskness,sprightliness; biography,memoir.Associated words: biology, biologist, vital, biometry, biogenesis, macrobiotics, vitalization, vitalize, bioplasm, protoplasm, elixir, biotic.
lifeless,a.dead, inanimate, spiritless, devitalized.
lifelessness,n.inanimation.
lift,v.raise,elevate.
lift,n.lifting,raising,elevation;help,assistance,aid; elevator, dumbwaiter.
lifting machine.derrick, crane,tackle.
light,n.illumination; lamp, taper,candle, lantern, head-light, cresset; publicity, publicnotice; phosphorescence, luminescence; aureole,halo,nimbus, aureola,glory.Associated words: photology, photologist, photophobia, catoptrics, dioptrics, photics, Ormuzd, luminary.
light,a.buoyant;easy, inoppressive;active,nimble,deft,fleet,swift,spry;spongy,porous, well-leavened; incompact,loose,porous; gossamery,sleazy,flimsy,thin, unsubstantial;volatile,unsteady, mercurial,fickle,frivolous.
light,v.ignite, illumine, illuminate.
light,v.dismount,alight, descend;rest,perch,settle.
lighten,v.light, illuminate, illume;ease,relieve,alleviate.
light-fingered,a.thievish,pilfering.
light-footed,a.nimble,agile.
lighthouse,n.beacon, fanal, pharos.Associated words: holophote, pharology.
lighting,n.illumination.--a.luminous, luminiferous.
lightness,n.levity, levitation, buoyancy.
lightning-rod,n.paratonnerre.
like,a.similar,alike, cognate, analogous, homogeneous.Antonyms: Seeunlike.
like,n.counterpart,copy,equal;liking, preference.
like,v.fancy, approve of; prefer,choose,wish.
like blazes.(Low) furiously,rapidly.
likelihood,n.probability, verisimilitude.Antonyms:unlikelihood, improbability.
likely,a.probable, verisimilar;good-looking,comely;appropriate.Antonyms:unlikely, improbable.
liken,v.compare.
likeness,n.similitude,resemblance,similarity,appearance,guise,analogy; portrait, effigy, counterpart,image,copy,facsimile.
liking,n.fondness,partiality, affection,approval, preference, predilection.Antonyms:distaste,aversion, inappetency,hatred,antipathy,disapproval.
limb,n.branch,bough.
limber,a.flexible, pliant,limp,pliable,supple, lithe, lithesome.Antonyms: Seestiff.
lime,n.Associated words: calcareous, calciferous, calcariferous, calcification, calcify, calcified, calcivorous, calcination, calciform,slack, cretification, calcigerous, kalsomine.
limit,n.bound,boundary,confine,extent;restriction,check,restraint,limitation.
limit,v.restrict, circumscribe, define,confine.
limitation,n.limit,restriction,restraint, circumscription, finitude.
limited,a.restricted, confined, conditioned, finite, circumscribed.Antonyms: Seeunlimited.
limp,a.flaccid,flabby,limber,soft, flexile.Antonyms: Seestiff.
limp,n.halt, limping, hobble.
limpid,a.clear, pellucid,lucid. Seeclear.
line,n.stripe,streak;cord,rope,thread,string, cable;course,route;branch,department;boundary, contour, periphery,circumference,outline; lineament;row, series,rank,file; secant; hachure, hatching.Associated words: aliner, alignment, allineation, align, linear, lineal, lineation, interline, interlinear,interlining, interlineation.
linen,n.napery; lingerie; damask.
linen and wool.linsey-woolsey.
lines,n. pl.reins.
linger,v.loiter,saunter, tarry,lag.
lingering,a.protracted.
link,v.join,unite,connect,couple, concatenate.
lion,n.Felis Leo; lioness (female); whelp, lionel (young); Leo; griffin.
lionlike,a.leonine.
lip,n.Associated words: labial, labially, labialize, labialization, labialism, chiloma, labret, philtrum, pout, labiochorea, cheiloplasty, labioplasty, harelip, blobberlip.
liquid,n.fluid.
list,n.catalogue, roster,schedule,register; selvage,selvedge, listing.
listen,v.hearken; eavesdrop; auscultate.Antonyms:disregard,ignore,scorn.
