The Oxford Thesaurus An A-Z Dictionary of Synonyms INTRO ...

are extremely complicated. 2 (job) security, permanence,
permanency: After five years he was automatically guaranteed
tenure.
tepid adj. 1 lukewarm, warmish: The gelatine should be tepid before
refrigerating it. 2 lukewarm, unenthusiastic, cool,
indifferent, apathetic, uninterested, unconcerned, nonchalant,
uncaring, neutral, blas‚: How can he remain tepid on an issue
like apartheid?
term n. 1 name, title, designation, appellation; word, expression,
locution, phrase: The term for that is venturi tube. Habeas
corpus is a term of art in law. 2 semester; time, period (of
time), interval, length of time, span (of time), duration,
spell, stretch, while: During the summer term we played cricket
every Saturday. He was sentenced to a long term of imprisonment.
3 sitting, stint, session, course; incumbency, administration:
During their latest term of office, interest rates were raised
twice. 4 Often, terms. condition(s), provision(s), article(s),
clause(s), proviso(s); stipulation(s), qualification(s),
assumption(s): According to the terms of the will, proceeds
from the patent go into a trust fund. 5 come to terms. agree,
come to or reach an agreement or an arrangement or an
understanding, reconcile, arrange, settle, compromise: Can we
come to terms on the price? He will simply have to come to terms
with his conscience. 6 in terms of. concerning, regarding, as
regards, with regard to, in relation to, relative to, relating
to, in the matter of: The psychiatrist offered little in terms
of direct solutions to my problems. 7 terms. a payment,
schedule, rates: What terms have they offered to settle the
debt? b standing, position, basis, relationship, relations,
footing: I always thought you two were on good terms.
--v. 8 call, name, label, designate, denominate, entitle,
title, style, dub; nickname: Abraham Lincoln was termed, among
other things, 'The Great Emancipator'.
terminal adj. 1 closing, concluding, terminating, ending, final,
ultimate, extreme; maximum, greatest: Spencer wrote that the
human being is at once the terminal problem of biology and the
initial factor of sociology. 2 deadly, mortal, fatal, lethal,
incurable: The cancer was diagnosed as terminal.