| account | (verb) furnish a justifying analysis or explanation | Synonyms: answer for |
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| (verb) to give an account or representation of in words | Synonyms: describe, report |
| (verb) keep an account of | Synonyms: calculate |
| (verb) be the sole or primary factor in the existence, acquisition, supply, or disposal of something | - |
| accouter | (verb) provide with military equipment | Synonyms: accoutre |
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| accoutre | (verb) provide with military equipment | Synonyms: accouter |
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| couch | (verb) formulate in a particular style or language | Synonyms: cast, frame, put, redact |
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| cough | (verb) exhale abruptly, as when one has a chest cold or congestion | - |
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| counsel | (verb) give advice to | Synonyms: advise, rede |
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| count | (verb) include as if by counting | - |
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| (verb) have faith or confidence in | Synonyms: bank, bet, calculate, depend, look, reckon, rely, swear |
| (verb) take account of | Synonyms: reckon |
| (verb) determine the number or amount of | Synonyms: enumerate, number, numerate |
| (verb) name or recite the numbers in ascending order | - |
| (verb) show consideration for; take into account | Synonyms: consider, weigh |
| (verb) have weight; have import, carry weight | Synonyms: matter, weigh |
| (verb) put into a group | Synonyms: number |
| (verb) have a certain value or carry a certain weight | - |
| countenance | (verb) consent to, give permission; permit | Synonyms: allow, let, permit |
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| counter | (verb) speak in response | - |
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| (verb) act in advance of; deal with ahead of time | Synonyms: anticipate, foresee, forestall |
| counteract | (verb) act in opposition to | Synonyms: antagonise, antagonize |
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| (verb) destroy property or hinder normal operations | Synonyms: countermine, sabotage, subvert, undermine, weaken |
| (verb) oppose or check by a counteraction | Synonyms: countercheck |
| (verb) oppose and mitigate the effects of by contrary actions | Synonyms: counterbalance, countervail, neutralize |
| counterattack | (verb) make a counterattack | Synonyms: counterstrike |
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| counterbalance | (verb) oppose and mitigate the effects of by contrary actions | Synonyms: counteract, countervail, neutralize |
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| (verb) contrast with equal weight or force | Synonyms: oppose |
| (verb) adjust for | Synonyms: compensate, correct, even off, even out, even up, make up |
| counterchallenge | (verb) challenge in turn | - |
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| counterchange | (verb) cause to change places | Synonyms: interchange, transpose |
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| countercheck | (verb) check a second time | - |
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| (verb) oppose or check by a counteraction | Synonyms: counteract |
| counterclaim | (verb) set up a claim in opposition to a previous claim | - |
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| counterfeit | (verb) make a copy of with the intent to deceive | Synonyms: fake, forge |
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| countermand | (verb) cancel officially | Synonyms: annul, lift, overturn, repeal, rescind, reverse, revoke, vacate |
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| countermarch | (verb) change the order of soldiers during a march | - |
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| (verb) march back along the same way | - |
| countermine | (verb) destroy enemy mines with one's own mines | - |
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| (verb) destroy property or hinder normal operations | Synonyms: counteract, sabotage, subvert, undermine, weaken |
| counterplot | (verb) make a plot in response to another plot | - |
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| counterpoint | (verb) write in counterpoint | - |
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| (verb) to show differences when compared; be different | Synonyms: contrast |
| counterpoise | (verb) constitute a counterweight or counterbalance to | Synonyms: counterpose, counterweight |
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| counterpose | (verb) constitute a counterweight or counterbalance to | Synonyms: counterpoise, counterweight |
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| countersign | (verb) add one's signature to after another's to attest authenticity | - |
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| countersink | (verb) insert (a nail or screw below the surface, as into a countersink) | Synonyms: set |
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| counterstrike | (verb) make a counterattack | Synonyms: counterattack |
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| countervail | (verb) oppose and mitigate the effects of by contrary actions | Synonyms: counteract, counterbalance, neutralize |
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| (verb) compensate for or counterbalance | Synonyms: offset |
| counterweight | (verb) constitute a counterweight or counterbalance to | Synonyms: counterpoise, counterpose |
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| couple | (verb) engage in sexual intercourse | Synonyms: copulate, mate, pair |
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| (verb) link together | Synonyms: couple on, couple up |
| (verb) bring two objects, ideas, or people together | Synonyms: match, mate, pair, twin |
| (verb) form a pair or pairs | Synonyms: pair, pair off, partner off |
| course | (verb) hunt with hounds | - |
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| (verb) move along, of liquids | Synonyms: feed, flow, run |
| (verb) move swiftly through or over | - |
| court | (verb) make amorous advances towards | Synonyms: romance, solicit, woo |
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| (verb) seek someone's favor | Synonyms: woo |
| (verb) engage in social activities leading to marriage | - |
| decouple | (verb) reduce or eliminate the coupling of (one circuit or part to another) | - |
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| (verb) eliminate airborne shock waves from (an explosive) | - |
| (verb) regard as unconnected | Synonyms: dissociate |
| (verb) disconnect or separate | Synonyms: uncouple |
| discount | (verb) bar from attention or consideration | Synonyms: brush aside, brush off, dismiss, disregard, ignore, push aside |
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| (verb) give a reduction in price on | - |
| discountenance | (verb) show disapproval by discouraging | - |
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| (verb) look with disfavor on | - |
| discourage | (verb) try to prevent; show opposition to | Synonyms: deter |
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| (verb) advise or counsel in terms of someone's behavior | Synonyms: admonish, monish, warn |
| (verb) deprive of courage or hope; take away hope from; cause to feel discouraged | - |
| discourse | (verb) talk at length and formally about a topic | Synonyms: dissertate, hold forth |
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| (verb) carry on a conversation | Synonyms: converse |
| (verb) to consider or examine in speech or writing | Synonyms: discuss, talk about |
| encounter | (verb) contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle | Synonyms: meet, play, take on |
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| (verb) come together | Synonyms: come across, meet, run across, run into, see |
| (verb) come upon, as if by accident; meet with | Synonyms: bump, chance, find, happen |
| (verb) be beset by | Synonyms: run into |
| (verb) experience as a reaction | Synonyms: meet, receive |
| encourage | (verb) spur on | - |
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| (verb) inspire with confidence; give hope or courage to | - |
| (verb) contribute to the progress or growth of | Synonyms: advance, boost, further, promote |
| hiccough | (verb) breathe spasmodically, and make a sound | Synonyms: hiccup |
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| miscount | (verb) count wrongly | - |
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| recount | (verb) narrate or give a detailed account of | Synonyms: narrate, recite, tell |
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| (verb) count again | - |
| recoup | (verb) regain or make up for | Synonyms: recover, recuperate |
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| (verb) retain and refrain from disbursing; of payments | Synonyms: deduct, withhold |
| (verb) reimburse or compensate (someone), as for a loss | Synonyms: reimburse |
| scour | (verb) rinse, clean, or empty with a liquid | Synonyms: flush, purge |
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| (verb) rub hard or scrub | Synonyms: abrade |
| (verb) clean with hard rubbing | Synonyms: scrub |
| (verb) examine minutely | - |
| scourge | (verb) cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly | Synonyms: desolate, devastate, lay waste to, ravage, waste |
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| (verb) whip | Synonyms: flagellate |
| (verb) punish severely; excoriate | - |
| scout | (verb) explore, often with the goal of finding something or somebody | Synonyms: reconnoiter, reconnoitre |
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| succour | (verb) help in a difficult situation | Synonyms: succor |
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| uncouple | (verb) disconnect or separate | Synonyms: decouple |
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