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| Main Entry: | agreement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | concurrence |
| Synonyms: | accession, accommodation, accord, adjustment, affiliation, affinity, alliance, amity, arbitration, arrangement, bargaining, compatibility, compliance, compromise, concert, concession, concord, conformity, congruity, consistency, correspondence, harmony, mediation, reconciliation, similarity, sympathy, understanding, union, unison, verification, verifying, acceding, accordance, acknowledging, approving, assenting, authorizing, complying, concordance, concurring, endorsing, granting, ratifying, suitableness |
| Antonyms: | disagreement |
| Main Entry: | agreement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | document of concurrence, contract |
| Synonyms: | acknowledgment, adjudication, affidavit, approval, arrangement, assent, avowal, bargain, bond, cartel, charter, codicil, compact, compromise, confirmation, covenant, deal, indenture, lease, negotiation, note, oath, okay, pact, protocol, recognition, settlement, stipulation, transaction, treaty, understanding, writ, piece of paper, the nod |
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-nouns
agreement; accord, accordance; unison, harmony; concord [more]; concordance, concert; understanding, mutual understanding., conformity [more]; conformance; uniformity [more]; consonance, consentaneousness, consistency; congruity, congruence; keeping; congeniality; correspondence, parallelism, apposition, union., fitness, aptness; relevancy; pertinence, pertinencey; sortance; case in point; aptitude, coaptation, propriety, applicability, admissibility, commensurability, compatibility; cognation (relation) [more]., adaption, adjustment, graduation, accommodation; reconciliation, reconcilement; assimilation., consent (assent) [more]; concurrence [more]; cooperation [more]., right man in the right place, very thing; quite the thing, just the thing.
-verbs
be accordant; agree, accord, harmonize; correspond, tally, respond; meet, suit, fit, befit, do, adapt itself to; fall in with, chime in with, square with, quadrate with, consort with, comport with; dovetail, assimilate; fit like a glove, fit to a tittle, fit to a T; match [more]; become one; homologate., consent (assent) [more]., render accordant; fit, suit, adapt, accommodate; graduate; adjust (render, equal) [more]; dress, regulate, readjust; accord, harmonize, reconcile; fadge, dovetail, square.
-adjectives
agreeing, suiting; in accord, accordant, concordant, consonant, congruous, consentaneous, correspondent, congenial; coherent; becoming; harmonious, reconcilable, conformable; in accordance with, in harmony with, in keeping with, in unison with; at one with, of one mind, of a piece; consistent, compatible, proportionate; commensurate; on all fours., apt, apposite, pertinent, pat; to the point, to the purpose; happy, felicitous, germane, ad rem, in point, on point, directly on point, bearing upon, applicable, relevant, admissible., fit adapted, in loco, a propos, appropriate, seasonable, sortable, suitable, idoneous, deft; meet (expedient) [more]., at home, in one's proper element.
-adverbs
a propos of; pertinently.
-phrases
rem acu tetigisti; if the shoe fits, wear it; the cap fits; auxilia humilia firma consensus facit [Syrus]; discers concordia [Ovid].
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| Antonyms: | disagreement |
| Main Entry: | arbitration |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | settlement of dispute |
| Synonyms: | adjudication, adjustment, agreement, compromise, decision, determination, judgment, mediation |
| Main Entry: | compatibility |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | harmony in relationship |
| Synonyms: | affinity, agreement, amity, congruity, consonance, empathy, fit, rapport, sympathy, unity, agreeableness, congeniality, like-mindedness, single-mindedness |
| Antonyms: | disharmony, incompatibility |
| Main Entry: | complicity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | conspiracy |
| Synonyms: | agreement, collaboration, collusion, concurrence, confederacy, engineering, guilt, implication, intrigue, involvement, machination, manipulation, partnership, abetment, complot, connivance, guiltiness |
| Antonyms: | ignorance, innocence, refusal, noninvolvement |
| Main Entry: | confirmation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ratification, validation, proof |
| Synonyms: | acceptance, accord, admission, affirmation, agreement, approval, assent, authorization, avowal, consent, endorsement, evidence, go ahead*, green light*, nod, okay, passage, passing, proving, recognition, sanction, substantiation, support, supporting, testament, testimonial, testimony, verification, verifying, witness, accepting, affirming, attestation, authenticating, authentication, authorizing, corroborating, corroboration, sanctioning, stamp of approval, validating, visa |
| Antonyms: | annulment, cancellation, contradiction, denial, destruction, opposition, veto, void |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | conjunction |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | combination |
| Synonyms: | affiliation, agreement, alliance, association, cahoots, coincidence, concurrence, juxtaposition, partnership, union, concomitance, congruency, conjointment, hookup, parallelism, tie-up* |
| Notes: | a conjunction is a word that connects: a coordinating conjunction connects similar elements (you and I), while a correlative conjunction has related parts (either/or) |
| Antonyms: | detachment, disconnection, division, separation |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | covenant |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pact, promise |
