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| Main Entry: | moon |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | Earth' s satellite |
| Synonyms: | celestial body, crescent, heavenly body, pumpkin*, satellite, full moon, half-moon, new moon, old moon, orb of night, planetoid, quarter-moon |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | moon |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dream about; desire |
| Synonyms: | daydream, idle, languish, mope, pine, waste time, yearn |
| Antonyms: | abhor, despise, dislike, hate |
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| Main Entry: | bemuse |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | confuse |
| Synonyms: | amaze, bewilder, daydream, daze, moon, muddle, overwhelm, paralyze, perplex, pipe dream*, puzzle, stun, stupefy, addle, gather wool |
| Notes: | the first meaning of amuse was 'to divert the attention of in order to mislead,' 'delude, deceive' and now means 'entertain, make smile or laugh'; bemuse means 'confuse, bewilder, puzzle' |
| Antonyms: | clear up, enlighten, explain, illuminate, tell |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | daydream |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make up fantasy |
| Synonyms: | conceive, dream, envision, fancy, fantasize, hallucinate, imagine, moon, muse, pipe dream*, build castles in air, stargaze, trip out, woolgather |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fantasize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dream about desires |
| Synonyms: | daydream, envision, hallucinate, head trip, imagine, invent, moon, romance, build castles in air, live in a dream world, trip out, woolgather |
| Main Entry: | gaze |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | stare at |
| Synonyms: | admire, beam*, bore*, contemplate, eye, gape, gawk, glare, gloat, inspect, lamp*, look, moon*, observe, ogle, peek, peep, peer, pin*, pipe*, regard, rubber*, rubberneck*, scrutinize, see, survey, take in*, view, watch, wonder, eyeball, get a load of, get an eyeful, look fixedly, size up* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | meditate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | contemplate |
| Synonyms: | cogitate, consider, deliberate, design, devise, dream, figure, intend, moon*, muse, plan, ponder, purpose, reflect, revolve, roll, ruminate, scheme, speculate, study, think, track, view, weigh, brood over, entertain idea, have in mind, mull over, put on thinking cap, puzzle over, say to oneself, think deeply, think over |
| Antonyms: | dismiss, ignore, neglect |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | mope |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | pout, be dejected |
| Synonyms: | ache, be apathetic, be down in the mouth, be gloomy, be in a funk, bleed*, brood, chafe, despair, despond, droop, eat one's heart out, fret, grieve, grumble, grump, idle, lament, languish, lose heart, moon, pine, pine away, regret, repine, sink, stew over, sulk, sweat over, waste time*, wear a long face, yearn |
| Antonyms: | be elated, be happy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | mull |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | think about seriously |
| Synonyms: | brood over, chaw, consider, contemplate, delay, deliberate, examine, figure, hammer away at, linger, meditate, moon*, muse on, ponder, pore over, procrastinate, rack one's brains, reflect, review, revolve, ruminate, stew over, study, sweat over, think over, turn over, weigh, woolgather |
| Antonyms: | ignore, neglect |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | muse |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | think about, dream |
| Synonyms: | brood, cogitate, consider, contemplate, deliberate, feel, meditate, moon*, percolate, ponder, reflect, revolve, roll, ruminate, speculate, think, turn over, weigh, be lost in thought, build castles in air, chew over, mull over, puzzle over, think over |
| Antonyms: | ignore, neglect |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | ponder |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | think about seriously |
| Synonyms: | appraise, brood, cogitate, consider, contemplate, daydream, debate, deliberate, dwell, evaluate, examine, excogitate, figure, meditate, mind, moon*, mull, muse, pipe dream*, reason, reflect, revolve, roll, ruminate, speculate, study, turn over, weigh, build castles in air, cerebrate, give thought to, mull over, noodle around, perpend, put on thinking cap, puzzle over, think out, think over, woolgather |
| Antonyms: | forget, ignore, neglect |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | posterior |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | behind of animate being |
| Synonyms: | back, backside, bottom, butt*, buttocks, can*, derriere, duff*, fanny*, moon*, rear, rear end, rump, seat, tail, cheeks, hind part, keester, tail end, tuchis, tush |
| Antonyms: | anterior, front |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | rump |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bottom, posterior of animal or human |
| Synonyms: | back, backside, beam, behind, bum*, butt, buttocks, can*, duff*, fanny*, keister*, moon*, rear, rear end, seat, tail*, breech, butt end, croup, derrière, haunches, hind end, hindquarters, prat, sacrum, tail end, tush |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | sulk |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | pout |
| Synonyms: | brood, frown, gloom, glower, gripe, grouse, grump*, lower, moon*, mope*, scowl, take on, be down in the mouth, be in a huff, be morose, be out of sorts, be silent, look sullen |
| Antonyms: | grin, smile, be happy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | satellite |
| Part of Speech: | noun1 |
| Definition: | small planet that revolves around a larger one |
| Synonyms: | moon, asteroid, planetoid |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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| Main Entry: | blindness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
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