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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | limited, enclosed |
| Synonyms: | bedfast, bedridden, bottled up, bound, chilled, circumscribed, compassed, cooped up, cramp, cramped, detained, flattened out, grounded, hampered, held, hog-tied, iced, immured, imprisoned, in chains, in jail, incarcerated, incommodious, indisposed, invalided, jailed, laid up, locked up, on ice, pent, restrained, restricted, sealed up, shut in, sick |
| Antonyms: | free, liberated, unlimited |
| Main Entry: | definite |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | fixed, certain, positive |
| Synonyms: | assigned, assured, beyond doubt, circumscribed, convinced, decided, defined, determinate, determined, established, guaranteed, limited, narrow, precise, prescribed, restricted, set, settled, sure |
| Notes: | definite means 'precise and unmistakable,' 'clear, sharply delineated'; definitive means 'final and conclusive,' 'complete, final, ultimate' - so a definitive example is a perfect example |
| Antonyms: | indeterminate, inexact, uncertain, unfixed, unlimited, vague |
| Main Entry: | exiguous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | scanty |
| Synonyms: | bare, confined, diminutive, inadequate, limited, little, meager, narrow, negligible, paltry, petty, poor, restricted, skimpy, slender, slight, small, spare, sparse, tenuous, thin, tiny |
| Antonyms: | plenty |
| Main Entry: | finite |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | subject to limitations |
| Synonyms: | bound, bounded, circumscribed, conditioned, confined, definable, definite, delimited, demarcated, determinate, exact, fixed, limited, precise, restricted, specific, terminable |
| Antonyms: | endless, infinite, interminable, unlimited, unrestricted |
| Main Entry: | fixed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | intent, resolute; established |
| Synonyms: | abiding, agreed, arranged, certain, changeless, circumscribed, confirmed, decided, defined, definite, definitive, determinate, enduring, firm, in the bag, inalterable, inflexible, inveterate, level, limited, narrow, never-failing, planned, prearranged, precise, resolved, restricted, rigged, rooted, set, set-up, settled, stated, steadfast, steady, still, stipulated, sure, unbending, unblinking, unchangeable, undeviating, unfaltering, unflinching, unmodifiable, unmovable, unqualified, unwavering |
| Antonyms: | indefinite, irresolute, unestablished, unfixed, variable |
| Main Entry: | hush-hush |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | secret |
| Synonyms: | clandestine, classified, closet, confidential, covert, dark, private, restricted, sub-rosa, surreptitious, under-the-table, undercover |
| Antonyms: | known, public, revealed, told |
| Main Entry: | inside |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | secret |
| Synonyms: | classified, closet, confidential, esoteric, exclusive, hushed, internal, limited, private, restricted |
| Notes: | inside of is redundant; just say inside |
| Antonyms: | known, public |
| Main Entry: | insular |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | narrow-minded |
| Synonyms: | bigoted, circumscribed, closed, confined, contracted, cut off, detached, illiberal, inward-looking, isolated, limited, narrow, parochial, petty, prejudiced, provincial, restricted, secluded, separate, separated, sequestered |
| Antonyms: | broad-minded, unbiased, unprejudiced |
| Main Entry: | light |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | small in amount, content |
| Synonyms: | casual, digestible, faint, fractional, fragmentary, frivolous, frugal, gentle, hardly any, hardly enough, inadequate, inconsequential, inconsiderable, indistinct, insignificant, insufficient, mild, minor, minuscule, minute, moderate, modest, not many, not much, not rich, puny, restricted, scanty, shoestring, slight, soft, sparse, superficial, thin, tiny, trifling, trivial, unimportant, unsubstantial, weak, wee |
| Antonyms: | heavy |
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