ice | (verb) put ice on or put on ice | - |
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(verb) cause to become ice or icy | - |
(verb) decorate with frosting | Synonyms: frost |
idealise | (verb) consider or render as ideal | Synonyms: idealize |
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(verb) form ideals | Synonyms: idealize |
idealize | (verb) consider or render as ideal | Synonyms: idealise |
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(verb) form ideals | Synonyms: idealise |
ideate | (verb) form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case | Synonyms: conceive of, envisage, imagine |
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identify | (verb) recognize as being; establish the identity of someone or something | Synonyms: place |
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(verb) identify as in botany or biology, for example | Synonyms: describe, discover, distinguish, key, key out, name |
(verb) consider to be equal or the same | - |
(verb) conceive of as united or associated | - |
(verb) consider (oneself) as similar to somebody else | - |
(verb) give the name or identifying characteristics of; refer to by name or some other identifying characteristic property | Synonyms: name |
idle | (verb) run disconnected or idle | Synonyms: tick over |
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(verb) be idle; exist in a changeless situation | Synonyms: laze, slug, stagnate |
idolise | (verb) love unquestioningly and uncritically or to excess; venerate as an idol | Synonyms: hero-worship, idolize, revere, worship |
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idolize | (verb) love unquestioningly and uncritically or to excess; venerate as an idol | Synonyms: hero-worship, idolise, revere, worship |
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ignite | (verb) start or maintain a fire in | Synonyms: fire, light |
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(verb) arouse or excite feelings and passions | Synonyms: fire up, heat, inflame, stir up, wake |
(verb) cause to start burning; subject to fire or great heat | Synonyms: light |
(verb) start to burn or burst into flames | Synonyms: catch fire, combust, conflagrate, erupt, take fire |
ignore | (verb) be ignorant of or in the dark about | - |
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(verb) give little or no attention to | Synonyms: disregard, neglect |
(verb) bar from attention or consideration | Synonyms: brush aside, brush off, discount, dismiss, disregard, push aside |
(verb) refuse to acknowledge | Synonyms: cut, disregard, snub |
(verb) fail to notice | - |
illegalise | (verb) declare illegal; outlaw | Synonyms: criminalise, criminalize, illegalize, outlaw |
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illegalize | (verb) declare illegal; outlaw | Synonyms: criminalise, criminalize, illegalise, outlaw |
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illume | (verb) introduce light into | Synonyms: illuminate, illumine, light, light up |
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illuminate | (verb) introduce light into | Synonyms: illume, illumine, light, light up |
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(verb) make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear | Synonyms: clear, clear up, crystalise, crystalize, crystallise, crystallize, elucidate, enlighten, shed light on, sort out, straighten out |
(verb) add embellishments and paintings to (medieval manuscripts) | - |
illumine | (verb) introduce light into | Synonyms: illume, illuminate, light, light up |
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illustrate | (verb) clarify by giving an example of | Synonyms: exemplify, instance |
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(verb) depict with an illustration | - |
(verb) supply with illustrations | - |
image | (verb) imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind | Synonyms: envision, fancy, figure, picture, project, see, visualise, visualize |
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(verb) render visible, as by means of MRI | - |
imagine | (verb) expect, believe, or suppose | Synonyms: guess, opine, reckon, suppose, think |
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(verb) form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case | Synonyms: conceive of, envisage, ideate |
imbed | (verb) fix or set securely or deeply | Synonyms: embed, engraft, implant, plant |
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imbibe | (verb) receive into the mind and retain | - |
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(verb) take in liquids | Synonyms: drink |
(verb) take (gas, light or heat) into a solution | Synonyms: assimilate |
(verb) take in, also metaphorically | Synonyms: absorb, draw, soak up, sop up, suck, suck up, take in, take up |
imbricate | (verb) overlap | - |
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(verb) place so as to overlap | - |
imbrue | (verb) permeate or impregnate | Synonyms: drench |
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imbue | (verb) suffuse with color | Synonyms: hue |
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(verb) fill, soak, or imbue totally | Synonyms: soak |
(verb) spread or diffuse through | Synonyms: diffuse, interpenetrate, penetrate, permeate, pervade, riddle |
imitate | (verb) reproduce someone's behavior or looks | Synonyms: copy, simulate |
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(verb) make a reproduction or copy of | - |
(verb) appear like, as in behavior or appearance | - |
immaterialise | (verb) render immaterial or incorporeal | Synonyms: immaterialize, unsubstantialise, unsubstantialize |
