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| Main Entry: | welcome |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | gladly received |
| Synonyms: | acceptable, accepted, agreeable, congenial, cordial, delightful, desirable, favorable, genial, good, grateful, gratifying, honored, nice, pleasant, pleasing, pleasurable, refreshing, satisfying, sympathetic, wanted, appreciated, cherished, contenting, desired, esteemed, invited |
| Antonyms: | unacceptable, unwelcome, displeasing |
| Main Entry: | welcome |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | greeting |
| Synonyms: | acceptance, entertainment, entrée, friendliness, hello, hospitality, ovation, reception, red carpet*, rumble*, salutation, salute, tumble*, handshake, howdy, key to the city |
| Antonyms: | goodbye |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | welcome |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | receive gladly |
| Synonyms: | accept, accost, admit, embrace, entertain, flag*, greet, hail, hug, meet, receive, salute, take in, tumble*, accept gladly, bid welcome, offer hospitality, roll out red carpet, show in, usher in |
| Antonyms: | reject, turn away |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | acceptable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | satisfactory, agreeable |
| Synonyms: | adequate, admissible, all right, average, big*, common, cool*, decent, delightful, fair, hip*, kosher*, large, okay, on the ball*, passable, pleasant, pleasing, respectable, standard, sufficient, swell*, tolerable, trendy, unexceptional, welcome, A-OK, cooking with gas, copacetic, hep, hunky-dory, in the swim, on the beam, peachy keen, right on, unobjectionable, up to code, up to snuff |
| Antonyms: | disagreeable, disturbing, unacceptable, unsatisfactory, unwelcome |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | accost |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | approach for conversation or solicitation |
| Synonyms: | address, annoy, bother, brace*, call, challenge, confront, cross, dare, entice, face, flag, greet, hail, proposition, salute, welcome, buttonhole*, run into, whistle for |
| Antonyms: | avoid, dodge, evade, ignore, scorn, shun |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | befriend |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make social acquaintance; support |
| Synonyms: | advise, aid, assist, back, benefit, buddy up, case out, come on to, cotton to, encourage, favor, get chummy with, get in with, help, hit it off*, patronize, side with, stand by, sustain, take under one's wing, take up with, uphold, welcome |
| Antonyms: | ignore, neglect |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | enjoyable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | pleasing; to one's liking |
| Synonyms: | agreeable, amusing, delectable, delicious, delightful, entertaining, fun, genial, gratifying, groovy*, likable, pleasant, pleasurable, preferable, satisfying, welcome, clear sailing, just for grins, just for kicks, just for laughs, just for the heck of it, lots of laughs, relishable |
| Antonyms: | disagreeable, unhappy, unpleasant, displeasing, unenjoyable, unsatisfying |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | enviable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | desired, blessed |
| Synonyms: | advantageous, desirable, excellent, favored, fortunate, good, lucky, privileged, superior, welcome, covetable |
| Antonyms: | disadvantaged, undesirable, unlucky, undesired, unenviable, unfavored |
| Main Entry: | hospitality |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | neighborliness |
| Synonyms: | accommodation, cheer, companionship, consideration, conviviality, cordiality, entertainment, friendliness, generosity, geniality, reception, warmth, welcome, affability, amiability, comradeship, good cheer, heartiness, hospitableness, obligingness, sociability |
| Antonyms: | hostility, inhospitality, unfriendliness, unneighborliness, unsociableness |
| Main Entry: | hug |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hold close, cling to |
| Synonyms: | be near to, bear hug, cherish, clasp, clinch, cradle, cuddle, embrace, enbosom, enfold, envelop, fold in arms, follow closely, grasp, hold onto, keep close, lie close, lock, love, nestle, nurse, press, receive, retain, seize, squeeze, stay near, take in one's arms, welcome |
| Antonyms: | push away, release |
| Main Entry: | invite |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | ask to do something socially |
