From WordNet version 2.0 Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun acceptance 7 senses of acceptance Sense 1 credence, acceptance -- (the mental attitude that something is believable and should be accepted as true; "he gave credence to the gossip"; "acceptance of Newtonian mechanics was unquestioned for 200 years") => attitude, mental attitude -- (a complex mental state involving beliefs and feelings and values and dispositions to act in certain ways; "he had the attitude that work was fun") Sense 2 adoption, acceptance, acceptation, espousal -- (the act of accepting with approval; favorable reception; "its adoption by society"; "the proposal found wide acceptance") => blessing, approval, approving -- (the formal act of giving approval; "he gave the project his blessing"; "his decision merited the approval of any sensible person") Sense 3 acceptance -- (the state of being acceptable and accepted; "torn jeans received no acceptance at the country club") => situation, state of affairs -- (the general state of things; the combination of circumstances at a given time; "the present international situation is dangerous"; "wondered how such a state of affairs had come about"; "eternal truths will be neither true nor eternal unless they have fresh meaning for every new social situation"- Franklin D.Roosevelt) Sense 4 acceptance -- ((contract law) words signifying consent to the terms of an offer (thereby creating a contract)) => assent, acquiescence -- (agreement with a statement or proposal to do something; "he gave his assent eagerly"; "a murmur of acquiescence from the assembly") Sense 5 acceptance, banker's acceptance -- (banking: a time draft drawn on and accepted by a bank) => draft, bill of exchange, order of payment -- (a document ordering the payment of money; drawn by one person or bank on another) Sense 6 toleration, acceptance, sufferance -- (a disposition to tolerate or accept people or situations; "all people should practice toleration and live together in peace") => permissiveness, tolerance -- (a disposition to allow freedom of choice and behavior) Sense 7 acceptance -- (the act of taking something that is offered; "her acceptance of the gift encouraged him"; "he anticipated their acceptance of his offer") => acquisition -- (the act of contracting or assuming or acquiring possession of something; "the acquisition of wealth"; "the acquisition of one company by another") Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun admission 3 senses of admission Sense 1 admission, admittance -- (the act of admitting someone to enter; "the surgery was performed on his second admission to the clinic") => entrance, entering, entry, ingress, incoming -- (the act of entering; "she made a grand entrance") Sense 2 admission -- (an-acknowledgment-of-the-truth-of-something) => acknowledgment, acknowledgement -- (a statement acknowledging something or someone; "she must have seen him but she gave no sign of acknowledgment"; "the preface contained an acknowledgment of those who had helped her") Sense 3 entrance fee, admission, admission charge, admission fee, admission price, price of admission, entrance money -- (the fee charged for admission) => fee -- (a fixed charge for a privilege or for professional services) Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun assault 4 senses of assault Sense 1 assault -- (close fighting during the culmination of a military attack) => battle, conflict, fight, engagement -- (a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war; "Grant won a decisive victory in the battle of Chickamauga"; "he lost his romantic ideas about war when he got into a real engagement") Sense 2 assault -- (a threatened or attempted physical attack by someone who appears to be able to cause bodily harm if not stopped) => attack, attempt -- (the act of attacking; "attacks on women increased last year"; "they made an attempt on his life") Sense 3 assault -- (thoroughbred that won the triple crown in 1946) => thoroughbred -- (a racehorse belonging to a breed that originated from a cross between Arabian stallions and English mares) Sense 4 rape, violation, assault, ravishment -- (the crime of forcing a woman to submit to sexual intercourse against her will) => sexual assault, sexual abuse, sex crime, sex offense -- (a statutory offense that provides that it is a crime to knowingly cause another person to engage in an unwanted sexual act by force or threat; "most states have replaced the common law definition of rape with statutes defining sexual assault") Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun attack 9 senses of attack Sense 1 attack, onslaught, onset, onrush -- ((military) an offensive against an enemy (using weapons); "the attack began at dawn") => operation, military operation -- (activity by a military or naval force (as a maneuver or campaign); "it was a joint operation of the navy and air force") Sense 2 attack -- (a sudden occurrence of an uncontrollable condition; "an attack of diarrhea") => affliction -- (a cause of great suffering and distress) Sense 3 fire, attack, flak, flack, blast -- (intense adverse criticism; "Clinton directed his fire at the Republican Party"; "the government has come under attack"; "don't give me any flak") => criticism, unfavorable judgment -- (disapproval expressed by pointing out faults or shortcomings; "the senator received severe criticism from his opponent") Sense 4 attack, attempt -- (the act of attacking; "attacks on women increased last year"; "they made an attempt on his life") => crime, law-breaking -- ((criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act; "a long record of crimes") Sense 5 attack -- (an offensive move in a sport or game; "they won the game with a 10-hit attack in the 9th inning") => turn, play -- (the activity of doing something in an agreed succession; "it is my turn"; "it is still my play") Sense 6 attack -- (the onset of a corrosive or destructive process (as by a chemical agent); "the film was sensitive to attack by acids"; "open to attack by the elements") => degeneration, devolution -- (the process of declining from a higher to a lower level of effective power or vitality or essential quality) Sense 7 approach, attack, plan of attack -- (ideas or actions intended to deal with a problem or situation; "his approach to every problem is to draw up a list of pros and cons"; "an attack on inflation"; "his plan of attack was misguided") => conceptualization, conceptualisation, formulation -- (inventing or contriving an idea or explanation and formulating it mentally) Sense 8 attack, tone-beginning -- (a decisive manner of beginning a musical tone or phrase) => beginning, start, commencement -- (the act of starting something; "he was responsible for the beginning of negotiations") Sense 9 attack -- (strong criticism; "he published an unexpected attack on my work") => criticism, unfavorable judgment -- (disapproval expressed by pointing out faults or shortcomings; "the senator received severe criticism from his opponent") Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun division 12 senses of division Sense 1 division -- (an army unit large enough to sustain combat; "two infantry divisions were held in reserve") => army unit -- (a military unit that is part of an army) Sense 2 part, section, division -- (one of the portions into which something is regarded as divided and which together constitute a whole; "the written part of the exam"; "the finance section of the company"; "the BBC's engineering division") => concept, conception, construct -- (an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances) Sense 3 division -- (the act or process of dividing) => separation -- (the act of dividing or disconnecting) Sense 4 division -- (an administrative unit in government or business) => administrative unit, administrative body -- (a unit with administrative responsibilities) Sense 5 division -- (an arithmetic operation that is the inverse of multiplication; the quotient of two numbers is computed) => arithmetic operation -- (a mathematical operation involving numbers) Sense 6 division, variance -- (discord that splits a group) => discord, dissension -- (disagreement among those expected to cooperate) Sense 7 class, division -- (a league ranked by quality; "he played baseball in class D for two years"; "Princeton is in the NCAA Division 1-AA") => league, conference -- (an association of sports teams that organizes matches for its members) Sense 8 division -- ((biology) a group of organisms forming a subdivision of a larger category) => biological group -- (a group of plants or animals) Sense 9 division -- ((botany) taxonomic unit of plants corresponding to a phylum) => phylum -- ((biology) the major taxonomic group of animals and plants; contains classes) Sense 10 division, air division -- (a unit of the United States Air Force usually comprising two or more wings) => air unit -- (a military unit that is part of the airforce) Sense 11 division, naval division -- (a group of ships of similar type) => naval unit -- (a military unit that is part of a navy) Sense 12 division, partition, partitioning, segmentation, sectionalization, sectionalisation -- (the act of dividing or partitioning; separation by the creation of a boundary that divides or keeps apart) => separation -- (the act of dividing or disconnecting) Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun street 5 senses of street Sense 1 street -- (a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings; "they walked the streets of the small town"; "he lives on Nassau Street") => thoroughfare -- (a public road from one place to another) Sense 2 street -- (the part of a thoroughfare between the sidewalks; the part of the thoroughfare on which vehicles travel; "be careful crossing the street") => thoroughfare -- (a public road from one place to another) Sense 3 street -- (the streets of a city viewed as a depressed environment in which there is poverty and crime and prostitution and dereliction; "she tried to keep her children off the street") => environment -- (the totality of surrounding conditions; "he longed for the comfortable environment of his livingroom") Sense 4 street -- (a situation offering opportunities; "he worked both sides of the street"; "cooperation is a two-way street") => opportunity, chance -- (a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances; "the holiday gave us the opportunity to visit Washington"; "now is your chance") Sense 5 street -- (people living or working on the same street; "the whole street protested the absence of street lights") => neighborhood, neighbourhood -- (people living near one another; "it is a friendly neighborhood"; "my neighborhood voted for Bush") Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb abandon 5 senses of abandon Sense 1 abandon -- (forsake, leave behind; "We abandoned the old car in the empty parking lot") => discard, fling, toss, toss out, toss away, chuck out, cast aside, dispose, throw out, cast out, throw away, cast away, put away -- (throw or cast away; "Put away your worries") Sense 2 abandon, give up -- (stop maintaining or insisting on; of ideas, claims, etc.; "He abandoned the thought of asking for her hand in marriage"; "Both sides have to give up some calims in these negociations") Sense 3 abandon, give up -- (give up with the intent of never claiming again; "Abandon your life to God"; "She gave up her children to her ex-husband when she moved to Tahiti"; "We gave the drowning victim up for dead") Sense 4 vacate, empty, abandon -- (leave behind empty; move out of; "You must vacate your office by tonight") => leave, go forth, go away -- (go away from a place; "At what time does your train leave?"; "She didn't leave until midnight"; "The ship leaves at midnight") Sense 5 abandon, forsake, desolate, desert -- (leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch; "The mother deserted her children") => leave -- (go and leave behind, either intentionally or by neglect or forgetfulness; "She left a mess when she moved out"; "His good luck finally left him"; "her husband left her after 20 years of marriage"; "she wept thinking