Diligent, a. Assiduous, sedulous, industrious, active, busy, persevering, notable, hard-working, at work, diligently employed, busily engaged, up and stirring, busy as a bee, brisk as a bee.
Dillydally, v. n. Loiter, linger, delay, lag, saunter, trifle, dally, dawdle, idle away time.
Dilute, v. a.
- 1. Thin (with water or other liquid), make more liquid, make thinner.
- 2. Attenuate, reduce, weaken, thin, make thin, make weak.
Dilute, a. Thin, diluted, attenuated, weak.
Diluvium, n. (Geol.) Drift.
Dim, a.
- 1. Dusky, dark, obscure, mysterious, indistinct, ill-defined, indefinite, shadowy, cloudy, faint.
- 2. Dull, obtuse, slow to see, slow of understanding or perception.
- 3. Darkened, obscured, clouded, faint, confused, shorn of its beams.
- 4. Tarnished, blurred, sullied, dulled, dull.
Dim, v. a. Darken, obscure, cloud, sully, tarnish, dull.
Dime, n. Ten cents.
Dimension, n.
- 1. Extent, extension, measure (in one direction).
- 2. (Alg.) Literal factor.
Dimensions, n. pl.
- 1. Size, magnitude, bulk, volume, bigness, capacity, amplitude, greatness, largeness, mass, massiveness.
- 2. Measurements, linear dimensions; length, breadth, and thickness.
Dim-eyed, a. Dim-sighted, blear-eyed.
Diminish, v. a. Lessen, decrease, abate, reduce, contract, make smaller.
Diminish, v. n. Decrease, lessen, abate, subside, contract, grow or become less, be reduced, become smaller.