
load | load: n. 1 weight, burden; onus, pressure, encumbrance, millstone, cross, albatross, responsibility, care, anxiety, worry, trouble: He put down his load and rested. Seeing her safe is a load off my mind. 2 shipment, consignment, cargo, weight: That load is too heavy for the van. --v. 3 pack, pile, stack, heap, fill, lade, stuff, cram, jam, squeeze: Load all the boxes you can in the truck. 4 Often, load down. weigh down, burden, encumber, saddle with, overwhelm: I was loaded down with too many responsibilities.
loaded | loaded: adj. 1 overloaded, overwhelmed, burdened, laden, weighted (down), filled (up), chock-full, chock-a-block, stuffed, jammed, packed, crowded, brimming, brim-full, crammed: A fully loaded lorry has overturned near exit 5. The train was loaded with commuters. 2 charged, primed, ready: Be careful - the gun is loaded. 3 charged, tricky, manipulative, insidious, prejudiced, prejudicial, trap, devious: ''When did you stop beating your wife?'' is what anybody would call a loaded question. 4 rich, wealthy, affluent, moneyed, well-to-do, well off, Colloq flush, well-heeled , US in the chips, Slang rolling in it: I hear that her new husband is really loaded. 5 drunk: He was loaded before he even went to the party.
loaf� | loaf�: n. 1 brick, cake, block, chunk; lump, cube: We could do with an extra loaf of bread. 2 head, sense, brains, Colloq noggin, noodle, block, bean, Brit noddle, Slang Brit chump: Use your loaf!
loaf� | loaf�: v. 1 lounge (about or around), loiter, idle, laze, lie about or around, take it easy, vegetate, watch the grass grow, Colloq US lallygag or lollygag, Slang Brit skive, Military scrimshank, US goof off, US military gold-brick, Taboo slang US fuck off, fuck the dog: There are always some youngsters loafing about in the park. 2 loaf away. waste, fritter away, idle away: He loafs away all his time watching the telly.
loafer | loafer: n. idler, layabout, wastrel, shirker, fl�neur, ne''er-do-well, tramp, vagrant, Old-fashioned lounge lizard, slugabed, Colloq lazybones, Brit drone, US bum, (ski or tennis or surf) bum, Slang Brit skiver, Military scrimshanker, US military gold brick or gold-bricker, Taboo slang US fuck-off: Why did she marry that good-for-nothing loafer?
loan | loan: n. 1 advance, allowance, credit, accommodation: We needed a loan to pay for Melissa''s education. --v. 2 lend, advance, allow, credit: The bank loaned us enough money to buy a car.
loath | loath: adj. loth, unwilling, reluctant, averse, disinclined, indisposed: I was loath to tell my wife where I had been.
loathe | loathe: v. detest, hate, despise, abhor, abominate, execrate, shrink or recoil from, shudder at: I love broccoli but loathe cauliflower.
loathing | loathing: n. hatred, abhorrence, aversion, hate, odium, detestation, antipathy, repugnance, horror, revulsion: She treated her critics with loathing.
loathsome | loathsome: adj. detestable, abhorrent, odious, hateful, disgusting, execrable, abominable, despicable, contemptible, noisome, offensive, horrible, repulsive, repugnant, nauseating, sickening, revolting, nasty, vile: Without warning, the loathsome beast attacked me. She died shortly of a loathsome disease.
lob | lob: v. 1 loft, toss, pitch, shy, heave, fling, chuck, hurl, throw: She lobbed the ball high in the air over the net. --n. 2 toss, throw, bowl, pitch, hit, US fly: I misjudged the slow lob and swung too soon.
lobby | lobby: n. 1 foyer, entrance-hall, vestibule, entry, US entry-way; reception (room or area), waiting-room, corridor, hall, hallway: We were to meet in the main lobby of the arts centre. 2 special-interest group, pressure group, lobbyist: A powerful lobby has been formed to influence farming legislation. --v. 3 (bring) pressure (to bear), (exert) influence, persuade, pull strings or wires, put one''s weight behind, sway, press, push, promote, urge, Brit pressurize: Environmentalists are lobbying for a ban on fluorocarbons.
