| authentic | | |
| adj. | 1. authentic, reliable | conforming to fact and therefore worthy of belief.; "an authentic account by an eyewitness"; "reliable information" |
| ~ trustworthy, trusty | worthy of trust or belief.; "a trustworthy report"; "an experienced and trustworthy traveling companion" |
| adj. | 2. authentic, bona fide, unquestionable, veritable | not counterfeit or copied.; "an authentic signature"; "a bona fide manuscript"; "an unquestionable antique"; "photographs taken in a veritable bull ring" |
| ~ echt, genuine | not fake or counterfeit.; "a genuine Picasso"; "genuine leather" |
| genuine | | |
| adj. | 1. echt, genuine | not fake or counterfeit.; "a genuine Picasso"; "genuine leather" |
| ~ authentic, bona fide, unquestionable, veritable | not counterfeit or copied.; "an authentic signature"; "a bona fide manuscript"; "an unquestionable antique"; "photographs taken in a veritable bull ring" |
| ~ attested, authenticated, documented | established as genuine. |
| ~ honest, good | not forged.; "a good dollar bill" |
| ~ honest-to-god, honest-to-goodness, sure-enough, old | (used informally especially for emphasis).; "a real honest-to-god live cowboy"; "had us a high old time"; "went upriver to look at a sure-enough fish wheel" |
| ~ honest, honorable | not disposed to cheat or defraud; not deceptive or fraudulent.; "honest lawyers"; "honest reporting" |
| ~ real, existent | being or occurring in fact or actuality; having verified existence; not illusory.; "real objects"; "real people; not ghosts"; "a film based on real life"; "a real illness"; "real humility"; "Life is real! Life is earnest!" |
| ~ sincere | open and genuine; not deceitful.; "he was a good man, decent and sincere"; "felt sincere regret that they were leaving"; "sincere friendship" |
| ~ true | consistent with fact or reality; not false.; "the story is true"; "it is undesirable to believe a proposition when there is no ground whatever for supposing it true"; "the true meaning of the statement" |
| adj. | 2. genuine, true, unfeigned | not pretended; sincerely felt or expressed.; "genuine emotion"; "her interest in people was unfeigned"; "true grief" |
| ~ sincere | open and genuine; not deceitful.; "he was a good man, decent and sincere"; "felt sincere regret that they were leaving"; "sincere friendship" |
| adj. | 3. actual, genuine, literal, real | being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of something.; "her actual motive"; "a literal solitude like a desert"; "a genuine dilemma" |
| ~ true | consistent with fact or reality; not false.; "the story is true"; "it is undesirable to believe a proposition when there is no ground whatever for supposing it true"; "the true meaning of the statement" |
| real | | |
| n. (quantity) | 1. real, real number | any rational or irrational number. |
| ~ dot product, inner product, scalar product | a real number (a scalar) that is the product of two vectors. |
| ~ complex number, complex quantity, imaginary, imaginary number | (mathematics) a number of the form a+bi where a and b are real numbers and i is the square root of -1. |
| ~ rational, rational number | an integer or a fraction. |
| ~ irrational, irrational number | a real number that cannot be expressed as a rational number. |
| n. (quantity) | 2. real | the basic unit of money in Brazil; equal to 100 centavos. |
| ~ centavo | a fractional monetary unit of several countries: El Salvador and Sao Tome and Principe and Brazil and Argentina and Bolivia and Colombia and Cuba and the Dominican Republic and Ecuador and El Salvador and Guatemala and Honduras and Mexico and Nicaragua and Peru and the Philippines and Portugal. |
| ~ brazilian monetary unit | monetary unit in Brazil. |
| n. (possession) | 3. real | an old small silver Spanish coin. |
| ~ coin | a flat metal piece (usually a disc) used as money. |
| adj. | 4. existent, real | being or occurring in fact or actuality; having verified existence; not illusory.; "real objects"; "real people; not ghosts"; "a film based on real life"; "a real illness"; "real humility"; "Life is real! Life is earnest!" |
| ~ concrete | capable of being perceived by the senses; not abstract or imaginary.; "concrete objects such as trees" |
| ~ echt, genuine | not fake or counterfeit.; "a genuine Picasso"; "genuine leather" |
| ~ actual | taking place in reality; not pretended or imitated.; "we saw the actual wedding on television"; "filmed the actual beating" |