she had been left behind") Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb absorb 9 senses of absorb Sense 1 absorb -- (become imbued; "The liquids, light, and gases absorb") => sorb, take up -- (take up a liquid or a gas either by adsorption or by absorption) Sense 2 absorb, assimilate, ingest, take in -- (take up mentally; "he absorbed the knowledge or beliefs of his tribe") => learn, larn, acquire -- (acquire or gain knowledge or skills; "She learned dancing from her sister"; "I learned Sanskrit"; "Children acquire language at an amazing rate") Sense 3 absorb, take over -- (take up, as of debts or payments; "absorb the costs for something") => fund -- (furnish money for; "The government funds basic research in many areas") Sense 4 absorb, suck, imbibe, soak up, sop up, suck up, draw, take in, take up -- (take in, also metaphorically; "The sponge absorbs water well"; "She drew strength from the minister's words") Sense 5 absorb -- (cause to become one with; "The sales tax is absorbed into the state income tax") => blend, flux, mix, conflate, commingle, immix, fuse, coalesce, meld, combine, merge -- (mix together different elements; "The colors blend well") Sense 6 absorb, take in -- (suck or take up or in; "A black star absorbs all matter") Sense 7 steep, immerse, engulf, plunge, engross, absorb, soak up -- (engross (oneself) fully; "He immersed himself into his studies") => concentrate, focus, center, centre, pore, rivet -- (direct one's attention on something; "Please focus on your studies and not on your hobbies") Sense 8 absorb -- (assimilate or take in; "The immigrants were quickly absorbed into society") => receive, take in, invite -- (express willingness to have in one's home or environs; "The community warmly received the refugees") Sense 9 absorb, engross, engage, occupy -- (engage or engross wholly; "Her interest in butterflies absorbs her completely") => interest -- (excite the curiosity of; engage the interest of) Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb accept 11 senses of accept Sense 1 accept -- (consider or hold as true; "I cannot accept the dogma of this church"; "accept an argument") => judge -- (form an opinion of or pass judgment on; "I cannot judge some works of modern art") Sense 2 accept, take, have -- (receive willingly something given or offered; "The only girl who would have him was the miller's daughter"; "I won't have this dog in my house!"; "Please accept my present") => get, acquire -- (come into the possession of something concrete or abstract; "She got a lot of paintings from her uncle"; "They acquired a new pet"; "Get your results the next day"; "Get permission to take a few days off from work") Sense 3 accept, consent, go for -- (give an affirmative reply to; respond favorably to; "I cannot accept your invitation"; "I go for this resolution") => react, respond -- (show a response or a reaction to something) Sense 4 accept -- (react favorably to; consider right and proper; "People did not accept atonal music at that time"; "We accept the idea of universal health care") => react, respond -- (show a response or a reaction to something) Sense 5 accept, admit, take, take on -- (admit into a group or community; "accept students for graduate study"; "We'll have to vote on whether or not to admit a new member") => accept, take, have -- (receive willingly something given or offered; "The only girl who would have him was the miller's daughter"; "I won't have this dog in my house!"; "Please accept my present") Sense 6 bear, take over, accept, assume -- (take on as one's own the expenses or debts of another person; "I'll accept the charges"; "She agreed to bear the responsibility") => take -- (take into one's possession; "We are taking an orphan from Romania"; "I'll take three salmon steaks") Sense 7 accept, live with, swallow -- (tolerate or accommodate oneself to; "I shall have to accept these unpleasant working conditions"; "I swallowed the insult"; "She has learned to live with her husband's little idiosyncracies") => digest, endure, stick out, stomach, bear, stand, tolerate, support, brook, abide, suffer, put up -- (put up with something or somebody unpleasant; "I cannot bear his constant criticism"; "The new secretary had to endure a lot of unprofessional remarks"; "he learned to tolerate the heat"; "She stuck out two years in a miserable marriage") Sense 8 accept, take -- (be designed to hold or take; "This surface will not take the dye") => be -- (have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun); "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer") Sense 9 accept -- (of a deliberative body: receive (a report) officially, as from a committee) => receive, have -- (get something; come into possession of; "receive payment"; "receive a gift"; "receive letters from the front") Sense 10 take, accept -- (make use of or accept for some purpose; "take a risk"; "take an opportunity") Sense 11 accept -- (be sexually responsive to, used of a female domesticated mammal; "The cow accepted the bull") => react, respond -- (show a response or a reaction to something) Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb assault 3 senses of assault Sense 1 assail, assault, set on, attack -- (attack someone physically or emotionally; "The mugger assaulted the woman"; "Nightmares assailed him regularly") Sense 2 rape, ravish, violate, assault, dishonor, dishonour, outrage -- (force (someone) to have sex against their will; "The woman was raped on her way home at night") => assail, assault, set on, attack -- (attack someone physically or emotionally; "The mugger assaulted the woman"; "Nightmares assailed him regularly") Sense 3 attack, round, assail, lash out, snipe, assault -- (attack in speech or writing; "The editors of the left-leaning paper attacked the new House Speaker") => knock, criticize, criticise, pick apart -- (find fault with; express criticism of; point out real or perceived flaws; "The paper criticized the new movie"; "Don't knock the food--it's free") Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb attack 6 senses of attack Sense 1 attack, assail -- (launch an attack or assault on; begin hostilities or start warfare with; "Hitler attacked Poland on September 1, 1939 and started World War II"; "Serbian forces assailed Bosnian towns all week") => fight, struggle -- (be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight; "the tribesmen fought each other"; "Siblings are always fighting") Sense 2 attack, round, assail, lash out, snipe, assault -- (attack in speech or writing; "The editors of the left-leaning paper attacked the new House Speaker") => knock, criticize, criticise, pick apart -- (find fault with; express criticism of; point out real or perceived flaws; "The paper criticized the new movie"; "Don't knock the food--it's free") Sense 3 attack, aggress -- (take the initiative and go on the offensive; "The Serbs attacked the village at night"; "The visiting team started to attack") => act, move -- (perform an action, or work out or perform (an action); "think before you act"; "We must move quickly"; "The governor should act on the new energy bill"; "The nanny acted quickly by grabbing the toddler and covering him with a wet towel") Sense 4 assail, assault, set on, attack -- (attack someone physically or emotionally; "The mugger assaulted the woman"; "Nightmares assailed him regularly") Sense 5 attack -- (set to work upon; turn one's energies vigorously to a task; "I attacked the problem as soon as I got out of bed") => get down, begin, get, start out, start, set about, set out, commence -- (take the first step or steps in carrying out an action; "We began working at dawn"; "Who will start?"; "Get working as soon as the sun rises!"; "The first tourists began to arrive in Cambodia"; "He began early in the day"; "Let's get down to work now") Sense 6 attack -- (begin to injure; "The cancer cells are attacking his liver"; "Rust is attacking the metal") => affect -- (act physically on; have an effect upon) Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb beam 6 senses of beam Sense 1 beam -- (smile radiantly; express joy through one's facial expression) => smile -- (change one's facial expression by spreading the lips, often to signal pleasure) Sense 2 shine, beam -- (emit light; be bright, as of the sun or a light; "The sun shone bright that day"; "The fire beamed on their faces") Sense 3 beam -- (express with a beaming face or smile; "he beamed his approval") => express, show, evince -- (give expression to; "She showed her disappointment") Sense 4 air, send, broadcast, beam, transmit -- (broadcast over the airwaves, as in radio or television; "We cannot air this X-rated song") => publicize, publicise, air, bare -- (make public; "She aired her opinions on welfare") Sense 5 glow, beam, radiate, shine -- (especially of the complexion: show a strong bright color, such as red or pink; "Her face glowed when she came out of the sauna") => look, appear, seem -- (give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect; "She seems to be sleeping"; "This appears to be a very difficult problem"; "This project looks fishy"; "They appeared like people who had not eaten or slept for a long time") Sense 6 glow, beam, radiate, shine -- (experience a feeling of well-being or happiness, as from good health or an intense emotion; "She was beaming with joy"; "Her face radiated with happiness") => feel, experience -- (undergo an emotional sensation; "She felt resentful"; "He felt regret") Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb blast 3 senses of blast Sense 1 blast, blare -- (make a strident sound; "She tended to blast when speaking into a microphone") => make noise, resound, noise -- (emit a noise) Sense 2 smash, nail, boom, blast -- (hit hard; "He smashed a 3-run homer") => hit -- (deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument; "He hit her hard in the face") Sense 3 blast, shell -- (use explosives on; "The enemy has been shelling us all day") => bombard, bomb -- (throw bombs at or attack with bombs; "The Americans bombed Dresden") Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb occupy 8 senses of occupy Sense 1 inhabit, occupy -- (be present in; be inside of) => be -- (occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere; "Where is my umbrella?" "The toolshed is in the back"; "What is behind this behavior?") Sense 2 busy, occupy -- (keep busy with; "She busies herself with her butterfly collection") => work -- (exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity; "I will work hard to improve my grades"; "she worked hard for better living conditions for the poor") Sense 3 occupy, reside, lodge in -- (live (in a certain place)) => dwell, shack, reside, live, inhabit, people, populate, domicile, domiciliate -- (make one's home or live in; "She resides officially in Iceland"; "I live in a 200-year old house"; "These people inhabited all the islands that are now deserted"; "The plains are sparsely populated") Sense 4 occupy, fill -- (occupy the whole of; "The liquid fills the container") => be -- (occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere; "Where is my umbrella?" "The toolshed is in the back"; "What is behind this behavior?") Sense 5 concern, interest, occupy, worry -- (be on the mind of; "I worry about the second Germanic consonant") Sense 6 take, occupy, use up -- (as of time or space; "It took three hours to get to work this morning"; "This event occupied a very short time") => use, expend -- (use up, consume fully; "The legislature expended its time on school questions") Sense 7 invade, occupy -- (march aggressively into another's territory by military force for the purposes of conquest and occupation; "Hitler invaded Poland on September 1, 1939") => attack, assail -- (launch an attack or assault on; begin hostilities or start warfare with; "Hitler attacked Poland on September 1, 1939 and started World War II"; "Serbian forces assailed Bosnian towns all week") Sense 8 absorb, engross, engage, occupy -- (engage or engross wholly; "Her interest in butterflies absorbs her completely") => interest -- (excite the curiosity of; engage the interest of) Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb realize 6 senses of realize Sense 1 recognize, recognise, realize, realise, agnize, agnise -- (be fully aware or cognizant of) => know, cognize, cognise -- (be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about; "I know that the President lied to the people"; "I want to know who is winning the game!"; "I know it's time") Sense 2 understand, realize, realise, see -- (perceive (an idea or situation) mentally; "Now I see!"; "I just can't see your point"; "Does she realize how important this decision is?"; "I don't understand the idea") Sense 3 realize, realise, actualize, actualise, substantiate -- (make real or concrete; give reality or substance to; "our ideas must be substantiated into actions") => make, create -- (make or cause to be or to become; "make a mess in one's office"; "create a furor") Sense 4 gain, take in, clear, make, earn, realize, realise, pull in, bring in -- (earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages; "How much do you make a month in your new job?"; "She earns a lot in her new job"; "this merger brought in lots of money"; "He clears $5,000 each month") => get, acquire -- (come into the possession of something concrete or abstract; "She got a lot of paintings from her uncle"; "They acquired a new pet"; "Get your results the next day"; "Get permission to take a few days off from work") Sense 5 realize, realise -- (convert into cash; of goods and property) => sell -- (exchange or deliver for money or its equivalent; "He sold his house in January"; "She sells her body to survive and support her drug habit") Sense 6 realize, realise -- (expand or complete (a thorough-based part in a piece of baroque music) by supplying the harmonies indicated in the figured bass) => harmonize, harmonise -- (write a harmony for) Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun alarm 4 senses of alarm Sense 1 alarm, dismay, consternation -- (fear resulting from the awareness of danger) => fear, fearfulness, fright -- (an emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight)) Sense 2 alarm, warning device, alarm system -- (a device that signals the occurrence of some undesirable event) => device -- (an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose; "the device is small enough to wear on your wrist"; "a device intended to conserve water") Sense 3 alarm, alert, warning signal, alarum -- (an automatic signal (usually a sound) warning of danger) => signal, signaling, sign -- (any communication that encodes a message; "signals from the boat suddenly stopped") Sense 4 alarm clock, alarm -- (a clock that wakes sleeper at preset time) => clock -- (a timepiece that shows the time of day) Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun barrage 2 senses of barrage Sense 1 barrage, outpouring, onslaught -- (the rapid and continuous delivery of linguistic communication (spoken or written)) => language, linguistic communication -- (a systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols; "he taught foreign languages"; "the language introduced is standard throughout the text"; "the speed with which a program can be executed depends on the language in which it is written") Sense 2 barrage, barrage fire, battery, bombardment, shelling -- (the heavy fire of artillery to saturate an area rather than hit a specific target; "they laid down a barrage in front of the advancing troops"; "the shelling went on for hours without pausing") => fire, firing -- (the act of firing weapons or artillery at an enemy; "hold your fire until you can see the whites of their eyes"; "they retreated in the face of withering enemy fire") Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun blow 7 senses of blow Sense 1 blow -- (a powerful stroke with the fist or a weapon; "a blow on the head") => stroke -- (a single complete movement) Sense 2 bump, blow -- (an impact (as from a collision); "the bump threw him off the bicycle") => impact -- (the striking of one body against another) Sense 3 reverse, reversal, setback, blow, black eye -- (an unfortunate happening that hinders of impedes; something that is thwarting or frustrating) => happening, occurrence, natural event -- (an event that happens) Sense 4 shock, blow -- (an unpleasant or disappointing surprise; "it came as a shock to learn that he was injured") => surprise -- (a sudden unexpected event) Sense 5 gust, blast, blow -- (a strong current of air; "the tree was bent almost double by the gust") => wind, air current, current of air -- (air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure; "trees bent under the fierce winds"; "when there is no wind, row"; "the radioactivity was being swept upwards by the air current and out into the atmosphere") Sense 6 coke, blow, nose candy, snow, C -- (street names for cocaine) => cocaine, cocain -- (a narcotic (alkaloid) extracted from coca leaves; used as a surface anesthetic or taken for pleasure; can become powerfully addictive) Sense 7 blow, puff -- (forceful exhalation through the nose or mouth; "he gave his nose a loud blow"; "he blew out all the candles with a single puff") => exhalation, expiration, breathing out -- (the act of expelling air from the lungs) Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun bomb 3 senses of bomb Sense 1 bomb -- (an explosive device fused to denote under specific conditions) => explosive device -- (device that bursts with sudden violence from internal energy) => weaponry, arms, implements of war, weapons system, munition -- (weapons considered collectively) Sense 2 bomb calorimeter, bomb -- (strong sealed vessel for measuring heat of combustion) => calorimeter -- (a measuring instrument that determines quantities of heat) Sense 3 turkey, bomb, dud -- (an event that fails badly or is totally ineffectual; "the first experiment was a real turkey"; "the meeting was a dud as far as new business was concerned") => flop, bust -- (a complete failure; "the play was a dismal flop") Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun brain 5 senses of brain Sense 1 brain, encephalon -- (that part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers; enclosed within the skull; continuous with the spinal cord) => neural structure -- (a structure that is part of the nervous system) Sense 2 brain, brainpower, learning ability, mental capacity, mentality, wit -- (mental ability; "he's got plenty of brains but no common sense") => intelligence -- (the ability to comprehend; to understand and profit from experience) Sense 3 mind, head, brain, psyche, nous -- (that which is responsible for one's thoughts and feelings; the seat of the faculty of reason; "his mind wandered"; "I couldn't get his words out of my head") => cognition, knowledge, noesis -- (the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning) Sense 4 genius, mastermind, brain, Einstein -- (someone who has exceptional intellectual ability and originality; "Mozart was a child genius"; "he's smart but he's no Einstein") => intellectual, intellect -- (a person who uses the mind creatively) Sense 5 brain -- (the brain of certain animals used as meat) => variety meat, organs -- (edible viscera of a butchered animal) Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun catch 10 senses of catch Sense 1 catch -- (a hidden drawback; "it sounds good but what's the catch?") => drawback -- (the quality of being a hindrance; "he pointed out all the drawbacks to my plan") Sense 2 catch, haul -- (the quantity that was caught; "the catch was only 10 fish") => indefinite quantity -- (an estimated quantity) Sense 3 catch, match -- (a person regarded as a good matrimonial prospect) => adult, grownup -- (a fully developed person from maturity onward) Sense 4 catch -- (anything that is caught (especially if it is worth catching); "he shared his catch with the others") => object, physical object -- (a tangible and visible entity; an entity that can cast a shadow; "it was full of rackets, balls and other objects") Sense 5 catch -- (a break or check in the voice (usually a sign of strong emotion)) => manner of speaking, speech, delivery -- (your characteristic style or manner of expressing yourself orally; "his manner of speaking was quite abrupt"; "her speech was barren of southernisms"; "I detected a slight accent in his speech") Sense 6 catch, stop -- (a restraint that checks the motion of something; "he used a book as a stop to hold the door open") => restraint, constraint -- (a device that retards something's motion; "the car did not have proper restraints fitted") Sense 7 catch -- (a fastener that fastens or locks a door or window) => fastener, fastening, holdfast, fixing -- (restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place) Sense 8 catch -- (a cooperative game in which a ball is passed back and forth; "he played catch with his son in the backyard") => game -- (an amusement or pastime; "they played word games"; "he thought of his painting as a game that filled his empty time"; "his life was all fun and games") Sense 9 catch, grab, snatch, snap -- (the act of catching an object with the hands; "Mays made the catch with his back to the plate"; "he made a grab for the ball before it landed"; "Martin's snatch at the bridle failed and the horse raced away"; "the infielder's snap and throw was a single motion") => touch, touching -- (the act of putting two things together with no space between them; "at his touch the room filled with lights") Sense 10 apprehension, arrest, catch, collar, pinch, taking into custody -- (the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal); "the policeman on the beat got credit for the collar") => capture, gaining control, seizure -- (the act of forcibly dispossessing an owner of property) Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun commitment 5 senses of commitment Sense 1 committedness, commitment -- (the trait of sincere and steadfast fixity of purpose; "a man of energy and commitment") => seriousness, earnestness, serious-mindedness, sincerity -- (the trait of being serious; "a lack of solemnity is not necessarily a lack of seriousness"- Robert Rice) Sense 2 commitment, allegiance, loyalty, dedication -- (the act of binding yourself (intellectually or emotionally) to a course of action; "his long commitment to public service"; "they felt no loyalty to a losing team") => cooperation -- (joint operation or action; "their cooperation with us was essential for the success of our mission") Sense 3 commitment -- (an engagement by contract involving financial obligation; "his business commitments took him to London") => engagement, participation, involvement, involution -- (the act of sharing in the activities of a group; "the teacher tried to increase his students' engagement in class activities") Sense 4 commitment, dedication -- (a message that makes a pledge) => message, content, subject matter, substance -- (what a communication that is about something is about) Sense 5 commitment, committal, consignment -- (the official act of consigning a person to confinement (as in a prison or mental hospital)) => confinement -- (the act of restraining of a person's liberty by confining them) Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun depression 10 senses of depression Sense 1 depression -- (a mental state characterized by a pessimistic sense of inadequacy and a despondent lack of activity) => psychological state, mental state -- ((psychology) a mental condition in which the qualities of a state are relatively constant even though the state itself may be dynamic; "a manic state") Sense 2 depression, slump, economic crisis -- (a long-term economic state characterized by unemployment and low prices and low levels of trade and investment) => financial condition, economic condition -- (the condition of finances) Sense 3 natural depression, depression -- (a sunken or depressed geological formation) => geological formation, formation -- ((geology) the geological features of the earth) Sense 4 depression -- (sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy) => sadness, unhappiness -- (emotions experienced when not in a state of well-being) Sense 5 Depression, the Depression, the