Synonyms of the word

scotch

• n. A surface cut or abrasion.
• n. A line drawn on the ground, as one used in playing hopscotch.
• n. A block for a wheel or other round object; a chock, wedge, prop, or other support, to prevent slipping.
• v. (transitive) To cut or score; to wound superficially.
• v. (transitive) To prevent (something) from being successful.
• v. (transitive) To debunk or discredit an idea or rumor.
• v. (transitive) To block a wheel or other round object.
• v. (transitive) To dress (stone) with a pick or pointed instrument.
• v. (transitive, textile manufacturing) To beat yarn in order to break up slugs and align the threads.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To clothe or cover up.
• adj. Of Scottish origin.
• n. Whisky of Scottish origin.
• n. Scotch tape.
• v. (transitive, Australian rhyming slang) to rape.

baffle

• v. (obsolete) To publicly disgrace, especially of a recreant knight.
• v. (obsolete) To hoodwink or deceive (someone).
• v. To bewilder completely; to confuse or perplex.
• v. (now rare) To foil; to thwart.
• v. (intransitive) To struggle in vain.
• n. A device used to dampen the effects of such things as sound, light, or fluid. Specifically, a baffle is…
• n. An architectural feature designed to confuse enemies or make them vulnerable.
• n. (US, dialect, coal mining) A lever for operating the throttle valve of a winding engine.

bilk

• n. (cribbage) The spoiling of someone's score in the crib.
• n. (obsolete) A deception, a hoax.
• v. (transitive) To spoil the score of (someone) in cribbage.
• v. (transitive) To do someone out of their due; to deceive or defraud, to cheat (someone).

cross

• n. A geometrical figure consisting of two straight lines or bars intersecting each other such that at least…
• n. (heraldry) Any geometric figure having this or a similar shape, such as a cross of Lorraine or a Maltese…
• n. A wooden post with a perpendicular beam attached and used (especially in the Roman Empire) to execute…
• n. (usually with the) The cross on which Christ was crucified.
• n. (Christianity) A hand gesture made in imitation of the shape of the Cross.
• n. (Christianity) A modified representation of the crucifixion stake, worn as jewellery or displayed as a…
• n. (figurative, from Christ's bearing of the cross) A difficult situation that must be endured.
• n. The act of going across; the act of passing from one side to the other.
• n. (biology) An animal or plant produced by crossbreeding or cross-fertilization.
• n. (by extension) A hybrid of any kind.
• n. (boxing) A hook thrown over the opponent's punch.
• n. (soccer) A pass in which the ball travels from by one touchline across the pitch.
• n. A place where roads intersect and lead off in four directions; a crossroad (common in UK and Irish place…
• n. A monument that marks such a place. (Also common in UK or Irish place names such as Charing Cross).
• n. (obsolete) A coin stamped with the figure of a cross, or that side of such a piece on which the cross…
• n. (obsolete, Ireland) Church lands.
• n. A line drawn across or through another line.
• n. (surveying) An instrument for laying of offsets perpendicular to the main course.
• n. A pipe-fitting with four branches whose axes usually form a right angle.
• n. (Rubik's Cube) Four edge cubies of one side that are in their right places, forming the shape of a cross.
• adj. Transverse; lying across the main direction.
• adj. (archaic) Opposite, opposed to.
• adj. (now rare) Opposing, adverse; being contrary to what one would hope or wish for.
• adj. Bad-tempered, angry, annoyed.
• adj. Made in an opposite direction, or an inverse relation; mutually inverse; interchanged.
• prep. (archaic) across.
• prep. cross product of the previous vector and the following vector.
• v. To make or form a cross.
• v. To move relatively.
• v. (social) To oppose.
• v. (biology) To cross-fertilize or crossbreed.
• v. To stamp or mark a cheque in such a way as to prevent it being cashed, thus requiring it to be deposited…

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.

economical

• adj. Careful with money so as not to spend too much; prudent; thrifty.
• adj. Saving money or resources.
• adj. (archaic) Relating to economy in any other sense.

