JEM, Noun
  • (n) Jaish-i-Mohammed, Jaish-e-Muhammad, JEM, Army_of_Muhammad: (a terrorist organization founded in 2000; a militant Islamic group active in Kashmir and closely aligned with al-Rashid Trust; seeks to secure release of imprisoned fellow militants by kidnappings)
JFK, Noun
  • (n) Kennedy, Jack_Kennedy, John_Fitzgerald_Kennedy, JFK, President_Kennedy, _Kennedy: (35th President of the United States; established the Peace Corps; assassinated in Dallas (1917-1963))
JHVH, Noun
  • (n) Yahweh, YHWH, Yahwe, Yahveh, YHVH, Yahve, Wahvey, Jahvey, Jahweh, Jehovah, JHVH: (a name for the God of the Old Testament as transliterated from the Hebrew consonants YHVH)
J, Noun
  • (n) J, j: (the 10th letter of the Roman alphabet)
  • (n) joule, J, watt_second: (a unit of electrical energy equal to the work done when a current of one ampere passes through a resistance of one ohm for one second)
Jabalpur, Noun
  • (n) Jabalpur, Jubbulpore: (an industrial city of central India to the southeast of Delhi)
Jack-tar, Noun
  • (n) mariner, seaman, tar, Jack-tar, Jack, old_salt, seafarer, gob, sea_dog: (a man who serves as a sailor)
Jack, Noun
  • (n) jack, doodly-squat, diddly-squat, diddlysquat, diddly-shit, diddlyshit, diddly, diddley, squat, shit: (a small worthless amount) "you don't know jack"
  • (n) jack: (a small ball at which players aim in lawn bowling)
  • (n) jack: (an electrical device consisting of a connector socket designed for the insertion of a plug)
  • (n) jack, jackstones: (game equipment consisting of one of several small six-pointed metal pieces that are picked up while bouncing a ball in the game of jacks)
  • (n) jack: (small flag indicating a ship's nationality)
  • (n) jack, knave: (one of four face cards in a deck bearing a picture of a young prince)
  • (n) jack: (tool for exerting pressure or lifting)
  • (n) jack: (any of several fast-swimming predacious fishes of tropical to warm temperate seas)
  • (n) jack, jackass: (male donkey)
  • (n) jackfruit, jak, jack: (immense East Indian fruit resembling breadfruit; it contains an edible pulp and nutritious seeds that are commonly roasted)
  • (n) laborer, manual_laborer, labourer, jack: (someone who works with their hands; someone engaged in manual labor)
  • (n) mariner, seaman, tar, Jack-tar, Jack, old_salt, seafarer, gob, sea_dog: (a man who serves as a sailor)
Jackson, Noun
  • (n) Jackson, Glenda_Jackson: (English film actress who later became a member of British Parliament (born in 1936))
  • (n) Jackson, Michael_Jackson, Michael_Joe_Jackson: (United States singer who began singing with his four brothers and later became a highly successful star during the 1980s (born in 1958))
  • (n) Jackson, Mahalia_Jackson: (United States singer who did much to popularize gospel music (1911-1972))
  • (n) Jackson, Jesse_Jackson, Jesse_Louis_Jackson: (United States civil rights leader who led a national campaign against racial discrimination and ran for presidential nomination (born in 1941))
  • (n) Jackson, Helen_Hunt_Jackson, Helen_Maria_Fiske_Hunt_Jackson: (United States writer of romantic novels about the unjust treatment of Native Americans (1830-1885))
  • (n) Jackson, Thomas_Jackson, _Jackson, Thomas_Jonathan_Jackson, Stonewall_Jackson: (general in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War whose troops at the first Battle of Bull Run stood like a stone wall (1824-1863))
  • (n) Jackson, Andrew_Jackson, Old_Hickory: (7th president of the US; successfully defended New Orleans from the British in 1815; expanded the power of the presidency (1767-1845))
  • (n) Jackson: (a town in western Wyoming)
  • (n) Jackson: (a town in western Tennessee)
  • (n) Jackson, capital_of_Mississippi: (capital of the state of Mississippi on the Pearl River)
  • (n) Jackson: (a town in south central Michigan)
Jacksonville, Noun
  • (n) Jacksonville: (Florida's largest city; a port and important commercial center in northeastern Florida)
Jacob, Noun
  • (n) Jacob, Francois_Jacob: (French biochemist who (with Jacques Monod) studied regulatory processes in cells (born in 1920))
  • (n) Jacob: ((Old Testament) son of Isaac; brother of Esau; father of the twelve patriarchs of Israel; Jacob wrestled with God and forced God to bless him, so God gave Jacob the new name of Israel (meaning `one who has been strong against God'))
Jacobinic, Adjective
  • (a) Jacobinic, Jacobinical: (of or relating to the Jacobins of the French Revolution) "Jacobinic terrorism"
Jacobinical, Adjective
  • (a) Jacobinic, Jacobinical: (of or relating to the Jacobins of the French Revolution) "Jacobinic terrorism"
Jacquard, Noun
  • (n) Jacquard, _Jacquard, Joseph_Marie_Jacquard: (French inventor of the Jacquard loom that could automatically weave complicated patterns (1752-1834))
  • (n) jacquard: (a highly figured fabric woven on a Jacquard loom)
  • (n) Jacquard_loom, Jacquard: (a loom with an attachment for forming openings for the passage of the shuttle between the warp threads; used in weaving figured fabrics)
Jafar, Noun
  • (n) Jaffar, Jafar, Jaffar_Umar_Thalib, Jafar_Umar_Thalib: (Indonesian terrorist and Islamic militant who commands the Laskar Jihad; uses violence to achieve political ends (1965-2000))
Jaffa, Noun
  • (n) Jaffa, Joppa, Yafo: (a port in western Israel on the Mediterranean; incorporated into Tel Aviv in 1950)
Jaffar, Noun
  • (n) Jaffar, Jafar, Jaffar_Umar_Thalib, Jafar_Umar_Thalib: (Indonesian terrorist and Islamic militant who commands the Laskar Jihad; uses violence to achieve political ends (1965-2000))
Jagannath, Noun
  • (n) Jagannath, Jagannatha, Jagganath, Juggernaut: (an avatar of Vishnu)
Jagannatha, Noun
  • (n) Jagannath, Jagannatha, Jagganath, Juggernaut: (an avatar of Vishnu)
Jagatai, Noun
  • (n) Chagatai, Jagatai, Jaghatai, Eastern_Turki: (a Turkic literary language of medieval central Asia (named for one of the sons of Genghis Khan))
Jagganath, Noun
  • (n) Jagannath, Jagannatha, Jagganath, Juggernaut: (an avatar of Vishnu)
Jagger, Noun
  • (n) Jagger, Mick_Jagger, Michael_Philip_Jagger: (English rock star (born in 1943))
Jaghatai, Noun
  • (n) Chagatai, Jagatai, Jaghatai, Eastern_Turki: (a Turkic literary language of medieval central Asia (named for one of the sons of Genghis Khan))
Jahvey, Noun
  • (n) Yahweh, YHWH, Yahwe, Yahveh, YHVH, Yahve, Wahvey, Jahvey, Jahweh, Jehovah, JHVH: (a name for the God of the Old Testament as transliterated from the Hebrew consonants YHVH)
Jahweh, Noun
  • (n) Yahweh, YHWH, Yahwe, Yahveh, YHVH, Yahve, Wahvey, Jahvey, Jahweh, Jehovah, JHVH: (a name for the God of the Old Testament as transliterated from the Hebrew consonants YHVH)
Jain, Adjective
  • (a) Jain, Jainist: (relating to or characteristic of Jainism) "Jain gods"
Jainist, Adjective
  • (a) Jain, Jainist: (relating to or characteristic of Jainism) "Jain gods"
Jainist, Noun
  • (n) Jainist: (a believer in Jainism)
Jaish-e-Muhammad, Noun
  • (n) Jaish-i-Mohammed, Jaish-e-Muhammad, JEM, Army_of_Muhammad: (a terrorist organization founded in 2000; a militant Islamic group active in Kashmir and closely aligned with al-Rashid Trust; seeks to secure release of imprisoned fellow militants by kidnappings)
Jaish-i-Mohammed, Noun
  • (n) Jaish-i-Mohammed, Jaish-e-Muhammad, JEM, Army_of_Muhammad: (a terrorist organization founded in 2000; a militant Islamic group active in Kashmir and closely aligned with al-Rashid Trust; seeks to secure release of imprisoned fellow militants by kidnappings)
Jakarta, Noun
  • (n) Jakarta, Djakarta, capital_of_Indonesia: (capital and largest city of Indonesia; located on the island of Java; founded by the Dutch in 17th century)
Jamaica, Noun
  • (n) Jamaica: (a country on the island of Jamaica; became independent of England in 1962; much poverty; the major industry is tourism)
  • (n) Jamaica: (an island in the West Indies to the south of Cuba and to the west of Haiti)
Jamaican, Adjective
  • (a) Jamaican: (of or relating to Jamaica (the island or the country) or to its inhabitants) "Jamaican rum"; "the Jamaican Prime Minister"
Jamaican, Noun
  • (n) Jamaican: (a native or inhabitant of Jamaica)
James, Noun
  • (n) Epistle_of_James, James: (a New Testament book attributed to Saint James the Apostle)
  • (n) James, James_IV: (a Stuart king of Scotland who married a daughter of Henry VII; when England and France went to war in 1513 he invaded England and died in defeat at Flodden (1473-1513))
  • (n) James, James_II: (the last Stuart to be king of England and Ireland and Scotland; overthrown in 1688 (1633-1701))
  • (n) James, James_I, King_James, King_James_I: (the first Stuart to be king of England and Ireland from 1603 to 1625 and king of Scotland from 1567 to 1625; he was the son of Mary Queen of Scots and he succeeded Elizabeth I; he alienated the British Parliament by claiming the divine right of kings (1566-1625))
  • (n) James, Jesse_James: (United States outlaw who fought as a Confederate soldier and later led a band of outlaws that robbed trains and banks in the West until he was murdered by a member of his own gang (1847-1882))
  • (n) James, William_James: (United States pragmatic philosopher and psychologist (1842-1910))
  • (n) James, Henry_James: (writer who was born in the United States but lived in England (1843-1916))
  • (n) James, Saint_James, _James, Saint_James_the_Apostle, _James_the_Apostle: ((New Testament) disciple of Jesus; brother of John; author of the Epistle of James in the New Testament)
  • (n) James, James_River: (a river in Virginia that flows east into Chesapeake Bay at Hampton Roads)
  • (n) James, James_River: (a river that rises in North Dakota and flows southward across South Dakota to the Missouri)
Jamestown, Noun
  • (n) Jamestown: (a former village on the James River in Virginia to the north of Norfolk; site of the first permanent English settlement in America in 1607)
Jan, Noun
  • (n) January, Jan: (the first month of the year; begins 10 days after the winter solstice)
January, Noun
  • (n) January, Jan: (the first month of the year; begins 10 days after the winter solstice)
Janus-faced, Adjective
  • (s) ambidextrous, deceitful, double-dealing, duplicitous, Janus-faced, two-faced, double-faced, double-tongued: (marked by deliberate deceptiveness especially by pretending one set of feelings and acting under the influence of another) "she was a deceitful scheming little thing"- Israel Zangwill"; "a double-dealing double agent"; "a double-faced infernal traitor and schemer"- W.M.Thackeray"
  • (s) Janus-faced: (having or concerned with polarities or contrasts) "a Janus-faced view of history"; "a Janus-faced policy"
  • (s) Janus-faced, two-faced: (having two faces--one looking to the future and one to the past) "Janus the two-faced god"
Jap, Noun
  • (n) Jap, Nip: ((offensive slang) offensive term for a person of Japanese descent)
Japan, Noun
  • (n) Japan, Japanese_Islands, Japanese_Archipelago: (a string of more than 3,000 islands to the east of Asia extending 1,300 miles between the Sea of Japan and the western Pacific Ocean)
  • (n) Japan, Nippon, Nihon: (a constitutional monarchy occupying the Japanese Archipelago; a world leader in electronics and automobile manufacture and ship building)
  • (n) japan: (lacquerware decorated and varnished in the Japanese manner with a glossy durable black lacquer)
  • (n) japan: (lacquer with a durable glossy black finish, originally from the orient)
Japanese, Adjective
  • (a) Japanese, Nipponese: (of or relating to or characteristic of Japan or its people or their culture or language) "the Japanese Emperor"; "Japanese cars"
Japanese, Noun
  • (n) Japanese, Nipponese: (a native or inhabitant of Japan)
  • (n) Japanese: (the language (usually considered to be Altaic) spoken by the Japanese)
Jason, Noun
  • (n) Jason: ((Greek mythology) the husband of Medea and leader of the Argonauts who sailed in quest of the Golden Fleece)
Java, Noun
  • (n) coffee, java: (a beverage consisting of an infusion of ground coffee beans) "he ordered a cup of coffee"
  • (n) Java: (an island in Indonesia to the south of Borneo; one of the world's most densely populated regions)
  • (n) Java: (a platform-independent object-oriented programming language)
Javan, Adjective
  • (a) Javanese, Javan: (of or relating to or characteristic of Java or its inhabitants or its language) "Javanese temples"; "Javanese dialects"
Javan, Noun
  • (n) Javanese, Javan: (a native or inhabitant of Java)
Javanese, Adjective
  • (a) Javanese, Javan: (of or relating to or characteristic of Java or its inhabitants or its language) "Javanese temples"; "Javanese dialects"
Javanese, Noun
  • (n) Javanese, Javan: (a native or inhabitant of Java)
  • (n) Javanese: (the Indonesian language spoken on Java)
Jay, Noun
  • (n) Jay, John_Jay: (United States diplomat and jurist who negotiated peace treaties with Britain and served as the first chief justice of the United States Supreme Court (1745-1829))
  • (n) jay: (crested largely blue bird)
Jed'dah, Noun
  • (n) Jeddah, Jed'dah, Jiddah, Jidda: (port city in western Saudi Arabia on the Red Sea; near Mecca)
Jeddah, Noun
  • (n) Jeddah, Jed'dah, Jiddah, Jidda: (port city in western Saudi Arabia on the Red Sea; near Mecca)
Jefferson, Noun
  • (n) Jefferson, Thomas_Jefferson, President_Jefferson: (3rd President of the United States; chief drafter of the Declaration of Independence; made the Louisiana Purchase in 1803 and sent out the Lewis and Clark Expedition to explore it (1743-1826))
Jeffersonian, Adjective
  • (a) Jeffersonian: (relating to or characteristic of Thomas Jefferson or his principles or theories) "Jeffersonian democracy"
Jeffersonian, Noun
  • (n) Jeffersonian: (a follower of Thomas Jefferson or his ideas and principles)
Jehovah, Noun
  • (n) Godhead, Lord, Creator, Maker, Divine, God_Almighty, Almighty, Jehovah: (terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God)
  • (n) Yahweh, YHWH, Yahwe, Yahveh, YHVH, Yahve, Wahvey, Jahvey, Jahweh, Jehovah, JHVH: (a name for the God of the Old Testament as transliterated from the Hebrew consonants YHVH)
Jell-O, Noun
  • (n) jello, Jell-O: (fruit-flavored dessert (trade mark Jell-O) made from a commercially prepared gelatin powder)
Jenny, Noun
  • (n) jennet, jenny, jenny_ass: (female donkey)
  • (n) Jenny, William_Le_Baron_Jenny: (United States architect who designed the first skyscraper in which a metal skeleton was used (1832-1907))
Jerevan, Noun
  • (n) Yerevan, Jerevan, Erivan, capital_of_Armenia: (capital of Armenia)
Jericho, Noun
