| abandon | (verb) leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch | Synonyms: desert, desolate, forsake |
|---|
| (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 |
| abhor | (verb) find repugnant | Synonyms: abominate, execrate, loathe |
|---|
| abolish | (verb) do away with | Synonyms: get rid of |
|---|
| abominate | (verb) find repugnant | Synonyms: abhor, execrate, loathe |
|---|
| abort | (verb) terminate a pregnancy by undergoing an abortion | - |
|---|
| (verb) cease development, die, and be aborted | - |
| (verb) terminate before completion | - |
| abound | (verb) be abundant or plentiful; exist in large quantities | - |
|---|
| (verb) be in a state of movement or action | Synonyms: bristle, burst |
| abrogate | (verb) revoke formally | - |
|---|
| abscond | (verb) run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along | Synonyms: absquatulate, bolt, decamp, go off, make off, run off |
|---|
| absolve | (verb) let off the hook | Synonyms: free |
|---|
| (verb) grant remission of a sin to | Synonyms: shrive |
| absorb | (verb) cause to become one with | - |
|---|
| (verb) take up mentally | Synonyms: assimilate, ingest, take in |
| (verb) consume all of one's attention or time | Synonyms: engage, engross, occupy |
| (verb) devote (oneself) fully to | Synonyms: engross, engulf, immerse, plunge, soak up, steep |
| (verb) take in, also metaphorically | Synonyms: draw, imbibe, soak up, sop up, suck, suck up, take in, take up |
| (verb) become imbued | - |
| (verb) assimilate or take in | - |
| (verb) take up, as of debts or payments | Synonyms: take over |
| (verb) suck or take up or in | Synonyms: take in |
| accession | (verb) make a record of additions to a collection, such as a library | - |
|---|
| accommodate | (verb) make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose | Synonyms: adapt |
|---|
| (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 |
| accompany | (verb) perform an accompaniment to | Synonyms: follow, play along |
|---|
| (verb) go or travel along with | - |
| (verb) be present or associated with an event or entity | Synonyms: attach to, come with, go with |
| (verb) be a companion to somebody | Synonyms: companion, company, keep company |
| accomplish | (verb) put in effect | Synonyms: action, carry out, carry through, execute, fulfil, fulfill |
|---|
| (verb) to gain with effort | Synonyms: achieve, attain, reach |
| accord | (verb) allow to have | Synonyms: allot, grant |
|---|
| (verb) go together | Synonyms: agree, concord, consort, fit in, harmonise, harmonize |
| accost | (verb) approach with an offer of sexual favors | Synonyms: hook, solicit |
|---|
| (verb) speak to someone | Synonyms: address, come up to |
| account | (verb) furnish a justifying analysis or explanation | Synonyms: answer for |
|---|
| (verb) to give an account or representation of in words | Synonyms: describe, report |
| (verb) keep an account of | Synonyms: calculate |
| (verb) be the sole or primary factor in the existence, acquisition, supply, or disposal of something | - |
| accouter | (verb) provide with military equipment | Synonyms: accoutre |
|---|
| accoutre | (verb) provide with military equipment | Synonyms: accouter |
|---|
| accustom | (verb) make psychologically or physically used (to something) | Synonyms: habituate |
|---|
| achromatise | (verb) remove color from | Synonyms: achromatize |
|---|
| achromatize | (verb) remove color from | Synonyms: achromatise |
|---|
| acknowledge | (verb) accept as legally binding and valid | - |
|---|
| (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 |
| action | (verb) put in effect | Synonyms: accomplish, carry out, carry through, execute, fulfil, fulfill |
|---|
| (verb) institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against | Synonyms: litigate, process, sue |
| adjoin | (verb) attach or add | - |
|---|
| (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 |
|---|
| (verb) break from a meeting or gathering | Synonyms: retire, withdraw |
| admonish | (verb) take to task | Synonyms: reproof, reprove |
|---|
| (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 | - |
|---|
| adopt | (verb) take into one's family | Synonyms: take in |
|---|
| (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 | - |
|---|
| adorn | (verb) make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc. | Synonyms: beautify, decorate, embellish, grace, ornament |
|---|
| (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 | - |
|---|
| advocate | (verb) push for something | Synonyms: recommend, urge |
|---|
| (verb) speak, plead, or argue in favor of | Synonyms: preach |
| aerosolise | (verb) disperse as an aerosol | Synonyms: aerosolize |
