oft

• a great deal
• a lot
• afresh
• again
• again and again
• always
• anew
• as a rule
• as is the custom
• as is usual
• as usual
• at regular intervals
• at short intervals
• at times
• by and large
• by ordinary
• commonly
• considerably
• consistently
• constantly
• continually
• continuingly
• continuously
• customarily
• decidedly
• eminently
• every now and then
• exceedingly
• exceptionally
• extremely
• frequently
• generally
• habitually
• highly
• hourly
• hugely
• in many instances
• in quick succession
• in the main
• indeed
• intermittently
• mainly
• many a time
• many times
• more often than not
• most often
• mostly
• much
• naturally
• night and day
• normally
• not infrequently
• not seldom
• notably
• now and again
• now and then
• occasionally
• often
• oftentimes
• ofttimes
• ordinarily
• over and over
• periodically
• perpetually
• recurrently
• regularly
• repeatedly
• routinely
• spasmodically
• successively
• surpassingly
• thick and fast
• time after time
• time and again
• time and time again
• unceasingly
• uninterruptedly
• usually
• very
• very often

• infrequently
• little
• never
• not much
• now
• now and then
• occasionally
• once
• rarely
• seldom
• sometimes
• sporadically
• uncommonly

• adverb
  1. (and in combination) often; frequently; not rarely.

• She oft recalls the memories of her childhood.
• An oft repeated story loses its charm over time.
• He is oft seen reading books in the library.
• The poem contains an oft quoted line about love.
• Wisdom is oft gained through experience.

abated

• abbreviated
• abolished
• aborted
• abridged
• abrogated
• allayed
• alleviated
• altered
• ameliorated
• anesthetized
• annihilated
• annulled
• assuaged
• avoided
• bankrupted
• banned
• bereaved
• bereft
• bettered
• blended
• broke down
• called
• called off
• canceled
• cancelled
• changed
• cheapened
• cheated
• clipped
• collapsed
• compressed
• condensed
• constricted
• contracted
• corrected
• countermanded
• cropped
• cured
• curtailed
• cut
• cut back
• cut down
• de-escalated
• debilitated
• declined
• decreased
• deducted
• deflated
• defrauded
• degraded
• deliquesced
• demoted
• dented
• denuded
• depleted
• deprived
• did away with
• diminished
• disallowed
• disannulled
• discounted
• disfurnished
• disintegrated
• dismissed
• dissolved
• divested
• docked
• doctored
• downscaled
• downsized
• dropped
• dwindled
• eased
• ebbed
• eliminated
• enhanced
• enjoined
• eradicated
• erased
• evaporated
• feeble
• fell
• fell away
• fixed
• fixed-up
• flagged
• forbad
• forbade
• fused
• gave out
• helped
• humbled
• impoverished
• improved
• invalidated
• knocked down
• knocked off
• lessened
• let up
• leveled
• light
• lightened
• liquefied
• liquidated
• lowered
• marked down
• merged
• minimized
• mitigated
• moderate
• moderated
• modified
• modulated
• mollified
• molten
• negated
• nicked
• nulled
• nullified
• outlawed
• overrode
• overruled
• overturned
• palled
• palliated
• pared
• patched up
• phased down
• prohibited
• pruned
• qualified
• quashed
• rebuilt
• recalled
• receded
• rectified
• reduced
• refreshed
• refurbished
• regenerated
• regulated
• rejected
• rejuvenated
• relaxed
• relented
• relieved
• remedied
• remitted
• remodeled
• removed
• renewed
• renovated
• reorganized
• repaired
• repealed
• rescinded
• restored
• retracted
• retrenched
• reversed
• revived
• revoked
• rolled back
• salved
• sank
• set aside
• shallow
• shortchanged
• shortened
• shrank
• shrunk
• slackened
• slashed
• soft
• softened
• soothed
• stripped
• stript
• struck down
• subdued
• subsided
• subtracted
• sunk
• superficial
• suspended
• tapered
• tapered off
• tempered
• thawed
• threw out
• took off
• trimmed
• truncated
• vacated
• vanished
• vetoed
• voided
• waned
• wasted away
• weak
• weakened
• whittled
• withdrew
• wrote off

