Words that rhyme with amazement

  • abasement
    n 1: a low or downcast state; "each confession brought her into an attitude of abasement"- H.L.Menchken [syn: abasement, degradation, abjection] 2: depriving one of self-esteem [syn: humiliation, abasement]
  • achievement
    n 1: the action of accomplishing something [syn: accomplishment, achievement]
  • advertisement
    n 1: a public promotion of some product or service [syn: ad, advertisement, advertizement, advertising, advertizing, advert]
  • agent
    n 1: an active and efficient cause; capable of producing a certain effect; "their research uncovered new disease agents" 2: a representative who acts on behalf of other persons or organizations 3: a substance that exerts some force or effect 4: a businessman who buys or sells for another in exchange for a commission [syn: agent, factor, broker] 5: any agent or representative of a federal agency or bureau [syn: agent, federal agent] 6: the semantic role of the animate entity that instigates or causes the happening denoted by the verb in the clause [syn: agentive role, agent]
  • ailment
    n 1: an often persistent bodily disorder or disease; a cause for complaining [syn: ailment, complaint, ill]
  • arraignment
    n 1: a legal document calling someone to court to answer an indictment
  • arrangement
    n 1: the thing arranged or agreed to; "they made arrangements to meet in Chicago" [syn: agreement, arrangement] 2: an orderly grouping (of things or persons) considered as a unit; the result of arranging; "a flower arrangement" 3: an organized structure for arranging or classifying; "he changed the arrangement of the topics"; "the facts were familiar but it was in the organization of them that he was original"; "he tried to understand their system of classification" [syn: arrangement, organization, organisation, system] 4: the spatial property of the way in which something is placed; "the arrangement of the furniture"; "the placement of the chairs" [syn: placement, arrangement] 5: a piece of music that has been adapted for performance by a particular set of voices or instruments [syn: musical arrangement, arrangement] 6: the act of arranging and adapting a piece of music [syn: arrangement, arranging, transcription]
  • assessment
    n 1: the classification of someone or something with respect to its worth [syn: appraisal, assessment] 2: an amount determined as payable; "the assessment for repairs outraged the club's membership" 3: the market value set on assets 4: the act of judging or assessing a person or situation or event; "they criticized my judgment of the contestants" [syn: judgment, judgement, assessment]
  • basement
    n 1: the lowermost portion of a structure partly or wholly below ground level; often used for storage [syn: basement, cellar] 2: the ground floor facade or interior in Renaissance architecture
  • bent
    adj 1: fixed in your purpose; "bent on going to the theater"; "dead set against intervening"; "out to win every event" [syn: bent, bent on(p), dead set(p), out to(p)] 2: used of the back and knees; stooped; "on bended knee"; "with bent (or bended) back" [syn: bended, bent] 3: of metal e.g.; "bent nails"; "a car with a crumpled front end"; "dented fenders" [syn: bent, crumpled, dented] n 1: a relatively permanent inclination to react in a particular way; "the set of his mind was obvious" [syn: bent, set] 2: grass for pastures and lawns especially bowling and putting greens [syn: bent, bent grass, bent-grass] 3: an area of grassland unbounded by fences or hedges 4: a special way of doing something; "he had a bent for it"; "he had a special knack for getting into trouble"; "he couldn't get the hang of it" [syn: bent, knack, hang]
  • bereavement
    n 1: state of sorrow over the death or departure of a loved one [syn: mourning, bereavement]
  • casement
    n 1: a window sash that is hinged (usually on one side)
  • debasement
    n 1: being mixed with extraneous material; the product of adulterating [syn: adulteration, debasement] 2: changing to a lower state (a less respected state) [syn: degradation, debasement]
  • derangement
    n 1: a state of mental disturbance and disorientation [syn: derangement, mental unsoundness, unbalance] 2: the act of disturbing the mind or body; "his carelessness could have caused an ecological upset"; "she was unprepared for this sudden overthrow of their normal way of living" [syn: upset, derangement, overthrow]
  • displacement
    n 1: act of taking the place of another especially using underhanded tactics [syn: supplanting, displacement] 2: an event in which something is displaced without rotation [syn: shift, displacement] 3: the act of uniform movement [syn: translation, displacement] 4: (chemistry) a reaction in which an elementary substance displaces and sets free a constituent element from a compound [syn: displacement, displacement reaction] 5: (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that transfers affect or reaction from the original object to some more acceptable one 6: to move something from its natural environment [syn: displacement, deracination] 7: act of removing from office or employment
  • divorcement
    n 1: the legal dissolution of a marriage [syn: divorce, divorcement]
  • enslavement
    n 1: the state of being a slave; "So every bondman in his own hand bears the power to cancel his captivity"--Shakespeare [syn: enslavement, captivity] 2: the act of making slaves of your captives
  • entertainment
    n 1: an activity that is diverting and that holds the attention [syn: entertainment, amusement]
  • inducement
    n 1: a positive motivational influence [syn: incentive, inducement, motivator] [ant: deterrence, disincentive] 2: act of bringing about a desired result; "inducement of sleep" [syn: inducement, inducing]
