teachable, a. docile, tractable, apt, bright.
teacher, n. instructor, tutor, master, pedagogue, preceptor, preceptress, governess, coach, usher, mentor; pl. faculty.
teaching, n. instruction, education, breeding, enlightenment, inculcation, tuition, tutoring, indoctrination. Associated Words: pedagogy, pedagogics, didactics, paideutics, propaedeutics, didactic, instructive, propaedeutic, paedeutic, pedagogic, pedagogism, didacticism.
team, n. span, pair.
tear, n. rent, fissure, rip.
tear, v. rend, rip, lacerate, dilacerate, sunder, dismember; fume, rage, rave, rant, storm.
tearful, a. lachrymose, weeping, maudlin.
tearing, n. rending, laceration, lancination, ripping, dismemberment.
tears, n. pl. Associated Words: lachrymal, lachrymation, lachrymatory, lachrymals, lachrymiform, lachrymary.
tease, v. torment, plague, tantalize, hector, taunt, harass, badger.
teat, n. nipple, pap, dug, mammilla.
tedious, a. tiresome, wearisome, irksome, humdrum, monotonous.
tedium, n. tediousness, humdrum.
teem, v. multiply, be prolific, abound, overflow, swarm.
teeming, a. prolific, abounding, replete, overflowing, rife.
teeter, v. seesaw, titter, titter-totter.
teeth, n. pl. biters, incisors, molars, bicuspids, grinders, tusks, wisdom teeth, eye teeth, canine teeth, fangs. Associated Words: odontology, dentist, dentistry, dental, odontography, dentiloquy, denture, cement, tartar, pyorrhea, gnash, alveoli, corona, dentifrice, dentilave, pulp, dentiform, dentilation, cusp, overshot.
teething, n. dentition, odontiasis.
teetotaler, n. nephalist, total abstainer.
teetotalism, n. nephalism, abstinence (from spirituous liquors), temperance.
tell, v. mention, recount, relate, narrate, enumerate, advise, inform, recite, disclose, bruit, divulge, proclaim, expose, apprise, peach, communicate, acquaint, notify, reveal, discern. Antonyms: suppress, reserve, withhold, forbear.
telling, n. notification, apprising, communication, relation, narration, recital, divulgement.
telling, a. effective, cogent, potent, conclusive.
telltale, n. tattler.
temerity, n. audacity, boldness, presumption, recklessness, foolhardiness, rashness.
temper, v. qualify, modify, moderate, appease; anneal.
temper, n. mood, disposition, humor; passion.
temperament, n. constitution, nature, temper, disposition.
temperance, n. sobriety, nephalism, moderation.
temperate, a. moderate; dispassionate, calm; abstemious, sober, self-denying.
tempest, n. storm, tumult, commotion, disturbance.
tempestuous, a. See stormy.
temple, n. fane, church, sanctuary, tabernacle; teocalli, pagoda, mosque, hieron, marai.
temporal, a. secular, worldly; temporary; political, civil.