Nouns (30)
A
n. the blood group whose red cells carry the A antigen
romantic
n. a soulful or amorous idealist
romantic, romanticist
n. an artist of the Romantic Movement or someone influenced by Romanticism
matter, thing, affair
n. a vaguely specified concern; "several matters to attend to"; "it is none of your affair"; "things are going well"
affair, occasion, social occasion
n. a vaguely specified social event; "the party was quite an affair"; "an occasion arranged to honor the president"; "a seemingly endless round of social functions"
A, ampere, amp
n. the basic unit of electric current adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites; "a typical household circuit carries 15 to 50 amps"
A, angstrom, angstrom unit
n. a metric unit of length equal to one ten billionth of a meter (or 0.0001 micron); used to specify wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation
A, vitamin A, axerophthol, antiophthalmic factor
n. any of several fat-soluble vitamins essential for normal vision; prevents night blindness or inflammation or dryness of the eyes
involvement, intimacy, affair, liaison, affaire, amour
n. a usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship
have, millionaire, wealthy person, rich person
n. a person who possesses great material wealth
Verbs (66)
have
v. have a personal or business relationship with someone; "have a postdoc"; "have an assistant"; "have a lover"
experience, have
v. undergo; "The stocks had a fast run-up"
have, have left
v. have left; "I have two years left"; "I don't have any money left"; "They have two more years before they retire"
have, receive
v. get something; come into possession of; "receive payment"; "receive a gift"; "receive letters from the front"
feature, have
v. have as a feature; "This restaurant features the most famous chefs in France"
have, must
v. be likely or probable; "They have to be kidding"
have, deal with
v. be confronted with; "What do we have here?"; "Now we have a fine mess"
have, be ill with, suffer from
v. suffer from; be ill with; "She has arthritis"
have, suffer, sustain
v. undergo (as of injuries and illnesses); "She suffered a fracture in the accident"; "He had an insulin shock after eating three candy bars"; "She got a bruise on her leg"; "He got his arm broken in the scuffle"
let, have, get
v. cause to move; cause to be in a certain position or condition; "He got his squad on the ball"; "This let me in for a big surprise"; "He got a girl into trouble"
take, have, consume, ingest
v. serve oneself to, or consume regularly; "Have another bowl of chicken soup!"; "I don't take sugar in my coffee"
hold, have, have got
v. have or possess, either in a concrete or an abstract sense; "She has $1,000 in the bank"; "He has got two beautiful daughters"; "She holds a Master's degree from Harvard"
have, own, possess, have possession of
v. have ownership or possession of; "He owns three houses in Florida"; "How many cars does she have?"
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"
make, have, get
v. achieve a point or goal; "Nicklaus had a 70"; "The Brazilian team got 4 goals"; "She made 29 points that day"
need, have, have got, must
v. be obliged, required, or forced to
throw, make, hold, give, have
v. organize or be responsible for; "hold a reception"; "have, throw, or make a party"; "give a course"
experience, have, get, receive, undergo
v. go through (mental or physical states or experiences); "get an idea"; "experience vertigo"; "get nauseous"; "undergo a strange sensation"; "The chemical undergoes a sudden change"; "The fluid undergoes shear"; "receive injuries"; "have a feeling"
bear, birth, have, deliver, birthe, give birth to, give birth
v. cause_to_be_born; "My wife had twins yesterday!"
