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2022-02-26 17:00:00 Plurality, noun.

Example: A plurality of religious traditions.

Synonyms:

1. wide variety, large number, lot, diversity, range
2. multitude, multiplicity, galaxy, wealth, profusion, abundance, quantity, quantities, score, plethora, host
3. (informal) load, stack, heap, pile, mass, ton
4. (British • informal) shedload
5. (North American • informal) slew
6. (Australian, New Zealand • informal) swag
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2022-02-25 17:00:00 Basis, noun.

Example: Those who are studying on a part-time basis.

Synonyms:

1. footing, condition, status, position
2. arrangement, system, method, procedure, way
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2022-02-24 17:00:01 Babble, noun.

Example: Her soft voice stopped his babble.

Synonyms:

1. prattle, gabble, chatter, jabber, prating, rambling, blather, blether
2. gibbering, gibberish, drivel
3. (informal) gab, yak, yackety-yak, yabbering, yatter, twaddle
4. (British • informal) wittering, waffle, natter, chuntering
5. (archaic) clack, twattle
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2022-02-23 17:00:00 Add, verb.

Example: She added that she had every confidence in Laura.

Synonyms:

1. go on to say, state further, continue, carry on
2. (coloquial) tack on, tag on
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2022-02-22 17:00:00 Remote, adjective.

Example: Up to now, the possibility had seemed so remote as not to need consideration.

Synonyms:

1. unlikely, improbable, implausible, doubtful, dubious, far-fetched
2. faint, slight, slim, small, slender, minimal, marginal, negligible, insignificant, inconsiderable

Antonyms:

1. likely, strong
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2022-02-21 17:00:00 Soothe, verb.

Example: It contains a mild local anaesthetic to soothe the pain.

Synonyms:

1. alleviate, ease, relieve, take the edge off, assuage, allay, dull, soften, lessen, moderate, temper, palliate, mitigate, diminish, decrease, blunt, deaden, abate
2. (rare) lenify

Antonyms:

1. aggravate
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2022-02-20 17:00:00 Tip, noun.

Example: Lots of useful tips to help you make the right choice.

Synonyms:

1. hint, suggestion, piece of advice, word, word of advice, pointer, cue, clue, guideline, recommendation, maxim
2. warning, word of warning
3. tip-off, forecast
4. advice, counsel, guidance, inside information
5. (British) nap
6. (informal) how-to, wrinkle
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2022-02-19 17:00:00 Consume, verb.

Example: Carolyn was consumed with guilt.

Synonyms:

1. absorb, preoccupy, engross
2. eat up, devour, obsess, grip, overwhelm, monopolize, enthral, dominate
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2022-02-18 17:00:00 Diehard, noun.

Example: Some of the diehards are refusing to reach an agreement.

Synonyms:

1. hardliner, reactionary, ultra-conservative, conservative, traditionalist, intransigent
2. fanatic, zealot
3. (British) true blue
4. (informal, derogatory) stick-in-the-mud
5. (British • informal, derogatory) gammon, blimp

Antonyms:

1. modernizer
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