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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | spattering, impact |
| Synonyms: | burst, dash, display, effect, patch, sensation, splurge, stir, touch |
| Main Entry: | thrill |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sudden excitement |
| Synonyms: | adventure, bang*, blast, charge*, circus, fireworks, flash*, flush*, fun, good feeling, inspiration, kicks, lift*, pleasure, refreshment, response, sensation, stimulation, tingle*, titillation, turn-on, twitter*, upper, wallop |
| Antonyms: | calm, depression |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | triumph |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | victory, achievement |
| Synonyms: | accomplishment, ascendancy, attainment, big hit, big win, cinch, clean sweep, conquest, coup, feat, feather in cap, gain, grand slam, hit, hole in one, homer, pushover, riot, score, sell, sensation, shoo-in, smash-hit, splash, success, sure bet, sure thing, surmounting, takeover, the gold, tour de force, vanquishing, vanquishment, walkover, win |
| Antonyms: | disaster, failure, forfeit, loss |
| Main Entry: | wonder |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something that is amazing |
| Synonyms: | act of God, curiosity, cynosure, freak, marvel, miracle, nonpareil, oddity, phenomenon, portent, prodigy, rara avis, rarity, sensation, sight, spectacle, stunner, wonderment |
| Main Entry: | knockout |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | a striking person or thing |
| Synonyms: | beauty, belle, eyeful, gem, looker, sensation, smash, stunner, success, vision |
| Main Entry: | child prodigy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | very gifted young person |
| Synonyms: | boy wonder, genius, gifted child, gifted student, girl wonder, phenom, polymath, prodigy, sensation, talented child, whiz kid, wonder, wonder child, wunderkind |
| Main Entry: | nine days' wonder |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | momentary success |
| Synonyms: | annus mirabilis, fifteen minutes of fame, flash in the pan, nine-day wonder, phenom, phenomenon, sensation, stunner, wonderment |
| Main Entry: | whiz kid |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | gifted student |
| Synonyms: | boy wonder, child prodigy, comer, genius, gifted child, girl wonder, phenom, polymath, prodigy, quiz kid, sensation, talented child, wonder, wunderkind |
| Main Entry: | prickle |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | tingling |
| Synonyms: | barb, bristle, chill, point, sensation, spiculum, spike, spine, thorn |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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