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| Main Entry: | close |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ending |
| Synonyms: | adjournment, cease, cessation, completion, conclusion, culmination, denouement, end, finale, finish, period, stop, termination, desistance, windup |
| Antonyms: | beginning, commencement, opening, start |
| Main Entry: | close |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | near, nearby |
| Synonyms: | abutting, across the street, adjacent, adjoining, approaching, around the corner, at hand, contiguous, convenient, give or take a little, handy, hard by, immediate, imminent, impending, in spitting distance, in the ball park, near-at-hand, nearest, nearly, neighboring, next, nigh, proximate, under one's nose, warm |
| Antonyms: | away, beyond, detached, far, faraway |
| Main Entry: | close |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | obstruct, seal |
| Synonyms: | bang, bar, block, bolt, button, choke, clap, clench, clog, confine, cork, dam, exclude, fasten, fill, lock, occlude, plug, screen, secure, shut, shutter, slam, stopper, stuff, turn off, caulk, congest, prevent passage, put to, retard flow, shut off, stop up |
| Antonyms: | open, release, unseal, unclose, unplug, unstop |
| Main Entry: | close |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dense, cramped |
| Synonyms: | compact, confined, confining, congested, crowded, firm, impenetrable, impermeable, narrow, packed, restricted, short, solid, substantial, thick, tight, circumscribed, close-grained, consolidated, cropped, jam-packed |
| Antonyms: | loose, open, uncramped |
| Main Entry: | close |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | complete, finish, stop |
| Synonyms: | call off, cap, cease, clear, clinch, conclude, consummate, culminate, cut loose, determine, discontinue, do, end, fold, halt, shut down, shutter, terminate, ultimate, wind up*, wrap up*, button down, button up, call it a day, drop the curtain, fold up, pack it in, put a lid on, put to bed, sew up, wind down |
| Antonyms: | begin, continue, open, start, not finish |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | close |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | accurate, precise |
| Synonyms: | conscientious, exact, faithful, lifelike, literal, resembling, similar, strict |
| Antonyms: | far, inaccurate, imprecise |
| Main Entry: | close |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | join, unite |
| Synonyms: | agree, bind, chain, coalesce, connect, couple, encounter, fuse, grapple, meet, put together, tie, tie up, come together, inclose |
| Antonyms: | disjoin, disunite, open |
| Main Entry: | close |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | intimate |
| Synonyms: | chummy, confidential, dear, devoted, familiar, inseparable, loving, palsy-walsy*, private, related, thick*, attached, buddy-buddy*, cozy with, kissing cousins, making it with, on top of each other, thick as thieves, thick with |
| Antonyms: | unfriendly |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | close |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | oppressive, humid |
| Synonyms: | breathless, confined, heavy, moldy, motionless, muggy, musty, stagnant, stale, sticky, stuffy, sultry, sweltering, thick, tight, uncomfortable, airless, choky, fusty, stale-smelling, stifling, suffocating, sweltry, unventilated |
| Antonyms: | cool, dry |
| Main Entry: | close |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | secret, reserved |
| Synonyms: | buttoning one's lip, buttoning up, clamming up, close-lipped, closemouthed, hidden, hush-hush*, mum's the word, on the Q. T., private, reticent, retired, secluded, secretive, silent, taciturn, tight chops, tight-lipped*, uncommunicative, unforthcoming, zipping one's lips |
| Antonyms: | open, unreserved |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | close |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | stingy |
| Synonyms: | chintzy*, closefisted, illiberal, mean, miserly, narrow, parsimonious, penny-pinching, penurious, skimpy, skinflint*, tight, ungenerous, mingy, niggardly, tight-fisted |
| Antonyms: | generous, giving |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | achieve |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bring to successful conclusion; reach a goal |
| Synonyms: | accomplish, acquire, actualize, attain, bring about, bring off*, bring to pass, cap, carry out, close, complete, conclude, consummate, deliver, discharge, dispatch, do, earn, effect, enact, end, execute, finish, follow through, fulfill, gain, get, manage, negotiate, obtain, perfect, perform, procure, produce, rack up*, reach, realize, resolve, score, seal, settle, sign, solve, win, wind up, work out, carry through, earn wings, effectuate, get done, see through |
| Notes: | achieve means 'to bring to a successful conclusion' (literally French 'to bring to a head') and accomplish means 'to perform fully'; the completion of achievement is more comprehensive |
| Antonyms: | fail, lose, miss |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | adjacent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | next to, abutting |
| Synonyms: | adjoining, alongside, beside, bordering, close, contiguous, near, neighboring, touching, close by, next door |
| Antonyms: | apart, away, detached, disconnected, distant, far, faraway, remote, separate, nonadjacent |
| Main Entry: | answer |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | reply; reaction |
| Synonyms: | acknowledgment, back talk, close, comeback, comment, cooler*, crack, defense, disclosure, echo, elucidation, explanation, feedback, guff*, interpretation, justification, key, lip*, observation, pay dirt*, plea, quick fix*, rebuttal, refutation, rejoinder, remark, repartee, report, resolution, response, result, retort, return, riposte, sign, solution, statement, vindication, wisecrack, antiphon, backcap, band-aid, counterclaim, parting shot, rhetorical question, thank-you note, the ticket, topper |
| Antonyms: | question |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | block |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | obstruct |
| Synonyms: | arrest, bar, barricade, block out, blockade, brake, catch, charge, check, choke, clog, close, close out, cut off, dam, deter, fill, halt, hinder, hold up, impede, intercept, occlude, plug, prevent, shut out, stall, stonewall, stop, stopper, stymie, tackle, thwart, close off, congest, hang up*, interfere with, shut off*, stop up, take out of play |
| Antonyms: | let up, open, let go, unblock |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | by |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | near |
| Synonyms: | aside, at hand, away, beyond, close, handy, over, past, through, in reach, to one side |
| Main Entry: | cease |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | stop, conclude |
| Synonyms: | back off, break off, close, close out, culminate, desist, die, discontinue, drop, end, fail, finish, halt, knock off*, leave off, quit, refrain, shut down, stay, surcease, terminate, wind up*, bring to an end, call it a day, call it quits, come to an end, cut it out, give over, intermit, pack in, quit cold turkey |
| Antonyms: | begin, commence, continue, go, initiate, start, keep on |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | cessation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ending |
| Synonyms: | abeyance, arrest, break, breather*, cease, close, conclusion, discontinuance, downtime*, end, finish, freeze*, halt, halting, hiatus, intermission, interruption, interval, layoff*, pause, recess, remission, respite, rest, standstill, stay, stop, stoppage, suspension, termination, time off, time-out*, break-off, ceasing, cutoff, desistance, grinding halt, let-up, screaming halt |
| Antonyms: | beginning, commencement, start |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | choke |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | smother, block |
| Synonyms: | asphyxiate, bar, check, clog, close, constrict, dam, die, drown, fill, gag, gasp, kill, noose, obstruct, occlude, overpower, retard, squeeze, stifle, stop, stopper, strangle, stuff, stunt, suffocate, suppress, throttle, wring, congest, garrote, gibbet, strangulate |
| Antonyms: | release, unblock, unconstrict |
| Main Entry: | chummy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | friendly |
| Synonyms: | affectionate, close, confidential, constant, cozy, familiar, intimate, palsy-walsy*, thick*, buddy-buddy*, pally |
| Antonyms: | unfriendly, unsociable |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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