Related Words:
- prepossess
collapse - make a positive impression (on someone) beforehand; "A prepossessing appearance"
- cause to be preoccupied; "The idea of his failure prepossesses him"
- possess beforehand related words >
- absorb,
- adopt,
- appropriate,
- arrogate,
- assume,
- bend,
- bias,
- busy,
- colonize,
- conquer,
- distort,
- engage,
- engross,
- enslave,
- hog,
- imbue,
- immerse,
- indent,
- influence,
- involve,
- jaundice,
- jump a claim,
- make free with,
- make use of,
- monopolize,
- occupy,
- overrun,
- preempt,
- preengage,
- prejudice,
- prejudice against,
- prejudice the issue,
- preoccupy,
- requisition,
- sit on,
- soak,
- squat on,
- subjugate,
- sway,
- take all of,
- take it all,
- take over,
- take possession of,
- take up,
- twist,
- usurp,
- warp
- election
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- the act of selecting someone or something; the exercise of deliberate choice; "her election of medicine as a profession"
- a vote to select the winner of a position or political office; "the results of the election will be announced tonight"
- the predestination of some individuals as objects of divine mercy (especially as conceived by Calvinists)
- the status or fact of being elected; "they celebrated his election" related words >
- Calvinism,
- accession,
- alternative,
- alternativity,
- anointing,
- anointment,
- apostolic orders,
- appointment,
- arrogation,
- assignment,
- assumption,
- authorization,
- by-election,
- calling,
- canonization,
- caucus,
- choice,
- choosing,
- closed primary,
- co-optation,
- co-option,
- conferment,
- congressional election,
- consecration,
- contested election,
- coronation,
- decision,
- delegation,
- deputation,
- designation,
- determinism,
- direct primary,
- druthers,
- electing,
- empowerment,
- fatalism,
- first choice,
- free choice,
- free will,
- general election,
- holy orders,
- induction,
- installation,
- institution,
- investiture,
- legitimate succession,
- major orders,
- mandatory primary,
- minor orders,
- nomination,
- nonpartisan primary,
- open primary,
- option,
- optional primary,
- ordainment,
- orders,
- ordination,
- partisan election,
- pick,
- plebiscite,
- political election,
- poll,
- predestinarianism,
- predeterminism,
- preference,
- preference primary,
- preferment,
- preoption,
- presentation,
- presidential election,
- presidential preference primary,
- presidential primary,
- primary,
- primary election,
- reading in,
- referendum,
- runoff,
- runoff election,
- runoff primary,
- seizure,
- selection,
- succession,
- taking over,
- the pick,
- usurpation,
- volition,
- vote,
- voting,
- will
- handshake
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- grasping and shaking a person's hand (as to acknowledge an introduction or to agree on a contract) related words >
- accost,
- act up to,
- address,
- agree to anything,
- bob,
- bow,
- brown-nose,
- court,
- curry favor,
- curtsy,
- dance attendance on,
- embrace,
- fall all over,
- fall over,
- fawn upon,
- greeting,
- hail,
- hand-clasp,
- hello,
- how-do-you-do,
- hug,
- kiss,
- make court to,
- make up to,
- nod,
- pay court to,
- play up to,
- polish the apple,
- run after,
- salutation,
- salute,
- shine up to,
- smile,
- smile of recognition,
- suck up to,
- wave
- scowl
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- frown with displeasure related words >
- angry look,
- black look,
- color,
- dirty look,
- flush,
- frown,
- glare,
- gloom,
- glower,
- gnarl,
- grimace,
- growl,
- knit the brow,
- long face,
- look black,
- look daggers,
- look sullen,
- lour,
- lower,
- make a lip,
- make a moue,
- mantle,
- moue,
- mow,
- nasty look,
- offense,
- pique,
- pout,
- pull a face,
- redden,
- reproving look,
- snap,
- snarl,
- spit,
- umbrage,
- wry face
- mark down
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- reduce the price of related words >
- beat down,
- book,
- break,
- calendar,
- carve,
- catalog,
- chalk,
- chalk up,
- cheapen,
- check in,
- chronicle,
- clip,
- cut,
- cut back,
- cut down,
- cut prices,
- decline,
- decry,
- deflate,
- depreciate,
- devaluate,
- devalue,
- dive,
- docket,
- downgrade,
- engrave,
- enroll,
- enscroll,
- enter,
- fall,
- fall in price,
- file,
- fill out,
- give way,
- grave,
- impanel,
- incise,
- index,
- inscribe,
- insert,
- jew down,
- jot down,
- list,
- log,
- lower,
- make a memorandum,
- make a note,
- make an entry,
- make out,
- matriculate,
- minute,
- nose-dive,