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immaterialize | (verb) render immaterial or incorporeal | Synonyms: immaterialise, unsubstantialise, unsubstantialize |
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immerse | (verb) devote (oneself) fully to | Synonyms: absorb, engross, engulf, plunge, soak up, steep |
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(verb) cause to be immersed | Synonyms: plunge |
(verb) thrust or throw into | Synonyms: plunge |
(verb) enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing | Synonyms: bury, eat up, swallow, swallow up |
immigrate | (verb) come into a new country and change residency | - |
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(verb) migrate to a new environment | - |
(verb) introduce or send as immigrants | - |
immingle | (verb) combine into one | Synonyms: blend, intermingle, intermix |
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immix | (verb) mix together different elements | Synonyms: blend, coalesce, combine, commingle, conflate, flux, fuse, meld, merge, mix |
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immobilise | (verb) cause to be unable to move | Synonyms: immobilize |
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(verb) prohibit the conversion or use of (assets) | Synonyms: block, freeze, immobilize |
(verb) convert (assets) into fixed capital | Synonyms: immobilize |
(verb) make defenseless | Synonyms: immobilize |
(verb) to hold fast or prevent from moving | Synonyms: immobilize, pin, trap |
(verb) hold as reserve or withdraw from circulation; of capital | Synonyms: immobilize |
immobilize | (verb) cause to be unable to move | Synonyms: immobilise |
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(verb) prohibit the conversion or use of (assets) | Synonyms: block, freeze, immobilise |
(verb) convert (assets) into fixed capital | Synonyms: immobilise |
(verb) make defenseless | Synonyms: immobilise |
(verb) to hold fast or prevent from moving | Synonyms: immobilise, pin, trap |
(verb) hold as reserve or withdraw from circulation; of capital | Synonyms: immobilise |
immolate | (verb) offer as a sacrifice by killing or by giving up to destruction | - |
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immortalise | (verb) make famous forever | Synonyms: eternalise, eternalize, eternise, eternize, immortalize |
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(verb) be or provide a memorial to a person or an event | Synonyms: commemorate, immortalize, memorialise, memorialize |
immortalize | (verb) make famous forever | Synonyms: eternalise, eternalize, eternise, eternize, immortalise |
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(verb) be or provide a memorial to a person or an event | Synonyms: commemorate, immortalise, memorialise, memorialize |
immunise | (verb) perform vaccinations or produce immunity in by inoculation | Synonyms: immunize, inoculate, vaccinate |
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(verb) grant immunity from prosecution | Synonyms: immunize |
immunize | (verb) perform vaccinations or produce immunity in by inoculation | Synonyms: immunise, inoculate, vaccinate |
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(verb) grant immunity from prosecution | Synonyms: immunise |
immure | (verb) lock up or confine, in or as in a jail | Synonyms: gaol, imprison, incarcerate, jail, jug, lag, put away, put behind bars, remand |
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impact | (verb) have an effect upon | Synonyms: affect, bear on, bear upon, touch, touch on |
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(verb) press or wedge together; pack together | - |
impair | (verb) make worse or less effective | - |
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(verb) make imperfect | Synonyms: deflower, mar, spoil, vitiate |
impale | (verb) pierce with a sharp stake or point | Synonyms: empale, spike, transfix |
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(verb) kill by piercing with a spear or sharp pole | Synonyms: stake |
impanel | (verb) select from a list | Synonyms: empanel, panel |
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(verb) enter into a list of prospective jurors | Synonyms: empanel |
impart | (verb) transmit or serve as the medium for transmission | Synonyms: carry, channel, conduct, convey, transmit |
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(verb) transmit (knowledge or skills) | Synonyms: give, leave, pass on |
(verb) bestow a quality on | Synonyms: add, bestow, bring, contribute, lend |
impeach | (verb) bring an accusation against; level a charge against | Synonyms: accuse, criminate, incriminate |
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(verb) charge (a public official) with an offense or misdemeanor committed while in office | - |
(verb) challenge the honesty or veracity of | - |
impede | (verb) block passage through | Synonyms: block, close up, jam, obstruct, obturate, occlude |
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(verb) be a hindrance or obstacle to | Synonyms: hinder |
impel | (verb) cause to move forward with force | Synonyms: propel |
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(verb) urge or force (a person) to an action; constrain or motivate | Synonyms: force |
impend | (verb) be imminent or about to happen | - |
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imperil | (verb) pose a threat to; present a danger to | Synonyms: endanger, jeopardise, jeopardize, menace, peril, threaten |
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impersonate | (verb) pretend to be someone you are not; sometimes with fraudulent intentions | Synonyms: personate, pose |
