| abolish | (verb) do away with | Synonyms: get rid of |
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| absolve | (verb) let off the hook | Synonyms: free |
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| (verb) grant remission of a sin to | Synonyms: shrive |
| adolesce | (verb) become adolescent; pass through adolescence | - |
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| aerosolise | (verb) disperse as an aerosol | Synonyms: aerosolize |
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| (verb) become dispersed as an aerosol | Synonyms: aerosolize |
| aerosolize | (verb) disperse as an aerosol | Synonyms: aerosolise |
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| (verb) become dispersed as an aerosol | Synonyms: aerosolise |
| alcoholise | (verb) make alcoholic, as by fermenting | Synonyms: alcoholize |
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| (verb) treat or infuse with alcohol | Synonyms: alcoholize |
| alcoholize | (verb) make alcoholic, as by fermenting | Synonyms: alcoholise |
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| (verb) treat or infuse with alcohol | Synonyms: alcoholise |
| (verb) subject to the influence of alcohol | - |
| anthologise | (verb) compile an anthology | Synonyms: anthologize |
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| anthologize | (verb) compile an anthology | Synonyms: anthologise |
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| apologise | (verb) acknowledge faults or shortcomings or failing | Synonyms: apologize |
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| (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 |
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| (verb) defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning | Synonyms: apologise, excuse, rationalise, rationalize |
| bankroll | (verb) provide with sufficient funds; finance | - |
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| befool | (verb) fool or hoax | Synonyms: cod, dupe, fool, gull, put on, put one across, put one over, slang, take in |
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| (verb) make a fool or dupe of | Synonyms: fool, gull |
| behold | (verb) see with attention | Synonyms: lay eyes on |
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| blindfold | (verb) cover the eyes of (someone) to prevent him from seeing | - |
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| boldface | (verb) print in boldface | - |
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| bollix | (verb) make a mess of, destroy or ruin | Synonyms: ball up, blow, bobble, bodge, bollix up, bollocks, bollocks up, botch, botch up, bumble, bungle, flub, fluff, foul up, fuck up, fumble, louse up, mess up, mishandle, muck up, muff, screw up, spoil |
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| bollocks | (verb) make a mess of, destroy or ruin | Synonyms: ball up, blow, bobble, bodge, bollix, bollix up, bollocks up, botch, botch up, bumble, bungle, flub, fluff, foul up, fuck up, fumble, louse up, mess up, mishandle, muck up, muff, screw up, spoil |
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| bolshevise | (verb) make Communist or bring in accord with Communist principles | Synonyms: bolshevize, communise, communize |
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| bolshevize | (verb) make Communist or bring in accord with Communist principles | Synonyms: bolshevise, communise, communize |
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| bolster | (verb) add padding to | Synonyms: pad |
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| (verb) support and strengthen | Synonyms: bolster up |
| (verb) prop up with a pillow or bolster | - |
| bolt | (verb) make or roll into bolts | - |
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| (verb) eat hastily without proper chewing | Synonyms: gobble |
| (verb) swallow hastily | - |
| (verb) secure or lock with a bolt | - |
| (verb) move or jump suddenly | - |
| (verb) leave suddenly and as if in a hurry | Synonyms: beetle off, bolt out, run off, run out |
| (verb) run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along | Synonyms: abscond, absquatulate, decamp, go off, make off, run off |
| buttonhole | (verb) detain in conversation by or as if by holding on to the outer garments of; as for political or economic favors | Synonyms: lobby |
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| cajole | (verb) influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering | Synonyms: blarney, coax, inveigle, palaver, sweet-talk, wheedle |
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| capriole | (verb) perform a capriole, in ballet | - |
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| (verb) perform a capriole, of horses in dressage | - |
| caracole | (verb) make a half turn on a horse, in dressage | - |
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| carol | (verb) sing carols | - |
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| catabolise | (verb) subject to catabolism | Synonyms: catabolize |
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| catabolize | (verb) subject to catabolism | Synonyms: catabolise |
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| catholicise | (verb) cause to adopt Catholicism | Synonyms: catholicize, latinise, latinize |
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| catholicize | (verb) cause to adopt Catholicism | Synonyms: catholicise, latinise, latinize |
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| chronologise | (verb) establish the order in time of something | Synonyms: chronologize |
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| chronologize | (verb) establish the order in time of something | Synonyms: chronologise |
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| circumvolute | (verb) wind or turn in volutions, especially in an inward spiral, as of snail | - |
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| circumvolve | (verb) cause to turn on an axis or center | Synonyms: rotate |
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| coldcock | (verb) knock down with force | Synonyms: deck, dump, floor, knock down |
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| coldwork | (verb) shape (metal) without heat | Synonyms: cold work |
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| collaborate | (verb) work together on a common enterprise or project | Synonyms: cooperate, join forces |
