| appraise | (verb) consider in a comprehensive way | Synonyms: survey |
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| (verb) evaluate or estimate the nature, quality, ability, extent, or significance of | Synonyms: assess, evaluate, measure, valuate, value |
| appreciate | (verb) gain in value | Synonyms: apprise, apprize, revalue |
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| (verb) increase the value of | Synonyms: apprise, apprize |
| (verb) be fully aware of; realize fully | Synonyms: take account |
| (verb) recognize with gratitude; be grateful for | - |
| (verb) hold dear | Synonyms: prize, treasure, value |
| apprehend | (verb) get the meaning of something | Synonyms: compass, comprehend, dig, get the picture, grasp, grok, savvy |
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| (verb) take into custody | Synonyms: arrest, collar, cop, nab, nail, pick up |
| (verb) anticipate with dread or anxiety | Synonyms: quail at |
| apprentice | (verb) be or work as an apprentice | - |
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| apprise | (verb) increase the value of | Synonyms: appreciate, apprize |
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| (verb) gain in value | Synonyms: appreciate, apprize, revalue |
| (verb) inform (somebody) of something | Synonyms: advise, apprize, give notice, notify, send word |
| (verb) make aware of | Synonyms: apprize, instruct |
| apprize | (verb) increase the value of | Synonyms: appreciate, apprise |
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| (verb) gain in value | Synonyms: appreciate, apprise, revalue |
| (verb) make aware of | Synonyms: apprise, instruct |
| (verb) inform (somebody) of something | Synonyms: advise, apprise, give notice, notify, send word |
| approach | (verb) make advances to someone, usually with a proposal or suggestion | - |
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| (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 | - |
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| (verb) approve or sanction officially | - |
| appropriate | (verb) give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause | Synonyms: allow, earmark, reserve, set aside |
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| (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 | - |
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| (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 |
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| (verb) be close or similar | Synonyms: come close |
| besprinkle | (verb) scatter with liquid; wet lightly | Synonyms: sparge, sprinkle |
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| blueprint | (verb) make a blueprint of | Synonyms: draft, draught |
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| bombproof | (verb) make safe against bombings | - |
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| bulletproof | (verb) make bulletproof | - |
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| capriole | (verb) perform a capriole, in ballet | - |
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| (verb) perform a capriole, of horses in dressage | - |
| childproof | (verb) make safe against children | Synonyms: child-proof |
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| comprehend | (verb) get the meaning of something | Synonyms: apprehend, compass, dig, get the picture, grasp, grok, savvy |
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| (verb) to become aware of through the senses | Synonyms: perceive |
| (verb) include in scope; include as part of something broader; have as one's sphere or territory | Synonyms: cover, embrace, encompass |
| compress | (verb) squeeze or press together | Synonyms: compact, constrict, contract, press, squeeze |
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| (verb) make more compact by or as if by pressing | Synonyms: compact, pack together |
| comprise | (verb) include or contain; have as a component | Synonyms: contain, incorporate |
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| (verb) be composed of | Synonyms: consist |
| (verb) form or compose | Synonyms: be, constitute, make up, represent |
| compromise | (verb) settle by concession | - |
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| (verb) make a compromise; arrive at a compromise | - |
| (verb) expose or make liable to danger, suspicion, or disrepute | - |
| decompress | (verb) become less tense, rest, or take one's ease | Synonyms: loosen up, relax, slow down, unbend, unwind |
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| (verb) decrease the pressure of | Synonyms: depressurise, depressurize |
| (verb) restore to its uncompressed form | Synonyms: uncompress |
| deprave | (verb) corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality | Synonyms: corrupt, debase, debauch, demoralise, demoralize, misdirect, pervert, profane, subvert, vitiate |
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| deprecate | (verb) belittle | Synonyms: depreciate, vilipend |
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| (verb) express strong disapproval of; deplore | - |
| depreciate | (verb) lose in value | Synonyms: devaluate, devalue, undervalue |
