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4. opposite, other; confronting, facing; reverse, obverse, inverse, converse.

adversity, n.1. misfortune, affliction, hurt, harm, ruin, ruination; misery, woe, hardship, suffering, distress, bereavement, Archaic, bale, storm and stress, sea of troubles; infelicity, ill orbad luck, hard luck, ill orbad fortune, ambsace, evil eye, evil wind, dark cloud orstar, storm clouds; trouble, the devil to pay; trial, tribulation, burden, weight, load.
2. mishap, mischance, miscarriage, misadventure, Scot. and North Eng.

mishanter ormischanter, glitch, casualty, accident; shock, blow, nasty orstaggering blow, buffet, stroke, stroke of bad luck orfortune; reverse, reversal, reverse of fortune, setback, bringdown, comedown, bitter pill; cross, check, checkmate; disaster, tragedy, calamity, catastrophe, cataclysm.

advert, v. 1. remark, comment upon, mention, touch upon; refer to, allude to, hint at, suggest, insinuate, intimate, imply, indicate.
2. regard, look at, glance at, notice, see, view, watch, observe; pay attention to, heed, take heed of, mark, take note of, listen to; mind, see to, look after, keep an eye on, attend to, take care of.

advertise, v. publicize, bill, subserve; announce, blurb, broadcast, make known, publish; declare openly, promulgate, proclaim, herald, trumpet, ballyhoo, beat the drum; promote, advance, push, Inf.plug, Inf. hype, puff; call attention to, boast, brag, vaunt; post, display, blazon, placard, circularize; circulate, distribute, propagate, propagandize, spread, disseminate, disperse, scatter.

advertisement, n.1. ad, Chiefly Brit. Inf.

advert, announcement, blurb, statement, broadcast, Inf.plug, SI.pitch; Radio and TV.

commercial, spot announcement, spot.
2. notice, placard, poster, display; circular, bulletin, bill, handbill, flyer, leaflet, throwaway, broadside.
3. advertising, publicity, promotion, publication, broadcasting; heralding, trumpeting, ballyhooing; propaganda, puffery, Inf.hype, Inf.plugging, pushing, hard sell; circulation, circularization, distribution, propogation, dissemination, dispersal, dispersion.

advertiser, n.adman, advertising man; publicist, promoter, publicity agent, PR man, Usu. Disparaging. flack; vendor, dealer, Chiefly Brit,

monger, peddler, hawker; retailer, huckster, Archaic, hucksterer, trader; shopkeeper, tradesman, merchant, businessman.

advice, n.1. counsel, wisdom, guidance, instruction, teaching, Chiefly Brit. Dial,

rede; recommendation, suggestion, word to the wise, tip, hint; plan, scheme, opinion, idea, what [s.o.] should do; principle, rule, law, doctrine, tenet, motto.
2. appeal, bidding, encouragement, persuasion, urging, exhortation; prescription, enjoiner, direction, command, charge, order, injunction; dissuasion, admonition, monition, caution, warning.
3. enlightenment, insight, knowledge, understanding; inside information, intelligence, data, facts; news, word, account, report, tidings, notice, notification, announcement; communication, message, memorandum, memo, letter, epistle.

advisability, n.1. recommendability, desirability, advisableness; expediency, expedience, practicality, usefulness, profitability, advantageousness, beneficialness; prudence, judiciousness, wiseness, sagacity.
2. correctness, rightness, propriety; properness, suitableness, suitability, seemliness, appropriateness, befittingness, fitness, meetness, aptness.