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provisions - 20 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | provision |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | supplies, supplying |
| Synonyms: | arrangement, emergency, foundation, groundwork, outline, plan, precaution, preparation, procurement, stock, store, accouterment, catering, equipping, fitting out, furnishing, prearrangement, providing, supplying |
| Antonyms: | removal, taking |
| Main Entry: | provision/proviso |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | stipulation, condition of agreement |
| Synonyms: | Catch-22*, agreement, catch*, clause, demand, fine print, joker*, limitation, prerequisite, qualification, requirement, reservation, restriction, rider, small print*, specification, stipulation, term, terms, kicker, strings |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | eats |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | food |
| Synonyms: | chow, comestibles, fare, grub*, nosh*, nourishment, nutriment, provisions, sustenance, victuals, vittles, eatables, meals, rations, snacks, tidbits |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | equipment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | supplies, gear for activity |
| Synonyms: | accessories, apparatus, baggage, belongings, equipage, furnishings, furniture, impedimenta, machinery, material, materiel, miscellaneous, outfit, paraphernalia, provisions, rig*, setup, stock, store, stuff, tackle, things, trappings, accompaniments, accouterments, appliances, appurtenances, articles, attachments, contraptions, contrivances, devices, facilities, fittings, fixtures, gadgets, habiliments, kit and kaboodle, provisioning, shebang, tools, traps, utensils |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | feed |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | food |
| Synonyms: | fodder, forage, grain, grass, grub, hay, meal, provender, provisions, straw, vittles, animal food, barley, corn, pasturage, silage |
| Main Entry: | fodder |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | animal feed |
| Synonyms: | food, forage, grain, grass, grub, hay, meal, provender, provisions, straw, vittles, animal food, barley, corn, pasturage, silage |
| Main Entry: | furnishings |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | appliances, furniture |
| Synonyms: | accessories, equipment, gear, provisions, trappings, accouterments, appointments, décor, fittings, fixtures |
| Main Entry: | nest egg |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | saved money |
| Synonyms: | backup, cache, funds, investment, mad money*, means, provisions, reserve, resources, savings, savings account, stockpile, emergency funds, life savings, money in the bank, piggy bank, rainy day fund, reserve fund, reserves, sinking fund, something for a rainy day, something to fall back on, stash, stash, unexpended balance |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | nurture |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | development, nourishment |
| Synonyms: | breeding, care, diet, discipline, education, feed, food, instruction, nutriment, provender, provisions, subsistence, sustenance, training, upbringing, viands, victuals, edibles, rearing |
| Notes: | cherish means to be fond of, be attached to, while nurture means to bring up, help develop, help grow, or provide with nourishment |
| Antonyms: | deprivation, ignorance, neglect, starvation |
| Main Entry: | victuals |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | food supplies |
| Synonyms: | bread, chow*, comestibles, eats, fare, feed, groceries*, grub, larder, meal, nourishment, provender, provisions, snack, supplies, viands, vittles, aliment, eatables, edibles, foodstuff, goodies, rations, refreshments |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | vittles |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | food |
| Synonyms: | chow*, comestibles, eats, fare, groceries*, grub, larder, meal, nourishment, provender, provisions, snack, viands, victuals, eatables, edibles, foodstuff, goodies, refreshments |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | apparatus |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | equipment with a purpose |
| Synonyms: | appliance, black box*, contraption, device, doodad*, doohickey*, furnishings, gear, gimcrack*, gimmick, gizmo*, idiot box*, implement, job*, machine, machinery, means, mechanism, outfit, paraphernalia, provisions, setup, stuff, supplies, tackle, thingamajig*, widget*, accoutrement, dingbat, gaff, grabber, habiliments, jigger, tools, utensils, whatchamacallit, whatsis, whosis |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | bread |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | daily food |
| Synonyms: | comestibles, diet, fare, feed, grub*, nourishment, nurture, nutriment, provender, provisions, staff of life*, subsistence, sustenance, viands, victuals, aliment, bed and board, necessities, shingle |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | outfit |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | set of clothes or equipment |
| Synonyms: | apparatus, clothing, costume, ensemble, garb, gear, guise, kit, machinery, materiel, outlay, paraphernalia, provisions, rig, rigging, suit, supplies, tackle, trappings*, wardrobe, accoutrements, appliances, get-up, togs |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | reserve |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | supply |
| Synonyms: | assets, backlog, cache, capital, drop, fund, hoard, insurance, inventory, nest egg*, plant, provisions, reservoir, resources, savings, stock, stockpile, store, wealth, ace in hole, emergency fund, rainy day fund, stash |
| Antonyms: | emptiness, nothing |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | board |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | meal |
| Synonyms: | eats*, fare, food, keep*, mess, provisions, victuals, daily bread |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | diet |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | daily intake of food |
| Synonyms: | bite, comestibles, commons, fare, menu, nourishment, nutriment, nutrition, provisions, snack, subsistence, sustenance, viands, victuals, aliment, daily bread, edibles, goodies, grubbery, rations |
| Main Entry: | grub |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | food |
| Synonyms: | chow*, comestibles, eats*, feed, nosh*, nurture, provisions, sustenance, viands, victuals, vittles*, edibles, rations |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | pool |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | supply of money, goods |
| Synonyms: | bank, combine, conglomerate, equipment, funds, group, jackpot, kitty*, pot, provisions, stakes |
| Antonyms: | lack, want |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | administration |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | management of an organization or effort |
| Synonyms: | agency, application, authority, charge, command, conduct, control, direction, dispensation, disposition, distribution, enforcement, execution, governing, government, guidance, handling, jurisdiction, legislation, order, organization, oversight, performance, policy, power, provision, regulation, rule, running, strategy, supervision, surveillance, administering, conducting, directing, overseeing, superintendence |
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