DDabbler,n.superficialist, sciolist,smatterer, dilettante.dabblingly,adv.superficially, cursorily.dabster,n.(Colloq.)expert,adept,master-hand.dagger,n.stiletto, poniard, bowieknife, dirk;obelisk.daily,a.diurnal, quotidian.dainty,n.delicacy,tidbit,treat,rarebit,bonne bouche.dainty,a.fastidious, squeamish,finical;delicate,exquisite.dale,n.glen, dell, dingle,vale,valley.dalliance,n.fondling, endearments;delay, procrastination,postponement.dally,v.dawdle,trifle;fondle,wanton;delay,postpone, procrastinate.dam,n.barrier, weir, burrock.dam,v.restrain,obstruct.damage,v.injure,hurt,harm, despoil, scathe,deface, impair,disfigure, damnify.damage,n.injury, detriment, impairment,defacement,harm,hurt, mischief.damages,n. pl.indemnity,satisfaction,reparation.damn,v.condemn,curse,reprobate, denounce.damnable,a.accursed,atrocious, execrable,heinous.damnation,n.condemnation,reprobation,perdition.damning,a.condemnatory, damnatory.damp,a.moist,wet, humid, dank.dampen,v.moisten,damp;check,repress,restrain,discourage, depress.damper,n.check,setback,wet blanket,discouragement,rebuff.dampness,n.moisture, humidity.dance,n.ballet, cotillion, quadrille, waltz,reel, fandango, polka, two-step, polonaise, mazurka, schottische, allemande cancan, minuet, courant, bolero, gavot.Associated words: terpsichorean, Terpsichore, choregraphy, dervish.dancing-mania,n.epidemic chorea, choromania, cory-bantismdander,n.(Slang)anger,resentment, ire,wrath,dudgeon.dandified,a.foppish, coxcombical.Antonyms:slovenly,careless,seedy.dandy,n.fop,exquisite,dude,coxcomb, popinjay, incroyable, jackadandy.Antonym: sloven.danger,n.jeopardy,hazard,peril,insecurity,risk,exposure, imminence,impediment.Antonyms:safety, immunity,security,shelter,safeguard,protection.dangerous,a.perilous,hazardous,risky,unsafe,critical, parlous, imminent.Antonyms: Seesafe.Danish Parliament.Rigsdag (Landsthing and Folkething).dapper,a.spruce,trim,natty,spry,nimble.dappled,a.piebald,spotted,pied,mottled.dare,v.venture, presume;defy,challenge,stump.dare,n.defiance, provocation,challenge.dare-devil,a.reckless,rash,inconsiderate,venturesome.dark,a.unilluminated, sunless, dusky, rayless, Cimmerian, pitchy, tenebrific, murk,murky, dingy,shadowy,shady, mirky,lowering, overcast,gloomy,sullen, Stygian, sombre;obscure,mysterious,incomprehensible, reconditeabstruse, cabalistic,cryptic, enigmatical,occult; brunette, swart, swarthy.darken,v.shade,obscure, infuscate,shadow,becloud, obfuscate;perplex,confuse; sully,tarnish, discolor.darkness,n.obscurity,shadow, dimness,gloom, infuscation, murkiness, obfuscation, tenebrosity; unenlightenment.Associated words: Erebus, Ahriman, Cimmerii.dart,v.hurl,launch, jaculate;spring,dodge,bolt,shoot.dash,n.collision, allision,crash;abashment,frustration; infusion,smack, tincture,sprinkling; onset,rush,sally;energy,animation,vigor; (Slang)parade,flourish,show, ostentation.dashboard,n.splashboard, dasher.dashing,a.spirited,bold,brilliant,ostentatious,gay; roaring, rushing,headlong.dastard,n.coward,craven,poltroon. Seecoward.daub,v.smear, bedaub, besmear,soil, sully.daughter,n.Associated words: filial, filiation, filicide.daunt,v.cow, intimidate,frighten,alarm, appall, dishearten,scare.dauntless,a.intrepid, valorous, daring,fearless.dawn,n.daybreak, aurora, dayspring,sunrise.day,n.daytime, nycthemeron;time,age,generation, epoch, era.Associated words: metemptosis, proemptosis,daily, diurnal, quotidian, ephemeral,sine die, ferial,per diem.day-blindness,n.nyctalopia.day-dream,n.revery.day scholar.extern.day-sight,n.hemeralopia.dazzle,v.daze,blind;bewilder,astonish,overpower.dazzling,a.brilliant,intense,glaring.deacon,n.Associated