Related Words:
- myth
collapse - a traditional story accepted as history; serves to explain the world view of a people related words >
- Marchen,
- Mishnah,
- Spiritus Mundi,
- Sunna,
- Talmud,
- Western,
- Western story,
- Westerner,
- adventure story,
- allegory,
- ancient wisdom,
- apologue,
- apparition,
- archetypal myth,
- archetypal pattern,
- bedtime story,
- brainchild,
- bubble,
- canard,
- chimera,
- cock-and-bull story,
- common law,
- concoction,
- creation,
- custom,
- delirium,
- detective story,
- eidolon,
- epic,
- extravaganza,
- fable,
- fabliau,
- fabrication,
- fairy tale,
- falsehood,
- fancy,
- fantasque,
- fantasy,
- fib,
- fiction,
- figment,
- folk motif,
- folk story,
- folklore,
- folktale,
- forgery,
- gest,
- ghost story,
- hallucination,
- history,
- horse opera,
- idle fancy,
- illusion,
- imagery,
- imagination,
- imagining,
- immemorial usage,
- insubstantial image,
- invention,
- legend,
- lie,
- lore,
- love story,
- maggot,
- make-believe,
- mystery,
- mystery story,
- mythology,
- mythos,
- nursery tale,
- parable,
- phantasm,
- phantom,
- prevarication,
- racial memory,
- romance,
- saga,
- science fiction,
- shocker,
- sick fancy,
- space fiction,
- space opera,
- story,
- suspense story,
- tall tale,
- thick-coming fancies,
- thriller,
- tradition,
- traditionalism,
- traditionality,
- trip,
- untruth,
- vapor,
- vision,
- whim,
- whimsy,
- whodunit,
- whopper,
- wildest dreams,
- work of fiction
- transcript
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- a reproduction of a written record (e.g. of a legal or school record)
- something that has been transcribed; a written record (usually typewritten) of dictated or recorded speech; "he read a transcript of the interrogation"; "you can obtain a transcript of this radio program by sending a self-addressed envelope to the station" related words >
- Photostat,
- apograph,
- arrangement,
- article,
- autograph,
- brainchild,
- carbon,
- carbon copy,
- composition,
- computer printout,
- copy,
- document,
- draft,
- dupe,
- duplicate,
- duplication,
- edited version,
- edition,
- engrossment,
- essay,
- fair copy,
- fiche,
- fiction,
- final draft,
- finished version,
- first draft,
- flimsy,
- holograph,
- hymnal,
- hymnbook,
- instrumental score,
- interpretation,
- letter,
- libretto,
- literae scriptae,
- literary artefact,
- literary production,
- literature,
- lucubration,
- lute tablature,
- manifold,
- manuscript,
- matter,
- microcopy,
- microfiche,
- microform,
- music,
- music paper,
- music roll,
- musical notation,
- musical score,
- nonfiction,
- notation,
- opera,
- opera score,
- opus,
- orchestral score,
- original,
- paper,
- parchment,
- part,
- penscript,
- photocopy,
- piano score,
- piece,
- piece of writing,
- play,
- poem,
- printed matter,
- printout,
- production,
- reading matter,
- recension,
- recording,
- rendering,
- representation,
- reproduction,
- rubbing,
- score,
- screed,
- scrip,
- script,
- scrive,
- scroll,
- second draft,
- sheet music,
- short score,
- songbook,
- songster,
- tablature,
- tenor,
- text,
- the written word,
- tracing,
- transcription,
- transfer,
- translation,
- transliteration,
- typescript,
- version,
- vocal score,
- work,
- writing,
- written music
- coif
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- a skullcap worn by nuns under a veil or by soldiers under a hood of mail or formerly by British sergeants-at-law
- cover with a coif related words >
- Afro,
- barber,
- bob,
- bonnet,
- boot,
- breech,
- cap,
- ceil,
- cloak,
- coat,
- coiffure,
- cold wave,
- conk,
- cork,
- crown,
- dome,
- frock,
- gown,
- haircut,
- hairdo,
- hairstyle,
- hat,
- headdress,
- home permanent,
- hood,
- jacket,
- mantle,
- natural,
- permanent,
- permanent wave,
- pompadour,
- process,
- roof,
- roof in,
- shingle,
- shirt,
- shoe,
- sock,
- stocking,
- stopper,
- tip,
- top,
- trim,
- wave
- sportscast
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- a broadcast of sports news or commentary
- broadcast a sports event related words >
- newscast
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- a broadcast of news or commentary on the news related words >
- alibi,
- apology,
- blind,
- cloak,
- color,
- cover,
- cover-up,
- device,
- excuse,
- facade,
- feint,
- front,
- gloss,
- guise,
- handle,
- lame excuse,
- locus standi,
- mask,
- ostensible motive,
- poor excuse,
- pretense,
- pretension,
- pretext,
- protestation,
- public motive,
- put-off,
- refuge,
- screen,
- semblance,
- sham,
- show,
- smoke screen,
- stalking-horse,
- stratagem,
- subterfuge,
- trick,
- varnish,
- veil
- western
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- a film about life in the western United States during the period of exploration and development
- a sandwich made from a western omelet
- lying toward or situated in the west; "our company's western office"
- relating to or characteristic of regions of western parts of the world; "Western Europe"; "the Western Roman Empire"
- of or characteristic of regions of the United States west of the Mississippi River; "a Western ranch" related words >
- antarctic,
- arctic,
- austral,
- boreal,
- east,
- eastbound,
- easterly,
- eastermost,
- eastern,
- easternmost,
- horse opera,
- hyperborean,
- meridional,
- north,
- northbound,
- northeast,
- northeasterly,
- northeastern,
- northerly,
- northern,
- northernmost,
- northwest,
- northwesterly,
- northwestern,
- occidental,
