
viable | viable: adj. sustainable, supportable, sensible, reasonable, practical, practicable, applicable, workable, feasible, possible: We have three days to come up with a viable plan for continuing the research project.
vibes | vibes: n.pl. vibrations, feelings, sensations, resonance(s), rapport, empathy, sympathy: I felt the place had really good vibes the minute I walked in.
vibrate | vibrate: v. quiver, shiver, shudder, fluctuate, quake, shake, tremble, throb, pulsate, oscillate, pulse, reverberate, resonate, Brit judder: The house began to vibrate, the windows rattled, and the dishes danced off their shelves.
vicarious | vicarious: adj. surrogate, delegated, deputed, commissioned, assigned, indirect, substituted: He derived vicarious pleasure from seeing his children do the things that he no longer could.
vice | vice: n. 1 immorality, corruption, evil, badness, depravity, degradation, degeneracy, iniquity, villainy, venality, evil-doing, wickedness, profligacy, sin, sinfulness, transgression: She described the town as a den of indecency, exhibitionism, and vice. 2 flaw, defect, fault, imperfection, blemish, shortcoming, failing, weakness, frailty, foible, infirmity, deficiency: Rejection without due consideration is a prejudicial vice of editors.
vice versa | vice versa: adv. conversely, contrariwise, to or on the contrary, reversed, the other way around: She made the facts fit her conclusions, instead of vice versa.
vicinity | vicinity: n. area, neighbourhood, locale, vicinage, environs, locality, precincts, purlieus, territory: All people living in the vicinity of the nuclear plant were tested for radiation poisoning.
vicious | vicious: adj. 1 immoral, unprincipled, amoral, barbarous, corrupt, evil, bad, base, depraved, vile, atrocious, execrable, degraded, degrading, degenerate, venal, iniquitous, heinous, odious, perverted, nefarious, wicked, flagitious, devilish, diabolic(al), fiendish, monstrous, profligate, shameful, shameless, abominable, sinful: The vicious, bloody dictatorship on the island lasted only a dozen years. 2 malicious, spiteful, mean, nasty, hateful, malevolent, malignant, bitter, acrimonious, rancorous, venomous, vindictive, defamatory, slanderous, scandalous, Slang rotten, bitchy: When they argued, they said terribly vicious things to one another. 3 savage, wild, untamed, ferocious, fearful, brutal, fierce, fiendish, bestial, feral, brutish, ravening, Literary fell: The local children were terrified of his vicious Rottweiler.
vicissitude | vicissitude: n. 1 change, mutation, alteration, changeability, mutability, variation, variability, variety, alternation, flux, fluctuation, unpredictability: Who seeks stability in life often encounters its vicissitude. 2 vicissitudes. fluctuations, changes, variations, contrasts, inconstancy, unpredictability, uncertainties, Colloq ups and downs, flukiness: His success is amazing in light of the vicissitudes he survived.
victim | victim: n. 1 sufferer, martyr, casualty, scapegoat, sacrificial lamb, injured party: It is a pity that you had to be the victim of her greed. 2 dupe, gull, fool, butt, fair game, Colloq chump, fall guy, Slang sucker, sap, Chiefly US and Canadian patsy, US schnook, schlemiel or schlemihl or shlemiel: She was an easy victim for any confidence man.
victimize | victimize: v. 1 prey on, pursue, go after, pick on, bully, take advantage of, persecute, exploit, use: Increasingly, older people are being victimized by unscrupulous relatives. 2 cheat, swindle, bilk, defraud, dupe, hoodwink, deceive, gull, fool, trick, outwit, outsmart, outfox, Colloq snooker, flimflam, Slang suck or sucker in, screw, shaft, take (in), rook: The confidence team used the old Spanish handkerchief trick to victimize unsuspecting tourists.
victor | victor: n. winner, champion, conqueror, prizewinner: They came home unchallenged victors by an overwhelming 11 point margin.
victorious | victorious: adj. triumphant, successful: Caesar was victorious over the Gauls.
victory | victory: n. triumph, conquest, supremacy, superiority, success, overcoming, mastery, winning, quelling, crushing: Alexander''s victory over Darius at Arbela was one of the decisive battles of history.
vie | vie: v. compete, contend, struggle, strive: The brothers constantly vied for their father''s affection.
