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subtract
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make a subtraction
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abate
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abrade
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abrupt
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abstract
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add
,
algebraize
,
alienate
,
bate
,
calculate
,
cast
,
cast off
,
cast out
,
cipher
,
compute
,
curtail
,
cut adrift
,
cut off
,
cut out
,
decrease
,
deduct
,
delete
,
depart
,
depreciate
,
derogate
,
detract
,
detract from
,
diminish
,
disarticulate
,
disconnect
,
discount
,
disengage
,
disjoin
,
disjoint
,
disparage
,
dissociate
,
disunite
,
divide
,
divorce
,
dope out
,
drain
,
draw back
,
eat away
,
eject
,
erode
,
estimate
,
estrange
,
expel
,
extract
,
extract roots
,
figure
,
figure in
,
figure out
,
file away
,
impair
,
isolate
,
knock
,
leach
,
leave
,
lessen
,
measure
,
multiply
,
part
,
pull away
,
pull back
,
pull out
,
purify
,
reckon
,
reduce
,
refine
,
remove
,
retrench
,
rub away
,
score
,
segregate
,
separate
,
sequester
,
set apart
,
set aside
,
shorten
,
shut off
,
split
,
stand aloof
,
stand apart
,
stand aside
,
step aside
,
subduct
,
take account of
,
take away
,
take away from
,
take from
,
take off
,
take out
,
tally
,
thin
,
thin out
,
throw off
,
throw out
,
uncouple
,
unyoke
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wear away
,
weed
,
withdraw
,
work out
repudiate
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refuse to acknowledge, ratify, or recognize as valid; "The woman repudiated the divorce settlement"
reject as untrue, unfounded, or unjust; "She repudiated the accusations"
refuse to recognize or pay; "repudiate a debt"
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abandon
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abjure
,
abrogate
,
apostatize
,
assert the contrary
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back down
,
back out
,
backwater
,
ban
,
bar
,
bar out
,
be unmoved
,
be unwilling
,
beg off
,
belie
,
blockade
,
brush aside
,
cast
,
chuck
,
chuck out
,
climb down
,
contemn
,
contest
,
contradict
,
contravene
,
controvert
,
count out
,
counter
,
crawfish out
,
cross
,
cut off
,
debar
,
decline
,
decline to accept
,
default
,
deny
,
desert
,
despise
,
disaffirm
,
disagree
,
disallow
,
disapprove
,
disavow
,
discard
,
disclaim
,
discount
,
disdain
,
dishonor
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dismiss
,
disown
,
disprove
,
dispute
,
disregard
,
dissent
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eat crow
,
eat humble pie
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embargo
,
except
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exclude
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forgo
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forsake
,
forswear
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freeze out
,
gainsay
,
hold out against
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ignore
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impugn
,
join issue upon
,
keep out
,
leave out
,
levant
,
lock out
,
negate
,
negative
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not accept
,
not admit
,
not buy
,
not consent
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not hear of
,
not pay
,
not think of
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nullify
,
omit
,
oppose
,
ostracize
,
pass by
,
pass over
,
pass up
,
preclude
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prohibit
,
protest
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push aside
,
rat
,
rebuff
,
recant
,
refuse
,
refuse consent
,
refuse to admit
,
refuse to consider
,
refuse to pay
,
refute
,
reject
,
relegate
,
renege
,
renounce
,
repel
,
reprobate
,
repulse
,
rescind
,
resist entreaty
,
resist persuasion
,
retract
,
reverse
,
revoke
,
say nay
,
say no
,
scorn
,
scout
,
send to Coventry
,
shove away
,
shut out
,
spurn
,
stand aloof
,
stop payment
,
swallow
,
taboo
,
take back
,
take issue with
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tergiversate
,
throw away
,
throw out
,
turn
,
turn away
,
turn down
,
turn out
,
unsay
,
vote nay
,
vote negatively
,
waive
,
welsh
,
withdraw
sake
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a reason for wanting something done; "for your sake"; "died for the sake of his country"; "in the interest of safety"; "in the common interest"
the purpose of achieving or obtaining; "for the sake of argument"
Japanese alcoholic beverage made from fermented rice; usually served hot
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account
,
advantage
,
aim
,
ambition
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animus
,
aspiration
,
basis
,
behalf
,
benefit
,
calling
,
cause
,
consideration
,
counsel
,
desideration
,
desideratum
,
design
,
desire
,
determination
,
effect
,
fixed purpose
,
function
,
gain
,
goal
,
good
,
ground
,
guiding light
,
guiding star
,
idea
,
ideal
,
inspiration
,
intendment
,
intent
,
intention
,
lodestar
,
mainspring
,
matter
,
meaning
,
mind
,
motive
,
nisus
,
objectives
,
plan
,
point
,
principle
,
profit
,
project
,
proposal
,
prospectus
,
purpose
,
purposes
,
reason
,
reasons
,
resolution
,
resolve
,
score
,
source
,
spring
,
striving
,
study
,
ulterior motive
,
view
,
vocation
,
welfare
,
well-being
,
will
nondescript
collapse
a person is not easily classified and not very interesting
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Attic
,
amorphic
,
amorphous
,
anarchic
,
baggy
,
bland
,
blobby
,
blurred
,
blurry
,
chaotic
,
characterless
,
chaste
,
classic
,
classical
,
colorless
,
common
,
commonplace
,
confused
,
disorderly
,
drab
,
everyday
,
featureless
,
formless
,
fuzzy
,
garden
,
garden-variety
,
hazy
,
homely
,
homespun
,
household
,
inchoate
,
indecisive
,
indefinite
,
indescribable
,
indeterminate
,
inform
,
insipid
,
kaleidoscopic
,
lumpen
,
matter-of-fact
,
misty
,
obscure
,
orderless
,
ordinary
,
plain
,
prosaic
,
prosy
,
pure
,
pure and simple
,
shapeless
,
simple
,
unclassifiable
,
unclassified
,
unclear
,
undefined
,
unexceptional
,
uninteresting
,
unordered
,
unorganized
,
unremarkable
,
vague
,
workaday
,
workday
kept
collapse
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conserved
,
held
,
held back
,
held in reserve
,
intact
,
preserved
,
protected
,
put by
,
reserved
,
retained
,
saved
,
