Putnam's Word Book Part 98

go, v. operate, pa.s.s, move, advance, repair, hark, budge, stir, resort, frequent, wend; circulate; tend, conduce, contribute; depart; reach, extend.

go, n. fas.h.i.+on, vogue, mode, custom, style; animation, mettle, Spirit, fire; (Colloq.) energy, life, enterprise, push, perseverance, stamina; (Slang) circ.u.mstance, occurrence, incident, happening, event.

goad, n. gad, p.r.i.c.k; instigation, spur, stimulant.

goad, v. urge, incite.

goal, n. bourne, end, aim, destination.

goat, n. buck; Billy goat; Nanny goat; Capra; Capricorn.

goatish, a. hircine, caprine.

go back. return, recede, retreat, retrograde, back, withdraw.

go back on. (Colloq.) apostatize, desert, renounce, forsake, be traitorous.

go before. precede, antecede.

goblin, n. gnome, hobgoblin, spectre, bugaboo.

go between. intervene, interpose, intercede, mediate.

go-between, n. middleman, agent, broker, procurer, factor, intermediary, arbitrator, referee, intercessor, advocate, interagent, negotiator.

go beyond. surpa.s.s, transcend, exceed, overstep, transgress.

go-by, n. neglect, ignoring, pretermission.

G.o.d, n. deity, divinity, idol. a.s.sociated Words: deify, deification, apotheosize, apotheosis, theogony, Olympus, pantheon, deicide, deifie, deiform, mythology, polytheism, monotheism, theomachy, cuhemerism, monolatry, undeify, undeification, oracle.

G.o.d, n. the Supreme Being, the Creator, Jehovah, Infinite Spirit, Deity, the First Cause, the Almighty; (Hebrew) Elohim, El Shaddai, Adonai, Jah. a.s.sociated Words: theism, deism, atheism, theocracy, theocrasy, theology, theomachy, pantheism, acosmism, pancosmism, theocentric, thearchy, theomania, theosophy, theochristic, theodicy, theophany, demiurge, anthropomorphism, anthropomorphology, tetragrammaton, anthropopathism, psychotheism.

G.o.dfather, n. sponsor.

G.o.dless, a. irreligious, impious, atheistical, unG.o.dly.

G.o.dlike, a. divine.

G.o.dlessness, n. irreligion, impiety, atheism, unG.o.dliness.

G.o.dly, a. devout, religious, pious, saintly.

G.o.dmother, n. sponsor.

G.o.dsend, n. boon, windfall.

going, n. traveling; departure; exit, egress, exodus.

going back. return, recession, retreat, withdrawal, retrogradation.

going back on. apostasy, defection, renunciation, perfidy, desertion, unfaithfulness.

going before. precedence, antecedence, priority.--a. precedent, antecedent, prior, preceding.

going between. intercession, mediation, intervention, interposition, arbitration.--a. mediatorial, intercessory, mediatory.

goiter, n. bronchocele, tracheocele.

gold, n. _aurum_; bullion, (uncoined gold). a.s.sociated words: alchemist, alchemy, auriferous, alloy, a.s.say, a.s.sayer, a.s.saying, filigree, aurated, auric, aureate, aurific, aurigraphy, aurivorous, aurocephalous, platinum, aurous, billet, carat, chlorination, chrysography, cupel, foil, cupellation, gild, orphrey, vermeil, gilded, gilding, gilt, orris, amalgamated, goldsmith, bonanza, schlich, inaurate, inauration, ingot, lingot, lode, nugget, ore, ormolu, pinchbeck, blick, Mannheim gold.

golden age. a.s.sociated Word: Saturnian.

gondolier, n. a.s.sociated Word: barcarolle (song).

goneness, n. (Colloq.) inanition, faintness, exhaustion, languor.

good, a. virtuous, worthy, moral, exemplary, conscientious, sterling, meritorious, saintly, guileless; humane, altruistic, philanthropic, benevolent, indulgent; desirable, excellent, expedient, commendable, beneficial, auspicious, propitious, favorable; clever, dexterous, competent, adroit, proficient, ready.

good, n. welfare, benefit, advantage, weal, well-being, utility, interest; virtue, excellence, worth, character, value.

good-bye, n. farewell, adieu, _au revoir_.

good fellow. trump, brick, _bon vivant_.

good graces. favor, friends.h.i.+p, regard.

good humor. amiability, geniality, affability, complaisance.

good-looking, a. comely, handsome, pretty, personable.

good nature. amiability, benignity, geniality, complaisance, good humor, affability.

good-natured, a. amiable, jovial, affable, complaisant, indulgent, good-humored, genial.

goods, n. pl. chattels, effects, possessions; merchandise, wares, commodities.

goose, n. gander (male goose); gosling (young goose); graylag, ganza (wild goose); goslet; pl. geese; Anseres, Anseriformes.

a.s.sociated Words: anserene, anserous, gosherd, yang, honk, gaggle, cackle.

goose, n. simpleton, gull, dupe, witling, numskull.

gore, v. stab, pierce, penetrate.--n. blood, cruor; gusset.

gorge, n. gully, defile, ravine, pa.s.s.

gorge, v. bolt, gulp, eat greedily; glut, stuff, satiate.

gorgeous, a. magnificent, elegant, resplendent, grand, splendid.