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| Main Entry: | spell |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | interval, period |
| Synonyms: | bit, bout, course, go, hitch, interlude, intermission, patch, relay, season, shift, space, stint, streak, stretch, term, time, tour, tour of duty, trick, turn, while |
| Main Entry: | spell |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | mean, imply |
| Synonyms: | add up to, amount to, augur, connote, denote, express, herald, import, indicate, intend, portend, presage, promise, signify, suggest, orthographize, point to |
| Main Entry: | spell |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | magical aura over an entity |
| Synonyms: | abracadabra*, allure, amulet, charm, enchanting, enchantment, exorcism, fascination, glamour, hex, hocus-pocus*, incantation, jinx, magic, mumbo jumbo*, sorcery, talisman, trance, voodoo*, whack*, whammy*, bewitching, bewitchment, conjuration, hexing, rune, witchery |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | spell |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give rest, relief |
| Synonyms: | allow, breathe, free, lay off, release, relieve, lie by, stand in for, take over, take the place of |
| Antonyms: | abuse, use, run ragged |
| Main Entry: | spell |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | seizure |
| Synonyms: | access, attack, fit, illness, jag, paroxysm, spasm, stroke, throe, turn |
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| Synonyms: |
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spell, charm, incantation, exorcism, weird, cabala, exsufflation, cantrap, runes, abracadabra, open sesame, countercharm, Ephesian letters, bell book and candle, Mumbo Jumbo, evil eye, fee-faw-fum., talisman, amulet, periapt, telesm, phylactery, philter; fetich, fetish; agnus Dei; furcula, madstone; mascot, mascotte; merrythought; Om, Aum; scarab, scarabaeus; sudarium, triskelion, veronica, wishbone; swastika, fylfot, gammadion., wand, caduceus, rod, divining rod, lamp of Aladdin; wishing-cap, Fortunatus's cap.
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| Main Entry: | abracadabra |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | magic word |
| Synonyms: | hocus-pocus, incantation, invocation, mumbo jumbo, open sesame, spell |
| Main Entry: | bewitch |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | charm |
| Synonyms: | allure, attract, bedevil, beguile, captivate, capture, control, dazzle, draw, enchant, enrapture, enthrall, entrance, fascinate, hex, hypnotize, knock dead, knock out, put horns on, put the whammy on, put under magic spell, send*, slay*, spell*, spellbind, sweep off one's feet, take, tickle pink, tickle to death, tickle*, trick, turn on*, vamp, voodoo, wile, wow* |
| Antonyms: | disenchant, disgust, turn off |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | charm |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | enchant |
| Synonyms: | allure, attract, beguile, bewitch, cajole, captivate, delight, draw, enamor, enrapture, enthrall, entrance, fascinate, grab, hex, hypnotize, inveigle, kill*, knock out*, magnetize, mesmerize, please, possess, send*, slay*, spell*, take*, tickle, transport, turn on*, vamp, voodoo, wile, win, wow*, ensorcell, knock dead, put under a spell, sweep off feet, tickle pink, win over |
| Antonyms: | displease, irritate, offend, repel, repulse, turn off |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | connote |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | imply |
| Synonyms: | add up to, betoken, denote, designate, evidence, express, import, indicate, insinuate, intend, intimate, involve, mean, signify, spell, suggest, hint at |
| Notes: | denote means to make known or plainly mean, while connote means to express or state indirectly or imply |
| Antonyms: | denote |
| Main Entry: | decipher |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | figure out, understand |
| Synonyms: | analyze, break, bring out, cipher, construe, crack, decode, deduce, disentangle, elucidate, explain, expound, interpret, make out, read, render, reveal, solve, spell, translate, unfold, unravel, break down, dope out, encipher, find the key, make clear, puzzle out, unriddle |
| Antonyms: | code, encode, scramble |
| Main Entry: | denote |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | designate, mean |
| Synonyms: | announce, argue, bespeak, betoken, connote, evidence, express, finger, flash, imply, import, indicate, insinuate, intend, make, mark, peg, prove, show, signify, spell, stand for, symbol, symbolize, tab, tag, typify, add up, hang sign on, put down for, put finger on |
| Main Entry: | disease |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ailment, affliction |
| Synonyms: | ache, affection, attack, blight, breakdown, bug*, cancer, canker, collapse, complaint, condition, contagion, contamination, debility, decrepitude, defect, disorder, distemper, endemic, epidemic, feebleness, fever, fit, hemorrhage, illness, indisposition, infection, infirmity, inflammation, malady, misery, plague, seizure, sickness, spell, stroke, syndrome, temperature, upset, virus, visitation, convulsions, flu, ill health, pathosis, sickliness, unhealthiness, unsoundness |
| Antonyms: | health |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | downtime |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | time during which an activity is stopped |
| Synonyms: | break, breathing spell, free time, freedom, halt, interim, interlude, intermission, letup, lull, pause, recess, repose, respite, rest, spare time, spell, stay, suspension, time on one's hands, time out, time to burn, time to kill |
| Main Entry: | duration |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | length of action, event |
| Synonyms: | continuance, continuation, continuity, endurance, extent, period, persistence, run, span, spell, stretch, term, tide, time, perpetuation, prolongation |
| Main Entry: | enchant |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | delight, mesmerize |
| Synonyms: | allure, beguile, bewitch, captivate, charm, draw, enamor, enrapture, enthrall, entice, entrance, fascinate, grab, gratify, hex, hypnotize, kill*, magnetize, please, send*, slay*, spell, take, thrill, turn on*, voodoo*, wile, wow*, carry away*, cast a spell on, delectate, ensorcell, knock dead, make a hit with, make happy, spellbind, sweep off feet |
| Antonyms: | bother, disgust, repel, repulse, disenchant |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fascination |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | strong interest |
| Synonyms: | allure, appeal, attraction, bug*, charisma, charm, enchantment, glamour, hang-up*, lure, magic, magnetism, obsession, piquancy, power, pull*, sorcery, spell, thing*, trance, witchcraft, enthrallment, grabber, thing for, witchery |
| Antonyms: | boredom, disinterest |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fit |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | seizure; sudden emotion |
| Synonyms: | access, attack, blow, bout, burst, caprice, convulsion, frenzy, humor, mood, outbreak, outburst, paroxysm, rage, rush, spasm, spate, spell, stroke, tantrum, throe, torrent, turn, twitch, whim, whimsy, conniption, epileptic attack, jumps |
| Main Entry: | flurry |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | commotion, burst |
| Synonyms: | ado, agitation, brouhaha, bustle, confusion, disturbance, excitement, ferment, flap*, flaw, fluster, flutter, furor, fuss, gust, haste, hurry, outbreak, pother, spell, spurt, squall, stir*, to-do, tumult, turbulence, turmoil, whirl, whirlwind |
| Antonyms: | calm, calmness, quiet |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | hocus-pocus |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sleight of hand |
| Synonyms: | abracadabra*, abracadabra, artifice, cant, chant, charm, cheating, chicanery, deceit, deception, deception, delusion, flimflam*, fraud, gibberish, hoax, humbug, imposture, incantation, jargon, juggling, legerdemain, magic, magic, monkey business, mumbo jumbo*, mumbo jumbo, nonsense, open sesame*, rigmarole*, sleight of hand, smoke and mirrors, spell, swindle, trick, trickery, conjuring, gobbledegook*, hocus, magic words, mummery, mystification, occultism |
| Antonyms: | reality, truth |
* = 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
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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