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| (verb) lower the value of something | - |
| (verb) belittle | Synonyms: deprecate, vilipend |
| depress | (verb) lessen the activity or force of | - |
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| (verb) press down | Synonyms: press down |
| (verb) cause to drop or sink | Synonyms: lower |
| (verb) lower someone's spirits; make downhearted | Synonyms: cast down, deject, demoralise, demoralize, dismay, dispirit, get down |
| (verb) lower (prices or markets) | - |
| depressurise | (verb) decrease the pressure of | Synonyms: decompress, depressurize |
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| depressurize | (verb) decrease the pressure of | Synonyms: decompress, depressurise |
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| deprive | (verb) take away | Synonyms: impoverish |
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| (verb) keep from having, keeping, or obtaining | - |
| (verb) take away possessions from someone | Synonyms: divest, strip |
| disapprove | (verb) consider bad or wrong | - |
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| (verb) deem wrong or inappropriate | Synonyms: reject |
| dispread | (verb) spread abroad or out | - |
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| disprove | (verb) prove to be false | Synonyms: confute |
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| express | (verb) articulate; either verbally or with a cry, shout, or noise | Synonyms: give tongue to, utter, verbalise, verbalize |
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| (verb) give expression to | Synonyms: evince, show |
| (verb) serve as a means for expressing something | Synonyms: carry, convey |
| (verb) indicate through a symbol, formula, etc. | Synonyms: state |
| (verb) send by rapid transport or special messenger service | - |
| (verb) obtain from a substance, as by mechanical action | Synonyms: extract, press out |
| (verb) manifest the effects of (a gene or genetic trait) | - |
| expropriate | (verb) deprive of possessions | - |
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| fingerprint | (verb) take an impression of a person's fingerprints | - |
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| fireproof | (verb) make resistant to fire | - |
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| foolproof | (verb) proof against human misuse or error | Synonyms: goof-proof, goofproof |
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| goofproof | (verb) proof against human misuse or error | Synonyms: foolproof, goof-proof |
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| imprecate | (verb) utter obscenities or profanities | Synonyms: blaspheme, curse, cuss, swear |
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| (verb) wish harm upon; invoke evil upon | Synonyms: anathemise, anathemize, bedamn, beshrew, curse, damn, maledict |
| impregnate | (verb) make pregnant | Synonyms: bang up, knock up, prang up |
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| (verb) fertilize and cause to grow | - |
| (verb) infuse or fill completely | Synonyms: saturate |
| (verb) fill, as with a certain quality | Synonyms: infuse, instill, tincture |
| impress | (verb) dye (fabric) before it is spun | Synonyms: yarn-dye |
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| (verb) produce or try to produce a vivid impression of | Synonyms: ingrain, instill |
| (verb) mark or stamp with or as if with pressure | Synonyms: imprint |
| (verb) take (someone) against his will for compulsory service, especially on board a ship | Synonyms: shanghai |
| (verb) reproduce by printing | Synonyms: print |
| (verb) impress positively | - |
| (verb) have an emotional or cognitive impact upon | Synonyms: affect, move, strike |
| imprint | (verb) mark or stamp with or as if with pressure | Synonyms: impress |
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| (verb) establish or impress firmly in the mind | Synonyms: form |
| imprison | (verb) lock up or confine, in or as in a jail | Synonyms: gaol, immure, incarcerate, jail, jug, lag, put away, put behind bars, remand |
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| (verb) confine as if in a prison | - |
| improve | (verb) get better | Synonyms: ameliorate, better, meliorate |
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| (verb) to make better | Synonyms: ameliorate, amend, better, meliorate |
| improvise | (verb) perform without preparation | Synonyms: ad-lib, extemporise, extemporize, improvize |
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| (verb) manage in a makeshift way; do with whatever is at hand | Synonyms: extemporize |
| improvize | (verb) perform without preparation | Synonyms: ad-lib, extemporise, extemporize, improvise |
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| interpret | (verb) make sense of; assign a meaning to | Synonyms: construe, see |
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| (verb) make sense of a language | Synonyms: read, translate, understand |
| (verb) give an interpretation or explanation to | Synonyms: rede |
| (verb) restate (words) from one language into another language | Synonyms: render, translate |
| (verb) give an interpretation or rendition of | Synonyms: render |
