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| Main Entry: | mellow |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | ripe, mature; softened |
| Synonyms: | aged, cultured, delicate, developed, dulcet, flavorful, full, juicy, matured, mellifluous, melodious, perfect, perfected, rich, rounded, sapid, savory, seasoned, smooth, soft, soothing, sweet, tuneful, cured, full-flavored, fully developed, mellifluent, ripened |
| Antonyms: | hard, immature, sour, tart, unripe |
| Main Entry: | mellow |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | ripen, mature |
| Synonyms: | age, arrive, develop, grow, improve, mollify, perfect, ripe, season, soften, sweeten, grow up, maturate, milden, settle down |
| Main Entry: | age |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | become older |
| Synonyms: | decline, deteriorate, develop, get along, grow, mature, mellow, push, ripen, wane, grow feeble, grow old, grow up, put mileage on |
| Notes: | epoch applies to the beginning of a new period marked by radical changes and new developments - while era applies to the entire period; age denotes a period identified with some dominant personality or characteristic and period pertains to any portion of time |
| Main Entry: | amiable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | friendly, agreeable |
| Synonyms: | affable, amicable, attractive, benign, breezy, charming, cheerful, complaisant, cool*, cordial, cozy, delightful, easy, engaging, friendly, genial, good-humored, good-natured, gracious, kind, kindly, lenient, lovable, mellow, mild, obliging, palsy-walsy*, pleasant, pleasing, princely*, responsive, right, righteous, sociable, swell*, tight*, warm, warmhearted, winning, buddy-buddy*, clubby, copacetic, downright neighborly, home cooking, pussycat, sweet-tempered |
| Antonyms: | crabby, disagreeable, gloomy, hateful, irritable, mean, quarrelsome, rude, surly, testy, unfriendly |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | amicable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | friendly, especially regarding an agreement |
| Synonyms: | accordant, agreeing, amiable, civil, cordial, courteous, cozy, good-humored, harmonious, kind, kindly, like-minded, mellow, neighborly, pacific, peaceable, peaceful, polite, regular, sociable, sympathetic, understanding, clubby, concordant, empathic, right nice, square shooting |
| Antonyms: | hostile, unfriendly |
| Main Entry: | blasé |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | nonchalant |
| Synonyms: | apathetic, bored, cool*, disenchanted, fed up*, indifferent, jaded, knowing, laid-back*, lukewarm*, mellow*, mundane, offhand, sophisticated, unconcerned, uninterested, unmoved, weary, worldly, been around twice, cloyed, disentranced, done it all, glutted, satiated, sick of, sophisticate, surfeited, unexcited, world-weary |
| Antonyms: | enthusiastic, excited |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | companionable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | friendly |
| Synonyms: | affable, amicable, complacent, congenial, convivial, cordial, cozy, familiar, genial, good-natured, gregarious, intimate, mellow, neighborly, outgoing, sociable, social, tight, buddy buddy, clubby, conversable, cozy with, pally, palsy, tight with |
| Antonyms: | antagonistic, foreign, opposing, unfriendly |
| Main Entry: | congenial |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | friendly, compatible |
| Synonyms: | adapted, affable, agreeable, companionable, compatible, complaisant, congruous, consistent, consonant, convivial, cooperative, cordial, delightful, favorable, fit, genial, good-humored, gracious, happy, harmonious, jovial, kindly, kindred, like-minded, mellow, pleasant, pleasing, sociable, social, suitable, sympathetic, amical, clubby, conversable, regular fellow, right neighborly, well-suited |
| Antonyms: | disagreeable, ill-suited, incompatible, uncongenial, unfriendly, unsympathetic |
| Main Entry: | considerate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | respectful of others |
| Synonyms: | accommodating, amiable, attentive, benevolent, big, charitable, chivalrous, circumspect, compassionate, complaisant, concerned, cool, discreet, forbearing, generous, kind, kindly, magnanimous, mellow, mindful, obliging, patient, polite, solicitous, sympathetic, tactful, tender, thoughtful, unselfish, warmhearted, like a sport |
| Antonyms: | disrespectful, impatient, inattentive, inconsiderate, mean, scornful, selfish, thoughtless, unfeeling, unmindful |
| Main Entry: | cordial |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | friendly, sociable |
| Synonyms: | affable, affectionate, agreeable, amicable, cheerful, companionable, congenial, convivial, cozy, earnest, genial, glowing, gracious, happy, heartfelt, hearty, invigorating, jovial, mellow, neighborly, palsy-walsy*, polite, responsive, sincere, social, sympathetic, tender, warm, warmhearted, wholehearted, buddy-buddy*, clubby, heart-to-heart, red-carpet, welcoming |
