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chops - 20 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | chop |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cut up with tool |
| Synonyms: | cleave, clip, cube, dice, divide, fell, fragment, hack, hash, hew, lop, mangle, mince, sever, shear, slash, truncate, whack, axe, hackle |
| 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: | proficiency |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ability, skillfulness |
| Synonyms: | accomplishment, advance, advancement, aptitude, competence, dexterity, efficiency, expertise, facility, formula, green thumb, headway*, knack*, know-how*, knowledge, learning, mastery, moxie*, oil*, progress, right stuff*, savvy*, skill, stuff, talent, chops, expertness, makings, what it takes |
| Antonyms: | clumsiness, inability, incompetence, ineptness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | expertise |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | knowledge |
| Synonyms: | ability, ableness, adroitness, aptness, art, bag, chops, cleverness, command, competence, craft, cunning, deftness, dexterity, dodge, expertness, expertness, facility, finesse, goods, ingeniousness, judgment, knack, know-how, line, makings, masterliness, mastery, oil, one's thing, proficiency, prowess, readiness, savvy, sharpness, skill, skillfulness, stuff |
| Main Entry: | lip |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | edge, brink |
| Synonyms: | border, brim, flare, margin, nozzle, overlap, portal, projection, rim, spout, chops, flange, labium, labrum |
| Antonyms: | inside, interior, middle |
| Main Entry: | mouth |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | opening |
| Synonyms: | aperture, beak, box, cavity, clam, crevice, door, entrance, estuary, funnel, gate, harbor, inlet, mush*, orifice, portal, rim, trap*, yap*, chops, delta, embouchement, firth, fly trap, gills, gob, jaws, kisser, lips |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | abridge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | shorten |
| Synonyms: | abbreviate, abstract, chop, clip, compress, concentrate, condense, contract, curtail, cut, decrease, digest, diminish, downsize, lessen, limit, narrow, reduce, restrict, slash, snip*, summarize, trim, truncate, blue pencil, put in nutshell |
| Antonyms: | add, enlarge, expand, extend, increase, lengthen |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | ax/axe |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cut with large blade |
| Synonyms: | chop, cut, cut down, fell, hew |
| Main Entry: | cheek |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | side of human face |
| Synonyms: | chop*, jowl, choppers, gill |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | chip |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | knock a piece out of |
| Synonyms: | break, chisel, chop, clip, crack, crumble, cut off, damage, flake, fragment, gash, hack, hew, incise, nick, notch, shape, shear, slash, slice, sliver, snip, splinter, split, whack, whittle, crack off, cut away, hackle, snick |
| Main Entry: | cleave |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | divide, split |
| Synonyms: | carve, chop, crack, cut, dissect, disunite, divorce, hack, hew, open, part, pierce, rend, rip, separate, sever, slice, stab, sunder, whack, dissever, rive, tear asunder |
| Antonyms: | join, meld, unite |
| Main Entry: | condense |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | abridge |
| Synonyms: | abbreviate, chop, coagulate, compact, compress, concentrate, constrict, contract, curtail, cut, cut down, digest, edit, encapsulate, epitomize, inventory, précis, precipitate, reduce, shorten, shrink, snip, solidify, sum, summarize, thicken, trim, blue pencil, boil down, decoct, densen, press together, put in a nutshell, summate, synopsize, telescope |
| Antonyms: | enlarge, expand, lengthen |
| Main Entry: | crack |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | break, usually into parts |
| Synonyms: | burst, chip, chop, cleave, crackle, crash, damage, detonate, explode, fracture, hurt, impair, injure, pop, ring, sever, shiver, snap, splinter, split, rive |
| Antonyms: | fix, mend |
| Main Entry: | crop |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cut, trim off |
| Synonyms: | chop, clip, curtail, detach, disengage, hew, lop, mow, pare, prune, reduce, shave, shear, shorten, slash, snip, top, truncate, detruncate, pollard, skive |
| Main Entry: | cuff |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | beating with hands |
| Synonyms: | belt, box, buffet, chop, clip, clout, hit, knock, poke, punch, rap, slap, smack, sock, thump, wallop, whack, biff |
| Main Entry: | curtail |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cut short; abridge |
| Synonyms: | abbreviate, chop, clip, contract, cramp, cut, cut back, decrease, diminish, dock, downsize, halt, lessen, lop, reduce, retrench, shorten, slash, trim, truncate, boil down, get to meat, minify, pare down, put in nutshell, roll back |
| Antonyms: | extend, increase, lengthen, prolong |
| Main Entry: | cut |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | incision |
| Synonyms: | chip, chop, cleavage, cleft, dissection, fissure, furrow, gash, graze, groove, intersection, laceration, mark, nick, nip, notch, opening, passage, penetration, pierce, prick, rent, rip, sculpture, section, shave, slash, slit, slot, snip, stab, stroke, trench, trim, wound, carving, kerf, rabbet, scarification |
| Main Entry: | cut |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | portion of profit |
| Synonyms: | allotment, allowance, bite, chop*, division, kickback*, lot, member, moiety, part, percentage, piece, quota, section, segment, share, slice, partage |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | dispose of |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | settle a matter |
| Synonyms: | chop, cut, cut off, decide, determine, end, finish, knock off*, polish off*, put away, deal with, do the trick, take care of |
| Antonyms: | begin, continue, start |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | divide |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | separate, disconnect |
| Synonyms: | bisect, branch, break, carve, chop, cleave, cross, cut, cut up, demarcate, detach, disengage, disentangle, disjoin, dislocate, dismember, dissect, dissociate, dissolve, disunite, divorce, halve, intersect, isolate, loose, part, partition, quarter, rend, rupture, section, segment, segregate, sever, shear, split, subdivide, sunder, tear, undo, abscind, break down, dichotomize, dissever, pull away, unbind |
| Antonyms: | append, attach, collect, combine, connect, couple, gather, join, link, unite |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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