Related Words for the thin end of the wedge

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abandon
x/x
Verb, Noun
abolish
x/x
Verb
abolition
xx/x
Noun
abort
x/
Verb, Noun
abutment
x/x
Noun
accomplish
x/x
Verb
account
x/
Noun, Verb
acetabular
/x/xx
Adjective
achieve
x/
Verb
address
/x
Noun, Verb
adjourn
x/
Verb
adjournment
x/x
Noun
after
/x
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
aftermath
/xx
Noun
aim
/
Noun, Verb
allow
x/
Verb
alone
x/
Adverb, Adjective
angle
/x
Noun, Verb
anorexic
xx/x
Adjective, Noun
another
x/x
Noun
anvil
/x
Noun, Verb
area
/xx
Noun
arrest
x/
Noun, Verb
arrival
x/x
Noun
arrive
x/
Verb
arrow
/x
Noun, Verb
arrowhead
/xx
Noun
ascending
x/x
Adjective, Noun
attached
x/
Adjective
attenuated
x/xxx
Adjective
ax
/
Noun, Verb
axe
/
Noun, Verb
axial
/xx
Adjective, Noun
back
/
Adverb, Noun, Adjective, Verb
backend
x/
Noun
bag
/
Noun, Verb
band
/
Noun, Verb
bar
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
based
/
Verb, Adjective
basis
/x
Noun
bead
/
Noun, Verb
begin
x/
Verb, Noun
behalf
x/
Noun
bend
/
Noun, Verb
bilge
/
Noun, Verb
birches
/x
Noun
bite
/
Noun, Verb
bitter end
/x/
Phrase, Noun
blackjack
/x
Noun, Verb
bladed
/x
Adjective
blimey
/x
Noun
blip
/
Noun, Verb
block
/
Noun, Verb
bomber
/x
Noun, Adjective
bond
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
bone
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
bony
/x
Adjective, Noun
bottom
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
bough
/
Noun
boundary
/xx
Noun
bourne
/
Name
bout
/
Noun, Verb
box
/
Noun, Verb
boy
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
branches
/x
Adjective
breach
/
Noun, Verb
break
/
Verb, Noun
break off
//
Phrase, Verb
break up
//
Phrase, Verb, Noun
breccia
/x
Noun
bring
/
Verb
broad
/
Adjective, Noun
brown
/
Name, Adjective, Verb
bugger
/x
Noun, Verb
bulge
/
Noun, Verb
bummer
/x
Noun
buoys
/x
Noun, Verb
burrs
/
Noun
bushes
/x
Noun
butt
/
Noun, Verb
butterfly
/xx
Noun, Verb
cage
/
Noun, Verb
canes
/
Noun
capillary
/xxx
Noun, Adjective
cease
/
Verb, Noun
cessation
x/x
Noun
chests
/
Noun
chiffon
x/
Noun
chock
/
Noun, Verb, Adverb
christ
/
Name
chunk
/
Noun, Verb
clarify
/xx
Verb
climax
/x
Noun, Verb
close
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
close out
//
Phrase, Verb
closeout
/x
Noun
closure
/x
Noun
clots
/
Noun
cloture
/x
Noun, Verb
clump
/
Noun, Verb
coda
/x
Noun
coin
/
Noun, Verb
colter
/x
Name
come out
//
Phrase, Verb
comer
/x
Noun
commence
x/
Verb
commencement
x/x
Noun
compact
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
complete
x/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
completion
x/x
Noun
compliant
x/x
Adjective
compressed
x/
Adjective
conclude
x/
Verb
conclusion
x/x
Noun
cone
/
Noun, Verb
connection
x/x
Noun
connoisseur
xx/
Noun
contention
x/x
Noun
context
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
controlled
x/
Adjective
corner
/x
Noun, Verb
coulter
/x
Name
course
/
Noun, Verb, Adverb
cranial
/x
Adjective
crap
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
crinkled
/x
Adjective
crumpled
/x
Adjective
cubical
/xx
Adjective
culminate
/xx
Verb, Adjective
culmination
xx/x
Noun
curb
/
Noun, Verb
cut
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
cut out
//
Phrase, Verb, Adjective
damn
/
Adjective, Verb, Adverb, Noun
dang
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
darn
/
Adjective, Verb, Adverb, Noun
date
/
Noun, Verb
deadline
/x
Noun, Verb
deadlock
/x
Noun, Verb
dear
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb
death
/
Noun
decide
x/
Verb
decommissioning
xx/xx
Noun
definitive
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
defuse
x/
Verb
delete
x/
Verb, Noun
deletion
x/x
Noun
delicate
/xx
Adjective, Noun
demise
x/
Noun, Verb
deposit
x/x
Noun, Verb
depressed
x/
Adjective
design
x/
Noun, Verb
desist
x/
Verb
destination
xx/x
Noun
destruction
x/x
Noun
deviation
xx/x
Noun
diaphanous
x/xx
Adjective
die hard
//
Phrase, Verb
difference
/xx
Noun, Verb
differential
xx/x
Noun, Adjective
dilute
x/
Verb, Adjective, Noun
dim
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
direction
x/x
Noun
disappear
xx/
Verb
disappearance
xx/x
Noun
disc
/
Noun, Verb
discontinuance
xx/xx
Noun
discontinue
xx/x
Verb
discord
