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companion, n. a.s.sociate, comrade, intimate, consort, partner, fellow, mate, chum, compeer, confederate, accomplice, ally, colleague, crony, confrere, concomitant, accessory.
companionable, a. affable, congenial, genial.
companions.h.i.+p, n. a.s.sociation, intimacy, fellows.h.i.+p, society, company.
company, n. guest, visitor; fellows.h.i.+p, companions.h.i.+p, a.s.sociation, society; companion, escort; a.s.sembly, group, concourse, crowd; corporation, syndicate, firm, house; troupe; band, guild. See society. Antonyms: seclusion, loneliness, retirement, host.
compare, v. collate, liken.
comparison, n. collation; ill.u.s.tration, similitude, simile.
compa.s.s, n. a.s.sociated Words: binnacle, gimbal.
compa.s.s, n. extent, reach, sweep.
compa.s.sion, n. pity, sympathy, commiseration, condolence mercy.
compel, v. force, make, constrain, oblige, necessitate, coerce, drive, dragoon, overpower.
compelling, a. forcible, coercive, constraining, imperative, compulsory. Antonyms: elective, optional, discretional.
compelling, n. compulsion, coercion, constraint, duress, force.
compendium, n. epitome, summary, digest.
competency, n. fitness, ability, qualification, efficiency, proficiency, capability.
competent, a. qualified, capable, efficient, proficient, able.
Antonym: incompetent.
compet.i.tion, n. emulation, rivalry, contention, strife.
compet.i.tor, n. rival, contestant, opponent, antagonist.
complain, v. murmur, repine, grumble, whine, croak.
complaining, a. murmuring, repining, querimonious, querulous, discontented, grumbling.
complaint, n. murmur, plaint, lamentation; malady, ailment, disease; accusation, allegation, information.
complete, v. finish, consummate, perfect.
complete, a. entire, consummate, whole, integral, plenary, unabridged, intact.
completion, n. consummation, integration, elaboration, finis.h.i.+ng, realization, effectuation.
complex, a. composite, compound, mixed; complicated, intricate, involved. Antonyms: incomplex, simple, obvious.
complexity, n. intricacy, entanglement, complication.
compliance, n. yielding, concession, submission, obedience, acquiescence.
compliant, a. yielding, obedient, tractable, submissive, flexible.
complicated, a. complex, intricate, involved, entangled, complicate.
complication, n. intricacy, entanglement, involution, complexity, snarl, confusion, imbroglio. Antonyms: disentanglement, simplicity.
composure, n. self-possession, calmness, sedateness, equanimity.
compound, n. combination, mixture, concoction, amalgamation, intermixture, conglomeration, farrago, medley, synthesis, salmagundi, jumble, olio, hodgepodge, olla podrida.
comprehend, v. understand, fathom, grasp; embrace, comprise, embody, contain.
comprehension, n. understanding, apprehension. Antonyms: incomprehension, inapprehension.
comprise, v. comprehend, include, embrace, involve, contain, embody.
compulsion, n. constraint, coercion, obligation, coaction.
Antonyms: discretion, spontaneity, volition, election, free-will.
compulsory, a. constraining, coercive, obligatory, unavoidable.
Antonyms: optional, discretional, elective.
compunction, n. qualm, contrition, remorse, regret, sting of conscience.
compute, v. reckon, calculate, enumerate, rate, estimate.
comrade, n. a.s.sociate, companion, mate, compeer.
comrades.h.i.+p, n. a.s.sociation, _camaraderie_.
concave, a. rounded, vaulted. Antonym: convex.
concealed, a. hidden, latent, secreted, clandestine, disguised.
concealment, n. secretion, hiding; secrecy, latency, privacy, seclusion, retirement; suppression.
conceit, n. idea, conception, fancy; whim, caprice, vagary, freak; priggery, vanity, egotism, self-conceit, inflation, self-glorification, overweening, conceitedness.
conceited, a. egotistical, priggish, bombastic, b.u.mptious, vain, overweening, self-conceited.
concentrate, v. centralize, focus, consolidate; condense, rectify.
concentration, n. centralization, consolidation; condensation.
concept, n. conception, notion, idea.
conception, n. ideation, imagination; idea, concept, notion, impression.
