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 |
affiance | (verb) give to in marriage | Synonyms: betroth, engage, plight |
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affranchise | (verb) grant freedom to; as from slavery or servitude | Synonyms: enfranchise |
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allowance | (verb) put on a fixed allowance, as of food | - |
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anchor | (verb) secure a vessel with an anchor | Synonyms: cast anchor, drop anchor |
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(verb) fix firmly and stably | Synonyms: ground |
ancylose | (verb) undergo ankylosis | Synonyms: ankylose |
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(verb) produce ankylosis by surgery | Synonyms: ankylose |
announce | (verb) make known; make an announcement | Synonyms: denote |
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(verb) foreshadow or presage | Synonyms: annunciate, foretell, harbinger, herald |
(verb) announce publicly or officially | Synonyms: declare |
(verb) give the names of | - |
annunciate | (verb) foreshadow or presage | Synonyms: announce, foretell, harbinger, herald |
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avalanche | (verb) gather into a huge mass and roll down a mountain, of snow | Synonyms: roll down |
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balance | (verb) hold or carry in equilibrium | Synonyms: poise |
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(verb) compute credits and debits of an account | - |
(verb) bring into balance or equilibrium | Synonyms: equilibrate, equilibrise, equilibrize |
(verb) be in equilibrium | - |
bechance | (verb) happen, occur, or be the case in the course of events or by chance | Synonyms: befall, happen |
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(verb) become of; happen to | Synonyms: befall, betide |
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 | - |
blanch | (verb) turn pale, as if in fear | Synonyms: blench, pale |
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(verb) cook (vegetables) briefly | Synonyms: parboil |
blench | (verb) turn pale, as if in fear | Synonyms: blanch, pale |
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bounce | (verb) eject from the premises | - |
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(verb) hit something so that it bounces | - |
(verb) spring back; spring away from an impact | Synonyms: bound, rebound, recoil, resile, reverberate, ricochet, spring, take a hop |
(verb) leap suddenly | - |
(verb) move up and down repeatedly | Synonyms: jounce |
(verb) come back after being refused | - |
(verb) refuse to accept and send back | - |
branch | (verb) divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork | Synonyms: fork, furcate, ramify, separate |
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(verb) grow and send out branches or branch-like structures | Synonyms: ramify |
brunch | (verb) eat a meal in the late morning | - |
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bunch | (verb) gather or cause to gather into a cluster | Synonyms: bundle, clump, cluster |
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(verb) form into a bunch | Synonyms: bunch together, bunch up |
bunco | (verb) deprive of by deceit | Synonyms: con, defraud, diddle, goldbrick, hornswoggle, mulct, nobble, rook, scam, short-change, swindle, victimize |
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cancel | (verb) make invalid for use | Synonyms: invalidate |
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(verb) remove or make invisible | Synonyms: delete |
(verb) declare null and void; make ineffective | Synonyms: strike down |
(verb) postpone indefinitely or annul something that was scheduled | Synonyms: call off, scratch, scrub |
(verb) make up for | Synonyms: offset, set off |
chance | (verb) come upon, as if by accident; meet with | Synonyms: bump, encounter, find, happen |
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(verb) take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome | Synonyms: adventure, gamble, hazard, risk, run a risk, take a chance, take chances |
(verb) be the case by chance | - |
chiromance | (verb) divine by reading someone's palms | - |
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cinch | (verb) get a grip on; get mastery of | - |
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(verb) make sure of | - |
(verb) tie a cinch around | Synonyms: girth |
clench | (verb) hold in a tight grasp | Synonyms: clinch |
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(verb) squeeze together tightly | - |
clinch | (verb) settle conclusively | - |
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(verb) flatten the ends (of nails and rivets) | - |
(verb) secure or fasten by flattening the ends of nails or bolts | - |
(verb) hold in a tight grasp | Synonyms: clench |
(verb) embrace amorously | - |
(verb) hold a boxing opponent with one or both arms so as to prevent punches | - |
coincide | (verb) happen simultaneously | Synonyms: concur |
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(verb) go with, fall together | Synonyms: co-occur, cooccur |
(verb) be the same | - |
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 |
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 | - |
conceal | (verb) hold back; keep from being perceived by others | Synonyms: hold back, hold in |
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(verb) prevent from being seen or discovered | Synonyms: hide |
concede | (verb) admit (to a wrongdoing) | Synonyms: confess, profess |
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(verb) be willing to concede | Synonyms: grant, yield |
(verb) acknowledge defeat | - |
(verb) give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another | Synonyms: cede, grant, yield |
conceive | (verb) become pregnant; undergo conception | - |
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(verb) judge or regard; look upon; judge | Synonyms: believe, consider, think |
