Words that rhyme with soften

  • airman
    n 1: someone who operates an aircraft [syn: aviator, aeronaut, airman, flier, flyer]
  • antiphon
    n 1: a verse or song to be chanted or sung in response [syn: antiphon, antiphony]
  • artilleryman
    n 1: a serviceman in the artillery [syn: artilleryman, cannoneer, gunner, machine gunner]
  • assemblyman
    n 1: someone who is a member of a legislative assembly
  • backgammon
    n 1: a board game for two players; pieces move according to throws of the dice
  • badminton
    n 1: a game played on a court with light long-handled rackets used to volley a shuttlecock over a net
  • charwoman
    n 1: a human female employed to do housework; "the char will clean the carpet"; "I have a woman who comes in four hours a day while I write" [syn: charwoman, char, cleaning woman, cleaning lady, woman]
  • chieftain
    n 1: the leader of a group of people; "a captain of industry" [syn: captain, chieftain] 2: the head of a tribe or clan [syn: headman, tribal chief, chieftain, chief]
  • clergyman
    n 1: a member of the clergy and a spiritual leader of the Christian Church [syn: clergyman, reverend, man of the cloth] [ant: layman, layperson, secular]
  • coffin
    n 1: box in which a corpse is buried or cremated [syn: coffin, casket] v 1: place into a coffin; "her body was coffined"
  • colophon
    n 1: a publisher's emblem printed in a book (usually on the title page)
  • common
    adj 1: belonging to or participated in by a community as a whole; public; "for the common good"; "common lands are set aside for use by all members of a community" [ant: individual, single] 2: having no special distinction or quality; widely known or commonly encountered; average or ordinary or usual; "the common man"; "a common sailor"; "the common cold"; "a common nuisance"; "followed common procedure"; "it is common knowledge that she lives alone"; "the common housefly"; "a common brand of soap" [ant: uncommon] 3: common to or shared by two or more parties; "a common friend"; "the mutual interests of management and labor" [syn: common, mutual] 4: commonly encountered; "a common (or familiar) complaint"; "the usual greeting" [syn: common, usual] 5: being or characteristic of or appropriate to everyday language; "common parlance"; "a vernacular term"; "vernacular speakers"; "the vulgar tongue of the masses"; "the technical and vulgar names for an animal species" [syn: common, vernacular, vulgar] 6: of or associated with the great masses of people; "the common people in those days suffered greatly"; "behavior that branded him as common"; "his square plebeian nose"; "a vulgar and objectionable person"; "the unwashed masses" [syn: common, plebeian, vulgar, unwashed] 7: of low or inferior quality or value; "of what coarse metal ye are molded"- Shakespeare; "produced...the common cloths used by the poorer population" [syn: coarse, common] 8: lacking refinement or cultivation or taste; "he had coarse manners but a first-rate mind"; "behavior that branded him as common"; "an untutored and uncouth human being"; "an uncouth soldier--a real tough guy"; "appealing to the vulgar taste for violence"; "the vulgar display of the newly rich" [syn: coarse, common, rough-cut, uncouth, vulgar] 9: to be expected; standard; "common decency" n 1: a piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area; "they went for a walk in the park" [syn: park, commons, common, green]
  • congresswoman
    n 1: a member of the United States House of Representatives [syn: congressman, congresswoman, representative]
  • councilwoman
    n 1: a woman who is a council member
  • countryman
    n 1: a man from your own country 2: a man who lives in the country and has country ways [syn: countryman, ruralist]
  • countrywoman
    n 1: a woman who lives in the country and has country ways 2: a woman from your own country
  • cowman
    n 1: a hired hand who tends cattle and performs other duties on horseback [syn: cowboy, cowpuncher, puncher, cowman, cattleman, cowpoke, cowhand, cowherd]
  • crewman
    n 1: any member of a ship's crew [syn: sailor, crewman] 2: a member of a flight crew [syn: crewman, crew member] 3: a member of a work crew
  • dairyman
    n 1: the owner or manager of a dairy [syn: dairyman, dairy farmer] 2: a man who works in a dairy
  • deafen
    v 1: be unbearably loud; "a deafening noise" 2: make or render deaf; "a deafening noise" [syn: deafen, deaf] 3: make soundproof; "deafen a room"
  • demon
    n 1: an evil supernatural being [syn: devil, fiend, demon, daemon, daimon] 2: a cruel wicked and inhuman person [syn: monster, fiend, devil, demon, ogre] 3: someone extremely diligent or skillful; "he worked like a demon to finish the job on time"; "she's a demon at math"
  • destine
    v 1: decree or designate beforehand; "She was destined to become a great pianist" [syn: destine, fate, doom, designate] 2: design or destine; "She was intended to become the director" [syn: intend, destine, designate, specify]
