| alarm | (verb) warn or arouse to a sense of danger or call to a state of preparedness | Synonyms: alert |
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| (verb) fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised | Synonyms: appal, appall, dismay, horrify |
| apparel | (verb) provide with clothes or put clothes on | Synonyms: clothe, dress, enclothe, fit out, garb, garment, habilitate, raiment, tog |
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| appear | (verb) come into sight or view | - |
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| (verb) be issued or published | Synonyms: come out |
| (verb) come into being or existence, or appear on the scene | Synonyms: come along |
| (verb) appear as a character on stage or appear in a play, etc. | - |
| (verb) give a certain impression of being something or having a certain aspect | Synonyms: look, seem |
| (verb) (of a proposition) seem to be true, probable, or apparent | Synonyms: seem |
| (verb) present oneself formally, as before a (judicial) authority | - |
| arbitrage | (verb) practice arbitrage, as in the stock market | - |
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| arbitrate | (verb) act between parties with a view to reconciling differences | Synonyms: intercede, intermediate, liaise, mediate |
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| arborise | (verb) branch out like trees | Synonyms: arborize |
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| arborize | (verb) branch out like trees | Synonyms: arborise |
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| arc | (verb) form an arch or curve | Synonyms: arch, curve |
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| arch | (verb) form an arch or curve | Synonyms: arc, curve |
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| archaise | (verb) give an archaic appearance of character to | Synonyms: archaize |
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| archaize | (verb) give an archaic appearance of character to | Synonyms: archaise |
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| archive | (verb) put into an archive | Synonyms: file away |
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| argue | (verb) have an argument about something | Synonyms: contend, debate, fence |
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| (verb) give evidence of | Synonyms: indicate |
| (verb) present reasons and arguments | Synonyms: reason |
| argufy | (verb) have a disagreement over something | Synonyms: altercate, dispute, quarrel, scrap |
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| arise | (verb) get up and out of bed | Synonyms: get up, rise, turn out, uprise |
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| (verb) result or issue | Synonyms: come up |
| (verb) rise to one's feet | Synonyms: get up, rise, stand up, uprise |
| (verb) move upward | Synonyms: come up, go up, lift, move up, rise, uprise |
| (verb) take part in a rebellion; renounce a former allegiance | Synonyms: rebel, rise, rise up |
| (verb) come into existence; take on form or shape | Synonyms: develop, grow, originate, rise, spring up, uprise |
| (verb) originate or come into being | Synonyms: bob up, come up |
| arm | (verb) prepare oneself for a military confrontation | Synonyms: build up, fortify, gird |
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| (verb) supply with arms | - |
| armor | (verb) equip with armor | Synonyms: armour |
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| armour | (verb) equip with armor | Synonyms: armor |
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| aromatise | (verb) fill or impregnate with an odor | Synonyms: aromatize, perfume |
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| aromatize | (verb) fill or impregnate with an odor | Synonyms: aromatise, perfume |
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| arouse | (verb) cause to be alert and energetic | Synonyms: brace, energise, energize, perk up, stimulate |
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| (verb) cause to become awake or conscious | Synonyms: awaken, rouse, wake, wake up, waken |
| (verb) stop sleeping | Synonyms: awake, awaken, come alive, wake, wake up, waken |
| (verb) summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic | Synonyms: bring up, call down, call forth, conjure, conjure up, evoke, invoke, put forward, raise, stir |
| (verb) call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses) | Synonyms: elicit, enkindle, evoke, fire, kindle, provoke, raise |
| (verb) to evoke sexual feelings | Synonyms: excite, sex, turn on, wind up |
| (verb) to begin moving | Synonyms: stir |
| arraign | (verb) accuse of a wrong or an inadequacy | - |
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| (verb) call before a court to answer an indictment | - |
| 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 |
| array | (verb) align oneself with a group or a way of thinking | Synonyms: align |
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| (verb) lay out orderly or logically in a line or as if in a line | Synonyms: lay out, range, set out |
| arrest | (verb) hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of | Synonyms: check, contain, hold back, stop, turn back |
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| (verb) take into custody | Synonyms: apprehend, collar, cop, nab, nail, pick up |
| (verb) attract and fix | Synonyms: catch, get |
| (verb) cause to come to an abrupt stop | Synonyms: halt, hold |
| arrive | (verb) reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress | Synonyms: come, get |
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| (verb) succeed in a big way; get to the top | Synonyms: get in, go far, make it |
| arrogate | (verb) seize and take control without authority and possibly with force; take as one's right or possession | Synonyms: assume, seize, take over, usurp |
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| (verb) make undue claims to having | Synonyms: assign |
| (verb) demand as being one's due or property; assert one's right or title to | Synonyms: claim, lay claim |
| arterialise | (verb) change venous blood into arterial blood | Synonyms: arterialize |
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| arterialize | (verb) change venous blood into arterial blood | Synonyms: arterialise |
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| article | (verb) bind by a contract; especially for a training period | - |
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| articulate | (verb) speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way | Synonyms: enounce, enunciate, pronounce, say, sound out |
