creation
creation is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.That which is created; that which is produced or caused to exist, as the world or some original work of art or of the imagination; nature. We know that the whole creation groaneth. Rom. viii.
- 2.A dagger of the mind, a false creation. Shak. Choice pictures and creations of curious art. Beaconsfield.
- 3.The act of constituting or investing with a new character; appointment; formation. An Irish peer of recent creation. Landor.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- above
- among
- and
- anthropogeny
- anthropography
- anthropoid
- anthropology
- anthroposophy
- being
- body
- brother
- civic
- clan
- commonalty
- commonweal
- commonwealth
- community
- consanguinity
- cosmopolitan
- cosmopolite
- creature
- dukedom
- earthling
- ethnography
- ethnology
- family
- fellow
- flesh
- folk
- for
- general
- generation
- giant
- hand
- head
- heart
- human
- humanitarian
- humanity
- individual
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is creation.
- What is that which is created; that which is produced or caused to exist, as the world or some original work of art or of the imagination; nature. We know that the whole creation groaneth. Rom. viii called?
- What is a dagger of the mind, a false creation. Shak. Choice pictures and creations of curious art. Beaconsfield called?
- What is the act of constituting or investing with a new character; appointment; formation. An Irish peer of recent creation. Landor called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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