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ostentatious
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Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: flashy, showy Synonyms: boastful, chichi*, classy, conspicuous, crass*, dashing, egotistic, exhibitionistic, extravagant, flamboyant, flatulent, flaunted, fussy, garish, gaudy, gay, glittery, grandiose, highfaluting, jaunty, loud, obtrusive, peacocky, pompous, pretentious, spectacular, splashy, splurgy, sporty, swank, swanky*, theatrical, tinsel, tony, uptown, vain, vulgar Antonyms: modest, plain, quiet, reserved |
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saturate
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Part of Speech: verb
Definition: drench, wet through Synonyms: bathe, douche, douse, imbue, immerse, impregnate, infuse, overfill, penetrate, percolate, permeate, pervade, sate, satiate, soak, sop, souse, steep, suffuse, surfeit, transfuse, wash, waterlog Antonyms: dehydrate, dry |
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pompous
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Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: arrogant, egotistic Synonyms: affected, bloated, boastful, bombastic, conceited, flatulent, flaunting, flowery, fustian, grandiloquent, grandiose, high and mighty, high-flown, highfaluting, imperious, important, inflated, magisterial, magniloquent, narcissistic, orotund, ostentatious, overbearing, overblown, pontifical, portentous, presumptuous, pretentious, puffed up, puffy, rhetorical, self-centered, self-important, selfish, showy, sonorous, stuck-up, supercilious, turgid, uppity, vain, vainglorious, windy Antonyms: dull, modest, plain, simple, unassuming |
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bombast
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Part of Speech: noun
Definition: boasting Synonyms: altiloquence, balderdash, bluster, bombastry, braggadocio, cotton, exaggeration, fustian, gasconade, grandiloquence, grandiosity, magniloquence, pad, padded, pomposity, rage, rant, rave, rhapsody, rhetoric, rodomontade, stuff, stuffed, tumidity, turgidity, tympany Antonyms: plain speaking |
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cajole
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Part of Speech: verb
Definition: attempt to coax; flatter Synonyms: apple polish, argue into, banter, beguile, blandish, bootlick, brownnose, build up, butter up, con, crowd, deceive, decoy, delude, dupe, entice, entrap, get around, get next to, hand a line, induce, influence, inveigle, jolly, lay it on thick, lure, make up to, maneuver, massage, mislead, oil, play up to, push, rub the right way, seduce, snow*, soap, soft-soap, soften, spread it on, stroke, suck up to, sweet-talk, sweeten up, tantalize, tempt, urge, wheedle, work on, work over Antonyms: bully, force, repel |
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candid
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Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: honest Synonyms: aboveboard, bluff, blunt, equal, equitable, fair, forthright, frank, free, frontal, genuine, guileless, impartial, ingenuous, just, objective, open, outspoken, plain, right up front, scrupulous, sincere, straightforward, talking turkey, telling it like it is, truthful, unbiased, uncolored, unequivocal, unprejudiced, unpretended, up front, upright Antonyms: artful, deceitful, devious, lying, tricky |
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belittle
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Part of Speech: verb
Definition: detract Synonyms: bad-mouth, blister, criticize, cut down to size, cut to the quick, decry, deprecate, depreciate, deride, derogate, diminish, discount, discredit, disparage, dispraise, downgrade, downplay, dump on, knock*, lower, minimize, pan, pooh pooh, poor mouth, put down, rip*, roast, run down, scoff at, scorch*, scorn, shoot down, shoot full of holes, slam*, smear, sneer at, sour grapes, squash, squelch, take a swipe at, take down, take down a peg, tear down, underestimate, underrate, undervalue, write off Antonyms: build up, exaggerate, praise, value |
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capacious
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Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: ample, extensive Synonyms: abundant, broad, comfortable, commodious, comprehensive, dilatable, distensible, expandable, expansive, extended, generous, liberal, plentiful, roomy, sizable, spacious, substantial, vast, voluminous, wide Antonyms: cramped, small, squeezed, tiny |
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capitulate
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Part of Speech: verb
Definition: give in Synonyms: bow, buckle under, cave in, cede, come across, come to terms, concede, defer, fold, give away the store, give out, give up, knuckle under, put out, relent, submit, succumb, surrender, yield Notes: recapitulate means to briefly summarize and repeat the main points; capitulate means to surrender under agreed conditions Antonyms: defend, fight |
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castigate
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Part of Speech: verb
Definition: criticize severely Synonyms: baste, bawl out, beat, berate, blister, cane, censure, chasten, chastise, chew out, come down on, correct, criticize, discipline, drag over the coals, dress down, drub, excoriate, flay, flog, jump down one's throat, lambaste, lash, lay out, lean on, penalize, pummel, punish, rail, rate, read the riot act, ream, rebuke, reprimand, scarify, scathe, scold, scorch, scourge, thrash, tongue-lash, upbraid, whip Antonyms: compliment, laud, praise |
