| 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 |
| proposition | (verb) suggest sex to | - |
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| provision | (verb) supply with provisions | Synonyms: purvey |
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| reassign | (verb) transfer somebody to a different position or location of work | Synonyms: transfer |
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| reclassify | (verb) classify anew, change the previous classification | - |
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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 | - |
| redeposit | (verb) deposit anew | - |
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| (verb) deposit once again | - |
| redesign | (verb) design anew, make a new design for | - |
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| reposit | (verb) put (something) in a place for storage | - |
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| 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 | - |
| reside | (verb) make one's home in a particular place or community | Synonyms: domicile, domiciliate, shack |
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| (verb) live (in a certain place) | Synonyms: lodge in, occupy |
| (verb) be inherent or innate in | Synonyms: repose, rest |
| resift | (verb) sift anew | - |
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| resign | (verb) accept as inevitable | Synonyms: reconcile, submit |
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| (verb) part with a possession or right | Synonyms: free, give up, release, relinquish |
| (verb) leave (a job, post, or position) voluntarily | Synonyms: give up, renounce, vacate |
| (verb) give up or retire from a position | Synonyms: leave office, quit, step down |
| resile | (verb) return to the original position or state after being stretched or compressed | - |
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| (verb) formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure | Synonyms: abjure, forswear, recant, retract |
| (verb) spring back; spring away from an impact | Synonyms: bounce, bound, rebound, recoil, reverberate, ricochet, spring, take a hop |
| (verb) pull out from an agreement, contract, statement, etc. | - |
| resinate | (verb) impregnate with resin to give a special flavor to | - |
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| resist | (verb) stand up or offer resistance to somebody or something | Synonyms: hold out, stand firm, withstand |
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| (verb) withstand the force of something | Synonyms: fend, stand |
| (verb) refuse to comply | Synonyms: balk, baulk, jib |
| (verb) express opposition through action or words | Synonyms: dissent, protest |
| (verb) elude, especially in a baffling way | Synonyms: defy, refuse |
| (verb) resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ | Synonyms: refuse, reject |
| resize | (verb) change the size of; make the size more appropriate | - |
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| revisit | (verb) visit again | - |
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| rosin | (verb) rub rosin onto | - |
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| sensibilise | (verb) make sensitive or aware | Synonyms: sensibilize, sensify, sensitise, sensitize |
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| sensibilize | (verb) make sensitive or aware | Synonyms: sensibilise, sensify, sensitise, sensitize |
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| sensify | (verb) make sensitive or aware | Synonyms: sensibilise, sensibilize, sensitise, sensitize |
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| sensitise | (verb) make sensitive or aware | Synonyms: sensibilise, sensibilize, sensify, sensitize |
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| (verb) make (a material) sensitive to light, often of a particular colour, by coating it with a photographic emulsion | Synonyms: sensitize |
| (verb) make sensitive to a drug or allergen | Synonyms: sensitize |
| (verb) cause to sense; make sensitive | Synonyms: sensitize |
| sensitize | (verb) make sensitive or aware | Synonyms: sensibilise, sensibilize, sensify, sensitise |
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| (verb) make (a material) sensitive to light, often of a particular colour, by coating it with a photographic emulsion | Synonyms: sensitise |
| (verb) make sensitive to a drug or allergen | Synonyms: sensitise |
| (verb) cause to sense; make sensitive | Synonyms: sensitise |
| sibilate | (verb) make a sharp hissing sound, as if to show disapproval | Synonyms: hiss, siss, sizz |
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| (verb) express or utter with a hiss | Synonyms: hiss, siss, sizz |
| (verb) utter a sibilant | - |
| (verb) pronounce with an initial sibilant | - |
| sic | (verb) urge to attack someone | Synonyms: set |
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| sick | (verb) eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth | Synonyms: barf, be sick, cast, cat, chuck, disgorge, honk, puke, purge, regorge, regurgitate, retch, spew, spue, throw up, upchuck, vomit, vomit up |
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| sicken | (verb) get sick | Synonyms: come down |
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| (verb) make sick or ill | - |
| (verb) cause aversion in; offend the moral sense of | Synonyms: churn up, disgust, nauseate, revolt |
| (verb) upset and make nauseated | Synonyms: nauseate, turn one's stomach |
| side | (verb) take sides for or against | - |
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| sideline | (verb) remove from the center of activity or attention; place into an inferior position | - |
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| sidestep | (verb) avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues) | Synonyms: circumvent, dodge, duck, elude, evade, fudge, hedge, parry, put off, skirt |
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| sideswipe | (verb) strike from the side | - |
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| sidetrack | (verb) wander from a direct or straight course | Synonyms: depart, digress, straggle |
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| sidle | (verb) move sideways | Synonyms: sashay |
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| (verb) move unobtrusively or furtively | - |
| sieve | (verb) distinguish and separate out | Synonyms: sift |
