Nearby Words
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | burst of activity |
| Synonyms: | access, commotion, discharge, eruption, explosion, fit, jet, outburst, rush, spate, spritz, squirt, stream, surge |
| Antonyms: | continuity |
| Main Entry: | bleed |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cause blood to flow |
| Synonyms: | drain, exude, gush, hemorrhage, leech, ooze, open vein, phlebotomize, run, seep, shed, spurt, trickle, weep |
| Main Entry: | boom |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | prosperity |
| Synonyms: | advance, boost, development, expansion, gain, growth, improvement, increase, inflation, jump, prosperousness, push, rush, spurt, upsurge, upswing, upturn |
| Antonyms: | collapse, failure, loss |
| Main Entry: | boom |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | prosper |
| Synonyms: | appreciate, bloom, develop, enhance, expand, flourish, flower, gain, grow, increase, intensify, rise in value, spurt, strengthen, succeed, swell, thrive |
| Antonyms: | collapse, fail, falter, lose |
| Main Entry: | burst |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | blow-up, blast |
| Synonyms: | access, bang, barrage, blowout, bombardment, breach, break, cannonade, crack, discharge, eruption, explosion, fit, flare, fusillade, gush, gust, outbreak, outpouring, round, rupture, rush, sally, salvo, shower, spate, split, spurt, storm, surge, torrent, volley |
| Main Entry: | dart |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | race away; propel |
| Synonyms: | bound, career, cast, course, dash, flash, fling, flit, float, fly, gallop, hasten, heave, hurry, hurtle, launch, move quickly, pitch, plunge, run, rush, sail, scamper, scoot, scud, scurry, shoot, skim, speed, spring, sprint, spurt, start, tear, throw, thrust, whiz |
| Main Entry: | dash |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fast race for short distance |
| Synonyms: | birr, bolt, dart, haste, onset, run, rush, sortie, sprint, spurt, zip |
| Main Entry: | effort |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | work, exertion |
| Synonyms: | accomplishment, achievement, act, aim, application, aspiration, attempt, battle, crack*, creation, deed, discipline, drill, elbow grease, endeavor, energy, enterprise, essay, exercise, feat, fling*, force, go*, industry, intention, job, labor, old college try, pains, power, product, production, pull, purpose, push, resolution, shot*, spurt, stab*, strain, stress, stretch, strife, striving, struggle, sweat, tension, toil, training, travail, trial, trouble, try, tug, undertaking, venture, whack |
| Antonyms: | hesitation, idleness, inactivity, laziness, passivity |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | ejaculate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | eject semen |
| Synonyms: | climax, come*, discharge, have an orgasm, spurt |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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