8.3 Quality

Use this domain for general words referring to the quality or condition of something.

Louw Nida Codes: 
79 Features of Objects
  • What general words refer to the quality or condition of something?
    quality, condition, state, character, nature, feature
  • What words indicate that something has more of a quality than another thing?
    more, surpass,
  • What words indicate that something has less of a quality than another thing?
    less, not as, not so
  • 8.3.1 Shape

    Use this domain for general words referring to the shape of something, and for general words referring to changing the shape of something.

    Louw Nida Codes: 
    79W Shapes
    79R Two-Dimensional and Three-Dimensional Shapes
  • What general words refer to the shape of something?
    shape, form, figure, silhouette,
  • What words refer to the outside shape of something?
    outline, lines, profile, contour,
  • What words refer to having a particular shape?
    shaped, in the shape of, in the form of,
  • What words refer to an irregular shape?
    irregular, jagged,
  • What words refer to the wrong shape?
    misshapen, deformed, distorted, out of shape, lopsided, lose its shape,
  • What words refer to having no clear shape?
    shapeless, formless, amorphous,
  • What general words refer to changing the shape of something?
    shape (v), change the shape of, form, mold, transform
  • What words describe something like a branch or road that divides into two parts?
    forked, bifurcate, bifurcated, fork, branch, a Y in the road,
  • 8.3.1.1 Point, dot

    Use this domain for words referring to a point--a small mark such as might be made by a pointed object.

  • What words refer to a point?
    point, dot, polka dot, spot, pinpoint, speck, mote, jot, iota, fleck, period
  • 8.3.1.2 Line

    Use this domain for words referring to a line.

  • What words refer to a line?
    line, band, row
  • What tools are used to draw a line?
    ruler, straightedge
  • What words describe two lines that go in the same direction?
    parallel
  • 8.3.1.3 Straight

    Use this domain for words referring to being straight.

    Louw Nida Codes: 
    79Q Straight, Crooked
  • What words describe something that is straight?
    straight, straight as an arrow, direct, even, lank, linear, rectilinear, true,
  • What words refer to making something straight?
    straighten, straighten out,
  • What words refer to something becoming straight?
    straighten, straighten out,
  • 8.3.1.3.1 Flat

    Use this domain for words describing something that is flat--having a surface that is even. A board or wall is flat when its surface is even and it does not bend.

  • What words describe something that is flat?
    flat, flat as a pancake, even, flush,
  • What words refer to making something flat?
    flatten, even (v), even out, smooth, level, roll something flat, press, squish, squash, smash, mash, spread thin
  • What words refer to something becoming flat?
    flatten, flatten out, level off,
  • What words refer to something flat?
    plane, sheet
  • What words describe something that is not flat?
    rough, bumpy, uneven, lumpy, hilly, rolling, mountainous,
  • 8.3.1.4 Horizontal

    Use this domain for words describing a horizontal orientation in relation to the ground or something that is level--a flat surface that does not rise in any direction. A person is horizontal when he is sleeping. A field is level when it is not on a hill and it has no uneven areas in it.

    Louw Nida Codes: 
    17D Prostrate x
  • What words describe something in a horizontal position?
    horizontal, prone, prostrate, longwise, flat on the ground, on its side, lie, prone, flush, on an even keel, on the level, parallel to the ground
  • What words refer to becoming horizontal?
    fall on your face, fall prone, prostrate oneself, get horizontal, fall flat, hit the dirt, lay flat
  • What words refer to causing something to be horizontal?
    lay something flat, lay something down, align
  • What words describe a surface that is level?
    level (adj), even (adj), flat
  • What words refer to making something level?
    make level, level (v),
  • 8.3.1.4.1 Vertical

    Use this domain for words describing a vertical orientation in relation to the ground. A person is vertical when he is standing.

  • What words describe something in a vertical position?
    vertical, upright, up-and-down, plumb, erect, upraised, perpendicular, at right angles, square, standing, true, straight, straight up, bolt upright
  • What words refer to making something vertical?
    raise, stand something up, stand something on end, erect, set up, rear
  • What words describe a surface that is vertical?
    sheer, drop (n)
  • What words describe when the top of something is on the bottom?
    upside down, inverted, upended
  • What tools are used to determine if something is vertical?
    plumb line, level, square
  • 8.3.1.4.2 Leaning, sloping

    Use this domain for words describing a leaning orientation in relation to the ground, or a surface that is sloping.

  • What words describe something in a leaning position?
    leaning, at an angle, out of plumb, angled, on a slant, aslant, slanted, inclined, oblique, tilted, crooked, list, askew, out of kilter
  • What words refer to causing something to lean?
    lean, angle, tilt, slant, incline
  • What words refer to leaning something against something else?
    lean something against, incline, prop against
  • What words describe a surface that is sloping?
    sloping, slope up/down, on an incline, rising, rise up (toward), ascending, upgrade, uphill, falling, fall away, descending, downgrade, downhill, dip
  • What words refer to a surface that is sloping?
    slope (n), ramp, ascent, rise, bank, incline (n), grade
  • What words refer to how much something is leaning or sloping?
    angle, slope (n), inclination, pitch, grade, gradient, steep, precipitous, gradual (rise)
  • What words describe a surface that is not level?
    uneven, rough, hilly, wavy, lumpy, broken (ground), rugged
  • 8.3.1.5 Bend

    Use this domain for words referring to bending something and for words that describe something that is bent or curved.

    Louw Nida Codes: 
    79Q Straight, Crooked
  • What words refer to bending something?
    bend, bow, flex, curve, put a kink in,
  • What words refer to something bending?
    bend, buckle, curl, sag, warp,
  • What words describe something that is bent?
    bent, arched, bowed, crinkled, curved, curving, curled, devious, gnarled, gnarly, hooked, indirect, jagged, kinked, knotted, knotty, knurled, knurly, turning, twirled, twisted,
  • What words describe something that should be straight but is bent?
    akimbo, askew, awry, bandy, catawampus, contorted, crooked, deviating, distorted, skewed, tortuous, warped,
  • What words refer to a bend in something?
    bend, bow, curve, kink, loop, angle, joint,
  • What words refer to making many bends in something?
    corrugate,
  • What words describe something that has many bends?
    circuitous, coiled, convoluted, corrugated, curly, curvy, kinky, meandering, pretzel, serpentine, serrated, sinuous, snaky, spiral, tortuous, twisting, undulating, waved, waving, wavy, wind, winding, zigzag,
  • What words refer to a line or road that is bent?
    bend, curve, twist,
  • What words describe something that can be bent?
    bendable, flexible, flexibility, jointed, pliable, plastic, supple,
  • What words describe something that cannot be bent?
    unbending, inflexible, inflexibility, rigid, rigidity,
  • 8.3.1.5.1 Roll up

    Use this domain for words referring to rolling something up.