- note,
- note down,
- pare,
- place upon record,
- plummet,
- plunge,
- poll,
- post,
- post up,
- put down,
- put in writing,
- put on paper,
- put on tape,
- record,
- reduce,
- reduce to writing,
- register,
- sag,
- set down,
- shave,
- slash,
- slump,
- tabulate,
- take down,
- tape,
- tape-record,
- trim,
- underprize,
- undervalue,
- videotape,
- write,
- write down,
- write in,
- write off,
- write out,
- write up
- accelerate,
- agent provocateur,
- aggravate,
- amplify,
- annoy,
- augment,
- beef up,
- blow up,
- build up,
- chafe,
- complicate,
- concentrate,
- condense,
- consolidate,
- cook,
- deepen,
- deteriorate,
- double,
- electric-heat,
- embitter,
- enhance,
- enlarge,
- exacerbate,
- exaggerate,
- exasperate,
- fire,
- fire up,
- foment,
- gas-heat,
- heat,
- heat up,
- heighten,
- hop up,
- hot,
- hot-air-heat,
- hot-water-heat,
- increase,
- intensify,
- irritate,
- jazz up,
- key up,
- magnify,
- make acute,
- make complex,
- make worse,
- mull,
- overheat,
- preheat,
- provoke,
- ramify,
- recook,
- redouble,
- reheat,
- reinforce,
- sharpen,
- soup up,
- sour,
- steam,
- step up,
- stoke up,
- strengthen,
- superheat,
- tepefy,
- triple,
- warm,
- warm over,
- warm up,
- whet,
- worsen
- alleviate,
- be light,
- clear,
- disburden,
- disembarrass,
- disembroil,
- disengage,
- disentangle,
- disinvolve,
- ease,
- extricate,
- free,
- free up,
- have little weight,
- kick the beam,
- liberate,
- lighten,
- make light,
- make lighter,
- off-load,
- reduce weight,
- relieve,
- set at ease,
- unballast,
- unburden,
- unclutter,
- unfreight,
- unlade,
- unload,
- unscramble,
- unsnarl,
- untangle,
- untie,
- untwine,
- weigh lightly
- acceptation,
- affective meaning,
- allocation,
- assignment,
- attribution,
- bearing,
- characterization,
- coloring,
- connotation,
- consequence,
- construction,
- denomination,
- denotation,
- designation,
- determination,
- differentiation,
- disclosure,
- drift,
- effect,
- essence,
- expression,
- extension,
- fingering,
- fixing,
- force,
- gist,
- grammatical meaning,
- hint,
- idea,
- identification,
- impact,
- implication,
- import,
- indication,
- indicativeness,
- intendment,
- intension,
- lexical meaning,
- literal meaning,
- magnitude,
- manifestation,
- meaning,
- message,
- moment,
- momentousness,
- naming,
- overtone,
- pertinence,
- picking out,
- pinning down,
- pith,
- point,
- pointing,
- pointing out,
- pointing to,
- practical consequence,
- precision,
- purport,
- range of meaning,
- real meaning,
- reference,
- referent,
- relation,
- relevance,
- scope,
- selection,
- semantic cluster,
- semantic field,
- sense,
- show,
- showing,
- significance,
- significancy,
- significatum,
- signifie,
- signifying,
- span of meaning,
- specification,
- spirit,
- stipulation,
- structural meaning,
- substance,
- suggestion,
- sum,
- sum and substance,
- symbolic meaning,
- symptomaticness,
- tenor,
- totality of associations,
- transferred meaning,
- unadorned meaning,
- understanding,
- undertone,
- value,
- weight,
- weightiness
- plagiarize
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- take without referencing from someone else's writing or speech; of intellectual property related words >
- act like,
- adopt,
- affect,
- appropriate,
- assume,
- borrow,
- chorus,
- come again,
- copy,
- counterfeit,
- crib,
- derive from,
- ditto,
- do,
- do a repeat,
- do again,
- do like,
- do over,
- double,
- duplicate,
- echo,
- fake,
- forge,
- go like,
- hoke,
- hoke up,
- imitate,
- infringe,
- infringe a copyright,
- make like,
- make use of,
- mirror,
- mock,
- parrot,
- pirate,
- quote,
- redo,
- redouble,
- reduplicate,
- reecho,
- reflect,
- regurgitate,
- reincarnate,
- renew,
- repeat,
- reproduce,
- revive,
- say again,
- simulate,
- steal,
- take,
- take on,
- take over
- get through
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- finish a task completely; "I finally got through this homework assignment"
- succeed in reaching a real or abstract destination after overcoming problems; "We finally got through the bureaucracy and could talk to the Minister" related words >
- KO,
- assail the ear,
- be heard,
- bring about,
- bring off,
- bring to effect,
- bring to pass,
- button up,
- call off,
- cancel,
- cap,
- caress the ear,
- carry into effect,
- carry into execution,
- carry off,
- carry out,
- carry through,
- carry to completion,
- clean up,
- climax,
- close out,
- close up,
- come through,
- come through with,
- complete,
