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Broader term 8

Component 76% connected

Serving, or helping, to form; composing; constituting; constituent.

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Constituent 76% connected

Serving to form, compose, or make up; elemental; component.

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Fact 76% connected

A doing, making, or preparing.

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Part 76% connected

One of the portions, equal or unequal, into which anything is divided, or regarded as divided; something less than a whole; a number, quantity, mass,…

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Portion 76% connected

That which is divided off or separated, as a part from a whole; a separated part of anything.

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Symbol 76% connected

A visible sign or representation of an idea; anything which suggests an idea or quality, or another thing, as by resemblance or by convention; an emb…

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Unit 76% connected

A single thing or person.

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Whole 76% connected

Containing the total amount, number, etc.; comprising all the parts; free from deficiency; all; total; entire; as, the whole earth; the whole solar s…

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Narrower term 14

Disposable 76% connected

Subject to disposal; free to be used or employed as occasion may require; not assigned to any service or use.

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Minutia 76% connected

A minute particular; a small or minor detail; -- used chiefly in the plural.

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Number 76% connected

That which admits of being counted or reckoned; a unit, or an aggregate of units; a numerable aggregate or collection of individuals; an assemblage m…

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Part 76% connected

One of the portions, equal or unequal, into which anything is divided, or regarded as divided; something less than a whole; a number, quantity, mass,…

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Piece 76% connected

A fragment or part of anything separated from the whole, in any manner, as by cutting, splitting, breaking, or tearing; a part; a portion; as, a piec…

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Place 76% connected

Any portion of space regarded as measured off or distinct from all other space, or appropriated to some definite object or use; position; ground; sit…

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Position 76% connected

The state of being posited, or placed; the manner in which anything is placed; attitude; condition; as, a firm, an inclined, or an upright position.

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Postage 76% connected

The price established by law to be paid for the conveyance of a letter or other mailable matter by a public post.

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Regard 76% connected

To keep in view; to behold; to look at; to view; to gaze upon.

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Respect 76% connected

To take notice of; to regard with special attention; to regard as worthy of special consideration; hence, to care for; to heed.

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Stamp 76% connected

To strike beat, or press forcibly with the bottom of the foot, or by thrusting the foot downward.

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Technicality 76% connected

The quality or state of being technical; technicalness.

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Trifle 76% connected

A thing of very little value or importance; a paltry, or trivial, affair.

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Triviality 76% connected

The quality or state of being trivial; trivialness.

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Derivationally related 4

Itemize 74% connected

To state in items, or by particulars; as, to itemize the cost of a railroad.

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Itemize 74% connected

To state in items, or by particulars; as, to itemize the cost of a railroad.

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Recite 74% connected

To repeat, as something already prepared, written down, committed to memory, or the like; to deliver from a written or printed document, or from reco…

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Recite 74% connected

To repeat, as something already prepared, written down, committed to memory, or the like; to deliver from a written or printed document, or from reco…

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Containing whole 2

List 70% connected

A line inclosing or forming the extremity of a piece of ground, or field of combat; hence, in the plural (lists), the ground or field inclosed for a…

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Listing 70% connected

of List

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Synonym 4

Detail 92% connected

A minute portion; one of the small parts; a particular; an item; -- used chiefly in the plural; as, the details of a scheme or transaction.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Particular 92% connected

Relating to a part or portion of anything; concerning a part separated from the whole or from others of the class; separate; sole; single; individual…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Point 92% connected

To appoint.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Token 92% connected

Something intended or supposed to represent or indicate another thing or an event; a sign; a symbol; as, the rainbow is a token of God's covenant est…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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