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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | vertical |
| Synonyms: | erect, perpendicular, sheer, straight, straight up, up and down, upright |
| Notes: | a plum is any of numerous varieties of small to medium-sized round or oval smooth-skinned fruit with a single pit, while a plumb is a weight on the end of a line used to determine water depth or used to establish a true vertical |
| Antonyms: | flat, horizontal, level |
| Main Entry: | dive |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | descend, usually going underwater |
| Synonyms: | belly flop, dip, disappear, drop, duck, fall, go headfirst, gutter, header, jump, leap, lunge, nose-dive, pitch, plumb, plummet, plunge, spring, submerge, swoop, vanish, vault |
| Antonyms: | ascend, go up, jump |
| Main Entry: | entirely |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | completely |
| Synonyms: | absolutely, alone, altogether, exclusively, fully, in every respect, only, perfectly, plumb, quite, reservedly, solely, thoroughly, totally, undividedly, uniquely, utterly, well, wholly, without exception, without reservation |
| Antonyms: | incompletely, partially |
| Main Entry: | even |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | flat, uniform |
| Synonyms: | alike, balanced, consistent, constant, continual, continuous, direct, equal, flush, homogenous, horizontal, level, matching, metrical, parallel, planate, plane, plumb, proportional, regular, right, same, smooth, square, stabile, stable, steady, straight, surfaced, true, unbroken, unchanging, undeviating, unfluctuating, uninterrupted, unvaried, unvarying, unwavering, unwrinkled |
| Antonyms: | broken, different, disparate, irregular, rough, uneven |
| Main Entry: | fathom |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | discern, understand |
| Synonyms: | appreciate, apprehend, catch, cognize, comprehend, dig, divine, estimate, figure out, follow, gauge, get, get to the bottom, grasp, have, interpret, know, measure, penetrate, perceive, pierce, pinpoint, plumb, probe, recognize, savvy, sound, unravel |
| Antonyms: | misunderstand, not get |
| Main Entry: | measure |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | calculate, judge |
| Synonyms: | adapt, adjust, align, appraise, assess, average, beat, blend, bound, calibrate, caliper, check, check out, choose, compute, delimit, demarcate, determine, dope out, estimate, evaluate, even, eye*, figure, fit, gauge, gradate, grade, graduate, level, limit, line, look over, mark, mark out, mete, pace off, peg, plumb, portion, quantify, rank, rate, read, reckon, regulate, rhyme, rule, scale, shade, size, size up, sound, square, stroke, survey, tailor, take account, time, value, weigh |
| Antonyms: | estimate, guess |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | pat |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | exactly, fittingly |
| Synonyms: | aptly, faultlessly, flawlessly, just right, opportunely, perfectly, plumb, precisely, relevantly, seasonably |
| Antonyms: | wrongly |
| Main Entry: | perpendicular |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | at right angles to |
| Synonyms: | erect, horizontal, on end, plumb, sheer, stand-up, standing, steep, straight, straight-up, upright, vertical |
| Antonyms: | horizontal, level |
| Main Entry: | precisely |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | exactly, just |
| Synonyms: | absolutely, accurately, as well, correctly, definitely, even, expressly, for a fact, for sure, just so, literally, no ifs ands or buts, no mistake, on the button, on the money, on the nose, plumb, right, sharp, smack*, smack-dab, specifically, square, squarely, strictly, sure, sure thing, the ticket, the very thing, to a tee, yes |
| Antonyms: | imprecisely, questionably, unsure |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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