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🔑 Auspicious, adjective.
💠Example: An auspicious day was chosen for the wedding.
🧲 Synonyms:
1. favourable, propitious, promising, full of promise, bright, rosy, good, optimistic, hopeful, encouraging
2. opportune, timely, well timed, lucky, fortunate, providential, felicitous, advantageous, beneficial
🧿 Antonyms:
1. inauspicious
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🔑 Bear witness, phrase.
💠Example: The surviving letters bear witness to the extent of his involvement.
🧲 Synonyms:
1. attest to, be evidence of, be proof of, testify to, confirm, evidence, prove, corroborate, verify, substantiate, bear out
2. show, demonstrate, establish, be a monument to, indicate, reveal, bespeak
🧿 Antonyms:
1. belie
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🔑 Stroke, nombre.
💠Example: He had recently suffered a small stroke.
🧲 Synonyms:
1. thrombosis, embolism, cerebral vascular accident, CVA, cerebral haemorrhage, ictus, seizure
2. (arcaico) apoplexy
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🔑 Great, adjective.
💠Example: A great power with a formidable navy.
🧲 Synonyms:
1. powerful, dominant, influential, strong, potent, formidable, redoubtable
2. leading, important, illustrious, top-rank, of the first rank, first rate
3. foremost, major, main, chief, principal, capital, paramount, primary
🧿 Antonyms:
1. minor
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🔑 Passionate, adjective.
💠Example: McGregor is passionate about sport.
🧲 Synonyms:
1. very keen on, very enthusiastic about, addicted to, devoted to, infatuated with
2. (informal) mad about, crazy about, hooked on, nuts about, nutty about, gone on
3. (North American • informal) nutso over
4. (Australian, New Zealand • informal) shook on
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🔑 Search me!, phrase.
🧲 Synonyms:
1. I don't know, how should I know?, why ask me?, it's a mystery, I haven't an clue, I haven't an inkling, I haven't the least idea, I've no idea
2. dunno, don't ask me, I haven't the first idea, I haven't the first notion, I haven't the faintest, I haven't the foggiest, I haven't the faintest idea, I haven't the faintest notion, I haven't the foggiest idea, I haven't the foggiest notion, it beats me, ask me another
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🔑 Wrap up, phrase.
💠Example: Tell that child to wrap up.
🧲 Synonyms:
1. be quiet, be silent, fall silent, stop talking, hold one's tongue, keep one's lips sealed
2. (British) quieten down
3. (North American) quiet down
4. (informal) shut up, shut one's mouth, shut one's face, shut one's trap, button one's lip, put a sock in it, pipe down, cut the cackle, give it a rest
5. (British • informal) shut one's gob, wrap it up, belt up
6. (North American • informal) save it, can it
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🔑 Allude, verb.
💠Example: The Vice Chancellor alluded to the same idea.
🧲 Synonyms:
1. refer to, suggest, hint at, imply, mention, touch on, mention in passing, mention en passant, speak briefly of, make an allusion to, cite
2. (rare) advert to
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🔑 Squat, adjective.
💠Example: He was muscular and squat.
🧲 Synonyms:
1. stocky, dumpy, stubby, stumpy, short, thickset, heavily built, sturdy, sturdily built, heavyset, chunky, solid
2. burly, beefy
3. cobby
4. (technical) mesomorphic, pyknic
5. (Australian, New Zealand) nuggety
6. (British • informal) fubsy
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🔑 Mistress, noun.
💠Example: His wife never found out about his mistress.
🧲 Synonyms:
1. lover, girlfriend, paramour, kept woman, live-in lover
2. courtesan, concubine, inamorata, hetaera, sultana
3. (British • informal) girlf, bit on the side
4. (British • informal, dated) fancy woman
5. (dated) lady-love
6. (archaic) doxy, leman
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🔑 Dastardly, adjective.
💠Example: A dastardly plan was hatched to kidnap him.