local | local: adj. 1 neighbourhood, neighbouring, nearby, close by; adjoining: She works for a local butcher. The law affects only the local area. 2 provincial, regional, district, state, county, shire, municipal, city, town, village, neighbourhood; restricted, limited, specific, particular, peculiar: Clean water is a general, not a local problem. --n. 3 resident, native, townsman, townswoman, townsperson: The locals all voted against the proposition. 4 neighbourhood pub: He stopped in at his local on the way home.
locale | locale: n. site, location, spot, place, setting, venue, neighbourhood, situation, locality: We moved the locale of the film to Spain.
locate | locate: v. 1 situate, place, site, position, set (up), fix, pinpoint, establish, settle, base: Where is your office located? We located our warehouse close to the railway. 2 find, come across, discover, unearth, lay or put or get one''s hand(s) or finger(s) on, chance or hit upon, turn up, track down: Where can I locate a good piano player?
location | location: n. 1 site, place, locale, spot, setting, situation, position: We have just moved to a new location. 2 finding, discovery, laying or putting or getting one''s hand(s) or finger(s) on, unearthing, turning up, tracking down: The location of the other half of the coin became an obsession with him.
lock� | lock�: n. 1 padlock, hasp, bolt, latch, bar, hook, clasp, catch: Why put a lock on the door if there is nothing worth stealing inside? 2 hold; control, power, sway, authority, command, supervision: The bureau has a complete lock on the issue of licences. --v. 3 Often, lock up. padlock, bolt, latch, bar, secure, seal: Lock the doors before leaving for the day. 4 clasp, entangle, engage, join, entwine, close; clutch, grasp, grapple: For six hours the knights were locked in battle. 5 lock away. See lock up or away, below. 6 lock in. a secure, retain, fix, plant, implant, stabilize: What does the maker mean by ''the flavour is locked in''? b commit, oblige, constrain, bind: We are locked in to the promises we made to our employees. c lock up or away, confine, restrain, coop up: You''d better lock in the dogs before you leave. 7 lock on. fix on or upon, track, follow, pursue, keep track of: Our sights are locked on the target. 8 lock out. exclude, shut out, close out, keep out, bar, debar: During the strike, the management locked out all employees. 9 lock up or away. confine, jail or Brit also gaol, imprison, coop up, incarcerate, detain, impound, put behind bars, restrict, cage: They threatened to lock him up and throw away the key.
lock� | lock�: n. tress, curl, ringlet: As a love token, she sent him a lock of her hair.
lodge | lodge: n. 1 hunting-lodge, cabin, chalet, cottage, house; gatehouse, shelter, hut: I have a small lodge in the mountains. 2 branch, chapter: He belongs to the Manchester lodge of the Masons. --v. 3 reside, live, dwell, abide, stay, stop, room, occupy rooms: For years they lodged together at 221B Baker Street. 4 accommodate, board, put up, billet, quarter, house, take in; shelter, harbour: Mrs Mulrooney is lodging a student in her spare room. Her house cannot lodge more than three. 5 stick, wedge, catch, deposit, become stuck or wedged or fixed or caught or deposited, embed itself, become embedded: I''ve got an apple pip lodged in one of my back teeth. 6 register, enter, record, submit, bring forward, set forth or out, file: We lodged a complaint against our neighbours because of the noise.
lodging | lodging: n. Often, lodgings. accommodation(s), shelter, quarters, rooms, apartment, housing, house, dwelling, dwelling-place, residence: I found a night''s lodging in Cranberry Street.
lofty | lofty: adj. 1 tall, high, elevated, towering, soaring: The lofty skyscrapers of New York always impress visitors on first sight. 2 exalted, majestic, imposing, grand, magnificent, noble, regal, imperial, blue-blooded, thoroughbred, aristocratic, magisterial, august, stately, venerable, distinguished, dignified, elevated, eminent, celebrated, honoured, honourable, respected, renowned, famous, prominent, illustrious, notable, leading, pre-eminent, sublime, immortal: He is heir to one of England''s loftiest peerages. 3 elevated, honourable, superior, exalted, noble: Public servants should adhere to lofty principles of morality. 4 grand, grandiose, haughty, arrogant, disdainful, condescending, contemptuous, scornful, supercilious, contumelious, patronizing, superior, overweening, vainglorious, pompous, snobbish, Colloq high and mighty, snooty, uppity, Brit uppish, Slang snotty, Brit toffee-nosed: Her lofty attitude made her unpopular with the voters.
