- 5. Test, criterion, proof, touchstone, ordeal, assay.
- 6. Suffering, trouble, affliction, grief, sorrow, distress, tribulation, misery, woe, burden, pain, dolor, mortification,
chagrin, heartache, unhappiness, wretchedness, vexation, hardship.
- 7. Suit, case, cause, action.
Triangle, n. Three-sided figure, trigon.
Triangular, a. Trigonal, triquetral.
Tribal, a. Tribual, tribular.
Tribe, n.
- 1. Family, race, clan, sept.
- 2. Nation of savages, nation of uncivilized people.
- 3. Class (of persons or things), order, division, distinct portion.
Tribulation, n. Distress, suffering, trouble, affliction, grief, sorrow, trial, misery, woe, wretchedness, unhappiness, pain, vexation of spirit, adversity.
Tribunal, n.
- 1. Bench, judgment-seat.
- 2. Court, judicatory, bar, court of justice.
Tribunate, n. Tribuneship.
Tributary, a.
- 1. Paying tribute, subject to tribute.
- 2. Subject, subordinate, inferior.
- 3. Paid in tribute.
- 4. Contributing.
Tribute, n.
- 1. Tax, subsidy.