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| Main Entry: | stuff |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | load with |
| Synonyms: | choke up, compress, cram, crowd, fill, force, glut, gobble, gorge, gormandize, guzzle, jam, pack, pad, push, ram, sate, satiate, shove, squeeze, stow, wad, wedge, clog up, congest, fill to overflowing, fill to the brim, jam-pack, overfill, overindulge, overstuff |
| Antonyms: | unload, unstuff |
| Main Entry: | stuff |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | personal belongings |
| Synonyms: | being, effects, equipment, gear, goods, impedimenta, individual, junk*, kit, luggage, paraphernalia, substance, tackle, things, trappings, objects, possessions |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | stuff |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | essence, substance |
| Synonyms: | bottom, bottom line*, heart, marrow*, matter, meat*, nitty-gritty*, nuts and bolts*, pith, principle, quintessence, soul, staple, essentiality, virtuality |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | stuff |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fabric |
| Synonyms: | cloth, material, raw material, textile, woven material |
| Main Entry: | apparatus |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | equipment with a purpose |
| Synonyms: | appliance, black box*, contraption, device, doodad*, doohickey*, furnishings, gear, gimcrack*, gimmick, gizmo*, idiot box*, implement, job*, machine, machinery, means, mechanism, outfit, paraphernalia, provisions, setup, stuff, supplies, tackle, thingamajig*, widget*, accoutrement, dingbat, gaff, grabber, habiliments, jigger, tools, utensils, whatchamacallit, whatsis, whosis |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | aptitude |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | quickness at learning |
| Synonyms: | ability, capability, capacity, cleverness, competence, faculty, flair, gift, intelligence, knack, proficiency, savvy, smarts, stuff*, talent, giftedness, what it takes |
| Notes: | aptitude and attitude derive from Latin aptitudo 'fitness,' the first through French, the second through a French borrowing of Italian attitudine |
| Antonyms: | incapacity, stupidity |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | asset(s) |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | property or money possessed |
| Synonyms: | ace in the hole*, backing, bankroll, budget, capital, credit, equity, estate, funds, goods, holdings, kitty*, mattress, means, nest egg*, nut*, rainy day, resources, riches, sock*, stake, stuff, wealth, ace up sleeve, possessions, reserve(s), something put aside, something put away, stash, valuables |
| Antonyms: | liability |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | audacity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | arrogance, presumptuousness |
| Synonyms: | assurance, brass, cheek*, chutzpah*, crust, defiance, effrontery, forwardness, gall, guts*, impertinence, impudence, insolence, moxie, nerve, rudeness, spunk, stuff*, temerity, audaciousness, cockiness, disrespectfulness, gutsiness, hardiness, shamelessness |
| Antonyms: | gentility, humility, meekness, modesty, timidity, yielding |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | authority |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | power, control |
| Synonyms: | ascendancy, authorization, beef*, charge, clout*, command, credit, domination, dominion, edge, esteem, force, goods*, government, guts*, influence, juice*, jump, jurisdiction, license, mastery, might, permission, permit, pizzazz*, prerogative, prestige, punch, right, rule, say, steam, strength, stuff*, supremacy, sway, upper hand*, warrant, weight, word, zap*, leg up, might and main, pow, powerhouse, ropes, say-so, strong arm, what it takes, whip hand |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | belongings |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | personal possessions |
| Synonyms: | assets, effects, gear, goods, paraphernalia, personal property, property, stuff, things, accouterments, appurtenances, chattels |
| Main Entry: | bolt |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | eat very fast |
| Synonyms: | consume, cram, devour, gobble, gorge, gulp, guzzle, inhale, scarf*, slop, slosh, stuff, wolf*, englut, ingurgitate, swallow whole |
| Antonyms: | dawdle |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | bottom |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | base, core |
| Synonyms: | basis, bottom line, cause, essence, ground, heart, marrow, origin, pith, principle, quintessence, root, soul, source, stuff, substance, essentiality, mainspring, virtuality |
| Antonyms: | outside, exteriority |
| Main Entry: | choke |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | smother, block |
| Synonyms: | asphyxiate, bar, check, clog, close, constrict, dam, die, drown, fill, gag, gasp, kill, noose, obstruct, occlude, overpower, retard, squeeze, stifle, stop, stopper, strangle, stuff, stunt, suffocate, suppress, throttle, wring, congest, garrote, gibbet, strangulate |
| Antonyms: | release, unblock, unconstrict |
| Main Entry: | clog |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | block, hinder |
| Synonyms: | burden, choke, close, curb, encumber, fetter, fill, glut, hamper, impede, jam, leash, obstruct, occlude, plug, seal, shackle, stopper, stuff, tie, trammel, congest, dam up, entrammel, stop up |
| Antonyms: | clear, free, open, unblock, unclog, unencumber, unstop |
| Main Entry: | close |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | obstruct, seal |
| Synonyms: | bang, bar, block, bolt, button, choke, clap, clench, clog, confine, cork, dam, exclude, fasten, fill, lock, occlude, plug, screen, secure, shut, shutter, slam, stopper, stuff, turn off, caulk, congest, prevent passage, put to, retard flow, shut off, stop up |
| Antonyms: | open, release, unseal, unclose, unplug, unstop |
| Main Entry: | cloth |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fabric |
| Synonyms: | bolt, dry goods, goods, material, stuff, weave, yard goods, calico, cotton, synthetics, textiles, tissue, twill |
| Main Entry: | cocaine |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | illegal drug |
| Synonyms: | blow*, controlled substance, crack*, crystal*, ice*, narcotic, poison*, snort*, snow*, stuff*, sugar*, coke, freebase, happy dust, joy powder, mojo, nose candy, speedball, stardust, white horse, white lady, wings |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | compact |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make condensed |
| Synonyms: | combine, compress, concentrate, condense, consolidate, contract, cram, integrate, pack, set, solidify, stuff, unify, unite |
| Antonyms: | enlarge, loosen, slacken, thin, uncondense |
| Main Entry: | compress |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | compact, condense |
| Synonyms: | abbreviate, abridge, abstract, bind, coagulate, concentrate, consolidate, constrict, contract, cram, cramp, crowd, crush, decrease, dehydrate, epitomize, narrow, pack, press, ram, reduce, restrict, shorten, shrink, shrivel, squash, squeeze, stuff, summarize, tighten, wedge, wrap, boil down, densen, densify, force into space, make brief, press together, syncopate, telescope |
| Antonyms: | blow up, expand, extend, fill, increase, loosen, stretch, uncompress, uncondense |
| Main Entry: | contraband |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | black-market production |
| Synonyms: | counterfeiting, crime, goods*, moonshine*, piracy, plunder, smuggling, stuff, swag, theft, violation, bootlegging, dealing, poaching, rum-running, trafficking, wetbacking |
| Antonyms: | legal goods |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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