Words that rhyme with thanksgiving

  • approving
    adj 1: expressing or manifesting praise or approval; "approbative criticism"; "an affirmative nod" [syn: approving, affirmative, approbative, approbatory, plausive] n 1: the formal act of approving; "he gave the project his blessing"; "his decision merited the approval of any sensible person" [syn: blessing, approval, approving] [ant: disapproval]
  • beginning
    adj 1: serving to begin; "the beginning canto of the poem"; "the first verse" [syn: beginning(a), first] n 1: the event consisting of the start of something; "the beginning of the war" [ant: conclusion, ending, finish] 2: the time at which something is supposed to begin; "they got an early start"; "she knew from the get-go that he was the man for her" [syn: beginning, commencement, first, outset, get-go, start, kickoff, starting time, showtime, offset] [ant: end, ending, middle] 3: the first part or section of something; "`It was a dark and stormy night' is a hackneyed beginning for a story" [ant: end, middle] 4: the place where something begins, where it springs into being; "the Italian beginning of the Renaissance"; "Jupiter was the origin of the radiation"; "Pittsburgh is the source of the Ohio River"; "communism's Russian root" [syn: beginning, origin, root, rootage, source] 5: the act of starting something; "he was responsible for the beginning of negotiations" [syn: beginning, start, commencement] [ant: finish, finishing]
  • building
    n 1: a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place; "there was a three-story building on the corner"; "it was an imposing edifice" [syn: building, edifice] 2: the act of constructing something; "during the construction we had to take a detour"; "his hobby was the building of boats" [syn: construction, building] 3: the commercial activity involved in repairing old structures or constructing new ones; "their main business is home construction"; "workers in the building trades" [syn: construction, building] 4: the occupants of a building; "the entire building complained about the noise"
  • carving
    n 1: a sculpture created by removing material (as wood or ivory or stone) in order to create a desired shape 2: removing parts from hard material to create a desired pattern or shape [syn: carving, cutting] 3: creating figures or designs in three dimensions [syn: sculpture, carving]
  • craving
    n 1: an intense desire for some particular thing
  • deserving
    adj 1: worthy of being treated in a particular way; "an idea worth considering"; "the deserving poor" (often used ironically) [syn: deserving, worth(p)]
  • ending
    n 1: the end of a word (a suffix or inflectional ending or final morpheme); "I don't like words that have -ism as an ending" [syn: ending, termination] 2: the act of ending something; "the termination of the agreement" [syn: termination, ending, conclusion] 3: the point in time at which something ends; "the end of the year"; "the ending of warranty period" [syn: end, ending] [ant: beginning, commencement, first, get-go, kickoff, middle, offset, outset, showtime, start, starting time] 4: event whose occurrence ends something; "his death marked the ending of an era"; "when these final episodes are broadcast it will be the finish of the show" [syn: ending, conclusion, finish] [ant: beginning] 5: the last section of a communication; "in conclusion I want to say..." [syn: conclusion, end, close, closing, ending]
  • engraving
    n 1: a print made from an engraving 2: a block or plate or other hard surface that has been engraved 3: making engraved or etched plates and printing designs from them [syn: engraving, etching]
  • feeling
    n 1: the experiencing of affective and emotional states; "she had a feeling of euphoria"; "he had terrible feelings of guilt"; "I disliked him and the feeling was mutual" 2: a vague idea in which some confidence is placed; "his impression of her was favorable"; "what are your feelings about the crisis?"; "it strengthened my belief in his sincerity"; "I had a feeling that she was lying" [syn: impression, feeling, belief, notion, opinion] 3: the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people; "the feel of the city excited him"; "a clergyman improved the tone of the meeting"; "it had the smell of treason" [syn: spirit, tone, feel, feeling, flavor, flavour, look, smell] 4: a physical sensation that you experience; "he had a queasy feeling"; "I had a strange feeling in my leg"; "he lost all feeling in his arm" 5: the sensation produced by pressure receptors in the skin; "she likes the touch of silk on her skin"; "the surface had a greasy feeling" [syn: touch, touch sensation, tactual sensation, tactile sensation, feeling] 6: an intuitive understanding of something; "he had a great feeling for music" [syn: feeling, intuitive feeling]