cause, make, have, stimulate, get, induce
v. cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner; "The ads induced me to buy a VCR"; "My children finally got me to buy a computer"; "My wife made me buy a new sofa"
Adverbs (3)
along, with, in accompaniment
adv. together with somebody, as a companion or in association with: "His little sister came along to the movies"
Adjectives (9)
romantic, amatory
adj. expressive of or exciting sexual love or romance; "her amatory affairs"; "amorous glances"; "a romantic adventure"; "a romantic moonlight ride"
romantic, wild-eyed, quixotic, unrealistic
adj. not sensible about practical matters; unrealistic; "as quixotic as a restoration of medieval knighthood"; "a romantic disregard for money"; "a wild-eyed dream of a world state"
romantic, romanticist, romanticistic
adj. belonging to or characteristic of romanticism or the Romantic Movement in the arts; "romantic poetry"
Fuzzynyms (293)
illusionist, visionary, seer
n. a person with unusual powers of foresight
optimist
n. a person disposed to take a favorable view of things
situation, state of affairs
n. the general state of things; the combination of circumstances at a given time; "the present international situation is dangerous"; "wondered how such a state of affairs had come about"; "eternal truths will be neither true nor eternal unless they have fresh meaning for every new social situation"- Franklin D.Roosevelt
commencement, opening
n. a ceremony accompanying the start of some enterprise
experience
n. an event as apprehended; "a surprising experience"; "that painful experience certainly got our attention"
episode
n. a happening that is distinctive in a series of related events
event
n. something that happens at a given place and time
incident
n. a single distinct event
juncture, occasion
n. an event that occurs at a critical time; "at such junctures he always had an impulse to leave"; "it was needed only on special occasions"
happening, occurrence, natural event
n. an event that happens
relationship
n. a state of connectedness between people (especially an emotional connection); "he didn't want his wife to know of the relationship"
intrigue, machination
n. a crafty and involved plot to achieve your (usually sinister) ends
action, activity, activeness
n. the state of being active; "his sphere of activity"; "he is out of action"
exoticism, exoticness
n. the quality of being exotic; "he loved the exoticism of Egypt"
fantasy, phantasy
n. fiction with a large amount of imagination in it; "she made a lot of money writing romantic fantasies"
romance, love affair
n. a relationship between two lovers
king, power, baron, magnate, tycoon, big businessman, business leader, top executive
n. a very wealthy or powerful businessman; "an oil baron"
financier, moneyman
n. a person skilled in large scale financial transactions
industrialist
n. someone who manages or has significant financial interest in an industrial enterprise
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"
lodge, accommodate
v. provide housing for; "We are lodging three foreign students this semester"
welcome, accept gladly
v. accept gladly; "I welcome your proposals"
reach, pull off, accomplish, attain, achieve
v. to gain with effort; "she achieved her goal despite setbacks"
draw, reap
v. get or derive; "He drew great benefits from his membership in the association"
incorporate, contain, comprise
v. include or contain; have as a component; "A totally new idea is comprised in this paper"; "The record contains many old songs from the 1930's"
carry, hold, take, bear, contain
v. contain or hold; have within; "The jar carries wine"; "The canteen holds fresh water"; "This can contains water"
subsume, contain
v. contain or include; "This new system subsumes the old one"
bolt
v. swallow hastily
bolt, gobble, eat hastily
v. eat hastily without proper chewing; "Don't bolt your food!"
run through, exhaust, wipe out, consume, deplete, run out of, use up, eat into
v. use up (resources or materials); "this car consumes a lot of gas"; "We exhausted our savings"; "They run through 20 bottles of wine a week"
gulp, raven, pig, devour, guttle
v. eat greedily; "he devoured three sandwiches"
gulp, swig, quaff
v. to swallow hurriedly or greedily or in one draught; "The men gulped down their beers"
sup, dine, eat dinner, have dinner
v. have supper; eat dinner; "We often dine with friends in this restaurant"
control, mortify, subdue, contain
v. practice self-denial of one's body and appetites
share, partake, partake in
v. have, give, or receive a share of; "We shared the cake"
receive
v. partake of the Holy Eucharist sacrament
enjoy, revel in, take delight in, delight in
v. take delight in; "he delights in his granddaughter"
hold, keep, maintain
v. keep in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., "keep clean"; "hold in place"; "She always held herself as a lady"; "The students keep me on my toes"
throw, make, hold, give, have
v. organize or be responsible for; "hold a reception"; "have, throw, or make a party"; "give a course"
have, own, possess, have possession of
v. have ownership or possession of; "He owns three houses in Florida"; "How many cars does she have?"
deduct, withhold, recoup
v. retain and refrain from disbursing; of payments; "My employer is withholding taxes"
hold, retain, hold back, keep back
v. secure and keep for possible future use or application; "The landlord retained the security deposit"; "I reserve the right to disagree"
hold, reserve, retain
v. secure and keep for possible future use or application; "The landlord retained the security deposit"; "I reserve the right to disagree"
reserve, earmark, set aside, allow, appropriate
v. give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause; "I will earmark this money for your research"; "She sets aside time for meditation every day"
harbor, harbour, keep possession of
v. keep in one's possession; of animals
nurture, sustain, nourish
v. provide with nourishment; "We sustained ourselves on bread and water"; "This kind of food is not nourishing for young children"
hold, keep, maintain
v. keep in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., "keep clean"; "hold in place"; "She always held herself as a lady"; "The students keep me on my toes"
throw, make, hold, give, have
v. organize or be responsible for; "hold a reception"; "have, throw, or make a party"; "give a course"
hold, have, have got
v. have or possess, either in a concrete or an abstract sense; "She has $1,000 in the bank"; "He has got two beautiful daughters"; "She holds a Master's degree from Harvard"
monopolize, control fully
v. have and control fully and exclusively; "He monopolizes the laser printer"
master, dominate
v. have dominance or the power to defeat over; "Her pain completely mastered her"; "The methods can master the problems"
carry, hold, take, bear, contain
v. contain or hold; have within; "The jar carries wine"; "The canteen holds fresh water"; "This can contains water"
exhibit, possess
v. have as an attribute, knowledge, or skill; "he possesses great knowledge about the Middle East"
touch, match, equal, rival
v. be equal to in quality or ability; "Nothing can rival cotton for durability"; "Your performance doesn't even touch that of your colleagues"; "Her persistence and ambition only matches that of her parents"
hold, keep, maintain
v. keep in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., "keep clean"; "hold in place"; "She always held herself as a lady"; "The students keep me on my toes"
have, own, possess, have possession of
v. have ownership or possession of; "He owns three houses in Florida"; "How many cars does she have?"
