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2022-06-17 16:00:00 Substantial, adjective.

Example: A row of substantial Victorian villas.

Synonyms:

1. sturdy, solid, stout, strong, well built, well constructed, durable, long-lasting, hard-wearing, imperishable, impervious

Antonyms:

1. insubstantial, jerry-built
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2022-06-16 16:00:00 Wound, noun.

Example: The wounds inflicted by the media will take a long time to heal.

Synonyms:

1. insult, blow, slight, offence, affront
2. hurt, harm, damage, injury, pain, pang, ache, distress, grief, trauma, anguish, torment, torture
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2022-06-15 16:00:00 Tight, adjective.

Example: The joint will be perfectly tight against petrol leaks.

Synonyms:

1. impervious, impenetrable, sealed, sound, hermetic
2. watertight, waterproof, airtight

Antonyms:

1. leaking
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2022-06-14 16:00:00 Eke something out, phrase.

Example: The emergency rations need to be eked out with other food to maintain health.

Synonyms:

1. augment, add to, increase, supplement
2. enlarge, expand, amplify, make bigger, pad out, fill out, bulk out, stretch out
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2022-06-13 16:00:01 In action, phrase.

Example: The company has worked on the plan for about two years and says it should be in action by 1 April.

Synonyms:

1. functioning, working, running, up and running, operative, in use, going
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2022-06-12 16:00:00 Doze, noun.

Example: She had a short doze before work.

Synonyms:

1. catnap, nap, siesta, light sleep, drowse, rest
2. (informal) snooze, forty winks
3. (British • informal) kip, zizz
4. (literary) slumber
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2022-06-11 16:00:00 Past, noun.

Example: She gave little away about her past.

Synonyms:

1. history, background, life story, life, experience, career to date, biography
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2022-06-10 16:00:00 Advice, noun.

Example: The charity offers support and advice to people with mental illness.

Synonyms:

1. guidance, advising, counselling, counsel, help, direction, instruction, information, enlightenment
2. recommendations, guidelines, suggestions, hints, tips, pointers, ideas, opinions, views, facts, data
3. (informal) info, dope, the low-down, the inside story
4. (British • informal) gen
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2022-06-09 16:00:00 Lucid, adjective.

Example: The lucid stars.

Synonyms:

1. bright, shining, gleaming, luminous, radiant, brilliant, glowing, dazzling, lustrous, luminescent, phosphorescent
2. (literary) lucent, lambent
3. (rare) effulgent, refulgent

Antonyms:

1. dark, dull
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2022-06-08 16:00:00 Severe, adjective.

Example: The severe style of early Classical Greek architecture.

Synonyms:

1. plain, simple, restrained, unadorned, undecorated, unembellished, unornamented, austere, chaste, spare, stark, ultra-plain, unfussy, without frills, spartan, ascetic, monastic, puritanical
2. functional, clinical, uncluttered
3. classic

Antonyms:

1. ornate, fancy
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