
dock | dock: n. 1 wharf, pier, berth, jetty, quay: We went to the dock to see them off. --v. 2 (drop) anchor, berth, tie up, moor, land, put in: The ship docks at noon.
doctor | doctor: n. 1 physician, medical practitioner, M.D., general practitioner, G.P., Colloq medic, medico, doc, sawbones, bones: You ought to see a doctor about that cough. --v. 2 treat, attend, medicate; cure, heal; practise medicine: She knows very little about doctoring children, in spite of having worked as a general practitioner. 3 mend, repair, patch (up), fix: We doctored the tyre as best we could. 4 falsify, tamper with, adulterate, disguise, change, modify, alter; cut, dilute, water (down); spike; drug, poison: This sauce has been doctored.
doctrine | doctrine: n. teaching, body of instruction, precept; principle, tenet, dogma, article of faith, canon, conviction, creed, belief, credo, opinion, idea, concept, theory, proposition, thesis, postulate: Few believe the doctrine that all men are created equal.
document | document: n. 1 paper, certificate, instrument, report, chronicle, record: All the legal documents are at my lawyer''s office. --v. 2 record, chronicle, particularize, detail, describe; verify, validate, certify, authenticate, corroborate, substantiate: Detectives have documented every move you made since the murder.
doddering | doddering: adj. shaking, quaking, palsied, trembling, trembly, quivering, quavering, reeling, unsteady, shaky, staggering, shambling, decrepit, faltering; feeble, weak, frail, infirm; aged, old, superannuated, senile, anile: Once a vigorous sportsman, his illness has reduced him to a doddering octogenarian.
dodge | dodge: v. 1 dart, shift, move aside, sidestep, duck, bob, weave, swerve, veer: He dodged here and there across the traffic. 2 avoid, elude, evade, escape from: He neatly dodged the punches of his opponent. 3 escape from answering, sidestep, duck, evade, hedge; quibble, tergiversate, double-talk, Colloq waffle: She dodged the questions put to her by the interviewer. --n. 4 trick, subterfuge, ploy, scheme, ruse, device, stratagem, plan, plot, machination, chicane, deception, prevarication, contrivance, evasion, Slang wheeze, racket: Crenshaw worked out a new dodge to avoid paying tax.
dodgy | dodgy: adj. tricky, dangerous, perilous, risky, difficult, ticklish, sensitive, delicate, touchy; uncertain, unreliable; rickety, Colloq chancy, hairy, Brit dicky, dicey: Climbing up the sheer face of that rock could be a bit dodgy. You shouldn''t be exerting yourself with your dodgy ticker.
dogmatic | dogmatic: adj. arbitrary, categorical, dictatorial, imperious, peremptory, overbearing, doctrinaire, authoritarian, emphatic, insistent, assertive, arrogant, domineering; obdurate, stubborn; opinionated, positive, certain, Rare thetic(al), Colloq pushy: Patrick tends to be quite dogmatic when he is sure of his ground.
dole | dole: n. 1 portion, allotment, share, quota, lot, allowance, parcel; compensation, benefit, grant, award, donation, gift, largesse, alms, gratuity; Slang hand-out: The prisoners received a daily dole of bread. If you''ve lost your job, are you eligible for the dole? 2 distribution, apportionment, allocation, dispensation: The money was given to the disaster victims by dole. --v. 3 give (out), deal (out), distribute, hand out, mete out, share (out), dispense, allot, allocate, apportion, Colloq dish out: They dole out the reparations on the basis of need.
doleful | doleful: adj. sad, sorrowful, melancholy, gloomy, mournful, cheerless, joyless, sombre, depressed, disconsolate, blue, down, distressed, dejected, downhearted, forlorn, unhappy, lugubrious, dolorous, wretched, miserable, woebegone, dreary, woeful, Colloq down in the mouth, down in the dumps; distressing, funereal, depressing, grievous, harrowing: From his doleful expression I thought he would cry any minute. She lives in the most doleful surroundings.
dolt | dolt: n. fool, ass, blockhead, dunce, dullard, idiot, nitwit, ignoramus, numskull or numbskull, donkey, nincompoop, ninny, ninny-hammer, simpleton, dunderpate, dunderhead, bonehead, simpleton, twit, fat-head, goon, moron, imbecile, Colloq dope, dumb-bell, dim-wit, chump, dummy, halfwit, birdbrain, pinhead, clot, clod, chucklehead, Brit muggins, US thimble-wit, jerk, knuckle-head, lunkhead, meat-head, lame-brain, dingbat, ding-a-ling, flake: The dolt actually tried to buy striped paint!
