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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agonise | (verb) suffer agony or anguish | Synonyms: agonize |
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(verb) cause to agonize | Synonyms: agonize |
alkalinise | (verb) make (a substance) alkaline | Synonyms: alkalinize |
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(verb) become alkaline | Synonyms: alkalinize |
aluminise | (verb) cover with aluminum | Synonyms: aluminize |
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antagonise | (verb) provoke the hostility of | Synonyms: antagonize |
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(verb) act in opposition to | Synonyms: antagonize, 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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avianise | (verb) to modify microorganisms by repeated culture in the developing chick embryo | Synonyms: avianize |
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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 |
bituminise | (verb) treat with bitumen | Synonyms: bituminize |
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botanise | (verb) collect and study plants | Synonyms: botanize |
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burnish | (verb) polish and make shiny | Synonyms: buff, furbish |
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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 |
caponise | (verb) convert a cock into a capon | Synonyms: caponize |
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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 |
cocainise | (verb) anesthetize with cocaine | Synonyms: cocainize |
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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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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 |
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 |
decarbonise | (verb) remove carbon from (an engine) | Synonyms: decarbonize, decarburise, decarburize, decoke |
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decolonise | (verb) grant independence to (a former colony) | Synonyms: decolonize |
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defeminise | (verb) remove the ovaries of (female mammals such as cats) | Synonyms: defeminize |
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dehumanise | (verb) make mechanical or routine | Synonyms: dehumanize |
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(verb) deprive of human qualities | Synonyms: dehumanize |
demasculinise | (verb) remove the testicles of a male animal | Synonyms: castrate, demasculinize, emasculate |
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demonise | (verb) make into a demon | Synonyms: demonize |
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derecognise | (verb) cause to be no longer approved or accepted | Synonyms: decertify, derecognize |
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desalinise | (verb) remove salt from | Synonyms: desalinate, desalinize, desalt |
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destalinise | (verb) counteract the effects and policies of Stalinism | Synonyms: destalinize |
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desynchronise | (verb) cause to become desynchronized; cause to occur at unrelated times | Synonyms: desynchronize |
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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 |
disorganise | (verb) remove the organization from | Synonyms: disorganize |
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ebonise | (verb) stain black to make it look like ebony | Synonyms: ebonize |
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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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eternise | (verb) make famous forever | Synonyms: eternalise, eternalize, eternize, immortalise, immortalize |
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euthanise | (verb) intentionally cause the painless death of a person or animal | Synonyms: euthanatise, euthanatize, euthanize, mercy kill |
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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 |
finish | (verb) finally be or do something | Synonyms: end up, fetch up, finish up, land up, wind up |
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(verb) come or bring to a finish or an end | Synonyms: complete |
(verb) cause to finish a relationship with somebody | - |
(verb) finish eating all the food on one's plate or on the table | Synonyms: eat up, polish off |
(verb) provide with a finish | - |
(verb) have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical | Synonyms: cease, end, stop, terminate |
fraternise | (verb) be on friendly terms with someone, as if with a brother, especially with an enemy | Synonyms: fraternize |
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furnish | (verb) give something useful or necessary to | Synonyms: offer, provide, render, supply |
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(verb) provide or equip with furniture | - |
galvanise | (verb) stimulate (muscles) by administering a shock | Synonyms: galvanize |
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(verb) cover with zinc | Synonyms: galvanize |
(verb) to stimulate to action | Synonyms: galvanize, startle |
garnish | (verb) decorate (food), as with parsley or other ornamental foods | Synonyms: dress, trim |
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(verb) take a debtor's wages on legal orders, such as for child support | Synonyms: garnishee |
