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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | edge, brink |
| Synonyms: | border, brim, chops, flange, flare, labium, labrum, margin, nozzle, overlap, portal, projection, rim, spout |
| Antonyms: | inside, interior, middle |
| Main Entry: | answer |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | reply; reaction |
| Synonyms: | acknowledgment, antiphon, back talk, backcap, band-aid, close, comeback, comment, cooler, counterclaim, crack, defense, disclosure, echo, elucidation, explanation, feedback, guff, interpretation, justification, key, lip, observation, parting shot, pay dirt, plea, quick fix, rebuttal, refutation, rejoinder, remark, repartee, report, resolution, response, result, retort, return, rhetorical question, riposte, sign, solution, statement, thank-you note, the ticket, topper, vindication, wisecrack |
| Notes: | an answer is something said, written, or done in return; a reply is an answer that satisfies a detail in a question |
| Antonyms: | question |
| Main Entry: | attorney |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | lawyer |
| Synonyms: | DA, advocate, ambulance chaser, barrister, counsel, counselor, fixer, front, legal beagle, legal eagle, lip, mouthpiece, pleader, proxy, spieler |
| Main Entry: | back talk |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | rude answer |
| Synonyms: | back answer, backchat, cheek, comeback, guff, insolence, insult, lip, mouth, nasty reply, rejoinder, retort, return, riposte, sass, sauce, short answer, uptake |
| Main Entry: | border |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | outermost edge, margin |
| Synonyms: | bound, boundary, bounds, brim, brink, circumference, confine, end, extremity, fringe, hem, limit, line, lip, outskirt, perimeter, periphery, rim, selvage, skirt, trim, trimming, verge |
| Notes: | a boarder is a tenant in someone's house while a border is a line that indicates a boundary |
| Antonyms: | center, inside, interior, middle |
| Main Entry: | brim |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | edge of object, usually the top |
| Synonyms: | border, brink, circumference, fringe, hem, lip, margin, perimeter, periphery, rim, skirt, verge |
| Antonyms: | center, interior, middle |
| Main Entry: | brink |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | edge of an object or area |
| Synonyms: | border, boundary, brim, fringe, frontier, limit, lip, margin, perimeter, periphery, point, rim, skirt, threshold, verge |
| Antonyms: | center, interior, middle |
| Main Entry: | cheek |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | audacity, boldness |
| Synonyms: | brashness, brass, brazenness, chutzpah*, confidence, disrespect, effrontery, gall, impertinence, impudence, insolence, lip, nerve*, presumption, rudeness, sauce, temerity |
| Antonyms: | humbleness, meekness, timidity |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | circumference |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | edge, perimeter |
| Synonyms: | ambit, border, boundary, bounds, circuit, compass, confines, extremity, fringe, girth, limits, lip, margin, outline, periphery, rim, verge |
| Antonyms: | inside, interior, middle |
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