Synonyms of the word

dent

• n. A shallow deformation in the surface of an object, produced by an impact.
• n. A type of maize/corn with with a relatively soft outer hull, and a soft type of starch that shrinks at…
• n. (by extension, informal) A sudden negative change, such as loss, damage, weakening, consumption or diminution,…
• v. (transitive) To impact something, producing a dent.
• v. (intransitive) To develop a dent or dents.
• n. (engineering) A tooth, as of a card, a gear wheel, etc.

bend

• v. (transitive) To cause (something) to change its shape into a curve, by physical force, chemical action,…
• v. (intransitive) To become curved.
• v. (transitive) To cause to change direction.
• v. (intransitive) To change direction.
• v. (intransitive) To be inclined; to direct itself.
• v. (intransitive, usually with "down") To stoop.
• v. (intransitive) To bow in prayer, or in token of submission.
• v. (transitive) To force to submit.
• v. (intransitive) To submit.
• v. (transitive) To apply to a task or purpose.
• v. (intransitive) To apply oneself to a task or purpose.
• v. (transitive) To adapt or interpret to for a purpose or beneficiary.
• v. (transitive, nautical) To tie, as in securing a line to a cleat; to shackle a chain to an anchor; make…
• v. (transitive, music) To smoothly change the pitch of a note.
• v. (intransitive, nautical) To swing the body when rowing.
• n. A curve.
• n. Any of the various knots which join the ends of two lines.
• n. (in the plural, medicine, diving, with the) A severe condition caused by excessively quick decompression,…
• n. (heraldry) One of the honourable ordinaries formed by two diagonal lines drawn from the dexter chief to…
• n. (obsolete) Turn; purpose; inclination; ends.
• n. In the leather trade, the best quality of sole leather; a butt.
• n. (mining) Hard, indurated clay; bind.
• n. (nautical, in the plural) The thickest and strongest planks in a ship's sides, more generally called wales,…
• n. (nautical, in the plural) The frames or ribs that form the ship's body from the keel to the top of the…
• n. (music) A glissando, or glide between one pitch and another.

blemish

• n. A small flaw which spoils the appearance of something, a stain, a spot.
• n. A moral defect; a character flaw.
• v. To spoil the appearance of.
• v. To tarnish (reputation, character, etc.); to defame.

consequence

• n. That which follows something on which it depends; that which is produced by a cause.
• n. A result of actions, especially if such a result is unwanted or unpleasant.
• n. A proposition collected from the agreement of other previous propositions; any conclusion which results…
• n. Chain of causes and effects; consecution.
• n. Importance with respect to what comes after.
• n. The power to influence or produce an effect.
• n. (especially when preceded by "of") Importance, value, or influence.
• v. (transitive) To threaten or punish (a child, etc.) with specific consequences for misbehaviour.

defect

• n. A fault or malfunction.
• n. The quantity or amount by which anything falls short.
• n. (mathematics) A part by which a figure or quantity is wanting or deficient.
• v. (intransitive) To abandon or turn against; to cease or change one's loyalty, especially from a military…
• v. (military) To desert one's army, to flee from combat.
• v. (military) To join the enemy army.
• v. (law) To flee one's country and seek asylum.

deform

• v. (transitive) To change the form of, negatively.
• v. (transitive) To change the looks of, negatively; to disfigure.
• v. (transitive) To mar the character of.
• v. (transitive) To alter the shape of by stress.
• v. (intransitive) To become misshapen or changed in shape.
• adj. (obsolete) Deformed, misshapen.

