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| Main Entry: | access |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | admission, means of entry, approach |
| Synonyms: | admittance, approach, avenue, connection, contact, course, door, entrance, entree, entry, ingress, introduction, key, open door*, passage, path, road, route, way, in, open arms |
| Antonyms: | egress, outlet |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | acquire |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | obtain or receive |
| Synonyms: | access, achieve, amass, annex, attain, bring in, buy, catch, collect, cop*, corral*, earn, gain, gather, get, grab, have, hustle, land, pick up, procure, promote, rack up*, secure, snag*, take, wangle*, win, get hands on, get hold of, latch onto, lock up, scare up, take possession of |
| Notes: | a person or thing is the subject of (acquire) the acquiring process; a person or thing is the object or goal of (accrue) the accruing process |
| Antonyms: | fail, forfeit, forgo, lose, relinquish, surrender, yield |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | admittance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | permission to enter |
| Synonyms: | access, entrée, entrance, entry, ingress, pass, passage, reception |
| Main Entry: | avenue |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | street; path |
| Synonyms: | access, alley, approach, boulevard, channel, course, drive, entrance, entry, exit, outlet, passage, promenade, road, route, thoroughfare, way, parkway, pathway |
| Main Entry: | burst |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | blow-up, blast |
| Synonyms: | access, bang, barrage, blowout, bombardment, breach, break, cannonade, crack, discharge, eruption, explosion, fit, flare, fusillade, gush, gust, outbreak, outpouring, round, rupture, rush, sally, salvo, shower, spate, split, spurt, storm, surge, torrent, volley |
| Main Entry: | easement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | right of way |
| Synonyms: | access, passage, legal right, means of access |
| Main Entry: | entrée |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | admittance |
| Synonyms: | access, adit, admission, connection, contact, debut, door, entrance, entry, incoming, induction, ingress, introduction, open door*, way, importation, in, open arms |
| Antonyms: | rejection, blackballing |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | eruption |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ejection |
| Synonyms: | access, blast, burst, discharge, explosion, flare-up, flow, gust, outbreak, outburst, sally, blow-up, breakout, venting, vomiting |
| Main Entry: | explosion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | eruption, discharge |
| Synonyms: | access, backfire, bang, blast, blowout, blowup, burst, clap, combustion, concussion, crack, detonation, fit, flare-up, fulmination, gust, outbreak, outburst, paroxysm, percussion, pop, report, roar, salvo, firing, ignition |
| Antonyms: | implosion |
| Main Entry: | fit |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | seizure; sudden emotion |
| Synonyms: | access, attack, blow, bout, burst, caprice, convulsion, frenzy, humor, mood, outbreak, outburst, paroxysm, rage, rush, spasm, spate, spell, stroke, tantrum, throe, torrent, turn, twitch, whim, whimsy, conniption, epileptic attack, jumps |
| Main Entry: | gate |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | movable barrier at entrance |
| Synonyms: | access, bar, conduit, door, egress, exit, fence, gateway, issue, lock, opening, passage, port, portal, way, doorway, portcullis, revolving door, slammer*, turnstile, weir |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | gust |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | rush, eruption |
| Synonyms: | access, blast, blow, breeze, burst, explosion, fit, flare-up, flurry, gale, outburst, paroxysm, passion, puff, sally, squall, storm, surge |
| Antonyms: | trickle |
| Main Entry: | increase |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | addition, growth |
| Synonyms: | access, accession, accretion, accrual, accumulation, augmentation, boost, breakthrough, development, elaboration, enlargement, escalation, exaggeration, expansion, extension, gain, hike, incorporation, increment, inflation, merger, multiplication, raise, rise, spread, surge, swell, swelling, upgrade, upsurge, upturn, aggrandizement, burgeoning, cumulation, intensification, maximization, optimization, step-up, waxing |
| Antonyms: | decrease, depletion, diminishment, loss, subtraction |
| Main Entry: | infiltrate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | creep in |
| Synonyms: | access, crack*, foist, impregnate, insinuate, penetrate, percolate*, permeate, pervade, saturate, tinge, edge in, filter through, sneak in, work into, worm into |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | influence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | power, authority |
| Synonyms: | access, agency, ascendancy, character, clout, command, consequence, control, credit, direction, domination, dominion, drag, effect, esteem, fame, fix, force, grease*, guidance, hold, impact, importance, imprint, juice*, leadership, leverage, magnetism, mark, moment, money, monopoly, network, notoriety, predominance, prerogative, pressure, prestige, prominence, pull, repercussion, reputation, rule, significance, spell, supremacy, sway, weight*, connections, in, ropes |
| Antonyms: | impotence, incapacity, inferiority, weakness, powerlessness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | invade |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | attack and encroach |
| Synonyms: | access, assail, assault, breach, crash, entrench, foray, infect, infest, infringe, inroad, interfere, loot, maraud, meddle, occupy, overrun, penetrate, permeate, pervade, pillage, plunder, raid, ravage, storm, trespass, violate, burglarize, burst in, descend upon, fall on, go in, make inroads, muscle in, overspread, overswarm, swarm over |
| Antonyms: | surrender, yield, leave alone |
| Main Entry: | obtain |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | get, acquire |
| Synonyms: | access, accomplish, achieve, annex, attain, beg borrow or steal, capture, chalk up*, collect, come by, compass, cop*, corral, drum up*, earn, effect, fetch, gain, gather, get at, get hold of, get one's hands on, glean, gobble up, grab, have, hoard, inherit, invade, lay up, make use of, nab*, occupy, pick up, pocket*, procure, purchase, reach, realize, reap, receive, recover, retrieve, salvage, save, score, scrape together, scrape up, secure, seize, snag, take, wangle, win |
| Antonyms: | forfeit, forsake, lose, sacrifice |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | onset |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | beginning; attack |
| Synonyms: | access, aggression, assault, birth, charge, commencement, dawn, encounter, inception, kickoff*, offense, offensive, onrush, onslaught, opening, origin, outbreak, outset, rush, seizure, start, assailment, dawning, incipience, onfall, outstart |
| Antonyms: | conclusion, end, ending, finish |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | outburst |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fit of temper |
| Synonyms: | access, attack, blow, burst, discharge, eruption, explosion, flare, flare-up, frenzy, gush, gust, outbreak, outpouring, paroxysm, rapture, scene, spasm, storm, surge, tantrum, transport, upheaval, conniption |
| Antonyms: | harmony, order, peace |
| Main Entry: | ramp |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | incline |
| Synonyms: | access, adit, grade, gradient, hill, inclination, rise, slope, inclined plane |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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