| Main Entry: | deduction |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | conclusion, understanding |
Synonyms: |
answer, assumption, cogitation, concluding, consequence, consideration, contemplation, corollary, deliberation, derivation, finding, illation, inference, inferring, judgment, meditation, mulling, musing, opinion, pondering, ratiocination, reasoning, reflection, result, rumination, sequitur, speculation, thinking, thought |
Antonyms: |
confusion |
| Main Entry: | deduction |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something subtracted |
Synonyms: |
abatement, abstraction, allowance, credit, cut, decrease, decrement, depreciation, diminution, discount, dockage, excision, rebate, reduction, removal, subtraction, withdrawal, write-off |
Antonyms: |
addition, increase, rise |
| Main Entry: | allowance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | discount; concession |
Synonyms: |
accommodation, adaptation, adjustment, admission, advantage, cut, deduction, rebate, reduction, sanction, sufferance, toleration |
| Main Entry: | baby |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | infant |
Synonyms: |
angelface, babe, bairn, bambino, bundle, buttercup, button, cherub, chick, child, crawler, deduction, dividend, dumpling, kid, little angel, little darling, little doll, little one, newborn, nipper, nursling, papoose, preemie, suckling, tad, toddler, tot, write-off, youngster |
Antonyms: |
adolescent, adult |
| Main Entry: | belief |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | putting regard in as true |
Synonyms: |
acceptance, admission, assent, assumption, assurance, avowal, axiom, certainty, conclusion, confidence, conjecture, conviction, credence, credit, deduction, divination, expectation, faith, fancy, feeling, guess, hope, hypothesis, idea, impression, intuition, judgment, knowledge, mind, mindset, notion, opinion, persuasion, position, postulation, presumption, presupposition, profession, reliance, supposition, surmise, suspicion, theorem, theory, thesis, thinking, trust, understanding, view |
Antonyms: |
disbelief |
| Main Entry: | conclusion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | judgment, decision |
Synonyms: |
agreement, conviction, corollary, deduction, determination, illation, inference, opinion, ratiocination, resolution, resolve, sequitur, settlement, verdict |
Antonyms: |
concept, theory |
| Main Entry: | dialectic |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | logic, reasoning |
Synonyms: |
argumentation, contention, debate, deduction, discussion, disputation, forensic, logical argument, mooting, persuasion, polemics, question-and-answer method, ratiocination |
| Notes: | a dialect is geographical or social variety of speech, whereas dialectic is a form of reasoning or argumentation that focuses on resolving contradictions |
| Main Entry: | diminution |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | lessening, reduction |
Synonyms: |
abatement, alleviation, contraction, curtailment, cut, cutback, decay, decline, decrease, deduction, retrenchment, weakening |
Antonyms: |
development, enlargement, expansion, growth, increase |
| Main Entry: | discount |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | reduction in cost |
Synonyms: |
abatement, allowance, commission, concession, cut, cut rate, decrease, deduction, depreciation, diminution, drawback, exemption, knock-off, markdown, modification, percentage, premium, qualification, rebate, remission, rollback, salvage, something off, subtraction, tare |
Antonyms: |
increase, mark-up, premium, rise |
| Main Entry: | economy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | saving, frugality |
Synonyms: |
abridgement, austerity, care, carefulness, caution, curtailment, cutback, decrease, deduction, direction, discretion, husbandry, layoff, meanness, miserliness, moratorium, niggardliness, parcity, parsimony, providence, prudence, recession, reduction, regulation, restraint, retrenchment, rollback, scrimping, shrinkage, skimping, sparingness, stinginess, supervision, thrift, thriftiness |
Antonyms: |
spending, squandering |