scion,n.descendant,heir;shoot,sprout.scoff,v.deride,ridicule,mock,sneer,gibe,jeer, contemn.scoffer,n.derider, ridiculer,mocker, sneerer, scorner, contemner, jeerer.scoffery,n.mockery,derision,ridicule,jeering.scold,v.chide,berate,censure, reprimand,blame,reprove,brawl,lecture, reprehend, vituperate,rate,rebuke, declaim against.scold,n.shrew,vixen, virago, termagant, rixatrix, Xantippe.scolding,n.chiding,censure, rating, reprimand, reprehension,rebuke, berating.scolding,a.berating, chiding,censorious,shrewish, reprehensory, termagant.scoop,n.ladle; cavity,hollow; stroke, sweep, swoop.scope,n.design,purpose; opportunity,space,room,liberty;extent,compass, purview.scorch,v.singe, char, torrefy,burn,parch.score,n.tally,account;notch, incision;motive,account,reason, sake,consideration, behalf;line,groove;twenty.score,v.notch,scratch,cut;record,enter.scorn,n.contempt,disdain,derision, contumely,mockery,slight.scorn,v.despise,reject, contemn,disregard,scout,spurn.scornful,a.disdainful,contemptuous, contumelious,defiant.Scotch,n.Gaelic.Scotchman,n.Scot, Scotsman, Caledonian, Gael, Celt.Scotland,n.Scotia, Caledonia.scoundrel,n.villain,knave,rascal,scamp,rogue, caitiff,reprobate,cheat, swindler,libertine, miscreant, bezonian,vagabond,wretch.scoundrelism,n.villainy, turpitude,knavery,rascality.scourge,n.affliction, infliction, bane,punishment.scout,v.disdain,flout, contemn,scorn,spurn,scoff,ridicule.scout,n.spy.scowl,v.glower,frown,lower.--n.frown.scowling,a.sullen, glowering,frowning,lowering.scraggy,a.scragged, craggy;scrawny, lank,gaunt,skinny, angular.scramble,v.scrabble, clamber;struggle,contend,strive.scrap,n.bit,fragment,morsel, crumb; excerpt,extract;pl.cracklings.scrapbook,n.commonplacebook, album.scrape,n.difficulty, predicament,dilemma.scrape,v.abrade,rasp, grate,rub;gather,collect;erase,remove.scraper,n.rasper.scrappy,a.fragmentary,disconnected,inconsistent.scratch,v.scrape; scribble;erase, expunge; scarify.scratch,a.(Slang)haphazard,chance, improvised.scrawl,n.scribble.scrawny,a.(Colloq.) angular, lank,meager,scraggy, bony,rawboned,gaunt.screak,n.creaking,screech,squeak.--v.screech, creak,squeak.scream,n.shriek,screech,yell, outcry.screech,n.shriek,scream,screak.screechy,a.discordant,unmelodious,unmusical, strident.screed,n.tirade,diatribe,harangue.screen,n.shield,protection,guard,defense, traverse,fender;mask,disguise;sieve,riddle; jube, parclose, roodscreen; pavesade.screen,v.shield,defend,protect,cover, conceal,cloak,hide;sift,riddle.screw,v.twist, wrench,force,squeeze;oppress,rack;distort.screw,n.extortioner,skinflint.scribe,n.writer, scrivener,amanuensis,copyist.scrimmage,n.skirmish,scuffle, scrabble,row,fight.scrimp,v.limit,straiten,scant,stint.scrimp,a.scanty.scrofula,n.king'sevil.Associated words: scrofulide, scrofulous.scrotum,n.cod.Associated words: scrotal, varicocele, spermaticcord, pneumatocele, gubernaculum, cirsotomy, dartos, urocele, sarcocele, mesorchium, scrotocele,vasdeferens, suspensory.scrub,n.jungle,thicket,brushwood.scrubby,a.stunted, dwarfed,undeveloped,scrub,insignificant.scrumptious,a.(Slang)fine,elegant,excellent,fastidious,particular.scruple,n.hesitation,doubt; twenty grains.scrupulous,a.conscientious,exact,strict, punctilious,particular.scuffle,n.tussle,struggle,encounter,contest,fight,fray.scullion,n.menial.sculpture,n.statuary.scum,n.dross, recrement,refuse,waste,froth.