absent | (verb) stay away or leave | Synonyms: remove |
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accent | (verb) put stress on; utter with an accent | Synonyms: accentuate, stress |
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(verb) to stress, single out as important | Synonyms: accentuate, emphasise, emphasize, punctuate, stress |
accentuate | (verb) to stress, single out as important | Synonyms: accent, emphasise, emphasize, punctuate, stress |
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(verb) put stress on; utter with an accent | Synonyms: accent, stress |
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 |
alien | (verb) transfer property or ownership | Synonyms: alienate |
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alienate | (verb) arouse hostility or indifference in where there had formerly been love, affection, or friendliness | Synonyms: disaffect, estrange |
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(verb) make withdrawn or isolated or emotionally dissociated | - |
(verb) transfer property or ownership | Synonyms: alien |
aliment | (verb) give nourishment to | Synonyms: nourish, nutrify |
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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 | - |
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 |
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 |
apprentice | (verb) be or work as an apprentice | - |
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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 | - |
assent | (verb) to agree or express agreement | Synonyms: accede, acquiesce |
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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 | - |
attenuate | (verb) become weaker, in strength, value, or magnitude | - |
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(verb) weaken the consistency of (a chemical substance) | Synonyms: rarefy |
augment | (verb) grow or intensify | - |
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(verb) enlarge or increase | - |
authenticate | (verb) establish the authenticity of something | - |
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avenge | (verb) take revenge for a perceived wrong | Synonyms: retaliate, revenge |
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awaken | (verb) cause to become awake or conscious | Synonyms: arouse, rouse, wake, wake up, waken |
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(verb) stop sleeping | Synonyms: arouse, awake, come alive, wake, wake up, waken |
(verb) make aware | - |
batten | (verb) secure with battens | - |
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(verb) furnish with battens | Synonyms: batten down, secure |
bedizen | (verb) dress up garishly and tastelessly | Synonyms: dizen |
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(verb) decorate tastelessly | - |
befriend | (verb) become friends with | - |
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bench | (verb) To lift a weight using a bench press | - |
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(verb) To exercise using a bench press | - |
(verb) exhibit on a bench | - |
(verb) take out of a game; of players | - |
bend | (verb) cause (an object) to assume a crooked or angular form | Synonyms: deform, flex, turn, twist |
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(verb) bend a joint | Synonyms: flex |
(verb) form a curve | Synonyms: flex |
(verb) change direction | - |
(verb) turn from a straight course, fixed direction, or line of interest | Synonyms: deflect, turn away |
(verb) bend one's back forward from the waist on down | Synonyms: bow, crouch, stoop |
benday | (verb) reproduce by the Benday process | - |
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benefact | (verb) help as a benefactor | - |
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benefice | (verb) endow with a benefice | - |
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beneficiate | (verb) process (ores or other raw materials), as by reduction | - |
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benefit | (verb) derive a benefit from | Synonyms: gain, profit |
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(verb) be beneficial for | Synonyms: do good |
benficiate | (verb) subject to a reduction process | - |
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benight | (verb) make darker and difficult to perceive by sight | Synonyms: bedim |
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(verb) envelop with social, intellectual, or moral darkness | - |
(verb) overtake with darkness or night | - |
benumb | (verb) make numb or insensitive | Synonyms: blunt, dull, numb |
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betoken | (verb) indicate, as with a sign or an omen | Synonyms: augur, auspicate, bode, forecast, foreshadow, foretell, omen, portend, predict, prefigure, presage, prognosticate |
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(verb) be a signal for or a symptom of | Synonyms: bespeak, indicate, point, signal |
blacken | (verb) make or become black | Synonyms: black, melanise, melanize |
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(verb) burn slightly and superficially so as to affect color | Synonyms: char, scorch, sear |
blench | (verb) turn pale, as if in fear | Synonyms: blanch, pale |
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blend | (verb) mix together different elements | Synonyms: coalesce, combine, commingle, conflate, flux, fuse, immix, meld, merge, mix |
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(verb) combine into one | Synonyms: immingle, intermingle, intermix |
(verb) blend or harmonize | Synonyms: blend in, go |
bottleneck | (verb) become narrow, like a bottleneck | - |
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(verb) slow down or impede by creating an obstruction | - |
brazen | (verb) face with defiance or impudence | - |
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brighten | (verb) make more cheerful through the use of color | Synonyms: lighten, lighten up |
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(verb) become clear | Synonyms: clear, clear up, light up |
brisken | (verb) become brisk | Synonyms: brisk, brisk up |
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broaden | (verb) become broader | - |
