good or high spirits; joviality, jollity, merriment, levity, buoyancy, light-heartedness, blithesomeness; cheer, cheerfulness, joyfulness, joyousness; joy, delight, pleasure, happiness, felicity; elation, exhilaration, exuberance, enthusiasm, vivacity, animation, liveliness, effervescence; exultation, glee, jubilance, jubilancy, rejoicing, celebration, jollification; fun, enjoyment, revelry, revel, conviviality, festivity, partying, playing, sport; noise, noisiness, vociferousness, boisterousness, rowdiness, SI. hell-raising, rabble-rousing. hill, n. 1. elevation', eminence, promontory, mount, rise, foothill; bluff, highland, moor, down, Archaic, holt; Western U.S., Canada, butte, South African. kop, Geol. drumlin, tor.
2. incline, acclivity, slope, Scot. and North Eng. brae, rise; grade, gradiant, climb, ramp, hillside, upgrade.
3. heap, pile, stack, mound, drift; molehill, anthill, termite hill. hillock, n. hummock, hump, swell, knoll, knob, monticle, monticule, South African, kopje; dune, talus, Brit, barrow, Dial. knap. hilt, n. 1. haft, handle, grip, grasp, hold, helve, shaft.
2. to the hilt completely, fully, wholly, entirely, heart and soul, root and branch, from top to toe, from first to last; totally, without reserve, Inf. all the way, Inf. no holds barred, to the bitter end, to the nth degree. hind, adj. rear, back, posterior, hinder, Rare, pos-terial, Anat. gluteal, Anat., Zool. caudal, Bot. posti-cous; hindmost, last, rearmost, aftermost, Naut. aft-most, terminal, final. hinder1, v. 1. hamper, impede, interfere, interrupt; frustrate, thwart, foil, balk, Inf. short-circuit; handicap, encumber, clog or scotch the wheels; retard, set back, delay, defer, postpone, slow down, forestall; filibuster, stalemate, deadlock; baffle, stymie, confuse.
2. limit, circumscribe; curb, inhibit, restrain, hold back, rein in, bridle, SI. put a crimp in; shackle, fetter, bind hand and foot; smother, choke, silence, muzzle, gag; constrict, control, trap, cage, pinion, clip one's wings.
3. stop, check, arrest, abort; prevent, deter, preclude, obstruct, block, stand in the way; prohibit, forbid, taboo, bar, disallow; oppose, cross, contravene, counteract, fly in the face of, turn one's face against.
hinder2, adj. See hind. hindmost, adj. last, furthest behind, nearest the rear, rearmost, aftermost, final, terminal, Obs. hindermost, Naut. aftmost; endmost, most remote, furthest, farthest, ultimate. hindrance, n. 1. impediment, obstacle, obstruction, Archaic, remora, oppilation, interference, Law. estoppel; barrier, stop, stopper, block, stumbling block, barricade; curb, check, balk, catch, hitch, snag, difficulty; encumbrance, handicap; retardation, retardment, delay, postponement, stoppage.
2. restriction, stricture, limitation, inhibition; constraint, restraint, repression; forbiddance, prohibition, interdiction, injunction, proscription, preclusion, ban, embargo, veto, taboo. hinge, n. 1. joint, articulation, knee, elbow; condition, rule, principle, premise, basis, foundation.
-v. 2. turn, center, pivot, rotate or revolve around; depend, hang, rest; bud from, arise from, spring from, emanate from, issue from, ensue from. hint, n. 1. clue, tip, inkling, SI. tip-off, cue; suggestion, idea, Inf. flea or bug in one's ear; intimation, implication, imputation, insinuation, innuendo; omen, foreshadowing, warning; signal, sign, Inf. high sign, reminder, memorandum, whisper; denotation, allusion, connotation.
