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Wednesday, May 23, 2007

complete

Synonyms: accomplished, achieved, all over, all-embracing, all-inclusive, attained, compassed, concluded, consummate, done, entire, finished, full-fledged, intact, perfect, realized, sweeping, thorough, unabridged, unbroken, undiminished, undivided, unimpaired, whole Source: Roget's New Millennium Thesaurus Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, May 22, 2007

lovely

Synonyms: admirable, adorable, agreeable, alluring, attractive, beauteous, charming, comely, dainty, delicate, delightful, enchanting, engaging, enjoyable, exquisite, fair, graceful, gratifying, nice, pleasant, pleasing, pretty, splendid, stunning, sweet, winning Synonyms: Roget's New Millennium Thesaurus Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, May 21, 2007

gracious

Synonyms: accommodating, affable, amiable, amicable, approachable, beneficent, benevolent, bighearted, bland, charitable, chivalrous, civil, compassionate, congenial, considerate, cordial, courteous, courtly, forthcoming, friendly, gallant, genial, giving, good-natured, goodhearted, hospitable, indulgent, kindly, lenient, loving, merciful, mild, obliging, pleasing, polite, sociable, stately, tender, urbane, well-mannered Source: Roget's New Millennium Thesaurus Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, May 20, 2007

cherish

Synonyms: admire, adore, appreciate, apprize, care for, clasp, cleave to, cling to, coddle, comfort, cosset, cultivate, defend, dote on, embrace, encourage, enshrine, entertain, fancy, guard, hold dear, honor, hug, idolize, imagine, like, love, nourish, nurture, preserve, prize, revere, safeguard, shelter, shield, support, sustain, treasure, value, venerate, worship Source: Roget's New Millennium Thesaurus Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, May 19, 2007

great

Synonyms: admirable, best, exceptional, expert, fantastic, fine, marvelous, masterly, perfect, surpassing, terrific, transcendent, tremendous, unmitigated, utter, wonderful Source: Roget's New Millennium Thesaurus Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, May 18, 2007

wealth

Synonyms: affluence, assets, belongings, bounty, cache, cash, commodities, estate, fortune, funds, gold, goods, holdings, luxury, means, opulence, plentitude, plenty, possessions, property, prosperity, resources, revenue, riches, richness, security, store, substance, substantiality, treasure, worth Source: Roget's New Millennium Thesaurus Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, May 17, 2007

pleasant

Synonyms: agreeable, amiable, amusing, charming, cheerful, civil, civilized, cordial, delightful, diplomatic, enchanting, engaging, enjoyable, fine, friendly, fun, genial, genteel, good-humored, gracious, gratifying, jolly, jovial, kindly, likable, lovely, mild-mannered, nice, obliging, pleasing, polite, refreshing, satisfying, social, sweet, sympathetic, urbane, welcome Source: Roget's New Millennium Thesaurus Sign in to see full entry.

diligence

Synonyms: activity, alertness, application, assiduity, assiduousness, attention, attentiveness, briskness, care, carefulness, constancy, earnestness, exertion, heed, heedfulness, industry, intensity, intent, intentness, keenness, laboriousness, quickness, sedulousness, vigor Source: Roget's New Millennium Thesaurus Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, May 16, 2007

nice

Synonyms: admirable, agreeable, amiable, approved, attractive, becoming, charming, commendable, considerate, copacetic, cordial, courteous, cultured, decorous, delightful, favorable, friendly, genial, gentle, good, gracious, helpful, ingratiating, inviting, kind, kindly, lovely, obliging, pleasant, pleasurable, polite, prepossessing, seemly, simpatico, superior, unpresumptuous, welcome, well-mannered, winning, winsome Source: Roget's New Millennium Thesaurus Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, May 15, 2007

