Synonyms of the word

article

• n. A part or segment of something joined to other parts, or, in combination, forming a structured set.
• n. A story, report, or opinion piece in a newspaper, magazine, journal, etc.
• n. A member of a group or class.
• n. An object.
• n. (grammar) A part of speech that indicates, specifies and limits a noun (a, an, or the in English). In…
• n. A section of a legal document, bylaws, etc.
• n. (derogatory) A person.
• n. (archaic) A wench. A prime article = A handsome girl.
• n. (dated) Subject matter; concern.
• n. (dated) A distinct part.
• n. (obsolete) A precise point in time; a moment.
• v. (transitive) To bind by articles of apprenticeship.
• v. (obsolete) To accuse or charge by an exhibition of articles or accusations.
• v. To formulate in articles; to set forth in distinct particulars.

artefact

• n. (British spelling, Australian spelling) alternative form of artifact.

artifact

• n. An object made or shaped by human hand.
• n. (archaeology) An object, such as a tool, weapon or ornament, of archaeological or historical interest,…
• n. Something viewed as a product of human conception or agency rather than an inherent element.
• n. A structure or finding in an experiment or investigation that is not a true feature of the object under…
• n. (biology) A structure or appearance in protoplasm due to death, method of preparation of specimens, or…
• n. An object made or shaped by some agent or intelligence, not necessarily of direct human origin.
• n. (computing) A perceptible distortion that appears in a digital image, audio or video file as a result…

bind

• v. (intransitive) To tie; to confine by any ligature.
• v. (intransitive) To cohere or stick together in a mass.
• v. (intransitive) To be restrained from motion, or from customary or natural action, as by friction.
• v. (intransitive) To exert a binding or restraining influence.
• v. (transitive) To tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.
• v. (transitive) To confine, restrain, or hold by physical force or influence of any kind.
• v. (transitive) To couple.
• v. (figuratively) To oblige, restrain, or hold, by authority, law, duty, promise, vow, affection, or other…
• v. (law) To put (a person) under definite legal obligations, especially, under the obligation of a bond or…
• v. (law) To place under legal obligation to serve.
• v. (transitive) To protect or strengthen by applying a band or binding, as the edge of a carpet or garment.
• v. (transitive, archaic) To make fast (a thing) about or upon something, as by tying; to encircle with something.
• v. (transitive) To cover, as with a bandage.
• v. (transitive, archaic) To prevent or restrain from customary or natural action.
• v. (transitive) To put together in a cover, as of books.
• v. (transitive, chemistry) To make two or more elements stick together.
• v. (transitive, computing) To associate an identifier with a value; to associate a variable name, method…
• n. That which binds or ties.
• n. A troublesome situation; a problem; a predicament or quandary.
• n. Any twining or climbing plant or stem, especially a hop vine; a bine.
• n. (music) A ligature or tie for grouping notes.
• n. (chess) A strong grip or stranglehold on a position that is difficult for the opponent to break.

clause

• n. (grammar) A verb, its necessary grammatical arguments, and any adjuncts affecting them.
• n. (grammar) A verb along with its subject and their modifiers. If a clause provides a complete thought on…
• n. (law) A separate part of a contract, a will or another legal document.
• v. (transitive, shipping) To amend (a bill of lading or similar document).

determinative

• n. (linguistics) An ideogram used to mark semantic categories of words in logographic scripts.
• n. (grammar) A member of a class of words functioning in a noun phrase to identify or distinguish a referent…
• adj. Determining (deciding) something.

determiner

• n. (grammar) A member of a class of words functioning in a noun phrase to identify or distinguish a referent…
• n. (grammar) A dependent function in a noun phrase marking the NP as definite or indefinite. This function…
• n. Something that determines, or helps someone to determine, something else.

