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Dado un documento (Di), y dada una ecuación de búsqueda (Qi), decimos que
Di es (o no es) adecuado para Qi.
En tal supuesto, Di tiene (o no) la cualidad de la adecuación respecto de Qi.
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D1
+ D1
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Qi
+ D1
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Ecuación
de búsqueda + D1
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D1
[…]
Adecuación-1
Intención
Documento primario comunicativa Autor
Adecuación-2
Adecuación-3 Coincidencia-3
Adecuación-2
Necesidad de
Petición literal información Usuario
Adecuación-1
Puede compararse este desarrollo con el que trae Lancaster en su descripción de los
factores que intervienen en la recuperación de información.
(a1) emparejar: hacer buena pareja, ser parejos, emparejar una cosa con
otra. (= pair)
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(a2) igualar: igualar una actuación, igualar una oferta. (= equal)
(a3) ajustarse a, corresponder: una cosa se ajusta a o se corresponde
con otra (= correspond to)
(a4) enfrentar: uno se enfrenta con otro (= put in opposition to).
(a5) combinar con, hacer juego con: combinar un vestido con otro, un
color hace juego con otro.
Mas eso no es todo, ni ésos todos los términos por considerar. En nuestra lengua, hay
varias expresiones que pueden designar esos significados; amén de sus ancestros
latinos.
►ACERTAR
Encertar
Acierto
Acertado
Acertero
Certero
►ACOMODARSE
Acomodación
Acomodo
Acomodamiento
Acomodado
Acomodable
Accommodo
Accommodatio
Accommodatus
Accommodativus
Accommodus
►ACORDAR
Acuerdo
Acordamiento
Acordación
Acordanza
Acorde
Acordante
►ADAPTAR(SE)
Adaptación
Adaptado
Adaptable
Adaptabilidad
Adapto
Adaptatus
►ADECUAR
Adecuación
Adecuado
ADAEQUO
Adaequatio
Adaequatus
►AJUSTAR
Ajuste
Ajustamiento
Ajustado
Coaequo
Coaequatio
Coaequalitas
Coaequales
Coaequalis
Coaequatus
►APARENTAR
Aparencia
Apariencia
Aparición
Aparente
Appareo
Apparesco
Apparentia1
Apparentia2
Apparitio
Apparens
►ASEMEJAR
Ver abajo SEMEJAR y otros…
►ASIMILAR
Asimilación
Asimilable
Asimilado
Assimilo
Assimulo
Assimilatio
Assimulatio
Assimilatus
Assimilis
►ATINAR
Atinado
Atinar. tr. scopum attingere. || dar en lo que se buscaba,
praevidere; rem invenire; contingere exitus quem
optamus.
[BLÁNQUEZ, 1960C, 169B]
►CAREAR
Careo
Carea
Careado
►COMPARAR
Comparación
Comparanza
Comparable
Comparado
Comparativo
Compar
Comparo1
Comparo2
Comparatio1
Comparatio1
Comparabilis
Comparaticius
Comparativus
Comparatus
►COINCIDIR
Coincidencia
Coincidente
Coincidente, p. a. de coincidir.
[BLÁNQUEZ, 1960C, 225B]
►COLACIONAR
Colación
Confero
Collatio
Collativus
Collatus
►CONCILIAR
Conciliación
Conciliable
Concilio
Conciliatio
Conciliatus
►CONCORDAR
Concordancia
Concordia
Concordante
Concorde
Concordativo
Concordo
Concordantia
Concordatio
Concorditas
Concordia
Concordabilis
Concordans
Concors
►CONFORMAR
Conformidad
Conforme
Conformado
Conformo
Conformatio
Conformitas
Conformalis
Conformis
►CONFRONTAR
Confrontación
Congruencia
Congruidad
Congruente
congruo
Congruo
Congruentia
Congruitas
Congruens
►CONVENIR
Conveniencia
conveniente
Convenio
Convenientia
Conveniens
a≡c∧b≡c→a≡b
1 a ≡ b ∧ b ≡ c → a ≡ c Inserc. transit.
2 a ≡ b ∧ c ≡ b → a ≡ c Int. seg. simet. 1
3 a ≡ c ∧ b ≡ c → a ≡ b Sust. b × c, c × b 2.
a ≡ c ∧ ¬ (b ≡ c) → ¬(a ≡ b)
►CONVERGER o CONVERGIR
Convergencia
Convergente
Convergo
Correlación
Correlativo
Correlato
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Correlatio
►CORRESPONDER
Correspondencia
Correspondiente
►COTEJAR
Cotejo
Cotejamiento
Cotejable
►EQUIPARAR
Equiparación
Equiparable
AEQUIPARO
Aequiparatio
Aequiparantia
Aequipar
Aequiparabilis
►EQUIVALER
Equivalencia
Equivalente
Aequivaleo
Aequivalentia
Aequivalens
Aequipolleo
Aequipollentia
Aequipollens
►IGUALAR
Igualación
Igualdad
Igualable
Igualado
Igualada
Aequo
Aequatio
Aequatus
Aequus
Aequalitas
Aequalis
►PARANGONAR
Parangón
►PARECER
Parecido
Parejo
Parigual
Pareo
►SEMEJAR
Semejanza
Semejante
Semejado
Similo
Similitudo
Similis
►SIMULAR
Simulación
Simulacro
Simulado
Simulo
Simulatio
Simulacrum
Simulatorius
Simulatus
Simulator
Simulans
a) subcampo de la comparación.
b) subcampo de la coincidencia.
Esto significa que, en una primera fase, agrupamos todos los términos anteriores
en dos grandes conjuntos, en los que adoptamos como términos preferidos
‘comparación’ y ‘coincidencia’, respectivamente; tratando, en principio, los
restantes términos como (casi-)sinónimos de aquéllos.
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concordia concordo
concordantia
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acierto
1 m. Acción y efecto de acertar.
2 (n. calif.) Cosa acertada: ‘Ese adorno es un acierto’.
acertado, -a
1 Participio adjetivo de «acertar».
2 Hecho con acierto o sensatez: tal que resulta conveniente u *oportuno: ‘Una medida
acertada. Una contestación muy acertada’. ¤ Tal que resulta bien o hace buen *efecto:
‘Un color acertado’. Þ *Adecuado, conveniente.
Poco acertado. Desacertado.
acomodamiento
1 m. Acción de acomodar. Ô Acomodación.
2 Convenio.
3 Comodidad o conveniencia.
acomodo
1 m. Acción de acomodar[se].
2 *Empleo, colocación, ocupación.
3 Alojamiento, sitio donde vivir.
4 (Arg.) Enchufe (cargo o empleo conseguido por influencias).
acomodado, -a
1 Participio de «acomodar[se]». ¤ adj. Colocado. ¤ Colocado cómodamente. Þ
Desacomodado.
2 En buena posición económica. Þ Desahogado, holgado. Ó Burgués. Ó Abundancia,
bienestar, holgura económica, buena posición [o situación] económica. Ó *Rico.
3 Conveniente.
4 Comodón: amigo de la comodidad.
5 De *precio moderado.
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adaptar (del lat. «adaptäre»; «a») tr. Unir una ÷cosa a otra de modo que forme con
ella el conjunto debido. Ô *Acomodar. ¤ («a») *Acomodar, *ajustar o *amoldar:
hacer que una ÷cosa colocada sobre otra tome exactamente su forma o su tamaño:
‘Adaptar un sombrero a la cabeza de alguien’. ¤ («a») Hacer que un ÷objeto
destinado a una cosa sirva para otra determinada. Ô *Acomodar, aplicar, habilitar. ¤
(«a») Modificar una obra literaria, musical, etc., para que pueda ser difundida entre
otro tipo de público o para que pueda ser transmitida por un medio distinto del
pensado originariamente: ‘Su próximo proyecto es adaptar una novela policiaca al
cine’. ¤ («a») prnl. Acomodarse, ajustarse o amoldarse una cosa a otra: ‘El guante se
adapta a la mano’. ¤ («a») *Acomodarse a cierta situación o *conformarse con ella:
‘Sabe adaptarse a las circunstancias’.
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adecuar (del lat. «adaequäre», de «aequus», igual; «a») tr. Hacer una ÷cosa adecuada a
otra. ≈ Adaptar. ¤ («a») prnl. Adaptarse una cosa a otra.
adecuación f. Acción y efecto de adecuar[se].
adecuado, -a
1 Participio de «adecuar[se]».
2 («a, para») adj. Tal que resulta conveniente para unirlo con otra cosa o para cierto
uso o acción: ‘Este traje no es adecuado a las circunstancias. Este libro no es
adecuado para niños’. Ô Apropiado, propio.
◊ Catálogo
*Acertado, adaptado, ajustado, apañado, aparejado, aparente, apropiado, *bueno,
ceñido, clavado, cómodo, compañero, competente, condecente, condicionado,
condigno, conducente, conforme, conveniente, *correcto, políticamente correcto,
correspondiente, cortado, digno, ductivo, enderezado, especial, exacto, *flexible,
gemelo, idóneo, igual, indicado, nacido, natural, *oportuno, paralelo, pertinente,
pintiparado, preciso, propio, proporcionado; ad hoc, con arreglo, ni buscado con
candil, hacer al caso, ser del caso, venir al caso, como llovido del cielo, de [o en]
conformidad, ni hecho de encargo, la horma de su zapato, hacer buena liga con,
hacer buenas migas, de molde, como pedrada en ojo de boticario, al pelo, de
perilla, de perlas, como [o que ni] pintado, a propósito. Ó Lo mío, lo nuestro, lo
suyo, lo tuyo, lo vuestro. Ó La horma de su zapato, media naranja. Ó Apropiar,
atalantar, condecir, conformar[se], *convenir, *corresponder, cuadrar, cumplir,
pegar, proceder, responder, satisfacer, sentar, servir. Ó Venir como anillo al dedo,
caer [decir, estar o ir] bien, ir con, hacer juego, hacer buen papel, hacer plan,
hacer buen tercio, venir bien. Ó Cada cosa para su cosa, cada uno a su oficio,
bailar al son que le tocan, cada uno a lo suyo; zapatero, a tus zapatos. Pedir a
gritos. Ó Impropio, inadecuado. Ó *Acomodar. *Apto. *Armonizar. *Relación.
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ajustar (del lat. «ad», a, y «iustus», justo)
1 tr. Poner una ÷cosa junto a otra, alrededor de otra o por encima de otra, de modo que
no queden huecos entre ellas o de modo que cada una o cada parte de una entre en el
lugar correspondiente de la otra: ‘Ajustar la cincha al caballo. Ajustar un traje al
cuerpo de quien lo ha de usar, las ruedas de un reloj’. Þ *Apretar, *ceñir, *justo.
2 Poner una ÷cosa en armonía, en correspondencia o en la relación conveniente con
otra: ‘Ajustar alguien sus pasos a los de otro. Ajustar un receptor a determinada
longitud de onda’. Ô *Acomodar, adaptar, ceñir. ¤ Hacer que cualquier ÷cosa que
tiene relación con otra sea exactamente de la extensión, magnitud, etc., necesarias, sin
nada sobrante o excesivo: ‘Ajustar los gastos a los ingresos. Ajustar una exposición al
tema’. ¤ prnl. Ponerse o estar una cosa en relación conveniente con otra: ‘La
exposición es brillante, pero no se ajusta al tema’. ¤ Manterse alguien dentro de los
límites que convienen a cierta cosa: ‘Se ha ajustado en todo momento al presupuesto
acordado’. Þ *Acomodar[se], adaptar[se], afiblar, atenerse, *concertar, concretarse,
limitar[se], reglar, sujetarse. Ó Adaptado, *adecuado, ajustado, apropiado, *ceñido,
concreto, justo, preciso, propio.
3 tr. Tratar y llegar a un acuerdo una persona con otra, o varias personas, sobre cierta
÷cosa: ‘Ajustar un tratado comercial. Ajustar una tregua’. Ô *Acordar. ¤ Acordar el
÷precio de un trabajo u otra cosa. Ô Contratar. ¤ («en») El complemento puede ser la
÷cosa comprada, vendida o contratada: ‘Hemos ajustado el alquiler en ochenta mil
pesetas. Ajustar obreros. Ajustar una clase de música’. Ô *Contrato.
4 (Hispam.) Contratar a destajo.
5 Con ÷cuentas, *contar las diferentes partidas del haber y el debe y hallar el resultado
final. ¤ Con ÷cuentas o deudas, saldarlas; dejarlas pagadas.
6 («a») intr. y prnl. Quedar una cosa ajustada a otra: ‘El corcho [se] ajusta al cuello de
la botella’.
7 tr. o abs. AGráf. Disponer las ÷galeradas para formar las planas.
V. «ajustar las cuentas».
ajuste
1 m. Acción de ajustar. Ô Ajustamiento. ¤ También, tratándose de un texto impreso.
2 *Acuerdo.
Ajuste de cuentas. Venganza.
ajustamiento m. Ajuste.
ajustado, -a
1 Participio adjetivo de «ajustar[se]». ¤ *Ceñido o *apretado.
2 En correspondencia exacta con la cosa que se expresa, sin partes sobrantes o
superfluas: ‘Un presupuesto ajustado a nuestras disponibilidades. Una conferencia
ajustada al tema’. Ô Ceñido.
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asemejar (de «a-2» y «semejar») tr. Hacer semejante o presentar como semejante una
÷cosa a otra. ¤ («a, en, por») prnl. Ser una cosa parecida a otra que se expresa. Ô
*Parecerse, semejar.
semejanza
1 («de... con, entre») f. Cualidad de semejante.
2 *Símil (figura retórica).
V. «a su imagen y semejanza».
semejante
1 («a») adj. Se dice de lo que se parece a otra cosa o tiene con ella aspectos o partes
iguales. Ô *Parecido, similar. ¤ Geom. Se aplica a las figuras o cuerpos de la misma
forma y distinto tamaño; tratándose, por ejemplo, de polígonos, se dice de los que
tienen los ángulos iguales y los lados homólogos en una relación constante. Ô
Semejable, semejado.
2 Se emplea muy frecuentemente para formar expresiones negativas de *ponderación:
‘Nunca había visto una calabaza semejante. No he visto en mi vida frescura
[atrevimiento o cosa] semejante’. ¤ (siempre antepuesto) También, como adjetivo
*despectivo: ‘No quiero nada con semejante hombre. No podrás dibujar en semejante
papel. Ni siquiera contesté a semejante proposición’.
3 («Un, nuestros») n. Con respecto a una persona, otra cualquiera, considerada como
formando parte de la *comunidad humana. Ô Prójimo.
◊ Notas de uso
En la primera acepción, para que su significado no sea confundido con el de la segunda,
se construye siempre pospuesto; además, con complemento, si el sujeto no es plural:
‘Es semejante a ti en el carácter. Dos polígonos semejantes’.
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conciliar1 (del lat. «conciliäre»)
1 tr. Poner de *acuerdo o en *paz a ÷los que estaban en desacuerdo o en lucha. Ô
*Reconciliar. ¤ Poner de *acuerdo o hacer compatibles ÷cosas no materiales; como
dos actitudes o dos ideas: ‘Conciliar el valor con la prudencia. Conciliar la filosofía
de Aristóteles con el cristianismo’. Ô *Armonizar. ¤ prnl. recípr. Estar o poder estar
dos o más cosas juntas sin estorbarse: ‘En este libro se concilia la claridad con la
concisión’. ¤ Ponerse de *acuerdo personas o cosas. ¤ Ponerse en paz después de
haber estado enemistados. Ô *Reconciliarse. Þ Inconciliable. Ó *Acomodar,
*coordinar.
2 tr. *Inspirar una persona en otras, con su manera de ser, comportamiento, etc., cierto
÷sentimiento. Muy frec. con un pron. reflex.: ‘Con su carácter [se] concilia la
simpatía de todos’. Ô Atraerse, granjearse.
3 Es el único verbo usable con «*sueño», con significado semejante al de «atraer»: ‘No
pude conciliar el sueño en toda la noche’.
◊ Conjug. como «cambiar».
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conformado, -a
1 Participio de «conformar[se]».
2 adj. Con «bien» o «mal», con buena o mala conformación: ‘Un niño bien
conformado’. Ô Configurado, hecho, constituido.
3 («Ser») Capaz de sufrir sin protesta contrariedades, padecimientos o malos tratos. Ô
Paciente, resignado, sufrido. ¤ («Estar») En actitud de aceptar una cosa penosa o
desagradable sin luchar contra ella. Þ *Conformarse.
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congruencia
1 f. Cualidad de congruente. Þ Incongruencia. ¤ *Relación entre cosas congruentes. ¤
Relación lógica entre dos acciones, dichos, etc.
2 *Conveniencia.
3 Oportunidad.
4 Mat. Fórmula que expresa la igualdad de los restos de dos números al dividirlos por
un tercero (módulo); el signo de esta expresión es «(».
5 Der. Conformidad de extensión, concepto y alcance entre el fallo y las pretensiones
de las partes formuladas en el juicio.
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conveniencia
1 f. Cualidad de conveniente: ‘No me he parado a pensar en la conveniencia o
inconveniencia de la proposición’.
2 Cosa o situación conveniente para alguien: ‘No atiende más que a su[s]
conveniencia[s]’. Ô Conveniencias personales.
3 *Acuerdo o convenio entre personas. ¤ (pl.) Conveniencias sociales: ‘Respetar las
conveniencias’.
4 *Conformidad entre cosas.
5 *Colocación como servidor en una casa.
6 (pl.) Cosas que se daban o concedían a los *servidores además del sueldo; como
algunas legumbres o el permiso de guisarse su comida.
7 (pl.) *Bienes o rentas.
Conveniencias sociales. Normas aceptadas comúnmente sobre lo que debe hacer o no
debe hacer una persona para convivir en sociedad o ser bien considerada,
independientemente de la moral abstracta o del derecho. Ô Convencionalismos,
conveniencias.
conveniente adj. Se aplica a lo que conviene: ‘Me lo ofrecen por un precio
conveniente’. Se emplea mucho con «ser», en vez de «convenir», en frases
terciopersonales: ‘No es conveniente que os alejéis mucho’.
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correlativo, -a
1 adj. Con relación a una cosa o a una serie de cosas, otra que está en correlación con
ella: ‘Una serie de aumentos de temperatura y otra serie correlativa de aumentos de
longitud de una varilla metálica. Dos series correlativas de valores’.
2 Gram. Se aplica a dos oraciones unidas mediante un nexo que expresa que las
acciones de ambas varían en relación una con otra; como ‘cuanto más corramos, antes
llegaremos’. ¤ Gram. También a las partículas o nexos que expresan esa relación, y,
en general, a las partículas de una oración que están en relación con una partícula de
otra; como ocurre, por ejemplo, en las oraciones comparativas: en ‘es tan alto como
era yo a su edad’, «tan» y «como» son partículas correlativas. Þ *Correlación.
3 Con respecto a un elemento de una serie o un conjunto, otro de otra serie u otro
conjunto que ocupa lugar semejante; por ejemplo, dos lados que unen ángulos iguales
en dos triángulos semejantes.
4 Se aplica, con respecto a un *número, al que le sigue inmediatamente en la serie de
números enteros: ‘Tenemos números correlativos en la lista’. Ô Consecutivo.
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correspondencia
1 f. Acción de corresponder[se]. ¤ *Relación entre cosas que se corresponden.
2 *Trato entre dos personas por *correo. ¤ Relaciones comerciales. ¤ («Despachar»)
Conjunto de *cartas o *comunicaciones enviadas o recibidas.
En correspondencia. Para corresponder a algo. Ô En pago.
correspondiente
1 adj. Se aplica a la cosa que corresponde a otra determinada: ‘Dame la llave
correspondiente a esta cerradura’. ¤ Se usa mucho en correlación con «cada»: ‘Cada
niño se fue con su correspondiente regalo’.
2 Natural o como se puede suponer o esperar: ‘Me he llevado el correspondiente
desengaño, pero no por eso me desanimo’. ¤ Corresponsal. Se emplea sólo en el
título «académico correspondiente», que las Reales Academias o Academias
semejantes conceden a personas que viven fuera del lugar donde la entidad está
establecida y no toman parte en las sesiones que celebran los académicos «de
número».
