Словарь английских синонимов и синонимичных выражений. Том II. J – Z. Виктор Евгеньевич Никитин
Ambassador (of the Pope).
Nuncupative, a. Oral, not written.
Nunnery, n. Convent, cloister, abbey, monastery.
Nuptial, a. Bridal, matrimonial, hymeneal, connubial, conjugal.
Nuptials, n. pl. Marriage, wedding, bridal, espousals, nuptial festival, marriage ceremony.
Nurse, v. a. 1. Nourish, nurture, supply with nourishment.
2. Suckle, feed at the breast, give suck to.
3. Cherish, foster, encourage, succor, promote.
Nursling, n. Infant, babe, baby, suckling, bairn.
Nurture, n. 1. Nourishment, food, diet.
2. Training, education, instruction, discipline, tuition, schooling, breeding.
Nurture, v. a. 1. Feed, nourish.
2. Train, educate, instruct, school, rear, breed, discipline, bring up.
Nutgall, n. Gall, gall-nut.
Nutriment, n. Aliment, nourishment, nutrition, food, diet, sustenance, subsistence, provision, fare, regimen, meat, victuals, bread, viands, cheer, rations, pabulum, grub, feed, provender, fodder, forage, prog.
Nutrition, n. 1. Nourishing.
2. Food, nutriment.
Nutritious, a. Nourishing, strengthening, wholesome.
Nutritive, a. Nourishing, strengthening, wholesome.
Nyctalopy, n. Day-blindness, nocturnal sight.
Nymph, n. Damsel, maiden, maid, lass, lassie, girl.
Nympha, n. (Ent.) Pupa, chrysalis, aurelia.
O
Oaf, n. Changeling (when a foolish child is left in place of another), simpleton, fool, dunce.
Obduracy, n. 1. Contumacy, obstinacy, stubbornness, doggedness, hardness of heart.
2. Impenitence, depravity.
Obdurate, a. 1. Hardened, obstinate, callous, unfeeling, stubborn, unyielding, dogged, pig-headed, inflexible, inexorable, cantankerous.
2. Depraved, graceless, shameless, reprobate, lost, impenitent, irreclaimable, incorrigible.
Obedience, n. Compliance, submission.
Obedient, a. Compliant, submissive, deferential, dutiful, respectful.
Obeisance, n. Salutation, reverence, bow, courtesy.
Obelisk, n. 1. Pillar.
2. Dagger (in printing).
Obese, a. Fat, fleshy, corpulent, stout, plump, portly, bouncing.
Obesity, n. Fleshiness, fatness, corpulence, corpulency, plumpness, embonpoint.
Obfuscate, v. a. Darken, cloud, obscure.
Obituary, n. Necrology.
Object, n. 1. Mark, butt.
2. End, aim, intent, purpose, design, view, scope, drift, goal, final cause.
Objection, n. Exception, difficulty, cavil, demurrer.
Objectionable, a. Exceptionable.
Object to, Disapprove, protest against, take exception to.
Oblation, n. Offering, sacrifice.
Obligate, v. a. [Inelegant.] Bind, oblige, bring under obligation.
Obligation, n. 1. Responsibility, accountableness, bond of duty.
2. Engagement, contract, agreement, stipulation.
3. Debt of gratitude.
Obligatory, a. Binding, coercive.
Oblige, v. a. 1. Compel, force, coerce, constrain.
2. Serve, accommodate, please, favor, gratify, do a service for, do a favor to.
3. Obligate, bind, bring under obligation.
Obliging, a. Civil, complaisant, kind, courteous, polite, friendly, gentlemanly, urbane, affable.
Oblique, a. 1. Inclined, aslant.
2. Indirect.
Obliterate, v. a. Efface, erase, expunge, cancel, rub out, rub off, blot out, scratch out, wipe out, strike out.
Obliteration, n. Effacement, erasure, extinction, blotting out.
Oblivion, n. 1. Forgetfulness (Oblivion refers especially to the thing forgotten).
2. Amnesty, general pardon.
Oblivious, a. Forgetful, mindless, heedless, careless, negligent, neglectful.
Obloquy, n. 1. Reproach, detraction, censure, blame, calumny, contumely, slander, defamation, backbiting, traducing, aspersion, reviling.
2. Dishonor, disgrace, shame, infamy, opprobrium, odium, scandal.
Obnoxious, a. 1. Liable, subject, exposed.
2. Hateful, unpleasing, odious, offensive, unpopular.
Oboe, n. Hautboy.
Obscene, a. 1. Indecent, indelicate, immodest, impure, ribald, gross, coarse, broad, unchaste, lewd, loose.
2. Dirty, filthy, foul, offensive, disgusting.
Obscenity, n. Indecency, indelicacy, immodesty, unchastity, lewdness.
Obscure, a. 1. Dark, gloomy, rayless, darksome, unilluminated, unenlightened, dusky, sombre, sombrous, lurid, shadowy, murky, dim.
2. Unintelligible, incomprehensible, indistinct, indefinite, vague, doubtful, enigmatical, mysterious, mystic, mystical, recondite, abstruse, cabalistic, transcendental, high.
3. Unknown, undistinguished, nameless, unnoted, unnoticed, renownless, unhonored, humble, inglorious.
Obscure, v. a. Darken, cloud, eclipse, dim, shade, obfuscate, cast in the shade.
Obscurity, n. 1. Darkness, dimness, gloom, gloominess, shade, obscuration, cloud, obfuscation.
2. Seclusion, retirement, privacy.
Obsequies, n. pl. Exequies, funeral rites, funeral solemnities.
Obsequious, a. Fawning, sycophantic, cringing, servile, slavish, supple, meanly submissive.
Obsequiousness, n. Fawning, cringing, servility, slavishness, suppleness, sycophancy, mean compliance.
Observable, a. Noticeable, remarkable, marked, striking.
Observance, n. 1. Performance, fulfilment, discharge, acquittal.
2. Form, ceremony, ceremonial, rite, practice, custom, usage, fashion.
Observant, a. Mindful, regardful, heedful, attentive, watchful.
Observation, n. 1. Notice, attention.
2. Remark, note, annotation, comment.
Observe, v. a. 1. Notice, remark, note, watch, eye, mark, take note of, pay attention to.
2. Fulfil, obey, follow, comply with, conform to, adhere to, be faithful to.
3. Celebrate, regard, keep, solemnize.
Observe, v. n. 1. Take notice.
2. Make a remark.
Observer, n. Beholder, spectator, bystander, on-looker, looker-on.
Obsolescent, a. Becoming obsolete, going out of use, falling into desuetude.
Obsolete, a. Antiquated, disused, neglected, unfashionable, old-fashioned, out of date, fallen into desuetude.
Obstacle, n. Hinderance, obstruction, impediment, difficulty, check, barrier, stumbling-block, lion in the way.
Obstetrician, n. Midwife, accoucheur.
Obstetrics, n. pl. Midwifery, tocology.
Obstinacy, n. Stubbornness, doggedness, heartiness, wilfulness, perversity, contumacy, obduracy, inflexibility, pertinacity, persistency, pig-headedness.
Obstinate, a. Stubborn, dogged, contumacious,