- oriental,
- south,
- southbound,
- southeast,
- southeasterly,
- southeastern,
- southerly,
- southern,
- southernmost,
- southwest,
- southwesterly,
- southwestern,
- west,
- westbound,
- westerly,
- westernmost
- chapel
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- a place of worship that has its own altar related words >
- Lady chapel,
- amphitheater,
- arena,
- assembly hall,
- auditorium,
- chantry,
- chapel of ease,
- chapel royal,
- concert hall,
- convention hall,
- dance hall,
- exhibition hall,
- gallery,
- hall,
- lecture hall,
- meetinghouse,
- music hall,
- opera house,
- oratorium,
- oratory,
- sacellum,
- sacrament chapel,
- sacrarium,
- school chapel,
- side chapel,
- stadium,
- theater
- secede
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- withdraw from an organization or communion; "After the break up of the Soviet Union, many republics broke away" related words >
- abandon,
- agree to differ,
- agree to disagree,
- apostacize,
- apostatize,
- be at variance,
- be in dissent,
- beg to differ,
- betray,
- bolt,
- break away,
- change sides,
- defect,
- desert,
- differ,
- disagree,
- disagree with,
- discord with,
- dissent,
- dissent from,
- divide on,
- drop out,
- fall away,
- fall off,
- forsake,
- go over,
- leave,
- let down,
- not agree,
- oppose,
- pull out,
- quit,
- rat,
- run out on,
- sell out,
- switch,
- switch over,
- take exception,
- take issue,
- turn cloak,
- withdraw,
- withhold assent
- nestle
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- position comfortably; "The baby nestled her head in her mother's elbow"
- lie in a sheltered position; "The little cottage nestles in the forest" related words >
- arm,
- armor,
- bed,
- bless,
- bundle,
- burrow,
- champion,
- cloak,
- compass about,
- copyright,
- cover,
- cradle,
- croodle,
- cuddle,
- cuddle up,
- curl up,
- cushion,
- defend,
- ensure,
- fence,
- fend,
- guarantee,
- guard,
- harbor,
- haven,
- huddle,
- insure,
- keep,
- keep from harm,
- lap,
- make safe,
- nuzzle,
- patent,
- police,
- protect,
- put to bed,
- register,
- ride shotgun for,
- safeguard,
- screen,
- secure,
- shelter,
- shield,
- shroud,
- snug,
- snug up,
- snuggle,
- snuggle up to,
- tuck in,
- underwrite
- duologue
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- a part of the script in which the speaking roles are limited to two actors related words >
- Grand Guignol,
- Passion play,
- Tom show,
- antimasque,
- audience success,
- ballet,
- bomb,
- broadcast drama,
- bull session,
- burlesque show,
- charade,
- chinfest,
- cliff hanger,
- closet drama,
- comedy drama,
- confab,
- confabulation,
- critical success,
- daytime serial,
- dialogue,
- documentary drama,
- drama,
- dramalogue,
- dramatic play,
- dramatic series,
- duodrama,
- epic theater,
- experimental theater,
- extravaganza,
- failure,
- flop,
- gasser,
- giveaway,
- happening,
- hit,
- hit show,
- improvisational drama,
- legitimate drama,
- masque,
- melodrama,
- minstrel show,
- miracle,
- miracle play,
- monodrama,
- monologue,
- morality,
- morality play,
- music drama,
- musical revue,
- mystery,
- mystery play,
- opera,
- pageant,
- palaver,
- panel show,
- pantomime,
- pastoral,
- pastoral drama,
- piece,
- play,
- playlet,
- problem play,
- psychodrama,
- question-and-answer session,
- quiz show,
- radio drama,
- review,
- revue,
- sensational play,
- serial,
- show,
- sitcom,
- situation comedy,
- sketch,
- skit,
- soap,
- soap opera,
- sociodrama,
- spectacle,
- speech,
- stage play,
- stage show,
- straight drama,
- success,
- suspense drama,
- tableau,
- tableau vivant,
- talk,
- talk show,
- talkfest,
- teleplay,
- television drama,
- television play,
- theater of cruelty,
- total theater,
- trialogue,
- variety show,
- vaudeville,
- vaudeville show,
- vehicle,
- word-of-mouth success,
- words,
- work
- mushiness
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- a mushy pulpy softness related words >
- bathos,
- bleeding heart,
- cloyingness,
- doughiness,
- flabbiness,
- fleshiness,
- goo,
- hearts-and-flowers,
- mashiness,
- maudlinness,
- mawkishness,
- mush,
- namby-pamby,
- namby-pambyism,
- namby-pambyness,
- nostalgia,
- nostomania,
- oversentimentalism,
- oversentimentality,
- pastiness,
- pithiness,
- pulpiness,
- pulpousness,
- romanticism,
- sentiment,
- sentimentalism,
- sentimentality,
- slop,
- sloppiness,
- slush,
- soap opera,
- sob story,
- softness,
- sponginess,
- squashiness,
- succulence,
- sweetness and light,
- tearjerker
- melodramatic
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- having the excitement and emotional appeal of melodrama; "a melodramatic account of two perilous days at sea" related words >
- Barnumesque,
- actor-proof,
- all-star,
- ballet,
- balletic,
- cinematic,
- cinematographic,
- cloak-and-dagger,
- dramatic,
- dramatical,
- dramaturgic,
- emotionalistic,
- emotive,
- exaggerated,
- film,
- filmic,
- ham,
- hammy,
- histrionic,
- hokey,
- hysteric,
- legitimate,
- lurid,
- milked,
- monodramatic,
- movie,
- nonrational,
- operatic,
- overacted,
- overdone,
- overdrawn,
- overemotional,
- overplayed,
- overworked,
- overwrought,
- scenic,
- schmaltzy,
- sensational,
- sensationalistic,
- spectacular,
- spine-chilling,
- stagelike,
- stageworthy,
- stagy,
- starstruck,
- stellar,
- theaterlike,
- theatrical,
- thespian,
- thrown away,
- underacted,
- underplayed,
- unreasoning,
- vaudevillian,
- yellow
- auditorium
