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Knocker

One who, or that which, knocks; specifically, an instrument, or kind of hammer, fastened to a door, to be used in seeking for admittance.

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Broader term 6

Actor 76% connected

One who acts, or takes part in any affair; a doer.

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Cynic 76% connected

Alt. of Cynical

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Device 76% connected

That which is devised, or formed by design; a contrivance; an invention; a project; a scheme; often, a scheme to deceive; a stratagem; an artifice.

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Doer 76% connected

One who does; one performs or executes; one who is wont and ready to act; an actor; an agent.

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Mamma 76% connected

Mother; -- word of tenderness and familiarity.

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Worker 76% connected

One who, or that which, works; a laborer; a performer; as, a worker in brass.

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Narrower term 7

Backbiter 76% connected

One who backbites; a secret calumniator or detractor.

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Defamer 76% connected

One who defames; a slanderer; a detractor; a calumniator.

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Libeler 76% connected

One who libels.

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Maligner 76% connected

One who maligns.

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Slanderer 76% connected

One who slanders; a defamer; a calumniator.

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Traducer 76% connected

One who traduces; a slanderer; a calumniator.

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Vilifier 76% connected

One who vilifies or defames.

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Knock 74% connected

To drive or be driven against something; to strike against something; to clash; as, one heavy body knocks against another.

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Knock 74% connected

To drive or be driven against something; to strike against something; to clash; as, one heavy body knocks against another.

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Component part 1

Areola 70% connected

An interstice or small space, as between the cracks of the surface in certain crustaceous lichens; or as between the fibers composing organs or vesse…

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Synonym 7

Bosom 92% connected

The breast of a human being; the part, between the arms, to which anything is pressed when embraced by them.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Breast 92% connected

The fore part of the body, between the neck and the belly; the chest; as, the breast of a man or of a horse.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Depreciator 92% connected

One who depreciates.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Disparager 92% connected

One who disparages or dishonors; one who vilifies or disgraces.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Rapper 92% connected

One who, or that which, raps or knocks; specifically, the knocker of a door.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Tit 92% connected

A small horse.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Titty 92% connected

A little teat; a nipple.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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