Words starting with C — 1,957 entries

The 1,957 dictionary words that begin with the letter C, in alphabetical order, each with its first definition. Accents do not affect filing: an accented initial is shelved under its base letter.

• completed1 senseFinished.
• completely2 sensesIn a complete manner; thoroughly.
• completion7 sensesThe act or state of being or making something complete; conclusion, accomplishment.
• complex19 sensesMade up of multiple parts; composite; not simple.
• complexion6 sensesThe quality, colour, or appearance of the skin on the face.
• complexity2 sensesThe state of being complex; intricacy; entanglement.
• complicate5 sensesTo make complex; to modify so as to make something intricate or difficult.
• complicated2 sensesDifficult or convoluted.
• complication6 sensesThe act or process of complicating.
• compliment3 sensesAn expression of praise, congratulation, or respect.
• complimentary3 sensesIn the nature of a compliment.
• compliments1 senseGood wishes.
• comply4 sensesTo yield assent; to accord; to acquiesce, agree, consent; to adapt oneself, to conform.
• component4 sensesA smaller, self-contained part of a larger entity. Often refers to a manufactured object that is part of a larger device.
• compose9 sensesTo make something by merging parts.
• composed1 senseShowing composure.
• composer3 sensesOne who composes; an author.
• composition20 sensesThe act of putting together; assembly.
• compound22 sensesAn enclosure within which workers, prisoners, or soldiers are confined.
• comprehend2 sensesTo understand or grasp fully and thoroughly; to plumb.
• comprehensive2 sensesBroadly or completely covering; including a large proportion of something.
• compressed2 sensesPressed tightly together.
• compression5 sensesAn increase in density; the act of compressing, or the state of being compressed; compaction.
• compromise10 sensesThe settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions.
• Compromise1 senseA township in Champaign County, Illinois, United States.
• compromised1 senseThat has been exposed to danger, risk, or discredit.
• compromising4 sensesWilling or able to make a compromise.
• Compton16 sensesAny of several placenames in England and the United States. A place in England: A village and civil parish in West Berkshire district, Berkshire (OS…
• compulsion3 sensesAn irrational need or irresistible urge to perform some action, often despite negative consequences.
• compulsive3 sensesUncontrolled or reactive and irresistible.
• computer6 sensesA programmable electronic device that performs mathematical calculations and logical operations, especially one that can process, store and retrieve…
• comrade5 sensesA mate, companion, or associate.
• con12 sensesA disadvantage of something, especially when contrasted with its advantages (pros).
• Con2 sensesA male given name, a diminutive form of Conor, Conrad or Cornelius.
• Conan2 sensesA male given name from Irish.
• conceal1 senseTo hide something from view or from public knowledge, to try to keep something secret.
• concealed1 senseHidden
• concede6 sensesTo yield or suffer; to surrender; to grant
• conceited4 sensesHaving an excessively favourable opinion of one's abilities, appearance, etc.; egotistical and vain.
• conceive4 sensesTo have a child; to become pregnant (with).
• concentrate6 sensesTo bring to, or direct toward, a common center; to unite more closely; to gather into one body, mass, or force.
• concentrated2 sensesNot dilute; having a high concentration.
• concentration8 sensesThe act, process or ability of concentrating; the process of becoming concentrated, or the state of being concentrated.
• concept4 sensesAn abstract and general idea; an abstraction.
• conception8 sensesThe act of conceiving.
• concern9 sensesThat which affects one’s welfare or happiness. A matter of interest to someone.
• concerned2 sensesShowing concern.
• concerning4 sensesCausing concern; worrying.
• concert6 sensesTo plan together; to settle or adjust by conference, agreement, or consultation.
• concession19 sensesThe act of conceding.
• concierge6 sensesAn employee of a hotel who attends to the requirements and wishes of guests.
• conclude9 sensesTo end; to come to an end.
• conclusion8 sensesThe end, finish, close or last part of something.
• conclusive2 sensesPertaining to a conclusion.
• concrete18 sensesReal, actual, tangible.
• concubine3 sensesA sexual partner, especially a woman, to whom one is not or cannot be married.
• concussion3 sensesAn injury to part of the body, most especially the brain, caused by a violent blow, followed by loss of function.
• condemn12 sensesTo strongly criticise or denounce; to excoriate.
• condemned5 sensesHaving received a curse to be doomed to suffer eternally.
• condescending2 sensesAssuming a tone of superiority, or a patronizing attitude.
• condition18 sensesA state or quality.
• conditioner5 sensesAnything that improves the condition of something.
• conditioning3 sensesThe process of modifying a person or animal's behaviour.
• Condo1 senseA surname.
• condolences2 sensescomfort, support, or sympathy offered especially to the family and friends of somebody who has died.