- conclude,
- contact,
- crown,
- culminate,
- delete,
- dispose of,
- drop the curtain,
- end,
- end off,
- expunge,
- extinguish,
- finalize,
- finish,
- finish off,
- finish up,
- fold up,
- fulfill,
- gain a hearing,
- gain entree,
- get across,
- get done,
- get into,
- get it over,
- get over with,
- get through to,
- get through with,
- get to,
- give the quietus,
- go through,
- implement,
- interpenetrate,
- kayo,
- kibosh,
- kill,
- knock out,
- make an entrance,
- make an impression,
- make oneself heard,
- make way into,
- mop up,
- pass through,
- penetrate,
- perfect,
- pierce,
- polish off,
- pull off,
- put across,
- put in practice,
- put into effect,
- put into practice,
- put over,
- put paid to,
- put through,
- reach,
- reach the ear,
- register,
- round out,
- scrag,
- shoot down,
- terminate,
- top off,
- top out,
- translate into action,
- wind up,
- wipe out,
- work out,
- wrap up,
- zap
- legislate
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- make laws, bills, etc. or bring into effect by legislation; "They passed the amendment"; "We cannot legislate how people's spend their free time" related words >
- authorize,
- constitute,
- declare lawful,
- decree,
- enact,
- enact laws,
- establish,
- filibuster,
- formulate,
- get the floor,
- have the floor,
- kill,
- legalize,
- legitimate,
- legitimatize,
- legitimize,
- lobby through,
- logroll,
- make a regulation,
- make legal,
- ordain,
- pass,
- pigeonhole,
- pocket,
- prescribe,
- put in force,
- put through,
- railroad through,
- regulate,
- roll logs,
- sanction,
- table,
- take the floor,
- validate,
- veto,
- yield the floor
- assure
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- assure somebody of the truth of something with the intention of giving the listener confidence; "I assured him that traveling to Cambodia was safe"
- inform positively and with certainty and confidence; "I tell you that man is a crook!" related words >
- afford hope,
- and candle,
- ascertain,
- assert,
- assert under oath,
- asseverate,
- attest,
- augur well,
- avouch,
- back,
- be convincing,
- be sponsor for,
- bear up,
- bid fair,
- bolster,
- bond,
- book,
- brace up,
- bring home to,
- bring over,
- bring round,
- bring to reason,
- buck up,
- carry conviction,
- certify,
- cheer,
- cinch,
- clear up,
- clinch,
- comfort,
- condole with,
- confirm,
- console,
- convert,
- convict,
- convince,
- countersecure,
- countersign,
- decide,
- depone,
- depose,
- determine,
- dismiss all doubt,
- drive home to,
- ease,
- embolden,
- encourage,
- endorse,
- ensure,
- establish,
- find out,
- fix,
- get at,
- give comfort,
- give hope,
- guarantee,
- guaranty,
- have good prospects,
- hearten,
- hold out hope,
- hold out promise,
- inspire,
- inspire belief,
- inspire hope,
- inspirit,
- insure,
- justify hope,
- kiss the book,
- lead to believe,
- make a promise,
- make certain,
- make fair promise,
- make no doubt,
- make no mistake,
- make sure,
- make sure of,
- nail down,
- nerve,
- persuade,
- pledge,
- plight,
- promise,
- put at ease,
- raise expectations,
- raise hope,
- reassure,
- relieve,
- remove all doubt,
- satisfy,
- secure,
- see that,
- see to it,
- sell,
- sell one on,
- set at ease,
- set at rest,
- settle,
- sign,
- sign for,
- solace,
- sort out,
- sponsor,
- stabilize,
- stand behind,
- stand up for,
- state,
- subscribe to,
- support,
- swear,
- swear by bell,
- swear the truth,
- swear to,
- swear to God,
- swear to goodness,
- sympathize with,
- talk over,
- testify,
- troth,
- undersign,
- underwrite,
- vouch,
- vow,
- warrant,
- win over
- clean up
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- make oneself clean, presentable or neat; "Clean up before you go to the party"
- dispose of; "settle the bills"
- make a big profit; often in a short period of time; "The investor really cleaned up when the stock market went up" related words >
- bleach,
- bowdlerize,
- button up,
- cap,
- capitalize on,
- carry to completion,
- cash in on,
- clean,
- clean out,
- cleanse,
- clear,
- clear out,
- clear the decks,
- clear up,
- climax,
- close out,
- close up,
- coin money,
- commercialize,
- complete,
- conclude,
- crown,
- culminate,
- delouse,
- depurate,
- deterge,
- dry-clean,
- dust,
- dust off,
- end,
- expurgate,
- finalize,
- finish,
- finish off,
- finish up,
- fix up,
- freshen,
- gain,
- gain by,
- get done,
- get it over,
- get through,
- get through with,
- groom,
- gross,
- lustrate,
- make,
