Synonyms 36

Test # 36


1.
DISTINCTION

Login/Register to access massive collection of FREE questions and answers.
Login/Register

Synonyms
Quiz Index
1540 questions in 154 tests. Each test contains 10 questions.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
90
91
92
93
94
95
96
97
98
99
100
101
102
103
104
105
106
107
108
109
110
111
112
113
114
115
116
117
118
119
120
121
122
123
124
125
126
127
128
129
130
131
132
133
134
135
136
137
138
139
140
141
142
143
144
145
146
147
148
149
150
151
152
153
154

Synonyms Dictionary

keeping; equivalence, symmetry, accord, concord, harmony; rapport, consonance, cooperation; conformity, synchronism, Inf. sync, uniformity, regularity.
3. comparison, contrast, opposition, distinction, juxtaposition; connection, correlation, relation, likeness, affinity, kinship; likening, analogy, simile, metaphor, similitude, similarity, resemblance.

parallelize, v. 1. coextend, be parallel; align, col-lineate, match, correspond. See - parallel {def. 6).
2. draw a parallel, make a comparison, compare to
or with, collate; connect, relate, contrast, oppose, differentiate; juxtapose, place alongside, set side by side; balance, weigh, measure; liken to, make an analogy, equate, associate, correlate.

paralysis, n. 1. numbness, insentience, insensibility, insensibleness, dullness, deadness, loss of sensation, stupefaction; inactivity, immobility, inaction, motionlessness.
2. paralyzation, stoppage, suspension, arrest, standstill, halt, stop, cessation, full stop, dead stop, grinding halt; strike, work stoppage; breakdown, slowdown, blockage, shut-down, checkmate, stalemate, deadlock,
Inf. standoff; suspended animation, stagnation, dormancy, vegetation, inertia, idleness.
3. impotence, powerlessness, disability, feebleness, lameness, inability, incapability, incapacity, incapacitation, crippling, infirmity, debility, debilitation.
4. physical disability, neural disability, motor paralysis, palsy, stroke, paralytic stroke, apoplexy;
All Pathol, paresis, diplegia, paraplegia, hemiplegia, Parkinson's disease, paralysis agitans, St. Vitus's dance, chorea, general paralysis, infantile paralysis, poliomyelitis, Inf. polio.

paralytic, n. 1. paralysis victim, paralyzed person, cripple, handicapped person, palsy victim.
-adj. 2.
paralyzed, numb, insentient, insensible, dull, dead, stupefied; immobile, immobilized, inert, static, stationary, motionless, dormant, inactive, idle.
3. impotent, powerless, disabled, feebled, enfeebled, incapacitated, crippled, lame, debilitated, halt, handicapped, laid up; physically disabled, palsied;
All Pathol, diplegic, paraplegic, hemiplegic, paretic, qua-draplegic.

paralyze, v. 1. numb, benumb, dull, deaden, anesthetize, freeze, drug, obtund; immobilize, disable, incapacitate, make powerless, prostrate, weaken, enfeeble, debilitate, cripple, lame, becripple.
2. shock, stagger, astound, astonish, stupefy, confound, stun, take away one's breath, jolt, strike with wonder
or awe, Inf. flabbergast, Inf. scare the life out of; unman, unnerve, devitalize, sap, sap the strength of, lay low.
3. halt, arrest, check, stop, stay, impede, block; call a halt, put a stop to, put an end to; stop cold, stop dead, bring up, bring up short, pull up, stop short, bring to a grinding
or screeching halt, bring to a standstill; put out of order, Inf. put out of commission, throw out of gear, sabotage, wreck, Inf. throw a wrench or monkeywrench into the works or machinery, Inf. kibosh, Inf put the kibosh on, Inf. spike, Inf. spike the guns, Inf. put a staff in the wheels, All Sl. queer, queer the works, screw up, crab, foul up, louse up, bollix or bollox, snafu, gum, gum up the works, put a crimp in.
4. thwart, frustrate, foil, checkmate, contravene; dam, prevent, bar, deter, obstruct, slow down; stymie, hobble, hamstring, clip the wings of, put out of action; delay, retard, drag, hold up, hinder, bog down, hogtie, tie up, tie the hands of, tie up with red tape; put aside, table, pigeonhole, shelve,
Inf. put on ice; stand in the way of, disrupt, confound, Sl. flummox, Inf. stonewall; undermine, castrate, emasculate, break, take the wind out of [s.o.'s] sails.

More Synonyms ...

My Account / Test History

Fact
Nerve cells can travel as fast as 120 metres per second      .. More >>
Home
My Account
English Test
Verbal Reasoning
GK Quiz
Grammar Test