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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | dating, romance |
| Synonyms: | courting, engagement, keeping company, love, lovemaking, pursuit, suit, wooing |
| Main Entry: | demand |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | question, request |
| Synonyms: | appeal, application, arrogation, bid, bidding, call, call for, charge, claim, clamor, command, counterclaim, entreatment, entreaty, exaction, impetration, imploration, importunity, imposition, inquiry, insistence, interest, interrogation, lien, necessity, need, occasion, order, petition, plea, prayer, pursuit, requirement, requisition, rush, sale, search, solicitation, stipulation, suit, supplication, trade, ultimatum, use, vogue, want |
| Antonyms: | grant, offer, reply |
| Main Entry: | dragnet |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | manhunt |
| Synonyms: | all points bulletin, chase, pursuit, search |
| Main Entry: | employment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | working for a living; |
| Synonyms: | assignment, avocation, awarding, business, calling, carrying, commissioning, contracting, craft, employ, engagement in activity application, engaging, enlistment, enrollment, exercise, exercising, exertion, field, function, game*, hire, hiring, job, line, mission, métier, number, occupation, occupying, office, position, post, profession, pursuit, racket, recruitment, retaining, service, servicing, setup, signing on, situation, taking on, thing*, trade, using, vocation, what one is into, work |
| Antonyms: | idleness, inactivity, unemployment |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | enterprise |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | adventure, undertaking |
| Synonyms: | action, activity, affair, attempt, baby*, bag*, ballgame, big idea, biggie, bit*, business, campaign, cause, company, concern, crusade, deal, deed, do*, effort, endeavor, engagement, essay, establishment, firm, flier, follow through, game*, happening, hazard, house, move, operation, outfit, performance, pet project, plan, plunge*, program, project, proposition, purpose, pursuit, risk, scheme, speculation, stake, striving, stunt, task, thing*, trade, try, venture, work |
| Antonyms: | idleness, inactivity, unemployment |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | exercise |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | work, effort |
| Synonyms: | act, action, activity, calisthenics, constitutional, daily dozen, discharge, discipline, drill, drilling, examination, exercising, exertion, gym, labor, lesson, movement, occupation, operation, performance, problem, pursuit, recitation, schoolwork, study, task, test, theme, toil, training, warm-up, workout |
| Main Entry: | exercise |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | accomplishment, use |
| Synonyms: | application, discharge, employment, enjoyment, exertion, fulfillment, implementation, operation, performance, practice, pursuit, utilization |
| Antonyms: | disuse, misuse |
| Main Entry: | furtherance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | advancement |
| Synonyms: | advocacy, backing, boosting, carrying-out, championship, progress, progression, promotion, prosecution, pursuit |
| Antonyms: | blockage, curtailment, delay, hindrance, impediment, stoppage |
| Main Entry: | game |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | entertainment |
| Synonyms: | adventure, amusement, athletics, business, distraction, diversion, enterprise, festivity, frolic, fun, jest, joke, lark, line, merriment, merrymaking, occupation, pastime, plan, play, proceeding, pursuit, recreation, romp, scheme, sport, sports, undertaking |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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