2. Inform, apprise, tell, notify, make aware, make known to, mention to, communicate to, signify to, give notice to, send word to, write word to.
Acquaintance, n. 1. Familiarity, familiar knowledge.
2. Friend (with whom one is not intimate).
Acquainted with, 1. Familiar with, versed in, au fait at.
2. A friend of (without being intimate with).
Acquiesce, v. n. 1. Yield, comply, submit, bow, rest, resign one's self, be reconciled, be resigned, be satisfied, rest satisfied.
2. Assent, consent, agree, accede, concur, yield assent, give consent, fall in, go with the stream, go with the current.
Acquiescence, n. 1. Compliance, submission, resignation.
2. Assent, consent, agreement, concurrence.
Acquiescent, a. Complying, yielding, submitting.
Acquire, v. a. 1. Gain, obtain, achieve, attain, procure, earn, win, get, secure, have, make, purchase, get possession of, get into one's hands.
2. Master, learn thoroughly, make one's self master of.
Acquirement, n. 1. Acquiring, gathering, gaining, mastery.
2. Accomplishment, attainment, acquisition, stock of knowledge, mental resources.
Acquisition, n. Acquirement.
Acquisitive, n. Acquiring, disposed to acquire.
Acquisitiveness, n. Love of acquiring, desire to acquire.
Acquit, v. a. Discharge (from an accusation), clear, release, absolve, exonerate, exculpate, excuse, pardon, forgive, quit, set free.
Acquit one's self, Act, behave, conduct one's self, bear one's self, demean one's self.
Acquittal, n. Discharge, release, deliverance, liberation, exoneration, clearance, absolution, acquittance.
Acquittance, n. 1. Discharge, acquittal.
2. Receipt, receipt in full.
Acrid, a. 1. Sharp, biting, pungent, hot, burning, poignant, caustic, corrosive.
2. Severe, harsh, acrimonious.
Acridity, n. Acridness.
Acridness, n. 1. Sharpness, pungency, poignancy, acridity.
2. Severity, harshness, hardness.
Acrimonious, a. [Rare.] 1. Corrosive, caustic, sharp.
2. Severe, harsh, hard, acrid, sarcastic, bitter, virulent, malignant, censorious, crabbed, snarling, snappish, testy, pettish, petulant, cross, sour, tart, splenetic, peevish, ill-tempered, ill-natured.
Acrimony, n. 1. Sharpness, corrosiveness, causticity.
2. Severity, harshness, sourness, tartness, asperity, virulence, bitterness, acerbity, rancor, venom, crabbedness, moroseness, churlishness, ill-temper, bad blood.
Acroamatic, a. Esoteric, esoterical, secret, private, acroatic.
Acroamatical, a. Esoteric, esoterical, secret, private, acroatic.
Acroatic, a. Esoteric, acroamatic.
Acrobat, n. Rope-dancer.
Acrospire, n. Shoot, sprout, plumule.
Across, prep. Athwart, over, from one side of to the other.
Act, v. n. 1. Work, move, carry any thing into effect, execute a purpose, be in action.
2. Behave, conduct one's self, demean one's self, acquit one's self.
3. Operate, have influence.
Act, v. a. 1. Do, perform, execute, carry into execution.
2. Personate, play, simulate, enact, play the part of, take the part of.
Act, n. 1. Deed (viewed as a single exertion of power), action, performance, proceeding, thing, exploit, feat, achievement, turn.
2. Statute, enactment, ordinance, edict, decree, law, bill.
3. Fact, reality, actuality, real existence.
Acting, n. 1. Deed, performance, action.
2. Personation, representation, simulation.
Action, n. 1. Activity, exercise, motion, movement, play.
2. Deed (viewed as requiring a continued exertion of power), performance, exploit, achievement, procedure, proceeding, acting, turn, act.
3. Agency, operation, force, influence, instrumentality, process.
4. Battle, engagement, conflict, contest, combat, rencontre, encounter, skirmish, brush, affair.
5. Gesticulation, gesture.
6. Subject, fable, plot, series of events.
7. (Law.) Suit, process, case, prosecution.
Actinolite, n. Strahlstein, ray-stone.
