Words that rhyme with delinquency

• ab 0
  n 1: a bachelor's degree in arts and sciences [syn: Bachelor of Arts, BA, Artium Baccalaurens, AB] 2: the eleventh month of the civil year; the fifth month of the ecclesiastical year in the Jewish calendar (in July and August) [syn: Ab, Av] 3: the muscles of the abdomen [syn: abdominal, abdominal muscle, ab] 4: the blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens [syn: AB, type AB, group AB]
• aberrancy 0
  n 1: a state or condition markedly different from the norm [syn: aberrance, aberrancy, aberration, deviance]
• adjacency 0
  n 1: the attribute of being so near as to be touching [syn: adjacency, contiguity, contiguousness]
• adoptee 0
  n 1: someone (such as a child) who has been adopted
• agency 0
  n 1: an administrative unit of government; "the Central Intelligence Agency"; "the Census Bureau"; "Office of Management and Budget"; "Tennessee Valley Authority" [syn: agency, federal agency, government agency, bureau, office, authority] 2: a business that serves other businesses 3: the state of being in action or exerting power; "the agency of providence"; "she has free agency" 4: the state of serving as an official and authorized delegate or agent [syn: representation, delegacy, agency] 5: how a result is obtained or an end is achieved; "a means of control"; "an example is the best agency of instruction"; "the true way to success" [syn: means, agency, way]
• agree 0
  v 1: be in accord; be in agreement; "We agreed on the terms of the settlement"; "I can't agree with you!"; "I hold with those who say life is sacred"; "Both philosophers concord on this point" [syn: agree, hold, concur, concord] [ant: differ, disagree, dissent, take issue] 2: consent or assent to a condition, or agree to do something; "She agreed to all my conditions"; "He agreed to leave her alone" 3: be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics; "The two stories don't agree in many details"; "The handwriting checks with the signature on the check"; "The suspect's fingerprints don't match those on the gun" [syn: match, fit, correspond, check, jibe, gibe, tally, agree] [ant: disaccord, disagree, discord] 4: go together; "The colors don't harmonize"; "Their ideas concorded" [syn: harmonize, harmonise, consort, accord, concord, fit in, agree] 5: show grammatical agreement; "Subjects and verbs must always agree in English" 6: be agreeable or suitable; "White wine doesn't agree with me" 7: achieve harmony of opinion, feeling, or purpose; "No two of my colleagues would agree on whom to elect chairman"
• appointee 0
  n 1: an official who is appointed 2: a person who is appointed to a job or position [syn: appointee, appointment]
• astringency 0
  n 1: a sharp astringent taste; the taste experience when a substance causes the mouth to pucker [syn: astringency, astringence] 2: the ability to contract or draw together soft body tissues to check blood flow or restrict secretion of fluids [syn: astringency, stypsis]
• banshee 0
  n 1: (Irish folklore) a female spirit who wails to warn of impending death [syn: banshee, banshie]
• be 0
  n 1: a light strong brittle grey toxic bivalent metallic element [syn: beryllium, Be, glucinium, atomic number 4] v 1: have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun); "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer" 2: be identical to; be someone or something; "The president of the company is John Smith"; "This is my house" 3: occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere; "Where is my umbrella?" "The toolshed is in the back"; "What is behind this behavior?" 