  • (n) Jericho: (a village in Palestine near the north end of the Dead Sea; in the Old Testament it was the first place taken by the Israelites under Joshua as they entered the Promised Land)
Jeroboam, Noun
  • (n) Jeroboam, Jeroboam_I: ((Old Testament) first king of the northern kingdom of Israel who led Israel into sin (10th century BC))
  • (n) jeroboam, double-magnum: (a large wine bottle (holds 4/5 of a gallon))
Jerome, Noun
  • (n) Jerome, Saint_Jerome, _Jerome, Hieronymus, Eusebius_Hieronymus, Eusebius_Sophronius_Hieronymus: ((Roman Catholic Church) one of the great Fathers of the early Christian Church whose major work was his translation of the Scriptures from Hebrew and Greek into Latin (which became the Vulgate); a saint and Doctor of the Church (347-420))
Jerry, Noun
  • (n) Kraut, Krauthead, Boche, Jerry, Hun: (offensive term for a person of German descent)
Jersey, Noun
  • (n) Jersey, island_of_Jersey: (the largest of the Channel Islands)
  • (n) jersey, T-shirt, tee_shirt: (a close-fitting pullover shirt)
  • (n) jersey: (a slightly elastic machine-knit fabric)
  • (n) Jersey: (a breed of diary cattle developed on the island of Jersey)
  • (n) New_Jersey, Jersey, Garden_State, NJ: (a Mid-Atlantic state on the Atlantic; one of the original 13 colonies)
Jerusalem, Noun
  • (n) Jerusalem, capital_of_Israel: (capital and largest city of the modern state of Israel (although its status as capital is disputed); it was captured from Jordan in 1967 in the Six Day War; a holy city for Jews and Christians and Muslims; was the capital of an ancient kingdom)
Jesuit, Adjective
  • (a) Jesuitical, Jesuitic, Jesuit: (having qualities characteristic of Jesuits or Jesuitism) "Jesuitical education"
Jesuit, Noun
  • (n) Jesuit: (a member of the Jesuit order)
Jesuitic, Adjective
  • (a) Jesuitical, Jesuitic, Jesuit: (having qualities characteristic of Jesuits or Jesuitism) "Jesuitical education"
Jesuitical, Adjective
  • (a) Jesuitical, Jesuitic, Jesuit: (having qualities characteristic of Jesuits or Jesuitism) "Jesuitical education"
Jesuitism, Noun
  • (n) Jesuitism, Jesuitry: (the theology or the practices of the Jesuits (often considered to be casuistic))
Jesuitry, Noun
  • (n) Jesuitism, Jesuitry: (the theology or the practices of the Jesuits (often considered to be casuistic))
Jesus, Noun
  • (n) Jesus, Jesus_of_Nazareth, the_Nazarene, Jesus_Christ, Christ, Savior, Saviour, Good_Shepherd, Redeemer, Deliverer: (a teacher and prophet born in Bethlehem and active in Nazareth; his life and sermons form the basis for Christianity (circa 4 BC - AD 29))
Jeth, Noun
  • (n) Jeth, Jyaistha: (the third month of the Hindu calendar)
Jew's-ear, Noun
  • (n) Jew's-ear, Jew's-ears, ear_fungus, Auricularia_auricula: (widely distributed edible fungus shaped like a human ear and growing on decaying wood)
Jew's-ears, Noun
  • (n) Jew's-ear, Jew's-ears, ear_fungus, Auricularia_auricula: (widely distributed edible fungus shaped like a human ear and growing on decaying wood)
Jew-baiter, Noun
  • (n) anti-Semite, Jew-baiter: (someone who hates and would persecute Jews)
Jew-bush, Noun
  • (n) Jewbush, Jew-bush, Jew_bush, redbird_cactus, redbird_flower, Pedilanthus_tithymaloides: (low tropical American shrub having powerful emetic properties)
Jew, Noun
  • (n) Jew, Hebrew, Israelite: (a person belonging to the worldwide group claiming descent from Jacob (or converted to it) and connected by cultural or religious ties)
Jewbush, Noun
  • (n) Jewbush, Jew-bush, Jew_bush, redbird_cactus, redbird_flower, Pedilanthus_tithymaloides: (low tropical American shrub having powerful emetic properties)
Jewish-Orthodox, Adjective
  • (a) Orthodox, Jewish-Orthodox: (of or pertaining to or characteristic of Judaism) "Orthodox Judaism"
Jewish, Adjective
  • (a) Jewish, Judaic: (of or relating to Jews or their culture or religion) "He is Jewish"; "a Jewish wedding"
Jewry, Noun
  • (n) Jewry: (Jews collectively)
Jidda, Noun
  • (n) Jeddah, Jed'dah, Jiddah, Jidda: (port city in western Saudi Arabia on the Red Sea; near Mecca)
Jiddah, Noun
  • (n) Jeddah, Jed'dah, Jiddah, Jidda: (port city in western Saudi Arabia on the Red Sea; near Mecca)
Jihadist, Noun
  • (n) Jihadist: (a Muslim who is involved in a jihad)
Jinghpaw, Noun
  • (n) Jinghpo, Jinghpaw, Chingpo: (a Kachinic language)
Jinghpo, Noun
  • (n) Jinghpo, Jinghpaw, Chingpo: (a Kachinic language)
Jinnah, Noun
  • (n) Jinnah, Muhammad_Ali_Jinnah: (Indian statesman who was the founder of Pakistan as a Muslim state (1876-1948))
Jirrbal, Noun
  • (n) Dyirbal, Jirrbal: (a language of Australian aborigines)
Jnr, Noun
  • (n) Junior, Jr, Jnr: (a son who has the same first name as his father)
Joachim, Noun
  • (n) Joachim, Joseph_Joachim: (Hungarian violinist and composer (1831-1907))
Job, Noun
  • (n) caper, job: (a crime (especially a robbery)) "the gang pulled off a bank job in St. Louis"
  • (n) job, task, chore: (a specific piece of work required to be done as a duty or for a specific fee) "estimates of the city's loss on that job ranged as high as a million dollars"; "the job of repairing the engine took several hours"; "the endless task of classifying the samples"; "the farmer's morning chores"
  • (n) job: (a workplace; as in the expression "on the job"; )
  • (n) job: (an object worked on; a result produced by working) "he held the job in his left hand and worked on it with his right"
  • (n) job: (the responsibility to do something) "it is their job to print the truth"
  • (n) job: (the performance of a piece of work) "she did an outstanding job as Ophelia"; "he gave it up as a bad job"
  • (n) job: (a damaging piece of work) "dry rot did the job of destroying the barn"; "the barber did a real job on my hair"
  • (n) Job: (a Jewish hero in the Old Testament who maintained his faith in God in spite of afflictions that tested him)
  • (n) Job: (any long-suffering person who withstands affliction without despairing)
  • (n) job: ((computer science) a program application that may consist of several steps but is a single logical unit)
  • (n) Job, Book_of_Job: (a book in the Old Testament containing Job's pleas to God about his afflictions and God's reply)
  • (n) occupation, business, job, line_of_work, line: (the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money) "he's not in my line of business"
  • (n) problem, job: (a state of difficulty that needs to be resolved) "she and her husband are having problems"; "it is always a job to contact him"; "urban problems such as traffic congestion and smog"
Joel, Noun
  • (n) Joel: (a Hebrew minor prophet)
  • (n) Joel, Book_of_Joel: (an Old Testament book telling Joel's prophecies)
Johannesburg, Noun
  • (n) Johannesburg: (city in the northeastern part of South Africa near Pretoria; commercial center for diamond and gold industries)
John, Noun
  • (n) John, King_John, John_Lackland: (youngest son of Henry II; King of England from 1199 to 1216; succeeded to the throne on the death of his brother Richard I; lost his French possessions; in 1215 John was compelled by the barons to sign the Magna Carta (1167-1216))
  • (n) John, Saint_John, _John, Saint_John_the_Apostle, _John_the_Apostle, John_the_Evangelist, John_the_Divine: ((New Testament) disciple of Jesus; traditionally said to be the author of the 4th Gospel and three epistles and the book of Revelation)
  • (n) John, Gospel_According_to_John: (the last of the four Gospels in the New Testament)
  • (n) toilet, lavatory, lav, can, john, privy, bathroom: (a room or building equipped with one or more toilets)
  • (n) whoremaster, whoremonger, john, trick: (a prostitute's customer)
Johnny-jump-up, Noun
  • (n) bird's-foot_violet, pansy_violet, Johnny-jump-up, wood_violet, Viola_pedata: (common violet of the eastern United States with large pale blue or purple flowers resembling pansies)
  • (n) wild_pansy, Johnny-jump-up, heartsease, love-in-idleness, pink_of_my_John, Viola_tricolor: (a common and long cultivated European herb from which most common garden pansies are derived)
Johnny, Noun
  • (n) Rebel, Reb, Johnny_Reb, Johnny, greyback: (`Johnny' was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War; `greyback' derived from their grey Confederate uniforms)
Johnson, Noun
  • (n) Johnson, Samuel_Johnson, _Johnson: (English writer and lexicographer (1709-1784))
  • (n) Johnson, Lyndon_Johnson, Lyndon_Baines_Johnson, LBJ, President_Johnson, President_Lyndon_Johnson: (36th President of the United States; was elected vice president and succeeded Kennedy when Kennedy was assassinated (1908-1973))
  • (n) Johnson, Andrew_Johnson, President_Johnson, President_Andrew_Johnson: (17th President of the United States; was elected vice president and succeeded Lincoln when Lincoln was assassinated; was impeached but acquitted by one vote (1808-1875))
Johnston, Noun
  • (n) Johnston, _Johnston, Joseph_Eggleston_Johnston: (Confederate general in the American Civil War; led the Confederate troops in the West (1807-1891))
Joliet, Noun
  • (n) Jolliet, Louis_Jolliet, Joliet, Louis_Joliet: (French explorer (with Jacques Marquette) of the upper Mississippi River valley (1645-1700))
Joliot-Curie, Noun
  • (n) Joliot-Curie, Irene_Joliot-Curie: (French physicist who (with her husband) synthesized new chemical elements (1897-1956))
  • (n) Joliot, Jean-Frederic_Joliot, Joliot-Curie, Jean-Frederic_Joliot-Curie: (French nuclear physicist who was Marie Curie's assistant and who worked with Marie Curie's daughter who he married (taking the name Joliot-Curie); he and his wife discovered how to synthesize new radioactive elements (1900-1958))
Joliot, Noun
  • (n) Joliot, Jean-Frederic_Joliot, Joliot-Curie, Jean-Frederic_Joliot-Curie: (French nuclear physicist who was Marie Curie's assistant and who worked with Marie Curie's daughter who he married (taking the name Joliot-Curie); he and his wife discovered how to synthesize new radioactive elements (1900-1958))
Jolliet, Noun
  • (n) Jolliet, Louis_Jolliet, Joliet, Louis_Joliet: (French explorer (with Jacques Marquette) of the upper Mississippi River valley (1645-1700))
Jonah, Noun
  • (n) Jonah: ((Old Testament) Jonah did not wish to become a prophet so God caused a great storm to throw him overboard from a ship; he was saved by being swallowed by a whale that vomited him out onto dry land)
  • (n) jonah, jinx: (a person believed to bring bad luck to those around him)
  • (n) Jonah, Book_of_Jonah: (a book in the Old Testament that tells the story of Jonah and the whale)
Jonathan, Noun
  • (n) Jonathan: (red late-ripening apple; primarily eaten raw)
Jones, Noun
  • (n) Jones, Mother_Jones, Mary_Harris_Jones: (United States labor leader (born in Ireland) who helped to found the Industrial Workers of the World (1830-1930))
  • (n) Jones, Casey_Jones, John_Luther_Jones: (United States railroad engineer who died trying to stop his train from crashing into another train; a friend wrote a famous ballad describing the incident (1864-1900))
  • (n) Jones, Bobby_Jones, Robert_Tyre_Jones: (United States golfer (1902-1971))
  • (n) Jones, John_Paul_Jones: (American naval commander in the American Revolution (1747-1792))
  • (n) Jones, Inigo_Jones: (one of the first great English architects and a theater designer (1573-1652))
  • (n) Jones, Daniel_Jones: (English phonetician (1881-1967))
Jonesboro, Noun
  • (n) Jonesboro: (a town in northeast Arkansas)
Jong, Noun
  • (n) Jong, Erica_Jong: (United States writer (born in 1942))
Joppa, Noun
  • (n) Jaffa, Joppa, Yafo: (a port in western Israel on the Mediterranean; incorporated into Tel Aviv in 1950)
Jordan, Noun
  • (n) Jordan, Jordan_River: (a river in Palestine that empties into the Dead Sea; John the Baptist baptized Jesus in the Jordan)
  • (n) Jordan, Hashemite_Kingdom_of_Jordan: (an Arab kingdom in southwestern Asia on the Red Sea)
Jordanian, Adjective
  • (a) Jordanian: (of or relating to or characteristic of Jordan or its people) "Jordanian archeological sites"
Jordanian, Noun
  • (n) Jordanian: (a native or inhabitant of Jordan)
Joseph, Noun
  • (n) Joseph, Chief_Joseph: (leader of the Nez Perce in their retreat from United States troops (1840-1904))
  • (n) Joseph: ((Old Testament) the 11th son of Jacob and one of the 12 patriarchs of Israel; Jacob gave Joseph a coat of many colors, which made his brothers jealous and they sold him into slavery in Egypt)
  • (n) Joseph: ((New Testament) husband of Mary and (in Christian belief) the foster father of Jesus)
Joshua, Noun
  • (n) Joshua: ((Old Testament) Moses' successor who led the Israelites into the Promised Land; best remembered for his destruction of Jericho)
  • (n) Joshua, Josue, Book_of_Joshua: (a book in the Old Testament describing how Joshua led the Israelites into Canaan (the Promised Land) after the death of Moses)
Josue, Noun
  • (n) Joshua, Josue, Book_of_Joshua: (a book in the Old Testament describing how Joshua led the Israelites into Canaan (the Promised Land) after the death of Moses)
Jotun, Noun
  • (n) Jotun, Jotunn: ((Norse mythology) one of a race of giants often in conflict with the Aesir)
Jotunn, Noun
  • (n) Jotun, Jotunn: ((Norse mythology) one of a race of giants often in conflict with the Aesir)
Joule, Noun
  • (n) joule, J, watt_second: (a unit of electrical energy equal to the work done when a current of one ampere passes through a resistance of one ohm for one second)
  • (n) Joule, James_Prescott_Joule: (English physicist who established the mechanical theory of heat and discovered the first law of thermodynamics (1818-1889))
Jove, Noun
  • (n) Jupiter, Jove: ((Roman mythology) supreme god of Romans; counterpart of Greek Zeus)
Joyce, Noun
  • (n) Joyce, James_Joyce, James_Augustine_Aloysius_Joyce: (influential Irish writer noted for his many innovations (such as stream of consciousness writing) (1882-1941))
Jr, Noun
  • (n) Junior, Jr, Jnr: (a son who has the same first name as his father)
Jubbulpore, Noun
  • (n) Jabalpur, Jubbulpore: (an industrial city of central India to the southeast of Delhi)
Juda, Noun
  • (n) Judah, Juda: (an ancient kingdom of southern Palestine with Jerusalem as its center)
Judaea, Noun
  • (n) Judea, Judaea: (the southern part of ancient Palestine succeeding the kingdom of Judah; a Roman province at the time of Christ)
Judah, Noun
  • (n) Judah: ((Old Testament) the fourth son of Jacob who was forebear of one of the tribes of Israel; one of his descendants was to be the Messiah)
  • (n) Judah, Juda: (an ancient kingdom of southern Palestine with Jerusalem as its center)
Judaic, Adjective
  • (a) Jewish, Judaic: (of or relating to Jews or their culture or religion) "He is Jewish"; "a Jewish wedding"
