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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | exact, specific |
| Synonyms: | accurate, appropriate, blow-by-blow, circumstantial, clocklike, detailed, distinct, especial, express, full, individual, intrinsic, itemized, limited, local, meticulous, minute, painstaking, particularized, peculiar, precise, scrupulous, selective, singular, special, thorough, topical |
| Antonyms: | general, imprecise, indefinite, inexact |
| Main Entry: | person |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | human being |
| Synonyms: | being, body, character, creature, customer, gal, guy, human, identity, individual, individuality, joker*, life, living soul, man, mortal, party, personage, personality, self, somebody, soul, specimen, spirit, unit*, woman |
| Antonyms: | animal, plant |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | personage/personality |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | celebrity, notable |
| Synonyms: | VIP, big shot, bigwig, brass, celeb, chief, cynosure, dignitary, distinguished person, eminence, face*, hot shot, individual, luminary, monster*, name*, public figure, somebody, star, superstar, top dog, worthy |
| Antonyms: | lowlife |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | precise |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | exact, accurate |
| Synonyms: | absolute, actual, categorical, circumscribed, clear-cut, correct, decisive, definite, determinate, explicit, express, fixed, individual, limited, literal, narrow, nice, on the button, on the money, on the nose, particular, proper, restricted, right, rigid, rigorous, specific, strict, stringent, unequivocal, very, well-defined |
| Antonyms: | ambiguous, false, imprecise, inaccurate, inexact, questionable |
| Main Entry: | private |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | personal, intimate |
| Synonyms: | behind the scenes, clandestine, close to one's chest, closet, confidential, discreet, exclusive, hush-hush, hushed, independent, individual, inside, nonpublic, not open, off the record, own, particular, privy*, reserved, secret, separate, special, under one's hat, unofficial |
| Antonyms: | open, public, sociable |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | respective |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | particular, specific |
| Synonyms: | corresponding, each, individual, own, personal, relevant, separate, several, singular, various |
| Antonyms: | indefinite |
| Main Entry: | sample |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | example, model |
| Synonyms: | bit, bite, case, case history, constituent, cross section, element, exemplification, fragment, illustration, indication, individual, instance, morsel, part, pattern, piece, portion, representative, sampling, segment, sign, specimen, typification, unit |
| Main Entry: | self-sufficient |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | able to take care of oneself |
| Synonyms: | arrogant, closed, competent, conceited, confident, doing one's own thing, efficient, egotistic, haughty, independent, individual, on one's own, out for number one, self-confident, self-dependent, self-sufficing, self-supported, self-supporting, self-sustained, self-sustaining, smug, unit |
| Antonyms: | incapable, needy, unable |
| Main Entry: | several |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | assorted, various |
| Synonyms: | a few, a lot, any, certain, considerable, definite, different, disparate, distinct, divers, diverse, handful, hardly any, indefinite, individual, infrequent, manifold, many, not many, numerous, only a few, particular, personal, plural, proportionate, quite a few, rare, respective, scant, scanty, scarce, scarcely any, separate, single, small number, some, sparse, special, specific, sundry |
| Notes: | many means being one of a large indefinite number; several means of an indefinite number more than 2 or 3 but not many |
| Antonyms: | individual, none, one, single |
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