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master,v.conquer,overpower,subject, subjugate,overcome,subdue,vanquish.masterful,a.domineering,imperious,arbitrary.master-hand,n.expert,adept,dabster.masterly,a.skillful,proficient, adroit,dexterous, finished.masterpiece,n.masterstroke,chef-d'œuvre.mastery,n.dominion,command, supremacy,superiority,rule,sway, mastership, preëminence,leadership,influence;victory,triumph;acquirement, acquisition,attainment,dexterity,skill.masturbation,n.onanism,self-abuse, self-pollution.mat,n.rug; matting; petate.mat,v.felttogether,entangle,twist, interweave,snarl.match,n.tally,mate,equal,peer;contest,competition, tournament, tourney; lucifermatch, locofoco.match,v.rival,equal, cope with;contend,pit,oppose;tally,correspond, be proportionate;adapt,fit, proportion, comport,harmonize;mate,couple,combine,sort,join.matchable,a.comparable, proportionable,correspondent,similar.matchless,a.peerless,incomparable, inimitable, unequalled, transcendent,surpassing.mate,n.companion,associate,friend,chum,crony, compeer, intimate,partner, colleague;match,equal;assistant, subordinate;checkmate.mate,v.oppose, cope with, vie with, compete with;match,marry.material,n.substance,matter, fabric,stuff,cloth, staple; plasma.material,a.corporeal,bodily,physical;important,essential, momentous.materiality,n.corporeity, material existence;importance.materially,adv.substantially; essentially, vitally.materia medica.medicines; acology.matrimonial,a.connubial,nuptial, hymeneal, conjugal.matrimony,n.marriage, wedlock.matron,n.dame.matronly,a.elderly,dignified, matronal.matted,a.tangled, snarled, entangled.matter,n.substance,material,body; essence,pith, embodiment, elements;importance,significance,moment,consequence,weight,materiality;pus, purulence;manuscript,copy.Associated words:material, immaterial,materiality, immateriality,atom,molecule, chemistry, hylism, hylotheism, hylopathism, hylogenesis, materialism, physics, somatics, somatology.matter,v.import,signify, be ofimportance;maturate, suppurate.matter-of-fact,a.practical, pragmatical,unimaginative,commonplace, prosaic.maturate,v.suppurate;mature.maturation,n.suppuration; maturing.mature,a.full-grown,ripe, developed,perfect; prepared, finished.Antonyms: Seeimmature.mature,v.ripen,develop,perfect,season.maturity,n.development,ripeness,perfection,completion.Antonym: immaturity.maudlin,a.over-emotional,tearful; tipsy,fuddled, intoxicated.maul,v.pound,pommel,beat,club,cudgel.maul,n.beetle, mall.mauling,n.pounding,beating, clubbing, cudgelling.maw,n.stomach; craw,crop.mawkish,a.nauseous,sickening, loathful,disgusting; squeamish,fastidious.maxim,n.axiom,adage,proverb, aphorism, apothegm,saw,precept.maybe,adv.perhaps,possibly, peradventure, haply.Mayflower,n.hawthorn, whitethorn; trailing arbutus.maze,n.perplexity,bewilderment;labyrinth,intricacy.maze,v.perplex,bewilder,confuse,puzzle.mazy,a.intricate, labyrinthian, confusing.mead,n.metheglin, hydromel;meadow,lea.meadow,n.mead,lea.meadow mice.Arvicola.Associated words: arvicoline, arvicolous.meager,a.poor, emaciated,gaunt;barren,sterile,unproductive,arid.meal,n.repast.mealy,a.farinaceous.mean,v.intend,purpose,design, contemplate;signify,purport,denote,betoken, imply,typify,indicate.mean,a.contemptible,despicable,low-minded,base,abject,groveling,dishonorable,shabby,scurvy,servile,menial,undignified,unbecoming, disingenuous;obscure,ignoble, plebeian, inglorious, undistinguished,vulgar;penurious,illiberal,sordid,miserly,stingy, mercenary