| amass | (verb) increase in amount by collecting or gathering | Synonyms: accumulate, conglomerate, cumulate, gather, pile up |
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| (verb) get or gather together | Synonyms: accumulate, collect, compile, hoard, pile up, roll up |
| assail | (verb) attack in speech or writing | Synonyms: assault, attack, lash out, round, snipe |
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| (verb) attack someone physically or emotionally | Synonyms: assault, attack, set on |
| (verb) launch an attack or assault on; begin hostilities or start warfare with | Synonyms: attack |
| assassinate | (verb) destroy or damage seriously, as of someone's reputation | - |
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| (verb) murder; especially of socially prominent persons | - |
| assault | (verb) attack in speech or writing | Synonyms: assail, attack, lash out, round, snipe |
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| (verb) attack someone physically or emotionally | Synonyms: assail, attack, set on |
| (verb) force (someone) to have sex against their will | Synonyms: dishonor, dishonour, outrage, rape, ravish, violate |
| assay | (verb) analyze (chemical substances) | - |
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| (verb) make an effort or attempt | Synonyms: attempt, essay, seek, try |
| assemble | (verb) create by putting components or members together | Synonyms: piece, put together, set up, tack, tack together |
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| (verb) collect in one place | Synonyms: foregather, forgather, gather, meet |
| (verb) get people together | Synonyms: gather, get together |
| assent | (verb) to agree or express agreement | Synonyms: accede, acquiesce |
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| assert | (verb) postulate positively and assertively | Synonyms: insist |
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| (verb) to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true | Synonyms: affirm, aver, avow, swan, swear, verify |
| (verb) state categorically | Synonyms: asseverate, maintain |
| (verb) insist on having one's opinions and rights recognized | Synonyms: put forward |
| assess | (verb) evaluate or estimate the nature, quality, ability, extent, or significance of | Synonyms: appraise, evaluate, measure, valuate, value |
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| (verb) estimate the value of (property) for taxation | - |
| (verb) set or determine the amount of (a payment such as a fine) | Synonyms: tax |
| (verb) charge (a person or a property) with a payment, such as a tax or a fine | - |
| asseverate | (verb) state categorically | Synonyms: assert, maintain |
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| assibilate | (verb) change into a sibilant | - |
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| (verb) insert a sibilant sound before or after (another sound) | - |
| assign | (verb) select something or someone for a specific purpose | Synonyms: set apart, specify |
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| (verb) attribute or credit to | Synonyms: ascribe, attribute, impute |
| (verb) decide as to where something belongs in a scheme | Synonyms: attribute |
| (verb) attribute or give | Synonyms: put |
| (verb) transfer one's right to | - |
| (verb) give out | Synonyms: allot, portion |
| (verb) make undue claims to having | Synonyms: arrogate |
| (verb) give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person) | Synonyms: delegate, depute, designate |
| assimilate | (verb) become similar to one's environment | - |
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| (verb) make similar | - |
| (verb) become similar in sound | - |
| (verb) take up mentally | Synonyms: absorb, ingest, take in |
| (verb) take (gas, light or heat) into a solution | Synonyms: imbibe |
| assist | (verb) act as an assistant in a subordinate or supportive function | - |
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| (verb) work for, or be a servant to | Synonyms: attend, attend to, serve, wait on |
| (verb) give help or assistance; be of service | Synonyms: aid, help |
| associate | (verb) make a logical or causal connection | Synonyms: colligate, connect, link, link up, relate, tie in |
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| (verb) bring or come into association or action | Synonyms: consociate |
| (verb) keep company with; hang out with | Synonyms: affiliate, assort, consort |
| assoil | (verb) pronounce not guilty of criminal charges | Synonyms: acquit, clear, discharge, exculpate, exonerate |
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| assonate | (verb) correspond in vowel sounds; rhyme in assonance | - |
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| assort | (verb) arrange or order by classes or categories | Synonyms: class, classify, separate, sort, sort out |
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| (verb) keep company with; hang out with | Synonyms: affiliate, associate, consort |
| assuage | (verb) provide physical relief, as from pain | Synonyms: alleviate, palliate, relieve |
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| (verb) satisfy (thirst) | Synonyms: allay, quench, slake |
| (verb) cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of | Synonyms: appease, conciliate, gentle, gruntle, lenify, mollify, pacify, placate |
| assume | (verb) put clothing on one's body | Synonyms: don, get into, put on, wear |