(verb) have the idea for | Synonyms: conceptualise, conceptualize, gestate |
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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conceptualise | (verb) have the idea for | Synonyms: conceive, conceptualize, gestate |
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conceptualize | (verb) have the idea for | Synonyms: conceive, conceptualise, gestate |
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concern | (verb) be relevant to | Synonyms: bear on, come to, have to do with, pertain, refer, relate, touch, touch on |
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(verb) be on the mind of | Synonyms: interest, occupy, worry |
concert | (verb) settle by agreement | - |
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(verb) contrive (a plan) by mutual agreement | - |
concertina | (verb) collapse like a concertina | - |
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concertise | (verb) give concerts; perform in concerts | Synonyms: concertize |
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concertize | (verb) give concerts; perform in concerts | Synonyms: concertise |
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conciliate | (verb) make (one thing) compatible with (another) | Synonyms: accommodate, reconcile |
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(verb) come to terms | Synonyms: make up, patch up, reconcile, settle |
(verb) cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of | Synonyms: appease, assuage, gentle, gruntle, lenify, mollify, pacify, placate |
conclude | (verb) decide by reasoning; draw or come to a conclusion | Synonyms: reason, reason out |
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(verb) bring to a close | - |
(verb) reach a conclusion after a discussion or deliberation | Synonyms: resolve |
(verb) reach agreement on | - |
(verb) come to a close | Synonyms: close |
concoct | (verb) make a concoction (of) by mixing | - |
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(verb) devise or invent | Synonyms: dream up, hatch, think of, think up |
(verb) prepare or cook by mixing ingredients | Synonyms: cook up |
(verb) invent | Synonyms: trump up |
concord | (verb) be in accord; be in agreement | Synonyms: agree, concur, hold |
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(verb) arrange the words of a text so as to create a concordance | - |
(verb) arrange by concord or agreement | - |
(verb) go together | Synonyms: accord, agree, consort, fit in, harmonise, harmonize |
concrete | (verb) form into a solid mass; coalesce | - |
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(verb) cover with cement | - |
concretise | (verb) become specific | Synonyms: concretize |
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concretize | (verb) become specific | Synonyms: concretise |
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(verb) make something concrete | - |
concur | (verb) happen simultaneously | Synonyms: coincide |
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(verb) be in accord; be in agreement | Synonyms: agree, concord, hold |
concuss | (verb) injure the brain; sustain a concussion | - |
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(verb) shake violently | - |
contradance | (verb) perform a contradance | Synonyms: contra danse, contredanse, country-dance |
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convince | (verb) make (someone) agree, understand, or realize the truth or validity of something | Synonyms: convert, win over |
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countenance | (verb) consent to, give permission; permit | Synonyms: allow, let, permit |
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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 |
cranch | (verb) press or grind with a crushing noise | Synonyms: craunch, crunch, grind |
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craunch | (verb) press or grind with a crushing noise | Synonyms: cranch, crunch, grind |
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crunch | (verb) reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading | Synonyms: bray, comminute, grind, mash |
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(verb) make a crushing noise | Synonyms: crackle, scranch, scraunch |
(verb) crush with the teeth, making a grinding sound | Synonyms: munch |
(verb) press or grind with a crushing noise | Synonyms: cranch, craunch, grind |
dance | (verb) move in a pattern; usually to musical accompaniment; do or perform a dance | Synonyms: trip the light fantastic, trip the light fantastic toe |
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(verb) move in a graceful and rhythmical way | - |
(verb) skip, leap, or move up and down or sideways | - |
deconcentrate | (verb) make less central | Synonyms: decentralise, decentralize |
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denounce | (verb) speak out against | - |
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(verb) give away information about somebody | Synonyms: betray, give away, grass, rat, shit, shop, snitch, stag, tell on |
(verb) announce the termination of, as of treaties | - |
(verb) to accuse or condemn or openly or formally or brand as disgraceful | Synonyms: brand, mark, stigmatise, stigmatize |
desynchronise | (verb) cause to become desynchronized; cause to occur at unrelated times | Synonyms: desynchronize |
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desynchronize | (verb) cause to become desynchronized; cause to occur at unrelated times | Synonyms: desynchronise |
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disconcert | (verb) cause to lose one's composure | Synonyms: discomfit, discompose, untune, upset |
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(verb) cause to feel embarrassment | Synonyms: confuse, flurry, put off |
discountenance | (verb) show disapproval by discouraging | - |
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(verb) look with disfavor on | - |