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- the area of a theater or concert hall where the audience sits related words >
- Elizabethan theater,
- Globe Theatre,
- Greek theater,
- agora,
- amphitheater,
- arena,
- arena theater,
- assembly hall,
- athletic field,
- background,
- balcony,
- bear garden,
- bowl,
- box,
- box seat,
- boxing ring,
- bull ring,
- cabaret,
- campus,
- canvas,
- chapel,
- circle theater,
- circus,
- classroom,
- club,
- cockpit,
- coliseum,
- colosseum,
- concert hall,
- convention hall,
- course,
- dance hall,
- dress circle,
- exhibition hall,
- fauteuil,
- field,
- floor,
- forum,
- gallery,
- ground,
- gym,
- gymnasium,
- hall,
- hippodrome,
- house,
- lecture hall,
- lecture room,
- lists,
- little theater,
- locale,
- loge,
- marketplace,
- mat,
- meetinghouse,
- milieu,
- music hall,
- nigger heaven,
- night spot,
- nightclub,
- open forum,
- opera,
- opera house,
- orchestra,
- orchestra circle,
- outdoor theater,
- palaestra,
- parade ground,
- paradise,
- parquet,
- parquet circle,
- parterre,
- peanut gallery,
- pit,
- place,
- platform,
- playhouse,
- precinct,
- prize ring,
- proscenium boxes,
- public square,
- purlieu,
- range,
- recitation room,
- ring,
- scene,
- scene of action,
- scenery,
- schoolroom,
- setting,
- showboat,
- site,
- sphere,
- squared circle,
- stadium,
- stage,
- stage set,
- stage setting,
- stall,
- standing room,
- terrain,
- theater,
- theater-in-the-round,
- theatre stall,
- theatron,
- tilting ground,
- tiltyard,
- walk,
- wrestling ring
- bathos
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- triteness or triviality of style related words >
- anticlimax,
- bleeding heart,
- cloyingness,
- comedown,
- goo,
- hearts-and-flowers,
- heaviness,
- heaviness of heart,
- heavy heart,
- heavyheartedness,
- maudlinness,
- mawkishness,
- mush,
- mushiness,
- namby-pamby,
- namby-pambyism,
- namby-pambyness,
- nostalgia,
- nostomania,
- oversentimentalism,
- oversentimentality,
- pathos,
- romanticism,
- sadheartedness,
- sadness,
- sentiment,
- sentimentalism,
- sentimentality,
- slop,
- sloppiness,
- slush,
- soap opera,
- sob story,
- sweetness and light,
- tearjerker
- trailing
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- the pursuit (of a person or animal) by following tracks or marks they left behind related words >
- bugging,
- chase,
- chasing,
- cloak-and-dagger work,
- consecutive,
- counterespionage,
- counterintelligence,
- dogging,
- electronic surveillance,
- espial,
- espionage,
- follow,
- follow-up,
- following,
- heeling,
- hounding,
- hue and cry,
- hunting,
- intelligence,
- intelligence work,
- military intelligence,
- observation,
- prosecution,
- pursual,
- pursuance,
- pursuing,
- pursuit,
- quest,
- searching,
- secret police,
- secret service,
- seeking,
- sequel,
- sequence,
- series,
- shadowing,
- spying,
- stakeout,
- stalking,
- succeeding,
- surveillance,
- tailing,
- tracking,
- tracking down,
- wiretap,
- wiretapping
- allegory
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- an expressive style that uses fictional characters and events to describe some subject by suggestive resemblances; an extended metaphor related words >
- Marchen,
- Western,
- Western story,
- Westerner,
- adventure story,
- allusion,
- analogy,
- apologue,
- arcane meaning,
- assumption,
- balancing,
- bedtime story,
- charactery,
- cipher,
- coloration,
- comparative anatomy,
- comparative degree,
- comparative grammar,
- comparative judgment,
- comparative linguistics,
- comparative literature,
- comparative method,
- compare,
- comparing,
- comparison,
- confrontation,
- confrontment,
- connotation,
- contrast,
- contrastiveness,
- conventional symbol,
- correlation,
- detective story,
- distinction,
- distinctiveness,
- emblem,
- fable,
- fabliau,
- fairy tale,
- fantasy,
- fiction,
- figuration,
- folk story,
- folktale,
- gest,
- ghost story,
- hint,
- horse opera,
- iconology,
- ideogram,
- implication,
- implied meaning,
- import,
- inference,
- innuendo,
- intimation,
- ironic suggestion,
- legend,
- likening,
- logogram,
- logotype,
- love knot,
- love story,
- matching,
- meaning,
- metaphor,
- metaphorical sense,
- mystery,
- mystery story,
- myth,
- mythology,
- mythos,
- nuance,
- nursery tale,
- occult meaning,
- opposing,
- opposition,
- overtone,
- parable,
- parallelism,
- pictogram,
- presumption,
- presupposition,
- proportion,
- relation,
- romance,
- science fiction,
- shocker,
- simile,
- similitude,
- space fiction,
- space opera,
- subsense,
- subsidiary sense,
- suggestion,
- supposition,
- suspense story,
- symbol,
- symbolic system,
- symbolism,
- symbolization,
- symbology,
- thriller,
- tinge,
- token,
- totem,
- totem pole,
- touch,
- trope of comparison,
- type,
- typification,
- undercurrent,
- undermeaning,
- undertone,
- weighing,
- whodunit,
- work of fiction
- slapstick
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- acoustic device consisting of two paddles hinged together; used by an actor to make a loud noise without inflicting injury when striking someone
- a boisterous comedy with chases and collisions and practical jokes
- characterized by horseplay and physical action; "slapstick style of humor" related words >
- Atticism,
- Thalia,
- acting,
- agile wit,
- arlequinade,
- black comedy,
- black humor,
- bladder,
- broad,
- broad comedy,
- buffoonery,
- burlesque,
- burletta,
- business,
- camp,
- campy,
- cap and bells,