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remorseful
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Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: guilty, ashamed Synonyms: apologetic, attritional, chastened, compunctious, conscience-stricken, contrite, guilt-ridden, mournful, penitent, penitential, regretful, repentant, rueful, sad, self-reproachful, sorrowful, sorry Antonyms: callous, merciless, remorseless, ruthless, unashamed, unmerciful |
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credulous
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Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: gullible, naive Synonyms: accepting, believing, born yesterday, dupable, easy mark, falling for, green, overtrusting, simple, swallow whole, taken in, trustful, trusting, uncritical, unquestioning, unsophisticated, unsuspecting, unsuspicious, unwary Notes: credible means 'believable' and credulous means 'gullible' Antonyms: skeptical, suspecting, suspicious, untrusting |
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copious
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Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: abundant Synonyms: a mess of, alive with, ample, aplenty, bounteous, bountiful, coming out of ears, crawling with, extensive, exuberant, full, galore, generous, heavy, lavish, liberal, lush, luxuriant, no end, overflowing, plenteous, plentiful, plenty, profuse, prolix, replete, rich, superabundant, thick with, verbose, wordy Antonyms: lacking, meager, needing, needy, poor, rare, scarce, wanting |
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curtail
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Part of Speech: verb
Definition: cut short; abridge Synonyms: abbreviate, boil down, chop, clip, contract, cramp, cut, cut back, decrease, diminish, dock, downsize, get to meat, halt, lessen, lop, minify, pare down, put in nutshell, reduce, retrench, roll back, shorten, slash, trim, truncate Antonyms: extend, increase, lengthen, prolong |
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compedious
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Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: abridged Synonyms: abbreviated, breviloquent, brief, close, compact, compendiary, comprehensive, concise, condensed, contracted, curt, inclusive, laconic, short, short and sweet, succinct, summarized, summary, synoptic Antonyms: enlarged, lengthened, unabridged |
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compound
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Part of Speech: noun
Definition: combination, mixture Synonyms: admixture, aggregate, alloy, amalgam, amalgamation, blend, combo, commixture, composite, composition, compost, conglomerate, fusion, goulash, medley, mishmash, soup, stew, synthesis, union |
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compromise
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Part of Speech: noun
Definition: agreement, give-and-take Synonyms: accommodation, accord, adjustment, arrangement, bargain, compact, composition, concession, contract, copout, covenant, deal, fifty-fifty, half and half, half measure, happy medium, mean, middle course, middle ground, pact, sellout, settlement, trade-off, understanding, win-win situation Antonyms: contest, controversy, difference, disagreement, dispute, dissension, dissent, quarrel |
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conciliatory
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Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: placid, yielding Synonyms: appeasing, assuaging, calm, civil, disarming, irenic, mollifying, pacific, peaceable, placating, placatory, propitiative, quiet, willing Antonyms: antagonistic, fighting, refusing, stubborn |
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appease
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Part of Speech: verb
Definition: satisfy, pacify Synonyms: allay, alleviate, assuage, be enough, blunt, calm, compose, conciliate, content, diminish, do*, ease, gratify, lessen, lull, make matters up, meet halfway, mitigate, mollify, patch things up, placate, propitiate, quell, quench, quiet, serve, soften, soothe, subdue, sweeten, tranquilize Antonyms: aggravate, annoy, incite, irritate, provoke, tease |
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assent
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Part of Speech: noun
Definition: agreement Synonyms: acceptance, accession, accord, acknowledgment, acquiescence, admission, affirmation, approval, authorization, compliance, concurrence, consent, nod, permission, sanction Antonyms: disagreement, dissent, rejection |
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provision
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Part of Speech: noun
Definition: supplies, supplying Synonyms: accouterment, arrangement, catering, emergency, equipping, fitting out, foundation, furnishing, groundwork, outline, plan, prearrangement, precaution, preparation, procurement, providing, stock, store, supplying Antonyms: removal, taking |
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befall
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Part of Speech: verb
Definition: happen to; take place Synonyms: action, bechance, betide, break, chance, come down, come off, come to pass, cook up a storm, cook with gas, cook*, develop, ensue, fall, fall out, follow, gel, go, go down, hap, happen, jell, materialize, occur, shake*, smoke*, supervene, transpire |
