sub | (verb) be a substitute | Synonyms: fill in, stand in, substitute |
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subcontract | (verb) work under a subcontract; engage in a subcontract | - |
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(verb) arranged for contracted work to be done by others | Synonyms: farm out, job |
subdivide | (verb) divide into smaller and smaller pieces | - |
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(verb) form into subdivisions | - |
subdue | (verb) correct by punishment or discipline | Synonyms: chasten, tame |
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(verb) bring under control by force or authority | Synonyms: conquer, stamp down, suppress |
(verb) make subordinate, dependent, or subservient | Synonyms: subordinate |
(verb) get on top of; deal with successfully | Synonyms: get over, master, overcome, surmount |
(verb) hold within limits and control | Synonyms: crucify, mortify |
(verb) put down by force or intimidation | Synonyms: keep down, quash, reduce, repress, subjugate |
subedit | (verb) edit and correct (written or printed material) | Synonyms: copyedit, copyread |
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subject | (verb) make accountable for | - |
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(verb) cause to experience or suffer or make liable or vulnerable to | - |
(verb) make subservient; force to submit or subdue | Synonyms: subjugate |
subjoin | (verb) add to the end | - |
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subjugate | (verb) make subservient; force to submit or subdue | Synonyms: subject |
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(verb) put down by force or intimidation | Synonyms: keep down, quash, reduce, repress, subdue |
sublease | (verb) lease or rent all or part of (a leased or rented property) to another person | Synonyms: sublet |
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sublet | (verb) lease or rent all or part of (a leased or rented property) to another person | Synonyms: sublease |
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sublimate | (verb) vaporize and then condense right back again | Synonyms: sublime |
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(verb) remove impurities from, increase the concentration of, and separate through the process of distillation | Synonyms: distil, distill, make pure, purify |
(verb) make more subtle or refined | Synonyms: rarefy, subtilize |
(verb) change or cause to change directly from a solid into a vapor without first melting | Synonyms: sublime |
(verb) direct energy or urges into useful activities | - |
sublime | (verb) vaporize and then condense right back again | Synonyms: sublimate |
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(verb) change or cause to change directly from a solid into a vapor without first melting | Synonyms: sublimate |
subluxate | (verb) sprain or dislocate slightly | - |
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submarine | (verb) attack by submarine | - |
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(verb) bring down with a blow to the legs | - |
(verb) throw with an underhand motion | - |
(verb) control a submarine | - |
(verb) move forward or under in a sliding motion | - |
submerge | (verb) fill or cover completely, usually with water | Synonyms: deluge, inundate |
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(verb) cover completely or make imperceptible | Synonyms: drown, overwhelm |
(verb) put under water | Synonyms: submerse |
(verb) sink below the surface; go under or as if under water | Synonyms: submerse |
submerse | (verb) put under water | Synonyms: submerge |
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(verb) sink below the surface; go under or as if under water | Synonyms: submerge |
submit | (verb) accept as inevitable | Synonyms: reconcile, resign |
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(verb) accept or undergo, often unwillingly | Synonyms: take |
(verb) put before | Synonyms: posit, put forward, state |
(verb) refer for judgment or consideration | - |
(verb) yield to another's wish or opinion | Synonyms: accede, bow, defer, give in |
(verb) yield to the control of another | - |
(verb) make an application as for a job or funding | Synonyms: put in |
(verb) hand over formally | Synonyms: present |
(verb) make over as a return | Synonyms: render |
(verb) refer to another person for decision or judgment | Synonyms: pass on, relegate |
subordinate | (verb) make subordinate, dependent, or subservient | Synonyms: subdue |
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(verb) rank or order as less important or consider of less value | - |
suborn | (verb) induce to commit perjury or give false testimony | - |
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(verb) procure (false testimony or perjury) | - |
(verb) incite to commit a crime or an evil deed | - |
subpoena | (verb) serve or summon with a subpoena | - |
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subrogate | (verb) substitute one creditor for another, as in the case where an insurance company sues the person who caused an accident for the insured | - |
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subscribe | (verb) mark with one's signature; write one's name (on) | Synonyms: sign |