  • (a) Judaic, Judaical: (of or relating to or characteristic of the Jews or their culture or religion) "the Judaic idea of justice"
Judaica, Noun
  • (n) Judaica: (historical and literary materials relating to Judaism)
Judaical, Adjective
  • (a) Judaic, Judaical: (of or relating to or characteristic of the Jews or their culture or religion) "the Judaic idea of justice"
Judaism, Noun
  • (n) Judaism, Hebraism, Jewish_religion: (Jews collectively who practice a religion based on the Torah and the Talmud)
  • (n) Judaism: (the monotheistic religion of the Jews having its spiritual and ethical principles embodied chiefly in the Torah and in the Talmud)
Judas, Noun
  • (n) Judah, Juda: (an ancient kingdom of southern Palestine with Jerusalem as its center)
  • (n) Judas, Judas_Iscariot: ((New Testament) the Apostle who betrayed Jesus to his enemies for 30 pieces of silver)
  • (n) Judas: (someone who betrays under the guise of friendship)
  • (n) judas: (a one-way peephole in a door)
  • (n) Jude, Saint_Jude, _Jude, Judas, Thaddaeus: ((New Testament) supposed brother of St. James; one of the Apostles who is invoked in prayer when a situation seems hopeless)
Jude, Noun
  • (n) Epistle_of_Jude, Jude: (a New Testament book attributed to Saint Jude)
  • (n) Jude, Saint_Jude, _Jude, Judas, Thaddaeus: ((New Testament) supposed brother of St. James; one of the Apostles who is invoked in prayer when a situation seems hopeless)
Judea, Noun
  • (n) Judea, Judaea: (the southern part of ancient Palestine succeeding the kingdom of Judah; a Roman province at the time of Christ)
Judeo-Spanish, Noun
  • (n) Judeo-Spanish, Ladino: (the Spanish dialect spoken by Sephardic Jews but written in the Hebrew script)
Judith, Noun
  • (n) Judith: (Jewish heroine in one of the books of the Apocrypha; she saved her people by decapitating the Assyrian general Holofernes)
  • (n) Judith, Book_of_Judith: (an Apocryphal book telling how Judith saved her people)
Juggernaut, Noun
  • (n) Jagannath, Jagannatha, Jagganath, Juggernaut: (an avatar of Vishnu)
  • (n) juggernaut, steamroller: (a massive inexorable force that seems to crush everything in its way)
  • (n) Juggernaut: (a crude idol of Krishna)
Jugoslav, Noun
  • (n) Yugoslav, Jugoslav, Yugoslavian, Jugoslavian: (a native or inhabitant of Yugoslavia)
Jugoslavian, Noun
  • (n) Yugoslav, Jugoslav, Yugoslavian, Jugoslavian: (a native or inhabitant of Yugoslavia)
Jugoslavija, Noun
  • (n) Serbia_and_Montenegro, Union_of_Serbia_and_Montenegro, Yugoslavia, Federal_Republic_of_Yugoslavia, Jugoslavija: (a mountainous republic in southeastern Europe bordering on the Adriatic Sea; formed from two of the six republics that made up Yugoslavia until 1992; Serbia and Montenegro were known as the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia until 2003 when they adopted the name of the Union of Serbia and Montenegro)
Julian, Adjective
  • (a) Julian: (of or relating to or characteristic of Julius Caesar) "the Julian calendar"
Julian, Noun
  • (n) Julian, Julian_the_Apostate, Flavius_Claudius_Julianus: (Roman Emperor and nephew of Constantine; he restored paganism as the official religion of the Roman Empire and destroyed Christian temples but his decision was reversed after his death (331?-363))
July, Noun
  • (n) July: (the month following June and preceding August)
Juncaginaceae, Noun
  • (n) Scheuchzeriaceae, family_Scheuchzeriaceae, Juncaginaceae, family_Juncaginaceae, arrow-grass_family: (a family of monocotyledonous bog herbs of order Naiadales)
June, Noun
  • (n) June: (the month following May and preceding July)
Juneberry, Noun
  • (n) Juneberry, serviceberry, service_tree, shadbush, shadblow: (any of various North American trees or shrubs having showy white flowers and edible blue-black or purplish fruit)
  • (n) saskatoon, serviceberry, shadberry, juneberry: (edible purple or red berries)
Jung, Noun
  • (n) Jung, Carl_Jung, Carl_Gustav_Jung: (Swiss psychologist (1875-1961))
Junior, Noun
  • (n) junior: (term of address for a disrespectful and annoying male) "look here, junior, it's none of your business"
  • (n) junior: (a third-year undergraduate)
  • (n) junior: (the younger of two persons) "she is two years my junior"
  • (n) Junior, Jr, Jnr: (a son who has the same first name as his father)
Junoesque, Adjective
  • (s) Junoesque, statuesque: (suggestive of a statue)
Jupiter, Noun
  • (n) Jupiter: (the largest planet and the 5th from the sun; has many satellites and is one of the brightest objects in the night sky)
  • (n) Jupiter, Jove: ((Roman mythology) supreme god of Romans; counterpart of Greek Zeus)
Jurassic, Adjective
  • (a) Jurassic: (of or relating to or denoting the second period of the Mesozoic era)
Jurassic, Noun
  • (n) Jurassic, Jurassic_period: (from 190 million to 135 million years ago; dinosaurs; conifers)
Justice, Noun
  • (n) Department_of_Justice, Justice_Department, Justice, DoJ: (the United States federal department responsible for enforcing federal laws (including the enforcement of all civil rights legislation); created in 1870)
  • (n) judge, justice, jurist: (a public official authorized to decide questions brought before a court of justice)
  • (n) justice, justness: (the quality of being just or fair)
  • (n) justice: (judgment involved in the determination of rights and the assignment of rewards and punishments)
Jute, Noun
  • (n) jute: (a plant fiber used in making rope or sacks)
  • (n) Jute: (a member of a Germanic people who conquered England and merged with the Angles and Saxons to become Anglo-Saxons)
Jutish, Noun
  • (n) Kentish, Jutish: (one of the major dialects of Old English)
Jutland, Noun
  • (n) Jutland, Jylland: (peninsula in northern Europe that forms the continental part of Denmark and a northern part of Germany)
  • (n) Jutland, battle_of_Jutland: (an indecisive naval battle in World War I (1916); fought between the British and German fleets off the northwestern coast of Denmark)
Jyaistha, Noun
  • (n) Jeth, Jyaistha: (the third month of the Hindu calendar)
Jylland, Noun
  • (n) Jutland, Jylland: (peninsula in northern Europe that forms the continental part of Denmark and a northern part of Germany)
jab, Noun
  • (n) dig, jab: (the act of touching someone suddenly with your finger or elbow) "she gave me a sharp dig in the ribs"
  • (n) jab, jabbing, poke, poking, thrust, thrusting: (a sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow)) "he warned me with a jab with his finger"; "he made a thrusting motion with his fist"
  • (n) jab: (a quick short straight punch)
jab, Verb
  • (v) jab, prod, stab, poke, dig: (poke or thrust abruptly) "he jabbed his finger into her ribs"
  • (v) jab: (strike or punch with quick and short blows)
  • (v) stab, jab: (stab or pierce) "he jabbed the piece of meat with his pocket knife"
jabber, Noun
  • (n) jabber, jabbering, gabble: (rapid and indistinct speech)
jabber, Verb
  • (v) rant, mouth_off, jabber, spout, rabbit_on, rave: (talk in a noisy, excited, or declamatory manner)
jabberer, Noun
  • (n) driveller, jabberer: (someone whose talk is trivial drivel)
jabbering, Noun
  • (n) jabber, jabbering, gabble: (rapid and indistinct speech)
jabbing, Noun
  • (n) jab, jabbing, poke, poking, thrust, thrusting: (a sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow)) "he warned me with a jab with his finger"; "he made a thrusting motion with his fist"
jabiru, Noun
  • (n) jabiru, Jabiru_mycteria: (large white stork of warm regions of the world especially America)
  • (n) policeman_bird, black-necked_stork, jabiru, Xenorhyncus_asiaticus: (large mostly white Australian stork)
  • (n) saddlebill, jabiru, Ephippiorhynchus_senegalensis: (large black-and-white stork of tropical Africa; its red bill has a black band around the middle)
jaboncillo, Noun
  • (n) China_tree, false_dogwood, jaboncillo, chinaberry, Sapindus_saponaria: (evergreen of tropical America having pulpy fruit containing saponin which was used as soap by Native Americans)
jacinth, Noun
  • (n) hyacinth, jacinth: (a red transparent variety of zircon used as a gemstone)
jack-a-lantern, Noun
  • (n) jack-o-lantern_fungus, jack-o-lantern, jack-a-lantern, Omphalotus_illudens: (a large poisonous agaric with orange caps and narrow clustered stalks; the gills are luminescent)
jack-by-the-hedge, Noun
  • (n) garlic_mustard, hedge_garlic, sauce-alone, jack-by-the-hedge, Alliaria_officinalis: (European herb that smells like garlic)
jack-in-the-pulpit, Noun
  • (n) cuckoopint, lords-and-ladies, jack-in-the-pulpit, Arum_maculatum: (common European arum with lanceolate spathe and short purple spadix; emerges in early spring; source of a starch called arum)
  • (n) jack-in-the-pulpit, Indian_turnip, wake-robin, Arisaema_triphyllum, Arisaema_atrorubens: (common American spring-flowering woodland herb having sheathing leaves and an upright club-shaped spadix with overarching green and purple spathe producing scarlet berries)
jack-o'-lantern, Noun
  • (n) friar's_lantern, ignis_fatuus, jack-o'-lantern, will-o'-the-wisp: (a pale light sometimes seen at night over marshy ground)
  • (n) jack-o'-lantern: (lantern carved from a pumpkin)
jack-o-lantern, Noun
  • (n) jack-o-lantern_fungus, jack-o-lantern, jack-a-lantern, Omphalotus_illudens: (a large poisonous agaric with orange caps and narrow clustered stalks; the gills are luminescent)
jack, Verb
  • (v) jack, jack_up: (lift with a special device) "jack up the car so you can change the tire"
  • (v) jacklight, jack: (hunt with a jacklight)
jackanapes, Noun
  • (n) whippersnapper, jackanapes, lightweight: (someone who is unimportant but cheeky and presumptuous)
jackass, Noun
  • (n) fathead, goof, goofball, bozo, jackass, goose, cuckoo, twat, zany: (a man who is a stupid incompetent fool)
  • (n) jack, jackass: (male donkey)
jackboot, Noun
  • (n) Hessian_boot, hessian, jackboot, Wellington, Wellington_boot: ((19th century) a man's high tasseled boot)
jackdaw, Noun
  • (n) jackdaw, daw, Corvus_monedula: (common black-and-grey Eurasian bird noted for thievery)
jacket, Noun
  • (n) crown, crownwork, jacket, jacket_crown, cap: ((dentistry) dental appliance consisting of an artificial crown for a broken or decayed tooth) "tomorrow my dentist will fit me for a crown"
  • (n) jacket: (a short coat)
  • (n) jacket: (an outer wrapping or casing) "phonograph records were sold in cardboard jackets"
  • (n) jacket: (the outer skin of a potato)
  • (n) jacket: (the tough metal shell casing for certain kinds of ammunition)
jacket, Verb
  • (v) jacket: (provide with a thermally non-conducting cover) "The tubing needs to be jacketed"
  • (v) jacket: (put a jacket on) "The men were jacketed"
jackfruit, Noun
  • (n) jackfruit, jackfruit_tree, Artocarpus_heterophyllus: (East Indian tree cultivated for its immense edible fruit and seeds)
  • (n) jackfruit, jak, jack: (immense East Indian fruit resembling breadfruit; it contains an edible pulp and nutritious seeds that are commonly roasted)
jackknife, Noun
  • (n) clasp_knife, jackknife: (a large knife with one or more folding blades)
  • (n) jackknife: (a dive in which the diver bends to touch the ankles before straightening out)
jackknife, Verb
  • (v) jackknife: (dive into the water bending the body at the waist at a right angle, like a jackknife)
jacklight, Noun
  • (n) jacklight: (a light used as a lure in hunting or fishing at night)
jacklight, Verb
  • (v) jacklight, jack: (hunt with a jacklight)
jackpot, Noun
  • (n) jackpot: (any outstanding award)
  • (n) pot, jackpot, kitty: (the cumulative amount involved in a game (such as poker))
jacks, Noun
  • (n) jack, doodly-squat, diddly-squat, diddlysquat, diddly-shit, diddlyshit, diddly, diddley, squat, shit: (a small worthless amount) "you don't know jack"
  • (n) jack: (a small ball at which players aim in lawn bowling)
  • (n) jack: (an electrical device consisting of a connector socket designed for the insertion of a plug)
  • (n) jack, jackstones: (game equipment consisting of one of several small six-pointed metal pieces that are picked up while bouncing a ball in the game of jacks)
  • (n) jack: (small flag indicating a ship's nationality)
  • (n) jack, knave: (one of four face cards in a deck bearing a picture of a young prince)
  • (n) jack: (tool for exerting pressure or lifting)
  • (n) jack: (any of several fast-swimming predacious fishes of tropical to warm temperate seas)
  • (n) jack, jackass: (male donkey)
  • (n) jackfruit, jak, jack: (immense East Indian fruit resembling breadfruit; it contains an edible pulp and nutritious seeds that are commonly roasted)
  • (n) jacks, jackstones, knucklebones: (a game in which jackstones are thrown and picked up in various groups between bounces of a small rubber ball)
  • (n) laborer, manual_laborer, labourer, jack: (someone who works with their hands; someone engaged in manual labor)
  • (n) mariner, seaman, tar, Jack-tar, Jack, old_salt, seafarer, gob, sea_dog: (a man who serves as a sailor)
jackstones, Noun
  • (n) jack, jackstones: (game equipment consisting of one of several small six-pointed metal pieces that are picked up while bouncing a ball in the game of jacks)
  • (n) jacks, jackstones, knucklebones: (a game in which jackstones are thrown and picked up in various groups between bounces of a small rubber ball)
jackstraw, Noun
  • (n) jackstraw, spillikin: (a thin strip of wood used in playing the game of jackstraws)
jactation, Noun
  • (n) jactitation, jactation: ((pathology) extremely restless tossing and twitching usually by a person with a severe illness)
jactitate, Verb
  • (v) convulse, thresh, thresh_about, thrash, thrash_about, slash, toss, jactitate: (move or stir about violently) "The feverish patient thrashed around in his bed"
jactitation, Noun
  • (n) boast, boasting, self-praise, jactitation: (speaking of yourself in superlatives)
  • (n) jactitation: ((law) a false boast that can harm others; especially a false claim to be married to someone (formerly actionable at law))
  • (n) jactitation, jactation: ((pathology) extremely restless tossing and twitching usually by a person with a severe illness)
jade-green, Adjective
  • (s) jade, jade-green: (of something having the color of jade; especially varying from bluish green to yellowish green)
jade, Adjective
  • (s) jade, jade-green: (of something having the color of jade; especially varying from bluish green to yellowish green)
jade, Noun
  • (n) adulteress, fornicatress, hussy, jade, loose_woman, slut, strumpet, trollop: (a woman adulterer)
  • (n) hack, jade, nag, plug: (an old or over-worked horse)