--v.despumate.scurrilous,a.indecent, scurrile, opprobrious,insulting,abusive.scurry,v.hurry,scamper, scuddle,scuttle.scurry,a.despicable,abject,low,mean,contemptible.scurvy,n.scorbutus.scuttle,n.coal hod; manhole.scuttle,v.scuddle,hurry,bustle,run.scythe,n.Associated words: swath, snath.scythestone,n.whetstone.sea,n.Associated words:marine,naval,maritime,nautical, Davy Jones, pelagic, pelagian, loom, looming, submarine, ultramarine, rote, frith, estuary, fiord, kraken, Triton, haliography, haliographer, hydrography, thalassography, marinorama, nereid, mirage,nautilus, thalassotherapy.seacoast,n.seaboard,seashore, seaside,beach, strand, seamarge.sea cow.manatee; dugong;walrus.sea fight.navalbattle, naumachy.sea horse.hippocampus;walrus.sea king.Norse piratechief, Viking (pirate).seal,n.Associated words: rookery,pup.seal,n.signet;assurance,ratification,attestation,authentication,confirmation; cachet (seal of a letter); breloque (jewel).Associated words: sphragistics, sigillography, sigillate.seal,v.ratify,authenticate,confirm,attest.sea letter.passport, seapass.sealing,n.confirmation,ratification,authentication,attestation, obsignation.seam,n.suture, commissure;layer, stratum.seamaid,n.mermaid, sea-nymph,siren.seaman,n.sailor, seafarer,mariner, tarpaulin, tar,salt, seadog, Jacky, beachcomber; merman; midshipman, middy,skipper, cockswain,pilot, navigator.sear,v.cauterize,scorch.sear,a.dry, withered,dead,sere.search,v.examine, explore,hunt,seek, overhaul;rummage,ransack, ferret; scrutinize,probe,sift.search,n.quest, research, pursuit.searcher,n.seeker.searchless,a.unsearchable,impenetrable,inscrutable.seared,a.scorched, cauterized;callous,case-hardened.searing,n.scorching, cautery, cauterization, cauterizing.Associated words: cauter, cauterant, cauterism, cautery.seashore,n.seacoast, seaside, seaboard.seasickness,n.nausea,mal de mer.sea soldier.marine.season,v.habituate, inure,harden,accustom, acclimatize,acclimate;dry,mature;flavor,spice.seasonable,a.opportune,timely,suitable, apropos,convenient.seasoning,n.condiment,spice, relish,sauce,flavor,salt,hautgoût.seat,n.site,abode,situation,station;fundament, buttocks,bottom,breech;chair,sofa, tête-à-tête, divan, settee; banquette, dickey, rumble;bench,form;pew.seat,v.usher.seaweeds,n. pl.algæ, dulse, sea lettuce, confervæ, wrack; sargasso; kelp, fucus, rockweed.Associated words: algology, algous, fucivorous, fucoid, fucoidal, fucosol, laver, barilla, phycology, phycography, varec, rhabdolith.secluded,a.sequestered,isolated,retired, withdrawn,covert,lonely.seclusion,n.sequestration,isolation,solitude, loneliness,retirement.second,n.backer,supporter,assistant.--v..back,support,abet.secondary,a.subordinate,second,inferior,minor, collateral.secondary,n.subordinate, deputy,delegate, proxy,underling,auxiliary.second-class,a.inferior, second-rate.second son.Associated word: secundogeniture.second sight.propheticvision, deuteroscopy.second thought.reconsideration.secrecy,n.seclusion,privacy,retirement,concealment,confidence.secret,a.mystery, arcanum;pl.confidences;pl.genitals;pl.penetralia.Associated