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Friday, November 23, 2007

expertise

adeptness, artistry, command, ingeniousness, masterliness, mastery, profession, virtuosity, skillfulness, comprehension, skill, strength, talent, understanding, expertise Source: Roget's New Millennium Thesaurus Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, November 21, 2007

ability

Synonyms: adeptness, aptitude, bent, capability, capacity, command, competence, comprehension, dexterity, endowment, expertise, facility, faculty, intelligence, knack, know-how, might, potentiality, power, proficiency, qualification, resourcefulness, skill, strength, talent, understanding Source: Roget's New Millennium Thesaurus Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, November 17, 2007

agent Synonyms: abettor, advocate, ambassador, assignee, assistant, attorney, broker, commissioner, delegate, doer, emissary, envoy, executor, factor, functionary, go-between, handler, intermediary, lawyer, mediary, middleman, minister, mover, negotiator, operative, operator, promoter, proxy, representative, salesman, steward agent Source: Roget's New Millennium Thesaurus Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, November 6, 2007

ambitious

Synonyms: arduous, bold, challenging, demanding, difficult, elaborate, energetic, exacting, formidable, grandiose, hard, impressive, industrious, visionary Source: Roget's New Millennium Thesaurus Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, August 6, 2007

scrupulous

Synonyms: conscientious, conscionable, exact, fastidious, heedful, honest, honorable, just, meticulous, minute, moral, nice, painstaking, particular, precise, principled, punctilious, punctual, right, rigorous, thinking twice, true, upright Source: Roget's New Millennium Thesaurus Sign in to see full entry.

integrity

Synonyms: candor, forthrightness, goodness, honor, honestness, honesty, honorableness, incorruptibility, incorruption, principle, probity, purity, rectitude, righteousness, sincerity, straightforwardness, uprightness, virtue Source: Roget's New Millennium Thesaurus Sign in to see full entry.

paradigm

Synonyms: archetype, beau ideal, chart, criterion, ensample, exemplar, ideal, mirror, model, original, pattern, prototype, sample, standard Definition: example Source: Roget's New Millennium Thesaurus Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, August 5, 2007

castle

Synonyms: alcazar, chateau, citadel, donjon, fasthold, fastness, fort, fortification, fortress, hold, keep, manor, mansion, palace, peel, safehold, seat, stronghold, tower, villa Source: Roget's New Millennium Thesaurus Sign in to see full entry.

embellish

Synonyms: adorn, amplify, apparel, array, beautify, bedeck, color, deck, dress up, elaborate, emblaze, embroider, enhance, enrich, garnish, gild, give details, grace, magnify, ornament, trim Source: Roget's New Millennium Thesaurus Sign in to see full entry.

admire

Synonyms: adore, applaud, appreciate, approve, cherish, commend, delight in, esteem, eulogize, extol, glorify, hail, honor, idolize, laud, marvel at, praise, prize, rate highly, respect, revere, treasure, value, venerate, wonder at, worship Source: Roget's New Millennium Thesaurus Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, August 4, 2007

augment

Synonyms: add to, aggrandize, amplify, boost, build, build up, compound, develop, enhance, enlarge, expand, extend, grow, heighten, increase, intensify, magnify, mount, multiply, progress, raise, reinforce, strengthen, sweeten Source: Roget's New Millennium Thesaurus Sign in to see full entry.

prosperous

Synonyms: advantageous, affluent, auspicious, blooming, booming, comfortable, doing well, flourishing, fortunate, halcyon, lucky, moneyed, opulent, palmy, profitable, prospering, rich, roaring, robust, substantial, thriving, upper class, uptown, wealthy, well-off, well-to-do Source: Roget's New Millennium Thesaurus Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, August 3, 2007

predominant

Synonyms: absolute, all-powerful, almighty, arbitrary, ascendant, authoritative, chief, dominating, effective, efficacious, governing, impervious, influential, leading, main, master, mighty, official, omnipotent, paramount, potent, preponderant, prevailing, prevalent, primary, prime, principal, prominent, reigning, sovereign, superior, superlative, supreme, surpassing, transcendent, weighty Source: Roget's New Millennium Thesaurus Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, August 2, 2007

refined

Synonyms: aesthetic, civil, civilized, classy, courteous, courtly, cultivated, delicate, discerning, discriminating, elegant, enlightened, exact, fastidious, fine, finespun, genteel, gentlemanly, gracious, ladylike, nice, plush, polished, polite, posh, precise, punctilious, restrained, sensitive, sophisticated, suave, sublime, subtle, tasteful, urbane, well-bred, well-mannered Source: Roget's New Millennium Thesaurus Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, August 1, 2007

rational

Synonyms: balanced, calm, cerebral, cognitive, collected, deductive, deliberate, discerning, discriminating, enlightened, far-sighted, impartial, intellectual, intelligent, judicious, knowing, level-headed, logical, lucid, perspicacious, philosophic, prudent, reasonable, reasoning, reflective, sagacious, sane, sensible, sober, sound, stable, synthetic, thinking, thoughtful, well-advised, wise Source: Roget's New Millennium Thesaurus Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, July 31, 2007

impervious

Synonyms: closed to, hermetic, immune, impassable, impassive, impenetrable, impermeable, imperviable, inaccessible, invulnerable, resistant, sealed, tight, unaffected, unapproachable, unmoved, unpierceable, unreceptive, water-tight Source: Roget's New Millennium Thesaurus Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, July 30, 2007

beloved

Synonyms: admired, cared for, cherished, darling, dear, dearest, doted on, endeared, esteemed, fair-haired, favorite, hallowed, highly regarded, highly valued, loved, pleasing, precious, prized, respected, revered, sweet, treasured, venerated, well-liked, worshiped Source: Roget's New Millennium Thesaurus Sign in to see full entry.

appease

Synonyms: allay, alleviate, assuage, be enough, blunt, calm, compose, conciliate, content, diminish, ease, gratify, lessen, lull, meet halfway, mitigate, mollify, pacify, placate, propitiate, quell, quench, quiet, serve, soften, soothe, subdue, sweeten, tranquilize i.e. ~ It is not possible to appease the mother of a kidnapped child. Source: Roget's New Millennium Thesaurus Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, July 28, 2007

prestigious

Synonyms: celebrated, distinguished, eminent, esteemed, exalted, famed, great, illustrious, important, imposing, impressive, influential, notable, prominent, renowned, reputable, respected Source: Roget's New Millennium Thesaurus Sign in to see full entry.

incredible

Synonyms: amazing, astonishing, astounding, awe-inspiring, extraordinary, fabulous, glorious, great, marvelous, prodigious, wonderful Source: Roget's New Millennium Thesaurus Sign in to see full entry.

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