Appendix:Moby Thesaurus II/93

• unsociable, Timonistic, aloof, antisocial, autistic, bashful, chill, chilly, close, cold, cool, cynical, disaccordant, disinclined to communicate, dissociable, distant, frosty, icy, incompatible, inhospitable, inimical, insociable, man-hating, meaningless, misogynous, mopey, mopish, morose, nongregarious, offish, reserved, secretive, self-contained, self-sufficient, sexist, shut-in, snug, socially incompatible, solitary, standoff, standoffish, strained, sullen, tense, timid, unamiable, unamicable, unclubbable, uncommunicative, uncompanionable, uncongenial, unconversable, uncordial, unfriendly, ungenial, unharmonious, unsocial, woman-hating

• unsocial, aloof, anchoretic, anchoritic, antisocial, autistic, bashful, chilly, close, cold, cool, detached, dissociable, distant, hermitical, hostile, incompatible, inhospitable, insociable, misanthropic, mopey, mopish, morose, nongregarious, reclusive, reserved, retiring, self-contained, self-sufficient, snug, socially incompatible, solitary, standoffish, sullen, unamiable, unclubbable, uncommunicative, uncompanionable, uncongenial, unfriendly, ungenial, unsociable, withdrawn

• unsoftened, callous, hard, hardened, impenitent, insolent, obdurate, unabated, unabject, unallayed, uncontrite, unextinguished, unmelted, unmitigated, unquelled, unquenched, unrepentant, unrepenting, unsubdued, untempered, untouched

• unsoiled, bleached, blotless, bright, chaste, clean, cleanly, dainty, dirt-free, fair, fastidious, fresh, immaculate, impeccable, innocent, kosher, nonpolluted, of cleanly habits, pure, pure in heart, purehearted, ritually pure, sexually innocent, shiny, smut-free, smutless, snowy, spotless, stainless, sweet, tahar, taintless, tubbed, unadulterated, unbesmirched, unblemished, unblotted, uncorrupt, undefiled, unmuddied, unpolluted, unsmirched, unsmudged, unspotted, unstained, unsullied, untainted, untarnished, virtuous, well-scrubbed, well-washed, white, whitened

• unsolicited, abandoned, arbitrary, autonomous, deserted, discretional, discretionary, disregarded, elective, free, free will, gratuitous, half-done, ignored, independent, laid aside, left undone, missed, neglected, nonmandatory, offered, omitted, optional, overlooked, passed by, passed over, passed up, pigeonholed, proffered, put aside, self-acting, self-active, self-determined, self-determining, shunted, sidelined, sidetracked, slighted, spontaneous, unasked, unattended to, unbesought, unbidden, uncalled-for, uncared-for, unchaperoned, uncoerced, uncompelled, unconsidered, undone, unforced, uninfluenced, uninvited, unlooked-for, unpressured, unprompted, unregarded, unrequested, unrequired, unsought, untended, unwatched, voluntary, volunteer, willful

• unsolicitous, airy, apathetic, ataractic, blase, boorish, caddish, careless, casual, coarse, crude, cursory, degage, devil-may-care, disinterested, dispassionate, disregardant, disregardful, easygoing, flippant, forgetful, free and easy, heedless, ill-bred, inattentive, inconsiderate, incurious, indifferent, inexcitable, insensitive, insouciant, lackadaisical, lazy, listless, loutish, louty, mindless, nasty, negligent, nonchalant, oblivious, offensive, offhand, perfunctory, pococurante, reckless, regardless, respectless, tactless, thoughtless, turned-off, unanxious, unconcerned, undiplomatic, undiscriminating, unfeminine, ungenteel, ungentle, ungentlemanly, unheedful, unheeding, uninterested, unladylike, unmindful, unprepared, unready, unrefined, untactful, unthinking, vulgar

• unsophisticated, absolute, artless, authentic, bald, bare, blank, bluff, blunt, bona fide, born yesterday, callow, candid, childlike, clarified, clear, confiding, crude, cullible, deceivable, deludable, direct, distilled, dupable, easy, exploitable, foolable, frank, genuine, green, guileless, gullible, hoaxable, hoodwinkable, humbugable, inexperienced, ingenu, ingenuous, innocent, naive, naked, neat, nude, open, openhearted, outspoken, persuadable, plain, purified, rectified, seduceable, sheer, simple, simplehearted, simpleminded, sincere, single-hearted, single-minded, soft, straight, trustful, trusting, unadorned, unadulterated, unaffected, unalloyed, unarrayed, unartificial, unblended, uncombined, uncomplicated, uncompounded, uncorrupted, uncouth, undecked, undecorated, undiluted, undressed, unembellished, unfortified, unfurbished, ungarnished, unguarded, uninvolved, unleavened, unmingled, unmixed, unornamented, unrefined, unreserved, unschooled, unstudied, unsuspicious, untinged, untrimmed, untutored, unvarnished, unwary, unworldly, victimizable

• unsophistication, artlessness, baldness, bareness, beauty unadorned, bluffness, bluntness, candor, childlikeness, cullibility, deceivability, directness, dupability, easiness, elementarity, fundamentality, greenness, guilelessness, gullibility, hoaxability, homogeneity, ingenuousness, innocence, integrity, monism, naiveness, naivete, naivety, nakedness, nudity, oneness, openheartedness, openness, outspokenness, persuadability, plainness, purity, seduceability, severity, simpleheartedness, simplemindedness, simpleness, simplicity, sincerity, single-heartedness, single-mindedness, singleness, singleness of heart, softness, starkness, trustfulness, unadulteration, uncomplexity, uncomplicatedness, uncomplication, undress, unembellishment, unguardedness, uniformity, unity, unmixedness, unornamentation, unsophisticatedness, unsuspiciousness, unwariness, weakness

• unsorted, aimless, amorphous, assorted, capricious, casual, crude, desultory, disarticulated, discontinuous, disjunct, disordered, dispersed, disproportionate, erratic, fitful, formless, frivolous, gratuitous, haphazard, heterogeneous, hit-or-miss, immethodical, impure, inchoate, incoherent, indiscriminate, irregular, meaningless, misshapen, mixed, motley, multifarious, native, nonsymmetrical, nonsystematic, nonuniform, orderless, planless, promiscuous, random, raw, run-of-mine, senseless, shapeless, spasmodic, sporadic, straggling, straggly, systemless, unarranged, unclassified, undirected, ungraded, unjoined, unmethodical, unordered, unorganized, unsymmetrical, unsystematic, ununiform, vague, varied, wandering

• unsought, arbitrary, autonomous, discretional, discretionary, elective, free, free will, gratuitous, independent, nonmandatory, offered, optional, proffered, self-acting, self-active, self-determined, self-determining, spontaneous, unasked, unbesought, unbidden, uncalled-for, uncoerced, uncompelled, undesired, unforced, uninfluenced, uninvited, unpressured, unprompted, unrequested, unrequired, unsolicited, unwanted, unwished, voluntary, volunteer, willful

• unsound, Albigensian, Arian, Catharist, Donatist, Ebionitist, Erastian, Gnostic, Jansenist, Jansenistic, Jovinianist, Jovinianistic, Lollard, Manichaean, Monophysite, Monophysitic, Montanist, Montanistic, Pelagian, Sabellian, Waldensian, Wyclifite, abnormal, adulterated, afflicted, ailing, antinomian, apocryphal, batty, bereft of reason, blemished, brainsick, broken-down, cachectic, chancy, crackbrained, cracked, crazed, crazy, crumbling, daft, damaged, dangerous, debilitated, decayed, decrepit, defective, deficient, delicate, deluded, demented, deprived of reason, deranged, desultory, dilapidated, diseased, disintegrating, disoriented, distraught, doubtful, drained, dubious, emanationist, enervated, erroneous, exhausted, failing, fallacious, fallible, faulty, feeble, flawed, flighty, flimsy, found wanting, fragile, frail, groundless, hairy, hallucinated, hazardous, healthless, heretical, heterodox, hylotheist, hylotheistic, ill, ill-advised, ill-considered, ill-contrived, ill-devised, ill-gauged, ill-judged, illogical, immature, impaired, imperfect, impolitic, imprecise, imprudent, impure, in poor health, inaccurate, inadequate, inadvisable, incomplete, inconclusive, inconsiderate, incorrect, indebted, indiscreet, inexact, inexpedient, infirm, injudicious, injured, insane, insecure, insensate, insolvent, insubstantial, invalid, irrational, jeopardous, lacking, languishing, loco, lunatic, mad, maddened, makeshift, manic, mazed, mediocre, mental, mentally deficient, meshuggah, mindless, misadvised, misguided, mixed, moon-struck, morbid, moribund, myopic, non compos, non compos mentis, nonorthodox, not all there, not perfect, not right, odd, of unsound mind, off, pale, pantheist, pantheistic, partial, patchy, pathological, peaked, peaky, perilous, poor, poorish, precarious, provisional, psycho, psychotic, queer, ramshackle, reasonless, reckless, reduced, reduced in health, rickety, risky, rocky, rotten, rotten at, run-down, senseless, shaky, shifting, shifty, short, shortsighted, sick, sickly, sketchy, slippery, specious, stark-mad, stark-staring mad, strange, temporary, tentative, tetched, thoughtless, ticklish, tottering, tottery, touched, treacherous, unaccepted, unadvised, unapproved, unauthentic, unauthoritative, unbalanced, uncanonical, uncertain, unconsidered, undependable, undeveloped, undiscerning, uneven, unfaithworthy, unfinished, unfirm, unforeseeing, unfounded, unhealthy, unhinged, unorthodox, unperfected, unpredictable, unproved, unreasonable, unreflecting, unreflective, unreliable, unrigorous, unsafe, unsane, unscriptural, unseeing, unsensible, unsettled, unsolid, unstable, unsteadfast, unsteady, unsturdy, unsubstantial, unsure, unsustained, untenable, unthinking, unthorough, unthoughtful, untrue, untrustworthy, unwell, unwholesome, unwise, valetudinarian, valetudinary, wandering, weak, weakened, weakly, wicked, with low resistance, witless, wobbly, wounded, wrong

• unsparing, Spartan, Spartanic, ardent, assiduous, astringent, austere, authoritarian, bighearted, bounteous, bountiful, demanding, diligent, dour, energetic, exacting, exigent, fervent, free, freehanded, freehearted, generous, giving, gracious, greathearted, grim, handsome, hard, hardworking, harsh, hospitable, inclement, indefatigable, industrious, laborious, large, largehearted, lavish, liberal, magnanimous, meticulous, munificent, never idle, open, openhanded, openhearted, princely, profuse, relentless, rough, rugged, sedulous, severe, sleepless, stern, stintless, strenuous, strict, stringent, tireless, tough, unflagging, ungentle, ungrudging, unremitting, unselfish, unsleeping, unstinted, unstinting, unwearied, vehement, zealous

• unspeakable, abominable, abusive, appalling, arrant, atrocious, awesome, awful, backhand, backhanded, bad, baneful, base, beastly, black, blamable, blameworthy, calumnious, contumelious, criminal, damnable, dark, degrading, detestable, dire, disgraceful, disgusting, distasteful, divine, dreadful, evil, exceptional, execrable, extraordinary, fabulous, flagitious, flagrant, foul, grim, hateful, heavenly, heinous, hideous, holy, horrendous, horrible, horrid, horrific, horrifying, humiliating, improper, incommunicable, indefinable, indescribable, ineffable, inenarrable, inexpressible, infamous, iniquitous, innominable, insolent, insulting, inviolable, inviolate, knavish, left-handed, legendary, loathsome, low, marvelous, monstrous, mythical, naughty, nefarious, noncommunicable, noteworthy, numinous, obnoxious, odious, offensive, outrageous, peccant, phenomenal, portentous, prodigious, rank, religious, remarkable, repellent, reprehensible, reprobate, repugnant, repulsive, revolting, rotten, sacred, sacrosanct, scandalous, scurrile, scurrilous, shameful, shocking, sinful, spiritual, stupefying, stupendous, terrible, tragic, undefinable, unexampled, unforgivable, unmentionable, unnameable, unparalleled, unpardonable, unprecedented, untellable, untouchable, unutterable, unwhisperable, unworthy, venerable, vicious, vile, villainous, wicked, wonderful, wrong

• unspecified, abstract, aleatoric, aleatory, amorphous, anonymous, bland, blobby, blurred, blurry, broad, chance, chancy, chaotic, collective, confused, cryptonymic, cryptonymous, disordered, featureless, foggy, fuzzy, general, generalized, generic, hazy, hit-or-miss, ill-defined, imprecise, inaccurate, inchoate, incognito, incoherent, indecisive, indefinable, indefinite, indeterminable, indeterminate, indistinct, inexact, innominate, lax, loose, nameless, nebulous, neutral, nonspecific, obscure, orderless, random, shadowed forth, shadowy, shapeless, stochastic, sweeping, unacknowledged, uncharacterized, unclear, undefined, undesignated, undestined, undetermined, undifferentiated, unidentified, unknown, unnamed, unplain, vague, veiled, wide, without a name

• unspectacular, average, bourgeois, common, commonplace, conventional, garden, garden-variety, middle-class, no great shakes, normal, ordinary, plastic, regular, run-of-mine, run-of-the-mill, suburban, unexceptional, unnoteworthy, unremarkable, usual

• unspent, extra, fresh, held back, held in reserve, held out, in abeyance, in hand, mint, new, original, pristine, put aside, put by, reserve, saved, spare, stored, suspended, to spare, unapplied, unbeaten, unconsumed, unemployed, unexercised, unexpended, unhandled, untapped, untouched, untrodden, unused, unutilized, waived

• unspiritual, Adamic, Circean, Philistine, animal, animalistic, beastlike, beastly, bestial, bodily, brutal, brute, brutish, carnal, carnal-minded, coarse, corporal, corporeal, earthly, earthy, fallen, fleshly, gross, hylic, lapsed, material, materialistic, materiate, mundane, nonspiritual, orgiastic, physical, postlapsarian, profane, secular, somatic, substantial, swinish, temporal, terrestrial, worldly

• unspoiled, absolute, arcadian, arrant, bright, bucolic, classical, complete, conserved, consummate, crass, decided, definitive, downright, egregious, flagrant, fresh, genuine, glaring, gross, harmless, homespun, immaculate, inartificial, intact, intolerable, inviolate, kept, mint, native, natural, naturelike, out-and-out, outright, pastoral, perfect, positive, precious, preserved, pristine, profound, pronounced, proper, protected, rank, regular, rural, saved, scatheless, shattering, shocking, spared, spotless, stainless, stark, stark-staring, superlative, surpassing, the veriest, thorough, thoroughgoing, total, unadorned, unaffected, unartificial, unassuming, unbearable, unbroken, unbruised, unconscionable, uncorrupted, undamaged, undefaced, undeformed, undemolished, undeniable, undesigning, undestroyed, undisguising, undissembling, undissimulating, unembellished, unequivocal, unfaded, unfeigning, unharmed, unhurt, unimpaired, uninjured, unmaimed, unmangled, unmarked, unmarred, unmitigated, unpolluted, unpretending, unpretentious, unqualified, unrelieved, unscarred, unscathed, unscratched, unshattered, unstained, unsullied, untainted, untapped, untorn, untouched, unvarnished, unwithered, unworn, utter, virgin, virginal, well-conserved, whole

• unspoken, arcane, cabalistic, censored, classified, close, closed, concealed, cryptic, dark, enigmatic, esoteric, hermetic, hidden, hinted, hush-hush, implicit, implied, inferred, intimated, latent, mute, mysterious, occult, restricted, secret, silent, smothered, stifled, suggested, suppressed, tacit, top secret, ulterior, unbreatheable, undeclared, under security, under wraps, understood, undisclosable, undisclosed, undivulgable, undivulged, unexpressed, unmentioned, unproclaimed, unpronounced, unpublished, unrecorded, unrevealable, unrevealed, unsaid, unstated, unsung, untalked-of, untellable, untold, unutterable, unuttered, unvoiced, unwhisperable, unwritten, wordless

• unspotted, Christian, absolute, beyond all praise, blameless, bleached, blotless, bright, chaste, clean, cleanly, creditable, dainty, decent, defectless, dirt-free, erect, estimable, ethical, fair, fastidious, faultless, flawless, fresh, full of integrity, good, high-minded, high-principled, highly respectable, honest, honorable, ideal, immaculate, impeccable, indefectible, indefective, infallible, innocent, inviolate, irreproachable, just, just right, kosher, law-abiding, law-loving, law-revering, manly, moral, noble, nonpolluted, of cleanly habits, peerless, perfect, principled, pure, pure in heart, purehearted, reputable, respectable, right, right-minded, righteous, ritually pure, sexually innocent, shiny, sinless, smut-free, smutless, snowy, spotless, stainless, sterling, sweet, tahar, taintless, true-dealing, true-devoted, true-disposing, true-souled, true-spirited, truehearted, tubbed, unadulterated, unbesmirched, unblemished, unblotted, uncontaminated, uncorrupt, uncorrupted, undefiled, unfaultable, unimpeachable, unmixed, unmuddied, unpolluted, unsmirched, unsmudged, unsoiled, unstained, unsullied, untainted, untarnished, upright, uprighteous, upstanding, virtuous, well-scrubbed, well-washed, white, whitened, worthy, yeomanly

• unstable, adrift, afloat, alternating, ambiguous, amorphous, borderline, brittle, buoyant, canted, capricious, changeable, changeful, changing, choppy, corruptible, crumbling, dangerous, deciduous, decrepit, desultory, deviable, deviating, deviative, deviatory, dickey, different, disintegrating, disorderly, divaricate, divergent, diversified, diversiform, dizzy, doubtful, dubious, dying, eccentric, effervescent, elastic, ephemeral, erose, erratic, evanescent, fading, fast and loose, fickle, fitful, fleeting, flickering, flighty, flitting, fluctuant, fluctuating, fluid, fly-by-night, flying, fragile, frail, freakish, fugacious, fugitive, giddy, hazardous, heeling, ill-balanced, impermanent, impetuous, impulsive, inconsistent, inconstant, indecisive, indefinite, infirm, insecure, insubstantial, irregular, irresolute, irresponsible, jagged, jerky, leaning, listing, lopsided, lubricious, mazy, mercurial, mobile, momentary, moody, mortal, motley, moving, mutable, nonconformist, nondurable, nonpermanent, nonstandard, nonuniform, off-balance, overbalanced, passing, perilous, perishable, pluralistic, poor, poorish, precarious, protean, provisional, ragged, rambling, resilient, restless, risky, rocky, rootless, rotten, rotten at, rough, roving, scatterbrained, shaky, shapeless, short-lived, shuffling, slippery, spasmodic, spineless, sporadic, suspect, temperamental, temporal, temporary, tentative, tergiversating, ticklish, top-heavy, tottery, transient, transitive, transitory, treacherous, tricky, unaccountable, unbalanced, uncertain, uncontrolled, undecided, undependable, undisciplined, undurable, unenduring, unequable, unequal, uneven, unfaithworthy, unfirm, unfixed, unhealthy, unorthodox, unpredictable, unreliable, unrestrained, unsafe, unsettled, unsolid, unsound, unstable as water, unstaid, unsteadfast, unsteady, unsturdy, unsubstantial, unsure, unsystematic, untrustworthy, ununiform, vacillating, vagrant, variable, variegated, variform, various, varying, vicissitudinary, vicissitudinous, volatile, wandering, wanton, wavering, wavery, wavy, wayward, weak, whimsical, wishy-washy, wobbly

• unstaffed, abandoned, available, deserted, forsaken, free, godforsaken, open, tenantless, unfilled, uninhabited, unmanned, unoccupied, unpeopled, unpopulated, untaken, untenanted, untended, vacant

• unstained, Christian, blameless, bleached, blotless, bright, chaste, clean, cleanly, creditable, dainty, decent, dirt-free, erect, estimable, ethical, fair, fastidious, fresh, full of integrity, good, high-minded, high-principled, highly respectable, honest, honorable, immaculate, innocent, inviolate, irreproachable, just, kosher, law-abiding, law-loving, law-revering, manly, moral, noble, nonpolluted, of cleanly habits, principled, pure, pure in heart, purehearted, reputable, respectable, right, right-minded, righteous, ritually pure, sexually innocent, shiny, smut-free, smutless, snowy, spotless, stainless, sterling, sweet, tahar, taintless, true-dealing, true-devoted, true-disposing, true-souled, true-spirited, truehearted, tubbed, unadulterated, unbesmirched, unblemished, unblotted, uncorrupt, uncorrupted, undefiled, unimpeachable, unmuddied, unpolluted, unsmirched, unsmudged, unsoiled, unspotted, unsullied, untainted, untarnished, upright, uprighteous, upstanding, virtuous, well-scrubbed, well-washed, white, whitened, worthy, yeomanly

• unsteadfast, adrift, afloat, alternating, amorphous, capricious, changeable, changeful, dangerous, derelict, desultory, deviable, disaffected, disloyal, dizzy, eccentric, erratic, faithless, false, fast and loose, fickle, fitful, flickering, flighty, flitting, fluctuating, freakish, giddy, hazardous, impetuous, impulsive, inconsistent, inconstant, indecisive, infirm, insecure, insubstantial, irregular, irresolute, irresponsible, mazy, mercurial, mobile, moody, moving, not true to, of bad faith, perilous, precarious, provisional, rambling, recreant, restless, risky, roving, scatterbrained, shaky, shapeless, shifting, shifty, shuffling, slippery, spasmodic, spineless, temporary, tentative, ticklish, treacherous, trothless, unaccountable, uncertain, uncontrolled, undependable, undisciplined, unfaithful, unfaithworthy, unfixed, unloyal, unpredictable, unreliable, unrestrained, unsettled, unsolid, unsound, unstable, unstable as water, unstaid, unsteady, unsubstantial, unsure, untrue, untrustworthy, vacillating, vagrant, variable, vicissitudinary, vicissitudinous, volatile, wandering, wanton, wavering, wavery, wavy, wayward, whimsical, wishy-washy

• unsteady, adrift, afloat, alternating, amorphous, broken, canted, capricious, careening, catchy, changeable, changeful, changing, choppy, dancing, dangerous, desultory, deviable, deviating, deviative, deviatory, different, dilapidated, disconnected, discontinuous, disorderly, divaricate, divergent, diversified, diversiform, dizzy, doddering, doubtful, dubious, eccentric, erose, erratic, fast and loose, fickle, fitful, flickering, flickery, flicky, flighty, flitting, fluctuating, fluid, fluttering, fluttery, freakish, giddy, groggy, guttering, halting, hazardous, heeling, herky-jerky, heteroclite, ill-balanced, immethodical, impetuous, impulsive, inconsistent, inconstant, indecisive, infirm, insecure, insubstantial, intermittent, intermitting, irregular, irresolute, irresponsible, jagged, jerky, leaning, listing, lopsided, lurching, mazy, mercurial, mobile, moody, motley, moving, mutable, nonconformist, nonstandard, nonuniform, off-balance, overbalanced, patchy, perilous, pluralistic, precarious, protean, provisional, ragged, rambling, ramshackle, restless, ricketish, rickety, risky, rocky, rough, roving, scatterbrained, scrappy, shaky, shapeless, shifting, shifty, shuffling, slippery, snatchy, spasmatic, spasmic, spasmodic, spastic, spidery, spindly, spineless, spluttering, sporadic, spotty, sputtering, sputtery, staggering, teetering, teetery, temporary, tentative, ticklish, top-heavy, tottering, tottery, treacherous, tumbledown, unaccountable, unbalanced, uncertain, uncontrolled, undependable, undisciplined, unequable, unequal, uneven, unfaithworthy, unfixed, unhealthy, unmethodical, unmetrical, unorthodox, unpredictable, unregular, unreliable, unrestrained, unrhythmical, unsafe, unsettled, unsolid, unsound, unstable, unstable as water, unstaid, unsteadfast, unsubstantial, unsure, unsystematic, untrustworthy, ununiform, vacillating, vagrant, variable, variegated, variform, various, varying, veering, vicissitudinary, vicissitudinous, volatile, wandering, wanton, wavering, wavery, wavy, wayward, whimsical, wishy-washy, wobbling, wobbly

• unstick, cast off, detach, diffuse, disengage, disjoin, disperse, doff, ease, ease off, free, let go, let up, liberate, loose, loosen, relax, release, remove, scatter, slack, slack off, slacken, take off, unbar, unbind, unbolt, unbuckle, unbutton, unchain, unclasp, undo, unfasten, unfetter, unglue, unlace, unlatch, unleash, unlock, unloose, unloosen, unstrap, untie, weigh anchor

• unstinting, bighearted, bounteous, bountiful, free, freehanded, freehearted, generous, giving, gracious, greathearted, handsome, hospitable, large, largehearted, lavish, liberal, magnanimous, munificent, open, openhanded, openhearted, princely, profuse, stintless, ungrudging, unselfish, unsparing, unstinted

• unstop, bare, clear, deobstruct, disclose, expose, free, manifest, ope, patefy, reveal, unblock, uncase, unclench, unclog, unclutch, uncork, uncover, uncurtain, undo, undrape, unfold, unfoul, unlatch, unlock, unplug, unroll, unseal, unsheathe, unshut, unveil, unwrap

• unstoppable, certain, fated, fateful, indefeasible, ineluctable, inescapable, inevasible, inevitable, inexorable, inflexible, irresistible, irrevocable, necessary, relentless, resistless, sure, sure as death, sure as fate, unavoidable, uncontrollable, undeflectable, unpreventable, unyielding

• unstopped, articulated, bald, bare, catenated, ceaseless, chattering, clear, cleared, concatenated, connected, constant, continual, continued, continuing, continuous, cyclical, direct, disclosed, endless, exposed, featureless, free, gapless, immediate, incessant, interminable, joined, jointless, linked, machine gun, monotonous, naked, never-ending, nonstop, open, oscillating, perennial, periodic, perpetual, pulsating, rapid, recurrent, regular, repeated, repetitive, round-the-clock, running, seamless, serried, smooth, stable, staccato, steady, straight, stuttering, sustained, twenty-four-hour, unbroken, unceasing, unchanging, unclogged, unclosed, uncovered, undifferentiated, unending, unhidden, uniform, unintermitted, unintermittent, unintermitting, uninterrupted, unobstructed, unrelieved, unremitting, unrestricted, unvarying, vibrating, wide-open

• unstrained, calm, coolheaded, inexcitable, nerveless, relaxed, rock-steady, steady, steady-handed, steady-nerved, steel-nerved, strong-nerved, unblenching, unblinking, unfaltering, unflinching, unnervous, unquivering, unshaken, unshaky, unshrinking, untremulous, unwavering, without a tremor

• unstrap, cast off, detach, disengage, doff, free, liberate, loose, loosen, release, remove, take off, unbar, unbind, unbolt, unbridle, unbuckle, unbutton, uncage, unchain, unclasp, undo, unfasten, unfetter, ungag, unglue, unhandcuff, unhobble, unlace, unlash, unlatch, unleash, unlock, unloose, unloosen, unmanacle, unmuzzle, unpen, unpinion, unshackle, unstick, untether, untie, untruss, unyoke, weigh anchor

• unstressed, accented, alveolar, apical, apico-alveolar, apico-dental, articulated, assimilated, back, barytone, bilabial, broad, cacuminal, central, cerebral, checked, close, consonant, consonantal, continuant, dental, dissimilated, dorsal, flat, front, glide, glossal, glottal, guttural, hard, heavy, high, intonated, labial, labiodental, labiovelar, lateral, lax, light, lingual, liquid, low, mid, monophthongal, muted, narrow, nasal, nasalized, occlusive, open, oxytone, palatal, palatalized, pharyngeal, pharyngealized, phonemic, phonetic, phonic, pitch, pitched, posttonic, retroflex, rounded, semivowel, soft, sonant, stopped, stressed, strong, surd, syllabic, tense, thick, throaty, tonal, tonic, twangy, unaccented, unrounded, velar, vocalic, vocoid, voiced, voiceless, vowel, vowellike, weak, wide

• unstrung, aghast, anemic, appalled, ashen, asthenic, astounded, awed, awestricken, awestruck, blanched, bloodless, chicken, cowardly, cowed, crushed, dashed, deadly pale, debilitated, demoralized, drooping, droopy, dull, effete, etiolated, faint, faintish, feeble, flabby, flaccid, floppy, frozen, gone, gray with fear, gutless, horrified, horror-struck, imbecile, impotent, intimidated, languid, languorous, limber, limp, listless, lustless, marrowless, nerveless, neurasthenic, overcome, pale as death, pallid, paralyzed, petrified, pithless, pooped, powerless, prostrate, prostrated, reduced to jelly, rubbery, sapless, scared stiff, scared to death, shaken, shot, shot to pieces, sinewless, slack, soft, spineless, strengthless, stricken, stunned, stupefied, terrified, terror-crazed, terror-haunted, terror-ridden, terror-riven, terror-shaken, terror-smitten, terror-struck, terror-troubled, undone, unglued, unhardened, unmanned, unnerved, upset, weak, weakly

• unstudied, Bohemian, ad-lib, affable, artless, automatic, casual, caught napping, caught off balance, caught short, colloquial, common, conversational, cordial, degage, easy, easygoing, everyday, extemporaneous, extemporary, extempore, extemporized, familiar, folksy, free and easy, gracious, gut, haphazard, hasty, haymish, homely, homey, ill-advised, ill-considered, ill-devised, impromptu, improvised, inadvertent, indeliberate, informal, ingenuous, involuntary, irregular, loose, makeshift, naive, natural, nonstandard, offhand, offhanded, plain, precipitate, reflex, reflexive, relaxed, rough-and-ready, simple, snap, sociable, spoken, spontaneous, spur-of-the-moment, substandard, surprised, taken aback, taken by surprise, taken unawares, tripped up, unadvised, unaffected, unarranged, unartificial, unassuming, unbegun, uncalculated, unceremonious, unconcocted, unconscious, unconsidered, unconstrained, uncontrived, unconventional, undeliberate, undeliberated, undesigned, undevised, uneducated, unexamined, unexplored, unhatched, unintended, unintentional, unliterary, unmade, unmanufactured, unmeditated, unofficial, unorganized, unplanned, unpremeditated, unprepared, unprimed, unready, unrehearsed, unscanned, unschooled, unsearched, unsifted, unsophisticated, untutored, unweighed, unwilled, vernacular

• unsturdy, abortive, bootless, crumbling, decrepit, disintegrating, failed, failing, fruitless, futile, ineffective, ineffectual, inefficacious, infirm, lame, manque, miscarried, miscarrying, of no effect, poor, poorish, rotten, rotten at, stickit, stillborn, successless, unfirm, unfortunate, unsolid, unsound, unstable, unsubstantial, unsuccessful, useless

• unsubject, chartered, excepted, excused, exempt, exempted, favored, immune, irresponsible, let off, licensed, permitted, privileged, released, spared, unaccountable, unanswerable, unbroken, unconquered, unenthralled, ungoverned, unliable, unquelled, unsubdued, untamed, unvanquished

• unsubmissive, beyond control, breachy, complaining, contrary, contumacious, defiant, deviant, disputatious, disputing, dissentient, dissenting, dissident, fractious, incorrigible, indocile, indomitable, insubordinate, insuppressible, intractable, irrepressible, nonconformable, nonconforming, noncooperating, noncooperative, nonobservant, objecting, obstreperous, obstructive, on the barricades, out of hand, proof against, protesting, rebellious, recalcitrant, recusant, refractory, reluctant, renitent, repellent, resistant, resisting, resistive, restive, retardant, retardative, shrewish, unadaptable, unadjustable, unbiddable, uncompliant, unconforming, uncontrollable, uncooperative, ungovernable, unmalleable, unmanageable, unmoldable, unruly, unyielding, up in arms, wild, withstanding