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augment
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Part of Speech: verb
Definition: make greater; improve Synonyms: add to, aggrandize, amplify, beef up, boost, build, build up, compound, develop, enhance, enlarge, expand, extend, grow, heighten, increase, inflate, intensify, magnify, mount, multiply, pad, piggyback, progress, raise, reinforce, strengthen, sweeten, swell, tag on Notes: augment means to add more of the same thing; supplement means to add something, usually to make up for a deficiency Antonyms: decrease, degrade |
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bestow
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Part of Speech: verb
Definition: give, allot Synonyms: accord, apportion, award, bequeath, come through, commit, confer, devote, donate, entrust, favor, gift, give away, grant, hand out, honor with, impart, kick in, lavish, offer, present, put out, render to Antonyms: deprive, refuse, take |
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cede
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Part of Speech: verb
Definition: abandon, surrender Synonyms: abalienate, abdicate, accord, alien, alienate, allow, capitulate, come across with, communicate, concede, convey, deed, drop, fold*, fork over, give in*, give up, grant, hand over*, leave, make over, part with, relinquish, remise, renounce, resign, sign over, throw in the sponge, throw in the towel, transfer, vouchsafe, waive, yield Notes: cede means to give over, surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another - while a seed is a small hard fruit or a mature fertilized plant ovule consisting of an embryo and its food source and having a protective coat Antonyms: defend, fight, gain, guard, take over, win |
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frail
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Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: breakable, weak Synonyms: brittle, dainty, decrepit, delicate, feeble, fishy, flimsy, fracturable, fragile, frangible, infirm, insubstantial, puny, sad, shatterable, shattery, sickly, slender, slight, slim, tender, tenuous, thin, unsound, unsubstantial, vulnerable, wimpy, wishy-washy, wispy Antonyms: firm, strong, unbreakable |
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defray
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Part of Speech: verb
Definition: pay Synonyms: bear the cost, chip in, cover cost, finance, foot the bill, fund, pay for, pick up the bill, pick up the check, pick up the tab, settle |
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despicable
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Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: hateful; beyond contempt Synonyms: abject, awful, base, beastly, cheap, contemptible, degrading, detestable, dirty, disgraceful, disreputable, down, ignominious, infamous, insignificant, loathsome, low, low-life, mean, no-good, pitiful, reprehensible, shameful, slimy*, sordid, vile, worthless, wretched Antonyms: desirous, honorable, likeable, loveable, respectable, virtuous, worthy |
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deter
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Part of Speech: verb
Definition: check, inhibit from action Synonyms: act like a wet blanket, avert, block, caution, chill, cool, damp, dampen, daunt, debar, disadvise, discourage, dissuade, divert, forestall, forfend, frighten, hinder, impede, intimidate, obstruct, obviate, preclude, prevent, prohibit, put a damper on, put off, restrain, rule out, scare, shut out, stave off, stop, talk out of, throw cold water on, turn off, warn Antonyms: encourage, instigate, persuade, promote, put on to, stimulate, support, turn on, urge |
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ravage
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Part of Speech: verb
Definition: destroy, ransack Synonyms: annihilate, break up, capture, consume, cream*, crush, damage, demolish, desecrate, desolate, despoil, devastate, dismantle, disorganize, disrupt, exterminate, extinguish, forage, foray, gut, harry, impair, lay waste, leave in ruins, loot, overrun, overthrow, overwhelm, pillage, pirate, plunder, prey, prostrate, pull down, raid, rape, raze, rob, ruin, sack, seize, shatter, sink, smash, spoil, spoliate, stamp out, strip, sweep away, total*, trample, trash, waste, wreak havoc, wreck, wrest Antonyms: aid, assist, help, protect |
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evasive
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Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: deceitful, tricky Synonyms: ambiguous, cagey, casuistic, casuistical, cunning, deceptive, devious, dissembling, elusive, elusory, equivocating, false, fugitive, greasy, indirect, intangible, lying, misleading, oblique, prevaricating, shifty, shuffling, slippery, sly, sophistical, stonewalling, unclear, vague Notes: elusive is used when what is being avoided is physical capture or apprehension, whereas evasive is used when what is being avoided is direct or relevant response to a verbal challenge Antonyms: direct, forthright, honest, ready, straight, straightforward |
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fidget
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Part of Speech: verb
Definition: move restlessly Synonyms: be antsy, be hyper, be nervous, be on pins and needles, be spooked, be wired, bustle, chafe, fiddle, fret, fuss, hitch, jiggle, jitter, joggle, jump, play, squirm, stir, toss, trifle, twiddle, twitch, wiggle, worry Antonyms: be still, relax, rest |
