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| Main Entry: | level |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | smooth, balanced |
| Synonyms: | akin, alike, calm, commensurate, common, comparable, consistent, constant, continuous, equable, equivalent, even, exact, flat, flush, horizontal, identical, like, matched, matching, parallel, plain, plane, polished, precise, proportionate, regular, rolled, same, stable, steady, straight, trim, unbroken, uniform, uninterrupted, aligned, in line, leveled, lined up, of same height, on a line, on a par, on one plane, planate, planed, trimmed, unfluctuating |
| Antonyms: | ragged, uneven |
| Main Entry: | level |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | horizontal position or thing |
| Synonyms: | altitude, elevation, floor, height, layer, plain, plane, story, stratum, surface, zone |
| Main Entry: | level |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make even |
| Synonyms: | equalize, equate, even, flatten, flush, grade, lay, mow, plane, press, roll, smooth, straighten, surface, even off, even out, make equal, make flat, smoothen |
| Antonyms: | jag, rough up |
| Main Entry: | level |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | rank, position |
| Synonyms: | achievement, degree, grade, stage, standard, standing, status |
| Main Entry: | level |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | destroy, demolish |
| Synonyms: | bring down, bulldoze*, devastate, down*, drop, equalize, fell, flatten, floor, ground, mow*, pull down, raze, ruin, smooth, tear down, waste*, wreck, knock down, knock over, lay low |
| Antonyms: | build, construct |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | level |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be honest |
| Synonyms: | come clean*, be above-board, be frank, be on the up and up, be open, be straight, be straightforward, be up-front, come to terms, keep nothing back, talk straight, tell the truth |
| Antonyms: | deceive, lie |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | level |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | aim, direct |
| Synonyms: | address, beam, cast, focus, incline, lay, point, slant, train, turn, zero in on |
| Antonyms: | turn, point away |
| Main Entry: | aim |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | point or direct at a goal |
| Synonyms: | address, angle, aspire, attempt, cast, concentrate, contemplate, covet, design, direct, endeavor, essay, fix, focus, intend, level, mean, plan, propose, purpose, set one's sights on, sight, slant, steer, strive, target, train, try, want, wish, zero in on, zoom in |
| Main Entry: | bring down |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | reduce or hurt |
| Synonyms: | abase, cut down, damage, drop, fell, floor, injure, level, lower, murder*, overthrow, overturn, prostrate, pull down, slay*, tumble, undermine, upset, wound, KO, knock down, lay low, mow down, shoot down, throw down |
| Antonyms: | aid, encourage, help, raise |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | category |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | classification, type |
| Synonyms: | class, department, division, grade, group, head, heading, kind, league, level, list, order, pigeonhole*, rank, section, sort, tier, grouping |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | demolish |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | destroy; consume |
| Synonyms: | annihilate, break, bulldoze, burst, crack, crush, decimate, defeat, devastate, devour, dismantle, eat, flatten, level, obliterate, overthrow, overturn, pulverize, put away, raze, ruin, sink, smash, tear down, total*, trash*, undo, wax*, wrack, wreck, dilapidate, gobble up, knock down, put in toilet, take apart, take out, torpedo*, wipe off map |
| Antonyms: | build, construct, fix, produce, rebuild, repair, restore |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | destroy |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | demolish, devastate |
| Synonyms: | abort, annihilate, annul, butcher*, consume, cream*, crush, damage, deface, desolate, despoil, dismantle, dispatch, end, eradicate, erase, exterminate, extinguish, extirpate, gut*, impair, kill, level, liquidate, maim, mar, maraud, mutilate, nuke*, nullify, overturn, quash, quell, ravage, ravish, raze, ruin, sabotage, shatter, slay, smash, snuff out*, stamp out, suppress, tear down, total, trash*, vaporize, waste, wax*, wipe out, wreck, zap*, axe, blot out, break down, lay waste, spoliate, swallow up, torpedo* |
| Antonyms: | build, construct, create, improve, repair, restore |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | devastate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | demolish, destroy |
| Synonyms: | desecrate, desolate, despoil, devour, level, pillage, plunder, raid, ravage, raze, ruin, sack, smash, spoil, stamp out*, total*, trash*, waste, wreck, depredate, do one in, lay waste, spoliate, take apart, wipe off map |
| Antonyms: | build, construct, enrich, help, improve |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | dismantle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | take apart |
| Synonyms: | annihilate, bankrupt, bare, break up, decimate, demolish, denude, deprive, destroy, disassemble, dismember, dismount, disrobe, divest, fell, level, pull down, raze, ruin, strike, strip, subvert, take down, tear down, undo, wrack, wreck, break down, denudate, knock down, part out, take to pieces, unrig |
| Antonyms: | assemble, build, combine, construct, put together, raise |
| Main Entry: | equal |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make even, be even with |
| Synonyms: | agree, amount to, approach, balance, break even, come up to, compare, comprise, consist of, coordinate, correspond, emulate, equalize, equate, level, match, meet, parallel, reach, rival, tally, tie, touch, be commensurate, be identical, be level, be tantamount, equipoise, equiponderate, keep pace with, live up to, measure up, partake of, rank with, rise to, run abreast, square with |
| Antonyms: | disproportion, imbalance, vary, unmatch |
| Main Entry: | equalize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make the same; balance |
| Synonyms: | adjust, compare, coordinate, emulate, equal, equate, establish, even, handicap, level, match, parallel, rival, smooth, socialize, square, standardize, trim, commeasure, communize, democratize, even up, regularize |
| Antonyms: | disproportion, imbalance, vary, unmatch |
| Main Entry: | equate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | balance; think of together |
| Synonyms: | agree, assimilate, associate, average, compare, consider, equalize, even, hold, level, liken, match, offset, pair, paragon, parallel, regard, relate, represent, square, tally, treat, be commensurate, correspond to, correspond with, make equal, similize |
| Antonyms: | disagree, imbalance, unliken |
| Main Entry: | equitable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | impartial |
| Synonyms: | candid, decent, disinterested, dispassionate, due, ethical, even-handed, fair, fair and square, fair shake*, honest, impersonal, just, level, moral, nonpartisan, objective, proper, proportionate, reasonable, right, rightful, square, stable, unbiased, unprejudiced, cricket, even-steven, fair-to-middling, nondiscriminatory, square deal, uncolored |
| Notes: | equable means steady or unvarying and far from extremes; equitable means fair and impartial |
| Antonyms: | biased, disproportionate, partial, prejudiced, unfair, unjust, unreasonable, unequitable |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | even |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | balance, make smooth |
| Synonyms: | align, equal, equalize, flatten, flush, grade, lay, level, match, pancake*, plane, roll, square, stabilize, steady, uniform, regularize, symmetrize |
| Antonyms: | break, furrow, lump, roughen |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | facet |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | surface; aspect |
| Synonyms: | angle, appearance, character, face, feature, front, hand, level, obverse, part, phase, plane, side, slant, switch, twist |
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