not straight or direct; roundabout

Synonyms:indirect, serpentine, roundabout

Synonyms:cautious, wary, careful, chary, discreet

Synonyms:moist, sticky, damp, gelid, sweating

Synonyms:hubbub, tumult, outcry, howl, roar

"Clandestine affairs"

Synonyms:covert, furtive, hidden, concealed, private, surreptitious, stealthy

Synonyms:vintage, archetypal

Antonyms:atypical, anomalous

(of a person) kind and merciful character; lenient

"A clement judge reduced his sentence"

(of a weather) mild or temperate; pleasant

Synonyms:platitude, hackneyed, banal, commonplace

to hold onto something tightly or stick to something.

"The child clung to her mother's hand in the crowded store"

Synonyms:stick, adhere, grasp, hold

(a lot of objects in) a state of being untidy

"My desk is covered in/full of clutter"

Synonyms:litter

to combine into a single group or thing

"Galaxies coalesced from smaller groupings of stars"

Synonyms:unite, combine, merge, conflate

to protect someone or something too much

"He has been coddled his whole life"

Synonyms:pamper, cosset

(of an argument or case) clear, logical, and convincing

"They put forward cogent arguments for club membership"

Synonyms:convincing

think deeply about something; meditate

Synonyms:comtemplate, consideration, ponder, excogitate

to take notice of and consider something, especially when judging

"The judge took cognizance of the new evidence"

Synonyms:awareness, knowledge, consciousness

friendly and cooperative, especially between coworkers or team members

"They had a collegial relationship, always helping each other at work"

Synonyms:conspire, connive

corresponding in size or degree; in proportion

"Salary will be commensurate with age and experience"

Synonyms:equivalent, corresponding, proportion

mix; blend

Synonyms:conflate

regulate or reverse the direction of an alternating current