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flaunt
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Part of Speech: verb
Definition: make an exhibition, show off Synonyms: advertise, air, boast, brandish, break out, broadcast, declare, disclose, display, disport, divulge, expose, fan it, flash, flash about, flourish, gasconade, grandstand, hotdog, let it all hang out, make a scene, parade, proclaim, put on an act, reveal, roll out, show and tell, showcase, smack with, sport, spring on, streak, throw weight around, trot out, vaunt, wave around, whip out Notes: one flaunts (makes much of) something of one's own (wealth, good looks, education) while one flouts (disregards or violates) something outside oneself (convention, law, regulation); to flaunt is to show off and to flout is to treat with contempt or disregard with smugness Antonyms: conceal, hide, refrain |
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particular
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Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: exact, specific Synonyms: accurate, appropriate, blow-by-blow, circumstantial, clocklike, detailed, distinct, especial, express, full, individual, intrinsic, itemized, limited, local, meticulous, minute, painstaking, particularized, peculiar, precise, scrupulous, selective, singular, special, thorough, topical Antonyms: general, imprecise, indefinite, inexact |
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coroner
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a medical examiner
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revival
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Part of Speech: noun
Definition: rebirth, reawakening Synonyms: awakening, cheering, consolation, enkindling, freshening, invigoration, quickening, reanimation, recovery, recrudescence, regeneration, rejuvenation, renaissance, renascence, renewal, restoration, resurgence, resurrection, resuscitation, revitalization, revivification, risorgimento Antonyms: destruction, killing, suppression |
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firsthand
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Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: direct Synonyms: eyewitness, immediate, primary, straight, straight from the horse's mouth Antonyms: hearsay, impersonal, indirect |
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occupation
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Part of Speech: noun
Definition: profession, business Synonyms: activity, affair, calling, chosen work, craft, daily grind, day gig, do, dodge*, employment, game*, grindstone, hang*, job, lick*, line, line of work, moonlight, métier, nine-to-five, play*, post, pursuit, racket, rat race, slot, thing*, trade, vocation, walk of life, what one is into, work Antonyms: entertainment, fun, hobby, pastime |
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fraught
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Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: full of Synonyms: abounding, attended, bristling, charged, filled, heavy, laden, replete, stuffed Antonyms: empty |
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immerse
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Part of Speech: verb
Definition: submerge in liquid Synonyms: asperse, baptize, bathe, bury, christen, dip, douse, drench, drown, duck, dunk, merge, plunge, saturate, sink, slop, soak, souse, sprinkle, steep, submerse Notes: immerse means to thrust into or engross fully; submerge means sink below the surface or put under water Antonyms: dry, retrieve |
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helm
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Part of Speech: noun
Definition: wheel Synonyms: command, control, controls, driver's seat, leadership, reins, rudder, steering wheel, tiller |
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eccentric
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Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: bizarre, unusual Synonyms: aberrant, abnormal, anomalous, beat*, bent*, bizarre, capricious, characteristic, cockeyed, crazy, curious, droll, erratic, far out, flaky, freak, freakish, funky*, funny, idiosyncratic, irregular, kooky, nutty, odd, oddball, off the wall, off-center, offbeat, out in left field, outlandish, peculiar, quaint, queer, quirky, quizzical, singular, strange, uncommon, unconventional, unnatural, way out, weird, whimsical, wild Antonyms: boring, common, dull, normal, ordinary, plain, regular, standard, unexciting, usual |
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momentous
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Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: important; serious Synonyms: big, chips are down, consequential, considerable, critical, crucial, decisive, earth-shaking, earth-shattering, epochal, eventful, far-reaching, fateful, grave, heavy, heavy number, historic, material, meaningful, memorable, notable, of moment, outstanding, pivotal, significant, substantial, vital, weighty Notes: momentary means fleeting, brief; momentous means significant and having great consequence Antonyms: immaterial, insignificant, trifling, trivial, unimportant |
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adjourn
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Part of Speech: verb
Definition: stop a proceeding Synonyms: curb, defer, delay, discontinue, hold off, hold over, hold up, postpone, prorogue, put off, recess, restrain, shelve, stay, suspend Antonyms: begin, convene, convoke, encourage, further, keep on, open, rally, stimulate, urge |
