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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | criticize, scrutinize |
| Synonyms: | assess, bad-mouth, correct, discuss, evaluate, examine, give one's opinion, inspect, judge, knock*, pan, put down*, rave, read through, reedit, revise, rip, skin alive, slam*, study, swipe at, take down, trash*, weigh, write a critique, zap |
| Notes: | a criticism is an evaluation or judgment of something, while critique is a somewhat elevated term for the same thing; review is used as a synonym for these but may also imply a more comprehensive study |
| Antonyms: | approve, praise |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | synopsize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | review |
| Synonyms: | abstract, assess, bad-mouth, correct, discuss, epitomize, evaluate, examine, give one's opinion, go over, inspect, judge, knock*, pan, put down*, rave, read through, recapitulate, reedit, revise, rip, run down, run through, skin alive, slam*, study, sum up, summarize, swipe at, take down, trash*, weigh, wrap up, write a critique, zap |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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