Словарь английских синонимов и синонимичных выражений. Том I. A – I.
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Ament, n. Catkin, amentum.
Amentum, n. [L.] (Bot.) Ament.
Amerce, v. a. Fine, mulct, impose a fine upon.
Amercement, n. Fine, mulct, forfeiture, pecuniary penalty.
Amiability, n. Loveliness, benignity, kindliness, kindness, amiableness, benignity, amenity, kind-heartedness, fellow-feeling, good feeling, good humor, good temper, sweet temper, sweetness of disposition.
Amiable, a. Lovable, lovely, sweet, engaging, charming, winning, facile, benignant, benign, sweet-tempered, kind-hearted, tender-hearted, worthy of love.
Amiableness, n. Amiability.
Amianth, n. Amianthus.
Amianthus, n. Amianth, earth-flax (species of asbestos).
Amicable, a. Friendly, brotherly, fraternal, harmonious, cordial, neighborly, peaceable, kind.
Amicableness, n. Amity, friendliness, friendship, cordiality, fraternal or friendly feeling, good understanding, good-will.
Amid, ad. Among (without being part of), amongst, in the midst of, in the middle of, surrounded by.
Amidst, ad. Among (without being part of), amongst, in the midst of, in the middle of, surrounded by.
Amidships, ad. (Naut.) Midships.
Amiss, ad. Wrong, wrongly, improperly, faultily, erroneously.
Amiss, a. Wrong, improper, faulty, erroneous.
Amity, n. Friendliness, amicableness.
Ammonia, n. Volatile alkali, ammoniacal gas.
Ammonite, n. Snake-stone.
Ammunition, n. 1. Munition, military stores.
2. Powder and shot.
Amnesty, n. Forgiveness (granted to whole classes of persons), general pardon (by proclamation), act of oblivion, freedom from penalty.
Among, ad. Amid (while making part of), amidst, in the midst of, mixed or mingled with.
Amongst, ad. Amid (while making part of), amidst, in the midst of, mixed or mingled with.
Amorous, a. 1. Loving, fond, enamored.
2. Amatory, erotic, tender, passionate, Anacreontic.
Amorphous, a. Irregular, shapeless, formless, unshapen.
Amount, n. 1. Aggregate, sum total.
2. Effect, substance, purport, result.
Amount to, Come to, be in the aggregate, be in the whole.
2. Be equivalent to.
Amour, n. Affair of gallantry, love intrigue, love affair.
Amphibology, n. Doubtfulness, uncertainty or equivocalness (as respects the meaning of a sentence), ambiguity, indefiniteness.
Ample, a. 1. Large, great, capacious, wide, extended, extensive, spacious, broad, roomy.
2. Plentiful, plenteous, abundant, abounding, overflowing, copious, full, liberal, rich, exuberant, luxurious, lavish, bountiful, handsome.
3. Diffusive, unrestricted, not contracted.
Amplification, n. 1. Enlargement, extension, dilation, expansion, development.
2. Diffuseness, prolixity, diffuse narrative, copious discourse.
Amplify, v. a. 1. Enlarge, extend, augment, magnify, dilate, expand, develop.
2. Make copious or diffuse.
Amplitude, n. 1. Bulk, size, bulkiness, largeness, bigness, greatness, volume, dimensions, mass.
2. Range, reach, sweep, compass, extent.
3. (Astron.) Angular distance (from the east or the west point).
Amputate, v. a. Sever, separate, cut off.
Amulet, n. Talisman, charm, phylactery, protection, safeguard.
Amuse, v. a. 1. Entertain, divert, please, cheer, enliven, solace, beguile, relax, disport.
2. Deceive (by inspiring false hopes), delude, cheat, inveigle, mislead, impose upon.
Amusement, n. Entertainment, diversion, sport, disport, play, fun, frolic, recreation, relaxation, pastime, game.
Amusing, a. Entertaining, diverting, laughable, ridiculous, comical, funny, farcical, risible.
An, art. 1. One, any, some.
2. Each, every.
Anachronism, n. Misdate.
Anacreontic, a. Amatory, amorous, erotic.
Anaesthesia, n. (Med.) Insensibility (as that produced by the inhalation of sulphuric ether, chloroform, &c.).
Anaesthesis, n. (Med.) Insensibility (as that produced by the inhalation of sulphuric ether, chloroform, &c.).
Analects, n. pl. Selections, selected pieces, select pieces, collection of literary fragments.
Analeptic, a. Restorative, strengthening, invigorating, comforting.
Analeptic, n. Restorative.
Analogous, a. Similar (in relations or uses), resembling, alike, like, cognate, parallel, corresponding, allied, of a piece.
Analogy, n. Similarity (in relations or uses), resemblance, likeness, parallelism, similitude, parity, correspondence.
Analysis, n. 1. Resolution, decomposition, dissection, separation (of elements).
2. Algebra, fluxions, calculus.
3. Parsing.
Analyze, v. a. Decompose, decompound, dissect, resolve.
Anarchist, n. Jacobin, turbulent demagogue.
Anarchy, n. Disorder, misrule, confusion, want of government.
Anastomose, v. n. (Bot. and Anat.) Inosculate, unite at the end.
Anastomosis, n. (Bot. and Anat.) Inosculation.
Anathema, n. Curse, malediction, denunciation, imprecation, fulmination, ban, execration, proscription, excommunication.
Anathematize, v. a. Curse, denounce, execrate, excommunicate.
Anatomize, v. a. 1. Dissect.
2. Scrutinize, analyze, sift, probe, examine, lay open.