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| (verb) take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect | Synonyms: acquire, adopt, take, take on |
| (verb) take to be the case or to be true; accept without verification or proof | Synonyms: presume, take for granted |
| (verb) take up someone's soul into heaven | - |
| (verb) make a pretence of | Synonyms: feign, sham, simulate |
| (verb) occupy or take on | Synonyms: strike, take, take up |
| (verb) seize and take control without authority and possibly with force; take as one's right or possession | Synonyms: arrogate, seize, take over, usurp |
| (verb) take on as one's own the expenses or debts of another person | Synonyms: accept, bear, take over |
| (verb) take on titles, offices, duties, responsibilities | Synonyms: adopt, take on, take over |
| assure | (verb) be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something | Synonyms: ascertain, check, control, ensure, insure, see, see to it |
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| (verb) inform positively and with certainty and confidence | Synonyms: tell |
| (verb) assure somebody of the truth of something with the intention of giving the listener confidence | - |
| (verb) make a promise or commitment | Synonyms: promise |
| (verb) make certain of | Synonyms: ensure, guarantee, insure, secure |
| basset | (verb) appear at the surface | Synonyms: crop out |
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| bioassay | (verb) subject to a bio-assay | - |
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| bypass | (verb) avoid something unpleasant or laborious | Synonyms: get around, go around, short-circuit |
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| canvass | (verb) consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning | Synonyms: analyse, analyze, examine, study |
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| (verb) solicit votes from potential voters in an electoral campaign | - |
| (verb) get the opinions (of people) by asking specific questions | Synonyms: poll |
| chasse | (verb) perform a chasse step, in ballet | Synonyms: sashay |
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| class | (verb) arrange or order by classes or categories | Synonyms: assort, classify, separate, sort, sort out |
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| classicise | (verb) make classic or classical | Synonyms: classicize |
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| classicize | (verb) make classic or classical | Synonyms: classicise |
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| classify | (verb) arrange or order by classes or categories | Synonyms: assort, class, separate, sort, sort out |
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| (verb) assign to a class or kind | Synonyms: relegate |
| (verb) declare unavailable, as for security reasons | - |
| compass | (verb) get the meaning of something | Synonyms: apprehend, comprehend, dig, get the picture, grasp, grok, savvy |
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| (verb) travel around, either by plane or ship | Synonyms: circumnavigate |
| (verb) bring about; accomplish | - |
| compassionate | (verb) share the suffering of | Synonyms: condole with, feel for, pity, sympathize with |
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| declassify | (verb) lift the restriction on and make available again | - |
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| disassemble | (verb) take apart into its constituent pieces | Synonyms: break apart, break up, dismantle, take apart |
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| disassociate | (verb) part; cease or break association with | Synonyms: disjoint, dissociate, disunite, divorce |
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| disembarrass | (verb) relieve from | Synonyms: free, rid |
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| embarrass | (verb) cause to be embarrassed; cause to feel self-conscious | Synonyms: abash |
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| (verb) hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of | Synonyms: block, blockade, hinder, obstruct, stymie, stymy |
| encompass | (verb) include in scope; include as part of something broader; have as one's sphere or territory | Synonyms: comprehend, cover, embrace |
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| fricassee | (verb) make a fricassee of by cooking | - |
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| glass | (verb) become glassy or take on a glass-like appearance | Synonyms: glass over, glaze, glaze over |
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| (verb) put in a glass container | - |
| (verb) enclose with glass | Synonyms: glass in |
| (verb) scan (game in the forest) with binoculars | - |
| (verb) furnish with glass | Synonyms: glaze |
| grass | (verb) give away information about somebody | Synonyms: betray, denounce, give away, rat, shit, shop, snitch, stag, tell on |
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| (verb) shoot down, of birds | - |
| (verb) feed with grass | - |
| (verb) cover with grass | Synonyms: grass over |
| (verb) spread out clothes on the grass to let it dry and bleach | - |
| harass | (verb) exhaust by attacking repeatedly | - |
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| (verb) annoy continually or chronically | Synonyms: beset, chevvy, chevy, chivvy, chivy, harry, hassle, molest, plague, provoke |
