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| Main Entry: | greet |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | welcome |
| Synonyms: | accost, acknowledge, address, approach, attend, bow, call to, compliment, curtsy, embrace, exchange greetings, extend one's hand, flag, hail, herald, high-five, highball, meet, move to, nod, pay respects, receive, recognize, roll out the red carpet, salaam*, salute, say hello, say hi, shake hands, shoulder, speak to, stop, tip one's hat, usher in*, whistle for |
| Antonyms: | say farewell, say goodbye |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | accost |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | approach for conversation or solicitation |
| Synonyms: | address, annoy, bother, brace*, call, challenge, confront, cross, dare, entice, face, flag, greet, hail, proposition, salute, welcome, buttonhole*, run into, whistle for |
| Antonyms: | avoid, dodge, evade, ignore, scorn, shun |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | kiss |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | touch one's lips to another's |
| Synonyms: | blow, brush, glance, graze, greet, lip*, make out*, mush*, neck*, osculate, peck, salute, smack*, smooch*, French*, butterfly*, pucker up |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | smooch |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | kiss |
| Synonyms: | greet, lip*, make out*, mush*, neck*, park*, peck, smack, French*, butterfly*, pucker up |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | welcome |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | receive gladly |
| Synonyms: | accept, accost, admit, embrace, entertain, flag*, greet, hail, hug, meet, receive, salute, take in, tumble*, accept gladly, bid welcome, offer hospitality, roll out red carpet, show in, usher in |
| Antonyms: | reject, turn away |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | hail |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | call to, yell for |
| Synonyms: | accost, address, flag, greet, hello, holler*, salute, shoulder, shout, signal, welcome, yawp*, flag down, sing out, speak to, wave down, whistle down, whistle for, yoo-hoo |
| Antonyms: | whisper |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | meet |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | happen on |
| Synonyms: | accost, affront, bump into, clash, collide, come across, confront, contact, cross, encounter, engage, experience, face, find, front, get together, grapple, greet, hit, light, luck*, salute, see, strike, stumble, tumble, tussle, wrestle, brush against, chance on, come up against, dig up, fall in with, make a meet, meet face to face, rendezvous with, rub eyeballs, run across, run into, run up against, touch shoulders |
| Antonyms: | miss |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | nod |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | gesture with head |
| Synonyms: | acknowledge, acquiesce, agree, approve, assent, beckon, bend, bow, concur, consent, curtsy, dip, duck, greet, indicate, recognize, respond, salute, sign, signal, say yes |
| Main Entry: | address |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | speak to a formal gathering |
| Synonyms: | approach, bespeak, call, discourse, discuss, greet, hail, lecture, orate, pitch, pontificate, spiel*, spout, stump*, talk, deliver speech, deliver talk, get on a soapbox, give speech, give talk, memorialize, root for, sermonize, take the floor |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | approach |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make request, suggestion |
| Synonyms: | accost, address, advise, beseech, confer, consult, entreat, feel, greet, implore, plead, propose, supplicate, tumble, appeal to, apply to, feel one out, give a play, give a tumble, make advance, make overture, make up to, sound out, speak to, take aside, talk to, thumb |
| Main Entry: | hail |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | honor, salute |
| Synonyms: | acclaim, acknowledge, applaud, cheer, commend, compliment, exalt, glorify, greet, praise, recognize, recommend, welcome, hear it for, kudize, root for |
| Antonyms: | disdain, dishonor, disparage, slight |
| Main Entry: | recognize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | acknowledge, understand; |
| Synonyms: | admit, agree, allow, appreciate, assent, avow, comprehend, concede, confess, grant, greet, honor, make, own, perceive, realize, respect, salute, sanction, see, approve accept, be aware of |
| Notes: | the use of 'appreciate' should involve valuing something or understanding it sympathetically, and when there is no value or sympathy, use 'recognize' or 'understand'; appreciate first meant 'set at a price; appraised' |
| Antonyms: | disapprove, misunderstand |
| Main Entry: | acknowledge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | verbally recognize receipt of something |
| Synonyms: | address, answer, greet, hail, notice, react, remark, reply, respond, return, salute, thank |
| Antonyms: | disregard, ignore |
| Main Entry: | receive |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | take in guest or member |
| Synonyms: | accept, accommodate, admit, bring in, entertain, greet, host, induct, initiate, install, introduce, invite, meet, permit, take in, welcome, allow entrance, let in, let through, make comfortable, make welcome, roll out red carpet, shake hands, show in, usher in |
| Antonyms: | turn away |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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