Words that rhyme with policy

  • abbacy
    n 1: the jurisdiction or office of an abbot
  • accuracy
    n 1: the quality of being near to the true value; "he was beginning to doubt the accuracy of his compass"; "the lawyer questioned the truth of my account" [syn: accuracy, truth] [ant: inaccuracy] 2: (mathematics) the number of significant figures given in a number; "the atomic clock enabled scientists to measure time with much greater accuracy"
  • adequacy
    n 1: the quality of being able to meet a need satisfactorily: "he questioned the adequacy of the usual sentimental interpretation of the Golden Rule" [syn: adequacy, adequateness] [ant: inadequacy, inadequateness] 2: the quality of being sufficient for the end in view; "he questioned the sufficiency of human intelligence" [syn: sufficiency, adequacy] [ant: deficiency, inadequacy, insufficiency]
  • advocacy
    n 1: active support of an idea or cause etc.; especially the act of pleading or arguing for something [syn: advocacy, protagonism]
  • apostasy
    n 1: the state of having rejected your religious beliefs or your political party or a cause (often in favor of opposing beliefs or causes) [syn: apostasy, renunciation, defection] 2: the act of abandoning a party for cause [syn: apostasy, tergiversation]
  • aristocracy
    n 1: a privileged class holding hereditary titles [syn: nobility, aristocracy] 2: the most powerful members of a society [syn: gentry, aristocracy]
  • autocracy
    n 1: a political system governed by a single individual [syn: autocracy, autarchy] 2: a political theory favoring unlimited authority by a single individual
  • bureaucracy
    n 1: nonelective government officials [syn: bureaucracy, bureaucratism] 2: a government that is administered primarily by bureaus that are staffed with nonelective officials 3: any organization in which action is obstructed by insistence on unnecessary procedures and red tape
  • candidacy
    n 1: the campaign of a candidate to be elected [syn: campaigning, candidacy, candidature, electioneering, political campaign]
  • cc
    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]
  • celibacy
    n 1: an unmarried status 2: abstaining from sexual relations (as because of religious vows) [syn: chastity, celibacy, sexual abstention]
  • cod
    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]
  • confederacy
    n 1: the southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861 [syn: Confederacy, Confederate States, Confederate States of America, South, Dixie, Dixieland] 2: a union of political organizations [syn: confederation, confederacy, federation] 3: a group of conspirators banded together to achieve some harmful or illegal purpose [syn: conspiracy, confederacy] 4: a secret agreement between two or more people to perform an unlawful act [syn: conspiracy, confederacy]
  • conferee
    n 1: a person on whom something is bestowed; "six honorary were conferred; the conferees were..." 2: a member of a conference
  • conspiracy
    n 1: a secret agreement between two or more people to perform an unlawful act [syn: conspiracy, confederacy] 2: a plot to carry out some harmful or illegal act (especially a political plot) [syn: conspiracy, cabal] 3: a group of conspirators banded together to achieve some harmful or illegal purpose [syn: conspiracy, confederacy]
  • controversy
    n 1: a contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement; "they were involved in a violent argument" [syn: controversy, contention, contestation, disputation, disceptation, tilt, argument, arguing]
  • contumacy
    n 1: willful refusal to appear before a court or comply with a court order; can result in a finding of contempt of court 2: obstinate rebelliousness and insubordination; resistance to authority
  • courtesy
    n 1: a courteous or respectful or considerate act 2: a courteous or respectful or considerate remark 3: a courteous manner [syn: courtesy, good manners] [ant: discourtesy, rudeness]
  • curacy
    n 1: the position of a curate
  • curie
    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
    n 1: the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up [syn: debris, dust, junk, rubble, detritus]
  • decree
    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]
  • degeneracy
