Words that rhyme with animadvert

• introvert 4
  n 1: (psychology) a person who tends to shrink from social contacts and to become preoccupied with their own thoughts [ant: extravert, extrovert] v 1: fold inwards; "some organs can invaginate" [syn: invaginate, introvert] 2: turn inside; "He introverted his feelings"
• advert 0
  n 1: a public promotion of some product or service [syn: ad, advertisement, advertizement, advertising, advertizing, advert] v 1: give heed (to); "The children in the audience attended the recital quietly"; "She hung on his every word"; "They attended to everything he said" [syn: attend, hang, advert, pay heed, give ear] 2: make a more or less disguised reference to; "He alluded to the problem but did not mention it" [syn: allude, touch, advert] 3: make reference to; "His name was mentioned in connection with the invention" [syn: mention, advert, bring up, cite, name, refer]
• avert 0
  v 1: prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; "Let's avoid a confrontation"; "head off a confrontation"; "avert a strike" [syn: debar, forefend, forfend, obviate, deflect, avert, head off, stave off, fend off, avoid, ward off] 2: turn away or aside; "They averted their eyes when the King entered" [syn: avert, turn away]
• controvert 0
  v 1: be resistant to; "The board opposed his motion" [syn: oppose, controvert, contradict] 2: prove to be false or incorrect [syn: refute, rebut, controvert]
• convert 0
  n 1: a person who has been converted to another religious or political belief v 1: change from one system to another or to a new plan or policy; "We converted from 220 to 110 Volt" [syn: convert, change over] 2: change the nature, purpose, or function of something; "convert lead into gold"; "convert hotels into jails"; "convert slaves to laborers" 3: change religious beliefs, or adopt a religious belief; "She converted to Buddhism" 4: exchange or replace with another, usually of the same kind or category; "Could you convert my dollars into pounds?"; "He changed his name"; "convert centimeters into inches"; "convert holdings into shares" [syn: change, exchange, commute, convert] 5: cause to adopt a new or different faith; "The missionaries converted the Indian population" 6: score an extra point or points after touchdown by kicking the ball through the uprights or advancing the ball into the end zone; "Smith converted and his team won" 7: complete successfully; "score a penalty shot or free throw" 8: score (a spare) 9: make (someone) agree, understand, or realize the truth or validity of something; "He had finally convinced several customers of the advantages of his product" [syn: convert, win over, convince] 10: exchange a penalty for a less severe one [syn: commute, convert, exchange] 11: change in nature, purpose, or function; undergo a chemical change; "The substance converts to an acid"
• covert 0
  adj 1: secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed; "covert actions by the CIA"; "covert funding for the rebels" [ant: open, overt] 2: (of a wife) being under the protection of her husband; "a woman covert" n 1: a flock of coots 2: a covering that serves to conceal or shelter something; "a screen of trees afforded privacy"; "under cover of darkness"; "the brush provided a covert for game"; "the simplest concealment is to match perfectly the color of the background" [syn: screen, cover, covert, concealment]
• divert 0
  v 1: turn aside; turn away from [syn: deviate, divert] 2: send on a course or in a direction different from the planned or intended one 3: occupy in an agreeable, entertaining or pleasant fashion; "The play amused the ladies" [syn: amuse, divert, disport] 4: withdraw (money) and move into a different location, often secretly and with dishonest intentions [syn: divert, hive off]
• extravert 0
  adj 1: being concerned with the social and physical environment [syn: extrovert, extravert, extroverted, extraverted, extrovertive, extravertive] n 1: (psychology) a person concerned more with practical realities than with inner thoughts and feelings [syn: extrovert, extravert] [ant: introvert]
• extrovert 0
  adj 1: being concerned with the social and physical environment [syn: extrovert, extravert, extroverted, extraverted, extrovertive, extravertive] n 1: (psychology) a person concerned more with practical realities than with inner thoughts and feelings [syn: extrovert, extravert] [ant: introvert]
• invert 0
  v 1: make an inversion (in a musical composition); "here the theme is inverted" 2: reverse the position, order, relation, or condition of; "when forming a question, invert the subject and the verb" [syn: invert, reverse] 3: turn inside out or upside down [syn: turn back, invert, reverse]
• object 0
  n 1: a tangible and visible entity; an entity that can cast a shadow; "it was full of rackets, balls and other objects" [syn: object, physical object] 2: the goal intended to be attained (and which is believed to be attainable); "the sole object of her trip was to see her children" [syn: aim, object, objective, target] 3: (grammar) a constituent that is acted upon; "the object of the verb" 4: the focus of cognitions or feelings; "objects of thought"; "the object of my affection" 5: (computing) a discrete item that provides a description of virtually anything known to a computer; "in object-oriented programming, objects include data and define its status, its methods of operation and how it interacts with other objects" v 1: express or raise an objection or protest or criticism or express dissent; "She never objected to the amount of work her boss charged her with"; "When asked to drive the truck, she objected that she did not have a driver's license" 2: be averse to or express disapproval of; "My wife objects to modern furniture"
