abduce | (verb) advance evidence for | Synonyms: adduce, cite |
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abduct | (verb) pull away from the body | - |
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(verb) take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom | Synonyms: kidnap, nobble, snatch |
abjure | (verb) formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure | Synonyms: forswear, recant, resile, retract |
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abound | (verb) be abundant or plentiful; exist in large quantities | - |
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(verb) be in a state of movement or action | Synonyms: bristle, burst |
absquatulate | (verb) run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along | Synonyms: abscond, bolt, decamp, go off, make off, run off |
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abuse | (verb) change the inherent purpose or function of something | Synonyms: misuse, pervert |
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(verb) use wrongly or improperly or excessively | - |
(verb) use foul or abusive language towards | Synonyms: blackguard, clapperclaw, shout |
(verb) treat badly | Synonyms: ill-treat, ill-use, maltreat, mistreat, step |
abut | (verb) lie adjacent to another or share a boundary | Synonyms: adjoin, border, butt, butt against, butt on, edge, march |
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accentuate | (verb) to stress, single out as important | Synonyms: accent, emphasise, emphasize, punctuate, stress |
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(verb) put stress on; utter with an accent | Synonyms: accent, stress |
account | (verb) furnish a justifying analysis or explanation | Synonyms: answer for |
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(verb) to give an account or representation of in words | Synonyms: describe, report |
(verb) keep an account of | Synonyms: calculate |
(verb) be the sole or primary factor in the existence, acquisition, supply, or disposal of something | - |
accouter | (verb) provide with military equipment | Synonyms: accoutre |
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accoutre | (verb) provide with military equipment | Synonyms: accouter |
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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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accumulate | (verb) increase in amount by collecting or gathering | Synonyms: amass, conglomerate, cumulate, gather, pile up |
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(verb) get or gather together | Synonyms: amass, collect, compile, hoard, pile up, roll up |
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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accuse | (verb) bring an accusation against; level a charge against | Synonyms: criminate, impeach, incriminate |
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(verb) blame for, make a claim of wrongdoing or misbehavior against | Synonyms: charge |
accustom | (verb) make psychologically or physically used (to something) | Synonyms: habituate |
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acidulate | (verb) make sour or more sour | Synonyms: acetify, acidify, sour |
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acquaint | (verb) cause to come to know personally | Synonyms: introduce, present |
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(verb) make familiar or conversant with | Synonyms: familiarise, familiarize |
(verb) inform | - |
acquiesce | (verb) to agree or express agreement | Synonyms: accede, assent |
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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 | - |
acquit | (verb) behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself | Synonyms: act, bear, behave, carry, comport, conduct, deport, do |
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(verb) pronounce not guilty of criminal charges | Synonyms: assoil, clear, discharge, exculpate, exonerate |
actualise | (verb) represent or describe realistically | Synonyms: actualize |
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(verb) make real or concrete; give reality or substance to | Synonyms: actualize, realise, realize, substantiate |
actualize | (verb) represent or describe realistically | Synonyms: actualise |
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(verb) make real or concrete; give reality or substance to | Synonyms: actualise, realise, realize, substantiate |
actuate | (verb) put in motion or move to act | Synonyms: activate, set off, spark, spark off, touch off, trigger, trigger off, trip |
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(verb) give an incentive for action | Synonyms: incite, motivate, move, prompt, propel |
acuminate | (verb) make sharp or acute; taper; make (something) come to a point | - |
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adduce | (verb) advance evidence for | Synonyms: abduce, cite |
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adduct | (verb) draw a limb towards the body | - |
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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 |
adjudge | (verb) declare to be | Synonyms: declare, hold |
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adjudicate | (verb) bring to an end; settle conclusively | Synonyms: decide, resolve, settle |
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(verb) put on trial or hear a case and sit as the judge at the trial of | Synonyms: judge, try |
adjure | (verb) command solemnly | - |
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(verb) ask for or request earnestly | Synonyms: beseech, bid, conjure, entreat, press |
adjust | (verb) alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard | Synonyms: correct, set |
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(verb) adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions | Synonyms: adapt, conform |
(verb) make correspondent or conformable | - |