🧲 Synonyms:
1. wicked, evil, iniquitous, heinous, villainous, diabolical, diabolic, fiendish, vicious, murderous, barbarous, cruel, black, dark, rotten, nefarious, vile, foul, monstrous, shocking, outrageous, atrocious, abominable, reprehensible, despicable, execrable, corrupt, degenerate, reprobate, sordid, depraved, dissolute, bad, base, mean, low, dishonourable, dishonest, unscrupulous, unprincipled, underhand, roguish
2. (informal) crooked, low-down, stinking, dirty, shady, rascally, scoundrelly
3. (British • informal) beastly, not cricket
4. malfeasant
5. (rare) egregious, flagitious
🧿 Antonyms:
1. noble, praiseworthy
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🔑 Prominent, adjective.
💠Example: The rectangular fields and straight lanes that are now such a prominent feature of the landscape.
🧲 Synonyms:
1. conspicuous, noticeable, easily seen, obvious, evident, discernible, recognizable, distinguishable, unmistakable, eye-catching, pronounced, salient, striking, outstanding, dominant, predominant
2. obtrusive
🧿 Antonyms:
1. inconspicuous
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🔑 Recycle, verb.
💠Example: All our stores now collect and recycle cardboard boxes.
🧲 Synonyms:
1. reuse, reprocess, convert into something, reclaim, recover
2. salvage, save
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🔑 Broad, adjective.
💠Example: The leaves are six inches long and two inches broad.
🧲 Synonyms:
1. in breadth, in width, from side to side, wide, across, thick
🧿 Antonyms:
1. long
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🔑 Lead, verb.
💠Example: We are led to believe that lack of finance is to blame.
🧲 Synonyms:
1. cause, induce, prompt, move, persuade, sway, influence, prevail on, bring round, make willing, motivate, drive, condition, determine, make, impel, give, force
2. incline, dispose, predispose, bias
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🔑 Adversity, noun.
💠Example: They remain steadfast in the face of adversity.
🧲 Synonyms:
1. misfortune, ill luck, bad luck, trouble, difficulty, hardship, distress, disaster, misadventure, suffering, affliction, sorrow, misery, heartbreak, heartache, wretchedness, tribulation, woe, pain, trauma, torment, torture
2. mishap, stroke of ill luck, stroke of bad luck, accident, shock, upset, reverse, reversal, reversal of fortune, setback, crisis, catastrophe, tragedy, calamity, trial, cross, burden, blow, buffet, vicissitude, issue
3. hard times, dire straits, trials and tribulations
4. (informal) hell, hell on earth, hassle, stress
5. (literary) dolour, travails
🧿 Antonyms:
1. good times
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🔑 Fortify, verb.
💠Example: Breakfast cereals are fortified with vitamins.
🧲 Synonyms:
1. add minerals to, add vitamins to, boost, improve
2. (informal) beef up
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🔑 Bother, verb.
💠Example: She had her own life and no one bothered her.
🧲 Synonyms:
1. disturb, trouble, worry, inconvenience, put out, impose on, pester, badger, harass, molest, plague, beset, torment, nag, hound, dog, chivvy, harry, annoy, upset, irritate, vex, provoke, nettle, try someone's patience, make one's hackles rise
2. (informal) hassle, bug, give someone a hard time, get in someone's hair, get on someone's case, rub up the wrong way, drive up the wall
3. (British • informal) get up someone's nose
4. (North American • informal) ride, devil
5. (Northern English • informal) mither
6. (Australian, New Zealand • informal) heavy
7. (New Zealand • informal) rark
8. (rare) discommode
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🔑 Kowtow, verb.
💠Example: She didn't have to kowtow to a boss.
🧲 Synonyms:
1. grovel, behave obsequiously, be obsequious, be servile, be sycophantic, fawn on, bow and scrape, toady, truckle, abase oneself, humble oneself, prostrate oneself
2. curry favour with, flatter, court, woo, dance attendance on, make up to, play up to, ingratiate oneself with
3. (informal) crawl, creep, suck up to, brown-nose, butter up, be all over, fall all over, lick someone's boots
4. (Australian, New Zealand • informal) smoodge to
5. (archaic) blandish
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🔑 Precise, adjective.
💠Example: The attention to detail is very precise.
🧲 Synonyms:
1. meticulous, careful, exact, scrupulous, punctilious, conscientious, particular, exacting, methodical, strict, rigorous
2. mathematical, scientific
🧿 Antonyms:
1. loose, careless
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🔑 Lift, verb.
