Synonyms: words starting with M
538 words starting with M that have a synonyms page, each shown with its closest synonyms.
- ma'am'm, marm, ball and chain
- macaronimaccheroni, mac, noodle
- macaronicbuckish, dandyish, beauish
- macherbaron, big cheese, big enchilada
- machetebolo, golok, sundang
- machohe-man, macho man, jock
- madcrazy, weird, insane
- mad as a hatterinsane, disturbed, loopy
- madamwoman, dame, lady
- madcapdunce, jughead
- Madeira woodAmerican mahogany, Cuban mahogany, small-leaved mahogany
- madhouseinsane asylum, mental hospital, bin
- madmanlunatic, crazy
- madnessinsanity, craziness, insaneness
- magemystic, spellcaster
- magicwitchcraft, wizardry, sorcery
- magic mushroommushie, shroom, 'shroom
- magicalmystical, mystic, witching
- magicianwizard, sorcerer, mage
- magnanimousgenerous, large-hearted, unselfish
- magneticattractive, magnetized, charismatic
- magnetic fieldmagnetic flux density, magnetic induction, magnetic field intensity
- magnifyhonor, praise, worthy
- magniloquenttumid, lexiphanic, pompous
- magpiepiet, haggister, maggie
- maidchambermaid, maidservant, lady-in-waiting
- maidservantservingmaid, servingwoman, womanservant
- mail carriermailperson, postperson
- mailboxletterbox, postbox, USPS blue box
- maillottanksuit, one-piece, leotard
- mailmanpostman, postie
- main dragmain street, high street, high road
- mainlyprincipally, in the main, energetically
- mainstreamusual, common
- maizecorn, green corn, Indian corn
- major leaguesuperleague, big league, majors
- makefashion, produce, construct
- make a hash ofmess up, muck up, stuff up
- make a livingearn a living, bring home the bacon, carry one's weight
- make amendsrepair, expiate
- make fun ofbust on, deride, make sport of
- make itmate, play, copulate
- make lovecopulate, couple, engage in sex
- make matters worseadd fuel to the fire, add insult to injury, cap it all off
- make outdescry, detect, spot
- make sensefigure, add up, track
- make someone's dayplease, content, cheer
- make the gradecut it, cut the mustard, make the cut
- make up one's mindjudge, decide, find
- makeupconstitution, configuration, cosmetics
- makutuspell, charm, mojo
- Malabar nightshadeMalabar climbing spinach, Ceylon spinach, Indian spinach
- maladydisease, sickness, ailment
- malaisedoldrums, unease
- malapertbrazenface, cheeky chappie, cheeky chops
- malarkeyabsurdity, all my eye, all my eye and Betty Martin
- malavogueown, vanquish, castigate
- Malay appleohia, kavika, pommerac
- MalaysianMalayan, Bahasa Kebangsaan, Bahasa Malaysia
- malemasculine, plug, manly
- malefactiondelinquency, criminality, perpetration
- maleficabandoned, wicked, black-hearted
- maleficentabandoned, wicked, black-hearted
- maleficiatecursed, charmed, bewitched
- malevolentevil, abandoned, wicked
- malfeasancewrong, crime, offense
- maliceevil, ill will, wickedness
- maliciousfell, abandoned, brutal
- malignwrong, dirty, foul
- malignantmalicious, malign, malefic
- malignitycorruption, sin, wrongdoing
- malodorousbad, putrid, noisome
- Maltese crossnonesuch, cross of Malta, burning love
- mammary glanddug, breast, udder
- mammockhunk, lump, bit
- mammothhuge, titanic
- mamoncilloquenepa, chenet, guaya
- mampusshedload, abundance, battalion
- manhusband, his lordship, hubby
- man of lawadvocate, limb of the law, abogado
- man on the streeteveryman, man in the street, man on the Clapham omnibus
- man-eaterfemme fatale, enchantress, mantrap
- manageablecompliant, yielding, indulgent
- managerchief, boss, administrator
- mandateconsent, warrant, allowance
- mandatoryrequired, compulsory, obligatory
- mandiblejawbone, dentary
- manhoodhumanity, mankind, manfulness
- maniablecontrollable, governable, rulable
- manifestobvious, apparent, patent
- manifolddiverse, many, legion
- manikinmidget, homunculus, peewee
- Manila hempabaca, abacá, abaka
- manlinessmasculinity, mannishness, maleness
