abandon | (verb) leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch | Synonyms: desert, desolate, forsake |
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(verb) stop maintaining or insisting on; of ideas or claims | Synonyms: give up |
(verb) leave behind empty; move out of | Synonyms: empty, vacate |
(verb) forsake, leave behind | - |
(verb) give up with the intent of never claiming again | Synonyms: give up |
accompany | (verb) perform an accompaniment to | Synonyms: follow, play along |
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(verb) go or travel along with | - |
(verb) be present or associated with an event or entity | Synonyms: attach to, come with, go with |
(verb) be a companion to somebody | Synonyms: companion, company, keep company |
advance | (verb) develop in a positive way | Synonyms: come along, come on, get along, get on, progress, shape up |
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(verb) rise in rate or price | Synonyms: gain |
(verb) increase or raise | Synonyms: boost, supercharge |
(verb) develop further | - |
(verb) bring forward for consideration or acceptance | Synonyms: throw out |
(verb) obtain advantages, such as points, etc. | Synonyms: gain, gain ground, get ahead, make headway, pull ahead, win |
(verb) move forward, also in the metaphorical sense | Synonyms: go on, march on, move on, pass on, progress |
(verb) cause to move forward | Synonyms: bring forward |
(verb) move forward | Synonyms: set ahead |
(verb) pay in advance | - |
(verb) give a promotion to or assign to a higher position | Synonyms: elevate, kick upstairs, promote, raise, upgrade |
(verb) contribute to the progress or growth of | Synonyms: boost, encourage, further, promote |
advantage | (verb) give an advantage to | - |
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affiance | (verb) give to in marriage | Synonyms: betroth, engage, plight |
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affranchise | (verb) grant freedom to; as from slavery or servitude | Synonyms: enfranchise |
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aggrandise | (verb) add details to | Synonyms: aggrandize, blow up, dramatise, dramatize, embellish, embroider, lard, pad |
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aggrandize | (verb) add details to | Synonyms: aggrandise, blow up, dramatise, dramatize, embellish, embroider, lard, pad |
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allowance | (verb) put on a fixed allowance, as of food | - |
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anaesthetise | (verb) administer an anesthetic drug to | Synonyms: anaesthetize, anesthetise, anesthetize, put out, put under |
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anaesthetize | (verb) administer an anesthetic drug to | Synonyms: anaesthetise, anesthetise, anesthetize, put out, put under |
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anagram | (verb) read letters out of order to discover a hidden meaning | Synonyms: anagrammatise, anagrammatize |
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anagrammatise | (verb) read letters out of order to discover a hidden meaning | Synonyms: anagram, anagrammatize |
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anagrammatize | (verb) read letters out of order to discover a hidden meaning | Synonyms: anagram, anagrammatise |
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analogise | (verb) make an analogy | Synonyms: analogize |
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analogize | (verb) make an analogy | Synonyms: analogise |
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analyse | (verb) consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning | Synonyms: analyze, canvass, examine, study |
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(verb) make a mathematical, chemical, or grammatical analysis of; break down into components or essential features | Synonyms: analyze, break down, dissect, take apart |
(verb) subject to psychoanalytic treatment | Synonyms: analyze, psychoanalyse, psychoanalyze |
(verb) break down into components or essential features | Synonyms: analyze |
analyze | (verb) consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning | Synonyms: analyse, canvass, examine, study |
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(verb) make a mathematical, chemical, or grammatical analysis of; break down into components or essential features | Synonyms: analyse, break down, dissect, take apart |
(verb) subject to psychoanalytic treatment | Synonyms: analyse, psychoanalyse, psychoanalyze |
(verb) break down into components or essential features | Synonyms: analyse |
anastomose | (verb) cause to join or open into each other by anastomosis | Synonyms: inosculate |
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(verb) come together or open into each other | Synonyms: inosculate |
anathematise | (verb) curse or declare to be evil or anathema or threaten with divine punishment | Synonyms: accurse, anathematize, anathemise, anathemize, comminate, execrate |
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anathematize | (verb) curse or declare to be evil or anathema or threaten with divine punishment | Synonyms: accurse, anathematise, anathemise, anathemize, comminate, execrate |
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anathemise | (verb) curse or declare to be evil or anathema or threaten with divine punishment | Synonyms: accurse, anathematise, anathematize, anathemize, comminate, execrate |
