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Nouns (29)

n. an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone; "the quality of mercy is not strained"--Shakespeare

decline

n. a condition inferior to an earlier condition; a gradual falling off from a better state

inch, in

n. a unit of length equal to one twelfth of a foot

decline, decay

n. a gradual decrease; as of stored charge or current

diminution, decline

n. change toward something smaller or lower

quality, caliber, calibre

n. a degree or grade of excellence or worth; "the quality of students has risen"; "an executive of low caliber"

timber, quality, tone, timbre

n. (music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound); "the timbre of her soprano was rich and lovely"; "the muffled tones of the broken bell summoned them to meet"

character, quality, lineament

n. a characteristic property that defines the apparent individual nature of something; "each town has a quality all its own"; "the radical character of our demands"

indium, In, atomic number 49

n. a rare soft silvery metallic element; occurs in small quantities in sphalerite

fall, descent, declivity, decline, downslope

n. a downward slope or bend

Indiana, Hoosier State, IN

n. federate state in the United States of America

Verbs (19)

decline

v. inflect for number, gender, case, etc., "in many languages, speakers decline nouns, pronouns, and adjectives"

decline

v. refuse to accept invitations sent by e-mail

decline, refuse

v. show unwillingness towards; "he declined to join the group on a hike"

decline, go down

v. go down; "The roof declines here"

decline, worsen, grow worse, get worse

v. grow worse; "Conditions in the slum worsened"

decline, wane, go down, grow smaller

v. grow smaller; "Interest in the project waned"

reject, decline, refuse, turn down, pass up

v. refuse to accept; "He refused my offer of hospitality"

Adverbs (5)

in, inside an enclosed space

adv. to or toward the inside of; "come in"; "smash in the door"

in, inward, inwards

adv. to or toward the inside of; "come in"; "smash in the door"

Adjectives (11)

quality

adj. of high social status; "people of quality"; "a quality family"

adj. holding office; "the in party"

adj. currently fashionable; "the in thing to do"; "large shoulder pads are in"

adj. directed or bound inward; "took the in bus"; "the in basket"

adj. currently fashionable; "the in thing to do"; "large shoulder pads are in"

choice, fine, prize, quality, prime, select

adj. of superior grade; "choice wines"; "prime beef"; "prize carnations"; "quality paper"; "select peaches"

Fuzzynyms (337)

merit, virtue

n. any admirable quality or attribute; "work of great merit"

value

n. the quality (positive or negative) that renders something desirable or valuable; "the Shakespearean Shylock is of dubious value in the modern world"

chastity, virtue, sexual morality

n. morality with respect to sexual relations

strength, persuasiveness

n. the power to induce the taking of a course of action or the embracing of a point of view by means of argument or entreaty; "the strength of his argument settled the matter"

specialty, metier, forte, strength, strong point, long suit

n. an asset of special worth or utility; "cooking is his forte"

mood, climate

n. the prevailing psychological state; "the climate of opinion"; "the national mood had changed radically since the last election"

feeling, feel, look, smell, spirit, atmosphere, tone, flavor, flavour

n. the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people; "the feel of the city excited him"; "a clergyman improved the tone of the meeting"; "it had the smell of treason"

corruption, putrescence, rottenness, putridness

n. in a state of progressive putrefaction

impairment, deterioration

n. a symptom of reduced quality or strength

failure

n. lack of success; "he felt that his entire life had been a failure"; "that year there was a crop failure"

deficiency, want, lack

n. the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable; "there is a serious lack of insight into the problem"; "water is the critical deficiency in desert regions"; "for want of a nail the shoe was lost"

bit, morsel

n. a small quantity of anything; "a bit of paper was all he needed"

dash, style, panache, elan, flair

n. distinctive and stylish elegance; "he wooed her with the confident dash of a cavalry officer"

molecule

n. (physics and chemistry) the simplest structural unit of an element or compound

particle, speck, atom, molecule, mote

n. (nontechnical usage) a tiny piece of anything

inadequacy, insufficiency, deficiency

n. lack of an adequate quantity or number; "the inadequacy of unemployment benefits"

force, strength, forcefulness

n. physical energy or intensity; "he hit with all the force he could muster"; "it was destroyed by the strength of the gale"; "a government has not the vitality and forcefulness of a living man"

depression, dent, indentation

n. the act of cutting into an edge with toothlike notches or angular incisions

crash, collapse

n. a sudden large decline of business or the prices of stocks (especially one that causes additional failures)

turkey, bomb, dud

n. an event that fails badly or is totally ineffectual; "the first experiment was a real turkey"; "the meeting was a dud as far as new business was concerned"

deterioration, worsening, decline in quality

n. process of changing to an inferior state

ebb, ebbing, wane

n. a gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number)

