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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bow, loop |
| Synonyms: | bond, braid, bunch, coil, connection, contortion, entanglement, gnarl, helix, hitch, joint, kink, ligament, ligature, link, mat, nexus, perplexity, rosette, screw, snag, snarl, spiral, splice, tangle, tie, twirl, twist, vinculum, warp, whirl, whorl, yoke |
| Notes: | a nautical mile is also a geological mile or admiralty mile; a knot is the unit for measuring nautical miles |
| Antonyms: | line |
| Main Entry: | knot |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | weave, complicate |
| Synonyms: | bind, cord, entangle, knit, loop, secure, tat, tether, tie |
| Notes: | a nautical mile is also a geological mile or admiralty mile; a knot is the unit for measuring nautical miles |
| Antonyms: | unknot |
| Main Entry: | bunch |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | collection of something |
| Synonyms: | agglomeration, assemblage, assortment, band, batch, bevy, blob, bouquet, bundle, caboodle, chunk, clump, cluster, covey, crew, crowd, fascicle, flock, galaxy, gang, gathering, group, heap, host, hunk, knot, lot, mass, mess, mob, multitude, number, oodles*, pack, parcel, party, passel, pile, quantity, sheaf, shebang, shock, shooting match, spray, stack, swarm, team, thicket, troop, tuft |
| Antonyms: | individual, one |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | clump |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mass of something |
| Synonyms: | array, batch, blob, body, bunch, bundle, chunk, cluster, clutter, gob, group, hodgepodge, hunk, jumble, knot, lot, lump, nugget, parcel, set, shock, wad |
| Main Entry: | cluster |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | group of something |
| Synonyms: | array, assemblage, band, batch, bevy, blob, body, bunch, bundle, chunk, clump, clutch, collection, covey, crew, gathering, hunk, knot, lot, pack, party, set |
| Antonyms: | individual, one |
| Main Entry: | contort |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | disfigure, distort |
| Synonyms: | bend, convolute, curve, deform, gnarl, knot, misshape, torture, twist, warp, wind, wrench, writhe |
| Antonyms: | beautify, smooth |
| Main Entry: | corner |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | predicament |
| Synonyms: | box, difficulty, dilemma, distress, fix, hole, impasse, impediment, jam, knot, pickle, plight, scrape, tight spot |
| Main Entry: | defect |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | blemish, imperfection |
| Synonyms: | birthmark, blot, blotch, break, bug, catch, check, crack, deficiency, deformity, discoloration, drawback, error, failing, fault, flaw, foible, frailty, gap, glitch, gremlin, hole, infirmity, injury, irregularity, kink, knot, lack, mark, marring, mistake, patch, rift, rough spot, scar, scarcity, scratch, seam, second, shortage, shortcoming, sin, speck, spot, stain, taint, unsoundness, vice, want, weak point, weakness |
| Antonyms: | advantage, improvement, perfection, strength |
| Main Entry: | deform |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | distort, disfigure |
| Synonyms: | batter, blemish, buckle, contort, cripple, damage, deface, flaw, gnarl, grimace, impair, injure, knot, maim, malform, mangle, mar, misshape, mutilate, ruin, skew, spoil, twist, warp, wince |
| Antonyms: | beautify, improve |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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