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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"

note, tone, musical note

n. a notation representing the pitch and duration of a musical sound; "the singer held the note too long"

note, promissory note, note of hand

n. a promise to pay a specified amount on demand or at a certain time; "I had to co-sign his note at the bank"

note, distinction, eminence, preeminence

n. high status importance owing to marked superiority; "a scholar of great eminence"

bill, note, banknote, greenback, Federal Reserve note, government note, bank bill, bank note, banker's bill

n. a piece of paper money (especially one issued by a central bank); "he peeled off five one-thousand-zloty notes"

Verbs (38)

down

v. bring down or defeat (an opponent)

note, take down

v. make a written note of; "she noted everything the teacher said that morning"

mark, note, notice

v. notice or perceive; "She noted that someone was following her"; "mark my words"

note, observe, observe with care

v. observe with care or pay close attention to; "Take note of this chemical reaction"

down, consume, go through, devour

v. eat immoderately; "Some people can down a pound of meat in the course of one meal"

down, land, shoot down

v. shoot at and force to come down; "the enemy landed several of our aircraft"

note, remark, mention, observe, make a remark

v. make mention of; "She observed that his presentation took up too much time"; "They noted that it was a fine day to go sailing"

down, cut down, knock down, pull down, push down

v. cause to come or go down; "The policeman downed the heavily armed suspect"; "The mugger knocked down the old lady after she refused to hand over her wallet"

record, note, enter, put down, make a record of

v. make a record of; set down in permanent form

kill, down, bolt down, toss off, belt down, drink down, pour down

v. drink down entirely; "He downed three martinis before dinner"; "She killed a bottle of brandy that night"; "They popped a few beer after work"

Adverbs (11)

down, towards the South

adv. away from a more northerly place: "They came down for the wedding"

down, along, right along

adv. in the direction of: "He hit the ball down the line"

down, lower, downward, downwards, to a lower level, to a lower position

adv. "Don't fall down"

Adjectives (24)

down

adj. shut; "the shades were down"

down

adj. being put out by a strikeout; "two down in the bottom of the ninth"

down

adj. being or moving lower in position or less in some value; "lay face down"; "the moon is down"; "our team is down by a run"; "down by a pawn"; "the stock market is down today"

down, depressed

adj. lower than previously; "the market is depressed"; "prices are down"

down, declining

adj. becoming progressively lower; "the down trend in the real estate market"

down, dead, out of service, crashed

adj. being put out by a strikeout; "two down in the bottom of the ninth"

down, mastered, down pat

adj. understood perfectly; "had his algebra problems down"

down, downbound, downward

adj. extending or moving from a higher to a lower place; "the down staircase"; "the downward course of the stream"

down, downcast, low, depressed, dispirited, downhearted, low-spirited

adj. low in spirits; "lonely and blue in a strange city"; "depressed by the loss of his job"; "a dispirited and resigned expression on her face"; "downcast after his defeat"; "feeling discouraged and downhearted"

Fuzzynyms (271)

letter, missive

n. a written message addressed to a person or organization; "mailed an indignant letter to the editor"

message

n. a communication (usually brief) that is written or spoken or signaled; "he sent a three-word message"

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"

letter, missive

n. a written message addressed to a person or organization; "mailed an indignant letter to the editor"

message

n. a communication (usually brief) that is written or spoken or signaled; "he sent a three-word message"

line, note, short letter

n. a short personal letter; "drop me a line when you get there"

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"

explication

n. a detailed explanation of the meaning of something

gloss, rubric

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

supplement, appendix, addendum, postscript

n. textual matter that is added onto a publication; usually at the end

exegesis

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

substance, content, message, subject matter

n. what a communication that is about something is about

draft

n. a document ordering the payment of money; drawn by one person or bank on another

distinction, prestige, prestigiousness, status

n. the relative position or standing of things or especially persons in a society; "he had the status of a minor"; "the novel attained the status of a classic"; "atheists do not enjoy a favorable position in American life"

greatness

n. the property possessed by something or someone of outstanding importance or eminence

luminary, notable, notability, guiding light, leading light

n. a celebrity who is an inspiration to others; "he was host to a large gathering of luminaries"