words:secretive, secretory, confide, confidential.secret,a.hidden,concealed, unrevealed,mysterious,cryptic,recondite,occult, esoteric, cabalistic,abstruse,unknown,latent;secluded,privy, withdrawn,retired,covert,private,sequestered;stealthy,underhand,clandestine,sly, surreptitious, confidential, undetected.Antonyms:overt, revealed,open, exoteric,manifest.secretary,n.amanuensis,clerk,writer,scribe;writing-desk, escritoire, scrutoire.Associated words: secretarial, secretariat, portfolio.secrete,v.bury,hide, conceal,shroud,disguise,cloak.secretion,n.concealment,hiding.secretive,a.uncommunicative, taciturn,reserved,silent,wary.secretiveness,n.taciturnity,reserve,silence, uncommunicativeness, wariness.secret language.cryptology, argot,flash.secret name.cryptonym.secrets,n. pl.confidences, mysteries; arcana,penetralia.secret science.esoterics, cabala.secret vice.masturbation, onanism,self-abuse.secret writing.cryptography,cipher, steganography, cryptogram.sect,n.school,party, denomination.sectarian,a.denominational.section,n.portion,part,division,segment,piece; paragraph.secular,a.temporal,worldly, laic,civil.secure,a.safe,confident, assured,fast,immovable,stable, indemnified.Antonyms:insecure,risky,hazardous.secure,v.gain,procure,obtain,get, acquire;fasten, moor;guarantee, ensure,insure, assure, indemnify;defend,guard,shield,protect.security,n.safety,confidence,assurance,certainty;warranty,surety, indemnification,pledge,indemnity,bond,guarantee, vadium;defense,protection,bulwark.sedate,a.staid,demure, imperturbable, composed,calm.sedative,a.composing,soothing, anodyne.sedative,n.anæsthetic,narcotic,opiate, hypnotic.sediment,n.precipitate,dregs, lees,settlings,grounds, feculence.sedition,n.rebellion,revolt, insurrection,riot,mutiny, insubordination.seditious,a.rebellious, insubordinate,insurgent,mutinous.seduce,v.entice,tempt,betray,allure.seducement,n.seduction,enticement.seducer,n.Lothario.seduction,n.enticement,temptation,allurement,lure.seductive,a.alluring,attractive,siren,enticing.see,v.perceive, descry,view, behold,witness, espy;discern,distinguish, observe,note,notice, observe,understand,grasp;watch,regard, lookafter;accompany,escort; interview, visit.Antonyms:overlook,ignore,miss,skip, connive at.seed,n.semen, sperm; first principle,origin,source.seed,n.kernel,grain,pip, ovule.Associated words: carpology, spermologist, seminal, semination, seminific, spermophyte, angiosperm, pericarp, angiospermous, carpolite, germinate, germination, achene, carpel, spermophyta, silique, silicle,weevil, chorion, testa, tegmen, endopleura, capsule,pod.seedy,a.(Colloq.)shabby,tacky,threadbare; spiritless.seeing,n.perception, viewing, espial, descrying, beholding;discernment, observation,comprehension;sight,vision.Antonyms: imperception,blindness, connivance. Seesight.seek,v.search for,hunt; aim at, striveafter, attempt.seeming,n.appearance,show, semblance, speciousness,guise,look.seemingly,adv.apparently, ostensibly.seemly,a.becoming,suitable,proper,appropriate,meet,befitting.seep,v.percolate.seer,n.prophet, vaticinator, predictor, diviner.seething,a.boiling, ebullient.segment,n.section,part,portion,piece; (Biol.) metamere, somite, somatome.seize,v.apprehend,snatch,clutch,catch, gripe,grasp,grapple;arrest; confiscate,usurp,appropriate; distrain,distress.
scion,n.descendant,heir;shoot,sprout.
scoff,v.deride,ridicule,mock,sneer,gibe,jeer, contemn.
scoffer,n.derider, ridiculer,mocker, sneerer, scorner, contemner, jeerer.
