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| Main Entry: | exact |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | demand, call for |
| Synonyms: | assess, bleed, call, challenge, claim, coerce, command, compel, constrain, extort, extract, force, gouge, impose, levy, oblige, pinch, postulate, put on, require, requisition, solicit, squeeze, wrench, wrest, wring, insist upon, lean on, shake down* |
| Antonyms: | give |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | exact |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | accurate, precise |
| Synonyms: | bull's-eye, careful, clear, clear-cut, correct, dead on, definite, distinct, downright, explicit, express, faithful, faultless, identical, literal, methodical, nailed down, nice, on target, on the button, on the money, on the numbers, orderly, particular, perfect, right, right on, rigorous, sharp, specific, true, unequivocal, unerring, veracious, verbal, verbatim |
| Antonyms: | approximate, imprecise, inaccurate, incorrect, indefinite, inexact |
| Main Entry: | exact |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | careful, painstaking |
| Synonyms: | conscientious, demanding, exacting, finicky, fussy, heedful, meticulous, punctilious, punctual, rigorous, scrupulous, severe, strict, conscionable |
| Antonyms: | approximate, careless, unreliable, uncareful |
| Main Entry: | blackmail |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | intimidating for money |
| Synonyms: | badger, bleed, coerce, compel, demand, exact, extort, force, milk*, ransom, shake*, squeeze*, threaten, hold to ransom, put the shake on, shake down* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | ceremonious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | ritual, formal |
| Synonyms: | civil, courteous, courtly, decorous, deferential, dignified, exact, grandiose, impressive, majestic, moving, precise, proper, punctilious, seemly, solemn, starchy, stately, stiff, striking |
| Notes: | ceremonial is more often applied to things (clothing, etc.) and ceremonious is used for persons and things (occasion, venue) |
| Antonyms: | informal, unceremonious, relaxed, unobserved |
| Main Entry: | challenge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dispute, question |
| Synonyms: | accost, arouse, assert, beard, brave, call for, claim, confront, cross, dare, defy, demand, denounce, exact, face the music*, impeach, impose, impugn, inquire, investigate, provoke, query, reclaim, require, stimulate, summon, tax, test, throw down the gauntlet*, try, vindicate, ask for, call out, face down, face off, fly in the face of, hang in, insist upon, invite competition, make a point of, make a stand, object to, search out, stand up to, stick it out |
| Antonyms: | agreement, answer, decision, victory |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | claim |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | demand, maintain property or right |
| Synonyms: | adduce, advance, allege, ask, assert, believe, call for, challenge, collect, declare, defend, exact, hit, hold, insist, justify, knock, need, pick up, pop the question*, postulate, pretend, profess, pronounce, require, requisition, solicit, take, uphold, vindicate, have dibs on something, hit up, hold out for, lay claim to, stake out |
| Antonyms: | deny, disclaim, question |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | compel |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | force to act |
| Synonyms: | bulldoze*, coerce, constrain, drive, enforce, exact, hustle, impel, make, necessitate, oblige, restrain, squeeze, urge, concuss, crack down, dragoon, make necessary, put the arm on, put the chill on, shotgun, throw weight around, turn on the heat |
| Antonyms: | block, check, delay, deter, hinder, impede, obstruct, stop |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | dead-on |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | exactly correct |
| Synonyms: | accurate, definite, direct, exact, on the nose*, pinpoint, precise, unerring, absolutely right, by the book, dead-center, on the button, on the mark, on the mark, on the money, on the money, to the point, very accurate |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | detailed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | itemized, particularized |
| Synonyms: | abundant, accurate, all-inclusive, circumstantial, complete, complicated, comprehensive, copious, definite, developed, elaborate, exact, exhaustive, finicky*, full, fussy*, individual, intricate, meticulous, minute, narrow, nice, precise, specific, specified, thorough, amplified, at length, blow-by-blow, circumstantiated, clocklike, described, disclosed, elaborated, enumerated, exhausting, individualized, point-by-point, seriatim, unfolded |
| Antonyms: | brief, cursory, sparing, uncomplicated, inexhaustive, nonspecific, undetailed |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | elaborate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | intricate; involved |
