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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | guess, belief |
| Synonyms: | apriorism, assumption, condition, conjecture, doubt, guessing, guesstimate, guesswork, hunch, hypothesis, idea, likelihood, notion, opinion, posit, postulate, postulation, premise, presumption, presupposition, rough guess, shot in the dark, sneaking suspicion, speculation, stab in the dark, suppose, surmise, suspicion, theory, thesis, view |
| Antonyms: | fact, knowledge, proof, reality |
| Main Entry: | fancy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective, noun, verb |
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air-built, air-drawn, bucolic, chimerical, chthonic, commentitious, creative, demiurgic, enthusiastic, excogitous, extravagant, fabulous, fairy, fairylike, fanatic, fanciful, fancy, fantastical, fertile, fictive, flighty, haptic, high-flown, ideal, illusory, imaginary, imaginative, imagined, imagining, implicit, in the clouds, inventive, legendary, mythic, mythological, notional, oneiric, oneirotic, original, pastoral, pretend, quixotic, romantic, supermundane, unreal, unsubstantial, utopian, visile, visionary, whimsical
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| Main Entry: | regard |
| Part of Speech: | noun, verb |
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bare, ceremonious, decorous, deferential, emeritus, in deference to, in high esteem, in high estimation, obsequious, on one's knees, prostrate, respected, respectful, respecting, reverenced, reverential, saving your grace, saving your presence, time, with all respect, with due respect, with the hightest respect
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| Concept: | Hope. |
| Category: | 3. Prospective Affections |
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hope, hopes; desire; fervent hope, sanguine expectation, trust, confidence, reliance; faith (belief); affiance, assurance; secureness, security; reassurance., good omen, good auspices; promise, well grounded hopes; good prospect, bright prospect; clear sky., assumption, presumption; anticipation (expectation)., hopefulness, buoyancy, optimism, enthusiasm, heart of grace, aspiration; optimist, utopist., castles in the air, chateaux en Espagne, le pot au lait, Utopia, millennium; day dream, golden dream; dream of Alnaschar; airy hopes, fool's paradise; mirage (fallacies of vision); fond hope., beam of hope, ray of hope, gleam of hope, glimmer of hope, flash of hope; dawn of hope, star of hope; cheer; bit of blue sky, silver lining, silver lining of the cloud, bottom of Pandora's box, balm in Gilead., anchor, sheet anchor, mainstay; staff (support); heaven.
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| Antonyms: | hopelessness |
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| Concept: | Judge. |
| Category: | 5. Institutions |
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judge; justice, justiciar, justiciary; chancellor; justice of assize, judge of assize; recorder, common sergeant; puisne judge, assistant judge, county court judge; conservator of the peace, justice of the peace; J.P.; court (tribunal); magistrate, police magistrate, beak; his worship, his honor, his lordship., jury, twelve men in a box., Lord Chancellor, Lord Justice; Master of the Rolls, Vice Chancellor; Lord Chief Justice, Chief Baron; Mr. Justice; Baron, Baron of the Exchequer., jurat, assessor; arbiter, arbitrator; umpire; referee, referendary; revising barrister; domesman; censor (critic); barmaster, ephor; grand juror, grand juryman; juryman, talesman., archon, tribune, praetor, syndic, podesta, mollah, ulema, mufti, cadi, kadi; Rhadamanthus., litigant (accusation).
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| Concept: | Supposition. |
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supposition, assumption, assumed position, postulation, condition, presupposition, hypothesis, postulate, postulatum, theory; thesis, theorem; data; proposition, position; proposal (plan); presumption (belief); divination., conjecture; guess, guesswork, speculation; rough guess, shot; conjecturality; surmise, suspicion, sneaking suspicion., inkling, suggestion, hint; bare supposition, vague supposition, loose supposition, loose suggestion., association of ideas., conceit.
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| Concept: | Repute. |
| Category: | 4. Extrinsic Affections; personal affections derived from the opinions or feelings of others) |
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distinction, mark, name, figure; repute, reputation; good repute, high repute; note, notability, notoriety, eclat., "the bubble reputation" [As You Like It], vogue, celebrity; fame, famousness; renown; popularity, aura popularis; approbation; credit, succes d'estime, prestige, talk of the town; name to conjure with., glory, honor; luster (light); illustriousness; fifteen minutes of fame., account, regard, respect; reputableness; respectability (probity); good name, good report; fair name., dignity; stateliness; solemnity, grandeur, splendor, nobility, majesty, sublimity., rank, standing, brevet rank, precedence, pas, station, place, status; position, position in society; order, degree, baccalaureate, locus standi, caste, condition., greatness; eminence; height; importance; preeminence, supereminence; high mightiness, primacy; top of the ladder, top of the tree., elevation; ascent; superaltation, exaltation; dignification, aggrandizement. dedication, consecration, enthronement, canonization, celebration, enshrinement, glorification., hero, man of mark, great card, celebrity, worthy, lion, rara avis, notability, somebody; classman; man of rank (nobleman); pillar of the state, pillar of the church, pillar of the community., chief (master); first fiddle (proficient); cynosure, mirror; flower, pink, pearl; paragon (perfection); choice and master spirits of the age; elite; star,.sun, constellation, galaxy. ornament, honor, feather in one's cap, halo, aureole, nimbus; halo of glory, blaze of glory, blushing honors; laurels (trophy)., memory, posthumous fame, niche in the temple of fame; immortality, immortal name; magni nominis umbra [Lucan].
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| Antonyms: | disrepute |
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