  • (n) jade, jadestone: (a semiprecious gemstone that takes a high polish; is usually green but sometimes whitish; consists of jadeite or nephrite)
  • (n) jade_green, jade: (a light green color varying from bluish green to yellowish green)
jade, Verb
  • (v) tire, pall, weary, fatigue, jade: (lose interest or become bored with something or somebody) "I'm so tired of your mother and her complaints about my food"
  • (v) tire, wear_upon, tire_out, wear, weary, jade, wear_out, outwear, wear_down, fag_out, fag, fatigue: (exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress) "We wore ourselves out on this hike"
jaded, Adjective
  • (s) jaded, wearied: (exhausted) "my father's words had left me jaded and depressed"- William Styron"
  • (s) jaded: (dulled by surfeit) "the amoral, jaded, bored upper classes"
jadestone, Noun
  • (n) jade, jadestone: (a semiprecious gemstone that takes a high polish; is usually green but sometimes whitish; consists of jadeite or nephrite)
jag, Noun
  • (n) jag: (a sharp projection on an edge or surface) "he clutched a jag of the rock"
  • (n) jag: (a slit in a garment that exposes material of a different color underneath; used in Renaissance clothing)
  • (n) jag, dag: (a flap along the edge of a garment; used in medieval clothing)
  • (n) jag: (a bout of drinking or drug taking)
jag, Verb
  • (v) jag: (cut teeth into; make a jagged cutting edge)
jaggary, Noun
  • (n) jaggery, jagghery, jaggary: (unrefined brown sugar made from palm sap)
jagged, Adjective
  • (s) erose, jagged, jaggy, notched, toothed: (having an irregularly notched or toothed margin as though gnawed)
  • (s) jagged, jaggy, scraggy: (having a sharply uneven surface or outline) "the jagged outline of the crags"; "scraggy cliffs"
jaggery, Noun
  • (n) jaggery, jagghery, jaggary: (unrefined brown sugar made from palm sap)
jagghery, Noun
  • (n) jaggery, jagghery, jaggary: (unrefined brown sugar made from palm sap)
jaggy, Adjective
  • (s) erose, jagged, jaggy, notched, toothed: (having an irregularly notched or toothed margin as though gnawed)
  • (s) jagged, jaggy, scraggy: (having a sharply uneven surface or outline) "the jagged outline of the crags"; "scraggy cliffs"
jaguar, Noun
  • (n) jaguar, panther, Panthera_onca, Felis_onca: (a large spotted feline of tropical America similar to the leopard; in some classifications considered a member of the genus Felis)
jaguarondi, Noun
  • (n) jaguarundi, jaguarundi_cat, jaguarondi, eyra, Felis_yagouaroundi: (long-bodied long-tailed tropical American wildcat)
jaguarundi, Noun
  • (n) jaguarundi, jaguarundi_cat, jaguarondi, eyra, Felis_yagouaroundi: (long-bodied long-tailed tropical American wildcat)
jail, Noun
  • (n) jail, jailhouse, gaol, clink, slammer, poky, pokey: (a correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence))
jail, Verb
  • (v) imprison, incarcerate, lag, immure, put_behind_bars, jail, jug, gaol, put_away, remand: (lock up or confine, in or as in a jail) "The suspects were imprisoned without trial"; "the murderer was incarcerated for the rest of his life"
jailbird, Noun
  • (n) jail_bird, jailbird, gaolbird: (a criminal who has been jailed repeatedly)
jailbreak, Noun
  • (n) break, breakout, jailbreak, gaolbreak, prisonbreak, prison-breaking: (an escape from jail) "the breakout was carefully planned"
jailed, Adjective
  • (s) captive, confined, imprisoned, jailed: (being in captivity)
jailer, Noun
  • (n) prison_guard, jailer, jailor, gaoler, screw, turnkey: (someone who guards prisoners)
jailhouse, Noun
  • (n) jail, jailhouse, gaol, clink, slammer, poky, pokey: (a correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence))
jailor, Noun
  • (n) prison_guard, jailer, jailor, gaoler, screw, turnkey: (someone who guards prisoners)
jak, Noun
  • (n) jackfruit, jak, jack: (immense East Indian fruit resembling breadfruit; it contains an edible pulp and nutritious seeds that are commonly roasted)
jakes, Noun
  • (n) outhouse, privy, earth-closet, jakes: (a small outbuilding with a bench having holes through which a user can defecate)
jalapeno, Noun
  • (n) cayenne, cayenne_pepper, chili_pepper, chilli_pepper, long_pepper, jalapeno, Capsicum_annuum_longum: (plant bearing very hot and finely tapering long peppers; usually red)
  • (n) jalapeno, jalapeno_pepper: (hot green or red pepper of southwestern United States and Mexico)
jalopy, Noun
  • (n) bus, jalopy, heap: (a car that is old and unreliable) "the fenders had fallen off that old bus"
jam-packed, Adjective
  • (s) jammed, jam-packed, packed: (filled to capacity) "a suitcase jammed with dirty clothes"; "stands jam-packed with fans"; "a packed theater"
jam, Noun
  • (n) crush, jam, press: (a dense crowd of people)
  • (n) fix, hole, jam, mess, muddle, pickle, kettle_of_fish: (informal terms for a difficult situation) "he got into a terrible fix"; "he made a muddle of his marriage"
  • (n) jam: (preserve of crushed fruit)
  • (n) jamming, electronic_jamming, jam: (deliberate radiation or reflection of electromagnetic energy for the purpose of disrupting enemy use of electronic devices or systems)
jam, Verb
  • (v) jam: (push down forcibly) "The driver jammed the brake pedal to the floor"
  • (v) jam, crush: (crush or bruise) "jam a toe"
  • (v) jam, block: (interfere with or prevent the reception of signals) "Jam the Voice of America"; "block the signals emitted by this station"
  • (v) jam: (get stuck and immobilized) "the mechanism jammed"
  • (v) jam, jampack, ram, chock_up, cram, wad: (crowd or pack to capacity) "the theater was jampacked"
  • (v) obstruct, obturate, impede, occlude, jam, block, close_up: (block passage through) "obstruct the path"
  • (v) throng, mob, pack, pile, jam: (press tightly together or cram) "The crowd packed the auditorium"
jamb, Noun
  • (n) jamb: (upright consisting of a vertical side member of a door or window frame)
jambeau, Noun
  • (n) greave, jambeau: (armor plate that protects legs below the knee)
jamberry, Noun
  • (n) tomatillo, miltomate, purple_ground_cherry, jamberry, Physalis_philadelphica: (Mexican annual naturalized in eastern North America having yellow to purple edible fruit resembling small tomatoes)
  • (n) tomatillo, jamberry, Mexican_husk_tomato, Physalis_ixocarpa: (annual of Mexico and southern United States having edible purplish viscid fruit resembling small tomatoes)
jambon, Noun
  • (n) ham, jambon, gammon: (meat cut from the thigh of a hog (usually smoked))
jamboree, Noun
  • (n) gala, gala_affair, jamboree, blowout: (a gay festivity)
jamjar, Noun
  • (n) jampot, jamjar: (a jar for holding jellies or preserves)
jammed, Adjective
  • (s) jammed, jam-packed, packed: (filled to capacity) "a suitcase jammed with dirty clothes"; "stands jam-packed with fans"; "a packed theater"
jammies, Noun
  • (n) pajama, pyjama, pj's, jammies: ((usually plural) loose-fitting nightclothes worn for sleeping or lounging; have a jacket top and trousers)
jamming, Noun
  • (n) jamming, electronic_jamming, jam: (deliberate radiation or reflection of electromagnetic energy for the purpose of disrupting enemy use of electronic devices or systems)
jampack, Verb
  • (v) jam, jampack, ram, chock_up, cram, wad: (crowd or pack to capacity) "the theater was jampacked"
jampot, Noun
  • (n) jampot, jamjar: (a jar for holding jellies or preserves)
jangle, Noun
  • (n) jingle, jangle: (a metallic sound) "the jingle of coins"; "the jangle of spurs"
jangle, Verb
  • (v) jingle, jingle-jangle, jangle: (make a sound typical of metallic objects) "The keys were jingling in his pocket"
jangling, Adjective
  • (s) jangling, jangly: (like the discordant ringing of nonmusical metallic objects striking together) "cowboys with jangling spurs"
jangly, Adjective
  • (s) jangling, jangly: (like the discordant ringing of nonmusical metallic objects striking together) "cowboys with jangling spurs"
japan, Verb
  • (v) japan: (coat with a lacquer, as done in Japan)
jape, Noun
  • (n) joke, gag, laugh, jest, jape: (a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter) "he told a very funny joke"; "he knows a million gags"; "thanks for the laugh"; "he laughed unpleasantly at his own jest"; "even a schoolboy's jape is supposed to have some ascertainable point"
japery, Noun
  • (n) buffoonery, clowning, japery, frivolity, harlequinade, prank: (acting like a clown or buffoon)
japonica, Noun
  • (n) japonica, Camellia_japonica: (greenhouse shrub with glossy green leaves and showy fragrant rose-like flowers; cultivated in many varieties)
  • (n) japonica, maule's_quince, Chaenomeles_japonica: (deciduous thorny shrub native to Japan having red blossoms)
jar, Noun
  • (n) jar: (a vessel (usually cylindrical) with a wide mouth and without handles)
  • (n) jar, jarful: (the quantity contained in a jar) "he drank a jar of beer"
  • (n) jolt, jar, jounce, shock: (a sudden jarring impact) "the door closed with a jolt"; "all the jars and jolts were smoothed out by the shock absorbers"
jar, Verb
  • (v) clash, jar, collide: (be incompatible; be or come into conflict) "These colors clash"
  • (v) jar, shake_up, bump_around: (shock physically) "Georgia was shaken up in the Tech game"
  • (v) jar: (affect in a disagreeable way) "This play jarred the audience"
  • (v) jar: (place in a cylindrical vessel) "jar the jam"
  • (v) jolt, jar: (move or cause to move with a sudden jerky motion)
jarful, Noun
  • (n) jar, jarful: (the quantity contained in a jar) "he drank a jar of beer"
jargon, Noun
  • (n) jargon: (specialized technical terminology characteristic of a particular subject)
  • (n) jargoon, jargon: (a colorless (or pale yellow or smoky) variety of zircon)
  • (n) slang, cant, jargon, lingo, argot, patois, vernacular: (a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves)) "they don't speak our lingo"
jargoon, Noun
  • (n) jargoon, jargon: (a colorless (or pale yellow or smoky) variety of zircon)
jarring, Adjective
  • (s) jarring: (making or causing a harsh and irritating sound) "the jarring noise of the iron gate scraping on the sidewalk"
jasmine, Noun
  • (n) jasmine: (any of several shrubs and vines of the genus Jasminum chiefly native to Asia)
jasper, Noun
  • (n) jasper: (an opaque form of quartz; red or yellow or brown or dark green in color; used for ornamentation or as a gemstone)
jaundice, Noun
  • (n) bitterness, acrimony, acerbity, jaundice, tartness, thorniness: (a rough and bitter manner)
  • (n) jaundice, icterus: (yellowing of the skin and the whites of the eyes caused by an accumulation of bile pigment (bilirubin) in the blood; can be a symptom of gallstones or liver infection or anemia)
jaundice, Verb
  • (v) jaundice: (distort adversely) "Jealousy had jaundiced his judgment"
  • (v) jaundice: (affect with, or as if with, jaundice)
jaundiced, Adjective
  • (s) jaundiced, icteric, yellow: (affected by jaundice which causes yellowing of skin etc)
  • (s) jaundiced: (showing or affected by prejudice or envy or distaste) "looked with a jaundiced eye on the growth of regimentation"; "takes a jaundiced view of societies and clubs"
jaunt, Noun
  • (n) excursion, jaunt, outing, junket, pleasure_trip, expedition, sashay: (a journey taken for pleasure) "many summer excursions to the shore"; "it was merely a pleasure trip"; "after cautious sashays into the field"
jaunt, Verb
  • (v) travel, trip, jaunt: (make a trip for pleasure)
jauntiness, Noun
  • (n) breeziness, jauntiness: (a breezy liveliness) "a delightful breeziness of manner"
  • (n) jauntiness, nattiness, dapperness, rakishness: (stylishness as evidenced by a smart appearance)
jaunty, Adjective
  • (s) chipper, debonair, debonaire, jaunty: (having a cheerful, lively, and self-confident air) "looking chipper, like a man...diverted by his own wit"- Frances G. Patton"; "life that is gay, brisk, and debonair"- H.M.Reynolds"; "walked with a jaunty step"; "a jaunty optimist"
  • (s) dapper, dashing, jaunty, natty, raffish, rakish, spiffy, snappy, spruce: (marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners) "a dapper young man"; "a jaunty red hat"
jaw, Noun
  • (n) jaw: (the part of the skull of a vertebrate that frames the mouth and holds the teeth)
  • (n) jaw: (the bones of the skull that frame the mouth and serve to open it; the bones that hold the teeth)
  • (n) jaw: (holding device consisting of one or both of the opposing parts of a tool that close to hold an object)
jaw, Verb
  • (v) call_on_the_carpet, take_to_task, rebuke, rag, trounce, reproof, lecture, reprimand, jaw, dress_down, call_down, scold, chide, berate, bawl_out, remonstrate, chew_out, chew_up, have_words, lambaste, lambast: (censure severely or angrily) "The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car"; "The deputy ragged the Prime Minister"; "The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup"
  • (v) chew, masticate, manducate, jaw: (chew (food); to bite and grind with the teeth) "He jawed his bubble gum"; "Chew your food and don't swallow it!"; "The cows were masticating the grass"
  • (v) chew_the_fat, shoot_the_breeze, chat, confabulate, confab, chitchat, chit-chat, chatter, chaffer, natter, gossip, jaw, claver, visit: (talk socially without exchanging too much information) "the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze"
  • (v) yack, jaw, yack_away, rattle_on, yap_away: (talk incessantly and tiresomely)
jawbone, Noun
  • (n) lower_jaw, mandible, mandibula, mandibular_bone, submaxilla, lower_jawbone, jawbone, jowl: (the jaw in vertebrates that is hinged to open the mouth)
jawbone, Verb
  • (v) shmooze, shmoose, schmooze, schmoose, jawbone: (talk idly or casually and in a friendly way)
jawed, Adjective
  • (a) jawed: (of animals having jaws of a specified type)
jawless, Adjective
  • (a) jawless: (of animals having no jaw)
jazz, Noun
  • (n) jazz: (a genre of popular music that originated in New Orleans around 1900 and developed through increasingly complex styles)
  • (n) jazz: (a style of dance music popular in the 1920s; similar to New Orleans jazz but played by large bands)
  • (n) wind, malarkey, malarky, idle_words, jazz, nothingness: (empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk) "that's a lot of wind"; "don't give me any of that jazz"
jazz, Verb
  • (v) jazz: (play something in the style of jazz)
  • (v) sleep_together, roll_in_the_hay, love, make_out, make_love, sleep_with, get_laid, have_sex, know, do_it, be_intimate, have_intercourse, have_it_away, have_it_off, screw, fuck, jazz, eff, hump, lie_with, bed, have_a_go_at_it, bang, get_it_on, bonk: (have sexual intercourse with) "This student sleeps with everyone in her dorm"; "Adam knew Eve"; "Were you ever intimate with this man?"