scoffery,n.mockery,derision,ridicule,jeering.
scold,v.chide,berate,censure, reprimand,blame,reprove,brawl,lecture, reprehend, vituperate,rate,rebuke, declaim against.
scold,n.shrew,vixen, virago, termagant, rixatrix, Xantippe.
scolding,n.chiding,censure, rating, reprimand, reprehension,rebuke, berating.
scolding,a.berating, chiding,censorious,shrewish, reprehensory, termagant.
scoop,n.ladle; cavity,hollow; stroke, sweep, swoop.
scope,n.design,purpose; opportunity,space,room,liberty;extent,compass, purview.
scorch,v.singe, char, torrefy,burn,parch.
score,n.tally,account;notch, incision;motive,account,reason, sake,consideration, behalf;line,groove;twenty.
score,v.notch,scratch,cut;record,enter.
scorn,n.contempt,disdain,derision, contumely,mockery,slight.
scorn,v.despise,reject, contemn,disregard,scout,spurn.
scornful,a.disdainful,contemptuous, contumelious,defiant.
Scotch,n.Gaelic.
Scotchman,n.Scot, Scotsman, Caledonian, Gael, Celt.
Scotland,n.Scotia, Caledonia.
scoundrel,n.villain,knave,rascal,scamp,rogue, caitiff,reprobate,cheat, swindler,libertine, miscreant, bezonian,vagabond,wretch.
scoundrelism,n.villainy, turpitude,knavery,rascality.
scourge,n.affliction, infliction, bane,punishment.
scout,v.disdain,flout, contemn,scorn,spurn,scoff,ridicule.
scout,n.spy.
scowl,v.glower,frown,lower.--n.frown.
scowling,a.sullen, glowering,frowning,lowering.
scraggy,a.scragged, craggy;scrawny, lank,gaunt,skinny, angular.
scramble,v.scrabble, clamber;struggle,contend,strive.
scrap,n.bit,fragment,morsel, crumb; excerpt,extract;pl.cracklings.
scrapbook,n.commonplacebook, album.
scrape,n.difficulty, predicament,dilemma.
scrape,v.abrade,rasp, grate,rub;gather,collect;erase,remove.
scraper,n.rasper.
scrappy,a.fragmentary,disconnected,inconsistent.
scratch,v.scrape; scribble;erase, expunge; scarify.
scratch,a.(Slang)haphazard,chance, improvised.
scrawl,n.scribble.
scrawny,a.(Colloq.) angular, lank,meager,scraggy, bony,rawboned,gaunt.
screak,n.creaking,screech,squeak.--v.screech, creak,squeak.
scream,n.shriek,screech,yell, outcry.
screech,n.shriek,scream,screak.
screechy,a.discordant,unmelodious,unmusical, strident.
screed,n.tirade,diatribe,harangue.
screen,n.shield,protection,guard,defense, traverse,fender;mask,disguise;sieve,riddle; jube, parclose, roodscreen; pavesade.
screen,v.shield,defend,protect,cover, conceal,cloak,hide;sift,riddle.
screw,v.twist, wrench,force,squeeze;oppress,rack;distort.
screw,n.extortioner,skinflint.
scribe,n.writer, scrivener,amanuensis,copyist.
scrimmage,n.skirmish,scuffle, scrabble,row,fight.
scrimp,v.limit,straiten,scant,stint.
scrimp,a.scanty.
scrofula,n.king'sevil.Associated words: scrofulide, scrofulous.
scrotum,n.cod.Associated words: scrotal, varicocele, spermaticcord, pneumatocele, gubernaculum, cirsotomy, dartos, urocele, sarcocele, mesorchium, scrotocele,vasdeferens, suspensory.
scrub,n.jungle,thicket,brushwood.
scrubby,a.stunted, dwarfed,undeveloped,scrub,insignificant.
scrumptious,a.(Slang)fine,elegant,excellent,fastidious,particular.