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(verb) adopt as a belief | Synonyms: support |
(verb) receive or obtain regularly | Synonyms: subscribe to, take |
(verb) offer to buy, as of stocks and shares | - |
(verb) pay (an amount of money) as a contribution to a charity or service, especially at regular intervals | Synonyms: pledge |
subserve | (verb) be helpful or useful | - |
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subside | (verb) wear off or die down | Synonyms: lessen |
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(verb) sink down or precipitate | Synonyms: settle |
(verb) sink to a lower level or form a depression | - |
(verb) descend into or as if into some soft substance or place | Synonyms: sink |
subsidise | (verb) support through subsidies | Synonyms: subsidize |
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(verb) secure the assistance of by granting a subsidy, as of nations or military forces | Synonyms: subsidize |
subsidize | (verb) support through subsidies | Synonyms: subsidise |
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(verb) secure the assistance of by granting a subsidy, as of nations or military forces | Synonyms: subsidise |
subsist | (verb) support oneself | Synonyms: exist, live, survive |
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substantiate | (verb) solidify, firm, or strengthen | - |
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(verb) establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts | Synonyms: affirm, confirm, corroborate, support, sustain |
(verb) make real or concrete; give reality or substance to | Synonyms: actualise, actualize, realise, realize |
(verb) represent in bodily form | Synonyms: body forth, embody, incarnate |
substitute | (verb) put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items | Synonyms: exchange, interchange, replace |
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(verb) be a substitute | Synonyms: fill in, stand in, sub |
(verb) act as a substitute | Synonyms: deputise, deputize, step in |
subsume | (verb) consider (an instance of something) as part of a general rule or principle | Synonyms: colligate |
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(verb) contain or include | - |
subtend | (verb) be opposite to; of angles and sides, in geometry | Synonyms: delimit |
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subtilise | (verb) make (senses) more keen | Synonyms: subtilize |
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subtilize | (verb) make more subtle or refined | Synonyms: rarefy, sublimate |
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(verb) make (senses) more keen | Synonyms: subtilise |
(verb) mark fine distinctions and subtleties, as among words | - |
subtitle | (verb) supply (a movie) with subtitles | - |
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subtract | (verb) take off or away | - |
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(verb) make a subtraction | Synonyms: deduct, take off |
suburbanise | (verb) make suburban in character | Synonyms: suburbanize |
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(verb) take on suburban character | Synonyms: suburbanize |
suburbanize | (verb) make suburban in character | Synonyms: suburbanise |
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(verb) take on suburban character | Synonyms: suburbanise |
subvent | (verb) guarantee financial support of | Synonyms: subvention, underwrite |
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subvention | (verb) guarantee financial support of | Synonyms: subvent, underwrite |
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subvert | (verb) to raze to the ground, also figuratively | - |
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(verb) cause the downfall of; of rulers | Synonyms: bring down, overthrow, overturn |
(verb) destroy property or hinder normal operations | Synonyms: counteract, countermine, sabotage, undermine, weaken |
(verb) corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality | Synonyms: corrupt, debase, debauch, demoralise, demoralize, deprave, misdirect, pervert, profane, vitiate |
subvocalise | (verb) articulate without making audible sounds | Synonyms: subvocalize |
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subvocalize | (verb) articulate without making audible sounds | Synonyms: subvocalise |
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succeed | (verb) attain success or reach a desired goal | Synonyms: bring home the bacon, come through, deliver the goods, win |
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(verb) be the successor (of) | Synonyms: come after, follow |
succor | (verb) help in a difficult situation | Synonyms: succour |
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succour | (verb) help in a difficult situation | Synonyms: succor |
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succumb | (verb) consent reluctantly | Synonyms: buckle under, give in, knuckle under, yield |
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(verb) be fatally overwhelmed | Synonyms: yield |
succuss | (verb) shake; especially (a patient to detect fluids or air in the body) | Synonyms: shake up |
