(countable) Any condition, circumstance, opportunity or means, particularly favorable or chance to success, or to any desired end.
(countable, uncountable) Superiority of state, or that which gives it; benefit; gain; profit
(obsolete) Superiority; mastery; — used with of to specify its nature or with over to specify the other party.
(soccer) The continuation of the game after a foul against the attacking team, because the attacking team are in an advantageous position.
(tennis) The score where one player wins a point after deuce but needs the next to carry the game.
Interest of money; increase; overplus (as the thirteenth in the baker's dozen).
verb
(reflexive) to do something for one's own benefit; to take advantage of
(transitive) to provide (someone) with an advantage, to give an edge to
advantaged
advantaged
adj
(of a person) Financially secure; elite and economically successful.
Having been given an advantage, such as by biased referees in a competition.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of advantage
advantageous
advantageous
adj
Being of advantage, beneficial.
advantageously
advantageously
adv
In a manner which provides an advantage; in an advantageous manner.
advantageousness
advantageousness
noun
The state or quality of being advantageous.
advantages
advantages
noun
plural of advantage
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of advantage
advantaging
advantaging
verb
present participle of advantage
advecting
advecting
verb
present participle of advect
adventuring
adventuring
noun
adventure
verb
present participle of adventure
adverting
adverting
verb
present participle of advert
advertising
advertising
noun
Communication whose purpose is to influence potential customers about products and services.
The industry or profession made up of such communications.
verb
present participle of advertise
advertisings
advertisings
noun
plural of advertising
advertizing
advertizing
verb
present participle of advertize
advocating
advocating
verb
present participle of advocate
aestivating
aestivating
verb
Alternative spelling of estivating
present participle of aestivate
agentival
agentive
agentive
adj
(linguistics) Indicating an agent or agency (as -er in lexicographer).
(linguistics) Pertaining to a grammatical agent that performs the action of the verb.
noun
(linguistics) A word having an agentive construction.
agentives
agentives
noun
plural of agentive
agglutinative
agglutinative
adj
(grammar) having words derived by combining parts, each with a separate meaning
sticky, tacky, adhesive
noun
(grammar) A word formed from the combination of parts, each with a separate meaning.
A sticky material; an adhesive.
agglutinatively
agglutinatively
adv
In an agglutinative fashion; via agglutination.
aggravating
aggravating
verb
present participle of aggravate
aggravatingly
aggravatingly
adv
In an aggravating manner.
aggravation
aggravation
noun
(informal) Provocation, irritation, annoyance.
An extrinsic circumstance or accident which increases the guilt of a crime or the misery of a calamity.
Exaggerated representation.
The act of aggravating, or making worse; used of evils, natural or moral; the act of increasing in severity or heinousness; something additional to a crime or wrong and enhancing its guilt or injurious consequences.
aggravations
aggravations
noun
plural of aggravation
aggrievement
aggrievement
noun
The state of being aggrieved.
alleviating
alleviating
verb
present participle of alleviate
alleviatingly
alleviatingly
adv
So as to alleviate.
angusticlave
angusticlave
noun
(historical) In Ancient Rome, a narrow stripe of purple worn by the equites on each side of the tunic as a sign of rank
animadverting
animadverting
verb
present participle of animadvert
anteverting
anteverting
verb
present participle of antevert
antiagglutinative
antiaggressive
antiaggressive
adj
(medicine) Counteracting aggression.
antiaggressively
antiaggressiveness
anticoagulative
anticoagulative
adj
That counters coagulation
anticogitative
anticovenanting
anticovenanting
adj
(historical) Opposing the Covenanter movement.
antieavesdropping
antievangelical
antievangelical
adj
Opposing evangelism.
antigovernment
antigovernment
adj
Opposed to a government currently in power.
