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Merriam-Webster's Dictionary and Thesaurus - Merriam-Webster [1401]

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kindly, neighborly, nice; caring, compassionate, sympathetic, tender; chivalrous, courteous, courtly, gallant, gracious, polite; diplomatic, tactful; deferential, dutiful, obliging, regardful, respectful; altruistic, beneficent, benevolent, benignant, humane, selfless, unselfish; charitable, generous, magnanimous

Antonyms

heedless, inconsiderate, thoughtless, unthinking

thought·ful·ly adverb : in a thoughtful manner

Synonyms

courteously, kindly, nicely, well—more at WELL

thought·less adjective 1 : insufficiently alert : CARELESS

2 : RECKLESS

3 : lacking concern for others : INCONSIDERATE <~ remarks>

— thought·less·ly adverb

— thought·less·ness noun

Synonyms

discourteous, ill-bred, ill-mannered, impertinent, impolite, inconsiderate, rude, uncivil, ungracious, unmannerly—more at IMPOLITE

thou·sand noun, plural thousands or thousand : 10 times 100

— thousand adjective

— thou·sandth adjective or noun

thousands place noun : the place four to the left of the decimal point in an Arabic number

thrall noun 1 : a servant slave : BONDMAN

2 : a state of servitude

Synonyms

[1] bondman, chattel, slave—more at SLAVE

[2] bondage, enslavement, servitude, slavery, yoke—more at SLAVERY

thrall·dom or thral·dom noun : the state or condition of servitude

thrash verb 1 : THRESH 1

2 : to defeat decisively or severely : BEAT

3 : to move about violently

4 : to go over again and again <~ over the matter>; also : to hammer out <~ out a plan>

5 : to swing, beat, or strike in the manner of a rapidly moving flail

Synonyms

[2] beat, best, clobber, conquer, crush, defeat, drub, lick, rout, skunk, triumph, trounce, wallop, whip, win—more at BEAT

[5] flail, flog, hide, lash, scourge, slash, switch, whale, whip

1thrasher noun : one that thrashes or threshes

2thrasher noun : any of various long-tailed American songbirds related to the mockingbird

1thread noun 1 : a thin continuous strand of spun and twisted textile fibers

2 : something resembling a textile thread

3 : the ridge or groove that winds around a screw

4 : a line of reasoning or train of thought

5 : a continuing element

2thread verb 1 : to pass a thread through the eye of (a needle)

2 : to pass (as film) through something

3 : to make one's way through or between

4 : to put together on or as if on a thread <~ beads>

5 : to form a screw thread on or in

6 : to interweave with or as if with threads

Synonyms

interlace, intersperse, intertwine, interweave, lace, weave, wreathe; also insert, intermingle, mingle, mix; alternate, juxtapose; amalgamate, assimilate, blend, combine, commingle, embody, fuse, incorporate, integrate, merge

thread·bare adjective 1 : worn to the point that the threads show : having the nap worn off

2 : having no interest or freshness : TRITE

Synonyms

[1] ragged, ratty, seedy, shabby, tattered, worn-out—more at RAGGED

[2] banal, commonplace, hackneyed, musty, stale, stereotyped, tired, trite—more at STALE

thready adjective 1 : consisting of or bearing fibers of filaments

2 : lacking in fullness, body, or vigor

threat noun 1 : an expression of intent to do harm

2 : one that threatens

Synonyms

danger, hazard, menace, peril, pitfall, risk, trouble—more at DANGER

threat·en verb 1 : to utter threats against

2 : to give signs or warning of : PORTEND

3 : to hang over as a threat : MENACE

4 : to cause to feel insecure or anxious

— threat·en·ing·ly adverb

Synonyms

hang, hover, menace, overhang; also endanger, hazard, imperil, jeopardize

threat·ened adjective : having an uncertain chance of continued survival; especially : likely to become an endangered species

three noun 1 : one more than two

2 : the 3d in a set or series

3 : something having three units

— three adjective or pronoun

3–D noun : a three-dimensional form or picture

three–dimensional adjective 1 : relating to or having three dimensions

2 : giving the illusion of varying distances

three·fold adjective 1 : having three

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