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| Main Entry: |
above
 [uh-buhv] 
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| Part of Speech: | preposition |
| Definition: | higher in position |
| Synonyms: | aloft, atop, beyond, high, on high, on top of, over, overhead, raised, superior, upon |
| Antonyms: | below, under |
| Main Entry: | above |
| Part of Speech: | preposition |
| Definition: | superior to |
| Synonyms: | before, beyond, exceeding, prior to, superior to, surpassing |
| Antonyms: | inferior, under |
| Main Entry: | aloof |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | remote |
| Synonyms: | above, apart, casual, chilly, cold, cold fish, cool, detached, distant, forbidding, hard-boiled, hard-hearted, haughty, incurious, indifferent, laid back, lone wolf, loner*, offish, on ice, putting on airs, reserved, secluded, solitary, standoffish, stuck up, supercilious, thick-skinned, unapproachable, unconcerned, unfriendly, uninterested, unresponsive, unsociable, unsympathetic, uppity, withdrawn |
| Antonyms: | concerned, friendly, sociable |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Example Sentences
- One way of doing this is by precisely measuring the shape of the ground above a volcano.
- The relation holds true for rich countries and poor, as seen above in each rising line.
- Indeed it is stories, past and present, that bind together the thousands of objects displayed on the floors above.
| Main Entry: | beyond |
| Part of Speech: | adverb, preposition |
| Definition: | further; outside limits |
| Synonyms: | above, after, ahead, apart from, as well as, at a distance, away from, before, behind, besides, beyond the bounds, clear of, farther, free of, good way off, hyper, in addition to, in advance of, long way off, more remote, moreover, on the far side, on the other side, out of range, out of reach, outside, over, over and above, over there, past, remote, superior to, without, yonder |
| Antonyms: | close, inside |
| Main Entry: | ditto |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | the same; duplicate |
| Synonyms: | clone, copy, double, duplication, facsimile, likewise, reproduction, the above, the very words |
| Main Entry: | foregoing |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | come before; previous |
| Synonyms: | above, aforementioned, aforesaid, aforestated, antecedent, anterior, former, past, precedent, preceding, prior |
| Antonyms: | after |
| Main Entry: | former |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | previous in time or order |
| Synonyms: | above, aforementioned, aforesaid, ancient, antecedent, anterior, bygone, departed, earlier, erstwhile, ex-, first, foregoing, late, long ago, long gone, of yore, old, once, one-time, past, preceding, prior, quondam, sometime, whilom |
| Notes: | latter means referring to the second of two things or persons mentioned; former means referring to the first of two things or persons mentioned |
| Antonyms: | after, current, ensuing, following, future, present, prospective, subsequent, succeeding |
| Main Entry: | major |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | bigger |
| Synonyms: | above, better, big, chief, considerable, dominant, elder, exceeding, extensive, extreme, greater, hefty, higher, large, large-scale, larger, leading, main, most, oversized, primary, senior, sizable, superior, supreme, ultra, upper, uppermost |
| Antonyms: | lesser, little, minor, small |
| Main Entry: | off |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | apart, away |
| Synonyms: | above, absent, afar, ahead, aside, away from, behind, below, beneath, beside, disappearing, divergent, elsewhere, far, farther away, gone away, in the distance, not here, out, over, removed, to one side, turning aside, up front, vanishing |
| Antonyms: | close, here, present |
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