Opposed to government in general.
antigovernmental
antigovernmental
adj
Opposing a government.
antigovernmentally
antigravitate
antigravitate
verb
(physics, intransitive) To exert negative gravity.
antigravitation
antigravitation
noun
antigravity
antigravitational
antigravitational
adj
(of a posture) That counters the effect of gravitational forces
(physics) Acting against gravity
antigravitationally
antigravity
antigravity
noun
Alternative spelling of anti-gravity
antileveling
antileveling
adj
(politics) Opposing the elimination of disparities between the haves and the have-nots in society.
antilevelling
antilevelling
adj
Alternative form of antileveling
antiprogressive
antiprogressive
noun
One who opposes progress.
antisavage
antisavage
adj
Opposing savages (people living in traditional, especially tribal, societies).
antivibrating
aregenerative
argumentative
argumentative
adj
Of or relating to argumentation; specifically, presenting a logical argument or line of reasoning; argumentive, discursive.
Prone to argue or dispute.
argumentatively
argumentatively
adv
In an argumentative manner.
argumentativeness
argumentativeness
noun
the state of being argumentative
argumentive
argumentive
adj
Being or presenting an argument or line of reasoning.
asseverating
asseverating
verb
present participle of asseverate
asseveratingly
asseveratingly
adv
in an asseverating manner
astragalonavicular
astronavigation
astronavigation
noun
(nautical) Navigation by using the positions of the stars and other heavenly bodies
(science fiction) Navigation through space
astronavigator
astronavigator
noun
One who performs astronavigation; an astronaut or space pilot.
augmentative
augmentative
adj
Growing, enlarging, increasing.
noun
(grammar) A form of word that expresses large size, intensity, or seniority
augmentatively
augmentatively
adv
In an augmentative fashion.
augmentive
augmentive
adj
(linguistics) Changing the meaning to one that is a larger, more complete, or more elaborate version of the original sense.
Serving to augment, enhance, or increase; augmentative.
Supplementary; additional.
noun
(linguistics) An augmentive affix; augmentative.
Something that augments.
autoclaving
autoclaving
noun
sterilization in an autoclave
verb
present participle of autoclave
autonavigator
autonavigators
avanguardisti
avantage
avantgarde
avantgarde
noun
Alternative form of avant-garde
avengement
avengement
noun
(rare) The inflicting of retributive punishment; satisfaction taken.
averting
averting
verb
present participle of avert
aviating
aviating
verb
present participle of aviate
avigation
avigation
noun
(dated, aviation) Aerial navigation.
basketweaving
basketweaving
noun
(figurative) Any useless, unproductive, or lightweight activity.
The act of weaving baskets, as for example from grasses, wicker, or rope.
bloviating
bloviating
verb
present participle of bloviate
cantilevering
cantilevering
noun
The motion or use of a cantilever.
verb
present participle of cantilever
captivating
captivating
adj
Showing great beauty; beautiful.
That captivates; fascinating.
verb
present participle of captivate
captivatingly
captivatingly
adv
In a captivating manner.
captiving
captiving
verb
present participle of captive
caveating
caveating
noun
(fencing) Shifting the sword from one side of an adversary's sword to the other.
verb
present participle of caveat.
cavitating
cavitating
verb
present participle of cavitate
cavorting
cavorting
noun
The action of the verb to cavort
verb
present participle of cavort
centgrave
centgrave
noun
(historical) The overseer of a hundred (zent) in medieval France and Germany.
(historical, obsolete) Synonym of hundredman: the overseer of a hundred in medieval England.
cinenegative
circumnavigate
circumnavigate
verb
(intransitive, sailing) To sail around the world.
(transitive) To circumvent or bypass.