parsimonious,ungenerous; midway,average,moderate,middle,medium,mediocre;intermediate, mediate,intervening;insignificant, paltry, inconsequential,piddling,frivolous,inferior,poor.mean,n.middle,medium.meander,v.wind,turn.meandering,a.winding, tortuous,crooked,serpentine, meandrous.meaning,n.signification,significance, import, acceptation, intent.Associated words: lexicology, semasiology.meaningly,adv.significantly.meanly,adv.dishonorably, basely, ungenerously.means,n.property, possessions,wealth,resources,riches, estate;instrument,agency, instrumentality, method,way, facility; expedient,resource,contrivance, resort,device,artifice.meantime,n.interval, interim,meanwhile.meantime,adv.meanwhile.meanwhile,adv.meantime, during theinterval.measles,n.rubeola.measurable,a.mensurable, computable.measure,n.gauge,rule; dimensions, capacity,size,extent, degree,limit;quantity,amount; proportion,allotment,share; metre;act,step,means.measure,v.gauge, mete; appraise,estimate,compute, adjust;allot, meteout,apportion,distribute.measureless,a.immeasurable.measurement,n.mensuration; dimensions,size,extent, area, capacity,bulk.meat,n.flesh (ofanimals). Seeflesh.meat pie.mince pie; pasty.mechanic,n.mechanician,artisan, artificer, handicraftsman,craftsman.mechanical,a.automatic,involuntary.mechanician,n.machinist.medal,n.medallion.meddle,v.interfere, interpose, intermeddle, obtrude.meddlesome,a.officious,intrusive,obtrusive, pragmatical, intermeddling.meddling,n.interference,intrusion, intermeddling.mediation,n.intercession.mediator,n.intercessor. Seepeacemaker.mediatorial,a.intercessory, mediatory, propitiatory.medical,a.medicinal, therapeutical, therapeutic,curative.medicinal,a.medicative,medical, therapeutic.medicine,n.materia medica, medicament,remedy, restorative,corrective,specific,physic,antidote,tonic,panacea; nostrum.mediocre,a.middling,ordinary,medium,commonplace.mediocrity,n.commonplaceness,indifference, middlestate.meditate,v.contemplate,muse,ponder, cogitate,reflect,think.meditation,n.contemplation, musing, cogitation,reflection,thought.meditative,a.thoughtful, contemplative, reflective.Mediterranean Sea.Associated word: Levant.medium,a.intermediate,middling,mean,average, médiocre.medium,n.middle;means, instrumentality,agency; menstruum; psychic.medley,n.mixture,jumble,hodgepodge, potpourri, olio, mélange, farrago.meed,n.reward,recompense,prize;merit,desert,worth.meek,a.humble, unassuming,modest,retiring,docile,lowly.meerschaum,n.magnesite, seafoam, sepiolite.meet,v.encounter, confront, collide, converge,engage; intercept;assemble, congregate,convene,collect,muster;agree,harmonize,unite;equal,satisfy,fulfill,match.Antonyms:avoid, elude, escape,disperse,scatter.meet,a.suitable,proper,befitting,seemly,appropriate.meeting,n.assembly, assemblage, congregation,convention,convocation, conference, synod, mall, concourse,gathering, mustering;juncture, convergence,crossing,junction, confluence;encounter;collision,clash; interception; interview; tryst, rendezvous.melancholia,n.hypochondria, hypochondriasis.melancholy,n.despondency, hypochondria, dejection, disconsolation,melancholia.melancholy,a.despondent, hypochondriac,depressed,disconsolate, dispirited.mêlée,n.affray,scuffle,set-to,brawl, fight (hand to hand).melodious,a.tuneful,harmonious, dulcet,musical,sweet, euphonious, ariose, mellifluous.melody,n.music; descant,tune,song,air, theme.Antonyms:discord, dissonance.melt,v.dissolve, liquefy, thaw,fuse,soften,blend, swale, colliquate.meltable,a.dissolvable, soluble, liquefiable, fusible.melted,a.molten.melting,a.dissolving, thawing;affecting,touching.melting,n.dissolution, liquefaction,fusion, thawing, inteneration,dissipation, colliquation.melting-pot,n.crucible.member,n.part, organ,limb; constituent, component,part.memento,n.souvenir,keepsake,memorial.memoir,n.biography, autobiography.memorandum,n.record,minute,note.memorial,a.commemorative.memory,n.remembrance,recollection, reminiscence; retrospection.Antonyms: oblivion,forgetfulness, Lethe, amnesia, ecmnesia.Associated words: mnemonics, mnemonic, mnemonician, mnemotechny, phrenotypics, Mnemosyne, immortalize, immemorial, memorable, memorabilia, memorize,remember, amnesic.menace,n.threat,threatening.menace,v.threaten.menacing,a.threatening, minatory.ménage,n.household,family.mend,v.repair,patch;improve.mendacious,a.lying,untruthful,false,deceitful.mendacity,n.untruthfulness,lying,falsehood,lie,untruth.mendicant,n.beggar.--a.begging.mending,n.repairing, patching,restoration;improvement.menial,a.serving;low,servile.mental,a.intellectual.mentality,n.intellectuality.mentor,n.monitor,counselor,guide.mentorial,a.admonitory, monitory.mercantile,a.trading,commercial.mercenary,a.hired,hireling, purchased;greedy,sordid,avaricious,grasping.mercenary,n.hireling.merchandise,n.wares,goods, commodities.merchant,n.trader,dealer, trafficker, shopkeeper,tradesman.merchantable,a.salable, vendible,marketable.merciful,a.pitiful,lenient, clement, compassionate, benignant,indulgent,kind,gracious,forgiving.merciless,a.unmerciful,remorseless,cruel,pitiless,ruthless,inexorable,implacable.Mercury,n.Hermes; quicksilver;messenger.Mercury's staff.caduceus.mercy,n.clemency,pity,lenity, leniency, lenience,compassion,forgiveness, placability;discretion, disposal;blessing,favor.Antonyms:revenge, implacability, inclemency, incompassion.mercy seat.propitiatory.merely,a.purely, absolutely; simply, barely, only.merge,v.swallow up,absorb,immerse,take in; be swallowed up, be absorbed.merger,n.absorption.meridian,n.noon,midday; culmination,zenith,pinnacle, apex.Antonym: nadir.meridian,a.midday, meridional.merit,n.desert,worth,meed, worthiness;worth,excellence, goodness;reward;pl.claim,right.Antonym:demerit.merit,v.deserve, earn.meritorious,a.worthy,commendable, meedful,deserving.merriment,n.mirth,gayety,glee,levity,laughter, sportiveness,jocularity.merry,a.mirthful,gay,jolly,gleeful,jovial,sportive,jocular,bonny.mesa,n.tableland,plateau.mesh,n.net,network.mess,n.rations,food;mixture,medley, farrago,litter,hodgepodge,jumble, mélange.message,n.communication,notice,word; telegram, despatch, cablegram.messenger,n.courier,herald,forerunner, precursor,harbinger, mercury, emissary.metaphor,n.simile.meteor,n.fireball, shootingstar; bolis, bolide.meteoric stone.meteorite, aërolite.methodical,a.systematic,orderly, methodic.Antonyms: immethodical, unsystematic.meticulous,a.timid,fearful,diffident.mettle,n.spirit,disposition;pluck,nerve,hardihood,stamina,spirit.

