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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | change, novelty |
| Synonyms: | addition, alteration, contraption, cutting edge*, departure, deviation, introduction, last word, latest thing, leading edge, modernism, modernization, modification, mutation, newness, notion, permutation, shift, variation, vicissitude, wrinkle |
| Antonyms: | custom, habit, old, old hat, rut, tradition |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | intent/intention |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | aim, purpose |
| Synonyms: | acceptation, animus, bottom line, conation, design, desire, drift, end, goal, heart, hope, idea, import, intendment, meaning, meat*, name of the game, nature, notion, nub, nuts and bolts, object, objective, plan, point, project, purport, scheme, score, sense, significance, significancy, signification, target, understanding, volition, will, wish |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | intimation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | clue, hint |
| Synonyms: | allusion, announcement, breath, communication, cue, declaration, implication, indication, inkling, innuendo, insinuation, notice, notion, reminder, shade, shadow, strain, streak, suggestion, suspicion, telltale, tinge, tip, trace, warning, wind |
| Main Entry: | ken |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | perception |
| Synonyms: | acumen, apprehending, apprehension, attention, attitude, awareness, cognizance, comprehension, concept, consciousness, grasp, idea, impression, insight, judgment, knowledge, light, notion, picture, realizing, recognition, sense, sight, understanding, vision |
| Main Entry: | kink |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person's idiosyncrasy |
| Synonyms: | eccentricity, fetish, foible, notion, peculiarity, quirk, singularity, vagary, whim |
| Antonyms: | normalcy |
| Main Entry: | knickknack |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | trinket; decorative piece |
| Synonyms: | bagatelle, bauble, bibelot, bric-a-brac, conversation piece, curio, curiosity, device, embellishment, flummery, frill, furbelow, gadget*, miniature, notion, novelty, objet d'art, ornament, plaything, showpiece, souvenir, thingamajig, toy, trapping, trifle, whatnot, whimsy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | mind |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | inclination, tendency; belief |
| Synonyms: | attitude, bent, conviction, desire, determination, disposition, eye, fancy, feeling, humor, impulse, intention, judgment, leaning, liking, mood, notion, opinion, outlook, persuasion, pleasure, point of view, purpose, sentiment, strain, temper, temperament, thoughts, tone, urge, vein, view, way of thinking, will, wish |
| Antonyms: | disbelief, disinclination |
| Main Entry: | motif |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | central theme |
| Synonyms: | concept, design, idea, logo, notion, pattern, structure, subject |
| Main Entry: | old wives' tale |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | superstition |
| Synonyms: | fairy story, fallacy, false belief, folk tale, folklore, legend, lore, myth, notion, tall story, tall tale |
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