domain | domain: n. 1 realm, dominion, territory, property, land(s), province, kingdom, empire: At one time his domain included most of Europe. 2 province, realm, territory, field, bailiwick, area, department, sphere, discipline, speciality, specialization, concern: As a dentist, he considered diseases of the throat outside his domain.
domestic | domestic: adj. 1 home, private, family, familial; residential, household: Her domestic life is a shambles. This toaster is for domestic use. 2 tame, domesticated, house-trained, house-broken: Tenants are forbidden to keep domestic animals. 3 home, native, indigenous, internal, autochthonous: The domestic market accounts for most of the company''s income. --n. 4 servant, (hired) help, housekeeper, major-domo, steward: Her domestics left and she now does the cleaning herself.
domicile | domicile: n. 1 dwelling (place), residence, abode, home, habitation, (living) quarters, housing, accommodation(s), lodging(s), Colloq Brit digs, diggings, Slang pad: Domiciles in south-east England have increased enormously in value. --v. 2 locate, quarter, lodge, settle, establish, situate, domiciliate: She is domiciled abroad, hence pays no income tax here.
dominant | dominant: adj. 1 commanding, authoritative, controlling, governing, ruling, leading, reigning, influential, assertive, supreme, superior, ascendant: He has taken a dominant role in promoting foreign language teaching. 2 predominant, chief, main, principal, primary, prevailing, outstanding, pre-eminent, paramount: A large nose is a dominant characteristic in their family.
dominate | dominate: v. 1 command, control, govern, rule, direct, lead, reign (over), exercise command or authority or control or rule over, have the whip or upper hand (over), run (things), be in or have under control, rule the roost or roast, Colloq call the shots or the tune, wear the trousers or US the pants, be in the driver''s seat, rule with an iron hand, have under one''s thumb: She clearly dominates the board of directors. 2 overlook, look (out) over, tower over or above, rise above, overshadow; predominate: The Eiffel Tower dominates the Parisian skyline.
domination | domination: n. 1 authority, control, rule, power, command, influence, sway, supremacy, ascendancy, hegemony, the whip or upper hand, pre-eminence, mastery: The tsar''s domination lasted for more than thirty years. 2 oppression, subjection, repression, suppression, subordination, enslavement, enthralment; dictatorship, despotism, tyranny: The Allies finally brought to an end the Fascist domination of Europe.
domineering | domineering: adj. overbearing, imperious, officious, arrogant, autocratic, authoritarian, high-handed, high and mighty, masterful, arbitrary, peremptory, dictatorial, despotic, tyrannical, oppressive, strict, hard, harsh, tough, Colloq bossy, pushy: A classic character in humorous writing is the domineering spouse.
dominion | dominion: n. 1 rule, authority, control, dominance, domination, grasp, mastery, grip, command, jurisdiction, power, sovereignty, sway, ascendancy, pre-eminence, primacy, supremacy, hegemony: The magician claimed dominion over the entire universe. 2 domain, realm, territory, region, area, country, kingdom: For six generations the dynasty ruled over its dominions on five continents.
donate | donate: v. give, provide, supply, present, contribute, subscribe (to or for), pledge, award, bestow, confer, grant, vouchsafe, will, bequeath: Lady Crayford donated two silver candlesticks to our charity drive.
donation | donation: n. 1 gift, contribution, largesse, present, grant, award, alms, offering, bequest: Donations have exceeded our expectations. 2 giving, contribution, bestowal, allotment, provision, offer: We are seeking the donation of a piano for our theatre group.
donor | donor: n. giver, provider, supplier, benefactor or benefactress, contributor, supporter, backer: Blood donors receive a suitably inscribed certificate.
doom | doom: n. fate, karma, destiny, fortune, lot, kismet; downfall, destruction, death, ruin, extinction, annihilation, death, end, termination, terminus: The young warrior had defied the Snake God, and his doom was sealed.
doomed | doomed: adj. 1 fated, cursed, condemned, damned, destined, ordained, foreordained, predestined: She was doomed to live for ever. 2 accursed, bedevilled, ill-fated, luckless, star-crossed, bewitched, condemned: The doomed ship sank to the bottom of the sea.
