Nouns (32)
A
n. the blood group whose red cells carry the A antigen
country, rural area
n. an area outside of cities and towns; "his poetry celebrated the slower pace of life in the country"
inch, in
n. a unit of length equal to one twelfth of a foot
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
indium, In, atomic number 49
n. a rare soft silvery metallic element; occurs in small quantities in sphalerite
nation, nationality, land, country, a people
n. the people who live in a nation or country; "a statement that sums up the nation's mood"; "the news was announced to the nation"; "the whole country worshipped him"
nation, land, country, commonwealth, res publica, body politic
n. a politically organized body of people under a single government; "the state has elected a new president"; "African nations"; "students who had come to the nation's capitol"; "the country's largest manufacturer"; "an industrialized land"
Indiana, Hoosier State, IN
n. federate state in the United States of America
Verbs (0)
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 (18)
foreign
adj. relating to or originating in or characteristic of another place or part of the world; "foreign nations"; "a foreign accent"; "on business in a foreign city"
foreign
adj. of concern to or concerning the affairs of other nations (other than your own); "foreign trade"; "a foreign office"
in
adj. holding office; "the in party"
in
adj. currently fashionable; "the in thing to do"; "large shoulder pads are in"
in
adj. directed or bound inward; "took the in bus"; "the in basket"
in
adj. currently fashionable; "the in thing to do"; "large shoulder pads are in"
alien, foreign
adj. not contained in or deriving from the essential nature of something; "an economic theory alien to the spirit of capitalism"; "the mysticism so foreign to the French mind and temper"; "jealousy is foreign to her nature"
foreign, extraneous
adj. not belonging to that in which it is contained; introduced from an outside source; "water free of extraneous matter"; "foreign particles in milk"
country, country-bred
adj. rough and uncouth; "a country boy"
country, country-style
adj. typical of the country; "country-style sausage"; "country music"
folk, country, hillbilly, western
adj. of music
Fuzzynyms (21)
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
eccentric, strange, bizarre, outlandish, outre, weird
adj. conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual; "restaurants of bizarre design--one like a hat, another like a rabbit"; "famed for his eccentric spelling"; "a freakish combination of styles"; "his off-the-wall antics"; "the outlandish clothes of teenagers"; "outre and affected stage antics"
uncharacteristic, uncharacteristic of
adj. distinctive and not typical; "a book uncharacteristic of its author"
Synonyms (113)
strange, unfamiliar
adj. not known or well known; "a name unfamiliar to most"; "be alert at night especially in unfamiliar surroundings"
international
adj. concerning or belonging to all or at least two or more nations; "international affairs"; "an international agreement"; "international waters"
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"
accidental, adventitious
adj. associated by chance and not an integral part; "poetry is something to which words are the accidental, not by any means the essential form"- Frederick W. Robertson; "they had to decide whether his misconduct was adventitious or the result of a flaw in his character"
additional, adscititious
adj. added or derived from something outside; not inherent; "an adscititious habit rather than an inherent taste"
external, outside, extraneous
adj. coming from the outside; "extraneous light in the camera spoiled the photograph"; "relying upon an extraneous income"; "disdaining outside pressure groups"
nonessential, extraneous
adj. not essential; "the ballet struck me as extraneous and somewhat out of keeping with the rest of the play"
farming, agrarian, agricultural
adj. relating to rural matters; "an agrarian (or agricultural) society"; "farming communities"
rustic, agrestic
adj. characteristic of the fields or country; "agrestic simplicity"; "rustic stone walls"
pastoral, bucolic, Arcadian, rustic
adj. used of idealized country life; "a country life of arcadian contentment"; "a pleasant bucolic scene"; "charming in its pastoral setting"; "rustic tranquility"
rustic, countrified, countryfied
adj. characteristic of rural life; "countrified clothes"; "rustic awkwardness"
country, country-style
adj. typical of the country; "country-style sausage"; "country music"
homespun, folksy, cracker-barrel
adj. characteristic of country life; "cracker-barrel philosophy"; "folksy humor"; "the air of homespun country boys"
farm
adj. "farm animals"; "a farm hand"
frontier
adj. on the American frontier: "one of the last real frontier towns"; "hardships of frontier life"
hick
adj. awkwardly simple and provincial; "bumpkinly country boys"; "rustic farmers"; "a hick town"; "the nightlife of Montmartre awed the unsophisticated tourists"
hobnailed
adj. marked by the wearing of heavy boots studded with hobnails; "hobnailed laborers"
farming, agrarian, agricultural
adj. relating to rural matters; "an agrarian (or agricultural) society"; "farming communities"
rustic, agrestic
adj. characteristic of the fields or country; "agrestic simplicity"; "rustic stone walls"
pastoral, bucolic, Arcadian, rustic
adj. used of idealized country life; "a country life of arcadian contentment"; "a pleasant bucolic scene"; "charming in its pastoral setting"; "rustic tranquility"
rustic, countrified, countryfied
adj. characteristic of rural life; "countrified clothes"; "rustic awkwardness"
country, country-bred
adj. rough and uncouth; "a country boy"
homespun, folksy, cracker-barrel
adj. characteristic of country life; "cracker-barrel philosophy"; "folksy humor"; "the air of homespun country boys"
farm
adj. "farm animals"; "a farm hand"
frontier
adj. on the American frontier: "one of the last real frontier towns"; "hardships of frontier life"
hick
adj. awkwardly simple and provincial; "bumpkinly country boys"; "rustic farmers"; "a hick town"; "the nightlife of Montmartre awed the unsophisticated tourists"
hobnailed
adj. marked by the wearing of heavy boots studded with hobnails; "hobnailed laborers"
modern
adj. characteristic of present-day art and music and literature and architecture
pop, popular
adj. (of music or art) new and of general appeal (especially among young people)
Antonyms (15)
urban area
n. a geographical area constituting a city or town
native
adj. characteristic of or existing by virtue of geographic origin; "the native North American sugar maple"; "many native artists studied abroad"
endemic, autochthonous, autochthonal, autochthonic, indigenous
adj. originating where it is found; "the autochthonal fauna of Australia includes the kangaroo"; "autochthonous rocks and people and folktales"; "endemic folkways"; "the Ainu are indigenous to the northernmost islands of Japan"
ordinary
adj. not exceptional in any way especially in quality or ability or size or degree; "ordinary everyday objects"; "ordinary decency"; "an ordinary day"; "an ordinary wine"
domestic
adj. of concern to or concerning the internal affairs of a nation; "domestic issues such as tax rate and highway construction"
home, interior, national, internal
adj. inside the country; "the British Home Office has broader responsibilities than the United States Department of the Interior"; "the nation's internal politics"
out
adj. not worth considering as a possibility; "a picnic is out because of the weather"
out
adv. outside of an enclosed space: "She is out"
in a foreign country
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