Словарь английских синонимов и синонимичных выражений. Том I. A – I. Виктор Евгеньевич Никитин
n. [L.] Halo, glory.
Auricle, n. Pavilion, external ear.
Aurora, n. 1. (Mythol.) Goddess of Morning.
2. Daybreak, dawn, morning, morn, sunrise, break of day, opening of day, peep of day, first blush of the morning.
Aurora borealis, [L.] Northern lights, polar lights.
Auspice, n. Omen, augury, sign, portent, presage, prognostic.
Auspices, n. pl. Favor, influence, patronage, protection, support.
Auspicious, a. 1. Prosperous, successful, fortunate, lucky, happy, red-letter.
2. Propitious, promising, favorable, seasonable, opportune, golden, bright.
Austere, a. 1. Rough (to the taste), sour and astringent.
2. Severe, rigid, strict, formal, stiff, rigorous, harsh, stern, difficult, hard, uncompromising, unrelenting, relentless, ascetic, straight-laced.
Austerity, n. Severity, rigor, sternness, harshness, asceticism.
Authentic, a. 1. Genuine, real, true, veritable, pure, uncorrupted, unadulterated, not false, not spurious, not fictitious, not apocryphal, what it purports to be.
2. Trustworthy, reliable, authoritative, of approved authority, to be depended on, worthy of belief.
Authenticate, v. a. Verify, seal, attest, give credit or validity to, prove to be genuine.
Authentication, n. Verification, attestation, seal, confirmation.
Authenticity, n. 1. Genuineness.
2. Trustworthiness.
Author, n. 1. Originator, inventor, maker, creator, father, former, contriver, first cause.
2. Writer, composer.
Authoritative, a. 1. Official, commanding, by authority, ex cathedra.
2. Dictatorial, imperative, imperious, magisterial, oracular, peremptory, dogmatic.
Authorities, n. pl. 1. Magistrates, officials, persons in office.
2. Precedents, decisions, judgments.
Authority, n. 1. Power, sovereignty, dominion, empire, government.
2. Rule, sway, ascendency, supremacy, control, influence, interest.
3. Permission, warrant, warranty, liberty, permit, precept, order, authorization, sanction.
4. Witness, testimony.
5. Credibility, weight of evidence.
6. Respectability, dignity, weight of character.
Authorize, v. a. 1. Sanction, justify, warrant, legalize, support by authority.
2. Empower, commission, permit, allow, give permission to, give leave to, give authority to.
Autochthonal, a. Aboriginal, original, primitive, primeval, pristine, primary, first, native, indigenous.
Autochthonous, a. Aboriginal, original, primitive, primeval, pristine, primary, first, native, indigenous.
Autocracy, n. Dictatorship, absolutism, despotism, tyranny, arbitrary power, absolute power.
Autocrat, n. Dictator, despot, tyrant, absolute ruler.
Autocratic, a. Absolute, despotic.
Automatic, a. Self-moving, self-acting.
Autopsy, n. 1. Ocular evidence, personal examination.
2. Post-mortem examination.
Autumn, n. Fall, fall of the leaf.
Auxiliary, a. Aiding, helping, assisting, ancillary, subsidiary, helpful.
Auxiliary, n. Helper, assistant, coadjutor, adjutant, co-operative, ally, confederate, right-hand man.
Avail, v. a. Benefit, profit, be of advantage to.
Avail one's self of, Use, employ, take advantage of, turn to account, make use of.
Avail, v. n. Be of advantage, do good, be of use, answer the purpose.
Avail, n. Profit, advantage, benefit, use, utility, service.
Avails, n. pl. Proceeds, profits, returns.
Available, a. 1. To be availed of, to be turned to account.
2. Serviceable, useful, profitable, advantageous, beneficial.
3. Suitable or fit (for some purpose), likely to answer the end.
Avant-courier, n. Harbinger, forerunner, herald.
Avant-guard, n. Van, advanced guard.
Avarice, n. Penuriousness, cupidity, niggardliness, closeness, covetousness.
Avaricious, a. Miserly, penurious, parsimonious, sordid, illiberal, niggardly, mercenary, close, stingy, mean, grasping, close-fisted, hard-fisted, covetous, eager for gain (for the sake of hoarding it).
Avast, interj. (Naut.) Hold, stop, stay, enough.
Avaunt, interj. Hence, begone, be off, get you gone.
Avenge, v. a. 1. Take satisfaction for, award just punishment for.
2. Revenge, vindicate (by punishment of an offender), inflict punishment in behalf of.
3. [So used by the translators of the Bible.] Take revenge upon, treat revengefully.
Avengement, n. [Rare.] Avenging.
Avenue, n. 1. Passage, entrance, entry, access, way of approach, passage-way.
2. Alley, walk, street, road, path.
3. Channel, route, way, pass.
Aver, v. a. Assert, affirm, declare, asseverate, protest, avouch, allege, say, pronounce, predicate.
Average, n. 1. Medium, mean proportion, medial sum or quantity.
2. Mediocrity, medial standard, average standard.
Average, v. a. 1. Equate, reduce to an average, reduce to a mean.
2. (Com.) Proportion, distribute proportionally.
Average, v. n. Amount to, or result in, when the mean is taken.
Average, a. 1. Medial, mean.
2. Middling, ordinary, passable, moderate, tolerable, well enough, pretty well, not bad.
Averment, n. Affirmation, declaration, assertion, remark, asseveration, protestation, avowal, word.
Avernus, n. (Mythol.) Hell, Tartarus, Hades, Erebus, the lower world, the infernal regions, shades below.
Averse, a. Unwilling, disinclined, indisposed, reluctant, loath, backward, adverse, opposed.
Aversion, n. 1. Dislike, distaste, disrelish, disinclination, reluctance, unwillingness, repugnance, backwardness.
2. Antipathy, hatred, loathing, disgust, nausea, detestation, abhorrence, horror.
Avert, v. a. 1. Turn aside, turn away, turn off.
2. Prevent, divert, preclude, forefend, ward off, keep off.
Avid, a. [Rare.] Eager, greedy.
Avidity, n. 1. Eagerness, longing, yearning, intense desire.
2. Greediness, craving, voracity, rapacity, voraciousness, ravenousness, canine appetite.
Avocation, n. Occasional business (business that calls aside).
Avoid, v. a. 1. Shun (in a negative sense, or denoting care only without positive exertion), eschew, escape, blink, elude, keep away from, keep aloof from, keep out of the way of, withdraw from, keep clear of, be shy of, fight shy of, have nothing to do with.
2. Forbear, help, refrain from.
Avoset, n. Scooper.
Avouch, v. a. Affirm, assert, asseverate, declare, protest, allege, say, maintain.
Avow, v. a. Acknowledge, confess, own, profess, declare, affirm.
Avowal, n. Acknowledgment, confession, declaration, profession, manifesto.
Await,