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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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 |
agnise | (verb) be fully aware or cognizant of | Synonyms: agnize, realise, realize, recognise, recognize |
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agnize | (verb) be fully aware or cognizant of | Synonyms: agnise, realise, realize, recognise, recognize |
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agonise | (verb) suffer agony or anguish | Synonyms: agonize |
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(verb) cause to agonize | Synonyms: agonize |
agonize | (verb) suffer agony or anguish | Synonyms: agonise |
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(verb) cause to agonize | Synonyms: agonise |
alkalinise | (verb) make (a substance) alkaline | Synonyms: alkalinize |
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(verb) become alkaline | Synonyms: alkalinize |
alkalinize | (verb) make (a substance) alkaline | Synonyms: alkalinise |
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(verb) become alkaline | Synonyms: alkalinise |
aluminise | (verb) cover with aluminum | Synonyms: aluminize |
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aluminize | (verb) cover with aluminum | Synonyms: aluminise |
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ammoniate | (verb) treat with ammonia | - |
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ammonify | (verb) treat with ammonia; cause to undergo ammonification | - |
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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 | - |
animalise | (verb) become brutal or insensitive and unfeeling | Synonyms: animalize, brutalise, brutalize |
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(verb) make brutal, unfeeling, or inhuman | Synonyms: animalize, brutalise, brutalize |
(verb) represent in the form of an animal | Synonyms: animalize |
animalize | (verb) become brutal or insensitive and unfeeling | Synonyms: animalise, brutalise, brutalize |
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(verb) make brutal, unfeeling, or inhuman | Synonyms: animalise, brutalise, brutalize |
(verb) represent in the form of an animal | Synonyms: animalise |
animate | (verb) give new life or energy to | Synonyms: quicken, reanimate, recreate, renovate, repair, revive, revivify, vivify |
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(verb) make lively | Synonyms: enliven, invigorate, liven, liven up |
(verb) give lifelike qualities to | Synonyms: animise, animize |
(verb) heighten or intensify | Synonyms: enliven, exalt, inspire, invigorate |
animise | (verb) give lifelike qualities to | Synonyms: animate, animize |
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animize | (verb) give lifelike qualities to | Synonyms: animate, animise |
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annihilate | (verb) kill in large numbers | Synonyms: carry off, decimate, eliminate, eradicate, extinguish, wipe out |
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antagonise | (verb) provoke the hostility of | Synonyms: antagonize |
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(verb) act in opposition to | Synonyms: antagonize, counteract |
antagonize | (verb) provoke the hostility of | Synonyms: antagonise |
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(verb) act in opposition to | Synonyms: antagonise, counteract |
astonish | (verb) affect with wonder | Synonyms: amaze, astound |
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attitudinise | (verb) assume certain affected attitudes | Synonyms: attitudinize |
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attitudinize | (verb) assume certain affected attitudes | Synonyms: attitudinise |
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avianise | (verb) to modify microorganisms by repeated culture in the developing chick embryo | Synonyms: avianize |
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avianize | (verb) to modify microorganisms by repeated culture in the developing chick embryo | Synonyms: avianise |
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banish | (verb) drive away | - |
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(verb) expel, as if by official decree | Synonyms: bar, relegate |
(verb) expel from a community or group | Synonyms: ban, blackball, cast out, ostracise, ostracize, shun |
(verb) ban from a place of residence, as for punishment | Synonyms: ban |
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 | - |
bituminise | (verb) treat with bitumen | Synonyms: bituminize |
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bituminize | (verb) treat with bitumen | Synonyms: bituminise |
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botanise | (verb) collect and study plants | Synonyms: botanize |
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botanize | (verb) collect and study plants | Synonyms: botanise |
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burnish | (verb) polish and make shiny | Synonyms: buff, furbish |
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calumniate | (verb) charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone | Synonyms: asperse, besmirch, defame, denigrate, slander, smear, smirch, sully |
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cannibalise | (verb) eat human flesh | Synonyms: cannibalize |
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(verb) use parts of something to repair something else | Synonyms: cannibalize |
cannibalize | (verb) eat human flesh | Synonyms: cannibalise |
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(verb) use parts of something to repair something else | Synonyms: cannibalise |
canonise | (verb) declare (a dead person) to be a saint | Synonyms: canonize, saint |
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(verb) treat as a sacred person | Synonyms: canonize |
canonize | (verb) declare (a dead person) to be a saint | Synonyms: canonise, saint |
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(verb) treat as a sacred person | Synonyms: canonise |
caponise | (verb) convert a cock into a capon | Synonyms: caponize |
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caponize | (verb) convert a cock into a capon | Synonyms: caponise |
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carbonise | (verb) turn into carbon, as by burning | Synonyms: carbonize |
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(verb) unite with carbon | Synonyms: carbonize, carburise, carburize |
carbonize | (verb) turn into carbon, as by burning | Synonyms: carbonise |
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(verb) unite with carbon | Synonyms: carbonise, carburise, carburize |
carnify | (verb) become muscular or fleshy | - |
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chronicle | (verb) record in chronological order; make a historical record | - |
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cocainise | (verb) anesthetize with cocaine | Synonyms: cocainize |
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cocainize | (verb) anesthetize with cocaine | Synonyms: cocainise |
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cognise | (verb) be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about | Synonyms: cognize, know |
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cognize | (verb) be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about | Synonyms: cognise, know |
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colonise | (verb) settle as colonists or establish a colony (in) | Synonyms: colonize |
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(verb) settle as a colony; of countries in the developing world | Synonyms: colonize |
colonize | (verb) settle as colonists or establish a colony (in) | Synonyms: colonise |
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(verb) settle as a colony; of countries in the developing world | Synonyms: colonise |
