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Main Entry: ignore

Part of Speech: verb

Definition: disregard

Synonyms: avoid, blink, brush off*, cold-shoulder*, cut, cut dead, dial out, discount, disdain, evade, fail, forget, high hat,
ice, ig, live with, neglect, omit, overlook, overpass, pass over, play past, pooh-pooh*, reject, scorn, slight, tune out*, wink at

Antonyms: acknowledge, pay attention to

Notes: ignore is properly used of things that are present in our surroundings; but for things like rules, conventions, stipulations, contracts, the right word is disregard

Source: Roget's New Millennium™ Thesaurus, First Edition (v 1.3.1)

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36 results for: random
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Main Entry: random

Part of Speech: adjective

Definition: haphazard

Synonyms: accidental, adventitious, aimless, arbitrary, casual, chance, contingent, designless, desultory, driftless, fluky,
fortuitous, hit-or-miss*, incidental, indiscriminate, irregular, objectless, odd, promiscuous, purposeless, slapdash*, spot,
stray, unaimed, unconsidered, unplanned, unpremeditated

Antonyms: ordered, systematic

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2 results for: couch potato
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Main Entry: couch potato

Part of Speech: noun

Definition: inactive person who watches a lot of television

Synonyms: TV-viewer, drone, goof-off*, lazy-bones, sofa spud, spud, televiewer*, television viewer, video-gazer

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Main Entry: do-nothing

Part of Speech: noun

Definition: lazy person

Synonyms: bum, clock watcher, couch potato*, deadbeat, good-for-nothing, goof-off*, idler, laggard, layabout,
lazybones, loafer, lotus eater, lounger, malingerer, moocher, shirker, slacker, sloth, sponger

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Main Entry: patriarch

Part of Speech: noun

Definition: male head

Synonyms: ancestor, architect, author, chief, creator, elder, father, founder, gaffer, generator, grandfather, graybeard, head, inventor, maker, master, old man, originator, paterfamilias, ruler, senior, sire

Antonyms: matriarch

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Main Entry: spare

Part of Speech: verb 2

Definition: forgive

Synonyms: absolve, bail out, be lenient, be merciful, discharge, dispense, excuse, exempt, forbear, have mercy, leave, let go, let off*, pardon, pity, privilege from, refrain from, release, relent, relieve from, save bacon*, save from, save neck*, spring

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Main Entry: love

Part of Speech: noun 1

Definition: adoration

Synonyms: adulation, affection, allegiance, amity, amorousness, amour, appreciation, ardency, ardor, attachment, case*,
cherishing, crash, crush, delight, devotedness, devotion, emotion, enchantment, enjoyment, fervor, fidelity, flame, fondness, friendship, hankering, idolatry, inclination, infatuation, involvement, like, liking, lust, mad for, mash, partiality, pash, passion, piety, rapture, regard, relish, respect, sentiment, soft spot*, taste, tenderness, the hots, weakness, wild for*, worship, yearning, zeal

Antonyms: hate

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Main Entry: love

Part of Speech: noun 2

Definition: beloved

Synonyms: Juliet*, Romeo*, admirer, angel, beau, beloved, boyfriend, courter, darling, dear, dear one, dearest, flame, girlfriend, honey, honeybunch, inamorata, inamorato, loved one, lover, paramour, passion, spark, squire, suitor, swain, sweet, sweetheart, truelove, turtledove, valentine

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Main Entry: love

Part of Speech: verb 1

Definition: adore

Synonyms: admire, adulate, canonize, care for, cherish, choose, deify, delight in, dote on, esteem, exalt, fall for, fancy,
flip over, glorify, go for*, gone on*, hold dear, hold high, idolize, like, long for, prefer, prize, thrive with, treasure, venerate, wild for*, worship

Antonyms: dislike, hate

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Main Entry: dissatisfied

Part of Speech: adjective

Definition: discontented

Synonyms: annoyed, begrudging, bitching, bothered, complaining, crabby*, critical, disaffected, disappointed,
discontent, disgruntled, displeased, envious, faultfinding, fed up, fretful, fretting, frustrated, griping, grudging, grumbling, grumpy*, insatiable, irked, jaundiced, jealous, malcontent, malcontented, not satisfied, offended, picky, plaintive, put out, querulous, sniveling, sulky, sullen, unappeased, unassuaged, unfulfilled, ungratified, unsated, unsatisfied, vexed

Antonyms: content, fulfilled, gratified, happy, pleased, satisfied

Notes: 1. only a person can be dissatisfied while an abstract thing can be unsatisfied (hunger)
2. unsatisfied implies that a wish, need, or expectation that previously existed has not been satisfied; dissatisfied implies no such prior existence, but simply registers a failure to be satisfied

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obsession

ob·ses·sion

(b-sshn, b-)
obsession definition

n.
1. Compulsive preoccupation with a fixed idea or an unwanted feeling or emotion, often accompanied by symptoms of anxiety.
2. A compulsive, often unreasonable idea or emotion.
obsession synonyms

noun
An irrational preoccupation: fetish, fixation, mania. Informal: thing. See concern
obsession derivatives

ob·session·al adj.
ob·session·al·ly adv.