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halfhearted, uneager, unenthusiastic; also apathetic, disinterested, dispassionate, indifferent, neutral, uninterested; lackadaisical, languid, listless, perfunctory, undemonstrative, unemotional, unresponsive; unfeeling, unsympathetic; chill, chilly, cold, cool, frigid, frosty, glacial, icy, unfriendly, wintry

Antonyms

eager, enthusiastic, hearty, keen, passionate, warm, wholehearted

te·qui·la noun : a Mexican liquor distilled from an agave's sap

ter abbreviation 1 terrace

2 territory

tera·byte noun [ORIGIN: tera- trillion (1012), fr. Gk terat-, teras monster]

: 1024 gigabytes; also : one trillion bytes

ter·bi·um noun : a metallic chemical element

ter·cen·te·na·ry noun, plural -ries : a 300th anniversary or its celebration

— tercentenary adjective

ter·cen·ten·ni·al adjective or noun : TERCENTENARY

te·re·do noun, plural -dos [ORIGIN: L]

: SHIPWORM

ter·i·ya·ki noun [ORIGIN: Jp]

: a Japanese dish of meat or fish soaked in a soy marinade and cooked

1term noun 1 : END, TERMINATION

2 a : a limited or definite extent of time : DURATION

b : the time for which something lasts <~ of office>

3 : a mathematical expression connected with another by a plus or minus sign; also : an element (as a numerator) of a fraction or proportion

4 : a word or expression that has a precise meaning in some uses or is limited to a particular subject or field

5 plural : PROVISIONS, CONDITIONS <~s of a contract>

6 plural : mutual relationship

7 : AGREEMENT, CONCORD

Synonyms

hitch, stint, tenure, tour; also shift, watch; go, turn; duration, standing, time; cycle, span, spell, stretch; life, lifetime

2term verb : to apply a term to : CALL

Synonyms

baptize, call, christen, denominate, designate, dub, entitle, label, name, style, title—more at NAME

ter·ma·gant noun : an overbearing or nagging woman : SHREW

Synonyms

fury, harpy, shrew, virago—more at SHREW

1terminal adjective 1 : of, relating to, or forming an end, limit, or terminus

2 : FATAL 2 <~ cancer>; also : being in or relating to the final stages of a fatal disease

— ter·mi·nal·ly adverb

Synonyms

final, hindmost, last, latter, ultimate—more at LAST

2terminal noun 1 : EXTREMITY, END

2 : a device at the end of a wire or on electrical equipment for making a connection

3 : either end of a transportation line (as a railroad) with its offices and freight and passenger stations; also : a freight or passenger station

4 : a device (as in a computer system) for data entry and display

ter·mi·nate verb -nat·ed; -nat·ing 1 : to bring or come to an end

2 : to serve as an ending, limit, or boundary of

— ter·mi·na·ble adjective

— ter·mi·na·tor noun

Synonyms

[1] close, conclude, end, finish, round, wind up, wrap up—more at CLOSE

[1] break off, break up, cease, die, discontinue, elapse, expire, halt, lapse, leave off, let up, pass, quit, stop—more at CEASE

[2] bound, circumscribe, define, delimit, demarcate, limit, mark—more at LIMIT

ter·mi·na·tion noun 1 : end in time or existence

2 : the act of terminating

3 : a limit in space or extent

Synonyms

[1] death, demise, expiration—more at DEATH

[2] cessation, close, closure, conclusion, end, ending, expiration, finish, halt, lapse, shutdown, stop, stoppage—more at END

[3] bound, boundary, ceiling, confines, end, extent, limit, limitation, line—more at LIMIT

ter·mi·nol·o·gy noun, plural -gies : the technical or special terms used in a business, art, science, or special subject

Synonyms

argot, cant, jargon, language, lingo, slang, vocabulary; also colloquialism, dialect, idiom, parlance, patois, pidgin, provincialism, speech, vernacular; journalese

ter·mi·nus noun, plural -ni or -nus·es [ORIGIN: L]

1 : final goal : END

2 : either end of a transportation line or travel route; also : the station or city at such a place

ter·mite noun : any of numerous pale soft-bodied social insects that feed on wood

tern noun : any of various chiefly marine birds with narrow wings and