| Main Entry: | symmetry |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | proportion |
Synonyms: |
agreement, arrangement, balance, centrality, conformity, correspondence, equality, equilibrium, equipoise, equivalence, evenness, finish, form, harmony, order, proportionality, regularity, rhythm, shapeliness, similarity |
Antonyms: |
asymmetry, difference, disproportion, imbalance, irregularity, unevenness |
| Concept: | [Regularity of form.] Symmetry. |
| Category: | 1. General form |
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symmetry, shapeliness, finish; beauty; proportion, eurythmy, uniformity, parallelism; bilateral symmetry, trilateral symmetry, multilateral symmetry; centrality., arborescence, branching, ramification; arbor vitae.
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Antonyms: |
distortion |
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| Main Entry: | balance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | equilibrium |
Synonyms: |
antithesis, correspondence, counterbalance, equity, equivalence, even-steven, evenness, hang, harmony, parity, proportion, stasis, symmetry, tension |
Antonyms: |
disproportion, imbalance, instability |
| Main Entry: | beauty |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | physical attractiveness |
Synonyms: |
adorableness, allure, allurement, artistry, attraction, bloom, charm, class, comeliness, delicacy, elegance, exquisiteness, fairness, fascination, glamor, good looks, grace, handsomeness, loveliness, polish, pulchritude, refinement, shapeliness, style, symmetry, winsomeness |
Antonyms: |
homeliness, offensiveness, ugliness |
| Main Entry: | classicism |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | simple style; regularity, restraint |
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Atticism, Ciceronianism, Hellenism, aesthetic principle, balance, clarity, class, classicalism, conventional formality, dignity, elegance, excellence, finish, formal style, formality, grand style, grandeur, high art, lucidity, majesty, neoclassicism, nobility, objectivity, polish, proportion, propriety, pure taste, purity, rationalism, refinement, rhythm, severity, simplicity, sobriety, sublimity, symmetry |
| Main Entry: | composition |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | structure, arrangement |
Synonyms: |
agreement, architecture, balance, beauty, combination, concord, configuration, consonance, constitution, content, design, distribution, form, formation, harmony, layout, make-up, placing, proportion, relation, rhythm, spacing, style, symmetry, weave |
| Main Entry: | conformation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | shape |
Synonyms: |
anatomy, arrangement, build, cast, configuration, figure, form, formation, frame, framework, outline, structure, symmetry, type |
| Main Entry: | consistency |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | constancy, regularity |
Synonyms: |
accord, agreement, apposition, appropriateness, aptness, coherence, cohesion, compatibility, concord, concurrence, conformability, congruity, consonance, correspondence, evenness, fitness, harmony, homogeneity, invariability, likeness, proportion, similarity, stability, steadfastness, steadiness, suitability, symmetry, uniformity, union, unity |
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erraticism, incongruity, inconsistency, inconstancy, irregularity, variation |
| Main Entry: | correspondence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | agreement |
Synonyms: |
accord, analogy, coherence, coincidence, comparability, comparison, concurrence, conformity, congruity, consistency, correlation, equivalence, fitness, harmony, likeness, match, regularity, relation, resemblance, similarity, symmetry |
Antonyms: |
difference, disagreement |
| Main Entry: | elegance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | cultivated beauty, taste |
Synonyms: |
breeding, charm, class, courtliness, cultivation, culture, delicacy, dignity, discernment, distinction, exquisiteness, felicity, gentility, good taste, grace, gracefulness, grandeur, hauteur, lushness, luxury, magnificence, nicety, nobility, noblesse, ornateness, polish, politeness, poshness, propriety, purity, refinement, restraint, rhythm, sophistication, splendor, style, sumptuousness, symmetry, tastefulness |
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crudeness, inelegance, poor taste, roughness, ugliness |