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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | story, tale |
| Synonyms: | account, anecdote, book, chronicle, chronology, description, detail, fiction, history, line, long and short of it, narration, plot, potboiler, recount, report, statement, version, yarn |
| Main Entry: | nature |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | type, kind |
| Synonyms: | anatomy, brand, cast, category, character, color, conformation, description, figure, framework, ilk, shape, sort, species, stripe, structure, style, variety, way |
| Main Entry: | news |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | information, revelation |
| Synonyms: | account, advice, announcement, broadcast, bulletin, cable, cognizance, communication, communiqué, copy, data, description, disclosure, discovery, dispatch, enlightenment, exposé, eye-opener, front-page news, headlines, hearsay, intelligence, itemization, knowledge, leak, lowdown, message, narration, news flash, particularization, recital, recognition, release, report, rumor, scandal, scoop*, specification, statement, story, telecast, telegram, telling, the goods, tidings, word* |
| Antonyms: | history |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | order |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | class, status |
| Synonyms: | bracket, branch, breed, cast, caste, degree, description, estate, family, feather, genre, genus, grade, hierarchy, ilk, kidney, kind, line, nature, pecking order, pigeonhole, place, position, rank, set, slot, sort, species, station, stripe, subclass, taxonomic group, type |
| 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 |
| Main Entry: | picture |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | illustration, likeness of something |
| Synonyms: | account, art, blueprint, canvas, cartoon, copy, delineation, depiction, description, doodle, double, draft, drawing, duplicate, effigy, engraving, figure, icon, image, impression, lookalike, outline, painting, panorama, photo, photograph, piece, portrait, portrayal, presentment, print, re-creation, replica, report, representation, ringer, similitude, simulacrum, sketch, spectacle, spitting image, statue, tableau, twin |
| Main Entry: | quality |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | characteristic, feature |
| Synonyms: | affection, affirmation, aspect, attribute, character, condition, constitution, description, element, endowment, essence, factor, genius, individuality, kind, make, mark, name of tune, nature, nature of beast, parameter, peculiarity, predication, property, savor, sort, trait, virtue, way of it |
| Main Entry: | recital |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | narrative, rendering |
| Synonyms: | account, concert, description, detailing, enumeration, fable, musical, musicale, narration, performance, portrayal, presentation, reading, recapitulation, recitation, recountal, recounting, rehearsal, relation, repetition, report, statement, story, tale, telling |
| Notes: | a recital is a musical performance by a soloist or two performers; a concert is a performance by a group |
| Main Entry: | rehearsal |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | preparation for performance |
| Synonyms: | call, description, drill, dry run, experiment, going-over, practice, practice session, prep, reading, readying, recital, recitation, recounting, rehearsing, relation, retelling, run-through, shakedown, test flight, trial balloon, trial performance, tryout, workout |
| Antonyms: | cold turkey |
| Main Entry: | report |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | account, story |
| Synonyms: | address, announcement, article, blow by blow, brief, broadcast, cable, chronicle, communication, communique, declaration, description, detail, digest, dispatch, handout, history, hot wire, information, message, narration, narrative, news, note, opinion, outline, paper, picture, piece, proclamation, pronouncement, précis, recital, record, relation, release, rundown, résumé, scoop*, statement, summary, tale, telegram, tidings, version, wire, word*, write-up |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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