| Main Entry: | approximate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | almost accurate, exact |
Synonyms: |
almost, close, comparative, near, proximate, relative, rough |
Antonyms: |
accurate, clear, definite, exact, precise |
| Main Entry: | approximate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | inexact |
Synonyms: |
estimated, guessed, imperfect, imprecise, loose, rough, surmised, uncertain, unprecise, unscientific |
| Main Entry: | approximate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | similar |
Synonyms: |
alike, analogous, close, comparable, like, matching, near, relative, resembling, verging on |
Antonyms: |
dissimilar, exact, same |
| Main Entry: | approximate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | near |
Synonyms: |
adjacent, bordering, close together, contiguous, nearby, neighboring |
Antonyms: |
away, far |
| Main Entry: | approximate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | come close |
Synonyms: |
approach, border on, come near, estimate, near, reach, resemble, touch, verge on |
| Main Entry: | adjoin |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be next to |
Synonyms: |
abut, approximate, be adjacent to, border, butt, communicate, connect, join, lie, lie beside, link, neighbor, touch, verge |
| Main Entry: | alike |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | similar |
Synonyms: |
Xerox, akin, allied, analogous, approximate, associated, carbon copy, cognate, comparable, concurrent, correspondent, corresponding, dead ringer, ditto*, double, duplicate, equal, equivalent, even, facsimile, identical, indistinguishable, kindred, like, look-alike, matched, matching, mated, parallel, proportionate, related, resembling, same, same difference, similar, spitting image, undifferentiated, uniform |
Antonyms: |
different, dissimilar, distinct, diverse, opposite, unlike |
| Main Entry: | amount |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | equal, add up to |
Synonyms: |
aggregate, approach, approximate, be equivalent to, be tantamount to, become, check with, come to, correspond, develop into, effect, extend, grow, match, mean, number, purport, reach, rival, sum, tally, total, touch |
| Notes: | use 'amount' with things that cannot be counted but 'number' with things that can be counted number is regularly used with count nouns, while amount is mainly used with mass nouns: number of mistakes, amount of money |
| Main Entry: | approach |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | come nearer |
Synonyms: |
advance, approximate, be comparable to, be like, bear, belly up to, border, buzz*, catch up, close in, come, come at, come close, compare with, contact, converge, correspond to, creep up, draw near, equal, gain on, go toward, impend, loom up, match, meet, move in on, move toward, near, progress, reach, resemble, surround, take after, threaten, verge upon |
Antonyms: |
depart, distance, go away, leave |
| Main Entry: | arbitrary |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | whimsical, chance |
Synonyms: |
approximate, capricious, discretionary, erratic, fanciful, frivolous, inconsistent, injudicious, irrational, irresponsible, offhand, optional, random, subjective, supercilious, superficial, unaccountable, unreasonable, unscientific, wayward, willful |
Antonyms: |
circumspect, rational, reasonable, reasoned, supported |