| abacinate
|
(verb) blind by holding a red-hot metal plate before someone's eyes |
- |
|---|
| abase
|
(verb) cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of |
Synonyms:
humble,
humiliate,
mortify,
chagrin |
|---|
| abate
|
(verb) make less active or intense |
Synonyms:
slack,
slake |
|---|
| (verb) become less in amount or intensity |
Synonyms:
slack,
die away,
slack off,
let up |
| abbreviate
|
(verb) reduce in scope while retaining essential elements |
Synonyms:
cut,
reduce,
contract,
shorten,
abridge,
foreshorten |
|---|
| (verb) shorten |
- |
| abdicate
|
(verb) give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations |
Synonyms:
renounce |
|---|
| abduce
|
(verb) advance evidence for |
Synonyms:
cite,
adduce |
|---|
| aberrate
|
(verb) diverge from the expected |
- |
|---|
| (verb) diverge or deviate from the straight path; produce aberration |
- |
| abide
|
(verb) dwell |
Synonyms:
stay,
bide |
|---|
| (verb) put up with something or somebody unpleasant |
Synonyms:
digest,
put up,
endure,
stand,
stick out,
stomach,
suffer,
support,
bear,
brook,
tolerate |
| abjure
|
(verb) formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure |
Synonyms:
resile,
retract,
recant,
forswear |
|---|
| ablactate
|
(verb) gradually deprive (infants and young mammals) of mother's milk |
Synonyms:
wean |
|---|
| ablate
|
(verb) wear away through erosion or vaporization |
- |
|---|
| (verb) remove an organ or bodily structure |
- |
| abnegate
|
(verb) deny oneself (something); restrain, especially from indulging in some pleasure |
Synonyms:
deny |
|---|
| (verb) surrender (power or a position) |
- |
| (verb) deny or renounce |
- |
| abominate
|
(verb) find repugnant |
Synonyms:
execrate,
abhor,
loathe |
|---|
| abrade
|
(verb) wear away |
Synonyms:
rub down,
rub off,
corrade,
abrase |
|---|
| (verb) rub hard or scrub |
Synonyms:
scour |
| abrase
|
(verb) wear away |
Synonyms:
rub down,
rub off,
corrade,
abrade |
|---|
| abridge
|
(verb) reduce in scope while retaining essential elements |
Synonyms:
cut,
reduce,
contract,
shorten,
abbreviate,
foreshorten |
|---|
| (verb) lessen, diminish, or curtail |
- |
| abrogate
|
(verb) revoke formally |
- |
|---|
| abscise
|
(verb) shed flowers and leaves and fruit following formation of a scar tissue |
- |
|---|
| (verb) remove or separate by abscission |
- |
| absolve
|
(verb) grant remission of a sin to |
Synonyms:
shrive |
|---|
| (verb) let off the hook |
Synonyms:
free |
| absquatulate
|
(verb) run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along |
Synonyms:
run off,
make off,
decamp,
go off,
abscond,
bolt |
|---|
| abuse
|
(verb) treat badly |
Synonyms:
step,
ill-treat,
ill-use,
maltreat,
mistreat |
|---|
| (verb) change the inherent purpose or function of something |
Synonyms:
pervert,
misuse |
| (verb) use foul or abusive language towards |
Synonyms:
shout,
clapperclaw,
blackguard |
| (verb) use wrongly or improperly or excessively |
- |
| abye
|
(verb) make amends for |
Synonyms:
expiate,
aby,
atone |
|---|
| accede
|
(verb) yield to another's wish or opinion |
Synonyms:
submit,
bow,
defer,
give in |
|---|
| (verb) take on duties or office |
Synonyms:
enter |
| (verb) to agree or express agreement |
Synonyms:
acquiesce,
assent |
| accelerate
|
(verb) move faster |
Synonyms:
speed,
quicken,
speed up |
|---|
| (verb) cause to move faster |
Synonyms:
speed,
speed up |
| accentuate
|