• unsubstantial, Barmecidal, Barmecide, adulterated, airy, apparent, apparitional, asomatous, astral, attenuate, attenuated, autistic, bodiless, breakable, brittle, cheap-jack, chimeric, cobwebby, crumbling, crumbly, cut, dainty, dangerous, decarnate, decarnated, deceptive, decrepit, delicate, delicately weak, delusional, delusionary, delusive, delusory, dereistic, desultory, dilute, diluted, discarnate, disembodied, disintegrating, dreamlike, dreamy, effeminate, erroneous, ethereal, extramundane, fallacious, false, fanciful, fantastic, feeble, fine, flimsy, fragile, frail, frangible, gaseous, ghostly, gimcrack, gimcracky, gossamery, hazardous, illusional, illusionary, illusive, illusory, imaginary, immaterial, impalpable, imponderable, improbable, inconceivable, inconclusive, incorporate, incorporeal, incredible, infirm, insecure, insubstantial, intangible, jerry, jerry-built, light, lightweight, merely nominal, metaphysical, misleading, namby-pamby, nonmaterial, nonphysical, nonsubstantial, not real, occult, ostensible, otherworldly, papery, pasteboardy, perilous, phantasmagoric, phantasmal, phantom, poor, poorish, precarious, provisional, psychic, puny, rare, rarefied, risky, rotten, rotten at, seeming, self-deceptive, self-deluding, shadowy, shaky, shattery, shifting, shifty, sissified, sleazy, slight, slippery, specious, spectral, spiritual, subtile, subtle, supernatural, supposititious, tacky, temporary, tentative, tenuous, thick, thin, thinned, thinned-out, ticklish, transmundane, treacherous, unactual, unbelievable, uncompact, uncompressed, unconcrete, unconvincing, undependable, unearthly, unembodied, unextended, unfaithworthy, unfirm, unfleshly, unfounded, unphysical, unproved, unreal, unrealistic, unreliable, unrigorous, unsolid, unsound, unstable, unsteadfast, unsteady, unsturdy, unsubstanced, unsure, unsustained, untrustworthy, unworldly, vaporous, visionary, watered, watered-down, weak, weakly, weightless, windy, wispy, womanish

• unsubstantiated, groundless, inconclusive, indecisive, not following, not proved, unascertained, unattested, unauthenticated, uncertified, unconfirmed, uncorroborated, undemonstrated, undetermined, unestablished, unfixed, unfounded, unproved, unproven, unsettled, unshown, unsupported, unsupported by evidence, unsustained, untested, untried, unvalidated, unverified, without basis, without grounds

• unsubtle, blanket, casual, general, imprudent, indiscreet, indiscriminate, indiscriminative, insensitive, nonjudgmental, promiscuous, tactless, uncritical, uncriticizing, undemanding, undifferentiating, undiscreet, undiscriminating, undiscriminative, unexacting, unfastidious, unmeticulous, unparticular, unselective, untactful, wholesale

• unsuccessful, abortive, balked, beaten, bootless, cursed, defeated, foiled, fruitless, frustrated, hapless, ineffective, ineffectual, inefficacious, luckless, sterile, unavailing, unfortunate, unfruitful, unlucky, unproductive, unprofitable, useless, vain, worthless

• unsuitability, Babbittry, aberrance, aberrancy, abnormality, ad lib, anomaly, bad taste, bourgeois taste, camp, campiness, criminality, delinquency, deviance, deviancy, disqualification, disrepair, dissatisfactoriness, extemporaneousness, falling short, functionlessness, futility, high camp, illegality, impoliticalness, impoliticness, improperness, impropriety, improvisation, inadequacy, inadequateness, inadmissibility, inadvisability, inapplicability, inappositeness, inappropriateness, inaptitude, inaptness, inauspiciousness, incapability, incompetence, incongruity, inconvenience, inconveniency, incorrectness, indecency, indecorousness, indecorum, indefensibility, indelicacy, inelegance, inelegancy, ineptitude, inexpedience, inexpediency, infelicity, infraction, inoperability, inoperativeness, inopportuneness, inopportunity, insufficiency, insufficientness, intempestivity, interruption, intolerability, intrusion, inutility, irrelevance, irrelevancy, kitsch, lack of preparation, lateness, low camp, maladjustment, mesalliance, misalliance, misjoinder, misjoining, mismatch, needlessness, none to spare, nonfulfillment, nonpreparation, nonpreparedness, nonsatisfaction, objectionability, otiosity, philistinism, planlessness, poor taste, pop, pop culture, prematurity, short supply, sinfulness, superfluousness, tastelessness, too late, too little, unacceptability, unaestheticism, unaestheticness, unbecomingness, uncongeniality, undesirability, unemployability, unfavorableness, unfitness, unfittedness, unfittingness, unfortunateness, unhelpfulness, unlawfulness, unmeetness, unnecessity, unpreparedness, unprofitability, unprofitableness, unpropitiousness, unqualification, unqualifiedness, unreadiness, unrighteousness, unripeness, unsatisfactoriness, unseasonableness, unseemliness, unserviceability, unsuitableness, unsuitedness, untenability, untimeliness, unusability, unwiseness, uselessness, violation, vulgar taste, vulgarism, vulgarity, vulgarness, vulnerability, wickedness, worthlessness, wrong, wrongfulness, wrongness

• unsuitable, aberrant, abnormal, abominable, atrocious, bad, chintzy, criminal, delinquent, deviant, disgraceful, evil, exceptionable, functionless, futile, hardly the thing, ignominious, ill-adapted, ill-advised, ill-assorted, ill-chosen, ill-considered, ill-fitted, ill-matched, ill-seasoned, ill-sorted, ill-suited, ill-timed, illegal, impolitic, impossible, improper, in bad taste, in disrepair, inadmissible, inadvisable, inapplicable, inapposite, inappropriate, inapt, inauspicious, incongruous, inconvenient, incorrect, indecent, indecorous, indefensible, indelicate, inelegant, inept, inexpedient, infamous, infelicitous, inoperable, inoperative, inopportune, intempestive, intolerable, intrusive, irrelevant, late, mal a propos, maladjusted, malapropos, misjoined, mismatched, mismated, misplaced, mistimed, nonfunctional, nonutilitarian, not done, not the thing, objectionable, off base, off-base, off-color, offensive, otiose, out of character, out of joint, out of keeping, out of line, out of order, out of phase, out of place, out of proportion, out of season, out of time, out of tune, out of whack, out-of-line, premature, sacrilegious, scandalous, shameful, shameless, sinful, tasteless, terrible, too late, too soon, unacceptable, unadapted, unapt, unbecoming, unbefitting, unbeseeming, unconducive, undesirable, undignified, undue, unemployable, unfavorable, unfit, unfitted, unfitting, unfortunate, ungenteel, unhandy, unhappy, unhelpful, unlawful, unlucky, unmeet, unprofitable, unpropitious, unqualified, unready, unrighteous, unripe, unseasonable, unseemly, unsuited, untasteful, untenable, untimely, untoward, unusable, unwise, unworkable, vulgar, wicked, wrong, wrongful

• unsuited, disappointing, disqualified, ill-adapted, ill-assorted, ill-chosen, ill-equipped, ill-fitted, ill-furnished, ill-matched, ill-provided, ill-sorted, ill-suited, ill-timed, improper, inadequate, inadmissible, inapplicable, inapposite, inappropriate, inapt, incapable, incompetent, inept, infelicitous, irrelevant, mal a propos, maladjusted, malapropos, misjoined, mismatched, mismated, misplaced, objectionable, out of character, out of joint, out of keeping, out of line, out of place, out of proportion, out of season, out of time, out of tune, unacceptable, unadapted, unapt, unarmed, unbecoming, unbefitting, unequipped, unfit, unfitted, unfitting, unmeet, unprovided, unqualified, unseasonable, unseemly, unsuitable, untimely

• unsullied, Christian, artless, blameless, bleached, blotless, bright, chaste, clean, cleanly, creditable, dainty, decent, dirt-free, erect, estimable, ethical, fair, fastidious, fresh, full of integrity, good, high-minded, high-principled, highly respectable, honest, honorable, immaculate, impeccable, in the raw, inartificial, innocent, inviolate, irreproachable, just, kosher, law-abiding, law-loving, law-revering, manly, modest, moral, native, natural, noble, nonpolluted, of cleanly habits, principled, pristine, pure, pure in heart, purehearted, reputable, respectable, right, right-minded, righteous, ritually pure, sexually innocent, shiny, smut-free, smutless, snowy, spotless, stainless, sterling, sweet, tahar, taintless, true-dealing, true-devoted, true-disposing, true-souled, true-spirited, truehearted, tubbed, unadulterated, unbesmirched, unblemished, unblotted, uncorrupt, uncorrupted, undefiled, unimpeachable, unmuddied, unpolluted, unsmirched, unsmudged, unsoiled, unspotted, unstained, untainted, untarnished, untouched, upright, uprighteous, upstanding, virgin, virginal, virtuous, well-scrubbed, well-washed, white, whitened, worthy, yeomanly

• unsung, anonymous, despised, disliked, disregarded, ignotus, inconspicuous, inglorious, insignificant, little known, lowly, misprized, misunderstood, nameless, no credit to, obscure, out of favor, renownless, silent, thankless, unappreciated, uncared-for, uncelebrated, undeclared, undistinguished, unexpressed, unfamed, unglorified, unheard-of, unhonored, unidentified, unknown, unlamented, unmentioned, unmissed, unmourned, unnotable, unnoted, unnoticed, unpopular, unproclaimed, unpronounced, unpublished, unrecognized, unrecorded, unregretted, unremarked, unrenowned, unsaid, unspoken, untalked-of, untold, unuttered, unvalued, unvoiced, unwritten, wordless

• unsupplied, bare-handed, beggarly, empty-handed, famished, half-starved, ill off, ill-equipped, ill-furnished, ill-provided, impoverished, on short commons, pauperized, poor, shorthanded, starved, starveling, starving, underfed, undermanned, undernourished, unfed, unprovided, unreplenished

• unsupportable, baseless, controvertible, empty, groundless, idle, ill-founded, insupportable, intolerable, unattestable, unbased, unbearable, unconfirmable, undemonstrable, undemonstratable, unendurable, unfounded, ungrounded, unprovable, unsubstantiatable, unsupported, unsustainable, unsustained, untenable, unverifiable, unwarranted, vain, without basis, without foundation

• unsupported, alienated, alone, aloof, apart, baseless, companionless, detached, empty, friendless, groundless, homeless, idle, ill-founded, inconclusive, indecisive, insular, isolated, kithless, lone, lonely, lonesome, not following, not proved, removed, rootless, separate, separated, single-handed, solitary, solo, unabetted, unaccompanied, unaided, unascertained, unassisted, unattended, unattested, unauthenticated, unbased, uncertified, unconfirmed, uncorroborated, undemonstrated, undetermined, unescorted, unestablished, unfixed, unfounded, ungrounded, unproved, unproven, unseconded, unsettled, unshown, unsubstantiated, unsupportable, unsupported by evidence, unsustainable, unsustained, untenable, untested, untried, unvalidated, unverified, unwarranted, vain, withdrawn, without basis, without foundation, without grounds

• unsuppressed, abandoned, accessible, approachable, candid, communicative, conversable, demonstrative, effusive, expansive, extroverted, frank, free, free-speaking, free-spoken, free-tongued, go-go, gossipy, immoderate, incontinent, indulgent, intemperate, irrepressible, lax, licentious, loose, newsy, nonrestrictive, open, out of control, out of hand, outgoing, outspoken, permissive, rampant, reinless, riotous, self-revealing, self-revelatory, sociable, talkative, unbridled, unchecked, uncoerced, uncompelled, unconstrained, uncontrolled, uncurbed, unforced, ungoverned, unhampered, uninhibited, unmastered, unmeasured, unmuzzled, unreined, unrepressed, unreserved, unrestrained, unrestricted, unrestrictive, unreticent, unruly, unsecretive, unshrinking, unsilent, unsubdued, wanton, wild

• unsure, agnostic, ambiguous, awkward, blankminded, borderline, callow, capricious, chancy, changeable, dangerous, desultory, dicey, dickey, doubtful, doubting, dubious, dumb, empty, empty-headed, equivocal, erratic, fickle, fluctuant, fly-by-night, gauche, green, groping, hazardous, hesitant, hesitating, ignorant, inane, incalculable, indecisive, indemonstrable, inexperienced, infirm, innocent, insecure, insubstantial, irresolute, irresponsible, know-nothing, naive, nescient, open, perilous, polysemous, precarious, problematic, provisional, questionable, raw, risky, rocky, rootless, shaky, shifting, shifty, simple, skeptical, slippery, strange to, suspicious, temporary, tentative, ticklish, tottery, touch-and-go, treacherous, trustless, unaccountable, unacquainted, unapprized, unassured, uncertain, unclear, uncomprehending, unconfident, unconfirmable, unconversant, unconvinced, undecided, undependable, undivinable, unenlightened, unfaithworthy, unfamiliar, unforeseeable, unhealthy, unilluminated, uninformed, uninitiated, unintelligent, unknowing, unpersuaded, unposted, unpredictable, unprovable, unreliable, unripe, unsafe, unselfassured, unselfconfident, unselfreliant, unsolid, unsound, unstable, unsteadfast, unsteady, unsubstantial, untrustworthy, untrusty, unverifiable, unversed, vacillating, vacuous, variable, wavering, weak, whimsical, wobbly

• unsurpassed, best, beyond compare, beyond comparison, champion, choice, easily first, elect, elite, facile princeps, for the best, greatest, handpicked, immortal, incomparable, inimitable, invincible, matchless, nulli secundus, optimal, optimum, paramount, peerless, picked, prime, prize, quintessential, second to none, select, sui generis, supreme, surpassing, unapproachable, unapproached, unbeatable, unequaled, unexampled, unexcelled, unique, unmatchable, unmatched, unparagoned, unparalleled, unpeered, unrivaled, unsurpassable, very best, without equal, without parallel

• unsurprised, agape, agog, all agog, anticipant, anticipating, anticipative, anticipatory, awaiting, aweless, calm, certain, composed, confident, cool, eager, expectant, expected, expecting, forearmed, forestalling, forewarned, gaping, hopeful, in anticipation, in expectation, inexcitable, looking for, looking forward to, not surprised, optimistic, prepared, ready, sanguine, sure, unamazed, unastonished, unastounded, unawed, unbewildered, undazed, undazzled, undumbfounded, unimpressed, unmarveling, unmoved, unwondering, waiting, waiting for, watching for, wonderless

• unsusceptible, affectless, anesthetized, arctic, autistic, blunt, catatonic, changeless, chill, chilly, closed to, cold, cold as charity, cold-blooded, coldhearted, constant, cool, dispassionate, drugged, dull, emotionally dead, emotionless, frigid, frosted, frosty, frozen, heartless, icy, immovable, immutable, impassible, impassive, impersuadable, impersuasible, impervious, incommutable, inconvertible, indefeasible, inert, inexcitable, inflexible, insensitive, insentient, insusceptible, insusceptible of change, intransmutable, invariable, irretrievable, irreversible, irrevocable, lasting, noble, nonemotional, nonreturnable, nonreversible, objective, obstinate, obtuse, out of touch, passionless, permanent, reverseless, self-absorbed, soulless, spiritless, unaffectionate, unalterable, unalterative, unaltered, unamenable, unchangeable, unchanged, unchanging, undeflectable, undeviating, unemotional, unfeeling, unimpassioned, unimpressible, unimpressionable, uninfluenceable, unloving, unmodifiable, unmovable, unpassionate, unpersuadable, unpliable, unreceptive, unremitting, unresponding, unresponsive, unrestorable, unreturnable, unsuggestible, unswayable, unsympathetic, untouchable, unvariable, unvarying, unyielding

• unsuspected, able, accepted, believed, credited, enigmatic, incalculable, incognizable, mysterious, puzzling, received, sealed, strange, trusted, unapparent, unapprehended, unascertained, unbeknown, uncharted, unclassified, uncontested, undisclosed, undiscoverable, undiscovered, undisputed, undivulged, undoubted, unexplained, unexplored, unexposed, unfamiliar, unfathomed, unheard, unheard-of, unidentified, uninvestigated, unknowable, unknown, unperceived, unplumbed, unquestioned, unrevealed, untouched, virgin

• unsuspecting, a stranger to, asleep, bare-handed, blind to, caught napping, childlike, confiding, credulous, dead to, deaf to, defenseless, dependent, depending, doting, easily taken in, easy of belief, fond, guardless, guileless, gullible, helpless, ignorant, impercipient, in ignorance of, inclined to believe, incognizant, inexpectant, infatuated, ingenuous, innocent, insensible, insensible to, mindless, naive, napping, nonconceiving, nonexpectant, not with it, off guard, out of it, overconfiding, overcredulous, overtrustful, overtrusting, reliant, relying, superstitious, trustful, trusting, trusty, unadmonished, unadvised, unanticipating, unanticipative, unarmed, unarmored, unattended, unaware, unaware of, unconscious, unconscious of, uncovered, uncritical, undefended, undoubting, unexpecting, unforewarned, unfortified, ungarrisoned, unguarded, unguessing, unhearing, uninformed, uninsightful, unknowing, unmindful, unmindful of, unperceiving, unprehensive, unprepared, unprotected, unready, unrealizing, unscreened, unseeing, unsheltered, unshielded, unskeptical, unsuspicious, unwarned, unwary, unwatched, unwitting, weaponless, without suspicion, witless

• unsuspicious, artless, bluff, blunt, born yesterday, candid, childlike, confiding, credulous, dependent, depending, direct, doting, easily taken in, easy of belief, fond, frank, guileless, inclined to believe, infatuated, ingenu, ingenuous, innocent, naive, open, openhearted, outspoken, overconfiding, overcredulous, overtrustful, overtrusting, plain, reliant, relying, simple, simplehearted, simpleminded, sincere, single-hearted, single-minded, superstitious, trustful, trusting, trusty, uncritical, undoubting, unguarded, unreserved, unskeptical, unsophisticated, unsuspecting, unwary, without suspicion

• unsustainable, baseless, controvertible, empty, groundless, idle, ill-founded, unattestable, unbased, unconfirmable, undemonstrable, undemonstratable, unfounded, ungrounded, unprovable, unsubstantiatable, unsupportable, unsupported, unsustained, untenable, unverifiable, unwarranted, vain, without basis, without foundation

• unsustained, baseless, empty, feeble, flimsy, groundless, idle, ill-founded, inconclusive, indecisive, insubstantial, not following, not proved, poor, unascertained, unattested, unauthenticated, unbased, uncertified, unconfirmed, uncorroborated, undemonstrated, undetermined, unestablished, unfixed, unfounded, ungrounded, unproved, unproven, unrigorous, unsettled, unshown, unsound, unsubstantial, unsubstantiated, unsupportable, unsupported, unsupported by evidence, unsustainable, untenable, untested, untried, unvalidated, unverified, unwarranted, vain, weak, without basis, without foundation, without grounds

• unswayed, Olympian, candid, detached, disinterested, dispassionate, equitable, evenhanded, fair, impartial, impersonal, indifferent, just, lofty, neutral, objective, selfless, unaffected, unbiased, undazzled, uninfluenced, unjaundiced, unmoved, unprejudiced, unprepossessed, unselfish

• unsweet, acerb, acerbate, acerbic, acescent, crab, crabbed, dry, green, pickled, pungent, sec, sour, sour as vinegar, soured, sourish, tart, tartish, unripe, unsweetened, vinegarish, vinegary

• unswerving, arrowlike, assiduous, constant, continuing, dead straight, diligent, direct, dogged, enduring, even, faithful, firm, fixed, flat, flinty, horizontal, immediate, immovable, immutable, in a line, inalterable, indefatigable, indomitable, industrious, inflexible, insistent, invincible, irreversible, lasting, level, lineal, linear, loyal, never-tiring, obstinate, one-way, patient, patient as Job, permanent, perseverant, persevering, persistent, persisting, pertinacious, plodding, plugging, preoccupied, rapt, rectilineal, rectilinear, relentless, resolute, right, ruler-straight, sedulous, set, settled, single-minded, sleepless, slogging, smooth, sot, stable, staunch, steadfast, steady, steely, straight, straight-cut, straight-front, straight-side, straightaway, straightforward, straightway, streamlined, stubborn, tenacious, tireless, true, unabating, unbending, unbent, unbowed, unbroken, unconquerable, uncurved, undaunted, undeflectable, undeflected, undeviating, undiscouraged, undistorted, undrooping, unfailing, unfaltering, unflagging, unflappable, unflinching, unidirectional, unintermitting, uninterrupted, unnodding, unrelaxing, unrelenting, unremitting, unshaken, unsleeping, untiring, unturned, unwavering, unwearied, unwearying, unwinking, unyielding, upright, utterly attentive, vertical, weariless

• unsymmetrical, aimless, amorphous, anamorphous, askew, asymmetric, bent, bowed, capricious, casual, cockeyed, contorted, crazy, crooked, crumpled, crunched, desultory, deviative, disarticulated, discontinuous, disjunct, disordered, dispersed, disproportionate, distorted, erratic, fitful, formless, frivolous, gratuitous, haphazard, hit-or-miss, immethodical, inchoate, incoherent, indiscriminate, irregular, labyrinthine, lopsided, meaningless, misshapen, nonsymmetric, nonsymmetrical, nonsystematic, nonuniform, off-balance, one-sided, orderless, overbalanced, planless, promiscuous, random, senseless, shapeless, spasmodic, sporadic, sprung, straggling, straggly, systemless, tortuous, twisted, unarranged, unclassified, undirected, unequal, uneven, ungraded, unjoined, unmethodical, unordered, unorganized, unsorted, unsymmetric, unsystematic, ununiform, vague, wandering, warped

• unsympathetic, affectless, anesthetized, arctic, autistic, blunt, bowelless, callous, catatonic, chill, chilly, cold, cold as charity, cold-blooded, coldhearted, cool, cruel, disagreeable, disinterested, dislikable, dispassionate, displeasing, dog-eat-dog, drugged, dull, emotionally dead, emotionless, flinty, frigid, frosted, frosty, frozen, halfhearted, hard, hard-boiled, hardhearted, harsh, heartless, icy, ill, immovable, impassible, impassive, inclement, indifferent, inexcitable, inexorable, inhospitable, insusceptible, lukewarm, merciless, nonemotional, obdurate, objective, obtuse, out of touch, passionless, pitiless, relentless, remorseless, repellent, repugnant, ruthless, self-absorbed, soulless, spiritless, unaffectionate, unamiable, unbenign, unbenignant, uncompassionate, uncompassioned, uncongenial, uncordial, unemotional, unfeeling, unforgiving, ungenial, ungracious, unimpassioned, unimpressionable, unkind, unkindly, unlikable, unloving, unmerciful, unpassionate, unpitiful, unpitying, unpleasant, unpleasing, unremorseful, unresponding, unresponsive, unsusceptible, unsympathizing, untouchable, unyielding, without mercy

• unsystematic, aimless, amorphous, broken, capricious, careening, casual, catchy, changeable, changing, choppy, desultory, deviating, deviative, deviatory, different, disarticulated, disconnected, discontinuous, disjunct, disordered, disorderly, dispersed, disproportionate, divaricate, divergent, diversified, diversiform, eccentric, erose, erratic, fitful, flickering, fluctuating, formless, frivolous, gratuitous, guttering, halting, haphazard, herky-jerky, heteroclite, hit-or-miss, immethodical, impulsive, inchoate, incoherent, inconsistent, inconstant, indiscriminate, intermittent, intermitting, irregular, jagged, jerky, lurching, meaningless, mercurial, misshapen, motley, mutable, nonconformist, nonstandard, nonsymmetrical, nonsystematic, nonuniform, orderless, patchy, planless, pluralistic, promiscuous, ragged, rambling, random, rough, scrappy, senseless, shapeless, snatchy, spasmatic, spasmic, spasmodic, spastic, sporadic, spotty, staggering, straggling, straggly, systemless, unarranged, uncertain, unclassified, undirected, unequable, unequal, uneven, ungraded, unjoined, unmethodical, unmetrical, unordered, unorganized, unorthodox, unregular, unrhythmical, unsettled, unsorted, unstable, unsteady, unsymmetrical, ununiform, vague, variable, variegated, variform, various, varying, veering, wandering, wavering, wobbling, wobbly

• untactful, airy, blanket, brash, careless, casual, cursory, degage, disregardant, disregardful, easygoing, flippant, forgetful, free and easy, general, heedless, impolitic, imprudent, inconsiderate, indifferent, indiscreet, indiscriminate, indiscriminative, insensitive, insouciant, lazy, maladroit, nonjudgmental, oblivious, offhand, perfunctory, promiscuous, reckless, regardless, respectless, tactless, thoughtless, uncritical, uncriticizing, undemanding, undifferentiating, undiplomatic, undiscreet, undiscriminating, undiscriminative, unexacting, unfastidious, unheedful, unheeding, unmeticulous, unmindful, unparticular, unprepared, unready, unselective, unsolicitous, unsubtle, unthinking, wholesale

• untainted, absolute, beyond all praise, bleached, blotless, bright, chaste, clean, cleanly, conserved, dainty, defectless, dirt-free, fair, fastidious, faultless, flawless, fresh, ideal, immaculate, impeccable, indefectible, indefective, infallible, innocent, intact, irreproachable, just right, kept, kosher, nonpolluted, of cleanly habits, peerless, perfect, preserved, protected, pure, pure in heart, purehearted, ritually pure, saved, sexually innocent, shiny, sinless, smut-free, smutless, snowy, spared, spotless, stainless, sweet, tahar, taintless, tubbed, unadulterated, unbesmirched, unblemished, unblotted, uncontaminated, uncorrupt, undamaged, undefiled, unfaultable, unmixed, unmuddied, unpolluted, unsmirched, unsmudged, unsoiled, unspoiled, unspotted, unstained, unsullied, untarnished, virtuous, well-conserved, well-scrubbed, well-washed, white, whitened

• untaken, abandoned, available, deserted, forsaken, free, godforsaken, open, tenantless, unfilled, uninhabited, unmanned, unoccupied, unpeopled, unpopulated, unstaffed, untenanted, untended, vacant

• untalented, amateurish, brainless, foolish, headless, ignorant, incapable, incapable of, incompetent, ineffective, inefficient, inept, inferior, insensate, irrational, lackbrained, lean-minded, lean-witted, mindless, not bright, of little brain, pea-brained, pin-brained, reasonless, semiskilled, senseless, slackminded, slackwitted, unable, unable to, unaccomplished, unbusinesslike, uncoached, unendowed, unfinished, unfit, unfitted, ungifted, uninitiated, unintellectual, unintelligent, unpolished, unprepared, unprimed, unprofessional, unqualified, unreasoning, unschooled, unskilled, untaught, unthinking, untrained, untutored, unwise, witless

• untalkative, brief, brusque, close, close-tongued, closemouthed, concise, curt, dumb, economical of words, indisposed to talk, laconic, mum, mute, quiet, short, silent, snug, sparing of words, speechless, taciturn, terse, tight-lipped, tongue-tied, unloquacious, word-bound, wordless

• untamable, beyond control, breachy, contumacious, defiant, fractious, incorrigible, indocile, indomitable, insuppressible, intractable, irrepressible, obstreperous, out of hand, recalcitrant, refractory, resistant, resisting, restive, shrewish, unbiddable, uncontrollable, ungovernable, unmalleable, unmanageable, unmoldable, unruly, unsubmissive, wild

• untamed, Gothic, Neanderthal, animal, atrocious, barbarian, barbaric, barbarous, bestial, bloody, brutal, brutish, feral, ferine, ferocious, fierce, ill-bred, impolite, inhuman, kill-crazy, malign, malignant, merciless, murderous, noncivilized, outlandish, pitiless, primitive, rough-and-ready, ruthless, sanguinary, savage, tameless, troglodytic, unbroken, uncivil, uncivilized, uncombed, unconquered, uncontrollable, uncouth, uncultivated, uncultured, undomesticated, unenthralled, ungentle, ungoverned, unkempt, unlicked, unpolished, unquelled, unrefined, unsubdued, unsubject, unvanquished, vicious, wild

• untangle, answer, bottom, break loose, break out, clarify, clear, clear up, crack, cut loose, debug, decipher, decode, disembarrass, disembroil, disencumber, disengage, disentangle, disintricate, disinvolve, dislodge, divine, do, dope, dope out, explain, extricate, fathom, figure out, find out, find the answer, find the solution, free, get, get out, get right, guess, guess right, have it, hit it, interpret, make out, open the lock, plumb, psych, psych out, puzzle out, ravel, ravel out, release, resolve, riddle, solve, sort out, tear loose, unbraid, unclutter, uncoil, undo, unknot, unlock, unmix, unravel, unriddle, unscramble, unsnarl, unthread, untwine, untwist, unweave, unwind, work, work out

• untangling, accomplishment, answer, ascertainment, breaking out, clearing, clearing up, cracking, decipherment, decoding, denouement, determination, disembarrassment, disembroilment, disengagement, disentanglement, disinvolvement, dislodgment, end, end result, explanation, extrication, finding, finding-out, freeing, interpretation, issue, outcome, reason, releasing, resolution, resolving, result, riddling, solution, solving, sorting out, unknotting, unraveling, unriddling, unscrambling, unsnarling, unspinning, untwisting, unweaving, upshot, working, working-out

• untapped, extra, fresh, held back, held in reserve, held out, in abeyance, in hand, mint, new, original, pristine, put aside, put by, reserve, saved, spare, stored, suspended, to spare, unapplied, unbeaten, unconsumed, unemployed, unexercised, unexpended, unhandled, unspent, unspoiled, untouched, untrodden, unused, unutilized, virginal, waived

• untarnished, Christian, blameless, bleached, blotless, bright, chaste, clean, cleanly, creditable, dainty, decent, dirt-free, erect, estimable, ethical, fair, fastidious, faultless, fresh, full of integrity, good, high-minded, high-principled, highly respectable, honest, honorable, immaculate, innocent, inviolate, irreproachable, just, kosher, law-abiding, law-loving, law-revering, lily-white, manly, moral, noble, nonpolluted, of cleanly habits, principled, pure, pure in heart, purehearted, reputable, respectable, right, right-minded, righteous, ritually pure, sexually innocent, shiny, smut-free, smutless, snowy, spotless, stainless, sterling, sweet, tahar, taintless, true-dealing, true-devoted, true-disposing, true-souled, true-spirited, truehearted, tubbed, unadulterated, unbesmirched, unblemished, unblotted, uncorrupt, uncorrupted, undefiled, unimpeachable, unmuddied, unpolluted, unsmirched, unsmudged, unsoiled, unspotted, unstained, unsullied, untainted, upright, uprighteous, upstanding, virginal, virtuous, well-scrubbed, well-washed, white, whitened, worthy, yeomanly

• untaught, Gothic, Philistine, amateurish, barbarous, benighted, bookless, deceived, empty-headed, functionally illiterate, grammarless, heathen, hoodwinked, ill-educated, illiterate, know-nothing, led astray, lowbrow, misinformed, misinstructed, mistaught, nonintellectual, pagan, rude, semiskilled, unaccomplished, unbooked, unbookish, unbooklearned, unbriefed, unbusinesslike, uncoached, uncultivated, uncultured, unedified, uneducated, unendowed, unerudite, unfinished, ungifted, unguided, uninitiated, uninstructed, unintellectual, unlearned, unlettered, unliterary, unpolished, unprepared, unprimed, unprofessional, unread, unrefined, unscholarly, unschooled, unskilled, unstudious, untalented, untrained, untutored