disenchant | (verb) free from enchantment | Synonyms: disillusion |
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disencumber | (verb) release from entanglement of difficulty | Synonyms: disentangle, extricate, untangle |
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disenfranchise | (verb) deprive of voting rights | Synonyms: disfranchise |
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disfranchise | (verb) deprive of voting rights | Synonyms: disenfranchise |
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disincarnate | (verb) make immaterial; remove the real essence of | - |
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disincline | (verb) make unwilling | Synonyms: indispose |
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distance | (verb) go far ahead of | Synonyms: outdistance, outstrip |
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(verb) keep at a distance | - |
drench | (verb) cover with liquid; pour liquid onto | Synonyms: douse, dowse, soak, sop, souse |
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(verb) permeate or impregnate | Synonyms: imbrue |
(verb) force to drink | - |
(verb) drench or submerge or be drenched or submerged | Synonyms: swamp |
emancipate | (verb) free from slavery or servitude | Synonyms: manumit |
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(verb) give equal rights to; of women and minorities | Synonyms: liberate |
encamp | (verb) live in or as if in a tent | Synonyms: bivouac, camp, camp out, tent |
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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 | - |
encase | (verb) enclose in, or as if in, a case | Synonyms: case, incase |
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enchain | (verb) restrain or bind with chains | - |
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enchant | (verb) cast a spell over someone or something; put a hex on someone or something | Synonyms: bewitch, glamour, hex, jinx, witch |
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(verb) hold spellbound | Synonyms: delight, enrapture, enthral, enthrall, ravish, transport |
(verb) attract; cause to be enamored | Synonyms: becharm, beguile, bewitch, captivate, capture, catch, charm, enamor, enamour, entrance, fascinate, trance |
encipher | (verb) convert ordinary language into code | Synonyms: cipher, code, cypher, encrypt, inscribe, write in code |
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encircle | (verb) bind with something round or circular | Synonyms: gird |
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(verb) form or draw a circle around | Synonyms: circle |
enclose | (verb) place, fit, or thrust (something) into another thing | Synonyms: inclose, insert, introduce, put in, stick in |
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(verb) surround completely | Synonyms: close in, inclose, shut in |
(verb) enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering | Synonyms: enfold, envelop, enwrap, wrap |
(verb) close in | Synonyms: confine, hold in |
enclothe | (verb) provide with clothes or put clothes on | Synonyms: apparel, clothe, dress, fit out, garb, garment, habilitate, raiment, tog |
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encode | (verb) convert information into code | - |
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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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encore | (verb) request an encore, from a performer | - |
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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 |
encrimson | (verb) make crimson | - |
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encroach | (verb) advance beyond the usual limit | Synonyms: impinge, infringe |
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(verb) impinge or infringe upon | Synonyms: entrench, impinge, trench |
encrust | (verb) form a crust or a hard layer | Synonyms: incrust |
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(verb) cover or coat with a crust | Synonyms: incrust |
(verb) decorate or cover lavishly (as with gems) | Synonyms: beset, incrust |
encrypt | (verb) convert ordinary language into code | Synonyms: cipher, code, cypher, encipher, inscribe, write in code |
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encumber | (verb) restrict (someone or something) so as to make free movement difficult | Synonyms: cumber, restrain |
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enfranchise | (verb) grant voting rights | - |
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(verb) grant freedom to; as from slavery or servitude | Synonyms: affranchise |
enhance | (verb) increase the level of | Synonyms: heighten, raise |
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(verb) make better or more attractive | - |
enounce | (verb) speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way | Synonyms: articulate, enunciate, pronounce, say, sound out |
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ensconce | (verb) fix firmly | Synonyms: settle |
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entrance | (verb) put into a trance | Synonyms: spellbind |
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(verb) attract; cause to be enamored | Synonyms: becharm, beguile, bewitch, captivate, capture, catch, charm, enamor, enamour, enchant, fascinate, trance |
entrench | (verb) fix firmly or securely | Synonyms: intrench |
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(verb) occupy a trench or secured area | Synonyms: dig in |
(verb) impinge or infringe upon | Synonyms: encroach, impinge, trench |
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 |
evidence | (verb) provide evidence for; stand as proof of; show by one's behavior, attitude, or external attributes | Synonyms: attest, certify, demonstrate, manifest |
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(verb) provide evidence for | Synonyms: bear witness, prove, show, testify |
(verb) give evidence | Synonyms: tell |