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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | physical energy, power |
| Synonyms: | arm, brunt, clout, coercion, compulsion, conscription, constrait, draft, duress, dynamism, effort, enforcement, exaction, extortion, full head of steam, fury, horsepower, impact, impetus, impulse, might, momentum, muscle, pains, potency, potential, pow, pressure, punch, push, sinew, sock, speed, steam, stimulus, strain, strength, stress, strong arm, stuff*, subjection, tension, trouble, velocity, vigor, violence, what it takes |
| Antonyms: | powerlessness, weakness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | harass |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | badger |
| Synonyms: | annoy, attack, bait, bedevil, beleaguer, bother, bug*, bullyrag, burn*, despoil, devil*, distress, disturb, eat*, exasperate, exhaust, fatigue, foray, get to, give a bad time, give a hard time, gnaw, harry, hassle, heckle, hound, intimidate, irk, irritate, jerk around, macerate, maraud, noodge, pain*, perplex, persecute, pester, plague, raid, rattle one's cage, ride, strain, stress, tease, tire, torment, trouble, try, vex, weary, work on, worry |
| Antonyms: | aid, assist, facilitate, help, support |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | import |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | significance, weight |
| Synonyms: | consequence, design, emphasis, importance, intent, magnitude, moment, momentousness, object, objective, pith, purpose, signification, stress, substance, value, weightiness, worth |
| Antonyms: | insignificance |
| Main Entry: | importance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | significance, weight |
| Synonyms: | accent, attention, bearing, caliber, concern, concernment, consequence, denotation, distinction, drift*, effect, emphasis, force, gist*, gravity, import, influence, interest, materiality, moment, momentousness, notability, paramountcy, point, precedence, preponderance, preponderancy, priority, purport, relevance, sense, seriousness, signification, standing, stress, substance, tenor, usefulness, value, weightiness |
| Antonyms: | insignificance |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | impress |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | emphasize |
| Synonyms: | bring home, drive home, establish, fix, get into head, inculcate, instill, press, set, stress |
| Antonyms: | neglect |
| Main Entry: | insomnia |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | inability to sleep soundly |
| Synonyms: | indisposition, insomnolence, restlessness, sleeplessness, stress, tension, vigil, vigilance, wakefulness |
| Antonyms: | sleep |
| Main Entry: | intensify |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make more forceful, severe |
| Synonyms: | accent, accentuate, add fuel, add to, aggrandize, aggravate, augment, beef up, boost, brighten, build up, concentrate, darken, deepen, emphasize, enhance, escalate, exacerbate, exalt, heat up, heighten, increase, intensate, lighten, magnify, point, pour it on, quicken, raise, redouble, reinforce, rise, rouse, set off, sharpen, spike*, step up, strengthen, stress, tone up, whet |
| Antonyms: | calm, lower, slow, soothe, weaken |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | labor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | work, undertaking |
| Synonyms: | activity, chore, daily grind, diligence, drudgery, effort, employment, endeavor, energy, exercise, exertion, grind*, gruntwork, industry, job, moonlight, operation, pains, pull, push, strain, stress, struggle, sweat, toil, travail |
| Antonyms: | entertainment, fun |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | maintain |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | assert, claim; argue for |
| Synonyms: | advocate, affirm, allege, asseverate, attest, aver, avow, back, champion, contend, correct, declare, defend, emphasize, fight for, hold, insist, justify, persist, plead for, profess, protest, rectify, report, right, say, stand by, state, stress, uphold, vindicate |
| Antonyms: | condemn, desert, discard, forget |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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