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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | likely, attainable |
| Synonyms: | accessible, achievable, adventitious, advisable, available, breeze*, can do, cinch, conceivable, credible, dependent, desirable, doable, dormant, duck soup, easy as pie, expedient, feasible, fortuitous, hopeful, hypothetical, imaginable, indeterminate, latent, no sweat, obtainable, piece of cake, potential, practicable, probable, promising, pushover, realizable, setup, simple as ABC, snap, thinkable, uncertain, viable, welcome, within reach, workable |
| Notes: | feasible means capable of being done with means at hand and circumstances as they are; possible means capable of happening or existing; probable means likely but not certain to be or become true or real possible means it could happen or be done; probable means it is likely to happen |
| Antonyms: | impossible, unattainable, ungettable, unlikely, unrealizable |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | project |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | undertaking, work |
| Synonyms: | activity, adventure, affair, aim, assignment, baby*, blueprint*, business, concern, deal, design, enterprise, exploit, feat, game plan, intention, job, matter, occupation, outline, pet*, plan, program, proposal, proposition, scheme, setup, strategy, task, thing*, venture |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | proposal |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | suggestion, presentation for action |
| Synonyms: | angle, bid, big idea, brain child, design, feeler, game plan, idea, layout, motion, offer, outline, overture, pass, picture, pitch, plan, proffer, program, project, proposition, recommendation, scenario, scheme, setup, tender, terms |
| Main Entry: | pushover |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something or someone easily influenced |
| Synonyms: | breeze, child's play, chump, cinch, duck soup, easy game, easy mark, easy pickings, fool, kid stuff, picnic, piece of cake, setup, snap, soft touch, stooge, sucker, victim, walkover |
| Main Entry: | room |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | enclosed section of building designed for specific purpose |
| Synonyms: | accommodation, alcove, apartment, cabin, cave*, chamber, cubbyhole, cubicle, den, flat, flop, joint*, lodging, niche, office, setup, suite, turf, vault |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | scheme |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | plot, maneuver to get result |
| Synonyms: | action, angle*, brainchild, cabal, conspiracy, covin, dodge*, frame-up, game, game plan, gimmick, hookup, hustle, hype*, intrigue, layout, machination, picture*, pitch, ploy, practice, proposition, put-up job, ruse, scenario, scene, setup, shift*, story, stratagem, subterfuge, tactics, trick*, twist* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | strategem |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | trick |
| Synonyms: | action, angle, artifice, bit*, booby trap, brainchild, con, deception, device, dodge, feint, gambit, game, game plan, gimmick, grift, intrigue, layout, maneuver, method, pitch, plan, play, plot, ploy, pretext, proposition, racket, ruse, scenario, scene, scheme, setup, shift, slant, stall, story, subterfuge, switch, twist, wile |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | strategy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | plan of action |
| Synonyms: | action, angle, approach, artifice, blueprint*, brainchild, craft, cunning, design, game, game plan, gimmick, grand design, layout, maneuvering, method, plan, planning, policy, procedure, program, project, proposition, racket, scenario, scene, scheme, setup, slant, story, subtlety, system, tactics |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | suggestion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | advice, plan |
| Synonyms: | advancement, angle, approach, bid, big idea, bit*, brainchild, charge, commendation, exhortation, game plan, gimmick, hot lead, idea, injunction, instruction, invitation, lead, motion, opinion, outline, pitch, presentation, proffer, proposal, proposition, recommendation, reminder, resolution, scheme, setup, sneaking suspicion, steer*, submission, telltale, tender, testimonial, thesis, tip, tip-off |
| Antonyms: | declaration, demand, order, telling |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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