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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pennant, symbol |
| Synonyms: | banderole, banner, bannerol, burgee, colors, emblem, ensign, gonfalon, jack, pennon, standard, streamer |
| Main Entry: | flag |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | signal |
| Synonyms: | gesture, give a sign to, hail, indicate, motion, salute, warn, wave |
| Main Entry: | accost |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | approach for conversation or solicitation |
| Synonyms: | address, annoy, bother, brace*, buttonhole, call, challenge, confront, cross, dare, entice, face, flag, greet, hail, proposition, run into, salute, welcome, whistle for |
| Antonyms: | avoid, dodge, evade, ignore, scorn, shun |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Example Sentences
- After trying to buy the nation's oldest flag company, an executive with wide experience ended up running.
- It is a big red flag if the advisor does not send a letter.
- Don't count on them to conjure up remedies if the rich economies flag.
| Main Entry: | alert |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | warn |
| Synonyms: | alarm, flag, forewarn, give the high sign, inform, notify, put on guard, signal, tip, tip off, wave flag |
| Main Entry: | caution |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | warn, advise |
| Synonyms: | admonish, alert, exhort, flag, forewarn, give the high sign, give the lowdown on, pull one's coat, put one wise, tip off, tip*, urge, wave a red flag, wise one up |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | collapse |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fall apart, break down |
| Synonyms: | belly up, bend, break, cave in, conk out, crack up, crumple, deflate, disintegrate, droop, drop, exhaust, fail, faint, fall down, flag, flake out, fold, founder, give, give in, give out, give way, go to pieces, go*, keel over, languish, shatter, subside, succumb, tire, topple, weaken, weary, wilt, yield |
| Antonyms: | build, increase, rise |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | decline |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | lessen, become less |
| Synonyms: | abate, backslide, cheapen, decay, decrease, degenerate, depreciate, deteriorate, diminish, disimprove, disintegrate, droop, drop, dwindle, ebb, fade, fail, fall, fall off, flag, go downhill, go to pot, go to the dogs, hit the skids, languish, lapse, lose value, lower, pine, recede, relapse, retrograde, return, revert, rot, sag, settle, shrink, sink, slide, subside, wane, weaken, worsen |
| Notes: | one declines (or accepts) something that is offered; one refuses (or agrees) to accept something offered |
| Antonyms: | improve, increase, rise |
| Main Entry: | denomination |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | name |
| Synonyms: | appellation, appellative, brand, cognomen, compellation, designation, flag, handle, identification, label, moniker, nomen, slot, style, surname, tab, tag, term, title |
| Main Entry: | deteriorate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | decay, degenerate |
| Synonyms: | adulterate, alloy, be worse for wear, become worse, break, corrode, corrupt, crumble, debase, debilitate, decline, decompose, degrade, deprave, depreciate, descend, disimprove, disintegrate, ebb, fade, fail, fall apart, flag, go downhill, go to pieces, go to pot, go to the dogs, hit the skids, impair, injure, languish, lapse, lessen, lose it, lose quality, lower, mar, pervert, regress, retrograde, retrogress, rot, sink, skid, slide, spoil, undermine, vitiate, weaken, wear away, worsen |
| Antonyms: | build, construct, develop, get better, improve |
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