| Main Entry: | companionable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | friendly |
Synonyms: |
affable, amicable, buddy buddy, clubby, complacent, congenial, conversable, convivial, cordial, cozy, cozy with, familiar, genial, good-natured, gregarious, intimate, mellow, neighborly, outgoing, pally, palsy, sociable, social, tight, tight with |
Antonyms: |
antagonistic, foreign, opposing, unfriendly |
| Main Entry: | cripple |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | disable; make lame |
Synonyms: |
attenuate, blunt, debilitate, disarm, dislimb, dismember, enfeeble, hamstring, hurt, immobilize, incapacitate, injure, lame, maim, mangle, mutilate, palsy, paralyze, prostrate, sap, sideline, stifle, undermine, unstrengthen, weaken |
Antonyms: |
aid, assist, enable, help, strengthen, support |
| Main Entry: | familiar |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | friendly, bold |
Synonyms: |
affable, amicable, buddy-buddy, chummy, close, comfortable, confidential, cordial, cozy, dear, easy, forward, free, free-and-easy, fresh, genial, gracious, impudent, informal, intimate, intrusive, near, neighborly, nervy, obtrusive, officious, open, palsy, palsy-walsy, presuming, presumptuous, relaxed, sassy*, smart, snug, sociable, thick, tight, unceremonious, unconstrained, unreserved, wise |
Antonyms: |
aloof, cold, cool, distant, reserved, unapproachable, unfamiliar, unfriendly |
| Main Entry: | paralyze |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | immobilize |
Synonyms: |
anesthetize, appall, arrest, astound, bemuse, benumb, bring to grinding halt, close, daunt, daze, deaden, debilitate, demolish, destroy, disable, disarm, enfeeble, freeze, halt, incapacitate, knock out, lame, make inert, make nerveless, nonplus, numb, palsy, petrify, prostrate, shut down, stop dead, stun, stupefy, transfix, weaken |
Antonyms: |
incite, mobilize, stimulate |
| Main Entry: | transfix |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hold one's attention |
Synonyms: |
bewitch, captivate, enchant, engross, fascinate, hold, hypnotize, mesmerize, palsy, paralyze, petrify, rivet, root, spellbind, stop in one's tracks, stop one dead, stun |
Antonyms: |
bore, look away |
| Main Entry: | cerebral palsy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | brain disorder |
Synonyms: |
Bell's palsy, athetosis, palsy, spastic paralysis |
| Main Entry: | matey |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | companionable |
Synonyms: |
affable, amicable, buddy buddy, clubby, complacent, congenial, conversable, convivial, cordial, cozy, cozy with, familiar, genial, good-natured, gregarious, intimate, mellow, neighborly, outgoing, pally, palsy, sociable, social, tight with, tight* |