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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | manner, way |
| Synonyms: | approach, book, channels, condition, course, custom, fashion, form, mechanism, method, modus, nuts and bolts, plan, posture, practice, procedure, process, quality, rule, situation, state, status, style, system, technique, tone, vein, wise |
| Main Entry: | appearance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | outward aspect, characteristic |
| Synonyms: | air, attitude, bearing, blind, carriage, cast, character, condition, countenance, demeanor, dress, expression, face, fashion, feature, figure, form, front, guise, image, look, looks, manner, mannerism, mien, mode, outline, pose, presence, presentation, screen, semblance, shape, stamp |
| Main Entry: | approach |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | plan of attack, resolution |
| Synonyms: | attitude, concept, course, crack, fling, go*, idea, lick, manner, means, method, mode, modus operandi, new wrinkle, offer, procedure, program, shot, stab, style, technique, way, whack, wrinkle |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Example Sentences
- Bicycles began to look like a very quaint and outdated mode of transportation.
- In 1988 mode, you don't get to save the game, ever.
- Before entering this mode, the satellite was tested thoroughly.
| Main Entry: | behavior |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | manner of conducting oneself |
| Synonyms: | act, action, address, air, attitude, bag*, bearing, carriage, code, comportment, conduct, convention, course, dealings, decency, decorum, deed, delivery, demeanor, deportment, ethics, etiquette, expression, form, front, guise, habits, management, mien, mode, morals, nature, observance, performance, practice, presence, propriety, ritual, role, routine, savoir-faire, seemliness, social graces, speech, style, tact, talk, taste, tenue, tone, way, way of life, ways, what's done |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | condition |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | circumstances |
| Synonyms: | action, ballgame, case, estate, happening, how it goes, how things are, how things stack up, lay of the land, like it is, mode, order, plight, position, posture, predicament, quality, rank, repair, reputation, riff, scene, shape, situation, size of it, sphere, spot, standing, state, state of affairs, status, status quo, trim, way things are, way things shape up, where it's at |
| Main Entry: | costume |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | set of clothes |
| Synonyms: | apparel, attire, clothing, dress, duds, ensemble, fashion, garb, getup, guise, livery, mode, outfit, rig, robes, style, suit, uniform, wardrobe |
| Notes: | costume and custom were actually two forms of the same Latin root consuetudinem 'habit, custom,' with costume first meaning 'manners and customs belonging to a particular time and place' |
| Main Entry: | craze |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fad, strong interest |
| Synonyms: | chic, cry, enthusiasm, fashion, fever, furor, in thing, infatuation, kick*, mania, mode, monomania, newest wrinkle, novelty, passion, preoccupation, rage, the last word, the latest thing, trend, vogue, wrinkle |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | custom |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | habitual action |
| Synonyms: | addiction, beaten path, characteristic, consuetude, daily grind, fashion, form, grind*, groove, habit, habitude, hang-up, into*, manner, matter of course, mode, observance, practice, praxis, precedent, procedure, proprieties, routine, rule, second nature, shot, swim, thing, trick, usage, use, way, wont |
| Antonyms: | departure, deviation, difference, divergence, irregularity |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | custom |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ritual, traditional action |
| Synonyms: | attitude, canon, ceremony, character, convention, conventionalism, customariness, design, dictates, established way, etiquette, fashion, folkways, form, formality, inheritence, manner, matter of course, method, mode, mold, mores, observance, observation, pattern, performance, policy, practice, praxis, precedent, precept, rite, routine, rule, second nature, style, system, taste, type, unwritten law, unwritten rule, usage, use, vogue, way |
| Antonyms: | departure, deviation |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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