💠Example: A few cocktails had lifted his flagging spirits.
🧲 Synonyms:
1. boost, raise, buoy up, elevate, give a lift to, cheer up, perk up, enliven, uplift, brighten up, lighten, ginger up, gladden, encourage, stimulate, arouse, revive, restore
2. (informal) buck up, jazz up
🧿 Antonyms:
1. subdue
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🔑 Propinquity, noun.
💠Example: Propinquity of descent.
🧲 Synonyms:
1. close kinship, close relationship, family connection, blood ties, consanguinity
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🔑 Dry, adjective.
💠Example: I brought a few beers in case you got dry.
🧲 Synonyms:
1. thirsty, dehydrated, longing for a drink
2. (informal) parched, gasping
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🔑 Whisper, noun.
💠Example: The whisper of falling water.
🧲 Synonyms:
1. babble, burble, purl, lap
2. (literary) plash
🧿 Antonyms:
1. roar, thunder
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🔑 Smash, noun.
💠Example: A motorway smash.
🧲 Synonyms:
1. crash, multiple crash, car crash, collision, multiple collision, accident, car accident, road accident, traffic accident, bump
2. (British) road traffic accident, RTA
3. (North American) wreck
4. (informal) pile-up, smash-up
5. (British • informal) prang, shunt
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🔑 Property, noun.
💠Example: A growing number of Germans are buying property in Denmark.
🧲 Synonyms:
1. building, buildings, premises, house, houses, land, estates, acres, acreage
2. freehold, leasehold
3. real property, realty
4. (North American) real estate
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🔑 Amuse, verb.
💠Example: Her annoyance simply amused him.
🧲 Synonyms:
1. entertain, make laugh, delight, divert, gladden, cheer, cheer up, please, charm, tickle, convulse, beguile, enliven, regale
2. (informal) tickle someone pink, crack someone up, wow, be a hit with
3. (British • informal) crease someone up
🧿 Antonyms:
1. bore, depress
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🔑 Cut something off, phrase.
💠Example: They cut off his finger.
🧲 Synonyms:
1. sever, chop off, hack off
2. amputate
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🔑 Reverse, adjective.
💠Example: I would probably have a completely reverse opinion.
🧲 Synonyms:
1. opposite, contrary, converse, counter, inverse, obverse, opposing, contrasting, antithetical
🧿 Antonyms:
1. same
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🔑 Flood, noun.
💠Example: She came home in a flood of tears.
🧲 Synonyms:
1. outpouring, torrent, rush, stream, gush, surge, cascade, flow
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🔑 Get through, phrase.
💠Example: I managed to get through the audition and land the job.
🧲 Synonyms:
1. pass, be successful in, succeed in, gain a pass in, come through, meet the requirements of, pass muster in
2. (informal) come up to scratch in, come up to snuff in, sail through, scrape through
🧿 Antonyms:
1. fail
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🔑 From time to time, phrase.
💠Example: All children act up from time to time.
🧲 Synonyms:
1. sometimes, occasionally, now and again, now and then, every now and again, every now and then, every so often, once in a while, every once in a while, on occasion, on occasions, on the odd occasion, off and on, at times, at intervals, periodically, sporadically, spasmodically, erratically, irregularly, intermittently, by fits and starts, in fits and starts, fitfully, discontinuously, piecemeal
2. (rare) interruptedly
🧿 Antonyms:
1. constantly
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🔑 Interim, adjective.
💠Example: He appointed an interim advisory committee.
🧲 Synonyms:
1. provisional, temporary, pro tem, stopgap, short-term, fill-in, caretaker, acting, intervening, transitional, changeover, make-do, makeshift, improvised, impromptu, emergency
2. pro tempore, ad interim
3. (rare) provisory, provisionary
🧿 Antonyms:
1. permanent
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🔑 Hand, verb.
💠Example: He handed each man a glass.
🧲 Synonyms:
1. pass, give, reach, let someone have, throw, toss
2. pass to, hand over to, deliver to, present to, transfer to, convey to
3. (informal) chuck, bung
🧿 Antonyms:
1. take away from
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🔑 Go through, phrase.
