Synonym Dictionary

To free someone or something from control, restriction, or confinement.

A long and often repetitive series of statements or complaints.

Producing substantial financial gain.

Skillful handling or adjustment, sometimes involving unfair or deceptive control.

A word or phrase repeated frequently as a guiding idea; also a sacred utterance in some traditions.

Small in extent or only just meeting a relevant threshold.

A concise statement of a general rule or principle.

Only moderate in quality; not especially good.

One word family: also includes mediocrity.

Worth, quality, or a sound reason that deserves recognition or consideration.

A substantial transformation in form or character.

To reduce the severity, seriousness, or harmful effect of something.

One word family: also includes mitigation.

To make or become less intense, extreme, or severe.

Restraint that avoids excess or extremes.

Having several different aspects or features.

Capable of changing or prone to change.

Unwilling to consider ideas or practices beyond a limited set of familiar views.

A connection or a point where several things come together.

A person who does not follow generally accepted beliefs, customs, or patterns of behavior.

Not based on or guided by reasoning.

To make something harder to understand, often deliberately.

An amount that is greater than needed or useful.

Exaggerated, inflated, or more grandiose than the subject warrants.

More certain of one's ability or judgment than the evidence or circumstances justify.

Excessive satisfaction of a desire or appetite.