| (verb) create an image or likeness of | Synonyms: represent |
| lipread | (verb) interpret by lipreading; of deaf people | Synonyms: lip-read, speech-read |
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| misapprehend | (verb) interpret in the wrong way | Synonyms: be amiss, misconceive, misconstrue, misinterpret, misunderstand |
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| misappropriate | (verb) appropriate (as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use | Synonyms: defalcate, embezzle, malversate, peculate |
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| misinterpret | (verb) interpret wrongly | Synonyms: misread |
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| (verb) interpret in the wrong way | Synonyms: be amiss, misapprehend, misconceive, misconstrue, misunderstand |
| (verb) interpret falsely | - |
| misprint | (verb) print incorrectly | - |
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| mispronounce | (verb) pronounce a word incorrectly | Synonyms: misspeak |
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| misrepresent | (verb) represent falsely | Synonyms: belie |
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| (verb) tamper, with the purpose of deception | Synonyms: cook, fake, falsify, fudge, manipulate, wangle |
| mothproof | (verb) protect from moths | - |
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| oppress | (verb) come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority | Synonyms: crush, suppress |
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| (verb) cause to suffer | Synonyms: persecute |
| overpraise | (verb) praise excessively | - |
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| overprice | (verb) price excessively high | - |
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| overprint | (verb) print (additional text or colors) onto an already imprinted paper | Synonyms: print over |
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| overproduce | (verb) produce in excess; produce more than needed or wanted | - |
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| (verb) produce in excess | - |
| overprotect | (verb) protect excessively | - |
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| (verb) care for like a mother | Synonyms: fuss, mother |
| overspread | (verb) spread across or over | Synonyms: spread |
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| practice | (verb) learn by repetition | Synonyms: drill, exercise, practise |
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| (verb) engage in a rehearsal (of) | Synonyms: practise, rehearse |
| (verb) carry out or practice; as of jobs and professions | Synonyms: do, exercise, practise |
| (verb) avail oneself to | Synonyms: apply, use |
| (verb) engage in or perform | Synonyms: commit |
| practise | (verb) learn by repetition | Synonyms: drill, exercise, practice |
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| (verb) engage in a rehearsal (of) | Synonyms: practice, rehearse |
| (verb) carry out or practice; as of jobs and professions | Synonyms: do, exercise, practice |
| praise | (verb) express approval of | - |
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| prance | (verb) to walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others | Synonyms: cock, ruffle, sashay, strut, swagger, tittup |
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| (verb) ride a horse such that it springs and bounds forward | - |
| (verb) cause (a horse) to bound spring forward | - |
| (verb) spring forward on the hind legs | - |
| prang | (verb) crash | - |
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| prank | (verb) dress up showily | - |
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| (verb) dress or decorate showily or gaudily | - |
| prate | (verb) speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly | Synonyms: blab, blabber, chatter, clack, gabble, gibber, maunder, palaver, piffle, prattle, tattle, tittle-tattle, twaddle |
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| prattle | (verb) speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly | Synonyms: blab, blabber, chatter, clack, gabble, gibber, maunder, palaver, piffle, prate, tattle, tittle-tattle, twaddle |
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| prawn | (verb) fish for prawns | - |
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| pray | (verb) address a deity, a prophet, a saint or an object of worship; say a prayer | - |
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| (verb) call upon in supplication; entreat | Synonyms: beg, implore |
| preach | (verb) speak, plead, or argue in favor of | Synonyms: advocate |
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| (verb) deliver a sermon | Synonyms: prophesy |
| preachify | (verb) speak as if delivering a sermon; express moral judgements | Synonyms: moralise, moralize, sermonise, sermonize |
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| preamble | (verb) make a preliminary introduction, usually to a formal document | - |
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| prearrange | (verb) arrange beforehand | - |
