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facet - 17 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | facet |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | surface; aspect |
| Synonyms: | angle, appearance, character, face, feature, front, hand, level, obverse, part, phase, plane, side, slant, switch, twist |
| Main Entry: | attribute |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | feature |
| Synonyms: | aspect, character, characteristic, facet, idiosyncrasy, indication, mark, note, peculiarity, point, property, quality, quirk, sign, symbol, trait, virtue, particularity, speciality |
| Main Entry: | phase |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | period in life of something |
| Synonyms: | appearance, aspect, chapter, condition, development, facet, juncture, point, position, posture, stage, state, step, time |
| Notes: | to faze is to 'disconcert, embarrass'; phase as a verb is used with 'in' or 'out' to mean appear and disappear by stages |
| Main Entry: | surface |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | external part of something |
| Synonyms: | area, cover, covering, expanse, exterior, facade, face, facet, level, obverse, outside, peel, periphery, plane, rind, side, skin, stretch, top, veneer, exteriority, externality, superficiality, superficies |
| Antonyms: | core, inside, interior, middle |
| Main Entry: | aspect |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | visible feature |
| Synonyms: | air, appearance, attitude, bearing, condition, countenance, demeanor, expression, face, facet, form, look, manner, mien |
| Main Entry: | cut |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | sever, chop with sharp instrument; incise |
| Synonyms: | amputate, behead, bisect, bite, carve, chip, chisel, cleave, clip, crop, curtail, dice, dispatch, dissect, divide, facet, fell, gash, guillotine, hack, hash, hew, intersect, lacerate, level, lop, massacre, mince, mow, nick, notch, part, penetrate, perforate, pierce, prune, puncture, quarter, raze, reap, rend, rip, saber, score, separate, shave, shear, slash, slaughter, slay, slice, slit, sliver, snip, chine, decussate, dissever, flitch, lay open, mow down, rabbet, rive, saw, scarify, scissor, scythe, sickle, skive |
| 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: | face |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | front of something; expression, exterior |
| Synonyms: | air, appearance, aspect, cast, clock, countenance, dial*, disguise, display, facet, features, finish, frown, glower, grimace, guise, light*, look, makeup, map*, mask, mug*, obverse, paint*, physiognomy, pout, presentation, profile, scowl, seeming, semblance, show, showing, silhouette, smirk, surface, top, visage, frontage, frontal, frontispiece, kisser, lineaments, simulacrum |
| Antonyms: | back, behind, rear |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | feature |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | characteristic |
| Synonyms: | affection, angle, article, aspect, attribute, character, component, constituent, detail, earmark*, element, facet, factor, gag*, gimmick, hallmark, idiosyncrasy, individuality, ingredient, item, mark, peculiarity, point, property, quality, savor, slant*, specialty, trait, twist*, unit, virtue, differential, integrant, notability, particularity, speciality |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | plane |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | flat surface; level |
| Synonyms: | condition, degree, extension, face, facet, footing, grade, horizontal, obverse, position, sphere, stratum |
| Main Entry: | side |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | edge, exteriority of object |
| Synonyms: | aspect, attitude, border, bottom, boundary, direction, disposition, division, elevation, face, facet, flank, front, hand, haunch, jamb, limit, margin, part, perimeter, periphery, posture, quarter, rear, rim, sector, stance, stand, surface, top, verge, view, wing, hillside, lee, loin |
| Antonyms: | extremity, inside, middle, torso |
| Main Entry: | aspect |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | element to consider |
| Synonyms: | angle, bearing, direction, facet, feature, gimmick, hand, outlook, perspective, phase, point of view, position, prospect, regard, scene, side, situation, slant, switch, twist, view, vista |
| Antonyms: | whole |
| Main Entry: | respect |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | way, sense |
| Synonyms: | aspect, bearing, character, connection, detail, facet, feature, matter, particular, point, reference, regard, relation |
| Main Entry: | side |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | point of view |
| Synonyms: | angle, appearance, aspect, belief, direction, facet, hand, light, opinion, outlook, phase, position, slant, stand, standpoint, viewpoint |
| Main Entry: | vision |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mental image, concept |
| Synonyms: | angle, aspect, astuteness, conception, daydream, discernment, divination, dream, facet, fancy, fantasy, farsightedness, foreknowledge, foresight, head trip, idea, ideal, imagination, insight, intuition, keenness, muse, nightmare, outlook, penetration, perspective, phantasm, pie in the sky*, pipe dream*, point of view, prescience, retrospect, slant, standpoint, trip, understanding, view, breadth of view, castles in the air, ideality, mental picture |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | thing |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | aspect, characteristic |
| Synonyms: | article, attribute, detail, element, facet, factor, feature, item, particular, point, property, quality, statement, thought, trait |
| Main Entry: | point |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | aspect, characteristic |
| Synonyms: | attribute, case, circumstance, circumstantial, constituent, detail, element, facet, feature, instance, item, material, nicety, part, particular, peculiarity, property, quality, respect, side, thing*, trait |
| Antonyms: | personality, whole |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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