💠Example: No one can imagine what she and the children have gone through.
🧲 Synonyms:
1. undergo, experience, face, suffer, be subjected to, live through, endure, brave, bear, tolerate, stand, withstand, put up with, brook, cope with, weather, come in for, receive, sustain
2. (Scottish) thole
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🔑 Hold, verb.
💠Example: Candidates must hold a clean driving licence.
🧲 Synonyms:
1. possess, have, own, bear, carry, be the owner of, have in one's possession, be in possession of, have to one's name
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🔑 Deprive, verb.
💠Example: She was deprived of her royal privileges.
🧲 Synonyms:
1. dispossess, strip, divest, relieve, bereave
2. rob of, cheat out of, trick out of, do out of
3. deny, prevent from having, prevent from using
4. (coloquial) diddle out of
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🔑 Expression, noun.
💠Example: Blanche invariably wore an expression of harassed fatigue.
🧲 Synonyms:
1. look, appearance, air, manner, bearing, countenance, guise, cast, aspect, impression
2. (formal) mien
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🔑 Look, verb.
💠Example: A pair of windows looked north over Madison Avenue.
🧲 Synonyms:
1. command a view, face, overlook, front
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🔑 Eccentric, noun.
💠Example: Like all princes he was something of an eccentric.
🧲 Synonyms:
1. oddity, odd fellow, unorthodox person, character, individualist, individual, free spirit, misfit
2. (informal) oddball, weirdo, weirdie, freak, nut, nutcase, case, head case, crank, crackpot, loony, loon
3. (British • informal) one-off, odd bod, nutter, queer fish
4. (North American • informal) wacko, wack, screwball, kook
5. (US • informal) wackadoo, wackadoodle
6. (Australian, New Zealand • informal) dingbat
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🔑 Uncertainty, noun.
💠Example: She pushed the anxious uncertainties out of her mind.
🧲 Synonyms:
1. doubt, qualm, misgiving, apprehension, quandary, dilemma, reservation, niggle, scruple, second thought, query, question, question mark, suspicion
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🔑 Face, noun.
💠Example: The face of a watch.
🧲 Synonyms:
1. dial, display
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🔑 See, verb.
💠Example: They see each other from time to time.
🧲 Synonyms:
1. meet, meet by arrangement, meet up with, get together with, have a meeting, have meetings, meet socially, make a date with
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🔑 Sporty, adjective.
💠Example: His spring collection combines a sporty feel with fresh colours.
🧲 Synonyms:
1. stylish, smart, jaunty
2. casual, informal
3. (informal) trendy, sharp, natty, snazzy, snappy
4. (North American • informal) sassy, spiffy
🧿 Antonyms:
1. formal, dressy
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🔑 Serious, adjective.
💠Example: She spends serious sums of money.
🧲 Synonyms:
1. considerable, sizeable, substantial, appreciable, significant
2. goodly, tolerable, fair, reasonable, tidy, hefty, handsome, comfortable, decent, worthwhile, worth having, worth taking into account
3. ample, plentiful, abundant, superabundant, great, large, lavish, profuse, generous
4. marked, noticeable
5. (informal) not to be sneezed at, OK
6. (literary) plenteous
🧿 Antonyms:
1. paltry, trifling
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🔑 True, adverb.
💠Example: I swear I will speak true.
🧲 Synonyms:
1. truthfully, honestly, sincerely, candidly, frankly, truly, veraciously
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🔑 Catch, verb.
💠Example: The scenes caught the flavour of London in the sixties.
🧲 Synonyms:
1. evoke, conjure up, suggest, summon up, call to mind, recall, express, reproduce, represent, show, encapsulate, capture, record
2. film, photograph, draw, paint
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🔑 Get wind of, phrase.
💠Example: White House officials got wind of the plan.
🧲 Synonyms:
1. hear about, hear of, learn of, find out about, become aware of, be made aware of, be told about, be informed of, hear tell of, have brought to one's notice
2. hear something on the grapevine
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🔑 Thick, adjective.
💠Example: The thick summer vegetation.