logic | logic: n. 1 reasoning, deduction, dialectics, ratiocination, inferential or scientific reasoning: Mill defined logic as the science of proof, or evidence. 2 (good or common) sense, sound judgement, wisdom, presence of mind: According to Disraeli, England was not governed by logic. 3 reasonableness, intelligence, judiciousness, practicality, rationality: Your logic is valid, but you are forgetting the human factor.
logical | logical: adj. 1 syllogistic(al), inferential, deductive, inductive: Her argument follows basic logical criteria. 2 reasonable, plausible, sensible, sound, valid, intelligent, judicious, practical, rational, wise, proper: Is it logical to assume that people will believe you? 3 well-organized, sound, coherent, consistent, sensible, rational, reasonable, well-reasoned, well-thought-out: The proposal is set forth in a logical fashion, from premise to conclusion.
lonely | lonely: adj. 1 single, solitary, sole, lone, one; unaccompanied, alone: The lonely survivor of the crash struggled out of the jungle. She walked for miles, lonely and desolate. 2 desolate, uninhabited, deserted, barren: Robinson Crusoe''s world was a lonely place. 3 friendless, lonesome, abandoned, outcast, forsaken; solo, hermit-like, eremitic(al), reclusive, secluded, retiring, withdrawn, unsocial: He felt lonely in the strange city. She leads a lonely existence with only her cat for company.
lonesome | lonesome: adj. 1 alone, forsaken, friendless, rejected, unpopular, unwelcome, outcast, deserted, abandoned, estranged: She was terribly lonesome and homesick before meeting Patrick. 2 See lonely, 2.
long� | long�: adj. 1 extensive, extended, elongate(d), large, great, big: That is a very long snake! 2 lengthy, prolonged, protracted; extensive, extended, sustained: I waited for a long time.
long� | long�: v. wish, crave, want, yearn, desire, hunger, fancy, covet, dream of, hanker, eat one''s heart out: I am longing for a good roast beef dinner. I long to see you once more.
longing | longing: n. craving, wish, yearning, hunger, fancy, desire, hankering, Colloq yen: I have a longing to be home again.
look | look: v. 1 Usually, look at. see, observe, consider, contemplate, regard, view, survey, inspect, scrutinize, study, scan; pay attention, attend, notice, watch, witness; Literary behold, Slang US eyeball: Look at what you''ve done! Look at the way I do it. 2 seem (to be), appear (to be): That looks like a useful utensil. You certainly look healthy. 3 face, front (on), overlook, look out on: The house looks over the sea at the back. 4 look after. care for, take care of, be responsible for, attend, mind, watch, serve, wait on, nurse, protect: Rose will look after your house while you''re away. I need someone to look after me. 5 look down on or upon or US at. disdain, despise, contemn, scorn, disparage, derogate, spurn, sneer, misprize, Colloq turn one''s nose up at, look down one''s nose at: They look down on anyone with less money. 6 look for. a seek, demand, require: We aren''t looking for the same things in a person. b hunt for, forage for, search for: I am looking for a cup to match my set. c expect, hope, anticipate, count on, reckon on: I am looking for a better school report next term. 7 look forward to. a anticipate, await, wait for: I am looking forward to Sunday''s match. b expect, count or rely on or upon: We were looking forward to your help. 8 look into. examine, study, investigate, inspect, delve into, dig into, probe, scrutinize, explore, go into, research, check (out), check into: I shall have to look into the matter. 9 look out. be careful, be alert, be vigilant, be on the qui vive, be watchful, watch out, beware, pay attention, be on guard: If you don''t look out, you''ll bang your head. 10 look over. look at, examine, read, scan, study, check (out or over), Slang US eyeball: I haven''t had a chance to look over the material you gave me. 11 look up. a seek, search for, hunt for, try to find, track or run down: I meant to look up the etymology of ''picnic''. b get in touch with, (tele)phone, ring (up), visit, call on, call up, look or drop in on, go to see: I looked up a friend of mine when I was in Chicago. c improve, get better, pick up, show improvement, progress, gain, make headway or progress: He was pleased to see that business was looking up. 12 look up to. admire, regard highly, respect, esteem, honour, revere, extol, worship, idolize, venerate: The boy really looks up to you. --n. 13 gaze, glance: Her look was inviting. He gave me a dirty look. Let me have a look at you. 14 looks, appearance, aspect, bearing, manner, air, demeanour; expression, countenance, face, mien: I just didn''t like the look of the man. He had a nasty look.
