| abbreviate | (verb) shorten | - |
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| (verb) reduce in scope while retaining essential elements | Synonyms: abridge, contract, cut, foreshorten, reduce, shorten |
| aberrate | (verb) diverge or deviate from the straight path; produce aberration | - |
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| (verb) diverge from the expected | - |
| abhor | (verb) find repugnant | Synonyms: abominate, execrate, loathe |
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| abjure | (verb) formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure | Synonyms: forswear, recant, resile, retract |
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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 | - |
| abrade | (verb) wear away | Synonyms: abrase, corrade, rub down, rub off |
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| (verb) rub hard or scrub | Synonyms: scour |
| abrase | (verb) wear away | Synonyms: abrade, corrade, rub down, rub off |
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| abreact | (verb) discharge bad feelings or tension through verbalization | - |
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| abridge | (verb) reduce in scope while retaining essential elements | Synonyms: abbreviate, contract, cut, foreshorten, reduce, shorten |
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| (verb) lessen, diminish, or curtail | - |
| abrogate | (verb) revoke formally | - |
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| 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 |
| abstract | (verb) consider a concept without thinking of a specific example; consider abstractly or theoretically | - |
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| (verb) consider apart from a particular case or instance | - |
| (verb) give an abstract (of) | - |
| (verb) make off with belongings of others | Synonyms: cabbage, filch, hook, lift, nobble, pilfer, pinch, purloin, snarf, sneak, swipe |
| accelerate | (verb) move faster | Synonyms: quicken, speed, speed up |
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| (verb) cause to move faster | Synonyms: speed, speed up |
| accord | (verb) allow to have | Synonyms: allot, grant |
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| (verb) go together | Synonyms: agree, concord, consort, fit in, harmonise, harmonize |
| accouter | (verb) provide with military equipment | Synonyms: accoutre |
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| accoutre | (verb) provide with military equipment | Synonyms: accouter |
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| accredit | (verb) ascribe an achievement to | Synonyms: credit |
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| (verb) grant credentials to | Synonyms: recognise, recognize |
| (verb) provide or send (envoys or ambassadors) with official credentials | - |
| accrete | (verb) grow together (of plants and organs) | Synonyms: grow together |
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| (verb) grow or become attached by accretion | - |
| accrue | (verb) grow by addition | - |
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| (verb) come into the possession of | Synonyms: fall |
| acculturate | (verb) assimilate culturally | - |
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| accurse | (verb) curse or declare to be evil or anathema or threaten with divine punishment | Synonyms: anathematise, anathematize, anathemise, anathemize, comminate, execrate |
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| acerbate | (verb) make sour or bitter | - |
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| (verb) cause to be bitter or resentful | Synonyms: embitter, envenom |
| achromatise | (verb) remove color from | Synonyms: achromatize |
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| achromatize | (verb) remove color from | Synonyms: achromatise |
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| acquire | (verb) come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes) | Synonyms: develop, get, grow, produce |
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| (verb) take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect | Synonyms: adopt, assume, take, take on |
| (verb) gain through experience | Synonyms: develop, evolve |
| (verb) gain knowledge or skills | Synonyms: larn, learn |
| (verb) come into the possession of something concrete or abstract | Synonyms: get |
| (verb) win something through one's efforts | Synonyms: gain, win |
| (verb) locate (a moving entity) by means of a tracking system such as radar | - |
| address | (verb) adjust and aim (a golf ball) at in preparation of hitting | - |
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| (verb) speak to | Synonyms: turn to |
| (verb) speak to someone | Synonyms: accost, come up to |
| (verb) give a speech to | Synonyms: speak |
| (verb) put an address on (an envelope) | Synonyms: direct |
| (verb) act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression | Synonyms: cover, deal, handle, plow, treat |
| (verb) direct a question at someone | - |
| (verb) address or apply oneself to something, direct one's efforts towards something, such as a question | - |
| (verb) access or locate by address | - |
| (verb) greet, as with a prescribed form, title, or name | Synonyms: call |
| adhere | (verb) follow through or carry out a plan without deviation | - |
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| (verb) stick to firmly | Synonyms: bind, bond, hold fast, stick, stick to |
| (verb) come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation | Synonyms: cleave, cling, cohere, stick |
| (verb) be compatible or in accordance with | - |
| (verb) be loyal to | Synonyms: stand by, stick, stick by |
| (verb) be a devoted follower or supporter | Synonyms: stick |
| adjourn | (verb) close at the end of a session | Synonyms: break up, recess |
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| (verb) break from a meeting or gathering | Synonyms: retire, withdraw |
| adjure | (verb) command solemnly | - |
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| (verb) ask for or request earnestly | Synonyms: beseech, bid, conjure, entreat, press |
