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| Main Entry: |
body
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | corpse |
| Synonyms: | ashes, bones, cadaver, carcass, carrion, clay, corpus delicti, dead body, deceased, dust, relic, remains, stiff* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | cadaver |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | dead body |
| Synonyms: | body, cage, carcass, corpse, deceased, mort, remains, skeleton, stiff* |
| Antonyms: | being |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | carcass/carcase |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | dead body; framework, base structure |
| Synonyms: | body, cadaver, corpse, framework, hulk, mort, remains, shell, skeleton, stiff* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | cheat |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | defraud, fool |
| Synonyms: | bamboozle*, beat, beguile, bilk, bleed, bunco, burn, caboodle, chisel, con, cozen, crib, cross, deceive, defraud, delude, diddle, do a number on, do*, double-cross, double-deal, dupe, fast talk, finagle, fleece, flimflam, fudge, give bum steer, gouge, gyp, hoodwink, hose, jerk around, milk, mislead, pull one's leg, ream, rip off, rook, rope in, sandbag, scam, screw, shaft, short, shuck, skin, snow, stiff, sucker, swindle, take, take for a ride, take in, take out, trick, trim, two-time, victimize |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | corpse |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | dead body |
| Synonyms: | body, bones, cadaver, carcass, carrion, deceased, departed, mort, remains, stiff* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | default |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dodge payment |
| Synonyms: | bilk, defraud, dishonor, evade, fail, leave town, meet under arch, neglect, put on the cuff, rat, repudiate, run out on, see in the alley, shirk, skate, skip, skip out on, stiff*, swindle, welch, welsh |
| Antonyms: | pay |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | deprive |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | keep or take away something wanted, needed |
| Synonyms: | bankrupt, bare, bereave, denude, despoil, disinherit, dismantle, dispossess, disrobe, divest, dock, expropriate, hold back, lose, oust, rob, seize, skim, stiff, strip, wrest |
| Antonyms: | appropriate, bestow, confer, endow, give, indulge, offer, present, supply |
| Main Entry: | derelict |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | destitute or down-and-out person |
| Synonyms: | beggar, bum, castaway, dawdler, drifter, floater, grifter, hobo, ne'er-do-well, outcast, renegade, skidrow bum, stiff, stumblebum, tramp, vagabond, vagrant |
| Main Entry: | elitist |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | snob |
| Synonyms: | highbrow, name-dropper, pompous ass, pompous person, social climber, stiff, stuffed shirt |
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