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 |
abdicate | (verb) give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations | Synonyms: renounce |
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abduce | (verb) advance evidence for | Synonyms: adduce, cite |
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abduct | (verb) pull away from the body | - |
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(verb) take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom | Synonyms: kidnap, nobble, snatch |
abide | (verb) put up with something or somebody unpleasant | Synonyms: bear, brook, digest, endure, put up, stand, stick out, stomach, suffer, support, tolerate |
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(verb) dwell | Synonyms: bide, stay |
abound | (verb) be abundant or plentiful; exist in large quantities | - |
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(verb) be in a state of movement or action | Synonyms: bristle, burst |
abrade | (verb) wear away | Synonyms: abrase, corrade, rub down, rub off |
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(verb) rub hard or scrub | Synonyms: scour |
abridge | (verb) reduce in scope while retaining essential elements | Synonyms: abbreviate, contract, cut, foreshorten, reduce, shorten |
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(verb) lessen, diminish, or curtail | - |
abscond | (verb) run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along | Synonyms: absquatulate, bolt, decamp, go off, make off, run off |
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accede | (verb) yield to another's wish or opinion | Synonyms: bow, defer, give in, submit |
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(verb) to agree or express agreement | Synonyms: acquiesce, assent |
(verb) take on duties or office | Synonyms: enter |
accommodate | (verb) make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose | Synonyms: adapt |
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(verb) make (one thing) compatible with (another) | Synonyms: conciliate, reconcile |
(verb) provide a service or favor for someone | Synonyms: oblige |
(verb) provide with something desired or needed | - |
(verb) be agreeable or acceptable to | Synonyms: fit, suit |
(verb) provide housing for | Synonyms: lodge |
(verb) have room for; hold without crowding | Synonyms: admit, hold |
accord | (verb) allow to have | Synonyms: allot, grant |
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(verb) go together | Synonyms: agree, concord, consort, fit in, harmonise, harmonize |
accredit | (verb) ascribe an achievement to | Synonyms: credit |
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(verb) grant credentials to | Synonyms: recognise, recognize |
(verb) provide or send (envoys or ambassadors) with official credentials | - |
acidify | (verb) turn acidic | Synonyms: acetify |
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(verb) make sour or more sour | Synonyms: acetify, acidulate, sour |
acidulate | (verb) make sour or more sour | Synonyms: acetify, acidify, sour |
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acknowledge | (verb) accept as legally binding and valid | - |
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(verb) accept (someone) to be what is claimed or accept his power and authority | Synonyms: know, recognise, recognize |
(verb) declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of | Synonyms: admit |
(verb) express obligation, thanks, or gratitude for | Synonyms: recognise, recognize |
(verb) report the receipt of | Synonyms: receipt |
(verb) express recognition of the presence or existence of, or acquaintance with | Synonyms: notice |
adapt | (verb) make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose | Synonyms: accommodate |
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(verb) adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions | Synonyms: adjust, conform |
add | (verb) make an addition (to); join or combine or unite with others; increase the quality, quantity, size or scope of | - |
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(verb) make an addition by combining numbers | Synonyms: add together |
(verb) determine the sum of | Synonyms: add together, add up, sum, sum up, summate, tally, tot, tot up, total, tote up |
(verb) state or say further | Synonyms: append, supply |
(verb) bestow a quality on | Synonyms: bestow, bring, contribute, impart, lend |
(verb) constitute an addition | - |
addict | (verb) to cause (someone or oneself) to become dependent (on something, especially a narcotic drug) | Synonyms: hook |
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addle | (verb) become rotten | - |
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(verb) mix up or confuse | Synonyms: muddle, puddle |
address | (verb) adjust and aim (a golf ball) at in preparation of hitting | - |
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(verb) speak to | Synonyms: turn to |
(verb) speak to someone | Synonyms: accost, come up to |
(verb) give a speech to | Synonyms: speak |
(verb) put an address on (an envelope) | Synonyms: direct |
(verb) act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression | Synonyms: cover, deal, handle, plow, treat |
(verb) direct a question at someone | - |
(verb) address or apply oneself to something, direct one's efforts towards something, such as a question | - |
(verb) access or locate by address | - |
(verb) greet, as with a prescribed form, title, or name | Synonyms: call |
adduce | (verb) advance evidence for | Synonyms: abduce, cite |
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adduct | (verb) draw a limb towards the body | - |
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adhere | (verb) follow through or carry out a plan without deviation | - |
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(verb) stick to firmly | Synonyms: bind, bond, hold fast, stick, stick to |
(verb) come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation | Synonyms: cleave, cling, cohere, stick |
(verb) be compatible or in accordance with | - |
(verb) be loyal to | Synonyms: stand by, stick, stick by |
(verb) be a devoted follower or supporter | Synonyms: stick |
adjoin | (verb) attach or add | - |
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(verb) lie adjacent to another or share a boundary | Synonyms: abut, border, butt, butt against, butt on, edge, march |
(verb) be in direct physical contact with; make contact | Synonyms: contact, meet, touch |
adjourn | (verb) close at the end of a session | Synonyms: break up, recess |
