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measures - 20 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | measure |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | calculate, judge |
| Synonyms: | adapt, adjust, align, appraise, assess, average, beat, blend, bound, check, check out, choose, compute, demarcate, determine, estimate, evaluate, even, eye*, figure, fit, gauge, grade, graduate, level, limit, line, mark, mete, peg*, plumb, portion, quantify, rank, rate, read, reckon, regulate, rhyme, rule, scale, shade, size, sound, square, stroke, survey, tailor, time, value, weigh, calibrate, caliper, delimit, dope out*, gradate, look over, mark out, pace off, size up, take account |
| Antonyms: | estimate, guess |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | measure |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | portion, scope |
| Synonyms: | allotment, allowance, amount, amplification, area, bang, breadth, bulk, capacity, degree, depth, dimension, distance, duration, extent, fix, frequency, height, hit, magnitude, mass, mensuration, nip, part, pitch, proportion, quantity, quantum, quota, range, ratio, ration, reach, share, shot, size, slug, span, strength, sum, volume, weight, admeasurement, admensuration, amplitude, meed |
| Main Entry: | measure |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | standard, rule |
| Synonyms: | benchmark*, canon, criterion, example, gauge, meter, method, model, norm, pattern, scale, system, test, touchstone*, trial, type, yardstick |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | measure |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | preventive or institutive action |
| Synonyms: | act, action, agency, control, course, deed, device, effort, expedient, limit, limitation, makeshift, maneuver, means, moderation, move, procedure, proceeding, project, proposal, proposition, resort, resource, restraint, shift, step, stopgap*, strategem, bounds |
| Antonyms: | ignorance, inaction |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | measure |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bill, law |
| Synonyms: | act, enactment, project, proposal, proposition, resolution, statute |
| Main Entry: | measure |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | beat, rhythm |
| Synonyms: | accent, cadence, division, melody, meter, rhyme, step, stress, stroke, swing, tempo, throb, time, tune, verse, vibration, cadency |
| Main Entry: | act |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | legislative document |
| Synonyms: | amendment, announcement, bill, clause, code, commitment, decree, edict, enactment, judgment, law, measure, order, ordinance, resolution, statute, subpoena, summons, verdict, warrant, writ |
| Notes: | an act is the main dramatic unit and a scene is a division within an act |
| Main Entry: | allotment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | portion assigned or given |
| Synonyms: | allocation, allowance, apportionment, appropriation, bite, chunk, cut, end, grant, lot, measure, part, piece, quota, ration, share, slice, split, stint*, cut of pie, piece of the action, rake off |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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: | amendment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | addition to a document |
| Synonyms: | act, addendum, adjunct, alteration, attachment, bill, clarification, clause, codicil, measure, modification, motion, revision, rider, suggestion, supplement |
| Main Entry: | amount |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | quantity |
| Synonyms: | bulk, bundle, chunk, expanse, extent, flock, heap, hunk, load, lot, magnitude, mass, measure, mess*, mint*, number, oodles*, pack, peck, pile, scads*, score, supply, volume, whopper*, aplenty, bags, gob, jillion, mucho, passel, slat, slew, ton |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | apportion |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | divide into shares |
| Synonyms: | accord, administer, allocate, allot, assign, bestow, cut, cut up, deal, dispense, distribute, divvy up, dole out, give, lot, measure, mete, parcel, part, partition, prorate, ration, slice, split, split up, admeasure, divvy, piece up |
| Antonyms: | hold, keep, monopolize, withhold |
| Main Entry: | assay |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | analyze |
| Synonyms: | appraise, apprise, assess, check, check out, estimate, evaluate, examine, inspect, investigate, measure, peg*, prove, rate, read, see, size, survey, test, try, value, weigh, eyeball, size up*, valuate |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | beat |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | throbbing |
| Synonyms: | cadence, flow, flutter, measure, meter, oscillation, palpitation, pound, pressure, pulse, quake, quiver, rhyme, rhythm, ripple, shake, surge, swell, swing, throb, thump, tick, undulation, vibration, cadency, pulsation |
| Main Entry: | benchmark |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | reference point |
| Synonyms: | criterion, gauge, measure, standard, touchstone, yardstick |
| Main Entry: | bill |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | piece of legislation |
| Synonyms: | act, draft, measure, proposal, projected law, proposed act |
| Main Entry: | bound |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | restrict |
| Synonyms: | circumscribe, confine, define, demarcate, determine, encircle, enclose, limit, mark, measure, restrain, restrict, surround, terminate, delimit, delimitate, hem in, mark out |
| Antonyms: | allow, permit, let go, unbind, unrestrict |
| Main Entry: | breadth |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | extent |
| Synonyms: | area, compass, dimension, expanse, fullness, gamut, greatness, largeness, magnitude, measure, orbit, range, reach, scale, scope, size, space, spread, stretch, sweep, vastness, amplitude, comprehensiveness, extensiveness, inclusiveness |
| Main Entry: | cadence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | rhythm |
| Synonyms: | accent, beat, count, inflection, intonation, lilt, measure, meter, modulation, pulse, swing, tempo, throb, rhythmus |
| Main Entry: | calculate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | compute or estimate amount |
| Synonyms: | account, add, adjust, appraise, assay, cast, cipher, consider, count, determine, divide, enumerate, figure, forecast, foretell, gauge, guess, judge, measure, multiply, number, rate, reckon, subtract, sum, tally, value, weigh, work out, dope out*, keep tabs, size up, take account of, tot, tote up |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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