bankruptcy

n. inability to discharge all your debts as they come due; "the company had to declare bankruptcy"; "fraudulent loans led to the failure of many banks"

waterloo, Waterloo

n. a final crushing defeat; "he met his waterloo"

fall, downfall

n. a sudden decline in strength or number or importance; "the fall of the House of Hapsburg"

lowering

n. the act of causing to become less

reduction, simplification

n. the act of reducing complexity

degeneration

n. the process of declining from a higher to a lower level of effective power or vitality or essential quality

corruption

n. decay of matter (as by rot or oxidation)

dissolution, disintegration

n. separation into component parts

regression

n. (psychiatry) a defense mechanism in which you flee from reality by assuming a more infantile state

excellence

n. the quality of excelling; possessing good qualities in high degree

deservingness, merit, meritoriousness

n. the quality of being deserving (e.g., deserving assistance); "there were many children whose deservingness he recognized and rewarded"

position, attitude, posture

n. the arrangement of the body and its limbs; "he assumed an attitude of surrender"

bearing, carriage, posture

n. characteristic way of bearing one's body; "stood with good posture"

trait

n. a distinguishing feature of your personal nature

fall, drop, falling

n. a free and rapid descent by the force of gravity; "it was a miracle that he survived the drop from that height"

abyss, abysm

n. a bottomless gulf or pit; any unfathomable (or apparently unfathomable) cavity or chasm or void extending below (often used figuratively)

precipice

n. a very steep cliff

waterfall, falls, cascade, cataract

n. a steep descent of the water of a river

reject, decline, refuse, turn down, pass up

v. refuse to accept; "He refused my offer of hospitality"

balk, baulk, jib, resist

v. refuse to comply

countermine, sabotage, weaken, undermine, counteract, subvert

v. destroy property or hinder normal operations; "The Resistance sabotaged railroad operations during the war"

shy, start suddenly

v. start suddenly, as from fight

settle, subside

v. sink down or precipitate; "the mud subsides when the waters become calm"

retreat, withdraw, recede, pull back, draw back, move back

v. pull back or move away or backward; "The enemy withdrew"; "The limo pulled away from the curb"

fail, miscarry, go wrong

v. be unsuccessful; "Where do today's public schools fail?"; "The attempt to rescue the hostages failed miserably"

degenerate, deteriorate, fall apart

v. become worse or disintegrate; "His mind deteriorated"

drop, degenerate, deteriorate

v. grow worse; "Her condition deteriorated"; "Conditions in the slums degenerated"; "The discussion devolved into a shouting match"

dwindle, dwindle away, dwindle down, lose substance

v. become smaller or lose substance; "Her savings dwindled down"

falter, stammer, stutter

v. speak haltingly; "The speaker faltered when he saw his opponent enter the room"

stumble, falter, bumble

v. walk unsteadily; "The drunk man stumbled about"

stagger, flounder

v. walk with great difficulty; "He staggered along in the heavy snow"

flounder, flounder around

v. behave awkwardly; have difficulties; "She is floundering in college"

misfire, fail to detonate, fail to fire

v. fail to fire or detonate; "The guns misfired"

fade, languish

v. become feeble; "The prisoner has be languishing for years in the dungeon"

lapse, backslide

v. drop to a lower level, as in one's morals or standards

ebb

v. flow back or recede; "the tides ebbed at noon"

fade, fade out

v. become less clearly visible or distinguishable; disappear gradually or seemingly; "The scene begins to fade"; "The tree trunks are melting into the forest at dusk"

lessen, subside

v. wear off or die down; "The pain subsided"

wane

v. become smaller; "Interest in his novels waned"

bleach, decolor, decolorize, discolorize, remove color from, bleach out

v. remove color from; "The sun bleached the red shirt"

waste, waste away, diminish

v. become diminished

dwindle, dwindle away, dwindle down, lose substance

v. become smaller or lose substance; "Her savings dwindled down"

shrink, shrivel, wither, shrivel up

v. wither, as with a loss of moisture; "The fruit dried and shriveled"

fall, decrease, diminish, lessen

v. decrease in size, extent, or range; "The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester"; "The cabin pressure fell dramatically"; "her weight fall to under a hundred pounds"; "his voice fell to a whisper"

taper

v. diminish gradually; "Interested tapered off"

fade, wither, lose vigor, lose vitality, loose freshness

v. lose freshness, vigor, or vitality; "Her bloom was fading"

misfire, fail to detonate, fail to fire

v. fail to fire or detonate; "The guns misfired"

stagger, flounder

v. walk with great difficulty; "He staggered along in the heavy snow"

flounder, flounder around

v. behave awkwardly; have difficulties; "She is floundering in college"

stumble, falter, bumble

v. walk unsteadily; "The drunk man stumbled about"

falter, stammer, stutter

v. speak haltingly; "The speaker faltered when he saw his opponent enter the room"