prominence

n. relative importance

celebrity, fame, renown

n. the state or quality of being widely honored and acclaimed

prominence

n. the state of being prominent: widely known or eminent

glorification, glory

n. a state of high honor; "he valued glory above life itself"

magnitude

n. relative importance; "a problem of the first magnitude"

reputation, name, repute

n. the state of being held in high esteem and honor

notoriety, ill fame

n. the state of being known for some unfavorable act or quality

fame

n. favorable public reputation

popularity

n. the quality of being widely admired or accepted or sought after; "his charm soon won him affection and popularity"; "the universal popularity of American movies"

standing

n. social or financial or professional status or reputation; "of equal standing"; "a member in good standing"

grandness, importance

n. a prominent status; "a person of importance"

promotion, publicity, promotional material

n. a message issued in behalf of some product or cause or idea or person or institution; "the packaging of new ideas"

import, consequence, moment

n. having important effects or influence; "decisions of great consequence are made by the president himself"; "virtue is of more moment that security"

rank

n. relative status; "his salary was determined by his rank and seniority"

significance

n. the quality of being significant; "do not underestimate the significance of nuclear power"

domination, mastery, supremacy

n. power to dominate or defeat; "mastery of the seas"

nobility, noblesse

n. the state of being of noble birth

prestige, prestigiousness

n. a high standing achieved through success or influence or wealth etc.; "he wanted to achieve power and prestige"

state

n. the way something is with respect to its main attributes; "the current state of knowledge"; "his state of health"; "in a weak financial state"

office, power

n. (of a government or government official) holding an office means being in power; "being in office already gives a candidate a great advantage"; "during his first year in office"; "during his first year in power"; "the power of the president"

currency

n. the metal or paper medium of exchange that is presently used

money

n. the official currency issued by a government or national bank; "he changed his money into francs"

change

n. the balance of money received when the amount you tender is greater than the amount due; "I paid with a twenty and pocketed the change"

change

n. money received in return for its equivalent in a larger denomination or a different currency; "he got change for a twenty and used it to pay the taxi driver"

coin

n. a metal piece (usually a disc) used as money

record, register, be aware of

v. be aware of; "Did you register any change when I pressed the button?"

see

v. perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight; "You have to be a good observer to see all the details"; "Can you see the bird in that tree?"; "He is blind--he cannot see"

note, observe, observe with care

v. observe with care or pay close attention to; "Take note of this chemical reaction"

examine, look at, take a look at, examine by sight

v. observe, check out, and look over carefully or inspect; "The customs agent examined the baggage"; "I must see your passport before you can enter the country"

go over, inspect, look over

v. look over carefully; "Please inspect your father's will carefully"

advert, attend, pay attention, pay heed, give ear

v. give heed (to); "The children in the audience attended the recital quietly"; "She hung on his every word"; "They attended to everything he said"

mind, heed, pay attention to, listen to

v. pay close attention to; give heed to; "Heed the advice of the old men"

behold, lay eyes on

v. see with attention; "behold Christ!"

look

v. perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards; "She looked over the expanse of land"; "Look at your child!"; "Look--a deer in the backyard!"

witness

v. be a witness to; "She witnessed the accident and had to testify in court"

find, notice, discover, detect, observe

v. discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of; "She detected high levels of lead in her drinking water"; "We found traces of lead in the paint"

hark, harken, hearken

v. listen; used mostly in the imperative

stamp, characterize

v. reveal clearly as having a certain character; "His playing stamps him as a Romantic"

record, register, be aware of

v. be aware of; "Did you register any change when I pressed the button?"

see

v. perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight; "You have to be a good observer to see all the details"; "Can you see the bird in that tree?"; "He is blind--he cannot see"

mark, note, notice

v. notice or perceive; "She noted that someone was following her"; "mark my words"

examine, look at, take a look at, examine by sight

v. observe, check out, and look over carefully or inspect; "The customs agent examined the baggage"; "I must see your passport before you can enter the country"

go over, inspect, look over

v. look over carefully; "Please inspect your father's will carefully"

advert, attend, pay attention, pay heed, give ear

v. give heed (to); "The children in the audience attended the recital quietly"; "She hung on his every word"; "They attended to everything he said"

mind, heed, pay attention to, listen to

v. pay close attention to; give heed to; "Heed the advice of the old men"

behold, lay eyes on

v. see with attention; "behold Christ!"

