hireling, a. mercenary, venal.--n. mercenary.

hiss, n. sibilation, sibilance, hissing.--v. sibilate, whiz.

hissing, a. sibilant, sibilatory.

history, n. annals, chronicle, record, account; biography, autobiography. a.s.sociated Words: historic, historicity, historian, historiology, historiography, Clio, prehistoric.

hit, v. smite, buffet, strike.

hitch, n. catch, impediment, obstacle, obstruction, contretemps.--v. hook, yoke, unite, attach.

h.o.a.rd, v. garner, ama.s.s, save, treasure.

h.o.a.rd, n. store, supply, stock, acc.u.mulation.

hoa.r.s.e, a. harsh, discordant, husky, raucous, guttural.

hobgoblin, n. sprite, goblin, bugaboo.

hobo, n. (Colloq.) tramp, vagrant, vagabond.

hodgepodge, n. medley, farrago, salmagundi, potpourri.

hog, n. swine, porker; boar; sow; barrow (castrated); glutton.

a.s.sociated Word: porcine.

hoggish, a. swinish, gluttonous, voracious.

hoitytoity, a. flighty, giddy, thoughtless.

hold, v. sustain, restrain, retain, detain, withhold, arrest; contain; clutch, grasp, grip, clinch.

hold back. check, restrain, impede, curb, r.e.t.a.r.d.

holdback, n. check, hindrance, restraint, impediment.

holder, n. tenant, occupier; inc.u.mbent.

hold in. restrain, curb, check, repress, retain, rein.

holding, n. restraint, retention, checking, continence, tenacity, detention; tenure, inc.u.mbency. Antonyms: incontinence, release.

hole, n. cavity, excavation, pit, perforation, rent, fissure, opening, aperture, delve, cache, concavity, mortise, puncture, orifice, eyelet, crevice, loophole, interstice, gap, spiracle, vent, bung, pothole, manhole, scuttle, scupper, muset, muse; cave, holt, den, lair, retreat, cover, hovel, burrow. Antonyms: imperforation, closure. a.s.sociated words: auger, drill, gimlet, bodkin, bore, bit, puncture, perforate, pink, awl, stylet, imperforable, imperforate, punch, wimble, pierce, eyeleteer, dibble, plug, spigot, spile, gouge, puncheon, probe.

holiday, n. festival, _fete_, _fiesta_ (Sp.).

holiness, n. sanct.i.ty, piety, G.o.dliness, devoutness, sacredness.

hollow, a. excavated, cavernous, vacant, void, unfilled, empty; cannulated; concave, depressed, gaunt, sunken; insincere, unsound, false, hypocritical. Antonyms: convex, protuberant, sincere.

hollow, v. scoop, excavate, concave.

hollow, n. depression, cavity, valley; concavity, channel, groove, concave, recess; correi.

holy, a. sacred, consecrated, hallowed, sanctified, saintly, G.o.dly, pious, guileless.

Holy Ghost. Paraclete, Holy Spirit, the Comforter, the Sanctifier.

holy oil. chrism. a.s.sociated Words: chrismatory, chrismation, chrismal, cruet, ampulla, unction.

holy water. a.s.sociated Words: asperges, aspergill, aspergillum, aspersorium, aspersoir, stoup, font, benitier, cruet, hyssop.

homage, n. deference, obeisance, reverence, honor; fealty, fidelity, allegiance; adoration.

home, n. domicile, residence, dwelling-place, abode, dwelling, hearth, hearthstone; habitat, seat; asylum, retreat. a.s.sociated Words: domestic, domesticate, domesticity, domestication, inhabitativeness.

homeborn, a. native, indigenous.

homely, a. plain, plain-looking, uncomely; inelegant, rude.

homesickness, n. nostalgia. a.s.sociated Word: nostalgic.

homing instinct. orientation.

hone, n. oilstone.

honest, a. honorable, reputable; upright, sincere, guileless, ingenuous, incorruptible.

honesty, n. uprightness, probity, integrity, candor, sincerity, rect.i.tude.

honey, n. a.s.sociated Words: melliferous, mellific, mellification, metheglin, mellifluent, mellifluous, mellite, mellivorous, meliphagan, meliphagous, hydromel, mead, comb.

honey-combed, a. alveolate, cellular, faviform, favaginous.

honey-dew, n. meligo, nectar.

honeysuckle, n. woodbine, caprifole.

honey-tongued, a. persuasive, seductive.

honor, n. respect, esteem, veneration, reverence, deference, homage; probity, integrity, magnanimity, uprightness, chast.i.ty, decency, virtue, modesty; eminence, distinction, fame; glory, excellency, pride.

Antonyms: dishonor, disesteem, irreverence, improbity, disrepute, reproach.

honor, v. esteem, respect, revere, reverence, venerate; dignify, exalt, elevate.

honorable, a. upright, honest, equitable, reputable, magnanimous.

honors, n. pl. t.i.tles, dignities, privileges. a.s.sociated Words: timocracy, timocratic, honorary, honorific.