depression

• n. (psychology) In psychotherapy and psychiatry, a state of mind producing serious, long-term lowering of…
• n. (geography) An area that is lower in topography than its surroundings.
• n. (psychology) In psychotherapy and psychiatry, a period of unhappiness or low morale which lasts longer…
• n. (meteorology) An area of lowered air pressure that generally brings moist weather, sometimes promoting…
• n. (economics) A period of major economic contraction.
• n. (economics, US) Four consecutive quarters of negative, real GDP growth. See NBER.
• n. (biology, physiology) A lowering, in particular a reduction in a particular biological variable or the…

ding

• n. (informal) Very minor damage, a small dent or chip.
• n. (colloquial) A rejection.
• v. (transitive) To hit or strike.
• v. To dash; to throw violently.
• v. (transitive) To inflict minor damage upon, especially by hitting or striking.
• v. (transitive, colloquial) To fire or reject.
• v. (transitive, colloquial) To deduct, as points, from another, in the manner of a penalty; to penalize.
• v. (transitive, golf) To mishit (a golf ball).
• n. A high-pitched sound of a bell, especially with wearisome continuance.
• v. (intransitive) To make high-pitched sound like a bell.
• v. (transitive) To keep repeating; impress by reiteration, with reference to the monotonous striking of a…
• v. (intransitive, colloquial, role-playing games, especially video games) To level up.
• n. Ancient Chinese vessel with legs and a lid.

effect

• n. The result or outcome of a cause. See usage notes below.
• n. Impression left on the mind; sensation produced.
• n. Execution; performance; realization; operation.
• n. (cinematography) An illusion produced by technical means (as in "special effect").
• n. (sound engineering) An alteration, or device for producing an alteration, in sound after it has been produced…
• n. (physics, psychology, etc.) A scientific phenomenon, usually named after its discoverer.
• n. (usually in the plural) Belongings, usually as personal effects.
• n. Consequence intended; purpose; meaning; general intent; with to.
• n. (obsolete) Reality; actual meaning; fact, as distinguished from mere appearance.
• n. (obsolete) Manifestation; expression; sign.
• v. To make or bring about; to implement.
• v. Misspelling of affect.

event

• n. An occurrence; something that happens.
• n. An end result; an outcome (now chiefly in phrases).
• n. (physics) A point in spacetime having three spatial coordinates and one temporal coordinate.
• n. (computing) A possible action that the user can perform that is monitored by an application or the operating…
• n. (probability theory) A set of some of the possible outcomes; a subset of the sample space.
• n. (obsolete) An affair in hand; business; enterprise.
• n. (medicine) An episode of severe health conditions.
• v. (obsolete) To occur, take place.
• v. (obsolete, intransitive) To be emitted or breathed out; to evaporate.
• v. (obsolete, transitive) To expose to the air, ventilate.

flex

• n. (uncountable) Flexibility, pliancy.
• n. (countable) The act of flexing.
• n. (uncountable, chiefly Britain) Any flexible insulated electrical wiring.
• n. (countable, geometry) A point of inflection.
• v. To bend something.
• v. To repeatedly bend one of one's joints.
• v. To move part of the body using one's muscles.
• v. To tighten the muscles for display of size or strength.

gouge

• n. A cut or groove, as left by something sharp.
• n. A chisel, with a curved blade, for scooping or cutting holes, channels, or grooves, in wood, stone, etc.
• n. A bookbinder's tool with a curved face, used for blind tooling or gilding.
• n. An incising tool that cuts forms or blanks for gloves, envelopes, etc.. from leather, paper, etc.
• n. (mining) Soft material lying between the wall of a vein and the solid vein.
• n. (slang) Imposition; cheat; fraud.
• n. (slang) An impostor; a cheat.
• v. (transitive) To make a mark or hole by scooping.
• v. (transitive or intransitive) To push, or try to push the eye (of a person) out of its socket.
• v. (transitive) To charge an unreasonably or unfairly high price.

impression

• n. The indentation or depression made by the pressure of one object on or into another.
• n. The overall effect of something, e.g., on a person.
• n. A vague recalling of an event, a belief.
• n. An impersonation, an imitation of the mannerisms of another individual.
• n. An outward appearance.
• n. (advertising) An online advertising performance metric representing an instance where an ad. is shown…
• n. (painting) The first coat of colour, such as the priming in house-painting etc.
• n. (engraving) A print on paper from a wood block, metal plate, etc.

