| 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 | - |
| collateral | (adjective) descended from a common ancestor but through different lines | Synonyms: indirect |
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| (adjective) situated or running side by side | - |
| (adjective) additional but secondary; auxiliary; | - |
| (adjective) occurring with or following as a consequence | Synonyms: accompanying, attendant, concomitant, consequent, ensuant, incidental, resultant, sequent |
| (adjective) serving to support or corroborate | Synonyms: confirmative, confirmatory, confirming, corroborative, corroboratory, substantiating, substantiative, validating, validatory, verificatory, verifying |
| (noun) a security pledged for the repayment of a loan | - |
| collateralize | (verb) pledge as a collateral | - |
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| collegiate | (adjective) of or resembling or typical of a college or college students | Synonyms: collegial |
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| 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 | - |
| comate | (adjective) bearing a coma; crowned with an assemblage of branches or leaves or bracts | Synonyms: comose |
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| (adjective) of certain seeds (such as cotton) having a tuft or tufts of hair | Synonyms: comal, comose |
| 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 |
| commensurate | (adjective) corresponding in size or degree or extent | - |
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| commensurateness | (noun) the relation of corresponding in degree or size or amount | Synonyms: correspondence, proportionateness |
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| 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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| 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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| companionate | (adjective) like a companion | - |
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| compassionate | (adjective) showing or having compassion | - |
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| (verb) share the suffering of | Synonyms: condole with, feel for, pity, sympathize with |
| compassionately | (adverb) in a sympathetic manner | Synonyms: pityingly |
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| compassionateness | (noun) a deep awareness of and sympathy for another's suffering | Synonyms: compassion |
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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 |
| compensated | (adjective) receiving or eligible for compensation | Synonyms: remunerated, salaried, stipendiary |
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| complicate | (verb) make more complicated | Synonyms: perplex |
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| (verb) make more complex, intricate, or richer | Synonyms: elaborate, rarify, refine |
| complicated | (adjective) difficult to analyze or understand | Synonyms: complex |
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| complicatedness | (noun) puzzling complexity | Synonyms: complication, knottiness, tortuousness |
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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 | - |
| concatenation | (noun) the act of linking together as in a series or chain | - |
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| (noun) a series of things depending on each other as if linked together | Synonyms: chain |
| (noun) the linking together of a consecutive series of symbols or events or ideas etc | - |
| (noun) the state of being linked together as in a chain; union in a linked series | - |
| concentrate | (noun) a concentrated example of something | - |
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| (noun) a concentrated form of a foodstuff; the bulk is reduced by removing water | - |
| (noun) the desired mineral that is left after impurities have been removed from mined ore | Synonyms: dressed ore |
| (verb) cook until very little liquid is left | Synonyms: boil down, reduce |
| (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 | - |
| concentrated | (adjective) gathered together or made less diffuse | - |
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| (adjective) (of light) transmitted directly from a pointed light source | Synonyms: hard |
| (adjective) being the most concentrated solution possible at a given temperature; unable to dissolve still more of a substance | Synonyms: saturated |
| (adjective) intensely focused | - |
| (adjective) of or relating to a solution whose dilution has been reduced | - |
| 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 |
| condensate | (noun) atmospheric moisture that has condensed because of cold | Synonyms: condensation |
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| (noun) a product of condensation | - |
| 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 | (adjective) united in a confederacy or league | Synonyms: allied, confederative |
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| (noun) a person who joins with another in carrying out some plan (especially an unethical or illegal plan) | Synonyms: accomplice |
| (noun) someone who assists in a plot | Synonyms: collaborator, henchman, partner in crime |
| (verb) form a group or unite | Synonyms: band together |
| (verb) form a confederation with; of nations | - |
| confiscate | (adjective) surrendered as a penalty | Synonyms: forfeit, forfeited |
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| (verb) take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority | Synonyms: attach, impound, seize, sequester |
| 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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| conglobate | (verb) assume a globular shape | Synonyms: conglobe |
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| conglomerate | (adjective) composed of heterogeneous elements gathered into a mass | - |
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| (noun) a group of diverse companies under common ownership and run as a single organization | Synonyms: empire |
| (noun) a composite rock made up of particles of varying size | Synonyms: pudding stone |
| (verb) increase in amount by collecting or gathering | Synonyms: accumulate, amass, cumulate, gather, pile up |
| 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 | (adjective) (of a pinnate leaflet) having only one pair of leaflets | - |
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| (adjective) joined together especially in a pair or pairs | Synonyms: conjugated, coupled |
| (adjective) of an organic compound; containing two or more double bonds each separated from the other by a single bond | Synonyms: conjugated |
| (adjective) formed by the union of two compounds | Synonyms: conjugated |
| (noun) a mixture of two partially miscible liquids A and B produces two conjugate solutions: one of A in B and another of B in A | Synonyms: conjugate solution |
| (verb) unite chemically so that the product is easily broken down into the original compounds | - |
| (verb) undergo conjugation | - |
| (verb) add inflections showing person, number, gender, tense, aspect, etc. | - |
| conjugated | (adjective) joined together especially in a pair or pairs | Synonyms: conjugate, coupled |
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| (adjective) of an organic compound; containing two or more double bonds each separated from the other by a single bond | Synonyms: conjugate |
| (adjective) formed by the union of two compounds | Synonyms: conjugate |
| connate | (adjective) of similar parts or organs; closely joined or united | - |
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| (adjective) related in nature | Synonyms: cognate |
| consecrate | (adjective) solemnly dedicated to or set apart for a high or sacred purpose | Synonyms: consecrated, dedicated |
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| (verb) render holy by means of religious rites | Synonyms: bless, hallow, sanctify |
| (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 |
| consecrated | (adjective) solemnly dedicated to or set apart for a high or sacred purpose | Synonyms: consecrate, dedicated |
