abhor | (verb) find repugnant | Synonyms: abominate, execrate, loathe |
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abort | (verb) terminate a pregnancy by undergoing an abortion | - |
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(verb) cease development, die, and be aborted | - |
(verb) terminate before completion | - |
absorb | (verb) cause to become one with | - |
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(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 |
accord | (verb) allow to have | Synonyms: allot, grant |
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(verb) go together | Synonyms: agree, concord, consort, fit in, harmonise, harmonize |
adore | (verb) love intensely | - |
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adorn | (verb) make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc. | Synonyms: beautify, decorate, embellish, grace, ornament |
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(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 | - |
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afford | (verb) be able to spare or give up | - |
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(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 |
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allegorise | (verb) make into an allegory | Synonyms: allegorize |
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(verb) interpret as an allegory | Synonyms: allegorize |
allegorize | (verb) make into an allegory | Synonyms: allegorise |
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(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 | - |
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ameliorate | (verb) get better | Synonyms: better, improve, meliorate |
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(verb) to make better | Synonyms: amend, better, improve, meliorate |
amortise | (verb) liquidate gradually | Synonyms: amortize |
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amortize | (verb) liquidate gradually | Synonyms: amortise |
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anchor | (verb) secure a vessel with an anchor | Synonyms: cast anchor, drop anchor |
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(verb) fix firmly and stably | Synonyms: ground |
anthropomorphise | (verb) ascribe human features to something | Synonyms: anthropomorphize |
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anthropomorphize | (verb) ascribe human features to something | Synonyms: anthropomorphise |
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aphorise | (verb) speak or write in aphorisms | Synonyms: aphorize |
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aphorize | (verb) speak or write in aphorisms | Synonyms: aphorise |
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apportion | (verb) give out as one's portion or share | Synonyms: deal, divvy up, portion out, share |
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(verb) distribute according to a plan or set apart for a special purpose | Synonyms: allocate |
arborise | (verb) branch out like trees | Synonyms: arborize |
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arborize | (verb) branch out like trees | Synonyms: arborise |
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armor | (verb) equip with armor | Synonyms: armour |
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assort | (verb) arrange or order by classes or categories | Synonyms: class, classify, separate, sort, sort out |
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(verb) keep company with; hang out with | Synonyms: affiliate, associate, consort |
attorn | (verb) acknowledge a new land owner as one's landlord | - |
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author | (verb) be the author of | - |
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authorise | (verb) grant authorization or clearance for | Synonyms: authorize, clear, pass |
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(verb) give or delegate power or authority to | Synonyms: authorize, empower |
authorize | (verb) grant authorization or clearance for | Synonyms: authorise, clear, pass |
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(verb) give or delegate power or authority to | Synonyms: authorise, empower |
bachelor | (verb) lead a bachelor's existence | Synonyms: bach |
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barnstorm | (verb) tour the country making political speeches, giving lectures, or presenting plays | - |
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(verb) appear at county fairs and carnivals as a stunt flier and parachute jumper | - |
belabor | (verb) attack verbally with harsh criticism | Synonyms: belabour |
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(verb) beat soundly | Synonyms: belabour |
(verb) to work at or to absurd length | Synonyms: belabour |
border | (verb) lie adjacent to another or share a boundary | Synonyms: abut, adjoin, butt, butt against, butt on, edge, march |
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(verb) extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle | Synonyms: environ, ring, skirt, surround |
(verb) enclose in or as if in a frame | Synonyms: frame, frame in |
(verb) provide with a border or edge | Synonyms: edge |
(verb) form the boundary of; be contiguous to | Synonyms: bound |
bore | (verb) make a hole, especially with a pointed power or hand tool | Synonyms: drill |
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(verb) cause to be bored | Synonyms: tire |
borrow | (verb) get temporarily | - |
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(verb) take up and practice as one's own | Synonyms: adopt, take over, take up |
brainstorm | (verb) try to solve a problem by thinking intensely about it | - |
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camphorate | (verb) treat with camphor | - |