- make a killing,
- make money,
- make money by,
- mop up,
- neaten,
- net,
- perfect,
- police,
- police up,
- profit,
- purge,
- purify,
- put in trim,
- realize,
- realize on,
- reform,
- round out,
- scavenge,
- spruce,
- spruce up,
- steam-clean,
- straighten up,
- sweep out,
- sweeten,
- terminate,
- tidy,
- tidy up,
- top off,
- top out,
- trig up,
- trim,
- trim up,
- turn a penny,
- turn to account,
- turn to profit,
- whiten,
- wind up,
- wipe,
- wipe off,
- wipe out,
- wipe up,
- wrap up
- be caught short,
- be short,
- bear the palm,
- belong,
- break the bank,
- bucket,
- bucketshop,
- capitalize on,
- capture,
- carry,
- carry away,
- carry it,
- carry off,
- carry the day,
- cash in on,
- clean up,
- clear,
- coin money,
- come out first,
- commercialize,
- deposit margin,
- finish in front,
- fluke,
- gain,
- gain by,
- gain the day,
- go long,
- gross,
- hit it,
- hit the jackpot,
- hit the mark,
- hold on,
- make a scoop,
- make money,
- make money by,
- margin up,
- miss the market,
- net,
- operate,
- overstay the market,
- play the market,
- plunge,
- profit,
- pyramid,
- realize,
- realize on,
- ring the bell,
- scalp,
- scoop the market,
- score,
- score a success,
- speculate,
- stag,
- stag the market,
- take a flier,
- take the cake,
- trade on margin,
- turn a penny,
- turn to account,
- turn to profit,
- turn up trumps,
- venture,
- win,
- win out,
- win the battle,
- win the laurels,
- win the palm,
- win the prize,
- win through
- crave
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- plead or ask for earnestly
- have a craving, appetite, or great desire for related words >
- ache,
- adjure,
- appeal,
- appeal to,
- apply for,
- ask,
- ask for,
- aspire after,
- beg,
- beg leave,
- beseech,
- bespeak,
- brace,
- call for,
- call for help,
- call on,
- call upon,
- choose,
- clamor for,
- conjure,
- covet,
- crave after,
- crawl after,
- cry for,
- cry on,
- cry to,
- demand,
- desiderate,
- desire,
- dream,
- entreat,
- file for,
- hanker,
- hanker after,
- hunger,
- hunger after,
- impetrate,
- implore,
- importune,
- imprecate,
- indent,
- invoke,
- kneel to,
- lust,
- lust after,
- make a request,
- make a requisition,
- make application,
- necessitate,
- obtest,
- order,
- pant after,
- pine,
- plead,
- plead for,
- pray,
- put in for,
- request,
- require,
- requisition,
- run mad after,
- run to,
- sigh,
- supplicate,
- take,
- thirst,
- thirst after,
- want,
- whistle for,
- wish
- arise,
- bespread,
- carouse,
- cover,
- create a disturbance,
- create a riot,
- cut loose,
- debauch,
- dissipate,
- fill,
- flood,
- go berserk,
- grow over,
- insurge,
- insurrect,
- know no bounds,
- live hard,
- luxuriate,
- make a commotion,
- make an ado,
- make trouble,
- mount the barricades,
- mutineer,
- mutiny,
- overabound,
- overbrim,
- overflow,
- overgrow,
- overrun,
- overspill,
- overspread,
- overswarm,
- overthrow,
- plunge into dissipation,
- pullulate,
- raise a ruckus,
- raise a rumpus,
- raise a storm,
- rebel,
- reluct,
- reluctate,
- revolt,
- revolute,
- revolution,
- revolutionize,
- riot,
- rise,
- rise up,
- roil,
- roister,
- run amok,
- run wild,
- spill over,
- spread over,
- strike,
- subvert,
- superabound,
- swarm,
- swarm over,
- teem,
- teem over,
- wanton
- bill and coo,
- bum,
- copulate,
- dally,
- dawdle,
- delay,
- diddle,
- dillydally,
- doodle,
- drag,
- falter,
- flag,
- goldbrick,
- goof off,
- halt,
- lag,
- laze,
- linger,
- loaf,
- loiter,
- loll,
- lollygag,
- lounge,
- make love,
- make out,
- neck,
- pet,
- piddle,
- poke,
- shilly-shally,
- smooch,
- spoon,
- sweet-talk,
- tarry,
- toy,
- trail,
- trifle,
- wanton,
- waste time,
- whisper sweet nothings
- operate
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- happen; "What is going on in the minds of the people?"
- handle and cause to function; "do not operate machinery after imbibing alcohol"; "control the lever"
- direct or control; projects, businesses, etc.; "She is running a relief operation in the Sudan" related words >
- act,
- angle,
- be caught short,
- be effective,
- be in action,
- be responsible for,
- be short,
- behave,
- belong,
- brew,
- bucket,
- bucketshop,
- cabal,
- carry on,
- carry out,
- carry through,
- chart a course,
- collude,
- complot,
- concoct,
- cond,
- conduct,
- conn,
- connive,
- conspire,
- control,
- cook up,
- countermine,
- counterplot,
- coxswain,
- cut,
- deal with,
- deposit margin,
- direct,
- do with,
- drive,
- employ,
- engineer,
- exercise,
