Adversity, n. Misfortune, calamity, affliction, trouble, suffering, woe, disaster, distress, misery, ill-luck, bad luck, broken fortunes, hard life, frowns of fortune.

Advert to, 1. Observe, remark, regard, heed, consider, notice, mark, view, give heed to, take notice of, pay attention to, attend to, look to, see to, give heed to, have an eye to, give a thought to, look after.

2. Refer to, allude to.

Advertence, n. Attention, heed, regard, observance, observation, notice, consideration, heedfulness, mindfulness.

Advertency, n. Attention, heed, regard, observance, observation, notice, consideration, heedfulness, mindfulness.

Advertise, v. a. 1. Announce, publish, declare, promulgate, trumpet, proclaim, make known, spread abroad, noise abroad, give notice of, lay before the public, bring to the notice of the public, make proclamation of.

2. Offer for sale.

Advertisement, n. Announcement, notification, information, notice, proclamation, promulgation, trumpeting.

Advice, n. 1. Counsel, suggestion, instruction, recommendation, admonition, warning, caution, exhortation.

2. Intelligence, information, notice, notification, tidings, word.

Advisability, n. Expediency, advisableness.

Advisable, a. Expedient, proper, fit, prudent, desirable, fit to be advised.

Advise, v. a. 1. Counsel, admonish, suggest, recommend to, give counsel to, give advice to.

2. Inform, acquaint, apprise, make known to, give notice to, send word to, write word to.

Advise, v. n. Confer, consult, deliberate, take counsel, hold a conference.

Advisedly, ad. Deliberately, heedfully, purposely, by design, with consideration.

Advisement, n. Consultation, deliberation.

Adviser, n. Counsellor, instructor, guide, director, mentor, monitor.

Advocacy, n. Defence, vindication, support, countenance.

Advocate, v. a. Defend, support, vindicate, justify, countenance, uphold, favor, plead in favor of, stand up for.

Advocate, n. 1. Counsellor, counsel, barrister, lawyer, attorney, solicitor, attorney-at-law, limb of the law.

2. Defender, vindicator, supporter, favorer, apologist, friend, patron.

3. Intercessor, comforter, paraclete, Holy Spirit, Spirit of Truth.

4. [With The prefixed.] Christ.

AEgis, n. 1. Shield, buckler.

2. Defence, protection, safeguard.

Aerial, a. 1. Atmospheric.

2. Aeriform, gaseous, vaporous, ethereal, airy, empyreal, light.

3. High, lofty.

Aerie, n. 1. Nest (of a bird of prey).

2. Brood (of birds of prey).

Aeriform, a. Gaseous, ethereal, vaporous, airy, aerial.

Aerolite, n. Meteoric stone.

Aeronaut, n. Balloonist, aerial navigator.

Aeronautics, n. Aerostation, ballooning.

Aerostation, n. Aeronautics.

AEsthetics, n. [Sometimes written Esthetics.] Philosophy of the fine arts, theory or philosophy of taste, science of the beautiful.

Afar, ad. Far off, long way off, afar off, wide away, a great way off, at a distance, to or from a distance.

Affability, n. 1. Sociability, sociableness.

2. Courtesy, courteousness, complaisance, condescension, civility, politeness, urbanity, comity, amenity, suavity, amiability, good manners, good breeding, obliging manner.

Affable, a. 1. Conversable, communicative, free, unreserved, open, sociable, social.

2. Courteous, complaisant, civil, polite, obliging, urbane, debonair, familiar, easy, gracious, mild, condescending, well-bred.

Affair, n. 1. Business, concern, matter, circumstance, question, subject.

2. Event, occurrence, incident, transaction, proceeding, performance.

3. Battle, engagement, combat, conflict, contest, encounter, rencontre, collision, skirmish, brush.

Affair of honor, Duel.

Affect, v. a. 1. Influence, act upon, work upon.

2. Concern, interest, regard, relate to, bear upon.

3. Touch, move, impress, melt, subdue, overcome, pierce.

4. Crave, yearn for, aspire to, aim at.

5. Assume, feign, arrogate, put on, make a show of, pretend to.

Affectation, n. Pretension, airs, affectedness, mannerism, assumed manners, affected manner.

Affected, a. 1. Assumed, feigned, unnatural, artificial, insincere, canting.

2. Assuming, pretending, pretentious, conceited, vain, coxcomical, priggish.