look

v. perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards; "She looked over the expanse of land"; "Look at your child!"; "Look--a deer in the backyard!"

witness

v. be a witness to; "She witnessed the accident and had to testify in court"

hark, harken, hearken

v. listen; used mostly in the imperative

follow, comply, abide by, be compliant

v. act in accordance with someone's rules, commands, or wishes; "He complied with my instructions"; "You must comply or else!"; "Follow these simple rules"; "abide by the rules"

adjust, conform, adapt

v. adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions; "We must adjust to the bad economic situation"

obey

v. be obedient to

yield, quail, give way, stop resisting, be overpowered by

v. end resistance, as under pressure or force; "The door yielded to repeated blows with a battering ram"

sup, dine, host for dinner, give dinner

v. give dinner to; host for dinner; "I'm wining and dining my friends"

sup, dine, eat dinner, have dinner

v. have supper; eat dinner; "We often dine with friends in this restaurant"

swallow, get down, pass through the esophagus

v. pass through the esophagus as part of eating or drinking; "Swallow the raw fish--it won't kill you!"

run through, exhaust, wipe out, consume, deplete, run out of, use up, eat into

v. use up (resources or materials); "this car consumes a lot of gas"; "We exhausted our savings"; "They run through 20 bottles of wine a week"

grub, give, feed, give food to

v. give food to; "Feed the starving children in India"; "don't give the child this tough meat"

feed on, feed upon

v. be sustained by; "He fed on the great ideas of her mentor"

feast, feed

v. gratify; "feed one's eyes on a gorgeous view"

binge, stuff, glut, gorge, ingurgitate, overindulge, englut, engorge, overgorge, overeat, gormandize, gormandise, gourmandize, satiate, pig out, scarf out, pok out

v. overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself; "She stuffed herself at the dinner"; "The kids binged on icecream"

guzzle, drink greedily

v. drink greedily or as if with great thirst; "The boys guzzled the cheap vodka"

expend, spend

v. pay out; "spend money"

waste, blow, squander

v. spend thoughtlessly; throw away; "He wasted his inheritance on his insincere friends"; "You squandered the opportunity to get and advanced degree"

fell, drop, cut down, strike down

v. cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow; "strike down a tree"; "Lightning struck down the hikers"

trip, travel, jaunt, take trips, make a trip, take a trip

v. make a trip for pleasure

tumble, topple

v. fall down, as if collapsing; "The tower of the World Trade Center tumbled after the plane hit it"

list

v. include in a list; "Am I listed in your register?"

adapt, transcribe

v. rewrite or arrange a piece of music for an instrument or medium other than that originally intended

high, heavy, big, violent

adj. marked by intense physical force: "a big wind"; "a violent squall"; "heavy seas"; "high winds"

tame, tamed

adj. brought from wildness into a domesticated state; "tame animals"; "fields of tame blueberries"

unhappy, sad

adj. experiencing or marked by or causing sadness or sorrow or discontent; "unhappy over her departure"; "unhappy with her raise"; "after the argument they lapsed into an unhappy silence"; "had an unhappy time at school"; "the unhappy (or sad) news"; "he looks so sad"

distressed, dysphoric, unhappy

adj. generalized feeling of distress

hopeless

adj. without hope because there seems to be no possibility of comfort or success; "in an agony of hopeless grief"; "with a hopeless sigh he sat down"

gloomy, dismal, sorry

adj. causing dejection; "a blue day"; "the dark days of the war"; "a week of rainy depressing weather"; "a disconsolate winter landscape"; "the first dismal dispiriting days of November"; "a dark gloomy day"; "grim rainy weather"

wasted, haggard, drawn, careworn, worn

adj. showing the wearing effects of overwork or care or suffering; "looking careworn as she bent over her mending"; "her face was drawn and haggard from sleeplessness"; "that raddled but still noble face"; "shocked to see the worn look of his handsome young face"- Charles Dickens

melancholy, melancholic

adj. characterized by or causing or expressing sadness; "growing more melancholy every hour"; "her melancholic smile"; "we acquainted him with the melancholy truth"

desperate, forlorn

adj. "a hopeless attempt"

miserable, wretched, execrable, deplorable, woeful

adj. of very poor quality or condition; "deplorable housing conditions in the inner city"; "woeful treatment of the accused"; "woeful errors of judgment"

