Reference List of Synonyms A to J

Reference List of Synonyms A to J

Ability capacity, faculty, talent, skill, competence, aptitude
Abolish exterminate, extinguish, extirpate, eradicate, obliterate
Abstinence self-denial, temperance, sobriety, continence
Abstracted absorbed, distraught, absent-minded
Abuse misuse, mistreat, ill-treat, maltreat
Accidental fortuitous, contingent, incidental, adventitious
Accompany conduct, escort, chaperone
Acknowledge admit, own, avow, confess, concede
Active energetic, dynamic, vigorous, lively
Adapt accommodate, adjust, conform, fit, reconcile
Admonish reprove, rebuke, reprimand, reproach
Adulterate debase, doctor, load, sophisticate
Advance forward, foster, further, promote [retard]
Advantage edge, handicap, odds
Adventurous adventuresome, audacious, daredevil, daring, venturesome
Advice counsel, recommendation
Advise counsel, recommend
Affair business, concern, lookout
Affect influence, impress, touch, move, strike
Affectation pose, air, mannerism
Afflict agonize, excruciate, rack, torment, torture
Afraid apprehensive, fearful [unafraid]
Ageless eternal, timeless
Agitate churn, convulse, rock, shake
Agree conform, harmonize, accord, correspond, coincide [disagree]
Aim direct, level, point, train
Airy diaphanous, ethereal, filmy, gauzy, gossamer, sheer, transparent, vaporous
Alarm alert, tocsin, warning
Allocate appropriate, designate, earmark
Alone lonely, lonesome, solitary
Also too, likewise, besides, moreover, furthermore
Amateur dabbler, dilettante, tyro [professional]
Ambiguous equivocal, obscure, recondite, abstruse, vague, cryptic, enigmatic
Ambush ambuscade, bushwhack, waylay
Amenity comfort, convenience, facility
Amiable affable, good-natured, obliging, agreeable, pleasant
Amiss afield, astray, awry, wrong
Amuse entertain, divert, regale
Analyze anatomize, dissect, resolve
Ancestor forebear, forefather, progenitor [descendant]
Anger rage, fury, ire, wrath, resentment, indignation
Angry furious, indignant, irate, ireful, mad, wrathful
Announce advertise, broadcast, declar, proclaim, promulgate, publish
Annoy irritate, bother, irk, vex, provoke, aggravate, peeve, rile
Answer respond, reply, retort
Anxiety worry, care, concern, solicitude
Apology apologetic, apologia, defense, justification
Apparent clear, clear-cut, distinct, evident, manifest, obvious, patent, plain
Appear emerge, issue, loom, materialize, show
Appendage appurtenance, adjunct, accessory, attachment
Applaud cheer, root
Appoint designate, name, nominate, tap
Appreciate value, prize, esteem, treasure, cherish
Apprehend comprehend, understand, grasp
Apprehension foreboding, presentiment, misgiving
Appropriate arrogate, commandeer, confiscate, preempt, usurp
Approve endorse, sanction, certify, accredit, ratify
Arbitrary capricious, whimsical
Area region, belt, zone, district, locality
Argue quarrel, wrangle, squabble, bicker
Argument dispute, controversy
Argumentative combative, contentious, disputatious, quarrelsome, scrappy
Arrange marshal, order, organize, sort, systematize [disarrange]
Art craft, expertise, knack, know-how, technique
Artifice trick, ruse, wile, feint, stratagem, maneuver, dodge
Artificial synthetic, ersatz, simulated
Ask question, inquire, query, interrogate, examine, quiz
Assent agree, accede, acquiesce, consent, concur, subscribe
Assert asseverate, declar, affirm, aver, avow
Assign allot, apportion, allocate
Assistant aide, coadjutant, helper, lieutenant, second
Attack bombard, assail, storm, assault, beset
Attribute ascribe, impute, credit, assign, refer
Authentic bona fide, genuine, real, true, undoubted, unquestionable
Authorize accredit, commission, empower, license
Average medium, mediocre, fair, middling, indifferent, tolerable
Aware cognizant, conscious, sensible, awake, alert, watchful, vigilant
Awkward clumsy, maladroit, inept, gauche, ungainly
Bad evil, wicked
Balance equilibrium, equipoise, poise