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(verb) wish harm upon; invoke evil upon | Synonyms: anathemize, bedamn, beshrew, curse, damn, imprecate, maledict |
anathemize | (verb) wish harm upon; invoke evil upon | Synonyms: anathemise, bedamn, beshrew, curse, damn, imprecate, maledict |
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(verb) curse or declare to be evil or anathema or threaten with divine punishment | Synonyms: accurse, anathematise, anathematize, anathemise, comminate, execrate |
anatomise | (verb) dissect in order to analyze | Synonyms: anatomize |
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anatomize | (verb) analyze down to the smallest detail | - |
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(verb) dissect in order to analyze | Synonyms: anatomise |
anchor | (verb) secure a vessel with an anchor | Synonyms: cast anchor, drop anchor |
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(verb) fix firmly and stably | Synonyms: ground |
ancylose | (verb) undergo ankylosis | Synonyms: ankylose |
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(verb) produce ankylosis by surgery | Synonyms: ankylose |
anele | (verb) administer an oil or ointment to; often in a religious ceremony of blessing | Synonyms: anoint, embrocate, inunct, oil |
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anesthetise | (verb) administer an anesthetic drug to | Synonyms: anaesthetise, anaesthetize, anesthetize, put out, put under |
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anesthetize | (verb) administer an anesthetic drug to | Synonyms: anaesthetise, anaesthetize, anesthetise, put out, put under |
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anger | (verb) make angry | - |
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(verb) become angry | Synonyms: see red |
angle | (verb) present with a bias | Synonyms: slant, weight |
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(verb) fish with a hook | - |
(verb) seek indirectly | Synonyms: fish |
(verb) to incline or bend from a vertical position | Synonyms: lean, slant, tilt, tip |
(verb) move or proceed at an angle | - |
anglicise | (verb) make English in appearance | Synonyms: anglicize |
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anglicize | (verb) make English in appearance | Synonyms: anglicise |
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anguish | (verb) cause emotional anguish or make miserable | Synonyms: hurt, pain |
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(verb) suffer great pains or distress | - |
angulate | (verb) make or become angular | - |
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animadvert | (verb) express one's opinion openly and without fear or hesitation | Synonyms: opine, sound off, speak out, speak up |
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(verb) express blame or censure or make a harshly critical remark | - |
animalise | (verb) become brutal or insensitive and unfeeling | Synonyms: animalize, brutalise, brutalize |
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(verb) make brutal, unfeeling, or inhuman | Synonyms: animalize, brutalise, brutalize |
(verb) represent in the form of an animal | Synonyms: animalize |
animalize | (verb) become brutal or insensitive and unfeeling | Synonyms: animalise, brutalise, brutalize |
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(verb) make brutal, unfeeling, or inhuman | Synonyms: animalise, brutalise, brutalize |
(verb) represent in the form of an animal | Synonyms: animalise |
animate | (verb) give new life or energy to | Synonyms: quicken, reanimate, recreate, renovate, repair, revive, revivify, vivify |
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(verb) make lively | Synonyms: enliven, invigorate, liven, liven up |
(verb) give lifelike qualities to | Synonyms: animise, animize |
(verb) heighten or intensify | Synonyms: enliven, exalt, inspire, invigorate |
animise | (verb) give lifelike qualities to | Synonyms: animate, animize |
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animize | (verb) give lifelike qualities to | Synonyms: animate, animise |
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ankylose | (verb) undergo ankylosis | Synonyms: ancylose |
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(verb) produce ankylosis by surgery | Synonyms: ancylose |
anneal | (verb) bring to a desired consistency, texture, or hardness by a process of gradually heating and cooling | Synonyms: normalize, temper |
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annex | (verb) add an extra part to | - |
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(verb) take (territory) as if by conquest | - |
annihilate | (verb) kill in large numbers | Synonyms: carry off, decimate, eliminate, eradicate, extinguish, wipe out |
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annotate | (verb) provide interlinear explanations for words or phrases | Synonyms: comment, gloss |
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(verb) add explanatory notes to or supply with critical comments | Synonyms: footnote |
announce | (verb) make known; make an announcement | Synonyms: denote |
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(verb) foreshadow or presage | Synonyms: annunciate, foretell, harbinger, herald |
(verb) announce publicly or officially | Synonyms: declare |
(verb) give the names of | - |
