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facts - 20 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | facts |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | inside information |
| Synonyms: | bottom line*, brass tacks*, certainty, clue, cue, data, details, dope*, gospel, reality, scoop*, score*, story, info, inside dope, like it is, lowdown, numbers, poop, whole story |
| Antonyms: | lies |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fact |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | verifiable truth; reality |
| Synonyms: | actuality, appearance, authenticity, basis, bottom line*, brass tacks*, case, certainty, certitude, concrete happening, dope*, evidence, experience, genuineness, gospel, gospel truth*, how it is, intelligence, law, like it is, matter*, naked truth*, palpability, permanence, scene, scripture, solidity, stability, substantiality, verity, what's what |
| Antonyms: | fabrication, lie |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fact |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | event; detail of action |
| Synonyms: | accomplishment, act, action, actuality, adventure, affair, being, case, circumstance, conception, consideration, construction, creation, data, deed, entity, episode, evidence, experience, factor, fait accompli, feature, happening, incident, information, item, manifestation, occurrence, organism, particular, performance, phenomenon, point, proceeding, specific, transaction, truism, datum, statistic |
| Antonyms: | lie |
| Main Entry: | data |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | information in visible form |
| Synonyms: | brass tacks*, chapter and verse*, circumstances, details, dope, dossier, evidence, facts, goods, knowledge, notes, picture, proof, scoop, score, statistics, testimony, abstracts, compilations, conclusions, documents, experiments, figures, info, input, materials, measurements, memorandums, reports, results, whole story |
| Notes: | data (plural noun) is a collection of facts, observations, or measurements from which conclusions may be drawn while datum (singular noun) is an item of factual information derived from measurement or research |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | knowledge |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person's understanding; information |
| Synonyms: | ability, acquaintance, apprehension, awareness, cognition, comprehension, consciousness, dirt*, discernment, doctrine, dogma, dope*, education, enlightenment, erudition, expertise, facts, familiarity, goods*, grasp, insight, instruction, intelligence, judgment, know-how*, learning, light*, lore, observation, philosophy, picture, power*, proficiency, recognition, scholarship, science, scoop*, substance, theory, tuition, wisdom, accomplishments, attainments, inside story, principles, schooling |
| Antonyms: | ignorance |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | nitty-gritty |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | basic facts |
| Synonyms: | basics, bottom line*, bottom line, brass tacks, core, essence, focus, fundamentals, gist, heart, kernel, meat, meat and potatoes, name of the game, nuts and bolts*, nuts and bolts, quintessence, reality, root, soul, substance, chief part, chief thing, cold fact, essential details, essential part, hard fact, heart of the matter, important matter, the facts, the facts, the name of the game |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | testimony |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | declaration about truth; proof |
| Synonyms: | affidavit, affirmation, avowal, confirmation, data, demonstration, deposition, evidence, facts, grounds, illustration, indication, information, manifestation, profession, statement, submission, substantiation, support, testament, verification, witness, attestation, corroboration, documentation |
| Main Entry: | verification |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | proof |
| Synonyms: | affidavit, confirmation, credentials, deposition, endorsement, evidence, facts, information, record, scoop*, seal, signature, stamp, substantiation, testament, testimony, attestation, authentication, averment, certification, documents |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | brass tacks |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | the facts |
| Synonyms: | basics, facts, nitty-gritty, basic facts, cases, essential facts, essentials, realities, the dope, the scoop, the whole story, truth of the matter |
| Main Entry: | proof |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | evidence, authentication |
| Synonyms: | affidavit, argument, case, chapter and verse*, clincher*, clue, confirmation, credentials, criterion, cue*, data, demonstration, deposition, establishment, exhibit, facts, goods*, grounds, information, nitty-gritty*, picture, reason, record, scoop*, score*, skinny*, smoking gun*, substantiation, testament, testimony, trace, verification, warrant, wherefore*, why*, witness, attestation, averment, certification, corroboration, documents, grabber, lowdown, paper trail, reasons, straight stuff, validation, whyfor |
| Antonyms: | hypothesis, theory |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | intelligence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | secret information |
| Synonyms: | advice, clue, data, dirt, disclosure, facts, knowledge, leak, news, notice, notification, picture, report, rumor, tidings, word*, findings, hot tip, info, inside story, lowdown, tip-off |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | material |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | written matter |
| Synonyms: | data, evidence, facts, information, notes, reading, text, work |
| Main Entry: | dope |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | inside news |
| Synonyms: | account, details, facts, information, knowledge, tip*, developments, info, lowdown |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | actuality |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something that truly exists, is real |
| Synonyms: | achievement, attainment, brass tacks*, fact, real world*, reality, substance, truth, actualization, materiality, materialization, straight stuff, substantiality, what it is |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | case |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | circumstance, conditions |
| Synonyms: | context, contingency, crisis, dilemma, event, eventuality, fact, incident, occurrence, plight, position, predicament, problem, quandary, situation, state, status |
| 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: | criterion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | test, gauge for judgment |
| Synonyms: | archetype, basis, benchmark, canon, example, exemplar, fact, foundation, law, measure, model, norm, opinion, original, paradigm, pattern, precedent, principle, proof, prototype, rule, scale, standard, touchstone, yardstick, point of comparison |
| Antonyms: | change, conjecture, fancy, guess, possibility, probability |
| Main Entry: | deed |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | achievement |
| Synonyms: | accomplishment, act, action, adventure, ballgame, big idea, bit, byplay, cause, commission, crusade, do, enterprise, exploit, fact, feat, follow through, game, happenin', performance, plan, quest, reality, securing, stunt, thing*, tour de force, truth, winning |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | detail |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | feature, specific aspect |
| Synonyms: | accessory, article, brass tacks*, chapter and verse*, component, count, cue, design, dope*, element, fact, factor, fraction, item, meat and potatoes*, nicety, nitty-gritty*, nuts and bolts*, part, particular, peculiarity, plan, point, portion, respect, schedule, specialty, specification, structure, technicality, thing, trait, trivia, ABCs, circumstantiality, fine point, minor point, minutia, singularity, triviality |
| Antonyms: | whole |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | effect |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | impact, impression |
| Synonyms: | action, clout, drift, effectiveness, efficacy, efficiency, enforcement, essence, execution, fact, force, import, imprint, influence, mark, meaning, power, purport, purpose, reality, sense, significance, strength, tenor, use, validity, vigor, weight, implementation |
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