| accouter
|
(verb) provide with military equipment |
Synonyms:
accoutre |
|---|
| administer
|
(verb) work in an administrative capacity; supervise or be in charge of |
Synonyms:
administrate |
|---|
| (verb) perform (a church sacrament) ritually |
- |
| (verb) administer or bestow, as in small portions |
Synonyms:
deal,
distribute,
mete out,
deal out,
dish out,
dispense,
dole out,
parcel out,
shell out,
allot,
lot |
| (verb) give or apply (medications) |
Synonyms:
dispense |
| (verb) direct the taking of |
- |
| alter
|
(verb) cause to change; make different; cause a transformation |
Synonyms:
change,
modify |
|---|
| (verb) become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics or essence |
Synonyms:
change,
vary |
| (verb) make an alteration to |
- |
| (verb) insert words into texts, often falsifying it thereby |
Synonyms:
interpolate,
falsify |
| (verb) remove the ovaries of |
Synonyms:
castrate,
neuter,
spay |
| anger
|
(verb) make angry |
- |
|---|
| (verb) become angry |
Synonyms:
see red |
| answer
|
(verb) react verbally |
Synonyms:
respond,
reply |
|---|
| (verb) respond to a signal |
- |
| (verb) give the correct answer or solution to |
- |
| (verb) understand the meaning of |
Synonyms:
resolve |
| (verb) give a defence or refutation of (a charge) or in (an argument) |
- |
| (verb) be liable or accountable |
- |
| (verb) be sufficient; be adequate, either in quality or quantity |
Synonyms:
do,
serve,
suffice |
| (verb) match or correspond |
- |
| (verb) be satisfactory for; meet the requirements of or serve the purpose of |
- |
| (verb) react to a stimulus or command |
- |
| attemper
|
(verb) modify the temperature of |
- |
|---|
| auctioneer
|
(verb) sell at an auction |
Synonyms:
auction,
auction off |
|---|
| aver
|
(verb) report or maintain |
Synonyms:
say,
allege |
|---|
| (verb) to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true |
Synonyms:
swear,
verify,
affirm,
assert,
swan,
avow |
| backscatter
|
(verb) scatter (radiation) by the atoms of the medium through which it passes |
- |
|---|
| badger
|
(verb) annoy persistently |
Synonyms:
beleaguer,
pester,
bug,
tease |
|---|
| (verb) persuade through constant efforts |
- |
| banter
|
(verb) be silly or tease one another |
Synonyms:
jolly,
josh,
kid,
chaff |
|---|
| barber
|
(verb) perform the services of a barber: cut the hair and/or beard of |
- |
|---|
| barter
|
(verb) exchange goods without involving money |
- |
|---|
| batter
|
(verb) strike against forcefully |
Synonyms:
knock about,
buffet |
|---|
| (verb) strike violently and repeatedly |
Synonyms:
baste,
clobber |
| (verb) make a dent or impression in |
Synonyms:
dinge |
| beaver
|
(verb) work hard on something |
Synonyms:
beaver away |
|---|
| beleaguer
|
(verb) annoy persistently |
Synonyms:
pester,
badger,
bug,
tease |
|---|
| (verb) surround so as to force to give up |
Synonyms:
hem in,
surround,
circumvent,
besiege |
| beplaster
|
(verb) cover conspicuously or thickly, as by pasting something on |
Synonyms:
plaster |
|---|
| bespatter
|
(verb) spot, splash, or soil |
Synonyms:
spatter |
|---|
| better
|
(verb) surpass in excellence |
Synonyms:
break |
|---|
| (verb) to make better |
Synonyms:
improve,
meliorate,
ameliorate,
amend |
| (verb) get better |
Synonyms:
improve,
meliorate,
ameliorate |
| bewhisker
|
(verb) furnish with whiskers |
Synonyms:
whisker |
|---|
| bewilder
|
(verb) be a mystery or bewildering to |
Synonyms:
nonplus,
mystify,
dumbfound,
perplex,
pose,
puzzle,
get,
gravel,
stick,
stupefy,
vex,
amaze,
baffle,
beat,
flummox |
|---|
| (verb) cause to be confused emotionally |
Synonyms:
discombobulate,
throw,
bemuse |
| bicker
|
(verb) argue over petty things |
Synonyms:
niggle,
pettifog,
quibble,
squabble,
brabble |
|---|
| bitter
|
