dauphin: formerly, the eldest son of the King of France and direct heir to the throne


dawdler: someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind


drone: someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind


laggard: someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind


lagger: someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind


trailer: someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind


poke: someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind


day boarder: a schoolchild at a boarding school who has meals at school but sleeps at home


dayboy: a day boarder who is a boy


daydreamer: someone who indulges in idle or absentminded daydreaming


woolgatherer: someone who indulges in idle or absentminded daydreaming


lotus-eater: someone indifferent to the busy world


stargazer: someone indifferent to the busy world


daygirl: a day boarder who is a girl


day laborer: a laborer who works by the day; for daily wages


day labourer: a laborer who works by the day; for daily wages


deacon: a cleric ranking just below a priest in Christian churches; one of the Holy Orders


deacon: a Protestant layman who assists the minister


Protestant deacon: a Protestant layman who assists the minister


deaconess: a woman deacon


deadeye: a dead shot


dead person: someone who is no longer alive


dead soul: someone who is no longer alive


deceased person: someone who is no longer alive


deceased: someone who is no longer alive


decedent: someone who is no longer alive


departed: someone who is no longer alive


decipherer: a reader capable of reading and interpreting illegible or obscure text


decoder: the kind of intellectual who converts messages from a code to plain text


decipherer: the kind of intellectual who converts messages from a code to plain text


decoy: a beguiler who leads someone into danger (usually as part of a plot)


steerer: a beguiler who leads someone into danger (usually as part of a plot)


deer hunter: hunter of deer


deipnosophist: someone skilled at informal chitchat


dropout: someone who quits school before graduation


dropout: someone who withdraws from a social group or environment


deadbeat dad: a father who willfully defaults on his obligation to provide financial support for his offspring


deadhead: a nonenterprising person who is not paying his way


deaf person: a person with a severe auditory impairment


dealer: the person who distributes the playing cards in a card game


dean: an administrator in charge of a division of a university or college


dean: (Roman Catholic Church) the head of the College of Cardinals


dean: a man who is the senior member of a group


doyen: a man who is the senior member of a group


debaser: a person who lowers the quality or character or value (as by adding cheaper metal to coins)


degrader: a person who lowers the quality or character or value (as by adding cheaper metal to coins)


debater: someone who engages in debate


arguer: someone who engages in debate


debtor: a person who owes a creditor; someone who has the obligation of paying a debt


debitor: a person who owes a creditor; someone who has the obligation of paying a debt


debutante: a young woman making her debut into society


deb: a young woman making her debut into society


decadent: a person who has fallen into a decadent state (morally or artistically)


deceiver: someone who leads you to believe something that is not true


cheat: someone who leads you to believe something that is not true


cheater: someone who leads you to believe something that is not true


trickster: someone who leads you to believe something that is not true


beguiler: someone who leads you to believe something that is not true


slicker: someone who leads you to believe something that is not true


deckhand: a member of a ship's crew who performs manual labor


roustabout: a member of a ship's crew who performs manual labor


decorator: someone who decorates


ornamentalist: someone who decorates


deep-sea diver: a diver in the deeper parts of the sea


defamer: one who attacks the reputation of another by slander or libel


maligner: one who attacks the reputation of another by slander or libel


slanderer: one who attacks the reputation of another by slander or libel


vilifier: one who attacks the reputation of another by slander or libel


libeler: one who attacks the reputation of another by slander or libel


backbiter: one who attacks the reputation of another by slander or libel


traducer: one who attacks the reputation of another by slander or libel


defaulter: a contestant who forfeits a match


defaulter: someone who fails to meet a financial obligation


deadbeat: someone who fails to meet a financial obligation


defaulter: someone who fails to make a required appearance in court


defeatist: someone who is resigned to defeat without offering positive suggestions


negativist: someone who is resigned to defeat without offering positive suggestions


defecator: a person who defecates


voider: a person who defecates


shitter: a person who defecates


defense attorney: the lawyer representing the defendant


defense lawyer: the lawyer representing the defendant


defense contractor: a contractor concerned with the development and manufacture of systems of defense


deist: a person who believes that God created the universe and then abandoned it


freethinker: a person who believes that God created the universe and then abandoned it


delayer: a person who delays; to put off until later or cause to be late


delegate: a person appointed or elected to represent others


delinquent: a young offender


juvenile delinquent: a young offender


deliverer: a person who gives up or transfers money or goods


deliveryman: someone employed to make deliveries


delivery boy: someone employed to make deliveries


deliverer: someone employed to make deliveries


demagogue: a political leader who seeks support by appealing to popular passions and prejudices


demagog: a political leader who seeks support by appealing to popular passions and prejudices


rabble-rouser: a political leader who seeks support by appealing to popular passions and prejudices


demander: a person who makes demands


demigod: a person with great powers and abilities


superman: a person with great powers and abilities


Ubermensch: a person with great powers and abilities


demimondaine: a woman whose sexual promiscuity places her outside respectable society


democrat: an advocate of democratic principles


populist: an advocate of democratic principles


Democrat: a member of the Democratic Party


demographer: a scientist who studies the growth and density of populations and their vital statistics


demographist: a scientist who studies the growth and density of populations and their vital statistics


population scientist: a scientist who studies the growth and density of populations and their vital statistics


demon: someone extremely diligent or skillful


demoniac: someone who acts as if possessed by a demon


demonstrator: someone who participates in a public display of group feeling


protester: someone who participates in a public display of group feeling


demonstrator: someone who demonstrates an article to a prospective buyer


sales demonstrator: someone who demonstrates an article to a prospective buyer


demonstrator: a teacher or teacher's assistant who demonstrates the principles that are being taught


denier: one who denies


den mother: a woman who supervises a den of Cub Scouts


den mother: someone who plays the role of a den mother


dental assistant: an assistant to a dentist


dental hygienist: someone trained to provide preventive dental service (cleaning teeth or taking x-rays)


dental technician: someone who makes dental appliances (bridges and dentures)


denturist: someone who makes dental appliances (bridges and dentures)


dental surgeon: a dentist qualified to perform surgical procedures


dentist: a person qualified to practice dentistry


tooth doctor: a person qualified to practice dentistry


dental practitioner: a person qualified to practice dentistry


departer: someone who leaves


leaver: someone who leaves


goer: someone who leaves


department head: the head of a department


dependant: a person who relies on another person for support (especially financial support)


dependent: a person who relies on another person for support (especially financial support)


depositor: a person who has deposited money in a bank or similar institution


depressive: someone suffering psychological depression


deputy: an assistant with power to act when his superior is absent


lieutenant: an assistant with power to act when his superior is absent


deputy: someone authorized to exercise the powers of sheriff in emergencies


deputy sheriff: someone authorized to exercise the powers of sheriff in emergencies


deputy: a person appointed to represent or act on behalf of others


surrogate: a person appointed to represent or act on behalf of others


deputy: a member of the lower chamber of a legislative assembly (such as in France)


derelict: a person without a home, job, or property


dermatologist: a doctor who specializes in the physiology and pathology of the skin


skin doctor: a doctor who specializes in the physiology and pathology of the skin


dervish: an ascetic Muslim monk; a member of an order noted for devotional exercises involving bodily movements


descendant: a person considered as descended from some ancestor or race


descendent: a person considered as descended from some ancestor or race


descender: someone who descends


deserter: a person who abandons their duty (as on a military post)


defector: a person who abandons their duty (as on a military post)


deserter: a disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc.


apostate: a disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc.


renegade: a disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc.


turncoat: a disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc.


recreant: a disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc.


ratter: a disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc.


designated driver: the member of a party who is designated to refrain from alcohol and so is sober when it is time to drive home


designated hitter: a ballplayer who is designated to bat in place of the pitcher


designer: a person who devises plots or intrigues


intriguer: a person who devises plots or intrigues


desk clerk: a hotel receptionist


hotel desk clerk: a hotel receptionist


hotel clerk: a hotel receptionist


desk officer: a military officer who is not assigned to active duty


desk sergeant: the police sergeant on duty in a police station


deskman: the police sergeant on duty in a police station


station keeper: the police sergeant on duty in a police station


desperado: a bold outlaw (especially on the American frontier)


desperate criminal: a bold outlaw (especially on the American frontier)


desperate: a person who is frightened and in need of help


destroyer: a person who destroys or ruins or lays waste to


ruiner: a person who destroys or ruins or lays waste to


undoer: a person who destroys or ruins or lays waste to


waster: a person who destroys or ruins or lays waste to


uprooter: a person who destroys or ruins or lays waste to


detainee: some held in custody


political detainee: some held in custody


detective: a police officer who investigates crimes


investigator: a police officer who investigates crimes


tec: a police officer who investigates crimes


police detective: a police officer who investigates crimes


detective: an investigator engaged or employed in obtaining information not easily available to the public


detractor: one who disparages or belittles the worth of something


disparager: one who disparages or belittles the worth of something


depreciator: one who disparages or belittles the worth of something


knocker: one who disparages or belittles the worth of something


deus ex machina: any active agent who appears unexpectedly to solve an insoluble difficulty


developer: someone who develops real estate (especially someone who prepares a site for residential or commercial use)


deviationist: an ideological defector from the party line (especially from orthodox communism)