spare
,
spared
,
undamaged
,
unspoiled
,
untainted
,
well-conserved
,
withheld
preserved
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kept intact or in a particular condition
prevented from decaying or spoiling and prepared for future use
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conserved
,
held
,
held back
,
held in reserve
,
intact
,
kept
,
protected
,
put by
,
reserved
,
retained
,
saved
,
spare
,
spared
,
undamaged
,
unspoiled
,
untainted
,
well-conserved
,
withheld
plain English
collapse
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austerity
,
baldness
,
bareness
,
candor
,
clarity
,
clear-cutness
,
clearness
,
coherence
,
common speech
,
connectedness
,
consistency
,
crystallinity
,
definition
,
directness
,
distinctness
,
explicitness
,
frankness
,
homespun
,
household words
,
leanness
,
limpidity
,
lucidity
,
matter-of-factness
,
naturalness
,
openness
,
pellucidity
,
perspicuity
,
plain speaking
,
plain speech
,
plain style
,
plain words
,
plainness
,
prosaicness
,
prosiness
,
restrainedness
,
rustic style
,
severity
,
simpleness
,
simplicity
,
soberness
,
spareness
,
starkness
,
straightforwardness
,
structure
,
transparency
,
transpicuity
,
unadorned style
,
unadornedness
,
unaffectedness
,
unambiguousness
,
unequivocalness
,
unimaginativeness
,
unmistakableness
,
unpoeticalness
,
vernacular
positivism
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the form of empiricism that bases all knowledge on perceptual experience (not on intuition or revelation)
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Marxism
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animalism
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atomism
,
behaviorism
,
bigotry
,
commonsense realism
,
dialectical materialism
,
dogmaticalness
,
dogmatism
,
down-to-earthness
,
earthiness
,
earthliness
,
empiricism
,
epiphenomenalism
,
freedom from illusion
,
hardheadedness
,
historical materialism
,
hylomorphism
,
hylotheism
,
hylozoism
,
infallibilism
,
lack of feelings
,
materialism
,
matter-of-factness
,
mechanism
,
natural realism
,
naturalism
,
new realism
,
opinionatedness
,
peremptoriness
,
physicalism
,
physicism
,
positive philosophy
,
positiveness
,
practical-mindedness
,
practicality
,
practicalness
,
pragmaticism
,
pragmatism
,
rationality
,
realism
,
reasonableness
,
representative realism
,
saneness
,
scientism
,
secularism
,
self-opinionatedness
,
sensibleness
,
sober-mindedness
,
substantialism
,
temporality
,
unidealism
,
unromanticalness
,
unsentimentality
,
worldliness
return
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a coming to or returning home; "on his return from Australia we gave him a welcoming party"
the act of going back to a prior location; "they set out on their return to the base camp"
(American football) the act of running back the ball after a kickoff or punt or interception or fumble
a tennis stroke that sends the ball back to the other player; "he won the point on a cross-court return"
a reciprocal group action; "in return we gave them as good as we got"
the occurrence of a change in direction back in the opposite direction
the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property; "the average return was about 5%"
submit (a report, etc.) to someone in authority; "submit a bill to a legislative body"
make a return; "return a kickback"
come back to place where one has been before, or return to a previous activity
return to a previous position; in mathematics; "The point returned to the interior of the figure"
bring back to the point of departure
return in kind; "return a compliment"; "return her love"
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CRT spot
,
DM display
,
Doppler signal
,
IF signal
,
IM display
,
RF echoes
,
about-face
,
acknowledge
,
acknowledgment
,
action and reaction
,
advent
,
advert
,
afford
,
alternate
,
alternation
,
amends
,
answer
,
answer back
,
answering
,
antiphon
,
arrival
,
atavism
,
atonement
,
automatic reaction
,
autonomic reaction
,
back answer
,
back talk
,
backchat
,
backing
,
backset
,
backslide
,
backsliding
,
backward deviation
,
backward motion
,
backward step
,
bandy
,
be here again
,
be quits with
,
be reflected
,
be sent back
,
beam
,
beat
,
beat signal
,
benefit
,
blips
,
blood money
,
boom
,
boomerang
,
bounce back
,
bounceback
,
bounces
,
bring back
,
bring in
,
capital gains
,
carry back
,
change
,
circle
,
cleanup
,
clear profit
,
cock
,
come again
,
come and go
,
come around
,
come back
,
come back at
,
come home
,
come in
,
come round
,
come round again
,
come up again
,
comeback
,
coming
,
commute
,
compensate
,
compensation
,
consideration
,
convalescence
,
cooperate
,
counter
,
counterblast
,
counterblow
,
counterchange
,
counterstroke
,
cycle
,
cyclicalness
,
damages
,
deliver
,
disenchantment
,
display
,
dividends
,
double
,
double back
,
double-dot display
,
doubling
,
duplication
,
earn
,
earnings
,
echo
,
echo back
,
echo signal
,
evasive reply
,
exchange
,
extradite
,
extradition
,
fall astern
,
fall behind
,
falling back
,
filthy lucre
,
flash back
,
flip-flop
,
gain
,
gains
,
get
,
get back at
,
get behind
,
get even with
,
gettings
,
give
,
give acknowledgment
,
give and take
,
give answer
,
give back
,
give-and-take
,
giving back
,
gleanings
,
go back
,
go backwards
,
go behind
,
go home
,
gross
,
gross profit
,
guerdon
,
hoard
,
homecoming
,
honorarium
,
imitation
,
income
,
indemnification
,
indemnity
,
interchange
,
interest
,
intermit
,
intermittence
,
intermittency
,
jerk back
,
keep coming
,
kickback
,
killing
,
lapse
,
lapse back
,
local oscillator signal
,
logroll
,
lose ground
,
lucre
,
makings
,
meed
,
meter
,
neat profit
,
net
,
net profit
,
offer
,
oscillate
,
oscillation
,
output signal
,
paper profits
,
pay
,
pay back
,
pay off
,
payment
,
pelf
,
pendulum motion
,
percentage
,
periodicalness
,
periodicity
,
perk
,
perks
,
permute
,
perquisite
,
pickings
,
picture
,
pips
,
piston motion
,
place in
,
plagiarism
,
predictable response
,
price
,
proceeds
,
proffer
,
profit
,
profits
,
pull back
,
pulsate
,
pulsation
,
pulse
,
put back
,
quittance
,
quotation
,
radar signal
,
rake-off
,
rally
,
react
,
reaction
,
reactivate
,
reading
,
ready reply
,
reappear
,
reappearance
,
rebirth
,
rebound
,
recede
,
receipt
,
receipts
,
recession
,
recidivate
,
recidivation
,
recidivism
,
reciprocate
,
reciprocation
,
reciprocity
,
reclamation
,
recoil
,
recommit
,
recommitment
,
recompense
,
reconstitute
,
reconversion
,
reconvert
