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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | venture off path |
| Synonyms: | escapade, excursion, frolic, jaunt, journey, outing, sortie, trip |
| Main Entry: | burst |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | blow-up, blast |
| Synonyms: | access, bang, barrage, blowout, bombardment, breach, break, cannonade, crack, discharge, eruption, explosion, fit, flare, fusillade, gush, gust, outbreak, outpouring, round, rupture, rush, sally, salvo, shower, spate, split, spurt, storm, surge, torrent, volley |
| Main Entry: | eruption |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ejection |
| Synonyms: | access, blast, blow-up, breakout, burst, discharge, explosion, flare-up, flow, gust, outbreak, outburst, sally, venting, vomiting |
| Notes: | eruption is breaking out; irruption is breaking in |
| Main Entry: | foray |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | incursion, attempt |
| Synonyms: | attack, depredation, descent, inroad, invasion, irruption, raid, reconnaissance, sally, sortie |
| Antonyms: | abstention, idleness, laziness |
| Main Entry: | gust |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | rush, eruption |
| Synonyms: | access, blast, blow, breeze, burst, explosion, fit, flare-up, flurry, gale, outburst, paroxysm, passion, puff, sally, squall, storm, surge |
| Antonyms: | trickle |
| Main Entry: | hurry |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | act, move speedily |
| Synonyms: | accelerate, barrel, be quick, beeline, bestir, breeze, bullet, burst, bustle, dash, dig in, drive, expedite, fleet, flit, fly, get a move on, go like lightning, goad, haste, hasten, hurry up, hustle, jog, lose no time, make haste, make short work of, make time, make tracks, nip, push, quicken, race, rip, rocket, roll, run, rush, sally, scoot, scurry, shake a leg, smoke, speed, speed up, spur, step on gas, step on it, turn on steam, urge, whirl, whish, whisk, whiz, zip |
| Antonyms: | dally, dawdle, delay, procrastinate, rest, slow, stall, wait |
| Main Entry: | imagination |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | power to create in one's mind |
| Synonyms: | acuteness, artistry, awareness, chimera, cognition, conception, creation, creative thought, creativity, enterprise, fabrication, fancy, fantasy, flight of fancy, idea, ideality, illusion, image, imagery, ingenuity, insight, inspiration, intelligence, invention, inventiveness, mental agility, notion, originality, perceptibility, realization, resourcefulness, sally, supposition, thought, thoughtfulness, unreality, verve, vision, visualization, wit, wittiness |
| Antonyms: | being, entity, existence, material, reality, substance, truth |
| Main Entry: | jaunt |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | expedition |
| Synonyms: | adventure, airing, amble, beat, canter, circuit, constitutional, course, cruise, drive, excursion, frolic, gallop, hike, jog, journey, junket, march, outing, patrol, peregrination, picnic, promenade, prowl, ramble, ride, round, roundabout, run, safari, sally, saunter, stroll, tour, tramp, travel, trek, trip, turn, voyage, walk |
| Main Entry: | jest |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | joke |
| Synonyms: | banter, bon mot, crack, fun, funny, gag, game, hoax, jive, jolly, laugh, one-liner, play, pleasantry, prank, quip, rib, rib-tickler, ridicule, sally, spoof, sport, wisecrack, witticism |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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