(verb) make bitter |
- |
|---|
| blabber
|
(verb) speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly |
Synonyms:
maunder,
palaver,
piffle,
prate,
prattle,
gabble,
gibber,
chatter,
clack,
blab,
tattle,
tittle-tattle,
twaddle |
|---|
| blather
|
(verb) to talk foolishly |
Synonyms:
smatter,
babble,
blether,
blither |
|---|
| blether
|
(verb) to talk foolishly |
Synonyms:
smatter,
babble,
blather,
blither |
|---|
| blinker
|
(verb) put blinders on (a horse) |
- |
|---|
| blister
|
(verb) get blistered |
Synonyms:
vesicate |
|---|
| (verb) subject to harsh criticism |
Synonyms:
whip,
scald,
scorch |
| (verb) cause blisters to form on |
- |
| blither
|
(verb) to talk foolishly |
Synonyms:
smatter,
babble,
blather,
blether |
|---|
| blubber
|
(verb) cry or whine with snuffling |
Synonyms:
snivel,
sniffle,
snuffle,
blub |
|---|
| (verb) utter while crying |
Synonyms:
blubber out |
| blunder
|
(verb) commit a faux pas or a fault or make a serious mistake |
Synonyms:
drop the ball,
goof,
sin,
boob |
|---|
| (verb) make one's way clumsily or blindly |
Synonyms:
fumble |
| (verb) utter impulsively |
Synonyms:
ejaculate,
blunder out,
blurt,
blurt out |
| bluster
|
(verb) blow hard; be gusty, as of wind |
- |
|---|
| (verb) show off |
Synonyms:
swash,
blow,
gas,
boast,
gasconade,
shoot a line,
vaunt,
brag,
tout |
| (verb) act in an arrogant, overly self-assured, or conceited manner |
Synonyms:
swagger,
swash |
| bolster
|
(verb) support and strengthen |
Synonyms:
bolster up |
|---|
| (verb) prop up with a pillow or bolster |
- |
| (verb) add padding to |
Synonyms:
pad |
| border
|
(verb) extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle |
Synonyms:
skirt,
surround,
ring,
environ |
|---|
| (verb) form the boundary of; be contiguous to |
Synonyms:
bound |
| (verb) enclose in or as if in a frame |
Synonyms:
frame,
frame in |
| (verb) provide with a border or edge |
Synonyms:
edge |
| (verb) lie adjacent to another or share a boundary |
Synonyms:
march,
edge,
adjoin,
abut,
butt,
butt against,
butt on |
| bother
|
(verb) take the trouble to do something; concern oneself |
Synonyms:
inconvenience oneself,
trouble,
trouble oneself |
|---|
| (verb) cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations |
Synonyms:
gravel,
vex,
get at,
get to,
rag,
irritate,
chafe,
rile,
nark,
nettle,
devil,
annoy |
| (verb) to cause inconvenience or discomfort to |
Synonyms:
put out,
incommode,
inconvenience,
discommode,
disoblige,
trouble |
| (verb) intrude or enter uninvited |
- |
| (verb) make nervous or agitated |
- |
| (verb) make confused or perplexed or puzzled |
- |
| bower
|
(verb) enclose in a bower |
Synonyms:
embower |
|---|
| broider
|
(verb) decorate with needlework |
Synonyms:
embroider |
|---|
| broker
|
(verb) act as a broker |
- |
|---|
| buccaneer
|
(verb) live like a buccaneer |
- |
|---|
| buffer
|
(verb) add a buffer (a solution) |
- |
|---|
| (verb) protect from impact |
Synonyms:
soften,
cushion |
| bugger
|
(verb) practice anal sex upon |
Synonyms:
sodomise,
sodomize |
|---|
| bunker
|
(verb) hit a golf ball into a bunker |
- |
|---|
| (verb) fill (a ship's bunker) with coal or oil |
- |
| (verb) transfer cargo from a ship to a warehouse |
- |
| butcher
|
(verb) kill (animals) usually for food consumption |
Synonyms:
slaughter |
|---|
| butter
|
(verb) spread butter on |
- |
|---|
| calender
|
(verb) press between rollers or plates so as to smooth, glaze, or thin into sheets |
- |
|---|
| caliper
|
(verb) measure the diameter of something with calipers |
Synonyms:
calliper |
|---|
| calliper
|
(verb) measure the diameter of something with calipers |
Synonyms:
caliper |
|---|
| camber
|
(verb) curve upward in the middle |
- |
|---|
| canker
|
(verb) become infected with a canker |
- |
