Synonym Dictionary

An invented account presented as true.

Relating to revenue, spending, or financial administration.

A twelve-month period used for accounting or financial reporting.

The value of final goods and services produced within a country's borders during a specified period.

Freedom from punishment or adverse consequences for wrongdoing.

Difficult or impossible to explain.

An explanation of what something means, or a particular way of presenting a work.

A long and often repetitive series of statements or complaints.

To reduce something as much as possible, or to present it as less important.

A false or misleading account of facts, views, or events.

Present everywhere, or seeming to be encountered everywhere.

To reject or reverse a decision through superior authority.

An apparent contradiction that may nevertheless express a truth.

Seeming contradictory or contrary to expectation, sometimes while expressing a valid insight.

A meaningful similarity or correspondence between separate things.

Relating to an idealized rural or shepherding life.

Deliberately contrary to what is expected or reasonable; also contrary in an unexpected way.

The people living in a particular place or country.

Giving disproportionately greater weight to an immediate outcome than to a later one.

To offer a seemingly reasonable explanation, sometimes to justify questionable conduct.

To answer an argument with opposing reasons or evidence.

A response that challenges a claim with opposing arguments or evidence.

To restore harmony or make differing accounts or ideas consistent.

An accusation made in response to another accusation.