devil's advocate: someone who takes the worse side just for the sake of argument


devil worshiper: someone who worships devils


devisee: someone to whom property (especially realty) is devised by will


devisor: someone who devises real property in a will


devourer: someone who eats greedily or voraciously


diabetic: someone who has diabetes


diagnostician: a doctor who specializes in medical diagnosis


pathologist: a doctor who specializes in medical diagnosis


dialectician: a logician skilled in dialectic


diarist: someone who keeps a diary or journal


diary keeper: someone who keeps a diary or journal


journalist: someone who keeps a diary or journal


dichromat: a person with any of the various forms of dichromacy


dick: someone who is a detective


gumshoe: someone who is a detective


hawkshaw: someone who is a detective


dictator: a ruler who is unconstrained by law


potentate: a ruler who is unconstrained by law


dictator: a speaker who dictates to a secretary or a recording machine


dieter: a person who diets


dietician: a specialist in the study of nutrition


dietitian: a specialist in the study of nutrition


nutritionist: a specialist in the study of nutrition


diemaker: someone who makes dies


diesinker: someone who makes dies


die-sinker: someone who makes dies


differentiator: a person who (or that which) differentiates


discriminator: a person who (or that which) differentiates


digger: a laborer who digs


dimwit: a stupid incompetent person


nitwit: a stupid incompetent person


half-wit: a stupid incompetent person


doofus: a stupid incompetent person


diner: a person eating a meal (especially in a restaurant)


dingbat: a silly empty-headed person


dining-room attendant: someone employed to provide service in a dining room


restaurant attendant: someone employed to provide service in a dining room


diocesan: a bishop having jurisdiction over a diocese


diplomat: an official engaged in international negotiations


diplomatist: an official engaged in international negotiations


diplomat: a person who deals tactfully with others


diplomate: medical specialist whose competence has been certified by a diploma granted by an appropriate professional group


director: someone who controls resources and expenditures


manager: someone who controls resources and expenditures


managing director: someone who controls resources and expenditures


director: someone who supervises the actors and directs the action in the production of a show


theater director: someone who supervises the actors and directs the action in the production of a show


theatre director: someone who supervises the actors and directs the action in the production of a show


director: member of a board of directors


Director of Central Intelligence: the head of the United States Intelligence Community and director of the Central Intelligence Agency


DCI: the head of the United States Intelligence Community and director of the Central Intelligence Agency


dirty old man: a middle-aged man with lecherous inclinations


disbeliever: someone who refuses to believe (as in a divinity)


nonbeliever: someone who refuses to believe (as in a divinity)


unbeliever: someone who refuses to believe (as in a divinity)


disciple: someone who believes and helps to spread the doctrine of another


adherent: someone who believes and helps to spread the doctrine of another


disentangler: a person who removes tangles; someone who takes something out of a tangled state


unraveler: a person who removes tangles; someone who takes something out of a tangled state


unraveller: a person who removes tangles; someone who takes something out of a tangled state


dishwasher: someone who washes dishes


disk jockey: a person who announces and plays popular recorded music


disc jockey: a person who announces and plays popular recorded music


dj: a person who announces and plays popular recorded music


dispatcher: employee of a transportation company who controls the departures of vehicles according to weather conditions and in the interest of efficient service


dispatch rider: a messenger who carries military dispatches (usually on a motorcycle)


dispenser: a person who dispenses


displaced person: a person forced to flee from home or country


DP: a person forced to flee from home or country


stateless person: a person forced to flee from home or country


dissenter: a person who dissents from some established policy


dissident: a person who dissents from some established policy


protester: a person who dissents from some established policy


objector: a person who dissents from some established policy


contestant: a person who dissents from some established policy


disturber: a troubler who interrupts or interferes with peace and quiet; someone who causes disorder and commotion


political dissident: a dissenter from political orthodoxy


distiller: someone who distills alcoholic liquors


distortionist: a painter who introduces distortions


distributor: someone who markets merchandise


distributer: someone who markets merchandise


district attorney: an official prosecutor for a judicial district


DA: an official prosecutor for a judicial district


district manager: a manager who supervises the sales activity for a district


ditch digger: a laborer who digs ditches


mud digger: a laborer who digs ditches


diver: someone who dives (into water)


plunger: someone who dives (into water)


diver: someone who works underwater


frogman: someone who works underwater


underwater diver: someone who works underwater


divergent thinker: a thinker who moves away from the problem as stated and often has novel ideas and solutions


divider: a person who separates something into parts or groups


diviner: someone who claims to discover hidden knowledge with the aid of supernatural powers


divorcee: a divorced woman or a woman who is separated from her husband


grass widow: a divorced woman or a woman who is separated from her husband


ex-wife: a woman who was formerly a particular man's wife


ex: a woman who was formerly a particular man's wife


divorce lawyer: a lawyer specializing in actions for divorce or annulment


docent: a teacher at some universities


doctor: a licensed medical practitioner


doc: a licensed medical practitioner


physician: a licensed medical practitioner


MD: a licensed medical practitioner


Dr.: a licensed medical practitioner


medico: a licensed medical practitioner


doctor: a person who holds Ph.D. degree (or the equivalent) from an academic institution


Dr.: a person who holds Ph.D. degree (or the equivalent) from an academic institution


Doctor of the Church: (Roman Catholic Church) a title conferred on 33 saints who distinguished themselves through the orthodoxy of their theological teaching


Doctor: (Roman Catholic Church) a title conferred on 33 saints who distinguished themselves through the orthodoxy of their theological teaching


dodderer: one who dodders from old age and weakness


dodger: a shifty deceptive person


fox: a shifty deceptive person


slyboots: a shifty deceptive person


dodo: someone whose style is out of fashion


fogy: someone whose style is out of fashion


fogey: someone whose style is out of fashion


fossil: someone whose style is out of fashion


dog: informal term for a man


dog catcher: an employee of a municipal pound who is hired to round up stray dogs and cats


doge: formerly the chief magistrate in the republics of Venice and Genoa


dogfighter: a fighter pilot who engages in an aerial dogfights


dog in the manger: someone who prevents you from enjoying something that they themselves have no need for


dogmatist: a stubborn person of arbitrary or arrogant opinions


doctrinaire: a stubborn person of arbitrary or arrogant opinions


dogsbody: a worker who has to do all the unpleasant or boring jobs that no one else wants to do


dolichocephalic: an adult with a long narrow head


domestic: a servant who is paid to perform menial tasks around the household


domestic help: a servant who is paid to perform menial tasks around the household


house servant: a servant who is paid to perform menial tasks around the household


domestic partner: a person (not necessarily a spouse) with whom you cohabit and share a long-term sexual relationship


significant other: a person (not necessarily a spouse) with whom you cohabit and share a long-term sexual relationship


spousal equivalent: a person (not necessarily a spouse) with whom you cohabit and share a long-term sexual relationship


spouse equivalent: a person (not necessarily a spouse) with whom you cohabit and share a long-term sexual relationship


domestic prelate: (Roman Catholic Church) a priest who is an honorary member of the papal household


dominatrix: a dominating woman (especially one who plays that role in a sadomasochistic sexual relationship)


Dominican: a native or inhabitant of the Dominican Republic


dominus: a clergyman; especially a settled minister or parson


dominie: a clergyman; especially a settled minister or parson


domine: a clergyman; especially a settled minister or parson


dominee: a clergyman; especially a settled minister or parson


Don: a Spanish gentleman or nobleman


don: the head of an organized crime family


father: the head of an organized crime family


Donatist: an adherent of Donatism


Don Juan: any successful womanizer (after the legendary profligate Spanish nobleman)


donna: an Italian woman of rank


donor: person who makes a gift of property


giver: person who makes a gift of property


presenter: person who makes a gift of property


bestower: person who makes a gift of property


conferrer: person who makes a gift of property


donor: (medicine) someone who gives blood or tissue or an organ to be used in another person (the host)


Don Quixote: any impractical idealist (after Cervantes' hero)


don't-know: a person who responds `I don't know' in a public opinion poll


doorkeeper: someone who guards an entrance


doorman: someone who guards an entrance


door guard: someone who guards an entrance


hall porter: someone who guards an entrance


porter: someone who guards an entrance


gatekeeper: someone who guards an entrance


ostiary: someone who guards an entrance


doorkeeper: the lowest of the minor Holy Orders in the unreformed Western Church but now suppressed by the Roman Catholic Church


ostiary: the lowest of the minor Holy Orders in the unreformed Western Church but now suppressed by the Roman Catholic Church


ostiarius: the lowest of the minor Holy Orders in the unreformed Western Church but now suppressed by the Roman Catholic Church


dosser: someone who sleeps in any convenient place


street person: someone who sleeps in any convenient place


dotard: an oldster in his dotage; someone whose age has impaired his intellect


double: someone who closely resembles a famous person (especially an actor)


image: someone who closely resembles a famous person (especially an actor)


look-alike: someone who closely resembles a famous person (especially an actor)


double agent: a spy who works for two mutually antagonistic countries


double-crosser: a person who says one thing and does another


double-dealer: a person who says one thing and does another


two-timer: a person who says one thing and does another


betrayer: a person who says one thing and does another


traitor: a person who says one thing and does another


double dipper: someone who draws two incomes from the government (usually by combining a salary and a pension)


doubting Thomas: someone who demands physical evidence in order to be convinced (especially when this demand is out of place)


dove: someone who prefers negotiations to armed conflict in the conduct of foreign relations


peacenik: someone who prefers negotiations to armed conflict in the conduct of foreign relations


dowager: a widow holding property received from her deceased husband


down-and-out: a person who is destitute


doyenne: a woman who is the senior member of a group


draft dodger: someone who is drafted and illegally refuses to serve


draft evader: someone who is drafted and illegally refuses to serve


draftee: someone who is drafted into military service


conscript: someone who is drafted into military service


inductee: someone who is drafted into military service


drafter: a writer of a draft


draftsman: an artist skilled at drawing


drawer: an artist skilled at drawing


draftsman: a skilled worker who draws plans of buildings or machines


draughtsman: a skilled worker who draws plans of buildings or machines


draftsperson: a skilled worker who draws plans of buildings or machines


dragoman: an interpreter and guide in the Near East; in the Ottoman Empire in the 18th and 19th centuries a translator of European languages for the Turkish and Arab authorities and most dragomans were Greek (many reached high positions in the government)


