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GGabble,n.gibberish,babble,prate, prating, chatter,jargon.gabble,v.gibber,jabber,babble,prate, chatter.gable,n.Associated word: pediment.gad,n.goad.gag,v.silence,muzzle,muffle,hush,suppress; retch.gag,n.muffler, muzzler, silencer.gain,n.increase,profit,advantage, increment, acquisition,accumulation, accretion,store, hoarding; emolument, lucre.gain,v.get, acquire,achieve,win,obtain,attain; conciliate,persuade, induce.gainsay,v.contradict,dispute,deny, controvert, impugn.gaiters,n. pl.spats, spatterdashes, leggings, gramashes, puttee.gale,n.wind,tempest;excitement,confusion,flurry.gall,n.bile;bitterness,rancor,spite, malignity.gall,n.(Slang)impudence, audacity, effrontery,insolence.gall,v.chafe,fret;vex,annoy,harass,worry,exasperate.gallant,a.polite, deferential,courtly,chivalrous.gallant,n.spark,beau, cicisbeo, philander;lover, suitor;seducer, paramour.gallantry,n.chivalry,bravery,heroism; courtliness,politeness, deference;intrigue.gall bladder.cholecystis.gallery,n.balcony; corridor,passage, passageway; museum.galloping,n.Associated words: rataplan, tantivy.gallstone,n.bilestone, biliary calculus.galoot,n.(Slang)rowdy,blusterer.galore,n.anda.plenty,abundance, inabundance,abounding.gambler,n.gamester, card-sharper,blackleg, punter.Associated words:decoy, croupier, capper, by-bidder.gambol,v.caper,frolic,play,sport,frisk, curvet.game,n.play,amusement,pastime,diversion,fun,sport;contest;prey,quarry;scheme,plan, project, undertaking,enterprise,stratagem.game,a.plucky,resolute,unyielding,courageous,unflinching, indomitable, undaunted,unconquerable; (Colloq.)crippled,lame,crooked,deformed.gang,n.band,crew,company,group,crowd,set,squad,party,number,clique.gangling,a.(Colloq.)lanky,spindling.gangrene,n.mortification, sphacelation.--v.mortify, sphacelate.gangrenous,a.mortified, mortifying, sphacelate.gap,n.hiatus,rift,crevice,rent, interstice,chasm. Seeopening.gape,v.yawn, oscitate; gaze, stare.gape,n.yawn,yawning,gaping, oscitancy, oscitation; rictus (the gapes).gaping,n.yawning, oscitancy, oscitation; staring.garbage,n.offal,refuse,swill,waste.Associated word: scavenger.garble,v.pervert,distort,falsify,misstate, wrench, misquote,misrepresent.garbling,n.perversion,distortion,falsification,misstatement,misrepresentation.gardener,n.horticulturist.gardening,n.horticulture.garland,n.wreath, chaplet, coronal, bays, laurel; anthology, rosary.garnish,v.embellish,beautify,decorate,trim,adorn.garniture,n.garnish, garnishment,embellishment,decoration,trimming.garret,n.attic, cockloft.gaseous,a.aëriform,gassy, gasiform; tenuous,thin, unsubstantial.gash,v.slash, incise.gash,n.incision,slash.gasp,n.pant,panting.--v.pant.gassing,n.(Slang)boasting,vaunt, gasconade,palaver,vapor,moonshine.gassy,a.gaseous, aëriform; (Slang)boastful,bombastic,vaporous,inflated.gate,n.entrance, portal; wicket; turnstile, turnpike; postern; tollgate; sluicegate;stanch; herse, portcullis.gather,v.congregate,assemble,convene,muster,collect,concentrate;harvest,pick, glean,pluck,crop, reap; accumulate,amass,hoard, garner;contract, compress;pucker,plait,ruffle, shirr;infer,conclude, deduce;maturate.gather,n.pucker,plait,ruffle, shirring.gathering,n.collection,crowd,assembly, congregation, concourse, assemblage,muster,party,company;accumulation, amassing, amassment;abscess, imposthume,ulcer,boil, carbuncle, suppuration,maturation, pustule.gaudy,a.showy,flashy, meretricious,ostentatious,tawdry, garish.gaunt,a.emaciated, pinched, attenuated,meager,lean.gawk,n.gawky,booby,lout,simpleton,hind,boor.gawky,a.ungraceful,clumsy,ungainly,loutish,boorish,uncouth.gay,a.merry,sportive,frolicsome,lively, exhilarating, vivacious,jolly, blithe,airy,boon,convivial,jovial,joyous;brilliant,dashing,gallant,showy; garish,gaudy, flashing,tawdry; (Colloq.)loose,dissolute,fast.gayety,n.merriment,mirth, hilarity, sportiveness, conviviality,joviality, light-heartedness, elation.gear,n.rigging,tackle, gearing, mechanism, draught-gear; accouterments,trappings.geld,v.castrate.gem,n.jewel.general,a.indefinite,vague, ill-defined; prevalent, extensive;usual,common,ordinary,regular.Antonyms:specific,definite.generality,n.bulk, commonrun,mass, mainbody; universality, generalness.generalship,n.strategy.generate,v.procreate,beget, engender,reproduce; originate, produce, propagate.generation,n.procreation,reproduction, prolification, begetting; origination, production, formation.generative,a.generating, procreative,genial.generosity,n.magnanimity, nobleness;liberality, munificence,bounty, bountifulness, beneficence, lavishsess.generous,a.magnanimous,noble,highminded, ingenuous; munificent,bountiful, open-handed,liberal,lavish,charitable,unstinted;abundant,plentiful,overflowing.Antonyms:illiberal,ungenerous,stingy,scant,miserly,penurious.genial,a.generative, procreative;cheerful,pleasant,agreeable,cordial,friendly,hearty.genitals,n. pl.Seesexual