imprint

• n. An impression; the mark left behind by printing something.
• n. The name and details of a publisher or printer, as printed in a book etc.; a publishing house.
• n. A distinctive marking, symbol or logo.
• v. To leave a print, impression, image, etc.
• v. To learn something indelibly at a particular stage of life, such as who one's parents are.
• v. To mark a gene as being from a particular parent so that only one of the two copies of the gene is expressed.

incision

• n. A cut, especially one made by a scalpel or similar medical tool in the context of surgical operation.
• n. The act of incising, or cutting into a substance.
• n. (obsolete) Separation or solution of viscid matter by medicines.

indent

• n. A cut or notch in the margin of anything, or a recess like a notch.
• n. A stamp; an impression.
• n. A certificate, or intended certificate, issued by the government of the United States at the close of…
• n. A requisition or order for supplies, sent to the commissariat of an army.
• v. (transitive) To notch; to jag; to cut into points like a row of teeth.
• v. (intransitive) To be cut, notched, or dented.
• v. To dent; to stamp or to press in; to impress.
• v. (historical) To cut the two halves of a document in duplicate, using a jagged or wavy line so that each…
• v. (intransitive, obsolete) To enter into a binding agreement by means of such documents; to formally commit…
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To engage (someone), originally by means of indented contracts.
• v. (typography) To begin (a line or lines) at a greater or lesser distance from the margin. See indentation,…
• v. (obsolete, intransitive) To crook or turn; to wind in and out; to zigzag.
• v. (military, India, dated) To make an order upon; to draw upon, as for military stores.

issue

• n. The action or an instance of flowing or coming out, an outflow, particularly.
• n. Someone or something that flows out or comes out, particularly.
• n. The means or opportunity by which something flows or comes out, particularly.
• n. The place where something flows or comes out, an outlet, particularly.
• n. The action or an instance of sending something out, particularly.
• n. Any question or situation to be resolved, particularly.
• n. The action or an instance of concluding something, particularly.
• n. The end result of an event or events, any result or outcome, particularly.
• n. (figuratively, now rare) The action or an instance of feeling some emotion.
• n. (figuratively, now rare) The action or an instance of leaving any state or condition.
• n. (figuratively, originally WWI military slang, usually with definite article) All of something.
• v. To flow out, to proceed from, to come out or from.
• v. To rush out, to sally forth.
• v. To extend into, to open onto.
• v. To turn out in a certain way, to result in.
• v. (law) To come to a point in fact or law on which the parties join issue.
• v. To send out; to put into circulation.
• v. To deliver for use.
• v. To deliver by authority.

mar

• v. To spoil, to damage.
• n. A blemish.
• n. A small lake.

nick

• n. A small cut in a surface.
• n. Meanings connoting something small.
• n. (archaic) A nixie, or water-sprite.
• n. (Britain, slang) In the expressions in bad nick and in good nick: condition.
• n. (Britain, law enforcement slang) A police station or prison.
• v. (transitive) To make a nick or notch in; to cut or scratch in a minor way.
• v. To suit or fit into, as by a correspondence of nicks; to tally with.
• v. (transitive, Britain, slang) To steal.
• v. (transitive, Britain, law enforcement slang) To arrest.
• n. (Internet) Clipping of nickname.
• v. (obsolete, transitive) To nickname; to style.

outcome

• n. That which is produced or occurs as a result of an event or process.
• n. (probability theory) The result of a random trial. An element of a sample space.
• n. (education) The results or evidence of students' learning experience. Often used in place of desired outcomes.
• n. (chiefly sports) The scoreline; the result.