- caricature,
- characterization,
- comedie bouffe,
- comedie larmoyante,
- comedie rosse,
- comedietta,
- comedy,
- comedy ballet,
- comedy of humors,
- comedy of ideas,
- comedy of intrigue,
- comedy of manners,
- comedy of situation,
- comedy relief,
- comic,
- comic muse,
- comic opera,
- comic relief,
- comical,
- coxcomb,
- dark comedy,
- domestic comedy,
- dry wit,
- esprit,
- exode,
- farce,
- farce comedy,
- farcical,
- gag,
- genteel comedy,
- ham,
- hammy acting,
- harlequinade,
- high camp,
- hoke,
- hokum,
- humor,
- impersonation,
- irony,
- lampoon,
- light,
- light comedy,
- low camp,
- low comedy,
- mime,
- mimesis,
- mimicking,
- mimicry,
- miming,
- mock-heroic,
- motley,
- mummery,
- musical,
- musical comedy,
- nimble wit,
- opera buffa,
- overacting,
- pantomiming,
- parody,
- patter,
- performance,
- performing,
- personation,
- playacting,
- playing,
- pleasantry,
- portrayal,
- pretty wit,
- projection,
- quick wit,
- raw comedy,
- ready wit,
- realistic comedy,
- representation,
- romantic comedy,
- salt,
- sarcasm,
- satire,
- satyr play,
- savor of wit,
- sentimental comedy,
- situation comedy,
- slapstick comedy,
- slapstick humor,
- sock,
- squib,
- stage business,
- stage directions,
- stage presence,
- stunt,
- subtle wit,
- taking a role,
- tragicomedy,
- tragicomic,
- travesty,
- visual humor,
- wit
- Grand Guignol,
- Passion play,
- Tom show,
- antimasque,
- audience success,
- ballet,
- bomb,
- broadcast drama,
- burlesque show,
- charade,
- cliff hanger,
- closet drama,
- comedy drama,
- cosmorama,
- critical success,
- cyclorama,
- daytime serial,
- dialogue,
- diorama,
- display,
- documentary drama,
- drama,
- dramalogue,
- dramatic play,
- dramatic series,
- duodrama,
- duologue,
- epic theater,
- exhibit,
- exhibition,
- experimental theater,
- exposition,
- extravaganza,
- failure,
- flop,
- gasser,
- georama,
- giveaway,
- happening,
- hit,
- hit show,
- improvisational drama,
- legitimate drama,
- light show,
- masque,
- melodrama,
- minstrel show,
- miracle,
- miracle play,
- monodrama,
- monologue,
- morality,
- morality play,
- music drama,
- musical revue,
- myriorama,
- mystery,
- mystery play,
- opera,
- pageant,
- pageantry,
- panel show,
- panorama,
- pantomime,
- parade,
- pastoral,
- pastoral drama,
- phantasmagoria,
- piece,
- play,
- playlet,
- pomp,
- presentation,
- problem play,
- psychedelic show,
- psychodrama,
- quiz show,
- radio drama,
- representation,
- review,
- revue,
- sensational play,
- serial,
- shifting scene,
- show,
- sight,
- sitcom,
- situation comedy,
- sketch,
- skit,
- soap,
- soap opera,
- sociodrama,
- spectacle,
- stage play,
- straight drama,
- success,
- suspense drama,
- tableau,
- tableau vivant,
- talk show,
- teleplay,
- television drama,
- television play,
- theater of cruelty,
- total theater,
- variety show,
- vaudeville,
- vaudeville show,
- vehicle,
- word-of-mouth success,
- work
- conceal
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- hold back; keep from being perceived by others; "She conceals her anger well" related words >
- becloud,
- befog,
- blanket,
- blind,
- bosom,
- bury,
- cache,
- camouflage,
- classify,
- cloak,
- cloud,
- cover,
- cover up,
- curtain,
- disguise,
- dissemble,
- distract attention from,
- ditch,
- eclipse,
- ensconce,
- enshroud,
- envelop,
- file and forget,
- gloss over,
- hide,
- hold out on,
- in petto,
- keep,
- keep back,
- keep between us,
- keep buttoned up,
- keep close,
- keep dark,
- keep from,
- keep hidden,
- keep in ignorance,
- keep mum,
- keep secret,
- keep snug,
- keep under cover,
- keep under wraps,
- make no sign,
- mask,
- never let on,
- not give away,
- not tell,
- obfuscate,
- obscure,
- occult,
- play dumb,
- screen,
- secrete,
- shade,
- shroud,
- slur over,
- stash,
- varnish,
- veil,
- whitewash,
- withhold
- Grand Guignol,
- Passion play,
- Tom show,
- antimasque,
- audience success,
- ballet,
- best seller,
- big hit,
- bomb,
- brilliant success,
- broadcast drama,
- burlesque show,
- charade,
- cliff hanger,
- closet drama,
- comedy drama,
- critical success,
- daytime serial,
- dialogue,
- documentary drama,
- drama,
- dramalogue,
- dramatic play,
- dramatic series,
- duodrama,
- duologue,
- epic theater,
- experimental theater,
- extravaganza,
- fad,
- failure,
- flop,
- gas,
- giveaway,
- great success,
- happening,
- hit,
- hit show,
- improvisational drama,
- killing,
- legitimate drama,
- masque,
- melodrama,
- meteoric success,
- minstrel show,
- miracle,
- miracle play,
- momentary success,
- monodrama,
- monologue,
- morality,
- morality play,
- music drama,
- musical revue,
- mystery,
- mystery play,
- opera,
- pageant,
- panel show,
- pantomime,
- pastoral,
- pastoral drama,
- piece,
- play,
- playlet,
- problem play,
- psychodrama,
- quiz show,
- radio drama,
- resounding triumph,
- review,
- revue,
- riot,
- roaring success,
- sensation,
- sensational play,
- serial,
- show,
- sitcom,
- situation comedy,
- sketch,
- skit,
- smash,
- smash hit,
- soap,
- soap opera,
- sociodrama,
- spectacle,
- stage play,
- stage show,
- straight drama,
- success,
- suspense drama,
- tableau,
- tableau vivant,
- talk show,
- teleplay,
- television drama,
- television play,
- theater of cruelty,
- total theater,
- triumph,
- variety show,
- vaudeville,
- vaudeville show,
- vehicle,
- word-of-mouth success,
- work,
- wow
- misrepresent
collapse
- represent falsely; "This statement misrepresents my intentions" related words >
