| firm | | |
| n. (group) | 1. business firm, firm, house | the members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments.; "he worked for a brokerage house" |
| ~ corp, corporation | a business firm whose articles of incorporation have been approved in some state. |
| ~ business, business concern, business organisation, business organization, concern | a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it.; "he bought his brother's business"; "a small mom-and-pop business"; "a racially integrated business concern" |
| ~ accounting firm | a firm of accountants who provide accounting and auditing services for a fee. |
| ~ consulting company, consulting firm | a firm of experts providing professional advice to an organization for a fee. |
| ~ publisher, publishing company, publishing firm, publishing house | a firm in the publishing business. |
| ~ dealer | a firm engaged in trading. |
| ~ law firm | a firm of lawyers. |
| ~ auction house | a firm that conducts auctions. |
| v. (change) | 2. firm, tauten | become taut or tauter.; "Your muscles will firm when you exercise regularly"; "the rope tautened" |
| ~ tighten | become tight or tighter.; "The rope tightened" |
| v. (change) | 3. firm, tauten | make taut or tauter.; "tauten a rope" |
| ~ tighten, fasten | make tight or tighter.; "Tighten the wire" |
| adj. | 4. firm, steadfast, steady, stiff, unbendable, unfaltering, unshakable, unwavering | marked by firm determination or resolution; not shakable.; "firm convictions"; "a firm mouth"; "steadfast resolve"; "a man of unbendable perseverence"; "unwavering loyalty" |
| ~ resolute | firm in purpose or belief; characterized by firmness and determination.; "stood resolute against the enemy"; "faced with a resolute opposition"; "a resolute and unshakeable faith" |
| adj. | 5. firm, solid | not soft or yielding to pressure.; "a firm mattress"; "the snow was firm underfoot"; "solid ground" |
| ~ hard | resisting weight or pressure. |
| adj. | 6. firm, strong | strong and sure.; "a firm grasp"; "gave a strong pull on the rope" |
| ~ forceful | characterized by or full of force or strength (often but not necessarily physical).; "a forceful speaker"; "a forceful personality"; "forceful measures"; "a forceful plan for peace" |
| adj. | 7. firm | not subject to revision or change.; "a firm contract"; "a firm offer" |
| ~ settled | established or decided beyond dispute or doubt.; "with details of the wedding settled she could now sleep at night" |
| adj. | 8. firm | (of especially a person's physical features) not shaking or trembling.; "his voice was firm and confident"; "a firm step" |
| ~ steady | not subject to change or variation especially in behavior.; "a steady beat"; "a steady job"; "a steady breeze"; "a steady increase"; "a good steady ballplayer" |
| adj. | 9. firm, steady, unfluctuating | not liable to fluctuate or especially to fall.; "stocks are still firm" |
| ~ stable | resistant to change of position or condition.; "a stable ladder"; "a stable peace"; "a stable relationship"; "stable prices" |
| adj. | 10. firm | securely established.; "holds a firm position as the country's leading poet" |
| ~ secure | free from danger or risk.; "secure from harm"; "his fortune was secure"; "made a secure place for himself in his field" |
| adj. | 11. firm | possessing the tone and resiliency of healthy tissue.; "firm muscles" |
| ~ healthy | having or indicating good health in body or mind; free from infirmity or disease.; "a rosy healthy baby"; "staying fit and healthy" |
| adj. | 12. fast, firm, immobile | securely fixed in place.; "the post was still firm after being hit by the car" |
| ~ fixed | securely placed or fastened or set.; "a fixed piece of wood"; "a fixed resistor" |
| adj. | 13. fast, firm, loyal, truehearted | unwavering in devotion to friend or vow or cause.; "a firm ally"; "loyal supporters"; "the true-hearted soldier...of Tippecanoe"; "fast friends" |
| ~ faithful | steadfast in affection or allegiance.; "years of faithful service"; "faithful employees"; "we do not doubt that England has a faithful patriot in the Lord Chancellor" |
| adv. | 14. firm, firmly, steadfastly, unwaveringly | with resolute determination.; "we firmly believed it"; "you must stand firm" |
| hard | | |
| adj. | 1. difficult, hard | not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure.; "a difficult task"; "nesting places on the cliffs are difficult of access"; "difficult times"; "why is it so hard for you to keep a secret?" |
| ~ demanding | requiring more than usually expected or thought due; especially great patience and effort and skill.; "found the job very demanding"; "a baby can be so demanding" |
| ~ challenging, ambitious | requiring full use of your abilities or resources.; "ambitious schedule"; "performed the most challenging task without a mistake" |
