Word Meanings - HORIZON - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The epoch or time during which a deposit was made. The strata all over the earth, which were formed at the same time, are said to belong to the same geological horizon. Le Conte. (more info) 1. The circle which bounds that part of the

Additional info about word: HORIZON

The epoch or time during which a deposit was made. The strata all over the earth, which were formed at the same time, are said to belong to the same geological horizon. Le Conte. (more info) 1. The circle which bounds that part of the earth's surface visible to a spectator from a given point; the apparent junction of the earth and sky. And when the morning sun shall raise his car Above the border of this horizon. Shak. All the horizon round Invested with bright rays. Milton. A plane passing through the eye of the spectator and at right angles to the vertical at a given place; a plane tangent to the earth's surface at that place; called distinctively the sensible horizon. A plane parallel to the sensible horizon of a place, and passing through the earth's center; -- called also rational or celestial horizon. The unbroken line separating sky and water, as seen by an eye at a given elevation, no land being visible.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of HORIZON)

• Compass
• Area
• enclosure
• circuit
• circumference
• horizon

Possible antonyms: (opposite words of HORIZON)

• Expand
• disband
• unfold
• amplify
• display
• dismiss
• liberate
• discard
• fail
• bungle
• botch
• misconceive
• mismanage
• misconstrue

Related words: (words related to HORIZON)

• DISMISSIVE
  Giving dismission.
• COMPASSIONATELY
  In a compassionate manner; mercifully. Clarendon.
• DISMISSAL
  Dismission; discharge. Officeholders were commanded faithfully to enforce it, upon pain of immediate dismissal. Motley.
• MISMANAGER
  One who manages ill.
• HORIZONTALLY
  In a horizontal direction or position; on a level; as, moving horizontally.
• EXPAND
  To become widely opened, spread apart, dilated, distended, or enlarged; as, flowers expand in the spring; metals expand by heat; the heart expands with joy. Dryden.
• CIRCUITOUS
  Going round in a circuit; roundabout; indirect; as, a circuitous road; a circuitous manner of accompalishing an end. -- Cir*cu"i*tous*ly, adv. -- Cir*cu"i*tous*ness, n. Syn. -- Tortuous; winding; sinuous; serpentine.
• BOTCH
  1. A swelling on the skin; a large ulcerous affection; a boil; an eruptive disease. Botches and blains must all his flesh emboss. Milton. 2. A patch put on, or a part of a garment patched or mended in a clumsy manner. 3. Work done in a bungling
• UNFOLDER
  One who, or that which, unfolds.
• BUNGLER
  A clumsy, awkward workman; one who bungles. If to be a dunce or a bungler in any profession be shameful, how much more ignominious and infamous to a scholar to be such! Barrow.
• ENCLOSURE
  Inclosure. See Inclosure. Note: The words enclose and enclosure are written indiscriminately enclose or inclose and enclosure or inclosure.
• BOTCHERY
  A botching, or that which is done by botching; clumsy or careless workmanship.
• DISPLAYER
  One who, or that which, displays.
• DISMISS
  1. To send away; to give leave of departure; to cause or permit to go; to put away. He dismissed the assembly. Acts xix. 41. Dismiss their cares when they dismiss their flock. Cowper. Though he soon dismissed himself from state affairs. Dryden.
• UNFOLDMENT
  The acct of unfolding, or the state of being unfolded. The extreme unfoldment of the instinctive powers. C. Morris.
• MISCONSTRUER
  One who misconstrues.
• CIRCUITY
  A going round in a circle; a course not direct; a roundabout way of proceeding.
• CIRCUITER
  One who travels a circuit, as a circuit judge. R. Whitlock.
• HORIZONTAL
  1. Pertaining to, or near, the horizon. "Horizontal misty air." Milton. 2. Parallel to the horizon; on a level; as, a horizontalline or surface. 3. Measured or contained in a plane of the horizon; as, horizontal distance. Horizontal drill,
• COMPASSABLE
  Capable of being compassed or accomplished. Burke.
• INCOMPASSIONATE
  Not compassionate; void of pity or of tenderness; remorseless. -- In`com*pas"sion*ate*ly, adv. -- In`com*pas"sion*ate*ness, n.
• SHORT CIRCUIT
  A circuit formed or closed by a conductor of relatively low resistance because shorter or of relatively great conductivity.
• ENCOMPASSMENT
  The act of surrounding, or the state of being surrounded; circumvention. By this encompassment and drift of question. Shak.
• DELIBERATELY
  With careful consideration, or deliberation; circumspectly; warily; not hastily or rashly; slowly; as, a purpose deliberately formed.