Great Depression -- (a time period during the 1930s when there was a worldwide economic depression and mass unemployment) => time period, period of time, period -- (an amount of time; "a time period of 30 years"; "hastened the period of time of his recovery"; "Picasso's blue period") Sense 6 low, low pressure, depression -- (an air mass of lower pressure; often brings precipitation; "a low moved in over night bringing sleet and snow") => air mass -- (a large body of air with uniform characteristics horizontally) Sense 7 depressive disorder, clinical depression, depression -- (a state of depression and anhedonia so severe as to require clinical intervention) => affective disorder, major affective disorder, emotional disorder, emotional disturbance -- (any mental disorder not caused by detectable organic abnormalities of the brain and in which a major disturbance of emotions is predominant) Sense 8 depression, impression, imprint -- (a concavity in a surface produced by pressing; "he left the impression of his fingers in the soft mud") => concave shape, concavity, incurvation, incurvature -- (a shape that curves or bends inward) Sense 9 depression -- (angular distance below the horizon (especially of a celestial object)) => angular position -- (relation by which any position with respect to any other position is established) Sense 10 depression -- (pushing down; "depression of the space bar on the typewriter") => push, pushing -- (the act of applying force in order to move something away; "he gave the door a hard push"; "the pushing is good exercise") Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun drive 12 senses of drive Sense 1 drive, thrust, driving force -- (the act of applying force to propel something; "after reaching the desired velocity the drive is cut off") => propulsion, actuation -- (the act of propelling) Sense 2 drive -- (a mechanism by which force or power is transmitted in a machine; "a variable speed drive permitted operation through a range of speeds") => mechanism -- (device consisting of a piece of machinery; has moving parts that perform some function) Sense 3 campaign, cause, crusade, drive, movement, effort -- (a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end; "he supported populist campaigns"; "they worked in the cause of world peace"; "the team was ready for a drive toward the pennant"; "the movement to end slavery"; "contributed to the war effort") => venture -- (any venturesome undertaking especially one with an uncertain outcome) Sense 4 driveway, drive, private road -- (a road leading up to a private house; "they parked in the driveway") => road, route -- (an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation) Sense 5 drive -- (the trait of being highly motivated; "his drive and energy exhausted his co-workers") => trait -- (a distinguishing feature of your personal nature) Sense 6 drive, driving -- (hitting a golf ball off of a tee with a driver; "he sliced his drive out of bounds") => golf stroke, golf shot, swing -- (the act of swinging a golf club at a golf ball and (usually) hitting it) Sense 7 drive -- (the act of driving a herd of animals overland) => transportation, transfer, transferral, conveyance -- (the act of transporting something from one location to another) Sense 8 drive, ride -- (a journey in a vehicle driven by someone else; "he took the family for a drive in his new car") => journey, journeying -- (the act of traveling from one place to another) Sense 9 drive -- (a physiological state corresponding to a strong need or desire) => physiological state, physiological condition -- (the state of the body or bodily functions) Sense 10 drive -- ((computer science) a device that writes data onto or reads data from a storage medium) => device -- (an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose; "the device is small enough to wear on your wrist"; "a device intended to conserve water") Sense 11 drive, parkway -- (a wide scenic road planted with trees; "the riverside drive offers many exciting scenic views") => road, route -- (an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation) Sense 12 drive -- ((sports) a hard straight return (as in tennis or squash)) => return -- (a tennis stroke that returns the ball to the other player; "he won the point on a cross-court return") Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb admit 8 senses of admit Sense 1 admit, acknowledge -- (declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of; "He admitted his errors"; "She acknowledged that she might have forgotten") => declare, adjudge, hold -- (declare to be; "She was declared incompetent"; "judge held that the defendant was innocent") Sense 2 admit, allow in, let in, intromit -- (allow to enter; grant entry to; "We cannot admit non-members into our club") => permit, allow, let, countenance -- (consent to, give permission; "She permitted her son to visit her estranged husband"; "I won't let the police search her basement"; "I cannot allow you to see your exam") Sense 3 admit, let in, include -- (allow participation in or the right to be part of; permit to exercise the rights, functions, and responsibilities of; "admit someone to the profession"; "She was admitted to the New Jersey Bar") => permit, allow, let, countenance -- (consent to, give permission; "She permitted her son to visit her estranged husband"; "I won't let the police search her basement"; "I cannot allow you to see your exam") Sense 4 accept, admit, take, take on -- (admit into a group or community; "accept students for graduate study"; "We'll have to vote on whether or not to admit a new member") => accept, take, have -- (receive willingly something given or offered; "The only girl who would have him was the miller's daughter"; "I won't have this dog in my house!"; "Please accept my present") Sense 5 admit, allow -- (afford possibility; "This problem admits of no solution"; "This short story allows of several different interpretations") Sense 6 admit -- (give access or entrance to; "The French doors admit onto the yard") Sense 7 accommodate, hold, admit -- (have room for; hold without crowding; "This hotel can accommodate 250 guests"; "The theater admits 300 people"; "The auditorium can't hold more than 500 people") Sense 8 admit -- (serve as a means of entrance; "This ticket will admit one adult to the show") => serve, do -- (spend time in prison or in a labor camp; "He did six years for embezzlement") Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb bloom 1 sense of bloom Sense 1 bloom, blossom, flower -- (produce or yield flowers; "The cherry tree bloomed") => develop -- (grow, progress, unfold, or evolve through a process of evolution, natural growth, differentiation, or a conducive environment; "A flower developed on the branch"; "The country developed into a mighty superpower"; "The embryo develops into a fetus"; "This situation has developed over a long time") Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb bomb 2 senses of bomb Sense 1 bombard, bomb -- (throw bombs at or attack with bombs; "The Americans bombed Dresden") => attack, assail -- (launch an attack or assault on; begin hostilities or start warfare with; "Hitler attacked Poland on September 1, 1939 and started World War II"; "Serbian forces assailed Bosnian towns all week") Sense 2 fail, flunk, bomb, flush it -- (fail to get a passing grade; "She studied hard but failed nevertheless"; "Did I fail the test?") Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb boil 5 senses of boil Sense 1 boil -- (come to the boiling point and change from a liquid to vapor; "Water boils at 100 degrees Celsius") => change state, turn -- (undergo a transformation or a change of position or action; "We turned from Socialism to Capitalism"; "The people turned against the President when he stole the election") Sense 2 boil -- (cook in boiling liquid; "boil potatoes") => cook -- (transform and make suitable for consumption by heating; "These potatoes have to cook for 20 minutes") Sense 3 boil -- (bring to, or maintain at, the boiling point; "boil this liquid until it evaporates") => change, alter, modify -- (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue") Sense 4 churn, boil, moil, roil -- (be agitated; "the sea was churning in the storm") => move -- (move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion; "He moved his hand slightly to the right") Sense 5 seethe, boil -- (be in an agitated emotional state; "The customer was seething with anger") => be -- (have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun); "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer") Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb challenge 4 senses of challenge Sense 1 challenge, dispute, gainsay -- (take exception to; "She challenged his claims") => contest, contend, repugn -- (to make the subject of dispute, contention, or litigation; "They contested the outcome of the race") Sense 2 challenge -- (issue a challenge to; "Fischer challenged Spassky to a match") => invite, bid -- (ask someone in a friendly way to do something) Sense 3 challenge -- (ask for identification; "The illegal immigrant was challenged by the border guard") => request, bespeak, call for, quest -- (express the need or desire for; ask for; "She requested an extra bed in her room"; "She called for room service") Sense 4 challenge, take exception -- (raise a formal objection in a court of law) => object -- (express or raise an objection or protest or criticism or express dissent; "She never objected to the amount of work her boss charged her with"; "When asked to drive the truck, she objected that she did not have a driver's license") Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb choke 14 senses of choke Sense 1 choke -- (breathe with great difficulty, as when experiencing a strong emotion; "She choked with emotion when she spoke about her deceased husband") => breathe, take a breath, respire, suspire -- (draw air into, and expel out of, the lungs; "I can breathe better when the air is clean"; "The patient is respiring") Sense 2 choke, gag, fret -- (be too tight; rub or press; "This neckband is choking the cat") => compress, constrict, squeeze, compact, contract, press -- (squeeze or press together; "she compressed her lips"; "the spasm contracted the muscle") Sense 3 choke, scrag -- (wring the neck of; "The man choked his opponent") => compress, constrict, squeeze, compact, contract, press -- (squeeze or press together; "she compressed her lips"; "the spasm contracted the muscle") Sense 4 choke, strangle -- (constrict (someone's) throat and keep from breathing) => compress, constrict, squeeze, compact, contract, press -- (squeeze or press together; "she compressed her lips"; "the spasm contracted the muscle") Sense 5 gag, choke, strangle, suffocate -- (struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake; "he swallowed a fishbone and gagged") => suffer, hurt -- (feel pain or be in pain) Sense 6 choke -- (fail to perform adequately due to tension or agitation; "The team should have won hands down but choked, disappointing the coach and the audience") => fail, neglect -- (fail to do something; leave something undone; "She failed to notice that her child was no longer in his crib"; "The secretary failed to call the customer and the company lost the account") Sense 7 choke -- (check or slow down the action or effect of; "She choked her anger") => bottle up, suppress -- (control and refrain from showing; of emotions) Sense 8 clog, choke off, clog up, back up, congest, choke, foul -- (become or cause to become obstructed; "The leaves clog our drains in the Fall"; "The water pipe is backed up") => obstruct, obturate, impede, occlude, jam, block, close up -- (block passage through; "obstruct the path") Sense 9 suffocate, stifle, asphyxiate, choke -- (impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of; "The foul air was slowly suffocating the children") => obstruct, obturate, impede, occlude, jam, block, close up -- (block passage through; "obstruct the path") Sense 10 suffocate, choke -- (become stultified, suppressed, or stifled; "He is suffocating--living at home with his aged