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| Main Entry: | held |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | grasped |
| Synonyms: | adhered, defended, guarded, occupied, retained, taken, believed, clutched, controlled, detained, gripped |
| Antonyms: | freed, lost, released |
| Main Entry: | hold |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | have in one's hands, possession; grasp |
| Synonyms: | adhere, arrest, bind, bottle up, carry, catch, check, cherish, clasp, cleave, clench, clinch, cling, clutch, confine, contain, cradle, detain, embrace, enclose, enjoy, fondle, grip, handle, hang on, have, hug, imprison, keep, maintain, nourish, occupy, own, possess, press, restrain, retain, secure, seize, squeeze, stick, take, trammel, vise, wield, withhold, wring, cork up, freeze to, keep close, keep out, lock up, not let go, palm, put a lock on, stay put |
| Antonyms: | drop, release, let go |
| Main Entry: | hold |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | believe |
| Synonyms: | assume, aver, bet bottom dollar, buy*, consider, credit, cross one's heart, deem, entertain, esteem, feel, have hunch, have sneaking suspicion, judge, lap up, lay money on, maintain, okay, presume, reckon, regard, sense, set store by, swear by, swear up and down, take as gospel truth, take stock in, think, view |
| Antonyms: | abandon, disbelieve, forsake |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | hold |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | continue, endure |
| Synonyms: | apply, exist, last, operate, persevere, persist, remain, resist, stay, wear, be in effect, be in force, be the case, be valid, have bearing, hold good, hold true, remain true, stand up, stay staunch |
| Antonyms: | cease, desert, halt, quit, stop |
| Main Entry: | hold |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | support |
| Synonyms: | bear, bolster, brace, buttress, carry, lock, prop, shoulder, stay, sustain, take, uphold, shore up, underpin |
| Main Entry: | hold |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | have a capacity for |
| Synonyms: | accommodate, carry, comprise, contain, include, seat, take, be equipped for |
| Main Entry: | hold |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | conduct meeting, function |
| Synonyms: | assemble, call, carry on, celebrate, convene, have, officiate, preside, run, solemnize |
| Antonyms: | cancel |
| Main Entry: | absorbed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | being completely occupied mentally |
| Synonyms: | engaged, engrossed, fascinated, fixed, gone*, head over heels*, held, immersed, intent, involved, lost, preoccupied, rapt, captivated, consumed, deep in thought, really into, up to here, wrapped up |
| Antonyms: | bored, disinterested, distracted, indifferent, uninterested |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | confined |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | limited, enclosed |
| Synonyms: | bedridden, bound, cramp, cramped, held, imprisoned, indisposed, jailed, restrained, restricted, sick, bedfast, bottled up, chilled, circumscribed, compassed, cooped up, detained, flattened out, grounded, hampered, hog-tied, iced, immured, in chains, in jail, incarcerated, incommodious, invalided, laid up, locked up, on ice, pent, sealed up, shut in |
| Antonyms: | free, unlimited, liberated |
| Main Entry: | obsessed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | consumed, driven about belief, desire |
| Synonyms: | beset, bewitched, dogged*, engrossed, fiendish, haunted, held, hooked, infatuated, into*, possessed, preoccupied, prepossessed, seized, troubled, bedeviled, captivated, controlled, dominated, eat sleep and breathe, fixated, gripped, harassed, have on the brain, hung up on, immersed in, overpowered, plagued, really into, taken over, tied up, tormented, turned on, up to here in, wound up with, wrapped up in |
| Antonyms: | indifferent, unconcerned |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | on |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | in contact; ahead of |
| Synonyms: | about, above, adjacent, against, approaching, at, beside, covering, forth, forward, held, near, next, onward, over, supported, touching, toward, upon, with, close to, leaning on, on top of, resting on, situated on |
| Antonyms: | off |
| Main Entry: | rapt |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | absorbed, fascinated |
| Synonyms: | absent, absent-minded, abstracted, bewitched, blissful, busy, charmed, daydreaming, deep*, delighted, dreaming, ecstatic, employed, enamored, engaged, engrossed, happy, held, hung up*, hypnotized, immersed, inattentive, intent, involved, lost, oblivious, occupied, overwhelmed, preoccupied, rapturous, spellbound, taken, transported, unconscious, wrapped, beguiled, captivated, carried away, caught up in, enraptured, enthralled, entranced, gripped, ravished, wrapped up |
| Notes: | rapt means deeply moved or wholly absorbed as in thought; wrapped means enclosed securely in a covering of paper or the like |
| Antonyms: | disenchanted, repulsed, turned off |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | reputed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | believed |
| Synonyms: | alleged, assumed, conjectural, considered, estimated, held, hypothetical, ostensible, putative, reported, rumored, said, seeming, supposed, thought, accounted, deemed, gossiped, reckoned, regarded, suppositional, suppositious, supposititious, suppositive, suppository |
| Antonyms: | actual, real, true |
| Main Entry: | spellbound |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | enchanted, fascinated |
| Synonyms: | agape, bewildered, bewitched, breathless, charmed, held, hooked, petrified, possessed, rapt, transported, amazed, bemused, captivated, caught up, enthralled, gripped, mesmerized, open-mouthed, transfixed, under a spell |
| Antonyms: | disenchanted, disinterested |
| Main Entry: | impounded |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | kept |
| Synonyms: | held, seized, captured, confiscated |
| Main Entry: | owned |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | possessed |
| Synonyms: | bought, held, inherited, kept, retained, enjoyed, had, in hand, purchased |
| Main Entry: | responsible |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | accountable, in charge |
| Synonyms: | answerable, at fault, authoritative, bonded, bound, censurable, chargeable, culpable, engaged, executive, exposed, guilty, held, high, important, incumbent, liable, obligated, obliged, open, pledged, subject, tied, at the helm, bound to, carrying the load, compelled, constrained, contracted, decision-making, devolving on, duty-bound, fettered, hampered, in authority, in control, minding the store, on the hook, susceptive, sworn to, to blame, under contract, under obligation |
| Antonyms: | excused, exempt, free, immune, irresponsible |
| Main Entry: | retained |
| Part of Speech: | adjective1 |
| Definition: | kept |
| Synonyms: | confined, held, included, owned, possessed, received, remembered, reserved, restrained, saved, sustained, withheld, contained, detained, had, held back, maintained, secured, treasured |
| Antonyms: | lost, refused, wasted |
| Main Entry: | fast |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | fixed, immovable |
| Synonyms: | adherent, ardent, close, constant, durable, faithful, fastened, firm, fortified, held, impregnable, indelible, inextricable, lasting, loyal, permanent, resistant, resolute, secure, set, sound, stable, staunch, steadfast, stuck, sure, tenacious, tight, true, unwavering, attached, constrained, glued, true blue, wedged |
| Antonyms: | flexible, impermanent, insecure, loose, movable, unattached, unfixed |
| Main Entry: | kept |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | retained |
| Synonyms: | at hand, guarded, held, reserved, saved, withheld, clutched, maintained, on file, watched over |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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