Definition: personal belongings
Definition: Equipment associated with a particular activity
Synonyms: apparatus, baggage, gearCan you give me four antonyms for the word "paraphernalia?"?
You do know antonym means "opposite", right? A synonym is a word of the same or like meaning. I guess, in that context, "item" might be an antonym for "paraphernalia" since it is a single piece and "paraphernalia" is a plural word. Antonyms usually include adverbs, verbs and adjectives, not so often, nouns. For example, there are no antonyms for "bees", "cows" etc. Do you see what I mean? Paraphernalia is a word in that group.Can you give me four antonyms for the word "paraphernalia?"?
Paraphernalia
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Wiktionary, the free dictionary.Paraphernalia refers to items and articles required for specific activities.
Paraphernalia may refer to:
Gardening paraphernalia would include spades, hoes, augers, etc.
Drug paraphernalia, any equipment, product, or material for making, using, or concealing illegal drugs
Items carried in a pocketbooks may be referred to as paraphernalia.
Historically, personal items that a bride retained as her own in times when a married woman's property vested in her husband - see Women in the Victorian era.
The origin of the word is in ancient Greek (para + pherne), 'things additional to a dowry'. In the propertied classes, a dowry was placed under the control of the husband, but was returned to the woman's family if the marriage ended in divorce or the death of either party, but the 'paraphernalia' which she brought with her remained her property.
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