    n 1: the state of being degenerate in mental or moral qualities [syn: degeneracy, degeneration, decadence, decadency] 2: moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles; "the luxury and corruption among the upper classes"; "moral degeneracy followed intellectual degeneration"; "its brothels, its opium parlors, its depravity"; "Rome had fallen into moral putrefaction" [syn: corruption, degeneracy, depravation, depravity, putrefaction]
  • degree
    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"
  • delegacy
    n 1: the state of serving as an official and authorized delegate or agent [syn: representation, delegacy, agency] 2: a group of representatives or delegates [syn: deputation, commission, delegation, delegacy, mission] 3: the appointment of a delegate
  • delicacy
    n 1: the quality of being beautiful and delicate in appearance; "the daintiness of her touch"; "the fineness of her features" [syn: daintiness, delicacy, fineness] 2: something considered choice to eat [syn: dainty, delicacy, goody, kickshaw, treat] 3: refined taste; tact [syn: delicacy, discretion] 4: smallness of stature [syn: delicacy, slightness] 5: lack of physical strength [syn: fragility, delicacy] 6: subtly skillful handling of a situation [syn: delicacy, diplomacy, discreetness, finesse] 7: lightness in movement or manner [syn: airiness, delicacy]
  • democracy
    n 1: the political orientation of those who favor government by the people or by their elected representatives 2: a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them [syn: democracy, republic, commonwealth] 3: the doctrine that the numerical majority of an organized group can make decisions binding on the whole group [syn: majority rule, democracy]
  • deportee
    n 1: a person who is expelled from home or country by authority [syn: exile, deportee]
  • detainee
    n 1: some held in custody [syn: detainee, political detainee]
  • devotee
    n 1: an ardent follower and admirer [syn: fan, buff, devotee, lover]
  • diplomacy
    n 1: negotiation between nations [syn: diplomacy, diplomatic negotiations] 2: subtly skillful handling of a situation [syn: delicacy, diplomacy, discreetness, finesse] 3: wisdom in the management of public affairs [syn: statesmanship, statecraft, diplomacy]
  • disagree
    v 1: be of different opinions; "I beg to differ!"; "She disagrees with her husband on many questions" [syn: disagree, differ, dissent, take issue] [ant: agree, concord, concur, hold] 2: be different from one another [syn: disagree, disaccord, discord] [ant: agree, check, correspond, fit, gibe, jibe, match, tally]
  • discourtesy
    n 1: an expression of lack of respect [syn: disrespect, discourtesy] 2: a manner that is rude and insulting [syn: discourtesy, rudeness] [ant: courtesy, good manners] 3: a lack of politeness; a failure to show regard for others; wounding the feelings or others [syn: discourtesy, offense, offence, offensive activity]
  • draftee
    n 1: someone who is drafted into military service [syn: draftee, conscript, inductee] [ant: military volunteer, voluntary, volunteer]
  • ecstasy
    n 1: a state of being carried away by overwhelming emotion; "listening to sweet music in a perfect rapture"- Charles Dickens [syn: ecstasy, rapture, transport, exaltation, raptus] 2: a state of elated bliss [syn: ecstasy, rapture] 3: street names for methylenedioxymethamphetamine [syn: Adam, ecstasy, XTC, go, disco biscuit, cristal, X, hug drug]
  • effeminacy
    n 1: the trait of being effeminate (derogatory of a man); "the students associated science with masculinity and arts with effeminacy"; "Spartans accused Athenians of effeminateness"; "he was shocked by the softness of the atmosphere surrounding the young prince, arising from the superfluity of the femininity that guided him" [syn: effeminacy, effeminateness, sissiness, softness, womanishness, unmanliness]
  • efficacy
    n 1: capacity or power to produce a desired effect; "concern about the safety and efficacy of the vaccine" [syn: efficacy, efficaciousness] [ant: inefficaciousness, inefficacy]
  • embassy
    n 1: a diplomatic building where ambassadors live or work 2: an ambassador and his entourage collectively
  • emcee
    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]
  • enlistee
    n 1: any new member or supporter (as in the armed forces) [syn: recruit, enlistee]
  • episcopacy
    n 1: the collective body of bishops [syn: episcopacy, episcopate]
  • escapee
    n 1: someone who escapes
  • esprit
    n 1: liveliness of mind or spirit
  • fallacy
    n 1: a misconception resulting from incorrect reasoning [syn: fallacy, false belief]
  • fantasy
