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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | drop, trickle |
| Synonyms: | dribble, drizzle, exude, filter, plop, rain, splash, sprinkle, trill, weep |
| Antonyms: | pour |
| Main Entry: | bore |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | nuisance |
| Synonyms: | bother, bromide, bummer, creep*, deadhead, downer, drag*, drip*, dull person, flat tire, headache, nag, nudge, pain, pain in the neck, pest, pill, soporific, stuffed shirt, tedious person, tiresome person, wet blanket, wimp*, yawn |
| Notes: | a boar is a male pig; a boor is a person with rude, clumsy manners and little refinement; a bore is one that is wearingly dull, repetitive, or tedious |
| Antonyms: | charmer, exciter, pleasure |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | distill |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make pure; draw out something |
| Synonyms: | boil down, brew, clarify, concentrate, condense, cook, cut, cut down, cut to the bone, dribble, drip, drop, evaporate, express, extract, ferment, get to the meat, infuse, precipitate, press, press out, purify, rarefy, rectify, refine, squeeze out, steam, sublimate, trickle, trim, vaporize, volatilize |
| Antonyms: | dirty, pollute |
| Main Entry: | dribble |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | trickle |
| Synonyms: | distill, drip, drivel, drizzle, drool, drop, fall in drops, leak, ooze, run, salivate, seep, slaver, slobber, spout, squirt, trill, weep |
| Antonyms: | pour |
| Main Entry: | drizzle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fine rain |
| Synonyms: | dribble, drip, drop, mist, mizzle, shower, spit, spray, sprinkle |
| Antonyms: | downpour |
| Main Entry: | drop |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | globule |
| Synonyms: | bead, bit, bubble, crumb, dab, dash, dewdrop, driblet, drip, droplet, iota, molecule, morsel, nip, ounce, particle, pearl, pinch, sip, smidgen, speck, splash, spot, taste, tear, teardrop, trace, trickle |
| Main Entry: | drop |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fall in globules |
| Synonyms: | bead, bleed, descend, distill, drain, dribble, drip, emanate, hail, leak, ooze, percolate, precipitate, seep, snow, splash, trickle, trill |
| Antonyms: | downpour, pour |
| Main Entry: | dunce |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | stupid person |
| Synonyms: | ass, birdbrain, blockhead, bonehead, buffoon, dimwit, dolt, donkey, dope, dork, drip*, dullard, dunderhead, fool, goof, goof ball, half-wit, idiot, ignoramus, imbecile, jerk, knucklehead, lame-brain, lightweight, moron, nerd*, nincompoop, ninny, nitwit, numskull, oaf, pinhead, scatterbrain, schnook, simpleton, twit |
| Antonyms: | brain, genius |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | emit |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | diffuse, discharge |
| Synonyms: | afford, beam, belch, breathe, cast out, disembogue, drip, eject, emanate, erupt, evacuate, excrete, exhale, expectorate, expel, expend, expire, extrude, exude, give off, give out, give vent to, gush, issue, jet, let off, loose, ooze, pass, perspire, pour, pronounce, purge, radiate, reek, secrete, send forth, send out, shed, shoot, speak, spew, spill, spit, squirt, throw out, transmit, utter, vent, voice, void, vomit, yield |
| Antonyms: | conceal, contain, refrain, repress, suppress, withhold |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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