abduct
|
(verb) take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom |
Synonyms:
nobble,
kidnap,
snatch |
---|
(verb) pull away from the body |
- |
abet
|
(verb) assist or encourage, usually in some wrongdoing |
- |
---|
abort
|
(verb) terminate before completion |
- |
---|
(verb) cease development, die, and be aborted |
- |
(verb) terminate a pregnancy by undergoing an abortion |
- |
abreact
|
(verb) discharge bad feelings or tension through verbalization |
- |
---|
absent
|
(verb) stay away or leave |
Synonyms:
remove |
---|
abstract
|
(verb) consider a concept without thinking of a specific example; consider abstractly or theoretically |
- |
---|
(verb) make off with belongings of others |
Synonyms:
sneak,
lift,
hook,
nobble,
pilfer,
pinch,
purloin,
snarf,
swipe,
cabbage,
filch |
(verb) consider apart from a particular case or instance |
- |
(verb) give an abstract (of) |
- |
abut
|
(verb) lie adjacent to another or share a boundary |
Synonyms:
march,
edge,
border,
adjoin,
butt,
butt against,
butt on |
---|
accent
|
(verb) to stress, single out as important |
Synonyms:
punctuate,
stress,
emphasise,
emphasize,
accentuate |
---|
(verb) put stress on; utter with an accent |
Synonyms:
stress,
accentuate |
accept
|
(verb) consider or hold as true |
- |
---|
(verb) receive willingly something given or offered |
Synonyms:
take,
have |
(verb) give an affirmative reply to; respond favorably to |
Synonyms:
go for,
consent |
(verb) react favorably to; consider right and proper |
- |
(verb) admit into a group or community |
Synonyms:
take,
take on,
admit |
(verb) take on as one's own the expenses or debts of another person |
Synonyms:
assume,
bear,
take over |
(verb) tolerate or accommodate oneself to |
Synonyms:
swallow,
live with |
(verb) be designed to hold or take |
Synonyms:
take |
(verb) receive (a report) officially, as from a committee |
- |
(verb) make use of or accept for some purpose |
Synonyms:
take |
(verb) be sexually responsive to, used of a female domesticated mammal |
- |
accost
|
(verb) speak to someone |
Synonyms:
address,
come up to |
---|
(verb) approach with an offer of sexual favors |
Synonyms:
hook,
solicit |
account
|
(verb) be the sole or primary factor in the existence, acquisition, supply, or disposal of something |
- |
---|
(verb) keep an account of |
Synonyms:
calculate |
(verb) to give an account or representation of in words |
Synonyms:
describe,
report |
(verb) furnish a justifying analysis or explanation |
Synonyms:
answer for |
accredit
|
(verb) grant credentials to |
Synonyms:
recognise,
recognize |
---|
(verb) provide or send (envoys or ambassadors) with official credentials |
- |
(verb) ascribe an achievement to |
Synonyms:
credit |
acquaint
|
(verb) cause to come to know personally |
Synonyms:
introduce,
present |
---|
(verb) make familiar or conversant with |
Synonyms:
familiarise,
familiarize |
(verb) inform |
- |
acquit
|
(verb) pronounce not guilty of criminal charges |
Synonyms:
clear,
discharge,
exculpate,
exonerate,
assoil |
---|
(verb) behave in a certain manner |
Synonyms:
carry,
bear,
conduct,
deport,
comport,
behave |
act
|
(verb) perform an action, or work out or perform (an action) |
Synonyms:
move |
---|
(verb) behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself |
Synonyms:
do,
behave |
(verb) play a role or part |
Synonyms:
play,
represent |
(verb) discharge one's duties |
- |
(verb) pretend to have certain qualities or state of mind |
Synonyms:
play,
act as |
(verb) be suitable for theatrical performance |
- |
(verb) have an effect or outcome; often the one desired or expected |
Synonyms:
work |
(verb) be engaged in an activity, often for no particular purpose other than pleasure |
- |
(verb) behave unnaturally or affectedly |
Synonyms:
pretend,
dissemble |
(verb) perform on a stage or theater |
Synonyms:
play,
roleplay,
playact |