- manlingson, mankin, bhoy
- mannerway, fashion, behavior
- mannishbutch, unladylike
- manrootman-of-the-earth, wild cucumber, cucumber gourd
- mantrasaying, incantation, intonation
- manualhandbook, standard
- manynumerous, crowd, mob
- manynessmultiplicity, multipleness, nonunity
- maomaosweep, banded damselfish, green damselfish
- mapplan, chart
- maracaassets, babylons, balloons
- marchprotest, parade, rally
- margemoms, mother
- marginalizealienate, invisibilize, peripheralize
- marijuanacannabis, sens, mull
- markmarco, Reichsmark
- markednoted, manifest, noticeable
- marketmart, marketplace, fair
- markworthyeminent, noteworthy, remarkable
- maroonmarooner, Boschneger, Bush Negro
- marriagewedding, wedlock, matrimony
- marriedwedded, autem, wed
- marrowcrux, gist, bowels
- marryespouse, conjoin, join
- marsh marigoldmayflower, cowslip, kingcup
- marshyswampy, boggy, fenny
- martyrologysynaxarion, hagiography, Eleh Ezkerah
- Mary Janebhang, boo, broccoli
- masculinemale, mannish, manly
- mashpomate, firearm, gat
- masherdandy, fop, carpet knight
- mass nounmaterial noun, non-count noun, noncount noun
- massarandubacow-tree, balata, ausubo
- massivehuge, gargantuan, giant
- masterskipper, captain
- Master of ArtsAM, Artium Magister, MA
- master of ceremoniespresenter, host, compere
- master's degreemasters, magistrate, master
- masterlymasterful, apt, consummate
- masterpiecemasterwork, chef d'œuvre, magnum opus
- mastoidmastoidal, mammiform, mammillariform
- masturbatebate, abuse, bash one out
- masturbationonanism, self-abuse, beat one's meat
- masturbatoryautoerotic, self-absorbed, self-indulgent
- matchgame, bout, set
- matchlessunmatched, nonpareil, unparalleled
- matebreed, copulate, crack
- materialappoint, bulky, massive
- materialismphysicalism, hylism, hylicism
- materialisthylic, materialistic, concerned only with material things
- matrimony vinemurali, wolfberry
- matrixtable, array, grid
- mattematting, mat, passe-partout
- mattermaterial, substance, stuff
- matter of coursetradition, custom, protocol
- maturegrow, ripen, progress
- maturityadulthood, ripeness
- matweedcommon carpetgrass, caratao grass, Louisiana grass
- maudlinsappy, befuddled, mushy
- maugredespite, regardless of, with
- maulabuse, hurt, damage
- Maundy ThursdayHoly Thursday, Covenant Thursday, Great and Holy Thursday
- mavenconnoisseur, master, ace
- maverickheteroclite, individualist, lone gunman
- mawkishcorny, mushy, maudlin
- maximsaying, proverb
- maximalmaximum, intense, utmost
- maximum147, maximum break, extreme
- maybepossibly, mayhaps, perhaps
- mayflyephemera, dayfly, drakefly
- mayhembedlam, car crash, chaos
- mayormair, mayoress, burgomaster
- MazanderaniTabarian, Taparian, Mazeniki
- McIntoshMac, McIntosh Red, McIntosh apple
- memy, I, moi
- meadow brightkingcup, marsh marigold, May blob
- meadowsweetmeadowwort, meadsweet
- meagerinadequate, paltry, exiguous
- meanpathetic, bad, wretched
- meaningdefinition, sense, use
- meaninglessnonsensical, senseless, negligible
- meanwhilebetween-time, meantime, in the meantime
- measuredreasonable, temperate, tempered
- meatflesh, anaconda, baloney pony
- meatystocky, fleshy, bulky
- mechanical pencilpacer, leadholder
- meconiumaunti/aunti Emma, big O, chandu
- meddlemate, dabble, stick one's nose into
- meddlesomemeddling, interfering
- medicaltherapeutic, curative, nonsurgical
- medicinepharmaceutical, prescription
- mediocreaverage, ordinary, meh
- meditationthought, cogitation, contemplation
- meekmodest, humble-hearted, poor
- meetingmeet-up, gathering, rendezvous
- megapodebrush-turkey, moundbird
- megrimsail-fluke, witch, whiff
- mehaverage, mid, mediocre
- melancholiaill-being, depression, misery
- melancholicdepressed, miserable, unhappy
- melancholyill-being, depression, misery
- meliorateresolve, riddle, sleuth
- melliferousmellific, nectarine, nectarous
- mellowmellowy, cushiony, flabby
