ONE WORD SUBSTITUTES – D
1.
daring adj. Brave.
2.
darkling adv. Blindly.
3.
Darwinism n.
The doctrine that natural selection has been the prime cause of evolution of
higher forms.
4.
dastard n. A base coward.
5.
datum n. A premise, starting-point, or
given fact.
6.
dauntless adj. Fearless.
7.
day-man n. A day-laborer.
8.
dead-heat n. A race in which two or
more competitors come out even, and there is no winner.
9.
dearth n. Scarcity, as of something
customary, essential ,or desirable.
10.
death's-head n. A human skull as a
symbol of death.
11.
debase v. To lower in character or
virtue.
12.
debatable adj. Subject to contention
or dispute.
13.
debonair adj. Having gentle or
courteous bearing or manner.
14.
debut n. A first appearance in society
or on the stage.
15.
decagon n. A figure with ten sides and
ten angles.
16.
decagram n. A weight of 10 grams.
17.
decaliter n. A liquid and dry measure
of 10 liters.
18.
decalogue n. The ten commandments.
19.
Decameron n. A volume consisting of
ten parts or books.
20.
decameter n. A length of ten meters.
21.
decamp v. To leave suddenly or
unexpectedly.
22.
decapitate v. To behead.
23.
decapod adj. Ten-footed or ten-armed.
24.
decasyllable n. A line of ten
syllables.
25.
deceit n. Falsehood.
26.
deceitful adj. Fraudulent.
27.
deceive v. To mislead by or as by
falsehood.
28.
decency n. Moral fitness.
29.
decent adj. Characterized by propriety
of conduct, speech, manners, or dress.
30.
deciduous adj. Falling off at maturity
as petals after flowering, fruit when ripe, etc.
31.
decimal adj. Founded on the number 10.
32.
decimate v. To destroy a measurable or
large proportion of.
33.
decipher v. To find out the true words
or meaning of, as something hardly legible.
34.
decisive ad. Conclusive.
35.
declamation n. A speech recited or
intended for recitation from memory in public.
36.
declamatory adj. A full and formal
style of utterance.
37.
declarative adj. Containing a formal,
positive, or explicit statement or affirmation.
38. declension n. The change of endings in nouns and
adj. to express their different relations of gender.
39.
decorate v. To embellish.
40.
decorous adj. Suitable for the
occasion or circumstances.
41.
decoy n. Anything that allures, or is
intended to allures into danger or temptation.
42.
decrepit adj. Enfeebled, as by old age
or some chronic infirmity.
43.
dedication n. The voluntary
consecration or relinquishment of something to an end or cause.
44.
deduce v. To derive or draw as a
conclusion by reasoning from given premises or principles.
45.
deface v. To mar or disfigure the face
or external surface of.
46.
defalcate v. To cut off or take away,
as a part of something.
47. defamation n. Malicious and groundless injury done
to the reputation or good name of another.
48.
defame v. To slander.
49.
default n. The neglect or omission of
a legal requirement.
50.
defendant n. A person against whom a
suit is brought.
51.
defensible adj. Capable of being
maintained or justified.
52.
defensive adj. Carried on in
resistance to aggression.
53.
defer v. To delay or put off to some
other time.
54.
deference n. Respectful submission or
yielding, as to another's opinion, wishes, or judgment.
55.
defiant adj. Characterized by bold or
insolent opposition.
56.
deficiency n. Lack or insufficiency.
57.
deficient adj. Not having an adequate
or proper supply or amount.
58.
definite adj. Having an exact signification
or positive meaning.
59.
deflect v. To cause to turn aside or
downward.
60.
deforest v. To clear of forests.
61.
deform v. To disfigure. Defame , spoil
one’s reputation
62.
deformity n. A disfigurement.
63.
defraud v. To deprive of something
dishonestly.
64.
defray v. To make payment for.
65.
degeneracy n. A becoming worse.
66.
degenerate v. To become worse or
inferior.
67.
degradation n. Diminution, as of
strength or magnitude.
68.
degrade v. To take away honors or
position from.
69.
dehydrate v. To deprive of water.
70.
deify v. To regard or worship as a
god.
71.
deign v. To deem worthy of notice or
account.
72.
deist n. One who believes in God, but
denies supernatural revelation.
73.
deity n. A god, goddess, or divine
person.