    Louw Nida Codes: 
    79A' Rolled up
  • What words refer to rolling something up?
    roll up, scroll, curl
  • What words refer to something that has been rolled up?
    roll, scroll, curl, spiral
  • What words refer to unrolling something?
    unroll, unfurl,
  • 8.3.1.5.2 Twist, wring

    Use this domain for words referring to twisting something--to take something long and turn one end one way and the other end the other way.

  • What words refer to twisting something?
    twist, wind, twine, coil, wring, wring out, torque
  • What words describe something that has been twisted?
    twisted, winding, entwined, coiled, wrung out
  • 8.3.1.5.3 Fold

    Use this domain for words referring to folding something.

  • What words refer to folding something?
    fold, fold up, crease, turn down, double over, crimp, dog-ear,
  • What words refer to something folding?
    fold, fold up, crease, get creased,
  • What words describe something that is folded?
    folded, creased, dog-eared,
  • What words refer to a fold in something?
    fold, crease, angle, plait, wrinkle, flap, lapel, dog-ear, tuck, gather, pleat,
  • What words refer to making many folds in something?
    crumple, gather, pleat, rumple, tuck, wrinkle,
  • What words describe something that has many folds?
    crumpled up, pleated, wrinkled,
  • What words describe something that can be folded?
    folding, jointed,
  • 8.3.1.6 Round

    Use this domain for words referring to being round.

  • What words describe something that is round?
    round, circular, spherical, globular, ball shaped, ring
  • What words refer to something that is round?
    circle, loop, ball, globe, sphere, arch,
  • What words refer to making something round?
    round (off), roll into a ball, make a ball of, loop
  • What tools are used to draw a circle?
    compass
  • What words refer to something that is long and round?
    cylinder, cylindrical, rod, pipe, tube
  • 8.3.1.6.1 Concave

    Use this domain for words describing something that is concave--extending inward in shape away from the viewer. The inside of a bowl is concave in shape.

  • What words describe something that is concave?
    concave, hollow, hollowed out, caved in, dented, indented, vaulted,
  • What words refer to making something concave?
    hollow out, carve out, dent in, indent, push in the side
  • What words refer to a concave part of something?
    nook
  • 8.3.1.6.2 Convex

    Use this domain for words describing something that is convex--extending outward in shape toward the viewer.

  • What words describe something that is convex?
    convex, bulging, bulbous, billowing out
  • What words refer to making something convex?
    bulge, puff out, balloon out, protrude
  • 8.3.1.6.3 Hollow

    Use this domain for words describing something that is hollow--empty on the inside.

  • What words describe something that is hollow?
    hollow, cavernous, inflated
  • What words refer to making something convex?
    hollow out
  • What words refer to something that is not hollow?
    solid
  • 8.3.1.7 Square

    Use this domain for words referring to being square.

  • What words describe something that is square?
    square
  • What words refer to something that is square?
    square, rectangle, cube, block
  • 8.3.1.8 Pattern, design

    Use this domain for words that refer to a pattern--a regular arrangement of shapes.

  • What words refer to a pattern?
    pattern, design, motif, patterning, markings,
  • 8.3.1.8.1 Symmetrical

    Use this domain for words that describe something that is symmetrical--having the same shape on both sides

  • What words describe something that is symmetrical?
    symmetrical, regular, even, balanced, even sided
  • What words describe something that is not symmetrical?
    asymmetrical, irregular, uneven, unbalanced, lopsided
  • 8.3.1.9 Stretch

    Use this domain for words referring to stretching something.

  • What words refer to stretching something?
    stretch, draw out, enlarge, extend
  • What words describe something that can be stretched?
    elastic
  • What words describe something that cannot be stretched?
    inelastic
  • 8.3.2 Texture

    Use this domain for general words referring to the texture of something--how the surface of something feels when you touch it.

  • What words refer to how something feels?
    texture, surface, (to have a) feel, (it) feels (rough), quality, grain, prickly
  • What words refer to giving something a certain texture?
    texture (v)
  • 8.3.2.1 Smooth

    Use this domain for words referring to being smooth.

  • What words describe something that is smooth?
    smooth, silky, satin smooth, even, velvety, fine
  • What words refer to making something smooth?
    to smooth, even out, polish, buff, shine
  • 8.3.2.2 Rough

    Use this domain for words referring to being rough.

    Louw Nida Codes: 
    79P Uneven, Level
  • What words describe something that is rough?
    rough, uneven, rutted, grooved, scraped up, scratched, corrugated
  • What words refer to making something rough?
    to roughen, scrape, scratch
  • What words refer to a rough or uneven part of something?
    rut, groove, furrow, groove, wrinkle
  • 8.3.2.3 Sharp

    Use this domain for words describing something that is sharp.

    Louw Nida Codes: 
    79S Sharp
  • What words describe something that is sharp?
    sharp, razor sharp, keen edged
  • What words refer to making something sharp?
    sharpen, give an edge to
  • 8.3.2.3.1 Pointed

    Use this domain for words describing something that is pointed.

  • What words describe something that is pointed?
    pointed
  • What words refer to a point?
    point
  • What words refer to making something pointed?
    to point, give a point to, sharpen to a point
  • 8.3.2.4 Blunt

    Use this domain for words describing something that is blunt.

  • What words describe something that is blunt?
    blunt, dull
  • 8.3.2.5 Furrow

    Use this domain for words related to a furrow--a long mark cut into the surface of something, such as the furrow made by a plow, or a long cut made by a knife.