words: diaconal, diaconate.dead,a.lifeless, deceased, inanimate, defunct, extinct, departed; inert, obtuse, impassive,callous,torpid,unfeeling,subdued.dead body.Seecorpse.deadborn,a.stillborn.deaden,v.blunt,benumb, hebetate,moderate; devitalize,subdue.dead-house,n.morgue; ossuarium, charnel-house, mortuary,tomb.deadly,a.fatal, mortal, lethal, lethiferous,noxious, internecine;implacable,unrelenting.deaf-mute,n.Associated word: dactylology.deal,v.distribute,apportion,dispense,allot;trade, traffic, negotiate.dealer,n.trader, dispenser, trafficker, retailer, shopkeeper,merchant, monger, vender,tradesman,broker, mercer, commissiondealer, jobber.dealing,n.distribution,apportionment; traffic, intercourse,barter,business,transaction, negotiation,commerce,trade.dear,a.costly,expensive, high-priced; beloved, darling,precious.Antonyms:cheap, inexpensive.dearth,n.scarcity,lack,deficiency, paucity,want.Antonyms: Seeplenty.death,n.decease, demise,dissolution,dying, mortality, expiration, quietus, mort, obit, extinction; euthanasia (an easy death).Associated-words: eschatology, thanatology, thanatopsis, necrology, thanatophobia, necrophobia, necrolatry, requiem,necromancy, posthumous,post-mortem, ante-mortem, euthanasian,dirge, crossbones, placebo,in extremis, decedent,funeral, obit, obitual, necrologist,fatality,fatal,casualty.deathless,a.immortal,imperishable,undying.death notice.obituary, necrology.debar,v.preclude,exclude.debase,v.degrade,deteriorate,abase,vitiate,corrupt,alloy,humiliate.debasement,n.degradation,abasement,deterioration,vitiation, depravation.debatable,a.contestable,moot,disputable,mooted, controvertible.Antonyms: incontestable,indisputable, incontrovertible.debate,v.argue,discuss,moot,contend, controvert.debate,n.discussion,argument,moot,dispute,controversy, disputation, forensic.debauch,v.vitiate, deprave,corrupt,demoralize;ravish,rape.debauch,n.debauchery,dissipation,abandon, drunkenness saturnalia,orgies, bacchanals,lechery;rape.Antonyms:temperance, continence,moderation.debauched,a.dissolute,licentious,dissipated,corrupt.debauchee,n.libertine,lecher, fornicator,rake,drunkard, satyr.debauchery,n.lechery, libertinism,sensuality, licentiousness, bestiality.debonair,a.suave,courteous, urbane, complaisant,gracious.debt,n.liability,due,obligation, debit.Antonyms: asset,resource.Associated words: garnishee, distrain,distress, debenture.decadent,a.deteriorating, degenerating.--n.degenerate.decay,v.decline,retrograde,deteriorate;rot, decompose, putrefy, moulder.decay,n.deterioration,corruption,decline, decadence, senescence, retrogradation, decomposition, caducity; putrefaction, putrescence,rot; eremacausis.decayed,a.rotten,corrupt, putrefied, carious, putrescent, decomposed.decaying,a.rotting,corrupt, mouldering,decadent, putrefying, carious.Antonym: imputrescible.decease,n.demise,death.deceased person.decedent.deceit,n.deception, imposition,trickery,chicanery,artifice,delusion, circumvention,guile, duplicity, imposturefinesse, dissimulation, cozenage,trumpery,fallacy.deceitful,a.deceptive,illusive, insidious,fraudulent,wily,artful, disingenuous.deceivable,a.deceptible,gullible,credulous.Antonyms: indeceptible, undeceivable.deceive,v.delude,beguile, mislead,gull,impose upon,dupe, circumvent,hoodwink,bamboozle.Antonyms:undeceive,disillusionize, disabuse.deceiver,n.impostor,charlatan,mountebank, swindler,knave, cogger.decency,n.propriety, seemliness, decorum,modesty,Antonyms: Seeindecency.decent,a.suitable,modest, decorous,seemly,respectable.Antonyms: Seeindecent.deception,n.imposition,craft, duplicity,deceit, hoax,fallacy,ruse,imposture,artifice,illusion, prevarication,finesse, dissimulation, cozenage,sophistry, coggery.Antonyms: guilelessness,candor, disillusionment, fairdealing,sincerity.deceptive,a.delusive,fallacious,deceitful,specious, insidious,sophistical.Antonyms:guileless,candid, ingenuous,sincere,open.decharm,v.disillusionize, disenchant, disabuse.decide,v.determine,settle,conclude,resolve.decided,a.unequivocal, determined, pronounced,unwavering,positive, incontrovertible.decision,n.determination,settlement,conclusion,verdict,inference,deduction; firmness,resolution,constancy, steadfastness.Antonyms:indecision,irresolution,vacillation.decisive,a.conclusive, final, peremptory,summary.deck,v.bedeck, bedizen, array.declaration,n.assertion,affirmation, avowal, predication, pronunciamento.declare,v.affirm,assert, aver,state, asseverate, predicate.decline,v.lean,incline,bend; languish,sink,wane,diminish,decrease,deteriorate,retrograde;deviate,stray;shun,refuse.decline,n.deterioration, retrogradation,diminution,retrogression,degeneracy, declension, declination,decay; progressive emaciation, marasmus.Antonyms:progress,advancement,improvement.decolor,v.decolorate, decolorize.decorate,v.embellish,adorn,beautify,ornament,garnish,enrich,trim, bedizen, bedeck.decorated,a.embellished,ornate, ornamented, trimmed.Antonyms: Seeplain.decoration,n.embellishment,garniture, bedizenment, adorning,ornamentation, decking, insignia,regalia, purfling;paraphernalia.decorative,a.ornamental, embellishing, adorning.decoy,v.entice,lure,allure, ensnare,entrap.decoy,n.lure,enticement,magnet,allurement.decrease,n.decrement,diminution,reduction,decline, depreciation,abatement,subsidence.decrease,v.diminish,reduce,dwindle,subside, depreciate,abate,wane.decreasing,a.decrescent, diminishing, waning.decrease of motionretardation.decree,n.edict,fiat,mandate, decretal, rescript.--v.enact, ordain, enjoin.decrial,n.condemnation,disparagement, dispraise, detraction, derogation, belittling.decry,v.disparage,belittle.dedicate,v.consecrate.dedication,n.consecration.Associated words:dedicate, dedicator, dedicatorial, dedicatory, dedicatee.deduct,v.subtract,rebate.deduction,n.subtraction,discount;inference,conclusion, corollary, illation.deed,n.exploit,act,feat, perpetration,performance,stunt.deed,n.Associated words: defeasance, feoffment, muniment.deep,a.profound,intricate, inexplicable,unfathomable,incomprehensible,recondite,abstruse; abysmal;sagacious,cunning, astute,shrewd;dark,intense;grave,grum, full-toned, guttural.Antonyms: superficial,shallow.deepen,v.intensify.deer,n.Cervidæ; fallowdeer, reddeer, muledeer, reindeer; buck (fawn, brocket, pricket, sorel,sore, spitter); (female) doe,roe; (male red deer)stag, hart;hind, roe (female red deer); havier (castrated); halfer; antelope hummel; staggard.Associated words: venison, fumet, umbles, cervine, deerstalking, capreoline.deerhound,n.staghound.deface,v.mar,disfigure,mutilate.defacement,n.disfigurement,mutilation, marring.defamation,n.calumny,libel,lampoon, traducement, roorback. Seeslander.defamatory,a.slanderous, calumnious,libellous, vituperative, contumelious.defame,v.calumniate, malign,vilify,lampoon, vituperate,slander.defaulter,n.delinquent,peculator,embezzler, defalcator.defeat,n.repulse,overthrow,vanquishment,foil,rout,frustration,disappointment.defeat,v.conquer,vanquish,repulse, discomfit,rout,checkmate,outwit,balk,foil,frustrate.defect,n.blemish,flaw,imperfection, foible,failing,shortcoming,infirmity.