look-alike | look-alike: n. twin, double, exact or perfect likeness or match, clone, Colloq spitting image or spit and image; doppelg�nger; Slang (dead) ringer: She is such a perfect look-alike of Princess Di''s that people follow her in the street.
lookout | lookout: n. 1 guard, sentry, sentinel, watchman: The lookout reported that the fort was surrounded by Cochise''s braves. 2 alert, qui vive; guard, watch: Be on the lookout for shoplifters. 3 responsibility, worry, concern, problem, difficulty, Colloq headache: How he wastes his free time is his lookout, how he spends his working time is ours.
loom | loom: v. 1 appear, emerge, take shape or form, materialize, surface, arise: A huge figure loomed out of the fog. 2 menace, impend, threaten, overshadow, tower, dominate, hang or hover over: Count Dracula''s dark castle loomed over us. 3 loom large. dominate, predominate, play a big or an important role or part: Sales to children loom large in your predictions.
loop | loop: n. 1 hoop, noose, ring, circle, bow, eye, eyelet, coil, whorl, Nautical bend: I caught my toe in a loop of rope and fell on the deck. --v. 2 twist, coil, wind, tie, circle, curl, entwine, turn, ring, Nautical bend: Loop the thread round the crochet hook and pull it through.
loophole | loophole: n. outlet, way out, means of escape, escape, subterfuge, pretext, evasion, quibble, Colloq dodge: They couldn''t prosecute him because he found a loophole in the law.
loose | loose: adj. 1 unattached, unconnected, disconnected, detached, free, unsecured, unfastened, movable: I have a loose tooth. The vacuum cleaner will pick up any loose bits. 2 unconfined, untied, unfettered, released, freed, unshackled, unchained; free, at liberty, at large, on the loose, untrammelled: In Pamplona, they allow loose bulls to run through the streets to the arena. 3 unconfining, free-flowing, flowing, baggy, slack, hanging: That skirt is loose on you since you lost weight. 4 disordered, disorganized, unbound, untied, messy; strewn or spread or tossed or thrown about or around, scattered (about or around), in disorder, in disarray, dispersed: On the desk was a loose pile of papers. 5 rambling, disconnected, unstructured, unconnected, discontinuous, non-specific, unspecific, indefinite, imprecise, inexact, inaccurate, free, broad, rough, offhand, casual, careless, untidy, sloppy, slapdash, general, vague: He gave a loose description of his assailant. A loose translation does not convey the flavour of the original. 6 lax, relaxed, negligent, careless, sloppy: Discipline has been quite loose around here lately. 7 wanton, dissolute, debauched, immoral, promiscuous, abandoned, fast, libertine, profligate, licentious, lewd, perverted, corrupt: She was quickly gaining a reputation for being a loose woman. --adv. 8 break loose. escape, flee: The boy broke loose from my grasp and ran to greet his mother. 9 hang or stay loose. relax, stay or keep calm or cool, cool off or down, sit back, take it easy: Hang loose and everything will be all right. 10 let or set or turn loose. discharge, let go (with); emit, give out (with), fire: They let him loose after questioning. She let loose a stream of invective like a fishwife. --v. 11 let go, (set) free, release, let or set or turn loose; liberate, deliver: Ten thousand balloons were loosed in the celebration. 12 untie, undo, unfasten, let go, disengage, relax, ease, loosen, slacken;, cast off: Loose these ropes, please. 13 let go, let fly, fire, discharge, shoot, unleash, deliver: We loosed a devastating barrage at the enemy.
