Synonym Dictionary

Obtaining something through threats or coercive pressure.

Gained directly through personal experience or observation.

To prevent or delay something through earlier action.

Made stale or unoriginal through excessive use.

Unable to be entered or passed through; also impossible to understand or interpret.

Not allowing a substance to pass through.

Not allowing passage through; figuratively, unaffected by an influence.

To put a plan, decision, or method into effect.

Unintentional or resulting from inattention.

Unpleasantly harsh, especially of weather.

To seek favor or acceptance through pleasing behavior.

Understood through immediate insight rather than explicit reasoning.

To pursue or contest a dispute through legal proceedings.

Very careful and attentive to detail.

To make something harder to understand, often deliberately.

Excessively eager to please through flattery and deference.

Designed to attract notice through a show of wealth or importance.

To defeat or gain an advantage over someone through greater cleverness.

A thorough examination and substantial repair, revision, or improvement.

To reject or reverse a decision through superior authority.

Done with sustained care and attention to detail.

To become aware of something through the senses or to understand it in a particular way.

To spread throughout something or pass through its openings.

Able to influence belief or action through convincing reasons or presentation.