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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | go-getter |
| Synonyms: | achiever, ball of fire, bundle of energy, busy person, doer, eager beaver, energetic person, fireball, generator, hard worker, hot shot, live wire, mover and shaker, pistol, risk-taker, spark plug, whiz kid |
| Main Entry: | eager beaver |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | industrious person |
| Synonyms: | active person, aholic, ambitious person, ball of fire, beaver, busy bee, busy bee, busy person, doer, dynamo, fireball, go-getter, hot shot, live wire, live wire, no slouch, pistol, self-starter, sharpy, spark plug, workhorse |
| Main Entry: | engine |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | device that drives a machine |
| Synonyms: | agent, apparatus, appliance, barrel, contrivance, cylinder, diesel, dynamo, fan, generator, horses, implement, instrument, means, mechanism, motor, piston, pot, power plant, power train, powerhouse, putt-putt, rubber band, tool, transformer, turbine, weapon, what's under the hood |
| Notes: | engine is the more general term; motor is a special kind of engine an engine is a machine that converts potential energy into kinetic energy to provide motive force in order to do work; a motor is a small engine or a similar device powered by electricity |
| Main Entry: | generator |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | engine converting energy |
| Synonyms: | alternator, dynamo |
| Notes: | an alternator produces alternating current while a generator (or dynamo) produces direct current |
| Main Entry: | go-getter |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | eager beaver |
| Synonyms: | active person, ambitious person, ball of fire, beaver, busy bee, busy person, doer, dynamo, fireball, hot shot, hustler, live wire, no slouch, pistol, self-starter, sharpy, spark plug, workhorse |
| Main Entry: | live wire |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hustler |
| Synonyms: | cheater, dynamo, grifter, ripoff artist, scam artist, scammer |
| Main Entry: | rising star |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | comer |
| Synonyms: | VIP, achiever, affluential, catalyst, doer, dynamo, enterprising person, entrepreneur, generator, go-getter, heavy hitter, heavyweight, leader, lightning rod, man of influence, mover, palpable presence, pathfinder, player*, presence, producer, spark plug, trailblazer, up-and-comer, upstart, wheeler and dealer, whip |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | up-and-comer |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | comer |
| Synonyms: | VIP, achiever, affluential, catalyst, doer, dynamo, enterprising person, entrepreneur, generator, go-getter, heavy hitter, heavyweight, leader, lightning rod, man of influence, mover, palpable presence, pathfinder, player*, presence, producer, rising star, spark plug, trailblazer, upstart, wheeler and dealer, whip |
* = informal/non-formal usage
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