Word Meanings - DISENGAGED - Book Publishers vocabulary database
Not engaged; free from engagement; at leisure; free from occupation or care; vacant. -- Dis`en*ga"ged*ness, n.
Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of DISENGAGED)
- Clear \adj Open
- pure
- bright
- transparent
- free
- disencumbered
- disentangled
- disengaged
- absolved
- acquitted
- serene
- unclouded
- evident
- apparent
- distinct
- manifest
- conspicuous
- unobstructed
- plain
- obvious
- intelligible
- lucid
Related words: (words related to DISENGAGED)
- BRIGHT
See I - DISTINCTNESS
1. The quality or state of being distinct; a separation or difference that prevents confusion of parts or things. The soul's . . . distinctness from the body. Cudworth. 2. Nice discrimination; hence, clearness; precision; as, he stated - CLEARLY
In a clear manner. - TRANSPARENT
transparere to be transparent; L. trans across, through + parere to 1. Having the property of transmitting rays of light, so that bodies can be distinctly seen through; pervious to light; diaphanous; pellucid; as, transparent glass; a transparent - CLEARER
A tool of which the hemp for lines and twines, used by sailmakers, is finished. (more info) 1. One who, or that which, clears. Gold is a wonderful clearer of the understanding. Addison. - PLAINTIVE
1. Repining; complaining; lamenting. Dryden. 2. Expressive of sorrow or melancholy; mournful; sad. "The most plaintive ditty." Landor. -- Plain"tive*ly, adv. -- Plain"tive*ness, n. - EVIDENTIARY
Furnishing evidence; asserting; proving; evidential. When a fact is supposed, although incorrectly, to be evidentiary of, a mark of, some other fact. J. S. Mill. - DISENCUMBER
To free from encumbrance, or from anything which clogs, impedes, or obstructs; to disburden. Owen. I have disencumbered myself from rhyme. Dryden. - CONSPICUOUS
1. Open to the view; obvious to the eye; easy to be seen; plainly visible; manifest; attracting the eye. It was a rock Of alabaster, piled up to the clouds, Conspicious far. Milton. Conspicious by her veil and hood, Signing the cross, the abbess - DISTINCTURE
Distinctness. - DISTINCTIVENESS
State of being distinctive. - PLAINTIFF
One who commences a personal action or suit to obtain a remedy for an injury to his rights; -- opposed to Ant: defendant. (more info) French equiv. to plaignant complainant, prosecutor, fr. plaindre. See - APPARENTLY
1. Visibly. Hobbes. 2. Plainly; clearly; manifestly; evidently. If he should scorn me so apparently. Shak. 3. Seemingly; in appearance; as, a man may be apparently friendly, yet malicious in heart. - CLEAR-HEADED
Having a clear understanding; quick of perception; intelligent. "He was laborious and clear-headed." Macaulay. -- Clear"-head`ed*ness, n. - DISTINCTIVE
1. Marking or expressing distinction or difference; distinguishing; characteristic; peculiar. The distinctive character and institutions of New England. Bancroft. 2. Having the power to distinguish and discern; discriminating. Sir T. Browne. - UNCLOUD
To free from clouds; to unvail; to clear from obscurity, gloom, sorrow, or the like. Beau. & Fl. - CLEAR-SIGHTEDNESS
Acute discernment. - PLAINT
A private memorial tendered to a court, in which a person sets forth his cause of action; the exhibiting of an action in writing. Blackstone. (more info) planctum , to beat, beat the breast, lament. Cf. 1. Audible expression of sorrow; - ABSOLVATORY
Conferring absolution; absolutory. - OBVIOUS
1. Opposing; fronting. To the evil turn My obvious breast. Milton. 2. Exposed; subject; open; liable. "Obvious to dispute." Milton. 3. Easily discovered, seen, or understood; readily perceived by the eye or the intellect; plain; evident; - DILUCIDATION
The act of making clear. Boyle. - CONTRADISTINCT
Distinguished by opposite qualities. J. Goodwin. - UNDISTINCTLY
Indistinctly. - ELUCIDATORY
Tending to elucidate; elucidative. - POLYNUCLEAR
Containing many nuclei. - INDISTINCTION
Want of distinction or distinguishableness; confusion; uncertainty; indiscrimination. The indistinction of many of the same name . . . hath made some doubt. Sir T. Browne. An indistinction of all persons, or equality of all orders, is far from being - EMBRIGHT
To brighten. - PELLUCIDITY; PELLUCIDNESS
The quality or state of being pellucid; transparency; translucency; clearness; as, the pellucidity of the air. Locke. - INEVIDENT
Not evident; not clear or obvious; obscure.