parents in the small village") => become, turn -- (undergo a change or development; "The water turned into ice"; "Her former friend became her worst enemy"; "He turned traitor") Sense 11 suffocate, choke -- (suppress the development, creativity, or imagination of; "His job suffocated him") => stifle, dampen -- (smother or suppress; "Stifle your curiosity") Sense 12 kick the bucket, cash in one's chips, buy the farm, conk, give-up the ghost, drop dead, pop off, choke, croak, snuff it -- (die; "The old man finally kicked the bucket") => die, decease, perish, go, exit, pass away, expire, pass -- (pass from physical life and lose all all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life; "She died from cancer"; "They children perished in the fire"; "The patient went peacefully") Sense 13 choke, throttle -- (reduce the air supply; "choke a carburetor") => enrich -- (make better or improve in quality; "The experience enriched her understanding"; "enriched foods") Sense 14 gag, choke -- (cause to retch or choke) => sicken -- (make sick or ill; "This kind of food sickens me") Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb distress 1 sense of distress Sense 1 distress -- (cause mental pain to; "The news of her child's illness distressed the mother") => disturb, upset, trouble -- (move deeply; "This book upset me"; "A troubling thought") Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb distort 5 senses of distort Sense 1 falsify, distort, garble, warp -- (make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story) => misrepresent, belie -- (represent falsely; "This statement misrepresents my intentions") Sense 2 twist, twine, distort -- (form into a spiral shape; "The cord is all twisted") => change shape, change form, deform -- (assume a different shape or form) Sense 3 contort, deform, distort, wring -- (twist and press out of shape) => twist, twine, distort -- (form into a spiral shape; "The cord is all twisted") Sense 4 tinge, color, colour, distort -- (affect as in thought or feeling; "My personal feelings color my judgment in this case"; "The sadness tinged his life") => affect, impact, bear upon, bear on, touch on, touch -- (have an effect upon; "Will the new rules affect me?") Sense 5 deform, distort, strain -- (alter the shape of (something) by stress; "His body was deformed by leprosy") => shape, form -- (give a shape or form to; "shape the dough") Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb drive 22 senses of drive Sense 1 drive -- (operate or control a vehicle; "drive a car or bus"; "Can you drive this four-wheel truck?") => operate, control -- (handle and cause to function; "do not operate machinery after imbibing alcohol"; "control the lever") Sense 2 drive, motor -- (travel or be transported in a vehicle; "We drove to the university every morning"; "They motored to London for the theater") => travel, go, move, locomote -- (change location; move, travel, or proceed; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell") Sense 3 drive -- (cause someone or something to move by driving; "She drove me to school every day"; "We drove the car to the garage") => move, displace -- (cause to move, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant") Also See-> drive out#2; drive out#1; drive off#1; drive away#1 Sense 4 force, drive, ram -- (force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically; "She rammed her mind into focus"; "He drives me mad") => thrust -- (push forcefully; "He thrust his chin forward") Also See-> drive in#3 Sense 5 drive -- (to compel or force or urge relentlessly or exert coercive pressure on, or motivate strongly; "She is driven by her passion") => coerce, hale, squeeze, pressure, force -- (to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means :"She forced him to take a job in the city"; "He squeezed her for information") Sense 6 repel, drive, repulse, force back, push back, beat back -- (cause to move back by force or influence; "repel the enemy"; "push back the urge to smoke"; "beat back the invaders") => push, force -- (move with force, "He pushed the table into a corner") Sense 7 drive -- (compel somebody to do something, often against his own will or judgment; "She finally drove him to change jobs") => make -- (compel or make somebody or something to act in a certain way; "People cannot be made to integrate just by passing a law!"; "Heat makes you sweat") Sense 8 drive -- (push, propel, or press with force; "Drive a nail into the wall") => propel, impel -- (cause to move forward with force; "Steam propels this ship") Sense 9 drive -- (cause to move rapidly by striking or throwing with force; "drive the ball far out into the field") => throw -- (project through the air; "throw a frisbee") Sense 10 tug, labor, labour, push, drive -- (strive and make an effort to reach a goal; "She tugged for years to make a decent living"; "We have to push a little to make the deadline!"; "She is driving away at her doctoral thesis") => fight, struggle -- (make a strenuous or labored effort; "She struggled for years to survive without welfare"; "He fought for breath") Sense 11 drive, get, aim -- (move into a desired direction of discourse; "What are you driving at?") => mean, intend -- (mean or intend to express or convey; "You never understand what I mean!"; "what do his words intend?") Sense 12 drive, ride -- (have certain properties when driven; "This car rides smoothly"; "My new truck drives well") Sense 13 drive -- (work as a driver; "He drives a bread truck"; "She drives for the taxi company in Newark") => work, do work -- (be employed; "Is your husband working again?"; "My wife never worked"; "Do you want to work after the age of 60?"; "She never did any work because she inherited a lot of money"; "She works as a waitress to put herself through college") Sense 14 drive -- (move by being propelled by a force; "The car drove around the corner") => drive -- (operate or control a vehicle; "drive a car or bus"; "Can you drive this four-wheel truck?") => travel, go, move, locomote -- (change location; move, travel, or proceed; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell") Sense 15 drive -- (urge forward; "drive the cows into the barn") => push, force -- (move with force, "He pushed the table into a corner") Sense 16 drive, take -- (proceed along in a vehicle; "We drive the turnpike to work") => traverse, track, cover, cross, pass over, get over, get across, cut through, cut across -- (travel across or pass over; "The caravan covered almost 100 miles each day") Sense 17 drive -- (strike with a driver, as in teeing off; "drive a golfball") => hit -- (cause to move by striking; "hit a ball") Sense 18 drive -- (hit very hard and straight with the bat swinging more or less vertically; "drive a ball") => hit -- (cause to move by striking; "hit a ball") Sense 19 drive -- (excavate horizontally; "drive a tunnel") => excavate, dig, hollow -- (remove the inner part or the core of; "the mining company wants to excavate the hillsite") Sense 20 drive -- (cause to function by supplying the force or power for or by controlling; "The amplifier drives the tube"; "steam drives the engines"; "this device drives the disks for the computer") => power -- (supply the force or power for the functioning of; "The gasoline powers the engines") Sense 21 drive -- (hunting: search for game; "drive the forest") => hunt, run, hunt down, track down -- (pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals); "Goering often hunted wild boars in Poland"; "The dogs are running deer"; "The Duke hunted in these woods") Sense 22 drive -- (hunting: chase from cover into more open ground; "drive the game") => hunt, run, hunt down, track down -- (pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals); "Goering often hunted wild boars in Poland"; "The dogs are running deer"; "The Duke hunted in these woods") Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb maneuver 3 senses of maneuver Sense 1 steer, maneuver, manoeuver, manoeuvre, direct, point, head, guide, channelize, channelise -- (direct the course; determine the direction of travelling) => control, command -- (exercise authoritative control or power over; "control the budget"; "Command the military forces") Sense 2 maneuver, manoeuver, manoeuvre -- (act in order to achieve a certain goal; "He maneuvered to get the chairmanship"; "She maneuvered herself into the directorship") => act, move -- (perform an action, or work out or perform (an action); "think before you act"; "We must move quickly"; "The governor should act on the new energy bill"; "The nanny acted quickly by grabbing the toddler and covering him with a wet towel") Sense 3 manoeuver, maneuver, manoeuvre, operate -- (perform a movement in military or naval tactics in order to secure an advantage in attack or defense) => move, go -- (have a turn; make one's move in a game; "Can I go now?") Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun argument 5 senses of argument Sense 1 argument, statement -- (a fact or assertion offered as evidence that something is true; "it was a strong argument that his hypothesis was true") => evidence -- (an indication that makes something evident; "his trembling was evidence of his fear") Sense 2 controversy, contention, contestation, disputation, disceptation, tilt, argument, arguing -- (a contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement; "they were involved in a violent argument") => dispute, difference, difference of opinion, conflict -- (a disagreement or argument about something important; "he had a dispute with his wife"; "there were irreconcilable differences"; "the familiar conflict between Republicans and Democrats") Sense 3 argument, argumentation, debate -- (a discussion in which reasons are advanced for and against some proposition or proposal; "the argument over foreign aid goes on and on") => discussion, give-and-take, word -- (an exchange of views on some topic; "we had a good discussion"; "we had a word or two about it") Sense 4 argument, literary argument -- (a summary of the subject or plot of a literary work or play or movie; "the editor added the argument to the poem") => summary -- (a briefstatement that presents the main points in a concise form; "he gave a summary of the conclusions") Sense 5 argument -- (a variable in a logical or mathematical expression whose value determines the dependent variable; if f(x)=y, x is the independent variable) => variable, variable quantity -- (a quantity that can assume any of a set of values) Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun arm 6 senses of arm Sense 1 arm -- (a human limb; technically the part of the superior limb between the shoulder and the elbow but commonly used to refer to the whole superior limb) => limb -- (one of the jointed appendages of an animal used for locomotion or grasping: arm; leg; wing; flipper) Sense 2 weapon, arm, weapon system -- (any instrument or instrumentality used in fighting or hunting; "he was licensed to carry a weapon") => instrument -- (a device that requires skill for proper use) Sense 3 branch, subdivision, arm -- (an administrative division of some larger or more complex organization; "a branch of Congress") => division -- (an administrative unit in government or business) Sense 4 arm, branch, limb -- (any projection that is thought to resemble an arm; "the arm of the record player"; "an arm of the sea"; "a branch of the sewer") => projection -- (any structure that branches out from a central support) Sense 5 arm -- (the part of an armchair or sofa that supports the elbow and forearm of a seated person) => armrest -- (a support for the arm) Sense 6 sleeve, arm -- (the part of a garment that is attached at armhole and provides a cloth covering for the arm) => cloth covering -- (a covering made of cloth) Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun degree 7 senses of degree Sense 1 degree, grade, level -- (a position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality; "a moderate degree of intelligence"; "a high level of care is required"; "it is all a matter of degree") => magnitude -- (the property of relative size or extent; "they tried