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| Main Entry: |
nuance
 [noo-ahns, nyoo-, noo-ahns, nyoo-; Fr. ny-ahns] 
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | slight difference; shading |
| Synonyms: | dash, degree, distinction, gradation, hint, implication, nicety, refinement, shade, shadow, soupçon, subtlety, suggestion, suspicion, tinge, touch, trace |
| Main Entry: | gradation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | classification, step |
| Synonyms: | arrangement, calibration, change, degree, difference, distinction, divergence, grade, grouping, level, mark, measurement, modification, notch, nuance, ordering, place, point, position, progression, rank, scale, sequence, series, shade, sorting, stage, succession, variation |
| Main Entry: | meaning |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | message, signification |
| Synonyms: | acceptation, allusion, bearing, bottom line, connotation, content, context, definition, denotation, drift, effect, essence, explanation, force, gist, heart*, hint, implication, import, interpretation, intimation, meat, name of the game, nature of beast, nitty-gritty, nuance, nuts and bolts, pith, point, purport, sense, significance, spirit, stuff, subject, subject matter, substance, suggestion, symbolization, tenor, thrust, understanding, upshot, use, value, worth |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Example Sentences
- But such calculations are starting to seem mere nuances.
- Understand that it takes a certain talent to make the subtleties and nuances of academe comprehensible for the average donor.
- But doing it while celebrating the nuances of the criteria.
| Main Entry: | nicety |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fine point |
| Synonyms: | detail, exactness, fine distinction, meticulousness, nuance, precision, refinement, rigor, rigorousness, shade, subtlety |
| Main Entry: | overtone |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | implication, hint |
| Synonyms: | association, connotation, flavor, inference, innuendo, intimation, meaning, nuance, sense, suggestion, tone, undercurrent, undertone |
| Main Entry: | refinement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | cultivation, civilization |
| Synonyms: | affability, civility, courtesy, courtliness, delicacy, dignity, discrimination, elegance, enlightenment, erudition, fastidiousness, fine point, fine tuning, fineness, finesse, finish, gentility, gentleness, good breeding, good manners, grace, graciousness, knowledge, lore, nicety, nuance, polish, politeness, politesse, precision, sophistication, style, suavity, subtlety, tact, taste, urbanity |
| Antonyms: | bad manners, crudeness, rudeness |
| Main Entry: | sense |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | point, meaning |
| Synonyms: | acceptation, advantage, bottom line, burden, core, definition, denotatiton, drift, gist, good, heart, implication, import, intendment, interpretation, logic, matter, meat and potatoes, meat*, message, name of the game, nature of the beast, nitty-gritty, nuance, nub, nuts and bolts, punch line, purport, purpose, reason, short, significance, significancy, signification, stuff, substance, thrust, understanding, upshot, use, value, worth |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | shade |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | slight difference |
| Synonyms: | amount, cast, dash, degree, distinction, gradation, hint, nuance, proposal, semblance, soupçon, spice, streak, suggestion, suspicion, tincture, tinge, trace, variation, variety |
| Antonyms: | gap |
| Main Entry: | trace |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | evidence; small bit |
| Synonyms: | breath, crumb, dab, dash, drop, element, footmark, footprint, fragment, hint, indication, intimation, iota, jot, mark, memento, minimum, nib, nuance, particle, pinch, proof, record, relic, remains, remnant, scintilla, shade, shadow, shred, sign, slot, smell, smidgen, snippet, soupçon, speck, spoor, spot, sprinkling, strain, streak, suggestion, survival, suspicion, taste, tincture, tinge, tittle, token, touch, track, trail, tread, trifle, vestige, whiff, whisper |
| Antonyms: | lot |
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