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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | statement of opinion; explanation |
| Synonyms: | animadversion, annotation, backtalk, buzz*, comeback*, commentary, crack*, criticism, dictum, discussion, editorial, elucidation, exposition, footnote, gloss, hearsay, illustration, input, judgment, mention, mouthful, note, obiter, observation, opinion, remark, report, review, two cents' worth, wisecrack |
| Antonyms: | quiet, silence |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | answer |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | reply; reaction |
| Synonyms: | acknowledgment, antiphon, back talk, backcap, band-aid, close, comeback, comment, cooler, counterclaim, crack, defense, disclosure, echo, elucidation, explanation, feedback, guff, interpretation, justification, key, lip, observation, parting shot, pay dirt, plea, quick fix, rebuttal, refutation, rejoinder, remark, repartee, report, resolution, response, result, retort, return, rhetorical question, riposte, sign, solution, statement, thank-you note, the ticket, topper, vindication, wisecrack |
| Notes: | an answer is something said, written, or done in return; a reply is an answer that satisfies a detail in a question |
| Antonyms: | question |
| Main Entry: | buzz |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | gossip |
| Synonyms: | comment, cry, grapevine, hearsay, news, report, rumble*, rumor, scandal, scuttlebutt, talk, whisper |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | commentary |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | analysis |
| Synonyms: | annotation, appreciation, comment, consideration, criticism, critique, description, discourse, exegesis, explanation, exposition, gloss, narration, notes, obiter dictum, observation, remark, review, treatise, voice-over |
| Main Entry: | conversation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | dialogue, discourse |
| Synonyms: | chat, colloquy, comment, communication, communion, confab, confabulation, conference, consultation, converse, debate, discussion, exchange, expression, gab, gossip, hearing, intercourse, jive, observation, palaver, parley, pillow talk, powwow, questioning, remark, repartee, speech, talk, talkfest, tète-à-tète, ventilation, visit, yak |
| Antonyms: | quiet, quietude, silence |
| Main Entry: | criticism |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | interpretation, analysis |
| Synonyms: | appraisal, appreciation, assessment, comment, commentary, critique, elucidation, essay, estimate, evaluation, examination, exposition, judgment, notice, observation, opinion, pan, rating, rave*, review, reviewal, scorcher, sideswipe, sleighride, study, 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 |
| Antonyms: | estimation, guess, supposition |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | critique |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | analysis, essay |
| Synonyms: | appraisal, assessment, comment, commentary, criticism, editorial, examination, exposition, flak, judgment, notice, pan, putdown, rap, rave*, review, reviewal, slam*, slap, study, takedown, write-up, zapper |
| 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 |
| Antonyms: | compliment, praise |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | definition |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | description |
| Synonyms: | analogue, annotation, answer, characterization, clarification, clue, comment, commentary, cue, delimitation, delineation, demarcation, denotation, determination, diagnosis, drift, elucidation, exemplification, explanation, explication, exposition, expounding, fixing, formalization, gloss, individuation, interpretation, key, outlining, rationale, rendering, rendition, representation, settling, signification, solution, statement of meaning, terminology, translation |
| Antonyms: | ambiguity, nonsense, vagueness |
| Main Entry: | explanation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | clarification; reason |
| Synonyms: | account, annotation, answer, breakdown, brief, cause, comment, commentary, confession, definition, demonstration, description, details, display, elucidation, evidence, example, excuse, explication, exposition, expression, gloss, history, illustration, information, interpretation, justification, meaning, mitigation, motive, narration, note, recital, rendition, report, resolution, sense, showing, significance, specification, statement, story, summary, tale, talking, telling, vindication, writing |
| Antonyms: | complication |
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