Nouns (22)
score
n. the act of scoring in a game or sport; "the winning score came with less than a minute left to play"
score
n. the facts about an actual situation; "he didn't know the score"
score
n. a set of twenty members; "a score were sent out but only one returned"
score
n. a number that expresses the accomplishment of a team or an individual in a game or contest; "the score was 7 to 0"
score
n. a slight surface cut (especially a notch that is made to keep a tally)
score
n. an amount due (as at a restaurant or bar); "add it to my score and I'll settle later"
out
n. (baseball) a failure by a batter or runner to reach a base safely in baseball; "you only get 3 outs per inning"
out
n. a return or service that does not land within the in-bounds limits
score, sexual conquest
n. a seduction culminating in sexual intercourse; "calling his seduction of the girl a `score' was a typical example of male slang"
score, musical score
n. a written form of a musical composition; parts for different instruments appear on separate staves on large pages; "he studied the score of the sonata"
score, account
n. grounds; "don't do it on my account"; "the paper was rejected on account of its length"; "he tried to blame the victim but his success on that score was doubtful"
mark, score, grade
n. a number or letter indicating quality (especially of a student's performance); "she made good marks in algebra"; "grade A milk"; "what was your score on your homework?"
score, grievance, grudge
n. a resentment strong enough to justify retaliation; "holding a grudge"; "settling a score"
Service Corps of Retired Executives, SCORE
n. an advisory group working under the auspices of the Small Business Administration made up of volunteer retired business executives
Verbs (18)
out
v. reveal (something) about somebody's identity or lifestyle; "The gay actor was outed last week"; "Someone outed a CIA agent"
mark, score
v. make underscoring marks
score, seduce
v. induce to have sex; "Harry finally seduced Sally"; "Did you score last night?"; "Harry made Sally"
score, write a score for
v. write a musical score for
hit, score, tally, rack up
v. gain points in a game; "The home team scored many times"; "He hit a home run"; "He hit .300 in the past season"
mark, score, nock
v. make small marks into the surface of; "score the clay before firing it"
out, come out, be disclosed, be revealed
v. be made known; be disclosed or revealed; "The truth will out"
Adverbs (5)
out
adv. outside of an enclosed space: "She is out"
out, away
adv. away from the reference point: "He kicked his legs out"
out, away from home
adv. "They went out last night"
Adjectives (34)
out
adj. not worth considering as a possibility; "a picnic is out because of the weather"
out
adj. no longer fashionable; "that style is out these days"
out
adj. directed outward or serving to direct something outward; "the out doorway"; "the out basket"
out
adj. out of power; especially having been unsuccessful in an election; "now the Democrats are out"
out, exterior
adj. outside or external; "the out surface of a ship's hull"
out, outlying
adj. outer or outlying; "the out islands"
out, unfashionable
adj. (unpopular)
out, retired
adj. not allowed to continue to bat or run; "he was tagged out at second on a close play"; "he fanned out"
score, twenty, 20, xx
adj. denoting a quantity consisting of 20 items or units
out, extinct, extinguished, quenched
adj. being out or having grown cold; "threw his extinct cigarette into the stream"; "the fire is out"
out, gone, away
adj. not present; having left; "he's away right now"; "you must not allow a stranger into the house when your mother is away"; "everyone is gone now"; "the departed guests"
out, kayoed, KO'd, stunned, knocked out
adj. knocked unconscious by a heavy blow
out, taboo, tabu, prohibited, forbidden, proscribed
adj. excluded from use or mention; "forbidden fruit"; "in our house dancing and playing cards were out"; "a taboo subject"
Fuzzynyms (116)
groove
n. a long narrow furrow cut either by a natural process (such as erosion) or by a tool (as e.g. a groove in a phonograph record)
arrangement, musical arrangement
n. a piece of music that has been adapted for performance by a particular set of voices or instruments
adaptation, version
n. a written work (as a novel) that has been recast in a new form; "the play is an adaptation of a short novel"
animosity, animus, bad blood
n. a feeling of ill will arousing active hostility
malevolence, malignity
n. wishing evil to others
count, number, enumerate
v. determine the number or amount of; "Can you count the books on your shelf?"; "Count your change"
fine, ticket
v. issue a ticket or a fine to as a penalty; "I was fined for parking on the wrong side of the street"; "Move your car or else you will be ticketed!"