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| (verb) cooperate as a traitor | - |
| collapse | (verb) collapse due to fatigue, an illness, or a sudden attack | Synonyms: break down |
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| (verb) lose significance, effectiveness, or value | - |
| (verb) suffer a nervous breakdown | Synonyms: break up, crack, crack up, crock up |
| (verb) break down, literally or metaphorically | Synonyms: break, cave in, fall in, founder, give, give way |
| (verb) fold or close up | - |
| (verb) fall apart | Synonyms: break down, crumble, crumple, tumble |
| (verb) cause to burst | Synonyms: burst |
| collar | (verb) take into custody | Synonyms: apprehend, arrest, cop, nab, nail, pick up |
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| (verb) furnish with a collar | - |
| (verb) seize by the neck or collar | - |
| collate | (verb) compare critically; of texts | - |
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| (verb) to assemble in proper sequence | - |
| collateralize | (verb) pledge as a collateral | - |
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| collect | (verb) assemble or get together | Synonyms: garner, gather, pull together |
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| (verb) get or bring together | Synonyms: pull in |
| (verb) get or gather together | Synonyms: accumulate, amass, compile, hoard, pile up, roll up |
| (verb) call for and obtain payment of | Synonyms: take in |
| (verb) gather or collect | Synonyms: call for, gather up, pick up |
| collectivise | (verb) bring under collective control; of farms and industrial enterprises | Synonyms: collectivize |
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| collectivize | (verb) bring under collective control; of farms and industrial enterprises | Synonyms: collectivise |
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| collide | (verb) crash together with violent impact | Synonyms: clash |
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| (verb) cause to collide | - |
| (verb) be incompatible; be or come into conflict | Synonyms: clash, jar |
| colligate | (verb) consider (an instance of something) as part of a general rule or principle | Synonyms: subsume |
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| (verb) make a logical or causal connection | Synonyms: associate, connect, link, link up, relate, tie in |
| collimate | (verb) adjust the line of sight of (an optical instrument) | - |
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| (verb) make or place parallel to something | Synonyms: parallel |
| collocate | (verb) group or chunk together in a certain order or place side by side | Synonyms: chunk, lump |
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| (verb) have a strong tendency to occur side by side | - |
| collogue | (verb) confer secretly | - |
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| collude | (verb) act in unison or agreement and in secret towards a deceitful or illegal purpose | Synonyms: conspire |
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| colly | (verb) make soiled, filthy, or dirty | Synonyms: begrime, bemire, dirty, grime, soil |
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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 |
| color | (verb) add color to | Synonyms: color in, colorise, colorize, colour, colour in, colourise, colourize |
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| (verb) change color, often in an undesired manner | Synonyms: colour, discolor, discolour |
| (verb) affect as in thought or feeling | Synonyms: colour, distort, tinge |
| (verb) give a deceptive explanation or excuse for | Synonyms: colour, gloss |
| (verb) decorate with colors | Synonyms: colour, emblazon |
| (verb) modify or bias | Synonyms: colour |
| colorcast | (verb) broadcast in color | - |
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| colorise | (verb) add color to | Synonyms: color, color in, colorize, colour, colour in, colourise, colourize |
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| colorize | (verb) add color to | Synonyms: color, color in, colorise, colour, colour in, colourise, colourize |
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| colour | (verb) change color, often in an undesired manner | Synonyms: color, discolor, discolour |
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| (verb) add color to | Synonyms: color, color in, colorise, colorize, colour in, colourise, colourize |
| (verb) affect as in thought or feeling | Synonyms: color, distort, tinge |
| (verb) give a deceptive explanation or excuse for | Synonyms: color, gloss |
| (verb) decorate with colors | Synonyms: color, emblazon |
| (verb) modify or bias | Synonyms: color |
| colourise | (verb) add color to | Synonyms: color, color in, colorise, colorize, colour, colour in, colourize |
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| colourize | (verb) add color to | Synonyms: color, color in, colorise, colorize, colour, colour in, colourise |
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| condole | (verb) express one's sympathetic grief, on the occasion of someone's death | - |
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| console | (verb) give moral or emotional strength to | Synonyms: comfort, solace, soothe |
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| consolidate | (verb) unite into one | - |
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| (verb) bring together into a single whole or system | - |
| (verb) make firm or secure; strengthen | - |
| (verb) make or form into a solid or hardened mass | - |
| (verb) form into a solid mass or whole | - |
| control | (verb) have a firm understanding or knowledge of; be on top of | Synonyms: master |
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| (verb) be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something | Synonyms: ascertain, assure, check, ensure, insure, see, see to it |
| (verb) verify by using a duplicate register for comparison | - |
| (verb) handle and cause to function | Synonyms: operate |
| (verb) maintain influence over (others or oneself) skillfully, usually to one's advantage | Synonyms: keep in line, manipulate |
| (verb) exercise authoritative control or power over | Synonyms: command |
| (verb) lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits | Synonyms: check, contain, curb, hold, hold in, moderate |
| (verb) check or regulate (a scientific experiment) by conducting a parallel experiment or comparing with another standard | Synonyms: verify |