hold, have, have got
v. have or possess, either in a concrete or an abstract sense; "She has $1,000 in the bank"; "He has got two beautiful daughters"; "She holds a Master's degree from Harvard"
organize
v. cause to be structured or ordered or operating according to some principle or idea
tackle, challenge with a tackle
v. seize and throw down an opponent player, who usually carries the ball
see
v. perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight; "You have to be a good observer to see all the details"; "Can you see the bird in that tree?"; "He is blind--he cannot see"
turn, change state
v. undergo a transformation or a change of position or action; "We turned from Socialism to Capitalism"; "The people turned against the President when he stole the election"
produce, get, grow, develop, acquire
v. come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes); "He grew a beard"; "The patient developed abdominal pains"; "I got funny spots all over my body"; "Well-developed breasts"
hack, whoop
v. cough spasmodically; "The patient with emphysema is hacking all day"
make equal, liberate, emancipate, free from constraints
v. give equal rights to; of women and minorities
coax, palaver, blarney, wheedle, cajole, sweet-talk, inveigle
v. influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering; "He palavered her into going along"
assure, convince
v. assure somebody of the truth of something with the intention of giving the listener confidence; "I assured him that traveling to Cambodia was safe"
turn, convert, convince, win over
v. make (someone) agree, understand, or realize the truth or validity of something; "He had finally convinced several customers of the advantages of his product"
pressure, force, coerce
v. to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means :"She forced him to take a job in the city"; "He squeezed her for information"
influence, charm, tempt
v. induce into action by using one's charm; "She charmed him into giving her all his money"
pull, pull in, draw in, attract
v. direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes; "Her good looks attract the stares of many men"; "The ad pulled in many potential customers"; "This pianist pulls huge crowds"; "The store owner was happy that the ad drew in many new customers"
beg, implore, pray
v. call upon in supplication; entreat; "I beg you to stop!"
thrust, force
v. impose or thrust urgently, importunately, or inexorably; "She forced her diet fads on him"
push, force
v. move with force, "He pushed the table into a corner"
buy, bribe, corrupt, pay a bribe to
v. make illegal payments to in exchange for favors or influence; "This judge can be bought"
lure, tempt, entice
v. provoke someone to do something through (often false or exaggerated) promises or persuasion; "He lured me into temptation"
allure, tempt
v. dispose or incline or entice to; "We were tempted by the delicious-looking food"
entrance, capture, charm, trance, bewitch, enchant, enamour, becharm, enamor, captivate, beguile, fascinate
v. attract; cause to be enamored; "She captured all the men's hearts"
bid, invite
v. ask someone in a friendly way to do something
restrain, constrain, encumber, cumber
v. hold back
press, urge, exhort
v. force or impel in an indicated direction; "I urged him to finish his studies"
fire, arouse, elicit, evoke, provoke, enkindle, kindle
v. call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses); "arouse pity"; "raise a smile"; "evoke sympathy"
passionate
adj. having or expressing strong emotions
hot, ardent, fervent, fervid, fiery, heated, torrid, impassioned, perfervid
adj. characterized by intense emotion; "ardent love"; "an ardent lover"; "a burning enthusiasm"; "a fervent desire to change society"; "a fervent admirer"; "fiery oratory"; "an impassioned appeal"; "a torrid love affair"
bathetic, maudlin, mawkish, mushy, schmaltzy, schmalzy, sentimental, slushy
adj. effusively or insincerely emotional; "a bathetic novel"; "maudlin expressions of sympathy"; "mushy effusiveness"; "a schmaltzy song"; "sentimental soap operas"; "slushy poetry"
fantastic, fantastical, chimerical
adj. produced by a wildly fanciful imagination; "his Utopia is not a chimerical commonwealth but a practical improvement on what already exists"- Douglas Bush
fanciful
adj. not based on fact; dubious; "the falsehood about some fanciful secret treaties"- F.D.Roosevelt; "a small child's imaginary friends"; "her imagined fame"; "to create a notional world for oneself"
impulsive, capricious, whimsical
