| Main Entry: | web |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | netting |
Synonyms: |
cobweb, complexity, entanglement, fabric, fiber, filigree, gossamer, interconnection, interlacing, involvement, labyrinth, lacework, lattice, mat, matting, maze, mesh, meshwork, morass, net, network, plait, reticulation, screen, skein, snarl, tangle, texture, tissue, toil, trellis, warp, weave, webbing, weft, wicker, woof |
| Main Entry: | cobweb |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | entanglement; filament |
Synonyms: |
fiber, gossamer, labyrinth, mesh, net, network, snare, tissue, toil, web, 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, WWW, Web, World Wide Web, communications, computer network, data bank, data network, electronic highway, electronic mail, email, global village, infobahn, information space, information superhighway, information technology, online community, virtual community, virtual library, virtual reality |
| Main Entry: | entanglement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | complication, predicament |
Synonyms: |
affair, association, cobweb, complexity, confusion, difficulty, embarrassment, embroilment, enmeshment, ensnarement, entrapment, imbroglio, intricacy, intrigue, involvement, jumble, knot, liaison, mesh, mess, mix-up, muddle, snare, tangle, tie-up, toil, trap, web |
Antonyms: |
disentanglement, simplicity |
| Main Entry: | fabric |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | cloth, material |
Synonyms: |
bolt, fiber, goods, stuff, textile, texture, web |
| Main Entry: | fiber |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | strand of material |
Synonyms: |
cilia, cord, fibril, filament, footlet, grain, grit, hair, shred, staple, string, strip, tendril, thread, tissue, tooth, vein, warp, web, woof |
| Main Entry: | film |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | coating, tissue; mist |
Synonyms: |
blur, brume, cloud, coat, covering, dusting, fabric, foil, fold, gauze, haze, haziness, integument, layer, leaf, membrane, mistiness, nebula, obscuration, opacity, partition, pellicle, scum*, sheet, skin, transparency, veil, web |
| Main Entry: | Internet |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | computer network |
Synonyms: |
ARPANET, W3, WWW, World Wide Web, cyberspace, hyperspace, infobahn, information highway, information superhighway, 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: |
boscage, bush, chaparral, forest, labyrinth, maze, morass, primeval forest, tangle, undergrowth, wasteland, web, wood, zoo |