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Nouns (7)

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

toss, flip

n. the act of flipping a coin

pass, toss, flip

n. (sports) the act of throwing the ball to another member of your team; "the pass was fumbled"

Verbs (27)

out

v. reveal (something) about somebody's identity or lifestyle; "The gay actor was outed last week"; "Someone outed a CIA agent"

toss, stir

v. move an implement through with a circular motion; "stir the soup"; "stir my drink"

toss, chuck

v. throw carelessly; "chuck the ball"

toss, flip

v. lightly throw to see which side comes up; "I don't know what to do--I may as well flip a coin!"

pitch, toss, flip, sky

v. throw or toss with a light motion; "flip me the beachball"; "toss me newspaper"

out, come out, be disclosed, be revealed

v. be made known; be disclosed or revealed; "The truth will out"

discard, toss, fling, put away, throw out, chuck out, throw away, cast away, cast out, cast aside, toss away, dispose of

v. throw or cast away; "Put away your worries"

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 (30)

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"

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 (193)

blend, intermix, immingle, intermingle, combine into one

v. combine into one; "blend the nuts and raisins together"; "he blends in with the crowd"; "We don't intermingle much"

whip, whisk

v. whip with or as if with a wire whisk; "whisk the eggs"

socialize, make socialist

v. make conform to socialist ideas and philosophies; "Health care should be socialized!"

alloy, debase

v. lower in value by increasing the base-metal content

combine, compound

v. combine so as to form a whole; mix; "compound the ingredients"

wake, awake, awaken, waken, come alive, wake up

v. stop sleeping; "She woke up to the sound of the alarm clock"

force out, rout out, drive out, rouse

v. force or drive out; "The police routed them out of bed at 2 A.M."

electrify, charge with electricity

v. charge (a conductor) with electricity

launch, set in motion

v. get going; give impetus to; "launch a career"; "Her actions set in motion a complicated judicial process"

pitch, toss, flip, sky

v. throw or toss with a light motion; "flip me the beachball"; "toss me newspaper"

loft

v. propel through the air; "The rocket lofted the space shuttle into the air"

catapult, sling

v. hurl as if with a sling

launch, propel with force

v. propel with force; "launch the space shuttle"; "Launch a ship"

propel, impel, move forward

v. cause to move forward with force; "Steam propels this ship"

tumble, whirl, skirl, whirl around

v. fly around; "The clothes tumbled in the dryer"; "rising smoke whirled in the air"

spin, twirl, whirl, birl

v. cause to spin; "spin a coin"

pitch, fall forwards

v. fall or plunge forward; "She pitched over the railing of the balcony"

pitch, tilt, cant, slant, cant over

v. heel over; "The tower is tilting"; "The ceiling is slanting"

rock, cradle

v. move back and forth or sideways; "the ship was rocking"; "the tall building swayed"; "She rocked back and forth on her feet"

shift, careen, sway, tilt, wobble

v. move back and forth or sideways; "the ship was rocking"; "the tall building swayed"; "She rocked back and forth on her feet"

nod, sway

v. sway gently back and forth, as is in a nodding motion; "the flowers were nodding in the breeze"

pitch, shift, lurch

v. move abruptly; "The ship suddenly lurched to the left"

twist, wriggle, squirm, wrestle, worm, writhe

v. to move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling); "The prisoner writhed in discomfort"; "The child tried to wriggle free from his aunt's embrace"

discard, toss, fling, put away, throw out, chuck out, throw away, cast away, cast out, cast aside, toss away, toss out, dispose of

v. throw or cast away; "Put away your worries"

throw, cast, drop, shed, cast off, throw away, shake off, throw off

v. get rid of; "he shed his image as a pushy boss"; "shed your clothes"

put, cast, couch, frame, redact

v. formulate in a particular style or language; "I wouldn't put it that way"; "She cast her request in very polite language"

hurl, cast, hurtle

v. throw forcefully

throw, cast, project, contrive, put forth, send forth

v. put or send forth; "She threw the flashlight beam into the corner"; "The setting sun threw long shadows"; "cast a spell"; "cast a warm light"

throw, project through the air

v. project through the air; "throw a frisbee"

toss, chuck

v. throw carelessly; "chuck the ball"

heave

v. throw with great effort

lob, throw in a high arc

v. propel in a high arc; "lob the tennis ball"

pitch, toss, flip, sky

v. throw or toss with a light motion; "flip me the beachball"; "toss me newspaper"

throw, cast, drop, shed, cast off, throw away, shake off, throw off

v. get rid of; "he shed his image as a pushy boss"; "shed your clothes"

put, cast, couch, frame, redact

v. formulate in a particular style or language; "I wouldn't put it that way"; "She cast her request in very polite language"

hurl, cast, hurtle

v. throw forcefully

throw, cast, project, contrive, put forth, send forth

v. put or send forth; "She threw the flashlight beam into the corner"; "The setting sun threw long shadows"; "cast a spell"; "cast a warm light"

chuck, ditch

v. throw away; "Chuck these old notes"

discount, disregard, ignore, brush off, dismiss, brush aside, push aside

v. bar from attention or consideration; "She dismissed his advances"

renounce, repudiate

v. cast off or disown; "She renounced her husband"; "The parents repudiated their son"

drop

v. give birth; used for animals; "The cow dropped her calf this morning"

release, discharge, expel, eject

v. eliminate (substances) from the body

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"

disclaim, renounce title to

v. renounce a legal claim or title to

disinherit, disown

v. prevent deliberately (as by making a will) from inheriting

condemn, judge unfit, declare unfit

v. declare or judge unfit; "The building was condemned by the inspector"

contradict, controvert, oppose

v. be resistant to; "The board opposed his motion"

protest, dissent, resist

v. express opposition through action or words; "dissent to the laws of the country"

disregard, neglect, slight, ignore, cold-shoulder

v. have no respect for

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)

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"

toss out

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