crash, fall violently

v. fall or come down violently; "The branch crashed down on my car"; "The plane crashed in the sea"

fail, miscarry, go wrong

v. be unsuccessful; "Where do today's public schools fail?"; "The attempt to rescue the hostages failed miserably"

decline, wane, go down, grow smaller

v. grow smaller; "Interest in the project waned"

degenerate, deteriorate, fall apart

v. become worse or disintegrate; "His mind deteriorated"

block, stop, halt, kibosh, put the kibosh on

v. stop from happening or developing; "Block his election"; "Halt the process"

refrain, abstain, desist, abstain from, desist from, refrain from

v. choose not to consume; "I abstain from alcohol"

reject, decline, refuse, turn down, pass up

v. refuse to accept; "He refused my offer of hospitality"

break, fail, go, die, give, break down, conk out, give out, give way

v. stop operating or functioning; "The engine finally went"; "The car died on the road"; "The bus we travelled in broke down on the way to town"; "The coffee maker broke"; "The engine failed on the way to town"; "her eyesight went after the accident"

waste, languish, waste away, pine away

v. lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief; "After her husband died, she just pined away"

sink, slump, fall off

v. fall heavily or suddenly; decline markedly; "The real estate market fell off"

degrade, cheapen

v. lower the grade of something; reduce its worth

waste, waste away, diminish

v. become diminished

drop, degenerate, deteriorate

v. grow worse; "Her condition deteriorated"; "Conditions in the slums degenerated"; "The discussion devolved into a shouting match"

decline, worsen, grow worse, get worse

v. grow worse; "Conditions in the slum worsened"

misfire, fail to detonate, fail to fire

v. fail to fire or detonate; "The guns misfired"

stagger, flounder

v. walk with great difficulty; "He staggered along in the heavy snow"

flounder, flounder around

v. behave awkwardly; have difficulties; "She is floundering in college"

stumble, falter, bumble

v. walk unsteadily; "The drunk man stumbled about"

falter, stammer, stutter

v. speak haltingly; "The speaker faltered when he saw his opponent enter the room"

crash, fall violently

v. fall or come down violently; "The branch crashed down on my car"; "The plane crashed in the sea"

fail, miscarry, go wrong

v. be unsuccessful; "Where do today's public schools fail?"; "The attempt to rescue the hostages failed miserably"

fade, languish

v. become feeble; "The prisoner has be languishing for years in the dungeon"

degenerate, deteriorate, fall apart

v. become worse or disintegrate; "His mind deteriorated"

depreciate, deprecate

v. belittle; "The teacher should not deprecate his student's efforts"

devalue, lower the quality of, lower the value of

v. lower the value or quality of; "The tear devalues the painting"

block, stop, halt, kibosh, put the kibosh on

v. stop from happening or developing; "Block his election"; "Halt the process"

fade, wither, lose vigor, lose vitality, loose freshness

v. lose freshness, vigor, or vitality; "Her bloom was fading"

break, fail, go, die, give, break down, conk out, give out, give way

reject, scorn, disdain, turn down, spurn, pooh-pooh, freeze off

v. reject with contempt; "She spurned his advances"

decline, refuse

v. show unwillingness towards; "he declined to join the group on a hike"

refrain, abstain, desist, abstain from, desist from, refrain from

v. choose not to consume; "I abstain from alcohol"

decline, worsen, grow worse, get worse

v. grow worse; "Conditions in the slum worsened"

elite, elect

adj. selected as the best; "an elect circle of artists"; "elite colleges"

extreme, Olympian, great, exceptional, prodigious, exceeding, surpassing

adj. far beyond what is usual in magnitude or degree; "a night of exceeding darkness"; "an exceptional memory"; "olympian efforts to save the city from bankruptcy"; "the young Mozart's prodigious talents"

optimum, optimal

adj. most desirable possible under a restriction expressed or implied; "an optimum return on capital"; "optimal concentration of a drug"

top

adj. situated at the top or highest position; "the top shelf"

Synonyms (97)

move, travel, go, locomote

v. change location; move, travel, or proceed; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"

adj. (chiefly British) of or appropriate to the upper classes especially in language use

propertied, property-owning

adj. owning land or securities as a principal source of revenue

modish, stylish, in vogue, in style, a la mode, à la mode

adj. in the current fashion or style

chichi

adj. affectedly trendy and fashionable

spruce, jaunty, raffish, rakish, snappy, dapper, dashing, natty

adj. marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners; "a dapper young man"; "a jaunty red hat"

faddish, faddy

adj. intensely fashionable for a short time

mod, modern, up-to-date, up to date

adj. relating to a recently developed fashion or style; "their offices are in a modern skyscraper"; "tables in modernistic designs";

smart

adj. of or associated with people of fashion; "the fashionable side of town"; "the smart set"