| Antonyms: | aloof, cool, disagreeable, hostile, indifferent, inhospitable, unfriendly, unpleasant, unsociable, uncordial |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | delicious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | pleasing, especially to the taste |
| Synonyms: | adorable, ambrosial, appetizing, choice, dainty, darling, delectable, delightful, distinctive, divine, enjoyable, exquisite, good, gratifying, heavenly, luscious, lush, mellow, nice, palatable, piquant, pleasant, rare, rich, sapid, savory, scrumptious, spicy, sweet, tasteful, tasty, tempting, toothsome, yummy*, delish, enticing, fit for king, mouthwatering, nectarous, titillating, well-prepared, well-seasoned |
| Antonyms: | disagreeable, distasteful, horrible, unpleasant, unsavory |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | docile |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | compliant, submissive |
| Synonyms: | accommodating, adaptable, agreeable, amenable, childlike, complacent, cool, ductile, easy, easygoing, gentle, governable, humble, laid-back, manageable, meek, mellow, mild, obedient, obliging, orderly, pliable, pliant, quiet, resigned, soft, tame, teachable, tractable, usable, well-behaved, willing, yielding, acquiescent, biddable, docious, easily influenced, weak-kneed |
| Antonyms: | determined, headstrong, inflexible, intractable, obstinate, opinionated, stubborn, uncooperative, unyielding |
| Main Entry: | full-bodied |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | robust |
| Synonyms: | concentrated, heady*, heavy, lusty, mellow, potent, redolent, rich, strong, fruity, full-flavored, well-matured |
| Antonyms: | weak |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | informal |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | casual, simple |
| Synonyms: | breezy, colloquial, congenial, cool*, democratic, easy, easygoing, everyday, extempore, familiar, folksy, frank, free, homey, inconspicuous, intimate, loose, mellow, mixed, motley, natural, open, ordinary, spontaneous, sporty, straightforward, unceremonious, unconventional, unofficial, unrestrained, urbane, down home, free-and-easy, improv, laid back, low-pressure, off-the-cuff, relaxed, throwaway, unconstrained, unfussy, without ceremony |
| Antonyms: | ceremonious, formal, official, rigid, stiff, buttoned-up, dressed-up |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | jaded |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | exhausted, indifferent |
| Synonyms: | blah*, blasé, bored, cool*, dulled, fatigued, fed up*, mellow, spent, tired, weary, worn, worn-out, been around, done it all, fagged, had it, sated, satiated, sick of, surfeited, tired-out, up to here, wearied, worn-down |
| Antonyms: | fresh, unused |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | kindly |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | compassionate, helpful |
| Synonyms: | attentive, beneficial, benevolent, benign, cool, cordial, favorable, friendly, generous, genial, gentle, good, good-natured, gracious, hearty, humane, kind, kindhearted, mellow, merciful, mild, neighborly, pleasant, polite, sociable, sympathetic, thoughtful, warm, benignant, good-hearted |
| Antonyms: | disagreeable, inconsiderate, unsympathetic, unkindly |
| Main Entry: | laid-back |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | relaxed |
| Synonyms: | easygoing, lax, mellow, unhurried, low-pressure, undemanding |
| Main Entry: | luscious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | delicious, delectable |
| Synonyms: | adorable, ambrosial, appetizing, choice, darling, deluxe, distinctive, divine, exquisite, flamboyant, flavorsome, heavenly, honeyed, juicy, lush, luxurious, mellow, mouth-watering, opulent, ornate, palatable, palatial, piquant, rare, rich, savory, scrumptious, succulent, sumptuous, sweet, toothsome, voluptuous, yummy*, delish, nectarious |
| Antonyms: | nasty, poor, unappetizing, unsavory |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | mature |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | adult, grown-up |
| Synonyms: | complete, cultivated, cultured, developed, fit, full-blown, full-fledged, full-grown, fully grown, grown, in full bloom, in one's prime, matured, mellow, mellowed, of age, perfected, prepared, prime, ready, ripe, ripened, seasoned, settled, sophisticated |
| Antonyms: | green, immature, inexperienced, young, youthful |
| Main Entry: | mature |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | become adult, fully grown |
| Synonyms: | advance, age, arrive, bloom, blossom, culminate, develop, evolve, fill out, flower*, grow, mellow*, mushroom*, perfect, prime, progress, ripen, round, season, attain majority, become experienced, become wise, come of age, grow up, maturate, reach adulthood, reach majority, settle down, shoot up* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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