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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | at hand, on the way |
| Synonyms: | about to happen, approaching, brewing, close, coming, expectant, fast-approaching, following, forthcoming, gathering, handwriting-on-the-wall, immediate, impending, in store, in the air, in the cards, in the offing, in the wind, in view, ineluctable, inescapable, inevasible, inevitable, likely, looming, menacing, near, nearing, next, nigh, on its way, on the horizon, on the verge, overhanging, possible, probable, see it coming, threatening, to come, unavoidable, unescapable |
| Notes: | if you mean 'famous' or 'superior,' you want eminent; if you mean 'impending, about to happen' that is imminent; and if you mean 'present, inherent,' your word is immanent imminent is 'about to happen' and immanent is 'inherent' or 'pervading the material world' |
| Antonyms: | distant, doubtful, far, future, later |
| Main Entry: | intimate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | friendly, devoted |
| Synonyms: | affectionate, bosom, buddy-buddy, cherished, chummy, close, clubby, comfy, confidential, cozy, dear, dearest, faithful, fast, fond, loving, mellow, mix, near, nearest, next, nice, regular, roommate, snug, warm |
| Antonyms: | cool, formal, incompatible, unfriendly |
| Main Entry: | left |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | on west side when facing north |
| Synonyms: | hard to left, larboard, near, nigh side, port, portside, sinister, sinistral, south |
| Antonyms: | right |
| Main Entry: | like |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | similar |
| Synonyms: | according to, agnate, akin, alike, allied, allying, analogous, approximating, approximative, close, coextensive, cognate, commensurate, comparable, compatible, conforming, congeneric, congenerous, consistent, consonant, corresponding, double, equal, equaling, equivalent, homologous, identical, in the manner of, jibing, matching, much the same, near, not far from, not unlike, on the order of, parallel, related, relating, resembling, same, selfsame, such, twin, undifferentiated, uniform |
| Notes: | use 'like' when no verb follows; use 'as' when a clause follows (which has a subject and a verb) |
| Antonyms: | different, dissimilar, unlike |
| Main Entry: | narrow |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | confined, restricted |
| Synonyms: | attenuated, circumscribed, close, compressed, confining, constricted, contracted, cramped, definite, determinate, exclusive, exiguous, fine, fixed, incapacious, limited, linear, meager, near, paltry, pent, pinched, precarious, precise, scant, scanty, select, set, shrunken, slender, slim, small, spare, strait, taper, tapered, tapering, thin, threadlike, tight |
| Antonyms: | broad, generous, liberal, unconfined, unrestricted, wide |
| Main Entry: | nearby |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | within reach |
| Synonyms: | about, at close quarters, close, close at hand, hard, near, near-at-hand, nigh, not far away |
| Antonyms: | far, faraway |
| Main Entry: | on |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | in contact; ahead of |
| Synonyms: | about, above, adjacent, against, approaching, at, beside, close to, covering, forth, forward, held, leaning on, near, next, on top of, onward, over, resting on, situated on, supported, touching, toward, upon, with |
| Antonyms: | off |
| Main Entry: | present |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | nearby, here |
| Synonyms: | accounted for, at hand, attendant, available, existent, in attendance, in view, made the scene, near, on board, on deck, on hand, on-the-spot, ready, show up, there, there with bells on, within reach |
| Antonyms: | absent, away, distant, far |
| Main Entry: | quasi |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | almost; to a certain extent |
| Synonyms: | apparent, apparently, fake, mock, near, nominal, partly, pretended, pseudo-, seeming, seemingly, semi-, sham*, so-called, supposedly, synthetic, virtual, would-be |
| Notes: | pseudo is a prefix meaning 'counterfeit, deceptive, false' and it requires a hyphen when joined to a proper noun; quasi is a prefix meaning 'resembling' or 'in some manner' and it is usually hyphenated to a noun |
| Antonyms: | entire, total, whole |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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