Lexipedia - Where words have meaning

Nouns (48)

n. the act of informing by verbal report; "he heard reports that they were causing trouble"; "by all accounts they were a happy couple"

account

n. the quality of taking advantage; "she turned her writing skills to good account"

bank

n. an arrangement of similar objects in a row or in tiers; "he operated a bank of switches"

bank

n. a long ridge or pile; "a huge bank of earth"

bank

n. the funds held by a gambling house or the dealer in some gambling games; "he tried to break the bank at Monte Carlo"

bank

n. a supply or stock held in reserve for future use (especially in emergencies)

account

n. a number giving individual and group access to various network ressources to ensure proper access capabilities

bank, bank building

n. a building in which the business of banking transacted; "the bank is on the corner of Nassau and Witherspoon"

account, explanation

n. a statement that makes something comprehensible by describing the relevant structure or operation or circumstances etc.; "the explanation was very simple"; "I expected a brief account"

account, report

n. the act of informing by verbal report; "he heard reports that they were causing trouble"; "by all accounts they were a happy couple"

score, account

n. grounds; "don't do it on my account"; "the paper was rejected on account of its length"; "he tried to blame the victim but his success on that score was doubtful"

bank, side

n. sloping land (especially the slope beside a body of water); "they pulled the canoe up on the bank"; "he sat on the bank of the river and watched the currents"

account, brokerage account

n. a fund that a customer has entrusted to a securities brokerage; "you can't get a brokerage account unless you have $20,000"

account

n. a fund that a customer has entrusted to a bank and from which they can make withdrawals; "he moved his bank account to a new bank"

account, business relationship

n. a formal contractual relationship established to provide for regular banking or brokerage or business services; "he asked to see the executive who handled his account"

bank, money box, savings bank, coin bank

n. a container (usually with a slot in the top) for keeping money at home; "the coin bank was empty"

account, story, history, chronicle

n. a record or narrative description of past events; "a history of France"; "he gave an inaccurate account of the plot to kill the president"; "the story of exposure to lead"

account, bill, invoice

n. an itemized statement of money owed for goods shipped or services rendered; "he paid his bill and left"; "send me an account of what I owe"

bank, depository financial institution, banking company, banking concern

n. a financial institution that accepts deposits and channels the money into lending activities; "he cashed a check at the bank"; "that bank holds the mortgage on my home"

camber, bank, cant

n. a slope in the turn of a road or track; the outside is higher than the inside in order to reduce the effects of centrifugal force

accounting, account, account statement

n. a statement of recent transactions and the resulting balance; "they send me an accounting every month"

account, story, report, write up, news report

n. a short account of the news; "the report of his speech"; "the story was on the 11 o'clock news"; "the account of his speech that was given on the evening news made the governor furious"

Verbs (15)

bank

v. be in the banking business

bank, cover with ashes

v. cover with ashes so to control the rate of burning; "bank a fire"

bank, enclose with a bank

v. enclose with a bank; "bank roads"

bank, tip laterally

v. tip laterally; "the pilot had to bank the aircraft"

deposit, bank

v. put into a bank account; "She deposits her paycheck every month"

account, calculate, keep an account of

v. keep an account of

bank, keep money, have an account

v. do business with a bank or keep an account at a bank; "Where do you bank in this town?"

Adverbs (0)

Adjectives (0)

Fuzzynyms (239)

hill, hills

n. a local and well-defined elevation of the land; "they loved to roam the hills of West Virginia"

mount, mountain

n. a land mass that projects well above its surroundings; higher than a hill

rise, ascent, climb, upgrade, acclivity

n. an upward slope or grade (as in a road); "the car couldn't make it up the rise"

camber, bank, cant

n. a slope in the turn of a road or track; the outside is higher than the inside in order to reduce the effects of centrifugal force

side, incline, slope

n. an elevated geological formation; "he climbed the steep slope"; "the house was built on the side of a mountain"

fund, monetary fund

n. a reserve of money set aside for some purpose

molding, moulding, border

n. a decorative recessed or relieved surface on an edge

border

n. a strip forming the outer edge of something; "the rug had a wide blue border"

cache

n. a hidden storage space (for money or provisions or weapons)

seashore, coast, seacoast

n. the shore of a sea or ocean

shore

n. the land along the edge of a body of water

strand

n. line consisting of a complex of fibers or filaments that are twisted together to form a thread or a rope or a cable

