Word Meanings - PRODUCTION - Book Publishers vocabulary database
1. The act or process or producing, bringing forth, or exhibiting to view; as, the production of commodities, of a witness. 2. That which is produced, yielded, or made, whether naturally, or by the application of intelligence and labor; as, the
Additional info about word: PRODUCTION
1. The act or process or producing, bringing forth, or exhibiting to view; as, the production of commodities, of a witness. 2. That which is produced, yielded, or made, whether naturally, or by the application of intelligence and labor; as, the productions of the earth; the productions of handicraft; the productions of intellect or genius. 3. The act of lengthening out or prolonging. Syn. -- Product; produce; fruit; work; performance; composition.
Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of PRODUCTION)
- Elongation
- Production
- extension
- Fruit
- outcome
- outgrowth
- result
- consequence
- produce
- reward
- Operation
- Agency
- action
- exercise
- production
- influence
- performance
- Work
- Exertion
- effort
- toil
- labor
- employment
- product
- effect
- composition
- achievement
- operation
- is sue
- fruit
Possible antonyms: (opposite words of PRODUCTION)
Related words: (words related to PRODUCTION)
- FRUIT
The pulpy, edible seed vessels of certain plants, especially those grown on branches above ground, as apples, oranges, grapes, melons, berries, etc. See 3. (more info) enjoyment, product, fruit, from frui, p. p. fructus, to enjoy; akin 1. Whatever - SPREADINGLY
, adv. Increasingly. The best times were spreadingly infected. Milton. - FRUITAGE
1. Fruit, collectively; fruit, in general; fruitery. The trees . . . ambrosial fruitage bear. Milton. 2. Product or result of any action; effect, good or ill. - REWARDFUL
Yielding reward. - PUNISHER
One who inflicts punishment. - LABOR-SAVING
Saving labor; adapted to supersede or diminish the labor of men; as, laborsaving machinery. - SPRINGBOARD
An elastic board, secured at the ends, or at one end, often by elastic supports, used in performing feats of agility or in exercising. - REWARD
To give in return, whether good or evil; -- commonly in a good sense; to requite; to recompense; to repay; to compensate. After the deed that is done, one doom shall reward, Mercy or no mercy as truth will accord. Piers Plowman. Thou hast rewarded - SPRINGE
A noose fastened to an elastic body, and drawn close with a sudden spring, whereby it catches a bird or other animal; a gin; a snare. As a woodcock to mine own springe. Shak. - SPRINGAL
An ancient military engine for casting stones and arrows by means of a spring. - LABORIOUS
1. Requiring labor, perseverance, or sacrifices; toilsome; tiresome. Dost thou love watchings, abstinence, or toil, Laborious virtues all Learn these from Cato. Addison. 2. Devoted to labor; diligent; industrious; as, a laborious mechanic. - RELAXANT
A medicine that relaxes; a laxative. - LABORED
Bearing marks of labor and effort; elaborately wrought; not easy or natural; as, labored poetry; a labored style. - STARTLINGLY
In a startling manner. - SPRINT
To run very rapidly; to run at full speed. A runner should be able to sprint the whole way. Encyc. Brit. (more info) Etym: - LABOROUS
Laborious. Wyatt. -- La"bor*ous*ly, adv. Sir T. Elyot. - LABOR
The pitching or tossing of a vessel which results in the straining of timbers and rigging. 7. Etym: (more info) 1. Physical toil or bodily exertion, especially when fatiguing, irksome, or unavoidable, in distinction from sportive exercise; hard, - SPRIGHTLY
Sprightlike, or spiritlike; lively; brisk; animated; vigorous; airy; gay; as, a sprightly youth; a sprightly air; a sprightly dance. "Sprightly wit and love inspires." Dryden. The sprightly Sylvia trips along the green. Pope. - FRUITIVE
Eujoying; possessing. Boyle. - SPRINKLING
1. The act of one who, or that which, sprinkles. Baptism may well enough be performed by sprinkling or effusion of water. Ayliffe. 2. A small quantity falling in distinct drops or particles; as, a sprinkling of rain or snow. 3. Hence, a moderate - DISPROPORTIONALLY
In a disproportional manner; unsuitably in form, quantity, or value; unequally. - UNEMPLOYMENT
Quality or state of being not employed; -- used esp. in economics, of the condition of various social classes when temporarily thrown out of employment, as those engaged for short periods, those whose trade is decaying, and those least competent. - INCONSEQUENCE
The quality or state of being inconsequent; want of just or logical inference or argument; inconclusiveness. Bp. Stillingfleet. Strange, that you should not see the inconsequence of your own reasoning! Bp. Hurd. - DISPROPORTIONABLE
Disproportional; unsuitable in form, size, quantity, or adaptation; disproportionate; inadequate. -- Dis`pro*por"tion*a*ble*ness, n. Hammond. -- Dis`pro*por"tion*a*bly, adv. - DISPROPORTIONALITY
The state of being disproportional. Dr. H. More. - OVERLABOR
1. To cause to labor excessively; to overwork. Dryden. 2. To labor upon excessively; to refine unduly. - COLABORER
One who labors with another; an associate in labor. - HANDSPRING
A somersault made with the assistance of the hands placed upon the ground. - REACTIONIST
A reactionary. C. Kingsley.