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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | combine, join |
| Synonyms: | admix, adulterate, alloy, amalgamate, associate, blend, braid, coalesce, commingle, commix, compound, conjoin, cross, embody, fuse, hybridize, incorporate, infiltrate, infuse, instill, interbreed, intermingle, interweave, jumble, knead, link, lump, make up, merge, mingle, mix up, put together, saturate, stir, suffuse, synthesize, tangle, transfuse, unite, weave, work in |
| Notes: | in a mixture, the combined elements lose their individual identities and are fused, blended, or compounded in the result; in a mix, the elements, though combined, retain their individual identities |
| Antonyms: | detach, disconnect, divide, remove, separate, sever, unmix |
| Main Entry: | mixed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | assorted, combined |
| Synonyms: | alloyed, amalgamated, assimilated, assorted, blended, brewed, composite, compound, conglomerate, crossbred, crossed, different, disordered, diverse, diversified, embodied, fused, heterogeneous, hybrid, hybridized, incorporated, infused, interbred, interdenominational, joint, kneaded, married, merged, mingled, miscellaneous, mongrel, motley, multifarious, tied, transfused, united, varied, woven |
| Antonyms: | lone, single, singular, ummixed, uncombined |
| Main Entry: | adulterate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | alter or debase, often for profit |
| Synonyms: | alloy, amalgamate, attenuate, blend, cheapen, commingle, contaminate, cook, corrupt, cut*, defile, degrade, denature, depreciate, deteriorate, devalue, dilute, dissolve, doctor up, doctor*, falsify, impair, infiltrate, intermix, irrigate, lace, make impure, mingle, mix, phony up, plant*, pollute, shave, spike*, taint, thin, transfuse, vitiate, water down, weaken |
| Antonyms: | clarify, clean, cleanse, distill, filter, free, purify, refine |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | adulterated |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | debased or dirty |
| Synonyms: | attenuated, blended, contaminated, corrupt, defiled, degraded, depreciated, deteriorated, devalued, diluted, dissolved, impaired, mixed, polluted, tainted, thinned, vitiated, watered down, weakened |
| Antonyms: | clean, moral, virtuous |
| Main Entry: | aggregate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | forming a collection from separate parts |
| Synonyms: | accumulated, added, amassed, assembled, collected, collective, combined, composite, corporate, cumulative, heaped, mixed, piled, total |
| Antonyms: | individual, part, particular |
| Main Entry: | aggregate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | combine into a collection |
| Synonyms: | accumulate, add up, amass, amount, assemble, collect, combine, come, heap, mix, number, pile, sum, total |
| Antonyms: | break up, disperse, divide |
| Main Entry: | alloy |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | mix metals |
| Synonyms: | admix, amalgamate, blend, combine, compound, fuse, intermix, mix |
| Antonyms: | clear, not mix, purify |
| Main Entry: | ambivalent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | conflicting |
| Synonyms: | clashing, contradictory, debatable, doubtful, equivocal, fluctuating, hesitant, inconclusive, irresolute, mixed, opposed, uncertain, undecided, unresolved, unsure, vacillating, warring, wavering |
| Antonyms: | certain, definite, resolved, settled, sure, unequivocal |
| Main Entry: | associate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | connect in the mind |
| Synonyms: | affiliate, blend, bracket, combine, concord, conjoin, correlate, couple, group, identify, join, league, link, lump together, mix, pair, relate, think of together, unite, yoke |
| Antonyms: | disconnect, disjoin, dissociate, disunite, divide, part, separate, sever |
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