4: have an existence, be extant; "Is there a God?" [syn: exist, be] 5: happen, occur, take place; "I lost my wallet; this was during the visit to my parents' house"; "There were two hundred people at his funeral"; "There was a lot of noise in the kitchen" 6: be identical or equivalent to; "One dollar equals 1,000 rubles these days!" [syn: equal, be] [ant: differ] 7: form or compose; "This money is my only income"; "The stone wall was the backdrop for the performance"; "These constitute my entire belonging"; "The children made up the chorus"; "This sum represents my entire income for a year"; "These few men comprise his entire army" [syn: constitute, represent, make up, comprise, be] 8: work in a specific place, with a specific subject, or in a specific function; "He is a herpetologist"; "She is our resident philosopher" [syn: be, follow] 9: represent, as of a character on stage; "Derek Jacobi was Hamlet" [syn: embody, be, personify] 10: spend or use time; "I may be an hour" 11: have life, be alive; "Our great leader is no more"; "My grandfather lived until the end of war" [syn: be, live] 12: to remain unmolested, undisturbed, or uninterrupted -- used only in infinitive form; "let her be" 13: be priced at; "These shoes cost $100" [syn: cost, be]
• bee 0
  n 1: any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species 2: a social gathering to carry out some communal task or to hold competitions
• brie 0
  n 1: soft creamy white cheese; milder than Camembert
• cc 0
  adj 1: being ten more than one hundred ninety [syn: two hundred, 200, cc] n 1: a metric unit of volume equal to one thousandth of a liter [syn: milliliter, millilitre, mil, ml, cubic centimeter, cubic centimetre, cc]
• cod 0
  adv 1: collecting the charges upon delivery; "mail a package C.O.D." [syn: C.O.D., COD, cash on delivery] adj 1: payable by the recipient on delivery; "a collect call"; "the letter came collect"; "a COD parcel" [syn: collect, cod] n 1: the vessel that contains the seeds of a plant (not the seeds themselves) [syn: pod, cod, seedcase] 2: lean white flesh of important North Atlantic food fish; usually baked or poached [syn: cod, codfish] 3: major food fish of Arctic and cold-temperate waters [syn: cod, codfish] v 1: fool or hoax; "The immigrant was duped because he trusted everyone"; "You can't fool me!" [syn: gull, dupe, slang, befool, cod, fool, put on, take in, put one over, put one across] 2: harass with persistent criticism or carping; "The children teased the new teacher"; "Don't ride me so hard over my failure"; "His fellow workers razzed him when he wore a jacket and tie" [syn: tease, razz, rag, cod, tantalize, tantalise, bait, taunt, twit, rally, ride]
• cogency 0
  n 1: persuasive relevance 2: the quality of being valid and rigorous [syn: cogency, validity, rigor, rigour]
• coherency 0
  n 1: the state of cohering or sticking together [syn: coherence, coherency, cohesion, cohesiveness] [ant: incoherence, incoherency] 2: logical and orderly and consistent relation of parts [syn: coherence, coherency]
• complacency 0
  n 1: the feeling you have when you are satisfied with yourself; "his complacency was absolutely disgusting" [syn: complacency, complacence, self-complacency, self- satisfaction]
• conferee 0
  n 1: a person on whom something is bestowed; "six honorary were conferred; the conferees were..." 2: a member of a conference
• conservancy 0
  n 1: a commission with jurisdiction over fisheries and navigation in a port or river 2: the official conservation of trees and soil and rivers etc.
• contingency 0
  n 1: a possible event or occurrence or result [syn: eventuality, contingency, contingence] 2: the state of being contingent on something
• conversancy 0
  n 1: personal knowledge or information about someone or something [syn: acquaintance, familiarity, conversance, conversancy]
• counterinsurgency 0
  n 1: actions taken by a government to defeat insurgency [syn: pacification, counterinsurgency]
• curie 0
  n 1: a unit of radioactivity equal to the amount of a radioactive isotope that decays at the rate of 37,000,000,000 disintegrations per second [syn: curie, Ci] 2: French physicist; husband of Marie Curie (1859-1906) [syn: Curie, Pierre Curie] 3: French chemist (born in Poland) who won two Nobel prizes; one (with her husband and Henri Becquerel) for research on radioactivity and another for her discovery of radium and polonium (1867-1934) [syn: Curie, Marie Curie, Madame Curie, Marya Sklodowska]
• debris 0
  n 1: the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up [syn: debris, dust, junk, rubble, detritus]
• decency 0
  n 1: the quality of conforming to standards of propriety and morality [ant: indecency] 2: the quality of being polite and respectable
• decree 0
