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| Main Entry: |
plum
[pluhm]
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | reward, prize |
| Synonyms: | asset, bonus, carrot, catch*, cream*, dividend, find, meed, nugget, pick, premium, treasure |
| 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: | penalty, punishment |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | good |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | advantage, benefit |
| Synonyms: | asset, avail, behalf, benediction, blessing, boon*, commonwealth, favor, gain, godsend, good fortune, interest, nugget, plum, prize, profit, prosperity, service, treasure, use, usefulness, welfare, well-being, windfall |
| Notes: | using good as an adverb in place of well ("she dances real good," "he did good") is nonstandard usage - so, it would be best to say "she dances very well," "he did well" well is an adverb to describe an activity; good is an adjective to describe a condition or state |
| Antonyms: | disadvantage |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | kudos |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | praise, acclaim |
| Synonyms: | PR, applause, credit, distinction, eminence, esteem, fame, flattery, glory, honor, illustriousness, laudation, notability, pat on the back, plaudits, plum, preeminence, prestige, prominence, puff, pumping up, raves, regard, renown, repute, strokes |
| Antonyms: | blame, criticism |
| Main Entry: | nugget |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | lump, solid piece; often of metal |
| Synonyms: | bullion, chunk, clod, clump, gold, hunk, ingot, mass, ore asset, plum, rock, treasure, wad |
| Main Entry: | portion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | share, cut, ration |
| Synonyms: | allocation, allotment, allowance, apportionment, bang, bit, chunk, division, divvy, drag*, dram, excerpt, extract, fix, fraction, fragment, gob, helping, hit, hunk, lagniappe, lion's share, lot, lump, measure, meed, member, moiety, morsel, parcel, part, piece, piece of action, plum, quantity, quantum, quota, scrap, section, segment, serving, shot*, slug, smithereen, taste |
| Antonyms: | all, entirety, whole |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | premium |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bonus, prize |
| Synonyms: | appreciation, boon, bounty, carrot, dividend, extra, fee*, gravy, guerdon, meed, percentage, perk*, perquisite, plum, recompense, regard, remuneration, reward, spiff, stock, store, value |
| Antonyms: | lowness, paucity |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | prize |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | award, winnings |
| Synonyms: | accolade, acquirement, acquisition, advantage, blue ribbon, bonus, bounty, cake*, capture, carrot, championship, citation, crown, decoration, dividend, feather in cap, first place, gold star, gold*, gravy, guerdon, haul, honor, inducement, jackpot, laurel, loot*, medal, meed, payoff, pickings, pillage, plum, plunder*, possession, premium, privilege, purse, recompense, requital, reward, scholarship, spoil, spoils, stakes, strokes, swag*, title, trophy, windfall |
| Antonyms: | blame, punishment |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | purple |
| Part of Speech: | noun, adjective |
| Definition: | blue and red colors mixed together |
| Synonyms: | amaranthine, amethyst, blue-violet, bluish red, color, heliotrope, lavender, lilac, magenta, mauve, mulberry, orchid, periwinkle, perse, plum, pomegranate, reddish blue, violaceous, violet, wine |
| Main Entry: | recognition |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | appreciation given |
| Synonyms: | acceptance, acknowledgment, approval, attention, credit, esteem, gratitude, greeting, honor, notice, pat on back, pat on head, plum, puff, puffing up, pumping up, rave, regard, renown, salute, strokes |
| Antonyms: | abuse, disclaimer, dishonor |
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