adapt
|
(verb) make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose |
Synonyms:
accommodate |
---|
(verb) adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions |
Synonyms:
adjust,
conform |
addict
|
(verb) to cause (someone or oneself) to become dependent (on something, especially a narcotic drug) |
Synonyms:
hook |
---|
adduct
|
(verb) draw a limb towards the body |
- |
---|
adjust
|
(verb) alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard |
Synonyms:
set,
correct |
---|
(verb) place in a line or arrange so as to be parallel or straight |
Synonyms:
align,
line up,
aline |
(verb) adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions |
Synonyms:
conform,
adapt |
(verb) make correspondent or conformable |
- |
(verb) decide how much is to be paid on an insurance claim |
- |
admit
|
(verb) declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of |
Synonyms:
acknowledge |
---|
(verb) allow to enter; grant entry to |
Synonyms:
intromit,
allow in,
let in |
(verb) allow participation in or the right to be part of; permit to exercise the rights, functions, and responsibilities of |
Synonyms:
include,
let in |
(verb) admit into a group or community |
Synonyms:
accept,
take,
take on |
(verb) afford possibility |
Synonyms:
allow |
(verb) give access or entrance to |
- |
(verb) have room for; hold without crowding |
Synonyms:
hold,
accommodate |
(verb) serve as a means of entrance |
- |
adopt
|
(verb) choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans |
Synonyms:
espouse,
follow |
---|
(verb) take up and practice as one's own |
Synonyms:
take up,
borrow,
take over |
(verb) take on titles, offices, duties, responsibilities |
Synonyms:
assume,
take on,
take over |
(verb) take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect |
Synonyms:
acquire,
assume,
take,
take on |
(verb) take into one's family |
Synonyms:
take in |
(verb) put into dramatic form |
Synonyms:
dramatise,
dramatize |
(verb) take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own |
Synonyms:
embrace,
espouse,
sweep up |
advect
|
(verb) convey by horizontal mass movement of a fluid |
- |
---|
advert
|
(verb) give heed (to) |
Synonyms:
hang,
attend,
pay heed,
give ear |
---|
(verb) make a more or less disguised reference to |
Synonyms:
touch,
allude |
(verb) make reference to |
Synonyms:
refer,
name,
bring up,
mention,
cite |
affect
|
(verb) have an effect upon |
Synonyms:
touch,
impact,
bear on,
bear upon,
touch on |
---|
(verb) act physically on; have an effect upon |
- |
(verb) connect closely and often incriminatingly |
Synonyms:
regard,
involve |
(verb) make believe with the intent to deceive |
Synonyms:
pretend,
dissemble,
sham,
feign |
(verb) have an emotional or cognitive impact upon |
Synonyms:
impress,
strike,
move |
afflict
|
(verb) cause great unhappiness for; distress |
- |
---|
(verb) cause physical pain or suffering in |
Synonyms:
smite |
afforest
|
(verb) establish a forest on previously unforested land |
Synonyms:
forest |
---|
affright
|
(verb) cause fear in |
Synonyms:
scare,
fright,
frighten |
---|
affront
|
(verb) treat, mention, or speak to rudely |
Synonyms:
insult,
diss |
---|
airfreight
|
(verb) transport (cargo) by air |
Synonyms:
air-freight,
air-ship |
---|
airlift
|
(verb) fly people or goods to or from places not accessible by other means |
Synonyms:
lift |
---|
airt
|
(verb) channel into a new direction |
Synonyms:
redirect |
---|
alert
|
(verb) warn or arouse to a sense of danger or call to a state of preparedness |
Synonyms:
alarm |
---|
alight
|
(verb) to come to rest, settle |
Synonyms:
perch,
light |
---|
(verb) come down |
Synonyms:
climb down |
aliment
|
(verb) give nourishment to |
Synonyms:
nourish,
nutrify |
---|
allot
|
(verb) give out |
Synonyms:
assign,
portion |
---|
(verb) allow to have |
Synonyms:
grant,
accord |
(verb) administer or bestow, as in small portions |
