| Main Entry: | greet |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | welcome |
Synonyms: |
accost, acknowledge, address, approach, attend, bow, call to, compliment, curtsy, embrace, exchange greetings, extend one's hand, flag, hail, herald, high-five, highball, meet, move to, nod, pay respects, receive, recognize, roll out the red carpet, salaam, salute, say hello, say hi, shake hands, shoulder, speak to, stop, tip one's hat, usher in, whistle for |
Antonyms: |
say farewell, say goodbye |
| Main Entry: | greeting |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | welcome; message of kindness |
Synonyms: |
accosting, acknowledgment, address, aloha, attention, best wishes, blow*, card*, ciao, compellation, compliments, good wishes, hail, hello, heralding, hi, high five, highball, how-do-you-do, howdy, letter*, nod, note, notice, ovation, reception, regards, respects, rumble, salaam, salutation, salute, speaking to, testimonial, ushering in, what's happening |
Antonyms: |
farewell, goodbye |
| Main Entry: | accost |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | approach for conversation or solicitation |
Synonyms: |
address, annoy, bother, brace*, buttonhole, call, challenge, confront, cross, dare, entice, face, flag, greet, hail, proposition, run into, salute, welcome, whistle for |
Antonyms: |
avoid, dodge, evade, ignore, scorn, shun |
| Main Entry: | acknowledge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | verbally recognize receipt of something |
Synonyms: |
address, answer, greet, hail, notice, react, remark, reply, respond, return, salute, thank |
Antonyms: |
disregard, ignore |
| Main Entry: | acknowledgment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | physical symbol of recognition |
Synonyms: |
acclamation, addressing, answer, apology, applause, appreciation, bestowal, bow, card, confession, contract, credit, gift, gratitude, greeting, guarantee, hail, hailing, letter, nod, notice, reaction, receipt, reply, response, return, salutation, salute, signature, statement, support, thanks, token |
| Main Entry: | address |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | speak to a formal gathering |
Synonyms: |
approach, bespeak, call, deliver speech, deliver talk, discourse, discuss, get on a soapbox, give speech, give talk, greet, hail, lecture, memorialize, orate, pitch, pontificate, root for, sermonize, spiel*, spout, stump, take the floor, talk |
| Main Entry: | approach |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make request, suggestion |
Synonyms: |
accost, address, advise, appeal to, apply to, beseech, confer, consult, entreat, feel, feel one out, give a play, give a tumble, greet, implore, make advance, make overture, make up to, plead, propose, sound out, speak to, supplicate, take aside, talk to, thumb, tumble |
| Main Entry: | congratulations |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | complimentation on achievement, luck |
Synonyms: |
best wishes, compliments, felicitations, give a 'hear-hear', good going, good wishes, good work, greetings, hail |
Antonyms: |
commiseration, condolences, criticism |
| Main Entry: | draft |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | military conscription |
Synonyms: |
allotment, assignment, call of duty, call-up, greetings, impressment, induction, letter from Uncle Sam, levy, lottery, recruiting, registration, roll call, selection, selective service |
| Notes: | wind moves horizontally, while a draft moves vertically |