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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | drink |
| Synonyms: | alcohol, booze, brew, cup*, draft, glass, gulp, libation, liquid, liquor, potable, potation, potion, pull, quaff, refreshment, shot*, sip, slug, spirits, spot*, swallow, swig, swill, taste, thirst quencher, toast |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | ambition |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | strong desire for success |
| Synonyms: | appetite, ardor, aspiration, avidity, craving, desire, drive, eagerness, earnestness, emulation, energy, enterprise, enthusiasm, fire in belly, get up and go, hankering*, hope, hunger, initiative, itch, keenness, longing, love, lust, moxie*, passion, pretension, push, right stuff, spirit, striving, thirst, vigor, yearning, zeal |
| Antonyms: | apathy, contentment, diffidence, humility, indifference, laziness, satisfaction |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | angel |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | attendant of God |
| Synonyms: | God's messenger, archangel, celestial being, cherub, divine messenger, guardian, heavenly being, holy being, seraph, spirit, spiritual being, sprite, supernatural being |
| Antonyms: | devil |
| Main Entry: | animation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | liveliness; activity |
| Synonyms: | action, ardor, bounce, brio, briskness, buoyancy, dash, dynamism, ebullience, elation, energy, enthusiasm, esprit, excitement, exhilaration, fervor, gaiety, high spirits, life, oomph, passion, pep, sparkle, spirit, sprightliness, verve, vibrancy, vigor, vim, vitality, vivacity, zap, zeal, zest, zing, zip, élan |
| Antonyms: | discouragement, dullness, inactivity |
| Main Entry: | apparition |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ghost |
| Synonyms: | bogeyman, bump in the night, chimera, delusion, hallucination, haunt, illusion, phantasm, phantom, revenant, specter, spirit, spook, visitant |
| Antonyms: | animate, being |
| Main Entry: | ardor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | enthusiasm |
| Synonyms: | avidity, devotion, eagerness, earnestness, feeling, fervor, fierceness, fire, gusto, heat, intensity, jazz, keenness, oomph, passion, pep talk, spirit, turn on, vehemence, verve, warmth, weakness*, zeal, zest, zing |
| Antonyms: | coldness, coolness, frigidity, indifference |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | atmosphere |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | general feeling or mood |
| Synonyms: | air, ambience, aura, background, character, climate, color, environment, feel, feeling, flavor, impression, local color, medium, mood, place, property, quality, scene, semblance, sense, space, spirit, surroundings, taste, tone |
| Main Entry: | being |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | essential nature |
| Synonyms: | character, entity, essence, essentia, essentiality, individuality, marrow, personality, quintessence, self, soul, spirit, substance, texture |
| Main Entry: | bosom |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | heart; core |
| Synonyms: | affections, center, circle, conscience, emotions, feelings, inside, interior, sentiments, soul, spirit, sympathies |
| Antonyms: | exteriority, outside |
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