Synonyms:
deal,
distribute,
mete out,
deal out,
dish out,
dispense,
dole out,
parcel out,
shell out,
administer,
lot |
amount
|
(verb) be tantamount or equivalent to |
- |
---|
(verb) add up in number or quantity |
Synonyms:
come,
number,
total,
add up |
(verb) to measure up to in kind or quality |
Synonyms:
come,
add up |
animadvert
|
(verb) express one's opinion openly and without fear or hesitation |
Synonyms:
opine,
sound off,
speak out,
speak up |
---|
(verb) express blame or censure or make a harshly critical remark |
- |
anoint
|
(verb) choose by or as if by divine intervention |
- |
---|
(verb) administer an oil or ointment to; often in a religious ceremony of blessing |
Synonyms:
inunct,
oil,
embrocate,
anele |
appoint
|
(verb) create and charge with a task or function |
Synonyms:
name,
nominate,
constitute |
---|
(verb) assign a duty, responsibility or obligation to |
Synonyms:
charge |
(verb) furnish |
- |
aquatint
|
(verb) etch in aquatint |
- |
---|
arrest
|
(verb) take into custody |
Synonyms:
pick up,
apprehend,
nail,
cop,
nab,
collar |
---|
(verb) hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of |
Synonyms:
check,
stop,
turn back,
hold back,
contain |
(verb) attract and fix |
Synonyms:
get,
catch |
(verb) cause to come to an abrupt stop |
Synonyms:
hold,
halt |
asphalt
|
(verb) cover with tar or asphalt |
- |
---|
assault
|
(verb) attack someone physically or emotionally |
Synonyms:
set on,
assail,
attack |
---|
(verb) force (someone) to have sex against their will |
Synonyms:
dishonor,
dishonour,
rape,
ravish,
outrage,
violate |
(verb) attack in speech or writing |
Synonyms:
round,
snipe,
assail,
attack,
lash out |
assent
|
(verb) to agree or express agreement |
Synonyms:
accede,
acquiesce |
---|
assert
|
(verb) state categorically |
Synonyms:
maintain,
asseverate |
---|
(verb) to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true |
Synonyms:
swear,
verify,
affirm,
swan,
aver,
avow |
(verb) insist on having one's opinions and rights recognized |
Synonyms:
put forward |
(verb) postulate positively and assertively |
Synonyms:
insist |
assist
|
(verb) give help or assistance; be of service |
Synonyms:
help,
aid |
---|
(verb) act as an assistant in a subordinate or supportive function |
- |
(verb) work for, or be a servant to |
Synonyms:
attend to,
serve,
wait on,
attend |
assort
|
(verb) keep company with; hang out with |
Synonyms:
associate,
consort,
affiliate |
---|
(verb) arrange or order by classes or categories |
Synonyms:
separate,
sort,
sort out,
class,
classify |
attaint
|
(verb) bring shame or dishonor upon |
Synonyms:
shame,
dishonor,
dishonour,
disgrace |
---|
(verb) condemn by attainder |
- |
attempt
|
(verb) make an effort or attempt |
Synonyms:
assay,
seek,
essay,
try |
---|
(verb) enter upon an activity or enterprise |
Synonyms:
undertake,
set about |
attest
|
(verb) provide evidence for; stand as proof of; show by one's behavior, attitude, or external attributes |
Synonyms:
demonstrate,
certify,
manifest,
evidence |
---|
(verb) authenticate, affirm to be true, genuine, or correct, as in an official capacity |
- |
(verb) give testimony in a court of law |
Synonyms:
bear witness,
take the stand,
testify |
(verb) establish or verify the usage of |
- |
attract
|
(verb) direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes |
Synonyms:
draw,
draw in,
pull,
pull in |
---|
(verb) be attractive to |
Synonyms:
appeal |
(verb) exert a force on (a body) causing it to approach or prevent it from moving away |
- |
audit
|
(verb) examine carefully for accuracy with the intent of verification |
Synonyms:
inspect,
scrutinise,
scrutinize |
---|
(verb) attend academic courses without getting credit |
- |
augment
|
(verb) enlarge or increase |
- |
---|
(verb) grow or intensify |
- |
avert
|
