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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | written description |
| Synonyms: | account, analysis, annotation, article, comment, commentary, composition, construal, construction, critique, delineation, details, discourse, discussion, disquisition, dissertation, editorial, elucidation, enucleation, enunciation, essay, exegesis, explanation, explication, exposé, expounding, history, illustration, interpretation, monograph, paper, piece, position paper, presentation, report, review, statement, story, study, tale, text, theme, thesis, tract, tractate, treatise |
| Main Entry: | advertising |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | public notice of sale; notices to increase consumer desire |
| Synonyms: | PR, announcement, announcing, ballyhoo, billing, blasting, broadcasting, buildup, displaying, exhibiting, exhibition, exposition, hard sell, hoopla*, hype*, pitch, plug, posting, proclamation, promo, promoting, promotion, publicity, puff, screamer, spread, squib |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | announcement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | proclamation, declaration |
| Synonyms: | advertisement, advice, briefing, broadcast, broadcasting, bulletin, communication, communiqué, disclosure, dissemination, divulgence, edict, exposing, exposition, expression, intimation, message, narration, news, notice, notification, prediction, promulgation, publication, publishing, recitation, release, report, reporting, revelation, statement |
| Main Entry: | article |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | piece of writing |
| Synonyms: | beat*, blurb, column, commentary, composition, discourse, editorial, essay, exposition, feature, item, paper, piece, scoop*, spread, story, theme, think piece, treatise, write-up |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | bazaar |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fair; sale place |
| Synonyms: | exchange, exposition, fete, market, marketplace, mart |
| Notes: | a bazaar is a shop or market while bizarre means odd or unusual |
| Main Entry: | body |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | main part of written work |
| Synonyms: | argument, burden, core, discourse, dissertation, evidence, exposition, gist, heart, material, meat, pith, sense, substance, text, thesis, treatise, upshot |
| Main Entry: | carnival |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | outdoor celebration |
| Synonyms: | Mardi Gras, amusement park, bacchanal, carny, carousal, circus, conviviality, exposition, fair, feasting, festival, fete, fiesta, frolic, gala, grind show, heyday, jamboree, jollification, jubilee, masquerade, merrymaking, orgy, ragbag, revelry, rout, saturnalia, side show, spree, street fair |
| Main Entry: | clarification |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | explanation |
| Synonyms: | description, elucidation, exposition, illumination, interpretation, resolution, simplification, solution, unravelment, vivification |
| Antonyms: | complication, misunderstanding, muddle |
| Main Entry: | comment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | statement of opinion; explanation |
| Synonyms: | animadversion, annotation, backtalk, buzz*, comeback*, commentary, crack*, criticism, dictum, discussion, editorial, elucidation, exposition, footnote, gloss, hearsay, illustration, input, judgment, mention, mouthful, note, obiter, observation, opinion, remark, report, review, two cents' worth, wisecrack |
| Antonyms: | quiet, silence |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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