frequently_asked_questions_files/Oxford Thesaurus.pdf

your car keys again? You will need a key to open the air valve
on the radiator. 2 clue, cue, guide, indication, indicator,
explanation: The key to his behaviour can probably be found in
the way his mother treated him in his childhood. 3 pitch, tone,
timbre, level, tonality, frequency: The song was originally
written in the key of C. 4 legend, explanation, description,
explication, clarification, translation: A key to the symbols
appears on every other page. 5 mood, tenor, tone, humour,
style: In this passage there is a change to a more sombre key.
--adj. 6 important, essential, vital, necessary, crucial,
critical, main, pivotal: Automatic reversal is a key feature of
this cassette player. Roderick is a key man in the company.
keystone n. necessity, crux, linchpin, basis, principle, foundation,
cornerstone: Predestination was the keystone of his religion.
11.2 kick...
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kick v. 1 boot, punt: The basic aim in soccer is to kick the ball
into the back of the net. 2 recoil, backlash, rebound: The
shotgun kicked when I fired it.
--n. 3 punt, drop-kick: His kick sent the ball down the field.
4 recoil, backlash, rebound: That gun has quite a kick!
kickback n. rebate, refund, share, compensation, commission, percentage,
reward; bribe, pay-off, Colloq chiefly US payola, US plugola:
We get a kickback on every computer sold. Some disc jockeys were
accepting kickbacks for playing particular records.
kidnap v. abduct, capture, seize, carry off, Slang snatch: He was
kidnapped by guerrillas and held prisoner for over two years.
kill v. 1 execute, slay, murder, assassinate, do away with, put to
death, cause the death of, liquidate, dispatch or despatch, take
(someone's) life, finish (off), put an end to, write 'finis' to,
silence, kill off, administer the coup de grƒce, eliminate, put
(someone) out of (his or her) misery, exterminate, extinguish,
obliterate, eradicate, destroy, annihilate, massacre, slaughter,
decimate, butcher, (of animals) put down, put to sleep, Slang do