(verb) prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; to protect from or to keep away anything undesirable; to ward off |
Synonyms:
deflect,
ward off,
head off,
debar,
obviate,
stave off,
avoid,
fend off,
forefend,
forfend |
---|
(verb) turn away or aside |
Synonyms:
turn away |
await
|
(verb) look forward to the probable occurrence of |
Synonyms:
expect,
wait,
look |
---|
babbitt
|
(verb) line with a Babbitt metal |
- |
---|
babysit
|
(verb) take watchful responsibility for |
Synonyms:
baby-sit |
---|
(verb) work or act as a baby-sitter |
Synonyms:
sit,
baby-sit |
bait
|
(verb) harass with persistent criticism or carping |
Synonyms:
ride,
rally,
rag,
tease,
razz,
cod,
tantalise,
tantalize,
taunt,
twit |
---|
(verb) lure, entice, or entrap with bait |
- |
(verb) attack with dogs or set dogs upon |
- |
ballast
|
(verb) make steady with a ballast |
- |
---|
ballot
|
(verb) vote by ballot |
- |
---|
bankrupt
|
(verb) reduce to bankruptcy |
Synonyms:
break,
smash,
ruin |
---|
banquet
|
(verb) provide a feast or banquet for |
Synonyms:
junket,
feast |
---|
(verb) partake in a feast or banquet |
Synonyms:
junket,
feast |
basset
|
(verb) appear at the surface |
Synonyms:
crop out |
---|
bat
|
(verb) strike with, or as if with a baseball bat |
- |
---|
(verb) wink briefly |
Synonyms:
flutter |
(verb) have a turn at bat |
- |
(verb) use a bat |
- |
(verb) beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight |
Synonyms:
lick,
thrash,
cream,
drub,
clobber |
bayonet
|
(verb) stab or kill someone with a bayonet |
- |
---|
beat
|
(verb) come out better in a competition, race, or conflict |
Synonyms:
beat out,
shell,
vanquish,
crush,
trounce |
---|
(verb) give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression |
Synonyms:
work over,
beat up |
(verb) hit repeatedly |
- |
(verb) move rhythmically |
Synonyms:
pound,
thump |
(verb) shape by beating |
- |
(verb) make a rhythmic sound |
Synonyms:
drum,
thrum |
(verb) glare or strike with great intensity |
- |
(verb) move with a thrashing motion |
Synonyms:
flap |
(verb) sail with much tacking or with difficulty |
- |
(verb) stir vigorously |
Synonyms:
scramble |
(verb) strike (a part of one's own body) repeatedly, as in great emotion or in accompaniment to music |
- |
(verb) be superior |
- |
(verb) avoid paying |
Synonyms:
bunk |
(verb) make a sound like a clock or a timer |
Synonyms:
tick,
ticktack,
ticktock |
(verb) move with a flapping motion |
Synonyms:
flap |
(verb) indicate by beating, as with the fingers or drumsticks |
- |
(verb) move with or as if with a regular alternating motion |
Synonyms:
pulsate,
quiver |
(verb) make by pounding or trampling |
- |
(verb) produce a rhythm by striking repeatedly |
- |
(verb) strike (water or bushes) repeatedly to rouse animals for hunting |
- |
(verb) beat through cleverness and wit |
Synonyms:
outfox,
outsmart,
outwit,
overreach,
circumvent |
(verb) be a mystery or bewildering to |
Synonyms:
nonplus,
mystify,
dumbfound,
perplex,
pose,
puzzle,
get,
gravel,
stick,
stupefy,
vex,
amaze,
baffle,
bewilder,
flummox |
(verb) wear out completely |
Synonyms:
wash up,
exhaust,
tucker,
tucker out |
bedight
|
(verb) decorate |
Synonyms:
deck,
bedeck |
---|
befit
|
(verb) accord or comport with |
Synonyms:
suit,
beseem |
---|
beget
|
(verb) make (offspring) by reproduction |
Synonyms:
get,
mother,
generate,
engender,
sire,
bring forth,
father |
---|
belt
|
(verb) sing loudly and forcefully |
Synonyms:
belt out |
---|
(verb) deliver a blow to |
- |
(verb) fasten with a belt |
- |
benefact
|
(verb) help as a benefactor |
- |
---|
benefit
|
(verb) derive a benefit from |
Synonyms:
gain,
profit |
---|
(verb) be beneficial for |
Synonyms:
do good |
benight
|
(verb) overtake with darkness or night |
- |
---|
(verb) envelop with social, intellectual, or moral darkness |
- |
(verb) make darker and difficult to perceive by sight |
Synonyms:
bedim |
beset
|