organs.gentle,a.well-born, genteel, high-born;docile, tractable,tame,subdued;mild,quiet,peaceable,meek,unobtrusive;bland,soothing, pacific, clement,tender, humane;courteous, cultivated, deferential.Antonyms: drastic,refractory,vicious, brusque,harsh,rough,severe,rigorous, intractable,indocile.gentleman,n.Antonyms: cad,boor,churl, Philistine,guy,lout.gentlemanly,a.courteous, deferential,polite, urbane,gallant, well-bred.genuine,a.authentic, veritable, sterling, unmixed,real,pure;sincere, heartfelt,unaffected.Antonyms:spurious,counterfeit,false, supposititious,adulterated.germ,n.origin, first principle;embryo,bud,seed, spore.German,a.Teutonic.german,a.related, allied.German,n.Teuton.German characteristic.Germanism, Teutonicism.germane,a.related, allied,akin,relevant,appropriate.German Federal Council.Bundesrath.German House of Representatives.Reichstag.German measles.rubella.German silver.packfong.germ destroyer.germicide.gesture,n.gesticulation, gesturing.--v.gesticulate.get,v.procure,obtain, acquire,secure,gain,achieve,attain,realize; induce,persuade, prevail on,win; betakeremove;receive;beget, procreate, engender.get ahead.advance, prosper,flourish,thrive, proceed;forestall.getatable,a.(Colloq.) accessible.Antonym: inaccessibleget back.return;recover, recuperate,reclaim, retrieve,regain.get clear.be acquitted, be released, escape.get down.descend,alight, dismount.get off.descend,alight, dismount; escape, be released, be acquitted.get on.mount; prosper,advance,progress.get out.extricate,release.get over.surmount,overcome,conquer; recover from.getting,n.acquisition, obtaining, receiving,acquirement, procurement.gewgaw,n.bawble, gaud,knickknack,trifle,toy,trinket, bagatelle.ghastly,a.cadaverous,ghostly, pallid,pale,horrible,shocking,repulsive.ghost,n.shade,phantom,apparition, spectre,spook, revenant,sprite, wraith;spirit.ghostly,a.spiritual;spectral,phantomlike.ghost worship.sciotheism.ghoul,n.vampire.giant,n.colossus,monster, Hercules, Goliath, Titan, Cyclops, Brobdingnagian, ogre.gibberish,n.jargon,jabber, gabbling,babble,drivel.gibe,v.scoff,flout,jeer,sneer,ridicule,deride,mock.gibe,n.ridicule,sneer, sarcasm,derision,mockery.giddy,a.fickle, mercurial,volatile,flighty,unstable,inconstant,thoughtless; light-headed,dizzy, vertiginous.gift,n.gratuity,present, largess,offering,grant,donation,boon,bounty,bequest, benefaction, contribution, subsidy,legacy,alms, donative, douceur, dotation, sportula;endowment,talent.gifted,a.talented.gigantic,a.enormous,colossal, Herculean,vast, Cyclopean, prodigious, Titanic, Gargantuan, Brobdingnagian.giggle,n.snicker, snigger, titter.gimcrack,n.device,toy,plaything,trinket,knickknack, jiggumbob.gin,n.trap,snare, springe,artifice, toils;windlass, crane; Hollandgin, schnapps.gingerly,adv.carefully, cautiously, timidly, fastidiously.giraffe,n.camelopard.gird,v.encircle, engird,surround,equip, prepare.girdle,n.cestus,sash,belt,band, cincture.girl,n.maiden,maid, lass, lassie, damsel,miss,nymph,virgin;domestic,maid, waitress; ingenue; soubrette; filly, gill; wench; hoiden,hussy, minx; coleen (Anglo-Irish).girlhood,n.maidenhood,virginity.girth,n.belly-band;circumference.gist,n.core, substance,pith,marrow, essence.give,v.confer, bestow,accord,grant, vouchsafe, donate, contribute,impart,yield, afford,assign.Antonyms:withhold,refuse.give and take.exchange,interchange, reciprocate, alternate.give back.return,restore,refund.give in.yield,surrender, succumb, recede.Antonyms:resist, withstand.given,a.granted,assumed;disposed, inclined; stated, specified.give off.emit, exhale.give out.announce,proclaim,publish,report;fail, beinadequate, beexhausted.giver,n.donor.give up.surrender, disgorge;yield,cease, desist,quit,relinquish,waive,cede, succumb, abdicate,abandon,desert.Antonyms:resist, withstand, continue,persist.give way.withdraw,retire, recede;yield, collapse.giving,n.conferring, bestowal, granting, benefaction.giving and taking.reciprocity, reciprocation.glad,a.pleased,delighted,happy,joyous,joyful, gratified, rejoiced,merry, exhilarated,elated,cheery,animated, gladsome,jubilant, felicitous,refreshing, exhilarating.Antonyms:sad,sorrowful. Seesad.gladden,v.cheer, delight,please, exhilarate,gratify, buoy, elate,rejoice.gladness,n.delight,pleasure, elation, exhilaration,jubilation,rejoicing.glamour,n.charm,witchery,magic,spell;illusion,glitter,delusion,glory.Antonyms: disillusionment, disenchantment.glance,n.glimpse; allusion;gleam,flash,glitter.glance,v.glimpse;allude,hint;gleam,beam,glitter.glare,v.glitter,glisten,dazzle;frown, glower.glaring,a.dazzling,intense,brilliant;flagrant,notorious,barefaced.

