| Main Entry: | obiter dictum |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | comment |
Synonyms: |
animadversion, annotation, backtalk, buzz*, comeback*, commentary, crack*, criticism, dictum, discussion, editorial, elucidation, exposition, footnote, gloss, hearsay, illustration, input, judgment, mention, mouthful, note, obiter, observation, opinion, remark, report, review, two cents' worth, wisecrack |
| Main Entry: | commentary |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | analysis |
Synonyms: |
annotation, appreciation, comment, consideration, criticism, critique, description, discourse, exegesis, explanation, exposition, gloss, narration, notes, obiter dictum, observation, remark, review, treatise, voice-over |
| Main Entry: | digression |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | deviation; straying |
Synonyms: |
apostrophe, aside, deflection, departure, detour, difference, discursion, divagation, divergence, diversion, drifting, episode, excursion, excursus, footnote, incident, note, obiter dictum, parenthesis, rambling, variation, wandering |
Antonyms: |
directness, straightness |
| Main Entry: | note/notes |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | written communication |
Synonyms: |
agenda, annotation, calendar, comment, commentary, datum, definition, diary, dispatch, entry, epistle, gloss, inscription, jotting, journal, letter, line, marginalia, mark, memo, memorandum, message, minute, missive, obiter dictum, observation, record, remark, reminder, scratch, scrawl, scribble, summary, thank-you, word |
| Main Entry: | observation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | comment on something scrutinized |
Synonyms: |
annotation, catch phrase, comeback, commentary, crack*, finding, mention, mouthful, note, obiter dictum, opinion, pronouncement, reflection, remark, say so, saying, thought, utterance, wisecrack |
| Notes: | observance refers to the following of a custom, duty, or law; observation refers to the act of noticing or recording |
Antonyms: |
no comment |
| Main Entry: | remark |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | comment, observation |
Synonyms: |
acknowledgment, annotation, assertion, attention, back talk, bon mot, cognizance, comeback, commentary, conclusion, consideration, crack*, declaration, elucidation, exegesis, explanation, explication, exposition, expression, gloss, heed, illustration, interpretation, mention, mind, note, notice, obiter dictum, observance, opinion, point, recognition, reflection, regard, saying, statement, talk, thought, two cents' worth, utterance, wisecrack, witticism, word |
Antonyms: |
silence |
| Main Entry: | excursus |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | digression |
Synonyms: |
aside, departure, detour, deviation, divagation, divergence, divergency, obiter dictum, side remark, tangent |
| Main Entry: | irrelevancy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | digression |
Synonyms: |
apostrophe, aside, deflection, departure, detour, deviation, difference, discursion, divagation, divergence, divergency, diversion, drifting, episode, excursion, excursus, footnote, incident, note, obiter dictum, parenthesis, rambling, tangent, variation, wandering |
| Main Entry: | memo |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | note |
Synonyms: |
agenda, annotation, calendar, comment, commentary, datum, definition, diary, dispatch, entry, epistle, gloss, inscription, jotting, journal, letter, line, marginalia, mark*, memorandum, message, minute, missive, notation, obiter dictum, observation, record, remark, reminder, scratch, scrawl, scribble, summary, thank-you, word |
| Main Entry: | parenthesis |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | digression |
Synonyms: |
apostrophe, aside, deflection, departure, detour, deviation, difference, discursion, divagation, divergence, divergency, diversion, drifting, episode, excursion, excursus, footnote, incident, irrelevancy, note, obiter dictum, rambling, tangent, variation, wandering |