    Louw Nida Codes: 
    1H Depressions and Holes
  • What words refer to a furrow?
    furrow, groove, rut, scratch, crack, score, incision, slit, chamfer, channel, gutter, trench, ditch, moat, trough, seam, line, fold, wrinkle
  • What words refer to making a furrow?
    furrow, plow, incise, score, cut, seam, cut a channel, engrave, etch, bite in
  • What words describe something with many furrows?
    furrowed, ribbed, striated, fluted, corduroy, corrugated, rippled, washboard, wrinkled
  • 8.3.3 Light

    Use this domain for words related to light.

    OMC Codes: 
    373 Light
    Louw Nida Codes: 
    14F Light
  • What words refer to light?
    light, sunshine, gleam (n), glare (n), glow (n), radiance,
  • What words refer to making light shine in a place?
    light (v), light up, illuminate,
  • What words describe something that has light shining on it?
    be light, illuminated, sunlit, moonlit, starlit, lighted, luminous,
  • What words refer to a ray of light?
    ray, beam, shaft, sunbeam, moonbeam,
  • What words refer to different kinds of light?
    daylight, sunlight, moonlight, starlight, firelight, candlelight, electric light, electromagnetic radiation, fluorescence, fluorescent light, incandescent light, infrared, lamplight, luminescence, luminescent, phosphorescence, phosphorescent, photoelectric, ultraviolet,
  • What words are used to describe light?
    candlepower, frequency, lumen, radiant, radiation, refract, short-wave, spectrum,
  • 8.3.3.1 Shine

    Use this domain for words related to a light source shining--for something to make light.

  • What words refer to a light source shining?
    shine, glow, gleam, blaze, shed light, radiate,
  • What words refer to something shining for a very short time and then becoming dark again?
    flash, flare, spark, scintillate,
  • What words refer to something shining with small points of light?
    twinkle, glitter, shimmer, flicker, glimmer,
  • What words refer to something shining brighter and dimmer again and again?
    flicker, blink,
  • What words describe something that shines dimly in the dark?
    luminous, fluorescent, glow in the dark, glimmer,
  • 8.3.3.1.1 Light source

    Use this domain for words related to a source of light--something that makes or gives light.

    Louw Nida Codes: 
    6N Lights and Light Holders
  • What words refer to something that makes light?
    light, lamp, candle, arc light, beacon, chandelier, electric light, fire, fixture, flare, flashlight, flash (camera), floodlight, fluorescent light, globe, headlight, incandescent light, lamp-post, lantern, lighthouse, lighting, light source, luminary, night-light, paraffin lamp, searchlight, spotlight, street light, strobe, sunlamp, taillight, taper, torch,
  • What words describe something that produces light?
    light producing, shining,
  • What are the parts of a lamp?
    lampstand, stand, wick, chimney, bulb, light bulb, lamp shade, switch, filament, socket,
  • What are the parts of a candle?
    candlestick, wick, wax, candelabra, holder,
  • What words refer to the lights being on in a place?
    the lights are on, be lit up, ablaze,
  • What words refer to a light starting to work?
    come on,
  • What words refer to making a light start working?
    turn on, light (a candle), switch on,
  • What words refer to a light stopping?
    go out, go down, dim,
  • What words refer to making a light stop working?
    turn out, put out, turn down, switch off,
  • What words refer to not turning off the lights?
    leave the lights on,
  • 8.3.3.1.2 Bright

    Use this domain for words describing something that is bright.

  • What words describe a light that is bright?
    bright, strong, good, harsh,
  • What words describe a light that is very bright?
    blazing, brilliant,
  • What words describe a light that is so bright it hurts your eyes?
    blinding, dazzling, glare,
  • What words describe a place where there is lots of light?
    bright, light, well lit, ablaze with light,
  • What words refer to the light becoming brighter?
    get light, brighten, lighten, the light grows,
  • 8.3.3.2 Dark

    Use this domain for words describing something that is dark--a place where there is little or no light.

    Louw Nida Codes: 
    14G Darkness
  • What words describe a place where there is no light?
    dark, dismal, shadowed, shaded, pitch-dark,
  • What words describe a place where there is little light?
    pale, dim, weak, poor, bad, soft, low, dull, dusky,
  • What words describe a place where there is very little light?
    unlit, dimly-lit, darkened, the half-light,
  • What words describe a place that is dark and makes you feel bad or afraid?
    gloomy, dingy, the shadows,
  • What words refer to a place becoming dark?
    get dark, darken, the light fades, dim (v), fall, go dark, be plunged into darkness,
  • What words refer to darkness?
    darkness, the dark, gloom,
  • 8.3.3.2.1 Shadow

    Use this domain for words related to a shadow--the area on the ground where the light does not shine because something is in the way. For instance if the sun
    (or another light) is shining on an object, the area behind the object is in shadow (dark).

  • What words refer to a shadow?
    shadow
  • What words refer to something blocking the light from shining on something?
    shade, cast a shadow, block the light, eclipse, overshadowing,
  • What words describe something in the shadow of something else?
    in the shade, shaded, shady, shadowy,
  • 8.3.3.3 Color

    Use this domain for words related to color.

    Louw Nida Codes: 
    79G Color
  • What words refer to color?
    color, shade, tint, hue, coloring, pigment, tincture, cast, palette, coloration, complexion, chroma, chromatic, tone,
  • What words indicate that something is a particular color?
    be red/green, be a red/reddish color, colored, tinted,
  • What words describe something that is a dark color?
    dark, deep, rich,
  • What words describe something that is a light color?
    light (adj), pale, pastel, faint, livid, lurid, pallid, pallor, pale-faced, neutral tint,
  • What words describe something that is a bright color?
    bright, brightly colored, brilliant, pure, gaudy, garish, vivid, flashy, fresh, intense, strong, hot,
  • What words describe something that is a dull color?
    dull, faded, washed out, drab, dingy, flushed, clouded, grayish, somber,
  • What words describe something, such as a photograph, that has been made with color?
    color (photograph), in color,
  • What words describe something that has no color or is black and white?
    colorless, black and white, uncolored, monochrome, achromatic, ghostly, glassy, lackluster, undyed,
  • What words refer to the intensity of a color?
    value, intensity, saturation,
  • What words refer to pure or mixed colors?
    pure, mixed, tinge, primary color, secondary color, tertiary color,
  • What words describe colors that look good together?
    go together, go with, suit you, color scheme, complimentary,
  • What words describe colors that do not look good together?
    clash,
  • What words describe someone who cannot see color?
    color-blind
  • What words refer to a color or pattern of colors used by a group of people to identify themselves?
    livery, tartan, team colors,
  • 8.3.3.3.1 White

    Use this domain for words describing something that is white.