| admeasure | (verb) determine the quantity of someone's share | - |
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| administer | (verb) give or apply (medications) | Synonyms: dispense |
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| (verb) administer or bestow, as in small portions | Synonyms: allot, deal, deal out, dish out, dispense, distribute, dole out, lot, mete out, parcel out, shell out |
| (verb) perform (a church sacrament) ritually | - |
| (verb) work in an administrative capacity; supervise or be in charge of | Synonyms: administrate |
| (verb) direct the taking of | - |
| administrate | (verb) work in an administrative capacity; supervise or be in charge of | Synonyms: administer |
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| admire | (verb) feel admiration for | Synonyms: look up to |
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| (verb) look at with admiration | - |
| 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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| adulterate | (verb) corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones | Synonyms: debase, dilute, load, stretch |
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| adumbrate | (verb) describe roughly or briefly or give the main points or summary of | Synonyms: outline, sketch |
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| (verb) give to understand | Synonyms: insinuate, intimate |
| adventure | (verb) put at risk | Synonyms: hazard, jeopardize, stake, venture |
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| (verb) take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome | Synonyms: chance, gamble, hazard, risk, run a risk, take a chance, take chances |
| advert | (verb) make a more or less disguised reference to | Synonyms: allude, touch |
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| (verb) make reference to | Synonyms: bring up, cite, mention, name, refer |
| (verb) give heed (to) | Synonyms: attend, give ear, hang, pay heed |
| advertise | (verb) make publicity for; try to sell (a product) | Synonyms: advertize, promote, push |
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| (verb) call attention to | Synonyms: advertize, publicise, publicize |
| advertize | (verb) make publicity for; try to sell (a product) | Synonyms: advertise, promote, push |
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| (verb) call attention to | Synonyms: advertise, publicise, publicize |
| aerate | (verb) aerate (sewage) so as to favor the growth of organisms that decompose organic matter | Synonyms: activate |
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| (verb) impregnate, combine, or supply with oxygen | Synonyms: oxygenate, oxygenise, oxygenize |
| (verb) expose to fresh air | Synonyms: air, air out |
| aerify | (verb) turn into gas | Synonyms: gasify, vaporise, vaporize |
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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 |
| affirm | (verb) establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts | Synonyms: confirm, corroborate, substantiate, support, sustain |
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| (verb) to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true | Synonyms: assert, aver, avow, swan, swear, verify |
| (verb) say yes to | - |
| 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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| affranchise | (verb) grant freedom to; as from slavery or servitude | Synonyms: enfranchise |
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| affright | (verb) cause fear in | Synonyms: fright, frighten, scare |
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| affront | (verb) treat, mention, or speak to rudely | Synonyms: diss, insult |
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| agglomerate | (verb) form into one cluster | - |
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| aggrade | (verb) build up to a level by depositing sediment | - |
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| aggrandise | (verb) add details to | Synonyms: aggrandize, blow up, dramatise, dramatize, embellish, embroider, lard, pad |
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| aggrandize | (verb) add details to | Synonyms: aggrandise, blow up, dramatise, dramatize, embellish, embroider, lard, pad |
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| aggravate | (verb) make worse | Synonyms: exacerbate, exasperate, worsen |
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| (verb) exasperate or irritate | Synonyms: exacerbate, exasperate |
| aggregate | (verb) gather in a mass, sum, or whole | Synonyms: combine |
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| (verb) amount in the aggregate to | - |
| aggress | (verb) take the initiative and go on the offensive | Synonyms: attack |
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| aggrieve | (verb) cause to feel sorrow | Synonyms: grieve |
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| (verb) infringe on the rights of | - |
| aggroup | (verb) form a group or group together | Synonyms: group |
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| agree | (verb) be in accord; be in agreement | Synonyms: concord, concur, hold |
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| (verb) consent or assent to a condition, or agree to do something | - |
| (verb) achieve harmony of opinion, feeling, or purpose | - |
| (verb) be agreeable or suitable | - |
| (verb) be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics | Synonyms: check, correspond, fit, gibe, jibe, match, tally |
| (verb) go together | Synonyms: accord, concord, consort, fit in, harmonise, harmonize |
| (verb) show grammatical agreement | - |
| air | (verb) expose to cool or cold air so as to cool or freshen | Synonyms: air out, vent, ventilate |
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| (verb) expose to warm or heated air, so as to dry | - |
| (verb) make public | Synonyms: bare, publicise, publicize |
| (verb) broadcast over the airwaves, as in radio or television | Synonyms: beam, broadcast, send, transmit |
| (verb) be broadcast | - |
