Synonyms

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villager, citizen, townsman, oppidan, burgher, burgess; indigene, native, compatriot, autochthon.

dwelling, n. 1. residence, abode, home, house, homestead, household; domicile, dwelling house, lodgings, quarters, diggings, Chiefly Brit., Inf. digs; mansion, castle, palace, manor house; villa, chateau, chalet, country seat, hall; hacienda, plantation, farmstead, grange; condominium, townhouse, suite, apartment house, apartment, Inf. pad, tenement, flat, Chiefly Brit, maisonette; inn, hotel, motel, hostelry, hospice; cabin, cottage, bower, log house, bungalow, hut, shanty, shack, hovel, lean-to; barracks, bivouac, camp; tent, wigwam, tepee, igloo; (in Turkey and Iran) kiosk.
2. den, cave, hole, cell, lair; coop, hutch, byre, barn, stable; hive, eyrie, nest, nidus, rookery, perch, roost.
3. hiding place, hermitage, retreat, refuge, asylum, haunt, Inf. hangout.

dwindle, v. 1. wane, fade, diminish, lessen, fritter; shrink, contract, become smaller; condense, compact, reduce, shorten, abridge, abbreviate, curtail, cut short. 2. decline, fall, sink, flag, droop, drop; degenerate, go downhill, decay, rot, deteriorate, wither, shrivel, dry up, Brit. Dial, wizen; waste away, ebb, wear away, erode; disappear, vanish, evanesce, evaporate, die off or out, Inf. peter out.

dye, n. 1. pigment, color, coloring, colorant, tint, Chem. aniline dye, Obs. tincture, Obs. taint; stain, paint, wash, solution.
2. hue, shade, tone, cast, tinge, Literary, tinct.
-v. 3. color, pigment, tint, tinge, tincture, shade; stain, paint, wash, overspread; (all of the hair) lighten, frost, streak, bleach; (all with color) imbue, ingrain, infuse, suffuse, instill, impregnate.

dying, adj. moribund, expiring, going, slipping, sinking, fading or fading fast; near death, at death's door, knocking on heaven's door, on one's deathbed, at the last breath, in the death throes, in the jaws of death, with one foot in the grave, Inf. on one's last leg, Latin, in extremis.

dynamic, adj. 1. energetic, vigorous, active, alive, electric, aggressive, Inf. peppy; lively, spry, spirited, eager, zealous; emphatic, forcible, forceful, mighty, powerful, strong; brisk, strenuous, potent, puissant, high-powered; effective, effectual, efficacious, efficient, trenchant.
2. propulsive, propelling, driving, impelling, impulsive, galvanic, electrifying.

dynamo, n. hustler, pusher, demon, hard-worker, go-getter, Inf. eager beaver; man of action, powerhouse, Inf. live wire, Inf. busy bee, Inf. fire-ball, Inf. ball of fire, Inf. crackerjack; Stakhanovite, overdoer, doer; workaholic, work horse.

dynasty, n. rule, house, ascendancy, suzerainty, regime, regnancy, sovereignty; dominion, authority, sway, reign, control, command, mastership; administration, regency, governance, government, jurisdiction, direction; kingship, crown, autocracy, monarchy, imperialism; leadership, master, hegemony, predominance, prerogative; tyranny, dictatorship, despotism, absolutism.

dysentery, n. diarrhea, loose bowels, Physiol, flux, Physiol, dejection, Pathol, licentery; All SI. the bug, the runs, the trots, the green-apple two-step, tourist's lament, turistas, the G.I.'s, Montezuma's revenge, Delhi belly, Gyppie tummy.