  • What words describe something that is white in color?
    white, alabaster, albino, bleached, chalky, cream, cream-colored, creamy, eggshell, fair, ivory, lily-white, milk-white, milky, off-white, oyster white, pearl, pearly, snowy, snow-white,
  • 8.3.3.3.2 Black

    Use this domain for words describing something that is black.

  • What words describe something that is black in color?
    black, pitch black, jet-black, inky black, ebony black, black as coal, coal-black, black as pitch, black as night, night-black, henna, negro, raven,
  • 8.3.3.3.3 Gray

    Use this domain for words describing something that is gray.

  • What words describe something that is gray in color?
    gray, ashen, charcoal gray, grizzle, grizzled, grizzly, hoar, hoary, leaden, mouse-colored, mousy, muddy, slate-gray, smoky, sooty, steel-gray,
  • 8.3.3.3.4 Colors of the spectrum

    Use this domain for words describing something that is colored.

  • What words refer to all the colors arranged in the spectrum of the rainbow?
    spectrum, rainbow, prism, spectral,
  • What words describe a kind of color?
    primary color, secondary color, earth color, warm color, cool color, infrared,
  • What are the shades of red?
    red, beet-red, blood-red, blush, brick-red, cardinal, carmine, carnelian, cherry, Chinese red, claret, coral, crimson, fiery, fire-red, flame-colored, incarnadine, lobster, lobster-colored, madder, pink, puce, roan, rose, rose-colored, roseate, rosy, rouge, ruby-red, ruddy, scarlet, vermilion, wine,
  • What are the shades of orange?
    orange, apricot, cadmium, carrottop, carroty, ocher, peach, salmon, tangerine,
  • What are the shades of yellow?
    yellow, amber, banana, blond, blonde, canary, chartreuse, chrome yellow, citron, cream, flaxen, gold, golden, goldilocks, jaundice, lemon, saffron, sallow, straw-colored, sulfur, tawny, terra cotta, yellow ocher, xanthous,
  • What are the shades of green?
    green, greenish, apple-green, bottle-green, chlorine, emerald, grass, grass-green, khaki, leaf-green, leek-green, lime-green, olive, pea, pea-green, peacock, sap green, sea-green, topaz, verdant, viridian,
  • What are the shades of blue?
    blue, azure, baby-blue, beryl-blue, carbuncle, cerulean, cobalt, cyan, cyanic, indigo, lapis lazuli, navy blue, Prussian blue, royal blue, sapphire, sky blue, teal, turquoise, ultramarine,
  • What are the shades of purple?
    purple, violet, amethyst, crocus, hyacinth, lavender, lilac, liver-colored, magenta, maroon, mauve, mulberry, plum, plum-colored, royal purple,
  • What are the shades of brown?
    brown, tan, beige, flesh colored, auburn, brunette, buff, chestnut, chocolate, cinnamon, cocoa, coffee, dun, fawn, foxy, hazel, khaki, mahogany, ocher, russet, rust, sepia, sienna, sorrel, umber, walnut,
  • What words describe something that looks like metal?
    metallic, copper, brass, bronze, bronzed, gilded, gilt, gold, golden, platinum, silver, silvery, steely,
  • 8.3.3.3.5 Animal color, marking

    Use this domain for words related to animal colors and markings.

  • What words are used to describe the coloring of an animal?
    russet, bay, palomino, sable, tortoise-shell,
  • What words are used to describe the markings on an animal?
    spotted, striped, camouflaged, flecked, speckled, piebald, dappled, star, blaze, brindled, calico, tabby, pinto,
  • 8.3.3.3.6 Change color

    Use this domain for words related to changing the color of something.

  • What words refer to changing the color of something?
    color (v), color something in, blacken, bleach, denigrate, dye, discolor, emblazon, imbue, ingrain, paint (v), redden, shade (v), stain, tinge, tint, add color, mix colors, tone down, whiten,
  • What words are used of something changing color?
    change color, lose its color, blush, turn pale, pale, blanch,
  • What words refer to dye being washed out of cloth?
    wash out, run,
  • What words refer to the sun changing the color of something?
    fade, bleach,
  • What words describe something whose color has changed?
    colored, discolored, bleached, dyed, faded, mantled, painted, shaded, stained, tinged, tinted,
  • What words refer to things used to change the color of something?
    paint (n), dye (n), bleach (n), food coloring, stain (n),
  • What words describe a color that does not change?
    fast,
  • 8.3.3.3.7 Multicolored

    Use this domain for words describing something that is multicolored--having many different colors.

  • What words describe something that has many different colors?
    colorful, multicolored, gaudy, garish, harlequin, multihued, many-colored, many-hued, brightly colored, variegated, polychrome, polychromatic, kaleidoscope, kaleidoscopic, play of colors, motley, pepper-and-salt, grizzled, mosaic,
  • What words describe something that is colored with lines?
    lined, striped, streaked, checkered, plaid, tartan, checked, marbled, banded, barred, cross-striped, damask,
  • What words describe something that is colored with spots?
    spotted, speckled, dotted, blotchy, dappled, mealy, mottled, pied, spotty,
  • What words describe something that is colored like a rainbow?
    rainbow-hued, iridescence, iridescent, prismatic, opalescence, opalescent, pearly,
  • 8.3.3.4 Shiny

    Use this domain for words that describe something that is shiny--when something gives back light because light is shining on it.

  • What words describe something that is shiny?
    shiny, glossy, polished, glassy, gleaming, sleek, silky, shining,
  • What words describe something that is shiny like metal?
    silvery, metallic,
  • What words describe something that is shiny like water?
    shimmering, glistening,
  • What words refer to something being shiny when light shines on it?
    shine (in the light), gleam, glint, glisten, glister, glitter, glow, shimmer, sparkle,
  • What words refer to the shiny appearance of something?
    shine, sheen, gloss, luster,
  • What words describe something that is not shiny?
    dull, matt,
  • 8.3.4 Hot

    Use this domain for words describing something that is hot.

