frequently_asked_questions_files/Oxford Thesaurus.pdf

nebbish, bupkis: That fellow she married is a real zero.
--v. 4 zero in on. focus on, pinpoint, fix on, home in on,
concentrate on, bring to bear on: We zeroed in on the problem
and then rapidly found the answer.
zest n. 1 spice, relish, gusto, tang, pepper, ginger, piquancy,
pungency, edge, bite, flavour, Colloq zing, zip, pizazz: Put in
a little of my home-made sauce to add some zest. 2 eagerness,
zestfulness, exuberance, appetite, interest, enthusiasm, hunger,
thirst: Where does Sidney get his zest for life?
25.3 zone...
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zone n. area, quarter, district, region, sector, section, sphere,
belt, territory, province, realm, domain, precinct, bailiwick,
department, terrain, circle, locality, locale, Slang US turf: A
duty-free zone will allow for quicker transshipment of goods.
The northern and southern hemispheres each have a frigid,
temperate, and torrid zone.
zoo n. 1 zoological garden, menagerie, Tiergarten, (safari) park:
When I was a child, I enjoyed going to the zoo almost as much as
I do now. 2 madhouse, mess; chaos, pandemonium, bedlam, Colloq
US three-ring circus, Chinese fire-drill: When my husband and
the three children get ready in the morning the kitchen is like
a zoo.