,
recoupment
,
recover
,
recovery
,
recrudescence
,
recruit
,
recuperation
,
recur
,
recurrence
,
recursion
,
reddition
,
redoubling
,
redress
,
reduplication
,
reecho
,
reenact
,
reentrance
,
reentry
,
reestablish
,
refill
,
reflect
,
reflection
,
reflex
,
reflex action
,
refluence
,
reflux
,
reform
,
refund
,
refundment
,
regain
,
regress
,
regression
,
regular wave motion
,
regurgitation
,
rehabilitate
,
rehabilitation
,
reimbursement
,
reincarnation
,
reinstall
,
reinstate
,
reinstatement
,
reinstitute
,
reintegrate
,
reinvest
,
rejoin
,
rejoinder
,
relapse
,
remand
,
remandment
,
remigration
,
remit
,
remitter
,
remuneration
,
render
,
rendition
,
renew
,
renewal
,
reoccur
,
reoccurrence
,
reparation
,
repartee
,
repatriate
,
repatriation
,
repayment
,
repeat
,
repercuss
,
repetition
,
replace
,
replacement
,
replacing
,
replenish
,
replication
,
reply
,
report
,
repost
,
reproduction
,
requital
,
requite
,
requitement
,
rescript
,
rescription
,
resound
,
respond
,
respondence
,
response
,
responsion
,
responsory
,
restitution
,
restoration
,
restore
,
restoring
,
results
,
resume
,
resumption
,
resurface
,
retaliate
,
retaliation
,
retort
,
retribution
,
retroaction
,
retrocede
,
retrocession
,
retroflex
,
retroflexion
,
retrogradation
,
retrograde
,
retrogress
,
retrogression
,
retroversion
,
retrovert
,
retrusion
,
return answer
,
return for answer
,
return signal
,
return the compliment
,
returning
,
returns
,
revenue
,
reverberate
,
reverberation
,
reversal
,
reverse
,
reversion
,
revert
,
reverting
,
revest
,
revolve
,
revulsion
,
reward
,
rhythm
,
riposte
,
rise
,
roll
,
roll around
,
rollback
,
rotate
,
rumble
,
salvage
,
satisfaction
,
say
,
say in reply
,
seasonality
,
send back
,
sending back
,
setback
,
shoot back
,
short answer
,
signal
,
signal display
,
slip back
,
slipping back
,
smart money
,
snappy comeback
,
solatium
,
sound
,
spot
,
sternway
,
store
,
swap
,
switch
,
take
,
take back
,
take-in
,
takings
,
talk back
,
target image
,
throwback
,
trace
,
trade
,
transmitter signal
,
transpose
,
turn
,
turn back
,
turn in
,
turnabout
,
undulate
,
undulation
,
unthinking response
,
video signal
,
wealth
,
wergild
,
wheel
,
wheel around
,
winnings
,
witty reply
,
witty retort
,
yes-and-no answer
,
yield
puzzle
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a toy that tests your ingenuity
a particularly baffling problem that is said to have a correct solution; "he loved to solve chessmate puzzles"; "that's a real puzzler"
be uncertain about; think about without fully understanding or being able to decide; "We puzzled over her sudden departure"
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Chinese puzzle
,
Gordian knot
,
addle
,
ail
,
amaze
,
apply the mind
,
baffle
,
bafflement
,
baffling problem
,
bamboozle
,
be the matter
,
beat
,
befog
,
befuddle
,
beset
,
bewilder
,
bewilderment
,
boggle
,
bother
,
brain twister
,
brain-teaser
,
buffalo
,
cap
,
complicate matters
,
concern
,
confound
,
confoundment
,
confuse
,
confusion
,
consider
,
contemplate
,
conundrum
,
crossword puzzle
,
crux
,
dark horse
,
daze
,
decipher
,
dilemma
,
discommode
,
discomposure
,
disconcert
,
disconcertedness
,
disconcertion
,
disconcertment
,
distract
,
distress
,
disturb
,
disturbance
,
dumbfound
,
embarrassment
,
enigma
,
enigmatic question
,
figure out
,
fix
,
flabbergast
,
floor
,
floorer
,
flummox
,
foil
,
frontier
,
frontiers of knowledge
,
frustrate
,
fuddle
,
get
,
hammer at
,
hammer away at
,
harass
,
inconvenience
,
irk
,
jam
,
jigsaw puzzle
,
keep in suspense
,
knot
,
knotty point
,
lick
,
matter of ignorance
,
maze
,
mind-boggler
,
muddle
,
mull over
,
muse on
,
muse over
,
mystery
,
mystification
,
mystify
,
n
,
node
,
nodus
,
nonplus
,
nut to crack
,
oxymoron
,
paradox
,
perplex
,
perplexed question
,
perplexity
,
perturb
,
perturbation
,
pickle
,
plague
,
plight
,
ponder over
,
pons asinorum
,
pose
,
poser
,
pother
,
predicament
,
problem
,
put out
,
put to it
,
puzzle out
,
puzzle over
,
puzzlement
,
puzzler
,
quandary
,
question
,
question mark
,
reflect over
,
riddle
,
scrape
,
sealed book
,
sixty-four dollar question
,
solve
,
sort out
,
stew
,
stew over
,
stick
,
sticker
,
study
,
stumble
,
stump
,
stumper
,
stymie
,
teaser
,
terra incognita
,
the incalculable
,
the strange
,
the unfamiliar
,
the unknowable
,
the unknown
,
think hard
,
think through
,
throw
,
torment
,
tough proposition
,
trouble
,
unassuredness
,
unexplored ground
,
unexplored territory
,
unknown quantity
,
unlock
,
unravel
,
upset
,
vex
,
vexed question
,
why
,
work out
,
worry
,
x
,
z
reversal
collapse
a change from one state to the opposite state; "there was a reversal of autonomic function"
a judgment by a higher court that the judgment of a lower court was incorrect and should be set aside
a decision to reverse an earlier decision
turning in an opposite direction or position; "the reversal of the image in the lens"
related words >
abolishment
,
abolition
,
about-face
,
about-turn
,
abrogation
,
accommodation
,
adaptation
,
adjustment
,
afterthoughts
,
alchemy
,
alteration
,
amelioration
,
annulment
,
apostasy
,
assimilation
,
assumption
,
atavism
,
back track
,
back trail
,
backing
,
backing off
,
backing out
,
backing up
,
backset
,
backsliding
,
backup
,
backward deviation
,
bafflement
,
balk
,
becoming
,
better thoughts
,
betterment
,
bouleversement
,
break
,
cancel
,
canceling
,
cancellation
,
cassation
,
change
,
change of heart
,
change of mind
,
change-over
,
changeableness
,
check
,
checkmate
,
comedown
,
confusion
,
constructive change
,
continuity
,
conversion
,
countermand
,
counterorder
,
defeasance
,
defection
,
degeneration
,
degenerative change
,
descent
,
deterioration
,
deviation
,
difference
,
discomfiture
,
discontinuity
,
disenchantment
,
divergence
,
diversification
,
diversion
,
diversity
,
down
,
ectropion
,
eversion
,
falling back
,
fitting
,
flip
,
flip-flop
,
foil
,
frustration
,
gradual change
,
growth
,
improvement
,
introversion
,
intussusception
,
invagination
,
invalidation
,
inversion
,
lapse
,
mature judgment
,
melioration
,
mitigation
,
modification
,
modulation
,
naturalization
,
nullification
,
overthrow
,
overturning
,
passage
,
progress
,
pronation
,
qualification
,
radical change
,
re-creation
,
re-formation
,
realignment
,
rebuff
,
recall
,
recantation
,
recidivation
,
recidivism
,
reclamation
,
reconversion
,
recrudescence
,
recurrence
,
redesign
,
reduction
,
reform
,
reformation
,
regress
,
regression
,
rehabilitation
,
reinstatement
