Synonym Dictionary

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.

Done consciously and intentionally, often after consideration.

Marked by serious moral corruption or wrongdoing.

Someone who abandons a duty, cause, or post, especially military service without permission.

To decline gradually in condition, quality, or effectiveness.

To reduce the value, quality, or appeal of something, usually in the phrase detract from.

Deeply committed to religious belief or practice.

Not actively involved or mentally and emotionally invested.

Not candid or sincere, especially while pretending to be straightforward.

Insisting on beliefs as unquestionably true without sufficient openness to challenge.

To decline or gradually diminish.

Traditionally describing a man or boy as having qualities considered feminine; often disparaging.

Exceptionally and conspicuously bad.

Extremely thin and weakened, especially through lack of nourishment.

Based on observation or experience rather than theory alone.

To gradually intrude on another person's space, time, or rights.

Originating within the system or organism being considered.

To list or specify items one by one.

An orderly listing or count of separate items.