grace

Synonyms: adroitness, agility, allure, attractiveness, balance, beauty, breeding, comeliness, consideration, cultivation, decency, decorum, dexterity, dignity, ease, elegance, etiquette, finesse, finish, form, gracefulness, lithesomeness, loveliness, mannerliness, manners, nimbleness, pleasantness, pliancy, poise, polish, propriety, refinement, shapeliness, smoothness, style, suppleness, symmetry, tact, tastefulness Source: Roget's New Millennium Thesaurus Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, May 14, 2007

profit

Synonyms: accumulation, acquisition, advancement, advantage, aggrandizement, augmentation, avail, benefit, earnings, emoluments, good, harvest, income, interest, lucre, net, output, outturn, percentage, proceeds, product, production, receipts, remuneration, return, revenue, savings, surplus, turnout, use, value, winnings, yield Source: Roget's New Millennium Thesaurus Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, May 13, 2007

architect

Synonyms: artist, builder, creator, designer, draftsman, engineer, inventor, maker, master builder, originator, planner Source: Roget's New Millennium Thesaurus Sign in to see full entry.

mercy

Synonyms: benevolence, benignancy, blessing, boon, charity, clemency, commiseration, compassion, favor, forbearance, forgiveness, generosity, gentleness, godsend, goodwill, grace, humanity, kindliness, lenience, leniency, lenity, lifesaver, luck, mildness, pity, quarter, relief, soft-heartedness, sympathy, tenderness, tolerance Source: Roget's New Millennium Thesaurus Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, May 10, 2007

measure

Synonyms: adjust, align, appraise, assess, average, calibrate, caliper, check, compute, demarcate, determine, estimate, evaluate, even, figure, fit, gauge, gradate, grade, judge, level, mark, mete, plumb, portion, quantify, rank, rate, regulate, rule, scale, size, square, survey, tailor, value, weigh Source: Roget's New Millennium Thesaurus Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, May 7, 2007

ornate

Synonyms: adorned, aureate, baroque, beautiful, bedecked, bright, brilliant, dazzling, elaborate, elegant, embroidered, fancy, fine, florid, flowery, gilded, glamorous, jeweled, lavish, luscious, magnificent, meretricious, opulent, ornamented, resplendent, rich, sparkling, sumptuous Source: Roget's New Millennium Thesaurus Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, May 4, 2007

raise

Synonyms: boost, bring up, build up, construct, elevate, establish, exalt, hoist, lift, move up, place up, promote, pull up, put up, set upright, uplift Source: Roget's New Millennium Thesaurus Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, May 3, 2007

magnanimous

Synonyms: all heart, beneficent, benevolent, big, big-hearted, bountiful, charitable, chivalrous, considerate, forgiving, free, generous, good Joe, great, great-hearted, kind, kindly, knightly, noble, open-handed, princely, selfless Source: Roget's New Millennium Thesaurus (Saving comment for after tomorrow's name change ~ Hi anarchistbanjo ~ I've enjoyed reading your blog all the way through even though it's almost midnight. It's clear you take genuine interest in your subjects. A refreshing... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, May 1, 2007

friend

Synonyms: acquaintance, ally, alter ego, associate, brother, buddy, classmate, colleague, companion, compatriot, comrade, countryman, crony, familiar, fellow, intimate, main man, mate, other self, pal, partner, roommate, schoolmate, sidekick, sister, soul mate, well-wisher Source: Roget's New Millennium Thesaurus Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, April 30, 2007

consideration

Synonyms: attentiveness, awareness, concern, considerateness, esteem, estimation, favor, forbearance, friendliness, heed, heedfulness, kindliness, kindness, mercy, mindfulness, respect, solicitude, tact, thoughtfulness, tolerance Source: Roget's New Millennium Thesaurus Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, April 29, 2007

heart

Synonyms: affection, benevolence, character, compassion, concern, disposition, emotion, feeling, gusto, inclination, love, nature, pity, relish, response, sensitivity, sentiment, soul, sympathy, tenderness, understanding, zest Source: Roget's New Millennium Thesaurus Sign in to see full entry.

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