Collins English Thesaurus Essential. Collins Dictionaries
anger, provoke, outrage, insult, annoy, vex, displease, pique, put or get your back up, slight ▸ NOUN She has taken my enquiry as a personal affront. = insult, wrong, injury, abuse, offence, slight, outrage, provocation, slur, indignity, slap in the face (informal), vexationaffronted ADJECTIVE = offended, cross, angry, upset, slighted, outraged, insulted, annoyed, stung, incensed, indignant, irate, miffed (informal), displeased, peeved (informal), piqued, tooshie (Austral. slang)afloat ADJECTIVE 1 Three hours is a long time to try and stay afloat. = floating, on the surface, buoyant, keeping your head above water, unsubmerged ◼ OPPOSITE: sunken 2 Efforts were being made to keep the company afloat. = solvent, in business, above water ◼ OPPOSITE: bankruptafoot ADJECTIVE = going on, happening, current, operating, abroad, brewing, hatching, circulating, up (informal), about, in preparation, in progress, afloat, in the wind, on the go (informal), astirafraid ADJECTIVE 1 She did not seem at all afraid. = scared, frightened, nervous, anxious, terrified, shaken, alarmed, startled, suspicious, intimidated, fearful, cowardly, timid, apprehensive, petrified, panicky, panic-stricken, timorous (literary), faint-hearted ◼ OPPOSITE: unafraid 2 He seems to live in an ivory tower, afraid to enter the real world. = reluctant, slow, frightened, scared, unwilling, backward, hesitant, recalcitrant, loath, disinclined, unenthusiastic, indisposed 3 I'm afraid I can't help you. = sorry, apologetic, regretful, sad, distressed, unhappy ◼ OPPOSITE: pleasedafresh ADVERB = again, newly, once again, once more, over again, anewafter PREPOSITION 1 After breakfast she left for work. = at the end of, following, subsequent to ◼ OPPOSITE: before 2 People were after him for large amounts of money. = following, chasing, pursuing, on the hunt for, on the tail of (informal), on the track of ▸ ADVERB tomorrow, or the day after = following, later, next, succeeding, afterwards, subsequently, thereafter ◼ RELATED WORD: prefix post-aftereffect NOUN (usually plural) = consequence, wake, trail, aftermath, hangover (informal), spin-off, repercussion, afterglow, aftershock, delayed responseaftermath NOUN = effects, end, results, wake, consequences, outcome, sequel, end result, upshot, aftereffectsafterwards or afterward ADVERB = later, after, then, after that, subsequently, thereafter, following that, at a later date or timeagain ADVERB 1 He ran into her again. = once more, another time, anew, afresh 2 And again, that's probably part of the progress of technology. = also, in addition, moreover, besides, furthermore ● there again or then again They may agree, but there again, they may not. = on the other hand, in contrast, on the contrary, converselyagainst PREPOSITION 1 She leaned against a tree. = beside, on, up against, in contact with, abutting, close up to 2 She was very much against commencing the treatment. = opposed to, anti (informal), opposing, counter, contra (informal), hostile to, in opposition to, averse to, opposite to, not in accord with 3 swimming upstream against the current = in opposition to, resisting, versus, counter to, in the opposite direction of 4 You'll need insurance against fire, flood and breakage. = in preparation for, in case of, in anticipation of, in expectation of, in provision for ◼ RELATED WORD: prefixes anti-, contra-, counter-age NOUN 1 He's very confident for his age. = years, days, generation, lifetime, stage of life, length of life, length of existence 2 Perhaps he has grown wiser with age. = old age, experience, maturity, completion, seniority, fullness, majority, maturation, senility, decline, advancing years, declining years, senescence, full growth, matureness ◼ OPPOSITE: youth 3 the age of steam and steel = time, day(s), period, generation, era, epoch ▸ PLURAL NOUN The bus took ages to arrive. = a long time or while, years, centuries, for ever (informal), aeons, donkey's years (informal), yonks (informal), a month of Sundays (informal), an age or eternity ▸ VERB 1 He seemed to have aged in the last few months. = grow old, decline, weather, fade, deteriorate, wither 2 Cheese can be tastier as it