Словарь английских синонимов и синонимичных выражений. Том II. J – Z.
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Orally, ad. By word of mouth.
Oration, n. Discourse, address, speech, harangue.
Orator, n. Public speaker.
Oratorical, a. Rhetorical.
Oratory, n. Eloquence, art of speaking well (in public).
Orb, n. 1. Globe, sphere, ball.
2. Circle, orbit.
Orbicular, a. 1. Spherical, globular, globated, globous, globose.
2. Circular.
Orbit, n. 1. Orb, circular path (of a celestial body).
2. (Anat.) Cavity of the eye.
Orchestra, n. 1. Place for musicians (as in a theatre).
2. Band of instrumental musicians (in an orchestra).
Orchotomy, n. (Med.) Emasculation, castration.
Ordain, v. a. 1. Appoint, call, elect, consecrate, destine, set apart.
2. Establish, institute, regulate, set in order, arrange.
3. Decree, enact, order, prescribe, enjoin.
Ordeal, n. Trial, test, touchstone, proof, assay, experiment.
Order, n. 1. Method, regularity, symmetry, regular arrangement.
2. Fit condition, proper state.
3. Regulation, rule, canon, prescription, law, standing rule.
4. Mandate, precept, injunction, command, direction, instruction, bidding.
5. Rank, class, grade, degree.
6. (Bot.) Family, tribe.
7. (Zool.) Sub-class, subordinate class.
Order, v. a. 1. Regulate, arrange, systematize, adjust, methodize.
2. Manage, conduct, carry on.
3. Command, instruct, direct, bid, require, give an order to.
Orderly, a. 1. Regular, methodical, systematic.
2. Peaceable, quiet, well behaved.
Orders, n. pl. Holy orders, office of the Christian ministry, the sacred profession.
Ordinance, n. 1. Decree, edict, law, enactment, statute.
2. Rite, ceremony, observance, sacrament.
Ordinarily, ad. Commonly, usually, generally.
Ordinary, a. 1. Common, usual, customary, habitual, settled, established, wonted, every day.
2. Mean, vulgar, low, inferior.
3. Plain, ugly, homely, inelegant, ill-looking, not handsome, not fine.
Ordinary, n. Eating-house (where a meal is offered at a settled price), table d'hote, public table.
Ordination, n. Consecration, induction, institution.
Ordnance, n. Cannon, great guns.
Ordure, n. Dung, excrement, faeces.
Organ, n. Instrument, means, medium.
Organic, n. Radical, fundamental, constitutional.
Organical, n. Radical, fundamental, constitutional.
Organism, n. 1. Organic structure.
2. Organization, organized being, organized existence.
Organization, n. 1. Construction, constitution, organizing, forming, making.
2. Organism, organized being, organized existence.
Organize, v. a. Constitute (by assignment of parts), dispose or arrange in parts (for special functions), construct, form, make.
Orgies, n. pl. Revels, bacchanals, saturnalia, carousal, revelry, wassail, debauch, drunken bout.
Orient, a. 1. Eastern, oriental.
2. Bright, shining, glittering, sparkling, brilliant.
Orient, n. East.
Oriental, a. Eastern, orient.
Orifice, n. Hole, aperture, perforation, pore.
Origin, n. 1. Source, rise, spring, beginning, commencement, birth, cradle, original, fountain-head, starting-point.
2. Cause, occasion.
Original, a. 1. Primitive, aboriginal, primeval, primary, primordial, pristine, first.
2. Inventive, creative.
Original, n. 1. Source, spring, origin, cause.
2. Archetype, model, pattern, type, prototype, protoplast, exemplar, first copy.
3. [Colloquial.] Oddity, eccentric person.
Originate, v. a. Create, breed, bring into existence, be the author of, be the cause of, give rise to.
Originate, v. n. Arise, rise, begin, spring, proceed, emanate, flow, take its rise.
Originator, n. Inventor, author, maker, creator, father, former, first cause.
Orison, n. Prayer, supplication, petition, solicitation.
Ormolu, n. Mosaic gold.
Ornament, n. Embellishment, decoration, adornment.
Ornament, v. a. Decorate, adorn, embellish, beautify, garnish, bedeck, grace, emblazon.
Ornamental, a. Embellishing, serving for ornament, topiary.
Ornate, a. Ornamented, embellished, decorated, bedecked.
Orrery, n. Planetarium.
Orthoclase, n. Felspar.
Orthodox, a. Sound (in religious opinions), of the true faith, not heretical.
Orthodoxy, n. True faith, soundness of doctrine.
Orthogonal, a. Rectangular, right-angled.
Orthography, n. Spelling.
Oscillate, v. n. Swing, vibrate, move to and fro, move backward and forward.
Oscillation, n. Vibration, swinging, nutation.
Oscillatory, a. Vibratory, swinging, oscillating, vibrating.
Oscitate, v. n. Gape, yawn.
Osier, n. 1. Willow.
2. Wicker, withe, willow twig.
Osseous, a. Bony.
Ossuary, n. Charnel-house.
Ostensible, a. 1. Shown, declared, avowed, assigned, manifest, apparent, exhibited, presented, visible.
2. Specious, plausible, colorable.
Ostentation, n. Display, show, parade, flourish, dash, pomposity, pompousness, pageantry, high pretension.
Ostentatious, a. Boastful, vain, showy, dashing, flaunting, pompous, vainglorious, fond of display.
Ostentatiously, ad. Showily, pompously, boastfully, with a flourish of trumpets, with beat of drum.
Ostracism, n. Banishment, expulsion, exclusion, excommunication.