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The counterpart of "facial" for head
We have the adjective "facial" for the noun "face", and I am wondering what the counterpart for the noun "head" is.
I could not find it on Google, and ChatGPT told me &...
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What is a word equivalent to 'oceanic' but specific to a lake?
What is a word equivalent to 'oceanic' but specific to a lake?
It'd be the blank in this analogy:
oceanic : ocean :: _____ : lake
(oceanic is to ocean as _____ is to lake)
The context in which I'm ...
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Enter is to entrant as exit is to * [closed]
A person who enters something is called an entrant.
What is a person who exits something called?
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What is the cold version of spicy?
My boyfriend recently told me that my new mouthwash was "spicy". Is that the right word to describe a strong minty flavour?
Example sentence:
Hot sauce is to "spicy" as mint is to....
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How do I call a word for audible equivalent of visualize? [duplicate]
I was looking for a word that would convey a similar meaning for "audio" as it is for "visualize." I ran into several suggestions, but as a former musician, I personally prefer the ...
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Is there a name for this format - '5:number :: k: ? '? [duplicate]
Is there a name for this format - 5:number :: k: ? ?
The question mark in the above poses a question. The answer is supposed to be found out by looking the relation of previous pair. In this case ...
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Irregular shape with projections and recesses that interlock with other shapes
What might be a word for the shape with a lot of random projections and recesses? I would like to describe the shape of countries in Europe where countries have interlocking shapes like distorted ...
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Annual is to yearly as _____ is to monthly
A more formal word for yearly would be annual.
I pay my school loans annually
I pay my rent check monthly or _____.
What is the equivalent of “annual” for “monthly"?
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Patriotism : Nation :: _______ : Religion [closed]
Is there a word similar to patriotism that refers to one's religion? (Rather than love for one's nation.)
Jihadist groups believe that their movement is backed by ________, just as the Sons of ...
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'Patriotism' is to 'Country' as ______ is to 'Language'
I have been looking for a word to describe a group of people that are very loyal and passionate about their (native) language.
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Word for a shadow's owner
In our workflow, we sometimes have someone do duplicate work for someone else, and we call the duplicate work the "shadow" job. This led to a need for a term for the original work in the database, so ...
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What do you say when referring to labor for an adverb?
Analogy:
Education : academically :: Labor : ?
I'm trying to fit in something to go here:
... not only do I have to do well academically, but also _____ (in my labor)
Parentheses not ...
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Word to describe rule of nepotism
If a rule of competence is meritocracy, is there a single word to denote a rule of nepotism, such as nepocracy?
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Child is to parent as referent is to what?
The referent of a word or phrase in a sentence is the thing to which that word refers, e.g. in "The businessman greeted me," the referent of 'the businessman' is the person who said hello, and the ...
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"Parent" is to "child" as "source" is to what?
I have a work question. In our attempt to give names to fields on a repair card we are now using the phrase "Source card" and "Child card".
My opinion is that it would be more logical to use "Parent ...
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"President" is to "presidential" as "moderator" is to what?
What word, if any, best completes the analogy?
Example usage (feel free to fiddle with this context/setting as desired):
Behavior was unbecoming of all participants in last night's prime-time [...
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"Perception" is to "recognition" as "execution" is to what?
I may not be using the right words for this analogy. "Perception" and "execution" are intended to have contrasting meanings.
By "perception" I mean the reception of data.
By "recognition" I mean the ...
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Single analogous word to "pedagogy" for learning
Merriam-Webster defines pedagogy as "the art, science, or profession of teaching."
The concepts don't seem to map very well, but is there a word such that:
pedagogy : teaching :: _____ : learning
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Adjective for 'shite'
The adjective for 'shit' is 'shitty'. Is there no different adjective for the British word 'shite'?
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“Mathematics” is to “mathematical” as “programming” is to what?
I thought of programmatic but that doesn't seem right because it puts too much stress on the automation side and not on the actual development and logical side of it.
A place to collect your ...
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"Country" is to "national" as "city" is to…
How would I say something on a city level in comparison to a provincial level or national level?
Elections are held nationally every four years, and _________ every two years.
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If cow = beef, pig = pork, and deer = venison, then where is the word for human = [flesh as food source]?
Maybe it's the season of Halloween, because it's kind of a grim question, but I have seriously wondered from a language point of view - is there a word for human as 'food-meat', or has there ever been,...
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Horizontal analog of a meridian?
The lines going from pole to pole of the earth are meridians.
I know that the horizontal lines of latitude can be called "parallels." Is there another word for these?
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Equivalent for "personify" that's not human-specific
I'm looking for a word that is similar to personify, but that would imply it has life-like qualities, rather than human-like.
For example, I am discussing the fact that a self-driving car, if ...
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"Bid" is to "counterbid" as "quote" is to what?
Bids and counterbids are relevant in auction scenarios. But generally, when a seller/service provider sends a quote to a customer, the customer tends to negotiate. What is the price that the customer ...
