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bone - 8 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | bone |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | piece of animate skeleton |
| Synonyms: | bony process, cartilage, ossein, osseous matter |
| Main Entry: | ankle |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | joint between leg and foot |
| Synonyms: | bone, anklebone, astragalus, talus, tarsus |
| Main Entry: | dissent |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disagreement, disapproval |
| Synonyms: | bone*, bone of contention*, conflict, contention, denial, difference, discord, dissension, dissidence, flak*, hassle, heresy, nonconformity, objection, opposition, protest, refusal, resistance, schism, spat, split, strife, variance, bone to pick, clinker, disaccord, disunity, far cry, heterodoxy, misbelief, nonagreement, nonconcurrence, nonconformism, nope, poles apart, sour note, unorthodoxy |
| Notes: | dissent is, literally, 'feel or think differently' and dissident means 'sit apart, disagree' |
| Antonyms: | agreement, approval, authorization, concurrence, endorsement, ratification, sanction |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | jaw |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bones of chin |
| Synonyms: | bone, jowl, mouth, muzzle*, orifice, chops, mandible, maxilla |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | spine |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | backbone |
| Synonyms: | back, bone, ridge, spinal column, chine, rachis, vertebrae, vertebral column |
| Main Entry: | torment |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be or make very upset |
| Synonyms: | abuse, afflict, agonize, annoy, bait, bedevil, bone, bother, break, crucify, devil, distress, harass, harry, heckle, hound, hurt, irritate, mistreat, molest, nag, pain, persecute, pester, plague, provoke, punish, rack, smite, tease, torture, trouble, try, vex, worry, wring, drive bananas, drive up the wall, excruciate, give a hard time, harrow, play cat and mouse, put through wringer, rub salt in wound |
| Antonyms: | delight, please, make happy |
| Main Entry: | argument |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | verbal fight |
| Synonyms: | altercation, beef, blowup, bone, bone of contention, brawl, brush, clash, controversy, debate, difference of opinion, disagreement, dispute, donnybrook, exchange, falling, feud, flap, fuss, go*, hassle, out, quarrel, rhubarb*, romp, row, ruckus, rumpus, run-in, scene, scrap, shindy*, spat, squabble, static*, stew*, tiff, words, wrangle, bickering, bone to pick, brannigan*, crusher, dustup, face-off, finisher, gin, knock down and drag out, knockdown*, ruction, set-to, talking heads |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | bill |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | charge money for goods, services |
| Synonyms: | bone, chase, debit, figure, invoice, reckon, record, render, solicit, draw upon, dun, put the arm on, put the bite on, put the squeeze on |
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