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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | assuming possession, power |
| Synonyms: | acceptance, accepting, acquisition, adoption, appropriation, arrogation, assuming, embracing, grab, seizure, shouldering, takeover, taking, taking on, taking up, undertaking, usurpation |
| Main Entry: | beautiful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | physically attractive |
| Synonyms: | admirable, alluring, angelic, appealing, beauteous, bewitching, charming, classy, comely, cute, dazzling, delicate, delightful, divine, elegant, enticing, excellent, exquisite, fair, fascinating, fine, foxy*, good-looking, gorgeous, graceful, grand, handsome, ideal, lovely, magnificent, marvelous, nice, pleasing, pretty, pulchritudinous, radiant, ravishing, refined, resplendent, shapely, sightly, splendid, statuesque, stunning, sublime, superb, symmetrical, taking, well-formed, wonderful |
| Antonyms: | disgusting, grotesque, hideous, homely, offensive, plain, repulsive, ugly, unattractive |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | capture |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | catching, forceful holding |
| Synonyms: | abduction, acquirement, acquisition, apprehension, appropriating, appropriation, arrest, bag*, bust, catch, collar, commandeering, confiscation, drop*, ensnaring, fall, gaining, grab*, grasping, hit the jackpot, hook*, imprisonment, knock off, laying hold of, nab, nail, obtaining, occupation, pick up*, pinch*, pull*, run in, securing, seizing, seizure, snatching, sweep*, taking, taking captive, taking into custody, trapping, trip, winning |
| Antonyms: | freeing, letting go, liberalization, release |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | catching |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | contagious (disease) |
| Synonyms: | communicable, dangerous, endemic, epidemic, epizootic, infectious, infective, miasmatic, pandemic, pestiferous, pestilential, taking, transferable, transmittable |
| Antonyms: | uncontagious |
| Main Entry: | communicable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | able to be contracted |
| Synonyms: | catching, communicative, contagious, expansive, infectious, pandemic, taking, transferable, transmittable |
| Antonyms: | incontractable, noncommunicable, noncontagious |
| Main Entry: | contagious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | communicable |
| Synonyms: | catching, deadly, endemic, epidemic, epizootic, impartible, infectious, inoculable, pestiferous, pestilential, poisonous, spreading, taking, transmissible, transmittable |
| Notes: | diseases spread by contact are contagious and those spread by air or water are infectious |
| Antonyms: | noncommunicable |
| Main Entry: | fetching |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | alluring, attractive |
| Synonyms: | beautiful, captivating, charming, cute, enchanting, enticing, fascinating, intriguing, luring, pleasing, sweet, taking, tempting, winsome |
| Antonyms: | repellent, repulsive, ugly, unalluring, unattractive |
| Main Entry: | prepossessing |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | attractive, handsome |
| Synonyms: | alluring, amiable, appealing, attracting, beautiful, bewitching, captivating, charming, drawing, enchanting, engaging, fair, fascinating, fetching, good-looking, inviting, likable, lovable, magnetic, pleasant, pleasing, striking, taking, winning |
| Antonyms: | homely, repulsive, ugly, unattractive, unprepossessing |
| Main Entry: | receipt |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | delivery of goods |
| Synonyms: | acceptance, accession, acquiring, acquisition, admission, admitting, arrival, getting, intaking, receiving, reception, recipience, taking |
| Notes: | a receipt is a written acknowledgment that payment has been made, while a recipe is a set of directions for making something |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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