- 2. Sticky, tenacious, viscid, viscous, glutinous, gummy.
Adieu, ad. Farewell, good-by, fare-you-well, God bless you.
Adieu, n. Farewell, valediction, leave-taking, parting, good-by.
Adipose, a. Fat, fatty, unctuous, oily, sebaceous, greasy.
Adjacence, Adjacency, n. Nearness, vicinity, juxtaposition, neighborhood, proximity, contiguity.
Adjacent, a. Adjoining, conterminous, neighboring, near, close, bordering, marching, contiguous, in proximity, in juxtaposition.
Adjective, n. (Technical term of the grammarian.) Qualifying word or term, descriptive name, attributive name, attributive, attribute, connotative name, adnoun. See epithet.
Adjoin, v. a. Be contiguous to, lie near to, lie close to, border upon, be adjacent to, march on or with, lie next, be juxtaposed to.
Adjoin, v. n. (Rare.) Border together, lie near together, lie close together, be contiguous, be adjacent.
Adjourn, v. a.
- 1. Postpone, defer, delay, procrastinate, put off.
- 2. Suspend, interrupt, close, end, prorogue, dissolve.
Adjourn, v. n. Suspend or postpone session, take recess, dissolve.
Adjournment, n.
- 1. Postponement, delay, putting off.
- 2. Prorogation, etc. See adjourn, 2.
Adjudge, v. a.
- 1. Award (judicially), assign, allot.
- 2. Determine, settle, decide, decree (by judicial authority), adjudicate.
Adjudicate, v. a. Determine. See adjudge.
Adjudicate, v. n. Judge, decide, determine, arbitrate give judgment, pass judgment, sit in judgment.
Adjudication, n.
- 1. Act of deciding judicially. See adjudicate.