(verb) to stress, single out as important |
Synonyms:
punctuate,
stress,
emphasise,
emphasize,
accent |
|---|
| (verb) put stress on; utter with an accent |
Synonyms:
stress,
accent |
| acclimate
|
(verb) get used to a certain climate |
Synonyms:
acclimatise,
acclimatize |
|---|
| acclimatise
|
(verb) get used to a certain climate |
Synonyms:
acclimate,
acclimatize |
|---|
| acclimatize
|
(verb) get used to a certain climate |
Synonyms:
acclimate,
acclimatise |
|---|
| accommodate
|
(verb) be agreeable or acceptable to |
Synonyms:
fit,
suit |
|---|
| (verb) make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose |
Synonyms:
adapt |
| (verb) provide with something desired or needed |
- |
| (verb) have room for; hold without crowding |
Synonyms:
hold,
admit |
| (verb) provide housing for |
Synonyms:
lodge |
| (verb) provide a service or favor for someone |
Synonyms:
oblige |
| (verb) make (one thing) compatible with (another) |
Synonyms:
reconcile,
conciliate |
| accoutre
|
(verb) provide with military equipment |
Synonyms:
accouter |
|---|
| accrete
|
(verb) grow together (of plants and organs) |
Synonyms:
grow together |
|---|
| (verb) grow or become attached by accretion |
- |
| accrue
|
(verb) grow by addition |
- |
|---|
| (verb) come into the possession of |
Synonyms:
fall |
| acculturate
|
(verb) assimilate culturally |
- |
|---|
| accumulate
|
(verb) get or gather together |
Synonyms:
roll up,
hoard,
pile up,
collect,
compile,
amass |
|---|
| (verb) increase in amount by collecting or gathering |
Synonyms:
pile up,
amass,
gather,
conglomerate,
cumulate |
| accurse
|
(verb) curse or declare to be evil or anathema or threaten with divine punishment |
Synonyms:
execrate,
comminate,
anathematise,
anathematize,
anathemise,
anathemize |
|---|
| accuse
|
(verb) bring an accusation against; level a charge against |
Synonyms:
incriminate,
impeach,
criminate |
|---|
| (verb) blame for, make a claim of wrongdoing or misbehavior against |
Synonyms:
charge |
| ace
|
(verb) succeed at easily |
Synonyms:
nail,
pass with flying colors,
sail through,
sweep through,
breeze through |
|---|
| (verb) score an ace against |
- |
| (verb) play (a hole) in one stroke |
- |
| (verb) serve an ace against (someone) |
- |
| acerbate
|
(verb) cause to be bitter or resentful |
Synonyms:
envenom,
embitter |
|---|
| (verb) make sour or bitter |
- |
| acetylate
|
(verb) receive substitution of an acetyl group |
Synonyms:
acetylise,
acetylize |
|---|
| (verb) introduce an acetyl group into (a chemical compound) |
Synonyms:
acetylise,
acetylize |
| acetylise
|
(verb) receive substitution of an acetyl group |
Synonyms:
acetylate,
acetylize |
|---|
| (verb) introduce an acetyl group into (a chemical compound) |
Synonyms:
acetylate,
acetylize |
| acetylize
|
(verb) receive substitution of an acetyl group |
Synonyms:
acetylate,
acetylise |
|---|
| (verb) introduce an acetyl group into (a chemical compound) |
Synonyms:
acetylate,
acetylise |
| ache
|
(verb) feel physical pain |
Synonyms:
suffer,
hurt |
|---|
| (verb) have a desire for something or someone who is not present |
Synonyms:
languish,
pine,
yearn,
yen |
| (verb) be the source of pain |
Synonyms:
hurt,
smart |
| achieve
|
(verb) to gain with effort |
Synonyms:
reach,
attain,
accomplish |
|---|
| achromatise
|
(verb) remove color from |
Synonyms:
achromatize |
|---|
| achromatize
|
(verb) remove color from |
Synonyms:
achromatise |
|---|
