Nearby Words
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | beyond the imagination |
| Synonyms: | astonishing, beyond belief, cockamamie, cockeyed, doubtful, dubious, far-fetched, fishy, flaky*, flimsy*, for the birds, full of holes, harebrained, implausible, impossible, improbable, incogitable, inconceivable, incredible, kooky, lamebrained, open to doubt, outlandish, past belief, phony, preposterous, questionable, reaching, scatterbrained, screwy, staggering, suspect, thick*, thin*, too much*, unconvincing, unimaginable, unsubstantial, unthinkable, weak, won't hold water, won't wash |
| Antonyms: | believable, credible, plausible, real |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | untold |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | very many; enormous |
| Synonyms: | beyond measure, countless, gigantic, hidden, huge, immense, incalculable, indescribable, inexpressible, innumerable, innumerous, mammoth, manifold, many, measureless, mighty, monstrous, multiple, multitudinous, myriad, numberless, private, prodigious, staggering, suppressed, titanic, uncountable, uncounted, undreamed of, unexpressed, unimaginable, unknown, unnumberable, unnumbered, unspeakable, unthinkable, vast |
| Antonyms: | few, little, small, tiny |
| Main Entry: | wonderful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | great, extraordinary |
| Synonyms: | admirable, amazing, astonishing, astounding, awe-inspiring, awesome, brilliant, cool*, divine*, dynamite, enjoyable, excellent, fabulous, fantastic, fine, groovy*, incredible, magnificent, marvelous, miraculous, outstanding, peachy*, phenomenal, pleasant, pleasing, prime, remarkable, sensational, something else, staggering, startling, strange, stupendous, super, superb, surprising, swell, terrific, too much*, tremendous, unheard-of, wondrous |
| Antonyms: | bad, lousy, poor, rotten |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | woozy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dizzy |
| Synonyms: | befuddled, bemused, bewildered, confused, dazed, dazzled, dumbfounded, faint, gaga, giddy, groggy, hazy, light-headed, muddled, off balance, punch-drunk, punchy, puzzled, queasy, reeling, seeing stars, shaky, slap-happy, staggered, staggering, tipsy, unsteady, weak in the knees, weak-kneed, wobbly |
| Main Entry: | jarring |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | jolting |
| Synonyms: | agitating, bouncy, bumpy, crushing, disconcerting, jerky, jiggly, jouncy, jumpy, rocky, rough, shaking, smashing, staggering, uneven, unsettling, wiggly, wobbly |
| Antonyms: | firm, smooth, steady |
| Main Entry: | vacillating |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | fluctuating |
| Synonyms: | oscillating, shifting, staggering, swaying, tottering, unsteady, vibrating |
| Antonyms: | constant, steady |
| Main Entry: | wobbling |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | shaking |
| Synonyms: | quaking, quivering, staggering, swaying, teetering, trembling, wabbling, wiggling |
| Main Entry: | reeling |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dizzy |
| Synonyms: | addled, befuddled, bemused, bewildered, blind, blinded, dazed, dazzled, distracted, disturbed, dumb, dumbfounded, faint, gaga, giddy, groggy, hazy, light, lightheaded, muddled, off balance, out of control, punch-drunk, punchy, puzzled, shaky, slap-happy, staggered, staggering, swimming*, tipsy, unsteady, upset, vertiginous, weak in the knees, weak-kneed, whirling, wobbly, woozy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | amaze |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | surprise |
| Synonyms: | affect, alarm, astonish, astound, bewilder, blow away, blow one's mind, bowl over, daze, dumbfound, electrify, flabbergast*, impress, move, perplex, put one away, shock, stagger, startle, strike, stun, stupefy, touch* |
| Notes: | amaze once meant 'alarm, terrify' but now means 'astonish'; surprise means 'meet with suddenly or without warning' |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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