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scoop - 20 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | scoop |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dig up; shovel |
| Synonyms: | bail, dig, dip, empty, excavate, gather, gouge, grub, hollow, ladle, lift, pick up, remove, scrape, spade, take up, clear away, dig out, lade, sweep away, sweep up |
| Main Entry: | scoop |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | utensil, tool for shovelling |
| Synonyms: | bail, dipper, ladle, shovel, spade, spoon, trowel |
| Main Entry: | scoop |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | previously secret information that is suddenly public |
| Synonyms: | beat, exclusive, exposé, news, revelation, sensation, inside story |
| Main Entry: | bulletin |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | message, notification |
| Synonyms: | account, announcement, break, calendar, communication, communiqué, dispatch, flash*, handout, hot wire, item, list, news, news flash*, notice, program, publication, release, report, scoop*, skinny*, statement, the dope, what's going down, what's happening |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | data |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | information in visible form |
| Synonyms: | brass tacks*, chapter and verse*, circumstances, details, dope, dossier, evidence, facts, goods, knowledge, notes, picture, proof, scoop, score, statistics, testimony, abstracts, compilations, conclusions, documents, experiments, figures, info, input, materials, measurements, memorandums, reports, results, whole story |
| Notes: | data (plural noun) is a collection of facts, observations, or measurements from which conclusions may be drawn while datum (singular noun) is an item of factual information derived from measurement or research |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | dish out |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | distribute |
| Synonyms: | allocate, deliver, dispense, dole out*, furnish, hand, hand out, hand over, inflict, ladle, present, produce, scoop, serve, supply, transfer, turn over, fork over, give out, mete out, serve up, spoon |
| Antonyms: | take |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | excavate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dig up |
| Synonyms: | burrow, cut, delve, empty, gouge, grub, hollow, mine, quarry, scoop, scrape, shovel, spade, trench, tunnel, uncover, unearth |
| Antonyms: | fill |
| Main Entry: | facts |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | inside information |
| Synonyms: | bottom line*, brass tacks*, certainty, clue, cue, data, details, dope*, gospel, reality, scoop*, score*, story, info, inside dope, like it is, lowdown, numbers, poop, whole story |
| Antonyms: | lies |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | gouge |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | groove, hole |
| Synonyms: | channel, cut, excavation, furrow, gash, hollow, notch, scoop, score, scratch, trench |
| Main Entry: | hollow |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | empty or dented area |
| Synonyms: | basin, bottom, bowl, cave, cavern, cavity, chamber, channel, cleft, concavity, crater, cup, dale, den, depression, dimple, dip, dish, excavation, groove, gulf, hole, indentation, notch, pit, pocket, sag, scoop, trough, vacuity, valley, void, sinkage, sinkhole, socket |
| Antonyms: | solid |
| Main Entry: | hollow |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | empty out; make concave |
| Synonyms: | channel, chase, dent, dig, dish, ditch, excavate, furrow, gorge, groove, indent, notch, pit, remove, rut, scoop, shovel, trench, corrugate, rabbet |
| Antonyms: | fill, raise, make convex |
| Main Entry: | information |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | facts, news |
| Synonyms: | advice, ammo, break*, chapter and verse*, clue, confidence, counsel, cue, data, dirt*, dope*, dossier, earful, enlightenment, erudition, illumination, info, inside story, instruction, intelligence, knowledge, leak, learning, lore, lowdown, material, message, network, notice, notification, orientation, propaganda, report, science, scoop, score, tidings, tip, what's what, whole story, wisdom, word* |
| Antonyms: | ignorance |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | item |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | part, article |
| Synonyms: | account, aspect, bit, blurb*, bulletin, column, component, consideration, detail, dispatch, element, entry, feature, incidental, information, matter, news, note, notice, novelty, particular, piece, point, report, scoop*, scrap, specific, story, thing, write-up, conversation piece, minor point, minutia, paragraph |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | knowledge |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person's understanding; information |
| Synonyms: | ability, acquaintance, apprehension, awareness, cognition, comprehension, consciousness, dirt*, discernment, doctrine, dogma, dope*, education, enlightenment, erudition, expertise, facts, familiarity, goods*, grasp, insight, instruction, intelligence, judgment, know-how*, learning, light*, lore, observation, philosophy, picture, power*, proficiency, recognition, scholarship, science, scoop*, substance, theory, tuition, wisdom, accomplishments, attainments, inside story, principles, schooling |
| Antonyms: | ignorance |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | mine |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dig up |
| Synonyms: | burrow, delve, drill, excavate, extract, hew, pan, quarry, sap, scoop, shovel, unearth, work, dig for |
| Antonyms: | bury |
| Main Entry: | news |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | information, revelation |
| Synonyms: | account, advice, announcement, broadcast, bulletin, cable, cognizance, communication, copy, data, description, disclosure, discovery, dispatch, enlightenment, exposé, hearsay, intelligence, knowledge, leak, message, narration, news flash, recital, recognition, release, report, rumor, scandal, scoop*, specification, statement, story, telecast, telegram, telling, tidings*, word*, communiqué, eye-opener, front-page news, headlines, itemization, lowdown, particularization, the goods |
| Antonyms: | history |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | particular |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | detail |
| Synonyms: | ABC's, article, bottom line*, brass tacks*, case, chapter and verse*, circumstance, clue, cue, element, fact, facts of life, feature, gospel, item, know*, lowdown, nitty-gritty*, nuts and bolts*, picture, point, rundown*, scoop*, score*, speciality, specific, specification, story, thing*, what's what, whole story |
| Antonyms: | generality |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | revelation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disclosure, telling |
| Synonyms: | announcement, apocalypse, betrayal, break, broadcasting, clue, communication, cue, discovery, display, divination, exhibition, expose, exposition, exposure, flash, inspiration, leak, manifestation, news, oracle, proclamation, prophecy, publication, scoop*, showing, sign, tip, vision, adumbration, blow by blow, divulgement, earful, epiphany, eye-opener, foreshadowing, lightning bolt, the latest, uncovering, unearthing, unveiling |
| Antonyms: | secret |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | verification |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | proof |
| Synonyms: | affidavit, confirmation, credentials, deposition, endorsement, evidence, facts, information, record, scoop*, seal, signature, stamp, substantiation, testament, testimony, attestation, authentication, averment, certification, documents |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | dipper |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ladle |
| Synonyms: | bucket, cup, pail, scoop, spoon |
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