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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | dispute |
| Synonyms: | altercation, argument, contention, disagreement, quarrel, wrangle |
| Main Entry: | word |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | discussion |
| Synonyms: | chat, chitchat, colloquy, confab, confabulation, consultation, conversation, discussion, talk, tête-à-tête |
| Antonyms: | silence |
| Main Entry: | word |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | statement |
| Synonyms: | account, adage, advice, announcement, bulletin, byword, comment, communication, communiqué, declaration, directive, discourse, dispatch, expression, gossip, hearsay, information, intelligence, intimation, introduction, message, news, notice, pronouncement, proverb, remark, report, rumble, rumor, saw, saying, scuttlebutt, speech, talk, tidings, utterance |
| Main Entry: | word |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | unit of language |
| Synonyms: | concept, designation, expression, idiom, lexeme, locution, morpheme, name, phrase, sound, term, usage, utterance, vocable |
| Main Entry: | word |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | command |
| Synonyms: | behest, bidding, charge, commandment, decree, dictate, edict, go-ahead, green light, injunction, mandate, order, signal, ukase, will |
| Antonyms: | question |
| Main Entry: | word |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | promise |
| Synonyms: | affirmation, assertion, assurance, commitment, declaration, engagement, guarantee, oath, parole, pledge, plight, solemn oath, solemn word, vow, warrant, word of honor |
| Antonyms: | breach, break |
| Main Entry: | word |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | password |
| Synonyms: | countersign, slogan, watchword |
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| Concept: | Word. |
| Category: | 2. Conventional Means; Language Generally |
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-nouns
word, term, vocable; name; phrase; root, etymon; derivative; part of speech (grammar); ideophone., dictionary, vocabulary, lexicon, index, glossary, thesaurus, gradus, delectus, concordance., etymology, derivation; glossology, terminology, orismology; paleology (philogy)., lexicography; glossography (scholar); lexicologist, verbarian.
-adjectives
verbal, literal; titular, nominal., [Similarly derived] conjugat, paronymous; derivative.
-adverbs
verbally; verbatim (exactly).
-phrases
"the artillery of words" [Swift].
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| Main Entry: | altercation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fight, often verbal |
| Synonyms: | argument, beef, bickering, blowup, bone of contention, brawl*, brush*, combat, contest, controversy, dispute, embroilment, flap, fracas*, fuss, go*, hassle, quarrel, row, rumble*, run-in, set-to, squabbling, tiff, words, wrangle |
| Antonyms: | agreement, concord, harmony, peace, union, unity |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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