3 Geom. Se aplica, de los ángulos determinados por dos líneas paralelas cortadas por
una secante, a dos que están situados al mismo lado de la secante y son uno interno y
otro externo, y no adyacentes.
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cotejar (de «cota2»; «con») tr. Comparar o confrontar dos ÷cosas para apreciar su
igualdad, su semejanza o sus diferencias. ¤ Particularmente, comparar una ÷copia
con el original para ver si está conforme. Þ Acotejar, carear, comprobar, compulsar,
conjugar, contrapuntear, puntear. Ó Colación, conferencia, cotejo. Ó *Comparar.
*Confrontar.
cotejamiento m. Cotejo.
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equiparar (del lat. «aequiparäre»; «a, con») tr. Decir de una ÷cosa que es igual,
equivalente o semejante a otra. Þ Asemejar, asimilar, *comparar, homologar,
paralelar, establecer [o trazar] un paralelo, parangonar, establecer [o trazar] un
parangón, pintiparar. Ó *Igual. *Rivalizar. *Semejante.
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semejar (del sup. lat. vg. «similiäre», de «simílis», semejante) intr. Tener una cosa el
aspecto de otra que se expresa, de modo que puede creerse que es esa cosa: ‘Las
pequeñas dificultades semejan problemas insolubles’. Ô *Parecer. ¤ («a»: ‘a otra
cosa’; «en»: ‘en el color’) prnl. *Parecerse. Ô Asemejarse.
◊Notas de uso
A diferencia de «parecer», este verbo no se emplea como terciopersonal ni con
complemento de persona. No se puede decir ‘semeja que va a hacer buen día’, ni
‘las nubes me semejaban nieve’.
semejanza
1 («de... con, entre») f. Cualidad de semejante.
2 *Símil (figura retórica).
V. «a su imagen y semejanza».
similar (de «símil») adj. Se dice de lo que tiene algunos aspectos o partes iguales que
los de otra cosa con la que se compara. Ô Análogo, parecido, *semejante.
semejante
1 («a») adj. Se dice de lo que se parece a otra cosa o tiene con ella aspectos o partes
iguales. Ô *Parecido, similar. ¤ Geom. Se aplica a las figuras o cuerpos de la misma
forma y distinto tamaño; tratándose, por ejemplo, de polígonos, se dice de los que
tienen los ángulos iguales y los lados homólogos en una relación constante. Ô
Semejable, semejado.
2 Se emplea muy frecuentemente para formar expresiones negativas de *ponderación:
‘Nunca había visto una calabaza semejante. No he visto en mi vida frescura
[atrevimiento o cosa] semejante’. ¤ (siempre antepuesto) También, como adjetivo
*despectivo: ‘No quiero nada con semejante hombre. No podrás dibujar en semejante
papel. Ni siquiera contesté a semejante proposición’.
3 («Un, nuestros») n. Con respecto a una persona, otra cualquiera, considerada como
formando parte de la *comunidad humana. Ô Prójimo.
◊ Notas de uso
En la primera acepción, para que su significado no sea confundido con el de la segunda,
se construye siempre pospuesto; además, con complemento, si el sujeto no es plural:
‘Es semejante a ti en el carácter. Dos polígonos semejantes’.
semejado, -a
1 Participio de «semejar».
2 adj. *Parecido. Ô Semejante.
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asimilar (del lat. «assimiläre»)
1 («a») tr. Considerar o presentar una ÷cosa como similar o semejante a otra.
Particularmente, considerar a ciertos empleados o a ciertas personas como iguales a
otros para ciertos efectos: ‘Los extranjeros están asimilados para este efecto a los
nacidos en el territorio’. Ô *Equiparar. ¤ tr. y prnl. Fon. Causar [o sufrir]
asimilación. Þ Disimilar[se].
2 tr. Incorporar un organismo a su propia sustancia ÷otras extrañas o *alimentos: ‘Las
grasas minerales no se asimilan’. ¤ *Aprender ÷algo comprendiéndolo: ‘Asimila
fácilmente lo que estudia’.
3 Aceptar cierta ÷situación, llegar a acostumbrarse a ella.
asimilado, -a
1 Participio de «asimilar[se]».
2 adj. Se aplica a ciertos profesionales, como médicos, ingenieros o sacerdotes, que
ejercen su actividad en el Ejército disfrutando de todas las prerrogativas del grado
militar que se les concede.
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igualdad
1 f. Cualidad de igual. ¤ Circunstancia de ser iguales las cosas. ¤ Circunstancia de ser
tratadas de la misma manera las personas de todas las categorías sociales. Ô Equidad.
Þ *Justo.
2 Mat. Fórmula con que se representa la equivalencia de dos expresiones. Ô Ecuación.
Þ Miembro.
Igualdad ante la ley. Principio por el que se reconoce a todos los ciudadanos de un
país los mismos derechos.
igualado, -a
1 Participio adjetivo de «igualar». ¤ («Estar, Ir») Parejo, en situación muy semejante:
‘Al final de la carrera iban muy igualados’.
2 (inf.; «Ser») *Semejante: ‘Las dos telas son muy igualadas [o de clase muy
igualada]’.
3 Se aplica al *ave que ha cambiado el plumón y tiene igual la pluma.
igualada
1 f. Dep. Empate.
2 Taurom. Postura del *toro con las cuatro extremidades perpendiculares y paralelas
entre sí.
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concordar (del lat. «concordäre») intr. Decir o expresar lo mismo: ‘Todas las noticias
concuerdan en que ha sido un accidente grave. Todos los médicos concuerdan en el
diagnóstico’. Ô *Coincidir. ¤ («con, en») Tener dos cosas ciertos aspectos iguales,
por lo cual pueden estar o actuar juntas: ‘Tu opinión concuerda con la mía. El marido
y la mujer concuerdan en sus aficiones’. Ô *Coincidir. ¤ («con, en») Gram. Tener dos
palabras sus accidentes gramaticales comunes en la misma forma: ‘El nombre y su
adjetivo concuerdan en género y número’. Ô Concertar.
◊ Conjug. como «contar».
concordancia
1 f. Acción y efecto de concordar. ¤ *Relación entre cosas que concuerdan. Ô
*Conformidad. ¤ En particular, gramaticalmente. ¤ Mús. Conformidad de las voces
que suenan juntas.
2 (pl.) *Índice alfabético de las materias tratadas en un libro, que se pone al final de
él.
Concordancia gramatical. 1 Gram. Conformidad en sus accidentes gramaticales de
dos palabras unidas gramaticalmente. Los casos de concordancia son: 1.° Del
adjetivo, nombre o pronombre con el nombre. 2.° Del verbo con su sujeto. 3.° Del
pronombre relativo con su antecedente. 2 Gram. Otro tipo de concordancia
gramatical se refiere al uso correcto de las formas verbales en la coordinación y
subordinación de oraciones. Þ Apénd. II, verbo (uso de los modos y tiempos
verbales).
C. lógica. Gram. Se llama así o simplemente «concordancia» a la conformidad entre los
distintos elementos del discurso desde el punto de vista de la lógica y no de las
relaciones gramaticales. Se dice, por ejemplo, que en la frase ‘respeto la casa de mis
amigos’ hay concordancia lógica si con ella se alude a una sola casa en la cual viven
varios amigos y que, en cambio, no la habría si con ella se quisiera aludir a las
distintas casas de los distintos amigos, pues entonces habría que decir ‘las casas de
mis amigos’. Þ Apénd. II, concordancia lógica.
C. ad sensum (pronunc. [ad sénsum]). Gram. Figura de construcción consistente en
alterar la concordancia gramatical de las palabras atendiendo más al significado que a
la forma; por ejemplo, haciendo concertar un verbo en plural con un sujeto singular
colectivo. Ô Silepsis.
concorde (del lat. «concors, -ordis»; «con; en») adj. De *acuerdo. Ô Acorde, conforme.
¤ Se aplica al que piensa lo mismo que otro: ‘Estamos concordes en la necesidad de
salir cuanto antes’. ¤ Se aplica al que asiente a hacer cierta cosa: ‘Yo estoy concorde
en cobrar por meses en vez de por semanas’. Þ Desconcorde.
acordanza
1 (ant.) f. Acuerdo.
2 (ant.) Recuerdo.
acorde (de «acordar»)
1 («Estar; con») adj. Se aplica a lo que coincide con otra cosa determinada: ‘Los
informes de distintas procedencias están acordes’. Ô Coincidente, concorde,
conforme, de *acuerdo. ¤ («Estar; con») Se aplica a las personas que piensan lo
mismo.
2 En *música, pintura, etc., se aplica a lo que *armoniza o no disuena o desentona de
otra cosa.
3 m. Mús. Conjunto de tres o más notas musicales que armonizan.
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comparación
1 f. Acción de *comparar.
2 Expresión de la igualdad o diferencia entre dos cosas o de una con otras. Þ Apénd. II,
comparación.
Admitir comparación. Ser comparable una cosa a otra.
En comparación. Relativamente: ‘Esta comida es buena en comparación con la que
nos dieron ayer’. Ô Si se compara.
V. «grado de comparación».
Sin comparación. Con mucha diferencia: ‘La naranja es, sin comparación, la fruta más
deliciosa’.
◊ Catálogo
Así de, así...como, como, cual, cuanto...tanto, idéntico a, igual a, de igual manera que,
de igual modo que, igual que, de la misma manera que, del mismo modo que, lo
mismo que, nada como, no hay nada como, no hay...como, según, tal como, tal cual,
tal...como, tan [o tanto] como.
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parecer2 (del sup. lat. vg. «parescÕre», del lat. «parëre», aparecer)
1 intr. Tener una cosa cierto *aspecto que se expresa; causar la *impresión de ser de
cierta manera que se dice; ser encontrada o apreciada como se expresa: ‘Este niño
parece muy inteligente’. ¤ Generalmente, lleva un complemento de persona: ‘Estos
zapatos me parecen grandes para ti’. Se usa muy frecuentemente con «bien» o «mal»
para expresar un juicio favorable o desfavorable a la cosa de que se trata: ‘Me parece
bien que te diviertas, pero me parece mal que no estudies’. ¤ Se emplea muy
frecuentemente para *atenuar un juicio, una censura o un reproche: ‘Me parece que
no has hecho bien’.
2 Tener una cosa el mismo aspecto que otra que se expresa, *parecerse a ella: ‘Tienen
una casa que parece un palacio’. ¤ Tener una cosa cierta apariencia con la que
*engaña haciendo creer que es otra o de otra manera: ‘Con los espejos, la tienda
parece mucho más grande. Con esa cara parece una santita’. ¤ («a») En la frase
proverbial ‘el que [o quien] a los suyos parece honra merece’, «parecer» equivale a
«parecerse». ¤ («a, en»: ‘en la cara’; «de»: ‘de cara’) prnl. Tener parecido con cierta
cosa: ‘El italiano y el español se parecen. No se parece nada a su padre’. Ô
Asemejarse, semejarse. ¤ En lenguaje popular, se emplea a veces con complemento
de persona: ‘Este pueblo se me parece al mío’. ¤ Tener la imagen de un retrato (o, por
traslación, el retrato mismo) parecido con el original: ‘El cuadro es muy bonito, pero
no se parece a ti’. ¤ La misma cosa se expresa invirtiendo los términos de la
comparación: ‘No te pareces nada a ese retrato’. ¤ También puede tomar la forma ‘en
este retrato no te pareces nada [o no estás nada parecida]’.
3 intr. Aparecer o *mostrarse una cosa: ‘El Sol pareció entre nubes’.
4 *Presentarse en cierto sitio: ‘Pareció en casa a las dos de la madrugada. Parecer ante
el juez’.
5 Ser *encontrado algo que se había perdido: ‘Ya han parecido mis gafas’.
6 (terciop.) Se emplea con una oración con «que» por sujeto, con el significado de
haber síntomas o indicios de lo que esa oración expresa: ‘Parece que va a llover.
Parece que no le ha gustado lo que le has dicho. Parece que se van arreglando mis
asuntos’. ¤ Cuando, en esta forma, lleva un pronombre complemento de persona,
significa «ser creído o pensado» por la persona representada por él: ‘Me parece que
ya no viene. Le pareció que estaba molestando’. La posibilidad de este uso es la
diferencia principal entre este verbo y «semejar». Þ Figurarse, hacerse, llevar trazas
de. Ó Encontrar, hallar.
A lo que parece. Al parecer.
Al parecer. Según las *apariencias. Según lo que se ve o aprecia a primera vista, sin
que se pueda asegurar: ‘Al parecer, está mejor’. ¤ Según se dice o se *deduce de
cierta cosa, o según le han dicho a la persona que habla, sin que ésta pueda
asegurarlo: ‘Al parecer, el jefe y él no están en muy buenas relaciones’. Ô A lo que
parece.
Aunque no lo parezca. Expresión muy frecuente con que se acompaña el enunciado de
una cosa que desmiente las apariencias.
Como me [te, etc.] parece. Siguiendo la propia opinión, sin atenerse a la de otros o a
ciertas normas. Þ *Arbitrario.
V. «el que [o quien] a los suyos parece honra merece, parecerse como un huevo a una
castaña».
¡Me parece [muy] bien!; ¡Me parece [muy] mal! Expresiones muy frecuentes.
V. «parecer mentira».
No parecer ni muerto ni vivo. Estar una cosa o una persona perdidas y no ser
encontradas a pesar de los esfuerzos hechos para ello.
¡Parece imposible! Exclamación de asombro, *lamentación o indignación.
Parece que quiere... Haber *indicios de cierta cosa: ‘Parece que quiere hacerse de día’.
Por el bien [o buen] parecer. Por respeto a las conveniencias sociales: ‘Debes hacerlo
aunque sólo sea por el bien parecer’. ¤ Para no ser tenido por grosero o descortés. Þ
*Convencional.
Según parece... Frase muy frecuente para iniciar la exposición de algo de lo que no se
está completamente seguro. Þ *Creer.
¡Ya pareció aquello! Exclamación que se profiere cuando se *descubre por fin la causa
o la explicación de algo.
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I (1.ª acep.) Aparentar, tener apariencia de, tener aspecto de, figurar, estar hecho un,
causar [o hacer] impresión de, mostrarse como, pasar por, pasar plaza de, presentarse
como, llevar trazas de. Ó Dar aspecto de, hacer, hacer parecer, presentar como. Ó
*Aspecto. *Evaluar. *Juzgar. *Mostrarse. *Simular.
II (2.ª acep.) Afijos, «a-, -ado, -eo, -esco, -izo, -oso»: ‘asalmonar; adamascado,
aterciopelado; grisáceo; carnavalesco, principesco; cobrizo; aceitoso’. Ó Tener [o
darse] un aire, aproximarse, asemejar[se], asimilar[se], evocar, estar hablando,
igualar, imitar, inclinarse, madrear, darse la mano, oler a, padrear, correr parejas,
rayar en, recordar, rozarse, oler a, salir a, semblar, semejar[se], sugerir, tirar a. Ó
Heredar. Ó Como dos gotas de agua, como un huevo a otro huevo, de lejos,
remotamente, vagamente. Ó Afín, análogo, aproximado, calaño, cercano, comparable,
conexo, escupido, por el estilo, hecho un, otro..., otro que tal, paralelo, parecido,
pareciente, pariente, parigual, cortado por el mismo patrón, pintado, pintiparado,
propio, próximo, redivivo, semejante, similar, similitudinario, todo..., vecino. Ó
Copia, doble, escupitajo, una especie de, hermano, hijo de su madre, hijo de su padre,
imagen, imitación, primo hermano, el retrato, el vivo retrato, sosia. Ó Afinidad, aire,
aire de familia, analogía, aproximación, asimilación, atavismo, *atisbo, herencia,
mimetismo, paralelismo, paranomasia, parecencia, parecido, parejura, parentesco,
paronimia, paronomasia, sabor, semejanza, similitud, sombra, vislumbre. Ó Remoto,
vago. Ó Paralelo, parangón, símil. Ó Algo así como, como quien dice, a imagen y
semejanza, como si fuera, en son de. Ó Dios los cría y ellos se juntan, juntarse el
hambre con la gana [o las ganas] de comer, lobos de una [o de la misma] camada,
quien a los suyos parece honra merece, de tal palo tal astilla, ser los mismos perros
con distintos collares. Ó *Igual. *Relación.
parecido, -a
1 Participio de «parecer[se]».
2 («a, de, en») adj. Se dice de lo que se parece a otra cosa que se expresa: ‘Las dos
casas son parecidas de tamaño’. Ô Semejante. ¤ Con referencia a personas se aplica,
no con el exclusivismo de «parecer[se]», pero sí con preferencia a «semejante»: ‘El
padre y el hijo son muy parecidos en carácter’.
3 Aplicado a personas, con «bien» o «mal», de aspecto físicamente *agradable o
*desagradable, respectivamente: ‘Un muchacho bien parecido’. Con «mal» sólo se
emplea en frases negativas: ‘Una mujer no mal parecida’. Ô Bien, mal carado [o
encarado], fachado, facionado, tallado, trazado.
4 También con «bien» o «mal», bien o mal visto o *considerado.
5 m. Relación entre dos cosas entre las que se encuentran rasgos, caracteres o aspectos
comunes: ‘El parecido entre personas de la misma familia. No veo por ninguna parte
el parecido entre estas dos novelas’. ¤ Circunstancia de parecerse un retrato al
original.
V. «¡habrá cosa parecida!».
◊ Notas de uso
«Parecido, -a» se puede construir con «de» con más frecuencia que «parecerse»: ‘Son
parecidos de estatura’; sin embargo, en caso de duda es preferible usar siempre «en»;
pues, por ejemplo, tampoco se dice ‘es parecido de ojos [o de gestos] a su hermano’,
sino ‘es parecido en los ojos [o en los gestos]...’.
parejo, -a (del sup. lat. vg. «paricúlus», dim. de «par, paris», igual) adj. Sin diferencias
o sin desniveles: ‘Extender un color parejo. Una docena de huevos todo parejos. Estas
puntadas no están parejas’. Ô *Igual. Þ *Igual, *liso, *uniforme. Ó Aparejar,
desparejo, disparejo.
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Adaequo, as, are, avi, atum. (de ad y aequo). v. tr. Igualar, hacer igual una cosa con
otra; ponerla al mismo nivel. Tecta solo adaequare, Liv., igualar los techos con el
suelo; derribar, arrasar las cosas; molibus forme (oppidi) moenibus adaequatus, Caes.,
habiendo sido elevadas las máquinas a la altura aproximada de las murallas. || En Cic.
Frecuentemente constr. con cum. (Pompeius) qui cum virtute fortunam adaequavit,
Cic., (Pompeyo) que elevó su fortuna a la altura de su mérito. || Igualar, alcanzar.
Claudius libertos sibi adaequavit, Tac., Claudio igualó a sus libertos consigo mismo;
adaequare famam atque gloriam alicujus, Sall., igualar la fama y nombre de alguien,
alcanzar la misma reputación; adaequare cursus navium, Caes., igualar la marcha de
las naves; deorum vitam adaequare, Cic., alcanzar la vida de los dioses. || Dividirse en
partes iguales, Senatorum urna copiose absolvit, equitum adaequavit, Cic., los votos de
los senadores le absolvieron en gran número; los de los caballeros se dividieron por
mitad, = | intr. con dat. (raro). Igualar, ser igual a, Turris quae moenibus adaequaret,
Hirt., una torre que fuese igual a las murallas.
[BLÁNQUEZ, 1960A, 81C]
Adaeque. (de ad y aeque). Adv. Igualmente, con igualdad, con uniformidad, sin
distinción ni diferencia (de ordinario con una negación). Nulla est adaeque Acheruns
atque ubi ego fui, Plaut., no hay infierno comparable al en que me encontré; non munda
adaeque es, ut soles, Plaut., no están tan limpia como acostumbras. || También se
constr. con ablat. Me adaeque miser, Plaut., tan desgraciado como yo. ||
Pleonásticamente se une al comprar. Qui homine adaeque nemo vivit fortunatior, Plaut.,
no hay hombre que viva más dichoso.
