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greenhouse |
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noun |
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alcove, arbor, arboretum, belvedere, bower, cloche, cold frame, conservatory, coolhouse, forcing bed, forcing house, forcing pit, gazebo, glasshouse, green court, hotbed, hothouse, kiosk, lathhouse, nursery, orangery, pavilion, pergola, pinery, pleasure-garden, pleasure-grove, retreat, seedbed, summerhouse, vinery, viridarium
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disputable |
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adjective |
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arguable, at issue, confutable, conjectural, contestable, controversial, controvertible, debatable, deniable, doubtable, doubtful, dubious, dubitable, iffy, in dispute, in doubt, in dubio, in question, mistakable, moot, open to discussion, open to doubt, open to question, problematic, questionable, refutable, speculative, suppositional, suspect, suspicious, uncertain, undecided, undetermined, unsettled
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babyish |
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adjective |
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adolescent, babish, baby, callow, childish, childlike, doll-like, dollish, foolish, green, immature, in arms, in diapers, in nappies, in swaddling clothes, in the cradle, inane, infant, infantile, infantine, jejune, kiddish, kittenish, neonatal, newborn, puerile, silly
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bachelorhood |
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bachelordom, bachelorism, bachelorship, celibacy, continence, maidenhead, maidenhood, misogamy, misogyny, monachism, monasticism, single blessedness, single state, singleness, spinsterhood, the single life, unwed state, virgin state, virginity
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betrayer |
| Part of Speech: |
noun |
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Benedict Arnold, Brutus, Catilinarian, Judas, Judas Iscariot, Quisling, apostate, archtraitor, blab, blabber, blabberer, blabbermouth, cockatrice, complotter, conniver, conspirator, conspirer, convict, criminal, crook, debaucher, deceiver, defiler, delator, deserter, desperado, desperate criminal, despoiler, double agent, double-crosser, double-dealer, false friend, felon, fink, fugitive, gallows bird, gangster, gaolbird, informer, intrigant, intriguer, jailbird, lawbreaker, machinator, mobster, narc, nark, outlaw, peacher, plotter, public enemy, quisling, racketeer, raper, rapist, rat, ravager, ravisher, recreant, renegade, schemer, scofflaw, seducer, serpent, snake, snitch, snitcher, spy, squealer, stool pigeon, stoolie, swindler, talebearer, tattler, tattletale, telltale, thief, thug, timeserver, traitor, treasonist, trimmer, turncoat, two-timer, violator, whistle-blower
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| Main Entry: |
dumb |
| Part of Speech: |
adjective |
| Definition: |
Not willing to speak; not accompanied by words; unable to utter articulate sounds |
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anaudic, aphasic, aphonic, at a loss for words, breathless, brief, close, close-tongued, closemouthed, concise, curt, economical of words, inarticulate, incapable of speech, incoherent, indisposed to talk, laconic, mousy, mum, mute, noiseless, non-vocal, pantomimic, quiet, refusing to speak, reserved, reticent, silent, soundless, speechless, taciturn, terse, tight-lipped, tongue-tied, tongueless, uncommunicative, unconversant, unloquacious, untalkative, voiceless, word-bound, wordless
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| Main Entry: |
dumb |
| Part of Speech: |
adjective |
| Definition: |
slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity |
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Boeotian, addlepated, animal, animalian, animalic, animalistic, apish, asinine, awkward, batty, beastlike, beastly, beef-brained, beef-witted, befooled, beguiled, besotted, bestial, bird-brained, blankminded, blockheaded, blockish, bovine, brainless, brusque, brutal, brute, brutelike, brutish, buffoonish, callow, chumpish, cloddish, cockeyed, cowish, crass, crazy, credulous, daffy, daft, dazed, dense, dim-witted, dizzy, doltish, dopey, doting, dozy, dull, dullard, dumbfounded, dumbstricken, dumbstruck, duncical, duncish, empty, empty-headed, exanimate, fat, fatheaded, fatuitous, fatuous, featherbrained, feebleminded, flaky, fond, fool, foolheaded, foolish, fuddled, futile, gaga, gauche, gaumless, goofy, gormless, green, groping, gross, gulled, half-baked, idiotic, ignorant, imbecile, imbecilic, inane, inanimate, inanimated, indistinct, ineducable, inept, inert, inexperienced, infatuated, innocent, insane, insensate, insensible, insentient, instinctive, instinctual, klutzy, know-nothing, kooky, lifeless, loony, loutish, lumpish, mad, maudlin, maundering, mentally deficient, mindless, moronic, naive, nescient, nonconscious, nonrational, numskulled, nutty, oafish, obtuse, opaque, pea-brained, purblind, raw, sappy, screwy, senseless, sentimental, short, silent, silly, simple, simple-minded, slow, slow-witted, snug, sottish, soulless, sparing of words, speechless, stricken dumb, stunned, stupid, subhuman, thick, thick-witted, thickheaded, thoughtless, unacquainted, unanimated, unapprized, uncomprehending, unconscious, unenlightened, unfamiliar, unfeeling, unilluminated, uninformed, uninitiated, unintelligent, unknowing, unripe, unteachable, unversed, vacuous, vapid, wacky, wet, witless, wrongheaded
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| Main Entry: |
activist |
| Part of Speech: |
noun |
| Definition: |
one who is aggressively active on behalf of a cause |
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ball of fire, beaver, big-time operator, bustler, busy bee, champion, doer, eager beaver, enthusiast, extremist, go-getter, human dynamo, hustler, live wire, man of action, man of deeds, militant, new broom, operator, political activist, powerhouse, protester, radical, take-charge guy, wheeler-dealer, winner, zealot
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| Main Entry: |
typical |
| Part of Speech: |
adjective |
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absolute, archetypal, archetypical, average, banal, blah, categorical, characteristic, classic, classical, classificational, classificatory, common, commonplace, connotative, consummate, conventional, customary, defining, demonstrative, denominative, denotative, designative, diacritical, diagnostic, differential, differentiative, discriminative, distinctive, distinguishing, divisional, divisionary, emblematic, emblematical, epitomical, everyday, evidential, exemplary, exhibitive, expected, experimental, expressive, figural, figurative, general, habitual, household, ideal, identifying, ideographic, idiosyncratic, illustrative, implicative, in character, in keeping, indicating, indicative, indicatory, individual, matter-of-course, meaningful, metaphorical, model, naming, natural, naturalistic, naturistic, normal, normative, old hat, orderly, ordinal, ordinary, orthodox, par for the course, paradigmatic, particular, pathognomonic, patterned, peculiar, perfect, pilot, precedential, predictable, prefigurative, prevalent, prototypal, prototypical, quintessential, realistic, regular, regulation, representative, routine, run-of-the-mill, sample, semantic, semiotic, signalizing, significant, significative, signifying, singular, special, specific, stand, standard, standardized, stereotypical, stock, subdivisional, suggestive, symbolic, symbolistic, symbological, symptomatic, symptomatologic, taxonomic, taxonomical, to be expected, trite, true to form, true to type, true-to-type, typal, typic, unexceptional, unremarkable, usual, wonted, worn-out
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| Main Entry: |
fantastic |
| Part of Speech: |
adjective |
| Definition: |
Used especially as an intensifier |
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enormous, extravagant, extreme, formidable, great, huge, impressive, massive, monstrous, mortal, outrageous, outstanding, overwhelming, phenomenal, remarkable, severe, towering, tremendous
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