,
relapse
,
remaking
,
renege
,
renewal
,
repeal
,
repulse
,
rescinding
,
rescindment
,
rescission
,
reshaping
,
resolution
,
restitution
,
restoration
,
restructuring
,
resupination
,
retraction
,
retrocession
,
retroflexion
,
retrogradation
,
retrogression
,
retroversion
,
return
,
returning
,
reverse
,
reverse of fortune
,
reversing
,
reversion
,
reverting
,
revival
,
revivification
,
revocation
,
revoke
,
revokement
,
revolution
,
revulsion
,
right-about
,
right-about-face
,
rout
,
second thoughts
,
setback
,
setting aside
,
severe check
,
shift
,
slipping back
,
sudden change
,
supination
,
suspension
,
swingaround
,
switch
,
switch-over
,
tergiversating
,
tergiversation
,
throwback
,
topsy-turviness
,
topsy-turvydom
,
total change
,
transformation
,
transit
,
transition
,
transposal
,
transposition
,
turn
,
turnabout
,
turnaround
,
turning
,
turning back
,
turning backwards
,
turning inside out
,
turning into
,
turning inward
,
turning over
,
upheaval
,
vacation
,
vacatur
,
variation
,
variety
,
violent change
,
voidance
,
voiding
,
volte-face
,
waiver
,
waiving
,
withdrawal
,
worsening
,
write-off
retained
collapse
continued in your keeping or use or memory; "in...the retained pattern of dancers and guests remembered"
related words >
alive
,
conserved
,
eidetic
,
enduring
,
fresh
,
green
,
held
,
held back
,
held in reserve
,
kept
,
kept in remembrance
,
lasting
,
preserved
,
put by
,
recalled
,
recollected
,
remembered
,
reserved
,
saved
,
spare
,
unforgotten
,
vivid
,
withheld
stand down
collapse
related words >
Pax Dei
,
Pax Romana
,
Peace of God
,
abandon
,
abdicate
,
abeyance
,
armistice
,
back out
,
be pensioned
,
be superannuated
,
beg off
,
break
,
breathing spell
,
buffer zone
,
caesura
,
cease-fire
,
cooling-off period
,
cry off
,
day off
,
demilitarized zone
,
demit
,
depart from
,
discard
,
drop
,
drop out
,
evacuate
,
forsake
,
give up
,
go back on
,
hesitation
,
holiday
,
hollow truce
,
interim
,
interlude
,
intermezzo
,
intermission
,
intermittence
,
interruption
,
interval
,
jettison
,
jilt
,
lapse
,
layoff
,
leave
,
leave behind
,
leave flat
,
letup
,
lull
,
maroon
,
modus vivendi
,
neutral territory
,
pacification
,
pause
,
pax in bello
,
peace
,
pension off
,
pull out
,
quit
,
quit cold
,
recess
,
relinquish
,
remission
,
renege
,
renounce the throne
,
resign
,
respite
,
rest
,
retire
,
retire from office
,
say goodbye to
,
stand aside
,
stay
,
step aside
,
superannuate
,
suspension
,
suspension of hostilities
,
take leave of
,
temporary arrangement
,
throw over
,
treaty of peace
,
truce
,
vacate
,
vacation
,
withdraw
,
withdraw from
jilt
collapse
a woman who jilts a lover
cast aside capriciously or unfeelingly; "jilt a lover or a bride"
related words >
Artful Dodger
,
Casanova
,
Don Juan
,
Machiavel
,
Machiavelli
,
Machiavellian
,
abandon
,
actor
,
back out
,
bamboozler
,
befuddler
,
beg off
,
beguiler
,
cast
,
cast aside
,
cast away
,
cast off
,
charmer
,
chuck
,
counterfeiter
,
cry off
,
deceiver
,
deep-six
,
deluder
,
depart from
,
desert
,
discard
,
dismiss
,
dispose of
,
dissembler
,
dissimulator
,
ditch
,
dodger
,
double-dealer
,
drop
,
drop out
,
dump
,
duper
,
eighty-six
,
eliminate
,
enchanter
,
entrancer
,
evacuate
,
faker
,
fooler
,
forger
,
forsake
,
gay deceiver
,
get quit of
,
get rid of
,
get shut of
,
give away
,
go back on
,
hoaxer
,
hypnotizer
,
jettison
,
jilter
,
joker
,
jokester
,
kidder
,
leave
,
leave behind
,
leave flat
,
leg-puller
,
maroon
,
mesmerizer
,
misleader
,
part with
,
plagiarist
,
plagiarizer
,
playactor
,
practical joker
,
pull out
,
quit
,
quit cold
,
ragger
,
reject
,
remove
,
renege
,
role-player
,
say goodbye to
,
seducer
,
slough
,
spoofer
,
stand down
,
take leave of
,
tease
,
teaser
,
throw away
,
throw out
,
throw over
,
throw overboard
,
toss overboard
,
vacate
,
withdraw
subsidize
collapse
support through subsidies; "The arts in Europe are heavily subsidized"
secure the assistance of by granting a subsidy, as of nations or military forces
related words >
accommodate
,
afford
,
afford support
,
aid
,
angel
,
assist
,
back
,
back up
,
bankroll
,
bear
,
bear out
,
bear up
,
blow to
,
bolster
,
bolster up
,
brace
,
buoy up
,
buttress
,
capitalize
,
carry
,
clothe
,
contribute
,
cradle
,
crutch
,
cushion
,
donate
,
endow
,
fill
,
fill up
,
finance
,
find
,
fund
,
furnish
,
give
,
give support
,
go treat
,
grubstake
,
help
,
hold
,
hold up
,
invest
,
keep
,
keep afloat
,
keep up
,
lend support
,
mainstay
,
maintain
,
make available
,
make provision for
,
patronize
,
pay for
,
pay the bill
,
pay the bills
,
pension
,
pension off
,
pillow
,
prepare
,
present
,
promote
,
prop
,
prop up
,
provide
,
provide for
,
recruit
,
refinance
,
reinforce
,
replenish
,
set up
,
shore
,
shore up
,
shoulder
,
sponsor
,
stake
,
stand drinks
,
stand to
,
stand treat
,
stay
,
stock
,
store
,
subvene
,
subvention
,
subventionize
,
supply
,
support
,
sustain
,
treat
,
treat to
,
underbrace
,
undergird
,
underlie
,
underpin
,
underset
,
underwrite
,
upbear
,
uphold
,
upkeep
,
yield
abridge
collapse
lessen, diminish, or curtail; "the new law might abridge our freedom of expression"
reduce in scope while retaining essential elements; "The manuscript must be shortened"
related words >
abbreviate
,
abstract
,
bereave
,
bleed
,
blot out
,
blue-pencil
,
bob
,
boil down
,
bowdlerize
,
brief
,
cancel
,
capsule
,
capsulize
,
censor
,
clip
,
compress
,
condense
,
contract
,
crop
,
cross out
,
curtail
,
cut
,
cut back
,
cut down
,
cut off
,
cut off short
,
cut short
,
damp
,
dampen
,
decrease
,
deduct
,
deflate
,
delete
,
depreciate
,
depress
,
deprive
,
deprive of
,
digest
,
diminish
,
disentitle
,
divest
,
dock
,
downgrade
,
drain
,
ease one of
,
edit
,
edit out
,
elide
,
epitomize
,
erase
,
expunge
,
expurgate
,
foreshorten
,
kill
,
lessen
,
lighten one of
,
limit
,
lower
,
milk
,
mine
,
minify
,
minimize
,
mow
,
narrow
,
nip
,
nutshell
,
omit
,
outline
,
pare
,
poll
,
pollard
,
prune
,
reap
,
recap
,
recapitulate
,
reduce
,
rescind
,
restrict
,
retrench
,
roll back
,
rub out
,
scale down
,
shave
,
shear
,
shorten
,
simplify
,
sketch
,
sketch out
,
slash
,
snub
,
step down
,
strike
,
strike off
,
strike out
,
stunt
,
sum up
,
summarize
,
synopsize
,
take away from
,
take from
,
take in
,
tap
,
telescope
,
trim
,
truncate
,
tune down
,
void
teardrop
collapse
anything shaped like a falling drop (as a pendant gem on an earring)
related words >
bawling
,
bead
,
blubbering
,
chyle
,
colostrum
,
cry
,
crying
,
dewdrop
,
discharge
,
