ant, aware, regardful; intent, wide-awake, alert, keen, sharp, Inf. heads-up; conscious, cognizant, not missing a trick or thing; sensitive, knowing, discerning, sentient, comprehending, SI. tuned-in.
3. questioning, inquiring, analytic; inquisitive, curious, eager for knowledge, thirsty for knowledge; research-oriented, scholarly. seasick, adj. nauseous, nauseated, sick to or at one's stomach, vomitive, vomitous, SI. barfy; queazy, qualmish, squeamish, Inf. green or blue around the gills; dizzy, light-headed, vertiginous, faint, unsteady, Inf. woozy, Pathol, giddy; sick, ill, unwell, under the weather, out of sorts. seaside, n. seacoast, coast, seashore, shore, seaboard. See seacoast.
season, n. 1. period, time, spell, space, span, inter val, duration; term, tenure, semester, quarter; month, lunation.
-v. 2. spice, salt, pepper; prepare, pickle, marinate, marinade, preserve, corn, brine; cure, kipper, dry, smoke; tincture, tinge, touch up; spruce up, enliven, enhance, improve, heighten, add to, give relish to.
3. mature, maturate, ripen, mellow, improve; condition, prepare, rear, form, prime, nurture, cultivate.
4. habituate, accustom, make used to, make familiar with, familiarize, make routine; harden, toughen, inure, temper, anneal; adapt, acclimate, acclimatize, naturalize, domesticate; break in, train, drill, discipline. seasonable, adj. 1. springlike, summery, summerly, summerlike, autumny, wintry, winterish.
2. timely, well-timed, felicitous, opportune, right, proper, correct; suitable, appropriate, apt, apropos, apposite, fitting, congruous; befitting, meet, seemly, becoming; characteristic, suit, suited, well-suited, fit; propitious, fortunate, auspicious, providential, convenient, lucky, happy, welcome; expedient, advantageous, favorable, beneficial, profitable, Archaic, available; useful, serviceable, handy, good. seasoned, adj. 1. salty, salted, saline, peppery, peppered; spicy, spiced, tangy, hot, racy, heady, Inf. zippy; pungent, poignant, strong, sharp, nippy, piquant; savory, full-bodied, rich.
2. experienced, veteran, established, well-versed, proficient, skilled; adapted, acclimated, acclimatized, naturalized, at home in or with, familiar with, conversant with, acquainted with.
3. accustomed, in the habit of, given to, wont to, prone to, in the practice of; habituated, used to, addicted; chronic, inveterate, confirmed, hard-core; hardened, casehardened, hard-boiled, toughened, inured, tempered, annealed. seasoning, n. spice, herb, herbs and spices, flavoring, flavor, extract, vanilla, almond, lemon; salt, pepper, cayenne, chili pepper, horseradish, garlic; cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, cloves, mace, allspice, peppermint, mint; sage, rosemary, thyme, marjoram, dill, saffron; condiment, dressing, relish, tartar sauce, chutney, ketchup, hot sauce, Trademark. Tabasco. seat, n. 1. chair, couch, sofa, bench, settle, stool, hassock; bleacher, grandstand seat, pew, box, loge, stall; cushion, pillow, squab, Oriental, musnud; saddle. See also bench, chair, sofa, stool.
2. throne, cathedra, seat of authority, seat of state; office, authority, status, power, position, Brit, berth, right, role, situation, station, commission, mission.
3. rump, buttocks, posterior, fundament, hindquarters, bottom, derrtere, Inf fanny, Inf. rear end, Brit. Inf. bum, Inf. backside, Inf. behind, Inf. butt, SI. ass, Brit. SI. arse, SI. tail. See buttocks.