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| Main Entry: | composition |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | structure, arrangement |
| Synonyms: | agreement, architecture, balance, beauty, combination, concord, configuration, consonance, constitution, content, design, distribution, form, formation, harmony, layout, proportion, relation, rhythm, style, symmetry, weave, make-up, placing, spacing |
| Main Entry: | composition |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | written or musical creation |
| Synonyms: | arrangement, article, chart, dissertation, drama, essay, exercise, exposition, fiction, manuscript, melody, music, novel, number, opus, paper, piece, play, poetry, romance, score, setup, short story, song, stanza, study, symphony, theme, thesis, tune, verse, work, writing, cantata, concerto, getup, literary work, rhapsody |
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| Main Entry: | composition |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
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-nouns
composition, constitution, crasis; combination [more]; inclusion, admission, comprehension, reception; embodiment; formation.
-verbs
be composed of, be made of, be formed of, be made up of; consist of, be resolved into., include (in a class) [more]; contain, hold, comprehend, take in, admit, embrace, embody; involve, implicate; drag into., compose, constitute, form, make; make up, fill up, build up; enter into the composition of (be a component) [more].
-adjectives
containing, constituting.
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| Main Entry: | accommodation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | adjustment for different situation, circumstances |
| Synonyms: | adaptation, compliance, composition, compromise, conformity, fitting, modification, reconciliation, settlement, fifty-fifty deal |
| Main Entry: | compound |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | combination, mixture |
| Synonyms: | admixture, aggregate, alloy, amalgam, blend, composite, composition, compost, conglomerate, fusion, goulash, medley, mishmash*, stew, synthesis, union, amalgamation, combo, commixture, soup |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | compromise |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | agreement, give-and-take |
| Synonyms: | accommodation, accord, adjustment, arrangement, bargain, compact, composition, concession, contract, covenant, deal, happy medium*, mean, middle ground, pact, settlement, understanding, copout, fifty-fifty*, half and half, half measure, middle course, sellout, trade-off, win-win situation |
| Antonyms: | contest, controversy, difference, disagreement, dispute, dissension, dissent, quarrel |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | configuration |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | arrangement |
| Synonyms: | composition, contour, disposition, figure, form, outline, shape, structure, Gestalt |
| Main Entry: | ditty |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | song |
| Synonyms: | ballad, composition, jingle, tune |
| Main Entry: | format |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | layout, plan |
| Synonyms: | arrangement, composition, configuration, dimensions, figure, form, formation, formula, look, makeup, pattern, scheme, setup, shape, size |
| Main Entry: | inclusion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | addition |
| Synonyms: | admittance, composition, embodiment, formation, incorporation, insertion, involvement, comprisal, embracement, encompassment, subsumption |
| Antonyms: | exclusion, subtraction |
| Main Entry: | literature |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | written matter, both fictional and nonfictional |
| Synonyms: | abstract, article, biography, brochure, comment, composition, critique, discourse, discussion, disquisition, dissertation, drama, essay, exposition, history, humanities, information, leaflet, lit, lore, novel, observation, pamphlet, paper, poetry, précis, prose, report, research, story, summary, theme, thesis, tract, treatise, treatment, belles-lettres, books, classics, findings, letters, literary works, writings, written work |
| Antonyms: | speech |
| Main Entry: | manufacture/manufacturing |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | production of processed goods |
| Synonyms: | accomplishment, assembly, completion, composition, construction, creation, doing, fabrication, formation, making, preparing, produce, assembling, casting, composing, erection, finishing, forging, mass-production, tooling |
| Main Entry: | manuscript |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | book, script |
| Synonyms: | article, composition, document, hard copy, text, palimpsest |
| Main Entry: | medley |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | miscellany |
| Synonyms: | assortment, brew, collection, composition, confusion, conglomeration, farrago, hodgepodge, jumble, mélange, melee, mishmash, mixed bag, mixture, pastiche, patchwork, potpourri, salmagundi, variety, combo, mingling, pasticcio |
| Antonyms: | loneness, singularity |
| Main Entry: | ode |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | poem |
| Synonyms: | ballad, composition, lyric, rhyme, song, verse, epode, limerick, poesy, sonnet |
| Main Entry: | opus |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | great work of writing or music |
| Synonyms: | composition, creation, magnum opus, music, oeuvre, piece, product, production |
| Main Entry: | poem |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | highly expressive, rhythmical literary piece |
| Synonyms: | ballad, beat, composition, creation, epic, free verse, lyric, ode, poetry, rhyme, rime, song, verse, words, writing, blank verse, haiku, limerick, lines, poesy, quatrain, rune, sestina, sonnet, villanelle |
| Antonyms: | prose |
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | publication; something impressed |
| Synonyms: | book, composition, copy, edition, engraving, face, font, impress, impression, imprint, indentation, issue, magazine, newspaper, periodical, photograph, printed matter, stamp, type, typeface, writing, black-and-white, characters, lettering, letters, lithograph, newsprint, typescript, typesetting |
| Main Entry: | prose |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | written, nonrhythmic literature |
| Synonyms: | book, composition, essay, exposition, fiction, speech, story, talk, text, tongue*, writing, nonfiction |
| Antonyms: | poem, poetry |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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