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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | means, procedure |
| Synonyms: | adjustment, approach, arrangement, channels, course, custom, design, disposal, disposition, fashion, form, formula, habit, line, manner, mechanism, method, mode, modus, modus operandi, nuts and bolts, plan, practice, proceeding, process, program, receipt, recipe, red tape, ritual, rote, routine, rubric, rule, rut, schema, scheme, shortcut, style, system, tack, tactics, technic, technique, tenor, the book, usage, way, ways and means, wise, wrinkle |
| Notes: | a method is a way of doing things; a methodology is a set or system of methods |
| Main Entry: | path |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | course, way |
| Synonyms: | aisle, artery, avenue, beat, beaten path, boulevard, byway, crosscut, direction, drag, footpath, groove, highway, lane, line, pass, passage, pathway, procedure, rail, road, roadway, route, rut, shortcut, street, stroll, terrace, thoroughfare, track, trail, walk, walkway |
| Antonyms: | blockage |
| Main Entry: | pothole |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | chuckhole |
| Synonyms: | cavity, crater, depression, dip, fracture, gap, hole, pit, pocket, rut, split |
| Main Entry: | routine |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | habitual activity |
| Synonyms: | act, beaten path, bit, channels, custom, cycle, daily grind, drill, formula, grind*, groove*, habit, line, method, order, pace, pattern, piece, practice, procedure, program, rat race, rote, round, rut, schtick, spiel*, system, tack, technique, treadmill, usage, way, wont |
| Antonyms: | break, excitement, unusual |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | slump |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | decline, failure |
| Synonyms: | bad period, bad times, blight, blue devils, blue funk, bottom, bust, collapse, crash, depreciation, depression, descent, dip, downer, downslide, downswing, downtrend, downturn, drop, dumps, fall, falling-off, funk, hard times, letdown, low, rainy days, recession, reverse, rut, sag, slide, slip, stagnation, the skids, trough |
| Antonyms: | blessing, boon, increase, success |
| Main Entry: | track |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mark, print made by something |
| Synonyms: | clue, footmark, footprint, footstep, groove, impress, impression, imprint, indication, memorial, monument, path, print, record, remains, remnant, rut, scent, sign, slot, spoor, step, symbol, token, trace, tract, trail, tread, vestige, wake |
| Main Entry: | trail |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | path, track |
| Synonyms: | aisle, beaten track, byway, footpath, footprints, footsteps, groove*, mark, marks, pathway, road, route, rut, scent, spoor, stream, stroll, tail, trace, train, wake, way |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | trench |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ditch, channel dug in earth |
| Synonyms: | arroyo, canal, cut, depression, dike, drain, drill, dugout, earthwork, entrenchment, excavation, fosse, foxhole, furrow, gorge, gulch, gully, gutter, hollow, main, moat, pit, rut, sink, trough, tube, waterway |
| Main Entry: | treadmill |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | grind |
| Synonyms: | chore, drudgery, groove*, grubwork, hard work, labor, moil, pace, rote, routine, rut, sweat*, task, toil, travail |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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