addend | (noun) a number that is added to another number (the augend) | - |
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amend | (verb) to make better | Synonyms: ameliorate, better, improve, meliorate |
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(verb) set straight or right | Synonyms: rectify, remediate, remedy, repair |
(verb) make amendments to | - |
append | (verb) state or say further | Synonyms: add, supply |
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(verb) fix to; attach | Synonyms: hang on, tack, tack on, tag on |
(verb) add to the very end | Synonyms: add on, affix, supplement |
apprehend | (verb) get the meaning of something | Synonyms: compass, comprehend, dig, get the picture, grasp, grok, savvy |
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(verb) take into custody | Synonyms: arrest, collar, cop, nab, nail, pick up |
(verb) anticipate with dread or anxiety | Synonyms: quail at |
ascend | (verb) slope upwards | - |
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(verb) travel up | Synonyms: go up |
(verb) come up, of celestial bodies | Synonyms: come up, rise, uprise |
(verb) go along towards (a river's) source | - |
(verb) move to a better position in life or to a better job | Synonyms: move up, rise |
(verb) appear to be moving upward, as by means of tendrils | Synonyms: climb up |
(verb) become king or queen | - |
(verb) go back in order of genealogical succession | - |
attend | (verb) give heed (to) | Synonyms: advert, give ear, hang, pay heed |
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(verb) work for, or be a servant to | Synonyms: assist, attend to, serve, wait on |
(verb) take charge of or deal with | Synonyms: look, see, take care |
(verb) be present at (meetings, church services, university), etc. | Synonyms: go to |
(verb) to accompany as a circumstance or follow as a result | - |
augend | (noun) a number to which another number (the addend) is added | - |
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backbend | (noun) an acrobatic feat in which the trunk is bent backward from a standing position until the hands touch the floor | - |
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befriend | (verb) become friends with | - |
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bend | (noun) curved segment (of a road or river or railroad track etc.) | Synonyms: curve |
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(noun) diagonal line traversing a shield from the upper right corner to the lower left | Synonyms: bend dexter |
(noun) movement that causes the formation of a curve | Synonyms: bending |
(noun) an angular or rounded shape made by folding | Synonyms: crease, crimp, flexure, fold, plication |
(noun) a circular segment of a curve | Synonyms: crook, turn, twist |
(verb) cause (an object) to assume a crooked or angular form | Synonyms: deform, flex, turn, twist |
(verb) bend a joint | Synonyms: flex |
(verb) form a curve | Synonyms: flex |
(verb) change direction | - |
(verb) turn from a straight course, fixed direction, or line of interest | Synonyms: deflect, turn away |
(verb) bend one's back forward from the waist on down | Synonyms: bow, crouch, stoop |
blend | (noun) the act of blending components together thoroughly | Synonyms: blending |
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(noun) a new word formed by joining two others and combining their meanings | Synonyms: portmanteau, portmanteau word |
(noun) an occurrence of thorough mixing | - |
(verb) mix together different elements | Synonyms: coalesce, combine, commingle, conflate, flux, fuse, immix, meld, merge, mix |
(verb) combine into one | Synonyms: immingle, intermingle, intermix |
(verb) blend or harmonize | Synonyms: blend in, go |
bookend | (noun) a support placed at the end of a row of books to keep them upright (on a shelf or table) | - |
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boyfriend | (noun) a man who is the lover of a man or woman | Synonyms: beau, fellow, swain |
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commend | (verb) express approbation of | - |
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(verb) mention as by way of greeting or to indicate friendship | Synonyms: remember |
(verb) express a good opinion of | Synonyms: recommend |
(verb) give to in charge | - |
(verb) present as worthy of regard, kindness, or confidence | - |
comprehend | (verb) get the meaning of something | Synonyms: apprehend, compass, dig, get the picture, grasp, grok, savvy |
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(verb) to become aware of through the senses | Synonyms: perceive |
(verb) include in scope; include as part of something broader; have as one's sphere or territory | Synonyms: cover, embrace, encompass |
condescend | (verb) treat condescendingly | Synonyms: patronise, patronize |
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(verb) do something that one considers to be below one's dignity | Synonyms: deign, descend |
(verb) behave in a patronizing and condescending manner | - |
(verb) debase oneself morally, act in an undignified, unworthy, or dishonorable way | Synonyms: lower oneself, stoop |
contend | (verb) to make the subject of dispute, contention, or litigation | Synonyms: contest, repugn |
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(verb) have an argument about something | Synonyms: argue, debate, fence |
(verb) maintain or assert | Synonyms: postulate |
(verb) compete for something; engage in a contest; measure oneself against others | Synonyms: compete, vie |