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suck | (verb) give suck to | Synonyms: breastfeed, give suck, lactate, nurse, suckle, wet-nurse |
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(verb) draw into the mouth by creating a practical vacuum in the mouth | - |
(verb) take in, also metaphorically | Synonyms: absorb, draw, imbibe, soak up, sop up, suck up, take in, take up |
(verb) draw something in by or as if by a vacuum | - |
(verb) provide sexual gratification through oral stimulation | Synonyms: blow, fellate, go down on |
(verb) be inadequate or objectionable | Synonyms: blow |
(verb) attract by using an inexorable force, inducement, etc. | Synonyms: suck in |
suckle | (verb) give suck to | Synonyms: breastfeed, give suck, lactate, nurse, suck, wet-nurse |
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(verb) suck milk from the mother's breasts | - |
suction | (verb) empty or clean (a body cavity) by the force of suction | - |
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(verb) remove or draw away by the force of suction | - |
sudate | (verb) excrete perspiration through the pores in the skin | Synonyms: perspire, sweat |
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suds | (verb) make froth or foam and become bubbly | Synonyms: froth, spume |
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(verb) wash in suds | - |
sue | (verb) institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against | Synonyms: action, litigate, process |
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suffer | (verb) be in pain | Synonyms: hurt |
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(verb) undergo (as of injuries and illnesses) | Synonyms: get, have, sustain |
(verb) feel unwell or uncomfortable | - |
(verb) get worse in quality | - |
(verb) be set at a disadvantage | Synonyms: lose |
(verb) put up with something or somebody unpleasant | Synonyms: abide, bear, brook, digest, endure, put up, stand, stick out, stomach, support, tolerate |
(verb) experience (emotional) pain | - |
(verb) feel physical pain | Synonyms: ache, hurt |
(verb) undergo or be subjected to | Synonyms: endure |
(verb) undergo or suffer | Synonyms: meet |
(verb) be given to | - |
suffice | (verb) be sufficient; be adequate, either in quality or quantity | Synonyms: answer, do, serve |
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suffix | (verb) attach a suffix to | - |
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suffocate | (verb) struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake | Synonyms: choke, gag, strangle |
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(verb) feel uncomfortable for lack of fresh air | - |
(verb) be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen | Synonyms: asphyxiate, stifle |
(verb) suppress the development, creativity, or imagination of | Synonyms: choke |
(verb) become stultified, suppressed, or stifled | Synonyms: choke |
(verb) deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing | Synonyms: asphyxiate, smother |
(verb) impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of | Synonyms: asphyxiate, choke, stifle |
suffuse | (verb) to become overspread as with a fluid, a colour, a gleam of light | - |
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(verb) cause to spread or flush or flood through, over, or across | Synonyms: perfuse |
sugar | (verb) sweeten with sugar | Synonyms: saccharify |
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sugarcoat | (verb) cause to appear more pleasant or appealing | - |
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(verb) coat with something sweet, such as a hard sugar glaze | Synonyms: candy, glaze |
suggest | (verb) make a proposal, declare a plan for something | Synonyms: advise, propose |
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(verb) call to mind | Synonyms: evoke, paint a picture |
(verb) imply as a possibility | Synonyms: intimate |
(verb) drop a hint; intimate by a hint | Synonyms: hint |
suit | (verb) accord or comport with | Synonyms: befit, beseem |
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(verb) enhance the appearance of | Synonyms: become |
(verb) be agreeable or acceptable | - |
(verb) be agreeable or acceptable to | Synonyms: accommodate, fit |
sulfate | (verb) convert into a sulfate | - |
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sulfur | (verb) treat with sulphur in order to preserve | Synonyms: sulphur |
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sulfurette | (verb) combine with sulfur | Synonyms: sulphurette |
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sulk | (verb) be in a huff and display one's displeasure | Synonyms: brood, pout |
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sully | (verb) charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone | Synonyms: asperse, besmirch, calumniate, defame, denigrate, slander, smear, smirch |
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(verb) make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air; also used metaphorically | Synonyms: defile, maculate, stain, tarnish |
(verb) place under suspicion or cast doubt upon | Synonyms: cloud, corrupt, defile, taint |
sulphur | (verb) treat with sulphur in order to preserve | Synonyms: sulfur |
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sulphurette | (verb) combine with sulfur | Synonyms: sulfurette |