(verb) annoy continually or chronically |
Synonyms:
harass,
molest,
harry,
hassle,
plague,
provoke,
chevvy,
chevy,
chivvy,
chivy |
---|
(verb) assail or attack on all sides: |
Synonyms:
set upon |
(verb) decorate or cover lavishly (as with gems) |
Synonyms:
incrust,
encrust |
besot
|
(verb) make dull or stupid or muddle with drunkenness or infatuation |
Synonyms:
stupefy |
---|
bespot
|
(verb) mark with, or as if with, spots |
- |
---|
best
|
(verb) get the better of |
Synonyms:
outflank,
outdo,
scoop,
trump |
---|
bet
|
(verb) maintain with or as if with a bet |
Synonyms:
wager |
---|
(verb) stake on the outcome of an issue |
Synonyms:
play,
wager |
(verb) have faith or confidence in |
Synonyms:
reckon,
rely,
depend,
swear,
calculate,
count,
bank,
look |
bight
|
(verb) fasten with a bight |
- |
---|
billet
|
(verb) provide housing for (military personnel) |
Synonyms:
quarter,
canton |
---|
birdnest
|
(verb) gather birdnests |
Synonyms:
bird-nest |
---|
bisect
|
(verb) cut in half or cut in two |
- |
---|
bitt
|
(verb) secure with a bitt |
- |
---|
blacklist
|
(verb) put on a blacklist so as to banish or cause to be boycotted |
- |
---|
blanket
|
(verb) cover as if with a blanket |
- |
---|
(verb) form a blanket-like cover (over) |
- |
blast
|
(verb) make a strident sound |
Synonyms:
blare |
---|
(verb) hit with great force |
Synonyms:
smash,
nail,
boom |
(verb) use explosives on |
Synonyms:
shell |
(verb) apply a draft or strong wind to to |
- |
(verb) create by using explosives |
Synonyms:
shell |
(verb) make with or as if with an explosion |
- |
(verb) fire a shot; release |
Synonyms:
shoot |
(verb) criticize harshly or violently |
Synonyms:
savage,
pillory,
crucify |
(verb) shatter as if by explosion |
Synonyms:
knock down |
(verb) shrivel or wither or mature imperfectly |
- |
blat
|
(verb) cry plaintively |
Synonyms:
baa,
blate,
bleat |
---|
bleat
|
(verb) talk whiningly |
- |
---|
(verb) cry plaintively |
Synonyms:
baa,
blat,
blate |
blight
|
(verb) cause to suffer a blight |
Synonyms:
plague |
---|
bloat
|
(verb) become bloated or swollen or puff up |
- |
---|
(verb) make bloated or swollen |
- |
blot
|
(verb) dry (ink) with blotting paper |
- |
---|
(verb) make a spot or mark onto |
Synonyms:
spot,
blob,
fleck |
blueprint
|
(verb) make a blueprint of |
Synonyms:
draft,
draught |
---|
blunt
|
(verb) make less intense |
- |
---|
(verb) make numb or insensitive |
Synonyms:
dull,
numb,
benumb |
(verb) make dull or blunt |
Synonyms:
dull |
(verb) make less sharp |
- |
(verb) make less lively, intense, or vigorous; impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation |
Synonyms:
deaden |
blurt
|
(verb) utter impulsively |
Synonyms:
blunder,
ejaculate,
blunder out,
blurt out |
---|
boast
|
(verb) show off |
Synonyms:
swash,
blow,
gas,
gasconade,
shoot a line,
vaunt,
bluster,
brag,
tout |
---|
(verb) wear or display in an ostentatious or proud manner |
Synonyms:
sport,
feature |
boat
|
(verb) ride in a boat on water |
- |
---|
bodypaint
|
(verb) apply paint to a body |
- |
---|
bolt
|
(verb) move or jump suddenly |
- |
---|
(verb) secure or lock with a bolt |
- |
(verb) swallow hastily |
- |
(verb) run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along |
Synonyms:
run off,
make off,
decamp,
go off,
abscond,
absquatulate |
(verb) leave suddenly and as if in a hurry |
Synonyms:
run off,
run out,
beetle off,
bolt out |
(verb) eat hastily without proper chewing |
Synonyms:
gobble |
(verb) make or roll into bolts |
- |
bonnet
|
(verb) dress in a bonnet |
- |
---|
boost
|
(verb) increase |
Synonyms:
hike,
hike up |
---|
(verb) give a boost to; be beneficial to |
- |
(verb) contribute to the progress or growth of |
Synonyms:
advance,
promote,
encourage,
further |
(verb) increase or raise |
Synonyms:
advance,
supercharge |
(verb) push or shove upward, as if from below or behind |
- |