Words that rhyme with promises

n 1: United States clockmaker who introduced mass production (1785-1859) [syn: Thomas, Seth Thomas] 2: United States socialist who was a candidate for president six times (1884-1968) [syn: Thomas, Norman Thomas, Norman Mattoon Thomas] 3: a radio broadcast journalist during World War I and World War II noted for his nightly new broadcast (1892-1981) [syn: Thomas, Lowell Thomas, Lowell Jackson Thomas] 4: Welsh poet (1914-1953) [syn: Thomas, Dylan Thomas, Dylan Marlais Thomas] 5: the Apostle who would not believe the resurrection of Jesus until he saw Jesus with his own eyes [syn: Thomas, Saint Thomas, St. Thomas, doubting Thomas, Thomas the doubting Apostle]

n 1: a proposal intended to explain certain facts or observations 2: a tentative insight into the natural world; a concept that is not yet verified but that if true would explain certain facts or phenomena; "a scientific hypothesis that survives experimental testing becomes a scientific theory"; "he proposed a fresh theory of alkalis that later was accepted in chemical practices" [syn: hypothesis, possibility, theory] 3: a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence [syn: guess, conjecture, supposition, surmise, surmisal, speculation, hypothesis]

adj 1: having no known name or identity or known source; "anonymous authors"; "anonymous donors"; "an anonymous gift" [syn: anonymous, anon.] [ant: onymous] 2: not known or lacking marked individuality; "brown anonymous houses"; "anonymous bureaucrats in the Civil Service"

n 1: a middle way between two extremes [syn: compromise, via media] 2: an accommodation in which both sides make concessions; "the newly elected congressmen rejected a compromise because they considered it `business as usual'" v 1: make a compromise; arrive at a compromise; "nobody will get everything he wants; we all must compromise" 2: settle by concession 3: expose or make liable to danger, suspicion, or disrepute; "The nuclear secrets of the state were compromised by the spy"

n 1: a sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury [syn: damages, amends, indemnity, indemnification, restitution, redress]

n 1: superior development of one side of the body [syn: laterality, dominance] 2: the state that exists when one person or group has power over another; "her apparent dominance of her husband was really her attempt to make him pay attention to her" [syn: dominance, ascendance, ascendence, ascendancy, ascendency, control] 3: the organic phenomenon in which one of a pair of alleles present in a genotype is expressed in the phenotype and the other allele of the pair is not 4: the power or right to give orders or make decisions; "he has the authority to issue warrants"; "deputies are given authorization to make arrests"; "a place of potency in the state" [syn: authority, authorization, authorisation, potency, dominance, say-so]

adj 1: exercising influence or control; "television plays a dominant role in molding public opinion"; "the dominant partner in the marriage" [ant: low-level, subordinate] 2: (of genes) producing the same phenotype whether its allele is identical or dissimilar [ant: recessive] 3: most frequent or common; "prevailing winds" [syn: prevailing, prevalent, predominant, dominant, rife] n 1: (music) the fifth note of the diatonic scale 2: an allele that produces the same phenotype whether its paired allele is identical or different [syn: dominant allele, dominant]

n 1: respectful deference; "pay court to the emperor" [syn: court, homage]

n 1: something lost (especially money lost at gambling) [syn: losings, losses] [ant: profits, win, winnings]

n 1: one who writes novels

adj 1: threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments; "a baleful look"; "forbidding thunderclouds"; "his tone became menacing"; "ominous rumblings of discontent"; "sinister storm clouds"; "a sinister smile"; "his threatening behavior"; "ugly black clouds"; "the situation became ugly" [syn: baleful, forbidding, menacing, minacious, minatory, ominous, sinister, threatening] 2: presaging ill fortune; "ill omens"; "ill predictions"; "my words with inauspicious thunderings shook heaven"- P.B.Shelley; "a dead and ominous silence prevailed"; "a by- election at a time highly unpropitious for the Government" [syn: ill, inauspicious, ominous]

