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donnybrook
Fight, uproar.
Some synonyms are brawl, quarrel, and altercation.
Antonym is agreement.
interlocutor
Someone who participates in conversation.
carte blanche
boundless authority, unlimited power to act:
Synonyms: free rein, sanction
antonym: restriction
rife
abundant, prevalent
Synonym: overflowing
Antonym: lacking, limited
contemptuous
haughty, scornful
synonym: arrogant, derisive
antonym: humble, polite
stygian
dark and forbidding
synonym: shadowy
antonym: bright, illuminated
vestige
a trace or evidence of something that once existed but is no longer present.
synoym: remnant
nomenclature
a technical name or naming system in art or science
synonym: terminology
incantation
a chant; a recited magic spell
synonym: invocation
metamorphosis
a transformation or dramatic change
synonym: mutation
antonym: stasis
nonchalant
unconcerned, indifferent
synonym: detached; relaxed
antonym: excited, concerned, alarmed
Procrustean
marked by a disregard for individual differences or circumstances.
synonym: ruthless, undiscriminating
antonym: sympathetic, compassionate
Sophistry
a deliberately deceptive or misleading argument
synonym: ruse
antonym: truth
cosmopolitan
worldly, sophisticated
synonym: cultured
antonym: provincial
brigand
a robber, bandit
synonym: outlaw
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