exegesis

n. an explanation or critical interpretation (especially of the Bible)

exposition, expounding, construal

n. a systematic interpretation or explanation (usually written) of a specific topic

version

n. an interpretation of a matter from a particular viewpoint; "his version of the fight was different from mine"

alibi

n. (law) a defense by an accused person purporting to show that he or she could not have committed the crime in question

excuse, self-justification

n. a defense of some offensive behavior or some failure to keep a promise etc.; "he kept finding excuses to stay"; "every day he had a new alibi for not getting a job"; "his transparent self-justification was unacceptable"

annotation, note, notation

n. a comment or instruction (usually added); "his notes were appended at the end of the article"; "he added a short notation to the address on the envelope"

footnote, footer

n. a printed note placed below the text on a printed page

observation, reflection, reflexion

n. a remark expressing careful consideration

account, story, history, chronicle

n. a record or narrative description of past events; "a history of France"; "he gave an inaccurate account of the plot to kill the president"; "the story of exposure to lead"

yarn, story, tale, narration, narrative

n. the act of giving an account describing incidents or a course of events; "his narration was hesitant"

study, report

n. a written document describing the findings of some individual or group; "this accords with the recent study by Hill and Dale"

summary, summarization

n. a brief statement that presents the main points in a concise form; "he gave a summary of the conclusions"

plea

n. (law) a defendant's answer by a factual matter (as distinguished from a demurrer)

portrayal, portraiture, portrait

n. a word picture of a person's appearance and character

account, report

n. the act of informing by verbal report; "he heard reports that they were causing trouble"; "by all accounts they were a happy couple"

systematization, systematisation, rationalization, rationalisation

n. systematic organization; the act of organizing something according to a system or a rationale

direction, instruction

n. a message describing how something is to be done; "he gave directions faster than she could follow them"

guideline, rule of thumb, guidelines

n. a detailed plan or explanation to guide you in setting standards or determining a course of action; "the president said he had a road map for normalizing relations with Vietnam"

manual, instructions, book of instructions, operating instructions

n. a manual usually accompanying a technical device and explaining how to install or operate it

sketch, vignette

n. a brief literary description

sketch, cartoon

n. a humorous or satirical drawing published in a newspaper or magazine

rumor, rumour, hearsay

n. gossip (usually a mixture of truth and untruth) passed around by word of mouth

description

n. the act of describing something

summary, summarization

n. a brief statement that presents the main points in a concise form; "he gave a summary of the conclusions"

account, explanation

n. a statement that makes something comprehensible by describing the relevant structure or operation or circumstances etc.; "the explanation was very simple"; "I expected a brief account"

pass, fling, whirl, crack, go, offer

n. a usually brief attempt; "he took a crack at it"; "I gave it a whirl"

joke, jest, jocularity

n. activity characterized by good humor

snap, child's play, walkover, cinch, pushover, duck soup, piece of cake

n. activity by children that is guided more by imagination than by fixed rules; "Freud believed in the utility of play to a small child"

echo

n. a reply that repeats what has just been said

study, report

n. a written document describing the findings of some individual or group; "this accords with the recent study by Hill and Dale"

sketch, vignette

n. a brief literary description

sketch, cartoon

n. a humorous or satirical drawing published in a newspaper or magazine

version

n. an interpretation of a matter from a particular viewpoint; "his version of the fight was different from mine"

chronology

n. a record of events in the order of their occurrence

epic, epic poem

n. a long narrative poem telling of a hero's deeds

saga

n. a narrative telling the adventures of a hero or a family; originally (12th to 14th centuries) a story of the families that settled Iceland and their descendants but now any prose narrative that resembles such an account

comment, commentary

n. a written explanation or criticism or illustration that is added to a book or other textual material; "he wrote an extended comment on the proposal"

footnote, footer

n. a printed note placed below the text on a printed page

gloss, rubric

n. an explanation or definition of an obscure word in a text

observation, reflection, reflexion

n. a remark expressing careful consideration

account, explanation

n. a statement that makes something comprehensible by describing the relevant structure or operation or circumstances etc.; "the explanation was very simple"; "I expected a brief account"

daily, gazette

n. (newspaper)