[BLÁNQUEZ, 1960A, 81C]
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Aequiparo, as, are, avi, atum. (de aequipar). v. tr. e intr. = || v. tr. Virg., Liv. Igualar,
poner al mismo nivel, equiparar. Aequiparare rem ad rem, Plaut.; o rem rei, Liv., o rem
cum re, Gell., nivelar una cosa con otra. || Plaut., Ov., Liv. Comparar, poner en
parangón. Aequiparare suas virtutes ad tuas, Plaut., comparar sus virtudes con las
tuyas. || Suministrar, proporcionar; dar suficientemente,. Aequiparare alimentum, Pall.,
dar el suficiente alimento. = || v. intr. Ser igual a. Aequiparare Jovi, Pacuv., ser igual a
Júpiter.
[BLÁNQUEZ, 1960A, 111A]
Aequipar, aris. (de aequus y par). Adj. Aus., Apul. Parigual, equiparado, igual.
[BLÁNQUEZ, 1960A, 111A]
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Compar, aris. (de com por cum y par). Adj. Igual, parecido, semejante; parejo,
parigual. Consilium consilio compar, Liv., proyecto que no difiere de otro. Ú. t. c. s.
Compar eorum fias, Gell., llegarás a ser su igual. = || s. com. Plaut. Compañero,
camarada. || Hor., Catull. Amante, amador; amante, amadora. || Inscr. Esposo, esposa. =
|| s. n. Her. Igualdad de los miembros del período.- Hallamos en Plaut. La forma
comparum del genit. de pl.
[BLÁNQUEZ, 1960A, 411C]
Comparo, as, are, avi, atum (de compar, igual). V. tr. Plaut., Cic., Liv. Unir, reunir,
juntar, acoplar, aparear. Comparare labella cum labellis, Plaut., unir labios con labios;
comparare inter se ignem et aquam, Cic., unir entre sí el agua y el fuego; veremur ne
male comparate sitis, Liv., tememos que no estéis bien unidos. || Cic., Caes., Nep.
Igualar. Et se mihi comparat, Ov., y se iguala conmigo. || (fig.) Cic., Caes., Nep.
Comparar, parangonar, confrontar, poner en comparación. Comparare aliquem alicui, o
cum aliquo, Cic., o ad aliquem, Ter., comparar a alguien con otra persona; comparare
res inter se, Quint., comparar, parangonar, cosas entre sí. || (con interr. Indirect.) Hacer
ver mediante comparación. Comparat quanto plures deleti sint homines…, Cic., hace
patente, por una comparación, cuántos más fueron los hombres que perecieron… || Cic.,
Liv., Suet. Poner frente a frente, hacer combatir, oponer. Hunc Thraci comparavit,
Suet., puso a éste frente a frente con un tracio; Scipio et Hannibal, velut ad supremum
certamen comparati duces, Liv., Escipión y Aníbal, generales enfrentados como para
una batalla decisiva; comparari cum patrono disertissimo, Cic., tener por antagonista
un defensor elocuentísimo… || Preguntarse. Mecum comparo, quo pacto…, Att., me
pregunto a mí mismo cómo es que… || Convenir, concertar, decidir de común acuerdo
(en particular los magistrados). Consules comparant inter se ut…, Liv., los cónsules
acuerdan entre ellos que…; inter se compararent… utri obsidenda Capua, utri…, Liv.,
que los cónsules se entendiesen en la cuestión de a quién le sería confiado el asedio de
Capua, y a quién… - Hallamos la forma arc. Compararier, Cat., por comparari, pres.
del infinitivo de la voz pas.
[BLÁNQUEZ, 1960A, 412B]
Comparo, as, are, avi, atum. (de cum y paro). v. tr. Ter., Caes., Liv., Quint. Aprestar,
preparar, disponer, proveer, prevenir, aparejar, arreglar, organizar. Comparare vultum
vultu, Plaut., arreglar su rostro al de otro; vestem atque alia quae opus sunt comparare,
Ter., aprestar ropas y todo lo demás que es necesario; re frumentaria comparata, Caes.,
hechos los aprovisionamientos de trigo; comparare convivium, Cic., preparar un festín;
comparare se ad iter, Liv., prepararse para partir; comparare insidias alicui, Cic.,
tender emboscadas a alguno; comparare classem, Liv., equipar una armada; comparare
sibi remedia ad tolerandum dolorem, Cic., procurarse remedios para aguantar el dolor;
fuga comparata, Caes., preparada la huida; comparare bellum, Cic., preparar una
guerra; et calidam fesso comparat uxor aquam, Tib., y la esposa prepara agua caliente
al fatigado esposo; hos tempore ad comparandum dato, Nep., habiéndoles dado tiempo
para prepararse. || (Con subj. y ut.) Plaut., Terc., Cic., Liv., Plin., Decidir, establecer,
ordenar, disponer, fundar. Ita comparatum est natura ut…, Liv., de tal modo ha
dispuesto las cosas la naturaleza que… || Adquirir, ganar, conquistar. Comparare
victum humanum labore et industria, Cic., ganarse el sustento propio de hombres con el
trabajo y la laboriosidad. || Plin., Suet., Dig. Comprar. Carius comparare aliquid, Suet.,
comprar más caro, a más caro precio. || Reunir, acopiar, atesorar. Comparare aurum,
Ter., atesorar, acopiar oro; comparare copias contra aliquem, Cic., reunir tropas contra
alguno; annus hibernus Jovis imbres nivesque comparat, Hor., el invierno (la época
invernal) amontona (nos trae) las lluvias y nieves de Jípiter. || Producir, causar.
Comparare tumultus domesticos, Ad. Ter., producir revueltas.
[BLÁNQUEZ, 1960A, 412B]
Comparativus, a, um. (de comparo, comparar). Adj. Comparativo, que compara, que
sirve para comparar. Comparativa judicatio, Cic., causa comparativa (en retórica);
causa en que se compara el hecho criminal con la pureza de la intención; genus
comparativum, Quint., género comparativo; comparativum adverbium, Prisc., adverbio
que expresa comparación; comparativus casus, Prisc., el ablativo. $ comparativus
gradus (gramát.), Char. El grado comparativo.
[BLÁNQUEZ, 1960A, 412A]
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Conformo, as, are, avi, atum. (de con por cum y formo). v. tr. Formar, dar forma,
hacer, labrar. Ad majora nos natura conformavit, Cic., la naturaleza nos ha formado
para cosas más grandes; ova in speciem volucrum conformatur, Col., el pájaro se
conforma con el huevo (en el huevo hay la forma del pájaro). || Disponer, componer,
arreglar. Conformare orationem, Cic., componer un discurso; conformare et leviter
emendare nonnulla, Cic., arreglar algunas cosillas y retocarlas ligeramente;
conformare vocem, hujus hortatu praeceptisque, Quint., modular su voz de acuerdo
con los consejos y preceptos de éste; conformare mores, Cic., formar su carácter. ||
Conformar, acomodar, ajustar. Me conformo ad ejus voluntatem, Cic., me acomodo a
su voluntad.
[BLÁNQUEZ, 1960A, 442A]
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Confero, confers, conferre, contuli, conlatum o collatum. (de con por cum y fero). v.
tr. Traer, llevar juntamente o muchas cosas a un mismo sitio; reunir, recoger,
amontonar; llevar. Frumentum conferri, comportari dicere, Caes., decían que reunían el
trigo y que hacían su transporte; arma conferre, Caes., llevar a un mismo lugar
(entregar) las armas; sarcinas in unum locum conferre, Caes., reunir los bagages en un
solo sitio; conferre (in castella) parentes et conjuges, Tac., reunir en las fortalezas a sus
parientes y esposas; collatis militaribus signis, Caes., reunidas las banderas; conferre
ligna circa causam, Nep., amontonar leña en torno de la choza; conferre materiam
omnem, Quint., reunir todos los materiales; […]. || Contribuir, aportar como
contribución; ser provechoso a. Conferre tributa quotannis, Cic., pagar un tributo
anual; […]. || (fig.) Pater Tiberii plurimum ad victoriam contulis, Suet., el padre de
Tiberio contribuyó mucho a la victoria; […] . || Cic., Caes., Hirt., Liv. Acercar,
aproximar, colocar muy cerca. Conferre capita, Cic., Liv., acercar las cabezas (para
conferenciar); tener una conferencia. || Acercar (con idea de hostilidad), y sobre todo
con los complementos arma, manum, gradum, pedem, signa; oponer, poner frente a
frente. Castra castris collata, Cic., habiendo aproximado sus campamentos;
habiéndolos puesto frente a los campamentos enemigos; manus et ferrum conferre cum
aliquo, Liv., venir a las manos con alguno; […]. […]. || Conferir, tratar, conferenciar,
conversar, comunicar con, hablar, tener un cambio de impresiones. Conferunt
sermones inter sese, Plaut., cambian frases entre ellos; conferre consilia, Ter.,
comunicar sus proyectos; […]. || Conferir, comparar, parangonar. (Construcc. Con cum,
inter, ad, o con dat., o absolutamente.) Conferre hanc pacem cum illo bello…, Cic.,
comparad esta paz con aquella guerra; parva magnis saepe rectissime conferuntur,
Cic., muchas veces y muy acertadamente se comparan las cosas pequeñas con las
grandes; vitam inter se utriusque conferre, Cic., haced un paralelo entre la vida del uno
y del otro; conferre aliquem cunm aliquo aliqua re, Cic., comparar a alguno con otro
desde un punto de vista determinado o por alguna circunstancia; conferre se laudibus
alterius, Phaedr., comparar su mérito con el de otro; bos ad bovem collatus, Varr., un
buey comparado con otro buey; cum Lycurgo et Solone nostras leges conferre, Cic.,
comparar nuestrras leyes con las leyes de Licurgo y de Solón; conferre tempora
praesentia praeteritis, Lucr., comparar el presente con el pasado. || Diferir, retardar,
aplazar, dejar, reservar. […]. || Atribuir, achacar, hacer recaer en, imputar a. […]. ||
Llevar a un punto, transportar, trasladar, poner en. […]. || Mudar, transformar, convertir,
trocar. […]. || Reducir, comprender en, abreviar. […]. || Se conferre: trasladarse a,
refugiarse en, recurrir a. […]. || Dedicar, emplear, consagrar, aplicar. […]. || Confiar
(oficialmente), conferir (honores a alguno). […]. || v. intr. y casi siempre en 3ª pers. de
sing. act. ser útil, ser de provecho, contribuir a, servir para, tener un feliz resultado.
[…].
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Collativus, a, um. (de confero). adj. Pagado por subscripción. Collativa cena, Plaut.,
cena a escote. || Puesto (cosa puesta) en común. Collativam vim conferre, Naz., juntar
sus esfuerzos. || (fig.) Plaut. Que recibe las contribuciones. Collativus venter, Plaut.,
estómago sin fondo, que todo lo recibe.
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Concilio, as, are, avi, atum. (de concilium). V. tr. Unir; juntar, agregar; mezclar,
condensar. Corpora conciliantur ita, Lucr., así se unen los átomos; conciliare aliquid
(rei), Samm., mezclar dos substancias. || (fig.) Conciliar, concordar, unir. Conciliare
homines inter se, Cic., unir a los hombres entre sí; conciliare nuptias, Nep., arreglar un
casamiento; conciliare voluntatem alicujus, Cic., ganarse la voluntad de alguno;
conciliare sibi legiones pecunia, Cic., conquistarse el afecto de las legiones con dinero;
conciliare audientes exordio, Quint., ganarse la benevolencia del auditorio con el
exordio; hos Cingetorigi conciliavit, Caes., los ganó para la causa de Cingetórige; tu
mihi… Jovemque concilias, Virg., es a ti a quien yo debo…, y el favor de Jove. ||
Recomendar, ensalzar. […]. || Cic. Amansar, domesticar. […]. || Procurar, adquirir,
hacer la correduría. […]. || Conciliar, ajustar, adecuar, acomodar. Duo genera vini;
unum quo somnus conciliatur, alterum quo fugatur, Plin., dos clases de vino; uno con el
que se concilia el sueño y otro con el que se ahuyenta. || Atraer, adquirir, causdar,
producir. […]. || Comprar, adquirir. […].
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Concilium, ii. (de con por cum y calare). n. Lucr. Unión, enlace, reunión (de los
átomos). || Arn. Acoplamiento, conjunción. Concilia corporalia, Arn., uniones carnales.
|| Reunión, conjunto, concurso. Concilium pastorum, Cic., reunión de pastores;
concilia coetusque hominum jure sociati, quae civitates appellantur, Cic., el conjunto o
reunión de hombres asociados según ley, que se llaman ciudades; concilium deorum,
Cic., reunión de dioses; concilium ferarum, Ov., conjunto de fieras; in concilium coire,
Lucr., reunirse; concilium virtutum, Cic., reunión de virtudes; habere concilium
amicorum, Nep., tener una reunión de amigos. || Consejo, junta, asamblea. Concilium
habere, Caes., tener asamblea; tener consejo; quid in concilio consuluistis?, Plaut., ¿qué
habéis tratado en el consejo?. || Comicio, junta del pueblo (en lenguaje oficial),
asamblea deliberante. Concilium indicere, Caes., señalar el día de la asamblea;
concilium inire, Plaut., o habere, Plaut., Cic., tener una asamblea, celebrar consejo;
concilium convocare, Caes., convocar la asamblea; concilium rescindere, Cic., abrogar
los acuerdos de una asamblea; diem concilio constituere, Caes., señalar día para la
junta; adhibere aliquem in concilium; Liv., llevar a uno a la asamblea; concilium
patrum, Hor., Symm., el Senado; dare concilium legatis, Liv., dar audiencia a los
diputados; adire concilium, Liv., dirigirse a una asamblea. $ Concilium plebis, Curt.,
Liv. Comicios por tribus. $ Concilium populi. Nep., Liv. Comicios por curias o
centurias. || C. Th. Corporación, colegio, liga, cuerpo del Estado. || Concilio. Concilium
Nicoenum, Isid., el concilio de Nicea.
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Conciliatus, a, um. p. de pret. de concilio. || adj. Curt., Liv., Quint. Unido, atraído por
el afecto, amado de alguien (alicui). || Favorable, bien dispuesto. Ut judex fiat
conciliatior, Quint., para que el juez esté mejor dispuesto. || Inclinado a, o hacia,
instintivamente. Voluptati conciliatus, Gell., inclinado al placer.
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Congruo, is, ere, ui. (de con por cum y el hipogtético gruo, íntimamente relacionado
con el trans.-intrans. ruo y con ingruo). v. intr. Encontrarse moviéndose, estar en un
movimiento concordante, convergir. Congruere stellas, Sen., que los astros convergen;
guttae inter se congruunt, Vitr., las gotas al caer júntanse, reúnense; arx, quo jam
congruerat manus, V.-Fl., la ciudadela, donde la tropa se había ya reunido; cum viderit
sidera cum ejus (coeli) ipsius motu congruere, Cic., al ver los astros que participan en
el movimiento del mismo cielo. || (fig) Cic., Liv., Convenir, concordar, estar acorde,
conforme, acomodarse, ajustarse. Sermo inter omnes congruebat, Liv., el lenguaje de
todos era el mismo; inter se congruunt concorditer, Plaut., ellos se entienden
perfectamente; mulier mulieri magis congruit, Ter., una mujer se entiende mejor con
otra mujer; sciebat tempus ad ipsum congruere, Liv., el sabía que el tiempo coincidía
con esta circunstancia. || Estar en armonía con, estar de acuerdo con. Nostri sensus, ut
in pace, in bello congruebant, Cic., nuestros sentimientos estaban en armonía lo mismo
durante la guerra que durante la paz; congruere naturae, Cic., estar de acuerdo con la
naturaleza; gestus cum sententia congruens, Cic., gesto en armonía con los
pensamientos; congruere in unum, Liv., estar unánimes; Academici et Peripatetici
rebus congruentes, Cic., Académicos y Peripatéticos que están en el fondo de acuerdo;
perspicuum est non omni causae nec auditori, neque personae, neque tempori
congruere orationis unum genus, Cic., está claro que un solo género de estilo no puede
convenir a toda clase de causas, de oyentes, de personas y de épocas; res prout
congruunt, aut repugnant, Quint., según que las cosas están de acuerdo en oposición
entre ellas. || Convenir, ser propio. Salustio maxime congruit, Gell., está muy bien en
boca de Salustio. || Cic., Quint. Ser útil o conveniente. || Congruit ut (con subj.), Plin.,
es lógico que. || Forte congruerat ut (con subj.). Tac., una coincidencia fortuita había
hecho que…
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Convenio, is, ire, veni, ventum. (de con por cum y venio). v. intr. y trans. = || v. intr.
Caes., Cic. Venir justamente o al mismo tiempo; juntarse, reunirse, agruparse. Milites
qui ex provincia convenerant, Caes., los soldados que habían venido juntos de la
provincia; convenire in concilium, Cic., reunirse en consejo; convenire in unum, Sall.,
reunirse, juntarse; quum multae causae convenisse videntur, Cic., cuando parece que se
juntan varios motivos; mei capitis servandi causa Romam Italia tota convenit, Cic.,
toda Italia se juntó en Rolma para salvar mi vida; homines ad quos juventus in ludos
conveniat, Suet., hombres a cuyas escuelas acudía toda la juventud; cum de communi
officio convenissent, Cic., habiéndose reunido a propósito de su común profesión. ||
Afluir, concurrir, venir; confluir, encontrarse. In urbem crebo convenio, Plaut., vengo
con frecuencia a la ciudad; mihi munera conveniant, Plaut., que los regalos me lleguen
de todas partes; huc convenit bivium, Plin., allí confluyen o se encuentran dos caminos;
totius fere Galliae legati ad Caesarem gratulatum convenerunt, Caes., acudieron
diputados de casi toda la Galia para dar las gracias a César; totamque Etruriam in eum
locum convenisse, Cic., y que toda Etruria había afluido a aquel lugar; uno in loco
omnes adversariorum copiae convenissent, Cic., las tropas todas de sus adversarios se
habrían encontrado reunidas en el mismo sitio; convenire ad clamorem hominum,
Caes., acudir a los gritos lanzados por los hombres (Galos). || (en términos de Derecho)
Convenire in unum, Cic., Serv.; o in matrimonium, Cic., Serv., Gell.; o in nuptias, Dig.,
o convenire viri in manum, Cic., pasar a la potestad del marido, casarse (la mujer). ||
Ajustarse, adaptarse, acomodarse. Machoera convenit in vaginam, Plaut., la espada se
ajusta a la vaina; cothurni laus est ad pedem apte convenire, Cic., el mérito del coturno
consiste en que se acomode bien al pie; ceterae vites in quemvis agrum conveniunt,
Cato, las demás vides se dan bien en cualquier terreno. || Unirse, adunarse, juntarse,
reunirse. […]. || Aglomerarse […]. || Ponerse de acuerdo, convenir, ajustar, pactar.
Conveniat mihi tecum necesse est, Cic., es preciso que nos pongamos de acuerdo; pax
quae cum T. Quinctio convenisset, Liv., la paz que se hubiera convenido con T. Quintio;
ad nummum convenit, Cic., ajústanse las cuentas hasta el último céntimo. || Estar de
acuerdo con, conforme con, en armonía, convenir, conformarse. Conveniunt mores,
Ter., nuestros caracteres son armónicos; nomen non convenit, Ter., el nombre no está de
acuerdo (no es el mismo), no concuerda; optime convenire cum aliquo, Cic., estar
completamente de acuerdo con alguno; haec fratri mecum non conveniunt, Ter., en
estas cosas no estoy conforme con mi hermano; bene ratio accepti et expensi inter nos
convenit, Plaut., estamos perfectamente de acuerdo en la cuenta de ingresos y gastos;
captivorum oratio cum perfugis convenit, Caes., el relato de los cautivos está acorde
con el de los tránsfugas; haec contumelia ad maximam partem civium convenit, Cic.,
este ultraje recae sobre la mayor parte de los ciudadanos; de ea re numquam inter nos
convenimus, Plaut., sobre ese particular nunca hemos estado de acuerdo; id signum
convenerat, Liv., era la señal convenida. || Us. Impers. Conv enit, Liv., Suet. o inter
omnes convenit, Plin., todos están conformes, de acuerdo; o en propos. infin. o interr.
indir. Con ut o ne y con subj.: conviene que, es lógico que, hay acuerdo sobre que, etc.
