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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | class, status |
| Synonyms: | bracket, branch, breed, cast, caste, degree, description, estate, family, feather, genre, genus, grade, hierarchy, ilk, kidney, kind, line, nature, pecking order, pigeonhole, place, position, rank, set, slot, sort, species, station, stripe, subclass, taxonomic group, type |
| Notes: | an order is being told to do something with no specific guidelines, a command is being told to do something in a specific way, and a directive is being told to do something and getting this information through channels |
| Main Entry: | sort |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | type, variety |
| Synonyms: | array, batch, battery, body, brand, breed, category, character, class, clutch, denomination, description, family, genus, group, ilk, kind, likes, likes of, lot, make, nature, number, order, parcel, quality, race, set, species, stamp, stripe, style, suite |
| Main Entry: | specimen |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | example, sample |
| Synonyms: | case, case history, copy, cross section, embodiment, exemplar, exemplification, exhibit, illustration, individual, instance, model, part, pattern, proof, representation, representative, sampling, sort, species, type, unit, variety |
| Main Entry: | stock |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ancestry |
| Synonyms: | background, breed, clan, descent, extraction, family, folk, forebears, house, kin, kindred, line, line of descent, lineage, parentage, pedigree, race, species, strain, tribe, type, variety |
| Main Entry: | strain |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ancestry |
| Synonyms: | blood, breed, descent, extraction, family, lineage, pedigree, race, species, stock |
| Notes: | a sprain involves one or more ligaments; a strain involves a tendon or muscle |
| Main Entry: | type |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | class, kind |
| Synonyms: | blazon, brand, breed, cast, category, character, classification, cut, description, feather, form, genre, group, ilk, likes, lot, mold, nature, number, order, persuasion, rubric, sample, sort, species, specimen, stamp, standard, strain, subdivision, variety, way |
| Main Entry: | variety |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | type, sort |
| Synonyms: | assortment, brand, breed, category, character, class, classification, description, division, family, genus, grade, ilk, kidney, kind, make, nature, order, quality, race, rank, species, strain, stripe, tribe |
| Main Entry: | genre |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | type |
| Synonyms: | brand, category, character, class, classification, fashion, genus, group, kind, school, sort, species, style |
| Main Entry: | coin |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | metallic money |
| Synonyms: | bread, cash, change, chicken feed, chips, coinage, copper, currency, doubloon, dough, gold, jack, legal tender, meter money, mintage, money, piece, scratch*, silver, small change, specie |
| Antonyms: | bill, dollar |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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