• condom2 sensesA flexible sleeve made of latex or other impermeable material such as polyurethane or sheepskin, worn over an erect penis during sexual intercourse…
• condone3 sensesTo forgive, excuse or overlook (something that is considered morally wrong, offensive, or generally disliked).
• conduct14 sensesThe act or method of controlling or directing.
• conducting1 senseSynonym of conductive.
• conductor7 sensesOne who conducts or leads; a guide; a director.
• conduit5 sensesA channel or pathway through which something is conducted, carried, etc. A pipe or channel for conveying water, etc.
• cone18 sensesA surface of revolution formed by rotating a segment of a line around another line that intersects the first line.
• Cone3 sensesA surname.
• Cones1 senseA surname from German.
• coney1 senseThe Jamaican coney (Geocapromys brownii), a hutia endemic to Jamaica.
• Coney2 sensesA surname.
• confederate7 sensesOf, relating to, or united in a confederacy
• Confederate6 sensesOf or relating to the Confederate States of America.
• conference11 sensesThe act of consulting together formally; serious conversation or discussion; interchange of views.
• Conference1 senseAn autumn cultivar of the European pear Pyrus communis.
• confess6 sensesTo admit to the truth, particularly in the context of sins or crimes committed.
• confessed1 senseWhich one admits or avows.
• confessing1 senseThe act of making a confession.
• confession6 sensesThe open admittance of having done something (especially something bad).
• confessor4 sensesOne who confesses faith in Christianity in the face of persecution, but who is not martyred.
• confide4 sensesTo have confidence in someone. To take (someone) into one's confidence; to speak in secret with.
• confidence4 sensesSelf-assurance.
• confident3 sensesVery sure of something; positive.
• confidential3 sensesKept, or meant to be kept, secret within a certain circle of persons; not intended to be known publicly.
• confidentiality2 sensesThe property of being confidential.
• confine4 sensesTo restrict (someone or something) to a particular scope or area; to keep in or within certain bounds.
• confined3 sensesNot free to move.
• confinement3 sensesThe act of confining or the state of being confined.
• confirm5 sensesTo strengthen; to make firm or resolute.
• confirmation4 sensesAn official indicator that things will happen as planned.
• confirmed3 sensesHaving a settled habit; inveterate or habitual.
• confirming1 senseAn act of confirmation.
• confiscate2 sensesTo use one's authority to lay claim to and separate a possession from its holder.
• conflict5 sensesA clash or disagreement, often violent, between two or more opposing groups or individuals.
• confront7 sensesTo stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance; to come face to face with.
• confrontation2 sensesThe act of confronting or challenging another, especially face to face.
• confuse7 sensesto puzzle, perplex, baffle, bewilder (somebody); to afflict by being complicated, contradictory, or otherwise difficult to understand
• confused5 sensesunable to think clearly or understand
• confusing1 sensedifficult to understand; not clear as lacking order, chaotic, etc.
• confusion6 sensesA lack of clarity or order.
• congo1 sensecongratulations
• Congo6 sensesDemocratic Republic of the Congo (a country in Central Africa, larger and to the east of the Republic of the Congo; official name: Democratic…
• congratulate2 sensesTo express one’s sympathetic pleasure or joy to the person(s) it is felt for
• congratulations1 senseExpressing praise and approval, expressing approbation.
• congregation8 sensesThe act of congregating or collecting together.
• congress8 sensesA formal gathering or assembly of persons; a conference held to discuss or decide on a specific question.
• Congress7 sensesThe two legislative bodies of the United States: the House of Representatives and the Senate.
• congressional1 senseOf or relating to a congress.
• Congressional1 senseOf or pertaining to the United States Congress.
• congressman2 sensesA male member of congress.
• Congressman1 senseThe title for someone who is elected to be a congressman.
• conjure9 sensesTo perform magic tricks.
• connect10 sensesTo join (to another object): to attach, or to be intended to attach or capable of attaching, to another object.
• connected7 sensesHaving favorable rapport with a powerful entity.
• Connecticut2 sensesA state in the northeastern United States.
• connection15 sensesThe act of connecting.
• connections1 senseThe people financially involved with a racehorse or racing greyhound.
• conner2 sensesA corkwing wrasse (Symphodus melops)
• Conner5 sensesAn English surname originating as an occupation from Middle English connere, cunnere "inspector (of weighs and measures)".
• Connie3 sensesA diminutive of the female given name Constance or, rarely, of Concepción.
• Connor4 sensesA male given name from Irish.
• Connors1 senseA surname.
• Conor1 senseA male given name from Irish.
• conquer5 sensesTo defeat in combat; to subjugate.
• conquering1 senseAn act of conquest.
• conqueror1 senseSomeone who conquers.
• Conqueror1 senseWilliam the Conqueror.
• conquest8 sensesAn act or instance of achieving victory through combat; the subjugation of an enemy.
• Conquest4 sensesThe personification of conquest, often depicted riding a white horse.