🧲 Synonyms:
1. plentiful, abundant, profuse, luxuriant, bushy, rich, riotous, exuberant
2. rank, rampant
3. dense, close-packed, concentrated, crowded, condensed, compact, impenetrable, impassable
4. serried
5. (informal) jungly
🧿 Antonyms:
1. meagre, sparse
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🔑 Rape, verb.
💠Example: The Romans raped the Sabine women.
🧲 Synonyms:
1. abduct, carry off, kidnap, seize, capture, make off with
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🔑 Sweet, noun.
💠Example: You can whip up this delicious sweet in five minutes.
🧲 Synonyms:
1. dessert, sweet course, second course, last course
2. (British) pudding
3. (British • informal) afters, pud
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🔑 Thick, adjective.
💠Example: A thick Scottish accent.
🧲 Synonyms:
1. obvious, pronounced, marked, broad, strong, rich, decided, distinct, conspicuous, noticeable, identifiable
🧿 Antonyms:
1. faint, vague
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🔑 Perfect, adjective.
💠Example: An E-type Jaguar in perfect condition.
🧲 Synonyms:
1. flawless, mint, as good as new, pristine, impeccable, immaculate, superb, superlative, optimum, prime, optimal, peak, excellent, faultless, as sound as a bell, unspoiled, unblemished, undamaged, spotless, unmarred, unimpaired
2. (informal) tip-top, A1
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🔑 See, verb.
💠Example: Would you like to see over the house?
🧲 Synonyms:
1. inspect, view, see round, look around, look round, look through, have a look around, have a look round, have a tour of, go on a tour of, tour, survey, scrutinize
2. (informal) give something a once-over, give something the once-over
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🔑 Like, preposition.
💠Example: You're just like a teacher.
🧲 Synonyms:
1. similar to, the same as, identical to
🧿 Antonyms:
1. unlike
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🔑 Release, verb.
💠Example: Another series has just been released on videocassette.
🧲 Synonyms:
1. launch, put on the market, market, put on sale, offer for sale, bring out, unveil, present, make available, distribute
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🔑 Pull back, phrase.
💠Example: The army was forced to pull back behind the canal.
🧲 Synonyms:
1. withdraw, retreat, draw back, fall back, retire, disengage, pull out, back off, give ground, give way
2. flee, take flight, turn tail, beat a retreat, beat a hasty retreat
🧿 Antonyms:
1. advance
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🔑 Foolish, adjective.
💠Example: Her desperation led her to do something foolish.
🧲 Synonyms:
1. stupid, silly, idiotic, half-witted, witless, brainless, mindless, thoughtless, imprudent, incautious, irresponsible, injudicious, indiscreet, unwise, unintelligent, unreasonable
2. ill-advised, ill-considered, impolitic, rash, reckless, foolhardy, lunatic
3. absurd, senseless, pointless, nonsensical, inane, fatuous, ridiculous, laughable, risible, derisible
4. (informal) dumb, dim, dim-witted, dopey, damfool, half-baked, hare-brained, crackbrained, pea-brained, wooden-headed, thickheaded, nutty, mad, crazy, dippy, cuckoo, screwy, wacky
5. (British • informal) barmy, daft, dotty, batty, gormless
6. (Scottish, Northern English • informal) glaikit
7. (North American • informal) dumb-ass, chowderheaded
8. (West Indian • informal) dotish
🧿 Antonyms:
1. sensible, wise
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🔑 Hold, noun.
💠Example: The little girl kept a firm hold on my hand.
🧲 Synonyms:
1. grip, grasp, clasp, clutch
2. purchase, foothold, footing, toehold
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🔑 A little, phrase.
💠Example: The whole scene does remind me a little of the Adriatic.
🧲 Synonyms:
1. slightly, faintly, remotely, vaguely
2. moderately, somewhat, a little bit, quite, to some degree, fairly
3. (informal) sort of, kind of, kinda, ish
🧿 Antonyms:
1. a great deal
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🔑 Push, noun.
💠Example: The enemy's eastward push had overrun Dutch positions.
🧲 Synonyms:
1. advance, drive, thrust, charge, attack, assault, onslaught, onrush, offensive, sortie, foray, raid, sally, invasion, incursion, blitz, campaign
2. (archaic) onset
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🔑 Rate, noun.
💠Example: The rate of change was very fast.