| ~ factual, actual | existing in act or fact.; "rocks and trees...the actual world"; "actual heroism"; "the actual things that produced the emotion you experienced" |
| ~ documentary, objective | emphasizing or expressing things as perceived without distortion of personal feelings, insertion of fictional matter, or interpretation.; "objective art" |
| ~ historical | having once lived or existed or taken place in the real world as distinct from being legendary.; "the historical Jesus"; "doubt that a historical Camelot every existed"; "actual historical events" |
| ~ realistic | aware or expressing awareness of things as they really are.; "a realistic description"; "a realistic view of the possibilities"; "a realistic appraisal of our chances"; "the actors tried to create a realistic portrayal of the Africans" |
| ~ sincere | open and genuine; not deceitful.; "he was a good man, decent and sincere"; "felt sincere regret that they were leaving"; "sincere friendship" |
| adj. | 5. real | no less than what is stated; worthy of the name.; "the real reason"; "real war"; "a real friend"; "a real woman"; "meat and potatoes--I call that a real meal"; "it's time he had a real job"; "it's no penny-ante job--he's making real money" |
| ~ proper | having all the qualities typical of the thing specified.; "wanted a proper dinner; not just a snack"; "he finally has a proper job" |
| ~ true | rightly so called.; "true courage"; "a spirit which true men have always admired"; "a true friend" |
| adj. | 6. real | not to be taken lightly.; "statistics demonstrate that poverty and unemployment are very real problems"; "to the man sleeping regularly in doorways homelessness is real" |
| ~ serious | concerned with work or important matters rather than play or trivialities.; "a serious student of history"; "a serious attempt to learn to ski"; "gave me a serious look"; "a serious young man"; "are you serious or joking?"; "Don't be so serious!" |
| adj. | 7. real, tangible | capable of being treated as fact.; "tangible evidence"; "his brief time as Prime Minister brought few real benefits to the poor" |
| ~ concrete | capable of being perceived by the senses; not abstract or imaginary.; "concrete objects such as trees" |
| adj. | 8. real | of, relating to, or representing an amount that is corrected for inflation.; "real prices"; "real income"; "real wages" |
| ~ economic science, economics, political economy | the branch of social science that deals with the production and distribution and consumption of goods and services and their management. |
| adj. | 9. material, real, substantial | having substance or capable of being treated as fact; not imaginary.; "the substantial world"; "a mere dream, neither substantial nor practical"; "most ponderous and substantial things" |
| ~ material | derived from or composed of matter.; "the material universe" |
| adj. | 10. real | (of property) fixed or immovable.; "real property consists of land and buildings" |
| ~ tangible | (of especially business assets) having physical substance and intrinsic monetary value.; "tangible property like real estate"; "tangible assets such as machinery" |
| adj. | 11. real, veridical | coinciding with reality.; "perceptual error...has a surprising resemblance to veridical perception" |
| ~ realistic | aware or expressing awareness of things as they really are.; "a realistic description"; "a realistic view of the possibilities"; "a realistic appraisal of our chances"; "the actors tried to create a realistic portrayal of the Africans" |
| adv. | 12. rattling, real, really, very | used as intensifiers; `real' is sometimes used informally for `really'; `rattling' is informal.; "she was very gifted"; "he played very well"; "a really enjoyable evening"; "I'm real sorry about it"; "a rattling good yarn" |
| right | | |
| n. (attribute) | 1. right | an abstract idea of that which is due to a person or governmental body by law or tradition or nature.; "they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights"; "Certain rights can never be granted to the government but must be kept in the hands of the people"; "a right is not something that somebody gives you; it is something that nobody can take away" |
| ~ access | the right to obtain or make use of or take advantage of something (as services or membership). |
| ~ advowson | the right in English law of presenting a nominee to a vacant ecclesiastical benefice. |
| ~ cabotage | the exclusive right of a country to control the air traffic within its borders. |
| ~ claim, title | an informal right to something.; "his claim on her attentions"; "his title to fame" |