| hassle | (verb) annoy continually or chronically | Synonyms: beset, chevvy, chevy, chivvy, chivy, harass, harry, molest, plague, provoke |
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| lasso | (verb) catch with a lasso | Synonyms: rope |
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| mass | (verb) join together into a mass or collect or form a mass | - |
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| massacre | (verb) kill a large number of people indiscriminately | Synonyms: mow down, slaughter |
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| massage | (verb) give a massage to | - |
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| (verb) manually manipulate (someone's body), usually for medicinal or relaxation purposes | Synonyms: knead, rub down |
| outclass | (verb) cause to appear in a lower class | - |
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| pass | (verb) eliminate from the body | Synonyms: egest, eliminate, excrete |
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| (verb) come to pass | Synonyms: come about, fall out, go on, hap, happen, occur, pass off, take place |
| (verb) disappear gradually | Synonyms: blow over, evanesce, fade, fleet, pass off |
| (verb) pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life | Synonyms: buy the farm, cash in one's chips, choke, conk, croak, decease, die, drop dead, exit, expire, give-up the ghost, go, kick the bucket, pass away, perish, pop off, snuff it |
| (verb) grant authorization or clearance for | Synonyms: authorise, authorize, clear |
| (verb) transmit information | Synonyms: communicate, pass along, pass on, put across |
| (verb) pass over, across, or through | Synonyms: draw, guide, run |
| (verb) go across or through | - |
| (verb) travel past | Synonyms: overhaul, overtake |
| (verb) pass into a specified state or condition; sink into | Synonyms: lapse, sink |
| (verb) for time to move forward | Synonyms: elapse, glide by, go along, go by, lapse, slide by, slip away, slip by |
| (verb) cause to pass | Synonyms: make pass |
| (verb) move past | Synonyms: go by, go past, pass by, surpass, travel by |
| (verb) place into the hands or custody of | Synonyms: give, hand, pass on, reach, turn over |
| (verb) throw (a ball) to another player | - |
| (verb) transfer to another; of rights or property | - |
| (verb) be inherited by | Synonyms: devolve, fall, return |
| (verb) make laws, bills, etc. or bring into effect by legislation | Synonyms: legislate |
| (verb) go unchallenged; be approved | Synonyms: clear |
| (verb) accept or judge as acceptable | - |
| (verb) go successfully through a test or a selection process | Synonyms: make it |
| (verb) allow to go without comment or censure | - |
| (verb) use up a period of time in a specific way | Synonyms: spend |
| (verb) be superior or better than some standard | Synonyms: exceed, go past, overstep, top, transcend |
| (verb) stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point | Synonyms: extend, go, lead, run |
| preassemble | (verb) to manufacture sections of (a building), especially in a factory, so that they can be easily transported to and rapidly assembled on a building site of buildings | Synonyms: prefabricate |
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| reassail | (verb) assail again | - |
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| reassemble | (verb) assemble once again, after taking something apart | - |
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| reassert | (verb) strengthen or make more firm | Synonyms: confirm |
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| reassess | (verb) revise or renew one's assessment | Synonyms: reevaluate |
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| reassign | (verb) transfer somebody to a different position or location of work | Synonyms: transfer |
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| reassure | (verb) give reassurance to; give or restore confidence in; cause to feel sure or certain | - |
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| reclassify | (verb) classify anew, change the previous classification | - |
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| sass | (verb) answer back in an impudent or insolent manner | - |
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| surpass | (verb) be or do something to a greater degree | Synonyms: exceed, outdo, outgo, outmatch, outperform, outstrip, surmount |
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| (verb) move past | Synonyms: go by, go past, pass, pass by, travel by |
| (verb) distinguish oneself | Synonyms: excel, stand out |
| (verb) be greater in scope or size than some standard | Synonyms: exceed, transcend |
| terrasse | (verb) provide (a house) with a terrace | Synonyms: terrace |
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| trespass | (verb) pass beyond (limits or boundaries) | Synonyms: overstep, transgress |
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| (verb) break the law | - |
| (verb) enter unlawfully on someone's property | Synonyms: intrude |
| (verb) commit a sin; violate a law of God or a moral law | Synonyms: sin, transgress |
| (verb) make excessive use of | Synonyms: take advantage |
| wassail | (verb) propose a toast to | Synonyms: drink, pledge, salute, toast |
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| (verb) celebrate noisily, often indulging in drinking; engage in uproarious festivities | Synonyms: jollify, make happy, make merry, make whoopee, racket, revel, whoop it up |