| Main Entry: | access |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | admission, means of entry, approach |
Synonyms: |
admittance, approach, avenue, connection, contact, course, door, entrance, entree, entry, in, ingress, introduction, key, open arms, open door, passage, path, road, route, way |
Antonyms: |
egress, outlet |
| Main Entry: | belong |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be affiliated with |
Synonyms: |
be a member, be a member of, be allied to, be associated with, be classified among, be contained in, be included in, be one of, be one of the family, be part of, fit in, have a place, in, in with, owe allegiance, owe support, run with, swing with, swing*, take one's place with |
| Main Entry: | entrée |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | admittance |
Synonyms: |
access, adit, admission, connection, contact, debut, door, entrance, entry, importation, in, incoming, induction, ingress, introduction, open arms, open door, way |
Antonyms: |
blackballing, rejection |
| Main Entry: | fad |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | craze |
Synonyms: |
affectation, amusement, caprice, chic, conceit, cry, custom, dernier cri, eccentricity, fancy, fantasy, fashion, fool notion, frivolity, furor, hobby, humor, in, in thing, innovation, kick, kink, latest word, mania, mode, new look, newest wrinkle, passing fancy, passion, quirk, rage, sport, style, thing, trend, vagary, vogue, whim, whimsy, wrinkle |
Antonyms: |
standard, tradition |
| Main Entry: | influence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | power, authority |
Synonyms: |
access, agency, ascendancy, character, clout, command, connections, consequence, control, credit, direction, domination, dominion, drag, effect, esteem, fame, fix, force, grease, guidance, hold, impact, importance, imprint, in, juice*, leadership, leverage, magnetism, mark, moment, money, monopoly, network, notoriety, predominance, prerogative, pressure, prestige, prominence, pull, repercussion, reputation, ropes, rule, significance, spell, supremacy, sway, weight* |
Antonyms: |
impotence, incapacity, inferiority, powerlessness, weakness |
| Main Entry: | interrupt |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bother, interfere |
Synonyms: |
arrest, barge in, break, break in, break off, break train of thought, bust in, butt in, check, chime in, come between, crash, crowd in, cut, cut in on, cut off*, cut short, defer, delay, disconnect, discontinue, disjoin, disturb, disunite, divide, edge in, get in the way, halt, heckle, hinder, hold up, horn in, impede, in, infringe, inject, insinuate, intrude, lay aside, obstruct, prevent, punctuate, put in, separate, sever, shortstop, stay, stop, suspend, work in |
| Main Entry: | liaison |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who acts as go-between |
Synonyms: |
communication, connection, contact, fixer, hookup, in, interchange, interface, intermediary, link |
| Main Entry: | link |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | component, connection |
Synonyms: |
articulation, association, attachment, bond, channel, connective, constituent, contact, copula, coupler, coupling, division, element, fastening, hitch, hookup, in, interconnection, interface, intersection, joining, joint, junction, knot, ligament, ligation, ligature, loop, member, network, nexus, part, piece, relationship, ring, seam, section, splice, tie, tie-up, vinculum, weld, yoke |
Antonyms: |
whole |
| Main Entry: | participant |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who takes part in activity |
Synonyms: |
a party to, actor, aide, assistant, associate, attendant, colleague, contributor, helper, in, member, partaker, participator, partner, party, player, shareholder, sharer |
Antonyms: |
fan, spectator |
| Main Entry: | rage |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something in vogue; popular notion |
Synonyms: |
caprice, chic, conceit, craze, crotchet, cry, dernier cri, enthusiasm, fad, fancy, fashion, freak, furor, happening, hot spot, in, in-spot, in-thing, last word, latest, latest thing, latest wrinkle, mania, mode, newest wrinkle, now*, passion, style, thing*, up to the minute, vagary, whim |
| Notes: | ire suggests greater intensity than anger, rage suggests loss of self-control, and fury is destructive rage verging on madness |