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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | announce, proclaim |
| Synonyms: | address, bring out, broach, chime in, come out with, communicate, declare, express, give, give forth, impart, present, pronounce, publish, read, say, state, tell, throw out, utter, vent, voice |
| Antonyms: | be quiet, keep, withhold |
| Main Entry: | denote |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | designate, mean |
| Synonyms: | add up, announce, argue, bespeak, betoken, connote, evidence, express, finger, flash, hang sign on, imply, import, indicate, insinuate, intend, make, mark, peg, prove, put down for, put finger on, show, signify, spell, stand for, symbol, symbolize, tab, tag, typify |
| Notes: | denote means to make known or plainly mean, while connote means to express or state indirectly or imply |
| Main Entry: | describe |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | explain in speech, writing |
| Synonyms: | call, characterize, chronicle, communicate, construe, convey image, define, delineate, depict, detail, distinguish, draw, elucidate, epitomize, exemplify, explicate, expound, express, illuminate, illustrate, image, impart, interpret, label, limn, make apparent, make clear, make sense of, make vivid, mark out, name, narrate, outline, paint, particularize, picture, portray, recite, recount, rehearse, relate, report, represent, sketch, specify, state, tell, term, trace, transmit, write up |
| Antonyms: | confuse, misrepresent, mix up |
| Main Entry: | different |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | separate, distinct |
| Synonyms: | another, another story, atypical, bizarre, discrete, diverse, especial, express, extraordinary, individual, novel, original, other, out of the ordinary, particular, peculiar, rare, several, singular, something else, special, specialized, specific, startling, strange, uncommon, unconventional, unique, unusual, various |
| Antonyms: | conventional, correspondent, harmonious, normal, same, standard, unified, united |
| Main Entry: | direct |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | honest |
| Synonyms: | absolute, bald, blunt, candid, categorical, downright, explicit, express, forthright, frank, matter-of-fact, open, outspoken, person-to-person, plain, plainspoken, point-blank, sincere, straight, straight from the shoulder, straightforward, talk turkey, unambiguous, unconcealed, undisguised, unequivocal, unreserved |
| Antonyms: | devious, dishonest, indirect, wily |
| Main Entry: | dispatch |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hurry, send fast |
| Synonyms: | accelerate, address, consign, dismiss, express, forward, hand-carry, hasten, issue, quicken, railroad, remit, route, run with, run with ball, ship, speed, transmit, walk through |
| Antonyms: | hold, hold back, keep, prohibit, retain |
| Main Entry: | distill |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make pure; draw out something |
| Synonyms: | boil down, brew, clarify, concentrate, condense, cook, cut, cut down, cut to the bone, dribble, drip, drop, evaporate, express, extract, ferment, get to the meat, infuse, precipitate, press, press out, purify, rarefy, rectify, refine, squeeze out, steam, sublimate, trickle, trim, vaporize, volatilize |
| Antonyms: | dirty, pollute |
| Main Entry: | distinct |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | apparent, obvious |
| Synonyms: | audible, categorical, clean-cut, clear, clear-cut, decided, definite, enunciated, evident, explicit, express, incisive, lucid, manifest, marked, noticeable, palatable, patent, perspicuous, plain, prescribed, recognizable, sharp, sharp-cut, specific, transparent, trenchant, unambiguous, unequivocal, unmistakable, well-defined |
| Notes: | distinct means something stands out - while distinctive implies that an attribute or quality make something recognizable or distinguishable |
| Antonyms: | ambiguous, fuzzy, hazy, indistinct, obscure, undefined, vague |
| Main Entry: | draw |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | create a likeness in a picture |
| Synonyms: | caricature, chart, compose, crayon, delineate, depict, describe, design, draft, engrave, etch, express, form, formulate, frame, graph, limn, map out, mark, model, outline, paint, pencil, portray, prepare, profile, sketch, trace, write |
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