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| Main Entry: | dramatic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | exciting, moving |
| Synonyms: | affecting, breathtaking, comic, effective, emotional, expressive, farcical, histrionic, impressive, melodramatic, powerful, sensational, startling, striking, sudden, tense, theatrical, thespian, thrilling, tragic, vivid, climactic, electrifying, suspenseful, tragicomic |
| Antonyms: | normal, ordinary, unexciting, unmoving, usual, comedic, undramatic |
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| Main Entry: | elocution |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | articulation |
| Synonyms: | declamation, delivery, diction, dramatic, eloquence, expression, locution, oratory, pronunciation, public speaking, reading, rhetoric, speech, utterance, enunciation, speechcraft, speechmaking, voice culture, voice production |
| Antonyms: | inarticulation, mispronouncement |
| Main Entry: | eloquence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | skillful way with words |
| Synonyms: | ability, appeal, articulation, delivery, diction, dramatic, expression, facility, fervor, flow, fluency, force, gift of gab*, loquacity, oration, oratory, passion, persuasiveness, poise, power, rhetoric, spirit, style, vigor, vivacity, wit, command of language, expressiveness, expressivity, forcefulness, grandiloquence, meaningfulness, mellifluousness, volubility, wittiness |
| Antonyms: | dullness, inarticulateness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | exciting |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | inspiring, exhilarating |
| Synonyms: | appealing, astonishing, bracing, breathtaking, dangerous, dramatic, eye-popping*, far-out*, fine, flashy, groovy*, hair-raising*, heady*, hectic, impressive, interesting, intoxicating, intriguing, lively, melodramatic, mind-blowing, moving, neat, overpowering, overwhelming, provocative, racy, rousing, sensational, showy, spine-tingling*, stimulating, stirring, thrilling, wild, agitative, animating, arousing, arresting, commoving, electrifying, exhilarant, impelling, rip-roaring, titillating, zestful |
| Antonyms: | boring, moderate, unenthusiastic, unexciting, unenthused, uninspiring, unpromising, unstimulating |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | expressive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | telling, revealing |
| Synonyms: | alive, articulate, artistic, brilliant, colorful, demonstrative, dramatic, eloquent, emphatic, energetic, forcible, graphic, indicative, ingenious, lively, masterly, meaningful, mobile, moving, passionate, pathetic, picturesque, poignant, pointed, pregnant, representative, responsive, showy, significant, silver-tongued*, spirited, stimulating, stirring, striking, strong, suggestive, sympathetic, tender, thoughtful, touching, understanding, vivid, warm, allusive, pictorial, revelatory |
| Antonyms: | expressionless, inexpressive, passive, undemonstrative |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | impressive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | powerful, influential |
| Synonyms: | absorbing, affecting, august, awe-inspiring, consequential, cool*, deep*, dramatic, effective, eloquent, excited, exciting, extraordinary, forcible, grand, impassioned, important, imposing, inspiring, intense, lavish, luxurious, majestic, massive, momentous, monumental, moving, noble, notable, penetrating, prime*, profound, remarkable, rousing, splendid, stately, stirring, striking, sumptuous, superb, thrilling, touching, towering, vital, arresting, well-done |
| Antonyms: | inconsequential, ineffective, insignificant, unimportant, weak, unimpressive |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | poetic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | with rhythm and beauty; related to poetic composition |
| Synonyms: | dramatic, elegiac, epic, idyllic, imaginative, lyric, lyrical, melodious, romantic, tuneful, anapestic, dactylic, epical, epodic, iambic, metrical, odic, rhythmical, songlike |
| Antonyms: | prosaic |
| Main Entry: | scenic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | beautiful, picturesque |
| Synonyms: | breathtaking, dramatic, grand, impressive, panoramic, spectacular, striking |
| Antonyms: | despicable, dreary, gloomy, ugly |
