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| Main Entry: | article |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | item, object |
| Synonyms: | commodity, gizmo*, piece, substance, thing, thingamajig*, unit, dojigger, thingamabob |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | article |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | piece of writing |
| Synonyms: | beat*, blurb*, column, commentary, composition, discourse, editorial, essay, exposition, feature, item, paper, piece, scoop*, spread, story, theme, think piece*, treatise, write-up |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | article |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | section of document |
| Synonyms: | branch, chapter, clause, detail, division, element, head, heading, item, matter, part, passage, piece, point, portion, provision, paragraph |
| Main Entry: | circumstance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | situation, condition |
| Synonyms: | Moira, accident, action, adjunct, affair, article, case, cause, coincidence, concern, contingency, crisis, destiny, detail, doom, element, episode, event, exigency, fact, factor, fate, feature, fortuity, go, happening, happenstance, incident, intervention, item, juncture, kismet, lot, matter, occasion, occurrence, particular, phase, place, point, portion, proviso, respect, scene, status, stipulation, supervention, thing, time, where it's at |
| Main Entry: | clause |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | provision in document |
| Synonyms: | article, catch*, chapter, codicil, condition, fine print, heading, item, joker*, limitation, part, passage, point, provision, proviso, requirement, rider, section, small print*, specification, stipulation, ultimatum, kicker, paragraph, string attached to something |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | commodity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | merchandise, possession |
| Synonyms: | article, asset, belonging, chattel, goods, line, material, object, produce, product, property, specialty, stock, thing, vendible, ware |
| Main Entry: | discourse |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | dialogue; dissertation |
| Synonyms: | address, article, chat, communication, conversation, converse, descant, discussion, disquisition, essay, homily, huddle, lecture, memoir, monograph, monologue, oration, paper, rhetoric, sermon, speaking, speech, talk, thesis, treatise, utterance, gabfest, tractate, verbalization |
| Antonyms: | quiet, silence |
| Main Entry: | doctrine |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | opinion; principle |
| Synonyms: | article, article of faith, attitude, axiom, basic, belief, canon, concept, convention, conviction, creed, declaration, dogma, fundamental, gospel, indoctrination, instruction, position, precept, pronouncement, propaganda, proposition, regulation, rule, statement, teaching, tenet, tradition, credenda, implantation, inculcation, universal law, unwritten rule |
| Antonyms: | disbelief, skepticism, heterodoxy, unbelief |
| Main Entry: | dogma |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | belief, principle |
| Synonyms: | article, article of faith, canon, conviction, credo, creed, doctrine, gospel, opinion, persuasion, precept, rule, tenet, view, credenda, teachings |
| Antonyms: | ambiguity, doubt, indecision, uncertainty, unbelief |
| Main Entry: | editorial |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | commentary |
| Synonyms: | article, critique, opinion, report, review |
| Main Entry: | literature |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | written matter, both fictional and nonfictional |
| Synonyms: | abstract, article, biography, brochure, comment, composition, critique, discourse, discussion, disquisition, dissertation, drama, essay, exposition, history, humanities, information, leaflet, lit, lore, novel, observation, pamphlet, paper, poetry, précis, prose, report, research, story, summary, theme, thesis, tract, treatise, treatment, belles-lettres, books, classics, findings, letters, literary works, writings, written work |
| Antonyms: | speech |
| Main Entry: | manuscript |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | book, script |
| Synonyms: | article, composition, document, hard copy, text, palimpsest |
| Main Entry: | particular |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | detail |
| Synonyms: | ABC's, article, bottom line*, brass tacks*, case, chapter and verse*, circumstance, clue, cue, element, fact, facts of life, feature, gospel, item, know*, lowdown, nitty-gritty*, nuts and bolts*, picture, point, rundown*, scoop*, score*, speciality, specific, specification, story, thing*, what's what, whole story |
| Antonyms: | generality |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | something |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | entity |
| Synonyms: | article, being, commodity, existence, individual, object, substance, thing, existent |
| Antonyms: | nothing |
| Main Entry: | detail |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | feature, specific aspect |
| Synonyms: | accessory, article, brass tacks*, chapter and verse*, component, count, cue, design, dope*, element, fact, factor, fraction, item, meat and potatoes*, nicety, nitty-gritty*, nuts and bolts*, part, particular, peculiarity, plan, point, portion, respect, schedule, specialty, specification, structure, technicality, thing, trait, trivia, ABCs, circumstantiality, fine point, minor point, minutia, singularity, triviality |
| Antonyms: | whole |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | device |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | instrument, tool |
| Synonyms: | accessory, agent, apparatus, appliance, arrangement, article, construction, contraption, contrivance, creation, doohickey*, equipment, expedient, gadget, gear, gimmick, implement, invention, machine, makeshift, material, means, mechanism, medium, outfit, resort, resource, rigging, shift, tackle, utensil, Rube Goldberg invention, thingamabob, whatchamacallit, whatnot, whatsit |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | entity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | object that exists |
| Synonyms: | article, being, body, creature, existence, individual, item, material, matter, organism, presence, quantity, single, something, stuff, subsistence, substance, thing, singleton |
| Antonyms: | abstract, concept, idea |
| Main Entry: | essay |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | written discourse |
| Synonyms: | article, composition, discussion, disquisition, dissertation, exposition, manuscript, paper, piece, study, theme, thesis, tract, treatise, explication |
| Main Entry: | exposition |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | written description |
| Synonyms: | account, analysis, annotation, article, comment, commentary, composition, construction, critique, delineation, details, discourse, discussion, disquisition, dissertation, editorial, elucidation, essay, exegesis, explanation, exposé, history, illustration, interpretation, monograph, paper, piece, position paper, presentation, report, review, statement, story, study, tale, text, theme, thesis, tract, treatise, construal, enucleation, enunciation, explication, expounding, tractate |
| Main Entry: | feature |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | characteristic |
| Synonyms: | affection, angle, article, aspect, attribute, character, component, constituent, detail, earmark*, element, facet, factor, gag*, gimmick, hallmark, idiosyncrasy, individuality, ingredient, item, mark, peculiarity, point, property, quality, savor, slant*, specialty, trait, twist*, unit, virtue, differential, integrant, notability, particularity, speciality |
| Notes: | the opener comes first in a three-comic show, followed by the feature, followed by the headliner |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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