Synonym Dictionary

The stability of a plan or preference as time passes, when relevant information and outcomes otherwise remain unchanged.

The quality of occurring or being completed at an appropriate or useful time.

A feeling, attitude, or opinion, especially one shared or expressed about a subject.

A difficult or unfavorable condition or period.

Belonging to another time or out of place in its present period.

Relevant or well suited to the situation.

Skillful and clever, sometimes in a deceptive or manipulative way.

Boldness, sometimes shown with disregard for expected limits.

Strongly interested in books or learning, sometimes more than in practical experience.

Agreement or coherence among parts, or reliable adherence to a standard over time.

Having a rural style or character; sometimes used critically to mean unsophisticated.

Increasing or developing as successive additions or effects build on one another.

Departing from an accepted or expected standard, sometimes with a disapproving implication.

Intended to teach, sometimes in an overly instructive manner.

A framework that weighs the value of future outcomes according to when they occur.

Confusion about one's surroundings, direction, time, or circumstances.

Using money, time, or other resources efficiently and with little waste.

To decorate or add details, sometimes to exaggerate an account.

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

A distinctive period marked by significant developments.

Either of the two annual times when the Sun appears to cross the celestial equator, with day and night approximately equal in length.

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.

A model of adaptation in which gains or losses in happiness may fade as people become accustomed to changed circumstances.