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| Main Entry: | approximate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | come close |
| Synonyms: | approach, border on, estimate, near, reach, resemble, touch, come near, verge on |
| 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, imperfect, loose, rough, uncertain, unscientific, guessed, imprecise, surmised, unprecise |
| 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, contiguous, nearby, neighboring, close together |
| Antonyms: | away, far |
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| Main Entry: | alike |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | similar |
| Synonyms: | Xerox*, akin, allied, analogous, approximate, carbon copy*, cognate, comparable, concurrent, correspondent, corresponding, dead ringer*, ditto*, double, duplicate, equal, equivalent, even, facsimile, identical, indistinguishable, kindred, like, look-alike, matched, matching, parallel, proportionate, related, resembling, same, similar, spitting image*, uniform, associated, mated, same difference, undifferentiated |
| Antonyms: | different, dissimilar, distinct, diverse, opposite, unlike |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | amount |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | equal, add up to |
| Synonyms: | aggregate, approach, approximate, become, correspond, effect, extend, grow, match, mean, number, purport, reach, rival, sum, tally, total, touch, be equivalent to, be tantamount to, check with, come to, develop into |
| 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: | judge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make decision from evidence; deduce |
| Synonyms: | act on, adjudge, adjudicate, appraise, appreciate, approximate, arbitrate, arrive, ascertain, assess, check, collect, conclude, condemn, consider, criticize, decide, decree, deduct, derive, determine, discern, distinguish, doom, draw, esteem, estimate, evaluate, examine, find, gather, make, make out, mediate, place, put, rate, reckon, referee, resolve, review, rule, sentence, settle, sit, suppose, test, try, umpire, value, give a hearing, pass sentence, pronounce sentence, size up |
| Main Entry: | resemble |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | look or be like |
| Synonyms: | approximate, coincide, double, duplicate, echo, favor, feature, follow, match, mirror, parallel, relate, simulate, take after, appear like, be similar to, be the very picture of, bear resemblance to, bring to mind, come close to, come near, correspond to, have earmarks of, have signs of, pass for, remind one of, seem like, smack of, sound like |
| Antonyms: | contradict, contrast, deviate, differ, disagree |
| Main Entry: | rival |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | oppose; be a match for |
| Synonyms: | amount, approach, approximate, come up to*, compete, contend, contest, correspond, emulate, equal, go for, match, meet, near, partake, resemble, tie, touch, bear comparison with, come near to, compare with, go after, jockey for position, measure up to, rivalize, scramble for, seek to displace, vie with |
| Antonyms: | aid, assist, cooperate, help, support |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | adjoin |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be next to |
| Synonyms: | abut, approximate, border, butt, communicate, connect, join, lie, link, neighbor, touch, verge, be adjacent to, lie beside |
| Main Entry: | approach |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | come nearer |
| Synonyms: | advance, approximate, bear, border, buzz*, come, come at, contact, converge, equal, match, meet, near, progress, reach, resemble, surround, take after, threaten, be comparable to, be like, belly up to, catch up, close in, come close, compare with, correspond to, creep up, draw near, gain on, go toward, impend, loom up, move in on, move toward, verge upon |
| Antonyms: | depart, distance, leave, go away |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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, supported, reasoned |
| Main Entry: | reckon |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | add up; evaluate |
| Synonyms: | account, appraise, approximate, calculate, call, cast, cipher, compute, conjecture, consider, count, deem, enumerate, esteem, estimate, figure, foot, gauge, guess, hold, judge, number, place, put, rate, regard, run down, square, sum, surmise, tally, total, view, count heads, count noses, figure out, keep tabs, look upon, take account of, think of, tick off*, tot, tot up, tote, tote up |
| Antonyms: | neglect, subtract |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | relative |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | comparative, respective |
| Synonyms: | about, allied, analogous, approximate, concerning, conditional, connected, contingent, corresponding, dependent, near, parallel, proportionate, reciprocal, referring, related, associated, in regard to, relating to, reliant, with respect to |
| Antonyms: | disproportionate, irrelevant, unequal, irrespective |
| Main Entry: | near |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | close in time; forthcoming |
| Synonyms: | approaching, approximate, at hand, coming, comparative, expected, imminent, impending, looming, next, relative, in the offing, near-at-hand |
| Antonyms: | deferred, distant, far, postponed, remote, expired |
| Main Entry: | place |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | order, sort |
| Synonyms: | allocate, appoint, approximate, arrange, assign, call, charge, class, classify, commission, constitute, delegate, deputize, designate, entrust, estimate, fix, give, grade, group, judge, name, nominate, ordain, put, rank, reckon |
| Antonyms: | disarrange, discompose, disorder |
| Main Entry: | call |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | estimate, consider |
| Synonyms: | adumbrate, approximate, augur, forecast, foretell, guess, judge, place, portend, predict, presage, prognosticate, prophesy, put, reckon, regard, think, make rough guess, vaticinate |
| Antonyms: | ignore |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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| Main Entry: | similarity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
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Adjectives: |
akin to, alike, allied to, analogical, analogous, approximate, as like as it can stare, as like as two peas, au pied de la lettre, cast in the same mold, close, congener, congenerous, connatural, enantiomorphic, exact, faithful, for all the world like, lifelike, like, mock, much the same, near, of a piece, parallel, pedestrian, representing, resembling, ridiculously like, similar, simulating, so, something like, such as, such like, the picture of, the very image of, true to life, true to nature, twin
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