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| Main Entry: | air |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | gases forming the atmosphere |
| Synonyms: | blast, breath, breeze, draft, puff, sky, ventilation, waft, whiff, wind, heavens, ozone, stratosphere, troposphere, zephyr |
| Main Entry: | air |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | put into the atmosphere; freshen |
| Synonyms: | aerate, circulate, cool, eject, expel, expose, fan, open, oxygenate, purify, refresh, ventilate, aerify, air-condition |
| Antonyms: | hide, close up |
| Main Entry: | air |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | distinctive quality or character; style |
| Synonyms: | address, affectation, ambience, appearance, atmosphere, aura, bearing, demeanor, deportment, effect, feel, feeling, flavor, impression, look, manner, mannerism, mien, mood, pose, presence, property, quality, semblance, tone, comportment |
| Main Entry: | air |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | express opinion publicly |
| Synonyms: | broadcast, circulate, communicate, declare, disclose, display, disseminate, divulge, exhibit, expose, proclaim, publicize, publish, put, reveal, speak, state, tell, utter, ventilate, voice, make known, make public |
| Antonyms: | suppress, be quiet |
| Main Entry: | air |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | musical tune |
| Synonyms: | aria, descant, lay, melody, song, strain, theme |
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| Synonyms: |
-nouns
air (gas) [more]; common air, atmospheric air; atmosphere; aerosphere., open air; sky, welkin; blue sky; cloud [more]., weather, climate, rise and fall of the barometer, isobar., [Science of air] aerology, aerometry, aeroscopy, aeroscopy, aerography; meteorology, climatology; pneumatics; eudioscope, baroscope, aeroscope, eudiometer, barometer, aerometer; aneroid, baroscope; weather gauge, weather glass, weather cock., exposure to the air, exposure to the weather; ventilation; aerostation, aeronatics, aeronaut.
-verbs
air, ventilate, fan (wind) [more].
-adjectives
containing air, flatulent, effervescent; windy [more]., atmospheric, airy; aerial, aeriform; meteorological; weatherwise.
-adverbs
in the open air, a la belle etoile, al fresco; sub jove dio.
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| Main Entry: | affectation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pretended behavior to make an impression |
| Synonyms: | air, airs, appearance, facade, false front*, front, imitation, insincerity, mannerism, pose, pretense, pretension, sham*, show, simulation, artificiality, going Hollywood, pretentiousness, put-on, putting on airs, showing off |
| Antonyms: | simplicity, naturalness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | behavior |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | manner of conducting oneself |
| Synonyms: | act, action, address, air, attitude, bag*, bearing, carriage, code, comportment, conduct, convention, course, dealings, decency, decorum, deed, delivery, demeanor, deportment, ethics, etiquette, expression, form, front, guise, habits, management, mien, mode, morals, nature, observance, performance, practice, presence, propriety, ritual, role, routine, savoir-faire, seemliness, social graces, speech, style, tact, talk, taste, tenue, tone, way, way of life, ways, what's done |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | breeze |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | light wind |
| Synonyms: | air, breath, current, draft, flurry, gust, puff, waft, whiff, airflow, zephyr |
| Main Entry: | demeanor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | behavior, manner |
| Synonyms: | address, air, attitude, bearing, carriage, conduct, deportment, disposition, mien, poise, port, presence, set, comportment |
| Main Entry: | deodorize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | freshen |
| Synonyms: | aerate, air, disinfect, fumigate, neutralize, purify, sanitize, sterilize, sweeten, ventilate, depollute |
| Main Entry: | deportment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | carriage, manner of person |
| Synonyms: | actions, address, air, appearance, aspect, bearing, behavior, cast, conduct, demeanor, mien, port, posture, set, stance, comportment |
| Notes: | deportment adds the sense of action or activity to a mode of conduct or behavior; comportment ('behavior or bearing') does not have this |
| Main Entry: | exhibit |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | put on view; present |
| Synonyms: | advertise, air, brandish, demonstrate, disclose, display, disport, evidence, evince, expose, express, feature, flash, flaunt, illustrate, indicate, manifest, mark, offer, parade, proclaim, reveal, show, show and tell*, show off, trot out*, let it all hang out, make clear, make plain, ostend, parade wares, roll out, showcase, strut stuff, wave around |
| Antonyms: | conceal, cover, hide |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | flaunt |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make an exhibition, show off |
| Synonyms: | advertise, air, boast, brandish, break out, broadcast, declare, disclose, display, disport, divulge, expose, flash, flourish, grandstand*, parade, proclaim, put on an act*, reveal, show and tell, sport, streak, trot out*, vaunt, fan it, flash about, gasconade, hotdog, let it all hang out, make a scene, roll out, showcase, smack with, spring on, throw weight around, wave around, whip out |
| Antonyms: | conceal, hide, refrain |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | freshen |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make like new; revitalize |
| Synonyms: | activate, air, cleanse, enliven, invigorate, purify, refresh, restore, revive, rouse, spruce up, sweeten, ventilate, titivate |
| Antonyms: | overuse |
| Main Entry: | guise |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | appearance, pretense |
| Synonyms: | air, aspect, behavior, cloak, color, cover, demeanor, disguise, dress, facade, face, false front*, fashion, form, front, mask, mien, mode, pose, posture, role, seeming, semblance, shape, show, showing, disguisement, false show, simulacrum |
| Antonyms: | reality |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | individuality |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | personality |
| Synonyms: | air, character, complexion, difference, disposition, dissimilarity, distinction, eccentricity, habit, humor, identity, idiosyncrasy, independence, makeup, manner, nature, oddity, oneness, originality, peculiarity, rarity, temper, temperament, unity, way, discreteness, distinctiveness, individualism, ipseity, particularity, seity, selfdom, selfhood, selfness, separateness, singleness, singularity, singularness, uniqueness, unlikeness |
| Main Entry: | intimate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | suggest; tip off |
| Synonyms: | affirm, air, allude, announce, assert, aver, communicate, connote, declare, expose, express, hint, impart, imply, indicate, infer, insinuate, leak, profess, remind, spill the beans*, spring, state, utter, vent, voice, warn, avouch, drop a hint, let cat out of bag, let it be known, make known, make noise |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | mannerism |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | peculiarity of how someone behaves, acts |
| Synonyms: | affectation, air, characteristic, eccentricity, foible, habit, idiosyncrasy, pose, pretension, quirk, trait, trick, oddness, queerness, singularity |
| Main Entry: | mask |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | false face, cover |
| Synonyms: | affectation, air*, appearance, aspect, beard*, blind, camouflage, cloak*, concealment, cover-up, disguise, facade, front, guise, hood, masquerade, pose, posture, pretense, pretext, screen, semblance, show*, simulation, veil*, veneer, visage, window dressing*, disguisement, dissembling, dissimulation, domino, fig leaf, put-on, visor |
* = 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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