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categorise | (verb) place into or assign to a category | Synonyms: categorize |
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categorize | (verb) place into or assign to a category | Synonyms: categorise |
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cavort | (verb) play boisterously | Synonyms: disport, frisk, frolic, gambol, lark, lark about, rollick, romp, run around, skylark, sport |
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censor | (verb) subject to political, religious, or moral censorship | - |
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(verb) forbid the public distribution of (a movie or a newspaper) | Synonyms: ban |
chemisorb | (verb) take up a substance by chemisorption | - |
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chlorinate | (verb) disinfect with chlorine | - |
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(verb) treat or combine with chlorine | - |
chloroform | (verb) anesthetize with chloroform | - |
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chord | (verb) bring into consonance, harmony, or accord while making music or singing | Synonyms: harmonise, harmonize |
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(verb) play chords on (a stringed instrument) | - |
choreograph | (verb) plan and oversee the development and details of | - |
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(verb) compose a sequence of dance steps, often to music | - |
chortle | (verb) laugh quietly or with restraint | Synonyms: chuckle, laugh softly |
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chorus | (verb) utter in unison | - |
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(verb) sing in a choir | Synonyms: choir |
clamor | (verb) utter or proclaim insistently and noisily | Synonyms: clamour |
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(verb) make loud demands | Synonyms: clamour |
(verb) compel someone to do something by insistent clamoring | - |
clangor | (verb) make a loud resonant noise | Synonyms: clangour |
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(verb) make a loud noise | Synonyms: clang |
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 | - |
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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comfort | (verb) lessen pain or discomfort; alleviate | Synonyms: ease |
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(verb) give moral or emotional strength to | Synonyms: console, solace, soothe |
commemorate | (verb) call to remembrance; keep alive the memory of someone or something, as in a ceremony | Synonyms: remember |
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(verb) be or provide a memorial to a person or an event | Synonyms: immortalise, immortalize, memorialise, memorialize |
(verb) celebrate by some ceremony or observation | Synonyms: mark |
comport | (verb) behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself | Synonyms: acquit, act, bear, behave, carry, conduct, deport, do |
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(verb) behave well or properly | Synonyms: behave |
concord | (verb) be in accord; be in agreement | Synonyms: agree, concur, hold |
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(verb) arrange the words of a text so as to create a concordance | - |
(verb) arrange by concord or agreement | - |
(verb) go together | Synonyms: accord, agree, consort, fit in, harmonise, harmonize |
conform | (verb) adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions | Synonyms: adapt, adjust |
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(verb) be similar, be in line with | - |
consort | (verb) keep company | Synonyms: run |
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(verb) keep company with; hang out with | Synonyms: affiliate, associate, assort |
(verb) go together | Synonyms: accord, agree, concord, fit in, harmonise, harmonize |
contemporise | (verb) arrange or represent events so that they co-occur | Synonyms: contemporize, synchronise, synchronize |
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(verb) happen at the same time | Synonyms: contemporize, synchronise, synchronize |
contemporize | (verb) arrange or represent events so that they co-occur | Synonyms: contemporise, synchronise, synchronize |
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(verb) happen at the same time | Synonyms: contemporise, synchronise, synchronize |
contort | (verb) twist and press out of shape | Synonyms: deform, distort, wring |
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coordinate | (verb) bring order and organization to | Synonyms: organise, organize |
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(verb) bring (components or parts) into proper or desirable coordination correlation | Synonyms: align, ordinate |
(verb) bring into common action, movement, or condition | - |
(verb) be co-ordinated | - |
corbel | (verb) furnish with a corbel | - |
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cord | (verb) stack in cords | - |
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(verb) bind or tie with a cord | - |
corduroy | (verb) build (a road) from logs laid side by side | - |
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core | (verb) remove the core or center from | - |
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cork | (verb) stuff with cork | - |
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(verb) close a bottle with a cork | Synonyms: cork up |
corkscrew | (verb) move in a spiral or zigzag course | Synonyms: spiral |
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corn | (verb) preserve with large-grained rock salt | - |
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(verb) feed (cattle) with corn | - |
corner | (verb) turn a corner | - |
