LORES Synonyms: 41 Similar and Opposite Words

lores

noun

plural of lore

as in knowledges

a body of facts learned by study or experience the home gardener had acquired her herbal lore from many years of trial and error

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as in mythologies

the body of customs, beliefs, stories, and sayings associated with a people, thing, or place set out to study the rich lore of the Cajun people of Louisiana before it all vanished

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Sometimes my collection of knowledges feels like rash splatters of matter floating with me.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 Mar. 2026

Definition of knowledges

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Both of these tales were derived from the folk legends and mythologies involving witches and ghosts that were still prevalent along the Hudson Valley.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2026
And finally, O’Donnell believes that Chanty’s mystery allows her followers and fans to develop their own mythologies and create a character of their own.

— Luke Chinman, PEOPLE, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of mythologies

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After many years of post-Covid boom distortions, analysts believe the life-sciences tools space is well on its way back to normalized, attractive growth patterns.

— Jim Cramer, CNBC, 9 Sep. 2026
Most of the books were published between the nineteen-seventies and the twenty-tens, and the genres spanned history, biography, fiction, poetry, literary criticism, law, and the social sciences.

— Francesca Mancino, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2026

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Regardless of one’s experience with the Tarot, this book offers profound, embodied wisdoms for creative and critical writers, artists, and activists.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 26 June 2026
The book also includes little wisdoms from his three children with wife Camila Alves McConaughey; son Levi, 17 (who plays his onscreen son in The Lost Bus), daughter Vida, 15, and younger son Livingston, 12.

— Andrea Mandell, PEOPLE, 28 Sep. 2025

Definition of wisdoms

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The reflex to regard America’s earlier representational and nationalist traditions as something to be repudiated, rather than reconsidered, is learned — not inevitable.

— Frank Porcu, New York Daily News, 20 Sep. 2026
The landmark was illuminated in green, white and red to celebrate Mexico’s Independence Day and honor the country’s culture, identity and traditions.

— Isabela Raygoza, Billboard, 19 Sep. 2026

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