garnishee | (verb) take a debtor's wages on legal orders, such as for child support | Synonyms: garnish |
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gelatinise | (verb) become gelatinous or change into a jelly | Synonyms: gelatinize |
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(verb) convert into gelatinous form or jelly | Synonyms: gelatinize |
gluttonise | (verb) eat a lot and without restraint | Synonyms: fress, gluttonize |
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harmonise | (verb) bring into consonance, harmony, or accord while making music or singing | Synonyms: chord, harmonize |
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(verb) bring into consonance or accord | Synonyms: harmonize, reconcile |
(verb) bring (several things) into consonance or relate harmoniously | Synonyms: harmonize |
(verb) sing or play in harmony | Synonyms: harmonize |
(verb) write a harmony for | Synonyms: harmonize |
(verb) go together | Synonyms: accord, agree, concord, consort, fit in, harmonize |
homogenise | (verb) become homogeneous or similar, as by mixing | Synonyms: homogenize |
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(verb) cause to become equal or homogeneous as by mixing | Synonyms: homogenize |
(verb) break up the fat globules of | Synonyms: homogenize |
humanise | (verb) make more humane | Synonyms: humanize |
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hygienise | (verb) make sanitary by cleaning or sterilizing | Synonyms: hygienize, sanitise, sanitize |
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immunise | (verb) perform vaccinations or produce immunity in by inoculation | Synonyms: immunize, inoculate, vaccinate |
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(verb) grant immunity from prosecution | Synonyms: immunize |
ionise | (verb) convert into ions | Synonyms: ionize |
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(verb) become converted into ions | Synonyms: ionize |
keratinise | (verb) become horny and impregnated with keratin | Synonyms: keratinize |
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(verb) convert into keratin | Synonyms: keratinize |
latinise | (verb) cause to adopt Catholicism | Synonyms: catholicise, catholicize, latinize |
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lionise | (verb) assign great social importance to | Synonyms: celebrate, lionize |
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masculinise | (verb) produce virilism in or cause to assume masculine characteristics, as through a hormonal imbalance or hormone therapy | Synonyms: masculinize, virilise, virilize |
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mechanise | (verb) make mechanical | Synonyms: mechanize |
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(verb) make monotonous; make automatic or routine | Synonyms: mechanize |
(verb) equip with armed and armored motor vehicles | Synonyms: mechanize, motorise, motorize |
melanise | (verb) make or become black | Synonyms: black, blacken, melanize |
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(verb) convert into, or infiltrate with melanin | Synonyms: melanize |
minister | (verb) work as a minister | - |
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(verb) attend to the wants and needs of others | - |
modernise | (verb) make repairs, renovations, revisions or adjustments to | Synonyms: modernize, overhaul |
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(verb) become technologically advanced | Synonyms: develop, modernize |
monish | (verb) advise or counsel in terms of someone's behavior | Synonyms: admonish, discourage, warn |
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(verb) warn strongly; put on guard | Synonyms: admonish, caution |
nitrogenise | (verb) treat with nitrogen or a nitrogen compound | Synonyms: nitrify, nitrogenize |
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organise | (verb) bring order and organization to | Synonyms: coordinate, organize |
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(verb) plan and direct (a complex undertaking) | Synonyms: direct, engineer, mastermind, orchestrate, organize |
(verb) arrange by systematic planning and united effort | Synonyms: devise, get up, machinate, organize, prepare |
(verb) cause to be structured or ordered or operating according to some principle or idea | Synonyms: organize |
(verb) create (as an entity) | Synonyms: form, organize |
(verb) form or join a union | Synonyms: organize, unionise, unionize |
oxygenise | (verb) impregnate, combine, or supply with oxygen | Synonyms: aerate, oxygenate, oxygenize |
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(verb) dehydrogenate with oxygen | Synonyms: oxygenize |
(verb) change (a compound) by increasing the proportion of the electronegative part; or change (an element or ion) from a lower to a higher positive valence: remove one or more electrons from (an atom, ion, or molecule) | Synonyms: oxygenize |
ozonise | (verb) convert (oxygen) into ozone | Synonyms: ozonize |
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paganise | (verb) make pagan in character | Synonyms: paganize |
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patinise | (verb) coat with a patina | Synonyms: patinate, patinize |
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patronise | (verb) be a regular customer or client of | Synonyms: keep going, patronage, patronize, support |
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(verb) treat condescendingly | Synonyms: condescend, patronize |
(verb) assume sponsorship of | Synonyms: patronize, sponsor |
(verb) do one's shopping at; do business with; be a customer or client of | Synonyms: buy at, frequent, patronize, shop, shop at, sponsor |