|---|
| (verb) infect with a canker |
- |
| canter
|
(verb) ride at a canter |
- |
|---|
| (verb) go at a canter, of horses |
- |
| (verb) cause to ride at a cantering pace |
- |
| cantilever
|
(verb) project as a cantilever |
- |
|---|
| (verb) construct with girders and beams such that only one end is fixed |
- |
| caper
|
(verb) jump about playfully |
- |
|---|
| career
|
(verb) move headlong at high speed |
- |
|---|
| carpenter
|
(verb) work as a carpenter |
- |
|---|
| cashier
|
(verb) discard or do away with |
- |
|---|
| (verb) discharge with dishonor, as in the army |
- |
| cater
|
(verb) give what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance |
Synonyms:
ply,
provide,
supply |
|---|
| (verb) supply food ready to eat; for parties and banquets |
- |
| center
|
(verb) center upon |
Synonyms:
revolve around,
revolve about,
center on,
concentrate on,
focus on |
|---|
| (verb) direct one's attention on something |
Synonyms:
rivet,
pore,
centre,
concentrate,
focus |
| (verb) move into the center |
Synonyms:
centre |
| chaffer
|
(verb) wrangle (over a price, terms of an agreement, etc.) |
Synonyms:
haggle,
higgle,
huckster |
|---|
| (verb) talk socially without exchanging too much information |
Synonyms:
visit,
jaw,
natter,
gossip,
shoot the breeze,
chat,
chatter,
chew the fat,
chit-chat,
chitchat,
claver,
confab,
confabulate |
| chamber
|
(verb) place in a chamber |
- |
|---|
| chamfer
|
(verb) cut a bevel on; shape to a bevel |
Synonyms:
bevel |
|---|
| (verb) cut a furrow into a columns |
Synonyms:
chase,
furrow |
| character
|
(verb) engrave or inscribe characters on |
- |
|---|
| charter
|
(verb) hold under a lease or rental agreement; of goods and services |
Synonyms:
rent,
hire,
lease |
|---|
| (verb) grant a charter to |
- |
| (verb) engage for service under a term of contract |
Synonyms:
engage,
take,
rent,
hire,
lease |
| chatter
|
(verb) click repeatedly or uncontrollably |
Synonyms:
click |
|---|
| (verb) cut unevenly with a chattering tool |
- |
| (verb) talk socially without exchanging too much information |
Synonyms:
visit,
chaffer,
jaw,
natter,
gossip,
shoot the breeze,
chat,
chew the fat,
chit-chat,
chitchat,
claver,
confab,
confabulate |
| (verb) speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly |
Synonyms:
maunder,
palaver,
piffle,
prate,
prattle,
gabble,
gibber,
clack,
blab,
blabber,
tattle,
tittle-tattle,
twaddle |
| (verb) make noise as if chattering away |
- |
| checker
|
(verb) mark into squares or draw squares on; draw crossed lines on |
Synonyms:
check,
chequer |
|---|
| (verb) variegate with different colors, shades, or patterns |
Synonyms:
chequer |
| cheer
|
(verb) give encouragement to |
Synonyms:
recreate,
hearten,
embolden |
|---|
| (verb) show approval or good wishes by shouting |
- |
| (verb) cause (somebody) to feel happier or more cheerful |
Synonyms:
jolly along,
jolly up,
cheer up |
| (verb) become cheerful |
Synonyms:
cheer up,
chirk up |
| (verb) spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts |
Synonyms:
inspire,
pep up,
barrack,
root on,
urge,
urge on,
exhort |
| chequer
|
(verb) mark into squares or draw squares on; draw crossed lines on |
Synonyms:
check,
checker |
|---|
| (verb) variegate with different colors, shades, or patterns |
Synonyms:
checker |
| chitter
|
(verb) make high-pitched sounds, as of birds |
Synonyms:
twitter |
|---|
| cipher
|
(verb) convert ordinary language into code |
Synonyms:
cypher,
inscribe,
encipher,
encrypt,
write in code,
code |
|---|
| (verb) make a mathematical calculation or computation |
Synonyms:
reckon,
work out,
calculate,
compute,
cypher,
figure |
| clabber
|
(verb) turn into curds |
Synonyms:
clot,
curdle |
|---|
| clamber
|
(verb) climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling |
