| Main Entry: | wrinkle |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | crinkle, fold |
Synonyms: |
contraction, corrugation, crease, crow's-foot, crumple, depression, furrow, gather, line, pleat, plica, pucker, ridge, rimple, rumple, tuck |
Antonyms: |
smoothness |
| Main Entry: | wrinkle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | crinkle, fold |
Synonyms: |
compress, corrugate, crease, crimp, crisp, crumple, furrow, gather, line, prune up, pucker, purse, rimple, ruck, rumple, screw up, scrunch, seam, shrivel, twist |
Antonyms: |
smooth, straighten, unfold |
| Main Entry: | approach |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | plan of attack, resolution |
Synonyms: |
attitude, concept, course, crack, fling, go*, idea, lick, manner, means, method, mode, modus operandi, new wrinkle, offer, procedure, program, shot, stab, style, technique, way, whack, wrinkle |
| Main Entry: | concept |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | idea |
Synonyms: |
abstraction, apprehension, approach, big idea, brain wave, brainchild, conceit, conception, conceptualization, consideration, fool notion, hypothesis, image, impression, intellection, notion, perception, slant, supposition, theory, thought, twist, view, wrinkle |
| Notes: | a concept is a more definite, more unitary, more complete type of notion than is a conception, which is more of an ideational structure with a potential for realization (rather like a schema) |
Antonyms: |
being, concrete |
| Main Entry: | contract |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | condense |
Synonyms: |
abate, abbreviate, abridge, become smaller, clench, compress, confine, constrict, consume, curtail, decline, decrease, deflate, draw in, dwindle, ebb, edit, epitomize, evaporate, fall away, fall off, grow less, lessen, lose, narrow, omit, purse, recede, reduce, shrink, shrivel, subside, syncopate, take in, tighten, wane, waste, weaken, wither, wrinkle |
Antonyms: |
amplify, dilate, enlarge, expand, extend, increase, lengthen, spread, stretch |
| Main Entry: | craze |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fad, strong interest |
Synonyms: |
chic, cry, enthusiasm, fashion, fever, furor, in thing, infatuation, kick*, mania, mode, monomania, newest wrinkle, novelty, passion, preoccupation, rage, the last word, the latest thing, trend, vogue, wrinkle |
| Main Entry: | crease |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fold, rumple |
Synonyms: |
bend, cockle, corrugate, crimp, crinkle, crumple, dog-ear, double up, plait, pleat, pucker, purse, ridge, ruck up, screw up, wrinkle |
| Main Entry: | crimp |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fold or curl |
Synonyms: |
coil, crease, crimple, crinkle, crisp, crumple, flow, frizz, pleat, rimple, ruck, screw, scrunch, set, swirl, undulate, wave, wrinkle |
Antonyms: |
straighten |
| Main Entry: | crinkle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | crumple, ruffle |
Synonyms: |
cockle, coil, crackle, crease, crimp, crimple, curl, fold, hiss, pucker, ruck, rumple, rustle, scallop, screw, scrunch, seam, swish, twist, whisper, wind, wreathe, wrinkle |
Antonyms: |
straighten |
| Main Entry: | crumple |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make or become wrinkled |
Synonyms: |
break down, buckle, cave in, collapse, crease, crimp, crimple, crinkle, crush, fall, fold, give way, go to pieces, pucker, rimple, ruck, rumple, screw, scrunch, shrivel, wad, wrinkle |
Antonyms: |
straighten |