elaborate | (verb) make more complex, intricate, or richer | Synonyms: complicate, rarify, refine |
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(verb) work out in detail | Synonyms: work out |
(verb) add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing | Synonyms: dilate, enlarge, expand, expatiate, exposit, expound, flesh out, lucubrate |
(verb) produce from basic elements or sources; change into a more developed product | - |
elate | (verb) fill with high spirits; fill with optimism | Synonyms: intoxicate, lift up, pick up, uplift |
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electroplate | (verb) coat with metal by electrolysis | - |
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elevate | (verb) raise in rank or condition | Synonyms: lift, raise |
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(verb) raise from a lower to a higher position | Synonyms: bring up, get up, lift, raise |
(verb) give a promotion to or assign to a higher position | Synonyms: advance, kick upstairs, promote, raise, upgrade |
eliminate | (verb) eliminate from the body | Synonyms: egest, excrete, pass |
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(verb) kill in large numbers | Synonyms: annihilate, carry off, decimate, eradicate, extinguish, wipe out |
(verb) terminate, end, or take out | Synonyms: do away with, extinguish, get rid of |
(verb) remove (an unknown variable) from two or more equations | - |
(verb) dismiss from consideration or a contest | Synonyms: reject, rule out, winnow out |
(verb) remove from a contest or race | - |
(verb) get rid of something | Synonyms: obviate, rid of |
elongate | (verb) make long or longer by pulling and stretching | Synonyms: stretch |
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elucidate | (verb) make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear | Synonyms: clear, clear up, crystalise, crystalize, crystallise, crystallize, enlighten, illuminate, shed light on, sort out, straighten out |
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(verb) make clear and (more) comprehensible | Synonyms: clarify, clear up |
emaciate | (verb) grow weak and thin or waste away physically | - |
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(verb) cause to grow thin or weak | Synonyms: macerate, waste |
emanate | (verb) give out (breath or an odor) | Synonyms: exhale, give forth |
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(verb) proceed or issue forth, as from a source | - |
emancipate | (verb) free from slavery or servitude | Synonyms: manumit |
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(verb) give equal rights to; of women and minorities | Synonyms: liberate |
emasculate | (verb) remove the testicles of a male animal | Synonyms: castrate, demasculinise, demasculinize |
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(verb) deprive of strength or vigor | Synonyms: castrate |
embrocate | (verb) administer an oil or ointment to; often in a religious ceremony of blessing | Synonyms: anele, anoint, inunct, oil |
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emigrate | (verb) leave one's country of residence for a new one | - |
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emulate | (verb) compete with successfully; approach or reach equality with | - |
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(verb) strive to equal or match, especially by imitating | - |
(verb) imitate the function of (another system), as by modifying the hardware or the software | - |
encapsulate | (verb) put in a short or concise form; reduce in volume | Synonyms: capsule, capsulise, capsulize |
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(verb) enclose in a capsule or other small container | - |
enervate | (verb) weaken mentally or morally | - |
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(verb) disturb the composure of | Synonyms: faze, unnerve, unsettle |
enucleate | (verb) remove (a tumor or eye) from an enveloping sac or cover | - |
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(verb) remove the nucleus from (a cell) | - |
enumerate | (verb) specify individually | Synonyms: itemise, itemize, recite |
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(verb) determine the number or amount of | Synonyms: count, number, numerate |
enunciate | (verb) express or state clearly | Synonyms: articulate, vocalise, vocalize |
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(verb) speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way | Synonyms: articulate, enounce, pronounce, say, sound out |
epilate | (verb) remove body hair | Synonyms: depilate |
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equate | (verb) make equal, uniform, corresponding, or matching | Synonyms: equal, equalise, equalize, match |
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(verb) consider or describe as similar, equal, or analogous | Synonyms: compare, liken |
(verb) be equivalent or parallel, in mathematics | Synonyms: correspond |
equilibrate | (verb) bring to a chemical stasis or equilibrium | - |
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(verb) bring into balance or equilibrium | Synonyms: balance, equilibrise, equilibrize |
equivocate | (verb) be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information | Synonyms: beat around the bush, palter, prevaricate, tergiversate |
