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vein - 20 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | vein |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mood, tone |
| Synonyms: | attitude, bent, character, characteristic, complexion, dash, disposition, faculty, fashion, fettle, hint, humor, line, manner, mind, mode, nature, note, spice, spirit, strain, streak, style, suggestion, suspicion, tang, temper, temperament, tenor, tinge, touch, trace, turn, wave, way |
| Notes: | arteries carry clean oxygenated blood from the heart, veins return impure blood back to the heart, and capillaries connect the ends of arteries to the beginnings of veins |
| Main Entry: | vein |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | blood vessel |
| Synonyms: | course, current, duct, hair, lode, nerve, seam, stratum, streak, stripe, thread, capillary, follicle, venation |
| Main Entry: | caprice |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sudden change of behavior |
| Synonyms: | bee*, caper*, crotchet, fad, fancy, freak, gag*, humor, impulse, inconsistency, jerk, kink, mood, notion, peculiarity, put on*, quirk, rib*, temper, thought, vagary, vein, whim, whimsy, changeableness, contrariety, fickleness, fitfulness, fool notion, inconstancy, perversity |
| Antonyms: | constancy, constant, dependability, steadfastness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | frame of mind |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person's mental attitude |
| Synonyms: | attitude, constitution, disposition, humor, makeup, mentality, mood, nature, shape, spirit, spirits, standing, state, temper, temperament, tone, vein, emotions, feelings, inner nature, mindset, state of mind, temporary psychological state |
| Main Entry: | fund |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | repository, reserve |
| Synonyms: | armamentarium, capital, endowment, foundation, hoard, inventory, kitty*, mine, pool*, reservoir, source, stock, store, storehouse, supply, treasury, trust, vein |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | gold mine |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | rich source |
| Synonyms: | bonanza, cash cow*, cash cow, gravy train*, mother lode, vein, Eldorado, Golconda, golden goose, goose that laid the golden egg, goose that laid the golden egg, license to print money, rich lode, source of supply, very profitable venture |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | metal |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | lustrous chemical element |
| Synonyms: | alloy, deposit, foil, hardware, ingot, leaf, load, mail, ore, plate, solder, vein, casting, mineral, native rock |
| Main Entry: | mine |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | deposit, supply |
| Synonyms: | abundance, bed, bonanza, ditch, excavation, field, fountain, fund, gold mine, hoard, lode, pit, quarry, reserve, shaft, source, spring, stock, store, treasury, trench, vein, wealth, well, wellspring, fount, treasure trove |
| Main Entry: | mood |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | state of mind |
| Synonyms: | affection, air, atmosphere, attitude, aura, bent*, blues*, caprice, character, color*, condition, crotchet, cue, depression, desire, disposition, doldrums, dumps*, emotion, fancy, feel*, feeling, frame of mind*, humor, inclination, individuality, melancholy, mind, personality, pleasure, propensity, response, scene, semblance, soul, spirit, strain, temper, temperament, tendency, tenor, timbre, vagary, vein, whim, wish, high spirits, low spirits |
| Antonyms: | health |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | stratum |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | layer |
| Synonyms: | bed, gradation, grade, level, lode, seam, sheet, stratification, thickness, vein, lamina |
| Main Entry: | streak |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make a line on |
| Synonyms: | band, daub, fleck, marble, slash, smear, spot, stripe, vein, dapple, strake, striate, variegate |
| Main Entry: | lode |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ore deposit |
| Synonyms: | mine, strike*, vein |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | blood vessel |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | blood flow pathway |
| Synonyms: | artery, vein, arteriole, capillary, metarteriole, venule |
| Main Entry: | channel |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pathway, usually containing water |
| Synonyms: | approach, aqueduct, arroyo, artery, avenue, canal, canyon, carrier, chamber, chase, conduit, course, dig, ditch, duct, furrow, gouge, groove, gully, gutter, main, means, medium, pass, passage, pipe, route, runway, sewer, slit, sound, strait, trough, tube, tunnel, vein, watercourse, way, fluting, raceway, tideway |
| Main Entry: | character |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | individuality |
| Synonyms: | appearance, aspect, attribute, badge, bent, caliber, cast, complex, complexion, constitution, disposition, estimation, frame, frame of mind, genius, grain, habit, humor, kind, makeup, mettle, mood, morale, mystique, nature, personality, quality, record, reputation, sense, set, shape, sort, specialty, spirit, standing, streak, style, temper, temperament, tone, trait, turn, type, vein, crasis, emotions, ethos, repute, singularity |
| Main Entry: | disposition |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | personal temperament |
| Synonyms: | bag*, being, bent, bias, cast, character, complexion, constitution, cup of tea*, flash, frame of mind, groove*, habit, humor, identity, inclination, individuality, leaning, mind-set*, mood, nature, penchant, personality, predilection, predisposition, proclivity, propensity, readiness, spirit, stamp, temper, tendency, tenor, thing*, tone, type, vein, druthers, emotions, individualism, make-up, proneness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | essence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | heart, significance |
| Synonyms: | aspect, attribute, backbone, base, basis, be-all and end-all*, being, bottom, bottom line*, burden, caliber, character, constitution, core, crux, element, entity, fiber, form, fundamentals, germ, grain, kernel, life, marrow, meaning, meat*, nature, nitty-gritty*, nub, nucleus, pith, point, principle, property, quality, quintessence, reality, root, soul, spirit, structure, stuff, substance, timber, vein, chief constituent, essentia, essentiality, lifeblood, main idea, name of game, quiddity, virtuality |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fiber |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | strand of material |
| Synonyms: | cord, filament, grain, grit, hair, shred, staple, string, strip, tendril, thread, tooth, vein, warp, web, cilia, fibril, footlet, tissue, woof |
| Main Entry: | mode |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | manner, way |
| Synonyms: | approach, book, condition, course, custom, fashion, form, mechanism, method, nuts and bolts*, plan, posture, practice, procedure, process, quality, rule, situation, state, status, style, system, technique, tone, vein, wise, channels, modus |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | style |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fashion, manner |
| Synonyms: | appearance, approach, bearing, behavior, carriage, characteristic, cup of tea*, custom, cut*, description, design, flash*, form, genre, groove*, habit, hand, idiosyncrasy, kind, method, mode, number, pattern, peculiarity, rage*, sort, spirit, strain, technique, tenor, thing*, tone, trait, trend, type, variety, vein, vogue, way, druthers |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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