| ~ due | that which is deserved or owed.; "give the devil his due" |
| ~ access, admittance, entree, admission, accession | the right to enter. |
| ~ floor | the parliamentary right to address an assembly.; "the chairman granted him the floor" |
| ~ grant | a right or privilege that has been granted. |
| ~ human right | (law) any basic right or freedom to which all human beings are entitled and in whose exercise a government may not interfere (including rights to life and liberty as well as freedom of thought and expression and equality before the law). |
| ~ legal right | a right based in law. |
| ~ pre-emption, preemption | the right to purchase something in advance of others. |
| ~ exclusive right, prerogative, perquisite, privilege | a right reserved exclusively by a particular person or group (especially a hereditary or official right).; "suffrage was the prerogative of white adult males" |
| ~ privilege | (law) the right to refuse to divulge information obtained in a confidential relationship. |
| ~ representation | the right of being represented by delegates who have a voice in some legislative body. |
| ~ right of action | the legal right to sue. |
| ~ right of search | the right of a belligerent to stop neutral ships on the high seas in wartime and search them. |
| ~ right of way | the right of one vehicle or vessel to take precedence over another. |
| ~ states' rights | the rights conceded to the states by the United States constitution. |
| ~ voting right | the right to vote; especially the right of a common shareholder to vote in person or by proxy on the affairs of a company. |
| ~ riparian right, water right | right of access to water. |
| ~ abstract, abstraction | a concept or idea not associated with any specific instance.; "he loved her only in the abstract--not in person" |
| n. (location) | 2. right | location near or direction toward the right side; i.e. the side to the south when a person or object faces east.; "he stood on the right" |
| ~ position, place | the particular portion of space occupied by something.; "he put the lamp back in its place" |
| ~ right stage, stage right | the part of the stage on the actor's right as the actor faces the audience. |
| n. (artifact) | 3. right, right field, rightfield | the piece of ground in the outfield on the catcher's right. |
| ~ outfield | the area of a baseball playing field beyond the lines connecting the bases. |
| ~ parcel of land, piece of ground, piece of land, tract, parcel | an extended area of land. |
| n. (group) | 4. right, right wing | those who support political or social or economic conservatism; those who believe that things are better left unchanged. |
| ~ faction, sect | a dissenting clique. |
| ~ religious right | United States political faction that advocates social and political conservativism, school prayer, and federal aid for religious groups and schools. |
| ~ hard right | the extreme right wing. |
| n. (body) | 5. right, right hand | the hand that is on the right side of the body.; "he writes with his right hand but pitches with his left"; "hit him with quick rights to the body" |
| ~ hand, manus, mitt, paw | the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb.; "he had the hands of a surgeon"; "he extended his mitt" |
| n. (act) | 6. right | a turn toward the side of the body that is on the south when the person is facing east.; "take a right at the corner" |
| ~ turning, turn | the act of changing or reversing the direction of the course.; "he took a turn to the right" |
| n. (attribute) | 7. right, rightfulness | anything in accord with principles of justice.; "he feels he is in the right"; "the rightfulness of his claim" |
| ~ justice, justness | the quality of being just or fair. |
| n. (possession) | 8. right | (frequently plural) the interest possessed by law or custom in some intangible thing.; "mineral rights"; "film rights" |
| ~ plural, plural form | the form of a word that is used to denote more than one. |
| ~ stake, interest | (law) a right or legal share of something; a financial involvement with something.; "they have interests all over the world"; "a stake in the company's future" |
| v. (social) | 9. compensate, correct, redress, right | make reparations or amends for.; "right a wrongs done to the victims of the Holocaust" |
| ~ alter, change, modify | cause to change; make different; cause a transformation.; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" |