loosen | loosen: v. 1 loose; undo, unfasten, unhook, unbutton, unlace, untie, unbind, unbuckle; unscrew: Quick! Loosen his collar! 2 weaken, detach, separate, sever, break or cut (apart): The vibration has loosened the rivets.
loot | loot: n. 1 booty, spoils, plunder, prize, haul, Slang swag, boodle: They divided up the loot amongst the gang. --v. 2 plunder, sack, ransack, rob, pillage, despoil, raid, ravage, maraud, Rare depredate: The soldiers looted every house in the city.
lop | lop: v. Often, lop off. chop off, trim, top, head, crop, prune, dock, clip, trim, snip off, shear off, cut off, pare, shorten, hack off, amputate: Lop the lower branches off close to the trunk.
lopsided | lopsided: adj. 1 uneven, askew, one-sided, awry, unsymmetrical, asymmetrical, unequal, crooked, unbalanced, irregular, Colloq cock-eyed: That lopsided bookcase is the sole product of Ed''s cabinet-making class. 2 uneven, unequal, one-sided, biased, disproportionate, unfair, warped, twisted: Four against two - I''d call that lopsided, wouldn''t you?
lord | lord: n. 1 master, monarch, ruler, sovereign: Harry considers himself lord of all he surveys. 2 noble, nobleman, peer, aristocrat; earl, duke, count, viscount, baron: He was made a lord in recognition of his achievements. 3 The or Our Lord. God, the Almighty, God Almighty, the Creator, the Supreme Being, Christ, Jesus, Jehovah: The Lord moves in mysterious ways his miracles to perform. --v. lord it over. domineer, swagger, be overbearing, Colloq boss (around), act big, pull rank: He lords it over everyone in the office.
lore | lore: n. 1 folklore, beliefs, culture, tradition(s), mythology, myths, mythos, ethos, teaching(s), doctrine, wisdom: According to their lore, the American Indians go to the Happy Hunting Ground when they die. 2 knowledge, learning, erudition: He was acquainted with medical lore through his reading.
lose | lose: v. 1 mislay, misplace, displace, part with; suffer the loss of, be deprived of: I lost my pen. He lost a leg in the war. 2 forfeit, yield: He says he lost the rent money gambling. 3 give up, yield, capitulate, admit defeat, succumb, bow to, be defeated or conquered, suffer defeat, be beaten or overcome or worsted or bested, Colloq lose out: It was a good game, but we lost. 4 waste, let slip, squander, dissipate, fritter or trifle away, run out of; consume, use (up), expend, spend: We lost a lot of time waiting for him to decide. 5 elude, evade, escape, throw or shake off, give the slip: I managed to lose the sinister-looking man who was shadowing me.
loser | loser: n. also-ran, misfit, failure, fiasco, non-starter, Colloq flop, dud, washout, bummer, lead balloon, lemon, born loser, Brit damp squib, Brit and Australian no-hoper, US clinker, nebbish, schlemiel or schlemihl or shlemiel, schlimazel or shlimazel or shlimazl, schnook, sad sack: Dick is a real loser and will never amount to anything. His idea for a company newsletter was a loser.
loss | loss: n. 1 deprivation, bereavement, privation, denial, sacrifice, forfeiture, disappearance: We must be constantly vigilant to watch for any loss of our liberty. 2 diminution, erosion, reduction, impoverishment, depletion, shrinkage: New policies are in place to stem the loss of parkland. 3 disadvantage, detriment, harm, impairment, injury, damage: I don''t regard Wentworth''s resignation as any great loss. 4 waste, wastage, wasting, squandering: The loss of time was owing to a train delay. 5 defeat, set-back, disadvantage, disappointment, failure, downfall, collapse, breakdown, ruin; drubbing, trouncing: His loss is my gain. 6 Often, losses. debit(s), liability (liabilities), negative cash flow: The company wrote off the losses. 7 Often, losses. death, dying, passing, demise, destruction, extermination, extinction, annihilation: The loss from disease was overwhelming. What losses did they suffer in the battle?