drop
,
droplet
,
fit of crying
,
flood of tears
,
gleet
,
good cry
,
greet
,
humor
,
ichor
,
lachryma
,
lachrymosity
,
lacrimatory
,
lactation
,
leukorrhea
,
lymph
,
matter
,
melting mood
,
milk
,
mucor
,
mucus
,
overflowing eyes
,
pearl
,
peccant humor
,
phlegm
,
purulence
,
pus
,
raindrop
,
rheum
,
saliva
,
sanies
,
serous fluid
,
serum
,
sniveling
,
snot
,
sobbing
,
suppuration
,
sweat
,
tear
,
tear bottle
,
tearful eyes
,
tearfulness
,
tears
,
the whites
,
urine
,
weepiness
,
weeping
,
whimpering
soar
collapse
the act of rising upward into the air
go or move upward; "The stock market soared after the cease-fire was announced"
fly upwards or high in the sky
rise rapidly; "the dollar soared against the yen"
related words >
advance
,
aeroplane
,
airlift
,
airplane
,
arise
,
ascend
,
aspire
,
back
,
back up
,
balloon
,
be airborne
,
become airborne
,
budge
,
bulk
,
bulk large
,
buss the clouds
,
change
,
change place
,
circle
,
claw skyward
,
climb
,
cruise
,
descend
,
drift
,
ebb
,
escalate
,
exceed
,
ferry
,
flit
,
float
,
flow
,
fly
,
fly aloft
,
gain altitude
,
get over
,
glide
,
go
,
go around
,
go round
,
go sideways
,
gyrate
,
hang
,
hop
,
hover
,
hydroplane
,
increase
,
jet
,
kite
,
leave the ground
,
lift
,
loom
,
loom large
,
mount
,
move
,
move over
,
navigate
,
outsoar
,
outstrip
,
overtop
,
plane
,
plunge
,
poise
,
progress
,
rear
,
regress
,
retrogress
,
rise
,
rise above
,
rocket
,
rotate
,
run
,
sail
,
sailplane
,
seaplane
,
shift
,
shoot
,
shoot up
,
sink
,
spin
,
spire
,
stand on tiptoe
,
stand out
,
stir
,
stream
,
subside
,
take off
,
take the air
,
take wing
,
tower
,
tower above
,
transcend
,
travel
,
up
,
uprear
,
uprise
,
volplane
,
wane
,
whirl
,
wing
,
zoom
lees
collapse
the sediment from fermentation of an alcoholic beverage
related words >
alluvion
,
alluvium
,
ash
,
bones
,
chaff
,
cinder
,
clinker
,
culm
,
deadwood
,
deposition
,
deposits
,
diluvium
,
dishwater
,
draff
,
dregs
,
dross
,
dust
,
ember
,
feces
,
filings
,
froth
,
garbage
,
gash
,
grounds
,
hogwash
,
husks
,
leavings
,
loess
,
moraine
,
offal
,
offscourings
,
offscum
,
orts
,
parings
,
potsherds
,
precipitate
,
precipitation
,
rags
,
raspings
,
refuse
,
scoria
,
scourings
,
scrap iron
,
scraps
,
scum
,
sediment
,
settlings
,
shards
,
shavings
,
silt
,
sinter
,
slack
,
slag
,
slop
,
slops
,
smut
,
soot
,
stubble
,
sublimate
,
sweepings
,
swill
,
tares
,
wastage
,
waste
,
waste matter
,
wastepaper
,
weeds
hold back
collapse
related words >
abstain
,
abstain from
,
arrest
,
avoid
,
avoid excess
,
backpedal
,
backwater
,
begrudge
,
bit
,
block
,
bottle up
,
brake
,
bridle
,
check
,
clip the wings
,
close the hand
,
confine
,
conserve
,
constrain
,
contain
,
control
,
cool
,
cool off
,
countercheck
,
curb
,
curtail
,
dam up
,
damp
,
dampen
,
decelerate
,
delay
,
deny
,
detain
,
dispense with
,
do without
,
dompt
,
drag
,
draw rein
,
ease off
,
ease up
,
eat sparingly
,
eat to live
,
enjoin
,
eschew
,
exercise self-control
,
forbear
,
forgo
,
govern
,
grudge
,
guard
,
hinder
,
hold
,
hold aloof from
,
hold at bay
,
hold down
,
hold fast
,
hold in
,
hold in check
,
hold in leash
,
hold off
,
hold out on
,
hold up
,
husband
,
impede
,
inhibit
,
intercept
,
interfere
,
intermeddle
,
interrupt
,
intervene
,
keep
,
keep back
,
keep by one
,
keep from
,
keep in
,
keep in check
,
keep in hand
,
keep in reserve
,
keep in store
,
keep on hand
,
keep out
,
keep under control
,
keep within bounds
,
keep within compass
,
keep within limits
,
lag
,
lay by
,
lay under restraint
,
let alone
,
let down
,
let go by
,
let up
,
live plainly
,
lose ground
,
lose momentum
,
lose speed
,
make late
,
meddle
,
moderate
,
mortify the flesh
,
never touch
,
not touch
,
not use
,
obstruct
,
oppose
,
pass up
,
preserve
,
prohibit
,
pull
,
pull in
,
put apart
,
put aside
,
put by
,
reef
,
refrain
,
refrain from
,
rein
,
rein in
,
relax
,
repress
,
reserve
,
resist
,
restrain
,
retain
,
retard
,
retrench
,
save
,
save up
,
scotch
,
set apart
,
set aside
,
set back
,
set by
,
shun
,
slack off
,
slack up
,
slacken
,
slow
,
slow down
,
slow up
,
snub
,
spare
,
stand aloof from
,
stay
,
stop
,
straiten
,
suppress
,
take in sail
,
throttle down
,
waive
,
withhold
frontage
collapse
the extent of the front of shop or plot of land (as along a street or river etc)
the direction in which something (such as a building) faces
related words >
anteriority
,
aspect
,
attitude
,
azimuth
,
bearing
,
bearings
,
bold front
,
brave face
,
brave front
,
celestial navigation
,
dead reckoning
,
display
,
exposure
,
facade
,
face
,
facet
,
facia
,
fix
,
fore
,
forefront
,
foreground
,
forehand
,
foreland
,
forepart
,
forequarter
,
foreside
,
foreword
,
front
,
front elevation
,
front man
,
front matter
,
front page
,
front view
,
frontal
,
frontier
,
frontispiece
,
head
,
heading
,
lap
,
lay
,
lie
,
line of position
,
obverse
,
orientation
,
pilotage
,
position
,
position line
,
preface
,
prefix
,
priority
,
proscenium
,
radio bearing
,
set
,
window dressing
buoy up
collapse
related words >
afford support
,
animate
,
back
,
back up
,
bear
,
bear up
,
bolster
,
bolster up
,
boost
,
brace
,
brighten
,
buoy
,
buttress
,
carry
,
cast up
,
cheer
,
cradle
,
crutch
,
cushion
,
elevate
,
encourage
,
enliven
,
erect
,
escalate
,
exhilarate
,
float
,
float high
,
give a lift
,
give support
,
gladden
,
hearten
,
heave
,
heft
,
heighten
,
heist
,
hike
,
hoick
,
hoist
,
hold
,
hold up
,
inspire
,
inspirit
,
invigorate
,
jerk up
,
keep afloat
,
keep up
,
knock up
,
lend support
,
levitate
,
lift
,
lift up
,
liven
,
lob
,
loft
,
mainstay
,
maintain
,
perk up
,
pick up
,
pillow
,
prop
,
raise
,
raise up
,
rear
,
rear up
,
reinforce
,
rejoice
,
rejoice the heart
,
ride high
,
rise
,
set up
,
shore
,
shore up
,
shoulder
,
sky
,
stay
,
stick up
,
subsidize
,
subvention
,
support
,
sustain
,
throw up
,
underbrace
,
undergird
,
underlie
,
underpin
,
underset
,
up
,
upbear
,
upbuoy
,
upcast
,
upheave
,
uphoist
,
uphold
,
upkeep
,
uplift
,
upraise
,
uprear
,
upthrow
,
vitalize
,
waft
lay by
collapse
related words >
abandon
,
adjourn
,
aestivate
,
arrange for
,
assign
,
cede
,
conserve
,
continue
,
decree
,
defer
,
define
,
delay
,
drag out
,
extend
,
forearm
,
give up
,
hand over
,
hang fire
,
hang up
,
have nothing on
,
head to wind
,
hibernate
,
hold back
,
hold off
,
hold over
,
hold up
,
husband
,
impose
,
keep
,
keep back
,
keep by one
,
keep in reserve
,
keep in store
,
keep on hand
,
lay aside
,
lay away
,
lay in
,
lay off
,
lay over
,
lay to
,
lay up