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| preassemble | (verb) to manufacture sections of (a building), especially in a factory, so that they can be easily transported to and rapidly assembled on a building site of buildings | Synonyms: prefabricate |
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| precede | (verb) furnish with a preface or introduction | Synonyms: introduce, preface, premise |
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| (verb) move ahead (of others) in time or space | Synonyms: lead |
| (verb) be the predecessor of | Synonyms: come before |
| (verb) be earlier in time; go back further | Synonyms: antecede, antedate, forego, forgo, predate |
| (verb) come before | Synonyms: predate |
| precess | (verb) move in a gyrating fashion | - |
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| precipitate | (verb) separate as a fine suspension of solid particles | - |
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| (verb) hurl or throw violently | - |
| (verb) bring about abruptly | - |
| (verb) fall vertically, sharply, or headlong | - |
| (verb) fall from clouds | Synonyms: come down, fall |
| precis | (verb) make a summary (of) | - |
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| preclude | (verb) keep from happening or arising; make impossible | Synonyms: forbid, foreclose, forestall, prevent |
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| (verb) make impossible, especially beforehand | Synonyms: close out, rule out |
| preconceive | (verb) conceive beforehand | - |
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| precondition | (verb) put into the required condition beforehand | - |
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| precook | (verb) cook beforehand so that the actual preparation won't take long | - |
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| predate | (verb) establish something as being earlier relative to something else | Synonyms: antedate, foredate |
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| (verb) be earlier in time; go back further | Synonyms: antecede, antedate, forego, forgo, precede |
| (verb) come before | Synonyms: precede |
| (verb) prey on or hunt for | Synonyms: prey, raven |
| predecease | (verb) die before; die earlier than | - |
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| predestinate | (verb) foreordain by divine will or decree | Synonyms: foreordain, predestine |
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| predestine | (verb) foreordain or determine beforehand | Synonyms: foreordain, preordain |
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| (verb) foreordain by divine will or decree | Synonyms: foreordain, predestinate |
| (verb) decree or determine beforehand | - |
| predetermine | (verb) determine beforehand | - |
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| (verb) cause to be biased | Synonyms: bias |
| predicate | (verb) affirm or declare as an attribute or quality of | Synonyms: proclaim |
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| (verb) involve as a necessary condition of consequence; as in logic | Synonyms: connote |
| (verb) make the (grammatical) predicate in a proposition | - |
| predict | (verb) make a prediction about; tell in advance | Synonyms: anticipate, call, forebode, foretell, prognosticate, promise |
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| (verb) indicate, as with a sign or an omen | Synonyms: augur, auspicate, betoken, bode, forecast, foreshadow, foretell, omen, portend, prefigure, presage, prognosticate |
| predigest | (verb) digest (food) beforehand | - |
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| predispose | (verb) make susceptible | - |
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| predominate | (verb) be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance | Synonyms: dominate, prevail, reign, rule |
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| (verb) appear very large or occupy a commanding position | Synonyms: hulk, loom, tower |
| preempt | (verb) acquire for oneself before others can do so | - |
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| (verb) make a preemptive bid in the game of bridge | - |
| (verb) gain possession of by prior right or opportunity, especially so as to obtain the right to buy (land) | - |
| (verb) take the place of or have precedence over | Synonyms: displace |
| preen | (verb) dress or groom with elaborate care | Synonyms: dress, plume, primp |
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| (verb) pride or congratulate (oneself) for an achievement | Synonyms: congratulate |
| (verb) clean with one's bill | Synonyms: plume |
| preexist | (verb) exist beforehand or prior to a certain point in time | - |
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| prefabricate | (verb) to manufacture sections of (a building), especially in a factory, so that they can be easily transported to and rapidly assembled on a building site of buildings | Synonyms: preassemble |
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| (verb) produce synthetically, artificially, or stereotypically and unoriginally | - |
| preface | (verb) furnish with a preface or introduction | Synonyms: introduce, precede, premise |
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