to predict the magnitude of the explosion") Sense 2 degree, level, stage, point -- (a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process; "a remarkable degree of frankness"; "at what stage are the social sciences?") => state -- (the way something is with respect to its main attributes; "the current state of knowledge"; "his state of health"; "in a weak financial state") Sense 3 academic degree, degree -- (an award conferred by a college or university signifying that the recipient has satisfactorily completed a course of study; "he earned his degree at Princeton summa cum laude") => award, accolade, honor, honour, laurels -- (a tangible symbol signifying approval or distinction; "an award for bravery") => qualification, makings -- (an attribute that must be met or complied with and that fits a person for something; "her qualifications for the job are excellent"; "one of the qualifications for admission is an academic degree"; "she has the makings of fine musician") Sense 4 degree -- (a unit of temperature on a specified scale; "the game was played in spite of the 40-degree temperature") => temperature unit -- (a unit of measurement for temperature) Sense 5 degree, arcdegree -- (a measure for arcs and angles; "there are 360 degrees in a circle") => angular unit -- (a unit of measurement for angles) Sense 6 degree -- (the highest power of a term or variable) => exponent, power, index -- (a mathematical notation indicating the number of times a quantity is multiplied by itself) Sense 7 degree -- (the seriousness of something (e.g., a burn or crime); "murder in the second degree"; "a second degree burn") => magnitude -- (the property of relative size or extent; "they tried to predict the magnitude of the explosion") Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun difference 5 senses of difference Sense 1 difference -- (the quality of being unlike or dissimilar; "there are many differences between jazz and rock") => quality -- (an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone; "the quality of mercy is not strained"--Shakespeare) Sense 2 deviation, divergence, departure, difference -- (a variation that deviates from the standard or norm; "the deviation from the mean") => variation, fluctuation -- (an instance of change; the rate or magnitude of change) Sense 3 dispute, difference, difference of opinion, conflict -- (a disagreement or argument about something important; "he had a dispute with his wife"; "there were irreconcilable differences"; "the familiar conflict between Republicans and Democrats") => disagreement -- (the speech act of disagreeing or arguing or disputing) Sense 4 difference -- (a significant change; "the difference in her is amazing"; "his support made a real difference") => change -- (a relational difference between states; especially between states before and after some event; "he attributed the change to their marriage") Sense 5 remainder, difference -- (the number that remains after subtraction; the number that when added to the subtrahend gives the minuend) => number -- (a concept of quantity derived from zero and units; "every number has a unique position in the sequence") Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun disc 4 senses of disc Sense 1 phonograph record, phonograph recording, record, disk, disc, platter -- (sound recording consisting of a disc with continuous grooves; formerly used to reproduce music by rotating while a phonograph needle tracked in the grooves) => sound recording, audio recording -- (a recording of just the sound) Sense 2 disk, disc, saucer -- (something with a round shape like a flat circular plate) => round shape -- (a shape that is curved and without sharp angles) Sense 3 magnetic disk, magnetic disc, disk, disc -- ((computer science) a memory device consisting of a flat disk covered with a magnetic coating on which information is stored) => memory device, storage device -- (a device that preserves information for retrieval) Sense 4 disk, disc -- (a flat circular plate) => plate -- (a sheet of metal or wood or glass or plastic) => circle, round -- (any circular or rotating mechanism; "the machine punched out metal circles") Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun image 7 senses of image Sense 1 image, mental image -- (an iconic mental representation; "her imagination forced images upon her too awful to contemplate") => representation, mental representation, internal representation -- (a presentation to the mind in the form of an idea or image) Sense 2 picture, image, icon, ikon -- (a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface; "they showed us the pictures of their wedding"; "a movie is a series of images projected so rapidly that the eye integrates them") => representation -- (a creation that is a visual or tangible rendering of someone or something) Sense 3 persona, image -- ((Jungian psychology) a personal facade that one presents to the world; "a public image is as fragile as Humpty Dumpty") => appearance, visual aspect -- (outward or visible aspect of a person or thing) Sense 4 prototype, paradigm, epitome, image -- (a standard or typical example; "he is the prototype of good breeding"; "he provided America with an image of the good father") => model, example -- (a representative form or pattern; "I profited from his example") Sense 5 trope, figure of speech, figure, image -- (language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense) => rhetorical device -- (a use of language that creates a literary effect (but often without regard for literal significance)) Sense 6 double, image, look-alike -- (someone who closely resembles a famous person (especially an actor); "he could be Gingrich's double"; "she's the very image of her mother") => person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, human, soul -- (a human being; "there was too much for one person to do") Sense 7 effigy, image, simulacrum -- (a representation of a person (especially in the form of sculpture); "the coin bears an effigy of Lincoln"; "the emperor's tomb had his image carved in stone") => representation -- (a creation that is a visual or tangible rendering of someone or something) Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun judgment 7 senses of judgment Sense 1 judgment, judgement, mind -- (an opinion formed by judging something; "he was reluctant to make his judgment known"; "she changed her mind") => opinion, sentiment, persuasion, view, thought -- (a personal belief or judgment that is not founded on proof or certainty; "my opinion differs from yours"; "what are your thoughts on Haiti?") Sense 2 judgment, judgement, assessment -- (the act of judging or assessing a person or situation or event; "they criticized my judgment of the contestants") => act, human action, human activity -- (something that people do or cause to happen) Sense 3 judgment, judgement, judicial decision -- ((law) the determination by a court of competent jurisdiction on matters submitted to it) => due process, due process of law -- ((law) the administration of justice according to established rules and principles; based on the principle that a person cannot be deprived of life or liberty or property without appropriate legal procedures and safeguards) Sense 4 judgment, judgement, judging -- (the cognitive process of reaching a decision or drawing conclusions) => decision making, deciding -- (the cognitive process of reaching a decision; "a good executive must be good at decision making") Sense 5 opinion, legal opinion, judgment, judgement -- (the legal document stating the reasons for a judicial decision; "opinions are usually written by a single judge") => legal document, legal instrument, official document, instrument -- ((law) a document that states some contractual relationship or grants some right) Sense 6 judgment, judgement, sound judgment, sound judgement, perspicacity -- (the capacity to assess situations or circumstances shrewdly and to draw sound conclusions) => trait -- (a distinguishing feature of your personal nature) Sense 7 sagacity, sagaciousness, judgment, judgement, discernment -- (ability to make good judgments) => wisdom, sapience -- (ability to apply knowledge or experience or understanding or common sense and insight) Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun paper 7 senses of paper Sense 1 paper -- (a material made of cellulose pulp derived mainly from wood or rags or certain grasses) => material, stuff -- (the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object; "coal is a hard black material"; "wheat is the stuff they use to make bread") Sense 2 composition, paper, report, theme -- (an essay (especially one written as an assignment); "he got an A on his composition") => essay -- (an analytic or interpretive literary composition) => written assignment, writing assignment -- (an assignment to write something) Sense 3 newspaper, paper -- (a daily or weekly publication on folded sheets; contains news and articles and advertisements; "he read his newspaper at breakfast") => press, public press -- (the gathering and publishing of news in the form of newspapers or magazines) Sense 4 paper -- (a scholarly article describing the results of observations or stating hypotheses; "he has written many scientific papers") => article -- (nonfictional prose forming an independent part of a publication) Sense 5 paper -- (medium for written communication; "the notion of an office running without paper is absurd") => medium -- (a means or instrumentality for storing or communicating information) Sense 6 newspaper, paper, newspaper publisher -- (a business firm that publishes newspapers; "Murdoch owns many newspapers") => publisher, publishing house, publishing firm, publishing company -- (a firm in the publishing business) Sense 7 newspaper, paper -- (a newspaper as a physical object; "when it began to rain he covered his head with a newspaper") => product, production -- (an artifact that has been created by someone or some process; "they improve their product every year"; "they export most of their agricultural production") Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun plan 3 senses of plan Sense 1 plan, program, programme -- (a series of steps to be carried out or goals to be accomplished; "they drew up a six-step plan"; "they discussed plans for a new bond issue") => idea, thought -- (the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about; "it was not a good idea"; "the thought never entered my mind") Sense 2 design, plan -- (an arrangement scheme; "the awkward design of the keyboard made operation difficult"; "it was an excellent design for living"; "a plan for seating guests") => arrangement, organization, organisation, system -- (an organized structure for arranging or classifying; "he changed the arrangement of the topics"; "the facts were familiar but it was in the organization of them that he was original"; "he tried to understand their system of classification") Sense 3 plan, architectural plan -- (scale drawing of a structure; "the plans for City Hall were on file") => drawing -- (a representation of forms or objects on a surface by means of lines; "drawings of abstract forms"; "he did complicated pen-and-ink drawings like medieval miniatures") Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun shelter 5 senses of shelter Sense 1 shelter -- (a structure that provides privacy and protection from danger) => structure, construction -- (a thing constructed; a complex construction or entity; "the structure consisted of a series of arches"; "she wore her hair in an amazing construction of whirls and ribbons") Sense 2 shelter -- (protective covering that provides protection from the weather) => protective covering, protective cover, protection -- (a covering that is intend to protect from damage or injury; "they had no protection from the fallout"; "wax provided protection for the floors") Sense 3 protection, shelter -- (the condition of being protected; "they were huddled together for protection"; "he enjoyed a sense of peace and protection in his new home") => security -- (the state of being free from danger or injury; "we support the armed