dragon: a fiercely vigilant and unpleasant woman


tartar: a fiercely vigilant and unpleasant woman


dragoon: a member of a European military unit formerly composed of heavily armed cavalrymen


redcoat: British soldier; so-called because of his red coat (especially during the American Revolution)


lobsterback: British soldier; so-called because of his red coat (especially during the American Revolution)


drama critic: a critic of theatrical performances


theater critic: a critic of theatrical performances


dramatist: someone who writes plays


playwright: someone who writes plays


draper: a dealer in fabrics and sewing materials (and sometimes in clothing and drygoods)


drawee: the person (or bank) who is expected to pay a check or draft when it is presented for payment


drawer: the person who writes a check or draft instructing the drawee to pay someone else


drawing card: an entertainer who attracts large audiences


draw: an entertainer who attracts large audiences


attraction: an entertainer who attracts large audiences


attractor: an entertainer who attracts large audiences


attracter: an entertainer who attracts large audiences


drawler: someone who speaks with a drawl


dreamer: someone who is dreaming


dresser: a wardrobe assistant for an actor


actor's assistant: a wardrobe assistant for an actor


dresser: a person who dresses in a particular way


dressmaker: someone who makes or mends dresses


modiste: someone who makes or mends dresses


needlewoman: someone who makes or mends dresses


seamstress: someone who makes or mends dresses


sempstress: someone who makes or mends dresses


dressmaker's model: someone who models dresses


dribbler: a person who dribbles


driveller: a person who dribbles


slobberer: a person who dribbles


drooler: a person who dribbles


dribbler: a basketball player who is dribbling the ball to advance it


drill master: a noncommissioned officer who instructs recruits in military marching and discipline


drill instructor: a noncommissioned officer who instructs recruits in military marching and discipline


drinker: a person who drinks alcoholic beverages (especially to excess)


imbiber: a person who drinks alcoholic beverages (especially to excess)


toper: a person who drinks alcoholic beverages (especially to excess)


juicer: a person who drinks alcoholic beverages (especially to excess)


drinker: a person who drinks liquids


driveller: someone whose talk is trivial drivel


jabberer: someone whose talk is trivial drivel


driver: the operator of a motor vehicle


driver: a golfer who hits the golf ball with a driver


driver: someone who drives animals that pull a vehicle


dropkicker: a football kicker who drops the ball and kicks it just as it reaches the ground


drudge: a laborer who is obliged to do menial work


peon: a laborer who is obliged to do menial work


navvy: a laborer who is obliged to do menial work


galley slave: a laborer who is obliged to do menial work


drug addict: a narcotics addict


junkie: a narcotics addict


junky: a narcotics addict


drug baron: a person who controls an organization dealing in illegal drugs


drug lord: a person who controls an organization dealing in illegal drugs


drug user: a person who takes drugs


substance abuser: a person who takes drugs


user: a person who takes drugs


Druid: a pre-Christian priest among the Celts of ancient Gaul and Britain and Ireland


drum major: the leader of a marching band or drum corps


drum majorette: a female drum major


majorette: a female drum major


drum majorette: a female baton twirler who accompanies a marching band


majorette: a female baton twirler who accompanies a marching band


drummer: someone who plays a drum


drunk: someone who is intoxicated


drunk-and-disorderly: someone arrested on the charge of being drunk and disorderly


drunkard: a chronic drinker


drunk: a chronic drinker


rummy: a chronic drinker


sot: a chronic drinker


inebriate: a chronic drinker


wino: a chronic drinker


Druze: an adherent of an esoteric monotheistic religious sect living in the relative security of the mountains of Syria and Lebanon who believes that Al-hakim was an incarnation of God


Druse: an adherent of an esoteric monotheistic religious sect living in the relative security of the mountains of Syria and Lebanon who believes that Al-hakim was an incarnation of God


dry: a reformer who opposes the use of intoxicating beverages


prohibitionist: a reformer who opposes the use of intoxicating beverages


dry nurse: a nurse who cares for but does not suckle an infant


dualist: an adherent of dualism


duce: leader


duchess: the wife of a duke or a woman holding ducal title in her own right


duck hunter: hunter of ducks


duke: a British peer of the highest rank


duke: a nobleman (in various countries) of high rank


dueler: a person who fights duels


dueller: a person who fights duels


duelist: a person who fights duels


duellist: a person who fights duels


duenna: a woman chaperon


duffer: an incompetent or clumsy person


dumbbell: an ignorant or foolish person


dummy: an ignorant or foolish person


dope: an ignorant or foolish person


boob: an ignorant or foolish person


booby: an ignorant or foolish person


pinhead: an ignorant or foolish person


dummy: a person who does not talk


silent person: a person who does not talk


dunce: a stupid person; these words are used to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence


dunderhead: a stupid person; these words are used to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence


numskull: a stupid person; these words are used to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence


blockhead: a stupid person; these words are used to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence


bonehead: a stupid person; these words are used to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence


lunkhead: a stupid person; these words are used to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence


hammerhead: a stupid person; these words are used to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence


knucklehead: a stupid person; these words are used to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence


loggerhead: a stupid person; these words are used to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence


muttonhead: a stupid person; these words are used to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence


shithead: a stupid person; these words are used to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence


dumbass: a stupid person; these words are used to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence


fuckhead: a stupid person; these words are used to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence


dunker: a basketball player who is able to make dunk shots


dunker: an eater who dips food into a liquid before eating it


Dutch uncle: a counselor who admonishes frankly and sternly


dwarf: a person who is markedly small


midget: a person who is markedly small


nanus: a person who is markedly small


dyer: someone whose job is to dye cloth


dyslectic: a person who has dyslexia


dyspeptic: a person suffering from indigestion


dynamiter: a person who uses dynamite in a revolutionary cause


dynamitist: a person who uses dynamite in a revolutionary cause


eager beaver: an alert and energetic person


busy bee: an alert and energetic person


live wire: an alert and energetic person


sharpie: an alert and energetic person


sharpy: an alert and energetic person


Eagle Scout: a Boy Scout who has earned many merit badges


ear doctor: a physician who specializes in the ear and its diseases


ear specialist: a physician who specializes in the ear and its diseases


otologist: a physician who specializes in the ear and its diseases


earl: a British peer ranking below a marquess and above a viscount


Earl Marshal: an officer of the English peerage who organizes royal processions and other ceremonies


early bird: a person who gets up very early in the morning


early bird: a person who arrives early before others do


earner: someone who earn wages in return for their labor


wage earner: someone who earn wages in return for their labor


easterner: an inhabitant of an eastern area; especially of the U.S.


East-sider: a resident of the east side of Manhattan in New York City


eater: someone who consumes food for nourishment


feeder: someone who consumes food for nourishment


eavesdropper: a secret listener to private conversations


eccentric: a person with an unusual or odd personality


eccentric person: a person with an unusual or odd personality


flake: a person with an unusual or odd personality


oddball: a person with an unusual or odd personality


geek: a person with an unusual or odd personality


eclectic: someone who selects according to the eclectic method


eclecticist: someone who selects according to the eclectic method


ecologist: a biologist who studies the relation between organisms and their environment


economic libertarian: a libertarian who advocates maximizing individual rights and minimizing the role of the state


econometrician: an economist who uses statistical and mathematical methods


econometrist: an economist who uses statistical and mathematical methods


economist: an expert in the science of economics


economic expert: an expert in the science of economics


economizer: a frugal person who limits spending and avoids waste


economiser: a frugal person who limits spending and avoids waste


ectomorph: a person with a thin body


edger: a person who puts finishing edges on a garment


editor: a person responsible for the editorial aspects of publication; the person who determines the final content of a text (especially of a newspaper or magazine)


editor in chief: a person responsible for the editorial aspects of publication; the person who determines the final content of a text (especially of a newspaper or magazine)


subeditor: an assistant editor


educationist: a specialist in the theory of education


educationalist: a specialist in the theory of education


educator: someone who educates young people


pedagogue: someone who educates young people


pedagog: someone who educates young people


Edwardian: someone belonging to (or as if belonging to) the era of Edward VII


effecter: one who brings about a result or event; one who accomplishes a purpose


effector: one who brings about a result or event; one who accomplishes a purpose


efficiency expert: an expert in increasing the efficient use of machines and personnel


efficiency engineer: an expert in increasing the efficient use of machines and personnel


egalitarian: a person who believes in the equality of all people


equalitarian: a person who believes in the equality of all people


egghead: an intellectual; a very studious and academic person


egocentric: a self-centered person with little regard for others


egoist: a self-centered person with little regard for others


egomaniac: an abnormally egotistical person


egotist: a conceited and self-centered person


egoist: a conceited and self-centered person


swellhead: a conceited and self-centered person


Egyptologist: an archeologist who specializes in Egyptology


ejaculator: a speaker who utters a sudden exclamation


ejaculator: a man who ejaculates semen


elder: a person who is older than you are


senior: a person who is older than you are


elder: any of various church officers


elder statesman: an elderly statesman whose advice is sought be government leaders


elder statesman: any influential person whose advice is highly respected


eldest hand: the card player on the dealer's left


elder hand: the card player on the dealer's left


elected official: official who won the office in a free election


electrical engineer: a person trained in practical applications of the theory of electricity


electrician: a person who installs or repairs electrical or telephone lines


lineman: a person who installs or repairs electrical or telephone lines


linesman: a person who installs or repairs electrical or telephone lines


electrocutioner: an executioner who uses electricity to kill the condemned person


electrologist: someone skilled in the use of electricity to remove moles or warts or hair roots


electroplater: a plater who uses electrolysis


electrotherapist: someone who specializes in the treatment of disease by electricity


