7.0 G

7.1 gab...
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gab v. 1 jabber, gabble, chatter, gibber, blather or blether,
prate, prattle, blab, gossip, Colloq Brit natter, witter, Slang
jaw, yack, US run off at the mouth: Stop gabbing and get on
with your work!

--n. 2 chatter, chit-chat, prattle, jibber-jabber, jabber,
gossip, blarney, blather or blether, tittle-tattle; cackle,
moonshine, nonsense, drivel, twaddle, rubbish, gobbledegook or
gobbledygook, mumbo-jumbo, poppycock, bunk or bunkum,
balderdash, stuff and nonsense, hogwash, eyewash, Colloq piffle,
flummery, rot, bull, codswallop, Slang bullshit, horseshit,
shit, crap, garbage, Chiefly Brit tosh, balls: He had nothing

important to say - just a lot of gab.

gad v. Usually, gad about or around. gallivant, run around, flit
about, traipse: He's never home, always gadding about, from one
party to another.

gadget n. contrivance, device, appliance, creation, invention,
machine, tool, utensil, implement, instrument, mechanism,
apparatus, Colloq contraption, widget, thingumabob or
thingamabob or thingumbob, thingumajig or thingamajig or
thingummy, whatchamacallit, what's-its-name, Brit doodah, US
hickey, doodad, doohickey, whosis, whatsis, dingus, Chiefly US
and Canadian gismo or gizmo: He invented a gadget for resealing
fizzy drink bottles.


gagฐ v. 1 silence, stifle, still, muffle, stop (up), muzzle, quiet,
curb, suppress, repress, restrain, throttle, strangle, check,
inhibit, discourage: The department gagged him, forbidding any
press interviews. 2 retch, choke, heave; gasp for air, struggle
for breath; US keck: That drink made me gag.

--n. 3 restraint, curb, muzzle, check: MI5 tried to put a gag
on the revelations of the former spy.


gag n. 1 joke, witticism, jest, quip, pun, gibe, Colloq wisecrack,
Slang crack: He told some gags but nobody found them funny. 2
practical joke, hoax, prank, trick, Colloq fast one: For a gag,
we put a snake in the sergeant's bed.


gaiety n. 1 cheerfulness, exhilaration, elation, glee, joie de vivre,
buoyancy, light-heartedness, blitheness, happiness, felicity,
pleasure, delight, joy, joyfulness, joyousness, exultation,
merriment, mirth, mirthfulness, jubilation, good or high
spirits, sprightliness, liveliness, joviality, jollity,
hilarity: The gaiety of the celebration was becoming
infectious. 2 Often, gaieties. merrymaking, festivity,
festivities, celebration, revelry, revels, rejoicing,
conviviality, Old-fashioned Brit mafficking: We all joined in
the gaiety of Mardi Gras. 3 colourfulness, brightness,
gaudiness, garishness, brilliance, brightness, cheeriness: The
gaiety of her costume was offset by her lugubrious expression.

gaily adv. 1 showily, gaudily, brightly, splendidly, brilliantly,

colourfully, flashily, flamboyantly, garishly: The dancers
appeared in their gaily coloured dresses. 2 happily,
cheerfully, cheerily, gleefully, joyously, joyfully, jubilantly,
merrily, blithely, light-heartedly, airily, jauntily,
insouciantly: The revellers came cavorting gaily down the
street.

gain v. 1 get, obtain, acquire, procure, attain, achieve, secure,
earn, win, capture, bag, net, harvest, reap, garner, glean,
collect, gather, come by, pick up: Any advantage we gain today
may be lost tomorrow. 2 make, get, profit, gain ground, earn,
benefit, realize, clear, bring in, produce, yield: Have you
gained from the transaction? 3 improve, recuperate, progress,
rally, get better, advance, gain ground: Her health has gained
steadily since the cyst was removed. 4 catch up (to or on or
with), approach, get nearer (to), overtake, close with, close in
(on), narrow the gap, gain ground: As we came to the finish
line, Tom was gaining on me. Though he kept gaining, I won. 5
leave behind, outdistance, draw or pull away (from), widen the
gap, get or go or move further or farther ahead, get further or
farther away (from), increase the lead: I kept gaining on him
till I was a mile ahead. 6 reach, arrive at, get to, come to:
After paddling for hours, we finally gained the shore. 7
increase, move ahead, improve, advance, progress, gain ground:
Shares gained again on the exchange.

--n. 8 profit, advantage, margin, yield, return, revenue,
income, dividend, benefit, emolument, payment, pay, money;
proceeds, earnings, winnings; Colloq chiefly US take, payout,
pay-off: What was your gain on the sale of the house? He has
seen gains of 20 per cent on his investment. 9 increase,
increment, improvement, rise, addition, enhancement, elevation,
augmentation, upward or forward movement, advance, progress:
Each month has seen a gain in share prices. 10 acquisition,
achievement, attainment: My gain was at the expense of their
sacrifice.

gainful adj. advantageous, profitable, productive, fruitful,
beneficial, useful, valuable, worthwhile, rewarding,
remunerative, lucrative, moneymaking: Your father thinks it
about time you sought gainful employment.

gala n. 1 fˆte or fete, festival, festivity, feast, celebration,

event, red-letter day, holiday, holy day, carnival, occasion,
happening, event, pageant, party, ball; field-day: The annual
gala is planned for Midsummer's Eve.


--adj. 2 merry, festive, joyful, joyous, gleeful, jovial, gay,
celebratory, jolly, convivial, happy, cheerful, cheery: Her
home-coming was a gala occasion.

gale n. 1 wind-storm, strong wind, (big or hard) blow, blast,
turbulence, storm, tempest: I refuse to take the boat out in
that gale. 2 outburst, burst, explosion, eruption; peal, roar,
scream, shout, howl, shriek: Bea Lillie needed merely to raise
an eyebrow to send her audience into gales of laughter.


gallฐ n. 1 bitterness, acerbity, acrimony, harshness, vitriol,
asperity, bile, spleen, causticness or causticity, bite,
mordacity or mordaciousness, sharpness, rancidness or rancidity;
venom, poison, rancour: Once more he experienced the gall of
disappointment. 2 impudence, insolence, impertinence, audacity,
brashness, brazenness, sauciness, effrontery, temerity,
overconfidence, front, Colloq brass, nerve, guts, cheek, lip,
crust, sauce, US and Canadian chutzpah, moxie; Slang balls: One
student had the gall to suggest that he would be a better
teacher than I am.


gall n. 1 sore (spot), abrasion, scrape, graze, scratch, chafe:
This gall on my leg is from the saddle. 2 irritation,
annoyance, nuisance, bother, exasperation, vexation, Colloq
aggravation: One has to tolerate a lot of gall in this job.


--v. 3 irritate, chafe, abrade, fret, scrape, rub, grate,
scratch: His shoe was galling his heel. 4 irritate, annoy,
bother, vex, irk, exasperate, harass, harry, plague, provoke,
goad, nag, pester, hector, badger, nettle, needle, ruffle, fret,
anger, enrage, inflame, infuriate, incense, arouse, US rankle:
It galls me to think of all the animals killed just to make fur
coats.

gallant adj. 1 brave, courageous, bold, valiant, daring, dauntless,
intrepid, plucky, fearless, valorous, unafraid, undaunted,
manly, manful, plucky, mettlesome, stout-hearted, lion-hearted,
heroic, dashing, (high-)spirited: Three gallant soldiers held
off the enemy attack. 2 chivalrous, courtly, courteous, polite,

attentive, gentlemanly, noble, gracious, considerate,
thoughtful, well-bred, mannerly: What man is so gallant today
as to give up his seat on a bus to a lady? 3 dignified, elegant,
imposing, grand, noble, glorious, fine, splendid, majestic,
stately, magnificent: Overwhelmed by four enemy men o' war, the
gallant ship sank beneath the waves.

--n. 4 champion, hero, knight, cavalier, paladin: Which
gallant wears her scarf on his sleeve in today's jousts? 5
lover, Romeo, sweetheart, beloved, paramour, boyfriend, beau,
escort, suitor, admirer, Literary swain: In those days,
gallants continually sent their ladies gifts and flowers.

gallows n. gibbet: Another name for gallows was 'Tyburn tree', after
that at Tyburn, in London.

galore adv. in abundance, in large quantity or numbers or amounts, in
excess, everywhere, aplenty, in profusion: There were prizes
galore for everything from swimming to skittles.


gamble v. 1 risk, venture, hazard, bet, wager, stake, chance,
speculate; play, game, Brit punt: I wouldn't gamble that he'll
be on time. I go to Monte Carlo to gamble. 2 gamble on. back,
bet or wager on, stake or put money on, take a chance or flier
on, try one's luck or fortune on, lay or place or make a wager
or bet on; count on, rely on: We gambled on the horse to win. I
was gambling on his having forgotten the debt.

--n. 3 chance, risk, venture; uncertainty, speculation, Colloq
US crap-shoot: I had to take the gamble that the rope would
hold. All of life is just a gamble. 4 bet, wager, stake, Brit
punt: She took a gamble on number 14.

game n. 1 amusement, pastime, diversion, distraction, recreation,
play; sport: She regards love as just a game. 2 contest,
competition, meeting or US also meet, tournament or US also
tourney, match, encounter, engagement, event, round; regatta:
Would you like to see a football game? The games are held
annually. 3 scheme, plan, plot, design, stratagem, strategy,
tactic, artifice, trick, device(s), ploy: Aha! I am on to your
little game! 4 occupation, line (of work), job, position,
field, business, trade, profession, Slang racket: She is in the
advertising game. 5 quarry, prey; victim, target: Game has

been plentiful this year, especially pheasant and quail. He is
fair game for any unscrupulous swindler. 6 play games.
dissemble, dissimulate, be deceitful or underhand, misrepresent,
pretend, practise deceit or deception, fake, feign: She wasn't
serious about selling, she was just playing games.

--adj. 7 ready, willing, prepared; plucky or spirited or daring
or adventurous enough: She's game for anything: I'm sure she'll
jump at the chance of scuba-diving lessons. 8 plucky, spirited,
high-spirited, daring, devil-may-care, adventurous, unflinching,
courageous, brave, bold, heroic, Colloq nervy, gutsy: Entering
the cave to rescue the dog was a game thing for him to do.

--v. 9 gamble: He has taken up gaming as a hobby.


gamut n. range, scale, spectrum, compass, spread, sweep, field,
series: Parker said that Hepburn's acting ran the whole gamut
of emotions from A to B.


gang n. 1 group, band, crowd, company, pack, mob, ring: The police
are looking for the gang that robbed the mail train. 2 clique,
set, coterie, circle, party, company, team, troupe: A whole
gang of my friends came over yesterday evening.


--v. 3 gang up (on or against.) conspire or plot against,
combine or unite or unify or join (against), league or ally or
club or band (against), join forces (against), overwhelm: When
they all ganged up on me, I decided to change my mind.


gangster n. criminal, gang member, racketeer, Mafioso, soldier,
hooligan, gunman, thug, mugger, robber, tough, ruffian,
desperado, brigand, bandit, Brit skinhead, Australian and New
Zealand larrikin, Chiefly US and Canadian hoodlum, gunslinger,
Colloq crook; Slang hood, hit man, US gunsel, torpedo, mobster,
goon: The gangsters were arrested for smuggling cocaine.

gap n. 1 opening, space, aperture, distance, hole, void, gulf,
cavity, break, breach, crevice, chink, crack, split, division,
cleft, rift, rip, tear, rent; interruption, interval, lacuna,
hiatus, discontinuity, disruption; lull, pause, rest, recess,
halt, stop, suspension, delay, wait, intermission, respite: The
gap between the walls is just big enough for a child. I can see
through a gap in the curtain. There is a gap in his payment

record. 2 difference, divergence, disparity, disagreement,
inconsistency, discrepancy; division, distinction: A gap exists
between your ideas of justice and mine.


gape v. 1 stare, gawk, goggle, Slang rubberneck, Brit gawp or gaup:
She gaped when they brought in the boar's head. 2 yawn, open
wide, part; split: The jaws of the huge shark gaped to swallow
the diver.


garbage n. rubbish, refuse, waste, muck, offal, sweepings, swill,
filth, slops, dross, scraps, junk, litter, debris, detritus,
Chiefly US and Canadian trash, Slang crap: The garbage in the
river is a health hazard.


garble v. 1 warp, distort, twist, corrupt, adulterate, slant, colour,
mangle, mutilate, pervert, doctor, falsify, misrepresent, belie,
misstate, misquote, misreport, mistranslate, misrender;
misunderstand, misconstrue, misread: She has garbled the story
and it makes no sense. I've garbled your message completely. 2
confuse, mix up, jumble, mumble, mutter: He garbles his words
so badly that I cannot understand him.

garish adj. gaudy, flashy, glaring, cheap, tawdry, florid, raffish,
vulgar, harsh, loud, meretricious, Brummagem, showy, crude,
tasteless, Colloq flash, Slang US glitzy: Their flat is filled
with the most garish decorations.

garland n. 1 wreath, festoon, crown, chaplet, circlet: Diana crowned
the sleeping Endymion with a garland of flowers.


--v. 2 wreathe, festoon, crown, decorate, coil, spiral,
encircle, ring, circle: The columns were all garlanded with
brightly coloured paper decorations.


garments n.pl. garb, clothes, clothing, raiment, dress, attire, apparel,
costume, outfit, habit, vestments, habiliment; wardrobe;
uniform, livery; Colloq duds, rig, togs, Slang rags, threads,
gear: All his garments are custom-made in Savile Row.


garner v. gather, collect, accumulate, assemble, amass, store (up),
stock (up), husband, lay in or up or down or by, heap or pile
up, put away or by, stow (away), cache, store, save, reserve:
He garnered what he could from the family estate.


gash n. 1 cut, slash, wound, score, cleft, incision, laceration,
slit, groove, split: The chisel slipped, cutting a deep gash in
the table.


--v. 2 cut, slash, wound, score, cleave, incise, lacerate,
slit, groove, split: I've gashed my hand on a rusty nail.

gasp v. 1 pant, gulp for air, fight for air or breath; catch one's
breath, snort, huff, puff: I gasped when I saw the condition of
the room.

--n. 2 snort, puff, blow, gulp, wheeze: He gave a gasp of
horror.


gate n. 1 gateway, barrier, doorway, door, access, entrance, exit,
passage, opening: The garden gate sagged on its hinges. 2
admissions, attendance, crowd, audience, assemblage: We had the
biggest gate of the year at yesterday's game.


gather v. 1 collect, assemble, accumulate, amass, muster, heap or pile
(up), garner, pick, harvest, glean, get or bring together,
stockpile, stock: I gathered all the firewood I could find. 2
collect, assemble, convene, meet, huddle, forgather or
foregather, get or come together, congregate, turn out, flock or
herd (together), group, cluster, throng, crowd, swarm, rally:
We gathered round the old man's bed. 3 purse, shirr, pucker,
tuck, ruffle, pleat, draw or pull together, contract, constrict:
The fabric is gathered at the waist. 4 draw, conclude, infer,
assume, deduce, understand, learn, hear, be led to believe: I
gather that you'd prefer not to collect the award in person. 5
increase, grow, enlarge, expand, extend, wax, heighten, deepen,
intensify, build, rise: He stood, menacingly, in the gathering
shadows.


gathering n. assembly, convocation, convention, congress, assemblage,
meeting, get-together, turnout, conclave, rally, aggregation:
There is a gathering of the clan once a year.


gaudy adj. garish, flashy, glaring, tawdry, loud, cheap, florid,
showy, ostentatious, raffish, vulgar, crude, tasteless,
Brummagem, meretricious, tinselly, gimcrack, shoddy, trashy,
Brit tatty, US and Canadian honky-tonk, Colloq US tacky,

chintzy: The carnival stands were painted pink, purple, and
other gaudy colours.

gauge v. 1 measure, determine, weigh, calculate, compute, reckon,
figure, US technical also gage: Try to gauge the height of that
building. 2 judge, evaluate, appraise, assess, rate, estimate,
guess, US technical also gage: How can we gauge the strength of
the opposition?


--n. 3 standard, yardstick, criterion, benchmark, basis,
measure, norm, model, example, pattern, rule, touchstone, test,
guide, guideline, US litmus test, Technical also gage: You
cannot use your compulsive work habits as a gauge for others. 4
scope, capacity, amount, extent, measure, size, dimension(s),
magnitude, degree, limit: There are a number of narrow-gauge
railways in Wales. What will be the gauge of your involvement in
the enterprise?

gaunt adj. 1 emaciated, scrawny, raw-boned, bony, angular, haggard,
skeletal, wasted, starved-looking, cadaverous, scraggy, spindly,
meagre, hollow-cheeked, spare, skinny, lank(y), pinched, thin,
underweight: We were shocked by the gaunt faces of the famine
victims. 2 dreary, dismal, bleak, bare, barren, deserted,
desolate, harsh, hostile, unfriendly, inimical, stern,
forbidding, stark, grim, forlorn: Under the low cloud, the moor
looked even more gaunt than usual.

gawk n. 1 oaf, lout, bumpkin, clod, boor, churl, dolt, dunderhead or
dunderpate, ninny, ninny-hammer, ignoramus, fool, simpleton,
ass, bungler, bumbler, Colloq clodhopper, lummox, Slang chiefly
US old-fashioned galoot or galloot, lug: You big gawk, get out
of my way!