- belie,
- bias,
- burlesque,
- camouflage,
- caricature,
- cloak,
- color,
- confuse,
- counterfeit,
- disguise,
- dissemble,
- distort,
- dress,
- dress up,
- embellish,
- embroider,
- equivocate,
- exaggerate,
- falsify,
- feign,
- fudge,
- garble,
- gild,
- gloss,
- gloss over,
- lie,
- mangle,
- mask,
- miscite,
- miscolor,
- misconstrue,
- misdirect,
- misinterpret,
- misquote,
- misrender,
- misreport,
- misstate,
- misteach,
- misuse,
- overdraw,
- overstate,
- palter,
- parody,
- pervert,
- prevaricate,
- simulate,
- slant,
- strain,
- titivate,
- torture,
- travesty,
- trick out,
- twist,
- understate,
- varnish,
- warp,
- weasel,
- whitewash,
- wrench,
- wrest
- miracle
collapse
- a marvellous event manifesting a supernatural act of God
- any amazing or wonderful occurrence related words >
- Grand Guignol,
- Passion play,
- Tom show,
- amazement,
- antimasque,
- astonishing thing,
- astonishment,
- audience success,
- ballet,
- bomb,
- broadcast drama,
- burlesque show,
- charade,
- cliff hanger,
- closet drama,
- comedy drama,
- critical success,
- curiosity,
- daytime serial,
- dialogue,
- documentary drama,
- drama,
- dramalogue,
- dramatic play,
- dramatic series,
- duodrama,
- duologue,
- enchantment,
- epic theater,
- exception,
- experimental theater,
- extravaganza,
- failure,
- fantasy,
- ferlie,
- flop,
- gasser,
- gazingstock,
- giveaway,
- happening,
- hit,
- hit show,
- improvisational drama,
- legitimate drama,
- marvel,
- marvelment,
- masque,
- melodrama,
- minstrel show,
- miracle play,
- monodrama,
- monologue,
- morality,
- morality play,
- music drama,
- musical revue,
- mystery,
- mystery play,
- nonesuch,
- opera,
- pageant,
- panel show,
- pantomime,
- pastoral,
- pastoral drama,
- phenomenon,
- piece,
- play,
- playlet,
- portent,
- problem play,
- prodigy,
- psychodrama,
- quite a thing,
- quiz show,
- radio drama,
- rarity,
- review,
- revue,
- sensation,
- sensational play,
- serial,
- show,
- sight,
- sign,
- sitcom,
- situation comedy,
- sketch,
- skit,
- soap,
- soap opera,
- sociodrama,
- something else,
- spectacle,
- stage play,
- stage show,
- straight drama,
- stunner,
- success,
- suspense drama,
- tableau,
- tableau vivant,
- talk show,
- teleplay,
- television drama,
- television play,
- theater of cruelty,
- total theater,
- variety show,
- vaudeville,
- vaudeville show,
- vehicle,
- wonder,
- wonderful thing,
- wonderment,
- wonderwork,
- word-of-mouth success,
- work
- monologue
collapse
- a (usually long) dramatic speech by a single actor
- a long utterance by one person (especially one that prevents others from participating in the conversation) related words >
- Grand Guignol,
- Passion play,
- Tom show,
- antimasque,
- aside,
- audience success,
- ballet,
- bomb,
- broadcast drama,
- burlesque show,
- charade,
- cliff hanger,
- clockwork regularity,
- closet drama,
- comedy drama,
- constancy,
- critical success,
- daily round,
- daytime serial,
- dialogue,
- dingdong,
- documentary drama,
- drama,
- dramalogue,
- dramatic play,
- dramatic series,
- drone,
- duodrama,
- duologue,
- epic theater,
- even pace,
- even tenor,
- experimental theater,
- extravaganza,
- failure,
- flop,
- gasser,
- giveaway,
- happening,
- hit,
- hit show,
- improvisational drama,
- invariability,
- legitimate drama,
- masque,
- melodrama,
- minstrel show,
- miracle,
- miracle play,
- monodrama,
- monology,
- monotone,
- monotonousness,
- monotony,
- morality,
- morality play,
- music drama,
- musical revue,
- mystery,
- mystery play,
- opera,
- orderliness,
- pageant,
- panel show,
- pantomime,
- pastoral,
- pastoral drama,
- piece,
- play,
- playlet,
- problem play,
- psychodrama,
- quiz show,
- radio drama,
- regularity,
- review,
- revue,
- sameliness,
- sameness,
- sensational play,
- serial,
- show,
- singsong,
- sitcom,
- situation comedy,
- sketch,
- skit,
- smoothness,
- soap,
- soap opera,
- sociodrama,
- soliloquy,
- solo,
- spectacle,
- stage play,
- stage show,
- straight drama,
- success,
- suspense drama,
- tableau,
- tableau vivant,
- talk show,
- teleplay,
- television drama,
- television play,
- theater of cruelty,
- total theater,
- treadmill,
- undeviation,
- undifferentiation,
- unvariation,
- variety show,
- vaudeville,
- vaudeville show,
- vehicle,
- word-of-mouth success,
- work
- melodrama
collapse
- an extravagant comedy in which action is more salient than characterization related words >
- Grand Guignol,
- Passion play,
- Tom show,
- antimasque,
- audience success,
- ballet,
- blood and thunder,
- bomb,
- broadcast drama,
- burlesque show,
- charade,
- cliff hanger,
- closet drama,
- comedy drama,
- critical success,
- daytime serial,
- demonstrativeness,
- dialogue,
- documentary drama,
- drama,
- dramalogue,
- dramatic play,
- dramatic series,
- duodrama,
- duologue,
- emotional appeal,
- emotionalism,
- emotionality,
- emotionalization,
- emotionalizing,
- emotiveness,
- emotivity,
- epic theater,
- experimental theater,
- extravaganza,
- failure,
- flop,
- gasser,
- giveaway,
- happening,
- histrionics,
- hit,
- hit show,
- human interest,
- improvisational drama,
- legitimate drama,
- love interest,
- making scenes,
- masque,
- melodramatics,
- minstrel show,
- miracle,
- miracle play,
- monodrama,
- monologue,
- morality,
- morality play,
- music drama,
- musical revue,
- mystery,
- mystery play,
- nonrationalness,
- opera,
- pageant,
- panel show,
- pantomime,