• overt 0
  adj 1: open and observable; not secret or hidden; "an overt lie"; "overt hostility"; "overt intelligence gathering"; "open ballots" [syn: overt, open] [ant: covert]
• perfect 0
  adj 1: being complete of its kind and without defect or blemish; "a perfect circle"; "a perfect reproduction"; "perfect happiness"; "perfect manners"; "a perfect specimen"; "a perfect day" [ant: imperfect] 2: without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers; "an arrant fool"; "a complete coward"; "a consummate fool"; "a double-dyed villain"; "gross negligence"; "a perfect idiot"; "pure folly"; "what a sodding mess"; "stark staring mad"; "a thoroughgoing villain"; "utter nonsense"; "the unadulterated truth" [syn: arrant(a), complete(a), consummate(a), double-dyed(a), everlasting(a), gross(a), perfect(a), pure(a), sodding(a), stark(a), staring(a), thoroughgoing(a), utter(a), unadulterated] 3: precisely accurate or exact; "perfect timing" n 1: a tense of verbs used in describing action that has been completed (sometimes regarded as perfective aspect) [syn: perfective, perfective tense, perfect, perfect tense] v 1: make perfect or complete; "perfect your French in Paris!" [syn: perfect, hone]
• pervert 0
  n 1: a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior [syn: pervert, deviant, deviate, degenerate] v 1: corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality; "debauch the young people with wine and women"; "Socrates was accused of corrupting young men"; "Do school counselors subvert young children?"; "corrupt the morals" [syn: corrupt, pervert, subvert, demoralize, demoralise, debauch, debase, profane, vitiate, deprave, misdirect] 2: practice sophistry; change the meaning of or be vague about in order to mislead or deceive; "Don't twist my words" [syn: twist, twist around, pervert, convolute, sophisticate] 3: change the inherent purpose or function of something; "Don't abuse the system"; "The director of the factory misused the funds intended for the health care of his workers" [syn: pervert, misuse, abuse]
• prefect 0
  n 1: a chief officer or chief magistrate; "the prefect of Paris police"
• project 0
  n 1: any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted; "he prepared for great undertakings" [syn: undertaking, project, task, labor] 2: a planned undertaking [syn: project, projection] v 1: communicate vividly; "He projected his feelings" 2: extend out or project in space; "His sharp nose jutted out"; "A single rock sticks out from the cliff" [syn: stick out, protrude, jut out, jut, project] 3: transfer (ideas or principles) from one domain into another 4: project on a screen; "The images are projected onto the screen" 5: cause to be heard; "His voice projects well" 6: draw a projection of 7: make or work out a plan for; devise; "They contrived to murder their boss"; "design a new sales strategy"; "plan an attack" [syn: plan, project, contrive, design] 8: present for consideration, examination, criticism, etc.; "He proposed a new plan for dealing with terrorism"; "She proposed a new theory of relativity" [syn: project, propose] 9: imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind; "I can't see him on horseback!"; "I can see what will happen"; "I can see a risk in this strategy" [syn: visualize, visualise, envision, project, fancy, see, figure, picture, image] 10: put or send forth; "She threw the flashlight beam into the corner"; "The setting sun threw long shadows"; "cast a spell"; "cast a warm light" [syn: project, cast, contrive, throw] 11: throw, send, or cast forward; "project a missile" [syn: project, send off] 12: regard as objective [syn: project, externalize, externalise]
• protect 0
  v 1: shield from danger, injury, destruction, or damage; "Weatherbeater protects your roof from the rain" 2: use tariffs to favor domestic industry
• recollect 0
  v 1: recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection; "I can't remember saying any such thing"; "I can't think what her last name was"; "can you remember her phone number?"; "Do you remember that he once loved you?"; "call up memories" [syn: remember, retrieve, recall, call back, call up, recollect, think] [ant: blank out, block, draw a blank, forget]
• reconvert 0
  v 1: convert back; "Hollywood is reconverting old films"
• redirect 0
  v 1: channel into a new direction; "redirect your attention to the danger from the fundamentalists" [syn: redirect, airt]
• reflect 0