Synonyms:
scramble,
shin,
shinny,
skin,
sputter,
struggle |
|---|
| clatter
|
(verb) make a rattling sound |
Synonyms:
clack,
brattle |
|---|
| claver
|
(verb) talk socially without exchanging too much information |
Synonyms:
visit,
chaffer,
jaw,
natter,
gossip,
shoot the breeze,
chat,
chatter,
chew the fat,
chit-chat,
chitchat,
confab,
confabulate |
|---|
| clinker
|
(verb) clear out the cinders and clinker from |
- |
|---|
| (verb) turn to clinker or form clinker under excessive heat in burning |
- |
| clitter
|
(verb) make a shrill creaking noise by rubbing together special bodily structures |
Synonyms:
stridulate |
|---|
| clobber
|
(verb) strike violently and repeatedly |
Synonyms:
baste,
batter |
|---|
| (verb) beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight |
Synonyms:
lick,
thrash,
cream,
bat,
drub |
| cloister
|
(verb) surround with a cloister, as of a garden |
- |
|---|
| (verb) surround with a cloister |
- |
| (verb) seclude from the world in or as if in a cloister |
- |
| cluster
|
(verb) come together as in a cluster or flock |
Synonyms:
clump,
constellate,
flock |
|---|
| (verb) gather or cause to gather into a cluster |
Synonyms:
clump,
bunch,
bundle |
| clutter
|
(verb) fill a space in a disorderly way |
Synonyms:
clutter up |
|---|
| cocker
|
(verb) treat with excessive indulgence |
Synonyms:
indulge,
mollycoddle,
pamper,
spoil,
coddle,
cosset,
baby,
featherbed |
|---|
| commandeer
|
(verb) take arbitrarily or by force |
Synonyms:
hijack,
pirate,
highjack |
|---|
| concenter
|
(verb) bring into focus or alignment; to converge or cause to converge; of ideas or emotions |
Synonyms:
concentre,
focalise,
focalize,
focus |
|---|
| confer
|
(verb) have a conference in order to talk something over |
Synonyms:
confab,
confabulate,
consult |
|---|
| (verb) present |
Synonyms:
bestow |
| conquer
|
(verb) bring under control by force or authority |
Synonyms:
suppress,
subdue,
stamp down |
|---|
| (verb) take possession of by force, as after an invasion |
Synonyms:
seize,
appropriate,
capture |
| (verb) overcome by conquest |
- |
| consider
|
(verb) deem to be |
Synonyms:
reckon,
regard,
see,
view |
|---|
| (verb) give careful consideration to |
Synonyms:
study |
| (verb) take into consideration for exemplifying purposes |
Synonyms:
deal,
take,
look at |
| (verb) show consideration for; take into account |
Synonyms:
count,
weigh |
| (verb) think about carefully; weigh |
Synonyms:
debate,
turn over,
moot,
deliberate |
| (verb) judge or regard; look upon; judge |
Synonyms:
conceive,
believe,
think |
| (verb) look at attentively |
Synonyms:
regard |
| (verb) look at carefully; study mentally |
Synonyms:
view,
look at |
| (verb) regard or treat with consideration, respect, and esteem |
- |
| cooper
|
(verb) make barrels and casks |
- |
|---|
| copper
|
(verb) coat with a layer of copper |
- |
|---|
| corner
|
(verb) gain control over |
- |
|---|
| (verb) force a person or an animal into a position from which he cannot escape |
Synonyms:
tree |
| (verb) turn a corner |
- |
| counter
|
(verb) speak in response |
- |
|---|
| (verb) act in advance of; deal with ahead of time |
Synonyms:
anticipate,
foresee,
forestall |
| cover
|
(verb) provide with a covering or cause to be covered |
- |
|---|
| (verb) form a cover over |
Synonyms:
spread over |
| (verb) span an interval of distance, space or time |
Synonyms:
extend,
continue |
| (verb) provide for |
- |
| (verb) act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression |
Synonyms:
deal,
treat,
plow,
address,
handle |
| (verb) include in scope; include as part of something broader; have as one's sphere or territory |
Synonyms:
embrace,
comprehend,
encompass |
| (verb) travel across or pass over |
Synonyms:
