Nearby Words
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | an understanding |
| Synonyms: | adjustment, agreement, compact, compromise, deal, frame-up, game plan, layout*, organization, package deal, package*, plan, preparation, provision, schedule, settlement, setup, terms |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | display |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | public showing; spectacle |
| Synonyms: | act, affectation, arrangement, array, arrayal, blaze, bravura, dash, demonstration, example, exhibit, exhibition, expo, exposition, exposure, fanfare, flourish, for show, frame-up, frippery, front, grandstand play, layout, manifestation, ostentation, ostentatiousness, pageant, panorama, parade, pedantry, pomp, presentation, pretension, pretentiousness, revelation, sample, scheme, shine, showboat, splash, splendor, splurge, spread, unfolding, vanity |
| Antonyms: | hiding |
| Main Entry: | intrigue |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | scheme |
| Synonyms: | artifice, cabal, chicanery, collusion, complication, conspiracy, contrivance, deal, design, dodge, double-dealing, fix, frame-up, fraud, game, graft, hookup, little game, machination, maneuver, manipulation, plan, plot, ruse, stratagem, trickery, wile |
| Main Entry: | plot |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | plan, scheme |
| Synonyms: | artifice, booby trap, cabal, collusion, complicity, connivance, conniving, conspiracy, contrivance, covin, design, device, fix, frame, frame-up, game, intrigue, little game, machination, maneuver, practice, ruse, scam, setup, stratagem, trick |
| Main Entry: | scheme |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | plot, maneuver to get result |
| Synonyms: | action, angle*, brainchild, cabal, conspiracy, covin, dodge*, frame-up, game, game plan, gimmick, hookup, hustle, hype*, intrigue, layout, machination, picture*, pitch, ploy, practice, proposition, put-up job, ruse, scenario, scene, setup, shift*, story, stratagem, subterfuge, tactics, trick*, twist* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | swindle |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | cheating, stealing |
| Synonyms: | blackmail, cheat, con, crooked deal, deceit, deception, dirty pool, double cross, double-dealing, extortion, fake, fast one, fast shuffle, frame-up, fraud, hoax, hustle, imposition, imposture, knavery, racket, rip-off, scam, sell, shady deal, shakedown, sham, sharp practice, shell game, sting, trick, trickery |
| Antonyms: | benevolence, donation, gift |
| Main Entry: | panoply |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | display |
| Synonyms: | act, affectation, arrangement, array, arrayal, blaze, bravura, dash, demonstration, example, exhibit, exhibition, expo, exposition, exposure, fanfare, flourish, for show, frame-up, frippery, front, grandstand play, layout, manifestation, ostentation, ostentatiousness, pageant, panorama, parade, pedantry, pomp, presentation, pretension, pretentiousness, revelation, sample, scheme, shine*, show, showboat, spectacle, splash*, splendor, splurge, spread, unfolding, vanity |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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| Concept: | [Reduction to Order] Arrangement. |
| Category: | 1. ORDER |
| Synonyms: |
-nouns
arrangement; plan; preparation; disposal, disposition; collocation, allocation; distribution; sorting; assortment, allotment, apportionment, taxis, taxonomy, syntaxis, graduation, organization; grouping; tabulation., analysis, classification, clustering, division, digestion., [Result of arrangement] digest; synopsis (compendium); syntagma, table, atlas; file, database; register (record); organism, architecture., [Instrument for sorting] sieve, riddle, screen, sorter.
-verbs
reduce to order, bring into order; introduce order into; rally., arrange, dispose, place, form; put in order, set in order, place in order; set out, collocate, pack, marshal, range, size, rank, group, parcel out, allot, distribute, deal; cast the parts, assign the parts; dispose of, assign places to; assort, sort; sift, riddle; put to rights, set to rights, put into shape, put in trim, put in array; apportion., class, classify; divide; file, string together, thread; register (record); catalogue, tabulate, index, graduate, digest, grade., methodize, regulate, systematize, coordinate, organize, settle, fix., unravel, disentangle, ravel, card; disembroil; feaze.
-adjectives
arranged; embattled, in battle array; cut and dried; methodical, orderly, regular, systematic.
-phrases
"In vast cumbrous array" [Churchill]
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| Antonyms: | derangement |
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