| ~ over-correct, overcompensate | make excessive corrections for fear of making an error. |
| ~ aby, abye, atone, expiate | make amends for.; "expiate one's sins" |
| v. (motion) | 10. right | put in or restore to an upright position.; "They righted the sailboat that had capsized" |
| ~ alter, change, modify | cause to change; make different; cause a transformation.; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" |
| ~ right | regain an upright or proper position.; "The capsized boat righted again" |
| v. (motion) | 11. right | regain an upright or proper position.; "The capsized boat righted again" |
| ~ change posture | undergo a change in bodily posture. |
| ~ right | put in or restore to an upright position.; "They righted the sailboat that had capsized" |
| v. (change) | 12. correct, rectify, right | make right or correct.; "Correct the mistakes"; "rectify the calculation" |
| ~ change by reversal, reverse, turn | change to the contrary.; "The trend was reversed"; "the tides turned against him"; "public opinion turned when it was revealed that the president had an affair with a White House intern" |
| ~ remediate, remedy, amend, rectify, repair | set straight or right.; "remedy these deficiencies"; "rectify the inequities in salaries"; "repair an oversight" |
| ~ debug | locate and correct errors in a computer program code.; "debug this program" |
| adj. | 13. right | being or located on or directed toward the side of the body to the east when facing north.; "my right hand"; "right center field"; "a right-hand turn"; "the right bank of a river is the bank on your right side when you are facing downstream" |
| ~ right-handed | using or intended for the right hand.; "a right-handed batter"; "right-handed scissors" |
| ~ far | being the animal or vehicle on the right or being on the right side of an animal or vehicle.; "the horse on the right is the far horse"; "the right side is the far side of the horse" |
| ~ rightmost | farthest to the right.; "in the rightmost line of traffic" |
| ~ right-hand | located on or directed toward the right.; "a right-hand turn" |
| ~ starboard | located on the right side of a ship or aircraft. |
| adj. | 14. correct, right | free from error; especially conforming to fact or truth.; "the correct answer"; "the correct version"; "the right answer"; "took the right road"; "the right decision" |
| ~ accurate | conforming exactly or almost exactly to fact or to a standard or performing with total accuracy.; "an accurate reproduction"; "the accounting was accurate"; "accurate measurements"; "an accurate scale" |
| ~ accurate, exact, precise | (of ideas, images, representations, expressions) characterized by perfect conformity to fact or truth ; strictly correct.; "a precise image"; "a precise measurement" |
| ~ letter-perfect, word-perfect | correct to the last detail; especially being in or following the exact words.; "a letter-perfect rendition of the soliloquy"; "she was word-perfect in her part" |
| ~ straight | following a correct or logical method.; "straight reasoning" |
| ~ proper | marked by suitability or rightness or appropriateness.; "proper medical treatment"; "proper manners" |
| ~ true | consistent with fact or reality; not false.; "the story is true"; "it is undesirable to believe a proposition when there is no ground whatever for supposing it true"; "the true meaning of the statement" |
| adj. | 15. correct, right | socially right or correct.; "it isn't right to leave the party without saying goodbye"; "correct behavior" |
| ~ proper | marked by suitability or rightness or appropriateness.; "proper medical treatment"; "proper manners" |
| adj. | 16. right | in conformance with justice or law or morality.; "do the right thing and confess" |
| ~ ethical | conforming to accepted standards of social or professional behavior.; "an ethical lawyer"; "ethical medical practice"; "an ethical problem"; "had no ethical objection to drinking"; "Ours is a world of nuclear giants and ethical infants" |
| ~ good | morally admirable. |
| ~ just | used especially of what is legally or ethically right or proper or fitting.; "a just and lasting peace"; "a kind and just man"; "a just reward"; "his just inheritance" |
| ~ proper | marked by suitability or rightness or appropriateness.; "proper medical treatment"; "proper manners" |
| ~ honourable, ethical, honorable | adhering to ethical and moral principles.; "it seems ethical and right"; "followed the only honorable course of action" |