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abjure
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Part of Speech: verb
Definition: give up Synonyms: abstain from, forswear, recant, renege, renounce, retract, take back, withdraw Notes: abjure is 'swear off' or 'swear away' and adjure is 'command earnestly'; abjure implies a firm and final rejecting or abandoning often made under oath renounce often equals abjure but may carry the meaning of disclaim or disown and may imply a sacrifice for a greater end |
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surmount
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Part of Speech: verb
Definition: overcome, triumph over Synonyms: best, better, cap, clear, conquer, crest, crown, defeat, down, exceed, hurdle, leap, lick*, negotiate, outdo, outstrip, over, overpower, overtop, pass, prevail over, rise above, subdue, surpass, throw*, top*, vanquish, vault Antonyms: give in, surrender, yield |
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warily
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Part of Speech: adverb
Definition: suspiciously Synonyms: carefully, cautiously, vigilantly, watchfully |
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vagrant
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Part of Speech: noun
Definition: person with no permanent home and often with no means of support Synonyms: drifter, floater, homeless person, itinerant, rolling stone, street person, transient, wanderer Notes: a vagabond refers to a person who leads a carefree, roaming existence; a vagrant ekes out a living by begging and is often considered a nuisance |
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nomadic
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Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: itinerant Synonyms: drifting, gypsy, itinerate, migrant, migratory, pastoral, perambulant, perambulatory, peripatetic, roaming, roving, traveling, vagabond, vagrant, wandering, wayfaring Antonyms: native, settled |
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unacquainted
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Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: unfamiliar with Synonyms: ignorant, inexperienced, strange, unadorned, unaware, unfamiliar, unknown Antonyms: acquainted |
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unaccustomed
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Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: not prepared, ready; new Synonyms: ignorant, incompetent, inexperienced, newcome, not given to, not used to, novice, too green, unacquainted, unfamiliar with, uninformed, uninstructed, unpracticed, unseasoned, unskilled, untaught, untrained, unused to, unversed in Antonyms: accustomed, prepared, ready |
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evade
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Part of Speech: verb
Definition: get away from Synonyms: avoid, baffle, balk, beat around bush, beg the question, bypass, cavil, circumvent, conceal, confuse, cop out, deceive, decline, dodge, double, duck, elude, equivocate, escape, eschew, fence, fend off, flee, fly, fudge, get around, give the runaround, hedge, hide, keep distance, lay low, lead on a merry chase, lie, parry, pass up, pretend, prevaricate, pussyfoot, put off, shift, shirk, shuck, shuffle, shun, shy, sidestep, slip out, sneak away, steer clear of, tergiversate, trick, waffle, weasel Antonyms: face, meet, take on |
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notary
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Part of Speech: noun
Definition: notary public Synonyms: certifier, commissioner for oaths, court clerk, endorser, public official, recorder, registrar, scrivener, signatory, witness |
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whim
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Part of Speech: noun
Definition: sudden idea Synonyms: caprice, conceit, craze, desire, disposition, dream, fad, fancy, fantasy, freak, humor, impulse, inclination, notion, passing thought, quirk, sport, thought, urge, vagary, vision, whimsy Antonyms: plan |
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vestibule
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Part of Speech: noun
Definition: small room for arrivals Synonyms: antechamber, anteroom, doorway, entrance, entrance hall, entry, entryway, foyer, gateway, hall, hallway, lobby, narthex, porch, portal, portico |
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corrugated
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Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: ridged, grooved Synonyms: channelled, creased, crinkled, crumpled, flexed, fluted, folded, furrowed, puckered, roughened, rumpled, wrinkled Antonyms: flat, smooth |
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jetty
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Part of Speech: noun
Definition: pier Synonyms: barrier, breakwater, dock, groin, landing, quay, seawall, slip, wharf |
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ailment
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Part of Speech: noun
Definition: mild sickness Synonyms: ache, bug, complaint, condition, disease, disorder, dose, flu, illness, indisposition, infirmity, malady, syndrome Antonyms: health |
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malcontent
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Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: dissatisfied Synonyms: belly-aching, complaining, discontented, disgruntled, unhappy, unsatisfied |