--v. 2 stare, goggle, gape, Colloq rubberneck, Slang Brit gawp
or gaup: Stop gawking and help me get him to a hospital.

gay adj. 1 See homosexual, 1, below. 2 happy, blithe, jovial,
light-hearted, carefree, debonair, cheerful, gleeful, bright,
joyful, joyous, jubilant, high-spirited, merry, lively,
vivacious, buoyant, effervescent, bubbly, bubbling, sparkling,
US chipper: In those days our hearts were young and gay. 3
garish, gaudy, flashy, bright, brilliant, vivid, many-coloured:
The gay decorations added to the atmosphere to the party.


--n. 4 See homosexual, 2, below.

gaze v. 1 look at or on or upon or over, view, regard, contemplate,
stare; wonder, gape: She stood gazing out to sea. I gazed at
the screen in disbelief.

--n. 2 fixed or steady or intent look, stare, look: His gaze
faltered and he averted his eyes.


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gear n. 1 cog, cog-wheel; gearbox, mechanism, machinery; works:
This gear operates the automatic doors. 2 equipment, apparatus,
appliances, implements, tools, tackle, utensils, supplies,
material(s), accessories, accoutrements or US also
accouterments, appurtenances, paraphernalia, panoply, outfit,
trappings, fixtures, materiel or mat‚riel: Have you taken all
the camping gear? 3 clothing, apparel, attire, clothes,
garments, habit, habiliments, vestments, raiment, regalia,
uniform, livery, Colloq duds, togs, Brit clobber: You should
keep your gear in your locker. 4 belongings, things, stuff,
effects, kit, effects, chattels, goods, impedimenta, (bag and)
baggage, accoutrements, Colloq junk, Slang shit: Get your gear
together and get out of here!

--v. 5 adjust, adapt, fit, suit, tailor, accommodate: You will
have to gear your schedule according to our plans.

gem n. 1 gemstone, jewel, stone, precious or semiprecious stone:
The crown was set with rubies and other precious gems. 2 ideal,
quintessence, perfect example; pearl (of great price), marvel,
flower, ‚lite, cream, crŠme de la crŠme, pick, nonpareil,
treasure, prize, masterpiece, chef-d'oeuvre: This is a perfect
gem of a painting. The vale of Grasmere is a gem in the diadem
of the Lake District.


general adj. 1 common, prevailing, accepted, popular, public, communal,
community, widespread, shared, extensive, prevalent, universal,
worldwide, global; comprehensive, inclusive, all-inclusive,
non-exclusive, overall, unrestricted: The general feeling is

that she should resign. We demanded a general revision of the
law. 2 ordinary, common, normal, customary, habitual, regular,
usual, run-of-the-mill, everyday, familiar, accustomed;
non-specialized, unspecialized, non-specific, unspecific:
Indoor plumbing became general only in the twentieth century.
Within the general area of ceramics there are scores of
specialities. 3 mixed, assorted, miscellaneous, heterogeneous,
encyclopedic or encyclopaedic, diversified, extended, broad,
comprehensive, inclusive, all-inclusive, non-exclusive, overall,
blanket, across the board, sweeping, panoramic, catholic,
composite, combined, blended, hybrid, mongrel: The plan is to
prepare a general work of reference. 4 vague, indefinite,
broad, ill-defined, loose, inexact, imprecise, undetailed,
non-specific, unspecific, generalized, overall; approximate:
This kind of general report fails to pinpoint problems.

generality
n. 1 generalization, abstraction, abstract, vague or loose or
sweeping or indefinite statement, imprecise or vague notion:
His talks are characterized by empty generality, without
detailed facts. 2 Often, generalities. principle(s), law(s),
abstraction(s), generalization(s), universality or
universalities: You have given us the generalities, now we want
the particulars.


generally adv. 1 usually, commonly, ordinarily, in general, customarily,
habitually, conventionally, normally, typically, on average, as
a rule, by and large, for the most part, mostly, mainly, on the
whole, predominantly: Generally, people do not have a healthy
diet. He is generally in the office at noon. 2 superficially,
non-specifically, unspecifically, roughly, broadly, in a general
way, loosely, approximately, largely, in the main, mainly,
principally: He covered the subject generally, not dwelling on
details.


generate v. 1 produce, create, originate, make, manufacture: At these
stations we can generate 1000 megawatts of electricity. 2
spawn, father, sire, bring into being, procreate, breed, beget,
engender, propagate: This one fish would generate millions of
offspring if all survived. 3 produce, create, give rise to,
inspire, whip up, cause, initiate: Her good fortune generated
in him a feeling of envy. 4 produce, create, invent, coin, make
up, fabricate, fashion, devise, develop, form, forge, mould,

contrive, construct, put together: We must generate a new
theory to account for these phenomena.

generation
n. 1 production, reproduction, propagation, procreation,
begetting, fathering, siring: In the lower animals, the
generation of offspring is asexual. 2 time(s), day(s), age,
period, era, epoch: The trait did not appear till later
generations. The 1950s and '60s spawned the yuppie generation of
the '80s. 3 origination, creation, genesis, inception,
initiation, start, beginning, institution, establishment,
formation, formulation: The generation of legal systems can be
traced to the oldest civilizations. 4 crop; age (group);
contemporaries: This generation of Americans has a rendezvous
with destiny. He prefers to be with people of his own
generation.

generous adj. 1 bounteous, bountiful, magnanimous, charitable,
eleemosynary, philanthropic, lavish, open-handed, free, liberal,
unstinting, ungrudging, beneficent, benevolent, big-hearted,
munificent: Not everyone who has money is generous with it. 2
magnanimous, benevolent, charitable, unselfish, humanitarian,
humane, kindly, noble, high-minded, lofty, good, disinterested,
unprejudiced: He was too generous in acknowledging the
accomplishments of his political foes. 3 plentiful, full,
lavish, overflowing, abundant, bounteous, handsome, copious,
ample: They certainly serve generous portions at that
restaurant.


genial adj. affable, amiable, cordial, warm, friendly, congenial,
agreeable, good-natured, good-humoured, well-disposed,
neighbourly, sociable, kindly, kind, hospitable, easygoing,
relaxed, pleasant, nice, cheerful, cheery, convivial: And here
is your genial host, Sonny Gegenschein!


genitals n.pl. genitalia, sexual or reproductive organs, sex organs,
organs of procreation or generation, private parts, privates:
They wore loincloths to cover their genitals.


genius n. 1 mastermind, master, virtuoso, intellect; maestro, expert,
adept; Colloq brain, Einstein: At the age of nine, this genius
entered university. 2 intelligence, brilliance, wit, ingenuity,
brains, ability, aptitude: She is a woman of incredible genius.

3 talent, gift, knack, faculty, flair, aptitude, forte,
capacity, ability, capability: He has a genius for saying the
wrong thing.


genre n. kind, sort, type, class, style, brand, character, category,
genus, species, variety, fashion: Her paintings are in the
classicist genre.

genteel adj. 1 over-polite, unnatural, pretentious, affected, mannered,
putting on airs, pompous, overdone, Colloq posh, la-di-da or
lah-di-dah or la-de-da, phoney or US also phony, Brit county:
The Brumfits are a bit too genteel for my taste. 2 courtly,
polite, civil, well-mannered, well-bred, courteous, mannerly,
gracious, proper, respectable, decorous, ladylike, gentlemanly,
chivalrous, cavalier, debonair, suave, patrician, high-class,
upper-class, aristocratic, thoroughbred, blue-blooded, noble,
royal, Colloq classy, tony, upper crust, US silk-stocking: His
son married a woman from an ancient, genteel house. 3 refined,
polished, sophisticated, debonair, suave, urbane, cosmopolitan,
cultivated, cultured, elegant, Colloq ritzy: Why small feet are
considered genteel, I cannot say.

gentle adj. 1 kind, kindly, mild, tender, benign, moderate, easy,
quiet, calm, still, temperate, unruffled, untroubled,
undisturbed, tranquil, restful, peaceful, pacific, placid,
smooth, lenient, patient, indulgent, soothing, thoughtful,
gracious, compassionate, humane, tender-hearted, merciful; soft,
light, balmy: Amy is very gentle with the patients. A gentle
breeze barely stirred the leaves. The gentle waves belied the
terror that lurked below. 2 tame, tractable, docile, manageable,
controllable; broken: As he's a beginner, he's been given a
gentle mare to ride. 3 gradual, easy, moderate: The car rolled
down the gentle slope and stopped.


gentry n. ladies and gentlemen, upper classes, Šlite, aristocracy,
landed gentry, gentlefolk, upper class(es) or strata, cream,
crŠme de la crŠme; landowners, Brit squirearchy, Colloq upper
crust or strata: He thinks he is privileged because he belongs
to the gentry.


genuine adj. 1 authentic, real, bona fide, veritable, legitimate, true,
original, proper, not counterfeit or fake; pukka or pucka: Is
that a genuine diamond? I know his feelings for her are genuine.

Armstrong is a genuine leader of men. 2 candid, frank, open,
sincere, earnest, honest, unfeigned: His art is much more
genuine than the pretentious output of his contemporaries.


germ n. 1 micro-organism, microbe, bacterium, virus, Colloq bug:
Germs were not conceived of before Leeuwenhoek's invention of
the microscope. 2 source, origin, fount, embryo, seed, root,
rudiment, beginning, start, base, basis: The germ of romantic
literature lies in folk-tales.


gesture n. 1 movement, motion, gesticulation, signal, indication,
action, Colloq US high sign: She made a gesture of dismissal.
2 formality, move; gambit, ploy; token, indication, symbol:
Sending her flowers was a friendly gesture. Their burning the
flag was a gesture of defiance.

--v. 3 motion, gesticulate, signal, sign, indicate, Colloq US
give (someone) the high sign: He gestured for me to step
forward.


get v. 1 obtain, secure, acquire, come by or into (the) possession
of, procure, pick up; collect; buy, purchase, book, retain,
hire, engage, rent, lease; accede to, inherit, fall heir to,
succeed to: Where did you get these beautiful prints? You had
better get yourself a good lawyer. They got the furniture from
his mother's estate. 2 receive; be given, come by: He got a
bicycle from his grandma. I got a job at the carwash. 3 earn,
receive, realize, make, take, gross, clear, net, pocket, be
paid; win, Colloq take home, pull down: He gets a lot of money
for just standing there and answering questions. 4 fetch, go
(to or and) get, go for or after, pick up; bring (back),
retrieve: Please get me a cup of tea. 5 catch, contract, have,
suffer from, come down with, fall ill or sick with, be afflicted
with, become infected with, acquire: You'll get pneumonia if
you go out without your coat. 6 become, fall: We got ill from
eating too much chocolate. 7 become, turn, grow: It got very
cold last night. He got rich almost overnight. 8 capture,
seize, arrest, take, apprehend, grab, pick up, lay hold of, bag,
Colloq collar, nab, pinch: Are the police sure that they got
the right person? 9 manage, arrange, come, succeed; contrive,
fix it, manoeuvre, manipulate, Colloq wangle: How did you get
to be chairman? 10 reach, arrive (at), come, go, travel,
journey: She got home by taxi. 11 catch, take, enter, make,

come or go by, travel or journey by: He got the midnight train.
12 reach, get in touch with, communicate with, get onto or
through to, Colloq contact: We finally got him just before he
left for the day. 13 receive, pick up, tune in to or on, listen
to or watch: I cannot get that programme. 14 persuade, prevail
upon, coax, induce, influence, cajole, wheedle, talk (someone)
into, sway, bring (someone) round, make, cause: How did you
ever get them to let you go? 15 put, place, set, fit,
manoeuvre, manipulate, wiggle, wriggle: I can't get this knob
back on. 16 affect, stir, move, touch, arouse, stimulate,
excite, have an impact or effect on, make an impression on,
impress, leave a mark on, get to, Colloq turn (someone) on:
Those old romantic songs really get me. 17 get at, irritate,
annoy, vex, irk, nettle, pique, provoke, anger, exasperate,
bother, perturb, rile, Colloq bug, get (someone's) goat, rub
(someone) (up) the wrong way, Sometimes non-standard aggravate:
Doesn't it get you to see people going unpunished for their
crimes? 18 baffle, confuse, confound, puzzle, perplex,
bewilder: You've got me! I don't know where it is! 19
understand, appreciate, fathom, see, grasp, apprehend, perceive,
follow, comprehend, take in, work out, make head(s) or tail(s)
of: You just don't get the joke, do you? 20 catch, hear: I
didn't get the name; please repeat it. 21 derive, learn, glean,
absorb, take in: Did you get anything from yesterday's lecture?
22 have, place, put, fix, pinpoint: Eventually, I'll get him
where I want him! 23 get even with, revenge oneself on, take
vengeance on, pay (someone) back, settle or even the score with,
get back at: I'll get him for betraying me if it's the last
thing I do! 24 strike, hit, punch, smack; shoot; hurt, harm,
damage, injure; Slang sock, slug: She got him right between the
eyes. 25 get about or around. a spread, become known, leak
(out), circulate, be bruited about or around, be noised abroad,
go about or around: He let the news get about that he needed a
secretary. b be socially active, socialize, go or get out; run
about or around, gad about: Since his accident, he doesn't get
around much any more. 26 get across. get or put over, put
across, get through, communicate, make clear, impart: She is
trying to get across to you the fact that she despises
television. 27 get ahead. succeed, prosper, be or become
successful, do well, flourish, thrive, make good, progress, rise
(up) in the world, Colloq go places: With his contacts, he's
bound to get ahead. 28 get along. a be friendly or compatible
(with), associate (with), agree (with), be agreeable, get on

(with), Colloq hit it off (with): She gets along with most
people quite well. Do you think they'll get along? b manage,
cope, shift, fare, survive, make both ends meet, keep the wolf
from the door, keep one's head above water, get on, Colloq get
by, make out, make do: How are you getting along with your new
novel? c leave, depart, go or move away, get going, get on, go
along, proceed: I have to get along now or I'll miss my train.
d progress, proceed, get on, advance, move ahead or along or on:
How are you getting on with your new novel? e get on, age, get
or become or grow older, advance: They are getting along but
you wouldn't guess that they're eighty. 29 get around. a See
25, above. b See 46, below. 30 get at. a gain access to,
access, reach, put or lay one's hands on, get to: I can't get
at the lock from here. b intend, mean, suggest, hint (at),
insinuate, imply, have in mind or view, contemplate: She just
didn't understand what I was getting at. c get, tease, taunt,
criticize, find fault with, carp, nag, pick on, US get to: She
is really beginning to get at me with her persistent criticism.
d get to, influence, intimidate, corrupt, bribe, undermine,
subvert, suborn: They tried to get at the judge. e learn, find
out, ascertain, determine: The police said they were only
trying to get at the facts. 31 get away. a escape, leave,
break out or away, flee, depart, make good one's escape, elude
one's captors, break free, disappear: He will never be able to
get away now! b escape, take a holiday or US also vacation, get
or take a rest or respite: I must get away for a few days. c
start, get or take off: Black Flash got away from the starting
gate at top speed. 32 get back. a return, come or go back:
I'll try to get back before midnight. b reacquire, recover,
regain, retrieve, recoup, repossess: Can you get your money
back for that hat? 33 get back at. See 23, above. 34 get
behind. back, support, promote, finance, fund, push, Colloq
plug, hype: If you get behind the enterprise, I know it will
succeed. 35 get by. See 28 (b), above. 36 get down. a
dismount, alight, descend, come or go down, climb or step down,
get off: He got down from his horse and drew his gun. b write
(down), note (down), record, make a note of: She wasn't able to
get down everything Shaw said. c depress, dispirit, sadden,
dishearten, discourage, deject: Don't let a little thing like
that get you down. d swallow, eat: No sooner does he get some
food down than it comes right back up again. 37 get down to.
concentrate or focus on, turn attention to, attend to: Let's
get down to business. 38 get in. a enter, get into or on or

