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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | creation, blend |
| Synonyms: | brew, combination, compound, contrivance, intention, medley, mixture, plan, preparation, project, solution |
| Main Entry: | blend |
| 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: | broth |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | soup, usually clear |
| Synonyms: | borscht, bouillon, bowl, brew, chowder, concoction, consommé, decoction, dishwater, distillation, elixir, fluid, gumbo, hodge-podge, olio, porridge, potage, potpourri, pottage, puree, splash, stock, vichyssoise |
| Main Entry: | dip |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something for dunking |
| Synonyms: | concoction, dilution, infusion, mixture, preparation, solution, suffusion, suspension |
| Main Entry: | fabrication |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | lie |
| Synonyms: | artifact, concoction, deceit, fable, fairy story, fake*, falsehood, fib, fiction, figment, forgery, hogwash, invention, jazz, jive, line*, myth, opus, smoke*, song and dance, untruth, work, yarn |
| Antonyms: | truth |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fiction |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | made-up story |
| Synonyms: | anecdote, best seller, book, cliff-hanger, clothesline, concoction, crock, drama, fable, fabrication, falsehood, fancy, fantasy, fib, figment of imagination, fish story, hooey, imagination, improvisation, invention, legend, lie, misrepresentation, myth, narrative, novel, potboiler, prevarication, romance, smoke*, storytelling, tale, tall story, terminological inexactitude, untruth, whopper, work of imagination, yarn |
| Antonyms: | non-fiction, truth |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | invention |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | creation, creativeness |
| Synonyms: | apparatus, black box, brainchild, coinage, concoction, contraption, contrivance, creativity, design, development, device, discovery, doodad, gadget, genius, gimmick, gizmo, imagination, ingenuity, innovation, inspiration, inventiveness, novelty, opus, original, originality, resourcefulness |
| Antonyms: | steal |
| Main Entry: | mix/mixture |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | assortment, combination |
| Synonyms: | admixture, adulteration, alloy, amalgam, amalgamation, assimilation, association, batter, blend, brew, combine, combo, commixture, composite, compound, concoction, confection, conglomeration, cross, crossing, dough, fusion, goulash, grab bag, hodgepodge, hybrid, hybridization, incorporation, infiltration, interfusion, jumble, mash, medley, merger, mingling, miscellany, mishmash, mixed bag, mosaic, mélange, package, patchwork, potpourri, salmagundi, saturation, soup, stew, transfusion, union, variety |
| Antonyms: | disconnection, division, separation |
| Main Entry: | preparation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something concocted, put together |
| Synonyms: | arrangement, blend, brew, composition, compound, concoction, confection, decoction, medicine, mixture, product, tincture |
| Antonyms: | ingredient |
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