| (verb) expose to fresh air | Synonyms: aerate, air out |
| airbrush | (verb) paint with an airbrush | - |
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| airfreight | (verb) transport (cargo) by air | Synonyms: air-freight, air-ship |
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| airlift | (verb) fly people or goods to or from places not accessible by other means | Synonyms: lift |
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| airmail | (verb) send or transport by airmail | - |
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| airt | (verb) channel into a new direction | Synonyms: redirect |
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| alarm | (verb) warn or arouse to a sense of danger or call to a state of preparedness | Synonyms: alert |
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| (verb) fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised | Synonyms: appal, appall, dismay, horrify |
| alert | (verb) warn or arouse to a sense of danger or call to a state of preparedness | Synonyms: alarm |
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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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| alliterate | (verb) use alliteration as a form of poetry | - |
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| allure | (verb) dispose or incline or entice to | Synonyms: tempt |
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| alter | (verb) remove the ovaries of | Synonyms: castrate, neuter, spay |
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| (verb) become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics or essence | Synonyms: change, vary |
| (verb) cause to change; make different; cause a transformation | Synonyms: change, modify |
| (verb) insert words into texts, often falsifying it thereby | Synonyms: falsify, interpolate |
| (verb) make an alteration to | - |
| altercate | (verb) have a disagreement over something | Synonyms: argufy, dispute, quarrel, scrap |
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| alternate | (verb) do something in turns | Synonyms: take turns |
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| (verb) go back and forth; swing back and forth between two states or conditions | Synonyms: jump |
| (verb) reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action) | Synonyms: flip-flop, flip, interchange, switch, tack |
| (verb) be an understudy or alternate for a role | Synonyms: understudy |
| (verb) exchange people temporarily to fulfill certain jobs and functions | - |
| ameliorate | (verb) get better | Synonyms: better, improve, meliorate |
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| (verb) to make better | Synonyms: amend, better, improve, meliorate |
| amerce | (verb) punish with an arbitrary penalty | - |
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| (verb) punish by a fine imposed arbitrarily by the discretion of the court | - |
| amortise | (verb) liquidate gradually | Synonyms: amortize |
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| amortize | (verb) liquidate gradually | Synonyms: amortise |
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| anagram | (verb) read letters out of order to discover a hidden meaning | Synonyms: anagrammatise, anagrammatize |
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| anagrammatise | (verb) read letters out of order to discover a hidden meaning | Synonyms: anagram, anagrammatize |
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| anagrammatize | (verb) read letters out of order to discover a hidden meaning | Synonyms: anagram, anagrammatise |
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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 |
| anger | (verb) make angry | - |
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| (verb) become angry | Synonyms: see red |
| animadvert | (verb) express one's opinion openly and without fear or hesitation | Synonyms: opine, sound off, speak out, speak up |
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| (verb) express blame or censure or make a harshly critical remark | - |
| answer | (verb) give the correct answer or solution to | - |
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| (verb) respond to a signal | - |
| (verb) understand the meaning of | Synonyms: resolve |
| (verb) react to a stimulus or command | - |
| (verb) react verbally | Synonyms: reply, respond |
| (verb) give a defence or refutation of (a charge) or in (an argument) | - |
| (verb) be satisfactory for; meet the requirements of or serve the purpose of | - |
| (verb) match or correspond | - |
| (verb) be liable or accountable | - |
| (verb) be sufficient; be adequate, either in quality or quantity | Synonyms: do, serve, suffice |
| 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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| apostrophise | (verb) use an apostrophe | Synonyms: apostrophize |
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| apostrophize | (verb) use an apostrophe | Synonyms: apostrophise |
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| apparel | (verb) provide with clothes or put clothes on | Synonyms: clothe, dress, enclothe, fit out, garb, garment, habilitate, raiment, tog |
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| appear | (verb) come into sight or view | - |
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| (verb) be issued or published | Synonyms: come out |
| (verb) come into being or existence, or appear on the scene | Synonyms: come along |
| (verb) appear as a character on stage or appear in a play, etc. | - |
| (verb) give a certain impression of being something or having a certain aspect | Synonyms: look, seem |
| (verb) (of a proposition) seem to be true, probable, or apparent | Synonyms: seem |
| (verb) present oneself formally, as before a (judicial) authority | - |
| apperceive | (verb) perceive in terms of a past experience | - |
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| appertain | (verb) be a part or attribute of | Synonyms: pertain |
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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 |