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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | advice, plan |
| Synonyms: | advancement, angle, approach, bid, big idea, bit*, brainchild, charge, commendation, exhortation, game plan, gimmick, hot lead, idea, injunction, instruction, invitation, lead, motion, opinion, outline, pitch, presentation, proffer, proposal, proposition, recommendation, reminder, resolution, scheme, setup, sneaking suspicion, steer*, submission, telltale, tender, testimonial, thesis, tip, tip-off |
| Antonyms: | declaration, demand, order, telling |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | advance(s) |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | desirous pursuit of someone |
| Synonyms: | approach, move, overture, proposal, proposition, suggestion |
| Antonyms: | disinterest, ignorance |
| Main Entry: | advice |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | recommendation |
| Synonyms: | admonition, advisement, advocacy, aid, bum steer, caution, charge, consultation, counsel, directions, dissuasion, encouragement, exhortation, forewarning, guidance, help, information, injunction, input, instruction, judgment, lesson, news, opinion, persuasion, prescription, proposal, proposition, recommendation, steer, suggestion, teaching, telltale, tidings, tip, tip-off, two cents' worth, view, warning, word, word to the wise |
| Notes: | advise (verb) means 'to offer advice to or counsel'; advice (noun) is an opinion about what could or should be done about a situation or problem |
| Antonyms: | betrayal, deceit, deception, falsehood, lie, misinformation, misrepresentation |
| Main Entry: | allusion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | indirect reference; hint |
| Synonyms: | casual remark, charge, citation, connotation, denotation, figure of speech, implication, imputation, incidental mention, indication, inference, innuendo, insinuation, intimation, mention, play on words, quotation, remark, statement, suggestion |
| Notes: | allusion is an 'indirect mention,' illusion is 'false impression,' and delusion is 'deception' which is much stronger than illusion |
| Antonyms: | reality |
| Main Entry: | amendment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | addition to a document |
| Synonyms: | act, addendum, adjunct, alteration, attachment, bill, clarification, clause, codicil, measure, modification, motion, revision, rider, suggestion, supplement |
| Main Entry: | aura |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | air, character |
| Synonyms: | ambience, appearance, aspect, atmosphere, background, emanation, feel, feeling, mood, quality, scent, semblance, suggestion, tone |
| Main Entry: | bid |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | offering of money or services |
| Synonyms: | advance, amount, declaration, feeler, hit, invitation, offer, pass, price, proffer, proposal, proposition, request, submission, suggestion, sum, summons, tender |
| Main Entry: | bidding |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | offering of money, services |
| Synonyms: | advance, auction, invitation, offer, proffering, proposal, proposition, request, submission, suggestion, tender |
| Main Entry: | clue |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hint, evidence |
| Synonyms: | cue, dead giveaway, hot lead, indication, inkling, intimation, key, lead, mark, notion, pointer, print, proof, sign, solution, suggestion, suspicion, telltale, tip, tip-off, trace, track, wind |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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