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| Main Entry: |
affair
[uh-fair]
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | party or celebration |
| Synonyms: | do, entertainment, function, gathering, reception, shindig, soiree |
| Main Entry: | calling |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | chosen profession |
| Synonyms: | art, business, career, craft, day gig, do*, dodge*, employment, gig, go*, handicraft, hang*, life's work, lifework, line, mission, métier, nine-to-five, occupation, play, province, pursuit, racket, rat race, slot, swindle*, trade, vocation, walk of life, work |
| Antonyms: | amusement, avocation, entertainment, hobby, recreation |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | deed |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | achievement |
| Synonyms: | accomplishment, act, action, adventure, ballgame, big idea, bit, byplay, cause, commission, crusade, do, enterprise, exploit, fact, feat, follow through, game, happenin', performance, plan, quest, reality, securing, stunt, thing*, tour de force, truth, winning |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | enterprise |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | adventure, undertaking |
| Synonyms: | action, activity, affair, attempt, baby*, bag*, ballgame, big idea, biggie, bit*, business, campaign, cause, company, concern, crusade, deal, deed, do*, effort, endeavor, engagement, essay, establishment, firm, flier, follow through, game*, happening, hazard, house, move, operation, outfit, performance, pet project, plan, plunge*, program, project, proposition, purpose, pursuit, risk, scheme, speculation, stake, striving, stunt, task, thing*, trade, try, venture, work |
| Antonyms: | idleness, inactivity, unemployment |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | exploit |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | achievement |
| Synonyms: | accomplishment, adventure, attainment, coup, deed, do, effort, enterprise, escapade, feat, job, maneuver, performance, stroke, stunt, tour de force, venture |
| Main Entry: | festivity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | celebration, revelry |
| Synonyms: | amusement, bash*, blowout, carousal*, clambake, conviviality, do*, entertainment, festival, fun, fun and games, gaiety, happiness, hilarity, hoopla, jamboree, jollity, joviality, joyfulness, levity, merriment, merrymaking, mirth, party, pleasure, revel, reveling, revelment, shindig*, sport, whoopee, wingding |
| Notes: | a festival is a celebration for a specific occasion; festive means joyous, celebratory, or merry; festivity is any joyous diversion |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fete |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | celebration, party |
| Synonyms: | ball, banquet, bazaar, do*, fair, festival, fiesta, gala |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | function |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | social occasion |
| Synonyms: | affair, celebration, do*, gathering, get-together, meeting, party, reception |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | gala |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | festival |
| Synonyms: | affair, ball, bash, blast*, blowout, carnival, celebration, clambake, dance, do, festivity, fete, fiesta, function, get-together, hop, jamboree, moveable feast, pageant, party, prom, roast, shindig*, stag, to-do, wingding |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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