(verb) be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight | Synonyms: fight, struggle |
(verb) succeed in doing, achieving, or producing (something) with the limited or inadequate means available | Synonyms: cope, deal, get by, grapple, make do, make out, manage |
defend | (verb) argue or speak in defense of | Synonyms: fend for, support |
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(verb) state or assert | Synonyms: maintain |
(verb) be on the defensive; act against an attack | - |
(verb) protect against a challenge or attack | Synonyms: guard, hold |
(verb) protect or fight for as a champion | Synonyms: champion |
(verb) fight against or resist strongly | Synonyms: fight, fight back, fight down, oppose |
(verb) be the defense counsel for someone in a trial | Synonyms: represent |
depend | (verb) have faith or confidence in | Synonyms: bank, bet, calculate, count, look, reckon, rely, swear |
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(verb) be contingent upon (something that is elided) | - |
descend | (verb) come as if by falling | Synonyms: fall, settle |
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(verb) move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way | Synonyms: come down, fall, go down |
(verb) do something that one considers to be below one's dignity | Synonyms: condescend, deign |
(verb) come from; be connected by a relationship of blood, for example | Synonyms: come, derive |
distend | (verb) become wider | Synonyms: dilate |
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(verb) swell from or as if from internal pressure | - |
(verb) cause to expand as if by internal pressure | - |
dividend | (noun) that part of the earnings of a corporation that is distributed to its shareholders; usually paid quarterly | - |
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(noun) a bonus; something extra (especially a share of a surplus) | - |
(noun) a number to be divided by another number | - |
emend | (verb) make improvements or corrections to | - |
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end | (noun) the part you are expected to play | - |
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(noun) (American football) a position on the line of scrimmage, designating players at each end of the defensive line | - |
(noun) a piece of cloth that is left over after the rest has been used or sold | Synonyms: oddment, remainder, remnant |
(noun) a final part or section | - |
(noun) the state of affairs that a plan is intended to achieve and that (when achieved) terminates behavior intended to achieve it | Synonyms: goal |
(noun) the last section of a communication | Synonyms: close, closing, conclusion, ending |
(noun) the final stage or concluding parts of an event or occurrence | Synonyms: last |
(noun) either extremity of something that has length | Synonyms: terminal |
(noun) a boundary marking the extremities of something | - |
(noun) the surface at either extremity of a three-dimensional object | - |
(noun) one of two places from which people are communicating to each other | - |
(noun) (football) the person who plays at one end of the line of scrimmage | - |
(noun) a final state | Synonyms: death, destruction |
(noun) the point in time at which something ends | Synonyms: ending |
(verb) bring to an end or halt | Synonyms: terminate |
(verb) put an end to | - |
(verb) have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical | Synonyms: cease, finish, stop, terminate |
(verb) be the end of; be the last or concluding part of | Synonyms: terminate |
expend | (verb) use up (resources or materials) | Synonyms: consume, deplete, eat, eat up, exhaust, run through, use, use up, wipe out |
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(verb) pay out | Synonyms: drop, spend |
extend | (verb) extend one's limbs or muscles, or the entire body | Synonyms: stretch |
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(verb) thrust or extend out | Synonyms: exsert, hold out, put out, stretch forth, stretch out |
(verb) extend in scope or range or area | Synonyms: broaden, widen |
(verb) lengthen in time; cause to be or last longer | Synonyms: draw out, prolong, protract |
(verb) continue or extend | Synonyms: carry |
(verb) expand the influence of | Synonyms: expand |
(verb) increase in quantity or bulk by adding a cheaper substance | Synonyms: stretch |
(verb) prolong the time allowed for payment of | - |
(verb) use to the utmost; exert vigorously or to full capacity | Synonyms: strain |
(verb) open or straighten out; unbend | - |
(verb) extend or stretch out to a greater or the full length | Synonyms: stretch, stretch out, unfold |
(verb) cause to move at full gallop | Synonyms: gallop |
(verb) offer verbally | Synonyms: offer |
(verb) make available; provide | Synonyms: offer |
(verb) span an interval of distance, space or time | Synonyms: continue, cover |
(verb) reach outward in space | Synonyms: poke out, reach out |
(verb) stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point | Synonyms: go, lead, pass, run |
fend | (verb) withstand the force of something | Synonyms: resist, stand |
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(verb) try to manage without help | - |
fiend | (noun) a cruel wicked and inhuman person | Synonyms: demon, devil, monster, ogre |
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(noun) a person motivated by irrational enthusiasm (as for a cause) | Synonyms: fanatic |
(noun) an evil supernatural being | Synonyms: daemon, daimon, demon, devil |
forefend | (verb) prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; to protect from or to keep away anything undesirable; to ward off | Synonyms: avert, avoid, debar, deflect, fend off, forfend, head off, obviate, stave off, ward off |
