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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | property held |
| Synonyms: | acreage, acres, assets, belongings, buildings, capital, chattels, claim, dominion, effects, equity, estate, farm, freehold, goods*, holdings, home, house, inheritance, land, means, ownership, plot, possession, possessorship, premises, property, proprietar |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | hold |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | believe |
| Synonyms: | assume, aver, bet bottom dollar, buy*, consider, credit, cross one's heart, deem, entertain, esteem, feel, have hunch, have sneaking suspicion, judge, lap up, lay money on, maintain, okay, presume, reckon, regard, sense, set store by, swear by, swear up and down, take as gospel truth, take stock in, think, view |
| Antonyms: | abandon, disbelieve, forsake |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | hold |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | continue, endure |
| Synonyms: | apply, be in effect, be in force, be the case, be valid, exist, have bearing, hold good, hold true, last, operate, persevere, persist, remain, remain true, resist, stand up, stay, stay staunch, wear |
| Antonyms: | cease, desert, halt, quit, stop |
| Main Entry: | hold |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | support |
| Synonyms: | bear, bolster, brace, buttress, carry, lock, prop, shore up, shoulder, stay, sustain, take, underpin, uphold |
| Main Entry: | hold |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | have a capacity for |
| Synonyms: | accommodate, be equipped for, carry, comprise, contain, include, seat, take |
| Main Entry: | hold |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | conduct meeting, function |
| Synonyms: | assemble, call, carry on, celebrate, convene, have, officiate, preside, run, solemnize |
| Antonyms: | cancel |
| Main Entry: | holdings |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | property |
| Synonyms: | assets, capital, estate, land, stocks |
| Main Entry: | absorption |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | total attention toward something |
| Synonyms: | captivation, concentration, engagement, engrossment, enthrallment, fascination, hang-up, holding, immersion, intentness, involvement, occupation, preoccupation, raptness |
| Antonyms: | boredom, distraction |
| Main Entry: | acreage |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | land |
| Synonyms: | back forty, expanse, holding, parcel, plot, property, real estate |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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