frequently_asked_questions_files/Oxford Thesaurus.pdf

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icing n. 1 frosting, glaze, coating: Our favourite treat was
chocolate cake with chocolate icing. 2 bonus, (fringe) benefit,
reward, (extra) added attraction, extra, reward, dividend: He
clinched a seventh victory with his partner, putting the icing
on the cake of their shared world championship.
icy adj. 1 ice-cold, frigid, arctic, bitter, glacial, freezing,
frozen, chill, glacial, hyperborean or hyperboreal, polar,
Siberian, wintry, raw, cold, chilling, chilly: The icy wind cut
through to the marrow of my bones. 2 cool, chill, chilly,
frigid, distant, aloof, remote, freezing, ice-cold, unemotional,
unimpassioned, stony, steely, callous, flinty, formal, reserved,
forbidding, unfriendly, hostile: She fixed him with an icy
stare.
9.2 idea...
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idea n. 1 concept, conception, construct, thought, notion, plan,
design, scheme, suggestion, recommendation: Is that your idea
of a good singing voice? Peter has an excellent idea for
increasing sales. 2 notion, fancy, impression, picture, (mental)
image, concept, conception, perception, understanding,
awareness, apprehension, inkling, suspicion, hint, suggestion,
approximation, clue, intimation, guess, estimate, estimation,
impression: I haven't the slightest idea what you are talking
about. Can you give us any idea of the cause of the delay? 3
belief, opinion, sentiment, feeling, teaching(s), doctrine,
tenet, principle, philosophy, view, viewpoint, outlook, notion,
conviction, position, stance: Western and Eastern ideas differ
as to the role of women in society. 4 aim, goal, purpose,
objective, object, end, point, reason, raison d'ˆtre: What was
the idea of telling the teacher? The idea behind the scheme was
to boost sales. The idea of the game is to capture your
opponent's king. 5 hypothesis, theory, notion, dream, fantasy or
phantasy: His invention is based on the idea of an anti-gravity
device.
ideal n. 1 model, paragon, standard, criterion, paradigm, exemplar,