74.
deject v. To dishearten.
75.
dejection n. Melancholy.
76.
delectable adj. Delightful to the
taste or to the senses.
77.
delectation n. Delight.
78.
deleterious adj. Hurtful, morally or
physically.
79.
delicacy n. That which is agreeable to
a fine taste.
80.
delineate v. To represent by sketch or
diagram.
81.
deliquesce v. To dissolve gradually
and become liquid by absorption of moisture from the air.
82.
delirious adj. Raving.
83.
delude v. To mislead the mind or
judgment of.
84.
deluge v. To overwhelm with a flood of
water.
85.
delusion n. Mistaken conviction,
especially when more or less enduring.
86.
demagnetize v. To deprive (a magnet)
of magnetism.
87.
demagogue n. An unprincipled
politician.
88.
demeanor n. Deportment.
89.
demented adj. Insane.
90.
demerit n. A mark for failure or bad
conduct.
91.
demise n.=Death= Defunct
92.
demobilize v. To disband, as troops.
93.
demolish v. To annihilate.
94.
demonstrable adj. Capable of positive
proof.
95.
demonstrate v. To prove indubitably.
96.
demonstrative adj. Inclined to strong
exhibition or expression of feeling or thoughts.
97.
demonstrator n. One who proves in a
convincing and conclusive manner.
98.
demulcent n. Any application soothing
to an irritable surface
99.
demurrage n. the detention of a vessel
beyond the specified time of sailing.
100.
dendroid adj. Like a tree.
101.
dendrology n. The natural history of
trees.
102.
denizen n. Inhabitant.
103.
denominate v. To give a name or
epithet to.
104.
denomination n. A body of Christians
united by a common faith and form of worship and discipline.
105.
denominator n. Part of a fraction
which expresses the number of equal parts into which the unit is divided.
106.
denote v. To designate by word or
mark.
107.
denouement n. That part of a play or
story in which the mystery is cleared up.
108.
denounce v. To point out or publicly
accuse as deserving of punishment, censure, or odium.
109.
dentifrice n. Any preparation used for
cleaning the teeth.
110.
denude v. To strip the covering from.
111. denunciation n. The act of declaring an action or
person worthy of reprobation or punishment.
112.
deplete v. To reduce or lessen, as by
use, exhaustion, or waste.
113.
deplorable adj. Contemptible.
114.
deplore v. To regard with grief or
sorrow.
115.
deponent adj. Laying down.
116.
depopulate v. To remove the
inhabitants from.
117.
deport v. To take or send away forcibly,
as to a penal colony.
118.
deportment n. Demeanor.
119. deposition n. Testimony legally taken on
interrogatories and reduced to writing, for use as evidence in court.
120.
depositor n. One who makes a deposit,
or has an amount deposited.
121.
depository n. A place where anything
is kept in safety.
122.
deprave v. To render bad, especially
morally bad.
123.
deprecate v. To express disapproval or
regret for, with hope for the opposite.
124.
depreciate v. To lessen the worth of.
125.
depreciation n. A lowering in value or
an underrating in worth.
126.
depress v. To press down.
127.
depression n. A falling of the
spirits.
128.
depth n. Deepness.
129.
derelict adj. Neglectful of
obligation.
130.
deride v. To ridicule.
131.
derisible adj. Open to ridicule.
132.
derision n. Ridicule.
133. derivation n. That process by which a word is
traced from its original root or primitive form and meaning.
134.
derivative adj. Coming or acquired
from some origin.
135.
derive v. To deduce, as from a
premise.
136.
dermatology n. The branch of medical
science which relates to the skin and its diseases.
137.
derrick n. An apparatus for hoisting
and swinging great weights.
138.
descendant n. One who is descended
lineally from another, as a child, grandchild, etc.
139.
descendent adj. Proceeding downward.
140.
descent n. The act of moving or going
downward.
141.
descry v. To discern.
142.
desert v. To abandon without regard to
the welfare of the abandoned
143.
desiccant n. Any remedy which, when
applied externally, dries up or absorbs moisture, as that of wounds.
144.
designate v. To select or appoint, as
by authority.
145.
desist v. To cease from action.
146.
desistance n. Cessation.
147.
despair n. Utter hopelessness and
despondency.
148.
desperado n. One without regard for
law or life.