periodical

n. a publication that appears at fixed intervals

rag, sheet, tabloid

n. newspaper with half-size pages

introduction, insertion, intromission

n. the act of putting one thing into another

yarn, story, tale, narration, narrative

n. the act of giving an account describing incidents or a course of events; "his narration was hesitant"

novel

n. a extended fictional work in prose; usually in the form of a story

proceedings, minutes, transactions

n. a written account of what transpired at a meeting

interpretation

n. an explanation that results from interpreting something; "the report included his interpretation of the forensic evidence"

judgment, judgement, opinion

n. the legal document stating the reasons for a judicial decision; "opinions are usually written by a single judge"

record

n. a document that can serve as legal evidence of a transaction; "they could find no record of the purchase"

copy, transcript

n. a reproduction of a written record (e.g. of a legal or school record)

journal, diary

n. a daily written record of (usually personal) experiences and observations

journal, daybook

n. a ledger in which transactions have been recorded as they occurred

n. a book in which names and transactions are listed

n. an official written record of names or events or transactions

study, report

n. a written document describing the findings of some individual or group; "this accords with the recent study by Hill and Dale"

beach

n. an area of sand sloping down to the water of a sea or lake

hill, hills

n. a local and well-defined elevation of the land; "they loved to roam the hills of West Virginia"

mount, mountain

n. a land mass that projects well above its surroundings; higher than a hill

bank

n. a long ridge or pile; "a huge bank of earth"

shore

n. the land along the edge of a body of water

bench, terrace

n. a level shelf of land interrupting a declivity (with steep slopes above and below)

analysis, critique

n. a form of literary criticism in which the structure of a piece of writing is analyzed

assessment, appraisal

n. the classification of someone or something with respect to its worth

comment, commentary

n. a written explanation or criticism or illustration that is added to a book or other textual material; "he wrote an extended comment on the proposal"

review, reappraisal, revaluation, reassessment

n. a new appraisal or evaluation

line

n. text consisting of a row of words written across a page or computer screen; "the letter consisted of three short lines"; "there are six lines in every stanza"

article

n. nonfictional prose forming an independent part of a publication

fix, deposit, pose, posit, situate

v. put (something somewhere) firmly; "She posited her hand on his shoulder"; "deposit the suitcase on the bench"; "fix your eyes on this spot"

collect, hoard, accumulate, amass, pile up, compile

v. get or gather together; "I am accumulating evidence for the man's unfaithfulness to his wife"; "She is amassing a lot of data for her thesis"; "She rolled up a small fortune"

precipitate, fall sharply

v. fall vertically, sharply, or headlong; "Our economy precipitated into complete ruin"

precipitate

v. fall vertically, sharply, or headlong; "Our economy precipitated into complete ruin"

save, lay aside, save up

v. feather one's nest; have a nest egg; "He saves half his salary"

empty, unload, lade, remove the load from, take the load off

v. take the load off

take out, unpack

v. remove from its packing; "unpack the presents"

gather, collect, congregate

v. collect in one place; "We assembled in the church basement"; "Let's gather in the dining room"

pile up, heap up, stack up

v. arrange into piles or stacks; "She piled up her books in my living room"

collect, hoard, accumulate, amass, pile up, compile

v. get or gather together; "I am accumulating evidence for the man's unfaithfulness to his wife"; "She is amassing a lot of data for her thesis"; "She rolled up a small fortune"

reserve, earmark, set aside, allow, appropriate

v. give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause; "I will earmark this money for your research"; "She sets aside time for meditation every day"

hold, reserve, retain

v. secure and keep for possible future use or application; "The landlord retained the security deposit"; "I reserve the right to disagree"

save, conserve, preserve

v. to keep up and reserve for personal or special use; "She saved the old family photographs in a drawer"

save, spend less

v. spend less; buy at a reduced price

carry, stock, stockpile

v. have on hand; "Do you carry kerosene heaters?"

regard, view, see, reckon, take to be, consider

v. deem to be; "She views this quite differently from me"; "I consider her to be shallow"; "I don't see the situation quite as negatively as you do"

Synonyms (0)

Antonyms (6)

fabrication, fiction, fable

n. a deliberately false or improbable account

draw, take out, withdraw

v. remove (a commodity) from (a supply source); "She drew $2,000 from the account"; "The doctors drew medical supplies from the hospital's emergency bank"

bank account

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