Band company, corps, party, troop, troupe
Banish exile, expatriate, deport, transport, extradite
Banter chaff, josh, kid, rag, razz, rib
Bargain compact, contract, covenant, deal
Barrage bombard, pepper, shower
Base basis, foundation, ground, groundwork
Batter maim, mangle, maul, mutilate
Be breathe, exist, live, subsist
Bear endure, stand, abide, suffer, tolerate
Bearing manner, demeanor, mien, presence
Beautiful lovely, pretty, handsome, comely, fair
Beg crave, beseech, implore, entreat, importune
Begin commence, start, initiate, inaugurate
Beginning birth, dawn, genesis, nascence, rise
Behavior conduct, deportment
Belief credence, credit, faith
Belligerent bellicose, pugnacious, contentious, quarrelsome
Bend crook, curve, round
Beneficial profitable, advantageous
Benefit capitalize, profit
Benevolent charitable, ellemosynary, philanthropic
Besiege beleaguer, blockade, invest, siege
Bet ante, pot, stake, wager
Bias color, jaundice, prejudice, warp
Binge fling, jag, orgy, spree
Bite champ, gnaw
Bitter acerbic, acrid
Blackball blacklist, boycott, ostracize [admit]
Blackout faint, swoon, syncope
Blame fault, guilt
Blameworthy blamable, blameful, censurable, culpable, guilty, reprehensible
Blast blight, dash, nip, wreck
Blaze flame, flare, flash, glare, incandescence, glow
Blemish imperfection, fault, defect, flaw
Blink nictitate, twinkle, wink
Block hide, obscure, obstruct, screen, shroud
Bloody gory, sanguinary, sanguineous
Bloom blossom, efflorescence, florescence, flower, flush, prime
Blunder bumble, flounder, lumber, lurch, stumble
Boast brag, crow, vaunt
Bodily corporal, corporeal, fleshly, physical, somatic
Body corpse, carcass, cadaver
Boil simmer, seethe, stew
Bombast rant, fustian, claptrap, rodomontade
Bonus bounty, subsidy, premium, prize, reward, gratuity
Book bespeak, engage, reserve
Boor barbarian, churl, lout, vulgarian, yahoo
Border margin, edge, verge, brink, rim, brim
Boredom ennui, tedium [amusement]
Boring monotonous, tedious, irksome, tiresome, handrum
Botch blow, bungle, fumble, muff
Boundary border, frontier, limit
Bouquet nosegay, posy
Branch arm, fork, offshoot
Brave courageous, fearless, intrepid, bold, audacious, valient, valorous,
Doughty, mettlesome, plucky, dauntless, undaunted
Brawl broil, donnybrook, fracas, fray, free-for-all, melee, row, ruction
Breach infraction, violation, transgression, trespass, infringement
Break crack, fracture, burst, split, splinter, shatter, shiver, smash
Breeze cinch, pushover, snap, walkaway, walkover
Bright brilliant, radiant, lustrous, lambent, lunimous, incandescent, effulgent
Broach introduce, moot, raise
Broad-minded broad, liberal, open-minded, tolerant
Brood dwell, fret, mope, stew, worry
Brush flick, glance, graze, shave, skim
Brute animal, brutish, brutal, beastly, bestial
Building structure, edifice, pile
Bulge balloon, belly, jut, overhang, project, protrude
Bulwark barricade, breastwork, earthwork, rampart, bation, parapet
Burden affliction, cross, trial, tribulation
Burdensome onerous, oppressive, arduous, demanding, rigorous, exacting
Burn scorch, singe, sear, char, parch
Business industry, commerce, trade, traffic
Busy industrious, diligent, assiduous, sedulous
Cadge beg, bum, mooch, panhandle
Calculate compute, reckon, cipher, figure
Call convene, convoke, muster, summon
Calm tranquil, placid, serene, halcyon, peaceful
Campaign crusade, drive, push
Caprice whim, whimsy, vagary, freak
Care charge, custody, keeping, supervision, trust
Careful heedful, mindful, observant, watchful
Careless heedless, thoughtless, inadvertent
Caress cuddle, fondle, pet
Caricature burlesque, parody, travesty, satire, lampoon
Casuistry fallacy, sophistry, spuriousness, speciousness, sophism
Catalyst ferment, leaven, leavening, yeast
Catch enmesh, ensnare, entangle, entrap, snare, tangle, trap
Cause reason, occasions, antecedent
Celebrity hero, luminary, name, notable, personage
