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Inverse for the term "refinement”
In computer science there is a term "refinement".
Refinement is a hierarchical relationship between two concepts. If B refines A, then the requirements of B are a superset of the requirements of A. ...
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Is there a word for something that gets “acted upon”?
For instance, say I have two individuals and one is active, the other passive. I know I can call the active person the "actor"—he "acts upon" the passive person. But what do I call the "acted upon"? ...
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More specific antonym to “lodger” than “landlord”
You can distinguish between someone who's paying for a room and paying for an apartment or house with lodger versus tenant.
Is it possible to distinguish between someone who offers a room for rent ...
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Word for “person that I supervise”
What is the best word to refer to the person that I (directly) supervise, in the context of a corporate workplace? The closest I can think of is employee, but that doesn't directly convey a direct ...
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Word for the opposite of “hypochondria”
Is there a word for the opposite condition of hypochondria, i.e. someone who denies being sick when they clearly are? I would just say that they are "in denial". Is there any other adequate word?
I ...
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“Implied” is to “explicit” as “implication” is to what?
I am looking for an antonym of implication that is related in the same way that implied and explicit are related, where explicit means "expressed". This antonym should also fit the following analogy:
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Word for people who don't make their deadline
What is the correct word to describe the people who have not finished their work after the deadline?
For the antonym, there is finisher, but I can't find *unfinisher in the dictionary.
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Can I use “adjournment” as antonym of “inauguration”, is there a word for “last time use”?
I would like to know if there is an antonym to inauguration? By inauguration I mean "first time use of".
I googled this and thesaurus provided me with "adjournment". Can I use it in the following ...
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What is the opposite of “alexithymia”?
Alexithymia refers to a state wherein a person cannot understand or describe his or her feelings, and means literally "without words for emotions". Is there a term (psychological, medical, or ...
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What will be the opposite of “teetotalers”?
I just come across a word teetotalers that means "A person who never drinks alcohol". What will be the opposite of this word in the same context?
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Single word for “the one being stolen from”?
By forming a noun from a verb, the person that steals is called a stealer. What do you call a person that is being stolen from?
Is there a corresponding noun that denotes the object of this action, ...
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What is the antonym of “dependent”? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
A depends on B, is A dependant, or is B dependant?
“Employee” is to “employer” as “dependent” is to what?
A and B are two persons. When A is a dependent of B, what of ...
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What word is the opposite of Luddite? [closed]
Single word, please, preferably one derived from someone's name.
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Opposite word of “addiction”
Though the very obvious opposite of the word addiction is "deaddiction", I couldn't find the latter in any dictionary (I checked in Oxford, Chambers and Cambridge). Why is it so?
If "deaddiction" is ...
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“Employee” is to “employer” as “dependent” is to what? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
A depends on B, is A dependant, or is B dependant?
I'm trying to find a word that is the counterpart to "dependent", i.e. refers to the one who the dependent relies ...
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What is the antonyms of “capitalize”? [duplicate]
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Is there an antonym for “capitalize” (as in letter-case)
What is the antonyms of "capitalize"?
I am referring to the following meaning (original reference):
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Are there words for the subject and the object in a merger& acquisition?
Say company A bought company B, is there a pair of antonyms to refer A and B? E.g. merger and mergee (I know this pair is not right, only try to make a point here)
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An antonym for “usability”? [duplicate]
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Is there another way of saying 'user-unfriendly'?
Regarding the usability of some sort of system (whether soft- or hardware), what would be a good (and ...
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Antonym of “highlight”
What's the opposite of highlight?
I don't mean the verb to highlight or to emphasize something, so downplay isn't an option.
Instead I'm looking for the opposite of "the highlight of the movie, ...
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What is the opposite of “personification”?
I want a word that means the opposite of personification.
What is the correct word for describing people with the characteristics of an object/as if they are objects?
I found the word chremamorphism ...
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Antonym of “dispenser”
I've been searching a lot of dictionary websites for the antonym of dispenser. I was wondering if anybody could think of one.
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What do you call somebody who asks a question and somebody who answers a question?
What do you call somebody who asks a question and somebody who answers a question?
I have exhausted the thesaurus with no real luck... any ideas?
EDIT: It is in reference to this - or any other ...
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Word meaning the reverse of 'Xenophobia'
Xenophobia refers to the irrational fear or hatred of foreigners. But recently I've seen people displaying (in newspaper articles and other places) an irrational fear or hatred of their own ...