elegist: the author of a mournful poem lamenting the dead


elevator girl: a girl employed to operate an elevator


elevator man: a man employed to operate an elevator


elevator boy: a man employed to operate an elevator


liftman: a man employed to operate an elevator


elevator operator: an operator of an elevator


elitist: someone who believes in rule by an elite group


Elizabethan: a person who lived during the reign of Elizabeth I


elocutionist: a public speaker trained in voice production and gesture and delivery


emancipator: someone who frees others from bondage


manumitter: someone who frees others from bondage


embalmer: a mortician who treats corpses with preservatives


embezzler: someone who violates a trust by taking (money) for his own use


defalcator: someone who violates a trust by taking (money) for his own use


peculator: someone who violates a trust by taking (money) for his own use


embroiderer: someone who ornaments with needlework


embroideress: a woman embroiderer


embryologist: a physician who specializes in embryology


emeritus: a professor or minister who is retired from assigned duties


emigrant: someone who leaves one country to settle in another


emigre: someone who leaves one country to settle in another


emigree: someone who leaves one country to settle in another


outgoer: someone who leaves one country to settle in another


Emile: the boy whose upbringing was described by Jean-Jacques Rousseau


eminence grise: (French) a person who exercises power or influence in certain areas without holding an official position


emir: an independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia)


amir: an independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia)


emeer: an independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia)


ameer: an independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia)


emissary: someone sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else


envoy: someone sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else


emotional person: a person subject to strong states of emotion


emperor: the male ruler of an empire


empress: a woman emperor or the wife of an emperor


empiricist: a philosopher who subscribes to empiricism


employable: a person who is qualified and ready to work


employee: a worker who is hired to perform a job


employer: a person or firm that employs workers


employment agent: someone who runs an employment agency


empty nester: a parent whose children have grown up and left home


enchanter: a sorcerer or magician


conjurer: a witch doctor who practices conjury


conjuror: a witch doctor who practices conjury


conjure man: a witch doctor who practices conjury


enchantress: a female sorcerer or magician


witch: a female sorcerer or magician


enchantress: a woman who is considered to be dangerously seductive


temptress: a woman who is considered to be dangerously seductive


siren: a woman who is considered to be dangerously seductive


Delilah: a woman who is considered to be dangerously seductive


femme fatale: a woman who is considered to be dangerously seductive


encyclopedist: a person who compiles information for encyclopedias


encyclopaedist: a person who compiles information for encyclopedias


endomorph: a heavy person with a soft and rounded body


enemy: an armed adversary (especially a member of an opposing military force)


foe: an armed adversary (especially a member of an opposing military force)


foeman: an armed adversary (especially a member of an opposing military force)


opposition: an armed adversary (especially a member of an opposing military force)


energizer: someone who imparts energy and vitality and spirit to other people


energiser: someone who imparts energy and vitality and spirit to other people


vitalizer: someone who imparts energy and vitality and spirit to other people


vitaliser: someone who imparts energy and vitality and spirit to other people


animator: someone who imparts energy and vitality and spirit to other people


end: (football) the person who plays at one end of the line of scrimmage


end man: a man at one end of a row of people


end man: a man at one end of line of performers in a minstrel show; carries on humorous dialogue with the interlocutor


corner man: a man at one end of line of performers in a minstrel show; carries on humorous dialogue with the interlocutor


endocrinologist: physician who specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of conditions affecting the endocrine system


endodontist: a dentist specializing in diseases of the dental pulp and nerve


endorser: a person who transfers his ownership interest in something by signing a check or negotiable security


indorser: a person who transfers his ownership interest in something by signing a check or negotiable security


end user: the ultimate user for which something is intended


enfant terrible: a person whose unconventional behavior embarrasses others


engineer: the operator of a railway locomotive


locomotive engineer: the operator of a railway locomotive


railroad engineer: the operator of a railway locomotive


engine driver: the operator of a railway locomotive


English teacher: someone who teaches English


English professor: someone who teaches English


engraver: a printmaker who prints from an engraved printing plate


engraver: a skilled worker who can inscribe designs or writing onto a surface by carving or etching


enjoyer: a person who delights in having or using or experiencing something


enlisted man: a male enlisted person in the armed forces


enlisted person: a serviceman who ranks below a commissioned officer


enlisted woman: a female enlisted person in the armed forces


enophile: someone who appreciates wine


oenophile: someone who appreciates wine


enrollee: a person who enrolls in (or is enrolled in) a class or course of study


ENT man: a specialist in the disorders of the ear or nose or throat


ear-nose-and-throat doctor: a specialist in the disorders of the ear or nose or throat


otolaryngologist: a specialist in the disorders of the ear or nose or throat


otorhinolaryngologist: a specialist in the disorders of the ear or nose or throat


rhinolaryngologist: a specialist in the disorders of the ear or nose or throat


enthusiast: an ardent and enthusiastic supporter of some person or activity


partisan: an ardent and enthusiastic supporter of some person or activity


partizan: an ardent and enthusiastic supporter of some person or activity


entomologist: a zoologist who studies insects


bugologist: a zoologist who studies insects


bug-hunter: a zoologist who studies insects


entrant: one who enters a competition


entrant: someone who enters


entrepreneur: someone who organizes a business venture and assumes the risk for it


enterpriser: someone who organizes a business venture and assumes the risk for it


environmentalist: someone who works to protect the environment from destruction or pollution


conservationist: someone who works to protect the environment from destruction or pollution


Green: an environmentalist who belongs to the Green Party


envoy: a diplomat having less authority than an ambassador


envoy extraordinary: a diplomat having less authority than an ambassador


minister plenipotentiary: a diplomat having less authority than an ambassador


enzymologist: a person who is trained in or engaged in enzymology


eparch: the governor or prefect of an eparchy in ancient Greece


eparch: a bishop or metropolitan in charge of an eparchy in the Eastern Church


Ephesian: a resident of the ancient Greek city of Ephesus


epicure: a person devoted to refined sensuous enjoyment (especially good food and drink)


gourmet: a person devoted to refined sensuous enjoyment (especially good food and drink)


gastronome: a person devoted to refined sensuous enjoyment (especially good food and drink)


bon vivant: a person devoted to refined sensuous enjoyment (especially good food and drink)


epicurean: a person devoted to refined sensuous enjoyment (especially good food and drink)


foodie: a person devoted to refined sensuous enjoyment (especially good food and drink)


epidemiologist: a medical scientist who studies the transmission and control of epidemic diseases


epigone: an inferior imitator of some distinguished writer or artist of musician


epigon: an inferior imitator of some distinguished writer or artist of musician


epileptic: a person who has epilepsy


Episcopalian: a member of the Episcopal church


epistemologist: a specialist in epistemology


equerry: a personal attendant of the British royal family


equerry: an official charged with the care of the horses of princes or nobles


erotic: an erotic person


escalader: someone who gains access by the use of ladders


escapee: someone who escapes


escapist: a person who escapes into a world of fantasy


dreamer: a person who escapes into a world of fantasy


wishful thinker: a person who escapes into a world of fantasy


escapologist: an entertainer who is expert in the art of escaping


escape expert: an entertainer who is expert in the art of escaping


eschatologist: a theologian who specializes in eschatology


escort: an attendant who is employed to accompany someone


Eskimo: a member of a people inhabiting the Arctic (northern Canada or Greenland or Alaska or eastern Siberia); the Algonquians called them Eskimo (`eaters of raw flesh') but they call themselves the Inuit (`the people')


Esquimau: a member of a people inhabiting the Arctic (northern Canada or Greenland or Alaska or eastern Siberia); the Algonquians called them Eskimo (`eaters of raw flesh') but they call themselves the Inuit (`the people')


Inuit: a member of a people inhabiting the Arctic (northern Canada or Greenland or Alaska or eastern Siberia); the Algonquians called them Eskimo (`eaters of raw flesh') but they call themselves the Inuit (`the people')


espionage agent: someone employed to spy on another country or business competitor


Esquire: a title of respect for a member of the English gentry ranking just below a knight; placed after the name


Esq: a title of respect for a member of the English gentry ranking just below a knight; placed after the name


esquire: (Middle Ages) an attendant and shield bearer to a knight; a candidate for knighthood


essayist: a writer of literary works


litterateur: a writer of literary works


esthete: one who professes great sensitivity to the beauty of art and nature


aesthete: one who professes great sensitivity to the beauty of art and nature


esthetician: a philosopher who specializes in the nature of beauty


aesthetician: a philosopher who specializes in the nature of beauty


esthetician: a worker skilled in giving beauty treatments (manicures and facials etc.)


aesthetician: a worker skilled in giving beauty treatments (manicures and facials etc.)


