| Main Entry: | actualization |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | effect |
Synonyms: |
materialization, realization |
| Main Entry: | achievement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something completed successfully; goal reached |
Synonyms: |
accomplishment, acquirement, acquisition, act, actualization, attainment, completion, conquest, consummation, contrivance, creation, deed, effectuation, effort, enactment, encompassment, execution, exploit, feat, fulfillment, hit, masterpiece, performance, production, realization, stroke, success, tour de force, triumph, victory |
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defeat, failure, forfeit, injury, miscue, misfortune, neglect, negligence |
| Main Entry: | actuality |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something that truly exists, is real |
Synonyms: |
achievement, actualization, attainment, brass tacks, fact, materiality, materialization, real world, reality, straight stuff, substance, substantiality, truth, what it is |
| Main Entry: | appearance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | coming into sight |
Synonyms: |
actualization, advent, appearing, arrival, coming, debut, display, emergence, entrance, exhibition, introduction, manifestation, materialization, presence, presentation, representation, rise, showing up, turning up, unveiling |
Antonyms: |
absence, departure, disappearance, leaving |
| Main Entry: | fruition |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | achievement, maturation |
Synonyms: |
accomplishment, actualization, attainment, completion, consummation, enjoyment, fulfillment, gratification, materialization, maturity, perfection, pleasure, realization, ripeness, satisfaction, success |
Antonyms: |
failure, unfulfillment |
| Main Entry: | materialization |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | effect |
Synonyms: |
actualization, aftereffect, aftermath, backlash, backwash, being, can of worms, causatum, chain reaction, conclusion, consequence, corollary, denouement, development, end, end product, event, eventuality, fallout, flak, follow through, follow-up, fruit, issue, outcome, outgrowth, precipitate, pursuance, ramification, reaction, realization, reflex, repercussion, response, sequel, sequence, side effect, spin-off, upshot, waves* |
| Main Entry: | appearance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
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Adjectives: |
a show of, apparent, aspectable, autoptical, before one, before one's eyes, blatant, clear, conspectable, conspicuous, cutaway, definite, discernible, disclosed, discovered, distinct, doll-faced, epideictic, exposed to view, glaring, hardened, hedgehoggy, illusory, in bold relief, in focus, in full view, in one's eye, in relief, in sight, in strong relief, in view, kenspeckle, masked, obvious, on view, palpable, panoramic, perceivable, perceptible, periscopic, phanic, pie-faced, plain, recognizable, seeming, shifting, skenchback, staring, stereoscopic, telegenic, telephanous, thick-eyed, unclouded, under one's eye, undistinguishable, undistinguished, visible, well-defined, well-marked, whally, xanthomelanous
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| Concept: | Appearance. |
| Category: | 2. Sensation; special sensation; light; perceptions of light |
Synonyms: |
-nouns
appearance, phenomenon, sight, spectacle, show, premonstration, scene, species, view, coup d'oeil; lookout, outlook, prospect, vista, perspective, bird's-eye view, scenery, landscape, picture, tableau; display, exposure, mise en scene; rising of the curtain., phantasm, phantom (fallacy of vision)., pageant, spectacle; peep-show, raree-show, gallanty-show; ombres chinoises; magic lantern, phantasmagoria, dissolving views; biograph, cinematograph, moving pictures; panorama, diorama, cosmorama, georama; coup de theatre, jeu de theatre; pageantry (ostentation); insignia (indication)., aspect, angle, phase, phasis, seeming; shape (form); guise, look, complexion, color, image, mien, air, cast, carriage, port, demeanor; presence, expression, first blush, face of the thing; point of view, light., lineament, feature, trait, lines; outline, outside; contour, face, countenance, physiognomy, visage, phiz, cast of countenance, profile, tournure, cut of one's jib, metoposcopy; outside.
-verbs
appear; be visible, become visible [more]; seem, look, show; present the appearance of, wear the appearance of, carry the appearance of, have the appearance of, bear the appearance of, exhibit the appearance of, take the appearance of, take on the appearance of, assume the appearance, present the semblance of, wear the semblance of, carry the semblance of, have the semblance of, bear the semblance of, exhibit the semblance of, take the semblance of, take on the semblance of, assume the semblance of; look like; cut a figure, figure; present to the view; show (make manifest).
-adjectives
apparent, seeming, ostensible; on view.
-adverbs
apparently; to all seeming, to all appearance; ostensibly, seemingly, as it seems, on the face of it, prima facie; at the first blush, at first sight; in the eyes of; to the eye.
-phrases
editio princeps.
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Antonyms: |
disappearance |
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