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| (adjective) made or declared or believed to be holy; devoted to a deity or some religious ceremony or use | Synonyms: sacred, sanctified |
| considerate | (adjective) showing concern for the rights and feelings of others | - |
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| considerately | (adverb) in a considerate manner | - |
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| considerateness | (noun) kind and considerate regard for others | Synonyms: consideration, thoughtfulness |
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| 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 | - |
| consolidated | (adjective) forming a solid mass | - |
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| (adjective) joined together into a whole | Synonyms: amalgamate, amalgamated, coalesced, fused |
| 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 |
| constipated | (adjective) have difficult or incomplete or infrequent evacuation of the bowels | - |
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| consubstantiate | (verb) become united in substance | - |
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| (verb) unite in one common substance | - |
| consulate | (noun) diplomatic building that serves as the residence or workplace of a consul | - |
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| consummate | (adjective) perfect and complete in every respect; having all necessary qualities | Synonyms: complete |
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| (adjective) having or revealing supreme mastery or skill | Synonyms: masterful, masterly, virtuoso |
| (adjective) without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers | Synonyms: arrant, complete, double-dyed, everlasting, gross, perfect, pure, sodding, staring, stark, thorough, thoroughgoing, unadulterated, utter |
| (verb) make perfect; bring to perfection | - |
| (verb) fulfill sexually | - |
| consummated | (adjective) brought to completion | - |
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| contaminate | (verb) make impure | Synonyms: foul, pollute |
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| (verb) make radioactive by adding radioactive material | - |
| contaminated | (adjective) corrupted by contact or association | - |
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| (adjective) rendered unwholesome by contaminants and pollution | Synonyms: polluted |
| 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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| contralateral | (adjective) on or relating to the opposite side (of the body) | - |
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| cooperate | (verb) work together on a common enterprise or project | Synonyms: collaborate, join forces |
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| coordinate | (adjective) of equal importance, rank, or degree | - |
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| (noun) a number that identifies a position relative to an axis | Synonyms: co-ordinate |
| (verb) bring order and organization to | Synonyms: organise, organize |
| (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 | - |
| coordinated | (adjective) being dexterous in the use of more than one set of muscle movements | Synonyms: co-ordinated |
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| (adjective) operating as a unit | Synonyms: co-ordinated, interconnected, unified |
| (adjective) intentionally matched | Synonyms: co-ordinated, matching |
| coordinately | (adverb) in a coordinated manner | - |
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| copperplate | (noun) an engraving consisting of a smooth plate of copper that has been etched or engraved | Synonyms: copperplate engraving |
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| (noun) a print made from an engraved copperplate | - |
| (noun) a graceful style of handwriting based on the writing used on copperplate engravings | - |
| copulate | (verb) engage in sexual intercourse | Synonyms: couple, mate, pair |
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| cordate | (adjective) (of a leaf) shaped like a heart | Synonyms: cordiform, heart-shaped |
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| coronate | (verb) invest with regal power; enthrone | Synonyms: crown |
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| corporate | (adjective) of or belonging to a corporation | - |
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| (adjective) possessing or existing in bodily form | Synonyms: bodied, corporal, embodied, incarnate |
| (adjective) done by or characteristic of individuals acting together | Synonyms: collective |
| (adjective) organized and maintained as a legal corporation | Synonyms: incorporated |
| correlate | (adjective) mutually related | Synonyms: correlated, correlative |
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| (noun) either of two or more related or complementary variables | Synonyms: correlative |
| (verb) bring into a mutual, complementary, or reciprocal relation | - |
| (verb) to bear a reciprocal or mutual relation | - |
| correlated | (adjective) mutually related | Synonyms: correlate, correlative |
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| 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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| corrugated | (adjective) shaped into alternating parallel grooves and 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 |
| costate | (adjective) having ribs | - |
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| (adjective) (of the surface) having a rough, riblike texture | Synonyms: ribbed |
| craniate | (noun) animals having a bony or cartilaginous skeleton with a segmented spinal column and a large brain enclosed in a skull or cranium | Synonyms: vertebrate |
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| crate | (noun) a rugged box (usually made of wood); used for shipping | - |
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| (noun) the quantity contained in a crate | Synonyms: crateful |
| (verb) put into a crate; as for protection | - |
| crateful | (noun) the quantity contained in a crate | Synonyms: crate |
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| crater | (noun) a bowl-shaped depression formed by the impact of a meteorite or bomb | - |
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| (noun) a bowl-shaped geological formation at the top of a volcano | Synonyms: volcanic crater |
| 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 | - |
| cremate | (verb) reduce to ashes | - |
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| crenate | (adjective) having a margin with rounded scallops | Synonyms: crenated, scalloped |
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| crenated | (adjective) having a margin with rounded scallops | Synonyms: crenate, scalloped |
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| crenelate | (verb) supply with battlements | Synonyms: crenel, crenellate |
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| crenelated | (adjective) having or resembling repeated square indentations like those in a battlement | Synonyms: battlemented, castellated, castled, embattled |
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| crenellate | (verb) supply with battlements | Synonyms: crenel, crenelate |
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| crenulate | (adjective) having a margin with small rounded teeth | Synonyms: crenulated |
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| crenulated | (adjective) having a margin with small rounded teeth | Synonyms: crenulate |
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| crepitate | (verb) make a crackling sound | Synonyms: crackle |
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| criminate | (verb) bring an accusation against; level a charge against | Synonyms: accuse, impeach, incriminate |
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| (verb) rebuke formally | Synonyms: censure, reprimand |
| crispate | (adjective) wavy or notched and curled very irregularly | - |
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| cruciate | (adjective) shaped like a cross | Synonyms: cruciform |
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