| Main Entry: | blowup |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | explosion |
Synonyms: |
blast, detonation, eruption |
| Main Entry: | blowup |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | an angry outburst |
Synonyms: |
dispute, effusion, explosion, fit, flare-up, fury, outburst, outrage |
| Main Entry: | altercation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fight, often verbal |
Synonyms: |
argument, beef, bickering, blowup, bone of contention, brawl*, brush*, combat, contest, controversy, dispute, embroilment, flap, fracas*, fuss, go*, hassle, quarrel, row, rumble*, run-in, set-to, squabbling, tiff, words, wrangle |
Antonyms: |
agreement, concord, harmony, peace, union, unity |
| Main Entry: | argument |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | verbal fight |
Synonyms: |
altercation, beef, bickering, blowup, bone, bone of contention, bone to pick, brannigan, brawl, brush, clash, controversy, crusher, debate, difference of opinion, disagreement, dispute, donnybrook, dustup, exchange, face-off, falling, feud, finisher, flap, fuss, gin, go*, hassle, knock down and drag out, knockdown, out, quarrel, rhubarb, romp, row, ruckus, ruction, rumpus, run-in, scene, scrap, set-to, shindy, spat, squabble, static*, stew, talking heads, tiff, words, wrangle |
| Main Entry: | blast |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | explosion |
Synonyms: |
bang, blow-up, burst, crash, detonation, discharge, dynamite, eruption, outbreak, outburst, salvo, volley |
| Main Entry: | detonation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | explosion |
Synonyms: |
bang, blast, blow-up, blowout, boom, discharge, ignition |
| Main Entry: | difference |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | opposing views |
Synonyms: |
argument, beef, blowup, bone to pick, brannigan, brawl, brush*, brush-off, catamaran, clash, conflict, contention, contrariety, contretemps, controversy, debate, disaccord, disagreement, discord, discordance, dispute, dissension, dissent, dissidence, disunity, dustup, estrangement, hassle, quarrel, row*, run-in, scrap*, set-to, spat, strife, tiff, variance, words, wrangle |
| Notes: | deference is a courteous expression of regard or respect, while difference is the quality of being unlike or dissimilar deferential means showing courteous expression of regard or respect; difference is the quality of being unlike or dissimilar; differential means relating to or showing a difference or the quality of the difference between similar things |
Antonyms: |
agreement, assent, concurrence, consent |
| Main Entry: | embroider |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | exaggerate information |
Synonyms: |
aggrandize, amplify, blow-up, build up, color, distend, dramatize, elaborate, embellish, enhance, enlarge, expand, falsify, fudge, heighten, hyperbolize, lie, magnify, make federal case, make mountain out of molehill, overdo, overelaborate, overembellish, overemphasize, overestimate, overstate, pad, play up, puff, romanticize, spread on thick, stretch, stretch the truth, yeast |
| Main Entry: | eruption |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ejection |
Synonyms: |
access, blast, blow-up, breakout, burst, discharge, explosion, flare-up, flow, gust, outbreak, outburst, sally, venting, vomiting |
| Main Entry: | explosion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | eruption, discharge |
Synonyms: |
access, backfire, bang, blast, blowout, blowup, burst, clap, combustion, concussion, crack, detonation, firing, fit, flare-up, fulmination, gust, ignition, outbreak, outburst, paroxysm, percussion, pop, report, roar, salvo |
Antonyms: |
implosion |