Abstergent, a. (Med.) Cleansing, purifying, purgative, cathartic.

Abstinence, n. 1. Abstaining, refraining.

2. Abstemiousness, soberness, temperance, moderation.

Abstinent, a. 1. Abstaining, fasting.

2. Abstemious, sober, temperate.

Abstract, v. a. 1. Separate, disunite, disjoin, dissociate, isolate, detach, disengage.

2. Take, seize, appropriate, steal, purloin.

3. Abridge, abbreviate, epitomize, make an abstract of.

Abstract, a. 1. Separate, isolated, not concrete.

2. Occult, recondite, subtile, refined, abstracted, abstruse.

Abstract, n. Abridgment, epitome, summary, conspectus, compend, compendium, synopsis, syllabus, outline, digest, brief, breviary, sum and substance, concise statement.

Abstracted, a. 1. Subtile, refined, abstract, abstruse.

2. Inattentive, preoccupied, lost, dreaming, musing, absent, absent-minded, in a revery, in a brown study.

Abstraction, n. 1. Separation, disconnection, disjunction, isolation.

2. Preoccupation, inattention, revery, musing, muse, absence, absence of mind, brown study.

3. Taking, abduction, seizure, appropriation, stealing, purloining, pilfering.

Abstruse, a. Recondite, occult, profound, hidden, transcendental, obscure, difficult, dark, enigmatical, mysterious, mystic, mystical, high, abstract, abstracted, subtile, refined.

Absurd, a. Unreasonable, irrational, foolish, nonsensical, ridiculous, incongruous, senseless, unwise, silly, stupid, preposterous, paradoxical, ill-judged, ill-advised, contrary to reason, contrary to the dictates of common sense.

Absurdity, n. 1. Unreasonableness, irrationality, foolishness, folly, foolery, extravagance, absurdness.

2. Paradox, mare's nest, cart before the horse, absurd thing.

Absurdness, n. Absurdity.

Absurd story, Cock-and-bull-story, fiddle-faddle, neither rhyme nor reason.

Abundance, n. Flow, overflow, exuberance, luxuriance, fertility, copiousness, profusion, richness, largeness, ampleness, wealth, affluence, store, more than enough, great plenty.

Abundant, a. Abounding, flowing, overflowing, plentiful, plenteous, copious, much, exuberant, luxuriant, replete, full, large, ample, good, liberal, bountiful, lavish, rich, teeming, thick.

Abuse, v. a. 1. Misuse, misemploy, misapply, pervert, prostitute, desecrate, profane, make an ill use of.

2. Maltreat, harm, injure, hurt, ill-treat, ill-use.

3. Revile, reproach, vilify, slander, traduce, defame, asperse, malign, blacken, disparage, berate, rate, upbraid, calumniate, lampoon, satirize, lash, pasquinade, vituperate, rail at, sneer at, speak ill of, accuse falsely, damn with faint praise.

4. Violate, outrage, ravish, deflour.

Abuse, n. 1. Misapplication, misuse, misemployment, profanation, prostitution, desecration, perversion, ill-use.

2. Maltreatment, outrage, ill-treatment, bad treatment.

3. Corrupt practice.

4. Vituperation, railing, reviling, contumely, obloquy, opprobrium, insult, scurrility, ribaldry, jaw, foul invective, rude reproach.

Abusive, a. Reproachful, opprobrious, scurrilous, ribald, contumelious, vituperative, condemnatory, damnatory, invective, calumnious, denunciatory, insulting, insolent.

Abut against, Meet (end to end or side to side), be contiguous.

Abut upon, Meet (end to end or side to side), be contiguous.

Abyss, n. 1. Gulf, gorge, great depth, bottomless gulf or pit.

2. Hell, limbo, purgatory.

Academic, a. 1. Scholastic, literary, lettered.

Academical, a. 1. Scholastic, literary, lettered.

2. Platonic, of Plato.

Academy, n. School, seminary, institute, gymnasium, high school, college.

Acarpous, a. (Bot.) Unfruitful, sterile, barren, fruitless, unproductive.

Accede, v. n. Consent, agree, assent, acquiesce, comply, yield assent, give assent.

Accelerate, v. a. Hasten, expedite, hurry, quicken, speed, precipitate, despatch, urge forward, push forward, push on, press on, urge on.

Acceleration, n. Hastening, increase of velocity.

Accent, n. 1. Intonation, cadence, tone, modulation of voice.

2. Stress (on a certain syllable).

Accent, v. a. Accentuate, lay stress upon, pronounce with accent.

Accents, n. pl. Language, words.

Accentuate, v. a. 1. Mark with accent, put the mark of accent upon.

2. Accent, lay stress upon, pronounce with accent.

Accept, v. a. 1. Take (what is offered), receive.

2. Admit, assent to, agree to, accede to, acquiesce in.