jazzy, Adjective
  • (s) flashy, gaudy, jazzy, showy, sporty: ((used especially of clothes) marked by conspicuous display)
  • (s) jazzy: (resembling jazz (especially in its rhythm))
jealous, Adjective
  • (s) covetous, envious, jealous: (showing extreme cupidity; painfully desirous of another's advantages) "he was never covetous before he met her"; "jealous of his success and covetous of his possessions"; "envious of their art collection"
  • (s) jealous, green-eyed, overjealous: (suspicious or unduly suspicious or fearful of being displaced by a rival) "a jealous lover"
jealousy, Noun
  • (n) jealousy, green-eyed_monster: (a feeling of jealous envy (especially of a rival))
  • (n) jealousy: (zealous vigilance) "cherish their official political freedom with fierce jealousy"-Paul Blanshard"
jean, Noun
  • (n) denim, dungaree, jean: (a coarse durable twill-weave cotton fabric)
  • (n) jean, blue_jean, denim: ((usually plural) close-fitting trousers of heavy denim for manual work or casual wear)
jeep, Noun
  • (n) jeep, landrover: (a car suitable for traveling over rough terrain)
jeer, Noun
  • (n) jeer, jeering, mockery, scoff, scoffing: (showing your contempt by derision)
jeer, Verb
  • (v) jeer, scoff, flout, barrack, gibe: (laugh at with contempt and derision) "The crowd jeered at the speaker"
jeerer, Noun
  • (n) scoffer, flouter, mocker, jeerer: (someone who jeers or mocks or treats something with contempt or calls out in derision)
jeering, Adjective
  • (s) derisive, gibelike, jeering, mocking, taunting: (abusing vocally; expressing contempt or ridicule) "derisive laughter"; "a jeering crowd"; "her mocking smile"; "taunting shouts of `coward' and `sissy'"
jeering, Noun
  • (n) jeer, jeering, mockery, scoff, scoffing: (showing your contempt by derision)
jehad, Noun
  • (n) jihad, jehad, international_jihad: (a holy war waged by Muslims against infidels)
  • (n) jihad, jehad: (a holy struggle or striving by a Muslim for a moral or spiritual or political goal)
jejune, Adjective
  • (s) adolescent, jejune, juvenile, puerile: (displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity) "adolescent insecurity"; "jejune responses to our problems"; "their behavior was juvenile"; "puerile jokes"
  • (s) insipid, jejune: (lacking interest or significance or impact) "an insipid personality"; "jejune novel"
  • (s) insubstantial, jejune: (lacking in nutritive value) "the jejune diets of the very poor"
jejuneness, Noun
  • (n) callowness, jejuneness, juvenility: (lacking and evidencing lack of experience of life)
  • (n) jejunity, jejuneness, tameness, vapidity, vapidness: (the quality of being vapid and unsophisticated)
  • (n) jejunity, jejuneness: (quality of lacking nutritive value)
jejunity, Noun
  • (n) jejunity, jejuneness, tameness, vapidity, vapidness: (the quality of being vapid and unsophisticated)
  • (n) jejunity, jejuneness: (quality of lacking nutritive value)
jell, Verb
  • (v) jell, set, congeal: (become gelatinous) "the liquid jelled after we added the enzyme"
jelled, Adjective
  • (s) congealed, jelled, jellied: (congealed into jelly; solidified by cooling) "in Georgia they serve congealed salads"
jellied, Adjective
  • (s) congealed, jelled, jellied: (congealed into jelly; solidified by cooling) "in Georgia they serve congealed salads"
jellify, Verb
  • (v) jellify: (become jelly) "The sauce jellified"
  • (v) jellify, jelly: (make into jelly) "jellify a liquid"
jello, Noun
  • (n) jello, Jell-O: (fruit-flavored dessert (trade mark Jell-O) made from a commercially prepared gelatin powder)
jelly, Noun
  • (n) gelatin, jelly: (an edible jelly (sweet or pungent) made with gelatin and used as a dessert or salad base or a coating for foods)
  • (n) jelly: (a preserve made of the jelled juice of fruit)
  • (n) jelly: (any substance having the consistency of jelly or gelatin)
jelly, Verb
  • (v) jellify, jelly: (make into jelly) "jellify a liquid"
jellyfish, Noun
  • (n) jellyfish: (any of numerous usually marine and free-swimming coelenterates that constitute the sexually reproductive forms of hydrozoans and scyphozoans)
  • (n) Portuguese_man-of-war, man-of-war, jellyfish: (large siphonophore having a bladderlike float and stinging tentacles)
jellylike, Adjective
  • (s) gelatinous, gelatinlike, jellylike: (thick like gelatin)
jemmy, Noun
  • (n) jimmy, jemmy: (a short crowbar) "in Britain they call a jimmy and jemmy"
jennet, Noun
  • (n) jennet, jenny, jenny_ass: (female donkey)
jeopardise, Verb
  • (v) endanger, jeopardize, jeopardise, menace, threaten, imperil, peril: (pose a threat to; present a danger to) "The pollution is endangering the crops"
jeopardize, Verb
  • (v) endanger, jeopardize, jeopardise, menace, threaten, imperil, peril: (pose a threat to; present a danger to) "The pollution is endangering the crops"
  • (v) venture, hazard, adventure, stake, jeopardize: (put at risk) "I will stake my good reputation for this"
jeopardy, Noun
  • (n) hazard, jeopardy, peril, risk, endangerment: (a source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune) "drinking alcohol is a health hazard"
jerk-off, Noun
  • (n) tosser, jerk-off, wanker: (terms of abuse for a masturbator)
jerk, Noun
  • (n) jerk, dork: (a dull stupid fatuous person)
  • (n) jerk, jerking, jolt, saccade: (an abrupt spasmodic movement)
  • (n) jerk: ((mechanics) the rate of change of acceleration)
  • (n) jerk: (raising a weight from shoulder height to above the head by straightening the arms)
  • (n) jerky, jerked_meat, jerk: (meat (especially beef) cut in strips and dried in the sun)
  • (n) tug, jerk: (a sudden abrupt pull)
jerk, Verb
  • (v) buck, jerk, hitch: (jump vertically, with legs stiff and back arched) "the yung filly bucked"
  • (v) jerk, twitch: (move with abrupt, seemingly uncontrolled motions) "The patient's legs were jerkings"
  • (v) jerk, flick: (throw or toss with a quick motion) "flick a piece of paper across the table"; "jerk his head"
  • (v) twitch, jerk: (make an uncontrolled, short, jerky motion) "his face is twitching"
  • (v) yank, jerk: (pull, or move with a sudden movement) "He turned the handle and jerked the door open"
jerker, Noun
  • (n) yanker, jerker: (someone who gives a strong sudden pull)
jerkiness, Noun
  • (n) fitfulness, jerkiness: (the quality of being spasmodic and irregular)
jerking, Adjective
  • (s) arrhythmic, jerking, jerky: (lacking a steady rhythm) "an arrhythmic heartbeat"
jerking, Noun
  • (n) jerk, jerking, jolt, saccade: (an abrupt spasmodic movement)
jerkwater, Adjective
  • (s) jerkwater, one-horse, pokey, poky: (small and remote and insignificant) "a jerkwater college"; "passed a series of poky little one-horse towns"
jerky, Adjective
  • (s) anserine, dopy, dopey, foolish, goosey, goosy, gooselike, jerky: (having or revealing stupidity) "ridiculous anserine behavior"; "a dopey answer"; "a dopey kid"; "some fool idea about rewriting authors' books"
  • (s) arrhythmic, jerking, jerky: (lacking a steady rhythm) "an arrhythmic heartbeat"
  • (s) choppy, jerky: (marked by abrupt transitions) "choppy prose"
jerky, Noun
  • (n) jerky, jerked_meat, jerk: (meat (especially beef) cut in strips and dried in the sun)
jerry-built, Adjective
  • (s) jerry-built, shoddy: (of inferior workmanship and materials) "mean little jerry-built houses"
jest, Noun
  • (n) jest, joke, jocularity: (activity characterized by good humor)
  • (n) joke, gag, laugh, jest, jape: (a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter) "he told a very funny joke"; "he knows a million gags"; "thanks for the laugh"; "he laughed unpleasantly at his own jest"; "even a schoolboy's jape is supposed to have some ascertainable point"
jest, Verb
  • (v) joke, jest: (tell a joke; speak humorously) "He often jokes even when he appears serious"
  • (v) joke, jest: (act in a funny or teasing way)
jester, Noun
  • (n) jester, fool, motley_fool: (a professional clown employed to entertain a king or nobleman in the Middle Ages)
jesting, Adjective
  • (s) jesting, jocose, jocular, joking: (characterized by jokes and good humor)
jet-black, Adjective
  • (s) coal-black, jet, jet-black, pitchy, sooty: (of the blackest black; similar to the color of jet or coal)
jet, Adjective
  • (s) coal-black, jet, jet-black, pitchy, sooty: (of the blackest black; similar to the color of jet or coal)
jet, Noun
  • (n) fountain, jet: (an artificially produced flow of water)
  • (n) jet, jet_plane, jet-propelled_plane: (an airplane powered by one or more jet engines)
  • (n) jet, squirt, spurt, spirt: (the occurrence of a sudden discharge (as of liquid))
  • (n) jet: (a hard black form of lignite that takes a brilliant polish and is used in jewelry or ornamentation)
  • (n) jet, blue_jet, reverse_lightning: (atmospheric discharges (lasting 10 msec) bursting from the tops of giant storm clouds in blue cones that widen as they flash upward)
  • (n) K, jet, super_acid, special_K, honey_oil, green, cat_valium, super_C: (street names for ketamine)
jet, Verb
  • (v) jet, gush: (issue in a jet; come out in a jet; stream or spring forth) "Water jetted forth"; "flames were jetting out of the building"
  • (v) jet: (fly a jet plane)
jetsam, Noun
  • (n) flotsam, jetsam: (the floating wreckage of a ship)
  • (n) jetsam: (the part of a ship's equipment or cargo that is thrown overboard to lighten the load in a storm)
jetting, Adjective
  • (s) jetting, spouting, spurting, squirting: (propelled violently in a usually narrow stream)
jetty, Noun
  • (n) breakwater, groin, groyne, mole, bulwark, seawall, jetty: (a protective structure of stone or concrete; extends from shore into the water to prevent a beach from washing away)
jewel, Noun
  • (n) jewel, gem, precious_stone: (a precious or semiprecious stone incorporated into a piece of jewelry)
  • (n) jewel, gem: (a person who is as brilliant and precious as a piece of jewelry)
jewel, Verb
  • (v) bejewel, jewel: (adorn or decorate with precious stones) "jeweled dresses"
jeweled, Adjective
  • (s) beady, gemmed, jeweled, jewelled, sequined, spangled, spangly: (covered with beads or jewels or sequins)
jeweler, Noun
  • (n) jeweler, jeweller: (someone in the business of selling jewelry)
  • (n) jewelry_maker, jeweler, jeweller: (someone who makes jewelry)
jewelled, Adjective
  • (s) beady, gemmed, jeweled, jewelled, sequined, spangled, spangly: (covered with beads or jewels or sequins)
jeweller, Noun
  • (n) jeweler, jeweller: (someone in the business of selling jewelry)
  • (n) jewelry_maker, jeweler, jeweller: (someone who makes jewelry)
jewellery, Noun
  • (n) jewelry, jewellery: (an adornment (as a bracelet or ring or necklace) made of precious metals and set with gems (or imitation gems))
jewelry, Noun
  • (n) jewelry, jewellery: (an adornment (as a bracelet or ring or necklace) made of precious metals and set with gems (or imitation gems))
jewelweed, Noun
  • (n) jewelweed, lady's_earrings, orange_balsam, celandine, touch-me-not, Impatiens_capensis: (North American annual plant with usually yellow or orange flowers; grows chiefly on wet rather acid soil)
jewfish, Noun
  • (n) jewfish, Mycteroperca_bonaci: (large dark grouper with a thick head and rough scales)
  • (n) mulloway, jewfish, Sciaena_antarctica: (large important food fish of Australia; almost indistinguishable from the maigre)
jib, Noun
  • (n) jib: (any triangular fore-and-aft sail (set forward of the foremast))
jib, Verb
  • (v) jibe, gybe, jib, change_course: (shift from one side of the ship to the other) "The sail jibbed wildly"
  • (v) resist, balk, baulk, jib: (refuse to comply)
jibe, Noun
  • (n) shot, shaft, slam, dig, barb, jibe, gibe: (an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect) "his parting shot was `drop dead'"; "she threw shafts of sarcasm"; "she takes a dig at me every chance she gets"
jibe, Verb
  • (v) jibe, gybe, jib, change_course: (shift from one side of the ship to the other) "The sail jibbed wildly"
  • (v) match, fit, correspond, check, jibe, gibe, tally, agree: (be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics) "The two stories don't agree in many details"; "The handwriting checks with the signature on the check"; "The suspect's fingerprints don't match those on the gun"
jiffy, Noun
  • (n) blink_of_an_eye, flash, heartbeat, instant, jiffy, split_second, trice, twinkling, wink, New_York_minute: (a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat)) "if I had the chance I'd do it in a flash"
jig, Noun
  • (n) jig, gigue: (music in three-four time for dancing a jig)
  • (n) jig: (a fisherman's lure with one or more hooks that is jerked up and down in the water)
  • (n) jig: (a device that holds a piece of machine work and guides the tools operating on it)
  • (n) jig: (any of various old rustic dances involving kicking and leaping)
jig, Verb
  • (v) jig: (dance a quick dance with leaping and kicking motions)
jigaboo, Noun
  • (n) nigger, nigga, spade, coon, jigaboo, nigra: ((ethnic slur) extremely offensive name for a Black person) "only a Black can call another Black a nigga"
jigger, Noun
  • (n) harvest_mite, chigger, jigger, redbug: (larval mite that sucks the blood of vertebrates including human beings causing intense irritation)
  • (n) jiggermast, jigger: (any small mast on a sailing vessel; especially the mizzenmast of a yawl)
  • (n) shot_glass, jigger, pony: (a small glass adequate to hold a single swallow of whiskey)
jiggermast, Noun
  • (n) jiggermast, jigger: (any small mast on a sailing vessel; especially the mizzenmast of a yawl)
jiggery-pokery, Noun
  • (n) trickery, hocus-pocus, slickness, hanky_panky, jiggery-pokery, skulduggery, skullduggery: (verbal misrepresentation intended to take advantage of you in some way)
jiggle, Noun
  • (n) joggle, jiggle: (a slight irregular shaking motion)
jiggle, Verb
  • (v) jiggle, joggle, wiggle: (move to and fro) "Don't jiggle your finger while the nurse is putting on the bandage!"
jigsaw, Noun
  • (n) jigsaw, scroll_saw, fretsaw: (fine-toothed power saw with a narrow blade; used to cut curved outlines)
  • (n) saber_saw, jigsaw, reciprocating_saw: (a portable power saw with a reciprocating blade; can be used with a variety of blades depending on the application and kind of cut; generally have a plate that rides on the surface that is being cut)
jihad, Noun
  • (n) jihad, jehad, international_jihad: (a holy war waged by Muslims against infidels)
  • (n) jihad, jehad: (a holy struggle or striving by a Muslim for a moral or spiritual or political goal)
jihadi, Adjective
  • (a) jihadi: (of or relating to a jihad)
jillion, Noun
  • (n) million, billion, trillion, zillion, jillion, gazillion: (a very large indefinite number (usually hyperbole)) "there were millions of flies"
jilt, Verb
  • (v) jilt: (cast aside capriciously or unfeelingly) "jilt a lover or a bride"
jilted, Adjective
  • (s) jilted, rejected, spurned: (rebuffed (by a lover) without warning) "jilted at the altar"
jimdandy, Noun
  • (n) jimdandy, jimhickey, crackerjack: (someone excellent of their kind) "he's a jimdandy of a soldier"
  • (n) jimdandy, jimhickey, crackerjack: (something excellent of its kind) "the bike was a jimdandy"
jimhickey, Noun
  • (n) jimdandy, jimhickey, crackerjack: (someone excellent of their kind) "he's a jimdandy of a soldier"
  • (n) jimdandy, jimhickey, crackerjack: (something excellent of its kind) "the bike was a jimdandy"
jimmy, Noun
  • (n) jimmy, jemmy: (a short crowbar) "in Britain they call a jimmy and jemmy"
jimmy, Verb
  • (v) pry, prise, prize, lever, jimmy: (to move or force, especially in an effort to get something open) "The burglar jimmied the lock": "Raccoons managed to pry the lid off the garbage pail"
jingle-jangle, Verb
  • (v) jingle, jingle-jangle, jangle: (make a sound typical of metallic objects) "The keys were jingling in his pocket"
jingle, Noun
  • (n) doggerel, doggerel_verse, jingle: (a comic verse of irregular measure) "he had heard some silly doggerel that kept running through his mind"
  • (n) jingle, jangle: (a metallic sound) "the jingle of coins"; "the jangle of spurs"
jingle, Verb
  • (v) jingle, jingle-jangle, jangle: (make a sound typical of metallic objects) "The keys were jingling in his pocket"
jingling, Adjective
  • (s) jingling, jingly: (having a series of high-pitched ringing sounds like many small bells) "jingling sleigh bells"
jingly, Adjective
  • (s) jingling, jingly: (having a series of high-pitched ringing sounds like many small bells) "jingling sleigh bells"
jingo, Noun
  • (n) chauvinist, jingoist, jingo, flag-waver, hundred-percenter, patrioteer: (an extreme bellicose nationalist)
jingoism, Noun
  • (n) chauvinism, jingoism, superpatriotism, ultranationalism: (fanatical patriotism)
  • (n) flag_waving, jingoism: (an appeal intended to arouse patriotic emotions)
jingoist, Noun
  • (n) chauvinist, jingoist, jingo, flag-waver, hundred-percenter, patrioteer: (an extreme bellicose nationalist)
jingoistic, Adjective
  • (s) chauvinistic, flag-waving, jingoistic, nationalistic, ultranationalistic, superpatriotic: (fanatically patriotic)
jinks, Noun
  • (n) jinks, high_jinks, hijinks, high_jinx: (noisy and mischievous merrymaking)
jinnee, Noun
  • (n) genie, jinni, jinnee, djinni, djinny, djinn: ((Islam) an invisible spirit mentioned in the Koran and believed by Muslims to inhabit the earth and influence mankind by appearing in the form of humans or animals)
jinni, Noun
  • (n) genie, jinni, jinnee, djinni, djinny, djinn: ((Islam) an invisible spirit mentioned in the Koran and believed by Muslims to inhabit the earth and influence mankind by appearing in the form of humans or animals)
jinrikisha, Noun
  • (n) jinrikisha, ricksha, rickshaw: (a small two-wheeled cart for one passenger; pulled by one person)
jinx, Noun
  • (n) hex, jinx, curse, whammy: (an evil spell) "a witch put a curse on his whole family"; "he put the whammy on me"
  • (n) jonah, jinx: (a person believed to bring bad luck to those around him)
jinx, Verb
  • (v) hex, bewitch, glamour, witch, enchant, jinx: (cast a spell over someone or something; put a hex on someone or something)
  • (v) jinx: (foredoom to failure) "This project is jinxed!"