    n 1: imagination unrestricted by reality; "a schoolgirl fantasy" [syn: fantasy, phantasy] 2: fiction with a large amount of imagination in it; "she made a lot of money writing romantic fantasies" [syn: fantasy, phantasy] 3: something many people believe that is false; "they have the illusion that I am very wealthy" [syn: illusion, fantasy, phantasy, fancy] v 1: indulge in fantasies; "he is fantasizing when he says he plans to start his own company" [syn: fantasy, fantasize, fantasise]
  • flea
    n 1: any wingless bloodsucking parasitic insect noted for ability to leap
  • flee
    v 1: run away quickly; "He threw down his gun and fled" [syn: flee, fly, take flight]
  • fop
    n 1: a man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance [syn: dandy, dude, fop, gallant, sheik, beau, swell, fashion plate, clotheshorse]
  • foresee
    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]
  • geodesy
    n 1: the branch of geology that studies the shape of the earth and the determination of the exact position of geographical points
  • gerontocracy
    n 1: a political system governed by old men
  • gutsy
    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]
  • heresy
    n 1: any opinions or doctrines at variance with the official or orthodox position [syn: unorthodoxy, heterodoxy, heresy] [ant: orthodoxy] 2: a belief that rejects the orthodox tenets of a religion [syn: heresy, unorthodoxy]
  • hierocracy
    n 1: a ruling body composed of clergy
  • hypocrisy
    n 1: an expression of agreement that is not supported by real conviction [syn: hypocrisy, lip service] 2: insincerity by virtue of pretending to have qualities or beliefs that you do not really have
  • idiosyncrasy
    n 1: a behavioral attribute that is distinctive and peculiar to an individual [syn: idiosyncrasy, foible, mannerism]
  • illegitimacy
    n 1: the status of being born to parents who were not married [syn: bastardy, illegitimacy, bar sinister] 2: unlawfulness by virtue of not being authorized by or in accordance with law [ant: legitimacy]
  • illiteracy
    n 1: ignorance resulting from not reading 2: an inability to read [syn: illiteracy, analphabetism] [ant: literacy]
  • inaccuracy
    n 1: the quality of being inaccurate and having errors [ant: accuracy, truth]
  • inadequacy
    n 1: lack of an adequate quantity or number; "the inadequacy of unemployment benefits" [syn: insufficiency, inadequacy, deficiency] [ant: adequacy, sufficiency] 2: a lack of competence; "pointed out the insufficiencies in my report"; "juvenile offenses often reflect an inadequacy in the parents" [syn: insufficiency, inadequacy] 3: unsatisfactoriness by virtue of being inadequate [syn: inadequacy, inadequateness] [ant: adequacy, adequateness]
  • indelicacy
    n 1: the trait of being indelicate and offensive 2: an impolite act or expression
  • indeterminacy
    n 1: the quality of being vague and poorly defined [syn: indefiniteness, indeterminateness, indefinity, indetermination, indeterminacy]
  • intestacy
    n 1: the situation of being or dying without a legally valid will
  • intimacy
    n 1: close or warm friendship; "the absence of fences created a mysterious intimacy in which no one knew privacy" [syn: familiarity, intimacy, closeness] 2: a usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship [syn: affair, affaire, intimacy, liaison, involvement, amour] 3: a feeling of being intimate and belonging together; "their closeness grew as the night wore on" [syn: closeness, intimacy]
  • intricacy
    n 1: marked by elaborately complex detail [syn: elaborateness, elaboration, intricacy, involution]
  • jealousy
    n 1: a feeling of jealous envy (especially of a rival) [syn: jealousy, green-eyed monster] 2: zealous vigilance; "cherish their official political freedom with fierce jealousy"-Paul Blanshard
  • legacy
    n 1: (law) a gift of personal property by will [syn: bequest, legacy]
  • legitimacy
    n 1: lawfulness by virtue of being authorized or in accordance with law [ant: illegitimacy] 2: undisputed credibility [syn: authenticity, genuineness, legitimacy]
  • leprosy
    n 1: chronic granulomatous communicable disease occurring in tropical and subtropical regions; characterized by inflamed nodules beneath the skin and wasting of body parts; caused by the bacillus Mycobacterium leprae [syn: leprosy, Hansen's disease]
  • lessee
    n 1: a tenant who holds a lease [syn: leaseholder, lessee]
  • licensee
    n 1: someone to whom a license is granted
  • literacy