• unteachable, Boeotian, asinine, beef-brained, beef-witted, blockish, bovine, chumpish, cloddish, cowish, crass, dense, doltish, dullard, dumb, duncical, duncish, fat, gross, ineducable, klutzy, lumpish, oafish, opaque, sottish, stupid, thick, wrongheaded

• untenable, aidless, baseless, defenseless, empty, exceptionable, fatherless, faulty, flawed, friendless, groundless, guideless, helpless, idle, ill-founded, illogical, implausible, impossible, inadmissible, indefensible, inexpiable, insupportable, intolerable, leaderless, motherless, objectionable, pregnable, specious, unacceptable, unbased, undesirable, unforgivable, unfounded, unfriended, ungrounded, unjustifiable, unjustified, unpardonable, unprotected, unreasonable, unsound, unsuitable, unsupportable, unsupported, unsustainable, unsustained, unwarranted, vain, vulnerable, weak, without basis, without foundation

• untenanted, abandoned, available, deserted, forsaken, free, godforsaken, open, tenantless, unfilled, uninhabited, unmanned, unoccupied, unpeopled, unpopulated, unstaffed, untaken, untended, vacant

• untended, abandoned, available, deserted, disregarded, forsaken, free, godforsaken, half-done, ignored, laid aside, left undone, missed, neglected, omitted, open, overlooked, passed by, passed over, passed up, pigeonholed, put aside, run-down, shunted, sidelined, sidetracked, slighted, tenantless, unasked, unattended to, uncared-for, unchaperoned, unconsidered, undone, unfilled, uninhabited, unmanned, unoccupied, unpeopled, unpopulated, unregarded, unsolicited, unstaffed, untaken, untenanted, unwatched, vacant

• untested, groundless, inconclusive, indecisive, not following, not proved, unascertained, unattested, unauthenticated, uncertified, unconfirmed, uncorroborated, undemonstrated, undetermined, unestablished, unfixed, unfounded, unpracticed, unproved, unproven, unsettled, unshown, unsubstantiated, unsupported, unsupported by evidence, unsustained, untried, unvalidated, unverified, without basis, without grounds

• untether, loose, loosen, unbar, unbind, unbolt, unbridle, unbuckle, uncage, unchain, unfetter, ungag, unhandcuff, unhobble, unlash, unlatch, unleash, unlock, unloose, unloosen, unmanacle, unmuzzle, unpen, unpinion, unshackle, unstrap, untie, untruss, unyoke

• unthinkable, a bit thick, a bit thin, absurd, barred, beyond belief, closed-out, contrary to reason, doubtable, doubtful, dubious, dubitable, excluded, extraordinary, hard of belief, hard to believe, hopeless, illogical, implausible, impossible, improbable, incomprehensible, inconceivable, incredible, laughable, logically impossible, ludicrous, mind-blowing, mind-boggling, not deserving belief, not possible, open to doubt, open to suspicion, oxymoronic, paradoxical, passing belief, preposterous, problematic, prohibited, questionable, rare, ridiculous, ruled-out, self-contradictory, singular, staggering belief, suspect, suspicious, tall, thick, thin, unacceptable, unbelievable, uncommon, unconvincing, unearthly, ungodly, unimaginable, unique, unlikely, unordinary, unusual, unwonted, unworthy of belief

• unthinking, airy, arbitrary, automatic, blank, blankminded, blind, brainless, calm, capricious, careless, casual, compulsive, conditioned, crazy, cursory, degage, discourteous, disregardant, disregardful, easygoing, empty, empty-headed, fatuous, feckless, flippant, foolish, forced, forgetful, free and easy, hasty, headless, heedless, idiotic, ignorant, ill-advised, ill-considered, ill-contrived, ill-devised, ill-gauged, ill-judged, illogical, imbecilic, impolite, impolitic, imprudent, impulsive, inadvertent, inadvisable, inane, incogitant, inconsiderate, indifferent, indiscreet, inept, inexpedient, injudicious, insane, insensate, insouciant, instinctive, involuntary, irrational, lackbrained, lazy, lean-minded, lean-witted, mad, mechanical, mindless, misadvised, misguided, moronic, myopic, neglectful, nirvanic, nonsensical, not bright, oblivious, of little brain, offhand, passive, pea-brained, perfunctory, pin-brained, quietistic, rash, reasonless, reckless, reflex, reflexive, regardless, relaxed, respectless, rude, senseless, short-sighted, shortsighted, silly, slackminded, slackwitted, stupid, tactless, thoughtfree, thoughtless, tranquil, unaccommodating, unadvised, uncalculating, uncaring, uncivil, uncomplaisant, unconscious, unconsidered, uncooperative, undesigned, undiplomatic, undiscerning, undiscriminating, unforeseeing, ungifted, unguarded, unguided, unheedful, unheeding, unhelpful, unideaed, unintellectual, unintelligent, unintended, unintentional, unmeant, unmeditated, unmindful, unobliging, unoccupied, unperceiving, unperceptive, unplanned, unpremeditated, unprepared, unprompted, unpurposed, unready, unreasonable, unreasoning, unreflecting, unreflective, unseeing, unsensible, unsolicitous, unsound, untactful, untalented, unthought-of, unthoughtful, unwilled, unwilling, unwise, unwitting, vacant, vacuous, witless, wrecking

• unthought of, breakaway, imageless, involuntary, offbeat, rare, recherche, sui generis, uncommon, unconceived, unconceptualized, unconscious, unconsidered, uncustomary, undescried, undesigned, undreamed-of, unexpected, unfamiliar, unguarded, unguided, unheard-of, unheeded, unimaged, unimagined, unintended, unintentional, unique, unmarked, unmeant, unmeditated, unminded, unmissed, unnoted, unnoticed, unobserved, unordinary, unperceived, unplanned, unpremeditated, unprompted, unpurposed, unregarded, unremarked, unseen, unthinking, unusual, unwitting, unwonted

• unthoughtful, arbitrary, capricious, careless, disregardful, forgetful, heedless, ill-advised, ill-considered, ill-contrived, ill-devised, ill-gauged, ill-judged, impolitic, imprudent, inadvertent, inadvisable, inconsiderate, indiscreet, inexpedient, injudicious, insensate, irrational, mindless, misadvised, misguided, myopic, reasonless, reckless, respectless, senseless, shortsighted, thoughtless, unaccommodating, unadvised, uncalculating, uncomplaisant, unconsidered, uncooperative, undiscerning, unforeseeing, unguarded, unheedful, unhelpful, unmindful, unobliging, unreasonable, unreasoning, unreflecting, unreflective, unseeing, unsensible, unsound, unthinking, unwise, witless

• untidy, beat-up, bedraggled, blowzy, botched, bungling, careless, chaotic, chintzy, clumsy, cluttered, deficient, dilapidated, dingy, dirty, disheveled, disorderly, drabbletailed, draggled, draggletailed, dusty, frowzy, frumpish, frumpy, grimy, grubby, grungy, half-assed, haphazard, helter-skelter, hit-and-miss, hit-or-miss, in rags, informal, jumbled, littered, loose, lumpen, messy, miry, muddy, mussy, negligent, poky, promiscuous, ragged, raggedy, ruinous, rumpled, scraggly, scruffy, seedy, shabby, shoddy, slack, slapdash, slatternly, slipshod, slipshoddy, sloppy, slovenly, sluttish, smirchy, smoky, smudgy, smutchy, smutty, snuffy, sooty, sordid, squalid, tacky, tattered, uncombed, unfastidious, unkempt, unneat, unsightly, unthorough

• untie, cast off, detach, disembarrass, disembroil, disencumber, disengage, disentangle, doff, free, liberate, loose, loosen, release, remove, take off, unbar, unbind, unbolt, unbridle, unbuckle, unbutton, uncage, unchain, unclasp, undo, unfasten, unfetter, ungag, unglue, unhandcuff, unhobble, unlace, unlash, unlatch, unleash, unlock, unloose, unloosen, unmanacle, unmuzzle, unpen, unpinion, unscramble, unshackle, unstick, unstrap, untangle, untether, untruss, untwine, unyoke, weigh anchor

• untied, adrift, afloat, aweigh, cast-off, clear, delivered, emancipated, extricated, floating, free, freed, liberated, loose, on parole, redeemed, released, rescued, rickety, shaky, started, unanchored, unbound, uncensored, unchained, undone, unfastened, unfettered, unfixed, ungagged, unmoored, unmuzzled, unshackled, unstuck

• untilled, acarpous, arid, barren, celibate, childless, desert, desolate, drained, dried-up, dry, exhausted, fallow, fruitless, gaunt, gelded, impotent, ineffectual, infecund, infertile, issueless, jejune, leached, menopausal, nonfertile, nonproducing, nonproductive, nonprolific, sine prole, sterile, sucked dry, teemless, uncultivated, unfertile, unfruitful, unplowed, unproductive, unprolific, unsown, virgin, waste, wasted, without issue

• untimely, a bit previous, advanced, arrested, back, backward, bad, behindhand, belated, blocked, delayed, delayed-action, detained, far ahead, forward, futile, half-baked, half-cocked, hasty, held up, hung up, ill-adapted, ill-advised, ill-assorted, ill-chosen, ill-considered, ill-fitted, ill-matched, ill-seasoned, ill-sorted, ill-suited, ill-timed, impolitic, improper, impulsive, in a bind, in abeyance, inadmissible, inadvisable, inapplicable, inapposite, inappropriate, inapt, inauspicious, incongruous, inconvenient, inept, inexpedient, infelicitous, inopportune, intempestive, intrusive, irrelevant, jammed, late, latish, mal a propos, maladjusted, malapropos, misjoined, mismatched, mismated, misplaced, mistimed, moratory, never on time, not firm, obstructed, off base, out of character, out of joint, out of keeping, out of line, out of phase, out of place, out of proportion, out of season, out of time, out of tune, overdue, overhasty, oversoon, precipitate, precocious, premature, previous, retarded, rushed, slow, soon, stopped, tardy, too early, too late, too soon, unadapted, unapt, unbecoming, unbefitting, uncrystallized, undesirable, undue, unfavorable, unfit, unfitted, unfitting, unfortunate, unhandy, unhappy, unjelled, unlucky, unmatured, unmeditated, unmeet, unpremeditated, unprepared, unprofitable, unpropitious, unpunctual, unqualified, unready, unripe, unseasonable, unseemly, unsuitable, unsuited, untoward, unwise, wrong

• untiring, assiduous, cartilaginous, chewy, cohesive, constant, continuing, coriaceous, dedicated, determined, diligent, dogged, durable, enduring, faithful, fibrous, gristly, hard, hardy, immutable, inalterable, indefatigable, indomitable, industrious, inexhaustible, insistent, invincible, lasting, leatherlike, leathery, loyal, never-tiring, obstinate, patient, patient as Job, permanent, perseverant, persevering, persistent, persisting, pertinacious, plodding, plugging, preoccupied, rapt, relentless, resistant, resolute, ropy, sedulous, sinewy, single-minded, sleepless, slogging, stable, steadfast, steady, stiff, stringy, strong, stubborn, tenacious, tireless, tough, tough as leather, unabating, unconquerable, undaunted, undiscouraged, undrooping, unfailing, unfaltering, unflagging, unflinching, unintermitting, uninterrupted, unnodding, unrelaxing, unrelenting, unremitting, unsleeping, unswerving, unwavering, unwearied, unwearying, unwinking, utterly attentive, vigorous, viscid, weariless, wiry

• untold, all-comprehensive, all-inclusive, arcane, at issue, boundless, cabalistic, censored, classified, close, closed, concealed, conditional, conditioned, contingent, countless, cryptic, dark, dependent, depending, endless, enigmatic, enormous, esoteric, eternal, exhaustless, extending everywhere, gigantic, hermetic, hidden, hush-hush, illimitable, illimited, immeasurable, immense, in question, in suspense, in the balance, incalculable, incomprehensible, inconceivable, indescribable, inexhaustible, inexpressible, infinite, infinitely continuous, innumerable, interminable, interminate, latent, limitless, mammoth, measureless, mighty, monstrous, myriad, mysterious, no end of, numberless, occult, open, pendent, pending, perpetual, private, prodigious, restricted, secret, shoreless, silent, smothered, stifled, sumless, suppressed, suspenseful, termless, titanic, top secret, ulterior, unbounded, unbreatheable, uncircumscribed, uncountable, uncounted, undecided, undeclared, under security, under wraps, undetermined, undisclosable, undisclosed, undivulgable, undivulged, unestablished, unexpressed, unfathomable, unfixed, unimaginable, universal, unlimited, unmeasurable, unmeasured, unmentioned, unnumbered, unplumbed, unproclaimed, unpronounced, unpublished, unrecorded, unreported, unrevealable, unrevealed, unsaid, unsettled, unspeakable, unspoken, unsung, untalked-of, untellable, unthinkable, unutterable, unuttered, unvoiced, unwhisperable, unwritten, up for grabs, vast, without bound, without end, without limit, without measure, without number, wordless

• untouchable, DP, Ishmael, affectless, anesthetized, antipodean, arctic, autistic, awesome, awful, back of beyond, banned, barred, blunt, castaway, catatonic, chill, chilly, cold, cold as charity, cold-blooded, coldhearted, contraband, cool, declasse, derelict, dispassionate, displaced person, divine, drugged, dull, emotionally dead, emotionless, evictee, exile, expatriate, expellee, forbade, forbid, forbidden, frigid, frosted, frosty, frozen, godforsaken, heartless, heavenly, holy, hyperborean, icy, illegal, illicit, immovable, impassible, impassive, inaccessible, ineffable, inenarrable, inexcitable, inexpressible, insusceptible, inviolable, inviolate, leper, nonemotional, nonpermissible, not permitted, numinous, objective, obtuse, off limits, out of bounds, out of reach, out of touch, out-of-the-way, outcast, outcast of society, outcaste, outlaw, outlawed, outsider, pariah, passionless, persona non grata, prohibited, religious, ruled out, sacred, sacrosanct, self-absorbed, social outcast, soulless, spiritless, spiritual, taboo, tabooed, unacceptable person, unaffectionate, unallowed, unapproachable, unauthorized, under the ban, undesirable, unemotional, unfeeling, ungetatable, unimpassioned, unimpressionable, unlawful, unlicensed, unloving, unpassionate, unpermissible, unresponding, unresponsive, unsanctioned, unspeakable, unsusceptible, unsympathetic, unutterable, venerable, verboten, vetoed

• untouched, able, artless, bright, callous, callow, dewy, enigmatic, entire, ever-new, evergreen, extra, firsthand, flawless, fledgling, fresh, good, green, hard, hardened, harmless, held back, held in reserve, held out, immature, immune, immunized, impenitent, in abeyance, in hand, in the raw, inartificial, incalculable, incognizable, insolent, insured, intact, inviolate, maiden, maidenly, mint, mysterious, native, natural, neoteric, nestling, new, obdurate, original, perfect, pristine, protected, put aside, put by, puzzling, raw, reserve, safe, safe and sound, saved, scatheless, sealed, secure, sempervirent, sound, spare, stored, strange, suspended, to spare, unabject, unaffected, unanimated, unapparent, unapplied, unapprehended, unascertained, unbeaten, unbeknown, unblemished, unbroken, unbruised, uncharted, unclassified, unconsumed, uncontrite, undamaged, undefaced, undeformed, undemolished, undestroyed, undeveloped, undisclosed, undiscoverable, undiscovered, undivulged, unemployed, unexercised, unexpended, unexplained, unexplored, unexposed, unfaded, unfamiliar, unfathomed, unfledged, unhandled, unharmed, unheard, unheard-of, unhurt, unidentified, unimpaired, unimpressed, uninjured, uninspired, uninvestigated, unknowable, unknown, unmaimed, unmangled, unmarked, unmarred, unmelted, unmoved, unperceived, unplumbed, unrepentant, unrepenting, unrevealed, unruffled, unscarred, unscathed, unscratched, unshattered, unsoftened, unspent, unspoiled, unstirred, unstruck, unsullied, unsuspected, untapped, unthreatened, untorn, untried, untrodden, unused, unutilized, unwithered, unworn, vernal, virgin, virginal, waived, young

• untoward, adverse, annoying, antagonistic, apocalyptic, awkward, bad, baleful, baneful, black, bleak, bodeful, boding, boorish, conflicting, contrary, counter, counteractive, criminal, dark, detrimental, difficult, dire, discouraging, doomful, dreary, evil, evil-starred, fateful, foolish, foreboding, fractious, gloomy, hapless, hard, harmful, hostile, ill, ill-boding, ill-conceived, ill-considered, ill-fated, ill-omened, ill-seasoned, ill-starred, ill-timed, impolite, improper, imprudent, in opposition, inaccurate, inappropriate, inauspicious, inconvenient, indecent, indecorous, indelicate, indocile, inexpedient, infelicitous, inferior, inimical, inopportune, intempestive, intractable, intrusive, invalid, irrelevant, irritating, late, lowering, luckless, mal a propos, malapropos, malevolent, malodorous, menacing, miserable, mistimed, not easy, of evil portent, off base, ominous, opposed, opposing, opposite, out of line, out of phase, out of time, peccant, portending, portentous, premature, recalcitrant, rigorous, rough, rude, silly, sinful, sinister, somber, star-crossed, stressful, stupid, tactless, threatening, too late, too soon, troublesome, troublous, trying, unapt, unbecoming, unbefitting, uncalled-for, undecorous, undiplomatic, undisciplined, unfavorable, unfit, unfitting, unfortunate, ungentlemanly, ungodly, ungovernable, unhandy, unhappy, unhealthy, unkind, unladylike, unlucky, unmanageable, unpleasant, unpromising, unpropitious, unready, unrefined, unripe, unseasonable, unseemly, unskillful, unsuitable, untactful, untimely, unwarranted, unwise, vexatious, vexing, vicious, wicked, wild, wretched, wrong

• untrained, a stranger to, amateurish, disaccustomed, ignorant, inexperienced, new to, rusty, semiskilled, unaccomplished, unaccustomed, unacquainted with, unbusinesslike, uncoached, unconversant with, unendowed, unfamiliar with, unfinished, ungifted, unhabituated, unhardened, uninitiated, uninured, unpolished, unpracticed, unprepared, unprimed, unprofessional, unschooled, unseasoned, unskilled, untalented, untaught, untutored, unused, unused to, unwonted, weaned

• untreated, arrested, backward, coarse, crude, embryonic, in embryo, in ovo, in the rough, oversimple, reductionistic, reductive, rough, roughcast, roughhewn, rude, rudimental, rudimentary, simplistic, stunted, unblown, uncultivated, uncultured, uncut, underdeveloped, undeveloped, unfashioned, unfinished, unformed, unhewn, unlabored, unlicked, unpolished, unprocessed, unrefined, unworked, unwrought

• untried, a novice at, a stranger to, callow, dewy, ever-new, evergreen, firsthand, fledgling, fresh, green, green as grass, groundless, half-baked, ignorant, immature, inconclusive, indecisive, inexperienced, intact, maiden, maidenly, neoteric, nestling, new, new to, not following, not proved, original, pristine, raw, sempervirent, unaccustomed to, unacquainted with, unascertained, unattested, unauthenticated, unbeaten, uncertified, unconfirmed, unconversant, unconversant with, uncorroborated, undemonstrated, undetermined, undeveloped, unestablished, unexperienced, unfamiliar with, unfixed, unfledged, unfounded, unhandled, uninitiated in, unmatured, unpracticed, unpracticed in, unproved, unproven, unripe, unseasoned, unsettled, unshown, unskilled in, unsubstantiated, unsupported, unsupported by evidence, unsustained, untested, untouched, untrodden, unused, unused to, unvalidated, unverified, unversed, unversed in, vernal, virgin, virginal, without basis, without grounds, young

• untrimmed, bald, bare, blank, guileless, naked, nude, unadorned, unadulterated, unaffected, unarrayed, unassumed, unassuming, unbeguileful, unbeguiling, uncalculating, uncomplicated, undeceitful, undeceiving, undeceptive, undecked, undecorated, undesigning, undisguised, undisguising, undissembling, undissimulated, undissimulating, undressed, unembellished, unfeigned, unfeigning, unflattering, unfurbished, ungarnished, unornamented, unpretended, unpretending, unsophisticated, unvarnished

• untrodden, callow, dewy, ever-new, evergreen, extra, firsthand, fledgling, fresh, green, held back, held in reserve, held out, immature, imperforate, in abeyance, in hand, intact, maiden, maidenly, mint, neoteric, nestling, new, original, pathless, pierceless, pristine, put aside, put by, raw, reserve, saved, sempervirent, spare, stored, suspended, to spare, trackless, unapplied, unbeaten, unconsumed, undeveloped, unemployed, unexercised, unexpended, unfledged, unhandled, unperforated, unpierced, unspent, untapped, untouched, untried, unused, unutilized, vernal, virgin, virginal, waived, wayless, young

• untroubled, at peace, at rest, bloodless, calm, cloistered, concordant, cool, dwindling, ebbing, even-tenored, halcyon, hushed, idyllic, impassive, isolated, moldering, orderly, pacific, pastoral, peaceable, peaceful, peacetime, piping, placid, quiescent, quiet, reposeful, reposing, restful, resting, secluded, sequestered, sequestrated, serene, sheltered, smooth, soft, still, still as death, stillish, stilly, stoic, stolid, subsiding, tranquil, unagitated, unbothered, undisturbed, unexcited, unflustered, unimpassioned, unmoved, unperturbed, unplagued, unruffled, unstirred, unstirring, untormented, unvexed, unworried, waning

• untrue, aberrant, abroad, adrift, all abroad, all off, all wrong, amiss, askew, astray, at fault, awry, beside the mark, capricious, contrary to fact, corrupt, deceitful, deceptive, defective, delusive, derelict, deviant, deviational, deviative, devious, disaffected, dishonest, dishonorable, disloyal, disregardful, distorted, duplicitous, errant, erring, erroneous, faithless, fallacious, false, faultful, faulty, fickle, flawed, forsworn, heretical, heterodox, hypocritical, illogical, illusory, imperfect, imprecise, in error, inaccurate, inattentive, inconstant, incorrect, inexact, inobservant, insincere, misleading, mistaken, negligent, nonadherent, noncompliant, nonconforming, nonobservant, not right, not true, not true to, of bad faith, off, off the track, out, peccant, perfidious, perjured, perverse, perverted, recreant, self-contradictory, specious, straying, substandard, traitorous, treacherous, trothless, truthless, two-faced, uncompliant, unconforming, undependable, unfactual, unfaithful, unfounded, unloyal, unobservant, unorthodox, unprecise, unproved, unreliable, unsound, unsteadfast, untrustworthy, wide, wrong

• untrusting, Pyrrhonic, agnostic, distrustful, doubtful, doubting, dubious, from Missouri, in doubt, leery, mistrustful, mistrusting, questioning, scrupulous, shy, skeptical, suspecting, suspicious, uncertain, wary

• untrustworthy, dangerous, desultory, doubtful, dubious, fly-by-night, hazardous, infirm, insecure, insubstantial, irresponsible, perilous, precarious, provisional, questionable, risky, rocky, shaky, shifting, shifty, slippery, temporary, tentative, ticklish, tottery, treacherous, trustless, unassured, uncertain, undependable, unfaithworthy, unhealthy, unpredictable, unreliable, unsafe, unsolid, unsound, unstable, unsteadfast, unsteady, unsubstantial, unsure, untrusty

• untruth, aberrancy, aberration, blague, canard, cock-and-bull story, defectiveness, delusion, deviancy, distortion, errancy, erroneousness, error, exaggeration, fairy tale, fallaciousness, fallacy, falsehood, falseness, falsity, farfetched story, farrago, fault, faultiness, fib, fiction, fish story, flam, flaw, flawedness, flimflam, ghost story, half-truth, hamartia, heresy, heterodoxy, illusion, inveracity, legal fiction, lie, little white lie, mendacity, misapplication, misconstruction, misdoing, misfeasance, misinterpretation, misjudgment, misrepresentation, peccancy, perversion, pious fiction, prevarication, self-contradiction, sin, sinfulness, slight stretching, story, tale, tall story, tall tale, taradiddle, trumped-up story, truthlessness, unorthodoxy, untrueness, untruthfulness, white lie, yarn

• untruthful, artful, calculating, crafty, deceitful, deceptive, delusive, delusory, dishonest, disingenuous, equivocal, false, falsehearted, forsworn, inaccurate, incorrect, insincere, knavish, lying, mendacious, misleading, perjured, prevaricating, roguish, scheming, shifty, truthless, uncandid, unfrank, unsincere, unveracious, wrong

• untutored, Gothic, Philistine, amateurish, artless, barbarous, benighted, bookless, deceived, disembarrass, disembroil, disencumber, disentangle, empty-headed, functionally illiterate, grammarless, heathen, hoodwinked, ill-educated, illiterate, ingenuous, know-nothing, led astray, lowbrow, misinformed, misinstructed, mistaught, naive, nonintellectual, pagan, rude, semiskilled, simple, unaccomplished, unaffected, unartificial, unbooked, unbookish, unbooklearned, unbriefed, unbusinesslike, uncoached, uncultivated, uncultured, unedified, uneducated, unendowed, unerudite, unfinished, ungifted, unguided, uninitiated, uninstructed, unintellectual, unlearned, unlettered, unliterary, unpolished, unprepared, unprimed, unprofessional, unread, unrefined, unscholarly, unschooled, unscramble, unskilled, unsophisticated, unstudied, unstudious, untalented, untangle, untaught, untie, untrained, untwine

• untwist, answer, bottom, clarify, clear up, crack, debug, decipher, decode, disembroil, disentangle, disintricate, disinvolve, divine, do, dope, dope out, explain, fathom, figure out, find out, find the answer, find the solution, get, get right, guess, guess right, have it, hit it, interpret, make out, open the lock, plumb, psych, psych out, puzzle out, ravel, ravel out, resolve, riddle, solve, sort out, unbraid, unclutter, uncoil, undo, unknot, unlock, unmix, unravel, unriddle, unscramble, unsnarl, untangle, unthread, untwine, unweave, unwind, work, work out

• unusable, functionless, impractical, in disrepair, inapplicable, inoperable, inoperative, nonfunctional, nonutilitarian, otiose, out of order, out of whack, unconducive, unemployable, unfit, unhelpful, unserviceable, unsuitable, unworkable, useless

• unused to, a novice at, a stranger to, callow, disaccustomed, fresh, green, green as grass, ignorant, immature, inexperienced, new to, raw, rusty, unaccustomed, unaccustomed to, unacquainted with, unconversant, unconversant with, undeveloped, unexperienced, unfamiliar with, unfledged, unhabituated, unhardened, uninitiated in, uninured, unmatured, unpracticed, unpracticed in, unripe, unseasoned, unskilled in, untrained, untried, unused, unversed, unversed in, unwonted, weaned

• unused, a stranger to, abandoned, as a bonus, callow, derelict, dewy, disaccustomed, disused, ever-new, evergreen, extra, firsthand, fledgling, for lagniappe, fresh, given up, green, held back, held in reserve, held out, idle, ignorant, immature, in abeyance, in hand, inexperienced, intact, left, leftover, maiden, maidenly, mint, neglected, neoteric, nestling, net, new, new to, odd, original, outstanding, over, over and above, overplus, pristine, put aside, put by, raw, remaining, remanent, reserve, rusty, saved, sempervirent, spare, stored, superfluous, supernumerary, surplus, surviving, suspended, to spare, unaccustomed, unaccustomed to, unacquainted with, unapplied, unbeaten, unconsumed, unconversant with, undeveloped, unemployed, unexercised, unexpended, unfamiliar with, unfledged, unhabituated, unhandled, unhardened, uninitiated in, uninured, unpracticed, unseasoned, unspent, untapped, untouched, untrained, untried, untrodden, unused to, unutilized, unwonted, vernal, virgin, virginal, waived, weaned, young

• unusual, almost unheard-of, atypical, bizarre, breakaway, curious, different, eccentric, exceptional, extraordinary, extremely, freakish, infrequent, novel, odd, oddball, offbeat, original, outlandish, peculiar, quaint, queer, rare, rarely, recherche, remarkable, scarce, seldom met with, seldom seen, singular, slow, sparse, strange, sui generis, uncommon, uncommonly, unconventional, uncustomary, undreamed-of, unexpected, unfamiliar, unfrequent, unheard-of, unimaginable, unique, unordinary, unorthodox, unprecedented, unthinkable, unthought-of, untypical, unusually, unwonted

• unusually, abnormally, abundantly, acutely, amazingly, amply, astonishingly, awesomely, conspicuously, copiously, eminently, emphatically, exceptionally, exquisitely, extraordinarily, exuberantly, famously, generously, glaringly, hardly, hardly ever, impressively, incredibly, intensely, magically, magnanimously, magnificently, markedly, marvelously, nobly, notably, particularly, peculiarly, pointedly, preeminently, profusely, prominently, pronouncedly, rarely, remarkably, richly, seldom, seldom if ever, signally, singularly, splendidly, strikingly, superlatively, surpassingly, surprisingly, uncommonly, uncustomarily, unexpectedly, unnaturally, unordinarily, wonderfully, wondrous, worthily

• unutterable, arcane, awesome, awful, cabalistic, censored, classified, close, closed, concealed, cryptic, dark, divine, enigmatic, esoteric, heavenly, hermetic, hidden, holy, hush-hush, incommunicable, inconceivable, incredible, indefinable, indescribable, ineffable, inenarrable, inexpressible, innominable, inviolable, inviolate, latent, marvelous, mysterious, noncommunicable, numinous, occult, prodigious, religious, restricted, sacred, sacrosanct, secret, smothered, spiritual, stifled, suppressed, top secret, ulterior, unbelievable, unbreatheable, undefinable, under security, under wraps, undisclosable, undisclosed, undivulgable, undivulged, unimaginable, unmentionable, unnameable, unrevealable, unrevealed, unspeakable, unspoken, untellable, untold, untouchable, unuttered, unwhisperable, venerable, wonderful, wondrous

• unuttered, arcane, cabalistic, censored, classified, close, closed, concealed, cryptic, dark, echoless, enigmatic, esoteric, hermetic, hidden, hush as death, hush-hush, hushed, implicit, implied, inaudible, inferred, latent, mousy, mysterious, noiseless, occult, quiescent, quiet, restricted, secret, silent, smothered, soundless, stifled, still, still as death, stilly, subaudible, suppressed, tacit, top secret, ulterior, unarticulated, unbreatheable, undeclared, under security, under wraps, understood, undisclosable, undisclosed, undivulgable, undivulged, unexpressed, unhearable, unmentioned, unproclaimed, unpronounced, unpublished, unrecorded, unrevealable, unrevealed, unsaid, unsounded, unspoken, unsung, untalked-of, untellable, untold, unutterable, unvocalized, unvoiced, unwhisperable, unwritten, whist, wordless

• unvalued, despised, disliked, lowly, misprized, misunderstood, out of favor, thankless, unappreciated, uncared-for, underestimated, underrated, undervalued, unlamented, unmissed, unmourned, unpopular, unregretted, unsung

