Synonyms

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

2. lawless, unrestrained, unbridled, unchecked, ungoverned; intemperate, incontinent, self-indulgent, free-living, Saturnalian; drunken, sottish, crapulous, Bacchanalian.
3. degenerate, depraved, corrupt, perverted; vicious, foul, vile, base; wicked, iniquitous, nefarious, heinous, flagitious, atrocious; immoral, sinful, peccant, evil-minded, vice-ridden; unregenerate, unredeemable, unprincipled, shameless, unscrupulous, reprobate; shameful, disgraceful, rascally, worthless; notorious, infamous, scandalous, disreputable.

dissolution, n. 1. separation, resolution, severance, disseverance, disseverment, disseveration, disconnection, detachment, division, parting, disjunction, dis-juncture; divorce, disengagement, disassociation, disunion, break-up, Inf bust-up; untying, unbinding, undoing, unfettering, loosening.
2. dismssal, disbandment, adjournment, recess, prorogation, suspension; discontinuation, discontinuance, stoppage, halt; termination, end, ending, finish, conclusion, closing, wind up, wrap-up.
3. disintegration, collapse, crumbling, decomposition, decay; destruction, ruin, devastation, annihilation; dispersal, diffusion, dissipation, scattering or spreading out.
4. disappearance, evaporation, vanishment, departure.

dissolve, v. 1. solvate, (in prescriptions) solvere, macerate, put into a solution; liquefy, melt, thaw, thaw out, deliquesce, fuse.
2. disbond, untie, unbind, resolve into; separate, sever, dissever, break up, divide, disconnect, detach, disjoin, dissociate; disunite, divorce, disassociate.
3. terminate, end, put an end to, discontinue, bring to an end or conclusion, wind up, finish up, close, call to a close, break off; adjourn, recess, prorogue, suspend, break up, dismiss, disband.
4. disintegrate, crumble, collapse, fall to pieces, fall apart, decompose, decay, rot; disperse, diffuse, dissipate, scatter or spread out.
5. abolish, nullify, cancel, void, invalidate; veto, countermand; annul, abrogate, rescind, revoke, repeal, call off.
6. wane, fade, dim, weaken, evanesce, dwindle, shrink, diminish, decline, decrease, lessen, slack off; fade away, waste away, erode, SI. conk out, Inf peter out; disappear, evaporate, vanish, go up in smoke, die out, perish.

dissonance, n. 1. discordance, inharmoniousness, unmelodiousness; cacophony, stridency, jangle, jarring, clashing, grating, croaking, rasping, hoarseness.
2. disaccord, disagreement, difference of opinion; discord, dissension, dissent; discrepancy, inconsistency, variance, incongruity; dissimilarity, dissimilitude, unlikeness, difference, disparity.

dissonant, adj. 1. discordant, absonant, inharmonious, unmelodious, tuneless, out of tune; cacophonous, strident, harsh, grating, raucous, jarring, jangling, clashing, screechy, screaky; disagreeable, unpleasant, displeasing.
2. disagreeing, differing, opposed; dissimilar, different, divergent, irreconcilable; discrepant, inconsistent, at variance, incongruous, contradictory, opposite.

dissuade, v. discourage, disincline, stop, hold in leash, harness, pull in, turn aside from, talk out of, persuade not to. See - discourage.

dissuasion, n. discouragement, Archaic, dehorta-tion, rein, squelch, Inf. kibosh. See - discouragement (defs. 3, 4).

dissuasive, adj. discouraging, cautionary, warning, monitory, admonitory, expostulatory, remonstrative, Archaic, dehortatory; deprecatory, repressive, suppressive.