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| Main Entry: | amalgam |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mixture |
| Synonyms: | admixture, alloy, blend, combination, composite, compound, fusion, mishmash*, amalgamation, combo, soup |
| Notes: | an amalgam is what follows upon an amalgamation; amalgamation is a process in which things are combined and an amalgam is the result or consequence of that process - so amalgam means 'combination,' while amalgamation means 'the act of combining or uniting; consolidation' |
| Antonyms: | division, separation |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | compound |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | combination, mixture |
| Synonyms: | admixture, aggregate, alloy, amalgam, blend, composite, composition, compost, conglomerate, fusion, goulash, medley, mishmash*, stew, synthesis, union, amalgamation, combo, commixture, soup |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | explosive |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something that blows up |
| Synonyms: | ammunition, bomb, booby trap*, charge, dynamite, fireworks, grease*, grenade, mine, missile, powder, shell, shot, TNT, detonator, gunpowder, mulligan, munition, nitroglycerin, pineapple, propellant, soup* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | haze |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | cloudy air |
| Synonyms: | brume, cloud, film, fog, fumes, miasma, mist, murk, obscurity, smog, smother, steam, vapor, dimness, ground clouds, haziness, indistinctness, smokiness, soup* |
| Antonyms: | clarity, clearness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | mélange |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mixture |
| Synonyms: | assortment, confusion, farrago, hodgepodge, jumble, medley, miscellany, mishmash, mix, mixed bag, pastiche, patchwork, potpourri, salmagundi, stew, combo, gallimaufry, pasticcio, soup |
| Antonyms: | singularity |
| Main Entry: | mist |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | film, vapor |
| Synonyms: | brume, cloud, condensation, dew, drizzle, fog, haze, moisture, rain, smog, spray, steam, ground clouds, soup*, visibility zero |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | mix/mixture |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | assortment, combination |
| Synonyms: | admixture, adulteration, alloy, amalgam, assimilation, association, batter, blend, brew, combine, composite, compound, concoction, confection, conglomeration, cross, crossing, dough, fusion, goulash, grab bag*, hodgepodge, hybrid, incorporation, jumble, mélange, mash, medley, merger, miscellany, mishmash, mixed bag, mosaic, package, patchwork, potpourri, salmagundi, saturation, stew*, transfusion, union, variety, amalgamation, combo, commixture, hybridization, infiltration, interfusion, mingling, soup* |
| Antonyms: | disconnection, division, separation |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | potpourri |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | miscellany |
| Synonyms: | assortment, blend, collection, combination, goulash, hash, hodgepodge, mélange, medley, mishmash, mixed bag, mixture, motley, olio*, pastiche*, patchwork, salmagundi*, stew, combo, gallimaufry, soup |
| Antonyms: | ingredient, singular |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | predicament |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | difficult situation |
| Synonyms: | Catch-22*, asperity, bad news*, bind*, circumstance, clutch, condition, corner*, crisis, deadlock, dilemma, drag*, emergency, exigency, fix*, hang-up*, hardship, hole, hot water, imbroglio, impasse, jam*, juncture, lot, mess*, muddle, pass, pickle*, pinch, plight, position, posture, puzzle, quagmire, quandary, rigor, scrape*, spot*, state*, strait, vicissitude, deep water, large order, perplexity, rough go, soup*, tall order ticklish spot tight situation trouble* |
| Antonyms: | fix, solution, good fortune |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | mixture |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | combination |
| Synonyms: | admixture, adulteration, alloy, amalgam, assimilation, association, batter, blend, brew, combine, composite, compound, concoction, confection, conglomeration, cross, crossing, dough, fusion, goulash, grab bag, hodgepodge, hybrid, incorporation, jumble, mélange, mash, medley, merger, miscellany, mishmash, mix, mixed bag, mosaic, package, patchwork, potpourri, salmagundi, saturation, stew, transfusion, union, variety, amalgamation, combo, commixture, hybridization, infiltration, interfusion, mingling, soup |
| Main Entry: | hot water |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | trouble |
| Synonyms: | bind, difficulty, jam, mess, predicament, scrape, hot spot, soup |
| 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: | fog |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | heavy mist that reduces visibility |
| Synonyms: | brume, cloud, effluvium, film, gloom, grease, haze, miasma, murk, nebula, obscurity, smog, smoke, smother, steam, vapor, wisp, London fog, ground clouds, murkiness, pea soup, smaze, soup*, visibility zero-zero |
| Antonyms: | clearness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | stew |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mixture, miscellany |
| Synonyms: | brew, goulash*, hash, jumble, mélange, medley, mishmash, olio*, potpourri, salmagundi*, mulligan, pasticcio, pie*, soup |
| Antonyms: | element |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | variety |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | difference |
| Synonyms: | array, assortment, change, collection, conglomeration, cross section, departure, discrepancy, diversity, fluctuation, incongruity, mélange, medley, miscellany, mishmash, mixed bag*, mixture, modification, potpourri, range, shift, stew, variance, variation, combo, disparateness, divergency, diversification, heterogeneity, intermixture, many-sidedness, multifariousness, multiplicity, soup |
| Antonyms: | uniformity |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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