25.1 zany...
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zany adj. 1 clownish, mad, wild, frolicsome, sportive, playful, gay,
merry, slapstick, crazy, funny, comic(al), amusing, hilarious,
absurd, nonsensical, ludicrous, silly, foolish, inane, Colloq
wacky, loony, madcap, crackpot, nutty, goofy, US kooky: The
buskers put on the zaniest show I have seen for some time.
--n. 2 clown, comic, jester, fool, joker, buffoon, wag,
comedian, merry andrew, laughing-stock, Slang nut, US screwball:
The two zanies kept the crowd in stitches while the pickpockets
stole their wallets.
zap v. destroy, kill, slaughter, annihilate, murder, slay,
assassinate, liquidate, erase; shoot, electrocute, Slang rub
out, polish off, knock off, bump off, snuff (out), waste, hit,
US ice: The baddies got zapped by the ray gun, one after the
other.
25.2 zealot...
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zealot n. fanatic, extremist, radical, bigot, maniac, militant: We
have to deal with ruthless zealots who are willing to die for
their cause.
zealotry n. fanaticism, extremism, radicalism, bigotry, militantism,
terrorism, single-mindedness, monomania, fervour, frenzy,
hysteria, obsession, obsessiveness: Their attacks on innocent
civilians show how far their zealotry can take them.
zenith n. meridian, summit, acme, apex, vertex, apogee, high point,
top, peak, pinnacle: The dictator reached the zenith of his
power very quickly.
zero n. 1 nil, null, nothing, nought or naught, aught, cipher,
Cricket duck, Colloq nix, US goose-egg, nada, niente, Slang Brit
(sweet) Fanny Adams or F.A., bugger-all, US zilch: Temperatures
have remained below zero all day. The visiting team won three
games, we won zero. 2 (rock) bottom, nadir: On a scale of one
to ten, she is a zero. 3 nobody, nothing, nonentity, Slang US
nebbish, bupkis: That fellow she married is a real zero.
--v. 4 zero in on. focus on, pinpoint, fix on, home in on,
concentrate on, bring to bear on: We zeroed in on the problem
and then rapidly found the answer.
zest n. 1 spice, relish, gusto, tang, pepper, ginger, piquancy,
pungency, edge, bite, flavour, Colloq zing, zip, pizazz: Put in
a little of my home-made sauce to add some zest. 2 eagerness,
zestfulness, exuberance, appetite, interest, enthusiasm, hunger,
thirst: Where does Sidney get his zest for life?
25.3 zone...
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zone n. area, quarter, district, region, sector, section, sphere,
belt, territory, province, realm, domain, precinct, bailiwick,
department, terrain, circle, locality, locale, Slang US turf: A
duty-free zone will allow for quicker transshipment of goods.
The northern and southern hemispheres each have a frigid,
temperate, and torrid zone.
zoo n. 1 zoological garden, menagerie, Tiergarten, (safari) park:
When I was a child, I enjoyed going to the zoo almost as much as
I do now. 2 madhouse, mess; chaos, pandemonium, bedlam, Colloq
US three-ring circus, Chinese fire-drill: When my husband and
the three children get ready in the morning the kitchen is like
a zoo.
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