prick

• n. A small hole or perforation, caused by piercing.
• n. An indentation or small mark made with a pointed object.
• n. (obsolete) A dot or other diacritical mark used in writing; a point.
• n. (obsolete) A tiny particle; a small amount of something; a jot.
• n. A small pointed object.
• n. The experience or feeling of being pierced or punctured by a small, sharp object.
• n. (slang, vulgar) The penis.
• n. (slang, pejorative) Someone (especially a man or boy) who is unpleasant, rude or annoying.
• n. (now historical) A small roll of yarn or tobacco.
• n. The footprint of a hare.
• n. (obsolete) A point or mark on the dial, noting the hour.
• n. (obsolete) The point on a target at which an archer aims; the mark; the pin.
• v. (transitive) To pierce or puncture slightly.
• v. (transitive) To form by piercing or puncturing.
• v. (obsolete) To mark or denote by a puncture; to designate by pricking; to choose; to mark.
• v. (transitive, chiefly nautical) To mark the surface of (something) with pricks or dots; especially, to…
• v. (nautical, obsolete) To run a middle seam through the cloth of a sail.
• v. To fix by the point; to attach or hang by puncturing.
• v. (intransitive, dated) To be punctured; to suffer or feel a sharp pain, as by puncture.
• v. To make sharp; to erect into a point; to raise, as something pointed; said especially of the ears of an…
• v. (horticulture) Usually in the form prick out: to plant (seeds or seedlings) in holes made in soil at regular…
• v. (transitive) To incite, stimulate, goad.
• v. (intransitive, archaic) To urge one's horse on; to ride quickly.
• v. To affect with sharp pain; to sting, as with remorse.
• v. (transitive) To make acidic or pungent.
• v. (intransitive) To become sharp or acid; to turn sour, as wine.
• v. To aim at a point or mark.
• v. (obsolete) Usually as prick up: to dress; to prink.

result

• v. To proceed, spring up or rise, as a consequence, from facts, arguments, premises, combination of circumstances,…
• v. To come out, or have an issue; to terminate; to have consequences; followed by in.
• v. (law) To return to the proprietor (or heirs) after a reversion.
• v. (obsolete) To leap back; to rebound.
• n. That which results; the conclusion or end to which any course or condition of things leads, or which is…
• n. The fruit, beneficial or tangible effect(s) achieved by effort.
• n. The decision or determination of a council or deliberative assembly; a resolve; a decree.
• n. (obsolete) A flying back; resilience.
• n. (sports) The final score in a game.
• n. (by extension) A positive or favourable outcome for someone.
• interj. (Britain) An exclamation of joy following a favorable outcome.

scratch

• v. To rub a surface with a sharp object, especially by a living creature to remove itching with nails, claws,…
• v. To rub the skin with rough material causing a sensation of irritation.
• v. To mark a surface with a sharp object, thereby leaving a scratch (noun).
• v. To cross out, strike out, strike through some text on a page.
• v. (music) To produce a distinctive sound on a turntable by moving a vinyl record back and forth while manipulating…
• v. (billiards) To commit a foul in pool, as where the cue ball is put into a pocket or jumps off the table.
• v. (billiards, dated, US) To score, not by skillful play but by some fortunate chance of the game.
• v. To write or draw hastily or awkwardly.
• v. To dig or excavate with the claws.
• v. To dig or scrape (a person's skin) with claws or fingernails in self-defense or with the intention to…
• n. (countable) A disruption, mark or shallow cut on a surface made by scratching.
• n. An act of scratching the skin to alleviate an itch or irritation.
• n. (sports).
• n. (slang) Money.
• n. A feed, usually a mixture of a few common grains, given to chickens.
• n. (in the plural) Minute, but tender and troublesome, excoriations, covered with scabs, upon the heels of…
• n. A kind of wig covering only a portion of the head.
• n. (music) A genre of Virgin Islander music, better known as fungi.
• adj. For or consisting of preliminary or tentative, incomplete, etc. work.
• adj. Hastily assembled; put together in a hurry or from disparate elements.
• adj. (computing, from scratchpad) Relating to a data structure or recording medium attached to a machine for…
• adj. Constructed from whatever materials are to hand.
• adj. (sports) (of a player) Of a standard high enough to play without a handicap, i.e. to compete without the…
• adj. Made, done, or happening by chance; arranged with little or no preparation; determined by circumstances;…

slit

• n. A narrow cut or opening; a slot.
• n. (vulgar, slang) The opening of the vagina.
• n. (vulgar, slang, derogatory) A woman, usually a sexually loose woman; a prostitute.
• v. To cut a narrow opening.
• v. To split in two parts.
• v. (transitive) To cut; to sever; to divide.
• adj. Having a cut narrow opening.