Dabbler,n.superficialist, sciolist,smatterer, dilettante.
dabblingly,adv.superficially, cursorily.
dabster,n.(Colloq.)expert,adept,master-hand.
dagger,n.stiletto, poniard, bowieknife, dirk;obelisk.
daily,a.diurnal, quotidian.
dainty,n.delicacy,tidbit,treat,rarebit,bonne bouche.
dainty,a.fastidious, squeamish,finical;delicate,exquisite.
dale,n.glen, dell, dingle,vale,valley.
dalliance,n.fondling, endearments;delay, procrastination,postponement.
dally,v.dawdle,trifle;fondle,wanton;delay,postpone, procrastinate.
dam,n.barrier, weir, burrock.
dam,v.restrain,obstruct.
damage,v.injure,hurt,harm, despoil, scathe,deface, impair,disfigure, damnify.
damage,n.injury, detriment, impairment,defacement,harm,hurt, mischief.
damages,n. pl.indemnity,satisfaction,reparation.
damn,v.condemn,curse,reprobate, denounce.
damnable,a.accursed,atrocious, execrable,heinous.
damnation,n.condemnation,reprobation,perdition.
damning,a.condemnatory, damnatory.
damp,a.moist,wet, humid, dank.
dampen,v.moisten,damp;check,repress,restrain,discourage, depress.
damper,n.check,setback,wet blanket,discouragement,rebuff.
dampness,n.moisture, humidity.
dance,n.ballet, cotillion, quadrille, waltz,reel, fandango, polka, two-step, polonaise, mazurka, schottische, allemande cancan, minuet, courant, bolero, gavot.Associated words: terpsichorean, Terpsichore, choregraphy, dervish.
dancing-mania,n.epidemic chorea, choromania, cory-bantism
dander,n.(Slang)anger,resentment, ire,wrath,dudgeon.
dandified,a.foppish, coxcombical.Antonyms:slovenly,careless,seedy.
dandy,n.fop,exquisite,dude,coxcomb, popinjay, incroyable, jackadandy.Antonym: sloven.
danger,n.jeopardy,hazard,peril,insecurity,risk,exposure, imminence,impediment.Antonyms:safety, immunity,security,shelter,safeguard,protection.
dangerous,a.perilous,hazardous,risky,unsafe,critical, parlous, imminent.Antonyms: Seesafe.
Danish Parliament.Rigsdag (Landsthing and Folkething).
dapper,a.spruce,trim,natty,spry,nimble.
dappled,a.piebald,spotted,pied,mottled.
dare,v.venture, presume;defy,challenge,stump.
dare,n.defiance, provocation,challenge.
dare-devil,a.reckless,rash,inconsiderate,venturesome.
dark,a.unilluminated, sunless, dusky, rayless, Cimmerian, pitchy, tenebrific, murk,murky, dingy,shadowy,shady, mirky,lowering, overcast,gloomy,sullen, Stygian, sombre;obscure,mysterious,incomprehensible, reconditeabstruse, cabalistic,cryptic, enigmatical,occult; brunette, swart, swarthy.
darken,v.shade,obscure, infuscate,shadow,becloud, obfuscate;perplex,confuse; sully,tarnish, discolor.
darkness,n.obscurity,shadow, dimness,gloom, infuscation, murkiness, obfuscation, tenebrosity; unenlightenment.Associated words: Erebus, Ahriman, Cimmerii.
dart,v.hurl,launch, jaculate;spring,dodge,bolt,shoot.
dash,n.collision, allision,crash;abashment,frustration; infusion,smack, tincture,sprinkling; onset,rush,sally;energy,animation,vigor; (Slang)parade,flourish,show, ostentation.
dashboard,n.splashboard, dasher.
dashing,a.spirited,bold,brilliant,ostentatious,gay; roaring, rushing,headlong.
dastard,n.coward,craven,poltroon. Seecoward.
daub,v.smear, bedaub, besmear,soil, sully.
daughter,n.Associated words: filial, filiation, filicide.
daunt,v.cow, intimidate,frighten,alarm, appall, dishearten,scare.
dauntless,a.intrepid, valorous, daring,fearless.
dawn,n.daybreak, aurora, dayspring,sunrise.
day,n.daytime, nycthemeron;time,age,generation, epoch, era.Associated words: metemptosis, proemptosis,daily, diurnal, quotidian, ephemeral,sine die, ferial,per diem.
day-blindness,n.nyctalopia.
day-dream,n.revery.