etcher: someone who etches


ethicist: a philosopher who specializes in ethics


ethician: a philosopher who specializes in ethics


ethnarch: the ruler of a province (as in the Roman Empire and Byzantine Empire) or certain religious rulers with secular authority


ethnic: a person who is a member of an ethnic group


ethnographer: an anthropologist who does ethnography


ethnologist: an anthropologist who studies ethnology


ethologist: a zoologist who studies the behavior of animals in their natural habitats


etiologist: a specialist in the etiology of diseases


aetiologist: a specialist in the etiology of diseases


Etonian: a student enrolled in (or graduated from) Eton College


etymologist: a lexicographer who specializes in etymology


eunuch: a man who has been castrated and is incapable of reproduction


castrate: a man who has been castrated and is incapable of reproduction


evacuee: a person who has been evacuated from a dangerous place


evaluator: an authority who is able to estimate worth or quality


judge: an authority who is able to estimate worth or quality


evangelist: a preacher of the Christian gospel


revivalist: a preacher of the Christian gospel


gospeler: a preacher of the Christian gospel


gospeller: a preacher of the Christian gospel


Evangelist: (when capitalized) any of the spiritual leaders who are assumed to be authors of the Gospels in the New Testament: Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John


event planner: someone who plans social events as a profession (usually for government or corporate officials)


everyman: the ordinary person


evolutionist: a person who believes in organic evolution


examiner: an investigator who observes carefully


inspector: an investigator who observes carefully


examiner: someone who administers a test to determine your qualifications


tester: someone who administers a test to determine your qualifications


quizzer: someone who administers a test to determine your qualifications


exarch: a viceroy who governed a large province in the Roman Empire


exarch: a bishop in eastern Christendom who holds a place below a patriarch but above a metropolitan


exarch: a bishop in one of several Eastern Orthodox Churches in North America


excogitator: a thinker who considers carefully and thoroughly


Excellency: a title used to address dignitaries (such as ambassadors or governors); usually preceded by `Your' or `His' or `Her'


exchanger: one whose business is to exchange the money of one country for that of another country


money changer: one whose business is to exchange the money of one country for that of another country


executant: a performer (usually of musical works)


executioner: an official who inflicts capital punishment in pursuit of a warrant


public executioner: an official who inflicts capital punishment in pursuit of a warrant


executive: a person responsible for the administration of a business


executive director: a person responsible for the administration of a business


executive officer: the officer second in command


executive secretary: a secretary having administrative duties and responsibilities


executive vice president: a vice president holding executive power


executor: a person appointed by a testator to carry out the terms of the will


executrix: a woman executor


exegete: a person skilled in exegesis (especially of religious texts)


exhibitor: someone who organizes an exhibit for others to see


exhibitioner: someone who organizes an exhibit for others to see


shower: someone who organizes an exhibit for others to see


exhibitionist: someone who deliberately behaves in such a way as to attract attention


show-off: someone who deliberately behaves in such a way as to attract attention


exhibitionist: someone with a compulsive desire to expose the genitals


flasher: someone with a compulsive desire to expose the genitals


exile: a person who is expelled from home or country by authority


deportee: a person who is expelled from home or country by authority


exile: a person who is voluntarily absent from home or country


expatriate: a person who is voluntarily absent from home or country


expat: a person who is voluntarily absent from home or country


existentialist: a philosopher who emphasizes freedom of choice and personal responsibility but who regards human existence in a hostile universe as unexplainable


existentialist philosopher: a philosopher who emphasizes freedom of choice and personal responsibility but who regards human existence in a hostile universe as unexplainable


existential philosopher: a philosopher who emphasizes freedom of choice and personal responsibility but who regards human existence in a hostile universe as unexplainable


exodontist: a dentist specializing in the extraction of teeth


exorcist: someone who practices exorcism


exorciser: someone who practices exorcism


exorcist: one of the minor orders in the unreformed Western Church but now suppressed in the Roman Catholic Church


expert witness: a witness who has knowledge not normally possessed by the average person concerning the topic that he is to testify about


exploiter: a person who uses something or someone selfishly or unethically


user: a person who uses something or someone selfishly or unethically


explorer: someone who travels into little known regions (especially for some scientific purpose)


adventurer: someone who travels into little known regions (especially for some scientific purpose)


exporter: a businessperson who transports goods abroad (for sale)


expositor: a person who explains


expounder: a person who explains


expressionist: an artist who is an adherent of expressionism


expurgator: a person who edits a text by removing obscene or offensive words or passages


bowdlerizer: a person who edits a text by removing obscene or offensive words or passages


bowdleriser: a person who edits a text by removing obscene or offensive words or passages


ex-spouse: a person who was formerly a spouse


exterminator: someone who exterminates (especially someone whose occupation is the extermination of troublesome rodents and insects)


terminator: someone who exterminates (especially someone whose occupation is the extermination of troublesome rodents and insects)


eradicator: someone who exterminates (especially someone whose occupation is the extermination of troublesome rodents and insects)


extern: a nonresident doctor or medical student; connected with a hospital but not living there


medical extern: a nonresident doctor or medical student; connected with a hospital but not living there


extremist: a person who holds extreme views


extrovert: (psychology) a person concerned more with practical realities than with inner thoughts and feelings


extravert: (psychology) a person concerned more with practical realities than with inner thoughts and feelings


eyeful: a strikingly beautiful woman


eyeglass wearer: a person who wears spectacles in order to see better


eyewitness: a spectator who can describe what happened


Fabian: a member of the Fabian Society in Britain


fabulist: a person who tells or invents fables


facilitator: someone who makes progress easier


factotum: a servant employed to do a variety of jobs


faddist: a person who subscribes to a variety of fads


fagot: offensive term for an openly homosexual man


faggot: offensive term for an openly homosexual man


fag: offensive term for an openly homosexual man


fairy: offensive term for an openly homosexual man


nance: offensive term for an openly homosexual man


pansy: offensive term for an openly homosexual man


queen: offensive term for an openly homosexual man


queer: offensive term for an openly homosexual man


poof: offensive term for an openly homosexual man


poove: offensive term for an openly homosexual man


pouf: offensive term for an openly homosexual man


fairy godmother: a generous benefactor


fakir: a Muslim or Hindu mendicant monk who is regarded as a holy man


fakeer: a Muslim or Hindu mendicant monk who is regarded as a holy man


faqir: a Muslim or Hindu mendicant monk who is regarded as a holy man


faquir: a Muslim or Hindu mendicant monk who is regarded as a holy man


falangist: a Spanish member of General Franco's political party


phalangist: a Spanish member of General Franco's political party


falconer: a person who breeds and trains hawks and who follows the sport of falconry


hawker: a person who breeds and trains hawks and who follows the sport of falconry


faller: a person who falls


falsifier: someone who falsifies


familiar: a person attached to the household of a high official (as a pope or bishop) who renders service in return for support


family doctor: a general practitioner who treats all the family members


family man: a man whose family is of major importance in his life


famulus: a close attendant (as to a scholar)


fan: an ardent follower and admirer


buff: an ardent follower and admirer


devotee: an ardent follower and admirer


lover: an ardent follower and admirer


fanatic: a person motivated by irrational enthusiasm (as for a cause); --Winston Churchill


fiend: a person motivated by irrational enthusiasm (as for a cause); --Winston Churchill


fancier: a person having a strong liking for something


enthusiast: a person having a strong liking for something


fancy man: a woman's lover


paramour: a woman's lover


fantasist: a creator of fantasies


fantast: someone who predicts the future


futurist: someone who predicts the future


fare: a paying (taxi) passenger


farm boy: a boy who has grown up on a farm


farmer: a person who operates a farm


husbandman: a person who operates a farm


granger: a person who operates a farm


sodbuster: a person who operates a farm


farmerette: a woman working on a farm


farm girl: a girl who has grown up on a farm


farmhand: a hired hand on a farm


fieldhand: a hired hand on a farm


field hand: a hired hand on a farm


farm worker: a hired hand on a farm


farrier: a person who shoes horses


horseshoer: a person who shoes horses


Farsi: a person of Iranian descent


fascist: an adherent of fascism or other right-wing authoritarian views


fascista: an Italian fascist under Mussolini


fashion consultant: someone who advises you about fashionable clothing


fashionmonger: someone who advises you about fashionable clothing


fastener: a person who fastens or makes fast


fatalist: anyone who submits to the belief that they are powerless to change their destiny


determinist: anyone who submits to the belief that they are powerless to change their destiny


predestinarian: anyone who submits to the belief that they are powerless to change their destiny


predestinationist: anyone who submits to the belief that they are powerless to change their destiny


fat cat: a wealthy and privileged person


father: a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)


male parent: a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)


begetter: a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)


Father: `Father' is a term of address for priests in some churches (especially the Roman Catholic Church or the Orthodox Catholic Church); `Padre' is frequently used in the military


Padre: `Father' is a term of address for priests in some churches (especially the Roman Catholic Church or the Orthodox Catholic Church); `Padre' is frequently used in the military


father: a person who holds an important or distinguished position in some organization


father figure: a man who takes over all the functions of the real father


father surrogate: a man who takes over all the functions of the real father


father-figure: a man (often a powerful or influential man) who arouses emotions usually felt for your real father and with whom you identify psychologically


father-in-law: the father of your spouse


fatso: a rotund individual


fatty: a rotund individual


fat person: a rotund individual


roly-poly: a rotund individual


butterball: a rotund individual


Fauntleroy: an excessively polite and well-dressed boy


Little Lord Fauntleroy: an excessively polite and well-dressed boy


Fauve: a member of a group of French painters who followed fauvism


fauvist: a member of a group of French painters who followed fauvism


favorite son: a United States politician favored mainly in his or her home state


featherweight: a professional boxer who weighs between 123 and 126 pounds


featherweight: weighs 126-139 pounds


featherweight: an amateur boxer who weighs no more than 126 pounds


federalist: an advocate of federalism


Federalist: a member of a former political party in the United States that favored a strong centralized federal government


fellah: an agricultural laborer in Arab countries


fellow: an informal form of address for a man


dude: an informal form of address for a man


buster: an informal form of address for a man


fellow: a member of a learned society


fellow traveler: a communist sympathizer (but not a member of the Communist Party)


fellow traveller: a communist sympathizer (but not a member of the Communist Party)


female aristocrat: a woman who is an aristocrat


female offspring: a child who is female


female sibling: a person's sister


female child: a youthful female person


girl: a youthful female person


little girl: a youthful female person


feminist: a supporter of feminism


women's rightist: a supporter of feminism


women's liberationist: a supporter of feminism


libber: a supporter of feminism


fence: a dealer in stolen property


fencer: someone skilled at fencing


swordsman: someone skilled at fencing


fence-sitter: a person who won't take sides in a controversy


ferryman: a man who operates a ferry


fetishist: one who engages in fetishism (especially of a sexual nature)


feudal lord: a man of rank in the ancient regime


seigneur: a man of rank in the ancient regime


seignior: a man of rank in the ancient regime


fiance: a man who is engaged to be married


groom-to-be: a man who is engaged to be married


fiancee: a woman who is engaged to be married


bride-to-be: a woman who is engaged to be married


fiduciary: a person who holds assets in trust for a beneficiary


fielder: a member of the cricket team that is fielding rather than batting


fieldsman: a member of the cricket team that is fielding rather than batting


fielder: a member of the baseball team that is in the field instead of at bat


field judge: a football official


field marshal: an officer holding the highest rank in the army


field-grade officer: an officer holding the rank of major or lieutenant colonel or colonel


field officer: an officer holding the rank of major or lieutenant colonel or colonel