| Synonyms: | allure, attract, beg, bid, bring on, call, command, countenance, court, draw, encourage, entice, entreat, insist, inveigle, invitation, issue, lead, lure, persuade, petition, ply, pray, press, prevail on, propose, provoke, request, solicit, suggest, summon, supplicate, tempt, toll, urge, vamp, welcome, woo, appeal to, give invitation, have in, have over, include as guest, send invitation |
| Antonyms: | reject |
| Main Entry: | listen |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hear and pay attention |
| Synonyms: | accept, admit, adopt, attend, audit, catch, concentrate, eavesdrop, entertain, get, hark, hear out, mind, monitor, obey, observe, receive, welcome, auscult, auscultate, be all ears, be attentive, get a load of, give an audience to, give attention, give heed to, hang on words, harken, hear tell, hearken, lend an ear, overhear, pick up on, prick up ears, take advice, take into consideration, take notice, take under advisement, tune in, tune in on |
| Notes: | to listen is to try to hear; to hear is simply to perceive with the ear |
| Antonyms: | speak, talk |
| Main Entry: | pleasant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | acceptable; friendly |
| Synonyms: | affable, agreeable, amiable, amusing, bland, charming, cheerful, civil, civilized, congenial, convivial, cool*, cordial, delectable, delightful, diplomatic, enchanting, engaging, enjoyable, fine, fun, genial, good-humored, gracious, gratifying, homey, jolly, jovial, kindly, likable, lovely, mild, nice, obliging, pleasing, pleasurable, polite, refreshing, satisfying, social, soft, sweet, sympathetic, urbane, welcome, copacetic, fine and dandy, mild-mannered |
| Antonyms: | bothersome, disagreeable, hateful, nasty, unacceptable, unfriendly, unhappy, unpleasant, worrisome, troubling |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | possible |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | likely, attainable |
| Synonyms: | accessible, achievable, adventitious, advisable, available, breeze*, cinch, conceivable, credible, dependent, desirable, dormant, duck soup*, easy as pie*, expedient, feasible, fortuitous, hopeful, hypothetical, imaginable, indeterminate, latent, obtainable, piece of cake*, potential, practicable, probable, promising, pushover*, setup, snap, thinkable, uncertain, viable, welcome, workable, can do, doable, no sweat, realizable, simple as ABC, within reach |
| Antonyms: | impossible, unlikely, unattainable, ungettable, unrealizable |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | salute |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | greet; honor |
| Synonyms: | accost, acknowledge, address, bow, congratulate, hail, receive, recognize, speak, welcome, call to, pay homage, pay respects, pay tribute, present arms, snap to attention, take hat off to |
| Main Entry: | salute/salutation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | greeting, recognition |
| Synonyms: | address, bow, kiss, obeisance, tribute, welcome, howdy |
| Antonyms: | farewell, goodbye |
| Main Entry: | seasonable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | timely, appropriate |
| Synonyms: | apropos, apt, auspicious, convenient, favorable, fit, opportune, pertinent, propitious, prosperous, relevant, suitable, welcome, well-timed, providential, seasonal, timeous, towardly |
| Antonyms: | inappropriate, inclement, unseasonable, unsuitable, untimely, unfitting |
| Main Entry: | hello |
| Part of Speech: | interjection |
| Definition: | how do you do |
| Synonyms: | bonjour, buenas noches, buenos dias, good day, good morning, greetings, hey, hi, hi-ya, how are you, how goes it, howdy, howdy-do, shalom, welcome, what's happening, what's up |
| Antonyms: | adios, au revoir, goodbye |
| Main Entry: | glad hand |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | warm welcome |
| Synonyms: | welcome, accueil, cordial welcome, open arms, pleasant reception |
| Main Entry: | pleasing |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | nice |
| Synonyms: | adorable, agreeable, amiable, amusing, attractive, charming, congenial, darling, delicious, delightful, enchanting, engaging, enjoyable, entertaining, favorable, good, grateful, gratifying, likable, luscious, mellow, musical, palatable, pleasant, pleasurable, polite, satisfactory, satisfying, savory, suitable, sweet, welcome, winning |
| Antonyms: | displeasng |
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