🧲 Synonyms:
1. speed, pace, tempo, velocity, momentum
2. gait
3. (informal) clip, lick
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🔑 Fan, verb.
💠Example: She lifted a hand to fan her hot cheeks.
🧲 Synonyms:
1. cool, air, aerate, blow, ventilate
2. freshen, refresh
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🔑 Animal, adjective.
💠Example: His grunt of animal passion.
🧲 Synonyms:
1. carnal, fleshly, bodily, physical, sensual
2. instinctive, instinctual
3. brutish, unrefined, uncultured, coarse, gross, inhuman, subhuman
4. (rare) appetitive
🧿 Antonyms:
1. spiritual
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🔑 Go in for, phrase.
💠Example: We don't normally go in for this sort of thing.
🧲 Synonyms:
1. take part in, participate in, be a participant in, engage in, get involved in, join in, enter into, occupy oneself with, play a part in, be a party to, undertake
2. practise, pursue
3. take up, espouse, adopt, embrace
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🔑 Love, nombre.
💠Example: Don't fret, my love.
🧲 Synonyms:
1. beloved, loved one, love of one's life, dear, dearest, dear one, darling, sweetheart, sweet, sweet one, angel, honey
2. lover, boyfriend, girlfriend, significant other, betrothed, paramour, inamorata, inamorato
3. querida
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🔑 Make ready, phrase.
💠Example: The crew were busily making ready for the departure.
🧲 Synonyms:
1. prepare, make preparations, make provisions, get everything ready, take the necessary steps, do the necessary, gear up for
2. gear oneself up
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🔑 Bright, adjective.
💠Example: Bright flowers.
🧲 Synonyms:
1. colourful, bright-coloured, deep-coloured, vivid, brilliant, rich, vibrant
2. (dated) gay
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🔑 Compel, verb.
💠Example: They can compel compliance by issuing a directive.
🧲 Synonyms:
1. exact, extort, demand, insist on, enforce, force, necessitate
2. (archaic) constrain
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🔑 Neglect, nombre.
💠Example: The whole place had a hopeless air of neglect.
🧲 Synonyms:
1. disrepair, dilapidation, deterioration, shabbiness, disuse, abandonment
2. (marginal) desuetude
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🔑 Fitful, adjetivo.
💠Example: I drifted off into a brief and fitful sleep.
🧲 Synonyms:
1. intermittent, sporadic, spasmodic, broken, disturbed, disrupted, patchy, irregular
2. variable, uneven, unsettled, disconnected, unsteady, on and off, off and on
3. restless, sleepless, wakeful, insomniac, tossing and turning
🧿 Antonyms:
1. constant
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🔑 Blessed, adjective.
💠Example: The fresh air made a blessed change from the polluted city atmosphere.
🧲 Synonyms:
1. welcome, pleasant, pleasing, agreeable, refreshing, favourable, cheering, gratifying, heartening, much needed, to one's liking, to one's taste
🧿 Antonyms:
1. unwelcome
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🔑 Encourage, verb.
💠Example: The players were encouraged by the crowd's response.
🧲 Synonyms:
1. hearten, cheer, buoy up, uplift, inspire, motivate, egg on, spur on, stir, stir up, whip up, fire up, stimulate, animate, invigorate, vitalize, revitalize, embolden, fortify, rally, incite
2. lift the spirits of, raise the morale of, stiffen the resolve of
3. (informal) buck up, pep up, give a shot in the arm to
4. (North American • informal) light a fire under
5. (rare) inspirit, spirit someone up, fillip, incentivize
🧿 Antonyms:
1. discourage
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🔑 Dexterous, adjective.
💠Example: Klein had achieved notoriety for his dexterous accounting abilities.
🧲 Synonyms:
1. shrewd, ingenious, inventive, clever, intelligent, bright, brilliant, smart, sharp, sharp-witted, razor-sharp, acute, quick, quick-witted, astute, canny, intuitive, discerning, perceptive, perspicacious, insightful, incisive, sagacious, wise, judicious
2. cunning, artful, crafty, wily, calculating
3. (informal) on the ball, quick off the mark, quick on the uptake, brainy, streetwise, savvy
4. (British • informal) suss
5. (North American • informal) heads-up
6. (dated, informal) long-headed
7. (rare) argute, sapient
🧿 Antonyms:
1. stupid
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🔑 Otherwise, adverb.
