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cell - 19 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | cell |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | smallest living organism |
| Synonyms: | egg, embryo, germ, microorganism, unit, bacterium, cellule, corpuscle, follicle, haematid, spore, utricle, vacuole |
| Notes: | a cell is a small compartment or the basic structural and functional unit of all organisms, while sell means to exchange or deliver for money or its equivalent |
| Main Entry: | cell |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | small room, container |
| Synonyms: | alcove, apartment, booth, burrow, cage, cavity, chamber, cloister, closet, compartment, coop, crib, crypt, cubicle, den, dungeon, hold, hole, keep, lockup, nook, pen, receptacle, recess, retreat, stall, tower, vault, antechamber, bastille |
| Main Entry: | cloister |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | secluded religious place |
| Synonyms: | abbey, cell, convent, hermitage, house, monastery, nunnery, order, retreat, sanctuary, chapter house, friary, lamasery, priorate, priory, religious community |
| Main Entry: | compartment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | section, subdivision |
| Synonyms: | alcove, area, bay, berth, booth, carriage, category, cell, chamber, corner, cubbyhole, cubicle, department, division, hole, locker, niche, nook, part, piece, pigeonhole, place, portion, slot, stall, carrel |
| Main Entry: | crypt |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | burial place |
| Synonyms: | catacomb, cave, cavern, cell, chamber, compartment, grave, grotto, mausoleum, room, sepulcher, tomb, vault, undercroft |
| Main Entry: | cubicle |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | office compartment |
| Synonyms: | booth, cell, chamber, cubbyhole, desk, nook, office, pigeonhole, room, stall, work area |
| Main Entry: | dungeon |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | prison |
| Synonyms: | cell, vault, oubliette, torture chamber |
| Main Entry: | flake |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | scale, peel |
| Synonyms: | cell, disk, drop, foil, layer, leaf, membrane, plate, section, sheet, skin, slice, sliver, wafer, lamella, lamina, pellicle, scab, shaving |
| Main Entry: | jail |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | place for incarceration |
| Synonyms: | black hole*, brig, can*, cell, clink*, cooler*, detention camp, dungeon, house of correction, inside*, joint*, lockup, pen, penal institution, penitentiary, pound, prison, rack*, reformatory, solitary*, stir*, stockade, bastille, bullpen, jailhouse, slammer*, up the river |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | stockade |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | enclosure; jail |
| Synonyms: | barrier, cage, camp, can*, cell, clink*, cooler*, coop, corral, detention camp, dungeon, fence, joint*, pen, penal institution, penitentiary, pound, prison, protection, sty, jailhouse, slammer* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | chamber |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | small compartment, room |
| Synonyms: | alcove, apartment, bedroom, box, case, cavity, cell, chest, container, cubicle, enclosure, flat, hall, hollow, lodging, pocket, room, antechamber, bedchamber, socket |
| Main Entry: | enclosure |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | area bounded by something |
| Synonyms: | asylum, aviary, bowl, building, cage, camp, cell, close, coliseum, coop, corral, court, courtyard, den, dungeon, garden, ghetto, hutch, jail, pale, park, patch, pen, place, plot, pound, precinct, prison, quad, quadrangle, region, room, stadium, stockade, sty, vault, walk, yard, zone |
| Antonyms: | open |
| Main Entry: | faction |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | group sharing a belief or cause |
| Synonyms: | band, bloc, bunch, cabal, camp, caucus, cell, circle, clan, clique, club, coalition, combination, combine, concern, conclave, confederacy, conspiracy, contingent, coterie, crew, crowd, design, division, entente, gang, guild, intrigue, junta, knot, lobby, machine, minority, mob, network, offshoot, outfit, partnership, party, pressure group, ring, schism, sect, section, sector, set, side, splinter group, team, unit, wing, combo, insiders |
| Antonyms: | entirety, total, whole |
| Main Entry: | recess |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | niche, corner |
| Synonyms: | alcove, ambush, angle, bay, break, cavity, cell, closet, cove, cranny, crypt, cubicle, dent, depression, fork, heart, hole, hollow, indentation, mouth, nook, opening, retreat, slot, apse, carrel, crutch, depths, embrasure, hiding place, oriel, penetralia, reaches, secret place, socket |
| Main Entry: | seed |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | beginning, source |
| Synonyms: | berry, bud, cell, conceit, concept, conception, core, ear, egg, embryo, germ, grain, image, impression, inkling, kernel, notion, nucleus, nut, ovum, particle, spark, start, suspicion, corn, ovule, rudiment, semen, sperm, spore |
| Antonyms: | effect, end, ending, result |
| Main Entry: | retreat |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | place one goes for peace |
| Synonyms: | ark, asylum, cell, cloister, convent, cover, covert, defense, den, habitat, harbor, haunt, haven, hermitage, hideaway, ivory tower*, port, privacy, refuge, resort, safe house, sanctuary, seclusion, security, shelter, solitude, adytum, hiding place, retirement, safe place |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | ring |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | group participating together |
| Synonyms: | Mafia, association, band, bloc, bunch, cabal, camp, cartel, cell, circle, clan, clique, coalition, combination, combine, corner, coterie, crew, crowd, faction, gang, junta, knot, mob, monopoly, organization, outfit, party, pool, push, racket, syndicate, troop, troupe, trust, in-group, junto |
| Main Entry: | force |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | military organization |
| Synonyms: | armed forces, army, battalion, body, cell, corps, crew, detachment, division, guard, host, legion, patrol, regiment, shop, squad, squadron, troop, unit, horses, reserves, soldiers |
| Main Entry: | flesh |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | body tissue, skin |
| Synonyms: | beef, brawn, fat, fatness, flesh and blood, food, meat, muscle, weight, cells, corpuscles, plasm, plasma, protoplasm, sinews, thews |
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