view | view: n. 1 outlook, aspect, prospect, scene, perspective, vista, panorama, spectacle, picture, tableau; landscape, seascape, cityscape: From the tower we had a view of the devastation below. 2 opinion, point of view, approach, position, judgement, belief, way of thinking, conception, understanding, impression, feeling, sentiment, notion: Denham''s view is that the country''s defences are inadequate. 3 aspect, angle, position, prospect, perspective, vision, representation, projection: Here is a termite''s-eye view of the timbers in your house. 4 inspection, survey, vision, sight, observation, scrutiny, examination, contemplation, study: The shroud was pulled away, exposing the revolting object to our view. 5 aim, direction, intent, intention, purpose, objective, object, expectation, prospect, vision, hope, dream: We cultivated their friendship with a view to being invited aboard their yacht. 6 in view of. in light of, considering, in consideration of, because of, on account of: In view of your failure to respond to our letters, we must refer the matter to our lawyers. --v. 7 look at or upon or over, see, take in, watch, observe, scrutinize, examine, regard, behold: From this vantage point one can view the entire valley. 8 witness, see, watch, observe, take in: We viewed the entire robbery as it took place. 9 regard, consider, think of, look on or upon, judge, deem, believe, hold, estimate, rate, gauge, assess: Control views Craven as a threat.
viewpoint | viewpoint: n. standpoint, (point of) view, attitude, angle, slant, position, stance, vantage point, perspective, frame of reference, way of thinking, context: From our viewpoint, widening the road only encourages speeding.
vigilance | vigilance: n. watchfulness, alertness, observance, guardedness, circumspection, attentiveness, caution: While the dog remains loose, we must exercise vigilance.
vigilant | vigilant: adj. watchful, alert, sharp, observant, guarded, circumspect, attentive, wakeful, cautious, careful, wary, chary, on one''s guard, on the alert, on the lookout, eagle-eyed, hawk-eyed, Argus-eyed, on the qui vive, on one''s toes, with one''s eyes open, Colloq with one''s eyes skinned or peeled: As long as we remain vigilant, they will never be able to take us by surprise.
vigorous | vigorous: adj. energetic, active, vivacious, dynamic, brisk, lively, spirited, robust, strong, hardy, hale, hearty, vital, fit, lusty, stalwart, in good or fine fettle, spry, sprightly, resilient, Colloq peppy, full of pep, full of get-up-and-go, full of beans: At 63, he is just as vigorous as he was at 40.
vigorously | vigorously: adv. energetically, actively, vivaciously, dynamically, briskly, spiritedly, robustly, strongly, hardily, heartily, lustily, stalwartly, eagerly, with might and main, with a vengeance, strenuously, Colloq like mad, like crazy, hammer and tongs: It may not be good for you to exercise vigorously every day.
vigour | vigour: n. vitality, resilience, strength, power, energy, forcefulness, force, stamina, endurance, mettle, mettlesomeness, pith, dynamism, spirit, liveliness, animation, verve, vivacity, exuberance, brio, briskness, zest, zealousness, enthusiasm, gusto, eagerness, Colloq spunk, pep, pizazz, vim, oomph, zing, get-up-and-go: When attacked, they defended themselves with extraordinary vigour.
vile | vile: adj. 1 base, abject, contemptible, debased, degenerate, depraved, bad, iniquitous, execrable, atrocious, sordid, immoral, amoral, wicked, evil, sinful, hellish, fiendish, ignoble, revolting, despicable, horrid, horrible, dreadful, terrible, corrupt, mean, wretched, miserable, degrading, ignominious, disgraceful, shameful, shameless: In every age, the vilest specimens of human nature are to be found among demagogues. 2 disgusting, nasty, sickening, nauseous, nauseating, foul, loathsome, offensive, noxious, repulsive, repellent, repugnant: It is, indeed, a vile disease, but at least it is not contagious. She had prepared some vile cocktail that I refused to drink.
vilify | vilify: v. depreciate, devalue, deprecate, debase, disparage, denigrate, diminish, traduce, defame, speak ill of, revile, slander, libel, abuse, defile, sully, smear, tarnish, malign, calumniate, asperse, run down, decry, Rare vilipend, Colloq US bad-mouth: His political and religious views became notorious and were often vilified.
villain | villain: n. wretch, evil-doer, criminal, miscreant, blackguard, rogue, rascal, cad, scallywag or scalawag, malefactor, scoundrel, dog, cur, viper, reptile, snake in the grass, rat, Archaic rapscallion, Literary knave, caitiff, Colloq Brit bounder, blighter, Slang bastard, son of a bitch, Brit rotter, US SOB or s.o.b. (= ''son of a bitch''): The villain of the film is a smooth-talking charmer who swindles old ladies out of their savings.
villainous | villainous: adj. 1 treacherous, perfidious, dishonest, unscrupulous, traitorous, corrupt, faithless, criminal, felonious, murderous, Colloq crooked, bent: Few activities are more villainous than being a double agent. 2 See vile, 1, above.
