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| Main Entry: | miss |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | failure |
| Synonyms: | absence, blunder, default, defect, error, fault, loss, mishap, mistake, omission, oversight, slip, want |
| Antonyms: | success, triumph, win |
| Main Entry: | miss |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fail, make a mistake |
| Synonyms: | blow, blunder, botch, disregard, drop, err, flub*, forget, fumble, ignore, juggle, lose, misfire, mislay, misplace, muff*, neglect, omit, overlook, pass over, skip, slight, slip, trip, be late for, drop the ball, fall flat on face, fall short, let go, let slip, miscarry, overshoot, pass up, trip up, undershoot |
| Antonyms: | get, succeed, do well |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | miss |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | want; feel a loss |
| Synonyms: | crave, desire, long, need, pine, wish, yearn |
| Antonyms: | don't want |
| Main Entry: | broad |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | a woman |
| Synonyms: | babe*, chick*, dame, dish, doll*, female, floozy, girl, honey*, lady, miss, skirt*, bimbo, doxy, gal, lassie, moll, sweet thing, tootsie |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | damsel |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | maiden |
| Synonyms: | lady, lass, miss, virgin, woman, colleen, lassie, young girl, young woman |
| Main Entry: | dearth |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | insufficiency, scarcity |
| Synonyms: | absence, default, defect, deficiency, famine, inadequacy, infrequency, lack, meagerness, miss, need, paucity, poverty, privation, shortage, want, exiguousness, rareness, scantiness, scantness, slim pickings, sparsity, uncommonness |
| Antonyms: | abundance, excess, plenty, sufficiency, plentifulness |
| Main Entry: | default |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | failure; want |
| Synonyms: | absence, blemish, blunder, dearth, defect, deficiency, delinquency, dereliction, disregard, error, fault, imperfection, inadequacy, insufficiency, lack, lapse, miss, neglect, nonpayment, offense, omission, oversight, privation, shortcoming, slight, transgression, vice, weakness, wrongdoing, overlooking |
| Antonyms: | advantage, payment, perfection, satisfaction, success |
| Main Entry: | disregard |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | ignore; make light of |
| Synonyms: | brush aside, brush off, contemn, despise, discount, disdain, disobey, disparage, fail, forget, miss, neglect, omit, overlook, overpass, pass over, pooh-pooh*, scorn, slight, snub, blink at, brush away, cold-shoulder*, have no use for, laugh off, leave out of account, let go, let off easy, let pass, live with, look the other way, pay no attention to, pay no heed to, pay no mind, shut eyes to, take no notice of, tune out, turn a blind eye, turn a deaf ear, vilipend, wink at* |
| Notes: | ignore is properly used of things that are present in our surroundings; but for things like rules, conventions, stipulations, contracts, the right word is disregard |
| Antonyms: | attend, esteem, note, regard, respect, pay attention |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | error |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mistake; wrong |
| Synonyms: | absurdity, blunder, boner*, delinquency, delusion, deviation, erratum, failure, fall, fallacy, falsehood, falsity, fault, faux pas, flaw, glitch, goof*, inaccuracy, lapse, misconception, miscue, misdeed, miss, misstep, misunderstanding, offense, omission, oversight, sin, slight, slip, slipup, solecism, stumble, transgression, trespass, untruth, wrongdoing, X*, bad job, boo-boo, howler, misapprehension, misbelief, miscalculation, misjudgment, mismanagement, screamer, screw-up |
| Antonyms: | accuracy, certainty, correction, right, truth, validity |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | grown-up |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | adult |
| Synonyms: | Miss, gentleman, lady, man, mister, woman, Mr., Mrs., Ms., grown person, mam |
| Antonyms: | child, youngster |
| Main Entry: | lack |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | deficiency, need |
| Synonyms: | abridgement, absence, curtailment, dearth, decrease, default, defect, deficit, depletion, deprivation, destitution, distress, exigency, inadequacy, inferiority, insufficiency, loss, meagerness, miss, necessity, paucity, poverty, privation, reduction, scarcity, shortage, shortcoming, shortfall, shrinkage, shrinking, stint, want, exiguity, insufficience, retrenchment, scantiness, shortness, slightness |
| Antonyms: | abundance, enough, excess, extra, lot, plenty, plethora, profusion, surplus |
| Main Entry: | lack |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | do not have |
| Synonyms: | minus, miss, need, out, require, want, be deficient in, be short of, be without, have need of, hurting for, not got, too little too late |
| Antonyms: | have |
| Main Entry: | lass |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | young woman |
| Synonyms: | damsel, female, girl, maid, maiden, miss, colleen, lassie, missy |
| Main Entry: | long |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | desire, crave |
| Synonyms: | ache, aim, aspire, covet, hanker, hunger, itch, lust, miss, pine, sigh, thirst, want, wish, yearn, dream of, have a yen for, spoil for, suspire |
| Antonyms: | despise, dislike, hate |
| Main Entry: | misapprehend |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | get the wrong idea, impression |
| Synonyms: | blunder, confuse, err, misconstrue, misinterpret, miss, mistake, misunderstand, misconceive, misread |
| Antonyms: | apprehend, comprehend, understand |
| Main Entry: | miscarriage |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | failure |
| Synonyms: | abortion, botch, breakdown, defeat, error, interruption, malfunction, misadventure, mischance, misfire, mishap, miss, mistake, perversion, undoing, nonsuccess |
| Antonyms: | carriage, success |
| Main Entry: | misfire |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fail |
| Synonyms: | abort, backfire, blunder, explode, fizzle, flop, flounder, miss, peter out, slip, break down, come to nothing, fall flat, fall short, fizz out, fizzle out, go up in smoke, go wrong, miscarry, poop out |
| Main Entry: | misplace |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | lose; be unable to find |
| Synonyms: | confuse, disarrange, dishevel, disorder, disorganize, displace, disturb, mislay, miss, mix, muss, remove, scatter, unsettle, be unable to lay hands on, forget whereabouts of, lose track of, misfile, place unwisely, place wrongly, put in wrong place |
| Antonyms: | find |
| Main Entry: | misstep |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mistake, wrong move |
| Synonyms: | blunder, bungle, error, failure, false step, faux pas, fluff*, gaffe, indiscretion, lapse, miscue, miss, slip, slipup*, stumble, trip, bad move |
| Antonyms: | success |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | mistake |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | mix up, misunderstand |
| Synonyms: | blunder, botch*, bungle, confound, confuse, err, fail, goof*, jumble, lapse, misapprehend, miscalculate, misconstrue, miscount, misinterpret, misjudge, miss, omit, overlook, slip*, snarl, tangle, underestimate, addle, be off the mark, be wrong, deceive oneself, get wrong, have wrong impression, make a mess, misconceive, misdeem, misknow, misread, miss the boat, not know, overestimate, put foot in, slip up*, take for |
| Antonyms: | comprehend, interpret, perceive, understand, be certain, be sure |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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