allure, tempt
v. dispose or incline or entice to; "We were tempted by the delicious-looking food"
click with, appeal to, attract
v. be attractive to; "The idea of a vacation appeals to me"; "The beautiful garden attracted many people"
lure, tempt, entice
v. provoke someone to do something through (often false or exaggerated) promises or persuasion; "He lured me into temptation"
appeal
v. take a court case to a higher court for review; "He was found guilty but appealed immediately"
flatter, blandish
v. praise somewhat dishonestly
trick, fox, fob, play a trick on
v. deceive somebody; "We tricked the teacher into thinking that class would be cancelled next week"
misinform, mislead, inform wrongly
v. give false or misleading information to
lead on, deceive, cozen, delude, mislead knowingly
v. be false to; be dishonest with
debauch, pervert, corrupt, vitiate, debase, demoralize, profane, deprave, misdirect
v. corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality; "debauch the young people with wine and women"; "Socrates was accused of corrupting young men"; "Do school counselors subvert young children?"; "corrupt the morals"
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"
nick, mate successfully
v. mate successfully; of livestock
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"
invite, pay for, have as a guest
v. have as a guest; "I invited them to a restaurant"
adapt, transcribe
v. rewrite or arrange a piece of music for an instrument or medium other than that originally intended
cut, cut out
v. create by cutting; "She cut a hole into the fabric"
reach, pull off, accomplish, attain, achieve
v. to gain with effort; "she achieved her goal despite setbacks"
register, cross-file
v. have one's name listed as a candidate for several parties
cut, separate with an instrument
v. separate with or as if with an instrument; "Cut the rope"
scratch, scrape, scratch up
v. cut the surface of; wear away the surface of
cancel, delete
v. remove or make invisible; "Please delete my name from your list"
grind, grate
v. make a grating or grinding sound by rubbing together; "grate one's teeth in anger"
graze
v. break the skin (of a body part) by scraping; "She was grazed by the stray bullet"
rasp, scrape with a rasp
v. scrape with a rasp
take, remove, take away
v. remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract; "remove a threat"; "remove a wrapper"; "Remove the dirty dishes from the table"; "take the gun from your pocket"; "This machine withdraws heat from the environment"
defunct
adj. having ceased to exist or live; "the will of a defunct aunt"; "a defunct Indian tribe"
obsolete
adj. no longer in use; "obsolete words"
wildcat, unauthorized
adj. without official authorization; "an unauthorized strike"; "wildcat work stoppage"
banned, prohibited
adj. forbidden by law
illegitimate, outlaw, unlawful, illicit, outlawed
adj. contrary to or forbidden by law; "an illegitimate seizure of power"; "illicit trade"; "an outlaw strike"; "unlawful measures"
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"
unutterable, ineffable, unspeakable, unnameable
adj. too sacred to be uttered; "the ineffable name of the Deity"
Synonyms (79)
antique, old-fashioned, out-of-date, outmoded, demode, old-hat, passe, passee, old hat, out of fashion, out of style, démodé
adj. out of fashion; "a suit of rather antique appearance"; "demode (or outmoded) attire"; "outmoded ideas"
dated
adj. marked by features of the immediate and usually discounted past
dowdy, frumpy, frumpish
adj. primly out of date; "nothing so frumpish as last year's gambling game"
prehistoric
adj. no longer fashionable; "my mother has these prehistoric ideas about proper clothes"
outward, departing, outbound, outward-bound
adj. that is going out or leaving; "the departing train"; "an outward journey"; "outward-bound ships"
effluent, outflowing
adj. that is flowing outward
past, retiring, preceding
adj. of a person who has held and relinquished a position or office; "a retiring member of the board"
attempted
adj. tried unsuccessfully; "attempted murder"