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eradicate | (verb) kill in large numbers | Synonyms: annihilate, carry off, decimate, eliminate, extinguish, wipe out |
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(verb) destroy completely, as if down to the roots | Synonyms: exterminate, extirpate, root out, uproot |
escalate | (verb) increase in extent or intensity | Synonyms: intensify, step up |
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estimate | (verb) judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time) | Synonyms: approximate, gauge, guess, judge |
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(verb) judge to be probable | Synonyms: calculate, count on, figure, forecast, reckon |
estivate | (verb) sleep during summer | Synonyms: aestivate |
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etiolate | (verb) make pale or sickly | - |
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(verb) bleach and alter the natural development of (a green plant) by excluding sunlight | - |
(verb) make weak by stunting the growth or development of | - |
evacuate | (verb) excrete or discharge from the body | Synonyms: empty, void |
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(verb) remove content from | - |
(verb) create a vacuum in (a bulb, flask, reaction vessel) | - |
(verb) move people from their homes or country | - |
(verb) move out of an unsafe location into safety | - |
evaluate | (verb) evaluate or estimate the nature, quality, ability, extent, or significance of | Synonyms: appraise, assess, measure, valuate, value |
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(verb) form a critical opinion of | Synonyms: judge, pass judgment |
evaporate | (verb) lose or cause to lose liquid by vaporization leaving a more concentrated residue | Synonyms: vaporise, vaporize |
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(verb) change into a vapor | Synonyms: vaporise |
(verb) cause to change into a vapor | Synonyms: vaporise |
(verb) become less intense and fade away gradually | Synonyms: disappear, melt |
eventuate | (verb) come out in the end | - |
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eviscerate | (verb) remove the entrails of | Synonyms: disembowel, draw |
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(verb) remove the contents of | - |
(verb) take away a vital or essential part of | - |
(verb) surgically remove a part of a structure or an organ | Synonyms: resect |
exacerbate | (verb) make worse | Synonyms: aggravate, exasperate, worsen |
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(verb) exasperate or irritate | Synonyms: aggravate, exasperate |
exaggerate | (verb) to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth | Synonyms: amplify, hyperbolise, hyperbolize, magnify, overdraw, overstate |
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(verb) do something to an excessive degree | Synonyms: overdo |
exasperate | (verb) make worse | Synonyms: aggravate, exacerbate, worsen |
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(verb) exasperate or irritate | Synonyms: aggravate, exacerbate |
(verb) make furious | Synonyms: incense, infuriate |
excavate | (verb) find by digging in the ground | Synonyms: dig up, turn up |
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(verb) remove the inner part or the core of | Synonyms: dig, hollow |
(verb) form by hollowing | - |
(verb) recover through digging | Synonyms: unearth |
excogitate | (verb) reflect deeply on a subject | Synonyms: chew over, contemplate, meditate, mull, mull over, muse, ponder, reflect, ruminate, speculate, think over |
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(verb) come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort | Synonyms: contrive, devise, forge, formulate, invent |
excommunicate | (verb) exclude from a church or a religious community | Synonyms: curse, unchurch |
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(verb) oust or exclude from a group or membership by decree | - |
excoriate | (verb) express strong disapproval of | Synonyms: condemn, decry, objurgate, reprobate |
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(verb) tear or wear off the skin or make sore by abrading | Synonyms: chafe |
excruciate | (verb) subject to torture | Synonyms: torment, torture |
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(verb) torment emotionally or mentally | Synonyms: rack, torment, torture |
exculpate | (verb) pronounce not guilty of criminal charges | Synonyms: acquit, assoil, clear, discharge, exonerate |
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execrate | (verb) curse or declare to be evil or anathema or threaten with divine punishment | Synonyms: accurse, anathematise, anathematize, anathemise, anathemize, comminate |
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(verb) find repugnant | Synonyms: abhor, abominate, loathe |
exenterate | (verb) remove the contents of (an organ) | - |
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exfiltrate | (verb) escape furtively, as from an area under enemy control | - |
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(verb) transfer secretly out of an area under enemy control | - |
exfoliate | (verb) grow by producing or unfolding leaves | - |
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(verb) cast off in scales, laminae, or splinters | - |
(verb) remove the surface, in scales or laminae | - |
