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| Main Entry: | option |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | alternative |
| Synonyms: | advantage, benefit, choice, claim, dibs*, dilemma, discretion, election, franchise, free will*, grant, license, opportunity, pickup, preference, prerogative, privilege, right, selection, druthers, flipside, other side of coin, take it or leave it |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | additional |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | extra, supplementary |
| Synonyms: | further, increased, more, new, option, other, padding, perk, spare, supplementary, added, affixed, appended, on the side, over-and-above |
| Antonyms: | necessary |
| Main Entry: | alternative |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | possible choice |
| Synonyms: | opportunity, option, other, pick, preference, recourse, redundancy, selection, sub*, substitute, back-up, druthers, other fish in sea, other fish to fry, take it or leave it |
| Notes: | alternate means 'one after the other' or 'each succeeding the other in turn, especially continuously' and alternative means 'one instead of the other' or 'allowing or necessitating a choice between two or more things' |
| Antonyms: | compulsion, constraint, necessity, obligation, restraint |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | choice |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | power to select; selection |
| Synonyms: | alternative, appraisal, choosing, cull, cup of tea*, decision, determination, discretion, discrimination, distinction, election, evaluation, extract, favorite, finding, free will, judgment, opportunity, option, pick, preference, rating, say, substitute, variety, verdict, volition, vote, weakness, druthers |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | election |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | choosing; voting |
| Synonyms: | alternative, appointment, ballot, choice, decision, determination, franchise, judgment, option, poll, preference, primary, referendum, selection, ticket, balloting, polls, vote-casting |
| Main Entry: | free will |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | free choice |
| Synonyms: | assent, choice, conation, consent, desire, determination, discretion, free choice, free decision, freedom, inclination, intention, mind, one's discretion, one's own choice, one's own will, option, own say so, own sweet way, person's full intent and purpose, pleasure, power, say so, velleity, volition, voluntary decision, willingness, wish |
| Antonyms: | responsibility |
| Main Entry: | predisposition |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | willingness, inclination |
| Synonyms: | bent*, bias, choice, cup of tea*, dish*, disposition, flash, groove, leaning, likelihood, liking, option, partiality, penchant, predilection, preference, proclivity, propensity, susceptibility, tendency, thing*, type, weakness, druthers, potentiality, proneness |
| Antonyms: | disinclination, unwillingness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | recourse |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | alternative |
| Synonyms: | aid, appeal, choice, expedient, help, makeshift, option, refuge, remedy, resort, resource, shift, stopgap, substitute, support, way out, expediency, stand-by |
| Main Entry: | refusal |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | denial of responsibility; unwillingness |
| Synonyms: | abnegation, ban, choice, cold shoulder*, defiance, disapproval, disclaimer, disfavor, dissent, exclusion, forbidding, negation, nix*, no, noncompliance, option, pass*, prohibition, rebuff, refutation, rejection, renunciation, repudiation, repulse, repulsion, reversal, thumbs down, veto, withholding, writ, declension, declination, disallowance, disavowal, discountenancing, enjoinment, interdiction, knockback, nonacceptance, nonconsent, proscription, regrets, renouncement, turndown |
| Antonyms: | approval, grant, offer, sanction, ok |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | selection |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | preference from among choices |
| Synonyms: | alternative, choice, choosing, collection, draft, election, excerpt, option, pick, culling, druthers, picking |
| Antonyms: | refusal, rejection |
| Main Entry: | supplement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something added |
| Synonyms: | addendum, addition, additive, appendix, bell*, bells and whistles*, codicil, complement, continuation, extra, insert, option, postscript, rider, sequel, spin-off*, subsidiary, added feature, pullout |
| Antonyms: | base, core |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | volition |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | free will |
| Synonyms: | accord, choice, choosing, desire, determination, discretion, election, option, preference, purpose, resolution, selection, will, willingness, wish, conation |
| Main Entry: | choosing |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | selecting |
| Synonyms: | choice, culling, deciding, electing, election, exercising judgment, making a choice, making up one's mind, option, picking, selection, separating |
| Main Entry: | first refusal |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | first chance to buy something |
| Synonyms: | option, refusal, first option, preemption, prior right of purchase, right of preemption |
| Main Entry: | preference |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | first choice |
| Synonyms: | alternative, choice, cup of tea*, desire, election, favorite, flash*, groove, inclination, option, partiality, pick, predilection, propensity, say, selection, top, weakness, druthers, prepossession, say so |
| Antonyms: | dislike, hate, hatred, rejection, last choice |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | spare |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | extra, reserve |
| Synonyms: | additional, backup, emergency, free, lagniappe, leftover, odd, option, over, superfluous, supernumerary, surplus, unoccupied, unused, unwanted, de trop, in excess, in reserve, in store, more than enough, supererogatory |
| Antonyms: | necessary |
| Main Entry: | will |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | personal choice |
| Synonyms: | aim, appetite, attitude, character, conviction, craving, decision, decisiveness, decree, design, desire, determination, discipline, discretion, disposition, fancy, feeling, hankering, heart's desire, inclination, intention, liking, longing, mind, option, passion, pining, pleasure, power, preference, prerogative, purpose, resolution, resolve, self-control, self-discipline, self-restraint, temperament, urge, velleity, volition, willfulness, willpower, wish, wishes, yearning |
| Main Entry: | addition |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something conjoined to or enlargement of something |
| Synonyms: | accession, accessory, accretion, accrual, addendum, additive, adjunct, annex, appendage, appendix, attachment, augmentation, bonus, boost, commission, dividend, enhancement, enlargement, expansion, extension, extra, gain, hike, increase, increment, option, profit, raise, reinforcement, rise, supplement, wing, aggrandizement |
| Main Entry: | pleasure |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | will, inclination |
| Synonyms: | choice, command, desire, fancy, liking, mind, option, preference, purpose, want, wish, velleity |
| Antonyms: | dislike, hate, hatred |
| Main Entry: | voice |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | opinion |
| Synonyms: | approval, choice, decision, expression, option, part, participation, preference, representation, say, suffrage, vent, view, vote, vox populi, will, wish, right of free speech, say-so |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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