| Main Entry: | ban |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | officially forbid |
Synonyms: |
banish, bar, blackball, close down, close up, curse, declare illegal, disallow, enjoin, exclude, halt, ice out, illegalize, inhibit, interdict, outlaw, pass by, pass up, prevent, prohibit, proscribe, restrict, shut out, suppress |
Antonyms: |
allow, permit |
| Main Entry: | biography |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | account of person's life |
Synonyms: |
adventures, autobiography, bio, biog, close-up, confessions, diary, experiences, journal, letters, life, life history, life story, memoir, personal account, personal anecdote, personal narrative, personal record, picture, profile, résumé, saga, sketch, vita |
| Main Entry: | latch |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fasten with lock |
Synonyms: |
bar, bolt, cinch, close, close up, lock, make fast, secure |
Antonyms: |
loose, loosen, unfasten, unlatch, unlock |
| Main Entry: | photograph |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | a still picture taken with a camera |
Synonyms: |
Kodachrome, Kodak, Polaroid, blowup, close-up, image, likeness, microfilm, mug, negative, photo, photostat, pic, picture, pinup, pix, portrait, positive, print, shot*, slide, snap, snapshot, transparency |
| Main Entry: | photograph |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | take a picture with a camera |
Synonyms: |
X-ray, capture on film, capture*, cinematize, close-up, copy, film, get, get a likeness, get a shot, illustrate, lens, make a picture, microfilm, mug, photo, photoengrave, photostat, picture, print, record, reproduce, roll, shoot, snap*, snapshot, take*, turn* |
| Main Entry: | scrutiny |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | close examination |
Synonyms: |
analysis, audit, close-up, eagle eye, exploration, inquiry, inspection, investigation, long hard look, perlustration, perusal, review, scan, search, sifting, study, surveillance, survey, tab, the eye, view |
| Main Entry: | shut |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | close |
Synonyms: |
bar, batten down, cage, close down, close up, confine, draw, drop the curtain, enclose, exclude, fasten, fold, fold up, imprison, lock, push, put to, seal, secure, shut down, slam, wall off |
Antonyms: |
open |
| Main Entry: | silence |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make or be quiet |
Synonyms: |
choke off, clam, clam up, close up, cool it, cut off, cut short, dampen, deaden, decrease the volume, dry up, dull, dumb, dummy up, extinguish, gag, hold one's tongue, hush, hush one's mouth, hush-hush, keep it down, lull, muffle, mute, muzzle, overawe, pipe down, quash, quell, quiet, quiet down, quieten, say nothing, shush, shut up, sit on, soft-pedal, squelch, stifle, still, strike dumb, subdue, suppress, tongue-tie |
Antonyms: |
be noisy, communicate, talk |
| Main Entry: | view |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | belief |
Synonyms: |
attitude, close-up, concept, conception, consideration, conviction, deduction, eye*, feeling, impression, inference, judgment, judgment call, mind, notion, opinion, persuasion, point of view, say-so, sentiment, slant*, thought, twist, two cents' worth, value judgment, way of thinking |
| Main Entry: | mug shot |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | photo of suspect's head |
Synonyms: |
close-up, head shot, identification photo, identification photograph, mug, passport photo, police photograph |