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| Main Entry: | eclectic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | comprehensive, general |
| Synonyms: | assorted, broad, catholic, diverse, heterogeneous, inclusive, liberal, mixed, multifarious, selective, universal, varied, all-embracing, dilettantish, diversified, many-sided, mingled, multiform, wide-ranging |
| Notes: | eclectic means selecting what seems best of various styles, methods, or ideas while esoteric means intended for and understandable by only a small knowledgeable group |
| Antonyms: | narrow, particular, specific, incomprehensive, unvaried |
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| Main Entry: | catholic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | all-embracing, general |
| Synonyms: | all-inclusive, broad-minded, charitable, comprehensive, cosmic, cosmopolitan, diffuse, eclectic, ecumenical, extensive, generic, global, inclusive, indeterminate, liberal, open-minded, planetary, receptive, tolerant, universal, unprejudiced, whole, wide, large-scale, unbigoted, unsectarian, world-wide |
| Antonyms: | narrow, narrow-minded, specific |
| Main Entry: | choosy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | fussy, discriminating |
| Synonyms: | dainty, eclectic, exacting, fastidious, finicky, nice, particular, persnickety*, picky, prissy, select, selective, finical, overparticular |
| Antonyms: | undemanding, unfastidious, unfussy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | discriminating |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | critical |
| Synonyms: | acute, astute, careful, choosy, discerning, distinctive, eclectic, fastidious, finicky, fussy, judicious, keen, opinionated, particular, persnickety*, picky, prudent, refined, select, selective, sensitive, tasteful, wise, choicy, cultivated, finical, individualizing |
| Antonyms: | uncritical, undiscriminating |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | select |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | excellent, elite, preferable |
| Synonyms: | best, boss*, choice, chosen, cool*, cream*, delicate, discriminating, eclectic, elect, elegant, exclusive, exquisite, favored, first-class*, first-rate*, limited, number one, pick, posh, preferred, prime, privileged, rare, selected, selective, special, superior, top, topnotch, winner, blue-chip, culled, handpicked, picked, recherché, screened, tops, weeded, winnowed, world-class |
| Antonyms: | inferior, poor, second-rate |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | selective |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | discriminating |
| Synonyms: | careful, choosy, discerning, discriminatory, eclectic, fussy, judicious, particular, persnickety*, picky, scrupulous, select, choicy |
| Antonyms: | open, uncaring, undiscriminating, unselective |
* = informal/non-formal usage
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| Main Entry: | choice |
| Part of Speech: | adjective, noun |
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choice, choosing, chosen, conclusive, deligible, determinate, discoursive, discretional, discursive, disposed, doxastic, eclectic, half-minded, homodox, in the loop, judging, judicious, multivolent, optional, peremptory, perficiently, predisposed, preferential, snap, unbiased
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| Main Entry: | diversity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
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Adjectives: |
a hundred, a million, a myriad, a thousand, a thousand and one, a world of, all kinds of, all manner of, all manners of, all sorts of, allogeneous, and heaven knows what not, and what not, anidian, briarean, characteristic, crowded, daedal, decuple, dedal, desultory, different, differing, dioristic, discriminating, discriminative, disparate, distinctive, distinguishable, divers, diverse, diversified, diversiform, eclectic, endless, epicene, ever so many, full many, half a dozen, half a hundred, heterogeneous, in profusion, indiscriminate, irregular, manifold, many, many, modified, more than one can tell, mosaic, motley, multifarious, multifold, multiform, multigenerous, multinominal, multiple, multiplied, multispiral, multitudinous, multiversant, multivious, myriad, nice, no end of, no end to, not a few, not the same, numberose, numerous, numerous as the hairs on the head, numerous as the sands on the seashore, numerous as the stars of the firmament, of all sorts and kinds, of every description, of various kinds, omnifarious, omniform, omnigenous, omnigruous, other, peopled, plenty as blackberries, pluripotent, polymorphic, populous, profuse, proletaneous, protean, rough, several, some forty or fifty, something else, studded, sundry, teeming, thick, thick as hops, thick coming, unequal, uneven, unmatched, varied, variform, various, very many, widely apart
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| Main Entry: | painting |
| Part of Speech: | noun1, noun2, noun |
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Adjectives: |
low, painting, Byzantine, Hellenistic, Italianate, Kamakura, Ming, abstract, architectonic, colorfield, eclectic, elydoric, encaustic, farded, figurative, hard, hieratic, high, low in tone, monochromatic, monumental, nonobjective, painterly, pastoral, plein, pre, pre, representational, sfumato, stippled, tinctorial
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