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thong, n. strip, belt, strap, lash; cord, tie, rope, tether.
thorn, n. 1. prickle, Inf. prickler, point, barb, bar bule, spike, spicule, Zool. spiculum, spine, spinule, bristle, acicula; sticker, brier, Bot. apiculus, bur, burr, snag; nettle, bramble, cocklebur.
2. thorn in one's flesh or
side pain in the neck, annoyance, nuisance, trouble, irritation, vexation; curse, torment, plague,
thorny, adj. 1. prickly, brambly, briery; bristly, Bot. strigose, Zool. barbellate, setigerous, setaceous, setose; spiny, spinous, spinulose, acanthoid, like a porcupine, thistlelike, aciculate; spiky, barbed, Bot., Zool. muricate, spiculate.
2. thornlike, pointed, pointy, sharp, piercing.
3. painful, trying, difficult, hard, tough, rough, arduous; troublesome, bothersome, annoying, irritating, vexatious, irksome, nettlesome.
4. entangled, tangled, complicated, complex, intricate, involved, knotty; controversial, touchy, delicate, ticklish, critical.
thorough, adj. 1. in-depth, Inf. all-out, leaving no stone unturned, top to bottom, stem to stern, head to toe or foot, A to Z, exhaustive; extensive, widespread, sweeping, all-inclusive, all-embracing, all-encompassing, universal, world-wide, global.
2. painstaking, careful, meticulous, particular, scrupulous, conscientious; punctilious, precise, exact, accurate, close, fine, nice, scientific, methodical.
3. total, entire, perfect, complete, Chiefly Brit. Inf. proper; out-and-out, unqualified, utter, sheer, thoroughgoing, absolute, unmitigated, downright, arrant; drastic, extreme, radical.
thoroughbred, adj. 1. (all usu. of animals) purebred, pedigreed, highbred; pure, full-blooded, of unmixed race or stock.
2. high-spirited, mettlesome, high-strung, fiery, proud, headstrong, willful; courageous, bold, valiant, brave, daring, fearless, plucky, spunky; eager, fervent, zealous, avid, passionate.
3. elegant, graceful, Scot. genty, genteel, gentle, aristocratic, silk-stocking, patrician, noble, blue-blooded; well-bred, refined, polished, finished, cultivated; polite, civil, civilized, courteous, mannerly, well-mannered, well-trained; gracious, ladylike, ladyish, fine, delicate; courtly, gentlemanly, gentlemanlike, chivalrous, chivalric, gallant, cavalier; debonair, charming, urbane, suave, sophisticated, cosmopolitan, worldly; fashionable, stylish, A la mode, modish, high-toned, Sl. tony, high-class, Sl. classy.
thoroughfare, n. 1. throughway, road, street, avenue, boulevard, concourse, strip; main road, Inf. drag, Brit. Sl. toby, artery, highroad, roadway; highway, turnpike, pike, tollroad, state highway; freeway, Brit, clearway, expressway, parkway, causeway, U. S. Inf. interstate; speedway, autobahn, superhighway.
2. way, passage, passageway, alley, alleyway; bypath, byway, crosscut, shortcut; path, pathway, footpath, Brit, footway, towpath, bike path, bikeway; trail, track, walk, walkway, crosswalk.
3. strait, channel, canal, conduit, aqueduct, waterway, seaway; river, tributary, estuary.
thoroughly, adv. 1. exhaustively, extensively, universally; from top to bottom, from stem to stern, from head to toe or foot, from A to Z, backwards and forwards.
2. completely, downright, entirely, absolutely, positively, most definitely, extremely, dead, Sl. stone; unreservedly, Inf. whole hog, to the full, to the hilt, Sl. like mad, Sl. like crazy.
though, conj. 1. in spite of the fact that, despite the fact that, notwithstanding that, albeit, howbeit, although, even though.
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