listening,n.hearkening; eavesdropping; auscultation, autophony.
listless,a.inattentive,indifferent,supine, heedless,unconcerned.
litigation,n.lawsuit.
litter,n.stretcher; mulch;disorder, untidiness; farrow.
little,a.small, diminutive,minute, tiny, wee,puny,dwarfish,insignificant, infinitesimal. Seesmall.
little,n.miniature; modicum.
little by little.piecemeal, gradually.
live,v.exist; dwell, reside,abide.
live,a.alive,quick,animate,living.
liveliness,n.animation, vivacity,sprightliness, briskness,activity, lilt.
live longer than.survive,outlive.
lively,a.animated,spirited, vivacious,vigorous,active,brisk,energetic,stirring,sprightly;agile,nimble; hilariousfrolicsome,gay, buoyant.Antonyms:slow,sluggish,inactive,quiet.
liver,n.Associated words: hepatic, hepatology, hepatize, hepatization, cirrhosis, cirrhotic, giblets, bilious, viscera, hepatogenic,bile.
liver,heart, etc., of ananimal.inmeats (edible viscera).
livid,a.ecchymosed, bruised,black and blue.
living,a.alive,quick,live;quickening, animating.
living,n.life, existence,being; livelihood, sustenance, subsistence,maintenance;benefice.
living again.redivivus, resurrected, revived, resurgent.
living in seclusion.eremitism, anchoretism,reclusion,seclusion,retirement.--a.hermitical, eremitic, anchoretic,solitary.
living picture.tableau vivant.
living together.cohabitation.
living upon others.parasitic.--n.parasitism.
lizard,n.saurian, reptile; chameleon, gecko, gilamonster, iguana, dragon.
load,v.encumber, lade,burden,freight.
load,n.burden,cargo, lading, encumbrance,weight,impediment, incubus.
loaded,p.p.anda.laden, freighted,fraught.
loaf,v.loungeabout,loiter.
loathe,v.abhor,hate,detest, abominate,despise, execrate, recoil from.
loathing,n.abhorrence,detestation,abomination, execration,hatred.
location,n.situation, locality,place.
lock,n.ringlet,curl, tress.
lock-jaw,n.tetanus.Associated words: tetanic, tetanoid.
lofty,a.tall, towering.
log,n.puncheon (split log).
logical,a.consistent,sound.Antonym:illogical.
loins,n. pl.reins.
loiter,v.saunter,linger.
loitering,a.sauntering, dilatory.
Londoner,n.cockney (Contemptuous).
lone,a.alone,lonely,isolated,desolate; unfrequented,solitary,sequestered,secluded, lonesome.
lonely,a.sequestered,solitary, unfrequented; lonesome,desolate,dreary,lorn.
long,a.protracted, prolonged,lengthy, extended;lingering; extensive, inclusive;tedious, prolix,wordy, long-spundiffuse.
long,v.yearn for, hankerafter,crave.
longer than broad.oblong.
long-handed,a.longimanous.
long-headed,a.shrewd,sagacious. Seeshrewd.
longing,n.yearning,craving.
long life.longevity.
longshoreman,n.stevedore.
long-suffering,a.forbearing,uncomplaining,patient.--n.forbearance,patience, longanimity.
look,v.glance, gaze, stare,see, con, gloat,glare,peek,peer,pry,peep, pore,lower, glower, scan, ogle; seem,appear; await,expect,anticipate;examine,investigate,inspect, contemplate, scrutinize.
look,n.glance,glimpse, inspection, scrutiny, gaze;expression,appearance,air,manner,mien, semblance,aspect, presence.
look down upon.Seedespise.
looking backward.retrospection, retrospect.--a.retrospective.
looking for.anticipation,expectation;search.
looking forward.anticipation,expectation, prospect,foresight.
looking forward.prospective, anticipative.
looking-glass,n.mirror; chevalglass.
looking within.introspection.--a.introspective.
look into.inspect,examine,probe,investigate.
look on.see,witness;regard,consider, deem,view.
lookout,n.observatory;watch-tower, conningtower;responsibility.
look over.examine, scrutinize, reconnoiter.
look upon.regard,esteem,consider.