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chord

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of chord

a subjective response to a person, thing, or situation

  • the story of the family's woes struck a sympathetic chord with newspaper readers
Synonyms of chord

emotion, feeling, passion, sentiment
Words Related to chord

impression, perception, sensation, sense

angle, attitude, outlook, perspective, standpoint, viewpoint

belief, conviction, judgment (or judgement), mind, notion, opinion, persuasion, verdict, view

receptiveness, receptivity, responsiveness, sensibility, sensitiveness, sensitivity
Near Antonyms of chord

insensitiveness, insensitivity, unfeelingness

chord

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of chord

to be in agreement on every point

  • the revised system chords perfectly with the original goals
Synonyms of chord

accord, agree, answer, check, cohere, coincide, comport, conform, consist, correspond, dovetail, fit, go, harmonize, jibe, rhyme (also rime), sort, square, tally
Words Related to chord

equal, match, parallel

align (also aline), line up, register
Phrases Synonymous with chord

fall in with
Near Antonyms of chord

contradict, dispute, gainsay

negate, nullify

clash, conflict, jar
Antonyms of chord

differ (from), disagree (with)

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