| Main Entry: | discourse |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | dialogue; dissertation |
Synonyms: |
address, article, chat, communication, conversation, converse, descant, discussion, disquisition, essay, gabfest, homily, huddle, lecture, memoir, monograph, monologue, oration, paper, rhetoric, sermon, speaking, speech, talk, thesis, tractate, treatise, utterance, verbalization |
Antonyms: |
quiet, silence |
| Main Entry: | dissertation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | scholarly thesis |
Synonyms: |
argumentation, commentary, critique, discourse, disputation, disquisition, essay, exposition, memoir, monograph, tractate, treatise |
| Notes: | thesis is for a master's degree and a dissertation is for a doctorate |
| Main Entry: | exposition |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | written description |
Synonyms: |
account, analysis, annotation, article, comment, commentary, composition, construal, construction, critique, delineation, details, discourse, discussion, disquisition, dissertation, editorial, elucidation, enucleation, enunciation, essay, exegesis, explanation, explication, exposé, expounding, history, illustration, interpretation, monograph, paper, piece, position paper, presentation, report, review, statement, story, study, tale, text, theme, thesis, tract, tractate, treatise |
| Main Entry: | memoir |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | record of experiences |
Synonyms: |
account, anecdote, annal, autobiography, bio, biography, chronicle, confessions, diary, discourse, dissertation, essay, journal, life, life story, memory, monograph, narrative, note, recollection, register, reminiscence, thesis, tractate, transactions, treatise, vita |
| Main Entry: | pamphlet |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | booklet |
Synonyms: |
announcement, broadside, brochure, bulletin, circular, compilation, flyer, folder, handout, leaflet, throwaway, tract, tractate |
| Main Entry: | thesis |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | written dissertation |
Synonyms: |
argument, argumentation, composition, discourse, disquisition, essay, exposition, memoir, monograph, monography, paper, research, theme, tractate, treatise |
| Main Entry: | treatise |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | written study of a subject |
Synonyms: |
argument, book, commentary, composition, discourse, discussion, disquisition, dissertation, essay, exposition, memoir, monograph, pamphlet, paper, review, script, thesis, tract, tractate, work, writing |
| Concept: | Dissertation. |
| Category: | 2. Conventional means; written language |
Synonyms: |
-nouns
dissertation, treatise, essay; thesis, theme; tractate, tractation; discourse, memoir, disquisition, lecture, sermon, homily, pandect; excursus., commentary, review, critique, criticism, article; leader, leading article; editorial; running commentary., investigation (inquiry); study (consideration); discussion (reasoning); exposition (explanation)., commentator, critic, essayist, pamphleteer.
-verbs
dissert upon a subject, descant upon a subject, write upon a subject, touch upon a subject; treat a subject, take up a subject, ventilate a subject, discuss a subject, deal with a subject, go into a subject, canvass a subject, handle a subject, do justice to a subject, dissertate on a subject.
-adjectives
discursive, discoursive; disquisitionary; expository.
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