- exert,
- finagle,
- finesse,
- frame,
- frame up,
- function,
- go,
- go long,
- guide,
- handle,
- hatch,
- hatch a plot,
- hatch up,
- have effect,
- have free play,
- have play,
- have the conn,
- helm,
- hold on,
- intrigue,
- keep,
- lay a plot,
- machinate,
- make,
- make a killing,
- make a scoop,
- make go,
- make use of,
- manage,
- maneuver,
- manipulate,
- margin up,
- militate,
- miss the market,
- move,
- navigate,
- open up,
- ordain,
- overstay the market,
- percolate,
- perform,
- perform on,
- perk,
- pilot,
- play,
- play the market,
- plot,
- plunge,
- ply,
- practice,
- proceed,
- pyramid,
- react,
- rig,
- run,
- scalp,
- scheme,
- scoop the market,
- see to,
- serve,
- shape a course,
- speculate,
- stag,
- stag the market,
- steer,
- take,
- take a flier,
- take care of,
- take effect,
- tick,
- trade on margin,
- use,
- utilize,
- venture,
- wangle,
- wield,
- work
- unload
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- take the load off (a container or vehicle); "unload the truck"; "offload the van" related words >
- alleviate,
- be light,
- break bulk,
- clear the trade,
- close out,
- convert,
- convert into cash,
- cut under,
- debark,
- disburden,
- discharge,
- disembark,
- disembarrass,
- disencumber,
- dump,
- ease,
- effect a sale,
- empty,
- have little weight,
- jettison,
- job,
- kick the beam,
- land,
- lighten,
- liquidate,
- make a sale,
- make light,
- make lighter,
- market,
- merchandise,
- move,
- off-load,
- offload,
- reduce weight,
- relieve,
- resell,
- retail,
- sacrifice,
- sell,
- sell off,
- sell on consignment,
- sell out,
- sell over,
- sell retail,
- sell short,
- sell up,
- sell wholesale,
- set at ease,
- stevedore,
- terminate the account,
- turn into money,
- turn over,
- unballast,
- unburden,
- undercut,
- undersell,
- unfreight,
- unlade,
- unpack,
- unship,
- weigh lightly,
- wholesale
- accumulate,
- amass,
- arrange for,
- backlog,
- collect,
- cumulate,
- forearm,
- garner,
- garner up,
- gather into barns,
- heap up,
- hide,
- hoard,
- hoard up,
- hold,
- keep,
- lay by,
- lay up,
- look out for,
- make provision for,
- make sure against,
- pile up,
- prepare for,
- provide against,
- provide for,
- put up,
- save,
- save up,
- secrete,
- squirrel,
- stock up,
- stockpile,
- store up,
- treasure,
- treasure up
- demythologize
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- remove the mythical element from (writings); "the Bible should be demythologized and examined for its historical value" related words >
- account for,
- allegorize,
- clarify,
- clear up,
- crack,
- decipher,
- demonstrate,
- elucidate,
- enlighten,
- euhemerize,
- exemplify,
- explain,
- explain away,
- explicate,
- exposit,
- expound,
- give reason for,
- give the meaning,
- illuminate,
- illustrate,
- make clear,
- make plain,
- popularize,
- rationalize,
- shed light upon,
- show,
- show how,
- show the way,
- simplify,
- solve,
- spell out,
- throw light upon,
- unfold,
- unlock,
- unravel
- accompany,
- ad-lib,
- be caught napping,
- be surprised,
- be taken unawares,
- be unprepared,
- chord,
- concertize,
- cook up,
- dash off,
- do,
- do offhand,
- execute,
- extemporize,
- fake,
- go off half-cocked,
- have no plan,
- improvisate,
- improvise,
- interpret,
- jury-rig,
- knock off,
- lash up,
- make music,
- make up,
- perform,
- play,
- render,
- scrap the plan,
- strike off,
- symphonize,
- throw off,
- throw together,
- toss off,
- toss out,
- vamp,
- whip up,
- whomp up,
- wing it
- vulgarize
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- act in a vulgar manner; "The drunkard tends to vulgarize" related words >
- adulterate,
- alloy,
- canker,
- cheapen,
- clarify,
- coarsen,
- confound,
- contaminate,
- corrupt,
- debase,
- debauch,
- defile,
- deflower,
- degenerate,
- degrade,
- denature,
- deprave,
- desecrate,
- despoil,
- devalue,
- distort,
- elucidate,
- explain,
- explicate,
- get across,
- get over,
- infect,
- make clear,
- make it clear,
- misuse,
- pervert,
- poison,
- pollute,
- popularize,
- prostitute,
- put across,
- put over,
- ravage,
- ravish,
- simplify,
- spell out,
- taint,
- twist,
- ulcerate,
- violate,
- vitiate,
- warp
- pun
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- a humorous play on words; "I do it for the pun of it"; "his constant punning irritated her"
- make a play on words; "Japanese like to pun--their language is well suited to punning" related words >
- abuse of terms,
- acrostic,
- alliterate,
