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blow out
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fun time |
| Synonyms: | amusement, bash*, blow out, excitement, good time, great time, party, riot* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | douse |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | drench, extinguish with liquid |
| Synonyms: | blow out, deluge, drown, duck, dunk, immerse, plunge, put out, quench, saturate, slop, slosh, smother, snuff, snuff out, soak, sop, souse, spatter, splash, splatter, squench, steep, submerge, submerse, wet |
| Notes: | douse first meant 'knock, punch, strike' and now means 'to extinguish or wet thoroughly; dowse means to look for water or minerals with a divining rod |
| Antonyms: | dry |
| Main Entry: | entertainment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | amusement, pleasure |
| Synonyms: | ball*, bash*, big time, blast*, blow out, celebration, cheer, clambake, delight, dissipation, distraction, diversion, divertissement, enjoyment, feast, frolic, fun, fun and games, gaiety, game, good time, grins, high time, laughs, leisure activity, lots of laughs, merriment, merrymaking, party, pastime, picnic, play, recreation, regalement, relaxation, relief, revelry, satisfaction, shindig*, sport, spree, surprise, treat, wingding |
| Antonyms: | chore, drudgery, labor, task, work |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | expel |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | discharge |
| Synonyms: | belch, blow out, cast out, disgorge, dislodge, drive out, ejaculate, eruct, erupt, evacuate, exhaust, exudate, exude, get rid of, irrupt, pass, remove, spew, throw out, vomit |
| Antonyms: | absorb, admit, take in |
| Main Entry: | extinguish |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | put out a fire |
| Synonyms: | blot out, blow out, choke, douse, drown, out, quench, smother, snuff out, stamp out, stifle, suffocate, trample |
| Antonyms: | light |
| Main Entry: | put out |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | extinguish fire |
| Synonyms: | blow out, douse, out, quench, smother, snuff out, stamp out |
| Antonyms: | start |
| Main Entry: | dissipation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | amusement, entertainment, occasionally to excess |
| Synonyms: | bender, binge, blow-out, bust, celebration, circus, distraction, diversion, divertissement, gratification, party, recreation, self-indulgence, tear*, toot, wingding |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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| Main Entry: | entertainment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
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Zugzwang, aleiptic, amused, amusing, closed, corybantic, diverting, entertaining, espiègle, festal, festive, jocund, jolly, jovial, laughable, ludibrious, ludibund, lusory, mute, piscatory, playful, pleasant, psyllic, recreative, rompish, scacchic, sphairistic, sporting, toxophilite, venatic, warrantable, wicketed, witty
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