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mannerisms - 18 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | mannerism |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | peculiarity of how someone behaves, acts |
| Synonyms: | affectation, air, characteristic, eccentricity, foible, habit, idiosyncrasy, pose, pretension, quirk, trait, trick, oddness, queerness, singularity |
| Main Entry: | body language |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | nonverbal communication |
| Synonyms: | gesture, motion, body movement, gestures, kinesics, mannerisms, visual communication |
| Main Entry: | affectation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pretended behavior to make an impression |
| Synonyms: | air, airs, appearance, facade, false front*, front, imitation, insincerity, mannerism, pose, pretense, pretension, sham*, show, simulation, artificiality, going Hollywood, pretentiousness, put-on, putting on airs, showing off |
| Antonyms: | simplicity, naturalness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | air |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | distinctive quality or character; style |
| Synonyms: | address, affectation, ambience, appearance, atmosphere, aura, bearing, demeanor, deportment, effect, feel, feeling, flavor, impression, look, manner, mannerism, mien, mood, pose, presence, property, quality, semblance, tone, comportment |
| Main Entry: | airs |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | affectation; pretended behavior |
| Synonyms: | arrogance, false front, front, haughtiness, hauteur, mannerism, ostentation, pomposity, pose, pretense, pretension, show, affectedness, pretentiousness, put-on, superciliousness |
| Antonyms: | personality, truthfulness, realness |
| Main Entry: | appearance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | outward aspect, characteristic |
| Synonyms: | air, attitude, bearing, blind, carriage, cast, character, condition, countenance, demeanor, dress, expression, face, fashion, feature, figure, form, front, guise, image, look, manner, mannerism, mien, mode, outline, pose, presence, presentation, screen, semblance, shape, stamp, looks |
| Main Entry: | characteristic |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | typical feature, trait |
| Synonyms: | affection, aspect, attribute, badge, bag, bearing, bent, caliber, cast, complexion, component, disposition, distinction, earmark, endowment, essence, essential, faculty, flavor, frame, idiosyncrasy, inclination, individuality, mannerism, mark, mood, nature, originality, peculiarity, personality, point, property, quality, specialty, streak, stripe, style, symptom, temperament, tendency, thing, tinge, tone, trademark, turn, virtue, differentia, lineament, particularity, singularity, thumbprint |
| Antonyms: | abnormality |
| Main Entry: | foible |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | personal imperfection |
| Synonyms: | characteristic, defect, eccentricity, failing, fault, frailty, idiosyncrasy, infirmity, kink, mannerism, oddity, peculiarity, quirk, shortcoming, vice, weakness, singularity, weak point |
| Notes: | a failing is a flaw or weak point or a failure to reach a minimum required performance; a foible a minor weakness or failing of character |
| Antonyms: | strength |
| Main Entry: | habit |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | tendency, practice |
| Synonyms: | addiction, bent, bias, constitution, convention, custom, disposition, fashion, fixation, frame of mind*, gravitation, groove, inclination, manner, mannerism, mode, nature, obsession, pattern, penchant, persuasion, praxis, predisposition, proclivity, propensity, quirk, routine, rule, rut, second nature*, set, style, susceptibility, thing*, turn, usage, use, way, weakness, wont, assuetude, consuetude, dependence, fixed attitude, habitude, hangup, impulsion, make-up, proneness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | idiosyncrasy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | oddity, quirk |
| Synonyms: | affectation, bit, characteristic, distinction, eccentricity, feature, habit, mannerism, peculiarity, trait, trick, singularity |
| Main Entry: | manner |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person's behavior, conduct |
| Synonyms: | address, affectation, air, appearance, aspect, bearing, demeanor, deportment, idiosyncrasy, look, mannerism, mien, peculiarity, presence, style, tone, turn, way, affectedness, comportment |
| Main Entry: | mien |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person's presence, manner |
| Synonyms: | act, address, air, appearance, aspect, aura, bearing, carriage, countenance, demeanor, deportment, expression, front, image, look, mannerism, port, set, style |
| Main Entry: | peculiarity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | characteristic; oddity |
| Synonyms: | abnormality, affectation, attribute, character, eccentricity, feature, foible, gimmick, idiosyncrasy, kink*, mannerism, mark, property, quality, quirk, savor, slant*, specialty, trait, twist*, bizarreness, distinctiveness, freakishness, odd trait, particularity, queerness, schtick, singularity, unusualness |
| Antonyms: | normality, usualness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | pose |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | artificial position |
| Synonyms: | act, affectation, air, attitude, bearing, carriage, facade, fake, front, guise, mannerism, masquerade, mien, posture, pretense, pretension, role, stance, stand, attitudinizing, false show, positure, posturing |
| Antonyms: | movement |
| Main Entry: | quirk |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | oddity of personality, way of doing something |
| Synonyms: | aberration, caprice, characteristic, conceit, crotchet, eccentricity, equivocation, fancy, fetish, foible, habit, humor, idée fixe, idiosyncrasy, irregularity, kink, knack, mannerism, peculiarity, quibble, subterfuge, trait, turn, twist, vagary, whim, whimsy, singularity |
| Main Entry: | trait |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | characteristic |
| Synonyms: | affection, attribute, birthmark, cast, character, custom, feature, habit, idiosyncrasy, manner, mannerism, mark, oddity, peculiarity, point, property, quality, quirk, savor, thing*, trick, virtue, denominator, lineament, nature of the beast |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | trick |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | characteristic, habit |
| Synonyms: | crotchet, custom, foible, idiosyncrasy, manner, mannerism, peculiarity, practice, praxis, quirk, trait, usage, use, way, wont, habitude |
| Main Entry: | distinctive feature |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | peculiarity |
| Synonyms: | feature, keynote, mannerism, quirk, trait, distinguishing characteristic, lineament, particularity, point of character, redeeming feature, singularity |
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