| adj. | 17. correct, right | correct in opinion or judgment.; "time proved him right" |
| ~ right-minded | disposed toward or having views based on what is right.; "respect for law which every right-minded citizen ought to have" |
| adj. | 18. proper, right | appropriate for a condition or purpose or occasion or a person's character, needs.; "everything in its proper place"; "the right man for the job"; "she is not suitable for the position" |
| ~ appropriate | suitable for a particular person or place or condition etc.; "a book not appropriate for children"; "a funeral conducted the appropriate solemnity"; "it seems that an apology is appropriate" |
| adj. | 19. right | of or belonging to the political or intellectual right. |
| ~ conservative | resistant to change. |
| ~ conservative | having social or political views favoring conservatism. |
| ~ old-line, oldline | adhering to conservative or reactionary principles.; "an oldline senator" |
| ~ far-right, reactionary, reactionist | extremely conservative. |
| ~ rightish | tending toward the political right. |
| ~ right-wing, rightist | believing in or supporting tenets of the political right. |
| adj. | 20. right | in or into a satisfactory condition.; "things are right again now"; "put things right" |
| ~ satisfactory | giving satisfaction.; "satisfactory living conditions"; "his grades were satisfactory" |
| adj. | 21. right, right-hand | intended for the right hand.; "a right-hand glove" |
| ~ right-handed | using or intended for the right hand.; "a right-handed batter"; "right-handed scissors" |
| adj. | 22. correct, right | in accord with accepted standards of usage or procedure.; "what's the right word for this?"; "the right way to open oysters" |
| ~ proper | marked by suitability or rightness or appropriateness.; "proper medical treatment"; "proper manners" |
| adj. | 23. right | having the axis perpendicular to the base.; "a right angle" |
| ~ geometry | the pure mathematics of points and lines and curves and surfaces. |
| ~ perpendicular | intersecting at or forming right angles.; "the axes are perpendicular to each other" |
| adj. | 24. right | (of the side of cloth or clothing) facing or intended to face outward.; "the right side of the cloth showed the pattern"; "be sure your shirt is right side out" |
| ~ outside | relating to or being on or near the outer side or limit.; "an outside margin" |
| adj. | 25. good, right, ripe | most suitable or right for a particular purpose.; "a good time to plant tomatoes"; "the right time to act"; "the time is ripe for great sociological changes" |
| ~ opportune | suitable or at a time that is suitable or advantageous especially for a particular purpose.; "an opportune place to make camp"; "an opportune arrival" |
| adj. | 26. right, veracious | precisely accurate.; "a veracious account" |
| ~ accurate | conforming exactly or almost exactly to fact or to a standard or performing with total accuracy.; "an accurate reproduction"; "the accounting was accurate"; "accurate measurements"; "an accurate scale" |
| adv. | 27. right | precisely, exactly.; "stand right here!" |
| adv. | 28. right | immediately.; "she called right after dinner" |
| adv. | 29. flop, right | exactly.; "he fell flop on his face" |
| ~ colloquialism | a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech. |
| adv. | 30. right | toward or on the right; also used figuratively.; "he looked right and left"; "the party has moved right" |
| adv. | 31. decent, decently, in good order, properly, right, the right way | in the right manner.; "please do your job properly!"; "can't you carry me decent?" |
| adv. | 32. right, right on | an interjection expressing agreement. |
| adv. | 33. right | completely.; "she felt right at home"; "he fell right into the trap" |
| adv. | 34. mightily, mighty, powerful, right | (Southern regional intensive) very; to a great degree.; "the baby is mighty cute"; "he's mighty tired"; "it is powerful humid"; "that boy is powerful big now"; "they have a right nice place"; "they rejoiced mightily" |
| ~ intensifier, intensive | a modifier that has little meaning except to intensify the meaning it modifies.; "`up' in `finished up' is an intensifier"; "`honestly' in `I honestly don't know' is an intensifier" |
| adv. | 35. justly, right | in accordance with moral or social standards.; "that serves him right"; "do right by him" |
| adv. | 36. aright, correctly, right | in an accurate manner.; "the flower had been correctly depicted by his son"; "he guessed right" |
| true | | |