ages. = mature, season, condition, soften, mellow, ripenaged ADJECTIVE = old, getting on, grey, ancient, antique, elderly, past it (informal), age-old, antiquated, hoary, superannuated, senescent, cobwebby ◼ OPPOSITE: youngageing or aging ADJECTIVE He lives with his ageing mother. = growing old or older, declining, maturing, deteriorating, mellowing, in decline, senile, long in the tooth, senescent, getting on or past it (informal) ▸ NOUN degenerative diseases and premature ageing = growing old, decline, decay, deterioration, degeneration, maturation, senility, senescenceageless ADJECTIVE = eternal, enduring, abiding, perennial, timeless, immortal, unchanging, deathless, unfading ◼ OPPOSITE: momentaryagency NOUN 1 a successful advertising agency = business, company, office, firm, department, organization, enterprise, establishment, bureau 2 a negotiated settlement through the agency of the UN = medium, work, means, force, power, action, operation, activity, influence, vehicle, instrument, intervention, mechanism, efficiency, mediation, auspices, intercession, instrumentalityagenda NOUN = programme, list, plan, schedule, diary, calendar, timetableagent NOUN 1 You are buying direct, rather than through an agent. = representative, deputy, substitute, advocate, rep (informal), broker, delegate, factor (Scot.), negotiator, envoy, trustee, proxy, surrogate, go-between, emissary 2 They regard themselves as the agents of change in society. = author, officer, worker, actor, vehicle, instrument, operator, performer, operative, catalyst, executor, doer, perpetuator 3 the bleaching agent in white flour = force, means, power, cause, instrumentaggravate VERB 1 Stress and lack of sleep can aggravate the situation. = make worse, exaggerate, intensify, worsen, heighten, exacerbate, magnify, inflame, increase, add insult to injury, fan the flames of ◼ OPPOSITE: improve 2 What aggravates you most about this country? = annoy, bother, provoke, needle (informal), irritate, tease, hassle (informal), gall, exasperate, nettle, pester, vex, irk, get under your skin (informal), get on your nerves (informal), nark (Brit. & Austral. & N.Z. slang), get up your nose (informal), be on your back (slang), rub (someone) up the wrong way (informal), get in your hair (informal), get on your wick (Brit. slang), hack you off (informal) ◼ OPPOSITE: pleaseaggravating ADJECTIVE 1 You don't realise how aggravating you can be. = annoying, provoking, irritating, teasing, galling, exasperating, vexing, irksome 2 Stress is a frequent aggravating factor. = worsening, exaggerating, intensifying, heightening, exacerbating, magnifying, inflamingaggravation NOUN 1 I just couldn't take the aggravation. = annoyance, grief (informal), teasing, irritation, hassle (informal), provocation, gall, exasperation, vexation, irksomeness 2 Any aggravations of the injury would keep him out of the match. = worsening, heightening, inflaming, exaggeration, intensification, magnification, exacerbationaggregate NOUN society viewed as an aggregate of individuals = total, body, whole, amount, collection, cluster, mass, sum, combination, pile, mixture, bulk, lump, heap, accumulation, assemblage, agglomeration ▸ ADJECTIVE the rate of growth of aggregate demand = collective, added, mixed, combined, collected, corporate, assembled, accumulated, composite, cumulative ▸ VERB We should never aggregate votes to predict results under another system. = combine, mix, collect, assemble, heap, accumulate, pile, amassaggregation NOUN = collection, body, mass, combination, pile, mixture, bulk, lump, heap, accumulation, assemblage, agglomerationaggression NOUN 1 Aggression is an unhealthy trait. = hostility, malice, antagonism, antipathy, aggressiveness, ill will, belligerence, destructiveness, malevolence, pugnacity 2 the threat of massive military aggression = attack, campaign, injury, assault, offence, raid, invasion, offensive, onslaught, foray, encroachmentaggressive ADJECTIVE 1 Some cows are more aggressive than others. = hostile, offensive, destructive, belligerent, unkind, unfriendly, malevolent, contrary, antagonistic, pugnacious, bellicose, quarrelsome, aggro (Austral. & N.Z.), aggers (Austral. slang), biffo (Austral. slang), inimical, rancorous, ill-disposed ◼ OPPOSITE: friendly 2