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| Main Entry: | drastic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | severe, extreme |
| Synonyms: | desperate, dire, exorbitant, extravagant, forceful, harsh, immoderate, radical, strong |
| Antonyms: | calm, collected, easy, mild |
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| Main Entry: | draconian |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | harsh |
| Synonyms: | brutal, cruel, drastic, exorbitant, extreme, heavy-handed, oppressive, rough, severe, strict, very severe |
| Main Entry: | forcible |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | powerful, aggressive |
| Synonyms: | active, armed, assertive, cogent, compelling, compulsory, drastic, effective, efficient, energetic, forceful, impressive, intense, mighty, militant, persuasive, potent, strong, telling, valid, vehement, vigorous, violent, weighty, coercive, puissant |
| Notes: | forcible indicates the use of brute force, forced means done involuntarily, and forceful suggests a potential for force |
| Antonyms: | weak, nonaggressive |
| Main Entry: | ultra |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | extreme |
| Synonyms: | drastic, excessive, extremist, fanatical, far-out*, gone*, immoderate, out of bounds, outlandish, rabid*, radical, revolutionary, too much*, all out, outré |
| Antonyms: | middle, moderate |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | dire |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | urgent; crucial |
| Synonyms: | acute, burning, clamant, clamorous, critical, crying, desperate, drastic, exigent, extreme, immoderate, imperative, importunate, instant, pressing, climacteric |
| Antonyms: | trivial, unimportant |
| Main Entry: | desperate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | extreme, intense |
| Synonyms: | acute, concentrated, critical, crucial, dire, drastic, exquisite, fierce, furious, great, terrible, urgent, vehement, vicious, violent, climacteric, very grave |
| Antonyms: | calm, content, contented, satisfactory, satisfied |
| Main Entry: | extreme |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | beyond reason and convention |
| Synonyms: | absolute, desperate, dire, downright, drastic, egregious, exaggerated, exceptional, excessive, extraordinary, extravagant, fabulous, fanatical, flagrant, gross, harsh, immoderate, improper, imprudent, inordinate, intemperate, irrational, nonsensical, out-and-out*, outrageous, preposterous, rabid, radical, remarkable, rigid, severe, sheer, stern, strict, thorough, unbending, uncommon, uncompromising, unconventional, unreasonable, unseemly, unusual, utter, zealous, out of proportion, overkill |
| Antonyms: | mild, moderate |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | severe |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | difficult, harsh |
| Synonyms: | acute, arduous, ascetic, austere, bitter, bleak, consequential, critical, dangerous, dear, demanding, despotic, distressing, domineering, drastic, exacting, extreme, fierce, forbidding, grave, grim, grinding, hard, heavy, hefty, implacable, inclement, intemperate, intense, mordant, oppressive, overbearing, pitiless, punishing, rigorous, rugged, serious, sharp, sore, strenuous, stringent, taxing, toilsome, tough, tyrannical, unpleasant, unrelenting, violent, weighty, wicked, effortful |
| Antonyms: | calm, easy, facile, mild, temperate |
| Main Entry: | tough |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | obstinate, rough |
| Synonyms: | adamant, arbitrary, callous, confirmed, cruel, desperate, drastic, exacting, ferocious, fierce, firm, fixed, hard, hard-boiled*, hard-line*, hard-nosed, harsh, headstrong, immutable, inflexible, intractable, merciless, narrow, obdurate, pugnacious, refractory, resolute, ruthless, savage, severe, stern, stiff, strict, stubborn, taut, terrible, unalterable, unbending, uncompromising, uncontrollable, unforgiving, unmanageable, unyielding, vicious, violent, hard-bitten, hard-shelled, ruffianly |
| Antonyms: | gentle, kind, nice, tender |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | rough |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | rude, impolite |
| Synonyms: | bluff, blunt, boisterous, boorish, brief, brusque, churlish, coarse, crass, crude, cruel, crusty, curt, discourteous, drastic, extreme, gross*, hairy*, hard, harsh, ill-mannered, improper, inconsiderate, indecorous, indelicate, inelegant, loud, loutish, mean, nasty, raw, rowdy, severe, sharp, short, tough, unceremonious, uncivil, uncouth, uncultivated, uncultured, unfeeling, ungracious, unjust, unmannerly, unpleasant, unpolished, unrefined, violent, vulgar, bearish, untutored |
| Antonyms: | courteous, nice, polite, refined, sophisticated |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | stiff |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | extreme, severe |
| Synonyms: | austere, brisk, cruel, drastic, exact, excessive, exorbitant, extravagant, great, hard, harsh, heavy, immoderate, inexorable, inordinate, oppressive, pitiless, potent, powerful, rigorous, sharp, steep, strict, stringent, strong, towering, unconscionable, undue, vigorous |
| Antonyms: | calm, moderate, normal |
| Main Entry: | strong |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | extreme |
| Synonyms: | acute, draconian, drastic, forceful, intense, keen, severe, sharp, strict |
| Antonyms: | mild, moderate |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
Cite This Source
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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| Main Entry: | vigor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
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