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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | composite, mix |
| Synonyms: | alloy, amalgam, amalgamation, brew, combination, commixture, composite, compound, concoction, fusion, interfusion, intermixture, mixture, synthesis, union |
| Antonyms: | natural element, separation |
| Main Entry: | brew |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | concoction |
| Synonyms: | beverage, blend, broth, compound, distillation, drink, fermentation, hash, hodgepodge*, infusion, instillation, liquor, melange, miscellany, mishmash, mixture, potpourri, preparation |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | brew |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | plan, devise |
| Synonyms: | breed, compound, concoct, contrive, develop, excite, foment, form, gather, hatch, impend, loom, mull, plot, project, scheme, start, stir up, weave |
| Main Entry: | build |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | increase, accelerate |
| Synonyms: | aggrandize, amplify, augment, boost, compound, develop, enlarge, escalate, expand, extend, heighten, improve, intensify, magnify, mount, multiply, strengthen, swell, wax |
| Notes: | billed is having a beak or having been presented a statement of costs or charges, while build is to construct |
| Antonyms: | decelerate, decrease, destroy, ruin |
| Main Entry: | combination |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mixture, blend |
| Synonyms: | aggregate, amalgam, amalgamation, blending, brew, coalescence, combo, composite, compound, connection, consolidation, everything but kitchen sink, fusion, junction, medley, merger, miscellany, mishmash, mix, olio, order, sequence, solution, soup, stew, succession, synthesis, unification, union |
| Antonyms: | detachment, division, parting, separation |
| Main Entry: | combination |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | alliance, association |
| Synonyms: | affiliation, bloc, cabal, cahoots, camarilla, cartel, circle, clique, club, coadunation, coalition, combine, compound, confederacy, confederation, conjunction, connection, consolidation, consortium, conspiracy, coterie, faction, federation, gang, guild, hookup, mafia, melding, mergence, merger, merging, partnership, party, pool, ring, set, syndicate, tie-up, trust, unification, union |
| Antonyms: | dissolution, disunion, separation, severance |
| Main Entry: | combine |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | connect, integrate |
| Synonyms: | amalgamate, associate, band, bind, blend, bond, bracket, bunch up, coadjute, coalesce, commingle, compound, conjoin, cooperate, couple, dub, fuse, get together, glue oneself to, hitch on, hook on, incorporate, interface, join, league, link, marry, merge, mingle, mix, network, plug into, pool, put together, relate, slap on, stand in with, synthesize, tack on, tag on, team up with, throw in together, tie up with, unify, unite, wed |
| Antonyms: | detach, disconnect, dissolve, divide, part, separate |
| Main Entry: | commingle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | blend |
| Synonyms: | amalgamate, combine, commix, compound, inmix, integrate, intermingle, intermix, join, merge, mingle, unite |
| Antonyms: | divide, separate |
| Main Entry: | complex |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | involved, intricate |
| Synonyms: | circuitous, complicated, composite, compound, compounded, confused, conglomerate, convoluted, elaborate, entangled, heterogeneous, knotty, labyrinthine, manifold, mingled, miscellaneous, mixed, mixed-up, mosaic, motley, multifarious, multiform, multiple, multiplex, tangled, tortuous, variegated |
| Notes: | something complex may be well-organized and logically constructed as well as subtle and intricate, while a thing that is complicated will have something irregular, perverse, asymmetrical in addition to fundamental intricacy; complex is more formal and technical (a problem in mathematics is complex) while something like personal life can be complicated |
| Antonyms: | clear, easy, evident, homogeneous, obvious, plain, simple, uniform |
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