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| (verb) express or state clearly | Synonyms: enunciate, vocalise, vocalize |
| (verb) put into words or an expression | Synonyms: formulate, give voice, phrase, word |
| (verb) provide with a joint | Synonyms: joint |
| (verb) unite by forming a joint or joints | - |
| award | (verb) give, especially as an honor or reward | Synonyms: present |
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| (verb) give as judged due or on the basis of merit | Synonyms: grant |
| bar | (verb) prevent from entering; keep out | Synonyms: debar, exclude |
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| (verb) render unsuitable for passage | Synonyms: barricade, block, block off, block up, blockade, stop |
| (verb) secure with, or as if with, bars | - |
| (verb) expel, as if by official decree | Synonyms: banish, relegate |
| barb | (verb) provide with barbs | - |
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| barbarise | (verb) make crude or savage in behavior or speech | Synonyms: barbarize |
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| (verb) become crude or savage or barbaric in behavior or language | Synonyms: barbarize |
| barbarize | (verb) make crude or savage in behavior or speech | Synonyms: barbarise |
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| (verb) become crude or savage or barbaric in behavior or language | Synonyms: barbarise |
| barbecue | (verb) cook outdoors on a barbecue grill | Synonyms: barbeque, cook out |
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| barbeque | (verb) cook outdoors on a barbecue grill | Synonyms: barbecue, cook out |
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| barber | (verb) perform the services of a barber: cut the hair and/or beard of | - |
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| bard | (verb) put a caparison on | Synonyms: barde, caparison, dress up |
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| barde | (verb) put a caparison on | Synonyms: bard, caparison, dress up |
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| bare | (verb) lay bare | Synonyms: denudate, denude, strip |
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| (verb) make public | Synonyms: air, publicise, publicize |
| (verb) expose to view | - |
| barf | (verb) eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth | Synonyms: be sick, cast, cat, chuck, disgorge, honk, puke, purge, regorge, regurgitate, retch, sick, spew, spue, throw up, upchuck, vomit, vomit up |
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| bargain | (verb) come to terms; arrive at an agreement | - |
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| (verb) negotiate the terms of an exchange | Synonyms: dicker |
| barge | (verb) push one's way | Synonyms: push forward, thrust ahead |
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| (verb) transport by barge on a body of water | - |
| bark | (verb) tan (a skin) with bark tannins | - |
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| (verb) make barking sounds | - |
| (verb) speak in an unfriendly tone | - |
| (verb) remove the bark of a tree | Synonyms: skin |
| (verb) cover with bark | - |
| barnstorm | (verb) tour the country making political speeches, giving lectures, or presenting plays | - |
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| (verb) appear at county fairs and carnivals as a stunt flier and parachute jumper | - |
| baronetise | (verb) confer baronetcy upon | Synonyms: baronetize |
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| baronetize | (verb) confer baronetcy upon | Synonyms: baronetise |
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| barrack | (verb) laugh at with contempt and derision | Synonyms: flout, gibe, jeer, scoff |
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| (verb) spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts | Synonyms: cheer, exhort, inspire, pep up, root on, urge, urge on |
| (verb) lodge in barracks | - |
| barrage | (verb) address with continuously or persistently, as if with a barrage | Synonyms: bombard |
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| barrel | (verb) put in barrels | - |
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| barricade | (verb) block off with barricades | Synonyms: barricado |
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| (verb) prevent access to by barricading | - |
| (verb) render unsuitable for passage | Synonyms: bar, block, block off, block up, blockade, stop |
| barricado | (verb) block off with barricades | Synonyms: barricade |
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| barter | (verb) exchange goods without involving money | - |
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| bastardise | (verb) declare a child to be illegitimate | Synonyms: bastardize |
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| (verb) change something so that its value declines; for example, art forms | Synonyms: bastardize |
| bastardize | (verb) declare a child to be illegitimate | Synonyms: bastardise |
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| (verb) change something so that its value declines; for example, art forms | Synonyms: bastardise |
| bear | (verb) be pregnant with | Synonyms: carry, expect, gestate, have a bun in the oven |
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| (verb) cause to be born | Synonyms: birth, deliver, give birth, have |
| (verb) have on one's person | Synonyms: wear |
| (verb) behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself | Synonyms: acquit, act, behave, carry, comport, conduct, deport, do |
| (verb) put up with something or somebody unpleasant | Synonyms: abide, brook, digest, endure, put up, stand, stick out, stomach, suffer, support, tolerate |
| (verb) move while holding up or supporting | - |
| (verb) support or hold in a certain manner | Synonyms: carry, hold |
| (verb) bring forth | Synonyms: turn out |
| (verb) maintain (a theory, thoughts, or feelings) | Synonyms: entertain, harbor, harbour, hold, nurse |
| (verb) have rightfully; of rights, titles, and offices | Synonyms: hold |
| (verb) bring in | Synonyms: pay, yield |
| (verb) take on as one's own the expenses or debts of another person | Synonyms: accept, assume, take over |
| (verb) have | - |
| (verb) contain or hold; have within | Synonyms: carry, contain, hold |
| beard | (verb) go along the rim, like a beard around the chin | - |
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| becharm | (verb) attract; cause to be enamored | Synonyms: beguile, bewitch, captivate, capture, catch, charm, enamor, enamour, enchant, entrance, fascinate, trance |
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| (verb) control by magic spells, as by practicing witchcraft | Synonyms: charm |