    n 1: the ability to read and write [ant: analphabetism, illiteracy]
  • lunacy
    n 1: obsolete terms for legal insanity [syn: lunacy, madness, insaneness] 2: foolish or senseless behavior [syn: folly, foolery, tomfoolery, craziness, lunacy, indulgence]
  • magistracy
    n 1: the position of magistrate [syn: magistracy, magistrature]
  • meritocracy
    n 1: a form of social system in which power goes to those with superior intellects 2: the belief that rulers should be chosen for their superior abilities and not because of their wealth or birth
  • monocracy
    n 1: a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.) [syn: dictatorship, absolutism, authoritarianism, Caesarism, despotism, monocracy, one-man rule, shogunate, Stalinism, totalitarianism, tyranny]
  • obduracy
    n 1: resoluteness by virtue of being unyielding and inflexible [syn: adamance, obduracy, unyieldingness]
  • obstinacy
    n 1: the trait of being difficult to handle or overcome [syn: stubbornness, obstinacy, obstinance, mulishness] 2: resolute adherence to your own ideas or desires [syn: stubbornness, bullheadedness, obstinacy, obstinance, pigheadedness, self-will]
  • odyssey
    n 1: a long wandering and eventful journey 2: a Greek epic poem (attributed to Homer) describing the journey of Odysseus after the fall of Troy
  • papacy
    n 1: the government of the Roman Catholic Church [syn: papacy, pontificate]
  • pharmacy
    n 1: the art and science of preparing and dispensing drugs and medicines, [syn: pharmacy, pharmaceutics] 2: a retail shop where medicine and other articles are sold [syn: drugstore, apothecary's shop, chemist's, chemist's shop, pharmacy]
  • piracy
    n 1: hijacking on the high seas or in similar contexts; taking a ship or plane away from the control of those who are legally entitled to it; "air piracy" [syn: piracy, buccaneering] 2: the act of plagiarizing; taking someone's words or ideas as if they were your own [syn: plagiarism, plagiarization, plagiarisation, piracy]
  • pleurisy
    n 1: inflammation of the pleura of the lungs (especially the parietal layer)
  • plutocracy
    n 1: a political system governed by the wealthy people
  • prelacy
    n 1: prelates collectively [syn: prelacy, prelature] 2: the office or station of a prelate [syn: prelacy, prelature]
  • primacy
    n 1: the state of being first in importance
  • privacy
    n 1: the quality of being secluded from the presence or view of others [syn: privacy, privateness, seclusion] 2: the condition of being concealed or hidden [syn: privacy, privateness, secrecy, concealment]
  • profligacy
    n 1: the trait of spending extravagantly [syn: extravagance, prodigality, profligacy] 2: dissolute indulgence in sensual pleasure [syn: profligacy, dissipation, dissolution, licentiousness, looseness]
  • prolificacy
    n 1: the property of producing abundantly and sustaining vigorous and luxuriant growth; "he praised the richness of the soil"; "weeds lovely in their rankness" [syn: richness, rankness, prolificacy, fertility]
  • prophecy
    n 1: knowledge of the future (usually said to be obtained from a divine source) [syn: prophecy, prognostication, vaticination] 2: a prediction uttered under divine inspiration [syn: prophecy, divination]
  • secrecy
    n 1: the trait of keeping things secret [syn: secrecy, secretiveness, silence] 2: the condition of being concealed or hidden [syn: privacy, privateness, secrecy, concealment]
  • sightsee
    v 1: visit famous or interesting sights
  • supremacy
    n 1: power to dominate or defeat; "mastery of the seas" [syn: domination, mastery, supremacy]
  • technocracy
    n 1: a form of government in which scientists and technical experts are in control; "technocracy was described as that society in which those who govern justify themselves by appeal to technical experts who justify themselves by appeal to scientific forms of knowledge"
  • theocracy
    n 1: a political unit governed by a deity (or by officials thought to be divinely guided) 2: the belief in government by divine guidance
  • undersea
    adj 1: beneath the surface of the sea [syn: submarine, undersea]
  • mc
    n 1: one million periods per second [syn: megahertz, MHz, megacycle per second, megacycle, Mc]
  • yangtze
    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
    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]
  • se
    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]

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