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(verb) break from a meeting or gathering | Synonyms: retire, withdraw |
adjudge | (verb) declare to be | Synonyms: declare, hold |
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adjudicate | (verb) bring to an end; settle conclusively | Synonyms: decide, resolve, settle |
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(verb) put on trial or hear a case and sit as the judge at the trial of | Synonyms: judge, try |
adjure | (verb) command solemnly | - |
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(verb) ask for or request earnestly | Synonyms: beseech, bid, conjure, entreat, press |
adjust | (verb) alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard | Synonyms: correct, set |
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(verb) adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions | Synonyms: adapt, conform |
(verb) make correspondent or conformable | - |
(verb) place in a line or arrange so as to be parallel or straight | Synonyms: align, aline, line up |
(verb) decide how much is to be paid on an insurance claim | - |
admeasure | (verb) determine the quantity of someone's share | - |
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administer | (verb) give or apply (medications) | Synonyms: dispense |
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(verb) administer or bestow, as in small portions | Synonyms: allot, deal, deal out, dish out, dispense, distribute, dole out, lot, mete out, parcel out, shell out |
(verb) perform (a church sacrament) ritually | - |
(verb) work in an administrative capacity; supervise or be in charge of | Synonyms: administrate |
(verb) direct the taking of | - |
administrate | (verb) work in an administrative capacity; supervise or be in charge of | Synonyms: administer |
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admire | (verb) feel admiration for | Synonyms: look up to |
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(verb) look at with admiration | - |
admit | (verb) declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of | Synonyms: acknowledge |
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(verb) admit into a group or community | Synonyms: accept, take, take on |
(verb) allow participation in or the right to be part of; permit to exercise the rights, functions, and responsibilities of | Synonyms: include, let in |
(verb) allow to enter; grant entry to | Synonyms: allow in, intromit, let in |
(verb) give access or entrance to | - |
(verb) serve as a means of entrance | - |
(verb) have room for; hold without crowding | Synonyms: accommodate, hold |
(verb) afford possibility | Synonyms: allow |
admix | (verb) mix or mingle | - |
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admonish | (verb) take to task | Synonyms: reproof, reprove |
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(verb) warn strongly; put on guard | Synonyms: caution, monish |
(verb) advise or counsel in terms of someone's behavior | Synonyms: discourage, monish, warn |
adolesce | (verb) become adolescent; pass through adolescence | - |
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adopt | (verb) take into one's family | Synonyms: take in |
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(verb) take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect | Synonyms: acquire, assume, take, take on |
(verb) take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own | Synonyms: embrace, espouse, sweep up |
(verb) put into dramatic form | Synonyms: dramatise, dramatize |
(verb) take up and practice as one's own | Synonyms: borrow, take over, take up |
(verb) choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans | Synonyms: espouse, follow |
(verb) take on titles, offices, duties, responsibilities | Synonyms: assume, take on, take over |
adore | (verb) love intensely | - |
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adorn | (verb) make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc. | Synonyms: beautify, decorate, embellish, grace, ornament |
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(verb) furnish with power or authority; of kings or emperors | Synonyms: clothe, invest |
(verb) be beautiful to look at | Synonyms: beautify, deck, decorate, embellish, grace |
adsorb | (verb) accumulate (liquids or gases) on the surface | - |
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adulate | (verb) flatter in an obsequious manner | - |
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adulterate | (verb) corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones | Synonyms: debase, dilute, load, stretch |
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adumbrate | (verb) describe roughly or briefly or give the main points or summary of | Synonyms: outline, sketch |
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(verb) give to understand | Synonyms: insinuate, intimate |
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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advect | (verb) convey by horizontal mass movement of a fluid | - |
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adventure | (verb) put at risk | Synonyms: hazard, jeopardize, stake, venture |
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(verb) take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome | Synonyms: chance, gamble, hazard, risk, run a risk, take a chance, take chances |
advert | (verb) make a more or less disguised reference to | Synonyms: allude, touch |
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(verb) make reference to | Synonyms: bring up, cite, mention, name, refer |
(verb) give heed (to) | Synonyms: attend, give ear, hang, pay heed |
advertise | (verb) make publicity for; try to sell (a product) | Synonyms: advertize, promote, push |
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(verb) call attention to | Synonyms: advertize, publicise, publicize |
advertize | (verb) make publicity for; try to sell (a product) | Synonyms: advertise, promote, push |
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(verb) call attention to | Synonyms: advertise, publicise, publicize |
advise | (verb) give advice to | Synonyms: counsel, rede |
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(verb) inform (somebody) of something | Synonyms: apprise, apprize, give notice, notify, send word |
(verb) make a proposal, declare a plan for something | Synonyms: propose, suggest |
advocate | (verb) push for something | Synonyms: recommend, urge |
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(verb) speak, plead, or argue in favor of | Synonyms: preach |