discouraged, demoralized, disheartened

adj. made less hopeful or enthusiastic; "desperate demoralized people looking for work"; "felt discouraged by the magnitude of the problem"; "the disheartened instructor tried vainly to arouse their interest"

low

adj. less than normal in degree or intensity or amount; "low prices"; "the reservoir is low"

irreparable

adj. impossible to repair, rectify, or amend; "irreparable harm"; "an irreparable mistake"; "irreparable damages"

unhappy, saddening, doleful

adj. causing or suggestive of sorrow or gloom; "a gloomy outlook"; "gloomy news"

gloomy, funereal, sepulchral

adj. suited to or suggestive of a grave or burial; "funereal gloom"; "hollow sepulchral tones"

below, beneath, to a lower place, at a lower place

adv. to a lower place

under, below, further down

adv. "See under for further discussion"

Synonyms (54)

notice, comment, point out, remark upon, comment upon, make a point

v. make or write a comment on; "he commented the paper of his colleague"

pour, cause to run

v. cause to run; "pour water over the floor"

descending

adj. coming down or downward

low

adj. literal meanings; being at or having a relatively small elevation or upward extension; "low ceilings"; "low clouds"; "low hills"; "the sun is low"; "low furniture"; "a low bow"

debased, devalued, degraded

adj. lowered in value; "the dollar is low"; "a debased currency"

low-level

adj. not intense; "low-level radiation"

reduced, rock-bottom

adj. well below normal (especially in price)

poor

adj. unsatisfactory; "a poor light for reading"; "poor morale"; "expectations were poor"

bad, defective

adj. not working properly; "a bad telephone connection"; "a defective appliance"

clean

adj. without difficulties or problems; "a clean test flight"

complete, consummate

adj. perfect and complete in every respect; having all necessary qualities; "a complete gentleman"; "consummate happiness"; "a consummate performance"

errorless

adj. free from error; "an errorless baseball game"

exact, precise

adj. (of ideas, images, representations, expressions) characterized by perfect conformity to fact or truth ; strictly correct; "a precise image"; "a precise measurement"

faultless, impeccable

adj. without fault or error; "faultless logic"; "speaks impeccable French"; "timing and technique were immaculate"; "an immaculate record"

unblemished, flawless, unflawed

adj. without a flaw; "a flawless gemstone"

ideal

adj. conforming to an ultimate standard of perfection or excellence; embodying an ideal

idealized

adj. exalted to an ideal perfection or excellence

idyllic

adj. excellent and delightful in all respects; "an idyllic spot for a picnic"

mint

adj. as if new; "in mint condition"

on the button, on the nose

adj. being precise with regard to a prescribed or specified criterion; "his guess was on the nose"; "the prediction for snow was right on the button"

perfectible

adj. capable of becoming or being made perfect

pluperfect

adj. more than perfect; "he spoke with pluperfect precision"

downhill, declivitous, downward-sloping

adj. sloping down rather steeply

degressive

adj. going down by steps

descendant, descendent

adj. going or coming down

amort

adj. utterly cast down

chapfallen, chopfallen, crestfallen, deflated

adj. brought low in spirit; "left us fatigued and deflated spiritually"

long-faced, gloomy, glum

adj. reflecting gloom; "gloomy faces"

lonely, lonesome

adj. marked by dejection from being alone; "felt sad and lonely"; "the loneliest night of the week"; "lonesome when her husband is away"; "spent a lonesome hour in the bar"

Antonyms (10)

ignore, fail to notice

v. fail to notice

adj. being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level; "the anchor is up"; "the sun is up"; "he lay face up"; "he is up by a pawn"; "the market is up"; "the corn is up"

elated

adj. exultantly proud and joyful; in high spirits; "the elated winner"; "felt elated and excited"

cheerful

adj. being full of or promoting cheer; having or showing good spirits; "her cheerful nature"; "a cheerful greeting"; "a cheerful room"; "as cheerful as anyone confined to a hospital bed could be"

happy

adj. enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure or good fortune; "a happy smile"; "spent many happy days on the beach"; "a happy marriage"

happy, euphoric

adj. exaggerated feeling of well-being or elation

encouraged, bucked up

adj. inspired with confidence; "felt bucked up by his success"

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