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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | equipment |
| Synonyms: | accouterments, apparatus, equipage, fittings, fixtures, gear, machinery, outfit, paraphernalia, tackle |
| Notes: | a ship's rig is the arrangement of masts, sails, etc.; the rigging is the system of ropes or chains supporting these |
| Main Entry: | rig |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | arrange for certain outcome |
| Synonyms: | doctor, engineer, fake, falsify, fiddle with, fix, gerrymander, juggle, manipulate, tamper with, trump up |
| Main Entry: | apparel |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | clothing; covering |
| Synonyms: | accoutrement, array, attire, clothes, costume, drapery, dress, duds, equipment, garb, garment, gear*, getup, habiliment, habit, outfit, raiment, rig, robe, suit, threads, trapping, vestment |
| Notes: | apparel highlights the sense of clothes as material; attire, the sense of clothes as dress |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Example Sentences
- The fortunes of the oil field service industry can be tracked by the rig count.
- She was trying to rig a point scheme for tenure where one refereed article would count the same as a book.
- Mud gushed onto the rig above as hydrocarbons forced their way up to the surface.
| Main Entry: | appoint |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | furnish |
| Synonyms: | arm, equip, fit, fit out, gear, outfit, provide, rig, supply, turn out |
| Antonyms: | not give, unfurnish |
| Main Entry: | arm |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | equip with weapon or power |
| Synonyms: | accouter, appoint, array, deck, equalize, fortify, furnish, gear, gird, guard, heel up, heel, issue, load, load up, lug iron, make ready, mobilize, outfit, pack, pack a rod, prepare, prime, protect, provide, rig, rod up, strengthen, supply, tote |
| Antonyms: | disarm |
| Main Entry: | array |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fine clothes |
| Synonyms: | apparel, attire, drapes, dress, duds, finery, full dress, garb, garments, getup, rig, threads |
| Main Entry: | clothe |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cover with apparel |
| Synonyms: | accouter, apparel, array, attire, bedizen, bedrape, breech, bundle up, caparison, cloak, coat, costume, dandify, deck, disguise, dizen, do up, drape, dress, dress up, dud, endow, endue, enwrap, equip, fit, fit out, garb, gown, guise, habilitate, habit, invest, jacket, livery, mantle, outfit, primp, raiment, rig, robe, spruce, suit up, swaddle, swathe, tog, turn out, vest |
| Antonyms: | reveal, take off, unclothe, uncover |
| Main Entry: | contraption |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | device |
| Synonyms: | Rube Goldberg device, apparatus, appliance, contrivance, doohickey, gadget, gizmo, machine, mechanism, rig, thingamajig, widget |
| Main Entry: | contrive |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | invent, design |
| Synonyms: | come up with, concoct, construct, cook up, create, devise, dream up, engineer, fabricate, fashion, forge, form, formulate, frame*, handle, hatch, improvise, make, make up*, manipulate, manufacture, move, plan, plot, project, rig, scheme, throw together, trump up, vamp, wangle, whip up |
| Antonyms: | disorganize |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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