    OMC Codes: 
    374 Heat
    Louw Nida Codes: 
    79N Hot, Lukewarm, Cold
  • What words describe something that is hot?
    hot, heat, red hot, boiling, burning hot, molten, ardent, baking, blazing, brisk, broiling, burning, calorific, fervent, fervid, fevered, fiery, glowing, heat, hot, igneous, incandescent, reeking, scorching, sizzling, smoking, torrid, white-hot,
  • What words describe food that is hot?
    hot, piping hot, scalding,
  • What words describe something that is warm?
    be warm, lukewarm, tepid,
  • What words describe a time or place that is hot?
    hot, boiling, be a scorcher, sultry, sunny, sweltering, sweltry, tropical, heat wave,
  • What words describe a time or place that is warm?
    warm, the warmth, balmy, mild, temperate,
  • What words describe a time or place that is so hot that you are uncomfortable?
    stifling, muggy, humid, oppressive,
  • What words refer to feeling hot?
    hot, warm, boiling,
  • What words refer to feeling hot because you are sick?
    have a temperature, feverish,
  • What words refer to how hot something is?
    temperature, heat, degree, Celsius, Centigrade, Fahrenheit, level of heat, warmth,
  • What things do people use to measure how hot something is?
    thermometer,
  • What words refer to something becoming hot?
    warm up, get hot, thaw, melt, temperature is rising,
  • What words refer to making something hot?
    heat something, warm something, thaw something, melt something, take the chill off, heat up, reheat, warm up,
  • What happens to things and people when they get hot?
    boil, melt, burn, warp, sweat,
  • What words describe clothes that make you feel warm?
    warm, thermal,
  • What things do people use to stay warm when it is cold?
    fire, heater, furnace, central heating, radiator, hot-water bottle, electric blanket,
  • What words describe something that is neither hot nor cold?
    room temperature, ambient temperature,
  • 8.3.4.1 Cold

    Use this domain for words describing something that is cold.

    Louw Nida Codes: 
    79N Hot, Lukewarm, Cold
  • What words describe something that is cold?
    cold, frozen, icy, glacial, hibernal, hiemal, hyperborean, marmoreal, unthawed,
  • What words describe food that is cold?
    cold, cool, chilled, ice-cold, stone-cold,
  • What words describe something that is cool?
    cool, crisp, refresh, unfrozen,
  • What words describe a time or place that is cold?
    cold, the cold, frosty, wintry, cold spell, cold snap, frigid, bleak,
  • What words describe a time or place that is cool?
    cool, chilly, drafty, nippy, fresh, crisp, bracing, chill,
  • What words describe a time or place that is very cold?
    freezing, bitterly cold, arctic, subzero temperatures,
  • What words describe a wind that is cold?
    freezing, bitter, biting, cutting, raw,
  • What words refer to feeling cold?
    be cold, feel cold, look cold, freezing, frozen, feel the cold,
  • What words refer to feeling cold because you are sick?
    get the chills, ague,
  • What words refer to how cold something is?
    temperature, coldness, coolness,
  • What words refer to something becoming cold?
    get cold, turn cold, drop, fall, cool down, cool, cool off, freeze, lose heat
  • What words refer to making something cold?
    cool something, chill, refrigerate, freeze something,
  • What happens to things when they get cold?
    freeze, harden, brittle, frost-bound,
  • What happens to people when they get cold?
    shiver, be blue with cold, goose pimples, goosebumps, gooseflesh, someone's teeth are chattering, frostbite, frostbitten, freeze to death, die of cold,
  • What words describe clothes that make you feel cool?
    cool,
  • What things do people use to stay cool when it is hot?
    fan, cooler, air-conditioning, air-conditioner, air-conditioned, refrigeration,
  • 8.3.5 Type, kind

    Use this domain for words related to something being a type of thing, or that something belongs to a class of things.

    Louw Nida Codes: 
    58D Class, Kind
    58 Nature, Class, Example
  • What words indicate that something belongs to a class of things?
    be, be a kind of, be a type of, be a member of, include
  • What words refer to the class to which something belongs?
    type, kind, class, group, variety,
  • What words refer to a member of a class?
    kind (of), type (of), member (of), example (of), sort (of), such
  • What words refer to assigning something to a class?
    classify (with, as), classification, class, assign to a class, categorize, grade, group, sort,
  • 8.3.5.1 Nature, character

    Use this domain for words related to the nature of character of something.

    Louw Nida Codes: 
    58A Nature, Character
    58C Basic Principles or Features Defining the Nature of Something
  • What words refer to the nature or character of something?
    nature, character, such
  • 8.3.5.2 Compare

    Use this domain for words related to comparing something or someone with another thing.

    Louw Nida Codes: 
    64 Comparison
  • What words refer to comparing one thing with another?
    compare, comparison, contrast, than, comparable
  • 8.3.5.2.1 Same

    Use this domain for words describing something that is the same thing as you just mentioned, or describing two things that are exactly the same.

    Louw Nida Codes: 
    58E Same or Equivalent Kind or Class
  • What words refer to the same person or thing, not a different one?
    the same, the very same, the self-same, one and the same, common,
  • What words describe two things that are the same?
    same, identical, indistinguishable, can't tell the difference, can't tell them apart, be no different from, match, be a carbon copy, word for word, be synonymous with, be no better than, be nothing more than,
  • What words indicate that two numbers or amounts are the same?
    the same, equal, equivalent, even, level,
  • What words describe someone or something that is the same as before?
    be the same, unchanged, hasn't changed a bit, hasn't changed at all, unaffected,
  • What words describe someone or something that never changes?
    the same, consistent, unchanging, constant,
  • What words describe something that is the same in all its parts?
    uniform, homogeneous,
  • What words refer to making all the things in a group the same?
    standardize, bring something into line,
  • What words indicate that two things that people said are the same?
    correspond, be consistent with, agree, tally, coincide, match up,
  • What words indicate that something in one group is the same in some way as something in another group?
    corresponding, equivalent, counterpart, opposite number,
  • What words refer to thinking the same as someone else?
    like-minded, be on the same wavelength, be in tune with, be in harmony,
  • What words indicate that a part of one thing is the same as part of something else?
    overlap,
  • What words indicate that two things are the same in some way?
    equally, of equal, equal in, just as, as...as, every bit as, even, evenly,
  • What words refer to saying that two things are the same in some way?
    equate,
  • 8.3.5.2.2 Like, similar

    Use this domain for words describing two things or people that are similar, but not the same.