master,v.conquer,overpower,subject, subjugate,overcome,subdue,vanquish.

masterful,a.domineering,imperious,arbitrary.

master-hand,n.expert,adept,dabster.

masterly,a.skillful,proficient, adroit,dexterous, finished.

masterpiece,n.masterstroke,chef-d'œuvre.

mastery,n.dominion,command, supremacy,superiority,rule,sway, mastership, preëminence,leadership,influence;victory,triumph;acquirement, acquisition,attainment,dexterity,skill.

masturbation,n.onanism,self-abuse, self-pollution.

mat,n.rug; matting; petate.

mat,v.felttogether,entangle,twist, interweave,snarl.

match,n.tally,mate,equal,peer;contest,competition, tournament, tourney; lucifermatch, locofoco.

match,v.rival,equal, cope with;contend,pit,oppose;tally,correspond, be proportionate;adapt,fit, proportion, comport,harmonize;mate,couple,combine,sort,join.

matchable,a.comparable, proportionable,correspondent,similar.

matchless,a.peerless,incomparable, inimitable, unequalled, transcendent,surpassing.

mate,n.companion,associate,friend,chum,crony, compeer, intimate,partner, colleague;match,equal;assistant, subordinate;checkmate.

mate,v.oppose, cope with, vie with, compete with;match,marry.

material,n.substance,matter, fabric,stuff,cloth, staple; plasma.

material,a.corporeal,bodily,physical;important,essential, momentous.

materiality,n.corporeity, material existence;importance.

materially,adv.substantially; essentially, vitally.

materia medica.medicines; acology.

matrimonial,a.connubial,nuptial, hymeneal, conjugal.

matrimony,n.marriage, wedlock.

matron,n.dame.

matronly,a.elderly,dignified, matronal.

matted,a.tangled, snarled, entangled.

matter,n.substance,material,body; essence,pith, embodiment, elements;importance,significance,moment,consequence,weight,materiality;pus, purulence;manuscript,copy.Associated words:material, immaterial,materiality, immateriality,atom,molecule, chemistry, hylism, hylotheism, hylopathism, hylogenesis, materialism, physics, somatics, somatology.

matter,v.import,signify, be ofimportance;maturate, suppurate.

matter-of-fact,a.practical, pragmatical,unimaginative,commonplace, prosaic.

maturate,v.suppurate;mature.

maturation,n.suppuration; maturing.

mature,a.full-grown,ripe, developed,perfect; prepared, finished.Antonyms: Seeimmature.

mature,v.ripen,develop,perfect,season.

maturity,n.development,ripeness,perfection,completion.Antonym: immaturity.

maudlin,a.over-emotional,tearful; tipsy,fuddled, intoxicated.

maul,v.pound,pommel,beat,club,cudgel.

maul,n.beetle, mall.

mauling,n.pounding,beating, clubbing, cudgelling.

maw,n.stomach; craw,crop.

mawkish,a.nauseous,sickening, loathful,disgusting; squeamish,fastidious.

maxim,n.axiom,adage,proverb, aphorism, apothegm,saw,precept.

maybe,adv.perhaps,possibly, peradventure, haply.

Mayflower,n.hawthorn, whitethorn; trailing arbutus.

maze,n.perplexity,bewilderment;labyrinth,intricacy.

maze,v.perplex,bewilder,confuse,puzzle.

mazy,a.intricate, labyrinthian, confusing.

mead,n.metheglin, hydromel;meadow,lea.

meadow,n.mead,lea.

meadow mice.Arvicola.Associated words: arvicoline, arvicolous.

meager,a.poor, emaciated,gaunt;barren,sterile,unproductive,arid.

meal,n.repast.

mealy,a.farinaceous.

mean,v.intend,purpose,design, contemplate;signify,purport,denote,betoken, imply,typify,indicate.

mean,a.contemptible,despicable,low-minded,base,abject,groveling,dishonorable,shabby,scurvy,servile,menial,undignified,unbecoming, disingenuous;obscure,ignoble, plebeian, inglorious, undistinguished,vulgar;penurious,illiberal,sordid,miserly,stingy, mercenary parsimonious,ungenerous; midway,average,moderate,middle,medium,mediocre;intermediate, mediate,intervening;insignificant, paltry, inconsequential,piddling,frivolous,inferior,poor.