afford | (verb) be able to spare or give up | - |
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(verb) be the cause or source of | Synonyms: give, yield |
(verb) afford access to | Synonyms: give, open |
(verb) have the financial means to do something or buy something | - |
aggrade | (verb) build up to a level by depositing sediment | - |
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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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aid | (verb) improve the condition of | Synonyms: help |
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(verb) give help or assistance; be of service | Synonyms: assist, help |
allude | (verb) make a more or less disguised reference to | Synonyms: advert, touch |
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ambuscade | (verb) wait in hiding to attack | Synonyms: ambush, bushwhack, lie in wait, lurk, scupper, waylay |
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amend | (verb) to make better | Synonyms: ameliorate, better, improve, meliorate |
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(verb) set straight or right | Synonyms: rectify, remediate, remedy, repair |
(verb) make amendments to | - |
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 | - |
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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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 |
append | (verb) state or say further | Synonyms: add, supply |
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(verb) fix to; attach | Synonyms: hang on, tack, tack on, tag on |
(verb) add to the very end | Synonyms: add on, affix, supplement |
applaud | (verb) express that something is worthy of praise | - |
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(verb) clap one's hands or shout after performances to indicate approval | Synonyms: acclaim, clap, spat |
apprehend | (verb) get the meaning of something | Synonyms: compass, comprehend, dig, get the picture, grasp, grok, savvy |
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(verb) take into custody | Synonyms: arrest, collar, cop, nab, nail, pick up |
(verb) anticipate with dread or anxiety | Synonyms: quail at |
ascend | (verb) slope upwards | - |
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(verb) travel up | Synonyms: go up |
(verb) come up, of celestial bodies | Synonyms: come up, rise, uprise |
(verb) go along towards (a river's) source | - |
(verb) move to a better position in life or to a better job | Synonyms: move up, rise |
(verb) appear to be moving upward, as by means of tendrils | Synonyms: climb up |
(verb) become king or queen | - |
(verb) go back in order of genealogical succession | - |
astound | (verb) affect with wonder | Synonyms: amaze, astonish |
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attend | (verb) give heed (to) | Synonyms: advert, give ear, hang, pay heed |
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(verb) work for, or be a servant to | Synonyms: assist, attend to, serve, wait on |
(verb) take charge of or deal with | Synonyms: look, see, take care |
(verb) be present at (meetings, church services, university), etc. | Synonyms: go to |
(verb) to accompany as a circumstance or follow as a result | - |
attitudinise | (verb) assume certain affected attitudes | Synonyms: attitudinize |
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attitudinize | (verb) assume certain affected attitudes | Synonyms: attitudinise |
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audit | (verb) attend academic courses without getting credit | - |
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(verb) examine carefully for accuracy with the intent of verification | Synonyms: inspect, scrutinise, scrutinize |
audition | (verb) perform in order to get a role | Synonyms: try out |
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avoid | (verb) stay clear from; keep away from; keep out of the way of someone or something | - |
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(verb) refrain from certain foods or beverages | Synonyms: keep off |
(verb) declare invalid | Synonyms: annul, invalidate, nullify, quash, void |
(verb) prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; to protect from or to keep away anything undesirable; to ward off | Synonyms: avert, debar, deflect, fend off, forefend, forfend, head off, obviate, stave off, ward off |
(verb) refrain from doing something | - |
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 |
backdate | (verb) make effective from an earlier date | - |
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background | (verb) understate the importance or quality of | Synonyms: downplay, play down |
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backhand | (verb) hit a tennis ball backhand | - |
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backpedal | (verb) modify one's opinion, make it less strong | - |
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(verb) pedal backwards on a bicycle | - |
(verb) step backwards, in boxing | - |
backslide | (verb) drop to a lower level, as in one's morals or standards | Synonyms: lapse |
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badge | (verb) put a badge on | - |
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badger | (verb) persuade through constant efforts | - |
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(verb) annoy persistently | Synonyms: beleaguer, bug, pester, tease |
badmouth | (verb) speak unfavorably about | Synonyms: drag through the mud, malign, traduce |
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bald | (verb) grow bald; lose hair on one's head | - |
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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 | - |
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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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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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 |
bastinado | (verb) beat somebody on the soles of the feet | - |
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bead | (verb) string together like beads | - |
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(verb) decorate by sewing beads onto | - |
(verb) form into beads, as of water or sweat, for example | - |
beard | (verb) go along the rim, like a beard around the chin | - |
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