Gabble,n.gibberish,babble,prate, prating, chatter,jargon.

gabble,v.gibber,jabber,babble,prate, chatter.

gable,n.Associated word: pediment.

gad,n.goad.

gag,v.silence,muzzle,muffle,hush,suppress; retch.

gag,n.muffler, muzzler, silencer.

gain,n.increase,profit,advantage, increment, acquisition,accumulation, accretion,store, hoarding; emolument, lucre.

gain,v.get, acquire,achieve,win,obtain,attain; conciliate,persuade, induce.

gainsay,v.contradict,dispute,deny, controvert, impugn.

gaiters,n. pl.spats, spatterdashes, leggings, gramashes, puttee.

gale,n.wind,tempest;excitement,confusion,flurry.

gall,n.bile;bitterness,rancor,spite, malignity.

gall,n.(Slang)impudence, audacity, effrontery,insolence.

gall,v.chafe,fret;vex,annoy,harass,worry,exasperate.

gallant,a.polite, deferential,courtly,chivalrous.

gallant,n.spark,beau, cicisbeo, philander;lover, suitor;seducer, paramour.

gallantry,n.chivalry,bravery,heroism; courtliness,politeness, deference;intrigue.

gall bladder.cholecystis.

gallery,n.balcony; corridor,passage, passageway; museum.

galloping,n.Associated words: rataplan, tantivy.

gallstone,n.bilestone, biliary calculus.

galoot,n.(Slang)rowdy,blusterer.

galore,n.anda.plenty,abundance, inabundance,abounding.

gambler,n.gamester, card-sharper,blackleg, punter.Associated words:decoy, croupier, capper, by-bidder.

gambol,v.caper,frolic,play,sport,frisk, curvet.

game,n.play,amusement,pastime,diversion,fun,sport;contest;prey,quarry;scheme,plan, project, undertaking,enterprise,stratagem.

game,a.plucky,resolute,unyielding,courageous,unflinching, indomitable, undaunted,unconquerable; (Colloq.)crippled,lame,crooked,deformed.

gang,n.band,crew,company,group,crowd,set,squad,party,number,clique.

gangling,a.(Colloq.)lanky,spindling.

gangrene,n.mortification, sphacelation.--v.mortify, sphacelate.

gangrenous,a.mortified, mortifying, sphacelate.

gap,n.hiatus,rift,crevice,rent, interstice,chasm. Seeopening.

gape,v.yawn, oscitate; gaze, stare.

