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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | inadequate, short |
| Synonyms: | cramped, diminished, faulty, ineffectual, insufficient, little, mean, minimal, narrow, paltry, poor, reduced, restricted, set, small, unsatisfactory |
| Antonyms: | adequate, ok, satisfactory, sufficient |
| Main Entry: | peculiar |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | characteristic, distinguishing |
| Synonyms: | appropriate, diacritic, diagnostic, distinct, distinctive, endemic, exclusive, idiosyncratic, individual, intrinsic, local, particular, personal, private, proper, restricted, special, specific, typical, unique |
| Antonyms: | abnormal, uncharacteristic |
| Main Entry: | pent-up |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | held within |
| Synonyms: | bottled-up, bridled, checked, constrained, curbed, held in check, held-back, inhibited, repressed, restrained, restricted, smothered, stifled, suppressed |
| Antonyms: | public, released |
| Main Entry: | precise |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | exact, accurate |
| Synonyms: | absolute, actual, categorical, circumscribed, clear-cut, correct, decisive, definite, determinate, explicit, express, fixed, individual, limited, literal, narrow, nice, on the button, on the money, on the nose, particular, proper, restricted, right, rigid, rigorous, specific, strict, stringent, unequivocal, very, well-defined |
| Antonyms: | ambiguous, false, imprecise, inaccurate, inexact, questionable |
| Main Entry: | prohibited |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | forbidden |
| Synonyms: | banned, barred, closed down, contraband, crooked*, illegal, illicit, no-no, not allowed, not approved, off limits, out of bounds, out of line, proscribed, refused, restricted, shady*, taboo, verboten, vetoed, wildcat |
| Antonyms: | allowed, permitted |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | reserved |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | held for future use |
| Synonyms: | appropriated, arrogated, booked, claimed, engaged, kept, laid away, limited, preempted, private, qualified, restricted, retained, roped off, set apart, set aside, spoken for, taken |
| Antonyms: | given, offered, unreserved |
| Main Entry: | scant/scanty |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | inadequate |
| Synonyms: | bare, barely sufficient, close, deficient, exiguous, failing, insufficient, limited, little, meager, minimal, narrow, poor, rare, restricted, scrimpy, short, shy, skimpy, slender, spare, sparing, sparse, stingy, thin, tight, wanting |
| Antonyms: | abundant, adequate, ample, covering, plentiful, substantial, sufficient |
| Main Entry: | secret |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | underhand, clandestine |
| Synonyms: | backdoor, backstairs, camouflaged, classified, close, confidential, covert, cryptic, discreet, disguised, dissembled, dissimulated, furtive, hush-hush, in ambush, incognito, inside, restricted, secretive, sly, sneak, sneaky, stealthy, sub-rosa, surreptitious, top secret, unacknowledged, under false pretense, under-the-table, underhanded |
| Antonyms: | aboveboard, known, legal, legitimate, public |
| Main Entry: | single |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | alone, distinct |
| Synonyms: | distinguished, especial, exceptional, exclusive, individual, indivisible, isolated, lone, loner, not general, not public, odd, one, only, original, particular, peerless, personal, private, rare, restricted, secluded, separate, separated, simple, singled-out, singular, sole, solitary, special, specific, strange, unalloyed, unblended, uncommon, uncompounded, undivided, unique, unitary, unmixed, unrivaled, unshared, unusual, without equal |
| Antonyms: | combined, double, mixed, together, united |
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