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| Main Entry: | interest |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hold the attention of |
| Synonyms: | affect, amuse, appeal, arouse, attract, concern, divert, engage, engross, entertain, enthrall, excite, fascinate, grab, hook, intrigue, involve, lure, move, perk up, pique, please, pull, snare, tantalize, tempt, titillate, touch, turn on, appeal to, be interesting to, sit up |
| Antonyms: | bore, bother, disenchant, disinterest |
| Main Entry: | interest |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | attraction, curiosity |
| Synonyms: | absorption, activity, affection, care, case, concern, consequence, diversion, enthusiasm, excitement, game, hobby, importance, into, matter, moment, note, notice, passion, pastime, preoccupation, pursuit, racket, recreation, regard, relaxation, significance, sport, suspicion, sympathy, thing, attentiveness, concernment, engrossment, interestedness, leisure activity, relevance |
| Antonyms: | apathy, boredom, indifference, disinterest |
| Main Entry: | interest |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | advantage |
| Synonyms: | benefit, gain, good, profit, prosperity, welfare, well-being |
| Antonyms: | disadvantage |
| Main Entry: | interest |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | share, investment |
| Synonyms: | accrual, authority, bonus, claim, commitment, credit, discount, due, earnings, gain, influence, involvement, participation, percentage, piece, portion, premium, right, stake, title, points |
| Main Entry: | investment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something given, lent for a return |
| Synonyms: | advance, ante, asset, backing, bail, contribution, endowment, expenditure, expense, finance, financing, flutter, grant, hunch, inside, loan, money, piece, plunge, property, purchase, speculation, stab*, stake, transaction, venture, interests, investing, smart money, spec, vested interests |
| Antonyms: | divestment |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | power structure |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | management hierarchy |
| Synonyms: | establishment, hierarchy, stratification, class structure, corridors of power, interests, managerial hierarchy, power elite, powers that be, ruling class, status system |
| Main Entry: | capital |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | financial assets |
| Synonyms: | IRA, business, cash, estate, finances, financing, fortune, funds, gold, investment, kitty*, means, money, nest egg*, principal, property, resources, savings, stake, stock, substance, treasure, ways and means*, wealth, wherewithal, CD, interests |
| Notes: | the word capitol is from the Roman Capitoline Hill and the similarity between capitol and capital is purely coincidental; capitol applies to the building and capital to the seat of a government |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | account |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | basis or consideration for action |
| Synonyms: | cause, ground, grounds, interest, justification, motive, rationale, reason, regard, sake, rationalization |
| Main Entry: | advantage |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | benefit, favored position or circumstance |
| Synonyms: | aid, ascendancy, asset, assistance, authority, avail, blessing, boon, break, choice, comfort, convenience, dominance, edge, eminence, favor, gain, good, gratification, help, hold, improvement, influence, interest, lead, leeway, leverage, luck, mastery, odds, position, power, precedence, preference, prestige, prevalence, profit, protection, recognition, resources, return, sanction, starting, superiority, support, supremacy, upper hand*, utility, wealth, expediency, leg-up, pre-eminence |
| Antonyms: | disadvantage, drawback, handicap, hindrance, loss, obstacle, restriction |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | affair |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | matter or business to be taken care of; happening activity |
| Synonyms: | assignment, avocation, calling, case, circumstance, concern, duty, employment, episode, event, happening, incident, interest, job, mission, obligation, occupation, occurrence, proceeding, profession, project, province, pursuit, question, realm, responsibility, subject, task, thing*, topic, transaction, undertaking, hap, office function |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | affect |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | influence, affect emotionally |
| Synonyms: | act on, alter, change, disturb, impinge, impress, induce, influence, inspire, interest, involve, modify, move, overcome, perturb, prevail, regard, relate, stir, sway, touch, transform, upset |
| Main Entry: | allowance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | amount of money or other supply |
| Synonyms: | aid, alimony, allocation, allotment, apportionment, bequest, bite*, bounty, commission, contribution, cut, endowment, fee, fellowship, gift, grant, honorarium, inheritance, interest, legacy, lot, measure, part, pay, pension, piece, portion, prize, quantity, quota, ration, recompense, salary, scholarship, share, slice, stint, stipend, subsidy, taste, wage, annuity, remittance |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | amuse |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | entertain; make laugh |
| Synonyms: | charm, cheer, crack up*, delight, divert, fracture*, gladden, grab*, gratify, interest, kill*, occupy, panic*, please, put away*, regale, slay*, tickle, wow*, break one up, knock dead, make roll in the aisles |
| Antonyms: | anger, annoy, bore, dull, tire, upset |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | amusement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | game, pastime |
| Synonyms: | distraction, diversion, entertainment, hobby, interest, joke, lark, play, prank, recreation, sport |
| Antonyms: | work |
| Main Entry: | attract |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | draw attention |
| Synonyms: | allure, appeal to, bait, beckon, beguile, bewitch, bring, captivate, charm, come on*, court, drag, draw, enchant, endear, engage, enthrall, entice, entrance, exert influence, fascinate, freak out*, give the come-on, go over big, grab, hook, induce, interest, intrigue, inveigle, invite, kill, knock dead, knock out*, lure, magnetize, make a hit with, mousetrap, pull, rope in, score, seduce, send*, slay*, solicit, spellbind, steer, suck in, sweep off one's feet, tempt, turn on, vamp, wile, wow* |
| Antonyms: | repel, repulse |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | attraction |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ability to draw attention; something that draws attention |
| Synonyms: | allure, appeal, bait, charm, come-on*, draw, enchantment, endearment, enticement, fascination, gravitation, inclination, inducement, interest, invitation, lure, magnetism, pull, seduction, temptation, tendency, allurement, attractiveness, captivation, chemistry, courting, drawing power, enthrallment, it, solicitation |
| Antonyms: | repulsion, revulsion |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | benefit |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | advantage, profit |
| Synonyms: | account, aid, asset, assistance, avail, benediction, betterment, blessing, boon, cream*, egg in one's beer, extras, favor, gain, godsend*, good, gravy*, help, interest, perk*, profit, prosperity, use, welfare, worth |
| Antonyms: | disadvantage, handicap, harm, hindrance, hurt, loss, misfortune |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | bury |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | engross oneself |
| Synonyms: | absorb, concentrate, engage, immerse, interest, occupy, rivet, throw oneself into |
| Main Entry: | business |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | personal concern |
| Synonyms: | affair, assignment, duty, function, hanky-panky*, happening, interest, issue, lookout, matter, palaver, point, problem, question, responsibility, subject, task, topic, beeswax, carrying on, goings-on |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | care |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | carefulness, attention to detail |
| Synonyms: | alertness, caution, concentration, concern, conscientiousness, consideration, diligence, direction, discrimination, effort, enthusiasm, exactness, exertion, forethought, heed, interest, management, nicety, precaution, prudence, regard, solicitude, thought, trouble, vigilance, wariness, watchfulness, circumspection, fastidiousness, meticulousness, pains, particularity, scrupulousness |
| Antonyms: | carelessness, neglect, negligence, omission, oversight |
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