nodule [noj-ool]
Main Entry:
blemish [blem-ish]
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: flaw
Synonyms: beauty spot, birthmark, blackhead, blister, bloom*, blot, blot on the landscape, blotch, blur, brand, bruise, bug*, catch, chip, cicatrix, defacement, defect, deformity, dent, discoloration, disfigurement, disgrace, dishonor, eyesore, fault, freckle, hickey, imperfection, impurity, lentigo, lump, macula, maculation, mark, mole, nevus, nodule, patch, pimple, pock, pockmark, scar, second, sight, smudge, snag, speck, speckle, spot, stain, stigma, taint, tarnish, vice, wart, whitehead, zit
Antonyms: adornment, decoration, embellishment, ornament
Main Entry: bulge
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: swollen object
Synonyms: appendage, bagginess, blob, bump, bunch, bunching, convexity, dilation, distention, excess, excrescence, gibbosity, growth, hump, intumescence, jut, lump, nodulation, nodule, outgrowth, outthrust, projection, prominence, promontory, protrusion, protuberance, sac, sagging, salience, salient, superfluity, swelling, tuberosity, tumefaction, tumor, wart
Antonyms: depression
Main Entry: node/nodule
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: knot, growth
Synonyms: bud, bulge, bump, burl, clot, knob, lump, protuberance, swelling, tumor
Main Entry: swelling
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: physical growth; lump
Synonyms: abscess, blister, boil, bruise, bulge, bump, bunion, carbuncle, contusion, corn, dilation, distention, enlargement, hump, increase, inflammation, injury, knob, knurl, node, nodule, pimple, pock, protuberance, puff, puffiness, pustule, ridge, sore, tumescence, tumor, wale, wart, weal, welt
Antonyms: depression
Main Entry: node
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: bud
Synonyms: bulge, bump, burl, clot, growth, knob, knot, lump, nodule, protuberance, swelling
Concept Thesaurus
Concept: Blemish.
Category: 2. Discriminative Affections
Synonyms:
-nouns
blemish, disfigurement, deformity; adactylism; flaw, defect (imperfection) ; injury (deterioration); spots on the sun; eyesore., stain, blot; spot, spottiness; speck, speckle, blur., tarnish, smudge; dirt., freckle, mole, macula, patch, blotch, birthmark; blobber lip, blubber lip; blain, maculation; scar, wem; pustule; whelk; excrescence, pimple (proturberance).
-verbs
disfigure (injure); speckle.
-adjectives
pitted, freckled, discolored; imperfect; blobber-lipped, bloodshot; injured (deteriorated).
Antonyms: ornament
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