FO: an officer holding the rank of major or lieutenant colonel or colonel


fifth columnist: a member of a clandestine subversive organization who tries to help a potential invader


saboteur: a member of a clandestine subversive organization who tries to help a potential invader


fighter pilot: a military or naval pilot of fighter planes


file clerk: a clerk who is employed to maintain the files of an organization


filing clerk: a clerk who is employed to maintain the files of an organization


filer: a clerk who is employed to maintain the files of an organization


filer: a party who files a notice with a law court


filibuster: a legislator who gives long speeches in an effort to delay or obstruct legislation that he (or she) opposes


filibusterer: a legislator who gives long speeches in an effort to delay or obstruct legislation that he (or she) opposes


filicide: a parent who murders his own son or daughter


film director: the person who directs the making of a film


director: the person who directs the making of a film


film maker: a producer of motion pictures


filmmaker: a producer of motion pictures


film producer: a producer of motion pictures


movie maker: a producer of motion pictures


film star: a star who plays leading roles in the cinema


movie star: a star who plays leading roles in the cinema


finagler: a deceiver who uses crafty misleading methods


wangler: a deceiver who uses crafty misleading methods


finalist: a contestant who reaches the final stages of a competition


finance minister: the minister responsible for state finances


minister of finance: the minister responsible for state finances


financier: a person skilled in large scale financial transactions


moneyman: a person skilled in large scale financial transactions


finder: someone who is the first to observe something


discoverer: someone who is the first to observe something


spotter: someone who is the first to observe something


finder: someone who comes upon something after searching


fingerprint expert: a specialist in identifying fingerprints


fingerprint specialist: a specialist in identifying fingerprints


fingerprint man: a specialist in identifying fingerprints


fink: someone acting as an informer or decoy for the police


snitch: someone acting as an informer or decoy for the police


snitcher: someone acting as an informer or decoy for the police


stoolpigeon: someone acting as an informer or decoy for the police


stool pigeon: someone acting as an informer or decoy for the police


stoolie: someone acting as an informer or decoy for the police


sneak: someone acting as an informer or decoy for the police


sneaker: someone acting as an informer or decoy for the police


canary: someone acting as an informer or decoy for the police


fieldworker: a researcher who works in the field


fire chief: the head of a fire department


fire marshal: the head of a fire department


fire-eater: a performer who pretends to swallow fire


fire-swallower: a performer who pretends to swallow fire


fire-eater: a belligerent grouch


hothead: a belligerent grouch


fireman: a member of a fire department who tries to extinguish fires


firefighter: a member of a fire department who tries to extinguish fires


fire fighter: a member of a fire department who tries to extinguish fires


fire-eater: a member of a fire department who tries to extinguish fires


fire marshall: an official who is responsible for the prevention and investigation of fires


fire walker: someone who walks barefoot on burning coals


fire warden: an official who is responsible for managing and protecting an area of forest


forest fire fighter: an official who is responsible for managing and protecting an area of forest


ranger: an official who is responsible for managing and protecting an area of forest


fire watcher: (during World War II in Britain) someone whose duty was to watch for fires caused by bombs dropped from the air


first baseman: (baseball) the person who plays first base


first sacker: (baseball) the person who plays first base


firstborn: the offspring who came first in the order of birth


eldest: the offspring who came first in the order of birth


first lady: the wife of a chief executive


first lady: the leading woman in an art or profession


first lieutenant: a commissioned officer in the Army or Air Force or Marines ranking above a 2nd lieutenant and below a captain


1st lieutenant: a commissioned officer in the Army or Air Force or Marines ranking above a 2nd lieutenant and below a captain


first offender: someone convicted for the first time


first-nighter: someone habitually a spectator at the openings of theatrical productions


first-rater: one who is first-rate


first sergeant: a sergeant in the Army above the rank of staff sergeant and below master sergeant


sergeant first class: a sergeant in the Army above the rank of staff sergeant and below master sergeant


fisherman: someone whose occupation is catching fish


fisher: someone whose occupation is catching fish


fishmonger: someone who sells fish


fishwife: someone who sells fish


fitter: someone who fits a garment to a particular person


fixer: someone who intervenes with authorities for a person in trouble (usually using underhand or illegal methods for a fee)


influence peddler: someone who intervenes with authorities for a person in trouble (usually using underhand or illegal methods for a fee)


flag captain: the captain of a flagship


flagellant: a person who whips himself as a religious penance


flagellant: a person who is whipped or whips himself for sexual gratification


flag officer: a senior naval officer above the rank of captain


flak catcher: a slick spokesperson who can turn any criticism to the advantage of their employer


flak: a slick spokesperson who can turn any criticism to the advantage of their employer


flack catcher: a slick spokesperson who can turn any criticism to the advantage of their employer


flack: a slick spokesperson who can turn any criticism to the advantage of their employer


flamen: a priest who served a particular deity in ancient Rome


flanker: a soldier who is a member of a detachment assigned to guard the flanks of a military formation


flanker back: a back stationed wide of the scrimmage line; used as a pass receiver


flanker: a back stationed wide of the scrimmage line; used as a pass receiver


flapper: a young woman in the 1920s who flaunted her unconventional conduct and dress


flash in the pan: someone who enjoys transient success but then fails


flatfoot: a policeman who patrols a given region


patrolman: a policeman who patrols a given region


flatmate: an associate who shares an apartment with you


flatterer: a person who uses flattery


adulator: a person who uses flattery


fleet admiral: an admiral of the highest rank


five-star admiral: an admiral of the highest rank


flibbertigibbet: a female fool


foolish woman: a female fool


flier: someone who travels by air


flyer: someone who travels by air


flight engineer: the flight crewman responsible for mechanical operation while in flight


flight surgeon: a medical officer specializing in aviation medicine


floater: a swimmer who floats in the water


floater: a voter who votes illegally at different polling places in the same election


floater: an employee who is reassigned from job to job as needed


flogger: a torturer who flogs or scourges (especially an official whose duty is to whip offenders)


scourger: a torturer who flogs or scourges (especially an official whose duty is to whip offenders)


floor leader: the legislator who organizes his party's strategy


floorwalker: an employee of a retail store who supervises sales personnel and helps with customer problems


shopwalker: an employee of a retail store who supervises sales personnel and helps with customer problems


flop: someone who is unsuccessful


dud: someone who is unsuccessful


washout: someone who is unsuccessful


Florentine: a native or resident of Florence, Italy


florist: someone who grows and deals in flowers


flower girl: a young girl who carries flowers in a (wedding) procession


flower girl: a woman who sells flowers in the street


flunky: a person of unquestioning obedience


flunkey: a person of unquestioning obedience


stooge: a person of unquestioning obedience


yes-man: a person of unquestioning obedience


flutist: someone who plays the flute


flautist: someone who plays the flute


flute player: someone who plays the flute


fly-by-night: a debtor who flees to avoid paying


flyweight: an amateur boxer who weighs no more than 112 pounds


flyweight: weighs no more than 115 pounds


foe: a personal enemy


enemy: a personal enemy


folk dancer: someone who does folk dances


folk poet: a folk writer who composes in verse


folk singer: a singer of folk songs


jongleur: a singer of folk songs


minstrel: a singer of folk songs


poet-singer: a singer of folk songs


troubadour: a singer of folk songs


folk writer: a writer of folktales


follower: a person who accepts the leadership of another


follower: someone who travels behind or pursues another


fondler: a molester who touches the intimate parts of the victim


food faddist: a person who adheres briefly to different diets


food manufacturer: a person who manufactures food products


fool: a person who lacks good judgment


sap: a person who lacks good judgment


saphead: a person who lacks good judgment


muggins: a person who lacks good judgment


tomfool: a person who lacks good judgment


foot: a member of a surveillance team who works on foot or rides as a passenger


football coach: a coach of football players


football hero: a football player who has achieved a reputation for success


football official: an official who enforces the rules at a football game


football player: an athlete who plays American football


footballer: an athlete who plays American football


footman: a man employed as a servant in a large establishment (as a palace) to run errands and do chores


footpad: a highwayman who robs on foot


padder: a highwayman who robs on foot


forager: someone who hunts for food and provisions


forebear: a person from whom you are descended


forbear: a person from whom you are descended


forecaster: someone who makes predictions of the future (usually on the basis of special knowledge)


predictor: someone who makes predictions of the future (usually on the basis of special knowledge)


prognosticator: someone who makes predictions of the future (usually on the basis of special knowledge)


soothsayer: someone who makes predictions of the future (usually on the basis of special knowledge)


forefather: the founder of a family


father: the founder of a family


sire: the founder of a family


forefather: person from an earlier time who contributed to the tradition shared by some group


foremother: a woman ancestor


foreign agent: a spy for a foreign country


foreign correspondent: a journalist who sends news reports and commentary from a foreign country for publication or broadcast


foreigner: a person who comes from a foreign country; someone who does not owe allegiance to your country