pass over,
get across,
get over,
cross,
cut across,
cut through,
track,
traverse |
| (verb) be responsible for reporting the details of, as in journalism |
Synonyms:
report |
| (verb) hold within range of an aimed firearm |
- |
| (verb) to take an action to protect against future problems |
- |
| (verb) hide from view or knowledge |
Synonyms:
cover up |
| (verb) protect or defend (a position in a game) |
- |
| (verb) maintain a check on; especially by patrolling |
- |
| (verb) protect by insurance |
Synonyms:
insure,
underwrite |
| (verb) make up for shortcomings or a feeling of inferiority by exaggerating good qualities |
Synonyms:
compensate,
overcompensate |
| (verb) invest with a large or excessive amount of something |
- |
| (verb) help out by taking someone's place and temporarily assuming his responsibilities |
- |
| (verb) be sufficient to meet, defray, or offset the charge or cost of |
- |
| (verb) spread over a surface to conceal or protect |
- |
| (verb) cover as if with a shroud |
Synonyms:
hide,
shroud,
enshroud |
| (verb) copulate with a female, used especially of horses |
Synonyms:
breed |
| (verb) put something on top of something else |
Synonyms:
overlay |
| (verb) play a higher card than the one previously played |
- |
| (verb) be responsible for guarding an opponent in a game |
- |
| (verb) sit on (eggs) |
Synonyms:
brood,
incubate,
hatch |
| (verb) clothe, as if for protection from the elements |
Synonyms:
wrap up |
| cower
|
(verb) crouch or curl up |
Synonyms:
huddle |
|---|
| (verb) show submission or fear |
Synonyms:
grovel,
crawl,
creep,
cringe,
fawn |
| cumber
|
(verb) restrict (someone or something) so as to make free movement difficult |
Synonyms:
restrain,
encumber |
|---|
| cypher
|
(verb) convert ordinary language into code |
Synonyms:
cipher,
inscribe,
encipher,
encrypt,
write in code,
code |
|---|
| (verb) make a mathematical calculation or computation |
Synonyms:
reckon,
work out,
calculate,
cipher,
compute,
figure |
| decipher
|
(verb) convert code into ordinary language |
Synonyms:
decode,
decrypt |
|---|
| (verb) read with difficulty |
Synonyms:
trace |
| defer
|
(verb) hold back to a later time |
Synonyms:
remit,
hold over,
prorogue,
set back,
postpone,
put off,
put over,
shelve,
table |
|---|
| (verb) yield to another's wish or opinion |
Synonyms:
submit,
bow,
accede,
give in |
| deflower
|
(verb) deprive of virginity |
Synonyms:
ruin |
|---|
| (verb) make imperfect |
Synonyms:
spoil,
vitiate,
impair,
mar |
| deliver
|
(verb) deliver (a speech, oration, or idea) |
Synonyms:
present |
|---|
| (verb) bring to a destination, make a delivery |
- |
| (verb) to surrender someone or something to another |
Synonyms:
turn in,
render,
hand over,
fork out,
fork over,
fork up |
| (verb) free from harm or evil |
Synonyms:
rescue |
| (verb) hand over to the authorities of another country |
Synonyms:
deport,
extradite |
| (verb) pass down |
Synonyms:
return,
render |
| (verb) utter (an exclamation, noise, etc.) |
- |
| (verb) save from sins |
Synonyms:
redeem,
save |
| (verb) carry out or perform |
Synonyms:
drive home |
| (verb) relinquish possession or control over |
Synonyms:
give up,
surrender,
cede |
| (verb) throw or hurl from the mound to the batter, as in baseball |
Synonyms:
pitch |
| (verb) cause to be born |
Synonyms:
bear,
have,
give birth,
birth |
| deter
|
(verb) try to prevent; show opposition to |
Synonyms:
discourage |
|---|
| (verb) turn away from by persuasion |
Synonyms:
dissuade |
| dicker
|
(verb) negotiate the terms of an exchange |
Synonyms:
bargain |
|---|
| didder
|
(verb) move with or as if with a tremor |
Synonyms:
shake |
|---|
| differ
|
(verb) be different |
- |
|---|
| (verb) be of different opinions |
Synonyms:
dissent,
disagree,
take issue |