defeated, frustrated, disappointed, foiled, thwarted
adj. disappointingly unsuccessful; "disappointed expectations and thwarted ambitions"; "their foiled attempt to capture Calais"; "many frustrated poets end as pipe-smoking teachers"; "his best efforts were thwarted"
undone, ruined, done for, sunk, washed-up
adj. doomed to extinction
down-and-out
adj. lacking resources (or any prospect of resources)
empty-handed, unrewarded
adj. having acquired or gained nothing; "the returned from the negotiations empty-handed"
failing, failed
adj. unable to meet financial obligations; "a failing business venture"
hitless, scoreless, goalless
adj. having no points scores; "a scoreless inning"
self-defeating
adj. acting to defeat its own purpose; "it is self-defeating...to ignore the progress of events"
unfulfilled, unrealized
adj. of persons; marked by failure to realize full potentialities; "unfulfilled and uneasy men"; "unrealized dreams and ambitions"
unplaced
adj. not one of the first three in a race or competition
winless
adj. having no wins; "the team had a very disappointing winless season"
outer
adj. being on or toward the outside of the body; "the outer ear"
outside
adj. originating or belonging beyond some bounds:"the outside world"; "outside interests"; "an outside job"
outermost, outmost
adj. situated at the farthest possible point from a center
outside
adj. on or toward an outer edge; "an outer lane"; "the outside lane"
satellite
adj. surrounding and dominated by a central authority or power; "a city and its satellite communities"
disliked
adj. regarded with aversion; "he was intensely disliked"
less-traveled
adj. not visited by many travelers; "the tourist's desire to visit less-traveled countries"
disconnected
adj. not plugged in or connected to a power source; "the iron is disconnected"
drained, run-down
adj. drained of electric charge; discharged; "a dead battery"; "left the lights on and came back to find the battery drained"
invalid, irrelevant
adj. no longer having force or currency: "a dead issue"; "a dead law"
out of play
adj. (of a ball) "a ball that is out of play is dead"
lacking, wanting, nonexistent, missing
adj. not existing; "innovation has been sadly lacking"; "character development is missing from the book"
truant, awol
adj. absent without permission; "truant schoolboys"; "the soldier was AWOL for almost a week"
comatose
adj. in a state of deep and usually prolonged unconsciousness; unable to respond to external stimuli; "a comatose patient"
senseless, insensible
adj. unresponsive to stimulation; "he lay insensible where he had fallen"; "drugged and senseless"
nonconscious
adj. concerning mental functioning that is not represented in consciousness; "nonconscious psychic processes"
out cold
adj. (unconscious)
semicomatose
adj. in a state of partial coma
subconscious
adj. just below the level of consciousness
unmentionable
adj. unsuitable or forbidden as a topic of conversation; "unmentionable words"
untouchable
adj. forbidden to the touch; "in most museums such articles are untouchable"
Antonyms (8)
in
adj. holding office; "the in party"
internal
adj. happening or arising or located within some limits or especially surface; "internal organs"; "internal mechanism of a toy"; "internal party maneuvering"
inside
adj. relating to or being on the side closer to the center or within a defined space; "he reached into his inside jacket pocket"; "inside out"; "an inside pitch is between home plate and the batter"
safe
adj. having reached a base without being put out; "the runner was called safe when the baseman dropped the ball"
present
adj. spatial sense; being or existing in a specified place; "the murderer is present in this room"; "present at the wedding"; "present at the creation"
permissible
adj. that may be permitted especially as according to rule; "permissible behavior in school"; "a permissible tax deduction"
in, inside an enclosed space
adv. to or toward the inside of; "come in"; "smash in the door"
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