Synonym Dictionary

To officially recognize a person or organization as meeting particular standards.

An artificial manner adopted to create a particular impression.

Artificial in manner or adopted to create a particular impression.

To assign a share of a resource to a particular purpose.

One word family: also includes allocation.

Relevant and suitable for use in a particular situation.

To regard something as caused by, belonging to, or created by a particular source.

One word family: also includes ascription.

To regard something as caused by or belonging to someone or something.

One word family: also includes attribution.

Deliberately planned to achieve a particular result.

A person with informed, discriminating taste in a particular field.

To assign or hand something over to a particular place, person, or fate.

To interpret a statement or action in a particular way.

To consider or judge something to be a particular way.

An inhabitant or regular occupant of a particular place.

Regularly present or characteristic within a particular place or group.

Accepted rules of polite or appropriate conduct in a particular setting.

Very attentive to details or demanding about cleanliness, taste, or standards.

A broad statement lacking specific detail.

Distinctive of a particular person or thing, often in an unusual way.

One word family: also includes idiosyncrasy.

To communicate information or provide a particular quality to something.

Insufficient in amount, quality, or ability for a particular purpose.

One word family: also includes inadequacy.

A tendency, preference, or disposition toward a particular action or view.

Having a tendency or willingness to think or act in a particular way.

Originating or occurring naturally in a particular place.

To persuade someone or bring about a particular response.