(transitive) To travel completely around somewhere or something, especially by sail.
circumnavigated
circumnavigated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of circumnavigate
circumnavigates
circumnavigates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of circumnavigate
circumnavigating
circumnavigating
verb
present participle of circumnavigate
circumnavigation
circumnavigation
noun
The act of circumnavigating, or sailing round.
circumnavigations
circumnavigations
noun
plural of circumnavigation
circumnavigator
circumnavigator
noun
A person who circumnavigates, that is, sails around the world.
circumnavigatory
circumnavigatory
adj
pertaining to circumnavigation
circumvallating
circumvallating
verb
present participle of circumvallate
coacervating
coadventuring
coelonavigation
cogitativeness
cogitativeness
noun
The state or quality of being cogitative.
coinvestigator
coinvestigator
noun
One who takes part in a joint investigation.
coinvestigators
coinvestigators
noun
plural of coinvestigator
configurative
configurative
adj
Of or pertaining to configuration
conflagrative
conflagrative
adj
That produces conflagration
congelative
congelative
adj
That which tends to congeal.
conglomerative
conglomerative
adj
Causing, or relating to, conglomeration.
conglutinative
conglutinative
adj
conglutinant
congregative
congregative
adj
That congregates
congregativeness
congregativeness
noun
The quality of being congregative.
conjugative
conjugative
adj
Of, relating to, or producing combination or conjunction; combinative or connective.
consignificative
consignificative
adj
consignificant; jointly significate
contravening
contravening
verb
present participle of contravene (to act contrary or to deny something.)
conventionalising
conventionalising
verb
present participle of conventionalise
conventionalizing
conventionalizing
verb
present participle of conventionalize
convocating
convocating
verb
present participle of convocate
cosignificative
cosignificative
adj
(rare) Having the same meaning.
counteradvantage
counteradvantage
noun
A disadvantage that cancels out an advantage.
An advantage held by an opponent.
countervailing
countervailing
adj
(formal) Compensating with equal force.
verb
present participle of countervail
countervengeance
countervengeance
noun
Vengeance taken in reaction to earlier vengeance.
covenanting
covenanting
verb
present participle of covenant
cravatting
cravatting
verb
present participle of cravat.
cravenetting
cravenetting
verb
present participle of cravenette
cultivating
cultivating
verb
present participle of cultivate
dativogerundial
deactivating
deactivating
verb
present participle of deactivate
degenerative
degenerative
adj
Characterized by or causing degeneration.
degeneratively
degeneratively
adv
In a degenerative manner.
denervating
denervating
verb
present participle of denervate
denigrative
denigrative
adj
Synonym of denigratory
derivatizing
derivatizing
verb
present participle of derivatize
designative
designative
Adjective
Serving to designate.
devaluating
devaluating
verb
present participle of devaluate
devastating
devastating
adj
causing devastation
verb
present participle of devastate
devastatingly
devastatingly
adv
In a devastating manner.
deviating
deviating
verb
present participle of deviate
devirginate
devirginate
adj
Deprived of virginity.
verb
To deprive of virginity; to deflower.
devirgination
devirgination
Noun
The loss of a girl or woman's virginity.
devirginator
devirginator
noun
One who devirginates; a deflowerer.
devitalising
devitalising
verb
present participle of devitalise
devitalizing
devitalizing
verb
present participle of devitalize
devolatilising
devolatilising
verb
present participle of devolatilise
devolatilizing
devolatilizing
verb
present participle of devolatilize
digitinervate
directcarving
disadvantage
disadvantage
noun
A setback or handicap.
A weakness or undesirable characteristic; a con.
Loss; detriment; hindrance.
verb
(transitive) To place at a disadvantage.
disadvantaged
disadvantaged
adj
(euphemistic) Poor; in financial difficulties.
Lacking an advantage relative to another.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of disadvantage
disadvantagedness
disadvantagedness
noun
The quality of being disadvantaged.
disadvantageous
disadvantageous
adj
Not advantageous.
disadvantageously
disadvantageously
adv
In a disadvantageous manner.
disadvantageousness
disadvantageousness
noun
The state or quality of being disadvantageous.
disadvantages
disadvantages
noun
plural of disadvantage
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disadvantage
disadvantaging
disadvantaging
verb
present participle of disadvantage
disintegrative
disintegrative
adj
(psychology) Having disorganized psychological and behavioral processes.