Words that rhyme with orphanage

  • baronage
    n 1: the peers of a kingdom considered as a group [syn: peerage, baronage]
  • carnage
    n 1: the savage and excessive killing of many people [syn: slaughter, massacre, mass murder, carnage, butchery]
  • coinage
    n 1: coins collectively [syn: coinage, mintage, specie, metal money] 2: a newly invented word or phrase [syn: neologism, neology, coinage] 3: the act of inventing a word or phrase [syn: neologism, neology, coinage]
  • commonage
    n 1: property held in common
  • drainage
    n 1: emptying something accomplished by allowing liquid to run out of it [syn: drain, drainage]
  • empennage
    n 1: the rear part of an aircraft [syn: tail, tail assembly, empennage]
  • linage
    n 1: the number of lines in a piece of printed material [syn: linage, lineage] 2: a rate of payment for written material that is measured according to the number of lines submitted [syn: linage, lineage]
  • manage
    v 1: be successful; achieve a goal; "She succeeded in persuading us all"; "I managed to carry the box upstairs"; "She pulled it off, even though we never thought her capable of it"; "The pianist negociated the difficult runs" [syn: pull off, negociate, bring off, carry off, manage] [ant: fail] 2: be in charge of, act on, or dispose of; "I can deal with this crew of workers"; "This blender can't handle nuts"; "She managed her parents' affairs after they got too old" [syn: manage, deal, care, handle] 3: come to terms with; "We got by on just a gallon of gas"; "They made do on half a loaf of bread every day" [syn: cope, get by, make out, make do, contend, grapple, deal, manage] 4: watch and direct; "Who is overseeing this project?" [syn: oversee, supervise, superintend, manage] 5: achieve something by means of trickery or devious methods [syn: wangle, finagle, manage] 6: carry on or function; "We could do with a little more help around here" [syn: do, manage] 7: handle effectively; "The burglar wielded an axe"; "The young violinist didn't manage her bow very well" [syn: wield, handle, manage]
  • mismanage
    v 1: manage badly or incompetently; "The funds were mismanaged" [syn: mismanage, mishandle, misconduct]
  • parsonage
    n 1: an official residence provided by a church for its parson or vicar or rector [syn: parsonage, vicarage, rectory]
  • patronage
    n 1: the act of providing approval and support; "his vigorous backing of the conservatives got him in trouble with progressives" [syn: backing, backup, championship, patronage] 2: customers collectively; "they have an upper class clientele" [syn: clientele, patronage, business] 3: a communication that indicates lack of respect by patronizing the recipient [syn: condescension, disdain, patronage] 4: (politics) granting favors or giving contracts or making appointments to office in return for political support 5: the business given to a commercial establishment by its customers; "even before noon there was a considerable patronage" [syn: trade, patronage] v 1: support by being a patron of 2: be a regular customer or client of; "We patronize this store"; "Our sponsor kept our art studio going for as long as he could" [syn: patronize, patronise, patronage, support, keep going]
  • peonage
    n 1: the condition of a peon 2: the practice of making a debtor work for his creditor until the debt is discharged
  • personage
    n 1: another word for person; a person not meriting identification; "a strange personage appeared at the door" 2: a person whose actions and opinions strongly influence the course of events [syn: important person, influential person, personage]
  • spinach
    n 1: southwestern Asian plant widely cultivated for its succulent edible dark green leaves [syn: spinach, spinach plant, prickly-seeded spinach, Spinacia oleracea] 2: dark green leaves; eaten cooked or raw in salads
  • tonnage
    n 1: a tax imposed on ships that enter the US; based on the tonnage of the ship [syn: tonnage, tunnage, tonnage duty]
  • greenwich
    n 1: a borough of Greater London on the Thames; zero degrees of longitude runs through Greenwich; time is measured relative to Greenwich Mean Time
  • concubinage
    n 1: cohabitation without being legally married
  • nonage
    n 1: any age prior to the legal age [syn: minority, nonage] [ant: legal age, majority]
  • chaperonage
  • libertinage
  • oranges
  • orphans
  • vicinage
  • pannage
  • dunnage
  • tannage
  • cranage
  • thanage

See also orphanage definition and orphanage synonyms