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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | well-groomed, neat |
| Synonyms: | bandbox, brisk, chic, chichi, classy, clean, dainty, dashing, doggy, dressed to kill, dressed to nines, jaunty, natty, nice, nifty, nimble, nobby, posh, prim, rakish, ritzy, sassy, sharp, showy, smart, snazzy, snug, spiff, spiffy, spruce, spry, stylish, swank, swanky, swell, trim, turned out, well turned out |
| Antonyms: | dirty, dishevelled, ruffled, rumpled, scruffy, shabby, sloppy, tousled, ungroomed, wrinkled |
| Main Entry: | decorate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | beautify, embellish |
| Synonyms: | add finishing touches, adorn, bedeck, bedizen, brighten, burnish, color, deck, do up, dress out, dress up, enhance, enrich, festoon, finish, fix up, frill, furbish, garnish, gild, grace, gussy up, idealize, illuminate, jazz up, ornament, paint, perfect, prank, renovate, spruce up, trim |
| Main Entry: | delete |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | erase, remove |
| Synonyms: | X-out, annul, black out, bleep, blot out, blue-pencil, cancel, clean, clean up, cross out, cut, cut out, decontaminate, destroy, drop, edit, efface, eliminate, exclude, expunge, obliterate, omit, pass up, rub, rub out, rule out, sanitize, snip, squash, squelch, sterilize, strike out, trim, wipe out |
| Antonyms: | add, put in |
| Main Entry: | digest |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make shorter; abridge |
| Synonyms: | abbreviate, abstract, boil down, classify, codify, compress, condense, cut, cut down, cut to bone, decrease, epitomize, get to the meat, inventory, methodize, nutshell, put in a nutshell, reduce, shorten, sum, sum up, summarize, summate, survey, synopsize, systematize, tabulate, trim |
| Antonyms: | detail, enlarge, expand, lengthen |
| Main Entry: | dinky |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | tiny, small |
| Synonyms: | Lilliputian, bush-league, dainty, insignificant, lesser, mini, miniature, minor, minor-league, neat, petite, second rate, secondary, small-fry, small-time, trim |
| Antonyms: | big, huge, large |
| Main Entry: | distill |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make pure; draw out something |
| Synonyms: | boil down, brew, clarify, concentrate, condense, cook, cut, cut down, cut to the bone, dribble, drip, drop, evaporate, express, extract, ferment, get to the meat, infuse, precipitate, press, press out, purify, rarefy, rectify, refine, squeeze out, steam, sublimate, trickle, trim, vaporize, volatilize |
| Antonyms: | dirty, pollute |
| Main Entry: | downsize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | to decrease in size, especially of a workforce |
| Synonyms: | curtail, cut, cut back, cut down, decrease, deduct, diminish, phase down, phase out, reduce, retrench, roll back, roll down, scale back, scale down, shrink, step down, trim, trim away, tune down |
| Main Entry: | dress |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | put on clothing |
| Synonyms: | adorn, apparel, array, attire, bedeck, bundle up, change, clad, clothe, costume, cover, deck, decorate, don, drape, embellish, fit out, furbish, garb, ornament, outfit, primp, put on, raiment, rig, robe, slip into, slip on, spruce up, suit up, trim, turn out, wear |
| Antonyms: | bare, disrobe, lay bare, unclothe, undress |
| Main Entry: | dress |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | physically prepare; groom |
| Synonyms: | adjust, align, arrange, comb, decorate, dispose, do up, fit, make ready, ornament, set, straighten, trim |
| Antonyms: | disarray, mess up, rumple, wrinkle |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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