annoy | (verb) cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations | Synonyms: bother, chafe, devil, get at, get to, gravel, irritate, nark, nettle, rag, rile, vex |
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annul | (verb) cancel officially | Synonyms: countermand, lift, overturn, repeal, rescind, reverse, revoke, vacate |
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(verb) declare invalid | Synonyms: avoid, invalidate, nullify, quash, void |
annunciate | (verb) foreshadow or presage | Synonyms: announce, foretell, harbinger, herald |
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anodise | (verb) coat a metal with an oxide coat | Synonyms: anodize |
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anodize | (verb) coat a metal with an oxide coat | Synonyms: anodise |
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anoint | (verb) administer an oil or ointment to; often in a religious ceremony of blessing | Synonyms: anele, embrocate, inunct, oil |
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(verb) choose by or as if by divine intervention | - |
answer | (verb) give the correct answer or solution to | - |
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(verb) respond to a signal | - |
(verb) understand the meaning of | Synonyms: resolve |
(verb) react to a stimulus or command | - |
(verb) react verbally | Synonyms: reply, respond |
(verb) give a defence or refutation of (a charge) or in (an argument) | - |
(verb) be satisfactory for; meet the requirements of or serve the purpose of | - |
(verb) match or correspond | - |
(verb) be liable or accountable | - |
(verb) be sufficient; be adequate, either in quality or quantity | Synonyms: do, serve, suffice |
antagonise | (verb) provoke the hostility of | Synonyms: antagonize |
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(verb) act in opposition to | Synonyms: antagonize, counteract |
antagonize | (verb) provoke the hostility of | Synonyms: antagonise |
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(verb) act in opposition to | Synonyms: antagonise, counteract |
ante | (verb) place one's stake | - |
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antecede | (verb) be earlier in time; go back further | Synonyms: antedate, forego, forgo, precede, predate |
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antedate | (verb) establish something as being earlier relative to something else | Synonyms: foredate, predate |
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(verb) be earlier in time; go back further | Synonyms: antecede, forego, forgo, precede, predate |
anthologise | (verb) compile an anthology | Synonyms: anthologize |
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anthologize | (verb) compile an anthology | Synonyms: anthologise |
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anthropomorphise | (verb) ascribe human features to something | Synonyms: anthropomorphize |
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anthropomorphize | (verb) ascribe human features to something | Synonyms: anthropomorphise |
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antic | (verb) act as or like a clown | Synonyms: clown, clown around |
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anticipate | (verb) be a forerunner of or occur earlier than | - |
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(verb) regard something as probable or likely | Synonyms: expect |
(verb) realize beforehand | Synonyms: foreknow, foresee, previse |
(verb) make a prediction about; tell in advance | Synonyms: call, forebode, foretell, predict, prognosticate, promise |
(verb) be excited or anxious about | Synonyms: look for, look to |
(verb) act in advance of; deal with ahead of time | Synonyms: counter, foresee, forestall |
antiquate | (verb) give an antique appearance to | Synonyms: antique |
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(verb) make obsolete or old-fashioned | - |
antique | (verb) give an antique appearance to | Synonyms: antiquate |
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(verb) shop for antiques | - |
antisepticize | (verb) disinfect with an antiseptic | - |
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aquaplane | (verb) ride on an aquaplane | - |
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(verb) rise up onto a thin film of water between the tires and road so that there is no more contact with the road | - |
arrange | (verb) arrange attractively | Synonyms: coif, coiffe, coiffure, do, dress, set |
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(verb) arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events | Synonyms: order, put, set up |
(verb) make arrangements for | Synonyms: fix up |
(verb) put into a proper or systematic order | Synonyms: set up |
(verb) adapt for performance in a different way | Synonyms: set |
(verb) set (printed matter) into a specific format | Synonyms: format |
(verb) plan, organize, and carry out (an event) | Synonyms: stage |
avalanche | (verb) gather into a huge mass and roll down a mountain, of snow | Synonyms: roll down |
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avianise | (verb) to modify microorganisms by repeated culture in the developing chick embryo | Synonyms: avianize |
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avianize | (verb) to modify microorganisms by repeated culture in the developing chick embryo | Synonyms: avianise |
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backhand | (verb) hit a tennis ball backhand | - |