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(verb) represent another person with comic intentions | - |
(verb) assume or act the character of | Synonyms: portray |
impinge | (verb) advance beyond the usual limit | Synonyms: encroach, infringe |
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(verb) impinge or infringe upon | Synonyms: encroach, entrench, trench |
implant | (verb) put firmly in the mind | Synonyms: plant |
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(verb) fix or set securely or deeply | Synonyms: embed, engraft, imbed, plant |
(verb) become attached to and embedded in the uterus | - |
implement | (verb) pursue to a conclusion or bring to a successful issue | Synonyms: carry out, follow out, follow through, follow up, go through with, put through |
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(verb) ensure observance of laws and rules | Synonyms: apply, enforce |
(verb) apply in a manner consistent with its purpose or design | - |
implicate | (verb) impose, involve, or imply as a necessary accompaniment or result | Synonyms: entail |
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(verb) bring into intimate and incriminating connection | - |
implode | (verb) burst inward | Synonyms: go off |
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implore | (verb) call upon in supplication; entreat | Synonyms: beg, pray |
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imply | (verb) express or state indirectly | Synonyms: connote |
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(verb) suggest as a logically necessary consequence; in logic | - |
(verb) have as a logical consequence | Synonyms: entail, mean |
(verb) have as a necessary feature | Synonyms: involve |
(verb) suggest that someone is guilty | Synonyms: incriminate, inculpate |
import | (verb) indicate or signify | Synonyms: spell |
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(verb) bring in from abroad | - |
(verb) transfer (electronic data) into a database or document | - |
importune | (verb) beg persistently and urgently | Synonyms: insist |
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impose | (verb) impose something unpleasant | Synonyms: bring down, inflict, visit |
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(verb) impose and collect | Synonyms: levy |
(verb) compel to behave in a certain way | Synonyms: constrain, enforce |
impound | (verb) place or shut up in a pound | Synonyms: pound |
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(verb) take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority | Synonyms: attach, confiscate, seize, sequester |
impoverish | (verb) take away | Synonyms: deprive |
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(verb) make poor | - |
imprecate | (verb) utter obscenities or profanities | Synonyms: blaspheme, curse, cuss, swear |
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(verb) wish harm upon; invoke evil upon | Synonyms: anathemise, anathemize, bedamn, beshrew, curse, damn, maledict |
impregnate | (verb) make pregnant | Synonyms: bang up, knock up, prang up |
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(verb) fertilize and cause to grow | - |
(verb) infuse or fill completely | Synonyms: saturate |
(verb) fill, as with a certain quality | Synonyms: infuse, instill, tincture |
impress | (verb) dye (fabric) before it is spun | Synonyms: yarn-dye |
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(verb) produce or try to produce a vivid impression of | Synonyms: ingrain, instill |
(verb) mark or stamp with or as if with pressure | Synonyms: imprint |
(verb) take (someone) against his will for compulsory service, especially on board a ship | Synonyms: shanghai |
(verb) reproduce by printing | Synonyms: print |
(verb) impress positively | - |
(verb) have an emotional or cognitive impact upon | Synonyms: affect, move, strike |
imprint | (verb) mark or stamp with or as if with pressure | Synonyms: impress |
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(verb) establish or impress firmly in the mind | Synonyms: form |
imprison | (verb) lock up or confine, in or as in a jail | Synonyms: gaol, immure, incarcerate, jail, jug, lag, put away, put behind bars, remand |
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(verb) confine as if in a prison | - |
improve | (verb) get better | Synonyms: ameliorate, better, meliorate |
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(verb) to make better | Synonyms: ameliorate, amend, better, meliorate |
improvise | (verb) perform without preparation | Synonyms: ad-lib, extemporise, extemporize, improvize |
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(verb) manage in a makeshift way; do with whatever is at hand | Synonyms: extemporize |
improvize | (verb) perform without preparation | Synonyms: ad-lib, extemporise, extemporize, improvise |
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impugn | (verb) attack as false or wrong | - |
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impute | (verb) attribute or credit to | Synonyms: ascribe, assign, attribute |
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(verb) attribute (responsibility or fault) to a cause or source | - |
inactivate | (verb) make inactive | Synonyms: deactivate |
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(verb) release from military service or remove from the active list of military service | Synonyms: demobilise, demobilize |
inaugurate | (verb) be a precursor of | Synonyms: introduce, usher in |
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(verb) commence officially | Synonyms: kick off |
(verb) open ceremoniously or dedicate formally | - |
incandesce | (verb) become incandescent or glow with heat | - |