💠Example: He could not have acted otherwise.
🧲 Synonyms:
1. differently, in any other way
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🔑 Dry, adjective.
💠Example: I brought a few beers in case you got dry.
🧲 Synonyms:
1. thirsty, dehydrated, longing for a drink
2. (informal) parched, gasping
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🔑 Stop, noun.
💠Example: All business came to a stop.
🧲 Synonyms:
1. halt, end, finish, close, standstill
2. cessation, conclusion, termination, stoppage, discontinuation, discontinuance
3. pause
🧿 Antonyms:
1. start, beginning, continuation
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🔑 Form, noun.
💠Example: Sponsorship is a form of advertising.
🧲 Synonyms:
1. kind, sort, type, order, class, classification, category, variety, genre, brand, style
2. species, genus, family, generation, breed, strain, denomination
3. (technical) phylum
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🔑 Effective, adjective.
💠Example: The new law will become effective three months from now.
🧲 Synonyms:
1. operative, in force, in effect, in operation, valid, official, signed and sealed
2. lawful, legal, licit, legitimate, legally binding, binding
3. effectual
🧿 Antonyms:
1. invalid
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🔑 Keep someone under, phrase.
💠Example: The local people are kept under by the army.
🧲 Synonyms:
1. keep in subjection, keep in submission, hold down, keep down, keep under one's thumb, subdue, subject, suppress, repress, oppress, tyrannize over, tyrannize
2. (informal) squash, squelch, trample on
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🔑 Come about, phrase.
💠Example: The change came about in 1989.
🧲 Synonyms:
1. happen, occur, take place, transpire, fall, present itself, crop up, materialize, arise, arrive, appear, surface, ensue, follow
2. (literary) come to pass, befall, betide
3. (archaic) hap
4. (rare) eventuate
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🔑 Get, verb.
💠Example: I didn't get what he said.
🧲 Synonyms:
1. hear, recognize, discern, distinguish, make out, pick out, perceive, follow, keep up with, take in
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🔑 Display, verb.
💠Example: The crown jewels displayed are only copies.
🧲 Synonyms:
1. exhibit, show, put on show, put on view, expose to view, present, unveil, set forth
2. arrange, dispose, array, lay out, set out
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🔑 Here, adverb.
💠Example: They have lived here most of their lives.
🧲 Synonyms:
1. at this place, in this place, at this spot, in this spot, at this location, in this location
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🔑 See to, phrase.
💠Example: I'll go and see to the sitting-room fire.
🧲 Synonyms:
1. attend to, deal with, see about, take care of, look after, sort out, fix up, get together, organize, arrange, be responsible for, be in charge of, direct, run, manage, conduct, administer, administrate
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🔑 Cry, verb.
💠Example: Mandy's face crumpled and she started to cry.
🧲 Synonyms:
1. weep, shed tears, sob, wail, be in tears, cry one's eyes out, cry one's heart out, cry as if one's heart would break, bawl, howl, snivel, whimper, whine, squall, mewl, bleat
2. lament, grieve, mourn, keen
3. (Scottish) greet
4. (informal) boohoo, blub, blubber, turn on the waterworks
5. (British • informal) grizzle
6. (literary) pule, plain
🧿 Antonyms:
1. laugh
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🔑 Bust, verb.
💠Example: Two roadies were busted for drugs.
🧲 Synonyms:
1. arrest, apprehend, take into custody, seize, take in, take prisoner, detain, put in jail, throw in jail
2. (informal) pick up, run in, pull in, haul in, cop, nab, nail, do, collar, feel someone's collar
3. (British • informal) pinch, nick
🧿 Antonyms:
1. release
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🔑 Think something over, phrase.
💠Example: She went home to think over his offer.
🧲 Synonyms:
1. consider, contemplate, deliberate about, weigh up, consider the pros and cons of, mull over, ponder, reflect on, muse on, ruminate on
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🔑 Drop, verb.
💠Example: She dropped the names of her most prestigious clients.