Center focus, headquarters, heart, hub, seat
Certain inescapable, inevitable, sure, unavoidable
Certainty certitude, assurance, conviction
Chafe abrade, excoriate, fret, gall
Chance random, casual, haphazard, desultory
Charge freight, imbue, impregnate, permeate, pervade, saturate, suffuse
Charm beguile, bewitch, captivate, enchant, entrance, fascinate
Choice altenative, option, preference, selection, election
Choose select, elect, pick
Chronic confirmed, habitual, inveterate
Circle coterie, set, clique
Circumference circuit, compass, perimeter, periphery
Citizen national, subject
Claim pretense, pretension, title
Clean antiseptic, cleanly, immaculate, spotless
Clear limpid, lucid, pellucid, transparent
Clever ingenious, shrewd
Cliche bromide, commonplace, platitude, truism
Close immediate, near, nearby, nigh, proximate
Clothe cloak, drape, mantle, robe
Coagulate clot, congeal, curdle, jell, jelly, set
Coarse gross, indelicate, vulgar, obscene, ribald
Cold artic, chilly, cool, frigid, frosty, gelid, glacial, icy
Collision concussion, crash, impact, jar, jolt, shock
Comfort console, solace
Comfortable cozy, snug, restful
Comment observation, remark
Commit consign, entrust, confide, relegate
Complex complicated, intricate, involved, tangled, knotty
Conceit amour-propre, egoism, egotism, narcissism, vanity [humility]
Condemn damn, doom, sentence
Confer consult, parley, treat
Confidence assurance, aplomb, self-confidence, self-possession
Confirm corroborate, substantiate, authenticate, validate, verify
Conflict contest, combat, fight, affray
Confuse addle, befuddle, discombobulate, fuddle, muddle, throw
Conjecture surmise, guess, speculate, infer
Consider deem, regard, account, reckon
Conspiracy plot, machination, collusion, intrigue, cabal
Contain hold, accommodate
Contaminate befoul, foul, poison, pollute, taint
Contemporary contemporaneous, simultaneous, synchronous, concurrent,
Coincident, concomitant
Continual continuous, constant, ceaseless, incessant, perpetual, eternal,
Perennial, interminable
Contract condense, compress, constrict, shrink
Contrary balky, perverse, wayward, ornery
Convert metamorphose, transfigure, transform, transmogrify, transmute
Cool composed, collected, unruffled, nonchalant, impertubable, detached
Correct rectify, remedy, redress, reform, revise, amend
Corrupt debase, debauch, deprave, pervert, vitiate
Count import, matter, signify, weigh
Couple pair, brace, yoke
Crisis crossroad, exigency, head, juncture, pass
Critical captious, censorious, faultfinding [uncritical]
Criticize blame, reprehend, censure, condemn, denounce
Crowd crush, flock, horde, mob, press, throng
Crude native, raw
Cruel fierce, ferocious, barbarous, inhuman, savage, vicious
Crush mash, pulp, smash, squash
Cry weep, wail, keen, whimper, sob, blubber
Cure heal, remedy
Curious inquisitive, snoopy, nosy
Dark dim, murky, dusky, obscure, opaque, shady, shadowy
Daze bemuse, benumb, stun, stupefy
Dead deceased, departed, extinct, lifeless, inanimate
Decay rot, putrefy, spoil, crumble, molder, disintegrate, decompose
Deceive betray, mislead, beguile, delude, dupe, hoodwink, bamboozle, double-cross
Decide determine, settle, rule, conclude, resolve
Decision conclusion, determination
Decisive conclusive, crucial, definitive, determinative
Decrease lessen, reduce, dwindle, abate, diminish, subside
Decry disparage, depreciate, derogate, belittle, minimize, downgrade
Deep abysmal, profound [shallow]
Defeat conquer, vanquish, beat, rout, subdue, subjugate, overcome
Defend protect, guard, preserve, shield, safeguard
Defer postpone, shelve, stay, suspend
Defy beard, brave, challenge, dare, face, front
Degrade abase, debase, demean, humble, humiliate
Delay slow, retard, detain
Delicate choice, dainty, elegant, exquisite, fine
Delicious ambrosial, delectable, luscious, scrumptious, toothsome, yummy
Demand claim, exact, require
Demote break, bust, degrade, downgrade, reduce
