1. desperate
adjective. ['ˈdɛsprɪt, ˈdɛspɝɪt'] arising from or marked by despair or loss of hope.
Synonyms
- hopeless
Antonyms
- inauspiciousness
- unpropitiousness
Etymology
- desperatus (Latin)
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Words that Rhyme with Desperate Measure
- displeasure
- treasure
- pleasure
- leisure
- leasure
Example sentences of the word desperate-measure
1. Noun Phrase
Like tapping joints apart, this is a long shot -- a desperate measure for a desperate situation.
2. desperate
adjective. ['ˈdɛsprɪt, ˈdɛspɝɪt'] desperately determined.
Synonyms
- do-or-die
Antonyms
- felicitous
- dishonor
Etymology
- desperatus (Latin)
3. measure
verb. ['ˈmɛʒɝ'] determine the measurements of something or somebody, take measurements of.
Synonyms
- calliper
- determine
- triangulate
- shoot
- caliper
- measure out
- decide
- make up one's mind
- mensurate
Antonyms
- overact
- underact
- tightness
- immovability
Etymology
- mesure (Middle English (1100-1500))
- mesure (French)
4. measure
verb. ['ˈmɛʒɝ'] express as a number or measure or quantity.
Synonyms
- step
- weigh
- titrate
- meter
- express
- clock
- librate
- fathom
- pace
- convey
- plumb
- sound
- quantify
- time
- carry
- gauge
Antonyms
- insufficient
- scarcity
- abundant
- impossibility
Etymology
- mesure (Middle English (1100-1500))
- mesure (French)
5. measure
verb. ['ˈmɛʒɝ'] have certain dimensions.
Synonyms
- weigh
- be
- stand
- last
- endure
Antonyms
- negativeness
- negativity
- decrease
- increase
Etymology
- mesure (Middle English (1100-1500))
- mesure (French)
6. measure
verb. ['ˈmɛʒɝ'] evaluate or estimate the nature, quality, ability, extent, or significance of.
Synonyms
- pass judgment
- censor
- grade
- praise
- score
- value
- reevaluate
- evaluate
- mark
- judge
- reassess
- appraise
- assess
- standardize
- rate
- valuate
Antonyms
- immovableness
- refrain
- stay in place
- loss
Etymology
- mesure (Middle English (1100-1500))
- mesure (French)
7. measure
noun. ['ˈmɛʒɝ'] any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal.
Synonyms
- step
- safeguard
- tactical maneuver
- maneuver
- tactical manoeuvre
- guard
- porcupine provision
- countermeasure
- precaution
- shark repellent
Antonyms
- assembly
- discontinuation
- activation
- sink
Etymology
- mesure (Middle English (1100-1500))
- mesure (French)
8. measure
noun. ['ˈmɛʒɝ'] how much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify.
Synonyms
- fundamental measure
- nonstandard
- unit of time
- magnetization
- proof
- radical
- economic value
- quantum
- octane rating
- octane number
- time interval
- magnetisation
- abstract entity
- definite quantity
- probability
- quantity
- chance
- play
- amount
- fundamental quantity
- metric
- interval
- standard
- cordage
- period of play
- value
- abstraction
- system of measurement
- point in time
- indefinite quantity
- playing period
- relative quantity
- time unit
- volume
Antonyms
- nonstandard
- profound
- inaudible
- thin
Etymology
- mesure (Middle English (1100-1500))
- mesure (French)
9. measure
noun. ['ˈmɛʒɝ'] a statute in draft before it becomes law.
Synonyms
- official document
- bottle bill
- instrument
- legal instrument
- appropriation bill
- bill of attainder
- rider
- farm bill
- bill
- trade bill
Antonyms
- beginning
- undock
- break
- irrelevance
Etymology
- mesure (Middle English (1100-1500))
- mesure (French)
10. measure
noun. ['ˈmɛʒɝ'] the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule.
Synonyms
- plumbing
- meter reading
- sounding
- radioactive dating
- mensuration
- angulation
- spirometry
- gravimetry
- activity
- micrometry
- hypsometry
- viscosimetry
- dosimetry
- hypsography
- quantitative chemical analysis
- measurement
- photometry
- telemetry
- mental measurement
- seismography
- viscometry
- pelvimetry
- audiometry
- measuring
- densitometry
- thermogravimetry
- scaling
- hydrometry
- quantitative analysis
- bathymetry
- fetometry
- calorimetry
- reading
- surveying
- sampling
- quantification
- tonometry
- anthropometry
- actinometry
- cephalometry
- foetometry
- anemometry
- observation
- arterial blood gases
- anemography
- algometry
- thermometry
Antonyms
- source
- peristalsis
- anastalsis
- dormant
Etymology
- mesure (Middle English (1100-1500))
- mesure (French)