calculate | (verb) make a mathematical calculation or computation | Synonyms: cipher, compute, cypher, figure, reckon, work out |
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(verb) specifically design a product, event, or activity for a certain public | Synonyms: aim, direct |
(verb) judge to be probable | Synonyms: count on, estimate, figure, forecast, reckon |
(verb) have faith or confidence in | Synonyms: bank, bet, count, depend, look, reckon, rely, swear |
(verb) predict in advance | Synonyms: forecast |
(verb) keep an account of | Synonyms: account |
calibrate | (verb) make fine adjustments or divide into marked intervals for optimal measuring | Synonyms: fine-tune, graduate |
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(verb) measure the caliber of | - |
(verb) mark (the scale of a measuring instrument) so that it can be read in the desired units | - |
calumniate | (verb) charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone | Synonyms: asperse, besmirch, defame, denigrate, slander, smear, smirch, sully |
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camphorate | (verb) treat with camphor | - |
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cannulate | (verb) introduce a cannula or tube into | Synonyms: cannulise, cannulize, canulate, intubate |
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cantillate | (verb) recite with musical intonation; recite as a chant or a psalm | Synonyms: chant, intonate, intone |
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canulate | (verb) introduce a cannula or tube into | Synonyms: cannulate, cannulise, cannulize, intubate |
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capacitate | (verb) make capable | - |
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(verb) cause (spermatozoa) to undergo the physical changes necessary to fertilize an egg | - |
(verb) make legally capable or qualify in law | - |
capitulate | (verb) surrender under agreed conditions | - |
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capsulate | (verb) enclose in a capsule | Synonyms: capsule, capsulise, capsulize |
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captivate | (verb) attract; cause to be enamored | Synonyms: becharm, beguile, bewitch, capture, catch, charm, enamor, enamour, enchant, entrance, fascinate, trance |
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carbonate | (verb) treat with carbon dioxide | - |
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(verb) turn into a carbonate | - |
carboxylate | (verb) treat (a chemical compound) with carboxyl or carboxylic acid | - |
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caseate | (verb) become cheeselike | - |
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(verb) turn into cheese | - |
castigate | (verb) censure severely | Synonyms: chasten, chastise, correct, objurgate |
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(verb) inflict severe punishment on | - |
castrate | (verb) remove the testicles of a male animal | Synonyms: demasculinise, demasculinize, emasculate |
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(verb) remove the ovaries of | Synonyms: alter, neuter, spay |
(verb) deprive of strength or vigor | Synonyms: emasculate |
(verb) edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate | Synonyms: bowdlerise, bowdlerize, expurgate, shorten |
catenate | (verb) arrange in a series of rings or chains, as for spores | Synonyms: catenulate |
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catenulate | (verb) arrange in a series of rings or chains, as for spores | Synonyms: catenate |
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celebrate | (verb) have a celebration | Synonyms: fete |
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(verb) behave as expected during of holidays or rites | Synonyms: keep, observe |
(verb) assign great social importance to | Synonyms: lionise, lionize |
centrifugate | (verb) rotate at very high speed in order to separate the liquids from the solids | Synonyms: centrifuge |
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cerebrate | (verb) use or exercise the mind or one's power of reason in order to make inferences, decisions, or arrive at a solution or judgments | Synonyms: cogitate, think |
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certificate | (verb) authorize by certificate | - |
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(verb) present someone with a certificate | - |
chaturbate | (verb) to masturbate while chatting online | - |
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checkmate | (verb) place an opponent's king under an attack from which it cannot escape and thus ending the game | Synonyms: mate |
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chelate | (verb) form a chelate, in chemistry | - |
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chlorinate | (verb) disinfect with chlorine | - |
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(verb) treat or combine with chlorine | - |
chute | (verb) jump from an airplane and descend with a parachute | Synonyms: jump, parachute |
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circulate | (verb) cause to become widely known | Synonyms: broadcast, circularise, circularize, diffuse, disperse, disseminate, distribute, pass around, propagate, spread |
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(verb) become widely known and passed on | Synonyms: go around, spread |
(verb) move around freely from person to person or from place to place | - |
(verb) move through a space, circuit or system, returning to the starting point | - |