onto, embark, entrain, emplane or enplane, get or go aboard: We
got in the car and were driven away. You can get in here. b
enter, arrive, return, come or go in: I got in at eight today.
c fit or squeeze in, insert, slip in, include: He got in my
comment. The doctor got me in before anyone else. d arrive,
come in, land: My flight got in at dawn. 39 get into. a put
or put on, don, dress in, get dressed in: Here, get into this
uniform. b go into, discuss, become involved in, pursue, treat,
describe, delineate, detail, follow up on, penetrate: Do you
really want me to get into the nasty details? c be into, be or
become involved in, take up, pursue; enjoy, like, become
enthusiastic about, Slang get off on, get or become high on: I
could really get into farming. d See 38 (a), above. 40 get
off. a alight, disembark, get down from, get out of, dismount,
descend (from), climb or step down off or from, deplane,
detrain: She got off her bike and came towards me. b leave,
depart, go (off), set out or off: I hope to get off tomorrow
morning. c remove, take off, shed, doff: Can you get those
boots off easily? d cause to be set or go free, be or cause to
be acquitted or liberated or released or set free: A clever
lawyer could have got him off. He got off on a technicality. 41
get off on. See 39 (c), above. 42 get on. a See 28, above. b
See 38 (a), above. c See 39 (a), above. d grow or become late:
It's getting on and they'll be waiting. 43 get onto. a See 12,
above. b See 38 (a), above. c discover, learn about, become
aware of, find out about, Colloq Brit twig, US cotton (on) to:
If they get onto the missing stores we're in for it. 44 get out
(of). a leave, depart, go out or away, be off, retire: We got
out as quickly as we could. b escape, extricate oneself; be
released: She thought she'd never get out alive. c extract,
draw, wrest, force, drag or pry out, wring or get from: They'll
never get anything out of me! d gain, profit: Ask yourself
what you will get out of the deal. e avoid, evade, sidestep,
escape: Gabriela was somehow always able to get out of PE
class. f See 25 (b), above. 45 get over. a surmount, cross,
climb, pass, traverse: A dog can't get over a fence that high.
b recover or recuperate from, survive: Which takes longer,
getting over a love affair or the measles? c finish, complete,
bring to an end: Let's get this over with as soon as possible.
d See 26, above. 46 get round or around. a bypass, circumvent,
skirt, avoid, evade, elude, outsmart, outwit, outmanoeuvre,
outflank, steal a march on, Colloq give (someone) the
run-around: Chris is always trying to get round the parking

restrictions. b cajole, wheedle, flatter, persuade, coax, win
over: I didn't want to propose, but she managed to get round
me. c See 25.(b), above. 47 get round or around to. get or
come to, reach, arrive at (finally), find time for: He said he
would do the repairs if he got round to it. 48 get through. a
(help to) succeed or complete: She got me through the ordeal.
Without her help, I never could have got through. b reach,
contact: The line is engaged and I cannot get through to
mother. c finish, conclude: When you get through, please put
away the dishes. d communicate (with): Parents sometimes have
trouble getting through to their children. 49 get (to). a
arrive at, come to; near, approach: What time did you get to
the office? How did you get home? b See 28.(c), (d), above. 50
get together. a gather, accumulate, collect, assemble: Get
your things together and leave at once! b assemble, convene,
gather, meet, congregate, socialize: Have you time to get
together on Friday? c arrive at or reach an agreement or
settlement, come to terms, come to an understanding: I think we
can get together on the question of wages. 51 get up. a arise,
awaken, wake (up): I get up at dawn. b stand (up): Get up and
you'll be able to reach it. c mount, climb (up), ascend: Can
we get up the next hill? She got up on the table and started to
dance. d create, devise, organize, arrange, prepare: We got up
a cabaret for the after-dinner entertainment. e dress, clothe,
apparel, outfit, attire, turn out, deck out, rig out, dress up,
fit out or up: She got herself up as a cabaret dancer. f
study, learn, US get up on: You'd best get up your history
before the exam. 52 get up to. become or be involved in, be up
to: If you don't watch her, she'll get up to no good.


getaway n. escape, flight, retreat: The prisoners made their getaway
in a van. Lady Fenella was so boring I couldn't wait to make my
getaway.


get-together
n. gathering; meeting, conference, convention: We had a
get-together at my house. Can we arrange a get-together for all
the members?


get-up n. 1 costume, outfit; rig: He came in a diver's get-up. 2
format, layout, arrangement, structure, look, style: Who is
responsible for the magazine's new get-up?

gewgaw n. trinket, bauble, gimcrack, trifle, knick-knack, bagatelle,
kickshaw, toy, novelty, bijou, vanity; bric-…-brac or
bric-a-brac: She has a huge collection of worthless gewgaws.


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ghastly adj. 1 dreadful, awful, terrible, terrifying, frightful,
hideous, horrible, horrendous, horrid, horrifying, grim, grisly,
loathsome, gruesome, ugly, repellent, repulsive, shocking,
appalling, Colloq gross, scary: He was involved in a ghastly
accident. 2 grim, cadaverous, haggard, ashen, wan, pale,
pallid, pasty(-faced), drawn, livid, ghostly, spectral, macabre:
She looked ghastly after the surgery. 3 awful, bad, terrible,
ill, ailing, sick: We felt ghastly after eating the undercooked
chicken.

ghost n. 1 apparition, phantom, spectre, phantasm, shade, spirit,
wraith, poltergeist, banshee, double-ganger, Doppelganger,
ghoul, manes, No. Eng. dialect boggart; hallucination, illusion,
vision; Colloq spook: The ghost of his uncle appeared before
him. 2 hint, suggestion, shadow, trace, scintilla, glimmer:
Vera hasn't the ghost of a chance of meeting anyone suitable at
the office.

ghostly adj. 1 spectral, ghost-like, wraithlike, phantasmal, phantom,
eerie, unreal, unnatural, supernatural, preternatural,
unearthly, sinister, strange, uncanny, weird, Colloq spooky,
scary, creepy: I heard a ghostly voice calling my name. 2 See
ghastly, 2, above.

ghoulish adj. 1 devilish, demonic, satanic, diabolic(al), fiendish,
demoniac(al), cacodemonic, Mephistophelian; infernal, hellish,
malign: The coven engage in the most ghoulish practices. 2
macabre, grisly, morbid, gruesome, disgusting, monstrous,
abominable, hideous, horrendous, horrible, horrifying, horrid,
brutal, barbaric, savage, ruthless, pitiless, merciless, cruel,
vicious, feral, inhuman, bloodthirsty, ferocious, Colloq sick:
She has some ghoulish notions about being eaten alive by rats.

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giant n. 1 superhuman, titan, colossus, Goliath; giantess, Amazon,
ogre; behemoth, monster, leviathan, mammoth: Blocking the road
in front of Jack was a giant nearly thirty feet tall.

--adj. 2 See gigantic, below.

gibberish n. drivel, tripe, nonsense, rubbish, gibber, prattle, twaddle,
gabble, jabber, balderdash, jibber-jabber, blather or blether,
Jabberwocky, gobbledegook or gobbledygook, mumbo-jumbo,
rodomontade, Gongorism, cackle, chatter, patter, chatter,
jargon, babble, claptrap, poppycock, Colloq tripe, codswallop,
crap, bunk, piffle, US garbage, horse feathers; Taboo slang
balls, bull(shit), US crock (of shit): If one listens to such
gibberish long enough, one begins to believe it.

gibe v. 1 jibe (at), jeer (at), scoff (at), flout, mock, deride,
make fun of, poke fun at, ridicule, twit, taunt, sneer (at),
chaff, tease, rag, heckle, No. Eng. dialect gird, Colloq kid,
rib, US and Canadian razz: All of us at school used to gibe at
David because he wore fancy clothes.

--n. 2 jibe, jeer, taunt, sneer, dig, cutting remark, thrust,
chaff, raillery, scoffing, derision, ridicule, mockery, Rare
mycterism, Slang crack, wisecrack: David paid no attention to
his classmates' gibes.

giddy adj. 1 dizzy, faint, unsteady, light-headed, vertiginous,
reeling, Colloq woozy: This medication may make you feel a bit
giddy. 2 silly, frivolous, scatterbrained, flighty, capricious,
irresponsible, erratic, fickle, volatile, impulsive, reckless,
whimsical: You can't marry a giddy young girl like Peggy.


gift n. 1 present, donation, favour, grant, largesse, bounty,
benefaction, offering, honorarium, contribution, give-away,
premium, bonus, prize; alms, hand-out, dole, charity, benefit;
tip, gratuity, baksheesh or backsheesh, pourboire, cumshaw:
Before we left, our neighbours made a gift to us of some local
pottery. 2 talent, ability, aptitude, genius, flair, knack,
facility, forte, strength, strong point, bent, capability,
capacity, power: Her family never recognized her special gifts.

gifted adj. talented, able, skilled, capable, skilful, outstanding,
excellent, superior, superb, brilliant, expert, master,
masterful, masterly, virtuoso, first-class, first-rate,
top-drawer, top-flight, good, Colloq top-notch, ace,
crackerjack, crack: Grants are available for gifted, indigent
artists.

gigantic adj. big, large, huge, enormous, massive, giant, colossal,
immense, mammoth, tremendous, stupendous, towering, staggering,
vast, titanic, gargantuan, elephantine, Cyclopean, Herculean,
Brobdingnagian; king-size, extra-large, Colloq jumbo, walloping,
whopping, thumping, thundering, strapping, super-duper, US
humongous: The gigantic tower, reaching to the heavens,
appeared before us.


giggle v. 1 titter, snicker, snigger, chuckle, laugh, chortle, cackle,
twitter: Stop that giggling at the rear of the classroom!

--n. 2 titter, snicker, snigger, chuckle, laugh, chortle,
cackle, twitter: Did I hear a giggle? 3 joke, prank, laugh:
Just for a giggle, we tied his shoelaces together.

gimmick n. 1 device, strategy, stratagem, ploy, trick, ruse, wile,
subterfuge, manoeuvre, artifice, deception, trap, snare, US
hook, Colloq dodge: We need some sort of gimmick to attract
buyers. 2 device, contrivance, gadget, invention, Colloq
contraption, widget, thingumbob or thingumabob or thingamabob,
thingumajig or thingamajig or thingummy, whatchamacallit,
what's-its-name, Brit doodah, US doohickey, doodad, hickey,
whosis, whatsis, dingus, Rube Goldberg (invention), Chiefly US
and Canadian gismo or gizmo: He uses some kind of gimmick to
break into cars.

gingerly adv. 1 warily, cautiously, charily, carefully, delicately,
fastidious, daintily, squeamishly, tentatively, nervously,
cannily, circumspectly, guardedly, watchfully, timidly,
timorously, shyly: Handle that nitroglycerine very gingerly.

--adj. 2 wary, cautious, chary, careful, fastidious, delicate,
dainty, squeamish, tentative, nervous, canny, circumspect,
guarded, watchful, timid, timorous, shy: Note the gingerly way
he handles the nitroglycerine.

girl n. 1 female, woman, lass, (young) lady, miss, mademoiselle,
wench, Fr„ulein, maid, maiden, damsel, demoiselle, Irish
colleen, Australian and New Zealand sheila, Colloq chick, filly,
gal, Slang bird, frail, skirt, piece, mouse, Brit crumpet, bit
of skirt or stuff, Old-fashioned Brit popsy, US dame, broad,
(bit of) San Quentin quail or jail-bait: His mother wants to
introduce him to a nice girl. 2 girlfriend, sweetheart;
betrothed, fianc‚e; mistress, lover, friend, live-in lover,
inamorata, tally, US POSSLQ (= 'Person of the Opposite Sex
Sharing Living Quarters'), Colloq Brit popsy, Slang moll, US
twist, squeeze: She's his girl and she'll stick by him.

girth n. 1 circumference, perimeter, ambit, periphery, circuit: His
girth steadily expanded as he approached fifty. 2 belt, girdle,
border, cincture, waistband, cestus, cummerbund, Archaic zone,
US and Canadian cinch: Tighten that girth or the saddle will
come off.

gist n. essence, core, heart, substance, point, theme, quintessence,
pith, meat, marrow, focus, nub, significance, (main or basic)
idea; direction, drift: It will save time if I tell you the
gist of the argument.

give v. 1 present, deliver, pass (over), turn or hand over, confer,
vouchsafe, provide, supply, furnish, bestow, donate, accord,
afford, award, hand out, contribute, distribute, grant, allow,
transfer, make over, entrust: Please give me the envelope. I
have given the files to the tax inspector. Give freely to
charity. 2 exchange, pay, transfer, trade, barter, swap or swop:
Philippa gave a week's salary for that dress. 3 impart, pass
on, communicate, transmit, send, convey, express: Give my
regards to Broadway. 4 afflict with, cause, occasion: Rock
music gives me a headache. 5 sacrifice, devote, dedicate, yield
(up), surrender, give up, cede, concede, consign, apply
(oneself) to: Those monks have given their lives to the study
of Scripture. 6 present, offer; announce, introduce: Ladies
and gentlemen, I give you Madja Kiziamainska, the Polish
Nightingale! 7 present, announce, offer, recite, sing, act,
perform, read, put on: We were asked to give a performance for
charity. 8 utter, emit, give out (with), issue: He gave a
shout to warn us. 9 yield, relax, give way, fail, collapse,
buckle, break down, fall or come apart: If that pillar gives,
the balcony will come down. 10 cause, lead, induce, persuade,

make, prompt, move, dispose: I was given to understand that I
was not welcome. 11 cede, relinquish, concede, allow,
surrender, yield: He gave me the first game but I lost the
second. 12 give away. a See 1, above. b reveal, betray, let
out, divulge, disclose, expose, inform on, uncover, leak, let
slip; let the cat out of the bag; Colloq blow the whistle on,
Slang rat on, US fink on: The traitor gave me away, and I was
arrested. 13 give in. yield, submit, give up, give ground, back
away (from), back off, capitulate, surrender, admit defeat:
After trying for hours to make him change his mind, he finally
gave in. 14 give off. give out, emit, exude, exhale, discharge,
send or throw out, release, smell of: Her clothing gave off a
scent of lavender. 15 give out. a See 14, above. b
distribute, hand out, give, deal (out), pass out or around,
disseminate, dispense, allot, apportion, allocate, assign,
distribute, issue, mete or hand out, ration (out), dole (out),
pay, Colloq dish or fork out, shell out: The prizes will be
given out to the winners at a special ceremony. She was giving
out handbills to passers-by. c publish, announce, make known,
broadcast, impart, issue, make public, reveal: You shouldn't
give out that kind of information. d become exhausted, be
reduced or depleted, fail, run out: What will we do when the
food gives out? e See 8, above. 16 give over. assign, resign,
hand over, surrender, relinquish, pass or over, give up; assign,
entrust: We gave our dog over to Lambert's for training. 17
give up. a abandon, stop, cease, quit, leave off, forgo,
forsake, renounce, desist from, swear off, abstain from; reject;
Colloq cut out, chuck: I am trying to give up smoking. b
surrender, capitulate, yield, cede, concede, give in (to
defeat), throw in the towel or sponge; despair: I've tried to
convince him but finally gave up. c See 4, above. d See 13,
above. e See 16, above.

--n. 18 slack, play, leeway, excess; flexibility, stretch:
There is very little give in the rules governing working hours.
Nylon is used for boat anchor rodes because it has some give.

give and take
n. compromise, cooperation, reciprocity, interaction, fair
exchange, teamwork, joint effort, synergy: There is a lot of
give and take in our relationship - I give and she takes.

given adj. 1 stated, accepted, agreed(-upon), delineated, confirmed,

noted, affirmed, specified, settled, set, (pre)arranged,
preordained, foreordained: You must solve the problem using the
given information. 2 presupposed, assumed, understood,
postulated, premised, conceded, acknowledged, allowed: I think
we can take her honesty as given. 3 prone, accustomed,
dedicated, addicted, inclined, disposed: Our headmaster is not
exactly given to flights of fancy.

--n. 4 assumption, donn‚e; fact, certainty, reality, actuality,
gospel, the truth: Can we accept her interest in the job as a
given?

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glad adj. 1 happy, pleased, contented, gratified, satisfied;
delighted, thrilled, joyful, overjoyed, tickled, Colloq tickled
pink or to death, pleased as Punch, Slang Brit chuffed: I am
genuinely glad to see you. 2 (ready and) willing, happy, keen,
eager, (well-)disposed, inclined, ready: I would be glad to
help you, madam.

gladden v. cheer, enliven, brighten, delight, hearten, exhilarate,
elate, buoy (up), animate: It certainly gladdened me to be home
again.

gladly adv. cheerfully, happily, readily, willingly, with pleasure:
I'd go with you gladly if I had the time.


glamorous adj. 1 alluring, fascinating, charming, attractive, magnetic,
captivating, enthralling, desirable, appealing, enchanting,
entrancing, intriguing, beguiling, bewitching, magical: Esm‚
designs clothes for the most glamorous women in the world. 2
chic, smart, stylish, fashionable, Colloq trendy: She always
wears the most glamorous clothes.

glamour n. allure, fascination, charm, attractiveness, brilliance,
glitter, attraction, magnetism, charisma, captivation,
desirability, appeal, enchantment, bewitchment, witchcraft,
sorcery, magic: Who today can match the glamour of the movie
stars of the '30s?

glance v. 1 glimpse, peek, peep, scan, look, Colloq Brit have a shufti
or shufty at, take a dekko at: I've only had time to glance at
the report. 2 reflect, glint, glisten, shimmer, twinkle, gleam,
shimmer, flicker, glimmer, sparkle, scintillate, glitter, flash:
A ray of sunlight glanced off the windows opposite. 3 bounce
(off), reflect, ricochet, rebound, carom: The stone glanced off
the pavement and struck my leg.