| ~ arduous | difficult to accomplish; demanding considerable mental effort and skill.; "the arduous work of preparing a dictionary" |
| ~ embarrassing, unenviable, sticky, awkward | hard to deal with; especially causing pain or embarrassment.; "awkward (or embarrassing or difficult) moments in the discussion"; "an awkward pause followed his remark"; "a sticky question"; "in the unenviable position of resorting to an act he had planned to save for the climax of the campaign" |
| ~ baffling, knotty, problematic, problematical, elusive, tough | making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe.; "a baffling problem"; "I faced the knotty problem of what to have for breakfast"; "a problematic situation at home" |
| ~ catchy, tricky | having concealed difficulty.; "a catchy question"; "a tricky recipe to follow" |
| ~ ticklish, touchy, delicate | difficult to handle; requiring great tact.; "delicate negotiations with the big powers"; "hesitates to be explicit on so ticklish a matter"; "a touchy subject" |
| ~ fractious | unpredictably difficult in operation; likely to be troublesome.; "rockets were much too fractious to be tested near thickly populated areas"; "fractious components of a communication system" |
| ~ hard-fought | requiring great effort.; "a hard-fought primary" |
| ~ herculean | extremely difficult; requiring the strength of a Hercules.; "a herculean task" |
| ~ nasty, tight | exasperatingly difficult to handle or circumvent.; "a nasty problem"; "a good man to have on your side in a tight situation" |
| ~ rocky, rough | full of hardship or trials.; "the rocky road to success"; "they were having a rough time" |
| ~ tough, rugged | very difficult; severely testing stamina or resolution.; "a rugged competitive examination"; "the rugged conditions of frontier life"; "the competition was tough"; "it's a tough life"; "it was a tough job" |
| ~ serious | requiring effort or concentration; complex and not easy to answer or solve.; "raised serious objections to the proposal"; "the plan has a serious flaw" |
| ~ tall | impressively difficult.; "a tall order" |
| ~ thorny | bristling with perplexities.; "the thorny question of states' rights" |
| ~ troublesome | difficult to deal with.; "a troublesome infection"; "a troublesome situation" |
| ~ trying | hard to endure.; "fell upon trying times" |
| ~ vexed | causing difficulty in finding an answer or solution; much disputed.; "the vexed issue of priorities"; "we live in vexed and troubled times" |
| ~ effortful | requiring great physical effort. |
| ~ hard | dispassionate.; "took a hard look"; "a hard bargainer" |
| adj. | 2. hard | dispassionate.; "took a hard look"; "a hard bargainer" |
| ~ difficult, hard | not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure.; "a difficult task"; "nesting places on the cliffs are difficult of access"; "difficult times"; "why is it so hard for you to keep a secret?" |
| ~ calculating, calculative, scheming, conniving, shrewd | used of persons.; "the most calculating and selfish men in the community" |
| ~ case-hardened, hardened, hard-boiled | used of persons; emotionally hardened.; "faced a case-hardened judge" |
| ~ steely | resembling steel as in hardness.; "steely eyes"; "steely nerves like those of a steeplejack" |
| ~ merciless, unmerciful | having or showing no mercy.; "the merciless enemy"; "a merciless critic"; "gave him a merciless beating" |
| ~ insensitive | deficient in human sensibility; not mentally or morally sensitive.; "insensitive to the needs of the patients" |
| ~ tough | not given to gentleness or sentimentality.; "a tough character" |
| adj. | 3. hard | resisting weight or pressure. |
| ~ adamantine | having the hardness of a diamond. |
| ~ al dente | of pasta cooked so as to be firm when eaten. |
| ~ corneous, hornlike, horny | made of horn (or of a substance resembling horn). |
| ~ erect, tumid | of sexual organs; stiff and rigid. |
| ~ firm, solid | not soft or yielding to pressure.; "a firm mattress"; "the snow was firm underfoot"; "solid ground" |
| ~ granitelike, rocklike, granitic, stony | hard as granite.; "a granitic fist" |
| ~ hardened, set | converted to solid form (as concrete). |
| ~ woody | made hard like wood as the result of the deposition of lignin in the cell walls. |
| ~ petrous, stonelike | (of bone especially the temporal bone) resembling stone in hardness. |
| ~ semihard | somewhat hard. |
| ~ steely | resembling steel in hardness. |
| ~ unyielding | resistant to physical force or pressure.; "an unyielding head support" |
| adj. | 4. hard, knockout, severe | very strong or vigorous.; "strong winds"; "a hard left to the chin"; "a knockout punch"; "a severe blow" |