mean,n.middle,medium.

meander,v.wind,turn.

meandering,a.winding, tortuous,crooked,serpentine, meandrous.

meaning,n.signification,significance, import, acceptation, intent.Associated words: lexicology, semasiology.

meaningly,adv.significantly.

meanly,adv.dishonorably, basely, ungenerously.

means,n.property, possessions,wealth,resources,riches, estate;instrument,agency, instrumentality, method,way, facility; expedient,resource,contrivance, resort,device,artifice.

meantime,n.interval, interim,meanwhile.

meantime,adv.meanwhile.

meanwhile,adv.meantime, during theinterval.

measles,n.rubeola.

measurable,a.mensurable, computable.

measure,n.gauge,rule; dimensions, capacity,size,extent, degree,limit;quantity,amount; proportion,allotment,share; metre;act,step,means.

measure,v.gauge, mete; appraise,estimate,compute, adjust;allot, meteout,apportion,distribute.

measureless,a.immeasurable.

measurement,n.mensuration; dimensions,size,extent, area, capacity,bulk.

meat,n.flesh (ofanimals). Seeflesh.

meat pie.mince pie; pasty.

mechanic,n.mechanician,artisan, artificer, handicraftsman,craftsman.

mechanical,a.automatic,involuntary.

mechanician,n.machinist.

medal,n.medallion.

meddle,v.interfere, interpose, intermeddle, obtrude.

meddlesome,a.officious,intrusive,obtrusive, pragmatical, intermeddling.

meddling,n.interference,intrusion, intermeddling.

mediation,n.intercession.

mediator,n.intercessor. Seepeacemaker.

mediatorial,a.intercessory, mediatory, propitiatory.

medical,a.medicinal, therapeutical, therapeutic,curative.

medicinal,a.medicative,medical, therapeutic.

medicine,n.materia medica, medicament,remedy, restorative,corrective,specific,physic,antidote,tonic,panacea; nostrum.

mediocre,a.middling,ordinary,medium,commonplace.

mediocrity,n.commonplaceness,indifference, middlestate.

meditate,v.contemplate,muse,ponder, cogitate,reflect,think.

meditation,n.contemplation, musing, cogitation,reflection,thought.

meditative,a.thoughtful, contemplative, reflective.

Mediterranean Sea.Associated word: Levant.

medium,a.intermediate,middling,mean,average, médiocre.

medium,n.middle;means, instrumentality,agency; menstruum; psychic.

medley,n.mixture,jumble,hodgepodge, potpourri, olio, mélange, farrago.

meed,n.reward,recompense,prize;merit,desert,worth.

meek,a.humble, unassuming,modest,retiring,docile,lowly.

meerschaum,n.magnesite, seafoam, sepiolite.

meet,v.encounter, confront, collide, converge,engage; intercept;assemble, congregate,convene,collect,muster;agree,harmonize,unite;equal,satisfy,fulfill,match.Antonyms:avoid, elude, escape,disperse,scatter.

meet,a.suitable,proper,befitting,seemly,appropriate.

meeting,n.assembly, assemblage, congregation,convention,convocation, conference, synod, mall, concourse,gathering, mustering;juncture, convergence,crossing,junction, confluence;encounter;collision,clash; interception; interview; tryst, rendezvous.

melancholia,n.hypochondria, hypochondriasis.

melancholy,n.despondency, hypochondria, dejection, disconsolation,melancholia.

melancholy,a.despondent, hypochondriac,depressed,disconsolate, dispirited.

mêlée,n.affray,scuffle,set-to,brawl, fight (hand to hand).

melodious,a.tuneful,harmonious, dulcet,musical,sweet, euphonious, ariose, mellifluous.

