Nouns (5)
beryllium, Be, atomic number 4
n. a light strong brittle grey toxic bivalent metallic element
Be, Be Inc.
n. operating system company
Verbs (37)
be
v. spend or use time; "I may be an hour"
work, be
v. exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity; "I will work hard to improve my grades"; "she worked hard for better living conditions for the poor"
be, exist
v. have an existence, be extant; "Is there a God?"
be, have the quality of being
v. have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun); "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer"
occur, be
v. occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere; "Where is my umbrella?" "The toolshed is in the back"; "What is behind this behavior?"
be, be identical to
v. be identical to; be someone or something; "The president of the company is John Smith"; "This is my house"
cost, be
v. be priced at; "These shoes cost $100"
idle, run idle, run disconnected
v. run disconnected or idle; "the engine is idling"
idle, laze, stagnate, twiddle one's thumbs
v. be idle; exist in a changeless situation; "The old man sat and stagnated on his porch"; "He slugged in bed all morning"
live, be, have life
v. have life, be alive; "Our great leader is no more"; "My grandfather lived until the end of war"
make up, represent, constitute, be
v. form or compose; "This money is my only income"; "The stone wall was the backdrop for the performance"; "These constitute my entire belonging"; "The children made up the chorus"; "This sum represents my entire income for a year"; "These few men comprise his entire army"
be, occupy a certain area, occupy a certain position
v. occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere; "Where is my umbrella?" "The toolshed is in the back"; "What is behind this behavior?"
equal, be, be identical to
v. be identical or equivalent to; "One dollar equals 1,000 rubles these days!"
personify, characterize, be, embody
v. represent, as of a character on stage; "Derek Jacobi was Hamlet"
Adverbs (0)
Adjectives (8)
idle
adj. not in action or at work; "an idle laborer"; "idle drifters"; "the idle rich"; "an idle mind"
idle
adj. not in action or at work; "an idle laborer"; "idle drifters"; "the idle rich"; "an idle mind"
idle, unused
adj. not in active use; "the machinery sat idle during the strike"; "idle hands"
idle, baseless, groundless, unfounded
adj. without a basis in reason or fact; "baseless gossip"; "the allegations proved groundless"; "idle fears"; "unfounded suspicions"; "unwarranted jealousy"
Fuzzynyms (78)
stand, bear, stomach, brook, suffer, endure, tolerate, abide, put up with
v. put up with something or somebody unpleasant; "I cannot bear his constant criticism"; "The new secretary had to endure a lot of unprofessional remarks"; "he learned to tolerate the heat"; "She stuck out two years in a miserable marriage"
last, endure
v. persist for a specified period of time; "The bad weather lasted for three days"
waste, languish, waste away, pine away
v. lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief; "After her husband died, she just pined away"
fit, meet, conform to
v. satisfy a condition or restriction; "Does this paper meet the requirements for the degree?"
duplicate, twin, parallel
v. duplicate or match; "The polished surface twinned his face and chest in reverse"
parallel
v. be parallel to; "Their roles are paralleled by ours"
coordinate, co-ordinate
v. be co-ordinated; "These activities coordinate well"
cause, create, originate
v. make or cause to be or to become; "make a mess in one's office"; "create a furor"
name, mention, identify, give the name of, refer to by name
v. give the name or identifying characteristics of; refer to by name or some other identifying characteristic property; "Many senators were named in connection with the scandal"; "The almanac identifies the auspicious months"
incarnate, embody, body forth, represent in bodily form
v. represent in bodily form; "He embodies all that is evil wrong with the system"; "The painting substantiates the feelings of the artist"
refer to, denote, have as a meaning
v. have as a meaning; "`multi-' denotes `many' "
imply, connote
v. express or state indirectly
imply, indicate by inference
v. suggest as a logically necessary consequence; in logic
mean, intend
v. mean or intend to express or convey; "You never understand what I mean!"; "what do his words intend?"
signify
v. convey or express a meaning; "These words mean nothing to me!"; "What does his strange behavior signify?"
inactive, dormant
adj. of e.g. volcanos; not erupting and not extinct ; "a dormant volcano"
inaccurate, erroneous
adj. containing or characterized by error; "erroneous conclusions"; "the answer was inaccurate"
false
adj. not in accordance with the fact or reality or actuality; "gave false testimony under oath"; "false tales of bravery"
faulty
adj. characterized by errors; "he submitted a faulty report"
wrong, incorrect
adj. not correct; not in conformity with fact or truth; "an incorrect calculation"; "the report in the paper is wrong"; "your information is wrong"; "the clock showed the wrong time"; "found themselves on the wrong road"; "based on the wrong assumptions"
undue, unwarranted, unjustified
adj. lacking justification or authorization; "unreasonable searches and seizures"; "desire for undue private profit"; "unwarranted limitations of personal freedom"
irrational
adj. not consistent with or using reason; "irrational fears"; "irrational animals"
unsound, unstable, mentally ill
adj. suffering from severe mental illness; "of unsound mind"
indefensible, untenable
adj. (of theories etc) incapable of being defended or justified
incongruous, unreasonable, absurd
adj. inconsistent with reason or logic or common sense; "the absurd predicament of seeming to argue that virtue is highly desirable but intensely unpleasant"- Walter Lippman
mindless, vacuous, asinine, fatuous, inane
adj. devoid of intelligence
illogical, unlogical
adj. lacking in correct logical relation
unattested
adj. not bearing the signature of a witness: "an unwitnessed legal document"
unestablished
adj. not established; "a reputation as yet unestablished"
unproved, unproven
adj. not proved; "unproved allegations"; "unproved assumptions"
invalid
adj. "a false start"; "a false alarm"
Synonyms (15)
ineffective, uneffective
adj. not producing an intended effect; "an ineffective teacher"; "ineffective legislation"
unemployed
adj. not engaged in a gainful occupation; "unemployed workers marched on the capital"
easy, undemanding
adj. not demanding; requiring little if any patience or effort or skill; "the pay was adequate and the job undemanding"; "simple undemanding affection"; "an undemanding boss"
shut down, closed, shut-down
adj. with shutters closed
fallow
adj. left unplowed and unseeded during a growing season; "fallow farmland"
strikebound
adj. closed or immobilized by a strike; "a strikebound airline"
single-handed, unassisted, unbacked
adj. unsupported by other people
uncorroborated, unsubstantiated
adj. unsupported by other evidence
Antonyms (8)
run, be running
v. be operating, running or functioning; "The car is still running--turn it off!"
work, exert oneself, exert effort
v. exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity; "I will work hard to improve my grades"; "she worked hard for better living conditions for the poor"
differ
v. be different; "These two tests differ in only one respect"
busy
adj. actively or fully engaged or occupied; "busy with her work"; "a busy man"; "too busy to eat lunch"; "the line is busy"
active
adj. full of activity or engaged in continuous activity; "an active seaport"; "an active bond market"; "an active account"
be idle
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