jinxed, Adjective
  • (s) hexed, jinxed: ((usually used colloquially) causing or accompanied by misfortune)
jitney, Noun
  • (n) bus, autobus, coach, charabanc, double-decker, jitney, motorbus, motorcoach, omnibus, passenger_vehicle: (a vehicle carrying many passengers; used for public transport) "he always rode the bus to work"
jitter, Noun
  • (n) jitter: (small rapid variations in a waveform resulting from fluctuations in the voltage supply or mechanical vibrations or other sources)
  • (n) jitter: (a small irregular movement)
jitteriness, Noun
  • (n) jitteriness, jumpiness, nervousness, restiveness: (the anxious feeling you have when you have the jitters)
jitters, Noun
  • (n) jitter: (small rapid variations in a waveform resulting from fluctuations in the voltage supply or mechanical vibrations or other sources)
  • (n) jitter: (a small irregular movement)
  • (n) jitters, heebie-jeebies, screaming_meemies: (extreme nervousness)
jittery, Adjective
  • (s) edgy, high-strung, highly_strung, jittery, jumpy, nervy, overstrung, restive, uptight: (being in a tense state)
  • (a) jittery: (characterized by jerky movements) "a jittery ride"
jiujitsu, Noun
  • (n) jujutsu, jujitsu, jiujitsu: (a method of self-defense without weapons that was developed in China and Japan; holds and blows are supplemented by clever use of the attacker's own weight and strength)
jive, Noun
  • (n) swing, swing_music, jive: (a style of jazz played by big bands popular in the 1930s; flowing rhythms but less complex than later styles of jazz)
jive, Verb
  • (v) jive: (dance to jive music; dance the jive)
job, Verb
  • (v) job: (profit privately from public office and official business)
  • (v) job: (work occasionally) "As a student I jobbed during the semester breaks"
  • (v) speculate, job: (invest at a risk) "I bought this house not because I want to live in it but to sell it later at a good price, so I am speculating"
  • (v) subcontract, farm_out, job: (arranged for contracted work to be done by others)
jobber, Noun
  • (n) jobber, middleman, wholesaler: (someone who buys large quantities of goods and resells to merchants rather than to the ultimate customers)
jobless, Adjective
  • (s) idle, jobless, out_of_work: (not having a job) "idle carpenters"; "jobless transients"; "many people in the area were out of work"
jock, Noun
  • (n) athlete, jock: (a person trained to compete in sports)
  • (n) athletic_supporter, supporter, suspensor, jockstrap, jock: (a support for the genitals worn by men engaging in strenuous exercise)
jockey, Noun
  • (n) jockey: (someone employed to ride horses in horse races)
  • (n) jockey: (an operator of some vehicle or machine or apparatus) "he's a truck jockey"; "a computer jockey"; "a disc jockey"
jockey, Verb
  • (v) cheat, chouse, shaft, screw, chicane, jockey: (defeat someone through trickery or deceit)
  • (v) jockey: (compete (for an advantage or a position))
  • (v) jockey: (ride a racehorse as a professional jockey)
jockstrap, Noun
  • (n) athletic_supporter, supporter, suspensor, jockstrap, jock: (a support for the genitals worn by men engaging in strenuous exercise)
jocose, Adjective
  • (s) jesting, jocose, jocular, joking: (characterized by jokes and good humor)
jocoseness, Noun
  • (n) jocoseness, jocosity, merriness, humorousness: (the trait of merry joking)
jocosity, Noun
  • (n) jocoseness, jocosity, merriness, humorousness: (the trait of merry joking)
  • (n) jocosity, jocularity: (fun characterized by humor)
jocote, Noun
  • (n) mombin, mombin_tree, jocote, Spondias_purpurea: (common tropical American shrub or small tree with purplish fruit)
jocular, Adjective
  • (s) jesting, jocose, jocular, joking: (characterized by jokes and good humor)
jocularity, Noun
  • (n) jest, joke, jocularity: (activity characterized by good humor)
  • (n) jocosity, jocularity: (fun characterized by humor)
  • (n) jocundity, jocularity: (a feeling facetious merriment)
jocund, Adjective
  • (s) gay, jocund, jolly, jovial, merry, mirthful: (full of or showing high-spirited merriment) "when hearts were young and gay"; "a poet could not but be gay, in such a jocund company"- Wordsworth"; "the jolly crowd at the reunion"; "jolly old Saint Nick"; "a jovial old gentleman"; "have a merry Christmas"; "peals of merry laughter"; "a mirthful laugh"
jocundity, Noun
  • (n) jocundity, jocularity: (a feeling facetious merriment)
jodhpur, Noun
  • (n) jodhpur, jodhpur_boot, jodhpur_shoe: (a short riding boot that fastens with a buckle at the side)
joewood, Noun
  • (n) barbasco, joewood, Jacquinia_keyensis: (West Indian shrub or small tree having leathery saponaceous leaves and extremely hard wood)
jog, Noun
  • (n) jog: (a sharp change in direction) "there was a jog in the road"
  • (n) jog, trot, lope: (a slow pace of running)
  • (n) nudge, jog: (a slight push or shake)
jog, Verb
  • (v) jog: (run for exercise) "jog along the canal"
  • (v) jog: (give a slight push to)
  • (v) jog: (stimulate to remember) "jog my memory"
  • (v) ramble_on, ramble, jog: (continue talking or writing in a desultory manner) "This novel rambles on and jogs"
  • (v) square_up, jog, even_up: (even up the edges of a stack of paper, in printing)
  • (v) trot, jog, clip: (run at a moderately swift pace)
jogger, Noun
  • (n) jogger: (someone who runs a steady slow pace (usually for exercise))
jogging, Noun
  • (n) jogging: (running at a jog trot as a form of cardiopulmonary exercise)
joggle, Noun
  • (n) dowel, dowel_pin, joggle: (a fastener that is inserted into holes in two adjacent pieces and holds them together)
  • (n) joggle, jiggle: (a slight irregular shaking motion)
joggle, Verb
  • (v) jiggle, joggle, wiggle: (move to and fro) "Don't jiggle your finger while the nurse is putting on the bandage!"
  • (v) joggle: (fasten or join with a joggle)
join, Noun
  • (n) articulation, join, joint, juncture, junction: (the shape or manner in which things come together and a connection is made)
  • (n) union, sum, join: (a set containing all and only the members of two or more given sets) "let C be the union of the sets A and B"
join, Verb
  • (v) connect, link, link_up, join, unite: (be or become joined or united or linked) "The two streets connect to become a highway"; "Our paths joined"; "The travelers linked up again at the airport"
  • (v) join, fall_in, get_together: (become part of; become a member of a group or organization) "He joined the Communist Party as a young man"
  • (v) join, bring_together: (cause to become joined or linked) "join these two parts so that they fit together"
  • (v) join: (come into the company of) "She joined him for a drink"
  • (v) join, conjoin: (make contact or come together) "The two roads join here"
joined, Adjective
  • (s) coupled, joined, linked: (connected by a link, as railway cars or trailer trucks)
  • (s) joined, united: (of or relating to two people who are married to each other)
joinery, Noun
  • (n) cabinetmaking, joinery: (the craft of a joiner)
  • (n) joinery: (fine woodwork done by a joiner)
joining, Noun
  • (n) joining, connection, connexion: (the act of bringing two things into contact (especially for communication)) "the joining of hands around the table"; "there was a connection via the internet"
joint, Adjective
  • (a) joint: (united or combined) "a joint session of Congress"; "joint owners"
  • (s) joint: (affecting or involving two or more) "joint income-tax return"; "joint ownership"
  • (s) joint: (involving both houses of a legislature) "a joint session of Congress"
joint, Noun
  • (n) articulation, join, joint, juncture, junction: (the shape or manner in which things come together and a connection is made)
  • (n) joint, articulation, articulatio: ((anatomy) the point of connection between two bones or elements of a skeleton (especially if it allows motion))
  • (n) joint: (a disreputable place of entertainment)
  • (n) joint: (junction by which parts or objects are joined together)
  • (n) joint, marijuana_cigarette, reefer, stick, spliff: (marijuana leaves rolled into a cigarette for smoking)
  • (n) roast, joint: (a piece of meat roasted or for roasting and of a size for slicing into more than one portion)
joint, Verb
  • (v) joint: (fit as if by joints) "The boards fit neatly"
  • (v) joint, articulate: (provide with a joint) "the carpenter jointed two pieces of wood"
  • (v) joint: (fasten with a joint)
  • (v) joint: (separate (meat) at the joint)
jointed, Adjective
  • (s) jointed: (having joints or jointed segments; )
jointure, Noun
  • (n) jointure, legal_jointure: ((law) an estate secured to a prospective wife as a marriage settlement in lieu of a dower)
  • (n) union, unification, uniting, conjugation, jointure: (the act of making or becoming a single unit) "the union of opposing factions"; "he looked forward to the unification of his family for the holidays"
jointworm, Noun
  • (n) strawworm, jointworm: (larva of chalcid flies injurious to the straw of wheat and other grains)
joke, Noun
  • (n) antic, joke, prank, trick, caper, put-on: (a ludicrous or grotesque act done for fun and amusement)
  • (n) jest, joke, jocularity: (activity characterized by good humor)
  • (n) joke, gag, laugh, jest, jape: (a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter) "he told a very funny joke"; "he knows a million gags"; "thanks for the laugh"; "he laughed unpleasantly at his own jest"; "even a schoolboy's jape is supposed to have some ascertainable point"
  • (n) joke: (a triviality not to be taken seriously) "I regarded his campaign for mayor as a joke"
joke, Verb
  • (v) joke, jest: (tell a joke; speak humorously) "He often jokes even when he appears serious"
  • (v) joke, jest: (act in a funny or teasing way)
joker, Noun
  • (n) joker, jokester: (a person who enjoys telling or playing jokes)
  • (n) joker, turkey: (a person who does something thoughtless or annoying) "some joker is blocking the driveway"
  • (n) joker: (an inconspicuous clause in a document or bill that affects its meaning in a way that is not immediately apparent) "when I demanded my money he showed me the joker in the contract"
  • (n) joker: (a playing card that is usually printed with a picture of a jester)
jokester, Noun
  • (n) joker, jokester: (a person who enjoys telling or playing jokes)
joking, Adjective
  • (s) jesting, jocose, jocular, joking: (characterized by jokes and good humor)
jollification, Noun
  • (n) merrymaking, conviviality, jollification: (a boisterous celebration; a merry festivity)
jollify, Verb
  • (v) revel, racket, make_whoopie, make_merry, make_happy, whoop_it_up, jollify, wassail: (celebrate noisily, often indulging in drinking; engage in uproarious festivities) "The members of the wedding party made merry all night"; "Let's whoop it up--the boss is gone!"