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(verb) force a person or an animal into a position from which he cannot escape | Synonyms: tree |
(verb) gain control over | - |
cornice | (verb) furnish with a cornice | - |
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coronate | (verb) invest with regal power; enthrone | Synonyms: crown |
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corrade | (verb) wear away | Synonyms: abrade, abrase, rub down, rub off |
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corral | (verb) enclose in a corral | - |
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(verb) arrange wagons so that they form a corral | - |
(verb) gather and secure | - |
correct | (verb) treat a defect | - |
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(verb) make right or correct | Synonyms: rectify, right |
(verb) alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard | Synonyms: adjust, set |
(verb) censure severely | Synonyms: castigate, chasten, chastise, objurgate |
(verb) fall in value | Synonyms: decline, slump |
(verb) punish in order to gain control or enforce obedience | Synonyms: discipline, sort out |
(verb) make reparations or amends for | Synonyms: compensate, redress, right |
(verb) adjust for | Synonyms: compensate, counterbalance, even off, even out, even up, make up |
correlate | (verb) bring into a mutual, complementary, or reciprocal relation | - |
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(verb) to bear a reciprocal or mutual relation | - |
correspond | (verb) exchange messages | - |
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(verb) be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics | Synonyms: agree, check, fit, gibe, jibe, match, tally |
(verb) take the place of or be parallel or equivalent to | Synonyms: represent, stand for |
(verb) be equivalent or parallel, in mathematics | Synonyms: equate |
corroborate | (verb) establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts | Synonyms: affirm, confirm, substantiate, support, sustain |
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(verb) give evidence for | Synonyms: validate |
(verb) support with evidence or authority or make more certain or confirm | Synonyms: bear out, support, underpin |
corrode | (verb) become destroyed by water, air, or a corrosive such as an acid | Synonyms: rust |
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(verb) cause to deteriorate due to the action of water, air, or an acid | Synonyms: eat, rust |
corrugate | (verb) fold into ridges | - |
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corrupt | (verb) alter from the original | Synonyms: spoil |
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(verb) place under suspicion or cast doubt upon | Synonyms: cloud, defile, sully, taint |
(verb) make illegal payments to in exchange for favors or influence | Synonyms: bribe, buy, grease one's palms |
(verb) corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality | Synonyms: debase, debauch, demoralise, demoralize, deprave, misdirect, pervert, profane, subvert, vitiate |
corset | (verb) dress with a corset | - |
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coruscate | (verb) be lively or brilliant or exhibit virtuosity | Synonyms: scintillate, sparkle |
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(verb) reflect brightly | Synonyms: scintillate, sparkle |
cosponsor | (verb) sponsor together with another sponsor | - |
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dechlorinate | (verb) remove chlorine from (water) | - |
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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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decorate | (verb) provide with decoration | Synonyms: dress |
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(verb) make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc. | Synonyms: adorn, beautify, embellish, grace, ornament |
(verb) award a mark of honor, such as a medal, to | - |
(verb) be beautiful to look at | Synonyms: adorn, beautify, deck, embellish, grace |
decorticate | (verb) remove the cortex of (an organ) | - |
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(verb) remove the outer layer of | - |
deforest | (verb) remove the trees from | Synonyms: disafforest, disforest |
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deform | (verb) become misshapen | - |
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(verb) alter the shape of (something) by stress | Synonyms: distort, strain |
(verb) assume a different shape or form | Synonyms: change form, change shape |
(verb) make formless | - |
(verb) cause (an object) to assume a crooked or angular form | Synonyms: bend, flex, turn, twist |
(verb) twist and press out of shape | Synonyms: contort, distort, wring |
dehorn | (verb) take the horns off (an animal) | - |
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(verb) prevent the growth of horns of certain animals | - |
demoralise | (verb) lower someone's spirits; make downhearted | Synonyms: cast down, deject, demoralize, depress, dismay, dispirit, get down |
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(verb) corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality | Synonyms: corrupt, debase, debauch, demoralize, deprave, misdirect, pervert, profane, subvert, vitiate |
demoralize | (verb) confuse or put into disorder | - |
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(verb) lower someone's spirits; make downhearted | Synonyms: cast down, deject, demoralise, depress, dismay, dispirit, get down |
(verb) corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality | Synonyms: corrupt, debase, debauch, demoralise, deprave, misdirect, pervert, profane, subvert, vitiate |
deodorise | (verb) eliminate the odor from | Synonyms: deodorize, deodourise |
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