vindicate | vindicate: v. 1 clear, exonerate, absolve, acquit, exculpate, excuse: She was vindicated of any complicity in the affair. 2 justify, support, uphold, prove: Subsequent events vindicated his actions.
vindictive | vindictive: adj. avenging, vengeful, vindicatory, revengeful, retaliatory, spiteful, unforgiving, splenetic, resentful, rancorous, implacable: She later turned vindictive, attacking everyone for real or imagined slights.
vintage | vintage: n. 1 year, crop, harvest, origin, generation: Which vintage is the better for Bordeaux, 1949 or 1954? --adj. 2 quality, choice, superior, better, good, select, best, classic; aged, seasoned, mature(d), mellow(ed): Mark has become an expert in vintage wines. 3 antiquated, old-fashioned, old-fogyish or old-fogeyish, antique, bygone, old-time, collector or collector''s, Colloq over the hill: Claud used to drive his vintage car to work every day.
violate | violate: v. 1 break, breach, disobey, disregard, contravene, infringe, ignore: He habitually violated the law by carrying a pistol. 2 dishonour, desecrate, profane, defile, degrade, debase, treat irreverently: Vandals were found to have violated the sacred shrine. 3 rape, debauch, ravish, ravage, molest, attack, assault, outrage: The victim identified the man who had violated her.
violation | violation: n. 1 infringement, breach, disregard, disobedience, contravention, abuse; ignoring, infringing, breaching, disregarding, disobeying, contravening, abusing, violating: Parking here is a violation of the law. Violation of the rules will be dealt with summarily. 2 profanation, profaning, sacrilege, desecration, desecrating, defilement, defiling, degradation, degrading, dishonour, dishonouring, debasement, debasing, violating: The authorities take a serious view of the violation of a place of worship or a cemetery. 3 rape, ravishment, molestation, attack, outrage, assault, violating: The defendant is charged with the violation of three women.
violence | violence: n. 1 (brute or physical) force, might, mightiness, power, strength, severity, intensity, energy, vehemence, ferocity, ferociousness, fierceness, fury, vigour; destructiveness, virulence: The violence of the storm continued unabated throughout the night. The violence of the seizures diminished after she was given the medication. 2 bestiality, brutality, barbarity, savagery, cruelty, bloodthirstiness, wildness, ferocity, frenzy, fury, passion, fierceness, vehemence, murderousness: The marauders attacked with a violence that terrified the villagers. 3 do violence to. a harm, damage, injure: The scandal did violence to her reputation. Humphrey''s singing could do violence to any melody. b warp, twist, distort: In reporting that her views are antifeminist, the newspaper did violence to the import of her speech.
violent | violent: adj. 1 wild, physical, destructive, vehement, brutal, brutish, beastly, nasty, cruel, mean, barbarous, inhuman, savage, fierce, ferocious, furious, frenzied, uncontrollable, untamed, ungovernable, raging, raving, irrational, insane, crazed, Colloq fit to be tied: Tony turned into a violent maniac when he suspected her of seeing another man. 2 harmful, injurious, damaging, detrimental, destructive, deleterious, catastrophic, cataclysmic, ruinous, devastating: This was the most violent earthquake to hit Mexico in recorded history. 3 acute, serious, severe, extreme, harsh, trenchant, virulent, intense, energetic, forceful, vehement, passionate, impetuous,tempestuous: The proceedings were interrupted by an outburst of violent abuse from the public gallery.
virtual | virtual: adj. effective, essential; practical, understood, accepted: In rush hours, the motorway traffic comes to a virtual standstill.
virtually | virtually: adv. essentially, effectively, practically, almost, to all intents and purposes, for all practical purposes, more or less, nearly, as good as, substantially, in effect, in essence: He had virtually won the Brisbane-London sailing race when he passed the Lizard, but then he hit a rock.
virtue | virtue: n. 1 morality, high-mindedness, honour, goodness, justness, righteousness, fairness, integrity, right-mindedness, honesty, probity, uprightness, rectitude, decency, worth, worthiness, nobility, character, respectability: You will find the Billingses to be people of unassailable virtue. 2 virginity, chastity, chasteness, honour, innocence, purity: As Healey had six daughters, he was kept quite busy protecting their virtue. 3 quality, credit, strength, good point, asset: Opposing the seven deadly sins are the three theological virtues, faith, hope, and charity, and the four cardinal virtues, fortitude, justice, prudence, and temperance. 4 by virtue of. by dint of, owing to, thanks to, by reason of, because of, on account of: Gerry was a part owner by virtue of his investment in the company.
