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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | complete, thorough |
| Synonyms: | absolute, all-out, comprehensive, consummate, downright, entire, every, full, full-blown, full-scale, gross, inclusive, integral, out-and-out, outright, overall, perfect, plenary, positive, sheer, sweeping, thoroughgoing, totalitarian, unconditional, undisputed, undivided, unlimited, unmitigated, unqualified, unreserved, unrestricted, utter, whole |
| Antonyms: | incomplete, partial, unfinished |
| Main Entry: | total |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | add up |
| Synonyms: | add, aggregate, amount to, calculate, cast, come, come to, comprise, consist of, equal, figure, foot, mount up to, number, pile up, reach, reckon, result in, ring up, run into, run to, stack up, sum up, summate, totalize, tote, yield |
| Antonyms: | subtract, take away |
| Main Entry: | absolute |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | without limit |
| Synonyms: | complete, consummate, downright, entire, flat out, free, full, infinite, no catch, no fine print, no holds barred, no ifs ands or buts, no joke, no strings attached, outright, plenary, pure, sheer, simple, straight out, supreme, thorough, total, unabridged, unadulterated, unconditional, unlimited, unqualified, unrestricted, utter |
| Antonyms: | accountable, circumscribed, limited, restricted, tractable |
| Main Entry: | abuse |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | physically hurt or injure |
| Synonyms: | bang up, beat up, bung up, corrupt, cut up, damage, defile, deprave, desecrate, harm, hose, ill-treat, impair, maltreat, mar, mess up*, mishandle, mistreat, misuse, molest, oppress, persecute, pollute, rough up, roughhouse, ruin, shake up, spoil, taint, total*, victimize, violate, wax |
| Notes: | abuse carries with it some sense of harm; misuse refers to an incorrect use that may not lead to harm to misuse is to use something wrongly, to abuse is to misuse something so badly that you damage it |
| Antonyms: | cherish, defend, help, preserve, protect, respect |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | accident |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | unexpected, undesirable event; often physically injurious |
| Synonyms: | blow, calamity, casualty, collision, crack-up, disaster, fender-bender, fluke, hazard, misadventure, misfortune, mishap, pileup, rear ender, setback, smash*, smashup, stack-up, total*, wrack-up |
| Antonyms: | intent, intention, necessity, plan, provision |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | across-the-board |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | broad in scope |
| Synonyms: | all, all-embracing, all-encompassing, all-inclusive, blanket, broad, broad in content, complete, comprehensive, encompassing, everything, extensive, global, including all categories, including all members, panoptic, sweeping, total, wide, widespread |
| Main Entry: | add |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | simple arithmetical process of increase; accumulation |
| Synonyms: | calculate, cast, compute, count, count up, do addition, enumerate, figure, reckon, reckon up, sum, summate, tally, tot, tot up, total, tote |
| Notes: | ad is short for advertisement while add means 'to join or unite' so as to increase in size, quantity, quality, or scope |
| Antonyms: | subtract |
| Main Entry: | aggregate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | forming a collection from separate parts |
| Synonyms: | accumulated, added, amassed, assembled, collected, collective, combined, composite, corporate, cumulative, heaped, mixed, piled, total |
| Antonyms: | individual, part, particular |
| Main Entry: | aggregate |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | collection |
| Synonyms: | accumulation, agglomerate, agglomeration, all, amount, assemblage, body, bulk, combination, conglomerate, conglomeration, gross, heap, lump, mass, mixture, pile, quantity, sum, the works, total, totality, whole, whole ball of wax, whole enchilada, whole schmear, whole shooting match |
| Antonyms: | individual, one, part |
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