- melodramatizeham, chew the scenery, ham it up
- meltdowncrash, melty, tantrum
- memberlimb, integrant, lith
- memorableunforgettable, rememberable
- memoryrecall, retention
- menagerieassortment, zoo, zoological garden
- mendcorrect, reform, patch
- mendaciousfallacious, invented, inaccurate
- menhadenmossbanker, pauhagen, poghaden
- menstrual padpad, ST, maxi-pad
- menstruationon, flowers
- mentalpsychological, inner
- mentally retardedspecial, intellectually disabled, developmentally disabled
- menteeprotégé, mentoree, student
- mentionreference, bring up, toss up
- meownyan, nyaa, nyao
- mercadventurer, bravo, condottiere
- mercenarybravo, freelance, filibuster
- merchanttrader, retailer, shopkeeper
- mercifulclement, lenient, mercied
- mercilessfell, cruel, brutal
- mercysympathy, pity, leniency
- merealone, bare, simple
- merelybut, just, simply
- meretriciousflashy, garish, tawdry
- mergeblend, meld, coalesce
- meridiannoontide, 12 o'clock, 12 noon
- meritoriousdeserving, commendable, meedful
- mermaidmergirl, merlady, mermaiden
- merrilygladly, cheerfully, joyfully
- merrimentjoy, delight, glee
- merrinessjoy, delight, glee
- merryhappy, bonnie, cheerful
- merry-go-roundgiddy-go-round, carousel, roundabout
- meselleprous, wretched, repulsive
- messhash, shambles, muss
- mess kitmess set, mess trap, mess dress
- mess upfuck up, jack up, louse up
- messycluttered, untidy, chaotic
- metamorphosetransform, develop, evolve
- metamorphosisdevelopment, conversion, transformation
- meter maidgrey ghost, meter attendant, parking enforcement officer
- methamphetaminemethylamphetamine, methedrine, fire
- methanolmethylol, monohydroxymethane
- methaqualoneQuaalude, lude, mandrax
- methedrinemethamphetamine, fire, go-fast
- methodmethod acting, member function, bhang
- methodicalscientific, systematic, orderly
- meticulousfastidious, scrupulous, particular
- meticulouslycarefully, scrupulously, thoroughly
- metrosexualdandy, boulevardier, dandy (19th Century)
- MexicanAztec, Mexica, el goblino
- MiamiMaimi, Mayaimi, Mayimi
- microaggressionmicroassault, microinequity, microinsult
- microphonemic, mike, mike up
- micturateurinate, break the seal, hit the head
- micturitionleak, call of nature, emiction
- midaverage, mediocre, ordinary
- Mid-Autumn FestivalZhongqiu, Moon Festival, Zhongqiu Festival
- middaynoon-time, sext, noontide
- middle fingermid-finger, fuck finger, long finger
- middle of nowherebackwoods, backwater, boondocks
- middlingaverage, mediocre, ordinary
- midgetdwarf, short-ass//short-arse, shortie//shorty
- midnightboxcars, 00:00, 12 o'clock
- midnight oilaunti/aunti Emma, big O, chandu
- midpointmiddle, midway, center
- midstmiddle, centre, center
- midwaycenter, middle
- mightmay, authority, potency
- mightilymightly, vigorously, powerfully
- mignonexquisite, fopling, carpet knight
- mildkind, gentle, meek
- militaristbellicist, hawk, warmonger
- milkdairy milk, cowmilk, cow's milk
- milk barbodega, convenience store, corner store
- milksopcrybaby, milquetoast, sissy
- milkypuerile, lacteous, lactiferous
- Milky WayMilky Way Galaxy, Local Galaxy, Galaxy
- millmillesimal, factory, works
- millenniumchiliad, kiloyear
- millionmega-, M
- milquetoastfeeble, ineffectual, insipid
- mincereduce, minimize, belittle
- mince pieChristmas pie, mincemeat pie, shred pie
- mindhead, intelligence, intellect
- mind youhowever, nevertheless, be aware
- mind-bogglingmind-blowing, unimaginable, bewildering
- mindlessthoughtless, brainless, dull
- mingbemingle, combine, mang
- mingeaxe wound, badly packed kebab, bearded clam
- mingle-manglemelange, mishmash, farrago
- miniature golfputt-putt, minigolf
- minimizereduce, belittle, mince
- minionhenchman, stooge, lackey
- minnowminim, pinkeen, penk
- minusnegative, less, lacking
- minusculesmall, minute, tiny
- minutearcminute, instant, jiffy
- minxbit on the side, concubine, goomah
- miridcapsid bug, grass bug, leaf bug