  v 1: manifest or bring back; "This action reflects his true beliefs" 2: reflect deeply on a subject; "I mulled over the events of the afternoon"; "philosophers have speculated on the question of God for thousands of years"; "The scientist must stop to observe and start to excogitate" [syn: chew over, think over, meditate, ponder, excogitate, contemplate, muse, reflect, mull, mull over, ruminate, speculate] 3: to throw or bend back (from a surface); "Sound is reflected well in this auditorium" [syn: reflect, reverberate] 4: be bright by reflecting or casting light; "Drive carefully-- the wet road reflects" [syn: reflect, shine] 5: show an image of; "her sunglasses reflected his image" 6: give evidence of a certain behavior; "His lack of interest in the project reflects badly on him" 7: give evidence of the quality of; "The mess in his dorm room reflects on the student"
• reject 0
  n 1: the person or thing that is rejected or set aside as inferior in quality [syn: cull, reject] v 1: refuse to accept or acknowledge; "I reject the idea of starting a war"; "The journal rejected the student's paper" [ant: accept] 2: refuse to accept; "He refused my offer of hospitality" [syn: refuse, reject, pass up, turn down, decline] [ant: accept, have, take] 3: deem wrong or inappropriate; "I disapprove of her child rearing methods" [syn: disapprove, reject] [ant: O.K., approve, okay, sanction] 4: reject with contempt; "She spurned his advances" [syn: reject, spurn, freeze off, scorn, pooh-pooh, disdain, turn down] 5: resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ; "His body rejected the liver of the donor" [syn: resist, reject, refuse] 6: refuse entrance or membership; "They turned away hundreds of fans"; "Black people were often rejected by country clubs" [syn: reject, turn down, turn away, refuse] [ant: admit, allow in, intromit, let in] 7: dismiss from consideration or a contest; "John was ruled out as a possible suspect because he had a strong alibi"; "This possibility can be eliminated from our consideration" [syn: rule out, eliminate, winnow out, reject]
• respect 0
  n 1: (usually preceded by `in') a detail or point; "it differs in that respect" [syn: respect, regard] 2: the condition of being honored (esteemed or respected or well regarded); "it is held in esteem"; "a man who has earned high regard" [syn: esteem, regard, respect] [ant: disesteem] 3: an attitude of admiration or esteem; "she lost all respect for him" [syn: respect, esteem, regard] [ant: disrespect] 4: a courteous expression (by word or deed) of esteem or regard; "his deference to her wishes was very flattering"; "be sure to give my respects to the dean" [syn: deference, respect] 5: behavior intended to please your parents; "their children were never very strong on obedience"; "he went to law school out of respect for his father's wishes" [syn: obedience, respect] 6: a feeling of friendship and esteem; "she mistook his manly regard for love"; "he inspires respect" [syn: regard, respect] 7: courteous regard for people's feelings; "in deference to your wishes"; "out of respect for his privacy" [syn: deference, respect, respectfulness] v 1: regard highly; think much of; "I respect his judgement"; "We prize his creativity" [syn: respect, esteem, value, prize, prise] [ant: disesteem, disrespect] 2: show respect towards; "honor your parents!" [syn: respect, honor, honour, abide by, observe] [ant: disrespect]
• resurrect 0
  v 1: cause to become alive again; "raise from the dead"; "Slavery is already dead, and cannot be resurrected"; "Upraising ghosts" [syn: resurrect, raise, upraise] 2: restore from a depressed, inactive, or unused state; "He revived this style of opera"; "He resurrected the tango in this remote part of Argentina" [syn: revive, resurrect] 3: return from the dead; "Christ is risen!"; "The dead are to uprise" [syn: resurrect, rise, uprise]
• retrospect 0
  n 1: contemplation of things past; "in retrospect" v 1: look back upon (a period of time, sequence of events); remember; "she reviewed her achievements with pride" [syn: review, look back, retrospect]
• revert 0
  v 1: go back to a previous state; "We reverted to the old rules" [syn: revert, return, retrovert, regress, turn back] 2: undergo reversion, as in a mutation
• subvert 0
  v 1: cause the downfall of; of rulers; "The Czar was overthrown"; "subvert the ruling class" [syn: overthrow, subvert, overturn, bring down] 2: corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality; "debauch the young people with wine and women"; "Socrates was accused of corrupting young men"; "Do school counselors subvert young children?"; "corrupt the morals" [syn: corrupt, pervert, subvert, demoralize, demoralise, debauch, debase, profane, vitiate, deprave, misdirect] 3: destroy property or hinder normal operations; "The Resistance sabotaged railroad operations during the war" [syn: sabotage, undermine, countermine, counteract, subvert, weaken] 4: destroy completely; "we must not let our civil liberties be subverted by the current crisis"
• evert 0
  n 1: United States tennis player who won women's singles titles in the United States and at Wimbledon (born in 1954) [syn: Evert, Chris Evert, Chrissie Evert, Christine Marie Evert] v 1: turn inside out; turn the inner surface of outward; "evert the eyelid"
• retrovert 0
  v 1: go back to a previous state; "We reverted to the old rules" [syn: revert, return, retrovert, regress, turn back]
• obvert 0
• pandect 0
• reconnect 0
• reselect 0
• vert 0
• ambivert 0

See also animadvert definition and animadvert synonyms