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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | deed, trick |
| Synonyms: | achievement, act, antic, caper, exploit, feat, feature, performance, sketch, skit, tour de force |
| Main Entry: | action |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something done |
| Synonyms: | activity, agility, alacrity, alertness, animation, bag*, ballgame, big idea, bit*, business, bustle, commotion, dash, deal, energy, enterprise, flurry, force, functioning, game, going, happening, haste, hoopla*, hopper, in the works, industry, life, liveliness, motion, movement, occupation, operation, plan, power, process, proposition, racket, reaction, response, rush, scene, spirit, stir, stunt, trip, turmoil, vigor, vim, vitality, vivacity |
| Antonyms: | cessation, idleness, inaction, inactivity, inertia, repose, rest, stoppage |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | activity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | special interest or pursuit |
| Synonyms: | act, avocation, bag*, ballgame, bit*, deed, endeavor, enterprise, entertainment, game, hobby, job, labor, occupation, pastime, project, racket, scene*, scheme, stunt, task, trip, undertaking, venture, work, zoo |
| Antonyms: | hate |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | caper |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | antic, lark |
| Synonyms: | escapade, gag, gambol, high jinks, hop, hot foot, jest, joke, jump, leap, mischief, monkeyshines, practical joke, prank, put on*, revel, rib, rollick, shenanigan, sport, stunt, tomfoolery*, trick |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | cheat |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | trick |
| Synonyms: | artifice, baloney, bamboozlement, bill of goods, bunco, chicanery, con, con game, cover up, cozening, deceit, deception, dirty pool, dirty trick, dodge, double-dealing, fake, fast one, fast shuffle, fix, flimflam, frame, fraud, gyp, hanky-panky, hoax, hoaxing, humbug, hustle, imposture, jazz, jive, plant, put-on, racket, rip-off, run around, scam, sell, shady deal, sham, shell game, snow job, spoof, sting, stunt, swindle, trickery, whitewash, wrong |
| Main Entry: | coup |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | achievement, often by maneuver |
| Synonyms: | accomplishment, action, coup d'état, coup de mâitre, deed, exploit, feat, overthrow, plot, revolution, stratagem, stroke, stroke of genius, stunt, successful stroke, tour de force, upset |
| Main Entry: | deed |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | achievement |
| Synonyms: | accomplishment, act, action, adventure, ballgame, big idea, bit, byplay, cause, commission, crusade, do, enterprise, exploit, fact, feat, follow through, game, happenin', performance, plan, quest, reality, securing, stunt, thing*, tour de force, truth, winning |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | device |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ploy, scheme, maneuver |
| Synonyms: | artifice, cabal, chicanery, clever move, craft, craftiness, cunningness, design, dodge, evasion, expedient, fake, feint, finesse, gambit, game, gimmick, improvisation, loophole, machination, method, pattern, plan, plot, project, proposition, purpose, racket, ruse, shift, stratagem, strategy, stunt, subterfuge, trap, trick, wile |
| Main Entry: | enterprise |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | adventure, undertaking |
| Synonyms: | action, activity, affair, attempt, baby*, bag*, ballgame, big idea, biggie, bit*, business, campaign, cause, company, concern, crusade, deal, deed, do*, effort, endeavor, engagement, essay, establishment, firm, flier, follow through, game*, happening, hazard, house, move, operation, outfit, performance, pet project, plan, plunge*, program, project, proposition, purpose, pursuit, risk, scheme, speculation, stake, striving, stunt, task, thing*, trade, try, venture, work |
| Antonyms: | idleness, inactivity, unemployment |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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