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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | group trained for action |
| Synonyms: | band, body, brigade, company, contingent, crew, detachment, division, outfit, party, posse, regiment, squad, squadron, team, troop, troupe, unit |
| Main Entry: | council |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | people assembled for purpose |
| Synonyms: | assembly, board, body, brain trust, cabinet, chamber, clan, committee, conclave, confab, conference, congregation, congress, convention, convocation, diet, directorate, gang, gathering, governing body, groupthink, huddle, kitchen cabinet, meet, ministry, mob, official family, outfit, panel, parliament, powwow, ring, senate, synod |
| Notes: | counsel is 'advice, guidance' and a counsel is a lawyer; a council is a deliberative body of people assembled for some purpose and members are councillors (especially in Britain) |
| Main Entry: | device |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | instrument, tool |
| Synonyms: | Rube Goldberg invention, accessory, agent, apparatus, appliance, arrangement, article, construction, contraption, contrivance, creation, doohickey, equipment, expedient, gadget, gear, gimmick, implement, invention, machine, makeshift, material, means, mechanism, medium, outfit, resort, resource, rigging, shift, tackle, thingamabob, utensil, whatchamacallit, whatnot, whatsit |
| Main Entry: | dress |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | clothing; woman's garment |
| Synonyms: | Sunday best, accouterment, apparel, attire, attirement, civvies, costume, covering, drape, dry goods, duds, ensemble, evening clothes, frock, garb, gear, gown, guise, habiliment, habit, muumuu, outfit, pinafore, raiment, robe, shift, skirt, smock, suit, things*, threads, tog, toga, toggery, trappings, uniform, vestment, wardrobe |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | dress |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | put on clothing |
| Synonyms: | adorn, apparel, array, attire, bedeck, bundle up, change, clad, clothe, costume, cover, deck, decorate, don, drape, embellish, fit out, furbish, garb, ornament, outfit, primp, put on, raiment, rig, robe, slip into, slip on, spruce up, suit up, trim, turn out, wear |
| Antonyms: | bare, disrobe, lay bare, unclothe, undress |
| Main Entry: | duds |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | clothes |
| Synonyms: | Sunday best, accouterment, apparel, array, civvies, costume, covering, dress, finery, frippery, frock, garb, garments, habiliment, outfit, rags, raiment, sportswear, tatters, threads, wardrobe |
| Main Entry: | employer |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person, business who hires |
| Synonyms: | CEO, CO, big shot, boss, businessperson, capitalist, chief, company, corporation, director, entrepreneur, establishment, executive, firm, front office, head, head honcho, juice*, kingpin, management, manager, manufacturer, meal ticket, organization, outfit, overseer, owner, patron, president, proprietor, slavedriver, superintendent, supervisor, workers big cheese |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | ensemble |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | collection |
| Synonyms: | aggregate, assemblage, band, cast, choir, chorus, company, composite, entirety, gathering, glee club, group, octet, orchestra, organization, outfit, quartet, quintet, set, sextet, sum, total, totality, trio, troupe, whole |
| Main Entry: | enterprise |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | adventure, undertaking |
| Synonyms: | action, activity, affair, attempt, baby*, bag*, ballgame, big idea, biggie, bit*, business, campaign, cause, company, concern, crusade, deal, deed, do*, effort, endeavor, engagement, essay, establishment, firm, flier, follow through, game*, happening, hazard, house, move, operation, outfit, performance, pet project, plan, plunge*, program, project, proposition, purpose, pursuit, risk, scheme, speculation, stake, striving, stunt, task, thing*, trade, try, venture, work |
| Antonyms: | idleness, inactivity, unemployment |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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