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Nouns (34)

n. the discipline that records and interprets past events involving human beings; "he teaches Medieval history"; "history takes the long view"

history

n. all that is remembered of the past as preserved in writing; a body of knowledge; "the dawn of recorded history"; "from the beginning of history"

history

n. the aggregate of past events; "a critical time in the school's history"

history

n. the continuum of events occurring in succession leading from the past to the present and even into the future; "all of human history"

history

n. a software feature keeping track of the user input during a session

life

n. living things collectively; "the oceans are teeming with life"

life

n. a motive for living; "pottery was his life"

life

n. a living person; "his heroism saved a life"

life

n. the organic phenomenon that distinguishes living organisms from nonliving ones; "there is no life on the moon"

life

n. the course of existence of an individual; the actions and events that occur in living; "he hoped for a new life in Australia"; "he wanted to live his own life without interference from others"

life

n. a characteristic state or mode of living; "social life"; "city life"; "real life"

life

n. the period between birth and the present time; "I have known him all his life"

life

n. the period from the present until death; "he appointed himself emperor for life"

life

n. number of shots allowed to play

life, living

n. the experience of being alive; the course of human events and activities; "he could no longer cope with the complexities of life"

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"

life, liveliness, spirit, sprightliness

n. animation and energy in action or expression; "it was a heavy play and the actors tried in vain to give life to it"

life, biography, life story

n. an account of the series of events making up a person's life

life, animation, aliveness, living

n. the condition of living or the state of being alive; "while there's life there's hope"; "life depends on many chemical and physical processes"

life, lifetime, life span

n. the period during which something is functional (as between birth and death); "the battery had a short life"; "he lived a long and happy life"

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Fuzzynyms (94)

education

n. knowledge acquired by learning and instruction; "it was clear that he had a very broad education"

experience

n. the content of direct observation or participation in an event; "he had a religious experience"; "he recalled the experience vividly"

compulsion, obsession

n. an irrational motive for performing trivial or repetitive actions against your will

passion, mania

n. an irrational but irresistible motive for a belief or action

dash, style, panache, elan, flair

n. distinctive and stylish elegance; "he wooed her with the confident dash of a cavalry officer"

heart, spirit

n. an inclination or tendency of a certain kind; "he had a change of heart"

vigor, vigour

n. active strength of body or mind

nature, natural phenomenon

n. all phenomena that are not artificial

man, humanity, world, humankind, mankind, human race

n. all of the living human inhabitants of the earth; "all the world loves a lover"; "she always used `humankind' because `mankind' seemed to slight the women"

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"

vitality, verve

n. an energetic style

bounce, bounciness

n. the quality of a substance that is able to rebound

vivacity

n. characterized by high spirits and animation

animation, vitality

n. an energetic style

excitement, exhilaration

n. the feeling of lively and cheerful joy; "he could hardly conceal his excitement when she agreed"

light, sparkle, spark

n. merriment expressed by a brightness or gleam or animation of countenance; "he had a sparkle in his eye"; "there's a perpetual twinkle in his eyes"

action, activity, activeness

n. the state of being active; "his sphere of activity"; "he is out of action"

disruption, disturbance, commotion, turmoil, stir, hurly burly, to-do

n. a disorderly outburst or tumult; "they were amazed by the furious disturbance they had caused"

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Antonyms (4)

tomorrow

n. the near future; "tomorrow's world"; "everyone hopes for a better tomorrow"

fabrication, fiction, fable

n. a deliberately false or improbable account

life history

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