Adjacent, adjoining, contiguous, abutting, tangent, conterminous and juxtaposed all mean being in close proximity.
Category: Synonyms
Adherence vs Adhesion
Adherence and adhesion are usually distinguished in current use.
Adduce vs Advance vs Allege vs Cite
Adduce, advance, allege, cite may be used interchangeably in the meaning to bring forward by way of explanation, proof, illustration, or demonstration; however, they usually are clearly distinguishable in their implications and in their idiomatic associations.
Address vs Accost vs Greet vs Salute vs Hail
Address, accost, greet, salute and hail all mean to speak to or less often to write or make a sign to a person in recognition or in order to obtain recognition.
Addition vs Accretion vs Increment vs Accession
Addition, accretion, increment and accession all agree in denoting a thing that serves to increase another in size, amount, or content. Addition implies union with something already existing as a whole or as a unit. he built an addition to his house last year the office boy, a recent addition to the staff, was busy with […]
Addict vs Votary vs Devotee vs Habitué
Addict, votary, devotee and habitué designate a person who by habit and strong inclination indulges in something or the pursuit of something. Addict implies excessive, continuous, and often compulsive indulgence typically in harmful but sometimes in harmless things. a drug addict a detective-story addict Votary and devotee retain some of the implications of their religious […]
Add vs Append vs Annex vs Subjoin vs Superadd
Add, the most general of these words, means to join one thing to another thing or to a group, series, or combination of other things so as to increase the original unit in numbers, size, amount
Add vs Sum vs Total vs Tot vs Cast vs Figure vs Foot
Add, sum, total, tot, cast, figure and foot share the meaning to find or represent the amount reached by putting together arithmetically a series of numbers or quantities, and are commonly followed by up.
Adapt vs Adjust vs Accommodate vs Conform vs Reconcile
Adapt, adjust, accommodate, conform and reconcile all agree in denoting to bring into correspondence.
Acute vs Critical vs Crucial
Acute most commonly indicates intensification, sometimes rapid, of a situation demanding notice and showing signs of some definite resolution. intimately associated with Indian affairs was the pressing question of defense . . . Pontiac's rebellion made the issue acute —Morison & Commager when the food shortage became acute in New Haven, the junior class of […]
Actor vs Player vs Performer vs Mummer vs Mime vs Mimic vs Thespian vs Impersonator vs Trouper
Actor, player, performer, mummer, mime, mimic, thespian, impersonator and trouper all denote in common one who, for the entertainment or edification of an audience, takes part in an exhibition simulating happenings in real life.
Active vs Operative vs Dynamic vs Live
Active, operative, dynamic and live are synonymous when they mean being at work or in effective action.