• unvarnished, Spartan, arcadian, ascetic, austere, authentic, bald, bare, blank, bona fide, bucolic, candid, card-carrying, common, commonplace, dinkum, direct, dry, dull, following the letter, frank, genuine, good, guileless, homely, homespun, honest, honest-to-God, inartificial, lawful, lean, legitimate, lifelike, literal, matter-of-fact, naked, native, natural, naturalistic, naturelike, neat, nude, open, openhearted, original, outspoken, pastoral, plain, plain-speaking, plain-spoken, prosaic, prosing, prosy, pure, real, realistic, rightful, rural, rustic, severe, simon-pure, simple, simple-speaking, sincere, sober, spare, stark, sterling, straight, straightforward, sure-enough, true to life, true to nature, true to reality, unadorned, unadulterated, unaffected, unarrayed, unartificial, unassumed, unassuming, unbeguileful, unbeguiling, uncalculating, uncolored, uncomplicated, unconcealed, unconcocted, uncopied, uncounterfeited, undeceitful, undeceiving, undeceptive, undecked, undecorated, undesigning, undisguised, undisguising, undissembled, undissembling, undissimulated, undissimulating, undistorted, undressed, unembellished, unexaggerated, unfabricated, unfanciful, unfeigned, unfeigning, unfictitious, unflattering, unfurbished, ungarnished, unimaginative, unimagined, unimitated, uninvented, unornamented, unpoetical, unpretended, unpretending, unpretentious, unqualified, unromantic, unsimulated, unsophisticated, unspecious, unspoiled, unsynthetic, untrimmed, verbal, verbatim, veridical, verisimilar, word-for-word

• unvarying, abiding, accordant, alike, automatic, balanced, blah, broken-record, ceaseless, changeless, chattering, consistent, consonant, constant, continual, continuing, continuous, correspondent, drearisome, dreary, dry, dryasdust, dull, durable, dusty, enduring, equable, equal, even, everlasting, firm, fixed, flat, frozen, harping, homogeneous, humdrum, immobile, immutable, incessant, incommutable, inconvertible, indefeasible, inert, insusceptible of change, intact, intransmutable, invariable, inviolate, irretrievable, irreversible, irrevocable, jog-trot, lasting, level, long-winded, machine gun, measured, mechanical, methodic, monolithic, monotonous, noble, nonreturnable, nonreversible, of a piece, ordered, orderly, oscillating, perennial, permanent, perpetual, persistent, prolix, pulsating, quiescent, rapid, regular, remaining, repeated, reverseless, rigid, robotlike, singsong, smooth, solid, stabile, stable, staccato, static, stationary, staying, steadfast, steady, stuttering, sustained, systematic, tedious, torpid, treadmill, unalterable, unalterative, unaltered, unbroken, unceasing, unchangeable, unchanged, unchanging, unchecked, undeflectable, undestroyed, undeviating, undifferentiated, undiversified, uneventful, unfading, unfailing, uniform, unintermitted, unintermittent, unintermitting, uninterrupted, unmodifiable, unremitting, unrestorable, unreturnable, unruffled, unshifting, unstopped, unsusceptible, unvariable, unvaried, vibrating

• unveil, bare, betray, break the seal, bring to light, clear, denudate, denude, deobstruct, develop, disclose, discover, dismask, display, divest, divulge, draw the veil, expose, fleece, free, impart, lay bare, lay open, let daylight in, let out, manifest, open, open up, patefy, pluck, raise the curtain, remove, reveal, shear, show, show up, strip, strip bare, tell, unblock, uncase, unclench, uncloak, unclog, unclothe, unclutch, uncork, uncover, uncurtain, undo, undrape, unfold, unfoul, unfurl, unkennel, unlatch, unlock, unmask, unpack, unplug, unroll, unscreen, unseal, unsheathe, unshroud, unshut, unstop, unwrap

• unveiling, apocalypse, baring, coming out, curtain raiser, debut, demonstration, disclosing, disclosure, discovering, discovery, display, embarkation, embarkment, enactment, exhibit, exhibition, expose, exposition, exposure, first appearance, floating, flotation, inaugural address, inauguration, induction, initiation, installation, installment, introduction, launching, laying bare, maiden speech, manifestation, opener, opening, ostentation, patefaction, performance, preliminary, presentation, presentment, production, projection, removing the veil, representation, retrospective, revealing, revealment, revelation, show, showing, showing up, showup, stripping, uncloaking, uncovering, unfolding, unfoldment, unmasking, unwrapping, varnishing day, vernissage

• unventilated, airless, blank, blind, blind-alley, breathless, breezeless, cecal, choked, choked off, close, closed, constricted, contracted, dead, dead-end, ill-ventilated, oppressive, shut, squeezed shut, stifling, strangulated, stuffy, suffocating, unopen, unopened, unvented, windless

• unverified, apocryphal, groundless, inconclusive, indecisive, nonofficial, not following, not proved, unascertained, unattested, unauthentic, unauthenticated, unauthoritative, uncertified, unchecked, unconfirmed, uncorroborated, undemonstrated, undetermined, unestablished, unfixed, unfounded, unofficial, unproved, unproven, unsettled, unshown, unsubstantiated, unsupported, unsupported by evidence, unsustained, untested, untried, unvalidated, unwarranted, without basis, without grounds

• unversed, a novice at, a stranger to, awkward, blankminded, callow, dumb, empty, empty-headed, fresh, gauche, green, green as grass, groping, ignorant, immature, inane, inexperienced, innocent, know-nothing, naive, nescient, new to, raw, simple, strange to, tentative, unaccustomed to, unacquainted, unacquainted with, unapprized, uncomprehending, unconversant, unconversant with, undeveloped, unenlightened, unexperienced, unfamiliar, unfamiliar with, unfledged, unilluminated, uninformed, uninitiated, uninitiated in, unintelligent, unknowing, unmatured, unposted, unpracticed, unpracticed in, unripe, unseasoned, unskilled in, unsure, untried, unused to, unversed in, vacuous

• unvirtuous, Adamic, backsliding, besmirched, carnal, defiled, erring, fallen, fleshly, frail, impure, indecent, infirm, lapsed, maculate, of easy virtue, peccable, postlapsarian, prodigal, recidivist, recidivistic, smirched, soiled, sullied, tainted, unangelic, unchaste, unclean, ungodly, ungood, unrighteous, unsaintly, unvirginal, virtueless, wanton, wayward, weak

• unvoiced, echoless, hush as death, hushed, inaudible, mousy, noiseless, quiescent, quiet, silent, soundless, still, still as death, stilly, subaudible, tacit, unarticulated, undeclared, unexpressed, unhearable, unmentioned, unproclaimed, unpronounced, unpublished, unrecorded, unsaid, unsounded, unspoken, unsung, untalked-of, untold, unuttered, unvocalized, unwritten, whist, wordless

• unwarned, bare-handed, defenseless, guardless, helpless, inexpectant, nonexpectant, unadmonished, unadvised, unanticipating, unanticipative, unarmed, unarmored, unattended, unaware, uncovered, undefended, unexpecting, unforewarned, unfortified, ungarrisoned, unguarded, unguessing, uninformed, unprepared, unprotected, unready, unscreened, unsheltered, unshielded, unsuspecting, unwatched, weaponless

• unwarrantable, actionable, against the law, anarchic, anarchistic, anomic, black-market, bootleg, chargeable, contraband, contrary to law, criminal, felonious, flawed, illegal, illegitimate, illicit, impermissible, indefensible, inexcusable, inexpiable, irregular, irremissible, justiciable, lawless, nonconstitutional, nonlegal, nonlicit, outlaw, outlawed, punishable, triable, unallowable, unallowed, unauthorized, unconscionable, unconstitutional, under-the-counter, under-the-table, undue, unforgivable, unjustifiable, unlawful, unofficial, unpardonable, unreasonable, unstatutory, unwarranted, wrongful

• unwarranted, actionable, against the law, anarchic, anarchistic, anomic, apocryphal, baseless, black-market, bootleg, bottomless, chargeable, contraband, contrary to law, criminal, cutthroat, empty, exacting, excessive, exorbitant, extortionate, extravagant, fancy, felonious, flawed, gouging, gratuitous, grossly overpriced, groundless, idle, ill-founded, illegal, illegitimate, illicit, immoderate, impermissible, improper, indefensible, inexcusable, inflationary, inordinate, intemperate, irregular, justiciable, lawless, nonconstitutional, nonlegal, nonlicit, nonmeritorious, nonofficial, not coming, not outstanding, out of bounds, out of sight, outlaw, outlawed, outrageous, overpriced, preposterous, prohibitive, punishable, skyrocketing, spiraling, triable, unallowed, unasked, unattested, unauthentic, unauthenticated, unauthoritative, unauthorized, unbased, uncalled-for, uncertified, unchecked, unconfirmed, unconscionable, unconstitutional, uncorroborated, undemonstrated, under-the-counter, under-the-table, undeserved, undeserving, undue, unearned, unentitled, unfair, unfounded, ungrounded, unjust, unjustifiable, unjustified, unlawful, unmerited, unmeriting, unnecessary, unofficial, unowed, unowing, unproved, unreasonable, unrestrained, unstatutory, unsupportable, unsupported, unsustainable, unsustained, untempered, untenable, unvalidated, unverified, unwarrantable, unworthy, usurious, vain, without basis, without foundation, wrongful

• unwary, artless, asleep, bluff, blunt, born yesterday, brash, brazen, brazenfaced, candid, careless, childlike, confiding, culpably negligent, derelict, direct, foolhardy, frank, goofing off, guileless, hasty, heedless, hotheaded, hubristic, ill-advised, improvident, imprudent, impudent, inadvertent, inattentive, incautious, inconsiderate, indiscreet, ingenu, ingenuous, injudicious, innocent, insolent, laissez-faire, lax, loose, mindless, naive, napping, neglectful, neglecting, negligent, nodding, noninterfering, nonrestrictive, off-guard, open, openhearted, outspoken, overbold, overcareless, overconfident, overly permissive, oversure, overweening, permissive, plain, procrastinating, rash, reckless, relaxed, remiss, scamping, simple, simplehearted, simpleminded, sincere, single-hearted, single-minded, skimping, slack, sleeping, slighting, slurring, temerarious, thoughtless, trustful, trusting, unadvised, unalert, uncautious, unchary, uncircumspect, unguarded, unprepared, unready, unreserved, unrigorous, unsophisticated, unthinking, unvigilant, unwatchful, unwise

• unwashed, base, baseborn, canaille, contaminated, corrupted, dirty, dregs, humble, impure, infected, low, lowborn, lowly, masses, mean, mob, nonkosher, plebeian, polluted, proletariat, ragtag and bobtail, riffraff, ritually unclean, scum, the great unwashed, the masses, the mob, the populace, the population, trash, tref, unbathed, unclean, uncleaned, uncleanly, unpure, unscoured, unscrubbed, unswept, unwiped

• unwatched, abandoned, bare-handed, defenseless, deserted, disregarded, guardless, half-done, helpless, ignored, laid aside, left undone, missed, neglected, omitted, overlooked, passed by, passed over, passed up, pigeonholed, put aside, shunted, sidelined, sidetracked, slighted, unarmed, unarmored, unasked, unattended, unattended to, uncared-for, unchaperoned, unconsidered, uncovered, undefended, undone, unfortified, ungarrisoned, unguarded, unprotected, unregarded, unscreened, unsheltered, unshielded, unsolicited, unsuspecting, untended, unwarned, weaponless

• unwatchful, asleep, culpably negligent, derelict, goofing off, inadvertent, inattentive, incautious, laissez-faire, lax, loose, napping, neglectful, neglecting, negligent, nodding, noninterfering, nonrestrictive, off-guard, overly permissive, permissive, procrastinating, relaxed, remiss, scamping, skimping, slack, sleeping, slighting, slurring, unalert, uncautious, uncircumspect, unguarded, unprepared, unready, unrigorous, unvigilant, unwary

• unwavering, abiding, arrogant, assiduous, assured, balanced, calm, cocksure, confident, constant, continuing, convinced, cool, coolheaded, decided, determined, diligent, dogged, enduring, faithful, fast, fiducial, firm, firm as Gibraltar, fixed, hubristic, immutable, imperturbable, in equilibrium, inalterable, indefatigable, indomitable, industrious, inexcitable, insistent, invincible, lasting, loyal, nerveless, never-failing, never-tiring, obstinate, overconfident, oversure, overweening, patient, patient as Job, permanent, perseverant, persevering, persistent, persisting, persuaded, pertinacious, plodding, plugging, poised, pompous, positive, predictable, preoccupied, proud, rapt, reassured, relaxed, relentless, reliable, resolute, rock-steady, secure, sedulous, self-assured, self-confident, self-important, self-reliant, single-minded, sleepless, slogging, solid, sound, stable, steadfast, steady, steady-handed, steady-nerved, steel-nerved, strong-nerved, stubborn, substantial, sure, tenacious, tireless, unabating, unafraid, unblenching, unblinking, unconquerable, undaunted, undiscouraged, undoubting, undrooping, unfailing, unfaltering, unflagging, unflappable, unflinching, unhesitating, unintermitting, uninterrupted, unnervous, unnodding, unqualified, unquivering, unrelaxing, unrelenting, unremitting, unshakable, unshaken, unshaky, unshrinking, unsleeping, unstrained, unswerving, untiring, untremulous, unwearied, unwearying, unwinking, utterly attentive, weariless, well-balanced, without a tremor, without nerves

• unwearied, ardent, assiduous, constant, continuing, diligent, dogged, enduring, energetic, faithful, fervent, hard, hardworking, immutable, inalterable, indefatigable, indomitable, industrious, insistent, invincible, laborious, lasting, loyal, never idle, never-tiring, obstinate, patient, patient as Job, permanent, perseverant, persevering, persistent, persisting, pertinacious, plodding, plugging, preoccupied, rapt, relentless, resolute, sedulous, single-minded, sleepless, slogging, stable, steadfast, steady, strenuous, stubborn, tenacious, tireless, unabating, unconquerable, undaunted, undiscouraged, undrooping, unexhausted, unfailing, unfaltering, unfatigued, unflagging, unflinching, unintermitting, uninterrupted, unnodding, unrelaxing, unrelenting, unremitting, unsleeping, unsparing, unswerving, untired, untiring, unwavering, unwearying, unwinking, utterly attentive, vehement, weariless, zealous

• unweave, answer, bottom, clarify, clear up, crack, debug, decipher, decode, disembroil, disentangle, disintricate, disinvolve, divine, do, dope, dope out, explain, fathom, figure out, find out, find the answer, find the solution, get, get right, guess, guess right, have it, hit it, interpret, make out, open the lock, plumb, psych, psych out, puzzle out, ravel, ravel out, resolve, riddle, solve, sort out, unbraid, unclutter, uncoil, undo, unknot, unlock, unmix, unravel, unriddle, unscramble, unsnarl, untangle, unthread, untwine, untwist, unwind, work, work out

• unweeded, dense, exuberant, flourishing, gross, heavy, impenetrable, jungled, jungly, lush, luxuriant, overgrown, overrun, rank, riotous, thick, weed-choked, weed-ridden, weedy

• unwelcome, anathema, bitter, disagreeable, dislikable, displeasing, distasteful, exceptionable, excluded, ill-favored, inadmissible, obnoxious, persona non grata, rejected, repellent, sour, thankless, ugly, unacceptable, unaccepted, unagreeable, unalluring, unappealing, unappetizing, unasked, unasked-for, unattractive, unbidden, uncalled-for, undelectable, undelicious, undesirable, undesired, unengaging, unenjoyable, uninvited, uninviting, unlikable, unpalatable, unpleasant, unpleasing, unsavory, unsought, untasteful, unwanted, unwished

• unwell, ailing, bad, below par, critically ill, donsie, down, faint, faintish, feeble, feeling awful, feeling faint, feeling something terrible, frail, ill, in danger, indisposed, infirm, laid low, low, mean, mortally ill, not quite right, off-color, offish, out of sorts, poorly, qualmish, queasy, rocky, seedy, shaky, sick, sick unto death, sickish, sickly, squeamish, taken ill, under the weather, weakly, wobbly

• unwholesome, bad, bad for, baneful, contaminated, deleterious, detrimental, diseased, disgusting, foul, harmful, hideous, horrible, hurtful, injurious, insalubrious, insanitary, loathsome, mischievous, morbid, morbific, noisome, noxious, obscene, pathogenic, pathological, peccant, pernicious, pestiferous, polluted, repellent, repulsive, septic, sickly, tainted, unhealthful, unhealthy, unhygienic, unsanitary, unsound

• unwieldy, Latinate, all thumbs, awkward, blunderheaded, blundering, bombastic, boorish, bulky, bumbling, bungling, burdensome, butterfingered, careless, clownish, clumsy, clumsy-fisted, contrary, cramped, crosswise, cumbersome, cumbrous, discommodious, elephantine, encumbering, fingers all thumbs, forced, formal, fumbling, gauche, gawkish, gawky, graceless, guinde, halting, ham-fisted, ham-handed, heavy, heavy-handed, hulking, hulky, impractical, incommodious, inconvenient, incumbent, inelegant, inkhorn, labored, leaden, left-hand, left-handed, loutish, lubberly, lumbering, lumpish, lumpy, maladroit, massive, massy, oafish, onerous, oppressive, oversized, perverse, pompous, ponderous, sesquipedalian, sloppy, stiff, stilted, superincumbent, troublesome, turgid, uncontrollable, uncouth, ungainly, ungraceful, unhandy, unmanageable

• unwilling, afraid, at odds, automatic, averse, backward, blind, compulsive, conditioned, cursory, deaf to, declinatory, differing, disagreeing, disinclined, disobedient, forced, fractious, hesitant, impulsive, indisposed, indocile, instinctive, involuntary, loath, mechanical, mutinous, negative, nonconsenting, opposed, perfunctory, recalcitrant, reflex, reflexive, refractory, rejective, reluctant, resistant, sulky, sullen, uncomplaisant, uncompliant, uncomplying, unconscious, unconsenting, uncooperative, uneager, unintentional, unthinking, unwilled, unwitting

• unwind, calm down, clarify, clear up, collect oneself, compose oneself, cool it, cool off, disembroil, disentangle, disintricate, disinvolve, ease, ease off, ease up, get organized, let down, let up, let up on, loosen up, ravel, relax, simmer down, slack, slack off, slack up, slacken, slow down, sober down, sort out, take it easy, unbend, unbraid, unclutter, uncoil, unfold, unfurl, unknot, unlax, unmix, unravel, unreel, unroll, unscramble, unsnarl, untangle, unthread, untwine, untwist, unweave

• unwise, bad, brainless, childish, fatuous, foolish, futile, headless, ignorant, ill-advised, ill-considered, ill-contrived, ill-devised, ill-gauged, ill-judged, ill-suited, ill-timed, immature, impolitic, impractical, improper, imprudent, inadvisable, inane, inappropriate, inapt, incongruous, inconsiderate, indiscreet, inept, inexpedient, infelicitous, injudicious, inopportune, insensate, irrational, lackbrained, lean-minded, lean-witted, mal a propos, malapropos, mindless, misadvised, misguided, myopic, naive, not bright, of little brain, out of place, pea-brained, penny-wise and pound-foolish, pin-brained, reasonless, reckless, senseless, shortsighted, slackminded, slackwitted, thoughtless, unadvised, unbefitting, unconsidered, undesirable, undiscerning, unfit, unfitting, unforeseeing, unfortunate, ungifted, unhappy, unintellectual, unintelligent, unmeet, unprofitable, unreasonable, unreasoning, unreflecting, unreflective, unseasonable, unseeing, unseemly, unsensible, unsound, unsuitable, untalented, unthinking, unthoughtful, untimely, witless, wrong

• unwitting, a stranger to, asleep, automatic, blind, blind to, caught napping, compulsive, conditioned, dead to, deaf to, forced, impercipient, impulsive, in ignorance of, incognizant, insensible, insensible to, instinctive, involuntary, mechanical, mindless, napping, nonconceiving, not with it, oblivious, out of it, reflex, reflexive, unacquainted, unaware, unaware of, unconscious, unconscious of, undesigned, unfamiliar, unguarded, unguided, unhearing, uninformed, uninsightful, uninstructed, unintended, unintentional, unknowing, unmeant, unmeditated, unmindful, unmindful of, unperceiving, unplanned, unprehensive, unpremeditated, unprompted, unpurposed, unrealizing, unseeing, unsuspecting, unthinking, unthought-of, unwilled, unwilling, witless

• unwonted, a stranger to, abnormal, atypical, breakaway, disaccustomed, extraordinary, ignorant, inexperienced, infrequent, irregular, new to, odd, offbeat, peculiar, rare, recherche, rusty, singular, strange, sui generis, unaccustomed, unacquainted with, uncommon, unconventional, unconversant with, uncustomary, undreamed-of, unexpected, unfamiliar, unfamiliar with, unhabituated, unhardened, unheard-of, unimaginable, uninured, unique, unordinary, unorthodox, unpracticed, unprecedented, unseasoned, unthinkable, unthought-of, untrained, unused, unused to, unusual, weaned

• unworkable, beyond one, functionless, impracticable, impractical, in disrepair, inapplicable, infeasible, inoperable, inoperative, insuperable, insurmountable, nonfunctional, nonutilitarian, otiose, out of order, out of whack, too much for, unachievable, unattainable, uncompassable, unconducive, undoable, uneffectible, unemployable, unfeasible, unfit, unhelpful, unnegotiable, unperformable, unrealizable, unserviceable, unsuitable, unsurmountable, unusable, useless

• unworldly, Christlike, Christly, Elysian, God-fearing, Olympian, airy, angelic, arcane, artless, asomatous, astral, beatific, beatified, blessed, bodiless, celestial, daydreaming, daydreamy, decarnate, decarnated, discarnate, disembodied, eerie, esoteric, ethereal, extramundane, extraterrestrial, fey, from on high, ghostly, glorified, godlike, godly, godly-minded, good, heavenly, holy, holy-minded, hypernormal, hyperphysical, immaterial, impalpable, imponderable, in glory, incorporate, incorporeal, ingenuous, insubstantial, intangible, mysterious, naive, nonmaterial, nonphysical, numinous, occult, otherworldly, paradisaic, paradisal, paradisiac, paradisic, phantom, preterhuman, preternatural, preternormal, pretersensual, psychic, pure, pure in heart, purehearted, righteous, saintlike, saintly, seraphic, shadowy, simple, spiritual, spiritual-minded, superhuman, supernal, supernatural, supernormal, superphysical, supersensible, supersensual, supramundane, supranatural, transcendental, transmundane, unaffected, unartificial, unearthly, unembodied, unextended, unfleshly, unhuman, unphysical, unschooled, unstudied, unsubstantial, untutored, visionary

• unworthy, abominable, arrant, atrocious, bad, bad child, bad example, bad man, bad news, bad person, bad woman, base, beneath notice, black, blamable, blameworthy, contemptible, criminal, damnable, dark, despicable, discreditable, disgraceful, dishonorable, disreputable, disreputable person, evil, execrable, flagitious, flagrant, foul, good-for-nothing, heinous, ignoble, improper, ineligible, infamous, inferior, iniquitous, knavish, low, mediocre, menial, meritless, monstrous, naughty, nefarious, no-account, no-good, nonmeritorious, not coming, not outstanding, nothing, objectionable person, outrageous, paltry, peccant, persona non grata, petty, preposterous, puny, rank, reprehensible, reprobate, scandalous, second-rate, shameful, sinful, substandard, unacceptable person, undeserved, undeserving, undesirable, undue, unearned, unentitled, unequal, unfit, unforgivable, unjustified, unmerited, unmeriting, unowed, unowing, unpardonable, unprofessional, unqualified, unspeakable, unwarranted, unworthy of regard, valueless, vicious, vile, villainous, wicked, worthless, wrong

• unwrap, bare, break the seal, bring to light, cast off, clear, deobstruct, develop, disclose, discover, dismask, doff, douse, draw the veil, drop, expose, free, impart, lay bare, lay open, let daylight in, let out, manifest, open, open up, patefy, put off, raise the curtain, remove, reveal, show, show up, slip out of, step out of, strip bare, take off, throw off, unblock, uncase, unclench, uncloak, unclog, unclutch, uncork, uncover, uncurtain, undo, undrape, unfold, unfoul, unfurl, unkennel, unlatch, unlock, unmask, unpack, unplug, unroll, unscreen, unseal, unsheathe, unshroud, unshut, unstop, unveil

• unwritten, acknowledged, admitted, articulated, conventional, customary, enunciated, established, fixed, folk, hallowed, handed down, heroic, hoary, immemorial, inveterate, legendary, lingual, linguistic, long-established, long-standing, mythological, nuncupative, of long standing, of the folk, oral, parol, prescriptive, pronounced, received, recognized, rooted, said, silent, sounded, speech, spoken, time-honored, traditional, tried and true, true-blue, undeclared, understood, unexpressed, unmentioned, unproclaimed, unpronounced, unpublished, unrecorded, unsaid, unspoken, unsung, untalked-of, untold, unuttered, unvoiced, uttered, venerable, verbal, viva voce, vocal, vocalized, voiced, voiceful, word-of-mouth, wordless, worshipful

• unyielding, adamant, adamantine, at a standstill, bowelless, bulky, bullheaded, cast-iron, certain, closed to, complaining, constant, cruel, dense, disputatious, disputing, dissentient, dissenting, dog-eat-dog, dour, durable, enduring, fated, fateful, firm, fixed, flinty, fractious, frozen, fundamentalist, grim, hard, hard-core, hard-line, harsh, headstrong, heartless, heavy, hidebound, immobile, immotile, immotive, immovable, immutable, impenetrable, impersuadable, impersuasible, impervious, implacable, impliable, impregnable, inclement, incontestable, indefeasible, indomitable, inductile, inelastic, ineluctable, inescapable, inevasible, inevitable, inexorable, inexpugnable, inextensible, inextensile, inextensional, inflexible, insuperable, intractable, intractile, intransigent, invincible, inviolable, invulnerable, iron, ironbound, ironclad, ironfisted, ironhanded, irreconcilable, irremovable, irresilient, irresistible, irrevocable, lasting, loyal, massive, merciless, mortal, mulish, muscle-bound, necessary, noncooperative, nonelastic, nonstretchable, obdurate, objecting, obstinate, obstructive, on the barricades, orthodox, overpowering, overwhelming, pat, pertinacious, pigheaded, pitiless, procrustean, proof against, protesting, purist, puristic, puritan, puritanic, rebellious, recalcitrant, refractory, relentless, reluctant, remorseless, renitent, repellent, resistant, resisting, resistive, resistless, retardant, retardative, rigid, rigorist, rigoristic, rigorous, rock-ribbed, rockbound, rugged, ruthless, self-willed, set, settled, single-minded, solid, sot, sound, stable, standpat, stationary, staunch, steadfast, steady, steely, stern, stiff, stout, straightlaced, straitlaced, strong, stubborn, sturdy, sure, sure as death, sure as fate, tough, true, unaffected, unalterable, unamenable, unappeasable, unassailable, unavoidable, unbeatable, unbending, unchangeable, uncompassionate, uncompassioned, uncompliant, uncompromising, unconquerable, uncontrollable, uncooperative, undeflectable, unextendible, unextensible, unfeeling, unflappable, unflexible, unflinching, unforgiving, ungiving, unimpressionable, uninfluenceable, unlimber, unmalleable, unmerciful, unmovable, unmoved, unmoving, unpersuadable, unpitiful, unpitying, unpliable, unpliant, unpreventable, unreceptive, unrelenting, unremorseful, unresponsive, unshaken, unstoppable, unsubduable, unsubmissive, unsuggestible, unsurmountable, unsusceptible, unswayable, unswerving, unsympathetic, unsympathizing, untractable, up in arms, well-built, well-constructed, well-founded, well-grounded, well-made, without mercy, withstanding

• up and down, alternately, aplomb, at right angles, back and forth, backward and forward, backwards and forwards, by turns, completely, every other, exhaustively, hitch and hike, in and out, in rotation, in turns, inside out, make and break, off and on, perpendicularly, plumb, reciprocally, ride and tie, round and round, seesaw, sheer, sheerly, shuttlewise, square, to and fro, turn about

• up country, back, back country, back of beyond, back-country, backcountry, backwash, backwater, backwood, backwoods, backwoodsy, boondock, boondocks, boorish, borderland, brush, bush, bush country, bushveld, churlish, cloddish, clodhopping, clownish, countrified, country-born, country-bred, farmerish, forests, from the sticks, frontier, hayseed, heartland, hick, hicky, hinterland, hobnailed, inland, inlands, inshore, interior, inurbane, loutish, lumpen, lumpish, mediterranean, midland, midlands, outback, outpost, rube, sticks, sylvan, the bush, timbers, uncouth, uncultivated, uncultured, uninhabited region, unpolished, unrefined, virgin, virgin land, virgin territory, waste, wasteland, wild, wild West, wilderness, wilds, woodland, woodlands, woods, yokel, yokelish

• up in arms, against the grain, against the tide, against the wind, all ready, all set, armed, armed and ready, at cross-purposes, at daggers, at daggers drawn, at feud, at issue, at loggerheads, at odds, at square, at strife, at variance, at war, at war with, athwart, booted and spurred, briefed, coached, cocked, complaining, contra, contrariwise, counter, cross, disputatious, disputing, dissentient, dissenting, equipped, eyeball-to-eyeball, familiarized, fractious, good and ready, groomed, in arms, in battle array, in confrontation, in hostile array, in opposition, in readiness, in the saddle, informed, loaded, loaded for bear, mature, mobilized, noncooperative, objecting, obstructive, on the barricades, on the mark, planned, prearranged, prepared, prepared and ready, prepped, primed, proof against, protesting, provided, psyched up, ready, ready for anything, rebellious, recalcitrant, refractory, reluctant, renitent, repellent, resistant, resisting, resistive, retardant, retardative, ripe, set, uncooperative, unsubmissive, unyielding, vigilant, well-prepared, with crossed bayonets, withstanding

• up on, abreast of, acquainted with, adept in, at home in, at home with, au courant, briefed, conversant with, educated, enlightened, expert at, familiar with, good at, handy at, informed, informed in, instructed, intimate with, master of, posted, primed, proficient in, schooled, skilled in, strong in, taught, trained, up-to-date, versed, versed in, well up on, well-read in, well-versed

• up to, Byzantine, Machiavellian, able, adequate, alert for, ample, au fait, barely sufficient, before, calculating, capable, collusive, commensurate, competent, connivent, conniving, conspiring, contriving, corresponding, decent, designing, due, effective, effectual, efficacious, efficient, enough, equal to, fit, fitted, fitted for, good, good enough, in advance of, intriguing, journeyman, loaded for, minimal, minimum, plenty, plenty good enough, plotting, prepared for, prior to, productive, proficient, proportionate, qualified, ready for, satisfactory, scheming, stratagemical, substantial, sufficient, sufficient for, sufficing, suitable, suited, till, to, until, unto, up for, up to snuff, well-fitted, well-qualified, well-suited, worthy

• up, above, abovestairs, access, accession, accretion, accrual, accruement, accumulation, add to, addition, advance, against, aggrandize, aggrandizement, airward, alert, aloft, aloof, amplification, amplify, appreciation, arise, ascend, ascent, aspire, at attention, augment, augmentation, awake, ballooning, bloat, bloating, blow up, bolt upright, boom, boost, broaden, broadening, build, build up, buildup, bulk, bulk out, buoy up, cast up, come up, conscious, crescendo, curl upwards, develop, development, dilate, distend, edema, elevate, elevation, en route to, endways, endwise, enlarge, enlargement, ennoble, erect, erectly, escalate, exalt, expand, expansion, extend, extension, fatten, fill out, flood, gain, go up, graduate, greatening, grow up, growth, gush, headed for, heave, heavenward, heft, heighten, heist, high, high up, hike, hike up, hoick, hoist, hold up, huff, in passage to, in the air, in the clouds, in transit to, increase, increment, inflate, inflation, jack up, jerk up, jump, jump up, kick upstairs, knight, knock up, leap, lengthen, levitate, lift, lift up, lob, loft, loom, magnify, maximize, mount, mounting, multiplication, on, on end, on high, on route to, on stilts, on the peak, on tiptoe, over, over against, overhead, parlay, pass, perk up, prefer, productiveness, proliferation, promote, puff, puff up, pump, pump up, put up, pyramid, raise, raise up, rarefy, rear, rear up, right on end, rise, rise up, set up, sky, skyward, snowballing, soar, spiral, spire, spread, stand up, stick up, straight up, stretch, sufflate, surge, swarm up, sweep up, swell, swelling, thicken, throw up, tiptoe, to, to the zenith, toward, towards, tower, tumescence, up attic, up north, up on end, up steps, upalong, upbuoy, upcast, upgo, upgrade, upgrow, upheave, uphill, uphillward, uphoist, uphold, uplift, uplong, upon, upping, upraise, uprear, upright, uprightly, uprise, upspin, upstairs, upstandingly, upstream, upstreamward, upsurge, upswarm, upswing, upthrow, uptown, uptrend, upturn, upward, upwards, upwind, upwith, versus, waxing, wide-awake, widen, widening