communicate | (verb) transmit thoughts or feelings | Synonyms: intercommunicate |
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(verb) transmit information | Synonyms: pass, pass along, pass on, put across |
(verb) be in verbal contact; interchange information or ideas | - |
(verb) receive Communion, in the Catholic church | Synonyms: commune |
(verb) administer Communion; in church | - |
(verb) join or connect | - |
(verb) transfer to another | Synonyms: convey, transmit |
communise | (verb) make into property owned by the state | Synonyms: communize |
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(verb) make Communist or bring in accord with Communist principles | Synonyms: bolshevise, bolshevize, communize |
communize | (verb) make into property owned by the state | Synonyms: communise |
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(verb) make Communist or bring in accord with Communist principles | Synonyms: bolshevise, bolshevize, communise |
companion | (verb) be a companion to somebody | Synonyms: accompany, company, keep company |
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connive | (verb) form intrigues (for) in an underhand manner | Synonyms: intrigue, scheme |
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(verb) encourage or assent to illegally or criminally | - |
cornice | (verb) furnish with a cornice | - |
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cutinize | (verb) convert into cutin | - |
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deaminize | (verb) remove the amino radical (usually by hydrolysis) from an amino compound; to perform deamination | Synonyms: deaminate |
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decarbonise | (verb) remove carbon from (an engine) | Synonyms: decarbonize, decarburise, decarburize, decoke |
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decarbonize | (verb) remove carbon from (an engine) | Synonyms: decarbonise, decarburise, decarburize, decoke |
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decolonise | (verb) grant independence to (a former colony) | Synonyms: decolonize |
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decolonize | (verb) grant independence to (a former colony) | Synonyms: decolonise |
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defeminise | (verb) remove the ovaries of (female mammals such as cats) | Synonyms: defeminize |
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defeminize | (verb) remove the ovaries of (female mammals such as cats) | Synonyms: defeminise |
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dehumanise | (verb) make mechanical or routine | Synonyms: dehumanize |
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(verb) deprive of human qualities | Synonyms: dehumanize |
dehumanize | (verb) make mechanical or routine | Synonyms: dehumanise |
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(verb) deprive of human qualities | Synonyms: dehumanise |
deionize | (verb) deprive of ions | - |
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demasculinise | (verb) remove the testicles of a male animal | Synonyms: castrate, demasculinize, emasculate |
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demasculinize | (verb) remove the testicles of a male animal | Synonyms: castrate, demasculinise, emasculate |
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demonise | (verb) make into a demon | Synonyms: demonize |
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demonize | (verb) make into a demon | Synonyms: demonise |
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denigrate | (verb) cause to seem less serious; play down | Synonyms: belittle, derogate, minimize |
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(verb) charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone | Synonyms: asperse, besmirch, calumniate, defame, slander, smear, smirch, sully |
denitrify | (verb) remove nitrogen from | - |
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derecognise | (verb) cause to be no longer approved or accepted | Synonyms: decertify, derecognize |
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derecognize | (verb) cause to be no longer approved or accepted | Synonyms: decertify, derecognise |
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desalinise | (verb) remove salt from | Synonyms: desalinate, desalinize, desalt |
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desalinize | (verb) remove salt from | Synonyms: desalinate, desalinise, desalt |
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destalinise | (verb) counteract the effects and policies of Stalinism | Synonyms: destalinize |
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destalinize | (verb) counteract the effects and policies of Stalinism | Synonyms: destalinise |
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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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dignify | (verb) raise the status of | - |
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(verb) confer dignity or honor upon | Synonyms: ennoble |
diminish | (verb) decrease in size, extent, or range | Synonyms: decrease, fall, lessen |
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(verb) lessen the authority, dignity, or reputation of | Synonyms: belittle |
disharmonize | (verb) cause to sound harsh and unpleasant | Synonyms: dissonate |
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disorganise | (verb) remove the organization from | Synonyms: disorganize |
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disorganize | (verb) remove the organization from | Synonyms: disorganise |
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disunify | (verb) break up or separate | Synonyms: break apart |
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disunite | (verb) force, take, or pull apart | Synonyms: divide, part, separate |
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(verb) part; cease or break association with | Synonyms: disassociate, disjoint, dissociate, divorce |
ebonise | (verb) stain black to make it look like ebony | Synonyms: ebonize |
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ebonize | (verb) stain black to make it look like ebony | Synonyms: ebonise |
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effeminise | (verb) to give a (more) feminine, effeminate, or womanly quality or appearance to | Synonyms: effeminize, feminise, feminize, womanize |
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effeminize | (verb) to give a (more) feminine, effeminate, or womanly quality or appearance to | Synonyms: effeminise, feminise, feminize, womanize |
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eternise | (verb) make famous forever | Synonyms: eternalise, eternalize, eternize, immortalise, immortalize |
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eternize | (verb) make famous forever | Synonyms: eternalise, eternalize, eternise, immortalise, immortalize |
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(verb) cause to continue indefinitely | - |
euthanise | (verb) intentionally cause the painless death of a person or animal | Synonyms: euthanatise, euthanatize, euthanize, mercy kill |
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euthanize | (verb) intentionally cause the painless death of a person or animal | Synonyms: euthanatise, euthanatize, euthanise, mercy kill |
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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 | - |
feminise | (verb) to give a (more) feminine, effeminate, or womanly quality or appearance to | Synonyms: effeminise, effeminize, feminize, womanize |
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(verb) assume (more) feminine characteristics | Synonyms: feminize |
feminize | (verb) to give a (more) feminine, effeminate, or womanly quality or appearance to | Synonyms: effeminise, effeminize, feminise, womanize |
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(verb) assume (more) feminine characteristics | Synonyms: feminise |