adv 1: directly facing each other; "the two photographs lay face-to-face on the table"; "lived all their lives in houses face-to-face across the street"; "they sat opposite at the table" [syn: face-to-face, opposite] adj 1: being directly across from each other; facing; "And I on the opposite shore will be, ready to ride and spread the alarm"- Longfellow; "we lived on opposite sides of the street"; "at opposite poles" 2: of leaves etc; growing in pairs on either side of a stem; "opposite leaves" [syn: opposite, paired] [ant: alternate] 3: moving or facing away from each other; "looking in opposite directions"; "they went in opposite directions" 4: the other one of a complementary pair; "the opposite sex"; "the two chess kings are set up on squares of opposite colors" 5: altogether different in nature or quality or significance; "the medicine's effect was opposite to that intended"; "it is said that opposite characters make a union happiest"- Charles Reade 6: characterized by opposite extremes; completely opposed; "in diametric contradiction to his claims"; "diametrical (or opposite) points of view"; "opposite meanings"; "extreme and indefensible polar positions" [syn: diametric, diametrical, opposite, polar] n 1: a word that expresses a meaning opposed to the meaning of another word, in which case the two words are antonyms of each other; "to him the antonym of `gay' was `depressed'" [syn: antonym, opposite word, opposite] [ant: equivalent word, synonym] 2: a relation of direct opposition; "we thought Sue was older than Bill but just the reverse was true" [syn: reverse, contrary, opposite] 3: a contestant that you are matched against [syn: opposition, opponent, opposite] 4: something inverted in sequence or character or effect; "when the direct approach failed he tried the inverse" [syn: inverse, opposite]

n 1: the state of being prominent: widely known or eminent [ant: obscurity] 2: relative importance 3: something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings; "the gun in his pocket made an obvious bulge"; "the hump of a camel"; "he stood on the rocky prominence"; "the occipital protuberance was well developed"; "the bony excrescence between its horns" [syn: bulge, bump, hump, swelling, gibbosity, gibbousness, jut, prominence, protuberance, protrusion, extrusion, excrescence]

adj 1: having a quality that thrusts itself into attention; "an outstanding fact of our time is that nations poisoned by anti semitism proved less fortunate in regard to their own freedom"; "a new theory is the most prominent feature of the book"; "salient traits"; "a spectacular rise in prices"; "a striking thing about Picadilly Circus is the statue of Eros in the center"; "a striking resemblance between parent and child" [syn: outstanding, prominent, salient, spectacular, striking] 2: conspicuous in position or importance; "a big figure in the movement"; "big man on campus"; "he's very large in financial circles"; "a prominent citizen" [syn: big, large, prominent]

n 1: a verbal commitment by one person to another agreeing to do (or not to do) something in the future 2: grounds for feeling hopeful about the future; "there is little or no promise that he will recover" [syn: promise, hope] v 1: make a promise or commitment [syn: promise, assure] 2: promise to undertake or give; "I promise you my best effort" 3: make a prediction about; tell in advance; "Call the outcome of an election" [syn: predict, foretell, prognosticate, call, forebode, anticipate, promise] 4: give grounds for expectations; "The new results were promising"; "The results promised fame and glory"

adj 1: showing possibility of achievement or excellence; "a promising young man" 2: full or promise; "had a bright future in publishing"; "the scandal threatened an abrupt end to a promising political career"; "a hopeful new singer on Broadway" [syn: bright, hopeful, promising]

n 1: the capital and largest city of Rhode Island; located in northeastern Rhode Island on Narragansett Bay; site of Brown University [syn: Providence, capital of Rhode Island] 2: the guardianship and control exercised by a deity; "divine providence" 3: a manifestation of God's foresightful care for his creatures 4: the prudence and care exercised by someone in the management of resources [ant: improvidence, shortsightedness]