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| (verb) separate by passing through a sieve or other straining device to separate out coarser elements | Synonyms: sift, strain |
| (verb) check and sort carefully | Synonyms: sift |
| (verb) examine in order to test suitability | Synonyms: screen, screen out, sort |
| sift | (verb) distinguish and separate out | Synonyms: sieve |
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| (verb) separate by passing through a sieve or other straining device to separate out coarser elements | Synonyms: sieve, strain |
| (verb) check and sort carefully | Synonyms: sieve |
| (verb) move as if through a sieve | - |
| sigh | (verb) heave or utter a sigh; breathe deeply and heavily | Synonyms: suspire |
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| (verb) utter with a sigh | - |
| sight | (verb) catch sight of; to perceive with the eyes | Synonyms: spy |
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| (verb) take aim by looking through the sights of a gun (or other device) | - |
| sightread | (verb) perform music from a score without having seen the score before | Synonyms: sight-read |
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| sightsee | (verb) visit famous or interesting sights | - |
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| sightsing | (verb) sing from a score without having seen it before | Synonyms: sight-sing |
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| sign | (verb) be engaged by a written agreement | - |
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| (verb) communicate silently and non-verbally by signals or signs | Synonyms: signal, signalise, signalize |
| (verb) mark with one's signature; write one's name (on) | Synonyms: subscribe |
| (verb) make the sign of the cross over someone in order to call on God for protection; consecrate | Synonyms: bless |
| (verb) communicate in sign language | - |
| (verb) place signs, as along a road | - |
| (verb) approve and express assent, responsibility, or obligation | Synonyms: ratify |
| (verb) engage by written agreement | Synonyms: contract, sign on, sign up |
| signal | (verb) communicate silently and non-verbally by signals or signs | Synonyms: sign, signalise, signalize |
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| (verb) be a signal for or a symptom of | Synonyms: bespeak, betoken, indicate, point |
| signalise | (verb) make conspicuous or noteworthy | Synonyms: distinguish, signalize |
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| (verb) communicate silently and non-verbally by signals or signs | Synonyms: sign, signal, signalize |
| (verb) point out carefully and clearly | Synonyms: call attention, point out, signalize |
| (verb) provide with traffic signals | Synonyms: signalize |
| signalize | (verb) make conspicuous or noteworthy | Synonyms: distinguish, signalise |
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| (verb) communicate silently and non-verbally by signals or signs | Synonyms: sign, signal, signalise |
| (verb) point out carefully and clearly | Synonyms: call attention, point out, signalise |
| (verb) provide with traffic signals | Synonyms: signalise |
| signify | (verb) convey or express a meaning | - |
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| (verb) make known with a word or signal | - |
| (verb) denote or connote | Synonyms: intend, mean, stand for |
| signpost | (verb) mark with a signpost, as of a path | - |
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| silence | (verb) cause to be quiet or not talk | Synonyms: hush, hush up, quieten, shut up, still |
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| (verb) keep from expression, for example by threats or pressure | - |
| silhouette | (verb) represent by a silhouette | - |
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| (verb) project on a background, such as a screen, like a silhouette | - |
| silkscreen | (verb) print by silkscreen | - |
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| silt | (verb) become chocked with silt | Synonyms: silt up |
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| silver | (verb) make silver in color | - |
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| (verb) turn silver | - |
| (verb) coat with a layer of silver or a silver amalgam | - |
| silverplate | (verb) plate with silver | Synonyms: silver-plate |
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| simmer | (verb) boil slowly at low temperature | - |
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| simper | (verb) smile affectedly or derisively | Synonyms: smirk |
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| simplify | (verb) make simpler or easier or reduce in complexity or extent | - |
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| simulate | (verb) make a pretence of | Synonyms: assume, feign, sham |
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| (verb) create a representation or simulation of | Synonyms: model |
| (verb) reproduce someone's behavior or looks | Synonyms: copy, imitate |
| sin | (verb) commit a sin; violate a law of God or a moral law | Synonyms: transgress, trespass |
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| (verb) commit a faux pas or a fault or make a serious mistake | Synonyms: blunder, boob, drop the ball, goof |
| sing | (verb) make a whining, ringing, or whistling sound | Synonyms: whistle |
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| (verb) divulge confidential information or secrets | Synonyms: babble, babble out, blab, blab out, let the cat out of the bag, peach, spill the beans, talk, tattle |
| (verb) to make melodious sounds | - |
| (verb) produce tones with the voice | - |
| (verb) deliver by singing | - |
| singe | (verb) burn superficially or lightly | Synonyms: swinge |
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| (verb) become superficially burned | Synonyms: scorch, sear |
| single | (verb) hit a single | - |
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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 | - |
| singularise | (verb) distinguish as singular | Synonyms: singularize |
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| singularize | (verb) distinguish as singular | Synonyms: singularise |
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| sink | (verb) fall heavily or suddenly; decline markedly | Synonyms: fall off, slump |
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| (verb) embed deeply | Synonyms: bury |