• Conrad6 sensesA male given name from the Germanic languages.
• cons2 sensesA data structure in Lisp that is a pair of pointers, car and cdr, used mainly for lists.
• conscience3 sensesThe ethical or moral sense of right and wrong, chiefly as it affects a person’s own behaviour and forms their attitude to their past actions.
• conscious7 sensesAlert, awake; with one's mental faculties active.
• consciousness5 sensesThe state of being conscious or aware; awareness.
• consecutive5 sensesFollowing, in succession, without interruption.
• consensus5 sensesA process of decision-making that seeks widespread agreement among group members.
• consent7 sensesTo express willingness, to give permission.
• consequence6 sensesAn effect; something that follows a cause as a result.
• consequences1 senseAn old-fashioned parlour game describing the meeting of a lady and gentleman and the ensuing events, each player in turn writing a part of the story,…
• conservation6 sensesThe act of preserving, guarding, or protecting; the keeping (of a thing) in a safe or entire state; preservation.
• conservative15 sensesA person who favors maintenance of the status quo.
• Conservative3 sensesA member of a political party incorporating the word "Conservative" in its name. A member of the Conservative party.
• conservatory12 sensesHaving the quality of preserving from loss, decay, or injury.
• conserve7 sensesWilderness where human development is prohibited.
• consider9 sensesTo think about seriously.
• considerable3 sensesSignificant; worth considering.
• considerably1 senseSignificantly; to a degree worth considering.
• considerate3 sensesConsciously thoughtful and observant (often of other people and their rights, needs, feelings and comfort).
• consideration6 sensesThe thought process of considering, of taking multiple or specified factors into account (with of being the main corresponding adposition).
• considered1 senseHaving been carefully thought out; maturely reflected upon.
• considering3 sensesConsideration.
• consistency6 sensesLocal coherence.
• consistent5 sensesOf a regularly occurring, dependable nature.
• consistently2 sensesIn a consistent manner.
• consolation3 sensesThe act or example of consoling; the condition of being consoled.
• console9 sensesA stand-alone cabinet designed to stand on the floor; especially, one integrated with home entertainment equipment, such as a TV or stereo system.
• consort10 sensesThe spouse of a monarch.
• Consort1 senseA village in Alberta, Canada.
• conspicuous2 sensesObvious or easy to notice.
• conspiracy10 sensesAn agreement or arrangement between multiple parties to do something harmful, immoral or subversive; an instance of collusion.
• conspiring1 senseconspiracy
• constable8 sensesOne holding the lowest rank in most Commonwealth police forces. (See also chief constable.)
• Constable2 sensesAn English surname originating as an occupation from Old French conestable (“constable”).
• Constance4 sensesA female given name from Latin.
• constant10 sensesUnchanged through time or space; permanent.
• Constant3 sensesA surname.
• Constantine5 sensesA male given name from Latin.
• Constantinople1 senseThe former name, from 330–1930 C.E., of Istanbul, the largest city in Turkey; the former capital of the Ottoman Empire and of the Byzantine Empire…
• constantly4 sensesIn a constant manner; occurring continuously; persistently.
• constellation10 sensesAn arbitrary formation of stars perceived as a figure (especially one from mythology) or pattern, or a division of the sky including it, especially…
• constitution6 sensesThe act, or process of setting something up, or establishing something; the composition or structure of such a thing; its makeup.
• Constitution1 senseThe supreme law of some countries, such as Australia, Ireland, and the United States.
• constitutional8 sensesBelonging to, or inherent in, the constitution or structure of one's body or mind.
• construct6 sensesSomething constructed from parts.
• constructed1 senseArtificial; man-made.
• construction10 sensesThe process of constructing.
• constructive5 sensesRelating to or causing construction.
• consul8 sensesAn official residing in major foreign towns to represent and protect the interests of the merchants and citizens of their country.
• consulate5 sensesRule by consuls, as during most periods of the Roman Republic or in France between 1799 and 1804.
• consult13 sensesA visit to consult somebody, such as a doctor; a consultation.
• consultant4 sensesA person or party that is consulted.
• consultation3 sensesThe act of consulting.
• Consultation1 senseThe 42nd sura (chapter) of the Qur'an.
• consume7 sensesTo use up.
• consumed1 senseFull of, exuding (also figuratively).
• consumer4 sensesOne who, or that which, consumes.
• consuming2 sensesHolding one's attention or interest.
• consumption6 sensesThe act of eating, drinking or using.
• contact12 sensesThe act of touching physically; being in close association.
• contagious4 sensesEasily transmitted to others.
• contain5 sensesTo hold inside.
• contained1 senseRestricted in space.
• container9 sensesSomeone who contains; something that contains. An item in which objects, materials or data can be stored or transported.
• containing1 sensecontents
• containment6 sensesThe state of being contained.