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Words for the "essential character" of each sense organ?
Looking at the definition for flavor and timbre, both are used to describe the "essential character" of a particular sense.
If flavor is the essential character of our taste sense, and timbre is the ...
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"Country" is to "compatriot" as "species" is to what?
I was about to write the following sentence:
I actually have some young seedlings of this species. It will be interesting to compare them to their older ...?
Is there a word for something that ...
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"Sometimes", "oftentimes" — is there a -times word for "very rarely"?
If something happens sometimes, it happens occasionally.
If something happens oftentimes, it happens often.
Is there an equivalent word for something happening very rarely?
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"Finance" is to "financial" as "trade" is to what? [closed]
What goes in the blank?
Commerce → Commercial
Finance → Financial
Trade → __________
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Analog for 'side', but for front vs. rear [duplicate]
I wish to name a property that expresses whether something is in the front or at the rear. This term has to be used together with 'side' without causing ambiguity.
Much like 'side' can be left or ...
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Adjective that means "snake-like"
If bovine means related to the cow or ox, what is the word that means related to the snake?
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What is the equivalent word for "flight" when riding a boat instead?
Example: My "flight" is at 2:00 PM.
I am a Filipino, and English is our second language here in the Philippines. We have 7,000+ islands here and travel by boat is very common, yet we don't have an ...
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"Adjacent" is to "adjacency" as "contains" is to what?
An adjacency relation is one which denotes whether two objects are adjacent.
The two neighbors are adjacent, and hence have an adjacency relation.
What is the equivalent for a "contains" relation, ...
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"Race" is to "racist" as "knowledge" and "disposition" are to what words?
race → racist
freedom → fascist (for example)
knowledge → ?
disposition → ?
What's the word to describe a person who is disrespectful of your knowledge or disposition?
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"Hungry" is to "full" as "thirsty" is to what adjective?
In Danish, we do have word for this ("set"), but absolutely nobody uses this...
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What is a term for the "process of copying somebody's work/invention"?
I need a phrase to mean process of copying somebody's work is in the context of industry/manufacturing. Is there a concise phrase with the meaning similar to "plagiarism" by a competitor in business (...
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Analogue of "orphan" for someone who's lost their siblings
As per title - is there such a word?
Either a noun:
John is an ?????? (his only brother died when he was 3)
or verb (or past tense as an adjective):
John was ????ed today (his only sister ...
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"More than one" is to "plural" as "less than one" is to what?
We call the quantity of more than one (singular) plural. Is there any general word similar to this for a quantity less than one (singular)?
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"Male/female" is to "gender" as "man/woman" is to what?
What is the hypernym for man and woman? I don't think it is gender because that would've been male and female.
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"View", but for hearing
I know a lot of words, but it's driving me crazy that I can't think of one for this. I'm sure there must be one. I want to be able to say:
I had not only a great view of the ocean from that room, ...
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A name for hat collectors?
The Stack Exchange Winter Bash 2013 has me thinking about hats, as my collection is growing. I know that the terms for people who collect specific things are generally obscure, but they do exist. ...
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What do electricians and mechanics "do"?
A carpenter does carpentry.
A scientist does science.
An engineer does engineering.
A blacksmith does blacksmithing.
(The grammar of these sentences may be poor; the point is to get the idea across.)
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Looking for the land cargo equivalent of a "stevedore"
A stevedore is someone who loads/discharges cargo from the docks. I'm looking for equivalent of this occupation for inland cargo "dischargers/unloaders".
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"Created" is to "creator", and "updated" to "editor", as "deleted" is to what agent noun?
I'm modeling a database and I have these three fields (among others):
created_by,
updated_by, and
deleted_by.
I'm using author as an alias for "created_by", and editor as an alias for "updated_by". ...
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"Technology" is to "technical" as "memory" is to what?
I'm writing a sentence about the job of the memory and am characterizing absorption with memory. How do I say "memorical absorption" correctly? Memorial sounds like a noun...
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"Available" is to "availability" as "required" is to what noun?
If I want to know if an item is available, I can check for its availability.
What do I check for if I want to know if an item is required?
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Usage of the word "truancy" in a workplace context
I recently made this personal discovery of the word truancy. It means:
the action of staying away from school without good reason
I am wondering if there's a parallel to this word for workplace or ...
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"Cooking" is to "culinary" as "dining" is to what?
The art of cooking is called culinary art. Is there a comparable term for the art of eating or dining?
Is there a more sophisticated term?
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"Buildings" are to "blueprints" as "units" are to what?
I am creating an indie game and since English is not my first language, I would like some help on this.
In my game, you have buildings and units (soldiers and such). The overall theme is militaristic,...
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What is the word for something that is based on a prototype?
If two objects (or "types") have the relationship where one is the prototype of the other, then the other is the __ of the prototype.
In this sentence, from the context of the prototype:
This will ...
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