| Main Entry: | function |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | capacity, job |
Synonyms: |
action, activity, affair, behavior, business, charge, concern, duty, employment, exercise, faculty, goal, mark, mission, object, objective, occupation, office, operation, part, post, power, province, purpose, raison d'être, responsibility, role, service, situation, target, task, use, utility, work |
| Main Entry: | function |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | social occasion |
Synonyms: |
affair, celebration, do*, gathering, get-together, meeting, party, reception |
| Main Entry: | function |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | perform, work |
Synonyms: |
act, act the part, be in action, be in commission, be in operation, be running, behave, cook, do, do duty, do one's thing, get with it, go, go to town, move, officialize, officiate, operate, percolate*, react, run, serve, take, take care of business |
Antonyms: |
idle, malfunction |
| Main Entry: | act |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | do something |
Synonyms: |
accomplish, achieve, begin, carry on, carry out, consummate, cook, create, develop, do, do a number, do one's thing, enforce, execute, function, get in there, go about, go for broke, go for it, go in for, go that route, go to town, intrude, knock off, labor, make progress, maneuver, move, officiate, operate, percolate*, perk*, perpetrate, persevere, persist, practice, preside, pursue, respond, serve, take effect, take part, take steps, take up, transort, undertake, work out |
| Notes: | an act is the main dramatic unit and a scene is a division within an act |
Antonyms: |
abstain, cease, discontinue, give up, halt, hesitate, idle, refrain, stop |
| Main Entry: | act |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | behave in a certain way |
Synonyms: |
appear, behave, carry, carry oneself, carry out, comport, conduct, do, enact, execute, exert, function, give the appearance, go about, impress as, operate, perform, play part, react, represent oneself, seem, serve, strike, take on |
| Main Entry: | affair |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | party or celebration |
Synonyms: |
do, entertainment, function, gathering, reception, shindig, soiree |
| Main Entry: | application |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | use |
Synonyms: |
appliance, appositeness, employment, exercise, exercising, function, germaneness, operation, pertinence, play, practice, purpose, relevance, usance, utilization, value |
| Main Entry: | business |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | job, profession |
Synonyms: |
bag*, biz, calling, career, craft, dodge*, employment, field, function, game, line, livelihood, métier, occupation, pursuit, racket, specialty, trade, vocation, what one is into, work |
Antonyms: |
avocation, recreation, unemployment |
| Main Entry: | business |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | personal concern |
Synonyms: |
affair, assignment, beeswax, carrying on, duty, function, goings-on, hanky-panky, happening, interest, issue, lookout, matter, palaver, point, problem, question, responsibility, subject, task, topic |
| Main Entry: | ceremony |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ritual; celebratory observation |
Synonyms: |
ceremonial, commemoration, custom, formality, function, liturgy, observance, ordinance, parade, rite, sacrament, service, show, solemnity, tradition |