jolliness, Noun
  • (n) jollity, jolliness, joviality: (feeling jolly and jovial and full of good humor)
jollity, Noun
  • (n) jollity, jolliness, joviality: (feeling jolly and jovial and full of good humor)
jolly, Adjective
  • (s) gay, jocund, jolly, jovial, merry, mirthful: (full of or showing high-spirited merriment) "when hearts were young and gay"; "a poet could not but be gay, in such a jocund company"- Wordsworth"; "the jolly crowd at the reunion"; "jolly old Saint Nick"; "a jovial old gentleman"; "have a merry Christmas"; "peals of merry laughter"; "a mirthful laugh"
jolly, Noun
  • (n) jolly: (a happy party)
  • (n) jolly_boat, jolly: (a yawl used by a ship's sailors for general work)
jolly, Verb
  • (v) kid, chaff, jolly, josh, banter: (be silly or tease one another) "After we relaxed, we just kidded around"
jolt, Noun
  • (n) jerk, jerking, jolt, saccade: (an abrupt spasmodic movement)
  • (n) jolt, jar, jounce, shock: (a sudden jarring impact) "the door closed with a jolt"; "all the jars and jolts were smoothed out by the shock absorbers"
jolt, Verb
  • (v) jolt, jar: (move or cause to move with a sudden jerky motion)
  • (v) jolt: (disturb (someone's) composure) "The audience was jolted by the play"
jolted, Adjective
  • (s) jolted: (bumped or shaken jerkily) "the jolted passengers"
  • (s) jolted, shaken: (disturbed psychologically as if by a physical jolt or shock) "retrieved his named from her jolted memory"; "the accident left her badly shaken"
jolting, Adjective
  • (a) rough, rocky, bumpy, jolty, jolting, jumpy: (causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements) "a rough ride"
jolty, Adjective
  • (a) rough, rocky, bumpy, jolty, jolting, jumpy: (causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements) "a rough ride"
jongleur, Noun
  • (n) folk_singer, jongleur, minstrel, poet-singer, troubadour: (a singer of folk songs)
jook, Noun
  • (n) congee, jook: (a Chinese rice gruel eaten for breakfast)
  • (n) juke, jook, juke_joint, jook_joint, juke_house, jook_house: (a small roadside establishment in the southeastern United States where you can eat and drink and dance to music provided by a jukebox)
josh, Verb
  • (v) kid, chaff, jolly, josh, banter: (be silly or tease one another) "After we relaxed, we just kidded around"
joss, Noun
  • (n) joss: (a Chinese god worshipped in the form of an idol)
jostle, Noun
  • (n) jostle, jostling: (the act of jostling (forcing your way by pushing))
jostle, Verb
  • (v) jostle: (make one's way by jostling, pushing, or shoving) "We had to jostle our way to the front of the platform"
  • (v) jostle, shove: (come into rough contact with while moving) "The passengers jostled each other in the overcrowded train"
jostling, Noun
  • (n) jostle, jostling: (the act of jostling (forcing your way by pushing))
jot, Noun
  • (n) jotting, jot: (a brief (and hurriedly handwritten) note)
  • (n) touch, hint, tinge, mite, pinch, jot, speck, soupcon: (a slight but appreciable amount) "this dish could use a touch of garlic"
jot, Verb
  • (v) jot_down, jot: (write briefly or hurriedly; write a short note of)
jotting, Noun
  • (n) jotting, jot: (a brief (and hurriedly handwritten) note)
jounce, Noun
  • (n) jolt, jar, jounce, shock: (a sudden jarring impact) "the door closed with a jolt"; "all the jars and jolts were smoothed out by the shock absorbers"
jounce, Verb
  • (v) bounce, jounce: (move up and down repeatedly)
journal, Noun
  • (n) daybook, journal: (a ledger in which transactions have been recorded as they occurred)
  • (n) diary, journal: (a daily written record of (usually personal) experiences and observations)
  • (n) journal: (a periodical dedicated to a particular subject) "he reads the medical journals"
  • (n) journal: (a record book as a physical object)
  • (n) journal: (the part of the axle contained by a bearing)
journalism, Noun
  • (n) journalism, news_media: (newspapers and magazines collectively)
  • (n) journalism: (the profession of reporting or photographing or editing news stories for one of the media)
journalist, Noun
  • (n) diarist, diary_keeper, journalist: (someone who keeps a diary or journal)
  • (n) journalist: (a writer for newspapers and magazines)
journalistic, Adjective
  • (a) journalistic: (of or relating to or having the characteristics of journalism) "journalistic writing"
journey, Noun
  • (n) journey, journeying: (the act of traveling from one place to another)
journey, Verb
  • (v) travel, journey: (undertake a journey or trip)
  • (v) travel, journey: (travel upon or across) "travel the oceans"
journeyer, Noun
  • (n) wayfarer, journeyer: (a traveler going on a trip)
journeying, Noun
  • (n) journey, journeying: (the act of traveling from one place to another)
journeyman, Noun
  • (n) craftsman, artisan, journeyman, artificer: (a skilled worker who practices some trade or handicraft)
joust, Noun
  • (n) joust, tilt: (a combat between two mounted knights tilting against each other with blunted lances)
joust, Verb
  • (v) joust: (joust against somebody in a tournament by fighting on horseback)
jovial, Adjective
  • (s) gay, jocund, jolly, jovial, merry, mirthful: (full of or showing high-spirited merriment) "when hearts were young and gay"; "a poet could not but be gay, in such a jocund company"- Wordsworth"; "the jolly crowd at the reunion"; "jolly old Saint Nick"; "a jovial old gentleman"; "have a merry Christmas"; "peals of merry laughter"; "a mirthful laugh"
joviality, Noun
  • (n) conviviality, joviality: (a jovial nature)
  • (n) jollity, jolliness, joviality: (feeling jolly and jovial and full of good humor)
jowl, Noun
  • (n) jowl: (a fullness and looseness of the flesh of the lower cheek and jaw (characteristic of aging))
  • (n) lower_jaw, mandible, mandibula, mandibular_bone, submaxilla, lower_jawbone, jawbone, jowl: (the jaw in vertebrates that is hinged to open the mouth)
jowly, Adjective
  • (s) double-chinned, jowly, loose-jowled: (having sagging folds of flesh beneath the chin or lower jaw)
joy, Noun
  • (n) joy, joyousness, joyfulness: (the emotion of great happiness)
  • (n) joy, delight, pleasure: (something or someone that provides a source of happiness) "a joy to behold"; "the pleasure of his company"; "the new car is a delight"
joy, Verb
  • (v) gladden, joy: (make glad or happy)
  • (v) rejoice, joy: (feel happiness or joy)
joyful, Adjective
  • (s) elated, gleeful, joyful, jubilant: (full of high-spirited delight) "a joyful heart"
  • (a) joyful: (full of or producing joy) "make a joyful noise"; "a joyful occasion"
joyfulness, Noun
  • (n) joy, joyousness, joyfulness: (the emotion of great happiness)
joyless, Adjective
  • (a) joyless: (not experiencing or inspiring joy) "a joyless man"; "a joyless occasion"; "joyless evenings"
joyous, Adjective
  • (a) joyous: (full of or characterized by joy) "felt a joyous abandon"; "joyous laughter"
joyousness, Noun
  • (n) joy, joyousness, joyfulness: (the emotion of great happiness)
joyride, Noun
  • (n) joyride: (a ride in a car taken solely for pleasure) "they took their girlfriends for joyrides in stolen cars"
joyride, Verb
  • (v) joyride, tool, tool_around: (ride in a car with no particular goal and just for the pleasure of it) "We tooled down the street"
joystick, Noun
  • (n) joystick: (a manual control consisting of a vertical handle that can move freely in two directions; used as an input device to computers or to devices controlled by computers)
  • (n) stick, control_stick, joystick: (a lever used by a pilot to control the ailerons and elevators of an airplane)
jr., Adjective
  • (s) younger, : (used of the younger of two persons of the same name especially used to distinguish a son from his father) "John Junior"; "John Smith, Jr."
jubilance, Noun
  • (n) exultation, jubilance, jubilancy, jubilation: (a feeling of extreme joy)
jubilancy, Noun
  • (n) exultation, jubilance, jubilancy, jubilation: (a feeling of extreme joy)
jubilant, Adjective
  • (s) elated, gleeful, joyful, jubilant: (full of high-spirited delight) "a joyful heart"
  • (s) exultant, exulting, jubilant, prideful, rejoicing, triumphal, triumphant: (joyful and proud especially because of triumph or success) "rejoicing crowds filled the streets on VJ Day"; "a triumphal success"; "a triumphant shout"
jubilate, Verb
  • (v) exuberate, exult, rejoice, triumph, jubilate: (to express great joy) "Who cannot exult in Spring?"
  • (v) jubilate: (celebrate a jubilee)
jubilation, Noun
  • (n) celebration, jubilation: (a joyful occasion for special festivities to mark some happy event)
  • (n) exultation, jubilance, jubilancy, jubilation: (a feeling of extreme joy)
  • (n) exultation, rejoicing, jubilation: (the utterance of sounds expressing great joy)
jubilee, Noun
  • (n) jubilee: (a special anniversary (or the celebration of it))
judder, Verb
  • (v) judder, shake: (shake or vibrate rapidly and intensively) "The old engine was juddering"
judge, Noun
  • (n) evaluator, judge: (an authority who is able to estimate worth or quality)
  • (n) judge, justice, jurist: (a public official authorized to decide questions brought before a court of justice)
judge, Verb
  • (v) estimate, gauge, approximate, guess, judge: (judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time)) "I estimate this chicken to weigh three pounds"
  • (v) evaluate, pass_judgment, judge: (form a critical opinion of) "I cannot judge some works of modern art"; "How do you evaluate this grant proposal?" "We shouldn't pass judgment on other people"
  • (v) judge: (determine the result of (a competition))
  • (v) judge, adjudicate, try: (put on trial or hear a case and sit as the judge at the trial of) "The football star was tried for the murder of his wife"; "The judge tried both father and son in separate trials"
  • (v) pronounce, label, judge: (pronounce judgment on) "They labeled him unfit to work here"
judgement, Noun
  • (n) judgment, judgement, mind: (an opinion formed by judging something) "he was reluctant to make his judgment known"; "she changed her mind"
  • (n) judgment, judgement, assessment: (the act of judging or assessing a person or situation or event) "they criticized my judgment of the contestants"
  • (n) judgment, judgement, judicial_decision: ((law) the determination by a court of competent jurisdiction on matters submitted to it)
  • (n) judgment, judgement, judging: (the cognitive process of reaching a decision or drawing conclusions)
  • (n) judgment, judgement, sound_judgment, sound_judgement, perspicacity: (the capacity to assess situations or circumstances shrewdly and to draw sound conclusions)
  • (n) opinion, legal_opinion, judgment, judgement: (the legal document stating the reasons for a judicial decision) "opinions are usually written by a single judge"
  • (n) sagacity, sagaciousness, judgment, judgement, discernment: (the mental ability to understand and discriminate between relations)
judgeship, Noun
  • (n) judgeship, judicature: (the position of judge)
judging, Noun
  • (n) judgment, judgement, judging: (the cognitive process of reaching a decision or drawing conclusions)
judgment, Noun
  • (n) judgment, judgement, mind: (an opinion formed by judging something) "he was reluctant to make his judgment known"; "she changed her mind"
  • (n) judgment, judgement, assessment: (the act of judging or assessing a person or situation or event) "they criticized my judgment of the contestants"
  • (n) judgment, judgement, judicial_decision: ((law) the determination by a court of competent jurisdiction on matters submitted to it)
  • (n) judgment, judgement, judging: (the cognitive process of reaching a decision or drawing conclusions)
  • (n) judgment, judgement, sound_judgment, sound_judgement, perspicacity: (the capacity to assess situations or circumstances shrewdly and to draw sound conclusions)
  • (n) opinion, legal_opinion, judgment, judgement: (the legal document stating the reasons for a judicial decision) "opinions are usually written by a single judge"
  • (n) sagacity, sagaciousness, judgment, judgement, discernment: (the mental ability to understand and discriminate between relations)
judgmental, Adjective
  • (a) judgmental: (depending on judgment) "a judgmental error"; "I think that she is too judgmental to be a good therapist"
judicatory, Noun
  • (n) judiciary, judicature, judicatory, judicial_system: (the system of law courts that administer justice and constitute the judicial branch of government)
judicature, Noun
  • (n) administration, judicature: (the act of meting out justice according to the law)
  • (n) court, tribunal, judicature: (an assembly (including one or more judges) to conduct judicial business)
  • (n) judgeship, judicature: (the position of judge)
  • (n) judiciary, judicature, judicatory, judicial_system: (the system of law courts that administer justice and constitute the judicial branch of government)
judicial, Adjective
  • (s) discriminative, judicial: (expressing careful judgment) "discriminative censure"; "a biography ...appreciative and yet judicial in purpose"-Tyler Dennett"
  • (a) judicial: (belonging or appropriate to the office of a judge) "judicial robes"
  • (a) judicial, juridical, juridic: (relating to the administration of justice or the function of a judge) "judicial system"
  • (s) judicial: (decreed by or proceeding from a court of justice) "a judicial decision"
judiciary, Noun
  • (n) judiciary, bench: (persons who administer justice)
  • (n) judiciary, judicature, judicatory, judicial_system: (the system of law courts that administer justice and constitute the judicial branch of government)
judicious, Adjective
  • (s) judicious, wise, heady: (marked by the exercise of good judgment or common sense in practical matters) "judicious use of one's money"; "a wise decision"
judiciousness, Noun
  • (n) judiciousness: (good judgment)
  • (n) judiciousness, sagacity, sagaciousness: (the trait of forming opinions by distinguishing and evaluating)
judo, Noun
  • (n) judo: (a sport adapted from jujitsu (using principles of not resisting) and similar to wrestling; developed in Japan)
jug, Noun
  • (n) jug: (a large bottle with a narrow mouth)
  • (n) jug, jugful: (the quantity contained in a jug)
jug, Verb
  • (v) imprison, incarcerate, lag, immure, put_behind_bars, jail, jug, gaol, put_away, remand: (lock up or confine, in or as in a jail) "The suspects were imprisoned without trial"; "the murderer was incarcerated for the rest of his life"
  • (v) jug: (stew in an earthenware jug) "jug the rabbit"
jugful, Noun
  • (n) jug, jugful: (the quantity contained in a jug)
juggle, Noun
  • (n) juggle, juggling: (the act of rearranging things to give a misleading impression)
  • (n) juggle, juggling: (throwing and catching several objects simultaneously)
juggle, Verb
  • (v) juggle, beguile, hoodwink: (influence by slyness)
  • (v) juggle: (manipulate by or as if by moving around components) "juggle an account so as to hide a deficit"
  • (v) juggle: (deal with simultaneously) "She had to juggle her job and her children"
  • (v) juggle: (throw, catch, and keep in the air several things simultaneously)
  • (v) juggle: (hold with difficulty and balance insecurely) "the player juggled the ball"
juggling, Noun
  • (n) juggle, juggling: (the act of rearranging things to give a misleading impression)
  • (n) juggle, juggling: (throwing and catching several objects simultaneously)
juice, Noun
  • (n) juice: (the liquid part that can be extracted from plant or animal tissue by squeezing or cooking)
  • (n) juice: (energetic vitality) "her creative juices were flowing"
  • (n) juice: (electric current) "when the wiring was finished they turned on the juice"
  • (n) juice, succus: (any of several liquids of the body) "digestive juices"
juiceless, Adjective
  • (s) dry, juiceless: (lacking interest or stimulation; dull and lifeless) "a dry book"; "a dry lecture filled with trivial details"; "dull and juiceless as only book knowledge can be when it is unrelated to...life"- John Mason Brown"
  • (a) juiceless: (lacking juice)
juicer, Noun
  • (n) drinker, imbiber, toper, juicer: (a person who drinks alcoholic beverages (especially to excess))
  • (n) reamer, juicer, juice_reamer: (a squeezer with a conical ridged center that is used for squeezing juice from citrus fruit)
juiciness, Noun
  • (n) succulence, succulency, juiciness: (a juicy appetizingness)
juicy, Adjective
  • (s) blue, gamy, gamey, juicy, naughty, racy, risque, spicy: (suggestive of sexual impropriety) "a blue movie"; "blue jokes"; "he skips asterisks and gives you the gamy details"; "a juicy scandal"; "a naughty wink"; "naughty words"; "racy anecdotes"; "a risque story"; "spicy gossip"
  • (s) fat, juicy: (lucrative) "a juicy contract"; "a nice fat job"
  • (a) juicy: (full of juice)
  • (s) juicy, luscious, red-hot, toothsome, voluptuous: (having strong sexual appeal) "juicy barmaids"; "a red-hot mama"; "a voluptuous woman"; "a toothsome blonde in a tight dress"
jujitsu, Noun
  • (n) jujutsu, jujitsu, jiujitsu: (a method of self-defense without weapons that was developed in China and Japan; holds and blows are supplemented by clever use of the attacker's own weight and strength)
juju, Noun
  • (n) juju: (the power associated with a juju)
  • (n) juju, voodoo, hoodoo, fetish, fetich: (a charm superstitiously believed to embody magical powers)
jujube, Noun
  • (n) jujube, jujube_bush, Christ's-thorn, Jerusalem_thorn, Ziziphus_jujuba: (spiny tree having dark red edible fruits)
  • (n) jujube, Chinese_date, Chinese_jujube: (dark red plumlike fruit of Old World buckthorn trees)
  • (n) jujube: (chewy fruit-flavored jellied candy (sometimes medicated to soothe a sore throat))
jujutsu, Noun
  • (n) jujutsu, jujitsu, jiujitsu: (a method of self-defense without weapons that was developed in China and Japan; holds and blows are supplemented by clever use of the attacker's own weight and strength)
juke, Noun
  • (n) juke, jook, juke_joint, jook_joint, juke_house, jook_house: (a small roadside establishment in the southeastern United States where you can eat and drink and dance to music provided by a jukebox)
  • (n) juke, fake: ((football) a deceptive move made by a football player)
jukebox, Noun
  • (n) jukebox, nickelodeon: (a cabinet containing an automatic record player; records are played by inserting a coin)
julienne, Verb
  • (v) julienne: (cut into long thin strips) "julienne the potatoes"
jumbal, Noun
  • (n) jumble, jumbal: (small flat ring-shaped cake or cookie)
jumble, Noun
  • (n) clutter, jumble, muddle, fuddle, mare's_nest, welter, smother: (a confused multitude of things)
  • (n) jumble, jumbal: (small flat ring-shaped cake or cookie)
  • (n) patchwork, hodgepodge, jumble: (a theory or argument made up of miscellaneous or incongruous ideas)
jumble, Verb
  • (v) jumble, mingle: (be all mixed up or jumbled together) "His words jumbled"
  • (v) jumble, confuse, mix_up: (assemble without order or sense) "She jumbles the words when she is supposed to write a sentence"
  • (v) scramble, jumble, throw_together: (bring into random order)
jumbled, Adjective
  • (s) disorderly, higgledy-piggledy, hugger-mugger, jumbled, topsy-turvy: (in utter disorder) "a disorderly pile of clothes"
jumbo, Adjective
  • (s) elephantine, gargantuan, giant, jumbo: (of great mass; huge and bulky) "a jumbo jet"; "jumbo shrimp"
jump-start, Noun
  • (n) jumpstart, jump-start: (starting an automobile engine that has a weak battery by means of jumper cables to another car) "my battery was dead so I had to get a jumpstart from my neighbor"
jump-start, Verb
  • (v) jumpstart, jump-start, jump: (start (a car engine whose battery is dead) by connecting it to another car's battery)
  • (v) jumpstart, jump-start: (start or re-start vigorously) "The Secretary of State intends to jumpstart the Middle East Peace Process"
jump, Noun
  • (n) jump, leap: (a sudden and decisive increase) "a jump in attendance"
  • (n) jump: ((film) an abrupt transition from one scene to another)
  • (n) jump, parachuting: (descent with a parachute) "he had done a lot of parachuting in the army"
  • (n) jump, jumping: (the act of jumping; propelling yourself off the ground) "he advanced in a series of jumps"; "the jumping was unexpected"
  • (n) leap, jump, saltation: (an abrupt transition) "a successful leap from college to the major leagues"
  • (n) startle, jump, start: (a sudden involuntary movement) "he awoke with a start"
jump, Verb
  • (v) alternate, jump: (go back and forth; swing back and forth between two states or conditions)
  • (v) chute, parachute, jump: (jump from an airplane and descend with a parachute)
  • (v) derail, jump: (run off or leave the rails) "the train derailed because a cow was standing on the tracks"
  • (v) jump, leap, bound, spring: (move forward by leaps and bounds) "The horse bounded across the meadow"; "The child leapt across the puddle"; "Can you jump over the fence?"
