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| Main Entry: | authority |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | expert, animate or inanimate |
| Synonyms: | CEO, arbiter, aristocrat, bible, big cheese, big shot, big wig, boss, brains, brass, buff*, city hall, connoisseur, czar, egghead, establishment*, exec, executive, expert, feds, front office, governor, guru, ivory dome, judge, kingfish, kingpin, law*, power elite, pro, professional, professor, pundit, scholar, specialist, textbook, top brass, top dog, top hand, upstairs, veteran, virtuoso, whiz, wizard |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | clever |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | bright, ingenious |
| Synonyms: | able, adept, adroit, alert, apt, astute, brainy, brilliant, cagey, canny, capable, competent, crackerjack*, cunning, deep, dexterous/dextrous, discerning, egghead, expert, foxy*, gifted, good, handy, intelligent, inventive, keen, knowing, knowledgeable, many-sided, nimble, nobody's fool, pretty, pro, qualified, quick, quick on trigger, quick-witted, rational, resourceful, sagacious, savvy, sensible, sharp, shrewd, skilled, skillful, slick, sly, smart, sprightly, talented, versatile, wise, witty |
| Antonyms: | awkward, foolish, idiotic, ignorant, naive, senseless, stupid, unclever |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Example Sentences
- He's only the best center in pro football, according to a lot of people, including other centers in pro.
- I'd appreciate input, pro or con, from anyone out there who has used this type of software.
- Ask them to provide specific examples for their pro and con statements, based on the things they have read in their research.
| Main Entry: | consultant |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | professional advisor |
| Synonyms: | advisor, authority, counsel, expert, freelancer, guide, master, maven, mentor, pro*, specialist, veteran |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | crack |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | super, first-rate |
| Synonyms: | able, ace, adept, best, capital, choice, crackerjack*, deluxe, elite, excellent, expert, first-class, handpicked, pro*, proficient, skilled, skillful, superior, talented |
| Antonyms: | bad, inferior, poor |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | experienced |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | knowledgeable, knowing |
| Synonyms: | accomplished, accustomed, adept, been around, been there, broken in, capable, competent, cultivated, dynamite, expert, familiar, having something on the ball, in the know, instructed, knowing one's stuff, knowing the score, mature, matured, old, old hand, practical, practiced, pro, professional, qualified, rounded, seasoned, skillful, sophisticated, sport, tested, the right stuff, trained, tried, versed, vet, veteran, well-versed, wise, worldly, worldly-wise |
| Antonyms: | green, ignorant, immature, inexperienced, unfamiliar, unknowledgeable, unseasoned, unsophisticated |
| Main Entry: | expert |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | master, specialist |
| Synonyms: | ace*, adept, artist, artiste, authority, buff, connoisseur, doyen, graduate, guru*, hot shot, old hand, old pro, phenomenon, pro, professional, proficient, shark, virtuoso, whiz*, wizard |
| Antonyms: | amateur, apprentice, ignoramus, novice |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | for |
| Part of Speech: | preposition |
| Definition: | in consideration of |
| Synonyms: | after, as, beneficial to, concerning, conducive to, during, for the sake of, in contemplation of, in exchange for, in favor of, in furtherance of, in order to, in order to get, in place of, in pursuance of, in spite of, in the direction of, in the interest of, in the name of, notwithstanding, on the part of, on the side of, pro, supposing, to, to counterbalance, to go to, to the amount of, to the extent of, toward, under the authority of, with a view to, with regard to, with respect |
| Main Entry: | hack |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who does easy work for money |
| Synonyms: | drudge*, greasy grind, grind*, hireling, lackey, old pro, plodder, pro*, servant, slave, workhorse |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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Copyright © 2012 by the Philip Lief Group.
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