(verb) cause to be distributed | Synonyms: distribute, pass around, pass on |
(verb) cause to move in a circuit or system | - |
circumambulate | (verb) walk around something | Synonyms: walk around |
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circumnavigate | (verb) travel around, either by plane or ship | Synonyms: compass |
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circumstantiate | (verb) give circumstantial evidence for | - |
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circumvallate | (verb) surround with or as if with a rampart or other fortification | - |
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circumvolute | (verb) wind or turn in volutions, especially in an inward spiral, as of snail | - |
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cite | (verb) make reference to | Synonyms: advert, bring up, mention, name, refer |
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(verb) commend | Synonyms: mention |
(verb) repeat a passage from | Synonyms: quote |
(verb) refer to for illustration or proof | Synonyms: quote |
(verb) advance evidence for | Synonyms: abduce, adduce |
(verb) call in an official matter, such as to attend court | Synonyms: summon, summons |
(verb) refer to | Synonyms: reference |
citrate | (verb) cause to form a salt or ester of citric acid | - |
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coagulate | (verb) change from a liquid to a thickened or solid state | Synonyms: clot |
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(verb) cause to change from a liquid to a solid or thickened state | Synonyms: clot |
coeducate | (verb) educate persons of both sexes together | Synonyms: co-educate |
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cogitate | (verb) use or exercise the mind or one's power of reason in order to make inferences, decisions, or arrive at a solution or judgments | Synonyms: cerebrate, think |
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(verb) consider carefully and deeply; reflect upon; turn over in one's mind | - |
collaborate | (verb) work together on a common enterprise or project | Synonyms: cooperate, join forces |
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(verb) cooperate as a traitor | - |
collate | (verb) compare critically; of texts | - |
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(verb) to assemble in proper sequence | - |
colligate | (verb) consider (an instance of something) as part of a general rule or principle | Synonyms: subsume |
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(verb) make a logical or causal connection | Synonyms: associate, connect, link, link up, relate, tie in |
collimate | (verb) adjust the line of sight of (an optical instrument) | - |
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(verb) make or place parallel to something | Synonyms: parallel |
collocate | (verb) group or chunk together in a certain order or place side by side | Synonyms: chunk, lump |
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(verb) have a strong tendency to occur side by side | - |
commemorate | (verb) call to remembrance; keep alive the memory of someone or something, as in a ceremony | Synonyms: remember |
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(verb) be or provide a memorial to a person or an event | Synonyms: immortalise, immortalize, memorialise, memorialize |
(verb) celebrate by some ceremony or observation | Synonyms: mark |
commentate | (verb) serve as a commentator, as in sportscasting | - |
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(verb) make a commentary on | - |
comminate | (verb) curse or declare to be evil or anathema or threaten with divine punishment | Synonyms: accurse, anathematise, anathematize, anathemise, anathemize, execrate |
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comminute | (verb) reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading | Synonyms: bray, crunch, grind, mash |
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commiserate | (verb) to feel or express sympathy or compassion | Synonyms: sympathise, sympathize |
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communicate | (verb) transmit thoughts or feelings | Synonyms: intercommunicate |
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(verb) transmit information | Synonyms: pass, pass along, pass on, put across |
(verb) be in verbal contact; interchange information or ideas | - |
(verb) receive Communion, in the Catholic church | Synonyms: commune |
(verb) administer Communion; in church | - |
(verb) join or connect | - |
(verb) transfer to another | Synonyms: convey, transmit |
commutate | (verb) reverse the direction of (an alternating electric current) each half cycle so as to produce a unidirectional current | - |
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commute | (verb) change the order or arrangement of | Synonyms: permute, transpose |
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(verb) exchange a penalty for a less severe one | Synonyms: convert, exchange |
(verb) exchange or replace with another, usually of the same kind or category | Synonyms: change, convert, exchange |
(verb) exchange positions without a change in value | Synonyms: transpose |
(verb) travel back and forth regularly, as between one's place of work and home | - |
compassionate | (verb) share the suffering of | Synonyms: condole with, feel for, pity, sympathize with |
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compensate | (verb) make payment to; compensate | Synonyms: recompense, remunerate |