  • What words describe two things that are similar?
    like, similar, alike, much the same, comparable, parallel,
  • What words refer to something being like another thing?
    resemble, bear a resemblance to, akin to, have an affinity with, the same sort of,
  • What words describe two things that are very similar?
    be two of a kind, have a lot in common, tantamount,
  • What words describe two things that are a little similar?
    kind of like, vaguely resemble
  • What words indicate that something happens or is done in a similar way?
    similarly, like, such as, as,
  • What words refer to something being like another thing in some way?
    have something in common, share something, correspond,
  • What words refer to something looking like another thing?
    look like, resemble, the image of,
  • What words refer to something looking very much like another thing?
    be just like, look just like, be the image of, be the spitting image of, be the living image of, could pass for, could be mistaken for, be a dead ringer for, be the picture of,
  • What words refer to someone who looks like another person?
    look-alike, double,
  • What words refer to being like your mother or father?
    be like, take after, be a chip off the old block,
  • What words indicate that someone or something makes you think of another person or thing because they are similar?
    remind someone of, be reminiscent of, echo,
  • What words refer to the quality of being similar?
    similarity, likeness, resemblance,
  • What words refer to the way in which two things are similar?
    similarity, parallel,
  • 8.3.5.2.3 Different

    Use this domain for words describing two things that are different--not the same.

    Louw Nida Codes: 
    58F Different Kind or Class
  • What words describe two things that are different?
    differ, different, else, vary, dissimilar, unlike,
  • What words indicate that two numbers or amounts are different?
    different, unequal,
  • What words refer to the way in which two things are different?
    difference, variation, dissimilarity,
  • What words refer to discovering the difference between two things?
    tell the difference, see the difference, distinguish, differentiate,
  • 8.3.5.2.4 Other

    Use this domain for words related to other, as in 'the other person', 'another thing'--a thing that is not the same as something that has been mentioned.

  • What words refer to another thing?
    other, another, different, else, other than,
  • 8.3.5.2.5 Various

    Use this domain for words describing a group of things that are all different from each other.

  • What words describe a group of things that are different?
    various,
  • 8.3.5.2.6 Opposite

    Use this domain for words describing two things that are opposite.

  • What words describe two things that are opposite?
    opposite,
  • 8.3.5.3 Common

    Use this domain for words describing something that is common.

  • What words describe something that is common?
    common, widespread
  • 8.3.5.3.1 Usual

    Use this domain for words describing something that is usual.

  • What words describe something that is usual?
    usual, normal, natural, typical, ordinary
  • 8.3.5.3.2 Unusual

    Use this domain for words describing something that is unusual.

    Louw Nida Codes: 
    58H Unusual, Different From the Ordinary
  • What words describe something that is unusual?
    unusual, rare, infrequent, out of the ordinary, abnormal, unnatural, atypical, singular
  • 8.3.5.3.3 Unique

    Use this domain for words describing something that is unique--not like anything else.

    Louw Nida Codes: 
    58G Distinctive, Unique
  • What words describe something that is not like anything else?
    unique, distinctive
  • 8.3.5.3.4 Strange

    Use this domain for words describing something that is strange.

  • What words describe something that is strange?
    strange, odd, funny, peculiar, weird
  • What words describe a person who is not like most other people?
    unusual, abnormal, exceptional, aberrant, peculiar, unnatural, eccentric, uncommon, rare, unique, odd, strange, queer, quaint, original, unconventional, weird
  • What words refer to not being like most other people?
    unconformity, nonconformity
  • 8.3.5.4 Pattern, model

    Use this domain for words related to a pattern or model.

    Louw Nida Codes: 
    58I Pattern, Model, Example, and Corresponding Representation
    58J Archetype, Corresponding Type
  • What words refer to a pattern?
    pattern, model, prototype, original
  • What words refer to the best pattern or example of something?
    archetype, epitome, hero, ideal, paragon
  • What words refer to something made from a pattern?
    image
  • What words refer to the size of a model in comparison to the size of the real thing?
    scale, full-scale, life-size,
  • 8.3.5.5 Imitate

    Use this domain for words related to imitating someone--to do things in the same way as another person.

    Louw Nida Codes: 
    41D Imitate Behavior
  • What words refer to imitating someone?
    imitate, pattern after, mimic, imitate, copy
  • What words refer to doing the same thing?
    likewise,
  • 8.3.5.6 Copy

    Use this domain for words related to copying something.

  • What words refer to copying something?
    copy (v), make a copy of, duplicate, photocopy, reduplicate, reproduce, clone, replicate, triplicate,
  • What words refer to a copy of something?
    copy (n), duplicate, photocopy, duplication, clone, replica, reproduction,
  • 8.3.6 Made of, material

    Use this domain for words that mark the material out of which something has been made.

    Louw Nida Codes: 
    89Y Substance
  • What words refer to something being made of some material?
    be made of, consist of, be made up of, be composed of, made out of, made with, made from,
  • What words refer to something having some material in it?
    have something in it, contain,
  • What words refer to the material something is made of?
    material, composition, stuff, substance,
  • What words indicate the material that something is made of?
    out of, with, from, of,
  • 8.3.6.1 Strong, brittle

    Use this domain for words that describe something that is strong--not easily broken.

    Louw Nida Codes: 
    79M Strong, Weak
  • What words describe something that is not easily broken?
    strong, strength, tough, substantial
  • What words describe something that is easily broken?
    brittle, weak, weakness, breakable
  • 8.3.6.2 Hard, firm

    Use this domain for words that describe something that is hard--not easily cut, or broken.

  • What words describe something that is hard?
    hard, adamant, firm, indurate, petrified, concrete, tough
  • What words refer to something becoming hard?
    harden, set, stiffen up
  • What words refer to making something hard?
    harden, firm up, petrify, stiffen, toughen
  • 8.3.6.3 Stiff, flexible

    Use this domain for words that describe something that is stiff--not easy to bend.

  • What words describe something that is not easy to bend?
    stiff, strong, inflexible, unbendable, unbending, rigid, brittle, crisp, crispy,
  • What words describe something that is easy to bend?
    flexible, flexibility, flimsy, pliable, bendable, weak,
  • What words refer to something becoming more stiff?
    stiffen, rigidify
  • 8.3.6.4 Dense

    Use this domain for words describing something that is dense.