| (verb) place under restrictions; limit access to by law | Synonyms: restrict |
| convolute | (verb) practice sophistry; change the meaning of or be vague about in order to mislead or deceive | Synonyms: pervert, sophisticate, twist, twist around |
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| (verb) curl, wind, or twist together | Synonyms: convolve |
| convolve | (verb) curl, wind, or twist together | Synonyms: convolute |
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| cool | (verb) loose heat | Synonyms: chill, cool down |
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| (verb) make cool or cooler | Synonyms: chill, cool down |
| (verb) lose intensity | Synonyms: cool down, cool off |
| copolymerise | (verb) polymerize together | Synonyms: copolymerize |
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| copolymerize | (verb) polymerize together | Synonyms: copolymerise |
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| creolize | (verb) develop into a creole | - |
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| cuckold | (verb) be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage | Synonyms: betray, cheat, cheat on, wander |
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| decollate | (verb) cut the head of | Synonyms: behead, decapitate |
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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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| decolor | (verb) cause to become white or lighter in color | Synonyms: bleach, bleach out, decolorise, decolorize, decolour, decolourise, decolourize, discolorise, discolorize, discolourise |
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| decolorise | (verb) cause to become white or lighter in color | Synonyms: bleach, bleach out, decolor, decolorize, decolour, decolourise, decolourize, discolorise, discolorize, discolourise |
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| decolorize | (verb) cause to become white or lighter in color | Synonyms: bleach, bleach out, decolor, decolorise, decolour, decolourise, decolourize, discolorise, discolorize, discolourise |
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| decolour | (verb) cause to become white or lighter in color | Synonyms: bleach, bleach out, decolor, decolorise, decolorize, decolourise, decolourize, discolorise, discolorize, discolourise |
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| decolourise | (verb) cause to become white or lighter in color | Synonyms: bleach, bleach out, decolor, decolorise, decolorize, decolour, decolourize, discolorise, discolorize, discolourise |
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| decolourize | (verb) cause to become white or lighter in color | Synonyms: bleach, bleach out, decolor, decolorise, decolorize, decolour, decolourise, discolorise, discolorize, discolourise |
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| decontrol | (verb) relax or remove controls of | - |
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| defoliate | (verb) strip the leaves or branches from | - |
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| deglycerolise | (verb) remove from glycerol | Synonyms: deglycerolize |
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| deglycerolize | (verb) remove from glycerol | Synonyms: deglycerolise |
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| demolish | (verb) defeat soundly and humiliatingly | Synonyms: destroy |
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| (verb) eat up completely, as with great appetite | Synonyms: consume, devour, down, go through |
| (verb) destroy completely | Synonyms: pulverise, pulverize |
| (verb) ruin or destroy | - |
| demythologise | (verb) remove the mythical element from (writings) | Synonyms: demythologize |
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| demythologize | (verb) remove the mythical element from (writings) | Synonyms: demythologise |
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| depolarise | (verb) eliminate the polarization of | Synonyms: depolarize |
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| depolarize | (verb) eliminate the polarization of | Synonyms: depolarise |
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| desolate | (verb) reduce in population | Synonyms: depopulate |
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| (verb) cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly | Synonyms: devastate, lay waste to, ravage, scourge, waste |
| (verb) leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch | Synonyms: abandon, desert, forsake |
| devolve | (verb) grow progressively worse | Synonyms: degenerate, deteriorate, drop |
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| (verb) be inherited by | Synonyms: fall, pass, return |
| (verb) pass on or delegate to another | - |
| diabolise | (verb) turn into a devil or make devilish | Synonyms: devilise, devilize, diabolize |
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| diabolize | (verb) turn into a devil or make devilish | Synonyms: devilise, devilize, diabolise |
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| discolor | (verb) change color, often in an undesired manner | Synonyms: color, colour, discolour |
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| (verb) lose color or turn colorless | - |
| (verb) cause to lose or change color | - |
| discolorise | (verb) cause to become white or lighter in color | Synonyms: bleach, bleach out, decolor, decolorise, decolorize, decolour, decolourise, decolourize, discolorize, discolourise |
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| discolorize | (verb) cause to become white or lighter in color | Synonyms: bleach, bleach out, decolor, decolorise, decolorize, decolour, decolourise, decolourize, discolorise, discolourise |
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| discolour | (verb) change color, often in an undesired manner | Synonyms: color, colour, discolor |
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| discolourise | (verb) cause to become white or lighter in color | Synonyms: bleach, bleach out, decolor, decolorise, decolorize, decolour, decolourise, decolourize, discolorise, discolorize |
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| disinvolve | (verb) free from involvement or entanglement | Synonyms: disembroil, disentangle |
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