  • (v) jump: (make a sudden physical attack on) "The muggers jumped the woman in the fur coat"
  • (v) jump: (increase suddenly and significantly) "Prices jumped overnight"
  • (v) jump: (enter eagerly into) "He jumped into the game"
  • (v) jump, leap, jump_off: (jump down from an elevated point) "the parachutist didn't want to jump"; "every year, hundreds of people jump off the Golden Gate bridge"; "the widow leapt into the funeral pyre"
  • (v) jump, leap: (cause to jump or leap) "the trainer jumped the tiger through the hoop"
  • (v) jump, pass_over, skip, skip_over: (bypass) "He skipped a row in the text and so the sentence was incomprehensible"
  • (v) jumpstart, jump-start, jump: (start (a car engine whose battery is dead) by connecting it to another car's battery)
  • (v) leap, jump: (pass abruptly from one state or topic to another) "leap into fame"; "jump to a conclusion"; "jump from one thing to another"
  • (v) leap_out, jump_out, jump, stand_out, stick_out: (be highly noticeable)
  • (v) rise, jump, climb_up: (rise in rank or status) "Her new novel jumped high on the bestseller list"
  • (v) startle, jump, start: (move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm) "She startled when I walked into the room"
jumper, Noun
  • (n) jumper: (a person who jumps) "as the jumper neared the ground he lost control"; "the jumper's parachute opened"
  • (n) jumper: (an athlete who competes at jumping) "he is one hell of a jumper"
  • (n) jumper: (a coverall worn by children)
  • (n) jumper: (a small connector used to make temporary electrical connections)
  • (n) jumper: (a loose jacket or blouse worn by workmen)
  • (n) jumper, pinafore, pinny: (a sleeveless dress resembling an apron; worn over other clothing)
  • (n) jumper, jump_shot: ((basketball) a player releases the basketball at the high point of a jump)
  • (n) sweater, jumper: (a crocheted or knitted garment covering the upper part of the body)
jumpiness, Noun
  • (n) jitteriness, jumpiness, nervousness, restiveness: (the anxious feeling you have when you have the jitters)
jumping, Noun
  • (n) jump, jumping: (the act of jumping; propelling yourself off the ground) "he advanced in a series of jumps"; "the jumping was unexpected"
  • (n) jumping: (the act of participating in an athletic competition in which you must jump)
jumpstart, Noun
  • (n) jumpstart, jump-start: (starting an automobile engine that has a weak battery by means of jumper cables to another car) "my battery was dead so I had to get a jumpstart from my neighbor"
jumpstart, Verb
  • (v) jumpstart, jump-start, jump: (start (a car engine whose battery is dead) by connecting it to another car's battery)
  • (v) jumpstart, jump-start: (start or re-start vigorously) "The Secretary of State intends to jumpstart the Middle East Peace Process"
jumpy, Adjective
  • (s) edgy, high-strung, highly_strung, jittery, jumpy, nervy, overstrung, restive, uptight: (being in a tense state)
  • (a) rough, rocky, bumpy, jolty, jolting, jumpy: (causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements) "a rough ride"
junco, Noun
  • (n) junco, snowbird: (small North American finch seen chiefly in winter)
junction, Noun
  • (n) articulation, join, joint, juncture, junction: (the shape or manner in which things come together and a connection is made)
  • (n) junction: (the place where two or more things come together)
  • (n) junction, conjunction, conjugation, colligation: (the state of being joined together)
  • (n) junction, conjunction: (something that joins or connects)
  • (n) junction, adjunction: (an act of joining or adjoining things)
juncture, Noun
  • (n) articulation, join, joint, juncture, junction: (the shape or manner in which things come together and a connection is made)
  • (n) juncture, occasion: (an event that occurs at a critical time) "at such junctures he always had an impulse to leave"; "it was needed only on special occasions"
  • (n) juncture, critical_point, crossroads: (a crisis situation or point in time when a critical decision must be made) "at that juncture he had no idea what to do"; "he must be made to realize that the company stands at a critical point"
jungle, Noun
  • (n) hobo_camp, jungle: (a place where hoboes camp)
  • (n) jungle: (a location marked by an intense competition and struggle for survival)
  • (n) jungle: (an impenetrable equatorial forest)
junior-grade, Adjective
  • (s) junior-grade, lower-ranking, lowly, petty, secondary, subaltern: (inferior in rank or status) "the junior faculty"; "a lowly corporal"; "petty officialdom"; "a subordinate functionary"
junior, Adjective
  • (a) junior: (younger; lower in rank; shorter in length of tenure or service)
  • (s) junior, third-year, next-to-last: (used of the third or next to final year in United States high school or college) "the junior class"; "a third-year student"
  • (s) junior: (including or intended for youthful persons) "a junior sports league"; "junior fashions"
juniper, Noun
  • (n) juniper: (coniferous shrub or small tree with berrylike cones)
  • (n) retem, raetam, juniper_bush, juniper, Retama_raetam, Genista_raetam: (desert shrub of Syria and Arabia having small white flowers; constitutes the juniper of the Old Testament; sometimes placed in genus Genista)
junk, Noun
  • (n) debris, dust, junk, rubble, detritus: (the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up)
  • (n) junk: (any of various Chinese boats with a high poop and lugsails)
junk, Verb
  • (v) trash, junk, scrap: (dispose of (something useless or old)) "trash these old chairs"; "junk an old car"; "scrap your old computer"
junket, Noun
  • (n) excursion, jaunt, outing, junket, pleasure_trip, expedition, sashay: (a journey taken for pleasure) "many summer excursions to the shore"; "it was merely a pleasure trip"; "after cautious sashays into the field"
  • (n) junket: (dessert made of sweetened milk coagulated with rennet)
  • (n) junket: (a trip taken by an official at public expense)
junket, Verb
  • (v) feast, banquet, junket: (partake in a feast or banquet)
  • (v) feast, banquet, junket: (provide a feast or banquet for)
  • (v) junketeer, junket: (go on a pleasure trip)
junketeer, Verb
  • (v) junketeer, junket: (go on a pleasure trip)
junkie, Noun
  • (n) addict, nut, freak, junkie, junky: (someone who is so ardently devoted to something that it resembles an addiction) "a golf addict"; "a car nut"; "a bodybuilding freak"; "a news junkie"
  • (n) drug_addict, junkie, junky: (a narcotics addict)
junky, Noun
  • (n) addict, nut, freak, junkie, junky: (someone who is so ardently devoted to something that it resembles an addiction) "a golf addict"; "a car nut"; "a bodybuilding freak"; "a news junkie"
  • (n) drug_addict, junkie, junky: (a narcotics addict)
junkyard, Noun
  • (n) junkyard: (a field where junk is collected and stored for resale)
junta, Noun
  • (n) military_junta, junta: (a group of military officers who rule a country after seizing power)
junto, Noun
  • (n) cabal, faction, junto, camarilla: (a clique (often secret) that seeks power usually through intrigue)
jupati, Noun
  • (n) jupati, jupaty, jupati_palm, Raffia_taedigera: (a tall Brazilian feather palm with a terminal crown of very large leathery pinnatisect leaves rising from long strong stems used for structural purposes)
jupaty, Noun
  • (n) jupati, jupaty, jupati_palm, Raffia_taedigera: (a tall Brazilian feather palm with a terminal crown of very large leathery pinnatisect leaves rising from long strong stems used for structural purposes)
jural, Adjective
  • (s) jural, juristic: (of or relating to law or to legal rights and obligations)
juridic, Adjective
  • (a) judicial, juridical, juridic: (relating to the administration of justice or the function of a judge) "judicial system"
  • (a) juridical, juridic: (of or relating to the law or jurisprudence) "juridical days"
juridical, Adjective
  • (a) judicial, juridical, juridic: (relating to the administration of justice or the function of a judge) "judicial system"
  • (a) juridical, juridic: (of or relating to the law or jurisprudence) "juridical days"
jurisdiction, Noun
  • (n) jurisdiction: (in law; the territory within which power can be exercised)
  • (n) legal_power, jurisdiction: ((law) the right and power to interpret and apply the law) "courts having jurisdiction in this district"
jurisdictional, Adjective
  • (s) jurisdictional: (restricted to the geographic area under a particular jurisdiction) "the jurisdictional limits of a state"
jurisprudence, Noun
  • (n) jurisprudence, law, legal_philosophy: (the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do)
  • (n) law, jurisprudence: (the collection of rules imposed by authority) "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order"
jurisprudential, Adjective
  • (a) jurisprudential: (relating to the science or philosophy of law or a system of laws)
jurist, Noun
  • (n) judge, justice, jurist: (a public official authorized to decide questions brought before a court of justice)
  • (n) jurist, legal_expert: (a legal scholar versed in civil law or the law of nations)
juristic, Adjective
  • (s) jural, juristic: (of or relating to law or to legal rights and obligations)
juror, Noun
  • (n) juror, juryman, jurywoman: (someone who serves (or waits to be called to serve) on a jury)
jury-rigged, Adjective
  • (s) improvised, jury-rigged, makeshift: (done or made using whatever is available) "crossed the river on improvised bridges"; "the survivors used jury-rigged fishing gear"; "the rock served as a makeshift hammer"
jury, Noun
  • (n) jury: (a body of citizens sworn to give a true verdict according to the evidence presented in a court of law)
  • (n) jury, panel: (a committee appointed to judge a competition)
juryman, Noun
  • (n) juror, juryman, jurywoman: (someone who serves (or waits to be called to serve) on a jury)
jurywoman, Noun
  • (n) juror, juryman, jurywoman: (someone who serves (or waits to be called to serve) on a jury)
just, Adjective
  • (a) equitable, just: (fair to all parties as dictated by reason and conscience) "equitable treatment of all citizens"; "an equitable distribution of gifts among the children"
  • (a) fair, just: (free from favoritism or self-interest or bias or deception; conforming with established standards or rules) "a fair referee"; "fair deal"; "on a fair footing"; "a fair fight"; "by fair means or foul"
  • (s) good, just, upright: (of moral excellence) "a genuinely good person"; "a just cause"; "an upright and respectable man"
  • (a) just: (used especially of what is legally or ethically right or proper or fitting) "a just and lasting peace"- A.Lincoln"; "a kind and just man"; "a just reward"; "his just inheritance"
justiciar, Noun
  • (n) justiciar, justiciary: (formerly a high judicial officer)
justiciary, Noun
  • (n) justiciar, justiciary: (formerly a high judicial officer)
  • (n) justiciary: (the jurisdiction of a justiciar)
justifiable, Adjective
  • (s) justifiable: (capable of being justified)
justification, Noun
  • (n) justification: (something (such as a fact or circumstance) that shows an action to be reasonable or necessary) "he considered misrule a justification for revolution"
  • (n) justification: (a statement in explanation of some action or belief)
  • (n) justification: (the act of defending or explaining or making excuses for by reasoning) "the justification of barbarous means by holy ends"- H.J.Muller"
justificative, Adjective
  • (s) defensive, justificative, justificatory: (attempting to justify or defend in speech or writing)
  • (s) justificative, justificatory, vindicatory: (providing justification)
justificatory, Adjective
  • (s) defensive, justificative, justificatory: (attempting to justify or defend in speech or writing)
  • (s) justificative, justificatory, vindicatory: (providing justification)
justifier, Noun
  • (n) apologist, vindicator, justifier: (a person who argues to defend or justify some policy or institution) "an apologist for capital punishment"
justify, Verb
  • (v) absolve, justify, free: (let off the hook) "I absolve you from this responsibility"
  • (v) apologize, apologise, excuse, justify, rationalize, rationalise: (defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning) "rationalize the child's seemingly crazy behavior"; "he rationalized his lack of success"
  • (v) justify, warrant: (show to be reasonable or provide adequate ground for) "The emergency does not warrant all of us buying guns"; "The end justifies the means"
  • (v) justify, vindicate: (show to be right by providing justification or proof) "vindicate a claim"
  • (v) justify: (adjust the spaces between words) "justify the margins"
justness, Noun
  • (n) justice, justness: (the quality of being just or fair)
  • (n) justness, rightness, nicety: (conformity with some esthetic standard of correctness or propriety) "it was performed with justness and beauty"
jut, Noun
  • (n) bulge, bump, hump, swelling, gibbosity, gibbousness, jut, prominence, protuberance, protrusion, extrusion, excrescence: (something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings) "the gun in his pocket made an obvious bulge"; "the hump of a camel"; "he stood on the rocky prominence"; "the occipital protuberance was well developed"; "the bony excrescence between its horns"
  • (n) protrusion, projection, jut, jutting: (the act of projecting out from something)
jut, Verb
  • (v) stick_out, protrude, jut_out, jut, project: (extend out or project in space) "His sharp nose jutted out"; "A single rock sticks out from the cliff"
jutting, Adjective
  • (s) jutting, projected, projecting, protruding, relieved, sticking, sticking_out: (extending out above or beyond a surface or boundary) "the jutting limb of a tree"; "massive projected buttresses"; "his protruding ribs"; "a pile of boards sticking over the end of his truck"
jutting, Noun
  • (n) protrusion, projection, jut, jutting: (the act of projecting out from something)
juvenile, Adjective
  • (s) adolescent, jejune, juvenile, puerile: (displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity) "adolescent insecurity"; "jejune responses to our problems"; "their behavior was juvenile"; "puerile jokes"
  • (a) juvenile: (of or relating to or characteristic of or appropriate for children or young people) "juvenile diabetes"; "juvenile fashions"
juvenile, Noun
  • (n) juvenile, juvenile_person: (a young person, not fully developed)
juvenility, Noun
  • (n) callowness, jejuneness, juvenility: (lacking and evidencing lack of experience of life)
  • (n) youth, youthfulness, juvenility: (the freshness and vitality characteristic of a young person)
juxtaposition, Noun
  • (n) juxtaposition, apposition, collocation: (the act of positioning close together (or side by side)) "it is the result of the juxtaposition of contrasting colors"
  • (n) juxtaposition: (a side-by-side position)