Conveniet cum in dando munificum esse, tum…, Cic., convendría mostrarse generoso
dando, y también…; cum, quid factum sit, convenit; Cic., cuando se está de acuerdo
con el hecho; convenit, jam inde per consules reliqua belli perfecta, Liv., están todos de
acuerdo en que ya desde entonces los cónsules llevaron a cabo todo el resto de la
guerra. || […]. || … […] .
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Conveniens, entis. p. de pres. de convenio. || adj. que está en buen acuerdo con, que
vive en buena inteligencia con. Bene convenientes propinqui, Cic., parientes que se
entienden bien; uxor bene conveniens, Suet., esposa que vive en perfecta armonía con
su marido. || Cic. Que guarda armonía (habl. De cosas). Toga conveniens, Ov., toga que
cae bien. || Acorde con, conforme a. Nihil conveniens decretis ejus, Cic., nada acorde
con su doctrina.- Construccs. diversas: con ad y acus. Cic.; con in y ablat. Liv.; con
cum. Nigid., ap. Gell. || Coinveniente, decente. Nihil convenientius ducens quam…,
Suet., estimado que nada era más conveniente que… - Superl. Convenientissimus. Plin.
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Similo, as, are. || (de similis). v. intr. Diom., Incr. Ser semejante. (Es de advertir que a
veces se consfunde con simulo.)
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Similitudo, inis. (de similis). f. Semejenza, similitud, parecido, apariencia, paridad. Est
homini cum deo similitudo, Cic., el hombre tiene una semejanza con Dios; est nonnulla
in iis etiam inter ipsos similitudo, Cic., hay aún entre estas coass cierta semejanza entre
ellas; id ad similitudinem panis efficiebant, Caes., fabricaban con ello algo a modo de
pan; genus imperio proximum similitudini regiae, Caes., especie de mando que tiene
mucha analogía con el poder real; similitudinem quamdam gerebant sapientum, Cic.,
tenían cierto aire de sabios; id faciunt bestiae cum quadam similitudine amoris humani,
Cic., esto hacen los animales por una especie de afecto que se parece al amor humano. ||
En pl. similitudines, Cic., casos semejantes, hechos análogos. || Similitudines honesti,
Cic., apariencias de honradez; sunt quaedam animi similitudines cum corpore, Cic.,
hay ciertas semejanzas entre el alma y el cuerpo. || Representación, retrato, imagen,
imitación. Fingere ex argilla similitudines, Plin., hacer retratos de barro; aliquem e quo
similitudinem diceret, Cic., alguno de quien sacara el retrato. || Cic. Comparación,
imitación (del estilo). Ut ad valetudinis similitudinem veniamus, Cic., para hacer una
comparación con la salud física; ut exerceamur in venando ad similitudinem bellicae
disciplinae, Cic., que nos ejercitemos en la caza como en un simulacro de la guerra;
esse multos videmus, qui neminem imitentur, et suapte natura quod velint, sine
cujusquam similitudine consequantur, Cic., vemos que hay muchos que a nadie imitan,
y que por sí mismos consiguen lo que quieren sin apelar a la imitación de nadie. || (fig.
ret.) Cic. Comparación, analogía. || Cic. Monotonía. Nam omnibus in rebus similitudo
est satietatis mater, Cic., pues en todas las cosas la uniformidad, la monotonía es madre
del hastío.
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Similis, e. (Quizá del sánscr. samana). adj. Semejante, parecido. Par est avaritia,
similis improbitas, Cic., la avaricia es igual, la maldad semejante; simili ratione, Caes.,
de una manera semejante; in simili causa, Cic., en una causa semejante; laudantur
simili prole puerperae, Hor., son venerandas las madres que dan a luz hijos parecidos a
sus esposos; fit quoque ut interdum similes existere avorum possint (nati), Lucr., sucede
a veces que pueda haber hijos parecidos a los abuelos; similiorem mulierem magisque
eamdem… non reor, Plaut., no creo que haya mujer más parecida, ni más igual;
Atticorum similiores, Cic., que se parecen más a los atenienses; nihil hoc simili est
similius, Plaut., no hay dos cosas que se parezcan más. || Constr. ya con gen.: Ecquis
alius Sosia intu’st, qui mei similis sit?, Plaut., ¿hay algún otro Sosia dentro que sea
parecido a mí?; alii vestri similes, Cic., otros que se os parecen; ab Rullo et Rulli
similibus conquisiti, Cic., escogidos por Rulo y sus congéneres; narrationem jubent
veri similem et apertam, Cic., perpetúan que la narración sea verosímil y clara. ||
Constrc. ya con dat. Os humerosque deo similis, Virg. Semejante a una diosa en su
rostro y en su continente; filius patri similis, Cic., hijo semejante a su padre; multum
similis metuenti, Hor., parecido al que tiene mucho miedo; quid huic bello simile fuit?,
Caes., ¿qué hubo en aquella guerra que tenga semejanza con ésta?; quotidiano usu
atque illecebris facile par similisque ceteris efficebatur, Sall., con el trato diario y las
añagazas fácilmente se hacía igual y semejante a los demás; neque lacte est lacti
similius quam hic tu est, Plaut., ni la leche es más parecida a la leche que tú lo eres a
éste; omnes inveniri similes tibi vis, Plaut., tú quieres que todo el mundo se te parezca;
hominem homini similiorem numquam vidi alterum, Plaut., no he visto nunca una más
perfecta semejanza entre dos hombres. || A veces se le encuentra a la vez con gen. y dat.
Cic., Luc., Tunc similes matrum materno semine fiunt ut patribus patrio Lucr., entonces
los parecidos a las madres han sido engendrados con gérmenes de la madre, como los
parecidos a los padres lo han sido con gérmenes del padre. || Con ac. con inter.
Homines inter se cum forma, tum moribus similes, Cic., hombres parecidos no sólo en
la figura, sino en las costumbres; res inter se similes, Quint., cosas parecidas entre sí. ||
Ter., Varr., Caes., Cic. Se const. también con ac., o atque: lo mismo que. Aliquid simile
atque factum, Cic., algo lo mismo que lo hecho…; hortatur ut simili ratione atque ipse
fecerit, suas injurias persequantur, Caes., les exhorta a quye siguiendo el mismo
partido que él, traten de vengar sus ultrajes. || Va también constr. Simile est… ac si Cic.,
es lo mismo que si; o con ut, o tanquam. Similes sunt ut si qui gubernatorem in
navigando agere nihil dicant, Cic., se parecen a aquellos que dicen que el piloto no
hace nada en la navegación. || Se constr. a veces con cum y ablat. o con in y acus.
Similis cultus cum aequalibus, Sen., un género de vida semejante al de los compañeros
de su edad; similis in…, Apul., semejante con relación a… - Superl. Simillimus. Cic., y
arc. Simillumus.
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Simulo, as, are, avi, atum. (de similis). v. tr. Hacere una cosa semejante a otra,
semejar, imitar, reproducir, remedar, copiar, representar (pintar, esculpir). Minerva
simulata Mentori, Cic., Minerva habiendo tomado los rasgos fisonómicos de Mentor;
simulare anum, Ov., tomar la forma o figura de una vieja; simulare furias Bacchi, Ov.,
remedar las furias de Baco; aliquid imitatione simulatum, Cic., algo reproducido por
imitación; nimbos et non imitabile fulmen aere… simularat, Virg., habia querido
remedar con el bronce… la tempestad y el inimitable rayo; cum sint crura tibi,
simulent quae cornua lunae, Mart., puesto que tienes unas piernas que imitan o
semejan los cuernos de la luna; simulare Catonem, Hor., copiar a Catón; quod acus
simulavit in ostra, Sill., lo que ha reproducido o imitado la aguja en la púrpura;
fortasse cupressum scis simulare, Hor., sabes quizá pintar un ciprés. || Simular,
representar lo que no es, fingir. Numquam diffitebor, multa me et simulasse invitum, et
dissimulasse cum dolore, Cic., no negará unca que tuve que fingir muchas cosas contra
mi voluntad y he disimulado no pocas con gran sentimieno ; pacem… sive faciebat,
sive simulabat, Cic., hacía la paz… o la simulaba; simulare somnum, Ov., hacerse el
dormido; simulata amicitia, Caes., so capa de amistad; hortatur simulata conscientia
adeant, Tac., les aconseja que se presenten a él fingiendo que son sus cómplices; in
amicitia nihil fictum est, nihil simulatum, Cic., en la verdadera amistad no hay ficción,
ho hay disimulo; non simulatur amor, Ov., el amor no se finge; Hannibal aegrum
simulabat, Liv., Aníbal se fingía enfermo; simulare fugam, Se., simular la huida; nec ut
emat melius, nec ut vendat, quicquam simulabit aut dissimulabit vir bonus, Cic., el
hombre de bien no fingirá ni disimulará nada, ni para vender mejor, ni para comprar a
mejor precio; non est quod simulas, Hor., no eres lo que aparentas; quid est quod
amplius simuletur?, Ter., ¿a qué fingir más tiempo?; tecto simulatur lumine somnus,
Ov., uno finge dormir cerrando los ojos. || Contr. con prop. infin. Simulat se proficisci,
Cic., finque que se va; qui omnia se simulant scire, nec quicquam sciunt, Plaut., los que
fingen que lo saben todo y no saben nada; illi reverti se in suas sedes simulaverunt,
Caes., fingieron que se volvían a su comarca ; schema, quo aliud simulatur dici quam
dicitur, Quint., figura por la cual se aparenta decir una cosa distinta de la que se dice;
simulat abire, Ov., simula marcharse. || Plaut. Simulabo quasi affuerim, Plaut., haré
como si, aparentaré como si hubiera estado presente.
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Simulatorius, a, um. || (de simulator). adj. Aug. Artificioso, falso, fingido, simulado.
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Simulator, oris. (de simulo). m. Ov. El que representa, reproduce, copia; imitador. ||
Cic., Tac. El que finge o disimula; simulador. Cujus rei libet simulator ac dissimulator,
Sall., todo él ficción, todo disimulo; simulator segnitiae, Tac., aparentando indolencia.
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Simulans, antis. p. de pres. de simulo. || adj. Imitador, remedador. Non fuit in terris
vocum simulantior ales, Ov., no hubo en la tierra ave que imitara mejor la voz.
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Accommodo, as, are, avi, atum. (de ad y commodo). v. tr. Cic., Virg., Ov. Acomodar,
adaptar, ajustar. Accommodare coronam sibi ad caput, Cic., ajustarse una corona a la
cabeza; laterique accommodat ensem. Vir., y se ciñe la espada. || (fig.) Acomodar,
apropiar, adaptar, adecuar, conformar, ajustar. Meum consilium accommodabo ad tuum,
Cic., yo ajustaré mi determinación a la tuya; orationem auribus accommodare, Cic.,
adptar su discurso a los oídos de; accommodare se naturae, Se., acomodarse a la
naturaleza; accommodare sumptus ad mercedes, Cic., ajustar los gastos a las rentas. ||
(En sent. refl.) Accommodare se, prestarse a la opinión, a la voluntad de alguno,
adaptarse a, ajustarse a ellas. Accommodare se alicui de aliqua re, Cic., mostrarse
complaciente con alguno en algo; peto a te… ut ei de habitatione accommodes, Cic., te
ruego que pongas la habitación a su disposición. || (Con acus. con ad.) Ad virium
imbecillitatem dicendi genus accommodare, Cic., adaptar su estilo oratorio a la
flaqueza de sus fuerzas físicas; clupeum ad dorsum accommodare, Plaut., adaptar el
escudo a su espalda (poner el escudo sobre la espalda); accommodare testes ad crimen,
Cic., aducir testimonios que confirmen la acusación; accommodare aliquem ad
sententiam, Cic., poner a alguno de acuerdo con una máxima; in omnem eventum
consilia accommodabantur, Liv., los planes se adaptaban a las posibles contingencias.
|| Ponerse en estado de, disponerse a, consagrarse a, dedicarse a, aplicar (su atención, su
inteligencia, sus cuidados) a. Operam studiis accommodare, Quint., consagrar su
actividad al estudio; accommodare curam pratis, pecoribus et hortis, Quint., dedicar
sus cuidados a los prados, a los ganados y a las huertas; accommodare animum negotio,
Suet., aplicar su mente a un negocio.|| (En térms. de dro.) Dar, conceder, emplear en, o
para. Accommodare alicui actionem, Dig., conceder a alguno el derecho de entrar en
juicio; accommodare fidem, Dig., interponer su palabra; accommodare auctoritatem,
Ulp., interponer su autoridad. || Interpretar. Accommodabimus mentem senstuconsulti,
Dig., hemos de dar al senadoconsulto una interpretación… || Prestarse a, acomodarse a.
Ad tempus id mendacium vestrum accommodavistis, Cic., mentísteis acomodándoos a
las circunstancias; humano generi assertorem ducemque se accommodare, Suet.,
presentarse como defensor y jefe del linaje humano.
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Adapto, as, are, avi. (de ad y apto). v. tr. Suet. Adaptar, acomodar, ajustar.
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Aequo, as, are, avi, atum. (de aequus). v. tr. Igualar, allanar, nivelar. Aequare convexa
vallium, Just., allanar los valles; aequare solo templum, Tac., nivelar el templo con el
suelo (arrasarlo); aequata agri planities, Cic., una superficie plana (una meseta);
aequare campos, Curt., nivelar el suelo; aequare aream, Virg., allanar perfectamente
una era; aequare solo dictaturas, Liv., derribar una dictadura. || Hacer igual, igualar,
hacerse igual. Tenuiores cum principibus aequari se putant, Cic., los humildes creen
llegar a ser los iguales de los poderosos; aequare numerum cervorum cum navibus,
Virg., (abatir) un número de ciervos igual al de las naves; aequato omnium periculo,
Caes., siendo el peligro igual para todos. || Repartir con igualdad, hacer igual. Aequare
Hannibali Philippum, Liv., comparar a Filipo con Anibal. || Igualar, alcanzar. Aequare
gloriam alicujus, Liv., alcanzar la misma gloria que otro.
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Aequatio, onis. (de aequo). f. Igualación, acción de igualar. Aequatio bonorum, Cic.,
reparto igual de los bienes. || Igualdad. Aequatio juris, Liv., igualdad de derecho.
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Aequatus, a, um. P. de pret. De aequo. || adj. Llano, plano, igual. Aequata agri
planities, Cic., la igual planicie, la llana extgensión del campo.
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Aequus, a, um. (seguramente relacionado con el gr. eikó, semejante). adj. Llano, liso,
igual, plano (habl. de un lugar). Locus ad libellam aequus, Varr., lugar tirado a cordel:
exactamente nivelado; aequus et planus locus, Cic., lugar llano y liso; in aequum
locum se dimittere, Caes., bajar a la llanura; in aequum locum deducere, Sall., sacar a
lugar llano; aequus ascensus, Liv., subida suave; dorsum jugi prope aequum, Caes., (se
sabía) que la cima de la montaña era casi llana. || (fig.) Loqui ex inferiore loco, ex
superiore, ex aequo, Cic., hablar desde un lugar más alto (ante los tribunales, los jueces
se sentaban más altos que el abogado), desde un lugar más elevado (ante el plueblo, el
orador hablaba desde la tribuna); a la misma altura (ante el senado, porque el orador
hablaba desde su escaño). || Aequum (substantivado, y seguido de un genitivo), entre
los historiadores: la parte llana de un lugar. Facilem in aequo campi victoriam fore,
Liv., que la victoria sería fácil / en la llanada.|| Favorable, ventajoso, propicio, oportuno
[…]. || […]. || Igual. Aequo jure, Cic., con igualdad de derecho; aequa, Cic., Liv.;
aequissima libertas, Quint., libertad que es igual o la misma para todos; in aequa
causa populorum, Cic., cuando la causa de los dos pueblos era la misma; […]. || […]. ||
[…].
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Aequivaleo, es, ere. || (de aequus y valeo). v. intr. Philom. Equivaler, igualar.
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Aequivalentia, ae = Equivalencia.
Aequivalens, is = Equivalente.
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Aequalis, e. (de aequus). adj. Enn., Cecil., Plaut., Ter., Cic., Nep., Liv. Igual en
duración, de la misma edad, contemporáneo. Phorcis et arauricus aequales aevi, Sil.,
Forcis y Araurico de la misma edad; Livius Ennio aequalis fuit, Cic., Livio (Andrónico)
fue contemporáneo de Enio. || Dícese de las cosas que pertenecen a un mismo tiempo.
Dejotari benevolentia in populum Romanum est ipsius aequalis aetati, Cic., el afecto
de Deyotaro es tan antiguo como él mismo (ha crecido con él); in memoriam notam et
aequalem incurro, Cic., llego a una época conocida y contemporánea; urbs mortali
corpore aequalis, Liv., ciudad que debe durar tanto como un cuerpo mortal. || Constr. A
veces con cum. Aequali tecum pubesceret aevo, Virg. él tendría tu edad e iría creciendo
a la par contigo. || Igual, plano, liso. Loca aequalia, Sall., terreno llano. || Igual,
uniforme, constante, regular, proporcionado. Coeli salubritas aequalis, Just., la
invariable salubridad del clima; partem pedis esse aequalem alteri parti, Cic., que la
parte del pie (métrico) es igual que la otra; paupertatem divitis etiam inter homines
aequalem esse, Cic., que aun entrre los hombres la pobreza sea igual a la riqueza;
aequalis membris, Suet., de miembros proporcionados; Favonius lenis aequalisque
aestivis mensibus perflat, Col., el favonio suave sopla constante en los meses de
verano; imber aequalior auribus accidens, Liv., la lluvia cayendo con un ritmo
monótono; aequalis ictus, Ov., movimiento rítmico (uniforme, el de los remos). || Igual,
parejo. Tumuli aequales, Liv., colinas de igual altura; aequalium intolerans, Tac., no
pudiendo soportar a sus iguales; virtutes sunt aequales, Cic., las virtudes (entre sí) son
iguales. = || m. Camarada, compañero de la misma edad, compañero, amigo de la
juventud. Quem vocabo ad coenam meorum aequalium?, Ter., ¿a quién de los amigos
de mi juventud invitaré a cenar?; adolescens ita dilexi senem, ut aequalem, Cic., siendo
yo joven y él ya un anciano, le estimé con el mismo afecto que si fuéramos de la misma
edad; Aristides aequalis fere fuit Themistocli, Nep., Arístides tenía poco más o menos la
edad de Temístocles; Philistus aequalis illorum temporum, Cic., Cilisto, que vivió por
esta época.- Comprar. Aequalior, Liv., Plin., Quint., Superl. Aequalissimus, Tert.
[decad.].
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Appareo, es, ere, ui, itum. (de ad y pareo). v. intr. Aparecer, parecer, mostrarse, ser
visible, asistir a, estar presente. Apparebo domi, Plaut., estaré en casa; lictores
apparent quaestioni, Cic., los lictores asisten al proceso ; in subseliis apparere,Cic.,
figurar en el banco de los acusados ; nec apparuit hostis, Liv., y el enemigo no
apareció; rebus angustis fortis appare, Hor., muéstrate fuerte en los momentos difíciles;
apparent rari nantes in gurgite vasto, Virg., aparecen unos pocos nadando en el
inmenso mar. || Estar a las órdenes de, agregado a, servir. […]. || Manifestarse clara u
ostensiblemente, estar patente, estar a la vista, ser claro, ser evidente (generalmente en
forma impers. O constr. con interr. indir.). Si opus non apparet, dicit villicus…, Cato, si
el trabajoo no está patente (no se manifiesta ostensiblemente) el mayordomo asegura…;
ex quibus apparet, vos officium sequi, Cic., (actos) por los que se ve manifiestamente
que vosotros obedecéis al deber; apparet servum hunc esse domini pauperis, Ter., bien
se echa de ver que es pobre el dueño de este esclavo; omnibus apparet, Nep., es
evidente para todo el mundo que…; apparet id etiam caeco, Liv., esto es claro aun para
un ciego; quid rectum sit apparet, Cic., fácilmente se comprende lo que es justo. ||
Parecer, aparentar. Apparentia vitia, Quint., defectos aparentes.
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Apparesco, is, ere. || v. intr. Incoat. de appareo. Ennod., Hier., Véase appareo.