lost | lost: adj. 1 gone, departed, vanished, strayed; missing, mislaid, misplaced, irrecoverable: They found my lost dog. The airline told me that my bag was lost. 2 wasted, misspent, gone by the board, squandered, down the drain, spent, exhausted, Colloq out of the window: The new arrangement is resulting in a lot of time lost. I watched another lost opportunity slip by. 3 confused, baffled, perplexed, puzzled, mystified, bewildered, confounded, adrift, helpless, disoriented, at sea, astray: I am totally lost when it comes to high finance. 4 forgotten, bygone, extinct, past, obsolete, vanished, buried: Good writing needn''t be a lost art. 5 dead, extinct, departed, fallen, late: We held a memorial service for our lost comrades. 6 destroyed, demolished, devastated, ruined, wrecked, irreparable, unsalvageable, irreclaimable, irremediable: After the expos� in the newspaper, his name was consigned to the limbo of lost reputations. 7 damned, cursed, accursed, abandoned, corrupt, fallen, wanton, unchaste, dissolute: Unrepentant sinners are lost souls. 8 hopeless, distraught, distracted, desperate, frantic, frenzied: He had the lost look of a cornered fugitive.
lot | lot: n. 1 collection, batch, consignment, assortment, group, portion, set, quantity, grouping, apportionment: They are expecting a new lot of furniture this afternoon. 2 luck, fortune, destiny, fate, kismet, plight, doom, end: It seems to be my lot to stay in the same place all my life. 3 lottery, drawing, raffle, drawing lots or straws: The winner will be decided by lot. 4 share, portion, division, interest, part, allotment, assignment, apportionment, ration, allowance: Marguerite was bequeathed the house, while my lot included the paintings. 5 a lot or lots. a a good or great deal: You have a lot of nerve! I''d give a lot to be able to paint like you. He got into a lot of trouble. b much, loads or a load, mountains or a mountain, tons or a ton, barrels or a barrel, stacks or a stack, piles or a pile, heaps or a heap, masses or a mass, oceans , Colloq oodles, scads, US gobs: She has lots of money. c many, myriad, numerous, countless, reams, infinite or an infinity, quantities or a quantity, enormous numbers or an enormous number, Colloq oodles, scads, loads, tons, masses,: There are lots of fish in the sea. 6 the lot. everything, Colloq the whole kit and caboodle, all: I''ll give you a fiver for the lot.
lotion | lotion: n. cream, liniment, balm, salve, ointment, embrocation, unguent, pomade: The doctor said to rub in some of this lotion twice a day.
lottery | lottery: n. raffle, sweepstake, drawing, pool, Brit tombola: I''ve never known anyone who won anything in the national lottery.
loud | loud: adj. 1 deafening, ear-splitting, booming, blaring, stentorian, thundering, thunderous, sonorous, noisy, clamorous, piercing, fortissimo: The hi-fi is so loud I can''t hear myself think. A loud crash came from the kitchen. 2 tawdry, garish, flashy, gaudy, tasteless, extravagant, showy, ostentatious, Colloq splashy, snazzy, jazzy: He was wearing a check suit and the loudest shirt and tie I had ever seen.
lounge | lounge: v. 1 idle, loaf, laze, loll, languish, vegetate: After dinner, we lounged till midnight, sipping port. --n. 2 sitting-room, salon, front room, parlour: Mother insisted that we entertain visitors in the lounge. 3 lobby, foyer, waiting-room, reception (room), vestibule: I was waiting in the lounge when the doctor returned. 4 cocktail lounge, (lounge or saloon) bar: We went into the lounge and ordered a drink. 5 sofa, couch, divan, studio couch, day-bed, settee, settle, love-seat, chaise longue; causeuse, t�te-�-t�te; US and Canadian Davenport: The psychoanalyst has a lounge on which you lie while talking to him.
lour | lour: v. 1 lower, darken, threaten, menace, loom: The clouds loured: she suddenly began to feel afraid. 2 lower, frown, scowl, glower; sulk, pout, mope: He said nothing, but loured at me from beneath his beetled brow.
