Word Meanings - CORDIAL - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. Proceeding from the heart. A rib with cordial spirits warm. Milton. 2. Hearty; sincere; warm; affectionate. He . . . with looks of cordial love Hung over her enamored. Milton. 3. Tending to revive, cheer, or invigorate; giving strength

Additional info about word: CORDIAL

1. Proceeding from the heart. A rib with cordial spirits warm. Milton. 2. Hearty; sincere; warm; affectionate. He . . . with looks of cordial love Hung over her enamored. Milton. 3. Tending to revive, cheer, or invigorate; giving strength or spirits. Behold this cordial julep here That flames and dances in his crystal bounds. Milton. Syn. -- Hearty; sincere; heartfelt; warm; affectionate; cheering; invigorating. See Hearty.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of CORDIAL)

• Amicable
• Friendly
• propitious
• favorable
• kind
• cordial
• neighborly
• sociable
• Well-inclined
• welldisposed
• amicable
• kindly
• social
• affectionate
• Genial
• Warm
• balmy
• cheering
• merry
• festive
• joyous
• nearly
• revivifying
• restorative
• Hearty
• Healthy
• robust
• sound
• warm
• honest
• earnest
• genuine
• well
• sincere
• heartfelt
• hale
• Sincere
• Pure
• unmixed
• unadulterated
• hearty
• unaffected
• unvarnished
• candid
• frank
• unfeigned
• true

Related words: (words related to CORDIAL)

• FRANKALMOIGNE
  A tenure by which a religious corporation holds lands given to them and their successors forever, usually on condition of praying for the soul of the donor and his heirs; -- called also tenure by free alms. Burrill.
• SOCIALIST; SOCIALISTIC
  Pertaining to, or of the nature of, socialism.
• SINCERELY
  In a sincere manner. Specifically: Purely; without alloy. Milton. Honestly; unfeignedly; without dissimulation; as, to speak one's mind sincerely; to love virtue sincerely.
• FRANKFORT BLACK
  . A black pigment used in copperplate printing, prepared by burning vine twigs, the lees of wine, etc. McElrath.
• GENIALLY
  1. By genius or nature; naturally. Some men are genially disposed to some opinions. Glanvill. 2. Gayly; cheerfully. Johnson.
• HONESTY
  Satin flower; the name of two cruciferous herbs having large flat pods, the round shining partitions of which are more beautiful than the blossom; -- called also lunary and moonwort. Lunaria biennis is common honesty; L. rediva is perennial honesty.
• CANDIDATING
  The taking of the position of a candidate; specifically, the preaching of a clergyman with a view to settlement.
• CANDID
  fr. candëre to be of a glowing white; akin to accend, incend, to set 1. White. The box receives all black; but poured from thence, The stones came candid forth, the hue of innocence. Dryden. 2. Free from undue bias; disposed to think and judge
• KINDLY
  1. According to the kind or nature; natural. The kindly fruits of the earth. Book of Com. Prayer. An herd of bulls whom kindly rage doth sting. Spenser. Whatsoever as the Son of God he may do, it is kindly for Him as the Son of Man to save the
• SOUNDER
  One who, or that which; sounds; specifically, an instrument used in telegraphy in place of a register, the communications being read by sound.
• RESTORATIVELY
  In a restorative manner.
• MERRY-ANDREW
  One whose business is to make sport for others; a buffoon; a zany; especially, one who attends a mountebank or quack doctor. Note: This term is said to have originated from one Andrew Borde, an English physician of the 16th century, who
• FESTIVE
  Pertaining to, or becoming, a feast; festal; joyous; gay; mirthful; sportive. -- Fes"tive*ly, adv. The glad circle round them yield their souls To festive mirth and wit that knows no gall. Thomson.
• SOCIALIZE
  1. To render social. 2. To subject to, or regulate by, socialism.
• CHEERINESS
  The state of being cheery.
• BALMY
  1. Having the qualities of balm; odoriferous; aromatic; assuaging; soothing; refreshing; mild. "The balmy breeze." Tickell. Tired nature's sweet restorer, balmy sleep ! Young. 2. Producing balm. "The balmy tree." Pope. Syn. -- Fragrant;
• SOCIALITY
  The quality of being social; socialness.
• SOUNDLESS
  Not capable of being sounded or fathomed; unfathomable. Shak.
• FAVORABLE
  1. Full of favor; favoring; manifesting partiality; kind; propitious; friendly. Lend favorable ears to our request. Shak. Lord, thou hast been favorable unto thy land. Ps. lxxxv. 1. 2. Conducive; contributing; tending to promote or facilitate;
• GENUINE
  Belonging to, or proceeding from, the original stock; native; hence, not counterfeit, spurious, false, or adulterated; authentic; real; natural; true; pure; as, a genuine text; a genuine production; genuine materials. "True, genuine night." Dryden.
• UPCHEER
  To cheer up. Spenser.
• HIGH-SOUNDING
  Pompous; noisy; ostentatious; as, high-sounding words or titles.
• DISHONESTY
  1. Dishonor; dishonorableness; shame. "The hidden things of dishonesty." 2 Cor. iv. 2. 2. Want of honesty, probity, or integrity in principle; want of fairness and straightforwardness; a disposition to defraud, deceive, or betray; faithlessness.
• RESOUND
  resonare; pref. re- re- + sonare to sound, sonus sound. See Sound to 1. To sound loudly; as, his voice resounded far. 2. To be filled with sound; to ring; as, the woods resound with song. 3. To be echoed; to be sent back, as sound. "Common fame
• UNHONEST
  Dishonest; dishonorable. Ascham. -- Un*hon"est*ly, adv. Udall.
• PRIMOGENIAL
  First born, made, or generated; original; primary; elemental; as, primogenial light. Glanvill.
• DEHONESTATE
  To disparage. (more info) dishonor; de- + honestare to make honorable. Cf. Dishonest, and see