| n. (attribute) | 1. true | proper alignment; the property possessed by something that is in correct or proper alignment.; "out of true" |
| ~ alignment | the spatial property possessed by an arrangement or position of things in a straight line or in parallel lines. |
| v. (change) | 2. true, true up | make level, square, balanced, or concentric.; "true up the cylinder of an engine" |
| ~ align, aline, adjust, line up | place in a line or arrange so as to be parallel or straight.; "align the car with the curb"; "align the sheets of paper on the table" |
| adj. | 3. true | consistent with fact or reality; not false.; "the story is true"; "it is undesirable to believe a proposition when there is no ground whatever for supposing it true"; "the true meaning of the statement" |
| ~ correct, right | free from error; especially conforming to fact or truth.; "the correct answer"; "the correct version"; "the right answer"; "took the right road"; "the right decision" |
| ~ 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" |
| ~ echt, genuine | not fake or counterfeit.; "a genuine Picasso"; "genuine leather" |
| ~ honest, honorable | not disposed to cheat or defraud; not deceptive or fraudulent.; "honest lawyers"; "honest reporting" |
| ~ sincere | open and genuine; not deceitful.; "he was a good man, decent and sincere"; "felt sincere regret that they were leaving"; "sincere friendship" |
| ~ literal, actual, genuine, real | being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of something.; "her actual motive"; "a literal solitude like a desert"; "a genuine dilemma" |
| ~ apodeictic, apodictic | of a proposition; necessarily true or logically certain. |
| ~ truthful | conforming to truth.; "I wouldn't have told you this if it weren't so"; "a truthful statement" |
| ~ sure | infallible or unfailing.; "a sure (or true) sign of one's commitment" |
| adj. | 4. dead on target, true | accurately placed or thrown.; "his aim was true"; "he was dead on target" |
| ~ accurate | conforming exactly or almost exactly to fact or to a standard or performing with total accuracy.; "an accurate reproduction"; "the accounting was accurate"; "accurate measurements"; "an accurate scale" |
| adj. | 5. true | devoted (sometimes fanatically) to a cause or concept or truth.; "true believers bonded together against all who disagreed with them" |
| ~ 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" |
| adj. | 6. true, truthful | expressing or given to expressing the truth.; "a true statement"; "gave truthful testimony"; "a truthful person" |
| ~ honest, honorable | not disposed to cheat or defraud; not deceptive or fraudulent.; "honest lawyers"; "honest reporting" |
| ~ honest | marked by truth.; "gave honest answers"; "honest reporting" |
| ~ veracious | habitually speaking the truth.; "a veracious witness" |
| adj. | 7. true | conforming to definitive criteria.; "the horseshoe crab is not a true crab"; "Pythagoras was the first true mathematician" |
| ~ typical | exhibiting the qualities or characteristics that identify a group or kind or category.; "a typical American girl"; "a typical suburban community"; "the typical car owner drives 10,000 miles a year"; "a painting typical of the Impressionist school"; "a typical romantic poem"; "a typical case of arteritis" |
| adj. | 8. dependable, honest, reliable, true | worthy of being depended on.; "a dependable worker"; "an honest working stiff"; "a reliable sourcSFLe of information"; "he was true to his word"; "I would be true for there are those who trust me" |
| ~ trustworthy, trusty | worthy of trust or belief.; "a trustworthy report"; "an experienced and trustworthy traveling companion" |
| adj. | 9. true | rightly so called.; "true courage"; "a spirit which true men have always admired"; "a true friend" |
| ~ real | no less than what is stated; worthy of the name.; "the real reason"; "real war"; "a real friend"; "a real woman"; "meat and potatoes--I call that a real meal"; "it's time he had a real job"; "it's no penny-ante job--he's making real money" |
| adj. | 10. true | determined with reference to the earth's axis rather than the magnetic poles.; "true north is geographic north" |
| ~ geographic, geographical | determined by geography.; "the north and south geographic poles" |
| adj. | 11. lawful, rightful, true | having a legally established claim.; "the legitimate heir"; "the true and lawful king" |
| ~ legitimate | of marriages and offspring; recognized as lawful. |
| adj. | 12. on-key, true | in tune; accurate in pitch.; "a true note" |
