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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sweetheart, favorite person |
| Synonyms: | angel*, apple of one's eye, baby*, beloved, boyfriend, dear, dear one, dearest, dearie, fair-haired boy, flame, friend, girlfriend, heart's desire, honeybunch, lamb, light of my life, love, lover, one and only, pet*, precious, sugar*, sweetie, treasure*, truelove |
| Antonyms: | enemy, foe |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | dwarf |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | miniature, tiny |
| Synonyms: | baby, diminutive, low, petite, pocket, small, undersized |
| Notes: | a dwarf is smaller and not proportioned like an average person; a midget is smaller but is proportioned like an average full-grown person; a pygmy is perfectly proportioned but smaller than a midget |
| Antonyms: | big, giant, huge, large |
| 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: | flame |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | lover; passion |
| Synonyms: | affection, ardor, baby, beau, beloved, boyfriend, darling, dear, desire, enthusiasm, fervor, fire, girlfriend, heartthrob, honey, inamorata, inamorato, keenness, love, paramour, spark, steady, swain, sweetheart, sweetie, truelove |
| Antonyms: | hate |
| Main Entry: | gratify |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give pleasure; satisfy |
| Synonyms: | appease, arride, baby*, cater to, coddle, content, delectate, delight, do one proud, do the trick, enchant, favor, fill the bill, fulfill*, get one's kicks, gladden, hit the spot, humor, indulge, make a hit, make happy, oblige, pamper, please, recompense, requite, thrill |
| Antonyms: | annoy, disappoint, disturb, frustrate, offend, pain, upset |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | immature |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | young, inexperienced |
| Synonyms: | adolescent, baby, babyish, callow, childish, crude, green*, half-grown, imperfect, infantile, infantine, jejune, juvenile, kid, kidstuff, premature, puerile, raw, sophomoric, tender*, tenderfoot, underdeveloped, undergrown, undeveloped, unfinished, unfledged, unformed, unripe, unseasonable, unseasoned, unsophisticated, untimely, wet behind ears, youthful |
| Antonyms: | adult, developed, experienced, grown, mature, old |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | indulge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | treat oneself or another to |
| Synonyms: | allow, baby, cater, coddle, cosset, delight, entertain, favor, foster, give in, give rein to, go along, go easy on, gratify, humor, mollycoddle, nourish, oblige, pamper, pander, pet, please, regale, satiate, satisfy, spoil, spoil rotten, take care of, tickle, yield |
| Antonyms: | disappoint, distress, hurt |
| Main Entry: | infant/infantile |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | very young |
| Synonyms: | baby, babyish, callow, childish, childlike, dawning, developing, early, emergent, green*, growing, immature, infantine, initial, juvenile, kid, naive, nascent, newborn, puerile, tender, unfledged, unripe, weak, youthful |
| Antonyms: | adult, grown-up, mature |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | kid |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | young person |
| Synonyms: | baby, bairn, boy, child, daughter, girl, infant, juvenile, lad, lass, little one, son, teenager, tot, youngster, youth |
| Antonyms: | adult |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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