| (verb) go under | Synonyms: go down, go under, settle |
| (verb) fall or descend to a lower place or level | Synonyms: drop, drop down |
| (verb) cause to sink | - |
| (verb) fall or sink heavily | Synonyms: slide down, slump |
| (verb) appear to move downward | Synonyms: dip |
| (verb) descend into or as if into some soft substance or place | Synonyms: subside |
| (verb) pass into a specified state or condition; sink into | Synonyms: lapse, pass |
| sinter | (verb) cause (ores or powdery metals) to become a coherent mass by heating without melting | - |
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| sip | (verb) drink in sips | - |
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| 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 |
| sire | (verb) make (offspring) by reproduction | Synonyms: beget, bring forth, engender, father, generate, get, mother |
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| siss | (verb) make a sharp hissing sound, as if to show disapproval | Synonyms: hiss, sibilate, sizz |
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| (verb) express or utter with a hiss | Synonyms: hiss, sibilate, sizz |
| sit | (verb) serve in a specific professional capacity | - |
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| (verb) be in a position in which one's upper body is largely upright and supported by one's backside | Synonyms: sit down |
| (verb) show to a seat; assign a seat for | Synonyms: seat, sit down |
| (verb) take a seat | Synonyms: sit down |
| (verb) be in session | - |
| (verb) sit and travel on the back of animal, usually while controlling its motions | Synonyms: ride |
| (verb) assume a posture as for artistic purposes | Synonyms: model, pose, posture |
| (verb) work or act as a baby-sitter | Synonyms: baby-sit, babysit |
| (verb) be around, often idly or without specific purpose | Synonyms: sit around |
| (verb) be located or situated somewhere | - |
| site | (verb) assign a location to | Synonyms: locate, place |
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| situate | (verb) put (something somewhere) firmly | Synonyms: deposit, fix, posit |
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| (verb) determine or indicate the place, site, or limits of, as if by an instrument or by a survey | Synonyms: locate |
| size | (verb) make to a size; bring to a suitable size | - |
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| (verb) sort according to size | - |
| (verb) cover or stiffen or glaze a porous material with size or sizing (a glutinous substance) | - |
| sizz | (verb) make a sharp hissing sound, as if to show disapproval | Synonyms: hiss, sibilate, siss |
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| (verb) express or utter with a hiss | Synonyms: hiss, sibilate, siss |
| sizzle | (verb) burn or sear with a sizzling sound | - |
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| (verb) make a sound like frying fat | - |
| (verb) seethe with deep anger or resentment | - |
| subside | (verb) wear off or die down | Synonyms: lessen |
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| (verb) sink down or precipitate | Synonyms: settle |
| (verb) sink to a lower level or form a depression | - |
| (verb) descend into or as if into some soft substance or place | Synonyms: sink |
| subsidise | (verb) support through subsidies | Synonyms: subsidize |
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| (verb) secure the assistance of by granting a subsidy, as of nations or military forces | Synonyms: subsidize |
| subsidize | (verb) support through subsidies | Synonyms: subsidise |
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| (verb) secure the assistance of by granting a subsidy, as of nations or military forces | Synonyms: subsidise |
| subsist | (verb) support oneself | Synonyms: exist, live, survive |
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| synthesise | (verb) combine so as to form a more complex, product | Synonyms: synthesize |
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| synthesize | (verb) combine so as to form a more complex, product | Synonyms: synthesise |
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| (verb) combine and form a synthesis | - |
| transistorise | (verb) equip (an electronic circuit or device) with transistors | Synonyms: transistorize |
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| transistorize | (verb) equip (an electronic circuit or device) with transistors | Synonyms: transistorise |
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| transit | (verb) make a passage or journey from one place to another | Synonyms: move through, pass across, pass over, pass through |
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| (verb) cause or enable to pass through | - |
| (verb) revolve (the telescope of a surveying transit) about its horizontal transverse axis in order to reverse its direction | - |
| (verb) pass across (a sign or house of the zodiac) or pass across (the disk of a celestial body or the meridian of a place) | - |
| 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 | - |
| transitivise | (verb) make transitive | Synonyms: transitivize |
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| transitivize | (verb) make transitive | Synonyms: transitivise |
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| undersign | (verb) sign at the bottom of (a document) | - |
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| versify | (verb) compose verses or put into verse | Synonyms: poetise, poetize, verse |
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| vesicate | (verb) get blistered | Synonyms: blister |
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| vesiculate | (verb) cause to become vesicular or full of air cells | - |
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| (verb) become vesicular or full of air cells | - |
| visit | (verb) assail | - |
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| (verb) talk socially without exchanging too much information | Synonyms: chaffer, chat, chatter, chew the fat, chit-chat, chitchat, claver, confab, confabulate, gossip, jaw, natter, shoot the breeze |
| (verb) impose something unpleasant | Synonyms: bring down, impose, inflict |
| (verb) go to certain places as for sightseeing | Synonyms: travel to |
| (verb) come to see in an official or professional capacity | Synonyms: inspect |
| (verb) pay a brief visit | Synonyms: call, call in |
| (verb) go to see a place, as for entertainment | Synonyms: see |
| (verb) stay with as a guest | - |