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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | unsubstantiated information |
| Synonyms: | clothesline, comment, cry, gossip, grapevine, leak*, mere talk, noise*, report, rumble*, rumor, scandal, scuttlebutt, talk, talk of the town, word of mouth |
| Antonyms: | evidence, proof, reality, testimony, truth |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | literature |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | written matter, both fictional and nonfictional |
| Synonyms: | abstract, article, belles-lettres, biography, books, brochure, classics, comment, composition, critique, discourse, discussion, disquisition, dissertation, drama, essay, exposition, findings, history, humanities, information, leaflet, letters, lit, literary works, lore, novel, observation, pamphlet, paper, poetry, prose, précis, report, research, story, summary, theme, thesis, tract, treatise, treatment, writings, written work |
| Antonyms: | speech |
| Main Entry: | mention |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | referral, observation |
| Synonyms: | acknowledgment, allusion, citation, comment, footnote, indication, naming, note, notice, notification, recognition, reference, remark, specifying, tribute, utterance |
| Antonyms: | quiet, silence |
| Main Entry: | note/notes |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | written communication |
| Synonyms: | agenda, annotation, calendar, comment, commentary, datum, definition, diary, dispatch, entry, epistle, gloss, inscription, jotting, journal, letter, line, marginalia, mark, memo, memorandum, message, minute, missive, obiter dictum, observation, record, remark, reminder, scratch, scrawl, scribble, summary, thank-you, word |
| Main Entry: | notice |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | announcement, information |
| Synonyms: | admonition, advertisement, advice, caution, caveat, circular, clue, comment, comments, communication, criticism, critique, cue, declaration, directive, enlightenment, goods*, handbill, info, instruction, intelligence, intimation, know*, lowdown, manifesto, memo, memorandum, news, note, notification, order, picture, poster, proclamation, remark, review, score, sign, squib, story, tip, warning, whole story, write-up |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | report |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | gossip, talk |
| Synonyms: | advice, blow by blow, buzz*, canard, chat, chatter, chitchat, comment, conversation, cry*, dirt*, earful, grapevine, hash, hearsay, intelligence, murmur, news, prating, rumble*, rumor, scandal, scuttlebutt, small talk, speech, tattle, the latest, tidings, whispering, word* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | review |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | critique; summary |
| Synonyms: | abstract, analysis, appraisal, article, assessment, blurb, book review, canvass, column, comment, commentary, criticism, discourse, discussion, dissertation, essay, evaluation, exposition, inspection, investigation, journal, judgment, magazine, mention, monograph, notice, organ, outline, pan, periodical, recapitulation, redraft, reviewal, revision, study, synopsis, theme, thesis, treatise, write-up |
| Notes: | a criticism is an evaluation or judgment of something, while critique is a somewhat elevated term for the same thing; review is used as a synonym for these but may also imply a more comprehensive study |
| Main Entry: | rumor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | talk about supposed truth |
| Synonyms: | back-fence talk, breeze*, bruit, canard, comment, cry, dispatch, earful, fabrication, falsehood, fame, fiction, gossip, grapevine, hearsay, hoax, innuendo, intelligence, invention, lie, news, notoriety, report, repute, rumble, scandal, scuttlebutt, story, suggestion, supposition, tale, tattle, tidings, whisper, wire, word |
| Antonyms: | truth |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | statement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | declaration, assertion |
| Synonyms: | ABCs, account, acknowledgment, affidavit, affirmation, allegation, announcement, articulation, aside, asseveration, assurance, averment, avowal, blow-by-blow, charge, comment, communication, communiqué, description, dictum, ejaculation, explanation, make*, manifesto, mention, narrative, observation, picture, presentation, presentment, proclamation, profession, protestation, recital, recitation, relation, remark, report, rundown, testimony, utterance, ventilation, verbalization, vocalization, voice, word |
| Antonyms: | question, request |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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