dope | dope: n. 1 See dolt. 2 narcotic, drug, opiate, hallucinogen, psychedelic, Slang upper, downer: He was caught trying to smuggle dope past customs. 3 information, data, facts, news, details, story, scoop, Slang info, low-down, score, Brit gen, US and Canadian poop: The real dope on the minister is sensational!
dormant | dormant: adj. 1 asleep, sleeping, slumbering, resting, at rest, quiet, inactive, still, inert, unmoving, motionless, stationary, immobile, quiescent, comatose, torpid, hibernating, slumberous, somnolent, sleepy, lethargic, dull, sluggish: The bears are dormant during much of the winter. 2 latent, potential, hidden, concealed, undisclosed, unrevealed, unexpressed: The theory lay dormant for centuries and has only recently been revived.
dose | dose: n. 1 portion, quantity, amount, measure, dosage: How big a dose of the medication did the doctor prescribe? --v. 2 dispense, administer, prescribe: I was dosed with medicine and slept all day.
dot | dot: n. 1 spot, speck, point, jot, mark, iota, fleck, dab; decimal point, Brit full stop, US period: Use three dots to denote text omissions. 2 on the dot. exactly, precisely, punctually, to the minute or second, on time, Colloq on the button: She arrived at noon on the dot. --v. 3 spot, fleck, speckle, stipple, bespeckle: The wallpaper is dotted with tiny squares of colour.
dote | dote: v. Often, dote on or upon. be fond of, be infatuated with, love, idolize, hold dear, adore, make much of; coddle, pamper, spoil, indulge: I think she dotes on her husband at the expense of the children. What we need is a doting grandmother to babysit when we want to go out.
double | double: adj. 1 twofold, paired, coupled, duplicate(d), doubled: The forms banned and banning are spelt with a double n . 2 folded or doubled or bent over, overlapped, two-ply: This wound needs a double bandage. 3 dual, twofold, ambiguous, double-barrelled: He pronounced it ''de-seat'', giving deceit a double meaning. 4 twice: The plant had grown to double its size. 5 deceitful, dishonest, treacherous, traitorous, insincere, hypocritical, double-dealing, false: It was Maria who exposed Fernando as a double agent. --v. 6 duplicate, replicate; copy; increase, enlarge; magnify: We''ll have to double our milk order. --n. 7 twin, duplicate, copy, replica, facsimile, clone, copy, counterpart, doppelg�nger, look-alike, stand-in, understudy, Slang (dead) ringer, spitting image or spit and image: He could be Clint Eastwood''s double. 8 at or on the double. quickly, on the run, at full speed or tilt, briskly, immediately, at once, without delay, Slang p.d.q. (= ''prety damned quick''): Put down that book and come over here on the double!
double-cross | double-cross: v. cheat, defraud, swindle, hoodwink, trick, betray, deceive, mislead, play false with, Colloq two-time: He swore he''d give me the money but he double-crossed me and kept it himself.
doubt | doubt: v. 1 disbelieve, discredit, mistrust, distrust, have misgivings (about), question, suspect: I doubted his ability to beat the record. 2 hesitate, waver, vacillate, fluctuate, scruple, be uncertain, entertain doubts, have reservations: Who ever doubted about her honesty? --n. 3 uncertainty, hesitation, misgiving, reservation(s), qualm, anxiety, worry, apprehension, disquiet, fear: He has harboured doubts about the success of the enterprise. 4 distrust, mistrust, suspicion, incredulity, scepticism, dubiousness, dubiety or dubiosity, lack of faith or conviction, irresolution: Her doubts about his intentions have evaporated. 5 in doubt. See doubtful, below.
doubtful | doubtful: adj. 1 in doubt, dubious, questionable, open to question, problematic, debatable, disputable, uncertain, unpredictable, indeterminate, unsettled, unresolved, conjectural, indefinite, unclear, obscure, vague, anybody''s guess , Colloq up in the air: The result is very doubtful. 2 sceptical, unconvinced, distrustful, mistrustful, suspicious, uncertain, unsure, hesitant, hesitating, vacillating, indecisive: I am doubtful whether an investigation will yield anything. 3 dubious, questionable, shady, louche, disreputable, controversial: Those are people of doubtful reputation.
