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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | command, instruction |
| Synonyms: | charge, communication, decree, dictate, edict, injunction, mandate, memo, memorandum, message, notice, order, ordinance, regulation, ruling, ukase, word |
| Notes: | an order is being told to do something with no specific guidelines, a command is being told to do something in a specific way, and a directive is being told to do something and getting this information through channels |
| Antonyms: | answer |
| Main Entry: | epistle |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | letter |
| Synonyms: | FYI, billet doux, cannonball, card, communication, dispatch, get-well, invite, kite, line*, love letter, memo, message, missive, note, poison pen, postcard, scratch*, tab, thank-you |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | expression |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | verbalization |
| Synonyms: | announcement, argument, articulation, assertion, asseveration, choice of words, commentary, communication, declaration, definition, delivery, diction, elucidation, emphasis, enunciation, execution, explanation, exposition, formulation, idiom, interpretation, intonation, issue, language, locution, mention, narration, phrase, phraseology, phrasing, pronouncement, remark, rendition, set phrase, speaking, speech, statement, style, term, turn of phrase, utterance, vent, voice, voicing, word, writ |
| Main Entry: | hint |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | indication; suggestion |
| Synonyms: | adumbration, advice, allusion, announcement, clue, communication, connotation, denotation, evidence, flea in ear, glimmering, help, idea, implication, impression, inference, information, inkling, innuendo, insinuation, intimation, iota, lead, mention, notice, notion, observation, omen, pointer, print, reference, reminder, scent, sign, signification, smattering, suspicion, symptom, taste, telltale, tinge, tip, tip-off, token, trace, warning, whiff, whisper, wink, word to wise, wrinkle |
| Main Entry: | interview |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | questioning and evaluation |
| Synonyms: | account, audience, call, call back, cattle call, communication, conference, consultation, conversation, dialogue, examination, hearing, meeting, oral, parley, press conference, record, statement, talk |
| Main Entry: | intimation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | clue, hint |
| Synonyms: | allusion, announcement, breath, communication, cue, declaration, implication, indication, inkling, innuendo, insinuation, notice, notion, reminder, shade, shadow, strain, streak, suggestion, suspicion, telltale, tinge, tip, trace, warning, wind |
| Main Entry: | language |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | system of words for communication |
| Synonyms: | accent, argot, articulation, brogue, cant, communication, conversation, dialect, diction, dictionary, discourse, doublespeak, expression, gibberish, idiom, interchange, jargon, lexicon, lingua franca, palaver, parlance, patois, phraseology, prose, signal, slang, sound, speech, style, talk, terminology, tongue, utterance, verbalization, vernacular, vocabulary, vocalization, voice, word, wording |
| Notes: | don't use 'language' when you mean 'writing system' - Chinese is a spoken language with no characters; the Chinese writing system uses thousands of characters |
| Main Entry: | liaison |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who acts as go-between |
| Synonyms: | communication, connection, contact, fixer, hookup, in, interchange, interface, intermediary, link |
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | written correspondence; system for sending correspondence |
| Synonyms: | air mail, communication, junk mail, letter, package, parcel, post, post office, postal service, postcard |
| Antonyms: | conversation |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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