• up-and-down, alternate, back-and-forth, orthodiagonal, orthogonal, perpendicular, plumb, plunging, precipitous, reciprocal, reciprocative, right-angle, right-angled, right-angular, seesaw, sheer, sine wave, steep, straight-up, straight-up-and-down, to-and-fro

• up-and-up, aboveboard, authentic, bona fide, fair and square, foursquare, genuine, good-faith, on the level, on the square, on the up-and-up, open, open and aboveboard, single-hearted, square, square-dealing, square-shooting, straight, straight-shooting, veritable

• up-to-the-minute, a la mode, actual, advanced, all the rage, all the thing, as is, avant-garde, being, contemporaneous, contemporary, current, existent, existing, extant, far out, fashionable, forward-looking, fresh, hip, immanent, immediate, in, in fashion, in style, in vogue, instant, latest, mod, modern, modernistic, modernized, modish, new, newfashioned, now, popular, present, present-age, present-day, present-time, prevalent, progressive, running, smart, streamlined, that be, that is, topical, trendy, twentieth-century, ultra-ultra, ultramodern, up-to-date, up-to-datish, way out

• upbeat, Great Leap Forward, Leibnizian, advance, advancement, amelioration, amendment, arsis, ascent, bar beat, beat, bettering, betterment, boost, bout, bright, buoyant, cheerful, chiliastic, circle, circuit, couleur de rose, course, cycle, diastole, downbeat, encouraging, enhancement, enrichment, eugenics, euthenics, favorable, fond, furtherance, headway, heartening, improvement, lift, light-hearted, melioration, mend, mending, millenarian, millennialistic, offbeat, optimistic, perfectibilitarian, perfectionist, pickup, positive, preferment, progress, progression, promotion, pulsation, pulse, recovery, restoration, revival, revolution, rise, rose-colored, roseate, rosy, rotation, round, sanguine, series, spell, sunny, systole, thesis, throb, turn, uplift, upping, upswing, uptrend, upward mobility, utopian, wheel

• upbraid, admonish, bawl out, berate, bring to book, call to account, castigate, censure, chastise, chew out, chide, correct, dress down, give a dressing-down, have words with, lash, lecture, objurgate, rate, rebuke, reprehend, reprimand, reproach, reprove, revile, scold, set down, set straight, spank, straighten out, take down, take to task, tell off, tick off, tongue-lash, vituperate

• upbringing, apprenticeship, basic training, breaking, breeding, conditioning, cultivation, development, discipline, drill, drilling, education, exercise, fetching-up, fostering, grooming, housebreaking, improvement, in-service training, manual training, military training, nurture, nurturing, on-the-job training, practice, preparation, raising, readying, rearing, rehearsal, sloyd, training, vocational education, vocational training

• upcast, elevated, erect, exalted, high, lifted, lofty, on stilts, raised, rampant, retrousse, stilted, sublime, turned-up, upflung, uplifted, upraised, upreared, upright, upthrown

• upchuck, barf, be nauseated, be seasick, be sick, bring up, choke on, chuck up, disgorge, egest, feed the fish, feel disgust, gag, heave, heave the gorge, keck, puke, regurgitate, reject, retch, sick up, sicken at, spew, throw up, vomit

• upcoming, about to be, advancing, already in sight, anabatic, approaching, approximate, approximative, ascendant, ascending, ascensional, ascensive, at hand, attracted to, brewing, climbing, close, close at hand, coming, drawn to, foreseen, forthcoming, future, gathering, going to happen, immediate, imminent, impendent, impending, in danger imminent, in prospect, in reserve, in store, in the ascendant, in the cards, in the offing, in the wind, in view, instant, leaping, looming, lowering, lurking, menacing, mounting, near, near at hand, nearing, on the horizon, oncoming, overhanging, preparing, prospective, proximate, rampant, rearing, rising, saltatory, scandent, scansorial, skyrocketing, spiraling, springing, that will be, threatening, to come, uparching, upgoing, upgrade, uphill, uphillward, uprising, upsloping, upward, upwith, waiting

• update, antedate, backdate, be dated, bear date, date, date at, date-stamp, dateline, datemark, make a date, modernize, postdate, predate, refresh, refurbish, rejuvenate, renovate, restore, set the date, streamline

• updraft, air current, anabasis, ascension, ascent, clamber, climb, climbing, crosscurrent, current, current of air, downdraft, draft, elevation, escalade, fall wind, flow of air, following wind, fountain, gush, gyring up, head wind, increase, indraft, inflow, inhalation, inrush, inspiration, jet, jetstream, jump, katabatic wind, leap, levitation, monsoon, mount, mounting, movement of air, rise, rising, rocketing up, saltation, shooting up, soaring, spout, spring, spurt, stream, stream of air, surge, tail wind, takeoff, taking off, undercurrent, upclimb, upcoming, upgang, upgo, upgoing, upgrade, upgrowth, uphill, upleap, uplift, upping, uprisal, uprise, uprising, uprush, upshoot, upslope, upsurge, upsurgence, upsweep, upswing, vault, wind, zooming

• upend, beat, cast up, clobber, drub, elevate, erect, honeycomb, lick, lift up, overset, overthrow, overturn, overwhelm, pitch, raise, raise aloft, raise up, rear, rear aloft, sap, sap the foundations, set up, shellac, stand upright, subvert, throw down, throw over, trim, trounce, undermine, upheave, uplift, upraise, uprear, upright, upset, wallop, weaken

• upgrade, abruptness, acclinate, acclivitous, acclivity, acculturate, advance, aggrandize, ameliorate, amend, anabasis, anabatic, ascendant, ascending, ascension, ascensional, ascensive, ascent, aslant, aslantwise, aslope, at a slant, atilt, better, boost, breakthrough, bring forward, civilize, clamber, climb, climbing, downgrade, downhill, edify, educate, elevate, elevation, emend, enhance, enlighten, ennoble, enrich, escalade, exalt, fatten, favor, forward, foster, fountain, go straight, graduate, gush, gyring up, hike, improve, improve upon, in the ascendant, increase, jet, jump, kick upstairs, knight, lard, leap, leaping, levitation, lift, make an improvement, meliorate, mend, mount, mounting, nurture, off plumb, pass, precipitousness, prefer, promote, raise, rakingly, rampant, rearing, refine upon, reform, rise, rising, rising ground, rocketing up, saltation, saltatory, scandent, scansorial, shooting up, skyrocketing, slantingly, slantways, slantwise, slaunchways, slopeways, slopingly, soaring, socialize, spiraling, spout, spring, springing, spurt, steepness, straighten out, surge, takeoff, taking off, tipsily, transfigure, transform, up, uparching, upclimb, upcoming, updraft, upgang, upgo, upgoing, upgrowth, uphill, uphillward, upleap, uplift, upping, uprisal, uprise, uprising, uprush, upshoot, upslope, upsloping, upsurge, upsurgence, upsweep, upswing, upward, upwith, vault, verticalness, wax, zooming

• upheaval, about-face, accommodation, adaptation, adjustment, alteration, amelioration, apoplexy, apostasy, apotheosis, ascent, assumption, beatification, betterment, blaze, bouleversement, break, breakup, burst, canonization, cataclysm, catastrophe, change, change of heart, changeableness, chaos, clamor, climax, commotion, confusion, constructive change, continuity, conversion, convulsion, cyclone, defection, degeneration, degenerative change, deification, deterioration, deviation, diastrophism, difference, disaster, discontinuity, disorder, disruption, disturbance, divergence, diversification, diversion, diversity, downfall, elevation, enshrinement, erection, eruption, escalation, exaltation, explosion, fall, ferment, fit, fitting, flare-up, flip-flop, furor, furore, gale, gradual change, gust, heaving, height, hurricane, improvement, irruption, lifting, melioration, mitigation, modification, modulation, outbreak, outburst, outcry, overthrow, overturn, paroxysm, prostration, quake, qualification, radical change, raising, re-creation, realignment, rearing, redesign, reform, reformation, remaking, renewal, reshaping, restructuring, reversal, revival, revivification, revolution, sabotage, seizure, shift, spasm, stirring, storm, stroke, subversion, sudden change, sursum corda, switch, temblor, tempest, tidal wave, tornado, total change, transition, tsunami, tumult, turn, turnabout, unrest, upbuoying, upcast, uplift, uplifting, upping, uprearing, upset, upthrow, upthrust, upturn, variation, variety, violent change, whirlwind, worsening

• upheave, arise, ascend, boost, bring to ruin, bristle, buoy up, cast up, cock up, come up, condemn, confound, consume, curl upwards, damn, deal destruction, decimate, depredate, desolate, despoil, destroy, devastate, devour, dissolve, elevate, engorge, erect, escalate, get up, go up, gobble, gobble up, grow up, gut, gut with fire, havoc, heave, heft, heighten, heist, hike, hoick, hoist, hold up, incinerate, jerk up, jump up, knock up, lay in ruins, lay waste, levitate, lift, lift up, lob, loft, loom, mount, perk up, pitch, raise, raise aloft, raise up, ramp, ravage, rear, rear aloft, rear up, rise, rise up, ruin, ruinate, set up, shipwreck, sit bolt upright, sit up, sky, spiral, spire, stand up, stand upright, stick up, surge, swallow up, swarm up, sweep up, throw into disorder, throw up, tower, unleash destruction, unleash the hurricane, up, upbuoy, upcast, upend, upgo, upgrow, uphoist, uphold, uplift, upraise, uprear, upright, uprise, upspin, upstream, upsurge, upswarm, upthrow, upwind, vandalize, vaporize, waste, wrack, wreak havoc, wreck

• uphill, Herculean, abruptness, abstruse, acclinate, acclivitous, acclivity, anabasis, anabatic, arduous, ascendant, ascending, ascension, ascensional, ascensive, ascent, aslant, aslantwise, aslope, at a slant, atilt, backbreaking, brutal, burdensome, clamber, climb, climbing, complex, critical, crushing, delicate, demanding, difficile, difficult, downgrade, downhill, effortful, elevation, escalade, exacting, forced, formidable, fountain, grueling, gush, gyring up, hairy, hard, hard-earned, hard-fought, heavenward, heavy, hefty, in the ascendant, increase, intricate, jawbreaking, jet, jump, killing, knotted, knotty, labored, laborious, leap, leaping, levitation, mean, mount, mounting, no picnic, not easy, off plumb, onerous, operose, oppressive, painful, precipitousness, punishing, rakingly, rampant, rearing, rigorous, rise, rising, rising ground, rocketing up, rough, rugged, saltation, saltatory, scandent, scansorial, set with thorns, severe, shooting up, skyrocketing, skyward, slantingly, slantways, slantwise, slaunchways, slopeways, slopingly, soaring, spiny, spiraling, spout, spring, springing, spurt, steep, steepness, strained, strenuous, surge, takeoff, taking off, thorny, ticklish, tipsily, toilsome, tough, tricky, troublesome, up, up attic, up north, up steps, upalong, uparching, upclimb, upcoming, updraft, upgang, upgo, upgoing, upgrade, upgrowth, uphillward, upleap, uplift, uplong, upping, uprisal, uprise, uprising, uprush, upshoot, upslope, upsloping, upstairs, upstream, upstreamward, upsurge, upsurgence, upsweep, upswing, uptown, upward, upwards, upwith, vault, verticalness, wearisome, wicked, zooming

• uphold, OK, accept, admire, advocate, affirm, afford support, aid, allege in support, answer, approve, approve of, argue for, assert, assist, attest, authenticate, back, back up, backstop, bear, bear out, bear up, bless, bolster, bolster up, boost, brace, buoy, buoy up, buttress, carry, cast up, certify, champion, circumstantiate, confirm, conserve, contend for, copyright, corroborate, countenance, counter, cradle, crutch, cushion, defend, document, elevate, embrace, endorse, erect, escalate, espouse, esteem, favor, finance, float, float high, fortify, fund, give support, guard, heave, heft, heighten, heist, help, hike, hoick, hoist, hold, hold up, hold with, jerk up, justify, keep, keep afloat, keep alive, keep in countenance, keep intact, keep inviolate, keep safe, keep up, knock up, lend support, levitate, lift, lift up, lob, loft, mainstay, maintain, make a plea, not destroy, not endanger, not expend, not use up, not waste, patent, perk up, pick up, pillow, plead for, preserve, probate, promote, prop, prop up, protect, prove, raise, raise up, ratify, rear, rear up, rebut, refute, register, reinforce, reply, respect, respond, ride high, riposte, rise, sanction, save, say in defense, set up, shore, shore up, shoulder, side with, sky, spare, speak for, speak up for, stand by, stand up for, stay, stick up, stick up for, strengthen, subsidize, substantiate, subvention, subventionize, support, sustain, take kindly to, take up, think well of, throw up, underbrace, undergird, underlie, underpin, underset, up, upbear, upbuoy, upcast, upheave, uphoist, upkeep, uplift, upraise, uprear, upthrow, urge reasons for, validate, verify, view with favor, vindicate, waft, warrant

• upholder, Maecenas, abettor, admirer, advocate, aficionado, alpenstock, angel, apologist, approver, arm, athletic supporter, back, backbone, backer, backing, bandeau, bearer, bra, brace, bracer, bracket, brassiere, buff, buttress, cane, carrier, certifier, cervix, champion, confirmer, corset, cosignatory, cosigner, crook, crutch, defender, dependence, encourager, endorser, exponent, fan, favorer, foundation garment, friend at court, fulcrum, girdle, guarantor, guard, guy, guywire, insurer, jock, jockstrap, lover, mainstay, maintainer, mast, neck, notary, notary public, paladin, paranymph, partisan, party, patron, promoter, prop, protagonist, protector, ratifier, reinforce, reinforcement, reinforcer, reliance, rest, resting place, rigging, second, seconder, sectary, shoulder, shroud, sider, signatory, spine, sponsor, sprit, staff, stalwart, standby, standing rigging, stave, stay, stick, stiffener, strengthener, subscriber, support, supporter, sustainer, sympathizer, underwriter, vindicator, votary, walking stick, well-wisher

• upholstery, blanketing, blocking, blotting out, cementwork, cloaking, clouding, coating, coverage, covering, curtaining, eclipse, eclipsing, envelopment, enwrapment, enwrapping, hiding, incrustation, laying on, mantling, masking, obduction, obscuring, occultation, overlaying, overspreading, pargeting, plasterwork, screening, sheathing, shielding, shrouding, stuccowork, superimposition, superposition, upholstering, veiling, wrapping

• upkeep, TLC, aid, backing, bread, care, carriage, carrying, conservancy, conservation, conservationism, daily bread, economic support, endowment, environmental conservation, expenditure, forest conservation, forest management, keep, keeping, livelihood, living, maintenance, manna, meat, moral support, mothering, nourishment, nurture, operating costs, operation, outlay, overhead, preserval, preservation, price support, protection, provision, psychological support, reliance, repair, running, safekeeping, salvage, salvation, saving, security blanket, soil conservation, stream conservation, subsidization, subsidy, subsistence, subvention, support, supportive relationship, supportive therapy, sustaining, sustainment, sustenance, sustentation, tender loving care, upholding, water conservation, wetlands conservation, wildlife conservation

• upland, Arcadian, agrarian, agrestic, agricultural, agricultural region, alkali flat, alluvial plain, arable land, basin, black belt, bottomland, bucolic, bushveld, campo, champaign, champaign country, citrus belt, coastal plain, corn belt, cotton belt, country, countryside, delta, desert, down, downs, dust bowl, farm, farm belt, farm country, farmland, fell, flat, flat country, flatland, flats, fruit belt, grass roots, grass veld, grassland, grazing region, heath, highland, highlands, hill-dwelling, lande, level, llano, lowland, lowlands, lunar mare, mare, meadows and pastures, mesa, mesilla, moor, moorland, moors, mountain-dwelling, open country, pampa, pampas, pastoral, peneplain, plain, plains, plateau, playa, prairie, prairies, province, provinces, provincial, rolling country, rural, rural district, rustic, rustic region, salt flat, salt marsh, salt pan, savanna, sebkha, steppe, steppes, table, tableland, the country, the soil, the sticks, tobacco belt, tree veld, tundra, uplands, vega, veld, weald, wheat belt, wide-open spaces, wold, woodland, woods and fields, yokeldom

• uplift, Great Leap Forward, abruptness, acclivity, acculturate, advance, advancement, aggrandize, ameliorate, amelioration, amend, amendment, anabasis, apotheose, apotheosis, apotheosize, ascension, ascent, assumption, bear up, beatification, beatify, better, bettering, betterment, boost, bring forward, buoy, buoy up, canonization, canonize, cast up, civilize, clamber, climb, climbing, crown, deification, deify, edify, educate, elate, elevate, elevation, emend, enhance, enhancement, enlighten, ennoble, enrich, enrichment, enshrine, enshrinement, enthrone, erect, erection, escalade, escalate, escalation, eugenics, euthenics, exalt, exaltation, fatten, favor, float, float high, flush, forward, foster, fountain, furtherance, glamorize, glorify, go straight, gush, gyring up, headway, heave, heft, height, heighten, heist, hike, hoick, hoist, hold up, illume, illumine, immortalize, improve, improve upon, improvement, increase, irradiate, jerk up, jet, jump, knock up, lard, leap, levitate, levitation, lift, lift up, lifting, lionize, lob, loft, magnify, make an improvement, make legendary, meliorate, melioration, mend, mending, mount, mounting, nurture, perk up, pick up, pickup, pitch, precipitousness, preferment, progress, progression, promote, promotion, raise, raise aloft, raise up, raising, rear, rear aloft, rear up, rearing, recovery, refine upon, reform, restoration, revival, ride high, rise, rising, rising ground, rocketing up, saint, saltation, sanctify, set up, shooting up, sky, soaring, socialize, spout, spring, spurt, stand upright, steepness, stick up, straighten out, surge, sursum corda, sustain, take up, takeoff, taking off, throne, throw up, transfigure, transform, up, upbear, upbeat, upbuoy, upbuoying, upcast, upclimb, upcoming, updraft, upend, upgang, upgo, upgoing, upgrade, upgrowth, upheaval, upheave, uphill, uphoist, uphold, upleap, uplifting, upping, upraise, uprear, uprearing, upright, uprisal, uprise, uprising, uprush, upshoot, upslope, upsurge, upsurgence, upsweep, upswing, upthrow, upthrust, uptrend, upward mobility, vault, verticalness, waft, zooming

• uplifted, Olympian, aerial, airy, altitudinous, ascending, aspiring, colossal, dominating, elevated, eminent, erect, ethereal, exalted, haughty, high, high-pitched, high-reaching, high-set, high-up, lifted, lofty, monumental, mounting, on stilts, outtopping, overlooking, overtopping, prominent, raised, rampant, retrousse, soaring, spiring, steep, stilted, sublime, superlative, supernal, topless, toplofty, topping, towering, towery, turned-up, upcast, upflung, upraised, upreared, upright, upthrown

• uplifting, apotheosis, ascent, assumption, beatification, canonization, deification, elevating, elevation, elevatory, enshrinement, erectile, erecting, erection, erective, escalation, exaltation, heaving up, height, lifting, lofting, raising, rearing, standing on end, sursum corda, upbuoying, upcast, upheaval, uplift, upping, upraising, uprearing, upthrow, upthrust

• upmost, above, acmatic, acme, apex, apical, apogee, brow, cap, capital, chief, climax, cloud nine, consummate, crest, crown, culmen, culmination, edge, extreme limit, extremity, greater, head, headmost, heaven, heavens, height, high noon, higher, highest, highest pitch, highest point, limit, maximal, maximum, meridian, meridional, mountaintop, ne plus ultra, no place higher, noon, over, overmost, paramount, peak, pinnacle, pitch, point, pole, preeminent, ridge, seventh heaven, sky, spire, summit, summital, superior, supreme, tip, tip-top, top, topmost, ultimate, upper, upper extremity, uppermost, utmost, vertex, vertical, very top, zenith, zenithal

• upon, about, above, after which, against, anent, apropos of, as for, as regards, as respects, as to, atop, by, by dint of, by means of, by use of, by virtue of, by way of, concerning, en route to, headed for, hereby, hereinafter, herewith, in connection with, in contact with, in passage to, in point of, in re, in reference to, in regard to, in relation to, in relation with, in respect to, in transit to, in virtue of, of, on, on route to, on top of, opposite, over, over against, per, pertaining to, pertinent to, re, referring to, regarding, relating to, relative to, respecting, speaking of, thanks to, thereby, therewith, through, to, touching, toward, towards, up, up against, upon which, versus, vis-a-vis, whereat, whereby, wherefore, whereon, whereto, whereunto, whereupon, wherewith, wherewithal, with, with regard to, with respect to

• upper case, abecedarian, allographic, alphabetic, ascender, back, bastard type, beard, belly, bevel, black letter, blackface, body, bold-faced, boldface, cap, capital, case, chromotypic, chromotypographic, counter, descender, em, en, face, fat-faced type, feet, font, full-faced, graphemic, groove, ideographic, italic, letter, lettered, lexigraphic, ligature, lightface, literal, logogrammatic, logographic, logotype, lower case, lower-case, majuscule, minuscular, minuscule, nick, phototypic, pi, pica, pictographic, point, print, roman, sans serif, script, shank, shoulder, small cap, small capital, stamp, stem, stereotypic, transliterated, type, type body, type class, type lice, typecase, typeface, typefounders, typefoundry, typographic, uncial

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• upper crust, FFVs, Vanity Fair, ancienne noblesse, aristocracy, baronage, baronetage, barons, beau monde, beautiful people, best people, blue blood, cafe society, carriage trade, chivalry, cream, cream of society, drawing room, elect, elite, establishment, fashionable society, flower, gentility, gentry, good society, haut monde, high life, high society, in-crowd, jet set, jeunesse doree, knightage, lords of creation, monde, nobility, noblesse, noblesse de robe, old nobility, overlapping, peerage, people of fashion, polite society, power elite, power structure, quality, right people, royalty, ruling circles, ruling class, salon, smart set, social register, societe, society, the Four Hundred, the best, the best people, the brass, the classes, top people, upper class, upper classes, upper ten, upper ten thousand, uppercut, world of fashion

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• upraised, bolt upright, downright, elevated, erect, exalted, high, lifted, lofty, on stilts, raised, rampant, rearing, stand-up, standing up, stilted, sublime, upcast, upended, upflung, uplifted, upreared, upright, upstanding, upthrown, vertical

• uprear, aggrandize, arise, ascend, aspire, boost, bristle, buoy up, cast up, cock up, construct, dignify, distinguish, elevate, ennoble, erect, escalate, get up, glorify, heave, heft, heighten, heist, hike, hoick, hoist, hold up, honor, jerk up, jump up, knock up, levitate, lift, lift up, lob, loft, magnify, mount, perk up, pick up, pitch, put up, raise, raise aloft, raise up, ramp, rear, rear aloft, rear up, rise, rise up, set up, sit bolt upright, sit up, sky, soar, stand up, stand upright, stick up, sublime, take up, throw up, up, upbuoy, upcast, upend, upheave, uphoist, uphold, uplift, upraise, upright, uprise, upthrow

• upright, Christian, Klavier, Samson post, Steinway, angelic, arrowlike, at attention, azimuth circle, baby grand, baluster, balustrade, banister, base, blameless, bolt upright, caryatid, cast up, cembalo, clarichord, clavicembalo, clavichord, clavicittern, clavicymbal, clavicytherium, clavier, clean, colonnade, column, concert grand, conscientious, cottage piano, couched harp, creditable, dado, dead straight, decent, die, direct, doorjamb, doorpost, downright, dulcimer harpsichord, elevate, elevated, endways, endwise, equitable, erect, erectly, estimable, ethical, even, exalted, exemplary, fair, flat, footstalk, full of integrity, gatepost, godly, good, grand, grand piano, hammer dulcimer, harmonichord, harpsichord, high, high-minded, high-principled, highly respectable, hitching post, honest, honorable, horizontal, immaculate, impartial, in a line, incorruptible, inviolate, irreproachable, jack, jamb, just, king post, law-abiding, law-loving, law-revering, level, lift up, lifted, lineal, linear, lofty, manichord, manichordon, manly, melodion, melopiano, milepost, monochord, moral, mullion, newel-post, noble, normal, on end, on stilts, orthodiagonal, pair of virginals, parlor grand, pedestal, pedicel, peduncle, perpendicular, perpendicularly, pianette, pianino, piano, piano-violin, pianoforte, pier, pilaster, pile, piling, pillar, pitch, plinth, plumb, pole, post, principled, pure, queen-post, raise, raise aloft, raise up, raised, rampant, rear, rear aloft, rearing, rectilineal, rectilinear, reputable, respectable, right, right angle, right on end, right-minded, righteous, ruler-straight, saintlike, saintly, scrupulous, seraphic, set up, shaft, signpost, smooth, snubbing post, socle, sostinente pianoforte, spinet, spotless, square piano, staff, stainless, stalk, stanchion, stand, stand upright, stand-up, standard, standing up, stem, sterling, stile, stilted, straight, straight-cut, straight-front, straight-side, straight-up, straightforward, streamlined, subbase, sublime, surbase, true, true-dealing, true-devoted, true-disposing, true-souled, true-spirited, truehearted, trunk, trustworthy, unbending, unbent, unblemished, unbowed, unbroken, uncorrupt, uncorrupted, uncurved, undefiled, undeflected, undeviating, undistorted, unimpeachable, uninterrupted, unspotted, unstained, unsullied, unswerving, untarnished, unturned, up, up on end, upcast, upend, upended, upflung, upheave, uplift, uplifted, upraise, upraised, uprear, upreared, upright piano, uprighteous, uprightly, upstanding, upstandingly, upthrown, upwards, vertical, vertical circle, violin piano, virginal, virtuous, worthy, yeomanly

• uprise, Olympian heights, abruptness, acclivity, acme, aerial heights, anabasis, apex, arise, ascend, ascension, ascent, bank, bristle, buss the clouds, cant, careen, clamber, climb, climbing, cock up, come up, curl upwards, decline, descend, dip, dizzy heights, drop, elevation, eminence, escalade, ether, fall, fall away, fall off, fountain, get up, go downhill, go up, go uphill, grade, gradient, grow, grow up, gush, gyring up, heaven, heavens, height, heights, incline, increase, jet, jump, jump up, keel, lean, leap, levitate, levitation, lift, list, loom, mount, mounting, pile out, pitch, precipitousness, raise, rake, ramp, rear, rear up, retreat, rise, rise up, rising, rising ground, rocketing up, roll out, saltation, shelve, shoot up, shooting up, sidle, sit bolt upright, sit up, sky, slant, slope, soar, soaring, spiral, spire, spout, spring, spurt, stand on tiptoe, stand up, steep, steepness, stick up, stratosphere, surge, swag, swarm up, sway, sweep up, takeoff, taking off, tilt, tip, tower, turn out, up, upclimb, upcoming, updraft, upgang, upgo, upgoing, upgrade, upgrow, upgrowth, upheave, uphill, upleap, uplift, upping, uprear, uprisal, uprising, uprush, upshoot, upslope, upspin, upspring, upstream, upsurge, upsurgence, upswarm, upsweep, upswing, upwind, vantage ground, vantage point, vault, vertical height, verticalness, zenith, zooming

• uprising, abruptness, acclinate, acclivitous, acclivity, anabasis, anabatic, ascendant, ascending, ascension, ascensional, ascensive, ascent, civil disorder, clamber, climb, climbing, coup d'etat, elevation, emeute, escalade, fountain, general uprising, gradient, gush, gyring up, in the ascendant, increase, insurgence, insurgency, insurrection, jacquerie, jet, jump, leap, leaping, levee en masse, levitation, mount, mounting, mutiny, outbreak, peasant revolt, precipitousness, putsch, rampant, rearing, rebellion, revolt, revolution, riot, rise, rising, rising ground, rocketing up, saltation, saltatory, scandent, scansorial, shooting up, skyrocketing, soaring, spiraling, spout, spring, springing, spurt, steepness, surge, takeoff, taking off, uparching, upclimb, upcoming, updraft, upgang, upgo, upgoing, upgrade, upgrowth, uphill, uphillward, upleap, uplift, upping, uprisal, uprise, uprush, upshoot, upslope, upsloping, upsurge, upsurgence, upsweep, upswing, upward, upwith, vault, vertical height, verticalness, zooming

• uproar, Bedlam let loose, ado, affray, agitation, babel, bedlam, blast, bluster, bobbery, bother, brawl, broil, brouhaha, bustle, cacophony, chaos, charivari, chirm, clamor, clangor, clap, clatter, coil, commotion, confusion, din, discord, disorder, disturbance, donnybrook, donnybrook fair, drunken brawl, dustup, ebullience, ebullition, eddy, effervescence, embroilment, fanaticism, feery-fary, ferment, fermentation, flap, flurry, fomentation, foofaraw, fracas, free-for-all, frenzy, fume, furor, furore, fury, fuss, gaff, hassle, hell broke loose, helter-skelter, howl, hubbub, hue and cry, hullabaloo, hurly-burly, hurry, hurry-scurry, jangle, loud noise, melee, noise, noise and shouting, outburst, outcry, pandemonium, passion, pell-mell, perturbation, pother, racket, rage, rampage, rattle, rhubarb, riot, roar, rough-and-tumble, roughhouse, row, ruckus, ruction, ruffle, rumble, rumpus, scramble, shindig, shindy, shivaree, stir, storminess, swirl, swirling, tempestuousness, thunder, thunderclap, tintamarre, to-do, trouble, tumult, tumultuousness, turbulence, turmoil, upset, vociferation, vortex, whirl, wildness, yeastiness, zeal, zealousness

• uproarious, anarchic, angry, blaring, blatant, blatting, blustering, blusterous, blustery, boisterous, brassy, brawling, brazen, chaotic, clamant, clamorous, clamoursome, clanging, clangorous, clattery, deafening, disorderly, excited, frantic, frenzied, furious, hellish, hilarious, hysterical, infuriate, insensate, killing, mad, mafficking, mindless, noiseful, noisy, obstreperous, orgasmic, orgastic, pandemoniac, rackety, raging, ravening, raving, riotous, rip-roaring, rowdy, sonorous, storming, stormy, strepitant, strepitous, tempestuous, troublous, tumultuous, turbulent, vociferous, wild

• uproot, abate, abolish, annihilate, avulse, banish, blot out, buck off, cut out, demolish, depose, deracinate, destroy, devastate, dig out, dig up, disentangle, dislodge, dismount, displace, draw, draw out, dredge, dredge up, eliminate, eradicate, evolve, evulse, excavate, excise, exile, exsect, exterminate, extirpate, extract, extricate, get out, gouge out, grub up, kill, liquidate, mine, move, overthrow, overturn, pick out, pluck out, pluck up, pull, pull out, pull up, purge, quarry, rake out, ravage, remove, replace, rip out, root out, root up, ruin, shift, subvert, supersede, supplant, sweep away, take out, tear out, throw off, transfer, transplant, unearth, unhorse, unplace, unravel, unsaddle, unseat, weed out, wipe out, withdraw, wrest out

