Related Searches
Nearby Words
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | strong and healthy |
| Synonyms: | able-bodied, alive and kicking, blooming, fit, fit as a fiddle, flourishing, healthy, hearty, husky, in fine fettle, in the pink, right, robust, sane, sound, stout, strapping, strong, trim, vigorous, well, well-conditioned, wholesome |
| Antonyms: | sick, unhealthy, weak |
| Main Entry: | well |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | healthy |
| Synonyms: | able-bodied, alive and kicking, blooming, bright-eyed, bushy-tailed, chipper, fine, fit, flourishing, fresh, great, hale, hardy, hearty, husky, in good health, in the pink, right, right as rain, robust, sane, solid as a rock, sound, strong, strong as an ox, together, trim, up to par, vigorous, whole, wholesome, wrapped tight |
| Notes: | using good as an adverb in place of well ("she dances real good," "he did good") is nonstandard usage - so, it would be best to say "she dances very well," "he did well" well is an adverb to describe an activity; good is an adjective to describe a condition or state |
| Antonyms: | diseased, ill, sick, unhealthy |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
Cite This Source
Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
Cite This Source
| Main Entry: | sound |
| Part of Speech: | adjective, noun, verb |
Related
Adjectives: |
acoustic, altitonant, amphorous, anechoic, assonant, audible, audio, auditory, aural, auricular, borborygmic, buccinal, cacuminal, closed, deaf, distinct, dumb, faint, foudroyant, glad, inaudible, isacoustic, loud, monophonic, mum, mute, noisy, non, quadraphonic, quiet, rataplan, raucous, reel, rooped, roupy, singultous, soft, sonant, sonic, soniferous, sonorific, sonorous, sounding, soundproof, stereophonic, stertorous, still, stone, supersonic, throaty, tone
|
| Concept: | Sound. |
| Category: | 2. Sensation; special sensation; sound; sound in general |
| Synonyms: |
-nouns
-verbs
produce sound; sound, make a noise; give out sound, emit sound; resound.
-adjectives
sounding; soniferous; sonorous, sonorific; resonant, audible, distinct; stertorous; phonetic; phonic, phonocamptic.
-phrases
"a thousand trills and quivering sounds" [Addison]; forensis strepitus.
|
| Antonyms: | silence |
| Browse Concept Index » | |
Copyright © 2013 Dictionary.com, LLC. All rights reserved.