| ~ strong | having strength or power greater than average or expected.; "a strong radio signal"; "strong medicine"; "a strong man" |
| adj. | 5. arduous, backbreaking, grueling, gruelling, hard, heavy, laborious, operose, punishing, toilsome | characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort.; "worked their arduous way up the mining valley"; "a grueling campaign"; "hard labor"; "heavy work"; "heavy going"; "spent many laborious hours on the project"; "set a punishing pace" |
| ~ effortful | requiring great physical effort. |
| adj. | 6. hard, surd, unvoiced, voiceless | produced without vibration of the vocal cords.; "unvoiced consonants such as `p' and `k' and `s'" |
| ~ whispered | spoken in soft hushed tones without vibrations of the vocal cords.; "a long whispered conversation" |
| adj. | 7. concentrated, hard | (of light) transmitted directly from a pointed light source. |
| adj. | 8. hard | (of speech sounds); produced with the back of the tongue raised toward or touching the velum.; "Russian distinguished between hard consonants and palatalized or soft consonants" |
| ~ velar | produced with the back of the tongue touching or near the soft palate (as `k' in `cat' and `g' in `gun' and `ng' in `sing'). |
| adj. | 9. hard, heavy, intemperate | given to excessive indulgence of bodily appetites especially for intoxicating liquors.; "a hard drinker" |
| ~ indulgent | characterized by or given to yielding to the wishes of someone.; "indulgent grandparents" |
| adj. | 10. hard, strong | being distilled rather than fermented; having a high alcoholic content.; "hard liquor" |
| ~ alcoholic | characteristic of or containing alcohol.; "alcoholic drinks" |
| adj. | 11. hard, tough | unfortunate or hard to bear.; "had hard luck"; "a tough break" |
| ~ bad | having undesirable or negative qualities.; "a bad report card"; "his sloppy appearance made a bad impression"; "a bad little boy"; "clothes in bad shape"; "a bad cut"; "bad luck"; "the news was very bad"; "the reviews were bad"; "the pay is bad"; "it was a bad light for reading"; "the movie was a bad choice" |
| adj. | 12. hard | dried out.; "hard dry rolls left over from the day before" |
| ~ stale | lacking freshness, palatability, or showing deterioration from age.; "stale bread"; "the beer was stale" |
| adv. | 13. hard | with effort or force or vigor.; "the team played hard"; "worked hard all day"; "pressed hard on the lever"; "hit the ball hard"; "slammed the door hard" |
| adv. | 14. firmly, hard | with firmness.; "held hard to the railing" |
| adv. | 15. hard | earnestly or intently.; "thought hard about it"; "stared hard at the accused" |
| adv. | 16. hard, severely | causing great damage or hardship.; "industries hit hard by the depression"; "she was severely affected by the bank's failure" |
| adv. | 17. hard | slowly and with difficulty.; "prejudices die hard" |
| adv. | 18. hard, heavily, intemperately | indulging excessively.; "he drank heavily" |
| adv. | 19. hard | into a solid condition.; "concrete that sets hard within a few hours" |
| adv. | 20. hard | very near or close in space or time.; "it stands hard by the railroad tracks"; "they were hard on his heels"; "a strike followed hard upon the plant's opening" |
| adv. | 21. hard | with pain or distress or bitterness.; "he took the rejection very hard" |
| adv. | 22. hard | to the full extent possible; all the way.; "hard alee"; "the ship went hard astern"; "swung the wheel hard left" |
| mouse | | |
| n. (animal) | 1. mouse | any of numerous small rodents typically resembling diminutive rats having pointed snouts and small ears on elongated bodies with slender usually hairless tails. |
| ~ gnawer, rodent | relatively small placental mammals having a single pair of constantly growing incisor teeth specialized for gnawing. |
| ~ house mouse, mus musculus | brownish-grey Old World mouse now a common household pest worldwide. |
| ~ micromyx minutus, harvest mouse | small reddish-brown Eurasian mouse inhabiting e.g. cornfields. |
| ~ fieldmouse, field mouse | any nocturnal Old World mouse of the genus Apodemus inhabiting woods and fields and gardens. |
| ~ nude mouse | a mouse with a genetic defect that prevents them from growing hair and also prevents them from immunologically rejecting human cells and tissues; widely used in preclinical trials. |
| ~ wood mouse | any of various New World woodland mice. |
| n. (state) | 2. black eye, mouse, shiner | a swollen bruise caused by a blow to the eye. |
| ~ bruise, contusion | an injury that doesn't break the skin but results in some discoloration. |
| n. (person) | 3. mouse | person who is quiet or timid. |
| ~ individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul | a human being.; "there was too much for one person to do" |