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forfend | (verb) prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; to protect from or to keep away anything undesirable; to ward off | Synonyms: avert, avoid, debar, deflect, fend off, forefend, head off, obviate, stave off, ward off |
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friend | (noun) a person you know well and regard with affection and trust | - |
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(noun) a person with whom you are acquainted | Synonyms: acquaintance |
(noun) an associate who provides cooperation or assistance | Synonyms: ally |
(noun) a person who backs a politician or a team etc. | Synonyms: admirer, booster, champion, protagonist, supporter |
girlfriend | (noun) a girl or young woman with whom a man is romantically involved | Synonyms: girl, lady friend |
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(noun) any female friend | - |
godsend | (noun) a sudden happening that brings good fortune (as a sudden opportunity to make money) | Synonyms: bonanza, boom, bunce, gold rush, gravy, manna from heaven, windfall |
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hyperextend | (verb) extend a joint beyond its normal range | - |
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impend | (verb) be imminent or about to happen | - |
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intend | (verb) have in mind as a purpose | Synonyms: mean, think |
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(verb) design or destine | Synonyms: designate, destine, specify |
(verb) mean or intend to express or convey | Synonyms: mean |
(verb) denote or connote | Synonyms: mean, signify, stand for |
interdepend | (verb) be connected | Synonyms: hang together |
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lagend | (noun) goods (or wreckage) on the sea bed that is attached to a buoy so that it can be recovered | Synonyms: lagan, ligan |
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legend | (noun) brief description accompanying an illustration | Synonyms: caption |
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(noun) a story about mythical or supernatural beings or events | Synonyms: fable |
lend | (verb) give temporarily; let have for a limited time | Synonyms: loan |
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(verb) bestow a quality on | Synonyms: add, bestow, bring, contribute, impart |
(verb) have certain characteristics of qualities for something; be open or vulnerable to | - |
loanblend | (noun) a word that is composed of parts from different languages (e.g., `monolingual' has a Greek prefix and a Latin root) | Synonyms: hybrid, loan-blend |
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mend | (noun) the act of putting something in working order again | Synonyms: fix, fixing, fixture, mending, repair, reparation |
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(noun) sewing that repairs a worn or torn hole (especially in a garment) | Synonyms: darn, patch |
(verb) restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken | Synonyms: bushel, doctor, fix, furbish up, repair, restore, touch on |
(verb) heal or recover | Synonyms: heal |
minuend | (noun) the number from which the subtrahend is subtracted | - |
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misapprehend | (verb) interpret in the wrong way | Synonyms: be amiss, misconceive, misconstrue, misinterpret, misunderstand |
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misspend | (verb) spend (money or other resources) unwisely | - |
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(verb) spend time badly or unwisely | - |
offend | (verb) hurt the feelings of | Synonyms: bruise, hurt, injure, spite, wound |
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(verb) cause to feel resentment or indignation | Synonyms: pique |
(verb) strike with disgust or revulsion | Synonyms: appal, appall, outrage, scandalise, scandalize, shock |
(verb) act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises | Synonyms: breach, break, go against, infract, transgress, violate |
overextend | (verb) strain excessively | Synonyms: overstrain |
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overspend | (verb) spend at a high rate | - |
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(verb) spend more than available of (a budget) | - |
portend | (verb) indicate, as with a sign or an omen | Synonyms: augur, auspicate, betoken, bode, forecast, foreshadow, foretell, omen, predict, prefigure, presage, prognosticate |
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prebend | (noun) the stipend assigned by a cathedral to a canon | - |
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prehend | (verb) take into your hands deliberately | Synonyms: clutch, seize, take hold, take hold of |
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pretend | (adjective) imagined as in a play | Synonyms: make-believe |
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(noun) the enactment of a pretense | Synonyms: make-believe |
(verb) make believe with the intent to deceive | Synonyms: affect, dissemble, feign, sham |
(verb) represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like | Synonyms: make, make believe |
(verb) put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation | Synonyms: guess, hazard, venture |
(verb) state insincerely | Synonyms: profess |
(verb) behave unnaturally or affectedly | Synonyms: act, dissemble |
