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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | adoration; very strong liking |
| Synonyms: | adulation, affection, allegiance, amity, amorousness, amour, appreciation, ardency, ardor, attachment, case*, cherishing, crush, delight, devotedness, devotion, emotion, enchantment, enjoyment, fervor, fidelity, flame, fondness, friendship, hankering, idolatry, inclination, infatuation, involvement, like, lust, mad for, partiality, passion, piety, rapture, regard, relish, respect, sentiment, soft spot, taste, tenderness, weakness, worship, yearning, zeal |
| Antonyms: | dislike, hate, hatred |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | notice |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | observation |
| Synonyms: | apprehension, attention, care, cognizance, concern, consideration, ear, grasp, heed, mark, mind, note, observance, regard, remark, respect, thought, understanding |
| Antonyms: | heedlessness, ignorance, neglect |
| Main Entry: | obedience |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | good behavior; submissiveness |
| Synonyms: | accordance, acquiescence, agreement, compliance, conformability, conformity, deference, docility, duteousness, dutifulness, duty, manageability, meekness, observance, orderliness, quietness, respect, reverence, servility, submission, subservience, tameness, tractability, willingness |
| Antonyms: | bad behavior, disobedience, misbehavior, mischief, mutiny, rebellion |
| Main Entry: | obeisance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | salutation |
| Synonyms: | allegiance, bending of the knee, bow, curtsy, deference, fealty, genuflection, homage, honor, kowtow, loyalty, praise, respect, reverence, salaam |
| Antonyms: | bad manners, disobedience, disregard, disrespect |
| Main Entry: | observe |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | celebrate, commemorate |
| Synonyms: | dedicate, hold, honor, keep, remember, respect, revere, reverence, solemnize, venerate |
| Antonyms: | forget, miss |
| Main Entry: | observe |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | abide by, obey |
| Synonyms: | adhere, adopt, comply, comply with, conform, follow, fulfill, heed, honor, keep, mind, perform, respect |
| Antonyms: | break, violate |
| Main Entry: | point |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | aspect, characteristic |
| Synonyms: | attribute, case, circumstance, circumstantial, constituent, detail, element, facet, feature, instance, item, material, nicety, part, particular, peculiarity, property, quality, respect, side, thing*, trait |
| Notes: | the stylus, or point, of a record player is held by the cartridge; the base of the turntable is called the deck |
| Antonyms: | personality, whole |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | rate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | judge, classify |
| Synonyms: | adjudge, admire, appraise, apprise, assay, assess, button down, calculate, class, consider, count, deem, determine, esteem, estimate, evaluate, fix, grade, guess at, measure, peg, pigeonhole, price, put away, put down as, put down for, rank, reckon, redline, regard, relate to standard, respect, score, set at, size up, stand in with, survey, tab, tag, take one's measure, think highly of, typecast, valuate, value, weigh |
| Main Entry: | recognition |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | identification, acknowledgment |
| Synonyms: | acceptance, acknowledging, admission, allowance, apperception, appreciation, apprehending, assimilation, avowal, awareness, cognizance, concession, confession, consciousness, detection, discovery, double take, high sign, identifying, memory, notice, noticing, perceiving, perception, realization, recall, recalling, recognizance, recollection, recurrence, remembering, remembrance, respect, salute, sensibility, tumble*, understanding, verifying |
| Antonyms: | forgetfulness, ignorance |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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