| preponderate | (verb) weigh more heavily | Synonyms: outbalance, outweigh, overbalance |
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| professionalise | (verb) make professional or give a professional character to | Synonyms: professionalize |
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| (verb) become professional or proceed in a professional manner or in an activity for pay or as a means of livelihood | Synonyms: professionalize |
| professionalize | (verb) make professional or give a professional character to | Synonyms: professionalise |
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| (verb) become professional or proceed in a professional manner or in an activity for pay or as a means of livelihood | Synonyms: professionalise |
| prolong | (verb) lengthen in time; cause to be or last longer | Synonyms: draw out, extend, protract |
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| (verb) lengthen or extend in duration or space | Synonyms: keep up, sustain |
| pronate | (verb) turn the forearm or the hand so that the palm is directed downwards | - |
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| pronk | (verb) jump straight up | - |
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| pronounce | (verb) pronounce judgment on | Synonyms: judge, label |
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| (verb) speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way | Synonyms: articulate, enounce, enunciate, say, sound out |
| proportion | (verb) adjust in size relative to other things | - |
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| (verb) give pleasant proportions to | - |
| proposition | (verb) suggest sex to | - |
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| provision | (verb) supply with provisions | Synonyms: purvey |
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| question | (verb) pose a question | Synonyms: query |
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| (verb) challenge the accuracy, probity, or propriety of | Synonyms: call into question, oppugn |
| (verb) place in doubt or express doubtful speculation | Synonyms: wonder |
| (verb) pose a series of questions to | Synonyms: interrogate |
| (verb) conduct an interview in television, newspaper, and radio reporting | Synonyms: interview |
| ration | (verb) distribute in rations, as in the army | Synonyms: ration out |
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| (verb) restrict the consumption of a relatively scarce commodity, as during war | - |
| rationalise | (verb) weed out unwanted or unnecessary things | Synonyms: cut, prune, rationalize |
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| (verb) remove irrational quantities from | Synonyms: rationalize |
| (verb) think rationally; employ logic or reason | Synonyms: rationalize |
| (verb) defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning | Synonyms: apologise, apologize, excuse, rationalize |
| (verb) structure and run according to rational or scientific principles in order to achieve desired results | Synonyms: rationalize |
| rationalize | (verb) weed out unwanted or unnecessary things | Synonyms: cut, prune, rationalise |
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| (verb) remove irrational quantities from | Synonyms: rationalise |
| (verb) think rationally; employ logic or reason | Synonyms: rationalise |
| (verb) defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning | Synonyms: apologise, apologize, excuse, rationalise |
| (verb) structure and run according to rational or scientific principles in order to achieve desired results | Synonyms: rationalise |
| reapportion | (verb) allocate, distribute, or apportion anew | Synonyms: reallocate |
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| reason | (verb) think logically | - |
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| (verb) decide by reasoning; draw or come to a conclusion | Synonyms: conclude, reason out |
| (verb) present reasons and arguments | Synonyms: argue |
| reckon | (verb) deem to be | Synonyms: consider, regard, see, view |
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| (verb) make a mathematical calculation or computation | Synonyms: calculate, cipher, compute, cypher, figure, work out |
| (verb) expect, believe, or suppose | Synonyms: guess, imagine, opine, suppose, think |
| (verb) judge to be probable | Synonyms: calculate, count on, estimate, figure, forecast |
| (verb) have faith or confidence in | Synonyms: bank, bet, calculate, count, depend, look, rely, swear |
| (verb) take account of | Synonyms: count |
| reconcile | (verb) bring into consonance or accord | Synonyms: harmonise, harmonize |
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| (verb) make (one thing) compatible with (another) | Synonyms: accommodate, conciliate |
| (verb) accept as inevitable | Synonyms: resign, submit |
| (verb) come to terms | Synonyms: conciliate, make up, patch up, settle |
| recondition | (verb) bring into an improved condition | - |
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| reconfirm | (verb) confirm again | - |
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| reconnoiter | (verb) explore, often with the goal of finding something or somebody | Synonyms: reconnoitre, scout |
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| reconnoitre | (verb) explore, often with the goal of finding something or somebody | Synonyms: reconnoiter, scout |
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| reconquer | (verb) conquer anew | - |
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| reconsecrate | (verb) consecrate anew, as after a desecration | - |
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| reconsider | (verb) consider again; give new consideration to; usually with a view to changing | - |
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| (verb) consider again (a bill) that had been voted upon before, with a view to altering it | - |
| reconstitute | (verb) construct or form anew or provide with a new structure | Synonyms: restructure |
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| reconstruct | (verb) do over, as of (part of) a house | Synonyms: redo, remodel |
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| (verb) cause somebody to adapt or reform socially or politically | - |