,
leave
,
lie ahull
,
lie by
,
lie dormant
,
lie fallow
,
lie idle
,
lie off
,
lie to
,
lie up
,
look out for
,
make provision for
,
make sure against
,
ordain
,
pigeonhole
,
postpone
,
prepare for
,
prescribe
,
preserve
,
prolong
,
prorogate
,
prorogue
,
protract
,
provide against
,
provide for
,
push aside
,
put apart
,
put aside
,
put away
,
put by
,
put in mothballs
,
put off
,
put on ice
,
recess
,
reserve
,
resign
,
retain
,
ride at anchor
,
salt away
,
save
,
save up
,
set
,
set apart
,
set aside
,
set by
,
shelve
,
shift off
,
sideline
,
sleep on
,
spare
,
stand over
,
stave off
,
stay
,
store
,
stow
,
stretch out
,
surrender
,
suspend
,
table
,
table the motion
,
take a recess
,
waive
,
withhold
,
yield
hold good
collapse
related words >
afford proof of
,
ascertain
,
be consistent
,
be demonstrable
,
be irrefutable
,
be logical
,
be reasonable
,
be the case
,
be true
,
be truthful
,
bring home to
,
cinch
,
clinch
,
conform to fact
,
demonstrate
,
determine
,
establish
,
figure
,
fix
,
follow
,
follow from
,
have a case
,
hold
,
hold together
,
hold true
,
hold up
,
hold water
,
make good
,
make out
,
make sense
,
nail down
,
prove
,
prove out
,
prove to be
,
prove true
,
remain valid
,
remove all doubt
,
set at rest
,
settle
,
settle the matter
,
show
,
stand the test
,
stand to reason
,
stand up
,
stick together
,
wash
hold water
collapse
related words >
afford proof of
,
ascertain
,
be consistent
,
be demonstrable
,
be irrefutable
,
be logical
,
be reasonable
,
be the case
,
be true
,
be truthful
,
bring home to
,
cinch
,
clinch
,
conform to fact
,
demonstrate
,
determine
,
establish
,
figure
,
fix
,
follow
,
follow from
,
have a case
,
hold
,
hold good
,
hold together
,
hold true
,
hold up
,
make good
,
make out
,
make sense
,
nail down
,
prove
,
prove out
,
prove to be
,
prove true
,
remain valid
,
remove all doubt
,
set at rest
,
settle
,
settle the matter
,
show
,
stand the test
,
stand to reason
,
stand up
,
stick together
,
wash
held up
collapse
related words >
arrested
,
back
,
backward
,
behindhand
,
belated
,
blocked
,
delayed
,
delayed-action
,
detained
,
hung up
,
in a bind
,
in abeyance
,
jammed
,
late
,
latish
,
moratory
,
never on time
,
obstructed
,
overdue
,
retarded
,
slow
,
stopped
,
tardy
,
unpunctual
,
unready
,
untimely
clandestine
collapse
conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods; "clandestine intelligence operations"; "cloak-and-dagger activities behind enemy lines"; "hole-and-corner intrigue"; "secret missions"; "a secret agent"; "secret sales of arms"; "surreptitious mobilization of troops"; "an undercover investigation"; "underground resistance"
related words >
back-door
,
backstairs
,
covert
,
feline
,
furtive
,
hidlings
,
hole-and-corner
,
hugger-mugger
,
privy
,
quiet
,
shifty
,
skulking
,
slinking
,
slinky
,
sly
,
sneaking
,
sneaky
,
stealthy
,
surreptitious
,
under-the-counter
,
under-the-table
,
undercover
,
underground
,
underhand
,
underhanded
,
unobtrusive
a priori
collapse
involving deductive reasoning from a general principle to a necessary effect; not supported by fact; "an a priori judgment"
based on hypothesis or theory rather than experiment
derived by logic, without observed facts
related words >
a fortiori
,
a posteriori
,
analytic
,
back
,
backward
,
categorical
,
conditional
,
deducible
,
deductive
,
derivable
,
dialectic
,
discursive
,
dogmatic
,
early
,
enthymematic
,
epagogic
,
ex post facto
,
hypothetical
,
inductive
,
inferential
,
into the past
,
maieutic
,
reasoned
,
retroactive
,
retrospective
,
soritical
,
syllogistic
,
synthetic
backstairs
collapse
a second staircase at the rear of a building
related words >
back-door
,
clandestine
,
covert
,
feline
,
furtive
,
hidlings
,
hole-and-corner
,
hugger-mugger
,
privy
,
quiet
,
shifty
,
skulking
,
slinking
,
slinky
,
sly
,
sneaking
,
sneaky
,
stealthy
,
surreptitious
,
under-the-counter
,
under-the-table
,
undercover
,
underground
,
underhand
,
underhanded
,
unobtrusive
inverted
collapse
being in such a position that top and bottom are reversed; "a quotation mark is sometimes called an inverted comma"; "an upside-down cake"
related words >
arsy-varsy
,
ass over elbows
,
back-to-front
,
backwards
,
capsized
,
chiastic
,
everted
,
gay
,
homoerotic
,
homophile
,
hyperbatic
,
inside out
,
introverted
,
invaginated
,
inversed
,
outside in
,
palindromic
,
queer
,
resupinate
,
retroverted
,
reversed
,
topsy-turvy
,
transposed
,
upside-down
,
wrong side out
nub
collapse
a small piece; "a nub of coal"; "a stub of a pencil"
a small lump or protuberance
related words >
axiom
,
axis
,
bench mark
,
bilge
,
blain
,
bleb
,
blister
,
blob
,
boss
,
bow
,
bubble
,
bulb
,
bulge
,
bulla
,
bump
,
bunch
,
burl
,
button
,
cahot
,
cardinal point
,
center
,
center of action
,
center of gravity
,
centroid
,
centrum
,
chief thing
,
chine
,
climax
,
clump
,
condyle
,
convex
,
core
,
cornerstone
,
crisis
,
critical point
,
crux
,
dead center
,
distillate
,
distillation
,
dowel
,
ear
,
elixir
,
epicenter
,
essence
,
essential
,
essential matter
,
fabric
,
feel
,
finish
,
flange
,
flap
,
flower
,
focus
,
fundamental
,
gall
,
gist
,
gnarl
,
grain
,
granular texture
,
gravamen
,
great point
,
handle
,
heart
,
high point
,
hill
,
hub
,
hump
,
hunch
,
hypostasis
,
important thing
,
indentation
,
inner essence
,
issue
,
jog
,
joggle
,
kernel
,
keystone
,
knob
,
knot
,
knub
,
knur
,
knurl
,
landmark
,
lip
,
loop
,
lump
,
main point
,
main thing
,
marrow
,
material
,
material point
,
matter
,
meat
,
medium
,
medulla
,
metacenter
,
middle
,
milestone
,
mole
,
mountain
,
nap
,
nave
,
navel
,
nevus
,
nubbin
,
nubble
,
nucleus
,
nuts and bolts
,
omphalos
,
papilloma
,
peg
,
pile
,
pit
,
pith
,
pivot
,
pock
,
postulate
,
principle
,
protuberance
,
quid
,
quiddity
,
quintessence
,
real issue
,
rib
,
ridge
,
ring
,
salient point
,
sap
,
shag
,
short
,
shoulder
,
sine qua non
,
soul
,
spine
,
spirit
,
storm center
,
structure
,
stud
,
stuff
,
style
,
substance
,
substantive point
,
sum and substance
,
surface
,
surface texture
,
tab
,
texture
,
the bottom line
,
the nitty-gritty
,
the point
,
tubercle
,
tubercule
,
turning point
,
umbilicus
,
upshot
,
verruca
,
vesicle
,
wale
,
wart
,
weave
,
welt
,
woof
redeem
collapse
convert into cash; of commercial papers
pay off (loans or promissory notes)
to turn in (vouchers or coupons) and receive something in exchange
restore the honor or worth of
related words >
abet
,
abide by
,
absolve
,
acknowledge
,
aid
,
amend
,
amortize
,
assist
,
atone
,