149.
desperate adj. Resorted to in a last
extremity, or as if prompted by utter despair.
150.
despicable adj. Contemptible.
151.
despite prep. In spite of.
152.
despond v. To lose spirit, courage, or
hope.
153.
despondent adj. Disheartened.
154.
despot n. An absolute and
irresponsible monarch.
155. despotism n. Any severe and strict rule in which
the judgment of the governed has little or no part.
156.
destitute adj. Poverty-stricken.
157.
desultory adj. Not connected with what
precedes.
158.
deter v. To frighten away.
159.
deteriorate v. To grow worse.
160.
determinate adj. Definitely limited or
fixed.
161.
determination n. The act of deciding.
162.
deterrent adj. Hindering from action
through fear.
163.
detest v. To dislike or hate with
intensity.
164.
detract v. To take away in such manner
as to lessen value or estimation.
165.
detriment n. Something that causes
damage, depreciation, or loss.
166.
detrude v. To push down forcibly.
167.
deviate v. To take a different course.
168.
devilry n. Malicious mischief.
169.
deviltry n. Wanton and malicious
mischief.
170.
devious adj. Out of the common or
regular track.
171.
devise v. To invent.
172.
devout adj. Religious.
173.
dexterity n. Readiness, precision,
efficiency, and ease in any physical activity or in any mechanical work.
174.
diabolic adj. Characteristic of the
devil.
175.
diacritical adj. Marking a difference.
176.
diagnose v. To distinguish, as a
disease, by its characteristic phenomena.
177.
diagnosis n. Determination of the
distinctive nature of a disease.
178.
dialect n. Forms of speech
collectively that are peculiar to the people of a particular district.
179.
dialectician n. A logician.
180.
dialogue n. A formal conversation in
which two or more take part.
181.
diaphanous adj. Transparent.
182.
diatomic adj. Containing only two
atoms.
183.
diatribe n. A bitter or malicious
criticism.
184.
dictum n. A positive utterance.
185.
didactic adj. Pertaining to teaching.
186.
difference n. Dissimilarity in any
respect.
187. differentia n. Any essential characteristic of a
species by reason of which it differs from other species.
188.
differential adj. Distinctive.
189.
differentiate v. To acquire a distinct
and separate character.
190.
diffidence n. Self-distrust.
191.
diffident adj. Affected or possessed
with self-distrust.
192.
diffusible adj. Spreading rapidly
through the system and acting quickly.
193.
diffusion n. Dispersion.
194.
dignitary n. One who holds high rank.
195.
digraph n. A union of two characters
representing a single sound.
196.
digress v. To turn aside from the main
subject and for a time dwell on some incidental matter.
197.
dilapidated pa. Fallen into decay or
partial ruin.
198.
dilate v. To enlarge in all
directions.
199.
dilatory adj. Tending to cause delay.
200.
dilemma n. A situation in which a
choice between opposing modes of conduct is necessary.
201.
dilettante n. A superficial amateur.
202.
diligence n. Careful and persevering
effort to accomplish what is undertaken.
203.
dilute v. To make more fluid or less
concentrated by admixture with something.
204.
diminution n. Reduction.
205.
dimly adv. Obscurely.
206.
diphthong n. The sound produced by
combining two vowels in to a single syllable or running together the sounds.
207.
diplomacy n. Tact, shrewdness, or
skill in conducting any kind of negotiations or in social matters.
208.
diplomat n. A representative of one
sovereign state at the capital or court of another.
209.
diplomatic adj. Characterized by
special tact in negotiations.
210.
diplomatist n. One remarkable for tact
and shrewd management.
211.
disagree v. To be opposite in opinion.
212.
disallow v. To withhold permission or
sanction.
213.
disappear v. To cease to exist, either
actually or for the time being.
214.
disappoint v. To fail to fulfill the
expectation, hope, wish, or desire of.
215.
disapprove v. To regard with blame.
216.
disarm v. To deprive of weapons.
217.
disarrange v. To throw out of order.
218.
disavow v. To disclaim responsibility
for.
219.
disavowal n. Denial.
220.
disbeliever n. One who refuses to
believe.
221.
disburden v. To disencumber.
222.
disburse v. To pay out or expend, as
money from a fund.
223.
discard v. To reject.
224.
discernible adj. Perceivable.
225.
disciple n. One who believes the
teaching of another, or who adopts and follows some doctrine.
