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Main Entry:
stroke
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: accomplishment
Synonyms: achievement, blow*, feat, flourish, hit*, move, movement
Antonyms: failure, loss
Main Entry: stroke
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: pat lengthwise
Synonyms: brush, caress, chuck, comfort, fondle, pet, rub, smooth, soothe, tickle
Main Entry: accent
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: stress or pitch in pronunciation
Synonyms: accentuation, articulation, beat, cadence, emphasis, enunciation, force, inflection, intonation, meter, modulation, pronunciation, rhythm, stroke, timbre, tonality, tone
Example Sentences
  • Most people who survive a stroke have some type of disability.
  • Ambulance personnel often don't know how to diagnose or treat heat stroke on the spot either.
  • People in such a state have serious brain damage as a result of an accident or stroke.
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Main Entry: acclaim
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: expression of approval
Synonyms: PR, acclamation, acknowledgment, applause, approbation, celebration, cheering, clapping, commendation, eulogizing, exaltation, honor, kudos, pat on the back, pat on the head, plaudits, praise, puff, pumping up, rave, recognition, strokes, stroking
Antonyms: beratement, criticism, disapproval, jeering, vituperation
Main Entry: acclaim
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: give approval
Synonyms: applaud, approve, blow horn, boost, celebrate, cheer, clap, commend, compliment, eulogize, exalt, extol, give a bouquet, give a posy, give kudos, hail, hand it to, hear it for, honor, laud, praise, puff up, push*, rave, recommend, root, salute, stroke*
Antonyms: berate, censure, damn, denounce, disapprove, dishonor, vituperate
Main Entry: accomplishment
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: something successfully done, completed
Synonyms: ability, achievement, act, art, attainment, bringing about, capability, carrying out, completion, conclusion, consummation, coup, deed, effecting, effort, execution, exploit, feat, finish, fulfillment, performance, production, proficiency, realization, skill, stroke, talent, triumph
Antonyms: defeat, failure, frustration, nullification
Main Entry: achievement
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: something completed successfully; goal reached
Synonyms: accomplishment, acquirement, acquisition, act, actualization, attainment, completion, conquest, consummation, contrivance, creation, deed, effectuation, effort, enactment, encompassment, execution, exploit, feat, fulfillment, hit, masterpiece, performance, production, realization, stroke, success, tour de force, triumph, victory
Antonyms: defeat, failure, forfeit, injury, miscue, misfortune, neglect, negligence
Main Entry: action
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: individual deed
Synonyms: accomplishment, achievement, act, blow, commission, dealings, doing, effort, enterprise, execution, exercise, exertion, exploit, feat, handiwork, maneuver, manipulation, move, operation, performance, procedure, step, stroke, thrust, transaction, undertaking
Main Entry: apoplexy
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: loss of consciousness fromblockage in vein or artery
Synonyms: occlusion, seizure, stroke, thrombosis
Antonyms: consciousness
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