--n. 4 glimpse, peek, peep, look, coup d'oeil, Colloq gander,
Brit shufti or shufty, dekko: She turned and gave him a
questioning glance, As he fingered the tip of his fer-de-lance.
5 gleam, glint, glimmer, shimmer, twinkle, sparkle,
scintillation, glitter, flicker, flash: The silver light, with
quivering glance, Played on the water's still expanse.


glare n. 1 dazzle, brilliance, brightness, splendour, resplendence,
radiance, effulgence, lustre, shine, flame, flare, blaze: We
had to shade our eyes from the glare. 2 frown, dirty or nasty
or black look, scowl, stare, glower, lower or Brit also lour:
She shrank from his fierce glare. 3 garishness, gaudiness,
floridity or floridness, flashiness, tawdriness, showiness,
ostentation, meretriciousness: His writing is filled with the
pomp and glare of rhetoric.


--v. 4 frown, give a dirty or nasty or black look, scowl,
stare, glower, lower or Brit also lour, look daggers (at): She
simply glared at him and he withered.

glaring adj. 1 blatant, flagrant, egregious, conspicuous, obtrusive,
prominent, evident, obvious, manifest, patent, overt, clear,
visible, unconcealed, outrageous, gross, flagitious, atrocious,
heinous, shameless, disgraceful, shocking, scandalous: They
pointed out a glaring omission in the proposals. 2 garish,
dazzling, brilliant, blinding, blazing, vivid, harsh, strong: I
was blinded when we first walked out into the glaring sunlight.

glass n. 1 glassware, crystal: Use the best glass for the party. 2
mirror, looking-glass: He constantly looks at himself in the
glass. 3 window, pane, window-pane, plate glass: The children
pressed their noses against the glass of the toy shop. 4
tumbler, drinking-glass, beaker, goblet: May I have a glass of
beer? 5 barometer: The glass fell as the storm approached. 6
lens, magnifying glass, telescope, spyglass, microscope: Look

at this drop of water through the glass. 7 glasses. spectacles,
eyeglasses, lorgnon, lorgnette, opera-glasses, binoculars,
field-glasses, bifocals, trifocals, goggles, sun-glasses, Colloq
specs: These are my reading glasses.


glassy adj. 1 shining, shiny, gleaming, smooth, slippery, slick,
glossy, icy, mirror-like, US slick: We skidded on the glassy
surface and crashed into a wall. 2 fixed, staring, trancelike,
hypnotic, vacant, empty, expressionless, blank, void, vacuous,
dazed, dull, glazed, cold, lifeless: His glassy stare made me
very uncomfortable.

glaze v. 1 varnish, lacquer, shellac, enamel, coat, cover; polish,
burnish, shine, gloss: Many of the works of art had been glazed
for protection.

--n. 2 varnish, lacquer, shellac, enamel, coating, covering;
polish, shine, gloss, lustre, patina: The glaze distorts the
design beneath.


gleam n. 1 light, glimmer, glint, glow, flicker, shine, shimmer,
glitter, twinkle, spark, flare, glare, flash; beam, ray, shaft:
I could just make out the faint gleam of a candle. 2 hint,
suggestion, indication, vestige, trace, scintilla, inkling,
glimmer, ray, spark, flicker: There wasn't a gleam of hope of
rescue. 3 look, glint: He got a strange gleam in his eye when
he talked about his inventions.

--v. 4 glimmer, glint, shimmer, shine, twinkle, glitter,
glisten, beam, sparkle: I could see the beast's eyes, gleaming
in the dark. The shore was dotted with gleaming white houses.

glee n. delight, exuberance, cheerfulness, high or good spirits,
cheer, exhilaration, elation, exultation, joy, happiness,
rapture, gladness, felicity, pleasure, joyfulness, merriment,
jubilation, joyousness, joviality, jollity, gaiety,
mirthfulness; enjoyment, satisfaction, Schadenfreude: We
watched with great glee as the villain was thwarted.


gleeful adj. happy, merry, joyful, delighted, exuberant, ecstatic,
cheerful, in high or good spirits, exhilarated, elated,
exultant, rapturous, overjoyed, pleased, jubilant, joyous,
jovial, jolly, gay, mirthful: He wrote a gleeful report of the

chairman's conviction for insider trading.

glib adj. ready, fluent, smooth, slick, facile, smooth-spoken,
smooth-tongued, smooth-talking, fast-talking, fluid, easy,
unctuous, suave, nonchalant, superficial: Why must obituary
notices always be so glib?

glide v. slide, slip, coast, skate, soar, float, sail, glissade,
stream, flow: The skiff glided peacefully down the river.


glisten v. shine, reflect, glint, glimmer, gleam, sparkle, glitter,
wink, blink; glow, gleam, twinkle: The lamplight glistened on
his wet coat. A tear glistened on her cheek.


glitter v. 1 See glisten, above.

--n. 2 See gleam, 1, above. 3 See glamour, above. 4
showiness, gaudiness, garishness, flash, flashiness,
ostentation, floridity or floridness, spectacle, pageantry,
splendour, refulgence, brilliance, Colloq pizazz or pizzazz,
razzle-dazzle, razzmatazz, Slang US glitz: In those days,
Hollywood was all glitter.

gloat v. Often, gloat over. exult (in), glory (in), relish (in),
revel (in), crow (over or about), delight (in): He is still
gloating over the misery he caused her.

global adj. worldwide, international, broad, extensive, wide-ranging,
far-reaching, epidemic, pandemic, universal: Protection of the
atmosphere is a global responsibility.

globe n. 1 earth, world, planet, Terra: Our family is scattered all
round the globe. 2 sphere, ball, orb; globule: On the table
was a lamp with a green glass globe.


gloom n. 1 shadowiness, gloominess, shade, shadow, murkiness, murk,
dimness, dusk, dullness, dark, darkness, cloudiness, blackness,
obscurity: We arose in the gloom of a midwinter's morning. 2
despondency, depression, sadness, dejection, downheartedness,
melancholy, woe, sorrow, moroseness, desolation, low spirits,
blues, doldrums, despair, dolour, misery, Colloq dumps: The
team suffered the gloom of defeat.

gloomy adj. 1 shadowy, shaded, shady, murky, dim, dusky, dull, dark,
cloudy, overcast, obscure, black, inky, Literary Stygian: It is
too gloomy a day to have a picnic. 2 depressed, melancholy,
sad, dejected, morose, glum, lugubrious, unhappy, cheerless,
dismal, moody, down, downcast, desolate, doleful, sorrowful,
crestfallen, chap-fallen, downhearted, forlorn, despondent,
miserable, joyless, dispirited, despairing, dreary, sullen,
blue, distressed, down in the mouth, in the doldrums, saturnine,
Colloq (down) in the dumps: Both of them have been very gloomy
since the divorce. 3 depressing, cheerless, dreary, dismal,
dispiriting, sad, disheartening: The d‚cor is much too gloomy
for a doctor's waiting-room.

glorified adj. 1 overrated, pretentious, overdone, high-flown,
high-sounding, affected, pompous, exalted, Colloq jumped-up:
You say he is a scholar, but he behaves more like a glorified
schoolboy. 2 sham, pretend, imitation, counterfeit, fake,
substitute, ersatz, Colloq phoney or US also phony: In that
outfit, she looks like a glorified chorus girl.


glorify v. 1 elevate, exalt, raise (up), upgrade, promote, advance,
boost, enhance, dignify, ennoble, immortalize: Winning first
prize glorified his reputation considerably. In her book she
glorifies motherhood. These men are glorified by their heroism.
2 canonize, deify, idolize, revere, venerate, sanctify, worship,
pay tribute or homage to, ennoble, idealize, apotheosize,
eulogize, panegyrize, adore, honour, look up to, celebrate,
extol, praise, laud, commend, hail, lionize, applaud, acclaim:
The world glorified Lindbergh for the first solo flight across
the Atlantic.

glorious adj. 1 illustrious, famed, famous, renowned, celebrated,
distinguished, honoured, eminent, excellent: England may be
proud of her glorious literary heritage. 2 outstanding,
splendid, magnificent, marvellous, wonderful, spectacular,
fabulous, dazzling: They announced another glorious victory
over enemy forces. 3 enjoyable, delightful, fine, great,
excellent, pleasurable, superb, Colloq heavenly: We had a
glorious holiday in the Greek islands. 4 beautiful, splendid,
brilliant, gorgeous, resplendent, admirable, superior,
excellent, estimable: The walls are covered with frescos in
glorious colour.

glory n. 1 honour, fame, repute, reputation, exaltation, celebrity,
renown, eminence, distinction, illustriousness, prestige,
dignity, immortality: Our soldiers fought for glory not for
gain. Even today we sense the glory that was Rome. 2 honour,
veneration, reverence, homage, gratitude, glorification,
exaltation, worship, adoration, praise, laudation, thanksgiving;
benediction, blessing: Glory be to God in the highest. 3
splendour, pomp, magnificence, grandeur, beauty, brilliance,
radiance, effulgence, refulgence, excellence, pageantry,
nobility, triumph, greatness: Her photographs depict the
Amazonian rain forest in all its glory. 4 aureole, nimbus,
halo; crown, circlet, corona: A glory surrounds the saint's
head in the painting.


--v. 5 revel, relish, delight, exult, pride oneself, crow,
rejoice, gloat; show off, boast: She sat by the window,
glorying in the magnificence of the scenery.

glossฐ n. 1 sheen, lustre, polish, glow, glaze, shine, gleam, burnish,
brightness: I prefer a dull gloss to a high polish on
furniture. 2 show, fa‡ade, mask, front, surface, veneer,
disguise, camouflage, false appearance, semblance: She soon saw
through the gloss, and the honeymoon was over.


--v. 3 glaze, polish, burnish, shine: Gloss up your shoes a
bit. 4 Usually, gloss over. veil, cover up, smooth over,
conceal, hide, disguise, camouflage, mask, Colloq whitewash: He
tried to gloss over his voting record.


gloss n. 1 explanation, interpretation, exegesis, explication,
definition, elucidation, comment, commentary, annotation,
critique, criticism, analysis, footnote; translation: Some
editions of Shakespeare give glosses of difficult words and
phrases at the foot of each page.


--v. 2 comment on or upon, explain, interpret, explicate,
define, elucidate, annotate, criticize, analyse, review, US
critique; translate: Johnson was not the first to gloss the
word 'pastern'. 3 See glossฐ, 4, above.


glossary n. gloss, (specialized or special-subject) dictionary,
wordbook, word-list: There is a useful glossary of terms at the
end of the book.


glossy adj. 1 shining, shiny, smooth, polished, glazed, lustrous,
burnished, smooth, sleek, waxed, glassy, glistening: Our
magazine is printed on glossy paper. 2 slick, specious, put-on,
artificial, meretricious, contrived, pretended, simulated,
feigned, insincere, pseudo, false, unreal; bogus, counterfeit,
fraudulent, imitation, Colloq phoney or US also phony: It is
only a glossy remake of the original film.


glow n. 1 luminosity, phosphorescence, incandescence, light,
lambency, lustre: The surface of the flying saucer emitted a
faint green glow. 2 light, brightness, gleam, luminousness,
brilliance, radiance, resplendence, splendour, effulgence: The
glow in the east is from a forest fire. 3 flush, blush,
redness, ruddiness, burning, excitement, warmth, fervour,
fervency, enthusiasm, feverishness, thrill, Colloq rush: I can
feel a glow just thinking of you.

--v. 4 shine, radiate, incandesce, phosphoresce, glimmer,
gleam, light up: The numerals on the clock were glowing in the
dark. 5 heat, overheat, burn; ablate: The spaceship began to
glow as it entered the atmosphere. 6 flush, bloom, colour,
blush: As you can see from her complexion, she simply glows
with good health. 7 blush, flush, redden, colour, turn red or
scarlet: My cheeks glowed with embarrassment.

glowing adj. 1 aglow, incandescent, burning, lambent, luminous,
candent; smouldering: I stirred the glowing embers. 2 rich,
warm, vibrant, bright, brilliant: Banners in glowing colours
enlivened the hall. He is in glowing health. 3 laudatory,
complimentary, enthusiastic, eulogistic, rhapsodic, favourable,
encomiastic, panegyrical: The critics described her performance
in glowing terms.


glue n. 1 cement, adhesive, mucilage, gum, paste: You need a
specialist glue to mend a break like that.

--v. 2 cement, paste, stick, affix, fix, seal: Let's glue this
picture into the album.


glum adj. gloomy, sullen, morose, dispirited, woebegone, dismal,
sad, sulky, dour, moody, sour, crestfallen, doleful, down, low,
pessimistic, lugubrious, saturnine: After Irena left, I was

feeling rather glum.

glut n. 1 excess, surplus, over-abundance, superabundance, surfeit,
oversupply, overflow, superfluity, nimiety: The glut of
razor-blades in the market is due to increased production. 2
saturation, glutting, satiation: Glut leads to a lowering of
prices.

--v. 3 oversupply, flood, saturate, swamp, inundate, deluge,
overload, overstock, clog, stuff, gorge: The markets will soon
be glutted with mobile telephones. 4 satiate, sate, choke,
cram, overload, overfeed, gorge, surfeit, pall, cloy, jade,
sicken, weary: Everyone was thoroughly glutted before the
wedding reception was over.


glutton n. trencherman, gormandizer, gourmand or gormand, overeater,
hog, pig, Grangousier, Colloq greedy-guts, Slang Brit gannet, US
chowhound: Like the glutton that he is, he asked for more after
eating an enormous meal.


gluttonous
adj. voracious, gormandizing, edacious, greedy, ravenous,
insatiable, esurient, piggish, hoggish, swinish: She was so
gluttonous that she ate my dinner after finishing her own.


gluttony n. overeating, gormandizing, gormandism or gourmandism, greed,
hoggishness, piggishness, rapacity, voraciousness, greediness,
voracity, insatiability, edacity, crapulence, crapulousness,
intemperance, immoderation, Archaic gulosity: The Bible
categorizes gluttony among the seven deadly sins.

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gnarled adj. twisted, knotty, lumpy, bumpy, knotted, bent, crooked,
distorted, contorted, warped;, arthritic: I concealed myself in
the gnarled branches of the old oak. The beggar reached out to
me with her gnarled hand.


gnaw v. 1 chew, nibble, eat, bite, champ: The marks were made by
deer gnawing the bark. 2 erode, eat away, corrode, wear down or
away, fret, consume, devour: The acid continues to gnaw away at

the metal till it is gone. 3 fret, irritate, harry, hector,
pester, worry, bother, plague, trouble, torment, torture,
distress, badger, harass, haunt, nag, vex, gall, nettle, irk,
peeve, annoy: The feeling that something was very wrong
continued to gnaw at her.

