Words that rhyme with arriviste

  • anapaest
    n 1: a metrical unit with unstressed-unstressed-stressed syllables [syn: anapest, anapaest]
  • hartebeest
    n 1: a large African antelope with lyre-shaped horns that curve backward
  • redbreast
    n 1: small Old World songbird with a reddish breast [syn: robin, redbreast, robin redbreast, Old World robin, Erithacus rubecola]
  • request
    n 1: a formal message requesting something that is submitted to an authority [syn: request, petition, postulation] 2: the verbal act of requesting [syn: request, asking] v 1: express the need or desire for; ask for; "She requested an extra bed in her room"; "She called for room service" [syn: request, bespeak, call for, quest] 2: ask (a person) to do something; "She asked him to be here at noon"; "I requested that she type the entire manuscript" 3: inquire for (information); "I requested information from the secretary"
  • rest
    n 1: something left after other parts have been taken away; "there was no remainder"; "he threw away the rest"; "he took what he wanted and I got the balance" [syn: remainder, balance, residual, residue, residuum, rest] 2: freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility); "took his repose by the swimming pool" [syn: rest, ease, repose, relaxation] 3: a pause for relaxation; "people actually accomplish more when they take time for short rests" [syn: respite, rest, relief, rest period] 4: a state of inaction; "a body will continue in a state of rest until acted upon" 5: euphemisms for death (based on an analogy between lying in a bed and in a tomb); "she was laid to rest beside her husband"; "they had to put their family pet to sleep" [syn: rest, eternal rest, sleep, eternal sleep, quietus] 6: a support on which things can be put; "the gun was steadied on a special rest" 7: a musical notation indicating a silence of a specified duration v 1: not move; be in a resting position 2: take a short break from one's activities in order to relax [syn: rest, breathe, catch one's breath, take a breather] 3: give a rest to; "He rested his bad leg"; "Rest the dogs for a moment" 4: have a place in relation to something else; "The fate of Bosnia lies in the hands of the West"; "The responsibility rests with the Allies" [syn: lie, rest] 5: be at rest [ant: be active, move] 6: stay the same; remain in a certain state; "The dress remained wet after repeated attempts to dry it"; "rest assured"; "stay alone"; "He remained unmoved by her tears"; "The bad weather continued for another week" [syn: stay, remain, rest] [ant: change] 7: be inherent or innate in; [syn: rest, reside, repose] 8: put something in a resting position, as for support or steadying; "Rest your head on my shoulder" 9: sit, as on a branch; "The birds perched high in the tree" [syn: perch, roost, rest] 10: rest on or as if on a pillow; "pillow your head" [syn: pillow, rest] 11: be inactive, refrain from acting; "The committee is resting over the summer"
  • slugfest
    n 1: a fight with bare fists [syn: fistfight, fisticuffs, slugfest]
  • southwest
    adv 1: to, toward, or in the southwest [syn: southwest, south-west, sou'west] adj 1: coming from the southwest; "the winds are southwesterly" [syn: southwesterly, southwest] 2: situated in or oriented toward the southwest [syn: southwest, southwestern, southwesterly] n 1: the compass point midway between south and west; at 225 degrees [syn: southwest, sou'-west, southwestward, SW] 2: the southwestern region of the United States generally including New Mexico, Arizona, Texas, Nevada, California, and sometimes Utah and Colorado [syn: Southwest, southwestern United States] 3: the direction corresponding to the southwestward compass point 4: a location in the southwestern part of a country, region, or city
  • suggest
    v 1: make a proposal, declare a plan for something; "the senator proposed to abolish the sales tax" [syn: propose, suggest, advise] 2: drop a hint; intimate by a hint [syn: hint, suggest] 3: imply as a possibility; "The evidence suggests a need for more clarification" [syn: suggest, intimate] 4: suggest the necessity of an intervention; in medicine; "Tetracycline is indicated in such cases" [syn: indicate, suggest] [ant: contraindicate] 5: call to mind; "this remark evoked sadness" [syn: suggest, evoke, paint a picture]
  • test
