| Main Entry: | protraction |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | extension |
Synonyms: |
addendum, addition, adjunct, amplification, annex, appendage, appendix, arm, augmentation, branch, broadening, compass, continuing, delay, development, dilatation, distension, drawing out, elongation, expansion, extent, increase, lengthening, orbit, postponement, production, prolongation, purview, radius, reach, scope, span, spread, spreading out, stretch, stretching, supplement, sweep, widening, wing |
| Main Entry: | continuance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | duration |
Synonyms: |
constancy, continuation, endurance, extension, guts*, longevity, period, permanence, perpetuation, protraction, run, survival, term, vitality |
Antonyms: |
arrest, end, ending, finish, hindrance, obstruction, stop, stoppage |
| Main Entry: | continuation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | addition; maintenance |
Synonyms: |
assiduity, augmenting, continuance, continuing, continuity, duration, endurance, enduring, extension, furtherance, going on, increase, increasing, line, maintaining, perpetuating, perpetuation, persisting, postscript, preservation, preserving, producing, production, prolongation, prolonging, propagation, protracting, protraction, sequel, succession, supplement, sustaining, sustenance, tenacity |
Antonyms: |
cessation, end, finish, halt, stop, termination |
| Main Entry: | continuity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | progression |
Synonyms: |
chain, cohesion, connection, constancy, continuance, continuousness, continuum, dovetailing, durability, duration, endurance, extension, flow, interrelationship, linking, perpetuity, persistence, prolongation, protraction, sequence, stability, stamina, succession, survival, train, uniting, unity, vitality, whole |
Antonyms: |
break, discontinuity, intermittence, interruption, stoppage |
| Main Entry: | extension |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | enlargement, continuation |
Synonyms: |
addendum, addition, adjunct, amplification, annex, appendage, appendix, arm, augmentation, branch, broadening, compass, continuing, delay, development, dilatation, distension, drawing out, elongation, expansion, extent, increase, lengthening, orbit, postponement, production, prolongation, protraction, purview, radius, reach, scope, span, spread, spreading out, stretch, stretching, supplement, sweep, widening, wing |
Antonyms: |
abbreviation, abridgment, compression, contraction, curtailment, decrease, reduction, shortening |
| Main Entry: | production |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | creating of goods, result |
Synonyms: |
assembly, authoring, bearing, blossoming, construction, creation, direction, elongation, engendering, extention, fabrication, formulation, fructification, generation, giving, lengthening, making, management, manufacture, manufacturing, origination, preparation, presentation, producing, prolongation, protraction, provision, rendering, reproduction, return, staging, yielding |
Antonyms: |
destruction, ruin |
| Main Entry: | respite |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pause, suspension in activity |
Synonyms: |
acquittal, adjournment, break, breath*, breather, breathing space, cessation, coffee break, deadlock, deferment, delay, deliverance, discharge, downtime, ease, exculpation, five, forgiveness, halt, hiatus, immunity, intermission, interregnum, interruption, interval, layoff, leisure, letup, lull, moratorium, pardon, postponement, protraction, recess, relaxation, release, relief, reprieve, rest, stay, stop, ten, time, time out, truce |
Antonyms: |
continuation |
| Main Entry: | stress |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | physical or mental pressure |
Synonyms: |
affliction, agony, alarm, albatross, anxiety, apprehensiveness, burden, clutch, crunch, disquiet, disquietude, distention, draw, dread, expectancy, extension, fear, fearfulness, ferment, flutter, force, hardship, hassle, heat, impatience, intensity, misgiving, mistrust, nervous tension, nervousness, oppression, overextension, passion, protraction, pull, restlessness, spring, strain, stretch, tautness, tenseness, tension, tensity, tightness, traction, trauma, trepidation, trial, urgency, worry |
Antonyms: |
indifference, relaxation |
| Main Entry: | lateness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | belatedness |
Synonyms: |
backwardness, delay, prolongation, protraction, retardation, slowness, tardiness |
Antonyms: |
anticipation, earliness, promptness |
| Main Entry: | elongation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | extension |
Synonyms: |
continuation, expansion, lengthening, prolongation, prolonging, protraction, stretching |