  • doorman
    n 1: someone who guards an entrance [syn: doorkeeper, doorman, door guard, hall porter, porter, gatekeeper, ostiary]
  • griffin
    n 1: winged monster with the head of an eagle and the body of a lion [syn: gryphon, griffin, griffon]
  • hyphen
    n 1: a punctuation mark (-) used between parts of a compound word or between the syllables of a word when the word is divided at the end of a line of text [syn: hyphen, dash] v 1: divide or connect with a hyphen; "hyphenate these words and names" [syn: hyphenate, hyphen]
  • often
    adv 1: many times at short intervals; "we often met over a cup of coffee" [syn: frequently, often, oftentimes, oft, ofttimes] [ant: infrequently, rarely, seldom] 2: frequently or in great quantities; "I don't drink much"; "I don't travel much" [syn: much, a great deal, often] 3: in many cases or instances
  • olefin
    n 1: any unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbon [syn: alkene, olefine, olefin]
  • orphan
    n 1: a child who has lost both parents 2: someone or something who lacks support or care or supervision 3: the first line of a paragraph that is set as the last line of a page or column 4: a young animal without a mother v 1: deprive of parents
  • roughen
    v 1: make rough or rougher; "roughen the surfaces so they will stick to each other" [ant: smooth, smoothen]
  • stiffen
    v 1: become stiff or stiffer; "He stiffened when he saw his boss enter the room" [ant: loose, loosen, relax] 2: make stiff or stiffer; "Stiffen the cream by adding gelatine" [ant: loose, loosen] 3: restrict; "Tighten the rules"; "stiffen the regulations" [syn: stiffen, tighten, tighten up, constrain]
  • toughen
    v 1: make tough or tougher; "This experience will toughen her"
  • ashton
    n 1: British choreographer (1906-1988) [syn: Ashton, Sir Frederick Ashton]
  • boston
    n 1: state capital and largest city of Massachusetts; a major center for banking and financial services [syn: Boston, Hub of the Universe, Bean Town, Beantown, capital of Massachusetts]
  • brahman
    n 1: a member of a social and cultural elite (especially a descendant of an old New England family); "a Boston brahman" [syn: brahman, brahmin] 2: a member of the highest of the four Hindu varnas; "originally all brahmans were priests" [syn: brahman, brahmin] 3: the highest of the four varnas: the priestly or sacerdotal category [syn: brahman, brahmin] 4: any of several breeds of Indian cattle; especially a large American heat and tick resistant greyish humped breed evolved in the Gulf States by interbreeding Indian cattle and now used chiefly for crossbreeding [syn: Brahman, Brahma, Brahmin, Bos indicus]
  • charleston
    n 1: state capital of West Virginia in the central part of the state on the Kanawha river [syn: Charleston, capital of West Virginia] 2: a port city in southeastern South Carolina 3: an American ballroom dance in syncopated rhythm; popular early in the 20th century v 1: dance the Charleston
  • siphon
    n 1: a tube running from the liquid in a vessel to a lower level outside the vessel so that atmospheric pressure forces the liquid through the tube [syn: siphon, syphon] 2: a tubular organ in an aquatic animal (especially in mollusks) through which water can be taken in or expelled [syn: siphon, syphon] v 1: convey, draw off, or empty by or as if by a siphon [syn: siphon, syphon, siphon off] 2: move a liquid from one container into another by means of a siphon or a siphoning action; "siphon gas into the tank"
  • alabaman
    n 1: a native or resident of Alabama [syn: Alabaman, Alabamian]
  • bellerophon
    n 1: (Greek mythology) a mythical hero of Corinth who performed miracles on the winged horse Pegasus (especially killing the monster Chimera)
  • augustan
    adj 1: relating to or characteristic of the times of the Roman Emperor Augustus; "the Augustan Age"
  • griffon
    n 1: winged monster with the head of an eagle and the body of a lion [syn: gryphon, griffin, griffon] 2: breed of various very small compact wiry-coated dogs of Belgian origin having a short bearded muzzle [syn: griffon, Brussels griffon, Belgian griffon] 3: breed of medium-sized long-headed dogs with downy undercoat and harsh wiry outer coat; originated in Holland but largely developed in France [syn: griffon, wire-haired pointing griffon] 4: large vulture of southern Europe and northern Africa having pale plumage with black wings [syn: griffon vulture, griffon, Gyps fulvus]
  • gryphon
    n 1: winged monster with the head of an eagle and the body of a lion [syn: gryphon, griffin, griffon]
  • ibuprofen
    n 1: a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory and analgesic medicine (trade names Advil and Motrin and Nuprin) used to relieve the pain of arthritis and as an antipyretic; "daily use of ibuprofen can irritate the stomach" [syn: ibuprofen, isobutylphenyl propionic acid, Advil, Motrin, Nuprin]
  • ammon
  • bedlington

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