- alliteration,
- ambiguity,
- amphibologism,
- amphibology,
- amphiboly,
- anagram,
- assonance,
- assonate,
- be merry with,
- calembour,
- chime,
- clink,
- corruption,
- counterword,
- crack a joke,
- crack wise,
- double entendre,
- equivocal,
- equivocality,
- equivocation,
- equivoque,
- fleer at,
- fun,
- gibe at,
- jape,
- jest,
- jeu de mots,
- jingle,
- joke,
- josh,
- kid,
- kid around,
- logogram,
- logogriph,
- make a funny,
- make fun,
- make fun of,
- malapropism,
- metagram,
- missaying,
- mock,
- near rhyme,
- palindrome,
- paronomasia,
- play on words,
- poke fun at,
- polysemant,
- portmanteau word,
- punning,
- quip,
- rhyme,
- ridicule,
- scintillate,
- scoff at,
- slant rhyme,
- sparkle,
- spoonerism,
- squinting construction,
- utter a mot,
- weasel word,
- wisecrack,
- wordplay
- consignment
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- the delivery of goods for sale or disposal related words >
- abalienation,
- agency,
- agentship,
- alienation,
- amortization,
- amortizement,
- assignation,
- assignment,
- authority,
- authorization,
- baggage,
- bargain and sale,
- barter,
- bequeathal,
- brevet,
- care,
- cargo,
- cession,
- charge,
- commendation,
- commission,
- commissioning,
- commitment,
- committal,
- conferment,
- conferral,
- consignation,
- conveyance,
- conveyancing,
- cure,
- deeding,
- delegated authority,
- delegation,
- deliverance,
- delivery,
- demise,
- deputation,
- devolution,
- devolvement,
- disposal,
- disposition,
- embassy,
- empowerment,
- enfeoffment,
- entrusting,
- entrustment,
- errand,
- exchange,
- executorship,
- exequatur,
- factorship,
- freight,
- freightage,
- full power,
- giving,
- goods,
- impedimenta,
- infeodation,
- infeudation,
- jurisdiction,
- lading,
- lease and release,
- legation,
- license,
- lieutenancy,
- load,
- luggage,
- mandate,
- mission,
- mittimus,
- office,
- pack,
- payload,
- plenipotentiary power,
- power of attorney,
- power to act,
- procuration,
- proxy,
- purview,
- recommitment,
- regency,
- regentship,
- relegation,
- remand,
- remanding,
- responsibility,
- sale,
- settlement,
- settling,
- shipment,
- surrender,
- task,
- trading,
- transfer,
- transference,
- transmission,
- transmittal,
- trust,
- trusteeship,
- vesting,
- vicarious authority,
- warrant
- abuse a privilege,
- be disrespectful,
- be overfamiliar with,
- bother,
- dare,
- deride,
- disesteem,
- disparage,
- disrespect,
- encroach upon,
- get fresh,
- get smart,
- have a nerve,
- have the cheek,
- have the gall,
- hold in contempt,
- impose on,
- impose upon,
- inconvenience,
- make bold,
- make free with,
- not respect,
- obtrude upon,
- overstep,
- presume,
- presume on,
- presume upon,
- rank low,
- ridicule,
- show disrespect for,
- take a liberty,
- take liberties with,
- taunt,
- treat with disrespect,
- trifle with,
- trouble
- tether
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- tie with a tether; "tether horses" related words >
- Oregon boat,
- anchor,
- batten,
- batten down,
- belay,
- bilbo,
- bind,
- bond,
- bonds,
- bridle,
- camisole,
- chain,
- chains,
- collar,
- cord,
- cuffs,
- enchain,
- entrammel,
- fasten,
- fasten down,
- fetter,
- gag,
- gyve,
- gyves,
- halter,
- hamper,
- handcuff,
- handcuffs,
- harness,
- hitch up,
- hobble,
- hobbles,
- hog-tie,
- hook up,
- hopple,
- hopples,
- irons,
- lash,
- lead,
- leading strings,
- leash,
- make fast,
- make secure,
- make sure,
- manacle,
- moor,
- muzzle,
- peg down,
- picket,
- pillory,
- pin down,
- pinion,
- put in irons,
- reins,
- restrain,
- restraint,
- restraints,
- rope,
- saddle,
- secure,
- shackle,
- stake,
- stocks,
- straightjacket,
- strait-waistcoat,
- straitjacket,
- stranglehold,
- strap,
- tie,
- tie down,
- tie up,
- trammel,
- trammels,
- yoke
- accomplish,
- achieve,
- approach,
- arrive,
- arrive in,
- arrive upon,
- attain,
- attain to,
- be received,
- blow in,
- bob up,
- check in,
- clock in,
- come,
- come at,
- come in,
- come to,
- come to hand,
- come upon,
- fall upon,
- fetch,
- fetch up at,
- find,
- gain,
- get at,
- get in,
- get there,
- get to,
- hit,
- hit town,
- hit upon,
- light upon,
- make,
- make it,
- pitch upon,
- pop up,
- pull in,
- punch in,
- reach,
- ring in,
- roll in,
- show up,
- sign in,
- strike upon,
- stumble on,
- stumble upon,
- time in,
- turn up
- proceed
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- follow a certain course; "The inauguration went well"; "how did your interview go?"
