Synonyms Dictionary
2. harbor, shelter, support, defend, guard; aid, succor, foster, cultivate, sustain, preserve; nurse, care for, cradle, nurture, nourish, feed. cherub, n. angel, seraph, Fine Arts, putto; innocent, darling; child, baby, babe, infant. chest, n. 1. thorax, front, breast; bust, bosom. See also bosom (def. 1).
2. box, crate, trunk, coffer, casket, caddy, file; case, vasculum, receptacle, shrine, reliquary; bunker, bin, crib, hutch; carton, container, canister, Gk. and Rom. Antiq. pyxis; locker, strongbox, safe, repository; treasury, money-box, till, kitty.
3. chest of drawers, set of drawers, bureau, dresser; chifforobe, chiffonier, cabinet, cupboard. chew, v. 1. masticate, Archaic, manducate, grind, crush, crunch, craunch, munch, mumble; nibble, bite, gnaw, rend, damage, injure.
2. ruminate, meditate on, mull, consider, weigh, deliberate, cogitate. chic, adj. 1. stylish, fashionable, smart, natty, spruce, dapper, trim; modish, a-go-go, in the very latest style; in vogue, a la mode, in fashion, in style; popular, in, Si. in the groove, all the rage; up-to-date, current, modern, mod, new; up-to-the-minute, Inf. trendy, Sl. cool, Inf. nifty, Sl. neat, Sl. hip, Sl. hep. 2. elegant, high-class, Sl. classy, high-toned, Sl. tony; silk-stocking, posh, luxurious, Sl. ritzy, fancy, Inf. swank, Inf. swanky, Sl. swell; dressy, flashy, Sl. snazzy, Sl. sharp, Sl. sharp as a tack; suave, urbane, sophisticated, chi-chi, cosmopolitan.
-n. 3. style, stylishness, nattiness, spruceness, dapperness, trimness, neatness; fashionableness, modishness, elegance; dressiness, flashiness, Sl. snazziness, Sl. sharpness; flair, panache, pizazz, dash; fanciness, Sl. ritziness, Inf. swankiness, luxuriousness, Sl. class; polish, grace, refinement, culture; sophistication, cosmopolitanism, urbanity, urbaneness, suavity, suaveness. chicanery, n. fraud, fraudulency, deceit, deception, chicane, duplicity, guile, double-dealing, Sl. monkey-business, Sl. dipsy-doodle; trickery, gulling, knavery, rascality, hoodwinking, duping, hoaxing, befooling; dishonesty, falseness, humbuggery, artifice, subterfuge; pettifoggery, bamboozling, cheating, cozenage, swindling, fleecing; wiles, sophistry, artfulness, craftiness, treachery; cajolery, beguilement, inveigling, blandishment, blarney. chide, v. scold, tongue-lash, rate, upbraid, Sl. chew out, Inf. dress down, Inf. jump on; castigate, chastise, berate, censure, reproach, rebuke, reprove, reprimand, reprobate, blame; denounce, take to task, call to account, call down, lecture; admonish, caution, warn, forewarn, put on one's guard. chief, n. 1. head, leader, doyen, principal, Inf. boss, Inf. bossman, Inf. kingpin, Inf. number one, Mr. Big, Sl. top dog, Sl. head honcho, Sl. big cheese; superior, director, dean, chairman; manager, overseer, supervisor, superintendent, foreman, headman, Brit. gaffer.
2. chieftain, sachem, warlord, war chief, commander, commandant; ruler, lord, overlord, lord and master, suzerain, paramount.
-adj. 3. supreme, head, first, foremost, headmost, premier, paramount, Inf. boss; ruling, reigning, commanding, controlling, directing, governing.
4. main, principal, cardinal, prime, primary, uppermost, most important; essential, necessary, indispensable. chiefly, adv. 1. principally, especially, particularly, essentially, first and last, first and foremost, above all.
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