Synonyms Dictionary
2. inscribe, letter, superscribe, transcribe, Rare. scribe; engrave, imprint.
3. buy up, forestall, corner, corner the market; monopolize, have all to oneself, control the market. engrossing, adj. 1. absorbing, immersing, enwrapping, deep; preoccupying, obsessing, obsessive, monopolizing; fascinating, captivating, spellbinding, interesting; riveting, attention-getting, arresting, attracting; engaging, occupying, amusing, charming.
2. monopolizing, controlling, having all to oneself, having a corner on the market. engrossment, n. 1. absorption, absorbing, immersion, immersing; preoccupation, preoccupying, obsession, obsessing, consumption, consuming, devourment, devouring, Inf. bag, Sl. hang-up; involvement, involving, occupation, occupying, engagement, engaging, employment, employing, business, busying; abstraction, raptness, intensity, concentration, pensiveness, musing, thoughtfulness.
2. inscription, superscription, transcription, transcript, copy. engulf, v. 1. swallow up, gulf, gulp, consume, engorge; submerge, whelm, submerse, sound; sink, send to the bottom, go down; inundate, flood, deluge, overwhelm; drown, swamp, entomb, bury.
2. plunge, dive, pitch, leap, fall headlong, jump; immerse, absorb, engross, bury in, engage. enhance, v. 1. intensify, magnify, amplify, heighten; increase, make greater, Chiefly Literary, greaten; enrich, strengthen, deepen, darken; reinforce, double, redouble.
2. augment, elevate, aggrandize, raise, boost, escalate, Inf. jack up, hike. enhancement, n. 1. intensification, magnification, amplification, heightening; strengthening, enrichment, deepening, darkening; reinforcement, doubling, redoubling.
2. increase, increment, accretion, raise; elevation, escalation, aggrandizement, augmentation, boost, hike. enigma, n. 1. mystery, puzzle, riddle, conundrum, question, question mark; problem, dilemma, quandary, plight, predicament, skeleton in the closet, Inf. pickle, Inf. jam, Inf. fix; maze, labyrinth, tangle, knot; secret, arcanum, closed or sealed book; unknown, unexplored ground or territory, Latin, terra incognita; unknowable, deep or profound secret, mystery of mysteries.
2. oracle, dark saying, hidden meaning, obscure statement, riddle of the sphinx; puzzler, poser, Inf hard nut to crack, Inf brain-teaser, Inf. mind-boggier, Inf. stumper, Inf. floorer. enigmatic, adj. 1. puzzling, baffling, bewildering, perplexing, confounding, mystifying, enigmatical; inexplicable, unexplainable, insoluble, insolvable, unaccountable, Obs. inextricable; strange, weird, bizarre.
2. mysterious, arcane, cryptic, esoteric, occult, perdu, hermetic, hermetical; secret, hidden, veiled, masked, screened; obscure, indistinct, indefinite, unclear, shadowy, nebulous, vague; inscrutable, oracular, sphir. gine, sphinxian, sphinxlike; mystic, mystical, transcendental, cabalistic.
3. abstruse, recondite, abstract, heavy; impenetrable, unfathomable, incomprehensible, uncomprehensible, past or beyond comprehension or understanding.
4. ambiguous, equivocal, noncommittal; secretive, covert, clandestine, under-the-table, under-the-counter; evasive, shifty, circuitous. enjoin, v. 1. direct, order, command, charge, bid; enact, decree, ordain, summon; adjure, dictate, instruct, call upon; require, exact, call for, ask for; bind, force, set, saddle with, impose.
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