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go v. 1 move (ahead or forward or onwards), proceed, advance,
pass, make headway, travel, voyage, set off, tour, trek, wend,
stir, budge: Would you go to the market for me? 2 leave,
depart, go out, move (out or away), decamp, make off, withdraw,
repair, retire, retreat, Colloq take off: I wish he would go at
once. She went to her country cottage for the weekend. 3
function, operate, work, run, perform: I cannot get the engine
to go properly. 4 lead, open to, give access to, communicate to
or with, connect with or to: Where does this door go? 5 lead,
communicate with, run: Does this road go to Oxford? 6 fit,
belong (together), agree or conform (with each other),
harmonize, blend, match, be appropriate or suitable (for or to),
complement each other: These colours don't go. 7 become: He
went mad when he learnt about the accident. 8 fit, extend,
reach, span, stretch: My belt would never go round your waist!
9 be disposed of or discarded or thrown away, be dismissed, be
got rid of or abolished, be given up, be cast or set or put
aside, be done with: That out-dated computer has to go. 10
disappear (without a trace), vanish (into thin air), evaporate:
Where has all the money gone? 11 pass, elapse, slip or tick
away, fly: Time goes quickly when you're having fun. 12 fail,
fade, decline, flag, weaken, degenerate, wear out, give (out);
give way, collapse, fall or come or go to pieces, disintegrate,
crack: I'm afraid the tyres are going. When that last support
goes, the roof will come down. 13 die, expire, be gone, meet
one's Maker, pass on or away, shuffle off this mortal coil, go
to one's reward, go to the happy hunting-grounds, go to that
great cricket-pitch in the sky, Slang kick the bucket, snuff it:
By the time the doctor arrived, Graham had gone. 14 sound,
pronounce, enunciate, articulate, say, utter: And this little
pig goes 'Wee, wee, wee', all the way home. 15 survive, last
(out), endure, live, continue: How long can we go without
water? 16 be used up or consumed or finished: The last of our

food was gone. 17 go to the toilet or the lavatory or the
bathroom, move (one's) bowels, urinate, defecate, Slang pee,
take a leak or a crap, Chiefly Brit go to the loo, Chiefly US go
to the john, Taboo slang (take a) piss or shit: We stopped at a
motorway filling station because Jane had to go. 18 go about.
approach, tackle, set about, undertake, begin, start: I don't
like the way she goes about her work. How does one go about
establishing a business? 19 go ahead. proceed, continue, move or
go forward, advance, progress, go on: She told me I could go
ahead with the scheme. The policeman motioned to go ahead. 20 go
along (with). a escort, accompany: We asked if we could go
along with them to the cinema. b agree (to), concur (with),
acquiesce (to), assent (to), support: Beverly would never go
along with a plan like yours. 21 go around or about or round
(with). a move or go around, circulate: I wish he'd stop going
round telling everyone about me. There's a lot of flu going
around. b socialize (with), frequent or seek the company of,
spend time with, associate with, Colloq hang around or about
(with), hang out (with): The boy is going around with that
Collins girl. c wander or move around: He goes about picking
through rubbish bins. 22 go at. attack, assault, assail: We
went at the enemy with all the fire power we could muster. 23
go away. go (off), leave, depart, withdraw, exit; retreat,
recede, decamp: The clouds went away and the sun came out. We
are going away for the weekend. 24 go back (to). a return (to);
revert (to), change back (to): He went back to his old job
after the war. Can we go back to the way things were before we
were married? b originate (in), begin or start (with), date back
(to): Our friendship goes back to our childhood. 25 go back
on. renege (on), break, retract, repudiate, forsake: She's gone
back on our agreement. 26 go by. a pass (by), go past, move
by; elapse: We used to watch the goods trains go by. The months
went by quickly since our last meeting. b rely or count or
depend or bank on, put faith in(to), be guided by, judge from:
You cannot go by what Atherton tells you. 27 go down. a sink,
go under, founder, submerge: The ship went down within minutes
of striking the mine. b decrease, decline, drop, sink, drop:
The Nikkei Index went down 200 points. c fall, be defeated or
beaten, suffer defeat, lose, collapse: Our forces went down
under an onslaught from the attacking armies. d be remembered
or memorialized, or recalled or commemorated or recorded: That
day of infamy will go down in history. e find favour or
acceptance or approval, be accepted: His ideas have not gone

down well with the council. 28 go for. a fetch, obtain, get:
Please go for help. b apply or relate to, concern, involve:
The rule against smoking goes for you, too, Smedley. c fancy,
favour, like, admire, be attracted to, prefer, choose, Slang
dig: I can tell that Peter really goes for Maria. I could go
for a pint of beer right now. d attack, assault, assail, set
upon: The dog went for him as soon as he opened the gate. e
set one's sights on, aim for, focus attention or effort(s) on:
I decided to risk all and go for Drogheda Boy at 100-8. 29 go
in for. a enter, enrol, start, begin, embark on, pursue, take
up, embrace, espouse, undertake, follow, adopt, go into, US go
out for: He is going in for a career in boxing. b like, fancy,
favour, practise, do, engage in: I don't go in for
mountain-climbing. 30 go into. a See 28 (a), above. b delve
into, examine, pursue, investigate, analyse, probe, scrutinize,
inquire into, study: I want to go into the subject of your
absences with you, Fanshawe. c touch on, discuss, mention: I
should avoid going into the subject of money with Pauline if I
were you. 31 go off. a go out, cease to function: I saw the
lights go off at nine. b explode, blow up, detonate, erupt;
fire, be discharged: The bomb is set to go off in an hour. The
gun went off, killing the mouse. c occur, happen, take place:
The conference went off as planned. d depart, leave, go (away),
set out, exit, decamp, quit: She went off without another word.
e Brit deteriorate, rot, moulder, go stale, go bad, spoil, sour,
turn: After two days the milk goes off. f Usually, go off
into. start or break into or out in: He goes off into gales of
laughter whenever I mention your name. 32 go on. a continue,
proceed, keep on, carry on; persist, last, endure, persevere:
He went on coughing all night long. The party went on into the
small hours. b happen, occur, take place, come about, Colloq
come off: I have always wondered what went on in there. c come
on, begin or resume functioning: The lights went on at
midnight. d enter, make an entrance: She doesn't go on till
the third act. e going on. approaching, nearing, nearly,
almost, not quite: He's six going on seven. It's going on eight
o'clock. f gabble, chatter, drone on, Brit natter, Colloq Brit
witter (on), rabbit on: He goes on endlessly about his cars. g
rely or depend on, use: The detective had very little to go on.
33 go out. a fade or die (out), expire, cease functioning, go
off, be extinguished: The lights went out, throwing the room
into Stygian blackness. b depart, leave, exit: He went out at
six and has not been seen since. c socialize, associate; court,

go together, Brit walk out, US date: Harry is going out with
Annabel. 34 go over. a review, skim (through or over), go
through, scan, look at, read, study; inspect, examine,
scrutinize, investigate: I went over your report last night.
They are going over everyone's luggage with a fine-tooth comb. b
be received: The first song went over very well. c clean, tidy
or neaten (up): I've just gone over the entire flat. d
rehearse, repeat, reiterate, review, go through: We keep going
over the same things, again and again. 35 go round or US also
around. a revolve, rotate, spin, whirl, twirl: The earth takes
a year to go round the sun. b suffice, be sufficient or
adequate or enough, satisfy: Are there enough life jackets to
go around? c See 21, above. 36 go through. a experience,
suffer, undergo, bear, take, stand, tolerate, put up with,
brook, submit to, endure, live through, brave: I don't think I
could go through another war. b be accepted or approved, pass
(muster): The bill went through without a hitch. c See 34 (a),
above. 37 go together. a harmonize, accord, agree, fit, go,
suit each other, belong (with each other): I don't think that
puce and vermilion go together. b See 33 (c), above. 38 go
under. a See 27 (a), above. b fail, collapse, subside, go
bankrupt, succumb, Brit go to the wall, Colloq fold, US go belly
up: Statistics show that more than 500 companies go under every
week in the USA. 39 go up. a rise, increase: If inflation goes
up, the Chancellor will raise interest rates. b explode, blow
up: The munitions factory went up, showering debris over the
whole neighbourhood. 40 go with. a go together with, harmonize
with, blend with, be suitable or suited for, fit (in) with,
accord or agree with: That scarf does not go with the dress. b
socialize with, associate with, date, accompany, court,
Old-fashioned Brit walk out with, US date: I hear that Connie
is going with Don. 41 go without. do or manage or get by
without, lack, be deprived of, need; abstain from, survive or
live or continue without: In the old days, if you could not
afford something, you went without. She cannot go without a
cigarette for more than an hour.

--n. 42 chance, turn, opportunity, try, attempt, Colloq whack,
crack, whirl, shot, stab: I don't expect much, but I'll have a
go anyway.

go-ahead n. 1 permission, approval, leave, authorization, sanction,
Colloq say-so, okay or OK, green light, US the nod: I have the

go-ahead to proceed with the project.

--adj. 2 ambitious, enterprising, progressive, forward-looking,
resourceful: The directors, all under thirty, make it a real
go-ahead company.

goal n. object, aim, purpose, end, objective, target, ambition,
ideal, aspiration: Fletcher's goal is to be head of the
company.


gob n. chunk, piece, blob, lump, gobbet, morsel, fragment, bite:
She took a gob of peanut butter and spread it on the bread.

gobbledegook
n. 1 gobbledygook, jargon, nonsense, gibberish, moonshine,
rubbish, tommy-rot, mumbo-jumbo, humbug, balderdash, eyewash,
hogwash, poppycock, drivel, Colloq bunk, rot, garbage, bosh,
pish and tush, piffle, bilge (water), Slang crap, malarkey,
bull, bullshit, Brit (load of old) cobblers or codswallop: Can
you make sense out of all that computer gobbledegook? 2
gobbledygook, equivocation, double-talk, deception,
deceptiveness, vagueness, quibbling, circumlocution,
obscurantism, obfuscation, ambagiousness, shiftiness: Ordinary
people are often confused by the gobbledegook of official
pronouncements.

go-between
n. intermediary, agent, middleman, medium, mediator,
negotiator, messenger, internuncio, liaison; intercessor,
interceder: David served as go-between in our negotiations with
the rebels.

goblin n. elf, gnome, hobgoblin, imp, kobold, leprechaun, demon,
brownie, pixie, nix or nixie: On Hallowe'en the ghouls and
goblins will get you if you don't watch out!

god n. deity, demigod, demiurge, divinity, spirit, immortal,
genius, power, tutelary, numen: Throughout man's sojourn on
earth he has worshipped many gods.


godless adj. 1 wicked, evil, iniquitous, sinful, unrighteous, unholy,
hellish; impious, blasphemous, profane, sacrilegious, ungodly:
The prison was a godless place, where one was murdered for a

crust of bread. 2 atheistic, nullifidian, agnostic, unbelieving,
sceptical: In theory, communism is a godless ideology.

godlike adj. 1 divine, godly, sacred, holy, saintly, angelic, seraphic,
blest, blessed, sainted: The savages thought her a goddess and
treated her with godlike reverence. 2 heavenly, celestial,
blissful, rapturous, ecstatic, beatific, ethereal: For a
decade, she lived a godlike existence among the savages.


godly adj. religious, pious, devout, God-fearing, good, righteous,
holy, virtuous, moral, pure, saintly, reverent, pietistic,
devoted, faithful: The monks pursue a godly life in their
mountain fastness.


godsend n. gift, blessing, benediction, boon, windfall, bonanza, stroke
of (good) fortune, piece or bit of (good) luck: The Red Cross
parcels were a godsend to the prisoners of war.

goggle-eyed
adj. agog, awestruck, wide-eyed, thunder-struck, agape,
open-mouthed, gawking, staring, dumbfounded or dumfounded,
astonished, astounded, amazed, stupefied, dazed, surprised: His
first time in the city, Eugene stood goggle-eyed at the
skyscrapers.


going adj. 1 thriving, successful, succeeding, prosperous, wealthy,
affluent, booming, prospering, flourishing, growing: The
Davises took over a failing business and turned it into a going
concern. 2 current, present, contemporary, active, effective,
accepted, prevailing, prevalent, universal, common, usual,
customary: What is the going rate for a skilled cabinet-maker?

golden adj. 1 yellow, yellowish, gold, blond or blonde, flaxen,
aureate; tow(-haired): Her golden tresses fell about her
shoulders. 2 gold, auriferous; gilded, gilt, aureate; Technical
auric, aurous: They drank together from a golden bowl. 3
bright, shining, brilliant, sunny, gleaming, lustrous, shiny,
glittering, dazzling, resplendent, radiant, glowing, sparkling:
We emerged from the black tunnel into golden sunshine. 4 happy,
blissful, delightful, joyful, glorious, joyous, exuberant: We
can never recapture the golden days of our youth. 5
flourishing, halcyon, prosperous, thriving, favourable,
excellent, outstanding, productive, fertile, blessed, blest,

good, successful, palmy: After the golden age of Greece and
Rome, Europe was plunged into the dismal gloom of the Dark Ages.
6 gifted, talented, favoured, special, exceptional, favourite,
cherished, pet, Brit blue-eyed, white-headed, white-haired, US
fair-haired: As long as the company's profits were increasing,
Hamilton was the golden boy. 7 advantageous, propitious,
auspicious, promising, rosy, opportune, optimistic, favourable:
She missed a golden opportunity by turning down the job.


good adj. 1 agreeable, satisfactory, commendable, acceptable, fair,
adequate, admissible, tolerable, all right, passable, Colloq
okay or OK: According to the reviews, the new opera is good but
not great. 2 admirable, outstanding, first-rate, first-class,
fine, superb, superior, tiptop, extraordinary, exemplary,
choice, excellent, capital, marvellous, wonderful, splendid,
sterling, Colloq super(-duper), great, smashing, A1 or A-1 or
A-one, Brit cracking, brilliant, amazing, ace, knockout, brill,
fantastic, terrific, unbelievable, groovy, fab, fabulous,
crucial, serious, US bad, Old-fashioned Brit tickety-boo, No.
Eng. champion, Chiefly US A-OK: I thought that was a really
good dinner. 3 correct, proper, decorous, orderly, right,
seemly, fit, fitting, suitable, meet, appropriate, allowable,
permissible, admissible, passable, satisfactory, tolerable: He
should get time off for good behaviour. 4 obedient,
well-behaved, proper, well-mannered: Why can't you be a good
boy when we go out? 5 moral, high-minded, righteous, noble,
wholesome, chaste, pure, honourable, ethical, upstanding,
upright, virtuous, worthy, lofty, elevated, saintly, angelic,
godly, godlike: Think only good thoughts and still you may not
get to heaven. 6 kind, benevolent, beneficent, gracious,
gentle, kindly, nice, considerate, friendly, solicitous,
good-hearted, sympathetic, benign, charitable, humane,
kind-hearted, well-disposed: Her parents have always been good
to me. 7 fresh, unspoilt, edible, consumable, palatable: These
eggs are good but the milk has gone off. 8 genuine, valid,
legitimate, authentic, honest, proper, reliable, secure,
dependable, safe, creditable, sound, solid, substantial,
well-founded, trustworthy, honest, actual, real; credible,
believable, convincing, compelling, cogent: Have you a good
reason for saying that? 9 honourable, esteemed, respected,
respectable, well-thought-of, reputable, established, solid:
They say that he comes from a good family. 10
well-proportioned, shapely, attractive: Yes, I'd say that

Marilyn has a good figure. 11 thorough, complete, penetrating,
careful: Has she had a good look at the defendant? 12 gifted,
talented, competent, capable, skilful, clever, accomplished,
proficient, adept, adroit, skilled: Am I a good enough actor to
audition for the part? 13 advantageous, propitious, opportune,
beneficial, profitable, favourable; safe, secure, reliable,
sound, sensible: Are utilities a good investment? Is this a
good time to buy shares? 14 healthy, salubrious, salutary,
beneficial, wholesome: We'll have to put you on a good diet.
15 best, company, Sunday, special-occasion, most luxurious:
Should we use the good glasses tonight? 16 ample, sufficient,
adequate, considerable, full, extensive, sizeable, large,
substantial: We have a good supply of food available. 17
approving, complimentary, flattering, positive, favourable,
enthusiastic, laudatory, eulogistic, encomiastic: His book
received a very good review in the Sunday supplement. 18 great,
considerable, sizeable, substantial, fair: We are still a good
distance away from land.


--n. 19 benefit, advantage, profit, use, usefulness, gain,
worth, avail: What good does it do to complain? 20 goodness,
morality, virtue, merit, righteousness, right, rectitude, worth,
probity, virtuousness, integrity, nobility, high-mindedness,
honourableness, honesty: The evil that men do lives after them,
The good is oft interred with their bones. 21 goods. a
possessions, (personal) property, chattels, things, gear,
belongings, effects, paraphernalia, movables, stuff: He's gone
and he's taken all his goods with him. b merchandise,
commodities, wares, stock, produce, tangibles, assets: We shall
pay on delivery of the goods. c US and Canadian (incriminating)
evidence or proof or information or documentation or facts or
data: The police have the goods on the murderer. d fabric,
cloth, textile, material, yard goods, piece-goods: My tailor
said he had made it from the best goods available. e freight:
A goods train had broken down on the line between Oxford and
Banbury.

goodbye interjection. Farewell!, Hawaiian Aloha!; Italian Arrivederci!,
Ciao!; German Auf Wiedersehen!; French Au revoir!, Adieu!;
Japanese Sayonara!; Spanish -Adios!, -Hasta la vista!, -Hasta
luego!; Latin Vale!; Colloq Bye! or 'Bye!, Bye-bye!,
Toodle-oo!, So long!, Brit Ta-ta!, Cheers!, cheerio,
Old-fashioned Pip! Pip!, US See you later ( alligator)!: We

said our goodbyes and went on our way.

good-for-nothing
adj. 1 worthless, useless: 'You are asking too much for that
good-for-nothing old lamp', Aladdin told the pedlar.