  • forgiving
    adj 1: inclined or able to forgive and show mercy; "a kindly forgiving nature"; "a forgiving embrace to the naughty child" [ant: unforgiving] 2: providing absolution [syn: absolvitory, exonerative, forgiving]
  • giving
    adj 1: given or giving freely; "was a big tipper"; "the bounteous goodness of God"; "bountiful compliments"; "a freehanded host"; "a handsome allowance"; "Saturday's child is loving and giving"; "a liberal backer of the arts"; "a munificent gift"; "her fond and openhanded grandfather" [syn: big, bighearted, bounteous, bountiful, freehanded, handsome, giving, liberal, openhanded] n 1: the act of giving [syn: giving, gift] 2: the imparting of news or promises etc.; "he gave us the news and made a great show of the giving"; "giving his word of honor seemed to come too easily" 3: disposing of property by voluntary transfer without receiving value in return; "the alumni followed a program of annual giving"
  • killing
    adj 1: very funny; "a killing joke"; "sidesplitting antics" [syn: killing, sidesplitting] n 1: an event that causes someone to die [syn: killing, violent death] 2: the act of terminating a life [syn: killing, kill, putting to death] 3: a very large profit [syn: killing, cleanup]
  • living
    adj 1: pertaining to living persons; "within living memory" 2: true to life; lifelike; "the living image of her mother" 3: (informal) absolute; "she is a living doll"; "scared the living daylights out of them"; "beat the living hell out of him" 4: still in existence; "the Wollemi pine found in Australia is a surviving specimen of a conifer thought to have been long extinct and therefore known as a living fossil"; "the only surviving frontier blockhouse in Pennsylvania" [syn: surviving, living] 5: still in active use; "a living language" 6: (used of minerals or stone) in its natural state and place; not mined or quarried; "carved into the living stone"; n 1: the experience of being alive; the course of human events and activities; "he could no longer cope with the complexities of life" [syn: life, living] 2: people who are still living; "save your pity for the living" [ant: dead] 3: the condition of living or the state of being alive; "while there's life there's hope"; "life depends on many chemical and physical processes" [syn: animation, life, living, aliveness] 4: the financial means whereby one lives; "each child was expected to pay for their keep"; "he applied to the state for support"; "he could no longer earn his own livelihood" [syn: support, keep, livelihood, living, bread and butter, sustenance]
  • misgiving
    n 1: uneasiness about the fitness of an action [syn: scruple, qualm, misgiving] 2: painful expectation [syn: apprehension, misgiving] 3: doubt about someone's honesty [syn: misgiving, mistrust, distrust, suspicion]
  • missing
    adj 1: not able to be found; "missing in action"; "a missing person" 2: nonexistent; "the thumb is absent"; "her appetite was lacking" [syn: lacking, absent, missing, wanting]
  • paving
    n 1: material used to pave an area [syn: paving, pavement, paving material] 2: the paved surface of a thoroughfare [syn: pavement, paving] 3: the act of applying paving materials to an area [syn: paving, pavage]
  • photoengraving
    n 1: an engraving used to reproduce an illustration [syn: halftone, halftone engraving, photoengraving]
  • raving
    adv 1: in a raving manner; "raving mad" [syn: raving, ravingly] n 1: declaiming wildly; "the raving of maniacs"
  • reliving
    n 1: a recurrence of a prior experience; "the reliving of a strong emotion can be therapeutic" [syn: reliving, re- experiencing]
  • reproving
    adj 1: expressing reproof or reproach especially as a corrective [syn: admonitory, admonishing, reproachful, reproving]
  • roofing
    n 1: material used to construct a roof 2: the craft of a roofer
  • saving
    adj 1: bringing about salvation or redemption from sin; "saving faith"; "redemptive (or redeeming) love" [syn: redemptive, redeeming(a), saving(a)] 2: characterized by thriftiness; "wealthy by inheritance but saving by constitution"- Ellen Glasgow n 1: an act of economizing; reduction in cost; "it was a small economy to walk to work every day"; "there was a saving of 50 cents" [syn: economy, saving] 2: recovery or preservation from loss or danger; "work is the deliverance of mankind"; "a surgeon's job is the saving of lives" [syn: rescue, deliverance, delivery, saving] 3: the activity of protecting something from loss or danger [syn: preservation, saving]