(verb) spread by opening the leaves of | - |
(verb) come off in a very thin piece | - |
exhilarate | (verb) fill with sublime emotion | Synonyms: beatify, exalt, inebriate, thrill, tickle pink |
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exonerate | (verb) pronounce not guilty of criminal charges | Synonyms: acquit, assoil, clear, discharge, exculpate |
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expatiate | (verb) add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing | Synonyms: dilate, elaborate, enlarge, expand, exposit, expound, flesh out, lucubrate |
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expatriate | (verb) move away from one's native country and adopt a new residence abroad | - |
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(verb) expel from a country | Synonyms: deport, exile |
expectorate | (verb) discharge (phlegm or sputum) from the lungs and out of the mouth | Synonyms: cough out, cough up, spit out, spit up |
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(verb) clear out the chest and lungs | Synonyms: clear out, drive out |
expiate | (verb) make amends for | Synonyms: aby, abye, atone |
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explicate | (verb) make plain and comprehensible | Synonyms: explain |
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(verb) elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses | Synonyms: develop, formulate |
expostulate | (verb) reason with (somebody) for the purpose of dissuasion | - |
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expropriate | (verb) deprive of possessions | - |
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expurgate | (verb) edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate | Synonyms: bowdlerise, bowdlerize, castrate, shorten |
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exsiccate | (verb) lose water or moisture | Synonyms: dehydrate, desiccate, dry up |
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extenuate | (verb) lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of | Synonyms: mitigate, palliate |
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exterminate | (verb) kill en masse; kill on a large scale; kill many | Synonyms: kill off |
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(verb) destroy completely, as if down to the roots | Synonyms: eradicate, extirpate, root out, uproot |
extirpate | (verb) surgically remove (an organ) | - |
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(verb) pull up by or as if by the roots | Synonyms: deracinate, root out, uproot |
(verb) destroy completely, as if down to the roots | Synonyms: eradicate, exterminate, root out, uproot |
extrapolate | (verb) estimate the value of something based on known values | Synonyms: interpolate |
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(verb) gain knowledge of (an area not known or experienced) by extrapolating | - |
(verb) draw from specific cases for more general cases | Synonyms: generalise, generalize, infer |
extravasate | (verb) cause molten material, such as lava, to pour forth | - |
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(verb) become active and spew forth lava and rocks | Synonyms: belch, erupt |
(verb) force out or cause to escape from a proper vessel or channel | - |
extricate | (verb) release from entanglement of difficulty | Synonyms: disencumber, disentangle, untangle |
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exuberate | (verb) to express great joy | Synonyms: exult, jubilate, rejoice, triumph |
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exudate | (verb) release (a liquid) in drops or small quantities | Synonyms: exude, ooze, ooze out, transude |
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exuviate | (verb) cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers | Synonyms: molt, moult, shed, slough |
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fabricate | (verb) concoct something artificial or untrue | Synonyms: cook up, invent, make up, manufacture |
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(verb) put together out of artificial or natural components or parts | Synonyms: construct, manufacture |
facilitate | (verb) make easier | Synonyms: alleviate, ease |
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(verb) increase the likelihood of (a response) | - |
(verb) be of use | Synonyms: help |
fascinate | (verb) to render motionless, as with a fixed stare or by arousing terror or awe | Synonyms: grip, spellbind, transfix |
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(verb) attract; cause to be enamored | Synonyms: becharm, beguile, bewitch, captivate, capture, catch, charm, enamor, enamour, enchant, entrance, trance |
(verb) cause to be interested or curious | Synonyms: intrigue |
fate | (verb) decree or designate beforehand | Synonyms: designate, destine, doom |
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fecundate | (verb) introduce semen into (a female) | Synonyms: fertilise, fertilize, inseminate |
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(verb) make fertile or productive | Synonyms: fertilise, fertilize |
federate | (verb) unite on a federal basis or band together as a league | Synonyms: federalise, federalize |
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(verb) enter into a league for a common purpose | Synonyms: federalise, federalize |