punish | (verb) impose a penalty on; inflict punishment on | Synonyms: penalise, penalize |
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recognise | (verb) perceive to be the same | Synonyms: recognize |
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(verb) be fully aware or cognizant of | Synonyms: agnise, agnize, realise, realize, recognize |
(verb) accept (someone) to be what is claimed or accept his power and authority | Synonyms: acknowledge, know, recognize |
(verb) express obligation, thanks, or gratitude for | Synonyms: acknowledge, recognize |
(verb) express greetings upon meeting someone | Synonyms: greet, recognize |
(verb) detect with the senses | Synonyms: discern, distinguish, make out, pick out, recognize, spot, tell apart |
(verb) grant credentials to | Synonyms: accredit, recognize |
(verb) show approval or appreciation of | Synonyms: recognize |
refinish | (verb) give a new surface | - |
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refurnish | (verb) furnish with new or different furniture | - |
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reharmonise | (verb) provide with a different harmony | Synonyms: reharmonize |
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reminisce | (verb) recall the past | - |
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reorganise | (verb) organize anew | Synonyms: reorganize, shake up |
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(verb) organize anew, as after a setback | Synonyms: regroup, reorganize |
replenish | (verb) fill something that had previously been emptied | Synonyms: fill again, refill |
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revolutionise | (verb) change radically | Synonyms: overturn, revolutionize |
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(verb) fill with revolutionary ideas | Synonyms: inspire, revolutionize |
scrutinise | (verb) examine carefully for accuracy with the intent of verification | Synonyms: audit, inspect, scrutinize |
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(verb) to look at critically or searchingly, or in minute detail | Synonyms: scrutinize, size up, take stock |
sermonise | (verb) speak as if delivering a sermon; express moral judgements | Synonyms: moralise, moralize, preachify, sermonize |
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shamanise | (verb) practice shamanism | Synonyms: shamanize |
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solemnise | (verb) make solemn and grave | Synonyms: solemnize |
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(verb) observe or perform with dignity or gravity | Synonyms: solemnize |
(verb) perform (the wedding ceremony) with proper ceremonies | Synonyms: solemnize |
stalinise | (verb) transform in accordance with Stalin's policies | Synonyms: stalinize |
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suburbanise | (verb) make suburban in character | Synonyms: suburbanize |
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(verb) take on suburban character | Synonyms: suburbanize |
symphonise | (verb) play or sound together, in harmony | Synonyms: symphonize |
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synchronise | (verb) make synchronous and adjust in time or manner | Synonyms: sync, synchronize |
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(verb) operate simultaneously | Synonyms: synchronize |
(verb) cause to indicate the same time or rate | Synonyms: synchronize |
(verb) arrange or represent events so that they co-occur | Synonyms: contemporise, contemporize, synchronize |
(verb) make (motion picture sound) exactly simultaneous with the action | Synonyms: synchronize |
(verb) happen at the same time | Synonyms: contemporise, contemporize, synchronize |
tarnish | (verb) make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air; also used metaphorically | Synonyms: defile, maculate, stain, sully |
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tyrannise | (verb) rule or exercise power over (somebody) in a cruel and autocratic manner | Synonyms: domineer, tyrannize |
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(verb) rule a country as a tyrant | Synonyms: grind down, tyrannize |
unionise | (verb) form or join a union | Synonyms: organise, organize, unionize |
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(verb) recruit for a union or organize into a union | Synonyms: unionize |
urbanise | (verb) make more industrial or city-like | Synonyms: urbanize |
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(verb) impart urban habits, ways of life, or responsibilities upon | Synonyms: urbanize |
vanish | (verb) get lost, as without warning or explanation | Synonyms: disappear, go away |
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(verb) decrease rapidly and disappear | Synonyms: fly, vaporize |
(verb) cease to exist | Synonyms: disappear |
(verb) pass away rapidly | Synonyms: fell, fly |
(verb) become invisible or unnoticeable | Synonyms: disappear, go away |
varnish | (verb) cover with varnish | Synonyms: seal |
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vitaminise | (verb) add vitamins as a supplement | Synonyms: vitaminize |
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vulcanise | (verb) undergo vulcanization | Synonyms: vulcanize |
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(verb) subject to vulcanization | Synonyms: vulcanize |
westernise | (verb) make western in character | Synonyms: occidentalise, occidentalize, westernize |
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womanise | (verb) have amorous affairs; of men | Synonyms: philander, womanize |
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