Synonyms Dictionary
3. censure, condemnation, disapproval, reprehension, reprobation, reproof; denunciation, objurgation, Sl. put-down.
4. announcement, proclamation, pronouncement, notice; decree, ordinance, edict, decretal, Roman Cath. Ch. bull; formal order, Law. writ, Law. breve.
5. curse, malediction, execration, anathema, fulmi-nation, imprecation, Archaic, malison. banal, adj. hackneyed, trite, overdone, campy, Inf. bromidic, platitudinous, Inf. corny; conventional, humdrum, ordinary, commonplace, common, stock, old hat, stereotyped; unimaginative, unoriginal, stale, insipid, uninspired, flat, vapid, lifeless, unanimated; prosaic, prosy, dull, tedious, matter-of-fact; simple, fatuous, inane, jejune, feeble, wishy-washy, banality, n. commonplace, triteness, triviality; platitude, Inf. bromide, truism, maxim, axiom, adage; saying, cliche, Inf. corn; inanity, jejunity, vapidity. band1, n. 1. company, group, body, assemblage, assembly, aggregation; gathering, multitude, crowd, swarm, horde, host, throng, rabble, mob, crush.
2. set, coterie, clique, circle, gang, bunch, pack; society, association, club, order, sodality, fellowship; outfit, corps, troop, squad, team, crew; cabal, junto, secret society; league, confederation, alliance, tribe.
3. musical group, group, combo, ensemble, orchestra, Brit, waits.
-v. 4. unite, confederate, ally, league together, join together, join forces or hands, team up, Inf. hitch horses; combine, merge, fuse, coalesce, consolidate, amalgamate, incorporate; gather, collect, assemble, mass, mobilize, muster.
5. affiliate, associate, fraternize, club or herd together; interact, coact, interface, cooperate, collaborate, work together or in unison or side by side, pull together, stand shoulder to shoulder. band2, n. 1. bond, binding, tie, connection, link, nexus; strap, strop, withe, fascia, copula, vinculum; ring, hoop, ferrule.
2. belt, baldric, cord, cordon, braid, thong, (for a horse) surcingle; girdle, sash, waistband, cummerbund, cestus. Archaic, zone, Archaic, Poetic, cincture; headband, ribbon, frontlet, fillet; collar, collarband, neckband; hatband, sweatband; wristband, Eccles. maniple.
3. stripe, stripping, streak, streaking, striation; stroke, line, dash, bar; strip, tape, tag, label. bandage, n. 1. ligature, (for the head) galea, spica; dressing, Surgery, fascia; pledget, Trademark. Band-Aid, gauze pad, pad; Med. truss; Med. compress; Surgery. tourniquet.
2. headband, fillet, ribbon, band.
-v. 3. swathe, dress; wrap, swaddle, bind, fillet; ligature, ligate, tie up; truss, gird, cincture, bandit, n. 1. brigand, highwayman, footpad, road agent, Sl. yegg or yeggman, Sp. bandolero, Southwest U.S. ladrone, Australian, bushranger, desperado, picaroon; outlaw, gangster, public enemy, criminal, mafioso, mobster, racketeer; thug, ruffian, rogue, tough, Inf toughie, mugger, Inf. plugugly, rowdy, hoodlum.
2. pirate, rover, viking, corsair, buccaneer, privateer; freebooter, rapparee, (in the Scottish Highlands) cater-an; rustler, hijacker, skyjacker, air or sky pirate; smuggler, contrabandist, runner, bootlegger; swindler, confidence man, con man, con artist; fleecer, trickster, bilker, sharper, Inf. hawk, blackleg.
3. pillager, plunderer, marauder, despoiler, depredator; ransacker, sacker, looter, vandal, rifler, forager, raider.
4. robber, burglar, thief, stealer, purloiner, Inf.
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