virtuosity | virtuosity: n. (technical) skill, technique, ability, expertise, mastery, excellence, brilliance, craftsmanship, craft, flair, dash, �lan, �clat, panache, pyrotechnics, showmanship, show, staginess, Colloq razzle-dazzle: The concerto was performed with signal virtuosity but little imagination or understanding.
virtuoso | virtuoso: n. 1 master, maestro, expert, genius, talent, prodigy, old hand, Colloq wizard, whiz or whizz or wiz, whiz-kid or whizz-kid, Chiefly Brit dab hand, US maven or mavin: Walter is a veritable virtuoso on the harmonica. --adj. 2 masterful, masterly, expert, talented, brilliant, dazzling, bravura, prodigious, excellent, superb, extraordinary, exceptional, superior, first-rate, superlative, matchless, peerless, sterling, marvellous, remarkable: His virtuoso performance of the B minor sonata won him a standing ovation.
virtuous | virtuous: adj. 1 moral, honourable, ethical, honest, good, upstanding, high-principled, upright, righteous, pure, uncorrupted, incorruptible, just, fair, right-minded, fair-minded, high-minded, scrupulous, trustworthy: Thomas has proved himself a virtuous young man. 2 chaste, innocent, virginal, virgin; decent, proper, unsullied, faithful, true, uncorrupted: A virtuous woman makes a virtuous wife.
virulence | virulence: n. 1 virulency, poisonousness, venomousness, toxicity, noxiousness, deadliness, perniciousness, injuriousness, destructiveness, malignity, malignancy, violence, balefulness: The virulence of his affliction was not recognized till it was too late. 2 virulency, acrimony, acrimoniousness, bitterness, acerbity, rancour, spleen, poison, poisonousness, venom, venomousness, malignity, malevolence, maliciousness, malice, spite, hostility, resentment, antagonism, hatred: We were taken aback by the virulence of the priest''s attack on Miss Thompson''s morals.
virulent | virulent: adj. 1 lethal, life-threatening, deadly, fatal, pernicious, septic, poisonous, toxic, baleful, noxious, dangerous, harmful, injurious, detrimental, deleterious, destructive, unhealthy, unwholesome: He died from a virulent form of dysentery that he caught in the tropics. 2 vicious, venomous, bitter, spiteful, malignant, malign, malicious, malevolent, poisonous, splenetic, acrimonious, acerbic, acid, mordant, sarcastic, nasty, trenchant, caustic, antagonistic, hateful, hostile: What did I do to the reviewer of The Herald to merit such a virulent review?
visible | visible: adj. 1 seeable, perceivable, perceptible, discernible, detectable, discoverable, noticeable, unmistakable or unmistakeable, clear, obvious, observable; visual: The visible part of the energy spectrum is relatively small. The entrance holes to their burrows were clearly visible. 2 obvious, conspicuous, evident, apparent, prominent, manifest, distinct, patent, well-defined, identifiable: The consequences of the Act of Union of 1707 are still visible in Scotland today.
vision | vision: n. 1 eyesight, perception, sight: The optician said there is nothing wrong with MacKenzie''s vision. 2 far-sightedness, understanding, imagination, foresight, foresightedness, insight: MacKenzie has brought great vision to this scheme for developing the Australian outback. 3 view, perspective, perception, envisioning, envisaging, dream, idea, plan, scheme: MacKenzie''s vision of making the desert bloom seemed impossibly remote. 4 phantom, apparition, chimera, delusion, hallucination, mirage, spectre, shade, eidolon, revenant, phantasm, materialization, illusion, ghost, wraith: A vision appeared to MacKenzie as he slept, telling him that her name was Alice Springs. 5 sight for sore eyes, (welcome) sight, dream, epitome: To MacKenzie Alice was a vision of great beauty, and he proposed marriage.
visionary | visionary: adj. 1 dreamy, speculative, unpractical, impractical, fanciful, imaginary, unrealistic, unreal, romantic, idealistic, unworkable, Utopian: It is a pity that none of MacKenzie''s visionary plans ever came to pass. --n. 2 dreamer, idealist, romantic, fantast, wishful thinker, Don Quixote: The world needs more visionaries like MacKenzie.
visit | visit: v. 1 (go or come to) see, call (in or on or upon), look in on, stop in or by, Colloq pop in or by, drop in (on), take in: I plan to visit Leslie. Did you visit the Smithsonian Institution? 2 afflict, attack, befall, fall upon, assail, seize, smite, scourge, descend upon, inflict, affect: Horrible diseases and tortures were said to visit those who denied God. --n. 3 stay, call, sojourn, stop, stopover: The minister will be here for only a brief visit.