  n 1: a legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge); "a friend in New Mexico said that the order caused no trouble out there" [syn: decree, edict, fiat, order, rescript] v 1: issue a decree; "The King only can decree" 2: decide with authority; "The King decreed that all firstborn males should be killed" [syn: rule, decree]
• deficiency 0
  n 1: the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable; "there is a serious lack of insight into the problem"; "water is the critical deficiency in desert regions"; "for want of a nail the shoe was lost" [syn: lack, deficiency, want] 2: lack of an adequate quantity or number; "the inadequacy of unemployment benefits" [syn: insufficiency, inadequacy, deficiency] [ant: adequacy, sufficiency]
• degree 0
  n 1: a position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality; "a moderate grade of intelligence"; "a high level of care is required"; "it is all a matter of degree" [syn: degree, grade, level] 2: a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process; "a remarkable degree of frankness"; "at what stage are the social sciences?" [syn: degree, level, stage, point] 3: an award conferred by a college or university signifying that the recipient has satisfactorily completed a course of study; "he earned his degree at Princeton summa cum laude" [syn: academic degree, degree] 4: a measure for arcs and angles; "there are 360 degrees in a circle" [syn: degree, arcdegree] 5: the highest power of a term or variable 6: a unit of temperature on a specified scale; "the game was played in spite of the 40-degree temperature" 7: the seriousness of something (e.g., a burn or crime); "murder in the second degree"; "a second degree burn"
• efficiency 0
  n 1: the ratio of the output to the input of any system 2: skillfulness in avoiding wasted time and effort; "she did the work with great efficiency" [ant: inefficiency]
• emcee 0
  n 1: a person who acts as host at formal occasions (makes an introductory speech and introduces other speakers) [syn: master of ceremonies, emcee, host] v 1: act as a master of ceremonies [syn: emcee, compere]
• emergency 0
  n 1: a sudden unforeseen crisis (usually involving danger) that requires immediate action; "he never knew what to do in an emergency" [syn: emergency, exigency, pinch] 2: a state in which martial law applies; "the governor declared a state of emergency" 3: a brake operated by hand; usually operates by mechanical linkage [syn: hand brake, emergency, emergency brake, parking brake]
• exigency 0
  n 1: a pressing or urgent situation; "the health-care exigency" 2: a sudden unforeseen crisis (usually involving danger) that requires immediate action; "he never knew what to do in an emergency" [syn: emergency, exigency, pinch]
• foresee 0
  v 1: realize beforehand [syn: anticipate, previse, foreknow, foresee] 2: picture to oneself; imagine possible; "I cannot envision him as President" [syn: envision, foresee] 3: act in advance of; deal with ahead of time [syn: anticipate, foresee, forestall, counter]
• frequency 0
  n 1: the number of occurrences within a given time period; "the frequency of modulation was 40 cycles per second"; "the frequency of his seizures increased as he grew older" [syn: frequency, frequence, oftenness] 2: the ratio of the number of observations in a statistical category to the total number of observations [syn: frequency, relative frequency] 3: the number of observations in a given statistical category [syn: frequency, absolute frequency]
• gutsy 0
  adj 1: marked by courage and determination in the face of difficulties or danger; robust and uninhibited; "you have to admire her; it was a gutsy thing to do"; "the gutsy...intensity of her musical involvement"-Judith Crist; "a gutsy red wine" [syn: gutsy, plucky] [ant: gutless]
• incessancy 0
  n 1: the quality of something that continues without end or interruption [syn: continuousness, ceaselessness, incessancy, incessantness]
• indecency 0
  n 1: the quality of being indecent [ant: decency] 2: an indecent or improper act [syn: indecency, impropriety]
• inefficiency 0
  n 1: unskillfulness resulting from a lack of efficiency [ant: efficiency]
• infrequency 0
  n 1: noteworthy scarcity [syn: rarity, rareness, infrequency]