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Assimilo, as, are. (de ad y similo). v. tr. Plaut., Ov., Plin., Quint., Tac., Suet., Véase
assimulo.
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Assimulo, as, are, avi, atum. v. tr. Plaut., Nep., Cic., Quint., Tac. Reproducir, hacer
semejante, asemejar, imitar. Litterae assimulatae, Cic., letras reproducidas en facsímil;
assimulata castrorum consuetudine, Nep., imitando los usos de la vida del
campamento; montibus assimulata nubila, Lucr., nubes en forma de montaña: in
speciem humani oris deos assimulare, Tac., representar a los dioses en forma humana;
venenum quo fortuitus morbus assimularetur, Tac., veneno que debía imitar una
enfermedad repentina; pictor assimulabit quidquid acceperit, Quint., el pintor imitará
todo lo que haya visto. || Comparar. Assimulare formam Britanniae bipenni, Tac.,
comparar a Britania a la forma de un hacha de dos filos. || Plaut., Ter., Ov., Tac. Fingir,
simular, aparentar. Assimulabo quasi nunc exeam, Ter., haré como que salgo ahora;
innitens baculo… assimulavit anum, Ov., apoyándose en un báculo… fingió ser una
vieja; virtus assimulata, Cic., virtud fingida; paternum amicum me assimulabo virginis,
Ter., me haré pasar por amigo del padre de la joven; assimulare amare oportet, Plaut.,
es menester aparentar amar; assimulato quasi per urbem totam hominem quaesiveris,
Plaut., haz como si hubieras estado buscando al individuo por toda la ciudad; in illis
vera, in his assimulata materia est, Quint., en aquellos (discursos) los asuntos son
reales; en éstos (las declamaciones), son ficticios.
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Assimulatio, onis. (de assimulo). F. Front., Don., Cod. Just. Reproducción simulada,
fingida; ficción, simulación. || Her., Rodeo, ficción de lenguaje, subterfugio (en
términos de retórica). | Plin., Tac., Acción de hacer o volover semejante o parecido;
semejanza, similitud. || Comparación. Prohibuerat ostentare vanus adsimulatione, Tac.,
había prohibido (a Lucano) mostrar (sus versos) porque tenía la vanidad de compararse
con él.
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Coaequo, as, are, avi, atum. (de co por cum y aequo). v. tr. Cato., Sall., Col. Igualar,
nivelar, allanar, aplanar, arrasar. || (fig.) Lact., Cic. Igualar, hacer igual, reducir a la
igualdad. Sic ad libidines injuriasque tuas omnia coaequasti, Cic., así has puesto a
todos en un pie de igualdad conforme a tus caprichos e injusticias; coaequati dignitate,
pecunia, Sall., iguales en dignidad, en riqueza; coaequari gratiam omnium difficile est,
Sall., es difícil conseguir quie el favor sea igual para todos. || Comparar. Maris fluctibus
coaequandus est, Hier., se le puede comparar a las olas del mar.
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Coaequales, ium, pl. de coaequalis. m. y f. pl. Personas de una misma edad, coetáneas.
In ludo inter coaequales discens, Just., asistiendo a la escuela con los niños de su edad.
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Coaequalis, e. (de co por cum y aequalis). adj. Petro. De la misma edad, coetáneo,
contemporáneo. || Vulg. Parejo, igual. Véase coaequales.
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Concordo, as, are, avi, atum. (de concors) v. intr. y tr. = || intr. Tert. Estar unido, vivir
en concordia, en buena armonía. Si concordabis cum illa, Ter., si congenias con ella. ||
(fig.) Cic., Ov., Sen., Quint. Concordar, estar acorde. Concordant opiniones, Cic., las
opiniones son unánimes; concordant carmina nervis, Ov., el canto está acorde con el
sonido de la lira; ut caput cum gestu concordet, Quint., a fin de que la cabeza esté de
acuerdo con el ademán,= || v. tr. Aug., Hier., Poner de acuerdo.
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Concordantia
Concordans
Concors, ordis. (de con por cum y cor). adj. Plaut., Afran., Cic., Liv. Concorde, unido
de corazón, conforme, que vive en buena unión, en buena armonía, conforme en
aspiraciones y sentimientos. Multo fiat civitas concordior, Plaut., la ciudad estaría
mucho más unida; concordissimi fratres, Cic., hermanos muy unidos (que viven en
perfecta armonía); concors amicitia, Cic., amistad sincera; concordibus animis juncti,
Liv., unidos en sentimientos y aspiraciones; concordes agunt, Tac., viven en buena
armonía, obran de acuerdo; ne secum quidem ipse concors, Liv., ni consigo mismo está
de acuerdo; bene concordes cum viris, Afran., (esposas) en perfecta armonía conyugal;
concordi populo nihil est immutabilius, Cic., nada hay más estable que un pueblo en el
que reina la concordia. || (fig.) Concors sonus, Ov., sonido armonioso; equi sueti frena
jugo concordia ferre, Virg., caballos acostumbrados a sufrir el freno manejado al
mismo tiempo ; concentus… concors efficitur, Cic., el concierto resulta armonioso;
concordes aquae, Plin., aguas que siguen el mismo curso; concors citharae lingua, Sil.,
voz que se acomoda al sonido de la cítara; concors regnum duobus regibus fuit, Liv.,
los dos reyes reinaron de perfecto acuerdo; concors insania, Sil., locura semejante.-
Superl. Concordissimus, Cic. – Hallamos las formas concordi; y (rar.) concorde,
Prisc., para el ablat. sing., y concordia como n. pl., Virg., Sil.
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Convergo, is, ere. || (de con por cum y vergo). v. intr. Isid. Convergir, reunirse
procediendo de distintos puntos.
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Pareo, es, ere, ui, itum. (de or. obsc.). v. intr. y alguna vez tr. Aparecer, mostrarse,
parecer, darse a conocer, dejarse ver, presentarse, comparecer. Coeli cui sidera parent,
Virg., a quien se revelan los astros del cielo (Astrólogo); ad portum quoties paruit,
Mart., cuantas veces apareció junto al puerto; et dubia parent montis Idaei juga, Se., y
aparecen las borrosas alturas del monte Ida; immolanti omnium victimarum jocinera
replicata paruerunt, Suet., a la vista del sacrificador se presentaron contríada hacia
atrás las entrañas de todas las víctimas. || impers. Paret. Cic. Es manifiesto, la cosa está
patente. Si paret…, dari oportere, Cic., si consta, debrán darse (los sestercios). || Gell.
Estar a las órdenes de alguno, estar a su servicio, ejercer la función de acompañante;
acompañar, asistir. […]. || Obedecer, someterse, mostrarse dócil, sumiso, obediente;
obedecer a, ceder a, estar sometido a, estar bajo la dependencia de. […]. || […].
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match2 [ ]
aN
1 (esp Brit Tennis, Cricket) partido m; (Ftbl) partido m, encuentro m; (Boxing)
combate m
2 (= complement) the two of them are a good match hacen una buena pareja
3 (= equal) to be no match for sb no estar a la altura de algn; he was more
than a match for Paul venció fácilmente a Paul; to meet one's match (in sb)
encontrar la horma de su zapato (en algn)
4 (= marriage) casamiento m, matrimonio m; (= potential partner) partido m; he's
a good match es un buen partido
b VT
1 (= pair) emparejar; they're well matched [couple] hacen buena pareja; the
teams were well matched los equipos estaban muy igualados or (esp LAm) eran
muy parejos; the children were asked to match the pictures with the
words se pidió a los niños que emparejaran las imágenes con las palabras
2 (= equal) igualar; her performance would be hard to match su actuación
sería difícil de igualar; I can match any offer puedo igualar cualquier oferta
3 (= correspond to) ajustarse a, corresponder a; a man matching the police
description un hombre que se ajustaba a or que correspondía a la descripción de la
policía
4 (= put in opposition to) enfrentar; she matched her wits against his
strength enfrentó or midió su ingenio con la fuerza de él
5 [+ clothes, colours] combinar con, hacer juego con
c VI
1 (= go together) [colours] combinar bien; [clothes] hacer juego; with a skirt to
match con una falda a tono or que hace juego
2 (= be the same) corresponderse, coincidir
d CPD
match point N (Tennis) bola f de partido, match point m
(a1) emparejar: hacer buena pareja, ser parejos, emparejar una cosa con otra. (=
pair)
(a2) igualar: igualar una actuación, igualar una oferta. (= equal)
(a3) ajustarse a, corresponder: una cosa se ajusta a o se corresponde con otra
(= correspond to)
(a4) enfrentar: uno se enfrenta con otro (= put in opposition to).
(a5) combinar con, hacer juego con: combinar un vestido con otro, un color
hace juego con otro.
match3 /mt/
1 vt, vi (a) combinar con, hacer juego (con):The curtains and the carpet match perfectly.
Las cortinas combinan muy bien con la moqueta. *matching shoes and handbag zapatos
y bolso a juego *These socks don't match. Estos calcetines son de diferentes pares.
(b) hacer pareja (con)
2 vt, vi:to match particles of cotton with the victim's clothes identificar particulas de
algodon como parte de la ropa de la victima
3 vt igualar:You'll never match that story. Nunca vas a encontrar una historia tan
buena.
4 match sth/sb with sth/sb (a):to match each candidate with a suitable position encontrar
la posicion mas adecuada para cada candidato
(b):to aim to match costs with benefits tratar de igualar los costos con los beneficios
PHR V
to match sth/sb against/with sth/sb:Match your skill against the experts. Confrontar tu
habilidad con la de los expertos.
to match up coincidir
to match sth up (with sth) acoplar algo (con algo)
to match up to sth/sb igualar algo/a algn:to match up to sb's expectations colmar las
esperanzas de algn
[3] La base de datos de WordNet v2.0 trae para la palabra inglesa match:
1. (4) match, lucifer, friction match -- (lighter consisting of a thin piece of wood or
cardboard tipped with combustible chemical; ignites with friction; "he always carries
matches to light his pipe")
2. (1) match -- (a formal contest in which two or more persons or teams compete)
3. (1) match -- (a burning piece of wood or cardboard; "if you drop a match in there the
whole place will explode")
4. (1) match, mate -- (an exact duplicate; "when a match is found an entry is made in
the notebook")
5. match -- (the score needed to win a match)
6. catch, match -- (a person regarded as a good matrimonial prospect)
7. peer, equal, match, compeer -- (a person who is of equal standing with another in a
group)
8. couple, mates, match -- (a pair of people who live together; "a married couple from
Chicago")
9. match -- (something that resembles or harmonizes with; "that tie makes a good match
with your jacket")
1. (17) match, fit, correspond, check, jibe, gibe, tally, agree -- (be compatible, similar or
consistent; coincide in their characteristics; "The two stories don't agree in many
details"; "The handwriting checks with the signature on the check"; "The suspect's
fingerprints do'nt match those on the gun")
2. (12) match -- (provide funds complementary to; "The company matched the
employees' contributions")
3. (6) match, mate, couple, pair, twin -- (bring two objects, ideas, or people together;
"This fact is coupled to the other one"; "Matchmaker, can you match my daughter with
a nice young man?"; "The student was paired with a partner for collaboration on the
project")
4. (5) equal, touch, rival, match -- (be equal to in quality or ability; "Nothing can rival
cotton for durability"; "Your performance doesn't even touch that of your colleagues";
"Her persistence and ambition only matches that of her parents")
5. (3) match, fit -- (make correspond or harmonize; "Match my sweater")
6. meet, match, cope with -- (satisfy or fulfill; "meet a need"; "this job doesn't match
my dreams")
7. match -- (give or join in marriage)
8. pit, oppose, match, play off -- (set into opposition or rivalry; "let them match their
best athletes against ours"; "pit a chess player against the Russian champion"; "He
plays his two children off against each other")
9. match -- (be equal or harmonize; "The two pieces match")
10. equal, match, equalize, equalise, equate -- (make equal, uniform, corresponding, or
matching; "let's equalize the duties among all employees in this office"; "The company
matched the discount policy of its competitors")
9 senses of match
Sense 1
match, lucifer, friction match -- (lighter consisting of a thin piece of wood or cardboard
tipped with combustible chemical; ignites with friction; "he always carries matches to
light his pipe")
-> lighter, light, igniter, ignitor -- (a device for lighting or igniting fuel or charges or
fires; "do you have a light?")
=> cigar lighter, cigarette lighter, pocket lighter -- (a lighter for cigars or cigarettes)
=> fuse, fuze, fusee, fuzee, primer, priming -- (any igniter by which an explosive
charge is ignited)
=> match, lucifer, friction match -- (lighter consisting of a thin piece of wood or
cardboard tipped with combustible chemical; ignites with friction; "he always carries
matches to light his pipe")
=> match -- (a burning piece of wood or cardboard; "if you drop a match in there
the whole place will explode")
Sense 2
match -- (a formal contest in which two or more persons or teams compete)
-> contest, competition -- (an occasion on which a winner is selected from among
two or more contestants)
=> game -- (a single play of a game; "the game lasted 2 hours")
=> athletic contest, athletic competition, athletics -- (a contest between athletes)
=> chicken -- (a foolhardy competition; a dangerous activity that is continued until
one competitor becomes afraid and stops)
=> cliffhanger -- (a contest whose outcome is uncertain up to the very end)
=> race -- (a contest of speed; "the race is to the swift")
=> tournament, tourney -- (a sporting competition in which contestants play a
series of games to decide the winner)
=> playoff -- (any final competition to determine a championship)
=> series -- ((sports) several contests played successively by the same teams; "the
Yankees swept the series")
=> field trial -- (a contest between gun dogs to determine their proficiency in
pointing and retrieving)
=> match -- (a formal contest in which two or more persons or teams compete)
=> tournament -- (a series of jousts between knights contesting for a prize)
=> race -- (any competition; "the race for the presidency")
=> spelling bee, spelldown, spelling contest -- (a contest in which you are
eliminated if you fail to spell a word correctly)
=> trial -- ((sports) a preliminary competition to determine qualifications; "the
trials for the semifinals began yesterday")
Sense 3
match -- (a burning piece of wood or cardboard; "if you drop a match in there the whole
place will explode")
-> lighter, light, igniter, ignitor -- (a device for lighting or igniting fuel or charges or
fires; "do you have a light?")
=> cigar lighter, cigarette lighter, pocket lighter -- (a lighter for cigars or cigarettes)
=> fuse, fuze, fusee, fuzee, primer, priming -- (any igniter by which an explosive
charge is ignited)
=> match, lucifer, friction match -- (lighter consisting of a thin piece of wood or
cardboard tipped with combustible chemical; ignites with friction; "he always carries
matches to light his pipe")
=> match -- (a burning piece of wood or cardboard; "if you drop a match in there
the whole place will explode")
Sense 4
match, mate -- (an exact duplicate; "when a match is found an entry is made in the
notebook")
-> duplicate, duplication -- (a copy that corresponds to an original exactly; "he made
a duplicate for the files")
=> backup, computer backup -- ((computer science) a copy of a file or directory on
a separate storage device; "he made a backup in case the original was accidentally
damaged or erased")
=> counterpart, similitude, twin -- (a duplicate copy)
=> match, mate -- (an exact duplicate; "when a match is found an entry is made in
the notebook")
Sense 5
match -- (the score needed to win a match)
-> score -- (a number that expresses the accomplishment of a team or an individual in
a game or contest; "the score was 7 to 0")
=> bowling score -- (the score in a bowling match)
=> football score -- (the score in a football game)
=> baseball score -- (the score of a baseball game)
=> basketball score -- (the score in a basketball game)
=> birdie -- ((in golf) a score of one stroke under par on a golf hole)
=> bogey -- ((in golf) a score of one stroke over par on a golf hole)
=> double-bogey -- ((in golf) a score of two strokes over par for a hole)
=> duck, duck's egg -- ((in cricket) a score of nothing by a batsman)
=> eagle -- ((in golf) a score of two strokes under par on a golf hole)
=> game -- (the score at a particular point or the score needed to win; "the game is
6 all"; "he is serving for the game")
=> love -- (a score of zero in tennis or squash; "it was 40 love")
=> match -- (the score needed to win a match)
=> par -- ((in golf) the standard number of strokes set for each hole on a golf
course, or for the entire course; "a par-5 hole"; "par for this course is 72")
Sense 6
catch, match -- (a person regarded as a good matrimonial prospect)
-> adult, grownup -- (a fully developed person from maturity onward)
=> caregiver -- (a person who is responsible for attending to the needs of a child or
dependent adult)
=> catch, match -- (a person regarded as a good matrimonial prospect)
=> centrist, middle of the roader, moderate, moderationist -- (a person who takes a
position in the political center)
=> character, eccentric, type, case -- (a person of a specified kind (usually with
many eccentricities); "a real character"; "a strange character"; "a friendly eccentric";
"the capable type"; "a mental case")
=> conservative, conservativist -- (a person who has conservative ideas or
opinions)
=> elder, senior -- (a person who is older than you are)
=> ex-spouse -- (a person who was formerly a spouse)
=> host -- (a person who invites guests to a social event (such as a party in his or
her own home) and who is responsible for them while they are there)
=> important person, influential person, personage -- (a person whose actions and
opinions strongly influence the course of events)
=> Jack of all trades -- (a person able to do a variety of different jobs acceptably
well)
=> liberal, progressive -- (a person who favors a political philosophy of progress
and reform and the protection of civil liberties)
=> liberal -- (a person who favors an economic theory of laissez-faire and self-
regulating markets)
=> militarist, warmonger -- (a person who advocates war or warlike policies)
=> oldster, old person, senior citizen -- (an elderly person)
=> pacifist, pacificist, disarmer -- (someone opposed to violence as a means of
settling disputes)
=> patrician -- (a person of refined upbringing and manners)
=> pledgee -- (someone to whom a pledge is made or someone with whom
something is deposited as a pledge)
=> pledger -- (someone who makes or gives a pledge)
=> professional, professional person -- (a person engaged in one of the learned
professions)
=> sobersides -- (a serious and sedate individual)
=> sophisticate, man of the world -- (a worldly-wise person)
=> stay-at-home, homebody -- (a person who seldom goes anywhere; one not given
to wandering or travel)
=> stoic, unemotional person -- (someone who is seemingly indifferent to
emotions)
=> thoroughbred -- (a well-bred person)
Sense 7
peer, equal, match, compeer -- (a person who is of equal standing with another in a
group)
-> person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, human, soul -- (a human being;
"there was too much for one person to do")
=> self -- (a person considered as a unique individual; "one's own self")
=> adult, grownup -- (a fully developed person from maturity onward)
=> adventurer, venturer -- (a person who enjoys taking risks)
=> anomaly, unusual person -- (a person who is unusual)
=> applicant, applier -- (a person who requests or seeks something such as
assistance or employment or admission)
=> appointee, appointment -- (a person who is appointed to a job or position)
=> capitalist -- (a person who invests capital in a business (especially a large
business))
=> captor, capturer -- (a person who captures and holds people or animals)
=> changer, modifier -- (a person who changes something; "an inveterate changer
of the menu")
=> commoner, common man, common person -- (a person who holds no title)
=> communicator -- (a person who communicates with others)
=> contestant -- (a person who participates in competitions)
=> coward -- (a person who shows fear or timidity)
=> creator -- (a person who grows or makes or invents things)
=> disputant, controversialist -- (a person who disputes; who is good at or enjoys
controversy)
=> engineer, applied scientist, technologist -- (a person who uses scientific
knowledge to solve practical problems)
=> entertainer -- (a person who tries to please or amuse)
=> experimenter -- (a person who enjoys testing innovative ideas; "she was an
experimenter in new forms of poetry")
=> expert -- (a person with special knowledge or ability who performs skillfully)
=> face -- ((synecdoche) a part of a person that is used to refer to a person; "he
looked out at a roomful of faces"; "when he returned to work he met many new faces")
=> female, female person -- (a person who belongs to the sex that can have babies)
=> individualist -- (a person who pursues independent thought or action)
=> inhabitant, dweller, denizen -- (a person who inhabits a particular place)
=> native, indigen, indigene -- (a person who was born in a particular place; an
indigenous person)
=> innocent, inexperienced person -- (a person who lacks knowledge of evil)
=> intellectual, intellect -- (a person who uses the mind creatively)
=> juvenile, juvenile person -- (a youthful person)
=> lover -- (a person who loves or is loved)
=> leader -- (a person who rules or guides or inspires others)
=> male, male person -- (a person who belongs to the sex that cannot have babies)
=> money handler, money dealer -- (a person who receives or invests or pays out
money)
=> national, subject -- (a person who owes allegiance to that nation; "a monarch
has a duty to his subjects")
=> nonreligious person -- (a person who does not manifest devotion to a deity)
=> nonworker -- (a person who does nothing)
=> peer, equal, match, compeer -- (a person who is of equal standing with another
in a group)
=> perceiver, observer, beholder -- (a person who becomes aware (of things or
events) through the senses)
=> percher -- (a person situated on a perch)
=> precursor, forerunner -- (a person who goes before or announces the coming of
another)
=> primitive, primitive person -- (a person who belongs to early stage of
civilization)
=> religionist, religious person -- (a person who manifests devotion to a deity)
=> sensualist -- (a person who enjoys sensuality)
=> traveler, traveller -- (a person who changes location)
=> unfortunate, unfortunate person -- (a person who suffers misfortune)
=> unwelcome person, persona non grata -- (a person who for some reason is not
wanted or welcome)
=> unskilled person -- (a person who lacks technical training)
=> worker -- (a person who works at a specific occupation; "he is a good worker")
=> African -- (a native or inhabitant of Africa)
=> person of color, person of colour -- ((formal) any non-European non-White
person)
=> White, white person, Caucasian -- (a member of the Caucasoid race)
=> Slav -- (any member of the people of Eastern Europe or Russian Asia who
speak a Slavonic language)
=> Gentile -- (a person who is not a member of one's own religion; used in this
sense by Mormons and Hindus)
=> Jew, Hebrew, Israelite -- (a person belonging to the worldwide group claiming
descent from Jacob (or converted to it) and connected by cultural or religious ties)
=> European -- (a native or inhabitant of Europe)
=> Aries, Ram -- ((astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Aries)
=> Taurus, Bull -- ((astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Taurus)
=> Gemini, Twin -- ((astrology) a person who is born while the sun in in Gemini)
=> Cancer, Crab -- ((astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Cancer)
=> Leo, Lion -- ((astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Leo)
=> Virgo, Virgin -- ((astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Virgo)
=> Libra, Balance -- ((astrology) a person who is born while the sun in in Libra)
=> Scorpio, Scorpion -- ((astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in
Scorpio)
=> Sagittarius, Archer -- ((astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in
Sagittarius)
=> Capricorn, Goat -- ((astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in
Capricorn)
=> Aquarius, Water Bearer -- ((astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in
Aquarius)
=> Pisces, Fish -- ((astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Pisces)
=> abomination -- (a person who is loathsome or disgusting)
=> abstainer, abstinent, nondrinker -- (a person who refrains from drinking
intoxicating beverages)
=> achiever, winner, success, succeeder -- (a person with a record of successes;
"his son would never be the achiever that his father was"; "only winners need apply";
"if you want to be a success you have to dress like a success")
=> acquaintance, friend -- (a person with whom you are acquainted; "I have trouble
remembering the names of all my acquaintances"; "we are friends of the family")
=> acquirer -- (a person who acquires something (usually permanently))
=> actor, doer, worker -- (a person who acts and gets things done; "he's a principal
actor in this affair"; "when you want something done get a doer"; "he's a miracle
worker")
=> adjudicator -- (a person who studies and settles conflicts and disputes)
=> admirer -- (a person who admires; someone who esteems or respects or
approves)
=> adoptee -- (someone (such as a child) who has been adopted)
=> adversary, antagonist, opponent, opposer, resister -- (someone who offers
opposition)
=> advisee -- (someone who receives advice)
=> advocate, advocator, proponent, exponent -- (a person who pleads for a cause or
propounds an idea)
=> affiant -- (a person who makes an affidavit)
=> amateur -- (someone who pursues a study or sport as a pastime)
=> apprehender -- (a person who seizes or arrests (especially a person who seizes
or arrests in the name of justice))
=> appreciator -- (a person who is fully aware of something and understands it; "he
is not an appreciator of our dilemma")
=> arrogator -- (a person who through conceit makes pretentious claims to rights or
advantages that he or she is not entitled to or to qualities that he or she does not
possess)
=> authority -- ((usually plural) persons who exercise (administrative) control over
others; "the authorities have issued a curfew")
=> autodidact -- (a person who is self-taught)
=> baby boomer, boomer -- (a member of the baby boom generation in the 1950s;
"they expanded the schools for a generation of baby boomers")
=> baby buster, buster -- (a person born in the generation following the baby boom
when the birth rate fell dramatically)
=> bad guy -- (any person who is not on your side)
=> bad person -- (a person who does harm to others)
=> baldhead, baldpate, baldy -- (a person whose head is bald)
=> balker, baulker, noncompliant -- (a person who refuses to comply)
=> bullfighter, toreador -- (someone who fights bulls)
=> bather -- (a person who takes a bath)
=> bedfellow -- (a person with whom you share a bed)
=> best, topper -- (the person who is most outstanding or excellent; someone who
tops all others; "he could beat the best of them")
=> biter -- (someone who bites)
=> blond, blonde -- (a person with fair skin and hair)
=> bodybuilder, musclebuilder -- (someone who does special exercises to develop
the musculature)
=> bomber -- (a person who plants bombs)
=> brunet, brunette -- (a person with dark (brown) hair)
=> buster -- (a person (or thing) that breaks up or overpowers something; "dam
buster"; "sanction buster"; "crime buster")
=> candidate, prospect -- (someone who is considered for something (for an office
or prize or honor etc.))