• ups and downs, Lissajous figure, alternation, back-and-forth, chain of circumstances, chain reaction, chapter of accidents, coming and going, concatenation of events, ebb and flow, feast and famine, flux and reflux, ins and outs, reciprocation, rhythmic play, seesaw, seesawing, sine wave, teeter, teeter-totter, teeter-tottering, teetering, to-and-fro, tottering, vicious circle, vicissitudes, vicissitudes of fortune, wigwag

• upset, abash, abashed, abroad, addle, addle the wits, adrift, afflict, afflicted, afraid, agitate, agitated, agitation, ail, all up with, all-overs, amiss, angry, angst, answer, answer conclusively, anxiety, anxiety hysteria, anxiety neurosis, anxious bench, anxious concern, anxious seat, anxiousness, apprehension, apprehensive, apprehensiveness, argue down, askew, astray, at sea, awry, baffle, bafflement, balk, balking, ball up, balled-up, be lost, beat, beat up, beaten, becloud, bedazzle, befuddle, befuddlement, belied, bend, beset, bested, bewilder, bewildered, bewilderment, blast, bloodless revolution, bluster, bobbery, boil, boiling, bother, botheration, bothered, bottom side up, bouleversement, brave, brawl, breakdown, breakup, broil, brouhaha, bug, bugger up, burden, bustle, cacophony, cankerworm of care, capsizal, capsize, capsized, care, careen, cast down, cataclysm, catastrophe, chagrin, chagrined, challenge, chaos, chaotic, chapfallen, check, checkmate, churn, churn up, circumvent, clean slate, clean sweep, cloud, clueless, cockeyed, commotion, complete answer, computer revolution, concern, concernment, confound, confounded, confounding, confoundment, confront, confuse, confused, confusion, confutation, confute, confuted, conquer, conquest, contradict, contradiction, contravene, controversion, controvert, conturbation, convulse, convulsed, convulsion, counter, counteract, countermand, counterrevolution, counterwork, cross, crush, crushed, culbute, culbuter, curve, dash, dashed, daze, dazzle, debacle, debilitate, deck, defeat, defeated, deflated, defy, demolish, demolition, demoralize, demoralized, denial, denied, deny, deposal, derange, deranged, derangement, destroy, dilemma, disarrange, disarranged, disarrangement, disarray, disarticulation, disbalance, discarded, discombobulate, discombobulation, discomfit, discomfited, discomfiture, discomfort, discomforted, discompose, discomposed, discomposure, disconcert, disconcerted, disconcertedness, disconcertion, disconcertment, discountenance, discredited, discrediting, disequilibrate, dish, disharmony, dishevel, dishevelment, disintegration, disjunction, dislocated, dislodgment, dismay, dismayed, dismiss, dismissed, disorder, disordered, disorderliness, disorderly, disorganization, disorganize, disorganized, disorient, disorientation, disoriented, dispose of, disproportion, disproved, disputed, disquiet, disquieted, disquietude, disrupt, disruption, distract, distracted, distraught, distress, distressed, disturb, disturbance, disturbed, done for, done in, down, downfall, dread, ebullition, effective rejoinder, electrify, elude, embarrass, embarrassed, embarrassment, embroil, embroilment, enigma, entangle, entropy, excite, excited, excitement, exploded, exposed, fall, fallen, fanaticism, fear, ferment, fermentation, fever, feverish, feverishness, fidgets, fidgety, finish, fix, fixed, flap, floor, floored, flummox, flurried, flurry, fluster, flustered, flutter, flutteration, fluttered, fog, foil, foiling, foment, fomentation, foofaraw, foreboding, forebodingness, founder, frazzle, freaked out, frenzy, fret, frighten, frightened, frustrate, frustration, fuck up, fuddle, fuddlement, fume, furious, furor, furore, fury, fuss, fussed, give concern, go down, guessing, gum up, haphazardness, haywire, haze, honeycomb, hors de combat, hubbub, hung up, hurly-burly, ill at ease, impugned, in a fix, in a jumble, in a maze, in a pickle, in a pother, in a pucker, in a scrape, in a stew, in a sweat, in a swivet, in a tizzy, in disorder, incapacitate, incoherence, indiscriminateness, indispose, inharmonious harmony, inquietude, interfere with, invalid, invalidated, invert, inverted, irate, irregularity, jam, jar, jitters, jittery, jolt, jumble, jumbled, jumpiness, jumpy, keel, keel over, knock down, knock galley-west, knock over, knock the chocks, lambasted, lathered, lay up, licked, load with care, lost, mad, maelstrom, malaise, maze, mazed, mess, mess up, misgiving, misplaced, mist, mix up, moider, moil, mortified, mortify, most admired disorder, muddle, muddled, muddlement, mystery, negated, negatived, nerviness, nervosity, nervous, nervous strain, nervous tension, nervousness, nervy, neurasthenic, nonplus, nonsymmetry, nonuniformity, off the track, on the fritz, on the skids, out of countenance, out of gear, out of joint, out of kelter, out of kilter, out of order, out of place, out of tune, out of whack, outdone, overanxiety, overbalance, overborne, overcome, overexcited, overmaster, overmastered, overmatch, overmatched, overpower, overpowered, overridden, overset, overthrow, overthrowal, overthrown, overturn, overturned, overwhelm, overwhelmed, overwrought, paddle, palace revolution, pandemonium, panicked, parry, passion, perplex, perplexed, perplexity, perturb, perturbate, perturbation, perturbed, pickle, pins and needles, pitchpole, plight, pother, predicament, problem, promiscuity, promiscuousness, prostrate, prostrated, prostration, psych, psych out, pucker, punctured, put off, put out, put to it, put to rout, put to silence, put-out, put-upon, puzzle, puzzlement, quandary, queasy, racket, radical change, rage, raise hell, randomness, rattle, rattled, rebut, rebuttal, reduce to silence, reduced to jelly, refutal, refutation, refute, refuted, rejected, restless, restlessness, reverse, reversed, revolt, revolute, revolution, revolutionary war, revolutionize, revulsion, riddle, rile, ripple, rock, rock the boat, roil, roily, rout, routed, row, ruckus, ruffle, ruffled, ruin, ruined, rummage, rumple, rumpus, sabotage, sap, sap the foundations, scare, scared, scattered, scotch, scrape, screw up, scuttle, seethe, seething, send flying, settle, settled, shake, shake up, shaken, shaken up, shock, shook, shot, shot to pieces, shown up, shuffle, shuffled, shut up, sick, sicken, silence, silenced, sink, skew, skinned, skinned alive, smash all opposition, snarl up, solicitude, somersault, somerset, spasm, spike, spill, spoil, spook, squash, squelch, stagger, stampeded, stew, stir, stir up, stirred up, stonewall, storminess, strain, stricken, striking alteration, stump, subversion, subvert, suffer, surmount, surprise, suspense, sweat, sweeping change, swirl, swivet, tabula rasa, technological revolution, tempestuousness, tension, thrash, thrashing, throw, throw down, throw into confusion, throw off balance, throw over, thwart, thwarting, tip over, tizzy, to-do, topple, topple over, toppled, topsy-turvify, topsy-turvy, total change, transilience, trepidation, trepidity, trimmed, trip, trip up, triumph, triumph over, trouble, troubled, troublous, trounced, tumble, tumult, tumultuation, tumultuousness, turbid, turbidity, turbulence, turbulent, turmoil, turn, turn a somersault, turn over, turn topsy-turvy, turn turtle, turn upside down, turned around, turnover, twitter, unassuredness, unbalance, unbrace, uncomfortable, undermine, undermining, undo, undone, unease, uneasiness, uneasy, unglued, unhinge, unhorsing, unman, unmanned, unnerve, unnerved, unpeaceful, unplacement, unquiet, unquietness, unrest, unsaddling, unseating, unsettle, unsettled, unsettlement, unstring, unstrung, unsymmetry, ununiformity, upend, upheaval, uproar, upset the boat, upsetting, upside down, upturn, vanquish, vexation, victory, violent change, weaken, whelmed, whip, whip up, whipped, whisk, wildness, without a clue, work up, worried, worry, worst, worsted, zeal, zealousness

• upsetting, agitating, annoying, baffling, bewildering, bothering, bothersome, breathtaking, chafing, charged, cliff-hanging, confounding, confusing, discomposing, disconcerting, dismaying, disquieting, distracting, distressful, distressing, disturbing, electric, embarrassing, enigmatic, exciting, exhilarating, fretting, galvanic, harassing, heady, heart-expanding, heart-stirring, heart-swelling, heart-thrilling, impressive, inflammatory, intoxicating, intricate, jarring, jolting, maddening, mind-blowing, moving, mysterious, mystifying, overcoming, overmastering, overpowering, overwhelming, perplexing, perturbing, piquant, plaguing, problematic, provocative, provoking, puzzling, ravishing, soul-stirring, spirit-stirring, stimulating, stimulative, stirring, striking, suspenseful, suspensive, tantalizing, telling, thrilling, thrilly, tormenting, troublesome, troubling, unsettling, worrisome, worrying

• upshot, accomplishment, aftereffect, aftermath, answer, ascertainment, backwash, burden, by-product, clearing up, climax, completion, conclusion, consequence, consequent, core, corollary, cracking, culmination, decipherment, decoding, denouement, derivation, derivative, determination, development, disentanglement, distillate, effect, end, end result, ending, event, eventuality, eventuation, explanation, fallout, feedback, finding, finding-out, finish, fruit, gist, harvest, interpretation, issue, legacy, logical outcome, meat, offshoot, offspring, outcome, outgrowth, pith, precipitate, product, purport, reason, repercussion, resolution, resolving, result, resultant, riddling, sense, sequel, sequela, sequence, sequent, short, solution, solving, sorting out, termination, thrust, unraveling, unriddling, unscrambling, unspinning, untangling, untwisting, unweaving, wake, working, working-out, wrap-up

• upside down, a rebours, against the grain, anarchic, arsy-varsy, ass over elbows, ass-backwards, back-to-front, backwards, balled up, bollixed up, bottom side up, bottom up, by contraries, capsized, chaotic, chiastic, confused, contra, contrarily, contrariously, contrariwise, conversely, everted, fouled up, galley-west, haywire, head over heels, heels over head, helter-skelter, higgledy-piggledy, hugger-mugger, hyperbatic, in a mess, in flat opposition, inside out, introverted, invaginated, inversed, inversely, inverted, jumbled, just the opposite, mixed up, mixed-up, mucked up, muddled, nay rather, on the contrary, oppositely, otherwise, outside in, over, palindromic, per contra, quite the contrary, rather, resupinate, retroverted, reversed, scattered, screwed up, skimble-skamble, snafu, to the contrary, topsy-turvy, tout au contraire, transposed, turned around, vice versa, wrong side out

• upstage, DR, act, act as foil, appear, arrogant, backstage, barnstorm, before an audience, before the footlights, behind the scenes, big, cold-shoulder, come out, condescending, domineering, down left, down right, downstage, emote, emotionalize, get top billing, haughty, high-faluting, high-flown, high-hat, high-headed, high-nosed, hoity-toity, in the limelight, lofty, mime, not receive, off stage, on the stage, onstage, overbearing, pantomime, patronizing, patter, perform, play, play the lead, playact, proud, purse-proud, rebuff, register, repulse, sketch, snub, star, steal the show, stooge, stuck-up, superior, toplofty, tread the boards, troupe, turn away from, up left, uppish, uppity, upright

• upstairs, above, abovestairs, airward, aloft, aloof, heavenward, high, high up, in the air, in the clouds, on high, on stilts, on the peak, on tiptoe, over, overhead, skyward, straight up, tiptoe, to the zenith, up, up attic, up north, up steps, upalong, uphill, uphillward, uplong, upstream, upstreamward, uptown, upward, upwards, upwith

• upstanding, Christian, blameless, bolt upright, clean, creditable, decent, downright, erect, estimable, ethical, fair, full of integrity, good, high-minded, high-principled, highly respectable, honest, honorable, immaculate, inviolate, irreproachable, just, law-abiding, law-loving, law-revering, manly, moral, noble, principled, pure, raised, rampant, rearing, reputable, respectable, right, right-minded, righteous, spotless, stainless, stand-up, standing up, sterling, straight-up, true-dealing, true-devoted, true-disposing, true-souled, true-spirited, truehearted, unblemished, uncorrupt, uncorrupted, undefiled, unimpeachable, unspotted, unstained, unsullied, untarnished, upended, upraised, upreared, upright, uprighteous, vertical, virtuous, worthy, yeomanly

• upstart, Babbitt, Philistine, Young Turk, adventurer, arriviste, bob up, boldface, boor, bounder, bourgeois, bourgeois gentilhomme, brazenface, break water, bright young man, cad, churl, chutzpanik, clown, comer, emigrant, epicier, fledgling, float up, fly up, fountain, gate-crasher, greenhorn, groundling, gush, guttersnipe, hooligan, hussy, ill-bred fellow, immigrant, intruder, jet, jump up, leap up, looby, lout, low fellow, malapert, minx, modern, modern generation, modern man, modernist, modernizer, mucker, mushroom, name-dropper, neologism, neologist, neology, neonate, neoteric, neoterism, neoterist, new arrival, new boy, new generation, new man, newcomer, newly-rich, nobody, nouveau riche, nouveau roturier, nouveau-riche, novus homo, outsider, parvenu, parvenue, peasant, pig in clover, pop up, pretender, pup, puppy, recruit, ribald, rising generation, rocket, rookie, roturier, rough, roughneck, rowdy, ruffian, saucebox, settler, shoot up, skyrocket, slob, smart aleck, smart-ass, smarty, smarty-pants, social climber, spring up, sprout, spurt, squatter, start up, status seeker, stowaway, stripling, surface, swaggerer, tenderfoot, tufthunter, upleap, upshoot, upspear, upspring, vault up, vulgarian, vulgarist, whippersnapper, wise guy, wise-ass, would-be gentleman, yokel

• upsurge, access, accession, accretion, accrual, accruement, accumulation, addition, advance, aggrandizement, amplification, anabasis, appreciation, arise, ascend, ascension, ascent, augment, augmentation, ballooning, bloating, boom, boost, broadening, build, buildup, clamber, climb, climbing, come up, crescendo, curl upwards, development, edema, elevation, enlarge, enlargement, escalade, expand, expansion, extension, flood, fountain, gain, go up, greatening, grow up, growth, gush, gyring up, heighten, hike, increase, increment, inflation, jet, jump, leap, levitate, levitation, loom, mount, mounting, multiplication, multiply, productiveness, proliferation, raise, rear, rear up, rise, rise up, rising, rocketing up, saltation, shooting up, snowballing, soaring, spiral, spire, spout, spread, spring, spurt, stand up, surge, swarm up, sweep up, swelling, takeoff, taking off, tower, tumescence, up, upclimb, upcoming, updraft, upgang, upgo, upgoing, upgrade, upgrow, upgrowth, upheave, uphill, upleap, uplift, upping, uprisal, uprise, uprising, uprush, upshoot, upslope, upspin, upstream, upsurgence, upswarm, upsweep, upswing, uptrend, upturn, upwind, vault, wax, waxing, widening, zooming

• upsweep, anabasis, ascension, ascent, clamber, climb, climbing, cock up, elevation, escalade, fountain, gush, gyring up, increase, jet, jump, leap, levitation, mount, mounting, rise, rising, rocketing up, saltation, shooting up, slope up, soaring, spout, spring, spurt, surge, takeoff, taking off, trend upwards, turn up, upbend, upcast, upclimb, upcoming, upcurve, updraft, upgang, upgo, upgoing, upgrade, upgrowth, uphill, upleap, uplift, upping, uprisal, uprise, uprising, uprush, upshoot, upslope, upsurge, upsurgence, upswing, uptrend, upturn, vault, zooming

• upswing, Great Leap Forward, access, accession, accretion, accrual, accruement, accumulation, addition, advance, advancement, aggrandizement, amelioration, amendment, amplification, anabasis, appreciation, ascension, ascent, augmentation, ballooning, bettering, betterment, bloating, boom, boost, broadening, buildup, clamber, climb, climbing, crescendo, development, edema, elevation, enhancement, enlargement, enrichment, escalade, eugenics, euthenics, expansion, extension, flood, fountain, furtherance, gain, greatening, growth, gush, gyring up, headway, hike, improvement, increase, increment, inflation, jet, jump, leap, levitation, lift, melioration, mend, mending, mount, mounting, multiplication, pickup, preferment, productiveness, progress, progression, proliferation, promotion, raise, recovery, restoration, revival, rise, rising, rocketing up, saltation, shooting up, snowballing, soaring, spout, spread, spring, spurt, surge, swelling, takeoff, taking off, tumescence, up, upbeat, upclimb, upcoming, updraft, upgang, upgo, upgoing, upgrade, upgrowth, uphill, upleap, uplift, upping, uprisal, uprise, uprising, uprush, upshoot, upslope, upsurge, upsurgence, upsweep, uptrend, upturn, upward mobility, vault, waxing, widening, zooming

• uptight, accordant, anal, bourgeois, compulsive, concordant, conformist, conventional, corresponding, edgy, formalistic, harmonious, in accord, in keeping, in line, in step, kosher, nervy, orthodox, pedantic, plastic, precisianistic, restive, square, straight, strained, stretched tight, stuffy, taut, tense, traditionalist, under a strain, uneasy, unrelaxed

• uptown, Bowery, Chinatown, East End, East Side, Little Hungary, Little Italy, West End, West Side, barrio, black ghetto, blighted area, burghal, business district, central city, citified, city, city center, civic, core, downtown, ghetto, greenbelt, heavenward, inner city, interurban, metropolitan, midtown, municipal, oppidan, outskirts, red-light district, residential district, run-down neighborhood, shopping center, skid road, skid row, skyward, slum, slums, suburban, suburbia, suburbs, tenderloin, tenement district, town, up, up attic, up north, up steps, upalong, uphill, uphillward, uplong, upstairs, upstream, upstreamward, upward, upwards, upwith, urban, urban blight, village

• uptrend, Great Leap Forward, access, accession, accretion, accrual, accruement, accumulation, addition, advance, advancement, aggrandizement, amelioration, amendment, amplification, appreciation, ascent, augmentation, ballooning, bettering, betterment, bloating, boom, boost, broadening, buildup, crescendo, development, edema, elevation, enhancement, enlargement, enrichment, eugenics, euthenics, expansion, extension, flood, furtherance, gain, greatening, growth, gush, headway, hike, improvement, increase, increment, inflation, jump, leap, lift, melioration, mend, mending, mounting, multiplication, pickup, preferment, productiveness, progress, progression, proliferation, promotion, raise, recovery, restoration, revival, rise, snowballing, spread, surge, swelling, tumescence, up, upbeat, upbend, upcast, upcurve, uplift, upping, upsurge, upsweep, upswing, upturn, upward mobility, waxing, widening

• upturn, access, accession, accretion, accrual, accruement, accumulation, addition, advance, aggrandizement, amplification, appreciation, ascent, augmentation, ballooning, bloating, boom, boost, bottoming out, broadening, buildup, business cycle, business fluctuations, bust, capsizal, capsize, careen, clamor, cock up, convulsion, cooling off, crescendo, crisis, culbute, culbuter, depression, development, downturn, economic cycle, economic expansion, economic growth, edema, elevation, enlargement, expanding economy, expansion, extension, ferment, flood, gain, greatening, growth, gush, high growth rate, hike, increase, increment, inflation, jump, keel over, leap, low, market expansion, mounting, multiplication, outcry, overset, overthrow, overturn, peak, peaking, productiveness, proliferation, prosperity, raise, recession, recovery, revolution, rise, slope up, slowdown, slump, snowballing, somersault, somerset, spill, spread, subversion, subvert, surge, swelling, tip over, topple over, topsy-turvify, topsy-turvy, trend upwards, tumescence, tumult, turn a somersault, turn over, turn topsy-turvy, turn turtle, turn up, turn upside down, turnover, up, upbend, upcast, upcurve, upheaval, upping, upset, upsurge, upsweep, upswing, uptrend, waxing, widening

• upward, above, abovestairs, airward, aloft, aloof, anabatic, ascendant, ascending, ascensional, ascensive, axial, back, back-flowing, backward, climbing, descending, down-trending, downward, drifting, flowing, fluent, flying, going, gyrational, gyratory, heavenward, high, high up, in the air, in the ascendant, in the clouds, leaping, mounting, on high, on stilts, on the peak, on tiptoe, over, overhead, passing, plunging, progressive, rampant, rearing, reflowing, refluent, regressive, retrogressive, rising, rotary, rotational, rotatory, running, rushing, saltatory, scandent, scansorial, sideward, sinking, skyrocketing, skyward, soaring, spiraling, springing, straight up, streaming, tiptoe, to the zenith, up, up attic, up north, up steps, up-trending, upalong, uparching, upcoming, upgoing, upgrade, uphill, uphillward, uplong, uprising, upsloping, upstairs, upstream, upstreamward, uptown, upwards, upwith

• upwind, alee, alight, arise, ascend, aweather, come down, come in, come up, crash-land, curl upwards, descend, ditch, downwind, go up, grow up, land, leeward, level off, levitate, light, loom, mount, overshoot, pancake, rear, rear up, rise, rise up, settle down, spiral, spire, stand up, surge, swarm up, sweep up, talk down, to leeward, to windward, touch down, tower, up, upgo, upgrow, upheave, uprise, upspin, upstream, upsurge, upswarm, weatherward, windward

• uranology, astrogeology, astrognosy, astrography, astrolithology, astronomy, astrophotography, astrophysics, celestial mechanics, gravitational astronomy, meteoritics, radar astronomy, radio astronomy, solar physics, spectrography, spectroscopy, stargazing, stellar photometry, uranography, uranometry

• urban renewal, assembly-line housing, billeting, domiciliation, doss, face-lift, furbishment, hospitality, housing, housing bill, housing development, housing problem, living quarters, lodging, lodgment, lower-income housing, quartering, reconditioning, refreshment, refurbishment, renewal, renovation, retread, retreading, slum clearance, subdivision, tract, transient lodging

• urbane, accommodating, affable, agreeable, amiable, appropriate, attentive, balanced, becoming, bland, civil, civilized, clubbable, clubbish, clubby, communicative, companionable, companionate, compatible, complaisant, congenial, considerate, courteous, decent, decorous, deferential, fair, felicitous, fit for society, fitting, fond of society, friendly, genial, genteel, graceful, gracious, gregarious, happy, hospitable, meet, metropolitan, obliging, poised, polite, proper, respectful, right, seemly, smooth, sociable, social, social-minded, solicitous, suitable, tactful, thoughtful

• urbanite, big-city man, bourgeois, burgess, burgher, city dweller, city man, city slicker, exurbanite, oppidan, suburbanite, townee, towner, townfolk, townfolks, townsman, townspeople, townswoman, villager, villageress

• urchin, Arab, JD, beach bum, beachcomber, beggar, bo, brat, bum, bummer, cub, dickens, dogie, elf, enfant terrible, gamin, gamine, guttersnipe, hobbledehoy, hobo, holy terror, homeless waif, idler, imp, juvenile delinquent, landloper, lazzarone, little monkey, loafer, losel, minx, monkey, mudlark, piker, puck, punk, punk kid, pup, ragamuffin, ragman, ragpicker, rounder, ski bum, spoiled brat, stiff, stray, street Arab, street arab, street urchin, sundowner, surf bum, swagman, swagsman, tatterdemalion, tennis bum, tramp, turnpiker, vag, vagabond, vagrant, waif, waifs and strays, wastrel, whelp, whippersnapper

• urge, accelerate, admonish, advise, advocate, affirm, allege, appetite, appetition, apply pressure, ardor, argue, ask, assert, automatic response, beg, beseech, beset, besiege, blandish, blind impulse, brain wave, brainstorm, brook no denial, bug, bundle, bustle, buttonhole, cajole, call on, call upon, caution, charge, cheer on, coax, compulsion, concupiscence, constrain, constraint, contend, counsel, craving, crowd, curiosity, demand, desideration, desire, dispatch, drive, drive on, dun, eagerness, egg on, encourage, enjoin, entreat, exert pressure, exhort, exigency, expedite, expostulate, fancy, fantasy, flash, fleeting impulse, force, forward, goad, goad on, gut response, haste, hasten, hasten on, hie on, high-pressure, hold, hope, horme, hound on, hunger, hurry, hurry along, hurry on, hurry up, hustle, hustle up, impel, impetus, importune, impulse, impulsion, incentive, incite, induce, influence, insist, insist on, insist upon, inspiration, instinct, intellectual curiosity, involuntary impulse, issue a caveat, itch, jawbone, libido, lobby, longing, lust, lust for learning, maintain, mind, motive, move, nag, nag at, natural impulse, need, needle, notion, passion, persist, persuade, pester, pinch, plague, plead with, pleasure, pleasure principle, ply, preach, precipitate, press, pressure, prevail upon, prick, prod, prompt, propel, provoke, push, push on, push through, quick hunch, quicken, railroad through, rash impulse, recommend, reflex, remonstrate, request, root on, rush, rush along, set forth, set on, sexual desire, shove, sic, soft-soap, solicit, speed, speed along, speed on, speed up, spring, spur, spur on, stampede, stand on, state, stick to, stress, sudden thought, suggest, sway, sweet-talk, take no denial, talk into, tease, thirst, thirst for knowledge, urge on, urgency, want, wanting, warn, wheedle, whip, whip along, whip on, will, will and pleasure, wish, wish fulfillment, work on, yearning, yen

• urgency, antecedence, antecedency, anteposition, anteriority, blandishment, buttonholing, cajolement, cajolery, case of need, clutch, coaxing, compulsion, constraint, crisis, crunch, demandingness, dire necessity, dominion, drive, dunning, emergency, exigence, exigency, extremity, front position, high pressure, immediacy, imperative, imperativeness, importance, importunacy, importunateness, importunity, impulse, impulsion, insistence, matter of necessity, nagging, necessity, need, persistence, pertinaciousness, pertinacity, pestering, pinch, plaguing, plying, precedence, precedency, preceding, precession, precursor, predicament, preference, prefixation, prelude, press, pressing, pressingness, pressure, priority, prothesis, push, rash impulse, seriousness, stress, superiority, teasing, tension, the lead, top priority, urge, urgent need, urging, wheedling

• urgent, active, actuating, acute, animating, ardent, begging, burning, cajoling, causal, causative, choiceless, clamant, clamorous, coaxing, compelling, compulsory, critical, crucial, crying, cursory, demanding, directive, draining, driving, dunning, earnest, emergency, emphatic, energetic, enthusiastic, exacting, exciting, exigent, exorbitant, expeditious, extortionate, fervent, festinate, feverish, fiery, firm, flying, forceful, furious, glowing, grasping, hasty, high-pressure, high-priority, hurried, immediate, impassioned, impelling, imperative, imperious, important, importunate, impulsive, inducive, insistent, instant, last-minute, life-and-death, life-or-death, loud, mandatory, motivating, motivational, motive, moving, nagging, necessary, necessitous, obligatory, on the spot, passing, passionate, persistent, pertinacious, pestering, pivotal, plaguing, pressing, prompt, provoking, quick, rush, serious, slap-bang, slapdash, snap, solicitous, speedy, stimulating, stirring, superficial, swift, taxing, teasing, tenacious, vehement, vital, warm, wheedling, without choice

• urinal, WC, backhouse, basement, bathroom, bedpan, can, chamber, chamber pot, chemical closet, chemical toilet, closet, comfort station, commode, convenience, crapper, earth closet, head, jerry, john, johnny, johnny house, jordan, latrine, lavatory, necessary, outhouse, piss pot, potty, potty-chair, powder room, privy, rest room, stool, throne, thunder mug, toilet, toilet room, washroom, water closet

• urinalysis, Pap test, anatomic diagnosis, biological diagnosis, biopsy, clinical diagnosis, cytodiagnosis, diagnosis, differential diagnosis, digital examination, electrocardiography, electroencephalography, electromyography, examination, laboratory diagnosis, mammography, oral examination, physical diagnosis, physical examination, postmortem diagnosis, serodiagnosis, smear, study, test, uroscopy, work-up

• urine, chyle, colostrum, discharge, gleet, humor, ichor, lachryma, lactation, leukorrhea, lymph, matter, micturition, milk, mucor, mucus, peccant humor, pee, pee-pee, phlegm, piddle, pish, piss, purulence, pus, rheum, saliva, sanies, serous fluid, serum, snot, stale, suppuration, sweat, tear, teardrop, the whites, urea, urination, water, wee-wee

• urn, adobe, biscuit, bisque, bone pot, bowl, brick, cement, ceramic ware, ceramics, china, cinerary urn, crock, crockery, enamelware, firebrick, funeral urn, glass, jug, ossuary, porcelain, pot, pottery, refractory, tile, tiling, vase

• urtext, antetype, antitype, archetype, biotype, classic example, criterion, epitome, fugleman, fugler, genotype, imitatee, lead, mirror, model, original, paradigm, pattern, precedent, prototype, representative, rule, standard, type, type species, type specimen

• usage, acceptance, acceptation, acception, active use, adjectival phrase, antonym, appliance, application, articulation, automatism, bad habit, bon ton, care, ceremony, characteristic, choice, choice of words, clause, composition, conformity, construction, consuetude, consumption, convenance, convention, creature of habit, custodianship, custom, dialect, diction, employ, employment, established way, etiquette, exercise, exertion, expression, fashion, folkway, force of habit, form, formality, formulation, free form, good use, grammar, guidance, guiding, habit, habit pattern, habitude, handling, hard usage, hard use, headed group, homograph, homonym, homophone, idiom, idiotism, ill use, language, langue, lead, lexeme, lingo, lingua, linguistic form, locution, logos, management, manipulation, manner, manner of speaking, manners, means of dealing, metonym, minimum free form, misuse, monosyllable, mores, noun phrase, observance, operation, paragraph, parlance, parole, pattern, peculiar expression, peculiarity, period, personal usage, phrasal idiom, phrase, phraseology, phrasing, polysyllable, practice, praxis, preference, prescription, procedure, proceeding, process, proper thing, received meaning, rhetoric, ritual, rough usage, routine, second nature, sentence, set phrase, social convention, speech, standard behavior, standard phrase, standard usage, standing custom, stereotype, stereotyped behavior, stewardship, syllable, synonym, syntactic structure, talk, term, time-honored practice, tongue, tradition, treatment, trick, turn of expression, turn of phrase, use, use of words, using up, usus loquendi, utterance, verb complex, verb phrase, verbalism, verbiage, verbum, vocable, way, way of speaking, what is done, wont, wonting, word, word-group, wordage, wording, wrong use

• use up, ablate, absorb, assimilate, beat, bestow, bleed white, burn out, burn up, consecrate to, consume, debilitate, dedicate to, deplete, devote, devour, digest, do in, do up, drain, drain of resources, eat, eat up, employ, enervate, erode, exhaust, expend, fag, fag out, fatigue, finish, finish off, flag, frazzle, give over to, give to, go, gobble, gobble up, harass, impoverish, ingest, jade, knock out, knock up, lose, overfatigue, overstrain, overtire, overweary, pass, poop, poop out, prostrate, put in, run, spend, spill, squander, suck dry, swallow, swallow up, tire, tire out, tire to death, tucker, waste, waste away, weaken, wear, wear away, wear down, wear on, wear out, weary, while, while away, wile, wilt, wind