- mirthjoy, delight, glee
- mirthlessdepressing, grim, melancholy
- miryboggy, quaggy, sloughy
- misandristmisandristic, misandric, misandrous
- misappropriateembezzle, misuse, defalcate
- miscellanywelter, mishmash, farrago
- mischanceadversity, mishap, unluck
- mischiefevil, badness, knavery
- mischief-makerinstigator, agitator, ruffian
- mischievousharmful, detrimental, naughty
- misconstructmisconstrue, misbuild, misunderstand
- misconstruemisunderstand, misinterpret, misjudge
- misdeedwrong, crime, offense
- misdemeanorwrong, crime, offense
- misdostumble, damage, harm
- misdoingcorruption, wrong, sin
- miserscrooge, pincher, cheapskate
- miserabledepressed, unhappy, sad
- miserlymean, scrooge-like, narrow-fisted
- miseryill-being, depression, sorrow
- misfortuneadversity, mishap, misadventure
- misguidedpuzzled, bewildered, muddled
- mishandlemaul, abuse
- mishapadversity, misfortune, contretemps
- mishmashmiscellany, welter, hodgepodge
- misinformationstory, disinformation, counterfactual
- misleaddeceive, misinform, misguide
- misluckadversity, mishap, mischance
- misogynistmisogynistic, woman hater, woman-hater
- misogynisticmisogynist, misogynous, misogynic
- misshapendeformed, deform, malformed
- mistakeslip-up, error, lapse
- mistressconcubine, head, leader
- misuseabuse, violate, force
- mitebit, atom, speck
- mithridatemithridatium, cure, mithridatum
- mitigatealleviate, mollify, check
- mixblend, muddle, amalgamate
- mix upscramble, puzzle, confuse
- mixturemix, blend, composite
- mnemonicanamnestic, memorial, mnemonical
- moanregret, sorrow, sigh
- mobilemoving, dynamic, motive
- mobile hometrailer, double-wide, house trailer
- mobile phonecell, mobile telephone, portable phone
- mocklampoon, scoff, satirize
- modtrick, trick out, 5150
- modelparadigm, epitome, example
- moderatemeasured, mild, reasonable
- moderatelysomewhat, halfway, quite
- modernizebring, make up to date, rejuvenate
- modestlittle, humble, meek
- modestlycorrectly, rightly, somewhat
- modicumbit, scrap, shred
- modifyadapt, revamp, rework
- modulobut, except, bar
- moilwork, labour
- moistsoaked, damp, humid
- moisturedampness, wetness
- moisturizehumidify, moisten, moisturise
- mojospell, charm, enchantment
- molassestreacle, sugar and honey, molass
- molasses grasscapim-gordura, Efwatakala grass, gordura grass
- moldabilityductility, suppleness, pliability
- molebirthmark, nevus
- moleculebit, scrap, shred
- molesttouch, come on to, diddle[black humor|humorous]]>
- mollifymitigate, soothe, placate
- momentwhile, split-second, flash
- moment of inertiamass moment of inertia, angular mass, rotational inertia
- momentarilytemporarily, soon
- momentlytemporarily, by degrees, little by little
- mommymom, ma, mama
- moneycurrency, funding, finances
- money plantannual honesty, jade plant, friendship tree
- money treemagic money tree, Guiana chestnut, provision tree
- moneyerminter, coiner
- moneylesspoor, bankrupt, poverty-stricken
- moneymaker'tocks, arse, arse cheeks
- mongrelbitsa, bitser, bitzer
- monikersobriquet, pseudonym, name
- monkeyidiot, uggo, puppet
- monkey businessbadness, delinquincy, devilishness
- monkeypodrain tree, saman, paradise nut
- monkeyshinebuffoonery, mischief, tomfoolery
- monkfishtoadfish, frogfish
- monochromaticmonochrome, unicolor, monocolor
- monochromemonochromatic, monotone, grayscale
- mononucleosismono, infectious mononucleosis, glandular fever
- monosemicmonosemantic, unambiguous
- monosilanesilane, tetrahydrosilane, tetrahydrosilicon
- monotonousregular, uniform, repetitive
- monsterbeast, monstrosity, monstrous
- moochleech, beg, blag
- moodtemper, mode, spirit
- moodydepressed, miserable, unhappy
- moolaackers, bees and honey, bones
- moonshinemoonlight, moon-light, moon light
- moorhenstankie, marsh hen, gallinule
- moottable, treat, chat
- mopfirearm, gat, gun
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