gape,n.yawn,yawning,gaping, oscitancy, oscitation; rictus (the gapes).

gaping,n.yawning, oscitancy, oscitation; staring.

garbage,n.offal,refuse,swill,waste.Associated word: scavenger.

garble,v.pervert,distort,falsify,misstate, wrench, misquote,misrepresent.

garbling,n.perversion,distortion,falsification,misstatement,misrepresentation.

gardener,n.horticulturist.

gardening,n.horticulture.

garland,n.wreath, chaplet, coronal, bays, laurel; anthology, rosary.

garnish,v.embellish,beautify,decorate,trim,adorn.

garniture,n.garnish, garnishment,embellishment,decoration,trimming.

garret,n.attic, cockloft.

gaseous,a.aëriform,gassy, gasiform; tenuous,thin, unsubstantial.

gash,v.slash, incise.

gash,n.incision,slash.

gasp,n.pant,panting.--v.pant.

gassing,n.(Slang)boasting,vaunt, gasconade,palaver,vapor,moonshine.

gassy,a.gaseous, aëriform; (Slang)boastful,bombastic,vaporous,inflated.

gate,n.entrance, portal; wicket; turnstile, turnpike; postern; tollgate; sluicegate;stanch; herse, portcullis.

gather,v.congregate,assemble,convene,muster,collect,concentrate;harvest,pick, glean,pluck,crop, reap; accumulate,amass,hoard, garner;contract, compress;pucker,plait,ruffle, shirr;infer,conclude, deduce;maturate.

gather,n.pucker,plait,ruffle, shirring.

gathering,n.collection,crowd,assembly, congregation, concourse, assemblage,muster,party,company;accumulation, amassing, amassment;abscess, imposthume,ulcer,boil, carbuncle, suppuration,maturation, pustule.

gaudy,a.showy,flashy, meretricious,ostentatious,tawdry, garish.

gaunt,a.emaciated, pinched, attenuated,meager,lean.

gawk,n.gawky,booby,lout,simpleton,hind,boor.

gawky,a.ungraceful,clumsy,ungainly,loutish,boorish,uncouth.

gay,a.merry,sportive,frolicsome,lively, exhilarating, vivacious,jolly, blithe,airy,boon,convivial,jovial,joyous;brilliant,dashing,gallant,showy; garish,gaudy, flashing,tawdry; (Colloq.)loose,dissolute,fast.

gayety,n.merriment,mirth, hilarity, sportiveness, conviviality,joviality, light-heartedness, elation.

gear,n.rigging,tackle, gearing, mechanism, draught-gear; accouterments,trappings.

geld,v.castrate.

gem,n.jewel.

general,a.indefinite,vague, ill-defined; prevalent, extensive;usual,common,ordinary,regular.Antonyms:specific,definite.

generality,n.bulk, commonrun,mass, mainbody; universality, generalness.

generalship,n.strategy.

generate,v.procreate,beget, engender,reproduce; originate, produce, propagate.

generation,n.procreation,reproduction, prolification, begetting; origination, production, formation.

generative,a.generating, procreative,genial.

generosity,n.magnanimity, nobleness;liberality, munificence,bounty, bountifulness, beneficence, lavishsess.

generous,a.magnanimous,noble,highminded, ingenuous; munificent,bountiful, open-handed,liberal,lavish,charitable,unstinted;abundant,plentiful,overflowing.Antonyms:illiberal,ungenerous,stingy,scant,miserly,penurious.

genial,a.generative, procreative;cheerful,pleasant,agreeable,cordial,friendly,hearty.

genitals,n. pl.Seesexual organs.

gentle,a.well-born, genteel, high-born;docile, tractable,tame,subdued;mild,quiet,peaceable,meek,unobtrusive;bland,soothing, pacific, clement,tender, humane;courteous, cultivated, deferential.Antonyms: drastic,refractory,vicious, brusque,harsh,rough,severe,rigorous, intractable,indocile.

gentleman,n.Antonyms: cad,boor,churl, Philistine,guy,lout.

gentlemanly,a.courteous, deferential,polite, urbane,gallant, well-bred.

genuine,a.authentic, veritable, sterling, unmixed,real,pure;sincere, heartfelt,unaffected.Antonyms:spurious,counterfeit,false, supposititious,adulterated.

germ,n.origin, first principle;embryo,bud,seed, spore.

German,a.Teutonic.

german,a.related, allied.

German,n.Teuton.

German characteristic.Germanism, Teutonicism.

germane,a.related, allied,akin,relevant,appropriate.

German Federal Council.Bundesrath.

German House of Representatives.Reichstag.

German measles.rubella.

