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| Main Entry: | word |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | discussion |
| Synonyms: | chat, chitchat*, colloquy, consultation, conversation, discussion, tête-è-tête, talk, confab, confabulation |
| Antonyms: | silence |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | word |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | statement |
| Synonyms: | account, adage, advice, announcement, bulletin, byword, comment, communication, declaration, directive, discourse, dispatch, expression, gossip, hearsay, information, intelligence, intimation, introduction, message, news, notice, pronouncement, proverb, remark, report, rumble, rumor, saying, scuttlebutt, speech, talk, tidings, utterance, communiqué, saw |
| Main Entry: | word |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | unit of language |
| Synonyms: | concept, designation, expression, idiom, locution, name, phrase, sound, term, usage, utterance, lexeme, morpheme, vocable |
| Main Entry: | word |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | command |
| Synonyms: | behest, bidding, charge, commandment, decree, dictate, edict, go-ahead*, green light*, injunction, mandate, order, signal, will, ukase |
| Antonyms: | question |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | word |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | promise |
| Synonyms: | affirmation, assertion, assurance, commitment, declaration, engagement, guarantee, oath, parole, pledge, plight, vow, warrant, word of honor, solemn oath, solemn word |
| Antonyms: | breach, break |
| Main Entry: | word |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | password |
| Synonyms: | countersign, slogan, watchword |
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| Synonyms: |
-nouns
word, term, vocable; name [more]; phrase [more]; root, etymon; derivative; part of speech (grammar) [more]; ideophone., dictionary, vocabulary, lexicon, index, glossary, thesaurus, gradus, delectus, concordance., etymology, derivation; glossology, terminology, orismology; paleology (philogy) [more]., lexicography; glossography (scholar) [more]; lexicologist, verbarian.
-adjectives
verbal, literal; titular, nominal., [Similarly derived] conjugat, paronymous; derivative.
-adverbs
verbally; verbatim (exactly) [more].
-phrases
"the artillery of words" [Swift].
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| Main Entry: | advice |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | recommendation |
| Synonyms: | admonition, advisement, advocacy, aid, bum steer*, caution, charge, consultation, counsel, directions, dissuasion, encouragement, exhortation, forewarning, guidance, help, information, injunction, input, instruction, judgment, lesson, news, opinion, persuasion, prescription, proposal, proposition, recommendation, steer, suggestion, teaching, telltale, tidings, tip, tip-off, two cents' worth, view, warning, word, word to the wise |
| Notes: | advise (verb) means 'to offer advice to or counsel'; advice (noun) is an opinion about what could or should be done about a situation or problem |
| Antonyms: | betrayal, deceit, deception, falsehood, lie, misinformation, misrepresentation |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | behest |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | order; personal decree |
| Synonyms: | bidding, charge, command, commandment, demand, dictate, direction, injunction, instruction, mandate, order, precept, request, wish, word, expressed desire, prompting, solicitation |
| Main Entry: | commitment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | assurance; obligation |
| Synonyms: | charge, duty, engagement, guarantee, liability, must, need, pledge, promise, responsibility, undertaking, vow, word, committal, devoir, ought |
| Antonyms: | denial, refusal, broken promise |
| Main Entry: | couch |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | express in particular way |
| Synonyms: | formulate, frame, phrase, put, utter, word, set forth |
| Main Entry: | decree |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mandate, legal order |
| Synonyms: | act, announcement, behest, bidding, charge, command, commandment, declaration, dictum, direction, directive, edict, enactment, injunction, instruction, judgment, law, order, ordinance, precept, prescript, proclamation, pronouncement, rap*, regulation, rule, ruling, say, statute, charging, decretum, promulgation, the riot act, the word, ukase |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | dictate |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | command; rule |
| Synonyms: | behest, bidding, code, decree, dictum, direction, edict, fiat, injunction, law, mandate, order, ordinance, precept, principle, requirement, statute, ultimatum, word |
| Antonyms: | request |
| Main Entry: | directive |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | command, instruction |
| Synonyms: | charge, communication, decree, dictate, edict, injunction, mandate, memorandum, message, notice, order, ordinance, regulation, ruling, word, memo, ukase |
| Antonyms: | answer |
| Main Entry: | exhaustive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | all-inclusive, complete |
| Synonyms: | all-out, catholic, comprehensive, encyclopedic, extensive, far-reaching, full, full-blown, full-scale, in-depth, intensive, out-and-out*, profound, radical, sweeping, thorough, thoroughgoing, total, all-embracing, all-encompassing, embracive, from A to Z, full-dress, no stone unturned, the word, whole-hog |
| Antonyms: | incomplete, unfinished, excluding |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | guarantee |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pledge, promise |
| Synonyms: | agreement, assurance, bail, bargain, bond, certainty, certificate, charter, collateral, contract, covenant, deposit, earnest, guaranty, insurance, lock, oath, pawn, pipe, security, sure thing*, surety, testament, token, undertaking, vow, warrant, warranty, word, word of honor, attestation, certification, gage, recognizance |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | idiom |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | manner of speaking, turn of phrase |
| Synonyms: | argot, colloquialism, dialect, expression, idiosyncrasy, jargon, language, lingo*, locution, parlance, patois, phrase, style, talk, tongue, usage, vernacular, word, localism, provincialism, set phrase, street talk, vernacularism |
| Antonyms: | standard |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | information |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | facts, news |
| Synonyms: | advice, ammo, break*, chapter and verse*, clue, confidence, counsel, cue, data, dirt*, dope*, dossier, earful, enlightenment, erudition, illumination, info, inside story, instruction, intelligence, knowledge, leak, learning, lore, lowdown, material, message, network, notice, notification, orientation, propaganda, report, science, scoop, score, tidings, tip, what's what, whole story, wisdom, word* |
| Antonyms: | ignorance |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | injunction |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | decree |
| Synonyms: | admonition, ban, bar, behest, bidding, charge, command, demand, dictate, embargo, exhortation, instruction, mandate, order, precept, prohibition, ruling, word, writ, enjoinder |
| Main Entry: | language |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | system of words for communication |
| Synonyms: | accent, argot, articulation, cant, communication, conversation, dialect, diction, dictionary, discourse, expression, gibberish, idiom, interchange, jargon, lexicon, palaver, parlance, patois, phraseology, prose, signal, slang, sound, speech, style, talk, terminology, tongue, utterance, vernacular, vocabulary, voice, word, wording, brogue, doublespeak, lingua franca, verbalization, vocalization |
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