| Main Entry: | conception |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | beginning, birth |
Synonyms: |
fertilization, formation, germination, impregnation, inception, initiation, insemination, invention, launching, origin, outset, start |
| Notes: | a concept is a more definite, more unitary, more complete type of notion than is a conception, which is more of an ideational structure with a potential for realization (rather like a schema) |
Antonyms: |
abortion, death |
| Main Entry: | duplicate |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | copy, reproduction |
Synonyms: |
Xerox, analogue, carbon, carbon copy, chip off the old block, clone, companion, coordinate, copycat, correlate, counterfeit, counterpart, counterscript, dead ringer, ditto*, double, dupe*, duplication, facsimile, fake, fellow, germination, imitation, knockoff, likeness, lookalike, match, mate, obverse, parallel, phony, photocopy, photostat, pirate, reciprocal, recurrence, repetition, replica, replication, repro, ringer, second, similarity, spitting image, stat, twin |
Antonyms: |
archetype, model, original, prototype |
| Main Entry: | growth |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | development, progress |
Synonyms: |
advance, advancement, aggrandizement, augmentation, beefing up, boost, buildup, crop, cultivation, enlargement, evolution, evolvement, expansion, extension, fleshing out, flowering, gain, germination, heightening, hike, improvement, increase, maturation, maturing, multiplication, produce, production, proliferation, prosperity, rise, sprouting, stretching, success, surge, swell, thickening, unfolding, up, upping, vegetation, waxing, widening |
Antonyms: |
abatement, decrease, diminishment, failure, lessening, reduction, stagnation, underdevelopment |
| Main Entry: | pregnancy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | gestation |
Synonyms: |
child-bearing, fertilization, germination, gravidity, gravidness, impregnation, parturiency, propagation |
| Main Entry: | gravidity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pregnancy |
Synonyms: |
child-bearing, fertilization, germination, gestation, gravidness, impregnation, parturiency, propagation |
| Main Entry: | gravidness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pregnancy |
Synonyms: |
child-bearing, fertilization, germination, gestation, gravidity, impregnation, parturiency, propagation |
| Main Entry: | parturiency |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pregnancy |
Synonyms: |
child-bearing, fertilization, germination, gestation, gravidity, gravidness, impregnation, propagation |