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"an angry customer" · "he looked angry and confused" · "why are you angry with me?" · "Christine
had made him angry" · "I'm angry that she didn't call me"
synonyms:
irate · annoyed · cross · vexed · irritated · exasperated · indignant · aggrieved · irked · piqued · disp
leased · provoked · galled · resentful · furious · enraged · infuriated · in a
temper · incensed · raging · incandescent · wrathful · fuming · ranting · raving · seething · frenzied
· in a frenzy · beside oneself · outraged · in high dudgeon · irascible · bad-tempered · hot-
tempered · choleric · splenetic · dyspeptic · tetchy · testy · crabby · waspish · hostile · antagonisti
c · black · dark · dirty · filthy · ireful · wroth · heated · hot · passionate · fiery · stormy · tempestuou
s · lively · ill-tempered · acrimonious · bitter
3. Mob – (noun) a large crowd of people, especially one that is disorderly and intent on causing
trouble or violence:
"a mob of protesters"
synonyms:
crowd · horde · multitude · rabble · mass · body · throng · group · host · pack · press · cr
ush · jam · gang · gathering · swarm · assemblage · rout
4. Support – (verb) bear all or part of the weight of; hold up:
"the dome was supported by a hundred white columns"
synonyms:
hold up · bear · carry · prop up · keep up · bolster up · brace · shore
up · underpin · buttress · reinforce
5. Racist – (noun) a person who is prejudiced against or antagonistic towards people on the
basis of their membership of a particular racial or ethnic group, typically one that is a
minority or marginalized:
"he has been targeted by vicious racists online"
synonyms:
bigot · racialist · xenophobe · chauvinist · fascist · Nazi · anti-Semite · discriminatory · p
rejudiced · bigoted · intolerant · anti-black · anti-Semitic
10. Supremacist – (noun) a person who believes that a particular group, especially one determined
by race, religion, or sex, is superior and should therefore dominate society:
"racial supremacists"
11. Organisation – (noun) an organized group of people with a particular purpose, such as a
business or government department:
"a research organization"
synonyms:
company · firm · concern · operation · corporation · institution · group · establishment ·
consortium · conglomerate · combine · syndicate · body · agency · federation · confede
ration · alliance · coalition · association · movement · society · league · club · network ·
confederacy
13. Multicultural – (adjective) relating to or containing several cultural or ethnic groups within a
society:
"multicultural education"
"the company took the unusual step of complaining publicly about the decision" · "it was unusual
for Dennis to be late"
synonyms:
uncommon · abnormal · atypical · unexpected · surprising · unfamiliar · unwonted · different · stra
nge · odd · curious · out of the ordinary · extraordinary · out of the
way · unorthodox · uncustomary · unconventional · outlandish · offbeat · off-centre · deviant · nov
el · singular · peculiar · queer · bizarre · freakish · quirky · alien · rare · scarce · few and far
between · thin on the
ground · exceptional · isolated · occasional · infrequent · irregular · sporadic · out of the
common · seldom
18. Control – (noun) the power to influence or direct people's behaviour or the course of events:
"the whole operation is under the control of a production manager" · "the situation was
slipping out of her control"
synonyms:
jurisdiction · sway · power · authority · command · dominance · domination · governme
nt · mastery · leadership · rule · reign · sovereignty · supremacy · ascendancy · predomi
nance · hegemony · charge · management · direction · guidance · supervision · superint
endence · oversight · influence · prepotence · prepotency · prepollency
20. Gear – (noun) a toothed wheel that works with others to alter the relation between the speed
of a driving mechanism (such as the engine of a vehicle) and the speed of the driven parts (the
wheels):
21. Robes – (noun) a long, loose outer garment reaching to the ankles:
"a young man in a fez and ragged robe" · "a baby in christening robes"
synonyms:
cloak · wrap · mantle · cape · kaftan · wrapper · dishdasha · djellaba · dolman · kanzu ·
muumuu
23. Demonstrate – (verb) give a practical exhibition and explanation of (how a machine, skill,
or craft works or is performed):
"computerized design methods will be demonstrated" · "she demonstrated how to
cook chops"
synonyms:
give a demonstration of · show how something is done · show how something
works · exhibit · display · show · illustrate · exemplify · give an idea of
28. Support – (verb) bear all or part of the weight of; hold up:
"the dome was supported by a hundred white columns"
synonyms:
hold up · bear · carry · prop up · keep up · bolster up · brace · shore
up · underpin · buttress · reinforce
32. Point – (noun) the tapered, sharp end of a tool, weapon, or other object:
"the point of his dagger" · "a pencil point"
synonyms:
tip · sharp end · tapered end · end · extremity · prong · spike · tine · nib · barb
33. Belief – (noun) an acceptance that something exists or is true, especially one without proof:
"his belief in extraterrestrial life" · "a belief that climate can be modified beneficially"
synonyms:
guess · speculation · surmise · fancy · notion · suspicion · presumption · assumption · theory · hy
pothesis · postulation · supposition · inference · extrapolation · projection · approximation · estim
ate · rough calculation · rough idea · guesswork · guessing · surmising · imagining · theorizing
34. Supremacy – (noun) the state or condition of being superior to all others in authority, power, or
status:
"the supremacy of the king"
synonyms:
ascendancy · predominance · primacy · dominion · hegemony · authority · mastery · con
trol · power · sway · rule · sovereignty · lordship · leadership · influence · predomination ·
paramountcy · prepotence · prepotency · prepollency · dominance · superiority · pre-
eminence · advantage · the upper hand · the whip hand · the
edge · incomparability · inimitability · matchlessness · peerlessness · greatness · distinc
tion
"the woman hit the mugger with her umbrella" · "Marius hit him in the mouth"
synonyms:
strike · slap · smack · cuff · punch · beat · thrash · thump · batter · belabour · drub · hook · pound ·
smash · slam · welt · pummel · hammer · bang · knock · swat · whip · flog · cane · sucker-punch · r
ain blows on · give someone a (good) beating/drubbing · box someone's
ears · smite · swinge · baste · buffet · birch
39. Placards – (noun) a printed or handwritten notice or sign for public display, either fixed to a
wall or carried during a demonstration.