226.
disciplinary adj. Having the nature of
systematic training or subjection to authority.
227.
discipline v. To train to obedience.
228.
disclaim v. To disavow any claim to,
connection with, or responsibility to.
229.
discolor v. To stain.
230.
discomfit v. To put to confusion.
231.
discomfort n. The state of being
positively uncomfortable.
232.
disconnect v. To undo or dissolve the
connection or association of.
233.
disconsolate adj. Grief-stricken.
234.
discontinuance n. Interruption or
intermission.
235.
discord n. Absence of harmoniousness.
236.
discountenance v. To look upon with
disfavor.
237.
discover v. To get first sight or
knowledge of, as something previously unknown or unperceived.
238.
discredit v. To injure the reputation
of.
239.
discreet adj. Judicious.
240.
discrepant adj. Opposite.
241.
discriminate v. To draw a distinction.
242.
discursive adj. Passing from one
subject to another.
243.
discussion n. Debate.
244.
disenfranchise v. To deprive of any
right privilege or power
245.
disengage v. To become detached.
246.
disfavor n. Disregard.
247.
disfigure v. To impair or injure the
beauty, symmetry, or appearance of.
248.
dishabille n. Undress or negligent
attire.
249.
dishonest adj. Untrustworthy.
250.
disillusion v. To disenchant.
251.
disinfect v. To remove or destroy the
poison of infectious or contagious diseases.
252.
disinfectant n. A substance used to
destroy the germs of infectious diseases.
253.
disinherit v. To deprive of an
inheritance.
254.
disinterested adj. Impartial.
255.
disjunctive adj. Helping or serving to
disconnect or separate.
256.
dislocate v. To put out of proper
place or order.
257.
dismissal n. Displacement by authority
from an office or an employment.
258.
dismount v. To throw down, push off,
or otherwise remove from a horse or the like.
259.
disobedience n. Neglect or refusal to
comply with an authoritative injunction.
260.
disobedient adj. Neglecting or
refusing to obey.
261.
disown v. To refuse to acknowledge as
one's own or as connected with oneself.
262.
disparage v. To regard or speak of
slightingly.
263.
disparity n. Inequality.
264.
dispel v. To drive away by or as by
scattering in different directions.
265.
dispensation n. That which is bestowed
on or appointed to one from a higher power.
266.
displace v. To put out of the proper
or accustomed place.
267.
dispossess v. To deprive of actual
occupancy, especially of real estate.
268.
disputation n. Verbal controversy.
269.
disqualify v. To debar.
270.
disquiet v. To deprive of peace or
tranquillity.
271.
disregard v. To take no notice of.
272.
disreputable adj. Dishonorable or
disgraceful.
273.
disrepute n. A bad name or character.
274.
disrobe v. To unclothe.
275.
disrupt v. To burst or break asunder.
276.
dissatisfy v. To displease.
277.
dissect v. To cut apart or to pieces.
278.
dissection n. The act or operation of
cutting in pieces, specifically of a plant or an animal.
279.
dissemble v. To hide by pretending
something different.
280.
disseminate v. To sow or scatter
abroad, as seed is sown.
281.
dissension n. Angry or violent
difference of opinion.
282.
dissent n. Disagreement.
283.
dissentient n. One who disagrees.
284.
dissentious adj. Contentious.
285.
dissertation n. Thesis.
286.
disservice n. An ill turn.
287.
dissever v. To divide.
288.
dissimilar adj. Different.
289.
dissipate v. To disperse or disappear.
290.
dissipation n. The state of being
dispersed or scattered.
291.
dissolute adj. Lewd.
292.
dissolution n. A breaking up of a
union of persons.
293.
dissolve v. To liquefy or soften, as
by heat or moisture.
294.
dissonance n. Discord.
295.
dissonant adj. Harsh or disagreeable
in sound.
296.
dissuade v. To change the purpose or
alter the plans of by persuasion, counsel, or pleading.
297.
dissuasion n. The act of changing the
purpose of or altering the plans of through persuasion, or pleading.
298.
disyllable n. A word of two syllables.
299.
distemper n. A disease or malady.
300.
distend v. To stretch out or expand in
every direction.
301.
distensible adj. Capable of being
stretched out or expanded in every direction.
302.
distention n. Expansion.
