Synonym Dictionary

To reduce a fear, concern, or other troubling feeling.

Postponing an immediate pleasure or reward in order to obtain a more valued benefit later.

To present something as less important or serious than it may be.

To approach and address someone boldly or intrusively.

An artificial manner adopted to create a particular impression.

A varied collection or an ordered arrangement of things.

The arrangement of parts within a whole.

The ability to make clear, firm decisions without undue delay.

To postpone something, or to yield to another person's judgment or priority.

An outpouring of emotion or words.

To show or reveal a quality or feeling clearly.

Money, time, or effort spent for a purpose, or the act of spending it.

A model that reduces the present value of a future outcome by the same proportional factor for each equal unit of delay.

Excessive spending or use of resources; also an unusually lavish purchase or display.

Treating a serious matter with deliberately inappropriate humor.

To display something conspicuously in order to impress.

To prevent or delay something through earlier action.

Reluctance or delay in acting because of doubt or uncertainty.

A model of time preference in which the value assigned to a delayed outcome falls sharply at short delays and more gradually at longer delays.

To attribute a quality, action, or fault to someone.

A lack of the respect or seriousness conventionally shown to someone or something.

Showing a lack of solemn respect for something usually treated seriously.

Lightness of manner, especially when greater seriousness is expected.

Clear and readily apparent.