scruple,n.hesitation,doubt; twenty grains.
scrupulous,a.conscientious,exact,strict, punctilious,particular.
scuffle,n.tussle,struggle,encounter,contest,fight,fray.
scullion,n.menial.
sculpture,n.statuary.
scum,n.dross, recrement,refuse,waste,froth.--v.despumate.
scurrilous,a.indecent, scurrile, opprobrious,insulting,abusive.
scurry,v.hurry,scamper, scuddle,scuttle.
scurry,a.despicable,abject,low,mean,contemptible.
scurvy,n.scorbutus.
scuttle,n.coal hod; manhole.
scuttle,v.scuddle,hurry,bustle,run.
scythe,n.Associated words: swath, snath.
scythestone,n.whetstone.
sea,n.Associated words:marine,naval,maritime,nautical, Davy Jones, pelagic, pelagian, loom, looming, submarine, ultramarine, rote, frith, estuary, fiord, kraken, Triton, haliography, haliographer, hydrography, thalassography, marinorama, nereid, mirage,nautilus, thalassotherapy.
seacoast,n.seaboard,seashore, seaside,beach, strand, seamarge.
sea cow.manatee; dugong;walrus.
sea fight.navalbattle, naumachy.
sea horse.hippocampus;walrus.
sea king.Norse piratechief, Viking (pirate).
seal,n.Associated words: rookery,pup.
seal,n.signet;assurance,ratification,attestation,authentication,confirmation; cachet (seal of a letter); breloque (jewel).Associated words: sphragistics, sigillography, sigillate.
seal,v.ratify,authenticate,confirm,attest.
sea letter.passport, seapass.
sealing,n.confirmation,ratification,authentication,attestation, obsignation.
seam,n.suture, commissure;layer, stratum.
seamaid,n.mermaid, sea-nymph,siren.
seaman,n.sailor, seafarer,mariner, tarpaulin, tar,salt, seadog, Jacky, beachcomber; merman; midshipman, middy,skipper, cockswain,pilot, navigator.
sear,v.cauterize,scorch.
sear,a.dry, withered,dead,sere.
search,v.examine, explore,hunt,seek, overhaul;rummage,ransack, ferret; scrutinize,probe,sift.
search,n.quest, research, pursuit.
searcher,n.seeker.
searchless,a.unsearchable,impenetrable,inscrutable.
seared,a.scorched, cauterized;callous,case-hardened.
searing,n.scorching, cautery, cauterization, cauterizing.Associated words: cauter, cauterant, cauterism, cautery.
seashore,n.seacoast, seaside, seaboard.
seasickness,n.nausea,mal de mer.
sea soldier.marine.
season,v.habituate, inure,harden,accustom, acclimatize,acclimate;dry,mature;flavor,spice.
seasonable,a.opportune,timely,suitable, apropos,convenient.
seasoning,n.condiment,spice, relish,sauce,flavor,salt,hautgoût.
seat,n.site,abode,situation,station;fundament, buttocks,bottom,breech;chair,sofa, tête-à-tête, divan, settee; banquette, dickey, rumble;bench,form;pew.
seat,v.usher.
seaweeds,n. pl.algæ, dulse, sea lettuce, confervæ, wrack; sargasso; kelp, fucus, rockweed.Associated words: algology, algous, fucivorous, fucoid, fucoidal, fucosol, laver, barilla, phycology, phycography, varec, rhabdolith.
secluded,a.sequestered,isolated,retired, withdrawn,covert,lonely.
seclusion,n.sequestration,isolation,solitude, loneliness,retirement.
second,n.backer,supporter,assistant.--v..back,support,abet.
secondary,a.subordinate,second,inferior,minor, collateral.
secondary,n.subordinate, deputy,delegate, proxy,underling,auxiliary.
second-class,a.inferior, second-rate.
second son.Associated word: secundogeniture.
second sight.propheticvision, deuteroscopy.
second thought.reconsideration.
secrecy,n.seclusion,privacy,retirement,concealment,confidence.
