3. chronic, habitual, confirmed, inured, hardened, hard-core, die-hard; unchangeable, immovable, incorrigible, irrevocable, irreversible, well-groomed, adj. clean-cut, clean, spruce, dapper, smart, natty, trim, SI. nifty; clean-shaven, smooth-shaven, manicured, combed, coiffured; well-dressed, chic, SI. spiffy; primped up, prinked up, SI. duded up; neat, meticulous, fastidious, without a hair out of place. well-known, adj. 1. familiar, known, common, everyday, household, usual, established; customary, conventional, traditional, wonted, habitual; commonplace, trite, stock, hackneyed.
2. famous, famed, renowned, celebrated, prominent, Inf. big-name or name; touted, big-time, popular, on everyone's lips; noted, notable, eminent, preeminent, illustrious, great; immortal, fabled, storied, legendary, historical. well-nigh, adv. nearly, next to, just about. See almost, well-off, adj. wealthy, rich, affluent, prosperous, moneyed, well-to-do. See wealthy (def. 1). well-thought-of, adj. esteemed, respected, admired, highly regarded; venerable, distinguished, honored, exalted, acclaimed; looked-up-to, revered, venerated; prized, valued, valuable, welt, n. 1. ridge, wale, lump, bump, Inf. goose egg; contusion, bruise, black-and-blue mark or spot; scar, mark.
2. blow, beating, SI. sock, slap, Inf. whomp, bang, Inf. whack, smack, rap. welter, v. 1. roll, toss, tumble; heave, surge, swell, billow; wallow, writhe, tumble about.
2. be entangled or snarled, get snarled up, flounder, lose one's way, get bogged down, get mired, get over one's head.
-n. 3. jumble, muddle, tangle, mishmash, hodgepodge; jigsaw puzzle, mosaic, pastiche, collage, patchwork, crazy quilt; clutter, mess, farrago, medley, gallimaufry, mixture, olio, potpourri.
4. commotion, stir, furor, hubbub, turmoil, tumultuousness, tumult, uproar, chaos, bedlam; upheaval, disorder, disturbance, confusion, disquiet; noise, clamor, clangor, racket, din, sound and fury; ferment, unrest, agitation, excitement; convulsion, paroxysm; storm, tempest, whirlwind, winds; outbreak, uprising, riot, brawling, wildness, wench, n. 1. peasant girl, country lass, woman rustic; working girl, maid, serving woman.
2. Archaic, strumpet, prostitute, harlot.
-v. 3. womanize, whore, wanton, SI. sleep around, lecher, SI. letch, wet, adj. 1. dampened, damped, moistened; moist, damp; soaked, drenched, wringing wet, wet through, saturated; soppy, sopping, dripping, sodden, soggy.
2. misty, foggy, vaporous, dewy; drizzling, showery, rainy; pouring, monsoonal, raining cats and dogs.
3. watery, watered, aqueous; sloppy, spongy, muddy.
4. dank, humid, muggy, clammy, steamy, sweaty.
-n. 5. moisture, dampness, water, wetness, moistness; dew, seepage, condensation, steam, vapor.
6. rain, shower, cloudburst, downpour, deluge; mist, fog, drizzle, Chiefly Dial, mizzle.
-v. 7. moisten, damp, humidify, dampen; soak, drench, saturate; splash, hose down, sprinkle, irrigate, water; wash, bathe; steep, ret, dip.
8. (of animals and children) urinate, SI. pee, Baby Talk, peepee; void, egest. whale, n. 1. leviathan, cetacean, Moby Dick; white whale, beluga, blue whale, sulpher-bottom, sperm whale, finback, rorqual, humpback; sea monster.
2. Slang, enormity, colossus, titan, giant, mammoth, Inf. jumbo.