- pastoral,
- pastoral drama,
- piece,
- play,
- playlet,
- problem play,
- psychodrama,
- quiz show,
- radio drama,
- review,
- revue,
- sensational play,
- sensationalism,
- serial,
- show,
- sitcom,
- situation comedy,
- sketch,
- skit,
- soap,
- soap opera,
- sociodrama,
- spectacle,
- stage play,
- stage show,
- straight drama,
- success,
- suspense drama,
- tableau,
- tableau vivant,
- talk show,
- teleplay,
- television drama,
- television play,
- theater of cruelty,
- theatricality,
- theatrics,
- total theater,
- unreasoningness,
- variety show,
- vaudeville,
- vaudeville show,
- vehicle,
- visceralness,
- word-of-mouth success,
- work,
- yellow journalism
- overlay
collapse
- put something on top of something else; "cover the meat with a lot of gravy" related words >
- adorn,
- applique,
- apply to,
- blanket,
- block,
- canopy,
- cap,
- cloak,
- clothe,
- cloud,
- convolute,
- cope,
- cover,
- cover up,
- cowl,
- crown,
- curtain,
- decorate,
- eclipse,
- elaborate,
- embellish,
- embroider,
- enrich,
- festoon,
- film,
- flap,
- flourish,
- fly,
- gild,
- hood,
- imbrication,
- involve,
- lap,
- lay on,
- lay over,
- load with ornament,
- mantle,
- mask,
- muffle,
- obduce,
- obscure,
- occult,
- ornament,
- overcast,
- overcharge,
- overlap,
- overlapping,
- overlayer,
- overload,
- overspread,
- put on,
- screen,
- scum,
- shield,
- spread over,
- superimpose,
- superpose,
- trick out,
- varnish,
- veil
- becloud,
- bedim,
- bemist,
- bewilder,
- blanket,
- blind,
- blur,
- camouflage,
- cap,
- clabber up,
- cloak,
- cloud,
- cloud over,
- cloud up,
- conceal,
- confound,
- confuse,
- cover,
- cover up,
- curtain,
- darken,
- darken over,
- dim,
- disguise,
- dissemble,
- distract attention from,
- eclipse,
- encloud,
- enmist,
- ensconce,
- enshroud,
- envelop,
- fog,
- gloss over,
- haze,
- hide,
- keep under cover,
- mask,
- mist,
- muddy,
- nubilate,
- obfuscate,
- obnubilate,
- obscure,
- occult,
- overcast,
- overcloud,
- overshadow,
- oversmoke,
- perplex,
- pose,
- screen,
- shade,
- shadow,
- shroud,
- slur over,
- smog,
- smoke,
- stumble,
- varnish,
- veil,
- whitewash
- commercial
collapse
- a commercially sponsored ad on radio or television
- connected with or engaged in or sponsored by or used in commerce or commercial enterprises; "commercial trucker"; "commercial TV"; "commercial diamonds"
- of the kind or quality used in commerce; average or inferior; "commercial grade of beef"; "commercial oxalic acid"
- of or relating to commercialism; "a commercial attache"; "commercial paper"; "commercial law" related words >
- banausic,
- breadwinning,
- broadcast,
- business,
- businesslike,
- canned show,
- commercial announcement,
- commercial program,
- electrical transcription,
- industrial,
- materialistic,
- mercantile,
- merchant,
- moneymaking,
- network show,
- newscast,
- plug,
- practical,
- prosaic,
- radio fare,
- radiobroadcast,
- realistic,
- rebroadcast,
- rerun,
- retail,
- serial,
- soap opera,
- sound effects,
- sportscast,
- spot,
- spot announcement,
- sustainer,
- taped program,
- trade,
- trading,
- utilitarian,
- wholesale,
- workaday,
- workday,
- working
- skit
collapse
- a short theatrical episode related words >
- Grand Guignol,
- Passion play,
- Tom show,
- act,
- afterpiece,
- antimasque,
- audience success,
- ballet,
- bit,
- bomb,
- broadcast drama,
- burlesque show,
- charade,
- chaser,
- cliff hanger,
- closet drama,
- comedy drama,
- critical success,
- curtain,
- curtain call,
- curtain raiser,
- daytime serial,
- dialogue,
- divertimento,
- divertissement,
- documentary drama,
- drama,
- dramalogue,
- dramatic play,
- dramatic series,
- duodrama,
- duologue,
- epic theater,
- epilogue,
- exode,
- exodus,
- experimental theater,
- expository scene,
- extravaganza,
- failure,
- finale,
- flop,
- gasser,
- giveaway,
- happening,
- hit,
- hit show,
- hoke act,
- improvisational drama,
- interlude,
- intermezzo,
- intermission,
- introduction,
- legitimate drama,
- masque,
- melodrama,
- minstrel show,
- miracle,
- miracle play,
- monodrama,
- monologue,
- morality,
- morality play,
- music drama,
- musical revue,
- mystery,
- mystery play,
- number,
- opera,
- pageant,
- panel show,
- pantomime,
- pastoral,
- pastoral drama,
- piece,
- play,
- playlet,
- psychodrama,
- quiz show,
- radio drama,
- review,
- revue,
- routine,
- scene,
- sensational play,
- serial,
- show,
- shtick,
- sitcom,
- situation comedy,
- sketch,
- soap,
- soap opera,
- sociodrama,
- song and dance,
- spectacle,
- stage play,
- stage show,
- stand-up comedy act,
- straight drama,
- striptease,
- success,
- suspense drama,
- tableau,
- tableau vivant,
- talk show,
- teleplay,
- television drama,
- television play,
- theater of cruelty,
- total theater,
- turn,
- variety show,
- vaudeville,
- vaudeville show,
- vehicle,
- word-of-mouth success,
- work
- giveaway
collapse
- an unintentional disclosure
- a gift of public land or resources for the private gain of a limited group related words >
- Grand Guignol,
- Passion play,
- Tom show,
- antimasque,
- audience success,
- babbling,
- ballet,
- best,
- betrayal,
- blabbering,
- blabbing,
- bomb,
- bottom,
- broadcast drama,
- burlesque show,
- charade,
- cliff hanger,
- closet drama,
- comedy drama,
- communication leak,
- critical success,
- cut,
- daytime serial,
- dead giveaway,
- dialogue,
- divulgation,
- divulgement,
- divulgence,
- divulging,
- documentary drama,
- drama,
- dramalogue,
