Words that rhyme with controversial

  • commercial
    adj 1: connected with or engaged in or sponsored by or used in commerce or commercial enterprises; "commercial trucker"; "commercial TV"; "commercial diamonds" [ant: noncommercial] 2: of or relating to commercialism; "a commercial attache"; "commercial paper"; "commercial law" 3: of the kind or quality used in commerce; average or inferior; "commercial grade of beef"; "commercial oxalic acid" [syn: commercial, commercial-grade] n 1: a commercially sponsored ad on radio or television [syn: commercial, commercial message]
  • dial
    n 1: the face of a timepiece; graduated to show the hours 2: the control on a radio or television set that is used for tuning 3: the circular graduated indicator on various measuring instruments 4: a disc on a telephone that is rotated a fixed distance for each number called [syn: dial, telephone dial] v 1: operate a dial to select a telephone number; "You must take the receiver off the hook before you dial" 2: choose by means of a dial; "dial a telephone number"
  • inertial
    adj 1: of or relating to inertia
  • real
    adv 1: used as intensifiers; `real' is sometimes used informally for `really'; `rattling' is informal; "she was very gifted"; "he played very well"; "a really enjoyable evening"; "I'm real sorry about it"; "a rattling good yarn" [syn: very, really, real, rattling] adj 1: being or occurring in fact or actuality; having verified existence; not illusory; "real objects"; "real people; not ghosts"; "a film based on real life"; "a real illness"; "real humility"; "Life is real! Life is earnest!"- Longfellow [syn: real, existent] [ant: unreal] 2: no less than what is stated; worthy of the name; "the real reason"; "real war"; "a real friend"; "a real woman"; "meat and potatoes--I call that a real meal"; "it's time he had a real job"; "it's no penny-ante job--he's making real money" [ant: unreal] 3: not to be taken lightly; "statistics demonstrate that poverty and unemployment are very real problems"; "to the man sleeping regularly in doorways homelessness is real" 4: capable of being treated as fact; "tangible evidence"; "his brief time as Prime Minister brought few real benefits to the poor" [syn: real, tangible] 5: being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of something; "her actual motive"; "a literal solitude like a desert"- G.K.Chesterton; "a genuine dilemma" [syn: actual, genuine, literal, real] 6: of, relating to, or representing an amount that is corrected for inflation; "real prices"; "real income"; "real wages" [ant: nominal] 7: having substance or capable of being treated as fact; not imaginary; "the substantial world"; "a mere dream, neither substantial nor practical"; "most ponderous and substantial things"- Shakespeare [syn: substantial, real, material] [ant: insubstantial, unreal, unsubstantial] 8: (of property) fixed or immovable; "real property consists of land and buildings" 9: coinciding with reality; "perceptual error...has a surprising resemblance to veridical perception"- F.A.Olafson [syn: veridical, real] n 1: any rational or irrational number [syn: real number, real] 2: the basic unit of money in Brazil; equal to 100 centavos 3: an old small silver Spanish coin
  • uncontroversial
    adj 1: not likely to arouse controversy [syn: uncontroversial, noncontroversial] [ant: controversial]
  • bursal
    adj 1: relating to or affecting a bursa
  • herschel
    n 1: English astronomer (son of William Herschel) who extended the catalogue of stars to the southern hemisphere and did pioneering work in photography (1792-1871) [syn: Herschel, John Herschel, Sir John Herschel, Sir John Frederick William Herschel] 2: English astronomer (born in Germany) who discovered infrared light and who catalogued the stars and discovered the planet Uranus (1738-1822) [syn: Herschel, William Herschel, Sir William Herschel, Sir Frederick William Herschel]
  • uncommercial
    adj 1: not conducive to commercial success; "might prove arty and hence uncommercial"- H.E.Clurman
  • herschell
  • pershall
  • urschel
  • commerical

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