=> case -- (a person requiring professional services; "a typical case was the
suburban housewife described by a marriage counselor")
=> celebrant, celebrator, celebrater -- (a person who is celebrating)
=> charmer, beguiler -- (a person who charms others (usually by personal
attractiveness))
=> child, baby -- (an immature childish person; "he remained a child in practical
matters as long as he lived"; "stop being a baby!")
=> clumsy person -- (a person with poor motor coordination)
=> collector, aggregator -- (a person who collects things)
=> combatant, battler, belligerent, fighter, scrapper -- (someone who fights (or is
fighting))
=> complexifier -- (someone makes things complex)
=> compulsive -- (a person with a compulsive disposition; someone who feels
compelled to do certain things)
=> copycat, imitator, emulator, ape, aper -- (someone who copies the words or
behavior of another)
=> counter -- (a person who counts things)
=> crawler, creeper -- (a person who crawls or creeps along the ground)
=> creature, wight -- (a human being; `wight' is an archaic term)
=> creditor -- (a person to whom money is owed by a debtor; someone to whom an
obligation exists)
=> dancer, social dancer -- (a person who participates in a social gathering
arranged for dancing (as a ball))
=> dead person, dead soul, deceased person, deceased, decedent, departed --
(someone who is no longer alive; "I wonder what the dead person would have done")
=> debaser, degrader -- (a person who lowers the quality or character or value (as
by adding cheaper metal to coins))
=> debtor -- (a person who owes a creditor; someone who has the obligation of
paying a debt)
=> defecator, voider, shitter -- (a person who defecates)
=> delayer -- (a person who delays; to put off until later or cause to be late)
=> deliverer -- (a person who gives up or transfers money or goods)
=> demander -- (a person who makes demands)
=> dichromat -- (a person with any of the various forms of dichromacy)
=> differentiator, discriminator -- (a person who differentiates)
=> disentangler, unraveler, unraveller -- (a person who removes tangles; someone
who takes something out of a tangled state)
=> dissenter, dissident, protester, objector, contestant -- (a person who dissents
from some established policy)
=> divider -- (a person who separates something into parts or groups)
=> double, image, look-alike -- (someone who closely resembles a famous person
(especially an actor); "he could be Gingrich's double"; "she's the very image of her
mother")
=> dresser -- (a person who dresses in a particular way; "she's an elegant dresser";
"he's a meticulous dresser")
=> dribbler, driveller, slobberer, drooler -- (a person who dribbles; "that baby is a
dribbler; he needs a bib")
=> drug user, substance abuser, user -- (a person who takes drugs)
=> ectomorph -- (a person with a thin non-muscular body)
=> effecter, effector -- (one who brings about a result or event; one who
accomplishes a purpose)
=> Elizabethan -- (a person who lived during the reign of Elizabeth I; "William
Shakespeare was an Elizabethan")
=> emotional person -- (a person subject to strong states of emotion)
=> endomorph -- (a heavy person with a soft and rounded body)
=> enjoyer -- (a person who delights in having or using or experiencing something)
=> enrollee -- (a person who enrolls in (or is enrolled in) a class or course of study)
=> explorer, adventurer -- (someone who travels into little known regions
(especially for some scientific purpose))
=> faddist -- (a person who subscribes to a variety of fads)
=> faller -- (a person who falls; "one of them was safe but they were unable to save
the faller"; "a faller among thieves")
=> fastener -- (a person who fastens or makes fast; "he found the door fastened and
wondered who the fastener was")
=> fiduciary -- (a person who holds assets in trust for a beneficiary; "it is illegal for
a fiduciary to misappropriate money for personal gain")
=> first-rater -- (one who is first-rate)
=> follower -- (an ordinary person who accepts the leadership of another)
=> free agent, free spirit, freewheeler -- (someone acting freely or even
irresponsibly)
=> friend -- (a person you know well and regard with affection and trust; "he was
my best friend at the university")
=> fugitive, runaway -- (someone who flees from an uncongenial situation;
"fugitives from the seatshops")
=> gainer -- (a person who gains (gains an advantage or gains profits); "she was
clearly the gainer in that exchange")
=> gainer, weight gainer -- (a person who gains weight)
=> gambler -- (a person who wagers money on the outcome of games or sporting
events)
=> gatherer -- (a person who gathers; "they were a society of hunters and
gatherers")
=> good guy -- (any person who is on your side)
=> good person -- (a person who is good to other people)
=> granter -- (a person who grants or gives something)
=> greeter, saluter, welcomer -- (a person who greets; "the newcomers were met by
smiling greeters")
=> grinner -- (a person who grins)
=> groaner -- (a person who groans)
=> grunter -- (a person who grunts)
=> guesser -- (a person who guesses)
=> handicapped person -- (a person who has some handicap that interferes with
normal functions)
=> hater -- (a person who hates)
=> heterosexual, heterosexual person, straight person, straight -- (a heterosexual
person; someone having a sexual orientation to persons of the opposite sex)
=> homosexual, homo, gay -- (someone who practices homosexuality; having a
sexual attraction to persons of the same sex)
=> homunculus -- (a tiny fully formed individual that (according to the discredited
theory of preformation) is supposed to be present in the sperm cell)
=> hope -- (someone (or something) on which expectations are centered; "he was
their best hope for a victory")
=> hoper -- (a person who hopes; "only an avid hoper could expect the team to win
now")
=> huddler -- (a person who crouches; "low huddlers against the wind")
=> hugger -- (a person who hugs)
=> immune -- (a person who is immune to a particular infection)
=> interpreter -- (someone who uses art to represent something; "his paintings
reveal a sensitive interpreter of nature"; "she was famous as an interpreter of
Shakespearean roles")
=> jewel, gem -- (a person who is a brilliant and precious as a piece of jewelry)
=> killer, slayer -- (someone who causes the death of a person or animal)
=> relative, relation -- (a person related by blood or marriage; "police are searching
for relatives of the deceased"; "he has distant relations back in New Jersey")
=> kneeler -- (a person in a kneeling position)
=> knocker -- (a person who knocks (as seeking to gain admittance); "open the
door and see who the knocker is")
=> knower, apprehender -- (a person who knows or apprehends)
=> large person -- (a person of greater than average size)
=> laugher -- (a person who is laughing or who laughs easily)
=> learner, scholar, assimilator -- (someone (especially a child) who learns (as from
a teacher) or takes up knowledge or beliefs)
=> left-hander, lefty, southpaw -- (a person who uses the left hand with greater skill
than the right; "their pitcher was a southpaw")
=> life -- (a living person; "his heroism saved a life")
=> lightning rod -- (someone who is a frequent target of negative reactions and
serves to distract attention from another)
=> linguist, polyglot -- (a person who speaks more than one language)
=> literate, literate person -- (a person who can read and write)
=> liver -- (a person who has a special life style; "a high liver")
=> longer, thirster, yearner -- (a person with a strong desire for something; "a
longer for money"; "a thirster after blood"; "a yearner for knowledge")
=> loose cannon -- (a person who is expected to perform a particular task but who
is out of control and dangerous)
=> machine -- (an efficient person; "the boxer was a magnificent fighting
machine")
=> mailer -- (a person who mails something)
=> malcontent -- (a person who is discontented or disgusted)
=> man -- (the generic use of the word to refer to any human being; "it was every
man for himself")
=> manipulator -- (a person who handles things manually)
=> man jack -- (a single individual; "every man jack")
=> masturbator, onanist -- (a person who practices masturbation)
=> measurer -- (a person who makes measurements)
=> nonmember -- (a person who is not a member)
=> mesomorph -- (a person with a well-developed muscular body)
=> mestizo -- (a person of mixed racial ancestry (especially mixed European and
Native American ancestry))
=> middlebrow -- ((informal) someone who is neither a highbrow nor a lowbrow)
=> miracle man, miracle worker -- (a person who claims or is alleged to perform
miracles)
=> misogamist -- (a person who hates marriage)
=> mixed-blood -- (a person whose ancestors belonged to two or more races)
=> modern -- (a contemporary person)
=> mutilator, maimer, mangler -- (a person who mutilates or destroys or disfigures
or cripples)
=> namer -- (a person who gives a name or names; "the owner is usually the namer
of a boat")
=> namesake -- (a person with the same name as another)
=> neglecter -- (a person who is neglectful and gives little attention or respect to
people or responsibilities; "he tried vainly to impress his neglecters")
=> neighbor, neighbour -- (a person who lives (or is located) near another)
=> neutral -- (one who does not side with any party in a war or dispute)
=> nondescript -- (a person is not easily classified and not very interesting)
=> nonparticipant -- (a person who does not participate)
=> nonsmoker -- (a person who does not smoke tobacco)
=> nude, nude person -- (a naked person)
=> nurser -- (a person who treats something carefully; "a great nurser of pennies")
=> occultist -- (some who practices the occult arts)
=> old maid -- (a person who is primly fastidious)
=> ouster, ejector -- (a person who ousts or supplants someone else)
=> outcaste -- (a person belonging to no caste)
=> outdoorsman -- (a person who spends time outdoors (e.g., hunting or fishing))
=> owner, possessor -- (a person who owns something; "they are searching for the
owner of the car"; "who is the owner of that friendly smile?")
=> pamperer, spoiler -- (someone who pampers or spoils by excessive indulgence)
=> pardoner, forgiver, excuser -- (a person who pardons or forgives or excuses a
fault or offense)
=> partner -- (a person who is a member of a partnership)
=> party -- (a person involved in legal proceedings; "the party of the first part")
=> passer -- (a person who passes as a member of a different ethnic or racial group)
=> personage -- (another word for person; a person not meriting identification; "a
strange personage appeared at the door")
=> personification -- (a person who represents an abstract quality; "she is the
personification of optimism")
=> perspirer, sweater -- (a person who perspires)
=> philosopher -- (a wise person who is calm and rational; someone who lives a
life of reason with equanimity)
=> picker, chooser, selector -- (a person who chooses or selects out)
=> pisser, urinator -- (a person who urinates)
=> planner, contriver, deviser -- (a person who makes plans)
=> powderer -- (someone who applies or scatters powder)
=> preserver -- (someone who keeps safe from harm or danger)
=> propositus -- (the person immediately affected by or concerned with an action)
=> pursuer -- (a person who pursues some plan or goal; "a pursuer of truth")
=> pussycat -- (a person who is regarded as easygoing and agreeable)
=> quarter -- (an unspecified person; "he dropped a word in the right quarter")
=> quitter -- (a person who gives up too easily)
=> rectifier -- (a person who corrects or sets right; "a rectifier of prejudices")
=> redhead, redheader, carrottop -- (someone who has red hair)
=> registrant -- (a person who is formally entered (along with others) in a register
(and who obtains certain rights thereby))
=> reliever, allayer, comforter -- (a person who reduces the intensity (e.g., of fears)
and calms and pacifies; "a reliever of anxiety"; "an allayer of fears")
=> repeater -- (a person who repeats; "the audience consisted largely of repeaters
who had seen the movie many times")
=> rescuer, recoverer, saver -- (someone who saves something from danger or
violence)
=> rester -- (a person who rests)
=> restrainer, controller -- (a person who directs and restrains)
=> rich person, wealthy person, have -- (a person who possesses great material
wealth)
=> right-hander -- (a person who uses the right hand more skillfully than the left)
=> riser -- (a person who rises (especially from bed); "he's usually a late riser")
=> romper -- (a person who romps or frolics)
=> roundhead -- (a brachycephalic person)
=> ruler, swayer -- (a person who rules or commands; "swayer of the universe")
=> rusher -- (a person who rushes; someone in a hurry; someone who acts
precipitously)
=> scratcher -- (a person who scratches to relieve an itch)
=> second-rater, mediocrity -- (a person of second-rate ability or value; "a team of
aging second-raters"; "shone among the mediocrities who surrounded him")
=> seeder, cloud seeder -- (a person who seeds clouds)
=> seeker, searcher, quester -- (someone making a search or inquiry; "they are
seekers after truth")
=> sentimentalist, romanticist -- (someone who indulges in excessive
sentimentality)
=> sex object -- (any person regarded simply as an object of sexual gratification)
=> shaker, mover and shaker -- (a person who wields power and influence; "a
shaker of traditional beliefs"; "movers and shakers in the business world")
=> signer, signatory -- (someone who signs and is bound by a document)
=> significant other -- (a person with whom you have shared a long-term sexual
relationship)
=> simpleton, simple -- (a person lacking intelligence or common sense)
=> six-footer -- (a person who is at least six feet tall)
=> skidder, slider, slipper -- (a person who slips or slides because of loss of
traction)
=> slave -- (a person who is owned by someone)
=> sleepyhead -- (a sleepy person)
=> sloucher -- (a person who slouches; someone with a drooping carriage)
=> small person -- (a person of below average size)
=> smasher -- (a person who smashes something)
=> smiler -- (a person who smiles)
=> sneezer -- (a person who sneezes)
=> sniffer -- (a person who sniffs)
=> sniffler, sniveler -- (a person who breathes audibly through a congested nose)
=> snuffer -- (a person who snuffs out candles)
=> snuffler -- (a person who breathes noisily (as through a nose blocked by
mucus))
=> socializer, socialiser -- (a person who takes part in social activities)
=> sort -- (a person of a particular character or nature; "what sort of person is he?";
"he's a good sort")
=> sounding board -- (a person whose reactions to something serve as an indication
of its acceptability; "I would use newspapermen as a sounding board for such policies")
=> sphinx -- (an inscrutable person who keeps his thoughts and intentions secret)
=> spitter, expectorator -- (a person who spits (ejects saliva or phlegm from the
mouth))
=> sprawler -- (a person who sprawls; "he is such a sprawler he needs a bed to
himself")
=> spurner -- (a person who rejects (someone or something) with contempt; "she
was known as a spurner of all suitors"; "he was no spurner of rules")
=> squinter, squint-eye -- (a person with strabismus)
=> stifler, smotherer -- (a person who stifles or smothers or suppresses; "he is a real
conversation stifler"; "I see from all the yawn smotherers that it is time to stop")
=> stigmatic, stigmatist -- (a person whose body is marked by religious stigmata
(such as marks resembling the wounds of the crucified Christ))
=> stooper -- (a person who carries himself or herself with the head and shoulders
habitually bent forward)
=> struggler -- (a person who struggles with difficulties or with great effort)
=> subject, case, guinea pig -- (a person who is subjected to experimental or other
observational procedures; someone who is an object of investigation; "the subjects for
this investigation were selected randomly"; "the cases that we studied were drawn from
two different communities")
=> surrenderer, yielder -- (a person who yields or surrenders)
=> survivor -- (one who outlives another; "he left his farm to his survivors")
=> suspect -- (someone who is under suspicion)
=> tapper -- (a person who strikes a surface lightly and usually repeatedly; "finger
tappers irritated her")
=> tempter -- (a person who tempts others; "Satan is the great tempter of
mankind")
=> termer -- (a person who serves a specified term; "there are not many fourth
termers in the Senate")
=> terror, scourge, threat -- (a person who inspires fear or dread; "he was the terror
of the neighborhood")
=> testator, testate -- (a person who makes a will)
=> thin person, skin and bones -- (a person who is unusually thin)
=> third-rater -- (one who is third-rate or distinctly inferior)
=> thrower -- (someone who projects something through the air (especially by a
rapid motion of the arm))
=> tiger -- (a fierce or audacious person; "he's a tiger on the tennis court"; "it
aroused the tiger in me")
=> toucher -- (a person who causes or allows a part of the body to come in contact
with someone or something)
=> transfer, transferee -- (someone who transfers or is transferred from one position
to another; "the best student was a transfer from LSU")
=> transsexual -- (a person whose sexual identification is entirely with the opposite
sex)
=> transvestite, cross-dresser -- (someone who adopts the dress or manner or
sexual role of the opposite sex)
=> trier, attempter, essayer -- (one who tries)
=> undoer, opener, unfastener, untier -- (a person who unfastens or unwraps or
opens; "children are talented undoers of their shoelaces")
=> user -- (a person who makes use of a thing; someone who uses or employs
something)
=> vanisher -- (a person who disappears)
=> victim, dupe -- (a person who is tricked or swindled)
=> Victorian -- (a person who lived during the reign of Victoria)
=> waiter -- (a person who waits or awaits)
=> waker -- (a person who awakes; "an early waker")
=> wanter, needer -- (a person who wants or needs something; "an owner of many
things and needer of none")
=> ward -- (a person who is under the protection or in the custody of another)
=> warrior -- (someone engaged in or experienced in warfare)
=> watcher -- (a person who keeps a devotional vigil by a sick bed or by a dead
body)
=> weakling, doormat, wuss -- (a person who is physically weak and ineffectual)
=> wiggler, wriggler, squirmer -- (one who can't stay still (especially a child); "the
toddler was a real wiggler on plane trips")
=> winker -- (a person who winks)
=> withholder -- (a person who refrains from granting; "a withholder of payments")
=> witness -- ((law) a person who testifies under oath in a court of law)
=> yawner -- (a person who yawns)
Sense 8
couple, mates, match -- (a pair of people who live together; "a married couple from
Chicago")
-> family, family unit -- (primary social group; parents and children; "he wanted to
have a good job before starting a family")
=> couple, mates, match -- (a pair of people who live together; "a married couple
from Chicago")
=> marriage, married couple, man and wife -- (two people who are married to each
other; "his second marriage was happier than the first"; "a married couple without
love")
=> Marx Brothers -- (a family of United States comedians consisting of four
brothers with an anarchic sense of humor)
Sense 9
match -- (something that resembles or harmonizes with; "that tie makes a good match
with your jacket")
-> counterpart, opposite number, vis-a-vis -- (a person or thing having the same
function or characteristics as another)
=> match -- (something that resembles or harmonizes with; "that tie makes a good
match with your jacket")
=> complement -- (either of two parts that mutually complete each other)
Sense 1
match, lucifer, friction match -- (lighter consisting of a thin piece of wood or cardboard
tipped with combustible chemical; ignites with friction; "he always carries matches to
light his pipe")
-> lighter, light, igniter, ignitor -- (a device for lighting or igniting fuel or charges or
fires; "do you have a light?")