| Main Entry: | spectacular |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | wonderful, impressive |
| Synonyms: | amazing, astonishing, astounding, breathtaking, daring, dazzling, dramatic, eye-catching, fabulous, fantastic, grand, histrionic, magnificent, marked, marvelous, miraculous, prodigious, remarkable, sensational, splendid, staggering, striking, stunning, stupendous, theatrical, thrilling, wondrous, razzle-dazzle |
| Antonyms: | normal, ordinary, regular, usual, unspectacular |
| Main Entry: | vivid |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | intense, powerful |
| Synonyms: | active, animated, bright, brilliant, clear, colorful, definite, distinct, dramatic, dynamic, eloquent, energetic, expressive, flamboyant, gay, glowing, graphic, lifelike, lively, lucid, meaningful, memorable, picturesque, realistic, resplendent, rich, sharp, shining, spirited, stirring, striking, strong, telling, theatrical, vigorous, highly colored, true-to-life |
| Antonyms: | dull, weak |
| Main Entry: | oratorical |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | rhetorical |
| Synonyms: | bombastic, declamatory, dramatic, elaborate, eloquent, expressive, fervid, forceful, grandiloquent, histrionic, impassioned, important, imposing, inflated, lofty, long-winded, loud, noble, noisy, orotund, ostentatious, persuasive, pompous, stentorian, theatrical, tumid, verbose, vivid, elocutionary, gesticulative, gesturing, intoning, senatorial, stagy, stylistic |
| Antonyms: | natural, simple, undramatic |
| Main Entry: | artistic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | beautiful, satisfying to senses |
| Synonyms: | aesthetic, creative, cultured, decorative, dramatic, elegant, exquisite, fine, graceful, grand, harmonious, ideal, imaginative, musical, ornamental, picturesque, pleasing, poetic, refined, sensitive, stimulating, stylish, sublime, tasteful, cultivated, pictorial, rhythmical |
| Antonyms: | distasteful, horrible, inelegant, ugly |
| Main Entry: | sensational |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | startling, exaggerated |
| Synonyms: | X-rated*, amazing, astounding, breathtaking, coarse, colored, conspicuous, dramatic, emotional, excessive, exciting, extravagant, hair-raising, juicy*, livid, lurid, marked, melodramatic, noticeable, outstanding, piquant, pointed, prominent, pungent, remarkable, rough, salient, scandalous, shocking, signal, spectacular, staggering, stimulating, sultry, tabloid*, thrilling, vulgar, arresting, electrifying, horrifying, revealing, sensationalistic |
| Antonyms: | ordinary, run-of-the-mill, unexceptional, usual |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | passionate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | excited; enthusiastic |
| Synonyms: | affecting, animated, ardent, blazing, burning, deep, dramatic, eager, eloquent, emotional, expressive, fervent, fervid, fierce, fiery, flaming, forceful, frenzied, glowing, headlong, heartfelt, heated, high-powered, hot*, impassioned, impetuous, impulsive, inspiring, intense, melodramatic, moving, poignant, precipitate, spirited, stimulated, stirring, strong, thrilling, vehement, violent, warm, wild, zealous, high-pressure, hotblooded, quickened, steamed up |
| Antonyms: | apathetic, dull, unenthusiastic, unexcited, unpassionate |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | sensational |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | excellent, superb |
| Synonyms: | astonishing, breathtaking, cool*, dandy*, divine, dramatic, eloquent, exceptional, exciting, fabulous, first-class*, glorious, impressive, incredible, keen, marvelous, mind-blowing, most*, moving, out of this world, spectacular, stirring, surprising, thrilling, agitating, smashing, zero cool |
| Antonyms: | bad, inferior, poor |
* = 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
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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| Main Entry: | acting |
| Part of Speech: | adjective, noun |
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Roscian, balatronic, buskined, comic, cothurnal, dramatic, farcical, histrionic, melodramatic, operatic, scenic, stagey, thalian, theatric, theatrical, tragi, tragic
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