foil

• n. A very thin sheet of metal.
• n. (uncountable) Thin aluminium/aluminum (or, formerly, tin) used for wrapping food.
• n. A thin layer of metal put between a jewel and its setting to make it seem more brilliant.
• n. (figuratively) In literature, theatre/theater, etc., a character who helps emphasize the traits of the…
• n. (figuratively) Anything that acts by contrast to emphasise the characteristics of something.
• n. (fencing) A very thin sword with a blunted (or foiled) tip.
• n. A thin, transparent plastic material on which marks are made and projected for the purposes of presentation…
• n. (heraldry) A stylized flower or leaf.
• n. Shortened form of hydrofoil.
• n. Shortened form of aerofoil/airfoil.
• v. To prevent (something) from being accomplished.
• v. To prevent (someone) from accomplishing something.
• v. To blunt; to dull; to spoil.
• v. (obsolete) To tread underfoot; to trample.
• n. Failure when on the point of attainment; defeat; frustration; miscarriage.
• n. One of the incorrect answers presented in a multiple-choice test.
• n. (hunting) The track of an animal.
• v. (mathematics) To expand a product of two or more algebraic expressions, typically binomials.
• v. (obsolete) To defile; to soil.

forbid

• v. (transitive) To disallow; to proscribe.
• v. (transitive) To deny, exclude from, or warn off, by express command.
• v. (transitive) To oppose, hinder, or prevent, as if by an effectual command.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To accurse; to blast.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To defy; to challenge.

foreclose

• v. (transitive) To repossess a mortgaged property whose owner has failed to make the necessary payments;…
• v. (transitive) To cut off (a mortgager) by a judgment of court from the power of redeeming the mortgaged…
• v. (transitive) To prevent from doing something.
• v. (transitive) To shut up or out; to preclude; to stop; to prevent; to bar; to exclude.

forestall

• v. (transitive) To prevent, delay or hinder something by taking precautionary or anticipatory measures; to…
• v. (transitive) To preclude or bar from happening, render impossible.
• v. (archaic) To purchase the complete supply of a good, particularly foodstuffs, in order to charge a monopoly…
• v. To anticipate, to act foreseeingly.
• v. To deprive (with of).
• v. (Britain, law) To obstruct or stop up, as a road; to stop the passage of a highway; to intercept on the…
• n. (obsolete or historical) An ambush; plot; an interception; waylaying; rescue.
• n. Something situated or placed in front.

frugal

• adj. Avoiding unnecessary expenditure either of money or of anything else which is to be used or consumed;…

frustrate

• v. (transitive) To disappoint or defeat; to vex by depriving of something expected or desired.
• v. (transitive) To hinder or thwart.
• v. (transitive) To cause stress or panic.
• adj. vain; ineffectual; useless; nugatory.

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.

mark

• n. (heading) Boundary, land within a boundary.
• n. (heading) Characteristic, sign, visible impression.
• n. (heading) Indicator of position, objective etc.
• n. (heading) Attention.
• v. To put a mark upon; to make recognizable by a mark.
• v. To indicate in some way for later reference.
• v. To take note of.
• v. To blemish, scratch, or stain.
• v. To indicate the correctness of and give a score to an essay, exam answers, etc.
• v. To keep account of; to enumerate and register.
• v. (Australian Rules football) To catch the ball directly from a kick of 10 metres or more without having…
• v. (sports) To follow a player not in possession of the ball when defending, to prevent them receiving a…
• v. (golf) To put a marker in the place of one's ball.
• v. (singing) To sing softly, and perhaps an octave lower than usual, in order to protect one's voice during…
• n. A measure of weight (especially for gold and silver), once used throughout Europe, equivalent to 8 oz.
• n. (now historical) An English and Scottish unit of currency (originally valued at one mark weight of silver),…
• n. Any of various European monetary units, especially the base unit of currency of Germany between 1948 and…
• n. A mark coin.
• v. (imperative, marching) Alternative form of march (said to be easier to pronounce while giving a command).

nock

• n. Either of the two grooves in a bow that hold the bowstring.
• n. The notch at the rear of an arrow that fits on the bowstring.
• n. (nautical) The upper fore corner of a boom sail or trysail.
• v. (transitive) To fit an arrow against the bowstring of a bow or crossbow.
• v. (transitive) To cut a nock in (usually in an arrow's base or the tips of a bow).
• n. Misspelling of knock.

preclude

• v. (transitive) Remove the possibility of; rule out; prevent or exclude; to make impossible.

prevent

• v. (transitive) To stop; to keep from.
• v. (intransitive, now rare) To take preventative measures.
• v. (obsolete, transitive) To come before; to precede.
• v. (obsolete, transitive) To outdo, surpass.
• v. (obsolete, transitive) To be beforehand with; to anticipate.