| beggar | (verb) reduce to beggary | Synonyms: pauperise, pauperize |
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| (verb) be beyond the resources of | - |
| besmear | (verb) spread or daub (a surface) | Synonyms: bedaub |
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| beware | (verb) be on one's guard; be cautious or wary about; be alert to | Synonyms: mind |
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| blackguard | (verb) use foul or abusive language towards | Synonyms: abuse, clapperclaw, shout |
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| (verb) subject to laughter or ridicule | Synonyms: guy, jest at, laugh at, make fun, poke fun, rib, ridicule, roast |
| blare | (verb) make a strident noise | Synonyms: beep, claxon, honk, toot |
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| (verb) make a strident sound | Synonyms: blast |
| blarney | (verb) influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering | Synonyms: cajole, coax, inveigle, palaver, sweet-talk, wheedle |
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| blear | (verb) make dim or indistinct | Synonyms: blur |
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| board | (verb) provide food and lodging (for) | - |
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| (verb) lodge and take meals (at) | - |
| (verb) get on board of (trains, buses, ships, aircraft, etc.) | Synonyms: get on |
| (verb) live and take one's meals at or in | Synonyms: room |
| bombard | (verb) direct high energy particles or radiation against | - |
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| (verb) address with continuously or persistently, as if with a barrage | Synonyms: barrage |
| (verb) throw bombs at or attack with bombs | Synonyms: bomb |
| (verb) cast, hurl, or throw repeatedly with some missile | Synonyms: pelt |
| brandmark | (verb) mark with a brand or trademark | Synonyms: brand, trademark |
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| bulwark | (verb) defend with a bulwark | - |
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| burglarise | (verb) commit a burglary; enter and rob a dwelling | Synonyms: burglarize, burgle, heist |
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| burglarize | (verb) commit a burglary; enter and rob a dwelling | Synonyms: burglarise, burgle, heist |
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| calendar | (verb) enter into a calendar | - |
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| caparison | (verb) put a caparison on | Synonyms: bard, barde, dress up |
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| caracole | (verb) make a half turn on a horse, in dressage | - |
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| caramelise | (verb) convert to caramel | Synonyms: caramelize |
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| (verb) be converted into caramel | Synonyms: caramelize |
| caramelize | (verb) convert to caramel | Synonyms: caramelise |
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| (verb) be converted into caramel | Synonyms: caramelise |
| caravan | (verb) travel in a caravan | - |
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| carbonate | (verb) treat with carbon dioxide | - |
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| (verb) turn into a carbonate | - |
| carbonise | (verb) turn into carbon, as by burning | Synonyms: carbonize |
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| (verb) unite with carbon | Synonyms: carbonize, carburise, carburize |
| carbonize | (verb) turn into carbon, as by burning | Synonyms: carbonise |
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| (verb) unite with carbon | Synonyms: carbonise, carburise, carburize |
| carboxylate | (verb) treat (a chemical compound) with carboxyl or carboxylic acid | - |
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| carburet | (verb) combine with carbon | - |
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| carburise | (verb) unite with carbon | Synonyms: carbonise, carbonize, carburize |
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| carburize | (verb) unite with carbon | Synonyms: carbonise, carbonize, carburise |
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| card | (verb) ask someone for identification to determine whether he or she is old enough to consume liquor | - |
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| (verb) separate the fibers of | Synonyms: tease |
| care | (verb) to hope, to desire or to prefer to have something, or to do something | Synonyms: like, wish |
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| (verb) feel concern or interest | - |
| (verb) be concerned with | Synonyms: worry |
| (verb) be in charge of, act on, or dispose of | Synonyms: deal, handle, manage |
| (verb) provide care for | Synonyms: give care |
| careen | (verb) move sideways or in an unsteady way | Synonyms: shift, tilt, wobble |
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| (verb) walk as if unable to control one's movements | Synonyms: keel, lurch, reel, stagger, swag |
| career | (verb) move headlong at high speed | - |
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| caress | (verb) touch or stroke lightly in a loving or endearing manner | Synonyms: fondle |
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| caricature | (verb) represent in or produce a caricature of | Synonyms: ape |
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| carjack | (verb) take someone's car from him by force, usually with the intention of stealing it | - |
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| cark | (verb) disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed | Synonyms: disorder, disquiet, distract, perturb, trouble, unhinge |
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| carmine | (verb) color carmine | - |
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| carnalise | (verb) debase through carnal gratification | Synonyms: carnalize, sensualise, sensualize |
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| carnalize | (verb) debase through carnal gratification | Synonyms: carnalise, sensualise, sensualize |
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| (verb) ascribe to an origin in sensation | Synonyms: sensualize |
| (verb) represent materialistically, as in a painting or a sculpture | Synonyms: sensualize |
| carnify | (verb) become muscular or fleshy | - |
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| carol | (verb) sing carols | - |
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| carom | (verb) make a carom | - |
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| (verb) rebound after hitting | - |