/x
Noun, Verb
discrepancy
x/xx
Noun
disharmony
x/xx
Noun
disk
/
Noun, Verb
dislodge
x/
Verb
dispel
x/
Verb, Noun
dissolve
x/
Verb, Noun
distinction
x/x
Noun
distributed
x/xx
Adjective
ditch
/
Noun, Verb
divide
x/
Verb, Noun
division
x/x
Noun
doom
/
Noun, Verb
down
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
downstream
//
Adverb, Adjective, Verb
draw
/
Verb, Noun
drive
/
Noun, Verb
drops
/
Verb, Noun
duan
/
Name
dude
/
Noun, Verb
dying
/x
Adjective, Noun
easy
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
edge
/
Noun, Verb
effect
x/
Noun, Verb
effort
/x
Noun, Verb
elapse
x/
Verb
eliminate
x/xx
Verb
elimination
xxx/x
Noun
emaciated
x/xxx
Adjective
empty
/x
Adjective, Verb, Noun
enable
x/x
Verb
end up
//
Phrase, Verb
endeavour
x/x
Noun, Verb
ended
/x
Adjective
endgame
/x
Noun, Adjective
endpoint
/x
Noun, Verb
ensure
x/
Verb
ent
/
Noun, Verb
entire
x/x
Adjective, Noun
entrance
/x
Noun, Verb
epilogue
/xx
Noun, Verb
eradicate
x/xx
Verb
eventual
x/xx
Adjective
exit
/x
Noun, Verb
expandable
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
expiration
xx/x
Noun
expire
x/
Verb
expiry
x/x
Noun
expression
x/x
Noun
extent
x/
Noun, Adjective
extinguish
x/x
Verb
extreme
x/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb
extremity
x/xx
Noun
fact
/
Noun
faint
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
far
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
fat
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
fee
/
Noun, Verb
feeble
/x
Adjective, Verb
feel
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective, Adverb
femoral
/xx
Adjective
fence
/
Noun, Verb
fetch up
//
Phrase, Verb
few
/
Noun
filamentous
/x/x
Adjective
fillet
x/
Noun, Verb
filmy
/x
Adjective
fin
/
Noun, Verb
final
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
finale
x/x
Noun
finality
x/xx
Noun
finalize
/xx
Verb
fine
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
finely
/x
Adverb
finesse
x/
Noun, Verb
finis
/x
Noun
finish
/x
Verb, Noun
finite
/x
Adjective, Noun
fino
/x
Noun
first
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
flank
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
flat
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
flexible
/xx
Adjective, Noun
flexural
//x
Adjective
flimsy
/x
Adjective, Noun
floor
/
Noun, Verb
fluid
/x
Noun, Adjective
folded
/x
Verb, Adjective
following
/xx
Adjective, Noun
force
/
Noun, Verb
fork
/
Noun, Verb
fragile
/x
Adjective, Noun
frail
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
free
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
frond
/
Noun
front
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
full
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
fund
/
Noun, Verb
funnel
/x
Noun, Verb
gain
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective, Adverb
gala
/x
Noun, Adjective
gale
/
Noun, Verb
gangly
/x
Adjective
gap
/
Noun, Verb
gaunt
/
Noun, Adjective
gauzy
/x
Adjective
gee
/
Name, Verb
geez
/
Noun
gentle
/x
Adjective, Verb, Noun
get
/
Verb, Noun
go
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
goal
/
Noun, Verb
god
/
Name, Verb
golly
/x
Noun, Verb
good
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
gosh
/
Noun
gossamer
/xx
Noun, Adjective
graceful
/x
Adjective
grinder
/x
Noun
haggard
/x
Noun, Adjective
half
/
Noun, Adjective, Adverb, Verb
halt
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
hand
/
Noun, Verb
handle
/x
Verb, Noun
happen
/x
Verb, Adverb
hatchet
/x
Noun, Verb
heck
/
Noun, Verb
hell
/
Noun, Adverb, Verb
help
/
Verb, Noun
hero
/x
Noun
high
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
hindquarters
/xx
Noun
hold
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
hoop
/
Noun, Verb
horseshoe
/x
Noun, Verb
hunk
/
Noun
hyperfine
xxx
Adjective
iceberg
/x
Noun
impact
x/
Noun, Verb
impervious
x/xx
Adjective
inconsistent
xx/x
Adjective
instance
/x
Noun, Verb
insubstantial
xx/x
Adjective
integrated
/xxx
Adjective
intended
x/x
Adjective, Noun
intent
x/
Noun, Adjective
intention
x/x
Noun, Verb
interest
/x
Noun, Verb
interface
/xx
Noun, Verb
intergranular
xxxxx
Adjective
internet
/xx
Noun, Verb
interrupt
xx/
Verb, Noun
issue
/x
Noun, Verb
jeez
/
Name
jesus
/x
Name, Verb
judgment
/x
Noun
kickoff
/x
Noun
