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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bonanza |
| Synonyms: | find, kitty, pool, pot, prize, reward, stakes, winnings |
| Main Entry: | combat |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | battle |
| Synonyms: | action, affray, battle royal, brush, brush-off, conflict, contest, encounter, engagement, fight, flap, fray, jackpot, mix-up, run-in, service, shoot-out, skirmish, struggle, war, warfare |
| Antonyms: | accord, compromise, peace, retreat, surrender, truce |
| Main Entry: | pool |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | supply of money, goods |
| Synonyms: | bank, combine, conglomerate, equipment, funds, group, jackpot, kitty, pot, provisions, stakes |
| Notes: | billiards is from French billard 'cue' or 'bent stick' or 'stick to push balls'; billiards is the general name though Americans mainly play pool or pocket billiards - with eight ball and snooker being forms of pool |
| Antonyms: | lack, want |
| Main Entry: | prize |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | award, winnings |
| Synonyms: | accolade, acquirement, acquisition, advantage, blue ribbon, bonus, bounty, cake*, capture, carrot, championship, citation, crown, decoration, dividend, feather in cap, first place, gold star, gold*, gravy, guerdon, haul, honor, inducement, jackpot, laurel, loot*, medal, meed, payoff, pickings, pillage, plum, plunder*, possession, premium, privilege, purse, recompense, requital, reward, scholarship, spoil, spoils, stakes, strokes, swag*, title, trophy, windfall |
| Antonyms: | blame, punishment |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | total |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | whole |
| Synonyms: | aggregate, all, amount, body, budget, bulk, entirety, flat out, full amount, gross, jackpot, mass, quantity, quantum, result, sum, sum total, tale, the works, totality |
| Antonyms: | part |
| Main Entry: | whole |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | total made up of parts |
| Synonyms: | aggregate, aggregation, all, amount, assemblage, assembly, being, big picture, body, bulk, coherence, collectivity, combination, complex, ensemble, entirety, entity, everything, fullness, gross, hook line and sinker, integral, jackpot, linkage, lock stock and barrel, lot, lump, oneness, organism, organization, piece, quantity, quantum, result, sum, sum total, summation, supply, system, the works, totality, unit, unity, whole ball of wax, whole enchilada, whole nine yards, whole shebang |
| Notes: | a hole is an opening or cavity into or through something, while whole means complete, not divided a whole comprises its parts, consists of its parts, and is composed of its parts; parts constitute a whole |
| Antonyms: | part |
| Main Entry: | lucky break |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | stroke of good fortune |
| Synonyms: | blessing, bonanza, break, fluke, good break, jackpot, luck of the Irish, luck of the draw, lucky strike, mere luck, stroke of luck |
| Main Entry: | prize money |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | winnable money |
| Synonyms: | cash prize, door prize, jackpot, reward |
| Main Entry: | sum total |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | total |
| Synonyms: | aggregate, all, amount, body, budget, bulk, entirety, flat out, full amount, gross*, jackpot, mass, quantity, quantum, result, sum, summation, tale, the works, totality |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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