atone for
,
avail
,
bail out
,
balance
,
be faithful to
,
bear a hand
,
bear the expense
,
befriend
,
benefit
,
buy
,
buy back
,
carry out
,
cash in
,
change
,
change for
,
chip in
,
clear
,
comfort
,
commute
,
compensate
,
compensate for
,
compound for
,
convert
,
counterbalance
,
counterpoise
,
countervail
,
defray
,
defray expenses
,
deliver
,
discharge
,
disenthrall
,
do good
,
doctor
,
dub in
,
ease
,
emancipate
,
exchange
,
expiate
,
extract
,
extricate
,
favor
,
finance
,
foot the bill
,
free
,
fund
,
get back
,
give a boost
,
give a hand
,
give a lift
,
give help
,
give place to
,
give salvation
,
give satisfaction
,
go Dutch
,
help
,
honor
,
honor a bill
,
keep
,
keep faith with
,
lend a hand
,
lend one aid
,
liberate
,
lift
,
liquidate
,
live down
,
loose
,
make accounts square
,
make amends
,
make compensation
,
make do with
,
make good
,
make matters up
,
make reparation
,
make right
,
make up
,
make up for
,
make way for
,
manumit
,
new-model
,
offer in exchange
,
offset
,
outweigh
,
pay for
,
pay in full
,
pay off
,
pay the bill
,
pay the forfeit
,
pay the penalty
,
pay the piper
,
pay the shot
,
pay up
,
perform
,
proffer aid
,
propitiate
,
protect
,
put up with
,
rally
,
ransom
,
re-form
,
recapture
,
reclaim
,
recompense
,
recoup
,
recover
,
recuperate
,
recycle
,
redress
,
refashion
,
reform
,
regain
,
regenerate
,
rehabilitate
,
reinstate
,
release
,
relieve
,
remedy
,
remodel
,
render assistance
,
renew
,
renovate
,
reoccupy
,
repair
,
replevin
,
replevy
,
repossess
,
repurchase
,
rescue
,
reshape
,
restore
,
restore self-respect
,
resume
,
resuscitate
,
retake
,
retire
,
retrieve
,
revindicate
,
revive
,
ring in
,
salvage
,
satisfy
,
save
,
see through
,
set free
,
set off
,
set straight
,
set up
,
settle
,
shift with
,
square
,
square accounts
,
square it
,
square things
,
stand the costs
,
strike a balance
,
substitute
,
succor
,
switch
,
take back
,
take in exchange
,
take in tow
,
take up
,
trade in
,
unbind
,
unchain
,
win back
depreciate
collapse
lose in value; "The dollar depreciated again"
lower the value of something; "The Fed depreciated the dollar once again"
related words >
abate
,
ablate
,
abrade
,
abridge
,
abstract
,
abuse
,
allow
,
bate
,
beat down
,
belittle
,
break
,
bring down
,
bring into discredit
,
bring low
,
charge off
,
cheapen
,
compress
,
consume
,
cry down
,
curtail
,
cut
,
cut back
,
cut down
,
cut prices
,
damp
,
dampen
,
de-emphasize
,
debase
,
decline
,
decrease
,
decry
,
deduct
,
deflate
,
degrade
,
denigrate
,
deplete
,
deprecate
,
depress
,
deride
,
derogate
,
derogate from
,
despise
,
detract
,
detract from
,
devaluate
,
devalue
,
diminish
,
disapprove of
,
discommend
,
discount
,
discredit
,
disdain
,
disesteem
,
disgrace
,
disparage
,
dispraise
,
dissipate
,
disvalue
,
dive
,
downgrade
,
downplay
,
drain
,
dribble away
,
dwindle
,
eat away
,
erode
,
extract
,
fall
,
fall in price
,
file away
,
give way
,
hold in contempt
,
impair
,
jew down
,
kick back
,
knock
,
leach
,
lessen
,
lower
,
make allowance
,
make light of
,
make little of
,
make nothing of
,
mark down
,
minimize
,
misestimate
,
misprize
,
nose-dive
,
pare
,
play down
,
plummet
,
plunge
,
purify
,
put down
,
rebate
,
reduce
,
refine
,
reflect discredit upon
,
refund
,
remove
,
retrench
,
ridicule
,
roll back
,
rub away
,
run down
,
sag
,
scale down
,
sell short
,
set at naught
,
set little by
,
shave
,
shorten
,
shrink
,
shrug off
,
simplify
,
slash
,
slight
,
slump
,
soften
,
speak ill of
,
squander
,
step down
,
subduct
,
submit to indignity
,
subtract
,
take a premium
,
take away
,
take from
,
take off
,
talk down
,
thin
,
thin out
,
think little of
,
think nothing of
,
trim
,
tune down
,
underestimate
,
underplay
,
underprize
,
underrate
,
underreckon
,
undervalue
,
waste
,
wear
,
wear away
,
weed
,
withdraw
,
write down
,
write off
hang fire
collapse
related words >
adjourn
,
be a sideliner
,
be dilatory
,
be still
,
be unproductive
,
bring up
,
bring up short
,
cease fire
,
coast
,
come to naught
,
come to nothing
,
come up short
,
continue
,
defer
,
delay
,
do nothing
,
drag out
,
draw up
,
drift
,
extend
,
fetch up
,
filibuster
,
fizzle out
,
fust
,
gain time
,
halt
,
hang
,
hang back
,
hang up
,
hesitate
,
hibernate
,
hold off
,
hold over
,
hold up
,
idle
,
lay aside
,
lay by
,
lay over
,
lie dormant
,
lie fallow
,
make time
,
not budge
,
not stir
,
peter out
,
pigeonhole
,
play for time
,
postpone
,
procrastinate
,
prolong
,
prorogate
,
prorogue
,
protract
,
pull up
,
push aside
,
put aside
,
put off
,
put on ice
,
recess
,
reserve
,
rest
,
set aside
,
set by
,
shelve
,
shift off
,
sit back
,
sit it out
,
sleep
,
sleep on
,
slumber
,
smolder
,
stagnate
,
stall
,
stall for time
,
stall off
,
stand over
,
stave off
,
stay
,
stick
,
stooge around
,
stop
,
stop dead
,
stop short
,
stretch out
,
suspend
,
table
,
take a recess
,
talk against time
,
temporize
,
vegetate
,
wait and see
,
waive
,
watch and wait
coda
collapse
related words >
PS
,
Parthian shot
,
Z
,
accession
,
accessory
,
accompaniment
,
addenda
,
addendum
,
additament
,
addition
,
additive
,
additory
,
additum
,
adjunct
,
adjuvant
,
affix
,
afterthought
,
allonge
,
anacrusis
,
annex
,
annexation
,
apodosis
,
appanage
,
appendage
,
appendant
,
appendix
,
appurtenance
,
appurtenant
,
attachment
,
augment
,
augmentation
,
back matter
,
bass passage
,
bourdon
,
bridge
,
burden
,
cadence
,
catastrophe
,
ceasing
,
cessation
,
chorus
,
codicil
,
colophon
,
commentary
,
complement
,
conclusion
,
concomitant
,
consequence
,
consummation
,
continuance
,
continuation
,
corollary
,
crack of doom
,
culmination
,
curtain
,
curtains
,
death
,
decease
,
denouement
,
destination
,
destiny
,
development
,
division
,
doom
,
double take
,
dying words
,
effect
,
enclitic
,
end
,
end point
,
ending
,
envoi
,
epilogue
,
eschatology
,
expiration
,
exposition
,
extension
,
extrapolation
,
fate
,
figure
,
final solution
,
final twitch
,
final words
,
finale
,
finality
,
finis
,
finish
,
fixture
,
folderol
,
follow-through
,
follow-up
,
goal
,
harmonic close
,
increase
,
increment
,
infix
,
interlineation
,
interlude
,
intermezzo
,
interpolation
,
introductory phrase
,
izzard
,
last
,
last breath
,
last gasp
,
last things
,
last trumpet
,
last words
,
latter end
,
marginalia
,
measure
,
movement
,
musical phrase
,
musical sentence
,
note
,
offshoot
,
omega
,
ornament
,
part
,
parting shot
,
passage
,
payoff
,
pendant
,
period
,
peroration
,
phrase
,
postface
,
postfix
,
postlude
,
postscript
,
prefix
,
