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a.s.sociated Words: scabbard, sheathe, unsheathe, forte, hilt, sheath, foible, foil, fence, fencer, gladiatorial, gladiatorism, gladiature.
swordfight, n. fencing, swordplay.
sword of mercy. curtana.
sword player, n. fencer; gladiator.
sword-shaped, a. ensiform.
sycophancy, n. obsequiousness, fawning, truckling, servility, sycophantism.
sycophant, n. fawner, toady, flunky, lickspittle.
sycophantic, a. obsequious, fawning, adulatory, servile.
syllabus, n. compendium, abstract, synopsis.
symbolic, a. typical, emblematical.
symbolize, v. typify, emblematize.
symmetry, n. proportion, shapeliness. Antonyms: asymmetry, disproportion.
sympathetic, a. compa.s.sionate, commiserating, pitiful, kind, tender.
sympathize, v. have sympathy, commiserate, condole with; agree, be in accord.
sympathy, n. fellow-feeling, tenderness; pity, commiseration, compa.s.sion, condolence; accord, agreement, rapport, concord. Antonyms: antipathy, incompa.s.sion, inclemency, disagreement, incompatibility.
symptom, n. indication, mark, sign, evidence, diagnostic. a.s.sociated words: symptomatic, rymptomatology, semeiology, semeiotic, semeiography, pathognomonic, diagnosticate, diagnosis.
synopsis, n. syllabus, compendium, abstract, summary, epitome, digest.
system, n. method, order. Antonyms: chaos, confusion, disorder.
systematic, a. methodical, orderly. Antonyms: unsystematic, chaotic, immethodical.
systematize, v. methodize, cla.s.sify.
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Tab, n. (Colloq.) account, reckoning, check, tally, score.
table, n. tablet; schedule, synopsis, index, list; trivet (three-legged table). a.s.sociated word: mensal.
table, v. tabulate, tabularize.
tableland, n. plateau, mesa (Southwestern U.S.).
table linen. napery.
tablet, n. lozenge, troche, trochiscus.
taboo, n. interdiction, prohibition, proscription.
taboo, v. interdict, prohibit, proscribe.
taboo, a. prohibited, forbidden, interdicted, proscribed.
tackle, n. gear, implements, equipment, rigging, apparatus.
tacky, a. sticky, adhesive; (Colloq.) dowdy, shabby, unkempt, seedy.
tadpole, n. polliwog.
taffy, n. toffy, candy; (Slang) flattery, blandishment, blarney.
tail, n. a.s.sociated Words: caudal, dock, scut, prehensile, caudate, bicaudal, rump, uropygium.
tailless, a. acaudate, anurous.
tailor, n. a.s.sociated Word: sartorial.
tailpiece, n. appendage.
taint, v. imbue, impregnate, corrupt, infect, vitiate, sully, besmirch, discolor, contaminate.
taint, n. infection, contamination, vitiation, defilement, pollution.
tainted, a. infected, contaminated, defiled, imbued, vitiated, polluted.
take, v. seize, grasp, clutch, procure, clasp, catch; confiscate, appropriate, usurp, arrogate; deprehend, apprehend; require, need; select, choose.
take back. recant, retract, recall, revoke, rescind, disavow, resume.
take in. comprise, encompa.s.s, comprehend, include, embrace.
take-in, n. (Colloq.) imposition, fraud, deception, swindle, cheat, hoax.
taken, p.p. charmed, captivated, enamored, fascinated.
take off. doff, remove, divest one's self of.
take-off, n. caricature, burlesque, travesty, parody.