| acidulate
|
(verb) make sour or more sour |
Synonyms:
sour,
acetify,
acidify |
|---|
| acknowledge
|
(verb) declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of |
Synonyms:
admit |
|---|
| (verb) report the receipt of |
Synonyms:
receipt |
| (verb) express recognition of the presence or existence of, or acquaintance with |
Synonyms:
notice |
| (verb) express obligation, thanks, or gratitude for |
Synonyms:
recognise,
recognize |
| (verb) accept as legally binding and valid |
- |
| (verb) accept (someone) to be what is claimed or accept his power and authority |
Synonyms:
recognise,
recognize,
know |
| acquiesce
|
(verb) to agree or express agreement |
Synonyms:
accede,
assent |
|---|
| acquire
|
(verb) come into the possession of something concrete or abstract |
Synonyms:
get |
|---|
| (verb) take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect |
Synonyms:
adopt,
assume,
take,
take on |
| (verb) come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes) |
Synonyms:
develop,
get,
grow,
produce |
| (verb) locate (a moving entity) by means of a tracking system such as radar |
- |
| (verb) win something through one's efforts |
Synonyms:
gain,
win |
| (verb) gain knowledge or skills |
Synonyms:
larn,
learn |
| (verb) gain through experience |
Synonyms:
develop,
evolve |
| activate
|
(verb) put in motion or move to act |
Synonyms:
set off,
trip,
trigger,
spark,
spark off,
actuate,
touch off,
trigger off |
|---|
| (verb) make active or more active |
- |
| (verb) make more adsorptive |
- |
| (verb) aerate (sewage) so as to favor the growth of organisms that decompose organic matter |
Synonyms:
aerate |
| (verb) make (substances) radioactive |
- |
| actualise
|
(verb) make real or concrete; give reality or substance to |
Synonyms:
realise,
realize,
substantiate,
actualize |
|---|
| (verb) represent or describe realistically |
Synonyms:
actualize |
| actualize
|
(verb) make real or concrete; give reality or substance to |
Synonyms:
realise,
realize,
substantiate,
actualise |
|---|
| (verb) represent or describe realistically |
Synonyms:
actualise |
| actuate
|
(verb) put in motion or move to act |
Synonyms:
set off,
trip,
trigger,
activate,
spark,
spark off,
touch off,
trigger off |
|---|
| (verb) give an incentive for action |
Synonyms:
move,
incite,
prompt,
propel,
motivate |
| acuminate
|
(verb) make sharp or acute; taper; make (something) come to a point |
- |
|---|
| addle
|
(verb) mix up or confuse |
Synonyms:
muddle,
puddle |
|---|
| (verb) become rotten |
- |
| adduce
|
(verb) advance evidence for |
Synonyms:
cite,
abduce |
|---|
| adhere
|
(verb) be compatible or in accordance with |
- |
|---|
| (verb) follow through or carry out a plan without deviation |
- |
| (verb) come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation |
Synonyms:
stick,
cohere,
cling,
cleave |
| (verb) be a devoted follower or supporter |
Synonyms:
stick |
| (verb) be loyal to |
Synonyms:
stick,
stand by,
stick by |
| (verb) stick to firmly |
Synonyms:
stick,
bond,
bind,
stick to,
hold fast |
| adjudge
|
(verb) declare to be |
Synonyms:
hold,
declare |
|---|
| adjudicate
|
(verb) put on trial or hear a case and sit as the judge at the trial of |
Synonyms:
judge,
try |
|---|
| (verb) bring to an end; settle conclusively |
Synonyms:
resolve,
decide,
settle |
| adjure
|
(verb) ask for or request earnestly |
Synonyms:
conjure,
press,
bid,
entreat,
beseech |
|---|
