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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | take a risk; be courageous |
| Synonyms: | adventure, attempt, be bold, brave, endanger, endeavor, gamble, go ahead, hazard, make bold, pluck up, presume, risk, run the risk, speculate, stake, take a chance, take heart, try, try one's hand, undertake, venture |
| Antonyms: | be careful, hold back, refrain |
| Main Entry: | perk up |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cheer |
| Synonyms: | ameliorate, be refreshed, brighten, buck up, cheer up, convalesce, gain, improve, invigorate, liven up, look up, mend, pep up, rally, recover, recuperate, refresh, renew, revive, shake, take heart |
| Antonyms: | depress |
| Main Entry: | feel |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | experience |
| Synonyms: | accept, acknowledge, appear, appreciate, be affected, be aware of, be excited, be impressed, be sensible of, be sensitive, be turned on to, comprehend, discern, encounter, endure, enjoy, exhibit, get in touch, get vibes, get*, go through*, have, have a hunch, have funny feeling, have vibes, know, meet, note, notice, observe, perceive, receive, remark, resemble, savor, see, seem, sense, suffer, suggest, take to heart, taste, undergo, understand, welcome |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | heed |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give care, thought to |
| Synonyms: | attend, baby-sit, be aware, be guided by, bear in mind, catch, consider, dig*, do one's bidding, follow, follow orders, get a load of, give ear, hark, hear, hearken, keep eye peeled, keep tabs, listen, mark, mind, mind the store, note, obey, observe, pay attention, pick up, regard, ride herd on, see, sit, spot, stay in line, take notice of, take to heart, toe the line, watch, watch one's step, watch out, watch over, watch the store |
| Antonyms: | disregard, ignore, neglect, overlook |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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| Main Entry: | heed |
| Part of Speech: | noun, verb |
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Adjectives: |
absorbed, alive to, askance, attentive, audient, awake to, beseeching, breathless, cognizant, come, distraught, engaged in, engrossed in, excubant, expergefacient, fleeting, furtive, intent on, levisomnous, measured, mindful, observant, observing, occupied with, on the watch, open, rapt, regardant, regardful, steadfast, taken up with, undistracted, upon the stretch, vultured, watchful, wrapped in
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| Concept: | Hope. |
| Category: | 3. Prospective Affections |
| Synonyms: |
-nouns
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.
-verbs
hope, trust, confide, rely on, put one's trust in; lean upon; pin one's hope upon, pin one's faith upon (believe) [more]., feel hope, entertain hope, harbor hope, indulge hope, cherish hope, feed hope, foster hope, nourish hope, encourage hope, cling to hope, live in hope; see land; feel assured, rest assured, feel confident, rest confident, presume; promise oneself; expect (look forward to)., hope for (desire); anticipate., be hopeful; look on the bright side of, view on the sunny side, voir en couleur de rose, make the best of it, hope for the best; put a good face upon, put a bold face upon, put the best face upon; keep one's spirits up; take heart, take heart of grace; be of good heart, be of good cheer; flatter oneself, "lay the flattering unction to one's soul" [Hamlet], catch at a straw, hope against hope, reckon one's chickens before they are hatched., give hope, inspire hope, raise hope, hold out hope; promise, bid fair, augur well, be in a fair way, look up, flatter, tell a flattering tale; raise expectations; encourage, cheer, assure, reassure, buoy up, embolden.
-adjectives
hoping; in hopes; hopeful, confident; secure (certain); sanguine, in good heart, buoyed up, buoyant, elated, flushed, exultant, enthusiastic; heartsome; utopian., unsuspecting, unsuspicious; fearless, free from fear, free from suspicion, free from distrust, free from despair, exempt from fear, exempt from suspicion, exempt from distrust, exempt from despair; undespairing, self reliant., probable, on the high road to; within sight of shore, within sight of land; promising, propitious; of promise, full of promise; of good omen; auspicious, de bon augure; reassuring; encouraging, cheering, inspiriting, looking up, bright, roseate, couleur de rose, rose-colored.
-adverbs
hopefully
-phrases
nil desperandum [Horace]; never say die, dum spiro spero, latet scintillula forsan, all is for the best, spero meliora; "the wish being father to the thought" [Henry IV]; "hope told a flattering tale"; rusticus
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| Antonyms: | hopelessness |
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