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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give an account of |
| Synonyms: | break a story, chronicle, clue one in, depict, describe, detail, disclose, divulge, express, get off one's chest, give the word, impart, itemize, lay it on the line, let one's hair down, narrate, particularize, picture, present, recite, recount, rehearse, report, retell, reveal, run down, run through, set forth, shoot the breeze, sling, spill, spill the beans, spin a yarn, state, tell, track, verbalize |
| Notes: | both recount and relate mean 'to tell, to give an account of,' but recount adds the semantic component 'in detail' |
| Antonyms: | conceal, hide |
| Main Entry: | comparison |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | contrasting; corresponding |
| Synonyms: | allegory, analogizing, analogy, analyzing, association, balancing, bringing together, collating, collation, comparability, connection, contrast, correlation, discrimination, distinguishing, dividing, estimation, example, exemplification, identification, illustration, juxtaposition, likeness, likening, measuring, metaphor, observation, opposition, paralleling, ratio, relating, relation, resemblance, segregation, separation, similarity, testing, weighing |
| Main Entry: | germane |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | appropriate |
| Synonyms: | ad rem, akin, allied, applicable, applicative, applicatory, apposite, apropos, apt, cognate, connected, fitting, kindred, kosher*, legit, material, on target, on the button, on the nose, pertinent, proper, related, relating, relevant, right on, suitable, that's the ticket, to the point, to the purpose |
| Notes: | germane and relevant indicate pertinence to a matter, but may not be essential; material means pertinent and necessary |
| Antonyms: | improper, inappropriate, irrelevant, unfitting, unrelated, unsuitable |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | like |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | similar |
| Synonyms: | according to, agnate, akin, alike, allied, allying, analogous, approximating, approximative, close, coextensive, cognate, commensurate, comparable, compatible, conforming, congeneric, congenerous, consistent, consonant, corresponding, double, equal, equaling, equivalent, homologous, identical, in the manner of, jibing, matching, much the same, near, not far from, not unlike, on the order of, parallel, related, relating, resembling, same, selfsame, such, twin, undifferentiated, uniform |
| Notes: | use 'like' when no verb follows; use 'as' when a clause follows (which has a subject and a verb) |
| Antonyms: | different, dissimilar, unlike |
| Main Entry: | practice |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | exercise, application |
| Synonyms: | action, assignment, background, discipline, drill, drilling, effect, experience, homework, iteration, operation, preparation, prepping, recitation, recounting, rehearsal, relating, repetition, seasoning, study, training, tune-up, use, work-out |
| Antonyms: | ignorance, neglect |
| Main Entry: | reference |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | remark, citation |
| Synonyms: | advertence, allusion, associating, attributing, bringing up, connecting, hint, implication, indicating, innuendo, insinuation, mention, mentioning, note, plug*, pointing out, quotation, relating, resource, source, stating |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | connecting |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | joining |
| Synonyms: | associating, attaching, bridging, bringing together, combining, connective, coupling, fastening, fusing, interlacing, intertwining, joined, linking, mingling, mixing, pairing, relating, tying together, uniting, welding |
| Main Entry: | fellow feeling |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sympathy |
| Synonyms: | Christian love, agape, brotherly love, concern, empathy, good feeling, identification, loving concern, rapport, relating, responsiveness, sympathetic response, vibes, warmth |
| Main Entry: | admit |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | confess, acknowledge |
| Synonyms: | accept, accord, acquiesce, adopt, affirm, agree, allow, approve, avow, bare, bring to light, communicate, concede, concur, confide, confirm, consent, cop a plea, credit, declare, disclose, divulge, enumerate, expose, go into details, grant, indicate, let, let on, make known, narrate, number, open up, own, own up, permit, proclaim, profess, recite, recognize, relate, reveal, spill*, subscribe to, talk, tell, tolerate, uncover, unveil, yield |
| Notes: | with admit, the acknowledgment of something being true applies to one's own sphere of conduct, whereas with concede the acknowledgment applies to another's; admit implies reluctance to disclose, grant, or concede and refers usually to facts rather than their implications |
| Antonyms: | confute, deny, dispute, dissent, gainsay, refuse |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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