| (verb) reassemble mentally | Synonyms: construct, retrace |
| (verb) build again | Synonyms: rebuild |
| (verb) return to its original or usable and functioning condition | Synonyms: restore |
| reconvene | (verb) meet again | - |
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| reconvert | (verb) convert back | - |
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| reconvict | (verb) convict anew | - |
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| refashion | (verb) make new | Synonyms: make over, redo, remake |
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| reharmonise | (verb) provide with a different harmony | Synonyms: reharmonize |
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| reharmonize | (verb) provide with a different harmony | Synonyms: reharmonise |
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| remonstrate | (verb) argue in protest or opposition | - |
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| (verb) present and urge reasons in opposition | Synonyms: point out |
| (verb) censure severely or angrily | Synonyms: bawl out, berate, call down, call on the carpet, chew out, chew up, chide, dress down, have words, jaw, lambast, lambaste, lecture, rag, rebuke, reprimand, scold, take to task, trounce |
| reposition | (verb) place into another position | - |
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| (verb) change place or direction | Synonyms: dislodge, shift |
| requisition | (verb) make a formal request for official services | - |
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| (verb) demand and take for use or service, especially by military or public authority for public service | - |
| resonate | (verb) be received or understood | Synonyms: come across |
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| (verb) sound with resonance | Synonyms: vibrate |
| respond | (verb) show a response or a reaction to something | Synonyms: react |
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| (verb) respond favorably or as hoped | - |
| (verb) react verbally | Synonyms: answer, reply |
| revolutionise | (verb) change radically | Synonyms: overturn, revolutionize |
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| (verb) fill with revolutionary ideas | Synonyms: inspire, revolutionize |
| revolutionize | (verb) change radically | Synonyms: overturn, revolutionise |
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| (verb) fill with revolutionary ideas | Synonyms: inspire, revolutionise |
| (verb) overthrow by a revolution, of governments | - |
| roneo | (verb) make copies on a Roneograph | - |
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| sanction | (verb) give sanction to | Synonyms: approve, O.K., okay |
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| (verb) give religious sanction to, such as through an oath | Synonyms: sanctify |
| (verb) give authority or permission to | - |
| saponify | (verb) convert into soap by hydrolizing an ester into an acid and alcohol as a result of treating it with an alkali | - |
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| (verb) become converted into soap by being hydrolized into an acid and alcohol as a result of being treated with an alkali | - |
| season | (verb) make healthy | Synonyms: harden |
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| (verb) make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else | Synonyms: moderate, mollify, temper |
| (verb) lend flavor to | Synonyms: flavor, flavour |
| second | (verb) give support or one's approval to | Synonyms: back, endorse, indorse |
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| (verb) transfer an employee to a different, temporary assignment | - |
| section | (verb) divide into segments | Synonyms: segment |
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| sectionalise | (verb) divide into sections, especially into geographic sections | Synonyms: sectionalize |
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| sectionalize | (verb) divide into sections, especially into geographic sections | Synonyms: sectionalise |
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| sermonise | (verb) speak as if delivering a sermon; express moral judgements | Synonyms: moralise, moralize, preachify, sermonize |
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| sermonize | (verb) speak as if delivering a sermon; express moral judgements | Synonyms: moralise, moralize, preachify, sermonise |
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| singsong | (verb) speak, chant, or declaim in a singsong | - |
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| (verb) move as if accompanied by a singsong | - |
| siphon | (verb) move a liquid from one container into another by means of a siphon or a siphoning action | - |
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| (verb) convey, draw off, or empty by or as if by a siphon | Synonyms: siphon off, syphon |
| sonnet | (verb) compose a sonnet | - |
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| (verb) praise in a sonnet | - |
| spondaise | (verb) make spondaic | Synonyms: spondaize |
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| spondaize | (verb) make spondaic | Synonyms: spondaise |
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| sponge | (verb) wipe with a sponge, so as to clean or moisten | - |
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| (verb) erase with a sponge; as of words on a blackboard | - |
| (verb) soak up with a sponge | - |
| (verb) gather sponges, in the ocean | - |
| (verb) ask for and get free; be a parasite | Synonyms: bum, cadge, grub, mooch |
| sponsor | (verb) assume sponsorship of | Synonyms: patronise, patronize |
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| (verb) assume responsibility for or leadership of | - |
| (verb) do one's shopping at; do business with; be a customer or client of | Synonyms: buy at, frequent, patronise, patronize, shop, shop at |
| spoon | (verb) scoop up or take up with a spoon | - |
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| (verb) snuggle and lie in a position where one person faces the back of the others | Synonyms: smooch |
| spoonfeed | (verb) teach without challenging the students | - |
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| (verb) feed with a spoon | - |
| station | (verb) assign to a station | Synonyms: place, post, send |