  • serving
    n 1: an individual quantity of food or drink taken as part of a meal; "the helpings were all small"; "his portion was larger than hers"; "there's enough for two servings each" [syn: helping, portion, serving] 2: the act of delivering a writ or summons upon someone; "he accepted service of the subpoena" [syn: service, serving, service of process]
  • shaving
    n 1: the act of removing hair with a razor [syn: shave, shaving] 2: a thin fragment or slice (especially of wood) that has been shaved from something [syn: paring, sliver, shaving] 3: the act of brushing against while passing [syn: grazing, shaving, skimming]
  • singing
    adj 1: smooth and flowing [syn: cantabile, singing] n 1: the act of singing vocal music [syn: singing, vocalizing] 2: disclosing information or giving evidence about another [syn: tattle, singing, telling]
  • skydiving
    n 1: performing acrobatics in free fall before pulling the ripcord of a parachute
  • spinning
    n 1: creating thread
  • spitting
    n 1: the act of spitting (forcefully expelling saliva) [syn: spit, spitting, expectoration]
  • thing
    n 1: a special situation; "this thing has got to end"; "it is a remarkable thing" 2: an action; "how could you do such a thing?" 3: a special abstraction; "a thing of the spirit"; "things of the heart" 4: an artifact; "how does this thing work?" 5: an event; "a funny thing happened on the way to the..." 6: a vaguely specified concern; "several matters to attend to"; "it is none of your affair"; "things are going well" [syn: matter, affair, thing] 7: a statement regarded as an object; "to say the same thing in other terms"; "how can you say such a thing?" 8: an entity that is not named specifically; "I couldn't tell what the thing was" 9: any attribute or quality considered as having its own existence; "the thing I like about her is ..." 10: a special objective; "the thing is to stay in bounds" 11: a persistent illogical feeling of desire or aversion; "he has a thing about seafood"; "she has a thing about him" 12: a separate and self-contained entity
  • timeserving
    adj 1: taking immediate advantage, often unethically, of any circumstance of possible benefit [syn: opportunist, opportunistic, timeserving]
  • unbelieving
    adj 1: rejecting any belief in gods [syn: atheistic, atheistical, unbelieving] 2: holding that only material phenomena can be known and knowledge of spiritual matters or ultimate causes is impossible [syn: nescient, unbelieving] 3: denying or questioning the tenets of especially a religion; "a skeptical approach to the nature of miracles" [syn: disbelieving, skeptical, sceptical, unbelieving]
  • unforgiving
    adj 1: unwilling or unable to forgive or show mercy; "a surly unforgiving old woman" [ant: forgiving] 2: not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty; "grim determination"; "grim necessity"; "Russia's final hour, it seemed, approached with inexorable certainty"; "relentless persecution"; "the stern demands of parenthood" [syn: grim, inexorable, relentless, stern, unappeasable, unforgiving, unrelenting]
  • unmoving
    adj 1: not in motion [syn: nonmoving, unmoving] [ant: moving] 2: not arousing emotions [ant: moving]
  • unswerving
    adj 1: going directly ahead from one point to another without veering or turning aside; "some people see evolution as an undeviating upward march from simple organisms to the very complex"; "a straight and narrow tree-lined road unswerving across the lowlands" [syn: undeviating, unswerving] 2: firm and dependable especially in loyalty; "a steadfast ally"; "a staunch defender of free speech"; "unswerving devotion"; "unswerving allegiance" [syn: steadfast, staunch, unswerving]
  • weaving
    n 1: creating fabric
  • woodcarving
    n 1: a carving created by carving wood
  • erving
    n 1: United States basketball forward (born in 1950) [syn: Erving, Julius Erving, Julius Winfield Erving, Dr. J]
  • irving
    n 1: United States writer remembered for his stories (1783-1859) [syn: Irving, Washington Irving] 2: United States writer of darkly humorous novels (born in 1942) [syn: Irving, John Irving]
  • undeserving
    adj 1: not deserving; "the undeserving poor" [syn: undeserving, unworthy]
  • coving
  • delving
  • doing
  • outliving
  • sieving
  • timesaving

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