Collins English Thesaurus Essential. Collins Dictionaries
for his age. = health, shape, fitness, trim, form, kilter, state of health, fettle, order 5 Doctors suspect he may have a heart condition. = ailment, problem, complaint, weakness, malady, infirmity ▸ PLURAL NOUN The conditions in the camp are just awful. = circumstances, situation, environment, surroundings, way of life, milieu ▸ VERB We have been conditioned to believe that it is weak to be scared. = train, teach, educate, adapt, accustom, inure, habituateconditional ADJECTIVE = dependent, limited, qualified, contingent, provisional, with reservations ◼ OPPOSITE: unconditionalconditioning NOUN = training, education, teaching, accustoming, habituationcondom NOUN = sheath, prophylactic, safe (U.S. & Canad. slang), rubber (slang), scumbag (U.S. slang), French letter (slang), jimmy hat (slang), French tickler (slang)condone VERB = overlook, excuse, forgive, pardon, disregard, turn a blind eye to, wink at, look the other way, make allowance for, let pass ◼ OPPOSITE: condemnconducive ADJECTIVE = favourable, helpful, productive, contributory, calculated to produce, leading, tendingconduct VERB 1 I decided to conduct an experiment. = carry out, run, control, manage, direct, handle, organize, govern, regulate, administer, supervise, preside over 2 He asked if he might conduct us to the ball. = accompany, lead, escort, guide, attend, steer, convey, usher, pilot ▸ NOUN 1 Also up for discussion will be the conduct of free and fair elections. = management, running, control, handling, administration, direction, leadership, organization, guidance, supervision 2 Other people judge you by your conduct. = behaviour, ways, bearing, attitude, manners, carriage, demeanour, deportment, mien (literary), comportment ● conduct yourself The way he conducts himself reflects on the party. = behave yourself, act, carry yourself, acquit yourself, deport yourself, comport yourselfconduit NOUN = passage, channel, tube, pipe, canal, duct, mainconfederacy NOUN = union, league, alliance, coalition, federation, compact, confederation, covenant, bundconfederate NOUN The conspirators were joined by their confederates. = associate, partner, ally, colleague, accessory, accomplice, abettor ▸ ADJECTIVE They wanted to establish a confederate Europe. = allied, federal, associated, combined, federated, in allianceconfer VERB 1 She conferred with Hill and the others in her office. = discuss, talk, consult, deliberate, discourse, converse, parley 2 An honorary degree was conferred on him by the University of Vienna. = grant, give, present, accord, award, hand out, bestow, vouchsafe (old-fashioned)conference NOUN = meeting, congress, discussion, convention, forum, consultation, seminar, symposium, hui (N.Z.), convocation, colloquiumconfess VERB 1 He has confessed to seventeen murders. = admit, acknowledge, disclose, confide, own up, come clean (informal), divulge, blurt out, come out of the closet, make a clean breast of, get (something) off your chest (informal), spill your guts (slang), fess up, sing (slang, chiefly U.S.) ◼ OPPOSITE: cover up 2 I must confess I'm not a great sports enthusiast. = declare, own up, allow, prove, reveal, grant, confirm, concede, assert, manifest, affirm, profess, attest, evince (formal), averconfession NOUN = admission, revelation, disclosure, acknowledgment, avowal, divulgence, exposure, unbosomingconfidant or confidante NOUN = close friend, familiar, intimate, crony, alter ego, bosom friendconfide VERB = tell, admit, reveal, confess, whisper, disclose, impart, divulge, breatheconfidence NOUN 1 I have every confidence in you. = trust, belief, faith, dependence, reliance, credence ◼ OPPOSITE: distrust 2 She always thinks the worst of herself and has no confidence whatsoever. = self-assurance, courage, assurance, aplomb, boldness, self-reliance, self-possession, nerve ◼ OPPOSITE: shyness 3 I'm not in the habit of exchanging confidences with her. = secret ● in confidence I'm telling you all these things in confidence. = in secrecy, privately, confidentially, between you and me (and the gatepost), (just) between ourselvesconfident ADJECTIVE 1 I am confident that everything will come out