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.

queer

• adj. (now slightly dated) Weird, odd or different; whimsical.
• adj. (slightly dated) Slightly unwell (mainly in to feel queer).
• adj. (colloquial) Homosexual.
• adj. (colloquial) Not heterosexual: homosexual, bisexual, asexual, etc.
• adj. (broadly) Pertaining to sexual behaviour or identity which does not conform to conventional heterosexual…
• n. (colloquial) A person who is or appears homosexual, or who has homosexual qualities.
• n. (colloquial) A person of any non-heterosexual sexuality or sexual identity.
• n. (colloquial, vulgar, derogatory) General term of abuse, casting aspersions on target's sexuality; compare…
• n. (definite, with "the", informal, archaic) Counterfeit money.
• v. (transitive) To render an endeavor or agreement ineffective or null.
• v. (Britain, dialect, dated) To puzzle.
• v. (slang, dated) To ridicule; to banter; to rally.
• v. (slang, dated) To spoil the effect or success of, as by ridicule; to throw a wet blanket on; to spoil.
• v. (social sciences) To reevaluate or reinterpret (a work) with an eye to sexual orientation and/or to gender,…
• adv. Queerly.

score

• n. The total number of goals, points, runs, etc. earned by a participant in a game.
• n. The number of points accrued by each of the participants in a game, expressed as a ratio or a series of…
• n. The performance of an individual or group on an examination or test, expressed by a number, letter, or…
• n. Twenty, 20 (number).
• n. A distance of twenty yards, in ancient archery and gunnery.
• n. A weight of twenty pounds.
• n. (music) The written form of a musical composition showing all instrumental and vocal parts below each…
• n. (music) The music of a movie or play.
• n. Subject.
• n. Account; reason; motive; sake; behalf.
• n. A notch or incision; especially, one that is made as a tally mark; hence, a mark, or line, made for the…
• n. An account or reckoning; account of dues; bill; hence, indebtedness.
• n. (US, crime, slang) A robbery; a criminal act.
• n. (US, crime, slang) A bribe paid to a police officer.
• n. (US, crime, slang) An illegal sale, especially of drugs.
• n. (US, crime, slang) A prostitute's client.
• n. (US, slang) A sexual conquest.
• v. (transitive) To cut a notch or a groove in a surface.
• v. (intransitive) To record the tally of points for a game, a match, or an examination.
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To obtain something desired.
• v. (transitive) To provide (a film, etc.) with a musical score.
• interj. (US, slang) Acknowledgement of success.

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.

sparing

• adj. prudent and restrained in the use of resources; careful, economical or frugal.
• v. present participle of spare.
• n. The act by which something or someone is spared.

spoil

• v. (transitive, archaic) To strip (someone who has been killed or defeated) of their arms or armour.
• v. (transitive, archaic) To strip or deprive (someone) of their possessions; to rob, despoil.
• v. (transitive, intransitive, archaic) To plunder, pillage (a city, country etc.).
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To carry off (goods) by force; to steal.
• v. (transitive) To ruin; to damage (something) in some way making it unfit for use.
• v. (transitive) To ruin the character of, by overindulgence; to coddle or pamper to excess.
• v. (intransitive) Of food, to become bad, sour or rancid; to decay.
• v. (transitive) To render (a ballot paper) invalid by deliberately defacing it.
• v. (transitive) To reveal the ending of (a story etc.); to ruin (a surprise) by exposing it ahead of time.
• n. (Also in plural: spoils) Plunder taken from an enemy or victim.
• n. (uncountable) Material (such as rock or earth) removed in the course of an excavation, or in mining or…

stinting

• v. present participle of stint.
• n. Act of one who stints.

thrifty

• adj. evincing thrift; characterized by economy and good management of property; frugal.
• adj. Thriving by industry and frugality; prosperous in the acquisition of worldly goods; increasing in wealth.
• adj. Growing rapidly or vigorously; thriving;.
• adj. Secured by thrift; well husbanded.
• adj. Having a pleasant appearance; looking or being in good condition.

thwart

• v. (transitive) To prevent; to halt; to cause to fail; to foil; to frustrate.
• v. (obsolete) To move across or counter to; to cross.
• n. (nautical) A brace, perpendicular to the keel, that helps maintain the beam (breadth) of a marine vessel…
• n. (nautical) A seat across a boat on which a rower may sit.
• adj. Situated or placed across something else; transverse; oblique.
• adj. (figuratively) Perverse; crossgrained.
• adv. Obliquely; transversely; athwart.

whiskey

• n. (Ireland, US) A liquor distilled from the fermented mash of grain (as rye, corn, or barley).
• n. (Ireland, US) A drink of whiskey.
• n. The letter W in the ICAO spelling alphabet.

whisky

• n. (chiefly Britain and Canada) An alcoholic liquor distilled from fermented grain and usually aged in in…
• n. (chiefly Britain and Canada) A drink of this liquor.