Synonym Dictionary

In an absolute and unqualified manner.

Of primary or fundamental importance.

Providing a release of strong or pent-up emotions.

Sharply critical or sarcastic; literally, able to burn or corrode.

To express strong disapproval or issue a formal reprimand.

Intellectual and focused on thought rather than emotion.

The highest or most intense point in a sequence, especially in a story.

To become tiresome or unpleasant through an excess of something initially pleasing.

Required rather than optional, usually by a rule or authority.

A person or group joined with another for a shared purpose.

Expressing or involving claims that oppose one another and cannot both hold in the same sense.

Artificial or forced rather than natural.

A conclusion or result that follows naturally or logically from something else.

Having a rural style or character; sometimes used critically to mean unsophisticated.