    n 1: trying something to find out about it; "a sample for ten days free trial"; "a trial of progesterone failed to relieve the pain" [syn: trial, trial run, test, tryout] 2: any standardized procedure for measuring sensitivity or memory or intelligence or aptitude or personality etc; "the test was standardized on a large sample of students" [syn: test, mental test, mental testing, psychometric test] 3: a set of questions or exercises evaluating skill or knowledge; "when the test was stolen the professor had to make a new set of questions" [syn: examination, exam, test] 4: the act of undergoing testing; "he survived the great test of battle"; "candidates must compete in a trial of skill" [syn: test, trial] 5: the act of testing something; "in the experimental trials the amount of carbon was measured separately"; "he called each flip of the coin a new trial" [syn: test, trial, run] 6: a hard outer covering as of some amoebas and sea urchins v 1: put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to; "This approach has been tried with good results"; "Test this recipe" [syn: test, prove, try, try out, examine, essay] 2: test or examine for the presence of disease or infection; "screen the blood for the HIV virus" [syn: screen, test] 3: examine someone's knowledge of something; "The teacher tests us every week"; "We got quizzed on French irregular verbs" [syn: quiz, test] 4: show a certain characteristic when tested; "He tested positive for HIV" 5: achieve a certain score or rating on a test; "She tested high on the LSAT and was admitted to all the good law schools" 6: determine the presence or properties of (a substance) 7: undergo a test; "She doesn't test well"
  • unblessed
    adj 1: not provided with something desirable; "a hovel unblessed with electricity or running water"
  • unexpressed
    adj 1: not made explicit; "the unexpressed terms of the agreement"; "things left unsaid"; "some kind of unspoken agreement"; "his action is clear but his reason remains unstated" [syn: unexpressed, unsaid, unstated, unuttered, unverbalized, unverbalised, unvoiced, unspoken]
  • unimpressed
    adj 1: not moved to serious regard; "trying to appear unimpressed"
  • unprocessed
    adj 1: not refined or processed; "unrefined ore"; "crude oil" [syn: unrefined, unprocessed, crude] [ant: processed, refined] 2: not altered from an original or natural state; "unprocessed commodities" [ant: processed] 3: not treated or prepared by a special process
  • unreleased
    adj 1: not (or not yet) made available for distribution or publication; "someone leaked the unreleased announcement"; "a film that remained unreleased for years"
  • unrest
    n 1: a state of agitation or turbulent change or development; "the political ferment produced new leadership"; "social unrest" [syn: agitation, ferment, fermentation, tempestuousness, unrest] 2: a feeling of restless agitation
  • unstressed
    adj 1: not bearing a stress or accent; "short vowels are unstressed" [ant: accented, stressed]
  • west
    adv 1: to, toward, or in the west; "we moved west to Arizona"; "situated west of Boston" adj 1: situated in or facing or moving toward the west [ant: east] n 1: the countries of (originally) Europe and (now including) North America and South America [syn: West, Occident] 2: the cardinal compass point that is a 270 degrees [syn: west, due west, westward, W] 3: the region of the United States lying to the west of the Mississippi River [syn: West, western United States] 4: the direction corresponding to the westward cardinal compass point 5: British writer (born in Ireland) (1892-1983) [syn: West, Rebecca West, Dame Rebecca West, Cicily Isabel Fairfield] 6: United States film actress (1892-1980) [syn: West, Mae West] 7: English painter (born in America) who became the second president of the Royal Academy (1738-1820) [syn: West, Benjamin West] 8: a location in the western part of a country, region, or city
  • wildebeest
    n 1: large African antelope having a head with horns like an ox and a long tufted tail [syn: gnu, wildebeest]
  • wrest
    v 1: obtain by seizing forcibly or violently, also metaphorically; "wrest the knife from his hands"; "wrest a meaning from the old text"; "wrest power from the old government"
  • midwest
    n 1: the north central region of the United States (sometimes called the heartland or the breadbasket of America) [syn: Midwest, middle west, midwestern United States]
  • bucharest
    n 1: national capital and largest city of Romania in southeastern Romania [syn: Bucharest, Bucharesti, Bucuresti, capital of Romania]
  • budapest
    n 1: capital and largest city of Hungary; located on the Danube River in north-central Hungary [syn: Budapest, Hungarian capital, capital of Hungary]
  • rinderpest
    n 1: an acute infectious viral disease of cattle (usually fatal); characterized by fever and diarrhea and inflammation of mucous membranes [syn: rinderpest, cattle plague]
  • reinvest
  • retest
  • songfest
  • gest
  • celeste
  • trieste
  • unblest
  • undervest

See also arriviste definition