(verb) place in a line or arrange so as to be parallel or straight | Synonyms: align, aline, line up |
(verb) decide how much is to be paid on an insurance claim | - |
admeasure | (verb) determine the quantity of someone's share | - |
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adulate | (verb) flatter in an obsequious manner | - |
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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 |
agglutinate | (verb) clump together; as of bacteria, red blood cells, etc. | - |
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(verb) string together (morphemes in an agglutinating language) | - |
aggroup | (verb) form a group or group together | Synonyms: group |
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airbrush | (verb) paint with an airbrush | - |
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allude | (verb) make a more or less disguised reference to | Synonyms: advert, touch |
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allure | (verb) dispose or incline or entice to | Synonyms: tempt |
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aluminise | (verb) cover with aluminum | Synonyms: aluminize |
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aluminize | (verb) cover with aluminum | Synonyms: aluminise |
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ambulate | (verb) walk about; not be bedridden or incapable of walking | - |
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ambuscade | (verb) wait in hiding to attack | Synonyms: ambush, bushwhack, lie in wait, lurk, scupper, waylay |
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ambush | (verb) wait in hiding to attack | Synonyms: ambuscade, bushwhack, lie in wait, lurk, scupper, waylay |
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(verb) hunt (quarry) by stalking and ambushing | Synonyms: still-hunt |
amount | (verb) to measure up to in kind or quality | Synonyms: add up, come |
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(verb) add up in number or quantity | Synonyms: add up, come, number, total |
(verb) be tantamount or equivalent to | - |
amputate | (verb) remove surgically | Synonyms: cut off |
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amuse | (verb) make (somebody) laugh | - |
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(verb) occupy in an agreeable, entertaining or pleasant fashion | Synonyms: disport, divert |
anguish | (verb) cause emotional anguish or make miserable | Synonyms: hurt, pain |
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(verb) suffer great pains or distress | - |
angulate | (verb) make or become angular | - |
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announce | (verb) make known; make an announcement | Synonyms: denote |
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(verb) foreshadow or presage | Synonyms: annunciate, foretell, harbinger, herald |
(verb) announce publicly or officially | Synonyms: declare |
(verb) give the names of | - |
annul | (verb) cancel officially | Synonyms: countermand, lift, overturn, repeal, rescind, reverse, revoke, vacate |
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(verb) declare invalid | Synonyms: avoid, invalidate, nullify, quash, void |
annunciate | (verb) foreshadow or presage | Synonyms: announce, foretell, harbinger, herald |
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antiquate | (verb) give an antique appearance to | Synonyms: antique |
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(verb) make obsolete or old-fashioned | - |
antique | (verb) give an antique appearance to | Synonyms: antiquate |
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(verb) shop for antiques | - |
applaud | (verb) express that something is worthy of praise | - |
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(verb) clap one's hands or shout after performances to indicate approval | Synonyms: acclaim, clap, spat |
applique | (verb) sew on as a decoration | - |
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aquaplane | (verb) ride on an aquaplane | - |
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(verb) rise up onto a thin film of water between the tires and road so that there is no more contact with the road | - |
aquatint | (verb) etch in aquatint | - |
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argue | (verb) have an argument about something | Synonyms: contend, debate, fence |
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(verb) give evidence of | Synonyms: indicate |
(verb) present reasons and arguments | Synonyms: reason |
argufy | (verb) have a disagreement over something | Synonyms: altercate, dispute, quarrel, scrap |
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armour | (verb) equip with armor | Synonyms: armor |
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arouse | (verb) cause to be alert and energetic | Synonyms: brace, energise, energize, perk up, stimulate |
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(verb) cause to become awake or conscious | Synonyms: awaken, rouse, wake, wake up, waken |
(verb) stop sleeping | Synonyms: awake, awaken, come alive, wake, wake up, waken |
(verb) summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic | Synonyms: bring up, call down, call forth, conjure, conjure up, evoke, invoke, put forward, raise, stir |
(verb) call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses) | Synonyms: elicit, enkindle, evoke, fire, kindle, provoke, raise |
(verb) to evoke sexual feelings | Synonyms: excite, sex, turn on, wind up |
(verb) to begin moving | Synonyms: stir |
articulate | (verb) speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way | Synonyms: enounce, enunciate, pronounce, say, sound out |
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(verb) express or state clearly | Synonyms: enunciate, vocalise, vocalize |
(verb) put into words or an expression | Synonyms: formulate, give voice, phrase, word |
(verb) provide with a joint | Synonyms: joint |
(verb) unite by forming a joint or joints | - |
assault | (verb) attack in speech or writing | Synonyms: assail, attack, lash out, round, snipe |
