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| Main Entry: | web |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | netting |
| Synonyms: | cobweb, complexity, entanglement, fabric, fiber, filigree, gossamer, involvement, labyrinth, lattice, mat, maze, mesh, morass, net, network, plait, screen, snarl, tangle, texture, toil, trellis, warp, weave, wicker, interconnection, interlacing, lacework, matting, meshwork, reticulation, skein, tissue, webbing, weft, woof |
| Main Entry: | cobweb |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | entanglement; filament |
| Synonyms: | fiber, gossamer, labyrinth, mesh, net, network, snare, toil, web, tissue, webbing |
| Main Entry: | complication |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | difficult situation |
| Synonyms: | aggravation, complexity, confusion, development, difficulty, dilemma, drawback, embarrassment, entanglement, factor, intricacy, obstacle, problem, snag, web |
| Antonyms: | ease, peace, simplicity |
| Main Entry: | cyberspace |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | computer world |
| Synonyms: | Internet, Web, World Wide Web, communications, data bank, electronic mail, information superhighway*, information technology, virtual reality, WWW, computer network, data network, electronic highway, email, global village, infobahn, information space, online community, virtual community, virtual library |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | entanglement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | complication, predicament |
| Synonyms: | affair, association, cobweb, complexity, confusion, difficulty, embarrassment, embroilment, imbroglio, intricacy, intrigue, involvement, jumble, knot, liaison, mesh, mess, mix-up, muddle, snare, tangle, toil, trap, web, enmeshment, ensnarement, entrapment, tie-up |
| Antonyms: | simplicity, disentanglement |
| Main Entry: | Internet |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | computer network |
| Synonyms: | World Wide Web, cyberspace, information superhighway, ARPANET, W3, WWW, hyperspace, infobahn, information highway, national information infrastructure, online network, the Net, the Web |
| Notes: | Internet should be capitalized, but intranet should be lowercase; Internet was coined from inter(national) + (Arpa)net and first popped up in 1974 as a descendant of Arpanet, a US government information network (the Advanced Research Projects Agency network) that was created in 1968 to keep up with Soviet advances in aerospace and nuclear science |
| Main Entry: | jungle |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | wilderness full of plant and animal life |
| Synonyms: | bush, forest, labyrinth, maze, morass, tangle, undergrowth, wasteland, web, wood, zoo, boscage, chaparral, primeval forest |
| Main Entry: | knit |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | intertwine |
| Synonyms: | affiliate, affix, ally, bind, cable, connect, contract, fasten, heal, interlace, intermingle, join, link, loop, mend, net, repair, secure, sew, spin, tie, unite, weave, web, crochet, purl |
| Antonyms: | unknit |
| Main Entry: | labyrinth |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | maze, complexity |
| Synonyms: | coil, complication, convolution, entanglement, intricacy, jungle, knot, mesh, morass, problem, puzzle, riddle, snarl, tangle, web, perplexity, skein |
| Main Entry: | lattice |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mesh, trellis |
| Synonyms: | filigree, frame, grating, grid, grill, net, network, screen, structure, web, fretwork, latticework, openwork, reticulation, tracery |
| Antonyms: | solid |
| Main Entry: | maze |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | labyrinth; confusion |
| Synonyms: | bewilderment, convolution, entanglement, hodgepodge, imbroglio, intricacy, jungle, knot, meander, meandering, mesh, miscellany, morass, muddle, network, puzzle, quandary, snarl, tangle, twist, uncertainty, web, winding, perplexity, skein, torsion |
| Main Entry: | mesh |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | netting, entanglement |
| Synonyms: | cobweb, jungle, knot, labyrinth, maze, morass, net, network, plexus, screen, snare, snarl, tangle, trap, web, reticulation, skein, toils, tracery |
| Main Entry: | morass |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bog; mess |
| Synonyms: | chaos, confusion, fen, jam, jungle, knot, labyrinth, marsh, maze, mesh, mix-up, muddle, quagmire, snarl, swamp, tangle, web, skein |
| Antonyms: | order, organization |
| Main Entry: | network |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | system of connections |
| Synonyms: | arrangement, artery, chain, circuitry, complex, convolution, crisscross*, fabric, fiber, grid, grill*, jungle, labyrinth, maze, mesh, net, netting, nexus, organization, patchwork*, plexus, structure, system, wattle, weave, web, wiring, checkerboard, grillwork, hookup, interconnections, reticulation, reticule, screening, tessellation, tracks |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | pitfall |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hazard, trap |
| Synonyms: | booby trap*, catch*, danger, difficulty, downfall, drawback, entanglement, hook*, mesh*, peril, pit*, risk, setup, snag*, snare, swindle*, toil, web, deadfall*, mousetrap, quicksand* |
| Antonyms: | advantage, blessing, good luck |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | snarl |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | complication, mess |
| Synonyms: | chaos, clutter, complexity, confusion, disarray, disorder, entanglement, intricacy, jam, jungle, knot, labyrinth, maze, mishmash, morass, muddle, muss, swarm, tangle, web, intricateness, skein |
| Antonyms: | ease, order, organization, simplification |
| Main Entry: | tangle |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | knot, confusion |
| Synonyms: | coil, complication, entanglement, jam, jungle, labyrinth, mass, mat, maze, mesh, mess, mix-up, morass, muddle, rummage, snag, snarl, twist, web, skein |
| Antonyms: | line, order, peace |
| Main Entry: | texture |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | charactertistics of a surface |
| Synonyms: | arrangement, balance, being, character, coarseness, composition, consistency, constitution, disposition, essence, fabric, feel, feeling, fiber, flexibility, form, framework, grain, make, makeup, nap, nature, organization, pattern, quality, roughness, scheme, sense, smoothness, stiffness, strategy, structure, surface, taste, touch, warp, weave, web, essentiality, fineness, intermixture, tissue, woof |
| Main Entry: | data highway |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | communications network |
| Synonyms: | Internet, Net, Web, World Wide Web, information superhighway, I-bahn, Info Strada, WWW, infobahn |
| Main Entry: | information superhighway |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | extensive electronic network |
| Synonyms: | Internet, Net, Web, World Wide Web, cyberspace, data highway, I-bahn, Info Strada, National Information Infrastructure, WWW, infobahn |
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