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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | connected to the Internet |
| Synonyms: | accessible, accessible by computer, connected, electronically connected, hooked up, installed, linked, networked, on stream, on stream, on the Internet, operative, plugged in, ready for use, wired |
| Main Entry: | defenseless |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | powerless, vulnerable |
| Synonyms: | caught, endangered, exposed, hands tied, helpless, in line of fire, indefensible, like a clay pigeon, like a sitting duck, naked*, on the line, on the spot, open, out on limb, pigeon, poor, unarmed, unguarded, unprotected, up the creek, weak, wide open |
| Antonyms: | powerful, strong |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | forefront/foreground |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | prominence |
| Synonyms: | beginning, center, cutting-edge, focus, fore, forepart, front, lead, leading-edge, limelight, on the line, spearhead*, state-of-the-art, vanguard |
| Antonyms: | back, background, rear, unimportance |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | frankly |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | very honestly |
| Synonyms: | bluntly, candidly, dead level, dead on, directly, forthrightly, freely, from the hip, in truth, laid on the line, level, on the level, on the line, openly, plainly, straight, straightforwardly, without reserve |
| Antonyms: | deviously, dishonestly, insincerely, secretively |
| Main Entry: | jeopardy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | danger, trouble |
| Synonyms: | accident, chance, double-trouble, endangerment, exposure, hazard, insecurity, liability, on the line, on the spot, out on a limb, peril, precariousness, risk, venture, vulnerability |
| Antonyms: | protection, safety |
| Main Entry: | level |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | smooth, balanced |
| Synonyms: | akin, aligned, alike, calm, commensurate, common, comparable, consistent, constant, continuous, equable, equivalent, even, exact, flat, flush, horizontal, identical, in line, leveled, like, lined up, matched, matching, of same height, on a line, on a par, on one plane, parallel, plain, planate, plane, planed, polished, precise, proportionate, regular, rolled, same, stable, steady, straight, trim, trimmed, unbroken, unfluctuating, uniform, uninterrupted |
| Antonyms: | ragged, uneven |
| Main Entry: | sincere |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | straightforward, honest |
| Synonyms: | aboveboard, actual, artless, bona fide, candid, dead-level, dear, devout, earnest, faithful, forthright, frank, genuine, guileless, heartfelt, honest to God, like it is, meant, natural, no fooling, no-nonsense, on the level, on the line, on up and up, open, outspoken, plain, pretensionless, real, regular, righteous, saintly, serious, square*, sure enough, true, true-blue, trustworthy, twenty-four carat, unaffected, undesigning, undissembled, unfeigned, unpretentious, up-front, wholehearted |
| Antonyms: | dishonest, insincere, tricky, untrustworthy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | veracious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | true |
| Synonyms: | accurate, credible, dependable, direct, ethical, factual, faithful, frank, genuine, high-principled, honest, just, kosher*, legit, like it is, on the level, on the line, on the up and up, open, reliable, right, righteous, straight-arrow, straightforward, strict, true-blue, trustworthy, truthful, undeceptive, up front, valid, veridical |
| Antonyms: | false, untrue |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | vulnerable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | open to attack |
| Synonyms: | accessible, assailable, defenseless, exposed, liable, naked, on the line, on the spot, out on a limb, ready, sensitive, sitting duck, sucker, susceptible, tender, thin-skinned, unguarded, unprotected, unsafe, weak, wide open |
| Antonyms: | closed, guarded, protected, safe, secure |
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