Mercantile, a. Commercial, trading, engaged in commerce.
Mercenary, a. 1. Venal, hired, hireling.
2. Sordid, avaricious, covetous, penurious, parsimonious, stingy, miserly, niggardly, mean, selfish, close, close-fisted.
Mercenary, n. Hireling.
Merchandise, n. Commodities, goods, wares.
Merchant, n. Trader (particularly a wholesale trader), tradesman.
Merchantable, a. 1. Marketable, of the ordinary quality.
2. Salable, vendible, that may be sold.
Merciful, a. Gracious, kind, compassionate, tender, benignant, lenient, mild, gentle, pitiful, tender-hearted.
Merciless, a. Pitiless, cruel, unfeeling, unmerciful, uncompassionate, inexorable, unrelenting, relentless, fell.
Mercurial, a. 1. Sprightly, active, spirited, quick, lively, prompt, nimble.
2. Of mercury or quicksilver.
Mercury, n. Quicksilver.
Mercy, n. Clemency, lenity, lenience, leniency, compassion, pity, tenderness, kindness, mildness, gentleness.
Mercy-seat, n. Propitiatory.
Mere, a. Bare, simple, nothing else but.
Mere, n. Pool, lake.
Merely, ad. Simply, purely, only, solely, barely.
Meretricious, a. 1. Of harlots.
2. Libidinous, lustful.
3. Deceitful (by false show), spurious, false, sham, make-believe, not genuine.
Merge, v. a. Immerse, immerge, submerge, sink, plunge, dip.
Merge, v. n. Be lost, be swallowed up.
Meridian, n. 1. Noon, noontide, mid-day, twelve o'clock.
2. Summit, culmination.
Meridional, a. Mid-day.
Merit, n. 1. Desert, worth, worthiness, excellence, credit.
2. Claim, right.
Merit, v. a. Deserve, have a right to, be entitled to.
Meritorious, a. Deserving, worthy, good, excellent.
Merling, n. Whiting (Gadus merlangus).
Merriment, n. Mirth, jollity, gayety, hilarity, joviality, sportiveness, jocularity, liveliness.
Merry, a. Mirthful, jovial, gleeful, gay, hilarious, sportive, jocund, joyous, facetious, lively, jolly, buxom, frolicsome, blithe, blithesome, airy, gladsome, vivacious, debonair, wanton, light-hearted.
Merry-Andrew, n. Buffoon, zany, harlequin, scaramouch, fool, mountebank, jester, droll, punch, jack-pudding, pickle-herring.
Merry-making, n. Festival, convivial entertainment.
Merry-thought, n. Wish-bone.
Mesh, n. Interstice (of a net).
Meshy, a. Reticulated, decussated.
Mesmerism, n. Animal magnetism.
Mess, n. 1. Dish.
2. Set (who eat together), company.
3. Medley, mixture, miscellany, farrago, hotch-potch, hodge-podge, jumble, salmagundi, mish-mash, olio, olla podrida, confused mass, mélange.
Mess, v. n. Eat in company, take meals at the same table.
Messenger, n. 1. Emissary, express, courier.
2. Harbinger, forerunner, herald.
Messieurs, n. pl. [Fr.] [Abbreviated Messrs.] Sirs, gentlemen.
Metamorphic rocks, Stratified primary rocks.
Metamorphose, v. a. Transform, transmute, transfigure, change the form of.
Metamorphosis, n. Transformation, transmutation, transfiguration, change of form.
Metaphor, n. Similitude (without the signs of comparison), simile (expressed in a word).
Metaphoric, a. Figurative.
Metaphorical, a. Figurative.
Metaphysical, a. Mental, intellectual, psychological.
Metaphysics, n. Psychology, pneumatology, mental philosophy, philosophy of the mind, mental science.
Mete, v. a. Measure.
Mete, n. Measure, bound, limit, term, boundary, terminus, butt.
Meteorolite, n. Aerolite, meteoric stone.
Meter, n. [Written also Metre.] Measure (of verse), poetical measure, rhythmical arrangement (of syllables).