(verb) put forward a claim and assert right or possession of | - |
recommend | (verb) make attractive or acceptable | - |
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(verb) express a good opinion of | Synonyms: commend |
(verb) push for something | Synonyms: advocate, urge |
rend | (verb) tear or be torn violently | Synonyms: pull, rip, rive |
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reprehend | (verb) to rebuke or reprimand | - |
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resplend | (verb) be resplendent or radiant; to shine brightly | - |
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resuspend | (verb) put back into suspension | - |
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reverend | (adjective) worthy of adoration or reverence | Synonyms: sublime |
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(noun) a member of the clergy and a spiritual leader of the Christian Church | Synonyms: clergyman, man of the cloth |
scend | (verb) rise or heave upward under the influence of a natural force such as a wave | Synonyms: surge |
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schoolfriend | (noun) a friend who attends the same school | - |
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send | (verb) cause to be directed or transmitted to another place | Synonyms: mail, post |
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(verb) transfer | Synonyms: get off, send off |
(verb) broadcast over the airwaves, as in radio or television | Synonyms: air, beam, broadcast, transmit |
(verb) assign to a station | Synonyms: place, post, station |
(verb) to cause or order to be taken, directed, or transmitted to another place | Synonyms: send out |
(verb) transport commercially | Synonyms: ship, transport |
(verb) cause to go somewhere | Synonyms: direct |
(verb) cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution | Synonyms: charge, commit, institutionalise, institutionalize |
spend | (verb) pay out | Synonyms: drop, expend |
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(verb) spend completely | - |
(verb) use up a period of time in a specific way | Synonyms: pass |
stipend | (noun) a sum of money allotted on a regular basis; usually for some specific purpose | - |
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subtend | (verb) be opposite to; of angles and sides, in geometry | Synonyms: delimit |
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subtrahend | (noun) the number to be subtracted from the minuend | - |
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superintend | (verb) watch and direct | Synonyms: manage, oversee, supervise |
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suspend | (verb) stop a process or a habit by imposing a freeze on it | Synonyms: freeze |
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(verb) cause to be held in suspension in a fluid | - |
(verb) make inoperative or stop | Synonyms: set aside |
(verb) hang freely | - |
(verb) bar temporarily; from school, office, etc. | Synonyms: debar |
(verb) render temporarily ineffective | - |
tend | (verb) have care of or look after | - |
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(verb) manage or run | - |
(verb) have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be inclined | Synonyms: be given, incline, lean, run |
transcend | (verb) be greater in scope or size than some standard | Synonyms: exceed, surpass |
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(verb) be superior or better than some standard | Synonyms: exceed, go past, overstep, pass, top |
trend | (noun) a general tendency to change (as of opinion) | Synonyms: drift, movement |
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(noun) the popular taste at a given time | Synonyms: style, vogue |
(noun) general line of orientation | Synonyms: course |
(noun) a general direction in which something tends to move | Synonyms: tendency |
(verb) turn sharply; change direction abruptly | Synonyms: curve, cut, sheer, slew, slue, swerve, veer |
(verb) to be temporarily popular | - |
unbend | (verb) release from mental strain, tension, or formality | - |
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(verb) become less tense, rest, or take one's ease | Synonyms: decompress, loosen up, relax, slow down, unwind |
(verb) make less taut | Synonyms: relax |
(verb) free from flexure | - |
(verb) unfasten, as a sail, from a spar or a stay | - |
(verb) straighten up or out; make straight | Synonyms: straighten |
underspend | (verb) spend at less than the normal rate | - |
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(verb) spend less than the whole of (a budget, for example) | - |
unfriend | (verb) To remove someone from your list of friends on a social network | - |
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upend | (verb) set, turn, or stand on end | - |
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(verb) become turned or set on end | - |
vend | (verb) sell or offer for sale from place to place | Synonyms: hawk, huckster, monger, peddle, pitch |
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vilipend | (verb) belittle | Synonyms: deprecate, depreciate |
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weekend | (noun) a time period usually extending from Friday night through Sunday; more loosely defined as any period of successive days including one and only one Sunday | - |
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(verb) spend the weekend | - |
wend | (verb) direct one's course or way | - |
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