advance | (verb) develop in a positive way | Synonyms: come along, come on, get along, get on, progress, shape up |
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(verb) rise in rate or price | Synonyms: gain |
(verb) increase or raise | Synonyms: boost, supercharge |
(verb) develop further | - |
(verb) bring forward for consideration or acceptance | Synonyms: throw out |
(verb) obtain advantages, such as points, etc. | Synonyms: gain, gain ground, get ahead, make headway, pull ahead, win |
(verb) move forward, also in the metaphorical sense | Synonyms: go on, march on, move on, pass on, progress |
(verb) cause to move forward | Synonyms: bring forward |
(verb) move forward | Synonyms: set ahead |
(verb) pay in advance | - |
(verb) give a promotion to or assign to a higher position | Synonyms: elevate, kick upstairs, promote, raise, upgrade |
(verb) contribute to the progress or growth of | Synonyms: boost, encourage, further, promote |
affiance | (verb) give to in marriage | Synonyms: betroth, engage, plight |
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allowance | (verb) put on a fixed allowance, as of food | - |
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balance | (verb) hold or carry in equilibrium | Synonyms: poise |
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(verb) compute credits and debits of an account | - |
(verb) bring into balance or equilibrium | Synonyms: equilibrate, equilibrise, equilibrize |
(verb) be in equilibrium | - |
bechance | (verb) happen, occur, or be the case in the course of events or by chance | Synonyms: befall, happen |
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(verb) become of; happen to | Synonyms: befall, betide |
chance | (verb) come upon, as if by accident; meet with | Synonyms: bump, encounter, find, happen |
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(verb) take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome | Synonyms: adventure, gamble, hazard, risk, run a risk, take a chance, take chances |
(verb) be the case by chance | - |
chiromance | (verb) divine by reading someone's palms | - |
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contradance | (verb) perform a contradance | Synonyms: contra danse, contredanse, country-dance |
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countenance | (verb) consent to, give permission; permit | Synonyms: allow, let, permit |
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counterbalance | (verb) oppose and mitigate the effects of by contrary actions | Synonyms: counteract, countervail, neutralize |
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(verb) contrast with equal weight or force | Synonyms: oppose |
(verb) adjust for | Synonyms: compensate, correct, even off, even out, even up, make up |
dance | (verb) move in a pattern; usually to musical accompaniment; do or perform a dance | Synonyms: trip the light fantastic, trip the light fantastic toe |
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(verb) move in a graceful and rhythmical way | - |
(verb) skip, leap, or move up and down or sideways | - |
discountenance | (verb) show disapproval by discouraging | - |
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(verb) look with disfavor on | - |
distance | (verb) go far ahead of | Synonyms: outdistance, outstrip |
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(verb) keep at a distance | - |
enhance | (verb) increase the level of | Synonyms: heighten, raise |
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(verb) make better or more attractive | - |
entrance | (verb) put into a trance | Synonyms: spellbind |
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(verb) attract; cause to be enamored | Synonyms: becharm, beguile, bewitch, captivate, capture, catch, charm, enamor, enamour, enchant, fascinate, trance |
finance | (verb) obtain or provide money for | - |
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(verb) sell or provide on credit | - |
freelance | (verb) work independently and on temporary contracts rather than for a long-term employer | - |
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glance | (verb) hit at an angle | - |
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(verb) throw a glance at; take a brief look at | Synonyms: glint, peek |
instance | (verb) clarify by giving an example of | Synonyms: exemplify, illustrate |
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lance | (verb) open by piercing with a lancet | - |
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(verb) pierce with a lance, as in a knights' fight | - |
(verb) move quickly, as if by cutting one's way | - |
outbalance | (verb) weigh more heavily | Synonyms: outweigh, overbalance, preponderate |
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outdistance | (verb) go far ahead of | Synonyms: distance, outstrip |
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overbalance | (verb) cause to be off balance | - |
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(verb) weigh more heavily | Synonyms: outbalance, outweigh, preponderate |
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 | - |
refinance | (verb) renew the financing of | - |
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romance | (verb) tell romantic or exaggerated lies | - |
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(verb) talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions | Synonyms: butterfly, chat up, coquet, coquette, dally, flirt, mash, philander |
(verb) have a love affair with | - |
(verb) make amorous advances towards | Synonyms: court, solicit, woo |
tapdance | (verb) dance and make rhythmic clicking sounds by means of metal plates nailed to the sole of the dance shoes | Synonyms: tap |
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trance | (verb) attract; cause to be enamored | Synonyms: becharm, beguile, bewitch, captivate, capture, catch, charm, enamor, enamour, enchant, entrance, fascinate |
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unbalance | (verb) derange mentally, throw out of mental balance; make insane | Synonyms: derange |
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(verb) throw out of balance or equilibrium | - |