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| Main Entry: | gag |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | practical joke |
| Synonyms: | crack, drollery, hoax, jest, quip, ruse, trick, wile, wisecrack, witticism |
| Main Entry: | gag |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | silence, stop up |
| Synonyms: | balk, bottle up*, choke, constrain, cork*, curb, deaden, demur, muffle, muzzle, obstruct, quiet, repress, restrain, shut down, shy, squash*, squelch, stifle, still, stumble, suppress, throttle*, cork up, garrote, keep the lid on, put the lid on, tape up, tongue-tie |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | gag |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | vomit, choke |
| Synonyms: | disgorge, gasp, heave, nauseate, pant, puke*, sicken, spew, strain, struggle, throw up, be nauseated, retch |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | anecdote |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | interesting or amusing story |
| Synonyms: | episode, fairy tale*, fish story*, gag*, incident, narration, narrative, recital, relation, reminiscence, short story, sketch, tale, tall tale*, yarn, chestnut*, long and short of it, old chestnut, tall story |
| Notes: | an antidote is a remedy or other agent used to neutralize or counteract the effects of a poison; an agent is a force or substance that relieves or counteracts; an anecdote is a short account of an interesting or humorous incident |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | caper |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | antic, lark |
| Synonyms: | escapade, gag*, gambol, high jinks, hop, jest, joke, jump, leap, mischief, practical joke, prank, put on*, revel, rib*, rollick, sport, stunt, tomfoolery*, trick, hot foot, monkeyshines, shenanigan |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | caprice |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sudden change of behavior |
| Synonyms: | bee*, caper*, crotchet, fad, fancy, freak, gag*, humor, impulse, inconsistency, jerk, kink, mood, notion, peculiarity, put on*, quirk, rib*, temper, thought, vagary, vein, whim, whimsy, changeableness, contrariety, fickleness, fitfulness, fool notion, inconstancy, perversity |
| Antonyms: | constancy, constant, dependability, steadfastness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | choke |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | smother, block |
| Synonyms: | asphyxiate, bar, check, clog, close, constrict, dam, die, drown, fill, gag, gasp, kill, noose, obstruct, occlude, overpower, retard, squeeze, stifle, stop, stopper, strangle, stuff, stunt, suffocate, suppress, throttle, wring, congest, garrote, gibbet, strangulate |
| Antonyms: | release, unblock, unconstrict |
| Main Entry: | escapade |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | adventure, usually lighthearted |
| Synonyms: | antic, caper, fling, folly, frolic, gag, high jinks, lark, mischief, prank, rib*, rollick, romp, scrape, shenanigans*, spree, stunt, trick, vagary, monkeyshines, roguery |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | hush |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | attempt to make quiet |
| Synonyms: | choke, gag, muffle, mute, muzzle, quiet, shut up, silence, stifle, still, stop, suppress, burke, quieten, shush |
| Antonyms: | yell |
| Main Entry: | jest |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | joke |
| Synonyms: | banter, crack, fun, funny, gag, game, hoax, jolly, laugh, one-liner*, play, pleasantry, prank, quip, rib, ridicule, sally, spoof, sport, wisecrack, witticism, bon mot, jive, rib-tickler |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | mischief |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | trouble, damage |
| Synonyms: | atrocity, catastrophe, evil, fault, gag, harm, high jinks, hurt, ill, injury, misbehavior, misconduct, misfortune, monkey business*, outrage, prank, sabotage, shenanigans, transgression, vandalism, wrong, wrongdoing, devilment, devilry, dirty trick, friskiness, frolicsomeness, funny business, impishness, mischievousness, misdoing, naughtiness, playfulness, rascality, roguery, roguishness, sportiveness, waggery, waggishness, waywardness |
| Antonyms: | behavior, obedience |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | muffle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | suppress, make quiet |
| Synonyms: | conceal, cover, cushion, dampen, deaden, decrease, drown, dull, envelop, gag, hide, hush, mellow, mute, muzzle, shut down, silence, smother, soft-pedal*, soften, squelch, stifle, subdue, tone down*, wrap*, put the lid on, quieten, sit down on |
| Antonyms: | blab, tell, let loose |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | mute |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | muffle, tone down sound |
| Synonyms: | benumb, bottle up*, dampen, deaden, drown, gag, hush, lower, moderate, muzzle, reduce, silence, soft-pedal*, soften, subdue, turn down, cork up, decrease the volume, keep it down, pipe down, put damper on, put the lid on |
| Antonyms: | articulate, speak, voice |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | muzzle |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | covering for control |
| Synonyms: | cage, cover, envelope, gag, guard, sheath, wrap |
| Main Entry: | prank |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | practical joke; frivolity |
| Synonyms: | antic, caper, caprice, escapade, fancy, fooling, frolic, gag, gambol, high jinks, horseplay*, hotfoot*, lark, levity, lightness, play, rib*, rollick, roughhouse, shenanigans, shine*, spoof, sport, tomfoolery, trick, whim, monkeyshines, put-on, roughhousing, rowdiness, skylarking |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | pretense |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | falsehood, affected show; cover |
| Synonyms: | act, acting, affectation, appearance, artifice, charade, claim, cloak, deceit, deception, display, double-dealing*, evasion, excuse, fabrication, facade, gag, guise, insincerity, invention, make-believe, mask, masquerade, misrepresentation, misstatement, ostentation, pretext, routine, ruse, semblance, sham*, simulation, stall, stunt, subterfuge, trickery, veil, veneer, wile, dissimulation, dumb act, fakery, faking, falsification, feigning, posing, posturing, pretentiousness, schtick, shuffling |
| Antonyms: | honesty, reality, truth, openness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | puke |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | vomit |
| Synonyms: | barf, be sick, bring up, chunder, cough up, do the technicolor yawn, gag, get sick, heave, hurl*, regurgitate, retch, spew, spit up, throw up, toss one's cookies, upchuck |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | quiet |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make silent, calm |
| Synonyms: | allay, ameliorate, appease, assuage, becalm, button one's lip, calm down, can it, choke, clam up, compose, console, cool it, cool out, dummy up, fix up, gag, gratify, hold it down, hush, ice*, inactivate, lull, moderate, mollify, muffle, muzzle, pacify, palliate, patch things up, please, quieten, reconcile, relax, satisfy, settle, shush, shut up, silence, slack, smooth, soft-pedal*, soften, soothe, square, squash, squelch, still, stroke, subdue, take the bite out of, tranquilize |
| Antonyms: | turn up |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | quip |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | witty communication, often verbal |
| Synonyms: | badinage, banter, crack, drollery, gag, gibe, insult, jeer, jest, joke, mockery, offense, pleasantry, pun, repartee, retort, riposte, sally, satire, spoof, wisecrack, witticism, bon mot |
| Main Entry: | regurgitate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | vomit |
| Synonyms: | be seasick, be sick, boff, drive the bus, dry heave, eject, emit, expel, gag*, heave*, hurl*, lose one's lunch, pray to the porcelain god, puke*, ralph, retch, spew, spit up, throw up, toss one's cookies, upchuck, urp |
* = 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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