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tired adjective 1 : exhausted in strength, endurance, vigor, or freshness : WEARY, FATIGUED

2 : lacking in freshness or originality : HACKNEYED

3 : having one's patience, tolerance, or pleasure exhausted

Synonyms

[1] beat, bushed, dead, drained, effete, fatigued, jaded, limp, prostrate, spent, weary, worn-out—more at WEARY

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

[3] fed up, jaded, sick, weary—more at WEARY

tired·ness noun : the quality or state of being tired

Synonyms

burnout, collapse, exhaustion, fatigue, lassitude, prostration, weariness—more at FATIGUE

boredom, doldrums, ennui, listlessness, restlessness, tedium, weariness—more at BOREDOM

tire·less adjective : not tiring : UNTIRING

— tire·less·ness noun

Synonyms

indefatigable, inexhaustible, unflagging, untiring; also assiduous, conscientious, diligent, meticulous, painstaking, sedulous; determined, dogged, patient, persevering, persistent, pertinacious, plodding, relentless, steadfast, steady, stubborn, tenacious, unfailing, unfaltering, unflinching, unrelenting, unremitting, unwavering; active, busy, dynamic, energetic, feverish, spirited, vigorous; hard, industrious, intense, laborious, slavish, strenuous

tire·less·ly adverb : in a tireless manner

Synonyms

determinedly, diligently, hard, hardly, laboriously, mightily, slavishly, strenuously—more at HARD

tire·some adjective : tending to bore : WEARISOME, TEDIOUS

— tire·some·ly adverb

— tire·some·ness noun

ti·ro chiefly British variant of TYRO

tis·sue noun [ORIGIN: ME tysshewe, tyssew, a rich fabric, fr. AF, fr. tistre to weave, fr. L texere]

1 : a fine lightweight often sheer fabric

2 : NETWORK, WEB

3 : a soft absorbent paper

4 : a mass or layer of cells forming a basic structural material of an animal or plant

1tit noun : TEAT

2tit noun : any of various small plump Old World songbirds related to the titmice

Tit abbreviation Titus

ti·tan noun 1 cap : one of a family of giants overthrown by the gods in Greek mythology

2 : one gigantic in size or power

Synonyms

behemoth, blockbuster, colossus, giant, jumbo, leviathan, mammoth, monster, whale, whopper—more at GIANT

ti·tan·ic adjective : enormous in size, force, or power

Synonyms

colossal, enormous, giant, gigantic, huge, mammoth, massive, prodigious, tremendous

ti·ta·ni·um noun : a gray light strong metallic chemical element used esp. in alloys

titbit variant of TIDBIT

tithe noun [ORIGIN: ME, fr. OE teogotha tenth]

: a 10th part paid or given esp. for the support of a church

— tithe verb

— tith·er noun

tit·il·late verb -lat·ed; -lat·ing 1 : to excite pleasurably

2 : TICKLE 3

Synonyms

electrify, excite, exhilarate, galvanize, intoxicate, thrill, turn on—more at THRILL

tit·il·la·tion noun : the action of titillating or the state of being titillated

Synonyms

bang, exhilaration, kick, thrill—more at THRILL

tit·i·vate or tit·ti·vate verb -vat·ed; -vat·ing : to dress up : spruce up

— tit·i·va·tion noun

ti·tle noun 1 : CLAIM, RIGHT; especially : a legal right to the ownership of property

2 : the distinguishing name esp. of an artistic production (as a book)

3 : an appellation of honor, rank, or office

4 : CHAMPIONSHIP

Synonyms

[2] heading—more at HEADING

[3] appellation, cognomen, denotation, designation, handle, name—more at NAME

ti·tled adjective : having a title esp. of nobility

title page noun : a page of a book bearing the title and usu. the names of the author and publisher

tit·mouse noun, plural tit·mice : any of several small long-tailed No. American songbirds related to the chickadees

ti·tra·tion noun : a process of finding the concentration of a solution (as of an acid) by adding small portions of a second solution of known concentration (as of a base) to a fixed amount of the first until an expected change (as in color) occurs

1titter verb : to laugh in an affected or in a nervous or half-suppressed manner : GIGGLE

2titter noun : an act