| Main Entry: | squeak |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make sharp, high-pitched sound |
Synonyms: |
cheep, creak, cry, grate, peep, pipe, scream, screech, scritch, shrill, sing, sound, squeal, talk, whine, yelp |
| Main Entry: | chance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | possibility, probability |
Synonyms: |
break, contingency, fair shake, fighting chance, indications, liability, likelihood, long shot, look-in, occasion, odds, opening, opportunity, outlook, prospect, scope, shot*, show, squeak, time, wager |
Antonyms: |
assurance, certainty, design, law, plan, scheme |
| Main Entry: | creak |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | grind, grate with high noise |
Synonyms: |
chirr, crepitate, groan, rasp, scrape, scratch, screech, sound, squeak, squeal |
| Main Entry: | cry |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | calling out; yelling |
Synonyms: |
acclamation, bark, bawl, bay, bellow, cackle, call, caw, chatter, cheer, clack, clamor, cluck, coo, crow, ejaculation, exclamation, expletive, fuss, gobble, groan, grunt, hiss, holler, hoot, howl, hullabaloo, hurrah, meow, mewling, moo, motto, nicker, note, outcry, pipe, quack, report, roar, ruckus, scream, screech, shout, shriek, song, squall, squawk, squeak, trill, uproar, vociferation, wail, whine, whinny, whistle, whoop, yammer, yawp, yell, yelp, yoo-hoo |
| Main Entry: | opening |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | chance |
Synonyms: |
availability, big break, connection, cut*, fling*, go*, go-at, in the running, iron in the fire, look-in, occasion, opportunity, place, possibility, run, scope, shot*, show, squeak, time, vacancy, whack |
Antonyms: |
misfortune |
| Main Entry: | opportunity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | lucky chance; favorable circumstances |
Synonyms: |
befalling, break*, connection, contingency, convenience, cut*, event, excuse, fair shake, fighting chance, fitness, fling*, fortuity, freedom, go*, good fortune, good luck, happening, hope, hour, iron in the fire, juncture, leisure, liberty, moment, occasion, one's move, one's say, one's turn, opening, pass, prayer*, probability, relief, room, run, scope, shot*, show, space, spell, squeak, stab, the hunt, the running, time, turn, whack |
Antonyms: |
bad luck, misfortune |
| Main Entry: | peep |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | chirp |
Synonyms: |
chatter, cheep, chirrup, chuck, churr, coo, cry, hoot, pipe, squeak, tweet, twitter |
| Main Entry: | scrape |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | scratch, remove outer layer |
Synonyms: |
abrade, bark, bray, chafe, clean, erase, file, grate, graze, grind, irritate, pare, peel, rasp, rub, scour, scuff, shave, skin, squeak, thin, triturate |
Antonyms: |
smoothe |
| Main Entry: | talk |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | produce words; inform |
Synonyms: |
articulate, babble, broach, chant, chat, chatter, comment on, communicate, confess, converse, describe, divulge, drawl, drone, express, flap one's tongue, gab, gabble, give voice to, gossip, influence, intone, notify, palaver, parley, patter, persuade, prate, prattle, pronounce, reveal, rhapsodize, run on, say, sing*, soliloquize, speak, spill the beans, spout, squeak, squeal, talk one's leg off, tell, tell all, use, utter, ventriloquize, verbalize, voice, yak |
Antonyms: |
listen |
| Main Entry: | time |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | opportunity |
Synonyms: |
break, chance, heyday, look-in, occasion, opening, peak, shot, show, squeak |