| adjourn | (verb) close at the end of a session | Synonyms: break up, recess |
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| (verb) break from a meeting or gathering | Synonyms: retire, withdraw |
| adjudge | (verb) declare to be | Synonyms: declare, hold |
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| adjudicate | (verb) bring to an end; settle conclusively | Synonyms: decide, resolve, settle |
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| (verb) put on trial or hear a case and sit as the judge at the trial of | Synonyms: judge, try |
| adjure | (verb) command solemnly | - |
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| (verb) ask for or request earnestly | Synonyms: beseech, bid, conjure, entreat, press |
| adjust | (verb) alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard | Synonyms: correct, set |
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| (verb) adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions | Synonyms: adapt, conform |
| (verb) make correspondent or conformable | - |
| (verb) place in a line or arrange so as to be parallel or straight | Synonyms: align, aline, line up |
| (verb) decide how much is to be paid on an insurance claim | - |
| admeasure | (verb) determine the quantity of someone's share | - |
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| administer | (verb) give or apply (medications) | Synonyms: dispense |
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| (verb) administer or bestow, as in small portions | Synonyms: allot, deal, deal out, dish out, dispense, distribute, dole out, lot, mete out, parcel out, shell out |
| (verb) perform (a church sacrament) ritually | - |
| (verb) work in an administrative capacity; supervise or be in charge of | Synonyms: administrate |
| (verb) direct the taking of | - |
| administrate | (verb) work in an administrative capacity; supervise or be in charge of | Synonyms: administer |
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| admire | (verb) feel admiration for | Synonyms: look up to |
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| (verb) look at with admiration | - |
| admit | (verb) declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of | Synonyms: acknowledge |
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| (verb) admit into a group or community | Synonyms: accept, take, take on |
| (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) allow to enter; grant entry to | Synonyms: allow in, intromit, let in |
| (verb) give access or entrance to | - |
| (verb) serve as a means of entrance | - |
| (verb) have room for; hold without crowding | Synonyms: accommodate, hold |
| (verb) afford possibility | Synonyms: allow |
| admix | (verb) mix or mingle | - |
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| admonish | (verb) take to task | Synonyms: reproof, reprove |
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| (verb) warn strongly; put on guard | Synonyms: caution, monish |
| (verb) advise or counsel in terms of someone's behavior | Synonyms: discourage, monish, warn |
| adolesce | (verb) become adolescent; pass through adolescence | - |
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| adopt | (verb) take into one's family | Synonyms: take in |
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| (verb) take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect | Synonyms: acquire, assume, take, take on |
| (verb) take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own | Synonyms: embrace, espouse, sweep up |
| (verb) put into dramatic form | Synonyms: dramatise, dramatize |
| (verb) take up and practice as one's own | Synonyms: borrow, take over, take up |
| (verb) choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans | Synonyms: espouse, follow |
| (verb) take on titles, offices, duties, responsibilities | Synonyms: assume, take on, take over |
| adore | (verb) love intensely | - |
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| adorn | (verb) make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc. | Synonyms: beautify, decorate, embellish, grace, ornament |
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| (verb) furnish with power or authority; of kings or emperors | Synonyms: clothe, invest |
| (verb) be beautiful to look at | Synonyms: beautify, deck, decorate, embellish, grace |
| adsorb | (verb) accumulate (liquids or gases) on the surface | - |
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| adulate | (verb) flatter in an obsequious manner | - |
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| adulterate | (verb) corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones | Synonyms: debase, dilute, load, stretch |
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| adumbrate | (verb) describe roughly or briefly or give the main points or summary of | Synonyms: outline, sketch |
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| (verb) give to understand | Synonyms: insinuate, intimate |
| 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 |
| advantage | (verb) give an advantage to | - |
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| advect | (verb) convey by horizontal mass movement of a fluid | - |
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| adventure | (verb) put at risk | Synonyms: hazard, jeopardize, stake, venture |
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| (verb) take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome | Synonyms: chance, gamble, hazard, risk, run a risk, take a chance, take chances |