| Synonyms: | agreement, arrangement, bargain, bond, commitment, compact, contract, convention, deal, deed, dicker*, papers, stipulation, transaction, treaty, trust, concordat, handshake |
| Antonyms: | disagreement |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | equivalence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sameness, similarity |
| Synonyms: | agreement, compatibility, conformity, correlation, correspondence, equality, evenness, identity, likeness, match, par, parallel, parity, synonym, adequation, alikeness, exchangeability, interchangeability, interchangeableness, synonymy |
| Antonyms: | difference, dissimilarity, inequality, unlikeness |
| Main Entry: | experiment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | investigation, test |
| Synonyms: | agreement, analysis, assay, attempt, check, dissection, dry run*, enterprise, essay, examination, exercise, fling*, measure, observation, operation, practice, probe, procedure, proof, quiz, rehearsal, research, scrutiny, search, speculation, study, trial, trial and error*, trial run*, try, tryout, undertaking, venture, verification, R and D, experimentation, research and development, try-on |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | friendship |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | companionship |
| Synonyms: | accord, affection, affinity, agreement, alliance, amity, association, attachment, attraction, benevolence, closeness, coalition, company, concord, consideration, consonance, devotion, empathy, esteem, familiarity, favor, favoritism, fondness, friendliness, fusion, good will, harmony, intimacy, league, love, pact, partiality, rapport, regard, society, sodality, solidarity, understanding, acquaintanceship, amiability, amicability, comity, sociability |
| Antonyms: | enmity, hate, hatred |
| Main Entry: | green light |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | authorization |
| Synonyms: | agreement, approval, assent, blessing, clearance, consent, dispensation, go-ahead*, license, nod*, permission, rubber stamp, sanction, OK, empowerment, seal of approval, stamp of approval, thumbs-up |
| Antonyms: | red light, refusal, veto |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | guarantee |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pledge, promise |
| Synonyms: | agreement, assurance, bail, bargain, bond, certainty, certificate, charter, collateral, contract, covenant, deposit, earnest, guaranty, insurance, lock, oath, pawn, pipe, security, sure thing*, surety, testament, token, undertaking, vow, warrant, warranty, word, word of honor, attestation, certification, gage, recognizance |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | likeness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | correspondence in appearance; something that corresponds |
| Synonyms: | Xerox*, affinity, agreement, analogy, appearance, carbon, clone, comparison, conformity, copy, counterpart, dead ringer*, delineation, depiction, ditto*, double, effigy, equality, equivalence, facsimile, form, guise, identity, image, model, photocopy, photograph, picture, portrait, replica, representation, reproduction, resemblance, sameness, semblance, similarity, simile, similitude, study, uniformity, alikeness, analogousness, comparableness, identicalness, knock-off, lookalike, parallelism |
| Antonyms: | difference, dissimilarity, unlikeness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | negotiation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bargaining |
| Synonyms: | agreement, arbitration, colloquy, compromise, conference, consultation, debate, diplomacy, discussion, intervention, mediation, meeting, transaction |
| Main Entry: | obedience |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | good behavior; submissiveness |
| Synonyms: | acquiescence, agreement, compliance, conformity, deference, duty, meekness, observance, respect, reverence, submission, willingness, accordance, conformability, docility, duteousness, dutifulness, manageability, orderliness, quietness, servility, subservience, tameness, tractability |
| Antonyms: | disobedience, misbehavior, mischief, mutiny, rebellion, bad behavior |
| Main Entry: | obligation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | responsibility |
| Synonyms: | IOU*, accountability, agreement, bond, burden, business, call, cause, charge, chit*, commitment, compulsion, conscience, constraint, contract, debit, debt, dues, duty, engagement, liability, must, necessity, need, occasion, onus, part, place, promise, requirement, restraint, right, trust, understanding, accountableness, committal, devoir, due bill, ought |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | parity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | equality, balance |
| Synonyms: | affinity, agreement, analogy, approximation, closeness, conformity, congruity, consistency, correspondence, equivalence, likeness, nearness, par, paraphernalia, resemblance, sameness, similarity, similitude, uniformity, unity, adequation, coequality, equal terms, equivalency, parallelism |
| Antonyms: | imbalance, inequality, dissimilitude |
| Main Entry: | permission |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | authorization, consent |
| Synonyms: | acceptance, acknowledgment, acquiescence, admission, agreement, allowance, approbation, approval, assent, avowal, carte blanche*, concession, concurrence, dispensation, endorsement, freedom, imprimatur, indulgence, leave, liberty, license, okay, permit, privilege, promise, recognition, rubber stamp*, sanction, tolerance, verification, warrant, canonization, condonance, condonation, empowerment, letting, sanctification, stamp of approval, sufferance, toleration |
| Antonyms: | denial, prohibition, veto |
* = 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
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