Chapter Dickens to Direct of D by Soule's Synonymes

Diligent, a. Assiduous, sedulous, industrious, active, busy, persevering, notable, hard-working, at work, diligently employed, busily engaged, up and stirring, busy as a bee, brisk as a bee.

Dillydally, v. n. Loiter, linger, delay, lag, saunter, trifle, dally, dawdle, idle away time.

Dilute, v. a.

1. Thin (with water or other liquid), make more liquid, make thinner.

2. Attenuate, reduce, weaken, thin, make thin, make weak.

Dilute, a. Thin, diluted, attenuated, weak.

Diluvium, n. (Geol.) Drift.

Dim, a.

1. Dusky, dark, obscure, mysterious, indistinct, ill-defined, indefinite, shadowy, cloudy, faint.

2. Dull, obtuse, slow to see, slow of understanding or perception.

3. Darkened, obscured, clouded, faint, confused, shorn of its beams.

4. Tarnished, blurred, sullied, dulled, dull.

Dim, v. a. Darken, obscure, cloud, sully, tarnish, dull.

Dime, n. Ten cents.

Dimension, n.

1. Extent, extension, measure (in one direction).

2. (Alg.) Literal factor.

Dimensions, n. pl.

1. Size, magnitude, bulk, volume, bigness, capacity, amplitude, greatness, largeness, mass, massiveness.

2. Measurements, linear dimensions; length, breadth, and thickness.

Dim-eyed, a. Dim-sighted, blear-eyed.

Diminish, v. a. Lessen, decrease, abate, reduce, contract, make smaller.

Diminish, v. n. Decrease, lessen, abate, subside, contract, grow or become less, be reduced, become smaller.