ideographic



alphabetic, apish, capital, connotative, demonstrative, designative, diagnostic, echoic, emblematic, embodying, evidential, exhibitive, expressive, figural, figurative,

   soften the blow - cushion, damp, dampen, deaden, neutralize, offset, soften, suppress ,

   doubtlessly - absolutely, admittedly, beyond doubt, beyond question, by all odds, definitely, dollars to doughnuts, doubtless, easily, in all likelihood, in all probability, incontestably, indeed, indisputably, indubitably,

   scuba diver - diver, frogman, jumper, plunger ,

   electoral - choosing, choosy, constituent, discriminating, eclectic, elective, particular, selective ,

   hegemony - Lordship, acme, archbishopric, aristocracy, authority, authorization, bishopric, blue ribbon, championship, chancellery, command, consulate, control, deanery, dictatorship,

   festivity - amusement, anniversaries, assembly, assignation, at home, ball, banquet, blow-out, boisterousness, brawl, carnival, caucus, celebrating, celebration, ceremony,

   lily-livered - afraid, chicken, coward, cowardly, cowed, craven, daunted, dismayed, faint-hearted, fearful, funky, gutless, intimidated, mousy, panicky,

   wires - connections, deal, game, intrigue, lobbying, ploy, scheme, strings ,

   crazy about - ape about, attached to, bugs on, cracked on, devoted to, enamoured of, far gone on, fond of, freaked-out, gaga over, gone on, hipped on, hot about, in love with, mad about,

   anatomist - anatomy, biologist, botanist, morphology, naturalist, zoologist ,