| Main Entry: | message |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | communication, often written |
Synonyms: |
bulletin, cannonball, communiqué, directive, dispatch, dope, earful, epistle, information, intelligence, intimation, letter, memo, memorandum, missive, news, note, notice, paper, report, tidings, wire, word |
| Main Entry: | message |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | meaning, idea |
Synonyms: |
acceptation, import, intendment, moral, point, purport, sense, significance, significancy, signification, theme, understanding |
| Main Entry: | announcement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | proclamation, declaration |
Synonyms: |
advertisement, advice, briefing, broadcast, broadcasting, bulletin, communication, communiqué, disclosure, dissemination, divulgence, edict, exposing, exposition, expression, intimation, message, narration, news, notice, notification, prediction, promulgation, publication, publishing, recitation, release, report, reporting, revelation, statement |
| Main Entry: | cautionary tale |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | piece of advice |
Synonyms: |
a few words of wisdom, admonition, advisory, caution light, caveat, deterrent example, enough said, event illustrating a hazard, forewarning, hint, lesson, message, moral, omen, portent, red flag, red flag, sign of things to come, sign of things to come, wake-up call, wake-up call, warning, word to the wise, word to the wise |
| Main Entry: | communication |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | information transmitted |
Synonyms: |
account, advice, announcement, briefing, bulletin, communiqué, conversation, converse, declaration, directive, disclosure, dispatch, excerpt, goods*, hot story, ideas, info, information, inside story, intelligence, language, lowdown, message, missive, news, note, pipeline, poop, prophecy, précis, publicity, report, revelation, scoop*, skinny*, speech, statement, summary, tidings, translation, utterance, warning, word, work |
| Main Entry: | correspondence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | communication by writing |
Synonyms: |
exchange of letters, letters, mail, messages, post, reports, writing |
| Main Entry: | dedication |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | speech of praise; sanctification |
Synonyms: |
address, celebration, consecration, devotion, envoy, glorification, hallowing, inscription, message |
Antonyms: |
apathy |
| Main Entry: | directive |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | command, instruction |
Synonyms: |
charge, communication, decree, dictate, edict, injunction, mandate, memo, memorandum, message, notice, order, ordinance, regulation, ruling, ukase, word |
| Notes: | an order is being told to do something with no specific guidelines, a command is being told to do something in a specific way, and a directive is being told to do something and getting this information through channels |
Antonyms: |
answer |
| Main Entry: | dispatch |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | communication |
Synonyms: |
account, bulletin, communiqué, document, instruction, item, letter, message, missive, news, piece, report, story |
| Main Entry: | epistle |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | letter |
Synonyms: |
FYI, billet doux, cannonball, card, communication, dispatch, get-well, invite, kite, line*, love letter, memo, message, missive, note, poison pen, postcard, scratch*, tab, thank-you |