lousy | lousy: adj. 1 awful, terrible, mean, contemptible, low, base, hateful, detestable, despicable, vile, wretched, miserable, scurvy, dirty, vicious, Colloq rotten: Telling tales to the teacher was a lousy thing to do. 2 bad, poor, awful, terrible, inferior; low-quality, shoddy, shabby, inferior, miserable, second-rate, wretched: We had lousy seats for the theatre last week. The dealer seems to have sold you a really lousy car. 3 pedicular, pediculous, Brit lice-infested, lice-ridden, US louse-infested, louse-ridden: Even lice are lousy - they have their own parasites. 4 lousy with. alive with, overloaded with, swarming with, teeming with, Colloq crawling with, knee-deep in: In five minutes the place was lousy with cops.
lovable | lovable: adj. loveable, adorable, darling, dear, cherished, likeable, attractive, engaging, cute, fetching, taking, alluring, endearing, appealing, winsome, sweet, tender, cuddly, affectionate, charming, enchanting: She has the most lovable little baby boy.
love | love: n. 1 warmth, affection, attachment, fondness, tenderness, devotion, attraction, friendship, amity, regard, admiration, fancy, adoration, adulation, ardour, passion, fervour, rapture, infatuation: Her love for him grew over the years. 2 liking, delight, enjoyment, pleasure, fondness, attraction, predilection, bent, leaning, proclivity, inclination, disposition, weakness, partiality, preference, taste, relish, passion: In his retirement, Charles has developed a love for golf. 3 darling, beloved, sweetheart, sweetie, sweet, honey, dear one, dearest, angel, turtle-dove, true-love, light of one''s life, lover, paramour, mate, intended, betrothed; girlfriend, inamorata, lady-love, young lady, fianc�e; boyfriend, beau, inamorato, suitor, swain, young man, fianc�, Archaic leman, tally, US POSSLQ (= ''Person of the Opposite Sex Sharing Living Quarters''), Colloq girl, woman, guy, man: Let me tell you something, my love. Come live with me and be my love. 4 sympathy, tenderness, concern, charity, care, solicitude, affinity, rapport, harmony, brotherhood, sisterhood, fellow-feeling: He has great love for his fellow human beings. 5 love affair. a amour, liaison, affair, romance, relationship, affaire de coeur, intrigue: He''s been having a love affair with his secretary. b passion, mania, Colloq thing: George allows nothing to interfere with his love affair with tennis. 6 make love (to) or (with). embrace, cuddle, caress, fondle, have sexual intercourse, Archaic take, know, Colloq neck, pet, canoodle, romance, have sex, make the beast with two backs, US and Canadian make out; Taboo slang screw, fuck, hump, bang, Brit roger, bonk: He still makes love to his wife even though they are both in their eighties. --v. 7 cherish, admire, adore, be in love with, lose one''s heart to, worship, idolize, dote on, treasure, be infatuated with, think the world of, adulate, hold dear, like, Colloq be hung up on, be crazy or nuts or wild or mad about, have a crush on: Only after ten years of friendship did she discover that she loved him. 8 delight in, take pleasure in, derive pleasure or enjoyment from, relish, be partial to, have a passion or preference or taste for, be attracted to, be captivated by, be fond of, like, enjoy, appreciate, value, Colloq get a kick from or out of, be wild about, be thrilled by, US get a bang or charge from or out of: She loves chocolates. I just love your new dress! Love me, love my dog.
love letter | love letter: n. billet-doux, Archaic mash note: She saved all his love letters.
lovely | lovely: adj. 1 good-looking, pretty, handsome, attractive, comely, fair, fetching, engaging, captivating, alluring, enticing, bewitching, ravishing, gorgeous, beautiful, beauteous, pulchritudinous: Larry has two lovely daughters. The house has a lovely view of Lake Windermere. 2 satisfying, satisfactory, agreeable, enjoyable, gratifying, nice, pleasing, pleasant, pleasurable, engaging, delightful: What a lovely way to spend an evening!