- move ahead; travel onward in time or space; "We proceeded towards Washington"; "She continued in the direction of the hills"; "We are moving ahead in time now" related words >
- accept,
- accrue from,
- act,
- act on,
- act upon,
- advance,
- arise,
- arise from,
- assume,
- attack,
- attempt,
- be contingent on,
- be due to,
- bear a hand,
- behave,
- box office,
- buckle to,
- bud from,
- carry on,
- come along,
- come from,
- come on,
- come out of,
- continue,
- cover ground,
- depend on,
- derive from,
- descend from,
- do,
- do something,
- do something about,
- elapse,
- emanate,
- emanate from,
- embark in,
- embark upon,
- emerge from,
- endeavor,
- endure,
- engage in,
- ensue from,
- enter on,
- enter upon,
- expire,
- fall into,
- fall to,
- fare,
- flit,
- flow,
- flow from,
- flow on,
- fly,
- follow from,
- forge ahead,
- function,
- gain,
- gain ground,
- gate,
- gather head,
- gather way,
- germinate from,
- get ahead,
- get along,
- get on,
- get under way,
- get with it,
- glide,
- go,
- go about,
- go ahead,
- go along,
- go at,
- go by,
- go fast,
- go forward,
- go in for,
- go into,
- go on,
- go on with,
- go upon,
- grow from,
- grow out of,
- hang on,
- have at,
- head,
- hie,
- hinge on,
- income,
- issue,
- issue forth,
- issue from,
- journey,
- lapse,
- last,
- launch forth,
- launch into,
- lay about,
- lift a finger,
- make,
- make good time,
- make head against,
- make headway,
- make progress,
- make progress against,
- make strides,
- make up leeway,
- maneuver,
- march,
- misbehave,
- move,
- move along,
- move forward,
- move into,
- operate,
- originate,
- originate in,
- pass,
- pass along,
- pass by,
- pass on,
- pitch into,
- play,
- plunge into,
- practice,
- press on,
- proceed from,
- proceed to,
- proceed with,
- proceeds,
- process,
- profits,
- progress,
- push on,
- receipts,
- renew,
- repair,
- resume,
- returns,
- rise,
- roll,
- roll on,
- run,
- run its course,
- run on,
- run out,
- serve,
- set about,
- set at,
- set forward,
- set going,
- set to,
- slide,
- slip,
- spring from,
- sprout from,
- start,
- stem,
- stem from,
- step forward,
- strike a blow,
- tackle,
- take,
- take a hand,
- take action,
- take measures,
- take on,
- take steps,
- take up,
- travel,
- turn on,
- turn to,
- undertake,
- venture upon,
- wend,
- work,
- yield
- address to,
- advert to,
- aim,
- aim at,
- allude to,
- be taken as,
- bend,
- bring to attention,
- bring to notice,
- call attention to,
- cite,
- denominate,
- denote,
- deride,
- designate,
- determine,
- direct,
- direct attention to,
- direct to,
- directionize,
- emblematize,
- figure,
- finger,
- fix,
- fix on,
- focus on,
- grin at,
- hold in derision,
- hold on,
- laugh at,
- laugh to scorn,
- level at,
- make fun of,
- make game of,
- make merry with,
- mention,
- name,
- pan,
- pick out,
- pillory,
- point,
- point out,
- point to,
- poke fun at,
- present,
- put one on,
- rag,
- razz,
- refer to,
- ride,
- ridicule,
- roast,
- select,
- set,
- sight on,
- smile at,
- snicker at,
- snigger at,
- specify,
- stand for,
- stigmatize,
- symbol,
- symbolize,
- touch on,
- train,
- train upon,
- turn,
- turn upon,
- typify
- abandon,
- be above,
- be contemptuous of,
- belittle,
- brush aside,
- brush off,
- care nothing for,
- carry through,
- contemn,
- cool it,
- de-emphasize,
- deprecate,
- depreciate,
- deride,
- despise,
- disdain,
- dismiss,
- disparage,
- disprize,
- downplay,
- drop the subject,
- dump on,
- face out,
- feel contempt for,
- feel superior to,
- forget,
- forget about it,
- forget it,
- go easy,
- hold beneath one,
- hold cheap,
- hold in contempt,
- insult,
- lay aside,
- let it go,
- let slip,
- look down upon,
- make light of,
- make little of,
- make nothing of,
- minimize,
- misestimate,
- misprize,
- not hesitate,
- not look back,
- not sweat it,
- play down,
- push aside,
- put aside,
- put down,
- rank low,
- ridicule,
- scorn,
- sell short,
- set aside,
- set at naught,
- set little by,
- shrug off,
- sneer at,
- sneeze at,
- sniff at,
- snort at,
- stick at nothing,
- stop at nothing,
- take it easy,
- think little of,
- thrust aside,
- turn away from,
- underestimate,
- underplay,
- underprize,
- underrate,
- underreckon,
- undervalue
- abuse,
- act on,
- act upon,
- advocate,
- affect,
- apply pressure,
- approach,
- bear upon,
- beset,
- besiege,
- blandish,
- bleed,
- bleed white,
- bug,
- buttonhole,
- cajole,
- call on,
- call upon,
- coax,
- concentrate on,
- deceive,
- drain,
- draw,
- draw on,
- dun,
- exert influence,
- exert pressure,
- exhort,
- exploit,
- focus on,
- foist on,
- get cozy with,
- high-pressure,
- ill-use,
- importune,
- impose on,
- impose upon,
- influence,
- insist,
- insist upon,
- jawbone,
- lead on,
- lobby,
- lobby through,
- magnetize,
- make advances,
- make overtures,
- make up to,
- make use of,
- manipulate,
- milk,
- misuse,
- nag,
- nag at,
- operate on,
- pass off on,
- pass the buck,
- pester,
- plague,
- play on,
- plead with,
- ply,
- press,
- pressure,
- presume upon,
- pull strings,
- push,
- put across,
- put on,
- put over,
- put upon,
- recommend,
