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self-possession, n. composure, equanimity, calmness, _aplomb_.
Antonyms: discomposure, agitation.
self-righteous, a. pharisaic, sanctimonious.
self-sufficiency, n. self-complacency.
self-taught person. autodidact, automath.
self-wors.h.i.+p, n. autolatry, idiolatry.
sell, v. vend, barter, exchange; betray; (Slang) deceive, impose upon, cheat.
sell, n. (Slang) imposition, cheat, hoax, deception, trick, fraud.
seller, n. vender, vendor.
selling, n. vendition, barter, vending, sale.
selvedge, n. listing.
s.e.m.e.n, n. sperm, seed. a.s.sociated Words: seminal, spermatic, spermatism, gonic, aspermatism, aspermia, seminific, seminiferous, spermatoid, spermatozoid, spermic, spermary, spermatorrhea, spermatozoa, emission, _vesiculae seminales_, fecundate.
semicircle, n. hemicycle.
send, v. dispatch, commission, delegate; transmit, forward.
send back. return, remand, recommit.
sending back. return, remand, remandment, recommitment.
senile, a. decrepit, feeble, aged, infirm.
senility, n. dotage, decrepitude, old age.
seniority, n. elders.h.i.+p, superiority.
sensation, n. consciousness, feeling, perception; excitement.
a.s.sociated Words: aesthesiology, sensorium, sentient, sensific, sensory, sentiency, insentient, sensifacient, sensiferous, sensificatory, sensitive, aesthesiometer, aesthesiogen, catalepsy, anaesthesia.
sensational, a. melodramatic, emotional, exciting, thrilling.
sense, n. perception, sensation, sensibility, feeling, aesthesia; apprehension, understanding; wisdom, sagacity; judgment, notion, opinion, sentiment, view; conviction, consciousness. a.s.sociated Words: aesthematology, aesthesiography, sensuous, sensual, sensuality, sensuousness.
sense, v. (Colloq.) perceive, recognize.
senseless, a. insensible, unconscious; absurd, silly, nonsensical, inept, foolish, idiotic, fatuous, unwise.
senselessness, n. insensibility, unconsciousness; fatuity, absurdity.
sensibility, n. susceptibility, sensitiveness, delicacy, feeling, emotion.
sensible, a. apprehensible, perceptible; susceptible, impressible, conscious, cognizant, aware; wise, judicious, discreet, intelligent.
Antonyms: insensible, unconscious.
sensitive, a. susceptible, impressible, sentient, irritable.
sensual, a. unspiritual, carnal, fleshly, sensuous; voluptuous, luxurious, sybaritic, wanton, licentious, self-indulgent.
sensualist, n. voluptuary, epicure, sybarite.
sensuality, n. voluptuousness, carnality, sybaritism; wantonness, licentiousness, self-gratification.
sensuous, a. sensual. Antonym: insensuous.
sentence, n. opinion, decision, determination, judgment; axiom, maxim, precept, posy, adage, epigram, apothegm, saying.
sententious, a. terse, pithy, laconic, epigrammatic.
sentient, a. sensitive, perceptive, conscious, susceptible.
Antonyms: insentient, insusceptible.
sentiment, n. thought, feeling; judgment, notion, opinion; maxim, saying, toast; sensibility, susceptibility.
sentimental, a. romantic, impressible, emotional, lackadaisical.
Antonyms: unsentimental, matter-of-fact, pragmatical.
sentinel, n. guard, sentry, watchman, picket, vidette, perdue.
a.s.sociated Word: cordon.
separable, a. divisible, detachable, severable, partible. Antonym: inseparable.
separate, v. divide, dissolve, detach, sunder, sever, disconnect, part, disjoin, withdraw, rend, dissociate, disengage, isolate, disunite, eliminate, disintegrate, segregate, scatter, disperse, dissipate, sequester, cleave, insulate, dissever, deglutinate.
separate, a. detached, disconnected, disjoined, separated, apart, distinct, isolated, segregated, disunited, severed, withdrawn.
separation, n. division, segregation, disunion, disconnection, sequestration, disjunction, dissolution, disengagement, disintegration, insulation, isolation, rupture, dissociation, divorce, a.n.a.lysis, decomposition, detachment, demarcation, severance, part.i.tion, deglutination.
separatist, n. nonconformist, dissenter, sectary, schismatic.
sequel, n. continuation, conclusion, consequence, result, outcome.
sequence, n. succession, series, following; result, sequel, consequence.
sequestered, a. secluded.
sere, a. dry, withered, sear.
serenade, n. nocturne; (burlesque) charivari, callithump.