abating

• abbreviating
• abolishing
• aborting
• abridging
• abrogating
• allaying
• alleviating
• analeptic
• annihilating
• annulling
• assuaging
• avoiding
• bankrupting
• banning
• bereaving
• breaking down
• calling
• calling off
• canceling
• cancelling
• ceasing
• cheating
• clipping
• closing
• collapsing
• compressing
• concluding
• condensing
• consolatory
• consoling
• constricting
• contracting
• countermanding
• cropping
• crumbling
• curing
• curtailing
• cutting
• cutting back
• cutting down
• de-escalating
• declinatory
• declining
• decreasing
• decrescent
• deducting
• deflating
• defrauding
• denting
• denuding
• depleting
• depreciating
• depriving
• descending
• desisting
• diminishing
• disallowing
• disannulling
• discontinuing
• discounting
• disfurnishing
• dismissing
• dissolving
• divesting
• docking
• doing away with
• downscaling
• downsizing
• dropping
• dwindling
• dying
• dying down
• easing
• ebbing
• eliminating
• encouraging
• ending
• enjoining
• eradicating
• erasing
• evaporating
• expiring
• fading away
• falling
• falling away
• finishing
• flagging
• forbidding
• freeing
• giving out
• health-giving
• heart-warming
• impoverishing
• inspiriting
• invalidating
• invigorating
• knocking down
• knocking off
• lapsing
• leaving off
• lessening
• letting up
• lightening
• liquidating
• losing momentum
• lowering
• minimizing
• mitigating
• moderating
• modifying
• modulating
• narrowing
• negating
• nicking
• nullifying
• nulling
• outlawing
• overriding
• overruling
• overturning
• palling
• paring
• passing
• phasing down
• plummeting
• plunging
• prohibiting
• pruning
• qualifying
• quashing
• quieting
• quitting
• reassuring
• recalling
• receding
• reducing
• refreshing
• rejecting
• relaxing
• relenting
• relieving
• remedying
• remitting
• removing
• repealing
• rescinding
• restoring
• retracting
• retrenching
• reversing
• revitalizing
• revivifying
• revoking
• rolling back
• sagging
• setting aside
• settling
• shortchanging
• shortening
• shrinking
• shriveling up
• sinking
• slackening
• slashing
• sliding
• slipping
• slowing
• slumping
• softening
• solacing
• soothing
• stopping
• striking down
• stripping
• subsiding
• subtracting
• succoring
• suspending
• sustaining
• taking off
• tapering
• tapering off
• terminating
• throwing out
• toppling
• tottering
• tranquilizing
• trimming
• truncating
• tumbling
• upholding
• vacating
• vanishing
• vetoing
• voiding
• waning
• warming
• wasting
• weakening
• wearing down
• wearing off
• whittling
• winding up
• withdrawing
• writing off