- shift the blame,
- shift the responsibility,
- soft-soap,
- stroke,
- suck dry,
- sweet-talk,
- take advantage of,
- tease,
- treat,
- urge,
- use,
- use ill,
- wheedle,
- wire-pull,
- work upon
- think up
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- devise or invent; "He thought up a plan to get rich quickly"; "no-one had ever thought of such a clever piece of software" related words >
- beget,
- breed,
- bring forth,
- bring into being,
- call into being,
- coin,
- conceit,
- conceive,
- conceptualize,
- concoct,
- contrive,
- cook up,
- create,
- design,
- develop,
- devise,
- discover,
- dream up,
- engender,
- evolve,
- experience imaginatively,
- fabricate,
- fancy,
- fantasize,
- fictionalize,
- frame,
- generate,
- give being to,
- give rise to,
- hatch,
- ideate,
- imagine,
- improvise,
- invent,
- make do with,
- make up,
- mature,
- mint,
- mold,
- originate,
- plan,
- procreate,
- produce,
- shape,
- spawn,
- strike out,
- suppose,
- think out
- accommodate,
- adjust,
- amortize,
- average,
- average out,
- avoid extremes,
- balance,
- balance the books,
- be conservative,
- be heavy,
- be moderate,
- be pacifistic,
- book,
- cancel,
- capitalize,
- carry,
- carry over,
- carry weight,
- cast up accounts,
- charge off,
- clear,
- close out,
- close the books,
- compensate,
- compose,
- compound,
- compromise,
- coordinate,
- cop out,
- counterbalance,
- counterpoise,
- countervail,
- credit,
- debit,
- discharge,
- docket,
- duck responsibility,
- enter,
- equalize,
- equate,
- evade responsibility,
- even,
- even up,
- fit,
- give and take,
- give way,
- go fifty-fifty,
- have weight,
- heft,
- hold the scales,
- honor,
- integrate,
- journalize,
- keep books,
- keep the peace,
- keep within bounds,
- keep within compass,
- level,
- lie heavy,
- lift,
- liquidate,
- live temperately,
- log,
- make a deal,
- make accounts square,
- make an adjustment,
- make an entry,
- make concessions,
- meet halfway,
- minute,
- not make waves,
- not resist,
- note,
- pair off,
- pay in full,
- pay off,
- pay the bill,
- pay the shot,
- pay up,
- play politics,
- poise,
- post,
- post up,
- practice nonviolence,
- practice self-control,
- preserve a balance,
- proportion,
- reach a compromise,
- redeem,
- relent,
- remit,
- retire,
- satisfy,
- settle,
- settle down,
- sober down,
- split the difference,
- square,
- square accounts,
- strike a bargain,
- surrender,
- take in sail,
- take the average,
- take the mean,
- take up,
- tip the scales,
- via media,
- weigh,
- weigh heavy,
- weigh in,
- weigh out,
- weight,
- yield
- trek
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- any long and difficult trip
- a journey by ox wagon (especially an organized migration by a group of settlers)
- make a long and difficult journey; "They trekked towards the North Pole with sleds and skis"
- journey on foot, especially in the mountains; "We spent the summer trekking in the foothills of the Himalayas" related words >
- campaign,
- circuit,
- course,
- cruise,
- emigrate,
- emigration,
- excursion,
- expatriate,
- expatriation,
- expedition,
- fare,
- flight,
- flit,
- globe-trot,
- go abroad,
- go on safari,
- go overseas,
- grand tour,
- hit the trail,
- immigrate,
- immigration,
- in-migrate,
- in-migration,
- intermigrate,
- intermigration,
- jaunt,
- journey,
- junket,
- make a journey,
- make a pilgrimage,
- make a trip,
- migrate,
- migration,
- out-migrate,
- out-migration,
- outing,
- package tour,
- passage,
- peregrinate,
- peregrination,
- peregrinations,
- pilgrim,
- pilgrimage,
- pleasure trip,
- progress,
- range the world,
- remigrate,
- remigration,
- round trip,
- rubberneck,
- rubberneck tour,
- run,
- safari,
- sally,
- shoot,
- sight-see,
- stalk,
- swarm,
- swarming,
- take a trip,
- take the road,
- take wing,
- tour,
- transmigrate,
- transmigration,
- travels,
- trip,
- turn,
- voyage,
- wayfare
- bear down on
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- sail towards another vessel, of a ship related words >
- accost,
- advance,
- advance against,
- advance upon,
- approach,
- approach anchorage,
- appropinquate,
- approximate,
- bear against,
- bear down upon,
- bear hard upon,
- bear up,
- bear up for,
- bear up to,
- close,
- close in,
- close with,
- come,
- come closer,
- come forward,
- come near,
- come on,
- come up,
- confront,
- counterattack,
- draw near,
- draw nigh,
- drive,
- encounter,
- fetch,
- flank,
- gain upon,
- gas,
- go aboard,
- go alongside,
- high-pressure,
- infiltrate,
- launch an attack,
- lay aboard,
- lay for,
- lay in,
- lean on,
- lie in,
- make,
- make at,
- make for,
- march against,
- march upon,
- mount an attack,
- narrow the gap,
- near,
- open an offensive,
- press,
- pressure,
- proximate,
- push,
- put away for,
- put in,
- put into port,
- put pressure on,
- reach,
- run for,
- sail for,
- sidle up to,
- squeeze,
- stand for,
- steer toward,
- step up,
- strike,
- thrust
- redeem
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- 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,
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