| Main Entry: | advance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | improvement, progress in development |
Synonyms: |
advancement, amelioration, betterment, boost, break*, breakthrough, buildup, development, enrichment, furtherance, gain, go-ahead, growth, headway, increase, progress, promotion, rise, step, up, upgrade, upping |
| Notes: | advance means 'steady progress' and stresses effective assisting in hastening a process or bringing about a desired end, while advancement suggests progression that is bigger, more, or beyond normal |
Antonyms: |
block, failure, impediment, recession, stagnation |
| Main Entry: | advertisement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | public notice of sale |
Synonyms: |
ad, announcement, bill, blurb, broadcast, circular, classified ad, commercial, communication, declaration, display, endorsement, exhibit, exhibition, flyer, literature, notice, notification, placard, plug, poster, proclamation, promotion, promulgation, propaganda, publication, publicity, squib, throwaway, want ad |
| Main Entry: | advertising |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | public notice of sale; notices to increase consumer desire |
Synonyms: |
PR, announcement, announcing, ballyhoo, billing, blasting, broadcasting, buildup, displaying, exhibiting, exhibition, exposition, hard sell, hoopla*, hype*, pitch, plug, posting, proclamation, promo, promoting, promotion, publicity, puff, screamer, spread, squib |
| Main Entry: | advocacy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | support for an idea or cause |
Synonyms: |
advancement, aid, assistance, backing, campaigning for, championing, defense, encouragement, justification, pleading for, promotion, promulgation, propagation, proposal, recommendation, upholding, urging |
Antonyms: |
attack, opposition, protest |
| Main Entry: | aid |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | help, support |
Synonyms: |
advancement, advice, advocacy, alleviation, allowance, assist, assistance, attention, backing, backup, benefaction, benefit, benevolence, bounty, care, charity, comfort, compensation, cooperation, deliverance, encouragement, endowment, favor, furtherance, gift, giving, guidance, hand, handout, leg up, lift, ministration, ministry, patronage, promotion, reinforcement, relief, rescue, reward, salvation, service, shot in the arm, subsidy, sustenance, treatment |
Antonyms: |
blockage, hindrance, impediment, injury, obstruction |
| Main Entry: | appointment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | assignment of responsibility |
Synonyms: |
allotment, approval, assigning, authorization, certification, choice, choosing, commissioning, delegation, deputation, designation, election, empowering, installation, naming, nomination, ordination, promotion, selection |
| Main Entry: | boost |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | encouragement |
Synonyms: |
aid, assistance, backup, buildup, goose, hand*, handout, help, helping hand, improvement, leg up, leg*, lift, praise, promotion, shot in the arm, support |
Antonyms: |
discouragement, hindrance |
| Main Entry: | buildup |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | development; accumulation |
Synonyms: |
accretion, advertising, enlargement, escalation, expansion, gain, growth, heap, hype, increase, load, mass, plug, promotion, publicity, puff, stack, stockpile, store |
Antonyms: |
decrease, destruction, reduction |
| Main Entry: | convenience |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | availability, usefulness; useful thing |
Synonyms: |
accessibility, accessory, accommodation, advancement, advantage, agreeableness, aid, amenity, appliance, appropriateness, assistance, avail, benefit, comfort, comforts, contribution, cooperation, decency, ease, enjoyment, facility, fitness, furtherance, handiness, help, life, luxury, means, ministration, ministry, openness, opportuneness, promotion, receptiveness, relief, satisfaction, service, serviceability, succor, suitability, suitableness, support, time saver, use, utility |
Antonyms: |
inconvenience, inexpedience, inutility, unsuitability, uselessness, waste |
| Main Entry: | cultivation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | nurture, help |
Synonyms: |
advancement, advocacy, development, encouragement, enhancement, fostering, furtherance, patronage, promotion, support |
Antonyms: |
destruction, harm, hurt, neglect |