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| Main Entry: | date |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | point in time; particular day or time |
| Synonyms: | age, century, course, day, duration, epoch, era, generation, juncture, moment, period, quarter, reign, span, spell, stage, term, time, while, hour, year |
| Main Entry: | date |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | assign a time |
| Synonyms: | chronicle, come from, determine, fix, isolate, mark, measure, record, register, affix a date to, belong to, carbon-date, exist from, fix the date of, originate in, put in its place |
| Main Entry: | date |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | social engagement |
| Synonyms: | appointment, assignation, call, interview, meeting, rendezvous, tryst, visit |
| Main Entry: | date |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | see person socially |
| Synonyms: | attend, court, escort, fix up, see, woo, associate with, consort with, deuce it, go around together, go around with, go out with, go steady, go together, keep company, make a date, step around, take out |
| Main Entry: | date |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person accompanying another socially |
| Synonyms: | blind date, boyfriend, companion, escort, friend, girlfriend, lover, partner, steady, sweetheart |
| Main Entry: | date |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | become obsolete |
| Synonyms: | antiquate, archaize, obsolesce, obsolete, outdate, show one's age |
| Main Entry: | assignation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | clandestine meeting |
| Synonyms: | affair, appointment, date, engagement, love nest*, one-night stand*, quickie, rendezvous, tryst, heavy date, illicit meeting, secret meeting |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | boyfriend |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | male acquaintance or romantic companion |
| Synonyms: | admirer, beau, companion, confidant, date, escort, flame*, follower, friend, intimate, partner, soul mate, steady, suitor, sweetheart, fiancé, swain, young man |
| Antonyms: | girlfriend |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | court |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fawn over, pay attention to |
| Synonyms: | allure, ask in marriage, attract, beseech, bid, bootlick, captivate, charm, chase, cultivate, curry favor, date, entice, entreat, flatter, follow, gallant, go out with, go steady, go together, go with, grovel, importune, invite, keep company with, make love to, make overture, make time with, pander to, pay addresses to, pay court to, please, pop the question*, praise, propose, pursue, run after*, seek, seek the hand of, serenade, set one's cap, solicit, spark, spoon, sue, sweetheart, take out, woo |
| Antonyms: | disregard, ignore |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | epoch |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | period |
| Synonyms: | age, date, era, span, time |
| Notes: | epoch applies to the beginning of a new period marked by radical changes and new developments - while era applies to the entire period; age denotes a period identified with some dominant personality or characteristic and period pertains to any portion of time |
| Main Entry: | era |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | time period in history |
| Synonyms: | age, cycle, date, day, eon, epoch, generation, stage, term, time, aeon, days |
| Main Entry: | escort |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | protection; accompaniment |
| Synonyms: | alarm clock, attendant, beau, bodyguard, cavalier, chaperon, companion, company, consort, convoy, cortege, date, entourage, fellow, friend, gallant, guard, guide, partner, protector, retinue, safeguard, squire, train, warden*, bird dog, convoyer |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | escort |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | act as a companion, guard |
| Synonyms: | accompany, attend, bear, bring, carry, chaperon, company, conduct, convoy, date, direct, drag, guide, lead, partner, pilot, protect, route, see, shepherd, show, squire, steer, usher, consort with, go with, take out |
| Antonyms: | abandon, desert, drop, leave, lose, maroon, neglect |
| Main Entry: | girlfriend |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | female acquaintance or romantic companion |
| Synonyms: | companion, confidante, date, fiancée, flame*, friend, intimate, partner, soul mate, steady, sweetheart |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | invitation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | proposal; asking |
| Synonyms: | appeal, attraction, begging, bid, bidding, call, challenge, date, encouragement, enticement, feeler*, ground, hit, incitement, inducement, invite, lure, motive, offer, open door*, overture, paper, pass, petition, pressure, proffer, proposition, provocation, rain check, reason, request, suggestion, summons, supplication, temptation, urge, allurement, compliments, coquetry, prompting, solicitation |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | partner |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who takes part with another |
| Synonyms: | accomplice, ally, assistant, associate, buddy, chum*, cohort, collaborator, colleague, companion, comrade, confederate, consort, crony*, date, friend, helper, helpmate, husband, mate, pal*, participant, playmate, sidekick*, spouse, teammate, wife, coworker |
| Antonyms: | enemy, foe |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | squire |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | accompany |
| Synonyms: | assist, attend, chaperon, companion, date, escort, serve |
| Antonyms: | abandon, leave |
| Main Entry: | suitor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who desires another |
| Synonyms: | admirer, beau, boyfriend, cavalier*, date, follower, girlfriend, lover, man, paramour, woman, courter, supplicant, swain, wooer |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | tryst |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | meeting during a love affair |
| Synonyms: | appointment, assignation, date, engagement, meet, meeting, rendezvous, union |
| Main Entry: | woo |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | seek as romantic partner |
| Synonyms: | address, aim for, beg, bill and coo, butter up*, caress, charm, chase, court, cultivate, curry favor*, date, entreat, go steady, importune, keep company, make advances, make love, press one's suit with, propose, pursue, run after, rush, seek in marriage, seek the hand of, set one's cap for, solicit, spark*, spoon |
| Antonyms: | ignore |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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