felicitate | (verb) express congratulations | Synonyms: congratulate |
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fellate | (verb) provide sexual gratification through oral stimulation | Synonyms: blow, go down on, suck |
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festinate | (verb) act at high speed | Synonyms: hasten, hurry, look sharp, rush |
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fibrillate | (verb) make fine, irregular, rapid twitching movements | - |
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filiate | (verb) fix the paternity of | - |
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filtrate | (verb) remove by passing through a filter | Synonyms: filter, filter out, separate out, strain |
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fixate | (verb) become fixed (on) | Synonyms: settle on |
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(verb) make fixed, stable or stationary | Synonyms: fix |
(verb) pay attention to exclusively and obsessively | - |
(verb) attach (oneself) to a person or thing in a neurotic way | - |
flagellate | (verb) whip | Synonyms: scourge |
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flocculate | (verb) form into an aggregated lumpy or fluffy mass | - |
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(verb) cause to become a fluffy or lumpy aggregate | - |
fluctuate | (verb) be unstable | - |
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(verb) move or sway in a rising and falling or wavelike pattern | Synonyms: vacillate, waver |
(verb) cause to fluctuate or move in a wavelike pattern | - |
fluoridate | (verb) subject to fluoridation; treat with fluoride | Synonyms: fluoridise, fluoridize |
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foliate | (verb) grow leaves | - |
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(verb) number the pages of a book or manuscript | Synonyms: page, paginate |
(verb) coat or back with metal foil | - |
(verb) hammer into thin flat foils | - |
(verb) decorate with leaves | - |
foredate | (verb) establish something as being earlier relative to something else | Synonyms: antedate, predate |
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formicate | (verb) crawl about like ants | - |
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formulate | (verb) put into words or an expression | Synonyms: articulate, give voice, phrase, word |
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(verb) elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses | Synonyms: develop, explicate |
(verb) come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort | Synonyms: contrive, devise, excogitate, forge, invent |
(verb) prepare according to a formula | - |
fornicate | (verb) have sex without being married | - |
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fractionate | (verb) obtain by a fractional process | - |
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(verb) separate into constituents or fractions containing concentrated constituents | - |
fraternise | (verb) be on friendly terms with someone, as if with a brother, especially with an enemy | Synonyms: fraternize |
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fraternize | (verb) be on friendly terms with someone, as if with a brother, especially with an enemy | Synonyms: fraternise |
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frustrate | (verb) treat cruelly | Synonyms: bedevil, crucify, dun, rag, torment |
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(verb) hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of | Synonyms: baffle, bilk, cross, foil, queer, scotch, spoil, thwart |
fulminate | (verb) cause to explode violently and with loud noise | - |
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(verb) come on suddenly and intensely | - |
(verb) criticize severely | Synonyms: rail |
fumigate | (verb) treat with fumes, expose to fumes, especially with the aim of disinfecting or eradicating pests | Synonyms: fume |
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furcate | (verb) divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork | Synonyms: branch, fork, ramify, separate |
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fustigate | (verb) strike with a cudgel | Synonyms: cudgel |
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gate | (verb) restrict (school boys') movement to the dormitory or campus as a means of punishment | - |
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(verb) control with a valve or other device that functions like a gate | - |
(verb) supply with a gate | - |
geminate | (verb) arrange or combine in pairs | - |
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(verb) arrange in pairs | Synonyms: pair |
(verb) occur in pairs | Synonyms: pair |
(verb) form by reduplication | Synonyms: reduplicate |
generate | (verb) make (offspring) by reproduction | Synonyms: beget, bring forth, engender, father, get, mother, sire |
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(verb) produce, create | Synonyms: bring forth |
(verb) produce (energy) | - |
(verb) give or supply | Synonyms: give, render, return, yield |
germinate | (verb) produce buds, branches, or germinate | Synonyms: bourgeon, burgeon forth, pullulate, shoot, sprout, spud |
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(verb) cause to grow or sprout | - |
(verb) work out | Synonyms: develop, evolve |