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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | gathering, conference |
| Synonyms: | affair, assemblage, assembly, assignation, audience, bunch, call, cattle call, company, competition, conclave, concourse, concursion, confab, conflict, confrontation, congregation, congress, contest, convention, convocation, date, encounter, engagement, gang, get-together, huddle, introduction, meet, one on one, parley, powwow, rally, rendezvous, reunion, session, showdown, talk, tryst, turnout |
| Main Entry: | partner |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who takes part with another |
| Synonyms: | accomplice, ally, assistant, associate, buddy, chum*, cohort, collaborator, colleague, companion, comrade, confederate, consort, coworker, crony, date, friend, helper, helpmate, husband, mate, pal*, participant, playmate, sidekick*, spouse, teammate, wife |
| Antonyms: | enemy, foe |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | period |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | extent of time |
| Synonyms: | aeon, age, course, cycle, date, days, duration, epoch, era, generation, interval, measure, season, space, span, spell, stage, stretch, term, time, while, years |
| Notes: | epoch applies to the beginning of a new period marked by radical changes and new developments - while era applies to the entire period; age denotes a period identified with some dominant personality or characteristic and period pertains to any portion of time |
| Main Entry: | point |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | circumstance, stage; limited time |
| Synonyms: | brink, condition, date, degree, duration, edge, extent, instant, juncture, limit, moment, period, point in time, position, threshold, time, verge, very minute |
| Notes: | the stylus, or point, of a record player is held by the cartridge; the base of the turntable is called the deck |
| Main Entry: | pursue |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | seek social alliance with |
| Synonyms: | address, call, chase, chase after, court, date, go after, go for, pay attention, pay court, play up to, rush*, spark, sue, sweetheart*, woo |
| Antonyms: | ignore |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | rendezvous |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | get-together |
| Synonyms: | affair, appointment, assignation, blind date, date, double date, engagement, heavy date, matinee, meet, meeting, one night stand, tryst, tête-à-tête |
| Main Entry: | see |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | accompany, guide |
| Synonyms: | associate with, attend, bear company, call, come by, come over, conduct, consort with, date, direct, drop by, drop in, encounter, escort, go out with, go with, keep company with, lead, look up, meet, pilot, pop in, receive, route, run into, shepherd, show, speak to, steer, stop by, stop in, take out, usher, visit, walk |
| Antonyms: | turn loose |
| Main Entry: | squire |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | accompany |
| Synonyms: | assist, attend, chaperon, companion, date, escort, serve |
| Antonyms: | abandon, leave |
| Main Entry: | suitor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who desires another |
| Synonyms: | admirer, beau, boyfriend, cavalier*, courter, date, follower, girlfriend, lover, man, paramour, supplicant, swain, woman, wooer |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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