| Main Entry: | alphabet |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | letters of a writing system |
Synonyms: |
ABCs, characters, elements, fundamentals, graphic representation, hieroglyphs, ideograph, morphemes, phonemes, pictograph, rune, signs, syllabary, symbols |
| Main Entry: | character |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | written symbol |
Synonyms: |
cipher, device, emblem, figure, hieroglyph, letter, logo, mark, monogram, number, numeral, rune, sign, type |
| Notes: | character is what one is; reputation is what one is thought to be by others |
| Main Entry: | incantation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | spell, magic |
Synonyms: |
abracadabra, ala kazam, bewitchment, black magic, chant, charm, conjuration, conjuring, enchantment, formula, hex, hocus-pocus, hoodoo, hymn, invocation, mumbo-jumbo, necromancy, open sesame, rune, sorcery, voodoo, witchcraft, wizardry |
| Main Entry: | invocation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | prayer |
Synonyms: |
abracadabra, appeal, beseeching, calling, command, conjuration, entreaty, hocus-pocus, hoodoo, mumbo jumbo, petition, rune, summons, supplication, voodoo |
| Main Entry: | letter |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | symbol of an alphabet |
Synonyms: |
ABCs, alphabet, cap, capital, character, majuscule, minuscule, rune, sign, small letter, type, uncial |
Antonyms: |
number |
| Main Entry: | magic |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | supernatural power; appearance |
Synonyms: |
alchemy, allurement, astrology, augury, bewitchment, black art, conjuring, conjury, devilry, diabolism, divination, enchantment, exorcism, fascination, foreboding, fortune-telling, hocuspocus, horoscopy, illusion, incantation, legerdemain, magnetism, necromancy, occultism, of impossible feats by tricks abracadabra, power, prediction, presage, prestidigitation, prophecy, rune, sleight of hand, soothsaying, sorcery, sortilege, spell, superstition, taboo, thaumaturgy, trickery, voodoo, voodooism, witchcraft, wizardry |
| Main Entry: | mystery |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | puzzle, secret |
Synonyms: |
abstruseness, brainteaser, braintwister, charade, chiller, cliffhanger, closed book, conundrum, crux, cryptogram, difficulty, enigma, grabber, inscrutability, inscrutableness, mindboggler, mystification, occult, oracle, perplexity, poser, problem, puzzlement, question, rebus, riddle, rune, secrecy, sixty-four-thousand-dollar question, sphinx, stickler, stumper, subtlety, teaser, thriller, tough nut to crack, twister, whodunit, why* |
Antonyms: |
known, understanding |
| Main Entry: | poem |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | highly expressive, rhythmical literary piece |
Synonyms: |
ballad, beat, blank verse, composition, creation, epic, free verse, haiku, limerick, lines, lyric, ode, poesy, poetry, quatrain, rhyme, rime, rune, sestina, song, sonnet, verse, villanelle, words, writing |
Antonyms: |
prose |
| Main Entry: | poetry |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | expressive, rhythmic literary work |
Synonyms: |
balladry, doggerel, metrical composition, paean, poems, poesy, rhyme, rhyming, rime, rune, song, stanza, verse, versification |
Antonyms: |
prose |
| Main Entry: | rhyme |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | poetry in which lines end with like sounds |
Synonyms: |
alliteration, beat, cadence, couplet, doggerel, half-rhyme, harmony, iambic pentameter, measure, meter, nursery rhyme, ode, poem, poesy, poetry, rhythm, rune, slant rhyme, song, tune, verse, vowel-chime |