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(verb) make amends for; pay compensation for | Synonyms: indemnify, recompense, repair |
(verb) do or give something to somebody in return | Synonyms: make up, pay, pay off |
(verb) make reparations or amends for | Synonyms: correct, redress, right |
(verb) adjust for | Synonyms: correct, counterbalance, even off, even out, even up, make up |
(verb) make up for shortcomings or a feeling of inferiority by exaggerating good qualities | Synonyms: cover, overcompensate |
compete | (verb) compete for something; engage in a contest; measure oneself against others | Synonyms: contend, vie |
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complete | (verb) bring to a whole, with all the necessary parts or elements | - |
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(verb) come or bring to a finish or an end | Synonyms: finish |
(verb) write all the required information onto a form | Synonyms: fill in, fill out, make out |
(verb) complete a pass | Synonyms: nail |
(verb) complete or carry out | Synonyms: discharge, dispatch |
complicate | (verb) make more complicated | Synonyms: perplex |
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(verb) make more complex, intricate, or richer | Synonyms: elaborate, rarify, refine |
compute | (verb) make a mathematical calculation or computation | Synonyms: calculate, cipher, cypher, figure, reckon, work out |
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concatenate | (verb) add by linking or joining so as to form a chain or series | - |
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(verb) combine two strings to form a single one | - |
concentrate | (verb) cook until very little liquid is left | Synonyms: boil down, reduce |
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(verb) make denser, stronger, or purer | - |
(verb) make central | Synonyms: centralise, centralize |
(verb) be cooked until very little liquid is left | Synonyms: boil down, decoct, reduce |
(verb) make more concise | Synonyms: condense, digest |
(verb) compress or concentrate | Synonyms: condense, contract |
(verb) direct one's attention on something | Synonyms: center, centre, focus, pore, rivet |
(verb) draw together or meet in one common center | - |
conciliate | (verb) make (one thing) compatible with (another) | Synonyms: accommodate, reconcile |
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(verb) come to terms | Synonyms: make up, patch up, reconcile, settle |
(verb) cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of | Synonyms: appease, assuage, gentle, gruntle, lenify, mollify, pacify, placate |
concrete | (verb) form into a solid mass; coalesce | - |
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(verb) cover with cement | - |
confabulate | (verb) talk socially without exchanging too much information | Synonyms: chaffer, chat, chatter, chew the fat, chit-chat, chitchat, claver, confab, gossip, jaw, natter, shoot the breeze, visit |
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(verb) have a conference in order to talk something over | Synonyms: confab, confer, consult |
(verb) unconsciously replace fact with fantasy in one's memory | - |
confederate | (verb) form a group or unite | Synonyms: band together |
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(verb) form a confederation with; of nations | - |
confiscate | (verb) take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority | Synonyms: attach, impound, seize, sequester |
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conflagrate | (verb) start to burn or burst into flames | Synonyms: catch fire, combust, erupt, ignite, take fire |
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(verb) cause to start burning | Synonyms: enkindle, inflame, kindle |
conflate | (verb) mix together different elements | Synonyms: blend, coalesce, combine, commingle, flux, fuse, immix, meld, merge, mix |
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confute | (verb) prove to be false | Synonyms: disprove |
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conglobate | (verb) assume a globular shape | Synonyms: conglobe |
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conglomerate | (verb) increase in amount by collecting or gathering | Synonyms: accumulate, amass, cumulate, gather, pile up |
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conglutinate | (verb) stick together | - |
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(verb) cause to adhere | Synonyms: coapt |
congratulate | (verb) say something to someone that expresses praise | Synonyms: compliment |
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(verb) express congratulations | Synonyms: felicitate |
(verb) pride or congratulate (oneself) for an achievement | Synonyms: preen |
(verb) be proud of | Synonyms: plume, pride |
congregate | (verb) come together, usually for a purpose | - |
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conjugate | (verb) unite chemically so that the product is easily broken down into the original compounds | - |
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(verb) undergo conjugation | - |
(verb) add inflections showing person, number, gender, tense, aspect, etc. | - |
connote | (verb) involve as a necessary condition of consequence; as in logic | Synonyms: predicate |
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(verb) express or state indirectly | Synonyms: imply |
consecrate | (verb) render holy by means of religious rites | Synonyms: bless, hallow, sanctify |
