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Main Entry:	review
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	examination, study
Synonyms:	analysis, audit, check, drill, file, inspection, once-over*, parade, procession, recapitulation, reflection, report, retrospect, revision, scan, scrutiny, second thought, survey, view, another look, checkup, fresh look, march past, reassessment, reconsideration, rethink, second look
Notes:	a criticism is an evaluation or judgment of something, while critique is a somewhat elevated term for the same thing; review is used as a synonym for these but may also imply a more comprehensive study

* = informal/non-formal usage

Main Entry:	review
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	go over again
Synonyms:	analyze, brush up, call to mind, check out, debrief, go over, recall, recapitulate, recollect, reconsider, reexamine, rehash, remember, revise, revisit, run through, check thoroughly, hash over, look at again, look back on, polish up, reassess, recap, reevaluate, reflect on, rethink, run over, run up flagpole, summon up, take another look, think over
Antonyms:	ignore, neglect

* = informal/non-formal usage

Main Entry:	review
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	critique; summary
Synonyms:	abstract, analysis, appraisal, article, assessment, blurb, canvass, column, comment, commentary, criticism, discourse, discussion, dissertation, essay, evaluation, exposition, inspection, investigation, journal, judgment, magazine, mention, monograph, notice, organ, outline, pan*, periodical, recapitulation, revision, study, synopsis, theme, thesis, treatise, write-up, book review, redraft, reviewal

* = informal/non-formal usage

Main Entry:	review
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	criticize, scrutinize
Synonyms:	assess, bad-mouth, correct, discuss, evaluate, examine, give one's opinion, inspect, judge, knock, pan, put down, rave, read through, reedit, revise, rip, skin alive, slam, study, swipe at, take down, trash, weigh, write a critique, zap
Antonyms:	approve, praise

* = informal/non-formal usage

Main Entry:	afterthought
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	idea that occurs after it is timely
Synonyms:	review, second thought, reconsideration
Antonyms:	forethought

Main Entry:	appraise
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	judge, estimate
Synonyms:	adjudge, assay, assess, audit, calculate, check, check out, deem, evaluate, examine, eye, figure, figure in, figure out, gauge, guesstimate, have one's number, inspect, look over, peg, price, rate, read, review, set at, size, survey, take account of, valuate, value

* = informal/non-formal usage

Main Entry:	audit
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	inspection of financial records
Synonyms:	analysis, check, examination, investigation, report, review, scrutiny, survey, verification, view, balancing, checking

Main Entry:	audit
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	inspect financial records
Synonyms:	analyze, balance, check, examine, go over, go through, investigate, report, review, scrutinize, survey, verify, sit in

Main Entry:	brush up
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	improve condition
Synonyms:	clean up, cram, go over, look over, polish up, read up, refresh one's memory, refurbish, relearn, renovate, reread, retouch, review, revise, study, touch up
Antonyms:	forget

Main Entry:	canvass
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	poll; discuss issues
Synonyms:	agitate, analyze, apply, argue, campaign, check, consult, debate, dispute, examine, inspect, investigate, review, run, scan, scrutinize, sift, solicit, study, survey, ventilate, check over, electioneer

Main Entry:	cavalcade
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	parade
Synonyms:	array, drill, procession, promenade, review, spectacle, train, march-past

Main Entry:	censor
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	forbid; ban; selectively remove
Synonyms:	abridge, black out, blacklist, bleach, conceal, control, cork, criticize, cut, decontaminate, delete, edit, examine, excise, expurgate, inspect, launder, narrow, oversee, purge, purify, repress, restrain, restrict, review, revile, sanitize, squelch, sterilize, strike out, suppress, withhold, bleep, blue-pencil, bowdlerize, clean up, drop the iron curtain, exscind, prevent publication, put the lid on, refuse transmission, scissor out, supervise communications
Antonyms:	allow, approve, endorse, permit, sanction

* = informal/non-formal usage

Main Entry:	comment
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	statement of opinion; explanation
Synonyms:	animadversion, annotation, backtalk, buzz, comeback, commentary, crack, criticism, dictum, discussion, editorial, elucidation, exposition, footnote, gloss, hearsay, illustration, input, judgment, mention, mouthful, note, obiter, observation, opinion, remark, report, review, two cents' worth, wisecrack*
Antonyms:	quiet, silence

* = informal/non-formal usage

Main Entry:	commentary
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	analysis
Synonyms:	annotation, appreciation, comment, consideration, criticism, critique, description, discourse, exegesis, explanation, exposition, gloss, narration, notes, observation, remark, review, treatise, obiter dictum, voice-over

Main Entry:	conjure up
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	bring to mind
Synonyms:	call, contrive, create, evoke, materialize, recall, recollect, remember, review, summon, urge, produce as by magic
Antonyms:	forget, ignore, neglect

Main Entry:	conspectus
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	summary
Synonyms:	abstract, digest, outline, overview, précis, resume, review, rundown*, summation, synopsis

* = informal/non-formal usage

Main Entry:	consult
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	ask, confer
Synonyms:	argue, ask advice of, be closeted with, brainstorm, call in, cogitate, collogue, commune, compare notes, confab, confabulate, consider, debate, deliberate, discuss, examine, flap, groupthink, huddle, interrogate, interview, kick ideas around, negotiate, parlay, pick one's brains, powwow*, put heads together, question, refer to, regard, respect, review, seek advice, seek opinion of, take a meeting, take account of, take counsel, talk over, toss ideas around, treat, turn to

* = informal/non-formal usage

Main Entry:	critique
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	analysis, essay
Synonyms:	appraisal, assessment, comment, commentary, criticism, editorial, examination, exposition, flak, judgment, notice, pan, rap, rave, review, slam, slap, study, write-up, putdown, reviewal, takedown, zapper
Antonyms:	compliment, praise

* = informal/non-formal usage

Main Entry:	discuss
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	talk over with another
Synonyms:	argue, canvass, confer, consider, contend, contest, converse, debate, deliberate, descant, dispute, examine, explain, figure, get together, go into, jaw, moot, review, sift, take up, ventilate, weigh, altercate, bounce off, compare notes, confabulate, consult with, discept, discourse about, dissert, dissertate, exchange views on, groupthink, hash over, hold forth, kick about, knock around, put heads together, reason about, thrash out, toss around*
Antonyms:	be quiet

* = informal/non-formal usage

Main Entry:	discussion
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	talk with another
Synonyms:	altercation, analysis, argument, canvass, colloquy, conference, consideration, consultation, contention, controversy, conversation, debate, deliberation, dialogue, discourse, disputation, dispute, dissertation, examination, exchange, huddle, interview, meet, meeting, powwow*, quarrel, review, scrutiny, symposium, ventilation, argumentation, confabulation, excursus, groupthink, wrangling
Antonyms:	quiet, silence

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