services in the name of national security") Sense 4 tax shelter, shelter -- (a way of organizing business to reduce the taxes it must pay on current earnings) => decrease, diminution, reduction, step-down -- (the act of decreasing or reducing something) Sense 5 shelter -- (temporary housing for homeless or displaced persons) => housing, lodging, living accommodations -- (housing structures collectively; structures in which people are housed) Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun atmosphere 6 senses of atmosphere Sense 1 atmosphere, ambiance, ambience -- (a particular environment or surrounding influence; "there was an atmosphere of excitement") => condition, status -- (a state at a particular time; "a condition (or state) of disrepair"; "the current status of the arms negotiations") Sense 2 standard atmosphere, atmosphere, atm, standard pressure -- (a unit of pressure: the pressure that will support a column of mercury 760 mm high at sea level and 0 degrees centigrade) => pressure unit -- (a unit measuring force per unit area) Sense 3 atmosphere, air -- (the mass of air surrounding the Earth; "there was great heat as the comet entered the atmosphere"; "it was exposed to the air") => region, part -- (the extended spatial location of something; "the farming regions of France"; "religions in all parts of the world"; "regions of outer space") Sense 4 atmosphere, atmospheric state -- (the weather or climate at some place; "the atmosphere was thick with fog") => weather, weather condition, atmospheric condition -- (the meteorological conditions: temperature and wind and clouds and precipitation; "they were hoping for good weather"; "every day we have weather conditions and yesterday was no exception") Sense 5 atmosphere -- (the envelope of gases surrounding any celestial body) => gas -- (a fluid in the gaseous state having neither independent shape nor volume and being able to expand indefinitely) Sense 6 air, aura, atmosphere -- (a distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing; "an air of mystery"; "the house had a neglected air"; "an atmosphere of defeat pervaded the candidate's headquarters"; "the place had an aura of romance") => quality -- (an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone; "the quality of mercy is not strained"--Shakespeare) Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun audience 4 senses of audience Sense 1 audience -- (a gathering of spectators or listeners at a (usually public) performance; "the audience applauded"; "someone in the audience began to cough") => gathering, assemblage -- (a group of persons together in one place) Sense 2 audience -- (the part of the general public interested in a source of information or entertainment; "every artist needs an audience"; "the broadcast reached an audience of millions") => multitude, masses, mass, hoi polloi, people -- (the common people generally; "separate the warriors from the mass"; "power to the people") Sense 3 hearing, audience -- (an opportunity to state your case and be heard; "they condemned him without a hearing"; "he saw that he had lost his audience") => opportunity, chance -- (a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances; "the holiday gave us the opportunity to visit Washington"; "now is your chance") Sense 4 consultation, audience, interview -- (a conference (usually with someone important); "he had a consultation with the judge"; "he requested an audience with the king") => conference, group discussion -- (a discussion among participants who have an agreed (serious) topic) Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun bank 10 senses of bank Sense 1 depository financial institution, bank, banking concern, banking company -- (a financial institution that accepts deposits and channels the money into lending activities; "he cashed a check at the bank"; "that bank holds the mortgage on my home") => financial institution, financial organization, financial organisation -- (an institution (public or private) that collects funds (from the public or other institutions) and invests them in financial assets) Sense 2 bank -- (sloping land (especially the slope beside a body of water); "they pulled the canoe up on the bank"; "he sat on the bank of the river and watched the currents") => slope, incline, side -- (an elevated geological formation; "he climbed the steep slope"; "the house was built on the side of the mountain") Sense 3 bank -- (a supply or stock held in reserve for future use (especially in emergencies)) => reserve, backlog, stockpile -- (something kept back or saved for future use or a special purpose) Sense 4 bank, bank building -- (a building in which commercial banking is transacted; "the bank is on the corner of Nassau and Witherspoon") => depository, deposit, repository -- (a facility where things can be deposited for storage or safekeeping) Sense 5 bank -- (an arrangement of similar objects in a row or in tiers; "he operated a bank of switches") => array -- (an orderly arrangement; "an array of troops in battle order") Sense 6 savings bank, coin bank, money box, bank -- (a container (usually with a slot in the top) for keeping money at home; "the coin bank was empty") => container -- (any object that can be used to hold things (especially a large metal boxlike object of standardized dimensions that can be loaded from one form of transport to another)) Sense 7 bank -- (a long ridge or pile; "a huge bank of earth") => ridge -- (a long narrow natural elevation or striation) Sense 8 bank -- (the funds held by a gambling house or the dealer in some gambling games; "he tried to break the bank at Monte Carlo") => funds, finances, monetary resource, cash in hand, pecuniary resource -- (assets in the form of money) Sense 9 bank, cant, camber -- (a slope in the turn of a road or track; the outside is higher than the inside in order to reduce the effects of centrifugal force) => slope, incline, side -- (an elevated geological formation; "he climbed the steep slope"; "the house was built on the side of the mountain") Sense 10 bank -- (a flight maneuver; aircraft tips laterally about its longitudinal axis (especially in turning); "the plane went into a steep bank") => flight maneuver, airplane maneuver -- (a maneuver executed by an aircraft (as for evasive purposes)) Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun difficulty 4 senses of difficulty Sense 1 trouble, difficulty -- (an effort that is inconvenient; "I went to a lot of trouble"; "he won without any trouble"; "had difficulty walking"; "finished the test only with great difficulty") => effort, elbow grease, exertion, travail, sweat -- (use of physical or mental energy; hard work; "he got an A for effort"; "they managed only with great exertion") Sense 2 difficulty -- (a factor causing trouble in achieving a positive result or tending to produce a negative result; "serious difficulties were encountered in obtaining a pure reagent") => cognitive factor -- (something immaterial (as a circumstance or influence) that contributes to producing a result) Sense 3 difficulty -- (a condition or state of affairs almost beyond one's ability to deal with and requiring great effort to bear or overcome; "grappling with financial difficulties") => condition, status -- (a state at a particular time; "a condition (or state) of disrepair"; "the current status of the arms negotiations") Sense 4 difficulty, difficultness -- (the quality of being difficult; "they agreed about the difficulty of the climb") => quality -- (an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone; "the quality of mercy is not strained"--Shakespeare) Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun interest 7 senses of interest Sense 1 interest, involvement -- (a sense of concern with and curiosity about someone or something; "an interest in music") => curiosity, wonder -- (a state in which you want to learn more about something) Sense 2 interest, interestingness -- (the power of attracting or holding one's interest (because it is unusual or exciting etc.); "they said nothing of great interest"; "primary colors can add interest to a room") => power, powerfulness -- (possession of controlling influence; "the deterrent power of nuclear weapons"; "the power of his love saved her"; "his powerfulness was concealed by a gentle facade") Sense 3 sake, interest -- (a reason for wanting something done; "for your sake"; "died for the sake of his country"; "in the interest of safety"; "in the common interest") => benefit, welfare -- (something that aids or promotes well-being; "for the common good") Sense 4 interest -- (a fixed charge for borrowing money; usually a percentage of the amount borrowed; "how much interest do you pay on your mortgage?") => fixed charge, fixed cost, fixed costs -- (a periodic charge that does not vary with business volume (as insurance or rent or mortgage payments etc.)) Sense 5 pastime, interest, pursuit -- (a diversion that occupies one's time and thoughts (usually pleasantly); "sailing is her favorite pastime"; "his main pastime is gambling"; "he counts reading among his interests"; "they criticized the boy for his limited pursuits") => diversion, recreation -- (an activity that diverts or amuses or stimulates; "scuba diving is provided as a diversion for tourists"; "for recreation he wrote poetry and solved crossword puzzles"; "drug abuse is often regarded as a form of recreation") Sense 6 interest, stake -- ((law) a right or legal share of something; a financial involvement with something; "they have interests all over the world"; "a stake in the company's future") => share, portion, part, percentage -- (assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group; "he wanted his share in cash") Sense 7 interest, interest group -- ((usually plural) a social group whose members control some field of activity and who have common aims; "the iron interests stepped up production") => social group -- (people sharing some social relation) Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun organization 7 senses of organization Sense 1 organization, organisation -- (a group of people who work together) => social group -- (people sharing some social relation) Sense 2 arrangement, organization, organisation, system -- (an organized structure for arranging or classifying; "he changed the arrangement of the topics"; "the facts were familiar but it was in the organization of them that he was original"; "he tried to understand their system of classification") => structure -- (the complex composition of knowledge as elements and their combinations; "his lectures have no structure") Sense 3 administration, governance, governing body, establishment, brass, organization, organisation -- (the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something; "he claims that the present administration is corrupt"; "the governance of an association is responsible to its members"; "he quickly became recognized as a member of the establishment") => body -- (a group of persons associated by some common tie or occupation and regarded as an entity; "the whole body filed out of the auditorium") Sense 4 constitution, establishment, formation, organization, organisation -- (the act of forming something; "the constitution of a PTA group last year"; "it was the establishment of his reputation"; "he still remembers the organization of the club") => beginning, start, commencement -- (the act of starting something; "he was responsible for the beginning of negotiations") Sense 5 organization, organisation -- (the act of organizing a business or business-related activity; "he was brought in to supervise the organization of a new department") => administration, disposal -- (a method of tending to (especially business) matters) Sense 6 organization, organisation -- (the activity or result of distributing or disposing persons or things properly or methodically; "his organization of the work force was very efficient") => activity -- (any specific activity; "they avoided all recreational activity") Sense 7 organization, organisation, system -- (an ordered manner; orderliness by virtue of being methodical and well organized; "his