--n. 2 ne'er-do-well, wastrel, waster, idler, loafer, layabout,
lazybones, slugabed, sluggard, black sheep, Colloq US gold
brick, goof-off: Why doesn't that lazy good-for-nothing get a
job?

goodly adj. considerable, sizeable, substantial, ample, great, large,
significant, consequential: The museum attracts a goodly number
of visitors each year.


good-natured
adj. good-humoured, friendly, agreeable, genial, gracious,
good-hearted, pleasant, mellow, easygoing, considerate, nice,
kind, kindly, kind-hearted, tender-hearted, charitable,
tolerant, generous, courteous, cordial, warm, warm-hearted,
amiable, amicable, cooperative: He seems a good-natured fellow,
but not too bright.

goody-goody
adj. smug, sanctimonious, self-righteous, priggish, prim,
holier-than-thou, Pecksniffian, hypocritical: She's one of
those goody-goody people who never do anything wrong.

gooey adj. 1 gluey, sticky, tacky, glutinous, mucilaginous, gummy:
The pudding was accompanied by an unpleasantly gooey sauce. 2
sweet, sugary, saccharine, sentimental, unctuous, cloying,
syrupy, mawkish, maudlin, Colloq mushy, slushy, sloppy: They
like to watch those gooey soap operas.


goreฐ n. blood, carnage, butchery, slaughter, bloodshed: The current
crop of horror films have too much gore for my taste.

gore v. pierce, stab, poke, horn, penetrate, puncture, spear, gouge,
spit, stick, impale, disembowel: The matador, severely gored by
the bull, was carried away.

gorge n. 1 ravine, canyon, defile, pass, chasm, fissure, crevasse,
gully or gulley, wadi or wady, gap, Brit gill or ghyll, US and

Canadian notch: Water runs in this gorge only during the rainy
season. 2 vomit, vomitus: Injustice makes my gorge rise.

--v. 3 fill, stuff, glut, cram; gulp, gobble (down), devour,
bolt (down), wolf (down), gormandize, swallow: She acquired the
habit of gorging on cream cakes.

gorgeous adj. 1 resplendent, splendid, magnificent, glorious, exquisite,
sumptuous, dazzling, grand, beautiful, splendorous,
breathtaking, radiant, refulgent, brilliant, showy, colourful,
Colloq splendiferous: The males are known for their gorgeous
plumage. 2 great, terrific, fantastic, wonderful, marvellous,
glorious, spectacular, superb, excellent, Colloq fantabulous,
marvy, smashing, super, nifty, neat, swell: He married a
gorgeous fashion model.

gory adj. bloody, sanguinary, blood-soaked, bloodstained; gruesome,
grisly, horrific, blood-curdling: The scene was so gory as to
turn the strongest stomach.


gospel n. truth, fact, certainty: He swears that his story is gospel.

gossip n. 1 chat, conversation, talk, chit-chat, small talk, palaver;
tittle-tattle, prattle; Scots clishmaclaver; gup; Colloq Brit
natter, chin-wag: I was just having a little gossip with my
neighbour. 2 rumour, scandal, hearsay, information, on dit,
word, Colloq grapevine, (inside) info, tittle-tattle, Slang
dope, Chiefly US scuttlebutt, US and Canadian poop: The latest
gossip is that she left him for another woman. 3 rumour-mill,
rumour-monger, scandalmonger, gossip-monger, newsmonger,
busybody, tattle-tale, quidnunc, blabber, blatherskite,
tell-tale, talebearer, flibbertigibbet, Colloq big-mouth,
chatterbox, blabbermouth, Nosy Parker: That old gossip will
tell everybody your business.


--v. 4 Sometimes, gossip about. bruit, tattle, rumour, whisper,
blether or US blather, gabble, Colloq blab, Brit natter, Slang
jaw: I was just gossiping to my friend about your new job.


gouge v. 1 chisel, gash, incise, scratch, groove, dig; scoop or
hollow (out): The screwdriver slipped and gouged a piece out of
the table. She's so mad she wants to gouge out your eyes. 2
extort, extract, bilk, defraud, wrest, wrench, squeeze,

blackmail, Colloq milk, bleed, skin, fleece, cheat, swindle:
The gang gouged money from their classmates by threatening to
tell the teacher.


--n. 3 groove, furrow, scratch, gash, hollow; trench, ditch:
The retreating glacier cut a deep gouge in the landscape.

gourmet n. epicure, connoisseur, Lucullus, gastronome, gourmand, bon
vivant, bon viveur: My dear, that was a dinner fit for a
gourmet!

govern v. 1 rule, control, direct, reign, hold sway (over), lead,
conduct, guide, manage, regulate, run, supervise, superintend,
oversee, steer, captain, pilot, command, head (up), look after,
sit on the throne, wield the sceptre, wear the crown, run the
show, be in power, be in charge (of), exercise or wield power or
control (over), have or hold the whip hand, Colloq wear the
pants, be in the saddle or driver's seat: Catherine governed
with an iron hand. 2 control, check, bridle, curb, master,
subdue, restrain, contain, hold in, suppress, repress: You must
govern the urge to scream out.

government
n. 1 rule, command, authority, regulation, control, management,
direction, administration, sway, superintendence, supervision,
oversight, guidance, domination: His government of the island
has led to disorder. 2 administration, ministry, regime: The
government intends to ban smoking in public places.


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grab v. 1 snatch, lay or catch hold of, fasten upon, grasp, seize;
catch, grip, clutch; Colloq latch on to, get one's hands or
fingers on, nab, US snag: The thief grabbed my purse and ran.
She grabbed the railing to break her fall. 2 appropriate,
expropriate, seize, commandeer, take over, usurp, arrogate: The
general grabbed the reins of government in the coup. 3 arrest,
capture, catch, Colloq nab, pinch, collar: The police grabbed
him as he was leaving the scene of the crime.

--n. 4 snatch, clutch; grasp, grip: I made a grab for the

rope.

grace n. 1 elegance, gracefulness, suppleness, finesse, refinement,
ease, polish, poise: She rides well, with an unconscious grace.
2 tastefulness, (good) taste, cultivation, suavity or suaveness,
culture, savoir faire, discernment, discrimination, (good)
manners, politeness, breeding, consideration, decency,
etiquette, tact, propriety, decorum, mannerliness: They had the
grace to ignore my rough attire. 3 indulgence, forgiveness,
mercy, mercifulness, leniency, compassion, clemency, charity,
goodwill, goodness: We survived the fire only by the grace of
God. The company gives you 30 days' grace to pay the bill. 4
kindness, favour, kindliness, benevolence, generosity, goodness,
graciousness, becomingness, seemliness; excellence, virtue,
strength of character, considerateness: At least he had the
good grace to admit being wrong. 5 blessing, thanksgiving,
prayer, benediction: Grace was said before each meal.

--v. 6 adorn, embellish, set off, decorate, ornament, beautify,
enhance, garnish: The table was graced by a huge silver
candelabrum. 7 dignify, enhance, distinguish, enrich, honour,
favour: The dinner-party is graced by your presence.

graceful adj. 1 fluid, flowing, supple, lissom or lissome, lithe,
facile, smooth, nimble, agile, deft: How graceful a dancer she
is! 2 tactful, well-mannered, polite, courteous, mannerly,
refined, tasteful, elegant, courtly, urbane, polished, refined,
suave: In return for certain concessions, the chief was
graceful enough to release the hostages.


gracious adj. kind, courteous, polite, well-mannered, kindly,
benevolent, beneficent, indulgent, kind-hearted, warm-hearted,
cordial, warm, friendly, sociable, good-natured, amiable,
affable, benign, accommodating, obliging, agreeable,
considerate: It was gracious of you to grant me an audience.

grade n. 1 degree, position, rank, status, stage, standing, station,
gradation, echelon, class, level, category, condition, state,
estate, situation, rung: She is a singer of the first grade. 2
rating, mark, score: What grade did you get in physics? 3
class, form, year: My daughter is in the third grade. 4 hill,
slope, rise, gradient, acclivity, declivity, incline, decline,
ascent, descent, upgrade, downgrade: The car coasted down a

gentle grade into the lake. 5 make the grade. pass, measure up,
succeed, qualify, Colloq US make it, Slang US and Canadian and
NZ hack or cut it: Do you think that Simpson can make the
grade?


--v. 6 classify, class, order, organize, rank, sort, size,
group, categorize, rate: Her job is to grade pearls according
to their size. 7 mark, rate, correct, evaluate: My teacher was
up late grading our exams.


gradual adj. easy, gentle, even, moderate, slow, piecemeal, inchmeal,
regular, steady: There is a gradual slope down to the garden
wall. The acceleration was gradual. He became aware of a gradual
erosion of his authority.


gradually adv. slowly, evenly, piecemeal, inchmeal, drop by drop, step by
step, bit by bit, little by little, piece by piece, gradatim:
The water gradually seeped through the filter. We advanced
gradually through the forest.


graduate n. 1 bachelor, postgraduate, US alumnus (pl. alumni) or alumna
(pl. alumnae): Even university graduates found it difficult to
get a job.


--v. 2 gradate, mark, calibrate, grade, scale: This
thermometer is graduated in increments of one tenth of a degree.

graftฐ n. 1 bud, scion, shoot, splice, implantation or implant,
transplant: New varieties were created by the implantation of
grafts that have desirable qualities.

--v. 2 implant, splice, insert, join: Fruit-bearing stems are
grafted onto a sturdy rootstock.


graft n. corruption, jobbery; bribery, extortion, Colloq payola,
kickback: After only five years, he retired on the takings from
graft.

grain n. 1 seed, kernel, stone, pip, pit: Grains from each crop are
stored ready for sowing. 2 cereal, corn, grist: The grain
harvest was sparse this year. 3 particle, bit, fragment, crumb,
speck, granule, morsel, mote, molecule, atom, fleck, iota,
ounce, scrap, trace, scintilla, hint, suggestion, whit, jot (or

tittle), dab, soup‡on, taste, Colloq US and Canadian smidgen or
smidgin: There's not a grain of truth in anything that's been
said. 4 texture, pattern, fibre, weave, nap: Use a different
kind of saw for cutting across the grain.


grand adj. 1 large, great, huge, immense, enormous, impressive,
imposing, splendid, fine, majestic, stately, lofty, monumental,
lavish, magnificent, opulent, luxurious, palatial, sumptuous,
Colloq posh: We were led into a grand hall where thousands
awaited the emperor. 2 dignified, distinguished, august,
respected, eminent, pre-eminent, outstanding, celebrated,
illustrious, renowned, notable, legendary, exalted, revered,
venerable, immortal: He is regarded as the grand old man of
chemistry. 3 flamboyant, overdone, histrionic, ostentatious,
pretentious, grandiose, lordly: The abysmal performance was
punctuated by the actors' grand strutting and gesturing. 4
complete, total, sum, comprehensive, (all-)inclusive;
bottom-line: The grand total of expenses came to œ12,467.22. 5
marvellous, wonderful, outstanding, first-class, first-rate,
splendid, excellent, superb, admirable, Colloq great, marvy,
smashing, terrific, fantastic, fabulous, fantabulous, super:
Isn't it grand that Freda will be able to go! 6 principal,
chief, main, head, leading, foremost, highest: The grand vizier
was second only to the caliph.


grandeur n. 1 splendour, magnificence, majesty, sublimity,
luxuriousness, pomp: The grandeur of the French court was never
to be equalled. 2 nobility, augustness, nobleness, eminence,
majesty: The emperor received us with a grandeur befitting his
station.

grandiose adj. 1 pretentious, ostentatious, showy, flamboyant, bombastic,
histrionic, extravagant, pompous, fustian, high-flown,
high-flying, overambitious, overdone, over-dramatic,
melodramatic, Ossianic, inflated, affected, florid, flashy,
Colloq highfalutin or hifalutin, flash: The council is
unimpressed by your grandiose plans to redevelop the area, Mr
Wren. 2 imposing, impressive, ambitious, grand, monumental,
magnificent, lofty: She has some grandiose ideas for a national
symphony orchestra.

grant v. 1 give, confer, bestow, present, award, offer; supply,
furnish, distribute, donate; allocate, assign: She has been

granted a sum that will enable her to complete the book. 2
concede, accede (to), cede, give (up), agree (to), consent (to),
allow, permit, admit; let: They granted my request for
clemency.


--n. 3 gift, present, endowment, bequest, subvention, subsidy,
award, grant-in-aid, donation, contribution, concession,
allowance: He received a government grant to study abroad.


granular adj. grainy, granulated, particulate, comminuted, gravelly,
sandy, gritty: The sauce was somewhat granular and tasted too
strongly of nutmeg.

grapevine n. rumour-mill, jungle telegraph, grapevine telegraph; rumour,
gossip: According to the grapevine, you two are going to be
married.

graphic adj. 1 vivid, distinct, well-defined, detailed, explicit,
particular, clear, lucid, plain, manifest, crystal clear,
unmistakable or unmistakeable, unambiguous, accurate, precise,
well-drawn, photographic, descriptive, telling, picturesque,
pictorial, realistic, lifelike, true to life, Colloq gory: He
described his injuries in graphic detail. 2 written, drawn,
diagrammatic, delineated, visible: The magazine won a prize for
graphic design.

grapple v. 1 grasp, grab, grip, seize, clasp, catch, wrestle; hold,
clutch, snatch: They grappled each other at the edge of the
Reichenbach Falls. 2 grapple with. come to grips with, cope
with, contend with, deal with, struggle with, tackle, face, take
on: The government is grappling with the problem of
unemployment.

grasp v. 1 grip, grab, seize, clasp, clutch, snatch, hold, take or
lay or catch hold of, Colloq nab: I grasped the rope and was
pulled to safety. 2 understand, comprehend, appreciate, catch
(on), get, get the drift or point of, follow, see, realize,
apprehend, learn, Colloq make head(s) or tail(s) of, Slang dig:
I am trying to grasp the full import of what you are saying.


--n. 3 hold, grip, clutches, clasp, embrace, lock: He loosened
his grasp on my throat and I could breathe again. 4 possession,
control, power, mastery, sovereignty, suzerainty, hold: By

then, even the outer islands had fallen within his grasp. 5
understanding, comprehension, apprehension, awareness,
perception, sense: He has a poor grasp of the basics of the
subject.


grasping adj. greedy, avaricious, acquisitive, rapacious, mean, miserly,
stingy, penurious, parsimonious, niggardly, tight, tight-fisted,
penny-pinching, close-fisted, mercenary: If the company weren't
so grasping, they'd have less difficulty hiring staff.


grass v. 1 inform, betray, give away, Slang peach, squeal, snitch,
squeak, tattle, rat on, sell out, Brit blow the gaff, nark: He
received a shorter sentence for grassing on his accomplices.


--n. 2 traitor, informer, Slang stool-pigeon, stoolie,
squealer, snitch, squeaker, rat, Brit nark: A grass is treated
roughly by fellow inmates.

grate v. 1 shred, rasp, scrape, rub, triturate: Peel six raw
potatoes and grate them fine. 2 scrape, rasp, rub, grind,
scratch, screech, stridulate: The cricket grates its legs
against its wing covers to produce the 'singing' sound. 3 Often,
grate on or upon. annoy, vex, irk, irritate, pester, set one's
teeth on edge, jar, fret, chafe, rub (someone) (up) the wrong
way, go against the grain, Colloq get on one's nerves: Her
voice just grates on me.

grateful adj. thankful, appreciative: I am grateful for any help I can
get.


gratification
n. satisfaction, fulfilment, enjoyment, pleasure, delight,
compensation, recompense, reward, return, requital: She does it
only for the gratification she gets from making the children
happier.

gratify v. please, satisfy, fulfil, delight, compensate, recompense,
reward, requite, cheer, gladden, favour: Albert would be
gratified to see the good coming from his charitable bequests.


grating adj. 1 jarring, strident, raucous, harsh, discordant,
dissonant, unharmonious, offensive, irritating, irksome,
annoying, vexatious, galling: I find the noise of chalk

squeaking on the blackboard very grating. 2 grinding, gritty,
squeaky, jangling, screeching, creaking, shrill, piercing,
squawking, croaking, rasping: The grating noise you hear is my
fridge motor.


