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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | evil spirit |
| Synonyms: | demon, devil, fiend, goblin, hobgoblin, nightmare, succuba, succubus |
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| Main Entry: | demon |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | evil, devilish being or influence |
| Synonyms: | Satan, archfiend, beast, brute, fiend, goblin, hellion, imp, incubus, little devil, malignant spirit, monster, rascal, rogue, succubus, vampire, villain |
| Antonyms: | angel, god |
| Main Entry: | dream |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | illusion, vision |
| Synonyms: | bubble*, castle in the air, chimera, daydream, delusion, fancy, fantasy, hallucination, head trip, idea, image, imagination, impression, incubus, mental picture, nightmare, pie in the sky, pipe dream, rainbow, reverie, specter, speculation, thought, trance, vagary, wraith |
| Antonyms: | actuality, certainty, existence, fact, reality, substance, truth |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | load |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | burden, pressure |
| Synonyms: | affliction, albatross, care, charge, cumber, deadweight, drag, drain, duty, encumbrance, excess baggage, incubus, liability, millstone, obligation, onus, oppression, responsibility, task, tax, trouble, trust, weight, worry |
| Antonyms: | benefit, blessing |
| Main Entry: | nightmare |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bad dream or experience |
| Synonyms: | dream, fancy, fantasy, hallucination, horror, illusion, incubus, ordeal, phantasm, succubus, torment, trial, tribulation, vision |
| Antonyms: | daymare |
| Main Entry: | onus |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | burden |
| Synonyms: | bar sinister, black eye, blame, blot, blur, brand, charge, culpability, deadweight, duty, encumbrance, fault, guilt, incubus, liability, load, millstone, obligation, odium, oppression, responsibility, slur, spot, stain, stigma, task, tax, weight |
| Antonyms: | aid, benefit, blessing, help |
| Main Entry: | responsibility |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | accountability, blame |
| Synonyms: | albatross, amenability, answerability, authority, boundness, burden, care, charge, constraint, contract, culpability, duty, encumbrance, engagement, fault, guilt, holding the bag, importance, incubus, incumbency, liability, obligation, obligatoriness, onus, pledge, power, rap, restraint, subjection, trust |
| Antonyms: | exemption, freedom, immunity, irresponsibility |
| Main Entry: | phantasma |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | dream |
| Synonyms: | bubble*, castle in the air, chimera, daydream, delusion, fancy, fantasy, fiction, figment, hallucination, head trip, idea, illusion, image, imagination, impression, incubus, mental picture, nightmare, phantasm, pie in the sky, pipe dream, rainbow*, reverie, specter, speculation, thought, trance, vagary, vision, wraith |
* = informal/non-formal usage
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| Concept: | Care. [Vigilance.] |
| Synonyms: |
-nouns
care, solicitude, heed; heedfulness; scruple (conscientiousness)., watchfulness; vigilance, surveillance, eyes of Argus, watch, vigil, look out, watch and ward, loeil du maitre., alertness (activity); attention; prudence, circumspection (caution); anxiety; forethought; precaution (preparation); tidiness (order), (cleanliness) [more]; accuracy (exactness); minuteness, attention to detail.
-verbs
be careful; reck; take care (be cautious); pay attention to; take care of; look to, look after, see to, see after; keep an eye on, keep a sharp eye on; chaperon, matronize, play gooseberry; keep watch, keep watch and ward; mount guard, set watch, watch; keep in sight, keep in view; mind, mind on'e business., look sharp, look about one; look with one's own eyes; keep a good lookout, keep a sharp lookout; have all one's wits about one, have all one's eyes about one; watch for (expect); keep one's eyes open, have the eyes open, sleep with one's eye open.
-adjectives
careful, regardful, heedful; taking care; particular; prudent (cautious); considerate; thoughtful (deliberative); provident (prepared); alert (active); sure-footed., guarded, on one's guard; on the qui vivre, on the alert, on watch, on the lookout; awake, broad awake, vigilant; watchful, wakeful, wistful; Argus-eyed; wide awake (intelligent); on the watch for (expectant)., tidy (orderly), (clean) [more]; accurate (exact); scrupulous (conscientious); cavendo tutus (safe).
-adverbs
carefully; with care, gingerly.
-phrases
quis custodiet istos custodes? "care will kill a cat" [Wither]; ni bebas aqua que no veas; "O polished perturbation! Golden care!" [Henry IV]; "the
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| Antonyms: | neglect |
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