| advert | (verb) make a more or less disguised reference to | Synonyms: allude, touch |
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| (verb) make reference to | Synonyms: bring up, cite, mention, name, refer |
| (verb) give heed (to) | Synonyms: attend, give ear, hang, pay heed |
| advertise | (verb) make publicity for; try to sell (a product) | Synonyms: advertize, promote, push |
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| (verb) call attention to | Synonyms: advertize, publicise, publicize |
| advertize | (verb) make publicity for; try to sell (a product) | Synonyms: advertise, promote, push |
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| (verb) call attention to | Synonyms: advertise, publicise, publicize |
| advise | (verb) give advice to | Synonyms: counsel, rede |
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| (verb) inform (somebody) of something | Synonyms: apprise, apprize, give notice, notify, send word |
| (verb) make a proposal, declare a plan for something | Synonyms: propose, suggest |
| advocate | (verb) push for something | Synonyms: recommend, urge |
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| (verb) speak, plead, or argue in favor of | Synonyms: preach |
| aerate | (verb) aerate (sewage) so as to favor the growth of organisms that decompose organic matter | Synonyms: activate |
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| (verb) impregnate, combine, or supply with oxygen | Synonyms: oxygenate, oxygenise, oxygenize |
| (verb) expose to fresh air | Synonyms: air, air out |
| aerify | (verb) turn into gas | Synonyms: gasify, vaporise, vaporize |
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| aerosolise | (verb) disperse as an aerosol | Synonyms: aerosolize |
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| (verb) become dispersed as an aerosol | Synonyms: aerosolize |
| aerosolize | (verb) disperse as an aerosol | Synonyms: aerosolise |
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| (verb) become dispersed as an aerosol | Synonyms: aerosolise |
| aestivate | (verb) sleep during summer | Synonyms: estivate |
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| affect | (verb) act physically on; have an effect upon | - |
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| (verb) have an effect upon | Synonyms: bear on, bear upon, impact, touch, touch on |
| (verb) make believe with the intent to deceive | Synonyms: dissemble, feign, pretend, sham |
| (verb) have an emotional or cognitive impact upon | Synonyms: impress, move, strike |
| (verb) connect closely and often incriminatingly | Synonyms: involve, regard |
| affiance | (verb) give to in marriage | Synonyms: betroth, engage, plight |
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| affiliate | (verb) join in an affiliation | - |
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| (verb) keep company with; hang out with | Synonyms: associate, assort, consort |
| affirm | (verb) establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts | Synonyms: confirm, corroborate, substantiate, support, sustain |
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| (verb) to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true | Synonyms: assert, aver, avow, swan, swear, verify |
| (verb) say yes to | - |
| affix | (verb) stick or fasten to | Synonyms: stick on |
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| (verb) add to the very end | Synonyms: add on, append, supplement |
| (verb) attach or become attached to a stem word | - |
| afflict | (verb) cause physical pain or suffering in | Synonyms: smite |
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| (verb) cause great unhappiness for; distress | - |
| afford | (verb) be able to spare or give up | - |
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| (verb) be the cause or source of | Synonyms: give, yield |
| (verb) afford access to | Synonyms: give, open |
| (verb) have the financial means to do something or buy something | - |
| afforest | (verb) establish a forest on previously unforested land | Synonyms: forest |
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| affranchise | (verb) grant freedom to; as from slavery or servitude | Synonyms: enfranchise |
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| affright | (verb) cause fear in | Synonyms: fright, frighten, scare |
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| affront | (verb) treat, mention, or speak to rudely | Synonyms: diss, insult |
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| age | (verb) grow old or older | Synonyms: get on, maturate, mature, senesce |
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| (verb) begin to seem older; get older | - |
| (verb) make older | - |
| agglomerate | (verb) form into one cluster | - |
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| agglutinate | (verb) clump together; as of bacteria, red blood cells, etc. | - |
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| (verb) string together (morphemes in an agglutinating language) | - |
| aggrade | (verb) build up to a level by depositing sediment | - |
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| aggrandise | (verb) add details to | Synonyms: aggrandize, blow up, dramatise, dramatize, embellish, embroider, lard, pad |
