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Main Entry:	ball
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	dance party
Synonyms:	hop, jump, mingle, prom, promenade, reception, shindig, hoedown, hoodang
Notes:	a ball is round object or a formal dance; to bawl is to cry loudly

Main Entry:	ball
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	globe, sphere
Synonyms:	balloon, drop, globule, orb, pellet, pill, round, apple, globoid, spheroid

Main Entry:	ammunition
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	projectiles for weaponry
Synonyms:	armament, ball, bomb, bullet, cartridge, charge, chemical, explosive, fuse, grenade, materiel, missile, powder, rocket, round, shell, shot, ammo, buckshot, cannonball, confetti, gunpowder, iron rations, munition, napalm, shrapnel, torpedo

Main Entry:	blob
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	drop, spot
Synonyms:	ball, bead, blot, blotch, bubble, dab, daub, dot, droplet, glob, globule, splash, splotch

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Main Entry:	bulb
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	globular object
Synonyms:	ball, bunch, globe, head, knob, nub, protuberance, swelling, tuber, tumor, corm, corn, nodule

Main Entry:	bullet
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	small missile
Synonyms:	ammunition, ball, bolt, cap, cartridge, dose*, lead, pellet, projectile, rocket, round, shot, slug, ammo, love letter, trajectile

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Main Entry:	comedy
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	funny entertainment
Synonyms:	ball*, burlesque, camp, drollery, farce, fun, high time, hilarity, hoopla, humor, interlude, jesting, joking, picnic, satire, slapstick, takeoff, travesty, vaudeville, witticism, chaffing, comic drama, comicality, comicalness, drollness, facetiousness, field day, fun and games, funnies, funniness, gag show, grins, high camp, humorousness, laughs, light entertainment, merry-go-round, play on, schtick, send-up, sitcom, wisecracking, wittiness
Antonyms:	tragedy

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Main Entry:	entertainment
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	amusement, pleasure
Synonyms:	ball, bash, big time, blast, celebration, cheer, delight, dissipation, distraction, diversion, enjoyment, feast, frolic, fun, gaiety, game, high time, merriment, merrymaking, party, pastime, picnic, play, recreation, relaxation, relief, revelry, satisfaction, shindig, sport, spree, surprise, treat, blow out*, clambake, divertissement, fun and games, good time, grins, laughs, leisure activity, lots of laughs, regalement, wingding
Antonyms:	chore, drudgery, labor, task, work

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Main Entry:	fete
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	celebration, party
Synonyms:	ball, banquet, bazaar, do*, fair, festival, fiesta, gala

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Main Entry:	fun
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	amusement, play
Synonyms:	absurdity, ball, big time, blast, celebration, cheer, distraction, diversion, enjoyment, entertainment, escapade, festivity, frolic, gaiety, gambol, game, high jinks, holiday, horseplay, jesting, joke, joking, jollity, joy, laughter, merriment, merrymaking, mirth, nonsense, pastime, picnic, pleasure, recreation, rejoicing, relaxation, riot, romp, solace, sport, tomfoolery*, treat, buffoonery, clowning, foolery, good time, grins, jocularity, junketing, living it up, playfulness, romping, whoopee
Antonyms:	sadness, work

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Main Entry:	gala
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	festival
Synonyms:	affair, ball, bash, blast, blowout, carnival, celebration, dance, do, festivity, fete, fiesta, function, get-together, hop, jamboree, pageant, party, prom, roast, shindig, to-do, clambake, moveable feast, stag, wingding

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Main Entry:	globe
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	Earth, sphere
Synonyms:	ball, balloon, map, orb, planet, round, world, apple, big blue marble, rondure, spheroid, terrene

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Main Entry:	lump
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	clump, mass
Synonyms:	agglomeration, ball, bit, block, bulge, bulk, bump, bunch, cake, chip, chunk, cluster, crumb, dab, group, growth, handful, hunk, knot, lot, morsel, mountain, much, nugget, part, peck, piece, pile, portion, protrusion, protuberance, scrap, section, solid, spot, swelling, tumor, wad, wedge, gob, knurl, tumescence

Main Entry:	orb
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	globe
Synonyms:	ball, circle, eye*, lamp, ring, round, sphere, rondure

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Main Entry:	recreation
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	sports, games, special interests
Synonyms:	R and R, amusement, avocation, ball, disport, dissipation, distraction, diversion, ease, enjoyment, entertainment, exercise, festivity, frolic, fun, game, hilarity, hobby, holiday, jollity, mirth, pastime, picnic, play, playtime, pleasure, refreshment, relaxation, relief, repose, rollick, sport, vacation, divertissement, field day, fun and games, laughs, leisure activity, rec
Antonyms:	labor, profession, work

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Main Entry:	shindig
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	party
Synonyms:	affair, ball, banquet, barbecue, bash, blowout, celebration, dance, dinner, feast, festivity, function, gala, get-together, reception, shindy, social gathering

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Main Entry:	spree
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	wild activity
Synonyms:	ball, bash, binge, caper, carousal, carouse, celebration, fling, frolic, high jinks, high time, jag, jamboree, junket, lark, orgy, party, rampage, revel, rip, splurge, tear*, bacchanalia, carousing, field day, merry-go-round, spending expedition
Antonyms:	care, thriftiness

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Main Entry:	high time
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	great fun
Synonyms:	ball, big time, picnic, due season, good time, high old time

Main Entry:	amusement
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	entertaining, making someone laugh
Synonyms:	action, ball, cheer, delight, diversion, enjoyment, entertainment, fun, gratification, high time, hilarity, hoopla, laughter, merriment, mirth, picnic, play, pleasing, pleasure, beguilement, field day, fun and games, gladdening, grins, laughs, merry go round, regalement, whoopee
Antonyms:	boredom