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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | visible part |
| Synonyms: | appearance, aspect, coating, cover, covering, exteriority, external, facade, face, finish, outside, polish, rind, shell, skin, superficies, superstratum, surface |
| Antonyms: | center, core, interior, middle |
| Main Entry: | extrinsic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | foreign |
| Synonyms: | acquired, alien, exotic, exterior, external, extraneous, gained, imported, outer, outside, outward, superficial |
| Antonyms: | essential, integral, interior, intrinsic, necessary |
| Main Entry: | foreign |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | from another country, experience |
| Synonyms: | adopted, alien, alienated, antipodal, barbarian, barbaric, borrowed, derived, different, distant, estranged, exiled, exotic, expatriate, external, extralocal, extraneous, extrinsic, far, far-fetched, far-off, faraway, from abroad, immigrant, imported, inaccessible, nonnative, nonresident, not domestic, not native, offshore, outlandish, outside, overseas, remote, strange, transoceanic, unaccustomed, unexplored, unfamiliar, unknown |
| Antonyms: | local, national, native |
| Main Entry: | fringe |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | border, trimming |
| Synonyms: | binding, borderline, brim, brink, edge, edging, flounce, hem, limit, mane, march, margin, outside, outskirts, perimeter, periphery, rickrack, ruffle, skirt, tassel, verge |
| Antonyms: | center, inside, interior, middle |
| Main Entry: | husk |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | covering, case |
| Synonyms: | aril, bark, case, chaff, glume, hull, outside, pod, rind, shell, shuck, skin |
| Antonyms: | core |
| Main Entry: | irrelevant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | beside the point |
| Synonyms: | extraneous, foreign, garbage, immaterial, impertinent, inapplicable, inapposite, inappropriate, inappurtenant, inapropos, inapt, inconsequent, inconsequential, insignificant, not connected with, not germane, not pertaining to, off the point, off the topic, out of order, out of place, outside, pointless, remote, trivial, unapt, unconnected, unimportant, unnecessary, unrelated, without reference |
| Antonyms: | appropriate, necessary, pertinent, related, relevant |
| Main Entry: | maximum |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | highest, utmost |
| Synonyms: | best, biggest, greatest, largest, maximal, most, mostest, outside, paramount, superlative, supreme, top, topmost, ultimate |
| Antonyms: | least, lowest, minimum, smallest |
| Main Entry: | nap |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | grain of material |
| Synonyms: | down, feel, fiber, grit, outside, pile, roughness, shag, smoothness, surface, tooth, wale, warp, weave, weft, woof |
| Main Entry: | negligible |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | insignificant |
| Synonyms: | imperceptible, inconsequential, minor, minute, off*, outside, petty, remote, slender, slight, slim, small, trifling, trivial, unimportant |
| Notes: | neglectful means not showing due care or attention, heedless; negligent means marked by insufficient care or attention; negligible means so small as to be meaningless or insignificant |
| Antonyms: | important, major, significant |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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