  • involvement
    n 1: the act of sharing in the activities of a group; "the teacher tried to increase his students' engagement in class activities" [syn: engagement, participation, involvement, involution] [ant: non-engagement, non- involvement, nonparticipation] 2: a connection of inclusion or containment; "he escaped involvement in the accident"; "there was additional involvement of the liver and spleen" 3: a sense of concern with and curiosity about someone or something; "an interest in music" [syn: interest, involvement] 4: a usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship [syn: affair, affaire, intimacy, liaison, involvement, amour] 5: the condition of sharing in common with others (as fellows or partners etc.) [syn: participation, involvement]
  • misplacement
    n 1: faulty position [syn: malposition, misplacement]
  • movement
    n 1: a change of position that does not entail a change of location; "the reflex motion of his eyebrows revealed his surprise"; "movement is a sign of life"; "an impatient move of his hand"; "gastrointestinal motility" [syn: motion, movement, move, motility] 2: the act of changing location from one place to another; "police controlled the motion of the crowd"; "the movement of people from the farms to the cities"; "his move put him directly in my path" [syn: motion, movement, move] 3: a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something [syn: movement, motion] 4: a group of people with a common ideology who try together to achieve certain general goals; "he was a charter member of the movement"; "politicians have to respect a mass movement"; "he led the national liberation front" [syn: movement, social movement, front] 5: a major self-contained part of a symphony or sonata; "the second movement is slow and melodic" 6: a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end; "he supported populist campaigns"; "they worked in the cause of world peace"; "the team was ready for a drive toward the pennant"; "the movement to end slavery"; "contributed to the war effort" [syn: campaign, cause, crusade, drive, movement, effort] 7: an optical illusion of motion produced by viewing a rapid succession of still pictures of a moving object; "the cinema relies on apparent motion"; "the succession of flashing lights gave an illusion of movement" [syn: apparent motion, motion, apparent movement, movement] 8: a euphemism for defecation; "he had a bowel movement" [syn: bowel movement, movement, bm] 9: a general tendency to change (as of opinion); "not openly liberal but that is the trend of the book"; "a broad movement of the electorate to the right" [syn: drift, trend, movement] 10: the driving and regulating parts of a mechanism (as of a watch or clock); "it was an expensive watch with a diamond movement" 11: the act of changing the location of something; "the movement of cargo onto the vessel"
  • pavement
    n 1: the paved surface of a thoroughfare [syn: pavement, paving] 2: material used to pave an area [syn: paving, pavement, paving material] 3: walk consisting of a paved area for pedestrians; usually beside a street or roadway [syn: sidewalk, pavement]
  • payment
    n 1: a sum of money paid or a claim discharged [ant: default, nonpayment, nonremittal] 2: the act of paying money [syn: payment, defrayal, defrayment] [ant: evasion, nonpayment] 3: an act of requiting; returning in kind [syn: requital, payment]
  • placement
    n 1: the spatial property of the way in which something is placed; "the arrangement of the furniture"; "the placement of the chairs" [syn: placement, arrangement] 2: contact established between applicants and prospective employees; "the agency provided placement services" 3: the act of putting something in a certain place [syn: placement, location, locating, position, positioning, emplacement]
  • reassessment
    n 1: a new appraisal or evaluation [syn: reappraisal, revaluation, review, reassessment]
  • reinforcement
    n 1: a military operation (often involving new supplies of men and materiel) to strengthen a military force or aid in the performance of its mission; "they called for artillery support" [syn: support, reinforcement, reenforcement] 2: information that makes more forcible or convincing; "his gestures provided eloquent reinforcement for his complaints" [syn: reinforcement, reenforcement] 3: (psychology) a stimulus that strengthens or weakens the behavior that produced it [syn: reinforcing stimulus, reinforcer, reinforcement] 4: a device designed to provide additional strength; "the cardboard backing was just a strengthener"; "he used gummed reinforcements to hold the page in his notebook" [syn: strengthener, reinforcement] 5: an act performed to strengthen approved behavior [syn: reward, reinforcement]
  • replacement
    n 1: the act of furnishing an equivalent person or thing in the place of another; "replacing the star will not be easy" [syn: replacement, replacing] 2: someone who takes the place of another person [syn: surrogate, alternate, replacement] 3: an event in which one thing is substituted for another; "the replacement of lost blood by a transfusion of donor blood" [syn: substitution, permutation, transposition, replacement, switch] 4: a person or thing that takes or can take the place of another [syn: substitute, replacement] 5: filling again by supplying what has been used up [syn: refilling, replenishment, replacement, renewal] 6: a person who follows next in order; "he was President Lincoln's successor" [syn: successor, replacement]
  • impressment
    n 1: the act of coercing someone into government service [syn: impress, impressment]
  • self-improvement
    n 1: the act of improving yourself [syn: self-improvement, self-reformation]
  • interlacement

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