| (verb) command solemnly |
- |
| admeasure
|
(verb) determine the quantity of someone's share |
- |
|---|
| administrate
|
(verb) work in an administrative capacity; supervise or be in charge of |
Synonyms:
administer |
|---|
| admire
|
(verb) feel admiration for |
Synonyms:
look up to |
|---|
| (verb) look at with admiration |
- |
| adolesce
|
(verb) become adolescent; pass through adolescence |
- |
|---|
| adore
|
(verb) love intensely |
- |
|---|
| adulate
|
(verb) flatter in an obsequious manner |
- |
|---|
| adulterate
|
(verb) corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones |
Synonyms:
stretch,
load,
debase,
dilute |
|---|
| adumbrate
|
(verb) describe roughly or briefly or give the main points or summary of |
Synonyms:
outline,
sketch |
|---|
| (verb) give to understand |
Synonyms:
insinuate,
intimate |
| advance
|
(verb) move forward, also in the metaphorical sense |
Synonyms:
march on,
move on,
pass on,
progress,
go on |
|---|
| (verb) bring forward for consideration or acceptance |
Synonyms:
throw out |
| (verb) increase or raise |
Synonyms:
boost,
supercharge |
| (verb) contribute to the progress or growth of |
Synonyms:
boost,
promote,
encourage,
further |
| (verb) cause to move forward |
Synonyms:
bring forward |
| (verb) obtain advantages, such as points, etc. |
Synonyms:
gain,
make headway,
pull ahead,
gain ground,
get ahead,
win |
| (verb) develop in a positive way |
Synonyms:
progress,
get on,
come on,
get along,
shape up,
come along |
| (verb) develop further |
- |
| (verb) give a promotion to or assign to a higher position |
Synonyms:
raise,
upgrade,
elevate,
promote,
kick upstairs |
| (verb) pay in advance |
- |
| (verb) move forward |
Synonyms:
set ahead |
| (verb) rise in rate or price |
Synonyms:
gain |
| advantage
|
(verb) give an advantage to |
- |
|---|
| adventure
|
(verb) take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome |
Synonyms:
gamble,
chance,
risk,
run a risk,
hazard,
take a chance,
take chances |
|---|
| (verb) put at risk |
Synonyms:
stake,
jeopardize,
hazard,
venture |
| advertise
|
(verb) call attention to |
Synonyms:
publicise,
publicize,
advertize |
|---|
| (verb) make publicity for; try to sell (a product) |
Synonyms:
push,
promote,
advertize |
| advertize
|
(verb) make publicity for; try to sell (a product) |
Synonyms:
push,
promote,
advertise |
|---|
| (verb) call attention to |
Synonyms:
publicise,
publicize,
advertise |
| advise
|
(verb) give advice to |
Synonyms:
rede,
counsel |
|---|
| (verb) inform (somebody) of something |
Synonyms:
give notice,
apprise,
apprize,
notify,
send word |
| (verb) make a proposal, declare a plan for something |
Synonyms:
propose,
suggest |
| advocate
|
(verb) push for something |
Synonyms:
recommend,
urge |
|---|
| (verb) speak, plead, or argue in favor of |
Synonyms:
preach |
| aerate
|
(verb) expose to fresh air |
Synonyms:
air,
air out |
|---|
| (verb) aerate (sewage) so as to favor the growth of organisms that decompose organic matter |
Synonyms:
activate |
| (verb) impregnate, combine, or supply with oxygen |
Synonyms:
oxygenate,
oxygenise,
oxygenize |
| aerosolise
|
(verb) become dispersed as an aerosol |
Synonyms:
aerosolize |
|---|
| (verb) disperse as an aerosol |
Synonyms:
aerosolize |
| aerosolize
|
(verb) disperse as an aerosol |
Synonyms:
aerosolise |
|---|
| (verb) become dispersed as an aerosol |
Synonyms:
aerosolise |
| aestivate
|
