| Main Entry: | commune |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | group living together |
Synonyms: |
collective, commonage, commonality, community, cooperative, family, kibbutz, municipality, neighborhood, rank and file, village |
| Main Entry: | commune |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | communicate, experience with another |
Synonyms: |
confer, confide in, contemplate, converse, discourse, discuss, mediate, muse, parley, ponder, reflect |
| Main Entry: | consult |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | ask, confer |
Synonyms: |
argue, ask advice of, be closeted with, brainstorm*, call in, cogitate, collogue, commune, compare notes, confab, confabulate, consider, debate, deliberate, discuss, examine, flap, groupthink, huddle, interrogate, interview, kick ideas around, negotiate, parlay, pick one's brains, powwow, put heads together, question, refer to, regard, respect, review, seek advice, seek opinion of, take a meeting, take account of, take counsel, talk over, toss ideas around, treat, turn to |
| Main Entry: | converse |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | talk |
Synonyms: |
chat, chew the fat, chitchat, commune, confer, discourse, exchange, gab, parley, rap, schmooze, speak, use, yak |
| Notes: | contrary describes something that contradicts a proposition, converse is used when the elements of a proposition are reversed, opposite pertains to that which is diametrically opposed to a proposition, and reverse can mean each of those |
Antonyms: |
be quiet, be silent |
| Main Entry: | department |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | section of organization, area |
Synonyms: |
administration, agency, area, arena, beat, board, branch, bureau, canton, circuit, commission, commune, constituency, division, force, office, parish, precinct, quarter, range, staff, station, subdivision, territory, tract, unit, ward |
| Main Entry: | district |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | geographical area |
Synonyms: |
commune, community, department, locale, locality, neck of the woods, neighborhood, parcel, parish, precinct, quarter, region, section, sector, stomping ground, territory, turf*, vicinage, vicinity, ward |
| Main Entry: | refer |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | seek information |
Synonyms: |
advise, apply, commune, confer, consult, go, have recourse, look up, recur, repair, resort, run, turn, turn to |
| Main Entry: | talk |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | discuss with another |
Synonyms: |
argue, be in contact, canvass, carry on conversation, chew*, collogue, commune, confabulate, confer, confide, consult, contact, deliberate, dialogue, engage in conversation, exchange, go into a huddle, groupthink, have a meet, hold discussion, huddle, interact, interface, interview, join in conversation, keep in touch, negotiate, network*, palaver, parley, reach out, reason, relate, thrash out, touch base, touch*, vent, visit |
Antonyms: |
refrain, refuse |
| Main Entry: | kibbutz |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | collective farm |
Synonyms: |
collective, commune, farm, hora, settlement |
| Main Entry: | district |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
Related
Adjectives: |
Antarctalian, Arctalian, Lutetian, Novanglian, amphigean, azonic, civil, classical, costumbrista, gerontogeous, holarctic, illocal, local, manx, orarian, parochial, provincial, sympatric, tedesco, territorial, topopolitan, transpadane
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