--n. 3 grate, grid, reticle or reticule, grille, lattice,
trellis, screen, network, reticulation: When a beam of light is
directed through the fine grating, odd patterns are formed.


gratitude n. thankfulness, appreciation, gratefulness; thanks, return,
compensation, thanksgiving: Here is a box of chocolates in
gratitude for looking after my cat.

gratuitous
adj. 1 gratis, free, complimentary, spontaneous: The earth is
a machine which has, till now, yielded gratuitous service. 2
unasked for, unrequested, unsought for, wanton, unprovoked,
unsolicited, unlooked-for, uncalled-for, unwelcome, unjustified,
unwarranted, baseless, groundless, needless, unfounded,
ungrounded, unjustifiable, irrational: He seems to derive some
twisted pleasure from spreading gratuitous lies about me.

graveฐ n. crypt, sepulchre, tomb, vault, mausoleum, last or final
resting-place, eternal rest: She began to sob as the coffin was
slowly lowered into the grave.

grave adj. 1 serious, sombre, solemn, earnest, unsmiling, staid,
sedate, sober, dour, gloomy, grim, grim-faced, grim-visaged,
Brit po-faced: The doctor, looking very grave, said that he had
done all he could. 2 serious, critical, vital, dangerous,
matter of life and death, crucial, urgent, weighty, important,
pressing, pivotal, perilous: Fenwick is in intensive care in a
grave condition.


graveyard n. burial-ground, churchyard, cemetery, God's acre, necropolis,
potter's field, W US Boot Hill, Rare Golgotha, Slang bone-yard:
Uncle Valentine is buried in the graveyard on the hill.

gravity n. 1 gravitation; attraction: After middle age, the body obeys
the laws of gravity but not of mutual attraction. 2 seriousness,
acuteness, immediacy, importance, significance, weight,
magnitude, severity, urgency, exigency, momentousness,
weightiness: When I saw mother's expression I realized the

gravity of the situation. 3 solemnity, dignity, sombreness,
staidness, sedateness, sobriety, gravitas, soberness, reserve;
gloominess, grimness: The ceremony was conducted with suitable
gravity.


greasy adj. 1 oily, sebaceous, fatty, fat, buttery, lardy, soapy,
oleaginous, pinguid, butyraceous, saponaceous, waxy: Before
curing, the hide is greasy with natural oils. 2 unctuous, oily,
slippery, slithery, smooth, glib, fawning, slick, toadying,
sycophantic, Slang Brit smarmy: Edna is so greasy, always
trying to manoeuvre you into doing something for her.

great adj. 1 big, large, huge, immense, enormous, gigantic, giant,
grand, extensive, prodigious, colossal, massive, vast,
tremendous; spacious, capacious, mammoth, gargantuan, monstrous,
titanic, Cyclopean, Brobdingnagian: Europe was covered by a
great forest. A great castle loomed before me. 2 large, huge,
immense, enormous, gigantic, prodigious, vast, tremendous,
abundant, countless: Plague killed a great number of people. 3
extreme, considerable, marked, pronounced, inordinate,
extraordinary, significant; excess, excessive: I have something
of great importance to tell you. Your news created great
confusion. 4 critical, important, crucial, momentous,
significant, serious, weighty, consequential: Those were great
days for the history of England. 5 important, prominent, major,
eminent, celebrated, distinguished, famous, famed, renowned,
notable, noteworthy, illustrious, outstanding, well-known,
weighty, influential, Rare eximious: What of the great
universities, like Oxford and Cambridge? Our mayor thinks of
himself as a great man. 6 talented, gifted, excellent,
outstanding, exceptional, major, superlative, superior, leading,
best, incomparable, matchless, peerless, skilful, artistic,
brilliant, first-rate, remarkable, top, accomplished: Flaubert
was one of the greatest writers of his age. Tamara is a good
dancer, but not a great dancer. 7 lofty, elevated, exalted,
noble, high-minded, grand: Great thoughts come from great
minds. 8 talented, skilled, skilful, adroit, clever, adept,
able, proficient, expert: Daphne is really great at playing
bridge. 9 keen, zealous, eager, active, enthusiastic, devoted,
ardent, passionate: Frank is a great stamp collector. 10
close, devoted, dedicated, fast, faithful, true, loyal,
intimate, loving: Graham and Pembroke quickly became great
friends. 11 terrible, bad, awful, unforgivable, horrendous,

heinous, grievous, horrific, horrible, terrific, huge, colossal,
enormous, gigantic, significant, cardinal, egregious, basic,
profound, flagrant, glaring, arrant, consummate, out-and-out:
Inviting her at the same time as her ex-husband was a great
mistake. 12 spectacular, marvellous, outstanding, excellent,
superb, grand, wonderful, fine Colloq fantastic, terrific,
stupendous, marvy, smashing, fantabulous, Old-fashioned Brit
tickety-boo: He says that we missed a truly great show.


greed n. 1 greediness, avarice, avariciousness, covetousness,
acquisitiveness, cupidity, avidity, craving, yearning: Greed
accounts for most of man's dishonesty. 2 meanness, stinginess,
miserliness, selfishness, niggardliness, penuriousness,
parsimony, close-fistedness, penny-pinching, tight-fistedness:
From a life of greed he had accumulated enormous wealth. 3
gluttony, voraciousness, edacity, esurience, voracity,
overeating, gormandizing, ravenousness, insatiableness: Obesity
owes more to greed than to glandular disorder.


greedy adj. 1 ravenous, voracious, gluttonous, piggish, hoggish,
swinish, cormorant, edacious, esurient, insatiable,
unquenchable: I'd love another slice, but I mustn't be greedy.
2 avaricious, acquisitive, covetous, grasping, craving;
materialistic, money-hungry: If some people were less greedy,
there would be plenty for everyone. 3 stingy, miserly, mean,
selfish, niggardly, parsimonious, penurious, penny-pinching,
mercenary, close-fisted, tight-fisted, close, Colloq near,
tight, Brit mingy: He's so greedy that he asks beggars for
receipts.


green adj. 1 verdant, grassy, fresh, leafy; rural, country-like:
Plans call for a green belt to be created around every major
city. 2 immature, unripe, unripened; na‹ve, callow, untested,
untrained, unversed, inexperienced, new, raw, unseasoned,
unsophisticated, gullible, amateur, unskilled, unskilful,
amateurish, non-professional, inexpert, Colloq wet behind the
ears: This banana is still too green to eat. Isn't Piers a bit
green to be given so much responsibility? 3 environmental,
conservationist: The green activists appear to be gaining
influence in governmental circles.

--n. 4 lawn, sward, common, grassland: Let us meet on the
village green at noon. 5 environmentalist, conservationist,

preservationist: The greens are opposed to draining the
marshes.

greenhorn n. newcomer, beginner, novice, tiro or tyro, neophyte, novice,
initiate, learner, tenderfoot, Colloq rookie: They send all the
greenhorns off to fetch a bucket of steam and a can of striped
paint.

greet v. 1 welcome, receive, usher in, meet: We were greeted warmly
by the family. 2 hail, accost, address, salute: People greeted
him in the street with a wave and a smile.

greeting n. 1 salutation, hail, hello, welcome, reception: She had a
smile and a greeting for every passer-by. 2 greetings card,
card, message, note: The Queen sent me a greeting on my 100th
birthday. 3 greetings. regards, respects, best or good wishes,
devoirs, compliments: I sent you greetings from Barbados, where
I took my holiday.


grey adj. 1 ashen, leaden, colourless, pale, pallid, wan, livid,
pearly, griseous, smoky, sooty, bloodless: The cadaver's skin
was a dead, whitish grey. 2 gloomy, dismal, dull, depressing,
glum, dreary, sombre, drab, cheerless, dark, murky, foggy,
misty, cloudy, overcast, sunless: As if to mould her
temperament, Kathleen was born on a grey December day in 1791. 3
aged, elderly, hoary, old, venerable, ancient: A stooped, grey
crone inched along, muttering to herself. 4 mature, wise,
experienced: Seventy years have spread their grey experience
over his hoary head.


grief n. 1 anguish, suffering, agony, misery, wretchedness, pain,
hurt, sadness, sorrow, dejection, depression, despondency,
melancholy, unhappiness, woe, torment, desolation, heartbreak,
remorse, regret, ruth, heartache: Nothing equalled the grief I
felt at the death of my dog, Whiffler. 2 distress, trouble,
difficulty, tribulation, trial, burden, load, onus, ordeal,
travail, affliction, worry, bitterness, curse; adversity,
misfortune, evil days, bad or ill fortune or luck, calamity,
disaster, catastrophe, trauma: The death of her only child was
a lasting grief to Millie. 3 come to grief. fail, go to rack
and ruin, meet with disaster, miscarry, fall or come apart,
Colloq come unstuck: Our plans for retirement came to grief
when my husband went bankrupt.


grievance adj. 1 wrong, ill, injustice, disservice, unfairness, injury,
damage, harm, outrage, affront, indignity, hardship, calamity:
I had to listen to details of every grievance she had ever
suffered. 2 complaint, objection, charge, plaint, allegation,
grudge, Colloq gripe, bone to pick, Brit crow to pluck, Slang
beef: Please register all your grievances at the office next
door.


grieve v. 1 mourn, bemoan, lament, regret, rue, deplore, bewail, mope,
eat one's heart out: Sylvia is still grieving over the loss of
her husband. 2 weep, cry, mourn, moan, keen, suffer, sorrow;
shed tears, complain: Go in and try to comfort the grieving
widow.


grievous adj. 1 severe, heavy, painful, grave, serious, distressing,
harmful; damaging, hurtful, acute, wounding: The church
buildings suffered grievous damage from the storm. He was
charged with causing grievous bodily harm. 2 egregious, awful,
flagrant, terrible, outrageous, heinous, dreadful, atrocious,
monstrous, appalling, shocking, deplorable, calamitous,
lamentable, intolerable, shameful, unbearable: Missing that
catch was a grievous error.


grim adj. 1 stern, severe, unrelenting, resolute, uncompromising,
unyielding, inflexible, adamant, stony, iron, unbending, firm,
intractable, unflinching, unmoving, unmoved, implacable,
inexorable, determined, steadfast, (dead) set, fixed, decided,
obstinate, headstrong, stubborn, obdurate, dogged, unwavering:
By controlling the purse strings, she kept a grim hold over the
family. 2 forbidding, formidable, harsh, ferocious, fierce,
cruel, savage, merciless, heartless, ruthless, pitiless,
vicious, brutal, brutish, feral, inhuman, fiendish, violent,
bloodthirsty, murderous, homicidal, fell: A grim pack of
howling wolves loped after our sledge. 3 dire, dreadful,
ghastly, awful, frightful, frightening, sinister, hideous,
horrid, horrific, horrible, horrendous, terrible, terrifying,
terrific, harrowing, dread, alarming, appalling, grotesque,
gruesome, eerie, macabre, flagitious, heinous, evil, wicked,
iniquitous, atrocious, monstrous: Before me appeared the
ghostly apparition of the Grim Reaper.

grime n. dirt, filth, soot, mud, muck, slime, scum: The lad began to

rub the grime from the old oil lamp.

grind v. 1 pound, powder, pulverize, abrade, crush, granulate, mill,
grate, rasp, crumble, kibble, mash, triturate, bray, comminute:
The rock was soon ground to a fine powder. 2 sharpen, whet;
file, smooth, polish: He is grinding the edge to be razor
sharp. 3 gnash, grit, grate: He grinds his teeth when he's
angry. 4 Also, grind away. labour, toil, slave (away); study,
lucubrate, burn the midnight oil, Colloq cram, Brit swot:
George has been grinding away at the same job all his life.
Languages came easily, but he had to grind away at the sciences.
5 grind down. wear down or away, crush, oppress, subdue,
suppress, tyrannize, persecute, maltreat, ill-treat, harry,
harass, hound, hector, plague, badger: Dictators first grind
down all opposition, then destroy it. 6 grind out. produce,
generate, crank out, churn out, turn out: For 20 years he has
been grinding out the daily gossip column.

--n. 7 toil, labour, drudgery, travail, exertion, task, chore:
Working at the checkout counter hour after hour is a terrible
grind.

grip n. 1 hold, grasp, clutch, handgrip, clasp, hand-clasp: Losing
his grip on the rope, he plummeted into the abyss. 2 control,
command, hold, mastery; authority, influence, power, rule,
domination, sovereignty, tenure, dominion, suzerainty, custody:
Peter is losing his grip on reality. The dictator kept a tight
grip on the people right up to his death. 3 grasp,
understanding, apprehension, comprehension, sense, sensitivity,
feel, feeling, awareness, perception, view, Slang US handle:
Skerry is having trouble getting a grip on what you plan to do.
4 handgrip, valise, (travelling or overnight) bag, case,
satchel, suitcase, Brit holdall, US and Canadian carry-all: I
got off the plane in New York, but my grip went on to Detroit.
5 come or get to grips with. tackle, confront, approach, handle,
meet (head on), undertake, grapple or contend with, cope or deal
with, face: We must come to grips with the problem of
Cassandra.


--v. 6 grasp, clutch, clasp, hold, seize: He gripped the
handle of the revolver more tightly. 7 engross, engage, hold,
fascinate, enthral, entrance, absorb, mesmerize, hypnotize,
spellbind, rivet: Just at the gripping climax, the reel broke

and the film stopped.

gripe v. 1 complain, moan, grumble, whimper, whine, bleat, nag,
cavil, carp, grouse, Colloq beef, Brit whinge, Slang bitch,
bellyache: It's natural to gripe about the food in the army.

--n. 2 complaint, grievance, objection, protest; complaining,
moaning, grumbling, whimpering, whining, nagging, cavilling,
carping, grousing, Colloq beef, Brit whinging Slang bitching,
bellyaching: I don't want to hear any more gripes about the
food! 3 Usually, gripes. cramp, twinge, pang, pain, ache,
colic, distress, Colloq bellyache: The gripes became so painful
that he was sure he had appendicitis.


grisly adj. gruesome, gory, abhorrent, abominable, awful, appalling,
hideous, shocking, nasty, dreadful, repulsive, repellent,
repugnant, disgusting, sickening, nauseating, horrific, horrid,
horrendous, horrifying, terrible, terrifying, terrific: A
grisly scene greeted the soldiers who liberated the
concentration camp.

grit n. courage, courageousness, valour, bravery, fortitude,
resolution, resoluteness, resolve, toughness, mettle, pluck,
spirit, backbone, nerve, gameness, intrepidity or intrepidness,
dauntlessness, tenacity, determination, firmness, hardiness,
hardihood, staunchness, stalwartness, doughtiness, fearlessness,
Colloq guts, gutsiness, spunk, spunkiness, starch, Brit bottle,
US and Canadian chutzpah, moxie, stick-to-it-iveness:
Mountain-climbing requires more grit than you might think.


gritty adj. 1 sandy, gravelly, granular, grainy, rough, abrasive,
rasping, arenose: The texture of the mud-pack felt somewhat
gritty on her face. 2 courageous, valorous, brave, resolute,
tough, mettlesome, plucky, spirited, game, intrepid, dauntless,
tenacious, determined, persistent, firm, hardy, staunch,
stalwart, doughty, fearless, Colloq gutsy, spunky: The band of
gritty frontiersman was led by Sheriff Boswell.

groan v. 1 moan, sigh, murmur, wail, whimper, whine: Unattended
patients were lying there, groaning in agony. 2 complain,
grumble, grouse, object, protest, Colloq gripe, beef, yammer,
Brit whinge, Slang bitch: Now that he's rich, he's groaning
about taxes.


--n. 3 moan, sigh, murmur, wail, whimper, whine: I thought I
heard a groan coming from the attic. 4 complaint, grumble,
grousing, muttering, Colloq gripe, griping, beef, yammering,
Slang bitching: His announcement that the whole class would be
punished was met by groans.

groggy adj. unsteady, shaky, wobbly, weak-kneed, weak, staggering,
stupefied, dazed, stunned, reeling, punch-drunk, numb, numbed,
benumbed, faint, in a trance or stupor, muddled, addled,
confused, bewildered, confounded, puzzled, baffled, befuddled,
Colloq dopey, punchy, woozy, Brit muzzy: I was still groggy
from the blow on the head.


groom n. 1 stable-boy, stableman, Brit stable-lad, Archaic ostler or
hostler, equerry: The groom unsaddled the horses and began to
curry them. 2 bridegroom: Let's drink to the bride and groom!

--v. 3 spruce up, dress, tidy or neaten up, smarten up,
titivate or tittivate, preen, primp, refresh: Every time she
passes a mirror Vivian stops to groom herself. 4 fit, train,
prepare, coach, tutor, brief, drill, prime, (get or make) ready,
adapt, shape: McCusker is being groomed for a directorship.


groove n. slot, cut, channel, furrow, gouge, trough; flute, scratch,
striation or stria, rifling, rifle, Architecture glyph,
Technical sulcus: The door slides in these grooves at the
sides.


grope v. feel, fumble, fish, probe: I groped for the switch in the
dark.

gross adj. 1 fat, obese, corpulent, overweight, big, large, bulky,
great, heavy, ponderous, massive, cumbersome, unwieldy: The
gross detective eased his bulk onto a tiny chair. 2 total,
aggregate, entire, pre-tax, (all-)inclusive, overall, whole:
The gross profit was up by 15 per cent this year. 3 coarse,
vulgar, crude, unsophisticated, uncultured, uncultivated,
earthy, crass, indelicate, indecent, inappropriate, unseemly,
improper, unrefined, bawdy, ribald, Rabelaisian, raw, rude,
offensive, obscene, lewd, dirty, smutty, pornographic, filthy:
That was too gross a story for mixed company. 4 outrageous,
flagrant, obvious, plain, glaring, shameful, blatant, monstrous,

heinous, manifest, evident: Her conviction was a gross
miscarriage of justice. 5 disgusting, repulsive, repellent,
revolting, nauseating: His table manners are truly gross.