alien: a person who comes from a foreign country; someone who does not owe allegiance to your country


noncitizen: a person who comes from a foreign country; someone who does not owe allegiance to your country


outlander: a person who comes from a foreign country; someone who does not owe allegiance to your country


foreign minister: a government minister for foreign relations


secretary of state: a government minister for foreign relations


foreigner: someone who is excluded from or is not a member of a group


outsider: someone who is excluded from or is not a member of a group


boss: a person who exercises control and makes decisions


foreman: a person who exercises control over workers


chief: a person who exercises control over workers


gaffer: a person who exercises control over workers


honcho: a person who exercises control over workers


boss: a person who exercises control over workers


foreman: a man who is foreperson of a jury


foreperson: the presiding member of the jury and the one who speaks on their behalf


forester: someone trained in forestry


tree farmer: someone trained in forestry


arboriculturist: someone trained in forestry


forewoman: a woman in charge of a group of workers


forewoman: a woman who is foreperson of a jury


forelady: a woman who is foreperson of a jury


forger: someone who makes copies illegally


counterfeiter: someone who makes copies illegally


forger: someone who operates a forge


fortune hunter: a person who seeks wealth through marriage


fortuneteller: a person who foretells your personal future


fortune teller: a person who foretells your personal future


forty-niner: a miner who took part in the California gold rush in 1849


forward: the person who plays the position of forward in certain games, such as basketball, soccer, or hockey


foster-brother: your foster brother is a male who is not a son of your parents but who is raised by your parents


foster brother: your foster brother is a male who is not a son of your parents but who is raised by your parents


foster-child: a child who is raised by foster parents


foster child: a child who is raised by foster parents


fosterling: a child who is raised by foster parents


foster-daughter: someone who is raised as a daughter although not related by birth


foster daughter: someone who is raised as a daughter although not related by birth


foster-father: a man who is a foster parent


foster father: a man who is a foster parent


foster-mother: a woman who is a foster parent and raises another's child


foster mother: a woman who is a foster parent and raises another's child


foster-nurse: a nurse who raises another woman's child as her own


foster-parent: a person who acts as parent and guardian for a child in place of the child's natural parents but without legally adopting the child


foster parent: a person who acts as parent and guardian for a child in place of the child's natural parents but without legally adopting the child


foster-sister: your foster sister is a female who is not a daughter of your parents but who is raised by your parents


foster sister: your foster sister is a female who is not a daughter of your parents but who is raised by your parents


foster-son: someone who is raised as a son although not related by birth


foster son: someone who is raised as a son although not related by birth


founder: a person who founds or establishes some institution


beginner: a person who founds or establishes some institution


founding father: a person who founds or establishes some institution


father: a person who founds or establishes some institution


Founding Father: a member of the Constitutional Convention that drafted the United States Constitution in 1787


founder: a worker who makes metal castings


foundling: a child who has been abandoned and whose parents are unknown


abandoned infant: a child who has been abandoned and whose parents are unknown


foundress: a woman founder


four-minute man: someone who has run the mile in less that 4 minutes


fowler: someone who hunts wild birds for food


fox hunter: a mounted hunter who follows the hounds in pursuit of a fox


framer: someone who writes a new law or plan


framer: someone who makes frames (as for pictures)


Francophile: an admirer of France and everything French


Francophil: an admirer of France and everything French


Francophobe: a person who hates France and everything French


franc-tireur: a sharpshooter (in the French army)


franklin: a landowner (14th and 15th centuries) who was free but not of noble birth


fraternal twin: either of two twins who developed from two separate fertilized eggs


dizygotic twin: either of two twins who developed from two separate fertilized eggs


fratricide: a person who murders their brother or sister


freak: a person or animal that is markedly unusual or deformed


monster: a person or animal that is markedly unusual or deformed


monstrosity: a person or animal that is markedly unusual or deformed


lusus naturae: a person or animal that is markedly unusual or deformed


free agent: someone acting freely or even irresponsibly


free spirit: someone acting freely or even irresponsibly


freewheeler: someone acting freely or even irresponsibly


free agent: (sports) a professional athlete who is free to sign a contract to play for any team


freedman: a person who has been freed from slavery


freedwoman: a person who has been freed from slavery


freedom rider: one of an interracial group of civil rights activists who rode buses through parts of the South in order to protest racial segregation


freeholder: the owner of a freehold


freelancer: a writer or artist who sells services to different employers without a long-term contract with any of them


freelance: a writer or artist who sells services to different employers without a long-term contract with any of them


free-lance: a writer or artist who sells services to different employers without a long-term contract with any of them


free lance: a writer or artist who sells services to different employers without a long-term contract with any of them


independent: a writer or artist who sells services to different employers without a long-term contract with any of them


self-employed person: a writer or artist who sells services to different employers without a long-term contract with any of them


free-liver: someone who gratifies physical appetites (especially for food and drink) with more than the usual freedom


freeloader: someone who takes advantage of the generosity of others


freeman: a person who is not a serf or a slave


freewoman: a person who is not a serf or a slave


Freemason: a member of a widespread secret fraternal order pledged to mutual assistance and brotherly love


Mason: a member of a widespread secret fraternal order pledged to mutual assistance and brotherly love


free trader: an advocate of unrestricted international trade


freight agent: an employee of a freight carrier who directs the receipt and delivery of goods


French teacher: someone who teaches French


freshman: a first-year undergraduate


fresher: a first-year undergraduate


Freudian: a person who follows the basic theories or practices of Sigmund Freud


friar: a male member of a religious order that originally relied solely on alms


mendicant: a male member of a religious order that originally relied solely on alms


monk: a male religious living in a cloister and devoting himself to contemplation and prayer and work


monastic: a male religious living in a cloister and devoting himself to contemplation and prayer and work


Benedictine: a monk or nun belonging to the order founded by Saint Benedict


friend: a person you know well and regard with affection and trust


frontiersman: a man who lives on the frontier


backwoodsman: a man who lives on the frontier


mountain man: a man who lives on the frontier


frontierswoman: a woman who lives on the frontier


frontbencher: a member of the House of Commons who is a minister in the government or who holds an official position in an opposition party


front man: a person used as a cover for some questionable activity


front: a person used as a cover for some questionable activity


figurehead: a person used as a cover for some questionable activity


nominal head: a person used as a cover for some questionable activity


straw man: a person used as a cover for some questionable activity


strawman: a person used as a cover for some questionable activity


front-runner: a competitor thought likely to win


favorite: a competitor thought likely to win


favourite: a competitor thought likely to win


frotteur: someone who masturbates by rubbing against another person (as in a crowd)


fruiterer: a person who sells fruit


fruit grower: someone who grows fruit commercially


frump: a dull unattractive unpleasant girl or woman


dog: a dull unattractive unpleasant girl or woman


fry cook: a cook who specializes in fried foods


fucker: a stupid despised man


fucker: someone who engages in sexual intercourse


fuddy-duddy: a conservative who is old-fashioned or dull in attitude or appearance


fugitive: someone who is sought by law officers; someone trying to elude justice


fugitive from justice: someone who is sought by law officers; someone trying to elude justice


fugitive: someone who flees from an uncongenial situation


runaway: someone who flees from an uncongenial situation


fleer: someone who flees from an uncongenial situation


fugleman: a leader and organizer and spokesman (especially a political leader)


fullback: (football) the running back who plays the fullback position on the offensive team


fuller: a workman who fulls (cleans and thickens) freshly woven cloth for a living


full professor: a professor of the highest rank


fumigator: someone whose job is to fumigate


funambulist: an acrobat who performs on a tightrope or slack rope


tightrope walker: an acrobat who performs on a tightrope or slack rope


functional illiterate: a person with some ability to read and write but not enough for daily practical needs


functionalist: an adherent of functionalism


fundamentalist: a supporter of fundamentalism


fundraiser: someone who solicits financial contributions


fusilier: (formerly) a British infantryman armed with a light flintlock musket


futurist: a theologian who believes that the Scripture prophecies of the Apocalypse (the Book of Revelation) will be fulfilled in the future


gadabout: a restless seeker after amusement or social companionship


gadgeteer: a person who delights in designing or building or using gadgets


gaffer: an electrician responsible for lighting on a movie or tv set


gagman: someone who writes comic material for public performers


gagster: someone who writes comic material for public performers


gagwriter: someone who writes comic material for public performers


gagman: a comedian who uses gags


standup comedian: a comedian who uses gags


gainer: a person who gains (gains an advantage or gains profits)


gainer: a person who gains weight


weight gainer: a person who gains weight


gal: alliterative term for girl (or woman)


Galilean: an inhabitant of Galilee (an epithet of Jesus Christ)


