| Main Entry: | curtain |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | window covering |
Synonyms: |
Venetian blind, blind, decoration, drape, drapery, film, hanging, jalousie, oleo, portiere, rag, roller, screen, shade, shield, shroud, shutter, valance, veil |
| Main Entry: | curtains |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | the end |
Synonyms: |
bitter end, death, end of life, end of the line, exit, extinction, lights out, taps |
| Main Entry: | act |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | part of a performance |
Synonyms: |
bit*, curtain, epilogue, gag, introduction, number, piece, prologue, routine, scene, schtick, show, sketch, spot, turn |
| Notes: | an act is the main dramatic unit and a scene is a division within an act |
| Main Entry: | barrier |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | obstruction |
Synonyms: |
bar, barricade, blank wall, blockade, bound, boundary, confines, curtain, ditch, enclosure, fence, fortification, gully, hurdle, impediment, limit, moat, obstacle, pale, palisade, railing, rampart, roadblock, stop, trench, wall |
Antonyms: |
opening |
| Main Entry: | blind |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | screen, covering |
Synonyms: |
blinder, blindfold, blinker, camouflage, cloak, cover, curtain, facade, front, mask, trap, veil |
| Main Entry: | calamity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disaster; tragedy |
Synonyms: |
adversity, affliction, blue ruin, cataclysm, catastrophe, collapse, cross, curtains, distress, downfall, hardship, holy mess, misadventure, mischance, misfortune, mishap, reverse, ruin, scourge, the worst, trial, tribulation, unholy mess, visitation, waterloo, woe, wreck, wretchedness |
Antonyms: |
advantage, blessing, boon, comfort, fortune, good fortune, good luck, happiness, joy, profit |
| Main Entry: | cataclysm |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disaster |
Synonyms: |
calamity, cataract, catastrophe, collapse, convulsion, crunch, curtains, debacle, deluge, disturbance, double trouble, flood, flooding, holy mess, inundation, misadventure, ruin, torrent, tragedy, unholy mess, upheaval, waterloo, woe |
Antonyms: |
boon, good fortune, happiness, miracle, wonder |
| Main Entry: | catastrophe |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | calamity; unhappy conclusion |
Synonyms: |
accident, adversity, affliction, alluvion, bad luck, bad news, blow, calamity, casualty, cataclysm, contretemps, crash, culmination, curtains, debacle, denouement, desolation, devastation, disaster, emergency, end, failure, fatality, fiasco, finale, grief, hardship, havoc, ill, infliction, meltdown, misadventure, mischance, misery, misfortune, mishap, reverse, scourge, stroke, termination, the worst, tragedy, trial, trouble, upshot, waterloo, wreck |
Antonyms: |
benefit, blessing, favor, good fortune, good luck, happiness, miracle, success, wonder |
| Main Entry: | cloak |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | disguise |
Synonyms: |
blanket, camouflage, coat, conceal, cover, curtain, dissemble, dissimulate, dress up, hide, mask, obscure, pretext, screen, shroud, veil |
Antonyms: |
reveal, uncloak, uncover |
| Main Entry: | completion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | accomplishment, finishing |
Synonyms: |
achievement, attainment, close, conclusion, consummation, culmination, curtains, dispatch, end, expiration, finalization, finis, finish, fruition, fulfillment, hips, integration, perfection, realization, swan song, windup, wrap-up |
Antonyms: |
anticlimax, imperfection |