abhorrent

• abominable
• appalling
• arrogant
• atrocious
• awful
• barbarous
• bold-faced
• brackish
• brash
• brassy
• brazen
• catty
• cavalier
• cheeky
• cocky
• contemptible
• contemptuous
• cruel
• despicable
• despiteful
• detestable
• disagreeable
• discourteous
• disdainful
• disgusting
• dislikable
• dislikeable
• disrespectful
• distasteful
• distressing
• disturbing
• dreadful
• evil
• exceptionable
• execrable
• foul
• fresh
• frightful
• fulsome
• ghastly
• grewsome
• grim
• grisly
• gross
• gruesome
• hard
• hateful
• haughty
• heinous
• hideous
• hifalutin
• high-handed
• high-hat
• highfalutin
• horrendous
• horrible
• horrid
• horrific
• horrifying
• impertinent
• impudent
• insolent
• loathsome
• lofty
• lordly
• lousy
• lurid
• macabre
• malevolent
• malicious
• malign
• malignant
• mean
• miserable
• monstrous
• nasty
• nauseating
• nauseous
• nightmarish
• noisome
• noxious
• objectionable
• obnoxious
• obscene
• odious
• off-putting
• offensive
• pompous
• pretentious
• prideful
• rancid
• repellant
• repellent
• repugnant
• repulsive
• revolting
• sassy
• saucy
• scandalous
• scornful
• self-important
• shocking
• sick
• sickening
• sickish
• sickly
• sniffish
• snobbish
• spiteful
• supercilious
• superior
• terrible
• ugly
• unchristian
• uncivilized
• undesirable
• ungodly
• unhealthy
• unholy
• unpleasant
• unsavory
• unspeakable
• unwanted
• unwelcome
• unwholesome
• uppish
• uppity
• upsetting
• vile

above

• Beulah
• Elysium
• New Jerusalem
• Sion
• Valhalla
• Zion
• aforementioned
• aforesaid
• afterlife
• afterworld
• aloft
• antecedent
• anterior
• atop
• before
• beyond
• bliss
• elysian fields
• empyrean
• erstwhile
• exceeding
• foregoing
• forenamed
• former
• glory
• greater than
• happy hunting ground
• heaven
• hereafter
• high
• introductory
• kingdom come
• larger than
• nirvana
• on high
• on top of
• otherworld
• over
• overhead
• paradise
• precedent
• preceding
• preliminary
• prior
• prior to
• promised land
• raised
• said
• sky
• skyward
• such
• superior
• superior to
• surpassing
• upon
• upward
• upwards
• whilom

abstaining

• abnegating
• abnegation
• abstemious
• abstemiousness
• abstinence
• abstinent
• adjuration
• ascetic
• asceticism
• austere
• avoidance
• brush-off
• calm
• chastity
• cherry
• clear-headed
• cold
• cold shoulder
• cold sober
• collected
• composed
• constrained
• continence
• continent
• contradiction
• controlled
• controversion
• cool
• dark
• declination
• declining
• delaying
• disaffirmance
• disaffirmation
• disallowance
• disapproval
• disavowal
• disciplined
• disclaimer
• dismissing
• dispassionate
• disproof
• dissent
• down-to-earth
• drab
• dry
• drying out
• earnest
• eschewing
• fasting
• forbearance
• forgoing
• forswearing
• free of alcohol
• frugality
• gainsaying
• grave
• halting
• hard-boiled
• hesitating
• imperturbable
• inhibited
• levelheaded
• low-key
• lucid
• moderate
• moderation
• nay
• negation
• negative
• nix
• no-nonsense
• non-indulgence
• nonacceptance
• noncommittal
• nonindulgent
• not drinking
• not drunk
• not partaking of alcohol
• on the wagon
• pacific
• period of abstinence
• plain
• practical
• prohibition
• protestation
• puritanical
• quiet
• rational
• realistic
• reasonable
• rebuff
• rebuttal
• refraining
• refusing
• refutal
• refutation
• rejecting
• rejection
• renegement
• renouncement
• renunciation
• repudiating
• repudiation
• repulse
• reserved
• restrained
• retraction
• sedate
• self-control
• self-denial
• self-possessed
• self-restraint
• serene
• serious
• severe
• shilly-shallying
• sober
• soberness
• sobriety
• soft
• solemn
• somber
• sound
• spartan
• staid
• stalling
• statement
• statement abnegation
• steady
• stone cold sober
• strict
• subdued
• sworn off
• teetotalism
• temperance
• temperate
• temporizing
• toned-down
• took the pledge
• turndown
• turning down
• unexcited
• unimpassioned
• unintoxicated
• unruffled
• vacillating
• veto
• waffling
• wavering

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