liken to



assimilate, balance, compare, confront, contrast, liken, match, measure, oppose, parallel, relate, set off, weigh ,

   expressionism - abstractionism, colouring, deformation, distortion, exaggeration, false colouring, falsification, garbling, hyperbole, inaccuracy, injustice, litotes, misquotation, misreport, misrepresentation,

   drug pusher - Mafioso, bootlegger, dealer, pusher, racketeer ,

   considerable - able, absolute, active, appreciable, ascendant, authoritarian, authoritative, authorized, autocratic, big, big-league, big-name, big-time, bigwig, billion,

   pas - amount, calibre, compass, cut, dance, extent, grade, height, interval, leap, level, mark, measure, notch, nuance,

   suture - animal fibre, ankle, articulation, artificial fibre, boundary, butt, cervix, cilium, cirrus, clinch, closure, cobweb, connecting link, connecting rod, connection,

   waterskiing - backstroke, flapper, floating, side-stroke, surfing ,

   lapse - abeyance, about-face, advance, alchemy, apostasy, apostatize, assimilation, assumption, atavism, atheism, atrocity, backing, backslide, backsliding, backward deviation,

   lifeless - abeyant, apathetic, arid, asleep, at rest, bare, barren, benumbed, bereft of life, blah, blank, bleak, bloodless, bored, boring,

   purging - absolution, acquittal, acquittance, assassination, bloody murder, bowdlerization, bumping-off, catharsis, cathartic, cleaning, cleansing, clearance, clearing, deliverance, destigmatization,

   bank on - aspire to, bargain for, bet on, calculate on, confide, count on, depend on, desire, expect, feel confident, figure on, gamble on, harbour the hope, hope, hope against hope,