visitation | visitation: n. 1 staying, calling, visiting, sojourning, stopping (over): The father has visitation rights to his children on weekends. 2 affliction, ordeal, trial, punishment, disaster, catastrophe, cataclysm, calamity, tragedy, curse, scourge, blight, plague, pestilence: In the story, the tyrant succumbed finally to a visitation from the Almighty.
visitor | visitor: n. caller, guest, company; visitant: May I phone you back after my visitors have gone?
vital | vital: adj. 1 imperative, essential, necessary, needed, requisite, required, indispensable, mandatory, compulsory, cardinal, fundamental, basic, critical, crucial, central, pivotal: Air and water are vital for the existence of most known organisms. 2 important, key, central, critical, crucial, life-and-death or life-or-death, pivotal, paramount, main: In an emergency, the captain must make the vital decision whether to abandon ship. This is a matter of vital concern for us all. 3 lively, full of life, vivacious, spirited, vigorous, dynamic, alive, animated, brisk, energetic: We have lost a vital member of the community. She took a vital interest in community affairs. 4 invigorating, quickening, life-giving, animating, vitalizing, reviving, vivifying, enlivening, rejuvenating: I could feel the vital energies returning to my limbs.
vitality | vitality: n. 1 energy, life, life-force, vigour, power, intensity, force, liveliness,, vivacity, vivaciousness, animation, sparkle, spiritedness, exuberance, Colloq zing, pep, pizazz, oomph, get-up-and-go, zip, vim: My great-grandfather has the vitality of a forty-year-old. 2 stamina, hardiness, endurance, energy, strength, robustness: Does this society have the vitality needed to take it into the next decade?
vitalize | vitalize: v. stimulate, activate, arouse, vivify, animate, awaken, inspirit, invigorate, enliven, inspire, revive, rejuvenate, innervate, energize, fortify, reinvigorate, renew, refresh, charge (up): The tonic vitalized him to the point where he felt young again.
vitiate | vitiate: v. 1 spoil, ruin, harm, impair, mar, sully, corrupt, pervert, contaminate, adulterate, weaken, degrade, downgrade, depreciate, diminish, depress, vulgarize, lower, reduce, undermine: Words appropriated from other languages tend to enrich rather than vitiate modern English. 2 debase, deprave, pervert, corrupt, demoralize, defile: Despite other strengths his entire character was vitiated by overriding avarice. 3 invalidate, destroy, delete, cancel, nullify, annul, revoke, void, abrogate, abolish, withdraw, quash, suppress: The invoice was effectively vitiated by the plaintiff''s failure to deliver the goods.
vituperate | vituperate: v. berate, rate, reproach, revile, vilify, execrate, abuse, denounce, decry, deprecate, disparage, devalue, diminish, put down, run down, devaluate, depreciate, blame, inculpate, censure, find fault with, attack, assail, castigate, scold, reprimand, upbraid, rebuke, chide, chasten: From the pulpit he continued to vituperate the vices of the court.
vituperative | vituperative: adj. abusive, calumniatory, calumnious, scurrilous, derogatory, belittling, depreciatory, depreciative, detractory, contemptuous, damning, denunciatory, denigrating, deprecatory, censorious, aspersive, defamatory, slanderous, libellous, castigatory, condemnatory, malign, scornful, withering, harsh, sardonic, sarcastic, biting, acid, contumelious, opprobrious, insulting, Formal vilipenditory, Colloq down-putting: Why should he have directed this vituperative speech at the very person whom he loves?
vivacious | vivacious: adj. lively, spirited, sprightly, energetic, animated, brisk, ebullient, effervescent, bubbly, gay, cheerful, happy, blithe, jaunty, light-hearted, sunny, merry, high-spirited, buoyant, chipper, Colloq up, peppy, full of pep, full of beans, zippy: Had he not gone on the cruise, Michael would never have met the vivacious redhead who became his bride.
vivid | vivid: adj. 1 intense, strong, brilliant, fresh, bright, dazzling, lucid, rich, clear, colourful, glowing: Michel looked splendid in a silk dress of vivid yellow. 2 clear, detailed, sharp, realistic, graphic, true to life, lifelike, distinct, powerful, strong, memorable, dramatic, striking: It brought back to me vivid memories of our first meeting in 1985. 3 prolific, fruitful, fertile, fecund, inventive, creative: That kiss, which never took place, is a figment of Bagley''s vivid imagination.