|---|
| (verb) become dispersed as an aerosol | Synonyms: aerosolize |
| aerosolize | (verb) disperse as an aerosol | Synonyms: aerosolise |
|---|
| (verb) become dispersed as an aerosol | Synonyms: aerosolise |
| afford | (verb) be able to spare or give up | - |
|---|
| (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 | - |
| afforest | (verb) establish a forest on previously unforested land | Synonyms: forest |
|---|
| affront | (verb) treat, mention, or speak to rudely | Synonyms: diss, insult |
|---|
| agglomerate | (verb) form into one cluster | - |
|---|
| aggroup | (verb) form a group or group together | Synonyms: group |
|---|
| agonise | (verb) suffer agony or anguish | Synonyms: agonize |
|---|
| (verb) cause to agonize | Synonyms: agonize |
| agonize | (verb) suffer agony or anguish | Synonyms: agonise |
|---|
| (verb) cause to agonize | Synonyms: agonise |
| alcoholise | (verb) make alcoholic, as by fermenting | Synonyms: alcoholize |
|---|
| (verb) treat or infuse with alcohol | Synonyms: alcoholize |
| alcoholize | (verb) make alcoholic, as by fermenting | Synonyms: alcoholise |
|---|
| (verb) treat or infuse with alcohol | Synonyms: alcoholise |
| (verb) subject to the influence of alcohol | - |
| allegorise | (verb) make into an allegory | Synonyms: allegorize |
|---|
| (verb) interpret as an allegory | Synonyms: allegorize |
| allegorize | (verb) make into an allegory | Synonyms: allegorise |
|---|
| (verb) interpret as an allegory | Synonyms: allegorise |
| alligator | (verb) crack and acquire the appearance of alligator hide, as from weathering or improper application; of paint and varnishes | - |
|---|
| allocate | (verb) distribute according to a plan or set apart for a special purpose | Synonyms: apportion |
|---|
| allot | (verb) allow to have | Synonyms: accord, grant |
|---|
| (verb) give out | Synonyms: assign, portion |
| (verb) administer or bestow, as in small portions | Synonyms: administer, deal, deal out, dish out, dispense, distribute, dole out, lot, mete out, parcel out, shell out |
| allow | (verb) allow or plan for a certain possibility; concede the truth or validity of something | Synonyms: take into account |
|---|
| (verb) give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause | Synonyms: appropriate, earmark, reserve, set aside |
| (verb) consent to, give permission; permit | Synonyms: countenance, let, permit |
| (verb) allow the presence of or allow (an activity) without opposing or prohibiting | Synonyms: permit, tolerate |
| (verb) let have | Synonyms: grant |
| (verb) grant as a discount or in exchange | - |
| (verb) make it possible through a specific action or lack of action for something to happen | Synonyms: let, permit |
| (verb) allow the other (baseball) team to score | Synonyms: give up |
| (verb) make a possibility or provide opportunity for; permit to be attainable or cause to remain | Synonyms: allow for, leave, provide |
| (verb) afford possibility | Synonyms: admit |
| allowance | (verb) put on a fixed allowance, as of food | - |
|---|
| alloy | (verb) lower in value by increasing the base-metal content | Synonyms: debase |
|---|
| (verb) make an alloy of | - |
| ambition | (verb) have as one's ambition | - |
|---|
| ameliorate | (verb) get better | Synonyms: better, improve, meliorate |
|---|
| (verb) to make better | Synonyms: amend, better, improve, meliorate |
| ammoniate | (verb) treat with ammonia | - |
|---|
| ammonify | (verb) treat with ammonia; cause to undergo ammonification | - |
|---|
| amortise | (verb) liquidate gradually | Synonyms: amortize |
|---|
| amortize | (verb) liquidate gradually | Synonyms: amortise |
|---|
| amount | (verb) to measure up to in kind or quality | Synonyms: add up, come |
|---|
| (verb) add up in number or quantity | Synonyms: add up, come, number, total |
| (verb) be tantamount or equivalent to | - |
| analogise | (verb) make an analogy | Synonyms: analogize |
|---|
| analogize | (verb) make an analogy | Synonyms: analogise |
|---|
| anastomose | (verb) cause to join or open into each other by anastomosis | Synonyms: inosculate |
|---|
| (verb) come together or open into each other | Synonyms: inosculate |
| anatomise | (verb) dissect in order to analyze | Synonyms: anatomize |
|---|
| anatomize | (verb) analyze down to the smallest detail | - |
|---|
| (verb) dissect in order to analyze | Synonyms: anatomise |
| anchor | (verb) secure a vessel with an anchor | Synonyms: cast anchor, drop anchor |
|---|
| (verb) fix firmly and stably | Synonyms: ground |
| ancylose | (verb) undergo ankylosis | Synonyms: ankylose |
|---|
| (verb) produce ankylosis by surgery | Synonyms: ankylose |