🧲 Synonyms:
1. mention, refer to, speak of, hint at
2. bring up, raise, broach, introduce
3. show off
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🔑 Tag, noun.
💠Example: A price tag.
🧲 Synonyms:
1. label, ticket, badge, mark, marker, tab, tally, sticker, docket, stub, chit, chitty, counterfoil, flag, stamp
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🔑 Patch something up, phrase.
💠Example: He's trying to patch things up with his wife.
🧲 Synonyms:
1. reconcile, make up, settle, conciliate
2. remedy, put to rights, rectify, clear up, set right, heal, mend, cure, make good, resolve, square, harmonize
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🔑 Black, verb.
💠Example: Trade union members blacked the work.
🧲 Synonyms:
1. boycott, embargo, place an embargo on, put an embargo on, blacklist, ban, bar, proscribe
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🔑 Keep to, phrase.
💠Example: I've got to keep to the rules.
🧲 Synonyms:
1. obey, abide by, observe, follow, comply with, adhere to, act in accordance with, conform to, be governed by, respect, defer to
2. honour, keep, fulfil, act on, stand by, stick to, be bound by, be true to, keep faith with, make good, carry out
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🔑 Awkward, adjective.
💠Example: The box was heavy and awkward to carry.
🧲 Synonyms:
1. cumbersome, unwieldy, unhandy
2. (informal) a devil, a bastard
3. (British • vulgar slang) a bugger
4. (rare) cumbrous, lumbersome
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🔑 Work something out, phrase.
💠Example: I'm still trying to work out what she meant.
🧲 Synonyms:
1. understand, comprehend, puzzle out, sort out, reason out, make sense of, think out, think through, get to the bottom of, make head or tail of, solve, find an answer to, find an solution to, unravel, untangle, decipher, decode, find the key to, piece together
2. (informal) figure out, crack
3. (British • informal) suss out
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🔑 Resource, noun.
💠Example: A person of resource.
🧲 Synonyms:
1. initiative, resourcefulness, enterprise, imagination, imaginativeness, ingenuity, inventiveness
2. quick-wittedness, cleverness, native wit, talent, ability, capability
3. spirit, spiritedness, enthusiasm, drive, zest, dash, ambition, energy, vigour, vitality
4. (informal) gumption, get-up-and-go, go, push, oomph, pizzazz, pep, zip, vim
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🔑 Immediately, adverb.
💠Example: It was necessary to make a decision immediately.
🧲 Synonyms:
1. straight away, at once, right away, right now, instantly, now, directly, promptly, forthwith, that minute, this minute, that very minute, this very minute, that instant, this instant, there and then, here and now, in a flash, without delay, without hesitation, without further ado, post-haste
2. quickly, as fast as possible, fast, speedily, with all speed, as soon as possible, ASAP
3. tout de suite
4. (informal) before you can say Jack Robinson, pronto, double quick, in double quick time, p.d.q., pretty damn quick, toot sweet
5. (Indian • informal) ekdam
6. (archaic) straightway, instanter, forthright
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🔑 Run something off, phrase.
💠Example: Sophie, would you just run off a list of all the outstanding accounts, please?
🧲 Synonyms:
1. copy, photocopy, xerox, duplicate, print, photostat, mimeograph
2. make, produce, do
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🔑 Make it, phrase.
💠Example: She's very ill — is she going to make it?
🧲 Synonyms:
1. survive, come through, pull through, get better, recover, rally, recuperate
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🔑 Gorgeous, adjective.
💠Example: Gorgeous weather.
🧲 Synonyms:
1. excellent, marvellous, superb, very good, first-rate, first-class, wonderful, delightful, outstanding, exceptional, magnificent, splendid, superlative, matchless, peerless
2. (informal) super, great, glorious, terrific, tremendous, fantastic, sensational, fabulous, supercalifragilisticexpialidocious, ace, fab, A1, cool, awesome, magic, wicked, tip-top, top-notch, out of sight, out of this world, way-out, capital
3. (British • informal) brilliant, brill, smashing
4. (Australian, New Zealand • informal) bonzer
5. (British • informal, dated) spiffing, topping, top-hole, wizard
🧿 Antonyms:
1. terrible
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