Deny contradict, contravene, disaffirm, gainsay, negate, negative, traverse
Dependent conditional, contingent, relative, subject
Deplete drain, exhaust, impoverish, enervate
Depressed blue, dejected, dispirited, downcast, downhearted
Describe narrate, recite, recount, rehearse, relate, report
Desire covet, crave, want, wish
Despair hopelessness, desperation, despondency, discouragement
Despise contemn, disdain, scorn, scout
Despondent despairing, forlorn, hopeless [hopeful]
Detailed circumstantial, minute, particular
Development evolution, progress
Deviation aberration, divergence
Devote dedicate, consecrate, pledge
Dexterous deft, adroit, handy, nimble
Dialect vernacular, jargon, cant, argot, lingo, patois
Dictate decree, impose, ordain, prescribe
Dictatorial authoritarian, dogmatic, doctrinaire, imperious, overbearing
Diction wording, vocabulary, phraseology, phrasing
Differ disagree, vary
Difference dissimilarity, unlikeness, divergence, variation, distinction, discrepancy
Difficulty hardship, rigor, vicissitude
Dip douse, duck, drunk, imerse, souse, submerge
Dirty filthy, foul, nasty, squalid, grimy
Disadvantage detriment, drawback, handicap [advantage]
Disappear evanesce, evaporate, fade, vanish
Disaster calamity, catastrophe, cataclysm
Discord strife, contention, dissention, conflict, clash, variance
Discourage dishearten, dispirit [encourage]
Discover ascertain, determine, learn
Discuss argue, debate, dispute, contend
Disgrace dishonor, shame, infamy, ignomity, odium, obloquy, opprobrium,
Disrepute, discredit
Disguise camouflage, cloak, dissemble, dissimulate, mask
Disgust nauseate, repel, revolt, sicken
Dishonest lying, untruthful, deceitful, mendacious
Dismay appall, daunt, horrify, shake
Dismiss boot, bounce, can, cashier, discharge, drop, fire, sack
Display array, panoply, parade, pomp
Disposition temperament, character, personality, nature
Dissuade deter, discourage [persuade]
Distant far, far-off, faraway, remote, removed
Distinct discrete, separate, several
Distort twist, deform, contort, warp
Distribute divide, dispense, dole, deal, ration
Doctrine dogma, tenet
Dominant predominant, preponderant, paramount, preeminent
Doubtful dubious, questionable
Dramatic histrionic, melodramatic, stagy, theatrical
Dry dehydrate, desiccate, parch [moisten]
Dull colorless, drab, humdrum, lackluster, pedestrian, stodgy, uninspired
Dumb inarticulate, mute, speechless
Eager avid, keen, agog
Earn deserve, merit, rate, win
Easy simple, facile, effortless, smooth, light
Eat consume, devour, ingest
Eccentricity idiosyncracy, quirk
Echo reecho, reflect, resound, reverberate
Ecstasy rapture, transport, exaltation
Effect consequence, result, outcome, upshot, sequel
Effective effectual, efficacious, efficient
Effort exertion, endeavor, application, pains, trouble
Eject expel, evict, dismiss, oust
Elaborate complicated, intricate [simple]
Elderly old, aged, venerable, superannuated
Elegance grace, polish, urbanity
Element component, constituent, factor, ingredient
Elevation altitude, height
Eliminate eradicate, liquidate, purge
Embarrass abash, chagrin, discomfit, disconcert, faze, rattle
Emphasis accent, stress
Empty vacant, blank, void, vacuous, bare, barren
Enclose cape, coop, fence, hem, pen, wall
Encomium eulogy, panegyric, tribute, citation
Encourage animate, cheer, embolden, hearten, inspirit
Endanger hazard, imperil, jeopardize, risk
Enforce implement, invoke
Engagement appointment, assignation, date, rendezvous, tryst
Enmity hostility, antagonism, animosity, rancor, antipathy, animus
Enormous immense, huge, gigantic, colossal, mammoth, tremendous,
Stupendous, gargantuan, vast
Enrapture entrance, ravish, thrill, transport
Envy begrudge, covet
Equanimity composure, sang-froid, serenity
Equipment apparatus, gear, materiel, outfit, paraphernalia, rig, tackle
Erase expunge, efface, delete, cancel
Error mistake, oversight
Escape avoid, shun, eschew, evade, elude