(verb) sleep during summer |
Synonyms:
estivate |
|---|
| affiance
|
(verb) give to in marriage |
Synonyms:
engage,
plight,
betroth |
|---|
| affiliate
|
(verb) keep company with; hang out with |
Synonyms:
associate,
assort,
consort |
|---|
| (verb) join in an affiliation |
- |
| affranchise
|
(verb) grant freedom to; as from slavery or servitude |
Synonyms:
enfranchise |
|---|
| age
|
(verb) begin to seem older; get older |
- |
|---|
| (verb) grow old or older |
Synonyms:
get on,
maturate,
mature,
senesce |
| (verb) make older |
- |
| agglomerate
|
(verb) form into one cluster |
- |
|---|
| agglutinate
|
(verb) string together (morphemes in an agglutinating language) |
- |
|---|
| (verb) clump together; as of bacteria, red blood cells, etc. |
- |
| aggrade
|
(verb) build up to a level by depositing sediment |
- |
|---|
| aggrandise
|
(verb) add details to |
Synonyms:
pad,
embellish,
blow up,
dramatise,
dramatize,
embroider,
aggrandize,
lard |
|---|
| aggrandize
|
(verb) add details to |
Synonyms:
pad,
embellish,
blow up,
dramatise,
dramatize,
embroider,
aggrandise,
lard |
|---|
| aggravate
|
(verb) make worse |
Synonyms:
exacerbate,
exasperate,
worsen |
|---|
| (verb) exasperate or irritate |
Synonyms:
exacerbate,
exasperate |
| aggregate
|
(verb) amount in the aggregate to |
- |
|---|
| (verb) gather in a mass, sum, or whole |
Synonyms:
combine |
| aggrieve
|
(verb) infringe on the rights of |
- |
|---|
| (verb) cause to feel sorrow |
Synonyms:
grieve |
| agitate
|
(verb) try to stir up public opinion |
Synonyms:
stir up,
foment |
|---|
| (verb) cause to be agitated, excited, or roused |
Synonyms:
charge,
rouse,
excite,
turn on,
charge up,
commove |
| (verb) exert oneself continuously, vigorously, or obtrusively to gain an end or engage in a crusade for a certain cause or person; be an advocate for |
Synonyms:
press,
push,
campaign,
crusade,
fight |
| (verb) move very slightly |
Synonyms:
shift,
stir,
budge |
| (verb) move or cause to move back and forth |
Synonyms:
shake |
| (verb) change the arrangement or position of |
Synonyms:
vex,
shake up,
stir up,
disturb,
commove,
raise up |
| agnise
|
(verb) be fully aware or cognizant of |
Synonyms:
realise,
realize,
recognise,
recognize,
agnize |
|---|
| agnize
|
(verb) be fully aware or cognizant of |
Synonyms:
realise,
realize,
recognise,
recognize,
agnise |
|---|
| agonise
|
(verb) cause to agonize |
Synonyms:
agonize |
|---|
| (verb) suffer agony or anguish |
Synonyms:
agonize |
| agonize
|
(verb) cause to agonize |
Synonyms:
agonise |
|---|
| (verb) suffer agony or anguish |
Synonyms:
agonise |
| agree
|
(verb) be in accord; be in agreement |
Synonyms:
hold,
concur,
concord |
|---|
| (verb) consent or assent to a condition, or agree to do something |
- |
| (verb) be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics |
Synonyms:
check,
jibe,
match,
tally,
fit,
gibe,
correspond |
| (verb) go together |
Synonyms:
consort,
accord,
harmonise,
harmonize,
concord,
fit in |
| (verb) show grammatical agreement |
- |
| (verb) be agreeable or suitable |
- |
| (verb) achieve harmony of opinion, feeling, or purpose |
- |
| alchemise
|
(verb) alter (elements) by alchemy |
Synonyms:
alchemize |
|---|
| alchemize
|
(verb) alter (elements) by alchemy |
Synonyms:
alchemise |
|---|
| alcoholise
|
(verb) treat or infuse with alcohol |
Synonyms:
alcoholize |
|---|
| (verb) make alcoholic, as by fermenting |
Synonyms:
alcoholize |