• insolvency 0
  n 1: the lack of financial resources [ant: solvency]
• insufficiency 0
  n 1: a lack of competence; "pointed out the insufficiencies in my report"; "juvenile offenses often reflect an inadequacy in the parents" [syn: insufficiency, inadequacy] 2: (pathology) inability of a bodily part or organ to function normally 3: lack of an adequate quantity or number; "the inadequacy of unemployment benefits" [syn: insufficiency, inadequacy, deficiency] [ant: adequacy, sufficiency]
• insurgency 0
  n 1: an organized rebellion aimed at overthrowing a constituted government through the use of subversion and armed conflict [syn: insurgency, insurgence]
• irrelevancy 0
  n 1: the lack of a relation of something to the matter at hand [syn: irrelevance, irrelevancy] [ant: relevance, relevancy]
• lessee 0
  n 1: a tenant who holds a lease [syn: leaseholder, lessee]
• licensee 0
  n 1: someone to whom a license is granted
• proficiency 0
  n 1: the quality of having great facility and competence 2: skillfulness in the command of fundamentals deriving from practice and familiarity; "practice greatly improves proficiency" [syn: proficiency, technique]
• pungency 0
  n 1: wit having a sharp and caustic quality; "he commented with typical pungency"; "the bite of satire" [syn: pungency, bite] 2: a strong odor or taste property; "the pungency of mustard"; "the sulfurous bite of garlic"; "the sharpness of strange spices"; "the raciness of the wine" [syn: pungency, bite, sharpness, raciness]
• regency 0
  n 1: the period of time during which a regent governs 2: the period from 1811-1820 when the Prince of Wales was regent during George III's periods of insanity 3: the office of a regent
• relevancy 0
  n 1: the relation of something to the matter at hand [syn: relevance, relevancy] [ant: irrelevance, irrelevancy]
• sightsee 0
  v 1: visit famous or interesting sights
• stringency 0
  n 1: a state occasioned by scarcity of money and a shortage of credit [syn: stringency, tightness] 2: conscientious attention to rules and details [syn: strictness, stringency]
• sufficiency 0
  n 1: sufficient resources to provide comfort and meet obligations; "her father questioned the young suitor's sufficiency" 2: an adequate quantity; a quantity that is large enough to achieve a purpose; "enough is as good as a feast"; "there is more than a sufficiency of lawyers in this country" [syn: enough, sufficiency] 3: the quality of being sufficient for the end in view; "he questioned the sufficiency of human intelligence" [syn: sufficiency, adequacy] [ant: deficiency, inadequacy, insufficiency]
• tangency 0
  n 1: the state of being tangent; having contact at a single point or along a line without crossing 2: (electronics) a junction where things (as two electrical conductors) touch or are in physical contact; "they forget to solder the contacts" [syn: contact, tangency]
• translucency 0
  n 1: the quality of allowing light to pass diffusely [syn: translucence, translucency, semitransparency]
• trenchancy 0
  n 1: keenness and forcefulness of thought or expression or intellect [syn: incisiveness, trenchancy]
• undersea 0
  adj 1: beneath the surface of the sea [syn: submarine, undersea]
• urgency 0
  n 1: the state of being urgent; an earnest and insistent necessity 2: pressing importance requiring speedy action; "the urgency of his need" 3: an urgent situation calling for prompt action; "I'll be there, barring any urgencies"; "they departed hurriedly because of some great urgency in their affairs" 4: insistent solicitation and entreaty; "his importunity left me no alternative but to agree" [syn: importunity, urgency, urging]
• mc 0
  n 1: one million periods per second [syn: megahertz, MHz, megacycle per second, megacycle, Mc]
• yangtze 0
  n 1: the longest river of Asia; flows eastward from Tibet into the East China Sea near Shanghai [syn: Chang Jiang, Changjiang, Chang, Yangtze, Yangtze River, Yangtze Kiang]
• c 0