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(verb) dedicate to a deity by a vow | Synonyms: vow |
(verb) give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause | Synonyms: commit, dedicate, devote, give |
(verb) appoint to a clerical posts | Synonyms: ordain, order, ordinate |
consociate | (verb) bring or come into association or action | Synonyms: associate |
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consolidate | (verb) unite into one | - |
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(verb) bring together into a single whole or system | - |
(verb) make firm or secure; strengthen | - |
(verb) make or form into a solid or hardened mass | - |
(verb) form into a solid mass or whole | - |
consonate | (verb) sound in sympathy | - |
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constellate | (verb) form a constellation or cluster | - |
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(verb) come together as in a cluster or flock | Synonyms: clump, cluster, flock |
(verb) scatter or intersperse like dots or studs | Synonyms: dot, stud |
consternate | (verb) fill with anxiety, dread, dismay, or confusion | - |
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constipate | (verb) cause to be constipated | Synonyms: bind |
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(verb) impede with a clog or as if with a clog | Synonyms: clog |
constitute | (verb) set up or lay the groundwork for | Synonyms: establish, found, institute, plant |
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(verb) create and charge with a task or function | Synonyms: appoint, name, nominate |
(verb) form or compose | Synonyms: be, comprise, make up, represent |
(verb) to compose or represent | Synonyms: form, make |
consubstantiate | (verb) become united in substance | - |
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(verb) unite in one common substance | - |
consummate | (verb) make perfect; bring to perfection | - |
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(verb) fulfill sexually | - |
contaminate | (verb) make impure | Synonyms: foul, pollute |
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(verb) make radioactive by adding radioactive material | - |
contemplate | (verb) think intently and at length, as for spiritual purposes | Synonyms: meditate, study |
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(verb) reflect deeply on a subject | Synonyms: chew over, excogitate, meditate, mull, mull over, muse, ponder, reflect, ruminate, speculate, think over |
(verb) consider as a possibility | - |
(verb) look at thoughtfully; observe deep in thought | - |
contraindicate | (verb) make a treatment inadvisable | - |
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contribute | (verb) contribute to some cause | Synonyms: chip in, give, kick in |
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(verb) bestow a quality on | Synonyms: add, bestow, bring, impart, lend |
(verb) provide | Synonyms: put up |
(verb) be conducive to | Synonyms: conduce, lead |
convolute | (verb) practice sophistry; change the meaning of or be vague about in order to mislead or deceive | Synonyms: pervert, sophisticate, twist, twist around |
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(verb) curl, wind, or twist together | Synonyms: convolve |
cooperate | (verb) work together on a common enterprise or project | Synonyms: collaborate, join forces |
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coordinate | (verb) bring order and organization to | Synonyms: organise, organize |
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(verb) bring (components or parts) into proper or desirable coordination correlation | Synonyms: align, ordinate |
(verb) bring into common action, movement, or condition | - |
(verb) be co-ordinated | - |
copulate | (verb) engage in sexual intercourse | Synonyms: couple, mate, pair |
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coquette | (verb) talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions | Synonyms: butterfly, chat up, coquet, dally, flirt, mash, philander, romance |
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coronate | (verb) invest with regal power; enthrone | Synonyms: crown |
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correlate | (verb) bring into a mutual, complementary, or reciprocal relation | - |
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(verb) to bear a reciprocal or mutual relation | - |
corroborate | (verb) establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts | Synonyms: affirm, confirm, substantiate, support, sustain |
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(verb) give evidence for | Synonyms: validate |
(verb) support with evidence or authority or make more certain or confirm | Synonyms: bear out, support, underpin |
corrugate | (verb) fold into ridges | - |
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coruscate | (verb) be lively or brilliant or exhibit virtuosity | Synonyms: scintillate, sparkle |
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(verb) reflect brightly | Synonyms: scintillate, sparkle |
crate | (verb) put into a crate; as for protection | - |
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create | (verb) make or cause to be or to become | Synonyms: make |
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(verb) pursue a creative activity; be engaged in a creative activity | - |
(verb) bring into existence | - |
(verb) create or manufacture a man-made product | Synonyms: make, produce |
(verb) create by artistic means | Synonyms: make |
(verb) invest with a new title, office, or rank | - |