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| Main Entry: | aura |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | air, character |
| Synonyms: | ambience, appearance, aspect, atmosphere, background, emanation, feel, feeling, mood, quality, scent, semblance, suggestion, tone |
| Main Entry: | background |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | experience or circumstances |
| Synonyms: | actions, atmosphere, attainment, aura, backdrop, breeding, capacity, credentials, cultivation, culture, education, environment, framework, history, practice, preparation, qualification, seasoning, tradition, training, upbringing, accomplishments, acquirement, deeds, grounding, rearing |
| Antonyms: | foreground |
| Main Entry: | environment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | surroundings, atmosphere |
| Synonyms: | aura, backdrop, background, circumstances, climate, conditions, context, domain, element, entourage, habitat, hood*, jungle*, locale, medium, milieu, neck of the woods, neighborhood, scene, scenery, setting, situation, status, surroundings, terrain, territory, turf, zoo, ambiance, encompassment, purlieus, stomping ground |
| Notes: | environment emerged linked with nature, implying 'natural' (not human, not cultural) surroundings; ecology emerged as a scientific effort to connect organisms (such as the human) to their environments environment is the area in which something exists or lives; habitat is a the place or type of place where a person or thing is most likely to be found |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | feel |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | texture; air |
| Synonyms: | ambience, atmosphere, aura, feeling, finish, impression, mood, quality, semblance, sensation, sense, surface, touch, palpation, tactility, taction, vibes |
| Main Entry: | fragrance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pleasant odor |
| Synonyms: | aroma, aura, balm, bouquet, incense, perfume, scent, smell, spice, redolence |
| Antonyms: | stench, stink |
| Main Entry: | halo |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ring of light |
| Synonyms: | aura, aureole, aurora, corona, glory, nimbus, radiance, aureola, crown of light, halation |
| Main Entry: | mien |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person's presence, manner |
| Synonyms: | act, address, air, appearance, aspect, aura, bearing, carriage, countenance, demeanor, deportment, expression, front, image, look, mannerism, port, set, style |
| Main Entry: | mood |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | state of mind |
| Synonyms: | affection, air, atmosphere, attitude, aura, bent*, blues*, caprice, character, color*, condition, crotchet, cue, depression, desire, disposition, doldrums, dumps*, emotion, fancy, feel*, feeling, frame of mind*, humor, inclination, individuality, melancholy, mind, personality, pleasure, propensity, response, scene, semblance, soul, spirit, strain, temper, temperament, tendency, tenor, timbre, vagary, vein, whim, wish, high spirits, low spirits |
| Antonyms: | health |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | scent |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | smell, aroma |
| Synonyms: | aura, balm, bouquet, essence, fragrance, incense, odor, perfume, spice, tang, track, trail, whiff, pheromone, redolence |
| Antonyms: | odor, stench, stink |
| Main Entry: | undercurrent |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | drift, pull |
| Synonyms: | atmosphere, aura, direction, eddy, feeling, flavor, hint, inclination, indication, insinuation, intimation, murmur, overtone, propensity, sense, suggestion, tendency, tenor, tinge, trace, trend, undertone, undertow, crosscurrent, riptide, underflow, vibes, vibrations |
| Main Entry: | animal magnetism |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | magnetic personal charm |
| Synonyms: | aura, charisma, charm, magnetism, pizzazz, sex appeal, attractiveness, beguilement, bewitchery, hypnotic attraction, it, mesmerism, od, odyl, odylic force, personal appeal, sexiness, sexual attraction |
| Main Entry: | temper |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | state of mind |
| Synonyms: | atmosphere, attitude, attribute, aura, character, climate, complexion, condition, constitution, disposition, drift, frame of mind, humor, individuality, leaning, makeup, mind, mood, nature, orientation, outlook, peculiarity, personality, posture, property, quality, scene, soul, spirit, state, strain, style, temperament, tendency, tenor, thing*, timbre, tone, trend, type, vein, way, individualism |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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: | atmosphere |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | general feeling or mood |
| Synonyms: | air, ambience, aura, background, character, climate, color, environment, feel, feeling, flavor, impression, local color, medium, mood, place, property, quality, scene, semblance, sense, space, spirit, surroundings, taste, tone |
| Main Entry: | bouquet |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | aroma |
| Synonyms: | aura, balm, fragrance, incense, odor, perfume, savor, scent, smell, spice, redolence |
| Main Entry: | presence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | appearance, demeanor |
| Synonyms: | address, air, aspect, aura, bearing, behavior, carriage, deportment, ease, look, mien, personality, poise, port, seeming, self-assurance, set, comportment |
| Main Entry: | sense |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | awareness, perception |
| Synonyms: | ability, appreciation, atmosphere, aura, capacity, cleverness, cognizance, common sense, consciousness, discernment, discrimination, feel, feeling, gumption*, imagination, impression, insight, intellect, intelligence, intuition, judgment, knowledge, mentality, mind, premonition, presentiment, prudence, quickness, reason, reasoning, recognition, sagacity, sanity, sentiment, smarts*, soul, spirit, tact, thought, understanding, wisdom, wit, brains, clear-headedness, sharpness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | appearance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | outward show; pretense |
| Synonyms: | aura, beard*, blind, countenance, dream, facade, front, guise, idea, illusion, image, impression, mirage, phenomenon, reflection, screen, seeming, semblance, sound, specter, vision |
| Antonyms: | reality |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | feeling |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ambience |
| Synonyms: | air, atmosphere, aura, impression, imprint, mood, quality, semblance |
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