| NOUN | communication | words | the words / words that are spoken |
|---|---|---|---|
| communication | words, lyric, language | the text of a popular song or musical-comedy number | |
| communication | words | language that is spoken or written | |
| communication | words, quarrel, wrangle, row, run-in, dustup | an angry dispute | |
| communication | words, actor's line, speech | words making up the dialogue of a play |
| Sounds | wer'dz | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | afterwards ... westwards: 14 rhymes with erdz... | |
| Meaning | The words / words that are spoken. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "I listened to his words very closely" | |
| Broader | speech, speech communication, spoken communication, spoken language, language, voice communication, oral communication | (language) communication by word of mouth |
| Spanish | palabras | |
| Meaning | The text of a popular song or musical-comedy number. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "he wrote both words and music" | |
| Synonyms | lyric, language | |
| Part of | song, vocal | A short musical composition with words |
| Narrower | love lyric | The lyric of a love song |
| Broader | text, textual matter | The words of something written |
| Spanish | letra, lírica, texto | |
| Catalan | lírica, lletra | |
| Meaning | language that is spoken or written. | |
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| Broader | language, linguistic communication | A systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols |
| Spanish | palabras | |
| Catalan | paraules | |
| Meaning | An angry dispute. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "they had words" | |
| Synonyms | quarrel, wrangle, row, run-in, dustup | |
| Narrower | affray, altercation, fracas | noisy quarrel |
| bicker, bickering, spat, tiff, squabble, pettifoggery, fuss | A quarrel about petty points | |
| bust-up | A serious quarrel (especially one that ends a friendship) | |
| Broader | dispute, difference, difference of opinion, conflict | A disagreement or argument about something important |
| Spanish | altercado, brega, camorra, choque, discusión, disputa, dustup, encontrón, palabras, pelea, pelotera, pleito, reyerta, riña, roce, trifulca | |
| Catalan | baralla, batussa, brega, disputa, dustup, renyina | |
| Meaning | words making up the dialogue of a play. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | actor's line, speech | |
| Part of | dialogue, dialog | The lines spoken by characters in drama or fiction |
| Narrower | aside | A line spoken by an actor to the audience but not intended for others on the stage |
| cue | An actor's line that immediately precedes and serves as a reminder for some action or speech | |
| monologue | A (usually long) dramatic speech by a single actor | |
| soliloquy | A (usually long) dramatic speech intended to give the illusion of unspoken reflections | |
| throwaway | words spoken in a casual way with conscious under-emphasis | |
| Broader | line | text consisting of a row of words written across a page or computer screen |
| Spanish | línea, papel | |
| Catalan | línia, paper | |
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