hold

• adj. (obsolete) Gracious; friendly; faithful; true.
• v. (transitive) To grasp or grip.
• v. (transitive) To contain or store.
• v. (heading) To maintain or keep to a position or state.
• v. (heading) To maintain or keep to particular opinions, promises, actions.
• v. (tennis, transitive, intransitive) To win one's own service game.
• v. To take place, to occur.
• v. To organise an event or meeting (usually in passive voice).
• v. (archaic) To derive right or title.
• n. A grasp or grip.
• n. A place where animals are held for safety.
• n. An order that something is to be reserved or delayed, limiting or preventing how it can be dealt with.
• n. Something reserved or kept.
• n. Power over someone or something.
• n. The ability to persist.
• n. The property of maintaining the shape of styled hair.
• n. (wrestling) A position or grip used to control the opponent.
• n. (exercise (sport)) An exercise involving holding a position for a set time.
• n. (gambling) The percentage the house wins on a gamble, the house or bookmaker's hold.
• n. (gambling) The wager amount, the total hold.
• n. (tennis) An instance of holding one's service game, as opposed to being broken.
• n. The part of an object one is intended to grasp, or anything one can use for grasping with hands or feet.
• n. A fruit machine feature allowing one or more of the reels to remain fixed while the others spin.
• n. (video games, dated) A pause facility.
• n. The queueing system on telephones and similar communication systems which maintains a connection when…
• n. (nautical, aviation) The cargo area of a ship or aircraft, (often cargo hold).

nonfiction

• n. Written works intended to give facts, or true accounts of real things and events. Often used attributively.

obligate

• v. (transitive, Canada, US, Scotland) To bind, compel, constrain, or oblige by a social, legal, or moral…
• v. (transitive, Canada, US, Scotland) To cause to be grateful or indebted; to oblige.
• v. (transitive, Canada, US, Scotland) To commit (money, for example) in order to fulfill an obligation.
• adj. (biology) Able to exist or survive only in a particular environment or by assuming a particular role.
• adj. Absolutely indispensable; essential.

oblige

• v. (transitive) To constrain someone by force or by social, moral or legal means.
• v. (transitive) To do someone a service or favour (hence, originally, creating an obligation).
• v. (intransitive) To be indebted to someone.
• v. (intransitive) To do a service or favour.

piece

• n. A part of a larger whole, usually in such a form that it is able to be separated from other parts.
• n. A single item belonging to a class of similar items.
• n. (chess) One of the figures used in playing chess, specifically a higher-value figure as distinguished…
• n. A coin, especially one valued at less than the principal unit of currency.
• n. An artistic creation, such as a painting, sculpture, musical composition, literary work, etc.
• n. An artillery gun.
• n. (US, colloquial) A gun.
• n. (US, Canada, colloquial, short for hairpiece) A toupee or wig, especially when worn by a man.
• n. (Scotland, Ireland, Britain dialectal, US dialectal) A slice or other quantity of bread, eaten on its…
• n. (US, colloquial, vulgar) A sexual encounter; from piece of ass or piece of tail.
• n. (US, colloquial, mildly vulgar, short for piece of crap/piece of shit) A shoddy or worthless object (usually…
• n. (US, slang) A cannabis pipe.
• n. (baseball) Used to describe a pitch that has been hit but not well, usually either being caught by the…
• n. (dated, sometimes derogatory) An individual; a person.
• n. (obsolete) A castle; a fortified building.
• n. (US) A pacifier.
• n. (colloquial) A distance.
• v. (transitive, usually with together) To assemble (something real or figurative).
• v. To make, enlarge, or repair, by the addition of a piece or pieces; to patch; often with out.
• v. (slang) To produce a work of graffiti more complex than a tag.

section

• n. A cutting; a part cut out from the rest of something.
• n. A part, piece, subdivision of anything.
• n. A part of a document.
• n. An act or instance of cutting.
• n. A cross-section (image that shows an object as if cut along a plane).
• n. (surgery) An incision or the act of making an incision.
• n. (sciences) A thin slice of material prepared as a specimen for research.
• n. (botany) A taxonomic rank below the genus (and subgenus if present), but above the species.
• n. (zoology) An informal taxonomic rank below the order ranks and above the family ranks.
• n. (military) A group of 10-15 soldiers led by a non-commissioned officer and forming part of a platoon.
• n. (category theory) A right inverse.
• n. (New Zealand) A piece of residential land; a plot.
• n. (Canada) A one-mile square area of land, defined by a government survey.
• n. (geology) A sequence of rock layers.
• v. To cut, divide or separate into pieces.
• v. (Britain) To commit (a person, to a hospital, with or without their consent), as for mental health reasons…
• v. To perform a cesarean section on (someone).

subdivision

• n. (countable, uncountable) a division into smaller pieces of something that has already been divided.
• n. (countable) such a piece that has been divided.
• n. (countable) a parcel of land that has been divided into lots.
• n. (countable) a group of houses created by the same builder or in the same general area.
• v. to separate something into smaller pieces.