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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | answer, resolution |
| Synonyms: | Band-Aid, clarification, elucidation, explanation, explication, key, pay dirt, quick fix, result, solving, the ticket, unfolding, unraveling, unravelment |
| Antonyms: | doubt, problem, quandary, question, trouble |
| Main Entry: | answer |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | reply; reaction |
| Synonyms: | acknowledgment, antiphon, back talk, backcap, band-aid, close, comeback, comment, cooler, counterclaim, crack, defense, disclosure, echo, elucidation, explanation, feedback, guff, interpretation, justification, key, lip, observation, parting shot, pay dirt, plea, quick fix, rebuttal, refutation, rejoinder, remark, repartee, report, resolution, response, result, retort, return, rhetorical question, riposte, sign, solution, statement, thank-you note, the ticket, topper, vindication, wisecrack |
| Notes: | an answer is something said, written, or done in return; a reply is an answer that satisfies a detail in a question |
| Antonyms: | question |
| Main Entry: | clarification |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | explanation |
| Synonyms: | description, elucidation, exposition, illumination, interpretation, resolution, simplification, solution, unravelment, vivification |
| Antonyms: | complication, misunderstanding, muddle |
| Main Entry: | clue |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hint, evidence |
| Synonyms: | cue, dead giveaway, hot lead, indication, inkling, intimation, key, lead, mark, notion, pointer, print, proof, sign, solution, suggestion, suspicion, telltale, tip, tip-off, trace, track, wind |
| Main Entry: | combination |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mixture, blend |
| Synonyms: | aggregate, amalgam, amalgamation, blending, brew, coalescence, combo, composite, compound, connection, consolidation, everything but kitchen sink, fusion, junction, medley, merger, miscellany, mishmash, mix, olio, order, sequence, solution, soup, stew, succession, synthesis, unification, union |
| Antonyms: | detachment, division, parting, separation |
| Main Entry: | concoction |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | creation, blend |
| Synonyms: | brew, combination, compound, contrivance, intention, medley, mixture, plan, preparation, project, solution |
| Main Entry: | definition |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | description |
| Synonyms: | analogue, annotation, answer, characterization, clarification, clue, comment, commentary, cue, delimitation, delineation, demarcation, denotation, determination, diagnosis, drift, elucidation, exemplification, explanation, explication, exposition, expounding, fixing, formalization, gloss, individuation, interpretation, key, outlining, rationale, rendering, rendition, representation, settling, signification, solution, statement of meaning, terminology, translation |
| Antonyms: | ambiguity, nonsense, vagueness |
| Main Entry: | determination |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | conclusion |
| Synonyms: | decision, judgment, measurement, opinion, perception, purpose, resolution, resolve, result, settlement, solution, verdict, visualization |
| Antonyms: | beginning, start |
| Main Entry: | dip |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something for dunking |
| Synonyms: | concoction, dilution, infusion, mixture, preparation, solution, suffusion, suspension |
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