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nuance

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Main Entry: nuance
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: slight difference; shading

Synonyms:

dash, degree, distinction, gradation, hint, implication, nicety, refinement, shade, shadow, soupçon, subtlety, suggestion, suspicion, tinge, touch, trace
Main Entry: connotation
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: implication

Synonyms:

association, coloring, essence, hint, meaning, nuance, overtone, significance, suggestion, undertone
Notes: a word's denotation is its reference to the things it designates, its direct, explicit meaning; a word's connotation is things or attributes that the word brings to mind, any idea or notion suggested or associated with the word

Antonyms:

denotation
Main Entry: gradation
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: classification, step

Synonyms:

arrangement, calibration, change, degree, difference, distinction, divergence, grade, grouping, level, mark, measurement, modification, notch, nuance, ordering, place, point, position, progression, rank, scale, sequence, series, shade, sorting, stage, succession, variation
Main Entry: meaning
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: message, signification

Synonyms:

acceptation, allusion, bearing, bottom line, connotation, content, context, definition, denotation, drift, effect, essence, explanation, force, gist, heart*, hint, implication, import, interpretation, intimation, meat, name of the game, nature of beast, nitty-gritty, nuance, nuts and bolts, pith, point, purport, sense, significance, spirit, stuff, subject, subject matter, substance, suggestion, symbolization, tenor, thrust, understanding, upshot, use, value, worth
Main Entry: nicety
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: fine point

Synonyms:

detail, exactness, fine distinction, meticulousness, nuance, precision, refinement, rigor, rigorousness, shade, subtlety
Main Entry: overtone
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: implication, hint

Synonyms:

association, connotation, flavor, inference, innuendo, intimation, meaning, nuance, sense, suggestion, tone, undercurrent, undertone
Main Entry: refinement
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: cultivation, civilization

Synonyms:

affability, civility, courtesy, courtliness, delicacy, dignity, discrimination, elegance, enlightenment, erudition, fastidiousness, fine point, fine tuning, fineness, finesse, finish, gentility, gentleness, good breeding, good manners, grace, graciousness, knowledge, lore, nicety, nuance, polish, politeness, politesse, precision, sophistication, style, suavity, subtlety, tact, taste, urbanity

Antonyms:

bad manners, crudeness, rudeness
Main Entry: sense
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: point, meaning

Synonyms:

acceptation, advantage, bottom line, burden, core, definition, denotatiton, drift, gist, good, heart, implication, import, intendment, interpretation, logic, matter, meat and potatoes, meat*, message, name of the game, nature of the beast, nitty-gritty, nuance, nub, nuts and bolts, punch line, purport, purpose, reason, short, significance, significancy, signification, stuff, substance, thrust, understanding, upshot, use, value, worth
Main Entry: shade
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: slight difference

Synonyms:

amount, cast, dash, degree, distinction, gradation, hint, nuance, proposal, semblance, soupçon, spice, streak, suggestion, suspicion, tincture, tinge, trace, variation, variety

Antonyms:

gap
Main Entry: trace
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: evidence; small bit

Synonyms:

breath, crumb, dab, dash, drop, element, footmark, footprint, fragment, hint, indication, intimation, iota, jot, mark, memento, minimum, nib, nuance, particle, pinch, proof, record, relic, remains, remnant, scintilla, shade, shadow, shred, sign, slot, smell, smidgen, snippet, soupçon, speck, spoor, spot, sprinkling, strain, streak, suggestion, survival, suspicion, taste, tincture, tinge, tittle, token, touch, track, trail, tread, trifle, vestige, whiff, whisper

Antonyms:

lot
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