compulsive organization was not an endearing quality"; "we can't do it unless we establish some system around here") => orderliness, methodicalness -- (the quality of appreciating method and system) Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun performance 5 senses of performance Sense 1 performance, public presentation -- (a dramatic or musical entertainment; "they listened to ten different performances"; "the play ran for 100 performances"; "the frequent performances of the symphony testify to its popularity") => show -- (a public exhibition or entertainment; "they wanted to see some of the shows on Broadway") Sense 2 performance, execution, carrying out, carrying into action -- (the act of performing; of doing something successfully; using knowledge as distinguished from merely possessing it; "they criticised his performance as mayor"; "experience generally improves performance") => action -- (something done (usually as opposed to something said); "there were stories of murders and other unnatural actions") Sense 3 performance -- (the act of presenting a play or a piece of music or other entertainment; "we congratulated him on his performance at the rehearsal"; "an inspired performance of Mozart's C minor concerto") => presentation, presentment, demonstration -- (a show or display; the act of presenting something to sight or view; "the presentation of new data"; "he gave the customer a demonstration") Sense 4 operation, functioning, performance -- (process or manner of functioning or operating; "the power of its engine determine its operation"; "the plane's operation in high winds"; "they compared the cooking performance of each oven"; "the jet's performance conformed to high standards") => process -- (a sustained phenomenon or one marked by gradual changes through a series of states; "events now in process"; "the process of calcification begins later for boys than for girls") Sense 5 performance -- (any recognized accomplishment; "they admired his performance under stress"; "when Roger Maris powered four home runs in one game his performance merits awe") => accomplishment, achievement -- (the action of accomplishing something) Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun sort 4 senses of sort Sense 1 kind, sort, form, variety -- (a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality; "sculpture is a form of art"; "what kinds of desserts are there?") => category -- (a general concept that marks divisions or coordinations in a conceptual scheme) Sense 2 sort -- (an approximate definition or example; "she wore a sort of magenta dress"; "she served a creamy sort of dessert thing") => similarity -- (the quality of being similar) Sense 3 sort -- (a person of a particular character or nature; "what sort of person is he?"; "he's a good sort") => person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, human, soul -- (a human being; "there was too much for one person to do") Sense 4 sort, sorting -- (an operation that segregates items into groups according to a specified criterion; "the bottleneck in mail delivery it the process of sorting") => operation -- ((computer science) data processing in which the result is completely specified by a rule (especially the processing that results from a single instruction); "it can perform millions of operations per second") Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun source 9 senses of source Sense 1 beginning, origin, root, rootage, source -- (the place where something begins, where it springs into being; "the Italian beginning of the Renaissance"; "Jupiter was the origin of the radiation"; "Pittsburgh is the source of the Ohio River"; "communism's Russian root") => point -- (the precise location of something; a spatially limited location; "she walked to a point where she could survey the whole street") Sense 2 informant, source -- (a person who supplies information) => communicator -- (a person who communicates with others) Sense 3 reference, source -- (a publication (or a passage from a publication) that is referred to; "he carried an armful of references back to his desk"; "he spent hours looking for the source of that quotation") => publication -- (a copy of a printed work offered for distribution) Sense 4 source -- (a document (or organization) from which information is obtained; "the reporter had two sources for the story") => document, written document, papers -- (writing that provides information (especially information of an official nature)) Sense 5 source -- (a facility where something is available) => facility, installation -- (a building or place that provides a particular service or is used for a particular industry; "the assembly plant is an enormous facility") Sense 6 source, seed, germ -- (anything that provides inspiration for later work) => inspiration -- (arousal of the mind to special unusual activity or creativity) Sense 7 generator, source, author -- (someone who originates or causes or initiates something; "he was the generator of several complaints") => maker, shaper -- (a person who makes things) Sense 8 source -- ((technology) a process by which energy or a substance enters a system; "a heat source"; "a source of carbon dioxide") => natural process, natural action, action, activity -- (a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings); "the action of natural forces"; "volcanic activity") Sense 9 reservoir, source -- (anything (a person or animal or plant or substance) in which an infectious agent normally lives and multiplies; "an infectious agent depends on a reservoir for its survival") => thing -- (a separate and self-contained entity) Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun hate 1 sense of hate Sense 1 hate, hatred -- (the emotion of hate; a feeling of dislike so strong that it demands action) => emotion -- (any strong feeling) Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun belief 2 senses of belief Sense 1 belief -- (any cognitive content held as true) => content, cognitive content, mental object -- (the sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned) Sense 2 impression, feeling, belief, notion, opinion -- (a vague idea in which some confidence is placed; "his impression of her was favorable"; "what are your feelings about the crisis?"; "it strengthened my belief in his sincerity"; "I had a feeling that she was lying") => idea, thought -- (the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about; "it was not a good idea"; "the thought never entered my mind") Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun sentiment 2 senses of sentiment Sense 1 sentiment -- (tender, romantic, or nostalgic feeling or emotion) => feeling -- (the experiencing of affective and emotional states; "she had a feeling of euphoria"; "he had terrible feelings of guilt"; "I disliked him and the feeling was mutual") Sense 2 opinion, sentiment, persuasion, view, thought -- (a personal belief or judgment that is not founded on proof or certainty; "my opinion differs from yours"; "what are your thoughts on Haiti?") => belief -- (any cognitive content held as true) Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun adoration 3 senses of adoration Sense 1 worship, adoration -- (a feeling of profound love and admiration) => love -- (a strong positive emotion of regard and affection; "his love for his work"; "children need a lot of love") Sense 2 adoration, idolization, idolisation -- (the act of admiring strongly) => admiration, appreciation -- (a favorable judgment; "a small token in admiration of your works") Sense 3 adoration, latria -- (worship given to God alone) => worship -- (the activity of worshipping) Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb fascinate 3 senses of fascinate Sense 1 intrigue, fascinate -- (cause to be interested or curious) => matter to, interest -- (be of importance or consequence; "This matters to me!") Sense 2 fascinate, transfix, grip, spellbind -- (to render motionless, as with a fixed stare or by arousing terror or awe; "The snake charmer fascinates the cobra") => interest -- (excite the curiosity of; engage the interest of) Sense 3 capture, enamour, trance, catch, becharm, enamor, captivate, beguile, charm, fascinate, bewitch, entrance, enchant -- (attract; cause to be enamored; "She captured all the men's hearts") => attract, appeal -- (be attractive to; "The idea of a vacation appeals to me"; "The beautiful garden attracted many people") Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb berate 1 sense of berate Sense 1 call on the carpet, rebuke, rag, trounce, reproof, lecture, reprimand, jaw, dress down, call down, scold, chide, berate, bawl out, remonstrate, chew out, chew up, have words, lambaste, lambast -- (censure severely or angrily; "The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car"; "The deputy ragged the Prime Minister"; "The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup") => knock, criticize, criticise, pick apart -- (find fault with; express criticism of; point out real or perceived flaws; "The paper criticized the new movie"; "Don't knock the food--it's free") Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb endear 1 sense of endear Sense 1 endear -- (make attractive or lovable; "This behavior endeared her to me") => please, delight -- (give pleasure to or be pleasing to; "These colors please the senses"; "a pleasing sensation") Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb implore 1 sense of implore Sense 1 beg, implore, pray -- (call upon in supplication; entreat; "I beg you to stop!") => plead -- (appeal or request earnestly; "I pleaded with him to stop") Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb migrate 2 senses of migrate Sense 1 migrate, transmigrate -- (move from one country or region to another and settle there; "Many Germans migrated to South America in the mid-19th century"; "This tribe transmigrated many times over the centuries") => move -- (change residence, affiliation, or place of employment; "We moved from Idaho to Nebraska"; "The basketball player moved from one team to another") Sense 2 migrate -- (move periodically or seasonally; "birds migrate in the Winter"; "The worker migrate to where the crops need harvesting") => move -- (change residence, affiliation, or place of employment; "We moved from Idaho to Nebraska"; "The basketball player moved from one team to another") Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb confiscate 1 sense of confiscate Sense 1 impound, attach, sequester, confiscate, seize -- (take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority; "The FBI seized the drugs"; "The customs agents impounded the illegal shipment"; "The police confiscated the stolen artwork") => take -- (take into one's possession; "We are taking an orphan from Romania"; "I'll take three salmon steaks") Sense 1 party, political party -- (an organization to gain political power; "in 1992 Perot tried to organize a third party at the national level") => organization, organisation -- (a group of people who work together) Sense 2 party -- (an occasion on which people can assemble for social interaction and entertainment; "he planned a party to celebrate Bastille Day") => affair, occasion, social occasion, function, social function -- (a vaguely specified social event; "the party was quite an affair"; "an occasion arranged to honor the president"; "a seemingly endless round of social functions") Sense 3 party, company -- (a band of people associated temporarily in some activity; "they organized a party to search for food"; "the company of cooks walked into the kitchen") => set, circle, band, lot -- (an unofficial association of people or groups; "the smart set goes there"; "they were an angry lot") Sense 4 party -- (a group of people gathered together for pleasure; "she joined the party after dinner") => social gathering, social affair -- (a gathering for the purpose of promoting fellowship) Sense 5 party -- (a person involved in legal proceedings; "the party of the first part") => person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, human, soul -- (a human being; "there was too much for one person to do")