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| aggrandize | (verb) add details to | Synonyms: aggrandise, blow up, dramatise, dramatize, embellish, embroider, lard, pad |
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| aggravate | (verb) make worse | Synonyms: exacerbate, exasperate, worsen |
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| (verb) exasperate or irritate | Synonyms: exacerbate, exasperate |
| aggregate | (verb) gather in a mass, sum, or whole | Synonyms: combine |
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| (verb) amount in the aggregate to | - |
| aggress | (verb) take the initiative and go on the offensive | Synonyms: attack |
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| aggrieve | (verb) cause to feel sorrow | Synonyms: grieve |
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| (verb) infringe on the rights of | - |
| aggroup | (verb) form a group or group together | Synonyms: group |
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| agitate | (verb) change the arrangement or position of | Synonyms: commove, disturb, raise up, shake up, stir up, vex |
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| (verb) cause to be agitated, excited, or roused | Synonyms: charge, charge up, commove, excite, rouse, turn on |
| (verb) move very slightly | Synonyms: budge, shift, stir |
| (verb) move or cause to move back and forth | Synonyms: shake |
| (verb) try to stir up public opinion | Synonyms: foment, stir up |
| (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: campaign, crusade, fight, press, push |
| agnise | (verb) be fully aware or cognizant of | Synonyms: agnize, realise, realize, recognise, recognize |
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| agnize | (verb) be fully aware or cognizant of | Synonyms: agnise, realise, realize, recognise, recognize |
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| agonise | (verb) suffer agony or anguish | Synonyms: agonize |
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| (verb) cause to agonize | Synonyms: agonize |
| agonize | (verb) suffer agony or anguish | Synonyms: agonise |
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| (verb) cause to agonize | Synonyms: agonise |
| agree | (verb) be in accord; be in agreement | Synonyms: concord, concur, hold |
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| (verb) consent or assent to a condition, or agree to do something | - |
| (verb) achieve harmony of opinion, feeling, or purpose | - |
| (verb) be agreeable or suitable | - |
| (verb) be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics | Synonyms: check, correspond, fit, gibe, jibe, match, tally |
| (verb) go together | Synonyms: accord, concord, consort, fit in, harmonise, harmonize |
| (verb) show grammatical agreement | - |
| aid | (verb) improve the condition of | Synonyms: help |
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| (verb) give help or assistance; be of service | Synonyms: assist, help |
| ail | (verb) be ill or unwell | - |
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| (verb) cause bodily suffering to and make sick or indisposed | Synonyms: pain, trouble |
| aim | (verb) have an ambitious plan or a lofty goal | Synonyms: aspire, draw a bead on, shoot for |
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| (verb) propose or intend | Synonyms: propose, purport, purpose |
| (verb) specifically design a product, event, or activity for a certain public | Synonyms: calculate, direct |
| (verb) direct (a remark) toward an intended goal | - |
| (verb) move into a desired direction of discourse | Synonyms: drive, get |
| (verb) point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards | Synonyms: direct, take, take aim, train |
| (verb) intend (something) to move towards a certain goal | Synonyms: direct, place, point, target |
| air | (verb) expose to cool or cold air so as to cool or freshen | Synonyms: air out, vent, ventilate |
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| (verb) expose to warm or heated air, so as to dry | - |
| (verb) make public | Synonyms: bare, publicise, publicize |
| (verb) broadcast over the airwaves, as in radio or television | Synonyms: beam, broadcast, send, transmit |
| (verb) be broadcast | - |
| (verb) expose to fresh air | Synonyms: aerate, air out |
| airbrush | (verb) paint with an airbrush | - |
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| airfreight | (verb) transport (cargo) by air | Synonyms: air-freight, air-ship |
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| airlift | (verb) fly people or goods to or from places not accessible by other means | Synonyms: lift |
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| airmail | (verb) send or transport by airmail | - |
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| airt | (verb) channel into a new direction | Synonyms: redirect |
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| alarm | (verb) warn or arouse to a sense of danger or call to a state of preparedness | Synonyms: alert |
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| (verb) fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised | Synonyms: appal, appall, dismay, horrify |
| alchemise | (verb) alter (elements) by alchemy | Synonyms: alchemize |
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| alchemize | (verb) alter (elements) by alchemy | Synonyms: alchemise |
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| alcoholise | (verb) make alcoholic, as by fermenting | Synonyms: alcoholize |
