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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | dance party |
| Synonyms: | hoedown, hoodang, hop, jump, mingle, prom, promenade, reception, shindig |
| Notes: | a ball is round object or a formal dance; to bawl is to cry loudly |
| Main Entry: | ammunition |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | projectiles for weaponry |
| Synonyms: | ammo, armament, ball, bomb, buckshot, bullet, cannonball, cartridge, charge, chemical, confetti, explosive, fuse, grenade, gunpowder, iron rations, materiel, missile, munition, napalm, powder, rocket, round, shell, shot, shrapnel, torpedo |
| Main Entry: | amusement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | entertaining, making someone laugh |
| Synonyms: | action, ball*, beguilement, cheer, delight, diversion, enjoyment, entertainment, field day, fun, fun and games, gladdening, gratification, grins, high time, hilarity, hoopla*, laughs, laughter, merriment, merry go round, mirth, picnic, play, pleasing, pleasure, regalement, whoopee |
| Antonyms: | boredom |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | basketball |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | team sport |
| Synonyms: | B-ball, ball, brownball, hoops |
| Main Entry: | benefit |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | event to raise money |
| Synonyms: | ball, bazaar, charitable affair, charity performance, concert, dance, dinner, exhibit, exhibition, fair, pancake breakfast, raffle |
| Main Entry: | blob |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | drop, spot |
| Synonyms: | ball, bead, blot, blotch, bubble, dab, daub, dot, droplet, glob, globule, splash, splotch |
| Main Entry: | bulb |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | globular object |
| Synonyms: | ball, bunch, corm, corn, globe, head, knob, nodule, nub, protuberance, swelling, tuber, tumor |
| Notes: | tubers are different from bulbs and corms in that they have no basal plate or enveloping leaves |
| Main Entry: | bullet |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | small missile |
| Synonyms: | ammo, ammunition, ball, bolt, cap, cartridge, dose, lead, love letter, pellet, projectile, rocket, round, shot, slug, trajectile |
| Main Entry: | comedy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | funny entertainment |
| Synonyms: | ball*, burlesque, camp, chaffing, comic drama, comicality, comicalness, drollery, drollness, facetiousness, farce, field day, fun, fun and games, funnies, funniness, gag show, grins, high camp, high time, hilarity, hoopla, humor, humorousness, interlude, jesting, joking, laughs, light entertainment, merry-go-round, picnic, play on, satire, schtick, send-up, sitcom, slapstick, takeoff, travesty, vaudeville, wisecracking, witticism, wittiness |
| Antonyms: | tragedy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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