proclitic
,
quietus
,
refrain
,
reinforcement
,
resolution
,
response
,
resting place
,
rider
,
ritornello
,
scholia
,
second thought
,
section
,
sequel
,
sequela
,
sequelae
,
sequelant
,
sequent
,
sequitur
,
side effect
,
side issue
,
stanza
,
statement
,
stoppage
,
stopping place
,
strain
,
subscript
,
suffix
,
supplement
,
swan song
,
tag
,
tail
,
tailpiece
,
term
,
terminal
,
termination
,
terminus
,
tutti
,
tutti passage
,
undergirding
,
variation
,
verse
,
windup
astern
collapse
(of a ship or an airplane) behind; "we dropped her astern on the end of a seven-inch manilla, and she laid comfortably on the ebb tide"
stern foremost or backward; "the steamer went astern at half speed"
related words >
a rebours
,
a reculons
,
abaft
,
aft
,
after
,
against the grain
,
anticlockwise
,
arear
,
ass-backwards
,
away
,
back
,
backward
,
backwards
,
baft
,
counterclockwise
,
fore and aft
,
fro
,
hindward
,
hindwards
,
in reverse
,
rear
,
rearward
,
rearwards
,
retrad
,
widdershins
in return
collapse
(often followed by `for') in exchange or in reciprocation; "gave up our seats on the plane and in return received several hundred dollars and seats on the next plane out"; "we get many benefits in return for our taxes"
related words >
au pair
,
back
,
by turns
,
en revanche
,
even
,
exchangeably
,
for a consideration
,
in amends
,
in answer
,
in compensation
,
in consideration
,
in exchange
,
in rebuttal
,
in reciprocation
,
in reparation
,
in reply
,
in reprisal
,
in requital
,
in response
,
in retaliation
,
in retribution
,
in revenge
,
in turn
,
mutually
,
reciprocally
,
turn about
inconvenience
collapse
the quality of not being useful or convenient
an inconvenient discomfort
related words >
abuse a privilege
,
ado
,
aggravate
,
aggravation
,
ail
,
annoy
,
annoyance
,
anxiety
,
awkwardness
,
be the matter
,
beset
,
besetment
,
bother
,
bothersomeness
,
bulkiness
,
burden
,
burdening
,
burdensomeness
,
burthen
,
can of worms
,
cargo
,
charge
,
charging
,
clumsiness
,
complicate matters
,
concern
,
cross
,
cumbersomeness
,
cumbrance
,
deadweight
,
demand
,
difficulty
,
disaccommodate
,
disadvantage
,
discomfort
,
discommode
,
discommodity
,
discompose
,
disoblige
,
disrupt
,
disruption
,
distress
,
disturb
,
disturbance
,
drawback
,
embarrassment
,
encroach upon
,
encumbrance
,
evil
,
exaction
,
exasperate
,
exasperation
,
freight
,
freighting
,
fuss
,
futility
,
great ado
,
hamper
,
handicap
,
harass
,
harm
,
headache
,
hindrance
,
hulkiness
,
impediment
,
impedimenta
,
impoliticalness
,
impoliticness
,
impose on
,
impose upon
,
imposing an onus
,
imposition
,
impracticality
,
impropriety
,
inadvisability
,
inappropriateness
,
inaptitude
,
inauspiciousness
,
incommode
,
incommodity
,
incongruity
,
inconsiderateness
,
inconveniency
,
inconvenientness
,
ineptitude
,
inexpedience
,
inexpediency
,
infelicity
,
infliction
,
inopportuneness
,
inopportunity
,
intempestivity
,
interfere
,
intermeddle
,
interruption
,
intrusion
,
irk
,
irrelevance
,
irritate
,
lateness
,
laying on
,
load
,
loading
,
loading down
,
lumber
,
make free with
,
matter
,
meddle
,
nuisance
,
obtrude upon
,
obtrusiveness
,
onerousness
,
onus
,
overstep
,
pack
,
pain
,
peck of troubles
,
penalty
,
perplex
,
perturb
,
plague
,
ponderousness
,
pother
,
prematurity
,
presume on
,
presume upon
,
presumptuousness
,
problem
,
put about
,
put out
,
put to inconvenience
,
put to it
,
put to trouble
,
puzzle
,
sea of troubles
,
stew
,
take a liberty
,
take liberties
,
tasking
,
taxing
,
torment
,
trial
,
trouble
,
troublesomeness
,
try
,
undesirability
,
unfavorableness
,
unfitness
,
unfittingness
,
unfortunateness
,
unhandiness
,
unmanageability
,
unmeetness
,
unprofitability
,
unprofitableness
,
unpropitiousness
,
unripeness
,
unseasonableness
,
unseemliness
,
unsuitability
,
untimeliness
,
unwarranted demand
,
unwieldiness
,
unwiseness
,
upset
,
uselessness
,
vex
,
weight
,
weighting
,
white elephant
,
worry
,
worthlessness
,
wrongness
enjoin
collapse
issue an injunction
related words >
adjure
,
admonish
,
advise
,
appreciate
,
arrest
,
ban
,
bar
,
bid
,
boast
,
bridle
,
burden with
,
call on
,
call the signals
,
call upon
,
caution
,
charge
,
check
,
command
,
commission
,
constrain
,
contain
,
control
,
cool
,
cool off
,
cotton to
,
counsel
,
curb
,
curtail
,
debar
,
decelerate
,
declare
,
decree
,
delight in
,
demand
,
deny
,
dictate
,
direct
,
disallow
,
dompt
,
dote
,
drink in
,
eat up
,
embargo
,
encourage
,
enjoy
,
exact
,
exclude
,
exclude from
,
exhort
,
expostulate
,
fancy
,
fasten upon
,
fill
,
forbid
,
forewarn
,
freight with
,
give an order
,
give the word
,
go
,
govern
,
guard
,
hinder
,
hold
,
hold at bay
,
hold back
,
hold fast
,
hold in
,
hold in check
,
hold in leash
,
hold up
,
impose
,
impose on
,
impose upon
,
incite
,
induce
,
inflict on
,
inflict upon
,
inhibit
,
instruct
,
interdict
,
issue a caveat
,
issue a command
,
issue a writ
,
keep
,
keep back
,
keep from
,
keep in
,
keep in check
,
keep under control
,
lay
,
lay on
,
lay under restraint
,
levy
,
like
,
love
,
luxuriate in
,
maintain
,
mandate
,
mind
,
move
,
occupy
,
ordain
,
order
,
order about
,
outlaw
,
own
,
persuade
,
place
,
possess
,
preach
,
preclude
,
prescribe
,
prevent
,
proclaim
,
prohibit
,
prompt
,
promulgate
,
pronounce
,
proscribe
,
pull
,
pull in
,
put
,
put down
,
put on
,
put upon
,
refuse
,
rein
,
rein in
,
reject
,
relish
,
remonstrate
,
repress
,
restrain
,
retain
,
retard
,
retrench
,
rule
,
rule out
,
saddle with
,
savor
,
say no to
,
say the word
,
set
,
set back
,
shut out
,
slow down
,
snub
,
straiten
,
subject to
,
suppress
,
taboo
,
take to
,
task
,
tax
,
tell
,
urge
,
warn
,
weight down with
,
withhold
,
yoke with
milestone
collapse
stone post at side of a road to show distances
a significant event in your life (or in a project)
related words >
bench mark
,
bookmark
,
cairn
,
cardinal point
,
catstone
,
chief thing
,
climax
,
core
,
cornerstone
,
crisis
,
critical point
,
crux
,
essence
,
essential
,
essential matter
,
fundamental
,
gist
,
gravamen
,
great point
,
heart
,
high point
,
important thing
,
issue
,
kernel
,
keystone
,
landmark
,
lighthouse
,
lightship
,
main point
,
main thing
,
mark
,
marker
,
material point
,
meat
,
menhir
,
milepost
,
monument
,
nub
,
occasion
,
pharos
,
pith
,
pivot
,
platform
,
real issue
,
salient point
,
seamark
,
sine qua non
,
substance
,
substantive point
,
the bottom line
,
the point
,
tower
,
turning point
,
watchtower
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