synonyms:
notice · poster · public notice · sign · bill · sticker · advertisement · banner · affiche
"I had inherited not only my father's blood but his bourgeois mentality as well"
synonyms:
way of thinking · cast of mind · frame of mind · turn of mind · way someone's mind
works · mind · mind set · psychology · mental
attitude · outlook · personality · persona · psyche · disposition · make-up · temperament · temper
46. Witness – (verb) see (an event, typically a crime or accident) happen:
"staff who witnessed the murder"
synonyms:
see · observe · watch · look on at · be a witness to · view · note · notice · spot · be
present at · attend · behold
be present as someone signs (a document) or gives (their signature) to a
document and sign it oneself to confirm this:
"the clerk witnessed her signature"
synonyms:
countersign · sign · endorse · validate · certificate · document · notarize
49. Impetus – (noun) the force or energy with which a body moves:
"hit the booster coil before the flywheel loses all its impetus"
synonyms:
momentum · propulsion · impulsion · impelling force · motive force · driving
force · drive · thrust · continuing motion · energy · force · power · push · steam · strength
50. Appear – (verb) come into sight; become visible or noticeable, especially without apparent
cause:
51. Violence – (noun) behaviour involving physical force intended to hurt, damage, or kill someone
or something:
"violence erupted in protest marches" · "domestic violence against women" · "the fear of physical
violence" · "screen violence"
synonyms:
brutality · brute
force · roughness · ferocity · fierceness · savagery · cruelty · sadism · barbarity · barbarousness ·
brutishness · murderousness · bloodthirstiness · ruthlessness · inhumanity · heartlessness · pitile
ssness · mercilessness · strong-arm tactics · ferity · forcefulness · force · full
force · power · powerfulness · strength · might · destructiveness
52. Circumstances – (noun) a fact or condition connected with or relevant to an event or action:
53. Save – (verb) keep safe or rescue (someone or something) from harm or danger:
"they brought him in to help save the club from bankruptcy"
synonyms:
rescue · come to someone's rescue · save someone's life · come to someone's
aid · set free · free · liberate · deliver · extricate · snatch · bail out · bring
off · preserve · keep
safe · keep · protect · safeguard · guard · conserve · salvage · retrieve · reclaim
"interest from members of the public" · "a member of the lily family" · "the bird is the sole member
of its species left in the wild"
synonyms:
constituent · element · component · part · portion · piece · unit · factor · feature · attribute
56. Kill – (verb) cause the death of (a person, animal, or other living thing):
"her father was killed in a car crash" · "a robber armed with a shotgun who kills in cold
blood"
synonyms:
murder · cause the death of · take/end the life of · do away with · make away
with · assassinate · do to death · eliminate · terminate · dispatch · finish off · put to
death · execute · slaughter · butcher · massacre · wipe
out · destroy · annihilate · erase · eradicate · exterminate · extirpate · decimate · mow
down · shoot down · cut down · cut to pieces · put down · put to sleep · slay
58. Adopted – (verb) egally take (another's child) and bring it up as one's own:
"there are many people eager to adopt a baby"
choose to take up, follow, or use:
"this approach has been adopted by many big banks" · "we wouldn't be surprised to
see more small businesses adopt this technology"
synonyms:
embrace · take
on · acquire · affect · espouse · assume · appropriate · arrogate · approve · endorse · ag
ree to · consent to · accede to · accept · ratify · validate · rubber-
stamp · sanction · support · back · vote for
60. Abuse – (verb) use (something) to bad effect or for a bad purpose; misuse:
"the judge abused his power by imposing the fines"
synonyms:
misuse · misapply · misemploy · mishandle · exploit · pervert · take advantage of
63. Concentrate – (verb) focus all one's attention on a particular object or activity:
"she couldn't concentrate on the film" · "a threatened tax rise concentrates the mind
wonderfully"
synonyms:
focus · direct · centre · centralize · bring to bear · home in on · zero in on · focus one's
attention on · focus on · pay attention to · keep one's mind on · apply oneself
to · address oneself to · devote oneself to · get down to · put one's mind to · be
absorbed in · be engrossed in · be immersed in · think about closely · consider
closely · rack one's brains about/over · cudgel one's brains about/over
64. Achieved – (verb) successfully bring about or reach (a desired objective or result) by
effort, skill, or courage:
"he achieved his ambition to become a press photographer" · "the killings achieved
nothing" · "people striving to achieve"
synonyms:
attain · reach · arrive at · realize · carry off · bring off · pull off · bring
about · accomplish · carry through · fulfil · execute · perform · engineer · carry out · bring
to
fruition · conclude · complete · finish · consummate · earn · win · gain · find · establish ·
acquire · obtain · procure · come
by · get · secure · clinch · seize · wrest · hook · net · effectuate · reify
65. Stereotypes – (noun) a widely held but fixed and oversimplified image or idea of a
particular type of person or thing:
"the stereotype of the woman as the carer" · "sexual and racial stereotypes"
synonyms:
standard/conventional image · received idea · cliché · hackneyed idea · formula
67. Gestures – (noun) a movement of part of the body, especially a hand or the head, to
express an idea or meaning:
"Alex made a gesture of apology" · "so much is conveyed by gesture"
synonyms:
signal · signalling · sign · signing · motion · motioning · wave · indication · gesticulation