Estimate appraise, assess, assay, evaluate, rate
Estrange alienate, disaffect
Etiquette propriety, protocol, decomrum
Evoke educe, elicit
Exaggerate inflate, magnify, overstate
Example instance, case, illustration, sample, specimen
Excel surpass, exceed, transcend, outdo, outstrip
Excessive exorbitant, extravagant, immoderate, inordinate, extreme, unreasonable
Existence actuality, being [nonexistence]
Expect anticipate, hope, await
Experience suffer, sustain, taste, undergo
Explain elucidate, expound, explicate, interpret, construe
Explicit categorical, definite, express, specific
Expressive eloquent, meaningful, significant
Extemporaneous extemporary, extempore, impromptu, offhand, unrehearsed,
Unpremeditated, ad-lib
Extricate disengage, disentangle, untangle
Extrinsic extraneous, foreign, alien
Face countenance, kisser, mug, pan, physiognomy, puss, visage
Fair just, equitable, impartial, unprejudiced, unbiased, objective, dispassionate
Faithful loyal, true, constant, fast, steadfast, staunch
Faithless unfaithful, false, disloyal, traitorous, treacherous, perfidious, recreant
Familiar close, intimate, confidential, chummy
Fanatic zealot, enthusiast
Fantastic bizarre, grotesque, fanciful, exotic
Fashion style, mode, vogue
Fashionable chic, dashing, in, modish, posh, sharp, smart, stylish, swank, trendy
Fast rapid, swift, fleet, speedy, quick, hasty, expeditious
Fasten anchor, fix, moor, secure [unfasten]
Fat obese, corpulent, fleshy, portly, stout, pudgy, rotund, plump, chubby
Fatal deadly, mortal, lethal
Fate destiny, kismet, lot, portion
Fault failing, weakness, frailty, foible, vice
Favorable propitious, auspicious, benign, conducive
Fawn apple-polish, bootlick, kowtow, slaver, toady, truckle
Fear fright, dread, terror, horror, panic, alarm, dismay, consternation, trepidation
Feat achievement, exploit, masterstroke
Feeling emotion, passion, sentiment
Feminine female, womanly, womanish, effeminate, ladylike
Fertile fecund, fruitful, productive, prolific [infertile]
Fidelity allegiance, fealty, loyalty
Field bailiwick, domain, province, realm, sphere, territory
Figure design, device, motif, pattern
Financial pecuniary, fiscal, monetary
Firm hard, solid
Fit suitable, meet, proper, appropriate, apt, fitting, happy, felicitous
Flagrant glaring, gross, egregious, rank
Flash gleam, glance, glint, sparkle, glitter, glisten, shimmer, glimmer,
Twinkle, scintillate
Flexible elastic, resilient, springy, supple
Flirt dally, play, toy, trifle
Flock flight, herd, drove, pack, gang, gaggle, bevy, brood
Flourish brandish, wave
Flow current, flood, flux, rush, stream, tide
Flutter flicker, flit, flitter, hover
Follow succeed, ensue, result, supervene
Foolish silly, fatuous, absurd, preposterous, ridiculous, ludicrous
Forbid ban, enjoin, interdict, prohibit, proscribe
Force compel, coerce, constrain, oblige, obligate
Foreign alien, exotic, strange
Foretell augur, divine, prophesy, vaticinate
Forgetful unmindful, oblivious
Forgive pardon, excuse, condone
Form figure, shape, configuration, contour, profile
Forte metier, specialty, thing
Found create, establish, institute, organize
Fragile breakable, frangible, delicate, brittle
Fragrance aroma, bouquet, perfume, redolence, scent
Frank candid, outspoken, straightforward, open
Freedom liberty, license
Frighten scare, alarm, terrify, terrorize, startle, panic
Frown glower, lower, scowl
Frustrate thwart, foil, balk
Full complete, plenary, replete
Function duty, office, role
Furnish equip, outfit, appoint, accouter
Futile barren, bootless, fruitless, unavailing, useless, vain
Gather collect, assemble, congregate, accumulate, amass
Gaudy flashy, garish, loud, meretricious, tawdry
Gaze stare, gape, glare, peer, ogle
General common, generic, universal [particular]
Gesture gesticulation, sign, signal
Ghastly grim, gruesome, grisly, macabre, lurid
Giddy dizzy, vertiginous
Glad happy, cheerful, lighthearted, joyful, joyous
