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| Main Entry: | stance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | position, posture |
| Synonyms: | attitude, bearing, carriage, color, deportment, posture, slant, stand, standpoint, viewpoint, say-so |
| Main Entry: | deportment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | carriage, manner of person |
| Synonyms: | actions, address, air, appearance, aspect, bearing, behavior, cast, conduct, demeanor, mien, port, posture, set, stance, comportment |
| Notes: | deportment adds the sense of action or activity to a mode of conduct or behavior; comportment ('behavior or bearing') does not have this |
| Main Entry: | mind-set |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mental attitude |
| Synonyms: | air, approach, belief, character, demeanor, disposition, frame of mind, inclination, mental state, mood, opinion, perspective, philosophy, point of view, position, sentiment, stance, stand, standing, standpoint, temperament, view, headset, mental outlook, way of thinking |
| Main Entry: | pose |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | artificial position |
| Synonyms: | act, affectation, air, attitude, bearing, carriage, facade, fake, front, guise, mannerism, masquerade, mien, posture, pretense, pretension, role, stance, stand, attitudinizing, false show, positure, posturing |
| Antonyms: | movement |
| Main Entry: | standpoint |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | belief, position |
| Synonyms: | angle, attitude, judgment, opinion, outlook, point of view, stance, stand, view, viewpoint |
| Main Entry: | viewpoint |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | way of thinking |
| Synonyms: | angle, aspect, attitude, direction, estimation, eye*, frame of reference, ground, light, long view, outlook, perspective, point of observation, point of view, position, posture, respect, side, slant, stance, stand, standpoint, twist, two cents' worth, vantage point, view |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | attitude |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mental outlook |
| Synonyms: | air, angle, approach, belief, bent, bias, character, demeanor, disposition, frame of mind, inclination, leaning, mental state, mood, notion, opinion, perspective, philosophy, point of view, position, posture, predilection, prejudice, proclivity, reaction, routine, sensibility, sentiment, set, slant, stance, stand, standing, standpoint, temper, temperament, twist, view, headset, like it is, mindset, mindtrip, say so, where one is at |
| Main Entry: | side |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | edge, exteriority of object |
| Synonyms: | aspect, attitude, border, bottom, boundary, direction, disposition, division, elevation, face, facet, flank, front, hand, haunch, jamb, limit, margin, part, perimeter, periphery, posture, quarter, rear, rim, sector, stance, stand, surface, top, verge, view, wing, hillside, lee, loin |
| Antonyms: | extremity, inside, middle, torso |
| Main Entry: | stand |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | position, opinion |
| Synonyms: | angle, attitude, belief, carriage, determination, notion, poise, pose, sentiment, slant, sound, stance, standpoint, twist, two cents' worth, view |
| Main Entry: | carriage |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | posture, physical and mental |
| Synonyms: | air, aspect, attitude, bearing, behavior, cast, conduct, demeanor, deportment, gait, look, manner, mien, pace, presence, stance, step, comportment, positure |
| Main Entry: | conduct |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | behavior |
| Synonyms: | address, attitude, bearing, carriage, demeanor, deportment, manner, manners, mien, posture, stance, comportment, tenue, ways |
| Main Entry: | posture |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | beliefs |
| Synonyms: | attitude, disposition, feeling, frame of mind, inclination, mood, outlook, point of view, sentiment, stance, standpoint |
| Main Entry: | position |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | belief, point of view |
| Synonyms: | angle, attitude, color, judgment, opinion, outlook, slant, stance, stand, standpoint, view, viewpoint |
| Main Entry: | act |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pretended behavior |
| Synonyms: | affectation, attitude, bit*, fake, false front*, front, performance, phony, pose, posture, pretense, sham, show, simulation, soft soap*, stall, stance, stunt, sweet talk*, chaser, dissimilation, feigning, put-on, shuck and jive |
* = 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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