Galilaean: an inhabitant of Galilee (an epithet of Jesus Christ)


galley slave: a slave condemned to row in a galley


gallows bird: a person who deserves to be hanged


galoot: a disreputable or clumsy man


galvanizer: a leader who stimulates and excites people to action


galvaniser: a leader who stimulates and excites people to action


inspirer: a leader who stimulates and excites people to action


galvanizer: a skilled worker who coats iron or steel with zinc


galvaniser: a skilled worker who coats iron or steel with zinc


gambist: a musician who performs upon the viola da gamba


gambler: a person who wagers money on the outcome of games or sporting events


gambler: someone who risks loss or injury in the hope of gain or excitement


risk taker: someone who risks loss or injury in the hope of gain or excitement


gamekeeper: a person employed to take care of game and wildlife


game warden: a person employed to take care of game and wildlife


games-master: the teacher in charge of games at a school


games-mistress: the teacher in charge of games at a school


gamine: a girl of impish appeal


gamine: a homeless girl who roams the streets


gandy dancer: a laborer in a railroad maintenance gang


ganger: the foreman of a work gang


gangsta: (Black English) a member of a youth gang


gangster: a criminal who is a member of gang


mobster: a criminal who is a member of gang


garbage man: someone employed to collect and dispose of refuse


garbageman: someone employed to collect and dispose of refuse


garbage collector: someone employed to collect and dispose of refuse


garbage carter: someone employed to collect and dispose of refuse


garbage hauler: someone employed to collect and dispose of refuse


refuse collector: someone employed to collect and dispose of refuse


dustman: someone employed to collect and dispose of refuse


gardener: someone who takes care of a garden


nurseryman: someone who takes care of a garden


gardener: someone employed to work in a garden


garmentmaker: a person who makes garments


garment-worker: a person who makes garments


garment worker: a person who makes garments


garment cutter: someone who cuts cloth etc. to measure in making garments


garnishee: a wage earner who is served with a garnishment


garroter: someone who kills by strangling


garrotter: someone who kills by strangling


strangler: someone who kills by strangling


throttler: someone who kills by strangling


choker: someone who kills by strangling


gasbag: a boring person who talks a great deal about uninteresting topics


windbag: a boring person who talks a great deal about uninteresting topics


gas fitter: a workman who installs and repairs gas fixtures and appliances


gasman: someone employed by a gas company


gastroenterologist: a physician who specializes in diseases of the gastrointestinal tract


gatecrasher: someone who gets in (to a party) without an invitation or without paying


crasher: someone who gets in (to a party) without an invitation or without paying


unwelcome guest: someone who gets in (to a party) without an invitation or without paying


gatekeeper: someone who controls access to something


gatherer: a person who gathers


gaucho: a cowboy of the South American pampas


gawker: a spectator who stares stupidly without intelligent awareness


gay man: a homosexual man


shirtlifter: a homosexual man


gazetteer: a journalist who writes for a gazette


geisha: a Japanese woman trained to entertain men with conversation and singing and dancing


geisha girl: a Japanese woman trained to entertain men with conversation and singing and dancing


gem cutter: one who cuts and shapes precious stones


gendarme: a French policeman


genealogist: an expert in genealogy


Genevan: a native or resident of Geneva


Genoese: a native or resident of Genoa


genre painter: a painter of scenes from everyday life


geek: a carnival performer who does disgusting acts


geezer: a man who is (usually) old and/or eccentric


general: a general officer of the highest rank


full general: a general officer of the highest rank


general: the head of a religious order or congregation


superior general: the head of a religious order or congregation


general manager: the highest ranking manager


general officer: officers in the Army or Air Force or Marines above the rank of colonel


general practitioner: a physician who is not a specialist but treats all illnesses


GP: a physician who is not a specialist but treats all illnesses


generator: someone who originates or causes or initiates something


source: someone who originates or causes or initiates something


author: someone who originates or causes or initiates something


geneticist: a biologist who specializes in genetics


genitor: a natural father or mother


progenitor: an ancestor in the direct line


primogenitor: an ancestor in the direct line


genius: someone who has exceptional intellectual ability and originality


mastermind: someone who has exceptional intellectual ability and originality


brain: someone who has exceptional intellectual ability and originality


brainiac: someone who has exceptional intellectual ability and originality


Einstein: someone who has exceptional intellectual ability and originality


gent: informal abbreviation of `gentleman'


gentleman: a man of refinement


gentleman-at-arms: one of 40 gentlemen who attend the British sovereign on state occasions


geographer: an expert on geography


geologist: a specialist in geology


geomancer: one who practices geomancy


geometer: a mathematician specializing in geometry


geometrician: a mathematician specializing in geometry


geometry teacher: someone who teaches geometry


Germanist: a specialist in the study of Germanic language or culture or literature


gerontologist: a specialist in gerontology


geriatrician: a specialist in gerontology


geophysicist: a geologist who uses physical principles to study the properties of the earth


ghostwriter: a writer who gives the credit of authorship to someone else


ghost: a writer who gives the credit of authorship to someone else


giant: someone or something that is abnormally large and powerful


goliath: someone or something that is abnormally large and powerful


behemoth: someone or something that is abnormally large and powerful


monster: someone or something that is abnormally large and powerful


colossus: someone or something that is abnormally large and powerful


giant: a very large person; impressive in size or qualities


hulk: a very large person; impressive in size or qualities


heavyweight: a very large person; impressive in size or qualities


whale: a very large person; impressive in size or qualities


Gibson girl: the idealized American girl of the 1890s as pictured by C. D. Gibson


gigolo: a man who has sex with and is supported by a woman


gilder: someone whose occupation is to apply an overlay of gold or gilt


gillie: a young male attendant on a Scottish Highlander chief


girl: a young woman


miss: a young woman


missy: a young woman


young lady: a young woman


young woman: a young woman


fille: a young woman


girl: a friendly informal reference to a grown woman


girl Friday: a female assistant who has a range of duties


girlfriend: a girl or young woman with whom a man is romantically involved


girl: a girl or young woman with whom a man is romantically involved


lady friend: a girl or young woman with whom a man is romantically involved


girlfriend: any female friend


Girl Scout: a girl who is a member of the Girl Scouts


girl wonder: an extremely talented young female person


Girondist: a member of the moderate republican party that was in power during the French Revolution; the Girondists were overthrown by their more radical rivals the Jacobins


Girondin: a member of the moderate republican party that was in power during the French Revolution; the Girondists were overthrown by their more radical rivals the Jacobins


gitana: a Spanish female Gypsy


gitano: a Spanish male Gypsy


giver: someone who devotes himself completely


gladiator: (ancient Rome) a professional combatant or a captive who entertained the public by engaging in mortal combat


glassblower: someone skilled in blowing bottles from molten glass


glass cutter: someone who cuts flat glass to size


glass-cutter: someone who cuts flat glass to size


glassworker: someone who cuts flat glass to size


glazier: someone who cuts flat glass to size


glazer: someone who cuts flat glass to size


glass cutter: someone who cuts or grinds designs on glass


glass-cutter: someone who cuts or grinds designs on glass


glassmaker: someone who makes glass


gleaner: someone who gathers something in small pieces (e.g. information) slowly and carefully


gleaner: someone who picks up grain left in the field by the harvesters


globetrotter: someone who travels widely and often


world traveler: someone who travels widely and often


glossarist: a scholiast who writes glosses or glossaries


glutton: a person who is devoted to eating and drinking to excess


gourmand: a person who is devoted to eating and drinking to excess


gourmandizer: a person who is devoted to eating and drinking to excess


trencherman: a person who is devoted to eating and drinking to excess


Gnostic: an advocate of Gnosticism


god: a man of such superior qualities that he seems like a deity to other people


gonif: (Yiddish) a thief or dishonest person or scoundrel (often used as a general term of abuse)


goniff: (Yiddish) a thief or dishonest person or scoundrel (often used as a general term of abuse)


ganef: (Yiddish) a thief or dishonest person or scoundrel (often used as a general term of abuse)


ganof: (Yiddish) a thief or dishonest person or scoundrel (often used as a general term of abuse)


government agent: a representative or official of a government or administrative department of a government


G-man: a special law-enforcement agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation


FBI agent: a special law-enforcement agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation


government man: a special law-enforcement agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation


goalkeeper: the soccer or hockey player assigned to protect the goal


goalie: the soccer or hockey player assigned to protect the goal


goaltender: the soccer or hockey player assigned to protect the goal


netkeeper: the soccer or hockey player assigned to protect the goal


netminder: the soccer or hockey player assigned to protect the goal


goat herder: a person who tends a flock of goats


goatherd: a person who tends a flock of goats


gobbler: a hasty eater who swallows large mouthfuls


godchild: an infant who is sponsored by an adult (the godparent) at baptism


goddaughter: a female godchild


godfather: someone having a relation analogous to that of a male sponsor to his godchild


godfather: any man who serves as a sponsor for a child at baptism


godmother: any woman who serves as a sponsor for a child at baptism


godparent: a person who sponsors someone (the godchild) at baptism


godson: a male godchild


gofer: an employee whose duties include running errands


goffer: a zealously energetic person (especially a salesman)


gopher: a zealously energetic person (especially a salesman)


Gog and Magog: biblical names of the enemies of God's people who wage war against God at the end of the world


go-getter: someone whose career progresses rapidly


whizz-kid: someone whose career progresses rapidly


whiz-kid: someone whose career progresses rapidly


ball of fire: someone whose career progresses rapidly


goldbeater: an artisan who beats gold into gold leaf


gold-beater: an artisan who beats gold into gold leaf


goldbrick: an idle worthless person


goof-off: an idle worthless person


ne'er-do-well: an idle worthless person


good-for-nothing: an idle worthless person


no-account: an idle worthless person


good-for-naught: an idle worthless person


goldbrick: a soldier who performs his duties without proper care or effort


gold digger: a woman who associates with or marries a rich man in order to get valuables from him through gifts or a divorce settlement


gold miner: a miner who digs or pans for gold in a gold field


gold digger: a miner who digs or pans for gold in a gold field


gold panner: a miner who digs or pans for gold in a gold field


goldsmith: an artisan who makes jewelry and other objects out of gold


goldworker: an artisan who makes jewelry and other objects out of gold


gold-worker: an artisan who makes jewelry and other objects out of gold


golem: (Jewish folklore) an artificially created human being that is given life by supernatural means


golfer: someone who plays the game of golf


golf player: someone who plays the game of golf


linksman: someone who plays the game of golf


golf pro: someone who earns a living by playing or teaching golf


professional golfer: someone who earns a living by playing or teaching golf


golf widow: a wife who is left alone much of the time because her husband is playing golf


goliard: a wandering scholar in medieval Europe; famed for intemperance and riotous behavior and the composition of satirical and ribald Latin songs


gondolier: a (Venetian) boatman who propels a gondola