- dramatic play,
- dramatic series,
- duodrama,
- duologue,
- epic theater,
- evulgation,
- experimental theater,
- extravaganza,
- failure,
- flop,
- gasser,
- half-price,
- happening,
- hit,
- hit show,
- improvisational drama,
- indiscretion,
- leak,
- legitimate drama,
- letting out,
- lowest,
- marked down,
- masque,
- melodrama,
- minstrel show,
- miracle,
- miracle play,
- monodrama,
- monologue,
- morality,
- morality play,
- music drama,
- musical revue,
- mystery,
- mystery play,
- obvious clue,
- opera,
- pageant,
- panel show,
- pantomime,
- pastoral,
- pastoral drama,
- piece,
- play,
- playlet,
- problem play,
- psychodrama,
- quiz show,
- radio drama,
- reduced,
- review,
- revue,
- rock-bottom,
- sacrificial,
- sensational play,
- serial,
- show,
- sitcom,
- situation comedy,
- sketch,
- skit,
- slashed,
- soap,
- soap opera,
- sociodrama,
- spectacle,
- stage play,
- stage show,
- straight drama,
- success,
- suspense drama,
- tableau,
- tableau vivant,
- talk show,
- teleplay,
- television drama,
- television play,
- telltale,
- telltale sign,
- theater of cruelty,
- total theater,
- unwitting disclosure,
- variety show,
- vaudeville,
- vaudeville show,
- vehicle,
- word-of-mouth success,
- work
- amphitheater,
- amusement park,
- arena,
- assembly hall,
- auditorium,
- ballroom,
- cabaret,
- cafe chantant,
- cafe dansant,
- casino,
- chapel,
- concert hall,
- convention hall,
- dance floor,
- dancery,
- dancing pavilion,
- entertainment industry,
- exhibition hall,
- fun-fair,
- gallery,
- hall,
- juke joint,
- lecture hall,
- meetinghouse,
- music hall,
- night spot,
- nightclub,
- nitery,
- opera house,
- resort,
- roadhouse,
- show biz,
- show business,
- stadium,
- tavern,
- theater
- vaudeville
collapse
- a variety show with songs and comic acts etc. related words >
- Broadway,
- Grand Guignol,
- Passion play,
- Tom show,
- antimasque,
- audience success,
- ballet,
- bomb,
- broadcast drama,
- burlesque,
- burlesque show,
- carnival,
- charade,
- circus,
- cliff hanger,
- closet drama,
- comedy drama,
- critical success,
- daytime serial,
- dialogue,
- documentary drama,
- drama,
- dramalogue,
- dramatic play,
- dramatic series,
- duodrama,
- duologue,
- entertainment industry,
- epic theater,
- experimental theater,
- extravaganza,
- failure,
- flop,
- gasser,
- giveaway,
- happening,
- hit,
- hit show,
- improvisational drama,
- legit,
- legitimate drama,
- legitimate stage,
- masque,
- melodrama,
- minstrel show,
- miracle,
- miracle play,
- monodrama,
- monologue,
- morality,
- morality play,
- music drama,
- musical revue,
- mystery,
- mystery play,
- off Broadway,
- off-off-Broadway,
- opera,
- pageant,
- panel show,
- pantomime,
- pastoral,
- pastoral drama,
- piece,
- play,
- playland,
- playlet,
- problem play,
- psychodrama,
- quiz show,
- radio drama,
- repertory drama,
- review,
- revue,
- sensational play,
- serial,
- show,
- show biz,
- show business,
- sitcom,
- situation comedy,
- sketch,
- skit,
- soap,
- soap opera,
- sociodrama,
- spectacle,
- stage play,
- stage show,
- stage world,
- stagedom,
- stageland,
- stock,
- straight drama,
- strawhat,
- strawhat circuit,
- success,
- summer stock,
- suspense drama,
- tableau,
- tableau vivant,
- talk show,
- teleplay,
- television drama,
- television play,
- the boards,
- the footlights,
- the scenes,
- the stage,
- the theater,
- theater of cruelty,
- theater world,
- theatromania,
- theatrophobia,
- total theater,
- variety,
- variety show,
- vaudeville show,
- vehicle,
- word-of-mouth success,
- work
- secret agent
collapse
- a person secretly employed in espionage for a government related words >
- CIA man,
- asker,
- catechist,
- cloak-and-dagger operative,
- counterintelligence agent,
- counterspy,
- cross-interrogator,
- cross-questioner,
- detective,
- double agent,
- espionage agent,
- examiner,
- inquirer,
- inquisitionist,
- inquisitor,
- inside man,
- intelligence agent,
- interlocutor,
- interpellator,
- interrogator,
- interrogatrix,
- interviewer,
- military-intelligence man,
- naval-intelligence man,
- operative,
- opinion-sampler,
- poller,
- pollster,
- prober,
- querier,
- querist,
- questioner,
- questionist,
- quizzer,
- reconnoiterer,
- sampler,
- scout,
- spotter,
- spy,
- spy-catcher,
- undercover man
- amphitheater,
- arena,
- assembly hall,
- auditorium,
- basilica,
- bethel,
- cathedral,
- cathedral church,
- chapel,
- church,
- church house,
- concert hall,
- conventicle,
- convention hall,
- dance hall,
- duomo,
- exhibition hall,
- gallery,
- hall,
- house of God,
- house of prayer,
- house of worship,
- kirk,
- lecture hall,
- minor basilica,
- mission,
- music hall,
- opera house,
- patriarchal basilica,
- place of worship,
- stadium,
- theater
- alibi
collapse
- (law) a defense by an accused person purporting to show that he or she could not have committed the crime in question
- exonerate by means of an alibi related words >
- alibi out of,
- apologize for,
- apology,
- blind,
- cloak,
- color,
- cop-out,
- cover,
- cover story,
- cover with excuses,
- cover-up,
- device,
- excuse,
- explain,
- explanation,
- facade,
- feint,
- front,
- gloss,
- guise,
- handle,
- lame excuse,
- lie out of,
- likely story,
- locus standi,
- make apology for,
- mask,
- offer excuse for,
- ostensible motive,
- out,
- plea,
- plead ignorance,
- poor excuse,
- pretense,
- pretension,
- pretext,
- protestation,
- public motive,
- put-off,
- refuge,
- right,