day scholar.extern.
day-sight,n.hemeralopia.
dazzle,v.daze,blind;bewilder,astonish,overpower.
dazzling,a.brilliant,intense,glaring.
deacon,n.Associated words: diaconal, diaconate.
dead,a.lifeless, deceased, inanimate, defunct, extinct, departed; inert, obtuse, impassive,callous,torpid,unfeeling,subdued.
dead body.Seecorpse.
deadborn,a.stillborn.
deaden,v.blunt,benumb, hebetate,moderate; devitalize,subdue.
dead-house,n.morgue; ossuarium, charnel-house, mortuary,tomb.
deadly,a.fatal, mortal, lethal, lethiferous,noxious, internecine;implacable,unrelenting.
deaf-mute,n.Associated word: dactylology.
deal,v.distribute,apportion,dispense,allot;trade, traffic, negotiate.
dealer,n.trader, dispenser, trafficker, retailer, shopkeeper,merchant, monger, vender,tradesman,broker, mercer, commissiondealer, jobber.
dealing,n.distribution,apportionment; traffic, intercourse,barter,business,transaction, negotiation,commerce,trade.
dear,a.costly,expensive, high-priced; beloved, darling,precious.Antonyms:cheap, inexpensive.
dearth,n.scarcity,lack,deficiency, paucity,want.Antonyms: Seeplenty.
death,n.decease, demise,dissolution,dying, mortality, expiration, quietus, mort, obit, extinction; euthanasia (an easy death).Associated-words: eschatology, thanatology, thanatopsis, necrology, thanatophobia, necrophobia, necrolatry, requiem,necromancy, posthumous,post-mortem, ante-mortem, euthanasian,dirge, crossbones, placebo,in extremis, decedent,funeral, obit, obitual, necrologist,fatality,fatal,casualty.
deathless,a.immortal,imperishable,undying.
death notice.obituary, necrology.
debar,v.preclude,exclude.
debase,v.degrade,deteriorate,abase,vitiate,corrupt,alloy,humiliate.
debasement,n.degradation,abasement,deterioration,vitiation, depravation.
debatable,a.contestable,moot,disputable,mooted, controvertible.Antonyms: incontestable,indisputable, incontrovertible.
debate,v.argue,discuss,moot,contend, controvert.
debate,n.discussion,argument,moot,dispute,controversy, disputation, forensic.
debauch,v.vitiate, deprave,corrupt,demoralize;ravish,rape.
debauch,n.debauchery,dissipation,abandon, drunkenness saturnalia,orgies, bacchanals,lechery;rape.Antonyms:temperance, continence,moderation.
debauched,a.dissolute,licentious,dissipated,corrupt.
debauchee,n.libertine,lecher, fornicator,rake,drunkard, satyr.
debauchery,n.lechery, libertinism,sensuality, licentiousness, bestiality.
debonair,a.suave,courteous, urbane, complaisant,gracious.
debt,n.liability,due,obligation, debit.Antonyms: asset,resource.Associated words: garnishee, distrain,distress, debenture.
decadent,a.deteriorating, degenerating.--n.degenerate.
decay,v.decline,retrograde,deteriorate;rot, decompose, putrefy, moulder.
decay,n.deterioration,corruption,decline, decadence, senescence, retrogradation, decomposition, caducity; putrefaction, putrescence,rot; eremacausis.
decayed,a.rotten,corrupt, putrefied, carious, putrescent, decomposed.
decaying,a.rotting,corrupt, mouldering,decadent, putrefying, carious.Antonym: imputrescible.
decease,n.demise,death.
deceased person.decedent.
deceit,n.deception, imposition,trickery,chicanery,artifice,delusion, circumvention,guile, duplicity, imposturefinesse, dissimulation, cozenage,trumpery,fallacy.
deceitful,a.deceptive,illusive, insidious,fraudulent,wily,artful, disingenuous.
deceivable,a.deceptible,gullible,credulous.Antonyms: indeceptible, undeceivable.
deceive,v.delude,beguile, mislead,gull,impose upon,dupe, circumvent,hoodwink,bamboozle.Antonyms:undeceive,disillusionize, disabuse.
deceiver,n.impostor,charlatan,mountebank, swindler,knave, cogger.
decency,n.propriety, seemliness, decorum,modesty,Antonyms: Seeindecency.