doubtless | doubtless: adv. 1 doubtlessly, undoubtedly, no doubt, indubitably, indisputably, unquestionably, surely, for sure, certainly, for certain, naturally, without (a) doubt, beyond or without (a shadow of) a doubt, truly, positively, absolutely, Colloq absotively, posolutely, US make no mistake: You doubtless remember my aunt? 2 probably, most or very likely, in all probability, supposedly, presumably: He will doubtless be refused entry into the country.
dour | dour: adj. 1 sullen, sour, unfriendly, cold, gloomy, morose, dreary, grim, cheerless, dismal, forbidding: We went to Spain, away from the dour northern climate. 2 hard, tough, austere, severe, hardy, inflexible, obstinate, stubborn, unyielding, uncompromising, strict, rigid, obdurate, stern, harsh, adamant, Colloq hard-nosed: Her father was a dour Scot who wouldn''t let me in the house.
dowdy | dowdy: adj. frowzy, frumpy, drab, dull, seedy, shabby, unseemly, unbecoming; slovenly, sloppy, messy, unkempt; old-fashioned, unfashionable, Colloq US tacky: Aunt Patience looked particularly dowdy in her dressing-gown and slippers.
down and out | down and out: adj. 1 indigent, poverty-stricken, poor, penniless, destitute, impoverished, Colloq broke, US on the skids, on skid row, on the bum, Slang Brit skint: Those vagrants are down and out and need help, not pity. --n. 2 down-and-out. derelict, beggar, outcast, tramp, vagrant, vagabond, US bum: He took to drink and ended up a complete down-and-out.
downfall | downfall: n. ruin, undoing, d�b�cle, collapse, degradation, defeat, overthrow, breakdown: Selling the company to the conglomerate spelt its downfall.
downgrade | downgrade: v. 1 demote, dethrone, humble, lower, reduce, displace, depose, dispossess, disfranchise or disenfranchise, US military bust; Colloq bring or take down a peg: He was downgraded from supervisor to foreman. 2 belittle, minimize, play down, disparage, decry, denigrate, run down, US and Canadian downplay: How could she downgrade her own sister? --n. 3 descent, decline, declension, (downward) slope, gradient, grade, inclination: Apply the brake as you approach the downgrade. 4 on the downgrade. on the wane, waning, declining, falling, slipping, falling off, losing ground, going downhill, US and Canadian on the skids: After the drug scandal, her popularity was on the downgrade.
downhearted | downhearted: adj. discouraged, depressed, low-spirited, miserable, blue, sad, downcast, dejected: Don''t be so downhearted, we know you can win the gold medal.
downpour | downpour: n. rainstorm, deluge, inundation, cloudburst, thunder-shower, thunderstorm, torrential rain, torrent; monsoon: We got caught in that downpour without an umbrella.
downright | downright: adj. 1 direct, straightforward, plain, frank, open, candid, plain-spoken, explicit, blunt, brash, bluff, not roundabout or circuitous, unambiguous, out-and-out, outright, categorical, flat, unequivocal, outspoken, unreserved, unabashed, unrestrained, unconstrained, bold: She speaks with a downright honesty you have to admire. --adv. 2 completely, entirely, totally, thoroughly, certainly, surely, (most) assuredly, definitely, absolutely, unconditionally, unequivocally; very, extremely, unqualifiedly, perfectly, uncompromisingly, unmitigatedly, utterly, unquestionably, profoundly, undoubtedly, indubitably: It''s downright stupid of you to leave in this weather.
downtrodden | downtrodden: adj. subjugated, oppressed, burdened, plagued, afflicted, exploited, overwhelmed, cowed, overcome, beaten, abused, mistreated, maltreated, tyrannized, Colloq beat: This poor, downtrodden wreck of a man had once been on top.
downward | downward: adj. declining, sliding, slipping, spiralling, descending, going or heading or moving down: This downward trend in the market will soon be reversed.
downwards | downwards: adv. down, downward, below, lower: We moved downwards, towards the centre of the earth.
doze | doze: v. 1 Often, doze off. (take or have a) nap, catnap, drowse, sleep, slumber, Colloq snooze, have forty winks, drop or nod off, grab some shut-eye, Chiefly Brit (have or take a) zizz, Brit kip, US catch or log a few zees (Z''s): I was dozing in the sun when the phone rang. --n. 2 nap, catnap, siesta, sleep; rest; Colloq snooze, forty winks, shut-eye, Brit zizz, kip, lie-down: I''ll have a short doze before dinner.