- screen,
- semblance,
- sham,
- show,
- smoke screen,
- squirm out of,
- stalking-horse,
- stratagem,
- subterfuge,
- trick,
- varnish,
- veil,
- worm out of
- wiretap
collapse
- the act of tapping a telephone or telegraph line to get information
- tap a telephone or telegraph wire to get information; "The FBI was tapping the phone line of the suspected spy"; "Is this hotel room bugged?" related words >
- attend,
- attend to,
- auscultate,
- be all ears,
- bend an ear,
- bug,
- bugging,
- cloak-and-dagger work,
- cock the ears,
- counterespionage,
- counterintelligence,
- eavesdrop,
- electronic surveillance,
- espial,
- espionage,
- examine by ear,
- following,
- give attention,
- give audience to,
- give ear,
- hark,
- hear,
- hear out,
- hearken,
- heed,
- intelligence,
- intelligence work,
- intercept,
- lend an ear,
- listen,
- listen at,
- listen in,
- listen to,
- military intelligence,
- observation,
- secret police,
- secret service,
- shadowing,
- sit in on,
- spying,
- stakeout,
- surveillance,
- tailing,
- tap,
- trailing,
- wiretapping
- cope
collapse
- come to terms or deal successfully with; "We got by on just a gallon of gas"; "They made do on half a loaf of bread every day" related words >
- apply to,
- blanket,
- block,
- canopy,
- challenge,
- cloak,
- clothe,
- cloud,
- come through,
- compete,
- compete with,
- contend against,
- contend with,
- cope with,
- cover,
- cover up,
- cowl,
- curtain,
- deal with,
- dispose of,
- do with,
- eclipse,
- eke out,
- emulate,
- film,
- get along,
- get along on,
- get by,
- get by on,
- handle,
- hood,
- jockey,
- keep afloat,
- lay on,
- lay over,
- make do,
- make ends meet,
- make out,
- makeshift,
- manage,
- manage with,
- mantle,
- mask,
- meet,
- muffle,
- obduce,
- obscure,
- occult,
- outvie,
- overlay,
- overspread,
- put on,
- rival,
- scrape along,
- screen,
- scum,
- shield,
- spread over,
- subsist,
- superimpose,
- superpose,
- survive,
- test one another,
- veil,
- vie,
- vie with,
- withstand
- double agent
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- a spy who works for two mutually antagonistic countries related words >
- Benedict Arnold,
- Brutus,
- CIA man,
- Judas,
- Judas Iscariot,
- Quisling,
- archtraitor,
- betrayer,
- cloak-and-dagger operative,
- cockatrice,
- conniver,
- conspirator,
- conspirer,
- counterintelligence agent,
- counterspy,
- double-crosser,
- double-dealer,
- espionage agent,
- informer,
- inside man,
- intelligence agent,
- intrigant,
- intriguer,
- machinator,
- military-intelligence man,
- naval-intelligence man,
- operative,
- plotter,
- quisling,
- rat,
- reconnoiterer,
- schemer,
- scout,
- secret agent,
- serpent,
- snake,
- spotter,
- spy,
- spy-catcher,
- timeserver,
- traitor,
- treasonist,
- trimmer,
- turncoat,
- undercover man
- nostalgia
collapse
- longing for something past related words >
- Heimweh,
- aching,
- bathos,
- bleeding heart,
- cloyingness,
- daydream,
- daydreaming,
- desiderium,
- goo,
- hankering,
- hearts-and-flowers,
- homesickness,
- honing,
- languishing,
- languishment,
- longing,
- mal du pays,
- maladie du pays,
- maudlinness,
- mawkishness,
- mush,
- mushiness,
- namby-pamby,
- namby-pambyism,
- namby-pambyness,
- nostomania,
- oversentimentalism,
- oversentimentality,
- pining,
- romanticism,
- sentiment,
- sentimentalism,
- sentimentality,
- slop,
- sloppiness,
- slush,
- soap opera,
- sob story,
- sweetness and light,
- tearjerker,
- wishful thinking,
- wishfulness,
- wistful eye,
- wistfulness,
- yearnfulness,
- yearning,
- yen
- charade
collapse
- a word acted out in an episode of the game of charades related words >
- Grand Guignol,
- Passion play,
- Tom show,
- absurdity,
- anagram,
- antimasque,
- audience success,
- ballet,
- bearing,
- beck,
- beckon,
- body language,
- bomb,
- broadcast drama,
- burlesque show,
- carriage,
- chironomy,
- cliff hanger,
- closet drama,
- comedy drama,
- conundrum,
- critical success,
- dactylology,
- daytime serial,
- deaf-and-dumb alphabet,
- dialogue,
- disguise,
- documentary drama,
- drama,
- dramalogue,
- dramatic play,
- dramatic series,
- dumb show,
- duodrama,
- duologue,
- epic theater,
- experimental theater,
- extravaganza,
- failure,
- farce,
- flop,
- gasser,
- gesticulation,
- gesture,
- gesture language,
- giveaway,
- hand signal,
- happening,
- hit,
- hit show,
- improvisational drama,
- kinesics,
- legitimate drama,
- logogriph,
- make-believe,
- masque,
- melodrama,
- minstrel show,
- miracle,
- miracle play,
- mockery,
- monodrama,
- monologue,
- morality,
- morality play,
- motion,
- movement,
- music drama,
- musical revue,
- mystery,
- mystery play,
- opera,
- pageant,
- panel show,
- pantomime,
- parody,
- pastoral,
- pastoral drama,
- piece,
- play,
- playlet,
- poise,
- pose,
- posture,
- pretension,
- pretentiousness,
- problem play,
- psychodrama,
- quiz show,
- radio drama,
- rebus,
- review,
- revue,
- riddle,
- sensational play,
- serial,
- show,
- shrug,
- sign language,
- sitcom,
- situation comedy,
- sketch,
- skit,
- soap,
- soap opera,
- sociodrama,
- spectacle,
- stage play,
- stage show,
- stance,
- straight drama,
- success,
- suspense drama,
- tableau,
- tableau vivant,
- talk show,
- teleplay,
- television drama,
- television play,
- theater of cruelty,
- total theater,
- travesty,
- variety show,
- vaudeville,
- vaudeville show,
- vehicle,
- word-of-mouth success,
- work
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