German silver.packfong.

germ destroyer.germicide.

gesture,n.gesticulation, gesturing.--v.gesticulate.

get,v.procure,obtain, acquire,secure,gain,achieve,attain,realize; induce,persuade, prevail on,win; betakeremove;receive;beget, procreate, engender.

get ahead.advance, prosper,flourish,thrive, proceed;forestall.

getatable,a.(Colloq.) accessible.Antonym: inaccessible

get back.return;recover, recuperate,reclaim, retrieve,regain.

get clear.be acquitted, be released, escape.

get down.descend,alight, dismount.

get off.descend,alight, dismount; escape, be released, be acquitted.

get on.mount; prosper,advance,progress.

get out.extricate,release.

get over.surmount,overcome,conquer; recover from.

getting,n.acquisition, obtaining, receiving,acquirement, procurement.

gewgaw,n.bawble, gaud,knickknack,trifle,toy,trinket, bagatelle.

ghastly,a.cadaverous,ghostly, pallid,pale,horrible,shocking,repulsive.

ghost,n.shade,phantom,apparition, spectre,spook, revenant,sprite, wraith;spirit.

ghostly,a.spiritual;spectral,phantomlike.

ghost worship.sciotheism.

ghoul,n.vampire.

giant,n.colossus,monster, Hercules, Goliath, Titan, Cyclops, Brobdingnagian, ogre.

gibberish,n.jargon,jabber, gabbling,babble,drivel.

gibe,v.scoff,flout,jeer,sneer,ridicule,deride,mock.

gibe,n.ridicule,sneer, sarcasm,derision,mockery.

giddy,a.fickle, mercurial,volatile,flighty,unstable,inconstant,thoughtless; light-headed,dizzy, vertiginous.

gift,n.gratuity,present, largess,offering,grant,donation,boon,bounty,bequest, benefaction, contribution, subsidy,legacy,alms, donative, douceur, dotation, sportula;endowment,talent.

gifted,a.talented.

gigantic,a.enormous,colossal, Herculean,vast, Cyclopean, prodigious, Titanic, Gargantuan, Brobdingnagian.

giggle,n.snicker, snigger, titter.

gimcrack,n.device,toy,plaything,trinket,knickknack, jiggumbob.

gin,n.trap,snare, springe,artifice, toils;windlass, crane; Hollandgin, schnapps.

gingerly,adv.carefully, cautiously, timidly, fastidiously.

giraffe,n.camelopard.

gird,v.encircle, engird,surround,equip, prepare.

girdle,n.cestus,sash,belt,band, cincture.

girl,n.maiden,maid, lass, lassie, damsel,miss,nymph,virgin;domestic,maid, waitress; ingenue; soubrette; filly, gill; wench; hoiden,hussy, minx; coleen (Anglo-Irish).

girlhood,n.maidenhood,virginity.

girth,n.belly-band;circumference.

gist,n.core, substance,pith,marrow, essence.

give,v.confer, bestow,accord,grant, vouchsafe, donate, contribute,impart,yield, afford,assign.Antonyms:withhold,refuse.

give and take.exchange,interchange, reciprocate, alternate.

give back.return,restore,refund.

give in.yield,surrender, succumb, recede.Antonyms:resist, withstand.

given,a.granted,assumed;disposed, inclined; stated, specified.

give off.emit, exhale.

give out.announce,proclaim,publish,report;fail, beinadequate, beexhausted.

giver,n.donor.

give up.surrender, disgorge;yield,cease, desist,quit,relinquish,waive,cede, succumb, abdicate,abandon,desert.Antonyms:resist, withstand, continue,persist.

give way.withdraw,retire, recede;yield, collapse.

giving,n.conferring, bestowal, granting, benefaction.

giving and taking.reciprocity, reciprocation.

glad,a.pleased,delighted,happy,joyous,joyful, gratified, rejoiced,merry, exhilarated,elated,cheery,animated, gladsome,jubilant, felicitous,refreshing, exhilarating.Antonyms:sad,sorrowful. Seesad.

gladden,v.cheer, delight,please, exhilarate,gratify, buoy, elate,rejoice.

gladness,n.delight,pleasure, elation, exhilaration,jubilation,rejoicing.

glamour,n.charm,witchery,magic,spell;illusion,glitter,delusion,glory.Antonyms: disillusionment, disenchantment.

glance,n.glimpse; allusion;gleam,flash,glitter.

glance,v.glimpse;allude,hint;gleam,beam,glitter.

glare,v.glitter,glisten,dazzle;frown, glower.

glaring,a.dazzling,intense,brilliant;flagrant,notorious,barefaced.


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