| ankylose | (verb) undergo ankylosis | Synonyms: ancylose |
|---|
| (verb) produce ankylosis by surgery | Synonyms: ancylose |
| annotate | (verb) provide interlinear explanations for words or phrases | Synonyms: comment, gloss |
|---|
| (verb) add explanatory notes to or supply with critical comments | Synonyms: footnote |
| announce | (verb) make known; make an announcement | Synonyms: denote |
|---|
| (verb) foreshadow or presage | Synonyms: annunciate, foretell, harbinger, herald |
| (verb) announce publicly or officially | Synonyms: declare |
| (verb) give the names of | - |
| annoy | (verb) cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations | Synonyms: bother, chafe, devil, get at, get to, gravel, irritate, nark, nettle, rag, rile, vex |
|---|
| anodise | (verb) coat a metal with an oxide coat | Synonyms: anodize |
|---|
| anodize | (verb) coat a metal with an oxide coat | Synonyms: anodise |
|---|
| anoint | (verb) administer an oil or ointment to; often in a religious ceremony of blessing | Synonyms: anele, embrocate, inunct, oil |
|---|
| (verb) choose by or as if by divine intervention | - |
| antagonise | (verb) provoke the hostility of | Synonyms: antagonize |
|---|
| (verb) act in opposition to | Synonyms: antagonize, counteract |
| antagonize | (verb) provoke the hostility of | Synonyms: antagonise |
|---|
| (verb) act in opposition to | Synonyms: antagonise, counteract |
| anthologise | (verb) compile an anthology | Synonyms: anthologize |
|---|
| anthologize | (verb) compile an anthology | Synonyms: anthologise |
|---|
| anthropomorphise | (verb) ascribe human features to something | Synonyms: anthropomorphize |
|---|
| anthropomorphize | (verb) ascribe human features to something | Synonyms: anthropomorphise |
|---|
| aphorise | (verb) speak or write in aphorisms | Synonyms: aphorize |
|---|
| aphorize | (verb) speak or write in aphorisms | Synonyms: aphorise |
|---|
| apologise | (verb) acknowledge faults or shortcomings or failing | Synonyms: apologize |
|---|
| (verb) defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning | Synonyms: apologize, excuse, rationalise, rationalize |
| apologize | (verb) acknowledge faults or shortcomings or failing | Synonyms: apologise |
|---|
| (verb) defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning | Synonyms: apologise, excuse, rationalise, rationalize |
| apostatise | (verb) abandon one's beliefs or allegiances | Synonyms: apostatize, tergiversate |
|---|
| apostatize | (verb) abandon one's beliefs or allegiances | Synonyms: apostatise, tergiversate |
|---|
| apostrophise | (verb) use an apostrophe | Synonyms: apostrophize |
|---|
| apostrophize | (verb) use an apostrophe | Synonyms: apostrophise |
|---|
| apotheose | (verb) deify or glorify | Synonyms: apotheosise, apotheosize |
|---|
| apotheosise | (verb) deify or glorify | Synonyms: apotheose, apotheosize |
|---|
| apotheosize | (verb) deify or glorify | Synonyms: apotheose, apotheosise |
|---|
| appoint | (verb) furnish | - |
|---|
| (verb) assign a duty, responsibility or obligation to | Synonyms: charge |
| (verb) create and charge with a task or function | Synonyms: constitute, name, nominate |
| apportion | (verb) give out as one's portion or share | Synonyms: deal, divvy up, portion out, share |
|---|
| (verb) distribute according to a plan or set apart for a special purpose | Synonyms: allocate |
| appose | (verb) place side by side or in close proximity | - |
|---|
| approach | (verb) make advances to someone, usually with a proposal or suggestion | - |
|---|
| (verb) move towards | Synonyms: come near, come on, draw close, draw near, go up, near |
| (verb) come near in time | Synonyms: come near |
| (verb) begin to deal with | Synonyms: go about, set about |
| (verb) come near or verge on, resemble, come nearer in quality, or character | Synonyms: border on |
| approbate | (verb) accept (documents) as valid | - |
|---|
| (verb) approve or sanction officially | - |
| appropriate | (verb) give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause | Synonyms: allow, earmark, reserve, set aside |
|---|
| (verb) take possession of by force, as after an invasion | Synonyms: capture, conquer, seize |
| approve | (verb) judge to be right or commendable; think well of | - |
|---|
| (verb) give sanction to | Synonyms: O.K., okay, sanction |
| approximate | (verb) judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time) | Synonyms: estimate, gauge, guess, judge |
|---|
| (verb) be close or similar | Synonyms: come close |
| arborise | (verb) branch out like trees | Synonyms: arborize |
|---|
| arborize | (verb) branch out like trees | Synonyms: arborise |
|---|