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balance | (verb) hold or carry in equilibrium | Synonyms: poise |
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(verb) compute credits and debits of an account | - |
(verb) bring into balance or equilibrium | Synonyms: equilibrate, equilibrise, equilibrize |
(verb) be in equilibrium | - |
ban | (verb) prohibit especially by legal means or social pressure | - |
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(verb) forbid the public distribution of (a movie or a newspaper) | Synonyms: censor |
(verb) expel from a community or group | Synonyms: banish, blackball, cast out, ostracise, ostracize, shun |
(verb) ban from a place of residence, as for punishment | Synonyms: banish |
band | (verb) bind or tie together, as with a band | - |
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(verb) attach a ring to the foot of, in order to identify | Synonyms: ring |
bandage | (verb) dress by covering or binding | - |
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(verb) wrap around with something so as to cover or enclose | Synonyms: bind |
bandy | (verb) discuss lightly | Synonyms: kick around |
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(verb) exchange blows | - |
(verb) toss or strike a ball back and forth | - |
bang | (verb) strike violently | Synonyms: slam |
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(verb) close violently | Synonyms: slam |
(verb) leap, jerk, bang | Synonyms: spang |
(verb) have sexual intercourse with | Synonyms: be intimate, bed, bonk, do it, eff, fuck, get it on, get laid, have a go at it, have intercourse, have it away, have it off, have sex, hump, jazz, know, lie with, love, make love, make out, roll in the hay, screw, sleep together, sleep with |
(verb) move noisily | - |
(verb) to produce a sharp often metallic explosive or percussive sound | - |
banish | (verb) drive away | - |
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(verb) expel, as if by official decree | Synonyms: bar, relegate |
(verb) expel from a community or group | Synonyms: ban, blackball, cast out, ostracise, ostracize, shun |
(verb) ban from a place of residence, as for punishment | Synonyms: ban |
bank | (verb) have faith or confidence in | Synonyms: bet, calculate, count, depend, look, reckon, rely, swear |
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(verb) enclose with a bank | - |
(verb) cover with ashes so to control the rate of burning | - |
(verb) tip laterally | - |
(verb) put into a bank account | Synonyms: deposit |
(verb) be in the banking business | - |
(verb) do business with a bank or keep an account at a bank | - |
(verb) act as the banker in a game or in gambling | - |
bankroll | (verb) provide with sufficient funds; finance | - |
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bankrupt | (verb) reduce to bankruptcy | Synonyms: break, ruin, smash |
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banquet | (verb) partake in a feast or banquet | Synonyms: feast, junket |
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(verb) provide a feast or banquet for | Synonyms: feast, junket |
banter | (verb) be silly or tease one another | Synonyms: chaff, jolly, josh, kid |
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bean | (verb) hit on the head, especially with a pitched baseball | - |
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bechance | (verb) happen, occur, or be the case in the course of events or by chance | Synonyms: befall, happen |
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(verb) become of; happen to | Synonyms: befall, betide |
bemoan | (verb) regret strongly | Synonyms: bewail, deplore, lament |
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bespangle | (verb) dot or sprinkle with sparkling or glittering objects | - |
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(verb) decorate with spangles | Synonyms: spangle |
blanch | (verb) turn pale, as if in fear | Synonyms: blench, pale |
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(verb) cook (vegetables) briefly | Synonyms: parboil |
blandish | (verb) praise somewhat dishonestly | Synonyms: flatter |
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blank | (verb) keep the opposing (baseball) team from winning | - |
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blanket | (verb) cover as if with a blanket | - |
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(verb) form a blanket-like cover (over) | - |
boomerang | (verb) return to the initial position from where it came; like a boomerang | - |
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botanise | (verb) collect and study plants | Synonyms: botanize |
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botanize | (verb) collect and study plants | Synonyms: botanise |
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branch | (verb) divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork | Synonyms: fork, furcate, ramify, separate |
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(verb) grow and send out branches or branch-like structures | Synonyms: ramify |
brand | (verb) mark or expose as infamous | Synonyms: post |
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(verb) mark with a brand or trademark | Synonyms: brandmark, trademark |
(verb) to accuse or condemn or openly or formally or brand as disgraceful | Synonyms: denounce, mark, stigmatise, stigmatize |
(verb) burn with a branding iron to indicate ownership; of animals | - |