Active, a. 1. Practical, operative, living, vigorous, in action, in operation.
2. Busy, diligent, assiduous, industrious, indefatigable, unremitting, laborious, sedulous, notable, at work, hard at work, diligently employed, busily engaged.
3. Alert, nimble, agile, supple, brisk, dapper, stirring, spry, smart, quick, prompt, ready, lively, sprightly, spirited.
4. Enterprising, energetic, strong, efficient, in earnest.
5. Drastic (as medicine), powerful, efficacious.
6. (Gram.) Transitive.
Activity, n. 1. Action, exercise.
2. Alertness, agility, nimbleness, smartness, briskness, sprightliness, spryness.
3. Intensity, energy, strength, force, power, vigor.
4. Enterprise, efficiency.
Actor, n. 1. Doer, operator, agent.
2. Player, performer, comedian, tragedian, stage-player.
Actual, a. 1. Real, veritable, true, substantial, determinate, decided, categorical, positive, absolute, certain, genuine, very, not ideal, not imagined, not imaginary, not supposed or fancied, not fictitious, that exists in fact, de facto, bona fide.
2. Present, now existing, now in being.
Actually, ad. Really, truly, absolutely, positively, verily, indeed, in fact, in reality, as a matter of fact, in truth.
Actuate, v. a. Induce, impel, move, prompt, instigate, persuade, incite, act upon, prevail upon, work upon.
Act upon, 1. Influence, effect, have influence upon.
2. Induce, actuate.
Act up to. Abide by, conform to, persist in.
Acumen, n. Acuteness, shrewdness, sagacity, astuteness, sharpness, ingenuity, perspicacity, discernment, penetration, mother-wit, quick parts.
Acuminate, a. (Bot.) Sharp, acute, pointed, cuspidate, cuspidated.
Acuminated, a. (Bot.) Sharp, acute, pointed, cuspidate, cuspidated.
Acute, a. 1. Sharp, pointed, acuminated, cuspidated.
2. Keen, shrewd, discerning, knowing, quick, sharp, smart, bright, sage, sapient, sagacious, intelligent, astute, ingenious, subtle, penetrating, piercing, clear-sighted, sharp-witted, long-headed, up to snuff.
3. Severe, violent, intense, poignant, exquisite, pungent.
4. High, shrill, high-toned.
Acuteness, n. 1. Sharpness.
2. Acumen, shrewdness, penetration, sagacity, sagaciousness, astuteness, sharpness, brightness, perspicacity, discernment, ingenuity, mother-wit, quick parts.
3. Severity, intensity, poignancy, violence.
4. Highness, shrillness.
Adage, n. Proverb, saying, saw, dictum, aphorism, apothegm, maxim, by-word, sententious precept.
Adamant, n. Diamond, crystallized carbon.
Adamantean, a. Adamantine, hard as adamant, very hard.
Adamantine, a. 1. Made of adamant.
2. Adamantean, very hard, hard as adamant.
Adam's-needle, n. Yucca, bear-grass, Spanish bayonet.
Adapt, v. a. Adjust, accommodate, suit, proportion, qualify, prepare, fit, temper, fashion, match, make, conform, make conformable or suitable.
Adaptability, n. Adaptableness, suitableness, adaptation.
Adaptation, n. Fitness, suitableness, appropriateness, aptness, adaptability, accommodation, harmony.
Add, v. a. 1. Join, subjoin, annex, affix, append, superadd, tag, tack.
2. Sum, sum up, cast up, add together.
Add to. Increase, augment, make greater.
Addendum, n. Addition, appendix, appendage, adjunct, appurtenance, attachment.
Addict, v. a. Accustom (commonly in a bad sense), habituate, dedicate, devote, apply (habitually), give, give up.
Addiction, n. [Rare.] Addictedness.
Addition, n. 1. Adding.
2. Accession, increase, augmentation, enlargement, extension.
3. Appendage, adjunct, appendix, addendum.
Additional, a. Superadded, adscititious, supplemental, supplementary, extra, more.
Additive, a. To be added.
Addle, a. 1. Putrid, corrupt, spoiled (as eggs).
