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information - 20 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | information |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | facts, news |
| Synonyms: | advice, ammo, break*, chapter and verse*, clue, confidence, counsel, cue, data, dirt*, dope*, dossier, earful, enlightenment, erudition, illumination, info, inside story, instruction, intelligence, knowledge, leak, learning, lore, lowdown, material, message, network, notice, notification, orientation, propaganda, report, science, scoop, score, tidings, tip, what's what, whole story, wisdom, word* |
| Antonyms: | ignorance |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | advice |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | recommendation |
| Synonyms: | admonition, advisement, advocacy, aid, bum steer*, caution, charge, consultation, counsel, directions, dissuasion, encouragement, exhortation, forewarning, guidance, help, information, injunction, input, instruction, judgment, lesson, news, opinion, persuasion, prescription, proposal, proposition, recommendation, steer, suggestion, teaching, telltale, tidings, tip, tip-off, two cents' worth, view, warning, word, word to the wise |
| Notes: | advise (verb) means 'to offer advice to or counsel'; advice (noun) is an opinion about what could or should be done about a situation or problem |
| Antonyms: | betrayal, deceit, deception, falsehood, lie, misinformation, misrepresentation |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | awareness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | knowledge |
| Synonyms: | acquaintance, alertness, appreciation, apprehension, attention, cognizance, comprehension, consciousness, discernment, enlightenment, experience, familiarity, information, keenness, perception, realization, recognition, sensibility, understanding, acquaintanceship, aliveness, attentiveness, bodhi, mindfulness, sentience |
| Antonyms: | ignorance, insensitivity, unconsciousness |
| Main Entry: | briefing |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | preparation by informing of facts |
| Synonyms: | conference, discussion, guidance, information, initiation, instruction, meeting, preamble, rundown, update, background meeting, directions, priming |
| Main Entry: | documentary |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | investigative report |
| Synonyms: | account, broadcast, feature, film, information, narrative, docudrama |
| Main Entry: | dossier |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | file |
| Synonyms: | archives, information, portfolio, profile, record, report, summary, personal account, recorded information |
| Main Entry: | edification |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | improvement, education |
| Synonyms: | betterment, elevation, elucidation, enhancement, enlightenment, guidance, illumination, information, instruction, knowledge, learning, nurture, teaching, tuition, uplifting, irradiation, schooling |
| Antonyms: | destruction, worsening |
| Main Entry: | education |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | instruction, development of knowledge |
| Synonyms: | background, brainwashing*, breeding, civilization, cultivation, culture, direction, discipline, edification, enlightenment, erudition, finish, guidance, improvement, indoctrination, information, learning, literacy, nurture, preparation, reading, refinement, scholarship, science, study, teaching, training, tuition, tutelage, tutoring, apprenticeship, book learning, catechism, coaching, drilling, inculcation, learnedness, pedagogy, propagandism, proselytism, rearing, schooling |
| Antonyms: | ignorance |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | enlightenment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | awareness, understanding |
| Synonyms: | civilization, comprehension, cultivation, culture, edification, education, information, insight, instruction, knowledge, learning, literacy, refinement, sophistication, teaching, wisdom, bodhi, broad-mindedness, open-mindedness |
| Antonyms: | bewilderment, confusion, ignorance, puzzlement |
| Main Entry: | evidence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | proof |
| Synonyms: | affirmation, clincher*, clue, confirmation, cue, data, declaration, demonstration, deposition, dope*, goods*, gospel, grounds, index, indication, information, manifestation, mark, sign, significant, smoking gun*, substantiation, symptom, testament, testimonial, testimony, token, witness, attestation, averment, cincher, corroboration, documentation, grabber, indicia, info |
| Antonyms: | contradiction, refutation, disproof, heresay |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | explanation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | clarification; reason |
| Synonyms: | account, annotation, answer, breakdown, brief, cause, comment, commentary, confession, definition, demonstration, description, details, display, elucidation, evidence, example, excuse, exposition, expression, gloss, history, illustration, information, interpretation, justification, meaning, mitigation, motive, narration, note, recital, rendition, report, resolution, sense, showing, significance, specification, statement, story, summary, tale, talking, telling, vindication, writing, explication |
| Antonyms: | complication |
| Main Entry: | hint |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | indication; suggestion |
| Synonyms: | advice, allusion, announcement, clue, communication, connotation, denotation, evidence, help, idea, implication, impression, inference, information, inkling, innuendo, insinuation, intimation, iota, lead, mention, notice, notion, observation, omen, pointer, print, reference, reminder, scent, sign, smattering, suspicion, symptom, taste, telltale, tinge, tip, token, trace, warning, whiff*, whisper, wink*, wrinkle*, adumbration, flea in ear, glimmering, signification, tip-off, word to wise |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | item |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | part, article |
| Synonyms: | account, aspect, bit, blurb*, bulletin, column, component, consideration, detail, dispatch, element, entry, feature, incidental, information, matter, news, note, notice, novelty, particular, piece, point, report, scoop*, scrap, specific, story, thing, write-up, conversation piece, minor point, minutia, paragraph |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | learning |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | education, knowledge |
| Synonyms: | culture, erudition, information, literature, lore, research, scholarship, science, study, training, tuition, wisdom, acquirements, attainments, letters, schooling |
| Antonyms: | ignorance |
| Main Entry: | literature |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | written matter, both fictional and nonfictional |
| Synonyms: | abstract, article, biography, brochure, comment, composition, critique, discourse, discussion, disquisition, dissertation, drama, essay, exposition, history, humanities, information, leaflet, lit, lore, novel, observation, pamphlet, paper, poetry, précis, prose, report, research, story, summary, theme, thesis, tract, treatise, treatment, belles-lettres, books, classics, findings, letters, literary works, writings, written work |
| Antonyms: | speech |
| Main Entry: | lore |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | myths, traditional wisdom |
| Synonyms: | adage, belief, custom, doctrine, enlightenment, erudition, experience, fable, folklore, information, knowledge, learning, legend, mythology, saga, saying, scholarship, science, superstition, tale, teaching, tradition, letters, mythos, saw |
| Main Entry: | notification |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | announcement |
| Synonyms: | advertisement, advisory, alert, bulletin, communication, declaration, information, message, news, notice, proclamation, release, report, statement, warning, communique |
| Main Entry: | science |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | methodical study of part of material world |
| Synonyms: | art, branch, discipline, education, erudition, information, learning, lore, scholarship, skill, system, technique, wisdom, body of knowledge |
| Antonyms: | art |
| Main Entry: | testimony |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | declaration about truth; proof |
| Synonyms: | affidavit, affirmation, avowal, confirmation, data, demonstration, deposition, evidence, facts, grounds, illustration, indication, information, manifestation, profession, statement, submission, substantiation, support, testament, verification, witness, attestation, corroboration, documentation |
| Main Entry: | tidings |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | greetings, news |
| Synonyms: | advice, bulletin, communication, dirt, information, intelligence, message, report, word |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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