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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | intelligence |
| Synonyms: | apperception, attention, brain*, brainpower, brains, capacity, cognizance, conception, consciousness, creativity, faculty, function, genius, head, imagination, ingenuity, instinct, intellect, intellectual, intellectuality, intuition, judgment, lucidity, marbles, mentality, observation, perception, percipience, power, psyche, ratiocination, reason, reasoning, regard, sanity, sense, soul, soundness, spirit, talent, thinker, thought, understanding, wisdom, wits |
| Antonyms: | body, corporeality, physicality |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | office |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | business, responsibility |
| Synonyms: | appointment, berth, billet, capacity, charge, commission, connection, duty, employment, function, job, obligation, occupation, performance, place, post, province, responsibility, role, service, situation, spot, station, trust, work |
| Main Entry: | officiate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | oversee, manage |
| Synonyms: | act, boss, chair, command, conduct, direct, do the honors, emcee, function, govern, handle, preside, run, serve, superintend, umpire |
| Antonyms: | follow |
| Main Entry: | part |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person or group's interest, concern |
| Synonyms: | behalf, bit, business, capacity, cause, charge, duty, faction, function, involvement, office, party, place, responsibility, role, say, share, side, task, work |
| Notes: | a part is any of the components of a whole; a portion is a part allotted to or regarded as belonging to someone; a piece is a part separated from the whole; a division is a part formed by classifying, cutting, partitioning - and so is a section, though it is generally smaller; a segment is a part separated along natural lines of division; a fragment is a small part, usually broken off |
| Main Entry: | party |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | social gathering |
| Synonyms: | affair, amusement, at-home, ball, banquet, barbecue, bash*, blowout, carousal, carousing, celebration, cocktails, coffee klatch, coming-out, dinner, diversion*, do*, entertainment, feast, festive occasion, festivity, fete, fun, function, gala, get-together, luncheon, movable feast, orgy, prom, reception, riot, shindig*, social, soiree, splurge, spree*, tea |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | perform |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | carry out, accomplish |
| Synonyms: | achieve, act, be engaged in, behave, bring about, bring off, carry through, carry to completion, complete, comply, deliver the goods, discharge, dispose of, do, do justice to, do to a turn, effect, end, enforce, execute, finish, fulfill, function, go that route, implement, meet, move, observe, operate, percolate, perk, pull off, put through, react, realize, run with the ball, satisfy, take, take care of business, tick, transact, wind up, work |
| Antonyms: | fail, halt, prevent, stop |
| Main Entry: | place |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | duty, role |
| Synonyms: | affair, charge, concern, function, prerogative, responsibility, right |
| Notes: | in horse racing results, there is win, place, show, and also-ran |
| Main Entry: | ply |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | use, work at |
| Synonyms: | carry on, dispense, employ, exercise, exert, follow, function, handle, maneuver, manipulate, practice, pursue, put out, swing, throw, utilize, wield |
| Antonyms: | be lazy, idle |
| Main Entry: | position |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | responsibility in business or other enterprise |
| Synonyms: | berth, billet, capacity, connection, do*, duty, employment, function, job, nine-to-five, occupation, office, place, post, profession, role, situation, slot, spot*, trade |
| Antonyms: | unemployment |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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