kill
/
Verb, Noun
knob
/
Noun, Verb
laminae
/xx
Noun
land up
//
Phrase, Verb
lank
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
lanky
/x
Adjective, Noun
lapse
/
Noun, Verb
last
/
Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun
latch
/
Noun, Verb
late
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
latter
/x
Adjective
lead
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
lead off
//
Phrase, Noun, Verb
lean
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
leger
/x
Name, Adjective, Verb
lens
/
Noun, Verb
level
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
lift
/
Verb, Noun
light
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb, Adverb
lightweight
//
Adjective, Noun, Verb
limit
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
line
/
Noun, Verb
liquid
/x
Adjective, Noun
little
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
lock
/
Noun, Verb
lodge
/
Noun, Verb
long
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
lose weight
//
Phrase, Verb
low
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
lug
/
Noun, Verb
léger
x
Name
machinist
x/x
Noun
magnetic pole
x/x/
Phrase, Noun
make
/
Verb, Noun
man
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
margin
/x
Noun, Verb
marginal
/xx
Adjective, Noun
matter
/x
Noun, Verb
maturity
x/xx
Noun
meager
/x
Adjective, Verb
meagre
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
meaning
/x
Noun, Adjective
measly
/x
Adjective
meta
/x
Noun, Adjective
middle
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
mild
/
Adjective, Noun
mind
/
Noun, Verb
minor
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
minute
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
modest
/x
Adjective
monitored
/xx
Verb
month
/
Noun
multimedia
xx/xx
Noun, Adjective
nail down
//
Phrase, Verb
narrow
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
neighborhood
/xx
Noun
nimble
/x
Adjective, Verb
noble
/x
Adjective, Noun
nook
/
Noun, Verb
object
/x
Noun, Verb
objective
x/x
Noun, Adjective
off
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
offset
x/
Verb, Noun, Adverb, Adjective
optic
/x
Adjective, Noun
order
/x
Noun, Verb
outcome
/x
Noun
outset
/x
Noun, Verb
over
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
overcome
/xx
Verb, Noun
pale
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
paltry
/x
Adjective
papery
/xx
Adjective
part
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective, Adverb
pass away
/x/
Phrase, Verb
payday
/x
Noun
period
/xx
Noun, Adjective, Verb
perspective
x/x
Noun, Adjective
petite
x/
Adjective, Name
piece
/
Noun, Verb
pinched
/
Adjective
pliable
/xx
Adjective
plow
/
Noun, Verb
point
/
Noun, Verb
pole
/
Noun, Verb
polyhedral
xx/x
Adjective
poor
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
poor boy
//
Phrase, Noun
portion
/x
Noun, Verb
printers
/x
Noun
prism
/x
Noun
process
/x
Noun, Verb
prong
/
Noun, Verb
prop
/
Noun, Verb
prospect
/x
Noun, Verb
provide
x/
Verb
puny
/x
Adjective, Noun
purpose
/x
Noun, Verb
pursuit
x/
Noun
put
/
Verb, Noun
put on
//
Phrase, Verb
pyramid
/xx
Noun, Verb
quash
/
Verb
quell
/
Verb, Noun
quit
/
Verb, Adjective, Noun
raise
/
Verb, Noun
range
/
Noun, Verb
rare
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
rarefied
/xx
Adjective
reach
/
Verb, Noun
reason
/x
Noun, Verb
receipt
x/
Noun, Verb
recess
x/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
rectangle
/xx
Noun, Adjective
reduce
x/
Verb
reeds
/
Noun
reedy
/x
Name, Adjective
regard
x/
Noun, Verb
remainder
x/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
remnant
/x
Noun, Adjective
remote
x/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
removal
x/x
Noun
remove
x/
Verb, Noun
resolve
x/
Verb, Noun
respect
x/
Noun, Verb
rest
/
Noun, Verb
restricted
x/x
Adjective
result
x/
Noun, Verb
reverse
x/
Verb, Noun, Adjective, Adverb
revolving
x/x
Adjective, Noun
rift
/
Noun, Verb
run
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
run short
//
Phrase, Verb
sake
/
Noun
scant
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun, Adverb
scanty
/x
Adjective
scarce
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
scrap
/
Noun, Verb
scrawny
/x
Adjective
seal
/
Noun, Verb
search
/
Noun, Verb
sectoral