| n. (artifact) | 4. computer mouse, mouse | a hand-operated electronic device that controls the coordinates of a cursor on your computer screen as you move it around on a pad; on the bottom of the device is a ball that rolls on the surface of the pad.; "a mouse takes much more room than a trackball" |
| ~ electronic device | a device that accomplishes its purpose electronically. |
| ~ mouse button | a push button on the mouse. |
| v. (motion) | 5. creep, mouse, pussyfoot, sneak | to go stealthily or furtively.; "..stead of sneaking around spying on the neighbor's house" |
| ~ walk | use one's feet to advance; advance by steps.; "Walk, don't run!"; "We walked instead of driving"; "She walks with a slight limp"; "The patient cannot walk yet"; "Walk over to the cabinet" |
| v. (contact) | 6. mouse | manipulate the mouse of a computer. |
| ~ manipulate | hold something in one's hands and move it. |
| rat | | |
| n. (animal) | 1. rat | any of various long-tailed rodents similar to but larger than a mouse. |
| ~ gnawer, rodent | relatively small placental mammals having a single pair of constantly growing incisor teeth specialized for gnawing. |
| ~ pocket rat | any of various rodents with cheek pouches. |
| ~ brown rat, norway rat, rattus norvegicus | common domestic rat; serious pest worldwide. |
| ~ black rat, rattus rattus, roof rat | common household pest originally from Asia that has spread worldwide. |
| ~ bandicoot rat, mole rat | burrowing scaly-tailed rat of India and Ceylon. |
| ~ jerboa rat | large Australian rat with hind legs adapted for leaping. |
| ~ oryzomys palustris, rice rat | hardy agile rat of grassy marshes of Mexico and the southeastern United States. |
| n. (person) | 2. blackleg, rat, scab, strikebreaker | someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike. |
| ~ worker | a person who works at a specific occupation.; "he is a good worker" |
| n. (person) | 3. bum, crumb, dirty dog, git, lowlife, puke, rat, rotter, scum bag, skunk, so-and-so, stinker, stinkpot | a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible.; "only a rotter would do that"; "kill the rat"; "throw the bum out"; "you cowardly little pukes!"; "the British call a contemptible person a `git'" |
| ~ disagreeable person, unpleasant person | a person who is not pleasant or agreeable. |
| n. (person) | 4. betrayer, blabber, informer, rat, squealer | one who reveals confidential information in return for money. |
| ~ canary, fink, snitch, stool pigeon, stoolie, stoolpigeon, sneaker, snitcher, sneak | someone acting as an informer or decoy for the police. |
| ~ informant, source | a person who supplies information. |
| ~ copper's nark, nark | an informer or spy working for the police. |
| ~ supergrass, grass | a police informer who implicates many people. |
| n. (artifact) | 5. rat | a pad (usually made of hair) worn as part of a woman's coiffure. |
| ~ pad | a flat mass of soft material used for protection, stuffing, or comfort. |
| ~ coif, coiffure, hair style, hairdo, hairstyle | the arrangement of the hair (especially a woman's hair). |
| v. (social) | 6. rat | desert one's party or group of friends, for example, for one's personal advantage. |
| ~ defect, desert | desert (a cause, a country or an army), often in order to join the opposing cause, country, or army.; "If soldiers deserted Hitler's army, they were shot" |
| v. (social) | 7. rat | employ scabs or strike breakers in. |
| ~ manufacture, industry | the organized action of making of goods and services for sale.; "American industry is making increased use of computers to control production" |
| ~ hire, employ, engage | engage or hire for work.; "They hired two new secretaries in the department"; "How many people has she employed?" |
| v. (social) | 8. blackleg, fink, rat, scab | take the place of work of someone on strike. |
| ~ do work, work | be employed.; "Is your husband working again?"; "My wife never worked"; "Do you want to work after the age of 60?"; "She never did any work because she inherited a lot of money"; "She works as a waitress to put herself through college" |
| v. (contact) | 9. rat | give (hair) the appearance of being fuller by using a rat. |
| ~ pad, fill out | line or stuff with soft material.; "pad a bra" |
| v. (contact) | 10. rat | catch rats, especially with dogs. |
| ~ capture, catch | capture as if by hunting, snaring, or trapping.; "I caught a rabbit in the trap today" |
| v. (communication) | 11. betray, denounce, give away, grass, rat, shit, shop, snitch, stag, tell on | give away information about somebody.; "He told on his classmate who had cheated on the exam" |
| ~ inform | impart knowledge of some fact, state or affairs, or event to.; "I informed him of his rights" |
| ~ sell out | give information that compromises others. |
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