turn

• v. (heading) Non-linear physical movement.
• v. (heading, intransitive) To change condition or attitude.
• v. (obsolete, reflexive) To change one's course of action; to take a new approach.
• v. (transitive, usually with over) To complete.
• v. (transitive, soccer) Of a player, to go past an opposition player with the ball in one's control.
• v. To undergo the process of turning on a lathe.
• v. (obstetrics) To bring down the feet of a child in the womb, in order to facilitate delivery.
• v. (printing, dated) To invert a type of the same thickness, as a temporary substitute for any sort which…
• v. (archaic) To translate.
• n. A change of direction or orientation.
• n. A movement of an object about its own axis in one direction that continues until the object returns to…
• n. A single loop of a coil.
• n. A chance to use (something) shared in sequence with others.
• n. The time allotted to a person in a rota or schedule.
• n. One's chance to make a move in a game having two or more players.
• n. A figure in music, often denoted ~, consisting of the note above the one indicated, the note itself, the…
• n. (also turnaround) The time required to complete a project.
• n. A fit or a period of giddiness.
• n. A change in temperament or circumstance.
• n. (cricket) A sideways movement of the ball when it bounces (caused by rotation in flight).
• n. (poker) The fourth communal card in Texas hold 'em.
• n. (poker, obsolete) The flop (the first three community cards) in Texas hold 'em.
• n. A deed done to another.
• n. (rope) A pass behind or through an object.
• n. Character; personality; nature.
• n. (soccer) An instance of going past an opposition player with the ball in one's control.
• n. (circus) A short skit, act, or routine.

twist

• n. A twisting force.
• n. Anything twisted, or the act of twisting.
• n. The form given in twisting.
• n. The degree of stress or strain when twisted.
• n. A type of thread made from two filaments twisted together.
• n. A sliver of lemon peel added to a cocktail, etc.
• n. A sudden bend (or short series of bends) in a road, path, etc.
• n. A distortion to the meaning of a word or passage.
• n. An unexpected turn in a story, tale, etc.
• n. A type of dance characterised by rotating one’s hips. See.
• n. A rotation of the body when diving.
• n. A sprain, especially to the ankle.
• n. (obsolete) A twig.
• n. (slang) A girl, a woman.
• n. (obsolete) A roll of twisted dough, baked.
• n. A material for gun barrels, consisting of iron and steel twisted and welded together.
• n. The spiral course of the rifling of a gun barrel or a cannon.
• n. (obsolete, slang) A beverage made of brandy and gin.
• n. A strong individual tendency or bent; inclination.
• v. To turn the ends of something, usually thread, rope etc., in opposite directions, often using force.
• v. To join together by twining one part around another.
• v. To contort; to writhe; to complicate; to crook spirally; to convolve.
• v. To wreathe; to wind; to encircle; to unite by intertexture of parts.
• v. (reflexive) To wind into; to insinuate.
• v. To turn a knob etc.
• v. To distort or change the truth or meaning of words when repeating.
• v. To form a twist (in any of the above noun meanings).
• v. To injure (a body part) by bending it in the wrong direction.
• v. (intransitive, of a path) To wind; to follow a bendy or wavy course; to have many bends.
• v. (transitive) To cause to rotate.
• v. (intransitive) To dance the twist (a type of dance characterised by twisting one's hips).
• v. (transitive) To coax.
• v. (card games) In the game of blackjack (pontoon or twenty-one), to be dealt another card.

upshot

• n. (US) A concise summary.
• n. The final result, or outcome of something.