adj. determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason; "a capricious refusal"; "authoritarian rulers are frequently capricious"; "the victim of whimsical persecutions"
volatile, fickle
adj. marked by erratic changeableness in affections or attachments; "fickle friends"; "a flirt's volatile affections"
made-up, fictitious, fabricated, fancied, fictional, fictive, invented
adj. formed or conceived by the imagination; "a fabricated excuse for his absence"; "a fancied wrong"; "a fictional character"; "used fictitious names"; "a made-up story"
illusive, illusory
adj. based on or having the nature of an illusion; "illusive hopes of finding a better job"; "Secret activities offer presidents the alluring but often illusory promise that they can achieve foreign policy goals without the bothersome debate and open decision that are staples of democracy"
notional, imaginary, imagined
adj. not based on fact; dubious; "the falsehood about some fanciful secret treaties"- F.D.Roosevelt; "a small child's imaginary friends"; "her imagined fame"; "to create a notional world for oneself"
Synonyms (34)
absorb, take over
v. take up, as of debts or payments; "absorb the costs for something"
bear, assume, accept, take over
v. take on as one's own the expenses or debts of another person; "I'll accept the charges"; "She agreed to bear the responsibility"
take in
v. provide with shelter
admiring
adj. showing or feeling admiration; "an admiring crowd"; "gave me one of her rare admiring looks"
adoring, doting, fond, lovesome
adj. extravagantly or foolishly loving and indulgent; "adoring grandparents"; "deceiving her preoccupied and doting husband with a young captain"; "hopelessly spoiled by a fond mother"
tender, caring, warm, fond, affectionate
adj. having or displaying warmth or affection; "affectionate children"; "caring parents"; "a fond embrace"; "fond of his nephew"; "a tender glance"; "a warm embrace"
affectioned
adj. archaic
amative, amorous
adj. inclined toward or displaying love; "feeling amorous"
captivated, charmed
adj. strongly attracted
caressing, caressive
adj. showing love; "caressive words"
fatherly
adj. showing the affection of a father
idolatrous
adj. blindly or excessively devoted or adoring
loverlike, loverly
adj. like or in the manner of a lover
overfond
adj. excessively fond
tenderhearted
adj. easily moved to love
uxorious
adj. foolishly fond of or submissive to your wife
armchair, vicarious
adj. (impractical)
unfunctional
adj. not related to or suitable for everyday needs or activities
Antonyms (42)
classicist
n. an artistic person who adheres to classicism
reject, decline, refuse, turn down, pass up
v. refuse to accept; "He refused my offer of hospitality"
miss, lack
v. be without; "This soup lacks salt"; "There is something missing in my jewellery box!"
exclude
v. lack or fail to include; "The cost for the trip excludes food and beverages"
want, lack
v. be without, lack; be deficient in; "want courtesy"; "want the strength to go on living"; "flood victims wanting food and shelter"
refrain, abstain, desist, abstain from, desist from, refrain from
v. choose not to consume; "I abstain from alcohol"
surrender, deliver, give up, cede
v. relinquish possession or control over; "The squatters had to surrender the building after the police moved in"
lose, fail to keep, fail to maintain
v. fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have, either physically or in an abstract sense; "She lost her purse when she left it unattended on her seat"
release, free, unblock, unfreeze
v. make (assets) available; "release the holdings in the dictator's bank account"
drop, let fall
v. let fall to the ground; "Don't drop the dishes"
refuse to acknowledge, disavow
v. refuse to acknowledge; disclaim knowledge of; responsibility for, or association with; "Her husband disavowed her after 30 years of marriage and six children"
reject, decline, refuse, turn down, pass up
v. refuse to accept; "He refused my offer of hospitality"
abort
v. terminate a pregnancy by undergoing an abortion
dissuade, deter
v. turn away from by persuasion; "Negative campaigning will only dissuade people"
practical
adj. concerned with actual use or practice; "he is a very practical person"; "the idea had no practical application"; "a practical knowledge of Japanese"; "woodworking is a practical art"
realistic
adj. aware or expressing awareness of things as they really are; "a realistic description"; "a realistic view of the possibilities"; "a realistic appraisal of our chances"; "the actors tried to create a realistic portrayal of the Africans"
have a romantic affair with
© Copyright 2009 Lexipedia. All Rights Reserved.
Powered by iSEEK.