meridional - capital, chief, consummate, east, easterly, head, highest, maximal, maximum, meridian, north, north-east, north-west, north-westerly, northerly,
in the ascendant - above, ahead, ascendant, ascending, better, boss, capping, chief, chosen, climbing, commanding, controlling, defeating, distinguished, dominant,
doze - beauty sleep, bedtime, blanket drill, bye-bye, catnap, dorm, dozy, dreamland, drop off, drowse, drowsy, fitful sleep, forty winks, hibernation, kip,
self-respecting - complacent, consequential, erect, house-proud, independent, narcissistic, overweening, prideful, proud, proud-blooded, proud-looking, proud-minded, proud-spirited, purse-proud, self-admiring,
well-stocked - abundant, affluent, ample, aplenty, bottomless, bountiful, copious, diffuse, effuse, epidemic, extravagant, exuberant, fat, fertile, flush,
warder - advance guard, air warden, armed guard, attendant, bank guard, bull, caretaker, coast guard, commandant, conservator, cordon, curator, custodian, forest ranger, game warden,
hair-splitting - adverse criticism, animadversion, aspersion, bad notices, bad press, bickering, boggling, captious, captiousness, carping, cavil, cavilling, censoriousness, chicane, chicanery,
push down - bank, bear down, bring low, couch, crab, debase, depress, dip, feather, fishtail, haul down, indent, let down, loop, lower,
spew - barf, be seasick, be sick, belch, blow open, blow out, break out, bring up, burst, burst forth, burst out, cascade, cast forth, chuck up, debouch,
on guard - all ears, all eyes, canny, careful, cautious, circumspect, custodial, deliberate, discreet, eagle-eyed, gingerly, guarded, hawk-eyed, heedful, hesitant,
in the ascendant - above, ahead, ascendant, ascending, better, boss, capping, chief, chosen, climbing, commanding, controlling, defeating, distinguished, dominant,
doze - beauty sleep, bedtime, blanket drill, bye-bye, catnap, dorm, dozy, dreamland, drop off, drowse, drowsy, fitful sleep, forty winks, hibernation, kip,
self-respecting - complacent, consequential, erect, house-proud, independent, narcissistic, overweening, prideful, proud, proud-blooded, proud-looking, proud-minded, proud-spirited, purse-proud, self-admiring,
well-stocked - abundant, affluent, ample, aplenty, bottomless, bountiful, copious, diffuse, effuse, epidemic, extravagant, exuberant, fat, fertile, flush,
warder - advance guard, air warden, armed guard, attendant, bank guard, bull, caretaker, coast guard, commandant, conservator, cordon, curator, custodian, forest ranger, game warden,
hair-splitting - adverse criticism, animadversion, aspersion, bad notices, bad press, bickering, boggling, captious, captiousness, carping, cavil, cavilling, censoriousness, chicane, chicanery,
push down - bank, bear down, bring low, couch, crab, debase, depress, dip, feather, fishtail, haul down, indent, let down, loop, lower,
spew - barf, be seasick, be sick, belch, blow open, blow out, break out, bring up, burst, burst forth, burst out, cascade, cast forth, chuck up, debouch,
on guard - all ears, all eyes, canny, careful, cautious, circumspect, custodial, deliberate, discreet, eagle-eyed, gingerly, guarded, hawk-eyed, heedful, hesitant,