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(verb) attack someone physically or emotionally | Synonyms: assail, attack, set on |
(verb) force (someone) to have sex against their will | Synonyms: dishonor, dishonour, outrage, rape, ravish, violate |
assuage | (verb) provide physical relief, as from pain | Synonyms: alleviate, palliate, relieve |
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(verb) satisfy (thirst) | Synonyms: allay, quench, slake |
(verb) cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of | Synonyms: appease, conciliate, gentle, gruntle, lenify, mollify, pacify, placate |
assume | (verb) put clothing on one's body | Synonyms: don, get into, put on, wear |
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(verb) take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect | Synonyms: acquire, adopt, take, take on |
(verb) take to be the case or to be true; accept without verification or proof | Synonyms: presume, take for granted |
(verb) take up someone's soul into heaven | - |
(verb) make a pretence of | Synonyms: feign, sham, simulate |
(verb) occupy or take on | Synonyms: strike, take, take up |
(verb) seize and take control without authority and possibly with force; take as one's right or possession | Synonyms: arrogate, seize, take over, usurp |
(verb) take on as one's own the expenses or debts of another person | Synonyms: accept, bear, take over |
(verb) take on titles, offices, duties, responsibilities | Synonyms: adopt, take on, take over |
assure | (verb) be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something | Synonyms: ascertain, check, control, ensure, insure, see, see to it |
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(verb) inform positively and with certainty and confidence | Synonyms: tell |
(verb) assure somebody of the truth of something with the intention of giving the listener confidence | - |
(verb) make a promise or commitment | Synonyms: promise |
(verb) make certain of | Synonyms: ensure, guarantee, insure, secure |
astound | (verb) affect with wonder | Synonyms: amaze, astonish |
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attenuate | (verb) become weaker, in strength, value, or magnitude | - |
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(verb) weaken the consistency of (a chemical substance) | Synonyms: rarefy |
attitudinise | (verb) assume certain affected attitudes | Synonyms: attitudinize |
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attitudinize | (verb) assume certain affected attitudes | Synonyms: attitudinise |
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attribute | (verb) attribute or credit to | Synonyms: ascribe, assign, impute |
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(verb) decide as to where something belongs in a scheme | Synonyms: assign |
attune | (verb) adjust or accustom to; bring into harmony with | - |
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auction | (verb) sell at an auction | Synonyms: auction off, auctioneer |
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auctioneer | (verb) sell at an auction | Synonyms: auction, auction off |
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audit | (verb) attend academic courses without getting credit | - |
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(verb) examine carefully for accuracy with the intent of verification | Synonyms: inspect, scrutinise, scrutinize |
audition | (verb) perform in order to get a role | Synonyms: try out |
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augment | (verb) grow or intensify | - |
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(verb) enlarge or increase | - |
augur | (verb) indicate, as with a sign or an omen | Synonyms: auspicate, betoken, bode, forecast, foreshadow, foretell, omen, portend, predict, prefigure, presage, prognosticate |
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(verb) predict from an omen | - |
aurify | (verb) turn golden | - |
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(verb) transform into gold | - |
auscultate | (verb) examine by auscultation | - |
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auspicate | (verb) commence in a manner calculated to bring good luck | - |
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(verb) indicate, as with a sign or an omen | Synonyms: augur, betoken, bode, forecast, foreshadow, foretell, omen, portend, predict, prefigure, presage, prognosticate |
authenticate | (verb) establish the authenticity of something | - |
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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 |
autoclave | (verb) subject to the action of an autoclave | - |
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autograph | (verb) mark with one's signature | Synonyms: inscribe |
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automate | (verb) make automatic or control or operate automatically | Synonyms: automatise, automatize |
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automatise | (verb) make automatic or control or operate automatically | Synonyms: automate, automatize |
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(verb) turn into an automaton | Synonyms: automatize |
automatize | (verb) make automatic or control or operate automatically | Synonyms: automate, automatise |
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(verb) turn into an automaton | Synonyms: automatise |
automobile | (verb) travel in an automobile | - |
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autopsy | (verb) perform an autopsy on a dead body; do a post-mortem | - |
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autotomise | (verb) cause a body part to undergo autotomy | Synonyms: autotomize |
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autotomize | (verb) cause a body part to undergo autotomy | Synonyms: autotomise |
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avouch | (verb) admit openly and bluntly; make no bones about | Synonyms: avow |
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