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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be contingent on |
| Synonyms: | be subject to, be undecided, depend, hang, pend, pivot, rest, revolve around, stand on, turn, turn on |
| Main Entry: | levitate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | rise into the air |
| Synonyms: | be suspended, defy gravity, drift, float, fly, hang, hover, rise, soar |
| Main Entry: | loll |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | lay sprawled |
| Synonyms: | bum, dangle, dawdle, droop, drop, flap, flop, goof off, hang, hang loose, idle, laze, lean, loaf, loiter, lounge, recline, relax, rest, sag, slouch, slump, sprawl |
| Antonyms: | sit up straight |
| Main Entry: | murder |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | kill |
| Synonyms: | abolish, asphyxiate, assassinate, behead, blot out, bump off, butcher, chill*, cool*, decapitate, defeat, destroy, dispatch, do in, drub, dust off, electrocute, eliminate, eradicate, execute, exterminate, extinguish, finish, garotte, guillotine, hang, hit*, knife, knock off, liquidate, lynch, mangle, mar, massacre, misuse, off*, put away, rub out, ruin, shoot, slaughter, slay, smother, snuff, spoil, strangle, take a life, take for a ride, take out*, thrash*, waste* |
| Notes: | the general term for the killing of a person by another is homicide; murder is either the intentional killing or malicious killing of another; manslaughter is the unintentional, accidental killing of another through carelessness |
| Antonyms: | guard, preserve, protect, save |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | occupation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | profession, business |
| Synonyms: | activity, affair, calling, chosen work, craft, daily grind, day gig, do, dodge*, employment, game*, grindstone, hang*, job, lick*, line, line of work, moonlight, métier, nine-to-five, play*, post, pursuit, racket, rat race, slot, thing*, trade, vocation, walk of life, what one is into, work |
| Antonyms: | entertainment, fun, hobby, pastime |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | paper |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | line with material |
| Synonyms: | cover, hang, paste up, plaster, wallpaper |
| Antonyms: | peal, strip, unline |
| Main Entry: | pivot |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | revolve around center point |
| Synonyms: | be contingent, depend, hang, hinge, rely, rotate, sheer, spin, swivel, turn, twirl, veer, volte-face, wheel, whip, whirl |
| Main Entry: | poise |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | balance, suspend |
| Synonyms: | ballast, be ready, brood, float, hang, hold, hover, position, stabilize, stand, steady, support, wait |
| Antonyms: | drop, fall |
| Main Entry: | pursuit |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | occupation, interest of person |
| Synonyms: | accomplishing, accomplishment, activity, biz, business, calling, career, do*, employment, game*, go*, hang*, hobby, job, line*, occupation, pastime, pleasure, racket, thing*, undertaking, venture, vocation, work |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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