| Main Entry: | outlet |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | place or means of escape, release |
Synonyms: |
aperture, avenue, break, channel, crack, duct, egress, escape, exit, hole, nozzle, opening, orifice, porthole, release, safety valve, spout, tear, vent, way out |
Antonyms: |
egress, entrance |
| Main Entry: | outlet |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | store that sells discounted items |
Synonyms: |
factory store, market, mill store, seconds store, shop, showroom |
| Main Entry: | aperture |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hole |
Synonyms: |
breach, break, chasm, chink, cleft, crack, cut, eye, fissure, gap, gash, interstice, opening, orifice, outlet, passage, perforation, pinhole, puncture, rift, rupture, slash, slit, slot, space, vent |
| Main Entry: | avenue |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | street; path |
Synonyms: |
access, alley, approach, boulevard, channel, course, drive, entrance, entry, exit, outlet, parkway, passage, pathway, promenade, road, route, thoroughfare, way |
| Main Entry: | drain |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | channel through which liquid runs off |
Synonyms: |
cesspool, cloaca, conduit, culvert, ditch, duct, outlet, pipe, sewer, sink, trench, watercourse |
| Main Entry: | egress |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | passage out |
Synonyms: |
departure, doorway, emanation, emergence, escape, exit, exiting, exodus, issue, opening, outlet, setting-out, vent, way out, withdrawal |
Antonyms: |
entrance |
| Main Entry: | emporium |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | market |
Synonyms: |
bazaar, boutique, chain, co-op, cut-rate store, discount store, five-and-dime, flea market, galleria, mall, mart, outlet, outlet store, shop, shopping center, shopping plaza, stand, store, supermarket, thrift shop |
| Main Entry: | exit |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | way out of a place |
Synonyms: |
avenue, door, egress, fire escape, gate, hole, opening, outlet, passage out, vent |
Antonyms: |
entrance |
| Main Entry: | hole |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | opening in a solid object |
Synonyms: |
aperture, breach, break, burrow, cave, cavern, cavity, chamber, chasm, chink, cistern, cleft, covert, crack, cranny, crater, cut, den, dent, depression, dimple, dip, excavation, eyelet, fissure, foramen, fracture, gap, gash, gorge, hollow, hovel, keyhole, lacuna, lair, leak, mouth, nest, niche, nick, notch, orifice, outlet, passage, peephole, perforation, pit, pocket, pockmark, puncture, rent, retreat, scoop, shaft, shelter, space, split, tear, tunnel, vacuity, vent, void, window |
| Notes: | a hole is an opening or cavity into or through something, while whole means complete, not divided |
Antonyms: |
closure, solid |
| Main Entry: | loophole |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | escape |
Synonyms: |
alternative, escape clause, means of escape, outlet, technicality, way out |