303.
distill v. To extract or produce by
vaporization and condensation.
304.
distillation n. Separation of the more
volatile parts of a substance from those less volatile.
305.
distiller n. One occupied in the
business of distilling alcoholic liquors.
306.
distinction n. A note or designation
of honor, officially recognizing superiority or success in studies.
307.
distort v. To twist into an unnatural
or irregular form.
308.
detrain v. To subject a person to
distress.
309.
Distrainor n. One who subjects a
person to distress.
310.
distraught adj. Bewildered.
311.
distrust n. Lack of confidence in the
power, wisdom, or good intent of any person.
312.
disunion n. Separation of relations or
interests.
313.
diurnal adj. Daily.
314.
divagation n. Digression.
315.
divergent adj. Tending in different
directions.
316.
diverse adj. Capable of various forms.
317.
diversion n. Pastime.
318.
diversity n. Dissimilitude.
319.
divert v. To turn from the accustomed
course or a line of action already established.
320.
divertible adj. Able to be turned from
the accustomed course or a line of action already established.
321.
divest v. To strip, specifically of
clothes, ornaments, or accouterments or disinvestment.
322.
divination n. The pretended forecast
of future events or discovery of what is lost or hidden.
323.
divinity n. The quality or character
of being godlike.
324.
divisible adj. Capable of being
separated into parts.
325.
divisor n. That by which a number or
quantity is divided.
326.
divulge v. To tell or make known, as
something previously private or secret.
327.
divulgence n. A divulging.
328.
docile adj. Easy to manage.
329.
docket n. The registry of judgments of
a court.
330.
doe n. The female of the deer.
331.
dogma n. A statement of religious
faith or duty formulated by a body claiming authority.
332.
dogmatic adj. Making statements
without argument or evidence.
333.
dogmatize v. To make positive
assertions without supporting them by argument or evidence.
334.
doleful adj. Melancholy.
335.
dolesome adj. Melancholy.
336.
dolor n. Lamentation.
337.
dolorous adj. Expressing or causing
sorrow or pain.
338.
domain n. A sphere or field of action
or interest.
339.
domesticity n. Life in or fondness for
one's home and family.
340.
domicile n. The place where one lives.
341.
dominance n. Ascendancy.
342.
dominant adj. Conspicuously prominent.
343.
dominate v. To influence
controllingly.
344.
domination n. Control by the exercise
of power or constituted authority.
345.
domineer v. To rule with insolence or
unnecessary annoyance.
346.
donate v. To bestow as a gift,
especially for a worthy cause.
347.
donator n. One who makes a donation or
present.
348.
donee n. A person to whom a donation
is made.
349.
donor n. One who makes a donation or
present.
350.
dormant adj. Being in a state of or
resembling sleep.
351.
doublet n. One of a pair of like
things.
352.
doubly adv. In twofold degree or
extent.
353.
dowry n. The property which a wife
brings to her husband in marriage.
354.
drachma n. A modern and an ancient
Greek coin.
355.
dragnet n. A net to be drawn along the
bottom of the water.
356.
dragoon n. In the British army, a
cavalryman.
357.
drainage n. The means of draining
collectively, as a system of conduits, trenches, pipes, etc.
358.
dramatist n. One who writes plays.
359.
dramatize v. To relate or represent in
a dramatic or theatrical manner.
360.
drastic adj. Acting vigorously.
361.
drought n. Dry weather, especially
when so long continued as to cause vegetation to wither.
362.
drowsy adj. Heavy with sleepiness.
363.
drudgery n. Hard and constant work in
any menial or dull occupation.
364.
dubious adj. Doubtful.
365.
duckling n. A young duck.
366.
ductile adj. Capable of being drawn
out, as into wire or a thread.
367.
duet n. A composition for two voices
or instruments.
368.
dun v. To make a demand or repeated
demands on for payment.
369.
duplex adj. Having two parts.
370.
duplicity n. Double-dealing.
371.
durance n. Confinement.
372.
duration n. The period of time during
which anything lasts.
373.
duteous adj. Showing submission to
natural superiors.
374.
dutiable adj. Subject to a duty,
especially a customs duty.
375.
dutiful adj. Obedient.
376.
dwindle v. To diminish or become less.
377.
dyne n. The force which, applied to a
mass of one gram for 1 second, would give it a velocity of 1 cm/s.
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