=> cigar lighter, cigarette lighter, pocket lighter -- (a lighter for cigars or cigarettes)
=> fuse, fuze, fusee, fuzee, primer, priming -- (any igniter by which an explosive
charge is ignited)
=> match, lucifer, friction match -- (lighter consisting of a thin piece of wood or
cardboard tipped with combustible chemical; ignites with friction; "he always carries
matches to light his pipe")
=> match -- (a burning piece of wood or cardboard; "if you drop a match in there
the whole place will explode")
Sense 2
match -- (a formal contest in which two or more persons or teams compete)
-> contest, competition -- (an occasion on which a winner is selected from among
two or more contestants)
=> game -- (a single play of a game; "the game lasted 2 hours")
=> athletic contest, athletic competition, athletics -- (a contest between athletes)
=> chicken -- (a foolhardy competition; a dangerous activity that is continued until
one competitor becomes afraid and stops)
=> cliffhanger -- (a contest whose outcome is uncertain up to the very end)
=> race -- (a contest of speed; "the race is to the swift")
=> tournament, tourney -- (a sporting competition in which contestants play a
series of games to decide the winner)
=> playoff -- (any final competition to determine a championship)
=> series -- ((sports) several contests played successively by the same teams; "the
Yankees swept the series")
=> field trial -- (a contest between gun dogs to determine their proficiency in
pointing and retrieving)
=> match -- (a formal contest in which two or more persons or teams compete)
=> tournament -- (a series of jousts between knights contesting for a prize)
=> race -- (any competition; "the race for the presidency")
=> spelling bee, spelldown, spelling contest -- (a contest in which you are
eliminated if you fail to spell a word correctly)
=> trial -- ((sports) a preliminary competition to determine qualifications; "the
trials for the semifinals began yesterday")
Sense 3
match -- (a burning piece of wood or cardboard; "if you drop a match in there the whole
place will explode")
-> lighter, light, igniter, ignitor -- (a device for lighting or igniting fuel or charges or
fires; "do you have a light?")
=> cigar lighter, cigarette lighter, pocket lighter -- (a lighter for cigars or cigarettes)
=> fuse, fuze, fusee, fuzee, primer, priming -- (any igniter by which an explosive
charge is ignited)
=> match, lucifer, friction match -- (lighter consisting of a thin piece of wood or
cardboard tipped with combustible chemical; ignites with friction; "he always carries
matches to light his pipe")
=> match -- (a burning piece of wood or cardboard; "if you drop a match in there
the whole place will explode")
Sense 4
match, mate -- (an exact duplicate; "when a match is found an entry is made in the
notebook")
-> duplicate, duplication -- (a copy that corresponds to an original exactly; "he made
a duplicate for the files")
=> backup, computer backup -- ((computer science) a copy of a file or directory on
a separate storage device; "he made a backup in case the original was accidentally
damaged or erased")
=> counterpart, similitude, twin -- (a duplicate copy)
=> match, mate -- (an exact duplicate; "when a match is found an entry is made in
the notebook")
Sense 5
match -- (the score needed to win a match)
-> score -- (a number that expresses the accomplishment of a team or an individual in
a game or contest; "the score was 7 to 0")
=> bowling score -- (the score in a bowling match)
=> football score -- (the score in a football game)
=> baseball score -- (the score of a baseball game)
=> basketball score -- (the score in a basketball game)
=> birdie -- ((in golf) a score of one stroke under par on a golf hole)
=> bogey -- ((in golf) a score of one stroke over par on a golf hole)
=> double-bogey -- ((in golf) a score of two strokes over par for a hole)
=> duck, duck's egg -- ((in cricket) a score of nothing by a batsman)
=> eagle -- ((in golf) a score of two strokes under par on a golf hole)
=> game -- (the score at a particular point or the score needed to win; "the game is
6 all"; "he is serving for the game")
=> love -- (a score of zero in tennis or squash; "it was 40 love")
=> match -- (the score needed to win a match)
=> par -- ((in golf) the standard number of strokes set for each hole on a golf
course, or for the entire course; "a par-5 hole"; "par for this course is 72")
Sense 6
catch, match -- (a person regarded as a good matrimonial prospect)
-> adult, grownup -- (a fully developed person from maturity onward)
=> caregiver -- (a person who is responsible for attending to the needs of a child or
dependent adult)
=> catch, match -- (a person regarded as a good matrimonial prospect)
=> centrist, middle of the roader, moderate, moderationist -- (a person who takes a
position in the political center)
=> character, eccentric, type, case -- (a person of a specified kind (usually with
many eccentricities); "a real character"; "a strange character"; "a friendly eccentric";
"the capable type"; "a mental case")
=> conservative, conservativist -- (a person who has conservative ideas or
opinions)
=> elder, senior -- (a person who is older than you are)
=> ex-spouse -- (a person who was formerly a spouse)
=> host -- (a person who invites guests to a social event (such as a party in his or
her own home) and who is responsible for them while they are there)
=> important person, influential person, personage -- (a person whose actions and
opinions strongly influence the course of events)
=> Jack of all trades -- (a person able to do a variety of different jobs acceptably
well)
=> liberal, progressive -- (a person who favors a political philosophy of progress
and reform and the protection of civil liberties)
=> liberal -- (a person who favors an economic theory of laissez-faire and self-
regulating markets)
=> militarist, warmonger -- (a person who advocates war or warlike policies)
=> oldster, old person, senior citizen -- (an elderly person)
=> pacifist, pacificist, disarmer -- (someone opposed to violence as a means of
settling disputes)
=> patrician -- (a person of refined upbringing and manners)
=> pledgee -- (someone to whom a pledge is made or someone with whom
something is deposited as a pledge)
=> pledger -- (someone who makes or gives a pledge)
=> professional, professional person -- (a person engaged in one of the learned
professions)
=> sobersides -- (a serious and sedate individual)
=> sophisticate, man of the world -- (a worldly-wise person)
=> stay-at-home, homebody -- (a person who seldom goes anywhere; one not given
to wandering or travel)
=> stoic, unemotional person -- (someone who is seemingly indifferent to
emotions)
=> thoroughbred -- (a well-bred person)
Sense 7
peer, equal, match, compeer -- (a person who is of equal standing with another in a
group)
-> person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, human, soul -- (a human being;
"there was too much for one person to do")
=> self -- (a person considered as a unique individual; "one's own self")
=> adult, grownup -- (a fully developed person from maturity onward)
=> adventurer, venturer -- (a person who enjoys taking risks)
=> anomaly, unusual person -- (a person who is unusual)
=> applicant, applier -- (a person who requests or seeks something such as
assistance or employment or admission)
=> appointee, appointment -- (a person who is appointed to a job or position)
=> capitalist -- (a person who invests capital in a business (especially a large
business))
=> captor, capturer -- (a person who captures and holds people or animals)
=> changer, modifier -- (a person who changes something; "an inveterate changer
of the menu")
=> commoner, common man, common person -- (a person who holds no title)
=> communicator -- (a person who communicates with others)
=> contestant -- (a person who participates in competitions)
=> coward -- (a person who shows fear or timidity)
=> creator -- (a person who grows or makes or invents things)
=> disputant, controversialist -- (a person who disputes; who is good at or enjoys
controversy)
=> engineer, applied scientist, technologist -- (a person who uses scientific
knowledge to solve practical problems)
=> entertainer -- (a person who tries to please or amuse)
=> experimenter -- (a person who enjoys testing innovative ideas; "she was an
experimenter in new forms of poetry")
=> expert -- (a person with special knowledge or ability who performs skillfully)
=> face -- ((synecdoche) a part of a person that is used to refer to a person; "he
looked out at a roomful of faces"; "when he returned to work he met many new faces")
=> female, female person -- (a person who belongs to the sex that can have babies)
=> individualist -- (a person who pursues independent thought or action)
=> inhabitant, dweller, denizen -- (a person who inhabits a particular place)
=> native, indigen, indigene -- (a person who was born in a particular place; an
indigenous person)
=> innocent, inexperienced person -- (a person who lacks knowledge of evil)
=> intellectual, intellect -- (a person who uses the mind creatively)
=> juvenile, juvenile person -- (a youthful person)
=> lover -- (a person who loves or is loved)
=> leader -- (a person who rules or guides or inspires others)
=> male, male person -- (a person who belongs to the sex that cannot have babies)
=> money handler, money dealer -- (a person who receives or invests or pays out
money)
=> national, subject -- (a person who owes allegiance to that nation; "a monarch
has a duty to his subjects")
=> nonreligious person -- (a person who does not manifest devotion to a deity)
=> nonworker -- (a person who does nothing)
=> peer, equal, match, compeer -- (a person who is of equal standing with another
in a group)
=> perceiver, observer, beholder -- (a person who becomes aware (of things or
events) through the senses)
=> percher -- (a person situated on a perch)
=> precursor, forerunner -- (a person who goes before or announces the coming of
another)
=> primitive, primitive person -- (a person who belongs to early stage of
civilization)
=> religionist, religious person -- (a person who manifests devotion to a deity)
=> sensualist -- (a person who enjoys sensuality)
=> traveler, traveller -- (a person who changes location)
=> unfortunate, unfortunate person -- (a person who suffers misfortune)
=> unwelcome person, persona non grata -- (a person who for some reason is not
wanted or welcome)
=> unskilled person -- (a person who lacks technical training)
=> worker -- (a person who works at a specific occupation; "he is a good worker")
=> African -- (a native or inhabitant of Africa)
=> person of color, person of colour -- ((formal) any non-European non-White
person)
=> White, white person, Caucasian -- (a member of the Caucasoid race)
=> Slav -- (any member of the people of Eastern Europe or Russian Asia who
speak a Slavonic language)
=> Gentile -- (a person who is not a member of one's own religion; used in this
sense by Mormons and Hindus)
=> Jew, Hebrew, Israelite -- (a person belonging to the worldwide group claiming
descent from Jacob (or converted to it) and connected by cultural or religious ties)
=> European -- (a native or inhabitant of Europe)
=> Aries, Ram -- ((astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Aries)
=> Taurus, Bull -- ((astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Taurus)
=> Gemini, Twin -- ((astrology) a person who is born while the sun in in Gemini)
=> Cancer, Crab -- ((astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Cancer)
=> Leo, Lion -- ((astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Leo)
=> Virgo, Virgin -- ((astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Virgo)
=> Libra, Balance -- ((astrology) a person who is born while the sun in in Libra)
=> Scorpio, Scorpion -- ((astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in
Scorpio)
=> Sagittarius, Archer -- ((astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in
Sagittarius)
=> Capricorn, Goat -- ((astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in
Capricorn)
=> Aquarius, Water Bearer -- ((astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in
Aquarius)
=> Pisces, Fish -- ((astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Pisces)
=> abomination -- (a person who is loathsome or disgusting)
=> abstainer, abstinent, nondrinker -- (a person who refrains from drinking
intoxicating beverages)
=> achiever, winner, success, succeeder -- (a person with a record of successes;
"his son would never be the achiever that his father was"; "only winners need apply";
"if you want to be a success you have to dress like a success")
=> acquaintance, friend -- (a person with whom you are acquainted; "I have trouble
remembering the names of all my acquaintances"; "we are friends of the family")
=> acquirer -- (a person who acquires something (usually permanently))
=> actor, doer, worker -- (a person who acts and gets things done; "he's a principal
actor in this affair"; "when you want something done get a doer"; "he's a miracle
worker")
=> adjudicator -- (a person who studies and settles conflicts and disputes)
=> admirer -- (a person who admires; someone who esteems or respects or
approves)
=> adoptee -- (someone (such as a child) who has been adopted)
=> adversary, antagonist, opponent, opposer, resister -- (someone who offers
opposition)
=> advisee -- (someone who receives advice)
=> advocate, advocator, proponent, exponent -- (a person who pleads for a cause or
propounds an idea)
=> affiant -- (a person who makes an affidavit)
=> amateur -- (someone who pursues a study or sport as a pastime)
=> apprehender -- (a person who seizes or arrests (especially a person who seizes
or arrests in the name of justice))
=> appreciator -- (a person who is fully aware of something and understands it; "he
is not an appreciator of our dilemma")
=> arrogator -- (a person who through conceit makes pretentious claims to rights or
advantages that he or she is not entitled to or to qualities that he or she does not
possess)
=> authority -- ((usually plural) persons who exercise (administrative) control over
others; "the authorities have issued a curfew")
=> autodidact -- (a person who is self-taught)
=> baby boomer, boomer -- (a member of the baby boom generation in the 1950s;
"they expanded the schools for a generation of baby boomers")
=> baby buster, buster -- (a person born in the generation following the baby boom
when the birth rate fell dramatically)
=> bad guy -- (any person who is not on your side)
=> bad person -- (a person who does harm to others)
=> baldhead, baldpate, baldy -- (a person whose head is bald)
=> balker, baulker, noncompliant -- (a person who refuses to comply)
=> bullfighter, toreador -- (someone who fights bulls)
=> bather -- (a person who takes a bath)
=> bedfellow -- (a person with whom you share a bed)
=> best, topper -- (the person who is most outstanding or excellent; someone who
tops all others; "he could beat the best of them")
=> biter -- (someone who bites)
=> blond, blonde -- (a person with fair skin and hair)
=> bodybuilder, musclebuilder -- (someone who does special exercises to develop
the musculature)
=> bomber -- (a person who plants bombs)
=> brunet, brunette -- (a person with dark (brown) hair)
=> buster -- (a person (or thing) that breaks up or overpowers something; "dam
buster"; "sanction buster"; "crime buster")
=> candidate, prospect -- (someone who is considered for something (for an office
or prize or honor etc.))
=> case -- (a person requiring professional services; "a typical case was the
suburban housewife described by a marriage counselor")
=> celebrant, celebrator, celebrater -- (a person who is celebrating)
=> charmer, beguiler -- (a person who charms others (usually by personal
attractiveness))
=> child, baby -- (an immature childish person; "he remained a child in practical
matters as long as he lived"; "stop being a baby!")
