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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | component of concoction |
| Synonyms: | additive, constituent, element, factor, fixing, fundamental, innards, integral, integrant, making, part, part and parcel, piece |
| Antonyms: | whole |
| Main Entry: | constituent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | component, part |
| Synonyms: | basic, combining, composing, constituting, division, elemental, essential, factor, forming, fraction, fundamental, ingredient, integral, portion |
| Antonyms: | whole |
| Main Entry: | constituent |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | element |
| Synonyms: | board, component, division, essential, factor, fixins, fraction, ingredient, makings, part, part and parcel, plug-in, portion, principle, unit |
| Antonyms: | whole |
| Main Entry: | element |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | essential feature |
| Synonyms: | aspect, basic, basis, bit, component, constituent, detail, drop, facet, factor, fundamental, hint, ingredient, item, material, matter, member, part, particle, particular, piece, portion, principle, root, section, stem, subdivision, trace, unit, view |
| Main Entry: | factor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | determinant |
| Synonyms: | agency, agent, aid, antecedent, aspect, board, cause, circumstance, component, consideration, constituent, element, fixin's, influence, ingredient, instrument, instrumentality, item, makin's, means, part, part and parcel, point, portion, thing |
| Main Entry: | feature |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | characteristic |
| Synonyms: | affection, angle, article, aspect, attribute, character, component, constituent, detail, differential, earmark*, element, facet, factor, gag, gimmick, hallmark, idiosyncrasy, individuality, ingredient, integrant, item, mark, notability, particularity, peculiarity, point, property, quality, savor, slant*, speciality, specialty, trait, twist*, unit, virtue |
| Notes: | the opener comes first in a three-comic show, followed by the feature, followed by the headliner |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | material |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | matter, fabric |
| Synonyms: | being, body, bolt, cloth, component, constituent, crop, element, entity, equipment, gear, goods, habiliments, individual, ingredient, machinery, materiel, object, outfit, paraphernalia, staple, stock, stuff, substance, supply, tackle, textile, thing |
| Notes: | germane and relevant indicate pertinence to a matter, but may not be essential; material means pertinent and necessary material is based on Latin materialis 'formed of matter'; materiel means 'personnel' or 'military arms or equipment' |
| Main Entry: | part |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | piece, portion of something |
| Synonyms: | allotment, any, apportionment, articulation, atom, bit, bite, branch, chip, chunk, component, constituent, cut, department, detail, division, element, extra, factor, fraction, fragment, helping, hunk, ingredient, installment, item, limb, lot, lump, measure, meed, member, module, moiety, molecule, organ, parcel, particle, partition, piece, quantum, quota, ration, scrap, section, sector, segment, share, side, slab, slice, sliver, splinter, subdivision, unit |
| Notes: | a part is any of the components of a whole; a portion is a part allotted to or regarded as belonging to someone; a piece is a part separated from the whole; a division is a part formed by classifying, cutting, partitioning - and so is a section, though it is generally smaller; a segment is a part separated along natural lines of division; a fragment is a small part, usually broken off |
| Antonyms: | whole |
| Main Entry: | unit |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | part |
| Synonyms: | arm, block, component, constituent, detachment, detail, digit, element, factor, feature, fraction, ingredient, integer, item, joint, layer, length, link, member, module, piece, portion, section, segment, square, wing |
| Antonyms: | whole |
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