Putnam's Word Book
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Chapter 110 : house, n. dwelling, residence, domicile, abode, habitation; mansion, palace; tenement;
house, n. dwelling, residence, domicile, abode, habitation; mansion, palace; tenement; chateau, pavilion, villa, manse, phalanstery, lodge; kiosk; topek; hutch; (religious house) monastery, convent; firm, company, concern; palafitte.
house, v. shelter, protect, harbor; abide, dwell, lodge.
household, n. family, menage.
household G.o.ds. _Lares et Penates_. a.s.sociated word: lararium.
housewarming, n. infare (Local U.S.).
hovel, n. hut, shanty, shack, cabin, den, dugout.
howl, v. yowl, roar, ululate, yawl.--n. yowling, ululation, howling, wail.
hub, n. nave; protuberance, hummock.
hubbub, n. tumult, uproar, din, clamor, commotion, racket, hurly-burly.
huckleberry, n. whortleberry.
huckster, n. peddler, hawker, chapman, cadger, hucksterer.
huff, n. petulance, tiff, pet.
huffy, a. petulant, touchy, irritable.
hug, n. embrace.--v. embrace, clasp.
huge, a. mammoth, colossal, vast, stupendous, enormous.
hullabaloo, n. (Colloq.) uproar, vociferation, hubbub, din, clamor, tumult.
hum, n. drone, murmur, buzz, bombination; croon.
hum, v. drone, murmur, buzz, bombinate; croon.
humble, a. lowly, meek, modest, una.s.suming, unpretentious.
humble, v. humiliate, debase, abase, degrade.
humbug, n. imposition, hoax, deception, imposture, charlatanism, quackery, cajolery; impostor, deceiver, cheat, charlatan.
humbug, v. deceive, impose on, hoax.
humdrum, a. monotonous, tedious, prosy, tiresome.--n. monotony, tedium.
humiliate, v. humble, mortify, abash, disgrace, degrade.
humiliation, n. abas.e.m.e.nt, mortification, degradation, ignominy; humbleness, meekness.
humility, n. meekness, lowliness, self-abas.e.m.e.nt, diffidence, modesty.
humor, n. disposition, temper, mood; facetiousness, jocularity, waggery, pleasantry, wit, satire; pl. caprices vagaries, whims, fancies, whimsies.
humor, v. indulge, please, gratify, temporize. Antonyms: discipline, deny, curb, mortify.
humorist, n. wag, droll, jester, wit.
humorous, a. facetious, droll, comical, jocular, waggish.
hump, n. protuberance, hunch.
humpbacked, a. hunchbacked, deformed.
humpy, a. protuberant, humped, uneven.
hunch, n. hump, protuberance; chunk, lump.
hundredfold, a. centuple.
hundred years. century, centenary, centennial.
Hungarian, n. Magyar.
hunger cure. nest.i.therapy, limotherapy, limotherapia.
hungry, a. voracious, ravenous, eager; starved, depleted, infertile, barren.
hunky, a. (Slang) even, square, all-right, satisfactory.
hunt, v. chase, pursue, follow; search, seek, ransack, rummage, ferret; poach (hunt unlawfully).
hunt, n. chase, pursuit, search, hunting.
hunter, n. huntsman, sportsman, Nimrod; seeker, pursuer, chaser; Diana.
hunting, n. chase, hunt, field-sport. a.s.sociated Words: quarry, game, poaching, poacher, mort, yoicks, hoicks.
hunting horn. bugle.
hurly-burly, n. tumult, bustle, turmoil, confusion, commotion.
hurrah, n. cheer, huzza.
hurricane, n. cyclone, tornado, typhoon.
hurried, a. cursory, hasty, superficial.
hurry, n. haste, speed, dispatch, expedition, precipitancy, celerity.