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trousers, n. pl. pants, pantaloons, breeches; trews; spatterdashes, garnashes; knickerbockers.
trout, n. a.s.sociated Word: truttaceous.
truce, n. armistice.
truckle, v. cringe, knuckle, submit, yield.
true, a. correct, exact, accurate, veritable, authentic, real, genuine, actual; veracious, truthful; loyal, stanch, steadfast, unwavering; incorruptible, trustworthy, faithful, honorable. Antonyms: See untrue.
trueblue, a. (Colloq.) incorruptible, loyal, true.
truism, n. axiom.
trump, v. impose, palm off, obtrude, deceive.
trumpery, n. falsehood, deception; rubbish, trash.--a.
worthless, deceptive, trashy.
trumpet, n. horn; shophar (Heb.). a.s.sociated Words: fanfare, buccinal.
trump up, v. devise, fabricate.
trunk, n. body, bole, stock; proboscis; chest, coffer.
truss, v. pack, compress; skewer.
trust, n. credence, confidence, belief, reliance, affiance, faith; credit, tick; a.s.surance, confidence; duty, commission, charge. Antonyms: distrust, doubt. a.s.sociated Words: fiduciary, fiducial.
trust, v. depend upon, rely upon; give credit to, tick; intrust, commit.
trustee, n. fiduciary, regent.
trustful, a. unsuspicious, confiding, credulous, confident.
trusty, a. trustworthy, faithful, reliable.
truth, n. veracity, truthfulness; accuracy, precision, exactness, correctness; verity, fact; truism, axiom; fidelity, constancy, loyalty, fealty, steadfastness; candor, frankness, ingenuousness. Antonyms: See untruth.
truthful, a. veracious, undissembling, ingenuous, veridical.
try, v. test, examine, prove; attempt, essay, endeavor; purify, refine; hear, adjudicate, adjudge; strive, seek, strain.
try, n. attempt, essay, trial, experiment. See trial.
trying, a. severe, distressing, hard, irksome, afflictive, ordeal.
trysting-place, n. rendezvous.
tub, n. firkin, keeler, keelfat, keeve, vat, piggin.
tube, n. pipe; valinch.
tubular, a. tubiform, fistular, cannular.
tuft, n. knot, bunch, clump; tussock, crest.
tug, n. trace; pull, effort.
tumble, v. heave, toss, roll, pitch; topple.
tumble-down, a. (Colloq.) dilapidated, ramshackle.
tumbler, n. acrobat, contortionist.
tumor, n. sarcoma; myoma; carcinoma; lipoma. a.s.sociated Words: oncology, oncotomy.
tumult, n. commotion, hurly-burly, turbulence.
tumultuous, a. disorderly, turbulent, noisy, riotous.
tune, n. air, melody; order, harmony, unison, concord, accord.
tune, v. attune, modulate, harmonize.
tuneful, a. melodious, harmonious.
tuneless, a. inharmonious, discordant, dissonant.
tunnel, n. funnel; subway.
turf, n. sward, sod, greensward; peat.
turmoil, n. commotion, uproar, tumult, turbulence, agitation.
turn, v. revolve, spin, gyrate, rotate, wheel, veer, s.h.i.+ft, swivel; deflect, inflect; reverse, revert; divert, avert; invert; resort, apply.
turn, n. bend, winding, meander, curve, detour, deflection, crook, sweep; favor, kindness, service, accommodation.
turn aside. divert, avert, deflect, parry.
turned away. averted.
turning, n. rotation, revolution, spinning, gyration; eversion, extroversion; flexure, flexion, incurvation; deviation, deflection; circ.u.mrotation.
turning, a. revolving, rotary, rotating, gyratory, winding, circ.u.mrotary.
turning aside. averting, deviation, diversion, deflection, parry.
turning back. retroversion, retroflexion.
