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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | catch sight of; recognize and understand |
| Synonyms: | anticipate, apprehend, ascertain, behold, descry, detect, determine, difference, differentiate, discover, discrepate, discriminate, distinguish, divine, espy, extricate, figure out, find out, focus, foresee, get a load of, get the picture, get wise to, judge, know, make distinction, make out, note, notice, observe, perceive, pick out, read, remark, rubberneck, secern, see the light, see through, separate, severalize, spot, take in, view |
| Antonyms: | disregard, neglect, overlook |
| Main Entry: | discontinue |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | prevent activity from going on |
| Synonyms: | abandon, bag it, blow off, break off, call it quits, cease, close, desist, disconnect, disjoin, dissever, disunite, drop, end, finish, give over, give up, halt, interpose, interrupt, intervene, kill, knock off, leave off, part, pause, put an end to, quit, refrain from, scrub, separate, stop, surcease, suspend, terminate |
| Antonyms: | carry on, continue, restart, retry |
| Main Entry: | discrete |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | individual |
| Synonyms: | detached, different, disconnected, discontinuous, distinct, diverse, separate, several, unattached, various |
| Notes: | discreet means 'judicious, prudent, showing discernment,' while discrete means 'detached, separate' and 'individually distinct' |
| Antonyms: | attached, combined, joined |
| Main Entry: | discriminate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | show prejudice |
| Synonyms: | be bigot, be partial, contradistinguish, disfavor, favor, hate, incline, judge, segregate, separate, set apart, show bias, single out, treat as inferior, treat differently, victimize |
| Main Entry: | discriminate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | differentiate, distinguish |
| Synonyms: | assess, collate, compare, contradistinguish, contrast, difference, discern, discrepate, evaluate, extricate, judge, know, know what's what, make out, note, perceive, remark, segregate, separate, sever, severalize, sift, specify, split hairs, tell apart, tell the difference |
| Antonyms: | confuse, mix up |
| Main Entry: | disengage |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | free from connection |
| Synonyms: | abstract, back off, back out, cut loose, cut out, detach, disassociate, disconnect, disentangle, disjoin, dissociate, disunite, divide, drop out, ease, extricate, liberate, loose, loosen, opt out, pull the plug, release, separate, set free, unbind, uncouple, undo, unfasten, unfix, unloose, untie, weasel out, withdraw |
| Antonyms: | attach, bind, connect, engage, fasten, join, unite |
| Main Entry: | disentangle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | unwind, disconnect; solve |
| Synonyms: | bail one out, clear up, detach, discumber, disembroil, disencumber, disengage, disinvolve, emancipate, expand, extricate, free, let go, let off, loose, open, part, resolve, separate, sever, simplify, sort out, sunder, unbraid, undo, unfold, unravel, unscramble, unsnarl, untangle, untie, untwine, untwist, work out |
| Antonyms: | entangle, entwine, twist, wind |
| Main Entry: | disintegrate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fall apart; reduce to pieces |
| Synonyms: | atomize, break apart, break down, break up, come apart, crumble, decay, decline, decompose, degenerate, deliquesce, descend, detach, dilapidate, disband, disconnect, disimprove, dismantle, disorganize, disperse, disunite, divide, fade away, fall to pieces, molder, pulverize, putrefy, rot, separate, sever, shatter, sink, splinter, spoil, taint, take apart, turn, turn to dust, wash away, wash out, wither, worsen |
| Antonyms: | combine, meld, unite |
| Main Entry: | dislocate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | displace |
| Synonyms: | break, disarticulate, disconnect, disengage, disjoint, disorder, disrupt, disturb, disunite, divide, jumble, misplace, mix up, move, put out of joint, remove, rummage, separate, shift, transfer, unhinge, upset |
| Antonyms: | keep together, order |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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