lover | lover: n. See love, 3, above.
low� | low�: adj. 1 short, squat, little, small, stubby, stumpy, stunted; low-lying: The terrain has many low shrubs, not more than two feet tall. 2 inadequate, insufficient, deficient, down, short, sparse, scanty, scant, limited: The air in the tyres is a bit low. Our water supply ran low. 3 coarse, unrefined, indelicate, improper, naughty, risqu�, indecent, unseemly, vulgar, crude, common, rude, offensive, gross, ill-bred, lewd, obscene, ribald, bawdy, scurrilous, smutty, pornographic, dirty: The old burlesque acts were characterized by their low humour. 4 weak, frail, feeble, debilitated, enervated, sickly, unhealthy, infirm, shaky, decrepit, ill, sick: He''s very low and sinking fast. 5 ineffectual, ineffective, weak: Her resistance to disease is low. I have a low pain threshold. 6 miserable, dismal, wretched, abysmal, sorry, abject, destitute: I seem to have reached a low point in my career. 7 humble, poor, low-born, lowly, base, inferior, base-born, plebeian, proletariat, ignoble: He rose from those low beginnings to a peerage. 8 unhappy, depressed, dejected, sad, gloomy, melancholy, miserable, despondent, disconsolate, blue, downcast, down, glum, wretched, morose, crestfallen, broken-hearted, heart-broken, tearful, lachrymose, sorrowful, mournful, heavy-hearted: I felt low for weeks after the death of my kitten. 9 inferior, second-rate, poor, bad, not up to par, worthless, shoddy, shabby, mediocre, substandard: Their products are of low quality. 10 inferior, lower, lesser, small, smaller: Play a low card. 11 low-cut, d�collet�, revealing, Colloq US low and behold in the front and vie de Boh�me in the back: Gilda wore a low, strapless black satin evening gown. 12 base, vile, abject, contemptible, despicable, mean, menial, servile, ignoble, degraded, vulgar, foul, dastardly, depraved, nasty, sordid: That was a low trick he played telling on his friends. I didn''t know that anyone could sink to such a low level. 13 quiet, hushed, soft, subdued, gentle, muted, muffled, stifled, indistinct, whispered, murmured, murmurous: Her low voice was sweet. 14 unfavourable, critical, adverse: She has a rather low opinion of his singing.
low� | low�: v. moo, bellow; bawl: The lowing herd moved slowly into the pasture.
low-down | low-down: n. information, intelligence, data, the facts, inside story, Colloq info, dope, dirt, Brit bumf: I have the low-down on the scandal.
lower� | lower�: v. 1 drop, reduce, decrease, mark down, discount, lessen, diminish, downgrade, cut, slash: Prices on all goods have been lowered. 2 let or move or bring or put down, drop: The drawbridge was lowered and the knights rode across. They lowered the coffin into the grave. 3 cut or lop off, cut or take down, reduce, diminish, crop, trim: We lowered the hedge by a foot. 4 abase, debase, degrade, discredit, shame, disgrace, demean, belittle, humble, humiliate; stoop, deign, condescend: I wouldn''t lower myself to so much as speak to him. 5 turn down, quieten, moderate, modulate, soften, tone down: He lowered his voice to a whisper. --adj. 6 further or farther down: My mother has a flat on a lower floor of the building. 7 earlier: These primitive amphibians are from the Lower Carboniferous. 8 lower case. small, minuscule: Use capitals for the first letters and lower case for the rest in these names.
lower� | lower�: v. See lour, above.
lowly | lowly: adj. See low�, 7, above.
loyal | loyal: adj. faithful, true, dependable, devoted, trustworthy, trusty, steady, steadfast, staunch, trusted, reliable, stable, unswerving, unwavering, dedicated, constant, patriotic: Give me twelve men loyal and true and we shall rout the enemy.
loyalty | loyalty: n. faithfulness, fidelity, dependability, devotedness, devotion, allegiance, patriotism, trustworthiness, steadfastness, staunchness, firmness, resolution, resolve, reliability, stability, dedication, constancy: I hope that we can rely on the loyalty of everyone in your unit, Colonel.