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sum | (verb) determine the sum of | Synonyms: add, add together, add up, sum up, summate, tally, tot, tot up, total, tote up |
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(verb) be a summary of | Synonyms: sum up, summarise, summarize |
summarise | (verb) give a summary (of) | Synonyms: resume, sum up, summarize |
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(verb) be a summary of | Synonyms: sum, sum up, summarize |
summarize | (verb) give a summary (of) | Synonyms: resume, sum up, summarise |
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(verb) be a summary of | Synonyms: sum, sum up, summarise |
summate | (verb) determine the sum of | Synonyms: add, add together, add up, sum, sum up, tally, tot, tot up, total, tote up |
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(verb) form or constitute a cumulative effect | - |
summer | (verb) spend the summer | - |
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summerise | (verb) prepare for summer | Synonyms: summerize |
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summerize | (verb) prepare for summer | Synonyms: summerise |
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summit | (verb) reach the summit (of a mountain) | Synonyms: breast |
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summon | (verb) make ready for action or use | Synonyms: marshal, mobilise, mobilize |
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(verb) call in an official matter, such as to attend court | Synonyms: cite, summons |
(verb) ask to come | - |
(verb) gather or bring together | Synonyms: come up, muster, muster up, rally |
(verb) cause to become available for use, either literally or figuratively | Synonyms: call up |
summons | (verb) call in an official matter, such as to attend court | Synonyms: cite, summon |
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sun | (verb) expose one's body to the sun | Synonyms: sunbathe |
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(verb) expose to the rays of the sun or affect by exposure to the sun | Synonyms: insolate, solarise, solarize |
sunbathe | (verb) expose one's body to the sun | Synonyms: sun |
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sunburn | (verb) get a sunburn by overexposure to the sun | Synonyms: burn |
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sunder | (verb) break apart or in two, using violence | - |
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suntan | (verb) get a tan from being exposed to the sun | - |
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sup | (verb) take solid or liquid food into the mouth a little at a time either by drinking or by eating with a spoon | - |
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superannuate | (verb) retire or become ineligible because of old age or infirmity | - |
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(verb) become obsolete | - |
(verb) declare to be obsolete | - |
(verb) retire and pension (someone) because of age or physical inability | - |
supercharge | (verb) increase the pressure on a gas or liquid | Synonyms: pressurise, pressurize |
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(verb) increase or raise | Synonyms: advance, boost |
superfetate | (verb) conceive when a fetus is already present in the uterus | - |
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superimpose | (verb) place on top of | Synonyms: lay over, superpose |
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superinfect | (verb) infect (an infected cell) further or infect a cell already containing similar organisms | - |
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superintend | (verb) watch and direct | Synonyms: manage, oversee, supervise |
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superordinate | (verb) place in a superior order or rank | - |
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superpose | (verb) place (one geometric figure) upon another so that their perimeters coincide | - |
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(verb) place on top of | Synonyms: lay over, superimpose |
superscribe | (verb) write on the outside or upper part of | - |
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(verb) write on the top or outside | - |
supersede | (verb) take the place or move into the position of | Synonyms: replace, supervene upon, supplant |
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supervene | (verb) take place as an additional or unexpected development | - |
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supervise | (verb) keep tabs on; keep an eye on; keep under surveillance | Synonyms: monitor |
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(verb) watch and direct | Synonyms: manage, oversee, superintend |
supinate | (verb) turn (the hand or forearm) so that the back is downward or backward, or turn out (the leg) | - |
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supplant | (verb) take the place or move into the position of | Synonyms: replace, supersede, supervene upon |
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supple | (verb) make pliant and flexible | - |
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