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| Main Entry: | trial |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | experimental |
| Synonyms: | balloon, pilot, preliminary, provisional, tentative, test, testing, exploratory, probationary |
| Antonyms: | definite, known, proven |
| Main Entry: | trial |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | test |
| Synonyms: | analysis, assay, attempt, audition, check, crack*, dry run*, effort, endeavor, essay, examination, experience, experiment, fling*, go*, hassle*, investigation, lick*, probation, proof, shakedown*, shot*, stab*, striving, struggle, testing, trial and error*, trial run, try, try on*, tryout, undertaking, venture, whack*, workout, R and D, experimentation, research and development, showcase, test run |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | trial |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | legal proceeding |
| Synonyms: | action, arraignment, case, citation, claim, contest, hearing, indictment, lawsuit, litigation, prosecution, rap*, seizure, suit, tribunal, counterclaim, court action, court martial, cross-examination, habeas corpus, impeachment |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | trial |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | trouble, big problem |
| Synonyms: | adversity, affliction, albatross*, anguish, annoyance, bane, blow, bother, burden, care, complication, crucible*, difficulty, distress, drag*, grief, hardship, hassle*, heartbreak, inconvenience, irritation, load, misery, misfortune, nightmare, nuisance, ordeal, pain, pain in the neck*, pest, plague, rigor, sorrow, suffering, thorn, tribulation, unhappiness, vexation, vicissitude, visitation, woe, wretchedness, calvary, cross to bear, hard time, severe test, trying time |
| Antonyms: | happiness, peace |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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| Main Entry: | trial |
| Part of Speech: | adjective, noun |
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Adjectives: |
analytic, cut-and-try, docimastic, empirical, essaying, experimental, icarian, on one's trial, peirastic, probationary, probative, probatory, provisional, tentative, under probation
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| Main Entry: | acid test |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | critical test |
| Synonyms: | analysis, experiment, proof, proving ground, substantiation, trial, verification, conclusive test, crucial test, decisive test, definitive test, genuineness, sure test, test of value |
| Main Entry: | adversity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bad luck, situation |
| Synonyms: | affliction, bummer*, calamity, can of worms*, catastrophe, clutch, contretemps, crunch*, difficulty, disaster, distress, downer*, drag*, evil eye*, hard knocks*, hardship, jam, jinx, kiss of death*, misery, misfortune, mishap, pain in the neck*, poison*, reverse, sorrow, suffering, trial, trouble, bad break, hard times, hurting, ill fortune, on the skids, the worst, tough luck |
| Antonyms: | aid, encouragement, favor, fortune, good luck, help, prosperity |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | affliction |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hurt condition; something that causes hurt |
| Synonyms: | adversity, anguish, calamity, cross, crux, depression, difficulty, disease, disorder, distress, grief, hardship, illness, infirmity, misery, misfortune, ordeal, pain, plague, plight, scourge, sickness, sorrow, suffering, torment, trial, tribulation, trouble, woe |
| Antonyms: | aid, comfort, consolation, health, help, relief |
| Main Entry: | arraignment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | accusation |
| Synonyms: | charge, citation, denunciation, indictment, prosecution, summons, trial, bill of indictment, impeachment |
| Antonyms: | acquittal |
| Main Entry: | assay |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | analysis |
| Synonyms: | appraisal, assessment, estimation, evaluation, examination, inspection, investigation, measurement, rating, survey, test, trial, valuation |
| Main Entry: | attempt |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | try, effort |
| Synonyms: | all one's got, attack, bid*, crack*, dry run*, endeavor, exertion, experiment, fling, go, header, lick*, one's all, one's darnedest, one's level best, pursuit, shot, stab, striving, struggle, trial, try, tryout, undertaking, venture, whack*, workout |
| Antonyms: | certainty, laziness, success |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | audition |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | test of ability |
| Synonyms: | audience, hearing, reading, trial, try on, tryout, demo |
| Main Entry: | bane |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | cause of misery |
| Synonyms: | affliction, blight, burden, calamity, curse, despair, destruction, disaster, downfall, misery, nuisance, pest, plague, poison, ruin, scourge, torment, trial, trouble, undoing, venom, woe, bête noir, fatal attraction, ruination |
| Antonyms: | advantage, blessing, fortune, good luck |
| Main Entry: | bother |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | trouble, inconvenience |
| Synonyms: | ado, aggravation, annoyance, anxiety, bellyache*, bustle, care, concern, difficulty, distress, drag*, exasperation, flurry, fuss, headache*, irritant, irritation, nudge, nuisance, pain, pain in the neck*, pest, plague, pother*, pressure, problem, strain, to-do*, trial, trouble, vexation, worry, botheration, molestation, perplexity, worriment |
| Antonyms: | aid, convenience, help |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | burden |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mental weight; stress |
| Synonyms: | Herculean task, accountability, affliction, albatross*, anxiety, ball and chain, blame, care, charge, clog, concern, deadweight, difficulty, duty, encumbrance, excess baggage, grievance, hardship, hindrance, load, millstone, misfortune, mishap, obstruction, onus, punishment, responsibility, sorrow, strain, task, tax, thorn in one's side, trial, trouble, weary load, work, worry |
| Antonyms: | aid, help, relief |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | calamity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disaster; tragedy |
| Synonyms: | adversity, affliction, cataclysm, catastrophe, collapse, cross, curtains, distress, downfall, hardship, misadventure, mischance, misfortune, mishap, reverse, ruin, scourge, trial, tribulation, visitation, waterloo*, woe, wreck, wretchedness, blue ruin, holy mess, the worst, unholy mess |
| Antonyms: | advantage, blessing, boon, comfort, fortune, good luck, happiness, joy, profit, good fortune |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | catastrophe |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | calamity; unhappy conclusion |
| Synonyms: | accident, adversity, affliction, bad luck, bad news*, blow, calamity, casualty, cataclysm, contretemps, crash, culmination, curtains*, debacle, denouement, desolation, devastation, disaster, emergency, end, failure, fatality, fiasco, finale, grief, hardship, havoc, ill, infliction, misadventure, mischance, misery, misfortune, mishap, reverse, scourge, stroke, termination, tragedy, trial, trouble, upshot, waterloo*, wreck, alluvion, meltdown, the worst |
| Antonyms: | benefit, blessing, favor, good luck, happiness, miracle, success, wonder, good fortune |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | challenge |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | dispute, question |
| Synonyms: | confrontation, dare, defiance, demanding, demur, interrogation, objection, protest, provocation, remonstrance, test, threat, trial, ultimatum, claiming, summons to contest |
| Antonyms: | agree, answer, decide, win |
| Main Entry: | chore |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | task |
| Synonyms: | assignment, burden, duty, effort, errand, grind, housework, job, routine, stint, trial, tribulation, workout, KP, devoir, scutwork |
| Main Entry: | competition |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | contest |
| Synonyms: | antagonism, bout, candidacy, championship, clash, contention, controversy, encounter, engagement, event, fight, game, go for it, jungle*, match, meeting, opposition, puzzle, quiz, race, racing, rat race*, rivalry, run, sport, strife, striving, struggle, tilt, tournament, trial, warfare, athletic event, concours, counteraction, do or die, dog eat dog, emulation, go for the gold, horse race, matchup, one on one, one-upping, pairing off, tug-of-war |
| Notes: | competition refers to an abstract quality, whereas competitiveness implies a practical activity whose manifestation can be observed |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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