Glib slick, smooth-tongued
Glum gloomy, morose, crabbed, dour, saturnine, sullen, surly, sulky
Gossip blab, tattle
Gracious cordial, genial, sociable [ungracious]
Grand magnificient, imposing, stately, majestic, august, grandiose
Grant vouchsafe, concede, accord, award
Graphic lifelike, realistic, vivid
Grieve lament, mourn, sorrow
Gruff brusque, blunt, bluff, curt, crusty
Guide lead, pilot, sheperd, steer, usher
Habit practice, custom, usage, use, wont, habitude
Haggard wasted, worn, careworn
Hamper fetter, handcuff, hobble, hog-tie, manacle, shackle, trammel
Handle manipulate, wield, ply
Happen befall, betide, chance, occur
Happy fortunate, lucky, providential
Harass harry, hound, badger, pester, plague, bait
Hard difficult, arduous
Harden acclimate, acclimatize, season, toughen
Haste celerity, dispatch, expedition, hurry, speed [deliberation]
Hateful detestable, odious, obnoxious, offensive, repellent
Healthy sound, wholesome, hale, robust, well, hardy, vigorous
Heap bank, mound, pile, stack
Heavy weighty, hefty, massive, ponderous, cumbersome
Help aid, assist, succor
Heritage inheritance, legacy, tradition
Hesitate vacillate, waver, falter
Hide conceal, secrete, cache, screen, bury, cloak
High tall, lofty, towering, elevated
Hinder hamper, impede, obstruct, block, dam, bar
Hole hollow, cavity, pocket
Honesty honor, integrity, probity, rectitude
Honor homage, reverence, veneration, deference
Humane compassionate, humanitarian, merciful [inhumane]
Idea thought, notion, concept, conception
Ideal model, example, exemplar, standard, pattern
Ignorant uneducated, untaught, unlearned, untutored, unlettered, illiterate
Imagination fancy, fantasy
Imitate copy, mimic, ape, parody, simulate
Immaterial incorporeal, insubstantial, metaphysical, spiritual [material]
Impact repercussion
Impetuous heedless, hasty, headlong, precipitate, sudden
Importance consequence, moment, significance, import, weight
Impostor quack, faker, humbug, mountebank, charlatan
Impression impress, imprint, print, stamp
Improper unbecoming, unseemly, indelicate, indecent, indecorous
Improve better, help, ameliorate
Inactive idle, inert, passive, dormant, torpid, supine
Incalculable countless, immeasurable, incomputable, infinite, innumerable, measureless
Incisive trenchant, biting, cutting, crisp, clear-cut
Incite instigate, foment, abet
Incline bias, dispose, predispose [disincline]
Include comprise, comprehend, embrace, involve
Inconsistent incongruous, incompatible, discordant, uncongenial, discrepant
Increase expand, enlarge, extend, augment, multiply
Indicate argue, attest, bespeak, betoken, testify, witness
Indifferent unconcerned, incurious, detached, uninterested
Indirect circuitous, roundabout
Indispensable essential, necessary, needful, requisite
Infinite boundless, eternal, illimitable, sempiternal [finite]
Inflexible inexorable, adamant, obdurate
Injure harm, hurt, damage, impair, mar, spoil
Injustice injury, wrong, grievance
Innate inborn, inbred, congenital, hereditary
Inquiry inquest, inquisition, investigation, probe, research
Insanity lunacy, madness, mania, dementia
Instinctive instinctual, intuitive, visceral
Insubordinate rebellious, mutinous, factious, seditious
Intelligent bright, brilliant, knowing, quick-witted, smart, intellectual
Intense fierce, vehement, violent
Intention intent, purpose, goal, end, aim, object, objective
Interfere meddle, tamper
Intimidate browbeat, bulldoze, cow, bully, bludgeon
Introduce insert, interject, interlard, interpolate, interpose
Intrude obtrude
Irrelevant extraneous, immaterial, impertinent [relevant]
Isolate insulate, seclude, segregate, sequester
Item detail, particular
Jealous covetous, envious
Jerk snap, twitch, wrench, yank
Join combine, unite, link, connect, relate, associate
Joke jest, witticism, quip, sally, crack, wisecrack, gag
Jolly jovial, merry, blithe, jocund
Judge arbitrator, arbiter, referee, umpire
Justify warrant