right in time. = certain, sure, convinced, positive, secure, satisfied, counting on ◼ OPPOSITE: unsure 2 In time he became more confident and relaxed. = self-assured, positive, assured, bold, assertive, self-confident, self-reliant, self-possessed, sure of yourself, can-do (informal) ◼ OPPOSITE: insecureconfidential ADJECTIVE 1 She accused them of leaking confidential information. = secret, private, intimate, classified, privy (archaic), off the record, hush-hush (informal), closed or closed source (Computing), protected (Computing) 2 He adopted a confidential tone of voice. = secretive, low, soft, hushedconfidentially ADVERB = in secret, privately, personally, behind closed doors, in confidence, in camera, between ourselves, sub rosa (literary)configuration NOUN = arrangement, form, shape, cast, outline, contour, conformation, figureconfine VERB 1 He has been confined to his barracks. = imprison, enclose, shut up, intern, incarcerate, circumscribe, hem in, immure (archaic), keep, cage 2 She had largely confined her activities to the world of big business. = restrict, limit ▸ PLURAL NOUN The movie is set entirely within the confines of the abandoned factory. = limits, bounds, boundaries, compass, precincts, circumference, edge, paleconfined ADJECTIVE = restricted, small, limited, narrow, enclosed, crampedconfinement NOUN 1 She had been held in solitary confinement for four months. = imprisonment, custody, detention, incarceration, internment, porridge (slang) 2 His pregnant wife is near her confinement. = childbirth, labour, travail, childbed, accouchement (French), timeconfirm VERB 1 This confirms what I suspected all along. = prove, support, establish, back up, verify, validate, bear out, substantiate, corroborate, authenticate 2 Mrs Suarez is due to be confirmed as President on Friday. = ratify, establish, approve, sanction, endorse, authorize, certify, validate, authenticate 3 He has confirmed his position as the world's number one snooker player. = strengthen, establish, settle, fix, secure, assure, reinforce, clinch, verify, fortifyconfirmation NOUN 1 He took her resignation as confirmation of their suspicions. = proof, evidence, testimony, verification, ratification, validation, corroboration, authentication, substantiation ◼ OPPOSITE: repudiation 2 She glanced over at James for confirmation of what she'd said. = affirmation, approval, acceptance, endorsement, ratification, assent, agreement ◼ OPPOSITE: disapprovalconfirmed ADJECTIVE = long-established, seasoned, rooted, chronic, hardened, habitual, ingrained, inveterate, inured, dyed-in-the-woolconfiscate VERB = seize, appropriate, impound, commandeer, sequester, expropriate (formal) ◼ OPPOSITE: give backconfiscation NOUN = seizure, appropriation, impounding, forfeiture, expropriation (formal), sequestration, takeoverconflagration NOUN = fire, blaze, holocaust, inferno, wildfireconflict NOUN 1 Try to keep any conflict between you and your sibling to a minimum. = dispute, difference, opposition, hostility, disagreement, friction, strife, fighting, antagonism, variance, discord, bad blood, dissension, divided loyalties, cyberwar ◼ OPPOSITE: agreement 2 the anguish of his own inner conflict = struggle, battle, clash, strife 3 The National Security Council has met to discuss ways of preventing a military conflict. = battle, war, fight, clash, contest, set-to (informal), encounter, combat, engagement, warfare, collision, contention, strife, head-to-head, fracas, boilover (Austral.) ◼ OPPOSITE: peace ▸ VERB He held firm opinions which sometimes conflicted with my own. = be incompatible, clash, differ, disagree, contend, strive, collide, be at variance ◼ OPPOSITE: agreeconflicting ADJECTIVE = incompatible, opposed, opposing, clashing, contrary, adverse, contradictory, inconsistent, paradoxical, discordant ◼ OPPOSITE: agreeingconform VERB 1 People who won't conform sometimes feel excluded. = fit in, follow, yield, adjust, adapt, comply, obey, fall in, toe the line, follow the crowd, run with the pack, follow convention 2 (with with) These activities do not conform with diplomatic rules and regulations. = fulfil, meet, match, suit, satisfy, agree with, obey, abide by, accord with,