| Synonyms: | busy, careful, complex, complicated, detailed, elegant, exact, extensive, extravagant, fancy, fussy, imposing, knotty, labored, labyrinthine, luxurious, minute, ornate, ostentatious, overdone, overworked, painstaking, perfected, plush, posh, precise, prodigious, refined, showy, skillful, sophisticated, studied, thorough, decorated, embellished, garnished, high tech, highly wrought, many-faceted, ornamented, with all the extras, with all the options, with bells and whistles |
| Antonyms: | general, normal, plain, regular, simple, uncomplicated, usual, unelaborate, uninvolved |
| Main Entry: | elicit |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | draw out |
| Synonyms: | badger, bite*, bring, bring out, bring to light*, cause, derive, educe, evince, evoke, evolve, exact, extort, extract, fetch, milk*, obtain, rattle, shake, squeeze, wrest, wring, arm-twist, bring forth, call forth, give rise to, put muscle on, put the arm on, shake down* |
| Antonyms: | cover, hide, keep, repress, supress |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | enforce |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | put a rule, plan in force |
| Synonyms: | accomplish, administer, apply, carry out, coerce, commandeer, compel, constrain, demand, dictate, discharge, drive, effect, egg on*, emphasize, exact, execute, exert, expect, extort, fortify, fulfill, goad, hound, impel, implement, impose, incite, invoke, lash, make, necessitate, oblige, perform, press, prosecute, reinforce, require, sanction, spur, strain, stress, strong-arm, support, urge, whip, wrest, administrate, crack down, dragoon, force upon, insist on, lean on, put into effect, put screws to |
| Antonyms: | abandon, disregard, drop, forego, forget, neglect, overlook, give up |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | explicit |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | specific, unambiguous |
| Synonyms: | absolute, accurate, categorical, certain, clean-cut, clear, clear-cut, correct, definite, definitive, direct, distinct, exact, express, frank, lucid, obvious, on the nose*, open, outspoken, patent, perspicuous, plain, positive, precise, stated, straightforward, sure, understandable, unequivocal, unqualified, unreserved |
| Antonyms: | ambiguous, confused, equivocal, implicit, indefinite, obscure, vague, unspecific |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | extort |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cheat; blackmail |
| Synonyms: | bleed*, bully, clip, coerce, demand, educe, elicit, evince, exact, extract, fleece, force, get, gouge, hold up*, ice*, make pay through nose, milk*, obtain, pinch, pull one's leg, put screws to, put the arm on, secure, shake down*, skin*, soak, squeeze, stick, sting, wrench, wrest, wring |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | factual |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | real, correct |
| Synonyms: | absolute, accurate, actual, authentic, card-carrying, certain, circumstantial, close, credible, descriptive, exact, faithful, genuine, hard, kosher*, legit, legitimate, literal, objective, on the level*, positive, precise, righteous, specific, straight from horse's mouth, sure, sure-enough, true, true-to-life, unadorned, unbiased, undoubted, unquestionable, valid, veritable |
| Antonyms: | biased, false, imprecise, incorrect, unfactual, untruthful |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fine |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | penalize in monetary way |
| Synonyms: | alienate, amerce, confiscate, dock*, exact, extort, levy, mulct, punish, seize, tax, hit with, make pay, pay through the nose, sconce, sequestrate, slap with, throw book at |
| Antonyms: | award, compensate, reimburse, reward |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | finite |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | subject to limitations |
| Synonyms: | bound, bounded, conditioned, confined, definable, definite, exact, fixed, limited, precise, restricted, specific, circumscribed, delimited, demarcated, determinate, terminable |
| Antonyms: | endless, infinite, interminable, unlimited, unrestricted |
| Main Entry: | fussy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | meticulous, particular |
| Synonyms: | careful, choosy, conscientious, dainty, difficult, discriminating, exact, exacting, fastidious, finicky, fretful, fuddy-duddy*, heedful, painstaking, persnickety, picky, punctilious, punctual, querulous, scrupulous, squeamish, conscionable, finical, hard to please, nit-picking, overfastidious, picky-picky, stickling |
| Antonyms: | uncritical, undemanding, unfussy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | identical |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | alike, equal |
| Synonyms: | Xerox*, carbon copy*, corresponding, dead ringer*, ditto*, double, duplicate, equivalent, exact, indistinguishable, interchangeable, like, look-alike, matching, same, spitting image*, tantamount, twin, very, identic, like two peas in a pod, one and the same, same difference, selfsame, very same |
| Antonyms: | different, dissimilar, distinct, diverse, opposite, unequal, unlike |
* = 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
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