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Noun
Example: “I sent a business proposal.”
Synonyms: offer, plan
Antonyms: rejection
Example: “The proposal has merit.”
Synonyms: value, worth
Antonyms: fault
Adjective
Example: “The proposal received resounding support.”
Synonyms: emphatic, overwhelming
Antonyms: weak, muted
Adverb
Example: “He laughed derisively at the proposal.”
Synonyms: mockingly, scornfully
Antonyms: respectfully, seriously
Example: “The statement was an unequivocal rejection of the proposal.”
Synonyms: unambiguous, clear
Antonyms: ambiguous, vague
Example: “We rejected the proposition as financially unsound.”
Synonyms: proposal, assertion
Antonyms: refusal, denial
Example: “The proposal was approved with the concurrence of all departments.”
Synonyms: agreement, coincidence
Antonyms: disagreement, divergence
Example: “The proposal needs further elaboration before approval.”
Synonyms: detail, expansion
Antonyms: summary, simplification
Example: “Can you give me some advice?”
Synonyms: guidance, suggestion
Antonyms: misguidance
Example: “The proposal was resoundingly rejected by the committee.”
Synonyms: decisively
Antonyms: narrowly
Verb
Example: “She pitched the idea to investors.”
Synonyms: present
Example: “He spoke contemptuously about the proposal.”
Synonyms: scornfully
Antonyms: respectfully
Example: “She refined her proposal.”
Synonyms: polish
Antonyms: ruin
Example: “The proposal remains controversial.”
Synonyms: debatable, contentious
Antonyms: uncontroversial
Example: “The proposal is viable only if costs are reduced.”
/dɪˈbeɪt/
Example: “They had a debate about the issue.”
Synonyms: deliberate, contend, consider
/səˈdʒest/
Example: “I suggest we start now.”
Synonyms: intimate, evoke, indicate
Antonyms: contraindicate
/kənˈsɪdər/
Example: “Please consider my proposal.”
Synonyms: regard, deliberate, moot
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