--v. 6 earn, bring or take in, make: We grossed over a million
but netted only 50,000 after expenses.

--n. 7 (overall) total, take, intake, takings, receipts, gate:
As I said, the gross was over a million.


grotesque adj. 1 distorted, bizarre, freakish, twisted, misshapen,
malformed, deformed, gruesome, gnarled: Victor Hugo created the
character of Quasimodo, the grotesque bell-ringer of Notre Dame.
2 absurd, incongruous, weird, odd, fantastic, strange, queer,
peculiar, curious, outlandish, offbeat, abnormal, aberrant,
anomalous, ludicrous, ridiculous, preposterous: The idea of
marrying Leonard is too grotesque for even Gladys to
contemplate.


ground n. 1 earth, soil, turf, sod, dirt, loam, clay; land, terrain:
There is a great hole in the ground behind my house. 2
territory, area, range, scope, compass: We covered the ground
quite thoroughly at our meeting. 3 Often, grounds. basis,
foundation, base, reason, footing, justification, rationale,
argument, cause, motive, excuse: What are her grounds for suing
for divorce? 4 grounds. sediment, dregs, lees, deposit,
settlings, Brit grouts: Filter out the grounds before drinking
the coffee.


--v. 5 base, establish, organize, found; settle, set: The
school's philosophy is grounded on the principles of Maria
Montessori. 6 instruct, teach, train, coach, tutor, inform,
prepare, initiate: The purpose of the course is to ground
students in basic mathematics.


groundless
adj. baseless, without foundation, unsound, unfounded,
unsupported, unjustified, unjustifiable, unwarranted,
uncalled-for, gratuitous, unreasoned, unreasonable, speculative,
suppositional, hypothetical, tenuous, flimsy, illusory,
imaginary, chimerical: Assumptions that the boy is guilty are
entirely groundless.

groundwork
n. basis, spadework, preparation(s), base, foundation,
underpinning(s), cornerstone: The report provided the
groundwork for the research.


group n. 1 assembly, assemblage, gathering, congregation, company,
number, alliance, union, association, organization, league,
society, coterie, clique, set, band, circle, club, party, body,
faction, crowd, team, corps, guild, troupe, unit, troop,
platoon, squad, gang: A group of revolutionaries meets nightly
in a basement in Krakowskaya Street. 2 batch, aggregation, set,
grouping, collection, assemblage, bunch, accumulation,
conglomeration, agglomeration, assortment, series; pile, heap,
bundle: The entire group of abstract paintings was auctioned at
double their estimated value.

--v. 3 classify, class, sort, bracket, organize, order, rank,
assort, categorize, catalogue: Books are grouped according to
subject. 4 collect, assemble, arrange, place, dispose, gather,
organize, bring or put together, set apart: Group oversized
books together on the lowest shelves.

grovelling
adj. obsequious, fawning, toadying, toad-eating, sycophantish,
subservient, slavish, servile, submissive, kowtowing, cringing,
cowering, truckling, snivelling, scraping, tugging the forelock,
abject, crawling, base, low, mean, sordid, Colloq boot-licking,
US apple-polishing; Slang brown-nosing, Brit arse-kissing,
arse-licking, US ass-kissing, ass-licking: The grovelling
coward threw himself to the ground, begging forgiveness.

grow v. 1 flourish, develop, increase, become larger or greater,
enlarge, wax, swell, expand, broaden, thicken, spread, lengthen,
multiply, burgeon or bourgeon, thrive, luxuriate, prosper,
mature, ripen, bloom, flower, blossom, fructify, bear or yield
fruit: The seeds he had planted grew abundantly. The population
continues to grow. 2 develop, evolve, arise, issue, stem, spring
(up), originate: A great friendship grew out of their
association. 3 plant, cultivate, breed, nurture, raise,
propagate, produce; sow: Cathcart grows sorghum where he used
to grow alfalfa. 4 become, get: I am growing fonder of you
every day, Abbie. 5 grow on. get or become accepted by, come or
begin to be liked by, to gain or increase in interest or

attraction to, become more pleasing to: I didn't like her at
first, but she grows on you. 6 grow up. mature, reach or attain
maturity or adulthood, come of age, reach one's majority: Those
who grew up in the Great Depression knew real poverty.


growth n. 1 development, evolution, evolvement, cultivation,
nurturing, increase, expansion, broadening, extension,
enlargement, spread, proliferation, flowering: The growth of
education was a slow and painful process. 2 vegetation, crop:
The area is covered with a dense growth of timber. 3 advance,
advancement, success, improvement, expansion, rise, progress:
The growth of the economy has slowed down in the last quarter.
4 wen, excrescence, wart, lump, tumour, swelling, intumescence:
He developed an ugly growth on his nose.


grudge n. 1 bitterness, resentment, rancour, ill will, hard feelings,
spite, grievance, pique, dislike, aversion, antipathy, animus,
animosity, enmity, venom, malice, malevolence, hatred: He had
harboured a grudge against her ever since she was promoted.


--v. 2 begrudge, resent, envy, mind, covet: She grudges other
people their simple pleasures.

gruesome adj. ghastly, repugnant, horrible, horrid, horrific,
horrendous, grisly, hideous, revolting, repellent, repulsive,
loathsome, grim, grotesque, macabre, abominable, frightful,
frightening, fearsome, shocking, terrible, awful: She told a
tale too gruesome to repeat here.


gruff adj. 1 surly, crusty, grumpy, curmudgeonly, cantankerous, sour,
peevish, churlish, rude, uncivil, bearish, testy, querulous,
irritable, cross, petulant, crabbed, irascible, sullen, sulky,
bluff, abrupt, curt, blunt, brusque, short, short-tempered,
ill-humoured, ill-natured, bad-tempered, stinging, cutting,
biting, acerb, acrimonious, acid, caustic, Colloq grouchy,
crotchety: It is difficult to work for someone as gruff as he
is. 2 throaty, deep, rough, guttural, rasping, low, husky,
hoarse, harsh(-sounding): Instantly I recognized father's gruff
voice on the telephone.


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guarantee n. 1 guaranty, warranty, assurance, pledge, bond, obligation,
promise; word (of honour), oath, undertaking: The guarantee
expires one month from the sell-by date. Have I your guarantee
that this battery will last a year?

--v. 2 guaranty, warranty, assure, ensure, pledge, promise,
undertake, stand behind, vouch for, certify, make sure or
certain, swear to, attest to: The manufacturer guarantees every
car for three years or 50,000 miles.

guard v. 1 protect, shield, safeguard, (keep or stand) watch (over),
defend, convoy, escort, police, look after, tend, mind: Only
three men will be guarding the bullion when we make our move. 2
control, mind: Guard your tongue - the walls have ears.

--n. 3 sentinel, watchman, sentry, security guard, custodian,
guardian, protector, picket, watch, bodyguard; evzone,
bashibazouk; Brit warder, wardress , Slang screw, Brit minder:
The guards go to eat at noon. 4 protection, convoy, escort,
patrol: A guard of six men will accompany the van along this
route. 5 defence, protection, safety, safeguard, security,
shield: This bandage will serve as a guard against infection.


guarded adj. careful, cautious, heedful, prudent, circumspect, wary,
noncommittal, restrained, mindful, suspicious, leery or Brit
also leary, apprehensive; loath or loth, reticent, reluctant,
Colloq cagey: He became very guarded under close questioning.
When I asked where she had been, she gave a guarded answer.


guardian n. protector, defender, paladin, champion; trustee, custodian,
keeper, preserver: She fancies him her guardian, her knight in
shining armour. Do we really need guardians of the 'purity' of
the language?


guerrilla n. guerilla, partisan or partizan, resistance or freedom or
underground fighter, irregular; insurgent, saboteur, terrorist;
US history Jayhawker, French history Maquis: The guerrillas
continue to attack the government's supply convoys.


guess v. 1 conjecture, estimate, hypothesize, speculate, postulate,
Slang guestimate or guesstimate: We guessed that he might try
to come in through the window. 2 think, suppose, conclude,

assume, believe, dare say, surmise, judge, deem, reckon,
imagine, fancy, feel, suspect, divine: I guess you were right
about her.


--n. 3 conjecture, estimate, hypothesis, speculation, surmise,
assumption, judgement, feeling, suspicion, supposition,
postulate, theory; guesswork; Colloq shot in the dark, Slang
guestimate or guesstimate: My guess as to which card would turn
up was wrong.


guest n. visitor, company, caller; patron, customer, lodger, boarder,
roomer: Our guests get clean linen daily.

guidance n. 1 leadership, direction, management, government, conduct,
control, regulation, charge, handling, rule, auspices: The
company prospered under her guidance. 2 counsel, advice,
counselling, advisement, instruction, teaching: I have turned
to you for guidance in the matter.


guide v. 1 lead, show or lead the way, conduct, shepherd, direct,
usher, steer, orient or Brit orientate: She guided me to the
proper office. What will guide your judgement in dealing with
this situation? 2 steer, pilot, manoeuvre, navigate, direct: He
carefully guided the boat between the shoals. 3 counsel,
advise, influence, sway; supervise, oversee, handle, manage,
superintend, direct, control, regulate, govern: Mr Thrall
guided my artistic development from the beginning. 4 instruct,
teach, tutor, train: From early youth we were guided by the
elders of the community.


--n. 5 leader, conductor, director, cicerone, chaperon, mentor,
counsel, counsellor, adviser or advisor, guru, master: He
served as my guide through the financial jungle. Let your
conscience be your guide. 6 model, criterion, exemplar,
standard, ideal, example, inspiration: She looked upon the life
of Mother Theresa as a guide. 7 beacon, light, signal, guiding
light, landmark, lodestar, sign, marker: The Southern Cross was
our constant guide sailing round the Horn. 8 handbook, manual,
enchiridion, vade-mecum, guidebook, Baedeker: Can you recommend
a good guide to English usage?

guilt n. 1 culpability, guiltiness, criminality, blame,
responsibility, blameworthiness; crime, sinfulness,

feloniousness, wrongdoing, misconduct: Confronted by the
evidence, Shillingworth admitted his guilt. 2 remorse,
self-reproach, regret, sorrow, contrition, repentance, shame,
contriteness, self-condemnation, bad conscience: That feeling
of guilt would plague me for the rest of my life.

guilty adj. 1 responsible, culpable, answerable, blameworthy, at
fault, delinquent, wrong; offending, reprehensible: Whoever was
guilty will be prosecuted. First we must find the guilty party.
2 remorseful, contrite, regretful, sorry, apologetic, repentant,
sorrowful, conscience-stricken, rueful, penitent; ashamed,
shame-faced, sheepish, embarrassed, red-faced: Gavin felt
terribly guilty for having insulted Tina.


guise n. 1 appearance, aspect, semblance, look, image, likeness,
mien; air, behaviour, conduct, deportment, comportment, bearing,
demeanour: This is nothing but an old political concept in a
new guise. 2 semblance, disguise, fa‡ade, front, pretence: The
treacherous Lothario assumed the guise of a knight in shining
armour.

gulf n. 1 bay, bight, cove, inlet, sound, loch or sea loch, firth or
frith, fiord or fjord, Irish lough, Brit creek: We sailed into
the gulf to shelter from the wind behind the cliffs. 2 chasm,
deep, depth, abyss, abysm, void, space, opening, rift, breach,
gap, separation, rift, split: After the divorce, the gulf
between us widened even further.

gullible adj. innocent, green, simple, credulous, unsophisticated,
na‹ve, unsuspecting, unwary, unsuspicious, wide-eyed, born
yesterday, inexperienced, immature: He was gullible enough to
fall for the old con game, three-card monte.

gully n. gulley, channel, river-bed, watercourse, gorge, ravine,
canyon, notch, cut, pass, defile, valley, corridor, wadi, Brit
gill or ghyll, W US arroyo , US and Canadian gulch: We rode
along in the gully so as not to be seen.

gulp v. 1 bolt, gobble, wolf (down), devour, gorge, swallow, throw
down, toss off, quaff, guzzle, swill, Colloq knock back, swig,
US chug-a-lug: The boy gulped his dinner and ran out to play.
2 swallow, suppress, stifle, choke (back), smother, strangle:
She gulped back her tears as the coffin was lowered.


--n. 3 mouthful, swallow, draught, swill, Colloq swig: He took
a gulp of his drink before making another bid.


gumption n. 1 resourcefulness, shrewdness, cleverness, (mother) wit,
(common) sense, astuteness, judgement, Colloq horse sense,
brains, Slang Brit nous: It takes a lot of gumption to run a
good cattle auction. 2 backbone, grit, pluck, mettle,
enterprise, initiative, courage, spirit, gameness, nerve,
daring, vigour, energy, boldness, audacity, stamina, Colloq
spunk, guts, get-up-and-go, US moxie, Slang Brit bottle, Taboo
slang balls: He hasn't the gumption to go into business for
himself.


gurgle v. 1 bubble, burble, babble, ripple, splash, plash, lap,
murmur, purl: The cool brook gurgled merrily through the
meadow.

--n. 2 babble, burble, bubbling, babbling, burbling, splash,
gurgling, splashing, plashing, murmuring, purl, purling: I lay
back, listening to the gurgle of the spring among the rocks.

gush v. 1 cascade, rush, flood, stream, spurt, jet, spout, burst;
run, flow: The water gushed out of the pipe, soaking us all. 2
bubble over, overflow, be ebullient or effusive or effervescent,
effervesce, make much of, fuss over, prattle, chatter, babble,
jabber, blather or blether, Colloq Brit natter, witter: It was
impossible to stop them from gushing on about the performance.


--n. 3 cascade, rush, flood, flow, stream, spurt, jet, spout,
burst, torrent: A gush of water hit me right in the face. 4
exuberance, effusion, bubbling over, outburst: After the first
gush of enthusiasm, everything quieted down.


gushy adj. gushing, fulsome, cloying, mawkish, excessive, effusive,
overdone, (over-)sentimental, (over)enthusiastic, Colloq sloppy,
slushy: It's another gushy film about a little girl and a lost
kitten.


gust n. 1 puff, blow, wind, breeze, blast: A gust of wind blew my
hat off.

--v. 2 puff, blow, blast, surge, increase: The wind gusted up

to gale force overnight.

gusto n. enthusiasm, relish, zest, appetite, zeal, zealousness,
avidity, eagerness, enjoyment, appreciation, pleasure, delight,
satisfaction: We attacked the meal with great gusto and soon
dispatched every scrap.

gut n. 1 Often, guts. bowels, intestines, entrails, viscera,
stomach, offal, vitals, vital parts, gurry, Brit (of a deer)
gralloch, Colloq insides, innards or inwards: As soon as the
game is killed, the guts must be removed. 2 stomach, abdomen,
belly; beer-belly, bay window, corporation: His enormous gut
hung over his belt. 3 guts. a backbone, bravery, boldness,
audacity, pluck, courage, determination, daring, spirit, grit,
mettle, gumption, nerve, intestinal fortitude, Colloq spunk,
gutsiness, Slang Brit bottle, Taboo balls: He hasn't the guts
to tell the boss what he thinks of him. b integrity,
will-power, stamina, endurance, forcefulness, dynamism: It
takes real guts to stand up for your rights.


--v. 4 disembowel, eviscerate, draw, dress, clean: It will
take hours to gut all these fish. 5 ransack, pillage, plunder,
sack, despoil, strip, ravage, loot, rifle, Rare depredate; clean
out, devastate, empty: The building was completely gutted by
the fire.

--adj. 6 basic, heartfelt, instinctive, instinctual, intuitive,
visceral, deep-seated, emotional: My gut reaction is to refuse
the offer.


guttersnipe
n. waif, (street) Arab, (street) urchin, ragamuffin, brat,
gamin, rogue, Colloq Brit rare mudlark: That little guttersnipe
stole my wallet!


guy n. 1 man, lad, youth, boy, fellow, person, Colloq chap, geezer,
Brit bloke, Slang gink, cat, customer, US dude, Old-fashioned
gazabo or gazebo: Clarence is a pretty nice guy.


--v. 2 mock, ridicule, make fun of, caricature, satirize, poke
fun at, lampoon, Colloq rib, take off, Brit send up: We put on
a show at school in which we guyed the teachers.

7.10 gyrate
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gyrate v. rotate, spin, revolve, turn (round or about), whirl, twirl,
swirl, pirouette; swivel: The dancers were gyrating to the
deafening music.