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| Main Entry: | solution |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | answer, resolution |
| Synonyms: | clarification, elucidation, explanation, key, pay dirt*, quick fix*, result, Band-Aid, explication, solving, the ticket, unfolding, unraveling, unravelment |
| Antonyms: | doubt, problem, quandary, question, trouble |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | solution |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mixture of liquid and another substance |
| Synonyms: | blend, compound, elixir, extract, fluid, juice, mix, sap, solvent, suspension, dissolvent, emulsion |
| Antonyms: | chemical, element |
| Main Entry: | answer |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | reply; reaction |
| Synonyms: | acknowledgment, back talk, close, comeback, comment, cooler*, crack, defense, disclosure, echo, elucidation, explanation, feedback, guff*, interpretation, justification, key, lip*, observation, pay dirt*, plea, quick fix*, rebuttal, refutation, rejoinder, remark, repartee, report, resolution, response, result, retort, return, riposte, sign, solution, statement, vindication, wisecrack, antiphon, backcap, band-aid, counterclaim, parting shot, rhetorical question, thank-you note, the ticket, topper |
| Notes: | an answer is something said, written, or done in return; a reply is an answer that satisfies a detail in a question |
| Antonyms: | question |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | clarification |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | explanation |
| Synonyms: | description, elucidation, exposition, illumination, interpretation, resolution, solution, simplification, unravelment, vivification |
| Antonyms: | complication, misunderstanding, muddle |
| Main Entry: | clue |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hint, evidence |
| Synonyms: | cue, dead giveaway*, indication, inkling, intimation, key, lead, mark, notion, pointer, print, proof, sign, solution, suggestion, suspicion, telltale, tip, trace, track, wind, hot lead, tip-off |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | concoction |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | creation, blend |
| Synonyms: | brew, combination, compound, contrivance, intention, medley, mixture, plan, preparation, project, solution |
| Main Entry: | definition |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | description |
| Synonyms: | annotation, answer, clarification, clue, comment, commentary, cue, delineation, demarcation, denotation, determination, diagnosis, drift, elucidation, explanation, exposition, fixing, gloss, interpretation, key, outlining, rationale, rendition, representation, solution, terminology, translation, analogue, characterization, delimitation, exemplification, explication, expounding, formalization, individuation, rendering, settling, signification, statement of meaning |
| Antonyms: | ambiguity, nonsense, vagueness |
| Main Entry: | elixir |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | remedy |
| Synonyms: | cure-all, elixir of life, extract, medicine, mixture, panacea, philosopher's stone, potion, principle, solution |
| Main Entry: | fluid |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | liquid |
| Synonyms: | broth, cooler, goo*, juice, liquor, solution, vapor, aqua, chaser, goop |
| Antonyms: | solid |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | idea |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something understood, planned, or |
| Synonyms: | aim, approximation, belief, brainstorm*, clue, concept, conception, conclusion, conviction, design, doctrine, end, essence, estimate, fancy, feeling, flash*, form, guess, hint, hypothesis, import, impression, inkling, intention, interpretation, intimation, judgment, meaning, notion, object, objective, opinion, pattern, perception, plan, purpose, reason, scheme, sense, significance, solution, suggestion, suspicion, teaching, theory, thought, understanding, view, viewpoint, believed abstraction |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | liquid |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fluid |
| Synonyms: | broth, elixir, extract, flow, flux, goo*, juice, liquor, nectar, sap, secretion, slop*, solution, swill*, aqua, aqueous material, goop, melted material |
| Antonyms: | solid |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | combination |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mixture, blend |
| Synonyms: | aggregate, amalgam, brew, composite, compound, connection, consolidation, fusion, junction, medley, merger, miscellany, mishmash*, mix, olio, order, sequence, solution, stew, succession, synthesis, unification, union, amalgamation, blending, coalescence, combo, everything but kitchen sink, soup |
| Antonyms: | detachment, division, parting, separation |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | determination |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | conclusion |
| Synonyms: | decision, judgment, measurement, opinion, perception, purpose, resolution, resolve, result, settlement, solution, verdict, visualization |
| Antonyms: | beginning, start |
| Main Entry: | dip |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something for dunking |
| Synonyms: | concoction, infusion, mixture, preparation, solution, suspension, dilution, suffusion |
| Main Entry: | dissolution |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | death; destruction |
| Synonyms: | adjournment, conclusion, curtains, decay, decease, decomposition, demise, disappearance, dismissal, end, ending, evaporation, extinction, finish, melting, overthrow, passing, quietus, release, resolution, ruin, silence, sleep, solution, suspension, termination, defunction, disbandment, discontinuation, dispersal, liquefaction |
| Antonyms: | beginning, commencement, construction, start |
| Main Entry: | resolution |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | answer, judgment |
| Synonyms: | analysis, assertion, breakdown, call, conclusion, decision, declaration, determination, dissection, elucidation, end, exposition, finding, interpretation, motion, nod, outcome, pay dirt*, presentation, proposal, proposition, quick fix*, recitation, recommendation, resolve, settlement, solution, ticket*, upshot, verdict, solving, sorting out, unravelling, working out |
| Antonyms: | problem, question, trouble |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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