Synonyms 112
Login/Register
ashen, adj. 1. gray, grayish, silver, silvery, grayish-white, ashy, ash-colored, light; blanched, bleached, whitened, hueless, colorless, faded, washed-out.
2. pale, pale-faced, ghastly, ghostly, ghostlike; pallid, sallow, sallowish, wan, deathlike, cadaverous.
3. cindery, cinderous, cinderlike, cinerous.
ashore, adv. onshore, on land, on the beach, aground; stranded, shoaled, beached, grounded,
ashy, adj. gray, grayish, cindery, cinderous; pale, ghastly. See - ashen, aside, adv. 1. to or on the side, beside, alongside, abreast; laterally, next to, by, Naut. abeam, sideways, sidewise.
2. apart, away, separately, in reserve; out of the way, out of mind.
3. notwithstanding, albeit, howbeit, withal, despite, in spite of; however, yet, still, nevertheless; in any event, at all events, all the same, after all, just the same, even so.
4. aside from besides, apart from, in addition to; other than, not counting, beyond that, excluding, except for. -n. 5. apostrophe, by-play, whisper, soliloquy, monologue.
6. digression, departure, excursus, excursion,
asinine, adj. 1. stupid, Inf. dumb, Inf. dopey, Inf. moronic, empty-headed, unintelligent, imbecilic, oxlike; dull, inexpressive, expressionless; addlepated, addleheaded, addlebrained, muddled, muddleheaded; dull-witted, SI. dimwitted, slow-witted, half-witted, witless, unwitty; mindless, Rare, insulse, brainless, fatuitous; dense, thick, bovine, obtuse, Boeotian, stolid, oafish, loutish, cloddish, lumpish, blunt; doltish, blockish, asslike, blockheaded, dunderheaded, noodleheaded; boneheaded, wooden-headed, thickheaded, thickskulled; obstinate, stubborn, intractable, mulish, obdurate, unyielding, unbending.
2. idiotic, anserine, foolish; silly, absurd, inane, pointless, fatuous; nonsensical, senseless, crackbrained, Scot. doiled, SI. cockeyed, Scot. and North Eng. glaikit; ridiculous, laughable, derisible, risible, ludicrous, SI. for the birds; All SI. balmy, dippy, batty, cuckoo, buggy, screwy, wacky, goofy, loony.
3. incautious, imprudent, indiscreet, irresponsible, injudicious; unwise, ill-considered, ill-suited, ill-advised, impolitic; impetuous, impulsive, hasty, shortsighted, heedless, unheeding; foolhardy, headlong, rash, brash, unwary; reckless, careless, thoughtless.
asininity, n. 1. stupidity, stupidness, Inf. dumbness, Inf. dopiness, empty-headedness, unintelligence, dullness, fatuity; doltishness, oafishness, loutishness, obtuseness; obstinacy, obstinateness, stubbornness.
2. idiocy, Inf. moronity, Inf moronism, imbecility; silliness, absurdity, absurdness, fatuousness, inanity, foolishness; nonsense, nonsensicality, nonsensicalness, senselessness, ridiculousness, ludicrousness; craziness, madness, lunacy, insanity; All SI. balminess, dippi-ness, bugginess, screwiness, wackiness, goofiness.
3. incaution, imprudence, indiscretion; impetuousness, impulsiveness, hastiness, short-sightedness; foolhardiness, rashness, unwariness; recklessness, carelessness, irresponsibleness, thoughtlessness.
ask, v. 1. inquire, question, query; quiz, catechize, probe, examine, test; interrogate, Inf. grill, pump, cross-examine, U.S. give the third degree.
2. request, appeal, petition, Rare, sue; interpellate, call on or upon, address, apply to, turn to; solicit, beg, plead, supplicate; beseech, pray to, entreat, impetrate, implore, adjure, obtest; cry for, clamor for.
3. demand, expect, count on, require, call for; urge, importune, dun, press; order, command, impose, requisition, Brit. Mil. indent.
My Account / Test History
In the Netherlands, in 1634, a collector paid 1,000 pounds of cheese, four oxen, eight pigs, 12 sheep, a bed, and a suit of clothes for a single bulb of the Viceroy tulip. .. More >>