  adj 1: being ten more than ninety [syn: hundred, one hundred, 100, c] n 1: a degree on the centigrade scale of temperature [syn: degree centigrade, degree Celsius, C] 2: the speed at which light travels in a vacuum; the constancy and universality of the speed of light is recognized by defining it to be exactly 299,792,458 meters per second [syn: speed of light, light speed, c] 3: a vitamin found in fresh fruits (especially citrus fruits) and vegetables; prevents scurvy [syn: vitamin C, C, ascorbic acid] 4: one of the four nucleotides used in building DNA; all four nucleotides have a common phosphate group and a sugar (ribose) [syn: deoxycytidine monophosphate, C] 5: a base found in DNA and RNA and derived from pyrimidine; pairs with guanine [syn: cytosine, C] 6: an abundant nonmetallic tetravalent element occurring in three allotropic forms: amorphous carbon and graphite and diamond; occurs in all organic compounds [syn: carbon, C, atomic number 6] 7: ten 10s [syn: hundred, 100, C, century, one C] 8: a unit of electrical charge equal to the amount of charge transferred by a current of 1 ampere in 1 second [syn: coulomb, C, ampere-second] 9: a general-purpose programing language closely associated with the UNIX operating system 10: (music) the keynote of the scale of C major 11: the 3rd letter of the Roman alphabet [syn: C, c] 12: street names for cocaine [syn: coke, blow, nose candy, snow, C]
• ac 0
  n 1: a radioactive element of the actinide series; found in uranium ores [syn: actinium, Ac, atomic number 89] 2: an electric current that reverses direction sinusoidally; "In the US most household current is AC at 60 cycles per second" [syn: alternating current, AC, alternating electric current] [ant: DC, direct current, direct electric current]
• se 0
  n 1: a toxic nonmetallic element related to sulfur and tellurium; occurs in several allotropic forms; a stable grey metallike allotrope conducts electricity better in the light than in the dark and is used in photocells; occurs in sulfide ores (as pyrite) [syn: selenium, Se, atomic number 34] 2: the compass point midway between south and east; at 135 degrees [syn: southeast, sou'-east, southeastward, SE]
• apc 0
  n 1: (military) an armored vehicle (usually equipped with caterpillar treads) that is used to transport infantry [syn: armored personnel carrier, armoured personnel carrier, APC] 2: a drug combination found in some over-the-counter headache remedies (aspirin and phenacetin and caffeine)
• oversea 0
  adv 1: beyond or across the sea; "He lived overseas for many years" [syn: oversea, overseas] adj 1: being or passing over or across the sea; "some overseas trade in grain arose" [syn: oversea, overseas]
• tennessee 0
  n 1: a state in east central United States [syn: Tennessee, Volunteer State, TN] 2: a river formed by the confluence of two other rivers near Knoxville; it follows a U-shaped course to become a tributary of the Ohio River in western Kentucky [syn: Tennessee, Tennessee River]
• nascency 0
  n 1: the event of being born; "they celebrated the birth of their first child" [syn: birth, nativity, nascency, nascence] [ant: death, decease, expiry]
• recency 0
  n 1: a time immediately before the present [syn: recency, recentness] 2: the property of having happened or appeared not long ago [syn: recency, recentness]
• errancy 0
  n 1: (Christianity) holding views that disagree with accepted doctrine; especially disagreement with papal infallibility; "he denies the errancy of the Catholic Church" 2: fallibility as indicated by erring or a tendency to err [ant: inerrancy]
• divergency 0
  n 1: an infinite series that has no limit [syn: divergence, divergency] [ant: convergence, convergency] 2: the act of moving away in different direction from a common point; "an angle is formed by the divergence of two straight lines" [syn: divergence, divergency]
• innocency 0
  n 1: an innocent quality or thing or act; "the innocencies of childhood"
• recusancy 0
  n 1: refusal to submit to established authority; originally the refusal of Roman Catholics to attend services of the Church of England
• incoherency 0
  n 1: lack of cohesion or clarity or organization [syn: incoherence, incoherency] [ant: coherence, coherency, cohesion, cohesiveness] 2: nonsense that is simply incoherent and unintelligible [syn: incoherence, incoherency, unintelligibility]
• cie 0
• amc 0
• reagency 0
• subagency 0

See also delinquency definition and delinquency synonyms