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(verb) make broader | - |
(verb) extend in scope or range or area | Synonyms: extend, widen |
(verb) vary in order to spread risk or to expand | Synonyms: branch out, diversify |
burden | (verb) impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to | Synonyms: charge, saddle |
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(verb) weight down with a load | Synonyms: burthen, weight, weight down |
burthen | (verb) weight down with a load | Synonyms: burden, weight, weight down |
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calendar | (verb) enter into a calendar | - |
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calender | (verb) press between rollers or plates so as to smooth, glaze, or thin into sheets | - |
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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 |
carpenter | (verb) work as a carpenter | - |
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catenate | (verb) arrange in a series of rings or chains, as for spores | Synonyms: catenulate |
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catenulate | (verb) arrange in a series of rings or chains, as for spores | Synonyms: catenate |
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cement | (verb) bind or join with or as if with cement | - |
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(verb) make fast as if with cement | - |
(verb) cover or coat with cement | - |
cense | (verb) perfume especially with a censer | Synonyms: incense, thurify |
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censor | (verb) subject to political, religious, or moral censorship | - |
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(verb) forbid the public distribution of (a movie or a newspaper) | Synonyms: ban |
censure | (verb) rebuke formally | Synonyms: criminate, reprimand |
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census | (verb) conduct a census | - |
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center | (verb) direct one's attention on something | Synonyms: centre, concentrate, focus, pore, rivet |
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(verb) move into the center | Synonyms: centre |
(verb) center upon | Synonyms: center on, centre, concentrate on, focus on, revolve about, revolve around |
centralise | (verb) make central | Synonyms: centralize, concentrate |
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centralize | (verb) make central | Synonyms: centralise, concentrate |
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centre | (verb) direct one's attention on something | Synonyms: center, concentrate, focus, pore, rivet |
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(verb) move into the center | Synonyms: center |
(verb) center upon | Synonyms: center, center on, concentrate on, focus on, revolve about, revolve around |
centrifugate | (verb) rotate at very high speed in order to separate the liquids from the solids | Synonyms: centrifuge |
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centrifuge | (verb) rotate at very high speed in order to separate the liquids from the solids | Synonyms: centrifugate |
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challenge | (verb) issue a challenge to | - |
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(verb) take exception to | Synonyms: dispute, gainsay |
(verb) raise a formal objection in a court of law | Synonyms: take exception |
(verb) ask for identification | - |
chasten | (verb) change by restraining or moderating | Synonyms: temper |
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(verb) correct by punishment or discipline | Synonyms: subdue, tame |
(verb) censure severely | Synonyms: castigate, chastise, correct, objurgate |
cheapen | (verb) lower the grade of something; reduce its worth | Synonyms: degrade |
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chickenfight | (verb) fight while sitting on somebody's shoulders | Synonyms: chicken-fight |
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christen | (verb) administer baptism to | Synonyms: baptise, baptize |
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circumvent | (verb) avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues) | Synonyms: dodge, duck, elude, evade, fudge, hedge, parry, put off, sidestep, skirt |
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(verb) beat through cleverness and wit | Synonyms: beat, outfox, outsmart, outwit, overreach |
(verb) surround so as to force to give up | Synonyms: beleaguer, besiege, hem in, surround |
clench | (verb) hold in a tight grasp | Synonyms: clinch |
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(verb) squeeze together tightly | - |
coarsen | (verb) make less subtle or refined | - |
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(verb) make or become coarse or coarser | - |
commence | (verb) take the first step or steps in carrying out an action | Synonyms: begin, get, get down, set about, set out, start, start out |
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(verb) set in motion, cause to start | Synonyms: begin, lead off, start |
(verb) get off the ground | Synonyms: embark on, start, start up |
commend | (verb) express approbation of | - |
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(verb) mention as by way of greeting or to indicate friendship | Synonyms: remember |
(verb) express a good opinion of | Synonyms: recommend |
(verb) give to in charge | - |
(verb) present as worthy of regard, kindness, or confidence | - |
comment | (verb) make or write a comment on | Synonyms: notice, point out, remark |
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(verb) provide interlinear explanations for words or phrases | Synonyms: annotate, gloss |
(verb) explain or interpret something | - |
commentate | (verb) serve as a commentator, as in sportscasting | - |
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(verb) make a commentary on | - |
compartmentalise | (verb) separate into isolated compartments or categories | Synonyms: compartmentalize, cut up |
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compartmentalize | (verb) separate into isolated compartments or categories | Synonyms: compartmentalise, cut up |