melody,n.music; descant,tune,song,air, theme.Antonyms:discord, dissonance.

melt,v.dissolve, liquefy, thaw,fuse,soften,blend, swale, colliquate.

meltable,a.dissolvable, soluble, liquefiable, fusible.

melted,a.molten.

melting,a.dissolving, thawing;affecting,touching.

melting,n.dissolution, liquefaction,fusion, thawing, inteneration,dissipation, colliquation.

melting-pot,n.crucible.

member,n.part, organ,limb; constituent, component,part.

memento,n.souvenir,keepsake,memorial.

memoir,n.biography, autobiography.

memorandum,n.record,minute,note.

memorial,a.commemorative.

memory,n.remembrance,recollection, reminiscence; retrospection.Antonyms: oblivion,forgetfulness, Lethe, amnesia, ecmnesia.Associated words: mnemonics, mnemonic, mnemonician, mnemotechny, phrenotypics, Mnemosyne, immortalize, immemorial, memorable, memorabilia, memorize,remember, amnesic.

menace,n.threat,threatening.

menace,v.threaten.

menacing,a.threatening, minatory.

ménage,n.household,family.

mend,v.repair,patch;improve.

mendacious,a.lying,untruthful,false,deceitful.

mendacity,n.untruthfulness,lying,falsehood,lie,untruth.

mendicant,n.beggar.--a.begging.

mending,n.repairing, patching,restoration;improvement.

menial,a.serving;low,servile.

mental,a.intellectual.

mentality,n.intellectuality.

mentor,n.monitor,counselor,guide.

mentorial,a.admonitory, monitory.

mercantile,a.trading,commercial.

mercenary,a.hired,hireling, purchased;greedy,sordid,avaricious,grasping.

mercenary,n.hireling.

merchandise,n.wares,goods, commodities.

merchant,n.trader,dealer, trafficker, shopkeeper,tradesman.

merchantable,a.salable, vendible,marketable.

merciful,a.pitiful,lenient, clement, compassionate, benignant,indulgent,kind,gracious,forgiving.

merciless,a.unmerciful,remorseless,cruel,pitiless,ruthless,inexorable,implacable.

Mercury,n.Hermes; quicksilver;messenger.

Mercury's staff.caduceus.

mercy,n.clemency,pity,lenity, leniency, lenience,compassion,forgiveness, placability;discretion, disposal;blessing,favor.Antonyms:revenge, implacability, inclemency, incompassion.

mercy seat.propitiatory.

merely,a.purely, absolutely; simply, barely, only.

merge,v.swallow up,absorb,immerse,take in; be swallowed up, be absorbed.

merger,n.absorption.

meridian,n.noon,midday; culmination,zenith,pinnacle, apex.Antonym: nadir.

meridian,a.midday, meridional.

merit,n.desert,worth,meed, worthiness;worth,excellence, goodness;reward;pl.claim,right.Antonym:demerit.

merit,v.deserve, earn.

meritorious,a.worthy,commendable, meedful,deserving.

merriment,n.mirth,gayety,glee,levity,laughter, sportiveness,jocularity.

merry,a.mirthful,gay,jolly,gleeful,jovial,sportive,jocular,bonny.

mesa,n.tableland,plateau.

mesh,n.net,network.

mess,n.rations,food;mixture,medley, farrago,litter,hodgepodge,jumble, mélange.

message,n.communication,notice,word; telegram, despatch, cablegram.

messenger,n.courier,herald,forerunner, precursor,harbinger, mercury, emissary.

metaphor,n.simile.

meteor,n.fireball, shootingstar; bolis, bolide.

meteoric stone.meteorite, aërolite.

methodical,a.systematic,orderly, methodic.Antonyms: immethodical, unsystematic.

meticulous,a.timid,fearful,diffident.

mettle,n.spirit,disposition;pluck,nerve,hardihood,stamina,spirit.


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