tread water



abide, bathe, be still, coast, dive, float, freeze, go in swimming, go in wading, keep quiet, lie still, mark time, not breathe, not stir, remain,









   straight-out - absolute, all out, artless, blamed, blank, blighted, bluff, blunt, broad, brusque, candid, categorical, clear, complete, conclusive,

   put-upon - abashed, afflicted, agitated, beset, bothered, cast down, chagrined, confused, discomfited, discomposed, disconcerted, disquieted, distressed, disturbed, embarrassed,

   have an edge - bite, bristle, cut, prick, stick, sting ,

   suspenseful - agitated, agitating, anxious, apprehensive, at issue, bothered, breathtaking, charged, cliff-hanging, concerned, conditional, conditioned, contingent, dependent, depending,

   disrepair - bankruptcy, breakage, breakdown, collapse, crack-up, crippling, damage, decay, destruction, deterioration, detriment, dilapidation, disablement, encroachment, harm,

   detract from - belittle, bring down, bring into discredit, bring low, cry down, de-emphasize, debase, decrease, decry, degrade, depreciate, derogate, derogate from, diminish, disapprove of,

   aboriginal - aborigine, ancestral, antenatal, atavistic, barbarian, barbaric, barbarous, basal, basic, beginning, budding, central, creative, crucial, elemental,

   edging - beading, binding, border, bordering, flounce, frame, frill, fringe, furbelow, hem, line, list, motif, ruffle, selvage,

   impairment - adulteration, attrition, curtailment, cut, cutting, damage, debilitation, decrease, decrement, defectiveness, deficiency, depletion, depreciation, derogation, deterioration,

   source book - atlas, calendar, casebook, catalogue, city directory, classified catalogue, concordance, cyclopaedia, dictionary catalogue, directory, encyclopaedia, gazetteer, harmony, index, phone book,