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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who is another's equal |
| Synonyms: | associate, coequal, companion, compeer, like, match, rival |
| Antonyms: | inferior, superior |
| Main Entry: | aristocrat |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | privileged person |
| Synonyms: | blueblood, gentleperson, lace curtain, noble, patrician, peer, silk stocking, swell*, upper cruster |
| Antonyms: | commoner, plebian, proletariat |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | associate |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | colleague |
| Synonyms: | accessory, accomplice, affiliate, aid, ally, assistant, auxiliary, branch, buddy, chum, clubber, co-worker, cohort, collaborator, companion, compatriot, comrade, confederate, consort, cooperator, crony, fellow, friend, helper, joiner, kissing cousin, mate, offshoot, one of the folks, pal, pard, partner, peer, playmate, sidekick |
| Antonyms: | antagonist, competitor, enemy, foe, opponent, rival, stranger |
Example Sentences
- They bring you a mirror and you peer and stare.
- As the one being observed, you can receive some extremely valuable feedback from a peer.
- In following this peer-review process, such electronic journals hope to attain the same legitimacy granted to their print cousins.
| Main Entry: | buddy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | friend |
| Synonyms: | associate, chum, co-mate, co-worker, companion, comrade, confidant, crony, intimate, mate, pal, peer, sidekick |
| Antonyms: | enemy |
| Main Entry: | contemplate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | gaze at |
| Synonyms: | audit, behold, consider, examine, eye, inspect, notice, observe, peer, penetrate, peruse, pierce, pore over, probe, pry, regard, scan, scrutinize, see, stare at, study, survey, view, witness |
| Antonyms: | disregard, look away, scorn |
| Main Entry: | equivalent |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | equal, counterpart |
| Synonyms: | carbon copy, correspondent, dead ringer, ditto, like, match, obverse, opposite, parallel, peer, reciprocal, same difference, spitting image, substitute, twin |
| Antonyms: | difference |
| Main Entry: | fellow |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | male or female colleague, friend |
| Synonyms: | assistant, associate, cohort, companion, compeer, comrade, concomitant, confrere, consort, coordinate, counterpart*, coworker, double, duplicate, equal, instructor, lecturer, match, mate, member, partner, peer, professor, reciprocal, twin |
| Antonyms: | enemy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | gape |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | gawk |
| Synonyms: | beam, bore, eye, eyeball, focus, get a load of, get an eyeful, give the eye, glare, gloat, goggle, look, ogle, peer, rubberneck, size up, stare, take in*, wonder, yawp |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | gawk |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | stare at in amazement |
| Synonyms: | bore*, eyeball, gape, gaze, glare, gloat, goggle, look, ogle, peer, rubberneck, yawp |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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