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| Main Entry: | shed |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cast off |
| Synonyms: | afford, beam, cashier, cast, diffuse, discard, doff, drop, emit, exude, exuviate, give, jettison, junk, molt, radiate, reject, scatter, scrap, shower, slip, spill, sprinkle, take off, throw, throw away, throw out, yield, disburden, give forth, let fall, pour forth, send forth, slough |
| Antonyms: | put on |
| Main Entry: | barn |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | animal shelter |
| Synonyms: | shed, farm building, outbuilding |
| Main Entry: | booth |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | small enclosure or building |
| Synonyms: | berth, box, compartment, coop, corner, counter, cubbyhole, cubicle, hut, hutch, nook, pen, pew, repository, shed, stall, stand, carrel, cote, dispensary |
| Main Entry: | cabin |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | tiny house; lodging |
| Synonyms: | berth, box, camp, chalet, compartment, cot, cottage, crib, home, hovel, hut, lodge, quarters, room, shack, shanty, shed, shelter, caboose, deckhouse, log house |
| Main Entry: | camp |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | site for outdoor living |
| Synonyms: | caravansary, chalet, cottage, encampment, hut, lean-to, lodge, shack, shanty, shed, tent, tilt, wigwam, bivouac, campfire, campground, camping ground, log cabin, summer home, tent city, tepee |
| 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: | 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: | disperse |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | distribute; scatter |
| Synonyms: | banish, break up, broadcast, circulate, deal, diffuse, disappear, disband, disburse, discharge, dislodge, dismiss, dispel, disseminate, dissipate, dissolve, dole out, eject, intersperse, partition, propagate, radiate, rout, scatter, scramble, separate, shed, sow, split up, spray, spread, strew, vanish, besprinkle, cast forth, divvy, measure out, send off, take off in all directions |
| Notes: | to disburse means 'to pay out or expend'; to disperse is 'to scatter something' |
| Antonyms: | arrange, assemble, collect, garner, gather |
| Main Entry: | disrobe |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | take off one's clothes |
| Synonyms: | bare, denude, deprive, dismantle, divest, doff, husk*, peel*, remove, shed, shuck*, strip, unbutton, uncover, undress, denudate, slip out of, take it off, unclothe |
| Antonyms: | clothe, put on |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | doff |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | remove |
| Synonyms: | cast off, discard, disrobe, peel, shed, shuck, strip, take off, undress, put aside, slip off |
| Main Entry: | emit |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | diffuse, discharge |
| Synonyms: | afford, beam, belch, breathe, drip, eject, emanate, erupt, evacuate, excrete, exhale, expectorate, expel, expend, expire, extrude, exude, give off, gush, issue, jet, let off, loose, ooze, pass, perspire, pour, pronounce, purge, radiate, reek, secrete, shed, shoot, speak, spew, spill, spit, squirt, throw out, transmit, utter, vent, voice, void, vomit, yield, cast out, disembogue, give out, give vent to, send forth, send out |
| Antonyms: | conceal, contain, refrain, repress, suppress, withhold |
| Main Entry: | exfoliate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | peel |
| Synonyms: | doff, shed, desquamate, flake off, scale off |
| Main Entry: | flake |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | peel off |
| Synonyms: | blister, chip, drop, exfoliate, pare, scale, shed, slice, sliver, trim, delaminate, desquamate, scab, wear away |
| Main Entry: | hovel |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | tiny unkempt house |
| Synonyms: | burrow, cabin, cottage, den, dump*, hole*, hut, hutch, lean-to, pigpen*, shack, shanty, shed, stall, sty*, pigsty, rathole, rattrap |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | hut |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | tiny, often roughly built, house |
| Synonyms: | box*, cabin, camp, chalet, cot, cottage, crib*, den, dugout, dump*, hovel*, hutch, lean-to, lodge, pigeonhole*, refuge, shack, shanty, shed, shelter, wigwam, bungalow, cabana, log house, rathole, summer house, tepee |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | jettison |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | eject; throw overboard |
| Synonyms: | abandon, abdicate, cashier*, cast, cast off, discard, dump, expel, heave, hurl, junk*, maroon, reject, scrap*, shed, throw away, unload*, deep-six, slough |
| Antonyms: | take in, take on |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | overflow |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | pour out, flood |
| Synonyms: | brim, cascade, cover, deluge, discharge, drain, drown, engulf, gush, inundate, issue, jet, leak, overrun, pour, rush, shed, shower, slop, slosh, soak, spill, spout, spray, spurt, squirt, submerge, surge, swamp, water, wave, well, wet, bubble over, fall over, irrupt, overbrim, overtop, run over, spill over, well over, whelm |
| Main Entry: | radiate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give off; scatter |
| Synonyms: | afford, beam, broadcast, circulate, diffuse, disseminate, distribute, diverge, emanate, emit, expand, gleam, glitter, illumine, irradiate, issue, pour, proliferate, propagate, ramble, shed, shine, spread, sprinkle, strew, throw out, transmit, yield, branch out, give out, light up, ramify, send out, shoot out, spread out |
| Antonyms: | collect, gather |
| Main Entry: | reject |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | say no to |
| Synonyms: | burn*, cashier*, cast off, chuck, decline, deny, despise, disallow, disbelieve, discard, discount, discredit, disdain, dismiss, eliminate, exclude*, jettison, jilt, kill*, nix*, pass by, put down, rebuff, refuse, renounce, repel, reprobate, repudiate, repulse, scoff, scorn, scout, scrap, second, shed, shun, spurn, throw away, throw out, turn down, veto, cast aside, cast out, give thumbs down to, not buy, pass on, pass up, shoot down*, slough |
| Antonyms: | accept, allow, approve, choose, ratify, sanction |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | relinquish |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give up, let go |
| Synonyms: | abandon, abdicate, abnegate, back down, cast, cast off, cede, cut loose*, desert, discard, ditch*, drop, drop out, dump*, forbear, forgo, forsake, forswear, hand over, kick, leave, opt out, quit, release, renounce, repudiate, resign, sacrifice, shed, surrender, vacate, waive, withdraw, yield, drop like hot potato, kiss good-bye, lay aside, quit cold turkey, retire from, stand down, swear off*, take the oath, take the pledge |
| Antonyms: | hold, keep, take |
* = 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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