ZEITGEIST Synonyms

• an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story)

• a characteristic property that defines the apparent individual nature of something

• the inherent complex of attributes that determines a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions

• an actor's portrayal of someone in a play

• a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities)

• good repute

• a formal recommendation by a former employer to a potential future employer describing the person's qualifications and dependability

• a written symbol that is used to represent speech

• (genetics) an attribute (structural or functional) that is determined by a gene or group of genes

• engrave or inscribe characters on

• the weather in some location averaged over some long period of time

• the prevailing psychological state

• (anthropology) the distinctive spirit of a culture or an era

• the experiencing of affective and emotional states

• a vague idea in which some confidence is placed

• the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people

• a physical sensation that you experience

• the sensation produced by pressure receptors in the skin

• an intuitive understanding of something

• the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people

• the taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth

• (physics) the six kinds of quarks

• lend flavor to

• a characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling

• the prevailing psychological state

• verb inflections that express how the action or state is conceived by the speaker

• the vital principle or animating force within living things

• the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people

• a fundamental emotional and activating principle determining one's character

• any incorporeal supernatural being that can become visible (or audible) to human beings

• the state of a person's emotions (especially with regard to pleasure or dejection)

• the intended meaning of a communication

• animation and energy in action or expression

• an inclination or tendency of a certain kind

• infuse with spirit

• a sudden outburst of anger

• a characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling

• a disposition to exhibit uncontrolled anger

• the elasticity and hardness of a metal object; its ability to absorb considerable energy before cracking

• bring to a desired consistency, texture, or hardness by a process of gradually heating and cooling

• harden by reheating and cooling in oil

• adjust the pitch (of pianos)

• make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else

• change by restraining or moderating

• the adult male singing voice above baritone

• the pitch range of the highest male voice

• an adult male with a tenor voice

• a settled or prevailing or habitual course of a person's life

• the general meaning or substance of an utterance

• (of a musical instrument) intermediate between alto and baritone or bass

• of or close in range to the highest natural adult male voice

• a general direction in which something tends to move

• general line of orientation

• a general tendency to change (as of opinion)

• the popular taste at a given time

• turn sharply; change direction abruptly

• to be temporarily popular

• a distinctive emotional aura experienced instinctively

• to feel emotionally