Putnam's Word Book Part 209

site, n. location.

sitting, n. a.s.sociated Words: sedentary, a.s.session, astasia.

situation, n. position, place, post, employment, job, location, site, station, position; circ.u.mstance, condition, plight, predicament, exigency.

sitz bath. hip bath.

six, n. a.s.sociated Words: s.e.xenary, hexaplar, s.e.xtant, s.e.xtuple, s.e.xtet, sestet, s.e.xtic, senary.

six-cornered, a. hexangular, hexagonal.

six days. hexahemeron.

six fingers or toes. a.s.sociated Words: s.e.xidigitism, s.e.xidigitist.

sixfold, a. s.e.xtuple.

six-footed, a. hexapod.

six months. semester. a.s.sociated Words: half-yearly, semi-annual, bi-annual, semestral.

six-sided, a. cubic, hexahedral, hexagonal.

six-sided body. cube, hexahedron.

six-sided figure. hexagon.

sixty, n. a.s.sociated Words: s.e.xagenary, s.e.xagesimal.

sixty years. a.s.sociated Words: s.e.xagenarian, s.e.xagenary.

six years. a.s.sociated Words: s.e.xennial, s.e.xennially.

size, n. magnitude, volume, dimensions, amplitude, bulk, extent, bigness.

skedaddle, v. (Slang) run away, flee, decamp, scuttle, scamper, scurry.

skeptic, n. unbeliever, infidel.

skeptical, a. doubtful, disbelieving, incredulous. Antonym: credulous.

skepticism, n. doubt, incredulity, infidelity; Pyrrhonism. Antonym: credulity.

sketch, n. draught, outline, plan, drawing, design, scenario, esquisse.

sketch, v. draught, portray, draw, depict, delineate.

skid, n. drag, clog, skidpan.

skill, n. adroitness, ingenuity, cleverness, technic, dexterity, proficiency, expertness, facility, deftness, knack. Antonyms: maladroitness, empiricism, quackery, inexpertness, clumsiness.

skillful, a. skilled, expert, adroit, dexterous, adept, masterly, proficient, deft, able, efficient, competent, accomplished. Antonyms: unskillful, empirical, maladroit.

skimp, v. (Colloq.) scamp, slight, scrimp, save.

skimpy, a. (Colloq.) scant, skimp.

skin, n. integument, tegument, derm; epidermis, cuticle, scarfskin; true skin, dermis, derma, cutis; membrane, epithelium, ecteron, enderon, ecderon; pelt, pell, pelage, peltry; hide, kip; husk, hull, glume; (of fruit) peel, peeling, rind, paring, epicarp; pellicle, film; episperm, testa, tegmen; slough, exuviae (cast-off-skin); parchment, vellum.

Antonyms: pulp, flesh. a.s.sociated Words: dermatology, dermatologist, dermic, dermatic, dermal, cutaneous, dermat.i.tis, dermatography, dermatoid, s.m.e.g.m.a, caul, dermatopathic, dermoplastic, dermoplasty, hypodermic, subcutaneous, dermatopathy, exuviate, exuviation, desquamate, desquamation, slough, dermatophyte, dermostosis, cuticular, epidermal, apellous, abrasion, emphractic, excoriation.

skin, v. flay, excoriate; pare, peel; (Slang) cheat, defraud, fleece.

skin-deep, a. superficial.

skinflint, n. miser, n.i.g.g.ard, curmudgeon, scrimp, screw.

skinny, a. emaciated, gaunt, rawboned, poor.

skip, v. omit, pa.s.s, disregard; caper, gambol, jump, leap; ricochet.

skip, n. omission; gambol, caper, hop, leap; ricochet.

skipper, n. sea-captain; cheese maggot.

skirt, n. petticoat (underskirt); kilt; fustanella; kirtle; margin, border, edge, rim.

skirt opening. placket.

skit, n. reflection, jeer, gibe, satire, squib.

skittish, a. timorous, shy; volatile, restless, wanton.

skulk, v. sneak, slink, lurk.

skull, n. cranium; death's-head. a.s.sociated Words: cranial, acrania, acranial, craniology, phrenology, trepan, trephine, fontanel, sphenoid, cephalism, parietes, parietal, crossbones, occiput, frontal, sinciput.

skullcap, a. calotte.

sky, n. firmament, welkin, empyrean, azure, the heavens. a.s.sociated words: meridian, zenith, nadir, horizon, uranology, uranography, zodiac.

sky-blue, a. azure, cerulean.

skyey, a. ethereal.

slack, a. lax, loose, relaxed; remiss, negligent, careless, s.h.i.+ftless; inactive, slow.

slacken, v. moderate, r.e.t.a.r.d, slack, reduce; loosen, relax; diminish, abate, mitigate; slake; relax, flag.

slackness, n. looseness, laxity, negligence, remissness, carelessness, s.h.i.+ftlessness; relaxation, diminution.