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compensate | (verb) make payment to; compensate | Synonyms: recompense, remunerate |
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(verb) make amends for; pay compensation for | Synonyms: indemnify, recompense, repair |
(verb) do or give something to somebody in return | Synonyms: make up, pay, pay off |
(verb) make reparations or amends for | Synonyms: correct, redress, right |
(verb) adjust for | Synonyms: correct, counterbalance, even off, even out, even up, make up |
(verb) make up for shortcomings or a feeling of inferiority by exaggerating good qualities | Synonyms: cover, overcompensate |
complement | (verb) make complete or perfect; supply what is wanting or form the complement to | - |
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compliment | (verb) say something to someone that expresses praise | Synonyms: congratulate |
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(verb) express respect or esteem for | - |
comprehend | (verb) get the meaning of something | Synonyms: apprehend, compass, dig, get the picture, grasp, grok, savvy |
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(verb) to become aware of through the senses | Synonyms: perceive |
(verb) include in scope; include as part of something broader; have as one's sphere or territory | Synonyms: cover, embrace, encompass |
concatenate | (verb) add by linking or joining so as to form a chain or series | - |
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(verb) combine two strings to form a single one | - |
concenter | (verb) bring into focus or alignment; to converge or cause to converge; of ideas or emotions | Synonyms: concentre, focalise, focalize, focus |
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concentrate | (verb) cook until very little liquid is left | Synonyms: boil down, reduce |
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(verb) make denser, stronger, or purer | - |
(verb) make central | Synonyms: centralise, centralize |
(verb) be cooked until very little liquid is left | Synonyms: boil down, decoct, reduce |
(verb) make more concise | Synonyms: condense, digest |
(verb) compress or concentrate | Synonyms: condense, contract |
(verb) direct one's attention on something | Synonyms: center, centre, focus, pore, rivet |
(verb) draw together or meet in one common center | - |
concentre | (verb) bring into focus or alignment; to converge or cause to converge; of ideas or emotions | Synonyms: concenter, focalise, focalize, focus |
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condense | (verb) make more concise | Synonyms: concentrate, digest |
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(verb) undergo condensation; change from a gaseous to a liquid state and fall in drops | Synonyms: distil, distill |
(verb) cause a gas or vapor to change into a liquid | - |
(verb) compress or concentrate | Synonyms: concentrate, contract |
(verb) remove water from | - |
(verb) become more compact or concentrated | - |
(verb) develop due to condensation | - |
condescend | (verb) treat condescendingly | Synonyms: patronise, patronize |
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(verb) do something that one considers to be below one's dignity | Synonyms: deign, descend |
(verb) behave in a patronizing and condescending manner | - |
(verb) debase oneself morally, act in an undignified, unworthy, or dishonorable way | Synonyms: lower oneself, stoop |
consent | (verb) give an affirmative reply to; respond favorably to | Synonyms: accept, go for |
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contend | (verb) to make the subject of dispute, contention, or litigation | Synonyms: contest, repugn |
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(verb) have an argument about something | Synonyms: argue, debate, fence |
(verb) maintain or assert | Synonyms: postulate |
(verb) compete for something; engage in a contest; measure oneself against others | Synonyms: compete, vie |
(verb) be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight | Synonyms: fight, struggle |
(verb) succeed in doing, achieving, or producing (something) with the limited or inadequate means available | Synonyms: cope, deal, get by, grapple, make do, make out, manage |
content | (verb) satisfy in a limited way | - |
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(verb) make content | - |
contravene | (verb) deny the truth of | Synonyms: contradict, negate |
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(verb) go against, as of rules and laws | Synonyms: conflict, infringe, run afoul |
convene | (verb) call together | Synonyms: convoke |
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(verb) meet formally | - |
conventionalise | (verb) make conventional or adapt to conventions | Synonyms: conventionalize |
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conventionalize | (verb) make conventional or adapt to conventions | Synonyms: conventionalise |
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(verb) represent according to a conventional style | Synonyms: stylise, stylize |
countenance | (verb) consent to, give permission; permit | Synonyms: allow, let, permit |
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counterchallenge | (verb) challenge in turn | - |
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covenant | (verb) enter into a covenant or formal agreement | - |
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(verb) enter into a covenant | - |
cozen | (verb) cheat or trick | - |
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(verb) act with artful deceit | - |
(verb) be false to; be dishonest with | Synonyms: deceive, delude, lead on |
crenel | (verb) supply with battlements | Synonyms: crenelate, crenellate |
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crenelate | (verb) supply with battlements | Synonyms: crenel, crenellate |
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crenellate | (verb) supply with battlements | Synonyms: crenel, crenelate |
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crescendo | (verb) grow louder | - |
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crispen | (verb) make brown and crisp by heating | Synonyms: crisp, toast |
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