• use, ablation, absolute interest, abuse, account, act toward, adaptability, advantage, appliance, applicability, application, apply, appropriateness, automatism, avail, availability, bad habit, behalf, behave toward, behoof, benefit, bestow, bleed, bleed white, bon ton, bring into play, care for, carry on, ceremony, characteristic, claim, common, conduct, conformity, consuetude, contend with, contingent interest, control, convenience, convention, cope with, creature of habit, custom, deal by, deal with, demand, do, do by, do with, drain, duty, easement, effectiveness, efficacy, efficiency, employ, employment, end use, engage in, equitable interest, equity, erosion, established way, estate, etiquette, exercise, exercising, exert, exertion, exploit, fall back, familiarize, fashion, fitness, folkway, follow, force of habit, formality, function, functionality, go in for, goal, govern, habit, habit pattern, habituate, habitude, handle, helpfulness, holding, ill-use, immediate purpose, impose, impose upon, interest, inure, limitation, make use of, manage, manipulate, manner, manners, mark, milk, misuse, mores, object, objective, observance, occasion, office, operability, operate, operation, operational purpose, parley, part, pattern, peculiarity, percentage, play, play on, ply, point, practicability, practical utility, practicality, practice, praxis, prescription, presume upon, profit, profitability, proper thing, prosecute, purpose, pursue, put forth, put out, put to use, ravages of time, regulate, relevance, respond to, right, right of entry, ritual, role, run, second nature, serve, service, serviceability, settlement, social convention, specialize in, stake, standard behavior, standard usage, standing custom, stereotype, stereotyped behavior, steward, strict settlement, stroke, suck dry, tackle, take, take advantage of, take on, take to, take up, talk, target, time-honored practice, title, tradition, treat, trick, trust, ultimate purpose, undertake, usability, usage, use ill, usefulness, utility, utilizability, utilize, value, vested interest, wage, way, wear, wear and tear, weathering, what is done, wield, wont, wonting, work, work at, work on, work upon, worth

• used to, acclimated, acclimatized, accommodated, accustomed, adapted, addicted, addicted to, adjusted, at home in, at home with, case-hardened, conditioned, conversant with, dependent, dependent on, experienced, familiar with, familiarized, habituated, habitue, hardened, hooked, hooked on, in a rut, inured, naturalized, never free from, no stranger to, orientated, oriented, run-in, seasoned, spaced out, trained, wont, wonted

• used up, ablated, all in, ausgespielt, beat, beat up, beaten, bleary, bone-weary, burned-out, burnt up, bushed, by the board, consumed, dead, dead-and-alive, dead-tired, deadbeat, depleted, devitalized, disabled, dissipated, dog-tired, dog-weary, done, done in, done up, drained, eaten up, effete, emptied, enervated, enfeebled, eroded, eviscerated, exhausted, expended, fagged out, far-gone, fatigued, finished, forfeit, forfeited, frazzled, gone, impoverished, incapacitated, irretrievable, jaded, knocked out, laid low, long-lost, lost, lost to, out, out the window, played out, pooped, pooped out, prostrate, ready to drop, run-down, sapped, shotten, shrunken, spent, squandered, tired, tired out, tired to death, tuckered out, used, washed-out, washed-up, wasted, weakened, weary unto death, whacked, wiped out, worn, worn away, worn-out

• used, ablated, acquainted with, adapted to, applied, by the board, cast-off, consumed, depleted, dissipated, down the drain, employed, eroded, exercised, exerted, expended, familiar with, forfeit, forfeited, gone, gone to waste, hand-me-down, in use, irretrievable, long-lost, lost, lost to, misspent, not new, occupied, old, out the window, pawed-over, run to seed, secondhand, shrunken, spent, squandered, unnew, used to, used up, wasted, worn, worn away

• useful, advantageous, advisable, agential, agentival, agentive, aidful, appropriate, assisting, auspicious, banausic, becoming, befitting, beneficial, benevolent, bon, bonny, brave, braw, bueno, capital, cogent, commendable, commodious, conducive, congruous, constructive, contributory, convenient, decent, desirable, effective, elegant, employable, estimable, excellent, expedient, facilitating, fair, famous, favorable, favoring, feasible, felicitous, fine, fit, fitten, fitting, forwarding, fructuous, fruitful, functional, furthersome, gainful, good, good for, goodly, grand, handy, happy, healthy, helpful, instrumental, intermediary, kind, laudable, likely, mediating, mediatorial, meet, ministerial, ministering, nice, noble, of general utility, of help, of service, of use, opportune, pleasant, politic, positive, practicable, practical, pragmatical, productive, profitable, promoting, proper, propitious, recommendable, regal, remedial, right, royal, salutary, seasonable, seemly, serviceable, skillful, sortable, sound, splendid, subservient, suitable, therapeutic, timely, to be desired, toward, usable, utilitarian, valid, valuable, very good, virtuous, well-timed, wise, worthwhile

• usefulness, account, advantage, advantageousness, advisability, agreeableness, applicability, appropriateness, auspiciousness, availability, beneficialness, benefit, benevolence, benignity, class, cogency, convenience, decency, desert, desirability, effectiveness, efficacy, efficiency, excellence, expedience, expediency, fairness, favorableness, feasibility, fineness, first-rateness, fitness, fittingness, fruitfulness, functionality, gain, goodliness, goodness, grace, healthiness, help, helpfulness, kindness, merit, niceness, operability, opportuneness, percentage, pleasantness, point, politicness, practicability, practical utility, practicality, profit, profitability, profitableness, propriety, prudence, purpose, purposefulness, quality, relevance, rewardingness, rightness, seasonableness, seemliness, service, serviceability, skillfulness, soundness, suitability, superiority, timeliness, usability, use, utility, utilizability, validity, value, virtue, virtuousness, wholeness, wisdom, worth, worthwhileness

• useless, abortive, aimless, barren, bootless, counterproductive, deleterious, detrimental, disadvantageous, disserviceable, effete, empty, etiolated, failed, failing, fatuitous, fatuous, feckless, fruitless, fustian, futile, good-for-nothing, harmful, hopeless, idle, impotent, impracticable, impractical, inadequate, inane, incompetent, ineffective, ineffectual, inefficacious, inefficient, inept, injurious, inoperative, inutile, invalid, lame, manque, meaningless, miscarried, miscarrying, no go, nonfunctional, nugacious, nugatory, of no effect, of no force, of no use, pointless, prejudicial, purposeless, sterile, stickit, stillborn, successless, superfluous, unadvantageous, unavailable, unavailing, unfavorable, unfortunate, unpractical, unproductive, unprofitable, unpurposed, unrewarding, unserviceable, unsuccessful, unusable, unworkable, vain, worthless

• uselessness, bankruptcy, bootlessness, counterproductiveness, counterproductivity, defeat, failure, fatuity, futility, ill success, impoliticalness, impoliticness, inadvisability, inanity, inappropriateness, inaptitude, incongruity, inconvenience, inconveniency, ineffectiveness, ineffectuality, ineffectualness, inefficaciousness, inefficacy, ineptitude, inexpedience, inexpediency, infelicity, inopportuneness, invalidity, losing game, no go, nonaccomplishment, nonsuccess, successlessness, undesirability, unfitness, unfittingness, unfortunateness, unmeetness, unprofitability, unprofitableness, unseasonableness, unseemliness, unsuccess, unsuccessfulness, unsuitability, untimeliness, unwiseness, worthlessness, wrongness

• user, LSD user, acidhead, addict, alcoholic, buyer, chain smoker, cocaine sniffer, cokie, consumer, cubehead, dipsomaniac, dope fiend, doper, droit du seigneur, drug abuser, drug addict, drug user, drunkard, employer, enjoyer, enjoyment of property, fiend, freak, glue sniffer, habitual, head, heavy smoker, hophead, hype, imperfect usufruct, junkie, marijuana smoker, methhead, narcotics addict, operator, owner, perfect usufruct, pillhead, pothead, purchaser, right of use, snowbird, speed freak, tripper, usufruct

• usher in, announce, antecede, antedate, anticipate, be before, be early, blaze the trail, break the trail, bring up, broach, christen, come before, come first, establish, float, forerun, found, front, go ahead of, go before, go in advance, guide, have priority, head, head the table, head up, herald, inaugurate, induct, initiate, install, institute, introduce, kick off, launch, lead, lead off, lift up, originate, outrank, pioneer, precede, precurse, predate, preexist, proclaim, raise, rank, rate, ring in, set agoing, set on foot, set up, stand first, start going, start up, take precedence, turn on

• usher, Ganymede, Hebe, MC, airline hostess, airline stewardess, attend, attendant, auteur, ballyhoo man, barker, batman, bellboy, bellhop, bellman, best man, bodyguard, bootblack, boots, bridemaiden, bridesmaid, bridesman, cabin boy, caddie, callboy, cavalier, cerberus, chaperon, chore boy, companion, concierge, conduct, conductor, convoy, copyboy, costume designer, costumer, costumier, cupbearer, director, doorkeeper, doorman, duenna, emcee, equestrian director, errand boy, errand girl, escort, esquire, exhibitor, fellow traveler, footboy, gatekeeper, gofer, groomsman, guard, guide, hostess, impresario, introduce, janitor, lead, makeup man, marshal, master of ceremonies, matron of honor, office boy, office girl, orderly, ostiary, page, paranymph, playreader, porter, preface, producer, prompter, receptionist, ringmaster, safe-conduct, scenewright, set designer, shepherd, showman, spieler, squire, stage director, stage manager, steward, stewardess, swain, take out, tender, theater man, theatrician, ticket collector, trainbearer, usherer, usherette, wait on, warden, wedding attendant, wedding party, yeoman

• usual, accepted, accustomed, arranged, average, banal, besetting, bourgeois, businesslike, central, characteristic, chronic, common, commonplace, conformable, consuetudinary, conventional, current, customary, distinctive, distinguishing, dominant, epidemic, established, everyday, exemplary, expected, familiar, formal, frequent, frequentative, garden, garden variety, garden-variety, generally accepted, habitual, hackneyed, harmonious, household, in hand, intermediary, intermediate, many, many times, mean, medial, median, mediocre, medium, methodical, middle-class, middle-of-the-road, middling, moderate, natural, naturalistic, no great shakes, normal, normative, not rare, obtaining, of common occurrence, oft-repeated, oftentime, old, ordered, orderly, ordinary, pandemic, plastic, popular, predictable, predominant, predominating, prescribed, prescriptive, prevailing, prevalent, prosaic, quintessential, rampant, realistic, received, recurrent, regnant, regular, regulation, reigning, rife, routine, ruling, run-of-mine, run-of-the-mill, running, same, sample, set, standard, steady, stereotyped, stock, suburban, symmetrical, systematic, the common, the commonplace, the normal, the ordinary, the usual, thick-coming, time-honored, traditional, trite, true to form, true to type, typal, typic, typical, unexceptional, uniform, unimaginative, universal, unnoteworthy, unoriginal, unremarkable, unspectacular, vernacular, well-known, well-ordered, well-regulated, widespread, wonted, workaday, worn out

• usually, accustomedly, again and again, all in all, all things considered, altogether, as a rule, as a whole, as an approximation, as is usual, as per usual, as things go, as usual, at large, broadly, broadly speaking, by and large, chiefly, commonly, consistently, conventionally, customarily, frequently, generally, generally speaking, habitually, in general, in many instances, in the main, inveterately, mainly, many a time, many times, most often, mostly, naturally, normally, normatively, not infrequently, not seldom, oft, often, often enough, oftentimes, ofttimes, on balance, on the whole, ordinarily, overall, predominantly, prescriptively, prevailingly, regularly, repeatedly, roughly, roughly speaking, routinely, speaking generally, to be expected, unseldom, whenever you wish, wontedly

• usurious, cutthroat, exacting, excessive, exorbitant, extortionate, extravagant, fancy, gouging, grossly overpriced, immoderate, inflationary, inordinate, out of bounds, out of sight, outrageous, overpriced, preposterous, prohibitive, skyrocketing, spiraling, unconscionable, undue, unreasonable, unwarranted

• usurp, accroach, adopt, advance upon, appropriate, arrogate, assume, assume command, break bounds, colonize, commandeer, conquer, cut out, displace, encroach, enslave, go too far, hog, indent, infringe, intrude, invade, irrupt, jump a claim, know no bounds, make an inroad, make free with, make use of, monopolize, mount the throne, occupy, overrun, overstep, overstep the bounds, play God, preempt, preoccupy, prepossess, pretend to, requisition, seize, seize power, seize the throne, sit on, squat on, subjugate, take all of, take charge, take command, take it all, take over, take possession of, take the helm, take the lead, take up, transgress, trespass

• usurpation, accession, adoption, anointing, anointment, appointment, appropriation, arrogation, assignment, assumption, authorization, colonization, conquest, consecration, coronation, delegation, deputation, election, empowerment, encroachment, enslavement, incursion, indent, infraction, infringement, inroad, intrusion, invasion, legitimate succession, occupation, overstepping, playing God, preemption, preoccupation, prepossession, requisition, seizure, subjugation, succession, takeover, taking over, transgression, trespass, trespassing

• usurper, Simon Legree, absolute monarch, absolute ruler, all-powerful ruler, arrogator, autarch, autocrat, caesar, commissar, czar, despot, dictator, disciplinarian, driver, duce, hard master, martinet, oligarch, oppressor, pharaoh, pretender, slave driver, stickler, tyrant, warlord

• usury, Cosa Nostra, Mafia, advance, advancement, advancing, bank rate, black market, bootlegging, compensatory interest, compound interest, discount rate, exorbitant interest, exploitation, extortion, gambling, gray market, gross interest, highway robbery, holdup, illegal commerce, illegal operations, illegitimate business, illicit business, interest, interest rate, lend-lease, lending, lending at interest, loan-sharking, loaning, lucrative interest, moneylending, moonshining, mortgage points, narcotics traffic, net interest, organized crime, overassessment, overcharge, penal interest, premium, price, price of money, prostitution, protection racket, racket, rate, rate of interest, shady dealings, shylocking, simple interest, surcharge, the rackets, the syndicate, traffic in women, white slavery

• utensil, accouterments, apparatus, appliances, appointments, appurtenances, armament, container, contraption, contrivance, conveniences, device, duffel, equipage, equipment, facilities, facility, fittings, fixtures, furnishings, furniture, gadget, gear, gimcrack, gimmick, gizmo, hand tool, holder, impedimenta, implement, installations, instrument, kit, machinery, materiel, means, mechanical device, munition, munitions, outfit, paraphernalia, plant, plumbing, power tool, precision tool, receiver, receptacle, rig, rigging, speed tool, stock-in-trade, tackle, things, tool, utensils, vessel

• uterine, affiliated, agnate, akin, allied, avuncular, cervical, clitoral, closely related, cognate, collateral, congeneric, consanguine, consanguinean, consanguineous, distantly related, enate, foster, genital, german, germane, kindred, matrilateral, matrilineal, matroclinous, novercal, of the blood, ovarian, patrilateral, patrilineal, patroclinous, penial, penile, phallic, related, scrotal, seminal, sib, sibling, spermatic, testicular, vaginal, vulval, vulvar

• uterus, bag, ballocks, balls, basket, beard, breasts, cervix, clitoris, cod, cods, cullions, family jewels, female organs, genitalia, genitals, gonads, labia, labia majora, labia minora, lingam, lips, male organs, matrix, meat, nuts, nymphae, ovary, penis, phallus, private parts, privates, privy parts, pubic hair, pudenda, reproductive organs, rocks, scrotum, secondary sex characteristic, sex organs, spermary, testes, testicles, vagina, venter, vulva, womb, yoni

• utilitarian, Cyrenaic, Eleatic, Epicurean, Megarian, Stoic, advantageous, animist, animistic, appropriate, atomistic, banausic, beneficial, breadwinning, businesslike, commercial, commodious, cosmotheistic, down-to-earth, eclectic, empirical, employable, eudaemonistic, existential, expedient, fitting, functional, good for, hard, hedonic, hedonist, hedonistic, helpful, humanist, humanistic, idealistic, instrumentalist, materialistic, matter-of-fact, mechanistic, metaphysical, moneymaking, monistic, naturalistic, nominalist, of general utility, of help, of service, of use, panlogistical, pantheistic, positivist, positivistic, practical, pragmatic, pragmatical, pragmatist, proper, prosaic, rationalistic, realist, realistic, scholastic, sensationalistic, serviceable, syncretistic, theistic, transcendentalist, transcendentalistic, unidealistic, unromantic, useful, vitalistic, voluntarist, voluntaristic, workaday, workday, working

• utility, Aktiengesellschaft, account, advantage, advantageousness, aktiebolag, alternate, alternative, appliance, applicability, appropriateness, availability, backup, beneficialness, body corporate, business, business establishment, cartel, chamber of commerce, combine, commercial enterprise, compagnie, company, concern, conglomerate, conglomerate corporation, consolidating company, consortium, convenience, copartnership, corporate body, corporation, counterfeit, diversified corporation, drive, dummy, effectiveness, efficacy, efficiency, engine, enginery, enterprise, equivalent, ersatz, facility, fake, favorableness, firm, fitness, fixture, functionality, helpfulness, holding company, house, imitation, industry, joint-stock association, joint-stock company, machine, machinery, makeshift, mechanical aid, mechanical device, mechanism, mock, motive power, motor, operability, operating company, partnership, phony, pinch, plunderbund, pool, power plant, power source, practicability, practical utility, practicality, profitability, provisional, proxy, public utility, relevance, reserve, secondary, service, serviceability, spare, stock company, stopgap, substitute, syndicate, temporary, tentative, token, trade association, trust, usability, use, usefulness, utilizability, vicarious

• utilize, apply, bestow, do with, employ, exercise, exert, exploit, handle, make use of, manage, manipulate, operate, play, ply, practice, process, procure materials, promote, stock, stock up, store, use, wield, work

• utmost, acme, all, apex, apogee, at the height, at the limit, best, brow, cap, ceiling, climax, cloud nine, crest, crown, culmen, culmination, edge, end, extreme, extreme limit, extremity, far out, farthest, first-class, first-rate, furthermost, furthest, greatest, heaven, heavens, height, high noon, highest, highest degree, highest pitch, highest point, limit, maximal, maximum, meridian, most, mountaintop, ne plus ultra, no place higher, noon, nth degree, outermost, outmost, outside, peak, pinnacle, pitch, point, pole, radical, remotest, ridge, seventh heaven, sky, spire, summit, superlative, supreme, the whole, tip, tip-top, too much, top, top-notch, topmost, ultra, ultra-ultra, upmost, upper extremity, uppermost, utmost extent, uttermost, vertex, very top, way out, zenith

• utopia, Agapemone, Arcadia, Big Rock-Candy Mountain, Canaan, Cloudcuckooland, Cockaigne, Eden, Eldorado, Erewhon, Garden of Eden, Goshen, Happy Valley, Land of Youth, Laputa, Never-Never-land, Neverland, New Atlantis, Pandemonium, Quivira, Saturnia regna, Saturnian age, Shangri-la, Utopia, Zion, age of Aquarius, airy hope, arcadia, bubble, chimera, cloudland, dream, dreamland, dystopia, era of prosperity, faerie, fair weather, fairyland, golden age, golden dream, golden era, golden time, good times, halcyon days, heaven, heyday, kakotopia, kingdom come, land of dreams, land of enchantment, land of faerie, land of plenty, land of promise, lotus land, millennium, never-never, palmy days, paradise, pipe dream, piping times, promised land, prosperity, quixotic ideal, reign of Saturn, rosy era, sunshine, unreal hope, wonderland

• utopian, Arcadian, Don Quixote, Edenic, Fabian, Leibnizian, Leibnizian optimist, Pollyanna, Quixote, aspirant, aspirer, bright, celestial, cheerful, chiliast, chiliastic, corrective, couleur de rose, daydreamer, dreamer, dreamer of dreams, emendatory, enthusiast, escapist, extremist, gradualistic, heavenly, hopeful, hoper, ideal, idealist, idealized, irrepressible optimist, lotus-eater, meliorist, melioristic, millenarian, millennial, millennialist, millennialistic, millennian, optimist, optimistic, paradisal, perfectibilist, perfectibilitarian, perfectionist, philosophical optimist, progressionist, progressist, progressive, progressivist, prophet, radical, ray of sunshine, reformational, reformative, reformatory, reformer, reformist, reformistic, revisional, revisionist, revisory, revolutionary, rhapsodist, romancer, romantic, romanticist, rose-colored, roseate, rosy, seer, sunny, upbeat, utmost, utopianist, utopianizer, utopist, visionary, wishful thinker

• utter, absolute, admitting no exception, air, all-embracing, all-encompassing, all-out, all-pervading, arrant, articulate, bestrew, born, break it to, break the news, breathe, broad-based, broadcast, categorical, chime, chorus, circulate, circumfuse, classical, clean, clear, coin, come out with, communicate, complete, comprehensive, conclusive, confide, confide to, congenital, consummate, convey, counterfeit, crass, deal out, decided, decisive, deep-dyed, definite, definitive, deliver, demonetize, determinate, devaluate, devalue, diffract, diffuse, disclose, dispense, disperse, dispread, disseminate, distribute, diverge, divulgate, divulge, downright, dyed-in-the-wool, egregious, emit, entire, enunciate, evulgate, exhaustive, explicit, express, fan out, final, fixed, flagrant, flat, flat-out, fling off, forge, formulate, full, give, give expression, give out, give out with, give tongue, give utterance, give vent to, give voice, glaring, global, gross, impart, implicit, inappealable, indisputable, intact, integral, intensive, intolerable, issue, let get around, let in on, let out, lip, make known, mint, omnibus, omnipresent, out with, out-and-out, outright, overscatter, oversow, overspread, peremptory, perfect, pervasive, phonate, phrase, plain, plumb, positive, pour forth, precious, present, profound, pronounce, pronounced, propagate, proper, publish, pure, put forth, put in words, radiate, radical, raise, rank, regular, reissue, remonetize, retail, revalue, reveal, round, say, scatter, set forth, shattering, sheer, shocking, shove the queer, sound, sow, sow broadcast, splay, spread, spread out, stark, stark-staring, straight, straight-out, strew, superlative, surpassing, sweeping, tell, the veriest, thorough, thoroughgoing, through-and-through, throw off, total, ubiquitous, unbearable, uncircumscribed, unconditional, unconditioned, unconscionable, undeniable, undoubting, unequivocal, unhampered, unhesitating, universal, unlimited, unmistakable, unmitigated, unqualified, unquestioning, unrelieved, unreserved, unrestricted, unspoiled, unwaivable, vent, ventilate, verbalize, veritable, vocalize, voice, whisper, whole, wholesale, without exception, without reserve, word

• utterance, Parthian shot, address, adjectival phrase, affirmance, affirmation, allegation, announcement, annunciation, answer, antonym, apostrophe, articulation, assertion, asseveration, attack, averment, avouchment, avowal, clause, comment, conclusion, construction, crack, creed, declaration, delivery, dictum, enunciation, exclamation, expression, free form, greeting, headed group, homograph, homonym, homophone, idiom, idiotism, interjection, ipse dixit, lexeme, linguistic act, linguistic form, locution, logos, manifesto, manner of speaking, mention, metonym, minimum free form, monosyllable, note, noun phrase, observation, paragraph, parol, parole, peculiar expression, period, phonation, phrasal idiom, phrase, polysyllable, position, position paper, positive declaration, predicate, predication, proclamation, profession, pronouncement, pronunciation, proposition, protest, protestation, question, reflection, remark, say, say-so, saying, sentence, sequence of phonemes, set phrase, speaking, speech act, stance, stand, standard phrase, statement, string, subjoinder, syllable, synonym, syntactic structure, term, the spoken word, thought, tongue, turn of expression, turn of phrase, usage, utterance string, verb complex, verb phrase, verbalism, verbum, vocable, vocalization, voice, voicing, vouch, way of speaking, word, word of mouth, word-group

• uttered, articulated, enunciated, lingual, linguistic, nuncupative, oral, parol, pronounced, said, sounded, speech, spoken, unwritten, verbal, viva voce, vocal, vocalized, voiced, voiceful

• utterly, a outrance, a toute outrance, absolutely, all hollow, all out, all the way, altogether, beyond all bounds, beyond compare, beyond comparison, beyond measure, categorically, completely, dead, definitely, downright, entirely, essentially, extremely, flat out, fully, fundamentally, head over heels, immeasurably, in the extreme, incalculably, indefinitely, infinitely, most, out-and-out, perfectly, proper, properly, purely, radically, thoroughly, to a fare-you-well, to the backbone, to the full, to the limit, to the marrow, to the skies, to the sky, to the utmost, totally, unconditionally, unequivocally, unreservedly, wholly, with a vengeance

• V shaped, Y-shaped, akimbo, angular, arboreal, arborescent, arboriform, bent, biforked, bifurcate, bifurcated, branched, branching, branchlike, cornered, crooked, crotched, dendriform, dendritic, forked, forking, forklike, furcal, furcate, geniculate, geniculated, hooked, jagged, knee-shaped, pointed, pronged, ramous, saw-toothed, sawtooth, serrate, sharp, sharp-cornered, tree-shaped, treelike, tridentlike, trifurcate, trifurcated, zigzag

• vacancy, absence, absence of mind, appointment, bareness, barrenness, berth, billet, blank, blank mind, blankmindedness, blankness, bleakness, breach, calm of mind, deficiency, deprivation, desertedness, desolateness, employment, emptiness, emptiness of mind, empty-headedness, engagement, fallow mind, fatuity, foolishness, gap, gig, hiatus, hollowness, inanition, inanity, incomprehension, incumbency, jejunity, job, lacuna, mental blankness, mental void, moonlighting, negation, negativeness, negativity, nihility, nirvana, nonbeing, nonentity, nonexistence, noninhabitance, nonoccupance, nonoccupancy, nonoccurrence, nonreality, nonresidence, nonsubsistence, not-being, nothingness, nullity, oblivion, office, opening, passivity, place, place open, position, post, quietism, second job, service, situation, slot, station, tabula rasa, tenure, thoughtfreeness, thoughtlessness, tranquillity, unactuality, unawareness, unintelligence, unreality, vacant post, vacuity, vacuousness, vacuum, vapidity, void, voidness

• vacant, abandoned, absent-minded, available, bare, barren, bland, blank, blankminded, bleached, calm, characterless, clear, deadpan, deserted, devoid, dull, empty, empty-headed, empty-minded, empty-pated, empty-skulled, expressionless, extra, fatuous, featureless, fishy, forsaken, free, glassy, godforsaken, hollow, idle, impassive, inane, incogitant, inexpressive, insipid, jejune, nirvanic, null, null and void, oblivious, open, passive, poker-faced, quietistic, rattlebrained, rattleheaded, relaxed, scatterbrained, spare, stark, tenantless, thoughtfree, thoughtless, tranquil, unaware, uncomprehending, unengaged, unexpressive, unfilled, unideaed, uninhabited, unintellectual, unmanned, unoccupied, unpeopled, unpopulated, unreasoning, unrelieved, unstaffed, untaken, untenanted, untended, unthinking, unused, unutilized, vacuous, vapid, void, white, with nothing inside, without content, wooden

• vacate, abandon, abdicate, abjure, abolish, abrogate, abscond, annul, back out, be pensioned, be superannuated, beat a retreat, beg off, bow out, cancel, cede, clear, countermand, counterorder, cry off, demit, depart from, desert, disannul, disappear, discard, discharge, disgorge, dispense with, dispose of, dissolve, do away with, do without, drop, drop out, dump, empty, evacuate, forgo, forsake, forswear, get along without, get out of, get rid of, give away, give up, go back on, have done with, invalidate, jettison, jilt, kiss good-bye, leave, leave behind, leave flat, let go, make a sacrifice, make void, maroon, nullify, override, overrule, part with, pension off, pull out, quash, quit, quit cold, quitclaim, recall, recant, relinquish, remove, render up, renege, renounce, renounce the throne, repeal, repudiate, rescind, resign, retire, retire from office, retract, retreat, reverse, revoke, sacrifice, say goodbye to, set aside, spare, stand aside, stand down, step aside, superannuate, surrender, suspend, swear off, take leave of, throw over, throw up, vanish, void, waive, withdraw, withdraw from, write off, yield

• vacation, AWOL, Christmas, French leave, Sunday, abeyance, abolishment, abolition, abrogation, abscondence, absence, absence without leave, absentation, absenteeism, absenting, annulment, break, breathing space, caesura, cancel, canceling, cancellation, cassation, cease-fire, coffee break, countermand, counterorder, cut, day off, default, defeasance, departure, disappearance, downtime, drop, escape, excused absence, fleeing, furlough, go on furlough, go on leave, half time, half-time intermission, hesitation, holiday, hooky, interim, interlude, intermezzo, intermission, intermittence, interregnum, interruption, interval, invalidation, lapse, layoff, leave, leave of absence, leaving, letup, liberty, lull, make holiday, nonappearance, nonattendance, nullification, off-time, paid holiday, paid vacation, pause, plateau, point of repose, quiet spell, recall, recantation, recess, relief, remission, renege, repeal, rescinding, rescindment, rescission, respite, rest, resting point, retraction, reversal, revocation, revoke, revokement, running away, sabbatical, sabbatical leave, sabbatical year, setting aside, shore leave, sick leave, stand-down, stay, suspension, take a holiday, take leave, time off, time out, truancy, truantism, truce, unexcused absence, vacatur, voidance, voiding, waiver, waiving, weekend, withdrawal, write-off

• vaccine, A, B, T, antitoxin, autogenous vaccine, bang, booster, booster shot, bovine vaccine, fix, hit, humanized vaccine, hypodermic, hypodermic injection, injection, inoculation, jet injection, mainlining, narcotic injection, shooting up, shot, skin-popping, stock vaccine, toxoid, univalent vaccine, vaccination

• vacillate, alternate, back and fill, bob, bobble, careen, change, changeable, chop and change, coggle, dally, dallying, dangle, demurring, dickey, dillydallying, dither, double-minded, doubtful, doubting, ebb and flow, eccentric, equivocate, erratic, falter, faltering, fickle, fiddle-faddle, flounder, fluctuant, fluctuate, fluctuating, flutter, go through phases, halt, halting, hang in doubt, hem and haw, hesitant, hesitate, hesitating, inconstant, indecisive, insecure, irresolute, librate, lurch, mercurial, nutate, oscillate, oscillating, pendulate, pendulous, pitch, reel, resonate, ring the changes, rock, roll, rootless, seesaw, shake, shaky, shift, shifting, shilly-shally, shilly-shallying, shuffle, stagger, stop to consider, swag, sway, swing, teeter, teeter-totter, tentative, tergiversate, think twice, timid, toss, totter, turn, uncertain, unresolved, unsettled, unstable, unsteady, unsure, vacillating, vacillatory, vary, vibrate, volatile, wag, waggle, wave, waver, wavering, wax and wane, weak, weak-kneed, whiffle, wigwag, wobble, wobbly

• vacillating, adrift, afloat, alternating, amorphous, capricious, changeable, changeful, coquettish, desultory, deviable, dizzy, eccentric, erratic, faddish, fast and loose, fickle, fitful, flickering, flighty, flirtatious, flitting, fluctuant, fluctuating, fluctuational, freakish, giddy, harmonic, impetuous, impulsive, inconsistent, inconstant, indecisive, infirm, irregular, irresolute, irresponsible, libratory, light, mazy, mercurial, moody, nutational, oscillating, oscillatory, pendular, pendulating, pendulous, periodic, quicksilver, rambling, resonant, restless, roving, scatterbrained, shapeless, shifting, shifty, shilly-shally, shilly-shallying, shuffling, skittish, spasmodic, spineless, toying, unaccountable, uncertain, uncontrolled, undependable, undisciplined, unfixed, unpredictable, unreliable, unrestrained, unsettled, unstable, unstable as water, unstaid, unsteadfast, unsteady, vacillatory, vagrant, variable, versatile, vibratile, vibrating, vibratory, vicissitudinary, vicissitudinous, volatile, wandering, wanton, wavering, wavery, wavy, wayward, whimsical, wishy-washy, wobbly

