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| Main Entry: | scrap |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | tiny bit of something |
| Synonyms: | atom, bite, butt, chip, chunk, crumb, cutting, discard, end, fragment, glob, grain, hunk, iota, jot, junk, leftover*, lump, mite, modicum, morsel, mouthful, odds and ends*, part, particle, piece, portion, remains, shred, slice, sliver, snatch, snippet, speck, stump, trace, waste, bits and pieces, castoff, gob, leaving, orts, smithereen |
| Antonyms: | load, lot |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | scrap |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | abandon; throw away |
| Synonyms: | break up, cast, chuck, demolish, discard, dismiss, dispense with, ditch, do away with*, drop, forsake, get rid of, jettison, junk, reject, retire, shed, throw out, write off, consign to scrap heap, put out to pasture, slough, toss out |
| Antonyms: | hoard, keep, save, store |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | scrap |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | argument, fight |
| Synonyms: | affray, battle, brawl, broil*, disagreement, dispute, fracas, fray, quarrel, row, scuffle, squabble, tiff*, wrangle, set-to* |
| Antonyms: | agreement, harmony, peace |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | scrap |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fight, argue |
| Synonyms: | battle, bicker, caterwaul, come to blows*, fall out, quarrel, row, spat, squabble, tiff, wrangle, have shouting match, have words |
| Antonyms: | agree, harmonize, make peace |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | atom |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | smallest part of something |
| Synonyms: | bit, crumb, dot, fragment, grain, iota, jot, minimum, mite, modicum, molecule, morsel, mote, ounce, particle, scintilla, scrap, shred, smidgen, speck, spot, trace, whit, tittle |
| Notes: | atom comes from Greek atomos 'uncut, indivisible' - based on a- 'not' and temneir 'to cut' and it is the smallest unit of matter that retains the characteristics of an element; a molecule is the smallest unit of matter that retains the characteristics of a compound |
| Main Entry: | bicker |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | nastily argue |
| Synonyms: | brawl, caterwaul, cavil, dig, disagree, dispute, fall out, fight, hassle, quarrel, quibble, row, scrap, scrape, spar, spat, squabble, tiff, wrangle, altercate, cause a scene, pick at, trade zingers |
| Antonyms: | agree, concede, discuss |
| Main Entry: | brawl |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | nasty fight |
| Synonyms: | affray, altercation, argument, battle, battle royal*, broil, clash, disorder, dispute, donnybrook, feud, fight, fracas, fray, free-for-all*, fuss, hassle, melee, quarrel, rhubarb*, riot, row, ruckus*, rumble*, rumpus, scrap, scuffle, squabble, tumult, uproar, wrangle, bickering, duke out |
| Antonyms: | peace, truce |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | brawl |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fight nastily |
| Synonyms: | argue, battle, bicker, buck*, caterwaul, dispute, quarrel, raise Cain*, roughhouse, row, rumble*, scrap, scuffle, spat, squabble, tussle, wrangle, wrestle, altercate, kick up a row |
| Antonyms: | make peace |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | chip |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | shard, flaw |
| Synonyms: | dent, flake, fragment, nick, notch, part, scrap, scratch, slice, sliver, wafer, wedge, gobbet, paring, shaving |
| Main Entry: | chuck |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | throw aside, throw away, throw out |
| Synonyms: | abandon, can, cast, desert, discard, ditch, eighty-six*, eject, fire, fling, flip, forsake, heave, hurl, jettison, junk, launch, pitch, quit, reject, relinquish, renounce, scrap, shed, shy, sling, toss, give the heave ho, slough |
| Antonyms: | keep |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | claw |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | using sharp nail |
| Synonyms: | break, dig, graze, hurt, itch, lacerate, mangle, maul, open, rip, scrap, scrape, scratch, tear, scrabble |
| Main Entry: | collide |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | slam into |
| Synonyms: | bang, beat, break up, bump, clash, conflict, crash, crunch*, disagree, fragment, hit, jolt, pulverize*, scrap*, shatter, smash, splinter, strike, fender-bend, meet head-on, pile up*, plow into, sideswipe, wrack up |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | conflict |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be at odds |
| Synonyms: | brawl, clash, collide, combat, contend, contest, contrast, differ, disagree, discord, disturb, fight, interfere, jar, mismatch, oppose, romp, scrap, slug, strive, struggle, tangle, vary, bump heads with, cross swords with, disaccord, disharmonize, lock horns with, run against tide, square off with |
| Antonyms: | agree, harmonize, be calm |
| Main Entry: | controversy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | debate, dispute |
| Synonyms: | altercation, argument, beef*, brush, contention, difference, discussion, disputation, embroilment, falling-out*, flak, fuss, hurrah, miff, quarrel, row, rumpus, scene, scrap, squabble, strife, tiff*, words, wrangle, bickering, dissention, polemic, wrangling |
| Antonyms: | accord, agreement, forbearance, harmony, peace, quiet |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | crumb |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | tiny bit, morsel |
| Synonyms: | atom, dab, dash, dram, drop, grain, iota, jot, mite, ounce, particle, pinch, scrap, seed, shred, sliver, smidgen, snippet, soupçon, speck |
| Main Entry: | discard |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | get rid of |
| Synonyms: | abandon, abdicate, abjure, banish, can*, cancel, cashier, chuck, desert, dispatch, dispense with, dispose of, dispossess, ditch, divorce, do away with, drop, dump, eject, eliminate, expel, forsake, jettison, junk*, oust, protest, reject, relinquish, remove, renounce, repeal, repudiate, scrap, shake off, shed, throw away, throw out, write off, adios, cast aside, deep-six, free of, give up, have done with, part with, put by, sweep away, throw overboard, toss aside |
| Antonyms: | embrace, keep, retain |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | ditch |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | get rid of |
| Synonyms: | abandon, desert, discard, dispose of, drop, dump*, eighty-six*, forsake, jettison, junk*, leave, reject, scrap*, throw away, throw out, throw overboard |
| Antonyms: | pick up |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | dump |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | drop, throw away |
| Synonyms: | cast, chuck, clear out, deposit, discard, discharge, dispose of, ditch, drain, eject, empty, evacuate, expel, exude, fling, get rid of, jettison, junk, leave, scrap, throw out, tip, unload, unpack, deep-six, fling down, let fall, throw down, throw overboard |
| Antonyms: | hold, keep, maintain, save |
| Main Entry: | fighting |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | battle, encounter |
| Synonyms: | argument, battle royal*, beef*, bloodshed, blowup, bout, brush, combat, conflict, contention, dispute, donnybrook*, exchange, flap*, fracas, free-for-all*, go, hassle, hostility, joust, match, melee, mix, riot, roughhouse, row, rowdy, rumble, rumpus, run-in*, scramble, scrap*, scrimmage, scuffle, spat, strife, struggle, tiff, war, warfare, words, wrangle, brannigan, brawling, hell broke loose, punch out, set-to* |
| Antonyms: | peace, surrender, ceasefire |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fragment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | part, chip |
| Synonyms: | ace, atom, bit, bite, chunk, crumb, cut, end, fraction, grain, hunk, iota, job*, lump*, morsel, particle, piece, portion, remnant, scrap, share, shiver, shred, slice, sliver, gob, minim, smithereen |
| Antonyms: | entirety, total, whole |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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