Adumbration, n.
- 1. Shadowing forth, faint sketch, faint representation, indistinct image, shadowy outline, dim approximation.
- 2. Type, image, shadow, symbol, premonition, dark prophecy, foreshadowing, prefiguring, presage, prototype,
mystery
Aduncous, a. Crooked, hooked, bent, curved.
Adust, a. Burned, scorched, fiery, parched, dried up, shrivelled, brown, bronzed.
Advance, v. a.
- 1. Push, send, or set forward or onward, propel, bring forward, move toward the front.
- 2. Promote, aggrandize, exalt, elevate, dignify, raise to preferment, raise to higher rank.
- 3. Forward, further, promote, improve, strengthen, benefit, make better, encourage the progress of.
- 4. Allege, adduce, propose, offer, assign, propound, bring forward, lay down.
- 5. Pay beforehand, supply beforehand, furnish on credit, lend, loan.
- 6. Increase (as price), enhance, augment, raise, make greater, make higher.
Advance, v. n.
- 1. Proceed, progress, make progress, make way, get forward, go forward, get on, go on, get along,
come on, gain ground, rise.
- 2. Improve, grow, thrive, prosper, make improvement.
Advance, n.
- 1. Progress, progression, procedure, movement to the front, march, way, moving forward.
- 2. Improvement, growth, advancement, rise, enhancement, progress, promotion, preferment.
- 3. Payment beforehand, anticipated payment, loan.
- 4. Tender, offer, proposal, proposition, proffer, overture, addresses.