=> clumsy person -- (a person with poor motor coordination)
=> collector, aggregator -- (a person who collects things)
=> combatant, battler, belligerent, fighter, scrapper -- (someone who fights (or is
fighting))
=> complexifier -- (someone makes things complex)
=> compulsive -- (a person with a compulsive disposition; someone who feels
compelled to do certain things)
=> copycat, imitator, emulator, ape, aper -- (someone who copies the words or
behavior of another)
=> counter -- (a person who counts things)
=> crawler, creeper -- (a person who crawls or creeps along the ground)
=> creature, wight -- (a human being; `wight' is an archaic term)
=> creditor -- (a person to whom money is owed by a debtor; someone to whom an
obligation exists)
=> dancer, social dancer -- (a person who participates in a social gathering
arranged for dancing (as a ball))
=> dead person, dead soul, deceased person, deceased, decedent, departed --
(someone who is no longer alive; "I wonder what the dead person would have done")
=> debaser, degrader -- (a person who lowers the quality or character or value (as
by adding cheaper metal to coins))
=> debtor -- (a person who owes a creditor; someone who has the obligation of
paying a debt)
=> defecator, voider, shitter -- (a person who defecates)
=> delayer -- (a person who delays; to put off until later or cause to be late)
=> deliverer -- (a person who gives up or transfers money or goods)
=> demander -- (a person who makes demands)
=> dichromat -- (a person with any of the various forms of dichromacy)
=> differentiator, discriminator -- (a person who differentiates)
=> disentangler, unraveler, unraveller -- (a person who removes tangles; someone
who takes something out of a tangled state)
=> dissenter, dissident, protester, objector, contestant -- (a person who dissents
from some established policy)
=> divider -- (a person who separates something into parts or groups)
=> double, image, look-alike -- (someone who closely resembles a famous person
(especially an actor); "he could be Gingrich's double"; "she's the very image of her
mother")
=> dresser -- (a person who dresses in a particular way; "she's an elegant dresser";
"he's a meticulous dresser")
=> dribbler, driveller, slobberer, drooler -- (a person who dribbles; "that baby is a
dribbler; he needs a bib")
=> drug user, substance abuser, user -- (a person who takes drugs)
=> ectomorph -- (a person with a thin non-muscular body)
=> effecter, effector -- (one who brings about a result or event; one who
accomplishes a purpose)
=> Elizabethan -- (a person who lived during the reign of Elizabeth I; "William
Shakespeare was an Elizabethan")
=> emotional person -- (a person subject to strong states of emotion)
=> endomorph -- (a heavy person with a soft and rounded body)
=> enjoyer -- (a person who delights in having or using or experiencing something)
=> enrollee -- (a person who enrolls in (or is enrolled in) a class or course of study)
=> explorer, adventurer -- (someone who travels into little known regions
(especially for some scientific purpose))
=> faddist -- (a person who subscribes to a variety of fads)
=> faller -- (a person who falls; "one of them was safe but they were unable to save
the faller"; "a faller among thieves")
=> fastener -- (a person who fastens or makes fast; "he found the door fastened and
wondered who the fastener was")
=> fiduciary -- (a person who holds assets in trust for a beneficiary; "it is illegal for
a fiduciary to misappropriate money for personal gain")
=> first-rater -- (one who is first-rate)
=> follower -- (an ordinary person who accepts the leadership of another)
=> free agent, free spirit, freewheeler -- (someone acting freely or even
irresponsibly)
=> friend -- (a person you know well and regard with affection and trust; "he was
my best friend at the university")
=> fugitive, runaway -- (someone who flees from an uncongenial situation;
"fugitives from the seatshops")
=> gainer -- (a person who gains (gains an advantage or gains profits); "she was
clearly the gainer in that exchange")
=> gainer, weight gainer -- (a person who gains weight)
=> gambler -- (a person who wagers money on the outcome of games or sporting
events)
=> gatherer -- (a person who gathers; "they were a society of hunters and
gatherers")
=> good guy -- (any person who is on your side)
=> good person -- (a person who is good to other people)
=> granter -- (a person who grants or gives something)
=> greeter, saluter, welcomer -- (a person who greets; "the newcomers were met by
smiling greeters")
=> grinner -- (a person who grins)
=> groaner -- (a person who groans)
=> grunter -- (a person who grunts)
=> guesser -- (a person who guesses)
=> handicapped person -- (a person who has some handicap that interferes with
normal functions)
=> hater -- (a person who hates)
=> heterosexual, heterosexual person, straight person, straight -- (a heterosexual
person; someone having a sexual orientation to persons of the opposite sex)
=> homosexual, homo, gay -- (someone who practices homosexuality; having a
sexual attraction to persons of the same sex)
=> homunculus -- (a tiny fully formed individual that (according to the discredited
theory of preformation) is supposed to be present in the sperm cell)
=> hope -- (someone (or something) on which expectations are centered; "he was
their best hope for a victory")
=> hoper -- (a person who hopes; "only an avid hoper could expect the team to win
now")
=> huddler -- (a person who crouches; "low huddlers against the wind")
=> hugger -- (a person who hugs)
=> immune -- (a person who is immune to a particular infection)
=> interpreter -- (someone who uses art to represent something; "his paintings
reveal a sensitive interpreter of nature"; "she was famous as an interpreter of
Shakespearean roles")
=> jewel, gem -- (a person who is a brilliant and precious as a piece of jewelry)
=> killer, slayer -- (someone who causes the death of a person or animal)
=> relative, relation -- (a person related by blood or marriage; "police are searching
for relatives of the deceased"; "he has distant relations back in New Jersey")
=> kneeler -- (a person in a kneeling position)
=> knocker -- (a person who knocks (as seeking to gain admittance); "open the
door and see who the knocker is")
=> knower, apprehender -- (a person who knows or apprehends)
=> large person -- (a person of greater than average size)
=> laugher -- (a person who is laughing or who laughs easily)
=> learner, scholar, assimilator -- (someone (especially a child) who learns (as from
a teacher) or takes up knowledge or beliefs)
=> left-hander, lefty, southpaw -- (a person who uses the left hand with greater skill
than the right; "their pitcher was a southpaw")
=> life -- (a living person; "his heroism saved a life")
=> lightning rod -- (someone who is a frequent target of negative reactions and
serves to distract attention from another)
=> linguist, polyglot -- (a person who speaks more than one language)
=> literate, literate person -- (a person who can read and write)
=> liver -- (a person who has a special life style; "a high liver")
=> longer, thirster, yearner -- (a person with a strong desire for something; "a
longer for money"; "a thirster after blood"; "a yearner for knowledge")
=> loose cannon -- (a person who is expected to perform a particular task but who
is out of control and dangerous)
=> machine -- (an efficient person; "the boxer was a magnificent fighting
machine")
=> mailer -- (a person who mails something)
=> malcontent -- (a person who is discontented or disgusted)
=> man -- (the generic use of the word to refer to any human being; "it was every
man for himself")
=> manipulator -- (a person who handles things manually)
=> man jack -- (a single individual; "every man jack")
=> masturbator, onanist -- (a person who practices masturbation)
=> measurer -- (a person who makes measurements)
=> nonmember -- (a person who is not a member)
=> mesomorph -- (a person with a well-developed muscular body)
=> mestizo -- (a person of mixed racial ancestry (especially mixed European and
Native American ancestry))
=> middlebrow -- ((informal) someone who is neither a highbrow nor a lowbrow)
=> miracle man, miracle worker -- (a person who claims or is alleged to perform
miracles)
=> misogamist -- (a person who hates marriage)
=> mixed-blood -- (a person whose ancestors belonged to two or more races)
=> modern -- (a contemporary person)
=> mutilator, maimer, mangler -- (a person who mutilates or destroys or disfigures
or cripples)
=> namer -- (a person who gives a name or names; "the owner is usually the namer
of a boat")
=> namesake -- (a person with the same name as another)
=> neglecter -- (a person who is neglectful and gives little attention or respect to
people or responsibilities; "he tried vainly to impress his neglecters")
=> neighbor, neighbour -- (a person who lives (or is located) near another)
=> neutral -- (one who does not side with any party in a war or dispute)
=> nondescript -- (a person is not easily classified and not very interesting)
=> nonparticipant -- (a person who does not participate)
=> nonsmoker -- (a person who does not smoke tobacco)
=> nude, nude person -- (a naked person)
=> nurser -- (a person who treats something carefully; "a great nurser of pennies")
=> occultist -- (some who practices the occult arts)
=> old maid -- (a person who is primly fastidious)
=> ouster, ejector -- (a person who ousts or supplants someone else)
=> outcaste -- (a person belonging to no caste)
=> outdoorsman -- (a person who spends time outdoors (e.g., hunting or fishing))
=> owner, possessor -- (a person who owns something; "they are searching for the
owner of the car"; "who is the owner of that friendly smile?")
=> pamperer, spoiler -- (someone who pampers or spoils by excessive indulgence)
=> pardoner, forgiver, excuser -- (a person who pardons or forgives or excuses a
fault or offense)
=> partner -- (a person who is a member of a partnership)
=> party -- (a person involved in legal proceedings; "the party of the first part")
=> passer -- (a person who passes as a member of a different ethnic or racial group)
=> personage -- (another word for person; a person not meriting identification; "a
strange personage appeared at the door")
=> personification -- (a person who represents an abstract quality; "she is the
personification of optimism")
=> perspirer, sweater -- (a person who perspires)
=> philosopher -- (a wise person who is calm and rational; someone who lives a
life of reason with equanimity)
=> picker, chooser, selector -- (a person who chooses or selects out)
=> pisser, urinator -- (a person who urinates)
=> planner, contriver, deviser -- (a person who makes plans)
=> powderer -- (someone who applies or scatters powder)
=> preserver -- (someone who keeps safe from harm or danger)
=> propositus -- (the person immediately affected by or concerned with an action)
=> pursuer -- (a person who pursues some plan or goal; "a pursuer of truth")
=> pussycat -- (a person who is regarded as easygoing and agreeable)
=> quarter -- (an unspecified person; "he dropped a word in the right quarter")
=> quitter -- (a person who gives up too easily)
=> rectifier -- (a person who corrects or sets right; "a rectifier of prejudices")
=> redhead, redheader, carrottop -- (someone who has red hair)
=> registrant -- (a person who is formally entered (along with others) in a register
(and who obtains certain rights thereby))
=> reliever, allayer, comforter -- (a person who reduces the intensity (e.g., of fears)
and calms and pacifies; "a reliever of anxiety"; "an allayer of fears")
=> repeater -- (a person who repeats; "the audience consisted largely of repeaters
who had seen the movie many times")
=> rescuer, recoverer, saver -- (someone who saves something from danger or
violence)
=> rester -- (a person who rests)
=> restrainer, controller -- (a person who directs and restrains)
=> rich person, wealthy person, have -- (a person who possesses great material
wealth)
=> right-hander -- (a person who uses the right hand more skillfully than the left)
=> riser -- (a person who rises (especially from bed); "he's usually a late riser")
=> romper -- (a person who romps or frolics)
=> roundhead -- (a brachycephalic person)
=> ruler, swayer -- (a person who rules or commands; "swayer of the universe")
=> rusher -- (a person who rushes; someone in a hurry; someone who acts
precipitously)
=> scratcher -- (a person who scratches to relieve an itch)
=> second-rater, mediocrity -- (a person of second-rate ability or value; "a team of
aging second-raters"; "shone among the mediocrities who surrounded him")
=> seeder, cloud seeder -- (a person who seeds clouds)
=> seeker, searcher, quester -- (someone making a search or inquiry; "they are
seekers after truth")
=> sentimentalist, romanticist -- (someone who indulges in excessive
sentimentality)
=> sex object -- (any person regarded simply as an object of sexual gratification)
=> shaker, mover and shaker -- (a person who wields power and influence; "a
shaker of traditional beliefs"; "movers and shakers in the business world")
=> signer, signatory -- (someone who signs and is bound by a document)
=> significant other -- (a person with whom you have shared a long-term sexual
relationship)
=> simpleton, simple -- (a person lacking intelligence or common sense)
=> six-footer -- (a person who is at least six feet tall)
=> skidder, slider, slipper -- (a person who slips or slides because of loss of
traction)
=> slave -- (a person who is owned by someone)
=> sleepyhead -- (a sleepy person)
=> sloucher -- (a person who slouches; someone with a drooping carriage)
=> small person -- (a person of below average size)
=> smasher -- (a person who smashes something)
=> smiler -- (a person who smiles)
=> sneezer -- (a person who sneezes)
=> sniffer -- (a person who sniffs)
=> sniffler, sniveler -- (a person who breathes audibly through a congested nose)
=> snuffer -- (a person who snuffs out candles)
=> snuffler -- (a person who breathes noisily (as through a nose blocked by
mucus))
=> socializer, socialiser -- (a person who takes part in social activities)
=> sort -- (a person of a particular character or nature; "what sort of person is he?";
"he's a good sort")
=> sounding board -- (a person whose reactions to something serve as an indication
of its acceptability; "I would use newspapermen as a sounding board for such policies")
=> sphinx -- (an inscrutable person who keeps his thoughts and intentions secret)
=> spitter, expectorator -- (a person who spits (ejects saliva or phlegm from the
mouth))
=> sprawler -- (a person who sprawls; "he is such a sprawler he needs a bed to
himself")
=> spurner -- (a person who rejects (someone or something) with contempt; "she
was known as a spurner of all suitors"; "he was no spurner of rules")
=> squinter, squint-eye -- (a person with strabismus)
=> stifler, smotherer -- (a person who stifles or smothers or suppresses; "he is a real
conversation stifler"; "I see from all the yawn smotherers that it is time to stop")
=> stigmatic, stigmatist -- (a person whose body is marked by religious stigmata
(such as marks resembling the wounds of the crucified Christ))
=> stooper -- (a person who carries himself or herself with the head and shoulders
habitually bent forward)
=> struggler -- (a person who struggles with difficulties or with great effort)
=> subject, case, guinea pig -- (a person who is subjected to experimental or other
observational procedures; someone who is an object of investigation; "the subjects for
this investigation were selected randomly"; "the cases that we studied were drawn from
two different communities")
=> surrenderer, yielder -- (a person who yields or surrenders)
=> survivor -- (one who outlives another; "he left his farm to his survivors")
=> suspect -- (someone who is under suspicion)
=> tapper -- (a person who strikes a surface lightly and usually repeatedly; "finger
tappers irritated her")
=> tempter -- (a person who tempts others; "Satan is the great tempter of
mankind")
=> termer -- (a person who serves a specified term; "there are not many fourth
termers in the Senate")
=> terror, scourge, threat -- (a person who inspires fear or dread; "he was the terror
of the neighborhood")
=> testator, testate -- (a person who makes a will)
=> thin person, skin and bones -- (a person who is unusually thin)
=> third-rater -- (one who is third-rate or distinctly inferior)
=> thrower -- (someone who projects something through the air (especially by a
rapid motion of the arm))
=> tiger -- (a fierce or audacious person; "he's a tiger on the tennis court"; "it
aroused the tiger in me")
=> toucher -- (a person who causes or allows a part of the body to come in contact
with someone or something)
=> transfer, transferee -- (someone who transfers or is transferred from one position
to another; "the best student was a transfer from LSU")
=> transsexual -- (a person whose sexual identification is entirely with the opposite
sex)
=> transvestite, cross-dresser -- (someone who adopts the dress or manner or
sexual role of the opposite sex)
=> trier, attempter, essayer -- (one who tries)
=> undoer, opener, unfastener, untier -- (a person who unfastens or unwraps or
opens; "children are talented undoers of their shoelaces")
=> user -- (a person who makes use of a thing; someone who uses or employs
something)
=> vanisher -- (a person who disappears)
=> victim, dupe -- (a person who is tricked or swindled)
=> Victorian -- (a person who lived during the reign of Victoria)
=> waiter -- (a person who waits or awaits)
=> waker -- (a person who awakes; "an early waker")
=> wanter, needer -- (a person who wants or needs something; "an owner of many
things and needer of none")
=> ward -- (a person who is under the protection or in the custody of another)
=> warrior -- (someone engaged in or experienced in warfare)
=> watcher -- (a person who keeps a devotional vigil by a sick bed or by a dead
body)
=> weakling, doormat, wuss -- (a person who is physically weak and ineffectual)
=> wiggler, wriggler, squirmer -- (one who can't stay still (especially a child); "the
toddler was a real wiggler on plane trips")
=> winker -- (a person who winks)
=> withholder -- (a person who refrains from granting; "a withholder of payments")
=> witness -- ((law) a person who testifies under oath in a court of law)
=> yawner -- (a person who yawns)
Sense 8
couple, mates, match -- (a pair of people who live together; "a married couple from
Chicago")
-> family, family unit -- (primary social group; parents and children; "he wanted to
have a good job before starting a family")
=> couple, mates, match -- (a pair of people who live together; "a married couple
from Chicago")
=> marriage, married couple, man and wife -- (two people who are married to each
other; "his second marriage was happier than the first"; "a married couple without
love")
=> Marx Brothers -- (a family of United States comedians consisting of four
brothers with an anarchic sense of humor)
Sense 9
match -- (something that resembles or harmonizes with; "that tie makes a good match
with your jacket")
-> counterpart, opposite number, vis-a-vis -- (a person or thing having the same
function or characteristics as another)
=> match -- (something that resembles or harmonizes with; "that tie makes a good
match with your jacket")
=> complement -- (either of two parts that mutually complete each other)
4 of 9 senses of match
Sense 1
match, lucifer, friction match -- (lighter consisting of a thin piece of wood or cardboard
tipped with combustible chemical; ignites with friction; "he always carries matches to
light his pipe")
=> fusee, fuzee -- (a friction match with a large head that will stay alight in the
wind)
=> kitchen match -- (a wooden friction match that will light on any granular
surface; useful to light wood or gas stoves)
=> safety match, book matches -- (a paper match that strikes only on a specially
prepared surface)
=> slow match -- (match or fuse made to burn slowly and evenly)
Sense 2
match -- (a formal contest in which two or more persons or teams compete)
=> boxing match -- (a match between boxers; usually held in a boxing ring)
=> sparring match -- (a practice or exhibition boxing match)
=> prizefight -- (a boxing match between professional boxers for a cash prize)
=> chess match -- (a match between chess players)
=> cockfight -- (a match in a cockpit between two fighting cocks heeled with metal
gaffs)
=> cricket match -- (a match between two cricket teams)
=> diving, diving event -- (an athletic competition that involves diving into water)
=> field event -- (a competition that takes place on a field rather than on a running
track)
=> high jump -- (a competition that involves jumping as high as possible over a
horizontal high bar)
=> long jump, broad jump -- (a competition that involves jumping as far as
possible from a running start)
=> pole vault, pole vaulting, pole jump, pole jumping -- (a competition that
involves jumping over a high crossbar with the aid of a long pole)
=> shot put -- (an athletic competition in which a heavy metal ball is hurled as
far as possible)
=> hammer, hammer throw -- (an athletic competition in which a heavy metal
ball that is attached to a flexible wire is hurled as far as possible)
=> discus -- (an athletic competition in which a disc-shaped object is thrown as
far as possible)
=> javelin -- (an athletic competition in which a javelin is thrown as far as
possible)
=> final -- (the final match between the winners of all previous matches in an
elimination tournament)
=> cup final -- (the final game of any cup competition (such as the annual final
of the English soccer competition at Wembley))
=> quarterfinal -- (one of the four competitions in an elimination tournament
whose winners go on to play in the semifinals)
=> semifinal, semi -- (one of the two competitions in the next to the last round of
an elimination tournament)
=> swimming event -- (an athletic competition that involves swimming)
=> tennis match -- (a match between tennis players)
=> test match, match game, matched game -- (an international championship
match)
=> wrestling match -- (a match between wrestlers)
Sense 7
peer, equal, match, compeer -- (a person who is of equal standing with another in a
group)
=> associate -- (a person who joins with others in some activity; "he had to consult
his associate before continuing")
=> adjunct -- (a person who is an assistant or subordinate to another)
=> affiliate -- (a subordinate or subsidiary associate; a person who is affiliated
with another or with an organization)
=> ally, friend -- (an associate who provides assistance; "he's a good ally in
fight"; "they were friends of the workers")
=> blood brother -- (a male sworn (usually by a ceremony involving the
mingling of blood) to treat another as his brother)
=> bedfellow -- (a temporary associate; "politics makes strange bedfellows")
=> collaborator, cooperator, partner, pardner -- (an associate who works with
others toward a common goal; "partners in crime")
=> bridge partner -- (one of a pair of bridge players who are on the same side
of the game)
=> raiser -- (a bridge partner who increases the partner's bid)
=> dancing partner -- (one of a pair of people who dance together)
=> colleague, confrere, fellow -- (a person who is member of your class or
profession; "the surgeon consulted his colleagues"; "he sent e-mail to his fellow
hackers")
=> colleague, co-worker, fellow worker, workfellow -- (an associate you work
with)
=> member -- (one of the persons who compose a social group (especially
individuals who have joined and participates in a group organization); "only members
will be admitted"; "a member of the faculty"; "she was introduced to all the members of
his family")
=> brother -- (a male person who is a fellow member (of a fraternity or
religion of other group); "none of his brothers would betray him")
=> Freemason, Mason -- (a member of a widespread secret fraternal order
pledged to mutual assistance and brotherly love)
=> Knight Templar -- (a man who belongs to a Masonic order in the US)
=> charter member -- (one of the original members when an organization was
founded)
=> commissioner -- (a member of a commission)
=> committee member -- (a member of a committee)
=> committeeman -- (a man who is a member of committee)
=> committeewoman -- (a woman who is a member of a committee)
=> director -- (member of a board of directors)
=> regent, trustee -- (members of a governing board)
=> council member, councillor -- (a member of a council)
=> councilman -- (a man who is a council member)
=> councilwoman -- (a woman who is a council member)
=> homeboy -- (a fellow male member of a youth gang)
=> homegirl -- (a fellow female member of a youth gang)
=> huddler -- (a member of a huddle)
=> inductee -- (a person inducted into an organization; "Ty Cobb and Babe
Ruth were 1936 inductees in the National Baseball Hall of Fame")
=> joiner -- (a person who likes to join groups)
=> kibbutznik -- (a member of a kibbutz)
=> Klansman, Ku Kluxer, Kluxer -- (a member of the Ku Klux Klan)
=> kolkhoznik -- (a member of a kolkhoz)
=> board member -- (a member of a governing board)
=> clansman, clanswoman, clan member -- (a member of a clan)
=> club member -- (someone who is a member of a club)
=> Orangeman -- (a member of a society founded in Ireland in 1795 to uphold
Protestantism and the British sovereign)
=> pledge -- (someone accepted for membership but not yet fully admitted to
the group)
=> Rotarian -- (a member of a Rotary Club)
=> sister -- (a female person who is a fellow member of a sorority or labor
union or other group; "none of her sisters would betray her")
=> Beguine -- ((Roman Catholic) a member of a lay sisterhood (one of
several founded in the Netherlands.