| a-2 |
a prefix that means "not" or "without." [1/2 definitions] |
| abandon |
If you abandon something that you have, you go away from it without any plan to return to get it. If someone abandons an animal or another person, they leave them and don't plan to ever come back. [1/3 definitions] |
| aboveboard |
openly and without tricks or lies; honest. |
| abrupt |
When something is abrupt, it happens without anybody expecting it, and it often happens very quickly. [1/2 definitions] |
| absolute |
without limits or restrictions. [2/4 definitions] |
| abstract |
existing without physical shape or substance. [1/3 definitions] |
| accident |
"Accident" is chance or luck. When something happens by accident, it happens without any particular reason or anybody hoping or expecting it to happen. [1/2 definitions] |
| accidentally |
without intention or planning. |
| accurately |
correctly or precisely; without making any mistakes. |
| acoustic |
able to make musical sounds without using electricity. [1/2 definitions] |
| ad-lib |
to make up as one goes along; say or do something without practice or planning. [2 definitions] |
| adrift |
moving or floating without being steered; drifting; not anchored. [2 definitions] |
| afford |
to be able to do without fear of harm. [1/3 definitions] |
| affordable |
able to be obtained without excessive sacrifice of money or without incurring serious consequences. |
| aggression |
an attack or war against a country started without good cause by another country. [1/2 definitions] |
| albino |
a human or animal that is born without normal coloring. Albinos have very pale skin and hair and pink eyes. Plants can also be albinos. |
| allege |
to say or claim to be true without having proof. |
| all of a sudden |
When something happens all of a sudden, it happens without warning, and it usually surprises people or even shocks them. |
| all the time |
If something happens all the time, it happens a lot, or it never stops. If you do something a lot, you do it very often, or you do it without stopping. |
| alone |
without anyone or anything else. [2/3 definitions] |
| always |
at all times; without stopping; forever. [1/3 definitions] |