/xx
Adjective
sense
/
Noun, Verb
sentence
/x
Noun, Verb
separation
xx/x
Noun
set about
/x/
Phrase, Verb
set out
//
Phrase, Verb
settle
/x
Verb, Noun
shallow
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
shaped
/
Adjective
share
/
Noun, Verb
shear
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
sheer
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
shim
/
Noun, Verb
shoot
/
Verb, Noun
shrewd
/
Adjective
shriveled
/x
Adjective
shrunken
/x
Adjective
shut
/
Verb, Adjective, Noun
shutdown
/x
Noun
shutter
/x
Noun, Verb
side
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb, Adverb
simple
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
skeletal
/xx
Adjective, Noun
skinny
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
slab
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
sleazy
/x
Adjective
sleek
/
Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun
slender
/x
Adjective
slight
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
slim
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
sliver
/x
Noun, Verb
slope
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective, Adverb
slot
/
Noun, Verb
slow
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun, Adverb
small
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
smeared
/
Verb
smell
/
Noun, Verb
smooth
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
snap
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
snip
/
Noun, Verb
snow
/
Noun, Verb
soft
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb
solution
x/x
Noun, Verb
spare
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
sparse
/
Adjective, Verb
spindly
/x
Adjective
spirit
/x
Noun, Verb
splay
x
Noun, Verb, Adjective, Adverb
splendid
/x
Adjective
spot
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
spout
/
Noun, Verb
spur
/
Noun, Verb
squeeze
/
Verb, Noun
stall
/
Noun, Verb
stamp out
//
Phrase, Verb
standalone
/x/
Noun, Adjective
start
/
Verb, Noun, Adverb
start out
//
Phrase, Verb
static
/x
Adjective, Noun
steep
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
stem
/
Noun, Verb
sterling
/x
Noun, Adjective
stick
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
stop
/
Verb, Noun
stoppage
/x
Noun
stretch
/
Noun, Verb
stringy
/x
Adjective
strip
/
Noun, Verb
sub
/
Noun, Verb
submarine
/xx
Noun, Adjective, Verb
subtle
/x
Adjective
sunset
/x
Noun, Verb
suppress
x/
Verb
suppression
x/x
Noun
suspend
x/
Verb
suspension
x/x
Noun
swath
/
Noun
sweat off
//
Phrase, Verb
tail
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
tail end
//
Phrase, Noun
tall
/
Adjective, Noun
taper
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
target
/x
Noun, Verb
task
/
Noun, Verb
taut
/
Adjective, Verb
tensile
/x
Adjective
tenuous
/xx
Adjective
term
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
terminal
/xx
Adjective, Noun, Verb
terminate
/xx
Verb, Adjective
termination
xx/x
Noun
terminus
/xx
Noun
terminus ad quem
/xxxx
Phrase, Noun
tetrahedral
xx/x
Adjective
thick
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
thicken
/x
Verb
thinly
/x
Adverb
tidal
/x
Adjective
time
/
Noun, Verb
tiny
/x
Adjective, Noun
tip
/
Noun, Verb
tissue
/x
Noun, Verb
title
/x
Noun, Verb
torpedo
x/x
Noun, Verb
town
/
Noun
trailing
/x
Adjective, Noun
transparent
x/x
Adjective
triangular
x/xx
Adjective
trim
/
Verb, Adjective, Noun, Adverb
trivial
/xx
Adjective, Noun
turn
/
Verb, Noun
turn out
//
Phrase, Verb
ultimate
/xx
Adjective, Noun, Verb
ultrafine
xx/x
Adjective
underweight
/xx
Adjective, Noun, Verb
undoing
x/x
Noun
up
/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun, Verb
use
/
Noun, Verb
vanish
/x
Verb, Noun
variance
/xx
Noun
vein
/
Noun, Verb
view
/
Noun, Verb
vulnerable
/xxx
Adjective
wasted
/x
Adjective
water down
/x/
Phrase, Verb
way
/
Noun, Verb, Adverb, Adjective
weak
/
Adjective
wedged
/
Adjective
weedy
/x
Adjective
weekend
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
wetted
/x
Verb, Adjective
why
/
Adverb, Noun, Verb
wind up
//
Phrase, Verb, Noun
windup
/x
Adjective, Noun
wing
/
Noun, Verb
wiry
/x
Adjective
wispy
/x
Adjective
withered
/x
Adjective
witty
/x
Adjective, Noun
word
/
Noun, Verb
worst
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
year
/
Noun