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Adjective
Example: “Is there a direct bus to the airport?”
Synonyms: straight, immediate
Antonyms: indirect
Noun
Example: “The director is in the office.”
Synonyms: manager, leader
Antonyms: employee
/dəˈrekʃən/
Example: “Can you give me directions to the museum?”
Synonyms: charge, counsel, guidance
Example: “The article was full of innuendo.”
Synonyms: hint, suggestion
Antonyms: direct statement
Example: “The poem contains an allusion to history.”
Synonyms: reference, hint
Example: “He made an oblique reference to the issue.”
Synonyms: indirect, slanted
Antonyms: direct
Verb
Example: “The word can connote danger.”
Synonyms: suggest, imply
Antonyms: denote
Example: “He did not allude to the problem.”
Synonyms: hint, refer indirectly
Antonyms: state clearly
Example: “The director will oversee the project.”
Synonyms: supervise, manage
Antonyms: ignore
Example: “My supervisor checked the report.”
Synonyms: manager, boss
Antonyms: trainee
Example: “Look at the product catalog.”
Synonyms: list, directory
Antonyms: single item
Example: “This recipe is easy.”
Synonyms: cooking instructions
Antonyms: random cooking
Example: “Read the instruction carefully.”
Synonyms: direction, guide
Antonyms: confusion
Example: “Vocational training can lead directly to employment.”
Synonyms: career-oriented, technical
Antonyms: academic, general
Example: “The audience had unmediated access to the artist online.”
Synonyms: direct, immediate
Antonyms: mediated, filtered
Example: “The phrase is figurative, not literal.”
Synonyms: symbolic, metaphorical
Antonyms: literal, direct
Example: “The denotation of the word is simple, but its connotation is complex.”
Synonyms: literal meaning, direct reference
Antonyms: connotation, implication
Example: “The superintendent inspected the building.”
Synonyms: supervisor, manager
Antonyms: worker
Example: “They moved to the south for warmer weather.”
Synonyms: southern direction
Antonyms: north
Example: “They traveled to the north of the country.”
Synonyms: northern direction
Antonyms: south
Example: “Thank you for your frank opinion.”
Synonyms: honest, direct
Antonyms: secretive, dishonest
Example: “Turn left at the corner.”
Synonyms: rotate, go
Antonyms: stay
Example: “The statement used euphemistic language to avoid direct blame.”
Synonyms: indirect, softened
Antonyms: blunt, explicit
Example: “The poem is widely read as an allegorical account of political oppression.”
Synonyms: symbolic, figurative
Example: “Without context, the numbers are meaningless.”
Synonyms: pointless, insignificant
Antonyms: meaningful, significant
Example: “I urge you to check the data again.”
Synonyms: encourage strongly, push
Antonyms: discourage
Example: “She will lead the new project team.”
Synonyms: guide, direct
Antonyms: follow
Example: “Save the file in the blue folder.”
Synonyms: directory, file holder
Antonyms: loose file
Example: “The guide is prescriptive: it tells you exactly what to do.”
Synonyms: directive
Antonyms: descriptive
Example: “Are you implying that I lied?”
Synonyms: suggest
Antonyms: state
Example: “I can’t control the weather.”
Synonyms: manage
Antonyms: lose control
Preposition
Example: “I am against this plan.”
Synonyms: opposed to
Antonyms: for
Example: “Walk toward the door.”
Synonyms: to
Antonyms: away from
Example: “There are trees around the house.”
Synonyms: near
Antonyms: far
Adverb
Example: “He euphemistically referred to layoffs as “restructuring.””
Synonyms: indirectly
Antonyms: bluntly
Example: “He steered the car carefully.”
Synonyms: guide
Antonyms: mislead
Example: “Move forward, please.”
Synonyms: ahead
Antonyms: back
Example: “This answer is right.”
Synonyms: correct
Antonyms: wrong
Example: “The teams had divergent priorities for the quarter.”
Example: “There was an implicit assumption that prices would rise.”
/ɪˈkwɪvəkeɪt/
Example: “Don’t equivocate—answer directly.”
Synonyms: prevaricate, palter, tergiversate
/trend/
Example: “This trend is growing.”
Synonyms: slew, drift, slue
/ˈfoʊkəs/
Example: “Try to focus on your work.”
Synonyms: nidus, stress, concentrate
Antonyms: dim, slur, blear
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