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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | horizontal position or thing |
| Synonyms: | altitude, elevation, floor, height, layer, plain, plane, story, stratum, surface, zone |
| Main Entry: | literature |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | written matter, both fictional and nonfictional |
| Synonyms: | abstract, article, belles-lettres, biography, books, brochure, classics, comment, composition, critique, discourse, discussion, disquisition, dissertation, drama, essay, exposition, findings, history, humanities, information, leaflet, letters, lit, literary works, lore, novel, observation, pamphlet, paper, poetry, prose, précis, report, research, story, summary, theme, thesis, tract, treatise, treatment, writings, written work |
| Antonyms: | speech |
| Main Entry: | misrepresentation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | falsehood |
| Synonyms: | adulteration, coloring, distortion, exaggeration, fabrication, false light, falsification, lie, misstatement, mutilation, not a true picture, slant, story*, stretch, tall story, twist, untruth |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | misstatement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | misrepresentation |
| Synonyms: | adulteration, coloring, distortion, exaggeration, fabrication, false light, falsehood, falsification, inaccuracy, lie, misstatement, mutilation, not a true picture, slant, story*, stretch, tall story, twist, untruth |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | narration |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | description, reading |
| Synonyms: | account, anecdote, explanation, narrative, recital, recountal, recounting, rehearsal, relation, report, story, storytelling, tale, telling, voice-over, yarn |
| Antonyms: | concealment, suppression |
| Main Entry: | news |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | information, revelation |
| Synonyms: | account, advice, announcement, broadcast, bulletin, cable, cognizance, communication, communiqué, copy, data, description, disclosure, discovery, dispatch, enlightenment, exposé, eye-opener, front-page news, headlines, hearsay, intelligence, itemization, knowledge, leak, lowdown, message, narration, news flash, particularization, recital, recognition, release, report, rumor, scandal, scoop*, specification, statement, story, telecast, telegram, telling, the goods, tidings, word* |
| Antonyms: | history |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | notice |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | announcement, information |
| Synonyms: | admonition, advertisement, advice, caution, caveat, circular, clue, comment, comments, communication, criticism, critique, cue, declaration, directive, enlightenment, goods*, handbill, info, instruction, intelligence, intimation, know*, lowdown, manifesto, memo, memorandum, news, note, notification, order, picture, poster, proclamation, remark, review, score, sign, squib, story, tip, warning, whole story, write-up |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | novel |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fictional book |
| Synonyms: | best-seller, cliff-hanger, fiction, narrative, novelette, novella, paperback, potboiler, prose, romance, story, tale, yarn |
| Main Entry: | particular |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | detail |
| Synonyms: | ABC's, article, bottom line, brass tacks, case, chapter and verse, circumstance, clue, cue, element, fact, facts of life, feature, gospel, item, know*, lowdown, nitty-gritty, nuts and bolts, picture, point, rundown, scoop*, score*, speciality, specific, specification, story, thing*, what's what, whole story |
| Antonyms: | generality |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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