  • What words describe something that is dense?
    dense, thick, compact, consolidated, thickset
  • What words refer to making something more dense?
    compress, consolidate, consolidation
  • What words describe something that is not dense?
    thin, porous, spongy, hollow, tenuous, rare
  • What words refer to making something less dense?
    thin, rarefy
  • 8.3.6.5 Soft, flimsy

    Use this domain for words describing something that is soft or flimsy.

    Louw Nida Codes: 
    79U Soft, Tender
  • What words describe something that is soft?
    soft, flimsy, easily broken, tender
  • What words refer to making something soft?
    soften
  • 8.3.7 Good

    Use this domain for words describing something that is good.

    Louw Nida Codes: 
    65C Good, Bad
    88A Goodness
  • What words describe a person who is good?
    good, fine, excellent, moral, nice, worthy
  • What words describe something that is good?
    good, nice
  • What words describe an action that is good?
    well done
  • 8.3.7.1 Bad

    Use this domain for words describing something bad.

    Louw Nida Codes: 
    88O Bad, Evil, Harmful, Damaging
  • What words describe something that is bad in quality?
    bad, no good, lousy, unpleasant, cheap, severe, terrible, abject, mean, low, base, infamous, ignoble, irregular,
  • 8.3.7.2 Better

    Use this domain for words describing something that is better than something else.

  • What words describe something that is better than something else?
    better, best, surpass, superior
  • 8.3.7.2.1 Worse

    Use this domain for words describing something that is worse than something else.

  • What words describe something that is worse than something else?
    worse, lesser, inferior
  • What words refer to something getting worse in condition?
    degenerate, deteriorate
  • 8.3.7.3 Perfect

    Use this domain for words describing something that is perfect.

    Louw Nida Codes: 
    79C' Perfect
    88D Perfect, Perfection
  • What words describe something that is perfect?
    perfect, flawless
  • What words describe something that is not perfect?
    imperfect, flawed
  • 8.3.7.4 Mediocre

    Use this domain for words describing something that is mediocre.

  • What words describe something that is neither good nor bad?
    mediocre, average, undistinguished
  • 8.3.7.5 Important

    Use this domain for words describing something that is important.

    Louw Nida Codes: 
    65F Important, Unimportant
  • What words describe something that is important?
    important, main (thing), grand, great, urgent, worthy
  • 8.3.7.5.1 Basic

    Use this domain for words describing something that is basic.

  • What words describe something that is basic?
    basic, fundamental, essential, central
  • 8.3.7.6 Improve

    Use this domain for words related to improving something--to make something better.

  • What words refer to improving something?
    improve, improvement, ameliorate, correct, develop, reform, remedy, renovate, renovation, upgrade,
  • What words describe something that has been improved?
    improved, corrected,
  • 8.3.7.7 Right, proper

    Use this domain for words describing something, such as a tool or way of doing something, that is proper for a particular time, place, purpose, or job. The words in this domain involve a comparison between two things, an item and a setting. An evaluation is made as to how good the item is in the setting. The words may be used only of certain types of items, certain types of settings, or certain types of usefulness.

    Louw Nida Codes: 
    66 Proper, Improper
  • What words describe something that is proper?
    right, proper, applicable, apposite, apropos, becoming, befitting, correspond, correspondent, corresponding, decent, due, expected, felicitous, germane, meet, opportune, pertinent, pleasing, principled, properly, right-minded, rightful, smart, suitable, suited, timely, well, well-timed,
  • What words describe something that is right for a particular job?
    right, proper, accepted, approved, appropriate, correct,
  • What words refer to something being right for a particular job?
    suit, lends itself to, be suited to, be cut out for, be made for, fit the bill, fit in, be right for, be the right person for, make a good/ideal,
  • What words refer to something someone does that is right for a particular situation?
    right, proper, acceptable, appropriate, apt, correct, fitting, suitable, be the done thing, be the way it's done, in keeping with,
  • What words refer to doing something in the right way?
    right, properly, correctly, by the book,
  • What words refer to the quality of being proper?
    suitability, suitableness, fit (n),
  • 8.3.7.7.1 Wrong, unsuitable

    Use this domain for words describing something, such as a tool or way of doing something, that is unsuitable for a particular time, place, purpose, or job.

    Louw Nida Codes: 
    66 Proper, Improper
  • What words describe something that is unsuitable?
    improper, ill-suited, ill-timed, inadmissible, inapt, incongruous, incorrect, indecent, indelicate, malapropos, presumptuous, unacceptable, unapt, unbecoming, unbefitting, undue, unfit, unfitting, unsuited to, untimely, untoward,
  • What words refer to something being unsuitable for a particular purpose or situation?
    wrong, unsuitable, not suitable, unsuited to, not suited to, inappropriate, not appropriate, hardly the time/place/person,
  • What words refer to someone being unsuitable for a job?
    unsuitable, not suitable, not be cut out for, wrong, ill-suited to, not suited to,
  • What words refer to something being unsuitable because it isn't good enough?
    unfit, not fit,
  • What words refer to something being unsuitable for a particular place?
    be out of place, be out of keeping, not be in keeping, incongruous,
  • What words refer to someone being unsuitable for a particular place?
    be out of place, misfit,
  • 8.3.7.7.2 Convenient

    Use this domain for words describing something that is convenient--a good time to do something.

  • What words describe something that is convenient?
    convenient, handy, suit, fit in with, be good for, a good time, no trouble, no problem
  • What words describe something that is not convenient?
    inconvenient, not convenient, be bad for, a bad time
  • 8.3.7.7.3 Compatible

    Use this domain for words related to being compatible--words that describe two things or people that can be together or work together without problems or conflict.