• vacillation, alternation, capriciousness, chance, chanciness, changeableness, dallying, demurral, dillydallying, equivocation, erraticism, erraticness, fickleness, fluctuation, frequency, frequency band, frequency spectrum, harmonic motion, hesitancy, hesitation, incalculability, incertitude, indecision, indecisiveness, indemonstrability, indeterminacy, indetermination, indeterminism, irresolution, libration, luck, nutation, oscillation, pendulation, periodicity, randomness, resonance, resonance frequency, seesawing, shifting, shilly-shally, shilly-shallying, shuffling, suspense, suspensefulness, teeter-tottering, teetering, tottering, unaccountability, uncertainness, uncertainty, uncertainty principle, undecidedness, undeterminedness, unforeseeableness, unpredictability, unprovability, unsureness, unverifiability, variation, vibrancy, vibratility, vibration, vicissitude, wavering, whimsicality, wobbling

• vacuity, bare, bareness, barrenness, blank, blankness, bleakness, cavity, clear, desolateness, dull, dullness, emptiness, empty, empty-headed, foolish, hollow, hollowness, inane, inanity, nada, nihility, nonexistence, nullity, shallow, silly, stark, stupidity, superficial, vacancy, vacant, vacuous, vacuousness, void, voidness

• vacuole, Golgi apparatus, aster, basal body, cell membrane, central apparatus, central body, centriole, centroplasm, centrosome, centrosphere, chloroplast, chromoplast, cilia, cytocentrum, flagella, kinoplasm, microbody, microcentrum, mitochondrion, pili, plasmodesmata, plastid, plastosome, ribosome, spherosome, spindle fibers

• vacuous, airy, asinine, awkward, bare, barren, bland, blank, blankminded, bleached, callow, calm, catchpenny, characterless, clear, devoid, dumb, empty, empty-headed, empty-minded, empty-pated, empty-skulled, existless, fatuous, featureless, flimsy, foolish, fribble, fribbling, frivolous, frothy, futile, gauche, green, groping, hollow, idle, ignorant, inane, incogitant, inexperienced, innocent, insipid, jejune, know-nothing, lacking, light, minus, missing, naive, negative, nescient, nirvanic, nonexistent, nugacious, nugatory, null, null and void, oblivious, otiose, passive, quietistic, rattlebrained, rattleheaded, raw, relaxed, scatterbrained, shallow, silly, simple, slender, slight, strange to, superficial, tentative, thoughtfree, thoughtless, tranquil, trifling, trite, trivial, unacquainted, unapprized, uncomprehending, unconversant, unenlightened, unexisting, unfamiliar, unideaed, unilluminated, uninformed, uninitiated, unintellectual, unintelligent, unknowing, unoccupied, unposted, unreasoning, unrelieved, unripe, unsure, unthinking, unversed, vacant, vain, vapid, void, white, windy, with nothing inside, without being, without content

• vacuum, absence, absence of mind, blank, blankness, broom, brush, brush off, clean slate, deprivation, emptiness, empty space, empty-headedness, hollowness, inanity, jejunity, mental void, negation, negativeness, negativity, nihility, nonbeing, nonentity, nonexistence, nonoccurrence, nonreality, nonsubsistence, not-being, nothing, nothingness, nullity, sweep, sweep out, sweep up, tabula rasa, unactuality, unreality, vacancy, vacuity, vacuousness, vacuum-clean, vapidity, void, whisk

• vagabond, Arab, Bowery bum, arab, bat around, beach bum, beachcomber, beggar, beggarly fellow, bird of passage, blighter, bo, budmash, bum, bummer, caitiff, canter, circumforaneous, count ties, derelict, devil, discursive, divagate, divagatory, dogie, drift, drifter, drifting, drunkard, errant, flit, flitting, floater, floating, footloose, footloose and fancy-free, fugitive, gad, gad about, gadding, gallivant, gamin, gamine, go about, go the rounds, good-for-naught, good-for-nothing, guttersnipe, gypsy, gypsy-like, gypsyish, hit the road, hit the trail, hobo, homeless waif, human wreck, idler, itinerant, jaunt, knock about, knock around, landloper, landloping, lazzarone, loafer, losel, lowlife, mauvais sujet, mean wretch, meander, meandering, migrant, migrational, migratory, mooch, mucker, mudlark, no-good, nomad, nomadic, nomadize, pauvre diable, perambulatory, peregrinate, pererrate, peripatetic, piker, pilgarlic, poor creature, poor devil, prowl, ragamuffin, ragman, ragpicker, ramble, rambling, range, ranging, roadster, roam, roaming, rolling stone, rounder, rove, rover, roving, run about, runagate, sad case, sad sack, saunter, shack, shifting, ski bum, skid-row bum, stiff, straggle, straggling, stray, straying, street Arab, street arab, street urchin, stroll, strolling, sundowner, surf bum, swagger, swagman, swagsman, tatterdemalion, tennis bum, traipse, traipsing, tramp, tramper, transient, transitory, transmigratory, traveler, truant, turnpiker, urchin, vag, vagabondize, vagrant, vaurien, waif, waifs and strays, walk the tracks, wander, wanderer, wandering, wastrel, wayfare, wayfarer, wayfaring, weary, worthless fellow, wretch

• vagary, aberration, bee, boutade, brainstorm, capriccio, caprice, circuitousness, conceit, crank, craze, crazy idea, crosswiseness, crotchet, daydream, declination, deflection, deflexure, deviance, deviation, deviousness, diagonality, digression, divagation, divergence, dream, excursion, fad, fancy, fantastic notion, fantasy, flimflam, fool notion, freak, freakish inspiration, harebrained idea, humor, indirection, indirectness, kink, maggot, megrim, nonconformity, notion, obliqueness, obliquity, passing fancy, quirk, skewness, squint, toy, transverseness, whim, whim-wham, whimsy

• vagina, Eustachian tube, Fallopian tube, bag, ballocks, balls, basket, beard, breasts, canal, cervix, clitoris, cod, cods, cullions, duct, emunctory, family jewels, female organs, fistula, genitalia, genitals, gonads, intestines, labia, labia majora, labia minora, lingam, lips, male organs, meat, meatus, nuts, nymphae, ostium, ovary, oviduct, penis, phallus, pore, private parts, privates, privy parts, pubic hair, pudenda, reproductive organs, rocks, salpinx, scrotum, secondary sex characteristic, sex organs, spermary, testes, testicles, thoracic duct, ureter, urethra, uterus, vas, vessel, vulva, womb, yoni

• vaginal, cervical, clitoral, genital, integumental, integumentary, ovarian, penial, penile, phallic, scrotal, seminal, spermatic, tegmental, tegumental, testicular, uterine, vulval, vulvar

• vagrancy, Wanderjahr, afoot and lighthearted, bumming, dilatoriness, discursion, divagation, do-nothingness, drifting, ergophobia, errantry, faineancy, faineantise, flitting, gadding, hoboism, indolence, inertia, inexertion, itineracy, itinerancy, laggardness, laziness, lotus-eating, nomadism, peregrination, pererration, ramble, rambling, remissness, roam, roaming, rove, roving, shiftlessness, sloth, slothfulness, slowness, spring fever, straying, traipsing, vagabondage, vagabondia, vagabondism, wandering, wanderlust, wayfaring

• vagrant, Arab, Bowery bum, aberrant, aberrative, adrift, afloat, aimless, alternating, amorphous, arbitrary, beach bum, beachcomber, beggar, beggarly fellow, blighter, bo, budmash, bum, bummer, caitiff, capricious, changeable, changeful, circuitous, circumforaneous, cranky, crotchety, departing, derelict, desultory, deviable, deviant, deviating, deviative, deviatory, devil, devious, digressive, discursive, divagatory, dizzy, dogie, drifter, drifting, drunkard, eccentric, errant, erratic, excursive, fanciful, fantasied, fantastic, fast and loose, fickle, fitful, flaky, flickering, flighty, flitting, floating, fluctuating, footloose, footloose and fancy-free, freakish, fugitive, gadding, gamin, gamine, giddy, good-for-naught, good-for-nothing, guttersnipe, gypsy-like, gypsyish, harebrained, hobo, homeless waif, human wreck, humorsome, idler, impetuous, impulsive, inconsistent, inconstant, indecisive, indirect, infirm, irregular, irresolute, irresponsible, kinky, labyrinthine, landloper, landloping, lazzarone, loafer, losel, lowlife, maggoty, mauvais sujet, mazy, mean wretch, meandering, mercurial, migrational, migratory, moody, motiveless, mucker, mudlark, no-good, nomad, nomadic, notional, out-of-the-way, pauvre diable, perambulatory, peripatetic, petulant, piker, pilgarlic, planetary, poor creature, poor devil, quirky, ragamuffin, ragman, ragpicker, rambling, ranging, restless, roaming, rounder, roving, sad case, sad sack, sauntering, scatterbrained, serpentine, shapeless, shifting, shifty, shuffling, ski bum, skid-row bum, snaky, spasmodic, spineless, stiff, straggling, stray, straying, street Arab, street urchin, strolling, sundowner, surf bum, swagman, swagsman, swerving, tatterdemalion, temperamental, tennis bum, traipsing, tramp, transient, transitory, transmigratory, truant, turning, turnpiker, twisting, unaccountable, uncertain, uncontrolled, undependable, undirected, undisciplined, unfixed, unpredictable, unreasonable, unreliable, unrestrained, unsettled, unstable, unstable as water, unstaid, unsteadfast, unsteady, urchin, vacillating, vag, vagabond, vagarious, variable, vaurien, veering, vicissitudinary, vicissitudinous, volatile, waif, waifs and strays, wandering, wanton, wastrel, wavering, wavery, wavy, wayfaring, wayward, whimsical, winding, wishy-washy, worthless fellow, wretch, zigzag

• vague, abstract, aimless, airy, aleatoric, aleatory, ambiguous, amorphic, amorphous, amphibological, anarchic, attenuate, attenuated, baggy, bland, blank, blear, bleared, bleary, blind, blobby, blurred, blurry, boyish, broad, capricious, casual, chance, chancy, chaotic, characterless, clear as mud, clouded, cloudy, collective, concealed, confused, dark, delicate, desultory, diaphanous, diluted, dim, disarticulated, discontinuous, disjunct, disordered, disorderly, dispersed, disproportionate, doubtful, dreamlike, dreamy, dull, empty, equivocal, erratic, ethereal, expressionless, faint, featureless, feeble, filmy, fine, fine-drawn, finespun, fitful, flimsy, foggy, formless, frail, frivolous, fuzzy, gauzy, general, generalized, generic, girlish, gossamer, gracile, gratuitous, half-seen, half-visible, haphazard, hazy, hidden, hit-or-miss, ill-defined, immethodical, imprecise, in doubt, inaccurate, inchoate, incoherent, inconspicuous, inconstant, indecisive, indefinable, indefinite, indeterminable, indeterminate, indiscriminate, indistinct, indistinguishable, inexact, inexplicit, inform, insubstantial, irregular, irresolute, kaleidoscopic, lacy, lax, light, loose, low-profile, lumpen, meaningless, merely glimpsed, misshapen, misty, murky, mushy, nebulous, neutral, nondescript, nonspecific, nonsymmetrical, nonsystematic, nonuniform, obscure, opaque, orderless, out of focus, pale, papery, planless, promiscuous, puzzled, random, rare, rarefied, semivisible, senseless, shadowed forth, shadowy, shapeless, shrouded, slender, slenderish, slight, slight-made, slim, slimmish, slinky, small, spasmodic, sporadic, stochastic, straggling, straggly, subconscious, subliminal, subtle, svelte, sweeping, sylphlike, systemless, tenebrous, tenuous, thin, thin-bodied, thin-set, thin-spun, thinnish, threadlike, transcendent, unarranged, uncertain, uncharacterized, unclassified, unclear, undecided, undefined, undestined, undetermined, undifferentiated, undirected, unexplained, unfixed, ungraded, unintelligible, unjoined, unmethodical, unordered, unorganized, unplain, unrecognizable, unsettled, unsorted, unspecific, unspecified, unsubstantial, unsymmetrical, unsystematic, ununiform, vacant, vacillating, vacuous, vaporous, vapory, veiled, wandering, wasp-waisted, watered, watered-down, watery, wavering, weak, wide, willowy, wiredrawn, wishy-washy, wispy

• vaguely, absently, aimlessly, ambiguously, anarchically, broadly, chaotically, confusedly, confusingly, detachedly, dimly, dispersedly, distantly, distractedly, dreamily, generally, idly, illegibly, indecisively, indefinably, indefinitely, indeterminably, indeterminately, indistinctly, inexactly, inexplicably, nebulously, obscurely, planlessly, remotely, riotously, senselessly, subconsciously, turbulently, unclearly, vacantly, wanderingly

• vagueness, airiness, airy texture, amorphia, amorphism, amorphousness, anarchy, attenuation, bleariness, blobbiness, blur, blurriness, bodilessness, broadness, chaos, confusion, dark, darkness, defocus, delicacy, diaphanousness, dilutedness, dilution, dimness, disorder, entropy, ethereality, exiguity, exility, faintness, feebleness, filminess, fineness, flimsiness, fog, fogginess, formlessness, frailty, fuzziness, gauziness, generality, gossameriness, gracility, half-visibility, haziness, ill-definedness, immateriality, impalpability, imponderability, imprecision, inaccuracy, inchoateness, incoherence, incorporeality, indecisiveness, indefinableness, indefiniteness, indeterminateness, indistinctness, indistinguishability, inexactness, insubstantiality, intangibility, laciness, laxity, lightness, looseness, low profile, messiness, mist, mistiness, mumbo jumbo, murk, murkiness, mystification, obfuscation, obscurantism, obscuration, obscurity, opacity, orderlessness, paleness, paperiness, perplexity, rarity, semivisibility, shadowiness, shapelessness, slenderness, slightness, slimness, soft focus, subtility, subtlety, sweepingness, tenuity, tenuousness, thinness, uncertainty, unclarity, unclearness, unconcreteness, unplainness, unreality, unsolidity, unsubstantiality, unsubstantialness, vague appearance, wateriness, weakness, wispiness

• vain, Gascon, abortive, absurd, airy, arrogant, asinine, barren, baseless, boastful, boasting, bootless, bootlessly, braggart, bragging, catchpenny, cocky, complacent, conceited, consequential, counterproductive, coxcombical, dandyish, delusive, delusory, doomed, effete, egocentric, egoistic, egotistical, empty, etiolated, fanfaron, fanfaronading, fatuitous, fatuous, feckless, flimsy, foolish, foppish, foredoomed, fribble, fribbling, frivolous, frothy, fruitless, fruitlessly, futile, futilely, gasconading, groundless, haughty, hollow, idle, ill-founded, improperly, in vain, inadequate, inane, ineffective, ineffectual, inefficacious, inoperative, invalid, light, misleading, narcissan, narcissine, narcissistic, narcistic, nugacious, nugatory, of no force, otiose, overproud, overweening, paltry, petty, pointless, profitless, proud, puny, self-admiring, self-advertising, self-applauding, self-approving, self-assuming, self-complacent, self-conceited, self-congratulating, self-congratulatory, self-content, self-contented, self-delighting, self-endeared, self-esteeming, self-flattering, self-glorious, self-gratulating, self-gratulatory, self-important, self-lauding, self-loving, self-respecting, self-satisfied, self-sufficient, self-vaunting, shallow, silly, slender, slight, smug, sterile, stuck-up, superficial, thrasonic, thrasonical, trifling, trite, trivial, unavailable, unavailing, unbased, unfounded, ungrounded, unproductive, unprofitable, unsuccessful, unsuccessfully, unsupportable, unsupported, unsustainable, unsustained, untenable, unwarranted, useless, vacuous, vainglorious, vainly, valueless, vapid, vaporing, vaunting, void, windy, without basis, without foundation, worthless

• vainglorious, Gascon, boastful, boasting, braggart, bragging, complacent, conceited, consequential, disdainful, fanfaron, fanfaronading, gasconading, insolent, narcissan, narcissine, narcissistic, narcistic, overproud, overweening, self-admiring, self-advertising, self-applauding, self-approving, self-assuming, self-complacent, self-conceited, self-congratulating, self-congratulatory, self-content, self-contented, self-delighting, self-endeared, self-esteeming, self-flattering, self-glorious, self-gratulating, self-gratulatory, self-important, self-lauding, self-loving, self-respecting, self-satisfied, self-sufficient, self-vaunting, smug, stuck-up, supercilious, thrasonic, thrasonical, vain, vaporing, vaunting

• vainglory, amour-propre, arrogance, autoeroticism, boastfulness, bombast, complacency, consequentiality, ego trip, egoism, egotism, exhibition, flaunting, haughtiness, narcism, narcissism, overproudness, overweening pride, pride, self-admiration, self-advertisement, self-advertising, self-applause, self-approbation, self-complacency, self-congratulation, self-consequence, self-content, self-delight, self-endearment, self-esteem, self-glorification, self-gratulation, self-importance, self-infatuation, self-laudation, self-love, self-praise, self-respect, self-satisfaction, self-sufficiency, self-vaunting, self-worship, smugness, vaingloriousness, vainness, vanity

• valance, beading, binding, bordering, bordure, edging, fimbria, fimbriation, flounce, frill, frilling, fringe, furbelow, galloon, hem, list, motif, ruffle, selvage, skirting, trimming, welt

• vale, Earth, Gaea, Ge, Tellus, Terra, biosphere, bottom, bottom glade, bottoms, combe, dale, dell, dingle, gap, geography, geosphere, gill, glen, globe, grove, intervale, lunar rill, mother earth, pass, ravine, strath, terra, terrestrial globe, the blue planet, this pendent world, trench, trough, vale of tears, valley, wadi, whole wide world, world

• valedictory, Godspeed, address, adieu, after-dinner speech, allocution, aloha, chalk talk, conge, debate, declamation, departing, diatribe, doch-an-dorrach, eulogy, exhortation, farewell, filibuster, final, forensic, forensic address, formal speech, funeral oration, good-bye, harangue, hortatory address, inaugural, inaugural address, invective, jeremiad, last, leave, leave-taking, leaving, oration, outward-bound, parting, parting words, pep talk, peroration, philippic, pitch, prepared speech, prepared text, public speech, reading, recital, recitation, sales talk, salutatory, salutatory address, say, screed, send-off, set speech, speech, speechification, speeching, stirrup cup, talk, talkathon, tirade, valediction, valedictorian, valedictory address, viaticum

• valet, administer to, attend, attend on, boy, butler, care for, chauffeur, chore, coachman, dance attendance upon, do for, do service to, driver, drudge, equerry, gardener, gentleman, gillie, help, houseboy, houseman, lackey, look after, lord-in-waiting, maid, man, manservant, minister to, pander to, serve, take care of, tend, upon, valet de chambre, wait, wait on, work for

• valetudinarian, alcoholic, alternating personality, antisocial personality, apoplectic, arthritic, cachectic, case, consumptive, debilitated, disordered personality, disturbed personality, double personality, drained, drug user, dual personality, dyspeptic, emotionally unstable personality, enervated, epileptic, escapist, exhausted, failing, feeble, frail, healthless, hostile personality, hypochondriac, hypochondriast, idiot, imaginary invalid, immature personality, in poor health, inadequate personality, incurable, inferior personality, infirm, inpatient, invalid, languishing, malade imaginaire, maladjusted personality, mentally defective personality, moral insanity, moribund, multiple personality, neuropath, neurotic, neurotic personality, outpatient, pale, paranoid personality, patient, peaked, peaky, perverse personality, psychoneurotic, psychopath, psychopathic personality, psychotic, psychotic personality, reduced, reduced in health, rheumatic, run-down, schizoid, schizoid personality, seclusive personality, sexual psychopath, shut-in, shut-in personality, sick person, sickly, sociopath, spastic, split personality, sufferer, terminal case, the sick, unhealthy, unsound, valetudinary, weak personality, weakened, weakly, with low resistance

• valiant, Achilles, David, Hector, Roland, Samson, a man, audacious, bold, bold-spirited, brave, bulldog, chivalric, chivalrous, chutzpanik, courageous, dauntless, decorated hero, demigod, demigoddess, doughty, fearless, fighting cock, gallant, gamecock, good soldier, greathearted, hardy, hero, heroic, heroine, herolike, intrepid, ironhearted, knightlike, knightly, lion, lionhearted, man of courage, manful, manly, paladin, soldierlike, soldierly, stalwart, stout, stouthearted, the brave, tiger, undaunted, valiant knight, valorous

• valid, absolute, acceptable, actionable, adducible, admissible, advantageous, applicable, armipotent, attestative, attested, attestive, auspicious, authentic, authoritative, authorized, based on, beneficial, benevolent, binding, bon, bonny, braw, bueno, capital, certain, circumstantial, cogent, commendable, competent, conclusive, confirmed, consistent, constitutional, convincing, corroborated, cumulative, damning, decisive, definitive, demonstrated, determinative, determined, documentary, documented, dynamic, effective, effectual, elegant, energetic, established, estimable, evidential, evidentiary, ex parte, excellent, expedient, eye-witness, factual, fair, famous, favorable, final, fine, firsthand, forceful, forcible, founded on, good, goodly, grand, grounded on, healthy, hearsay, helpful, high-potency, high-powered, high-pressure, high-tension, implicit, in force, in power, incontrovertible, indicative, indisputable, irrefutable, irresistible, judicial, juridical, just, justiciable, kind, kosher, laudable, lawful, lawmaking, legal, legislative, legit, legitimate, licit, logical, material, mighty, mighty in battle, nice, noble, nuncupative, operative, overwhelming, persuasive, pleasant, potent, powerful, prepotent, presumptive, probative, profitable, puissant, regal, reliable, rightful, royal, ruling, sanctioned, satisfactory, satisfying, self-consistent, significant, skillful, solid, sound, splendid, statutory, striking, strong, substantial, substantiated, sufficient, suggestive, sure, symptomatic, telling, useful, validated, verified, very good, vigorous, virtuous, vital, weighty, well-founded, well-grounded, within the law

• validate, OK, accept, accredit, affirm, amen, approve, assay, attest, audit, authenticate, authorize, autograph, back, back up, bear out, bolster, bring to test, buttress, certificate, certify, charter, check, check and doublecheck, check out, check over, circumstantiate, collate, confirm, constitute, corroborate, cosign, countersign, cross-check, cut and try, declare lawful, decree, document, double-check, empower, enable, enact, endorse, enfranchise, entitle, essay, establish, experiment, formulate, fortify, franchise, give a try, give a tryout, give official sanction, give permission, give power, give the go-ahead, give the imprimatur, give thumbs up, have a go, initial, justify, legalize, legislate, legitimate, legitimatize, legitimize, license, make a regulation, make legal, notarize, ordain, pass, pass on, pass upon, patent, permit, play around with, practice upon, prescribe, privilege, probate, prove, put in force, put to trial, ratify, recheck, regulate, reinforce, research, road-test, rubber stamp, rubber-stamp, run a sample, sample, sanction, say amen to, seal, second, shake down, sign, sign and seal, strengthen, subscribe to, substantiate, support, sustain, swear and affirm, swear to, taste, test, triple-check, try, try it on, try out, undergird, undersign, underwrite, uphold, verify, visa, vise, warrant

• validated, accepted, acknowledged, actual, admitted, affirmed, allowed, approved, ascertained, attested, authenticated, avowed, borne out, categorically true, certain, certified, circumstantiated, conceded, confessed, confirmed, corroborated, countersigned, demonstrated, determined, documentary, effectual, endorsed, established, factual, fixed, granted, historical, not in error, notarized, objectively true, professed, proved, proven, ratified, real, received, recognized, sealed, settled, shown, signed, stamped, substantiated, sure-enough, sworn and affirmed, sworn to, true, true as gospel, truthful, unconfuted, undenied, underwritten, undoubted, unerroneous, unfallacious, unfalse, unmistaken, unquestionable, unrefuted, veracious, verified, veritable, warranted

• validity, actionability, admissibility, admissibleness, advantageousness, agreeableness, allowableness, amperage, applicability, armipotence, auspiciousness, authenticity, authoritativeness, authority, beef, beneficialness, benevolence, benignity, black power, brute force, calculability, charge, charisma, class, clout, cogence, cogency, compulsion, constitutional validity, constitutionalism, constitutionality, dependability, desert, dint, drive, due process, duress, effect, effectiveness, effectuality, efficacy, energy, excellence, expedience, fairness, faithworthiness, favorableness, fineness, firmness, first-rateness, flower power, force, force majeure, forcefulness, full blast, full force, goodliness, goodness, grace, gravity, healthiness, helpfulness, influence, invincibility, jurisdiction, justice, justiciability, justifiableness, justness, kindness, lawfulness, legal form, legal process, legalism, legality, legitimacy, legitimateness, licitness, main force, main strength, mana, merit, might, might and main, mightiness, moxie, muscle power, niceness, permissibility, permissibleness, pizzazz, pleasantness, poop, potence, potency, potentiality, power, power pack, power structure, power struggle, powerfulness, predictability, prepotency, productiveness, productivity, profitableness, puissance, pull, punch, push, quality, reliability, rewardingness, rightfulness, sanctionableness, scope, secureness, security, sinew, skillfulness, solidity, soundness, stability, staunchness, steadfastness, steadiness, steam, strength, strong arm, substantiality, superiority, superpower, trustworthiness, unerringness, usefulness, value, vehemence, vigor, vim, virility, virtue, virtuousness, virulence, vitality, warrantableness, wattage, weight, wholeness, worth

• valley, abysm, abyss, arroyo, bottom, bottom glade, bottoms, box canyon, breach, break, canyon, cavity, chap, chasm, check, chimney, chink, cirque, cleft, cleuch, clough, col, comb, combe, corrie, coulee, couloir, crack, cranny, crevasse, crevice, cut, cwm, dale, defile, dell, dike, dingle, ditch, donga, draw, excavation, fault, fissure, flaw, flume, fracture, furrow, gap, gape, gash, gill, glen, gorge, groove, grove, gulch, gulf, gully, hole, hollow, incision, intervale, joint, kloof, leak, lunar rill, moat, notch, nullah, opening, pass, passage, ravine, rent, rift, rime, rupture, scissure, seam, slit, slot, split, strath, trench, trough, vale, void, wadi

• valor, Dutch courage, boldness, braveness, bravery, chivalrousness, chivalry, conspicuous gallantry, courage, courageousness, doughtiness, gallantness, gallantry, gallantry under fire, greatheartedness, heroicalness, heroism, intrepidity, intrepidness, knightliness, lionheartedness, manfulness, manhood, manliness, martial spirit, military spirit, pot-valor, prowess, soldierly quality, stalwartness, stoutheartedness, stoutness, valiance, valiancy, valorousness, virtue

• valorous, audacious, bold, bold-spirited, brave, chivalric, chivalrous, courageous, dauntless, doughty, fearless, gallant, greathearted, hardy, heroic, herolike, intrepid, ironhearted, knightlike, knightly, lionhearted, manful, manly, soldierlike, soldierly, stalwart, stout, stouthearted, undaunted, valiant

• valuable, admired, appreciated, beyond price, costly, dear, esteemed, expensive, gainful, golden, good as gold, inestimable, invaluable, of great price, of value, precious, priceless, prized, profitable, remunerative, respected, rewarding, rich, treasured, valued, well-spent, worthwhile, worthy, yielding a return

• valuate, appraise, appreciate, assay, assess, calculate, calibrate, caliper, call, check a parameter, class, compute, dial, divide, estimate, evaluate, fair-trade, fathom, figure, form an estimate, gauge, give an appreciation, graduate, guess, make an estimation, mark, measure, mensurate, mete, meter, pace, plumb, price, prize, probe, quantify, quantize, quote a price, rank, rate, reckon, set at, size, size up, sound, span, step, survey, take a reading, triangulate, valorize, value, weigh

• value, Munsell chroma, accent, accord respect to, account, admire, adore, advantage, advantageousness, affective meaning, agreeableness, apotheosize, appraisal, appraise, appreciate, apprize, arrangement, ascribe importance to, assay, assess, assessment, atmosphere, auspiciousness, avail, balance, barometer, bearing, behalf, behoof, beneficialness, benefit, benevolence, benignity, brightness, brushwork, calculate, caliber, calibrate, caliper, call, canon, care for, charge, check, check a parameter, cherish, chroma, chromatic color, chromaticity, class, cock, cogency, color, color quality, colorimetric quality, coloring, composition, compute, concern, concernment, connotation, consequence, consequentiality, consideration, convenience, conversion factor, cool color, cost, criterion, dead band, dearness, defer to, degree, deify, denotation, desert, design, dial, divide, draftsmanship, drift, effect, emphasis, entertain respect for, essence, esteem, estimate, evaluate, exalt, excellence, expedience, expense, extension, extraordinary worth, face, face value, fair-trade, fairness, fathom, favor, favorableness, figure, fineness, first-rateness, force, form an estimate, gate, gauge, gist, give an appreciation, goodliness, goodness, grace, graduate, graduated scale, grammatical meaning, great price, great value, grouping, guess, healthiness, helpfulness, hero-worship, high order, high rank, hold in esteem, hold in reverence, honor, hue, hydrant, idea, idolize, impact, implication, import, importance, intension, interest, invaluableness, kindness, lexical meaning, lightness, line, literal meaning, look up to, make an estimation, make much of, mark, market value, materiality, meaning, measure, mensurate, merit, mete, meter, model, moment, net worth, neutral color, niceness, norm, note, overtone, pace, painterliness, par value, parameter, paramountcy, pattern, pennyworth, percentage, perspective, pertinence, petcock, pith, pleasantness, plumb, point, practical consequence, precedence, preciousness, preeminence, price, pricelessness, primacy, priority, prize, probe, profit, profitableness, proportional band, purity, purport, quality, quantify, quantity, quantize, quote a price, range of meaning, rank, rate, rate highly, reading, readout, real meaning, reckon, reference, referent, regard, relation, relevance, respect, revere, reverence, rewardingness, rule, saturation, scale, scope, self-importance, semantic cluster, semantic field, sense, service, set at, set point, set store by, shading, shadow, significance, signification, significatum, signifie, size, size up, skillfulness, sound, soundness, span, span of meaning, spigot, spirit, standard, stature, step, stopcock, stress, structural meaning, substance, sum, sum and substance, superiority, supremacy, survey, symbolic meaning, take a reading, tap, target values, technique, tenor, test, think highly of, think much of, think well of, tint, tone, totality of associations, touchstone, transferred meaning, treasure, treatment, triangulate, type, unadorned meaning, undertone, unworthy, use, usefulness, validity, valorize, valuableness, valuate, valuation, value received, values, valve, venerate, virtue, virtuousness, warm color, weigh, weight, wholeness, worship, worth, yardstick

• valued, ad valorem, admeasured, admired, adored, appraised, appreciated, assessed, esteemed, evaluated, gauged, good for, held in respect, highly considered, honored, in high esteem, known by measurement, mapped, measured, metered, much-admired, plotted, prestigious, priced, prized, pro rata, quantified, quantized, rated, respected, revered, reverenced, surveyed, triangulated, valuated, valued at, venerated, well-considered, well-thought-of, worshiped, worth

• valueless, NG, beggarly, beneath contempt, cheap, cheesy, common, contemptible, crummy, despicable, gaudy, gimcracky, good-for-naught, good-for-nothing, junk, junky, mean, meretricious, miserable, no-account, no-good, not worth having, not worth mentioning, not worthwhile, nugacious, nugatory, paltry, pathetic, pitiable, pitiful, poor, rubbishy, sad, scrubby, scruffy, scummy, scurvy, scuzzy, shabby, shoddy, sorry, trashy, trivial, trumpery, two-for-a-cent, two-for-a-penny, twopenny, twopenny-halfpenny, vile, worthless, wretched