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| stone | (verb) remove the pits from | Synonyms: pit |
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| (verb) kill by throwing stones at | Synonyms: lapidate |
| stonewall | (verb) engage in delaying tactics or refuse to cooperate | - |
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| (verb) obstruct or hinder any discussion | - |
| stonewash | (verb) wash with stones to achieve a worn appearance | Synonyms: stone-wash |
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| subcontract | (verb) work under a subcontract; engage in a subcontract | - |
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| (verb) arranged for contracted work to be done by others | Synonyms: farm out, job |
| subvention | (verb) guarantee financial support of | Synonyms: subvent, underwrite |
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| suction | (verb) empty or clean (a body cavity) by the force of suction | - |
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| (verb) remove or draw away by the force of suction | - |
| summon | (verb) make ready for action or use | Synonyms: marshal, mobilise, mobilize |
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| (verb) call in an official matter, such as to attend court | Synonyms: cite, summons |
| (verb) ask to come | - |
| (verb) gather or bring together | Synonyms: come up, muster, muster up, rally |
| (verb) cause to become available for use, either literally or figuratively | Synonyms: call up |
| summons | (verb) call in an official matter, such as to attend court | Synonyms: cite, summon |
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| swoon | (verb) pass out from weakness, physical or emotional distress due to a loss of blood supply to the brain | Synonyms: conk, faint, pass out |
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| symphonise | (verb) play or sound together, in harmony | Synonyms: symphonize |
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| symphonize | (verb) play or sound together, in harmony | Synonyms: symphonise |
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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 |
| synchronize | (verb) make synchronous and adjust in time or manner | Synonyms: sync, synchronise |
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| (verb) operate simultaneously | Synonyms: synchronise |
| (verb) cause to indicate the same time or rate | Synonyms: synchronise |
| (verb) arrange or represent events so that they co-occur | Synonyms: contemporise, contemporize, synchronise |
| (verb) make (motion picture sound) exactly simultaneous with the action | Synonyms: synchronise |
| (verb) happen at the same time | Synonyms: contemporise, contemporize, synchronise |
| syphon | (verb) convey, draw off, or empty by or as if by a siphon | Synonyms: siphon, siphon off |
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| tampon | (verb) plug with a tampon | - |
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| telephone | (verb) get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone | Synonyms: call, call up, phone, ring |
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| throne | (verb) put a monarch on the throne | Synonyms: enthrone |
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| (verb) sit on the throne as a ruler | - |
| throng | (verb) press tightly together or cram | Synonyms: jam, mob, pack, pile |
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| tone | (verb) give a healthy elasticity to | Synonyms: strengthen, tone up |
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| (verb) change to a color image | - |
| (verb) change the color or tone of | - |
| (verb) utter monotonously and repetitively and rhythmically | Synonyms: chant, intone |
| (verb) vary the pitch of one's speech | Synonyms: inflect, modulate |
| tongue | (verb) lick or explore with the tongue | - |
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| (verb) articulate by tonguing, as when playing wind instruments | - |
| tonsure | (verb) shave the head of a newly inducted monk | - |
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| transition | (verb) make or undergo a transition (from one state or system to another) | - |
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| (verb) cause to convert or undergo a transition | - |
| unbutton | (verb) undo the buttons of | - |
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| 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 |
| unionize | (verb) form or join a union | Synonyms: organise, organize, unionise |
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| (verb) recruit for a union or organize into a union | Synonyms: unionise |
| vacation | (verb) spend or take a vacation | Synonyms: holiday |
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| vagabond | (verb) move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment | Synonyms: cast, drift, ramble, range, roam, roll, rove, stray, swan, tramp, wander |
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| vermilion | (verb) color vermilion | - |
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| wanton | (verb) behave extremely cruelly and brutally | - |
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| (verb) engage in amorous play | - |
| (verb) become extravagant; indulge (oneself) luxuriously | Synonyms: luxuriate |
| (verb) spend wastefully | Synonyms: trifle away, wanton away |
| (verb) waste time; spend one's time idly or inefficiently | Synonyms: piddle, piddle away, trifle, wanton away |
| (verb) indulge in a carefree or voluptuous way of life | - |
| weaponize | (verb) make into or use as a weapon or a potential weapon | - |
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| wonder | (verb) have a wish or desire to know something | Synonyms: enquire, inquire |
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| (verb) place in doubt or express doubtful speculation | Synonyms: question |
| (verb) be amazed at | Synonyms: marvel |
| wrong | (verb) treat unjustly; do wrong to | - |
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| zone | (verb) separate or apportion into sections | Synonyms: partition |
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| (verb) regulate housing in; of certain areas of towns | Synonyms: district |