aborigine, n.native, local, indigene, autochthon, aboriginal, Australian Inf.
boong; primitive, original, settler, pioneer, Australian,
bushman, original inhabitant, first resident; ancient, prehistoric man, antediluvian, preadamite, caveman, troglodyte.
abort, v. 1. miscarry, deliver prematurely, develop incompletely.
2. fail, fall short, not reach, be deficient, be insufficient; terminate, end, cease, stop, check, arrest, quell, put down; frustrate, thwart, circumvent, contravene, obstruct, interfere, inhibit, hinder, intercept, prevent, preclude; checkmate, nullify.
abortion, n.1. miscarriage, premature birth, premature labor, untimely birth, premature delivery, unnatural birth, arrested development; aborticide, feticide, forced birth.
2. failure, nonsuccess, nonfulfillment, defeat, vain attempt; fizzle, fiasco, no-go, blunder, disappointment; frustration, thwarting, circumvention, contravention, obstruction.
3. monstrosity, miscreation, Biol,
teratism; malformation, deformity, monster, freak, mutant, oddity, curiosity, lusus naturae.
abortive, adj.1. unsuccessful, vain, futile, useless, bootless, profitless, unavailing; worthless, nugatory; ineffective, inoperative, ineffectual; fruitless, unproductive, sterile, barren, impotent.
2. rudimentary, imperfectly developed; immature, incomplete, stunted; failing, miscarrying; not viable, untimely, premature.
abound, v. 1. overflow, overflow with, flood, spill over, overspill, overbrim; exuberate, superabound, know no bounds; abound with, burst with, bristle with, throng with, be alive with; clutter, crowd, jam, pack.
2. flourish, luxuriate, thrive; be rich in, be well supplied, be well furnished, lack nothing.
3. teem, teem over, swarm, swarm over, overswarm, run over, overrun, run riot, run wild; overspread, spread over, overgrow, grow over; infest, plague, beset; multiply, increase, swell, proliferate, be prolific; stream, rain, flow, gush.
abounding, adj.1. rich, lavish, luxuriant, rank, profuse, prodigal, prolific, exuberant, superabundant; abundant, bountiful, bounteous, copious, plentiful, plenteous, fat, unstinted; ample, sufficient, enough, more than enough, Inf.plenty.
2. full, filled, abrim, Archaic, fraught; rife, replete, flush, well-supplied, abundantly-supplied; overflowing, overspilling, running over with, bursting, bristling, thick, thick with; teeming, teeming with, swarming, swarming with, crawling, crawling with, alive with. SI.lousy with; crowded, crowding, thronged, thronging, jammed, packed, Inf.jam-packed.
about, prep.
1. concerning, concerned with, touching, dealing with, regarding, in orwith regard to, anent, respecting, with respect to, referring to, with reference to, of; relating to, in relation to, relative to, connected orassociated with; engaged in, involved in, busy with.
2. near, nearby, nigh, close by; close to, neighboring, adjacent; in, inside, within; on, upon; with, beside, Brit,
anenst.
3. around, surrounding, circumjacent, rounding, encircling, circling, encompassing, circumfluent; enfolding, enwrapping, wrapped around, enveloping.