decent,a.suitable,modest, decorous,seemly,respectable.Antonyms: Seeindecent.
deception,n.imposition,craft, duplicity,deceit, hoax,fallacy,ruse,imposture,artifice,illusion, prevarication,finesse, dissimulation, cozenage,sophistry, coggery.Antonyms: guilelessness,candor, disillusionment, fairdealing,sincerity.
deceptive,a.delusive,fallacious,deceitful,specious, insidious,sophistical.Antonyms:guileless,candid, ingenuous,sincere,open.
decharm,v.disillusionize, disenchant, disabuse.
decide,v.determine,settle,conclude,resolve.
decided,a.unequivocal, determined, pronounced,unwavering,positive, incontrovertible.
decision,n.determination,settlement,conclusion,verdict,inference,deduction; firmness,resolution,constancy, steadfastness.Antonyms:indecision,irresolution,vacillation.
decisive,a.conclusive, final, peremptory,summary.
deck,v.bedeck, bedizen, array.
declaration,n.assertion,affirmation, avowal, predication, pronunciamento.
declare,v.affirm,assert, aver,state, asseverate, predicate.
decline,v.lean,incline,bend; languish,sink,wane,diminish,decrease,deteriorate,retrograde;deviate,stray;shun,refuse.
decline,n.deterioration, retrogradation,diminution,retrogression,degeneracy, declension, declination,decay; progressive emaciation, marasmus.Antonyms:progress,advancement,improvement.
decolor,v.decolorate, decolorize.
decorate,v.embellish,adorn,beautify,ornament,garnish,enrich,trim, bedizen, bedeck.
decorated,a.embellished,ornate, ornamented, trimmed.Antonyms: Seeplain.
decoration,n.embellishment,garniture, bedizenment, adorning,ornamentation, decking, insignia,regalia, purfling;paraphernalia.
decorative,a.ornamental, embellishing, adorning.
decoy,v.entice,lure,allure, ensnare,entrap.
decoy,n.lure,enticement,magnet,allurement.
decrease,n.decrement,diminution,reduction,decline, depreciation,abatement,subsidence.
decrease,v.diminish,reduce,dwindle,subside, depreciate,abate,wane.
decreasing,a.decrescent, diminishing, waning.
decrease of motionretardation.
decree,n.edict,fiat,mandate, decretal, rescript.--v.enact, ordain, enjoin.
decrial,n.condemnation,disparagement, dispraise, detraction, derogation, belittling.
decry,v.disparage,belittle.
dedicate,v.consecrate.
dedication,n.consecration.Associated words:dedicate, dedicator, dedicatorial, dedicatory, dedicatee.
deduct,v.subtract,rebate.
deduction,n.subtraction,discount;inference,conclusion, corollary, illation.
deed,n.exploit,act,feat, perpetration,performance,stunt.
deed,n.Associated words: defeasance, feoffment, muniment.
deep,a.profound,intricate, inexplicable,unfathomable,incomprehensible,recondite,abstruse; abysmal;sagacious,cunning, astute,shrewd;dark,intense;grave,grum, full-toned, guttural.Antonyms: superficial,shallow.
deepen,v.intensify.
deer,n.Cervidæ; fallowdeer, reddeer, muledeer, reindeer; buck (fawn, brocket, pricket, sorel,sore, spitter); (female) doe,roe; (male red deer)stag, hart;hind, roe (female red deer); havier (castrated); halfer; antelope hummel; staggard.Associated words: venison, fumet, umbles, cervine, deerstalking, capreoline.
deerhound,n.staghound.
deface,v.mar,disfigure,mutilate.
defacement,n.disfigurement,mutilation, marring.
defamation,n.calumny,libel,lampoon, traducement, roorback. Seeslander.
defamatory,a.slanderous, calumnious,libellous, vituperative, contumelious.
defame,v.calumniate, malign,vilify,lampoon, vituperate,slander.
defaulter,n.delinquent,peculator,embezzler, defalcator.
defeat,n.repulse,overthrow,vanquishment,foil,rout,frustration,disappointment.
defeat,v.conquer,vanquish,repulse, discomfit,rout,checkmate,outwit,balk,foil,frustrate.
defect,n.blemish,flaw,imperfection, foible,failing,shortcoming,infirmity.