| Main Entry: | open |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | begin |
Synonyms: |
begin business, bow, commence, convene, embark, get things rolling, inaugurate, initiate, jump, kick off, launch, meet, raise the curtain, ring in, set in motion, set up shop, sit, start, start the ball rolling |
Antonyms: |
close, conclude, end, finish, shut |
| Main Entry: | open |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | clear, expose; spread |
Synonyms: |
bare, break in, break out, broach, burst, bust in, come apart, crack, disclose, display, disrupt, expand, fissure, free, gap, gape, hole, jimmy, kick in, lacerate, lance, penetrate, perforate, pierce, pop, puncture, release, reveal, rupture, separate, sever, slit, slot, split, tap, throw wide, unbar, unblock, unbolt, unclose, unclothe, uncork, uncover, undo, unfasten, unfold, unfurl, unlatch, unlock, unroll, unseal, unshut, unstop, untie, unwrap, vent, ventilate, yawn, yawp |
Antonyms: |
block, bury, cover, exclude, hide, hinder, shut |
| Main Entry: | opening |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | gap, hole |
Synonyms: |
aperture, breach, break, cavity, chink, cleft, crack, cranny, crevice, cut, discontinuity, door, fissure, hatch, interstice, mouth, orifice, outlet, perforation, recess, rent, rift, rupture, scuttle, slit, slot, space, split, spout, tear, vent, window |
Antonyms: |
closing, closure, solid |
| Main Entry: | opening |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | chance |
Synonyms: |
availability, big break, connection, cut*, fling*, go*, go-at, in the running, iron in the fire, look-in, occasion, opportunity, place, possibility, run, scope, shot*, show, squeak, time, vacancy, whack |
Antonyms: |
misfortune |
| Main Entry: | opening |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | beginning |
Synonyms: |
birth, coming out, commencement, curtain-raiser, dawn, inauguration, inception, initiation, kickoff, launch, launching, onset, opener, outset, start |
Antonyms: |
closing, conclusion, ending, finish |
| Concept: | Opening. |
| Category: | 3. Superficial form |
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-nouns
hole, foramen; puncture, perforation; fontanel; transforation; pinhole, keyhole, loophole, porthole, peephole, mousehole, pigeonhole; eye of a needle; eyelet; slot., opening; aperture, apertness; hiation, yawning, oscitancy, dehiscence, patefaction, pandiculation; chasm (interval)., embrasure, window, casement; abatjour; light; sky light, fan light; lattice; bay window, bow window; oriel; dormer, lantern., outlet, inlet; vent, vomitory; embouchure; orifice, mouth, sucker, muzzle, throat, gullet, weasand, wizen, nozzle; placket., portal, porch, gate, ostiary, postern, wicket, trapdoor, hatch, door; arcade; cellarway, driveway, gateway, doorway, hatchway, gangway; lich gate., way, path; thoroughfare; channel; passage, passageway; tube, pipe; water pipe; air pipe; vessel, tubule, canal, gut, fistula; adjutage, ajutage; ostium; smokestack; chimney, flue, tap, funnel, gully, tunnel, main; mine, pit, adit, shaft; gallery., alley, aisle, glade, vista., bore, caliber; pore; blind orifice; fulgurite, thundertube., porousness, porosity; sieve, cullender, colander; cribble, riddle, screen; honeycomb., apertion, perforation; pierching; terebration, empalement, pertusion, puncture, acupuncture, penetration., opener, key, master key, passe-partout.
-verbs
open, ope, gape, yawn, bilge; fly open., perforate, pierce, empierce, tap, bore, drill; mine (scoop out); tunnel; transpierce, transfix; enfilade, impale, spike, spear, gore, spit, stab, pink, puncture, punch, lance, stick, prick, riddle, punch; stave in., cut a passage through; make way for, make room for., uncover, unclose, unrip; lay open, cut open, rip open, throw open.
-adjectives
open; perforated; perforate; wide open, ajar, unclosed, unstopped; oscitant, gaping, yawning; patent., tubular, cannular, fistulous; pervious, permeable; foraminous; vesicular, vasicular; porous, follicular, cribriform, honeycombed, infundibular, riddled; tubulous, tubulated; piped, tubate., opening; aperient.
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Antonyms: |
closure |
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| Main Entry: | air |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | put into the atmosphere; freshen |
Synonyms: |
aerate, aerify, air-condition, circulate, cool, eject, expel, expose, fan, open, oxygenate, purify, refresh, ventilate |
Antonyms: |
close up, hide |
| Main Entry: | aisle |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | passageway dividing something |
Synonyms: |
alley, artery, avenue, clearing, corridor, course, egress, gangway, hallway, ingress, lane, opening, passage, path, walk, way |
| Notes: | the bride actually walks up the nave (from Latin navis 'ship') of a church, not one of the aisles (one of the two parts parallel to the nave) |
| Main Entry: | aperture |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hole |
Synonyms: |
breach, break, chasm, chink, cleft, crack, cut, eye, fissure, gap, gash, interstice, opening, orifice, outlet, passage, perforation, pinhole, puncture, rift, rupture, slash, slit, slot, space, vent |
| Main Entry: | bay |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | alcove in wall |
Synonyms: |
bow window, compartment, niche, nook, opening, oriel, recess |