  • What words describe things that are compatible?
    compatible, congruent, congruous, consistent, consonant, suitable, proper, fitting, presentable
  • What words refer to things being compatible?
    accord, agree, clash, cohere, complement, comport, dovetail, go together, go with, harmonize, jibe, rhyme, square
  • What words describe people that are compatible?
    compatible,
  • What words refer to people being compatible?
    work well together, be well-suited, be well-matched, be made for each other, be a perfect match, be a perfect pair, be ideally suited, be right for,
  • What words refer to the quality of being compatible?
    compatibility, harmony,
  • What words describe things or people that are incompatible?
    incompatible, ill-matched,
  • What words refer to people being incompatible?
    not be suited, be wrong for, not be right for, not be someone's type,
  • What words refer to the quality of being incompatible?
    incompatibility,
  • 8.3.7.8 Decay

    Use this domain for words related to something decaying--when a living thing dies and becomes bad, or when a part of a living thing becomes bad.

    Louw Nida Codes: 
    23M Rot, Decay
  • What words refer to something decaying?
    decay, rot, decompose, perish, fester, mildew, molder, putrefy,
  • What words describe something that is decaying?
    rotten, decayed, moldy, mildewed, putrid, rotted, carious,
  • What words refer to food decaying?
    go bad, go off, go stale, go sour, spoil, taint,
  • What words describe food that is decaying?
    rotten, bad, stale, moldy, sour, rancid, off, tainted,
  • What words refer to making something decay?
    rot,
  • What words refer to the process of decay?
    decay (n), corruption, decomposition, putrefaction,
  • What words refer to a place on something where it is decaying?
    decay (n), rot (n), canker, caries, carrion, dry rot,
  • What words refer to something being eaten by insects?
    eaten by insects, infested with termites, moth-eaten
  • 8.3.7.8.1 Rust

    Use this domain for words related to metal rusting--when metal becomes bad.

  • What words refer to metal rusting?
    rust, corrode, oxidize, tarnish, rust away,
  • What words describe metal that has rusted?
    rusty, corroded, tarnished, rusted, eaten away, eaten through,
  • What words refer to making metal rust?
    corrode, eat away, eat through,
  • What words refer to the process of rusting?
    corrosion, oxidation,
  • What words refer to rust?
    rust, tarnish,
  • What words describe something that makes metal rust?
    corrosive,
  • 8.3.7.8.2 Blemish

    Use this domain for words related to a blemish--something small and bad on the skin of a person or the surface of something, but not something serious, especially something wrong that does not affect how something works.

    Louw Nida Codes: 
    79L Blemished, Unblemished
  • What words refer to a blemish in something?
    blemish, blot, dapple, excrescence, freckle, mole, pimple, speck, speckle, small fault,
  • What words describe something that has a blemish on it?
    blemished, defaced, marred,
  • 8.3.7.8.3 Garbage

    Use this domain for words related to garbage--something that is no longer wanted.

  • What words refer to garbage?
    garbage, rubbish, trash, litter, refuse, junk, waste, wastepaper, scrap,
  • What do people do to garbage?
    take out, throw away, discard, burn, chuck, dispose of, disposal, haul away, bury, dump, litter, pile up, collect
  • What words refer to a container where people put garbage?
    garbage can, trashcan, waste-basket, wastepaper basket, bin, dustbin, wastebin, garbage bag,
  • What words refer to a place where people put garbage?
    garbage pit, rubbish heap, garbage dump, rubbish tip, compost pile, incinerator,
  • What words refer to a person who removes garbage?
    garbage man, dustman
  • What words refer to a vehicle used to remove garbage?
    garbage truck, dustcart,
  • What words refer to a person who leaves garbage in a public place?
    litterbug,
  • What words describe something made to be used once and then thrown away?
    disposable,
  • What words refer to bad things that people allow to go into water or air?
    pollution, pollute, pollutant, smog, acid rain
  • 8.3.7.8.4 Preserve

    Use this domain for words related to preserving the condition of something from decay.

  • What words refer to preserving something from decay?
    preserve, put up, treat, conserve, maintain, keep up, sustain, take care of,
  • What words refer to a method of preserving something?
    bottle, can, cure, dry, embalm, freeze, mummify, pickle, refrigerate, salt, smoke, tan,
  • What words describe something that has been preserved?
    preserved, well-preserved, unspoiled,
  • What words refer to something continuing to be in a good condition?
    stay fresh, keep well, retain its flavor/appearance,
  • What words refer to something used to preserve something?
    preservative, salt, formaldehyde, embalming fluid, canning jar,
  • What words refer to the process of preserving something?
    preservation, embalming, mummification,
  • 8.3.7.9 Value

    Use this domain for words related to the value of something.

    Louw Nida Codes: 
    65 Value
    65A Valuable, Lacking in Value
    65B Worthy, Not Worthy
  • What words refer to the value of something?
    value, price, worth
  • What words refer to evaluating the value of something?
    evaluate, evaluation, value (v),
  • What words describe something that is valued as good?
    good, valuable, worthy, advantageous, important, useful, dear
  • What words describe something that is valued as bad?
    bad, worthless, unworthy, unimportant, useless
  • What words refer to increasing the value of something?
    increase in value, inflate, inflation, appreciate
  • What words refer to decreasing the value of something?
    decrease in value, debase, degrade, deflate, deflation, depreciate
  • 8.3.8 Decorated

    Use this domain for words describing something that is decorated.

    OMC Codes: 
    353 Building Interiors and Arrangement
    Interior Decoration and Arrangement
  • What words describe something that is decorated?
    decorated, adorned, bedecked, bejewelled, decked, embellished, festooned, hung, ornamented, studded,
  • What words refer to decorating something?
    decorate, adorn, bedeck, deck, embellish, festoon, ornament, gild,
  • What words refer to something used to decorate something?
    decoration, adornment, embellishment, ornament,
  • 8.3.8.1 Simple, plain

    Use this domain for words describing something that is simple or plain.

    OMC Codes: 
    353 Building Interiors and Arrangement
    Interior Decoration and Arrangement
  • What words describe something that is simple and does not have a lot of decorations?
    simple, plain, bare
  • 8.3.8.2 Glory

    Use this domain for words describing the appearance of something that has pleasing aspects or inspires awe and wonder in the viewer. For instance, the palace of a king, the home of a rich man, or a temple may be elaborately decorated and be described as glorious or magnificent. Or something in nature such as a sunset or flower may inspire awe and wonder.

    Louw Nida Codes: 
    79E Glorious
  • What words describe something that is pleasing and awe inspiring in appearance?
    glory, glorious, magnificent, splendor, resplendent, awe inspiring, wonderful, grand, great