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utilization - 6 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | utilization |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | exercise |
| Synonyms: | application, discharge, employment, enjoyment, exertion, fulfillment, implementation, operation, performance, play, practice, pursuit, usage, use |
| Main Entry: | consumption |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | devouring; use |
| Synonyms: | burning, consuming, damage, decay, decrease, depletion, desolation, destruction, devastation, diminution, dispersion, dissipation, eating, exhaustion, expenditure, loss, misuse, ruin, swallowing, waste, wear and tear, drinking, using up, utilization |
| Antonyms: | starvation, fasting |
| Main Entry: | exertion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hard work |
| Synonyms: | action, activity, application, attempt, effort, elbow grease*, employment, endeavor, exercise, industry, labor, operation, strain, stretch, striving, struggle, toil, travail, trial, trouble, use, hard pull, long pull, pains, utilization |
| Antonyms: | idleness, laziness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | application |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | use |
| Synonyms: | appliance, employment, exercise, function, operation, pertinence, play, practice, purpose, value, appositeness, exercising, germaneness, relevance, usance, utilization |
| Main Entry: | employment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | using something |
| Synonyms: | adoption, appliance, application, disposition, exercise, exertion, exploitation, handling, operation, play, purpose, usage, use, exercising, usance, utilization |
| Antonyms: | misuse |
| Main Entry: | exercise |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | accomplishment, use |
| Synonyms: | application, discharge, employment, enjoyment, exertion, fulfillment, operation, performance, practice, pursuit, implementation, utilization |
| Antonyms: | disuse, misuse |
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