trendsetting, trend-setting

adj. initiating or popularizing a trend

trendy, voguish

adj. in accord with the latest fad; "trendy ideas"; "trendy clothes"; "voguish terminology"

inward, arriving, inbound

adj. directed or moving inward or toward a center; "the inbound train"; "inward flood of capital"

entering, ingoing

adj. "incoming class"; "the ingoing administration"; "ingoing data"

designate

adj. appointed but not yet installed in office

elect

adj. elected but not yet installed in office; "the president elect"

future, succeeding, next

adj. (of elected officers) elected but not yet serving; "our next president"

inflowing, influent

adj. flowing inward

inpouring

adj. pouring inward; "inpouring throngs of immigrants"

prosperous, flourishing, thriving, booming, roaring, palmy, prospering

adj. very lively and profitable; "flourishing businesses"; "a palmy time for stockbrokers"; "a prosperous new business"; "doing a roaring trade"; "a thriving tourist center"; "did a thriving business in orchids"

triple-crown

adj. unofficial championship title for player who heads the league in batting average and home runs and runs batted in

eminent

adj. having achieved eminence; "an eminent physician"

hitless, no-hit

adj. of a game (or the pitching) in which a pitcher allows the opponent no hits; "a no-hit pitcher"; "a no-hit game"

made

adj. successful or assured of success; "now I am a made man forever"- Christopher Marlowe

productive

adj. yielding positive results

self-made

adj. having achieved success or recognition by your own efforts; "a self-made millionaire"

winning, victorious

adj. having won; "the victorious entry"; "the winning team"

winning

adj. bringing success; "the winning run"

ace, first-class, super, A-one, first-rate, tip-top, topnotch, tops

adj. of the highest quality; "an ace reporter"; "a crack shot"; "a first-rate golfer"; "a super party"; "played top-notch tennis"; "an athlete in tiptop condition"; "she is absolutely tops"

banner, outstanding

adj. distinguished from all others in excellence: "a banner year for the company"

blue ribbon, select, blue-ribbon

adj. selected or chosen for special qualifications; "the blue-ribbon event of the season"

boss, brag

adj. exceptionally good; "a boss hand at carpentry"; "his brag cornfield"

champion

adj. holding first place in a contest; "a champion show dog"; "a prizewinning wine"

fine, excellent

adj. of the highest quality; "made an excellent speech"; "the school has excellent teachers"; "a first-class mind"

gilt-edged

adj. of the highest quality or value; "gilt-edged securities"; "gilt-edged credentials"

good

adj. well above average in performance: "a good student"

superlative, sterling, greatest

adj. highest in quality

pukka, pucka

adj. absolutely first class and genuine; "pukka sahib"; "pukka quarters with a swarm of servants"

shining

adj. marked by exceptional merit; "had shining virtues and few faults"; "a shining example"

supreme, superb

adj. highest in excellence or achievement; "supreme among musicians"; "a supreme endxxeavor"; "supreme courage"

topping, top-flight, top-hole

adj. excellent; best possible

transcendent, surpassing

adj. exceeding or surpassing usual limits especially in excellence

well-made

adj. skillfully constructed

Antonyms (48)

improvement

n. a condition superior to an earlier condition; "the new school represents a great improvement"

increase, increment

n. a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important; "the increase in unemployment"; "the growth of population"

increase, increment

n. a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important; "the increase in unemployment"; "the growth of population"

rise, ascent, climb, upgrade, acclivity

n. an upward slope or grade (as in a road); "the car couldn't make it up the rise"

consent, accept, go for, consent to

v. give an affirmative reply to; respond favorably to; "I cannot accept your invitation"; "I go for this resolution"

undertake, take in charge

v. accept as a charge

jump, derail, run off the rails

v. run off or leave the rails; "the train derailed because a cow was standing on the tracks"

better, improve, ameliorate, meliorate, become better

v. get better; "The weather improved toward evening"

recuperate, recover, convalesce, get better

v. get over an illness or shock; "The patient is recuperating"

grow, become bigger, become greater, become larger

v. become larger, greater, or bigger; expand or gain; "The problem grew too large for me"; "Her business grew fast"

take, have, accept

v. receive willingly something given or offered; "The only girl who would have him was the miller's daughter"; "I won't have this dog in my house!"; "Please accept my present"

take, take on, accept, admit

v. admit into a group or community; "accept students for graduate study"; "We'll have to vote on whether or not to admit a new member"

take up, adopt, take over, borrow

v. take up and practice as one's own

have, receive

v. get something; come into possession of; "receive payment"; "receive a gift"; "receive letters from the front"

out

adj. not worth considering as a possibility; "a picnic is out because of the weather"

inferior

adj. of low or inferior quality

out

adv. outside of an enclosed space: "She is out"

decline in quality

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