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| (verb) treat or infuse with alcohol | Synonyms: alcoholize |
| alcoholize | (verb) make alcoholic, as by fermenting | Synonyms: alcoholise |
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| (verb) treat or infuse with alcohol | Synonyms: alcoholise |
| (verb) subject to the influence of alcohol | - |
| alert | (verb) warn or arouse to a sense of danger or call to a state of preparedness | Synonyms: alarm |
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| alibi | (verb) exonerate by means of an alibi | - |
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| alien | (verb) transfer property or ownership | Synonyms: alienate |
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| alienate | (verb) arouse hostility or indifference in where there had formerly been love, affection, or friendliness | Synonyms: disaffect, estrange |
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| (verb) make withdrawn or isolated or emotionally dissociated | - |
| (verb) transfer property or ownership | Synonyms: alien |
| alight | (verb) come down | Synonyms: climb down |
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| (verb) to come to rest, settle | Synonyms: light, perch |
| align | (verb) place in a line or arrange so as to be parallel or straight | Synonyms: adjust, aline, line up |
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| (verb) bring (components or parts) into proper or desirable coordination correlation | Synonyms: coordinate, ordinate |
| (verb) align oneself with a group or a way of thinking | Synonyms: array |
| (verb) be or come into adjustment with | - |
| aliment | (verb) give nourishment to | Synonyms: nourish, nutrify |
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| aline | (verb) place in a line or arrange so as to be parallel or straight | Synonyms: adjust, align, line up |
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| alkalify | (verb) turn basic and less acidic | Synonyms: alkalise, alkalize, basify |
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| alkalinise | (verb) make (a substance) alkaline | Synonyms: alkalinize |
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| (verb) become alkaline | Synonyms: alkalinize |
| alkalinize | (verb) make (a substance) alkaline | Synonyms: alkalinise |
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| (verb) become alkaline | Synonyms: alkalinise |
| alkalise | (verb) turn basic and less acidic | Synonyms: alkalify, alkalize, basify |
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| alkalize | (verb) turn basic and less acidic | Synonyms: alkalify, alkalise, basify |
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| allay | (verb) satisfy (thirst) | Synonyms: assuage, quench, slake |
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| (verb) lessen the intensity of or calm | Synonyms: ease, relieve, still |
| allege | (verb) report or maintain | Synonyms: aver, say |
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| allegorise | (verb) make into an allegory | Synonyms: allegorize |
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| (verb) interpret as an allegory | Synonyms: allegorize |
| allegorize | (verb) make into an allegory | Synonyms: allegorise |
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| (verb) interpret as an allegory | Synonyms: allegorise |
| alleviate | (verb) provide physical relief, as from pain | Synonyms: assuage, palliate, relieve |
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| (verb) make easier | Synonyms: ease, facilitate |
| alligator | (verb) crack and acquire the appearance of alligator hide, as from weathering or improper application; of paint and varnishes | - |
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| alliterate | (verb) use alliteration as a form of poetry | - |
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| allocate | (verb) distribute according to a plan or set apart for a special purpose | Synonyms: apportion |
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| allot | (verb) allow to have | Synonyms: accord, grant |
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| (verb) give out | Synonyms: assign, portion |
| (verb) administer or bestow, as in small portions | Synonyms: administer, deal, deal out, dish out, dispense, distribute, dole out, lot, mete out, parcel out, shell out |
| allow | (verb) allow or plan for a certain possibility; concede the truth or validity of something | Synonyms: take into account |
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| (verb) give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause | Synonyms: appropriate, earmark, reserve, set aside |
| (verb) consent to, give permission; permit | Synonyms: countenance, let, permit |
| (verb) allow the presence of or allow (an activity) without opposing or prohibiting | Synonyms: permit, tolerate |
| (verb) let have | Synonyms: grant |
| (verb) grant as a discount or in exchange | - |
| (verb) make it possible through a specific action or lack of action for something to happen | Synonyms: let, permit |
| (verb) allow the other (baseball) team to score | Synonyms: give up |
| (verb) make a possibility or provide opportunity for; permit to be attainable or cause to remain | Synonyms: allow for, leave, provide |
| (verb) afford possibility | Synonyms: admit |
| allowance | (verb) put on a fixed allowance, as of food | - |
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