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(verb) cause to become incandescent or glow | - |
incapacitate | (verb) injure permanently | Synonyms: disable, handicap, invalid |
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(verb) make unable to perform a certain action | Synonyms: disable, disenable |
incarcerate | (verb) lock up or confine, in or as in a jail | Synonyms: gaol, immure, imprison, jail, jug, lag, put away, put behind bars, remand |
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incarnadine | (verb) make flesh-colored | - |
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incarnate | (verb) make concrete and real | - |
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(verb) represent in bodily form | Synonyms: body forth, embody, substantiate |
incase | (verb) enclose in, or as if in, a case | Synonyms: case, encase |
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incense | (verb) make furious | Synonyms: exasperate, infuriate |
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(verb) perfume especially with a censer | Synonyms: cense, thurify |
inch | (verb) advance slowly, as if by inches | Synonyms: edge |
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incinerate | (verb) cause to undergo combustion | Synonyms: burn |
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(verb) become reduced to ashes | - |
incise | (verb) make an incision into by carving or cutting | - |
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incite | (verb) provoke or stir up | Synonyms: instigate, set off, stir up |
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(verb) urge on; cause to act | Synonyms: egg on, prod |
(verb) give an incentive for action | Synonyms: actuate, motivate, move, prompt, propel |
incline | (verb) make receptive or willing towards an action or attitude or belief | Synonyms: dispose |
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(verb) feel favorably disposed or willing | - |
(verb) be at an angle | Synonyms: pitch, slope |
(verb) lower or bend (the head or upper body), as in a nod or bow | - |
(verb) bend or turn (one's ear) towards a speaker in order to listen well | - |
(verb) have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be inclined | Synonyms: be given, lean, run, tend |
inclose | (verb) place, fit, or thrust (something) into another thing | Synonyms: enclose, insert, introduce, put in, stick in |
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(verb) surround completely | Synonyms: close in, enclose, shut in |
include | (verb) add as part of something else; put in as part of a set, group, or category | - |
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(verb) consider as part of something | - |
(verb) allow participation in or the right to be part of; permit to exercise the rights, functions, and responsibilities of | Synonyms: admit, let in |
(verb) have as a part, be made up out of | - |
incommode | (verb) to cause inconvenience or discomfort to | Synonyms: bother, discommode, disoblige, inconvenience, put out, trouble |
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inconvenience | (verb) to cause inconvenience or discomfort to | Synonyms: bother, discommode, disoblige, incommode, put out, trouble |
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incorporate | (verb) make into a whole or make part of a whole | Synonyms: integrate |
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(verb) unite or merge with something already in existence | - |
(verb) form a corporation | - |
(verb) include or contain; have as a component | Synonyms: comprise, contain |
increase | (verb) become bigger or greater in amount | - |
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(verb) make bigger or more | - |
incriminate | (verb) bring an accusation against; level a charge against | Synonyms: accuse, criminate, impeach |
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(verb) suggest that someone is guilty | Synonyms: imply, inculpate |
incrust | (verb) form a crust or a hard layer | Synonyms: encrust |
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(verb) cover or coat with a crust | Synonyms: encrust |
(verb) decorate or cover lavishly (as with gems) | Synonyms: beset, encrust |
incubate | (verb) sit on (eggs) | Synonyms: brood, cover, hatch |
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(verb) grow under conditions that promote development | - |
inculcate | (verb) teach and impress by frequent repetitions or admonitions | Synonyms: infuse, instill |
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inculpate | (verb) suggest that someone is guilty | Synonyms: imply, incriminate |
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incur | (verb) receive a specified treatment (abstract) | Synonyms: find, get, obtain, receive |
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(verb) make oneself subject to; bring upon oneself; become liable to | - |
incurvate | (verb) cause to curve inward | - |
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(verb) bend inwards | - |
indemnify | (verb) make amends for; pay compensation for | Synonyms: compensate, recompense, repair |
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(verb) secure against future loss, damage, or liability; give security for | - |
indent | (verb) bind by or as if by indentures, as of an apprentice or servant | Synonyms: indenture |
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(verb) make a depression into | Synonyms: dent |
(verb) cut or tear along an irregular line so that the parts can later be matched for authentication | - |
(verb) notch the edge of or make jagged | - |
(verb) set in from the margin | - |