secret,a.mystery, arcanum;pl.confidences;pl.genitals;pl.penetralia.Associated words:secretive, secretory, confide, confidential.
secret,a.hidden,concealed, unrevealed,mysterious,cryptic,recondite,occult, esoteric, cabalistic,abstruse,unknown,latent;secluded,privy, withdrawn,retired,covert,private,sequestered;stealthy,underhand,clandestine,sly, surreptitious, confidential, undetected.Antonyms:overt, revealed,open, exoteric,manifest.
secretary,n.amanuensis,clerk,writer,scribe;writing-desk, escritoire, scrutoire.Associated words: secretarial, secretariat, portfolio.
secrete,v.bury,hide, conceal,shroud,disguise,cloak.
secretion,n.concealment,hiding.
secretive,a.uncommunicative, taciturn,reserved,silent,wary.
secretiveness,n.taciturnity,reserve,silence, uncommunicativeness, wariness.
secret language.cryptology, argot,flash.
secret name.cryptonym.
secrets,n. pl.confidences, mysteries; arcana,penetralia.
secret science.esoterics, cabala.
secret vice.masturbation, onanism,self-abuse.
secret writing.cryptography,cipher, steganography, cryptogram.
sect,n.school,party, denomination.
sectarian,a.denominational.
section,n.portion,part,division,segment,piece; paragraph.
secular,a.temporal,worldly, laic,civil.
secure,a.safe,confident, assured,fast,immovable,stable, indemnified.Antonyms:insecure,risky,hazardous.
secure,v.gain,procure,obtain,get, acquire;fasten, moor;guarantee, ensure,insure, assure, indemnify;defend,guard,shield,protect.
security,n.safety,confidence,assurance,certainty;warranty,surety, indemnification,pledge,indemnity,bond,guarantee, vadium;defense,protection,bulwark.
sedate,a.staid,demure, imperturbable, composed,calm.
sedative,a.composing,soothing, anodyne.
sedative,n.anæsthetic,narcotic,opiate, hypnotic.
sediment,n.precipitate,dregs, lees,settlings,grounds, feculence.
sedition,n.rebellion,revolt, insurrection,riot,mutiny, insubordination.
seditious,a.rebellious, insubordinate,insurgent,mutinous.
seduce,v.entice,tempt,betray,allure.
seducement,n.seduction,enticement.
seducer,n.Lothario.
seduction,n.enticement,temptation,allurement,lure.
seductive,a.alluring,attractive,siren,enticing.
see,v.perceive, descry,view, behold,witness, espy;discern,distinguish, observe,note,notice, observe,understand,grasp;watch,regard, lookafter;accompany,escort; interview, visit.Antonyms:overlook,ignore,miss,skip, connive at.
seed,n.semen, sperm; first principle,origin,source.
seed,n.kernel,grain,pip, ovule.Associated words: carpology, spermologist, seminal, semination, seminific, spermophyte, angiosperm, pericarp, angiospermous, carpolite, germinate, germination, achene, carpel, spermophyta, silique, silicle,weevil, chorion, testa, tegmen, endopleura, capsule,pod.
seedy,a.(Colloq.)shabby,tacky,threadbare; spiritless.
seeing,n.perception, viewing, espial, descrying, beholding;discernment, observation,comprehension;sight,vision.Antonyms: imperception,blindness, connivance. Seesight.
seek,v.search for,hunt; aim at, striveafter, attempt.
seeming,n.appearance,show, semblance, speciousness,guise,look.
seemingly,adv.apparently, ostensibly.
seemly,a.becoming,suitable,proper,appropriate,meet,befitting.
seep,v.percolate.
seer,n.prophet, vaticinator, predictor, diviner.
seething,a.boiling, ebullient.
segment,n.section,part,portion,piece; (Biol.) metamere, somite, somatome.
seize,v.apprehend,snatch,clutch,catch, gripe,grasp,grapple;arrest; confiscate,usurp,appropriate; distrain,distress.