| ~ harmonious | musically pleasing. |
| adj. | 13. straight, true | accurately fitted; level.; "the window frame isn't quite true" |
| ~ even | being level or straight or regular and without variation as e.g. in shape or texture; or being in the same plane or at the same height as something else (i.e. even with).; "an even application of varnish"; "an even floor"; "the road was not very even"; "the picture is even with the window" |
| adv. | 14. admittedly, avowedly, confessedly, true | as acknowledged.; "true, she is the smartest in her class" |
| valid | | |
| adj. | 1. valid | well grounded in logic or truth or having legal force.; "a valid inference"; "a valid argument"; "a valid contract" |
| ~ legitimate | of marriages and offspring; recognized as lawful. |
| ~ reasonable, sensible | showing reason or sound judgment.; "a sensible choice"; "a sensible person" |
| ~ binding | executed with proper legal authority.; "a binding contract" |
| ~ effectual, legal, sound | having legal efficacy or force.; "a sound title to the property" |
| ~ legitimate, logical | based on known statements or events or conditions.; "rain was a logical expectation, given the time of year" |
| ~ reasoned, well-grounded, sound | logically valid.; "a sound argument" |
| ~ validated | declared or made legally valid.; "a validated claim" |
| adj. | 2. valid | still legally acceptable.; "the license is still valid" |
| ~ unexpired | not having come to an end or been terminated by passage of time.; "elected to fill the senator's unexpired term"; "an unexpired driver's license" |
| positively | | |
| adv. | 1. positively | extremely.; "it was positively monumental" |
| ~ intensifier, intensive | a modifier that has little meaning except to intensify the meaning it modifies.; "`up' in `finished up' is an intensifier"; "`honestly' in `I honestly don't know' is an intensifier" |
| adv. | 2. positively | so as to be positive; in a positive manner.; "she intended her remarks to be interpreted positively" |
| stump | | |
| n. (plant) | 1. stump, tree stump | the base part of a tree that remains standing after the tree has been felled. |
| ~ plant part, plant structure | any part of a plant or fungus. |
| ~ tree | a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms. |
| ~ stool | (forestry) the stump of a tree that has been felled or headed for the production of saplings. |
| n. (body) | 2. stump | the part of a limb or tooth that remains after the rest is removed. |
| ~ body part | any part of an organism such as an organ or extremity. |
| ~ tooth | hard bonelike structures in the jaws of vertebrates; used for biting and chewing or for attack and defense. |
| ~ limb | one of the jointed appendages of an animal used for locomotion or grasping: arm; leg; wing; flipper. |
| n. (artifact) | 3. stump | (cricket) any of three upright wooden posts that form the wicket. |
| ~ cricket | a game played with a ball and bat by two teams of 11 players; teams take turns trying to score runs. |
| ~ post | an upright consisting of a piece of timber or metal fixed firmly in an upright position.; "he set a row of posts in the ground and strung barbwire between them" |
| ~ grille, lattice, wicket | small opening (like a window in a door) through which business can be transacted. |
| n. (artifact) | 4. ambo, dais, podium, pulpit, rostrum, soapbox, stump | a platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it. |
| ~ platform | a raised horizontal surface.; "the speaker mounted the platform" |
| v. (cognition) | 5. mix up, stump | cause to be perplexed or confounded.; "This problem stumped her" |
| ~ baffle, bewilder, dumbfound, flummox, mystify, nonplus, perplex, puzzle, amaze, stupefy, gravel, vex, pose, stick, beat, get | be a mystery or bewildering to.; "This beats me!"; "Got me--I don't know the answer!"; "a vexing problem"; "This question really stuck me" |
| v. (motion) | 6. stamp, stomp, stump | walk heavily.; "The men stomped through the snow in their heavy boots" |
| ~ 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. (competition) | 7. stump | travel through a district and make political speeches.; "the candidate stumped the Northeast" |
| ~ campaign, run | run, stand, or compete for an office or a position.; "Who's running for treasurer this year?" |
| v. (change) | 8. stump | remove tree stumps from.; "stump a field" |
| ~ clear | remove.; "clear the leaves from the lawn"; "Clear snow from the road" |
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