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| Main Entry: | element |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | essential feature |
| Synonyms: | aspect, basic, basis, bit, component, constituent, detail, drop, facet, factor, fundamental, hint, ingredient, item, material, matter, member, part, particle, particular, piece, portion, principle, root, section, stem, subdivision, trace, unit, view |
| Main Entry: | element |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | place where one feels comfortable |
| Synonyms: | domain, environment, field, habitation, medium, milieu, sphere |
| Antonyms: | foreign land |
| Main Entry: | circumstance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | situation, condition |
| Synonyms: | Moira, accident, action, adjunct, affair, article, case, cause, coincidence, concern, contingency, crisis, destiny, detail, doom, element, episode, event, exigency, fact, factor, fate, feature, fortuity, go, happening, happenstance, incident, intervention, item, juncture, kismet, lot, matter, occasion, occurrence, particular, phase, place, point, portion, proviso, respect, scene, status, stipulation, supervention, thing, time, where it's at |
| Main Entry: | environment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | surroundings, atmosphere |
| Synonyms: | aura, backdrop, background, circumstances, climate, conditions, context, domain, element, entourage, habitat, hood*, jungle*, locale, medium, milieu, neck of the woods, neighborhood, scene, scenery, setting, situation, status, surroundings, terrain, territory, turf, zoo, ambiance, encompassment, purlieus, stomping ground |
| Notes: | environment emerged linked with nature, implying 'natural' (not human, not cultural) surroundings; ecology emerged as a scientific effort to connect organisms (such as the human) to their environments environment is the area in which something exists or lives; habitat is a the place or type of place where a person or thing is most likely to be found |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | essential |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | necessity, basic |
| Synonyms: | ABCs, bottom line*, brass tacks*, condition, element, essence, fire and ice, fundamental, groceries*, guts*, heart, meat and potatoes*, must, name of the game*, nitty-gritty*, nuts and bolts*, part and parcel, precondition, prerequisite, principle, quintessence, requirement, requisite, rudiment, sine qua non, stuff, substance, vital part, where one's at |
| Antonyms: | accessory, auxiliary, nonessential, subsidiary, throwaway, trivia |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | factor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | determinant |
| Synonyms: | agency, agent, aid, antecedent, aspect, board, cause, circumstance, component, consideration, constituent, element, fixin's, influence, ingredient, instrument, instrumentality, item, makin's, means, part, part and parcel, point, portion, thing |
| Main Entry: | fundamental |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | basic, essential part |
| Synonyms: | axiom, basis, bottom line*, brass tacks*, component, constituent, cornerstone, element, factor, foundation, guts*, heart, law, nitty-gritty*, principle, rock bottom*, rule, theorem, ABCs, coal and ice, principium, rudiment, sine qua non |
| Antonyms: | addition, auxiliary, extra, subordinate, trivia |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | habitat/habitation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | place where someone resides |
| Synonyms: | abode, accommodations, address, apartment, berth, cave, condominium, den, domicile, dwelling, element, environment, flat, haunt*, haven, hearth, hole*, home, home plate, house, housing, locale, lodging, neck of the woods, nest, nook, occupancy, occupation, pad*, place, quarters, range, residence, roof*, roost*, seat*, settlement, site, stamping ground*, surroundings, terrain, territory, turf, biosphere, co-op, commorancy, condo, digs, fireside, homestead, locality, residency, stomping ground |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | ingredient |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | component of concoction |
| Synonyms: | additive, constituent, element, factor, fixing, fundamental, innards, integral, making, part, part and parcel, piece, integrant |
| Antonyms: | whole |
| Main Entry: | item |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | part, article |
| Synonyms: | account, aspect, bit, blurb*, bulletin, column, component, consideration, detail, dispatch, element, entry, feature, incidental, information, matter, news, note, notice, novelty, particular, piece, point, report, scoop*, scrap, specific, story, thing, write-up, conversation piece, minor point, minutia, paragraph |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | link |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | component, connection |
| Synonyms: | articulation, association, attachment, bond, channel, constituent, contact, division, element, fastening, hitch, intersection, joint, junction, knot, ligature, loop, member, network, nexus, part, piece, relationship, ring, seam, section, splice, tie, weld, yoke, connective, copula, coupler, coupling, hookup, in, interconnection, interface, joining, ligament, ligation, tie-up, vinculum |
| Antonyms: | whole |
| Main Entry: | milieu |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | environment, atmosphere |
| Synonyms: | ambience, background, bag, climate, element, locale, location, medium, neighborhood, place, scene, setting, space, sphere, surroundings, turf, ambient, mise-en-scène, nabe |
| Main Entry: | organ |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | means, tool |
| Synonyms: | agency, agent, channel, device, element, forum, implement, instrument, journal, magazine, medium, member, ministry, mouthpiece, newspaper, paper, part, periodical, process, publication, review, structure, unit, vehicle, voice, way |
| Main Entry: | particular |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | detail |
| Synonyms: | ABC's, article, bottom line*, brass tacks*, case, chapter and verse*, circumstance, clue, cue, element, fact, facts of life, feature, gospel, item, know*, lowdown, nitty-gritty*, nuts and bolts*, picture, point, rundown*, scoop*, score*, speciality, specific, specification, story, thing*, what's what, whole story |
| Antonyms: | generality |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | requirement/requisite |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | necessity, want |
| Synonyms: | claim, compulsion, concern, condition, demand, element, essential, exigency, extremity, fulfillment, fundamental, imperative, lack, must, need, obligation, obsession, pinch, preliminary, preoccupation, prerequisite, prescription, provision, proviso, qualification, specification, stipulation, terms, urgency, desideratum, engrossment, exaction, precondition, prepossession, sine qua non, vital part |
| Antonyms: | desire, option, wish |
| Main Entry: | sample |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | example, model |
| Synonyms: | bit, bite, case, case history, constituent, cross section, element, fragment, illustration, indication, individual, instance, morsel, part, pattern, piece, portion, representative, segment, sign, specimen, unit, exemplification, sampling, typification |
| Main Entry: | streak |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | vein, line; small part |
| Synonyms: | band, bar, beam, dash, element, hint, intimation, layer, ray, ridge, rule, shade, slash, smear, strain, stream, strip, stripe, stroke, suggestion, suspicion, touch, trace |
| Main Entry: | trace |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | evidence; small bit |
| Synonyms: | breath, crumb, dab, dash, drop, element, footprint, fragment, hint, indication, intimation, iota, jot, mark, memento, minimum, nuance, particle, pinch, proof, record, relic, remains, remnant, scintilla, shade, shadow, shred, sign, slot, smell, smidgen, snippet, soupçon, speck, spoor, spot, sprinkling, strain, streak, suggestion, survival, suspicion, taste, tincture, tinge, token, touch, track, trail, tread, trifle, vestige, whiff, whisper, footmark, nib, tittle |
| Antonyms: | lot |
| Main Entry: | habitat |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | residence |
| Synonyms: | abode, accommodations, address, apartment, berth, cave, condominium, crib, den, domicile, dwelling, element, environment, flat, habitation, haunt, haven, hearth, hole, home, home plate, house, housing, locale, lodging, nest, nook, occupancy, occupation, pad, place, quarters, range, roof, roost, seat, settlement, site, stamping ground, surroundings, terrain, territory, turf, biosphere, commorancy, condo, digs, fireside, homestead, locality, residency, stomping ground |
| Antonyms: | unnatural surroundings |
| Main Entry: | pilot light |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | gas burner |
| Synonyms: | Bunsen burner, burner, element, jet, gas jet, heating element, pilot burner |
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